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Air Force 2030 initiative: Your ideas will shape the Air Force of tomorrow
by Bryan Ripple
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory continues its support of the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative and joined with Indiana University to host a listening forum at the university’s Bloomington, Indiana campus May 10-11, 2018.
Indiana University is one of six universities to host these types of listening forums as part of the S&T campaign, which is scheduled to last through September. The goal is to help the Air Force review its strategy in science and technology research. To do this, the service has been reaching out to the scientific community, higher education and business communities, as well as the general public to ensure it remains at the leading edge of technological advances.
Those interested in sharing scientific or technology-related ideas with the Air Force don’t have to attend a listening event in person in order to do so. The lab has also created a website with a standing invitation to submit ideas about basic and applied research, as well as innovative business practices for Air Force Science and Technology. To provide your ideas, visit: www.afresearchlab.com/2030.
“In a world where far more innovation is happening outside the government than inside it, connecting to the broader scientific enterprise is vital,” Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson said in a statement discussing the initiative early this year. “Our research strategy will look broadly and draw from the best of American research universities as well as Air Force and federal laboratories.”
The forum at Indiana University offered participants a variety of technical presentation tracks covering topical areas such as Artificial Intelligence for Mission Planning and Execution, Novel Sensing and Data Fusion, Cyber Assurance, Human Performance and Human Computer Interface, and Next Generation Propulsion and Advanced Manufacturing.
“The reality of today is that many of the United States adversaries are advancing technology faster than we are,” Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, told those in attendance.
“To stay ahead, we must continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. We must innovate smarter and faster. The U.S. Air Force is looking to you– our country’s university scientific researchers and industry partners to help us invent the technologies that will keep all of us safe in the future.”
Cooley told the audience that the stakes are too high to not work this way and that national security and the American way of life depend on the Air Force’s ability to innovate quickly and be on the cutting-edge of science.
“In the past, nuclear weapons, stealth technology and precision guided munitions have enabled an advantage over our adversaries and secured our dominance on the battlefield,” he said. “Through this study, we hope to work with you and identify the next major technological breakthrough that will maintain our dominance on the battlefield. Together, we will lay the groundwork for the science and technology that will define the future of the U.S. Air Force for 2030 and beyond.”
Indiana University officials shared their optimism about AFRL’s efforts with regard to the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative.
“The Air Force is forward-thinking. They’re looking for visionary ideas and we’re thrilled to partner with them,” said Fred H. Cate, IU’s vice president for research, in an IU news release.
“Every idea collected, either online by an individual or developed by ideation teams at one of the public listening forums will be reviewed and considered,” said Brian McJilton, Air Force 2030 S&T Program Manager.
AFRL has assembled a robust team of reviewers to ensure that each idea receives multiple reviews from qualified scientists and engineers. The ideas that are well endorsed will be forwarded to an external panel of experts with relevant technical expertise to evaluate and prioritize options, McJilton said.
“The ideas with the greatest promise for enabling the future Air Force will be considered by a panel chaired by the chief scientist of the Air Force,” said McJilton.
A number of highly enabling opportunities will be chosen to be featured as new research priorities for the Air Force. These will be documented in a formal report to the Secretary of the Air Force in September and should shape Air Force research investments over the coming decade, he said.
The next public listening event is scheduled for May 22 at the University of Washington, to be followed by upcoming events at Texas A&M University June 28-29, and the University of Utah July 11.
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History Channels New Show “Top Shot”
Casting in now closed for season two. The deadline was August 12th,2010. For those who have been accepted as contestants the best of luck!
Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HISTORY™ GREENLIGHTS FIRST COMPETITION SERIES Skilled marksmen get a shot at making history in… TOP SHOT Series to Debut in 2010 New York, December 08, 2009 – In Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, Annie Oakley used a mirror to shoot a rifle over her shoulder. William Tell shot an apple off his son’s head with a crossbow. Whether it’s the Romans shooting flaming arrows or Barbarians slinging stones, history is filled with legendary tales of amazing marksmanship. Now, HISTORY is tapping into these inspiring feats of sharp-shooting for it’s first-ever reality competition series – and one contestant will emerge with a $100,000 prize package and the title of “Top Shot.” The new 10 episode series, TOP SHOT, is slated to premiere in 2010. The announcement was made today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager, HISTORY. In each episode, contenders will face team and elimination challenges inspired by real events in history, from Wild West shootouts to modern-day sniper missions. Every challenge will reveal the weapons, technologies and tactics of a different era, while hi- speed HD cameras capture the skillful execution of each test with breathtaking precision in extreme slow-motion. “TOP SHOT will be HISTORY’s first venture into the television competition genre,” said Dubuc. “Not only will contestants have a chance to experience history in the making, but they might make history themselves by breaking a world record.” A nationwide search for contestants is underway. 16 finalists will be selected from among thousands of applicants, and only one will be declared “Top Shot.” TOP SHOT is produced for HISTORY by Pilgrim Films & Television. Executive Producers for HISTORY are Dirk Hoogstra and Paul Cabana. Craig Piligian is Executive Producer for Pilgrim Films & Television.
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How Politics Influenced the Oscars
Anyone who was watching the Oscars Sunday night on the 26th, not only saw all of the elegant dressed celebrities but heard all of the politics focused comments throughout the night. Political protest was very apparent by viewers. Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary was also thought to be political, with several jokes revolving around Donald Trump and his administration.
One of the several entertainers who had something to say during the oscars was Gael Garcia. Being one of the most memorable politically charged speeches during the oscars to many, Garcia proclaimed, “As a Mexican, as a Latin-American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I am against any form of wall." Junior Christina Abeltin said, “I thought it was right of him and important that he said that.”
Other form of protest that occurred was silent protests from many who decided not to even attend the oscars. An Iranian filmmaker decided to stay home despite the fact that he won the award for the best foreign film, in protest of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban which includes his home country. He sent a representative who read a speech for him stating his protest against any order forbidding syrian refuges or muslim immigrants and stated that his absence was out of respect for those barred from the United States as a result of the “inhumane law.”
Ezra Edelman, the winner of best documentary dedicated his award to victims of police brutality.
One of the makeup artist winners for the movie Suicide Squad dedicated his oscar for all the immigrants like him.
Other references were much less subtle, referring to the aspiration to end the Syrian war, public education and support for LGBT kids. Others were wearing their support on their clothing, by wearing blue ribbons for the American Civil Liberties Association, and Planned Parenthood pins. Junior Sam Iglesias said, “Even though I didn’t necessarily disagree with any or all of the comments, I could understand how some people think it’s unnecessary to bring politics to a simple award show.”
Compared to the grammys where many felt as though the discussion over donald trump was tiptoed around, it appears as though the oscars finally addressed the elephant in the room.
However, although some people believe that these celebrities weren’t in the right place to share their political views during an entertainment award show, it was said the oscars producer allowed for them and supported sharing their views and discontent during the show.
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Oz The Great and Powerful by far the best showing of 2013 to date.
Michelle Williams March 2013
Domestic: $226,152,000
Domestic: $224,099,056 46.8%
+ Foreign: $254,800,000 53.2%
= Worldwide: $478,899,056
Fifth weekend 7th place
Oz The Great and Powerful, fourth weekend, rounded out the Top Five with $11.7 million, which is off 46 percent from last weekend. It’s now grossed $198.4 million, and in the next day or two it will become the first 2013 movie to pass $200 million.
Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful jumped the $400 million in its fourth weekend of play at the global box office. The tentpole, placing No. 5 in North America, has now earned $198.3 million domestically and $214 million internationally for a total $412.3 million, by far the best showing of 2013 to date. The term tent-pole refers to a motion picture expected to hold up (as is the function of a tent pole) and balance out the financial performance of a movie studio.
Down two spots to third place, Disney’s $215 million Sam Raimi-directed adventure Oz The Great and Powerful fell 47 percent to $22 million in its third weekend, lifting its total to $177.6 million overall. Worldwide, the film has earned $356.4 million, Europe has proved once again that it loves big-budget U.S. family movies with lots of CGI. Oz the Great and the Powerful took the number one spot in virtually every European territory last frame including France, Germany, Spain and the UK. ($178.8 million) .
Franco’s Oz the Great and Powerful remained the top movie for the second straight week. Even though it lost 47 percent of last week’s business, it still earned an estimated $42.2 million, far and away enough for first place and a ten-day total of $145.0 million.
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Oz the Great and Powerful worked its magic on a slumping box office, grossing an estimated $80.3 million in its Friday-Sunday debut, its studio reported.
The opening-weekend number is easily the biggest of the year, and the third-largest ever for a March release, behind only The Hunger Games and Johnny Depp’s Alice in Wonderland.
The massively expensive Wizard of Oz prequel, starring James Franco, was graded a B-plus by audiences polled by CinemaScore.
Overseas, Oz picked up just shy of $70 million, and brought its three-day, worldwide total to $150.2 million.
The start puts the 3-D-powered fantasy well on the road toward exceeding its reputed $215 million budget; it gets it about half-way toward the eye-popping $325 million number that reportedly represented its combined production and marketing costs.
[April 5. 2012]
Earlier, Sam Raimi is putting the finishing touches on Oz:The Great And Powerful at Disney. Rachel Weisz was committed to reshoots on “Oz.” Raimi’s take on the world of the Wizard of Oz remains a big mystery, since we haven’t heard or seen much from the set, but the new movie will go back to the source material, instead of building on the famous film.
“It’s absolutely separate from the classic film. Frank L. Baum wrote ten or so volumes of the whole mythology of the Emerald City, Oz, et cetera, so this is the story of how the wizard got there. So it’s pre-Dorothy,” . “It’s really nothing to do with ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in a sense. It’s much, much earlier.” The Great And Powerful” Though Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion still look young, the characters in Baum’s story are almost 110 years old — which would seem to put them in the realm of public domain. Warner Bros., who owns the rights to the 1939 film, “The Wizard of Oz,” filed a trademark registration for “The Great and Powerful Oz.” That may complicate things for Disney, which is producing “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” and filed their own trademark registration a week before.
“Oz” came to Pontiac because it was approved for a $40-million Michigan film tax credit in 2010. Sam Raimi and Josh Donen will fold their Stars Road Entertainment banner when their Sony Pictures deal expires at the end of August. They’ve been together for seven years, since Donen left CAA and went from being Raimi’s agent to being his partner. There’s no acrimony, the partnership simply ran its course.
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You are here: Home Page > Social Sciences > Business & Management > Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing
Edited by Allan Afuah, Christopher L. Tucci, and Gianluigi Viscusi
Brings together contributions from different fields to provide a systematic overview of the research on crowdsourcing.
Multidisciplinary in appeal; management, biology, communications, computer science, economics, political science
Case studies suitable to guide managers understanding the difference of crowdsourcing for innovation as well as its organizational impact
Clarification of the peculiarity of crowdsourcing with regard to closer yet different concepts and research areas such as, e.g. communities, collective intelligence, and open innovation
Examples of the value that can be created and captured through crowdsourcing go back to at least 1714 when the UK used crowdsourcing to solve the Longitude Problem, obtaining a solution that would enable the UK to become the dominant maritime force of its time. Today, Wikipedia uses crowds to provide entries for the world's largest and free encyclopedia. Partly fueled by the value that can be created and captured through crowdsourcing, interest in researching the phenomenon has been remarkable.
Despite this - or perhaps because of it - research into crowdsourcing has been conducted in different research silos, within the fields of management (from strategy to finance to operations to information systems), biology, communications, computer science, economics, political science, among others. In these silos, crowdsourcing takes names such as broadcast search, innovation tournaments, crowdfunding, community innovation, distributed innovation, collective intelligence, open source, crowdpower, and even open innovation. This book aims to assemble chapters from many of these silos, since the ultimate potential of crowdsourcing research is likely to be attained only by bridging them. Chapters provide a systematic overview of the research on crowdsourcing from different fields based on a more encompassing definition of the concept, its difference for innovation, and its value for both private and public sector.
Part I : Crowdsourcing : Fundamentals and the Role of Crowds and Communities
1. Introduction to the Chapters, Allan Afuah, Christopher Tucci, and Gianluigi Viscusi
2. Crowdsourcing : A Primer and Framework, Allan Afuah
3. Three's a Crowd?, Gianluigi Viscusi and Christopher Tucci
4. How Firms Leverage Crowds and Communities for Open Innovation, Joel West and Jonathan Sims
5. Tapping into Diversity through Open Innovation Platforms: The Emergence of Boundary Spanning Practices, Natalia Levina and Anne-Laure Fayard
Part II : Tournament-Based Crowdsourcing
6. A Problem in the Making: How Firms Formulate Sharable Problems for Open Innovation Contests, Martin W. Wallin, Georg von Krogh, and Jan Henrik Sieg
7. The Role of Information Patterns in Designing Crowdsourcing Contests, Gireeja V. Ranade and Lav R. Varshney
Part III : Collaboration-Based Crowdsourcing
8. Renegotiating Public Value with Co-Production, Antonio Cordella, Andrea Palletti, and Maha Shaikh
9. The Road to Crowdfunding Success: A Review of Extant Literature, Vincenzo Buttice, Chiara Franzoni, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, and Paola Rovelli
10. Co-Creation from a Telecommunication Provider's Perspective: A Comparative Study on Innovation with Customers and Employees, Milica Sundic and Karl-Heinz Leitner
Part IV: Hybrids: Tournament-Based and Collaboration-Based Crowdsourcing
11. Co-opetition in Crowdsourcing: When Simultaneous Cooperation and Competition Deliver Superior Solutions, Allan Afuah
12. Prediction Markets For Crowdsourcing, Christian Horn, Marcel Bogers, and Alexander Brem
13. Ethics in Crowdsourcing: Revisiting and Revising the Role of Stakeholder Theory, Daniel Curto-Millet and Arsalan Nisar
Allan Afuah is Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He received his PhD from MIT. His honors include the 1999 MBA Teacher of the Year at Michigan. His 2012 article 'Crowdsourcing as solution to distant search' (co-authored with Christopher Tucci) won the 2013 AMR Best Paper Award. His books, Innovation Management: Strategies, Implementation, and Profits, (Oxford University Press) and Internet Business Models (co-authored with Christopher Tucci, McGrawHill) have been translated into several languages. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Sloan Management Review.
Christopher L. Tucci is Professor of Management of Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he holds the Chair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation. He received the Ph.D. in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before going back for his PhD, his prior work experience was as an industrial computer scientist at Ford Aerospace, where he was involved in developing Internet protocols in the 1980s. Tucci's primary area of interest is in technological change and how waves of technological changes influence entrant / incumbent dynamics. He is the co-author of the books Nurturing Science-Based Ventures and Internet Business Models and Strategies, and has published articles in, among others, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Research Policy, and Communications of the ACM.
Gianluigi Viscusi (PhD) is research fellow at the Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI) of the EPFL. His areas of expertise include information systems strategy and planning, business modeling, public policy and ICT-enabled Innovation, e-Government, information quality and value, service management and engineering, social study of information systems. He has been consultant on e-government planning, policy design, and implementation roadmaps for international organizations such as, e.g., the OECD. His research has been published in a range of books, conference proceedings, and journals such as, Government Information Quarterly. In 2010 he has co-authored with Carlo Batini and Massimo Mecella Information Systems for eGovernment: A quality of service perspective (Springer, Heidelberg).
Allan Afuah is Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michiganh
Marcel Bogers is an Associate Professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Alexander Brem is Professor of Technology & Innovation Management at the Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark
Vincenzo Buttice is a PhD student at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano
Antonio Cordella, is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniel Curto-Millet, is a research fellow at ESCP Europe
Anne-Laure Fayard, is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Technology Management and Innovation at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Chiara Franzoni, is Associate Professor at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano
Jan Henrik Sieg, Management Consultant
Christian Horn is working at the department of strategy at the business software company DATEV eG in Nuremberg, Germany
Georg von Krogh, Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at ETH Zurich
Karl-Heinz Leitner is Senior Scientist at the Austrian Institute of Technology and Professor for Innovation Management at the University of Graz
Natalia Levina is Toyota Motors Corporation Term Chair and Professor of Information Systems at New York University Stern School of Business
Arsalan Nisar, Arsalan Nisar is an Assistant Professor at the Enterprise Institute
Andrea Palletti is a PhD candidate in Information Systems and Innovation at the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Cristina Rossi-Lamastra is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano School of Management
Paola Rovelli is a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano School of Management. In 2013, she got the Master Degree in Management Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Maha Shaikh is an Assistant Professor at Warwick Business School (WBS), University of Warwick
Jonathan Sims is Assistant Professor of strategy at Babson College
Milica Sundic, is a member of the Innovation Lab C&M initiative at Erste Group Bank AG
Christopher Tucci is Dean of the College of Management of Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Lav R. Varshney is an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gireeja V. Ranade, is a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond
Gianluigi Viscusi is research fellow at the Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation of the EPFL
Martin W. Wallin, Professor of Innovation Management at Chalmers University of Technology at ETH Zurich
Joel West is Professor of innovation & entrepreneurship at the Keck Graduate Institute School of Applied Life Sciences
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People living in the Indian State of Bihar are currently suffering through deadly flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains in the northern and eastern regions of the state. These rains have over burdened rivers, causing banks to swell. More than 200 people have died as a result of the flooding and more than six million people have been displaced. A total of 108,870 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the floods. Of the 20 districts that have suffered the deluge, Kahalgaon and Bhagalpur were hardest hit.
According to SPHERE India, among the biggest needs right now is clean drinking water. In many of these districts, hand pumps represent the main source of potable water. Because of the inundation of contaminated floodwaters, the majority of hand pumps in affected regions have been submerged. In areas where water has receded, the hand pumps that were not destroyed have been contaminated. This lack of clean drinking water is severely impacting the local populations. Manohar Sharma, a local resident of the Vaishali District, told the Hindustan Times that, “There is water and more water all around. But we do not have a drop to drink.” Due to the high level of contamination in the region, there is also serious threat of waterborne disease.
A GlobalFire volunteer has deployed in conjunction with our sister charity GlobalMedic as part of a Rapid Response Team to install water purification units and distribute water purification tablets in the state of Bihar. This program will ensure that most affected communities in Bihar, India, will have access to clean drinking water.
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Lucy Hale Describes Her Own Experience With Sexual Assault
Lucy Hale has her own ties to the #MeToo movement.
In a new interview with Haute Livingmagazine, the Pretty Little Liars star reveals for the first time that she’s been sexually assaulted. Earlier this year, Hale, 29, shared a since-deleted message on social media about an incident alluding to sexual misconduct.
“I’ve experienced stuff on the small side, but assault is assault,” Hale told the magazine. “I think there are a lot of people who have been intoxicated and taken advantage of. It’s happened to me and people I know. It’s very common.”
The actress continued, “Luckily, I’ve been unscathed; nothing’s hurt me too badly.”
In January, Hale took to Instagram and Twitter with the following admission: “I never understood sexual assault until tonight. I always sympathized, but never truly felt the paint [sic] of it until right now. My dignity and pride was broken. I am completely at a loss for words. I feel for anyone that has felt this pain that I feel right now. But I promise. I will not let a moment go by that I don’t try to make a difference.”
She did not provide further details of the alleged incident.
Hale is currently dating her Life Sentence co-star, Riley Smith.
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June 14, 2018 / 9:32 AM / a year ago
Etihad Airways blames rising fuel prices, costly investments as it stays in the red
DUBAI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways reported on Thursday a second consecutive annual loss, blaming rising fuel prices, the cost of its ambitious turnaround plan and lost business due to the collapse of Air Berlin and problems at Alitalia.
A model Etihad Airways plane is seen on stage before the unveiling of the new home jersey for the New York City Football Club in New York November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files
United Arab Emirates-based Etihad has been overhauling its business since it made a near $2 billion loss in 2016, by replacing its top executive, dropping unprofitable routes and retiring costly aircraft among other measures.
The state-owned carrier, which competes with Emirates among others, said its losses narrowed to $1.52 billion in 2017 as it cut costs by 7.3 percent and its revenue rose by 1.9 percent to $6.1 billion. Passenger numbers, however, were flat at 18.6 million and it filled an average of 78.5 percent of its seats, also little changed from 2016.
Middle East travel demand has slowed in recent years as budgets tightened under pressure of low oil prices.
Oil prices have rebounded sharply this year, potentially boosting corporate demand for air travel but they also mean a rise in fuel costs, one of the single largest operational expenses for airlines.
“These are solid first steps in an ongoing journey to transform this business into one that is positioned for financially sustainable growth over the long term,” Etihad’s Group Chief Executive Tony Douglas said in a statement. He took on the role in January.
His predecessor’s strategy of investing in other airlines seemingly collapsed last year when minority-owned Air Berlin and Alitalia filed for insolvency. Etihad currently holds stakes in four other airlines, half as many as it once held.
Etihad’s overhaul has included reviewing billions of dollars of aircraft ordered from Airbus and Boeing, but few details of its broader turnaround strategy have been made public. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Etihad was exploring options with Boeing to cancel or defer orders for 777X jets.
Its 2017 annual results only covered the airline’s core operations and did not include other related entities under its parent Etihad Aviation Group (EAG). An audited financial statement was not disclosed.
The United Arab Emirates signed an agreement with the United States in May committing Etihad, and Emirates, to financial transparency. Under the agreement, Etihad is to issue regular financial statements after its restructuring is complete, but has not said when that will be.
Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Alexander Smith and Susan Fenton
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AASHTO Applauds President’s Proposed Transportation Investments
Matt Ball on February 2, 2015 - in Corporate, Transportation
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials today commends President Obama’s proposed FY2016 federal budget, which includes $478 billion for transportation infrastructure investment over the next six years.
“We applaud the President and his administration for their leadership that has set the stage for a serious discussion about the next surface transportation bill,” said Bud Wright, AASHTO executive director. “We know the hardest conversations will involve how to fund infrastructure investments. We look forward to working with the President and Congress on developing a new transportation bill supported by a long-term, sustainable source of funding.”
The Federal Highway Trust Fund and the current surface transportation authorization are scheduled to expire May 31.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is the “Voice of Transportation” representing State Departments of Transportation in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. AASHTO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association serving as a catalyst for excellence in transportation. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/aashtospeaks.
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Applications for the University Transportation Centers Program Now Open
Matt Ball on March 1, 2016 - in Corporate, Planning, Transportation
WASHINGTON –U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that a maximum of $377.5 million in funding will be available over five years for the University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program, including awards of up to $72.5 million for Fiscal Year 2016. This year, for the first time, two-year institutions of higher education are eligible to partner in the UTC consortia.
“At DOT we continue to transform government for the 21st Century by harnessing innovation and embracing technology that will improve people’s lives,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. ”Our Universities are at the forefront of solution-oriented research addressing America’s changing demographics and increased freight volumes, and ensuring improved access to economic opportunity nationwide. We have some of the best universities in the world and I am calling on them to innovate and think big.”
The work of UTCs will align with the Department’s vision to move the United States “Beyond Traffic” and towards a 21st Century transportation system that moves people and goods more efficiently. The FAST Act specifies six research priorities which UTCs selected through this competition must address: improving mobility of people and goods; reducing congestion; promoting safety; improving the durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure; preserving the environment; and preserving the existing transportation system.
“These funds will support UTC programs that provide students with real opportunities to take part in cutting-edge research and to work on transportation issues with leading experts in the field,” said Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Greg Winfree. “In addition, these Centers allow undergraduate and graduate students in multimodal transportation-related disciplines to apply innovative thinking and evolve technologies that will ultimately improve people’s lives.”
UTCs will be selected by the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and other modal administrators as appropriate. The two-step application process requires applicants submit a letter of intent by April 1, 2016. Completed applications are due no later than May 13, 2016. Awards will be made no later than December 4, 2016, with Federal fiscal year (FY) 16 funds (up to $72.5 million) awarded at that time. Subsequent awards using Federal FY17 – FY20 funding will be made annually after that date, subject to availability of funds and grantee compliance with grant terms and conditions.
The UTC program supports applied and academic research on national transportation priorities (including safety) at 35 competitively-selected colleges and university grantees across the United States, currently encompassing over 100 institutions of higher education. UTCs work with regional, state, and local transportation agencies and private sector partners to help find solutions to challenges that directly impact their communities and affect the efficiency of the nation’s transportation system, as well as to educate the next generation of transportation leaders.
This UTC grant competition solicitation builds on the Department’s recent announcement that seventy-eight cities submitted applications for the Smart City Challenge where applicants were invited to submit bold ideas towards a 21st century transportation system – designed to address or enhance community needs – across a range of innovation and data-driven platforms. The Smart City Challenge, a $40 million competition which will create a fully integrated, first-of-its-kind city that uses data, technology and creativity to shape how people and goods move in the future.
The UTC grant competition solicitation can be accessed through the federal Grants.gov website, by searching for opportunity number UTCOPENCOMP2016. A list of past grant recipients is available here. Find out more about the UTC program.
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Luis Gomez-Mejia
luis.gomez-mejia@asu.edu
BA 397D Tempe
W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship
Regents Professor
Luis Gomez-Mejia returns to Arizona State University, where he taught for two decades before joining Texas A&M University and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to his first appointment with ASU, Professor Gomez-Mejia taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A highly cited scholar, his research focuses on the relationships of international management, strategic management, executive compensation, and family businesses.
One of the most published authors among the "big eight" management journals, he has published more than 200 articles in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly, among others. Prior to entering academia, Professor Gomez-Mejia worked for eight years in human resources for the city of Minneapolis and Data Control Corp. He has also served as a consultant to numerous organizatons including IBM Corp., DuPont, and Honeywell International Inc. In 2015, he was selected to the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list, ranking in the top one percent of researchers in economics and business worldwide.
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1981
M.S. University of Minnesota 1974
B.S. University of Minnesota 1971
A.S. Miami-Dade Jr. College 1970
Family Firms and Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management Strategies
International Management Strategy
Gómez-Mejia, L.R., Sanchez, G., & Berrone, P. (forthcoming). "Compensation: A general management approach." Uppersaddle River, N.J.; Pearson/Prentice-Hall (est. 450 pages).
Gómez-Mejia, L.R., Berrone, P., & Franco, M. (Forthcoming). "Governance, directors, and executive pay." M.E. Sharpe, Inc. (est. 400 pages).
Zahra, S., Gómez-Mejia, L.R., DeCastro, J., & Cruz, C. (Forthcoming). "Family business governance: What we know and what we have yet to learn." Annals of the Academy of Management.
Gomez-Mejia,Luis R*. MANAGEMENT COUNSELING TO SMALL BUSINESS. SBA(12/1/1991 - 11/30/1992).
Gomez-Mejia,Luis R*. MGMT COUNSELING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS. SBA(12/14/1989 - 12/13/1990).
MGT 792 Research
MGT 310 Collaborative Team Skills
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 791 Seminar
Awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by unanimous vote at Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 2008
2008 Faculty Research Award, W. P. Carey College of Business, Arizona State University
Appointed as Regents Professor at Arizona State University in 2004
Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 1998-2007
Human Resource Division, Academy of Management, 1999-2000
Academy of Management, 1997-2000
Personnel Psychology
Academy of Management Review
Editor and Founder
Journal of High Technology Management and Research
Arizona State University: 1989-present. Previous Appointments: Instituto de Empresa, University of Colorado, University of Florida, Mankato State University.
Green Giant Corporation
Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association
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Manager, International Reception Center, University of Minnesota, 1970-1971
Personnel Analyst, City of Minneapolis, 1972-1976
Senior Management Consultant (full-time in-house consultant), Control Data Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, 1975-1981
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Review: New Found Glory – From The Screen To Your Stereo III
In general, I find covers albums to be useless. Often times, the original song was good enough that it’s hard to top it, or the band covering them find nothing new to add and just make a grab for the attention. While I have counted New Found Glory as part of that group in the past, From The Screen To Your Stereo III has broken that mold entirely. Instead of mostly covering movie theme songs from the 80’s, the pop punk figureheads have grappled with several contemporary songs and found new ways to express them. New Found Glory haven’t just made punk versions of popular movie ballads, they unapologetically owned the material and forced it to bend to their sound.
You can buy or stream From The Screen To Your Stereo III on Apple Music.
New Found Glory’s From the Screen to Your Stereo series has always annoyed me. They’re decent enough albums, but it’s usually a reminder that it will be another year or two until a proper new NFG release. It’s filler to remind you that the band is still active. However, this ‘threequel’ is by far their best and most consistent. Instead of just plucking from the 80’s and 90’s, FtStYS3 jumps across the decades, grabbing songs that the band grew up with as well as those of their newer fanbase.
Unlike songs from their past covers albums, these songs don’t sound dated. Whereas Tears For Fears “Head Over Heels” sounds distinctly like the 80’s even when given a punk makeover (From the Screen to Your Stereo Pt. II), most of these sound as though they could have been written by New Found Glory, but someone else just got to them first (“Accidentally in Love”).
It’s hard to argue why a new version of The Greatest Showman’s “This Is Me” is needed. The original is a broadway-esque masterpiece, and Panic! At the Disco’s version shines as an equally glitzy pop hit. However, New Found Glory turns it into a grungy powerhouse that pays homage to the original broadway sound with a backing choir and angelic bridges. “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen bounces between harsh power chords to enormously melodic choruses. This song also tests vocalist Jordan Pundik’s abilities to their fullest. I forgot about Counting Crows’ “Accidentally in Love” (Shrek 2) to such an extent that I was sure that it was a brand new song until I went back to hear the original.
As much as I have railed against it, where the band shines the brightest is on their versions of 80’s anthems “The Power of Love” (Huey Lewis and the News) and “Eye of the Tiger” (Survivor). New Found Glory lean into the spirit of the originals entirely, including the syth during the chorus of “The Power of Love.” These versions are fast, heavy and embody the spirit of New Found Glory while amplifying the originals in every way.
From the Screen To Your Stereo III is easily the best of New Found Glory’s cover albums. The band takes full control of the material and turns it into an album that proves cover songs can be as thrilling as new material.
Kyle Schultz is the Senior Editor at It’s All Dead and has worked as a gaming journalist at Structure Gaming. He lives in Chicago and has eaten HALF A BAG OF TWIZZLERS?! ….. He needs Twizzler rehab ;-;
Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Cups, From the screen to your stereo, Frozen, jordan pundik, Let it go, New Found Glory, pop punk, the eye of the tiger, The Greatest Showman, the power of love, this is me
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Why I Love Kesha
Posted in Blog, Essays by Jesse Colton
My relationship to Kesha is a curious one. She appeared at a weird time in my life.
On the surface, Kesha seems to be everything I hate about pop music: trite unoriginal pop songs with simple melodies and attention-grabbing hooks but otherwise little substance, cliche or vapid childlike lyrics, shallow subject matter that deals only with partying, sex, vague relationship woes, and verse-rap bragging peppered in between overly-synthesized and overproduced electro pop that is substantive enough to be entertaining but not enough to be unique, and lackluster vocals that are autotuned to the point that no one could have seriously thought the artist was ever really a decent vocalist to begin with in the first place.
I get that. I get the problems with Kesha. I get the reasons that people don’t like her. The above paragraph might lead you to believe I can’t stand her, but curiously nothing could be farther from the truth.
I started out hating her for all of the reasons mentioned above. Like everyone else on planet Earth in 2009, I too was subjected to endless repetitions of her breakout single Tik Tok on the radio, and like everyone else I was annoyed by it’s vapidity but secretly just a little bit entertained by it. But really, I genuinely didn’t like her. She sounded plain trashy. She clearly looked like a hot mess. Her aesthetic has always been “rave girl who hasn’t showered in several weeks and rolled around in garbage and glitter.”
But the truth is, Kesha is not what she appears to be. And the weird thing about is, she isn’t the OPPOSITE of what she appears to be either. She makes frivolous pop music, and she MEANS to do it, she means what she’s saying. She WANTS to be a pop star, and she isn’t making pop music ironically to try and expose the flaws in the medium. The pop music she’s making is genuine.
There are a group of listeners who consider Kesha to be another drop in the bucket, overly-autotuned pop singer cranking out tunes mostly made by producers, with little talent for songwriting or for singing. This is not the case. Kesha isn’t vapid or dumb. She’s incredibly intelligent, she has a genius IQ and received nearly perfect SAT scores. She’s driven and passionate and knows what she’s doing. However, don’t let that lead you to believe that Kesha is in fact an architect and student of Victorian literature whose lifelong art project has been to deconstruct the mythos of the pop star by playing one, laughing pretentiously in her study at night over a glass of sherry at plebeian pop fans who’ve bought into her charade.
The thing that makes Kesha unique among a slew of pop stars is the fact that she’s entirely authentic.
She comes from a humble background. In a life story that seems almost too perfectly fitting with her dirty rave girl aesthetic to be true, Kesha’s mother got incredibly drunk at a party and doesn’t remember the hookup that led to her becoming pregnant, and nine months later gave birth to Kesha Rose Sebert without the slightest idea (or worry) about who the father was. Kesha was raised by her single mother, a wonderful hippie songwriter called Pebe, and together with her brothers the family seems to have lived in an open, accepting home environment. Kesha definitely has hippie elements in her personality, and she speaks with a gentle slur that makes it sound like she’s always intoxicated, and a Californian accent that immediately calls to mind the movie Heather. I think. I’ve never seen Heather. Moving on.
Kesha moved to Nashville to become a musician, and spent many years writing her first album Animal. She made a lot of friends in the business, including fellow newcomer Katy Perry, and her first major role in the pop world wasn’t in her own song but as an extra in Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl music video. Go watch the video and near the end there are several sexy blonde girls sitting around a pool with Katy, and there she is, she even has her own close up shot for a moment. Kesha also wrote songs for many other musicians while working on her first album. The first song to put her on the map was Flo Rida’s “Right Round,” a simplistic and artless reworking of the classic song You Spin Me Round by Dead Or Alive into a sugary pop-rap tune with almost no substance whatsoever. When Flo Rida was working on the song, he decided he wanted to try out having a female vocalist on the chorus, and Kesha was working nearby in the same studio, so she was pulled in and recorded some vocals for the chorus. Because of some legalities, or the absence thereof, when Right Round became a worldwide smash hit, Kesha received absolutely no royalties for the song, and continued to live the life of a starving artist scraping to get by, while her voice was playing on every radio in the country and she remained unknown and unpaid.
This is where the infamous dollar sign in her name comes from. Her name is almost always stylized as Ke$ha, leading to some cute jokes in which people pronounce her name Kee Dollar Sign Hah, but it was conceived as a joke about the irony of the circumstance Kesha found herself in: everyone would assume she was rich, being in a worldwide hit single, but she got cheated out of any share of the money. As time would tell, she was cheated out of a lot by the music industry and the shady characters therein, and I’ll come back to that in a bit.
So, enter me. A ninenteen year old gay kid living in the south, struggling desperately to deal with a tumultuous life, and just coming out of a rather powerful bout of Christian zeal. I spent about a year of my life completely devoting my time and energy to being a Christian, and I took it very seriously, and I even achieved some small level of peace, but ultimately I realized it was a coping mechanism, and this time when I came out of Christianity I left it behind for good.
I was fairly aimless at the time. I’d hated school my whole life, and I’d graduated a year earlier. I did not want to go to college because I just hated school and didn’t want to experience any more of it, but I didn’t want to work either, both because I hate the tedium of boring and strenuous minimum wage jobs, and because I’ve been dealing with debilitating anxiety since I was sixteen, complete with rolling panic attacks that for all intents and purposes never really end or begin, but just go on forever. I wasn’t medicated whatsoever at the time, and I was struggling with severe agoraphobia that was developing in my life.
I was in a relationship that was both abusive and incredibly unsatisfying. I was entirely aimless, I was sad, I was lonely, I was horny, and I was frustrated in every possible way. Spiritually, sexually, emotionally, and mentally, I was frustrated to a breaking point. But I’d never had any suicidal tendencies (yet, that would come later) and never self-harmed, so I had no outlet, no real way to truly break down.
My boyfriend and I took a trip to Virginia and spent the night at some friends’ house. These friends happened to be another gay couple, and they threw a party which involved two more gay couples. One of those couples left once the drinks started flowing, leading to there being a grand total of six of us in the house. We got drunk, we got horny, and I, having never actually been drunk before, was eager to use the “oh it’s my first time being intoxicated” excuse to put as many dicks in my mouth as I could before everyone started to say no.
Does that sound a little rapey? It probably does. I can’t say I was in a good state of mind.
At any rate, there was a lot of sexual activity that night between just about everyone, pairing off for a few minutes with one another at different points. The radio was on, and Kesha’s hit single Tik Tok was booming through the house and I put my tongue into several orifices of several guys, and then spent the night in a cuddle sandwich with my boyfriend and one of the others who had broken away from the pack and basically let us fondle him the entire night.
All in all, it was pretty fun.
The next morning I had something of a hangover, which is honestly quite rare for me.
On the way home, Tik Tok was playing on the radio.
I don’t know why, I don’t understand it, but suddenly, I just got it. I enjoyed it. I had fun with that song. It was great. I didn’t want to stop listening to it.
Now, I know it sounds more like a joke than a real story: I never really liked Kesha until I participated in a drunken six-way gay orgy with some delightfully Virginian, slightly trashy gay guys. But it happens to be true.
When I got home the following day I honestly felt like I was still drunk. I sat in my bedroom, my head swimming, and looked up Kesha on iTunes, listened to the samples from Animal and read some of the reviews. I was disheartened. The reviewers were all mostly saying the same thing: the music was samey and average, the lyrics were so juvenile they sounded like they were ripped from the diary of a sixth grader dealing with boyfriend drama for the first time, and her singing voice was terrible and autotuned to the point of ludicrousness. I agreed with all of these assessments and quickly decided that Tik Tok was in fact a guilty pleasure, and that in general I still disliked Kesha.
But I couldn’t quite get that song out of my head.
My dysfunctional relationship progressed, as did my anxiety. I dove headlong into a Tori Amos phase from which I have never resurfaced, and mostly forgot about Kesha. I did torrent Animal at one point and gave it another cursory listen but I wasn’t terribly impressed. I fell in love with Imogen Heap, Florecne and the Machine, and many others, and continued to keep Kesha mostly out of my mind. When I finally broke up with the aforementioned boyfriend it happened to be right at the same time that my agoraphobia and anxiety had gotten so bad that I’d developed the curious symptom of alternating between sharp pains on the entire life side of my body or being completely numb in the same places. I was finally put on medication, and like magic, my panic attacks just disappeared. I was riding the first wave of stimulants I’d ever experienced, since I’d never done any kind of drugs before, and I was riding high on the antidepressants which elevated my mood and let me have gloriously peaceful and undisturbed sleep at regular intervals, and the relief and freedom of being done with an abusive relationship and having the freedom to love and to fuck whoever I wanted, provided I could find someone.
It was then that Kesha returned.
I don’t exactly remember what caused it. I just remember being high on my antidepressants, feeling adventurous and excited about going to gay clubs and finally getting my young adult life started, and I went back to those downloaded audio files from Animal, and turned them on, and I became completely hooked.
I listened to Animal front to back, non-stop, for several weeks. I didn’t listen to almost anything else. I fell absolutely in love with the music and started to learn a little more about Kesha. I still understood a lot of the complaints: some of the lyrics were trite, but there were also a lot of hidden gems that you wouldn’t have guessed existed. Tik Tok and Take It Off were big hits all about partying, but other songs on the album lamented the darker aspects of being a party girl, of trying to find solace in living in the moment and enjoying the night as much as possible because it’s all you truly have. Hungover, Blind, Animal, and Dancing With Tears In My Eyes are all very emotional songs about the loss of love and the difficulty of trying to live day to day in a haze of partying. There’s a longing in these songs for something, an emptiness, and a willingness to be up front about the good and the bad, to be unapologetic about sex and fun and relationships, to call things like the way they are.
My little sister joined me on this adventure and loved listening to Kesha with me, and was actually nice enough to buy me a physical copy of Animal with some money she’d been given, which I still have. Later on, when Kesha started to release singles for Animal’s companion EP Cannibal, I downloaded them all as they were released and ordered a copy of the two combined into one two-disc album (Animal + Cannibal) that came with a cute little “K$” temporary tattoo which I intended to put on my cheek at my first concert, and which I have still never used but remains in the case. When I attended my first real concert last year, the Dresden Dolls at Coney Island, I was sad when I realized I’d forgotten to bring along my Kesha tattoo for my first concert. But at least I still remembered. That’s something.
The companion EP Cannibal was a great nine-track romp that fit the atmosphere of Animal perfectly while managing to expand on it. The songs were still about partying and having fun authentically and unapologetically, but there was a song called The Harold Song which absolutely broke my heart and still continues to be one of my favorite songs. It’s a beautiful and melancholy song about the loss of love that really affected me at the time because I was dealing with a terrible breakup, and this song was a companion in that pain and darkness for me. At first I thought that Cannibal deliberately mirrored the songs on Animal (Grow A Pear has a chorus very similar to Tik Tok, elements of Tik Tok are incorporated into Cannibal, Animal itself is included as the last song in remixed form, and many other songs seem to borrow elements of songs directly from Animal), and I’m still not sure if it was done intentionally or if the song structures were just all very similar and working from the same pop framework.
Kesha is honest and authentic, and I think that that’s what makes her special. I think this is also the reason that people like Kanye West, but I just can’t bring myself to think that guy is anything but a self-absorbed douche. Kesha delivers pop cliches with a slight wink because she knows it’s cliche, but she’s doing it authentically. And she isn’t a bad vocalist either. The thing that confused me the most about Animal was the fact that Kesha’s voice is very unnecessarily autotuned in many of the songs.
Kesha is an incredibly prolific songwriter, and there are literally more than a hundred demos for Animal that never made it onto the album. One song, a completely acoustic breakup song called Goodbye, is a really great glimpse into an unfiltered Kesha with all of the pop trapping stripped away: her voice is soulful and unique, and her intonation is similar to Alanis Morissette. Her vocal ability is surprising, it doesn’t completely blow you away, but it’s not at all what you’d expect after hearing so much autotune and vocal effects on her album. She also released another EP between Cannibal and her second album Warrior called Deconstructed, which contains simplified emotional mixes of several of her songs, including The Harold Song, with her vocal ability really put on full display.
I still don’t really understand why she chose to allow herself to be autotuned so much when she didn’t really need it, although considering the dynamic between herself and her producer Dr. Luke that came to light later, it’s not difficult to imagine that maybe he made the decision for her. I don’t really know.
And with that we come to Dr. Luke. Kesha came forward and filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke for raping her, and for abusing her. I don’t really know if there was physical abuse, and I’m not going to look it up. The thing is, I’ve purposely avoided learning the details of this lawsuit. Kesha’s entire career came to a halt because under her contract she was unable to release any music unless she dropped the lawsuit against Dr. Luke, and he vehemently denied ever having abused her, despite many other women in the music industry coming forward to say they’d suffered abuse at his hands as well. Honestly, my heart was just too broken for Kesha to read the details. I couldn’t handle it. I was having a hard enough time holding my own life together, and to know that someone who I had come to greatly admire and respect had been hurt so badly, and who was being treated unfairly by an unfeeling system, it was too hard. It’s why I still don’t know all the details. I do know that eventually Kesha was forced to drop the lawsuit so she could continue to make music, but I still don’t know many more details. I know that during her absence she appeared at a few live events, and at one of them gave an incredible performance of When It Happens To You by Lady Gaga, a song about surviving rape.
Kesha also briefly had her own reality show which I watched the majority of online and greatly enjoyed. It really showed her beautiful personality, and the general carefree and honest way in which she lives her life. It made me smile to watch it, and it gave me hope.
I used to have this poster on my wall, and alongside the topless poster of Lady Gaga, I imagine that anyone looking at my room was probably really confused about my sexuality
Kesha inspires me. Her strength, her dignity, her willingness to create. There was a moment during Kesha’s reality show where her little brother was attempting to write a song, and she was giving him writing advice. The advice was this: “You have to be willing to let yourself suck.” As a musician and a writer, this has been one of the most important pieces of advice I’ve ever absorbed. What she meant was that when you start out at anything, you’re not going to be incredible. With drawing, composing music, or writing, you start out as a novice, and even your best, most polished efforts, are still going to be less than perfect. You’ll probably experience a few flashes of incredible creativity and accidentally stumble upon expressing yourself honestly and with style, but you have to be willing to let yourself create something that is less than perfect. Kesha’s hundreds of demos are a testament to that. Many of those songs are not that great, but they’re all honest and authentic, and that’s the thing about Kesha that I admire so much.
You have to be willing to let yourself suck. You have to be willing to create whatever is in your heart, and sometimes it’s not going to be great, but you have to be willing to do it. Lady Gaga has said something somewhat similar, which is “You have to respect your vomit.” She was referring to one of her songs, and about how the lyrics come in a rush, and she just word vomits them out, and that she then chooses to respect her vomit, respect those words for being authentic and in the moment. This proverb doesn’t inspire me quite as much but it’s worth mentioning in conjunction with Kesha’s advice from above.
And so, in a surprising twist, I ended up loving an artist who I thought represented everything I hated about manufactured pop music. While, yes, the element of pop manufacturing is there, Kesha’s honesty and brazen authenticity still shines through, and even though some of her songs are a bit cliche, her music is a surprise. Her personality is a surprise. Everything about her is a surprise, if you assume that the dirty glitter party girl you see on the cover is as shallow as her surroundings suggest. I don’t know how much irony she injects into her style, but Kesha is a worthwhile person and a worthwhile musician. She’s an activist for animal rights, she loves the gay community and has immense appreciation for her fans, and she approaches life with the kind and passive attitude of a hippie but the fortitude of a revolutionary. Her voice is real and true, even though there’s sometimes a layer of autotune.
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The Sandwiches Are Wicked And They Know You At The Mac Store: The Discography Of Amanda Palmer
Posted in Blog, Lists and Surveys by Jesse Colton
Amanda Palmer is one of my personal heroes. I discovered her a few years ago completely by accident when her song Astronaut popped up in Spotify, and I fell for her instantly. Her piano-banging, open and honest and not-giving-a-fuck style of lyric writing and living in general, she’s been a real inspiration to me as a musician, an author, and a person, and a lot of time it’s been her music that inspired me to keep writing. Her discography is pretty scattered, as her relationship with record companies has always been difficult, and she has jumped from project to project, meaning that she has technically been in four bands and performed as a solo artist as well, but it all began with the Dresden Dolls in 2003. This is not really a compendium of B-Sides and rarities, more a guideline of what albums and singles she’s released, so that anyone looking to get into her music will have an idea of where to start. It should also be noted that almost everything on this entire list is available completely for free on her official website and her Bandcamp page, where it’s almost entirely “pay what you want,” meaning you can choose to have it for free or support her as an artist, a sales model I really love and support. When I first discovered her I had no money, so I took her up on the offer and downloaded the albums all for free, but later when I had the means I threw her a bit of money when buying an album to support her art. This incidentally is really the way I plan to release my music, if I can ever get an album put together (although as a side note, I finally finished compiling my demo album and put it up on Bandcamp, a decision largely inspired by Amanda). So let’s dive right in, shall we?
Amanda began her career as one-half of the Dresden Dolls, playing piano and singing while her partner Brian Viglione provided drums, guitar, and the occasional backup vocal. They invented a genre they call “Punk Cabaret,” which is essentially where all of the Panic! at the Disco / Moulin Rouge / The Killers / New Orleans whorehouse / circus freak aesthetic you’ve seen in a million bands since the mid-2000’s came from. It’s not like they’re to first people to ever dress like mimes and have circus acts at their shows, but they should really be credited with having a huge part in the movement of that aesthetic in popular music. In total they released four albums in their career, the first of which was a live album that served as a kind of teaser for the their debut album, and the third of which consisted entirely of B-Sides and cut material from the second album. Later on Amanda released a digital version of a their live album on Bandcamp. They also released a self-titled EP, but as far as I know the only track to ever surface online is the demo version of Girl Anachronism, which they included on their “Live and Unreleased” downloads page on their website, consisting almost entirely of live recordings by fans, and featuring several guest performers, including The Ambitious Orchestra and Ryan Ross of Panic! at the Disco. The downloads page is still active, and all of the songs are still available for download, though they’re not greatly formatted, so I’m going to include my compilation “Live And Unreleased” as I have it in my music library with suggestions on how to organize the tracks.
A very important thing to know if you’re interested in purchasing Amanda’s music is that she purportedly gets paid NOTHING by the album company if you purchase the albums on iTunes, Amazon, or any place other than her official website or on her Bandcamp page, which includes all of her albums, including those in which she’s involved with a band. So, if you want to support her by buying the music, do so on her Bandcamp page, because if you purchase the albums on iTunes or Amazon, all of that money just goes to a record company that doesn’t even support her music anymore, so you’re literally throwing money away. Even if you paid full-price for all of her music on iTunes, you wouldn’t be supporting her art in any way. In summation, buy the music from her Bandcamp page, or download it all for free from there.
The Dresden Dolls [EP]
1. Half Jack
2. Girl Anachronism
3. The Perfect Fit
4. Colorblind
5. Good Day
Notes: All of these songs are demo versions. As far as I know the only demo ever to be released online is the Girl Anachronism demo, available on the Dresden Dolls’ downloads archive on their official website.
Original Album Cover
A Is For Accident
Release Date: May 27, 2003 (Original Release)
October 20, 2009 (Bandcamp Re-Release)
1. Missed Me (Live Demo)
2. Coin-Operated Boy (Live At TT’s)
3. The Time Has Come (Live At The Milky Way)
4. Mrs. O (Live At Luxx)
5. Christopher Lydon (Live At Sanders Theater)
6. Glass Slipper (Live At TT’s)
7. Thirty Whacks (Live On WBRS)
8. Bank Of Boston Beauty Queen (Live On WMBR)
9. Will (Album Outtake – B.C. Studio)
10. Truce (Live Demo)
2009 Bandcamp Re-Release Bonus Tracks
11. Stand By Your Man (Live At The Lizard Lounge)
12. A Night At The Roses (B-Side From the Good Day 7″ Single)
Bandcamp Album Cover
3. Missed Me
6. Coin-Operated Boy
7. Gravity
8. Bad Habit
10. The Jeep Song
11. Slide
12. Truce
Physical album cover
Yes, Virginia…
1. Sex Changes
2. Backstabber
3. Modern Moonlight
4. My Alcoholic Friends
5. Delilah
6. Dirty Business
7. First Orgasm
8. Mrs. O
9. Shores of California
10. Necessary Evil
11. Mandy Goes To Med School
12. Me & The Minibar
13. Two-Headed Boy
Notes: Track 13, Two-Headed Boy, is a cover of a Neutral Milk Hotel song. It isn’t available on physical editions on the album, and appears as track 13 on the Bandcamp release, as well a bonus track 14 on the iTunes release. Pretty In Pink is a cover of a song by The Psychedelic Furs. Also, there is an advance version of Yes, Virginia… that contains an earlier version of Sing in which the first line is “There is this thing that’s like fucking except you don’t fuck,” as opposed to the line on the final version, “There is this thing that’s like touching except you don’t touch.”
Digital album cover
Standard edition / physical album cover
No, Virginia…
1. Deary Jenny
2. Night Reconnaissance
3. The Mouse And The Model
4. Ultima Esperanza
5. The Gardener
6. Lonesome Organist Rapes Page Turner
7. Sorry Bunch
8. Pretty In Pink
9. The Kill
10. The Sheep Song
11. Boston
Special Edition Bonus Tracks
12. Glass Slipper (Live In St. Louis)
12. A Night At The Roses
13. I Would For You
Notes: I Would For You is a Jane’s Addiction cover, and the version of Night At The Roses included here is exactly the same recording from A is for Accident, which incidentally is featured as track 12 on the Bandcamp version of the album. Also, The Gardener, The Kill, and Boston are all purported to be Yes, Virginia… B-Sides, and I don’t deny that, I just can’t find the singles or material they were B-Sides on)
Special Edition Album Cover
Live And Unreleased
The following is a compilation of all the available tracks from the Dresden Dolls’ official downloads page, in the order they were released. I’ve titled them with where they were recorded, though the downloads page includes more specific informtation about the exact dates, venues, guest appearances and who recorded the audio.
1. Girl Anachronism (Live in Portland, OR)
2. Bad Habit (Live in Munich, Germany)
3. Two Headed Boy (Live in Cambridge, MA)
4. Gravity (Live in Munich, Germany)
5. Add It Up (Live in Boston, MA)
6. Backstabber (Live in Munich, Germany)
7. Mandy Goes To Med Shcool (Live in Brussels, Belgium)
8. Sorry Bunch (Live in New York, NY)
9. One (Live in New York, NY)
10. Half Jack (Live in Providence, RI)
11. Dance Me To The End of Love (Live in Boston, MA)
12. Modern Moonlight (Live in Knoxville, TN)
13. The Ghost In You (Live in Cambridge, MA)
14. Seven Nation Death Squad (Live in Boston, MA)
15. A Night at the Roses (Live in Boston, MA)
16. Blueprint (Live in Brooklyn, NY)
17. Life On Mars (Live in San Francisco, CA)
18. The Kill (Live in Boston, MA)
19. Colorblind (Live in Waltham, MA)
20. Ultima Esperanza (Live in Washington, DC)
21. Mother (Live in Portland, OR)
22. Cosmic Dancer (Live in Vienna, Austria)
23. Will (Live in Edinburgh, Scotland)
24. Umbrella (Live in Edinburgh, Scotland)
25. Girl Anachronism (Demo)
26. The Sheep Song (Live in Boston, MA)
27. God Damn the Sun (Live in Cambridge, MA)
28. Hate (Live in Boston, MA)
29. Karma Police (Live in San Diego, CA)
30. Science Fiction Double Feature (Live in Providence, RI)
31. Sing (Live in Munich, Germany)
32. Rid Of Me (Live in Portland, ME)
33. Train (Live in Boston, MA)
34. Imagine (Live in Cleveland, OH)
Amanda Palmer (As A Solo Artist)
Amanda went solo in 2008, co-producing her first album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, with musician Ben Folds, along with producing an art book with several writers, including Neil Gaiman, to whom she would later marry. She also took to referring to herself as Amanda Fucking Palmer, after having a falling out with her record company, who finally released her from her contract after fans protested them and she was allowed to release her music for free. She officially released two albums, as well as a lot of other EP’s and goodies.
Standard Album Cover
Who Killed Amanda Palmer
1. Astronaut (A Short History Of Nearly Nothing)
2. Runs In The Family
3. Ampersand
4. Leeds United
5. Blake Says
6. Strength Through Music
7. Guitar Hero
8. Have To Drive
9. What’s The Use Of Wond’rin’?
10. Oasis
11. The Point Of It All
12. Another Year (A Short History Of Almost Something
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
13. Straight (In The End)
14. Leeds United (Lounge Version)
15. Guitar Hero (Alternate Version)
Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Alternate Tracks)
1. 1.1.94
2. The Point of It All
7. Guitar Hero (Note that this is NOT the alternate version on the Special Edition of Who Killed Amanda Palmer)
8. Boyfriend in a Coma
9. Oasis
10. You May Kiss The Bride
11. I Will Follow You into the Dark
12. Ampersand
13. Straight (with Strings)
14. Astronaut
15. Have to Drive
Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele
1. Fake Plastic Trees
2. High And Dry
3. No Surprises
4. Idioteque
5. Creep (Hungover at Soundcheck in Berlin)
6. Exit Music (For A Film)
7. Creep (Live in Prague)
Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under
1. Makin’ Whoopie
2. Australia
3. Vegemite (The Black Death)
4. Map of Tasmania (feat. The Young Punx)
5. In My Mind (feat. Brian Viglione)
6. Bad Wine and Lemon Cake (feat. The Jane Austen Argument)
8. On An Unknown Beach
9. We’re Happy Little Vegemites
10. Doctor Oz
11. Formidable Marinade (feat. Mikelangelo & Lance Horne)
Who Killed Amanda Palmer: Neil Gaiman Reading
1. Neil Gaiman Reading (feat. Zoë Keating & Lyndon Chester)
Do You Swear To Tell The Truth The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass
1. Do You Swear To Tell The Truth The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass
Ukulele Anthem
1. Ukulele Anthem
AFP Reading: Yes, Virginia (A Letter To The New York Sun, 1898)
(released online with the 2011 Christmas merchandise sale)
1. AFP Reading: Yes, Virginia (A Letter To The New York Sun, 1898)
Behavior [feat. Mat Devine, Erica Iozzo, and Caroline]
1. Behavior [feat. Mat Devine, Erica Iozzo, and Caroline]
Dear Daily Mail (Live) [Official Bootleg]
1. Dear Daily Mail (Live)
The Thing About Things (Live) [Official Bootleg]
1. The Thing About Things (Live)
Here Comes The Rain Again
(released only on Soundcloud)
1. Here Comes The Rain Again (Eurythmics Cover)
Evelyn Evelyn
In 2010, Amanda teamed up with fellow musician and friend Jason Webley to form an extremely weird band called Evelyn Evelyn, releasing one concept album in which the two play the characters of conjoined twin sisters, which they reported to be two real sisters who they had found and whose music they were attempting to promote to help spread their story. In the end, Evelyn Evelyn was actually just an act played by the two, but they kept the facade up on Amanda’s blog and during shows, in which they pretended to invite the sisters on stage and played songs in character after their respective individual shows. The album contains not only songs by the sisters but also three songs that consist of spoken dialogue and background music and sound effect detailing the twin sisters’ tragic lives. After the album and the tour, Evelyn Evelyn has never returned, although Amanda and Jason have played some of the songs on tour together and individually.
Bandcamp Album Cover, featuring artwork by Cynthia von Buhler
1. Evelyn Evelyn
2. A Campaign of Shock and Awe
3. The Tragic Events of September – Part I
4. Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?
5. Chicken Man
6. The Tragic Events – Part II
7. Sandy Fishnets
8. Elephant Elephant
9. You Only Want Me ‘Cause You Want My Sister
10. The Tragic Events – Part III
11. My Space
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart
iTunes Album Cover
Amanda Palmer as a member of 8in8
In 2011, Amanda was set to attend a conference to discuss the state of music, and she decided that it would be more fun to that with friends, so she contacted Ben Folds, Neil Gaiman and Damien Kulash (of the band OK Go), and Ben proposed that rather than just appearing together, why not lock themselves into a studio and attempt to write and record eight completely original new songs in eigh hours? They did just that, only it took them twelve hours and they only produced six songs, but the results were pretty impressive nonetheless.
1. Nikola Tesla
2. Because the Origami
3. One Tiny Thing
4. Twelve Line Song
5. I’ll Be My Mirror
6. The Problem With Saints
Current Bandcamp Artwork
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
I believe it was at some point in 2011 that Amanda joined forces with musicians Jherek Bischoff, Michael McQuilken, and Chad Raines to create The Grand Theft Orchestra, and used the website Kickstarter to fund the album. The project met with incredible success, and I can say personally that I’ve only ever seen one Amanda Palmer album in stores, and it was this one. Kickstarter backers got a lot of extra tracks on their copies, which until recently were pretty much unobtainable, but Amanda recently released a “complete discography” download for free on her website, which includes the Kickstarter version of the album, containing all eight bonus tracks.
Theatre Is Evil
1. Meow Meow Introduces The Grand Theft Orchestra
2. Smile (Pictures or It Didn’t Happen)
3. The Killing Type
4. Do It With A Rockstar
5. Want It Back
6. Grown Man Cry
7. Trout Heart Replica
8. A Grand Theft Intermission
9. Lost
10 .Bottomfeeder
11. The Bed Song
12. Massachusetts Avenue
13. Melody Dean
14. Berlin
15. Olly Olly Oxen Free
Bandcamp Bonus Tracks
16. Denial Thing
18. Ukulele Anthem (New version, not the same as the earlier single)
19. From St. Kilda To Fitzroy
Kickstarter Bonus Tracks
20. Video Games (Lana Del Ray cover)
21. Provanity
22. Assistant
23. Not Mine
Kickstarter Album Cover
1. Polly (Nirvana cover)
Amanda Palmer And Neil Gaiman
Amanda’s most recent foray has been a return to working as a solo artist, though she went on tour with her husband Neil Gaiman, performing something of a variety show that included music, readings, and question and answer segments from the audience. She released one album, and two live albums, the first of which consists of covers of Lou Reed and Velvet Underground songs, the second of which is included as a fourth disc on the final release of An Evening With Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer.
Several Attempts To Cover Songs By The Velvet Underground & Lou Reed* For Neil Gaiman As His Birthday Approaches
1. Attempt To Sing A Birthday Song / Lou Reed Misgivings
2. Satellite Of Love
3. Walk On The Wild Side
4. Another Birthday Song Attempt In Another Theater
5. I’m Waiting For The Moon
7. Vancouver Birthday Song Attempt
8. I’ll Be Your Mirror (feat. The Jane Austen Argument)
9. Sad Little Portland Birthday Song Attempt
10. Caroline Says II
11. Blake Says
12. I’m Sticking With You (feat. John Cameron Mitchell)
13. Perfect Day (Intro)
14. Perfect Day
An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer
1. My Last Landlady
2. The Rhyme Maidens
3. The Day The Saucers Came
4. Feminine Endings
5. The Winter Gardens
6. In Relig Odhrain
7. The View From The Cheap Seats
8. I Will Write In Words Of Fire
9. The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury
10. Making A Chair
11. 100 Words
1. Margaret Cho introduces the Show
2. Makin’ Whoopee
3. (Introduction to The Problem with Saints)
5. Jump (for Jeremy Geidt)
6. Ask Neil and Amanda
7. (Introduction to Broken Heart Stew)
8. Broken Heart Stew (by Amanda)
9. Poem for Amanda (by Neil)
10. Poem for Neil (by Amanda)
11. Electric Blanket (a duet, Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley)
13. (Introduction to I Google You)
14. I Google You
1. I Want You, But I Don’t Need You
2. (Introduction to Dear Old House)
3. Dear Old House
4. (Introduction to Gaga, Palmer, Madonna; A Polemic)
5. Gaga, Palmer, Madonna; A Polemic
6. (Introduction to Judy Blume)
7. Judy Blume
8. I Don’t Care Much (with Lance Horne)
9. Map Of Tasmania
10. (Introduction to Do You Swear to Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass)
12. Do You Swear to Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass
13. (Introduction to I Will Follow You Into The Dark)
14. I Will Follow You Into The Dark (for Ashlie Gough)
15. Look Mummy, No Hands
16. Ukulele Anthem
A Prelude To Evening With Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer
4. Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar
6. Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire
7. Do You Swear To Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass
8. Zombies and Shy People
9. Drinking with John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
10. Making Mixtapes
11. Everyone Should Have a Hobby That Could Kill Them
12. It Was All Going So Well
13. On-Stage Dating Service
Afterward
This is not a complete history of everything Amanda has ever done. On her band camp are some more releases: a collaboration with Kim Boekbinder, a collaboration with Murder By Death, a podcast of she and two friends discussing sexuality with an audience, and a really cool compilation called AFP’s Webcastacular NYC Extravaganza! that features songs from Kim Boekbinder, Bitter Ruin, and even a cover of Missed Me by Meow Meow and Lance Horne. Suffice it to say this is a compendium of mostly everything she has released as a solo artist and with bands that she was an active participant in. If you’ve never listened to Amanda, you should. If you’ve never heard her speak, you should listen to her TED Talk, or read about her life as a human statue, or her experience couch surfing in fans apartments while being on tour, or tweeting that she needs a ride to a show or that she’s welcoming any musicians who want to come and open for her. She’s a revolutionary: she embraces the idea that music and art are free for the taking,that if you like an artist, you should support them, and that decisions don’t have to be dictated by record companies whose main interest is in making money and not making art. She strips her clothes off on stage, she reveals her unshaven legs and armpits with pride, like everyone else she is sometimes terrifying and sometimes incredibly beautiful, and sometimes a little of both. She embraces her fans, she embraces the world around her, and she has been inspiring to me not just as an artist, but as a person. Carry on, Amanda.
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The B-Keeper. See What I Did There?
I have been assembling B-Sides like a fucking madman over the last couple of weeks. You know what the secret is? Torrenting. If you’re going to download music illicitly, or go hunting for rarities, use torrents. You can almost always find what you’re looking for, and if you’re missing a specific song, you can do what I do and start checking mediafire and 4shared for individual audio files and comparing minute differences in starting time and audio quality to see which one is superior. I’m sort of an accidental audiophile.
Tori’s Infamous List of Bee Sides
So, of the artists that I “collect,” Tori Amos has unquestionably the most B-Sides (although Ke$ha wins for the most demos/unreleased songs, she has over 80, but I really didn’t bother with them). So, for you Toriphiles out there, I thought I would show you my list of Tori B-Sides as a guide for anyone looking to assemble their own collection of B-Sides. My source for the majority of these files is a thread on a Spanish website called Taringa! where someone very kindly uploaded pretty much every single Tori B-Side, remix, and promo single ever released. Finding it is difficult, I still have to go on a mad hunt for this thread any time I need it, because I never bother bookmarking it, and I also think that it’s been made private now so you have to make an account there to view it (which I did, earlier this year when I first compiled my B-Sides). Also, there are quite a few Tori Amos discography torrents that have a lot of these, and if you can find the torrent with a copy of the 4-disc bootleg called “The Lost Works,” you’re mostly set.
I have done my B-Side hunting for Tori on about 5 different occasions now, always on a different computer each time, and this time I’m getting some CD-R’s and backing this stuff up. Of course I should mention that the best way to go about getting some of these songs is to just BUY the music properly, but some stuff, you’re just not going to be able to find, and some stuff isn’t actually available on CD (like the audio rips of the instrumental versions of tracks from Tales of a Librarian, or the audio rip of Garlands from the bonus DVD in the deluxe edition of The Beekeeper). And for those of you who ARE going to buy the music properly, I have some words of caution for you.
iTunes’ Woefully Inaccurate 1996 Selection
Tori’s third album (and incidentally, my favorite) is called Boys For Pele, released in 1996. If you want to get a copy of this album (and I highly suggest you should), you should know that iTunes has fucked the tracklisting all to hell. Your best bet is to do what I did and order a copy of the album from eBay. I believe I payed about 6 dollars altogether for the physical album, which gave me perfect rips of the tracks without improper audio or tracklisting, for less money than it would cost to purchase the album online. So, there are three editions of Boys For Pele: the original version is 18 tracks long, and has all of the original versions of the songs. The second edition of the album is my personal favorite, and the one you’d find if you were to order the album from any major retailer, like Amazon or Barnes & Noble: this version of the album has one difference from the original, in that the song Talula is replaced with “the Tornado Mix,” which is a version of the song used on the Twister soundtrack. This version is just better than the original, it adds more percussion, makes the song a bit groovier, although it does omit a few little sections of lyrics. If you’re hardcore and want to have everything Tori has ever released, I would suggest putting the original version of Talula in your list of Pele B-Sides, or putting the Tornado Mix in your list of B-Sides. Personally, I just use the Tornado Mix on my Boys For Pele and I’m done with it.
Finally, there is a third version of the album, and this is my least favorite version. The fourth track, Professional Widow, is followed up by the famous Armand Van Helden remix that granted Tori her biggest hit to date when his remix went to the top of the dance charts. Not only does throwing a remix right into the middle of the album mess up the flow of the whole thing, but it also caused one of the songs, In The Springtime of His Voodoo, to be cut completely from this version.
iTunes’ version of Boys For Pele is the third edition of the album, which in itself is already a misrepresentation of the album, but to make things worse, they don’t actually include Professional Widow. Both Professional Widow and the Armand Van Helden Remix are the exact same audio track. It’s just the same track twice in a row. For this reason, I highly, highly suggest buying the original album on eBay or from any major retailer. Hell, if you go into a well-stocked Barnes & Noble, you just might find it.
Now, back to our original mission: B-Sides. The album is not the only thing iTunes has wrong, the Hey Jupiter EP is in even worse shape. The version of Hey Jupiter used here is NOT the Dakota Version (the remix used as the single version of the song, which is about 6 minutes long and includes some heartbreaking additional lyrics), though it’s labelled as such, and the Merry Widow version of Professional Widow, which is an intense, emotional performance of the song live on harmonium, isn’t here either, it’s the original version of the song. Once again, my advice is to buy the physical EP from eBay or Amazon, it’s not very expensive and it’s worth it to get the real stuff.
There’s one another album that iTunes has messed up: Tori’s box set release, A Piano: The Collection. It has all the right audio files, but there are a lot of inexplicable silences at the beginning of the songs. Me and a Gun, for instance, has about 4 seconds of silence before the song begins. It’s not done by the artist, it’s a mistake that for some reasons happens to a lot of album uploaded to iTunes, and I can’t quite explain it. If you really want to support Tori and buy her music, do what I did: purchase A Piano from iTunes, and then go and download a torrent of the album with the proper audio files. That way you’ve payed for it and you’ve got the proper songs.
Apart from the above mentioned releases, the rest of the Tori selection on iTunes seems to be perfectly accurate. The rest of the EP’s are all in good order, I got Crucify, God, and Raspberry Swirl from the iTunes store and they’re the right songs. The only thing is that beginning with Scarlet’s Walk, iTunes has posted multiple versions of the same album, some with no differences from one another. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense, for instance, there are 4 versions of American Doll Posse, one with 23 tracks, one with 23 tracks and a digital booklet, another that is identical to the second one I mentioned, and a third with the digital booklet and bonus videos. It would have much more prudent to either post one edition of the album, or at very least a regular edition and a deluxe edition. But who am I to tell the geniuses at iTunes what to do.
See that? That was a pun. I was being funny. See how funny I am?
On to the B-Sides Already!
So, without further adue, I present to you, my collection of Tori Amos B-Sides. And no, I’m not going to give you download links, because firstly I can’t be bothered to upload them all, and also because collecting these songs isn’t really all that challenging, it just requires a bit of digging around.
Note on my formatting: I include studio tracks first, then songs from soundtracks, and then live tracks. I do not include remixes or alternate versions of songs. Other than that, the songs are pretty much in chronological order of release. Also, for album art, I used some of the Polaroids from the special edition box set of Scarlet’s Walk, just as a way to keep them all uniform, but it’s fun to find different single covers to use as album artwork. All of my information on these songs, as well as the photos I used for album artwork, along with pretty much anything else you would ever need to know about Tori Amos, is from my friend Jason’s very popular Tori Amos fansite, Yessaid.
Little Earthquakes: B-Sides
1 Upside Down [from Me and a Gun single]
2 Thoughts [from Me and a Gun single]
3 Sugar [from China single]
4 Flying Dutchman [from China single]
5 Humpty Dumpty [from China single]
6 The Pool [from Winter single]
7 Take To The Sky [from Winter single]
8 Sweet Dreams [from Winter single]
9 Angie [from Winter/Crucify singles]
10 Smells Like Teen Spirit [from Winter/Crucify singles]
11 Thank You [from Winter/Crucify singles]
12 Here. In My Head [from Crucify single]
13 Mary [from Crucify single]
14 Ode To The Banana King (Part One) [from Silent All These Years single]
15 Song For Eric [from Silent All These Years single]
16 Ring My Bell [Anita Ward cover – from Ruby Trax: The NME’s Roaring Forty]
17 The Happy Worker [from Toys Soundtrack]
18 Little Earthquakes (Live) [from Crucify single]
19 Crucify (Live) [from Crucify single]
20 Precious Things (Live) [from Crucify single]
21 Mother (Live) [from Crucify single]
22 Happy Phantom (Live) [from Silent All These Years single]
23 Silent All These Years (Live) [from Silent All These Years RAINN re-release single]
What’s missing: there is a single edit of China, as well as an edit of Flying Dutchman, both featured on the french China single, that I didn’t include. There’s also a remix of The Happy Worker called “Workers,” I don’t know if it’s an official release, but I didn’t include it. I also didn’t include the single remix of Crucify, not because I don’t like it but because it’s on A Piano: The Collection. In fact, A Piano saves me the trouble of including any of the single mixes, because they’re all featured in the box set.
Under the Pink: B-Sides
1 Sister Janet [from Cornflake Girl single]
2 All the Girls Hate Her [piano suite – from Cornflake Girl single]
3 Over It [piano suite – from Cornflake Girl single]
4 A Case Of You [Joni Mitchell cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
5 If 6 Was 9 [Jimi Hendrix cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
6 Strange Fruit [Billie Holiday cover – from Cornflake Girl single]
7 Home on the Range (Cherokee Edition) [traditional folk song with some added lyrics – from God single]
8 Daisy Dead Petals [from Pretty Good Year single]
9 Honey [from Pretty Good Year single]
10 Black Swan [from Pretty Good Year single]
11 Losing My Religion [R.E.M. cover – from Higher Learning Soundtrack]
12 Butterfly [from Higher Learning Soundtrack]
13 Famous Blue Raincoat [Leonard Cohen cover – from Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen]
14 Down By The Seaside [Led Zeppelin cover with Robert Plant – from Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin]
15 Upside Down (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
16 Past the Mission (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
17 Icicle (Live) [prefaced with a story from Tori – from Past the Mission single]
18 Flying Dutchman (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
19 Winter (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
20 The Waitress (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
21 Here. In My Head (Live) [from Past the Mission single]
What’s missing: every remix of God, and a live performance of Little Drummer Boy that was included on You Sleigh Me: Alternate Christmas Hits as well as More Pink: The B-Sides, the second disc of Under the Pink’s special Australian/New Zealand tour edition. I didn’t include it because firstly, no recordings of it, not even the one featured on More Pink, are very good quality, secondly because I just don’t like it, and thirdly because I haven’t really bothered to hunt around for it. There’s also a single edit of Cornflake Girl that I actually really like, which skips right ahead to the bridge after the second chorus, and I enjoy it as much as the original, they don’t cut out any singing, just a bit of rhythm playing between the second verse and the bridge.
It helped with some of these that the photos are the same color scheme as the album.
Boys For Pele: B-Sides
1 This Old Man [traditional folk song – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
2 Hungarian Wedding Song [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
3 Toodles Mr. Jim [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
4 London Girls [Chas & Dave cover – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
5 That’s What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song) [Chas & Dave cover – from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
6 Samurai [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
7 Graveyard [from Caught a Lite Sneeze single]
8 Amazing Grace – Til the Chicken [the first song is a traditional folk song – from Talula single]
9 Frog On My Toe [from Talula single]
10 Sister Named Desire [from Talula single]
11 Alamo [from Talula single]
12 Blue Skies [from Party of 5 Soundtrack]
13 I’m On Fire (Live) [Bruce Springsteen cover – from VH1 Crossroads]
14 Landslide (Live) [Fleetwood Mac cover – from Y-100 Sonic Sessions: Volume 1]
15 Sugar (Live) [from Hey Jupiter single]
16 Honey (Live) [from Hey Jupiter single]
17 Professional Widow (Merry Widow Version – Live) [A very different version of the song played on harmonium – from Hey Jupiter single]
18 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Live) [Judy Garland cover – from Hey Jupiter single]
What’s missing: Well the obvious missing links are the Armand Van Helden remix of Professional Widow, along with every other remix of the song. There are also remixes for Talula, In The Springtime of His Voodoo, and even some unreleased remixes of Horses that aren’t included here. The Dakota Version of Hey Jupiter isn’t included either, for the same reason a the Crufiy single remix: both the Professional Widow remix and the Dakota Version of Hey Jupiter are on A Piano: The Collection. I also didn’t include the Tornado Mix of Talula because I have it filed under the album itself, and just omit the original version of Talula altogether. If you wanted to include it, I’d recommend putting it right between Graveyard and Amazing Grace, since that would be where you’d find it chronologically.
From the Choirgirl Hotel: B-Sides
(the amount of B-Sides drastically decrease after Boys For Pele, both because Tori started releasing remixes of her songs, and also I assume because CD singles were beginning to become obsolete. I personally enjoy a nice single EP)
1 Purple People (Christmas In Space) [from Spark single]
2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [traditional folk song – from Spark single]
3 Bachelorette [from Spark single]
4 Do It Again [from Spark single]
5 Cooling [from Spark single]
6 Beulah Land [from Jackie’s Strength single]
7 Never Seen Blue [from Jackie’s Strength single]
8 Finn [from Great Expectations soundtrack]
9 Siren [from Great Expectations soundtrack]
10 Merman [from No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees]
What’s missing: Every remix of Raspberry Swirl, Spark, Cruel, Jackie’s Strength, and Father Lucifer. Although I do personally like some of those remixes, I just don’t like including remixes in my B-Sides. There’s also a track in the Great Expectations score called Paradiso Perduto that features some Tori vocals, but I didn’t include it here either, both because I just didn’t want to and because it’s annoying to try and hunt down the score.
I used the garden because of Datura. Aren't I clever?
To Venus And Back: B-Sides
(Venus doesn’t actually have any original B-Sides, they’re all live performances that I assume were scrapped from Still Orbiting. It is interesting to note that all of the live performances featured as B-Sides are Tori playing solo without the band. The only thing that can be considered a B-Side from this album is Carnival, which is a song featured on the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack. I personally think it looks weird and throws off the way the Venus B-Sides look. You might want to tack it on to the end of the Choirgirl B-Sides, even though it’d be chronologically incorrect, since Venus was the album that was out when she did the song)
1 Carnival [from Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack]
2 Hey Jupiter (Live) [from 1000 Oceans single]
3 Upside Down (Live) [from 1000 Oceans single]
4 Baker Baker (Live) [from Glory of the 80’s single]
5 Winter (Live) [from Glory of the 80’s single]
6 Famous Blue Raincoat (Live) [from Concertina single]
7 Twinkle (Live) [from Concertina single]
What’s missing: the single mix of Concertina. However, as with the other single mixes, it’s included on A Piano: The Collection. I don’t ever let songs repeat in my collection, because as you can clearly see, I am extremely organized. On that note, this is not technically organized chronologically, because Famous Blue Raincoat and Twinkle were released on the Glory of the 80’s single first, but I prefer them in this order.
Strange Little Girls: B-Sides
1 After All [from Strange Little Girl single]
2 Only Women Bleed [from Strange Little Girl single]
What’s missing: not much. There are only two B-Sides for this whole album, and they were included on the same single, which is the ONLY official single released for the album. There is a promo single of Strange Little Girl, which contains supposed “single edits” of Strange Little Girl, ’97 Bonnie & Clyde, and Heart of Gold. I cannot find any difference between the “single edits” and the album versions, but I wouldn’t have included them here regardless.
Scarlet’s Walk: B-Sides
(some of the songs that I’m crediting as being released on Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures, the bonus CD that comes with Welcome to Sunny Florida, were originally released on Scarlet’s Web, a website that was accessible using the Scarlet’s Walk CD, but not only are the versions released on Welcome to Sunny Florida of generally better audio quality, they’re also just better in that order because it makes a very nice EP)
1 Ruby Through The Looking-Glass [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
2 Seaside [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
3 Bug A Martini [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
4 Apollo’s Frock [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
5 Tombigbee [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
6 Indian Summer [from Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures]
7 Operation Peter Pan [from A Sorta Fairytale single]
8 Mountain [from Scarlet’s Web]
What’s missing: the single mix, and the 101 mix, of A Sorta Fairytale. Both of them are good mixes, though. Also it should be noted that there are no versions of Mountain of very high audio quality, as far as I’ve been able to find at least. There are also some remixes of Make Me Come To Vegas, and some radio versions of Taxi Ride and Strange, that I am completely not interested in.
To be honest, that’s the end of the B-Sides as we know them, there have been singles or EPs released after Scarlet’s Walk, and we now get our B-Sides from poorly put-together bonus DVDs, and deluxe editions of the albums. However, for your convenience, I’ll include the remaining bonus tracks.
Tales of a Librarian: B-Sides
(there is one “reconditioned” [or “badly remastered”] version of Putting the Damage On that didn’t make the physical album, but it is on the bonus DVD, as well as the iTunes release. The live performances are taken from the sound check of the performance that was used on Welcome to Sunny Florida. I personally don’t have any of these in my library.)
1 Putting the Damage On [reconditioned version – bonus track on iTunes release of Tales of a Librarian]
2 Mr. Zebra (Instrumental) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
3 Putting the Damage On (Instrumental) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
4 Pretty Good Year (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
5 Northern Lad (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
6 Honey (Live) [from Tales of a Librarian bonus DVD]
What’s missing: There is a radio edit of Mary that was released on a promo single, but my rule for Tori B-Sides is that I don’t include alternate versions, all the important ones, except for A Sorta Fairytale’s single version, can be found on an official release somewhere.
The Beekeeper: B-Sides
1 Garlands [from The Beekeeper bonus DVD]
What’s missing: there are some audio rips of Tori playing live on the DVD, but I’m not interested. In my iTunes, I have this filed as Garlands – Single, and I used the Sleeps With Butterflies artwork. Just a suggestion.
American Doll Posse: B-Sides
1 My Posse Can Do [from American Doll Posse bonus DVD]
2 Miracle [bonus track from iTunes release of American Doll Posse]
3 Drive All night [bonus track from Borders release of American Doll Posse]
What’s missing: Not a thing. And in fact, the final three tracks on the album are apparently bonus tracks themselves, but there’s no version that doesn’t feature them, so I don’t quite see how they’re bonus tracks. Incidentally, Posse Bonus is an entire song dedicated to telling you that you’re getting bonus tracks. Yeah, it’s safe to say Tori’s albums are a little less entertaining nowadays when you get an entire number about your bonus tracks… Also, My Posse Can Do is an audio rip from the bonus DVD on the deluxe edition of American Doll Posse, I don’t know of anywhere you could properly buy the audio file, but the audio file is floating around, and can be found on some torrents.
Abnormally Attracted to Sin: B-Sides
1 Oscar’s Theme [bonus track on iTunes release of Abnormally Attracted to Sin]
What’s missing: That’s it, it’s just Oscar’s Theme. It’s track 18 on one of iTunes releases of the album.
Midwinter Graces: B-Sides
(All of these are covers of traditional folk songs. There are some original songs on the album, and Tori adds/changes some lyrics on all of the carols, but these tracks are still traditional folk songs)
1 Comfort and Joy [bonus track on deluxe version and iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
2 Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (Silent Night! Holy Night!) [bonus track on deluxe version and iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
3 Good King Wenceslas [bonus track on iTunes release of Midwinter Graces]
What’s missing: Unless you want to count the bonus interview on the DVD of the deluxe version and the iTunes release as a B-Sides, nothing’s missing from here.
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DC Comics Review: 52 Weeks Later Part Five
RJ Schwabe | July 12, 2012 | Columns, Features, Top Story | No Comments
One of my fellow writers on Inside Pulse basically made the suggestion of why I don’t group these as similar titles. I spent a few days off and on, trying to come up with a way that it would make sense to sort these titles into thirteen groups. And no matter what there was always one group that didn’t make sense, one group where half the titles were cancelled, and one group of titles that I was totally not interested in writing about.
This week’s titles under the microscope are Justice League International, Animal Man, Dial H, and Stormwatch.
Initial Creative Team: Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
Current Creative Team: Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
Status: To be cancelled after issue #12
The Justice League International was originally created in the late 1990s as the revival of the Justice League following the Justice League Detroit years. Veteran creators, Keith Giffen and J.M. Dematteis, took a collection of second string characters (Mister Miracle, Martian Manhunter, Guy Gardner, Fire, Ice, etc. ) and characters recently added to or created for the DC Universe in the Post-Crisis years (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Booster Gold, Power Girl, Captain Marvel, etc.) and created a very fun team book. It is fondly remembered by many comic book fans from the 1980s/1990s, primarily for being a book that tried to blend humor with super hero action.
The team has been revived a few times throughout the years, both by Giffen and Dematteis, but also by other writers who have tried to modernize the team. Recently the Generation Next bi-weekly series got many people excited for the possibility of a new Justice League International book.
So when the titles for the DCnU were announced, it wasn’t that much of a surprise that a title named Justice League International was on the list.
All of us read bad comic books. It happens. Wrong creative team, wrong characters, wrong combination, wrong take on the characters, or just a mess of well-meaning creativity. I got over bad comic books years ago. It’s all perspective. My bad may be someone else’s good. Yes, I’ll let my opinion be heard, but I don’t take it personally.
However, I get personally offended by an uninspired comic books thrown together primarily to tap into one of my favorite comic book series from the past. Bad is one thing, but uninspired is another.
There is no reason for Justice League International to have been created for the DCnU Relaunch. The group is created as a United Nation managed superhero group as a response to the autonomous Justice League. This would be a good idea if we didn’t have to wait 7 months to learn in the pages of the Justice League that they are autonomous and won’t let in new members.
After the reasonable success of the Generation Lost and Booster Gold series, I guess someone on the marketing group determined that they needed to give them a presence in the DCnU, but this is an absolute mess. And seems like a dumping ground to keep some characters in the public eye, so we don’t think them abandoned. It’s not surprising that OMAC was pushed into this book after his own book was cancelled.
And it is written by Dan Jurgens who took over (and butchered) these characters back in the early 90s. The characters are just pure clichés with no depth whatsoever. And Jurgens takes liberties with the existing friendships and relationships between the characters, even though relationships are being rewritten all over the DCnU.
I was a huge fan of the original Justice League International, and really have only liked when they are being written by Giffen and DeMatteis. But I at least appreciated what other writers have tried to do with the characters in the past. But this is uninspired, insulting, clichéd, and boring.
I was actually rather happy that the title was being cancelled. Yes, I would have preferred just giving it to a different creative team, but I’m not sure it is salvageable as a concept.
I thought this title was awful from the beginning, and from the recent issues I’ve read, it has not improved much. This is a title that would have been better served being launched a year later, rather than in the initial slew of 52 titles. However, the book has only has one more issue left of its run. (I can’t remember if it’s getting a 0 issue before heading into the sunset.) I can’t say that I’m sad to see it go, but hopefully some of the characters are brought back into a tighter more purpose filled book.
Overall Ranking: 36 out of 52
Initial Creative Team: Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman
Current Creative Team: Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli
Status: Original DCnU series that has changed its penciller.
I was stunned when I saw that Animal Man was one of the titles included in the DCnU Relaunch. I mean, yes the original Grant Morrison run during the early 1990s (and later limped along as a mature title in the Vertigo line, only because they didn’t know what else to do with the book), and the character was brought to some prominence during the maxi-series, 52, following Infinite Crisis. But, there just aren’t that many people clamoring for a return of Buddy Baker to comic books, and certainly not the main superhero-oriented DC (new) Universe.
Animal Man was one of several titles that are to celebrate the return of the horror genre from the monopoly of the Vertigo imprint back to the main DC Universe, along with Swamp Thing, I. Vampire, Justice League Dark, Frankenstein, and Demon Knights.
I never got into Animal Man to tell the truth. Yes, it’s the series that turned Grant Morrison into Grant Morrison back in the day. But, by the time I heard about the interesting things that were happening in the title (specifically when the character started talking to his writer), it was regulated to back issue land. So, I just stayed away, figuring that I’d pick it up at some point in time. Generally, the buzz has always been, Animal Man is an interesting character that I wish someone would write.
So I was surprised again, when I heard the following statement from early reviews, “Jeff Lemire’s Animal Man is amazing, and a must read.” I had heard of the title Sweet Tooth, but it was the first time that I had heard about Jeff Lemire. So I picked up the book, and instantly saw the appeal. Jeff Lemire’s take on Buddy Baker and his family was inspired, and had some great threads and plot lines. It was a book I never expected to be on my list of favorite titles, and yet I was drawn in.
Now, I did stop reading the book around issue #7. Basically, I felt that the book was more suited for a graphic novel/trade paperback audience rather than the individual episode treatment. So, I dropped the book, fully intending to pick up the book in trade format.
For this review, I picked up issue #11, and I must admit that I was somewhat disappointed. In three issues, not much has really happened in the lives of the Bakers. The characters are still focused on the initial plot, which is the Rot coming after Buddy Baker and his daughter being the chosen one. I’m starting to worry that Animal Man is a one trick (or one plot) pony. But it’s written well enough to keep me interested. I must admit that I miss Travel Foreman’s pencils on the book. Alberto Ponticelli does a nice job, but Foreman had a very unique distinct style that is now definitely missing from the book.
Animal Man is a welcome return to the DC Universe, and Jeff Lemire is a wonderful young comic book writer who I am looking forward to following in all future work. The title has a lot of promise, even though it is somewhat trapped in its corner of the DC horror universe. I hope they are able to create plot lines outside of the initial conflict with The Rot, but we shall see in the months ahead.
Initial Creative Team: Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda
Current Creative Team: Peter Milligan and Miguel Sepulveda
Status: Original DCnU title that has changed its writer
In 2010, DC Comics announced that the WildStorm imprint was going to be stopped and that several characters would be relaunched some time in the near future. The rumors were that DC was planning on bringing some core characters and concepts into the main DC Universe to give some new energy to it, like they did with the Charlton and Fawcett characters during and following the Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985. Then a year ago, all 52 titles of the DCnU were announced, and one of the surprises was the revival of the WildStorm comic: Stormwatch.
Stormwatch was as title that was started by WildStorm founder Jim Lee in 1993. However, the title was really brought into prominence when Warren Ellis took it over in 1996, bringing very modern concepts into the book. Eventually, Stormwatch begat highly acclaimed comic book The Authority which was published after DC Comics bought Wildstorm Productions and brought Jim Lee on board.
Stormwatch did what it was supposed to. It took a title that I had always wanted to read (I’ll read anything that Warren Ellis has written or inspired), gave it a writer whose work I like and respect in initial series writer Paul Cornell, and relaunched it as a new title with a brand new origin as part of the DCnU. In the first month, it was one of my favorite titles that month.
And then the following months happened. It became a mess. It was a glorious mess. The best kind of comic book mess, where the creative team has tried to bring in so many ideas and concepts and characters and back story that it was really hard to follow. Then, after a few months some characters were kicked out of the group, and Cornell was replaced by Peter Milligan. I like Milligan, but it felt like that any momentum for the book was halted by the incoming creator change.
I dropped the title for comic book budgetary reasons. I liked the title well enough, but as a reader and a reviewer, I liked other titles better and I needed to keep up with other titles for my reviewing job.
I picked up the latest issue for this review, and it is a little better. I don’t have as clear of an idea of upcoming mysteries and plot lines for the title, but there were plenty of threads that had me intrigued for the near future.
Stormwatch is a good title, but not a very good one. If you like maxi-hero stories, that focus on a greater picture than an immediate threat. And it’s interesting to have a hero title where the motivations of the characters is somewhat questionable. The characters in the book, especially Midnighter and Apollo, act like they are only in the book because the story tells them they should be in the book. Yet, it is one of the more unique comic books in the DCnU.
Dial H
Initial Creative Team: China Miéville and Mateus Santoluoco
Current Creative Team: China Miéville and Mateus Santoluoco
Status: Second Wave Replacement Title currently on issue #3
Dial H is one of those concepts that gets dusted off every so often for the DC Universe. It was originally known as Dial H for Hero in the 1960s in the pages of House of Mystery, where the concept was that teenager Robby Reed finds a dial with letters on it, that allowed him to temporarily become a superhero. In the early 1980s this was dusted off in the pages of Adventure Comics, where DC Comics actually requested that readers send in submissions for characters and costumes. The characters from those books, Chris King and Victoria Grant were used throughout the 80s and 90s as heroes and villains. More recently, the Dial H concept was brought back in a title in 2003. This title only lasted 22 issues and followed the adult Robby Reed trying to reclaim the lost dial.
When this was announced as a DCnU Second Wave replacement, it was certainly a curious choice, as most people were expecting a title that introduced classic DCU characters into the DCnU (like Atom or Shazam) rather than a concept that seemed rooted in the goofiness of the Silver Age. The title has only had three issues, so we may not have a clear picture of this title, yet.
Before starting the 52 weeks later column, I had read 46 of the 58 DCnU titles at some point in time during the past year. I read 26 of them initially, and then read an additional 20 during the rest of the year either for curiosity, buzz, or to review the comic. Of the remaining 12, most of them I just hadn’t gotten around to yet. Such is the case with Dial H. I wanted to read the first issue, but I had already slated Worlds’ Finest and Earth 2 for the same week, and didn’t want to add another second wave title to the week.
So, I read issue #3 this week, knowing very little about this comic. And WOW is it a trip! I’m not a fan of confusing comic books, especially in superhero titles. There’s a place for them in this world, but not as much for me. But I loved this comic book.
The basic plot is that an out-of-shape slacker named Nelson Jent has had a series of bad breaks, losing his girlfriend and his job. And to save his friend, he goes into a telephone booth, and dials numbers at random, and he is turned into a superhero, similar to the characters in the previous Dial H. But, first you can tell that Nelson is getting addicted to the power. And then there is the character of the female hero, who has similar powers.
China Miéville is a great find here. He’s writing a very interesting comic book. And I like that they are allowed to have some weirdness in the DCnU. It’s a great series debut. And the art by Mateus Santoluoco is very interesting, and even when it is over the top and cartoony, it actually works in this series.
This is a fun, dark, and mysterious comic book with secret diaries, conspiracies, merged personalities, and a lizard creature who talks with human clichés. This is a very cool book, and I think I will be back for more. Everyone should check this out and see if it is for them. A very pleasant surprise with the new DCnU.
Overall Ranking: 22.5 out of 52
Rankings are a combination of my own personal rankings of titles, sales, industry buzz, and popularity of the creative talent.
03. Green Lantern
04. Action Comics
06. Wonder Woman
07. Detective Comics
09. Nightwing
14. Animal Man
17. All Star Western
18. Batman and Robin
22. Blue Beetle
22.5 G.I. Combat
23.5 Dial H
24. Superboy
25. Flash
26. Stormwatch
27. DC Universe Presents
33. Green Arrow
36. Justice League International
42. The Savage Hawkman
47. Legion Lost
50. Men of War
Tags: Aaron Lopresti, Animal Man, China Mieville, Dan Jurgens, DC Comics, DC Comics Relaunch, Dial H, Jeff Lemire, Justice League International, Paul Cornell, Peter Milligan, Stormwatch, Travel Foreman
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RJ Schwabe is a man who just cracked his fourth decade, and has yet to put his toys away. He is a life-long comic book fan, who is enjoying digital comics more than he ever thought he would. Big fan of nerdy television and comic books, and is a recovering pro-wrestling addict. His review blog can be found at http://looksat40.wordpress.com
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Archive for October 13th, 2009
Glenn Beck: Obama White House Thinks Fox ‘Enemy’
Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under: Beck | Tags: Anita Dunn, Fox News, Obama administration, White House |
Glenn Beck mocked the White House’s new anti-Fox News press strategy Monday, declaring that the Obama administration now believe the fight against Fox is more important than the war in Afghanistan.
Beck then displayed a map of Manhattan and circled Fox’s headquarters, sarcastically calling Fox “the enemy” as he surrounded the spot on the map with toy tanks and barbed wire. Later, he suggested that the White House was using “your tax dollars to target the media.”
Beck was responding to Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, who told The New York Times on Sunday that the Obama administration is treating Fox News “the way we would treat an opponent.”
Dunn said that administration officials would still talk to Fox, and that President Obama was likely to be interviewed on the network in the future.
But Fox reported Monday that the channel has been told by the White House not to expect an interview with the president this year.
Here’s what Beck had to say: at NewsMax.com
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Sharpton, Jackson Attack Limbaugh’s Rams Bid
Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under: Rush | Tags: Jackson, Limbaugh, McNabb, NFL, Roger Goodell, Sharpton, St. Louis Rams, Tawana Brawley hoax |
ST. LOUIS — The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host’s track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team.
Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , arguing that Limbaugh has been divisive and “anti-NFL” in some of his comments.
Jackson said in a telephone interview that Limbaugh had made his wealth “appealing to the fears of whites” with an unending line of insults against blacks and other minorities.
“The National Football League has set high standards for racial justice and inclusion,” Jackson said. “He should not have the privilege of owning an NFL franchise — and it is a privilege.” The civil rights leader said he’s had contact with numerous players and ex-players concerned about the bid.
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Limbaugh shot back at Sharpton on his radio show.
“Now, this saddens me as well this disappoints me,” he said. “I know Rev. Sharpton. Sharpton is better than this. He knows better than this. You know, I didn’t judge Al Sharpton’s fitness to be in radio when he wanted to earn an honest living for once, given his well-documented past as the author of the Tawana Brawley hoax. I believe in freedom and I also don’t discriminate.”
Limbaugh said last week that he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues hockey team owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams. He has declined to discuss details of the offer, citing a confidentiality agreement.
In 2003, Limbaugh worked briefly on ESPN’s NFL pregame show. He resigned after saying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.
Transcripts posted on the radio host’s Web site also say that on a January 2007 show, Limbaugh commented: “The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
Asked about Limbaugh’s bid to purchase the winless Rams, McNabb said: “If he’s rewarded to buy them, congratulations to him. But I won’t be in St. Louis any time soon.”
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is aware of the concerns voiced by Sharpton and Jackson.
“It is very early in the process and no transfer of ownership of the Rams has been presented to the league for review,” Aiello said.
The latest complaints came a day after executive director of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, urged players to speak out against Limbaugh’s bid.
“I have asked our players to embrace their roles not only in the game of football but also as players and partners in the business of the NFL,” Smith said in a statement Sunday. “They risk everything to play this game, they understand that risk and they live with that risk and its consequences for the rest of their life.
“We also know that there is an ugly part of history and we will not risk going backwards, giving up giving in or lying down to it.”
Players on the 0-5 Rams, who were routed by the Minnesota Vikings 38-10 on Sunday, tried to distance themselves from the controversy.
“I’m paying attention, but I’m not even touching that one,” running back Steven Jackson said. “Because if I start touching it I might go somewhere I don’t want to go.”
Defensive end Chris Long said he just heard Monday that Limbaugh was part of a group seeking to purchase the team. His reaction: “Oh, is that the guy on the radio?”
Reminded of Limbaugh’s statements about McNabb, Long seemed to disapprove while adding he didn’t care who owned the team.
“I mean, those weren’t great comments at all,” Long said. “But it’s not my job to really comment on that.”
Defensive end Leonard Little, the last remaining player from the Rams’ Super Bowl championship after the 1999 season, didn’t want to talk about it.
“We’ve got a lot more things to worry about than who’s going to be our owner,” he said.
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The Mundell-Laffer Solution
Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under: economy | Tags: Arab oil producers, Arthur Laffer, Bush Boom, dollar, Fed, Great Recession, Reagan, Robert Mundell, Team Obama |
By Lawrence Kudlow
Team Obama is in economic trouble on two fronts right now: The dollar could be headed toward its demise, while the jobs and unemployment numbers have gotten worse. (The unemployment rate is up to 9.8 percent as of the September report released last week.) And there’s a simple policy mix the White House could adopt to fix this. It could enact the Mundell-Laffer supply-side approach of a steady King Dollar for price stability and low marginal tax rates to spur jobs and economic growth.
Columbia professor and Nobel Prize winner Robert Mundell and Reagan advisor Arthur Laffer put this formula to work nearly 30 years ago, and it launched a massive low-inflation, bull-market prosperity. Of course, I am a supply-side fossil. I am a dinosaur and a relic of the past. But I still believe this approach could work again, even if it’s not going to happen.
The dollar has been falling on and off for nearly 10 years, and it’s in big trouble right now. The commodity inflation, housing bubble and oil shock of recent years all can be traced to dollar weakness and excess money-creation by the Fed. A weak dollar helped destroy the Bush Boom and create the Great Recession. But now people are talking about ending the dollar’s reserve-currency status.
According to London’s Independent, the Arab oil producers in the Gulf are planning with China, Russia, Japan and France to end dollar transactions for oil and move instead to a basket of currencies that might include the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the euro, along with gold and some kind of regional Gulf-state currency.
I say, where there’s smoke there’s fire. The dollar-demise story just won’t go away, and it’s clear now that China and others have lost confidence in the greenback. For the U.S., this is mostly a self-inflicted wound. And the Treasury and the Fed are in denial about it. The gold price has jumped all the way to $1,050, while the dollar index has fallen again. Without question, the U.S. is creating too many dollars through the Fed, and fiscal disarray continues to threaten more of the same.
And here’s a real conflict brewing in the financial markets: The Fed is fighting deflation with a near-zero interest-rate target, while gold, the dollar and commodity markets are signaling that inflation is the real problem. Somebody is going to be very right here, and somebody is going to be very wrong. I’m betting on the markets being right.
So I have a thought, at least for the short run: The Fed should follow Australia, the first G-20 country to raise its target interest rate. The Aussies lifted their rate a quarter point to 3.25 percent. Right now, the U.S. Fed should lift its target rate by 25 basis points. The fed funds target is currently 15 basis points, so this move would make it 40 basis points. It would be a dollar-protection signal; a price-stability signal. At the least, it would be a beginning. Next, the Treasury should buy some dollars in the open market to back up the Fed.
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Sweetheart deals for illegal aliens — and Obama’s nominee for US attorney in Colorado
Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under: homeland security | Tags: Colorado, Denver district attorney, Governor Ritter, ICE, Tancredo, US attorney, Villafuerte |
By Michelle Malkin
Tom Tancredo reports on corruption at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — and the continued plight of agent Cory Voorhis (via WND):
The federal government’s continued persecution of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, agent Cory Voorhis should alarm all Americans. Voorhis has been targeted for removal from his job because he dared to blow the whistle on politicians who were scheming with ICE bureaucrats to help criminal aliens avoid deportation – hundreds of them.
Voorhis went public in September 2006 with facts about the plea-bargaining practices of former Denver District attorney Bill Ritter, who happened to also be a candidate for governor of Colorado. During Ritter’s tenure as district attorney, 241 illegal aliens were given sweetheart deals for the explicit purpose of helping them minimize the risk of deportation. Some of them went on to commit other, more serious crimes, and when one of those cases was made public with Voorhis’ help, he was targeted for criminal investigation at the behest of the Ritter for Governor campaign.
Voorhis deserved a medal for his actions, but instead he was charged with violations of federal criminal law and then removed from his job after a federal court jury acquitted him of all charges after only two hours of deliberation. ICE managers were so embarrassed by this reversal, they launched a two-year effort to have him fired despite that acquittal. It has now been revealed that agency managers gave false testimony against Voorhis at his trial, yet no one at the top levels of the Department of Homeland Security had the courage to put a stop to the vendetta.
Voorhis has incurred more than $500,000 in legal bills and there is still no end in sight. His petition for reinstatement is now under review by an administrative judge attached to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
What is going on here? Why does ICE persist in trying to destroy a man whose only controversial action was to bring to the public’s attention information on certain criminal aliens already available to any enterprising reporter?
Aha! There’s the rub. If enterprising reporters started digging into the records of the plea-bargaining practices of prosecutors in sanctuary cities like Denver and San Francisco, who knows what mischief might ensue? In the agency’s view, Voorhis must be punished for throwing a huge public spotlight on these practices.
In retrospect, it is clear ICE overreacted. No reporter has bothered to look into the case histories of the other 240 plea-bargain cases uncovered in 2008. In fact, those 241 cases were only a sampling from a five-year period and were only the cases where “agricultural trespass” was used as the lesser offense to avoid deportation. Most likely there were more than 1,000 cases of sweetheart plea bargains for illegal aliens under Ritter’s tenure as Denver district attorney. How many exist in other cities? How many times have ICE legal staff – in Denver and elsewhere – assisted in the obstruction of our criminal-alien deportation laws?
The story has legs because President Obama has nominated one Stephanie Villafuerte as the next US attorney for Colorado. Villafuerte, as Tancredo points out, was the person on gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter’s campaign team who made the first call in September 2006 to the Denver D.A.’s office to inquire about the illegal alien mentioned in the newspapers stories; was the person also on a leave of absence from the Denver D.A.’s office to work in the Ritter campaign; was rewarded with a job as a principal deputy to Governor Ritter; and was the point person on immigration matters.
Read the rest of this article at Michelle Malkin.com
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The Landscape Form of the Metropolis
René van der Velde
Saskia de Wit
When the city disintegrates into an archipelago of fragments a new role is imposed on the landscape as a carrier of topographical characterizations, cohesion and continuity. Patterns such as transportation corridors, settlement areas and landscape voids can be regarded as latent macro-landscape forms of the metropolitan territory. In the staging of the metropolis these forms need to be embedded in a compositional structure that addresses fragmentation and disorientation, without relapsing into utopian forms of the traditional city that have proven inadequate for the metropolitan condition.
The potential basis to inform this structure is the landscape itself: permanent, neutral and ubiquitous. The underlying landscape also contains an annotated catalogue of situations, in which the genius loci is recorded and secured. These latent compositional elements are transformed into landscape architectural ‘narratives’ within the topography of the emerging metropolis. The enlargement and distortion of specific topographies result in a field of new topologies, drawn from the genius loci and from local cultures and customs. The question is not so much if metropolitan form is determined by landscape, but how we can use it to structure and give meaning to dispersed territories. This involves a delicate choreography of macro-landscape forms and the micro-topography of landscape places.
René van der Velde (1966) is landscape architect and Associate Professor at the Chair of Landscape Architecture, TU Delft. He studied Environmental management at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Landscape Architecture at Greenwich University, London & the Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam. Since 2003 he is based in the Netherlands and is involved in teaching, researching and designing with a focus on urban landscapes. Since 2007 he heads up the research programme Urban Landscape Architecture. His PhD thesis topic is Metropolitan parks.
Saskia de Wit (1969) is landscape architect and Assistant Professor at TU Delft. She studied Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University and Architecture and Urbanism at TU Delft, Netherlands. She worked as a designer for several offices, and has led her own office since 1998. Since 1993 she has worked for the Chair of Landscape Architecture in Delft, with a focus on the Dutch landscape and Enclosed Gardens. Her PhD thesis focuses on the theme of the Enclosed Garden, as a prototype for metropolitan spaces.
VAN DER VELDE, René; DE WIT, Saskia. The Landscape Form of the Metropolis. FOOTPRINT, [S.l.], p. 55-80, june 2009. ISSN 1875-1490. Available at: <https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/index.php/footprint/article/view/709>. Date accessed: 16 july 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.7480/footprint.3.2.709.
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Open Source AI For Everyone: Three Projects to Know
We look at three open source AI projects aimed at simplifying access to AI tools and insights.
At the intersection of open source and artificial intelligence, innovation is flourishing, and companies ranging from Google to Facebook to IBM are open sourcing AI and machine learning tools.
According to research from IT Intelligence Markets, the global artificial intelligence software market is expected to reach 13.89 billion USD by the end of 2022. However, talk about AI has accelerated faster than actual deployments. According to a detailed McKinsey report on the growing impact of AI, “only about 20 percent of AI-aware companies are currently using one or more of its technologies in a core business process or at scale.” Here, we look at three open source AI projects aimed at simplifying access to AI tools and insights.
Google has open sourced a software framework called TensorFlow that it spent years developing to support its AI software and other predictive and analytics programs. TensorFlow is the engine behind several Google tools you may already use, including Google Photos and the speech recognition found in the Google app.
Google has also released two new AIY kits that let individuals easily get hands-on with artificial intelligence. Focused on computer vision, and voice assistants, the two kits come as small self-assembly cardboard boxes with all the components needed for use. The kits are currently available at Target in the United States, and, notably, are both based on the open source Raspberry Pi platform—more evidence of how much is going on at the intersection of open source and AI.
H2O.ai, formerly known as OxData, has carved out a niche in the machine learning and artificial intelligence arena, offering platform tools as well as Sparkling Water, a package that works with Apache Spark. H2O.ai’s tools, which you can access simply by downloading, operate under Apache licenses, and you can run them on clusters powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others for just a few hundred dollars. Never before has this kind of AI-focused data sifting power been so affordable and easy to deploy.
Sparkling Water includes a toolchain for building machine learning pipelines on Apache Spark. In essence, Sparkling Water is an API that allows Spark users to leverage H2O’s open source machine learning platform instead of — or alongside — the algorithms that are included in Spark’s existing machine-learning library. H2O.ai has published several use cases for how Sparkling Water and its other open tools are used in fields ranging from genomics to insurance, demonstrating that organizations everywhere can now leverage open source AI tools.
H2O.ai’s Vinod Iyengar, who oversees business development at the company, says they are working to bring the power of AI to businesses. “Our machine learning platform features advanced algorithms that can be applied to specialized use cases and the wide variety of problems that organizations face,” he notes.
Just as open source focused companies such as Red Hat have combined commercial products and services with free and open source ones, H2O.ai is exploring the same model on the artificial intelligence front. Driverless AI is a new commercial product from H2O.ai that aims to ease AI and data science tasks at enterprises. With Driverless AI, non-technical users can gain insights from data, optimize algorithms, and apply machine learning to business processes. Note that, although it leverages tools with open source roots, Driverless AI is a commercial product.
Acumos
Acumos is another open source project aimed at simplifying access to AI. Acumos AI, which is part of the LF Deep Learning Foundation, is a platform and open source framework that makes it easy to build, share, and deploy AI apps. According to the website, “It standardizes the infrastructure stack and components required to run an out-of-the-box general AI environment. This frees data scientists and model trainers to focus on their core competencies and accelerates innovation.”
The goal is to make these critical new technologies available to developers and data scientists, including those who may have limited experience with deep learning and AI. Acumos also has a thriving marketplace where you can grab and deploy applications.
“An open and federated AI platform like the Acumos platform allows developers and companies to take advantage of the latest AI technologies and to more easily share proven models and expertise,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. “Acumos will benefit developers and data scientists across numerous industries and fields, from network and video analytics to content curation, threat prediction, and more.” You can learn more about Acumos here.
The post Open Source AI For Everyone: Three Projects to Know appeared first on The Linux Foundation.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/open-source-ai-for-everyone-three-projects-to-know/
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Horrace C Wheeler
CO. H.
14th N.Y. Heavy Artillery Regiment
Mustered in by companies: August 29, 1863, to January 17, 1864.
Mustered out: August 26, 1865.
Colonel Elisha G. Marshall received, May 29, 1863, authority to recruit this regiment for a service of three years. It was organized at Rochester, and contained many men who had served in two years' organizations. January 13 and 22, 1864, the men enlisted by Milton R. Pierce and Jesse B. Lamb for this regiment were transferred to the 6th and 13th N. Y. Volunteer Artillery, respectively, and April 8 and 15, 1864, the surplus men recruited for the regiment were ordered to be assigned to the 6th N. Y. Volunteer Artillery. The companies were mustered in the service of the United States at Rochester, A and B August 29; C and D September I I and 12, respectively; E and F October 18 and 20, respectively; G and H December 7; I and K December 21, 1863; L January 8, 1864; and at Elmira Company M January 17, 1864.
The companies were recruited principally: A at Ogdensburg, Watertown, Antwerp, Oswegatchie, Camden and Pots dam ; B at Rochester, Niagara, Ridgeway, Barre, Buffalo, Waddington, Oswegatchie, Palmyra and Lyons; C at Utica, Malone, Rochester, Watertown, Ogdensburg, Buffalo, Albany, Oswegatchie and Rome; D at Rochester, Dansville, Corning, Horseheads, Veteran, Dix, Bath, Catharine, Odessa, Watertown and Mt. Morris; E at Ogdensburg, Watertown, Rochester, Barre, Canton, Norfolk, Potsdam, Utica, Buffalo, Camden and Russell; F at Manlius, Rochester, Lockport, Lowville, Ogdensburg, Prattsburg, Suspension Bridge, Watkins, Martinsburgh, Dansville, Corning and New Bremen; G at Rochester, Utica, Cold Spring, Dunkirk, Dansville, Great Valley, Canton, Boonville, Havana, Ogdensburg, West Turin, Buffalo, Otto and Lyons; H at Penn Yan, Lowville, Canton, Russell, Watertown, Geneseo, Gouverneur, Colton, Hermon, Stockholm, Boonville, Ogdensburg, Pots dam, Buffalo, Greig and Martinsburgh; I at LeRay, DePeyster, DeKalb, Orleans, Ogdensburg, Hermon, Clayton, Rossie, Rochester, Potsdam, Geneseo, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Turin, Oswegatchie, Macomb, Canton, Watertown and Milo; K at Albion, Antwerp, Theresa, Williamstown, Rossie, Richland, Boonville, Diana, Amboy,. Alexandria, Denmark, Gouverneur, Macomb, Leyden, Wilna, Lowville and Philadelphia; L at Rochester, Milo, Rossie, Newstead, Geneseo, LeRay, Mannheim, Watertown, Hermon, DeKalb, Penn Yan, Burkfield, Groveland, Denmark, Livonia, Watson, Jerusalem and Leicester; and M at Rochester, Watertown, Chemung, Potsdam, Adams, Utica, Pamelia, Kirkland, Fairfield, Paris, Madrid, Lewiston, Johnstown, Trenton, Camden, Deerfield, Utica, Floyd, Stockholm, Mexico, Rodman, Clayton and Ellisburgh.
Companies A, B, C, D, E and F were, October 13, 1863, ordered to duty in New York harbor; G and H were ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, December 8, 1863; Companies I and K were ordered to Fort Richmond, New York harbor, December 24, 1863, where Companies Land M joined them in January, 1864. The regiment, serving as heavy artillery and infantry, remained in New York harbor, Department of the East, until April, 1864; served in the Provisional Brigade, 9th Corps, from April 23, 1864; in the Provisional Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, from May 12, 1864; in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of Potomac, from June 11, 1864; in the 2d Brigade, same division and corps, from June 18, 1864; in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of Potomac, from September, 1864; and in the 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22d Corps, from June, 1865.
Commanded by Colonel Marshall, the regiment was honorably discharged and mustered out August 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C., having, during its service, lost by death, killed in action, 6 officers, 127 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 82 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 3 officers, 309 enlisted men; total, 9 officers, 518 enlisted men; aggregate, 527; of whom I officer and 86 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy.
courtesy of http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/14thArtHvy/14thArtHvyMain.htm
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Each day, millions of people visit Khan Academy to learn at their own pace. The free online lessons are available in dozens of languages, carefully curated by a diverse team of developers, teachers, designers, strategists, scientists, and content specialists. Khan Academy believes in inspiring the world to learn, and Khan Lab School is an important part of that mission: we bring Sal Khan’s “One World Schoolhouse” philosophy to life with rooms full of mixed-age students who are excited to come to school each day.
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As an advocate for technology users and affordable, Innovative technology for all, I was extremely excited to discover a passion for providing simple internet technology to the billions of people currently unable to afford it, in Suneet Tuli. Suneet is President and CEO of DataWind, which launched the Aakash low-cost tablet computer in October 2011 in New Delhi.
Dubbed the world’s least expensive tablet, and designed to be provided free of charge to Indian university students, the Aaksash was developed to link India’s many thousands of colleges and universities in an innovative e-learning program. I spoke with Suneet just prior to their launch of UbiSlate, the commercial version of their tablet technology.
Suneet Tuli: Capital I Interview Series – Number 15
Firstly, congratulations Suneet. I think the Aakash initiative is wonderful.
Thank you, we’re having some fun, and it’s an interesting kind of ride. The requirements, demand and need is huge, and we think that we – though not just us, but also others who play in the field – are going to end up changing the world for the better.
I wish you much success with that goal! That certainly was our impetus for starting KimmiC. I’m the first to admit that it does sound audacious, but I think that audacity is quite necessary when you take on challenges like this.
It really is. When I talked about it six months ago and said, “this is technology to bring the next billion people on board,” I was seen as being audacious, or ‘reaching a little bit.‘ Today I’m seen a little differently. It [Aakash] is endorsed by many others now, such as Carl Bildt, the former Prime Minister of Sweden.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos [where Suneet spoke in October 2011] they had a huge billboard of our device and a discussion forum on the impact of it on the world. I truly believe that not only is ‘internet for the billions’ coming, but it really is going to change the world.
This is a project that started in India, and now there are countries around the world that are implementing similar projects. In India alone they have put together a Mission Statement saying that they’d like to equip all 220 million students in the country with low cost internet devices.
Apart from India, if you look at the countries that have invited us to talk, and that are looking to put together similar projects, that’s over a 100 million units. That’s not to say that we would necessarily win all of the projects, but we think that its the dream that’s important. That, and the fact that governments are implementing this aggressively, will have a snowball effect.
When you say ‘we’, I take it you are referencing your brother Raja and yourself, is that correct?
Yes, this is the third venture he and I have done together. In each one Raja runs the technology, R&D and manufacturing teams and I look after the sales, marketing and operations.
Raja Singh Tuli
What was you impetus for beginning the project?
We had created a technology that reduces bandwidth consumption and consumption of the internet on standard GPRS mobile networks. Today there are six billion mobile phone connections and 2 billion internet users – the billions of people within that gap don’t have access to any kind of broadband infrastructure, the only access they have is via standard GPRS mobile networks.
We created a technology, for which we received 18 US patents, that allows us to deliver the internet on those [GPRS] networks. We can deliver this network with no new infrastructure and for a very low monthly cost – potentially even for free. This technology is really applicable to our market segment, and gives us the opportunity to pursue our personal mission.
Even though we grew up in Canada, coming from India and seeing what is happening in those markets, we know the difference between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ is the digital divide and the quality of education. Our belief is that the best way to power a better quality of education is through computers and the internet.
Places like India and Africa will not, in a reasonable period of time, be able to teach enough teachers and professors, and build enough ‘brick and mortar’ universities, to impact enough of the population. For instance, there’s 350 million people in India that cannot read or write. Its an outrageously large number, and yet, its so easily solved – at least a dent can be made in it through technology.
Technology has changed so significantly, not just in the last five or ten years, but in the last two years. Look at products like the iPad. This is a product that comes without a User Manual. You take it out of the box and are expected to know that the only button you’re going to press is the one that’s on the device.
Three and four year olds today utilise these kinds of products and play simple games. Touch screens and graphical interfaces are so powerful, we think that they can really make an impact on delivering a better quality of education. Based on the technology we’ve created and our personal goals, that better quality of education is something that we can help achieve.
For a number of years I’ve been involved with a charity called Room to Read which builds schools and libraries in the developing world. The main reason I got involved with it is I truly believe that the best way to create a safer world is to educate people, and empower education and educators.
I agree with you. I think that education really can solve all kinds of issues. I get people who criticise this idea, saying, “Yeah, but in India where so many don’t have access to clean drinking water, isn’t this [focus on education] a waste?” My response is: THIS is what is going to help bring clean drinking water.
Education is what is going to enable and empower an individual to bring clean drinking water to his or her village or community. And, why not other world changing Innovation as well?!
Oh yeah. Any issue that you can think of I can talk back towards education.
It seems that, along with education, your product is about empowering the user, which I believe is integral to the next jump in technology.
And it involves the whole ecosystem; for instance, its not just the device, you’ve also got to have anytime/anywhere internet access. This is why mobile phone, cellular connectivity is very important. As well, the technology has got to be affordable and its got to have an open ecosystem for content and apps.
We’ve launched scholarships and competitions in India around content and apps to help encourage students, and others, to create apps and even start their own entrepreneurial journey. This creates localised innovation.
In every single country we’re working in, we’re pushing for domestic manufacture, because you can’t expect to solve problems if you don’t manufacture locally. You can’t expect to understand what the problems and solutions are, and drive local innovation, if you’re just going to get cartons full of boxes from somewhere else. Sitting in Canada and the US we see it – the manufacturing industries here have been devastated, and the skill-set is no longer here.
You mentioned apps and, in one of the pieces I read while doing my research for our chat, I understood that users were not able to load free software onto the tablet. Was that a correct interpretation?
That’s a common misunderstanding, but one that is not correct at all. What we’ve done is, instead of using the Google/Android marketplace we’ve used Getjar. We chose Getjar because it forces all the apps to be free and all active operators to make money purely off of advertising.
This is essential in India since, for instance, on the the Android market, while 80% of the apps are free, 20% of the useful apps are actually paid [for]. Even though its only 99 cents, the problem for my customer is that they have no ability to make online payments.
As an open source operating system, we don’t restrict anyone from installing any apps. However, we obviously pre-burn in certain apps, from which we generate advertising revenue. This is important to our full service ecosystem of revenue streams to help drive the cost of hardware down. But, it doesn’t mean you can’t install apps.
So you’re not trying to control the economic and application ecosystem.
We don’t control it, but we want to earn revenue from it – those are two different concepts. It’s an open source platform so you can install whatever you want, but we will have five stores on the site – we will have eBook, multimedia, game, apps and educational content stores. You can go to Getjar and independently load your apps, but we’re going to encourage certain apps and certain environments, which we think are important for our customer base, as we’re positioning the product towards education. We understand a lot of our devices will end up there, so we need to have an educational app store that can promote educational content.
Building an ecosystem doesn’t mean that we’re restricting open access to it. We will have a monetary and strategic interest in the apps we promote because they’re in line with how we want our product to be perceived.
I downloaded some slides from a presentation you made last year, and in them you mention your carrier class technology. Does this tech essentially create and control distribution and interaction with the tablet?
There are two browsers on the device. One is the standard Android browser, but the difficulty and problem with it is its data consumption. In the Indian environment this will result in an average of 400 – 500 rupees per month ($10 dollars per month) in data costs. That is one problem, the second is the slow experience due to how congested the networks are.
On the other side is our browser, which uses our backend proxy acceleration system. On that system we’re able to deliver the equivalent of unlimited internet access for about $2 dollars [per month] and its significantly faster than what you’d get without it. The user has a choice of using either one of those solutions, but we believe they’ll choose ours because of the speed and lower amounts of data consumption.
And if they choose to use yours, its your servers that do the actual ‘grunt work’ therefore saving energy – the consumption of energy is by the server rather than the device.
Right. The result is that you consume a lot less bandwidth, the costs go down, and it’s faster. We shift the burden away from the client device onto our servers, but again, its their choice which browser they use.
Speaking of choice, why was the name Aakash chosen for the tablet?
The name was chosen by the Indian Human Resources Development Minister, Kapil Sibal, who has education as part of his portfolio. Aakash means Sky in Hindi, and I believe he meant it in reference to the fact that he wants kids to reach for the sky.
The product that we will launch commercially will be called the UbiSlate and the key differentiator between the two is the mobile network connectivity. The version the government ordered was built to their tight specifications, which only has wifi connectivity. Their thinking was that, because they [the government] were providing access on their [college] campuses, that that should be sufficient.
We believe that isn’t’ sufficient, and that you want access everywhere. You need access beyond the campus, which you will have with the commercial UbiSlate.
So those articles written after that initial testing process of the Aakash, which had somewhat negative responses from the beta users, were judging the technology on a somewhat unfinished, or less than perfect, product.
I think that they were judging us on the specs that IIT-Rajasthan set. We won a tender that they put out and built [the technology] to the specs that they wanted. We’ve proposed a different spec product to the government, which now they’ve agreed to conceptually, for the Aakash 2.
The issues they ran into were a lot more than just specs. The National Mission for Education for ICT (NMEICT) has made a great deal of effort over the last few years to create a lot of great digital content – tens of thousands of eBooks, online lectures and virtual labs and things of that nature. Unfortunately, for the purposes of the trial, that content wan’t integrated into the devices.
The trial was conducted with college and university students in India whose tuition is higher than what we pay in Canada. So, you know, when the first five hundred [students] walked in to receive their devices, two out of three of them had iPads under their arms. Now you’re going to give these kids sub-$50 devices without their curriculum integrated onto it… and you’re going to ask their opinions on it…
The feedback we got [from the students] wasn’t a surprise: “its not as fast as playing games on the iPad; its not as cool as the iPad; the network connectivity is spotty, at best, using the university wifi, and it doesn’t have any connectivity beyond that.” It was a learning curve for all parties. But, our role was to deliver the product that they [the government] required.
The focus for the government was cost and we were able to deliver to them a cost breakthrough that literally had people’s jaws drop.
It’s not, as I said, the UbiSlate that we’re about to launch. I believe our performance can, and will, be better judged when we launch that commercially.
UbiSlate
Do you think it fair that your tablets will be judged against products, such as the iPad, which has unlimited budgets and high prices? And, noting that people may often purchase Apple products due to the cachet of their brand, how valuable do you want your own brand to be?
I don’t want people to have to pay a premium because of a perceived brand. I want to make our products viable for a person on a $100 per month salary.
While in the West we’ve become accustomed to product positioning where you’ll pay a premium for a brand, in our scenario we’re not looking to maximise price, we’re trying to maximise customers. In our business model we focus away from hardware margins. Hardware is the customer acquisition tool, and our intent is to drive hardware costs down as low as we can and, instead, try to generate revenue from network services costs and advertising. We believe that has the potential to get those billions of people on board.
Have you plans on how are you going to differentiate your tablets from competitors, such as BSNL, who have recently come on the scene?
The big differentiator is the connectivity. We think that the fatal flaw with a [BSNL] product of that nature is that it doesn’t have mobile connectivity. And compare [our] 2,500 rupees vs [their] 3,200 rupees [price], not only is [theirs] 30% higher in cost, but its only wifi enabled.
If you look at the Indian environment there are 18 million broadband connections serving only those people that have wifi – and those 18 million are probably the wealthiest people in India.
And they probably have an iPad.
They have. And, they can afford wifi and products which are at a multiple of this price. They’re not going to purchase these [low cost] products. The question is what connectivity does the guy who can afford only 2,500 rupees have? The only connectivity he can afford is often a mobile network. BSNL has launched three devices, and the only one with mobile connectivity is three times the price.
And finally, are you looking to partner/joint venture with anyone to broaden the capability of your tablets?
We are. We have a number of deals done which we’ll be announcing them once we are ready to launch the product commercially.
[Kim and Suneet Skyped from their homes in Sydney and Toronto.]
Posted in 'Capital I' Innovation, Innovation, Technology
Tagged Aakash, Android, apps, Broadband, BSNL, Capital I innovation, Carl Bildt, carrier class technology, DataWind, Davos, digital divide, education, entrepreneurship, Getjar, government, GPRS, IIT-Rajasthan, illiteracy, India, internet access, internet economy, invention, Kapil Sibal, local manufacture, mobile phone, NMEICT, proxy acceleration, Raja Singh Tuli, Room to Read, Sikh, Suneet Tuli, Technology, The National Mission for Education for ICT, UbiSlate, wifi, World Economic Forum
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Before And After Pictures Of Historical Buildings In El Paso
El Paso has more than a few locations that hold a lot of history. But it feels good to know that some of the historical buildings are still up and running.
Julie Murphy specifically focused on the historical buildings that played a role in the Mexican Revolution. She mainly focused on three buildings downtown which was Anson Mills, El Paso Laundry and the Popular Dry Goods building. There's only one building that kept it's physical appearance but changed it's name. It was Popular Dry Goods that is now known as the Fallas Discount store. Julie not only shows you the old school pictures but present photos of the historical buildings today. You will get a before and after feel of the Anson Mills, El Paso Laundry and Popular Dry Goods buildings.
It's cool to see that these historical buildings still hold their same structure as they did many years ago!
Filed Under: after, before, buildings, el paso, historical, old buildings
Categories: Audio / Videos / Photos, Local / El Paso
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DoD Investigating Marines Sharing Pics of Naked Servicewomen, Report Says
by Alberto Luperon | 4:17 pm, March 5th, 2017
The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating after a report that people were sharing pictures of naked servicewomen and veterans on a Facebook page for Marines. Reveal News, a site by The Center for Investigative Reporting, said on Saturday that since Jan. 30, over dozen women were identified from the photographs. Hundreds of pictures in total (maybe more) were shared.
“We need to be brutally honest with ourselves and each other,” Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green told the outlet. “This behavior hurts fellow Marines, family members, and civilians. It is a direct attack on our ethos and legacy. It is inconsistent with our core values, and it impedes our ability to perform our mission.”
The War Horse, a news organization that contributed to the report, said they tracked down five of the women. Two claimed former partners might have leaked their pictures, while others worried about hacking. One servicewoman only learned that her pictures had been available after a male Marine told her.
Dozens of now-deleted Google Drive folders linked to from the Facebook page included dossiers of women containing their names, military branches, nude photographs, screenshots of their social media accounts, and images of sexual acts. Dozens of other subfolders included unidentifiable women in various stages of undress. Many images appear to have originated from the consensual, but private, exchange of racy images, some clearly taken by the women themselves.
There is an investigation into the matter, a Marine Corps spokesman at the Pentagon told The Marine Corps Times. Reveal reached out to the administrators of the Facebook page, Marines United, for comment. There was no response.
[Screengrab via U.S. Marines]
Marines United, U.S. Marines
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Join me on the dark side: Clinton’s cronies just don’t get it.
Posted on May 7, 2016 June 13, 2016 by leftinnewzealand
Looking from the outside in during the Democratic Primaries is fascinating. Hillary Clinton the establishment’s champion, using all the available resources of the ruling elite; generally consisting of lots of shady corporate money and an establishment enmeshed mainstream media to do her bidding for her. Her opponent Bernie Sanders a previously little known Independent Senator from Vermont, who’s running as a Democrat in order to obtain a larger audience to convey his left leaning populist message. Watching Clinton during this time is like watching a cross between a world class gymnast and Neo from the Matrix. She twists, turns and deflects anything she perceives as remotely dangerous almost sub-consciously, whilst dismissively smiling and laughing through serious questioning regarding her suitability as the President of the United States of America. She changes her stance more times than a switch hitter during a baseball season. Shifting position with regularity to accommodate whatever is politically ‘en vogue’ to obtain maximum support from whomever she may be trying to win over at the time. Hillary appears to have no long standing political principles that you could trace throughout her career. Her goal is simple, to be the first woman to enter the Whitehouse as President; how she gets there is inconsequential as long she occupies the Oval Office.
Recently there have been lots of problems and irregularities at varying primaries; notably New York and Arizona. A slew of reports have surfaced with suggestions of voter purges and difficulties accessing polling stations leading to voter suppression. There is also evidence coming to the fore implying that other states such as Illinois have been affected by similar incidences. Whether this has been a planned DNC/Clinton tactic is currently hard to ascertain, but I have my suspicions. It will be interesting to see if these issues occur again in the upcoming primaries now these events are public knowledge. I am hopeful that things will come out in wash and we will find out if these misdemeanors were due to incompetence or something much more systemic and devious. I am, however, realistic, and realise that any kind of satisfactory resolution is extremely unlikely.
DNC leader – Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
It’s no secret that the DNC, led by Debbie Wasserman-Schultz heavily favours Hillary to become the Democratic Party nominee, after all she was the campaign co-chair for Hillary Clinton back in 2008. Furthermore, Hillary is the establishments choice for the ‘Whitehouse’, a pro Wall Street, pro-fracking, supporter of big business, with such hawkish attitudes towards foreign policy even Donald Rumsfeld would approve. It appears she may have pilfered many ideas straight from Dick Cheney’s ‘neo-con’ playbook of how to expand an empire. It’s also of no surprise that she considers Henry Kissinger a personal mentor, a secretary of state who presided over the some of the most horrendous foreign policy decisions in history, such as the bombing campaign of Cambodia.
With all this in mind regarding Hillary’s character, the DNC’s penchant for continued power and the string pulling invisible plutocrats, it’s shouldn’t come as much of a surprise how out of touch the establishment are. The ruling elite voiced by mainstream media continue to doggedly set the narrative; such as imploring Bernie Sanders to call it a night and encouraging his supporters to come over to the ‘dark side’ of establishment politics. The ’empire’ and their leader Darth Clinton have nothing in common or any interest whatsoever with the average person at a Sanders rally. Ironically though, Sanders supporters are becoming hugely important to the oligarchy, in the sense that these are the very minions the Democratic establishment will have to woo to retain power. A vast percentage of Bernie supporters are young or completely at the other end of the power/money equation and have never witnessed anything but, money driven establishment politics. They’ve seen the decline of decent paying jobs, rising college tuition fees, stagnating healthcare provision, enormous inequality, perpetual global war and have declared that this is not for them. They are not prepared to let a handful of self-entitled, power-hungry maniacs decide the fate of their nation. Bernie has pointed to a political revolution and they want in on it.
The establishment is totally enmeshed in the bi-partisan bubble of politics and outraged with the petulance of the ‘Bernie or Bust’ campaign. They are astounded and confused when Sander’s fans declare that Hillary is no better an option than Trump. To many Trump is rightly a huge problem, but so is Hillary, albeit a very different dilemma. My opinion is although Trump as president would likely end in an unmitigated disaster, we don’t exactly know what he would do. This is partly due to the fact that Donald has no idea what he’s going to do from one minute to the next. Hillary on the other hand is deeply dangerous to the US, therefore the world and she has form to prove it. HRC was happy to oversee the decimation of Libya, turning it into a terrorist paradise. Her rhetoric towards Iran has been nothing short of inflammatory in the past to say the least. She has historically been on the side of escalating conflict, whilst her allegiance to Israel has been unwavering. These are not great qualities if we are hoping for peaceful solutions particularly in the middle east. On the home front, I guess it will be business as usual; inequality will widen, healthcare will continue to be sub-standard (unless you’re rich), the bank will get a pass and the US will continue consuming fossil fuels at an unprecedented rate without a care in the world.
So here is the burning question; why on earth would you vote for Hillary Clinton? As I read comments from Hillary supporters or paid trolls (it’s sometimes hard to know), they appear to be in some hypnotic state of existence. They are mesmerized by politics of the status quo, they clearly can’t see any other alternative, therefore, all comments echo Hillary’s mantra of pragmatism and incremental change. To my mind, this translates as a lack of hope and ambition, which works well for these zombies as Hillary offers neither ambition or hope. She stands for herself, her legacy, her donors and the 0.1% who are doing pretty w ell thank you. So if you happen to be one of the 0.1%, it makes sense to go all in for Hill, after all you will get a pretty good return on your investment, as for the rest of you, you must be nuts. Your lack of belief in discernible change and the power of people has left you voting against your own interests. It’s ok to be sacred, lots of people struggle with change or the unknown, but what Bernie is offering is no more than common sense ideas. In Europe Bernie would be considered no more than a sensible centrist, the idea of universal healthcare is considered a basic right in most of Europe. It boggles the mind why many Americans balk at this rather tame suggestion. I’m not saying Bernie is the perfect solution, personally on a lot of issues he doesn’t go far enough, however, for an US electorate I think he has pitched it just about right.
Hillary’s ‘yuge’ (as Bernie would say) problem, that’s of course if she doesn’t get indicted beforehand is to convince not only Berners but Independents to get on board the establishment freight train. Currently roughly 25% see themselves as Republicans, about the same again for Democrats, with about 45% declaring themselves as Independents, with the other 5% probably having absolutely no clue what all the fuss is about. Using rudimentary mathematics, or math as our American cousins like to wrongly say; Hillary appeals to about 52% of Democrats. As Independents generally despise her, I would suggest she would have a severe shortfall in the numbers required to beat Donald Trump come November. On the flip side, using information from the more democratic of Democratic Primaries namely ‘open primaries’, Bernie generally captures approximately 70% of the Independent vote and by all accounts would cling to many of these if he was to oppose ‘The Don’ at the presidential election. When you add Bernie’s Democrat Party supporters to the vast amount of Independents who would choose him, things look decidedly more rosy, not for the Democratic Party but for democracy as a whole.
Bernie has stated on more than one occasion that he will take this campaign all the way to the Democratic Party convention and I agree he absolutely should. There is much more at stake than finding a candidate for the election, this is about the shaping of democracy 10, 20 or 30 years down the line. As the campaign continues an increased amount of people will be exposed to his message and people will start to realise that they can make a difference if enough of the population get involved. The DNC and Hillary supporters are trying to stifle debate, claiming that the Democratic Party needs to unify prior to the election, this is just another example of silencing the electorate. The Democratic Party already have superdelegates to prevent a populist candidate such as Senator Sanders winning the candidacy. Further to this Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has recently stated that she would prefer all primaries to be closed; doesn’t sound hugely democratic to me. The ruling elite have tried every dirty trick in the book to make sure that their cozy little circle of power remains in tight control of the Democratic Party and of the country.
Looking at this realistically, Bernie will probably fall short in his valiant bid to challenge for the presidency. So the question is, now what? Where do these motivated, politically inspired people go? Personally I would love to see a strong third-party in the future, whether that would mean bringing other fringe parties into the fold such as the Greens, is a debate for another day. However, I think it is vital that the ‘real left’ start to develop a strong coherent voice, because judging by Bernie’s support at varying rallies over the last few months it is long overdue. Politics in the US is essentially a selection of slightly differing flavours of right leaning views and there are vast amounts of people who simply do not agree with the ideology. For the election itself, if Bernie sticks to his guns and doesn’t run as a third party candidate, Bernie fans have some choices to make, either; they’ll write Bernie on the ballot paper, vote for the Greens, sell their souls and vote Hillary, hold their collective noses and vote Trump or walk away into a potential political abyss, never to be seen again. One thing I will ask whatever you do after all this is over is get together, regroup and fight for a compassionate party that looks out for all people, regardless of race, religion, nationality and gender. Get organized because this political battle is happening around the world and you will be needed.
Around the world particularly in North America, Europe and Australasia, there are many people who are disenfranchised with the neoliberal ruling elite. They see huge failures in the system, regular corruption, a small group of people out of touch with the masses, making policies that benefits their own kind. This mismanagement has led to an increasing polarization of radical political viewpoints on both the left and the right. In Europe the populist right are extremely angered with supposed rising immigration, perceived terrorist threats and religious issues particularly involving Islam.
Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP
In the UK a large proportion of the population are concerned about an increasing loss of political autonomy due to the EU, as well as what is viewed as soft immigration laws. To endorse these causes we have seen the rise of the right-wing populist party UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party), in France there is the Front National who are planning to develop an alliance with the right-wing populist organization the Dutch Freedom Party in the Netherlands. In central and eastern Europe, in particular Hungary, Austria, Poland and Slovakia you will find strong prominent right-wing and ultra nationalist parties consistently gaining in popularity. Finally in the US we have witness the rise of Donald Trump, voicing disdain for Mexican immigrants and Muslims entering the country, whilst endorsing far right views. I find the rise in right-wing populism, alongside other more violent racist and xenophobic groups deeply disturbing. In my opinion these parties are inherently dangerous to society, as they seek segregation, encourage tribalism and preach exceptionalism, this at a time when we desperately need each other more than ever before.
As a species we face massive challenges; rising population, which is estimated to reach 8.1 billion by 2025 and of course the potentially catastrophic global effects of climate change. We desperately need each other as fellow human beings to be as cohesive and responsible as we can, to secure the planet for the generations to come. Splitting into tribes based on national, racial or religious affiliations will only serve to fuel more wars, stagnate urgent unified agreements on climate change and drive us to a far less desirable world than the one we now reside. I propose that a collaborative, compassionate, empathic political ideology would lead to a much more stable and socially productive future. These ideals I believe are much more attuned to a left leaning, inclusive, highly democratic bottom up system, where everybody matters equally and nobody gets left behind. I’m sure some people would view this as utopian, but from a practical point of view I would state we have an increased chance of maintaining a successful global society if we work together, than if we retreat to our own corners.
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Articles » Findings & Discoveries
MOTHER 3’s Timeline of Hope
Posted on October 17, 2018 by Clyde Mandelin ‧ 63 Comments
EarthBound hints at a sequel in several places. That sequel, known as MOTHER 3, has never been officially translated or released outside of Japan.
In 1995, Nintendo translated and released a game called EarthBound for the Super NES. The game ended with a hint of a sequel that would tell the rest of the story, so fans quietly hoped and waited for this continuation. EarthBound didn’t sell as well as Nintendo had hoped, however, and the game quickly fell into obscurity outside of Japan.
In the 23 years since, EarthBound has skyrocketed in popularity, as has hope for its sequel. That sequel, known as MOTHER 3 , was finally produced and released in 2006… but it was never translated or released outside of Japan.
Today, MOTHER 3 sits at the top of almost every “most wanted game translation” list, and fans ask Nintendo about translating MOTHER 3 so much that it’s almost a running joke at this point. This undying hope for MOTHER 3 has even broken into mainstream media.
This change from a quiet hope to a thundering roar didn’t happen overnight. Trickles of information and rumors created a cycle of hope, hype, and disappointment that has repeated more times than I can count. But as a fan who’s worked on EarthBound -related sites and projects for most of those 23 years, I thought I’d try to document those ups and downs for newer fans and everyone wondering what the whole MOTHER 3 hoopla is about.
There’s a lot to cover, so I’ve broken my write-up into five parts.
Part #1: 1995 to 2000
A Quick Note
I originally intended for this to be a simple article on my EarthBound Central site. It quickly grew so big that I was going to give it its own dedicated section on the site instead. But then it eventually grew so big that I decided to turn it into another of my Legends of Localization books. It was going to be titled “C’mon Nintendo, Give Us Mother 3”, and it even hit a bunch of news sites when I first announced it.
Unfortunately, due to schedule conflicts and other boring stuff, I had to drop the book plan. I’d rather share my findings than sit on it and do nothing, so I decided to package my raw notes and share them here in celebration of the 10th anniversary of of the MOTHER 3 fan translation.
I have no doubt the book version would’ve been far better, but hopefully these raw notes will still be interesting and useful in some way.
Also note that EarthBound’s sequel sometimes goes by different names: EarthBound 2, MOTHER 3, and EarthBound 64.
”MOTHER 3″ is what most fans call the sequel today. “EarthBound 64” was what fans called it when it was being developed for the Nintendo 64. For a series refresher, see here.
Hopes for a sequel have existed ever since EarthBound’s release in 1995: the game ends on a cliffhanger that strongly suggests a sequel is in the works, and it even literally refers to an EarthBound sequel elsewhere in the game.
In-game announcement of EarthBound's sequel
After the credits, just when you think the game is over, the main antagonist escapes and tells the hero to come get him
Then the game ends on a strong suggestion of a sequel to come. The original Japanese text literally said "To Be Continued".
So, for these earliest fans, it was perfectly logical to assume that an EarthBound sequel might be released in the near future.
Outside of Japan, there was no mention of EarthBound’s sequel this year. Fans could only continue to speculate and hope for one.
At one point I had a handful of fan posts from Usenet groups, AOL clubs, and the like with brief discussion about the EarthBound sequel, but I can’t remember where I saved them to. If I find them later on I’ll be sure to add them here.
EarthBound fans were excited when news of an EarthBound sequel for the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive began to hit gaming magazines. There were some claims that the game was set to be released in 1997 in Japan.
Other magazines, including Nintendo Power, covered this news too, but claimed that the sequel was on track for a 1998 release date. From the way these articles were worded, fans understandably believed that the game would be produced and that it would likely get a translated release:
The expectations were so strong that worldwide releases were considered obvious:
"There will be a definite release for the USA and with the introduction of the 64DD there will surely be a ‘third mother’ even for us German speaking people."
A 1997 release never materialized, but hope for EarthBound 64 remained. It seemed like 1998 would be the year for sure:
Some magazines expected EarthBound 64 to appear at E3:
E3 passed without any information about EarthBound 64 , but as Internet gaming sites began to sprout up, expectations for a release remained very high.
What We Think: N64 owners will never have an RPG that can challenge the likes of Square’s offerings. Earthbound 64 may come close next year, but the hard truth of the matter is that PSX is much better equipped to handle the epic storylines and cinematics behind today’s RPGs.
– IGN
Unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive’s release was delayed again, which meant EarthBound 64 would be delayed as well. All signs began to point toward a spring 1999 release in Japan. In general, there was still a strong expectation that EarthBound 64 was set to be released soon.
1999 began with a comment from Shigeru Miyamoto stating that EarthBound 64 could be released by the end of the year:
Not long after, Miyamoto suggested the game might instead get delayed to 2000:
The development team is working on Mother 3 releasing somewhere around the end of this year or next spring. It depends on the 64DD’s launch date. But from a software development standpoint, we’re on schedule. As for Mother 3, it will use a system like we do in Zelda 64.
–Game Walker Magazine
1999 also marked the start of Starmen.Net, the biggest EarthBound fan community online. Thanks to some old backup files I have, we can get a direct look at what fans thought back then.
Despite the constant delays over the past several years, many fans still held strong to their hope for EarthBound 64’s release.
There’s no way Nintendo is THAT stupid not to release EB 64. Much more coverage has been done compared to the original Mother. Plus Nintendo has already reserved earthbound64.com. Unless they did it just for sick and twisted…fun?
The first seeds of frustration and doubt began to take root in other fans’ minds:
Yeah, I seriously doubt that too. They’ve lied about EB64 release date too many times to count already, I think they’re trying to cancel it without anyone noticing. Of course, I’m also typing this at 1:00 AM, and everyone knows that your head isn’t always right at that time of night.
—While you’re waiting for EarthBound 64…— Ugh, once again the great and wonderful Nintendo has decided to yank EB 64 from the ‘Future Release’ page, which leads me to think we’re going to be waiting a loooong time before this comes out.
In the summer, series creator Shigesato Itoi posted on a Japanese fan site about the state of the sequel’s progress. He also mentioned that the game would be appearing at an upcoming game show and that it would be in playable form. This eased fans’ doubts and brought hope back for many.
MOTHER 3 is also coming along nicely now. Just like every other time, it’s taking a long time to come out. This one has quite a different “taste” than MOTHER 1 and 2, so it might not go over well with long-time fans. But I think it may be the very best one in terms of sheer excitement. But, I’m always worried, of course.
A playable version of the game is planned for an August game expo, whose name escapes me at the moment. It’s a bit of a dilemma, because a lot of time will be spent focusing on the demo and not the game. But I think it will show how things are.
–Shigesato Itoi (translated)
Shortly after, Nintendo announced that EarthBound 64 was being revamped as a standard Nintendo 64 cartridge rather than as a Nintendo 64 Disk Drive game as was originally planned. This suggested further delays. Fans’ hopes were kept up by the additional surprise announcement of a “MOTHER 3.5” expansion game, which would be released later for the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive.
Indeed, playable demo versions of the game were available at Nintendo’s 1999 Space World event. Photos and information from the event poured in. Seeing the game in this state brought back the feeling that EarthBound 64 was real, was finally coming together, and would be released soon after all:
Official Nintendo advertisements stated that the Nintendo 64 version of MOTHER 3 would be released in Japan in May 2000. This official announcement further convinced fans that the game was finally coming out:
Gaming magazines and sites reported similar information about the game’s Japanese release:
And, most exciting of all, Nintendo released an official trailer for the game online:
By the end of 1999, EarthBound 64’s release in 2000 felt like an absolute sure thing again.
A 2000 release date seemed inevitable as the new year began. A specific release date remained hazy, though – some reports claimed EarthBound’s sequel would be released in May, while others said June. Some outlets simply said “sometime this year”. Interviews with the game’s development staff also indicated that the game was just around the corner.
Naturally, fans were excited by this news:
I will definately be of the first people to import EB64. I don’t really care how much it will cost and I don’t give a [don’t swear] if it’s in Japanese! I have been waiting for this game for 3 years and if it doesn’t get made by this year I myself will fly right over to Japan and finish the darn game myself!!!
Why are we obsessed with it? Well, it seems that people either LOVE EarthBound, or don’t really care for it. Anyway, another reason is that we’ve come too far to just get sick of it. Especially since Mother 3 is FINALLY coming out in June. EarthBound has brought out a lot of creativeness in people. This ranges from music, art, fanfics, websites, games, and other weird stuff ☺. We’re going to keep on truckin’.
New signs indicated the game’s upcoming release too. Japanese game stores began to feature advertisements for MOTHER 3 . They even began to take pre-orders for it:
I was studying in Japan at the time, so I pre-ordered the game as soon as I could. My pre-order slip lists the release date as "December 2000 TBA".
The EarthBound sequel was coming together, and everyone expected it to appear at Nintendo’s 2000 Space World event.
Suddenly, two days before Space World, Nintendo cancelled MOTHER 3 entirely.
Shigeru Miyamoto stated that the project was completely cancelled, but then tried to keep hope alive by adding that he was attempting to get it released in some other format:
With the rumored game out of the way, the next game mentioned was the ill-fated Mother 3, or Earthbound 64. Miyamoto stated that the game had in fact been cancelled, saying that the team was simply needed on other projects. While Nintendo would like to see the remnents of the game get put to use in one way or another, it is unlikely that they will see the light of day in the Mother series. He also said that negotiations are going on right now with the original creator of Mother to see if some sort of licensing could be worked out so that the project could be salvaged in some way.
—Gaming Intelligence Agency
After over five years of anticipation and delays, fans were distraught. Many fans lost all hope. Others refused to give up and turned their hope toward Nintendo’s upcoming new systems, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Either way, there was no question that EarthBound 64 was dead.
I’m leaning towards no. EB64 probably won’t come out on GameCube, but we should expect somthing similar to the EarthBound series. I mean come on, Mr. Itoi hasn’t retired yet. Nintendo will probably be making him work overtime to make up for the EB64 cancellation. Then again, why was EB64 cancelled in the first place? One of the reasons was due to “Other projects” the development team was working on. Even if they are not in the EB series, they should share some simularity with it. (The humor f or istance)
Note that after EarthBound 64’s cancellation, fans slowly began to call it by its planned Japanese name: MOTHER 3.
Although fans were shocked and disappointed by EarthBound 64’s sudden cancellation, not all hope was lost. The next several years would go from gloominess to excitement to confusion. You can read all about it in the next section, Part #2: 2001 to 2005.
Passport to MOTHER 2 [Learn Japanese!]
Learn two Japanese writing systems, basic grammar, and enough vocab to experience the original Japanese version of EarthBound!
Clyde Mandelin October 17, 2018 at 6:17 am
(I still need to edit this article and renovate the final section but I wanted to get this out in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mother 3 fan translation’s release. So please overlook any cracks in the walls at the moment!)
Emtu October 17, 2018 at 10:20 am
Ah ok, I was going to say…
“surprise appearance’s” (page 2)
Vagrant Maya October 18, 2018 at 7:01 pm
I think it’s amazing you chronicled all this, Clyde. Thank you for sharing the storied history of a little GBA title that has eluded localization for over a decade. It is really sad that they ignored and continue to ignore all this love for a game that many fans want so badly. They even turned their noses up at your generous offer of providing your translation efforts as a base to work from.
Looking at this, it’s funny how, in another example, the PC version of Ys: The Oath in Felghana was originally fan translated by Deuce and Nightwolve because the PC versions of Ys games had trouble coming here. Because Ys was making a new boom overseas, XSeed purchased that fan translation and revised it to flow even more naturally in English, and then released it on PSP. It’s a shame a different company couldn’t do the same with your work, since Nintendo is just yawning and not listening.
Leeaux October 22, 2018 at 2:11 pm
I just want to say following you guys for all these years has been an up and down process, but we all love the same thing and some great stuff was born from all this. Thank you guys for keeping the community alive!
zane October 17, 2018 at 7:56 am
what an incredible, heartbreaking read!! thank you so much for putting all of
this together! i was a newborn when this whole thing started back in 1997, so it was really fascinating (and sad) to learn about the beginning of where we are now as mother fans. i used to think rumor season was fun, but reading through all of this has given it new meaning. i hope that one day, for all the fans who have been waiting since day one and for all the people like me who were born after that but who became fans pretty much as soon as they could, we will get some kind of closure; whether it be an official translation or confirmation that it will never happen. no crying until the end! and thank you so much for all the work you and the other veteran mother fans have done over the years!
daJoschi October 17, 2018 at 8:11 am
how to debunk a rumor/leak list:
look out for Mother 3
Translation of Dutch article:
Blurb: STICKS OUT BECAUSE: This game will probably come to Europe, but won’t appear in America.
Article: The bizarre Mother-RPG-series is very popular in Japan, and was developed by the, there, widely loved artist and media personality Shigesato Itoi. In the West, the series is barely known – part 2 appeared here for the Super Nintendo under the name Earthbound, but sold badly. That game world is really primarily known from Super Smash Bros. Melee, hero Ness in the forefront. Strange then that Mother 3 is heading this way (probably under the name Earthbound 2). But we’re happy with it, because the Mother-series manages to sell a kind of bizarre and self-deprecating humor that we can appreciate. An evil masked pig army invades Nowhere Island and some inhabitants – including the boy Lucas, thief Duster and monkey Salsa – revolt.
Bought the handbook ten years ago. Thanks for the memories.
Anon October 17, 2018 at 11:23 am
C’mon Nintendo, give us Luigi’s Pie Factory
Whelkman October 17, 2018 at 11:25 am
Nintendo’s marketing for Earthbound was terrible. During a time where I sucked up just about any JRPG, I skipped over Earthbound due to the gimmicky ad campaign with the rancid scratch and sniff stickers. I stopped subscribing to Nintendo Power a year or so later due to decreasing quality, and the Earthbound campaign was a definite contributing factor.
I remember when Neo Demiforce crowdfunded something like $500 to borrow the English-translated Mother prototype board around 1998. That was some of the hugest news in emulation. Xodnizel, Starmen.net admin and eventual FCE Ultra author, had to hack the game to make it work in Nesticle because of then-infamous “mapper 4” problems, which is also why Demiforce’s Final Fantasy II intro works correctly only in Nesticle (though there is a corrective patch now). Then, the game hacking tripped Mother’s anti-piracy protection, so that had to be hacked, too.
Back on topic, I hear Mother 3 is co-branding with Half-Life 3 to be released simultaneously. Against all odds, Robert Guillaume will present these games at E3.
Sins Of Science October 17, 2018 at 11:28 am
I remember being pretty excited for this game back in the day. I loved Earthbound, though I have never been as ardent a fan as there are nowadays, but the idea of wandering a drug store in three dimensions really excited me back then.
These days, I mostly want Mother 3 to be released here, if only for the catharsis of the fans who have built a community around the series. I have the first two games (Haven’t played Zero, even though I have it on my Wii U, and I haven’t played EB since about 1998), so having the third would make for a fine occasion to play through the series for me.
Thanks for the (very loooong) article!
CrouchingMouse October 17, 2018 at 11:51 am
I’m honestly glad it ended up being released for the GBA instead of the N64. If you ask me, the N64 version just looks SO ugly compared to the beautiful sprites of the final product. A 3D Mother title would’ve been neat, but 2D fits the series’ aesthetic so well somehow.
Of course, I wasn’t a fan yet back during the EB64 drama, so I suppose I was spared the agony of constant rumors, delays, and cancellations. It might be a different story for people who were really invested in seeing EB on the N64. But hey, now I get to hope and pray for an official English version like the rest of us!
Heh, the “sadfly” misspelling under the Dutch article capture really makes me want a Sadfly emote or cartoon to appear somewhere.
What a rollercoaster this one game has been for the Earthbound community.
John Ortiz October 17, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Seeing how I became a Mother fan years after the release of Mother 3, it really was something to read this and fully see the adventure which was the hype behind Mother 3 and it’s translation (that probably won’t happen). I have replayed the translation so many times, and I thank you for translating it, so many people could finally play it after all of the waiting. All there is to do now is to hope!
Sins Of Science October 17, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Is there any way to get the Wii U VC sales numbers on the games?
Justin October 18, 2018 at 7:28 pm
I remember there were running threads on NeoGAF that would take what little information was known (if an indie spilled hard data on sales numbers, or if Nintendo announced a landmark number to investors) and would extrapolate from there — if Game #5 on the chart sold this much, Game #4 sold at least more than that.
Morgil October 17, 2018 at 1:06 pm
I remember when shit blew up so much a few years back. I never believed that lying Emily [person] for a second, and laughed my ass off a the 90% of the internet that actually believed she was actually some credible insider source.
Heidi Mandelin October 17, 2018 at 1:32 pm
I’m also upset that nothing came of those rumors, but please let’s not start name-calling. I edited your post and replaced that word.
Sorry, I didn’t really mean anything that malicious about it. I guess i’m just used to talking that way on other websites. Again, i apologize for my colorful language.
Heidi Mandelin October 22, 2018 at 8:12 am
No problem, thank you for understanding 🙂
I forgot how many people were trying to make a name by promising a Mother 3 release. I don’t really get the internet rumour myth-making thing either.
vince94 October 17, 2018 at 1:41 pm
I remember seeing a broadcast in the Radio PSI archives from the day M3 came out in Japan, and everyone’s on there talking about it and looking back, kind of like this. And being emotional, of course, since it was FINALLY finished! Apparently there isn’t enough space to host the archives anymore but hopefully I’ll be able to hear that broadcast again one of these days.
I was reading through this again, and I was reminded of the ice cream comic, that’d be a good thing to add after the “fan generational divide” mention
A Larry Davidian October 17, 2018 at 3:05 pm
I never got caught up with the online gaming community growing up, and never had to experience these repreated rounds of excitement and disappointment. I long awaited Earthbound 64 since its announcement, only to be heartbroken upon its cancellation. The GBA release coupled with a professional quality fan translation made up for it all (Thank you, Mato and programming team). The 32- and 64-bit era graphics have not aged well over time, while the 16-bit era retains a charming quality, and Mother 3 definitely benefits from the aesthetic we’ve come to love from Earthbound–amusingly, at the time, we were told to ignore the mediocre graphics of Earthbound to uncover the gem from within.
I suppose nothing could ever match my disappointment with how Final Fantasy IV has been handled: an initial release with cut content and stripped dialogue (the one that brought me into RPGs), a poor fan translation, several ports stateside with subpar translations, and, finally, a seemingly polished translation for the DS with additional backstory included, but at the expense of its visual nostalgia.
Matthew October 17, 2018 at 4:18 pm
That was quite an emotional ride. I’ve been a diehard Mother fan since playing and falling in love with Earthbound in the mid 90s… I’ve been one of those delusional fans that has believed forever that Mother 3 was always just right around the corner. Heck, the last couple nintendo consoles I’ve purchased were almost solely because of Mother 3 rumors. I’m a man in my mid 30s now, and I pretty much feel like that hope is dead, and find it increasingly hard to give a crap about what nintendo does anymore. It’s sad.
I understand being too busy to make this into a full book, but if you ever do decide to take this information and turn it into a printed publication later down the line, I will absolutely still buy it.
Chimroy October 17, 2018 at 5:32 pm
If only Starfy had this big of a fan base and documented of a history
Draco October 26, 2018 at 3:41 pm
Starfy is easy.
First game was planned for Game Boy, then Game Boy Color, then released on the GBA. Everything else is straightforward for the Japanese releases up until 5. Then Nintendo had him appear in Super Mario Maker. Some cameos in Mario and Luigi (as “Legend of Starfy”), Super Princess Peach (also TOSE) and the Smash Bros series since Brawl, which was the point that probably convinced Nintendo to bring the last fifth game and only that overseas.
The other games were repeatedly pitched by TOSE to Nintendo, with awkward preliminary English translations with profanities like shit and fuck, we know of the existence of one for the first game and for the fifth game, and probably more. While some rumors said it was due for a 2005 Western release, nothing came of it. TOSE said NoA rejected the series because it was “too Japanese”. Series director said “stafy is NOT starfy or a starfish” but the sole published localization, and even those early prototypes used the “starfy” name. (by the way, one thing the article doesn’t mention is the rumors about Brownie Brown pitching unfinished localized prototypes, but in 5 languages, of Mother 3 GBA to overseas branches for approval)
What Starfy’s localization trials and tribulations lack compared to Mother 3 (or even 1 and 2, really) was the dramatic momentum, unexpected plot twists (who could have foreseen Nintendo cancelling the CONSOLE the game was supposed to release on?) the passion, and Nintendo actually enjoying keeping that suspense. The bogus rumors supported by a media blitz that was a repost of just one source’s rumor helped keep that alive.
I don’t personally think Nintendo will ever release Mother 3 in English.
IF, and that’s a big if, the 2015 Virtual Console version really existed, that means it was made around the same period of time Fire Emblem Fates was done. Nintendo’s localization policies around that period were really controversial and they did efforts to distance themselves from their negative PR and future projects, down to abandoning Fates’s DLC content. If Mother 3 was translated following those guidelines, er, it wouldn’t be a pretty sight for the fanbase.
On the other hand, once I saw Kotaku’s 2017 article here “Why it’s okay to release Mother 3 in 2017”, I immediately remembered some articles, posts by those same writers, tweets months after that that sound like sword rattling in anticipation for an upcoming controversy. Things like “there’s so much problematic content that needs to be changed” in Mother 3, like so and so, that aren’t even unanimously agreed to be problematic but still assumed to be so.
If Nintendo is controversy-averse, and they still are to this day for some subjects even though they softened their recent policies, a Mother 3 localization sounds like very bad news.
Midna October 27, 2018 at 2:33 pm
You think Starfy has it bad? At least Starfy had one of his games localized and earned himself a physical appearance in Smash Bros. Poor Lip _still_ doesn’t have any of that. Panel de Pon is, to this day, one of Nintendo’s most overlooked classics, and it’s a crime that it isn’t more recognized.
Post-Apolcalyptic Nu October 17, 2018 at 6:38 pm
Great article; it brought back memories of those mysterious blue carts and grainy Mr. Saturn fish tank images. That was around the time I first joined too, and I haven’t seen those images since then.
In an old Starmen thread written when EB64 was recently cancelled, I read some kids talking about whether it could move to PlayStation like FF did. The replies were something like “What, do you want it to be filled to the brim with FMVs??” not to mention a Nintendo franchise would never cross over like that… but I still thought that was funny.
Anyway, I’m not really clamoring for an official MOTHER3 localization anymore. I played your version when it first came out, Mato—Loved it, and I haven’t looked back since. It’s like how you framed it in the last paragraphs; Older fans have already seen the rumors come and go, they’re nothing new. I’d welcome an official release of course, but right now I have no expectations.
“But… the future refused to change.” sums up the whole article nicely.
With the Wii U discontinued, right now there’s no avenue to re-release a GBA game like MOTHER 3. Maybe if they ever made a “GBA classic” of some sort, they could use it as a system-seller ala Star Fox 2.
Scott Baird October 17, 2018 at 6:45 pm
I think the death of the VC has officially killed any Mother 3 hype for me. The only way I could see it being a viable product is if Nintendo releases all three games as part of a collection (kind of the like the Seiken Densetsu collection in Japan).
I also wonder whether EarthBound Beginnings will be added to the Switch Online service, or whether EarthBound will be if they add SNES games?
Kishi October 17, 2018 at 9:50 pm
Reading this was a journey. Thank you for taking the time to document it.
My heart can’t bear pinning my hopes on rumors anymore, but I’ll never stop hoping in the back of my mind.
Nik October 17, 2018 at 10:35 pm
10 years since the fan translation wow. I’ve only been a Mother fan for 13 years when I first played Earthbound so reading about fan reaction to Earthbound 2/64 was really insightful. I had given up on an official Mother 3 release since 2016 when the 10 year anniversary game on wii u was revealed to be Twilight Princess. This article however sparked that small hope in me that laid dormant for so long. Just thinking about an official mother 3 localisation makes me feel younger again. Seems like not long ago I was inspired by a video to use PK Call and ask Nintendo about Earthbound and mother 3.
The Claus cosplayer from last Camp Fangamer October 17, 2018 at 10:49 pm
That was an awesome article.
Roberto Villegas October 17, 2018 at 11:04 pm
Being a Mother fan in the states has always been a strange thing. I realized sort of how we’re viewed in Nintendo when the tag line for the Wii U Virtually console release of Earthbound was “You’re Not Dreaming.” Mother releases in the states these years are sort of “in case of emergency” type things. I can see an official release happen if adoption of say Switch online is poor and having that be the only way to play Mother 3 possible be part of a future thing, but honestly Smash will push that more. Will Mother 3 get an official US release: maybe, but it’ll happen when Nintendo needs to summon the most “ride or die” fan base. Great read.
Christian Hendrickson October 17, 2018 at 11:58 pm
Dismaying article. But good article.
Maple October 18, 2018 at 4:45 am
10 years since I was on my break at work and decided to pull up starmen.net on my nokia’s primitive phone browser. I saw that the translation was out, and I was so excited I couldn’t contain myself.
I left work that day and wouldn’t you know it, the flash cart I’d ordered literally two months prior had arrived as well.
I spent the next two days completely absorbed in Mother 3. It’s all I did outside of working, sleeping and eating. I’d take my lunch breaks at work and just play Mother 3 in the backroom. And I cried giant tears at the ending.
No other game has been simultaneously such a delight to me, and also so heartbreaking. I always wanted an official translation, but the chances of that happening are less and less every single day. But, that’s okay. I had my “Mother 3 translated” moment. 10 years ago, on my break at work, on that busted old Nokia phone.
It’d be easy to say that the series has changed my life, and honestly it has. I’ve met people who are also fans of the series, I’ve made lifelong friendships that have carried across the world thanks to this series. I couldn’t be more grateful.
Bobolicious October 21, 2018 at 7:47 pm
Pretty much my story. I was a Schwan’s driver in 2008 when the fan translation was released. My GBA flash cart had died by then, but I loaded Mother 3 onto my trusty Dingoo A320 and brought it to work every day so I could play it on my lunch breaks. It was hilarious and heartbreaking, and quickly became my all time favorite video game.
I haven’t touched it since that first play through…has it been 10 years already?
If there’s ever an official release, it’ll be the perfect excuse to play it again. If not… I’ll still come back to it eventually, because it’s just too good to not replay it at some point.
chillyfeez October 18, 2018 at 6:44 am
The Mother 3 FAM translation is great – no doubt – and I am thankful for the (what must have been) tireless work that went into it, that I finally got to play the game.
Here’s the thing about the game, though: Earthbound is sooooo much better IMO. I see and can appreciate what Itoi was trying to do, but I think in the end the project was too ambitious. The final product seems to reflect a (I can’t think of a better way to put it and yes, I recognize the irony) rush to market. It’s cool that the different chapters focus on different PCs, but we don’t get to spend enough time with most of them to end up caring much about them. This could have been at least partially remedied by granting these characters a larger presence as NPCs, but in many cases it seems the game goes out of its way to avoid doing this. That brings me to my next issue with the game – the world feels way too small when compared to Earthbound. Part of the fun of Earthbound was the open-world feel. There were a slew of different towns to visit, and each had its own unique story and cast of quirky characters. The player even learns spells that specifically enable easy travel from one location to another. After defeating the final boss, you can still travel around and revisit everyone. By contrast, in Mother 3, there are only a few locations. Travelling between them is rarely easier than walking the long distance and fighting a bunch of monsters along the way, but it doesn’t much matter because usually all of the NPCs vacate the site once the plot moves on. So even though the world remains mostly open for most of the game, it’s actually very linear, and the game does very little to reward the player for exploring, which to me is the cornerstone of any great RPG.
My last big problem with Mother 3 is its existence as a sequel to Earthbound. For most of the game, there really is very little evidence that it is at all. Obviously the world is different. I guess it’s possible that it takes place on a different continent on the same planet, but if you are expecting a story continuation from the previous entry in the series, you will spend most of the game grasping. There’s a Dr. Andonuts, but is he the same guy? The mythology seems to be brand new – there was never any indication in Earthbound that there were godlike sleeping dragons underground who could be awoken in order to ignite a major cataclysm. Just when I was ready to accept that this was, in fact, a standalone story, Mr. Saturn shows up late-in-game. But the late reveal that this is actually a sequel is problematic in its own right. To a player who’s expecting a sequel, its existence as a sequel seems tacked-on and forced. To a player who’s never played Earthbound, this might be a fun game to play through until the end when you’re suddenly on the outside of some bizarre inside joke.
So anyway, as I said, I am very thankful for the effort that went into the fan translation. Having actually played the game, though, I was left pretty disappointed and wondering if the original intention for the game was a much richer experience than what we actually got in the end.
Samuel October 18, 2018 at 3:45 pm
So many memories.
Looking back at everything now, I honestly don’t think we’re ever going to see the game localized. It would be interesting, though, if they decided to do an EarthBound collection and include the Japanese releases as bonuses, while also including an untranslated MOTHER 3. It wouldn’t be an ideal release, but at the very least get MOTHER 3 outside Japan. It would also be neat if they included little Japanese lessons as extras to help non-Japanese speakers get through the game. I’d love for something like that to come out.
mrtenda October 18, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Really enjoyed reading this, it brought back a bunch of memories and it was also very informative. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Can you shed any more light on the Undertale-related post you mentioned that was made on the Onett Times section of Miiverse? I never heard about this before, so I’m curious about what it said and if it was actually a real official Nintendo post or if it was just the result of a Miiverse hack or something.
I was wondering about that too.
Clyde Mandelin October 18, 2018 at 10:44 pm
I actually don’t really remember myself, I wrote that section back in 2017 but have no way to go back to find out what it was now that Miiverse is down. I want to say it was something simple like ‘Undertale is a fun game” and nothing really noteworthy.
Samuel October 18, 2018 at 10:49 pm
Now that I think about it, I might be able to go back though some videos I made and find that very post. I made videos detailing lots of Miiverse stuff on the very last day it was open. Fingers crossed that I can find it.
Sassysaido October 18, 2018 at 6:46 pm
“Actually, now that I think about it, Space World would be better because then they can show it to a Japanese audience instead of the American media, who will demand an English version.”
Wow, I wonder who the anon who wrote this is, because he sounds hatefully anti-American. Like duh we would want an English version, it’s the language we speak here. Guess he forgot the Japanese is not our primary language. What a snot.
…but you’re basically agreeing with him. Or proving his point.
When option A is “show the game off at Spaceworld and get zero complaints” and option B is “also show the game off in the west and get people like you complaining that it’s not in English”, it makes sense to go with option A.
I’m not complaining about wanting it in English, genius. I’m merely stating a point of fact. What’s your problem?
A 10-year anniversary seems as good a time as any to say thanks for the translation patch! Haven’t played it in about a decade but it was a great time.
bronzeheart92 October 19, 2018 at 6:51 am
People still talk about Mother 3? I think at this point it’s best to move on from said game and focus on something else. Even the native japanese audience didn’t praise it much if I remember correctly… That said, I certainly wouldn’t mind it if Itoi decided to team up with Toby Fox someday…
Noel October 19, 2018 at 8:43 am
I remember being offended by that E3 joke about people asking for a Mother 3 translation, but after seeing this, I kinda feel sorry for NoA, for ten years of constantly being bombarded with demands every time they mentioned anything that could even vaguely conceivably be linked to the Mother series somehow.
Regardless, whenever an official translation of a game comes out after a popular fan translation (especially one with as high a level of quality as Mother 3’s), it is universally reviled 90% of the time, so I don’t think anything they could have done would ever have satisfied fans.
Wafitti October 25, 2018 at 7:51 pm
This is a nice piece you’ve posted, even with the rushed bits (like the “Beginning‘s” on page 4).
I know the focus of this is 3 quarters on localizations of the games & how desired they are by westerners, but do you have any reference as to what the Japanese fans thought/hoped in the leadup to Mother 3’s planned release, cancellation & GBA revival, as well as they perspective on the western fans? Not to put things on your plate, but that would be interesting to read.
Also, where could I read more about the 64DD development disks? Even though they held no Mother data, I’m curious about what they did in fact contain (especially the latter 2). The only link I found on Starmen Club (from a more-than-a-decade-old post) points to a forum board, but their forums appear to have been restructured since then.
It looks like the games were: Mario Artist, Sim City 64, and two copies of Doshin the Giant. I wrote an article about it almost when it happened… almost 10 years ago… oh no time is going too fast
I posted about it at the time here: https://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/blue-disk-saga-is-very-over/
Thanks for linking that. Was kinda hoping that the disks would contain non-final builds of the games, but I guess from the wording that they didn’t, pity.
BusterTheFox October 26, 2018 at 5:56 am
2018 will be our year! Mother 3 will finally be announced! I C A N F E E L I T
[As the comment oozes and drips with sarcasm]
SirSystemError October 26, 2018 at 12:51 pm
So I’m just gonna throw out a bold proclamation here. We’re going to see Mother 4 get officially developed and released along with an English localization. So the west will have Mother 1, 2, and 4, but we’ll spend forever waiting for 3.
Nance November 11, 2018 at 7:18 pm
The post about Undertale made me think it would be ideal if MOTHER 3 was released in the west nowadays thanks to the former’s massive popularity.
Also, I have a question. Recently, I read somewhere that the actual reason NoA hasn’t localized the game has something to do with the Magypsies. Is it true? I forgot if it was a legitimate interview or if it was pure speculation, though.
Clyde Mandelin November 12, 2018 at 6:10 pm
I’ve heard something similar, probably from the same article or wherever, but I assume it’s one of those situations where leaked info can’t easily be verified because it’d jeopardize the source, so everyone passes around the same info in a circle and/or leads to confusion and a bit of drama. So I don’t know what to make of it myself.
Mole Playing Rough November 20, 2018 at 4:43 pm
This is actually a very nice article, Mato. I just thought about this right now, but since the west would somewhat react negatively to a Mother 3 localization, wouldn’t PETA create some parody or some game about Mother 3’s Chapter 3? Salsa is literally abused by Fassad. I mean this has happened with other games like Super Mario 3D Land and Pokémon Black and White.
I really hope that PETA doesn’t try to make Mother 3 look bad. Sorry if I didn’t make that much sense, but I just had this thought and I was suprised that nobody brought this up. (It’s probably because people are focusing more on the Magypsies)
Anyways, thank you for making the fan translation!
Warningdontread November 20, 2018 at 11:53 pm
What an amazing read, outstanding job as usual Mato! I first experienced the Mother series late 2013 so I just experienced a page of this timeline but loved going through it all, especially the N64- GCN days since I was a year away to be born when first mentions of the game existence first appeared and to young to used the internet when it was moved to the GBA.
One of my favorite parts where definitely the user comments. It was both amusing and heart wrenching when people said stuff like “Pokemon will eventuall die” to “I bought the SNES classic controller just for when Earthbound hits Virtual Console”, boy does time changes.
The other one is the Wii U Virtual Console era, especially the fan outcry. I decided to give the game a chance once the eshop trailer sparked some interest for me. To think I owe it to all those amazing fans who ask for a USA release. I wouldn’t ever found one of my favorite videogame series if it wasn’t for all of those people. The Mother series is a series who I take with me wherever I go, it really impacted my life, and it’s something I owe to fans like you Mato, thanks to you and all the Starmen community for expanding the audience of this game, here to the future of the Mother series.
Vance Mudgeman December 1, 2018 at 2:57 pm
I should point out that that E3 2010 list was originally posted as a joke by Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb. Basically the only reason it became a “rumor” was because of people posting it elsewhere without context.
http://jeff.zone/post/38428394561/back-before-e3-2010-i-decided-to-slap-together-a
AJam December 9, 2018 at 6:56 am
This post pointed out how batshit crazy the Mother/EB fans are, taking every post and thinking it means a release date.
It’s amazing how Mother/EB fandom hasn’t devolved into toxicity for the most part.
Great article. I remember reading along with your translation updates, Mato.
Arknight December 22, 2018 at 8:30 pm
I think one of the worst things about having EB64 cancelled was that, at the time, I desperately wanted to keep supporting Nintendo over the recently popular Playstation (which had “stolen” all the great RPG developers). Even though huge franchises like Final Fantasy were never going to be on the N64, at least we had a great first-party Earthbound franchise that we could count on…… I remember reading all of the updates in Nintendo Power with eagerness and then they just stretched on for years….and then it was going to be on the 64DD peripheral….and then it was just cancelled. I’m in my mid-30s now and have plenty of love for both Nintendo and Sony systems, but I think that was the year that I really gave up on Nintendo ever being an RPG powerhouse again….and that is still very sad to me, having fond memories of growing up in the NES/SNES Golden Age.
Mr. Argent January 12, 2019 at 11:30 pm
It’s nuts that it’s been so long already. Ten years? I can remember my anticipation as the fan translation progressed like it was yesterday, and I was in middle school at the time… yeesh, that’s a weird sensation.
Still hangin’ on to my physical copy and my guide book, and I’m still hangin’ on to hope. Granted, that’s partially so they can become a gift for my special someone, but I think that’s fitting in it’s own way.
Mortus Evil January 26, 2019 at 6:28 pm
There is hope.
There’s a streamer, Vinny, (accounts are Vinesauce on YouTube and Twitch), who has a knack of summoning announcements regarding games.
Before the announcement of Metroid Prime 4 and Samus Returns, he played a Metroid game. This has happened other times, though my memory fails me right now.
He recently played through Mother 3.
Therefore: next Nintendo Direct there will be a Mother 3 announcement.
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Tag Archives: Leymah
2012 Olympics, Liberia, Liberian Olympic Team, London, Olympics, Uncategorized
2012 OLYMPIC REWIND: Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag
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The Olympic flag is carried during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, July 28, 2012.
Ezra Shaw, Pool — AP Photo
Liberia is making an impressive mark at this year’s Summer Games. Liberian Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee was one of the eight individuals elected to carry the Olympic Flag into London’s Olympic Stadium. The honorable event took place during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on Saturday July 28th. Gbowee was joined by the following:
Shami Chakrabarti, one of Britain’s leading civil liberties campaigners
Ban-ki Moon,the United Nations Secretary General
Doreen Lawrence, mother of teenager Stephen Lawrence whose life was taken in 1993 exposing “institutional racism”
Sally Becker, known as the Angel of Mostar for rescuing children in war-torn Bosnia
Marina Silva, Brazilian Environmentalist campaigning for the protection of the Amazon Rain forest (note BRAZIL will be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro)
Haile Gebrselassie, Highly accomplished Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete
Daniel Barenboim, Israeli Argentine born pianist and conductor
Muhammed Ali,one of the world’s greatest living sportsmen. Highly acclaimed Boxer, philanthropist and social activist
According to the Telegraph, Each person was chosen to carry the symbol of humanity because they portrayed values of the Olympic movement. It is truly an honor for one of Liberia’s own to be counted among the few that are bestowed such an honor. Follow the site to be updated on Liberia’s involvement in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and feel free to leave comments of support.
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Anatomy of Suicide
Suicide as Problem of Public Health
Historical Roots of Suicide Question
Efforts to Reduce the Suicide Toll
Gravity of Suicide Problem in United States
At least 20,000 Americans will take their own lives in the next 12 months, and 100,000 to 200,000 others will make serious but unsuccessful attempts to do so. Louis I. Dublin, medical statistician, has estimated that possibly as many as two million individuals now living in the United States have tried at some time to commit suicide. Despite this shocking state of affairs, there is widespread apathy about the problem, both on the part of the public and within the medical profession. Because the facts about suicide—its prevalence and the possibilities of cutting down its toll—are not well known, experts on the subject are trying to spread this message: The great majority of suicides and suicide attempts are the product of emotional states which are only temporary and which are remediable.
Suicide rates have fluctuated widely in this country in the past 60 years. The rate rose from 11.3 per 100,000 population in 1900 to 18.6 per 100,000 in 1908, the year following a severe Wall Street panic. Remaining above 15 per 100,000 through the year 1916, the rate then gradually declined to around 13 and stayed there through 1927. A new rise carried it to 18.6 in 1932, at the bottom of the Great Depression, when 21,649 persons were listed as suicides. The rate stood at 15 per 100,000 in 1938 and dropped to a low of 9.6 in the war year of 1944. Since then it has not surpassed the figure of 11.2 per 100,000 recorded in 1950 and again in 1962.
Even at last year's relatively low rate, suicide ranked as the 11th leading cause of death in the United States; the victims numbered 20,890. Among persons aged 20 to 35, suicide was the fourth leading cause of death, being outranked only by accidents, heart disease and cancer. For every two persons killed in automobile accidents, one commits suicide. For every homicide in this country, there are two suicides.
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News La-Liga
Barcelona 'weighing up summer transfer' for Man Utd youngster Angel Gomes
16 May / autty
Barcelona are reportedly pondering a summer swoop for Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes.
The 18-year-old is entering the final year of his current deal at Old Trafford having made two appearances for the club this season.
He played in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first home game in charge against Huddersfield but did not feature again until the final-day defeat by Cardiff.
He scored eight times in 16 games for the youth ranks, and Nou Camp scouts have been tracking his progress, report the Manchester Evening News.
Solskjaer is set to give his younger players more chance to impress next term, particularly in the Europa League.
United will compete in Europe's second-tier competition after failing to make the top four in 2018-19.
And the Norwegian has hinted he will decide against loan moves for some of his young stars in favour of continuing their development at United.
“I have to say it’s nice for them to get a full season somewhere and play but, then again, maybe the best place to be is here, training with the best players in the world," he told MUTV.
”In this environment, we’ve got a history of making them [young players] the best but we’ve got loads of good experiences of players being out for a year and coming back as men.
“Let’s see what we decide with these boys but I can see most staying here and getting their chances next year.”
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Archer (2009– )
Magazines that characters read are often references to later episodes or plotlines for upcoming episodes in the season.
Every episode has the sound of ice cubes clinking on glass.
The real physical model for Ray Gillette is Lucky Yates, who is the voice actor for Dr. Krieger.
In most episodes, you can find Pam's (Amber Nash's) name in graffiti on the walls.
I.S.I.S. stands for International Secret Intelligence Service. On October 13, 2014, the creators decided to merge I.S.I.S. with the C.I.A. for season six, due to the acronym's incidental association with the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which gained attention for its violent actions in the Middle East earlier that year.
Pam Poovey (Amber Nash) has a full back tattoo which reads: "For the Angel of Death spread His wings on the Blast, and breathed in the face of the foes He passed; and the eyes of the Sleepers waxed deadly and chill, and their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still!" This is the third stanza to the poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib" by Lord Byron (George Gordon), an eighteenth century English poet. The poem is a reference to a biblical passage (2nd Kings 18-19) of how God destroyed the Assyrian army before it could attack Jerusalem.
Creator Adam Reed has admitted in interviews that the show isn't set in a realistic time period. The geopolitical Cold War situation doesn't align with the technology being used, or Woodhouse's (George Coe's) age.
Cyril Figgis's alias "Chet Manley" is the name of the boy who drops four baby turtles into a sewer in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic.
Ray (Adam Reed) has two nickel-plated M1911 pistols engraved with the names Barbra and Liza, references to Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli.
Sterling Archer's aliases include: Butler, Duchess, Chet Manly, Randy Randalman, Cyril Figgis, Pirate King, Bob Belcher, Randy Magnum, Randy Randerson, and Rando.
Amber Nash is neighbors with the physical model of her character Pam.
Just like Cheryl Tunt (Judy Greer), Salvador Dali had a pet ocelot named Babou.
According to an article on Vulture.com, the characters' appearances are based on friends of the show creators, as well as actors, models, and other people in the Atlanta area. The models would pose for several pictures, which would then be used as reference points for the animation.
One of the episodes in season six is set in Wales and titled "Achub y Morfilod" (which translates to "Save the Whales" in Welsh).
Lana's (Aisha Tyler's) nicknames include Truckasaurus, Monster Hands, Shirley Temper, Johnny Bench, and Spray and Pray. Nearly all the names relate to her large hands.
According to Art Director Neal Holman, the series was titled "Duchess" (Archer's code name and Malory's favorite dog) until the last day or two of animating the opening sequence.
The tie-in book, "How to Archer", states that Dr. Krieger's (Lucky Yates') first name is "Algernop".
Woodhouse's name is a reference to famed British writer P.G. Wodehouse, best known for his series of Jeeves and Wooster stories, about a superlative British butler and his rather dimwitted employer.
Lucky Yates (Dr. Krieger) got promoted to "extra" after fan support during the 2013 live tour.
Jeffrey Tambor voices Len Trexler, the rival of Malory Archer, who is voiced by Jessica Walter. In the critically acclaimed comedy Arrested Development (2003), Tambor and Walter played husband and wife, and, once again, were constantly at odds with each other.
Cheryl (Judy Greer) is often called by the wrong name by other I.S.I.S. employees, mainly Sterling (H. Jon Benjamin) and Malory (Jessica Walter). Her aliases include Carol, Cariña, Cristal, and Cherlene.
O.D.I.N. stands for Organization of Democratic Intelligence Networks. O.D.I.N. headquarters is located in Paris, France.
Archer uses a Walther PPK, just like James Bond.
In a January 2016 episode of Jeopardy! (1984), "Archer" and " Danger Zone" were adjacent categories.
Lana Kane (Aisha Tyler) and Malory Archer (Jessica Walter), after being recruited, ended up "killing a man three weeks later in Tunisia."
Because of the secrecy surrounding the change of scenery and plot for season five, the promotional clips did not involve any footage from the upcoming season. Instead, a shot-for-shot animated recreation of the "Danger Zone" music video by Kenny Loggins, made for Top Gun (1986), and a frequent reference on the show, was released instead.
Four cast members from this show were previously lead characters on Arrested Development (2003). In addition to Jeffrey Tambor, Judy Greer played Kitty, his very devoted assistant, and now plays Cheryl, Malory's (Jessica Walter's) less than devoted secretary, and David Cross, who played Tobias, voiced the character "Noah", in season three of this show.
Visible in the opening title montages are blueprints of the helicopter from the series Airwolf (1984), and the homemade rocket ship "The Vulture" from the series Salvage 1 (1979).
The mascot for Red Beer changes midway through the series from a Native American to an Eagle.
Sterling Archer's cars have been a green Plymouth GTX, a black 1970 Dodge Challenger 440 6-pack, nicknamed "Genie", a black 1970 Chevrolet El Camino, and a Ferrari 308 GTS.
In addition to the blueprints for Vulture from Salvage 1 (1979) and Airwolf from Airwolf (1984), the opening credits also show a drawing of the Black Beauty from The Green Hornet (1966).
Lana Kane's middle name is Anthony (as in Susan B.). Sterling Archer's middle name is Malory. Both characters have middle names that traditionally are used for the opposite gender.
All of the main cast of Bob's Burgers (2011) have appeared in voice roles over the course of the series. H. Jon Benjamin plays the lead in both shows.
The car that Cyril Figgis (Chris Parnell) drives is a Dacia 1300 build in Romania, based on a Renault 12.
In addition to Cyril's Dacia, other Eastern European vehicles can be seen roaming the streets, like the Czechoslovakian Karosa SL11 bus and the Soviet Volga-GAZ 24 saloon car.
Lana Kane's weapon of choice is a sidearm, fully automatic TEC-9. She carries two.
In the opening scene of season two, episode eleven, Jeu Monégasque, the leaderboard displays three names: Bell, Bivens, and DeVoe. These are the last names of musical trio Bell Biv DeVoe.
No character in the series has nails.
In the opening credits, the dolphin hand puppet that Amber Nash (Pam Poovey) is using is "Yoshi" from the television series Departures (2008).
In Archer: Dial M for Mother (2010), Archer's right foot is visible revealing a bullet scar. This scar is from Lana from a previous episode.
Barry Dillon uses a Desert Eagle and is seen in one episode reading a Desert Eagle magazine.
Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane) and Michael Rooker (Sheriff E.Z. Ponder) also worked on Criminal Minds (2005).
Prior to his death, Brett Bunsen (Neal Holman) had been shot at least eight times: at least four by Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and several others by co-workers Lana and Cyril, actress Rona Thorne, and once by the F.B.I.
Dr. Krieger is the son of a Nazi scientist, and lived in Brazil until he was fifteen years old. When his father was killed, Malory brought him to I.S.I.S., where it was later revealed that he was a genetically identical clone of Adolf Hitler. Recently, Krieger has called his supposed genetic heritage into question, saying, "And by the way, if I was a clone of Adolf goddamn Hitler, wouldn't I look like Adolf goddamn Hitler?!"
Archer grew up believing that his father was a war hero, named "John Fitzgerald Archer". Various events in season one suggest that his father may be Major Nikolai Jakov of the K.G.B., Len Trexler of the rival spy agency O.D.I.N. or jazz drummer Buddy Rich (although Malory is pretty sure it's either Jakov or Trexler). She later mentions a fourth possibility in the third season, and in Archer: Once Bitten (2013), an unknown man appears to Archer in a flashback, claiming to be his father, making a fifth possibility.
Season five is subtitled "Archer: Vice", and focuses on the team selling a metric ton of cocaine. Season eight is marketed as "Archer: Dreamland", and appears to refer to the season seven finale (and the flash-forward from the season seven premiere), where a man, who looks like Archer, is shot and bleeding in a pool.
In season 7, the Figgis agency's interior design is similar to the office in the late seasons of Mad Men (2007)
Katya's (Ona Grauer's) and Barry's (Dave Willis') cyborg CPUs are powered by photovoltaics.
Several season four episodes make overt references to lead voice actor H. Jon Benjamin and Series Creator Adam Reed. The restaurant from Bob's Burgers (2011) (where Benjamin voices lead character, Bob) is a location in Fugue and Riffs (2013), where Linda, Gene, and Louise Belcher all make cameos and refer to Archer as Bob, and in season four, episode twelve, "Sea Tunt: Part 1", voice actors Eugene Mirman (Cecil Tunt) and Kristen Shaal (Tiffy) are also Bob's Burgers alumni (Gene and Louise Belcher). In The Papal Chase (2013), Archer mentions Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil (2005), in which Benjamin voiced The Devil. Adam Reed co-created Sealab 2021 (2000) and uses the title sea lab, and Captain Murphy, as the main antagonists for the season four finale.
Archer Danger Island (Season 9) takes place in 1938. This is revealed in episode 8 when Cheryl talks about the hobbit released in 1937. Saying it was released last year
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Green getaways
Happy 300th Birthday, New Orleans! Founded in 1718 by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was named after Philipp II, Duke of Orléans, who was an avid art collector. As part of the celebrations, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is showing his treasures from Oct. 26.
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Departing London Heathrow, Kirsten Eickstaedt snapped this ocean of cloud
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C’est drôle!
At the Clown Bar in the 11th Arrondissement of Paris, the fun starts with a Belle-Époque interior featuring dozens of smiling acrobats on the walls and ceiling. And if they don’t do it, the good food, affordable prices and hip crowd here are sure to put a smile on your face.
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Inspirational icons
The facade of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, designed by Frank Gehry, is no shrinking violet. Inside, it’s even more vibrant, with shows on Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie. The defining color of the latest exhibition, dedicated to Prince, who died in 2016, is purple.
mopop.org
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A feast for the senses
Eyes open, taste buds ready to receive! Gourmets from around the world flock to Spectrum, the two Michelin-starred restaurant at Amsterdam’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. Sidney Schutte and his team not only serve the finest food, they are also masters of presentation, as evidenced by this herring with puffed potato and dill milk, miso cinnamon cream, and bacon-infused egg yolk (above).
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Sculpture Al Fresco I: Great Fosters Hotel, Surrey
June 7 - August 29, 2011
Marcelle Joseph Projects is delighted to present Sculpture Al Fresco, its third exhibition of contemporary art this year and its first outdoor sculpture exhibition. This exhibition is a first of its kind in many ways - it is the first outdoor selling exhibition in the UK to examine British sculpture of the twenty-first century this year and the first ever contemporary sculpture show to take place in the gardens of Great Fosters Hotel, a former royal hunting lodge dating back to 1550 AD.
This show focussing on recent British sculpture by nine emerging to established contemporary artists represents a unique view of the development of British sculpture right now and includes some of the most original sculptors working today. Sculpture Al Fresco takes a fresh approach, placing 13 sculptural works made over the last two years against the backdrop of a 450 year old stately home and one of the finest Arts and Crafts gardens in all of Europe, originally designed in the 1920s. This juxtaposition encourages the public to engage with these works in new and different ways, allowing them to make new connections and highlighting what is best about British sculpture today.
To explore the meaning of "British sculpture" and what make these works British, these contemporary works should be seen against the history of modern British sculpture. In this exhibition, among the artists, we have Richard Hudson, a figurative sculptor inspired by the likes of Henry Moore, Richard Trupp, a former assistant of Anthony Caro who like his mentor works in steel, Alexander Hoda, whose work on display is based on a Ralph Brown sculpture in Harlow, and Giles Kent who works exclusively in wood and has become the modern-day version of David Nash. Although cutting new swathes in the sculpture arena, these artists are very much inspired by their forebears and bring a sense of Britishness to their practice. Even Nikolai Winter, the only non-British artist in the show, takes inspiration for the super-slick surface of his sculptures from Anish Kapoor, an Indian sculptor who has adopted the UK as his homeland.
Carole Andrews
Alexander Hoda
Richard Hudson
Giles Kent
Rick Kirby
Richard Trupp
Nikolai Winter
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Now you see it, but you can't have it - Info Minister flashes Ashika Report at waiting public
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 17:15. Updated on Friday, May 9, 2014 - 20:46.
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 17:15
Brandishing a copy of the Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Sinking of the Princess Ashika, Tonga's Minister for Communication and Information, Hon. 'Eseta Fusitu'a told the local media yesterday they could not have it.
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Ariel JGH-JGE-JGK-JGT Operating Manual Rev Mar 2011
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Manual de mantenimiento y reparación compresor de gas Marca Ariel
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ARIEL CORPORATION
35 BLACKJACK ROAD, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO 43050
TELEPHONE: 740-397-0311 FAX: 740-397-3856
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: www.arielcorp.com
REV: 3/11
For Models: JGE:H:K:T
List of Figures .....................................................................................................................................v
List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................vii
General Safety - Reciprocating Compressors ..............................................................................viii
Compressor Throw and Data Plate Locations ................................................................................ix
Ariel Contact Information ..................................................................................................................x
Other Ariel Resources........................................................................................................................x
Ariel Website .................................................................................................................................. x
Ariel Technical and Service Schools .............................................................................................. x
SECTION 1 - TOOLS
Ariel Optional Furnished Tools ..................................................................................................... 1-1
Ariel Separately Purchased Tools ................................................................................................ 1-2
Ariel Separately Purchased Tool Kits ......................................................................................... 1-3
Recommended Tools ..................................................................................................................... 1-4
SECTION 2 - INSTRUMENTATION
Proflo Lubricator Fluid-Flow Monitor/No-Flow Timer Switch..................................................... 2-1
Normally Open and Normally Closed Definition.......................................................................... 2-2
Proflo Installation ........................................................................................................................ 2-2
Proflo Button Operation .............................................................................................................. 2-2
Display Errors ............................................................................................................................. 2-3
Proflo Battery Replacement........................................................................................................ 2-4
................................................................................................................................................... 2-5
Proflo Jr. No-Flow Switch .............................................................................................................. 2-6
Proflo Jr. Installation ................................................................................................................... 2-6
Proflo Jr. Battery Replacement................................................................................................... 2-7
Digital No-Flow Timer (DNFT)........................................................................................................ 2-7
DNFT Installation........................................................................................................................ 2-8
Programmable DNFTs................................................................................................................ 2-9
DNFT Battery Replacement ..................................................................................................... 2-10
Troubleshooting DNFTs........................................................................................................... 2-11
Proximity Switch ....................................................................................................................... 2-12
Proximity Switch Installation ..................................................................................................... 2-12
Main Bearing Temperature Alarm and Shutdown ..................................................................... 2-12
Thermocouples - J (Iron-Constantan) or K (Chromel-Alumel).................................................. 2-12
Resistance Temperature Devices (RTDs) ............................................................................... 2-13
Alarm and Shutdown Limits...................................................................................................... 2-13
SECTION 3 - MAINTENANCE
Initial Maintenance...................................................................................................................... 3-2
Daily Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 3-2
Monthly Maintenance ................................................................................................................. 3-4
Six-Month (4,000 Hour) Maintenance......................................................................................... 3-4
One-Year (8,000 Hour) Maintenance ......................................................................................... 3-5
Two-Year (16,000 Hour) Maintenance ....................................................................................... 3-6
Three-Year (24,000 Hour) Maintenance..................................................................................... 3-6
Four-Year (32,000 Hour) Maintenance....................................................................................... 3-6
Six-Year (48,000 Hour) Maintenance ......................................................................................... 3-6
Checking Lubrication ..................................................................................................................... 3-7
Oil Pump..................................................................................................................................... 3-7
Oil Pressure Regulating Valve ............................................................................................. 3-7
Low Oil Pressure Shutdown ....................................................................................................... 3-7
Oil Cooler.................................................................................................................................... 3-8
Oil Temperature Control Valve............................................................................................. 3-8
Frame Oil System Components .................................................................................................... 3-8
Oil Strainer.................................................................................................................................. 3-8
Oil Filter ...................................................................................................................................... 3-8
Simplex Spin-on Filter Replacement .................................................................................... 3-9
Simplex Filter Cartridge Replacement.................................................................................. 3-9
Duplex Filter Cartridge Replacement ................................................................................... 3-9
Compressor Prelube Pump ........................................................................................................ 3-9
Oil Heaters................................................................................................................................ 3-10
Frame Oil ....................................................................................................................................... 3-12
Frame Oil Pressure .................................................................................................................. 3-12
Frame Oil Temperature ............................................................................................................ 3-13
Frame Oil Maintenance ............................................................................................................ 3-13
Frame Oil Sampling .................................................................................................................. 3-13
Dry Sump.................................................................................................................................. 3-13
Oil System Cleanliness............................................................................................................. 3-13
Force Feed Lubrication System Components ........................................................................... 3-14
Force Feed Lubricator .............................................................................................................. 3-15
Force Feed Lubricator Adjustment ..................................................................................... 3-15
Blow-Out Fittings, Rupture Disks, and Tubing.......................................................................... 3-16
Distribution Blocks .................................................................................................................... 3-16
Distribution Block Assembly ............................................................................................... 3-17
Divider Valve Bypass Pressure Test .................................................................................. 3-17
Balance Valves .......................................................................................................................... 3-18
Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by a Divider Block....................................................... 3-19
Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by Primary/Secondary Divider Blocks ........................ 3-20
Subsequent Compressor Start-Up ........................................................................................... 3-20
Oil Head at Lube Points............................................................................................................ 3-21
Gas Inlet Debris Screens.......................................................................................................... 3-21
Injection Oil Inlet Filter .............................................................................................................. 3-21
Force Feed System Design & Operating Parameters ........................................................................ 3-21
Common Oil Supply.................................................................................................................. 3-23
Independent Oil Supply ............................................................................................................ 3-24
Force Feed Lubrication Conditions ............................................................................................ 3-24
Cylinder Lubrication Paper Test ............................................................................................... 3-24
Under/Over Lube ...................................................................................................................... 3-25
Lubricator Cycle Time............................................................................................................... 3-25
Break-in Rate...................................................................................................................... 3-25
Packing Coolant System Requirements ..................................................................................... 3-26
SECTION 4 PART REPLACEMENT
Positioning a Throw ....................................................................................................................... 4-1
Variable Volume Clearance Pocket (VVCP).................................................................................. 4-2
VVCP Removal........................................................................................................................... 4-2
VVCP Disassembly .................................................................................................................... 4-2
VVCP Reassembly ..................................................................................................................... 4-4
VVCP Installation........................................................................................................................ 4-5
VVCP Adjustment ....................................................................................................................... 4-5
Valves .............................................................................................................................................. 4-6
Valve Removal ........................................................................................................................... 4-6
Valve Installation ........................................................................................................................ 4-7
Torquing Valve Cap Bolts ........................................................................................................... 4-7
Piston and Rod ............................................................................................................................... 4-8
Piston and Rod Removal ............................................................................................................ 4-8
Manual Torquing of Piston Nuts ................................................................................................. 4-9
Manual Piston and Rod Disassembly................................................................................... 4-9
Manual Piston and Rod Reassembly ................................................................................. 4-10
Hydraulic Torquing of Piston Nuts ............................................................................................ 4-11
Piston and Rod Disassembly with Hydraulic Tool .............................................................. 4-12
Piston & Rod Reassembly with Hydraulic Tool .................................................................. 4-13
Piston and Rod Installation....................................................................................................... 4-14
Piston Rod Runout ................................................................................................................... 4-14
Piston Rings.................................................................................................................................. 4-15
Piston Ring Installation ............................................................................................................. 4-15
High-Pressure Face-Cut Piston Rings...................................................................................... 4-16
Wear Bands.............................................................................................................................. 4-16
Piston Rod Packing ...................................................................................................................... 4-16
Piston Rod Packing Removal ................................................................................................... 4-16
Piston Rod Packing Reassembly ............................................................................................. 4-17
Long Two-Compartment Intermediate Packing ........................................................................ 4-18
Types of Piston Rod Packing Rings ......................................................................................... 4-19
P Pressure Breaker.......................................................................................................... 4-19
UP Pressure Breaker ....................................................................................................... 4-19
P1U Pressure Breaker ..................................................................................................... 4-19
BTR Single Acting Seal Set ............................................................................................. 4-19
BD Double Acting Seal Set .............................................................................................. 4-20
"WAT" Double Acting Seal Set........................................................................................... 4-20
AL Double Acting Seal Set............................................................................................... 4-20
BTU Single Acting Seal Set ............................................................................................. 4-20
BTUU Single Acting Seal Set........................................................................................... 4-21
CU Single Acting Seal Set ............................................................................................... 4-21
STU Single Acting Seal Set ............................................................................................. 4-21
CR Single Acting Seal Set ............................................................................................... 4-21
3RWS Oil Wiper Set ........................................................................................................ 4-22
Arrangement of Piston Rod Packing Rings .............................................................................. 4-22
Piston Rod Packing Ring Material ............................................................................................ 4-22
Water-Cooled Piston Rod Packing ............................................................................................. 4-23
Reassembly.............................................................................................................................. 4-23
Testing...................................................................................................................................... 4-23
Crossheads ................................................................................................................................... 4-24
Crosshead Removal ................................................................................................................. 4-24
Crosshead Installation .............................................................................................................. 4-25
Connecting Rods .......................................................................................................................... 4-28
Connecting Rod Removal......................................................................................................... 4-28
Connecting Rod Bearing Removal and Installation .................................................................. 4-28
Connecting Rod Bushing Removal and Installation ................................................................. 4-29
Connecting Rod Installation...................................................................................................... 4-30
Crankshaft ..................................................................................................................................... 4-31
Crankshaft Removal ................................................................................................................. 4-31
Oil Slinger Removal.................................................................................................................. 4-32
Oil Slinger Installation............................................................................................................... 4-32
Chain Sprocket Removal.......................................................................................................... 4-33
Chain Sprocket Installation....................................................................................................... 4-33
Main Bearing Removal/Installation with Crankshaft Removed................................................. 4-33
Main Bearings Removal/Installation with Crankshaft in Place.................................................. 4-33
Main Bearings - Checking Clearances ..................................................................................... 4-35
Crankshaft Installation .............................................................................................................. 4-36
Torsional Vibration Detuner Installation on Crankshaft ............................................................ 4-37
Chain Drive System ...................................................................................................................... 4-39
Description - JGH:E:K:T/2/4 ..................................................................................................... 4-39
Description - JGE:K:T/6............................................................................................................ 4-39
Chain Adjustment ..................................................................................................................... 4-40
Chain and Sprocket Replacement .............................................................................................. 4-41
Chain Idler Sprockets Replacement (Eccentric Adjustment Caps) ...................................................4-41
Lube Oil Pump Sprocket Replacement .................................................................................... 4-41
Force Feed Lubricator Chain Sprocket Replacement .............................................................. 4-42
Ethylene Glycol Contamination .................................................................................................. 4-43
Component Cleaning and Thread Lube for Non-Lube Compressor Cylinders ...................... 4-43
SECTION 5 - START UP
Warranty Notification - Installation List Data and Start Up Check Lists for
JG:A:M:N:P:Q:R:J:H:E:K:T:C:D Reciprocating Compressors .................................................................. 5-1
Warranty Notification - Installation List Data............................................................................... 5-1
SECTION 6 - TROUBLESHOOTING
APPENDIX A ARIEL FASTENERS AND TORQUES
Recommendations for Torque Accuracy .................................................................................... A-2
APPENDIX B - CLEARANCES
APPENDIX C - FRAME SPECIFICATIONS
Opposed Throw - Reciprocating Weight Balancing ....................................................................C-3
APPENDIX D COMPRESSOR CLEARANCE, OIL, AND TEMPERATURE RECORD
For Models: JGH:E:K:T
FIGURE I-1 Separable Guide Compressor Throw and Data Plate Locations - Typical............................. ix
FIGURE 1-1 Ariel Optional Furnished Tools for JGH:E:K:T Compressors ............................................. 1-1
FIGURE 1-2 Ariel Separately Purchased Tools for JGH:E:K:T Compressors ........................................ 1-2
FIGURE 2-1 Proflo Electronic Lubricator Fluid Flow Monitor and No-Flow Timer Switch ...................... 2-1
FIGURE 2-2 Proflo Installation ............................................................................................................... 2-2
FIGURE 2-3 Proflo Rear Battery Compartment...................................................................................... 2-5
FIGURE 2-4 Proflo Jr. Installation .......................................................................................................... 2-6
FIGURE 2-5 Proflo Jr. Battery Replacement .......................................................................................... 2-7
FIGURE 2-6 Typical DNFT Magnet Assemblies..................................................................................... 2-8
FIGURE 2-7 Typical DNFT Installation ................................................................................................... 2-8
FIGURE 2-8 A-10754 Programmable DNFT Wiring Connections for Unit in Operation ......................... 2-9
FIGURE 2-9 A-10753 and A-10772 DNFT Wiring Connections for Unit in Operation ............................ 2-9
FIGURE 2-10 Typical Programmable DNFT ......................................................................................... 2-9
FIGURE 2-11 Typical Digital No-Flow Timer Switch (DNFT) ............................................................... 2-10
FIGURE 2-12 Typical Proximity Switch ................................................................................................ 2-12
FIGURE 2-13 Dual Element RTD Wiring Diagram .............................................................................. 2-13
FIGURE 1 Angular Coupling-Hub Face Alignment TIR Limits................................................................ 3-2
FIGURE 3-1 Lube Oil Pump - Typical..................................................................................................... 3-7
FIGURE 3-2 Lube Oil Thermostatic Valve in Mixing Mode..................................................................... 3-8
FIGURE 3-3 Standard Wet Sump Frame Lube Oil Schematic ............................................................. 3-11
FIGURE 3-4 Optional Dry Sump Frame Lube Oil Schematic - Typical ................................................ 3-12
FIGURE 3-5 Force Feed Lubricator - Typical ....................................................................................... 3-15
FIGURE 3-6 Blow-Out Fitting Assemblies ............................................................................................ 3-16
FIGURE 3-7 Distribution Block - Typical............................................................................................... 3-17
FIGURE 3-8 Pressure Testing Divider Valves ...................................................................................... 3-17
FIGURE 3-9 Balance Valves Fed by Divider Block .............................................................................. 3-19
FIGURE 3-10 Primary/Secondary Divider Block System ..................................................................... 3-20
FIGURE 3-11 Oil Head Trap Fittings .................................................................................................... 3-21
FIGURE 3-12 Force Feed Lubrication System: Common Oil Supply ................................................... 3-23
FIGURE 3-13 Force Feed Lubrication System: Independent Oil Supply.............................................. 3-24
FIGURE 3-14 Packing Cooling System - Typical ................................................................................. 3-26
FIGURE 4-1 Throw Positioning .............................................................................................................. 4-1
FIGURE 4-2 Typical VVCP..................................................................................................................... 4-2
FIGURE 4-3 VVCP Disassembly/Assembly ........................................................................................... 4-3
FIGURE 4-4 Spring Compression for Snap Ring Removal .................................................................... 4-4
FIGURE 4-5 VVCP Installation ............................................................................................................... 4-5
FIGURE 4-6 Typical Valve Assemblies .................................................................................................. 4-7
FIGURE 4-7 High Pressure Valve Cap Assembly .................................................................................. 4-8
FIGURE 4-8 Clamping Fixture with Clamping Rings and Required Clamping Force ............................. 4-9
FIGURE 4-9 Piston and Rod Clamping Fixture ...................................................................................... 4-9
FIGURE 4-10 Hydraulic Piston Nut Torquing Tool - Typical................................................................. 4-12
FIGURE 4-11 Piston Rod Tapped Hole Dimensions - Inch (mm)......................................................... 4-12
FIGURE 4-12 Piston and Rod Installation - Typical.............................................................................. 4-14
FIGURE 4-13 High-Pressure Face-Cut Piston Ring Orientation .......................................................... 4-16
FIGURE 4-14 Piston Rod Packing Case Lube Cups ............................................................................ 4-17
FIGURE 4-15 P Pressure Breaker ..................................................................................................... 4-19
FIGURE 4-16 UP Pressure Breaker................................................................................................... 4-19
FIGURE 4-17 P1U Pressure Breaker................................................................................................. 4-19
FIGURE 4-18 BTR Single Acting Seal Set......................................................................................... 4-19
FIGURE 4-19 BD Double Acting Seal Set.......................................................................................... 4-20
FIGURE 4-20 WAT Double Acting Seal Set....................................................................................... 4-20
FIGURE 4-21 AL Double Acting Seal Set .......................................................................................... 4-20
FIGURE 4-22 BTU Single Acting Seal Set......................................................................................... 4-20
FIGURE 4-23 BTUU Single Acting Seal Set ...................................................................................... 4-21
FIGURE 4-24 CU Single Acting Seal Set ........................................................................................... 4-21
FIGURE 4-25 STU Single Acting Seal Set ......................................................................................... 4-21
FIGURE 4-26 CR Single Acting Seal Set ........................................................................................... 4-21
FIGURE 4-27 3RWS Wiper Set.......................................................................................................... 4-22
FIGURE 4-28 Water-Cooled Packing Case Turnaround Cups............................................................. 4-23
FIGURE 4-29 Crosshead - Typical ....................................................................................................... 4-24
FIGURE 4-30 Crosshead Bushing Replacement.................................................................................. 4-25
FIGURE 4-31 Crosshead Installation.................................................................................................... 4-25
FIGURE 4-32 Crosshead Alignment Tool (B-1989) - Typical ............................................................... 4-26
FIGURE 4-33 Crosshead Balance Nut Hydraulic TorqueTool (G-7583), Tightening Position - Typical ....... 4-27
FIGURE 4-34 Measuring Connecting Rod Bearing Vertical Jack Clearance - Typical ......................... 4-29
FIGURE 4-35 Measuring Connecting Rod Thrust (Side) Clearance - Typical...................................... 4-29
FIGURE 4-36 Connecting Rod - Typical............................................................................................... 4-31
FIGURE 4-37 Main Bearing Cap Puller ................................................................................................ 4-32
FIGURE 4-38 Crankshaft...................................................................................................................... 4-32
FIGURE 4-39 Crankshaft Chain Sprocket - Typical.............................................................................. 4-33
FIGURE 4-40 Measuring Crankshaft Journal Bearing Vertical Jack Clearance - Typical .................... 4-35
FIGURE 4-41 Measuring Crankshaft Thrust Clearance - Typical......................................................... 4-36
FIGURE 4-42 Detuner - Typical............................................................................................................ 4-37
FIGURE 4-43 Detuner Location - Typical ............................................................................................. 4-38
FIGURE 4-44 Chain Drive System JGH:E:K:T/2/4 ............................................................................... 4-39
FIGURE 4-45 Chain Drive System JGE:K:T/6 - Typical (Standard Rotation) ....................................... 4-39
FIGURE 4-46 Chain Deflection Measurement - Typical ....................................................................... 4-40
FIGURE 4-47 Allowable Chain Deflection, Inches (mm) ...................................................................... 4-40
FIGURE 4-48 Chain Idler Sprockets (Eccentrics)................................................................................. 4-41
FIGURE 4-49 Lube Oil Pump Chain Sprocket - Typical ...................................................................... 4-41
FIGURE 4-50 Typical Force Feed Lubricator ..................................................................................... 4-42
FIGURE 1 Bolt Head Grade and Material Identification.......................................................................... A-1
FIGURE A-1 Torque Wrench with Angled Adapter................................................................................. A-2
FIGURE B-1 Wearband Cut Angles ....................................................................................................... B-6
TABLE 1 Compressor Thermal Height Growth Predictions ................................................................... 3-2
TABLE 3-1 Heat Needed to Maintain Minimum JGH:E:K:T Frame Temp. .......................................... 3-10
TABLE 3-2 Oil Flushing Cleanliness Requirements............................................................................. 3-14
TABLE 3-3 Blow-Out Fittings, Replacement Rupture Disks & Tubing ................................................. 3-16
TABLE 3-4 Ariel Balance Valve Part Numbers .................................................................................... 3-21
TABLE 3-5 Force Feed Lubricator Reservoir Oil Capacity .................................................................. 3-22
TABLE 4-1 Required Piston Nut Torque .............................................................................................. 4-11
TABLE 4-2 Piston Nut Hydraulic Pressures & Torques ................................................................................4-13
TABLE 4-3 Maximum Acceptable Piston Rod Run Out Readings ....................................................... 4-14
TABLE 4-4 Piston Rod Run Out........................................................................................................... 4-15
TABLE 4-5 Feeler Thickness to Correct for Piston Weight .................................................................. 4-15
TABLE A-1 Fastener Thread & Seating Surface Lubrication ................................................................. A-1
TABLE A-2 Hoerbiger Valve Assembly Fastener Torques .................................................................... A-3
TABLE A-3 JGH:E:K:T Fastener Torques ............................................................................................. A-4
TABLE B-1 JGH:E:K:T Main Component Clearances, in. (mm) ............................................................ B-1
TABLE B-2 Piston End Clearances, in. (mm) ........................................................................................ B-1
TABLE B-3 Side Clearances for NEW Piston Rings, Packing Rings, and Wearbands, in. (mm) .......... B-2
TABLE B-4 Piston-Bore Clearances & Piston Ring/Rider Ring End Gaps for H:E:ET Class Cylinders, in. (mm) ........... B-3
TABLE B-5 Piston/Piston Ring/Wearband Clearance for K, T, & 22-1/2 E:ET:H Class Cylinders - in. (mm) ................. B-4
TABLE C-1 JGH Frame Specifications .................................................................................................. C-1
TABLE C-2 JGE Frame Specifications .................................................................................................. C-2
TABLE C-3 JGK Frame Specifications .................................................................................................. C-2
TABLE C-4 JGT Frame Specifications................................................................................................... C-3
TABLE C-5 JGH:E:K:T Approximate Component Weights, Lbs (Kg) .................................................... C-4
General Safety - Reciprocating Compressors
CAUTION: Gas compressor packages are complicated and dangerous to
those unfamiliar with their operation. Only properly trained personnel
should operate or maintain this equipment. Before starting:
Carefully study start-up and shut-down information for both package and compressor.
DO NOT attempt to start-up compressor without referring to the Start-Up Checklist in
the appropriate Ariel Technical Manual and the Packagers Operating Manual.
Sufficiently purge the compressor of any explosive mixture before loading. A
gas/air mixture under pressure can explode and cause severe injury or death!
Follow in detail all start-up requirements for the other package components.
When the symbol to the right appears on a compressor or control
panel, consult the appropriate Ariel Technical Manual for specific
information before proceeding. The Technical Manual applies to current
design and build; it may not apply to equipment built prior to the date
on the front cover and is subject to change without notice. For
questions of compressor safety, operation, maintenance, or repair,
contact your packager or Ariel.
CAUTION: Severe personal injury and property damage can result if the
compressor is not completely vented before loosening bolts on flanges,
heads, valve caps, or packing. Consult the appropriate Ariel Technical
Manual before performing any maintenance.
CAUTION: Noise generated by reciprocating machinery may damage
hearing. See Packager information for specific recommendations. Wear
hearing protection during compressor operation.
CAUTION: Where applicable, compressor installation must conform to
Zone 1 requirements. A Zone 1 environment requires installation of proper
intrinsically safe or equivalent protection to fulfill electrical requirements.
CAUTION: Hot gas temperatures (especially the cylinder discharge), 190F
(88C) oil, and high friction areas. Wear proper protection. Shut down unit
and allow to cool before maintaining these areas.
CAUTION: Suction or discharge valves installed in improper locations may
result in severe personal injury and property damage.
CAUTION: For units with ET class cylinders, do not remove the pin from the
crosshead guide to compressor cylinder mounting face. It is there to
prevent installation of misapplied cylinders and avoid personal injury.
Compressor Throw and Data Plate Locations
When contacting Ariel with compressor questions, know throw locations and information on data
plates fastened to the machine. This data helps Ariel representatives answer quickly and accurately.
Contact Ariel for replacement if any data plates are missing.
RATED RPM
MAX. ALLOWABLE WORKING PRESS.
(MAX. RELIEF VALVE SETTING)
PIST. END CL. HE
MIN. VOL. CL. (%) HE
CYLINDER SERIAL NO.
CYL. BORE
VARIABLE VOL.
VVCP S.N.
BASE VOL.
VVCP MAWP
FULLY CLOSED A =
FULLY OPEN A =
REMOVE ALUMINUM THREAD PROTECTOR WHERE APPLICABLE
Throw #1
TOTAL TRAV.
www.arielcorp.com
ALWAYS PROVIDE SERIAL NUMBER WHEN ORDERING PARTS
INSPECT INTERIOR OF VESSEL.
INSPECT COVER O-RING. INSTALL COVER. TORQUE NUTS TO 70-80 LB-FT. (95-110 NM).
PLACE NEW ELEMENT(S) OVER SEAT IN BOTTOM OF VESSEL.
INSERT STRAINER TUBE AND REINSTALL SPRING PLATE ASSEMBLY.
(10) CLOSE DRAIN AND FILL VESSEL. RELEASE TRAPPED AIR THROUGH VENT. CHECK FOR LEAKS.
SEVERE PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE
WILL RESULT IF SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES
ARE NOT INSTALLED IN THEIR PROPER LOCATION.
CHANGE FILTER ELEMENT(S) EVERY 6 MONTHS - 4000 HRS. OR 15 PSI (1.0 BAR)
DIFFERENTIAL AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE.
AFTER OIL HAS DRAINED COMPLETELY, REMOVE ELEMENT(S).
REMOVE 3/4 NPT DRAIN LUG AND DRAIN COMPLETELY.
DURING DRAINING, OPEN 3/4 NPT VENT AND REMOVE TOP COVER.
FILTER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
CONSULT ARIEL TECHNICAL MANUAL BEFORE
OPERATING UNIT OR PERFORMING MAINTENANCE.
REMOVE SPRING PLATE ASSEMBLY AND STRAINER TUBE.
*MAXIMUM UNIT SPEED IS THE LOWER OF
FRAME OR CYLINDER RATED SPEED
MAXIMUM ROD LOAD COMPRESSION
ARIEL SHIPPING DATE
NORMAL LUBE OIL PRESSURE
MAXIMUM LUBE OIL TEMPERATURE
LUBE OIL PRESSURE
SHUTDOWN SETTING
SEVERE PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE CAN RESULT IF PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
NOT COMPLETELY VENTED BEFORE LOOSENING
THE BOLTS ON FLANGES, HEADS, VALVE CAPS,
PACKING. CONSULT ARIEL TECHNICAL MANUAL
BEFORE PERFORMING ANY MAINTENANCE.
*FRAME RATED SPEED (RPM)
FRAME SERIAL NUMBER
MINIMUM SPEED (RPM)
MAXIMUM ROD LOAD TENSION
ARIEL FRAME MODEL
DIST. BLK
SEC@
Auxiliary End Front Views
AT APPLIED RPM.
SEE LUBE SHEET
FOR CYCLE TIME
AT DIFFERENT RPM.
INCREASE FLOW
PUMP ADJUSTMENT
DIST. BLOCK
CYCLE TIME AT
APPLIED SPEED
SEE LUBE SHEET FOR CYCLE TIME AT DIFFERENT RPM
THROW(S)
1. VVCP Dimension Plate.
2. VVCP Data Plate
3. Mechanical Inspector Plate
& Frame Serial Number Stamp
4. Compressor Drive End
5. Rotation Direction Plate
6. Cylinder Data Plate
7. Compressor Auxiliary End
8. Compressor Data Plate
9. Force Feed Lubricator Data Plate
FIGURE i-1 Separable Guide Compressor Throw and Data Plate Locations - Typical
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Ariel Contact Information
Ariel Response Center
(toll free USA & Canada) or
arc@arielcorp.com
spareparts@arielcorp.com
Ariel World Headquarters
info@arielcorp.com
fieldservice@arielcorp.com
Web Site: www.arielcorp.com
Ariel Response Center Technicians or Switchboard Operators answer telephones during Ariel
business hours, Eastern Time - USA or after hours by voice mail. Contact an authorized distributor to
purchase Ariel parts. Always provide Ariel equipment serial number(s) to order spare parts.
The after-hours Telephone Emergency System works as follows:
1. Follow automated instructions to Technical Services Emergency Assistance or Spare Parts
Emergency Service. Calls are answered by voice mail.
2. Leave a message: caller name and telephone number, serial number of equipment in question
(frame, cylinder, unloader), and a brief description of the emergency.
3. Your voice mail routes to an on-call representative who responds as soon as possible.
Other Ariel Resources
Ariel Website
Visit www.arielcorp.com to view and print the latest of useful documentation, such as:
Customer Technical Bulletins (CTBs) provide important information on changes, corrections, or
additions to Ariel products or services. Read these bulletins before operating or servicing the
Engineering References (ERs) and Technical Documents (TDs) provide standard procedures
and other useful information for operation, maintenance, or repair of Ariel compressors or components. Read and follow these procedures for long and trouble-free service from your Ariel compressor.
Procured Product Literature (PPLs) provide detailed information on many parts and components
Ariel procures from other manufacturers.
Ariel Technical and Service Schools
Ariel schedules several in-plant schools each year, which include classroom and hands-on training.
Ariel also sends representatives to provide customized training on location. Contact Ariel for details.
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Ariel Optional Furnished Tools
Ariel offers an optional tool kit with every compressor. For JGH:E:K:T compressors, it contains the
tools shown below, which are specifically designed for use on Ariel units. Clean all tools before use
and verify full tool engagement with the part being removed or installed. If the Tool Kit is missing or if
a single tool is missing, worn, or broken, call your distributor. Do not use worn or broken tools, or
substitutes for Ariel furnished tools. See Parts List for individual tool part numbers.
9. Forged 5/8 - 11 UNC eyebolts
1. Tool Box
(2 provided)
2. Peg Wrench
Forged 1/2 - 13 UNC eyebolts
3. 4-Inch Open End Wrench
(included only for compressors
with hex crosshead balance
nuts)
12. Valve Removal Tool (included only
4. Piston Nut Spanner (1 square
for compressors with forged steel
ratchet)
cylinders - tool size and style varies
5. Ariel Bore and Thread Gauge
with cylinder size and valve center
6. Piston Rod Entering Sleeve
connection)
7. Connecting Rod Cap Removal
13. Crosshead Pin Alignment Tool
14. 9/16 Socket Piston Turning Tool
8. Piston Entering Sleeve (included
(included only for compressors with
only for compressors with forged
small cylinders)
steel, tail-rod cylinders with step
Ratchet Wrench Extension Support
to bore)
16. 5/16 x 1/2 UNF Valve Tool
17. 1/4 x 3/8 UNF Valve Tool
19. 3/4 x 1 UNC Valve Tool (for CT Valves)
20. Connecting Rod Bolt 90 Turn Indicator Tool
21. Cylinder Bolt Torque Adapter
22. 3/4 Allen wrench (1 provided)
23. 1/2 Allen wrenches (2 provided)
25. 3/16 Allen wrench (5 provided)
27. Crosshead Installation Tool (includes
six Grade 5, 1/4 - 20 UNC x 1 hex
capscrews)
28. ER-63 Fastener Torque Chart (not
shown)
FIGURE 1-1 Ariel Optional Furnished Tools for JGH:E:K:T Compressors
Ariel Separately Purchased Tools
1. Force Feed Lubrication Hand Purge Pump.
2. Hand Pump for hydraulic crosshead balance nut torquing tool and piston
rod tensioning tool. Includes hand pump, hose, coupler, and gauge.
3. Hydraulic Crosshead Balance Nut Torquing Tool. Includes tool and ram.
4. Piston Rod Support.
5. Hydraulic Piston Rod Tensioning Tool.
6. Main Bearing Removal Tool.
7. Force Feed Lubricator Bearing
Housing Wrench.
8. Piston Rod Clamping Fixture.
FIGURE 1-2 Ariel Separately Purchased Tools for JGH:E:K:T Compressors
Ariel Separately Purchased Tool Kits
1. Ariel SAE Hand Measurement Tool Kit
a. .0005 needle type dial indicator.
b. .001 1-inch travel dial indicator.
c. Magnet base for dial indicator.
d. 3/8 drive calibrated torque wrench, 30 to 200 in x lbs.
e. 1/2 drive calibrated torque wrench, 30 to 250 ft x lbs.
f. 3/4 drive calibrated torque wrench, 100 to 600 ft x lbs.
g. 1 drive calibrated torque wrench, 200 to 1000 ft x lbs.
2. Ariel SAE Hand Tool Kit
a. 15-piece combination open/box end wrench set, 5/16 through 1-1/4.
b. 8-piece slot and Phillips screwdriver set.
c. 3/8" square drive wrench set, including:
12-piece, 12-point socket set, 3/8 through 1.
7 ratchet.
Ball type universal joint.
Speed handle.
3/8 to 1/2" drive adapter.
Extensions, 1-1/2, 3, 6, and 12.
1/4 hex key socket.
8-1/2 breaker bar.
d. 1/2" square drive wrench set, including:
14-piece, 12-point socket set, 7/16 through 1-1/4 with clip rail.
10-1/4 ratchet.
Extensions, 1-1/2, 5, and 10.
18 breaker bar.
1/2 and 5/8 hex key sockets.
1-1/4 open end crows foot adapter.
e. 3/4" square drive wrench set, including:
24 ratchet.
3/4 to 1" drive adapter.
1 to 3/4" drive adapter.
f. 1" square drive wrench set, including:
14-piece, 12-point socket set, 1-7/16 through 2-5/8.
Extensions, 8, and 17.
22 sliding T.
g. 12 adjustable wrench.
h. 18 adjustable wrench.
i. One 3 lb. dead blow semi-soft faced hammer.
j. One 6 lb. dead blow semi-soft faced hammer.
k. 3/4 x 36 pry bar.
l. 12 long feeler gage set.
m. 12 machinist scale with .01 increments.
n. 13-piece Allen wrench set, .050 - 3/8.
Ariel compressor maintenance and repair normally requires only Ariel furnished tools and separately
purchased tools and tool kits. However, Ariel also recommends purchasing the additional tools
below. Contact Ariel for questions about tools for Ariel units.
1. 12-point box end torque adapter extension wrench set, including 1-1/2 and 2-1/4 inch sizes.
2. Tape Measure.
3. Flashlight.
4. Small Mirror on a Flexible Extension Rod.
5. Small Magnet on a Flexible Extension Rod.
6. Electric and/or Pneumatic Drill
7. Twist Drill Set
8. Torque Multiplier.
Proflo Lubricator Fluid-Flow Monitor/No-Flow
Timer Switch
CAUTION: Any arc welding on the skid and/or associated equipment and piping can permanently damage solid-state electronic equipment. Welding can cause immediate failure
or reduce electronic equipment life and void the warranty.
To protect electronic equipment prior to any arc welding (including repair welding), disconnect all electrical connections including ground, and remove batteries, or completely
remove the electronic equipment from the compressor.
It is good practice to attach the welding ground clamp as close as possible to the area
where the welding will occur and to use the lowest practical welder output setting. Welding must not cause a current flow across any compressor bearing surface, including but
not limited to crankshaft and crosshead bearing surfaces.
The battery-powered, programmable Proflo
is an electronic microprocessor-based
switch that senses slow-flow or no-flow
conditions in the compressor cylinder force
feed lubrication system to facilitate alarm
and/or shutdown. It eases force feed lube
system operation by accurately monitoring
cycle time and system performance.
Operators use this information to optimize
force feed lube and reduce operating costs.
The Proflo monitor works through a
magnetic pin that cycles back and forth as
the divider valve piston moves. The
magnetic pin housing normally threads into
the divider valve. The monitor box housing
slides onto the pin housing and two hexsocket set screws hold it in place. The liquid
crystal display (LCD) indicates:
1. Total operating time of the force feed
lube system in hours.
REFER TO MANUAL FOR PROPER OPERATION & BATTERY TYPE.
WARNING - EXPLOSION HAZARD - DO NOT DISCONNECT WHILE CIRCUIT
IS LIVE UNLESS AREA IS KNOWN TO BE NON-HAZARDOUS. BATTERIES
MUST ONLY BE CHANGED IN AN AREA KNOWN TO BE NON-HAZARDOUS.
1. Hex-Socket Set
2. Magnetic Pin
attaches to
divider valve
3. Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD)
4. Infrared Wireless Connection IrDA Port to
to a hand-held
5. Set Button.
6. Mode Button.
FIGURE 2-1 Proflo Electronic Lubricator Fluid
Flow Monitor and No-Flow Timer Switch
2. "Average", "Last" and "Current" cycle time of the divider valve in seconds.
3. Total divider valve cycles.
4. Remaining battery life in percent.
5. Alarm set time for no-flow indication (programmable from 30 to 240 seconds).
6. Alarm wiring mode: Normally Open or Normally Closed.
Proflo electronics come with reverse polarity protection/correction that automatically corrects a
reverse polarity output connection on both pulse and alarm outputs.
Normally Open and Normally Closed Definition
Most electrical components define Normally Open (NO) and Normally Closed (NC) operation as the
default state or on the shelf state. Example: A NO solenoid valve is open when the coil is not
energized, and closed when the coil is energized. A NC solenoid valve is closed when the coil is not
energized, and open when the coil is energized. This is not true of DNFT or Proflo electrical contacts.
Both the DNFT and Proflo switch contacts are defined as switch states after the divider valve cycles.
NO = Normally Open when running; switch is open while the divider valve cycles. This is non-failsafe operation. If a wire falls off while the unit runs, the control system will not alarm/shutdown.
NC = Normally Closed when running; switch is closed while the divider valve cycles. This is fail-safe
operation. If a wire falls off while the unit runs, the control system will alarm/shutdown.
Ariel recommends NC operation. The Proflo is pre-programmed for NC operation.
Proflo Installation
1. Loosen the two hex-socket set screws
on top of Proflo case and remove magnet housing. Do not remove magnet,
spring, and spacer from magnet housing.
WORLD STANDARD COMPRESSORS
2. Remove end plug from desired divider
valve. The Proflo installs on either side of
any divider valve, but requires the correct magnet housing for each divider
valve manufacturer (Trabon, Dropsa,
etc.).
Part # A-11295
US Patents # 6,823,270 - 6,850,849 B1
IrDA PORT
CL I, DIV 2 Grps A,B,C,D
T4A Max 85C Amb.
NOTE: Do not install the Proflo on any
divider valves with cycle indicator
pins.
3. Verify O-ring is in place on Proflo magnet
housing. Screw magnet housing into end
of divider valve. Torque magnet housing
to 15 foot-pounds max.
1. End Plug
2. Divider Valve
3. Magnet Housing
4. Slide Proflo all the way onto magnet
housing. Torque set screws to 15 inchpounds max. DO NOT over tighten set screws.
4. O-Ring
5. Hex-Socket
Set Screws (2)
6. LCD Display
7. Wire Leads
FIGURE 2-2 Proflo Installation
5. The Proflo LCD indicates cycle time. Verify correct operation by pumping oil through the divider
valve assembly. The LCD enables the operator to adjust the lubricator pump for correct cycle
time. The force feed lubricator data plate on the lubricator box indicates either normal and breakin cycle times at maximum rated speed, or normal cycle time for applied speed. Use break-in
cycle times only for the first 200 hours of operation before changing to the normal cycle time. If
unable to determine cycle time, contact the Ariel Response Center.
6. All conduit and connections should be appropriate for area classification. Use flexible conduit to
ease installation. Support conduit and fittings to minimize vibration.
7. After Proflo installation or performance of any maintenance on the lube system, compressor cylinders, or packing, pre-lube the complete system with a purge gun to purge air from the
divider valves and all components BEFORE COMPRESSOR START-UP.
Proflo Button Operation
1. Push SET button to clear ALARM. When the LCD displays LAST and AVG, the alarm output contact enters the as running state; set operation to NC to close the output alarm contact. LAST is
the last divider valve cycle time in seconds. AVG is the average time of the last six (6) divider
valve cycles in seconds.
2. Push MODE button; the LCD displays NOW, which is current divider valve cycle time in seconds.
This mode allows operators to accurately change cycle time by adjusting the force feed lubricator
pump. The force feed lubricator data plate on the lubricator box indicates either normal and
break-in cycle times at maximum rated speed, or normal cycle time for applied speed. Use breakin cycle times only for the first 200 hours of operation before changing to the normal cycle time.
Compressor speed is directly proportional to cycle time; at 50% rated speed, the lube cycle time
doubles (see lube sheets in the Ariel Parts Book for table of speeds vs. cycle times). If unable to
determine cycle time, contact the Ariel Response Center.
3. Push MODE button again; the LCD displays RUN TIME, which is the total run time of the lube
system in hours since the last reset.
4. Push MODE button a third time; the LCD displays CYCLE TOTAL, which is the total divider valve
cycles since the last reset. Test Proflo for reliability if CYCLE TOTAL displays over two million.
5. Push MODE button a fourth time; the LCD displays BATTERY - PCNT, which indicates percentage of remaining battery life. If battery voltage drops below safe operating levels the monitor
enters ALARM mode.
6. The display mode changes to ALARM when an alarm is triggered. The display defaults to LAST
and AVG while the divider valve cycles. To set alarm time and mode:
a. Push SET.
b. Push MODE six times until LCD displays SETUP?.
c. Push SET. The LCD displays SET ALARM TIME.
d. Push SET again to display current alarm time.
e. Push and release SET button to change alarm-shutdown from 30 to 240 seconds in 5 second
increments. Ariel typically sets it to 120 seconds. Ariel recommends setting alarm time to 2
times normal cycle time rounded up to the nearest 5 seconds. Minimum: 30 seconds;
maximum 180 seconds. Find normal cycle time on the force feed lubricator data plate.
f. Push MODE two more times to scroll the LCD to SET ALARM MODE, which configures the
control system to shutdown the compressor for a no-flow indication. Push SET to toggle from
N/O (normally open) or N/C (normally closed). Ariel recommends N/C operation. After setting wiring mode, either push MODE two times or simply wait 30 seconds to return to the
LAST and AVG display. The Proflo records any setup changes to the EEPROM.
Display Errors
ALARM - Displays when divider valves are not cycling. Programmed divider valve cycle time has
expired. ALARM flashes every 2 seconds during compressor shutdown.To clear alarm, press SET.
Alarm will clear and again indicate cycle time upon compressor re-start.
OVERLOAD - Indicates a wiring short or circuit switching of too large a load. To correct this, check
wiring insulation for bare wires touching ground or each other. Insulate unused wires or re-terminate
wires. Self-resetting fuses on the inputs protect Proflo electronics; they auto reset 45 seconds after
fixing a short.
LOW BATT - Indicates 20% remaining battery life. At 10% remaining battery life, the Proflo shuts
down the compressor and flashes ALARM and LOW BATT until batteries are replaced. See battery
replacement procedure below.
RESET X - Indicates an internal Proflo fault. No alarm displays; the Proflo still counts divider valve
cycles and controls inputs and outputs. While the divider valve cycles, the Proflo counts pulses and
measures time between divider valve cycles. At 30-minute intervals, the processor writes data stored
in memory to on-board EEPROMS. If there is a problem with this, the Proflo issues a Reset error.
1. RESET 1 - Proflo processor unable to determine if the EEPROM contains valid configuration
information. Reset 1 usually occurs after a RESET 3 occurs. Upon reboot, the Proflo loses stored
and configuration data; programmed information must be reentered.
2. RESET 2 - Proflo processor unable to determine storage of any data or location for next data.
Upon reboot, the Proflo loses stored data, but retains configuration data; programmed information need not be reentered.
3. RESET 3 - Internal Proflo fault. The Proflo processor tried and failed three resets. The most likely
cause is failure to write to the EEPROM. To try to correct the problem:
a. Remove Proflo batteries.
b. Press SET button for 45 seconds to discharge internal capacitors and ensure a complete
c. Re-insert batteries to reboot the Proflo.
If the error was a one-time problem, the Proflo reboots as normal.
If diagnostics detect an error on reboot, the Proflo displays a constant RESET error again.
Replace the Proflo and contact Ariel Corporation. Sometimes on reboot, the Proflo flashes
RESET. This is normal.
NOTE: Moisture on Proflo circuitry causes most reset errors. Several design precautions
keep moisture from the circuit board:
The Proflo housing is completely sealed in a low humidity room.
There is a desiccant pack in the circuit board chamber.
The circuit boards have a protective conformal coating.
Proflo Battery Replacement
The Proflo formerly used alkaline batteries. Sometimes, alkaline batteries leak, release acid, and
corrode the battery compartment, and their service potential diminishes at extreme temperatures.
The Proflo now uses Lithium batteries, which provide superior leakage resistance, greater service
advantage at temperature extremes, and longer shelf and service life. Ariel highly recommends AA
Energizer Lithium/FeS2, model L91 batteries to reduce maintenance costs. This is a true Lithium
battery, unlike several other brands.
While not recommended, use replacement alkaline batteries only when Lithium batteries are
unavailable. Component damage due to battery leakage is not normally covered under warranty.
Front cover removal voids the warranty, except on older Proflo monitors made prior to 3/2003 where
batteries may be located under the front cover.
CAUTION: Explosion hazard! Disconnect/lockout electrical power to control circuits
before battery cover removal. Power connected to the Proflo presents a potential of fire,
electrical shock, personal injury, or death. Change batteries only in a non-hazardous area.
Earlier Proflo models use a front battery access cover while later models use a rear access
cover to reduce potential risk. Disconnect power to Proflo to replace batteries regardless
of battery access location
1. Remove the six battery cover screws.
2. Remove battery cover and gasket.
3. Remove old batteries. Remove plastic protective
sleeves from old batteries. Save the sleeves and
discard the old batteries in a responsible manner.
4. Press SET for 45-60 seconds without batteries
installed to dissipate stored energy and allow the
battery display to update immediately after new
battery installation. This step is optional; the monitor
automatically updates the battery display within 30
minutes of operation.
Battery Compartment
Cover with Gasket
Two AA Energizer
Lithium L91 Batteries
with Plastic Protective Sleeves
FIGURE 2-3 Proflo
Rear Battery
5. The outer cover of batteries is the positive terminal;
verify it is unscratched. If a scratched outer cover
touches the metal battery holder, the battery depletes
very quickly and the Proflo displays LOW BATT. It is possible for one battery to completely
deplete and the other to reverse polarity. Replace with new unscratched batteries if this occurs.
6. Slide the plastic protective sleeves onto the new batteries and insert new batteries into the battery holder. The plastic sleeves and the gasket on the bottom of the cover ensure a tight battery
fit. Compressor vibration can cause premature failure in batteries not installed tightly. Verify the
batteries are installed with correct negative/positive orientation. Do not scratch or damage new
battery outer covers during installation.
7. Re-assemble cover, gasket, and screws. The cover holes align with the six monitor body holes in
only one direction; verify correct installation. Installing the cover upside down results in stripped
screw threads and compromises the battery compartment seal. Do not over-tighten the screws.
Replace lost cover screws with 4-40 x 3/16 in. pan head machine screws.
8. Press SET once, then press MODE until the LCD displays BATTERY. If stored energy was dissipated (see step 4), the monitor checks battery voltage, resets, and displays remaining battery
power. The monitor automatically searches for battery voltage at the next 30 minute read/write
interval and updates to the new battery power percentage. All trending and configuration data
store in the Proflo EEPROM. Battery failure or replacement causes no memory loss.
Proflo Jr. No-Flow Switch
CAUTION: See arc welding caution at the beginning of this chapter.
Proflo Jr. Installation
CAUTION: Explosion hazard - no user serviceable parts. Do not disconnect wiring while
circuit is live. Complete all field wiring in accordance with local codes pertaining to
potentially explosive atmospheres. Do not open battery compartment in areas known to
contain explosive gases.
1. Loosen the two Allen head set
screws on top of Proflo Jr. case
and remove magnet housing.
Do not remove magnet, spring,
and spacer from magnet housing.
3. Verify O-ring is in place on magnet housing. Thread magnet
housing into end of divider
valve. Torque magnet housing
2. Remove piston end plug from
desired divider valve. The Proflo Jr. installs on either side of
any divider valve, but requires
the correct magnet housing for
each divider valve manufacturer
(Trabon, Dropsa, etc.).
NOTE: Do not install the Proflo Jr. on any divider valves
with cycle indicator pins.
3. Allen Head Set
Screw (2)
4. Proflo Jr. Case
Red Wire Leads (2)
Orange Wire Leads (2)
Yellow Wire Leads (2)
Green Wire Lead (1)
10. Battery Plug
11. Grounding Lug
12. Battery
13. Divider Valve
14. End Plug
FIGURE 2-4 Proflo Jr. Installation
4. Slide Proflo Jr. all the way onto magnet housing. Torque Allen head set screws to 15 inch-pounds
max. DO NOT over tighten set screws.
5. The LED on the Proflo Jr. indicates one complete cycle of the divider valve system. Verify correct
operation by pumping oil through the divider valve assembly. The force feed lubricator data plate
on the lubricator box indicates either normal and break-in cycle times at maximum rated speed,
or normal cycle time for applied speed. Use break-in cycle times only for the first 200 hours of
operation before changing to the normal cycle time. If unable to determine cycle time, contact the
Ariel Response Center.
6. For Lincoln divider valves it may be necessary to adjust the Proflo Jr. by sliding it back about 1/8
on the magnet housing until the LED flashes. All conduit and connections should be appropriate
for area classification. Use flexible conduit to ease installation. Support conduit and fittings to
minimize vibration.
7. After Proflo Jr. installation or performance of any maintenance on the lube system, compressor
cylinders, or packing, pre-lube the complete system with a purge gun to purge air from the
Proflo Jr. Battery Replacement
1. Proflo Jr.
2. Proflo Jr. Battery Wires
3. Replacement Battery
4. Heat Shrink Sleeves
6. Pipe Plug
FIGURE 2-5 Proflo Jr. Battery Replacement
If battery voltage drops below normal operating levels, the Proflo Jr. shuts down and the compressor
cannot be re-started until the battery is replaced. The Battery Replacement Kit contains one battery
assembly with heat shrink.
CAUTION: Do not open the Proflo Jr. in an explosive gas atmosphere.
1. Remove the large silver pipe plug. A large flat bit is required to break the pipe plug free.
2. Plug removal exposes the old battery. Grab the heatshrink on the battery with needle nose pliers
and pull the battery out of the housing. Untwist the red and black Proflo Jr. wires.
3. Cut the Proflo Jr. wires free from the old battery as close to the battery as possible.
4. Remove about 3/8 in. of insulation from the ends of the Proflo Jr. wires.
5. Remove about 3/8 in. of insulation from the ends of the replacement battery wires.
6. Slide heat shrink sleeves over the replacement battery wires.
7. Solder the bare ends of the replacement battery wires to the bare ends of the Proflo Jr. wires.
Match red to red and black to black.
8. Slide heat shrink sleeves over the soldered wire ends and shrink using a heat gun.
9. Twist battery wires 4 5 turns and slide the battery into the Proflo Jr. compartment.
10. Thread the pipe plug back into the Proflo Jr. until the plug top is flush with the case.
Digital No-Flow Timer (DNFT)
A DNFT is a totally enclosed electronic device that detects slow-flow and no-flow of divider block
lubrication systems. It uses an oscillating crystal to accurately monitor the lubrication system cycle
time to enable precision timed shutdown capability. The magnet assembly and control housing
mount directly to a divider valve. Lubricant flow through a divider valve assembly forces the piston to
cycle back and forth causing a lateral movement of the DNFT magnet linked to the piston. The DNFT
microprocessor monitors piston movement and resets the timer, lights the LED, and allows the unit to
continue operation, indicating one complete cycle of the lubrication system. If the microprocessor
fails to receive this cycle within a predetermined time, a shutdown occurs. The DNFT automatically
resets the alarm circuit when normal divider valve operation resumes.
DNFTs utilize an LED to indicate each cycle of the divider valve, which allows easy adjustment and
monitoring of lubrication rates. Programmable models display total pints, cycle time of divider valve,
total cycles of divider valve, or pints per day pump rate on a liquid crystal display and operators can
adjust alarm time from 20 to 255 seconds.
DNFT Installation
1. Loosen the Allen set screws on the DNFT and remove
magnet housing. Do not remove magnet, spring, or spacer
from magnet housing.
SBCO & Trabon O-Ring Seal 7/16-20
2. Remove piston enclosure plug from end of desired divider
valve. The DNFT installs on any of the divider valves of the
divider block. The DNFT requires the correct magnet
assembly to match the divider valve manufacturer (see
Fig. 2-6).
Trabon Metal Gasket Seal 7/16-20
(1994 or earlier)
NOTE: Do not install a DNFT on Lincoln divider valves
3. If applicable, verify o-ring or metal gasket is in place on
magnet housing. Thread magnet housing into end of
divider valve. Torque to 15 foot pounds maximum.
Lincoln O-Ring Seal 7/16-20
Extended Nose
FIGURE 2-6 Typical DNFT Magnet
4. Slide DNFT all the way onto hex of magnet housing.
Torque Allen set screws on hex of magnet housing to 25
inch pounds, maximum.
5. The LED on the DNFT indicates each divider valve cycle to allow lubricator pump adjustment for
Ariel recommended cycle time and oil consumption. If the LED fails to blink during compressor
operation or by manually pumping oil into the divider valve, then the DNFT requires adjustment.
6. The divider valve must cycle during
DNFT adjustment. To cycle it, either
run the compressor or manually pump
oil through the distribution block with a
hand priming pump.
7. To adjust, slide DNFT all the way onto
hex of magnet housing. Tighten Allen
set screws to 25 inch pounds maximum. A blinking LED indicates correct
adjustment. If the LED fails to blink
with divider valve cycling, slide DNFT
back on the hex of the magnet housing in 1/16" increments until it does.
8. Make all conduit and connections
appropriate for area classification.
Support conduit and fittings to avoid
bending the magnet housing.
9. After DNFT installation and before
compressor start-up, purge all air from
divider block lubrication system with a
purge gun.
Divider Valve Piston
Magnet Housing
Allen Set Screws (2)
6. LED
7. Control Housing
8. Wire Leads (7)
10. Piston Enclosure Plug
FIGURE 2-7 Typical DNFT Installation
NOTE: When installing multiple DNFTs, wire each to a separate alarm circuit of the control
panel, annunciator, or PLC to simplify lubrication system and DNFT troubleshooting.
Open Loop Mode
Closed Loop Mode
Violet*
Control Panel,
Annunciator,
or PLC
Yellow Proximity
*Insulate Violet
wires from each
other & ground.
*Short Violet
wires together
& insulate them
from ground.
FIGURE 2-8 A-10754 Programmable DNFT Wiring Connections for Unit in Operation
Orange*
Red*
Yellow dedicated switch closure to
monitor each divider valve cycle.
*Insulate wires
from each other
& conduit.
FIGURE 2-9 A-10753 and A-10772 DNFT Wiring Connections for Unit in Operation
Programmable DNFTs
Programmable DNFTs come with a small LCD screen to
display total divider valve cycles (Mode 1), cycle time of
divider valve in seconds (Mode 2), total pints of oil used
(Mode 3), or daily pump rate in pints (Mode 4). Operators can
also adjust alarm time in Mode 1.
CAUTION: Program the DNFT before installing it on
a divider valve. Do not program a DNFT mounted on a
divider valve while the compressor runs; it will shut
down the compressor. To program a mounted DNFT,
first remove it from the divider valve.
To program:
1. Insert the programming magnet into the 1/8" recessed
opening on the face of the DNFT. The current programming mode (1, 2, 3, or 4) immediately displays on the
LCD followed by "0" 2 seconds later. "0" indicates the current mode is ready for programming.
Allen Set Screws
Control Housing
7. 1/8 Recessed
Opening for
FIGURE 2-10 Typical
Programmable DNFT
2. If the desired programming mode does not display, remove and re-insert the programming magnet into the recessed opening until it does. Leave the programming magnet in the recessed
opening when the desired programming mode displays.
3. Select one of the programming modes below:
a. Mode 1 - LCD displays total divider valve cycles; program alarm time.
To set alarm time, press and release the spring-loaded programming magnet assembly until
the desired alarm time in seconds displays on the LCD. Set alarm time from a minimum of
20 seconds to a maximum of 255 seconds.
Remove programming magnet. DNFT displays total divider valve cycles if left in this mode
and alarm time is now set.
b. Mode 2 - LCD displays cycle time of divider valve in seconds.
Remove programming magnet with Mode 2 dispays. LCD counts each divider valve cycle in
seconds, counting up from zero until the divider valve completes one full cycle. When divider
valve completes one full cycle, the LCD resets to zero and repeats the count until another
cycle is completed. The LED blinks in all modes to indicate each divider valve cycle. This
blink enables the operator to set pump rate.
c. Mode 3 - LCD displays total pints used; program divider valve total.
To set divider valve total, add the total of the divider valve assembly on which the DNFT will
be installed. Example: 24 + 24 + 24 = 72.
Press and release the spring-loaded programming magnet until the divider valve total displays on the LCD. Maximum value: 120.
Remove programming magnet. The DNFT displays total pints on the LCD if left in this mode.
d. Mode 4 - LCD displays pump rate in pints per day.
Remove programming magnet with Mode 4 dispays. LCD displays pump rate in pints per day.
This mode requires a minimum 4 second cycle time.
The DNFT stores all programmed information until the operator inserts the programming magnet into
the recessed opening, selects Mode 1 or Mode 3, and presses the spring loaded magnet assembly.
This action resets the unit to zero and allows entry of a new value.
DNFT Battery Replacement
The DNFT operates on a field-replaceable lithium
battery that should last six to ten years. If battery
voltage drops below normal operating levels, the
DNFT shuts down and the compressor cannot be
restarted until the battery is replaced.
CAUTION: Do not open a DNFT in an explosive gas atmosphere.
1. Shut down compressor.
2. Disconnect DNFT wiring
3. Use 1/8 inch Allen wrench to loosen Allen set
screws and remove control housing to a safe
4. Use 3/8 inch ratchet wrench to remove pipe
plug.
1. Magnet
5. Polarized
6. Field
7. 1/2 Pipe Plug
8. #22 AWG
18 (0.46 m)
9. Allen Set
FIGURE 2-11 Typical Digital No-Flow
Timer Switch (DNFT)
5. Remove battery and disconnect from polarized connector.
6. Connect new battery to polarized connector.
7. Insert new battery and reinstall pipe plug.
8. Place DNFT control housing on the magnet housing in its original position and tighten set screws.
Reattach wiring and conduit.
9. To verify DNFT operation, pre-lube the system and check for LED blink.
Troubleshooting DNFTs
Improperly
DNFT.
Loosen set screws, slide DNFT all the way onto hex of magnet housing and
torque to 25 inch pounds max. (Do not over tighten). Either pump clean oil
through lubrication system with a purge gun or run the compressor to cycle
the divider valve. If necessary, slide DNFT back in 1/16 increments until LED
blinks with each divider valve cycle.
LED does not Broken spring
blink and
or magnet in
indicates lube
housing.
no-flow. (see
also Erratic
Shutdown)
voltage.
Loosen set screws, remove DNFT from magnet housing. Remove magnet
housing from divider valve. Remove magnet, spring, and spacer and check
for damage. Replace damaged components. Re-install magnet housing on
divider valve and DNFT on magnet housing. If necessary, adjust DNFT, check
for LED blink. Purge air from system with purge gun.
Remove battery from DNFT and test it. Replace battery with a factory recommended replacement lithium battery if voltage is below 2.5 volts.
Loosen set screws, remove DNFT from magnet housing. Check for damaged
or bent magnet housing. Remove magnet assembly from divider valve.
Bent magnet
Replace magnet housing, magnet, spring, and spacer. Re-install new magnet
housing on divider valve and DNFT on magnet housing. If necessary, adjust
DNFT, check for LED blink. Purge air from system with purge gun.
Rupture disc
blows and
seizes after
DNFT
Erratic shutdown or LED
blink.
Wrong magnet housing
installed on
divider valve.
Check system pressure to verify oil flows to divider valves. If needed, install
pressure gauge to monitor lubrication system operation:
Loosen outlet plugs in front of valve blocks. Purge lubrication system with a
Air or
purge gun until clean, clear, air-free oil flows from plugs.
debris in
Loosen each piston enclosure plug individually to purge air from behind pisdivider valve
ton. Do not remove piston enclosure plugs. Tighten all divider valve plugs.
Adjust DNFT.
To ensure proper lubrication system operation, all tubing and components MUST be filled with oil and free of air before start-up.
Faulty wiring
from DNFT to
or air in system (see
above for air
in system).
Faulty lube
pump.
Loosen set screws and remove DNFT from magnet housing. Check for correct magnet housing for divider valve manufacturer. Remove and replace with
correct magnet housing. Re-install DNFT on new magnet housing. If necessary adjust DNFT, check for LED blink. Purge air from system with purge gun.
Normally Open - Attach ohmmeter to red wires. Should read 10
megaohms in operation and less than 10 ohms in alarm.
A-10772 Normally Closed - Attach ohmmeter to orange wires. Should
read less than 10 ohms in operation and infinity in alarm.
Normally Open - Attach ohmmeter to orange wires; insulate violet
wires from each other. Should read 10 ohms or less in alarm.
Normally Closed - Attach ohmmeter to orange wires. Short violet wires together. Should read infinity in alarm.
pressure gauge to monitor lubrication system operation. Check gauge to verify pump builds sufficient pressure to inject oil into cylinder. Do not remove
tubing from check valve and pump oil to atmosphere to check oil flow into cylinder. Replace pump.
A proximity switch installs into a divider valve in place of a piston end plug and can be used to
actuate any device. It consists of a reed switch and a magnet. When installed, the magnet rests
against the divider valve piston and parallel to the reed switch. With every divider valve pulse, the
piston moves the magnet, which opens and closes the reed switch contacts.
Proximity Switch Installation
1. Select desired divider valve section on
which to mount the proximity switch.
2. Remove piston end plug and O-ring seal
from divider valve.
5. Slide proximity switch housing over
magnet holder assembly, but do not
tighten set screws.
6. Connect an ohm meter across the two
white switch leads exiting the proximity
switch housing.
3. Loosen the two 1/4-20 UNC proximity
switch housing set screws and remove
magnet holder assembly.
4. Thread proximity switch magnet holder
assembly into divider valve end plug
Proximity Switch Housing
Proximity Switch Magnet Holder Assembly
1. White Switch
2. Green Ground
Switch Housing
Set Screw (2)
Magnet Holder
7. Spring
8. Magnet Spacer
9. Switch Magnet
7. Cycle the divider valve pistons by pumpFIGURE 2-12 Typical Proximity
ing oil through the divider valve baseplate inlet. Check ohm meter to verify reed switch actuation.
8. If there is no actuation, slowly slide out the proximity switch housing until the ohm meter indicates
the reed switch makes and breaks contact.
9. Tighten switch housing set screws. Cycle divider valve piston to verify reed switch actuation.
There is a proximity switch repair kit available. The kit includes a magnet holder, switch magnet,
spring, magnet spacer, set screws, and O-ring for Trabon divider valves (1995 or later).
Main Bearing Temperature Alarm and Shutdown
Order main bearing thermocouples or RTD temperature sensors as an option for JGH:E:K:T frames:
Thermocouples - J (Iron-Constantan) or K (Chromel-Alumel)
A thermocouple is two dissimilar conductors joined together at one end to form a sensor that
produces a small self-generated thermoelectric voltage as an accurate function of temperature.
Appropriate electronic devices can interpret the thermocouple voltage as temperature.
Wire: Use proper thermocouple wire from sensor to control panel with each lead wire metal matching
each conductor metal of sensor.
Sensor Accuracy: 4F (2.2C) or 0.75%.
Terminals: Use proper terminals with metal matching each thermocouple sensor conductor/wire
lead metal.
Resistance Temperature Devices (RTDs)
An RTD is a resistor sensor in which electrical resistance accurately varies with temperature.
Appropriate electronic devices can interpret the resistance as temperature. Main bearing RTDs are
dual-element RTD instrument assemblies, consisting of two RTDs in each instrument for each main
bearing. Each element is a three-wire, 100 ohms (at 0C), Alpha = 0.00385 ohms/ohm/C, platinum
thin film sensor.
Wire: Use standard 24 AWG (American Wire Gage) instrumentation wire
from the junction box on the side of the compressor frame to sensor
wiring. Wire an RTD three-wire set using a 2, 3 or 4 wire lead system.
More wires increases system accuracy. Ariel recommends standard foil
shielded instrumentation cable runs from the compressor frame to control
panel. Ground shields in the control panel.
Sensor Accuracy: 100 + 0.12 ohms at 0C = 1.1F (0.6C) or 0.6%.
Terminals: Use any standard terminals.
For each instrument, one RTD three-wire set connects to the monitoring
circuit. Insulate unused wire ends from each other and conduit ground.
Dual element RTDs allow for rewiring instead of replacing the instrument
if an element fails.
RTD's with two red wires and one white wire for one element, and two
Figure 2-13 Dual Eleblack wires and one green wire for the other simplify wiring requirements.
ment RTD Wiring DiaDual-element RTD redundancy allows operators to restore bearing
temperature monitoring without entering the crankcase for each RTD failure.
Alarm and Shutdown Limits
1. Main bearing temperature high alarm and shutdown. - Ariel recommends 20F (12C) above
normal operating temperature for alarm and 30F (18C) above for shutdown. Maximum values
of 220F (104C) for alarm and 230F (110C) for shutdown apply. Normal operating temperature
is the average of all main bearing temperatures at design load when oil temperature stabilizes
and all components are heat-soaked.
2. High main bearing temperature differential alarm and shutdown. - Main bearing differential
temperature is the difference between the maximum and minimum of all main bearing temperatures. Ariel recommends 20F (12C) for alarm and 30F (18C) for shutdown. Be aware that
after a warm shutdown, main bearing #1 may cool faster than the others and prevent a restart.
Ariel compressors, like all industrial equipment, require maintenance. The severity of compressor
service directly influences the frequency and amount of maintenance needed. Below are
recommended intervals for inspections and replacements to help determine appropriate intervals for
a given compressor application. Careful documentation of inspection results is critical to establish
whether recommended intervals are adequate or require more or less frequency.
NOTE: For intermittent duty service, see ER-8.2.2.
As part of your maintenance program, Ariel recommends:
Consistent adherence to safety policies, procedures, and equipment warning labels.
Daily operational checks.
Routine trending and review of operational parameters.
Routine oil analysis and trending.
Detailed records of all maintenance.
To avoid contamination, keep all covers in place where access is not required. Use lint free cloths
or paper towels during internal maintenance.
CAUTION: Gas compressors are complicated and dangerous pieces of equipment. Only
fully trained operators and mechanics familiar with unit operation should attempt any
maintenance. Read and thoroughly understand your manual and always wear appropriate personal protection equipment during maintenance.
Never adjust any fastener torques while the unit is operating or pressurized.
To prevent serious personal injury or death, verify driver or compressor cylinder gas
pressure cannot turn compressor crankshaft during maintenance. For engine-driven
compressors, either remove the center coupling or lock the flywheel; for electric motordriven compressors, either detach the driver from the compressor or lock out the driver
switch gear. Before any maintenance or component removal, relieve all pressure from
compressor cylinders. See packager information to completely vent the system or call
the packager for assistance. After maintenance, purge the entire system with gas prior to
operation to avoid a potentially explosive air/gas mixture.
Initial Maintenance
Comply with Ariel Packager Standards and the compressor Start Up Check List. Adhere to all items
before and after start-up. After running a new, relocated, reconfigured, or overhauled compressor for
24 hours, shut down, vent the gas system, and perform the following maintenance:
Angular TIR Limit, in., max.
1. Perform a hot coupling alignment check within 30 minutes of
shutdown; bar driver shaft to
packager recommendations.
To ensure parallel and concentric drive train alignment, posi0.006
tion connected equipment so
the total indicator reading (TIR)
is as close to zero as possible
on the coupling hub faces and
outside diameters at normal
operating temperature. Do not
exceed 0.005 inches (0.13 mm)
Hub Diameter, in.
on the face and outside diameFIGURE 1 Angular Coupling-Hub Face Alignment TIR Limits
ter, except for outside diameters
above 17 in. (43 cm) where the
angular face TIR limit is 0 1 (0.0167).
Hub O.D. > 17 in. x 0.00029 = angular coupling-hub face TIR, in. max.
Hub O.D. > 43 cm x 0.0029 = angular coupling-hub face TIR, mm max.)
Center the coupling between the driver and compressor. It must not thrust or force the crankshaft
against either thrust face.
For cold alignment, account for the difference in thermal TABLE 1 Compressor Thermal
growth height between the compressor and driver. Table Height Growth Predictions
1 lists compressor centerline height change based on 6.5
Thermal Height
x 10-6/F (11.7 x 10-6/C) and a differential temperature of
100F (55.6C). Obtain driver thermal growth predictions
from the driver manufacturer.
2. At hot alignment check, adjust discharge bottle supports
and head end supports, if applicable.
NOTE: To avoid cylinder distortion, lift discharge bottles only 0.003 to 0.005 inch using the supports.
3. Check fastener torque on gas nozzle flanges, valve caps,
cylinder heads, piston rod packing flanges, and crosshead guide to frame bolting, if applicable. See Maintenance and Repair Manual or Ariel document ER-63 for
correct torques. After the first week or 150 hours, recheck fastener torques.
JGM:N:P:Q
JG:A:I
JGR:W:J
JGH:E:K:T
JGC:D
JGZ:U, KBZ:U
JGB:V
KBB:V
4. Repeat torque check after the first month or 650 hours; re-check fasteners that turn after the second month or 1300 hours. If loosening persists, consult your packager or Ariel for probable cause
and recommended correction.
1. Log and trend the following:
Operating RPM, gas pressure and temperatures - determine if the unit is operating within
design parameters and expectations.
NOTE: Verify high and low pressure shutdowns are set as close as practical to normal
operating conditions. Set points must protect the machine from exceeding compressor
limits.
Bearing temperatures - if the unit is equipped with main bearing temperature sensors.
Frame oil pressure - at operating temperature (190F (88C) max. inlet oil temperature), it
should be 50 to 60 psig (3.5 to 4.2 barg) at the filter gauges. If pressure falls below 50 psig,
shut down the compressor then determine and correct the cause.
Frame inlet oil temperature.
Oil filter differential pressure - differential pressure exceeding the filter change value indicates a
need for a filter change. See filter information plate on top cover or Maintenance and Repair
Manual for procedure.
2. Check frame oil level. It should be about mid-level in the sight glass and free of foam when running. If not, determine and correct the cause. Do not overfill. Check oil makeup tank for sufficient
oil supply. For dry sump frames, check the package sump oil level.
3. Check force feed lubricator box oil level. It should be full to the overflow line.
4. Log and trend packing vent temperature and check crosshead guide vents for leakage.
5. If applicable, check suction valve unloader actuator vents for leakage.
6. If applicable, check clearance pocket vents for leakage.
7. Verify the high discharge gas temperature shutdown is set to within 10% or as close as practical
above the normal operating discharge temperature. Do not exceed the maximum discharge temperature shutdown setting for the application.
8. Log and trend valve cap temperatures.
9. Check lubricator block cycle time. See lubricator box data plate for correct cycle time. Contaminated gas may require a shorter cycle time. Check lube sheet for units not running at rated
10. Check for gas, oil, and coolant leaks.
CAUTION: Do not attempt to repair leaks while the unit is operating or pressurized.
11. Check for unusual noises or vibrations.
12. See packager documentation for additional recommended checks, i.e. scrubber liquid levels,
dump valve operation, cooler louver positions, etc.
1. Perform all Daily maintenance.
2. Verify safety shutdown functionality.
3. Sample frame oil and send it to a reputable lubricant lab for analysis. See Ariel Packager Standards (ER-56.06) for a list of what an oil analysis should provide. If analysis results indicate
increasing levels of lead, tin, or copper particles in the oil, shut down unit. Remove frame top
cover and crosshead guide side covers. Visually inspect for debris. Do not disassemble further
without good reason. If debris indicates, replace affected parts, then change the oil, oil filter, and
clean the oil strainer with a suitable solvent.
4. Check and log cylinder clearance devices in use and their settings.
Six-Month (4,000 Hour) Maintenance
1. Perform all Daily and Monthly maintenance.
2. Shut down unit and allow sufficient time for components to cool.
3. Drain and replace force feed lubricator box oil.
4. Clean sintered element in the small oil filter on the force feed lubrication system now or at every
main oil filter change. Use a suitable solvent
5. Change oil filter. See top cover filter information plate or Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedure).
NOTE: On replaceable element style filters, drain the canister completely before removing
the element.
NOTE: Replaceable filter elements have a finite shelf life. Check the Install by date on
the filter element before installation. Inspect elements for cleanliness and damage. Do not
install dirty or damaged elements.
6. Change oil. Extremely dirty environments, oil supplier recommendations, or oil analysis may dictate a different oil change interval. Follow these steps:
a. Drain oil from frame, associated piping, and oil cooler.
b. Clean oil strainer with suitable solvent.
c. Open frame top cover and crosshead guide side covers. Visually inspect for debris. Do not
disassemble further without good reason. If debris indicates, replace affected parts, then
change the oil and filter and clean the strainer with a suitable solvent.
d. Refill frame with fresh, clean oil.
7. Check cylinder lubrication. See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedure.
8. Re-tighten hold down nuts to proper torque. Inspect for frame twist or bending to verify main
bearing bore alignment. See Ariel document ER-82 for flatness and soft foot requirements.
9. Perform a coupling alignment (see "Initial Maintenance" above).
One-Year (8,000 Hour) Maintenance
1. Perform all Daily, Monthly, and Six-Month maintenance.
2. Grease VVCP stem threads at grease fitting, with 2 to 3 pumps of multi-purpose grease using a
standard hand pump grease gun. Turn VVCP adjustment handle all the way in and all the way
out to lubricate the threads. Measure or count turns to return the handle to its orginal position.
3. Open force feed lubricator box and visually inspect pump followers, cams, and gears for wear.
4. Pressure test distribution blocks. See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedure.
5. Measure, log, and trend the following:
Main bearing, connecting rod bearing, and crankshaft jack and thrust clearances.
NOTE: Clearance trends along with oil analysis and crankcase visual inspection can indicate the need for bearing replacement. Contact Ariel for original assembly clearances.
Crosshead to guide clearances.
Piston rod run out.
See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedures. If any of the above items are outside limits
listed in the Maintenance and Repair Manual, replace the affected parts.
6. Remove valves and valve gaskets:
a. Visually inspect valve pockets for damage. Verify all old valve seat gaskets are removed.
b. Have a qualified valve repair shop disassemble, visually inspect, and refurbish the valves
where needed. Provide the valve repair shop an Ariel torque chart and valve service guide.
c. Visually inspect cylinder gas passages and clean them of all debris.
7. If applicable, visually inspect suction valve unloader actuator stems for damage or wear. Visually
inspect stem seals for damage or wear and confirm that the actuator moves freely.
8. If applicable, visually inspect valve pneumatic clearance pockets for damage or wear (seating
surface and stems/stem seals). Confirm that actuator moves freely.
9. Inspect cylinder bores for damage or wear. Replace the cylinder body or restore the bore if any of
the following conditions exist:
Bore surface blemishes or gouges.
Bore out of round more than 0.001 inch per inch of bore diameter (0.001 mm/mm) or tapered.
10. Inspect piston rings and wearband:
a. Measure and log piston ring condition, end gap, and side clearance.
b. Replace rings that are damaged or outside limits listed in Maintenance and Repair Manual.
c. When replacing rings, re-measure and log ring side clearance to check for groove wear.
d. Measure and log radial projection of wear band.
11. Inspect piston rods for damage and excessive wear. Replace rod if any of these conditions exist:
Gouges or scratches on the rod.
Under size more than 0.005 inch (0.13 mm).
Out of round more than 0.001 inch (0.03 mm) per inch of rod diameter.
Tapered more than 0.002 inch (0.05 mm) per inch of rod diameter.
12. Rebuild piston rod pressure packing cases. See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedure.
13. Re-install valves, retainers, and valve caps using new valve gaskets and valve cap o-rings/seals.
Use proper installation techniques and torque procedures for valve caps.
14. Check and re-calibrate all required instrumentation.
15. Clean crankcase breather filter with suitable solvent.
16. Check and, if needed, adjust drive chains. See ER-74 for procedure.
17. If the compressor is equipped with crankcase over-pressure relief valves, visually inspect and
exercise valves to manufacturer recommendations.
18. Check fastener torques of gas nozzle flange, valve cap, piston rod packing, crosshead pin
through bolt, crosshead guide to frame, crosshead guide to cylinder, cylinder mounting flange to
forged steel cylinder, distance piece to cylinder, distance piece to crosshead guide, and tandem
cylinder to cylinder.
Two-Year (16,000 Hour) Maintenance
1. Perform all Daily, Monthly, Six-Month, and One-Year maintenance.
2. Rebuild oil wiper cases.
3. If applicable, use new piston and stem seals to rebuild actuators on suction valve unloaders and
fix volume pneumatic pockets. Replace piston stem assemblies where stem is damaged or worn.
4. Check auxiliary end chain drive for undercut sprocket teeth and chain for excessive stretching.
Replace as required.
Three-Year (24,000 Hour) Maintenance
2. Replace non-ELP connecting rod bearings for JGE:T:C:D:U:Z:B:V and KBB:V. See Maintenance
and Repair manual for procedure.
NOTE: Main and connecting rod bearing wear and replacement intervals are heavily
dependent on many factors including speed, load, oil temperature, oil cleanliness, and oil
quality. Depending on the severity of service, the bearing maintenance interval may be
longer or shorter.
Four-Year (32,000 Hour) Maintenance
1. Perform all Daily, Monthly, Six-Month, One-Year, and Two-Year maintenance.
2. Remove crosshead pins. Measure and log crosshead pin to crosshead pin bore and connecting
rod bushing bore clearances. Check the crosshead pin end caps and through bolt for wear.
Replace if needed.
3. Check for bushing wear in the auxiliary end drive chain tightener.
4. Check for ring groove wear in pistons.
Six-Year (48,000 Hour) Maintenance
1. Perform all Daily, Monthly, Six-Month, One-Year, Two-Year, and Three-Year maintenance.
2. Replace lubricator distribution blocks.
3. Replace crosshead and connecting rod bushings. See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedures.
4. Replace connecting rod bearings. See Maintenance and Repair Manual for procedure.
5. Replace main bearings. See Maintenance and Repair manual for procedure.
Checking Lubrication
The oil pump constantly
supplies oil to all journal
bearings, bushings, and
crosshead sliding surfaces. It
directly couples to the
crankshaft by a chain and
sprocket and provides
adequate oil flow to bearings
when the compressor
operates at the minimum
speed rating (typically half of
maximum rated speed).
Remove Dust Cap
to expose Safety
Relief Valve
Adjustment Screw.
FIGURE 3-1 Lube Oil Pump - Typical
Crankshaft driven oil pumps maintain oil pressure with a spring-loaded safety relief within the pump
head (some models use a separate pressure regulator). To raise or lower lube system pressure,
adjust the spring compression on this valve.
With a separate oil pressure regulating valve, Ariel sets the spring-loaded safety relief within the
pump head to approximately 75 psig (5.2 barg) to prevent high oil pump discharge pressures that
could damage the pump. In this case, do not adjust the pump safety relief valve except with a new
pump installation.
Without a separate oil pressure regulating valve, Ariel sets the oil pump safety relief valve to regulate
pressure at 60 psig (4.1 barg) into the compressor when crankshaft speed equals or exceeds
minimum normal operating speed. If oil pressure into the compressor at minimum operating speed
and normal operating temperature does not read about 60 psig (4.1 barg), adjust the oil pump safety
relief valve. With compressor running at minimum rated speed, remove dust cap and turn the
adjustment screw clockwise to increase oil pressure, or counter-clockwise to decrease it.
With a separate lube oil pressure regulating valve, Ariel sets normal oil pressure into the compressor
at the regulating valve to 60 psig (4.1 barg) when crankshaft speed equals or exceeds minimum
normal operating speed.
NOTE: If oil pressure drops below 50 PSIG (3.5 barg) when crankshaft speed equals or
exceeds minimum rated operating speed, find the cause and correct it.
Low Oil Pressure Shutdown
The packager normally mounts a customer specified low oil pressure shutdown. Ariel provides an oil
pressure pickup fitting on the oil gallery located after the filter. Set the electric or pneumatic oil
pressure switch to actuate when oil pressure falls below 45 psig (3.1 barg). An alarm set to actuate
when oil pressure falls below 50 psig (3.4 barg) is desirable. Please note:
1. The compressor requires a working low oil pressure shutdown. When shut down as a result of
low oil pressure, DO NOT re-start until fault is found and corrected.
2. Do not add oil to the crankcase through the breather hole while the unit runs. This causes oil
foaming and unnecessary no-flow shutdowns in the force feed lubrication system.
3. When the force feed lubrication system has a common supply (from the crankcase), it constantly
uses oil from the crankcase. This requires an oil sump level controller designed to allow oil to flow
into the crankcase from an overhead tank at all ambient temperatures.
The oil cooler maintains oil temperature in the compressor frame below the maximum limit. In sizing
a proper oil cooler, the packager considers the cooling medium and its temperature and flow rate,
and the lube oil temperature and flow rate. The Ariel Performance Program lists oil heat rejection
data for each frame in the frame details section (contact your packager or Ariel for details). It also
lists required cooling water flow rate and temperature to properly cool oil with Ariel supplied coolers.
Insufficient cooling water flow rate is the primary cause of high oil temperatures.
Mount the cooler as close to the compressor as possible with piping of adequate size to minimize
pressure drop of both lubricating oil and cooling medium.
Oil Temperature Control Valve
The cooler requires thermostatic valves
to control compressor oil temperature. A
thermostatic valve is a three-way valve
with a temperature sensitive element. As
the oil heats, the sensing element opens
the third port in the valve.
from Main
Lube Oil Cooler
Two configurations determine
thermostatic valve operation: diverting
mode and mixing mode. In diverting
Thermostatic control valve configuration may vary from this schematic, depending on valve size. Valve connections A-B-C are
mode, the oil diverts to the cooler when
compressor oil is hot enough to open the marked on the valve.
valve. In mixing mode, the element opens FIGURE 3-2 Lube Oil Thermostatic Valve in Mixing Mode
a port in the thermostatic valve that
allows oil from the cooler to mix with hot oil from the bypass. Diverting mode monitors temperature of
oil from the compressor. Mixing mode monitors temperature of oil to the compressor. Ariel
recommends mixing mode configuration.
Frame Oil System Components
Oil Strainer
An oil strainer installed upstream of the pump prevents debris from entering the pump and damaging
it. Ariel supplies a 30 mesh (595 microns) strainer on all JGH:E:K:T compressors. It is located on the
auxiliary end of the crankcase below oil level. Remove the strainer basket and wash it in an
appropriate solvent whenever lubricating oil is changed. For dry sump frames, the lube oil strainer
ships uninstalled from the factory. The packager installs it in the piping later.
All compressor frames require oil filters to remove contamination that can damage both equipment
and oil. Contaminants that damage equipment include:
Wear particles from equipment
Airborne particles such as dust or sand
Solid particles from gas stream
Dirt from new refinery oil
Contaminants that damage oil include soot (commonly from engine combustion), oxidized oil
components, and air bubbles.
Ariel JGH:E:K:T frames ship with simplex, spin-on resin-impregnated filters as standard. Spin-on
filters have a 5 micron nominal and 17 micron absolute rating. The Beta ratings are 5 = 2 and 17 =
75. Many spin-on filters fit an Ariel compressor, but very few meet filtration ratings of Ariel filters. For
this reason, Ariel recommends no after-market filters. Exercise caution if using an after-market filter.
Pressure gauges monitor pressure drop across the filter. High differential pressure indicates a
plugged filter. Ariel recommends lube oil filter replacement every 6 months, or 4000 hours, or when
oil filter differential pressure at normal operating temperature reaches 10 psid (0.7 barg), whichever
comes first. On start-up, differential pressure may exceed 10 psid (0.7 barg) until the oil reaches
operating temperature. On the same schedule, or with every main oil filter change, clean the sintered
element in the small oil filter of the force feed lubricator.
Simplex Spin-on Filter Replacement
NOTE: Replace oil filters only with Ariel approved filters.
1. Remove old filter, clean filter base surfaces, and verify old gasket is removed.
2. Fill filter with clean oil using same grade oil as in sump. Failure to fill filter vessel with oil prior
to starting can cause severe compressor damage.
3. Apply clean oil to the filter gasket and thread the filter with gasket onto the base.
4. Tighten the filter one turn after the filter gasket contacts the base.
5. After starting the unit, check for leaks, and retighten if necessary.
6. Do not run unit with a damaged filter; it may fracture or leak.
Simplex Filter Cartridge Replacement
1. Remove 3/4 NPT drain lug and drain oil completely.
2. While the oil drains, open 3/4 NPT vent and remove top cover.
3. Remove spring plate assembly and strainer tube.
4. After the oil drains completely, remove filter elements.
5. Inspect interior of filter vessel for debris. Clean if needed.
6. Place new element(s) over seat in bottom of vessel.
7. Insert strainer tube and re-install spring plate assembly.
8. Inspect cover o-ring for wear. Replace if needed.
9. Close drain and fill vessel.
10. Install cover. Torque nuts to 70-80 Lb x Ft (95-110 Nm).
11. Release trapped air through vent. Check for leaks.
Duplex Filter Cartridge Replacement
1. Inspect unused filter for oil. Release trapped air, if necessary.
2. Equalize pressure between the filters.
3. Turn handle of transfer valve towards unused filter until it stops.
4. Shut off equalizing line.
5. Remove 3/4 NPT drain plug and drain oil completely.
6. Remove top cover.
7. Follow steps 4-10 of Simplex Filter Cartridge Replacement above.
Compressor Prelube Pump
Ariel strongly recommends an automated compressor pre-lube system for all its compressors to
extend bearing life and reduce operating costs. Compressors that meet any of these criteria require
an automated pre-lube system to ensure oil flow prior to start-up:
Electric motor driven compressors.
Unattended-start compressors, regardless of driver type.
All large frame compressor models (JGC:D:B:V:Z:U, KBB:V:Z:U).
Automated compressor pre-lube systems must provide a minimum 10 psig (0.7 barg) at the oil
gallery inlet (after the filter) for a minimum of 30 seconds prior to starting, with minimum start-up oil
viscosity and maximum allowable filter differential pressure. Ariel suggests a pre-lube pump sized at
about 25% of frame oil pump capacity, (see Appendix C for frame oil pump flow rates or in the Ariel
Performance Program). The purpose is to help ensure oil flow to all bearings, bushings, and oil-filled
clearances prior to start-up. A start permissive is desirable to sense minimum required pressure/time
at the oil gallery inlet.
Automated systems shutdown the compressor if it fails to achieve 45 psig (3.1 barg) oil pressure
within 10 seconds after initial start-up (from when crankshaft starts to turn). If a compressor fails to
start or shuts down at start-up due to low oil pressure, DO NOT re-start until the cause is
corrected.
Engine driven compressors with manual pre-lube pumps require adequate pre-lube prior to starting.
If the compressor fails to achieve 45 psig (3.1 barg) oil pressure within 10 seconds after reaching
engine idle speed, shut it down and correct the cause. Repeat manual pre-lube prior to each
cranking for start-up. When oil pressure exceeds 45 psig (3.1 barg) at start-up, a low oil pressure
shutdown set at 45 psig (3.1 barg) activates.
The compressor may need a frame oil heater if it must start in cold
weather. Method 1 maintains the compressor frame at a minimum
temperature so the compressor can start immediately, if needed.
Method 2 heats oil from ambient to a minimum temperature prior to
starting (see Table 3-1). Application requirements determine heating
Ariel recommends circulation heaters; do not use dipstick heaters. All
Ariel compressors have at least one heater connection. Maximum
allowable wattage per unit area for an immersion heater is 15 W/in2
(2.3 W/cm2). This limit prevents oil coking on the heater element, which
reduces heater efficiency and contaminates oil.
TABLE 3-1 Heat Needed
to Maintain Minimum
JGH:E:K:T Frame Temp.
Method 1: Multiply by
difference between oil
and ambient temp.
kW/F (kW/C)
0.0086 (0.0155)
temperature rise divided
by time (h)
Thermostatic control valve (3) configuration may vary
from this schematic, depending on
valve size. In mixing
mode, B connection is lube oil from
main oil pump with
tee connection to
lube oil cooler inlet,
C is from lube oil
cooler outlet, and A
is to main oil filter.
Valve connections
A-B-C are marked
on the valve.
Heater Circuit
Piping and
by Ariel
Oil Connections (See Ariel outline drawing for details)
A1 Packager connection from Oil Pump
A2 Packager connection to Oil Filter
A3 Oil connection from Compressor Crankcase (Oil Sump)
A4 Lube Oil Compressor Inlet connection to Gallery Tube. Oil
flows to the crankshaft main bearings, connecting rod bearings, crosshead pins, and crosshead bushings.
A5 Pressure Regulating Valve return connection to Oil Sump
(when applicable)
A6 Filter Vent return connection to Oil Sump (when applicable
on some models)
A7 Oil tubing connections from Frame Gallery Tube to top and
bottom of Crosshead Guides to lubricate Crossheads
A8 Compressor Crankcase Oil Drain (Oil Sump Drain)
A9 Pre-Lube/Recirculation/Heater connections (location and
quantity depend on model)
A5 A6 A9
by Packager
1. Y - Strainer
2. Compressor Driven Oil Pump (w/Safety Relief Valve
for pressure regulation, or in models with a separate
regulating valve (6), for relief)
3. Thermostatic Control Valve, 170F (77C) nominal
rating - Required (purchase separately from Ariel)
4. Pre-Lube Oil Pump - Required (shown with oil heating circuit, when applicable)
5. Oil Filter
6. Pressure Regulating Valve with Overflow Return to
Oil Sump (when applicable)
7. Oil Cooler - Required
8. Check Valve
9. 3-Way Valve, when applicable for heater circuit
10. Heater (when applicable)
FIGURE 3-3 Standard Wet Sump Frame Lube Oil Schematic
Packager Connection to
Compressor Driven Oil Pump
from this schematic,
depending on valve
size. In mixing
Install Check Valve (8) if
over 3 Ft. (0.9 m) vertical run to Oil Sump (9)
A3 - From drive end of frame.
A1 Packager connection from Compressor Driven Oil Pump
A3 Packager connection - Oil from compressor crankcase
A4 Lube Oil Compressor-Inlet-Connection to Gallery Tube.
Oil flows to crankshaft main bearings, connecting rod
bearings, crosshead pins, and bushings
A5 Pressure Regulating Valve Return Connection to Crankcase (when applicable on some models)
A6 Filter Vent Return Connection to the Crankcase (when
applicable on some models)
A7 Oil Tubing Connections from Frame Gallery Tube to top &
A8 Compressor Crankcase Oil Drain
1. Y - Strainer - Required (supplied unmounted by Ariel)
2. Compressor Driven Oil Pump (w/ Safety Relief Valve
for pressure regulation, or in some models with a separate regulating valve (6), for relief
3. Thermostatic Control Valve, 170F (77C) nominal rating - Required (available option from Ariel)
4. Pre-Lube Oil Pump - Required (with oil heating circuit
when applicable)
Crankcase (when applicable for some models)
9. Separate Lube Oil Reservoir (Oil Sump) - Required
FIGURE 3-4 Optional Dry Sump Frame Lube Oil Schematic - Typical
Frame Oil
Frame Oil Pressure
The factory sets normal pressure on the discharge side of the oil filter at 60 psig (4.1 barg) for
compressors tested mechanically complete (inspector tag displayed). If factory tested as
mechanically incomplete (no inspector tag), the packager sets normal oil pressure at initial start-up to
60 psig (4.1 barg) at the lower of the frame rated speed, cylinder (RPM), or driver speed at normal
operating temperature. If oil pressure drops below 50 psig (3.4 barg), find the cause and correct it.
The compressor requires a 45 psig (3.1 barg) low oil pressure shutdown for protection. Do not
operate the compressor for prolonged periods at less than 50 psig (3.4 barg) oil pressure.
For proper operation of the thermostatic control valve, the maximum differential pressure between
the hot oil supply line and the cooled oil return line is 10 psid (0.7 bard).
Frame Oil Temperature
To drive off water vapor, the minimum lube oil operating temperature is 150F (66C). Maximum
allowable oil temperature into the compressor frame is 190F (88C).
Ariel offers a thermostatic control valve set at 170F (77C). Maintain oil temperature as close to this
temperature as possible. Higher temperatures increase the oxidation rate of oil. Every 18F (10C)
over 150F (66C) doubles the oxidation rate of oil.
Frame Oil Maintenance
Change compressor frame lubricating oil as indicated in the regular maintenance intervals or with a
filter change or when oil analysis indicates the need. Some compressors may require more frequent
oil changes if operating in an extremely dirty environment without sampling and analysis or if the oil
supplier recommends it.
Frame Oil Sampling
Typically, packagers install an oil sampling point between the oil pump and filter at an easily
accessible location. Collect and analyze oil samples to verify suitability for continued service.
Consistent oil analysis can identify when to change oil on the basis of need rather than a scheduled
interval. Depending on service, oil analysis can significantly extend oil change intervals. Oil analysis
should include:
Viscosity testing at 100F (40C) and 212F (100C). Determines whether cylinder oils or process
gas diluted the oil.
Particle counting to the latest version of ISO 4406.
Spectroscopy to determine wear metals, contaminants, and additives.
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) to check for oxidation, water or coolant contamination, and additive depletion. This is more important if a force feed system uses separate lube oil.
Dry Sump
Compressors subject to transient motion, roll, and yaw on board a ship or floating platform may
require a dry crankcase with a separate oil reservoir. With a dry sump, Ariel provides drains at each
end of the compressor frame and an oil pump chain oiler. The packager provides a lube oil reservoir
sized and located to provide oil suction to the oil pump regardless of tilt. There should be a 30 mesh
(595 microns) oil sump strainer in the pump suction line at the lube oil reservoir outlet. Remove
strainer basket and wash it in an appropriate solvent whenever lubricating oil is changed.
Oil System Cleanliness
Clean compressor frame oil piping system and components of all foreign matter such as sand, rust,
mill scale, metal chips, weld spatter, grease, and paint. Ariel recommends using a commercial pipe
cleaning service to clean the oil piping system. If not practical, use proper cleaning procedures with
proper cleaners, acids, and/or mechanical cleaning to meet cleanliness requirements. Dispose of
cleaning by-products properly; a disposal service is recommended. Ariel also recommends flushing
all oil-piping systems with an electric or pneumatic driven pump and filtered clean production oil. Ariel
thoroughly cleans all compressor frame cavities prior to assembly and test runs compressors with a
filtered closed loop lube system.
NOTE: Ariel recommends not disturbing lube oil piping downstream of the oil filter. Contaminants that enter that piping or open ports are flushed into the bearings causing catastrophic
damage. To remove or alter piping, cover the oil gallery inlets, the piping ends, and the filter
outlet so no contaminants enter. Before reinstallation, chemical and mechanical cleaning is
required. Then flush the pipe in accordance with Ariel cleanliness requirements (Table 3-2).
Prior to start-up, flush all compressors installed with an electric or pneumatic powered pre-lube pump
and less than 50 feet (15 m) of oil piping as outlined below. Include cooler oil passages in the
flushing loop. While oil systems for compressors without an electric or pneumatic powered pre-lube
pump and less than 50 feet (15 m) of oil piping must be clean, oil flushing is desirable, but not
1. Prior to assembling lube oil piping, remove scale, weld slag, rust and any other matter that could
contaminate lube oil. Confirm:
Complete and closed lube oil system.
Crankcase or sump filled to the correct level with appropriate oil.
Proper and correctly installed lube oil filters.
Operational and viewable oil pressure transducer or gauge, oil filter differential-pressure transducers or gauges, and oil temperature RTD or indicator.
2. Start pre-lube pump. Record oil pressure, oil filter differential-pressure, and oil temperature. Minimum oil pressure is 30 psig (2.1 barg) for effective flushing. Do not exceed 90 psig (6.2 barg).
3. Flush continuously for one hour. Oil filter differential-pressure must not increase more than 10%
of measured oil pressure into the filter. Record the oil pressure, oil filter differential pressure, and
oil temperature every 15 minutes. Oil temperature increases of more than 10F (5.5C) during an
hour of flushing invalidate the system cleanliness test, due to oil viscosity change.
4. After one hour of pre-lube flushing, if differential pressure or temperature increases exceed the
limits above, continue flushing. If the lube oil filter differential pressure exceeds change filter limits, stop the pre-lube pump and change the oil filter. To ensure system cleanliness, re-set time
and continue flushing until the compressor achieves one continuous hour of flushing within differential pressure and temperature increase limits.
For all compressors with oil piping
systems greater than 50 feet (15 m),
cleaning and flushing must result in a
cleanliness level to ISO-4406, Grade 13/
10/9 and/or NAS-1638, Class 5 (see
Table 3-2), prior to start-up.
See ISO-4406 "International Standard Hydraulic fluid power - Fluids - Method for
coding level of contamination by solid
particles" and/or NAS-1638 "National
Aerospace Standard, Aerospace
Industries Association of America, Inc. Cleanliness Requirements for Parts Used
in Hydraulic Systems" for complete
information. Use a competent oil lab for
sample testing.
TABLE 3-2 Oil Flushing Cleanliness Requirements
ISO-4406 Grade 13/10/9
Number Particles
Requirements m/mL Oil Sample
2.5 to 5
NAS-1638 Grade 5
Particle Size Range
m/100mL Oil Sample
Maximum Number Particles
Force Feed Lubrication System Components
In the force feed lubrication system, oil flows to the force feed lubricator pump inlet(s) from the frame
lubrication system, or from an overhead tank. Next in the discharge lines are blow-out (rupture)
disks. Any system blockage builds pressure and ruptures the disks, venting the system through the
blow-out disk to close the no-flow shutdown switch.
Oil then travels to the distribution blocks, which exactly apportion it to cylinders and packings.
Pistons in the distribution block intermediate sections move back and forth in a continuous cycle,
forcing lubricant successively through several outlets as long as pressurized lubricant feeds from the
inlet. A check valve at each outlet prevents oil from backing up in the block. A flashing LED on the
Proflo, DFNT, or magnetic indicator attached to the block indicates the block cycle rate.
From the distribution blocks, oil travels to cylinders and packings. The system provides 1 inch (25
mm) per minute of head at guide and cylinder inlets to help ensure long check valve life.
Some packing oil travels to cylinders, but the bulk of it drains out through the pressure vent/drain
fitting and the atmospheric drain, both on the bottom of the crosshead guide.
An oil level control valve, supplied by the packager and mounted on the skid, maintains proper level
in the crankcase sump to replace oil used in cylinder lubrication.
Force Feed Lubricator
The force feed lubrication
system oils the compressor
cylinders and piston rod
packings. Oil flows to the 150
micron sintered bronze filter
on the suction side of the force
feed lubricator pump directly
from the pressure side of the
frame lubrication system, or
from an overhead tank.
Filtered oil flows to a header
and to pumps on the force
feed lubricator.
A self-contained oil reservoir
oils the force feed lubricator
worm gear and cam. The force
feed lubricator sight glass
shows the reservoir oil level.
Use the 1/4-inch tube fitting
connections in the discharge
lines near the force feed
lubricator pumps to prime the
force feed lubrication system.
1. Inlet Header
2. Priming Stem
3. Pump Plunger Stroke
Adjustment Screw
4. Lock Nut
5. Lubricator Oil Fill
6. Sight Glass
7. Mounting Flange
Capscrews (4)
8. Drain Plug
9. Pump Inlet from
10. Priming Pump
11. Pump Outlet to
12. Rupture Disc Assembly
13. O-Ring - oil before
14. Sprocket
15. No. 204 Woodruff Key
16. Set Screw
17. Sprocket Face-to-Face
FIGURE 3-5 Force Feed Lubricator - Typical
Verify the force feed lubricator is set at the break-in rate shown on the force feed lubricator data plate
(see Fig. i-1). A flashing LED on the Proflo or no-flow switch connected to the distributor block
indicates block cycle rate. To adjust, loosen locknut and turn the feed regulator (pump plunger stroke
adjustment screw) until the indicator strokes at the proper rate, then tighten locknut. For new units,
run at the break-in rate for 200 hours, then reduce the lubricator adjustment to the normal operating
rate shown on the force feed lubricator data plate.
NOTE: Install a blow-out fitting with a properly rated rupture disk between the force feed lubricator pump and the no-flow shutdown. The disk color should show at the fitting blow-out
hole. The no-flow shutdown must actuate within 3 to 5 minutes after oil flow interruption.
Blow-Out Fittings, Rupture Disks, and Tubing
Use a rupture disk that matches the Fitting
blow-out fitting type and application
pressure. Generally, use a rupture
disk rated about 1000 psig (70 barg)
greater than the highest MAWP
cylinder. See Table A-3 in Appendix
A or ER-63 for blow-out fitting cap
torque. Do not over tighten cap or
blow-out pressure may decrease.
Rupture Disk
1/4 in. (6 mm)
Dia. Hole
Lincoln Fitting
Lubriquip Fitting
FIGURE 3-6 Blow-Out Fitting Assemblies
TABLE 3-3 Blow-Out Fittings, Replacement Rupture Disks & Tubing
BLOW-OUT FITTING
REPLACEMENT RUPTURE DISK
psig (barg)
ARIEL P/N
Lubriquip
STANDARD TUBING - 304 SS
in. (mm)
1/4 x 0.035
(6.4 x 0.9)
PT0200CB
10,200 (703)
PT0201CD
1. Color code changed to pink (3/20/05) was uncoated aluminum.
Distribution blocks consist of three to seven divider valves and an optional bypass block fastened to
a segmented baseplate. Viton O-rings (90 Durometer) seal between the divider valves and baseplate
and between baseplate segments. Check valves are installed at all lube port outlets.
Divider valves contain metering pistons that discharge a predetermined amount of oil with each cycle
in a single line, progressive lubrication system. Single or twin valves may be externally singled or
cross-ported. Plug unused outlets when singling or cross-porting.
Use a bypass block in any position on the baseplate. A bypass block allows addition or deletion of
lubrication points without disturbing existing tubing. Plug both outlets under a bypass block.
The baseplate contains the divider valve inlet and outlet connections, interrelated passageways, and
built-in check valves. All lubricant piping to and from the distribution block connects to the baseplate.
The baseplate consists of one inlet block, three to eight intermediate blocks, one end block, and
three tie rods. The number of baseplate intermediate blocks determines the number of divider valves
allowed. Each distribution block requires a minimum of three divider valves.
Distribution Block Assembly
NOTE: See specific frame Parts
Book for available divider valve
assembly drawings, parts lists,
and repair kits.
Inlet Block
Crossport
1. Thread three tie rods into inlet
block until the ends flush with the
top surface of the block.
2. Slide Intermediate blocks onto tie
rods. Verify all o-rings are
installed and discharge ports are
off center toward the inlet block.
3. Slide end block onto tie rods.
Port (Outlet)
Correct port
position is
off-center
toward Inlet
4. Lay baseplate assembly on a flat
surface. Use the torquing procedure in Appendix A to tighten the
tie rod nuts to the torque value in
Table A-3.
5. Mount the divider valves with
o-rings onto the baseplate. Use
the torquing recommdations in
Appendix A to tighten valve
screws to the torque listed in
End Block
Tie Rod Nut
FIGURE 3-7 Distribution Block - Typical
Divider Valve Bypass Pressure Test
Lubricant can leak (by-pass) from a divider valve when the divider valve piston becomes worn.
Pressure test or replace all divider valves every twelve months. Testing verifies the piston fits tightly
enough in the divider valve bore for adequate pressure to force oil into the injection point. The
supplier pressure tests all new Ariel divider valves.
To test distribution blocks for valve by-passing requires a manual purge gun with a pressure gauge
capable of developing 5000 psig (350 barg). Ariel offers an optional force feed lubrication hand purge
gun with a pressure gauge (see Tools section in technical manual). Pressure test each divider valve
one at a time, complete with pin indicators installed.
Divider Block All Outlets Open
Testing T Divider Valve
Testing S Divider Valve
S Divider
Valve - one
side plugged
with 1/8
NPT pipe
Block Inlet
One side plugged
with tubing plug to
test one side of a
T valve - all other
outlets open
Base outlets
open - oil
flows freely
plugged to
test an S
valve - all
other outlets
FIGURE 3-8 Pressure Testing Divider Valves
1. For new divider valves, verify working piston section fastener torque is 75 lb-in. Loosen the section fasteners, then step-torque them first to 40 lb-in, and then to 75 lb-in. Used divider valves
can be tested as is, with approximate section fastener torque verified after testing.
6. Place the distribution block in an open container with all base outlets open. Connect purge gun
filled with room temperature (65F) 10 wt. (ISO 32) mineral oil to the divider block inlet. Pump the
purge gun to purge air from the divider block assembly. Verify that oil flows freely from all outlets
(see Fig. 3-8 Divider Block All Outlets Open).
Testing with 10 wt. mineral oil at 65F simulates divider block operation at 120F with 40 wt. (ISO
150) mineral oil. If 10 wt. mineral oil is unavailable, use 40 wt. (ISO 150); however, the pressure
test will be less sensitive in detecting a bypassing divider valve.
7. The divider block assembly should cycle at less than 300 psi while purging at a steady rate.
Cycle pressures above 300 psi indicate inhibited piston movement, possibly caused by the piston
rubbing the bore, oil contamination, part geometry, or bore distortion due to over-tightening the
section fastners.
8. For divider valves stamped with a T (for twin), use a 1/8 inch pipe or tubing plug to plug only
one base outlet when testing that side of the piston, and leave all other outlets open. Plug and
test each base outlet of divider valves stamped with a T one side at a time. See Fig. 3-8 Testing T Divider Valve. Individual testing of each outlet ensures both sides of the piston build adequate pressure. For all divider valves stamped with an S on the front (for single), leave the one
side plugged and plug the other outlet as well to test both sides of the piston for by-passing
simultaneously. See Fig. 3-8 Testing S Divider Valve.
9. Pump the purge gun until the pressure gauge indicates 3000 psi. Hold this pressure for 5 seconds, then increase it to 3500 psi. Stop pumping at 3500 psi.
10. Start timer and monitor the pressure drop from 3500 psi for 30 seconds. Check discharge outlet(s) plug(s) to confirm no external leaks. If the valve bypasses rapidly, repeat the test to ensure
the bypass wasnt due to trapped air. New valves should not exceed a 400 psi pressure drop in
30 seconds. Used valves should not exceed 1000 psi pressure drop in 30 seconds. If pressure
drops exceed these limits, the divider valve fails the test.
11. Repeat Steps 4 thru 6 for the remaining outlets on the divider block assembly.
NOTE: Test distribution blocks at higher pressures if the application dictates higher system
operating pressure.
If a divider valve fails, replace it. Discard worn divider valves. If the tested valve passes the test,
relieve the pressure, move the plug to the next outlet, and repeat the test for all divider valves. When
all divider valves either pass this pressure test or are replaced, reassemble the distribution block,
purge it with the proper force feed lubricant, and put it into service.
This distribution block pressure test procedure is not infallible. Ariel recommends periodic tests for
proper cylinder bore lubrication rates and/or aftermarket devices that measure flow.
Balance Valves
Install balance valves on low-pressure lube lines to artificially increase lube line pressure and reduce
differential pressure between lube points downstream of a divider block. Important considerations:
Set and maintain balance valves downstream of a divider block within 500 psi (3400kPa) of each
other or less. The closer the balance valve set pressures, the more reliable the system.
Avoid situations in which the balance valve set pressure is the greatest contributor of pressure to
the divider block immediately upstream.
With a balanced divider block, the upstream divider block pressure gauge should exhibit no erratic
needle movement as the divider block cycles.
To maintain the force feed lube system, record the maximum injection pressure indicated at each
divider block gauge, balance valve set pressures, and divider block cycle time at least once a day for
each zone in the system. See Appendix E.
Do not adjust balance valves prior to operating the unit. Verify the tightness of all fittings and fix any
known leaks. To remove any trapped air or gas in the force feed lube system, use a high-pressure
hand purge pump and the same oil recommended for the cylinder application to purge it. DO NOT
USE ANY OTHER FLUIDS FOR PURGING! Call the Ariel Reponse Center for details about
purchasing a hand purge pump. To prepare for balance valve adjustment:
1. Start the compressor and bring the cylinders up to normal operating pressure.
2. Allow operating pressures to stabilize.
3. See the cylinder lube sheets for balance valve locations and proper spring type for each device.
Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by a Divider Block
1. Select one divider block that feeds one or more
balance valves nearest the compressor cylinder/
packing.
2. For each balance valve downstream of the
selected divider block, loosen the balance valve
lock nut and rotate the adjustment cap counterclockwise until the cap is loose. Some residual
pressure may remain on the balance valve
gauge.
3. Monitor the selected divider block gauge for one
minute and record the minimum and maximum
pressures in Appendix E.
4. Calculate the balance valve set pressure by multiplying the maximum recorded pressure by 0.85
1. Balance Valve
3. Adjustment Cap
5. Divider Block
FIGURE 3-9 Balance Valves Fed
by Divider Block
5. Set balance valve(s) downstream of the selected
divider block to the pressure calculated in step 4
by rotating the adjustment cap clockwise to increase pressure. Set pressure within 50 psi of the
calculated value.
6. Monitor the divider block gauge for one minute and record the minimum and maximum pressures
in Appendix E. The difference between the minimum and maximum should not exceed 1200
psig. If it does, repeat steps 2 through 6.
7. Tighten the balance valve lock nut. DO NOT lockwire the adjustment cap.
8. Repeat steps 2 through 7 for any remaining divider block that feeds one or more balance valves
nearest the compressor cylinder/packing.
9. After setting all balance valves in the force feed system, operate the system for 4 to 6 hours, then
repeat step 6 for each divider block.
Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by Primary/Secondary Divider Blocks
NOTE: Set secondary balance valves
before setting primary balance valves.
If the system contains no secondary
balance valves downstream of a secondary divider block, proceed to step 4.
1. Select one secondary divider block
that feeds one or more secondary balance valves nearest the compressor
cylinder/packing.
2. For the selected secondary divider
block and secondary balance valves,
perform steps 2 through 7 in "Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by a
Divider Block" above.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for any remaining secondary divider blocks that feed
one or more secondary balance valves
4. Select one primary divider block that
feeds one or more primary balance
valves located prior to a secondary
divider block or lube point.
5. For the selected primary divider block
and balance valves, perform steps 2
through 7 in "Adjustment of Balance
Valves Fed by a Divider Block" above.
1. Primary Balance
Valve Pressure
5. Primary Divider
Block Pressure
7. Secondary
Divider Block
Balance Valve
10. Secondary
FIGURE 3-10 Primary/Secondary Divider Block System
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for any remaining primary divider block that feeds
one or more balance valves located prior to a secondary divider block or lube point.
repeat steps 3 through 7 in "Adjustment of Balance Valves Fed by a Divider Block" above for
each primary or secondary divider block.
Subsequent Compressor Start-Up
1. Verify tightness of all fittings and fix any known leaks. Purge force feed lube system.
2. If the force feed lube system has been disassembled or parts replaced since the last startup,
purge the force feed lube system with a high-pressure hand purge pump. When purging the system, use the same oil that is recommended for the cylinder application, to remove any trapped air
or gas in the system. DO NOT USE ANY OTHER FLUIDS FOR PURGING! Call the Ariel
Reponse Center for details about purchasing a hand purge pump.
3. Start the compressor and bring up to normal operating pressure.
4. Operate the unit for 2 to 3 hours to allow the operating pressures to stabilize. DO NOT adjust the
balancing valves immediately after startup. It is possible that some lube point injection pressures
will fluctuate after a short period of run time and the system pressures will stabilize as components increase in temperature.
6. Select one divider block that feeds one or more balance valves.
7. Monitor the selected divider block gauge for one minute and record the minimum and maximum
8. See "Balance Valves" if any of the conditions below occur:
a. The difference between the maximum and minimum recorded divider block pressures
exceeds 1200 psig.
b. The maximum recorded balance valve pressure exceeds 85% of the maximum recorded
divider block pressure.
c. The divider block gauge exhibits erratic needle movement as the divider block cycles.
DO NOT RUN UNIT WITH LEAKING
BALANCE VALVES. Ariel offers a balance
valve seal repair kit - Part No. A-8005-K.
To maintain the force feed lube system,
record maximum injection pressure indicated
at the divider block gauge, balance valve set
pressure, and divider block cycle time at
least once a day for each zone in the lube
TABLE 3-4 Ariel Balance Valve Part Numbers
Balance Valve without Spring
Balance Valve Springs
Balance Valve Seal Repair Kit
Balance Valve Plug
ARIEL Part Number
CA-8005
See ER-57
A-8005-K
Oil Head at Lube Points
The force feed system provides a minimum 1-inch (25 mm) of oil head at
lube points to extend check valve life. Where 1-inch (25 mm) of head is not
inherent, an oil trap fitting is provided (see Fig. 3-11).
To Check
Gas Inlet Debris Screens
Cone type inlet gas debris strainers with 100 mesh per inch (150 micron)
screen and perforated metallic backing are installed between the inlet
scrubber and cylinder suction flange. They catch dirt and foreign matter in
the gas which prevent proper lubrication. Monitor inlet debris strainers by
differential pressure and clean them before differential pressure
approaches screen collapse pressure. Ariel recommends high differential
pressure alarm/shutdown switches to protect against screen collapse.
To Lube
FIGURE 3-11 Oil Head
Trap Fittings
Injection Oil Inlet Filter
An in-line oil filter or fine screen is required between the oil supply or supply tank and the force feed
lubricator pumps. Ariel recommended filtration is 5 micron nominal. The compressor filtration system
is adequate for systems that use frame lube oil for the force-feed cylinder and packing injection. For
separate force-feed lube oil supplies, a filter must be installed by the packager.
Force Feed System Design & Operating Parameters
To optimize force-feed lubrication system operation, Ariel uses these general guidelines:
1. Maintain lube ratios within prescribed limits and cycle times as low as possible (normally 10 sec
minimum) to lubricate each point as frequently as possible.
2. Multiple pumps with manifolding ensure 150% of the normal lubrication rate during break-in.
3. Do not operate pumps below 20% of full stroke else pump output becomes unreliable. Full stroke
is .438 inch; 20% of full stroke is .088 inch.
4. In some applications, a single divider section delivers lubrication to both a packing and a cylinder
to optimize lubrication system operation. In some applications, cross-ported divider valves deliver
the proper proportion of lubricant to a given point.
5. During operation, verify oil fills the lubricator reservoir
sight glass at least half way, but does not exceed twothirds. See specific packager data to determine normal
operating conditions, cylinder working pressures, and
rated speed. Reservoir oil lubricates the worm gear and
cam; it does not flow through the system. The reservoir
also catches lube pump overflow. Add oil only if needed
to raise reservoir oil level. See Table 3-5.
TABLE 3-5 Force Feed Lubricator
Reservoir Oil Capacity
Lubricator Type
Ariel Designs
US Gallons
(Liters)
Single Pump
Dual Pump
0.5 (1.75)
Four Pump
6. Ariel fills the force feed system with mineral oil. If tubing
is missing, or if the system is drained, fill and prime the system through a 1/8 inch plug on the discharge end of the lubricator pump.
7. Prime the force feed lubrication system with a proper priming pump just prior to starting the compressor (see Fig. 1-2 for pump illustration). Use clean force feed lubricating oil of same type and
grade as used in service. Do not use any other fluid type or grade to prime.
8. For recently overhauled units, adjust lubricator for maximum delivery. Loosen adjusting screw
locknut. Turn plunger stroke adjustment screw to the full up position. Tighten adjusting screw
locknut. Set proper feed rate after the machine starts.
9. When two or more pumps are manifolded to feed one distribution block, adjust them equally.
Start with pumps wide open, and adjust them together so that when break-in cycle time is set, the
pumps stroke about the same. After break-in period, adjust the pumps in the same manner, provided that the final pump stroke is not too short. Try to keep the stroke greater than 20% of maximum; a shorter stroke produces unreliable pump output. If needed, close one pump to stop its
flow and open the other(s) to make the normal cycle time, and maintain a stroke greater than
20% in the functioning pump(s).
Common Oil Supply
Fig. 3-12 shows the force feed lube system installation when compressor frame lube oil is also used
for cylinder and packing lubrication.
1. Compressor Frame Oil
2. Single Ball Check Valve
3. Sintered Bronze Filter
4. Force Feed Lubricator
5. Rupture Disk
6. Pressure Gauge
7. Divider Valves
8. Fluid Flow Monitor
No-Flow Timer
Shutdown Switch
9. Double Ball Check Valve
10. Packing Injection Point
11. Top Cylinder Injection
12. Bottom Cylinder Injection
To other Cylinders
and Packings
FIGURE 3-12 Force Feed
Lubrication System:
Drain to
Independent Oil Supply
When given gas and pressure
conditions prevent adequate
frame lube oil to cylinders and
packings, a separate force
feed lube oil supply is
required. An elevated tank
supplies pressurized oil to the
lubricator. To prevent
compressor frame oil
contamination by force feed
oil, the force feed lubricator
overflow drains away from the
compressor frame and into an
appropriate drain system.
Independent force feed lube
systems normally require oil
with a viscosity below 5000
SUS (1100 cSt) at the
lubricator pump inlet. Possible
measures to ensure a force
feed pump filled with oil during
the suction stroke: change
pipe and fitting size from tank
to force feed pump, heat the
oil, and pressurize the supply
tank. A recommended 5
micron nominal in-line oil filter
or fine screen filters oil
between the supply tank and
force feed lubricator pumps.
1. Oil Supply Tank
3. System Inlet 1/4-inch NPT
(Female) Customer Connection
5. Force Feed Lubricator Pump
8. Divider Valves/Distribution Block
9. Fluid Flow Monitor No-Flow
Timer Shutdown Switch
NOTE: System
must provide
positive pressure to force feed
lubricator pump.
FIGURE 3-13 Force Feed Lubrication
System: Independent Oil Supply
To appropriate drain 1/4-inch NPT
(female) customer connection.
Do not drain to crankcase.
Force Feed Lubrication Conditions
Cylinder Lubrication Paper Test
CAUTION: To prevent personal injury, verify driver or compressor cylinder gas pressure
cannot turn compressor crankshaft during maintenance: on engine-driven compressors,
either remove the center coupling or lock the flywheel; on electric motor-driven compressors, either detach the driver from the compressor or lock out the driver switch gear.
CAUTION: Before any maintenance or component removal, relieve all pressure from
compressor cylinders. See Packagers instructions to completely vent the system. After
maintenance, purge the entire system with gas prior to operation to avoid a potentially
explosive air/gas mixture.
1. Remove head end head and position piston for the desired cylinder at inner dead center.
2. Using light pressure, wipe the cylinder bore with two layers of regular unwaxed cigarette paper
together. Begin at the top and wipe downward about 20 along the bore circumference. The
paper against the bore surface should be stained (wetted with oil), but the second paper should
not be soaked through.
3. Repeat the test at both sides of the bore at about 90 from the top, using two clean papers for
each side. Paper against the bore surface not stained through may indicate under-lubrication;
both papers stained through may indicate over-lubrication. In either case, Ariel normally recommends changing lubrication rate accordingly and repeating all paper tests until passed.
4. Repeat this procedure for all cylinders. If the test indicates a lubrication rate reduction or increase
for a cylinder, change in 5% increments by adjusting cycle time at the force feed lube pump (see
Force Feed Lubricator Adjustment on page 3-15). Repeat oil film testing, for affected cylinders,
after 24 hours of operation.
NOTE: The paper test indicates only oil film quantity. Aftermarket devices exist that measure
flow. Neither method indicates viscosity quality. Oils diluted with water, hydrocarbons, or
other constituents may ostensibly produce an adequate film or flow, but dilution may reduce
load-carrying capability below requirements.
Under/Over Lube
Under lubrication causes extremely rapid breakdown of piston and packing ring materials. Black,
gummy deposits in the distance piece, packing case, cylinder, and valves indicate under lubrication.
When symptoms indicate under lubrication:
Verify proper operation of force feed lubricator pumps.
Confirm distribution block cycle time matches the lube sheet or force feed lubricator data plate.
Verify all tubing and fitting tightness; check for leakage. Check fittings inside cylinder gas passages.
Pressure test or replace divider valves to ensure they do not bypass.
Over lubrication can result in excessive oil carryover into the gas stream, and increased valve and
gas passage deposits. Valve plate breakage and packing failure may also indicate over-lubrication.
Lubricator Cycle Time
Lubricant flow rates (measured in seconds per cycle) are generally so low that all required flow to a
lube point may consist of a drip at a loosened supply fitting. Ariel calculates break-in and normal lube
rates (cycle times) stamped on the force feed lubricator data plate to match gas and operating
conditions supplied with the compressor order. The lube sheets in the Ariel Parts Book state gas
conditions and list the base rate multiplier at each lube point. If gas conditions were not supplied with
the compressor order, the data plate/lube sheet rates apply to clean, dry, 0.65 specific gravity, sweet
gas at frame rated speed and discharge pressures.
Changes in operating conditions (such as gas properties or pressures, temperatures, flow
requirements, or cylinder re-configuration) require lubrication rate re-calculation and possibly force
feed lubrication system alteration. Consult your Packager and/or Ariel.
To set proper force feed lubricator pump flow rate, read the cycle time on the Proflo electronic
lubricator fluid-flow monitor/no-flow timer switch located at the distribution block or in the control
panel. For a digital no-flow timer switch (DNFT), time the cycle from flash to flash; for a magnetic
cycle indicator assembly, time the cycle from initial indicator pin movement at the fully retracted
position to the time when the pin returns to the fully retracted position and just begins initial
movement out again. Adjust the lubricator pump to provide the required cycle time.
NOTE: Do not set the force feed lubrication pump stroke too low. Pump output can become
inconsistent when set too low.
Break-in Rate
Set the break-in cycle time about half the normal cycle time (67% max.) to increase lube rate.
Maintain this break-in rate for 200 hours of operation for new equipment, or when replacing packing
and/or piston rings. Contact Ariel if existing pump is incapable of minimum flow rate required.
Packing Coolant System Requirements
Coolant flow = number of packing
cases x 1 US gallon per minute,
minimum for each inch of piston rod
diameter (No. cases x 0.149 L/min
for each mm of piston rod diameter).
Based on using a treated 50/50%
water/glycol solution.
Example: JGJ/2 with 1.5 inches (38.1
mm) diameter piston rod.
Throttling/
2 x 1 x 1.5 = 3 gallons/minute
(2 x 0.149 x 38.1 = 11.3 L/minute).
Cooler size = number of cases x 70
P1 = Pressure Indicator
T1 = Temperature Indicator
BTU/minute/inch of rod diameter (No.
F1 = Flow Indicator
cases x 0.05 kW/mm of rod
diameter). The pressure drop across
FIGURE 3-14 Packing Cooling System - Typical
the system must be greater than 30
psi (2.1 bar). Coolant into the packing must not exceed 130F maximum (54C max.). Lower coolant
temperature increases heat transfer to the coolant and is better in high pressure applications.
Major frame assembly components include the crankcase, crankshaft and bearings, connecting
rods, chain drive system, crossheads and guides, and distance pieces. Removable end covers, an
aluminum top cover, and crosshead guide side covers provide easy access to internal components.
Part replacement requires absolute cleanliness; use lint-free wiping cloths. When not working on a
frame with access covers removed, cover it to protect the interior from dust. Protect removed components from corrosion and falling objects that might damage running surfaces.
When dismantling the machine, carefully inspect gaskets at non-pressure locations. If damaged,
replace them. Replace gaskets at pressure locations. Always apply an anti-seize lubricant to both
sides of gaskets to ease future removal. For major overhauls, drain and flush the crankcase.
If replacing a connecting rod assembly, piston, piston and rod assembly, crosshead-balance nuts, or
crosshead, weigh component parts and compare to the Compressor Balancing Record that comes in
the parts manual with each compressor. If there are weight changes, recalculate opposing throw
reciprocating weight differential. See Appendix C.
maintenance. Carefully read and understand your manual and always wear the appropriate personal protection equipment during maintenance.
CAUTION: To prevent serious personal injury or death, verify driver or compressor cylinder gas pressure cannot turn compressor crankshaft during maintenance. For enginedriven compressors, either remove the center coupling or lock the flywheel; for electric
motor-driven compressors, either detach the driver from the compressor or lock out the
driver switch gear. Before any maintenance or component removal, relieve all pressure
from compressor cylinders. See packager information to completely vent the system or
call the packager for assistance. After maintenance, purge the entire system with gas
prior to operation to avoid a potentially explosive air/gas mixture.
Positioning a Throw
Component replacement often requires manually turning the crankshaft to position a throw in one of
two positions: inner dead center or outer dead center. During normal operation, crossheads slide
back and forth in the crosshead guides. In the inner dead center position, the crossheads slide
toward the crankcase as far as possible. In the outer dead center position, the crossheads slide
away from the crankcase as far as possible (see Fig. 4-1). Some procedures require a dial indicator
with magnetic base to locate the precise inner or outer dead center. At other times, a procedure may
require turning the crankshaft so a throw occupies its highest or lowest position. In Fig. 4-1, the throw
on the left is in its highest position and the throw on the right is in its lowest position.
Inner Dead Center Position
Outer Dead Center Position
Highest/Lowest Throw Position
FIGURE 4-1 Throw Positioning
Variable Volume Clearance Pocket (VVCP)
A VVCP changes the clearance volume of the head end of a cylinder. The amount of clearance
depends on the position of the clearance pocket piston. Users turn the piston/stem assembly
counterclockwise to increase clearance, and clockwise to decrease it. Sometimes gas begins to leak
from the VVCP, usually detected by a device connected to the VVCP packing vent. This leakage
indicates a need to replace the V-packing or seal within the VVCP.
VVCP Removal
CAUTION: Completely vent the cylinder before VVCP removal. Attempting to remove the
VVCP without venting results in possible equipment damage, personal injury, or death.
1. After venting the cylinder, loosen the locking
handle so the adjustment handle can turn
freely. Try to turn the adjustment handle.
CAUTION: A hard to turn adjustment
handle indicates pressurized gas
trapped within the VVCP. See VVCP
Disassembly caution below.
Packing Vent
6. Flange bolts
7. Bellows Thread
2. Tighten the locking handle.
3. Disconnect the packing vent.
4. Remove plastic plug from eyebolt hole and
thread an eyebolt into the eyebolt hole.
FIGURE 4-2 Typical VVCP
5. Slide a crane hook through the eyebolt and remove slack from the crane chain.
6. Remove all flange bolts and slide the VVCP out from the cylinder. The Ariel Performance Program contains approximate VVCP weights.
7. Discard the head gasket and transport the VVCP to a suitable work area for disassembly
VVCP Disassembly
The VVCP piston ring is not gas-tight to allow a nearly balanced gas pressure, which eases VVCP
adjustment with the cylinder pressurized. Gas pressure behind the VVCP piston normally vents
when the cylinder vents. However, process debris or rust around the piston ring can form a seal that
traps gas within the VVCP assembly, sometimes at substantial pressure.
CAUTION: Trapped gas pressure can present a personal safety hazard when servicing the
VVCP. Work in a well-ventilated, non-sparking area, particularly with sour gas applications.
Do not breathe gas emission from VVCP when venting trapped gas.
1. Place the VVCP on a
table, adapter up.
2. The bellows thread
protector grips a lip on
the adjustment handle. Use pliers to pull
the bellows from the
adjustment handle lip.
Do not tear the bellows.
Some adapters use a bolted retaining plate (15)
and others use a snap ring (16) and spring
retainer (17).
The O-ring (14) fits into a groove machined into
either the head (11) face or adapter (7) base.
3. Remove locknut.
4. Remove adjustment
handle. The adjustment handle is a
tapered fit onto the piston stem; use a slugging hammer or puller
to break the fit.
5. Thread the locking
handle off of the piston
stem. Leave the bellows thread protector
attached to the locking
handle.
Adjustment Handle
Adjustment Handle Lip
Bellows Thread
5. Locking Handle
6. Grease Fitting
7. Adapter
8. Match Mark
9. Piston Stem
10. Socket Head Bolt
11. Head
12. Piston
13. Piston Ring
14. O-ring
15. Retaining Plate
16. Snap Ring
17. Spring Retainer
18. Compression Spring
19. Backup Ring
20. V-packing or Seal
6. Depending on size, a
VVCP may have two to
four socket head bolts.
Use a marker to draw
match marks on the
side of the VVCP
FIGURE 4-3 VVCP Disassembly/Assembly
where the adapter and
head join at each socket head bolt location. Loosen the socket head bolts evenly and incrementally to release any potentially high-pressure gas. Do not breathe gas emission from VVCP.
7. Remove socket head bolts and turn the adapter counterclockwise to thread it off of the piston
stem. Place adapter base up next to the head.
8. Remove the piston stem and piston assembly from the head. The piston stem and piston are permanently joined; do not attempt to disassemble them.
9. Remove the piston ring from the piston.
10. Depending on VVCP size, Ariel machines a groove for the O-ring into either the face of the head
or the base of the adapter. Remove and discard the O-ring.
11. Some adapters use a bolted retaining plate while others use a snap ring and spring retainer:
a. Retaining Plate - Remove retaining plate bolts and retaining plate.
b. Snap Ring and Spring Retainer
Thread a nut onto a threaded rod that is a
few inches longer than the height of the
adapter.
Slide a washer wider than the main bore of
1. Washer
the adapter down to the nut.
2. Snap Ring
Insert the threaded rod end with no nut into
3. Threaded Rod
the main bore of the adapter until it pro8
4. Nut
trudes from the base of the adapter.
5. Backup Ring
Slide a washer wide enough to overlap the
spring retainer but less wide than the snap
ring onto the threaded rod protruding from
the base.
8. V-packing or
Thread a nut onto the threaded rod protruding from the base. Tighten the nut until
FIGURE 4-4 Spring Compression
the compression spring compresses
for Snap Ring Removal
enough to separate the spring retainer
from the snap ring.
Use snap ring pliers to remove snap ring.
Remove the nut from the threaded rod, then remove the threaded rod and washers from the
main bore of the adapter.
12. Remove spring retainer, compression spring, and backup ring from the adapter counterbore.
13. Remove V-packing or seal from adapter counterbore. Find a strong, foot-long metal 3/16 rod or
pipe and bend about .75 at 90. Insert the rod into the adapter counterbore and slide the .75
beneath the V-packing or seal. Pull up on the rod or pipe to pull the V-packing or seal from the
adapter counterbore.
VVCP Reassembly
Clean all VVCP parts of all debris, rust, etc. Replace parts if excessively worn or damaged. Replace
V-packing or seal if excessive gas leakage occurs at the packing vent. See Fig. 4-3 and Fig. 4-4.
1. With face up, place the head on a table. With base facing up, place the adapter beside the head.
2. Depending on VVCP size, Ariel machines a groove for the O-ring into either the face of the head
or the base of adapter. Oil and insert a new O-ring into O-ring groove.
3. Install the piston ring onto the piston.
4. Oil the head cavity walls, then insert piston stem and piston assembly into the head cavity.
5. Oil the adapter counterbore walls and insert V-packing or seal. The V-packing or seal consists of
five partitions; insert V-packing or seal into the counterbore with the thickest partition down and
the thinnest partition up. Use a solid cylinder of wood or metal as a ram and tap the V-packing or
seal two or three times into the counterbore to ensure proper seating.
6. Insert backup ring into adapter counterbore.
7. Insert compression spring into adapter counterbore.
8. Place spring retainer on top of the compression spring.
9. Some adapters use a bolted retaining plate while others use a snap ring and spring retainer:
a. Retaining Plate - Place the retaining plate on top of the spring retainer and press down to
compress the compression spring. thread retaining plate bolts through the retaining plate and
into the adapter base. Tighten the retaining plate bolts hand tight.
Compress the compression spring (see Fig. 4-4).
Use snap ring pliers to install the snap ring above the spring retainer.
10. Grease piston stem threads and thread adapter clockwise onto piston stem. Thread adapter until
the socket head bolt match marks on its base align with the match marks on the head.
11. Install the socket head bolts. Tighten socket head bolts hand tight.
12. Thread locking handle onto the piston stem with thread protector facing up and lock it.
13. Slide the adjustment handle onto the piston stem and use a slugging hammer to pound it down
evenly onto the tapered fit.
14. Thread the locknut onto the piston stem. While the torque for the locknut is not critical, tighten it
enough to prevent adjustment handle from loosening.
15. Slide thread protector bellows onto the adjustment handle lip and verify that it grips securely.
16. Apply 3-4 pumps of all-purpose petroleum grease with a grease gun at the grease fitting.
VVCP Installation
1. Slide a crane hook through the VVCP eyebolt and
move the VVCP to the cylinder.
2. Apply an anti-sieze lubricant to both the new head
gasket and the cylinder seating surface. Stick the new
head gasket to the cylinder seating surface.
3. Slide the VVCP into the cylinder and align the adapter
flange bolt holes with the cylinder bolt holes.
4. Lubricate flange bolt threads and seating surfaces
with petroleum type lubricant and install bolting. See
Table A-3 in Appendix A for proper torque value and
torque procedure.
1. Cylinder
2. Head
3. Eyebolt
4. Packing Vent
5. Reconnect packing vent. To install a new VVCP, re-set
FIGURE 4-5 VVCP Installation
crank end/head end feeler clearances with VVCP
completely closed and check total piston end clearance. See Table B-1 in Appendix B.
VVCP Adjustment
Users may change VVCP clearance volume with the compressor running or stopped. The expected
change in compressor flow and absorbed power depends on compression ratio and properties of the
compressed gas. Consult packager instructions regarding where to set the VVCP. Also see the
VVCP data sheet in the Parts Book. To open VVCP to a desired percentage:
1. Loosen the locking handle so the adjustment handle can turn freely.
2. Find the VVCP dimension plate (see Fig. i-1).
3. Subtract the fully closed dimension from the fully open dimension. The Ariel Performance program also lists these dimensions if the VVCP dimension plate is missing.
4. Multiply the step 3 result by the desired percentage expressed as a decimal.
5. Add the step 4 result to the fully closed dimension.
6. Turn the adjustment handle until the measurement from the base of the locking handle, when
locked, to the top of the adjustment handle equals the step 5 result.
7. Tighten the locking handle to prevent the VVCP from changing position.
Most valves in cylinders of JGH:E:K:T frames use non-metallic plates. Before servicing any valve,
see the correct valve assembly drawing and parts list and manufacturer literature in the Parts Book.
On the valve assembly drawing, note that valves use different springing for different pressures. The
cylinder cover sheet in the Parts Book lists the valve originally supplied with each cylinder. Different
operating conditions may require different springing.
Base suction valve selection on operating suction pressure and discharge valve selection on operating discharge pressure. Proper valve spring selection is also based on operating speed (RPM), gas
specific gravity, and gas suction temperature. Contact your packager and/or Ariel for assistance in
valve selection.
CAUTION: Before attempting to remove any valve cap, vent ALL pressure from the compressor cylinder in both the suction and discharge cylinder passages.
Valve Removal
1. Slightly loosen all cap screws on a valve cap; the cap should stay in its original position. If it
pushes outward, STOP! Completely vent the cylinder. See Caution above. See Fig. 4-6.
2. After all the above safety checks and with cap screws still in place but loosened, pry the valve
cap out until the O-ring clears the cylinder to confirm proper cylinder venting. Use a pair of pry
bars or screwdrivers, one on each side of the cap, to pry it out.
3. Remove cap screws and valve cap.
CAUTION: The valve cap, retainer, and/or valve may fall out of bottom valve pockets if
not supported. Support them carefully after removing cap screws to prevent personal
4. With the retainer still in place, thread a valve tool over the valve center bolt. See Fig. 1-1.
5. It may be necessary to loosen the plastic thumb screws in the valve retainers.
6. For high pressure applications that use a metallic wire gasket seal, the cylinder vents upon loosening the cap screws. Use the valve removal tool shown in Fig. 1-1 to unseat the metallic wire
gasket.
7. Pull out the valve and retainer together.
8. Cylinder class 2-5/8K-FS-HE and 2-5/8T-FS-HE tandem cylinders require removal of suction and
discharge piping and the cylinder head to access the concentric valve. A concentric valve combines suction and discharge valves in one assembly. See Caution at Piston and Rod Removal
on page 4-8.
9. In most cases, the flat metal gasket remains in the pocket. It is difficult to see. A flashlight and a
small mirror on an adjustable rod are the best tools to see the gasket clearly. On cylinders with
horizontal valves, the gasket may fall into the gas passage. Use a small magnet on a flexible
extension rod to fish it out. For optimum sealing, replace valve seat gaskets anytime a valve is
removed from a cylinder of a unit that has been in service.
Valve Installation
1. Coat the 1/32 inch
(0.8 mm) or 1/16
inch (1.6 mm) thick
(3 mm)
soft metallic flat gasket with an anti-seize
lubricant. Then
12-Point
either insert it into
Capscrew
the valve pocket or
(Center Bolt)
stick it on the valve.
In either case, be
careful not to allow
this gasket to fall into
the gas passage.
Plastic Retainer-Keeper
(Thumbscrew)
Wafer Spring
Valve Plate
Cushion Plate
2. Install suction valves
only in suction pockGuard
ets and discharge
valves only in discharge pockets. The
valve pockets have
Flat Valve
identification plates.
Install all valves with
valve fastener(s)
Cushion Wafer
positioned away
from the cylinder
bore. If a valve is not
SUCTION VALVE
DISCHARGE VALVE
marked for suction or
discharge, or to verFIGURE 4-6 Typical Valve Assemblies
ify the type, manually
depress the valve plate. Preferably, use a tool softer than the valve plate material or exercise
care to prevent damage to the plate. A suction valve plate may be depressed only from the valve
fastener (bolting) side of the valve; a discharge valve plate may be depressed only from the side
of the valve that faces the cylinder bore. See Fig. 4-6.
3. Use the Valve Installation Tool (see Fig. 1-1) to insert the valve and retainer into the pocket
together. Verify the valve seats properly in the pocket. When installed correctly, the valve rotates
freely by hand, and the distance from the outer retainer face to the surface of the valve cap boss
is 1/8 inch (3 mm) shorter than the valve cap nose length.
4. Plastic thumbscrews hold valve retainers in position in bottom valve pockets. Tighten these
screws just enough to provide friction so retainers and valves in bottom pockets will not fall out
during valve cap installation.
5. Lubricate and install a new O-ring in the groove on the valve cap nose. Some high pressure cylinders use a soft metallic wire gasket in lieu of the O-ring. Insert the valve cap and tighten the
bolts evenly to the recommended torque in Table A-3 in Appendix A. In correct assemblies with
new valves, the distance from the underside of the cap to the valve cap boss surface is a uniform
1/8 inch (3 mm). The distance is slightly less with re-worked valves.
NOTE: Ensure all parts, gasket faces, and mating surfaces are clean. Apply clean, fresh oil on
threads before re-installing bolts (Exception: stainless steel bolts use Never-Seez).
Torquing Valve Cap Bolts
Proper fastener tightening technique is essential to seal valve caps with soft metallic wire gaskets
used in some high pressure cylinders. It is important to torque bolting fully in even, gradual steps. Do
not tighten a valve cap with bias on one bolt or cock it in the bore. Such bias or cocking can cause
uneven crush of a gasket that may cause leakage or even bolt failure. This step tightening procedure
is also necessary for all valve caps.
Install the valve assembly (and high
clearance spacer, when applicable),
metallic gasket, and valve retainer in
the valve pocket. See Valve Installation on page 4-7. Lubricate and install
a new O-ring, or for high pressure applications, place a new metallic wire gasket on the retainer or cap and install the
valve cap. Be careful not to gouge the
bore, or distort or damage the metallic
wire gasket. Always use a new metallic
wire gasket; wire gaskets are not reusable.
Valve Cap
Pre-formed
Assembly Metallic
Wire Gasket
FIGURE 4-7 High Pressure Valve Cap Assembly
Lubricate threads and bolt seating surfaces with petroleum lubricant (except
for stainless steel bolting, use Never-Seez), and install bolts. Do not use anti-seize compounds on
steel valve cap bolting. Use the torquing procedure in Appendix A to tighten the bolts to the torque in
Table A-3. Tighten in the pattern shown in Fig. 4-7. In correct assemblies with new valves, the distance from the underside of the cap to the valve cap boss surface is a uniform 1/8 inch (3 mm). The
distance is slightly less with re-worked valves.
Proper torque procedures are important for all valve caps, but particularly for high pressure valve cap
assemblies. High pressure applications have caution plates stamped with proper torque values on
the cylinders.
CAUTION: Severe personal injury and property damage may result if valve cap bolting is
not properly torqued. See Appendix A for proper torque and torquing procedure.
Piston and Rod
CAUTION: To prevent personal injury, verify neither driver nor compressor cylinder gas
pressure can turn the crankshaft during maintenance: on engine-driven compressors,
the packager for assistance. Before removing a cylinder head, back off all cap screws 1/8
inch (3 mm). Verify the head is loose and the cylinder is completely vented.
Piston and Rod Removal
1. For non-lube cylinders, see Component Cleaning and Thread Lube for Non-Lube Compressor
Cylinders on page 4-43.
2. Remove crosshead guide side covers and cylinder head. First loosen cylinder head bolts per
Caution above.
3. Move crosshead to its inner dead center position. Back off, but do not remove, the crossheadbalance nut set screws. Loosen crosshead-balance nut with the peg or open end wrench (see
Fig. 1-1). Use the open end wrench for hex nuts and the peg wrench for round nuts. Or use the
separately purchased hydraulic crosshead-balance nut torque tool (see Fig. 1-2).
4. Remove cylinder head. In tandem cylinders where the outboard cylinder bore is smaller than the
inboard bore, remove the outboard cylinder. Support such cylinders during removal and installation, to avoid excessive weight on the piston and rod assembly that may bend them.
5. Use the Piston Nut Spanner or Turning Tool to thread the piston and rod assembly out of the
crosshead (see Fig. 1-1). The two dowels on the tool fit the piston nut holes. Turn the crosshead
nut off the piston rod.
6. As the piston leaves the cylinder, handle the piston rings carefully. Despite their toughness in service, rings are fragile when removed. Always handle them with clean tools and hands to protect
them from nicks, marring, and bending. Move piston out of cylinder until a fraction of the first ring
clears the cylinder. Encircle the ring by hand (use a band for larger sizes) until it is clear, and
remove it. Remove succeeding rings and wear band in the same way.
7. Slide piston rod out of head end. The threaded crosshead end of the rod is 1/4 inches (6 mm)
smaller in diameter than the inside diameter of the packing. With extreme care, slowly slide piston rod through packing so as not to damage rod threads or packing rings. Use the Piston Rod
Entering Sleeve (see Fig. 1-1).
Manual Torquing of Piston Nuts
Use this procedure consistently to manually reassemble and torque both new and used piston rod
assemblies to minimize piston rod assembly failures. Contact Ariel Technical Services for questions
or additional information about this procedure.
Manual Piston and Rod Disassembly
NOTE: Ariel offers a clamping fixture
for 1.125" to 2" (29 to 51 mm) diameter
piston rods. Ariel offers no clamping
fixture for piston rods 2.5" (64 mm) or
greater in diameter.
1. Securely bolt the clamping fixture to a
base to prevent it from turning with
the piston rod. Place it at a convenient
height of about three feet (0.9 m).
Nominal Piston
Inches (mm)
Force Required
Ton (kN)
8.67 (19.3)
FIGURE 4-8 Clamping Fixture with Clamping Rings and
Required Clamping Force
2. Verify that the clamping fixture saddle
where the clamping ring seats, the
clamping ring, and the piston rod are clean, dry, and free of any oil. Even a small amount of oil
can cause the piston rod to turn in the fixture during torquing, and a small amount of debris
clamped under high force can damage a piston rod.
3. Clamp the piston and rod assembly in
an appropriate clamping fixture using
the appropriate clamping ring for the
rod size. Torque the four fixture cap
screws to 344 lb x ft (466 Nm) to prevent the rod from turning. The fixture
properly holds the piston rod to preAllen Wrench
vent damage to the parts and promote for Piston Nut
safety during disassembly and reassembly.
Piston Rod
Clamping Fixture
Spanner bolts onto
Piston Nut
4. Remove the setscrews from the piston nut. Although the piston nut is
FIGURE 4-9 Piston and Rod Clamping Fixture
prick-punched to lock the setscrews,
use an Allen wrench to force them out by turning them past the small lip the prick-punch formed.
5. Remove piston nut using piston nut spanner.
NOTE: A small amount of gas pressure may build up within the piston during operation. It
vents when the piston nut is loosened.
6. After piston nut removal, slip the piston and collar off the end of the piston rod.
Manual Piston and Rod Reassembly
1. Clean all piston and rod assembly parts thoroughly. Verify piston is internally clean and dry.
NOTE: Reclean and re-lubricate threads and seating surfaces when reassembling used parts.
2. Inspect parts for nicks, burrs or scratches. Dress surfaces with a fine grit stone as needed.
3. Inspect piston rod threads and collar shoulder. Clean and de-burr threads. Fit collar and nut into
piston to verify the outside diameter fits and rotates freely. Install collar and nut onto piston rod to
verify the inside diameter fits and rotates freely. Thread piston nut manually until the rod threads
protrude to verify free thread engagement. Remove nut and collar.
4. Check piston rings and wear band to determine wear. Ariel recommends replacing rings when
the end gap increases to three times the new dimension. To measure end gaps, insert rings in
the cylinders without pistons. Wear band projection beyond the outer piston diameter is important. To check wear band projection, measure piston to cylinder bore clearance at the bottom of
the bore; there is no need to remove the piston from the cylinder. Replace wear band before it
wears enough to allow the piston to touch the cylinder bore. See technical manual appendices
for all clearances and tolerances.
5. Verify the clamping fixture saddle where the clamping ring seats, the clamping ring, and the piston rod are clean, dry, and free of any oil. Even a small amount of oil can cause the piston rod to
turn in the fixture during torquing, and a small amount of debris clamped under high force can
damage a piston rod.
6. Clamp the piston and rod assembly in an appropriate clamping fixture using the appropriate
clamping ring for the rod size. Clamp it as close to the collar as possible without fixture interference with the piston. Older, larger rods not drilled and threaded for a hydraulic torque tool are
best reassembled by a qualified service center.
7. Apply a thin coat of Never-Seez Regular Grade (anti-seize and lubricating compound) to piston rod
shoulder, rod collar locating bands, and collar face in contact with piston, then slide collar onto rod.
8. Apply a thin coat of Never-Seez Regular Grade to piston rod threads at the piston end. Slide piston onto rod and collar. For two-piece pistons, install a new O-ring between the piston halves and
align the halves using the dowel in one half and the locating hole in the other.
NOTE: Ariel machines one end of single-piece pistons 0.002 inches (0.05 mm) undersize
across a 3/4 inch (20 mm) wide band for manufacturing purposes. If the piston is symmetrical and can be installed in either direction, assemble with the undersize band toward the
head end. For asymmetrical pistons, assemble with the side of fewer piston ring grooves
toward the head end.
9. Apply a thin coat of Never-Seez Regular Grade to piston nut threads and piston mating face.
Install nut and hand tighten.
10. Torque piston nut to the recomTABLE 4-1 Required Piston Nut Torque
mended torque in Table 4-1, using
the piston nut spanner and clamp- Nominal Piston Piston Nut Size Torque Value
ing fixture. A torque multiplier may
Inch x TPI
lb-ft (N-m)
be necessary to achieve required
torque. For all piston rod assembly except for multi-nut assem1.5 (38)
1-1/4 x 12
blies (KBB:V), loosen piston nut
without disassembling and
retighten to required torque.
1. Ariel uses a hydraulic torque wrench on piston nuts for 2.5" nomRepeating the torque properly
inal diameter piston rods. 3970 lb-ft (5383 Nm) value is based on
seats components. Follow Ariels
Ariel rod stretch test results. Torques for other rod sizes are calRecommendations for Torque
culated.
Accuracy (see ER-63) for multinut assemblies. See Fig. 4-9.
NOTE: To calculate torque wrench setting when using a torque multiplier, divide desired
fastener torque by the multiplier actual mechanical advantage, not design mechanical
advantage. Example: A multiplier with a design mechanical advantage of 4.0, but an actual
mechanical advantage of 3.6 requires 442 lb-ft (599 Nm) of applied torque to achieve a
1590 lb-ft (2156 Nm) torque.
11. After tightening, the piston rod should not protrude more than 0.010 inches (0.25 mm) past the
piston face. If it does, contact your packager and/or Ariel.
12. Apply a thin coat of Never-Seez Regular Grade to two new Allen set screws. To install a set
screw, tighten it 15 past the Allen wrench yield point, then discard the deformed Allen wrench.
Repeat the procedure on the other set screw with a new Allen wrench.
13. Prick-punch piston nut within 1/16 inch (1.5 mm) of set screw threads to lock set screws in place.
14. Weigh piston rod assembly with the piston rings and wear bands (if used) included. Weigh parts
on a scale calibrated to 0.1 pounds (0.05 kg). Stamp the weight on the piston head end. Flatten
any raised lips to avoid end clearance measurement errors. Record weight for future reference.
Hydraulic Torquing of Piston Nuts
Proper torque is essential for piston nuts. Ariel offers a hydraulic torque tool (see Fig. 4-10) as an
option. It tightens or removes piston nuts on JGH:E:K:T:C:D:Z:U and KBZ:U piston rod assemblies.
Since 1997, JGH:E:K:T:C:D piston rods include a threaded hole to allow use of a hydraulic pistonnut-torquing tool. A qualified machinist may rework JGH:E:K:T:C:D rods without a threaded hole (see
Fig. 4-11).
If piston has 3/4 (20 mm) undercut,
assemble that end toward the head.
Torquing tool purchased
separately - not part of
standard tool box)
Compressor Piston Rod
Piston Nut w/two Set Screws
O-ring (2-piece pistons only)
6. Dowel Drive Pins (4 provided)
7. Adapter Base Plate (2 provided,
not included with KBZ:U tool)
8. Bushing
9. Bevel Gear
10. 9/16 Pinion Gear Drive
Separately purchased
Manual Hydraulic Pump
Kit may power the tool
at this connection.
11. Piston Return Springs
12. Tool Piston
13. Puller-Bolt Nut
14. Puller-Bolt Stem
15. Puller-Bolt Insert (2 provided)
FIGURE 4-10 Hydraulic Piston Nut Torquing Tool - Typical
H:E:K:T RODS
C:D RODS
7/8 (22.23) min. to last complete thread
Tap: 3/4-10 UNC Class 3B
1 (25.4) min. to last complete thread
Tap: 1-8 UNC Class 3B
FIGURE 4-11 Piston Rod Tapped Hole Dimensions - Inch (mm)
Piston and Rod Disassembly with Hydraulic Tool
1. Remove the two Allen set screws from the piston nut and discard.
2. Clean and oil threaded hole in rod. Set up torque tool with proper adapter endplate, dowels, and
puller-bolt required for the particular piston and rod. The tool comes with two different size pullerbolts, four dowel drive pins (two pairs of different sizes to match each puller bolt), and three
adapter baseplates. A change in puller-bolt size requires a change in dowel drive pins as well.
Wrench flats on the puller-bolts and recessed Allen sockets in the dowel drive pins facilitate
removal and installation.
CAUTION: The A-9047 tool for JGH:E:K:T:C:D machines uses interchangeable base
plates to adapt to different piston o.d.s and nut sizes. Verify the plate selected will not
permit the piston to be drawn into the end of the tool when tensioned.
CAUTION: The A-9047 tool is equipped with an integral safety collar to ensure the
puller-bolt stem remains captive if the puller-bolt fails. Older A-6774 and A-6799 tools
were equipped with a safety nut on the lower portion of the puller-bolt stem. Verify this
safety nut is re-installed when the puller-bolt stems are re-installed in the tool. Replacement puller-bolt stems for A-6774 and A-6799 are of the A-9047 integral design.
Position torque tool with the two dowels inserted into the piston nut. Tighten puller head until
torque tool is completely tight against the piston rod assembly, then back off 1/4 turn.
NOTE: The puller head comes with barring holes to insert a 3/8" (9.5 mm) rod to help
tighten or loosen the puller-bolt, if necessary.
3. Apply hydraulic pressure to the torque tool to stretch piston rod (see Table 4-2). Use clean
hydraulic fluid in pump/tool system.
CAUTION: Do not overpressure torque tool; it can cause tool failure and/or excessive
piston rod pre-load. Excessive pre-load can cause piston rod failure, which may result
in personal injury.
CAUTION: Install hydraulic puller stud into piston rod a minimum of eight turns to prevent piston rod to puller bolt thread failure. Such failures can result in personal injury.
Configure tool properly.
4. Loosen piston rod nut by turning the hex pinion drive counterclockwise with a socket wrench.
Release hydraulic pressure, remove torque tool, and then remove the piston nut.
Piston & Rod Reassembly with Hydraulic Tool
1. Perform steps 1 through 4 in Manual Piston and Rod Reassembly on page 4-10.
3. Mark a line across piston and nut prior to torquing to ensure the nut turns. Verify the threaded
hole in the rod is clean and oiled. Position the torque tool with the two dowels placed into the piston rod nut. Tighten puller-bolt head, until torque tool is completely tight against the piston rod
assembly, then back off 1/4 turn.
NOTE: The puller head comes with barring holes to insert a rod to help tighten or loosen
the puller, if necessary.
4. Apply hydraulic pressure to torque
tool to stretch the piston rod (see
Table 4-2). Do not overpressure (see
caution above). To tighten piston rod
nut, use a calibrated torque wrench to
torque the hex pinion drive to the
value shown in Table 4-2.
TABLE 4-2 Piston Nut Hydraulic Pressures & Torques
Rod Size,
inch (mm)
2-1/2 (63.5)
Pressure1
psig (kPa)
Pinion Drive
lb-ft (Nm)
5. Release hydraulic pressure. Reapply
hydraulic pressure, loosen piston nut 1. Periodically calibrate hydraulic pressure gauges for the required
pressure. Use optional Ariel hydraulic hand pump kit.
without disassembling, and then retighten to the recommended torque.
This double-torquing ensures piston assembly integrity.
6. Release hydraulic pressure and remove torque tool. Inspect the piston rod at the end of the pis3/11
ton; it should not protrude more than 0.010 in. (0.25 mm) past the piston face. The nut should be
flush or recessed.
7. Perform steps 12 through 14 in Manual Piston and Rod Reassembly on page 4-10.
Piston and Rod Installation
1. Install piston/rod assembly with piston rings and wear band into cylinder. The threaded crosshead end of the rod is 1/4 inches (6mm) smaller than the inside diameter of the packing. An entry
sleeve is unnecessary with reasonable care, but a plastic sleeve may help prevent damage to
packing rings. The Ariel tool box includes a piston rod entry sleeve (see Fig. 1-1).
2. See Crosshead Installation on page 4-25 for details to re-attach piston rod to crosshead, check
piston end clearance, piston rod runout and crosshead clearances, and re-assemble to close cylinder and crosshead guide.
Crosshead
Crosshead Nut
Piston Nut Spanner
(turns Tool A-1678)
Ratchet Extension
FIGURE 4-12 Piston and Rod Installation - Typical
Piston Rod Runout
Check piston rod run out after new unit installation, unit relocation, or maintenance that may affect
rod run out.
Verify proper shimming of crosshead guides to level. Verify the crossheads directly contact the bottom of the crosshead guide. A 0.0015 inch (0.04 mm) feeler stock should not insert more than 1/2
inches (13 mm) at all four corners of the crosshead.
Position the stem of a 0.0001 inch (0.001 mm) increment cal- TABLE 4-3 Maximum Acceptable
ibrated dial indicator against the piston rod, close to the pack- Piston Rod Run Out Readings
ing case. Set indicator to zero with piston toward the crank
end. Take readings in both vertical and horizontal directions.
When measuring vertical rod movement, record upward
0.0020 (0.051)
movement as positive and downward movement as negative.
When measuring horizontal rod movement, record movement toward the auxiliary end of the frame as positive and
movement toward the drive end of the frame as negative. Copy Table 4-4 below to record readings.
Rotate crankshaft manually and record readings at mid-stroke and with piston at the head end. Compare readings to Table 4-3.
TABLE 4-4 Piston Rod Run Out
Run Out Measurement
Throw 1
Piston @ CE
Mid-Stroke
Piston @ HE
If a vertical reading is greater than the maximum acceptable, follow this procedure:
1. With the piston at the head end, use feeler gages to determine clearance at the top of the piston.
On wear band or rider ring pistons, this clearance is over the rings or band.
2. Divide feeler top clearance by two, then subtract 0.005 inches (0.13 mm). Place a feeler of this
calculated thickness under the bottom of the piston. Place the feeler under the wear band or rider
ring on wear band or rider ring pistons. Use a feeler long enough to stay under the piston
throughout its entire stroke.
3. Re-measure vertical run out and compare to acceptable limits in Table 4-3. Use horizontal readings taken without feelers for acceptance. Copy Table 4-5 and record calculations and readings.
4. If readings are not within acceptable limits after worn parts replacement and piping alignment
correction, replace the piston rod assembly.
TABLE 4-5 Feeler Thickness to Correct for Piston Weight
THROW NUMBER:
Top Feeler Clearance
Line 1 (/2)
Bottom Feeler
Vertical, Piston @ CE
Vertical, Piston @ HE
- 0.005 inches (-0.13mm)
Most JGH:E:K:T cylinders use one-piece angle-cut filled PTFE piston rings. High-pressure cylinders
use two-piece thermoplastic rings.
Ariel recommends replacing rings when the end gap increases to three times the new dimension. To
measure end gaps, insert rings in the cylinders without pistons (see Table B-4 in Appendix B for new
and maximum end gap dimensions).
Piston Ring Installation
1. Place the rings in the piston grooves. Compress rings manually.
2. Verify notches of two-piece high-pressure face-cut piston rings face toward the pressure and
away from the wear band (see Fig. 4-13).
3. With rings fully compressed in the grooves, insert rod and piston into cylinder. Ensure rings stay
in place during piston and rod insertion.
NOTE: Stagger ring gaps around the piston; do not align them.
4. Follow the steps under Piston and Rod Installation on page 4-14.
High-Pressure Face-Cut Piston Rings
Face-cut piston rings are typically used in cylinders with 2500 psi MAWP or higher, and generally
with notched and fluted wear bands. The rings install with the face cuts toward the highest pressure,
or toward the nearest head. Gas pressure in the wear band area escapes past the piston rings via
the face cuts during the suction stroke to prevent loading the wear band and increase service life.
Also, do not align the ring end gaps; stagger them to minimize gas leakage.
Wear Band
Staggered
End Gaps
FIGURE 4-13 High-Pressure Face-Cut Piston Ring Orientation
Wear Bands
Most JGK and JGT pistons use a single, one-piece angle-cut filled Teflon wear band. High-pressure
cylinders use two-piece thermoplastic wear bands (see Fig. 4-13).
Since wear bands do not work as sealing rings, end gap is not critical. Wear band projection beyond
the outer piston diameter is important. To check wear band projection, measure piston to cylinder
bore clearance at the bottom of the bore. There is no need to remove the piston from the cylinder.
Replace wear band before it wears enough to allow the piston to touch the cylinder bore. Install wear
bands in the same way as piston rings, above. See Table B-5 in Appendix B for wear band end gap
and radial projection tolerances.
Piston Rod Packing
Piston Rod Packing Removal
1. Remove piston and piston rod. See Piston and Rod Removal on page 4-8.
2. Remove packing diaphragm (if applicable) and oil wiper packing.
3. Disconnect all tubing and instrumentation (if applicable) from packing flange. Remove the twelvepoint capscrews that hold the pressure packing gland to the crank end of the cylinder/head.
4. Do not remove the small nuts from the studs. They hold the packing case together for removal as
an assembly.
5. Pull entire pressure packing out into the crosshead guide, then through the large side opening of
the guide. Take pressure packing to a clean place for disassembly.
6. Set pressure packing on a clean surface on its nose cup or cylinder end. Match mark the outside
diameter of the cups for proper reassembly. Three long tie studs hold the pressure packing
together. The stud holes are unequally spaced to prevent misalignment of the stack of parts.
Remove the stud nuts and unstack the pressure packing. Replace these nuts each time the pressure packing is serviced.
7. To check ring wear, place assembled rings (note match-marks) on the piston rod. Check end gap
clearance. If the ends butt, or nearly butt, replace the rings. See Types of Piston Rod Packing
Rings on page 4-19 for correct ring orientation.
8. Carefully file any fins or wire edges on the rings to square all matching edges.
9. Pry loose the metal gasket on the end cup with a sharp awl. Do not scratch the sides of the gasket groove.
10. Before reassembly, clean all parts thoroughly.
Piston Rod Packing Reassembly
1. Refer to the pressure packing assembly in your parts book. Ariel supplies parts books with each
unit. Contact your distributor to obtain a parts book. Each pressure packing re-build kit includes a
pressure packing assembly drawing.
2. Take care not to scratch mating surfaces of the cups. Cup surfaces must be clean and dry for reassembly.
3. To install a new set of rod rings in an existing packing case, inspect case parts for wear. Cups
should be smooth and flat on the back side where the rod rings must seal. If cups or grooves are
concave or tapered, regrind or relap them. Contact Ariel for appropriate rework thickness dimensions. It is rarely necessary to alter the crosshead side of cups, but if necessary, take care not to
destroy the correct side clearance for the renewal rings.
NOTE: If premature wear is suspected, see Ariel Cylinder and Packing Lubrication
4. Before a packing case installation, disassemble and thoroughly clean it in an appropriate solvent
for the intended service.
5. Verify the proper position of
Lube Cup Identification
Axial Groove (after 2005)
each rod ring and cup and,
unless non-lube, coat rings lib1/4 in. (6 mm
erally with new, clean lubricant
before reassembly. Use only
the same lubricant in the force
feed lube system. If non-lube,
see Component Cleaning and
Thread Lube for Non-Lube
Compressor Cylinders on
page 4-43. ensure tie studs are
Plastic Quill must
completely threaded into the
be in place (Ariel
end cup. Examine all parts for
P/N A-12801)
unusual nicks or burrs which
Original Lube
High-Pressure Plastic
Grooved Oil-Drip Lube
may interfere with the free
Cup Style
Quill Oil-Drip Lube Cup
Cup (All - after 2005)
floating of the rod ring in the
cups. Take particular care with
FIGURE 4-14 Piston Rod Packing Case Lube Cups
rod rings made of soft materials, such as bronze or TFE. It is extremely important to handle and install wiper rings to prevent
damage to the scraping edges. If packing case is water-cooled, see Water-Cooled Piston Rod
Packing on page 4-23.
6. Lay out parts on a work bench for progressive installation, with each part in its correct position
and the rod rings with their proper faces toward the pressure. Three long tie studs hold the pressure packing together. The stud holes are unequally spaced to prevent misalignment of the stack
of parts. Note that all rod ring segments are carefully lettered; assemble them accordingly. This is
most important for proper sealing. Center side-loaded WAT and AL rings prior to tightening tie
stud nuts. Install tie nuts and tighten to the values in Table A-3 in Appendix A. Manually verify all
rings move freely, radially, in their grooves. Side-loaded rings are snug, but should still move
manually. Center these rings.
7. For new installations, carefully clean all accumulated dirt in the lines and compressor. Any foreign material lodges in the packing and becomes destructively abrasive.
8. Prior to packing case installation, inspect end cup gasket for nicks and damage that may cause
leakage. If in doubt, replace the gasket. Verify the gasket surface in the packing counter bore on
the crank end of the cylinder/head is clean and not scratched.
9. Reinstall complete packing case assembly with oil supply point on top. Use rod packing bolts to
pull packing into place.
10. Reinstall packing diaphragm (if applicable) and wiper packing.
11. Reinstall piston and rod. See Piston and Rod Installation on page 4-14.
12. After tightening the crosshead nut, tighten rod packing bolts evenly to the recommended torque
in Table A-3 in Appendix A. This procedure squares the pressure packing on its nose gasket. To
align the packing, use feelers to maintain a uniform clearance all around between the case bore
and the rod. Rod packing bolt tightening on high pressure cylinders requires a torque multiplier.
NOTE: Repeat final torque for rod packing bolts until the bolts no longer turn. Re-check
torque on these fasteners at the next service interval.
13. Retighten tie stud nuts. Reinstall tubing connections and instruments (if applicable). Take care
not to cross-thread tubing nuts. Tubing nuts must be tight.
NOTE: After pressure packing installation, see Force Feed Lubricator on page 3-15 to prime
the force feed lube system and obtain recommended lubrication rates for new machine breakin. Repeat priming each time a compressor is started because oil lines may bleed during
down time. Break-in lube rates are approximately twice the normal rates, or half the normal
indicator pin cycle time.
Long Two-Compartment Intermediate Packing
Compressors supplied with long two-compartment distance pieces include an intermediate packing
assembly that seals around the rod between the outboard and inboard distance pieces. This packing
assembly includes a single AL ring set.
For lubricated service, the force feed lube oils the top of the ring set at a very low rate because this
ring set is not subject to cylinder pressures and temperatures. The end-to-end seal in the cup and
the low lube rate of AL ring sets, ensures newly installed rings run virtually dry for the first few hours
of operation. To avoid damage to the rings and rod, copiously oil the ring set during installation,
before rod installation. Use only the same lubricant in the force feed lube system. If non-lube, see
Component Cleaning and Thread Lube for Non-Lube Compressor Cylinders on page 4-43.
Types of Piston Rod Packing Rings
P Pressure Breaker
This single ring is cut radially into three equal segments. It breaks
down or slows gas flow without sealing it completely. Total end gap
installed is 0.040 to 0.046" (1.0 to 1.2 mm) for PEEK, 0.020 to 0.026"
(0.5 to 0.7 mm) for Bronze and Cast Iron. Maintain end gap by adjusting ring gap or replacing ring.
FIGURE 4-15 P
Pressure Breaker
UP Pressure Breaker
This single solid ring breaks down or slows gas flow without sealing it
completely.
FIGURE 4-16 UP
P1U Pressure Breaker
This two-ring set allows controlled leakage in one direction only and installs in the first or second packing cup
(closest to the piston). The first ring (pressure side) is
one-piece with a single radial cut; the second ring is
solid and has a bore larger than the rod diameter. Total
end gap installed is 0.040 to 0.046 in. (1.0 to 1.2 mm)
for PEEK, and 0.020 to 0.026 in. (0.5 to .07 mm) for
Bronze, and Cast Iron. Maintain end gap by adjusting
ring gap or replacing the ring.
FIGURE 4-17 P1U Pressure Breaker
This three-ring set seals in one direction only. The first
ring (pressure side) is radially cut. The second ring is
tangentially step cut and made of the same material
as the first ring. These two rings are doweled to stagger the cuts from one ring to the other. Total end gap
installed is 3/8 to 13/32 in. (9.5 to 10.3 mm) for PEEK,
Bronze, and Cast Iron, and 3/16 to 7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6
mm) for Teflon. Maintain end gap by adjusting ring gap
or replacing the ring. The third ring is called a back-up
ring. It is radially cut and has a bore larger than the
rod diameter. This allows the radial joints to form a
tight gas seal. This ring needs no dowel.
BTR Single Acting Seal Set
FIGURE 4-18 BTR Single
Acting Seal Set
BD Double Acting Seal Set
This two-ring set consists of tangentially step cut rings doweled to stagger the tangential cuts from one ring to the other.
Total end gap installed is 3/8 to 13/32 in. (9.5 to 10.3 mm) for
PEEK, Bronze, and Cast Iron, and 3/16 to 7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6
mm) for Teflon. Maintain end gap by adjusting ring gap or
replacing the ring. This double acting set seals in either direction. In cylinders operating near atmospheric pressure, it prevents air from entering the cylinder. Install with the match mark
letters facing the pressure.
FIGURE 4-19 BD Double
"WAT" Double Acting Seal Set
In this three-ring Teflon set, the first two rings (pressure
side) are radially cut; the third is tangentially step cut.
The last two rings are doweled to stagger the cuts from
one ring to the other. Total end gap installed is 3/16 to
7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6 mm). Maintain end gap by adjusting
ring gap or replacing the ring. The first ring, along with
the center ring, forms a wedge that overcomes rod friction and holds the ring set against both groove faces
during either direction of rod travel. Use this ring set primarily for low pressure applications. WAT rings must be
centered when installed in the packing case.
FIGURE 4-20 WAT Double
AL Double Acting Seal Set
This five-ring Teflon set functions like a
double-ended WAT ring set. Total end
gap installed is 3/16 to 7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6
mm). Maintain end gap by adjusting ring
gap or replacing the ring. It totally blocks
leakage in a groove supplied with lowpressure fluid. AL rings must be centered
when installed in the packing case.
BTU Single Acting Seal Set
FIGURE 4-21 AL Double Acting Seal Set
This three-ring set seals in one direction only.
The first ring (pressure side) is radially cut; the
second is tangentially step cut. These first two
rings are doweled to stagger the cuts from one
ring to the other. The third ring is called a back-up
ring. It is solid, with a bore larger than the rod
diameter, allowing radial joints to form a tight gas
seal. Total end gap installed is 3/8 to 13/32 in.
(9.5 to 10.3 mm) for PEEK, Bronze, and Cast
Iron, and 3/16 to 7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6 mm) for Teflon. Maintain end gap by adjusting ring gap or
replacing ring.
FIGURE 4-22 BTU Single Acting Seal Set
BTUU Single Acting Seal Set
This four-ring set seals in one direction only. The
first ring (pressure side) is radially cut; the second is tangentially step cut. These rings are
doweled to stagger the cuts from one ring to the
other. The third and forth rings are solid and
have bores larger than the rod diameter, allowing the radial joints of the sealing rings to form a
tight gas seal. Total end gap installed is 3/8 to
13/32 in. (9.5 to 10.3 mm) for PEEK, and 3/16 to
7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6 mm) for Teflon. Maintain end
gap by adjusting ring gap or replacing the ring.
FIGURE 4-23 BTUU Single Acting Seal Set
CU Single Acting Seal Set
The first ring (pressure side) is radially cut. The
second ring is tangentially cut. The first two rings
are doweled to stagger the cuts from one ring to
the other. The third ring is called a back-up ring. It
is solid and has a bore larger than the rod diameter. Total end gap installed is 3/8 to 13/32 in. (9.5
to 10.3 mm) for PEEK, Bronze, and Cast Iron,
and 3/16 to 7/32 in. (4.8 to 5.6 mm) for Teflon.
Maintain end gap by adjusting ring gap or replacing the ring.
FIGURE 4-24 CU Single Acting Seal Set
STU Single Acting Seal Set
The first ring (pressure side) is solid, with radial
groves on the pressure side. The second ring is
tangentially cut. The third ring is solid.
FIGURE 4-25 STU Single Acting Seal Set
CR Single Acting Seal Set
is radially cut and has a bore larger than the rod
diameter to allow the radial joints to form a tight
gas seal. Total end gap installed is 3/8 to 13/32
in. (9.5 to 10.3 mm) for PEEK, Bronze and Cast
replacing the ring.
FIGURE 4-26 CR Single Acting Seal Set
3RWS Oil Wiper Set
The three cast iron rings in this set are radially cut and doweled to stagger the cuts
from one ring to the other. They keep
crankcase oil out of the packing and cylinder. Assemble with the blank face towards
the oil (crankcase) and the slotted side
towards the pressure packing. Total end
gap or replacing the ring.
FIGURE 4-27 3RWS Wiper Set
Crankcase Side
Seal Ring Set
Primary Vent
Piston Rod Packing Ring Material
Three to Five Seal Ring
Sets with Oil Supply
A separate diaphragm in the crosshead guide carries
the oil wiper rings and one seal ring set.
Pressure Breaker Ring,
if applicable
Ariel supplies JGH:E:K:T packings in five pressure
ranges. The figure to the right shows the general
arrangement of the oil supply, seal ring, and vent locations. The type of rings used depends on the pressure
application.
Pressure Side
Arrangement of Piston Rod Packing Rings
Some years ago, bronze was the standard material for
all Ariel packings. Bronze, however, is totally unsatisfactory for sour gas service, (hydrogen sulfide in the
gas). PEEK, cast iron and Teflon provide outstanding service with sour gas, and since they perform
equally well with sweet gas, they are now standard materials.
A typical packing consists of a PEEK pressure breaker, Teflon/cast iron single-acting rings, all Teflon
double-acting rings, and a cast iron wiper set. The Teflon is glass-reinforced and impregnated with
molybdenum disulfide to provide a strong, slick material to reduce friction and wear.
Water-Cooled Piston Rod Packing
When any disassembly of (optional) water-cooled rod
packing cases is required from the as supplied - as received
condition from the manufacturer, proper re-assembly and
leak testing is required.
Coolant Turnaround Cup Circumferential
Identification Groove (All - beginning in 2006)
Reassembly
See Piston Rod Packing Reassembly on page 4-17 and
Types of Piston Rod Packing Rings on page 4-19.
Refer to the pressure packing assembly in the parts book
supplied with your unit. Contact your distributor if you do not
have a parts book. A pressure packing assembly drawing
also comes with each pressure packing re-build kit.
Water-cooled cases are lapped. Take special care not to
scratch cup mating surfaces; it can cause significant problems. Cup surfaces must be clean and dry for re-assembly.
The cups are numbered on the outside diameter; assemble
them in consecutive order, starting with the end cup. See the
pressure packing assembly in your parts book and Fig. 4-28
The studs are offset so the cups fit only one way.
FIGURE 4-28 Water-Cooled Packing
Case Turnaround Cups
Verify the tie studs thread completely into the end cup. Put the proper ring in the groove and face it in
the proper direction. Three long tie studs hold the pressure packing together. The stud holes are not
equally spaced. This prevents misalignment of the stack of parts. When sliding parts onto the tie
studs, take care not to scratch the lapped faces. Unless non-lube, coat rings liberally with clean lubricant before reassembly. Use only the same lubricant used in the force feed lube system.
Next, install the second cup, position the rings, and verify the two small O-rings are in place around
the coolant holes. Repeat this step to assemble the remaining parts consecutively in the configuration detailed in the packing case drawing.
Install tie stud nuts and tighten to the values in Table A-3 in Appendix A. Manually verify all rings
move freely, radially, in their grooves. Side-loaded WAT and AL rings are snug, but should still move
All internal passages must function with 100% verification. To check passages, blow dry compressed
air through the connection taps on the flange and verify that air exits at the proper holes. Air applied
to the connection tap stamped Coolant In should exit the connection tap stamped Coolant Out; or
air applied to the tap stamped Lube should exit at the appropriate cup on the inside diameter of the
Pressure leak test packing cases as follows:
1. Apply 60 to 100 psi (4 to 7 bar) dry, compressed air to the Coolant In connection; it should exit
at connection tap Coolant Out. For water-cooled rod packing cases in non-lube service, use oilfree compressed air. Air applied to the tap stamped Lube should exit at the appropriate cup on
the inside diameter of the case.
2. Plug the Coolant Out connection and apply 60 to 100 psi (4 to 7 bar) dry, compressed air to the
Coolant In connection through a ball valve with a calibrated pressure gauge located between
the ball valve and packing case. Close the ball valve and disconnect the air supply. Pressure
should not drop for five minutes, minimum. Disassemble, inspect, repair, re-assemble, and retest any cases that fail this test. Packing cases may be bolted into place in a cylinder head to aid
sealing, with proper bolting and torques.
Crossheads
Crosshead Removal
CAUTION: Before removing a cylinder head, back off all cap screws 1/8 inch (3 mm). Verify the head is loose and the cylinder is completely vented.
CAUTION: Crossheads are heavy. Handle with care to avoid personal injury. The balance
sheet that comes in the manual with each compressor lists each crosshead weight.
1. Remove crosshead guide
side covers and (head end)
cylinder head or unloader.
Thru Bolt
Lock Nut
2. Move crosshead to its inner
dead center position. Back
off, but do not remove, the
crosshead nut set screws.
3. Loosen crosshead nut with
the special slugging Peg or
Open End Wrench, depending on nut type (see
Fig. 1-1). Or use separately
purchased hydraulic crosshead nut torque tool (see
Set Screw - Loosen
before turning nut
4. Use the Piston Nut SpanFIGURE 4-29 Crosshead - Typical
ner shown in Fig. 1-1 to
thread the piston rod out of
the crosshead. The two dowels on the Adapter fit holes in the piston nut. Thread the crosshead
nut off the piston rod. Push the rod end forward to the edge of the packing to provide clearance
for crosshead removal.
5. With crosshead in its outer dead center position, remove crosshead pin thru-bolt, lock nut, endplates and pin. Discard old lock nut.
6. Turn crankshaft to its inner dead center position. Move crosshead to its outer dead center position, free of the connecting rod. Support connecting rod so it does not drop and damage the
crosshead guide surface.
7. Remove oil wiper packing from crosshead guide diaphragm.
8. Install Crosshead Installation/Removal Tool as shown in Fig. 4-31.
9. Push crosshead onto Crosshead Installation Tool (see Fig. 4-31) and rotate crosshead 90.
10. Slide a 3/16 inch (5 mm) thick plate into the gap between the crosshead and crosshead guide
(see Fig. 4-31)
11. Remove diaphragm from crosshead guide and slide crosshead out of crosshead guide onto the
12. Check crosshead pin to bushing clearance (see Table B-1 in Appendix B). Determine pin wear by
inspection.
13. Replace pin, if necessary. To replace bushings, hacksaw or file to within 1/32 inches
(1 mm) of their thickness, then drift them out.
14. New bushing installation requires a press. To install a
bushing in the crosshead, cool the bushing in 95%
alcohol with dry ice solution. Leave the bushing in the
solution long enough to reach the same temperature
as the solution, about -110F (-80C).
Approximately 3 Tons (27kN) Force Required
CAUTION: Do not touch cold surfaces without
proper protection. Alcohol is flammable; use it
only in open air or well-ventilated buildings.
Avoid sparks and open flame. Avoid alcohol
vapors which may cause injury to nose and
eye tissue. Do not return solution to a closed
container until it reaches room temperature or
container may explode.
Support Here
NOTE: Directly support the crosshead side
FIGURE 4-30 Crosshead
receiving the new bushing to prevent the press
from possibly crushing the crosshead (see
Fig. 4-30). Thoroughly clean bushing and crosshead to prevent dirt accumulation between bushing and crosshead bore.
15. Inspect shoe surfaces; there should be no wear whatsoever.
Crosshead Installation
NOTE: Return crossheads to their original throw location. Use frame oil for lubrication where
1. Lay a 3/16 inch (5 mm) thick plate in the bottom of the crosshead guide and lay crosshead on its
side (see Fig. 4-31). Oil crosshead and guide surfaces.
2. Mount Crosshead Installation Tool onto crosshead guide
diaphragm and oil tool bearing surfaces. See Fig. 4-31.
With tool mounted on diaphragm, install diaphragm into
crosshead guide. Slide crosshead onto tool.
Tool (A-1858)
NOTE: Long 2-compartment crosshead guides supplied prior to 11/08 require a crosshead installation
tool with a smaller pilot diameter. Contact Ariel for the
proper tool.
3. Remove 3/16 inch (5 mm) thick plate. Rotate crosshead
90. Slide crosshead into guide and off of the installation
tool. Verify it does not become cocked. If crosshead
becomes wedged, do not force it. Ease it off and start
again. Be careful not to damage crosshead shoe surface
during installation.
4. Remove crosshead installation tool and reinstall wiper
3/16 (5 mm)
Thick Plate
5. Lift crosshead end of connecting rod and
turn crankshaft to its outer dead center
position to locate the connecting rod in
position and insert crosshead pin. Use
Crosshead Pin Alignment Tool on the opposite side of the crosshead to assist pin
insertion. Oil crosshead pin and alignment
tool prior to installation. Install crosshead
pin end-plates, thru-bolt, and a new lock
nut. Tighten thru-bolt and lock nut to the
value listed in Table A-3 in Appendix A.
(TIP: If pin insertion is difficult, chill it first.)
6. Lubricate piston rod threads with NeverSeez regular grade. Re-thread crossheadbalance nut onto piston rod; allow enough
clearance to attach rod to crosshead. Position setscrew cup points on crosshead side
of nut.
Crosshead Pin
FIGURE 4-32 Crosshead Alignment
Tool (B-1989) - Typical
7. Position crankshaft at inner dead center position of throw. Use a dial indicator with a magnetic
base to indicate crosshead location when finding exact inner and outer dead center positions.
NOTE: At this point, set piston end clearance or serious damage may occur. See required
piston crank end clearance on cylinder data plate and Table B-2 in Appendix B.
8. Insert a feeler gage, equal to the required crank end clearance, through an open valve pocket.
For 13 in. (330 mm) and larger cylinders, insert feeler gage through a bottom valve pocket. Use
the tools illustrated in Fig. 4-12 to thread piston rod into crosshead until piston is tight against the
feeler gage, and the feeler gage cannot be removed manually.
9. Tighten crosshead-balance nut in one of two ways:
Strike the special slugging peg or open end wrench (see Fig. 1-1) with a dead blow semi-soft
faced hammer until an audible difference can be heard or the wrench bounces indicating a
tight nut. Some mechanics obtain desired tightness in 3 to 4 strikes; others may require more.
Use a separately purSpecial High-Strength
Spanner Wrench Adapter
chased crosshead-balShoulder Bolts (3)
mounted on the Balance
Nut with three Special
ance nut hydraulic torque
Shoulder Bolts; position
tool and hand pump kit.
open area toward
See Table A-3 in AppenSpanner Wrench
dix A for the hydraulic
pressure to apply to the
torque tool. When initially
installing the tool, position the spanner wrench
adapter open area
toward the spanner
wrench as shown in the
figure. Apply hydraulic
pressure to the ram to
tighten the crossheadbalance nut. When the
ram ends its travel,
release pressure and
Balance Nut
index the ram to the
10,000 psi (690 bar)
spanner wrench slot and/
mm) Stroke Single
or spanner wrench to
Acting/Spring Return
adapter, until the nut
stops moving at the
FIGURE 4-33 Crosshead Balance Nut Hydraulic TorqueTool
(G-7583), Tightening Position - Typical
specified hydraulic pressure. If during tightening,
the adapter open area turns 90 before nut is tight, remove the spanner wrench. Remove the
bolting in the spanner wrench adapter to the crosshead-balance nut and reposition the adapter
so the open area again faces the spanner wrench.
CAUTION: Do not allow open areas of spanner wrench and adapter to overlap, as
the spanner wrench can be sprung. If the spanner wrench becomes sprung, destroy
it and replace it.
When nut is tight, remove the feeler gage by hand. Verify removal of all tools from cylinder and
crosshead.
10. With the head end head or unloader properly installed (closed position) and fasteners tightened,
rotate crankshaft 180 to outer dead center position of throw. Remove a top head end valve.
Determine required piston head end clearance limits from cylinder data plate, see Table B-2 in
Appendix B. Measure head end clearance at the top of the head end. Using feeler gages through
the open valve pocket, check head end clearance. Determine if measured clearance is within tolerance. Tighten the crosshead-balance nut set screws. Re-install valve assemblies and properly
tighten fasteners. See page 4-7.
11. Check piston rod runout and crosshead clearances upon re-assembly, any time a piston rod is
removed. See Piston Rod Runout on page 4-14, and Table B-1 in Appendix B for crosshead
clearances and checking procedure.
12. Replace crosshead guide side covers and gaskets, tighten all capscrews hand wrench tight.
Lubricate both sides of cover gaskets with anti-sieze lubricant or multi-purpose grease to ease
future removal.
A Connecting Rod assembly consists of a Rod with Bushing, a Rod Cap, Rod Cap Bolts (4), and two
half Bearing Shells. The Bearing Shells join together to form the Connecting Rod Bearing.
Connecting Rod Removal
1. Remove top cover from crankcase and side covers from crosshead guides.
2. Remove the middle frame spacer bar of the three over the desired pair of throws. TIP: If spacer
bar bolts are difficult to loosen, use a 12-point hammer wrench. Spacer bars fit snugly, but should
remove manually without hammering. They should not fall out. If fit is too loose or tight contact
your packager or Ariel before proceeding.
3. Move throw to outer dead center position.
4. Remove lock nut, bolt, end plates, and crosshead pin from crosshead. Discard old lock nut.
5. Remove crosshead as described in Crossheads on page 4-24.
6. Support connecting rod so it does not drop and damage the crosshead guide, then turn the
crankshaft until the throw is at its highest point. Loosen all the rod cap bolts part way. Using the
connecting rod cap removal tool (see Fig. 1-1), jack against the bolt heads to pull the rod cap free
from the dowels. Remove the top two rod cap bolts and the rod bearing cap. The bottom two
bolts remain in the cap during cap removal.
NOTE: Do not pry or chisel to separate cap from rod; it damages the connecting rod.
7. Half of the bearing shell comes out with the cap. Slide out the other half from the rod.
8. Turn crankshaft until rod can be removed through the crosshead guide side cover openings.
9. After removing connecting rod(s), protect crank pins from nicks or scratches.
NOTE: To remove all connecting rods, remove the crankshaft before rod removal. Detach
all connecting rods from the crankshaft and retract them into the crosshead guides before
crankshaft removal.
Connecting Rod Bearing Removal and Installation
The connecting rod bearing is tri-metal (steel, bronze, and babbitt with a tin flash coat) and precision
split (2-shell). Notches in the rod and rod cap enable bearing tabs to position and maintain the position of the bearing halves. See Connecting Rod Removal above for bearing removal.
1. Do not remove connecting rod cap to check bearing wear. If cap is removed, replace the bearing.
DO NOT REUSE BEARING SHELLS.
2. To determine bearing wear, check jack and side clearances against clearance limits in Table B-3
in Appendix B. Also check clearances after new bearing installation. Use calibrated dial indicators with 0.0005 inch (0.005 mm) increments and magnetic stands to check clearances. To check
jack clearance:
Thread an eye bolt into the connecting rod and turn the crankshaft pin up.
Install a magnetic stand on the crankshaft web adjacent to the connecting rod. Place a needle
dial indicator against the top of the connecting rod near the cap seam. See Fig. 4-34.
With a large pry bar inserted into the eye bolt, pry against the frame to force the connecting rod
up until dial indicator needle stops moving. Note the reading.
Dial indicator magnetic stand placement on top of crankshaft web, and
pry bar inserted into eye bolt.
Dial indicator placement on top of
connecting rod, and pry bar inserted
into eye bolt.
Use pry bar to check jack clearance.
FIGURE 4-34 Measuring Connecting Rod Bearing Vertical Jack Clearance - Typical
3. Check thrust clearance:
Install a magnetic stand on the side of crankshaft web, with a button type dial indicator placed
against the side of the connecting rod. See Fig. 4-35.
Use a pry bar to pry against the crankshaft web and thrust connecting rod tight toward dial indicator (do not pry on rod cap). Then pry on the connecting rod to thrust it tight in the opposite
direction to determine clearance, repeat to verify measurement accuracy.
Dial indicator magnetic stand
placement.
Button dial indicator placement.
Rod thrust tight toward and away
from dial indicator.
FIGURE 4-35 Measuring Connecting Rod Thrust (Side) Clearance - Typical
4. Remove eye bolts, magnetic stands, dial indicators, and pry bars after measurement.
5. Crank pin bearing replacement does not require connecting rod removal.
NOTE: Connecting rod bearings and main bearings are not interchangeable. Connecting
rod bearings have a narrower groove or no groove at all. DO NOT put main bearings in
connecting rod bearing locations.
6. See Connecting Rod Installation on page 4-30 for bearing shell installation. If clearance readings are not within tolerance after new bearing installation, contact your packager or Ariel before
proceeding.
Connecting Rod Bushing Removal and Installation
1. Check crosshead pin to bushing clearance (see Table B-1 in Appendix B). Determine pin wear by
inspection. Replace pin, if necessary.
2. To replace a bushing, file or hacksaw the existing bushing to reduce the tightness of the shrink fit.
From the inside diameter, file or saw across the length of the bushing to within 1/32 inches
(1 mm) of its radial thickness. It can then be easily drifted out. DO NOT file or saw into the connecting rod; any bore damage renders the rod useless.
3. Use a hydraulic press in a qualified machine shop to install the new bushing. Do not hammer
bushing into place; it will distort the bushing bore.
4. Before installation, cool new bushing in a 95% alcohol and dry ice solution. Leave bushing in
solution long enough to reach the solution temperature, about -110F (-80C).
5. Position connecting rod on the press table so the chamfered edge of the rod bushing bore is on
top. Align bushing oil hole with connecting rod oil passage (if applicable) before pressing bushing
in. The bushing has an annular groove around its outside diameter aligned with the oil hole; if the
bushing shifts in the connecting rod during operation, oil still travels to the bushing inside diameter and to the crosshead pin. However, a new bushing installation should cover no more than 1/3
of the rod oil passage hole. For ELP units with no drilled hole in the connecting rod, bushing hole
alignment is not critical (see CTB-192).
CAUTION: Do not touch cold surfaces without proper protection. Alcohol is flammable;
use it only in open air or well-ventilated buildings. Avoid sparks and open flame. Avoid
alcohol vapors which may cause injury to nose and eye tissue. Do not return solution
to a closed container until it reaches room temperature or container may explode.
NOTE: Thoroughly clean bushing and connecting rod to prevent dirt accumulation
between them. Immediately assemble them so the bushing does not warm and stick
before it is in place. If the bushing sticks, remove it by notching as in step 2 above.
Connecting Rod Installation
1. To install a new connecting rod, stamp match mark numbers matching the throw location on the
tops of the connecting rod and bearing cap (with notches up). See Fig. 4-36.
2. Check new bearing shells for handling damage, scratches, burrs, and loose material at the tabs.
DO NOT RUB BEARING SURFACE WITH FINGERNAIL. New bearing shells and crankshaft
crank pin bearing surfaces must be absolutely clean. Snap a new, dry half bearing shell into the
rod with the bearing tab properly located in the rod notch. With the crankcase top cover off, turn
the throw to inner dead center position and slide the rod into the crosshead guide space. Oil
crankshaft crank pin bearing surfaces with new clean lubricating oil, the same type used in the
frame, before connecting rod cap installation.
NOTE: Caps and rods are numbered by throw beginning with number one at the drive end.
For throw numbering sequence, see Fig. i-1. Always install rods with numbers up. Protect
crank pin at all times.
3. Fit connecting rod to crank pin and turn to the highest position. Position cap, with a new half
bearing shell properly located in the notch, and the bolts. Snug all bolts; do not tighten them to
full torque.
4. Reconnect rod and
crosshead with pin.
Install end plates, thrubolt, and new lock nut.
Tighten lock nut to the
torque listed in Table
A-3 in Appendix A.
Tighten connecting rod bolting to torque values in Table A3 in Appendix A. Then, start with first level vial facing up
with bubble centered. Tighten thumb screw on to wrench
socket and turn bolts with socket an additional 1/4 turn,
until the second vial is horizontal with bubble centered.
Correct rod orientation is with
bearing notches on top joint.
1/4 Turn
5. Follow the torquing
procedure in Appendix A to tighten connecting rod cap screws
to the recommended
torque in Table A-3.
Then use the turn indicator tool (see Fig. 11) to tighten the bolts
turn value.
Note: Install joint
match marks up.
FIGURE 4-36 Connecting Rod - Typical
6. Measure each connecting rod bearing to crankshaft jack clearance and connecting rod thrust
(side) clearance (see Connecting Rod Bearing Removal and Installation on page 4-28). Record
measurements on a copy of the form in Appendix D. If measurements are out of tolerance after
installing new bearings, contact your packager or Ariel before proceeding
7. Reinstall spacer bars. All spacer bars are match-marked for proper location; reinstall them in their
original location. Tighten all spacer bar bolts to the torque listed in Table A-3 in Appendix A.
8. Examine top cover and side cover gaskets. If there is doubt about their condition, replace them.
future removal. Replace top cover and crosshead guide cover. Tighten all capscrews hand
wrench tight.
Crankshaft Removal
1. Remove coupling disk pack. Remove coupling hub. It may be necessary to heat the hub to
remove it; wear insulated gloves. If the hub is not removed, the drive end cover cannot be
removed and must lift out with the crankshaft.
2. Remove top cover, spacer bars, and drive end cover. TIP: If spacer bar bolts are difficult to
loosen, use a 12-point hammer wrench.
3. Do not damage the sharp corners on each end of the crankcase top. They form a junction
between the end covers, top cover, and base; keep them sharp and unmarred to prevent oil
leaks.
4. Detach connecting rods and move them to their full outer position.
5. Remove chain adjustment cap capscrews. Turn the cap to loosen the
chain and slip it off the crankshaft
sprocket.
Turn 5/8-11 UNC nut to
jack bearing cap
straight up.
20-1/2 (52cm)
Long Steel Bar
Drill 11/16
(18mm) hole
6. Remove capscrews from bearing
11 (28cm) Long 5/
caps. Pull caps straight up to prevent
8-11 UNC Threaded
damage to the dowel fit. If cap is tight,
use a bearing cap puller as illustrated. 5/8-11 UNC Lock Nut
5/8-11 UNC
7. Before removing the crankshaft, prePuller Hole
pare wooden saddles with sides high
enough to prevent the webs or oil
slinger from touching the floor to store
the crankshaft during maintenance Crankshaft
even if for only a short time. Also, protect the crankshaft from above so
dropped tools or equipment cannot
mar pin and journal surfaces.
Turn the crankshaft so that sling liftFIGURE 4-37 Main Bearing Cap Puller
ing points are above the shaft center
of gravity to prevent rotation when
lifted. Lift straight up with the crankshaft ends
Oil Slinger
Main Bearing Journals
parallel to the frame. The crankshaft weight
requires two men and a crane or lift to safely
remove it. Use appropriate sized nylon slings to
prevent marring the crankshaft running surface.
CAUTION: Lifting the crankcase may
cause the shaft to bind and damage it.
NOTE: Lower half bearing shells sometimes
stick to the shaft journals. After lifting the
shaft about inch (6mm) clear of the saddles, verify the lower half bearing shells
remain on the saddles. If not, tap them back
onto the saddles before lifting the shaft further.
Crank Pins
FIGURE 4-38 Crankshaft
9. While one person raises the crane very slowly, the second person must grasp the crankshaft at
the drive end with one hand on the counterweight or one of the throws and the other on the shaft
end to keep the crankshaft level. Wear clean gloves for a good grip, to avoid cuts from the
slinger, and to avoid marring the running surface. As the shaft slowly raises, lift the drive and auxiliary ends at the same rate. Carefully guide the crankshaft to avoid marring its surfaces.
Oil Slinger Removal
Although the slinger should last indefinitely with proper care, it may become nicked. To replace it,
suspend the crankshaft as detailed in Crankshaft Removal and heat the slinger until it glows yellow
(about 400F or 204C). When it expands, it should fall off by itself. DO NOT TOUCH HOT SURFACES WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
Oil Slinger Installation
Put a minimum -inch (13mm) diameter rod through the slinger. Do not mar slinger surfaces, and be
careful of its sharp outer edge. Suspend the slinger and heat it with a small torch.
When it glows yellow (about 400F or 204C), slip it over the drive end of the crankshaft. Hold the
slinger in place with high temperature gloves or two pieces of clean wood. Rotate it slightly to ensure
squareness, until it cools enough to shrink onto the crankshaft. DO NOT TOUCH HOT SURFACES
WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
Chain Sprocket Removal
Examine the sprocket carefully for wear. Sprockets operating for five
years or more may require replacement. Drill a hole in the sprocket hub
parallel to the shaft centerline and big enough to remove most of the hub
cross section (see Fig. 4-39). DO NOT touch shaft with drill. Mark the
drill with tape to avoid drilling through the sprocket and into the crankshaft face. The hole relieves most of the shrink, and a few radial strikes
with a hammer and chisel opens the sprocket enough for easy removal.
Chain Sprocket Installation
Hit here with
chisel and
Chain Sprocket - Typical
Suspend the sprocket with a wire and heat it with a small torch. When it glows yellow (about 400F or
204C), slip it over the auxiliary end of the crankshaft. Hold the sprocket in place with high temperature gloves or two pieces of clean wood. Rotate it slightly to ensure squareness, until it cools enough
to shrink onto the crankshaft. DO NOT TOUCH HOT SURFACES WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
Main Bearing Removal/Installation with Crankshaft Removed
1. Do not remove a main bearing cap simply to check bearing wear. Remove cap only to install a
new bearing. DO NOT REUSE BEARING SHELLS. To determine bearing wear, check actual
jack and crankshaft thrust clearances against clearance limits of Table B-1 in Appendix B (see
Fig. 4-40 and Fig. 4-41).
2. Notches in the frame and bearing cap for the bearing tabs help to position the bearing halves initially and maintain the position. Check new bearing shells for damage, scratches, burrs, and
loose material at the tab. DO NOT RUB BEARING SURFACE WITH FINGERNAIL. Installation
requires perfectly clean bearing shells. New bearing shells are stamped with ink pictographs of a
frame or connecting rod, for main and connecting rods bearings respectively.
3. Old bearing halves slide out easily, tab end first. Verify both the main bearing saddles and crankshaft are absolutely clean, and free from nicks and burrs. Slide in new bearings untabbed end
first, and snap them into place. Locate tabs in the bearing saddle and bearing cap notches.
NOTE: Main bearings and connecting rod bearings are not interchangeable. Do not put connecting rod bearings in main bearing locations.
Main Bearings Removal/Installation with Crankshaft in Place
1. Remove top cover and spacer bars. TIP: If spacer bar bolts are difficult to remove, use a 12-point
hammer wrench. Spacer bars slide in and should slide out by hand without falling out or hammering. If too loose or too tight, contact your packager or Ariel before proceeding.
2. Detach connecting rods and move them to their full outer position (see Connecting Rods on
page 4-28). Do not damage the crosshead guide surfaces.
3. Remove main (journal) bearing caps capscrews. Pull caps straight up to prevent damage to the
dowel fit. If cap is tight, use a bearing cap puller (see Fig. 4-37).
4. If needed, attach clean nylon straps around the crankshaft and lift it slightly to lessen weight on
the bearings and allow easier bearing shell disassembly.
5. Remove shells from main bearing caps. Remove main journal bearing shells from under the
crankshaft one at a time. To remove, rotate shell under the crankshaft, tab side out first, by pushing or tapping with a non-metallic tool on the opposite split face side. Once completely loose, use
Ariel optional tool (part number B-3340 or fabricated from a print supplied by Ariel) to push out
shell a little. Do not damage crankshaft bearing surfaces. Replace with new bearing shell, prior to
rotating out the next main bearing shell, see steps below).
6. Clean and dry main bearing cap to bearing surfaces.
7. Check new bearing shells for damage, scratches, burrs, and loose material at the tab. DO NOT
RUB BEARING SURFACE WITH FINGERNAIL. Installation requires perfectly clean bearing
shells. New bearing shells are stamped with ink pictographs of a frame or connecting rod, for
main and connecting rod bearings respectively. Do not mix them up. Install bearing shells in
caps, and frame journals, properly located in the tab notch, (rotate in the untabbed end first),
keeping the backs of the shells dry and clean.
NOTE: Main bearings and connecting rod bearings are not interchangeable. Do not put
main bearings in connecting rod bearing locations. Do not mix part numbers on an individual main or connecting rod. Both bearing half shells must have the same part number.
8. Replace bearing cap #1 thrust plates if crankshaft thrust clearance is not within tolerance.
9. Oil crankshaft bearing surfaces with the same clean lubricating oil used in the frame.
10. Install bearing caps containing new bearing top halves with capscrews lightly snugged in their
proper locations. Install thrust plates on #1 bearing cap. Starting at the thrust end, use the torque
procedure and Table A-3 in Appendix A to tighten the bearing cap bolts to the correct torque.
Bearing caps have position match-marks corresponding with the spacer bar and spacer bar
bosses on the frame.
11. Verify proper alignment of bearing cap dowels with the holes in the crankcase base. A set screw
on top of each dowel prevents it from backing out.
12. Check crankshaft journal bearing jack (at each bearing) and crankshaft thrust clearances to values in Table B-1 in Appendix B (see Fig. 4-40). Record readings on a copy of the form in Appendix D.
13. Install new connecting rod bearings and reattach connecting rods (see Connecting Rod Installation on page 4-30). Tighten fasteners to torque values in Table A-3 in Appendix A. Check connecting rod bearing jack and thrust clearances (see Connecting Rod Bearing Removal and
Installation on page 4-28). Record readings on a copy of the form in Appendix D.
14. If readings are not within tolerance after installing new bearings, contact your packager or Ariel
before proceeding.
15. Install spacer bars so the match mark is up and next to the spacer bar boss with the same mark.
Tighten all spacer-bar capscrews to value in Table A-3 in Appendix A.
16. Account for all tools, equipment, supplies, and parts to ensure none are left inside the crankcase.
future removal. Reinstall gaskets and top cover(s). Tighten cover bolts hand wrench tight.
17. Replace coupling spacer to packager's recommendations or remove lockout.
18. After replacing bearings, thoroughly pre-lube compressor to ensure bearing lubrication and to
help remove foreign materials from the lube system.
19. Run then shutdown the compressor for ten minutes, one hour, and four hour run times. After
each shutdown, remove the frame top cover. Check bearing cap temperatures with a hand held
thermocouple probe or infrared thermometer and record on a copy of the form in Appendix D. DO
NOT PLACE ANY PART OF YOUR BODY INSIDE THE CRANKCASE WITHOUT OBSERVING
THE CAUTION ON PAGE 4-33. Complete remaining information on the form in Appendix D and
fax it to Ariel Technical Services.
Main Bearings - Checking Clearances
1. Do not remove main bearing caps to check bearing wear. If a cap is removed, replace the bearing. DO NOT REUSE BEARING SHELLS.
2. To determine main bearing wear, compare journal bearing vertical jack (at each bearing) and
crankshaft thrust clearances against clearance limits in Table B-1 in Appendix B. Use calibrated
dial indicators with 0.0005 inch (0.005 mm) increments and magnetic stands to check clearances. To measure main bearing vertical jack clearances:
Turn an adjacent throw up, as shown in Fig. 4-40.
Place lifting strap completely around the crankshaft at the adjacent web and attach strap to a
crane.
Install a magnetic stand on the top of the main bearing cap, with a needle type dial indicator
placed against the top of the crankshaft web of the adjacent turned up throw.
Gently lift crankshaft with crane until dial indicator needle stops moving.
Repeat for each main bearing.
Dial indicator magnetic stand placement on top of a main bearing cap
Needle-type dial indicator placement
on top of adjacent crankshaft web.
Lifting strap placement around crankshaft web - attach strap to a crane.
FIGURE 4-40 Measuring Crankshaft Journal Bearing Vertical Jack Clearance - Typical
3. To measure crankshaft thrust clearance:
Install a magnetic stand on the top of #1 main bearing cap, with a button type dial indicator
placed against the side of the adjacent crankshaft web, see Fig. 4-41.
Thrust crankshaft back and forth with a pry bar against the compressor frame, until an accurate
reading is obtained.
If thrust clearance is out of limits, replace thrust plates at #1 main bearing cap.
Dial indicator magnetic stand placement on top of main bearing cap.
Button type dial indicator placement
against the side of crankshaft web.
Use large pry bar against compressor
frame to thrust crankshaft back and
forth.
FIGURE 4-41 Measuring Crankshaft Thrust Clearance - Typical
4. After new bearing installation, compare jack and thrust clearances against clearance limits in
Table B-1 in Appendix B.
Crankshaft Installation
1. Verify correct new main bearing half shells positioned in the frame saddles, absolute cleanness,
and bearing surfaces lubricated with clean crankcase oil.
2. Move connecting rods to full outer position. If the piston rods are still attached to the crossheads,
the heads and wiper packing gland may need repositioned so the rods clear the crankshaft.
While the crankshaft lowers very slowly into the crankcase (suspended by a crane with a clean
nylon sling), one man wearing clean gloves should grasp the drive end and slowly manuever the
drive end and auxiliary end straight down into the crankcase. Both drive end and auxiliary end
journals should touch the bottom bearing shells at the same time.
3. When the crankshaft rests on the bottom bearing shells, lubricate upper crankshaft pin bearing
surfaces with new clean crankcase oil and install bearing caps (with their correct bearing half
shells in place) with the capscrews lightly snugged. Use the torque recommendations in Appendix A to tighten the bolts to the torque listed in Table A-3. Bearing caps are match-marked to correspond with the spacer bar and spacer bar bosses on the frame.
4. Verify bearing cap dowel alignment with crankcase base holes. A set screw on top of each dowel
prevents it from backing out.
5. Before connecting rod installation, measure each crankshaft journal bearing jack clearance with
a dial indicator (see procedure on page 4-35 and allowable clearances in Table B-1 in Appendix
B).
6. Reattach connecting rods (See Connecting Rod Installation on page 4-30), packing diaphragms, and unloaders/head end heads.
7. Reinstall chain drive. (See Chain Drive System on page 4-39).
8. Replace spacer bars. Locate spacer bar match mark. Install spacer bar so the match mark is up
and next to the spacer bar boss with the same marking.
9. Lubricate both sides of cover gaskets with anti-sieze lubricant or multi-purpose grease to ease
future removal. Install new end cover gaskets. With a knife, trim excess from new end cover gaskets flush to the base after re-bolting end covers.
10. Examine top cover gasket. If there is doubt about its condition, install a new gasket. Reinstall top
cover. Reinstall coupling hub (if removed) and the coupling disk pack to coupling manufacturer
Torsional Vibration Detuner Installation on Crankshaft
Torsional vibration in reciprocating compressors is a critical consideration. To avoid resonance at natural
frequencies in a given application, a qualified torsional vibration analyst working closely with the packager, driver manufacturer, and Ariel may determine the drive train requires torsional detuning.
Depending on torsional vibration analysis (TVA) results, the compressor crankshaft may be equipped
with or require the addition of torsional vibration detuners. A torsional vibration detuner is a donut
shaped weight that installs centered on the crankshaft spreader section. Four-throw crankshafts
have one spreader section, while 6-throw crankshafts have two referred to as Aux End and Drive
End. Detuners add mass in the appropriate amount and location to change the crankshaft natural
frequency and avoid resonance at operating speed. A given application may require one or more
detuners. Detuners are sized specifically for the compressor and application, and custom-bored for
installation on a specific compressor crankshaft spreader section. Do not order or install detuners
unless specifically required by the TVA report. Improperly tuned compressor packages can
cause catastrophic failure, major property damage, and personal injury.
When detuners are required, contact the Ariel Response Center and request Ariel Engineering Reference ER-42 "Determining Detuner Inside Diameter".
CAUTION: Detuner parts are heavy. Ariel recommends at least two people perform several
of the steps below to avoid personal injury or equipment damage.
To install torsional vibration detuners on Ariel crankshafts:
1. Verify the correct number, type, and mounting location of
detuner(s) for the specific application. Ariel, the driver manufacturer, the packager, and the torsional analyst cooperatively
develop this information. The analyst provides a detailed location in the TVA report.
2. A finished detuner has a custom-finished bore with identification stamping. The stamping includes part number, the
instruction "Mount this face toward coupling" on both halves,
final bore dimensions, the words Aux End or Drive End for
crankshafts with two spreader sections, and frame serial number (or crankshaft serial number and nominal crankshaft diameter). Verify this information is on the detuner and that it
correlates with the compressor and crankshaft. If this information is in question or missing, contact Ariel before proceeding.
Detuners are not interchangeable for use on other crankshafts, including replacement crankshafts.
3. Remove Capscrews and discard the two shims located
between the joints of the new detuner.
4. Clean each detuner part thoroughly to remove any dirt or foreign material.
Remove shim.
1. Capscrew
2. Bolt Head
3. Identification
4. Eyebolt Hole
FIGURE 4-42 Detuner - Typical
5. Remove crankcase top cover.
6. Wipe crankshaft spreader section clean and dry.
7. If possible, use an overhead crane to handle detuners. For easy hoisting, install a forged steel
eyebolt in the threaded hole on the outside diameter of the detuner near the Bolt Head Notch
(see Fig. 4-42). If a crane is unavailable, use two people to lift and position the detuner halves
8. Lower one detuner half onto the top of the crankshaft spreader section. Use extreme care to
avoid nicking or scratching the crankshaft. If not using a crane, take care to prevent personal
injury during this operation.
9. Position the other detuner half on top of the crankshaft spreader section beside the first half.
Position it in the same direction as the first; the bolt head notches for both halves should be on
the same side of the crankshaft.
10. Rotate one detuner half 90 around the crankshaft. Hold this half securely, preferably with a
crane, then rotate the second half around the crankshaft 90 in the opposite direction.
11. Move one or both detuner halves axially along the crankshaft until the bolt holes align. Lubricate
threads and bolt-head seating surfaces with oil or Lubriplate 630, then install the top Capscrew to
finger tight.
12. If only one detuner is required, center it on
the crankshaft spreader section. If two or
more detuners are required, center them
in contact with each other on the crankshaft spreader section, as shown in the
figure to the right.
NOTE: The TVA report may specify a
different location for the detuner(s).
Detuner(s) centered in spreader section
unless TVA specifies otherwise.
Spreader Section
FIGURE 4-43 Detuner Location - Typical
13. Rotate the detuner 180 and remove lifting eyebolts, if used. Install the remaining detuner Capscrew and tighten it to finger tight.
14. Alternating from one side of the detuner to the other, tighten each capscrew to the appropriate
torque in Table A-3 in Appendix A. Rotate crankshaft 180 for easy access to each capscrew for
tightening.
15. Proper installation and fastener torque yields a gap between the detuner halves on both sides.
Confirm the gap with feeler stock. If there is no gap, determine and correct the cause prior to
starting the compressor.
16. Remove all tools and other materials, then replace crankcase top cover. Lubricate and tighten
top cover capscrews hand wrench tight.
Installation is now complete. See the Ariel Maintenance and Repair Guide and the Packager's
Operation Manual for complete startup information for this compressor model. If the unit is to remain
idle for more than two weeks, protect the unit according to Ariel instructions ER-25.
Chain Drive System
Description - JGH:E:K:T/2/4
The chain drive system is crankshaft-driven at
the auxiliary end of the frame. The chain runs the
lube oil pump and force feed lubricator. An idler
sprocket attached to the eccentric adjustment
cap controls chain tightness. The chain dips into
the crankcase oil for constant lubrication. See
Fig. 4-44.
Force Feed
Lubricator
End Cover
Description - JGE:K:T/6
Lube Oil Pump
the auxiliary end of the frame. One chain runs the
lube oil pump and another runs the force feed
lubricator. Control chain tightness by idler sprockets attached to the eccentric adjustment caps.
FIGURE 4-44 Chain Drive System JGH:E:K:T/2/4
The lube oil drive chain dips into the crankcase
oil and splash action oils the force feed lubricator
chain as well.
Part replacement that may change crankshaft
drive sprocket position (i.e. crankshaft, drive
sprocket, thrust plates), and/or loss of the asbuilt sprocket position on driven components,
may require repositioning the eccentric, lube oil
pump, and force feed lubricator sprockets. Center crankshaft in end play. With a good straight
edge, verify that sprockets align within 1/32 inch
(1mm). Or use a good machinist rule to measure
the distance between the inside face of the auxiliary end cover to the near faces of the crankshaft
drive sprockets. Check driven sprockets in the
chain drive system against the measured dimensions at crankshaft drive sprockets.
Sprockest
Take care when measuring and adjusting the
force feed idler sprocket; it is thinner than the
force feed lubricator and drive sprockets. To cenLube Oil Pump
ter the idler sprockets in the chain, subtract the
force feed idler sprocket thickness from the drive
sprocket thickness and divide the difference by
FIGURE 4-45 Chain Drive System JGE:K:T/6 2. Add this value to the measurement from the
Typical (Standard Rotation)
inside face of the auxiliary end cover to the outside face of the force feed idler sprocket. Adjust the driven sprockets to the drive sprocket measurements to be aligned within 1/32 inch (1mm). Non-alignment may require disassembly and shimming
the eccentrics.
Chain Adjustment
1. Roll the crankshaft to the tightest position of the chain. This prevents snugging the chain at a slack position and
breaking rollers, or ruining the pump
2 to 10 lb
and lubricator bearings when the chain (9 to 45 N)
goes through its tightest position.
2. Use a tape measure to measure the
longest most easily accessible span
from sprocket center to sprocket center, where the deflection will be
gauged. Determine allowable deflection limits for the measured span as
defined by the shaded areas in
3. Measure chain deflection from a
straight edge held on the chain rollers
where it wraps over the two sprockets
of the span. Use a machinists scale
FIGURE 4-46 Chain Deflection Measurement - Typical
with 0.01 inch or (0.5 mm) increments
to measure the deflection distance
from the straight edge to a chain roller at the center of the span. Apply a force of 2 to 10 lb (9 to
45 N) finger pressure to take the slack out of the chain. Do not apply excessive force since a
force feed lube box drive shaft can bend and provide an inaccurate deflection measurement. Finger pressure is adequate.
4. If adjustment is required, remove the capscrews and plastic plugs from the eccentric cap. Rotate
the cap clockwise to line up the first two new capscrew holes. If this tightens the chain too much,
turn the cap counterclockwise for a different hole alignment.
5. Replace and tighten the two capscrews hand wrench tight.
6. Roll crankshaft to check tightness in several positions. At its tightest position, the chain should
deflect within the shaded limits in the figures below. Replace plastic caps to keep holes clean.
ctio
Defle
(51) (76) (102) (127) (152) (178) (203) (229) (254) (279) (305) (330) (356) (381) (406) (432) (457)
Length of Measured Span
FIGURE 4-47 Allowable Chain Deflection, Inches (mm)
Replace chain(s) if elongation exceeds 0.084 inches (2.13 mm) over a 10 pitch length. Measure the
section of chain with vernier calipers while it is stretched tight in position in the compressor. Add a
reading outside the rollers at 10 pitches to a reading between the inside of the same rollers, and then
divide by two. If the result exceeds 5.084 inches (129.1 mm) for 1/2 pitch chain, replace the chain.
Replace sprockets showing any undercutting.
Chain Idler Sprockets Replacement (Eccentric Adjustment Caps)
1. Chain idler sprocket location varies for standard
rotation (clockwise, when
viewed at the drive end,
standing at the coupling)
versus reverse rotation.
2. Remove frame top cover.
Remove the two capscrews holding eccentric
adjustment cap to end
cover. Rotate eccentric
cap to loosen chain for
removal. Drop the chain
off the idler sprocket and
remove the entire assembly from the end cover.
Capscrew (2)
Stat-OSealOil O-Ring before assembly
JGE:K:T/6 Lube Oil Pump
Chain Idler
JGE:K:T/6 Force Feed
Lubricator Chain Idler
JGH:E:K:T/2/4 Chain Idler
FIGURE 4-48 Chain Idler Sprockets (Eccentrics)
3. Remove and discard lock nut, hex capscrew, Stat-O-Seal washer, and cap O-ring.
4. Reassemble new capscrew, Stat-O-Seal washer, sprocket, and lock nut. Tighten idler lock nut to
recommended torque in Table A-3 in Appendix A.
5. Apply oil and install a new O-ring. Install the assembly and chain. Adjust the chain according to
Chain Adjustment on page 4-40.
Lube Oil Pump Sprocket Replacement
1. Remove all pump piping.
Remove fasteners from
pump mounting flange. After
chain removal, the pump with
sprocket comes free through
the end cover hole.
2. To position the new sprocket,
use a machinist rule to measure the exact distance from
sprocket drive face to pump
mounting flange face. Note
this measurement for future
reference.
3. With the oil pump on a
FIGURE 4-49 Lube Oil Pump Chain Sprocket - Typical
bench, use an Allen Wrench
to remove the sprocket set
screws, then pull the sprocket from its shaft.
4. Remove the square key, 3/16 x 1 inches (4.8 x 25 mm), from the shaft and file the shaft to smooth
burrs raised by the set screw cup point.
5. Install a new square key, 3/16 x 1 inches (4.8 x 25 mm). First verify it fits into the new sprocket. If
too thick, polish the key with an emery cloth on a flat surface until it easily slides into the notch.
The top edge may also require a little filing.
6. Install new sprocket to the original measurement between the sprocket drive face and the pump
mounting flange face. When in position, tighten set screws.
future removal. Install new end cover gaskets.
8. Reinstall pump onto end cover. Using a straight edge, to within 1/32 inch (1 mm), check alignment to crankshaft drive sprocket with crankshaft centered in end play. If misaligned, adjust
sprocket position as needed.
9. Adjust chain according to Chain Adjustment on page 4-40.
10. Reinstall all piping to pump.
Force Feed Lubricator Chain Sprocket Replacement
1. With a good machinist rule, measure exact distance from inside face
of auxiliary end cover to near face
of lubricator sprocket. Note measurement for proper positioning of
new sprocket. Remove chain.
2. Remove sprocket set screw and
sprocket. Detach all tubing to lubricator.
3. Remove the four mounting bracket
capscrews and lubricator.
1. Force Feed
2. O-Ring (oil
before assembly)
3. Sprocket
4. No. 204 Woodruff
5. Set Screw
FIGURE 4-50
Typical Force
Feed Lubricator
4. With the lubricator on the bench,
remove Woodruff Key from shaft
and file shaft to remove burrs raised by set screw cup point. Oil and install a new O-ring.
5. Install a new Woodruff Key after verifying it fits into the new sprocket. If too thick, polish it with an
emery cloth on a flat surface until it easily slides into the notch. The top edge may also require a
little filing.
6. After new key installation, verify new sprocket fits, oil new O-ring, and remount lubricator to the
end cover.
7. Slide new sprocket onto the shaft and set to dimension measured in step 2. Tighten set screw.
8. Using a straight edge, to within 1/32 inch (mm), check alignment to crankshaft drive sprocket with
crankshaft centered in end play. When aligning this sprocket with the idler sprocket, take into
account that the idler sprocket is thinner than the other sprockets. If misaligned, adjust sprocket
position as needed.
9. Install chain and adjust according to Chain Adjustment on page 4-40.
10. Re-attach all tubing to lubricator.
Ethylene Glycol Contamination
Compressor ethylene glycol contamination can result from water-cooled compressor rod packing or
oil cooler.
Ethylene glycol anti-freeze coolant mixture leaking into the compressor crankcase oil can cause
crankshaft seizure due to lack of adequate lubrication. Change crankcase oil as recommended in
Section 3, and routinely sample it and have a qualified lab analyze it for suitability for continued use
and ethylene glycol contamination.
Even small quantities of ethylene glycol in the oil can be detrimental. For contamination less than
5%, drain oil, replace filters, and flush oil system with a 50-50 mixture of butoxyethanol (Dow Chemical Co. Dowanol EB or equal) and 10W oil using a motor driven pump. Flush only warm compressors. Flush bearings continuously for 1/2 hour while barring over compressor. Flush all surfaces that
contact crankcase oil, which includes spraying all interior surfaces in the crankcase. Completely
drain cleaning mixture, including all oil system components. Repeat flushing with a 60/40 mixture of
10W oil and kerosene or fuel oil. Completely drain system, install new filters, and fill crankcase with
proper oil. Find and repair the coolant leak.
If sampling indicates glycol contamination greater than 5% or compressor seizes due to contamination, tear down the unit, clean it with 100% butoxyethanol, flush it with kerosene or fuel oil, and repair
it. Clean all surfaces that contact crankcase oil with butoxyethanol, including all passages and piping,
and then flush with kerosene or fuel oil. Change oil and filters. Find and repair the coolant leak.
CAUTION: Butoxyethanol presents health and safety hazards. Use proper eye and skin
protection and adequate ventilation. Do not use near open flame or sparks. See manufacturer Material Safety Data Sheet for complete details. Use a chemical disposal service to
properly dispose of ethylene glycol, butoxyethanol, contaminated oils, and solvents.
Component Cleaning and Thread Lube for NonLube Compressor Cylinders
Ariel cleans and protects complete non-lube cylinders to non-lube service requirements. Clean all
internal parts shipped loose, contaminated internal surfaces, and repair parts prior to installation, to
extend the life of rings and non-lube compressors.
Clean cylinder bore thoroughly with denatured alcohol until a clean, alcohol-soaked, white paper
towel removes no more debris. This includes all surfaces of the bore, counter bore, valve pockets,
etc. Do not use Never-Seez on steel gaskets. Apply only a very light film of oil to cylinder seating surfaces to seal O-rings.
CAUTION: Denatured alcohol presents health and safety hazards. It contains methyl alcohol and is poisonous if ingested. Avoid eye and skin contact. Keep alcohol away from heat,
sparks, flame and all other ignition sources. Use adequate ventilation, neoprene or butyl
gloves, mono-goggles or face-mask and impermeable apron. Handle and dispose of materials resulting from clean-up in a proper manner. See manufacturer's Material Safety Data
Sheets for more details.
Do not use any lubricants or anti-seize compounds on parts that may contact the gas stream.
Use very small amounts of Never-Seez regular grade on nut and collar when assembling piston
assembly. Thoroughly clean piston (especially the ring grooves) with denatured alcohol until a clean,
alcohol-soaked towel removes no more debris.
Disassemble packing case. Wipe all surfaces clean with denatured alcohol. Re-assemble. When the
packing case is water cooled, re-assemble and test to Water-Cooled Piston Rod Packing on page
4-23. Handle cleaned parts with new or clean "rubber" or new white cotton gloves.
Before piston rod installation, wipe it with denatured alcohol. Be careful not to leave fingerprints on
the rod before it contacts the packing rings. Wipe the rod with denatured alcohol after installation.
Clean the head end head or unloader components with denatured alcohol. Use minimal amounts of
oil for the bolt-holes to ensure oil does not run into the cylinder. Also install the head end steel gasket
without Never-Seez.
Disassemble and clean the valves with denatured alcohol, then re-assemble, wipe them again, and
install. Clean retainers and high clearance assemblies with denatured alcohol. Use only a thin film of
oil for the valve cap O-rings and bolt-holes.
Assemble cleaned parts immediately to avoid contamination and corrosion. If cylinder will not commence immediate service, contact Ariel for preservation instructions to ER-34.
Warranty Notification - Installation List Data and Start
Up Check Lists for JG:A:M:N:P:Q:R:J:H:E:K:T:C:D
The following forms are designed to ensure a successful start-up of smaller Ariel reciprocating compressor models. Ariel warranty coverage requires these completed forms sent to:
Administrative Assistant - Sales, Ariel Corporation
35 Blackjack Road Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 USA
Warranty Notification - Installation List Data
Date:__________________ Name: __________________________________________________
Direct Sale
Lease-Purchase
Rental/Lease Unit
Compressor Frame
Frame Model:___________________________
Frame Serial #:_________________________________
Frame Lubricant Make and Grade:___________________________________________________________
Package Startup Date:_________________________
Distributor/Fabricator
Company:__________________________________
Name:_________________________________
Address:__________________________________________________________________________
City:_______________________ State:_____ Zip:_______________ Country:____________________
Fabricator Unit Number:_______________________________________
Air/Nitrogen
CNG/GNC
FPSO
Fuel Gas Booster
Storage/Withdrawal
Elevation:_____________________________
H2S%:_____________ CO2%:_____________ Specific Gravity:_____________
Non-Lube:
Unit Location
Customer Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Project/Lease Name:
Closest Town:__________________ State:_____ Country:__________________
Directions to Location or GPS:______________________________________________________________
Customer Contact Person:__________________________________ Contact Phone:____________________
Contact Email:_________________________________________________ OK to contact:
Driver Manufacturer:_______________________________________ Driver Model:___________________
Driver Type:_____________________ Applied RPM:______________
Name Plate HP (kW):______________
Coupling Manufacturer:___________________________________ Coupling Model:___________________
Compressor Cylinders and Operating Conditions
Bore Dia.
Inlet Temp.
F (C)
Inlet Pres.
Disc. Temp.
Disc. Pres.
Cylinder Lubricant Make and Grade:__________________________________________________________
Documentation and Accessories
Check all items included in the shipment:
Recommended Spares List
Start-Up Spare Parts
Unit Start and Stop Procedures
Toolbox w/Ariel Tools
Toolbox with Hydraulic Tools
Unit Parts List
Toolbox with SAE Hand Tools
START-UP CHECK LIST - ITEMS TO CHECK IN THE FIELD AT COMMISSIONING
Date Checked
1. Check and verify the top cover data plate of the compressor frame for compressor design limitations such as rod
load, maximum and minimum speed, and maximum lube
oil temperature.
Commissioning Agent:
Distributor:___________
2. Check and verify the availability of correct start-up spares,
hand tools, special tools, compressor parts list and draw- Commissioning
ings, and technical manuals at installation.
3. Check and verify the Ariel lube sheet and Lubrication
Specification matches the recommended oil grade and vis- Commissioning
cosity for the service.
4. Check and verify all lube oil piping cleanliness per Ariel
lubrication specifications (see Technical Manual, Section
5. Verify lube oil storage and supply line cleanliness per
ER-56.06. Verify crankcase oil supply isolation valve is
open.
6. Verify prelube piping cleanliness per ER-56.06 and correct Commissioning Agent:
circuit operation.
7. Verify there is an oil cooler and high temperature shutdown for the oil into the compressor frame.
8. Verify whether the temperature control valve installation is Commissioning Agent:
blending or diverting (blending preferred). _____________ __________________
9. Check compressor crankcase oil level controller for proper Commissioning Agent:
installation, operation, levelness, and venting.
10. If applicable, check cooling water circuit cleanliness for the
oil cooler and cooled packing per Technical Manual. Verify Commissioning Agent:
correct routing and test pump rotation. Set pressure appro- __________________
priately per Technical Manual and leak test.
11. Verify correct filter element installation. Prime the oil filter
element and all lube oil piping with oil.
12. Verify proper compressor crankcase oil level before starting (about 7/8 full in site glass).
13. Verify correct installation of a low oil pressure shutdown
tubed to the downstream side of the oil filter.
14. Operate pre-lube system.
15. OPTIONAL STEP: Record out of plane readings (pre-grout) - see ER-82.
Drive End
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Auxiliary End
16. Record soft foot readings. More than 0.002 inches (0.05 mm) pull-down on any frame foot requires correction. See Technical Manual.
17. Check crosshead guide shimming for correct pre-load and
hold down bolt torque.
18. Record piston end clearances with feeler gages (see Technical Manual, Appendix B).
Crank End
NOTE: Pre-lube compressor before turning crankshaft.
19. Measure and record rod run out (see Technical Manual, Section 5 for maximum acceptable readings).
Piston @ CE _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Piston @ HE _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Horizontal:
20. Measure crosshead clearances with cylinders mounted.
To check top, insert 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) wide feelers from
one side edge across to the opposite side, at both ends.
See Technical Manual, Appendix B for limits. To check bottom, insert a 0.0015 inches (0.038 mm) feeler at the four
corners; feeler should insert no more than 0.50 (13 mm).
Record feeler values below:
Top Min.
Top Max.
Bottom Max. (Corners)
21. For electric motor drivers, check and verify the motor shaft
is set at its magnetic center before positioning axial clear- Commissioning Agent:
ance. With the coupling disconnected, check and verify
driver rotation matches the compressor rotation arrow.
22. Check coupling bolt torque to coupling manufacturer
23. Check and verify compressor to driver alignment (installed
on site, cold). Record dial indicator readings in inches
(mm) at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 oclock positions or attach alignment tool print-out.
If using a laser alignment tool, make a print out and
attach it to this document.
24. Check and verify compressor crankshaft thrust clearance.
The shaft should remain stationary after thrusting each
direction (see Technical Manual, Clearances).
START-UP CHECK LIST - PROCESS PIPING VENTS AND DRAINS
1. Verify the bottle and process pipe installation contains no
bolt bound flanges or elevation differences that may stress Commissioning
the compressor cylinders
2. Verify cold adjustment of any bottle or cylinder supports.
3. Verify correct inlet screen orientation in process piping.
4. Check and verify vents and drains of the primary and secCommissioning Agent:
ondary packing-case and the crosshead distance piece
are open and tubed to a safe atmosphere.
5. Check and verify safety relief valve installation to protect
cylinders, piping, and cooler for each compression stage.
6. Record method of suction pressure control and valve size.
__________________ ___________________
7. Check and verify crankcase breather element is open to
atmosphere and clean.
8. Check and verify torque to spec on all gas containment
and other fasteners where loosening may result in a safety
hazard or equipment failure including: gas nozzle flanges, Commissioning
valve caps, cylinder heads, compressor rod packing, and
crosshead guide support. See ER-63.
START-UP CHECK LIST - INSTRUMENTATION
1. Check and verify the set point for the high compressor oil
temperature shutdown at 190F (88C) maximum.
2. Check and verify proper vibration shutdown installation
and operation. Record alarm and shut down settings.
3. Verify operation of suction pressure, inter-stage pressure,
and discharge pressure shutdowns. Record alarm and
shutdown settings.
4. Verify gas discharge temperature shutdowns operation.
Record alarm and shutdown settings.
5. Check, verify, and record the over speed setting.
START-UP CHECK LIST - FORCE FEED LUBRICATION SYSTEM
1. Check and verify force feed lubricator box for proper oil
2. Prime the force feed lubrication system through the purge
port at the force feed pump discharge manifold. Check and Commissioning
verify each tube connection for tightness
3. Check and verify operation of force feed lubrication system Commissioning Agent:
no flow shutdowns.
4. Record color of force feed blow out discs (see Customer
Technical Bulletin CTB-137 for disc ratings).
5. Check, verify, and record recommended lube feed rates
from lubricator data plate or Parts Book Cylinder Lubrica- Commissioning Agent:
tion sheet.
FINAL PRE-START CHECK LIST
1. Operate pre-lube system. Record pre-lube pressure.
2. For engine driven units, disable the ignition and roll the
engine with the starter to check and verify the compressor Commissioning Agent:
rolls freely. Check and verify oil pressure increases notice- __________________
ably while rolling on the starter.
3. For electric motors, bar the compressor over manually to
check and verify it rolls freely.
5. Review start-up instructions for all other package components.
6. Complete the required review of the Start-Up and Operating Instructions for the unit with the unit operator.
4. For machines compressing a combustible gas, purge the
entire system including the piping, by-pass, recycle line,
and compressor cylinders of all air.
INITIAL POST START-UP CHECK LIST
1. Check and verify immediate oil pressure increase. Enable
oil pressure shutdown and bearing temperature shutdowns. Record initial pressure at operating speed.
2. Check and verify oil filter pressure gauges. Record initial
differential.
3. Check and verify the low oil pressure shutdown is active
and set at 45 psig (3.1 barg).
4. Check and verify lube oil pressure set at 50 to 60 psig (3.5
to 4.2 barg) at operating speed and temperature (see Tech- Commissioning Agent:
nical Manual, Section 4). Record final setting.
5. Record oil filter maximum differential reference value listed
on the compressor top cover filter data plate.
6. Listen and feel for any strange noises or vibration in the
compressor or piping. Record any occurrences.
7. Check and verify high discharge gas temperature shutAgent:
downs are set about 10% above normal operating temper- Commissioning
ature (350 F (177 C) maximum) and functioning.
8. Check and verify distribution block cycle time indicator and Commissioning Agent:
set lubricator pump for proper break-in rate.
9. Check and verify the unit and piping is free from any gas or
fluid leaks. Record any occurrences.
10. Check and verify scrubber high level shutdowns operation
and check scrubber dumps operation and frequency.
11. Check, verify, and record tank levels that indicate the
amount of liquids removed from the gas.
12. Check and verify piston rod packings seal properly in the
primary packing vents.
13. Check and verify operation of all safety functions to ensure Commissioning Agent:
unit shutdown upon indication.
14. If applicable, check and verify main bearing temperatures
and record. Watch for even bearing temperature increase.
15. During various operational conditions, use the Ariel perforAgent:
mance program to check and verify operational character- Commissioning
istics of various load steps.
24-HOUR POST START-UP CHECK LIST
1. Record "hot" alignment readings after reaching normal
operating temperatures and components become heat
soaked. Shutdown and vent gas system. Within 30 minutes and while components are still hot, record dial indicator readings in inches (mm) at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 oclock
positions on lines provided below:
2. If using a discharge bottle or head end cylinder supports,
adjust when components are heat soaked to ensure no
excessive forces exist to cause detrimental cylinder deflec- __________________
3. Check and verify torque on gas nozzle flange, valve cap,
cylinder head, compressor rod packing flange, and guide
to frame bolting.
4. Complete Ariels Compressor Warranty Notification Installation List Data (pages 1 and 2).
750-HOUR POST START-UP CHECK LIST
cylinder head, and compressor rod packing flange bolting. __________________
2. Send completed form and check lists (pages 1-12) to Ariel Commissioning Agent:
as noted on page 1.
Minor problems during routine operation of an Ariel compressor most often trace to liquid, dirt,
improper adjustment, or operators unfamiliar with Ariel compressors. These difficulties can usually
be corrected by cleaning, proper adjustment, elimination of an adverse condition, part replacement,
or proper training.
Major problems usually trace to long periods of operation with unsuitable lubrication, careless
operation, lack of routine maintenance, or using the compressor for purposes not intended.
Recording interstage pressures and temperatures on multistage units is valuable. Any variation
when operating at a given load point indicates trouble in one of the stages. Normally, a decrease in
interstage pressure indicates trouble in the lower pressure cylinder. An increase usually indicates
trouble in the higher pressure cylinder. Below is a list of common problems and possible causes.
Oil pump pressure regulating valve set too low or sticking.
Oil pump or oil pump drive failure.
Oil foaming from counterweights striking oil surface (oil level in sight glass
too high), or from vortex at strainer inlet (oil level in sight glass too low), or
from leaks in pump suction line.
Cold oil.
Dirty oil filter.
Interior frame oil leaks.
Excessive leakage at bearings.
Improper low oil pressure switch setting.
Oil pump relief valve set too low.
Defective pressure gauge.
Plugged oil sump strainer.
Improper end clearance in oil pump.
High/Low Suction Pressure
Suction control valve malfunction.
Faulty pressure gauges.
Frozen/plugged inlet line.
Plugged intake screen or filter.
Scrubber dump valve stuck open.
Recycle malfunction.
Site production equipment problems.
High/Low Inter-Stage
Faulty valves or rings.
Gas leak.
Frozen cooler section or tubing to panel.
Load change.
Noise in Cylinder
Loose piston.
Piston hitting cylinder head end head or crank end head.
Loose crosshead balance nut.
Broken or leaking valve(s).
Worn or broken piston rings or wear bands.
Valve improperly seated or damaged seat gasket.
Liquids in cylinder.
Frame Knocks
Loose crosshead pin or pin caps.
Loose or worn main, crankpin, or crosshead bearings.
Low oil pressure.
Incorrect oil.
Knock is actually from cylinder end.
Low fluid level in damper.
Excessive Carbon
on Valves
Relief Valve Popping
High Discharge
Excessive lube oil.
Improper lube oil.
Oil carry-over from inlet system or previous stage.
Broken or leaking valves causing high temperature.
Excessive temperature due to high pressure ratio across cylinders.
Faulty relief valve.
Leaking suction valves or rings on next higher stage.
Obstruction, closed or faulty valve in discharge line.
Excessive ratio across cylinder due to leaking inlet valves or rings on next
higher stage.
Fouled intercooler piping.
Leaking discharge valves or piston rings.
High inlet temperature.
Improper lube oil and/or lube rate.
High Frame Oil Temperature
Faulty temperature gauge.
Dirty oil filters.
High oil level.
Faulty thermostatic element.
Faulty thermostatic control valve.
Clogged or blocked oil cooler
Binding or tightness in the compressor.
Packing Over Heating
Lubrication failure.
Improper lube oil and/or insufficient lube rate.
Worn packing rings.
Dirt in packing.
Improper ring side or end gap clearance.
Scored, tapered or out of round piston rod.
Excessive piston rod runout.
Excessive Packing
Improper lube oil and or insufficient lube rate.
Packing rings assembled incorrectly.
Plugged packing vent system.
Excessive piston rod run-out.
Packing not seated or properly run in.
Drive End of Crankshaft
Clogged vent or vent piping.
Excessive cylinder packing leakage.
Oil Wiper Leaks
Worn wiper rings.
Wipers incorrectly assembled.
Worn/scored rod.
Improper fit of rings to rod/side clearance.
Oil Leaks at Pipe Threaded
Joint not tight.
Pipe sealant was omitted.
Defective or damaged pipe threads.
NPTF Dryseal threads not being used.
Pressure too high for pipe threaded connection use.
Pipe thread sealant incompatible with the synthetic oil used.
Cracked pipe or fittings.
Force Feed Lubrication
Force feed pump or lubricator block failure.
Loss of oil supply to force feed pump.
Lubricator drive failure.
Proflo not programmed correctly.
Proflo battery failure or power loss.
Loose or grounded control wiring.
Pin assembly not completely pushed into the Proflo housing.
Vibration Shutdown
Short in wire to panel.
Incorrectly positioned vibration switch.
Loose mounting bolts.
High scrubber level (liquid carry-over).
Broken valve, piston, or piston rod.
Main drive-line or coupling failure.
This document lists fastener lubrication and torque requirements for proper assembly of current
production Ariel reciprocating compressors. For older units with lower specified torque values, do not
assume higher values without consulting the packager and/or Ariel. See the technical manual for
detailed assembly procedures for a subject component.
Use only Ariel speciTABLE A-1 Fastener Thread & Seating Surface Lubrication
fied fasteners tightNOTE: Lubricate all fasteners both under the head and on the threads.
ened to the correct
torque.
Connecting rod, valve
Frame jack screws
cap, and suction/dis All stainless steel fasteners
charge nozzle (Ariel
All fasteners in forged steel cylinders
supplied flange) fasNever-Seez
teners are designed to All fine thread fasteners except for connecting rods,
crosshead pin bolts, and nylon patched screws.
prevent fatigue; do not
rod nuts and B:V piston nuts
replace them with
JGZ:U,
KBB:V:Z:U main bearing cap - cap screws
standard cap screws.
KBZ:U
support stud (both ends) and nut
For questions about
Use Loctite only with no
replacing other fastenFasteners specified with Loctite on threads
additional lube
ers with standard cap
screws, contact your
Connecting rod fasteners
Lubriplate 630
packager or Ariel.
Mineral oil (ISO 100All other fasteners
150) or Lubriplate 630
Clean and de-burr all
threads.
Do not use Molybdenum disulfide lubricants.
Do not use Never-Seez for fastener lubrication unless specified or excessive stresses may result
with specified torques (see Table A-1).
Use anti-seize lubricants sparingly; excessive amounts cause oil analysis to indicate contamination
and may unnecessarily increase maintenance costs.
Re-preserve any fasteners subject to corrosion after installation.
B7M
17-4PH
Class 8.8
FIGURE 1 Bolt Head Grade and Material Identification
CAUTION: To replace a fastener, see parts list to determine proper fastener grade and part number. Do not use a lesser or greater material grade. Use Ariel parts to replace special fasteners
and fasteners with reduced body diameter for fatigue resistance. Do not torque fasteners while
the compressor is operating or pressurized. Read technical manual safety warnings.
PAGE A-1
Recommendations for Torque Accuracy
1. Qualified personnel must use a properly calibrated torque wrench to correctly torque fasteners.
2. Determine torque wrench accuracy range. Most torque wrenches are not accurate over their
entire range.
3. Clean and de-burr all threads before assembly.
4. Tighten all multi-bolt assemblies in steps (optional for Grade 5 cap screws). Snug opposing pairs
of cap screws until all are snug. Next, tighten each cap screw to 25% of full torque in the same
pattern. Repeat this step for 50%, 75%, and 100% of full torque. For main bearing stud nuts and
connecting rod bolts, repeat the 100% step to verify proper pre-torque of fasteners prior to the
final partial turn.
5. Always apply a steady slow force to a torque wrench, and stop immediately when the wrench
clicks; do not jerk it. Jerking a torque wrench may apply up to one and a half times the wrench
torque setting.
6. Perform final tightening with a torque wrench. Do not tighten fasteners with a ratchet or impact
wrench, and then "check" the torque with a torque wrench.
7. Do not double tap a torque wrench; it increases the set torque significantly.
8. When checking the torque of a tightened fastener, set torque wrench to required torque, then
apply a slow steady force until the wrench clicks.
9. When finished, reset torque wrench to its lowest setting to relax the spring and help retain accuracy. A torque wrench left in a high setting stresses the spring and decreases accuracy with time.
10. Do not break fasteners loose with a torque wrench; it may overload the wrench and/or destroy
calibration.
11. To determine the torque wrench setting when using a torque multiplier on larger fasteners, divide
the desired fastener torque by the multiplier actual mechanical advantage, not the design
mechanical advantage. Example: An X4 torque multiplier, model TD-1000 has a design mechanical advantage of 4.0, but an actual mechanical advantage of 3.6.
12. For hard to access fasteners requiring a
boxed end or crowsfoot adapter with a torque
wrench, the torque wrench setting is not the
actual torque applied to the fastener, unless
the adapter is 90 to the torque wrench. The
ratio of actual fastener torque (Ta) with the
wrench torque setting (Tw) is a function of the
length the adapter adds to the torque wrench
(A), and the location of the applied force.
Tw = Ta x [L (L + A)]
Tw = Torque wrench setting, lb x ft or Nm.
Ta = Torque required at fastener, lb x ft or Nm.
L = Length of wrench, ft or m (from square drive end to center point of force on handle).
A = Wrench length added by adapter, ft or m (measured through end of adapter on a line parallel
to the center line of the wrench).
NOTE: Lb x In 12 = Lb x Ft
13. When studs are specified for cylinder applications, tighten nuts to the same values as cap screws
in similar applications.
14. Install pipe threads and main cap plugs using Loctite 565 thread sealant. Synthetic oils may
require Loctite 545 and Loctite Activator 7649 (N).
These are general guidelines for proper torque wrench use. Call a torque wrench dealer for details.
TABLE A-2 Hoerbiger Valve Assembly Fastener Torques
Inch - TPI
Fastenera
Center Cap Screwb
US Bolt
Steel, Grade
B8M, NACE 6
Peripheral Cap Screw
Center Stud
Drake 2-Piece Beam Lock Nut
Top Half
Bottom Half
LB x FT (Nm), unless specified
12 Point - Steel Grade 5
Material Parts: SPL3 & 4
Material Parts: SPL or SPL5
12 Point - Stainless Steel
Grade B8M
Material Parts: SPL6
120 lb x in. (14)
#10 - 32
25 lb x in. (3)
Hex Socket Head
Bottom Half Torque
Top Half Torque
96 lb x in. (11)
a. For prevailing-torque lock nuts, see ER-63, page 5, Column 40.
b. Center cap screw valve assemblies have Spiralock (SPL) threads to prevent loosening. See bottom of valve assembly
for SPL material parts number (3, 4, 5 or 6) and select proper torque from the table. Lubricate both threads and seating
surfaces with a petroleum type lubricant ONLY. If using older valve assemblies not covered in the table, see the original
torque chart provided in the compressor tool box, or contact Ariel for instructions.
Spiralock threads cannot be dressed with a standard tap. Clean center cap screws in valve assemblies not marked
SPL with Loctite safety solvent and lock them with one or two drops of Loctite #272 thread locking compound. DO NOT
use petroleum lubricants.
c. Use 29 (39) for 1/2 - 20 bottom half Drake lock nut with non-metallic valve plates in liftwasher valves.
TABLE A-3 JGH:E:K:T Fastener Torques
Main Bearing Cap - Cap Screw
7/8 - 9
12 Point - Grade 8
Connecting Rod Cap - Cap Screw
Note: Use Ariel turn indicator, B-1495.
Torsional Vibration Detuner - Cap Screw
Flywheel - Cap Screw
Hex - Grade 8
Nut Plate to Crankshaft Flange - JGE:K:T/6
Crosshead Pin Thru Cap Screw - Lock Nut
Hex - Prevailing
Spacer Bar - Cap Screw
1-1/8 - 12
Crosshead Guide to Frame - Cap Screw
5/8 -11
Crosshead Guide to Cylinder - Cap Screw
Crosshead Guide to Support - Cap Screw
Hex - Grade 8 or 9
Head End Cylinder Support to Cylinder
LB x FT (Nm), unless
80 (108) + 90
Eccentric Vernier Cap - Cap Screw
Hand Wrench Tight
Idler Sprocket Thru Cap Screw - Lock Nut
External Thrust Bearing Adapter to Crankshaft - Cap Screw
Rod Packing - Cap Screw
Grade 8 or 17-4PH
Rod Catcher to Packing
Ariel Design
1590 (2155)a
Crosshead Balance Nut
1500 (2030)b
Force Feed Lube Box - Bearing Housing
1-3/8 - LH
Force Feed Lube Box - Jam Nut
Roller Thrust Bearing Retainer Clamp - Cap
Rupture Disk - Blow-Out Fitting Cap
1/4 Nom. Tube
Hex - Tube Fitting
40 lb x in. (4.5)
Hex - Jam
Flywheel to Hub
Piston Rod Oil Slinger - Lock Nut
Cylinder Mounting Flange to Forged Steel
1-1/8 - 7
600 (805)c
Main Drive Coupling - Adapter to Crankshaft
Lifting Bracket to Frame JGE:K:T/6
Fenner Drive
Cap Screwd
Gas Passage
Unloader
VVCP
Ariel supplied companion flanges,
except Peanut Dual Nozzle
Packing Tie Rod - Nut
Seating Studs in Cylinder
Tandem Cylinder to Cylinder - Cap Screw d
Unloader Actuator to Valve Cap - Cap Screw
Peanut Dual Nozzle Companion Flanges
12 Point Grade 8 or 17-4PH
Hex - Gr.ade 8 or 9
1 and larger
Distribution Block Tie Rod - Nut
Distribution Block Divider Valve - Cap Screw
Socket Head
Grade 5 - Hex Cap Screw
a. Or use 50 (68) torque at 3500 psig (241 barg) hydraulic pressure with separately purchased piston nut torquing tool.
Tighten, loosen, then re-tighten piston nut to insure proper torque.
b. Or use 3500 psig (241 barg) hydraulic pressure on separately purchased crosshead (balance) nut torquing tool.
c. Minimum torque for recommended 1-1/8 - 7 hold down stud size to provide 55,000 psi (380 MPa) stress in a stud with
an ultimate strength of 100,000 psi (690 MPa) or greater. If greater, increase torque to stress the stud to about 55% of
the ultimate strength of the stud material, as specified by packager.
d. For studs specified for cylinder applications, tighten nuts to the same torque as cap screws in similar applications.
TABLE B-1 JGH:E:K:T Main Component Clearances, in. (mm)
Crankshaft Dust Seal JGH:E:K:T/2/4
0.008 - 0.010 (0.20 - 0.25)
Crankshaft Dust Seal JGE:K:T/6
Crankshaft Thrust JGH:E:K:T/2/4
0.0085 - 0.0200 (0.216 - 0.508)
Crankshaft Thrust JGE:K:T/6
0.014 - 0.033 (0.356 - 0.838)
Crankshaft Journal Bearing Jack
Connecting Rod Bearing Jack
Connecting Rod Thrust
Connecting Rod Bushing to Crosshead Pin
Crosshead (Ductile and ADI Iron) Bronze Bushing to Crosshead Pin
0.0020 - 0.0042 (0.05 - 0.11)
Crosshead (Gray Iron) to Crosshead Pin (JGH)
Crosshead (Bronze) to Crosshead Pin
Crosshead to Guide - Babbitted Gray and Ductile Iron
Crosshead to Guide - Babbitted ADI Iron
Crosshead to Guide - Babbitted Bronze
a. For compressors and/or connecting rod replacement bearing shells supplied after 2/1/97.
TABLE B-2 Piston End Clearancesa, in. (mm)
Cylinder Class
Totalb
22-1/2 E:ET:H
0.050 (1.3)
0.070 - 0.130 (1.8 - 3.3)
All Other E:ET:H Cylinders
17-7/8, 20-1/8, 22, 24-1/8,
and 26-1/2 K:T
5-3/8 K:T Tandem
All KL:TL Cylinders
No Set
0.620 - 0.680 (15.7 - 17.3)
All KM:TM Cylinders
All Other K:T Cylinders
a. Measured clearances may not agree because of oil films, assembly tolerances, wear, etc. Do not use plastigages, solder, etc.
b. If total piston end clearance is not within table tolerance, contact your Packager or Ariel.
PAGE B-1
TABLE B-3 Side Clearances for NEW Piston Rings, Packing Rings, and Wearbands, in. (mm)
Actual Groove Width
(4.75 - 4.80)
0.0035 - 0.007
(12.70 - 12.75)
Packing Rings
Wearbands
0.010 - 0.024 (0.25 0.51)
(0.15 - 0.25
TABLE B-4 Piston-Bore Clearances & Piston Ring/Rider Ring End Gaps for H:E:ET Class Cylinders, in. (mm)
Bore Diameter
4.625 (117)
15.250 (387)
Piston - Bore Clearance
Piston/Rider
Ringsb
(.028 - 0.41)
Piston Ring End Gap
Uses Wearbands - See Table B-5.
Piston/Rider Ring
End Gapa
a. Piston/rider ring radial projection is 0.026 - 0.033 (0.66 - 0.84) and side clearance is 0.008 - 0.013 (0.20 - 0.33).
b. Piston/rider rings are standard on all ET & all E Class cylinders except the 22.5 (572). Conventional piston rings are
standard on H Class cylinders and piston/rider rings optional on bore diameters of 4.25 to 11.5 (108 to 292) with the
exception of bore diameters 4.625 (117), 5.5 (140), 6.375 (162). Piston/rider rings are standard on H Class cylinders
with bore diameters of 4.625 (117), 5.5 (140), 6.375 (162), and 13 to 19.5 (330 to 495). H & E Class Cylinders are outof-production; use them only if they meet application requirements. Consult your packager and/or Ariel when re-applying cylinders.
TABLE B-5 Piston/Piston Ring/Wearband Clearance for K, T, & 22-1/2 Ea:ET:H Class Cylinders - in. (mm)
Piston - Cylinder Clearance
2.625 (66.7)
(1.52 - 173)
9.75 (248
10.375 264()
Piston Ring End Gaps
Filled Teflonb
Wear Bands New
Min. End Gap (See Fig. B-1)
0.030 t0 0.039
11 (L&M)
14.25 362()
a. E & H Class Cylinders are out-of-production; use existing E & H cylinders only if they meet application requirements.
Consult your packager and/or Ariel when re-applying cylinders.
b. For PEEK piston ring end gap values, multiply table values by 0.3.
End Gap
FIGURE B-1 Wearband Cut Angles
For more information, see the Electronic Databook in the Ariel Performance Program. Rated speeds
for non-lube and lubricated process applications may vary.
TABLE C-1 JGH Frame Specifications
2 Throw
Maximum Width, in. (m)
Maximum Length, in. (m)
Approximate Average Weight with Cylinders, lb. (kg)
Oil Pump Flow Rate @ Max. Rated Speed & 180F (82C), GPM (L/s)
Oil Heat Rejection, BTU/hr. (kW)
25,000 (7.3)
50,000 (14.7)
Sump Capacity, US gallons (L)
Horsepower (kW)
To 680 (507)
To 1360 (1014)
Stroke, inches (mm)
4-1/2 (114)
Speed, RPM
Piston Speed, FPM (m/s)
To 900 (4.57)
Height - Bottom to Crankshaft Centerline, in. (mm)
Connecting Rod Centerline to Centerline, in. (mm)
Piston Rod Diameter, in. (mm)
Internal Rod Load - Double Acting
Compression + Tension, lbf. (kN)
Tension, lbf. (kN)
Compression, lbf. (kN)
Internal Rod Load - Single Acting
PAGE C-1
TABLE C-2 JGE Frame Specifications
Approximate Weight with Cylinders, lb. (kg)
Oil Pump Flow Rate @ Max. Rated
Speed & 180F (82C), GPM (L/s)
To 1070 (798)
To 1125 (5.72)
25,000 (11 340)
102,000 (29.9)
TABLE C-3 JGK Frame Specifications
140.5 (3.57)
TABLE C-4 JGT Frame Specifications
Opposed Throw - Reciprocating Weight Balancing
Ariel recommends a reciprocating weight differential between opposing throws of 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg)
or less for JGH:E:K:T compressors.
To replace a connecting rod assembly, piston, piston and rod assembly, balance nuts, or crosshead,
weigh component parts on a scale calibrated to 0.1 pounds (0.05 kg) and compare to the Balancing
Record in the compressor Parts Book. If the weight changes, recalculate opposing throw
reciprocating weight differential. If not within recommended limits, the compressor may require new
balance nuts and/or crossheads.
To exchange opposing throw cylinder locations, exchange all reciprocating components to the
opposite throw, except the connecting rod assemblies. Check the Balancing Record and recalculate
reciprocating weight differential, including the weight of the connecting rods. If not within
recommended limits, the compressor may require new crosshead balance nuts to reduce differential.
If unable to balance opposing throws within recommended limits, contact the packager or Ariel.
When applying or re-applying a different cylinder to a throw, recalculate opposing throw reciprocating
weight differential; new balance nuts and/or crossheads may be required. The force feed oil
distribution system may also need resized. Contact the packager or the Ariel Response Center for
detailed information about recommended reciprocating weight differential between opposing throws.
TABLE C-5 JGH:E:K:T Approximate Component Weights, Lbs (Kg)
Main/Connecting Rod Bearing
Top Cover 2-Throw
Crosshead Guide
See Notea
Lube Oil Pump 2-Throw
End Cover Drive End
End Cover Auxiliary End
Frame Assembly w/o Cylinders
4-Throwb
Crankshaft 6-Throwb
Cylinder Assembly
Main Journal Caps
Piston & Rod Assembly
Crankshaft 2-Throw
See Electronic Data
Book in the Ariel
a. For exact weights, see Balancing Record sheet provided by Ariel in the Parts Book for each compressor.
b. Crankshaft weight is without flywheel, vibration detuners, or damper.
Appendix D Compressor Clearance, Oil,
and Temperature Record
SERIAL NO. F-_____________________ MODEL
Date ___________________
CRANKSHAFT THRUST (END) CLEARANCE, In. (mm)
Crankshaft Serial Number
Thrust Clearance, In. (mm)
CONNECTING ROD THRUST (SIDE) CLEARANCE, In. (mm)
JACK CLEARANCES, In. (mm)
Throw #
Main Bearing
Conn. Rod
After new bearing installation, if measured clearances exceed tolerances of Table B-1 in Appendix B, contact your packager
or Ariel before proceeding.
OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE
Filter Inlet
Filter Outlet
Oil Temp.
into Frame
BEARING CAP TEMPERATURE, F (C), AFTER RUN TIME OF:
3 Minutes Idle Speed
(engine, VFD)
1 Minute (single speed motor)
No Gas Load
Additional 3-5 Minutes
Full Speed
Additional 10-15 Minutes
Gas Load
PAGE D-1
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The Usual Suspects? Florida Police Force Targets Innocent Blacks, Report Says
Written by Ann Brown
Police in a Miami-area town decided to rely on pulling in the “usual suspects” when it came to crimes. And in this case, the usual suspects were innocent Blacks. The police force in Biscayne Park, Florida, was told by their chief to arrest any Black person with “somewhat of a record” and charge them with unrelated crimes, the Miami Herald reported.
The reason? To look like an efficient, crime-solving force.
“It worked, for a time at least. In 2013 and 2014, the police in Biscayne Park, Florida, a quiet suburb of Miami, solved 29 of 30 burglary cases,” NYMag reported. “It was a point of pride for former chief Raimundo Atesiano, and according to one officer who worked under him, he wanted to keep those stats by any means necessary.”
Now Atesiano and two officers are charged with falsely charging a teenager with four burglaries they knew he did not commit. There is an FBI probe into this and many other arrests that happened in 2013 and 2014, such as the officers drinking on duty, and racist and sexist insults being spewed by Capt. Lawrence Churchman.
According to more than one officer, Churchman used racial, homophobic and gender slurs.
“The captain has said on several different occasions he doesn’t want any n—–s, f—–s or women b—–s working at Biscayne Park,” according to the investigative report.
“If they have burglaries that are open cases that are not solved yet, if you see anybody Black walking through our streets and they have somewhat of a record, arrest them so we can pin them for all the burglaries,” said one cop, Anthony De La Torre, in an internal probe ordered in 2014. “They were basically doing this to have a 100% clearance rate for the city.”
In a report from that probe, four officers — a third of the small police force — told an outside investigator they were under marching orders to file the bogus charges to improve the department’s crime stats.
“The (eport) said police were doing a lot of bad things,” former Biscayne Park village manager Heidi Shafran told the Miami Herald. “It said police officers were directed to pick up people of color and blame the crimes on them.”
Atesiano denies all the allegations and had pleaded not guilty in the federal case. He is awaiting trial on charges of civil-rights violations. Two of his former officers, Raul Fernandez and Charlie Dayoub, also pleaded not guilty. They are both awaiting trial.
“Encouraging, or even demanding, that public employees raise their performance levels to meet the citizens’ expectations is not an invitation for those public employees to cut corners or falsify documents,” Atesiano’s defense attorney, Richard Docobo, told the Herald.
The police force is small with about a dozen sworn officers to cover a population of just over 3,000 residents.
In 2013, Atesiano boasted about his force’s successes.
“This year, as we stand, we have a 100 percent clearance rate on burglary cases in the Village of Biscayne Park,” Atesiano declared to hearty applause during a commission meeting in July 2013. “This is the first time I’ve ever known that to happen in any department that I’ve ever been in.”
The Biscayne Park police had their favorite suspects.
“In the federal case, the apparent patsy picked to take the rap for four unsolved 2013 burglaries was a Black Haitian-American 16-year-old who lived with his family in a duplex on Northwest 12th Court. It’s alongside the railroad tracks in an area Biscayne Park cops used to call ‘The Badlands,’” the Miami Herald reported.
T.D. was arrested numerous times — for trespassing, for not having a valid driver’s license while driving a BMW with temporary tags, for raping a teen girl after daring her to drink a bottle of Barbancourt rum, according to an arrest report.
“The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office soon dumped all the cases, including the accusations of fleeing and eluding and the rape case. No formal charges were ever filed against T.D.,” the Miami Herald reported.
Florida police chief who pinned crimes on innocent people of color is unsurprisingly racist:
"The captain has said on several different occasions he doesn't want any n—–s, f—–s or women bitches working at Biscayne Park," officer Thomas Harrison told the investigator. https://t.co/odMrIRLK1m
— Stellar (@morecellardoor) July 15, 2018
#RaimundoAtesiano created a culture in the Biscayne Park Police Department that targeted black people, as well as overlorded a hornet’s nest of unethical, unconscionable and mostly illegal practices https://t.co/ny3SyBc8Ad
— Tell It Like It Is! (@Jeres_Rant) July 14, 2018
July 17, 2018 July 17, 2018 by Ann Brown
Category: GN, Inequality.Tag: disproportionate arrest rates, Miami, police abuse, police accountability
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Instagram hits 100 million users
by Julianne Pepitone @julpepitone February 26, 2013: 5:01 PM ET
Instagram now has 100 million active users each month.
After Instagram announced a terms-of-service change in December, hordes of users swore they'd quit the site. But those threats were largely empty: Instagram announced Tuesday that it now has 100 million monthly active users.
The milestone comes just a few months after the photo-sharing company's second birthday, and less than one year since Facebook (FB) bought Instagram for $1 billion.
Co-founder Kevin Systrom penned a long blog post to commemorate the news, chronicling Instagram's modest beginnings in a chilly co-working space atop the San Francisco Bay and the journey to becoming a global phenomenon.
"Now, more than ever, people are capturing the world in real-time using Instagram—sharing images from the farthest corners of the globe," Systrom wrote. "What we see as a result is a world more connected and understood through photographs."
Systrom's post also discussed a couple who met through Instagram and began dating, the Instagram habits of small artisan businesses, and a United Nations aid worker who uses the platform to share images from refugee camps in Sudan.
"Instagram, as a tool to inspire and connect, is only as powerful as the community it is made of. For this reason, we feel extremely lucky to have the chance to build this with all of you," he wrote.
Related story: Your smartphone camera: Meet the man behind the curtain
The feel-good post focused on Instagram's successes, and it didn't mention a rough patch the company skidded through just two months ago.
In December, Instagram announced a rule change that would give the company commercial rights to user accounts and images. Users revolted, because in a worst-case scenario, the new rules would have allowed the company to sell images to outside parties.
Backlash was swift, with users vowing to dump their Instagram accounts altogether. Instagram quickly backtracked, saying that wasn't their intent, and promised to "modify specific parts" of the new terms to make its intentions clear. That softened policy went into effect in January.
Some thought the damage had already been done, with reports warning of an Instagram user exodus. At 100 million monthly actives, however, it seems many Instagram users stuck around.
CNNMoney (New York) First published February 26, 2013: 5:01 PM ET
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Brian Williams given chance to 'earn back everyone's trust'
by Brian Stelter @brianstelter June 18, 2015: 2:56 PM ET
Brian Williams controversy: Here's what happened
Suspended "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams "has the chance to earn back everyone's trust," his boss at NBC News said Thursday, as the network confirmed that Williams will return to television later this summer, but in a reduced role.
NBC also confirmed that Lester Holt, Williams' fill-in since February, will become the permanent anchor of the "Nightly News."
The appointment makes Holt the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast.
In a press release, NBC News chairman Andy Lack credited Holt with performing "remarkably well over the last few months under very tough circumstances."
Related: Lester Holt gets anchor chair in historic moment
As for Williams, Lack said the anchorman's "excellent work" in the past had earned him a second chance. Williams quickly embarked on what was dubbed an "apology tour," meeting with NBC staffers in both New York and Washington D.C., where he was "deeply apologetic."
After Williams' suspension ends in August, he will have two main jobs: he'll be an "anchor of breaking news and special reports" on NBC's ratings-starved MSNBC cable news channel, and he'll "serve as a breaking news anchor for NBC News live special reports when Holt is not available."
Here's how the news was reported on Thursday's "Nightly News:" "Brian Williams is staying with the NBC family; he'll be covering breaking news with our colleagues at MSNBC when his suspension ends."
Related: NBC's Brian Williams investigation: What we know now
The decision caps months of deliberations by network executives.
"As you would imagine this was a difficult decision," Lack's boss, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke, said. "Brian Williams has been with NBC News for a very long time and he has covered countless news events with honor and skill. As I said in February, we believe in second chances, and I am hopeful that this new beginning will be good for Brian and the organization."
Burke optimistically added, "This matter has been extensively analyzed and deliberated on by NBC. We are moving forward."
The new arrangement means that Williams will take a "substantial" pay cut, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. (The New York Times first reported the salary change.) The contract Williams signed two months before his suspension reportedly guaranteed him $10 million a year for the next 5 years.
Furthermore, a revised contract for Holt will pay him "significantly" more than Holt currently makes, the person said, declining to put a specific price tag on the deal.
Breaking his silence for the first time since February, Williams, 56, began his own statement with two simple words: "I'm sorry."
"I said things that weren't true," he said. "I let down my NBC colleagues and our viewers, and I'm determined to earn back their trust."
NBC confirmed an earlier CNNMoney report that Williams taped an interview with Matt Lauer, the co-host of the "Today" show, earlier this week.
Parts of the interview will be shown on Friday's "Today" show and "Nightly News."
Thursday's statement and Friday's interview segments are the start of a comeback attempt by Williams, who was suspended in February amid a controversy over exaggerated stories.
He was suspended after he admitted "misremembering" an incident in which he claimed his helicopter was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq. Williams was not on the chopper that was attacked.
NBC launched an internal investigation to fact-check the anchorman and identified several other times when Williams exaggerated.
But the network said Thursday that it would not publish the detailed results of the investigation.
Instead, it offered a two paragraph summary of the findings.
"The extensive review found that Williams made a number of inaccurate statements about his own role and experiences covering events in the field," NBC said. "The statements in question did not for the most part occur on NBC News platforms or in the immediate aftermath of the news events, but rather on late-night programs and during public appearances, usually years after the news events in question."
In other words, the network bosses concluded that Williams' puffed up stories were embarrassing, but not career enders.
Williams elaborated on the exaggerations in the forthcoming interview with Lauer.
The NBC News headquarters in New York was abuzz this week about an imminent Williams announcement. CNNMoney reported on Wednesday evening that the anchorman would be staying with the network in some sort of new role.
Speculation centered around MSNBC. Still, some television news analysts expressed surprise on Thursday that Williams had actually accepted a demotion of sorts.
Then again, leaving NBC altogether may have been the anchorman's only other choice.
One senior executive said the notion of Williams returning to "Nightly News" at the end of his six month suspension was a non-starter.
The executive described Williams' removal from "Nightly News" a "severe punishment," but an appropriate one.
Keeping him in the fold avoids an awkward scenario where Williams could show up on a rival network or web site and potentially embarrass NBC.
The move back to MSNBC will be a homecoming of sorts for Williams: he anchored a signature 9 p.m. newscast on the cable channel back in the late 1990s before ascending to "Nightly News."
The cable channel has changed dramatically since then. It is now known for its liberal bent, particularly with its afternoon and evening programs.
But Burke and Lack seem to be bending it back somewhat.
Williams "will be the face of MSNBC" when there are big breaking news stories, a person with knowledge of the channel's plan said.
NBC said Mark Lukasiewicz, a senior vice president for special news reports, has been charged with leading "a team to strengthen MSNBC's daytime coverage by further leveraging NBC News' expertise in breaking news."
That might mean that Williams will take over for the channel's existing anchors whenever there are significant developing stories.
Williams concluded his statement by saying, "I am grateful for the chance to return to covering the news. My new role will allow me to focus on important issues and events in our country and around the world, and I look forward to it."
CNNMoney (New York) First published June 18, 2015: 10:27 AM ET
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Abbas stole $1.3 billion, says Dahlan
Mahmoud Abbas (code name: Abu Mazen) stole $1.3 billion from Yasser Arafat’s old rainy day fund of looted tax money according to a political opponent, Muhammad Dahlan. The once $2 billion Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) slush fund has long been under a well-deserved cloud of suspicion for corruption, cronyism, and nepotism. (See here and here.) This only reinforces our understanding of the horrible corruption and fathomless accounting of the Palestinian Authority.
(And yes, Hillary Clinton still wants unfettered access to U.S. tax dollars to continue transfers to the entities like the Palestinian Authority.)
From the Jerusalem Post:
Abbas ‘feels he’s above the law,’ charges Dahlan
Ousted Fatah official Muhammad Dahlan over the weekend launched a scathing attack on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, accusing him of dictatorship and financial corruption.
He said that more than $1 billion have gone missing from a fund that was handed over to Abbas after he was elected president in 2005.
Dahlan’s attack on Abbas came after PA security forces raided the former Fatah commander’s home in Ramallah on Thursday, arresting his bodyguards and confiscating weapons and armored vehicles.
Dahlan was at home during the raid, which was carried out by dozens of security officers, but was not detained thanks to his parliamentary immunity.
Shortly thereafter, Dahlan left for Jordan through the Allenby Bridge, where he gave a series of interviews to Arab media outlets in which he strongly condemned Abbas, 76, and accused him of financial corruption and seeking to destroy Fatah.
“Abbas does not recognize any law, morals or values,” Dahlan said, referring to the raid on his home and last month’s decision to expel him from the Fatah Central Committee.
“Abbas feels that he’s above the law.”
Dahlan said that the dispute between Fatah and Hamas, and Israel’s presence in the West Bank, gave Abbas a “free hand to practice dictatorship against the Palestinian people, silence people and deny them their salaries.”
Dahlan said that the dispute with the PA president erupted after he demanded to know what had happened to $1.3b. that was in the account of the Palestinian Investment Fund.
The PIF was established in 2000 as an independent Palestinian investment company “committed to maximizing the assets’ value for its shareholder: the Palestinian people.”
According to its website, PIF’s chief objective is “to safeguard and consolidate the Palestinian people’s investments and property, both in Palestine and abroad.”
Dahlan said that after the death of Yasser Arafat, the responsibility for the fund was transferred to Abbas in 2005.
“This is money that Yasser Arafat had collected from Palestinian taxpayers for the day that we would need it,” Dahlan explained. “There aren’t more black days than today, where our employees are not receiving salaries. Why doesn’t he pay from this fund, which he controls personally? The PLO does not know about this sum.
This is documented money that was delivered to him [Abbas] from an international accounting company.”
Dahlan said that when he exposed the issue of the PIF last April, Abbas got furious. “He thinks that the sun can be covered with a sieve,” he added.
“Yasser Arafat worked strenuously to save this money for the ‘black day.’ Mahmoud Abbas thinks that the people don’t know where this money is and who received it. Now he’s admitting that there is only $700 million in the fund.
But the real sum should be about $2b.”
Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in News commentary | Tagged corruption, foreign aid, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Investment Fund, Yasser Arafat | Leave a Comment »
GZM financier charged with insurance fraud
Anwar al-Awlaki has urged Muslims living in the West to participate in the money jihad by stealing, scamming, and taking advantage of whatever financial benefits they could extract from their host nations. Specifcally, Al-Awlaki says that taking money from disbelievers is the “best and purest form of income” and quoting a Hanafi scholar, that stealing from people in the dar al-harb “is considered mubah (permitted) just like hunting or wood gathering.”
A primary financier behind the Ground Zero Mosque turns out to have done something like what al-Awlaki recommends. Hisham Elzanaty apparently raked in $5 million by orchestrating a network of fake companies and clinics to submit bogus car insurance claims.
Many thanks to Sadie for sending this in:
Allstate has become the latest insurance company to accuse Hisham Elzanaty, one of the money men behind the so-called Ground Zero mosque development, of orchestrating a “highly developed and sophisticated kickback scheme” that allegedly reaped more than $5 million for Elzanaty and others. State Farm and Geico have also lodged similar allegations against Elzanaty.
According to Allstate’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Elzanaty and several others allegedly conspired with a licensed medical doctor to incorporate four professional service corporations and set up a scheme that took advantage of New York’s no-fault automobile insurance laws.
The complaint said the bills generated by the doctor, Jadwiga Pawlowski, were submitted to and paid by Allstate. However, Allstate argues the “lion’s share” of the funds collected were siphoned to a management company owned and controlled by Elzanaty.
The complaint also accuses Elzanaty of setting up a corporate entity that allowed him to open up several more medical professional service facilities and to “serve as the corporate veil behind which Elzanaty perpetrated the other aspects of his multimillion-dollar enterprise of fraud.”
In addition to Elzanaty, the complaint names Pawlowski, and others and several of the medical services facilities. The complaint accuses Elzanaty and the rest of the defendants of violating federal laws covering interstate commerce, racketeering, unjust enrichment and mail fraud. The complaint also alleges the defendants violated New York’s common law fraud and no-fault laws.
Can anybody still seriously believe the GZM-backers claims that they would raise the money for the mosque through donations “from Muslims in the neighborhood“??
Posted in News commentary | Tagged fraud, Ground Zero Mosque, Hisham Elzanaty, insurance | Leave a Comment »
The world’s 5 richest terrorist groups
In terms of their annual operating budgets to the best of our knowledge at this time, the Taliban, Hezbollah, the FARC, Hamas, and al-Shabaab may be the wealthiest terrorist organizations in the world today. Al Qaeda trails, but if all its affiliated organizations are included, Al Qaeda remains in the upper echelon of the world’s terror budgets.
1. Taliban
Taliban nets between $70 and $400 million from drug activity (of which at least $15 to $25 million is collected as ushr, Islam’s 10 percent tax on harvests) annually. In addition, the Taliban collects an estimated $150 to $200 million per year in zakat and sadaqa donations, mostly from the Arab nations of the Persian Gulf. These figures exclude extensive Taliban revenues from ransoms, extortion, and improperly diverted money from Western aid, U.N. contributions, defense contractors, and the Afghanistan government itself. My own estimate would place that subtotal of an additional $50 million per year.
Splitting the difference for the estimated range of revenues, that would bring the Taliban’s total budget to an estimate of approximately $560 million annually.
2. Hezbollah
Rachel Ehrenfeld’s Funding Evil documented that Hezbollah’s annual operating budget is between $200 and $500 million. Iran provides at least $120 million of that, with the rest coming from khums, drug trafficking, and other criminal activity.
3. FARC
Columbia’s Marxist guerrillas, the FARC, enjoy annual revenues that range from estimates of $80 to $350 million.
4. Hamas
For 2010, Gaza’s budget adopted by Hamas was $540 million, but that’s a larger amount than Hamas’s own budget. The Council on Foreign Relations lists Hamas’s budget as $70 million. However, the recent news that Iran is cutting or ending its aid to Hamas which would substantially diminish Hamas’s treasury. Hamas receives significant funding through charitable front groups and from Saudi Arabia.
5. Al Shabaab
A recent report from the U.N. revealed that al-Shabaab’s revenues are between $70 and $100 million per year, propelling it into the top tier of global jihadist funding.
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The CIA estimated that before 9/11, al Qaeda’s annual budget was $30 million, which was almost exclusively from “donations” (zakat and sadaqa). By almost all accounts, al Qaeda’s financial situation has deteriorated since then. Other estimates place their budget from $16 to $50 million, which still puts al Qaeda itself toward the bottom of the list. However, there are indications that revenue collections of al Qaeda offshoots such as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and al-Shabaab are flush with funds. With AQIM in particular, the evidence shows that funds are being transferred from the regional organization back to the parent al Qaeda organization itself.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Reuters calls Lashkar-e-Taiba (whose revenues include hawala, the Gulf, and Pakistan’s ISI) “one of the largest and best-funded Islamic militant organizations” in South Asia.
It bears repeating that much of the revenue listed above, with the exception of the FARC’s drug money, originate from traditional Islamic revenue sources such as zakat, sadaqa, khums, and ushr, rather than from “secular,” criminal activity.
Posted in News commentary | Tagged Al Qaeda, al-Shabaab, AQAP, AQIM, FARC, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, terrorist financing | 41 Comments »
The case for conditional aid
All week we’ve been covering the debate between House Republicans and the Obama administration about the right level of foreign aid to the Middle East. A long, but well-written piece from Voice of America on Aug. 8 sums up the main arguments on each side. The quotes from the Heritage Foundation’s James Carafano are common sense and spot-on:
US Debt Struggle Puts Middle East Aid Commitments in Question
Against backdrop of Arab Spring, lawmakers, experts ponder how to best invest in countries’ political futures
When lawmakers in the U.S. Congress began discussing how much foreign aid to give Middle East countries in 2012, their own debt crisis loomed large. Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed big cuts in overall American commitments. Yet the Arab Spring lifted the democratic hopes of millions in the Middle East and has presented Congress with bigger questions about how to invest in the political futures of Egypt, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, for example.
When Congress returns from a month’s recess in early September, lawmakers will look again for reductions in international aid. They do so at a crucial time when many countries may need assistance in their transition from revolution to democracy. Budget reductions will still be discussed, but global social and political objectives remain the driving force. Analysts say it will be hard for lawmakers in Washington to decide which countries in the Middle East are going to be good democratic bets.
Curbed ambitions
President Barack Obama set the stage for strong Middle East commitments before an audience of Foreign Service officers on May 19, just two weeks after the killing of Osama bin Laden. “The effort begins in Egypt and Tunisia, where the stakes are high, as Tunisia was at the vanguard on this democratic wave, and Egypt is both a longstanding partner and the Arab world’s largest nation,” the President said.
Obama later proposed $50.9 billion Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in News commentary | Tagged Arab Spring, Congress, Egypt, foreign aid, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Millenium Challenge Account, Obama, U.S., USAID | 1 Comment »
Terror operatives afoot in Venezuela
Roger Noriega, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, has presented chilling congressional testimony on the role of Venezuela in sponsoring Hezbollah in Latin America. Roll tape:
The testimony before the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence took place in July, which snuck by us until now (h/t Eju! TV) Here are some additional key excerpts from Amb. Noriega’s written testimony:
Hezbollah and the Quds Force “cooperate to carry out fundraising, money-laundering schemes, narcotics smuggling, proselytization, recruitment, and training. We can identify more than 80 operatives in at least 12 countries throughout the region…”
Hezbollah is “is raising funds through various criminal and commercial operations, recruiting converts from among disaffected youth and others, and developing its operational capabilities in our own Hemisphere.”
“Hezbollah’s presence in Latin America is growing significantly with the support of the Chávez regime in Venezuela. Chávez, who has a track record of supporting Colombian narcoterrorists, has cooperated with Iran to provide political support, financing, or arms to Hezbollah, Hamas, or Palestinian Islamic Jihad in this Hemisphere and elsewhere. For example, Venezuela’s Margarita Island has eclipsed the infamous “Tri-Border Area” – the region where Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay come together in South America – as a principal safe haven and center of Hezbollah operations in the Americas.”
“A key operative in the Hezbollah network in Latin America is Ghazi Atef Salameh Nassereddine Abu Ali, a man who was born in Lebanon, became a Venezuelan citizen about 10 years ago, and now is Venezuela’s No. 2 diplomat in Syria. Along with at least two of his brothers, he manages a network that raises and launders money and recruits and trains operatives to expand Hezbollah’s influence in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. Nassereddine was black-listed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in June 2008 for his fundraising and logistical support on behalf of Hezbollah.”
“As recently as two weeks ago, a U.S. State Department official told this Congress that Hezbollah activity in the Western Hemisphere was confined to ‘fundraising’ – as if that were comforting. The fact is, that assertion grossly understates the growing Hezbollah threat in our Hemisphere, as my foregoing testimony indicates.”
“The cocaine kingpin Walid Makled, several of whose companies did business with the Hezbollah operative and Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nassereddine, confirmed in a televised interview on April 3 that Hezbollah conducts fundraising and operates cocaine labs in Venezuela with the protection of that government.”
“Hugo Chávez hosted a terror summit of senior leaders of Hamas (‘supreme leader’ Khaled Meshal), Hezbollah (unnamed “chief of operations”), and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Secretary General Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah) in Caracas on August 22, 2010. That extraordinary meeting was organized at the suggestion of Iran, and the logistical arrangements were made by Nassereddine.”
Posted in Video | Tagged Congress, Ghazi Nassereddine, Hezbollah, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Margarita Island, Quds Force, terrorist financing, Tri-Border Area, Venezuela | 4 Comments »
Hillary begs Obama to keep funding Hamas
Responding to the foreign aid spending reductions proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, Hillary Clinton has written a letter demanding that Pres. Obama veto any legislation that would limit her multi-billion dollar State Department budget.
In other words, not only does Sec. Clinton want to keep spending money during a time of national financial calamity, but it also means that she is rejecting the Republican proposal that the U.S. first certify that money will not go to Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Muslim Brotherhood before it distributes foreign aid.
From the Washington Post (h/t Israel Matzav) on July 27:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is blasting a House bill that would impose strict new requirements on U.S. aid to countries including Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan and Yemen, warning that she will urge a veto if the measure reaches President Obama’s desk.
Posted in Image, News commentary, Speech balloon | Tagged foreign aid, Hamas, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, State Department, U.S. | Leave a Comment »
Mack: Venezuela is state sponsor of terror
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) says what we should do is declare “Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism due to its continued material and financial support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Hezbollah, the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).”
The allegation from a sitting congressman that Venezuela is funding Hezbollah and the IRGC has scarcely been covered by the media, but it should be. From Rep. Mack’s press release (with a hat tip to La Gaceta):
WASHINGTON – Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Connie Mack (Fl-14) today pushed five amendments in a full committee mark up of The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012 to bring fiscal discipline to the nation’s foreign policy and cease aid to those countries which harm America’s freedom and security.
Mack’s five amendments would:
Eliminate foreign aid funds for Argentina, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Boliviia
Cease U.S. contributions to the Organization of American States.
Eliminate U.S. funding for Global Climate Change Initiative Activities.
Establish a Congressional recorded vote which states “The delay in the authorization of the Presidential Permit is threatening the economic and national security benefits of the Keystone XL Pipeline.”
Name Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism due to its continued material and financial support of the Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC), Hezbollah, the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Mack stated: “Let’s engage our allies and friends, but let’s not continue to support organizations and countries that perpetuate destruction of freedom and democracy,” Mack said.
“With our financial house in disarray in our homeland, the least the Congress and the President can do is streamline our foreign dollars to our allies and engage in efforts to improve our economy at home; such as, the immediate passage of the pending Free Trade Agreements with Colombia and Panama. Additionally, with American businesses saddled with environmental protections already, other countries should do their part to improve the global climate, not just the U.S.” Mack added.
Posted in Image, News commentary, Speech balloon | Tagged Congress, Connie Mack, Hezbollah, Iran, IRGC, terrorist financing, U.S., Venezuela | 4 Comments »
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Governor of NSW to give 2012 Mosman Address
Posted Tuesday 10 July 2012
The Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Marie Bashir AC CVO, will present the 2012 Mosman Address on Friday 10 August at the Mosman Art Gallery on the topic of “The Role and Legacy of the Early Colonial Governors.”
Professor Bashir was the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales and took up her office on 1 March 2001.
She gained her bachelor degrees in medicine and surgery in 1956 from the University of Sydney, and taught at the Universities of Sydney and New South Wales, increasingly working with children’s services, psychiatry and mental health services, and indigenous health programs.
At the time of her appointment as Governor of New South Wales, she was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney (a post she took up in 1993); Area Director of Mental Health Services Central Sydney (from 1994); and Senior Consultant to the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern (from 1996) and to the Aboriginal Medical Service, Kempsey.
Along with many professional medical association roles, Professor Bashir was also a member of societies as diverse as Amnesty International, the National Trust, the New South Wales Camellia Research Society and the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Centre, as well as being a patron of the Sydney Symphony and Opera Australia.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988 for her services to child and adolescent health; and was invested by Her Majesty, the Queen, with the insignia of a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 2006.
The Mosman Address is an annual dinner that has been held since 1998 and is presented by the Mosman Public Art Trust in association with Mosman Council. The purpose of the Address is to raise funds for the Mosman Public Art Trust which promotes the visual arts and crafts, and in particular, public art, within Mosman.
Limited tickets are available. Book online at trybooking.com/28620 or call 9978 4106.
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04:57 pm: Assorted Odd News
A woman descended from Sioux is suing the University of Illinois to make them stop using their Indian mascot. Some Illinois students have decided that "What they don't realize is that there never was a racist problem before," wrote one, "but now I hate redskins and hope all those drunk, casino owning bums die." Is it possible to suddenly be racist? Don't they have to have thought that in the back of their minds for a while?
The late Jack Kent Cooke, former owner of the Redskins, was married to his third wife for a few weeks. She agreed to abort the pregnancy but then reneged and Jacqueline Cooke is now 19. She gets $50K/year from her father's estate plus some other small amounts of money. She's $23K in debt to Southern Methodist and is trying to get more money out of her father's estate. Her mother says the $50K is meant to be her "walking-around money". I don't get it how she can't live on $50K/year. I get by on a lot less. What the heck is that girl spending it on?
In the Virginia Legislature last year, the Republicans made a rule that bills can be killed in subcommittee which normally don't record the vote. That means there's no way to point at who voted for what (most recently, seven minimum wage bills were defeated by voice vote). The Democrats first tried to get rid of the rule, but in the Republican-controlled legislature, that didn't work. So now they're using cameras to capture what happens in the subcommittees and loading them on YouTube and http://www.assemblyaccess.com. The Republicans are grumbling.
Want to marry a Welsh farmer? The WashPost tells you all about it.
timill
January 27th, 2007 10:55 pm (UTC)
Is it possible to suddenly be racist? Don't they have to have thought that in the back of their minds for a while?
I vote yes - when a class, acting as a class, does you an injury, it is reasonable to be resentful of that class.
If a single individual belonging to that class but not acting on behalf of that class does you an injury, it is reasonable to be resentful of the individual but not of the class.
January 28th, 2007 12:27 am (UTC)
It's not a question of what's reasonable; it's a question of why the injured person thinks in terms of classes when one or two people have harmed them, and, given that any individual belongs to multiple classes, what leads them to focus on one such class. And that, I think, has to do with pre-existing ideas, and what we see other people focusing on: there are plenty of people who think it's "perfectly reasonable" for someone mugged by a black man to be suspicious of all blacks, and unreasonable for that person to be suspicious of all men.
In this case, I simply don't believe that someone who wasn't racist would suddenly hate all Native Americans because one woman pushed a university to change its mascot. Nor do I believe that he came up with those stereotypes ex nihilo.
The distinction I draw is that, in this case, the woman is presumably a Native American acting (or claiming to act) on behalf of all NAs, whereas the mugger acts for himself, not for all blacks, so extension in that case would be unreasonable.
Mind you, I've never been mugged, so I couldn't say for sure what would happen. But I think I'd be more likely to regard the mugger as a member of "East Enders" or "Brixtonians" or something rather than "blacks". We have too many people of different races at work for me to think of any group as work-shy muggers...
And the stereotypes could be from one person and transmitted, memelike, through the student body.
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Where to start with psychobilly
kenneth-partridge
Demented Are Go! (Photo: Dirk "The Pixeleye" Behlau)
PrimerPrimer is The A.V. Club’s ongoing series of beginner’s guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you.
Psychobilly 101
When punk and rockabilly had a baby, the little bugger wasn’t pretty. Called psychobilly, the greasy mutant lovechild and its birth were both figuratively incestuous and totally inevitable.
According to most rock ’n’ roll histories, Eisenhower-era hillbilly rebels like Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, and Jerry Lee Lewis were the Johnny Rottens of their day. Recognizing the kinship, many of the first-generation U.K. punks nicked ’50s fashions and hairstyles, and their simple three-chord bashing harked back to rock’s early days—before everyone grew beards and started singing about politics and feelings and other crap.
Psychobilly’s official place, date, and time of birth are points of debate, but two bands generally get credit for the musical midwifery. Only one of them, enduring British trio The Meteors, accepts the honor, and while that group certainly pioneered psychobilly as it became known and codified in early-’80s Britain, there’s no denying the importance of the other, The Cramps.
Spawned in the mid-’70s, when an Ohio oddball born Erick Purkhiser picked up a hitchhiking guitarist and fellow Sacramento State student named Kristy Wallace, The Cramps was arguably the first band to Frankenstein together punk, rockabilly, and trashy B-movie imagery, the three essential elements of psychobilly. Except Purkhiser and Wallace were too clever, sexy, funny, and eclectic in their tastes to be shoehorned into any stylistic box.
By the time they landed in New York City, they’d renamed themselves Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach and laid the groundwork for a sound that would grind up and regurgitate all of their influences. Rockabilly was one, but Lux and Ivy were also hardcore collectors of doo-wop and garage-rock records, and their passion for mid-century American low culture wasn’t limited to obscure off-brand Elvises.
To be certain, The Cramps didn’t invent the classic psychobilly sound. They played with equal parts distortion and twang and never employed the all-important upright bass. But they may have given the music its name. Legend has it that during their early days performing at venues like CBGB and Max’s Kansas City, they used the term on promo posters. It comes from the 1976 Johnny Cash hit “One Piece At A Time,” which fittingly tells the story of an obsessed GM employee who slowly steals parts from the factory until he’s able to build a “psychobilly Cadillac.”
Like fellow CBGB vets the Ramones, The Cramps peaked early and fell into a pattern of repeating themselves, sometimes with diminishing returns. They never made a bad album, but their first two—the fast and fuzzy Songs The Lord Taught Us (1980) and creepy, crawly Psychedelic Jungle (1981)—stand as their best. They recorded the former with ex-Big Star singer Alex Chilton at Sun Studio in Memphis, where Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee, and Roy Orbison cut their essential ’50s sides. With its mix of killer originals (“TV Set,” “Garbageman”) and covers of forgotten garage and rockabilly nuggets (“Strychnine,” “Sunglasses After Dark”), Songs The Lord Taught Us provides the blueprint for every record The Cramps would release through 2003’s Fiends Of Dope Island, their final proper album before Lux’s death in 2009.
In the late ’70s, as punk was happening in New York City and London, a rockabilly revival was also underway in the U.K. It was from this patently nostalgic scene that The Meteors founder P. Paul Fenech arose with a distinctly new and British take on vintage American rock. Fenech couldn’t relate to songs about high school or hot rods, so the singer and guitarist wrote about death, zombies, aliens, serial killers, and other stuff that’s since become psychobilly’s requisite subject matter.
With the 1981 full-length debut, In Heaven, The Meteors gave the world its first proper psychobilly album. Compared to the jacked-up racket made by many of today’s bands, In Heaven sounds tame, and it’s not always radically different from the neobilly fare being put forth by groups like The Polecats (featuring future Morrissey collaborator Boz Boorer on guitar). But the combination of faster tempos, edgier subject matter, and scratchy, screechy vocals (some from bassist and co-songwriter Nigel Lewis, who left in 1982) gave tunes like “Shout So Loud,” “Maniac,” and “Psycho For Your Love” enough attitude to signal the start of something new.
In some respects, the first wave of psychobilly was similar to 2 Tone ska, another U.K. movement that involved punk kids repurposing decades-old music and culture from across the Atlantic. One major difference is that psychobilly was staunchly anti-political, and it’s remained so. That’s why a group like The Living End, a popular Australian punkabilly trio that’s half Stray Cats and half The Clash, doesn’t qualify.
While psychobilly didn’t have a definitive record label, like 2 Tone did, the scene did have a headquarters. Located at the Clarendon public house in London’s Hammersmith district, Klub Foot was the go-to nightspot for early psychobillies, or psychos, who dressed precisely as their music sounded. They paired greaser-style leather jackets and cuffed-up jeans with creepers and Dr. Martens boots and topped off their ensembles with brightly colored wedge hairdos that looked like mohawks crossed with pompadours. They even had their own form of slam-dancing called wrecking.
Most Klub Foot bands stuck to a strict formula of slapped-on double bass; brittle, echoing guitar; and vocals imbued with shrieks and hiccups of the Elvis and Gene Vincent variety. Many of the groups heard on the essential Stomping At The Klub Foot series released by ABC Records in the mid-’80s are fairly interchangeable, but a few stand out. One of the best was Torment. Led by singer-guitarist Simon Brand—whose nasal, talking vocal style and uncommonly cerebral lyrics are even more memorable than his towering quiff—the Bristol trio released a string of classic LPs on the Nervous label, maybe the closest psychobilly and neobilly had to a 2 Tone.
On the title track from Torment’s excellent 1986 debut, Psyclops Carnival, Brand references the devil not for silly shock value, but rather to convey some of the inner-turmoil also heard on tunes like “Nightmare,” “Time To Think,” and “Head Driven Sinner.” (Such songs might have been evidence of the mental-health struggles that would lead Brand to suicide in 1994.)
Before forming Torment, Brand played guitar in Frenzy, who took a more lighthearted approach to mental anguish (see: “Schizophrenic Emotions”) on the band’s excellent debut, Hall Of Mirrors. Heading up Frenzy was singer and bassist Steve Whitehouse, who’d previously thumped for another seminal U.K. outfit, The Sharks. Despite their brief initial run and somewhat traditional ’50s-style sound, The Sharks left their mark with 1983’s Phantom Rockers, which included the anthem “Take A Razor To Your Head,” a tutorial for psychos looking to distance themselves from the pompadour-rocking Teddy Boy subculture associated with more conventional rockabilly.
There was more colorful, cartoonish fun to be had with Guana Batz. Established in 1982, this poppy, punk Feltham foursome featured the indelible Pip Hancox, a tatted-up, bleach-blonde amalgam of Elvis and Billy Idol. The first Batz long-player, 1984’s Held Down At Last, is another must-own, and their string of independent chart hits—among them a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire”—made them one of the scene’s most visible bands. Now based in California, the Batz are one of the few OG psycho acts still gigging, though they haven’t released new music in decades.
Given psychobilly’s peculiar look and sound, it’s no surprise that most of the first-wave U.K. bands failed to achieved much commercial success. One exception was King Kurt, who cracked the British Top 40 with 1983’s politically incorrect “Destination Zululand,” issued on the seminal New Wave label Stiff. Some psychobilly purists quibble over whether King Kurt was psychobilly, since the band played with saxophone and an electric bass and favored more of an irreverent take on good-time ’50s rock ’n’ roll, but regardless of classification, 1983’s Ooh Wallah Wallah is a tremendously entertaining album.
As with any style of music linked to a subculture, psychobilly has its share of purists. If there’s one band they can all agree on, it’s still The Meteors. With Fenech at the helm, plugging away as the lone original member, the group has released more albums—and cycled through more drummers and bassists—than anyone can count. Fenech isn’t shy about talking up his place in history, and in 1988, he and the band released an album whose title has become a rallying cry for fans: Only The Meteors Are Pure Psychobilly.
Intermediate Work
In its infancy, psychobilly resembled both of its parents, rockabilly and punk, more or less equally. As the ’80s wore on, though, it followed more in the footsteps of the latter, growing louder, faster, and more ridiculous. One of the first bands to crank the distortion and play at berserker speed was Demented Are Go!, a gang of warped Welshmen whose 1986 debut, In Sickness & In Health, is said to have launched psychobilly’s second wave.
The album opens with a cover of Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” wherein singer Mark “Sparky” Phillips growls the opening “Weeeell” like a chain-smoking demon fighting laryngitis with whisky. Sparky dives into the lyrics with the same gonzo gusto, changing “She’s the queen of all the teens” to “She’s the girl of my wet dreams.” So it goes on In Sickness, an unholy marriage of breakneck punk, shock-rock-abilly, and, on tunes like “Pickled And Preserved,” jokey country-western.
Despite various lineup changes and hiatuses, Demented Are Go! has kept up the same shtick ever since. Its most recent album, Welcome Back To Insanity Hall, landed in 2012, and with tunes such as “Retard Whore” and “Devil Says Kill,” it’s a fine reminder of everything awesome and irksome about the group. In small doses, the campy grind-house imagery, crude sex jokes, and almost metallic galloping are good for a laugh. But a little goes a long way.
By the late ’80s, psychobilly had begun to spread throughout Europe, and 1987 saw the formation of second-wave stalwarts Mad Sin. The Berlin group has been churning out raucous, heavily punk-influenced records for more than a quarter-century, and while frontman Köfte DeVille isn’t as distinctive a demonic crooner as DAG’s Sparky, his voice is easier to stomach, and Mad Sin’s pummeling is more palatable, if less unique. With bits of ska and spaghetti Western, 1996’s God Save The Sin is the place to begin in the group’s extensive discography.
Boasting nearly Mad Sin’s longevity—and perhaps a touch more personality—are Nekromantix. The Danish crew formed in 1989 and released four albums before flirting with mainstream success in 2002, when they linked up with Rancid singer Tim Armstrong’s Hellcat label for Return Of The Loving Dead.
Nekromantix is yet another psychobilly act that’s essentially a vehicle for one artist, in this case Kim Nekroman, who sings his gothy ragers while wailing away on a coffin-shaped bass he himself designed. The group doesn’t really break any new ground, but Nekroman brings the heavy without sacrificing the humor and hooks, and that, plus their musicianship, has endeared them to punks, rockabillies, and even fans Rob Zombie, who Nekromantix toured with in 2009.
The other major band often mentioned in conversations about second-wave psychobilly is The Reverend Horton Heat, the popular Dallas trio fronted by singer, songwriter, and ace guitarist Jim Heath. Much as The Cramps couldn’t be pigeonholed, the good Reverend has always checked a number of boxes. Heath self-identifies more as rockabilly than psychobilly, despite the single “Psychobilly Freakout,” a highlight of the band’s 1990 debut, Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em.
That album arrived via Sub Pop, and for a while, The Reverend Horton Heat benefited from the alt-rock boom that helped launch labelmates Nirvana. With 1996’s It’s Martini Time, RHH edged ever so slightly toward swing and the retro cocktail culture celebrated in the film Swingers, released that same year. The trio’s wheelhouse, though, is the kind of wiseacre punkabilly found on 2014’s Rev, a record about cars, zombies, and chicks.
Nekromantix wasn’t the first psychobilly group to sign with Hellcat or start selling T-shirts at Hot Topic. That would be Tiger Army, the dark, introspective California emo-billy band led by singer and guitarist Nick 13. Tiger Army is probably the most famous and most divisive third-wave psychobilly act—both distinctions resulting from the group’s sad-vampire lyrics and pop-punk crossover appeal. Much of the hate aimed at the Army is unfair, since Nick 13 is no poser. He grew up on Gene Vincent and The Meteors but also The Cure and The Smiths. On 2004’s excellent Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise, he combined all of his influences in ways that made sense to him.
Ghost Tigers Rise stands as the band’s high-water mark, though 2007’s Music From Regions Beyond gets an A for ambition—especially “As The Cold Rain Falls,” Nick 13’s attempt at a New Order dance jam. Tiger Army toured sporadically in the early ’10s, but Nick 13 has mostly focused on his country-leaning solo material, which is also worth checking out. Earlier this year, Tiger Army announced plans to record its fifth album, so the conversation regarding this group is bound to continue.
That Tiger Army nearly broke big in the early ’00s shows how much things had changed for psychobilly in America since the late ’80s, when the criminally overlooked Buffalo trio The Quakes were forced to relocate to London to find any semblance of an audience. When the group released its sophomore album, 1990’s brilliant Voice Of America, it fell on deaf ears, as did the New Wave-influenced follow-up, 1993’s New Generation, which includes a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Behind the Wheel.”
Both of those Quakes albums have the cool, angsty vibe of Tiger Army’s best stuff, and all these years later, Quakes leader Paul Roman is still making the rounds and releasing solid albums like 2012’s Planet Obscure. (Quakes bassist Rob Peltier, it should be noted, played on Tiger Army’s eponymous 1999 debut.)
If Roman was ever going to reach a mass American audience, the mix of New Wave and rockabilly might have been his best bet. That combo worked for early-’80s hitmakers Stray Cats—definitely not psycho but respected by many in the scene—and more recently, it’s paid dividends for HorrorPops, the Nekromantix offshoot fronted by Kim Nekroman’s wife, Patricia Day.
Drawing from Blondie and Siouxsie And The Banshees as much as psychobilly (and perhaps the long-forgotten one-and-done British band The Deadbeats, who combined Phil Spector pop and punk rockabilly on 1985’s On Tar Beach), HorrorPops have toured stadiums in Europe, landed songs on MTV, and played the Warped Tour in the States. Real-deal psychos probably don’t wreck to 2004’s Hell Yeah!, but it’s a rare gateway from Gwen Stefani to the Guana Batz, and it’s great.
Both Nekromantix and HorrorPops are now based in Los Angeles, where a longstanding custom-car culture and sizeable Latino fan base have helped create America’s most thriving psychobilly scene. In September, when throngs of dudes with chain wallets and chicks with Bettie Page haircuts marinate themselves in Pabst Blue Ribbon at the Long Beach Psyclone Psychobilly and Rockabilly Weekender, U.K. legends Frantic Flintstones and Guana Batz will share the stage with numerous local acts, including the punkish Blackjackits, the trad-leaning Tone Slingers, the blisteringly fast Wreckin Katz, and the R-rated San Diego-born silly-billies Barnyard Ballers, who’ve been serving up metal guitars and redneck shtick since the ’90s.
In SoCal and elsewhere, psychobilly often overlaps with tiki culture, lounge music, exotica, and surf rock—all of which pair well with pulpy film-noir and horror imagery. Billing itself as “voodoobilly,” as well as the “scariest band in the world,” the enduring San Diego group Deadbolt gets props from psychos for its reverb-soaked guitars and unsettling spoken-word tales of murderous truckers and Zulu curses. To describe the band’s 1996 tune “The Interview” as “Tarantino-esque” doesn’t quite do the twisted humor justice.
Most psychobilly bands aren’t as creative, and as the music and subculture have infested respectable nations from Brazil (home of defunct ’90s-era thrashers Os Catalepticos) to Japan (check out Tokyo’s great Psyclocks), it’s left behind plenty of samey acts with derivative names and standard-issue wardrobes who are content to rip through 12-bar-blues progressions at ludicrous speed. It’s genre music, and that doesn’t always breed innovation.
Bands that distinguish themselves by pushing boundaries do so at the risk of alienating scenesters, though maybe they ought to stop worrying about such things. After all, if only The Meteors are pure psychobilly, everyone else is free to experiment.
1. The Cramps, Songs The Lord Taught Us (1980)
As Lux howls on “Garbageman,” it’s “one-half hillbilly and one-half punk.” It’s not “pure” psychobilly, but purity is overrated.
2. The Meteors, In Heaven (1981)
The first real psychobilly album is also one of the best.
3. Various Artists, Stomping At The Klub Foot, Vol. 1-5 (1984-88)
Recorded live at psychobilly’s first-wave HQ, this LP series features all the early greats, including Restless, The Coffin Nails, and those Dutch masters Batmobile.
4. Guana Batz, Held Down At Last (1985)
Their name roughly means “bat-shit bats,” and in light of “Can’t Take The Pressure” and “King Rat,” that kind of makes sense.
5. Torment, Psyclops Carnival (1986)
Psychobillly meets psychoanalysis as Simon Brand takes the old Meteors decree to “Go mental!” to a whole other level.
6. Demented Are Go! In Sickness & In Health (1986)
“Sickness” being the optimum word. It’s loud, ugly, infectious fun from psychobilly’s second-wave champs.
7. The Quakes, Voice Of America (1990)
If Brian Setzer had been a little less virtuosic and a whole lot angrier, The Stray Cats might’ve made this record a decade earlier.
8. Mad Sin, God Save The Sin (1996)
The upright bass takes a nasty beating on this set of grabby ragers from Germany’s second-wave kings.
9. Various Artists, Hotter Than Hell: An Injection Of Psychobilly Madness (1998)
One of the first comps to highlight the American scene, this CD features the bawdy Barnyard Ballers, the terrifying Deadbolt, and four bands with “hell” puns in their names.
10. Nekromantix, Return Of The Loving Dead (2002)
Tiger Army isn’t for everyone, but it’s hard to argue with the gothy, poppy charge of these great Danes.
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Posts Tagged ‘Ypao Beach overlooking Tumon Bay’
Here’s a little bit of history about Guam, popular with divers ’round the world but not too much with plain tourists like us.
Twenty-six years ago, the German cruiser SMS Cormoran II was scuttled in Guam’s Apra harbor That was April 7th of 1917, during World War I. Then, on August 27, 1943, the era of World War II, the Japanese freighter Tokai Maru was torpedoed and sunk right over the wreck of the Cormoran, laying 120 feet below sea level. In July 1974, the SMS Cormoran II was listed on the Guam Register of Historic Places, as well as the National Register of Historic Places a year later.
This makes Guam having the only dive site in the world with wrecks from two world wars. So, in honor of this piece of history and the lives that perished on the SMS Cormoran II, the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) will commemorate the 100th anniversary by holding memorial services on April 7, 2017, with wreath-laying activities at Apra Harbor and the Naval Cemetery in Hagatna, and a series of lectures and an exhibit during the weeklong celebration.
Guam’s annual premier running event, the United Airlines Guam Marathon, will also happen on the same day, the fifth year running, together with the Hafa Adai Expo and Pick up event.
The 5th United Airlines Guam Marathon (or more known as “UGM”) happens on April 9th from 3:00AM until 11:00AM. The participant or runner packet pick up location will be at the Hafa Adai Expo which opens on April 7th from 12:00PM until 6:00PM, and will continue to be open to the public the following day, April 8th from 9:00AM until 6:00PM. There will also be a running clinic by Naoko Takahashi, 2000 Sydney Olympics gold medalist and UGH ambassador, lots of booths, live entertainment, cultural activities, food concessions, official UGM and running merchandise shops, and other #OnlyOnGuam activities. Of course, there will also be shopping incentives and discounts to be given to all registered runners, visitors and local residents.
Culminating all these activities is a BBQ Beach Party at the Governor Joseph F. Flores Memorial Park, located at Ypao Beach overlooking Tumon Bay, with live concert performances, beach games, the traditional Tumon Bay post-race dip, beachfront photos (you gotta do this – sunset selfie is a must!), food, drinks, and more entertainment.
The UGM is also sponsored by the Guam Visitors Bureau and the Pacific Islands Club. For more information about the SMS Cormoran Centennial Commemoration and the 2017 UGM marathon, please visit www.unitedguammarathon.com or www.visitguam.com/SMSCORMORANGUAM. You can also visit and like GVB’s Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/visitguamph and GVB’s Instagram @visitguamph
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U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (R) not seeking re-election in GA-7
U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (R) announced Thursday that he would not seek re-election to Georgia’s 7th Congressional District in 2020. In a statement, Woodall referred to the death of his father in 2018, saying, “Doing what you love requires things of you, and having had that family transition made me start to think about those things that I have invested less in because I’ve been investing more here.”
Woodall has represented the 7th District since 2010. He won the closest election of his career in 2018, defeating Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) by 419 votes, which was also the U.S. House race with the smallest vote margin last year. Prior to 2018, Woodall had never received less than 60 percent of the vote.
After Woodall’s announcement, Bourdeaux said that she would run for the seat again in 2020. The 7th District is based in Gwinnett County and Forsyth County, both suburbs of Atlanta. The district voted for Donald Trump (R) over Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, 51 percent to 45 percent.
Woodall is the third member of the U.S. House to announce that they will not run for re-election after their term ends. The others are Rob Bishop (R), who represents Utah’s 1st Congressional District, and Walter Jones (R), who represents North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District.
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Betting News > Football > Championship > Leicester exile should avoid Forest and wait for Middlesbrough
Leicester exile should avoid Forest and wait for Middlesbrough
Aitor Karanka looks set to leave the Riverside
Whenever a new managerial vacancy opens up, Nigel Pearson is put at the top of the names linked with the job.
The former Leicester City manager was rumoured to be considered for the Newcastle United position before Rafa Benitez agreed to join the Magpies and he is now being linked with Championship clubs.
Nottingham Forest sacked Dougie Freedman on Sunday after 13 months in charge, with the club sitting 14th in the second-tier.
Clearly this wasn’t good enough for owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi, who has invested heavily in the former European champions, with the club aiming to return to the Premier League.
Bringing in Pearson would be wise in their quest to reach the top-tier of English football given his history of doing so in the past.
The 52-year-old won League One in his first season with the Foxes and managed a fifth-place finish in the following Championship campaign before missing out on promotion through the play-offs.
Under the English boss, Leicester never finished outside the top ten in the second-tier and eventually achieved promotion in the 2013/14 season by finishing top of the pile.
Bringing in Pearson would clearly be a good move for Forest, but the former Hull City boss should be patient before signing on the dotted line.
After a dramatic series of events, it looks like another job in the Championship could be opening up and this one offers a more than realistic chance of making the Premier League this season.
Aitor Karanka didn’t take Middlesbrough’s most-recent training session and was absent from their last match when they lost 2-0 to struggling Charlton Athletic.
Many are speculating that the Spanish manager is going to resign from his position and that will open up a job with a team with a great chance of making the Premier League this season.
Boro are second in the table, two points clear of third-placed Hull and have one of the best assembled squads in the league, including £9m signing Jordan Rhodes.
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Betting News > Football > Premier League > Chelsea approach opens possibility of losing star men
Chelsea approach opens possibility of losing star men
Thibaut Courtois has refused to confirm he will sign a new contract
Chelsea’s bad season could be set to get worse as one of their key man is remaining coy on his future at Stamford Bridge.
Thibaut Courtois still has a while left on his current deal with the Blues, but remains uncertain on his future.
The 23-year-old goalkeeper is integral to the Chelsea side and is viewed as one of the best stoppers in the world, which means replacing him would be a tough task.
However, it’s something that whoever takes over the Londoners may have to deal with as Courtois is keeping his cards close to his chest about a new contract.
Speaking ahead of Belgium’s friendly against Portugal, the ‘keeper said: “I do not say yes, I do not say no. I do not know: I still have three years on my contract.
“We must see what Chelsea want. It is true that this season has changed me.
“Until now I had always won a trophy every season. We hope that next season will be better.”
Courtois’ hesitance is understandable given the state of the Blues this season.
Jose Mourinho’s stewardship left a bad taste in the mouth for many players, with the Belgian keeper admitting that the Special One had to go in an interview with a radio station in his homeland earlier in the week.
From their the club have yet to appoint a long-term successor and Courtois has no idea what the future holds at Stamford Bridge.
A number of managers could come and go in the time between now and the end of the Chelsea number one’s contract and he has no assurances that they will all view him as the star man.
Therefore, with no clear direction of where the Blues will go, it makes perfect sense that Courtois is weighing up his options.
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Chilean Fulbright Scholar passionate about Penn State SEE 360 Initiative
Barbara Venegas is focused on helping advance the Service Enterprise Engineering Initiative at Penn State.
Erin Alessandroni
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In 1908, Penn State established the first industrial engineering program in the world and has since produced leaders in industry, research and academia. It is this storied tradition of unparalleled excellence that persuaded Bárbara Venegas to travel more than 5,000 miles to pursue her graduate education in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME).
She came to Penn State following a six-year math-intensive program at Universidad de La Frontera in her home country of Chile. Currently a Service Enterprise Engineering Initiative (SEE 360) Fellow at Penn State, Venegas is mentoring undergraduate and master's degree students on service-related projects, which gives her important teaching experience as she continues down her academic path.
Through her fellowship for the SEE 360 Initiative, Venegas works with Professors Vittal Prabhu and Jose Ventura to help raise awareness of the societal challenge in the United States where 80 percent of the workforce is employed in the service sector. The goal of the initiative is to examine the decision processes of service systems and apply engineering techniques in an effort to improve the productivity and quality within the service sector.
“One of the first areas that we focused on was restaurants, which I am familiar with due to work I did back in Chile at a kitchen equipment retailer,” said Venegas. “We had a branch that was dedicated to helping new restaurants set up their kitchens in an optimal way.”
Initially, the task of SEE 360 was to create a case study and present the concept in a classroom setting. This original project has evolved, and Venegas is now a teaching assistant for Prabhu’s class, Service Systems Engineering. Together, their goal is to create new classroom material that is relevant to what is going on right now in industry and make students aware of entrepreneurship opportunities in this field.
“Given that a huge percentage of Americans work in service industries, I think it is a great asset for students to learn about how to optimize those systems,” said Venegas.
When Venegas was in grade school, her brother explained that the highest-paying jobs in her country were in industrial engineering. She always had a passion for problem-solving and ultimately decided to pursue this option because it coincided with things she wanted to learn, such as supply chain analytics and management.
Venegas knew that the United States offered the best opportunities for achieving her goals in engineering. She discovered the Neale Silva Memorial Scholarship that the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers to two Chilean students each year. Upon receiving this award in 2010, Venegas fell in love with the American educational system while obtaining her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.
For her bachelor’s thesis, Venegas and her adviser worked with groups of small farmers in the south of Chile in an effort to form a supply chain strategic alliance between the noncommercialized groups. Their team developed a mathematical program based on real data that they collected and worked with government agencies in order to put the plan into action.
After earning her bachelor’s degree, Venegas went back to Chile and worked for the kitchen retailer, which she describes as a “toy store for chefs.” Eventually promoted to the position of purchasing manager, Venegas’ job focus was on sourcing and making alliances with suppliers.
It was there that Venegas developed a passion for making women feel empowered in the workforce.
“I think we can do anything. I know how it feels to be a woman in a room full of men, especially as an engineer,” said Venegas. “I like the idea of inspiring women and giving them the tools and skills they need to succeed.”
Venegas explaining her most recent optimization project
Venegas recalls a time she had to build a team from scratch at her previous job. She made it her goal to find qualified women, as she is aware of the intrinsic bias present in the corporate world in Chile to select males, and to an extent in the United States.
Since coming to America, Venegas has challenged herself to develop exceptional people skills. She believes in the importance of making time to do the things that she loves, such as playing on a trivia team and making her own jewelry.
Venegas was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship in 2013 in order to continue her education. She also received support from an initiative proposed by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet called Becas Chiles, which provides funding for scholars to study at prestigious universities. After a year of preparation with the Fulbright advisers, Venegas was accepted into Penn State’s College of Engineering.
Venegas currently works with Ventura on supplier selection within a competitive environment. After her experience at the kitchen retailer, Venegas knows how difficult it can be to negotiate with large suppliers and focuses on anticipating what can be achieved from a certain negotiation. She has published one paper on the topic for her dissertation so far, “A two-stage supply chain coordination mechanism considering price sensitive demand and quantity discount.”
Venegas relies on kickboxing for stress relief while pursuing her doctorate and enjoys the company of friends at Central PA Mixed Martial Arts. After a 12-hour day in the lab, she enjoys going home to cook a meal using fresh vegetables and herbs from her garden.
When Venegas first got to Penn State, she thought she would want to be an academic in the future. Now, she feels that she may want to work in industry. While she was working for a small company, Venegas felt that whatever she did made a huge impact on the company’s profits.
“I don’t miss my job particularly. I miss seeing an immediate impact on the work I accomplish,” said Venegas.
Venegas hopes to work for a company that is focused on the future. She wants to look at where things are going and not maintaining the status quo.
“In companies that are still growing, I feel that your work has a greater impact than when you are doing a very particular job,” said Venegas. “Still, with hopes of continuing research, plans of becoming a faculty member are intact.”
With intentions of graduating in summer 2018, Venegas is thinking about how she can use the knowledge she has acquired to give back to the world around her.
“I feel that the reason why I received these opportunities is that it is a noble cause of which I should return the favor,” said Venegas. “I think making a valuable difference in my future is important and I look forward to it.”
Pieces from Venegas’ homemade jewelry collection made out of clay
Venegas’ famous homemade bread
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Pilot study in smart systems launched as part of Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship
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New Clinical Trial for Multiple Myeloma Patients to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of SurVaxM Vaccine
by Daniela Semedo, PhD
An immune-based vaccine created by researchers at Buffalo, New York’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is now moving to its third study. The new clinical trial will evaluate whether SurVaxM — a cancer vaccine that promotes immune response to the survivin molecule, a critical protein believed to maintain the viability of tumor cells — is effective and safe for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM).
In the new clinical trial, SurVaxm will be examined in combination with Revlimid (lenalidomide) as a maintenance treatment option for adults with multiple myeloma.
“Almost all patients with multiple myeloma who go into remission will still have microscopic amounts of disease left following treatment, and this residual cancer eventually can grow back and cause a relapse. It’s a problem compounded by the fact that these patients eventually become resistant to current therapies,” Kelvin Lee, MD, Jacobs Family Chair of Immunology, who is leading the Phase 1 clinical trial, said in a news release.
“But, in combination with oral lenalidomide, which exhibits both immune-modifying and tumoricidal effects, we believe that this vaccine may trigger antimyeloma immune responses, which may prevent recurrences and eradicate the disease,” Lee said.
Robert Fenstermaker, MD, chair of neurosurgery, and Michael Ciesielski, PhD, assistant professor of neurosurgery, developed the SurVaxm vaccine at the Roswell Park faculty.
In studies with pre-clinical models of brain, ovarian, renal, and prostate cancers, SurVaxm has shown to prolong survival.
In a recently completed Phase 1 trial in patients with recurrent glioma, the vaccine was found to be well-tolerated and safe. A Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma is now ongoing at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Roswell Park, and the Cleveland Clinic.
“Vaccines are typically thought of as things to prevent diseases like measles, polio, and mumps. But vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that can also be used to treat cancer. They can be used in a therapeutic mode, rather than a preventive mode,” Fenstermaker said. “And cancer vaccines, in general, tend to have few serious side effects.”
“We are the first team to test this approach as a therapy for multiple myeloma, and it’s very exciting,” added Lee, who notes that the study will be conducted in adults whose disease is in remission following completion of standard therapy for multiple myeloma. “The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether this therapy is safe, but our investigations will also allow us to explore new ways of stimulating the immune system to fight cancer cells.”
Tagged clinical trial, lenalidomide, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SurVaxM.
Daniela Semedo, PhD
Daniela holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, a MSc in Health Psychology and a BSc in Clinical Psychology. Her work has been focused on vulnerability to psychopathology and early identification and intervention in psychosis.
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Blood Purification Technique Could Offer Therapeutic Benefits for Multiple Myeloma
by Özge Özkaya, PhD
A technique called extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) could be used to remove certain molecules from the blood and potentially treat different conditions, including multiple myeloma and kidney complications associated with the cancer.
This is according to data presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual Kidney Week, which was held in Chicago Nov. 15-20.
”While our findings conclude that targeting these molecules is possible, further research will help us understand the clinical impact of removing these molecules from the blood,” according to a press release quoting Markus Storr, PhD, the senior R&D manager at Baxter International Inc., which conducted the research.
During EBP, blood is passed through a membrane situated in a circuit outside the body, which filters it from harmful molecules, and returns it to the body.
The researchers explored two areas where EBP may play a therapeutic role for multiple myeloma and other conditions.
In the first study they assessed the ability of different membranes to remove cytokines, including IL-6, from the blood. IL-6 is a growth factor that stimulates inflammatory and autoimmune response during trauma or illness. Previous research has shown that IL-6 also acts as a survival factor in multiple myeloma, and is involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Consequently, removing it from the blood could result in a regression of tumor progression.
The results have shown that the membranes tested in this study are able to remove IL-6 and certain cell-activating molecules from blood. They also showed that more porous mid-cut-off and high-cut-off membranes are able to remove these molecules an increased rate.
In the second study, researchers assessed the ability of two types of membranes to clear four mid-sized molecules that are of potential interest for the treatment of myeloma kidney disease, as well as other conditions such as sepsis and rhabdomyolysis, a condition where damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly and is released into the blood.
They simulated treatment with both membranes and found that one of the membranes called the high-cut-off dialyzer was more efficient in removing the molecules that were being studied.
Multiple myeloma is characterized by antibody-producing white blood cells being transformed into malignant myeloma cells. These cells then start producing abnormal antibodies called M proteins, which build up in the body and can cause damage to organs, including kidneys.
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Özge Özkaya, PhD
Özge has a MSc. in Molecular Genetics from the University of Leicester and a PhD in Developmental Biology from Queen Mary University of London. She worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Leicester for six years in the field of Behavioural Neurology before moving into science communication. She worked as the Research Communication Officer at a London based charity for almost two years.
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In Like a Lion
It's Time for Kindergarten
HS Musical Presents Les Misérables
It's PSSA Time
School Board Schedule
Calendar Reminders
2018-19 Calendar
DASD E-News Weekly
As we approach mid-March, our weather patterns have been highly changeable with stormy and windy weather. Should a natural disaster occur (i.e., tornado, flood, etc.), the decision to keep students at school will be based upon whether it is safe to travel in the area.
EVACUATION SITES
Primary and secondary evacuation sites have been established for each building. The specific site used in an emergency is determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the circumstances of the incident. Parents and guardians will be informed. Students will remain at the evacuation site until the emergency is declared over, at which time they will return to their respective building.
If students cannot return to their building, parents and guardians will be informed and your child will be released to the parent, legal guardian or individual identified on the School Emergency Card.
Emergency protocol is located on the district website by accessing:
FINAL SCHOOL CALENDAR ADJUSTMENTS
Final school calendar adjustments, including the inclement weather make-up day for the school closing on Wednesday, February 20th, and the graduation date for Dallastown Area High School Class of 2019, will be announced Monday, April 1st, and noted in the Friday, April 5th, edition of the E-News Weekly.
THIS MONDAY, MARCH 18
A Kindergarten Readiness Meeting for parents of incoming kindergarten students in the Dallastown Area School District has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Monday, March 18th, at York Township Elementary School.
To be eligible, a child must turn five on or before August 31, 2019. The meeting provides information to parents regarding the academic and social expectations of children in the kindergarten program and provides an opportunity for parents to meet the kindergarten teachers. The meeting is for kindergarten parents only.
HS Musical Presents Les Mis é rabl es
Take your seat in 19th century France as more than 100 Dallastown Area High School student actors, singers, dancers, set designers, costumers, and pit members present Les Misérables.
This musical adaptat ion of Victor Hugo's classic novel tells the story of French peasant Valjean, imprisoned for 19 years for stealing bread to save his sister's family from starving. Following his release, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life during the anti-monarchist Paris revolution.
Tickets are on sale now for performances at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 11th; 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 12th; 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13th; and, 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 14th.
To purchase tickets, access: Choose My Seat
All students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will take the English Language Arts and Mathematics Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) beginning Monday, April 15th, through Friday, May 3rd. Additionally, the PSSA Science assessment will be administered to students in grades 4 and 8 during this same time frame.
During PSSA testing, each school has established its testing window and communicates those dates to students, parents, and guardians through school newsletters, parent letters, and each school's web page.
Just as parents help their child(ren) prepare for every school day, please help your child(ren) prepare for these assessments by encouraging them to get plenty of sleep the night before and providing them with a good breakfast on the mornings of the assessments. Results will be shared with parents when released by the state.
The Dallastown Area High School Performing Arts Club has had an exciting year presenting more than 40 performances for numerous audiences in various venues, including 12 students representing the district in the York County Junior and Senior Honors Choirs; 28 instrumentalists in the York Youth Symphony Orchestra; and, 12 musicians in the York County Honor Band.
Board Workshop (Team of 10 Retreat)
8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m., Monday March 18
(Executive Session Closed to Public)
Administration Board Room
9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Monday, March 18
(Public Welcome)
6:00 p.m., Monday, March 18
7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21
HS LGI Room
Human Resources Committee Meeting (Closed to Public)
Building & Capital Projects Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m., Thursday, April 4
Board Workshop (2019-20 Preliminary/Proposed Budget)
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m., Thursday, April 11
7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 11
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Why do media and health officials continue to freak out about measles when almost everyone is already vaccinated?
Another new case of measles has been identified, this time in Los Angeles County where typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and even bubonic plague are making a comeback thanks to rampant illegal immigration and homelessness. But rather than take a step back and evaluate the facts, authorities are once again freaking out about some people not being vaccinated, as if that’s somehow the cause of every measles infection.
Even though the vast majority of Americans have already been vaccinated with MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) in accordance with government recommendations, the mainstream media insists upon laying all blame on “anti-vaxxers” – despite the fact that we now know that vaccinated individuals are both catching and spreading measles.
As you may recall from back in April, a handful of measles cases in the state of New York prompted Rockland County health officials to go door-to-door harassing people about their vaccination status, again perpetuating the myth that a handful of people who aren’t vaccinated are somehow responsible for spreading measles to other people who have been vaccinated.
But this doesn’t make any sense, even assuming that so-called “herd immunity” is real, because people who’ve been vaccinated with MMR shouldn’t be contracting measles if the vaccine actually works. It either provides protection or it doesn’t – and here’s a pretty big hint as to which answer is correct: it doesn’t.
For related news, be sure to check out Vaccines.news.
Since only medical exemptions are allowed in California, there shouldn’t be any more cases of measles, right?
Specifically in California, pro-vaccine legislator Richard Pan got his wish with the passage of Senate Bill 277, which eliminated both philosophical and religious vaccine exemptions, allowing only for medical exemptions issued by doctors.
Pan repeatedly claimed that getting rid of these exemptions would end all cases of measles in California forever, though that clearly hasn’t happened – and that’s because forcing everyone to get vaccinated is ineffective at preventing measles.
We know this for a fact because, according to local LA news, there are still people contracting measles in California despite Pan’s egregious mandate.
“Research reveals that a vaccinated individual not only can become infected with measles, but can also spread it to others who are also vaccinated against it,” writes Sayer Ji for GreenMedInfo.com.
“… not only does the MMR vaccine fail to consistently confer immunity, but those who have been ‘immunized’ with two doses of MMR vaccine can still transmit the infection to others – a phenomena no one is reporting on in the rush to blame the non- or minimally-vaccinated for the outbreak.”
And don’t just take Ji’s word for it: A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases affirms his claim, with authorship from the Bureau of Immunization, the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This study confirms that people who’ve been vaccinated with MMR can not only still contract measles, but also spread it to others.
“This is the first report of measles transmission from a twice vaccinated individual,” the study’s authors admit.
“The clinical presentation and laboratory data of the index were typical of measles in a naïve individual. Secondary cases had robust anamnestic antibody responses. No tertiary cases occurred despite numerous contacts. This outbreak underscores the need for thorough epidemiologic and laboratory investigation of suspected measles cases regardless of vaccination status.”
To learn more about how vaccines are harming and killing children while providing minimal, if any, real protection, be sure to check out VaccineHolocaust.org.
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Watch Miranda Lambert Kick Out Unruly Fan at Pistol Annies’ Ryman Concert
Miranda Lambert's a pro at handling crowds -- including the slightly unruly ones -- when she's onstage. During the Pistol Annies' Thursday night (Oct. 25) show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., Lambert refused to let one fan in particular ruin the show for the rest of the crowd ... even if that meant a personal escort out.
During "Cheyenne," a new song from the Pistol Annies' forthcoming album, Interstate Gospel, a fan at the front of the stage wasn't listening to security guards who were asking her to vacate the area. That's when Lambert took things (literally) into her own hands.
"I'm not gonna have you stealing our show tonight, honey. You're gonna have to go sit down," Lambert told the woman (quote via Taste of Country), before taking the fan by the hand and leading her out. In the video above, readers can see Lambert crouch down to speak with the fan, then walk her away from the stage, to cheers from the crowd and high-fives from her bandmates Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe.
Pistol Annies are celebrating the release of Interstate Gospel -- which is due out on Nov. 2 and is their first new album since 2013 -- with a trio of shows in Nashville, New York City and Los Angeles. Prior to officially announcing their new record, the Pistol Annies had been teasing new music for months, dropping hints in interviews and on social media, as well as appearing together at some of Lambert's shows.
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In many of the studies we found, those who saw the most improvement in health, testosterone, or muscle gain were those with existing nutrient or vitamin deficiencies. This means that some gains may be due more to dietary changes and generally restoring nutrient and vitamin levels than any one magic ingredient, but also that making sure your diet includes healthy amounts of nutrients should be your first step.
A large number of side-effects have been attributed to testosterone. In our clinical experience, the incidence of significant adverse effects with treatment producing physiological testosterone levels is low, and many side effects attributed to testosterone are mainly relevant to supraphysiological replacement. Some adverse effects are specific to a given mode of delivery and have already been described. Potential adverse effects concerning the prostate have also been discussed and require appropriate monitoring of symptoms, PSA and digital rectal examination. Other tumors which may be androgen responsive include cancer of the breast and primary liver tumors, and these are both contraindications to testosterone treatment
Important future developments will include selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). These drugs will be able to produce isolated effects of testosterone at androgen receptors. They are likely to become useful clinical drugs, but their initial worth may lie in facilitating research into the relative importance of testosterone’s action at the androgen receptor compared to at other sites or after conversion to other hormones. Testosterone will remain the treatment of choice for late onset hypogonadism for some time to come.
Testosterone is used as a medication for the treatment of males with too little or no natural testosterone production, certain forms of breast cancer,[10] and gender dysphoria in transgender men. This is known as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), which maintains serum testosterone levels in the normal range. Decline of testosterone production with age has led to interest in androgen replacement therapy.[105] It is unclear if the use of testosterone for low levels due to aging is beneficial or harmful.[106]
Because of inconclusive or conflicting results of testosterone treatment studies reported in the literature, Rabkin and colleagues (2004) undertook a comparison study among testosterone, the anti-depressant, fluoxetine, and placebo in eugonadal HIV positive men. They found that neither fluoxetine nor testosterone were different from placebo in reducing depression, but that testosterone did have a statistically significant effect in reducing fatigue. It is note-worthy that fatigue was reduced with testosterone treatment even though virtually all the men in the study had testosterone levels within the reference range.
I think that revamping your diet and lifestyle could be enough alone (no sugar, high fat, low carbs, lots of veggies, working out, low stress). Tongkat Ali would be an amazing added extra. I don’t know about mixing Tongkat with DAA and other stuff. Probably would be fine, but it’s strong. I usually say pick one. I know Testofuel has Fenugreek in it, but I don’t have too much experience with it. It has been proven to have effects. See this article.
Consume vegetable carbohydrates and healthy fats. Your body requires the carbohydrates from fresh vegetables rather than grains and sugars. In addition to mono- or polyunsaturated fats found in avocados and raw nuts, saturated fats are also essential to building your testosterone production. According to research, there was a decrease in testosterone stores in people who consumed a diet low in animal-based fat.11 Aside from avocados and raw nuts, ideal sources of healthy fat that can boost your testosterone levels include:
TestoTEK has all the core ingredients and they are in big-time potencies. D aspartic acid, vitamin D3 and zinc are probably the most important testosterone ingredients in existence. Much clinical research has shown these to be unquestionably the most important. TestoTEK has as much or more of these three ingredients than any other supplement we have reviewed.
Beast Sports recommends taking four capsules twice per day. The pills are about the same size as a multivitamin or a Tylenol liquid gel pill — not tiny tablets, unfortunately, but they aren’t horse pills. They smell like the boxes of raisins your Mom packed into your school lunch, but stale, like they were forgotten in the pantry for a few years, and a little spicy, like she sprinkled curry powder on them. If you follow this eight pills per day regime, your $46 bottle will last you twenty-two days, and cost you about $2 per day.
No one will argue with the well-established fact that the dramatic lows of testosterone as seen in castration or other significant primary testicular disturbances such as those induced by chemotherapy, radiation therapy, congenital problems, or as seen in secondary testicular insufficiency (eg, large compressive pituitary or hypothalamic tumors) produce dramatic signs and symptoms of testosterone deficiency that require testosterone replacement therapy. Less clear, or at least more controversial, is the necessity of treating the gentler reduction of testosterone seen in the aging process.
Male hypogonadism becomes more common with increasing age and is currently an under-treated condition. The diagnosis of hypogonadism in the aging male requires a combination of symptoms and low serum testosterone levels. The currently available testosterone preparations can produce consistent physiological testosterone levels and provide for patient preference.
A: Testosterone is the male androgen, or sex hormone. It controls too many things to list here. While it does help regulate mood, sex drive, and metabolism, it does this by working in tandem with other hormones in your body. It's produced by the male testes and the adrenal glands. For more information, go to //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/testosterone. Matt Curley, PharmD
Testosterone booster products obtained from trusted sources and administered as per the recommendations of the manufacturer may still present some health risks. The present case provided weak evidence of causality between acute liver injury and a commercial testosterone booster. To guarantee an optimal outcome with no severe side effects, further research is warranted to confirm the present findings and determine whether the effects observed in this case report would be statistically significant in larger samples.
The testicles produce an enzyme called 11ßHSD-1 which protects your testosterone molecules from the effects cortisol. During times of prolonged stress and chronically elevated cortisol, there simply is too much cortisol for 11ßHSD-1 to handle. This results in testosterone molecules being destroyed inside the gonads before they even enter the bloodstream (8, 9).
"The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism" published that males who switched from a high-fat diet to a low-fat diet also saw a decrease in their testosterone levels. If you want to put some fat back into your diet without fearing cardiac implications, plant-based saturated fat like coconut is just the ticket. Meat-based fat is also acceptable if kept to less than 10% of your dietary fat intake.
When you’re under stress (be it from lack of sleep, workplace stress, emotional stress, stress from a bad diet, overtraining etc.), your body releases cortisol. Cortisol blunts the effects of testosterone (47), which makes sense from an evolutionary point of view – if we were stressed as cavemen chances are it was a life or death situation – not running late to a meeting - in this state (i.e. running from a lion) the body wouldn’t care if you couldn’t get it up, there was more to worry about!
Yeah, you could do expensive hormone replacement. Or you could take a synthetic test booster. But at the end of the day, neither of these compare to being able to boost testosterone naturally. Nature didn’t intend for you to inject yourself with hormones. Somewhere along the line something went wrong. At your natural level, you are designed to flourish. And the world has everything available for you and your testosterone levels to do so.
In a recent study of male workers, men with low testosterone levels had an increased chance of severe erectile dysfunction (Kratzik et al 2005), although such a link had not been found previously (Rhoden et al 2002). Certainly erectile dysfunction is considered part of the clinical syndrome of hypogonadism, and questions regarding erectile dysfunction form part of the clinical assessment of patients with hypogonadism (Morley et al 2000; Moore et al 2004).
We required all of our testosterone boosters to have magnesium, but gave preference to magnesium aspartate, citrate, lactate, and chloride. These forms have been found to be more easily absorbed than magnesium oxide and sulfate. (On the other hand, it didn’t count if the supplement had magnesium stearate, which is used to make pills not stick together.)
Testosterone is only one of many factors that influence aggression and the effects of previous experience and environmental stimuli have been found to correlate more strongly. A few studies indicate that the testosterone derivative estradiol (one form of estrogen) might play an important role in male aggression.[66][67][68][69] Studies have also found that testosterone facilitates aggression by modulating vasopressin receptors in the hypothalamus.[70]
One of the most important nutrients that can help boost testosterone levels is vitamin D3. In 2011, the results of a study published in the journal Hormone and Metabolic Research announced that vitamin D supplementation boosts testosterone naturally in overweight men by up to 30 percent. (12) This is pretty exciting because research has shown that vitamin D3 is also linked to helping to prevent and treat cancer! (13)
Imagine if there was a pill that would transform your dick into an unstoppable orgasm machine; A pill that gave you the confidence to talk to any girl, because you knew one night with you and she would be begging for your cock. Women are attracted to men that can make them climax. The most PATHETIC trait a man can have is being bad at sex. But the exact opposite is also true.
The maximum hormone concentration in the blood is reported immediately after the workout. And the effect lasts throughout the day. However, it’s important to ensure that your physical activity is moderate. The matter is that too much high-intensity exercise can give an undesirable result. But even if for any reason you can’t attend a gym, it’s not a problem. Just move as much as possible during the day. Even simple walking will be of great benefit.
Heavy metal, fluoride, chlorine, pesticides, dioxins and other dangerous chemicals that are in our food, products and even the air we breath are wreaking absolute havoc on our endocrine systems (responsible for testosterone production). It’s hard to avoid these (especially if you’re a smoker) but they are major contributors to man’s decline in testosterone.
Great article with a lot of useful information. I completely agree with your top three picks. I have done a ton of research as well. Currently I am taking Testogen for over two months and it has worked for me. It has double my low T and I am 61 years old. I do feel better and have more energy. Even have morning wood sometimes and haven’t for a long time.
Rumor has it that the Kim sisters' testosterone pill received a reaction that no other product has ever gotten on Shark Tank. Apparently, after watching a presentation from the pair and hearing about how well their product has performed so far, all five judges got into a heated argument over who would make a deal with the two young entrepreneurs. It's been said that the fight lasted nearly an hour before the judges decided to do something that's never been done before. All five Sharks teamed up to invest an unbelievable $2.5 million into the Kim sisters' product!
The diagnosis of late-onset hypogonadism requires the combination of low serum testosterone levels with symptoms of hypogonadism. Questionnaires are available which check for the symptoms of hypogonadism. These have been validated for the assessment of aging patients with hypogonadism (Morley et al 2000; Moore et al 2004) but have a low specificity. In view of the overlap in symptoms between hypogonadism, aging and other medical conditions it is wise to use a formal method of symptom assessment which can be used to monitor the effects of testosterone replacement.
A testicular action was linked to circulating blood fractions – now understood to be a family of androgenic hormones – in the early work on castration and testicular transplantation in fowl by Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861).[177] Research on the action of testosterone received a brief boost in 1889, when the Harvard professor Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817–1894), then in Paris, self-injected subcutaneously a "rejuvenating elixir" consisting of an extract of dog and guinea pig testicle. He reported in The Lancet that his vigor and feeling of well-being were markedly restored but the effects were transient,[178] and Brown-Séquard's hopes for the compound were dashed. Suffering the ridicule of his colleagues, he abandoned his work on the mechanisms and effects of androgens in human beings.
Hoffman, J., Ratamess, N., Kang, J., Magine, G., Faigenbaum, A. & Stout, J. (2006, August). Effect of creatine and beta-alanine supplementation on performance and endocrine responses in strength/power athletes [Abstract]. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 16(4), 430–46. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17136944
Miscellaneous: Sleep: (REM sleep) increases nocturnal testosterone levels.[142] Behavior: Dominance challenges can, in some cases, stimulate increased testosterone release in men.[143] Drugs: Natural or man-made antiandrogens including spearmint tea reduce testosterone levels.[144][145][146] Licorice can decrease the production of testosterone and this effect is greater in females.[147]
Testosterone may prove to be an effective treatment in female sexual arousal disorders,[52] and is available as a dermal patch. There is no FDA approved androgen preparation for the treatment of androgen insufficiency; however, it has been used off-label to treat low libido and sexual dysfunction in older women. Testosterone may be a treatment for postmenopausal women as long as they are effectively estrogenized.[52]
There have been case reports of development of prostate cancer in patients during treatment with testosterone, including one case series of twenty patients (Gaylis et al 2005). It is not known whether this reflects an increase in incidence, as prostate cancer is very common and because the monitoring for cancer in patients treated with testosterone is greater. Randomized controlled trials of testosterone treatment have found a low incidence of prostate cancer and they do not provide evidence of a link between testosterone treatment and the development of prostate cancer (Rhoden and Morgentaler 2004). More large scale clinical trials of longer durations of testosterone replacement are required to confirm that testosterone treatment does not cause prostate cancer. Overall, it is not known whether testosterone treatment of aging males with hypogonadism increases the risk of prostate cancer, but monitoring for the condition is clearly vital. This should take the form of PSA blood test and rectal examination every three months for the first year of treatment and yearly thereafter (Nieschlag et al 2005). Age adjusted PSA reference ranges should be used to identify men who require further assessment. The concept of PSA velocity is also important and refers to the rate of increase in PSA per year. Patients with abnormal rectal examination suggestive of prostate cancer, PSA above the age specific reference range or a PSA velocity greater than 0.75 ng/ml/yr should be referred to a urologist for consideration of prostate biopsy.
I am a 51 yr old male who has been working out steady for about 6 yrs. Off and on I would gain muscle and lose fat, but lately I have been gaining fat especially in the ab section and I think it may be due to Low-T. I have been researching natural booster options and so far I like yours the best. In your opinion, do you believe that Tongat ali, DAA and the a strong supplement will be enough? What’s your take on fenugreek? Thanks for your time and I look forward to your response.
Don't avoid natural fats. Many people think that all fat is bad and should be avoided, particularly by teenagers who are overweight. However, natural fats and cholesterol from animal products (meat, eggs, dairy) are essential nutrients, especially for the production of sex-related hormones such as testosterone.[4] Eating moderate amounts of saturated and unsaturated fats does not typically trigger weight gain — too many refined carbohydrates and artificial trans fat are the real culprits of obesity. In fact, some studies show that low-fat diets reduce testosterone levels in males, as well as create other growth and development problems.[5] Research indicates that a diet with less than 40% of the energy derived from fat leads to decreased testosterone levels.[6]
Testosterone replacement therapy is currently only FDA approved for men who have been diagnosed with hypogonadism, but it’s also prescribed off-label for older men who take it in hopes that it will improve their libido. The use of testosterone therapy is increasingly common in the United States, with more than 2 million men receiving the therapy. Not every man benefits from taking testosterone supplements. Testosterone is available in different forms, including topicals such as gels, creams, and patches; injections; and pellets that are surgically placed directly beneath the skin. (7)
“I'm 55 years old and hitting the ball further than I've ever hit, and I'm not getting tired going 18 holes! And when I play softball I'm hitting the ball further. I work for the DWP in LA and it's a very physically demanding job. Andro400 really helps because we work 16 hour days a lot. I was turning down a lot of overtime, but when I started taking Andro400, it got me through the day. I really notice a difference – even my wife did. It really works!”
Like other supplements and medication, testosterone therapy comes with risks and possible side effects. This is particularly true if you try to take it for normal aging rather than for treatment of a condition. Also, the Cleveland Clinic points out that the effects that these supplements may have on your heart and prostate can lead to a number of potential issues. Complications include:
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To find the best testosterone booster, we collected every supplement available on BodyBuilding.com, and cross-checked our list against the top results on best of lists like MensFitness, BroScience, and BodyNutrition. We only looked at pills since some of the ingredients in testosterone boosters have a reputation for tasting bad, and powders just prolong the experience. There are a lot — 133 of them to be precise — and they all claim to boost testosterone levels. Testosterone (for men) is “thought to regulate sex drive (libido), bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and strength, and the production of red blood cells and sperm.” If a supplement can increase your natural testosterone levels, the rest should follow. As we mentioned above, it’s not that simple, and at best, you’ll experience only a short-lived boost.
Reordering. My husband has been very tired (lazy), but unable to sleep, and quickly started gaining a belly. I give him his vitamins so he never knows what he is taking. Only 3 days after taking this, he played an entire soccer game and commented on how much more energy he had and how he just feels better all around. I then told him what he was taking. He has continued taking and he is like his old self again. His energy has not only come back on the soccer field, but in other areas, as well.
A: Depo-Testosterone is a brand name medication that contains testosterone cypionate. Depo-Testosterone is given as an intramuscular injection. The medication is indicated for replacement therapy for men that have conditions associated with symptoms of deficiency in the hormone or absence of testosterone produced in the body. Conditions that can be associated with low testosterone include: delayed puberty, impotence and hormonal imbalances. Testosterone is a sex hormone that is naturally produced in the male testicles. In women, small amounts of testosterone is produced in the ovaries and by the adrenal system. Testosterone is available in various medications for testosterone replacement therapy. Different forms of testosterone (e.g. cypionate, enanthate etc) are contained in different brand name medications. Jen Marsico, RPh
Hypogonadism (as well as age-related low testosterone) is diagnosed with blood tests that measure the level of testosterone in the body. The Endocrine Society recommends testing for suspected low T with a total testosterone test. It may be performed in the morning when testosterone levels tend to be highest in young men, although this isn't necessarily the case in older men. The test may be repeated on another day if the results show a low T level. (5)
The real danger comes when you eat a diet high in sugars and carbohydrates (90% of Americans). The sugar binds to LDL (So-called bad cholesterol – PS: It’s not even cholesterol, it’s a protein) and renders it inert. When inert, the LDL cannot pull good cholesterol (HDL) into your cells. This is bad. So what you need to do in conduction with your high fat diet is take in a lot of cruciferous vegetables, limit your carb intake, don’t touch toxic sugars. And exercise regularly.
If you're completely inactive, or if you're completely burned out from overly intense training, neither one is going to help your T-levels. And when it comes to nutrition, eating enough—and getting adequate dietary fats—are both essential for healthy testosterone levels, and for general health.[2] In "All About Testosterone," Chris Lockwood, Ph.D., notes that extreme low-calorie dieting and fasting will hinder testosterone levels from staying at their peak, along with better-known villains like chronic stress.
Elevated testosterone levels have been demonstrated to increase the growth of body muscles and contribute to better activation of the nervous system, resulting in more power and strength, a better mood, enhanced libido, and many other benefits.[3] Previous researches done on the anabolic role of testosterone and its impact on muscular strength in training-induced adaptations has provided rather conflicting findings, and a positive correlation between testosterone-mediated responses and both functional performance and body composition was found.[4,5] There are a number of naturally occurring substances that can boost testosterone levels in the body. Foods containing such substances are known as testosterone-foods; and they tend to be rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals like zinc, which plays a key role in testosterone production.[2,6-8]
At the present time, it is suggested that androgen replacement should take the form of natural testosterone. Some of the effects of testosterone are mediated after conversion to estrogen or dihydrotestosterone by the enzymes aromatase and 5a-reductase enzymes respectively. Other effects occur independently of the traditional action of testosterone via the classical androgen receptor- for example, its action as a vasodilator via a cell membrane action as described previously. It is therefore important that the androgen used to treat hypogonadism is amenable to the action of these metabolizing enzymes and can also mediate the non-androgen receptor actions of testosterone. Use of natural testosterone ensures this and reduces the chance of non-testosterone mediated adverse effects. There are now a number of testosterone preparations which can meet these recommendations and the main factor in deciding between them is patient choice.
Dr. Anthony’s Notes: Correcting a common zinc deficiency can really help testosterone levels. This is why many supplement companies make testosterone boosting supplement stacks called “ZMA” (which stands for Zinc-Magnesium Aspartate) – which is essentially a combination of zinc and magnesium. Do note that LONG TERM high dose zinc supplementation is NOT a good idea (above 30-40mg). Taking too much zinc can lead to a copper deficiency (the two minerals compete for absorption), which causes problems of its own. Verdict: this is one of the natural testosterone supplements that work. Best Food Sources: Beef, lamb, oysters, pumpkin seeds, cashews, quinoa, turkey, chickpeas How To Take Zinc: 30mg once per day with food is ideal. And as we alluded to above in my “notes,” it's often best to take zinc WITH the next supplement on our list…
In the hepatic 17-ketosteroid pathway of testosterone metabolism, testosterone is converted in the liver by 5α-reductase and 5β-reductase into 5α-DHT and the inactive 5β-DHT, respectively.[1][151] Then, 5α-DHT and 5β-DHT are converted by 3α-HSD into 3α-androstanediol and 3α-etiocholanediol, respectively.[1][151] Subsequently, 3α-androstanediol and 3α-etiocholanediol are converted by 17β-HSD into androsterone and etiocholanolone, which is followed by their conjugation and excretion.[1][151] 3β-Androstanediol and 3β-etiocholanediol can also be formed in this pathway when 5α-DHT and 5β-DHT are acted upon by 3β-HSD instead of 3α-HSD, respectively, and they can then be transformed into epiandrosterone and epietiocholanolone, respectively.[153][154] A small portion of approximately 3% of testosterone is reversibly converted in the liver into androstenedione by 17β-HSD.[152]
Sprinting has been shown numerous times that it has positive effects on testosterone levels. One 2011 study (ref 84) looked at weightlifters who performed 4x35m sprints twice a week. In contrast to the control group (who continued lifting but did not sprint), it was found that “After the 4-week training program, total testosterone and the total testosterone/cortisol ratio increased significantly in the (sprinters) EXP group”.
Hypogonadism is a disease in which the body is unable to produce normal amounts of testosterone due to a problem with the testicles or with the pituitary gland that controls the testicles. Testosterone replacement therapy can improve the signs and symptoms of low testosterone in these men. Doctors may prescribe testosterone as injections, pellets, patches or gels.
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Melania Trump visits babies, moms affected by opioid crisis
FILE - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, first lady Melania Trump takes a seat during a visit to The Royal Hospital Chelsea in central London. Trump is visiting Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 17, to meet with families of children who were affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb.Luca Bruno / AP
Kristen De Groot
PHILADELPHIA — First lady Melania Trump toured a hospital’s neonatal care unit Wednesday to learn about the treatment given to newborns experiencing opioid withdrawal, after she was initially delayed by mechanical problems on her plane.
Her flight was forced to return to a Washington-area military base because of smoke in the cabin, and she took a different plane to make the trip to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Trump spoke briefly at a conference at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on newborns who have been exposed to opioids while in the womb. The hospital has provided care to mothers with opioid use disorder and their newborn children for more than 45 years.
She was introduced by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who said the Trump administration’s plan to fight the opioid epidemic was “comprehensive and driven by the best science we’ve got.”
She began her remarks by saying “sorry for a little delay.”
Mrs. Trump said there are few things harder than seeing a newborn suffering from opioid withdrawal, and that she wants to shine a light on the issue.
“As the caretakers of the next generation, it is our responsibility to protect our most valuable and vulnerable, our children,” she said.
After touring Jefferson’s neonatal care until, the first lady was also going to visit with mothers who are in addiction treatment in a program that allows them to have their children with them.
According to reporters travelling with the first lady, the original flight was in the air about 10 minutes when smoke filled the cabin. A member of the crew handed out damp washcloths for passengers to put over their mouths, and Secret Service agents rushed to the front of the plane.
It was not immediately clear what caused the problem on the aircraft, a Boeing C-32A identified as “Bright Star.”
The visit was one of a number of stops planned to promote her “Be Best” campaign, which focuses on issues affecting children, including the importance of healthy pregnancies.
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Change Management, Whistle Blowers
Rediagnosing “Founder’s Syndrome”: Moving Beyond Stereotypes to Improve Nonprofit Performance
Elizabeth Schmidt
“Kimono My House” by David Jones/www.davidjonesart.co.uk
This article comes from the Fall-Winter 2013 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Networks & Leadership: Emergence and Transitions.” It was first published online on July 1, 2013.
Francine Founder is a visionary with a concrete and unique approach to solving a problem in her community. She hopes to start a new 501(c)(3) organization to implement her ideas. What can we tell her about the journey upon which she is about to embark?
Like all entrepreneurs, she faces an uphill battle. She will risk time, money, relationships, and reputation to get this idea off the ground. Unlike most entrepreneurs, though, she has no financial upside to balance the risks she will take—a lesson she will learn quite quickly from anyone working in the nonprofit sector. What Francine is less likely to learn, however, is that once she gets the organization off the ground, she will likely be considered the root of all present, past, and future problems in the organization.
This is because it has become fashionable in governance literature to assume that a disease called “founder’s syndrome” can explain every challenge that nonprofits face once their founders have done the heavy lifting. This literature diagnoses founder’s syndrome in four different situations, which I have dubbed the “four symptoms” of founder’s syndrome. This article will begin by examining these so-called symptoms and explaining why they lead to a harmful misdiagnosis. It will then suggest that, instead of pointing fingers, a board should address each of these symptoms, if they exist, from a mission-centric point of view. This approach will lead to a better result for all involved.
The literature uses the term “founder’s syndrome” inconsistently, but a common thread is that this is a psychological illness, and the blame for this illness falls squarely on the shoulders of the founder. The label seems to be applied if one or more of the following symptoms are present: The first is a sense of grandiosity—that the organization is the founder’s, and it exists to serve his or her ego (or pocketbook); the second is an inability to delegate—poor management on the part of the founder; the third is an inability to make a smooth transition from the founder to new leadership; and the fourth is an unwavering dedication to the original vision for the organization.
Each of these four symptoms can, of course, be harmful to an organization, but they are hardly confined to founder-led organizations, nor are they universal. Most accounts of the Smithsonian crisis in the mid-2000s paint Lawrence Small, secretary of the institution at that time, as exhibiting the first two symptoms of founder’s syndrome: grandiosity and an inability to delegate. He was neither the founder nor such a long-term manager that he could be considered “founder-like,” however. In fact, the accounts of this crisis indicate that the imperious style showed up as soon as he took the helm. A nonprofit with a founder at the helm who exhibits these two symptoms is in the same situation as the Smithsonian was, and this pejorative label does not help it address its personnel or governance issues.
The third symptom, a failure to make a graceful exit when others think the founder should leave, also obscures the real problem, which is an organizational failure to create and implement a transition plan. Transition difficulties are hardly restricted to organizations with founders as managers or board chairs, however. Bank of America was caught flat-footed in 2009 when its president announced his retirement, and a 2010 survey by Stanford University found slightly more than half of all companies would be unable to name a successor if they needed to do so immediately.1 Transitions from a founder to a successor may present unique challenges, but it is inappropriate to label these problems as “founder’s syndrome” when they are prevalent throughout the business world.
The final symptom, a founder who clings to the original vision of the organization when others are ready to move on, also hides the real issue and fails to recognize that non-founder-led organizations also face internal discord about the future direction of the organization. This symptom is particularly disturbing, however, because it has the potential to squelch necessary dialogue among the stakeholders of the organization. To say, as soon as a disagreement arises, that the party who conceived of the initial mission suffers from founder’s syndrome, severely handicaps that party’s standing in the discussion.
The literature about these four symptoms also implies that all founders have psychological problems. Admittedly, it usually gives lip service to the idea that some founders escape this problem, but the rest of the work tends to undermine this message. My favorite quote is from a booklet on the subject,with a title that includes the term “founder’s syndrome.” The authors promise to avoid the term because it suggests a clinical disorder, a mere two sentences after the following statement:
The world of executives is filled with founding chief executives whose domination, petulance, stubbornness, shortsightedness, and other flaws are routinely overlooked because, well, most of the time they’re right. That doesn’t make their exasperating style or puzzling choices defensible.2
Among the many ironies in this type of thinking is the widespread belief that denial is a major part of founder’s syndrome, much as it is with alcoholism. This belief makes it almost impossible to defend oneself without simultaneously exhibiting a symptom of the disease. As Henry Lewis wrote in an article for CharityChannel Press in 2002: “I would be remiss not to say . . . that there can be exceptions, but the exceptions are so rare that anyone assuming that their situation is different is most likely wrong.”3
Such hyperbole would be less offensive if empirical evidence backed it up, but I have found only one study that has sought empirical evidence of founder’s syndrome in the nonprofit sector.4 The authors of that study asked Colorado nonprofits about their organizations’ governance practices and attitudes, and then compared the results between the founder-led and non-founder-led organizations. I believe their results were inconclusive. The survey discovered the following:
Founder-led organizations tended to have smaller budgets.
Term limits for board members existed in 31 percent of founder-led organizations and 49 percent of non-founder-led organizations.
Eighty percent of founder-led organizations held at least quarterly meetings, compared with 87 percent of non-founder-led organizations.
Three-fourths of the respondents in both groups thought either the executive director or the board chair was the most influential person during a board meeting, but founder-led organizations were more likely to say the executive director was the most influential.
On the other hand, founder-led organizations were more likely to have reviewed the mission in the past year than were organizations led by non-founders; they were more likely to attract full board participation at meetings; and they were more likely to set and mail the board agenda ahead of time.
Plenty of conclusions could be drawn from these survey results, but one conclusion I find unsupported by these data is the authors’ contention that they found “considerable truth to some of the rumors and stories about founder’s syndrome.”
One does not always need empirical evidence to draw conclusions, of course, and the founder’s syndrome literature draws from commonsense notions and anecdotes. At the beginning of an organization, the founder and the organization are, by necessity, so closely aligned that some founders may be psychologically unable to see that they are separable from the organization. Common sense also tells us that the early boards, which are chosen by the founder, could have a tendency to defer too much to the founder, and that the first leader may not be the person who is able to lead when circumstances change. As with all stereotypes, some founder situations will fit the diagnosis. Even in those situations, however, the organization will have multiple stakeholders who have played and will play a part in the organization’s successes and failures. Once again, the founder’s syndrome diagnosis is so overly broad as to reach the level of stereotype.
The simplification, exaggeration, and blame that result from thinking in stereotypes can be harmful to the individuals and institutions involved. The founder’s reputation is sullied, even if he or she has none of the symptoms. If any of those symptoms is present, none of the other stakeholders is asked to share in the blame. And virtually no one questions whether one or more of these symptoms could actually be strengths. The institutions suffer as well, because stereotypes allow them to avoid addressing real problems by placing blame on the founders. And this distrust discourages—and sometimes prevents—founders from implementing ideas that could solve society’s most intractable problems.
Nonprofit Governance as the Issue
The common element in each of the symptoms described above is a breakdown in governance. The authors of the founder’s syndrome literature recognize this breakdown at some level, but their focus on blame prevents a more nuanced view of governance. In my opinion, their thinking reflects two worrisome trends in modern nonprofit governance: a “one-size-fits-all” mentality, and blindness to the importance of the mission in nonprofit governance. An emphasis on the mission instead of on blame could cure the symptoms we are discussing without adding the harm of a founder’s syndrome diagnosis.
Nonprofit governance has received much emphasis in the last few years. Recent surveys of nonprofit practices show that boards are increasingly implementing and making changes to a variety of governance policies, including investment, records retention, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, gift acceptance, and Form 990 review.5 Unfortunately, revised policies do not necessarily lead to better governance, as some boards spend so much time on administrative reforms that they forget they must also actually govern the organizations.
Compounding this trend is the emphasis on “best practices,” which often translates to a “one-size-fits-all” assumption. That assumption underlies the founder’s syndrome literature, and it can paralyze an organization when the facts do not fit the assumption. It can be especially damaging if these “best practices” translate to the “ordinarily prudent person standard.” In other words, a board that does not look at its founder with suspicion may well be violating a standard of care.
Focus on the Mission
The governance emphasis, in my opinion, should instead be on the mission. The primacy of the mission should, at the least, be a large part of the board’s fiduciary duties of care and loyalty. I would also recognize the board’s fiduciary duty of obedience to the organization’s mission.
With this approach in mind, let’s reexamine the four symptoms described in the founder’s syndrome literature. First, some founders do place their personal agendas ahead of the mission. The most appalling recent example of this is Jerry Sandusky, who started the charity The Second Mile in order to “protect” at-risk youth, and is now serving a thirty-to-sixty-year sentence for child molestation. The sooner the board or the authorities recognize such a situation and remove the founder—or anyone else who is taking advantage of the organization—the better.
Most founders are dedicated to the mission and vision of the organization, however. After all, they conceived of the idea and found a way to implement it in an ongoing venture. A board that focuses on this mission will realize that one way to further it is to determine how best to use the founder’s visionary skills.
If the founder does not, for example, have strong managerial skills (the second symptom we discussed earlier), a mission-centric board will hire people to fill gaps in the founders’ skills. It will also institute financial and other controls to protect the organization, because the leader may be concentrating more on the mission than the details. This is counter to the founder’s syndrome approach, which would automatically remove the founder, and it leaves open the possibility that the organization can retain the inspiration and vision that energizes the organization.
By all accounts, Greg Mortenson of Three Cups of Tea fame made a huge contribution to educating girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan through the organization he founded, Central Asia Institute (CAI). In 2011, however, allegations of financial irregularity at CAI surfaced. Although Mortenson was required to repay one million dollars to CAI, the evidence suggested that he was a poor manager, not a criminal. If that is the case, the board did a disservice to both him and the organization by not determining how best to complement his skills before the scandal erupted. Instead, both Mortenson and CAI suffered nearly irreparable damage—a tragic outcome for a worthwhile cause.
Mission-centered governance will also make a difference if the transition from one leader to another is difficult, as in the third symptom described above. Transitions are never easy, but if all parties recognize that they have the mission in common, the emphasis switches from blaming individuals to reaching a common goal, and thus increases the chances of reaching the goal.
A mission-centered approach will also lead to a better conclusion when controversy arises over the direction of the organization and the mission itself. This final symptom is the most dangerous, in my opinion. Although organizations do need to react to changing realities, and missions should not be static, the founder’s opinions will not be heard if the founder’s syndrome label is automatically attached when controversy arises.
Silencing the person with the original vision is counterproductive, even if that person’s vision is no longer that of the other stakeholders. Nonprofits are not immune to mission creep. In fact, the Smithsonian’s unraveling began when the board hired Lawrence Small to make the institution more businesslike. If Mr. Smithson were still alive, my guess is he would have pointed out this divergence from the mission. In today’s world, he would probably have been accused of founder’s syndrome.
This hostility to founders is not without ironies. Much of my current research concerns social enterprises, those entities with a social or environmental mission as well as a profit motive. Legal scholars are searching for ways to preserve the mission when the profit motive is also in play. Ironically, they tend to assume the founder will protect the mission and worry about what happens when new ownership takes over. Why for-profit social enterprises trust founders to protect the mission but nonprofit social enterprises distrust them is beyond my understanding. It is also ironic that donor intent has been accorded so much legal protection over the last few years, but founder intent is ignored.
The biggest danger of this type of thinking is that the founder’s influence will disappear too early, before his or her vision is ingrained in the organization. Although founder’s syndrome literature implies that founders usually outstay their effectiveness for the organization, I suspect the opposite may well be true.
Can you imagine what the world would look like if Steve Jobs, who fit every stereotype of founder’s syndrome and was in fact fired in 1985 for these qualities, had never returned to Apple? As Time magazine noted after he died:
Jobs was so obviously fundamental to Apple’s success that many feared the company’s amazing run would end the moment he was no longer calling every shot. Instead, Apple prospered during his illnesses and absences. By 2011, the vast majority of its revenues came from products that hadn’t existed when Jobs took his first medical leave. He had accomplished one of his most astounding feats: teaching an entire company to think like Steve Jobs.6
We need this in the nonprofit sector, too. We need to keep founders with a true and workable vision in place until they have taught the entire organization to think like they do. In my opinion, we have allowed the pendulum to swing so far in the direction of preventing founders and others from taking advantage of an organization’s nonprofit status that we have lost sight of the equally strong need to encourage people to take the risks necessary to solve seemingly intractable problems. We need to stop paying lip service to innovation in the nonprofit sector and start thinking of ways to encourage it.
In the words of Steve Jobs, “Don’t be trapped by dogma.”7 Let’s allow Francine Founder to risk her time, money, relationships, and reputation on her new venture. But let’s also give her the possible upside of receiving credit for her success, instead of the blame for everything that goes wrong. Tossing out the concept of founder’s syndrome and focusing instead on the mission should give her that opportunity.
Heidrick & Struggles and Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University, 2010 Survey on CEO Succession Planning.
Thomas A. McLaughlin and Adele Nelson Backlund, Moving Beyond Founder’s Syndrome to Nonprofit Success (Washington, DC: BoardSource, 2008).
Henry Lewis, “Founder’s Syndrome: An Affliction for Which There Is Rarely Immunity,” CharityChannel Press, June 26, 2002.
Stephen R. Block and Steven Rosenberg, “Toward an Understanding of Founder’s Syndrome: An Assessment of Power and Privilege among Founders of Nonprofit Organizations,” Nonprofit Management and Leadership 12, no. 4 (summer 2002): 353–68.
BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index 2010 (Washington, DC: BoardSource, 2010) and Board- Source Nonprofit Governance Index 2012 (Washington, DC: BoardSource, 2012), www.boardsource.org. See also 2009 National Board Governance Survey for Not-for-Profit Organizations (Chicago: Grant Thornton, 2009) and 2008 National Board Governance Survey for Not-for-Profit Organizations (Chicago: Grant Thornton, 2008), www.grantthornton.com.
Harry McCracken, “Steve Jobs, 1955–2011: Mourning Technology’s Great Reinventor,” Time, October 5, 2011.
“‘You’ve Got to Find What You Love,’ Jobs Says,” Stanford Report, June 14, 2005 (Steve Jobs, commencement address, Stanford University, California, June 12, 2005).
Elizabeth Schmidt is the Director for George Mason University’s Enterprise in Service to Society Initiative. Prior to that, she taught Nonprofit Law and Social Enterprise Law at Vermont Law School, where she directed the Board Fellows program, which places students as non-voting members of nonprofit boards of directors. In addition to being a law professor, Professor Schmidt has been a corporate litigator, legal counsel for GuideStar, a manager of educational outreach at Colonial Williamsburg, and a management consultant for nonprofit organizations. Professor Schmidt has authored articles related to nonprofit governance, accountability, policies, and ethics, as well as a casebook on nonprofit law, Nonprofit Law: The Life Cycle of a Charitable Organization. She has also written about the emerging area of social enterprise.
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Manchester Airport Soars To New Heights
July 5, 2017 NR-News Business, Latest News 0
More than 2.5 million people jetted off from the UK’s third largest airport in May, meaning that 26,795,288 have now passed through its three terminals in the last 12 months.
With the start of half term and a number of airlines launching new routes, it was the airport’s busiest May on record. Oman Air launched its daily service to Muscat, meaning there are now up to 12 flights a day to the Middle East direct from Manchester Airport. As well as connecting the North to Muscat, Oman Air also offers incredible onward connectivity across Asia and beyond.
Elsewhere, Thomas Cook Airlines also commenced twice weekly services to San Francisco as well as flights to the Greek island of Mykonos. BA CityFlyer also started seven new routes to European destinations – the first time it has flown between Manchester and Europe for 10 years.
The terminals also saw thousands of Manchester United fans make their journeys to Stockholm for the Europa League final. The airport saw more than 50 special charter flights departing for the Swedish city carrying United fans.
Collette Roche, Interim Managing Director for Manchester Airport, said: ‘May was yet another busy month for the airport, with a host of airlines launching new routes for the summer season. The launch of additional flights to San Francisco with Thomas Cook Airlines and our new route to Muscat continue to highlight the popularity of direct flights from Manchester Airport for the 22 million people in our catchment area.
‘As we move further into our summer season, we’re looking forward to welcoming even more passengers and working with our airline partners to continue to grow our route network.’
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The penultimate storage of contaminated waste
From Pierre Fetet Fukushima Blog, translation Hervé Courtois
Contaminated waste storage in Minamisoma in 2012 next to a primary school
On 28 October, nuclear waste was temporarily stockpiled at a site that is expected to be the penultimate (perhaps the last and perpetual) site in the cities of Ōkuma and Futaba, where the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is located.
The bottom of a large storage basin was lined with waterproof canvas to prevent groundwater pollution. The rainwater collected at the bottom will be purified by a machine and released into the rivers. This storage area covers an area of 16,000 hectares, but constitutes only 39% of the planned land. It is difficult to get the agreement of the landowners.
On this land, an incinerator will be built for the uprooted plants and felled trees, and a storage area for highly radioactive ashes. According to the law, the government has promised that after 30 years (before 2045) this storage will have to be moved out of the Fukushima Prefecture, but nobody of course believes it, because no one will accept these dangerous installations near his house.
In Fukushima, 15.2 million cubic meters of contaminated soil are temporarily stored on sports fields, in car parks and even in private gardens. According to the plan, most of this contaminated land will be transported to the new storage site by 2020.
http://www.fukushima-blog.com/2018/02/decharge-justice-et-demantelement.html#ob-comment-ob-comment-91997876
February 5, 2018 Posted by dunrenard | Fukushima 2018 | Contaminated Waste, Fukushima, Okuma-Futaba, Storage Site | Leave a comment
Radioactive soil turns up at Fukushima high school
FUKUSHIMA–Highly radioactive soil that should by law be removed by the central government has been left dumped in the corner of a schoolyard here because the construction of a local storage site for waste has been stalled.
Students at the school were not given an official warning that the radioactive soil was potentially hazardous to their health.
When a teacher scooped up soil samples at the site and had their radiation levels measured by two nonprofit monitoring entities–one in Fukushima and another in Tokyo–the results showed 27,000-33,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram.
The law stipulates that the central government is responsible for disposing of waste measuring more than 8,000 becquerels per kilogram.
But as a central government project to build an interim storage site for highly radioactive waste near the nuclear power plant has been stalled, the school appears to have no alternative to indefinitely keeping it in the schoolyard.
Principal Seiichi Takano at Fukushima North High School said the school does not plan to take extra safety measures with regard to the storage of the polluted dirt, saying the waste is not believed to be outright dangerous.
“The prefectural board of education has not set any criteria for us to conclude at what levels of radiation are hazardous to people,” he said.
The fallout is a result of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, which unfolded following the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011.
Before the cleanup operation at the school in the city’s Iizaka district on May 24-25, the teacher who took the samples called on school officials to take precautionary measures and issue an alert for students.
“Since it is highly radioactive, we should remind students and staff of the potential danger while taking a step to prevent the spread of polluted dust during cleanup,” said the teacher.
Highly radioactive dirt, which was mixed with tree branches and plants amounted to 20 cubic meters, according to cleanup workers. It was packed in bags and dumped in an area near the parking lot for bicycles used by students.
School officials say they plan to bury the bags by digging deep holes on the school premises to temporarily store them, but they have no idea when they will finally be removed.
The polluted dirt in the latest cleanup first came to the attention of school officials in March when a preliminary survey detected 1.6 microsieverts per hour of radiation at a point 1 meter from the surface of the ground near the bicycle parking lot. The survey is routine before any cleanup gets under way in earnest.
A cleanup operation is conducted with the aim of lowering radiation exposure to below 0.23 microsieverts per hour, a long-term goal the central government has set to limit residents’ annual additional exposure to a maximum of 1 millisievert.
In the previous decontamination operation, the school’s playground was cleaned in August 2011 before classes were resumed for that academic year after a break after the nuclear accident.
A large amount of contaminated soil–far more radioactive than in the current incident–is still buried in the schoolyard for temporary storage.
Cleanup resumed only this spring for the rest of the school premises and its neighborhood in line with a general cleanup plan in Fukushima.
An official with the prefectural board of education said it is not considering additional safety measures concerning the storage of polluted soil kept at the school.
“We are going to ensure safety by taking an approach similar to the existing one before the polluted soil is transported to the interim storage facility,” said a board official.
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606150009.html
June 15, 2016 Posted by dunrenard | Fukushima 2016 | Fukushima continuing, Highschool Ground, radioactive Soil, Storage Site | Leave a comment
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Has Senator Heller Committed Seditious Conspiracy Along Side 46 Other Senators?
March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 vickielrock2 Comments
I awoke this morning to hear that 47 U.S. Senators had signed a letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran basically telling them (1) not to trust our nation’s President to negotiate an agreement as to Iran’s nuclear program, (2) that no matter what might be negotiated, and (3) come 2017 when a new President (presumably Republican) takes office, well, he’ll just scrap that agreement. Nevada’s Senator Dean Heller was on of those 47 signatures. News flash Senator Heller, the President of the United States is NOT the lone Emperor of the World!
Here’s Senator Heller’s tweet:
Here’s the letter from 47 imbecilic Senators who don’t understand the U.S. Constitution and the roles different parts of our government play, who have no rudimentary understanding of our obligations under international law and who appear to have colluded to commit seditious conspiracy to undermine the government the swore to faithfully serve:
Ah … but the story doesn’t end with the mere issuance of that letter. Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that to the letter signed by the 47 Senators, “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history. This indicates that like Netanyahu, who considers peace as an existential threat, some are opposed to any agreement, regardless of its content.”
Zarif was astonished that 47 members of our US Senate, some of whom have held those positions for decades, believe it to be appropriate to write to leaders of another country expressing opposition their own president and administration. Zarif also challenged the lawmakers’ threats, dismissing the letter as a mere “propaganda ploy with no legal value.” He went further explaining, “I wish to enlighten the authors that if the next administration revokes any agreement with ‘the stroke of a pen,’ as they boast, it will have simply committed a blatant violation of international law.”
Foreign Minister Zarif added that “I should bring one important point to the attention of the authors and that is, the world is not the United States, and the conduct of inter-state relations is governed by international law, and not by US domestic law. The authors may not fully understand that in international law, governments represent the entirety of their respective states, are responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs, are required to fulfil the obligations they undertake with other states and may not invoke their internal law as justification for failure to perform their international obligations.”
Iranian Foreign Minister added that “change of administration does not in any way relieve the next administration from international obligations undertaken by its predecessor in a possible agreement about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.” He continued “I wish to enlighten the authors that if the next administration revokes any agreement with ‘the stroke of a pen,’ as they boast, it will have simply committed a blatant violation of international law.” He emphasized that if the current negotiation with the 5+1 results in a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, it will not be a bilateral agreement between Iran and the US, but rather one that will be concluded with the participation of five other countries, including all permanent members of the Security Council, and will also be endorsed by a Security Council resolution.
Zarif expressed hope that his comments “may enrich the knowledge of the authors to recognize that according to international law, Congress may not ‘modify the terms of the agreement at any time’ as they claim, and if Congress adopts any measure to impede its implementation, it will have committed a material breach of US obligations.”
The Foreign Minister also informed the authors that majority of US international agreements in recent decades are in fact what the signatories describe as “mere executive agreements” and not treaties ratified by the Senate. He reminded them that “their letter in fact undermines the credibility of thousands of such ‘mere executive agreements’ that have been or will be entered into by the US with various other governments.”
Zarif concluded by stating that “the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered these negotiations in good faith and with the political will to reach an agreement, and it is imperative for our counterparts to prove similar good faith and political will in order to make an agreement possible.”
President Obama also condemned the action of the 47 Senators saying, “I think it’s somewhat ironic to see some members for Congress wanting to make common cause with the hard-liners in Iran. It’s an unusual coalition.”
As far as I’m concerned, I truly hope the Attorney General introduces each and every one of those 47 Senators with reality by charging them with blatant violation of the Logan Act, which ironically is a law passed by the US Congress and signed by President John Adams. The Logan Act is a U.S. federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with or interfering with negotiations with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with fines, as well as the possibility of imprisonment of up to three years. Clearly, the US Constitution does NOT delegate the responsibility for negotiation agreements or treaties to the US Congress. Foreign affairs is clearly the responsibility of the executive, the President of the United States of America.
This is the second incident the GOP has orchestrated to embarrass the President of the United States and undermine his authority. When is the President going to finally unleash the Attorney General of the United States to put an end to the seditious conspiracies being concocted against the better interests of these United States?
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4-H Canada receives $3 million from feds in support of youth development
The national body of the 4-H youth development organization in Canada has received a boon of $3 million from the federal government.
Announcing the funding at a meeting with 4-H clubs at Parliament Hill last week, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Marie-Claude Bibeau said the three-year investment in the organization will go towards its work in supporting youth in predominantly rural communities.
“4-H Canada welcomes the government of Canada’s continued investment in impactful positive youth development,” said David Hovell, chair of 4-H Canada, in a statement. “This funding commitment will ensure 4-H members are empowered to develop relevant skills and knowledge while exploring career paths in the areas important to their generation: agriculture, food security, science, technology, environmental sustainability, healthy living, communication and community engagement.”
4-H clubs operate across the country, including in Waterloo Region, where the local club offers youth programming in everything from animal showmanship to veterinary studies to maple syrup and even soap making.
Coming up soon, the Waterloo 4-H will be starting the Fishing 4-H Club on May 25, and the Rabbit Hop club on May 23, where participants learn how to train rabbits for showmanship.
The goal through these activities is to develop youth with skills in leadership, creative thinking and personal responsibility, with agriculture often forming the basis for these activities. The clubs are all volunteer driven, with much of that support coming from farmers, agriculture-industry experts and former 4-H members.
“4-H relies on volunteers to run all their clubs, and I find 4-H really values their volunteers. You actually really feel like the time you put in is appreciated,” said Jason Brownridge, a veterinarian and one of the volunteer leaders of the Floradale Veterinary 4-H Club.
Brownridge himself was a 4-H member in his youth, and now mentors others in his area of expertise. Club members learn about animal anatomy, the different tools used by vets, and even get to dissect donated animals that have passed away (Brownridge notes no animals are harmed as part of the club’s activities).
“I enjoyed being a youth 4-H member, so it just seemed natural that I would then become a leader when I was older. I hope that my kids, when in a couple years they’re old enough, that they’ll become members.”
The organization receives strong support from farmers in the area as well, who open their farms for field trips, and offer their livestock for training. Many 4-H children do not come from rural backgrounds and don’t have access to farm animals and the like, instead relying on farmers to supply the component pieces.
“Well I was raised as a 4-H member, a history of 4-H,” says Helen Martin of her reasons for supporting the 4-H club as a host farm. “But I think it’s good for some of these children to see what it is like to lead an animal and learn about livestock on the farm. Learn how to handle them. It’s just a good experience for them.”
Martin supports the sheep club with her livestock, allowing youth to practice training her animals. Martin will also be helping the upcoming Rabbit Hop Club – though she won’t be supplying the rabbits herself for that club. “It teaches a person responsibility, learning how to train an animal,” she says.
The funding announced by the federal government will go towards 4-H Canada, which operates separately from the provincial 4-H organizations such as 4-H Ontario.
The national organization operates Canada-wide programs, while the provincial organizations are responsible for organizing and overseeing local 4-H clubs. Nonetheless, 4-H Canada has noted the $3 million in funding will help deliver grassroots programming with its provincial partner organizations, and says the investment will allow for the support of 4-H volunteers across the country.
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Education Revolution in Orange County: Part II of III – Parent Trigger Law and Palm Lane Elementary
Posted by Chris Nguyen on July 30, 2015
Last week, I began my three-part series on the education revolution brewing in Orange County with a post on the rapid increase in the number of charter schools in the county after years of stagnation.
In this second post, I will turn to the use of the Parent Trigger Law at Palm Lane Elementary School in the Anaheim City School District. My colleague, Craig Alexander, was the first person to break the news when he posted here on OC Political that Superior Court Judge Andrew Banks had ruled in favor of the parents in Ochoa vs. Anaheim City School District when Palm Lane Elementary School families used the Parent Trigger Law to petition for a public charter school.
This is a watershed moment in Orange County education. Should the judge’s ruling stand, this will be the first successful use of the Parent Trigger Law in Orange County and one of just a handful in California.
Utilizing the Parent Trigger Law allows parents of students in failing schools to take back control of their schools like never before. For many parents in lower-income areas that have been traditionally pro-union, using the Parent Trigger Law exposes them to the first time to the hostility of the California Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association ̣(and their local chapters, of course). This is an eye-opening experience that causes many of these parents to turn against these unions that are impeding their efforts to improve their children’s education.
It is no surprise that Anaheim City School District administration are opposed to the use of the Parent Trigger Law because it is essentially an indictment of their failures at Palm Lane Elementary School. Furthermore, the conversion of Palm Lane Elementary into a charter school weakens the Anaheim City School District administration’s control of the school (and its funding).
Four of the five Anaheim City School District trustees are in their first term on the school board, so they could hardly blamed for the failures at Palm Lane Elementary School, and when the petitions were submitted to the school district, two of the trustees had been in office less than six weeks while a third trustee had not yet even been seated.
Disappointingly, the Anaheim City School District trustees voted unanimously to appeal the judge’s ruling. Not one trustee stepped back and asked themselves one basic question: “What is so horrible about a public charter school that I’m willing to spend an additional $600,000 to stop one at Palm Lane Elementary?”
The Anaheim City School District contends that only 48.43% of Palm Lane Elementary School parents provided valid signatures for the petition. The Superior Court found at least 51.57% of signatures were valid, but the judge stopped counting at this point because it was clearly above the 50% threshold.
Even accepting the school district’s lower number, at what point do the Anaheim City School District administration and trustees take another step back and simply say, “Wow. 48% of parents at Palm Lane are so upset that they want to convert it into a public charter school.” That’s not to say that the other 52% oppose a charter school; they simply did not sign the petition (if we use the school district’s numbers).
So, we now await the Court of Appeal, as the Anaheim City School District continues their battle against the parents of Palm Lane Elementary School.
In the second half of this post, I have excerpted four of the most stunning sections of the ruling by the judge. The two longer excerpts give a glimpse into the truly offensive way in which the Anaheim City School District has handled this process.
What is the Parent Trigger Law?
Readers familiar with the Parent Trigger Law can skip down to the next section on the scathing court ruling.
In a nutshell, the Parent Trigger Law authorizes parents to petition for one of five types of reforms at their children’s school. The school must meet legal definitions for a low-performing school for the petition to be valid. A majority of parents must sign the petition in order to for one of the reforms to be implemented. Yes, a majority of parents at the school must sign the petition. This is a very high petition threshold. (Contrast that with ballot measures, a certain percentage far below a majority [varying from 5%-20% depending on the type/jurisdiction of measure] is needed to qualify a measure for an election, and most types of ballot measures pass with a majority vote. Getting a majority to sign your petition is a much more challenging task than getting a majority to cast their ballots for your proposal.)
One of the five options for reform is launching a public charter school, and that is the route that Palm Lane Elementary School parents opted for in their petition to the Anaheim City School District.
The Parent Trigger Law was passed in 2010 by a bipartisan coalition of Sacramento lawmakers, and I don’t mean that a couple renegades from one party hopped on board with the other party to pass it. This was authored by former Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero ̣̣(D-East Los Angeles) and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff (R-San Dimas). In the Senate, 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats formed the group of 23 Senators who voted to pass the bill; in the Assembly, it was 25 Republicans and 16 Democrats. These weren’t rogue Democrats who joined the Republicans — this included the Democrats’ top leaders: then-Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, then-Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, and future Assembly Speaker John Perez.
Truly Scathing Court Ruling in Ochoa v. Anaheim City School District
After reading the full text of the judge’s decision that Craig posted, I am amazed that no one has quoted more extensively from it. In the published sources I’ve seen, the quotes have been limited to the judge’s findings that the Anaheim City School District’s petition “rejection to be procedurally unfair, unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious” and regarding petition verification: “The deficiencies in the process used were substantial; so substantial that it made it an unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious and unfair process.” (Craig in his original post also quoted “Clearly, the Respondents [the District] did not meet their obligations of good faith cooperation with respect to this issue and as mandated by the Act.”)
I am amazed no one has published more excerpts of the truly scathing court ruling. As I read the full text of the ruling, I was actually angered and offended by the Anaheim City School District’s behavior. Below are the four most stunning excerpts, and the two longer ones describe the repugnant fashion in which the Anaheim City School District conducted itself with regard to the petition. In the court ruling, references to the “respondent” mean the Anaheim City School District while references to the “petitioners” mean the parents suing the school district in defense of the Parent Trigger petition.
Judge Banks noted about the school in question, “This proceeding involves parents of students at Palm Lane Elementary, a school whose performance over 10 of the last 11 years as measured by the legislatively imposed standards can be described as abysmal.”
The Anaheim City School District attempted to argue that the Court lacked jurisdiction because the parents had not completed all administrative remedies since the district had not rejected the petition. This is ludicrous because even the minutes of the school board meeting note that the motion was “to reject the Petition” of the Palm Lane parents. The Court described the school district’s brazen argument as:
The Respondent Board rejected the Petition in Exhibit 16…In the section “Action” the last sentence in relevant part reads “Accordingly the Petition…is rejected.”
Respondents sought to characterize the rejection as something less, arguing in the trial brief and at trial that the action of February 19th was not a final determination on the Petition (Respondent’s Trial Brief at page 1, lines 17-23 and page 25 lines 3-5). They presented their case in part on the theory that the Petition was returned as allowed under 5 CCR Section 4802.1(g)(j) and not rejected. The language used by the District’s Board plainly says otherwise. They rejected the Petition they did not return it.
The Respondents also argue that this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear this matter as well as to grant relief because the Petition was not rejected but only returned and therefore Petitioners have failed to exhaust their administrative remedies. This argument fails because the Respondents rejected the Petition.
I find the rejection to be procedurally unfair, unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious.
The school district attempted to argue that Palm Lane did not fit the criteria of a low-performing school for purposes of the Parent Trigger Law, relying on a truly bizarre rationale that the state Department of Education did not issue a 2014 adequate yearly progress report, so Palm Lane could not have “failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP).” The Court wrote:
The Respondents [sic] own internal communications admit to the fact that Palm Lane is a subject school subject to the [Parent Trigger] Act and has failed to make AYP. Exhibits 29, 31, 32,67 and 80 are just some of those communications.
The reliance of the Respondents upon Exhibit 47 and the determination by State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Honorable Tom Torlakson, that no 2014 AYP report for elementary and other schools would be prepared by the California Department of Education did not provide a safe harbor against parents utilizing the Act as the Respondents argue. Instead, it froze those schools and districts in their status based on prior measured AYP results. The evidence clearly establishes that Palm Lane failed to make adequate yearly progress. I therefore find that Palm Lane is a subject school under the Act.
In the Anaheim City School District’s rejection of the Parent Trigger petition, their findings noted that “The Petitioners failed to submit a separate document that identifies the lead petitioners.” The judge rips the school district to shreds for attempting to use this argument:
The evidence on the “lead petitioner list” issue was directly contradictory. The Petitioners said they provided it when they delivered the signed petitions to the District at the District’s Office on January 14, 2015. The Respondents said they never got it. After considering all the evidence I resolve this issue in favor of the Petitioners. In particular, I find the testimony of Alfonso Flores to be persuasive and he to be the most credible witness on this issue, and probably in the entire case.
I would be remiss however if I left the issue there. The behavior of the Respondents [sic] personnel in doing absolutely nothing to determine who the lead petitioners were can not go without comment. Wisely or not, the Act requires the Local Educational Agency (LEA) to work with the lead parent petitioners in the process. In practical terms it means the Districts must cooperate and work together with the very people who seek to take from the District a school (and its funding etc) and to establish in its place a charter school. No clearer repudiation of a school district’s performance could be imagined.
I find that the Respondents’ claimed ignorance of the identity of the lead parents and ignorance as to how to learn their identity (feigned and contrived ignorance in the Court’s view) is unreasonable. They could have looked at the “sign in sheet” for January 14th when the petitions were delivered to see which parents were there – but they did not. They could have called the name and phone number of the person listed on most of the petitions; which information was listed after the words:
“For more information, all interested persons, the school district, and others should contact:” (emphasis added)
[Name and number omitted by the Court]
And if that was not enough, immediately below the name and phone number of the contact person were the words:
with the name of two supporting organizations, one of which is headed by Senator Romero, with whom the evidence showed the Respondents were well acquainted.
Any of those acts would have been what a reasonable person would have done and what a reasonable process would have called for. Instead, they manufactured a continuing state of ignorance as to the lead person identities.
Finally, and not to beat a dead horse, Senator Romero herself wrote to the Respondents and offered to put them in touch with and coordinate between the District and the lead parents (Exhibit 49, page TX 049-003 to 006). Respondents never responded to her offer.
On July 2, 2015 while testifying before the Court the District Superintendent testified that even on that day she still did not know who the lead petitioners were. The evidence established that Exhibit 97 (list of petitioning parents, i.e. lead petitioners) was again provided shortly after the District findings were announced on February 19, 2015. How she could not know the identities is troubling.
Clearly, the Respondents did not meet their obligations of good faith cooperation with respect to this issue and as mandated by the Act.
The Court found the petition signature verification process to be”unreasonable, unfair and incomplete” and with just a few phone calls, the judge himself was able to confirm enough signatures to easily exceed the 50% threshold for the Parent Trigger petition. Judge Banks brutally dissects the signature verification process:
Under the [Parent Trigger] Act and its related regulations, the Respondents as an LEA may verify signatures on petitions, but they are not required to do so; and if they undertake to do so their efforts must be reasonable. 5 CCR § 4802.1 (b).
I find that the process set up and utilized by Respondents was unreasonable, unfair and incomplete.
The process was developed by a temporary employee (Evelyn Gutierrez) who was given no training or education about the Act, the Regulations or the importance of what she was being asked to do. She had no background, training or experience in handwriting analysis or comparison. She was not supervised in any meaningful regard. She received no written procedures to follow. She had to develop the script she used when calling parents phone numbers. The deficiencies in the process used were substantial; so substantial that it made it an unreasonable, arbitrary, caprcious [sic] and unfair process. In fairness it must be noted that Ms. Gutierrez did her best in the situation into which she was placed.
The result of this defective process was that valid signed petitions were not counted. Ms. Gutierrez testified to several petitions she rejected that on reflection should have been determined valid. In addition she testified that a number of petitions were placed by her in a “pending” status because she could not reach the parent signatory or for some other reason. Someone, not Ms. Gutierrez, later decided to improperly classify those petitions as invalid.
A brief description of the signature verification process is in order. Ms. Gutierrez would call the phone number twice to try and reach a parent signatory. She called between approximated [sic] 8:30AM and 4:30PM. If she could not reach the person, she would put them in “pending”. If she reached the parent she inquired about their signing the petition. Calling only during normal working hours for the parents decreased the probability of making contact.
Some persons reached by phone said they had signed; others said their spouse signed; others said they could not recall if they signed and finally some denied they had signed.
Some children had separate petitions signed by each parent. If the first petition signature could not be verified there was no attempt to look at the other signed petition to verify the accuracy of the signature on that petition.
In sum, there are numerous deficiencies in the process. The result of the flawed process was that valid signatures sufficient to reach and exceed the 50% threshold were improperly excluded.
In the interest of brevity I attach and include a list of 29 students and parents utilized in argument and entitled “Improperly Invalidated Petitions (Child/Parent)”. I have independently evaluated the evidence relating to some but not all of the 29, stopping once a total of 23 additional valid signed petitions were established. Inasmuch as the Respondents determined and found the Petitioners were 12 valid petitions short there is no need to go further. The Petitioners needed 367, the Court finds they presented a minimum of 378. Using the aforementioned chart, the Court determines the following numbers referenced thereon were valid petitions: 1 – 7; 9; 13 -24; 27 -29. The Court does not reach items 25 and 26.
The Anaheim City School District has much to answer for about the reprehensible way they handled this process.
Key Question for Anaheim City School District Trustees
To reiterate my point from earlier: each Trustee should take a look in the mirror, and then, each should ask and answer this question:
“What is so horrible about a public charter school that I’m willing to spend an additional $600,000 to stop one at Palm Lane Elementary?”
Posted in Anaheim City School District | Tagged: Andrew Banks, Bob Gardner, Bob Huff, Craig Alexander, Craig P. Alexander, Darrell Steinberg, David Robert "D.R." Heywood, Evelyn Gutierrez, Gloria Romero, Jackie Filbeck, Jeff Cole, John Perez, Karen Bass, Linda Wagner, Palm Lane Elementary School, Ryan Ruelas, Tom Torlakson | 5 Comments »
OC Democrats Hypocrisy: Poll Tax and the Judicial Process
Posted by Allen Wilson on April 29, 2014
The Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) took up an issue regarding the actions of their Vice Chairman Greg Diamond which caused Orange County Labor Federation calls for his ouster.
Last night, DPOC removed Diamond by a vote of 35-15, which requires 2/3rds for removal of an officer of their organization.
Mr. Diamond wasted no time to pen the real story behind his ouster with explanations that the process was flawed and did not afford him adequate time to respond the charges leveled against him as he asserts:
“When a group of proponents in a quasi-trial come up with a set of procedures — known to them ahead of time but not to me — that is that insulting to basic principles of due process, the only response should be taken from Willy Wonka’s statement to Charlie after he violated the rules of the Chocolate Factory: YOU LOSE! I asked for such a determination, I didn’t get it, and the DPOC will have a harder time living down that result than I will.”
Ironically in January, the same Democrats, notably Senate President Darrell Steinberg, in the State Senate will not remove or call for resignation of Senator Roderick Wright despite the guilty verdict has been rendered upon him.
Senator Steinberg said back in January:
“Where we stand today, there is no final conviction, but a jury verdict. Unless and until there is a final conviction for a felony I do not believe it is appropriate or necessary to expel Senator Wright or ask him to resign.”
Mr. Diamond’s supporter challenged the legitimacy of certain votes that were cast by alternates of those ex-officio’s whom failed to pay dues and they are: Bob Rush, Steve Young, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Jerry Tetalman and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva. The DPOC require all members and ex-officios to pony up $60 known as dues to be allowed to vote on all items as stated in their By-Laws, Article 18 – Dues, Section 1:
Dues shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per year for each member including alternates and are due payable within 60 days of assuming membership.
Let me get this straight: DPOC force members to pay $60 annual dues to vote on party matters for an office they have been elected to by their peers is pretty close to a “Poll Tax”, which is definitely violation of the 24th Amendment of the United States Constitution:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
However, hypocrisy is nothing is new for the Democrats, but it sure is revealing of how they handled their own county party officer versus that of an elected official that was convicted by the jury of his peers who is now on a paid vacation.
Furthermore, the requirement of paying dues to cast ballot should give pause, because the right to vote should not be coerced via payment of dues for any political organization, but I will let that issue rest on the conscience of the Democratic Party of Orange County.
ead more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/01/steinberg-does-not-want-wright-to-leave-california-senate.html#storylink=cpy
Posted in California, Democrat Central Committee, National, Orange County | Tagged: Darrell Steinberg, Democratic Party of Orange County, Greg Diamond, Hypocrisy, Loretta Sanchez, Orange County Labor Federation, Poll Tax, Roderick Wright, Sharon Quirk-Silva | 1 Comment »
Breaking News: New Democrat Scandal In Senate
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on April 1, 2014
As if it couldn’t get any worse, a new scandal for Senate Democrats appears to be under investigation.
The series of scandals for Democrats started with Roderick Wright being convicted of voter fraud and perjury on January 28th. The scandals continued on Friday February 21st when Ron Calderon was indicted on public corruption charges. It actually got worse on March 26th when Leland Yee was charged with gun trafficking.
Jon Fleischman on the Flash Report reported today that Senator Darrell Steinberg’s office has been raided today. I received a tip from a Sacramento source that the investigation is centered around a Democrat member of the California State Senate accused of cannibalism. With this being the fourth scandal in four months for Senate Democrats the upcoming election could be very interesting.
Authorities have not confirmed the charges yet, but it is rumored that the last known investigation into something like this was centered around a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse back in 1968. These are very serious charges and most people are opposed to cannibalism. We will try to update our readers as more information becomes available.
Please look at the calendar before you complain to me about this post.
Posted in California | Tagged: April Fools' Day, Darrell Steinberg, Leland Yee, Roderick Wright, Ron Calderon | 2 Comments »
Arrogancy of Legislative Leaders
Posted by Allen Wilson on July 1, 2013
The San Jose Mercury News article “Steinberg reportedly rebukes Yee over public records stance” asks the question: Did Senate Democrats leaders did a private dress down of Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) for speaking in opposition to the proposed water down of the California Public Records Act?
Senate President Darrell Steinberg says he didn’t dress down Yee.
Senator Yee will not discuss.
The article explains two credible capitol sources says Steinberg was not pleased with Senator Yee speaking with the San Jose Mercury News about the topic.
The article goes on to explain that Democratic leaders felt Yee had hung them out dry in public.
The very telling quote from one of the capitol sources says, “God forbid you vote your conscience, and then tell people why.”
There are credible tales of legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle who use bully tactics on certain members of their own caucus who dare to speak their own mind despite the fact that every Senator and Assemblymember are elected by the people from their respective districts.
The unwritten rule in Sacramento that legislators have no right to “embarrass leader(s) of their own respective caucus”.
The horror!
As we approach the 237th Birthday of our Republic should serve as a reminder why the founders told King George III to fly a kite and the days of going to his court to kiss his ring for his blessings are over.
If every member votes with their own conscience without being excoriated by the Sacramento aristocrats, then perhaps Sacramento would be a civilized place and that every voice is heard as envisioned by our Founders.
We can only hope and pray that arrogance by legislative leaders would be the thing of the past.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Arrogance, California Public Records Act, Darrell Steinberg, Legislative Leaders., Leland Yee, Power | Leave a Comment »
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Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary has committed US$1 billion for the development of the Niger Delta, the Vice President of the federal government, Yemi Osinbajo, said. Osinbajo is on a tour in the Delta, aiming to appease through dialogue the militant groups that have crippled Nigeria’s oil industry over the last couple of years.
The money will be released in US$500-million annual installments, to be used to provide clean drinking water, conduct health impact assessments, and supply “remediation technologies” to local communities, who tried to sue Shell for failure to clean up an oil spill in the area. The case was heard by the London High Court, which ruled that it is outside its jurisdiction: Shell Petroleum Development Company is registered in Nigeria, so a Nigerian court should be the one to hear the case.
The federal government has demonstrated determination in its attempts to appease the Niger Delta militants who have been blowing up pipelines for two years now, inflicting substantial damage to the infrastructure and cutting Nigeria’s oil production to a level that granted the country exemption from the OPEC oil production cut agreement.
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Amazon and the Japanese rape simulator
Here’s a weird story. Amazon were, until a few days ago, stocking a Japanese rape simulation computer game. The Belfast Telegraph discovered the listing and was predictably shocked. Politicians piled in on the outrage—they couldn’t go wrong, after all.
Just in case you were tempted to assume that ‘rape simulator’ was just a poor translation of something slightly less unsavoury, Something Awful’s review (features salacious screenshots) will set you straight with an overview of the kind of heartwarming content we’re talking about:
Then there are the rape grognards who want a rape simulator to be as realistic as possible. They want it to include accidental pregnancies, crying, abortion, threat of murder, fuel mixture, full elevator control, and pre-rape start-up checks. RapeLay is the grognard’s rape simulator. It is the Falcon 4.0 of rape.
It’s obviously not an improving work, and it would almost certainly fall foul of any ‘community standards’ test on what constitutes obscenity. Whether it’s really harmful or, in the words of the law, ‘likely to corrupt or deprave’, is harder to tell; the Belfast Telegraph quotes psychology professor Peter Hepper as saying:
I don’t think that it would make someone not so inclined to commit an illegal act more inclined or likely to commit a specific act.
However if people are already inclined to view the world this way it may reinforce their views and make it more likely they would undertake an illegal act. I suspect the will to do this would need to be there in the first place.
Regardless, I can’t believe that anyone at Amazon would actually decide that a rape simulator was coherent with their brand values, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt by assuming that the initial decision to stock the program was down to an automated system. Amazon have, in any case, dropped it like a rabid skunk in response to the opprobrium it’s garnered.
What’s more interesting to me is the response of Illusion software, producers of the program. Their page on it (which may not be safe for your workplace or home) states in capital letters at the bottom ‘JAPAN SALES ONLY’, and the company told the Daily Telegraph:
We believe there is no problem with the software, which has cleared the domestic ratings of an ethics watchdog body.
This is a bit disingenuous. The fact that something may legally be sold does not necessarily imply social acceptance of its content. And censorship in Japan is, frankly, weird. There’s an interesting discussion in Diamond and Uchiyama’s 1999 paper, Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan. Up until 1991, the display of pubic hair was banned, yet more outré sexual activities that manage to avoid this restriction were, apparently, fine. When the only porn you can’t make is the regular kind, you get interesting results. It’s the law of unintended consequences.
In June 1991 the Japan Times described the influx of pornographic comics into the market as showing a rampant growth that ‘depict sexual perversions and violence, including the utter debasement of women, in graphically appalling detail even if pubic hair is not shown.’ [Diamond and Uchiyama]
This is not an entirely healthy outcome, given that Japan is the country that brought the world such dubious cultural exports as tentacle rape porn.
Currently [in 1999], not only are visuals with pubic hair and exposed genitalia present, but available are visual depictions of hard-core sexual encounters which include bestiality, sadomasochism, necrophilia and incest; the characters involved may be adults, children or both and they can be in manga as well as in adult reading materials. [ibid]
In fact, apart from obscuring the actual genitals, Japan doesn’t seem to be big on censorship at all, even when you might wish it would. The production, sale and distribution of child pornography wasn’t banned until 1999, with possession continuing to be legal until last year.
However, what you shouldn’t take away from this is that Japanese people are all sitting at home watching scatological videos of schoolgirls being violated by tentacled monsters.
Similarly, whilst Japan has a huge problem with gropers on trains—to such an extent that most commuter lines have now instituted women-only carriages where women can travel free of molestation—it’s not a socially acceptable pastime, although I suspect it might have more than a passing connection to the status of women in that society.
I’m loathe to try to draw any conclusions, but my suspicion is that Japan is just a bit more accepting of the perverts in its midst, as long as they keep their heads down.
And after all that, UN statistics (PDF) indicate that the incidence of rape per capita in Japan is about 15% lower than that in England and Wales. Several studies echo Diamond and Uchiyama’s contention that an increase in pornography correlates with a decrease in rape.
Does that mean that a rape simulator is a healthy thing? I’d argue not. But maybe we’re all going overboard about a minor piece of software, insignificant in the scheme of things. Is RapeLay just the Grand Theft Auto of sex?
Correction: I originally stated that it was Amazon UK that were selling the game. It was in fact the main Amazon site in the US.
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NASA sees wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Chanthu
by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On Aug. 15 at 11:25 p.m. EDT (Aug. 16 at 0325 UTC) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite saw wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Chanthu near Japan. Credit: NASA/NRL
Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed wind shear was affecting Tropical Storm Chanthu as it moved parallel to the big island of Japan early on Aug. 16. Chanthu is expected to make landfall and move north over the island of Hokkaido.
On Aug. 15 at 11:25 p.m. EDT (Aug. 16 at 0325 UTC) visible imagery from the MODIS or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed clouds and showers in Chanthu were being pushed to the north and east from moderate southwesterly vertical wind shear.
On Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Chanthu was located near 36.2 degrees north latitude and 141.1 degrees west longitude. That's about 64 nautical miles east of Yokosuka, Japan. Chanthu is moving toward the north-northwest at 20.7 mph (18 knots/33.3 kph)
Maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph (35 knots/62 kph) and Chanthu is expected to maintain strength over the next day as it moves over the northern part of the big island of Japan.
For updated warnings and watches from the Japan Meteorological Agency, visit: http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center said that Chanthu is expected to track more north-northeastward as a sub-tropical ridge (elongated area of high pressure) weakens in response to an approaching mid-latitude trough (elongated area of low pressure). By early Aug. 17, Chanthu is forecast to being extra-tropical transitioning where it will become a cold-core low pressure area.
NASA sees Tropical Storm Chanthu east of Japan
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Omais weakening near Japan
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Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman Tearfully Reveals Wife Beth Chapman’s Final Moments [Watch]
Sterling Whitaker
Duane "Dog" Chapman is opening up in a new interview about his final moments with his wife, Beth Chapman.
Beth Chapman died on June 26 at the age of 51 after battling Stage II throat cancer. Talking to Entertainment Tonight, Duane detailed her final moments, as well as the way she tried to prepare him for her death.
"For two to three years, she knew this might happen," he shares.
"So she would say, 'Who is going to sit next to you?' And I said, 'No one,'" he says tearfully. "'Big Daddy, you better not let another girl take my place.' I said, 'I won't.'"
Watch Duane Chapman's Full Interview With ET:
Despite her trying to prepare him, as her final moments were actually at hand, Chapman told his wife he wasn't going to let her die.
"The last few moments she said, 'Come in here right now, in the bathroom,'" he relates. "I went in and she said, 'Look at me.' And I said, 'Yeah, you're freaking beautiful, baby.' [And she said,] 'Look at me, Duane Chapman.' And I did, I always saw Beth, and she said, 'Please, let me go.'"
"And I didn't even make a decision, I almost said, 'I can't,'" he admits.
"Before I could say, 'Alright,' she couldn't breathe and I called the ambulance."
There was a public memorial for Beth Chapman in Hawaii on June 29, and Duane Chapman says he is still struggling very much with the reality of her death. He has her ashes, and it was her desire that he scatter part of them and keep part of them so that when he, too, is cremated, part of them can be together. But he has not yet been able to make himself scatter her ashes.
"I looked at it and I thought, 'I'm not gonna throw you, like, away," he says, his voice cracking. "I just throw you away and start over? I can't do that ... I haven't gotten past the place where I'm still putting a pillow where she was and covering it up ... and then I wake up in the middle of the night and see her, and it doesn't register that ain't her."
Though he's still in mourning, Chapman is determined to step up and handle everything that's still in front of him and make the decisions that have to be made. He's been working on a new show, Dog's Most Wanted.
"I have a lot of people who depend on me," he explains. "All my supervisors said, 'Dog, it's time you man up.' So I'm trying to man up."
A funeral for Beth Chapman is set to take place in Aurora, Colo., on Saturday (July 13). It will stream live on the Dog's Most Wanted Facebook page and on WGNAmerica.com.
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ZERO-SUM ECONOMICS
Japan’s gains from Abenomics come at the expense of South Korea
By Jake Maxwell Watts April 30, 2013
Japanese manufacturing activity ticked upward in April, according to new data from Markit, a promising sign that the government’s radical economic policy agenda is taking effect. But as a weaker yen makes Japanese exports more affordable, South Korea’s own exporters are struggling to hang on.
Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, which measures the health of the manufacturing sector in Japan, rose to 51.1 in April, up from March’s 50.4 and a 13-month high. A result above 50 indicates expansion. Further official data released on Tuesday showed that unemployment fell more than expected in March and household spending surged at the fastest pace in nine years.
The Japanese government, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is determined to pull the country out of its fifth recession in 15 years through substantial monetary easing. But Abenomics has had a knock-on effect on other economies, not least in South Korea, which on Tuesday reported a third consecutive monthly fall in industrial output. In March, production in South Korean mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity fell 2.6% from February. Vehicle production fell 9.8% as export customers went for Japanese brands, made cheaper as the yen weakens.
Despite a promising slew of data points from Japan, economists are still concerned that global demand for exports is flagging. “Overseas demand gathered momentum in the past few months, but the pace of growth is moderating a bit now,” Junko Nishioka, chief economist at the Bank of Scotland in Tokyo, told Bloomberg. “Shipments of cars to the US are slowing.”
Taro Saito, a researcher at NLI Research Institute, told the Wall Street Journal that positive data will translate into GDP growth, but even though manufacturing is one of the most anticipated indicators, it is not the most important. “GDP for the first quarter of 2013 will be strong,” he said, “but not because of strong output or exports, the things people usually look for – consumer spending is going to be a big support.”
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Third Man Records vinyl exclusives, Part 39: Sleep “Live At Third Man Records” (2019)
The 39th set of exclusive vinyl items offered to Platinum members of Third Man Records’ Vault service was mailed out to the members in March of 2019. For those who are unaware, Third Man Records is the label owned by Jack White, who is the leader of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather, and is now a solo artist. The Vault service promises to deliver exclusive vinyl-only records (usually one full-length album and one 7” single) to its Platinum members every three months.
The 39th Vault package contained a 4-LP live set from the stoner-metal band Sleep, recorded directly to acetate at Third Man Records in Nashville on December 12, 2018. The four LP’s in this set were pressed in different colors of vinyl: one blue, one green, one purple, and one orange.
Sleep are a California trio who recorded three albums in the 1990’s. The trio’s latest album The Sciences, their first in two decades, was released by Third Man Records in 2018. Their brand of heavy metal is the slow-moving and murky kind, resembling early Black Sabbath played at 16 rpm. The lengths of their songs will often make you feel like you’re living back in the prog ‘70’s; for example, the third and final album they recorded in the ‘90’s, titled Dopesmoker, consisted of one long 63-minute track that put Iron Butterfly’s old “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” to shame. Sleep’s music may well be an intentional throwback to those early days of heavy metal, when the performers and the listeners were so stoned out of their minds that they lost all sense of time. For those of us who are clean and sober, Sleep’s music is not as boring as it may sound, as their detached doom-metal jams are often hypnotic.
The Sleep lineup on Live At Third Man Records consists of original bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros, original guitarist Matt Pike, and current drummer Jason Roeder (formerly of Neurosis, replacing original Sleep drummer Chris Hakius).
The nearly two-hour live set recorded at Third Man is divided up into seven album sides on this quadruple-LP (the second side of the orange-colored fourth disc is blank). For the uninitiated, Sleep’s lengthy, fuzzy metal jams take some getting used to, but this album will give them plenty of time to do that. The 16-minute opening track/side “Leagues Beneath” begins with a six-minute intro of repetitive feedback-drenched buildup, before gaining intensity in its second half. The second track, “Dopesmoker”, also begins with a lengthy instrumental intro before becoming more intense in its second half, but on this track, the guitars take on more of a grinding buzzsaw tone as they drone along. (At approximately 22 total minutes, that track is about 41 minutes shorter than its studio version, though it still gets broken up between Sides B and C – and Side B ends with a locked groove, so Part One can actually go on forever!). “The Clarity” and “Marijuanaut’s Theme” have a similar buzzsaw grind, but they also have more variance, and they turn into fairly impressive space-jams of Hawkwind-like proportions. “Giza Butler” and “The Botanist” have more tuneful distortion, so to speak, and are somewhat reminiscent of Deep Purple. Most of the song selections are taken from the band’s recent material, but three of them – “Holy Mountain”, “Aquarian”, and “Dragonaut” – were drawn from their 1992 album Sleep’s Holy Mountain. Those three tracks stand out the most here. Although their lengths are still long, those selections are tighter and less repetitive than most of the other tracks. Amusingly, the final track “Dragonaut” also ends with a locked groove, like Side B. So, until you manually lift the needle from the turntable, you will hear an infinite loop of droning distortion, a la Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music.
One downside of the set: Cisneros’ vocals and Pike’s guitar solos tend to get buried in the heavy distortion. It’s hard to say for sure if this was caused by the direct-to-acetate recording process, or if it is simply an accurate reproduction of the show’s sound.
Considering the lengths of the tracks and of the entire set, it’s surprising how little time seems to pass while listening to Sleep’s Live At Third Man Records – but still, you should probably take breaks between listening to some of the sides, so that the album does not become an overlong ordeal. For fans of Sleep or their related bands (i.e. Neurosis, Om, High On Fire), this live set is possibly a must-have.
The two bonus items in this package are a reproduction of the promo poster for the show, and an embroidered Sleep/TMR "mission" logo patch.
A note for fellow vinyl aficionados: the practice of engraving text in the dead wax, or the runout grooves between the sticker and the last track’s grooves, is present on these items. This quadruple-LP has “Every Copy Gets A Toddler” carved in Side A, “That Should Be The Cover” carved in Side B, “So I Don’t Have To Make A Model?” carved in Side C, “Psy-Ops” carved in Side D, “Change Your Ringtone To The Beach Boys” carved in Side E, “No Mask” carved in Side F, and “It’s Not A Zoetrope” carved in Side G.
Sleep “Live At Third Man Records” (Third Man TMR-596) 2019
1. Leagues Beneath (16:30)
2. Dopesmoker (Part One) (19:42)
3. Dopesmoker (Part Two) (2:46)
4. Holy Mountain (10:23)
5. The Clarity (11:02)
6. Aquarian (9:08)
Side E:
7. Sonic Titan (13:35)
Side F:
8. Marijuanaut’s Theme (7:33)
9. Giza Butler (10:44)
Side G:
10. The Botanist (5:00)
11. Dragonaut (∞)
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Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Glala 2018
Posted on September 21, 2018 by rich1698 Posted in Events, locomotives, steam locomotives, Trains Tagged Events, severn valley railway, steam locomotives, trains Leave a comment
The Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala takes place from September 20th – 23rd 2018. Visiting locomotives to this event include LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot class Locomotive No. 46100 Royal Scot. The Royal Scot was Built in 1927, And was the flagship locomotive of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, operating the fastest services on the West Coast from London to Manchester and Glasgow. Later in its life, No. 46100 was chosen to appear on behalf of Britain at the 1933 ‘Century of Progress’ exhibition in Chicago, USA. The locomotive, as well as a full rake of carriages, were shipped to the United States and appeared not only at the exhibition, but also toured the USA and Canada, even crossing the Rocky Mountains. It made its debut at the Severn Valley Railway following overhaul in 2015 and is making a welcome return to the Severn Valley Railway in 2018 for the Autumn Steam Gala
LMS 46100 Royal Scot
The second visitor to the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala, is LMS Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 “Pacific” No.46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ . This was built in 1938 by Crewe Works for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Built as a high speed express passenger locomotive, 46233 was built to haul fast express passenger services such as ‘The Royal Scot’ and ‘The Mid-Day Scot’ between London Euston and Glasgow Central as well as other expresses to Liverpool.
6233 was outshopped in July 1938 from Crewe Works and was part of the third batch of her class. These were unstreamlined, painted in LMS standard crimson lake livery and had a single chimney and no smoke deflectors and an estimated cost of £13,800 each. 6233 was initially allocated to Camden, London. It acquired a double chimney in March 1941 and because of drifting smoke acquired smoke deflectors in September 1945 before being painted in postwar LMS black livery in September 1946. With the creation of British Railways on 1 January 1948 it was allocated to Crewe North depot. BR renumbered the locomotive to 46233 in October 1948 and repainted it in BR Brunswick green livery in 1952 or early 1953. In June 1958 it was allocated to Carlisle Upperby before eventually being withdrawn from Edge Hill depot in February 1964. During its 25 years service Duchess of Sutherland ran 1,650,000 miles – the second highest mileage by any member of the class.
It was Withdrawn by British Railways in 1964, the locomotive was originally sold to Butlins holiday camp in Scotland. In 1996, the locomotive was acquired by The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust with the intention of restoration to mainline condition . By 2001, 46233 had been restored to operating condition and since then has been a regular performer on the national network. On 6 March 2010, 6233 was rolled out in LMS lined black livery, which was retained during 2010, before a major overhaul, taking 6233 out of service for the 2011 season. On 3 March 2012, now renumbered 46233 it was rolled out in “authentic (Brunswick) green” livery, as used by British Railways during the early 1950s, at the Midland Railway – Butterley following a major overhaul. Since then it has been again be repainted in LMS Crimson Lake and renumbered LMS 6233.
Princess Coronation class 2-6-4 Pacific 6233 “Duchess of Sutherland”
The third visiting locomotive for the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala is British Rail Standard class 7 4-6-2 Pacific No. 70000 Britannia. Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. She was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. The locomotive was named at a ceremony at Marylebone Station by the then Minister for Transport Alfred Barnes on 30 January 1951.
The BR Locomotive Naming Committee were determined not to use names already in use on other locomotives. They tried to observe this by not selecting the name Britannia for use on 70000 because it was already in use on one of the ex-LMS Jubilee Class locomotives, however Robert Riddles overruled them and the Jubilee had to be renamed. Britannia was initially based at Stratford (30A) in order to work East Anglian expresses to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, but was also particularly associated with the Hook Continental boat train to Harwich. Subsequently, the loco was based at Norwich Thorpe (w/e 31 January 1959) and March (June 1961) before spending the remainder of her career on the London Midland Region: Willesden (1A) (w/e 30 March 1963), Crewe North (5A) (w/e 25 May 1963), Crewe South (5B) (w/e 19 May 1965) and finally Newton Heath (9D) (w/e 5 March 1966) from where she was withdrawn w/e 28 May 1966. The locomotive pulled the funeral train of King George VI from King’s Lynn, Norfolk to London following his death in February 1952 at Sandringham House, Norfolk and Britannia had her cab roof painted white, as was the custom with royal locomotives. Britannia has also worn the white roof in preservation. Britannia was withdrawn in May 1966, after 15 years of service.
Initially destined for the National Railway Museum because of her cultural significance, she was stored. However, due to her prototype design and construction differences, the NRM chose standard sister 70013 Oliver Cromwell, instead. Britannia was eventually bought by Britannia Locomotive Company Ltd. She was eventually returned to steam on the Severn Valley Railway, where she remained between 1971 and 1980, in operational but non-mainline condition. With the society wishing to make more use of the locomotive, she was moved to the European gauge Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough, where she was also fitted with an air-brake compressor, and was based there from 1980-2000. Britannia made her return to the main line on 27 July 1991, successfully working enthusiast trips until 1997, and was featured in an episode of London’s Burning.
Due to the high cost of refurbishment, the locomotive was sold to Pete Waterman in 2000 with an expired mainline boiler certificate. She was Stored at Waterman’s workshops at the Crewe Heritage Centre, However the amount of work resulted in Waterman selling her to Jeremy Hosking. The locomotive underwent restoration at Crewe which involved a newly refurbished cab, a new smoke box and major work on the boiler; replacement steel sides, new crown stays, new front section barrel section, new steel and copper tubeplate, repairs and patches to door plate and major work to copper firebox.
BR standard class 2-6-4 70000 Britannia
In 2011 Britannia was Transferred to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust (RSL>), and returned to main line operational condition in its prototype black British Railways livery (where it did not have nameplates fitted, as was thus known by railway convention as 70000). After a running-in period, in 2012 the locomotive was repainted in British Railways Brunswick Green, but with an early BR crest (unlike her sister 70013 Oliver Cromwell which carries BR’s Late Crest). On 24 January 2012, the loco hauled the Royal Train with Prince Charles on board to Wakefield Kirkgate, where he rededicated the locomotive. For the trip the loco again had a painted white cab roof, removed after the engine’s appearance at the West Somerset Railway’s Spring Gala. After extensive work to the locomotive over three years, the team of engineers at LNWR(H) completed the rebuilding of the locomotive and successfully returned her to steam at their Crewe Diesel Depot.
The final vistor for the 2018 Severn Valley Railway autumn Steam Gala is Ex LNER Q6 Class/NER T2 0-8-0 heavy freight locomotive no. 3395, Ex BR 63395. It was originally theThe North Eastern Railway Class T2, but was reclassified as Class Q6 by the LNER. It is one of One-hundred-and-twenty which were originally built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1 (LNER Q5). LNER Q6 3395 was built in 1918 And is normally on the North York Moors Railway. In addition the severn valley Railway is marking the centenary of GWR 28xx 2-8-0 Freight Locomotive no. 2857 Which was built 100 years ago in 1918. Thankfully the weather on Friday was also much better than Thursday.
GWR 2-8-0 no. 2857
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Read Somebody Else's Daughter Online
Authors: Elizabeth Brundage
Somebody Else's Daughter
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Part One - Prone to Depression
Part Two - Attention Deficit
Part Three - Attachment Disorder
Part Four - Panic Disorder
Part Five - Assessment and Interpretation
ALSO BY ELIZABETH BRUNDAGE
The Doctor's Wife
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Somebody else's daughter/Elizabeth Brundage.
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For my parents
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
âJosh Billings
We left San Francisco that morning even though your mother was sick. It was a pretty day, the sun shimmering like a gypsy girl's tambourine. I thought it would be good for her to get out into the sunshine because it had been a long few weeks of rain and her skin had gone gray as oatmeal and she had this dull look flaming up in her eyes. You were sleeping in your little rocking seat and I had your things all packed. We didn't have much. It was time to go, but Cat wanted me to wash her hair first, said she couldn't go out looking like that. Holding her head in my hands I could feel her bright with fever. From behind, she looked like a healthy schoolgirl, just her sweet body and that long yellow hair. Then she'd turn around and you'd get pins in your heart. I wrapped her head in a towel and said, you take your meds today, Kitty Cat, and she nodded with her long face, the kind of woman you see in the museum up on the old canvases, a woman washing clothes or out in the fields, a strong body with large capable hands and this wisdom in her eyes because she knows more than you. She hated the idea that she was sick, and even with you so small she was still shooting drugs. Dope kept her comfortable. It had always been her favorite thing to do and that's the truth. You could see it just after she'd put the needle in, like an angel her face would go hazy and beautiful like so much fog. She dreamed of horses, she said. She told me she'd come into the world wanting to ride, wanting to be near the big dark creatures. Horses understood her, people made her nervous. This was your mother; this was the woman I loved.
We made you one night in a broken house, your mother riding my hips and howling with pleasure, and then six weeks later she's throwing up and wanting strange foods from the Iranian down on Willard Avenue. Months passed and her belly went round and tight. At the clinic they said she had a weak heart and HIV. Maybe her baby wouldn't get it. They didn't know. They gave her some pills and told her to come back every three weeks. She quit dope that afternoon, and took the pills and started going to church. She told me she had begged Jesus for a miracle. She believed in miracles, she said; she believed in Jesus. She liked to light the candles and sit in the darkness and think and then she'd get down on her knees and press her palms together. I'd watch her sometimes in the trembling blue light, among the other whispering strangers.
This one day we were walking through the park, leaning and kissing, that smell at the nape of her neck, the nape, like vanilla, like I don't know what, heaven, and then she's down on all fours in labor and this crowd comes around and she's white as fucking God and the next thing I know we're in a taxi with this Pakistani barking orders and I'm just wondering how we're going to pay for it. At the hospital they gave Cat a C-section on account of the HIV. They let me stand there and hold her hand and when I saw you for the first time I started to cry, I couldn't help it. You were bundled in a little blanket and you had on a little hat and you were the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I handed you to your mother and she was trembling and a little frightened and it made me want to crawl up next to her and hide my face in her heart. The nurse explained that there was a chance you'd be all right; they wouldn't know for a few months, we'd just have to be patient. I promised Cat that everything would be okay, I'd make sure of it, but she shook her head. “I'm sick,” she said.
They made her talk to a shrink. I waited out in the hall and I could hear her crying. I didn't know what to do. I went down to the waiting room and bought a candy bar and sat there. There were some old books on the table, old paperbacks. One had a girl on the cover who looked like your mother. The book was
My Antonia
and I vaguely remembered reading it in high school. Later, I gave it to her, and she snapped it out of my hands and told me to leave her alone. We had this thing between us; she didn't think she was smart enough for me, which of course wasn't true; she was the smartest person I ever knew, the kind of smart you don't get in school. I'd gone to a fancy prep school where my father was a teacher. I'd grown up in a crummy faculty house with people coming and going, writers mostly, nasty drunken poets who always ended up sleeping on the couch. It was one of those poets who turned me on to dope, among other things. “We're calling her Willa,” your mother declared when I walked in that night. She was sitting up in bed, her eyes shining, holding the book in her shaking hand. I could tell she'd liked it, and we named you after its author. We brought you home and the very next day they sent someone over from Child Services and it was that same woman who suggested we give you up. She brought two cases of formula and some diapers. She looked around our apartment, her eyes grim. Cat served the woman tea in one of her mother's old china teacups, it had little rosebuds on it, and your mother had saved it for a long time, keeping it carefully wrapped in newspaper so it wouldn't get broken, but the woman wouldn't even touch it. She kept on us, trying to persuade us to let you go, to give you a better life, but we put her off.
I tried to find work. I could get work here and there. For a little while things were good between us, and Cat was all right and I sometimes forgot that her blood was tainted. She would do things, buy peaches, and there they'd be, fat and round on the counter, or she'd make a meal and set the table, like we were a real family. I don't know; I couldn't deal with it. It was a time in my life when I didn't know any better; I didn't know who I was. Sometimes I wouldn't come home for a few days and it would be just her and you and she'd know when I walked in stinking of dope, the whole thing, the cigarettes, sometimes women, and she'd just hold me because there was nothing else to do. I know it sounds pathetic to you, who we were, but it's the truth and I can't change it. There's a vivid transition when you come in from being high, and the walls have this mustard tint like old tapestries, and your body feels drained, beat up from the inside, and everything feels like a déjà vu, like you've made this big circle and instead of moving on you're right back where you started. I don't know, it's hard to explain, and I'm not good with words even though they shoved Tolstoy down my throat at Choate and fucking WhitmanâI have a box of quotes someplaceâI'd even memorized some of itâfucking useless information. Anyway, later on, weeks, maybe months, she started feeling sick and it was like crashing into a wall of bricks, and for a long while you see the pieces of your life floating all around you, the burning embers of your totally fucked-up world, and it comes to you that you haven't made much of your time, and you haven't done all that much and it's almost over. It's like you can hear them cackling about you up in heaven, the big mistake you've turned into.
By then I had found a job working construction. I've been up on rooftops, looking down on the clay-colored buildings, the dark alleys where you see things you shouldn't, people pissing in the gutter or puking or sharing secrets. You can see the steep hills and the trolleys with their little bells. I've been up on buildings in the pouring rain. Sometimes it comes down so hard you get the feeling it is God Himself drumming upon your back. When you work on buildings, you see things. I have looked into the rooms of strangers. I have touched their things, unfolded their letters. I have run my hands across their glistening tabletops, their ivory piano keys. I have changed the hands on their clocks just enough to alter the passing hours of their days. I have lain down on unmade beds, breathing in the dank sweat of a stranger's dreams, and I have used their toilets, read their magazines, and sipped from their open bottles of wine. I have been on bridges; I have hung from cables like a paratrooper, like a secret agent in some espionage movie. I have danced in the sky like a marionette, swinging from cables over the dark water of the bay.
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UK landlord faces legal action for ban on Indian tenants
Fergus Wilson, one of the UK's biggest buy-to-let landlords, banned "coloured" people from renting his properties as they cooked curry and left behind lingering smellPTI | May 18, 2017, 17:30 IST
LONDON: A 69-year-old British landlord, who instructed agents not to let his properties to people from India and Pakistan, is facing legal action, UK's human rights watchdog has said.
Fergus Wilson, one of the UK's biggest buy-to-let landlords, banned "coloured" people from renting his properties as they cooked curry and left behind lingering smell.
The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed that it had applied for an injunction against Wilson at the Central London County Court.
"We have asked the court if it agrees with us that Mr Wilson's lettings policy contains unlawful criteria and, if so, to issue an injunction," said EHRC chief executive Rebecca Hilsenrath.
"As this is now formal legal action we will release further information at a later date," she said.
However, Wilson remained defiant over his policy, which he justifies on economic grounds to save costs on re-carpeting homes that smell of Indian cooking once tenants have left.
"Given that I have not had any Indian or Pakistani person apply for a house during the past five years, I am not sure what the EHRC seeks to achieve," he said.
"It is not the colour of their skin, but the smell of the curry. A person is quite entitled not to purchase a house that smells of curry but to purchase the house next door which does not smell of curry. The EHRC appears to be saying that the purchaser then must let the house to someone who does cook curry," he added.
The former boxer, whose property empire in Kent includes around 1,000 homes in the Ashford and Maidstone areas of south-east England, denied he was being racist.
"There has been much support for the stance I have taken. I do not apologise for it. Faced with the same circumstances, I would do it again," he said.
The EHRC had demanded a written assurance from Wilson that he would not refuse to let a property based on race, colour, nationality or national origins.
It said it would now begin an investigation into his policy on women as it emerged his lettings criteria also covers a ban on single parents, "battered wives", parents with children under 18.
His stand had emerged as an email to his agents was leaked to the media earlier this year.
"No coloured people because of the curry smell at the end of the tenancy," it read.
According to the UK's Citizens Advice Bureau, refusing to rent or let a property based on race is unlawful.
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Idea with some bite: Yet NFL shuns advice that could curb concussions
By Eric McHugh
After nearly 30 years of poking around inside the mouths of New England Patriots players as the club’s unofficial team dentist, a Massachusetts man is fairly certain he’s found a way to help stem the rising tide of concussions in the NFL.
WEYMOUTH - If you were a nationally renowned oncologist and you told everyone you had discovered a cure for cancer, you would expect that they at least would hear you out, right?
Dr. Gerald Maher hasn’t found that Holy Grail. But after nearly 30 years of poking around inside the mouths of New England Patriots players as the club’s unofficial team dentist, the 60-year-old Marshfield grandfather is fairly certain he’s found a way to help stem the rising tide of concussions in the NFL.
Not stop it, mind you, but potentially reduce the numbers of beat-up brains on Sundays, Mondays and assorted Thursdays.
A noble cause, right? And, yet, the reception he’s gotten so far from the league has been chillier than one of those old metal Foxboro Stadium bleachers in the fourth quarter of a December night game.
‘‘Sometimes,’’ he said, ‘‘it’s frustrating.’’
From his office in Weymouth - Tom Brady could stand in the parking lot and hit South Shore Hospital with a deep throw - Maher has made thousands of trips down to Foxboro to outfit countless Patriots with his patented mouth guard. About 40 players used it last season, he said. The first one to sign on - running back Vagas Ferguson, way back in 1980.
It’s a device, Maher said, that’s simple and effective - two small pieces of acrylic that fit over the back four teeth of each side of the lower jaw, linked by a thin ‘‘lingual bar’’ that rests behind the front teeth and allows better breathing and communication than the conventional wraparound mouth guard. It’s not cheap - $400 a pop, which includes an analysis of the jaw alignment and a custom fitting - but that seems a small price to pay if, in fact, it can stop gray matter from being scrambled inside helmets.
After all, the NFL has seen enough of that. Al Toon, Wayne Chrebet, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Trent Green, Dan Morgan, etc., etc. - a sad litany of careers either prematurely ended or interrupted by the trauma of brain injuries. The league estimates that there are about 100 concussions per season. Who knows how many of those are inevitable and how many could be prevented? No one knows, for certain, what the long-term implications are for players who have been concussed multiple times, but evidence is mounting that in some cases there might be a steep, potentially fatal, price to pay down the road.
Maher would like to offer some suggestions, but even as the NFL seems to be moving toward a more enlightened approach to concussion research, the former Holy Cross wrestler and rugby player finds himself on the outside looking in.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is ‘‘always interested in looking at new ideas, new technology, new equipment.’’ Yet Maher has had two grant applications denied by the league - he said he requested $30,000 in 2004 and $89,000 in 2006 to conduct wide-ranging studies on the mouth guard - and he was not invited to speak at the league’s much-anticipated concussion conference today in Chicago.
‘‘Dr. Maher has been banging the drum about this for a fairly long time,’’ said Dr. David Bell, the Cincinnati Bengals’ team dentist who last season began outfitting a handful of his players with Maher’s mouth guard. ‘‘It seems to make a lot of sense, but the research has been kind of light. The NFL easily could take a more proactive position and give more help to the players.’’
Point of aggravation
Maher’s main beef with the league is that in studying the causes of concussions it ignores the role of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) - the meeting place of the lower jaw and the skull. TMJ is Maher’s specialty, and it’s the basis for his mouth guard. Yet he is appalled that no one versed in the subject is on the league’s controversial, 14-member Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - a group that critics charge has downplayed the effects of concussions in order to limit the league’s liability in case of a class-action suit by former players.
‘‘I don’t expect they understand the biomechanics of the TMJ very well,’’ Maher said, ‘‘and it’s a piece of the puzzle. I think it’s a big piece of the puzzle, and to ignore any piece of the puzzle is not good science.’’
Maher said there are three ways to sustain a concussion - by a blow to the jaw, by a blow to the head, or by a whiplash effect on the neck. Maher’s mouth guard attempts to prevent the jaw-based concussions. According to Maher, the NFL has said that those account for 70 percent of all concussions in games.
Maher’s mouth guard brings the lower jaw slightly forward, moving the condyle (the nobby tip of the jaw) to rest against a slightly thicker portion of the skull, thereby providing more cushioning. The mouth guard also ensures that the condyle does not slip off the thin disk of cartilage that is supposed to sit on top of it and act as a ‘‘shock absorber.’’ The point is to make the jaw absorb and dissipate the force of a blow that otherwise would radiate upward into the skull, where it could rattle the brain.
Maher said the NFL’s recent vow to make players tighten their chinstraps - a move the league’s researchers say will limit concussions - could actually exacerbate them. If a player’s condyle were not properly aligned with the cartilage disk, Maher said, scrunching the jaw and the skull closer together would just increase the energy that would be transferred to the brain in a collision.
‘‘This stuff is so simple,’’ he said. ‘‘It makes so much sense. When I explain this to another dentist, they’ll say, ‘It’s just logical.’ I know. I’m not this great scientist that has invented nuclear physics here. It’s pure biomechanics.’’
Long list of admirers
Maher might not be feeling any love from the NFL, but he isn’t lacking for admirers.
Mahercorlabs.com, the Web site for his company, Mahercor Laboratories LLC, is full of testimonials from Patriots players past and present - everyone from Dan Koppen and Asante Samuel to Dan Graham, Lawyer Milloy, Matt Chatham, Vincent Brisby and Hall of Fame guard John Hannah. Samuel, currently embroiled in a contract dispute with the team, says in his endorsement that he had suffered three previous concussions but hasn’t had one in three years since using the Maher mouth guard. Former Patriot Michael Haynes, the NFL’s vice president of player development, has gone to bat for Maher in the league office, albeit unsuccessfully so far. ‘‘Hopefully, some positive stuff will come out of it,’’ Haynes said last week. ‘‘It worked for me.’’ Duxbury High School football coach David Maimaron swears by it. After the Green Dragons suffered a rash of concussions, Maher began outfitting some players before the 2005 season. Maimaron said no player wearing the guard has been concussed. ‘‘From what I’ve seen, first-hand experience, it works,’’ he said. ‘‘I think it’s a no-brainer. Every kid should wear it.’’
Eric McHugh of The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) may be reached at emchugh@ledger.com.
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Curators unmasked at British Library’s major new comics exhibition
May 13, 2014 in Events, General, News
V For Vendetta masks at the Comics Unmasked exhibition. The masks have become a symbol for protest globally
Kasia Kowalska reports from Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK
“Have we blown your mind?” asked Paul Gravett, the UK’s leading comics expert, at the launch of Comics Unmasked. Together with Adrian Edwards of the British Library and the comics writer John Harris Dunning, he has curated the biggest exhibition of comics in the UK to date.
The simple answer to his question is: Yes.
The exhibition, which features more than 200 exhibits and took two years to prepare, is unapologetic about its ambitions. “There’s a lot of controversial, potentially alarming content here, deliberately to push the boundaries,” said Gravett.
It is organised thematically into six areas, including different sections on sex and politics. Dunning, writer of the comic Salem Brownstone, explained why: “We approached things like politics, sexuality, altered states, social issues, to really highlight the fact comics are a medium that can convey very powerful messages.”
John Harris Dunning and Paul Gravett, co-curators of the British Library’s Comics Unmasked exhibition, at the opening
Every section explores these themes through the often troubled history of comics, including looking at the anti-comics movement that led to the formation of the Comics Code in 1950s America. A similar panic happened in the UK.
“The very first exhibition of comics in the UK was an exhibition against comics,” Gravett said. “It was meant to alarm and horrify the opinion formers and parents. Ironically, they also toured a film strip around the country. They took it to schools and we’re convinced that a lot of people didn’t know about the comics before that.”
The exhibition aims to give comics their rightful place as a literary genre and to give the authors the recognition they deserve. “The show is put on to give creators the respect that’s due them. Because that’s really something, I don’t think, that has happened enough in this country,” said Dunning.
Click to enlarge this filth from Procartoonists.org member Hunt Emerson
Dave McKean, creator of Batman: Arkham Asylum and the exhibition’s artistic director, is one of the artists whose work has put British comics creators on the map. Dunning said: “What might surprise certain members of the public is that those are American characters but they’re very much owned by British talent. British comic creators are responsible for the current popularity of superheroes.”
The most controversial part of the exhibition — Let’s Talk About Sex — aims to chart the evolution of erotic comic art and candidly explores complex themes of sexuality. Comics are often associated with men, and sometimes with men who refuse to grow up, yet comic art has been the ideal medium for women creators.
Ceasefire by Angela Martin
Throughout its history it has been considered subversive and has often fallen under the radar of those occupying and regulating the mainstream of creative writing. It allows for an unbridled freedom of expression and can often blossom unchecked.
“Thematically, what is interesting is that we find quite a lot of female creators”, said Dunning. “One could believe that this is a very male area but we’ve discovered it’s not really the case.”
Lawless Nelly by Jamie Hewlett features on the Comics Unmasked posters
The show’s cartoon muse is Lawless Nelly, above, created especially for it by Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl). She has a literary connection, being named after Ellen Lawless Ternan, mistress of Charles Dickens, “a half forgotten but very powerful woman in the background,” according to Roly Keating, chief executive of the British Library.
What also preoccupies the curators is the future of comics. Their intention is to throw the gauntlet down to the next generation.
“That’s the message: make comics, don’t just read them”, said Gravett. “The final frontier is the internet. Interactive hyper-comics, that’s the next form.”
Comics Unmasked presents its subject as a serious, legitimate and relevant genre. It marries the beauty and draughtsmanship of the art form with storytelling and utilises it as a vehicle to deliver a message.
Jonathan Ross, TV presenter and comics fan, said at the opening: “It’s a remarkable experience waiting for you inside. It still amazes me, and shocks me somewhat [that] we don’t yet have a proper literary appreciation of the incredible work that’s been done here, some of which is as sophisticated, more interesting and more bold than you would find in straightforward prose or fiction.”
Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK is at the British Library until 19 August
Photos by Kasia Kowalska and the British Library
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March 23, 2014 in Events, General, Links, News
Clive Goddard draws for Sport Relief at the BBC
Kasia Kowalska writes:
Procartoonists.org member Clive Goddard played his part in the most successful Sport Relief to date when he showed his support for BBC Radio 2 host Jo Whiley during her 26-hour treadmill challenge. He posted more pictures here.
More PCO members are out and about: Ahead of a talk at Hornchurch Library next week, Adrian Teal spoke to a local paper about his book The Gin Lane Gazette and political satire. And next month Martin Rowson is hosting a workshop for The Laurence Sterne Trust.
In anticipation of Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK at the British Library, the artist behind Tank Girl and the band Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett, has unveiled new artwork for the exhibition poster.
Following the parody-heavy backlash after the recent post on tax cuts by Grant Shapps on Twitter, Pam Cowburn of Open Rights Group bemoans the fact that UK copyright law is no laughing matter when it comes to parody. The planned reforms appear to have been kicked into the long grass due to parliamentary delays.
Bob Mankoff has written a memoir that doubles as a guide for aspiring cartoonists
The memoirs of The New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, went on on sale yesterday in the US (readers in the UK will have to wait until 14 April). How About Never — Is Never Good for You? My Life In Cartoons will become a guide for aspiring cartoonists, according to Janet Maslin of The New York Times.
To coincide with the release of the book, CBS’s 60 Minutes produced a report on Mankoff and the art of choosing cartoons.
The Washington Post caused a furore by publishing a cartoon by Zunar criticising the Malaysian government’s response to the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The Malaysian editorial cartoonist was previously charged for sedition in 2010 for publishing his book of cartoons Cartoon-O-Phobia.
Not every cartoonist has an asteroid named in their honour. 4942 Munroe bears the name of xkcd creator Randall Munroe whose book What If? is due to be published later this year.
The Seattle cartoonist Tatiana Gill has created a collection of comic art to celebrate Women’s History Month. What is that? you may ask. This cartoon by Rob Rogers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may help (or not!)
Finally, Procartoonists.org members never make mistakes, of course, but just in case, the BBC reports on a pen that spots errors.
Tags: Adrian Teal, Bob Mankoff, Clive Goddard, Comics Unmasked, How About Never Is Never Good For You?, Jamie Hewlett, Jo Whiley, Martin Rowson, Open Rights Grouop, Randall Munroe, Sport Relief, Tatiana Gill, The Gin Lane Gazette, The Laurence Sterne Trust, The New Yorker, xkcd 1 Comment »
September 7, 2012 in General, Links, News
Above: Jamie Hewlett, the cartoonist behind Tank Girl and Gorillaz, talks about how absorbing drawing can be, and about his own desire to keep improving. (Thanks to Tim Harries for bringing this to our attention.)
Now that Alex Hallatt‘s Arctic Circle strip is five years old, she is celebrating the milestone by releasing an ebook collection, which can be downloaded for a small fee from Lulu.com or iBookstore.
The Dallas Morning News talks to several political cartoonists about how their depictions of Barack Obama – and by extension, other political figures – have changed over time as they have got to know him better. Read the article here. Elsewhere, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Tony Auth tells The Atantic about his approach to covering the presidential campaign season.
Over on the BBC site, British illustrator George Butler shares his sketches from Syria.
In Canterbury, the Beaney Museum and Library is reopening after a £14.2 million refurbishment. It will feature seven permanent galleries for use by artists and local groups. Our man Nathan Ariss will be attending and passed on this link.
Lastly, it is with sadness that we note the passing of Procartoonists.org member Frank Jeffs, who died last month aged 77. One of Frank’s long-time clients, The Northampton Chronicle & Echo, has this obituary.
Tags: Aex Hallatt, Arctic Circle, Barack Obama, Beaney Museum, Frank Jeffs, George Butler, Jamie Hewlett, Procartoonists.org, Syria, Tony Auth 2 Comments »
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Animation: Monkey business at the BBC
August 6, 2008 in General
It’s great to see that the BBC has come up with a very striking animated film to promote the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, which get under way this week.
The characters, adapted from the Monkey stories, are designed by Jamie Hewlett, and the music is by Damon Albarn, his partner in the animated pop group Gorillaz. Monkey and his pals will be the face of the BBC’s Olympics coverage.
The BBC Sport website has a gallery on the the making of the trailer and you can see more on the BBC Blast site.
The PCO: British cartoon talent
From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
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Meral Kureyshi: Elefanten im Garten
Kureyshi, Meral (2017), Elefanten im Garten, Ullstein
This is a good book. Meral Kureyshi is a Swiss-Albanian writer who is part of that country’s Turkish minority. At the age of nine, she moved to Switzerland, where she still lives and writes. Her novel Elefanten im Garten, which someone should be translating into English ASAP, talks about a girl with similar experiences. At the center of it are the feelings of displacement and alienation that accompany many refugee narratives. The novel’s protagonist is a refugee, who, when she loses her father, goes into a bit of a tailspin, reevaluating her life. The novel recounts that life in fits and starts, moving back and forth through time, offering us a disjointed chronology that reflects the disjointed biographies of many people who have left their home without being allowed to find a new home in the place they arrived. Kureyshi offers us a novel written in a poetic style, although you can tell the MFA trained writer in the self-conscious way she sometimes presses the poetic elements to the point of offering the occasional Coelhoite banality in the guise of a moving sentence. The flourishes that permeate the book are not its best element – she is best when she allows her observations to stand on their own, but she also has an interesting gift for structure and how to make stories like hers cohere. Her tendency to offer a pretty poetic bow to the sharp unsalted substance of her tale is regrettable, because it keeps us from finding her voice in the text as much as we should – it also invites comparison with other, somewhat better texts and writers, the most obvious of which -to me- was Aglaja Veteranyi. Veteranyi was exceptionally skilled at giving us a moving tale with political relevance, where poetical flourishes enhance rather than cloud the author’s work. You can get Veteranyi’s slim oeuvre in English, and one wonders whether the loud echoes of her work in Kureyshi’s book are an indication that her work is taught in MFA courses and schools as one way to deal with this specific kind of material. Don’t get me wrong – I may have complaints, but Elefanten im Garten is definitely a good book, and one that is both moving and – especially given today’s politics- politically relevant.
The book is structured in many small blocks of text, too small to be called chapters, although they are themselves structured in larger groups which resemble chapters but are never named as such explicitly. These groups advance a topic, or an element of the plot, and within the groups there are bits set in the past, bits set in the present, offering, in effect, a sort of complete set of the protagonist’s context for a specific observation or memory. There is this strong sense, within each of these groups that we are the sum of our memories and to understand an emotion in the present we need to understand the deep impression left on us by the weighty pressure of the past. This coherence then allows Kureyshi to be much less obviously structured in the way she arranges the groups. It is only after a while that we notice we were slowly fed more and more details, that Kureyshi slowly builds one element on the other. Much as they do in Veteranyi’s work, repetitions start to weigh on us as we make our way through Elefanten im Garten. We learn that the protagonist’s father died early in the book and that this precipitated much of the soul searching, the “Das dreißigste Jahr”-styled attempt to find herself which comprises the events in the novel’s present. Only as we pass through the novel do we slowly understand why that death was so shattering. And we really do – the impatience of the writer to make us understand, to show us, to point to the important thing can be irritating, particularly at the beginning, when all the pointing is unearned, and in retrospect, when we see how the book itself does such a good, gentle, and moving job at pointing us in the right direction. One sentence early says “I looked for you in your diaries, but I found myself.” This is not a good sentence, and thank God the book doesn’t crawl with them. But that is an example of the author not quite trusting herself. We understand as we go through her memories and vignettes that understanding the things her father -Baba- did is also a mirror to her own life.
One feels with some unease that the author was taught that this material would benefit from this kind of language, and this kind of obviousness – particularly since the work of Dorothee Elmiger, which I reviewed a few months ago, doesn’t contain any such superfluous pointing and waving. Elmiger is content to let the material accrue, to let the information and the stories and the allusions do her work for her. And Elmiger went to the same MFA program, the Literaturinstitut in Biel, but her material and approach is different. The heavy traces of Veteranyi in Kureyshi’s book leave me, as I said, uneasy. But maybe it’s not the MFA – maybe it’s just this incredibly talented debut novelist’s impatience to really make the book work, make the book speak to its audience. In a book I’ve been reading recently, Anne Katrin Lorenz discusses parrhesia and the way Foucault’s work shifts in relation to it. Ultimately, Lorenz says, Foucault lands on the importance of open speech as a form of self-care, making one’s life into art. Given the biographical overlap between Kureyshi and her protagonist, it’s hard not to see some of the way the novel is written as a kind of performance, a sometimes regrettably overdetermined, but always exciting dance on the page of speaking out, and needing this transformation of self into art to work. Some of the connections she makes are breathtaking, but subtle. Or breathtakingly subtle? For example, the use of colors. In the same group of blocks where she discusses the letters her family would receive from the state announcing the rejection of their stay in Switzerland, she also mentions winning a bike at a fair. The envelopes of the letters are yellow, the bike is orange and the only other colors mentioned in the group are two shades of red. This may seem minor but the theme and symbolism is part of what ties that group together and Kureyshi keeps doing things like this, seemingly effortlessly, and you follow her until she drops one of those clunky-poetic sentences on you.
The poeticisms are all the more confusing because Kureyshi sometimes offers simple, plain sentences, simple, plain descriptions of things that happen, and these are among the most shattering parts of the book. She asks questions of her readers: what does it mean to be at home, if your residence can be revoked at any time. Do you understand the fear of living in suitcases, being prepared to leave the place whose language you know best? There is a lot of awfully complacent writing about refugees these days in German-language literature, and some confusingly clueless writing about Germans going abroad that would have been questionable in a 19th century novel. From Jenny Erpenbeck’s overwrought tale of German compassion and confusion to the traveling tales of Bodo Kirchhoff (whose offensively reactionary book Widerfahrnis won last year’s German Book Award) and Jonas Lüscher, whose debut Frühling der Barbaren feels like one of Fouad Laroui’s French characters wrote a book, and whose new book (longlisted for this year’s German Book Award) is another tale of an upper middle class German who feels put upon by women and travels abroad to find a solution to his very important problems. Writers like Kureyshi destabilize that literary complacence. Two other books on the topic, one that hasn’t come out yet (but is already longlisted), Sasha Salzmann’s Ausser Sich, and one that’s been out for a bit, Olga Grjasnowa’s Gott ist nicht schüchtern, are on my short short list of must reads. And Kureyshi should be on yours. None of the book’s minor shortcomings overshadow the book’s major virtues, and they are equal parts political and literary. This is the kind of debut novel that you squint at, saying: if this is her first book, how goddamn good will the next one be? And maybe graduating from the MFA school will reduce the group of teachers that push her to adopt other voices, like Veteranyi’s in this book, and increase the courage to push harder for her own.
Because her voice needs to be heard. There are scenes here that I have never seen described or written before, filled with an awareness of how our world works – or indeed doesn’t work. In one fragment, Kureyshi’s protagonist waits at a busstop with a man wearing the uniform of the Swiss army members of the KFOR soldiers stationed in Prizren. The man comes from the same village where the protagonist grew up, and Prizren is where her family is from. She makes him aware of this coincidence, and he nods and turns away. This scene is described in incredibly precise language, it ends on a simple declaration, but also contains a small borderline surreal element. I have never read a scene quite like this before – and for something to be entirely new to me, that’s not very common. Literature that surprises me, that moves me, that angers me – that’s literature I want to read, particularly when it’s mostly well written. German is a sickness, the protagonist says at some point, she cannot get rid of it in her head. Well if this book is the result I’m not sure I want to help her find a cure. Read this. Translate this.
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September 13, 2017 by Shigekuni - Book Blog Categories: Literature (Swiss) | Tags: Meral Kureyshi | 2 Comments
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anathanwest says: September 13, 2017 at 10:27 am
I am glad you read and enjoyed this, and now will have to read Elminger. It’s curious that you picked up on shades of Veteranyi – I missed that, probably because I read Veteranyi in translation while I read this in the original (Veteranyi’s translator is a pal). I found Veteranyi’s book to be one of the very, very few accounts of childhood I read that really struck me as precisely how a child thinks – the distinct chains of causality a child’s mind develops, the different ways of mattering things have in a child’s mind. I have to say one thing I enjoy about your reviews is these comments on the backstory – on the MFA programs in this case – because the systems governing literary production are naturally an essential part of understanding literature, but they don’t get talked about so much, and when they do, it’s often with pure resentment. It’s also interesting that you picked up on the colors, as that is what I think moved me in the book, its damp grey ambience which allows those moments of bright life to stand out so well. I originally read this for a report for a publisher who decided against it, and I have recommended it to others. Will they bite? I hope so.
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Earp at about age 42.[1]
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
(1848-03-19)March 19, 1848
Monmouth, Warren County
Illinois, U.S.
Old West lawman, buffalo hunter, saloon owner, bouncer, gold and copper mine owner, boxing referee
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Fitzsimmons-Sharkey boxing match decision upheld
William Brocius; Tom and Frank McLaury; Ike and Billy Clanton
Urilla Sutherland (wife)
Sally Heckell (common-law wife?)
Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock (common-law wife)
Josephine Sarah Marcus (common-law wife)
Virgil, James, Morgan, Warren (brothers), Newton (half brother), Adelia Earp|Adelia]] sister.
Bat Masterson (left) and Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, 1876. The scroll on Earp's chest is a cloth pin-on badge
The "Dodge City Peace Commission", June 10, 1883. (L to R) standing: William H. Harris, Luke Short, Bat Masterson, William F. Petillon. Seated: Charlie Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Michael Francis "Frank" McLean and Cornelius "Neil" Brown
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Deputy Sheriff,[2] and Deputy Town Marshal in the Old West. In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Earp took part in the Gunfight at (near) the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaws.
He is often regarded as the central figure in the shootout in Tombstone, but his brother Virgil was Tombstone City Marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal that day. His brother had more experience as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier in combat.
Earp lived a restless life. He was at different times in his life a constable, city policeman, county sheriff, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, teamster, buffalo hunter, saloon-owner, gambler, mine owner, bouncer, brothel owner, and boxing referee.
After an unsettled life as a young man, Earp landed in the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, where he became a deputy city marshal for one year and developed a solid reputation as a lawman. In 1876, he followed his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas, where he became an assistant city marshal. In winter 1878, he went to Texas to gamble, where he met John Henry "Doc" Holliday, whom Earp said saved his life.
Earp moved constantly throughout his life from one boomtown to another. He left Dodge City in 1879 and moved to Tombstone with his brothers James and Virgil, where a silver boom was underway. The Earps bought an interest in the Vizina mine and some water rights. Wyatt, Virgil, and their younger brother Morgan held various law enforcement positions that put them in conflict with Tom and Frank McLaury, and Ike and Billy Clanton, who threatened to kill the Earps.
The conflict escalated over the next year, culminating on October 26, 1881 in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in which the Earps and Holliday killed three of the "Cowboys" (the Clanton/ McLaury group). In the next five months, Virgil was ambushed and maimed, and Morgan was assassinated. Pursuing a vendetta, Wyatt, his brother Warren, Holliday, and others formed a federal posse that killed three of the Cowboys whom they thought responsible. Wyatt was never wounded in any of the gunfights, unlike his brothers Virgil and James or Doc Holliday, which only added to his mystique after his death.
After Earp died in 1929, a flattering, largely fictionalized biography was published in 1931. It became a bestseller, and made his reputation as a fearless lawman. Since then, Wyatt Earp has been the subject of and model for numerous films, TV shows, biographies, and works of fiction that have increased his mystique. Earp's modern-day reputation is that of the Old West's "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day".[3] Wyatt Earp has become synonymous with the image of the Western lawman, and is a symbol of American frontier justice.[4]
Two years before his death, Earp defended his decisions before the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and his actions afterward in an interview with Stuart Lake, author of the 1931 largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal:[5]
For my handling of the situation at Tombstone, I have no regrets. Were it to be done over again, I would do exactly as I did at that time. If the outlaws and their friends and allies imagined that they could intimidate or exterminate the Earps by a process of murder, and then hide behind alibis and the technicalities of the law, they simply missed their guess. I want to call your particular attention again to one fact, which writers of Tombstone incidents and history apparently have overlooked: with the deaths of the McLowerys, the Clantons, Stillwell, Florentino Cruz, Curly Bill, and the rest, organized, politically protected crime and depredations in Cochise County ceased.
↑ Lubet, Steven 2004. Murder in Tombstone: the forgotten trial of Wyatt Earp. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, p104. ISBN 978-0-300-11527-7
↑ Pima County, Arizona
↑ Cummins, Ann (April 15, 2010). "Wyatt Earp's Tombstone Vendetta". KNAU Public Radio. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
↑ Microsoft Encarta 2009; Wyatt Earp
↑ "Wyatt Barry Stepp Earp Facts". Retrieved April 16, 2013.
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Justia Patents Distributed Data ProcessingUS Patent for System and method for delivering inline interactive objects encapsulated in a message Patent (Patent # 10,257,141)
System and method for delivering inline interactive objects encapsulated in a message
A system and method for delivering text, media, and inline interactive data (called message content) encapsulated in a message-based conversation has been devised. Content of multiple types are rendered and manipulated using interactive program code objects, downloaded when first needed from a repository, present on the message device. Inline interactive data can be shared and manipulated by participants in a message conversation as part of and in context with the ongoing conversation. Sharing and data integrity of the inline interactive data as well as conversation participant authentication, privileges and conversation security is managed by a central message server.
This application claims the benefit of, and priority to, U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/133,269, titled “System and Method for Delivering Text, Media, and Inline Interactive Objects Encapsulated in a Message and Messaging Application to a Mobile or Other Devices” and filed on Mar. 13, 2015, the entire specification of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The current invention is in the field of instant messaging, more specifically instant messaging augmented by a plurality inline interactive objects that provide capabilities far beyond those found in ordinary messaging applications without the user having to leave the message application.
Discussion of the State of the Art
On the Internet, including the World Wide Web (the Web), content is stored on servers and usually accessed by a client application such as a browser running on a mobile or fixed device. Advances in wireless communication technology have led to a convergence of sorts, as now wireless subscribers can access and receive web content via a mobile device such as a cell phone. Wireless web access is typically accomplished using a specialized browser like application on the mobile device. The subscriber must subscribe to web services through a wireless service carrier such as a wireless phone company, or be connected to the Internet by either a wired or wireless connection.
Currently, content is delivered to the user by any of various means, including, but not limited to, a web browser, a messaging client, email clients, a specialized mobile application specific to the task of interest. This paradigm now extends to digital wearables such as the Apple Watch or Pebble devices. If the user requires client-side programming—commonly called a web application—said programming often consists of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript delivered to a web browser for local execution and supported by server-side Web services. The other typical option for client-side programming is to for a developer to create a custom client-side application for a given interaction. In the past, companies have created applications that can be embedded in emails and directly executed, one such product went by the trade name of Zaplets, which ran on non-mobile devices. Email, being an asynchronous form of electronic communication, is fundamentally different from “instant” messaging, which is a synchronous form of communication.
All current messaging options suffer from a fundamental weakness: the user does not have a seamless experience where an application and a conversation that employs the application exist within one user space. A conversation is, instead, typically a linear stream of text messages, photos, videos, and possibly other simple assets. To utilize any more complicated applications or capabilities, the user is instead required jump from one application to another external to the messaging conversation and is unable to easily share and interact with other users on the same task.
What is needed is a system and method for the creation, embedding, and use of application programs in the conversation contained in a messaging application (a synchronous communication method vs. an asynchronous communication such as email), creating a new generation of flexible computing platform on which robust and complete user experiences and solutions can be created to solve many problems in many different domains by any party, much like a computer operating system enables other programs to be installed and run. To date, the solution to these problems has been to either add fixed widgets to the messaging application's conversation or to rely on external disconnected applications outside of the messaging application to create a solution. This solution brings the application programs directly into and in the context of the conversation, creating a seamless solution. From the user's perspective, a conversation becomes a linear stream of text messages, photos, videos, and other assets with the addition of inline interactive objects that may look and act like individual applications but are, in fact, an integral part of the conversation and communicate with identical or similar applications on the devices of other participants in the messaging conversation so that all see the same information in the same context in real time and can interact with that information. In essence, a new custom engine to communicate and/or solve a problem is created by each new conversation as the members of that conversation discuss a problem, share information in an unstructured form, add appropriate inline interactive objects to share and collaborate on mutually managed, structured information.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a system for delivery of text, media and inline interactive objects encapsulated in a message the system comprising: a message server stored in a memory of and operating on a processor of a computing device, an inline interaction object repository stored in a memory of and operating on a processor of a computing device and a plurality of message delivery devices stored in memories of and operating on processors of at least two computing devices. The message server serves as a hub through which a plurality of messages pass, receives messages at least one of which will contain content requiring the use of an inline interactive object to display or manipulate determines from a target message delivery device whether that target device has inline interactive objects needed to render and manipulate inline objects included in an incoming message and offers a method to procure any needed inline interactive objects to render or manipulate inline data encapsulated within the incoming message. The inline interaction object repository maintains copies of inline interactive objects available for download. Finally, the message delivery devices accept messages some of which may have encapsulated interactive data, run inline interactive object resources needed to render and manipulate encapsulated content within an message, and allows user to initiate a new message conversation with other users using an identification for that other user.
According to another preferred embodiment of the invention a method for delivery of text, media and inline interactive objects encapsulated in an message the steps of the method comprising: (a) receiving an message at a message server containing additional inline media and data that requires the use of inline interactive programming objects to render and manipulate; (b) confirming that a first message delivery device about to receive the message has required to render and manipulate the additional inline media and data, if not sending an alert offering to assist in procurement of needed inline interactive programming objects; (c) allowing the first message delivery device to enter an interactive conversation with one or more second message delivery devices to interact as a group with the additional inline media and data while concurrently communicating with additional messages, some of which encapsulate novel additional inline media and data.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
The accompanying drawings illustrate several embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention according to the embodiments. One skilled in the art will recognize that the particular embodiments illustrated in the drawings are merely exemplary, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a computer system as currently may be typically used as a generic computing device for an end user device, both stationary and or portable, or a server.
FIG. 2 depicts an overview of an exemplary system embodiment depicted as a set of network connected devices interacting with a consumer device engineered to interact with the invention.
FIG. 3 shows an overview of the architecture of an exemplary system according to the system and method disclosed herein.
FIG. 4 shows an exemplary screen of a smartphone engaged in a conversation, according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein.
FIG. 5 shows an exemplary screen of a smartphone displaying a date object, according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein.
FIG. 6 shows an exemplary process for implementation of the system according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram depicting an exemplary computing device suitable for implementing at least a portion of the features or functionalities disclosed herein
FIG. 8 is a block diagram depicting a typical exemplary architecture of one or more embodiments or components thereof on a standalone computing system.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram depicting an exemplary architecture for implementing at least a portion of a system according to an embodiment of the invention on a distributed computing network.
The inventor has conceived, and reduced to practice, a system and method for embedding inline interactive object into message conversations.
One or more different inventions may be described in the present application. Further, for one or more of the inventions described herein, numerous alternative embodiments may be described; it should be understood that these are presented for illustrative purposes only. The described embodiments are not intended to be limiting in any sense. One or more of the inventions may be widely applicable to numerous embodiments, as is readily apparent from the disclosure. In general, embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice one or more of the inventions, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural, logical, software, electrical and other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the particular inventions. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will recognize that one or more of the inventions may be practiced with various modifications and alterations. Particular features of one or more of the inventions may be described with reference to one or more particular embodiments or figures that form a part of the present disclosure, and in which are shown, by way of illustration, specific embodiments of one or more of the inventions. It should be understood, however, that such features are not limited to usage in the one or more particular embodiments or figures with reference to which they are described. The present disclosure is neither a literal description of all embodiments of one or more of the inventions nor a listing of features of one or more of the inventions that must be present in all embodiments.
Headings of sections provided in this patent application and the title of this patent application are for convenience only, and are not to be taken as limiting the disclosure in any way.
Devices that are in communication with each other need not be in continuous communication with each other, unless expressly specified otherwise. In addition, devices that are in communication with each other may communicate directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, logical or physical.
A description of an embodiment with several components in communication with each other does not imply that all such components are required. To the contrary, a variety of optional components may be described to illustrate a wide variety of possible embodiments of one or more of the inventions and in order to more fully illustrate one or more aspects of the inventions. Similarly, although process steps, method steps, algorithms or the like may be described in a sequential order, such processes, methods and algorithms may generally be configured to work in alternate orders, unless specifically stated to the contrary. In other words, any sequence or order of steps that may be described in this patent application does not, in and of itself, indicate a requirement that the steps be performed in that order. The steps of described processes may be performed in any order practical. Further, some steps may be performed simultaneously despite being described or implied as occurring sequentially (e.g., because one step is described after the other step). Moreover, the illustration of a process by its depiction in a drawing does not imply that the illustrated process is exclusive of other variations and modifications thereto, does not imply that the illustrated process or any of its steps are necessary to one or more of the invention(s), and does not imply that the illustrated process is preferred. Also, steps are generally described once per embodiment, but this does not mean they must occur once, or that they may only occur once each time a process, method, or algorithm is carried out or executed. Some steps may be omitted in some embodiments or some occurrences, or some steps may be executed more than once in a given embodiment or occurrence.
When a single device or article is described, it will be readily apparent that more than one device or article may be used in place of a single device or article. Similarly, where more than one device or article is described, it will be readily apparent that a single device or article may be used in place of the more than one device or article.
The functionality or the features of a device may be alternatively embodied by one or more other devices that are not explicitly described as having such functionality or features. Thus, other embodiments of one or more of the inventions need not include the device itself.
Techniques and mechanisms described or referenced herein will sometimes be described in singular form for clarity. However, it should be noted that particular embodiments include multiple iterations of a technique or multiple manifestations of a mechanism unless noted otherwise. Process descriptions or blocks in figures should be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps in the process. Alternate implementations are included within the scope of embodiments of the present invention in which, for example, functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those having ordinary skill in the art.
Generally, the techniques disclosed herein may be implemented on hardware or a combination of software and hardware. For example, they may be implemented in an operating system kernel, in a separate user process, in a library package bound into network applications, on a specially constructed machine, on an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or on a network interface card.
Software/hardware hybrid implementations of at least some of the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented on a programmable network-resident machine (which should be understood to include intermittently connected network-aware machines) selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in memory. Such network devices may have multiple network interfaces that may be configured or designed to utilize different types of network communication protocols. A general architecture for some of these machines may be described herein in order to illustrate one or more exemplary means by which a given unit of functionality may be implemented. According to specific embodiments, at least some of the features or functionalities of the various embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented on one or more general-purpose computers associated with one or more networks, such as for example an end-user computer system, a client computer, a network server or other server system, a mobile computing device (e.g., tablet computing device, mobile phone, smartphone, laptop, or other appropriate computing device), a consumer electronic device, a music player, or any other suitable electronic device, router, switch, or other suitable device, or any combination thereof. In at least some embodiments, at least some of the features or functionalities of the various embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented in one or more virtualized computing environments (e.g., network computing clouds, virtual machines hosted on one or more physical computing machines, or other appropriate virtual environments).
Referring now to FIG. 7, there is shown a block diagram depicting an exemplary computing device 10 suitable for implementing at least a portion of the features or functionalities disclosed herein. Computing device 10 may be, for example, any one of the computing machines listed in the previous paragraph, or indeed any other electronic device capable of executing software- or hardware-based instructions according to one or more programs stored in memory. Computing device 10 may be configured to communicate with a plurality of other computing devices, such as clients or servers, over communications networks such as a wide area network a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a wireless network, the Internet, or any other network, using known protocols for such communication, whether wireless or wired.
In one embodiment, computing device 10 includes one or more central processing units (CPU) 12, one or more interfaces 15, and one or more busses 14 (such as a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus). When acting under the control of appropriate software or firmware, CPU 12 may be responsible for implementing specific functions associated with the functions of a specifically configured computing device or machine. For example, in at least one embodiment, a computing device 10 may be configured or designed to function as a server system utilizing CPU 12, local memory 11 and/or remote memory 16, and interface(s) 15. In at least one embodiment, CPU 12 may be caused to perform one or more of the different types of functions and/or operations under the control of software modules or components, which for example, may include an operating system and any appropriate applications software, drivers, and the like.
CPU 12 may include one or more processors 13 such as, for example, a processor from one of the Intel, ARM, Qualcomm, and AMD families of microprocessors. In some embodiments, processors 13 may include specially designed hardware such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and so forth, for controlling operations of computing device 10. In a specific embodiment, a local memory 11 (such as non-volatile random access memory (RAM) and/or read-only memory (ROM), including for example one or more levels of cached memory) may also form part of CPU 12. However, there are many different ways in which memory may be coupled to system 10. Memory 11 may be used for a variety of purposes such as, for example, caching and/or storing data, programming instructions, and the like. It should be further appreciated that CPU 12 may be one of a variety of system-on-a-chip (SOC) type hardware that may include additional hardware such as memory or graphics processing chips, such as a Qualcomm SNAPDRAGON™ or Samsung EXYNOS™ CPU as are becoming increasingly common in the art, such as for use in mobile devices or integrated devices.
As used herein, the term “processor” is not limited merely to those integrated circuits referred to in the art as a processor, a mobile processor, or a microprocessor, but broadly refers to a microcontroller, a microcomputer, a programmable logic controller, an application-specific integrated circuit, and any other programmable circuit.
In one embodiment, interfaces 15 are provided as network interface cards (NICs). Generally, NICs control the sending and receiving of data packets over a computer network; other types of interfaces 15 may for example support other peripherals used with computing device 10. Among the interfaces that may be provided are Ethernet interfaces, frame relay interfaces, cable interfaces, DSL interfaces, token ring interfaces, graphics interfaces, and the like. In addition, various types of interfaces may be provided such as, for example, universal serial bus (USB), Serial, Ethernet, FIREWIRE™, THUNDERBOLT™, PCI, parallel, radio frequency (RF), BLUETOOTH™, near-field communications (e.g., using near-field magnetics), 802.11 (WiFi), frame relay, TCP/IP, ISDN, fast Ethernet interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, Serial ATA (SATA) or external SATA (ESATA) interfaces, high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), digital visual interface (DVI), analog or digital audio interfaces, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) interfaces, high-speed serial interface (HSSI) interfaces, Point of Sale (POS) interfaces, fiber data distributed interfaces (FDDIs), and the like. Generally, such interfaces 15 may include physical ports appropriate for communication with appropriate media. In some cases, they may also include an independent processor (such as a dedicated audio or video processor, as is common in the art for high-fidelity A/V hardware interfaces) and, in some instances, volatile and/or non-volatile memory (e.g., RAM).
Although the system shown and described above illustrates one specific architecture for a computing device 10 for implementing one or more of the inventions described herein, it is by no means the only device architecture on which at least a portion of the features and techniques described herein may be implemented. For example, architectures having one or any number of processors 13 may be used, and such processors 13 may be present in a single device or distributed among any number of devices. In one embodiment, a single processor 13 handles communications as well as routing computations, while in other embodiments a separate dedicated communications processor may be provided. In various embodiments, different types of features or functionalities may be implemented in a system according to the invention that includes a client device (such as a tablet device or smartphone running client software) and server systems (such as a server system described in more detail below).
Regardless of network device configuration, the system of the present invention may employ one or more memories or memory modules (such as, for example, remote memory block 16 and local memory 11) configured to store data, program instructions for the general-purpose network operations, or other information relating to the functionality of the embodiments described herein (or any combinations of the above). Program instructions may control execution of or comprise an operating system and/or one or more applications, for example. Memory 16 or memories 11, 16 may also be configured to store data structures, configuration data, encryption data, historical system operations information, or any other specific or generic non-program information described herein.
Because such information and program instructions may be employed to implement one or more systems or methods described herein, at least some network device embodiments may include nontransitory machine-readable storage media, which, for example, may be configured or designed to store program instructions, state information, and the like for performing various operations described herein. Examples of such nontransitory machine-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM disks; magneto-optical media such as optical disks, and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory devices (ROM), flash memory (as is common in mobile devices and integrated systems), solid state drives (SSD) and “hybrid SSD” storage drives that may combine physical components of solid state and hard disk drives in a single hardware device (as are becoming increasingly common in the art with regard to personal computers), memristor memory, random access memory (RAM), and the like. It should be appreciated that such storage means may be integral and non-removable (such as RAM hardware modules that may be soldered onto a motherboard or otherwise integrated into an electronic device), or they may be removable such as swappable flash memory modules (such as “thumb drives” or other removable media designed for rapidly exchanging physical storage devices), “hot-swappable” hard disk drives or solid state drives, removable optical storage discs, or other such removable media, and that such integral and removable storage media may be utilized interchangeably. Examples of program instructions include both object code, such as may be produced by a compiler, machine code, such as may be produced by an assembler or a linker, byte code, such as may be generated by for example a JAVA™ compiler and may be executed using a Java virtual machine or equivalent, or files containing higher level code that may be executed by the computer using an interpreter (for example, scripts written in Python, Perl, Ruby, Groovy, or any other scripting language).
In some embodiments, systems according to the present invention may be implemented on a standalone computing system. Referring now to FIG. 8, there is shown a block diagram depicting a typical exemplary architecture of one or more embodiments or components thereof on a standalone computing system. Computing device 20 includes processors 21 that may run software that carry out one or more functions or applications of embodiments of the invention, such as for example a client application 24. Processors 21 may carry out computing instructions under control of an operating system 22 such as, for example, a version of Microsoft's WINDOWS™ operating system, Apple's Mac OS/X or iOS operating systems, some variety of the Linux operating system, Google's ANDROID™ operating system, or the like. In many cases, one or more shared services 23 may be operable in system 20, and may be useful for providing common services to client applications 24. Services 23 may for example be WINDOWS™ services, user-space common services in a Linux environment, or any other type of common service architecture used with operating system 21. Input devices 28 may be of any type suitable for receiving user input, including for example a keyboard, touchscreen, microphone (for example, for voice input), mouse, touchpad, trackball, or any combination thereof. Output devices 27 may be of any type suitable for providing output to one or more users, whether remote or local to system 20, and may include for example one or more screens for visual output, speakers, printers, or any combination thereof. Memory 25 may be random-access memory having any structure and architecture known in the art, for use by processors 21, for example to run software. Storage devices 26 may be any magnetic, optical, mechanical, memristor, or electrical storage device for storage of data in digital form (such as those described above). Examples of storage devices 26 include flash memory, magnetic hard drive, CD-ROM, and/or the like.
In some embodiments, systems of the present invention may be implemented on a distributed computing network, such as one having any number of clients and/or servers. Referring now to FIG. 9, there is shown a block diagram depicting an exemplary architecture 30 for implementing at least a portion of a system according to an embodiment of the invention on a distributed computing network. According to the embodiment, any number of clients 33 may be provided. Each client 33 may run software for implementing client-side portions of the present invention; clients may comprise a system 20 such as that illustrated above. In addition, any number of servers 32 may be provided for handling requests received from one or more clients 33. Clients 33 and servers 32 may communicate with one another via one or more electronic networks 31, which may be in various embodiments any of the Internet, a wide area network, a mobile telephony network (such as CDMA or GSM cellular networks), a wireless network (such as WiFi, Wimax, LTE, and so forth), or a local area network (or indeed any network topology known in the art; the invention does not prefer any one network topology over any other). Networks 31 may be implemented using any known network protocols, including for example wired and/or wireless protocols.
In addition, in some embodiments, servers 32 may call external services 37 when needed to obtain additional information, or to refer to additional data concerning a particular call. Communications with external services 37 may take place, for example, via one or more networks 31. In various embodiments, external services 37 may comprise web-enabled services or functionality related to or installed on the hardware device itself. For example, in an embodiment where client applications 24 are implemented on a smartphone or other electronic device, client applications 24 may obtain information stored in a server system 32 in the cloud or on an external service 37 deployed on one or more of a particular enterprise's or user's premises.
In some embodiments of the invention, clients 33 or servers 32 (or both) may make use of one or more specialized services or appliances that may be deployed locally or remotely across one or more networks 31. For example, one or more databases 34 may be used or referred to by one or more embodiments of the invention. It should be understood by one having ordinary skill in the art that databases 34 may be arranged in a wide variety of architectures and using a wide variety of data access and manipulation means. For example, in various embodiments one or more databases 34 may comprise a relational database system using a structured query language (SQL), while others may comprise an alternative data storage technology such as those referred to in the art as “NoSQL” (for example, Hadoop Cassandra, Google BigTable, and so forth). In some embodiments, variant database architectures such as column-oriented databases, in-memory databases, clustered databases, distributed databases, or even flat file data repositories may be used according to the invention. It will be appreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art that any combination of known or future database technologies may be used as appropriate, unless a specific database technology or a specific arrangement of components is specified for a particular embodiment herein. Moreover, it should be appreciated that the term “database” as used herein may refer to a physical database machine, a cluster of machines acting as a single database system, or a logical database within an overall database management system. Unless a specific meaning is specified for a given use of the term “database”, it should be construed to mean any of these senses of the word, all of which are understood as a plain meaning of the term “database” by those having ordinary skill in the art.
Similarly, most embodiments of the invention may make use of one or more security systems 36 and configuration systems 35. Security and configuration management are common information technology (IT) and web functions, and some amount of each are generally associated with any IT or web systems. It should be understood by one having ordinary skill in the art that any configuration or security subsystems known in the art now or in the future may be used in conjunction with embodiments of the invention without limitation, unless a specific security 36 or configuration system 35 or approach is specifically required by the description of any specific embodiment.
In various embodiments, functionality for implementing systems or methods of the present invention may be distributed among any number of client and/or server components. For example, various software modules may be implemented for performing various functions in connection with the present invention, and such modules may be variously implemented to run on server and/or client components.
Conceptual Architecture
FIG. 1 shows a computer system 100, as currently may be typically used as a generic computing device for an end user device, both stationary and or portable, or a server. Computer system 100 is exemplary of any computer that may execute code to process data. Various modifications and changes may be made to computer system 100 without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the system and method disclosed herein. CPU 101 is connected to bus 102, to which bus is also connected to memory 103, nonvolatile memory 104, display 107, I/O unit 108, and network interface card (NIC) 113. I/O unit 108 may, typically, be connected to an input device 109, such as a keyboard, a touch screen, buttons, etc., mouse or any other suitable graphical input device 110, hard disk (or in some cases other suitable storage, including, but not limited to solid state disk, RAID, network attached storage, storage area network, etc.) 112, one or more cameras 117a-n, and real-time clock 111. One or more network cards/interfaces 113a-n, some of which may be wireless 114, may connect to WANs 115 or wireless LANs 116, all of which are connected via Internet 118. Also shown as part of system 100 is power supply unit 105 connected, in this example, to ac supply 106. Not shown are batteries that could be present, and many other devices, including but not limited to special enhanced pointing or navigational devices, such as mice, jog wheels, etc., microphone(s) and speaker(s) and/or headset(s) for recording and or playing back audio, and other modifications that are well known but are not applicable to the specific enhanced functions of the current system and method disclosed herein.
FIG. 2 shows an overview of an exemplary system embodiment 200, depicted as a set of network connected devices interacting with a consumer device 242 engineered to interact with the invention. The one or more wireless networks and the internet 114 are configured, for the purposes of the system and method disclosed herein, as one conglomerate network, even though it is clear that multiple carriers and other wireless LANs may be offered. An operating center has a service control module 220 that is connected mass storage 221 and programmed devices 222a-n that are used to provide the service of the system and method disclosed herein, which service is described later and throughout. Note that service control module 220 operates on hardware with a structure similar to the computer discussed in FIG. 1. Control modules 233a-n, connected to support hardware at participating partners as well as user devices 242 at those partners' locations are connected to the Internet via connections 230a-n. Each control module 233a-n or client device 242 is connected to its own web service system 231a-n (in some cases, they may have their own web infrastructure; in other cases, the individual components 231a-n, 232a-n, 233a-n each could be distributed across different devices to better handle peak loads of large resource requests). Servers 231a-n may have a structure similar to the computer discussed in FIG. 1. Each web service system 231a-n (whether real or distributed) has its own storage pool 232a-n and its own sets of specially optimized software 232aa-an through 232na-nnn. Also shown is a user carried device 210, that device could be a smart phone a tablet or a smart watch all of which possess a structure similar to the computing device discussed in FIG. 1. Device 210 contains, in this example, software 214a-n, a camera 211, and in some cases a GPS 215 chip that communicates with GPS satellites 250a-n. Software 214x may be machine-readable code that is stored on a storage media, or downloadable over a network connection, and installed on a mobile computing device 210. The user in the field, for example at his home, at his office, in a testing lab, or anywhere else uses device 210 to interact with the servers delivering the content as a web service, typically using one or more of the message controllers and servers described herein. The user clicks on an interface icon to activate the capabilities disclosed herein 213 and contained on device 210 and follows the instructions that appear on the screen, thus pulling up additional data from the service controller as discussed further herein. Further, it shall be deemed equivalent if, for example, instead of so-called on premise servers and or cloud services, a third-party is used for hosting the server side services described 230a-n, 231a-n, 232a-n, 233a-n.
The system and method disclosed herein can create messaging conversations that send text, pictures, video and other media and can embed application programs in the conversation within a messaging session. The messaging device, running an industry-standard messaging infrastructure such as XMPP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP) or Layer (https://layer.com), an identity management solution to identify users and enable the routing of messages to the correct users, along with a server-side infrastructure that manages, secures, and delivers selected inline interactive objects (IIO) to members of the conversation. In addition, server-side support 230a-n, 231a-n, 232a-n, 233a-n in the form of IIO object management, service support, and related tasks is available to support the execution of the in-message interface objects for each user's client device 242.
While the system of the invention duplicates to some degree the functions of typical messaging applications and infrastructures such as Apple's iMessage and Facebook's WhatsApp with provided messaging experiences that have been available in related forms for more than ten years, the invention then adds the unique ability to inject IIOs into the conversation's messages that are connected and running on the client devices of other participants of that conversation so that they can continue their dialog while seamlessly interacting with additional applications that augment the interaction. This ability to inject IIOs into the conversation enables participants to have a side-by-side conversation while sharing the operation and control of contributory applications, in essence providing a digital application-centric conversation. It will be appreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art that “message” and “messaging application” may refer to “instant message” and “instant messaging application”, as are well known in the art, but they are not so limited. In general, any electronic message system capable of software-based control may be used according to the invention, including for example short message system (SMS), multimedia message system (MMS), text chat and chat relay systems, and the like.
Each inline interactive object has significant capability and resources outside the scope of a typical stand-alone application. These characteristics include, but are not limited to, the ability to utilize the knowledge about the members of the conversation to achieve various goals. Examples of such goals, listed in no particular order, include the ability to interact with other users in the context of the conversation; to interact with other inline interactive objects within the message; to interact with inline interactive objects external to the message; to interact with internal and external services and devices to potentially extract information such as user and conversation partner identity from external sources such as, for example, in human resources management solutions, if granted access by employer, Facebook, to the extent granted, and LinkedIn to the extent granted; to access respective user and conversation partner calendars, to the extent of granted access; to access and use member location data, if access is granted; to access and use data expressed in the conversation's text and media objects; to use knowledge of beacons local to the members of the conversation; to send data and signals between in-conversation, outside conversation, and remote inline interactive objects; to send data and signals between inline interactive objects and external devices and services that comprise the Internet of Things (IoT); to send data and signals between inline interactive objects and members of the conversation as well as to selected non-members of the conversation via email, SMS text, and other digital means; to operate in the computational foreground, visible to the user as well as operate in the background, invisible to the user and/or in the conversation; to be purchased and downloaded from an on-line store and sold to users via in-app digital payment, on a one-time charge basis, or on a subscription basis; to support a permission model where each widget is granted permission by each participant in a conversation to access information for each of the participants' devices and personal data; to be presented to the user as collections of related inline interactive objects via an interactive hierarchal form that is dynamically loaded on the mobile or fixed device 242; to be listed on a menu, palette, or similar visual selection object, and inserted into a conversation by a user making an interactive selection from a palette which can be changed both with and without an update to the messaging application; and to be viewed in-line chronologically with other components of the conversation and in summary form, where only the inline interactive objects in the conversation are visible.
In some cases, a system and method for delivering text, media, and inline interactive objects in a message and displaying them to a client messaging device 242, may comprise a messaging service and infrastructure that reliably and securely transports text, media, and IIOs along with an optional proprietary electronic certificate to ensure that the delivered elements have been sent from an authorized source. The system may send message content, including text, media, and IIOs, from the message controller 233a-n via the Internet 214 to the messaging device 242, which may be web based or run directly on a mobile of fixed device, configured to interact with a user based on that user's unique identifier. Further, message content may be stored on a message controller 233a-n, for delivery to the client's message device 242 on demand. In addition, the needed programming changes to enable the message device 242 may be received from a message controller 233a-n. The client's messaging device may also upload a to a server for distribution to other parties and/or processing by external programs or via server side extensions of the message content. Additionally, a control center may be connected to the network and configured to receive data from the messaging program and to track the delivery of the message content.
Further, in some cases, along with the message an inline interactive objects program code is provided, and in some of those cases, providing those IIO programs includes downloading additional IIOs from a server to a client message device. Additionally, in some of these cases, a portion or all of the IIO code includes code that executes on a server that hosts or interacts with the remote IIO code. Furthermore, in some cases part or all of the selected message content is used as additional information for processing by the target IIOs from another computer. In yet other cases, the method for processing a message might include selecting the target IIO and executing the code on the targeted IIO. In some cases, the messaging program may also upload a message to a server for distribution to other parties and/or for processing by external programs or via server side extensions of the message content while monitoring the delivery of the target message content. Furthermore, a method may deliver IIOs to a mobile or fixed device, including the steps of providing IIO program code to the messaging device that can interact with the user in the context of an ongoing conversation, interact with other IIOs within the message, interact with IIOs external to the message, as well as possibly interacting with internal and external services and devices. Additionally, in some of these cases, the IIO could be further applied operating in the context of the conversation utilizing multiple classes of contextual information. In yet further examples of possible use cases, an IIO operating in the context of the conversation may also be executed utilizing the identities of those in the conversation to supply the context. In yet other cases, the IIOs operating in the context of the conversation may also be executed utilizing the identities of those in the conversation to extract information from external sources, such as identity management solutions and external data sources such as Facebook and LinkedIn. In yet other cases, the IIOs are operated in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and their respective calendars. Additionally, the IIOs may be operated in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and their location data. Further, in some use cases, the IIOs may be executed in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and the data expressed in conversation text and media objects. Furthermore, the IIOs run in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and beacons local to the members of the conversation. In some cases, the IIOs may send data and signals between IIOs to facilitate their interaction and operation. Additionally, in some use cases the IIOs could send data and signals between IIOs external to a message set to facilitate their interaction and operation. In yet other cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs and internal device services to facilitate their interaction and operation. Further, the IIOs can send data and signals between IIOs and external services to facilitate the interaction and operation between the IIOs and those external services. Furthermore, in some cases, the IIOs can send data and signals between IIOs interacting with external devices and services that comprise the “Internet of Things” to facilitate their interaction and operation. Further, in some cases, the IIOs are able to send data and signals between IIOs and members of the conversation as well as to selected non-members of the conversation via email, SMS text, and other digital means. In many cases, the IIOs can operate in the computational foreground and be visible to the user but may also operate in the background, invisible to the user and/or in the conversation. Further, in some cases, the IIOs will operate dependent on input from users and other sources whereas in other conditions they may act independently from users or other input. In other cases, IIOs and collections of IIOs might be purchased and downloaded from an on-line store. In some of these cases, such sale to users can occur using in-app digital payment, on a one-time charge basis, or on a subscription basis, or similar, equivalent approaches. Further, in many contingencies, the IIOs include a permission model where each widget is granted permission by each participant in a conversation to access information for each of the participants' devices and personal data. Furthermore, in some cases, the system includes delivering programmatic message content in the form of a IIOs to a mobile, wearable, or fixed device, such cases include presenting IIOs and collections of IIOs via an interactive hierarchal form that is dynamically loaded on the mobile or fixed device. In some cases, further, the IIOs and collections of IIOs can be listed on a menu, palette, or similar visual selection object, and inserted into a conversation by a user making an interactive selection from a palette. In yet some additional cases, a list of IIOs and collections of IIOs can be changed both with and without an update to the messaging application where the collections of IIOs listed as well as the IIOs are dynamically loaded from the server and optionally cached locally on the target device. Further, in yet other cases, the IIOs that have been inserted into a conversation can be viewed in-line chronologically with other components of the conversation and in summary form, where only the IIOs in the conversation are visible. In yet other cases, the IIOs can be private to the conversation or public and shared via a URL or other networked mechanism, such as being viewable in a web browser or via other client application. Further, in some cases, the system is coupled to a control center connected to the network and configured to receive data from the messaging program, wherein the control center is further configured to track the delivery of the content item to the mobile or fixed device.
FIG. 3 shows an overview of the architecture of an exemplary system 300, according to the system and method disclosed herein. Devices 316 and 314 are, in this example, smart phones, while a third device 313 is a notebook computer. For purposes of this approach, any type of computing device, including but not limited to a kiosk, tablet, desktop computer, built-in appliance computer, etc. may be used. Identity services server 302 uses data from identity repository 320 to verify users when they want to create a new message or start a new conversation. Device 316 can send a message through Internet 315 via transmission means 301 and 303 to identity server 302 and can receive in return a token that certifies the device is entitled to send a message. Device 316 then may send a message through Internet 315 via transmission means 304 to messaging server 305. Attachments and content are sent via transmission means 307 and 311, respectively, to inline interactive object (IIO) store server 308 and to IIO app server 312.
An IIO may be represented in a message log in several ways, such as, for example, as a task shown at the time it is introduced; at the front of a conversation with a reference back to the time of introduction; or as a sequence of milestones appearing in multiple places in a conversation, corresponding to changes and refinements. It can also appear as an application completely external to the messaging application. Each server has its own data repository 309 and 321, respectively, for storage of objects and of apps and data, respectively. When the recipient receives a message his device downloads the message via transmission means 306 and then request that the content be downloaded via transmission means 310 and 311. To protect against the introduction of malware into the recipient's system, only certified content may be downloaded. It is clear that many variations of the details of this architecture may be implemented. For example, instead of using separate physical servers in separate locations, any or all servers may be virtual servers, or servers may be co-located, or they may all run on the same physical machine, or their functions may be allotted among multiple servers to accommodate high traffic.
FIG. 4 shows an exemplary screen 400 of a smartphone engaged in a conversation, according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein. Displayed on the screen are outbound message 403, inbound message 401, and received object 402. A command means, such as, for example, a Play button, is presented on top of the image, in similar fashion as many websites present videos. Depending on the type of attachment, it may either launch an application that can play the content, or it may launch a built-in player to play the content.
FIG. 5 shows an exemplary screen 500 of a smartphone displaying a date object, according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein. The user is preparing outbound message 502, with touch-screen options to select the date and time, or to select a calendar match if the calendars of the sender and receiver are linked. Thus the object sent can be linked to the sender's calendar, so when the recipient clicks “find next match,” the system can access the sender's calendar, compare it to the recipient's calendar, and propose one or more available time slots. In some cases, the process of completion may be interwoven with the discussion in plain chat messages. This milestone view could function as a rollback mechanism, similar to implementations in Wiki systems. For example, open editing of IIOs among mutually trusting individuals in a group can be much easier to administer than the usual permissions-based approach used in computer security. Intermixing IIOs with conventional messaging also enables the message log to serve other purposes beyond providing a record of communication. Intermixed IIOs can describe media presentations (similar to a theatrical script), or describe a plan and/or a process, as well as a pedagogical sequence or recipe.
FIG. 6 shows an exemplary process 600 for implementation of the system according to one aspect of the system and method disclosed herein. In step 601, the user selects an inline interactive object (IIO), which may be any of various, including, but not limited to, for example, a calendar matching app as shown in FIG. 5, sharing to-do lists, delivering shopping lists, exchanging locations in real-time, doing opinion polls, distributing invitations (including integration with commercial services such as EventBrite, MeetUp, and others), buying movie tickets (including integration with commercial services such as Fandango), making reservations (including integration with commercial services such as OpenTable), meeting planning, meeting notes, corporate approvals, monitoring Wearables (personal trainer applications that integrate in local information and data from third-party IoT products such as FitBit), sending and/or purchasing a product (including integration with commercial services such as Amazon), transferring cash between parties in the conversation (including integration with commercial services such as PayPal to facilitate the transfer), sharing and viewing media together, and playing turn-based and interactive games. In step 602, the IIO store server 308 sends the IIO program code to the client device, and in step 603, the IIO store server 308 sends a certificate for the selected IIO. In step 604, the client device validates the certificate for the IIO with the identity services server 302, and in step 605, the client device executes the IIO initialization and notifies the server to start IIO services. In step 606, the messaging fabric server 305 notifies other members of the conversation to download and initialize and interaction. In step 607, other clients download the IIO, initialize, and connect to the server to join IIO services. In step 608, all IIOs on all clients begin interactions and synchronization. In step 609, the IIO is stopped by the sender or the conversation is deleted. In step 610, the server archives the IIIO data if required, and in step 611, the IIO store server 308 destroys the IIO instance that is on the server.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. Methods of the present disclosure can be implemented via a computer program instructions stored on one or more specifically designed non-transitory computer-readable storage devices for execution by a processor. Likewise, various processes (or portions thereof) of the present disclosure can be performed by a processor executing computer program instructions. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented via one or more computer programs that are executable on a computer system including at least one processor coupled to receive data and instructions from, and to transmit data and instructions to, a data storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device. Each computer program can be implemented in any suitable manner, including via a high-level procedural or object-oriented programming language and/or via assembly or machine language. Systems of the present disclosure may include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, which may retrieve instructions and data to and from various types of volatile and/or non-volatile memory. Computer systems operating in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure may include one or more mass storage devices for storing data files, which may include: magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and optical disks. Storage devices suitable for tangibly embodying computer program instructions and data (also called the “non-transitory computer-readable storage media”) include all forms of non-volatile memory, including by way of example semiconductor memory devices, such as EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices; magnetic disks such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM disks. Any of the foregoing can be supplemented by, or incorporated in, ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) and other forms of hardware.
In one embodiment, an IIO may represent standard transactions between parties, such as an order for a product, the terms of a contract, etc. As a standard process for mutual communication, an IIO may be used to enable parties to interact across language and cultural barriers, for example, by offering both English and Chinese interface presentations. Also, a formal process of conducting group business, such as Robert's Rules of Order can be reified as IIOs that represent reports, motions, votes, and so on, so that parliamentary business can proceed without a real-time, single-location meeting of the polity. IIOs can likewise represent steps in legal proceedings. Additionally, IIO progress and chat traffic involving one or more conversations may be plotted in several time-line forms, so that a user can reconstruct his activities and relate separate flows of communication together. In further embodiments, a system for recording conversations that includes IIOs enables programming by example. For example, a conversation log can be edited to create a standard narrative description of a process that may be applied to a new situation.
In some cases, a system and method for delivering text, media, and inline interactive objects in a message and displaying them by a messaging program to a device such as, for example, a mobile phone, may comprise a messaging service and fabric that reliably and securely transports text, media, and IIOs along with an optional proprietary electronic certificate to ensure that the delivered elements have been sent from an authorized source. The system may send message content, including text, media, and IIOs, via the Internet to the messaging program, which may be a web application or a compiled mobile or desktop application, configured to interact with the user based on the user's identifier. Further, message content may be stored on a server, for delivery to the message program on demand and thence to the client device. In addition, the message program may be received from a server. The messaging program may also upload a message to a server for distribution to other parties and/or processing by external programs or via server side extensions of the message content. Additionally, a control center may be connected to the network and configured to receive data from the messaging program and to track the delivery of the message content.
Further, in some cases, along with the message an inline interactive objects program code is provided, and in some cases providing those IIO programs includes downloading additional IIOs from a server to a message delivery program. Additionally, in some of these cases, a portion or all of the IIO code includes executing code in a server that hosts or interacts with the remote IIO code. Furthermore, in some cases part or all of the selected message content is used for additional information for processing by the selected IIOs from another computer. In yet other cases, the method for processing a message includes selecting the selected IIO and executing the code on the selected IIO. In some cases, the messaging program may also upload a message to a server for distribution to other parties and/or processing by external programs or via server side extensions of the message content while monitoring the delivery of the selected message content. Furthermore, a method delivers IIOs to a mobile or fixed device, including the steps of providing IIO program code to the messaging program that can interact with the user in the context of the conversation, other IIOs within the message, IIOs external to the message, as well as internal and external services and devices. Additionally, in some of these cases, the IIO is further applied operating in the context of the conversation utilizing multiple classes of contextual information. In yet further of these cases, the IIO operating in the context of the conversation is applied utilizing the identities of those in the conversation to supply the context. In yet other cases, the IIOs operating in the context of the conversation are also applied utilizing the identities of those in the conversation to extract information from external sources, such as identity management solutions and external data sources such as Facebook and LinkedIn. In yet other cases, the IIOs are operated in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and their respective calendars. Additionally, the IIOs are operated in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and their location data. Further, the IIOs are operated in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and the data expressed in conversation text and media objects. Furthermore, the IIOs run in the context of the conversation utilizing the identities of those in the conversation and beacons local to the members of the conversation. In some cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs to facilitate their interaction and operation. In yet other cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs within a message to facilitate their interaction and operation. Additionally, in some cases the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs external to a message to facilitate their interaction and operation. In yet other cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs and internal device services to facilitate their interaction and operation. Further, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs and external services to facilitate their interaction and operation. Furthermore, in some cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs by and for as well as including external devices and services that comprise the “Internet of Things” to facilitate their interaction and operation. Further, in some cases, the IIOs send data and signals between IIOs and members of the conversation as well as to selected non-members of the conversation via email, SMS text, and other digital means. In other cases, the IIOs can operate in the computational foreground and be visible to the user as well as operate in the background, invisible to the user and/or in the conversation. Further, in some cases, the IIOs operate dependent on input from users and other sources as well as independently from users or other input. In other cases, the IIOs and collections of IIOs are purchased and downloaded from an on-line store, In some of these cases, such sale to users can occur using in-app digital payment, on a one-time charge basis, or on a subscription basis, or similar, equivalent approaches. Further, in some cases, the IIOs support a permission model where each widget is granted permission by each participant in a conversation to access information for each of the participants' devices and personal data. Furthermore, in some cases, the system includes delivering programmatic message content in the form of a IIOs to a mobile or fixed device, such cases include presenting IIOs and collections of IIOs via an interactive hierarchal form that is dynamically loaded on the mobile or fixed device. In some cases, further, the IIOs and collections of IIOs can be listed on a menu, palette, or similar visual selection object, and inserted into a conversation by a user making an interactive selection from a palette. In yet some additional cases, a list of IIOs and collections of IIOs can be changed both with and without an update to the messaging application where the collections of IIOs listed as well as the IIOs are dynamically loaded from the server and optionally cached locally on the target device. Further, in yet other cases, the IIOs that have been inserted into a conversation can be viewed in-line chronologically with other components of the conversation and in summary form, where only the IIOs in the conversation are visible. In yet other cases, the IIOs can be private to the conversation or public and shared via a URL or other networked mechanism, such as being viewable in a web browser or via other client application. Further, in some cases, the system is coupled to a control center connected to the network and configured to receive data from the messaging program, wherein the control center is further configured to track the delivery of the content item to the mobile or fixed device.
The skilled person will be aware of a range of possible modifications of the various embodiments described above. Accordingly, the present invention is defined by the claims and their equivalents.
1. A system for delivery of text, media and inline interactive objects encapsulated in a message, the system comprising:
a message server stored in a memory of and operating on a processor of a computing device;
an inline interaction object repository stored in a memory of and operating on a processor of a computing device; and
a plurality of message delivery devices stored in memories of and operating on processors of at least two computing devices;
wherein, the message server:
(a) serves as a hub through which a plurality of messages pass;
(b) receives messages at least one of which will contain content requiring the use of an inline interactive object to display or manipulate;
(c) determines from a target message delivery device whether that target device has inline interactive objects needed to render and manipulate inline objects included in an incoming message; and
(d) offers a method to procure any needed inline interactive objects to render or manipulate inline data encapsulated within the incoming message;
wherein, the inline interaction object repository:
(e) maintains copies of inline interactive objects available for download;
wherein, the message delivery devices:
(f) accept messages some of which may have encapsulated interactive data;
(g) run inline interactive object resources needed to render and manipulate encapsulated content within a message;
(h) allows user to initiate a new message conversation with other users using an identification for that other user.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the message server coordinates the sharing and data integrity of at least one inline interaction data object manipulated by inline interaction objects during the course of a message conversation.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one message delivery device will be the result of running compiled programming code on a generalized computing device.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one message delivery device will be the result of running a web application within a browser on a generalized computing device.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one message conversation participant sends a predetermined security token to the message server to authenticate the participant's identity.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein in at least one case the inline interactive object repository and the message server reside on the same computing device.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein in at least one inline interactive object repository is provided by a third party and that third party offers inline interactive objects of their design from that resource.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one inline interactive object is offered on for purchase or a subscription to use basis.
9. A method for delivery of text, media and inline interactive objects encapsulated in a message the steps of the method comprising:
(a) receiving a message at a message server containing additional inline media and data that requires the use of inline interactive programming objects to render and manipulate;
(b) confirming that a first message delivery device about to receive the message has required to render and manipulate the additional inline media and data, if not sending an alert offering to assist in procurement of needed inline interactive programming objects; and
(c) allowing the first message delivery device to enter an interactive conversation with one or more second message delivery devices to interact as a group with the additional inline media and data while concurrently communicating with additional messages, some of which encapsulate novel additional inline media and data.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the message server coordinates the sharing and data integrity of at least one inline interaction data object manipulated by inline interaction objects during the course of a message conversation.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one message delivery device will be the result of running compiled programming code on a generalized computing device.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one message delivery device will be the result of running a web application within a browser on a generalized computing device.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one message conversation participant sends a predetermined security token to the message server to authenticate the participant's identity.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein in at least one case the inline interactive object repository and the message server reside on the same computing device.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein in at least one inline interactive object repository is provided by a third party and that third party offers inline interactive objects of their design from that resource.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one inline interactive object is offered on for purchase or a subscription to use basis.
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Filed: Mar 14, 2016
Date of Patent: Apr 9, 2019
Assignee: COLA, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Michael McEvoy (San Jose, CA), Jamie Faye Fenton (San Jose, CA), David Temkin (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Alina A Boutah
Current U.S. Class: Distributed Data Processing (709/201)
International Classification: H04L 12/58 (20060101); H04L 29/08 (20060101); G06Q 30/06 (20120101); H04L 29/06 (20060101);
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Justia Patents US Patent Application for Portable information carrier with transponders Patent Application (Application #20050236489)
Portable information carrier with transponders
The aim of this invention is to propose a portable information carrier equipped with a transponder capable of being activated and deactivated during the use of said information carrier without having recourse to a specific device for actuation. This aim is reached by a portable information carrier comprising at least two substantially planar parts articulated to each other forming an assembly in which one part can be superimposed on the other, the first part includes a transponder arranged on the plane of said part, the second part includes a shielding element that extends over all or part of said part, said transponder intended to be read by means of a suitable reader that transmits an electromagnetic signal activating the transmission of a response from said transponder, wherein said transponder of the first part is positioned facing the shielding element of the second part when both parts are superimposed preventing the activation of the transponder by absorption of the signal transmitted by the reader, said activation being carried out when said parts are moved aside from each other, letting appear the transponder distant from the shielding element.
The object of this invention is a particular application where transponders are integrated into a portable information carrier such as a document including several sheets such as, for example, a passport, a permit, an attestation for a member of an association or other types of identity document.
A transponder or “RFID Tag” is an electronic element comprising at least one chip connected to an antenna including a memory in which digital data is stored. The content of this memory can be consulted or read with the help of a suitable reader that transmits an electromagnetic signal intended to be picked up by the antenna of the transponder. This signal provides the energy necessary for the activation of the chip that returns to the reader, via the same antenna, a response signal containing the data stored in the memory of the chip.
Except the contactless chip cards, a conventional transponder application consists in integrating them into labels that can be stuck or attached to any object (goods in a store, spare parts in warehouse, luggage, etc.).
Thanks to their reduced thickness and in an aim to provide protection against counterfeiting, transponders can also be directly imbedded into the material forming the objects such as valuable documents, banks notes, compact discs, badges, cards etc.
When several transponders are fixed or inserted into an object, their reading can become more difficult because, being supplied simultaneously by the electromagnetic field of the reader, they also respond simultaneously. In order to distinguish the response of one transponder from that of another, it is necessary to isolate them electromagnetically by means of shielding elements.
The document U.S. Pat. No. 6,176,425 describes a system where a set of transponders located on an object is managed by a reader that is capable of sequentially picking up the data originating from each transponder. Said transponders have an individual reading zone in which it is possible to read the data stored in the transponder in question.
In order to select a given transponder, movable shielding elements placed in the vicinity of the transponder can be positioned in different ways. According to their position, these shielding elements allow either to direct the signal emitted by the antenna of the transponder in a given direction without overlapping into the reading area of another transponder, or to mask the transponders to let inactive during the reading of one transponder alone.
These shielding elements known in the form of electromagnetic conductive sheets have the capacity to absorb the electromagnetic energy transmitted by the reader in order to block the activation of the transponder chip. Embodiment examples of such sheets and their composition are described in the documents U.S. Pat. No. 4,774,148 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,344,155.
The aim of this invention is to propose a portable information carrier equipped with a transponder capable of being activated and deactivated during the use of said information carrier without having recourse to a specific device for actuation.
This aim is reached by a portable information carrier comprising at least two substantially planar parts articulated to each other forming an assembly in which one part can be superimposed on the other, the first part includes a transponder arranged on the plane of said part, the second part includes a shielding element that extends over all or part of said part, said transponder intended to be read by means of a suitable reader that transmits an electromagnetic signal activating the transmission of a response from said transponder, characterized in that said transponder of the first part is positioned facing the shielding element of the second part when both parts are superimposed to prevent the activation of the transponder by absorption of the signal transmitted by the reader, said activation is carried out when said parts are moved aside from each other, letting appear the transponder distant from the shielding element.
In a preferred embodiment, the portable information carrier according to the invention consists in a booklet formed by a sheet folded into two equal parts, one of which includes a transponder that is usually integrated into said sheet. The other part includes a shielding element that occupies an area whose surface corresponds at least to that occupied by the transponder on the first sheet. This shielding element is made up of an electromagnetic conductive sheet that forms a layer integrated into the sheet for example. When both sheets are folded, that is to say superimposed one on the other, the transponder of the first sheet faces the shielding element of the second sheet.
An electromagnetic conductive sheet represents here a homogeneous or inhomogeneous sheet (wire netting for example) absorbing both the electric field and the magnetic field transmitted by the transponder reading device. The material of this sheet will be chosen according to the frequency of the electromagnetic field. In fact, the more the frequency increases, the greater the ratio of the magnetic field to be absorbed will be in relation to the electric field and inversely.
When the booklet is closed, the transponder cannot be activated since the shielding situated under the transponder absorbs the energy transmitted by the reader, while, when the booklet is opened, the shielding is placed beside the transponder that can thus easily be read.
According to an embodiment of the invention, each sheet of the booklet includes a transponder and a shielding element positioned in such a way that when the booklet is closed, the transponders are placed on a corresponding shielding element of the sheet opposite to that carrying said transponder. In this case, when the booklet is opened, each transponder can be read independently one from the other, the shielding elements being distant from the transponders.
According to another embodiment, the booklet includes a plurality of sheets joined in the same way as the pages of a book or of a review. Each sheet includes a transponder that can be read individually without the transponders of the preceding sheets being activated. This reading is carried out when the booklet is opened in order to present the transponder of the sheet to be read in a like in the minimal embodiment with two sheets. The hidden transponders of the superimposed sheets are deactivated by a shielding element integrated into the sheet covering said transponders.
The invention will be better understood thanks to the following detailed description that refers to the enclosed drawings that are given as a non-limitative example, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a view in perspective of an opened booklet with two articulated sheets in which one includes a transponder and the other a shielding element.
FIG. 2 illustrates the booklet of FIG. 1 closed showing the transponder placed on the shielding element.
FIG. 3 shows a view in perspective of an opened booklet with three sheets each including a transponder and the corresponding shielding elements.
FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the booklet of FIG. 3 with the two first sheets opened.
FIG. 5 shows a plan view of the booklet of FIG. 3 with the two last sheets opened.
FIG. 6 illustrates the booklet of FIG. 3 closed showing the different transponders placed on their respective shielding elements.
FIG. 7 represents an alternative where two parts of an information carrier are articulated according to a rotating axis perpendicular to said parts.
FIG. 8 shows the information carrier of FIG. 7 with its two articulated parts superimposed.
FIG. 9 shows an example of an information carrier where two sheets of different sizes are articulated according to a rotating axis.
FIG. 10 shows an example of an information carrier where four sheets of different shapes and sizes are articulated according to axes of different orientation and types.
FIG. 1 shows a general view of a booklet (L) comprising two sheets (A) and (B). The first sheet (A) includes a transponder (TA) and the second sheet (B) includes a shielding element (SB). The sheets (A, B) are joined either by a fold or any other type of hinge allowing an easy articulation to open and close the booklet (L) according to the arrow (F).
The transponder (TA) and the shielding element (SB) can either be adhered onto one of the faces of the sheets, or integrated or imbedded into the material according to a preferred variant offering increased security. Their position on the sheets (A, B) depends on one hand on the characters and/or designs printed on said sheets (A, B) and on the other hand on their respective functions. In fact, the transponder (TA) is positioned on the sheet (A) in such a way that the shielding element (SB) situated on the sheet (B) is superimposed when the booklet (L) is closed as shown in FIG. 2. In other words, the transponder (TA) and the corresponding shielding element (SB) are symmetrically placed on both parts of the axis formed by the hinge that links the sheets (A) and (B) when the booklet (L) is flat opened out.
The surface occupied by the shielding element on the sheet (B) depends on that occupied by the transponder on the sheet (A) and on the electromagnetic energy absorption power of the materials which constitute said shielding element.
The role of this shielding element (SB) is to block the reading of the transponder (TA) when the booklet is closed. In this case, the shielding element (SB) is under the transponder (TA) at a small distance from the latter. The electromagnetic signal transmitted by a transponder reader thus absorbed or strongly attenuated by the shielding element (SB) becomes insufficient to supply the transponder (TA) with the energy necessary for the issue of its response. Therefore, it is impossible to read the transponder (TA) as long as the booklet (L) remains closed. Once the opened booklet is placed flat out, the shielding element is outside the reading area of the transponder and thus has no effect on the signal transmitted by the reader that in this way can supply normally the transponder (TA) allowing it to respond in the appropriate way.
According to an embodiment of the invention, both sheets (A, B) can be provided with a transponder. In this case, a corresponding shielding element is placed on both parts of the hinge linking the two sheets in such a way that, when the booklet is closed, each transponder is covered by its corresponding element. It is only on the opening of the booklet that it is possible to read each transponder one after the other without the signal of the reader being altered by one of the shielding elements.
According to another embodiment, the booklet can have a plurality of sheets as shown in FIG. 3 where three sheets (A), (B) and (C) are linked together by a hinge. According to the number of sheets of the booklet, this hinge can be arisen in several forms such as paper-clips, rings, a spiral or gluing in the same way that a book bounding, etc.
In the example disclosed in FIG. 3, each of the three sheets (A, B, C) includes a transponder (TA, TB, TC). The shielding elements (SB, SC) are arranged in such a way as to allow the selective reading of the transponders (TA, TB, TC) when the booklet is opened by presenting two sheets at a time. On the contrary, when the booklet is closed none of the transponders (TA, TB, TC) can be read because of the shielding elements (SB, SC) that are superimposed on said transponders (TA, TB, TC).
The first sheet (A) of the booklet (L) includes a transponder (TA), the second sheet (B) includes a transponder (TB) and a shielding element (SB) positioned symmetrically to the transponder (TA) of the first sheet (A) regarding the axis of the hinge linking the sheets. The third sheet (C) includes a transponder (TC) positioned symmetrically to the shielding element (SB) of the second sheet (B) and a shielding element (SC) also placed symmetrically to the transponder (TB) of the second sheet (B).
FIG. 4 shows the booklet (L) in FIG. 3 opened in a flat position at the first two sheets (A) and (B). The transponder (TA) of sheet (A) can only be read because the transponder (TB) of sheet (B) is placed on the shielding element (SC) situated on the third sheet (C) covered by the second sheet (B). The transponder (TC) of the third sheet (C) cannot be read either since it is covered by the shielding element (SB) of the second sheet (B).
FIG. 5 shows the booklet (L) opened in a flat position at the second and third sheets (B, C). Here, the transponders (TB) and (TC) of sheets (B) and (C) respectively can be read as they are not placed on the shielding elements. Only the transponder (TA) of the first sheet (A) cannot be read as it is covered by the shielding element (SB) of the second sheet (B).
Therefore to read successively the transponders (TA; TB, TC) carried by each sheet (A; B; C) of the booklet (L), it is sufficient to turn the pages made up of said sheets one after the other in order to present them opened two at a time to the reader.
FIG. 6 shows the booklet (L) closed where none of the transponders (TA, TB, TC) can be read from either of the outer faces of the booklet (L). In fact, each transponder (TA, TB, TC) is covered by a shielding element (SB, SC). The transponder (TA) of the first sheet (A) is positioned on the shielding element (SB) of the second sheet (B) just as the transponder (TC) of the third sheet (C). The transponder (TB) of the second sheet (B) is positioned on the shielding element (SC) of the third sheet (C).
This invention can be applied to all documents that include several sheets secured by transponders such as a passport or a valuable document. The transponders containing the digital data related to the written content of the document, for example, allow the prevention of any type of fraud or falsification. The selective reading of the transponders simply by turning the pages of the document becomes advantageous in the automated systems in charge, for example, to compare an optical reading of the content of the pages of the document with that stored in the memories of transponders.
According to an embodiment with an additional security level, the document can also be provided with an identification marking on the shielding elements that extend on all or part of a sheet. This marking can consist in a bar code, perforations, printed graphics or characters, a hologram or a kinegram, etc or also a combination of these types of marking.
The sheets of the information carrier according to the invention can be made of several kinds of material, preferably not metallic, which do not affect the functioning of the transponders when they are activated. Their shape and size, length, width and thickness can also be variable and adapted according to the use of the information carrier as for example, a card, a valuable document, a portfolio, a badge or any other object including at least two articulated parts that can be superimposed on all or part of their surface.
FIG. 7 shows an example of an information carrier in the form of a card or a badge for example constituted of two parts or sheets (A, B) articulated according to a rotation axis (R) perpendicular to said parts. This axis (R) is preferably placed in the vicinity of the edge of the sheets (A, B) and can be constituted, according to the thickness of the sheets, by an eyelet, a screw or a joining pin or any other attachment means. This allows the rotation of two sheets (A, B) one on top of the other in order to move aside or superimpose them.
When both parts (A, B) or sheets are moved aside (FIG. 7) the transponder (TA) of the first sheet (A) can be read. When the second part or sheet (B) superimposes the first (A), as shown in FIG. 8, the transponder (TA) is covered by the shielding element (SB) of the second sheet (B) thus preventing the reading of said transponder (TA).
This embodiment can be applied to a credit card or an identification card in order to avoid the reading of the transponder without the knowledge of the user carrying the card and passing into the vicinity of a reader. In fact, to activate the reading, the carrier of the card must take his card and open it by turning one of two sheets in order to free the transponder before presenting it to the reader.
Of course, regardless of the configuration of the articulation between the two sheets (hinge type or joining pin type) the latter can be of different shapes and sizes by being adapted to the size and the positioning of the transponder and/or the shielding element. FIG. 9 shows an example in which the sheet B carrying the shielding element has a smaller surface than that of the sheet A carrying the transponder.
According to an embodiment, the information carrier can include several sheets of different shapes and sizes articulated according to axes either of the hinge type parallel to each other or not or of the rotation type with joining pin, allowing the superimposing or moving aside of a transponder from a corresponding shielding element or vice versa. FIG. 10 shows an example of an information carrier with four articulated sheets (A, B, C, D) where the three first sheets A B and C are articulated according to two perpendicular hinges, and in which the last sheet D is articulated according to a rotating axis.
1. Portable information carrier comprising at least two substantially planar parts articulated to each other forming an assembly in which one part can be superimposed on the other, the first part includes a transponder arranged on the plane of said part, the second part includes a shielding element made up of an electromagnetic conductive sheet that extends over all or part of said part, said transponder intended to be read by means of a suitable reader that transmits an electromagnetic signal activating the transmission of a response from said transponder, wherein said transponder of the first part is positioned facing the shielding element of the second part when both parts are superimposed preventing the activation of the transponder by absorption of the signal transmitted by the reader, said activation being carried out when said parts are moved aside from each other, letting appear the transponder distant from the shielding element.
2. Information carrier according to claim 1, wherein the articulation between two parts consists in an axis forming a hinge, a first part superimposing a second part by putting said first part down by means of said hinge, said two parts form a booklet, each part being of comparable size constituting a sheet of said booklet.
3. Information carrier according to claim 1, wherein the shielding element of the second part occupies a surface at least equivalent to that occupied by the transponder on the first part.
4. (canceled)
5. Information carrier according to claim 2, wherein the first sheet includes a transponder positioned symmetrically to a shielding-element included in the second sheet relatively to the hinge linking the two sheets when said sheets are moved aside and arranged in the same plane.
6. Information carrier according to claim 2, wherein each sheet includes a transponder and a shielding element positioned in such a way that when both sheets are superimposed, the transponders are positioned on a corresponding shielding element of the sheet opposite to that carrying said transponder.
7. Information carrier according to claim 2, comprising a booklet including a plurality of sheets, each sheet including a transponder and a shielding element positioned symmetrically on both side of the hinge, said shielding elements covering the transponders of the superimposed sheets when the booklet is opened by presenting the sheets two at a time and allowing the selective reading of each transponder carried by each opened sheet.
8. Information carrier according to claim 1, wherein the articulation between the two parts is made up of a rotating axis perpendicular to the surface formed by said parts and situated in an area adjacent to the edge of said parts.
9. Information carrier according to claim 8, wherein the first part-comprising the transponder rotating around said rotation axis and when superimposed on the second part comprising the shielding element prevents the activation of said transponder and vice versa.
10. Information carrier according to claim 8, wherein the first part comprising the transponder rotating around said rotation axis and when moved aside from the second part comprising the shielding element allows the activation of said transponder and vice versa.
11. Information carrier according to claim 1, comprising several parts of different sizes and shapes articulated each other according to axes forming hinges, which are oriented in different directions.
12. Information carrier according to claim 1, comprising several parts of different sizes and shapes articulated each other according to rotation axes perpendicular to the plane formed by said parts and situated in an area adjacent to the edge of said parts.
13. Information carrier according to claim 1, comprising several parts of different sizes and shapes articulated each other on one hand according to axes forming hinges which are oriented in different directions and on the other hand according to rotation axes perpendicular to the plane formed by said parts and placed in an area adjacent to the edge of said parts.
Filed: Sep 1, 2004
Inventor: Francois Droz (La Chaux-de-Fonds)
Current U.S. Class: 235/487.000; 235/492.000
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Brandon Carter
Executive Chef/Partner, FARM
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Q-Masters, Chefs + Vets (view)
As executive chef and partner of FARM, Brandon Carter works tirelessly to connect the dining experience with the farmer’s culture. Always cognizant of seasonality and availability of ingredients, Carter crafts ever-evolving menus that speak to the bounty of the region, and pay homage to the many farmers and artisans who inspire him.
Born in Ohio and raised in Georgia, Carter was inspired by the allure of the kitchen during a family trip to Italy at only thirteen years old. Compelled by the industry’s high energy, Carter took his talents to the Culinary Institute of America where he graduated in 1999.
Just prior to FARM, Carter was executive chef at the Inn at Palmetto Bluff. He first joined the Inn at Palmetto Bluff as Chef de Cuisine in January 2011, assisting with the management of the River House Restaurant, including menu planning and all aspects of production and service. One year later, Brandon took the helm as executive chef where he oversaw four restaurants, twice as many menus, and was the grand poobah of the nationally lauded Music to Your Mouth food and wine event, which landed Palmetto Bluff on Bon Appetit’s Top Ten Foodie Destination List in 2013.
Previously, Carter served as Chef de Partie and Chef de Cuisine at The Ritz-Carlton Naples in South Florida, assisting with the management of three of the hotel’s restaurants from 2004 to 2008. Carter also gained experience at Mumbo Jumbo Bar and Grill in Atlanta from 2000 to 2003, where he started as Sous Chef and worked his way to Chef de Cuisine.
Carter is supported by his wife, Jessica, and their two children Declan and Bailey, all of whom contribute to Carter’s success at FARM. When he’s not in the kitchen, Carter enjoys spending time with his family, eating pork, quoting rock ballads and late night trips to the taco truck.
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Pixar's UP Earns Early Critical Praise
Pixar's lastest offering, the odd-couple adventure UP, has been bringing smiles to people faces ever since the first trailer dropped, or in my case, when I was treated to a special screening of the first 45 minutes of UP, back in February at the New York Comic Con.
By now most of us are used to Pixar films getting love from both fan$ and critics alike; after all, they don't hand out those Oscar noms to Pixar every year for nothing. Well, UP is continuing in that proud Pixar tradition: the film is getting praise from some of the movie industry's biggest critics. Check it out:
Time: “Though it’s not yet summer, we can declare that Up, like WALL-E, will prove to be one of the most satisfying movie experiences of its year.” … “Extending the patented Pixar mix of humor and heart, Up is the studio’s most deeply emotional and affecting work.”
Roger Ebert: “This is a wonderful film. It tells a story. The characters are as believable as any characters can be who spend much of their time floating above the rain forests of Venezuela.” … “This is a story as tickling to the imagination as the magical animated films of my childhood, when I naively thought that because their colors were brighter, their character outlines more defined and their plots simpler, they were actually more realistic than regular films.”
Variety: “Depending on what you think of “Cars,” Pixar makes it either 9½ out of 10 or 10 for 10 with “Up,” a captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along.” … “proves disarming in its deep reserves of narrative imagination and surprise, as well as its poignant thematic balance of dreams deferred and dreams fulfilled.”
THR: “Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.” … “But what gives Up such a joyously buoyant lift is the refreshingly nongimmicky way in which the process has been incorporated into the big picture — and what a wonderful big picture it is.”
Special thanks to Slash Film for compiling that list of quotes for yours truly to mooch off!
What can I say? Everything those critics say echoes my own experience with UP. The visuals are stunning, the characters real and engaging (and pretty darn funny) and there's an epic adventure thrown in there just for kicks. If you want to have a good time at a Summer movie that will also allow you to keep your brain turned on (a la Star Trek), then you definitely want to check out UP. Parents, this maybe the one window of true fun for the whole family you get this Summer. Don't miss out.
Did I also mentioned that UP was filmed in Disney digital 3-D? All those gorgeous visuals are going to be literally jumping off the screen! Fun times!
For those who love the comfort of living under rocks, here is what UP is all about:
Up is described as a "comedic adventure" starring a 78-year man named Carl Fredricksen, who's "spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest". Due to his age, he thinks life has "passed him by". One day, however, a "twist of fate", and an 8-year old "Wilderness Explorer" named Russell, changes his outlook on life. The pair go on adventures, encountering "wild terrain", "unexpected villains" and "jungle creatures".
In case you missed the link up top, click on the link to check out the trailer for UP. You can also check out these clips from UP.
Pixar's UP opens in theaters on May 29, 2009. Will you be checking it out?
Source: Slash Film & The Pixar Blog
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New Fast & Furious 9 Cast Photo Adds John Cena to the Team
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Psychology 2000 Service
Psychology 2000
Psychology 2000 is a pro bono therapy service designed to help people "caught in the middle" of the current health care system. There are over 680,000 people in the County of San Diego without health insurance. Many of these people also cannot afford to pay for mental health care themselves. And, because many are from working families, they also do not qualify for public assistance or health insurance through Medi-Cal or Medicare. So when they are under stress and have emotional problems, it can be very difficult to get the services needed. In exchange for pro bono therapy, participants in Psychology 2000 are asked to donate one hour of volunteer community service for each hour of psychological services provided by SDPA member psychologists. Volunteer work helps our community and helping others also benefits the volunteer. In order to help the greatest number of people possible, Psychology 2000 targets people who can benefit from relatively short-term therapy. If you are interested in applying for pro bono services through Psychology 2000, please contact the Committee Chair.
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To finish local phone calls, the brand-new dialing treatment requires callers to call the area code + the 7-digit phone number. An overlay does not call for clients to transform their existing area code, but does require a brand-new dialing procedure.
Make sure that all solutions, automatic dialing tools, or various other kinds of devices recognize the new 445 area code as a legitimate area code and also remain to program phone number with 10 digit phone number. Local phone calls from these numbers should be called using the 10-digit dialing procedure (area code + telephone number). The new dialing procedure (which became obligatory since August 19, 2017) calls for callers to call the area code + phone number for all local calls within the area served by the 518 area code and the brand-new 838 area code.
An overlay does not require clients to transform their existing area code or telephone number. In addition to transforming your dialing procedures, all services, automated dialing equipment, or other sorts of devices that are configured to call a seven-digit number from a 609 area code will certainly need to be reprogrammed to utilize the new dialing procedures, along with any tools that is configured to call a seven-digit number from a 856 area code to a 609 area code telephone number (Devices set to dial a seven-digit number from an 856 area code to an 856 area code does not require to be reprogrammed). The brand-new dialing procedure calls for callers to dial the area code + telephone number for phone calls within the 609 area code region.
To complete regional calls, the new dialing procedure calls for customers to dial the 10-digit telephone number (area code + the 7-digit phone number). This indicates that all contact the 916 location codes that are currently dialed with 7 digits will need to be called utilizing 1 + area code + phone number. This suggests that all hire the 805 and 820 location codes that are currently dialed with 7 figures will require to be dialed using 1 + area code + phone number.
Starting June 19, 2018, new telephone lines or solutions in the previous 619 area may be assigned numbers making use of the 858 area code, and also alternatively, brand-new telephone lines or services in the former 858 region may be appointed numbers utilizing the 619 area code. This indicates that all contact the 619 and 858 location codes that are presently called with seven digits will require to be called using 1 + area code + phone number. This implies that all call the 323 and 213 area codes that are currently called with seven figures will certainly require to be called utilizing 1 + area code + telephone number.
This implies that all call the 510 or 341 location codes that are currently called with 7 figures will need to be dialed using 1 + area code + telephone number. When an overlay is applied, customers should call 1" followed by the area code and the seven-digit telephone number to finish every phone call, consisting of phone calls within the same area code. The USA of America is split into regions, known as location codes that correspond with telephone dialing areas.
The USA of America is separated into regions, referred to as Area Codes that correspond with telephone dialing locations. In addition to the list of international numbers that "look American," bear in mind that Canada and also various UNITED STATE areas are also part of nation code +1-and also while scammers do not typically run 473 rip-offs from Canada or UNITED STATE regions, some residential telephone strategies do rule out contact us to these locations to be a complimentary or residential telephone calls.
Please pick the location code 758 and also exchange in the state St Lucia you are trying to find:
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EU Says Patriotic Nations Must ‘Pay the Price’ for Refusing Migrants, Backs Macron’s Call for Sanctions
The European Commission has backed Emmanuel Macron’s call for sanctions on EU nations refusing to resettle third world migrants, asserting that countries must be made to “pay the price” for membership of the bloc.
Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said that central and eastern European nations “have a vital need of Europe”, asserting it is “not legitimate that nations which refuse to show solidarity would continue receiving a similar proportion of EU funding”.
“Europe is not well,” lamented the Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs on Monday. “Britain is leaving us, we suffered an economic crisis which continues to do damage, we are seeing governments with parties on the extreme right.“The rise of nationalism is a challenge for Europe,” he told French broadcaster BFMTV, adding: “We must reinvent [the EU] and refresh the notion of solidarity. We need to reinvent Europe, reinvent the notion of solidarity.”Moscovici’s comments echoed those made by the French President on Saturday, when he told a press conference in Paris: “You can’t have countries that massively benefit from the solidarity of the European Union and that massively voice their national selfishness when it comes to migrant issues.”
“I am in favour of sanctions being imposed in the event of no cooperation,” he added, speaking on the eve of a mini-summit on immigration which saw 16 EU leaders meet to discuss illegal immigration and a common asylum policy.”
At the meeting, which paved the way for a full EU summit on Thursday and Friday, a number of European leaders including the prime ministers of Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg said they back the idea of setting up centres outside Europe at which asylum seekers could be “pre-screened” and have their applications processed.
According to Middle East Memo, France and Germany indicated they would rather see “Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, to receive illegal immigrants on their territory before a decision is made on their cases”.Governments of the Viségrad nations, which boycotted Sunday’s meeting, have said that spreading migrants around the bloc is unpopular with Europeans, and provides no solution to the illegal immigration crisis because it continues to incentivise travel to the continent.
But Eurocrats and globalist leaders including Macron — who is reportedly meeting mass migration-promoting Pope Francis on Tuesday to discuss the issue — and German Chancellor Angela Merkel insist that closing the borders would be impossible, and an affront to so-called EU values.Speaking on Thursday, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos blasted the idea of pre-screening asylum seekers at camps situated outside the bloc as “absolutely out of the question”.
“I am against the creation of a Guantanamo for migrants. It goes against European values and we are not discussing the issue,” he said, insisting that Europe’s “main goal is to save lives … [and] the resettlement of refugees in Europe”.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/25/eu-nations-sanctions-migrants-macron/
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East Africa: Tanga Port � Best Route for Ugandan Crude Oil Exports
All eyes are on Kampala as the Ugandan government announces the route for the envisaged pipeline to export its crude oil; with chances indicating that the conduit will pass through Tanzania's Tanga Port.
Media reports from Kampala have indicated that powers that be have chosen the Tanzanian route due to a number of factors as flat terrain, with over 1,239 kilometres of flat or leveled and dry terrains, security and low cost compared to the Lamu Port through Kenya.
Other factors that kept Dar es Salaam on the competitive edge includes the fact that the country has vast expertise in implementing such huge projects and compensating people for land to create required leeway for the pipeline will not be a problem either.
What is more, contrary to arguments put forward by some ill-advised and so called environmental conservationists, the pipeline will not traverse any internationally protected area or national park save for just 33 kilometres through the Biharamulo game reserve.
Total E&P of French has already secured the US $4 billion (roughly 8trl/-) required for the mega project and showed willingness to dish-out the funds should the pipeline pass through Tanzania.
No wonder, based on these facts, Alon Mwesigwa, a journalist with the privately owned newspaper in Uganda, the Observer, had the courage to write last Monday that; "the oil pipeline route puzzle has been solved, with Uganda choosing to export her crude oil to the East African coast through Tanzania and not Kenya."
The writer continues to cite a draft report dated April 11, 2016, by Ugandan technocrats suggesting to authorities that the Tanzanian route was the viable one compared to the Lamu Port which has been touted by Kenya.
And again, writer David Mugabe of state-owned New Vision newspaper penned Tuesday that the announcement of the project will be made during the 13th Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP), summit in Kampala which kicked off Tuesday with several technical and ministerial meetings.
"Running under the chairmanship of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the major highlight of the conference is the impending announcement of the route the oil pipeline from Uganda will take with all indications pointing to the port of Tanga in Tanzania," he wrote.
The scribe went further and quoted the Minister for Energy and Minerals in Uganda, Ms Irene Mulomi, who confirmed last week that it would be crucial to announce the route at the summit because it is a critical infrastructure project for the region.
Heads of State from the six-member states making the East African Community (EAC), namely Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan were expected to attend the summit.
Leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia were as well scheduled to attend the summit which is one of the most significant regional steps so far at propping up the region's competitiveness through improving infrastructure. "The comprehensive analysis of the different options [routes], studies and due diligence results has been completed," said the technocrats in report.
"The Kabaale-Tanga route is the only option to secure first oil export by mid 2020, with pipeline availability of 99 per cent." The report says that on the Kabaale-Lamu route, the first oil export could only happen in mid-2022, with the pipeline availability at 80 per cent.
"The government of Uganda firmly concludes that Kabaale-Tanga (Tanzania) route is the low cost route for the transportation of crude oil from the region to the East African coast," reads part of the draft report as seen by the Observer.
The report was compiled by a team of technocrats in Uganda, led by Ernest Rubondo, the Commissioner for Petroleum Exploration and Production.
It is understood that Kenyan and Tanzanian officials presented their positions touting the advantages of their respective routes. Last October, Uganda and Tanzania signed an agreement to explore the possibility of building a crude oil pipeline between the two countries, setting the stage for fierce competition from Kenya, which thought it already agreed a deal with Kampala.
The competing options are the Kabaale-Lokichar-Lamu port (Kenyan) route, and the Kabaale-Tanga port (Tanzanian) route. Kenya is pushing for the once-preferred Lamu pipeline route, which goes through its oil-rich Turkana region. According to the report, the Lamu port still has a lot of problems and costs would be enormous for the parties involved.
First, the port is exposed to the south east waves over the banks, with the surrounding islands of Lamu, Manda, Mwamba, Chongoi and Pate unable to shelter it. On the other side, Pemba Island shelters Tanga bay from the South East monsoon, reducing the wave heights to less than 1 meter.
The wave heights reach 3.5 meters off Lamu during the monsoon season, the report says. Uganda has 6.5 billion barrels of oil, with between 1.2 and 1.7bn barrels recoverable. France's Total E&P favours the Tanzania route.
It argues that it is cost-effective and does not have the security threat that the northern Kenyan route poses. A meeting last month in Nairobi, attended by President Museveni and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, and representatives of the oil firms Tullow and Total E&P, resolved to set up a group of technocrats to assess both routes and report in two weeks' time. Now the latest report puts everything to rest, recommending the Kabaale-Tanga port in Tanzania.
The experts report says the Tanga route is the least cost option for transporting crude oil to the East African coast; it presents the highest availability; presents the lowest environmental foot print and that it is the shortest schedule to deliver first oil export by mid-2020.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
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RIGHTS: Iran Condemned for Ongoing Juvenile Executions
By Omid Memarian
Iran has executed 191 people in 2008, including four juveniles.
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 (IPS) – A week after the execution of two juvenile offenders in Iran, who were under 18 at the time of their crime, a coalition of human rights organisations is urging the Iranian parliament to move swiftly to ban such executions.
The groups include Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, along with six other international and regional human rights organisations — Iran Human Rights; the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI); Penal Reform International; Stop Child Executions; and Viviere — strongly condemned Iran’s continuing execution of juvenile offenders in a joint statement Tuesday.
“Iran is executing several children every year, despite the fact that it is banned under international law,” the organisations said. “It is cruel and inhumane to apply the death penalty even to adults, let alone to those convicted for crimes committed before the age of 18.”
“The execution of juvenile offenders is subject to an absolute prohibition in international law. This is testimony to the world’s repugnance towards this practice,” Drewery Dyke, a researcher with Amnesty International in London, told IPS. “It is high time that Iranian judicial officials and other leaders heed the concerns of the many jurists, lawyers and human rights activists in Iran who repeatedly call on the authorities to end the practice of executing juveniles and find a way to having Iran uphold its international legal commitments.”
Iranian authorities executed Hassan Mozafari and Rahman Shahidi on Jul. 22, along with an adult offender, Hussein Rahnama, in the southern city of Bushehr. The Bushehr Criminal Court had convicted them of rape, together with another juvenile offender, Mohammad Pezhman, and two other adults, Behrouz Zangeneh and Ali Khorramnejad. Iranian authorities executed Pezhman in May 2007 and the two other adults in October 2007.
“Mozafari and Shahidi’s executions are extremely disturbing,” Clarisa Bencomo, Middle East and North Africa researcher in the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, told IPS.
“The fact that the families of murder victims pardoned two other juvenile offenders just days before these latest executions only underlines how arbitrary the Iranian justice system is,” she added. “Iranian authorities should stop making excuses and change their laws to ensure that no one is ever executed for a crime committed when under 18.”
Continued . . .
Tags: Evin prison, executions, hangings, human rights organizations, Iran, juvenile offenders
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fhjpeder43 Says:
July 6, 2010 at 8:47 pm | Reply
A father in Iran just got a letter saying his son is about to be put to to death in 48 hours. What is a life worth? Not much in some places.
http://finnhjalmar.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/a-life%C2%B4s-value/
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Home People Iqbal Dhaliwal IAS – A Dream that Nourished After 24 Years
Iqbal Dhaliwal IAS – A Dream that Nourished After 24 Years
Iqbal Dhaliwal stood first in the UPSC Civil Services Examination in 1996 and worked for years in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and is currently the Deputy Director of Policy at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in the Economics Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge.
Since childhood itself, his parents wanted Iqbal to be an IAS officer because this is one service which allows an individual to do a tremendous amount of good work for the people and make a difference in the lives of a few. Iqbal says, “his dream came true – a dream that his family and he nourished for 24 years”.
Marks Obtained
Iqbal Dhaliwal scored 1250 in the written and things went well in the interview and he was awarded 226 marks, making a total of 1466 which allowed him to join IAS.
Must Read: Vijayalakshmi Bidari IAS, UPSC Topper of 2001
Family Background
Iqbal Dhaliwal was born and brought up in Bangalore. His father was in the BSF, his mother runs her own school and her sister is a Doctor. Married to Professor Gopinath her classmate, and she works in the area of international Macroeconomics and Finance. They live happily near Cambridge with their son.
Iqbal Dhaliwal did his schooling from the Mothers International School with Science subject in 1989. He completed his B.A.(Honours) in Economics from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University in 1992 and M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics in 1994 and secured first rank in the college. He was also specialised in Developmental Economics, Public Finance, Agricultural Economics, Money and Banking. He also did Masters in Public Affairs (MPA, Development Studies) from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Optional Subject
Iqbal Dhaliwal opted for Economics and Public Administration as his optional paper. He choose Economics as his optional subject because he did his graduation with the same subject and does not require any preparation.
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Attempts by Iqbal Dhaliwal
Iqbal Dhaliwal gave his first attempt in June 1994 and managed to get a rank of 229. He was allotted to the Indian Civil Accounts Service Group A. He accepted the service but took a year’s extension since his heart was on the IAS. And in his second attempt he finally cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination in 1996 and secured the first position.
Tips for future Aspirants
Read NCERT books throughly.
Make a routine to read newspaper daily and be aware of the current issues that are happening.
Revise the class notes of previous 5 years of academics.
Extraordinary preparation is required other than developing a bit of confidence in yourself.
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Sonia March 1, 2016 at 8:49 am
IAS with chemistry?
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Are you taking any coaching for chemistry?
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Role of Ca2+ and Sodium-Calcium exchanger (NCX) on cellular/mitochondrial uptake and toxicity of the parkinsonian toxin, MPP+
Mapa, Mapa S.T.
Although the exact cause(s) of dopaminergic cell death in Parkinson's disease (PD) is not fully understood, the discovery that 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+ ) selectively destroys dopaminergic neurons and causes PD symptoms in humans and other mammals has strengthened the environmental hypothesis of PD. The current model for the toxicity of MPP+ is centered on its specific uptake into dopaminergic cells through the dopamine transporter (DAT), electrogenic accumulation into the mitochondria, inhibition of the mitochondrial complex I, leading to ATP depletion, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and apoptotic cell death. However, MPP+ is taken up into many cell types through a number of other transporters, challenging the major hypothesis of this model, that the specific dopaminergic toxicity of MPP+ is due to the specific uptake through DAT. In order to address this discrepancy, we have characterized a series of 4'-substituted MPP+ derivatives with varying hydrophilicities. The photophysical studies of these derivatives show that 4'I-MPP+ is fluorescent and can be used to localize the intracellular distribution of MPP+ . Using these novel probes, we have shown that both cellular and mitochondrial uptake of MPP+ are modulated by the cell and mitochondrial membrane potentials and found that Ca2+ play a key role in these MPP+ uptakes and toxicities. Furthermore, the effects of Ca2+ on MPP+ uptake and toxicity are mediated through mitochondrial and plasma membrane sodium calcium-exchangers (NCX) and the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP). For the first time, we show that the specific mitochondrial NCX (mNCX) inhibitor, CGP37157 inhibits mitochondrial uptake of MPP+ and protects dopaminergic MN9D cells from MPP+ toxicity. Thus, these findings could be further exploited for development of pharmacological agents to protect central nervous system (CNS) dopaminergic neurons from PD-causing environmental toxins.
Thesis (Ph.D.)-- Wichita State University, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
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Dissecting The Sweet Science A Few Fights At A Time
May 24, 2018 Press Release
Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 & FOX Deportes Presents Three-Hour Show to Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend Saturday Beginning at 9 p.m.
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START SUMMER WITH SIZZLING BOXING ACTION
SATURDAY NIGHT!
Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 & Fox Deportes Presents
Three-Hour Show to Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend
(9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Once-Beaten Eddie Ramirez Battles Former Champion Argenis
Mendez in 140-Pound Showdown on May 26 from
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi
Former Title Challenger Oscar Escandon Clashes with
Unbeaten 126-pound Contender Tugstsogt Nyambayar in Co-Main Event
Plus, Justin DeLoach & Joshua Zuniga Enter the Ring in Separate Televised Bouts
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI (May 23, 2018) – Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer and there’s no better way to kick off the season than with three hours of boxing as Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes delivers a night of action Saturday, May 26 from the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Once-beaten Eddie Ramirez will take on former world champion Argenis Mendez in a 10-round super lightweight showdown in the main event, while former title challenger Oscar Escandon meets unbeaten 2012 Olympic silver medalist Tugstsogt Nyambayar in a 10-round featherweight bout in the co-main event.
Televised action begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and will also feature Justin DeLoach (17-2, 9 KOs) taking on Jeison Rosario (14-1-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight match plus unbeaten Joshua Zuniga (9-0, 4 KOs) clashing with Justin Pauldo (10-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight attraction.
“Eddie Ramirez is trying to get into the title picture and Argenis Mendez wants to regain his world title status and that’s going to set up for fireworks in the main event. All of the boxers in the other matches have a lot to gain with a victory as well and that shapes up to a superb night of boxing action,” said Tim Smith, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Boxing. “Toss some hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill and then settle in for three hours of boxing. It’s the perfect way to kick off the summer of 2018.”
Ramirez (17-1, 11 KOs) is looking to bounce back from suffering the first loss of his career in his last outing. Ramirez was knocked out by former world champion Antonio DeMarco last October on FOX, although Ramirez believed the referee acted too hastily in ending the fight. The 25-year-old from Aurora, Illinois was rapidly moving up the ranks before the loss, having scored impressive stoppage victories over then unbeaten prospects Kevin Watts and Ryan Karl and a split decision victory over Erick Bone in fights that aired on FS1 and FOX Deportes.
The 31-year-old Mendez (24-5-1, 12 KOs) is coming off a split decision victory over Ivan Redkach last May on FS1 and FOX Deportes. With the win, the fighter out of the Dominican Republic rebounded from back-to-back losses to lightweight champion Robert Easter, Jr. and Luke Campbell. A member of the 2004 Dominican Olympic team, Mendez won a 130-pound world title with a knockout victory over Juan Carlos Salgado in 2013. He fought Rances Barthelemy twice to defend the title, with the first fight being declared a no decision before Mendez dropped the rematch.
Escandon (25-3, 17 KOs) is trying to climb back into the featherweight title picture after losing by TKO to world champion Gary Russell, Jr. in his last fight on May 20. The 33-year-old from Ibague, Colombia scored a knockout victory over Robinson Castellanos in a 2016 interim featherweight title fight and lost a split decision to Moises Flores in a 2015 interim super bantamweight title bout.
Nyambayar (9-0, 8 KOs) went the distance for the first time as a pro last time in the ring as he earned an eight round unanimous decision over then unbeaten Harmonito Dela Torre last November. The 25-year-old from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia won a silver medal at flyweight at the 2012 London Games and has trained in California since turning pro in 2015.
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Roast Beef of Old England
by Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess
© Copyright - S.A.Publishing Co., Inc. / ESS.A.Y Recordings (090998500125)
Traditional sailor songs from the days of Admiral Lord Nelson: a companion to the Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian.
Genre: Folk: Sea Shanties
1. Spanish Ladies
2. A Jolly Sailor's True Description of a Man of War
3. Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy
4. St. Patrick's Day
5. Warlike Seamen
6. The First of June
7. Drops of Brandy
8. Roast Beef of Old England
9. Heart of Oak
10. Nancy Dawson
11. Ben Backstay
12. Sailor's Hornpipe/rickett's Hornpipe
13. Bay of Biscay-o
14. The Battle of the Nile
15. Nelson's Victory/hull's Victory
16. The Banks of the Nile/sailor's Cravat
17. A New Sea Song (Sweethearts and Wives)
18. Pleasant and Delightful
19. Captain Barton's Distress On the Lichfield
20. Chevy Chase
21. The Shannon and the Chesapeake
22. Distressed Men-of-war
23. Sailor's Jacket
24. Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
For all who love the novels of Patrick O'Brian, and C.S. Forester, and Frederick Maryatt, or who enjoy the history of the Royal Navy in the early 19th Century - this is one CD you must listen to. It is a collection of traditional British sailor songs from that era, with an emphasis on the music of the lower-deck hands who manned the guns, worked the sails and did their duty at the battle of Trafalgar.
Here you'll find chestnuts such as "Spanish Ladies" and "Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate" (both featured in the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World") alongside rarities like "A Jolly Sailor's True Description of a Man-of-War" and "The Battle of the Nile". You'll also hear fiddle tunes used to help the work along and to accompany shipboard dancing. All that's needed to transport you to the forecastle of a frigate is a tot of grog and a ration of salt beef.
Many of the tracks are recordings of songs that author Patrick O'Brian - famous for his twenty-volume series of novels about the Nelson-era careers of Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin, and revered for his meticulous research of the period - cites in his books. If you've read the books and wondered what "Heart of Oak" and "Nancy Dawson" sound like, this is the CD for you. Also included are a number of songs that haven't been sung for over a hundred years; the tunes have been lost for decades. But renowned sea musician Jerry Bryant has researched ancient melodies for these orphaned lyrics, bringing to life again songs that were doubtless sung on ships like the HMS Victory.
Jerry Bryant is a native of the State of Maine who for the last 30 years has performed folk music all over the United States. His repertoire includes hundreds of traditional and contemporary folk songs, with a particular interest in the music of sailors. Jerry enjoys giving people a glimpse of our maritime heritage through the songs he presents. He carefully researches the material, so that his performances are not only full of good music but are peppered with historical insights as well.
Jerry has been featured in the San Francisco National Maritime Historic Park's sea music concert series, Mystic Seaport Museum's annual Sea Music Festival, South Street Seaport in New York, and many others. His recording "The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelsen" showcases old and new songs. He can also can be heard on the Mystic Seaport CD "American Sea Chanteys", and on "Contentment" by Rick Spencer. " Roast Beef of Old England" is his latest release, which features his singing and instrumental work along with his crew of singers and musicians, The Starboard Mess.
So pour yourself a dram of purser's rum, help yourself to a slice of double-shotted plum duff, and prepare to dance the hornpipe to one of the most authentic collections of songs and tunes from the days of England's "wooden walls".
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Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy
by Daniel Schuman Jan 26, 2012 3:01 pm
Recent calls for technologists to hire lobbyists to educate Washington on internet issues miss a significant part of the big picture. Congress makes bad technology decisions because it has dismantled its ability to evaluate policy issues. While public mobilization and lobbying efforts can affect decision-making through political pressure, lobbying to educate congress on technology issues is like trying to teach a fish to sing.
The congressional technology lobotomy arose from two fateful decisions. First, Congress closed down its specialized office of nonpartisan technology experts in 1995, which provided a comprehensive view of technology issues. Second, it systematically undermined its remaining staff by spreading them too thin, eroding Congress’s ability to dive deeply into an issue.
The Office of Technology Assessment was created in 1972 to equip Congress with “new and effective means for securing competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, biological, economic, social, and political effects” of technology. OTA “was intended to facilitate congressional access to expertise and permit legislators to consider objectively information presented by the executive branch, interest groups, and other stakeholders to controversial policy questions,” in the words of a CRS report. It was a runaway success.
OTA’s small staff of experts (around 140 at its maximum) generated hundreds of reports at the relatively modest cost of $20 million annually. Unfortunately, it was defunded in 1995 as part of a broader effort to make the Congress appear more efficient. Despite repeated calls for OTA’s reinstatement, nothing has filled the void, and policymaking has suffered.
OTA’s defunded left staffers for committees and individual members of Congress to shoulder the increasingly complicated burden of evaluating technology issues. They are ill-equipped for the challenge. Over the last 25 years, congressional staff salaries have remained flat, with staff spread thin over a wide range of issues. With an average House staffer in a policy-role earning between $40-60,000, attracting and retaining top talent is virtually impossible. With a 10.4% cut in Congress’ budget over a two year period that’s taking place now, prompting layoffs and pay freezes, the lifeblood of smart decision-making is being drained away.
Increasing lobbying on technology issues is an easy, but ultimately insufficient, response to this problem. $92 million was spent for lobbyists representing for tv/movie/music issues in 2011, which is the same amount spent by telecom services and equipment companies. This monetary arms race may level the playing field for the well-to-do, but it hasn’t created good results. And both sides have good reason to manipulate the law to keep out the next wave of entrepreneurs.
Getting citizens involved will make Congress pay attention, but not every issue is a SOPA, where the internet shuts down in protest. Most issues fly below the radar. Only an empowered, capable Congress can make decisions on the many issues that will never lead to a Google doodle or Wikipedia shut-down.
A smarter Congress requires an investment in its staff, which will save us grief in the long term. Funding for Congress, with all of its supporting agencies, will amount to 1/10 of 1% of federal spending projected for 2012. Current spending on Congress is also roughly the same order of magnitude of what will be spent on all lobbying efforts this year. While lobbyists are necessary for industries like technology and telecommunications to express their views, if we want good policymaking, we need to empower Congress to be able to make good decisions. Restoring funding to OTA and reexamining congressional staff pay is the most effective place to start.
Update: A just released analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics looking at SOPA and PIPA-related lobbying efforts in the 4th quarter. “Companies that lobbied on the two bills spent at least $104.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the $49.3 million they laid out in the previous quarter.” The number of lobbyists doubled from 462 to 956.
How much money was directly connected to SOPA and PIPA? CRP says “It’s impossible to say… since the reporting forms don’t require that level of detail.” Overall, businesses identified as computers/internet spent $125 million on lobbying for 2011, compared to $122 million for tv/movies/internet.
Tags: Lobbying, Lobbying reform, Office of Technology Assessment, ota, Senate Online Piracy Act, sopa, Staff Salaries
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Home Event (Ended) June 27, The New Normal: The perils of being a Chinese scientist or engineer in the U.S.
(Ended) June 27, The New Normal: The perils of being a Chinese scientist or engineer in the U.S.
Jesse EmanuelJune 20, 20190
U.S. government concerns about alleged intellectual property theft are driving what feels to many Chinese scientists and engineers like a witch-hunt. A string of actions—the arrest of Chinese-born American scientists, the firing of several others and closure of their labs, frequent FBI calls and visits to many individuals without any charge, and a tightened visa process for Chinese STEM students—have shocked the Chinese science and technology community, raising concerns about racial profiling. What is the new reality for the Chinese science and technology community? And how to legally navigate the storm? Is it okay to do research both here in the U.S. and also in China? What is the guideline for academic and entrepreneurial exchange and cooperation? Is the U.S. government being paranoid, or are the spying concerns valid? Join Temple University Professor Xiaoxing Xi, who was charged with spying by the Justice Department (the charge was dropped and he is suing the FBI), Peter Zeidenberg, partner at Arent Fox LLP, Aaron Wolfson, former prosecutor and current partner at King & Wood Mallesons law firm, Ruth Jin, founding partner of Jin & Koppell PLLC, and Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor and the Director of Sustainable Energy Program at Princeton University for a timely discussion of the perils of being a Chinese scientist or engineer in the U.S.
Aaron Wolfson is a New York partner in Dispute Resolution & Litigation group specializing in financial crimes compliance. Mr. Wolfson represents clients nationally and internationally in a variety of matters, including white-collar criminal cases, administrative enforcement matters, trade-related due diligence, complex financial disputes, internal investigations, entity list designations, and corporate compliance issues.
Mr. Wolfson has extensive public and private sector experience. As a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, he led numerous investigations and prosecutions of global financial institutions, for violations of U.S. sanctions laws. He also served as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, where he was a member of a trial team that prosecuted fraud and price fixing in the municipal bond industry. Mr. Wolfson also held senior positions in a global investment bank’s Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions programs.
Mr. Wolfson represents clients in U.S. state and federal court in white collar defense and civil litigation matters. Mr. Wolfson also practices in front of both regulatory and criminal justice agencies, including OFAC, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In 2009, Mr. Wolfson was honored with the “Department of Justice National Asset Forfeiture Award for Outstanding Investigation” award. In 2010, he was awarded the Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.”
Xiaoxing Xi is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics at Temple University, and former chair of the Physics Department. Prior to joining Temple in 2009, he was a Professor of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in physics from Peking University and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, in 1987. After several years of research at Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center, Germany, Bell Communication Research/Rutgers University, and the University of Maryland, he joined the Physics faculty at Penn State in 1995. His research focuses on the materials physics of oxide, boride, and 2-dimensional dichalcogenide thin films. His notable contributions include early work on epitaxial thin films, heterostructures, and electric-field effect in high-temperature superconductors, pioneering work on lattice dynamics in ferroelectric thin films and nanostructures, the invention of hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition for magnesium diboride, and development of atomic layer-by-layer laser molecular beam epitaxy for oxide thin films and interfaces. He is an author of over 340 refereed journal articles and 3 U.S. patents in the area of thin films of high-Tc superconductors and magnesium diboride. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Born in Beijing, China, Professor Xi is a naturalized American citizen. In 2015, the U.S. government arrested and charged him for sharing a U.S. company technology with China. The charges were later dropped because they were false. Since then, he has spoken out for civic engagement by the Chinese-American community and the scientific community, and against racial profiling.
Peter R. Zeidenberg is Partner at Arent Fox LLP. His practice includes the representation of scientists and other individuals and business organizations accused of government contracting and procurement fraud, theft of trade secrets, economic espionage, export violations, espionage-related offenses, computer crimes, the False Claims Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has experience in conducting internal investigations and counseling companies and organizations responding to government enforcement threats. His work in such matters includes grand jury investigations, administrative subpoenas, and Congressional investigations.
Prior to joining Arent Fox, Peter was a partner at an international law firm where he represented businesses and individuals threatened with government investigations. Before working at that firm, he spent 17 years as a federal prosecutor at the Justice Department, where he served in both the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division and at the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia. While Peter was at the DOJ, he investigated and prosecuted local, state, and federal officials. His trial experience included some of the DOJ’s highest-profile criminal cases. One of these cases involved Peter’s service as a Deputy Special Counsel in the investigation and prosecution of Lewis “Scooter” Libby. While at the Public Integrity Section, Peter was also responsible for the prosecution of David Safavian, in which the former Chief of Staff of the General Services Administration (GSA) was tried for obstruction of justice and false statements in connection with the Jack Abramoff investigation.
Ruth Jin is a founding partner of Jin & Koppell PLLC. She has 15 years of experience in corporate and securities laws, especially involving cross-border transactions. She regularly represents corporations for equity/debt securities offering, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. Ruth’s clients range from entrepreneurs and emerging companies to Fortune 500 companies, including China Asset Management, JD Finance and Ding Yifeng International. She advises businesses through all stages of growth from start-up right through to public offering and counsels on the ongoing legal compliance and periodic reporting obligations.
Prior to founding Jin & Koppell with former New York Attorney General, Mr. Oliver Koppell, she worked at the corporate law departments of such major law firms as Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and McKee Nelson LLP.
Ruth is a graduate of Peking University Law School, University of Tokyo Law School and Georgetown Law Center. Ruth was a fellow of the Institute of International Economic Law in Washington, D.C. from 2003 to 2004. Ruth is fluent in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English, and she can also read French. She has been the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York since 2017.
Ruth is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and District Columbia.
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Will Wiley
Preparing for 2035: The Navy’s Role in Shaping the Future
On 15 October 2036, the USS ZUMWALT (DDG-1000) glides through the Philippines Sea on the twentieth anniversary of its commissioning. Nearby, the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-80) launches both the F-35C and the unmanned F-47C to jointly conduct bombing raids on the Navy’s Western Pacific bombing range. Both ships, along with the entire ENTERPRISE Carrier Strike Group, are headed toward the South China Sea to participate in the annual US-India-Singapore naval exercise called DRAGON FURY. Below the surface, the USS MONTANA (SSN-794) deploys the unmanned underwater vehicle called SEA-EYE to assist in trailing a Russian Dolgorukiy class SSBN as it leaves port headed to its strategic patrol areas.
This scene is not too difficult to believe in 2017. It is a future consistent with the norms of today with similar, albeit more advanced, platforms conducting 2017 style operations. But what if the norms of today are only a distant memory in 2036? How does the Navy prepare for that potential reality?
...what if the norms of today are only a distant memory...
Naval leaders can prepare by understanding global trends and determining if the Navy is on the correct path to meet the challenges of the future. The Atlantic Council’s recent report, Global Risks 2035: The Search for a New Normal, outlines global trends using analytical data. Global Risks describes a world destined for additional conflict, a world order not dominated by the West, and a global security environment that requires enlightened leadership to safely navigate future crises.
Will the Navy be ready? Is there opportunity for the service to assist national leadership in changing the predicted outcome? Below are several recommendations for how the Navy can address some of the challenges discussed in Global Risks.
Large Scale War is Possible & Must Be Deterred
Global Risks states, “In 2012, a large-scale US/NATO conflict with Russia or China was close to unthinkable. Now, the post-Cold War security order has broken down, and the consequences are immense, potentially threatening globalization.”[i] The Navy has already seen these countries assert themselves through Russia’s flybys in the Black Sea and China’s shadowing of warships in the South China Sea. Russia in the recent past has invaded sovereign countries and China is building islands to increase its territorial claims. These provocations may continue as the Navy operates forward, however, they should not be viewed as a predestined path to greater conflict. Rather, the Navy must embrace its role as the military service best positioned to prevent greater levels of conflict through deterrence. Additionally, it must be prepared to win a future conflict if deterrence fails.
From Atlantic Council's "Global Risks 2035: The Search for a New Normal"
How can planners determine which acquisition programs to fund and technology to champion in order to build the fleet of 2035 capable of deterring and winning these future conflicts? Admiral Harry Harris, Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, said of the recently commissioned USS ZUMWALT, “If Batman had a ship, it would be the USS ZUMWALT.”[ii] If the ship was good enough for Batman, would it not be wise to ask how many of these platforms should be built to replace current surface warships? This type of quantitative analysis which looks at how many of the next generation submarine, ship, or aircraft are needed does not always ensure the fleet as a whole is prepared for a future conflict.
A better process determines what “attributes” the Navy desires from its future fleet. Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), used a similar concept in 2015 by stating personnel should have the attributes of integrity, accountability, initiative, and toughness. He wanted to expand on the Navy’s core values by allowing these attributes to serve as guiding criteria for decisions and actions by leaders up and down the chain of command.[iii]
This methodology is well suited to determine what platforms the Navy should purchase. If leadership agrees on the attributes and modifies them as the world changes, an acquisition program can be funded based on its ability to fulfill all or some of the attributes. This forces collaboration between the Navy’s resource sponsors and should lead to building a fleet capable of meeting the challenges today and in the future.
Based on the information available in 2017, the following are ten proposed attributes that must be present in the Navy of 2035-45.
Attribute 1: Maintain a Survivable Nuclear Weapons Delivery Platform
Attribute 2: Platforms Support the Carrier Strike Group (CSG)
Attribute 3: Platforms Support the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)
Attribute 4: Aviation Platforms are Advanced, Multi-mission, Manned and Unmanned Aircraft
Attribute 5: Undersea Platforms Utilize Both Manned Submarines and Unmanned Netted Sensors
Attribute 6: Maintain a Special Operations Force
Attribute 7: Platforms Employ Precision Kinetic Firepower from a Distance Greater than the Adversary
Attribute 8: Platforms Leverage Technology to Minimize Personnel
Attribute 9: Platforms are Secure from Cyber Threats
Attribute 10: Platforms are Maintained with High-End Technologies
Maintaining a survivable nuclear weapons delivery platform must be the first priority or attribute on any proposal that discusses what the Navy should look like in 2035. Other nation’s nuclear weapons are the only existential threat to the U.S. and therefore there must be a deterrent to prevent their use. U.S. nuclear weapons are employed through a nuclear triad consisting of the Air Force’s strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and the Navy’s submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The triad ensures no enemy could eliminate all means of the U.S. to deliver its arsenal of nuclear weapons. These weapon systems provided the deterrence that ensured the Cold War never ignited into full-scale conflict between the superpowers of the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The global trends do not indicate a world on a path to eliminate nuclear weapons and therefore the nation will need a deterrent to war in the future.[iv]
Maintaining a survivable nuclear weapons delivery platform must be the first priority or attribute on any proposal that discusses what the Navy should look like in 2035.
The Navy plans to replace the 14 OHIO-Class SSBNs with 12 COLUMBIA-Class SSBNs, which can execute the current SLBM strategic deterrence mission. This program will cost the Navy $97 billion, but these submarines will remain a part of the nuclear arsenal well into the 2070s.[v] Because the SSBN is undetectable by adversaries and under the New START treaty accounts for 70% of the nuclear warheads, the Navy must ensure the COLUMBIA-Class SSBNs are built as the survivable nuclear weapons delivery platform.
Columbia class ballistic missile submarine concept sketch.
The Navy uses submarines to deter against the existential threat of nuclear weapons. It also deters conflict through conventional means. Arguably, the most visible deterrent in the U.S. military’s conventional arsenal is an aircraft carrier (CVN) entering a region with the other ships in the CSG. Today, the U.S. has ten CVNs with the first of the follow-on FORD-Class CVNs nearing completion. The supporting ships in the CSG bring to the theater precision munitions able to reach into the territory of other countries, while enabling the CVN to conduct flight operations. Because Global Risks predicts an increasingly unstable world, the Navy will need a means to project its power from the sea. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus reiterated this when he said, “The value of naval force ... is presence.”[vi] Future CSGs and Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG), discussed below, will provide this presence.
The ships and aircraft making up today’s ARG allow the deployment of Marine Corps forces from the sea around the world to respond to conflicts and conduct humanitarian operations. The ability of the ARG to place ground forces ashore while the CSG ensures air superiority and freedom of the seas make these two components of conventional military power essential in a future Navy. Today’s major competitors look for ways to deny the Navy’s ability to operate near shore. The “beach head” of the future that must be claimed will require an amphibious force with greater reach and more stealth to safely deploy those forces from the larger sea-based portion of the ARG. The Navy should work with the Marine Corps to build a lighter land force capable of fitting into manned and unmanned aviation platforms and smaller ships. This will enhance their range from the larger “mother ships” of the ARG and allow the nation’s marine ground forces to accomplish a variety of required missions from large-scale warfare to smaller counter-insurgency operations.
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator flies near the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. | U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt
The aircraft operated from a future CSG or ARG must be advanced manned and unmanned platforms. Continued investment in the F-35B and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is prudent as near peer competitors like China develop their own advanced aircraft. The Navy should also develop an unmanned version of the JSF that can operate by teaming with manned F-35s. These platforms should be able to conduct multiple missions in order to prevent the Navy from having to field different types of aircraft for specific requirements. Finally, the Navy should also work to develop unmanned auxiliary aircraft like the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System to service the JSF.
The CSG and ARG make an outstanding team, but there will be areas of the world and missions ill suited for surface platforms. Submarines, however, have the ability to clandestinely operate in environments impenetrable by surface platforms and are best suited to counter an adversary’s undersea forces. To maintain undersea dominance in the future, the Navy should leverage technologies that work with the manned submarine. These sensors should communicate with each other and the submarine to create an undersea sensor network to track other submarines and ships.
Similar to the submarine force, the SEAL community conducts a variety of specialized missions around the globe only able to be accomplished by a small elite team of special operators. While many of their operations are classified, it is known that this force killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and rescued M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates. SEALs will be instrumental in the future and are small enough to adapt to accomplish their evolving mission sets.
Designing, building, and outfitting the Navy of 2035 will not be inexpensive...
All of the forces listed above will need weapons and associated weapon systems to combat their adversaries in the future. The actual design and functionality of these weapons will be debated, but regardless of their makeup increased range and accuracy will be vital in the future. Since the beginning of warfare, militaries have worked to obtain weapons with greater range than their adversary. To some, the range of the weapon is more important than the accuracy when it comes to deterring an adversary. The U.S. continues to value precision due to a desire to minimize civilian casualties. The U.S. should continue developing precision munitions whether that is in the form of missiles, bullets, or lasers with a greater reach than their adversaries. This will offer a competitive edge in conflict and a deterrent to hostilities beginning.
Designing, building, and outfitting the Navy of 2035 will not be inexpensive and will require the Navy to look for creative ways to save money. One area where there is potential cost savings is in the area of personnel. People are expensive, making up ~30% of the Navy’s budget, which is about the same amount spent on procurement of platforms.[vii] New ships like the FORD-Class CVN, ZUMWALT and Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) maintain smaller crews than their predecessors by leveraging technology. Therefore, designing future platforms that minimize their reliance on personnel will ensure the Navy has budgetary dollars to spend on the necessary platforms and operations.
Capture of the Norse Corp live attack application.
A recent U.S. cyber attack showed how everyday items like wireless routers and printers can be controlled by hackers to overwhelm service providers like Netflix and Twitter.[viii] The attack limited the functionality of entertainment platforms and did not endanger national security. However, imagine if malicious software was placed on the weapons system or maneuvering system of a LCS, and this software allowed someone to command it remotely. This scenario may seem unthinkable, but if the Navy does not ensure its new platforms are secure from a cyber threat, this scenario could become a reality.
Not only must the future fleet be secure from a cyber attack, it must also be supported logistically from afar at a low cost. Today, emergent plans to eliminate high value targets are transmitted electronically to a warship. The ship does not pull into a port to receive a disc or hard drive to execute the tasking. This year a critical component of the V-22 Osprey was “delivered” using a 3D printer and used on an operational aircraft.[ix] Similar advancements in 3D printing could be utilized to maintain the future fleet. This would enable transmitting “code” for a part that can be “made” while the platform remains operating.
Course corrections may be in order to build the Navy needed to deter, and if deterrence fails, win the future conflicts...
These attributes are a different concept for planning the future Navy. All sources of information, inside the Pentagon, in academia, and in the think tank community must be utilized to determine the future threats and these attributes should be reviewed each budget cycle. Course corrections may be in order to build the Navy needed to deter, and if deterrence fails, win the future conflicts predicted in Global Risks.
President Theodore Roosevelt said in 1902 during his second annual message to Congress, "A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty [sic] of peace."
Because Global Risks, does not paint an optimistic view of the world in 2035, this statement made over one hundred years ago rings true today and in the years to come. Therefore, the Navy must prepare to be this “guaranty of peace” in 2035 by building a fleet that addresses key future attributes. Addressing these areas allows the Navy to assist the nation in shaping the world of 2035 into a more optimistic vision than the one painted in Global Risks.
Will Wiley is the U.S. Navy Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a submarine warfare officer in the U.S. Navy. The opinions expressed here are the author’s and do not represent the official position of the U.S. Navy, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
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[i] Mathew J. Burrows, Global Risks 2035: The Search for a New Normal (Washington: Atlantic Council, 2016), ii.
[ii] “Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. remarks at USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) Commissioning, October 15, 2016,” U.S. Pacific Command website, accessed October 22, 2016, http://www.pacom.mil/Media/Speeches-Testimony/Article/974974/uss-zumwalt-ddg-1000-commissioning-ceremony.
[iii] “CNO Identifies 4 Core Attributes to Guide Navy Leaders, December 6, 2015,” U.S. Navy website, accessed October 24, 2016, http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=92293.
[iv] Burrows, Global Risks 2035, 37.
[v] Ronald O’Rourke, Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (Congressional Research Service: 2016), 10.
[vi]John Grady, “SecNav Mabus Reflects On Time In The Pentagon,” U.S. Naval Institute News, October 24, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016, https://news.usni.org/2016/10/24/secnav-mabus-reflects-time-pentagon.
[vii] “Highlights of the Department of the Navy FY 2016 Budget,” Secretary of the Navy website, accessed October 27, 2016, http://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/fmb/Documents/16pres/Highlights_book.pdf, 1-8.
[viii] Eli Blumenthal and Elizabeth Weise, “Hacked Home Devices Caused Massive Internet Outage,” USA Today website, accessed March 24, 2017, http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/10/21/cyber-attack-takes-down-east-coast-netflix-spotify-twitter/92507806/ .
[ix] Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr. “First Osprey Flight With Critical 3D Printed Part,” Breaking Defense, August 3, 2016, Accessed October 25, 2016, http://breakingdefense.com/2016/08/osprey-takes-flight-with-3d-printed-part
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How Pathetic Can Preditors & Editors David L. Kuzminski Be?
In Authors, Credibility, David L. Kuzminski, Investigations, Law Suits, Preditors & Editors, Propaganda, Publishers, Reputation on March 29, 2011 at 1:10 am
“Authors in general don’t have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive.”
– James D. MacDonald
“Help Defend P&E – Unfortunately, there are those who do not like P&E or its editor because we give out information that they would prefer remain hidden from writers. Usually, they slink away, but not this time. P&E is being sued and we are asking for donations to mount a legal defense in court. Please click on the link below and give if you can to help protect P&E so it can continue to defend writers as it has for over a decade.”
– David L. Kuzminski. Preditors & Editors
The quote above is the headline to the Preditors & Editors website. Seriously, how pathetic can David L. Kuzminski be? Asking authors to bail his tuches (ass) out with donations to fund his legal defense? We don’t need to tell you that authors are generally not the highest paid individuals. For David L. Kuzminski to ask for financial assistance from them is despicable. As you may know, a self-published author must sell approximately 5000 books before he/she breaks even. Considering David L. Kuzminski’s own Amazon Sales Rankings, it’s no wonder that he would solicit handouts for a legal problem that he alone created.
David L. Kuzminski, if you’re going to “give out information” at least back it up with primary source material. It’s not that some people “do not like P&E,” it is, however, the total lack of disregard of proving claims with demonstrative evidence that people don’t agree with. Unfortunately, in your case, it appears to have caught up with you. It’s your problem and it’s time for you, and only you, to face it. Again, to request struggling authors to financially support your legal defense is despicable. It reeks of the very same accusations you’ve made against various publishing companies. literary agents and individuals. It’s time to put your big boy pants on and face your own reality. If your experience contributes anything to the publishing world, perhaps it will be what not to do and solidify the need for using primary source material. If the low donations to the “Atlanta Nights” film project (and the dreadful Amazon Sales Rankings of the companion book) are any indication of author support, we would assume that few are supporting your plea. Please, stop begging from authors and remove this pathetic request for donations. Remember what “Uncle Jim” says, “money flows to the author.” However, it should not flow to the legal defense fund of another author.
Normally, only registered non-profit ((501 (c) (3)) organizations can solicit donations from the public. To do so otherwise can give rise to investigative curiosity from the Internal Revenue Service, state agencies and the Attorney General’s office of any given state. We have not found any Articles of Incorporation, DBA’s, Assumed Names or IRS documentation which categorizes Preditors & Editors or David L. Kuzminski as a “public charity.” In addition, the Preditors & Editors website is registered under David L. Kuzminski and is not affiliated with any corporation, DBA or other business entity.
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FIFA to work closely with new Local Organizing Committee chairman ahead of World Cup
Deputy Prime Minister Dvorkovich was appointed earlier in the day the chairman of the Local Organizing Committee Russia-2018
MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. The world’s governing football body, FIFA, will be closely cooperating with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich in the organization of the 2018 World Cup, which kicks off this June in Russia, a FIFA spokesperson told TASS on Tuesday.
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"FIFA has acknowledged the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich as the LOC chairman," the spokesperson told TASS. "We will continue to work closely with the LOC leadership through Mr. Dvorkovich and the LOC CEO Alexey Sorokin on all operational matters ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup."
Russia entered on Monday the 100-day countdown stretch to the launch of the much-anticipated global quadrennial football event, which is the FIFA World Cup.
The country selected 11 host cities to be the venues for the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and they are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums located in the 11 aforementioned cities across Russia. Two of the stadiums are located in the Russian capital.
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Dream Palace
Acrylic on Mylar
Dimensions: 304.8cm(H) x 213.4cm(W) / 120.0"(H) x 84.0"(W)
Hometown: Hamadan, Iran
Lives and Works: New York City
Zahra Nazari was born in Hamedan, Iran to a family of architectural enthusiasts. Her brother is an architect and her father frequently brought her to architectural dig sites to admire the ancient history and artifacts.
Throughout her entire life, she has pursued a career as a visual artist on the foundation of this inspiration from her youth. She left Iran in 2011 in order to pursue her master studies in art in the US. She has since traveled the world to take inspiration from architecture in many other cultures.
Her large-scale abstracted architectural paintings are formed by ideas about identity, immigration issues, and how globalization is changing our perceptions.
Ms. Nazari has given artist talks and participated as a panelist at institutions such as NYU, Columbia University, and Pratt Institute in New York City. She has been interviewed by and published in Hamptons Art Hub, ZH Magazine, Hyperallergic, and many more. Her work is included in private and public collections throughout the US, Canada, and Asia.
Ms. Nazari had been a recipient of The AIM Fellowship from the Bronx Museum, The Mentoring Program from New York Foundation for the Arts; a Visiting Artist Fellowship from Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City and Vermont Studio Center. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in galleries and museums such as Bronx Museum, NY; China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY; Saba Institution, Tehran, Iran, and the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, SC.
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Interview: 10 Questions for Norah Jones
After 40m record sales, the jazz-pop singer-songwriter is taking a left turn with Danger Mouse
by Graeme ThomsonThursday, 26 April 2012
Norah Jones: a little broken heartedFrank W. Ockenfels
Norah Jones is back. New haircut, new sound, new producer. The first of these, while very nice, needn't concern us too much. The second, meanwhile, is largely a result of the presence of the third, the ubiquitous Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, who is working so hard these days I'm starting to suspect there might actually be two of him: Danger and Mouse.
The daughter of legendary Indian musician Ravi Shankar and US concert promoter Sue Jones, Geethali Norah Jones Shankar was born in Brooklyn and raised in Texas. She emerged - seemingly fully formed - in 2002 with Come Away With Me, one of those ridiculously successful records the qualities of which have long since been reduced to a shortlist of mind-blowing stats: seven Grammys, 20m album sales - big numbers for such a small record. Although her debut was a smooth, easy-on-the-ear exercise in spare jazz-pop, from the very start there was a honky-tonk ache in Jones’s voice and a certain distracted look in her eye that suggested she might one day follow a more varied career path.
Watch Jones perform "Come Away With Me"
And she has. Kind of. Now 33, Jones has certainly put some distance between herself and the jazz-lite Diana Krall market. The Fall in 2009 recast her as a more contemporary beast, a trajectory that has continued – more successfully – on her new album. While still careful to mind its manners, Little Broken Hearts allows far more of the crackle and static of real life to enter her music. At times she puts her shoulder behind some pleasingly meaty grooves; at others the whole thing falls close to silence. Throughout Jones takes a few more chances and pushes her voice in new directions.
As the title baldly states, Little Broken Hearts is one of those records which reads like a 12-step programme for the terminally unlucky in love. Inspired by the end of Jones’s relationship with her (mysteriously unnamed) “fiction-writer” ex, the album opens with her “folding my hand” on the fragile “Good Morning". She spends the next 45 minutes rifling through the entire emotional pack. Jones doesn't wallow (much), thankfully. Instead, the songs work through the different stages of a break up: sorrow, anger, vengeance, self-flagellation, optimism and dark humour, garnished with a refreshing twist of couldn’t-give-a-fuck chutzpah which might just bode well for her continued creative exploits. In London promoting the album, she spoke to theartsdesk earlier this week.
GRAEME THOMSON: People are already calling this a heartbreak record...
NORAH JONES: Well, you can sum things up in a nutshell. It’s easy to say that this record is all about heartbreak and the different feelings and phases you go through with something like that: sadness, revenge, anger, I miss you, I hate you, remembering the good times as well as the shitty ones. All that. It’s supposed to tell a bit of a story. I don’t think we intended that until we realised that it was all connected, so we kept going in that direction. But songs come from a spark. Anything can spark an interesting thought that can turn into a song. Sometimes it takes you away from autobiography, sometimes not. It doesn’t really matter.
Is it hard to write with a broken heart?
It’s probably easier.
They always say happy songs are the hardest to write
I think so.
What is it about Danger Mouse (pictured above) that makes people flock to work with him. I mean, what does he actually do?
A lot! We collaborated on all the songwriting – the songs are very much me and him, we wrote them together side by side, even the lyrics. Our friendship dates back to the Rome record, which we made many years before it came out. We started it in the summer of 2008, and I met him then. The whole point of this record was to work with Brian and I knew that was going to make a big difference. I knew I wasn’t going to make the same record I’d made before. I was pretty open when I went into it, I didn’t know exactly what we would get because he’s got a broad range. It was fun figuring it out and throwing stuff at the wall. We’re pretty close friends so it was comfortable and a fun process.
Does knowing you’re going to be collaborating with someone at that level change the way you approach the work?
It’s the first time I’ve gone into the studio with no songs. We just wrote together and played a bunch of instruments ourselves and built tracks and songs ourselves – and bought a band in at the end. I‘ve never written like that before. It would have been daunting if I hadn’t known Brian so well and wasn’t very comfortable with him and trusting of him – I wouldn’t want to do that with just anybody. But yes, there were days when I thought, Ugh, I can’t finish this, and he didn’t have anything either, but he’s wonderful to be with because he’d say: ‘Well, that’s OK, let’s move on, we can come back to it tomorrow.’ And I was like [slaps forehead]: ‘Oh yeah, we can do that! It’s not brain surgery! No big deal!’ It was fun and easy.
I was always self conscious when I was writing. Now I’ve realised you don’t have to record it, but at least write it down
I always think it must be quite a strange experience writing songs with other people
I’ve never really written with anybody that I don’t know well. Maybe once or twice, but usually they are my friends. You don’t want to be in a situation where you’re afraid to show somebody something because you are embarrassed or there’s no chemistry. In the beginning I was always self conscious when I was writing, even by myself. Now I’ve realised that if you go too far you can take it off – you don’t have to record it, but at least write it down.
Come Away With Me was such a huge record, and your first. Did it take a while for you to feel you'd escaped from its shadow?
Not really. It was very intense, but I think I was smart enough to know at the time that it was money in the bank: ‘You can do what you want now, so do it.’ I was a baby, and although I had no idea what I wanted, I was actually doing it the way I wanted to do it. That record had an interesting history. We went into the studio with a certain producer but it was so far from the original demos, which everyone had fallen in love with, that the label ended up rejecting it. We had to go back in the studio with Arif [Mardin], and I was so traumatised that I was having to remake it that I insisted on using my band, who we had used on the demos. We took the best of the demos, the best of the rejected session, and we rounded it out with Arif and my own band. It definitely was complicated, and I learned from that.
Did you have to develop strategies to cope with fame?
It was weird at first, but I don’t generally get recognised that often, which is wonderful. I don’t wear disguises or anything, I just don’t get recognised that much. It’s just how it happened. The cover on my first record (see picture above) looked like me. It just doesn’t look like me when I’m out at the bar.
What do you sacrifice for your art?
I think of my career and my life as the same thing.... kind of. [Pauses] Well, they are and they aren’t. My music is not all consuming, although when you’re on tour and doing 10 interviews a day it can be. There’s always a little bit of disconnect when you're away. You stop responding to text messages and emails the way you normally might when you’re home. On tour it becomes your life and you need to be surrounded by people you like – you really don’t want to be on tour with people you don’t like. You need an environment where you have people you can live with, who you enjoy and love and can be your best friend, even if it’s just "road" best friends. You definitely need to create that – or at least I do. You try to recreate normality as much as you can on days off. I take my dog on the road, we’re already talking about going to an amusement park – we’ll keep it fun.
Do you ever think: one day I’ll get to where I want to be?
No. I think I am what I’d like to be as an artist, but I would like to keep going. That’s when you get stale, when you don’t want to try anything new. I’m happy where I am and with where I’ve been and what I’ve done, but I don’t want to keep doing the same things over and over again. I don’t have any grand plans, but I do think each record is kind of a progression to the next thing. I think they’ve all led into each other in a good way.
Little Broken Hearts is released on Monday
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More bucks for the bang
By Robert Alvarez, February 23, 2015
Sixty years ago, British historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote an essay for The Economist magazine that showed, with no small amount of humor, how the British Colonial Office kept getting bigger as the colonies disappeared. “Work expands itself to fill the time available,” he explained “expansion means complexity and complexity, decay.” Over the years his theory of work and time took on an iconic status and is widely known as "Parkinson's Law."
When it comes to managing the eight facilities in the US nuclear weapons complex—three national laboratories, four production plants, and the Nevada National Security Site—Parkinson’s Law is very much alive and well, as illustrated in this year’s 513-page budget request for the Energy Department. Sorting through the document’s minutia, it becomes obvious that the Obama Administration would rather kick the weapons complex can down the road than downsize an ever-more hazardous and unneeded nuclear weapons infrastructure, eliminate redundant bureaucracy, or stop the hoarding of excess weapons and their components—all of which actions would also go a long way toward cutting costs and protecting the public.
In 1999, Congress created the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), a "semi-autonomous" entity within the Energy Department that was intended specifically to address longstanding, major problems in management of the nuclear stockpile. But the new agency actually made things worse, adding a duplicative and redundant bureaucracy to weapons complex management. As a result, problems—from safety and security lapses to soaring costs—have continued.
The problems of the weapons complex are not limited to excess bureaucracy. In 2009, President Obama outlined—before tens of thousands of people in Prague—a “trajectory” of US nuclear arms efforts that aimed for a world free of nuclear weapons. But that supposed trajectory seems to be contradicted by fiscal reality. Even though the nuclear arsenal has shrunk dramatically over the past 25 years, current spending on the nuclear weapons complex rivals if not exceeds such spending during the Cold War. Nuclear weapons spending now takes up about a third of the Energy Department’s total $29.9 billion budget request. By the 2020 fiscal year, the NNSA projects a total of $62 billion will be needed to maintain the nuclear stockpile. Remarkably, approximately $25 billion (or about 40 percent) of that total will go for infrastructure maintenance and replacement and for overhead expenses.
This is just a down payment, however, on the overall cost of a strategic “vision” shared by the Defense and Energy departments. That vision would reduce the number of warhead types in the stockpile to just three interoperable ballistic missile warheads and two air-delivered warheads, down from the current level of seven warhead types. According to the NNSA, it will take 40 to 50 years and some hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve this vision. “Whether this strategy can be sustained with adequate funding over the long term remains to be seen,” a National Research Council committee on strategic nuclear deterrence dryly noted in November 2014.
The ballooning cost of nuclear weapons is dramatically underscored by a simple comparison: the average annual cost per nuclear warhead in 1985, and that same cost today. Thirty years ago, the United States maintained a nuclear stockpile estimated at 23,368 warheads with an annual per unit cost of $354,000 (in 2014 dollars), according to calculations based on data contained in the 1998 book Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940. In 2015, the United States has an estimated 7,300 nuclear weapons, but the average annual per-unit cost is about $1.8 million—a 500 percent increase in per-warhead cost. The old axiom of nuclear weapons providing “more bang for the buck” has been turned on its head; the United States now pays “more bucks for the bang.”
A major factor driving increased costs for the US nuclear arsenal is an oversized nuclear weapons production infrastructure made up of a large number of contaminated excess facilities. As of 2011, the NNSA was responsible for two thirds of the Energy Department’s square ground footage of excess contaminated facilities.
The cost of fixing this problem, the Energy Department said in 2011, was about $10 billion. Since then, the costs of downsizing have increased, as the number of excess contaminated facilities identified by the Energy Department's inspector general has now grown by more than 50 percent. According to a January 2015 inspector general's report, these facilities “continue to degrade and pose significant risks to workers and surrounding communities. Almost 50 percent of these facilities are more than 50 years old and are becoming dangerous.”
The "worst of the worst" is a 71-year-old facility at the NNSA's Y-12 site in Tennessee. In 2008, an Energy Department assessment found that this plant, which is known as the 9201-05 Alpha 5 Facility and spans the size of several football fields, is “one of the greatest liabilities in the Department's complex.” During World War II, it employed tens of thousands of people to produce the uranium 235 used in the Hiroshima bomb. The facility was used for several decades after the war for the handling of numerous hazardous materials. The “footprint” of excess contaminated facilities at the Y-12 site alone is larger than the ground occupied by some of the largest buildings in the world, including the Target import warehouse in Washington State, Amazon’s giant distribution warehouse in Texas, and the Pentagon.
In a time-honored tradition, the Energy Department and NNSA are responding to the inspector general’s findings by forming a working group to study the Y-12 problem, something that was studied in detail more than 25 years ago by the National Research Council. Regardless of the conclusions that the current study reaches, one thing is clear: Demolition of this building will be expensive and compete directly for funds that have already been allotted to other efforts. Even though the Energy Department's inspector general reports that there is “the potential for an explosion or reaction associated with remaining contaminants” at the Y-12 facility, the reality is that funding will need to be diverted from "mission work"—the care and feeding of the nuclear arsenal—to deal with conditions at Y-12 that pose real risks to workers and the public.
Neglect has also led to the hoarding of spare non-nuclear parts of nuclear warheads at several facilities, many of which are decades old and will never again be needed. According to an April 2014 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), about 1.7 million spare parts for nuclear weapons have been stored for 25 years or more at the Pantex Plant in Texas and the Kansas City Plant in Missouri. “We observed several components covered in dust that appeared not to have been touched or moved in years, if not decades," the GAO said. Nearly a half million of those parts are from weapons no longer in the active stockpile, including some weapons built more than 50 years ago.
Thousands of excess intact thermonuclear components, known as canned sub-assemblies (CSAs) and containing tons of highly enriched uranium, are stockpiled at the Y-12 plant. The GAO reported that the NNSA decisions to retain the CSAs have been "driven by national security considerations and not by Y-12 workload considerations.” As I have written, the justifications for holding onto intact CSAs have stretched the boundary of imagination and have included their “potential use in planetary defense against earthbound asteroids.”
In the late 1980s, US Sen. John Glenn of Ohio helped lead the effort to deal with the environmental and health legacy of the nuclear arms race. “What good is it to protect ourselves with nuclear weapons," he would often ask, “if we poison our people in the process?” Unfortunately, this sentiment seems to be missing from the Obama administration and Congress, and one of professor Parkinson’s most important lessons—that “delay is the deadliest form of denial”—remains lost on US decision makers.
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01. Aaron’s Sales and Lease
Aaron’s operates both company-owned and franchise stores across 48 U.S. states and Canada. The company provides lease-to-own payment plans on a variety of durable retail products, such as furniture, appliances, televisions, and video game systems. Customers have the option of choosing from 6-, 12-, 18-, or 24-month payment plans.
The company has already announced plans to hire 1,000 new workers in 2011. As the economy begins to improve, it’s hoped that consumers will start spending at rent-to-own furniture retailers before shopping at more traditional retailers, due to lower up-front costs. If this strategy pans out, companies like Aaron’s could be in an excellent position to benefit from an economic upswing.
Employee Review: Aaron’s was and continues to be a financially growing company that is growing despite the economy. They offer decent pay, good benefits and the POTENTIAL to make a lot of money …*
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02. AMC Entertainment
The company operates 361 theaters, housing 5,203 screens across the United States and Canada. Of these screens, 810 have 3D capability and 107 are of the large-screen IMAX format. AMC Entertainment currently employs around 16,800 full and part-time staff.
AMC recently announced a partnership with Chinese film production company China Lion. The arrangement will allow many of China Lion’s films to be shown at AMC theaters. The idea behind the deal is to allow both companies greater access into the Chinese-American market as well as the ability to reach other American fans of Chinese cinema.
Already, China Lion has begun making films designed to be released in both countries. They have been tweaking their films’ content to make them more appealing to the new broader target market.
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03. Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark is a giant in the field of personal hygiene products. The company’s brands include Kleenex tissues, Scott paper towels, and both Huggies and Pull-Ups diapers among others.
Kimberly-Clark recently began testing the sale of their new Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations across the northeastern United States. If sales figures are positive, the new product could be rolled out across the country in no time.
Kimberly-Clark has announced plans to sell several of their pulp manufacturing plants. The cash generated from the sales of these facilities could help fuel job growth at the company, depending on how the reinvestment is structured.
Employee Review: A global company with a strong career growth potential. Opportunity to gain knowledge, and work with some of the best individuals in their respective fields.*
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04. Hewlett Packard (HP)
Hewlett Packard, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., currently ranks 10th on the Fortune 500. The company ships around 48 million PCs each year, making it the largest supplier of PCs worldwide. With revenues of $126 billion for their 2010 fiscal year, the company is also the largest IT company in the world. HP currently operates in 170 countries worldwide and has over 300,000 employees.
Hewlett Packard recently announced that starting sometime next year, all their PCs will ship with both Microsoft Windows and WebOS loaded. The new operating system is HP’s foray into the world of tablet-style operating systems, and is their attempt to compete with Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets.
Employee Review: The new CEO seems to want to reinvigorate a culture of innovation, bringing products to market faster and truly recognizing, valuing and developing employees …*
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05. Furniture Row Companies
The Denver-based company is one of the largest family-owned retail furniture companies in the United States. The company operates 330 stores in 31 states along with 4 U.S.-based manufacturing centers.
The company is know for its Furniture Row Outlets, which provide several individually focused furniture store outlets, side-by-side, in a strip-mall-like setting. The idea behind the design is to allow customers to quickly find the type of merchandise they are looking for, instead of having to navigate through a large department store-style layout.
The company has been experimenting with only having its stores open for three days each week (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). At the test locations, the staff spends their “off days” restocking the store for the following weekend. The idea is to present customers with significantly different product offerings each week.
Employee Review: Working at the company offers opportunities for growth. Overall there are lots of good people in the company. The organization is willing to spend money on training, and working there offers a chance to travel and see new places.*
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06. LexisNexis
LexisNexis employs over 15,000 worldwide and has customers in over 100 countries. Through their database, the company provides legal, news, and business information complied from over 45,000 sources. A household name in the legal field, LexisNexis revolutionized legal research beginning in the late ’60s with the advent of electronically searchable legal records.
The company recently hosted a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conference in Shanghai, China, to bring together companies working in China’s growing M&A field. LexisNexis’s presence in this emerging market could provide the company with significant growth over the next few years.
Employee Review: Working at LexisNexis allows you to gain experience using cutting edge technologies. You get to work with very smart people. I was fortunate enough to have friendly co-workers during my time there.*
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07. PepsiCo
As one of the largest beverage brands in the world, Pepsi is a household name just about anywhere you go. The company is also involved in the food industry with subsidiaries Frito-Lay and Quaker Foods in the United States, as well as Sabritas and Gamesa in Mexico.
PepsiCo recently announced the development of a 100 percent recyclable bottle made from bio-based raw materials. Right now the new bottles are being derived from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks, and other sources. In the future the company hopes to be able to create the bottles from sources such as orange peels, potato peels, oat hulls and other byproducts from its food businesses.
Employee Review: PepsiCo is a great place to work! The thing that makes it different than other companies is the PEOPLE. The environment is very innovation driven and fast paced.*
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08. CarMax
Beginning with a single store in Richmond, Va., in 1993, the company has grown to its present size of over 100 stores across the country. To date the company has sold over 2 million cars and appraised over 5 million. CarMax is currently a member of the Fortune 500, and has also been included in Fortune’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The company had a good year last year due to the fact that new and used auto sales were up 20 percent from 2009.
The company has begun building a new superstore in Escondido, Calif. The new location is expected to open in mid-2011 and will create 50 to 75 new jobs. The superstore will be the company’s second location in the Greater San Diego area.
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09. Arby’s
The company was founded in 1964, by brothers Leroy and Forest Raffel with an innovative idea, to provide a fast-food alternative to the omnipresent hamburger. From a single store, the company has grown to its present size of around 3,600 locations.
In 2005 Triarc acquired RTM Restaurant Group, which is Arby’s largest franchisee. Triarc went on to merge with Wendy’s International Inc., and the combined company is now the third largest fast-food company in the United States.
Currently, the company is actively promoting their new Angus Three Cheese & Bacon sandwich. Coming in at a whopping 660 calories, with 33 grams of fat, the sandwich does not cater to the health-food crowd. Instead, it seems the plan is to get customers through the door based on the new offering’s taste and presentation.
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10. Walmart
With over 2 million employees worldwide, Walmart Inc. is the largest private employer in the United States. The company has steadily grown since founder Sam Walton opened the first Walmart-branded store in 1962.
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