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US 5553932 A Abstract In a refuse compactor, a set of cutter blades, one on each wheel and one fixed relative to the wheel's associated axle operable to cut refuse entrained by the wheel and tending to be wrapped around the associated axle so as to avoid the build-up of refuse on the axle which otherwise can lead to unnecessary wear of the wheel and drive train as well as unnecessary fuel consumption.
Claims(2) 1. A self-propelled multi-wheeled compactor for refuse comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced axles on the chassis, a set of wheels rotatably mounted on the axles, an engine and a drive train on the chassis for driving at least one of said wheels for rotation on an axle, one axle having a pair of spaced wheels, said spaced wheels each having an inboard side facing towards the chassis, each of said spaced wheels having a cutter blade mounted on its inboard side at a location that revolves in a path around its associated axle, a stationary cutter blade associated with each of said spaced wheels rigidly mounted with respect to the associated axle at a location generally tangent to the path of the revolving cutter blade, the rotational and stationary cutter blades having cooperating cutting edges that operate to shear refuse that tends to be entrained by the associated wheel and wrapped around the associated axle, at least a portion of the cutting edge of the revolving cutter blade being spaced from the respective wheel a distance that is substantially greater than ten times the operating clearance between the cutting edges, each stationary blade having a cross-cut portion generally parallel to the associated axle and a radial cut portion lying in a plane generally perpendicular to the axle, said rotational cutter blade having cutting edge portions complimentary to both of said stationary cutting blade edge portions.
2. A self-propelled multi-wheeled compactor for refuse comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced axles on the chassis, a set of wheels rotatably mounted on the axles, an engine and a drive train on the chassis for driving at least one of said wheels for rotation on an axle, one axle having a pair of spaced wheels, said spaced wheels each having an inboard side facing towards the chassis, each of said spaced wheels having a cutter blade mounted on its inboard side at a location that revolves in a path around its associated axle, a stationary cutter blade associated with each of said spaced wheels rigidly mounted with respect to the associated axle at a location generally tangent to the path of the revolving cutter blade, the rotational and stationary cutter blades having cooperating cutting edges that operate to shear refuse that tends to be entrained by the associated wheel and wrapped around the associated axle, at least a portion of the cutting edge of the revolving cutter blade being spaced from the respective wheel a distance that is substantially greater than ten times the operating clearance between the cutting edges, each stationary blade having a pair of parallel cutting edges, each of said parallel cutting edges being arranged to cooperate with the rotating cutter blade at an angular position of the wheel remote from the angular position of the wheel at which the other parallel cutting edge cooperates with the rotating cutter blade.
Description This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/274,837, filed Jul. 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,451,100 which application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/942,433, filed Sep. 9, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,330,260. The present invention relates to improvements in land vehicles and, in particular, to tractors used to compact refuse at a landfill. The capacity of existing landfills has greatly diminished and the cost of establishing new landfills has greatly escalated due to environmental concerns. Thus, it is important that refuse materials deposited in a landfill be compacted as fully as is practical. To this end, specialized heavy tractors have been developed to spread and roll over newly received refuse. Currently, these tractors are fitted with large steel wheels that include projections that operate to disintegrate the refuse while it is being compacted by the pressure of the wheels. A serious problem has existed with the operation of this kind of equipment where refuse tends to be tightly wrapped around the wheel axles as the wheels rotate. Materials such as sheet metal, metal bar, pipe, rugs and other sinewy components are entrained by a wheel causing it to wrap around its associated axle. Typically, the wheel center is hollow and the entrained material accumulates around the axle and in the inboard side of the wheel. The accumulation of refuse on the axle and in the wheel has several disadvantages. A large drag resisting wheel rotation is produced causing unnecessary fuel consumption. The drive train is subjected to unnecessary wear to overcome this drag or resistance. The wheels, which are relatively expensive, wear out prematurely because the refuse accumulated on the axle rubs against the wheel surfaces causing severe abrasion. Complicating this situation is the lack of any quick, practical way of removing the accumulated material from its entanglement with an axle and wheel. The practice is to remove the material with hand labor and this is dangerous to the workman. There is a risk of grasping a razor sharp edge of a broken or torn article hidden in various unsanitary debris and even heavy gloves may not afford sufficient protection to the workman's hands. The invention provides a method and apparatus for eliminating the build-up of harmful accumulations of refuse material around the axle of a refuse compactor. The apparatus comprises a pair of cutter blades associated with a wheel and its respective axle. One of the cutter blades is fixed on the wheel and the other is fixed with respect to the axle. Rotation of the wheel causes its cutter to revolve in a path that sweeps sufficiently close to the fixed cutter to produce a shearing or cutting action therewith. Material entrained by a wheel that begins to be wrapped around an axle is severed by the pair of blades. The severing action prevents the material from being wound in multiple ever-tightening turns. Once the material is severed, it tends to fall off the axle area thereby avoiding a build-up of the same. In the preferred embodiment, the cutter blades include edges that are in general parallel alignment with the wheel axis. Additionally, the areas forming the blade edges are plate-like in configuration and can operate in either direction of rotation of the wheel. The disclosed cutter blades are arranged to be retrofitted on existing tractors. In one version of the invention, a stationary blade structure fixed with respect to the axle comprises at least two plate sections oriented at right angles to one another and providing a cross cutting edge in parallel alignment with the axle and a radial cutting edge in a plane perpendicular to the axle. The rotational cutter blade similarly has two cutting edges one for each of the cross cutting and radial cutting edges of the stationary plate sections. In another version of the invention, a stationary blade structure fixed with respect to the axle comprises a plate having spaced cutting edges, both parallel to the axis. The cutting edges are arranged along the path of the wheel or rotational cutter blade so that they both are capable of cooperating with the rotational cutter blade at different angular positions of the wheel. Both disclosed versions of the fixed cutter blade structures afford a highly effective trash cutting and wheel cleaning system with an extended service life. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refuse compactor employing the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the left front axle and associated stationary cutter plate unit of the invention taken from a view indicated generally by the reference arrows 2--2 in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the cutter plate unit of FIG. 2 and an associated wheel cutter plate unit taken from the view indicated generally by the reference arrows 3--3 in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a cutter plate unit associated with the left side of the rear axle of the compactor taken from a view indicated generally by the reference arrow 4--4 in FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a perspective, partially exploded view of the left rear cutter plate unit; FIG. 6 is a view of the left rear cutter plate unit, and the associated wheel cutter unit, from below, as indicated by the reference arrows 6--6 in FIG. 1; and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an inside face of a typical wheel. The disclosures of U.S. Pat. No. 5,330,260 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/274,837 are incorporated in their entireties herein by reference. A large self-propelled four-wheeled tractor illustrated in FIG. 1 is known in the landfill industry as a compactor. Commonly known examples of such tractors are machines marketed by Caterpillar, Inc. under the model designations CAT 826C; CAT 816B and CAT 836. A compactor 10 includes a chassis 11 on which is carried an engine and drive train generally indicated at 12 that propel the front and rear wheels 16 selectively for either forward or backward rotation. An adjustable blade 18 at the front of the compactor chassis 11 is used to distribute refuse in a landfill while the wheels 16 compact the same as the compactor 10 rolls back and forth over the landfill area being filled. Typically, the wheels 16 are large diameter steel weldments. A wheel 16 includes an outer cylindrical rim or thread 19 on which are fixed a multitude of projecting teeth 20 that tend to cut and otherwise disintegrate the refuse being compacted. The center of a wheel 16 is comprised of a pair of truncated steel cones 21, 22 at the inboard and outboard wheel sides, respectively. The center cones 21, 22 are arranged so that each face of the wheel is concave. The outer peripheries of the cones, 21, 22 are welded to the thread cylinder and the inner peripheries are welded to a cylindrical tubular hub 23. A mounting flange 24 on the inner periphery of the hub 24 has a series of spaced holes for mounting the wheel 16 to a final drive unit 26 of a respective axle 27 or 28. The front axle is shown at 27 and its wheel and axle axis is shown at 29. In accordance with the invention, a cutter blade assembly 31 is installed on the chassis 11 in fixed relation to the associated front axle 27. In the illustrated case, the front axle 27 is rigidly fixed to the chassis or frame 11. The cutter blade assembly or structure 31 is a weldment of heavy flat steel plates 32-34 of, for example, 1 1/2 inch hot rolled steel on larger machines and proportionately thinner on smaller machines. The plates 32-34 and gusset reinforcing plates 36, 37 are, in the illustrated case, welded directly to the chassis frame 11 and are spaced from the axle axis 29. The upper plate 32 includes a cross cutting edge 39 that is generally parallel to the axis 29 of the front axle 27. The outboard or free end of the upper cutter plate 32 can, as shown, extend at least partially into the cavity of the associated wheel 16 formed by the inboard center cone 21. A portion of the upper plate 32, the intermediate vertical plate 33 and lower horizontal plate 34 each include a respective cutting edge 41-43 all lying in a common plane perpendicular to the axis 29 of the axle 27. The rear axle 28 is also provided with a cutter blade assembly or structure 46 shown in FIGS. 4-6. The cutter blade assembly 46 is fabricated as a weldment of heavy steel plate of, for example, 1 1/2 inch thick hot rolled steel on larger machines and proportionately thinner on small machines. The assembly 46 includes a horizontal, generally rectangular plate 47 and two generally vertical saddle plates 48, 49. The saddle plates 48, 49 are welded to the plate 47 in spaced parallel alignment and, at their upper ends include arcuate surfaces 51, 52 that are configured to match the housing of the rear axle 28. The cutter blade assembly 46 is installed on the axle 28 by registering the surfaces 51, 52 against the housing or tube of the axle 28 and welding the plates 48, 49 directly to the tube. Thereafter, a pair of gussets 53, 54 are positioned on the plate 47 and against opposite sides of the axle 28. The gussets 53, 54 are then welded in position to increase the rigidity of the structure 46. The plate 47 includes a pair of oppositely facing cutting edges 56, 57 parallel to the axis, designated 58, the rear axle 28, the cutting edges 56, 57 extend into the cavity of the associated wheel 16 formed by the inboard cone 21. The front and rear axles 27, 28 on the right side of the compactor 10 are provided with cutter blade assemblies or structures which are mirror images of the described structures 31, 46. FIG. 7 shows the inside face of a typical wheel 16 in perspective. A wheel cutter blade assembly 61 is fixed to the inboard wheel center or cone 21 as by welding. The cutter blade assembly 61 is a heavy steel plate weldment of hot rolled steel and includes a mounting base plate 62 of, for example, 5/8 inch thickness, a triangular cutter plate or blade 63 of 1 1/2 inch thickness (on larger machines), and a pair of triangular gussets 64 of one inch or 3/4 inch thicknesses on opposite sides of the cutter plate 63 bracing the cutter plate against deflection out of its plane. The mounting base plate 62 preferably has a geometry that is complementary to the exposed surface of the center cone 21 such that it has a surface that has a conical configuration which is essentially the same as the exposed surface of the center cone. A convenient way of fabricating the base plate 62 is to roll a steel plate into a cone that closely fits into the exposed face of the center cone 21 and to cut the rolled cone into segments analogous to slices of a pie of suitable arcuate extent. The cutter plate 63 includes a cutting edge 66 that is parallel and spaced from the axis of the wheel which when installed is coincident with the axis of the axles 27 and 28. Additionally, the cutter plate 63 has a cutting edge 67 that is in a radial plane perpendicular to the axis of the wheel 16. The cutter blade assembly 61 is fixed to the wheel 16 by welding the periphery of the mounting base plate 62 to the center cone 21 and by plug welding through preformed holes in the mounting base at points designated by the numeral 68. The dimensions of the mounting base 62 in a plane perpendicular to the cutting plate 63 are of the same order of magnitude as the major dimensions of the cutting plate to yield a rugged stable assembly with the wheel 16 when welded thereto as described. Preferably, each of the wheels 16 are constructed in essentially the same manner and are fitted with cutter blade assemblies 61 that are essentially identical. The cutter plate 63 is relatively large so that it presents its cutting edges 66 and 67 to the associated cutting edges of the stationary cutters 31, 46 at a considerable distance from the inner face of the wheel. This ensures that the debris will be cut efficiently without undue abrasion against the wheel. By way of example, on a relatively large machine where the wheel diameter is in the order of 60", the edge 66 can have a length of about 15 inches and the edge 67 can have a length of about 14 1/2 inches. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 the fixed cutter blade structures 31 and 46 are aligned with the associated wheel cutter blade or plate 63 on each wheel such that they have substantially the same location along the axis of the respective axle 27, 28. The various parts are proportioned so that there is a slight clearance of, for example, 1/8 inch between the respective cutting edges 39 to 66, 41-43 to 67, 56 and 57 to 66. As a wheel 16 turns, the wheel cutter blade 63 sweeps past the stationary cutter blade structure in a circular path about the axis 29 or 58 of the respective axle 27 or 28. When the movable wheel cutter blade 63 passes the stationary axle cutter blade structure 31, 46, any refuse material entrained by a wheel 16 and tending to be wrapped about the axle is cut or sheared by the respective cutting edges or is at least scored by such edges if not fully severed. The cut or scored material is, consequently, unable to entwine itself around an axle and build-up in the wheel cavity formed by the center cone 21 of a wheel 16. At the front axle, the stationary cutter blade assembly 31, working with the wheel cutter blade assembly 61 presents cutting surfaces that lie in different planes, both parallel to the axis and transverse to the axis of the axle 27. As a consequence, these cutting edges are adapted to efficiency sever refuse regardless of the orientation that such material assumes when it enters the zone adjacent the inside face of a wheel 16. At the rear axle 28, the double-cutting edges 56 and 57 provide an efficient cutting structure with the respective wheel cutter assemblies 61 since, upon each revolution of a wheel 16, refuse material can be double-cut, one time at each edge 56 and 57. Since refuse material is being carried up in one instance and being carried down in the other instance, there is assurance that such material, even if biased in some manner, will be adequately cut or scored by the cutting blades. The cutter blades 31, 46 and 61 are bi-directional and work efficiently in either direction of wheel rotation. The disclosed cutter arrangement is particularly suited for retrofitting compactors in the field. A kit of axle and wheel cutter blade weldment assemblies is provided generally as described above for a particular model of tractor or compactor and wheel style fitted to such compactor. The wheels are preferably removed to facilitate welding of the cutting assemblies on the chassis or axles and the wheels. When the cutter assemblies have been welded up on the chassis or axles and on the wheels, the wheels are replaced on their axles. It has been found that a particularly efficient technique of fitting a set of stationary and rotating cutter blades is to initially provide the stationary cutter assemblies with extra stock in the cutter plate at the cutting edge so that there is some interference between the stationary and rotating cutter plates or blades. Each wheel is manually rotated until the wheel cutter plate contacts the stationary cutter plate. Then, a cutting torch is used to burn the interfering material away from the stationary cutter plate leaving a slight clearance of about 1/8 inch between the resulting cutting edge and the wheel cutting edge. It should be evident that this disclosure is by way of example and that various changes may be made by adding, modifying or eliminating details without departing from the fair scope of the teaching contained in this disclosure. For example, the cutter blades can be forged or cast with integral reinforcement gussets or ribs. The invention is therefore not limited to particular details of this disclosure except to the extent that the following claims are necessarily so limited. Patent Citations
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Farmers from about 40 provinces plan to gather in front of Government House on Tuesday, demanding that the rice-pledging price be maintained at 15,000 baht per tonne until at least the end of this crop season, Pheu Thai MP for Ayuthaya Witthaya Buranasiri said on Monday.
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The meeting in Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya discussed farmer's views on the government's plan to lower the pledging price from 15,000 to 12,000 baht per tonne for ordinary rice.
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or how hot the chick is. I hate the internet. --- "Not knowing something is one thing, refusing to know about it while pretending that you do is something I'd call stupidity." -Faust_8 | |
C_Mat posted... ElderMisanthropy posted...On the subject of Bill Wiese: You CAN'T be that dense. It's just not possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyewitness_testimony#Misinformation_effect Elizabeth Loftus is one of the leading psychologists in the field of eye witness testimony. She provided extensive research on this topic, revolutionizing the field with her bold stance that challenges the credibility of eyewitness testimony in court. She suggests that memory is not reliable and goes to great lengths to provide support for her arguments. She mainly focuses on the integration of misinformation with the original memory, forming a new memory. Some of her most convincing experiments support this claim: In one of her experiments, Loftus demonstrates that false verbal Information can integrate with original memory. Participants were presented with either truthful information or misleading information, and overall it showed that even the false information verbally presented became part of the memory after the participant was asked to recall details. This happens because of one of two reasons. First, it can alter the memory, incorporating the misinformation in with the actual, true memory. Second, the original memory and new information may both reside in memory in turn creating two conflicting ideas that compete in recall. Loftus conducted more experiments to prove the reliability of expert psychological testimony versus the accepted basic eyewitness testimony. It was found that jurors who hear about a violent crime are more likely to convict a defendant than of one from a nonviolent crime. To reduce this tendency for a juror to quickly accuse, and perhaps wrongly accuse, choosing to utilize expert psychological testimony causes the juror to critically appraise the eyewitness testimony, instead of quickly reaching a faulty verdict. Also, it has been shown that intelligence and gender has a role in the ability of accurate memory recall. Participants were measured in eyewitness performance in two areas: 1) the ability to resist adding misinformation to the memory and 2) accuracy of recalling the incident and person. It showed that when a woman was recalling information about a woman, the resistance to false details was higher and the recall was more accurate. If a man was recalling an incident involving a man, similarly the recall was more accurate. However, when dealing with opposite genders, the participants gave into the suggestibility (misinformation) more easily and demonstrated less accuracy. Facial recognition is a good indicator of how easily memories can be manipulated. In this specific experiment, if a misleading feature was presented, more than a third of the participants recalled that detail. With a specific detail, almost 70% of people claimed that it had been there, when it had not been present. Repeatedly, Loftus conducts experiments to support the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, based on her argument that memories can be altered. Don't object. Read it and soak in what it means. --- "Not knowing something is one thing, refusing to know about it while pretending that you do is something I'd call stupidity." -Faust_8 | |
Fingerpuppet posted... epictetus1216 posted...or how hot the chick is. Maybe you should stay off it if something as innocuous as that can get to you. | |
xTreefiddy350x posted... Alright it's pretty clear you do not know what DMT is. No worries my friend I will explain it to you :) Again, what do DMTs have to do with my post? Are you making the claim that Bill Weiss (and my uncle) were experiencing DMTs? epictetus1216 posted... It was a vision? Or did he actually go there? Because "vision" presupposes it was all in his head. Personally, I think that's as far as it went. I'm curious, why do you think it went any further? Good question! In the Christian sense, the word vision does not necessarily mean it all took place in his head; it can also mean his soul traveled to another place while his physical body remained in the same location. ElderMisanthropy posted... It's pointless to answer atheist's questions because I'm not willing to accept without extraordinary evidence that this man had an Inferno-esque experience of hell one night that ended with him waking up on his floor? I can't speak for you, but I can always tell the difference in a dream and an actual experience five minutes after it's happened. And he actually doesn't care whether you believe his personal story about hell; his agenda is to travel the country and tell about what the Bible says about the place called hell- which actually lines up perfectly with his own vision of it. Faust_8 posted... Once again, being open-minded does NOT mean accepting every anecdote without question. C_Mat is actually being the close-minded one here, heavily favoring one explanation (the incredibly unlikely one to boot) immediately without justification. C_Mat is the one who instantly made up his mind and won't accept the other view, so why is he attacking us on not being open enough? I didn't post it to convince you guys of hell, I posted it because you guys asked me to supply the reasons I believe in hell; and apart from quoting a bunch of Bible verses at you, this is what you get. --- http://youtu.be/gmnSnNC8UJk | |
Fingerpuppet posted... You CAN'T be that dense. It's just not possible. Perhaps if you honestly, truly believe this yourself, you should be lobbying the courts to release any prisoners who were convicted on eye-witness testimony. It seems to be a way more important use of your time than arguing with people you don't know on the Internet. --- http://youtu.be/gmnSnNC8UJk | |
Except there are some cases where eye-witness testimony is all you have to go on. In which case, you must take it into account. That doesn't change the fact that it's the lowest form of evidence however. --- I'm not against religion. I'm against all bad ideas, held for bad reasons, prompting bad behavior. | |
^Like I said, it's your prerogative whether you want to accept it. --- http://youtu.be/gmnSnNC8UJk | |
It's not my prerogative to accept clearly flawed evidence. You have not done your job convincing your audience by submitting easily disproved evidence, nor can you proclaim us biased if we don't accept your flawed evidence. You act as though your job is completed if you can provide ANY source, no matter how questionable or unreliable it is, and then hold it against us if we don't take your word for it. You have to provide GOOD evidence, not just any damn thing you can find. Otherwise you haven't accomplished a thing. It's akin to me providing evidence for Bat Baby from the tabloids and saying "well it's your prerogative to accept it or not." A: Here's my source! B: Your source is known to be unreliable and I can prove why. A: Well, accept it or don't. B: Well, based on only that, I don't. A: OMG YOU'RE BIASED. That's your entire tactic. --- I'm not against religion. I'm against all bad ideas, held for bad reasons, prompting bad behavior. | |
^Faust, it's hilarious how much fail you put into that post. 1. I'm not trying to convince you of anything about hell. If I was, my "argument" would be a lot different. Look back at page 3 of this topic. It says, "You've heard stories of people who have gone to hell? Do tell." I told the stories, two of them from people I personally know. 2. I have given evidence, you guys have all decided to reject the evidence by coming up with alternative explanations for them that you have no proof for (or by not actually reading what I posed all the way through). I haven't called you biased for that, I've said repeatedly that it's up to you whether you want to accept it for yourself. 3. Though I haven't used the word bias, I do strongly believe you guys have an anti-supernatural bias which I can demonstrate from some of the posts here. I'll use one of yours: "Wah, you don't assume the supernatural explanation when the natural one is 100 times more likely!" That statement presupposes the conclusion that supernatural explanations are extremely unlikely- at least 100 times less likely than a natural explanation. But if the supernatural is real, there's no scale by which you could make that kind of claim. You can only claim that if you've already made up your mind beforehand on the likelihood of supernatural events. Moreover, it's impossible to provide any of the 100% proof that you guys keep asking for. Or if it is possible, please explain what I would need to do. I don't care how open-minded you think I am, but please don't pretend you were open-minded when you read my post. --- http://youtu.be/gmnSnNC8UJk | |
Ok, so you're not trying to prove hell or anything. Gotcha. Doesn't explain your whining when we're not convinced though. You say our explanations "have no proof." Uh, yes they do. Here's how it works: 1) We know for a fact that people have dreams and nightmares. 2) There is no proof that people have visions of hell from Jesus. (Or of any claim of Christianity.) 3) People lie for a spotlight all the damn time, even for promoting religion. (Peter Popoff, anyone?) This is why the natural explanation is "more likely" from our standpoint. Nothing suggests it is supernatural and the natural explanations happens every day. It's Occam's Razor. For the supernatural explanation to be true, Jesus must be real and he must have chosen to give one person a vision of hell in 2013 (or whenever) to spook him. For the natural explanation to be true, one guy had a nightmare or lied. Which one requires the biggest assumptions? You can't even begin to say that the supernatural explanation looks as valid as the natural one. It would simply be false or confirmation bias. Also, that 100 times more likely thing was referring to THIS anecdote, not ever single supernatural anecdote that has ever or will ever exist. Points for assuming the one that makes me the most close-minded though. Maybe "100 times" is hyperbole but any rational person can see how more likely the natural explanation is. I was just trying to drive the point home. I will entertain supernatural possibilities when the natural explanation doesn't explain it far better and with much fewer assumptions. --- I'm not against religion. I'm against all bad ideas, held for bad reasons, prompting bad behavior. |
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The Fishtail Twist Tutorial with Raving Fashionista
Hi guys, Sarah from Raving Fashionista here! I had the privilege of partnering with the wonderfully talented team from Essensuals London in Cherry Hill, NJ recently to help create three very easy-to-do hairstyles that only help to make the L. Erickson Crystal Windmill Bobby Pins stand out. The first style we'll create is called The Fishtail Twist! Stay tuned on The Luxe Look for the other two styles coming soon!
If you're in the Philadelphia area, I definitely recommend you visit Essensuals London, but in the meantime, check out what they helped me come up with! Each style will take you much less than 30 minutes from start to finish, and these styles are so simple to recreate, anyone can look like they were professionally styled from the comfort of their home.
The Fishtail Twist
The fishtail braid can seem intimidating, but it's really not; especially since the key is not to worry about being too neat or perfect. To create this look, start with a low ponytail, off to the side of the nape of the neck.
Divide the pony into two equal sections.
From the middle of the back of the right section, cross over to the middle of the font of the left section. Repeat from the middle of the back of the left section, crossing over to the middle of the front of the right section. Make sure to use very thin sections of hair for this, and that you are pulling the thin pieces from behind and over the font. This creates the fishtail braid. If you use pieces that are too thick it will simply look like a regular braid, rather than the fishtail.
Don't worry about being neat with your braiding, you don't want it to look too perfect.
Secure the end with a hair tie, and gently pull the sides of the braid to loosen it, creating a wider looking braid.
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ISTANBUL, March 25— In a year when the aviation industry suffered $15 billion in losses worldwide and two venerable European flag carriers went bankrupt, Turkish Airlines defied the odds by earning a slim profit, the company reported today.
Though it is state-controlled, Turkish Airlines did without the government support that kept some airlines in other countries afloat. Its efforts to make itself more responsive to the market were reflected in its $6.7 million profit for 2001, compared with a loss of $103 million in 2000.
''This move into the black is sustainable because we have restructured ourselves and because the government has liberated us from intervention,'' Cem M. Kozlu, the chairman, said in an interview.
Some of the measures it took were familiar. Unprofitable flights were reduced, excess aircraft sold, orders for new planes canceled or delayed. In-flight meals were pared , and the airline stopped giving passengers free newspapers on domestic flights.
Other steps were innovative. Labor unions accepted a 10 percent wage cut for three months in exchange for a freeze on layoffs. Such agreements are rare both in the aviation industry and among Turkey's state-owned enterprises, where political sensibilities usually outweigh market considerations.
Deep discounts on tickets for members of Parliament and the news media were eliminated in January and service to unprofitable airports was discontinued, two riskier steps that are still drawing protests but were deemed essential to long-term profitability.
To be sure, the picture is not completely rosy. Only 10.4 million passengers used it last year, down from 12 million in 2000. When business starts to grow again, new capital will be needed to expand the fleet, which was trimmed to 68 aircraft last year from 74 in 2000. Indeed, gains from the sale of six Airbus aircraft to Iranian Airlines helped Turkish make a profit.
''The company needs to increase the operating profitability and promote domestic flights heavily until international flights resume to a certain point,'' said Oner Ayan, head of the Turkey desk at Raymond James & Associates in New York.
Still, in a year when Sabena and Swissair went bankrupt and United Airlines lost a record $2.1 billion, Turkish Airlines turned a profit for the first time since 1998.
In a sense, the Turks had a head start on the industry when it came to dealing with the havoc created by the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. A plunge by the Turkish currency in February 2001 created an economic crisis that knocked domestic passenger loads down almost one-third, followed by a 10 percent drop in international traffic.
The airline responded by winning new flexibility from the government, which owns 98.2 percent of its stock. Most significantly, Parliament passed legislation allowing it to set its own fares for the first time. In the past, the government often blocked fare increases to curry public favor, executives said.
Simple steps also led to substantial savings. Eliminating boxes for meals on domestic flights saved $3 million; adjusting crew schedules to reduce overnight stays saved $1 million.
Many steps were under way when the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington caused deep cutbacks in air travel worldwide. Turkey was hit hard because of its proximity to the Middle East.
''After Sept. 11, we realized the measures we had taken were not enough, so we started a further cost-saving program,'' said Sertac Haybat, executive vice president for finance.
In the fourth quarter, the airline eliminated about 1,500 jobs, half through voluntary and forced retirements, cutting the staff to 11,000. The deal with the union to freeze layoffs and cut pay temporarily came in November.
One of the toughest steps was dropping money-losing routes within the country, where it has a virtual monopoly. With no service, five airports closed last year and a sixth closed this month.
Some sizable cities were suddenly isolated, and angry. For Sivas, a city of 250,000 in central Turkey, the nearest airport is now two hours away by car, and Istanbul, the commercial capital, is a day's drive.
''The closure is unfortunate for Sivas, because we want to develop our business community,'' said Osman Yildirim, head of the city's chamber of commerce. ''We understand the global crisis that followed Sept. 11, but our airport had been functioning since 1957.''
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Most important, he said, is the new freedom from government intervention. ''We can plan our future ourselves,'' Mr. Kozlu said.
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You'll have to forgive us, but we're getting déjà vu. A year ago, we were presented with a new Assassin's Creed, one that moved the series to the New World, changed its systems and promised wholesale franchise reinvention. And now here we are being presented with a newer Assassin's Creed, a game that moves the series to an even newer New World, changes its systems and promises wholesale franchise reinvention. We've made a note to keep our schedule free this time next year, but in the meantime we can't help – despite our cynicism – being intrigued by the promises made by the fourth numbered game in the series, subtitled Black Flag.
Assassin's Creed III's naval sections, fantastic as they were at conveying wave-tossed, wind-lashed atmosphere alongside accessible navigation and combat mechanics, seemed a curious addition to a series with its origins in stealth, subtlety and intrigue. Connor the naval captain and Connor the Assassin didn't quite gel. One was a seditious rebel who skulked behind enemy lines, sliding hidden blades into historical figures' rib cages; the other was a brazen commander, bellowing orders over the thunder of cannon fire.
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Yeovil boss Terry Skiverton urged his side to maintain their high standards after ending a run of four straight defeats at Colchester.
The Glovers managed a 2-2 draw but the U's looked like they were heading for a third successive win after goals from Andy Bond and Michail Antonio had cancelled out Gavin Massey's first-minute opener.
But Massey, on loan from Watford, equalised in the second half to secure the Glovers a hard-earned point.
Skiverton said: "We banished a few demons and ghosts from this game but the hard work is still to come and we have to make sure that we carry on playing with that same determination.
"The supporters are fine if you put the effort in but they can't stomach it when we're not running around and we're not showing enough energy and look like we're fighting for the badge.
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New Holiday Collectibles binding when stacked with last year's items
I haven't been able to find anything about this on the forums (although I might just be search illiterate) but has anyone else had issues with the Holiday Collectibles (Andorian Sleigh Bells, Bajoran Gratitude Beads, etc.) from this year stacking with the items from *last* year and then binding to that character?
It appears that since they have the same names as last year - something I didn't notice until it was too late - if you double click this year's items in the bank (in my case the account bank) they will automatically go into stacks that a toon has of the items from last year and then the *entire* stack binds, even the new non-bound items from this year. I just accidentally bound hundreds and hundreds of this year's items to a single toon. Whoops. The whole point of having them in my account bank was so all my characters could share them and I could spread the rewards out. Clearly that's not possible now without intervention. I was hoping they could be unbound by a GM and I have a ticket in but it's gone unanswered going on eight days now. Has anyone else seen this issue and had it reversed by a GM? |
Just split the stack and the new stack will be unbound. Then move the old stack onto the new one and they'll be unbound too.
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When you have a data tree showing behavior from send through conversion it makes the analysis much easier.
Last week Only Influencers published my blog post, "The Mindset of Great Email Marketers." In it I discussed the importance of leveraging data to improve your email marketing program.
Some who read the post wanted more information on what data they should be looking at. Here's a quick article on data trees, how to create them, and how to leverage them to your advantage.
A data tree tracks the recipients' behaviors from the send all the way through conversion. A very simple data tree example appears below.
So what does this tell us?
Open Rate
The overall open rate isn't bad at nearly 26 percent, but note the differences between segments. Segment B's open rate is nearly 50 percent higher than Segment A's. So the subject and from line motivated both to open, but it motivated Segment B more. Something to file away for future emails sent to these groups; perhaps subject line testing should be done with Segment A to see if its open rate can be boosted.
Click-Through Rate (CTR)
The overall CTR was fine. But the variance between the segments (7.1 percent compared to 3.7 percent) is telling. The content of the message resonated much more with Segment A. Perhaps, in the future, a different approach should be tested with Segment B while keeping this same approach for Segment A.
Click-to-Open Rate (CTOR)
The CTOR supports what we saw with the CTR. Of those who opened the message, the people in Segment A were almost three times more likely to click (34.6 percent versus 12.4 percent). It's time to separate these segments and test a different approach to Segment B.
Click to "Learn More" Page
Nearly 70 percent of email recipients needed to learn more before they were ready to buy. That's not too surprising with a complicated or high ticket sale. But let's keep following this group's click stream.
Did Not Watch Video/Watched Video Click Stream
Here's where things get really interesting. Less than a third of the people landing here watched the video. But if we follow this stream, these people clicked on "Buy Now" more than twice as often as those who didn't watch the video (30.4 percent compared to just 12.9 percent).
And continuing on, those who watched the video completed the transaction at a higher rate (55.2 percent versus 29.5 percent).
Buy Now Click Stream
Those who clicked "Buy Now" from the email were taken directly to the first page of checkout, bypassing the landing page and its contents. They completed the buy process at a pretty good rate, but were less likely to complete the transaction than those who went to the landing page and watched the video (34.6 percent versus 55.2 percent).
This group was a little more likely to complete the buy process than those who went first to the landing page, didn't watch the video, and subsequently started the buy process (34.6 percent compared to 29.5 percent).
Qualitative Tactics to Test Based on the Quantitative Data
So, what next? What should be tested in an attempt to improve the conversion rate?
Just for starters:
As you dive into this data, or your data, you'll likely have other questions about behavior; that's fine. With your own data, just pull more data and add to your data tree to answer them.
When you have a data tree showing behavior from send through conversion it makes the analysis much easier, doesn't it? It's not rocket science. And it's nothing to be afraid of, even if you don't consider yourself "a numbers person."
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A record number of 115 entries have been received for the 26th Laser National sailing championship 2011 to be held at the Hussainsagar Lake here from Sunday.
Addressing the media Major General Amarjeet Singh, Vice-Commodore of the EME Sailing Association of India, said the event had seen a steady growth in the number of participants in recent years. In 2008 the number of entries was 84 and this year it is well past the hundred mark. It showed the growing popularity of the sport he felt.
However, this year the favourite Rajesh Chaudhry will not be taking part due to a back injury. Chaudhry, who is rated as one of the best sailors to have been produced by India, however, will be present at the venue and his services will be utilised to provide guidance and coaching to the youngsters who are now taking up the sport. Most of the other top sailors of India will be in the fray to fight it out for top honours.
Among them is Rohini Rau who is trying for a berth in the London Olympics to be held in 2012. Maj. Gen. Singh stated the Laser boat was one of the most popular boats in the world and its sales in India too had shot up dramatically in the last few years. This reflected in the rise in the number of entries received this year, he said.
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'Elementary' Casts Rhys Ifans as Sherlock's Brother
The "Amazing Spider-Man" star will recur on the CBS procedural as Mycroft Holmes, first appearing in the season-two opener.
Elementary has found Sherlock Holmes' brother.
The CBS procedural has cast The Amazing Spider-Man villain Rhys Ifans in a recurring role as Sherlock's older brother, Mycroft, it was announced Wednesday. Ifans will first appear in the season-two premiere, which will film in London.
In the season opener, Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) is called to London to revisit an old case, where he is forced to face his older brother. Although the siblings suffered a falling-out years ago, Mycroft allows Sherlock and Joan (Lucy Liu) to stay in his home at 221B Baker Street. With Joan in the middle, the Holmes brothers are forced to confront their complex past.
"I could not be more excited to have Rhys coming aboard," said executive producer/creator Robert Doherty. "I've always been a tremendous fan and feel very honored to have him in the fold. Equally excited are Jonny and Lucy, both of whom have worked with Rhys in feature films. I think this is going to be a lot of fun for all of us."
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