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Nikon launches 18-140mm lens designed for APS-C DSLRs
This week, Nikon introduced a new wide-angle zoom lens for its DSLRs that feature APS-C sensors--the DX Series. The focal length is between 18mm and 140mm and the company says that it has been designed to be a versatile all-around shooter.
The new 18-140mm lens features Nikon vibration reduction technology, with Nikon promising that photographers are now able to shoot in low light with a shutter speed up to four stops slower and still keep images blur free. The new lens features 17 elements in 12 groups with one extra-low dispersion element and a single aspherical lens element that delivers excellent resolution and contrast while reducing aberration and color dissection.
The AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR retails at an MSRP of $890 and will begin to hit store shelves at the end of this month.
Casio unveils EX-ZR800 compact camera with 5-axis image stabilization
Casio announced today the launch of a new compact digital camera to its lineup. The new EX-ZR800 is an Exilim engine based model that features five-axis image stabilization, continuous shooting, and an ISO sensitivity of 25,600. The camera is also capable of composing high dynamic range (HDR) shots within the built-in software. Additionally, the camera features a 16-megapixel sensor and 18x zoom.
Video capabilities include 1080p at 30 frames per second, which is encoded in h.264, and a zoom range of 25mm to 450mm ensures that you will always get the perfectly framed shot. Casio says that the EX-ZR800 will launch in Japan on August 3 in red, white, or black and will retail for about $410. It is still unclear when the device will land in Europe or the US, but we do know that it is coming.
Nikon announces two new CoolPix compact cameras
Earlier today, Nikon released two new CoolPix compact cameras to add to their impressive lineup of point-and-shoot digital cameras. Up first is the CoolPix S6600, which features a vari-angle screen that allows users to view the screen, even at extremely awkward angles. The company has included gesture control, which makes taking self-portraits easier than ever.
The CoolPix S6600 also features a 16-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and 12x optical zoom. Full 1080p HD recording is also available as is on-board Wi-Fi. Up next is the L620, which features an 18-megapixel CMOS BSI sensor and a 14x Optical Zoom lens. Additionally, the L620 is AA compatible and will also record full HD video. Nikon says that the S6600 and L620 will retail for $305 each and will hit store shelves early next month.
Canon enables the selfie video with the new Vixia mini
Too many times has a video been uploaded to YouTube of a person talking into their smartphone with it in portrait orientation, and way too many selfie videos have been ruined by a propped up smartphone falling to the floor. Canon noticed these issues and decided to take a stand and help bring forth a new era of selfie video production to the world. This morning, the camera making giant announced a new video camera dubbed the Vixia mini.
The Vixia mini features an f/2.8 fisheye lens which offers excellent low-light wide-angle coverage out of the box. This equates to a 160-degree field of view for video, but it can also capture still images at up to 170 degrees, which is said to be close to the 35mm format. The Vixia's 12.8-megapixel CMOS sensor is backed up by Canon's Digic DV4 image processor for lightning fast recording. Capable of full 1080p HD footage at 30 frames per second, the camera is also design to capture full HD stereo sound thanks to a pair of built-in mics. The Vixia mini is available now at major electronic retailers at an MSRP of $300.
Samsung merges Evernote with its Wi-Fi compatible cameras
Today, Samsung announced that it has integrated Evernote into its Wi-Fi enabled WB250F SMART Camera. This will allow direct syncing to the owner's Evernote account. Evernote access will be available after users download and install a small software update. The company says that those who purchase a new $250 WB250F will receive 3 months of Evernote Premium that will allow users to upload 1GB of data every month instead of the 60MB the standard free account includes.
Unfortunately, users of a free Evernote account will not get to experience the full potential of this service as 60MB a month would be equivalent to fewer than 30 photos every month. Even the Evernote Premium's quota of 1GB seems small to me, but I am the exception as I shoot with a DSLR and take well over 5000 photos every month. Samsung says that the WB250 SMART Camera features a 14.2-megapixel sensor, Wi-Fi Direct, and Direct to Facebook upload access. The camera is also capable of 1080p video capture at 30fps.
RumorTT: Sony said to be working on high-end camera attachment for smartphones
According to a report by Sony Alpha Rumors, Sony is getting close to releasing a smartphone accessory that would mount directly onto the device. The accessory in question is a camera attachment that would make use of a large sensor and Carl Zeiss lens. The attachment is quite small and would stuff the sensor, a battery, and storage directly into the lens.
The attachment will make use of NFC or Wi-Fi to transfer the images to the smartphone, allowing users to get super high quality images directly on their smartphone. If Sony manages to cram a great sensor behind a Carl Zeiss lens, budding photographers around the world will likely pick it up in droves to take better Instagram pictures of their food. Or, you know, better pictures of awesome things.
Nikon says it can no longer ignore the smartphone boom, says it needs to change the concept of compact cameras
Nikon is feeling the pain from the slumping point-and-shoot camera market which is being destroyed by the constantly evolving smartphone market. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Nikon President Makoto Kimura said that in the wake of the "exploding" smartphone market, his company has formed a new imaging team to address the problem.
He went on to say that the new team is tasked with "creating a new product that will change the concept of cameras" as we know them. Kimura expects this new product to come to market within the next 5 years and that it will change the landscape of casual snap shooting. When asked specifically if he was referring to a new Nikon branded smartphone, Kimura declined to comment.
He did however say that the new "secret" project could be a non-camera product, leaving us all to wonder if such an imaging giant like Nikon could possibly consider building a true smartphone. This is a major possibility as Nikons point-and-shoot cameras make up the vast majority of their income.
Samsung launch the WB110 bridge camera, 20 megapixels with 26x optical zoom
Samsung have just unveiled their WB110 camera, a 20-megapixel successor to their 2012 model that featured 16 megapixels. The new model includes 26x optical zoom, which is what the successor sported, too.
Samsung includes a 35mm equivalent range of 22.3mm to 580mm. They've also crammed in 720p AVC/H.264 video, 3,200 max ISO, Smart Auto mode which helps with still and movie exposures, a pop-up flash and 3-inch HVGA (480x360) display. It's not going to break your bank, or any records, but it's here and it is ready to go.
Google wants you to go to hard to reach places, wants you to take their 'Trekker' camera backpack on an adventure
Google continue to impress, where they're offering applications to individuals who want to help out with their Google Maps coverage: "If you're a tourism board, non-profit, university, research organization, or other third party who can gain access and help collect imagery of hard to reach places, you can apply to borrow the Trekker and help map the world."
The Trekker sounds like a great idea, especially for those who love to travel and have special places around the world that are hard to access, so that they can personally share them with the world. The Trekker is quite the backpack, which weighs in at a back-breaking 42 pounds. Google have mapped it out in detail:
The Trekker is operated by an Android device and consists of 15 lenses angled in a different direction so the images can be stitched together into 360-degree panoramic views. As the operator walks, photos are taken roughly every 2.5 seconds. Our first collection using this camera technology was taken along the rough, rocky terrain of Arizona's Grand Canyon.
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The Hyper Suprime-Cam is an 870-megapixel camera which will be used for space imaging
Just as you thought the megapixel race was coming to an end, someone had to go that little bit higher. The Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is an 870-megapixel beast that was built specifically for Japan's Subaru Telescope which is in Hawaii.
The HSC stands at 8.2m tall, and features 116 separate CCD sensors that are operated at minus 100 degrees Celcius. The HSC includes a huge Wide Field Corrector (WFC) system from Canon, and features seven difference lens elements that help improve the image quality captured by Subaru's main mirror, 16 meters below the telescope itself.
How much does an 870-megapixel weigh? Only 872kg. Mitsubishi have helped out, too, where they built the motor that allows for adjustment as precise as 1-2 microns, or just 1/100th the width of a human hair. All of this work for the HSC helps it take pictures of the sky which will help researchers with dark energy and dark matter research.
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Guns have no place in county parks
On Feb. 1, an item was surreptitiously placed on the county Board of Supervisors' agenda that would open up the William Heise County Park in Julian for hunting. That action sets a statewide precedent: No hunting had been allowed in any other county or state park in California to our knowledge. Our premise is simple: Guns have no place in county parks or preserves.
Neither the Julian Planning Group, the county Department of Planning and Land Use, the county Planning Commission, nor members of the public participated in planning this hunt of wild turkeys on March 19 and 20. Only the county's Department of Parks and Recreation was involved, supposedly for years. One member of the public who read the agenda raised significant concerns at the hearing.
The reason stated for the hunt was to teach youths all about turkeys and their habits in nature before they lure the almost tame birds close enough to blow their heads off with shotguns. This "sport," the hunters say, is "stewardship of nature" and what they consider conservation.
The board's approval is "only" for once a year for two days, and three youths each day. The Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve was the first choice for a hunting site, but deed restrictions and conservation easements already had been placed on it as protection against hunting. Three supervisors voted a week later to investigate how those restrictions might be removed for expanded hunting events in future years. Could they also expand them to include other game, longer seasons and adults?
There are more than 500 square miles of hunting territory in San Diego County, large tracts of which are state and federally controlled lands. Licenses for many kinds of game, including turkeys, may be purchased for hunting in more remote, less populated areas, with adequate enforcement. We are not against hunting in safe, sanctioned areas with adequate regulatory enforcement.
Sparks from shot and arrows are natural, common, and can ignite dry brush any time of the year. County parks and preserves are close to and surrounded by human habitation, not wilderness.
A hunter started the worst wildfire in California history in 2003, when Julian lost a third of its homes. There are numerous fires every year in and around Julian that do not reach those proportions, but our mountain areas are always under threat of wildfire. The hunts are being planned to continue in the future on county land in Julian.
This proposal came forward less than one month after the Tucson massacre. Memories still sting from the McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro and deadly school shootings in the East County that horrified the country. The assertion that we must re-create for every generation "how the West was won" is dangerous and irresponsible. Guns and youths create delicate situations that have led to many tragedies.
The county's preserves, such as Santa Ysabel, were created to protect natural resources for the benefit of human passive recreation and wildlife. That's what "preserve" means: save and protect.

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Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to confirm that NETWORK, our development and mentoring programme for screenwriters, directors and producers, is now open for applications.
Now open for applications for the 2015 edition
NETWORK is based around guided development.
Every participant or participating team will develop a feature project and each project will be supported and mentored individually. All developments are different: some participants will be writing a screenplay; some will be learning how to package, pitch and finance a film; some will be putting together a creative team and some will be doing all of these.
An industry mentor will work with each participating individual or team. An experienced mentor might be assigned to more than one team.
Our mentors are working industry professionals and have included
• Ivana MacKinnon, producer (THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS, THE DESCENT 2)
• Peter Ettedgui, producer & screenwriter (VIGO, KINKY BOOTS, UNMADE BEDS)
• Clio Barnard, filmmaker (THE ARBOR, THE SELFISH GIANT)
• Tristan Goligher, producer (45 YEARS, WEEKEND, iFeatures 2013)
• senior executive Celine Haddad (Creative England, Pathe)
• producer Mia Bays (BACKSTREET BOYS, SCOTT WALKER, Film London Microwave)
Mentors will not run a project but will support and guide participants to run it themselves. They will suggest areas of focus; identify questions to ask and possible answers; suggest targets and deadlines; give feedback; and recommend other people you might be in touch with. If mentors think it is appropriate they can arrange for participants to meet and talk with other film professionals. They will also encourage you to talk to other participants in Network.
Kate Leys runs Network with Holly Daniel at the EIFF. Kate is in touch with all the mentors, all the time. She is available to speak to throughout the year and is always available to give script feedback. Holly and Network coordinator Becky Brazil are on hand to support, answer questions, listen, liaise and organise.
Development will be further supported throughout the year by a wide range of industry professionals including agents, producers, sales agents, screenwriters, festival programmers, script editors, directors, distributors and executives. These might meet participants individually, they might take part in our exclusive online Q&As (answering participants' own questions) or they might be available to talk to informally at Network events.
In June 2015 all Network members will be invited to attend the Edinburgh International Film Festival and be given a complimentary delegate pass and hotel accommodation. This will allow them access to industry events and screenings throughout the Festival, in addition to exclusive Network events.
Network builds your connections with the film industry and puts you in touch with the people and organisations you need. The project will run this dedicated website featuring exclusive discussion forums, blogs, a news site for relevant industry updates, an online message board, guest speakers, email feedback and more. Participants can list their biogs, contact details, project information, CVs and showreels. A virtual network is always available to you: nobody needs to suffer from last minute scheduling or lost earnings.
NETWORK doesn't tell you what to do. It doesn't have a fixed theory or a fixed timescale. It's a project based on the working film industry in which all projects are different; all developments are different; and professionals ask each other for advice, and work together to share information.
What past NETWORK participants said about their experience:
• [My project] is ready to go out! I am much clearer on what it is and how to make it. Ready to start.
• Both me and the project benefited from not only the expertise of the mentor, but the voice they offered up creatively.
• I hoped to finesse both my project and my creative self, and Network helped me achieve that, and more.
• Network moved forward my confidence in decision making. From 'it could happen' to it is happening, first stage development is in place, we have an exec producer, we have a profile.
• Network was great as it helped me focus on one project, guiding me from inception through to a working treatment – which has now been optioned. Network lived up to it's tag and opened up a great 'Network'- introducing me to a plethora of industry contacts including Producers whom I now have a working relationship with.
• This is not a scheme to help you "become a filmmaker". It is tailored for those who are already proactive in their filmmaking strategy and might benefit from specific guidance, or sometimes something as simple as some quick knowledge. Through emails, an online forum, face-to-face meetings and a culminating festival experience, Network showed me that making independent films wasn't quite the lonely path that I had always thought!
Network is a collaborative project between Edinburgh International Film Festival and story editor Kate Leys, supported by Creative Scotland and by the Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund.
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Frosty Returns
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|Frosty Returns
|Written by
|Oliver Goldstick
Jim Lewis
|Directed by
|Evert Brown
Bill Melendez
|John Goodman
Elisabeth Moss
Michael Patrick Carter
Brian Doyle-Murray
Andrea Martin
Jan Hooks
|Narrated by
|Jonathan Winters
|Theme music composer
|Mark Mothersbaugh
Denis M. Hannigan
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|Eryk Casemiro
Bill Melendez
|Chuck McCann
Warren Taylor
|Nick Vasu
|Running time
|30 minutes
|Production company(s)
|Broadway Video
CBS Productions
|DreamWorks Classics
CBS Television Distribution/CBS
|Original channel
|Original release
|December 1, 1992
|Preceded by
|Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Frosty Returns is an animated Christmas television special starring Jonathan Winters as the narrator and John Goodman as the voice of Frosty the Snowman. The special was directed by Bill Melendez and Evert Brown and features music by Mark Mothersbaugh. It first aired in 1992 on CBS. The special is not a direct sequel to the original 1969 special, as the two were produced by different companies (Rankin/Bass produced the original, while this special was made by Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video for CBS), and feature different characters, setting and voice actors. Since Broadway Video produced this special and owned the 1969 original prior to DreamWorks Animation's acquisition of the Videocraft International catalog, Frosty Returns follows the CBS showings of the original and is coupled with the original on all DVD releases.[1] (Although Rankin/Bass had produced a sequel to Frosty with most of the original cast and in the original style, the rights to the original and the sequel were broken up when the company dissolved in 1987. The original, having been produced prior to the 1974 dividing line, had been owned by CBS in terms of the broadcast license, but Frosty's Winter Wonderland was produced after 1974 and was thus part of the package now owned by Warner Bros. and licensed to ABC Family.)
- Jonathan Winters as the Narrator
- John Goodman as Frosty
- Elisabeth Moss as Holly
- Michael Patrick Carter as Charles
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Mr. Twitchell
- Andrea Martin as Ms. Carbuncle
- Jan Hooks as Lil
The special begins with a musical number showing that Beansboro Elementary School is canceled for the day due to a seven-inch snowfall. While the adults incessantly complain about the problems snow and ice cause, the children enjoy the opportunity to play in it.
We then see Holly DeCarlo (Moss), a relatively lonely young girl and aspiring magician with only one friend, a tone-deaf, somewhat geeky character named Charles (Carter) who has a knack for climatology. While practicing a magic act with Charles, Holly's hat blows off her head, out the window, and onto a snowman who comes to life as Frosty (Goodman), thus revealing that Holly's hat was "that old silk hat" featured in the original song and previous adaptations.
Meanwhile, evil Mr. Twitchell (Doyle-Murray) is the inventor of "Summer Wheeze", an aerosol spray that makes snow instantly disappear.[2] He hopes to use the product to win over the people of Beansboro so that he will be crowned King of the Beansboro Winter Carnival, apparently believing that the title will give him actual dominion over the townspeople. When one of the members of the town council voices concern about the environmental impact of the untested product, Mr. Twitchell has her dropped through a trapdoor.
To Twitchell's delight, and Frosty's dismay, the town of Beansboro falls head over heels for "Summer Wheeze" which makes Frosty concerned about his safety. Although many of their classmates rally for the elimination of snow, only a day after singing about its virtues, Holly and Charles take on the duties of protecting Frosty, including hiding him in a freezer and securing refuge for him in an ice castle built for the Carnival. Later, Holly gets Frosty to appear at the Winter Carnival in an attempt to persuade the townspeople to rethink their hatred of snow. Singing about the joy of winter, Frosty is unanimously declared king of the carnival. In the end, Frosty and Holly make amends with Mr. Twitchell (now realizes that he's no match for Mother's Nature) and let him wear the crown and cape and ride in the sled of the carnival king. Frosty must leave Beansboro, but assures Holly that he will be back someday.
Despite its association with the original 1969 special, Frosty Returns has a notable lack of continuity with it. For example, Frosty has a different physical appearance, more knowledge of the world, and a more streetwise sense of humor compared to the naïve original Frosty. The Frosty Returns snowman has the ability to take off his magic hat, which would immediately cause him to revert to being an inanimate snowman in the original version and the other sequels. He also does not have a pipe, and the version of "Frosty the Snowman" sung during the end credits skips past the corn-cob pipe section, thus avoiding all references to smoking.
The plot of this particular special is more politically and/or socially conscious than its predecessors and successors, with an environmental theme. There is also no mention of Christmas or Santa Clause, and one of the characters suggests making a "fertility goddess" in the snow.[3]
Crystal from Frosty's Winter Wonderland is not mentioned or seen, thereby ignoring Frosty's marriage to her.
Frosty Returns is a musical special, with two songs featured prominently on the soundtrack. "Frosty the Snowman" is featured at the beginning as an instrumental and sung by the entire cast at the close. "Let There Be Snow" is an original piece composed for the special, with three verses (each sung by a different character) sung at various points in the special.
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I was wondering, what runes should I use for my MM necro?
Superior Death so you can always have Death at 16. The rest is basically up to you. Some people like to put in Superior Soul Reaping, but I personally never use, and have never needed, more than 1 Superior at a time (not including Superior Vigor) for MM.
Sup Death, Sup Soulreaping, that give me 16 death and 15 soul reaping.
i use a magor soul reaping, and a sup death. WIth this set up, botaks claw and the colletors +1 offhand, brings my helath to 420.
Definitely superior Death Magic. As Bel Ebih has said, the rest is just personal preference. I stick with a minor Soul Reaping because frankly, with all the dying enemies (not to mention your own minions), you'll have an overdose of energy during combat even with just 10 Soul Reaping (I have 13).


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To the Editor,
I read with interest the column in the Sunday April 13 edition of The Robesonian by James Johnson. It was the same old rhetoric that is always used by someone who tries to make the Bible say what they want it to.
He was quick to use Leviticus 20:13 as the only place the Bible speaks against homosexuality. He is right that it was the law written to the Israelites. There are also passages in the New Testament about the subject. One is the Romans 1:26-28? Also, Corinthians 6:9-10 says the effeminate shall not inherit the kingdom of God. II Timothy tells us in 4:3-5 about turning the truth into fables.
A real Ahristian wants the truth, not a fable.
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How was your franchise financed? I opened the first location at the age of 24, so my parents were instrumental in helping me secure the financing: They cosigned the loan, but the burden was on me if I failed. I invested $195,000 in the first store and about $230,000 in the second one.
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DETROIT, April 19 /PRNewswire/ — Spring is finally here and the sky soon will be dotted with brightly colored kites and radio-controlled model airplanes. While enjoying the outdoors, Detroit Edison reminds kite and model airplane fliers to play it safe around electricity by following these simple rules:
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The invention relates to a heat-shrinkable article that is at least partially coated with a temperature indicator. This temperature indicator is composed of an organic polymer having a suitable bonding agent, whereby the organic polymer is contained therein in a finely ground condition. As a result of this condition, the appearance of the agent is opaque and has a color corresponding to the degree of granulation and material constituent. When the melting point of the composition is reached, the material melts and becomes transparent or at least translucent. The color of the article shows through, so that this color change can be interpreted as a temperature indication.
1. An article having a temperature indicator applied thereon, the temperature indicator containing a bonding agent and at least one fine-grained organic substance that is largeley opaque below a defined temperature and that melts and irreversibly changes it optical properties when the defined temperature is reached, so that the temperature indicator becomes transparent or translucent comprising:
the temperature indicator including at least one organic polymer as the substance, said organic polymer being of high molecular weight with a mean molecular weight Mn in the range from 103 through 106 ; and
the temperature indicator is applied onto said article which is of a heat-shrinkable type, the melting point of the temperature indicator lies between 150� C. and 300� C. in the range of the restoration temperature of the heat-shrinkable article.
2. The article of claim 1 wherein the at least one fine-grained substance is produced by grinding.
3. The article of claim 1 wherein the substance has a filter grain size of ≦200 μm, and the mean grain size lies between 10 and 50 μm.
4. The article of claim 1 wherein the substance has a filter grain size of ≦100 μm and means grain size lies between 10 and 50 μm.
5. The article of claim 1 wherein the indicator operates at a temperature that lies in the range between 200� C. and 260� C.
6. The article of claim 1 wherein the substance is composed of a mixture of several polymers.
7. The article of claim 1 wherein the organic polymer is a polyamide.
8. The article of claim 1 wherein the organic polymer is chosen from the group consisting of: polyamide 66; polyamide 610; polyamide 12; polyester; polybutyleneterephthalate;polycarbonate;ployolefine;poly-4-methylpentene-1; and an olefin copolymerizate.
9. The article of claim 1 wherein the polymer is at least semi-crystalline.
10. The article of claim 1 wherein a color change occurs that proceeds from white to black.
11. The article of claim 1 wherein a polymeric resin is used as the bonding agent.
12. The article of claim 11, wherein the bonding agent is selected from the group of polymers consisting of: an acrylate resin; alkyd resin; acrylated alkyd resin; maleinate resin; ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; ethylene acrylene acid copolymer; ethylene acrylate copolymer; terpolymer of the monomers ethylene, vinyl acetate, acrylate acid, acrylate acid ester, and maleic acid anhydride; ionomer; and polyamide resin.
13. The artcile of claim 11 wherein the polymer bonding agent have a mean molecular weight from approximately 3000 to about 50,000.
14. The article of claim 12 wherein a mixture of the polymers is used as the bonding agent.
15. The article of claim 1 wherein the bonding agent is chosen so that it does not enter into any reaction with the organic polymer.
16. The article of claim 1 wherein the indicator includes an inorganic solvent.
17. The article of claim 1 wherein the indicator includes an organic solvent.
18. The article of claim 1 wherein the indicator has lampblack added to it in a weight part of approximately =1%.
19. The article of claim 11 wherein the bonding agent is dissolved in a solvent.
20. The article of claim 1 wherein the grained organic polymer is dispersed in a solvent.
21. The article of claim 1 wherein an adhesion promoting agent, is added to the temperature indicator.
22. The article of claim 1 wherein means for preventing skinning, are added to the temperature indicator.
23. The article of claim 1 wherein a thixotroping agent is added to the temperature indicator.
24. The article of claim 1 wherein an anti-oxidation agent is added to the temperature indicator.
25. The article of claim 1 wherein additional organic polymers are added to the temperature indicator.
26. The article of claim 1 wherein the heat-shrinkable article is an envelope.
27. The article of claim 1 wherein the heat-shrinkable article is a cable sleeve.
28. The article of claim 26 wherein a heat-activatable sealant is arranged on the inside of the envelope.
29. The article of claim 1 wherein, the temperature indicator includes:
25 g polyamide 12
12.5 g Paraloid B66
20 g 1.1.1.-trichloroethane.
30. The article of claim 1 wherein the temperature indicator includes:
25 g polybutyleneterephthalate
12 g polyvinylisobutylether
19. g ethylemethyketone/butylacetate (50;50)
2.5 g Special-Primer V 944.
The present invention relates to articles having a temperature indicator applied thereon. The temperature indicator contains a bonding agent and at least one fine-grained, organic substance that is largely opaque below a defined temperatue and melts when the defined temperature is reached and thus changes its optical properties, so that the temperature indicator becomes transparent or translucent.
Temperature indicators, or thermochromic coatings are materials that change color at a certain temperature. Thermochromic materials have been used as temperature indicators in heat-shrinkable products such as, for example, heat-shrinkable collars of cross-linked polymers. To this end, in such heat-shrinkable products, heat-activatable sealants, for example hot-melted glues, are applied onto an inside surface. The sealants melt at a defined temperature, producing a desired, sealing connection between the heat-shrunk product and the substrate to be enveloped.
The necessary heating to activate the material is provided through the use of an external heating source, for example a flame. The heat activation, however, can require greater heating than is required for the actual shrink process of the heat-shrinkable product. In order to ensure that the necessary heat activation has occurred on the inside, the outside surface of the heat-shrinkable product is provided with a temperature indicator. The temperature indicator, by changing color, indicates that the temperature at which one can assume that the required heat activation of the sealant has been successfully carried out at the inside, has been reached on the outside of the surface.
A temperature indicator can also be used to avoid subjecting the outside of the material to unnecessary heating that can damage the material under certain circumstances. The temperature indicator must also be irreversible, so that it is guaranteed that the color change, once it has occurred during the thermal treatment, remains.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,344,909, for example, discloses thermochromic compositions that cerntain an organic material that decomposes while producing a visible color change. This color change proceeds, for example, from green to black, whereby a certain coking occurs among other things. The decomposition products of the organic material are colorless and pigments are added to achieve the initial green color. Gaseous decomposition products, as well as carbon-like and tar-like residues on the surface of the collar are produced in these decomposition reactions. The formation of craters can occur. Moreover, there is the risk that the original color will be restored due to the reaction of the soil moisture as a consequence of the release of undecomposed, green pigment particles.
European Patent 0 042 285 discloses a countermeasure thereto. A bonding agent is provided that enters into an interaction with the decomposed organic material in order to prevent a leaching process from the composition.
Initially, inorganic pigments that experience a change in color at a prescribed temperature were often used for temperature indication. Salts of heavy metals such as lead, cobalt, cadmium, nickel, chromium, mercury or copper were predominantly used as such pigments (see Chemie-Lexikon, Dr. Hermann Roempp, Second Edition, 1950, page 1631). For example, such compounds were mixed with a suitable bonding agent composed of a synthetic resin and spirits and were then applied onto the articles to be monitored with brushes or, respectively, spray guns.
A disadvantage of the use of such materials is that they can result in environmental pollution. Under certain circumstances, moreover, inorganic thermochromes damage the shrinkable material. This is particularly true during the shrink process. Additionally, craters can form on the surface of the material, whereby a catalytic decomposition reaction on the surface can also be anticipated; this still being capable of acting even during later use. U.S. Pat. No. 4,121,011 discloses the addition of additives to such compounds to alleviate this later disadvantage.
Another attempt at solving the problems, that have been encountered with temperature indications, is to use materials that are essentially opaque initially condition, but, which melt when a predefined temperature is exceeded and thereby change their optical properties and become transparent or, respectively, translucent. This causes the substrate or, resepctively, the color of the substrate to become visible allowing this event to be utilized as a temperature indication.
For example, German Published Application 33 07 567 discloses a heat-restroable article whereat an outer layer of polyethylene or polypropylene that is opaque at normal temperature is extruded on. When the crystallization temperature is reached, the outer, continuous layer becomes transparent and the color of the inside layer becomes visible.
German Published Application 33 26 021 discloses the use of a coating composition composed of a pigment and of a bonding agent as a temperature indicator in a heat-restorable article. The pigment and bonding agent are composed of materials having different refractive indices. When the melting temperature of the pigment and/or bonding agent is reached, a substances having a uniform refractive index is formed. This change in the refractive index leads to a visible change in color.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,269,038 discloses color indications wherein fine-grained substances are employed with a suitable bonding agent. These substances are applied as a film on non-modifiable foundations. When a temperature prescribed by the material is exceeded, this substance composed of the inorganic pigment and of the bonding agent melts. The result of the process is that the coat becomes transparent, allowing the color of the foundation to be seen.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,928,791 discloses a temperature indicator composed of a white, crystalline, organic substance that melts when the melting temperature is reached and is absorbed by the carrier. A visible, irreversible color change thereby results. Here, too, color indicators are applied on rigid, invariable foundations.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,002,385 also discloses organic substances and mixtures of inorganic salts for temperature indication. When a given temperature is reached, the material melts and is absorbed by the colored foundation.
The present invention provides an article with a temperature indicator that can be manufactured in a simple and economical manner. No reaction products are released upon application and good compatibility with the surface of the article is ensured.
To this end, an article having a temperature indicator applied thereon, is provided. The temperature indicator contains a bonding agent and at least one fine-grained organic substance that is largely opaque below a defined temperature and that melts and changes its optical properties when the defined temperature is reached, so that the temperature indicator becomes transparent or translucent. At least one organic polymer is employed as the substance and the substance is applied onto a heat-shrinkable article. The melting point of the temperature indicator lies at least in the range, preferably above the range, of the temperature necessary to restore the heat-shrinkable article.
In an embodiment, the color indicator contains a fine-grained substance that is produced by grinding.
In an embodiment, the substance has a filter grain size of approximately ≦200 μm, preferably approximately ≦100 μm, whereby the mean grain size lies between approximately 10 to about 50 μm.
In an embodiment, the change-over temperature lies in the range of between approximately 150� C. to about 300� C., preferably between 200� and 260� C.
In an embodiment, the substance is composed of a mixture of several polymers.
In an embodiment, the organic polymer is a polyamide. In a further embodiment, the polymer is chosen from the group consisting of polyamide 6, polyamide 66, polyamide 610, and polyamide 12.
In an embodiment, the organic polymer is chosen from the group consisting of polyester, polybutyleneterephthalate, polycarbonate, polyolefin, and poly-4-methylpentene-1.
In an embodiment, the organic polymer is an olefin copolymerizate.
In an embodiment, the polymer is at least semi-crystalline.
In an embodiment, a polymeric resin is employed as a bonding agent. In a further embodiment, the bonding agent is chosen from the group consisting of: acrylate resin, e.g., Paraloid B66; alkyd resin, e.g., an acrylated alkyd resin; maleinate resin; ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; ethylene acrylate acid copolymer; ethylene acrylate copolymer; a terpolymer of the monomers, e.g., ethylene, vinyl acetate, acrylate acid, acrylate acid ester, or maleic acid anhydride; an ionomer; and a polyamide resin.
In an embodiment, the polymer bonding agents have a mean molecular weight of from approximately 3000 to about 50,000.
In an embodiment, an organic solvent, preferably 1,1,1-trichloroethane, is used.
In an embodiment, an inorganic solvent is used.
The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a temperature indicator. In an embodiment the method comprises the steps of grinding an organic polymer; and dispersing the ground material in a bonding agent dissolved with solvent. Additives for improving specific properties can be added.
In an embodiment of the method for the manufacture of a temperature indicator, the indicator is applied onto the article with a method such as painting, spraying, atomizing, or printing.
In an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing an envelope for elongated substrates, particularly for cables or cable splices with an article, comprising the steps of placing the heat-shrinkable article around the substrate, the longitudinal closure is then closed and is treated by application of heat until the substrate is surrounded in a sealing fashion and the color of the temperature indicator has fully changed.
Compared to previously used low-molecular, melting substances, the use of the fine-grained, organic polymers as a pigment with a suitable bonding agent yields many advantages. For example, the following advantages are provided.
As a coat, whether applied as an overall film or a droplets, the organic polymers yield an elastic film that does not damage the article during the shrinking and, in particular, in the cooling phase. Thus, for example, the formation of craters on the surface does not occur.
Additionally, the elastic properties of the organic polymers are advantageous particularly given the changes in shape the heat-shrinkable article undergoes, since they follow these undamaged.
Furthermore, environmentally harmful substances such as heavy metals are not contained in the present invention.
Still further, no thermal decomposition occurs, so that gaseous or tar-like decomposition products are not created.
Moreover, the use of a high-polymer, organic substances provides an improved temperature indicator.
Additionally, the solidified polymer melt is completely preserved as elastic film on, respectively, film region. No recrystallization occurs of a type that can not be entirely suppressed given low-molecular substances. The brittleness of the low-molecular substances occurring therein can potentially lead to the formation of new grain boundaries, so that an at least partial return into the initial condition ensures.
Further, no volatilization during the thermal treatment occurs. New back-formations (for example, white places) can potentially arise given low-molecular substances due to partial sublimation.
Additional features and advantages of the present invention are described in, and will be apparent from, the detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments and from the drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates a temperature indicator applied to an article as an overall film, prior to a thermal treatment.
FIG. 2 illustrates the temperature indicator of FIG. 1 after the thermal treatment.
FIG. 3 illustrates a temperature indicator applied onto an article in drop form, prior to the thermal treatment.
FIG. 4 illustrates the temperature indicator of FIG. 3 after the thermal treatment.
FIG. 5 illustrates a collar having a temperature indicator on a heat-shrunken article.
The present invention provides an article having a color indicator that can be manufactured in a simple and economical fashion. The resultant article of the present invention does not produce reaction products upon application, and provides good compatibility with the surface of the article. Pursuant to the present invention, at least one organic polymer is used in the temperature indicator. The melting point of the temperature indicator lies at least in the region, preferably above the region, of the restoration temperature of the heat-shrinkable article.
The resultant article of the present invention provides many advantages over prior temperature indicators including the fact that harmful decomposition products are not present that can either pollute the environment or damage the surface of the coated article as a result of the use of an organic substance in the temperature indicator that melts without decomposing. The organic substance, fashioned as a polymer, also ensures that the article does not deattach from the surface even though the heat-shrinkable article changes its shape.
Pursuant to the present invention, only the organic substance and the bonding agent melts at the temperature indication point defined by the substance. The melt becomes transparent, or at least translucent. Even after cooling the indicator remains modified. Because the color indicator becomes transparent, the color on the surface of the article or, respectively, the color of the article itself, thereby becomes visible.
The irreversible "color change" that has occurred indicates that the desired temperature has been reached. This event can also be viewed as a warning that damage to the article can occur under certain circumstances above this temperature. An organic substance having a melting point having a different temperature threshold can also be selected. For example, it is important to recognize whether adequate heat for the activation of a heat-activatable sealant such as, for example, a hot-melt adhesive, that has been applied on the inside, was applied onto the outside of a heat-shrinkable article.
Pursuant to the present invention, an organic polymer ground into fine particles is used as the temperature indicator for a heat-shrinkable article. The mean grain size of the particles is preferably approximately 50 μm. Polymers usually present in the form of a granulate must be ground for use as a "pigment". Grinding can be performed in a suitable mill with cooling; airjet impact pulverizers are especially suitable for this purpose, wherein the grinding ensues, for example, while being cooled with liquid nitrogen.
Grinding should be performed at least to a filter grain size of approximately ≦200μ; preferably to a filter grain size of approximately ≦100 μm, whereby the mean grain size amounts to approximately 50 μm.
A fine color application is advantageously achieved by using a polymer ground to a filter grain size of approximately ≦40 μm; the mean grain size in this grinding amounts to approximately 10 to about 20 μm. Such a finely ground, organic polymer is applied onto the article as a suspension in a solution with a suitable bonding agent, being applied thereon together with a solvent. Depending on mixing, this coat will have a more or less white appearance. When the prescribed temperature threshold during the shrink process is achieved, the organic polymer and the bonding agent melt and a transparent, or at least translucent, melt of the fine-grained, organic polymer particles and the bonding agent is formed. This allows the article lying under the melt to appear providing a new appearance. For example, if the article, is composed of a shrink compound based on polyethylene permeated with lampblack, the black would then be visible through the transparent material.
Pursuant to the present invention no decomposition products are created. Further, since the material of the temperature indicator has been selected so that it is compatible with the material of the heat-shrinkable article, the surface of the heat-shrinkable article is not damaged or deleteriously change by the temperature indication.
Preferably high-polymer, organic substances that have a means molecular weight Mn in the range from 103 through 106, preferably from 104 through 105, are used in the present invention. Although the organic polymer of the present invention is essentially colorless, it is a "pigment" in the sense of a visible color change as a temperature indicators, since it has a white appearance when finely ground.
The gound polymer and the corresponding bonding agent are advantageously provided with a solvent so that it can be in a paintable or sprayable form for application onto a shrinkable article. Accordingly, the application of the polymer onto an article is especially simple and cost-effective. For example, it can be painted on with a brush as a surface-covering film. This allows the article to be covered with a temperature indicator over its full surface.
Likewise, spray or atomizer tools such as, for exmaple, a spray gun, can be used that allow one to select the desired "degree of coverage". It is not fundamentally necessary that the temperature indicator covers the full-surface of the article. When atomizing or spraying, non-interconnected droplets that are more or less large, form on the surface of the article. These appear as color droplets, whereby the solvent evaporates during the following drying process. The surface color of the article is visible between the color droplets. When the prescribed temperature threshold is reached, the color droplets melt and small, transparent or translucent film regions, respectively, arise. The appearance of the article changes in that the surface exhibits the color of the article over the entire region. As in the case of the overall film, this is an irreversible process. Instead of spraying, some other, standard application process such as, for example, printing can be used for achieving specific temperature indicators.
By way of example and not limitation, examples of the present invention will be set forth in greater detail.
FIG. 1 illustrates a heat-shrinkable article 1 of the present invention. For example, a collar having a longitudinal closure for enevloping articles such as, for instance, a cable splice, that is coated with a temperature indicator 2. The temperature indicator is applied on the heat-shrinkable article 1 that has a defined color, preferably black. The indicator is applied thereon as a through, planar, overall film, whereby it is indicated that the finely ground, organic polymer particles 4 lie firmly bonded on the surface as a suspension in a solution of a suitable bonding agent 3.
On the basis of the marked, finely particulate granulation of the organic polymer 4, this illustration is intended to illustrate that the color indicator 2 is opaque in this condition. As in all the following figures, a coating composed of a heat-activatable sealant 6, for example a hot-melt adhesive is indicated on the second side of the heat-shrinkable article 1. The temperature indicator, for example, is arranged on the outside in order to monitor whether an adequate heat activation for the heat-activatable sealant 6 has occurrend.
FIG. 2, by contrast, illustrates the finely particulate granulation of the organic polymer 4 after it has disappeared due to the thermal treatment. A uniform, transparent, or at least translucent, film 3-4 is formed. The color of the aricle 1 lying therebelow has now become visible through this film 3-4. The color change indicates that the thermal treatment can be stopped.
FIG. 3 illustrates a further embodiment of a method for applying a temperature indicator 5 onto a heat-shrinkable article 1. The temperature indicator is applied in droplet form 5a for example by spraying or atomizing. As can be seen, the free, uncoated regions of the heat-shrinkable article 1 still lie between the individual droplets 5a, so that the collar of the heat-shrinkable article 1 appears here. As a "pigment", however, the droplets 5a have an appearance, with respect to their color before the thermal treatment, that corresponds to the organic polymer and its grain size. In this case, thus, an appearance corresponding to the color of the heat-shrinkable article 1 (for example, black) occurs in which spots of color (for example, white or gray) of different sizes corresponding to the droplets 5a are more or less uniformly distributed.
FIG. 4 illustrates the heat-shrinkable article 1 after a thermal treatment. The granulation of the organic polymer 4 in the bonding agent 3(and, thus, the white or, for example, gray color spots) has disappeared due to the melting, and uniform, transparent, or at least translucent, droplets 5a of a melt 3-4 of the organic polymer 4 and of the bonding agent 3 have formed. The color of the underlying and previously covered region of the article 1 that has now been heat-shrunken is also visible through these droplets 5a. Accordingly, an overall appearance is created that is continuous and corresponds to the color of the heat-shrunken article 1. A completely black appearance results given the use of typical heat shrink compounds.
Referring now to FIG. 5, an envelope 7 in the form of a collar having a longitudinal closure 8 for a cable splice or, respectively, for a connection of cables 9, 10 that is already shrunked is illustrated. The regions indicated as spots 5a indicate that film regions of the temperature indicator are present here which--since the heat-shrunken condition is shown--have become transparent and allow the color of the collar to show through. The seal with respect to the cables 9, 10 proceeds on the basis of the inside coating of hot-melt adhesive 6. The application of heat can be achieved by use of a blow torch 11.
Thermoplastics, preferably semi-crystalline thermoplastics that change in state from a solid to molten at the desired temperature range can be used as organic polymers to be considered "pigments" for the temperature indicator used in the invention. In its normal condition, the polymer employed is preferably colorless and achieves its colored appearance due to the fine-grained distribution. Finely ground polyamides, particularly PA 6, PA 66, PA610, or PA12 or mixtures thereof are advantageously employed.
It can be also be desireable to use polyesters, preferably polybutylene terephthalate. Polycarbonates, polyolefines such poly-4-methylpentene-1, olefine copolymerizate and the like are also suitable for this purpose.
A polymeric resin, preferably an acrylate resin such as, for example, Paraloid B66, is advantageously used as a bonding agent. The bonding agent must be selected such that no chemical reaction occurs between it and the organic polymer. This allows the granulation of the polymer and the white or gray color, for example, that results therefrom to be preserved. Other bonding agents that can be used include: alkyd resins, acrylated alkyl resins; maleinate resins; theylene vinyl acetate copolymers; ethylene acrylic acid, ethylene acrylate copolymers; terpolymers of the monomers ethylene, vinyl acetate, acrylic acid, acrylic acid ester, maleic acid anhydride; ionomer; and polaymide resins.
These resins can be used alone or in blends with one another in order to achieve optimum adhesion properties. Preferably, the polymers have a mean molecular weight of from aproximately 3,000 to about 50,000.
Other materials that have adequatd adhesion vis-a-vis shrinkable articles, however, are also suitable as bonding agents, for example caoutchouc lattices.
Further adhesion promoters can be added having adhesive properties, for example Special Primer V 144 of Worlee.
1,1,1-trichloroethane can be utilized as a solvent. Other organic solvents matched to the bonding agent and the "pigment", however, can also be used. The "pigment", however, cannot be dissolvable by the solven, since the "color", for example white or gray, produced by the granularity would then no longer appear.
As needed, an additive of lampblack having a weight part of approximately ≦1% can be added to this composition. The temperature indicator that appears gray due to the lampblack additive melts to form a black melt and a color change to black without black background thus ensues. The lampblack additive simultaneously contributes to the UV stabilization of the temperature indicator.
To improve the specific properties of the substances additional additives that can be used include: additional pigments, preferably azo pigments such as known Hansa yellow G; anti-oxidation agents, advantageously multi-nucleus, sterically hindered phenols such as, for example, Irganox 1010, Topanol CA, Nonox WSP; agents for preventing the formation of skins, advantageously ketoximes such as Metoxim, Butoxim of Acima AG, and thixotropic agents on an organic basis, advanageously derivatives of caster oil such as Thixatrol ST or Thixatrol GST of Kronos Titan GmbH.
By way of example and not limitation, an example of a temperature indicator of the present invention is as follows:
A temperature indicator that has a melting point of approximately 175� C. was produced with a composition composed of 25 g polyaminde 12 as pigment, 12.5 g Paraloid B66 as bonding agent and 20 g 1.1.1-trichlorethane as solvent. 0.025 g lampblack could also have been added to the composition.
The composition was applied with a spray gun onto a heat-shrindable collar as a white, gray with lampblack additive, coat. After evaporation of the solvent, the collar was shrunken onto a pipe having a diameter corresponding to the maximum range of use. It was shrunken thereon in a standard manner using an open flame. A noticeable "color change" from the original white or gray to black occurred. No damage to the collar surface occurred, no decomposition products arose, and no color restoration arose after cooling.
The temperature ranges for the areas of use given shrinkable articles such as envelopes and the like generally lie between 150� C. and 300� C. Accordingly, the melting point for the temperature indicators must likewise lie in this temperature range. Such change-over points can be disignationally defined on the basis of a suitable selection of the individual materials and of the grain size.
In a further embodiment, the polyamide 12 used was replaced by polyamide 6. Given otherwise identical conditions, the melting point of the composition and, thus, the "color change-over point" of the temperature indicator now lies at 215� C.
A further embodiment of a composition of the invention is based on the use of an organic polymer on the basis of polybutyleneterephthalate. The composition is composed of: 25 g polybutyleneterephthalate (Vestodur 1000 nf); 12 g polyvinylisobutylether (Lutonal l 30); 19 g ethylmethylketone/butylacetate (in a mixing ratio of 50:50), and 2.5 g special Primer V 944.
It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and without dimishing its attendant advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.
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TOKYO (AP) - General Motors is running into trouble because the U.S. automaker has forgotten over the years how to make cars that truly cater to consumers, Nissan's head designer said Friday.
"There was a lack of customer-orientation,'' Nissan Motor Co. Senior Vice President Shiro Nakamura said of GM's woes.
Nakamura, design chief at Nissan since 2000, was previously employed at Japanese truckmaker Isuzu Motors Ltd. Isuzu had a partnership with GM since the 1970s, and Nakamura worked with GM designers in the 1980s under that alliance.
On Thursday, GM said it was selling its 7.9 percent stake in Isuzu but said the cooperative relationship will continue.
Nakamura said he had "no idea'' what GM's decision will mean for Isuzu's future because details of the deal weren't clear.
But he expressed a fondness for GM's past glory, noting he worked with the world's best during his years at GM.
"It was a great experience for me,'' he said at a Nissan facility in Tokyo, which will be offering car design classes to Japanese university students from June.
Nissan already sponsors car design projects at universities, not only in Japan but also in Germany, South Korea and other nations.
The latest initiative is an internship program for aspiring car designers.
Japanese universities tend lag behind their foreign counterparts in car design instruction, and Nissan hopes to offset that through its new program, said Nakamura.
Nakamura becomes chief creative officer of Nissan next month, overseeing brand marketing as well as auto design.
GM's decision on Isuzu is part of the Detroit-based manufacturer's rapid shedding of stake ownership in Japanese automakers in an effort to raise sorely needed cash.
General Motors, which has seen its U.S. market share eroded by Asian competition, lost US$10.6 billion in 2005.
Earlier this month, GM sold 17 percent of Suzuki Motor Corp., which makes small cars, for about US$2 billion, leaving it with a 3 percent stake.
That followed last year's sale of GM's entire 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru cars.
Before entering a successful alliance with Renault SA of France that began in 1999, Nissan had been losing money.
The Tokyo-based automaker has been profitable in recent years, raking in a 135 billion yen (US$1.1 billion; euro951 million) profit for the quarter ended Dec.
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Find something to help make your workouts fun. Read a book or magazine while on the treadmill or stationary bike, watch a movie while you walk in place, make a mix CD of your favorite heart pumping tunes and dance around your house. Just move and make it fun to keep yourself motivated.
I made a playlist on Youtube of songs that have dances that go with them (Cupid Shuffle, The Wobble, Electric Slide, Cotton Eye Joe, etc) so that when I want a fun workout I just start it from the beginning and dance! I have enough songs that it makes up a 30 minute workout and it just seems like I"m having fun. Try it!!
Combining fun workouts like Zumba into my weekly workouts helps me stay motivated throughout the week.
Weekends can be a dietary challenge. To help me stay on track, I stock my kitchen with healthy snacks with a theme. One weekend the theme will be fresh melon so I buy a party tray of cut melon. Another weekend, the theme will be orange and I will buy sweet potatoes, carrots, and cantaloupe.


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In Praise of Dissimilarity
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Products and markets with nothing in common "taxonomically" can have "thematic similarity," which may open up important business opportunities.
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Products and markets with nothing in common "taxonomically" can have "thematic similarity," which may open up important business opportunities.
Finding the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects is challenging. That's where a project network comes in.
From time to time a company's project truly stands out, creating exceptional value and having an impact on the industry. IBM's AS/400 development effort in the 80s was a game changer and gave IBM a competitive edge. Apple Inc.'s success in creating the iPod portable media player and iTunes online store is another more recent example of a great project — one that changed the way people listen to and buy music. Why are such projects so rare — and why can't more projects be like them?
With complex products such as automobiles, integration is a key element of performance. That means managers must understand which activities and competencies they can safely outsource and which they need to keep.
This article explores the process of innovation in 13 global companies. Many of the standard arguments for how to encourage innovation were confirmed, but some surprises were uncovered as well. The article organizes its key insights around five persistent "myths" that continue to haunt the innovation efforts of many companies. The five myths are: (1) The Eureka Moment; (2) Built It and They Will Come; (3) Open Innovation Is the Future; (4) Pay Is Paramount; and, (5) Bottom Up Innovation Is Best.
In sales, the rapport between a prospective buyer and seller can be the deciding factor. Using analytics, Assurant Solutions has tripled its success. (A case-study interview.)
The link between sustainability and innovation is commonly mentioned, but not commonly made. Here, new-product design guru Steven Eppinger describes the practice that breeds discovery.
Companies often approach the process of developing a global culture as a one-way process dominated by corporate headquarters, exemplified by common terms such as "cultural transfer" "and "culture dissemination." Also, core values often originate at corporate headquarters and fail to reflect and incorporate diverse cultural influences. This approach breeds skepticism about global culture among overseas employees, who may perceive headquarters' core values as ethnocentric and parochial.
Many managers think they've committed their organizations to evidence-based decision making — but have instead, without realizing it, committed to decision-based evidence making. Is that all bad? What can be done to fix it?
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Even corporations with clear environmental aims fail to go the distance when it comes to their supply chains. But lessons from a small group of Fortune 500 companies can give them the direction they need.
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In his book Managing to Learn, John Shook deconstructs the problem-solving journey of one manager and his mentor, and the management mechanism that guided them. The backstory? Shook knows the journey firsthand.
There's no sense in denying it: interpreting weak signals into useful decision making takes time and focus. These three stages can help you see the periphery—and act on it—much more clearly.
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'Masters of Sex' Caitlin FitzGerald: 'Libby's life would be easier if she was just dumb'Add to Favorites | Masters of Sex
It is the rare individual who graduates high school, heads off to college and knows exactly what they want to do for the rest of their life.
Caitlin FitzGerald, by contrast, knew she wanted to be an actor at the age of 6, after making an audience at a school play laugh. And not long after, she was introduced to something every actor gets to know very well.
"I remember not getting cast as Snow White in a production of 'Snow White' that they did at the local theater," says the 30-year-old native of Camden, Maine, who stars as Libby Masters on the Showtime Sunday drama "Masters of Sex." "And I got cast as a woodland animal or something. And I remember being, like, really outraged. I was like 7 or 8, I think, and being very angry that they didn't understand the talent level that they had on their hands.
"And I was like, 'What a missed opportunity!' Little did I know that I would feel that over and over and over again over the next 25 years," she says to Zap2it, laughing.
FitzGerald, who played Meryl Streep's daughter in the 2009 feature film "It's Complicated," admits she was initially nervous about taking on the role of Libby because she didn't want to play a stereotypical 1950s housewife.
"When they offered me the part," she says, "I spoke with the writers and the writer/creator, Michelle Ashford, and one of our producers, Sarah Timberman, and sort of voiced my concerns. And they really agreed with me that they did not want a one-dimensional character. And it's been really interesting to find the ways in which Libby -- you know, she really actually wants to be a typical '50s housewife, I think, but just isn't. And she's always sort of struggling against this mold that she's trying to fit into but doesn't and that's interesting.
"I think her life would be so much easier if she was just really dumb," she says, laughing. "But she's not."
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Ostensibly a genuflection, Elegy for Iris is actually composed of equal parts adoration and hubris, proof that if you spend too much time on your knees they'll start to hurt, and eventually the ache will become more compelling than the object of worship to whom one bowed down in the first place. In Bayley's case that shift in focus seems to have taken place long before this book was written. Bayley's Elegy opens with a romanticized memory of the first time he saw Murdoch bicycling "slowly and rather laboriously" past his window at Oxford. She pedaled; he swooned ("Perhaps I fell in love," he writes, with a person whose face he found "homely and kindly . . . a strong face in its own blunt-featured, snub-nosed way"). Obviously, he didn't fall in love with her for her physical charms; nor does it seem he loved her for her mind. In fact, it's hard to see from Elegy what drew Bayley to Murdoch, because his attention is almost exclusively focused on the role he played in, and the pleasure he took from, her success. Almost every reference he makes to Murdoch's career is in the service of an anecdote that proves more revelatory of his own life than of Murdoch's.
To some degree, this is deliberate. From the beginning Murdoch seems to have been a mystery to Bayley, not simply a "genius," as he often refers to her, but a savant with a gift he feels duty-bound to chaperone. But the nature of that gift is only hinted at. After a 40-year relationship, the closest thing to insight into Murdoch's creative process that Bayley can offer are those scenes in her novels and essays that were inspired, suggested, or even, on at least one occasion, written by Bayley ("The results are on page ten of the novel as first printed, in a longish paragraph. It reads a bit too much in the Jamesian style"). On another occasion, Bayley casually mentions that he reviewed a book under Murdoch's name, but doesn't mention if such a phenomenon occurred often or rarely, and if anyone was aware of the forgery. These lapses are a rather interesting reflection on Bayley, who seems not to realize that readers of Murdochiana will be interested primarily in insights about Murdoch, and only secondarily, if at all, in her husband.
In large part this isn't much more than frustrating, but more than occasionally Bayley suggests that the reason for the vagueness about his subject is that Murdoch now watching Teletubbies while wearing her underwear back to front is not so different from Murdoch then, a vacant-eyed dreamer who would sit for hours above Scotland's most famous loch, waiting for a sight of Nessie. "I am struck by the almost eerie resemblance between the amnesia of the present and the tranquil indifference of the past." Like so much else in the book, the thinking here is antiquated, a romantic notion of the creative individual as a kind of corpus animus with a soul and its attendant visions borrowed from some other plane of existence, but the truth is that such a conception is more suitable to saints than novelists. As almost any writer can tell you or, for that matter, any good biography of a writer the profession of storytelling is a rather mundane one, composed of equal parts coffee, paper, and privacy, and it must be said that despite Bayley's efforts to present himself as the steward of his wife's career, if not her creativity itself, Murdoch still manages to come across as a particularly capable person and a virtual dray horse of a writer. None of this would be so disturbing if it weren't for the fact that one feels a distinct sense of pleasure as Bayley realizes that this is the first time in her life when Murdoch has truly needed a husband.
But perhaps I'm being too harsh with Bayley distracted by the word Iris in 72-point type on the cover of his book, when what I should be focusing on is the 24-point Elegy. For, in its own queer, old-fashioned way, Bayley's book is an affecting love story. His picture of his wife, if infantilizing, is also endearing, and his picture of himself is of a doddering holdout from a kinder, gentler read: Victorian England. Bayley's book abounds with anachronistic presentations of England's green and pleasant land, foxes in the hedgerow, fox hunts on neighboring estates, computers eschewed for typewriters (and manual ones at that). Not the least of his outdated ideas concerns literature itself: hence his notion of the way his wife's talent functions. Bayley seems to perceive his own book as less memoir than monograph, "in the Jamesian style," as if he's unaware of the self-lacerating confessionals clogging the shelves of bookstores, but despite this ignorance the only truly moving parts of the book are those that read most like a contemporary memoir. In the end, the one scene in the book that sticks out is not the image of Murdoch staring fixedly at either Loch Ness or Teletubbies, but of Bayley, dentures lost in the warm waters surrounding the Canary Islands, gumming two weeks' worth of holiday fare.
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