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Discovery Shop Seeks Volunteers
October 6, 2008
REDLANDS – The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Redlands seeks volunteers to help in the shop.
Volunteers are needed in the following areas: cashiering, sales, merchandising, data entry, marketing and special events.
The Discovery Shop, at 1534 Barton Road in Redlands, sells "gently used" clothing, furniture, jewelry and other items. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.
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My latest CNBC column.
9/28: New CNBC Column On Tax Inversions
August 7 CNBC Article on Google, G-Mail & Privacy
Here is my latest article on CNBC.com. It is legal and proper that Google scans its G-mail system to prevent the dissemination of child pornography. Google's automated scanning of G-mail to create targeted advertising and user profiles is an open question.
7/29 CNBC Column: Donald Sterling Lost The Judge & Then The Clippers
Here is a link to my CNBC column on Donald Sterling's big loss at trial.
7/18 CNBC Appearance: FedEx Indicted
Here is a link to my appearance on CNBC on July 18 to discuss the indictment of Federal Express for distribution of illegal prescription drugs from online pharmacies. If convicted, Federal Express faces up to $1.6 billion in monetary penalties.
July 17 CNBC Column on the Root Legal Causes Of The Child Immigration Crisis
CNBC.com published my column on the root legal causes of the flood of children attempting to enter the United States from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Please let me know what you think in the comments.
My CNBC Overview Of Five Things Learned During The First Week Of The Sterling Trial
CNBC.com has publised my overview of the first week of the Donald Sterling Trial. It is a little breezier than my daily recaps of the trial.


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35th Anniversary of the first public cell phone call
Martin Cooper and his wife and business partner Arlene Harris with their respective cell phone inventions Photo: Business Wire
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April 4, 2008 With around half the world's population expected to be carrying a mobile phone by the end of this year, it's hard to believe that its just 35 years since the first ever public cell phone call was made. Yesterday marked the anniversary of the historical call made on the streets of New York by portable cell phone inventor Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola's Communications Systems Division.
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Now, Maybe, Finally: Body language and the presidential debates
Body language is in the news more than ever with the election debates in full swing.
Your body language tells a story whether you want it to or not. So you might as well learn some insider secrets about how to understand body language. Doing so will enhance every relationship you have.
Let's hone in on the presidential debates for a moment. There is style and there is substance. Having style and substance is the ideal. However, you can't have the right style unless you have the right body language.
Many an election has been won or lost depending upon the candidate's body language. To keep this column fair and balanced, I will not talk about a specific candidate's body language. I will provide you with some important guidelines which will give you easy tools to analyze body language during the debates, as well as your own body language during casual conversations and in business presentations.
Coming across as confident in your conversation and body language will result in making others feel more comfortable with you.
Understanding body language is like knowing a foreign language. A language that when understood, helps you read your family, friends, clients, audiences and presidential candidates better. It's important to look at someone's movements and actions in gesture clusters.
Let's say we are talking to each other. I cross my arms. Often, crossing one's arms is considered to mean one is on the defensive or has closed off their listening. Just knowing that should be enough to avoid crossing one's arms. In this instance though, I have crossed my arms. My left hand is digging my fingers into the fleshy part of my upper right arm. I take a couple of steps away from you. I uncross my arms for a brief moment and rub my right eye and ear (subliminally indicating I can't believe what I'm seeing or hearing). Quickly, my arms cross again. These are all clues that I am feeling uncomfortable with what is being said. My body language is speaking loudly.Gesture clusters reveal a strong truth.
During a debate, pay close attention the gesture clusters of a candidate. Rapid eye blinking generally means someone is uncomfortable and/or not telling the truth. Rubbing one's nose while speaking can indicate uncertainty. If the candidate is saying he has the ability to improve the economy and simultaneously his shoulders shrug, you can be almost guaranteed that he does not have confidence in what he is saying, which translates into those watching not feeling comfortable either.
If one of the candidate's spends too much time looking down and writing notes, it indicates that they may feel like escaping and want to avoid looking at the other candidate. Constant sighing and fidgeting while the other candidate is talking simply makes one look ill at ease and not in control. If a candidate looks at his watch, it may be interpreted that he can't wait until the debate is over.
Having worked with political candidates before, I can tell you it is imperative to become body language savvy. When I work with clients and do speaking engagements, we often discuss body language at length— how to read others; how to read your body language; how to adapt your body language to what you are observing to ease any tension and move the conversation in a positive direction.
Today's LINDAism: Being aware of how your body language affects others will enhance your relationships. Now, Maybe, Finally, we will all realize that just like our words have consequences, so do our gestures.
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The central crime branch of city police raided three vieo game parlours for indulging in illegal gambling and arrested 71 persons and seized 147 video games machines two DVRs across the city on Tuesday. Two of the vidoe parlours were situated in Chamarajpet while the third one was found on Bull Temple road.
Soccer's rule-making panel is against FIFA president Sepp Blatter's plan to begin testing video replays to help referees.
Reviewing the power related projects in the state through video conferencing, Singh asked all the officials to take all precautionary measures during two famous festivals - Diwali and Chhath. Besides CMD BSPHCL Pratyaya Amrit , MDs of South Bihar Power distribution company limited, North Bihar power distribution company limited, Bihar state power generation company limited were present during the meeting.
Bihar's chief secretary Anjani K Singh on Wednesday directed Bihar state Power (Holding) Company Limited (BSPHCL) and its allied companies to complete all the formalities of maintenance work before Diwali to avoid any kind of any mishap.
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At Singapore Changi Airport
In transit
If you are transiting in Singapore Changi Airport, you can check the flight information displays at the airport for details of the departure terminal of your connecting flights. Information is also available at the Transfer Desks located at the departure transit areas.
At a glance
- Connecting to different terminals at Changi
- Transit facilities in Changi Airport
As the home base of Singapore Airlines and the most awarded airport in the world, Singapore Changi Airport offers a wide array of facilities for relaxation and entertainment, complimentary Internet access and even a free Singapore tour. Family-friendly facilities are also available for those travelling with children and infants.
Changi Airport gate layout map
Customers connecting to flights at another terminal may use the Skytrain to get to the next terminal. The Skytrain operates from 5.00am to 2.30am daily. During non-operating hours, passengers can use the free shuttle bus to travel between terminals.
Get a breath of fresh air at one of Changi Airport's famed indoor and outdoor gardens. There are five thematic gardens for passengers to explore: Cactus Garden (Terminal 1); Enchanted Garden, Orchid Garden and Sunflower Garden (Terminal 2); and the world's first Butterfly Garden in an airport (Terminal 3).
Children-friendly facilities
It is easy to keep the little ones happy and occupied at Changi Airport, with playgrounds located at all three terminals and woodblock rub stations. For travelers with young children, a convenient Baby Care Room with privacy and a hot water dispenser is available.
Internet connectivity and free charging points
Passengers in need of connectivity can enjoy free airport-wide Wi-Fi or surf at any of the 550 free Internet kiosks across the three terminals. With over 800 charging points across the three terminals, passengers can rest while charging their electronic devices for free.
Entertainment facilities
Enjoy blockbusters at Changi's 24-hour movie theatres at Terminal 2 and 3. Gamers can enjoy free LAN gaming, Xbox® Kinect game and PlayStation® 3 games at the Entertainment Deck (Terminal 2), guaranteed to make the transit time pass quickly. The Social Tree at Terminal 1 is an interactive sculpture that allows passengers to share their photo and video memories instantly, and retrieve them on subsequent visits to the airport.
Free Singapore Tour
Brought to you by Singapore Airlines and Changi Airport Group, passengers with a layover of more than 5 hours can sign up for a Free Singapore Tour. This 2-hour journey will take them on a coach tour of Singapore where passengers will get to enjoy some of the country's iconic sights such as the Merlion, Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade, Chinatown and Little India.
For more information, please visit: http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/special-offers/free-singapore-tour/
Relaxing experiences
Enjoy full body massages, manicure/pedicure treatment or even a haircut at the Ambassador Transit Lounges or Plaza Premium Lounge. Equipped with gym and shower facilities, these pay-per-use lounges are popular with passengers who wish to freshen up while on transit. Free foot massage machines are also available across all terminals for travelers to soothe their tired feet.
Changi Transit Programme
From now to 31 March 2016, eligible transit passengers can redeem Changi Dollar Voucher, valued from S$20, for shopping, dining or access to the Ambassador Transit Lounge at Changi Airport.
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On Feb. 12, 2001, the unmanned spacecraft NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) Shoemaker gently touched down on asteroid 433 Eros. NEAR had spent the previous 12 months in orbit about the potato-shaped object, photographing its surface features. After it landed, its onboard gamma-ray spectrometer showed that Eros has a low abundance of iron and aluminum relative to magnesium. Such proportions are found in the Sun and in meteorites called chondrites, thought to be among the oldest objects in the solar system. The observations suggested that Eros was formed some 4.5 billion years ago and did not undergo significant chemical changes after that time. In another postlanding study, a magnetometer aboard NEAR confirmed the lack of a detectable magnetic field on Eros. This finding suggested that magnetized meteorites (which constitute the majority of meteorites found on Earth) may be fragments knocked from other types of asteroids or that they acquired their magnetization on their journey to Earth.
On September 22 another spacecraft, Deep Space 1, successfully navigated its way past Comet Borrelly, providing the best view ever of the ice particles, dust, and gas leaving comets. The spacecraft came within 2,200 km (1,360 mi) of the roughly 8 × 4-km (5 × 2.5-mi) cometary nucleus. It sent back images that showed a rough surface terrain, with rolling plains and deep fractures—a hint that the comet may have formed as a collection of icy and stony rubble rather than as a coherent solid object. From the amount of reflected light—only about 4%—the surface appeared to be composed of very dark matter. Cosmochemists proposed that the surface was most likely covered with carbon and substances rich in organic compounds.
In mid-2001 an international group of astronomers using 11 different telescopes around the world reported the discovery of 12 new moons of Saturn. This brought the total to 30, the largest number so far detected for any planet in the solar system. The moons range in diameter from 6 to 32 km (4 to 20 mi). Saturn previously had been known to have six large moons, Titan being the largest, and 12 small ones, all but one of which were classified as regular moons because they move in circular orbits in the planet's orbital plane. All of the new moons move in highly eccentric orbits, which suggested that they are remnants of larger objects that were captured into orbit around Saturn early in its history and subsequently broken up by collisions.


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Chavez says cancer has returned
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Caracas – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that his cancer has returned and he will have to return immediately to Cuba for another round of surgery to remove it.
Chavez announced that he would return to Cuba on Sunday, after doctors there determined that "some malignant cells" had returned, months after physicians there treated him and pronounced him cancer-free.
The firebrand leader made the announcement after undergoing cancer-related treatment again in Cuba this week, and despite frequent assurances on the campaign trail before his re-election in October that he had been cured of cancer.
Chavez did not specify what kind of cancer he has, but told Venezuelan television and radio that it is "in the same area that was affected" previously.
Recurring bouts of cancer have dogged his presidency for the past couple of years, requiring to him spends weeks at a time being treated in Cuba.
The Venezuelan leader said that in the event that he is incapacitated by his illness, his vice president and heir apparent Nicolas Maduro would govern the country.
Chavez, 58, has repeatedly claimed to have beaten an unspecified cancer in his pelvic region that was diagnosed in 2011 and shrugged off his illness to see off a unified opposition and secure another six-year term on October 7.
He had a cancerous tumor removed from near his pelvic region last year, but the government never disclosed the type or severity of the cancer, and in July of this year he claimed to be cancer-free.
Chavez, who has been in power since 1999 and gained global prominence as an anti-American firebrand, appeared weak and subdued during the presidential campaign, but still managed to win another term that extends to 2018.
He had last been seen in public November 15, and two weeks later he went to Cuba for treatment, having said prior to his trip that he was cured.
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A seal is provided between relatively moving parts and includes plural layers of woven material such as metal, polymer or ceramic materials. The layers are secured to one another and to a first part of the relatively moving first and second parts and extend freely from that first part into engagement with the second part. The woven material layers accommodate shape variations between the parts. In a further form, bristles are disposed between layers of woven material and secured at one end to one part. The free ends of the bristles and the free marginal portion of the woven material project toward the second part in sealing engagement therewith.
1. In a rotary machine having a rotatable component and a component fixed against rotation, said components lying about a common axis, and a labyrinth seal between said components including a plurality of generally circumferentially extending teeth carried by one of said components and projecting generally radially toward the other of said components to effect a seal therebetween, a method of forming a combination labyrinth and brush seal between said components, comprising the steps of retrofitting a circumferential array of discrete bristles on said labyrinth seal of said one component axially adjacent one of said teeth by securing said array to said one component with the bristles lying in a plane generally normal to said axis and with the distal ends thereof projecting toward said other component beyond the radial extent of said one tooth for substantial sealing engagement with said other component.
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/438,228, filed May. 9, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,010,132 which in turn is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/342,011, filed Nov. 16, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,474,306, issued Dec. 12, 1995, which application was a file wrapper continuation of application Ser. No. 07/978,731, filed Nov. 19, 1992, now abandoned, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to seals for turbine applications and particularly relates to woven seals and hybrid cloth-brush seals for sealing between relatively moving parts in gas turbines.
Sealing is oftentimes essential when there are two relatively movable mechanical members in close proximity to one another. The members may have substantial relative motion, such as a turbine shaft against a lubricating oil reservoir, or a rotatable turbine stage relative to fixed support structure and having to withstand a pressure differential across the stage. Alternatively, there could be small vibratory pulsing motion between the members, along with thermal growth, as in sealing between a combustor and a transition piece. The resultant dynamic mismatch at typical combustor junctions requires an effective seal to contain the combustion products and a pressure differential and to allow for the dimensional growth.
More particularly, a plurality of combustors are conventionally disposed in an annular array about the axis of a turbine. Hot gases of combustion flow from each combustor through a transition piece into the first-stage nozzle. Because the transition pieces and the first-stage nozzle are formed of different materials and are subjected to different temperatures during operation, they experience different degrees of thermal growth. Thus, both the transition pieces and the first-stage nozzle support elements move radially, circumferentially and axially relative to one another as a result of thermal growth. Dynamic pulsing between these parts also occurs. This time variable mismatch at the junction of the transition pieces and the first-stage nozzle support elements requires an effective seal to contain the combustion products and the pressure differential across the space, while accommodating these dimensional changes. More particularly, the sealing devices have to conform to surfaces that have time varying characteristics, including whirl, wobble and surface undulations introduced due to wear, and must be capable of operating under high temperature conditions.
A substantial number of seals have been employed in turbine applications in the past. For example, labyrinth seals are often employed between relatively rotating parts. Labyrinth seals, however, have limitations in that they do not easily conform to vibratory movement or rotating surfaces, particularly if there are imperfections in the surfaces. Labyrinth seals hove not demonstrated usefulness in non-rotary applications. Brush seals have been used in many environments, including turbines. Brush seals generally conform better to surface non-uniformities and seal better than labyrinth seals. However, they are severely limited by handling and fabrication difficulties. For example, the very fine bristle wires are not bound together before assembly and it is a formidable task to lay out a predetermined layer of bristles to the required thickness to form a bristle pack suitable to form the resulting seal. The brush seals are, thus, very expensive.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cloth seal comprised of a plurality of layers of woven material, such as metal, polymer or ceramic material, which are superposed over one another, bound together along an edge in a suitable frame and from which the layers project to seal with an adjacent part. Because of the flexible nature of the layered woven material, it can conform to the surfaces of the adjacent part and form an effective seal. For example, in a seal formed between a transition piece and a first-stage nozzle element, the layers of material may be disposed in a frame and suitably secured thereto, for example, by clamping the frame, welding the material to the frame, or the like. The layers of material would project from the frame to the transition piece. As well known, the transition piece moves in a pulsed fashion having both longitudinal and transverse movements. With the free edge of the layers engaging the transition piece, an effective seal is formed between these high and low-pressure areas. The woven material along its sealing edge may have free bristles projecting from the weave, i.e., the transversely extending bristles may be spaced back from the tips of the longitudinally extending bristles whereby the latter form free bristles along the sealing edge of the woven material.
In an alternate form hereof, there is provided a hybrid woven material in combination with brush seals. For example, layers of the woven material may be interspersed with discrete bristles or brushes whereby a combination brush and woven material seal is formed.
In a further alternative form of the present invention, there is provided a dual stiffness cloth brush seal for sealing between a combustion liner and transition piece. The seal comprises a pack of long, woven metal/polymer/ceramic cloth strips having stiff bristle fibers extending in one direction and a softer, more pliable plurality of fibers extending in the orthogonal direction. The stiff bristles may be bent at an angle, for example, on the order of 10 to 30�. In use, the cloth end, i.e., the more compliant longitudinal weave, may be wrapped around the outside of the combustion liner and a metal ribbon may overlie the seal, securing it to the liner. The bristles project outwardly at the desired angle for engagement at their ends with the inside surface of the transition piece, forming a seal.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the seal hereof may be used for shaft sealing applications where high-pressure differentials have to be tolerated. For example, the woven seal may be clamped in a backing plate, with the bristles extending radially toward and into engagement with the rotatable shaft. By providing a curved surface on the downstream low-pressure side of the seal, the wear of the bristles on the shaft can be accommodated as they bear along the curved surface. That is, as the bristles wear, the bristles bend such that the tips continue to engage the curved surface of the shaft and continue to afford a sealing function. Thus, for high pressure differentials across a sealing interface, the bristles afford a superior sealing mechanism that does not lose its effectiveness with use, particularly when the seal material, i.e., the bristles, are worn.
In a still further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a hybrid labyrinth-brush seal particularly for sealing between a shaft and a fixed member. As well known, shaft sealing using labyrinth seals alone results in leakage past the sealing fins. Excessive wear also occurs should the labyrinth seal fins contact one another. In accordance with the present invention, a brush seal or a woven cloth with bristles extending therefrom may be clamped in a slot between the labyrinth seals. Thus, with one of the labyrinth seals serving as a backing for the brush seal, the brushes engage the rotating shaft, affording improved sealing with the brush seal, higher structural integrity and added sealing with the labyrinth. Furthermore, this type of seal can be retrofitted into existing labyrinth seals.
These forms of woven material seals or hybrid woven material/brush seals may accommodate reasonable shape variations, while offering superior sealing. They can be formed of high-temperature resistant materials and offer substantial structural integrity by tying in the fibers or bristles into a weave, yet allowing for conformity to different surface movements and undulations that other types of seals, for example, labyrinth seals, would not be able to accommodate.
In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, there is provided a seal comprising first and second relatively moving parts, a plurality of layers of a woven material substantially overlying one another with overlying marginal portions freely engaging the first part to form a seal therewith and means for securing the layers of woven material to the second part, with the woven material of the layers thereof projecting from the second part and between the first and second parts to form a seal.
In a further preferred embodiment according to the present invention, there is provided a seal comprising first and second parts relatively rotating about an axis, at least one fin disposed on each part and projecting radially toward the other part at axially spaced positions along the parts to define a labyrinth seal between the parts and an annular array of a plurality of bristles carried by one of the first and second parts and extending generally radially toward another of the first and second parts. Means secure the bristles to the one part adjacent the fin carried thereby such that free ends thereof project from the one part for sealing engagement against another part whereby a combined labyrinth and brush seal is formed.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved woven seal and hybrid cloth brush seals for turbine applications for sealing between relatively moving parts in a manner which accommodates differently shaped surfaces and different relative motions of moving surfaces.
FIG. 1 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of a seal according to the present invention, employed between a transition piece and a first-stage nozzle in a combustor of a turbine;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view thereof;
FIG. 3 Is a fragmentary perspective view of a further embodiment of a seal according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 a view similar to FIG. 3 illustrating a still further embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view with parts broken out and in cross-section illustrating a seal according to the present invention employed for sealing between rotating and fixed parts;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view of a dual stiffness cloth brush al according to the present invention formed between combustor liner and transition piece;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view with parts in cross-section of a seal in accordance with the present invention between two relatively movable parts;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a fragmentary view of a wear compensating brush/cloth seal and shaft with parts broken out and in cross-section for ease of illustration;
FIG. 10 is a side elevational view of the seal illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view with parts broken hut and in cross-section of a hybrid labyrinth brush seal according to the present invention; and
FIG. 12 is a reduced fragmentary cross-sectional view thereof.
Reference will now be made in detail to a present preferred embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a seal, generally designated 10, constructed in accordance with the present invention and applied to form a seal between a transition piece 12 of a combustor and a support 14 for a first-stage nozzle. It will be appreciated that the transition piece 12 and the first-stage support 14 are movable relative to one another, in this instance, the movement of the transition piece 12 may be in both longitudinal and transverse directions, as well perpendicular to those directions. The movement also may be a pulsing movement. It will be appreciated that other types of movements between relatively moving parts can be accommodated by the seal 10 of the present invention, that the seal 10 can be used in a wide variety of sealing applications, particularly for high-temperature use, and that the seal is not limited for use for sealing between the transition piece of a combustor and a support for a first-stage nozzle.
Referring again to FIG. 1, the transition piece 12 includes an upstanding groove formed by a pair of flanges 16 and 18 defining a slot therebetween. The first-stage nozzle support 14 has a groove for receiving one flange of a generally Z-shaped support member which supports the seal in the groove, as illustrated in FIG. 2. The support member 20 includes a channel 22 disposed on the opposite flange of the support 20 for securing the seal to the first-stage support 14 with the seal extending in the groove between flanges 16 and 18 for sealing between the transition piece and the first-stage nozzle support.
The seal 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises multiple layers 24 of woven material superposed directly one over the other. Marginal edges of the layers are suitably secured within the channel 22, for example, by welding, clamping and the like. The layers extend freely from the clamped margins thereof toward the opposite relatively movable part. Thus, the layers 24 extend freely from the margins secured to the channel 22 and in this particular application, extend within the slot formed between flanges 16 and 18. The materials constituting the warp and weft of the woven cloth may comprise metal, polymer or ceramic bristles. Where metal bristles are employed, Inconel X750 or Haynes-25 may be used. It will be appreciated that with the woven layers extending freely from the secured margins, the layers 24 can accommodate to reasonable shape variations between the relatively moving parts, while simultaneously offering substantial sealing characteristics. That is, the woven materials allow for conformity to different surface movements and undulations that other seals, for example, labyrinth-type seals, cannot accommodate. In the illustrated application of the seal 10 hereof to sealing between the transition piece and the first-stage nozzle support, the face of the woven material may seal against the flange of the slot. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the forward and rear layers of the woven material, designated 24 a and 24 b, may bear against the flanges 18 and 16, respectively, with the free margins of the layered woven material spaced from the base of the groove. Consequently, the flexibility of the layered woven materials permits these materials to follow the movements and undulations of the relatively moving parts while simultaneously maintaining an effective seal between the parts.
The seal hereof may also comprise a hybrid between brush seals and seals formed of woven materials. For example, in FIG. 3, there is illustrated a hybrid seal of this type wherein there are provided forward and rearward layers of woven material 24 c and 24 d between which there is sandwiched a plurality of free bristles 28. The bristles may be employed much in the same way as brush seals are employed in the seal but between layers of woven material. The ends of the bristles are secured within the channel 22, for example, by welding, to project from the channel freely similarly with the forward and rearward woven materials 24 c and 24 d. Here, again, the seal may be formed by one or both of the faces of the woven material bearing against a sealing member such as the flanges 18 and 16.
As illustrated in both forms shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bristles of the woven layers which extend in a direction parallel to the margin which is secured, may terminate short of the free edges of the perpendicularly disposed bristles in the woven layers. Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the transversely extending bristles 30 in the forward layer 24 c are set back from the free ends 32 of the longitudinally extending bristles 34 forming part of the woven material. In this manner, some of the advantages of standard brush seals are obtained by having the terminal portions of the longitudinally extending bristles extending freely from the woven cloth, thus affording the advantage of brush seals without the disadvantage of handling loose, free bristles during manufacture to form brush seals. It will be appreciated that the set-back of the transversely extending bristles can be used in both the layered woven materials forming the seal illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, as well as the hybrid woven material/brush seals illustrated in FIGS. 3-4.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is illustrated another form of seal hereof wherein multiple layers 36 of woven materials are interspersed with free bristles 38. That is, a plurality of free bristles 38 are disposed between each adjacent pairs of woven material layers 36 in order to combine the advantages of both brush seals formed by free bristles and woven seals. In FIG. 4, the transversely extending bristles of the layers are set back from the free edge of the seal whereby the free edge of the seal is essentially formed of freely extending bristles.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is illustrated a seal according to the present invention, sealing between relatively rotating parts, for example, a rotating shaft 40 and a fixed frame 42. The fixed frame 42 may be in the shape of an annular channel about shaft 40. In this form, the layers of woven material are spin-woven to provide substantially radially extending bristles 44 and bristles 46 concentric about the axis of shaft 40. The bristles 46, as illustrated, may be set back from the free end of bristles 44. It will be appreciated that, while multiple layers of woven materials form the seal illustrated in FIG. 5, any one of the previously described embodiments may be used in the context of forming a seal of this type between relatively rotating parts.
It will also be appreciated that the bristles forming the woven materials may be different in gauge and type of material from one another. For example, for certain applications, it may be desirable to employ metal bristles in the woven material extending in one of the warp or weft directions, while employing a different type of material, such as a ceramic or a polymeric material extending in the other of the warp or weft directions.
Referring now to FIG. 6, there is illustrated a cloth brush seal, generally designated 50, and specifically configured to seal the liner 52 of a combustor and a transition piece 54. In this form, the seal includes a pack of long woven metal/polymer/ceramic cloth strips comprising stiff brush bristle fibers 56 extending from a strip of woven fibers. Particularly, the fibers 56 comprise a cross-weave and fibers 58 comprise softer, more pliable fibers in an orthogonal direction, i.e., a longitudinal weave. The bristles 56 extend from the weave at an angle, for example, about 10-30�. The woven edge of the fibers is wrapped about the outside of the liner, as illustrated. A metal ribbon 60 is suitably secured, for example, by bolting or welding, to secure the seal in place with the tips of the bristles 56 projecting outwardly for engagement along the inside surface of transition piece 54. By employing a seal of this type, leakage through this joint is substantially reduced, while simultaneously permitting differential motions between the transition piece and liner and with minimum wear.
Referring now to FIGS. 7 and 8, there is illustrated a similar seal as in FIG. 6. Particularly, a pack of woven metal/polymer/ceramic woven strips comprising stiff bristle fibers 62 extending in one direction, i.e., a cross-weave direction, and softer, more pliable fibers 64 extending in an orthogonal direction, i.e., longitudinal weave, are provided. The brush bristles 62 extend from the woven part 65 of the woven strip and are held together by the weave of the strip. With the free ends of the bristles 62 projecting from the woven strip and the woven strip secured to one of the movable parts, the bristles 62 can be bent to a desired angle and cut to form a sealing contact with a mating surface. The mating surface, as illustrated in FIG. 7 at 66, can be non-uniform, i.e., wavy or undulating. This type of seal is effective to seal between substantial pressure differences, while permitting differential motions between the sealed parts. For example, this type of seal may be used between the transition piece and first-stage nozzle of a turbine. Thus, no special shapes for the seals are required in order to fit the seals for sealing engagement against variably shaped bodies and with relative motions in substantially any direction. The foregoing-described seal allows for odd shapes to be easily conformed to by a pack of such strips cut from a standard strip stock. The conformity is achieved by the relatively softer fibers of the longitudinal weave with the stiffer bristles extending orthogonally from the softer fibers, sealing in the nature of brush seals.
Referring now to FIGS. 9 and 10, there is provided a seal for sealing across an interface having very high pressure differentials. For example, this seal may be used in inter-stage sealing in a high compression ratio compressor. Labyrinth seals have been used in these situations in the past but do not readily conform to vibrating or rotating surfaces or imperfections in those surfaces. Their effectiveness also diminishes as the pressure differential across the seal is increased. Brush seals have normal wear problems, generally resulting over time in loss of pressure and leakage. In the seal of FIGS. 9 and 10, the brush bristles or the bristles extending from the weave are held in a frame 70 and project radially inwardly such that the tips of the bristles contact the shaft 72. The frame 70 includes a flange 74 on one side to accommodate the bending of the bristles in one direction, as indicated by the dashed lines, in response to wear and differential pressure across the seal.
The shaft 72 includes a collar 75 having a curved surface 76 on the same side of the frame 70 as the flange 74. In this manner, when the tips of the bristles wear, the differential pressure causes the bristles to bear against the curved surface of collar 75 such that the tips seal against a higher point along the collar surface 76. Thus, a continuous sealing action is provided, notwithstanding wear of the brush bristles. The curvature of the surface 76 and the length of the bristles projecting from frame 70 is such that the curvature of the surface 76 increases with increasing distance away from the initial contact point of the bristles with the shaft surface. Hence, any shortening of the bristles due to wear is accommodated by the closer proximity of the curved surface 76 to the base of the bristles in frame 70.
Referring now to FIGS. 11 and 12, there is illustrated a combination hybrid labyrinth brush seal. As noted previously, labyrinth seals do not readily conform to vibrating or rotating surfaces, particularly where imperfections are extant. Brush seals conform to imperfections and seal better than labyrinths but require a backing frame. According to the present invention, there is provided a combination hybrid labyrinth brush seal which readily and easily conforms to the surfaces being sealed, while inherently providing a backing for the brush seals. Particularly, in FIG. 11, there is illustrated a labyrinth seal comprised of a sealing member 80 having sets of radially inwardly directed flanges 82 and 83 which cooperate with teeth 84 and 85 formed on shaft 86 to form a labyrinth seal. Foreshortened flanges 87 and 88 project radially inwardly from member 80 and form annular channels with flanges 82 and 83, respectively, for receiving brush seal packs 90. The radially inwardly directed tips of the brush seal packs seal against the surface of the shaft without detracting from the effectiveness of the labyrinth seals. The brush seal packs 90 are, of course, secured between the flanges 82, 87 and 83, 88, respectively. The flanges thus provide a backing for the brush seals affording structural stability to the seals.
The brush seal packs may comprise solely a plurality of bristles projecting radially from the channels. Alternately, woven seals as illustrated in FIG. 1 or hybrid woven/brush seal combinations may be used in this form of the present invention.
While the invention has been described with respect to what is presently regarded as the most practical embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various alterations and modifications may be made which nevertheless remain within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims which follow.
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It's looking like another good year for affordable, quality health insurance thanks to the ACA. Nearly 155,000 New Yorkers have newly enrolled in coverage through the Marketplace since the start of open enrollment on November 15 . That's in addition to the many who are renewing last year's coverage. You can find stories from New Yorkers who enrolled last year in our recently released story booklet: The ACA is Working: New Yorkers Tell Their Stories.
"The Affordable Care Act gave me a chance and ended my six year nightmare of living without health insurance. It was way more simple and affordable than people think."
-Karen E., Ulster County
The Affordable Care Act is working in New York, according to HCFANY's new publication, The ACA is Working: New Yorkers Tell Their Stories.
The new publication shares stories from New Yorkers like Karen, a single mother from Ulster County, who was finally able to get affordable health coverage for her family after being uninsured for six years, thanks to federal subsidies. Ben, from Broome county got covered thanks to the ACA's Medicaid Expansion and enrolled in the same plan as his son. And Engracia got help from a local Navigator to enroll in a plan that saves her $4,500 a year.
The ACA is Working: New Yorkers Tell Their Stories features twelve consumer stories and quotes from New Yorkers in all regions of the State who enrolled in private Qualified Health Plans, Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and small business plans, all through the NY State of Health Marketplace during the first Open Enrollment period. Many got help to enroll from Navigators, who offer free, unbiased, in-person enrollment help. The stories are paired with key statistics and facts about how the ACA is working for New York – and most importantly, New Yorkers.
View HCFANY's full press release here.
The Alliance for Health Reform and Kaiser Family Foundation held a briefing on Monday about the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP provides quality health coverage for over 8 million kids – including nearly 500,000 in New York under Child Health Plus.
The Program was extended in the ACA through 2019, but unfortunately funding for the program expires next September without congressional action. This would be bad news for kids – many could lose coverage (some due to the "family glitch") or pay more for comprehensive coverage. Not to mention it would cut short a program that has been enormously successful in reducing the child uninsurance rate, which fell by half since the program began in 1997.
A summary of the briefing and all materials are available on the Alliance for Health Reform website, including background materials, videos, and speaker presentations. Speakers included Joan Alker, executive director at Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, Robin Rudowitz, associate director for Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Robert Stewart, analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, and Cathy Caldwell, director of the Bureau of Children's Health Insurance in the Alabama Department of Public Health.
This week, National Academy for State Health Policy and Georgetown University's Center for Children & Families released a joint report analyzing Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage in 42 separate programs in 38 states. For the past 17 years, CHIP has given states federal funds to operate public health insurance programs designed for children. New York's own version of the program, Child Health Plus, has been running even longer – 2014 marks it's 24th year!
Why the focus on CHIP coverage now? The ACA extends CHIP funding through 2015, but after that point the future is somewhat uncertain. By April 15, 2015, the Secretary of HHS will have to determine if coverage offered under the new Qualified Health Plans is "at least comparable" to the benefits and cost-sharing in CHIP. States will soon after have the option to cover children through comparable QHPs. It's important that advocates and consumers alike know and voice the benefits of CHIP, which has been responsible for millions of children gaining coverage since it's inception. More children are gaining coverage through the program all the time – recent enrollment numbers show over 80,000 children enrolled in New York's Child Health Plus program between October 1 and April 15, nearly 70,000 of whom are newly uninsured.
There are federal rules for certain aspects of CHIP coverage and costs – for example, the cost paid by families can't be more than 5% of their income. Within these requirements States still have a fair amount of flexibility to choose benefits and cost-sharing for enrollees. The report finds that CHIP programs generally offer comprehensive coverage with low cost-sharing. About 1/3 of the programs provide benefits very like the Medicaid packages in their state, which are known for being very comprehensive. Plans generally cover basic physical, hospital, and laboratory services without limitations; all plans cover dental, vision, and hearing services, though with varying limitations. Most programs charge some sort of premium, but about 1/3 of the programs have no cost-sharing.
New York's Child Health Plus, is one of the most generous in the country, offering subsidized coverage for any child up to 19 from families up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. Premiums range from $9 per child for those just above the Medicaid level, to $180 for those at the 400% of FPL who live in high cost regions of the state. New York is also one of the states with no cost-sharing beyond premiums, making Child Health Plus a particularly affordable option. And, coverage is open to any child, regardless of immigration status. Children in families with incomes above 400% FPL can still buy into the program at full price.
Child Health Plus covers most services without limitations, including physician, hospital, and lab services, prescription drugs, pre-natal care vision and dental services. Uncovered services include nursing care, case management, and care coordination, as well as non-Emergency Transport. And, a few services, like orthodontics and outpatient mental health services, are covered with limitations.
For more on coverage and costs, including a handy table for Child Health Plus on page 91, visit the full report.
Want to learn more about children's health coverage in New York? Join HCFANY for our Children, Youth and Families Task Force Meeting on May 28 in Albany. More details here.


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License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad
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When the playoffs began, the Memphis Grizzlies mattered most as a tie-in for TNT's (latest) number-one rated drama, Memphis Beat. Yet here they are, one game away from eliminating a Spurs team that breezed through the regular season, uncharacteristically spunky during the year it was supposed to take stock, look inward, and prepare for life after Tim Duncan.
Regular as a great man's piss, the Spurs are the team you simply don't pick against, even if Manu Ginobili is playing with a busted wing. We waited all season for them to slow up and pace themselves (they did, all along, with Duncan), and instead, they sat atop the West for most of 2010-11. If Memphis pulls this off, they won't just have squeaked by with a magical upset; they have summarily drubbed the Spurs. Four games in, there is no question that the Grizzlies are the better team.
Admittedly, there were signs all along. With Manu hurt, the Grizzlies were expected to give the Spurs some problems. More pointedly, San Antonio never really had an inside presence that could match the one-two combo of Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol—Bebop and Rocksteady, if anyone feels like figuring out which one is which TMNT character. Signs, however, are different from indicators, which are again different from writing on the wall. The Spurs have been here time and again, and only the stock Kobe Bryant/Shaquille O'Neal Happy Times Juggernaut was able to really leave them splattered on the wall. Until now. One more time: This season was the Spurs like never before; this series is the Spurs like never before.
I'm sure others have brought up the BELIEVE! Warriors of 2007. The Warriors, perhaps the buzz-team to end all buzz-teams, obliterated a strait-laced Dallas Mavericks squad that had, like the Spurs, made short shrift of the regular season. But the comparison isn't perfect—you could argue that this year's Spurs were in fact San Antonio's most dynamic team in a while—but the sense of purpose, and appeal to a higher basketball power that, in its facility, could just as easily belong to hell as heaven, is unmistakable.
The Grizzlies, though, are without a doubt the closest thing we've seen in the playoffs since the Baron Davis/Stephen Jackson Warriors. Not only because Golden State was the first eighth-seed to knock off a number one in a seven-game series; or because they caught fire in the second half after a rickety beginning; or because it draws its strength from oft-maligned players who have been reduced to punchline and rap sheet and yet could give a fuck less about your redemption narrative. Or because, in an underrated turn of events, it is effectively without its best scorer. Memphis's Rudy Gay has been on the shelf since the All-Star break—don't worry, he's not sulking, and isn't the kind of player who warrants a Ewing Theory debate—just as the Warriors effectively marginalized Jason Richardson, for years their top scorer. Gay sits in his Sunday best and grins; J-Rich glowered and took threes when he got them.
All basketball aside, though, what makes the Grizzlies this year's BELIEVE! Warriors is what they mean to the sport. This isn't the Brave New Vision, and undulating superstar babies, of the Thunder and Sam Presti. The Grizzlies are a refugee camp turned utopic community. They're a small market team that has made its share of bad decisions, even if the trade of Pau Gasol for the younger Marc Gasol and spare change now looks like a masterstroke. The Warriors were revolution embodied, all versatile, athletic 6'7" guys who excelled at no-look passes, frightening dunks, and long bombs not for the faint of heart. The Grizzles, on the other hand, are surprisingly conservative—just a bunch of big, muscular guys who put in work and could give a fuck about stats or highlights. Altar boy and Michael Lewis avatar Shane Battier is back, but these no-stats stars would prefer to stay off the books entirely.
The heart and soul of the Warriors was Stephen Jackson, a fabulously skilled player who also couldn't help but find trouble. The Grizzlies have Tony Allen, a defensive stopper, mouthpiece for all things grimy, and opportunistic scorer whom Kevin McHale referred to as "the leader of the chaotic brigade." The Warriors had Stephen Jackson's catchy "I Make Love to Pressure"; the Grizz rally behind Allen's more direct "All heart, grit, grind." A key moment for this team? When Allen beat the crap out of O.J. Mayo on the team plane over cards. That really brought them together.
The Warriors looked to Jackson for the People's Message, but they won because they had Baron Davis at his best, a triple-double threat who galvanized the non-stop break. The Grizzlies overly-polite Mike Conley has come into his own as a speedy distributor, but the closer analog to Davis is Zach Randolph, who even more than Allen, has blazed (pun intended) his way across the NBA over the last decade. In Portland, he went from baby-faced savior to one of the chief architects of the Jail Blazers anti-reclamation project; as a Knick, he became synonymous with the Isiah-era excess. Randolph has had legal woes, and even as he was putting his career back together in Memphis, there were confusing reports of a sizable drug ring in his hometown of Indianapolis that may have led back to him. Yet here is Z-Bo, playing like the kid we all fell hard for in Portland. Better yet, he's not going to apologize for the things he did do, or our perception that he somehow did even more. Dude signed an extension immediately after the Game 1 win. That which doesn't kill these Grizzlies makes them Grizzles; that which makes them Grizzlies pushes on, at once matter-of-fact and middle-finger-flapping.
The other names on the team are grunts, toughs, but without a hint of malice. Sam Young, Darrell Arthur...these are the bastard sons of Battier's humility and Allen's swagger. This team—another great McHale-ism from last night—"plays defense like an accordion," hammers the ball inside, and gets shots when it needs them. O.J. Mayo gets his, more like a hazing victim who has survived and been reborn than the former wunderkind expected to lead the team's future (and was almost dealt when the chemistry wasn't right).
Is this melange of brute force, hard work and snarling punishment a threat to the league? Is it Right Way or as defiant Wrong as the Warriors? Hard to say yet. One thing's for sure: This team sprang up, organically, with an ethos all its own. It's battering the Spurs, the walking, jumping equivalent of the NBA's status quo. This shouldn't be happening, not like this, and yet it is. It may not even be fun to watch. The Grizzlies, though, have gone and taken theirs. And yes, there's a strong racial component to all this, but it might take another round—time for the shock to wear off—before this really gets nasty. The Warriors were unsettling, with their "playground ball" and abundant technical fouls. Tony Allen had shaved the team logo in the back of his head for last night's game, but removed it. His advisers talked him out of it.
The Grizzlies couldn't play less like the 2007 Warriors. But were the Warriors really ever just about aesthetics? Once upon a time, some ESPN columnist wrote that Dwyane Wade was Jordan 2 because, unlike LeBron, we hadn't seen it coming. That was how amazing, in a historical sense, happened. Or, to put it another way, if Jesus walked up and punched you in the face, would you know to thank him right away?
Shoals is the founder of FreeDarko.com and the co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History.


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The corosion problem you found on your boat may be long term capilltary action. It could be the wire insulation is okay , but the micro spacing between the wire strands has allowed the enviorement to move into the cable, then inch it's way through the length of the cable.
I am in TOTAL agreement that a GOOD QUALITY wire can be heat shrink wrapped and the wire will be fine in 20+ years! We do NOT differ on this point!
During this recent wiring project I removed a total of five runs of wire from the same exact DRY conduit that was NO WHERE near the bilge. Three of these runs were original, factory installed, duplex 14ga un-tinned wire that were 29 years old. Two of them were cheap DIY installed stuff, one was brown lamp cord and one looked like speaker wire with a transparent vinyl type insulation/jacket. They were somewhere between 10-15 years old and not the 29 year age of the original factory wiring. The reason for this project was a WIRING FAILURE in the DIY installed stuff..
It's very important to note that ALL five of these wires were in the exact same dry conduit and all used the same type of open, non-heat shrink, crimp connectors.
The three 29 year old factory wire runs had black oxidation that clearly traveled or "wicked" about 4" in from the ends. This is to be expected with open style crimps on bare copper so no surprise there at all. The other two wires, that had significantly LESS time on the boat, in the order of 10+ less years of service, were oxidized the entire length 15+/- feet and not just 4" in from the ends!
These wires were the "lamp cord" and the "speaker wire" grade wires. Remember, same terminations, same locations just different quality wires and wire insulation. It does not get any clearer than that to show that the jacket of the wire allowed oxidation through the insulation! It did NOT wick the entire 15 feet or the other three older wires, with the SAME crimps, would have looked worse being 10+ years older and they did not. The copper inside the better quality factory wiring was perfect after you stripped back about 4" of insulation.
If oxygen could permeate miles upon miles of radiant tube, for in-floor heating, causing millions of dollars in system failures, class action law suits and and major monetary damage it can permeate the insulation of cheap wire..
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[Also, the PS issue should be addressed to PS.]
It was!
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