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College GameDay returns to Gainesville
Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.
ESPN's College GameDay returns to Gainesville for this Saturday's South Carolina-Florida game.
Florida is making its 35th appearance on the popular show, a number that leads the nation. This will be the program's first appearance in Gainesville since Nov. 28, 2009, a 37-10 Florida victory over Florida State. UF has already appeared twice on the program this season in consecutive weeks, a 20-17 win over Texas A&M in College Station on Sept. 8 and a 37-20 victory over No. 23 Tennessee on Sept. 15 in Knoxville.
The show, with a 10 a.m. start, will be stationed outside the North End Zone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Former Gator swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte will be the celebrity guest picker on College GameDay.
GameDay airs live from Gainesville
*Editors Note: This article published on October 9, 2006 after No. 5 Florida defeated No. 9 LSU 23-10.
The countdown begins four minutes before airtime.
Here, inside a white tractor-trailer bed, a bank of more than 100 monitors displays a collage of college football enthusiasm.
There's plenty to choose from. Tight shots of orange-and-blue-clad students screaming madly. Wide shots of the palm tree-lined entrance to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
As the digital clock counts closer to 9:57 a.m., assistant producer Lee Fitting opens his microphone, which feeds into the earpiece of ESPN GameDay show host Chris Fowler.
"Big open, here, Chris," Fitting said. "Really sell it."
As 10 a.m. quickly approaches, the crew of eight inside the cramped trailer stays loose. "Just sit back and enjoy yourselves," coordinating producer Michael Fountain said.
In the final 30 seconds, director Scott Flavora readies the cameras for the rapid-fire shots that compose the opening of the show. Go time. Flavora begins with a wide shot of the crowd, dissolving into the introduction. Fowler sells it, as he's done the past 20 years.
To many, ESPN's College GameDay is the popular pregame show that sets the stage for pigskin fall Saturdays. It centers on the enlightening and entertaining threesome of Fowler and analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso.
That's what the country sees. What's behind it is a production that involves close to 70 staff members, five trailers, three satellite uplinks and more than 1,000 feet of cable.
"It's a big operation," said Craig Lazarus, ESPN vice president of studio production, who has overseen the show the last two years. "In terms of putting it all together, a lot of it is teamwork. When everyone works together, it clicks."
In its 20th season overall and 13th on the road, the live show has been interrupted just once. Lightning struck near the set four years ago when GameDay went to West Point, N.Y., to feature an Army game.
Other than that, it has survived weekly throngs of passionate fans, wacky weather and other surprises. The Sun went behind the scenes during the GameDay broadcast this weekend for the Florida-LSU game to see how the show comes together.
The day before
Herbstreit and Fowler arrive at their rooms in the Hilton hotel via police escort early Friday afternoon after their connecting flight from Atlanta into Gainesville was delayed. Because the plane lands at close to noon, the two have to contend with Homecoming parade traffic.
Fowler thumbs through numerous highlighted SEC game notes and two stacks of paper, each about 2 inches thick.
"This one is the top secret pile," Fowler said, referring to information obtained exclusively through ESPN's research department.
Fowler said he often catches up on research during flights or on long nights in his hotel room. Often, he stays up until 2 a.m. the night before the show and wakes up at 6.
Corso drives from his home in Orlando and makes it to Gainesville early Friday afternoon. All three are prompt for a 2:30 p.m. planning meeting inside the cramped on-site trailer. During the hourlong meeting, the three review storylines with Fountain and Lazarus.
To the left of the door inside the trailer are buckets filled with assorted pick-me-ups - candy bards, vitamins, Nutri-Grain bars, Advil, cough syrup, wheat bread. There's also a shelf filled with sunscreen, which comes in handy for warm-weather sites.
Researchers and assistant producers pound away at four laptops, scouring databases for information. One researcher, Chris Falica, alerts Fowler on the status of Florida running back DeShawn Wynn, who is questionable with a knee sprain, and receiver Percy Harvin, probable with a high ankle sprain.
"Even (Saturday) morning, we'll be scanning the articles," Falica said. "It's rare something breaks, but if it does we'll hand him a card. Usually, it's injuries. That and weather. We check weather.com to try to get the latest weather at certain sites."
The set is ready on Friday for three taped shots to air on SportsCenter and ESPNews. Construction began Thursday night and concluded Friday morning under the watchful eye of operations manager Don Larick. It took a crew of 30 nearly five hours to put it together.
The set travels from its home base in West River, Mich., via tractor trailer to 14 different sites throughout the season.
"It's a traveling road show," Larick said. "For 14 straight weeks, we build a stage and put it down."
Between smatterings of cream applied by makeup artist Donna Martin, Herbstreit acknowledges the grind of his current schedule. On Thursday night, Herbstreit and Fowler were in the broadcast booth for N.C. State's upset of Florida State. Herbstreit also has been calling Saturday night prime-time games for ABC.
"You do it for so long, you kind of forget people, places," Herbstreit said. "You're still thinking about that rental car not working, the hotel room not being ready, the flight being delayed.
"On Sunday, you go back home and you're just comatose. You take the full day to rest. Then Monday it's another conference call, another planning meeting.
"It's still a dream job. I just get caught up in the excitement of the crowd and the buildup to the game. Besides my family (Herbstreit and wife, Allison, have four young sons, ranging from 6 to two months), my passion is college football."
Earlier in the afternoon, Herbstreit phoned Tennessee offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe to gain some insight on Florida's defense.
"I do a lot of calls to coaches," Herbstreit said. "I really like discussing the different philosophies, the different strategies. Reading articles provides some of the background, but for the most part I view my job as telling the audience who is going to win and why."
With the makeup session done, Herbstreit heads to the set for the first of the three tapings. Corso wears faded blue jeans and white Air Jordan sneakers to go with his navy blue sportcoat and red tie. Herbstreit and Fowler wear shorts and sneakers with their suit jackets.
An associate producer gives Corso a quick rundown of what he will be talking about during the first taping, "Just a quick rundown on Miami," the producer says. "Where are they? Where do they go from here? Is their season over?"
About two dozen onlookers from the W. University Avenue sidewalk watch as the cameras roll.
"Miami, not dead yet," Corso says. "You've got North Carolina, Florida International and Duke coming up - all three winnable games. Then at Georgia Tech, and at home against Virginia Tech. You want to win the ACC, Miami, here's your chance. It's right there in front of you."
Unlike Herbstreit, Corso said he rarely talks to coaches.
"I know it," said the 69-year-old Corso, a former college head coach at Indiana, Louisville and assistant coach at Florida State. "I've lived it. About 80 percent of the situations that these coaches have been in, I've been in."
Saturday showtime
Staff and hosts arrive for a 7:30 a.m. production meeting. By then, crowds already are starting to gather, in search of prime positions in front of the sponsor-draped bicycle racks that serve as fences. Many are students, some in tank tops, some shirtless with body paint.
Corso, Herbstreit and Fowler reach the stage amid raucous cheers for a 9:20 a.m. preview of the upcoming show, which airs live on SportsCenter. This time, all three wear full suits.
About 10 minutes before airtime, Fowler addresses the crowd, which has grown more than 30 deep to near the stadium entrance, "It's great to be back in the SEC," he says. "It's long overdue. Last time we were here, it was three years and most of you were probably in high school."
Fowler then surveys the signs and instructs the crowd, "Keep in mind that it's two hours and it's a national show, so we can't talk about Florida all the time. We want you to be loud, but be respectful. Show the country why you are the best fans in college football."
Assorted signs spring up. One reads "Even FEMA can't stop this Leak." Others include "Geaux Tigers" and "Leak for Heisman." There's even a random Washington State University flag waving in the distance.
Florida coach Urban Meyer doesn't make an appearance on the set, but his wife, Shelly, does. She's hoisted into the air by UF male cheerleaders, visible in the camera shot behind the set where the GameDay triumvirate is perched.
There are three cameras on stage, marked one, two and three, and one on a boom that's hoisted up and down for wider crowd shots. A second camera held up on a boom takes shots of a crowd from behind the set. Both are operated by freelancers hired by ESPN and balanced with close to 250 pounds of free weights.
A hand-held camera takes shots of the crowd gathered on W. University Avenue. Students light up when the cameras approach. Many scream "Go Gators" and point to their Florida gear.
Also on the left corner of the stage is a zipped, blue duffel bag. It holds the mascot head that Corso will wear when he picks the Florida-LSU game, which has become a staple of the show.
During the broadcast, the analysts make salient points. Herbstreit declares LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pellini as "the best defensive mind in college football." Corso ranks his top four college football defenses. The crowd lights up when he ranks Florida fourth. But boos follow when SEC rivals Georgia, LSU and Auburn are ranked third through first respectively.
At 11:40, the blue duffel bag moves behind the set, as the show winds down to its final picks segment. A taped feature on Florida's use of quarterbacks Chris Leak and Tim Tebow precedes the picks. Fowler then sets up Corso and Herbstreit on the big games of the day, with Corso and Herbstreit disagreeing on Oklahoma-Texas (Corso picks Oklahoma, Herbstreit Texas). Then, as the clock ticks to noon, Herbstreit chooses LSU, based on the strength of its defense. The duffel bag opens and out pops the Gator mascot head. A deafening roar follows. Corso puts on the mascot head and extends his arms in a Gator chomp, to the delight of the crowd
Quick change
Shortly after Corso dons his Gator head, crewmembers surround the stage. Part of the conditions for broadcasting GameDay from its W. University Avenue location was to clear the promenade entering Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in time for Gator Walk, when Florida players enter the stadium.
The crew has an hour to strike the stage. Before the end of the live show, some non-essential lights and cameras already were cleared. Then, it's lifting 15 four-by-six-foot plastic panels. Each one weighs 150 pounds. Below are eight, black-colored iron supports that are cleared to the side, away from the stadium entrance.
It takes about 20 crewmembers a little more than 20 minutes to dismantle the stage.
"We may have done it too good," Larick said. "Now they might ask, maybe we could have done a little more taping. But it was the first time we ever tried anything like this. There was the unknown there, and we wanted to leave ourselves enough time."
Crew member Justin Enders takes a well-deserved lunch break after helping strike the set.
"It went very smoothly," Enders said. "A lot of us have been working together seven, eight, nine years or more, so I wasn't surprised."
Fowler, Corso and Herbstreit head toward the orange bus parked across the street in front of the Delta Tau Delta house. Police escort them across the street. Herbstreit recalled an incident at an earlier Gainesville show when a woman tried to jump on his back.
"The police formed a tunnel for us," Herbstreit said. "It can get a little scary at times, but for the most part, I always feel like we're well-protected."
To ensure safety, close to 30 uniformed Gainesville Police officers and Alachua County Sheriff's deputies work the GameDay detail.
After some obligatory pictures with sponsors and VIPs, the three TV hosts then step into the bus. Inside are five televisions, where the three can break down different games from the afternoon.
"The best part of my job," Herbstreit said. "I'm a fan like anyone else, yelling, throwing things at the TV. And you're rooting for the teams you pick because the fans hold you so accountable for it. If Lee and I pick opposite teams, we'll be throwing things at each other, yelling at each other. It's all in good fun."
Later in the afternoon, Herbstreit will take in the Florida-LSU game from the sidelines. "That's something I'm looking forward to," Herbstreit said. "Doing the ABC games at night, I usually don't get the chance to get the feel from the game down there."
Winding down
It's 9:15 p.m., a little less than two hours after Florida's 23-10 win against LSU. W. University Avenue is strangely silent.
Crowds are gone. On stage, a solitary camera remains. Herbstreit is scheduled for a 9:45 p.m. shoot for halftime of ABC's Oregon-California game.
Crew-members already begin striking the set. Cables are disconnected. Cameras are disassembled. Sounds of carts being wheeled and boxes being shut echo through the still, October evening.
"If all goes smoothly," Larick says. "We'll be out of here by midnight."
Already, the focus shifts to next week. Crew members speculate they'll be at Auburn for its game with Florida, thanks to the UF win. Had Auburn, an upset victim to Arkansas earlier in the afternoon, and Florida both lost, then Michigan-Penn State would have become the stronger option.
Lazarus said the decision on the site occurs during a Monday morning conference call. Herbstreit, Fowler and Corso all have input. Eventually, ESPN executive vice president of production Norby Williams needs to sign off on the decision later that morning.
Choosing sites can be tricky and is sometimes second-guessed by fans who feel like their teams are being slighted.
"It's all part of the formula," Lazarus said. "We're looking for the best game. We're looking to mix in all of the conferences. We've been to five different conferences in five weeks.
"With Kirk doing the night games for ABC now, that certainly plays into it. You want to try to make things convenient for him. Earlier this year, when we did Nebraska-USC, it was an intriguing matchup because the two teams hadn't played since 1970. We also did the Bayou Classic (Grambling-Southern) last year. So we're also looking at different sites, games that are unique."
Wherever GameDay ends up, a set will again need to rise from nothing. Cables will re-connect and more candy and vitamins will fuel the staff through the day. When you live this carnival existence, the show, as they say, must go on.
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|Dec 24, 2002
|Filing date
|Jul 21, 1999
|Priority date
|Jul 21, 1998
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|Thomas M. Schmatz
|Original Assignee
|Henkel Loctite Deutschland Gmbh
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (4), Classifications (15), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a seal between two machine parts which together enclose a space in which, at least at times, high pressure and/or high temperature prevail. A curable composition is applied as a sealing means directly onto one or both machine parts at least in the areas which do not directly adjoin the space in which, at least at times, high pressure and/or high temperature prevails, and the two machine parts are built in before the curing of the composition.
The invention relates further to an arrangement of two machine parts connected to each other with a seal therebetween, as well as a piston engine with an engine block and a cylinder head and with a seal arranged therebetween.
A solid seal is usually inserted between the engine block and the cylinder head to seal the cylinder head. The solid seal covers the entire seal surface between the engine block and the cylinder head. Openings in the cylinder head seal are provided in the area of the combustion chambers, the cooling water ducts, the cylinder head screws, etc. The edges of the openings for the combustion chambers are strengthened by metal inserts. The other openings can have rings of silicon beads to ensure sealing at these points. The costs of complicated cylinder head seals as used today to achieve quality standards bear no relation to other sealing solutions.
There is known from GB-A-2 189 253 a process of the type quoted at the outset wherein only one curable composition, which is non-fluid at rest, is used as sealing means.
It is known from DE-A-2 203 485 to form a sealing ring in situ between two flanges by introducing between the flanges a solid, moldable, polyacrylate polymer seal means which is heat curable to an elastomer, the flanges then being pressed onto each other in order to achieve a complete contact between the seal means and the seal surfaces of the flanges, and by finally heating the arrangement in order to convert the seal means to the elastomeric form.
There is known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,558 and DE-A-196 32 275 a sealing and bonding method for connecting component parts, especially a method for sealing and bonding metal component parts in the vehicle and engine technology. At least one groove with a filling opening is provided in at least one of the joint surfaces. The component parts are joined together in the desired orientation and a sealing or bonding composition is then filled in through the filling opening until the groove is completely filled.
An elastomeric silicone seal is known from DE-A-44 39 186, the silicone being applied to the housing cover in uncrosslinked state and a predetermined period then being allowed to pass up to partial crosslinking of the silicone before it being brought into the desired shape by means of a punching tool. The silicone is subsequently allowed to crosslink completely.
It is known from DE-C1-37 40 033 to provide a flowable sealing means at the solid, cylinder head, seal end side facing toward the timing case cover. The sealing means is pressed during assembly against the seal step sections of a profile seal which is provided between the cylinder head side and the crankcase side cover part of the timing case cover.
Further, it is known to use curable composition appliable in liquid form for sealing gearbox housing covers and oil sump covers. However, only relatively low temperatures and low pressures occur inside such covers.
The object of the invention is to simplify the manufacture of a seal between two machine parts which enclose a space in which relatively high pressures and/or temperatures prevail.
According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the curable composition is applied in liquid form directly onto one or both machine parts, in that directly around the edge of the high pressure and/or high temperature space, a sealing ring is inserted between the two machine parts into a recess of a seal surface of the peripheral wall of the chamber, the recess being dimensioned so that the pressure required for the seal is exerted on the sealing ring in the assembled state of the two machine parts, and in that the curable composition is used for sealing outside the areas which directly adjoin the space.
According to the invention, the solid seal is thus at least partially replaced by a chemical liquid seal.
Subject matter of the invention is further an arrangement of two machine parts connected to each other with a seal there-between, the seal being produced according to the process of the invention, as well as a piston engine with an engine block and a cylinder head and with a seal arranged therebetween, the seal being formed by a curable composition at least in the areas which do not directly adjoin the combustion chambers.
Because the curable composition is built in before the curing, it is a so-called FIP (=formed in place) product. As opposed to that, a so-called CIP (=cured in place) product would not be built in until after curing.
The curable composition is applied directly onto the seal is surface of one or both machine parts. The application of the curable composition can be totally automated, which results in savings not only due to the absence of the solid seal but also is approx. 300 MPa, there is no such maximum value for the seal according to the invention. Within the compressive strength of the material of the machine parts concerned, the surface pressure can be as high as required.
In the case of larger flanges and therewith larger flange surfaces, in particular with multicylinder engines, relative movements of the two seal surfaces can come about due to the different heating or a different thermal expansion coefficient of the component parts. A destruction of the sealing means and a leakage involved with that can be prevented here by a thicker sealant film by which the sealant can follow this movement. In order also to guarantee a metal-on-metal contact in such a case, a bevel or recess is provided at the inner or outer edges of the sealing surface. The thicker sealant film can also be achieved in the area of this bevel or recess when there is otherwise substantially metal-on-metal contact. The beveling or recessing is as a rule merely to be carried out on one flange side, a sufficient covering of the two flange surfaces having to be heeded. A sealant film can build up in the area of the bevel or recess. The thickness of the seal film is to be designed in accordance with the elasticity of the sealant used and the existing relative movement of the flange surfaces to each other so that the sealant is not destroyed during the whole service life of the assembly group. As a rule, a minimum layer thickness of 0.8 mm is sufficient. Depending on the case of application, the bevel or recess can extend over the whole area or also only over part areas of the flange. It may also be necessary for specific applications on the basis of the geometric circumstances of the flange surface to arrange a groove or groove/slant instead of the bevel or recess. The bevel, recess, groove or groove/slant can already be introduced into the casting to save costs.
Due to the described geometric changes in the flange (bevel, recess, groove, groove/slant), an escape of the excess sealant internally or externally is avoided upon correct dimensioning as well as a sufficiently exact metering of the sealant. A sealant escape, e.g., into the combustion chamber can, consequently, be avoided. With an uncontrolled sealant escape, it can come to damage to the assembly group or subsequent assemblies during operation.
The curable composition is preferably an adhesive on an acrylic or silicone basis, e.g. Loctite 5920, Loctite 5699 or 5999, Loctite 5900 or Loctite 5970. However, other chemical compositions are also conceivable. A curable composition or such a sealant is preferably used which is applicable at temperatures of above 180 EC.
The process according to the invention is particularly suitable for manufacturing a seal between the engine block and the cylinder head of a combustion engine, but is also suitable for the manufacture of flange seals in gas turbines and similar machines.
Embodiments of the invention are explained below with the help of the drawing. There are shown:
FIG. 1 a top view of an open engine block;
FIG. 2 a detailed section along the cylinder axis in longitudinal engine direction;
FIG. 3 in section, a sealing ring enclosed on both sides by a plastic ring arranged on the edge of the cylinder bore of an engine block;
FIG. 4 in section, the seal between the cylinder head and an engine block;
FIGS. 5 to 8 in section, the seal between two machine parts, a bevel, recess, straight groove or, resp., slanted groove is formed in one of the seal surfaces.
FIG. 1 shows an engine block 10 from above so that only its seal surface 12 is visible. There are openings in the seal surface 12 for the combustion chambers 14, the cooling water ducts 16, the oil bores 18, the chamber 20 for the timing chain and the cylinder head screws 22. Beads 30 of a curable composition are applied around all of these openings. The amount applied is controlled so that a very thin layer of adhesive or composition forms after the fitting of the cylinder head and the tightening of the cylinder head screws and there is virtually a metal-on-metal contact between the engine block 10 and the cylinder head. The heat transmission between these two machine parts and the heat dissipation are thereby improved.
The cylinder head is fitted and the cylinder head screws are tightened so that a surface pressure of at least 2.5 MPa is ensured during operation in the areas of the seal surface adjoining the combustion chambers 14. In the other areas of the seal surface 12, the surface pressure can also be lower, depending on the choice of curable composition used as a sealing means.
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the seal surface 12 in the areas 32 around the combustion chambers 14 is somewhat recessed relative to the other areas. For this, the chamber wall 33 thus has a somewhat lesser height than the rest of the engine block 10. A metal sealing ring 34 is positioned in the recess 32, i.e. on top of the chamber wall 33. Instead of in the engine block 10, a corresponding recess can also be provided in the cylinder head. It is also possible to provide such a recess in both the engine block 10 and in the cylinder head. The recess 32 and the thickness of the sealing ring 34 are matched to each other so that the sealing ring 34 is pressed.
For multicylinder engines, the sealing rings 34 for the individual cylinders can form a continuous chain. The sealing rings 34 can be fixed by adhesive. They can also have a downwardly directed outer edge 36 which covers the outside of the chamber walls 33 and thus prevents a slipping of the sealing rings 34 before assembly.
Beads 30 of the curable composition are applied around the openings for the cooling water ducts 16, the oil bores 18, the chambers 20 for the timing chain and the cylinder head screws 22. The cylinder head screws are tightened with the usual torque.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, a thin metal ring 40 which is enclosed on the inside and outside by plastic strips is placed around the opening for the combustion chambers 14. When fitting the cylinder head the thin metal ring 40 is pressed into the material of the engine block 10 and cylinder heads, whereby a reliable seal is achieved around the combustion chamber 14.
FIG. 4 shows the seal surfaces 12 of the engine block 10 and the cylinder head 11 and a seal 50 therebetween. The seal surfaces 12 edges surrounding the combustion chamber (14) are slightly raised so that there is largely metal-on-metal contact in that area. In the other areas, the seal 50 has a thickness up to 0.8 mm.
FIG. 5 shows two flanges 44, 46 and the seal 50 therebetween. The flanges 44, 46 have the seal surfaces 12. The edges of the seal surfaces 12 have a 30E bevel 48 with a height of 0.8 mm. The bevel 48 forms a wedge-shaped groove in which the curable composition forms a convex meniscus 52. The edge areas of the seal 50 are protected by the bevel 48 in particular against separation from the seal surfaces 12. The seal 50 thereby also withstands relative movements of the flanges 44, 46 as a result of temperature differences or different temperature coefficients.
FIG. 6 shows an arrangement similar to that of FIG. 5, a steplike recess 54 having a step height of 0.8 mm is formed in the seal surface 12 of the one flange 44. Due to the greater thickness of the seal 50 within the recess 54, the seal 50 withstands smaller relative movements of the flanges 44, 46.
FIGS. 7 and 8 show the two flanges 44, 46 with the seal 50 therebetween, a right-angular or, resp., one-side slanted groove 55, 56 is formed within the seal surface 12 of the flange 44. The grooves 55, 56 have a depth again of 0.8 mm so that the seal 50 here has a corresponding thickness. Also due to such a greater layer thickness in the interior area of the seal surfaces 12, the flanges 44, 46 can be sealed in a manner that the seal 50 withstands high temperatures and/or pressures within the adjoining spaces and relative movements conditioned by temperature.
10 Engine block
11 Cylinder head
12 Seal surface
14 Combustion chamber
16 Cooling water duct
18 Oil bore
20 Chamber for timing chain
22 Cylinder head screws
30 Bead
32 Recess
33 Chamber wall
34 Sealing ring
36 Edge
40 Metal ring
42 Plastic strips
44,46 Flanges
48 Bevel
50 Seal
52 Meniscus
54 Recess
55 Right-Angular groove
56 One-Side slanted groove
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jul 18, 1973
|Mar 4, 1975
|Pressure Science Inc
|Fire resistant sealing ring combination
|Apr 1, 1985
|Apr 21, 1987
|Felt Products Mfg. Co.
|Method of making a silk-screened gasket of enhanced sealing characteristics
|May 3, 1982
|Sep 20, 1988
|Amp Incorporated
|Acrylic adhesive sealant and leak sealing method
|Dec 8, 1986
|Aug 21, 1990
|Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
|Covering member for casing of fixed disc memory unit
|Feb 20, 1992
|Dec 7, 1993
|Fel-Pro Incorporated
|Metal head gasket with integrated sealing aids
|Dec 16, 1992
|Jan 4, 1994
|Chrysler Corporation
|End seals for V-type internal combustion engines and engine sealing method
|Jul 24, 1997
|Feb 10, 1998
|Mannesmann Rexroth Gmbh
|One-piece seal with fastening section and sealing section
|Sep 17, 1996
|Mar 17, 1998
|Cylinder head gasket for sealing uneven surfaces having reservoir filled with plastic paste-like sealant and method of forming the same
|Apr 26, 1996
|Sep 21, 1999
|Global Corrosion
|Apparatus and method for injecting corrosion control compounds into pipe flanges and the like
|Oct 23, 1998
|Feb 13, 2001
|Ishikawa Gasket Co., Ltd.
|Method for sealing two members and gasket therefor
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|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Dec 13, 2002
|May 25, 2004
|Dow Global Technologies, Inc.
|Adhesively bonded engine intake manifold assembly
|Oct 1, 2004
|Jan 13, 2015
|Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
|Seal structure
|Oct 1, 2004
|Dec 29, 2005
|Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
|Seal structure
|Jun 27, 2005
|Dec 28, 2006
|Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership
|Insertable carrier for multiple piece gasket designs that limit compression
|U.S. Classification
|277/313, 277/316, 277/627, 277/608, 277/602, 277/592, 277/312, 277/314, 277/591
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Mar 9, 2001
Owner name: LOCTITE CORPORATION, CONNECTICUT
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Effective date: 20010226
|Aug 26, 2002
Owner name: HENKEL LOCTITE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, GERMANY
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Effective date: 20020605
|Jun 26, 2006
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - A man who was once jailed on sexual battery charges is back in jail for the same thing, investigators said.
"He went into the residence and took her clothes off and sexually battered her," Twis Lizasuain said. "She's 16 years old but it does appear she has a diminished mental capacity."
Detectives said Alban was a friend of the family and was supposed to be taking the victim to school when the attack happened.
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They said he climbed into the 13-year-old's bedroom window and assaulted her as well.
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Like other Estonian towns, Haapsalu has changed hands many times since its founding centuries ago. The German Knights of the Sword conquered this region in 1224, and Haapsalu became the bishop's residence, with a fortress and cathedral built soon afterwards. The Danes took control during the Livonian War (around 1559), then the Swedish had their turn in the 17th century, but they lost it to the Russians during the Great (but brutal) Northern War in the 18th century.
The city flourished under the tsars, mostly because of mud. Once the curative properties of its shoreline were discovered in the 19th century, Haapsalu transformed into a spa centre. The Russian composer Tchaikovsky and members of the Russian imperial family visited the city for mud baths. A railway that went all the way to St Petersburg was completed in 1907 with a 214m-long covered platform, then said to be the longest in the Russian Empire. Visitors can still admire the colourfully designed station with its wooden lace ornamentation and grand colonnade, though now only buses run from this station.


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November 30, 2011 9:03 AM EST
Emmis (Nasdaq: EMMS) reports launch of modified "dutch auction" tender offer for up to $6 million of 6.25% Series A Preferred Stock. The offer is set between $12.50 and $15.56 per preferred share
I second that notion!!!!!!!!!!
You hold preferred shares, apparently?
It is interesting the way the effect of some of the disclosures may very well be that the preferred holders are "scared" into tendering to Emmis. But I'm sure they would say that the disclosures simply represent the appropriate cautions they need to give to holder...that control of 2/3 of the preferred, by the company, equals the legal right to vote those shares for the greater good of the company as a whole (including the common stockholder).
Are you aware of any legal precedents in this area?
We can only hope.
Absolutely. But just keep in mind that a good portion of my conviction of value is that I see the moves they are making with the preferred as a defacto "proxy" for another going private bid in fairly near future. If I am wrong, and Smulyan is not interested in taking it private, or the financing for a going private bid is not there, the stock could, in theory, be "dead in the water," between, say, 80 cents and $1.25, for a few, or perhaps several, months. And I guess people are worried about the listing still. (That, along with probably tax loss selling, is keeping it under pressure.) Overall, I continue to believe this security is TERRIBLY MISUNDERSTOOD by the market. And I put a significantly higher chance that the CEO comes in with another bid, than the Street apparently does.
The other risk is that they cannot readily get to control 66.67% of the preferred, and they get "hamstrung" my another 33.34%+ lock up group (although that seems rather doubtful).
The problem is that, the way the preferred is set up, is that it is assumed that if 2/3 of the holders are comfortable with something, it must be okay for all of the holders. I don't think the indenture for the preferred really envisioned that the price would collapse in the market, a bunch of new investors would end up buying a ton of it for a fraction of face, and end up selling it back to the company.
The board has a fiduciary duty to the entire shareholder base. The notion that one can balance out "common" vs. "preferred," is very difficult, when, in my opinion, the interest of the common holders CONFLICTS with that of the preferred. How that is resolved is beyond me. I guess it just comes down to treating the pfd. shareholders "fairly." But is a preferred holder who wants to keep his shares, and eventually claim face plus accrued dividends being realistic...when the indenture clearly states that if 2/3 of preferred holders support it, Emmis can stick the preferred holders priority status behind ANY other new class of stock (among other actions they could take if they control 2/3).
In one sense, your beef should be with the 60% or so of pfd. holders, that were willing to sell back to the company at about 25% of their theoretical claim. Why was no one else available, in the open market, to buy out their claim from them, and defend that claim? The fact that no one was, might very well be "ominous" for the remaining preferred holders.
It seems like the pfd. stock is a "dying" security...which is why, like you, I sold out my position, in the open market, a day or two ago.
Not incredibly smart the way they're doing it.
Why so. Pricing too low?
They can't very well offer more than they paid the institutions that have sold them shares to date now, can they?
I wonder if their agreements, with the institutions, to buy back their shares, precluded them from paying more than a nominal premium, to what they paid the institutions, for any additional shares they buy.
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Sometimes, a headache can develop after taking certain calcium channel blockers. These headaches should gradually disappear once you have been taking the medication for a while. Talk to your doctor if headaches continue. Some people also report tenderness, swelling, or bleeding of the gums when starting to take calcium channel blockers. Regular brushing, flossing, and gum massages along with routine dental visits can help lessen this effect. As with any medication, it is important to see your doctor regularly to make sure the drug is working properly.
Calcium channel blockers tend to cause fewer serious side effects than some other drugs used to treat bipolar disorder. However, they are not as well studied and may not be effective.
Common calcium channel blocker side effects include:
- Slowed heart rate or irregular heart rhythm
- Flushing, a pounding sensation in the head, dizziness, headache
- Leg swelling
- Decreased blood pressure
- Tingling sensations in the arms or legs
- Weakness
- Constipation
Talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment. It isn't known if these drugs could harm the fetus.
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"Wasted time and money"
I must confess I wimped out on this 1/3 of the way through it after forgetting that I had also wimped out early on The Lion two years or so ago. I have had so many lovely reading hours with DeMille's protagonist, John Corey, and others that I immediately buy his books just on my past experience. Wrong. From all I can gather DeMille was so traumatized by the evil acts of 9-11 being in and of New York City that his last three novels have had John Corey on a mission to defeat certain members of the Middle Eastern Jihad warriors. Actually this is a great goal but the plot device, regardless of the marketing hopes of the author for movie or best seller status, has made the John Corey stories into simple bang bang shootem up thrillers like those that get traded daily at our local workout gym and are written by at least 50 or more writers. DeMille's earlier books were marvels of great New York story telling with sophisticated people and situations associated with New York environs and they were most enjoyable reading, and humorous. The late John Corey is a wise-ass Jihad fighter in very evil bloody circumstances and the book goes to huge lengths to increase the reader's sense of danger of bloody massacres and thereby build suspense. I know that such evil exists and I'm grateful that there are people who are fighting it but I don't like spending hours reading about the many innocent throats that will and do get cut by very sharp blades.......frequently. The narrator is a cartoonish wise guy sounding voice no matter who is doing the talking at any given point. I love DeMille's earlier work but these last 3 are time and money wasted. Sorry.
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"A nice story"
For a John Corey story it is not the best nor is it the worst, middle of the road corey story. The story is good and Corey is as sarcastic which keeps it entertaining. The book takes off towards the end with a very good ending. Yes its worth buying, just dont set your bar too high (night fall) and you will enjoy it and be fine . As for Scott Brick, he is the best each and every time.
"It's a great story"
It had a timely story line concerning Yemen and drones.
Two other books by Nelson DeMille were also very good, Charm School and Word of Honor.
My least favorite character was the main character, a wise guy that spoiled the book by trying to be funny.
I would like to have listened to the book all in one sitting, but my MP3 player needs to be recharged frequently. I liked it well enough to listen to it twice so far.
I usually like Scott Brick, but his rendition of the main character spoiled it for me, especially his way of saying, "Right" constantly.
"Corey & Brenner combined, a dynamic duo of wits!"
Yes, I enjoy the detail of the operation planning and dry humor of the characters.
Up Country, contains a lot of the same suspense the characters encountered.
When the kidnapped group was in the Old Crow Fort. No one knew who was the good guy or bad.
Nelson DeMille stories are all difficult to turn off. I look forward to my daily commute, just to hear more of the story.
"Another winner by DeMille"
If your a fan of previous John Corey stories you will love this, he teams up with Paul Brenner from the Generals Daughter and Up Country. What a great way to get a two for one with two characters I like.
Scott Brick is my favorite narrator by far!
"Slow, boring disappointment"
Even Scott Brick couldn't save this one.Not the best work of Nelson DeMille. Use your money or credit on something else.
"great read, but a bit below Mr. DeMille potential"
Thoroughly researched, abounds with cultural and local details about Yemen and Arabia. Interesting plot, yet slightly below fully developed and intricately weaved plots of "the lion's game" or "night fall".
The internal dialog going on in John Cory's head with his conversationalists is funny, witty and the fact that we are sometimes unsure if he actually uttered this or that line or just thought it makes it all the more charming.
John Cory! If you read any of his stories you need not ask why.
dynamism that matches the author's tempo, great rendition of voices - one never has to wonder who said what as the dialog of multiple characters takes place. Mr. Brick IS John Cory - it is that believable.
Real man (and John Cory) don't cry!
It pains me to say that - and I only do it because of this author's mastery of language nuances, wit and an amazing sense of humor - some of the jokes and phrases seem repetitive, especially after reading all of John Cory books. For example, how many times one can read "everybody is a comedian" before one stops smiling?
Overall this a a great book, that substantially improves on "the lion". Highly recommended!
"Had to be Ghost written"
This is a very one dimensional story Mr. Corey.
I learned about Yemen sure, but everything was so predictible
I think you could have made more jokes yourself personally.
I loved all of Nelson DeMille's books up until this point. I'm about three hours into this one right now and just ready to turn it off. In a nutshell...give the witty dialog a break. We get it. You're clever. I can't look beyond this over indulgence and get into the story.
Anything David Baldacci writes. The "Racketeer" was by far one of his best.
It's not 20 shades of grey. Stop with the breathy words.
Most of it.
I don't write these reviews often. Only when I feel like someone stole my lunch money.
"I'd recommend the abridged version"
First off, the book's length is ok, it's just that nothing happens! and there isn't enough suspense to carry you through the long plodding plot. I have read all of the Correy books, and they have been great. The Lion had me on the edge of my "seat" due to it's great action and suspense. But this one is a real dud.
Trust me, you could listen to the first hour or 2, as the plot develops, catch a about 1 hour of action in the middle, and then skip to the last couple hours and not miss a thing. Well, as some others have said, you would miss about 5000 wise cracks. That's about 1000 for each of the characters. Does everyone have to be a wise a$$? Ridiculous! Even Kate gets in on the games. I'm no writer, but if I wanted my main character to stand out, I wouldn't surround him with 4 more copies of himself.
So what is the other 16 hours about? You too can become a Yemen expert. Well, I suspect not in the true sense, but in the "Yemen is just a breading ground for corruption and deceit."
I did give it 1 more star than I normally would because John is still John, and he's a fun character to read. A a thumb's up for Scott Brink, he was great as usual!


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They simply can't cut their way out from under that figure. If every single one of Troy Polamalu, James Harrison, Ike Taylor, Heath Miller, Willie Colon, Ryan Clark, and Brett Keisel were released outright, they would still come up more than a million bucks short, even before considering the cost to replace them on the roster.
While more than $36 million could be saved by conventionally restructuring the eleven veterans who offer savings by such means (Ben Roethlisberger, LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Polamalu, Colon, Antonio Brown, Harrison, Taylor, Miller, Shaun Suisham, and Maurkice Pouncey), age and future cap consequences demand prudence in the extent to which that tactic is employed.
Among that list, Roethlisberger, Timmons, and Brown look to me like automatic restructures. (I'm inclined to add Woodley to the list, but I'll defer for now to those who want to see his offseason conditioning before committing more guaranteed dollars.) Those three moves push $15.6 million into future years: $6.15 million into each of 2014 and 2015, $2.56 million into 2016, and $770,000 into 2017. That gets them almost two-thirds of the way home.
Many assume that Colon will be on his way out after he ended his third season in a row on injured reserve, but the organization clearly likes him as a player. Moreover, he offers limited 2013 cap savings by such a move; indeed, $1.2 million minus cost of replacement may well result in no cap savings at all. Assuming that his injury prognosis is good, this could be a scenario wherein a negotiated reduction in salary makes sense for all parties. At half of his scheduled $5.5 million base, the team would realize a dollar-for-dollar 2013 cap savings of $2.75 million without pushing any cap dollars into future years, and Colon would see more money than he'd likely find on the open market.
In a January press conference, Steelers GM Kevin Colbert included extensions as a component of the plan to get under the salary cap. Any number of players offer the potential for cap savings, but which make the most sense? With three years left on his deal, it feels premature to extend Roethlisberger. Miller might otherwise fit, but not while rehabbing a serious knee injury. Many of the older players fall beyond the point where it makes sense to do so, and none of the younger players present much in the way of cap savings.
Going into the 2009 season, Hines Ward remained very productive, but faced his 33rd birthday and carried a cap figure over $8 million. He agreed to a cap-reducing contract extension that offered him the same $5.8 million that he'd been due under his existing deal—with $3.05 million changed to a signing bonus—and a flat $4 million in each of the extension years. To me, Clark fits a similar profile on the current roster, and might similarly be willing to take a team-friendly extension that offers him some money up front and more modest salaries on the back end. Even a two-year extension at $3.5 million per year could shave $1.7 million off of his 2013 cap number, and retain a still-productive veteran leader at a manageable $4.35 million cap charge over each of the following two seasons.
Harrison's agent Bill Parise has declared no interest by his client in taking a pay cut, but take tough talk from agents with a grain of salt. In 2006, Jeff Hartings signed a one-year extension that dropped his compensation for the season by $800,000 and his cap figure by $1.775 million. An extension gives an agent room to present a pay cut with a friendlier face, with imaginary "new money" providing cover for the adjustment. Harrison is slated to earn $6.57 million in 2013; if they could talk him down to $5 million in compensation as part of a one-year extension on top of his two remaining years under contract, they could easily pare $2.5 million off of his scheduled cap figure.
That brings us to the painful part of the process: veteran cuts. Any way they slice it, they're almost certainly going to have to cut somebody who they'd rather keep. Maybe that winds up being Harrison, Clark and/or Colon, but as I look at where they've invested recent draft capital, my guess is that Keisel gets the surprise axe. I'll hate to see it, but it does offer $3.225 million in cap savings between his salary and likely-to-be-earned incentives.
Those four moves clear the remaining space needed, with room to spare for a few bargain basement additions in free agency. That's without touching the contracts of Woodley or Miller, who could always be approached if an opportunity presents itself in free agency. If a young player like Keenan Lewis can be retained, that prompts a decision on Taylor's contract; as with Keisel, I would hate to see a productive veteran leader go, but the cap savings could cover the first-year cost of a Lewis retention.


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This activity focuses on reconstructing the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) as an example of a relatively abrupt global warming period. Students access Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) sediment core data with Virtual Ocean software in order to display relevant marine sediments and their biostratigraphy.
This is a simulation that illustrates how temperature will be affected by global CO2 emission trajectories. It addresses the issue that even if global emissions begin to decrease, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 will continue to increase, resulting in increased global temperatures.
In this activity, students explore the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 40 years with an interactive online model. They use the model and observations to estimate present emission rates and emission growth rates. The model is then used to estimate future levels of carbon dioxide using different future emission scenarios. These different scenarios are then linked by students to climate model predictions also used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
This video is simple in its appearance, but it contains a wealth of relevant information about global climate models.
This long classroom activity introduces students to a climate modeling software. Students visualize how temperature and snow coverage might change over the next 100 years. They run a 'climate simulation' to establish a baseline for comparison, do a 'experimental' simulation and compare the results. Students will then choose a region of their own interest to explore and compare the results with those documented in the IPCC impact reports. Students will gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the process and power of climate modeling.
This interactive visualization is a suite of weather and climate datasets as well as tools with which to manipulate and display them visually.
In this activity, learners use the STELLA box modeling software to determine Earth's temperature based on incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation. Starting with a simple black body model, the exercise gradually adds complexity by incorporating albedo, then a 1-layer atmosphere, then a 2-layer atmosphere, and finally a complex atmosphere with latent and sensible heat fluxes. With each step, students compare the modeled surface temperature to Earth's actual surface temperature, thereby providing a check on how well each increasingly complex model captures the physics of the actual system.
In this activity, students compare carbon dioxide (CO2) data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Barrow (Alaska), and the South Pole over the past 40 years to help them better understand what controls atmospheric carbon dioxide. This activity makes extensive use of Excel.
This is an interactive webtool that allows the user to choose a state or country and both assess how climate has changed over time and project what future changes are predicted to occur in a given area.
One of a suite of online climate interactive simulations, this Greenhouse Gas Simulator uses the bathtub model to demonstrate how atmospheric concentrations of CO2 will continue to rise unless they are lowered to match the amount of CO2 that can be removed through natural processes.


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Meditation can be an invaluable guide in seeing and allowing informed choices about your life's manifestation.
Miracles Arise from the Spaces
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Without having the traditional notion of a deity or god (that the more traditional definition of miracle uses), is there a causative agent of a miracle? I would say always, because everything is coincidence. Everything coincides and follows a metaphor. Every aspect of human thought follows metaphor and one triggers another by association. Events create other events by virtue of what the current event is not.
There is a concept called an isomorphic algorithm. Basically, whenever you take up any resource by action on it, performing any action at all, you create a condition around the activity you didn't choose to do at that time. We connect all of our concepts to physical structures or physical sensations. For me, these fluctuate.
We are walking and talking poems. Yes, but there is an unspoken poem, an unwritten poem.
Oh, yes, un words. I can feel it in old Hawaiian chants, and we were taught to listen to the spaces between the sounds too.
In my experience, these non-events are what lead up to the statistically unlikely events, but they are linked to the activities and thoughts and feelings of people and presences.
Miracles arise from the spaces between? Exactly.
So because a set of people have chosen to eat at the MacDonald's at a given hour, that collection of people are not in their customary locations, and a whole set of possible events are ruled out. But it doesn't stop there, because that set of people were eating at McDonalds at that time, a whole set of choices were altered for other people who would have behaved differently had that person been present.
Now the important thing to remember is not that there is just a complex web of cause and effect. That is not the source of miracles. All these echoing activities impact each other, build up a force, and this force (sort of like a drums rhythm or a heartbeat) goes on to affect people's further behavior. Sort of like a collective karma, and often times it shows a wisdom that the individuals involved don't personally possess.
Hence it seems divine? Well, I guess you can't talk about miracles without talking about god or whatever passes for god for you personally.
If we put those people in a place to pray together for a miracle and it happens? Yes. That will build the force up for further miracles to happen.
Your thoughts are welcome. Be well friends.
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