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Major League Lacrosse has existed for over 10 years now. It has been labeled everything from a glorified beer league to the best example of how lacrosse should be played. In all of that time a two ideas have been reiterated and repeated to the point of cliché: The MLL is a midfielders' League and MLL is a veterans' league. To be fair those statements weren't made off the cuff; they have their roots in truth. We are going to cover the former today. Why?
Chesapeake's horrible start has been extremely surprising; not because they are the defending MLL champions, but because they made several proactive roster moves to address their aging offensive core. The king makers sent away John GrantJr. and Casey Powell, but they brought in Brendan Mundorf, Joe Walters, Peet Poillon and Stephen Peyser to fill that void. Why did they do that? Well, if you discount the notion that Chesapeake was "hoarding" midfielders to prevent other teams from playing with dangerous toys, you can see that Chesapeake was trying to build the perfect midfield unit to complement one of the steadiest and prolific attack lines of the last 6-7 years. It hasn't worked. The Bayhawks have just one win this season and have been uncharacteristically dominated in a handful of games to boot. Sure they have had to overcome injuries and they tend to bury themselves in a pit of injudicious penalties, but how does that collection of midfielders…lose? If you think it's just the Bayhawks that are struggling, think again. Midfielders are not the point factories that they once were and teams are struggling to fill the void.
I would posit that the first six games of this season have provided ample evidence to challenge — if not refute — the notion that MLL is still a midfielders league. Put on your snorkel and grab your speargun, we are about to dive deep and try to figure it out.
Let's start by defining the position and the reasoning behind this notion. Obviously midfielders are integral to any and all iterations of the game of lacrosse. If you didn't have midfielders you would have three attackmen and three defensemen on either side of the field trying all manner of gesticulating and/or witchcraft to will the ball to their possession. Lacrosse is a midfielders' game because the midfielder goes everywhere. FOGOs may not be people, but they are midfielders after all. How about the guys on the wing? D-mids? LSMs? No, I think we all know that the star of all midfielders is the Offensive midfielder. Groundballs are great, points are better. So with that in mind let's take a look at where the goals in MLL actually come from this year.
There have been 24 games played through six weeks in the 2014 MLL season. A total of 543 goals have been scored, of those 543 goals, 17 have been 2-pointers, so we can add 17 to the goal total to account for the points accrued and we have a new total of 560. If we divide 560 we can figure out the average number of the combined total goals scored by both teams in a game and we get 23.33. So if you're watching, say, this past weekend's Rochester vs. Chesapeake game you can safely say that the game was far below average and not be wrong – let's be real that was the worst game of the season. I don't care if it went to double OT it was AWFUL. And yes, there is a direct correlation between goals scored and enjoyment of fans – why do you think Americans hate soccer and Canadians play hockey?
So we have a baseline of 23.33 goals a game as a measure of relativity against goal totals from attackmen, midfielders and what we will call miscellaneous other goal scorers. Or, like, longpoles. Whatever. What about assists? I'm glad you asked. Of the 543 physical goals scored, just 268 were assisted. Hmm. Seem low? It is. The two teams with the highest number of assists? Denver (45) and Ohio (41). The two teams with the lowest amount? Charlotte (21) and New York (23).
The title fight looms: attack vs. midfield. Who scores more goals? More points?
I know; this is where we should have a talk about those guys that play both. Someone like Matt Danowski is a natural attackman, but Charlotte will bring him out of the box in the 6-on-6 set to get a match up, and will do so more frequently than they will start him down low. What is he classified as? Well, he's an attackman. He may sweep all the way around the goal, carry the ball to the end of time, and run out of the box, but he is an attackman. That's his natural position. I feel comfortable classifying guys like that because I have seen all of their games and while their tendencies may be towards attacking from the top down, they're not middies.
Some quick off-the-cuff classifications for reference: Ned Crotty, attack; Kevin Buchanan, midfield; Peter Baum, midfield; Joe Walters, midfield; Casey Powell, attack; Jordan MacIntosh, midfield. I have an entire list — I didn't skew it towards either side of the median; I just made a judgment call if it needed to be made. If we don't have trust what do we have, dear reader?
Yes, Kyle, but there are more midfielders than attackmen, how does one account for the numerical attrition of less contributing midfielders? I'm glad you asked. I took an equal sample from each team of the top four scoring attackmen vs. the top four scoring midfielders. Why four attackmen? Several teams have used different attack line ups due to rookies and NLL players coming in later than expected due to their previous team's progression in the post season of their respective organizations (Mostly Charlotte and Rochester) or they have a heavy rotation in the midfield and have dressed numerous players just one or two times (Chesapeake). Four is fair for both midfielders and attackman. And it eliminates the D-mids. Mo D-mids, Mo Problems. Or, at least it was supposed to. See also the fun use of Asterisks at the end. That's me seething. Literarily. Not literally. There's a difference.
Here's how I broke it down.
Attack: Eric Law, John Grant Jr., Chris Bocklet, Matt Gibson (33 goals, 26 assists)
Midfield: Jeremy Sieverts, Drew Snider, Justin Pennington, Cam Flint (31 G, 4 2-pointers, 10A)
Attack: Kevin Leveille, Steven Boyle, Dan Hardy, Mark Matthews (25G, 14A)
Midfield: Justin Turri, Jordan MacIntosh, David Lawson, John Ranagan (32G, 1 2-pointer, 10A)
Attack: Casey Powell, Kieran McArdle, Garrett Thul, Kevin Cunningham (39G, 28A)
Midfield: Kevin Crowley, Jordan Hall, Josh Amidon, Roman Lao-Gosney (22G, 1 2-pointer, 9A)
Attack: Will Manny, Ryan Boyle, Jack Rice, Owen Blye (25G, 14A)
Midfield: Paul Rabil, Kevin Buchanan, Stephen Berger, Mike Stone (43G, 23A)
New York
Attack: Rob Pannell, Ned Crotty, Tommy Palasek, Steve Mock (31G, 12A)
Midfield: Max Seibald, Matt Striebel, JoJo Marasco, Albert Maione (27G, 8A)
Attack: Marcus Holman, Logan Schuss, Steele Stanwick, Erik Krum (25G, 1 2-pointer, 24A)
Midfield: Peter Baum, Kyle Harrison, Tom Schreiber, Jake Bernhardt (37G, 12A)
Attack: Ryan Young, Mike Sawyer, Matt Danowski, Justin Ward (23G, 1 2-pointer, 12A)
Midfield: John Haus, Mason Poli*, Jake Tripucka, Josh Hawkins* (21G, 2 2-pointers, 5A)
Attack: Brendan Mundorf, Ben Rubeor, Matt Mackrides, Drew Westervelt (22G, 13A)
Midfield: Steven Brooks, Peet Poillon, Matt Abbott*, Stephen Peyser (16G, 1 2-pointer, 8A)
Seriously Charlotte? Your second leading scorer from the midfield is a longpole that has played in four games? Your fourth highest scoring midfielder is a D-mid? For shame, Charlotte. For shame. I blame the skews on your abhorrent transition play (Denver game aside – which was pretty impressive which makes all of the other games you have played this season even more depressing). I know; you could make a case that Sawyer has played more midfield, but you could also say that Matt Mackrides is a natural midfielder forced to play attack more than occasionally. I think both of them have been victimized by staying on in transition and have had their best games at attack playing off of their teammates and not just getting switches by running out of the box.
Those controversies aside, (and the fact that I omitted Curtis Dickson and Jim Connolly from consideration because they've only played one game – two drink minimum, folks) the point totals are not that surprising. The best team in the league (Denver) has nearly equal goal distribution between their attack and midfield (33 and 31) and we already established that less than half of the goals scored in the MLL so far have been assisted (543 divided by two is 271.5; the total number of assists in the league is 268) so what else do these numbers tell us about where goals come from?
Going team by team it's pretty obvious that teams are focusing on getting their points by catering to their marquee — or star — players. Boston has a starting midfield of Rabil, Buchanan, and Berger. More importantly they play a slower 6-on-6 style and run the ball through their midfielders. Picks, slips, sweeps — the ball runs from the two-ball stripe down to GLE and comes right back. Conversely, Ohio plays a much faster style and has a ton of goals from both sides of the ball – there is no shortage of initiators in blue and gray. Styles make fights and the Cannons and the Machine were responsible for the best tilt of the season so far this past weekend when they blew up for 33 combined goals. The Cannons won the game, but the Machine were as impressive in defeat as any team could be. Those are two teams that rise and fall with their offensive midfield unit.
Conversely, look at Florida and New York's attack numbers. Casey Powell is a one-man statistical anomaly, but he's doing his best work in the league in years primarily from behind the cage. New York has the twin terrors of Pannell and Crotty — who both do their best work driving and feeding from X. Powell is playing with Kevin Crowley — the reigning MLL offensive player of the year and MVP. Pannell and Crotty are playing with Max Seibald, Matt Striebel and JoJo Marasco. So why are the offenses of those teams tilted towards the attack? It all begins — and ends — with who starts the actual attack on the net.
The Launch have played a Jekyl and Hyde brand of transition ball; one game they look like the Harlem Globetrotters and the next game they look like they're passing to the ball boys on the end line. Crowley isn't a huge transition threat, he's more of a running out of the box, and cutting off ball sort of chap. The rest of the Launch midfield is made up of different kinds of players, Jordan Hall can sweep with the best of them, Josh Amidon is a streaky long range bomber that makes simple plays look great, but they lack that truly dynamic dodger. It makes sense that the Launch run through Powell – they have to run through Powell, when they don't they look hopeless like they did in the Rochester game a few weeks back.
The Lizards have has a different brand of difficulties and successes with their offense, but it hasn't been for a lack of midfield dynamism. I don't know if Max Seibald is still — or ever was — the most complete midfielder in MLL. (Who is then? That would be Jay Jalbert for those scoring at home.) But I'll tell you what; he's certainly one of the most entertaining players in the league to watch when he has the ball. Have you ever seen that police chase video where they're going after someone that is towing a monster double wide trailer and all of a sudden the thing unhinges and crashes through an embankment of trees? Seibald is the double wide trailer and the defense is the trees. Except this year has hasn't had the chance to really take it to the forest. Seibald is second on the team in shots (40) but do you know who is first? Rob Pannell with an astonishing 56 attempts. How high is that? It leads the league. By eight. Pannell has taken eight more shots than Paul Rabil, 14 more shots than Drew Snider and 15 more shots than Peter Baum. New York's focus is clear — get the ball into Pannell's hands.
So where does that leave us? Six weeks into the 2014 MLL season, the four leading scorers from each team have been responsible for more than 452 goals. Here is the split.
Attack 223 goals
Midfield 229 goals
Attack: 143
Midfield: 85
Points (2-pointers included)
Attack: 367
Midfield: 323
Did you think it would be that close? I'll be honest, going into this undertaking I was convinced — absolutely convinced — that the attack would outscore the midfield.
The assists put the attack over the top, but attackmen — by nature — will have more assists than midfielders in lacrosse. The points title goes to the attackmen — by the slimmest of margins still belong to the midfield. So is the MLL a midfielders' league? Only if your midfielders are your star players, and even then wins aren't guaranteed


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Should We Chuck Christ out of Christmas?
BY Jimmy Akin
| Posted 12/14/11 at 1:43 AM
I'd like to thank a Register reader who recently alerted me to a recent USA Today column by Amy Sullivan, who—according to her blurb—"is a contributing writer at Time and author of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap."
If the Democrats are closing the "God gap," it isn't because of the level of thinking displayed in her column, which is titled:
Let's put 'Christ'-mas in its place
Titles are often chosen by editors rather than authors, so this may not be her fault. But right now we're only bouncing on the end of the diving board, and we're about to plunge into the 12-foot end of the pool.
If it's December, then it must be time to choose sides in the Christmas wars. One camp worries that the celebration of Christ's birth has become too commercial and frantic. Its goal is a simple Christmas season, stripped of consumption and flashing lights and endless holiday parties. The other camp thinks the problem is that our December festivities are practically religiously neutral. They want shoppers to encounter more nativity scenes and fewer "happy holidays" banners.
I am at a loss to explain her perception of these two "sides." The people who think Christmas is "too commercial" are usually the very same people who think that the "religiously neutral," "happy holidays" issue is a big part of the problem (i.e., the commercialization leads to a de-emphasis on the religious nature of the holiday in order to sell more).
By seeing this one camp as two camps, the author is already off to a schizophrenic start. She's imagining a single side riven against itself, when in fact she's talking about the same side.
That doesn't stop her from feeling torn herself, though.
Every year I'm torn. I like baking Christmas cookies. I enjoy the chance to dress up in party clothes and raise a glass with friends and colleagues. I like the excuse to give gifts to those whose lives are intertwined with mine. But as a Christian who wants to focus on the spiritual rhythms of Advent and truly commemorate God's gift of his son to the world, I find that the Christmas season gets in the way.
We can agree that the pre-celebration of Christmas tends to step on the proper celebration of Advent.
So instead of engaging in a battle to reclaim Christmas, I propose an alternative. Let's take Christ out of Christmas.
Cutting bait . . . on Christmas? Why on earth would you do that???
The battle for the soul of Christmas ended a long time ago, and cultural forces won. That's clear when Christmas trees fill homes and apartments in Japan, a country where 2% of the population is Christian.
This makes no sense at all.
What does the ordinary home in non-Christian Japan have to do with the "soul of Christmas" and its potential improvement in countries with a Christian heritage?
Couldn't one view the celebration of Christmas even by non-Christians a "preparation for the gospel" (as the early Christian writer Eusebius of Caesarea would put it)—a preparation that Christians can build on, inviting non-Christians to a deeper consideration of the ultimate reason that they are celebrating?
Sullivan's horizons are far more limited. She spends a good bit of her column pinching from what she describes as a "wonderful book, 'Christmas: A Candid History,' [by] Methodist minister and religious studies professor Bruce David Forbes."
I downloaded this book, and it ain't so wonderful. It does contain some interesting points from history, but it's written from a faith-lite viewpoint that sharply limits its value.
Proceeding from this flawed staring point, Sullivan goes on to suggest the familiar canard about early Christians basing Christmas on pagan holidays—something for which there is no evidence (and, in fact, which there is evidence against).
At least in his book Forbes stresses how much of his theory is sheer speculation. Sullivan makes no such disclaimers.
She claims that a purely religious celebration of Christmas never existed and that it was always mixed with pagan partying. This cannot be substantiated from the historical record.
She then says:
That reality has frustrated religious communities for centuries. After the Reformation, the Puritans were appalled by the excess and non-biblical practices associated with Christmas, and launched an actual war on Christmas that culminated in the English Parliament's 1652 decision to outlaw Christmas. In the American colonies, Puritan influence resulted in subdued observances. In fact, with few exceptions, the U.S. Congress met on Christmas Day every year until the mid-19th century.
Okay, let me get this straight. Sullivan is arguing that the battle for the soul of Christmas is irretrievably lost, and in the same breath she's admitting that it survived a withering attack between the 1600s and the 1800s and has since become such a widespread celebration that it's even normal in Japan?
If anything, that sounds to me like the idea of Christmas is extraordinarily resilient, and the overcommercialization of it is a recent historical phenomenon that might be no more longlasting than the Puritan attempt to suppress it was. Who knows what Christmas will be like in the year 2525—if man is still alive, if woman can survive?
When Christmas had its comeback en route to becoming the blowout holiday season we now know, it wasn't because of religious leaders. Instead, cultural factors such as the publication in 1823 of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, the development of the Santa Claus figure, and the nascent social valuing of family togetherness formed our modern conception of Christmas.
So . . . maybe what we need is a new poem to rival 'Twas the Night Before Christmas?
If one set of cultural factors has harmed the celebration of Christmas then maybe we need to work at re-evangelizing the culture, including the creation of new artistic works that better convey the Christian faith.
That's part of that whole New Evangelization thing, right?
I'm not hearing anything that would warrant Christians abandoning Christmas. What exactly is Sullivan proposing?
t's time to stop pretending that Christmas the cultural winter celebration is about the birth of Christ. Let's just make it official and separate the two holidays that have been intertwined for most of the past two millenniums. It's surprisingly easy to divide up the various Christmas assets left over from such a split.
First, there's the name. Because Christmas the cultural season is so dominant, I propose that it retain the moniker, to be officially rendered X-mas. Everyone pronounces the holiday as "Chris-muss" anyway, which sounds like we're honoring some dude named Chris, not the son of God. And despite campaigns by social conservatives to eliminate the greeting "happy holidays," when a store clerk wishes me a "Merry Christmas," she generally isn't saying that she hopes I enjoy my religious observance of Christ's birth.
As for the religious holiday, I'm calling it Jesus Day. When I was young, my family celebrated Christmas very literally as Jesus' birthday. My Baptist grandmother baked a birthday cake for baby Jesus, along with more traditional cookies and pies. And at church, which we attended on Christmas Day, all the kids and children's choir alumni gathered at the front of the sanctuary to belt out the tune "Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus."
Hmmm. Interesting suggestion, Ms. Sullivan. One practiced within your very own lifetime—on Christmas Day yet. Maybe you'd like to devote a little more thought to that one before saying we should chuck Christ out of Christmas?
I would enjoy the goodwill and merriment of X-mas without reservation if I no longer felt it was co-opting and eclipsing my religious holiday.
I would feel all kinds of reservation and be totally weirded out. What kind of Twilight Zone holiday is this?
Lighting the Advent candles and reading daily devotions would provide a quiet respite during X-mas season.
So Advent would be celebrated at the same time as the de-Christed "X-mas"?
And on Christmas morning, instead of collapsing in an exhausted and mildly resentful heap, I could begin the real celebration with a full heart.
As a society, we need a designated time of year to celebrate with one another. We need the outlet of X-mas to give us a burst of festive energy to get through the winter. And we need fudge and Santa cookies, darn it. So let's take Christ out of Christmas and make our culturewide secular celebration official. Just give me Jesus Day when it's all over.
The proposal is thus to take Christmas, kick Christ out of it, rename it X-mas, and then rename St. Stephen's Day as Jesus Day?
I'm sorry, Ms. Sullivan, but I think there are better ways to work out a "mildly resentful [holiday] heap" problem. I suggest an attitude adjustment.
Certainly there are better ways than surrendering a huge piece of Christian heritage and replacing it with something with the unbearably kitschy name "Jesus Day."
Frankly, this plan zero chance of success, but it's embarrassing and offensive that you would even make the suggestion.
I wonder what your Baptist grandmother would think.
Incidentally, this Friday I'm devoting an installment of the Jimmy Akin Secret Information Club to the top myths about Christmas—including the idea it's a pagan celebration disguised as a Christian one. If you haven't yet joined the club but do so before Friday (by going to www.SecretInfoClub.com), you'll be sure to get this installment in your email inbox.
In the meantime, what do you think of Ms. Sullivan's proposal?
Should we chuck Christ out of Christmas?
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The legislature-imposed cap on damages in West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuits is being challenged on appeal by a couple who had $1 million of a jury's compensation award for pain and suffering taken away under state law.
James MacDonald and his wife, Debbie, were successful at trial in a malpractice lawsuit filed over his development of rhabdomyolysis, a muscle-destroying disease, that was caused by a combination of drugs given by City Hospital. Following trial, a West Virginia jury determined that the couple deserved $1.5 million for pain and suffering and $129,000 for medical expenses and lost wages. However, after applying a West Virginia malpractice damage cap, the judge reduced the jury's award to $500,000.
Like plaintiffs in a number of states recently, the MacDonalds are challenging the damage cap imposed by the state legislature as an unconstitutional intrusion on their right to a trial by jury and claim that the state has made an arbitrary legal decision on cases, regardless of evidence and circumstances. The couple has appealed the decision to reduce their jury award to the West Virginia Supreme Court.
Earlier this month, lobbyist groups representing doctors and insurance companies waded into the fray, filing a brief in an attempt to ensure the cap remains in place, arguing that it is acceptable for the legislature to interfere with the cases to keep the price of medical insurance low and keep doctors from fleeing the state for fear of being targeted by medical malpractice lawsuits. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for January, with a decision expected later in 2011.
About 30 states currently have damage caps in some form, but they have been increasingly challenged by plaintiffs with medical malpractice lawsuits in recent years. State Supreme Courts in Illinois and Georgia have thrown out similar damages caps over the last year, saying that the imposition of caps by the state legislatures violated the plaintiffs' rights to a trial by jury, since the cap overrode the jury's judgment on what the compensation for those cases should be.
The West Virginia cap on pain and suffering was first instituted in 1986, but then the cap was set at $1 million. Since then, the cap has been whittled down and now limits recovery for pain and suffering to $250,000 in most cases and $500,000 for the most serious injuries. The cap ignores the number of defendants involved in a case, so that multiple defendants split the $500,000, regardless of the circumstances. Originally the jury awarded James MacDonald $1 million for pain and suffering and awarded Debbie MacDonald $500,000.
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While shopping around for a new 330i, a sales person did a search and found a car with all the features I want "on the boat" on the way to the west coast. He said that he could divert the car to his dealership with a small down payment ($1000)... While we seem to have agreed to the price, we did not do all the purchase paperwork (he says that we will do that when it gets here in about 3 weeks)... :confused:
Has anyone here purchased a car like this (not on the dealer floor, but not a custom order either)? If so, when did you "seal the deal" with the paperwork? I'm just afraid of wiating 3 weeks just to get screwed on the price down the line... Perhaps I'm just paranoid :eeps: 'cause I've never purchased a new car (and this is going to be pretty darn expensive)...
FYI, I already got outside financing from E-Loan at a good rate; and the dealership says they will probably be able to meet the rate (so I'm not worried about getting screwed on the financing -- I'm just worried about the cost of the car iteself)...
(and yes this is a cross-post -- I posted a similar question on the "ask a dealer" section because I want both a customer and a dealer perspective)...
Look at it this way, if they try to screw you on the price you can always walk away and go to the next dealership and order a customer 3-Series exactly the way you want since they don't have any of your money (besides the deposit which they would have to give back). Don't be afraid to stick to your guns when the car shows up and don't let the emotion of the new car just inches away let them put one over on you. You can find the invoice and retail cost here in this forum. I would just print that out and take it in with you when the car arrives.
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Be sure you have a written agreement on the price you and your sales person agreed on so that they will not give you "surprise" when you go pick up your car 3 weeks later. :thumbup:
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That's good to hear -- at first I thought it might be a sketchy negotiation tactic by the dealer... but I'm glad to hear that it's standard practice and I'm not getting screwed... :thumbup:
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|2nd December 2010, 04:56 PM
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Fundamental resonant frequency(Fs) will increase with bias voltage if B is held constant.
For B to be constant, mechanical tension will need to be increased by factor of 4 for each doubling of the polarizing voltage. This would result in Fs increasing linearly with polarizing voltage.
Mechanical tension was constant for the experimental data I posted.
With constant mechanical tension, B decreases by factor of 4 for each doubling of the polarizing voltage. This results in Fs decreasing with rising polarizing voltage.
|2nd December 2010, 07:32 PM
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Very well explained, bolerst!
I've found a better formula by Merhaut:
F3=12(Vm-Ve) / 2Pi*Po*Co*L*L
Vm=Mechanical mounting tension on membrane in Newtons/meter
Ve=Negative Mechanical tension due to electrostatic forces of bias voltage =
eo*Eo*Eo*L*L / 8*d
L = width of membrane in tension direction in meters
eo= permittivity of air = 8.8E-12, Eo= Bias Voltage/d in Volts per meter, d=gap between stator and membrane in meters
co= speed propagation of sound in meters per second, p= air density=1.29
The mounting tension on membrane,Vm, must be 3-5 times higher than Ve.
Example: we make an Esl of one meter in length, 150 mm wide (L), air gap
of 2 mm, bias ladder voltage of 5000 volts.
We then determine Ve = 8.8e-12 * 2500000^2 * 0.15^2 / 8*0.002=77 newton total along the one meter length
Then we choose the safety factor to 5 which gives that the tension we must pull each of the 20 clamps with along the two long sides of the Esl, is 19.2 Newton or 1.96 kg or 4.3 pounds.
This gives an F3 of around 59 Hz... sorry for the off topic...got carried away...
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|3rd December 2010, 08:42 AM
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Continuing my former post:
Well, maybe I wasn't so off topic after all.
I shall now compare the bolerst experimental data with J.Merhauts formula:
We can cut down the lengthy formulas as we know the nature constants and the physical properties of the bolerst Esl. Then:
F3= (Vm/9.32)- (Eo^2/0.54)
Eo is the bias voltage in kilovolts per mm air gap, not the ladder voltage!
We set, by trial and error, the mounting tension, Vm, to 540 Newton total to get in the region of the bolerst results. Then:
F3= 58-(Eo^2/0.54)
If 40 clamps were used when mounting the membrane, its about 1,36 Kg of pull on each clamp, pretty normal, I think.
Then: F3 at 3 kV= 58-(1.26^2/0.54)= 55.06 Hz ( 1.26 kV / mm air gap).
F3 at 4 kV= 58- (1.68^2/0.54)= 52.73 Hz ( 1.68 kV / mm air gap).
F3 at 5 kV= 58- (2.10^2/0.54)= 49.8 Hz ( 2.10 kV / mm air gap).
F3 at 6 kV= 58-(2.5^2/0.54)= 46.4 Hz ( 2.5 kV / mm air gap)
F3 at 7 kV= 58-(2.9^2/0.54)= 42.4 Hz ( 2.9 kV / mm air gap)
F3 at 8 kV= 58-(3.36^2/0.54)= 37,7 Hz ( 3,36 kV / mm air gap)
For once, theory and practice add up in a nice way!
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|9th December 2010, 04:03 PM
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I finally got a chance to read the Merhaut AES paper on Horn loaded ESL. Lots of information packed into those 7 pages; obviously a brilliant man.
Do you know if Merhaut published any other ESL related papers?
AES E-Library: Horn-Loaded Electrostatic Loudspeaker
I found I actually had this paper as it is contained in the AES loudspeaker Anthology Vol.1 (page 245)
Attachment 1) shows the general arrangement of Merhaut's horn loaded ESL along with the expected frequency response. Note that there is no high-Q resonance at the lower bandwidth limit like we experience with a dipole ESL. This is because of the horn loading. Paraphrasing from the paper…"the acoustic impedance at the throat of the horn is a purely real specific impedance of co*po…the prismatic waveguide loaded with this impedance at the input will have the same specific impedance at the output…" So, the ESL has a purely resistive air load on the diaphragm over the working frequency range of the horn.
Attachment 2) shows the analogous circuit for a dipole ESL. Note that the airload changes with frequency. At high frequencies, Rma = 2*po*c0 dominates and the load is mainly resistive, just like the horn case. But, at low frequencies, Xma dominates and the airload is mainly reactive which acts like a mass loading on the diaphragm. The actual mass of the airload depends on the shape and size of the diaphragm as well as the amount of baffling around the diaphragm.
Note that Cme is the negative compliance term both Merhaut and Baxandall derive based on bias voltage. Cmd is the compliance due to the mechanical tension of the diaphragm.
Remember, compliance = (1/stiffness)
A side note: the high frequency roll off of ESL constructed with Mylar diaphragms thicker than 6um starts at the frequency where the mass of the diaphragm Mmd is equal in magnitude to the high frequency airload, Rma.
Merhaut's Formula for F3 of a horn loaded ESL
This formula is not calculating the resonant frequency of the diaphragm. Rather, it is calculating the -3dB lower bandwidth point where the total compliance Cmt = 1/(1/Cmd – 1/Cme) is equal in magnitude to Rma, the resistive airload. The general form of the equation is:
Fs = (constant)* (1/(Cmt*Rma)
Note that this is only valid if F3 is within the working bandwidth of the horn. If it is lower than the cutoff frequency of the horn, the airload will not be resistive and the formula will not yield valid results.
Formula for Fs of dipole ESL
For dipole ESLs, the fundamental resonant frequency is that frequency where the total compliance Cmt = 1/(1/Cmd – 1/Cme) is equal in magnitude to the reactive airload (Xma). The general form of the equation is:
Fs = (constant)*sqrt(1/(Cmt*Xma)) ===> (constant)*sqrt(stiffness / mass)
Surprisingly, as Jonas already showed, with properly chosen Cmd, Rma, and Xma both of these equations can provide reasonable curve fits to the experimental data posted at the beginning of this thread. Attachment 3) shows the comparison of both formulas with the data. Of course the values for Cmd required to achieve curve fits to the data are different for the two formulas.
I did add one more data point(close to 4kV/mm bias) to the data set. I didn't include it in the original set of points because there was considerable ionization in the gap. Keep in mind that the resulting current flow would have dropped some of the bias voltage across the insulation. So, most likely the actual bias voltage on the diaphragm is somewhat less than the plotted value I measured.
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|10th December 2010, 08:55 AM
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Josef Merhaut is also the author of
"Theory of Electroacoustics"
Mcgraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-041478-5
Amazon.com: Theory of Electroacoustics (9780070414785): J. Merhaut: Books
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Not sure if Youtube has spurred on any purchases yet (to be fair, I tend to mostly just watch vintage related, music, and TED talk videos there though), but plenty of blogs have. Perfect case in point. On the blog Atomic Redhead, run by fellow vintage gal Janey, I saw a gorgeous vintage copper belt that made me yearn for one of my own, so I trolled eBay for a couple of months before one popped up in my size and price range. It's now one of my very favourite - and most unique - vintage accessories (in fact, I just wore it this past Sunday as part of my outfit to go watch a rodeo).ReplyDelete
♥ Jessica
*PS* Thank you very much for your caring support and words of encouragement today from someone who knows what it's like to be an Etsy seller firsthand. ♥Replies
No problem Jessica:) I often yearn for vintage items as well usually after seeing them on instagram. I add hunting for them on my ever growing thrift list.Delete
Too bad about the Dove dry shampoo..I was hoping that turned out for you when I saw the pic in my reader. I buy the Dove frizz-proof cream serum to tame my hair the day I wash it and I love it! The smell is great and it's a bargain at under $5.ReplyDelete
There was something I was thinking about buying the other day that I saw a review for on YouTube, but now I've forgotten what it was...I guess it didn't work THAT well..lol!
I just recently got myself the Dove anti-frizz hair cream I am not giving up on Dove just yet. Dry shampoos are such a hard product to love I don't know why I try new ones out.Delete


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Julie Delporte's Journal will be published this Spring by Koyama Press! Journal will feature Julie's sublime diary comics created between early 2011 and late 2012. These dates include time spent in White River Junction. Click here for more info about CCS's fellowship program. Julie's a special talent and we can't wait to see this book! Congrads, Julie!
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Dr. Jeffrey Capadona '00 was one of 96 researchers named by United States President Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Capadona is a biomedical engineering associate professor at Case Western Reserve University and a research health scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran's Administration Medical Center. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from SJC, where he was a member of the baseball team, and his doctoral degree in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently resides in North Ridgeville, Ohio.
"Discoveries in science and technology not only strengthen our economy, they inspire us as a people." President Obama said. "The impressive accomplishments of today's awardees so early in their careers promise even greater advances in the years ahead."
The Presidential early career awards embody the high priority the Obama Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the Nation's goals, tackle grand challenges, and contribute to the American economy. The recipients are employed or funded by the following departments and agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of Veteran Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation, which join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America's preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions.
The awards, established by President Clinton in 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach.
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The oceanside community of Long Beach, Calif., forms the perfect backdrop for a trade show. The place is hoppin' — from its scenic downtown and waterfront marina to an impressive array of restaurants and attractions such as the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Queen Mary, a former ocean liner turned deluxe hotel and fine-dining destination.
So it's no wonder the 34th Annual Western Pool & Spa Show will return to the convention center on March 15-17. More than 9,000 service technicians, builders and retailers are expected to converge on Hall C to view the booths and New Products Pavilion and, of course, to take seminars.
Exhibitor sign-ups and attendee pre-registration began well in advance of the event, and the number of educational offerings has increased over last year, reports Peter Haverlation, a longtime show organizer and current director of registration.
More good news: Visitors can count on seeing old favorites, such as the truck giveaway and Exhibitors Appreciation Party, and newer favorites, such as the putting contest. But the golf tournament, which was cancelled in 2009 due to the down economy, continues its hiatus.
WPSS promises some all-new twists, too. For example, this year attendees are urged to pre-register online at the WPSS Website; they'll receive email confirmations, which they'll bring to the show to expedite the issuance of badges. Haverlation says the change came about because more people wanted to be able to sign up online.
Registration can be done entirely at the convention center, but even then there's a new development: You can self-register on a laptop computer, and WPSS volunteers will be on hand to help. "We used to mail out brochures with applications, but only 67 used them [last year], so we've stopped that," Haverlation says. Still, he won't rule out sending applications to those who prefer that method. Clearly, the WPSS organizers are trying to be accommodating.
Why the emphasis on registration? Because while admission to the show floor is free, visitors must register to receive show badges, which gain them admittance.
To pre-register, visit www.westernshow.com, or phone 800.787.7727. For local attractions, go to www.visitlongbeach.com.
Something for everyone
To say seminars are a big part of the Western Pool & Spa Show is putting it mildly. Once again, organizers have bumped up the number of courses, from 77 in 2011 to 86 in 2012. Plus, the lineup of seminars taught in Spanish has increased, from nine to 10 this year.
"Every year since day one, any water chemistry class has drawn crowds," Haverlation observes. "Again this year, there will be beginning, intermediate and advanced chemistry classes, which we expect to be well-attended. And there will be discussions on salt [pools]. There have been lots of questions and interest in that."
Other technical sessions will cover equipment such as heaters, pumps, motors, filters, controllers, cleaners, chlorine generators and ozonators. Then there are problem-solving courses on topics such as spot etching, stains, pool leaks — and how-to classes on troubleshooting electrical problems, pool painting, repairing and replacing pool lights, to name a few.
A healthy helping of business seminars will be served, too, such as "Litigation 101: Avoiding Claims and Court," "Let's Talk Business 'n' Tax Planning" — and even "Pool Tech 101: A Beginner's Guide." In keeping with the need for information about laws, regulations and codes, there are courses in that vein — "VGB Act: Make Your Pools Safe," "Advanced Electrical & NEC Code Changes," "Make Title 20/24 Work for You, and Be Legal" and "The ADA and Your Commercial Pools."
Once again, a block of classes will be taught in Spanish, to meet the needs of this growing segment of the service industry. Topics include heaters, basic chemistry, algaecide and sequestering agents, phosphates, hydraulics, controllers, business management/accounting and — new this year — salt chlorine generation.
Regardless of whether the seminar is in English or Spanish, participants are sure to soak up invaluable information from instructors and fellow students, Haverlation says. "That's one of the big benefits," he points out. "In a classroom, there's audience participation, and you hear lots of 'field experience.'"
Note: Three WPSS registration/seminar packages are available. Register on or before March 5 for the lowest rate at www.westernshow.com.
Try your luck
Now we come to what is, without a doubt, the most popular activity at the Western Pool & Spa Show: the truck giveaway.
For the 24th year, there will be a drawing for a pickup truck. "The odds of winning a truck are unbelievable," Haverlation says.
No doubt, many service technicians will try their luck, for obvious reasons. Setting out on your route in a brand-new pickup truck that you won at a trade show? Nice!
The rules are the same as last year: Three names are drawn on Thursday, three on Friday and four on Saturday. Ten finalists will walk away with a variety of prizes, which could be anything from equipment such as a pool heater, pump, filter or cleaner to non-industry items such as a TV or microwave oven.
The final drawing for a Dodge RAM will occur on Saturday, March 17, around 5:30 p.m. You must be present to win, and WPSS officials will keep drawing tickets until the winner hears their name called and steps forward.
Back by Popular Demand
Golf enthusiasts have really taken to the putting contest, which made its debut last year in the WPSS exhibit hall. "It was wildly popular, so we're going to do it again," organizer Peter Haverlation says. "There was always a line of people wanting to play."
The nine-hole putting area will be open during show hours, and the fee is $4 to play ($1 more than last year).
The contest took in more than $400 in 2011, with the split of 50/50, Haverlation notes: Half the proceeds went to the winner and half to SPEC,the legislative advocate for the California pool and spa industry in Sacramento.


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The family of Harrison Damon wants to know if the remains belong to their loved one. Witnesses reported seeing Damon falling from the Penobscot Narrows bridge in March. Rescue crews searched the river for about a week after the teen's disappearance, but he was never found.
A family visiting Moose Point State Park made the grisly discovery on Sunday. A sneaker, with the remains of a human foot inside, was found on private property near the park, in a tidal pool.
Waldo county authorities sent the sneaker to the Medical Examiner's office in Augusta, for DNA identification. Sheriff Scott Story says investigators believe the remains belong to Harrison Damon.


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