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When a Deal is Not Equal
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We had this situation come up recently. It doesn't come up often, but it certainly comes up from time to time.
What do you, as the mediator, do when a deal isn't equal? And not just sort of unequal, but big bucks unequal? And you know your clients aren't talking to attorneys. What's your role and what's your responsibility?
I'm not pretending to know all the answers. But when this comes up at Peace Talks, we handle it in a very straightforward way, even though the client with the better end of the deal typically objects very loudly.
Please tell me what you would have done in the comment box below! I'm really interested to hear everyone's take on the situation.
I know that some of this is a style issue. I know there are mediators who don't talk about the law in their sessions, and I know that that the "no law talk" style can be equally successful in resolving cases as our more middle of the road style. So this essay is not a comment on mediator approaches.
Here's my take: Why It's In YOUR Best Interests for Your Mediator to Explain Things Fully to Your Spouse (Even Things You Don't Want Him or Her to Know)
A client called the other day complaining that his bill included time we spent explaining to his wife why signing the agreement they negotiated was a bad idea.
He shouldn't have to pay for our explanation of why she shouldn't do the deal he talked her into, should he? I know that some of this grousing is just that our mediation clients are very nice people who are having a really, really bad day. But he got me to thinking.
A few years back we had another set of clients where the husband wanted to waive spousal support (alimony) and the wife made $1million a year. We insisted on running the California Guidelines for Spousal Support computer program and discussing the California spousal support statute even though the wife threatened to walk out of the mediation. She felt a lot more comfortable with her husband being in the dark about what he might be entitled to claim for support (In LA, negotiations would've started at about $30,000 per month!).
Here's why it's actually better for the spouse receiving more than it was for the spouse receiving less that we explained everyone's legal rights fully. Counter-intuitive, I know.
Note: in last week's example it's is a husband receiving 60% of the assets and the wife receiving 40% of the assets, and in the older example it's the husband waiving spousal support, so although I've used "him" and "her" references because last week's case is fresh in my mind, it happens just as often the other way around.
An early criticism of mediation was that mediators would gloss over tough issues to reach agreements quickly and to go around bragging that they have a 100% settlement rate.
The main problem with this approach is that as soon as the spouse who gave up too much has a chance to think about it and talk to some friends….or an attorney, or an accountant…he or she will not sign the agreement as negotiated.
Or, if the agreement has already been signed, he or she will hire an attorney and try to re-open the case. If there's anything worse than getting divorced once, it's doing it twice in the same case!
If we kept the spouse in the dark about what he or she is giving up as part of the mediation process, here's a partial list of criteria her expensive litigation attorney would use to get the case re-opened:
- She was feeling guilty about the situation and signed in haste
- Her husband muscled her into signing the agreement
- She's not financially sophisticated and her husband and their mutual financial advisor (who took the husband's side) talked her into a deal she didn't understand but since she trusted both of them she just went ahead and signed
- She didn't consult with an attorney during the divorce
- She relied on the mediators to inform her of her rights and the mediators didn't do so (for whatever reason)
- She signed the agreement under duress
- She signed the agreement because the husband and financial advisor said to, and since it wasn't a 50/50 agreement as provided under California law, they both violated their fiduciary duty to her
Do you think the Judge would re-open the case? I do.
I think the Judge might also refer the financial advisor's breach of fiduciary duty to the wife to the advisor's licensing board…and I think that financial advisor could be in real trouble. Big trouble.
So while the mediators at Peace Talks were stirring the pot by making sure both parties (and that financial advisor) understood how California Community Property laws work and the math behind those laws as it pertains to their individual case, the mediators were also protecting both parties and the financial advisor.
The way the Peace Talks mediators resolved the case was to create a community property division spreadsheet showing how California Community Property laws would have divided the parties' property and contrasted it with the deal that the financial advisor had brokered and talked the wife into signing.
The Peace Talks spreadsheet showed a 50/50 division. The financial advisor's deal was more like 37% to the wife and 63% to the husband.
We asked the wife to sign a copy of the memo showing the two spreadsheets along with a sentence "A copy of this spreadsheet was provided to me via email on [date]. I acknowledge receiving a copy of this, I've read it, and I understand it."
Simple enough.
So while that doesn't necessarily get rid of the "duress" or "I trusted my husband and our mutual financial advisor and they violated their fiduciary duty" arguments if wife has second thoughts and wants to re-open the case, but I think it provides protection against some of the strongest arguments for re-opening the case:
- She relied on the mediators to inform her of her rights and the mediators didn't do so (for whatever reason)
- She signed an agreement that she didn't understand
So I'm really sorry that I had to charge for that time. Trust me, I didn't appreciate having to work on this at 11 pm on Easter so he could get his Judgment signed to accommodate their travel plans. I also woke up with nightmares about "does the wife understand what she's doing?" There was no charge for that, at least.
But it's really in YOUR best interests that your spouse understands what her rights would have been under the law. We were protecting you when we had your spouse sign that document that the difference in the math was understood and that she was agreeing to a less than 50% split.
What do you think? What would you have done if you were the mediator in this case?
Diana Mercer, Esq. is an Attorney-Mediator and the founder of Peace Talks Mediation Services in Los Angeles, California ( www.peace-talks.com ). A veteran litigator, she now devotes her practice solely to mediation. Outgoing and down-to-earth, she makes clients and attorneys feel at ease in solving family law disputes, divorces, custody, premarital agreements and estate planning conflicts. She is the co-author of Making Divorce Work: 8 Essential Keys to Resolving Conflict and Rebuilding Your Life (Penguin/Perigee 2010) www.makingdivorcework.com/buybook.html and Your Divorce Advisor (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 2001) and writes for the Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-mercer as well as her own blog Making Divorce Work makingdivorceworkblog.com. She is the co-author of Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist Guide You Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce (Fireside 2001). She's an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and is admitted to practice law in California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The Good:Nova continues to deliver a completely immersive story with beautiful art, which, if you've been following the series so far, I'm sure is no surprise.McGunness's art is beautiful to look at. I am convinced he was born to illustrate this book; as his signature style merges with this otherworldly story just perfectly. Combined with the beautiful colors by Marte Gracia, this is the best looking Marvel book around in my opinion.We start to see where this story is heading in this issue and ...
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I've been really enjoying this book it's definitely not the best book on the stands but this is one of the most consistently fun reads each month and I like how this has been a more light hearted book with all these fairly dark books that are currently out and also I'm a sucker for anything Cosmic Marvel and this also has been a great origin story so far for this new hero.PlotThe Watcher shows Sam an invading alien fleet that are coming for Earth and then Sam flies back to Earth and meets his m...
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Nova #3 was by far the best comic in the season (idk what you call these periods where they're released week after week) so far for me. Tall-big martian man on the moon was a little strange, who wouldn't be able to see that guy? But i did find it epic to see the fleet of ships that he was pointing at the Nova all of a sudden could see. I had that OH $#!% moment that we've all had once or twice. As cocky as this kid is we do see that he's not brave at all, it takes Rocket Raccoon and Gamora shoot...
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A whole lot of giving for a handfull of nothing. Ever felt that way? .....me too.
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I'm all about constructive criticism so here goes: I like your overall composition, the pause in the middle is quite nice, and the very quiet and moody conclusion is extremely well done and sensitive. BUT I don't know how much piano you've played because it sounds like you're holding down the sustain pedal too long whenever the piano is playing solo, and the notes are bleeding together too much. Normally a pianist would raise the sustain at minimum with every chord change (not counting transposed chords).
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The Relationship Between the Effects of a Wife's Education on her Husband's Earnings and her Labor Participation: Japan in the period 2000 -2003
In this paper, we explore the relationship between the influence of wives' human capital on their husbands' earnings and their labor participation using individual level data for Japan in the period 2000–2003. We found that a wife's human capital has a positive effect on her husband's earnings regardless of her work status when the entire sample is used. Furthermore, we focused on couples with an age difference exceeding five years to remove the assortative mating effect. By using this subsample, the positive effect of a wife's education is observed when a wife is a non-worker, that is she does not work outside the home, but disappears in those who are workers, that is they work outside the home. This suggests that a wife's labor participation drastically reduces the positive effect of her human capital on her husband's earnings after controlling for the assortative mating effect. It follows from this that an educated housewife improves her husband's productivity, consequently increasing his earnings, whereas a working wife appears to not have enough time to do so. These findings are consistent with implications drawn from the situation in the United States (Jepsen 2005).
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- Chong Huang & Hongbin Li & Pak Wai Liu & Junsen Zhang, 2009. "Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating and Cross-Productivity," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(4), pages 633-652, October.
- Neuman, Shoshana & Ziderman, Adrian, 1992. "Benefits of Women's Education within Marriage: Results for Israel in a Dual Labor Market Context," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 40(2), pages 413-24, January.
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"Effects on Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil,"
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- Lam, David & Schoeni, Robert F, 1993. "Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 101(4), pages 710-40, August.
- Tiefenthaler, Jill, 1997. "The Productivity Gains of Marriage: Effects of Spousal Education on Own Productivity across Market Sectors in Brazil," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 45(3), pages 633-50, April.
- Shahina Amin & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2005. "The Impact of a Wife's Education on Her Husband's Earnings in Malaysia," The Journal of Economics, Missouri Valley Economic Association, vol. 31(2), pages 1-18.
- Theodore W. Schultz, 1974. "Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number schu74-1, December.
- Lars Lefgren & Frank McIntyre, 2006. "The Relationship between Women's Education and Marriage Outcomes," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 24(4), pages 787-830, October.
- Behrman, Jere R & Wolfe, Barbara L, 1984. "The Socioeconomic Impact of Schooling in a Developing Country," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 66(2), pages 296-303, May.
- Eiji Yamamura, 2008. "Diffusion of home computers and social networks: a study using Japanese panel data," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(15), pages 1231-1235.
- Eng Seng Loh, 1996. "Productivity Differences and the Marriage Wage Premium for White Males," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 31(3), pages 566-589.
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- Pak-Wai Liu & Junsen Zhang, 1999. "Assortative mating versus the cross-productivity effect," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(8), pages 523-525.
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19th June 2003, 01:33 AM | #1 |
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LEDs to replace classic Marantz lamps?
I have an sweet old Marantz 1530 that has a number of burned out lamps.
A check of Ben Blish's site shows I can replace with some 250mA lamps from Parts Express. There are also EBay auctions with various replacements. But now that blue LEDs are available, I'm thinking of using them with a resistor. Less draw on the PS and virtually lifetime use. I could even try different colours to see how they look. I've heard of purple LEDs so those could be a special custom look. Opinions? :)ensen. |
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if you use l.e.d just make it so if you wana sell it in the future.make sure you can restore it to it's original state with the right lights
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Thanks Karma,
Of course, I'd have to test if the connection is DC or AC since the lamps will operate either way. If DC, then I can try and make the new LED lamps to fit the fuse holders. That way, as you say, replacing with OEM parts will still be possible and the unit can be restored to original. That said, I hope to keep this thing until I can pass it on to the next descendent in the family. I inherited this one from my grandfather, just like my love for the music. :)ensen |
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sounds good. post some pic's when finished i may try it i have the same model. not allot of watts but wow does it have good sound
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you can pop in white LED's
I know with my Madison Fielding tube receiver that there are little plastic crystals which transmitted the different color wavelengths. With white LED's you just plug and play, well almost, it takes a somewhat higher voltage to run a white LED than a red or green one. they turn on with a few ma, probably max out at 20 to 40ma. I use white leds in a photometer I built.
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I signed for a Toyota Corolla yesterday, and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted.
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
First of all if your looking for a reliable car with great room interior AND small yet not feeling crushed in this is the car for you. I got this car from my parents in high school and I have been driving it ever since. I had it since 09 and no problems I take it to the dealer to get it serviced and my baby has not let me down.
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
Got this as a 2nd car for my 70 mile daily commute. Very basic car with no frills or excitement. For such a small car with a small engine I expected better gas mileage. Driving about 75 mph on the highway gets me about 27 mpg. Upgraded the stereo to a Pioneer DEH-6400BT because I needed hands-free bluetooth and iphone connectivity. Install on this car was very easy. Very impressed with the legroom. Overall this car does it's job which is get me to work and back.
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
I just replaced my 2001 Ford Explorer Sports Trac with 225k miles, its the best move I have ever made.
Presently, I'm going to average a little over 30 miles to the gallon...considering the winter conditions of WI and commuting.
Big relief at the wallet! Reliability time will tell; will post more...
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
I was recently in a terrible wreck in my Versa. The car was totaled and all I suffered was a broken nail from the air bag. This car is incredibly safe and comfortable! As soon as I found it was totaled I told my mom that I needed help looking for another one, possibly a newer one. I absolutely love my Versa!
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
Really good mileage - lots of pep on the highway.
A little concerned with the braking - mine tends to go an extra foot or so before completely stopping even after brake is fully applied.
Dealer says there's no problem.
Also, the CVT, although supposedly good for mileage, takes some getting used to.
I'm still on the fence about that.
On inclines, it does help to slow you down without braking, but this feature isn't always helpful on level ground.
As soon as you take your foot off the gas pedal, there's little "coasting" - it stops much quicker than any other car I've driven.
Not so sure I like this feature.
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2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 S 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6M)
I picked the Nissan Versa because of how comfortable it was, because it was several thousand cheaper than any comparable car (say the honda fit) and because of the insane amount of room on the inside. Even though it feels like a compact car, I feel like I have the space of a small SUV. I'm not sure what people are talking about it being not fun to drive. Anyone that has driven my car has mentioned how great my car handles and it has great pick up. I feel like I zip and zoom in it. I would recommend this car to anyone who does not want to fork over a bunch of money for bells and whistles but wants the most practical and comfortable car for the price.
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4/4/2011 Update: This truck did not meet reserve at $17,300 and the $24k Buy-it-Now was not selected. It has now been re-listed here on eBay, this time with no reserve.
From 3/28/2011:
This 1967 Kaiser Jeep M-715 Pick-Up has been totally restored from the frame up. It includes a massive bed canopy and side slats, and is powered by a Buick V8 from a Jeep J-3000. Any 4×4 that carries wood-handled axes and shovels externally is okay in our book. Find it here on eBay in Snohomish, Washington. Special thanks to BaT reader Chris P. for this submission!
We've always loved the flat sheet-metal fenders on these trucks. They keep most of the mud controlled and if you ever bash one into a tree you can make another with hand tools that evening. Photos from the seller show the truck being built from a bare painted chassis, and the bed is set-up with troop seats for all your friends.
The interior is equally excellent with several paragraphs of instructions on the new dash plaques. Basic canvas seating and a cluster of round dials get the job done, and the soft tom is removable for the warm months.
The Buick engine is a surprise, but it seems fitting being that it was OEM Jeep equipment. It is backed by a T-98 4-speed and 202 'case with twin sticks.
The build looks terrific, with nice upgrades where necessary and overall a capable looking military rig. Front disk brakes came from an outfit called Ugly Truckling which we had never before heard of. They look like a no-nonsense bunch with some great components.
If you found the car kaiser m715 I hope to communicate
I want to buy this car how to communicate with its owner
@ Graham….. Sorry (for me) that it sold…And from Snohomish ! I'm in granite Falls. Guess I gotta restore one myself. I would like to talk to you and use some of your Knowledge to help plan my project, if that would be possable…
I like the concept, but isn't this something that you would find in Certain inner city neighborhoods where there seem to be more men and manly looking women congregating?
Am I the only one who wants to put a hayabusa motor into this thing?
The odd-fire Buick V-6 had an 8 cyl distributor with six plug wires on it. Basicly, It simply was an 8 that would skip two beats. The later even-fire V6 was essentially the same engine with a different crank. The new dist. had six plugwires evenly spaced.
Words you will seldom hear from me. This vehicle is beautiful, amazing, one of a kind. The obvious almost coucours level restoratoration is truly unexpected on what looks like a near prefect (not only by 1967 standards but also 2011 standards) chassis and body. I beleive the buy it now price is almost a steal. The quality spent on this car is…….ah I gotta quit. I wish I lived in an area where I could use this truck frequently but the sand or muck of S Florida are not worthy of this magnificent beast. Somebody please buy it and fly through the timber. Tread softly..my a$$. Hammer down and I'll envy you for life. To keep my critical opinions intact, loose the Jeep emblem from behind the grille. My man/woman you have restored/rebuilt a vehicle deserving the highest accolades.
@jchez7 – I agree, both appeal to me in a BIG way!
Oh…..lust. So well done.
Why do I want this and the 'other side of the spectrum' Bentley so badly?
If it had a diesel it would be perfect. I'm thinking Cummins from a Dodge p/u, or maybe an Navistar 7.3 from a Ford. A project for the next owner.
Roger has the engine history correct with respect to the V-6. GM did things to cure the shakes when they got the engine back. One of those tricks was offset crank journals.
AMC lengthened the wheel base on the CJ's and the Commandoes and installed their inline six when they acquired the Jeeps and shelved the V-6.
Bolt in a Gear Vendors O/D. Because… it needs more cab levers!
/great build; who doesn't love a Hobbes meter in a truck?
The question you have to ask yourself is, are you man enough to drive around in this thing? Well, are ya, punk?
I think Nimrod called this one right. Definitely has the Tonka aesthetic.
The canopy looks like a conestoga wagon.
Kaiser did change a fair amount of things about that engine while they were producing it, atually got some torque out of it. If I remember correctly, Kaiser got completely out of car and truck production when they sold Jeep off to AMC, so they had no need for the 3.8
the 3.8 V6 is still one of my favorite modern GM engines.
Although… it was the most fun in my 79 Riviera Type S with the turbo and a Quadrajet. Not much off the line, but an absolute riot to drive from 40mph up.
It would also go into boost in reverse, something everyone should experience in the snow once in there lifetime.
Why is it Washington State has the best stuff in the best condition ….
It is more than the right climate. There is a mindset on individualism in an automobile like nowhere else. Not over the top in a bling kinda way, but more artful! I want to live there.
$24 000!!
C'mon that is FREE!
The only thing I see scaring a prospective buyer is that it is TOO perfect. I'd be shy to take it offroad, and doing so would probably entice me to build up the drivetrain.
Amazing how a purely utilitarian design can cause butterflies. Love these.
I'm sure the reserve will be stratospheric though.
I believe the bracket on the hood is a black-out light, used under combat conditions or to sneak into the drive-in movie.
Wow, you may quibble on the engine choice, but gosh darnit everything is perfect on this thing, and appears to have been done correctly. This thing should last forever.
Absolutely beautiful example of an awesome vintage Jeep.
I'd love to have it sitting in my driveway. :)
"Don't call me sir, I work for a living!"
I've wanted one of those ever since I saw the first one back in the 1980s. There's one sitting in a holding yard of a body shop I drive by every once in a while. Perfect for TEOTWAWKI!
@ BigNick…awesome, just awesome mental image!!
Duly rec'd sir…
They don't make "trucknuts" big enough for this truck, you'll have to make 'em yourself out of two old basketballs and a canvas duffel bag.
I would have to paint it caterpillar yellow and put Tonka on the tailgate. What a manly mans truck. Semper Fi indeed.
Joberlee, The V6 GM got back was the same unbalanced run like a three legged dog 90 degreeV6 they sold years before the gas crunch. Kaiser needed the cash and GM needed a non gas gussler.
All 90 degree V6 engines are unbalanced crap. Now they just toss in a counter balance shaft to help hide the imbalance. The engines are still unbalanced but the shake is covered up.
That is one manly truck. What is the round latch on top of the left front fender? To hold the howitzer?
The US government frequently sells old Kaisers on gsaauctions.gov.
e.g., Today there are four Kaisers- Two Jeeps, a Kaiser fire truck and a Kaiser crane, 1967, 1967, 1971 and 1975.
I like this one but would rather have ye olde Tornado 6. Not much hp but sufficient torque and light weight. One other thing, go to army surplus and get some genuine tires, not those oversized tractorpull tires.
Not usually a big fan of these sorts of things, but wow, I really want this one. Nicely done.
Not sure if any of yall have driven an M715 but I'd like to point out that this one has power steering. The M715 I drove had an SBC and I will say that it is the only vehicle I've broken a sweat from driving. Backing it up and fighting the wheel really take their toll.
Depending on the year they could have an inline 6 a 304, 360 or 401.
Thank you @Joberlee. I was wondering about that. J10's etc. have AMC 360s no?
The Buick engines disappeared when AMC bought out Kaiser.
My info shows the 1967 J trucks coming with 3 engines; 2 six cylinders, a 232 and a 230 SOHC and a 327 V8 which was an AMC sourced engine. AMC stopped using the 327 in 1966.
The Buick 350 showed up in the Jeeps 68 to mid 71 when the AMC engines found their way in.
Shortly after that, AMC sold the Buick V6 tooling and designs back to GM.
Only GM could sell off an engine that they couldn't make work well, let someone else fix it, buy it back and then build it for 38 more years. All the while calling it a "Buick" engine.
Thank you Kaiser
Cool truck at the current bid. At the BIN price I think I'll decline to add it to my virtual garage. But still probably a better deal then restoring one….
Excellent truck.
My only mod would be to add a black distributor cap.
It is pretty much perfect, but if it was mine I would source some NDT tires and parkerize the red distributor cap. Beautiful job!
Is that a Buick V-8 or V-6. I would have thought it would have had an AMC V-8 but Jeep did use the Buick V-6 in the C-J's
Warning….do not drive if you have loose fillings in your teeth.
It looks like it wants to eat children and squash puppies. I want to buy it a boilermaker.
Great restoration. Sounds like the seller knew what he was doing and put a lot of thought into it.
I guess I REALLY don't know Jeep history all that well. I was not aware that the Buick V8 EVER powered a "factory-built" Jeep product, much less a J chassis Jeep. Learn something new every day. I always assumed that the J series Jeeps had AMC V8s because that's all you ever see advertised as the engine used in older, V8 powered Jeeps….unless someone has done a SBC conversion.
Jesus H. Christ
It pains me to look at this thing, I want it so badly. No way I can afford right now what it will go for though. :(
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US 5597609 A Abstract Lenses are brought individually or in pairs on a transport device (12) to a continuous vacuum apparatus (1) equipped with a rotating substrate carrier (3). The eyeglass lenses (13) are introduced through a system of locks (15) into the continuous vacuum apparatus (1), where they are coated in at least one controllable coating station (5, 6, 7) with at least one transparent layer and then sent back to the transport device (12). The eyeglass lenses (13) are given codes (18), and the codes are read by a code reader (19). The coating parameters of the individual coating stations (5, 6, 7) and the drive of the substrate carrier (3) are controlled by the code reader (19).
Claims(9) 1. Process for the coating of eyeglass lenses, comprising
providing a readable code containing coating parameters information associated with each of a plurality of eyeglass lenses, transporting said eyeglass lenses in tandem to a vacuum coating apparatus, reading the code associated with each eyeglass lens as it is transported, transferring each eyeglass lens to a rotatable substrate carrier in said vacuum coating apparatus via a lock, moving said lenses through at least one coating station on a circular path defined by said substrate carrier, and coating each lens at each coating station according to coating parameters determined by the code read for said each substrate. 2. Process as in claim 1 wherein said lenses are moved through a plurality of coating stations, said substrate carrier being rotated in retrograde so that a lens moves through at least one said station more than once.
3. Process as in claim 1 wherein said eyeglass lenses are transported by means of a transport device on which said codes are provided.
4. Process as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said eyeglass lenses is arranged with an additional eyeglass lens to form a pair of eyeglass lenses, each pair of eyeglass lenses being associated with a readable code and passing through said at least one coating station as a unit.
5. Apparatus for coating of eyeglass lenses comprising
at least one coating station, a vacuum chamber having therein a rotatable substrate carrier which moves through said at least one coating station, transport means for moving eyeglass lenses in tandem to said vacuum chamber, means for associating a readable code containing coating parameters information with each eyeglass lens, reading means for reading each said code and providing an output signal corresponding to each lens, transfer means for transferring each said lens from said transport means to said substrate carrier via a lock, control means for determining coating parameters at each said coating station and controlling movement of said substrate holder in response to said output signals. 6. Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said control means can rotate said substrate carrier in retrograde.
7. Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said means for associating a readable code comprises codes provided on said transport means.
8. Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said transport means moves said substrates in a direction which is parallel to a tangent to the substrate carrier.
9. Apparatus for coating of eyeglass lenses as in claim 5, wherein at least one of said eyeglass lenses is arranged with an additional eyeglass lens to form a pair of eyeglass lenses, each pair of eyeglass lenses being associated with a readable code and passing through said at least one coating station as a unit.
Description The invention pertains to a process for the coating of eyeglass lenses in a vacuum apparatus. Eyeglass lenses are provided with one or more layers to make them antireflective and/or to give them certain reflecting colors, which may also be subject to changes of fashion. Eyeglass lenses of plastic are provided with scratch-resistant protective layers to prolong their life. U.S. Pat. No. 5,138,974 discloses coating eyeglass lenses in batches by attaching a plurality of them to a dome-shaped substrate holder and by coating them by means of a vapor deposition process. In this process, a relatively large number of eyeglass lenses is produced, all of which are provided with the same coating materials. Because of the nonuniform way in which the vapor spreads out from the coating source, however, it is practically impossible to provide all of the eyeglass lenses of one batch with layers of the same thickness. Aside from this problem, batch-wise systems of this type cannot be integrated into the normal production sequence of modern lens production systems, in which eyeglass lenses are produced individually or in pairs and then subjected to further processing. Eyeglass lenses are usually produced "by prescription" in pairs with the same properties; and also in this respect the known batchwise systems are inflexible, since they are incapable of producing a succession of eyeglass lenses which differ from one another with respect to their radii of curvature and coating materials. A further disadvantage of the known batch systems consists in that the eyeglass lenses must be loaded by hand onto the dome-shaped substrate holders. This hand loading brings with it the danger of damage. It is not possible in practice to automate this step. The invention provides a coating process for eyeglass lenses which can also be integrated into the conventional production and finishing processes for coated eyeglass lenses and which makes it possible to provide eyeglass lenses individually or in pairs with coatings or coating systems precisely defined in advance. The task is accomplished by bringing the eyeglass lenses up individually or in pairs on a transport device to a continuous vacuum apparatus with a rotating substrate carrier. The lenses are then introduced through a system of locks into the continuous vacuum apparatus, where they are coated in at least one controllable coating station with at least one transparent coating and then sent back through the lock system individually or in pairs to a transport device. Codes are assigned to the eyeglass lenses, individually or in pairs. The codes are read by a code reader, and the coating parameters of the coating station in question and the drive of the substrate carrier are then controlled by the code reader. By means of the invention, the eyeglass lenses are put on an assembly line, so to speak, coated in the coating apparatus, and then set back down either on the same assembly line or on a different one. In the coating apparatus, each lens is given a single or multi-layer coating in the course of a static coating process. One or more eyeglass lenses can be present simultaneously in the coating apparatus. The coating apparatus can have one or more coating stations. The process according to the invention can be operated in cycles. With a cycle time of 60 seconds, for example, it is possible to coat 60 lenses or 60 pairs of lenses per hour. The process in question can be integrated easily into the production and finishing process for eyeglass lenses. In the process according to the invention, the need for loading the coating system by hand is also eliminated. Because the eyeglass lenses are assigned codes either individually or in pairs, because the codes are read by a code reader, and because the coating parameters of the various coating stations and the drive of the substrate carrier are controlled by the code reader, the coating process is automated. In particular, the coating properties can be changed as desired from substrate to substrate, so that it is possible to control the reflecting colors of an antireflective layer in accordance with the appropriate specifications. As a result, an extremely high level of flexibility is achieved in terms of the overall coating technology. The codes can contain information on the diameter, work material, and curvature or diopters of the eyeglass lenses as well as on the reflective colors and the number of individual layers in the coating system. It is also advantageous for the eyeglass lenses to be deposited individually or in pairs on a transport pallet and for the transport pallet to be provided with the codes. Transport pallets of this type can be adapted to carry eyeglass lenses of different dimensions, so that the coating apparatus itself does not have to be modified to process different lens diameters. The invention also pertains to a vacuum apparatus for the coating of eyeglass lenses in a vacuum chamber with at least one controllable coating station. A transport device supplies eyeglass lenses, arranged individually or in pairs, to the vacuum chamber, which is equipped with a rotating substrate carrier. The lenses are introduced, individually or in pairs, into the vacuum chamber via a lock system and, after they have been coated, returned to a transport device. A code reader, installed along the transport route of the lenses, reads the codes which are assigned either individually or in pairs to the eyeglass lenses. The output signals of the code reader are sent to a control unit for the coating parameters of at least one coating station and for the drive of the substrate carrier. It is especially advantageous for the control unit for the substrate carrier to be designed in such a way that the substrate carrier can be rotated at least temporarily in the reverse direction (retrograde), so that at least one of the coating stations can be passed through more than once. Especially good coating qualities are achieved if at least one of the coating stations is designed as a sputtering device. For the production of so-called protective coatings, for example, the coating rate can be increased in an especially advantageous manner if at least one of the coating stations is designed as a PCVD (plasma-controlled vapor deposition) coating source. The transport device delivers the lenses continuously or semicontinuously to one end of the coating system. The loading and unloading device removes the most recently coated lens or pair of lenses from the lock system and sets it back down on the transport device, which can be designed in an especially simply manner as a conveyor belt. Simultaneously, an uncoated lens is laid in the lock system. The substrate holder, which is designed as a rotating table, rotates through the individual coating stations, which are installed on a circular track corresponding to the transport route of the lenses. The substrates are transported from coating station to coating station and finally back to the lock system by means of the intermittent rotation of the substrate carrier. The simplest coating system, which is used currently to render eyeglass lenses of mineral glass antireflective, consists of a single layer. Because currently about 50% of the antireflective lenses of mineral glass have only one such individual coating, it is sufficient in this case for the coating apparatus to be provided with only a single coating station. A somewhat more complicated coating system consists of a double layer; that is, first a layer of high refractivity and then a layer of low refractivity are deposited on a mineral glass lens. For a coating system such as this, a coating apparatus with two coating stations is required. Insofar as such a coating system is deposited on plastic lenses, an additional adhesive layer is required; that is, to coat lenses of plastic material, at least three coating stations are required, the first being used to produce the adhesive layer, the second the high-refraction layer, and the third the low refraction layer. With the object according to the invention, furthermore, it is also possible, by means of a coating apparatus with two or three coating stations, to deposit more complicated antireflective layers onto lenses of plastic or mineral glass. These more complicated, multi-layer systems usually consist of alternating layers of high- and low-refraction coating materials. In cases such as this, it is possible, by rotating the substrate carrier backwards and forwards between one coating station and another, to produce practically any desired type of multi-layer lumenizing coating. The coding assigned to the eyeglass lenses, which can consist, for example, of a bar code, defines the prescribed properties of the finished lens. This bar code is detected by a code reader mounted along the transport route of the lenses before the first coating station, and the output signals of the code reader are used to control the coating parameters and to control the cycle time and rotational direction of the substrate carrier. As a low-refraction material, it is possible to use SiO2, for example; and TiO2 is a suitable example of a high-refraction material. The cycle time is determined by thickness of the thickest layer or by the slowest coating rate or by both factors. When a sputtering step is involved, the TiO2 mentioned above is associated with a relatively slow sputtering rate. In such a case, it is especially advantageous for the coating station for TiO2 to be doubled or tripled, so that the throughput of the overall system can be matched to the faster coating rate of the other coating stations. Similar considerations will apply to the production of thicker protective layers. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a vacuum coating apparatus with three coating stations and a control unit in a perspective view; and FIG. 2 shows a top view of a transport pallet with a lens and a bar code. FIG. 3 shows a top view of a transport pallet with a pair of lenses and a bar code. FIG. 1 shows a vacuum apparatus 1, which consists of a box-shaped vacuum chamber 2 with a rotating substrate carrier 3, indicated by two concentric circles. This substrate carrier 3 can be rotated in either direction by a drive (not shown) as indicated by arrow 4. Three coating stations 5, 6, 7, which, in the illustrated exemplary embodiment, are designed as sputtering devices, are installed in the cover of vacuum chamber 2, above the transport route defined by substrate carrier 3. Sputtering devices, which are in the present case designed advantageously as magnetron cathodes, have been known for a long time; they are supplied with electric power via three lines 8, 9, 10. Another line 11, shown in broken line, leads to the drive (not shown) for substrate carrier 3. Parallel to a tangent to ring-shaped substrate carrier 3 there is a transport device 12, which is designed as a conveyor belt. An endless series of eyeglass lenses 13, which rest on transport pallets 14, are present on this transport device. Transport pallets 14 preferably have openings, the diameter of which is the same as the diameter of eyeglass lenses 13. In this way, if additional coating sources have been provided at the bottom of vacuum chamber 2 and if the substrate carrier is also provided with corresponding openings, lenses 13 can be coated simultaneously on both sides. Between transport device 12 and vacuum chamber 2 there is a lock system 15 with a loading device 16 and an unloading device 17, both of which are indicated only symbolically by broken arrows. By means of loading device 16, a transport pallet 14 is picked up from transport device 12 and introduced through lock system 15 into vacuum chamber 2. After the coating has been applied at one or more of coating stations 5, 6, 7, the lenses enter lock system 15 again and are set down by loading device 17 on the transport device. Transport pallets 14 are therefore picked up and set down continuously, so that a virtually continuous series of lenses 13 is present on transport device 12. A transport pallet 14 of this type with a lens 13 and a code 18 as previously described are shown in FIG. 2. A transport pallet 14 with a pair of lenses is shown in FIG. 3. Transport device 12 can also consist of two adjoining conveyor belts, which operate in the same direction, namely, tangentially to the substrate carrier 3, in the area of lock system 15, although this is not shown specifically in FIG. 1. The coated lenses would thus be loaded onto the second conveyor belt. Along the transport route of lenses 13 predefined by transport device 12, a code reader 19 is installed before vacuum chamber 1 to read code 18. The output signal of code reader 19 is sent over line 20 to a central processor 21, which can be programmed by means of an input keyboard 22. Nominal values and measurement values can be called up and read from a display unit 23. Central processor 21 is part of a control unit 24, which includes three individually adjustable power supplies 25, 26, 27 for coating stations 5, 6, 7. The way in which coating stations of this type are controlled, however, belongs to the state of the art, and there is therefore no need for further discussion of it here. The drive (not shown) of substrate carrier 3, that is, the cycling frequency and the rotational direction of substrate carrier 3, is also controlled by central processor 21 via line 11. Insofar as gas feeds to the individual coating stations must be controlled in an open-loop or closed-loop manner, this is also accomplished by central processor 21 via appropriate gas lines and control valves (not shown). As can be seen especially clearly from FIG. 1, the coating process is carried out according to the "just-in-time" principle, that is, at the rate at which the overall lens production and finishing system operates. These production systems include, for example, stations for the grinding and polishing of the lenses before they are coated. Because there is no longer any need to load the lenses onto the conventional dome-like substrate holders by hand, there is also no longer any danger of the lenses becoming dirty or scratched. Patent Citations
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She freely admits that no matter how hard she tries to avoid embarrassing moments, providence always manages to place a banana skin beneath her foot.
Now I've always found (and I'm sure there's a law against making statements like the one I think I'm about to make…), people from Scotland rather hard to understand.
Why, for example, would anyone choose to be born so far from a decent football team?
And how difficult must it be to pop over to France for a day trip if you live in Aberdeen?
And men wearing skirts (and nothing on underneath!) What's all that about, then? Whenever I dress up in a skirt, I always (but always) make sure that I have a nice pair of Caks on!
Still, on with the blog.
One thing that Princesse Ecossaise and I agree with entirely is the subject of teenagers! The post, Teenage Dirtbag contains the line…. "Teenagers. I hate them. I utterly, honestly, with a passion, downright hate them."
And Princesse Ecossaise was all of 21 years old when she wrote that!
In common with most bloggers of the female persuasion, Princess Ecossaise has a little rant about French men peeing in House of Card(s)board and in That's What Friends Are For explains all about female/female nipple hair pulling.
Two staple subjects that enhance any Life in France blog, I've always found!
I do so wish that I wasn't about to say… "it gets worse" but…. it gets worse!
Big Pants is all about sharing her mother's pants (with a dermatologist mixed in somewhere as well) and De-socking is all about the exotic pleasures of taking your socks off in bed.
I loved the post about the Trou de Cul – I often call my cats that (and far worse) – they haven't been awarded medals yet but, that can't be far off!
And I felt so sorry for Princesse when she suffered from what many expats do, I'll repeat Out of Sight, Out of Mind to explain…
"I don't want to be a baby about this but..
it's my birthday
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From home
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And that's because Facebook reminds them automatically.
What has my life come to?"
Isn't that sad? Well, you could always cheer yourself up be reading A Few Things About Princesse Ecossaise or just dive in a take a look at The Best of La Belle Saison
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A series of pictures showing a woman crushing a kitten to death with her stiletto heels is causing an uproar over in China. The pictures first appeared on the internet and have recently been published by some Chinese newspapers. The woman in the photos has been dubbed the Kitten Killer of Hangzhou, because the background scene has been identified as Hangzhou. I've been able to locate four of the pictures in the series, but I think there are a few more (far more graphic) ones. Here are the ones I found (I don't have larger versions):Image 3 (possibly disturbing) |
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The big question is: Who is this woman? One theory is that the images come from a Japanese shoe advertisement. Another theory identifies the kitten killer as a "37-year-old woman from Hubei province with the internet identity 'Gainmas.'" The London Telegraph elaborates:
She had registered a website in Hangzhou and - the ultimate evidence - had bought a pair of stilettoes on eBay last year. She was also registered with QQ, a popular Chinese message service, where she wrote of herself: "I furiously crush everything to do with you and me." Before her QQ address went dead, its owner had several conversations. In one, she is coy, saying "So what?" when asked if the pictures are of her, and then, when asked again, replying: "In theory." When confronted by a reporter, she became defensive, saying: "Suddenly hundreds of people are on my QQ and cursing me. What's the problem if I crush cats? It's a type of experience. You wouldn't understand."
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No one seems to have suggested the serious possibility that the photographs could be a hoax - created by picture-altering computer software. But in the face of tight control of self-expression, young Chinese are seeking wildly different forms of sensation or satire on the state of society.
Without having seen all the pictures (and better quality ones), it's hard to judge whether or not they're real. But it certainly seems like this has already become the Chinese version of Bonsai Kitten (with the added twist that it may be real... in which case it's definitely disgusting).
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Thrush, S. and Hewitt, J.E. and Herman, P.M.J. and Ysebaert, T. (2005) Multi-scale analysis of species-environment relationships. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 302, 13-26. ISSN 0171-8630.
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Species–environment models are important tools for ecology and conservation, but ecologists generally lack knowledge of how spatial extent, habitat and environmental heterogeneity interact to affect relationships. This study investigates the effect of the spatial scale when predicting the response of maximum density and probability of occurrence of macrobenthic taxa to changes in sediment mud content. Three spatial scales were used, 2 km (an area within an estuary), 11 km (a single estuary) and 500 km (multiple estuaries), with the range of mud content being similar at the 2 largest spatial extents. Models from each scale were compared using model fit and the shape of the response curve. Different effects of scale were found for different model types and for different taxa, varying from no-scale dependence to markedly different responses at different scales. However, for most taxa, mud content was an important factor and qualitative responses could be predicted. Four species, the bivalves Austrovenus stutchburyi and Macomona liliana and the polychaetes Heteromastus filiformis and Nereidae, exhibited flat response curves, indicative of small changes in density over a broad range of mud content. Further analyses for these species indicated that general responses derived from a number of estuaries may reflect direct, local effects of mud content, but also 'mediated' effects, i.e. effects of other variables that correlate with mud content within an estuary, but have different correlations with mud content across estuaries. These results suggest that models should be validated against changes in environmental heterogeneity and spatial extent. Factors operating across scales may compound biases generated by unmeasured variables, but the use of models reflecting different aspects of spatial distribution (e.g. presence/absence, maximum density), incorporation of natural history information and the testing of hypotheses concerning the relationships developed at different scales may help determine the limits of extrapolation in the application and interpretation of species–environment models. [KEYWORDS: Regression models ; Model assessment ; Scale ; Spatial extent ; Ecological extent ; Species–environment relationships]
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Only thing wrong he did was lose.
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Only thing he did wrong was that he allowed needledick jew faggots like OP and this subreddit to exist
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Even the Jew thing?
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not completely true, he did make sure that by being a homosexual his bloodline died with him..
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I absolutely disagree with that.
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