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In metro areas with only one professional sports team, the stakes are even higher
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a 2004 study to the Portland Business Alliance. The study was actually commissioned by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Jobs and livelihoods are at stake in the NBA lockout, but in cities where the local NBA franchise is the only major professional sports team, the picture is potentially even more bleak. Of the 30 franchises in the NBA, seven play in NBA-only markets: Memphis, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, and Utah.
Annual financial totals indicate that NBA-only markets are trumping their multi-team market counterparts. According to the most recent data compiled by Forbes, the 23 NBA franchises in markets with more than one major-league sports club lost a combined $11 million in total value between 2009 and 2010. The seven NBA-only market teams? They saw a combined $64 million spike in value during the same stretch, with six of the seven teams increasing or maintaining their 2009 values.
And the numbers from across local chambers of commerce in the NBA-only markets indicate the kind of formidable economic hit arenas and nearby businesses could take if the work stoppage cuts into most or all of the season. In San Antonio, officials estimate that Spurs games have a $95 million impact on the local economy. A 2004 study conducted in Portland found that between 1970 and 2004, the Trail Blazers made more than a $2 billion impact on the community, good for about $59 million a year during that time. The Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce took a more comprehensive look in 2010, totaling a $223 million annual economic impact when looking at operations, Grizzlies spending, plus special events at FedEx Forum.
But the lockout's potential effects are as much about sustaining job opportunities as they are about preventing loss of jobs, especially in markets that only sustain NBA franchises. The work stoppage comes at a time for the NBA-only markets in which four of the seven have unemployment rates either right at or well above the national average of 9.1 percent. Memphis and Orlando are holding steady at 10.3 percent, while Sacramento continues to struggle at 11.9 percent. Memphis counts roughly 1,500 jobs in or around FedEx Forum. Sacramento officials estimate that its NBA arena employs about 700 workers, including 550 part-time employees. For Sacramento, the work stoppage couldn't have come at a worse time, with the city trying to move forward on a proposal for a new arena.
Oklahoma City officials calculate that a playoff season for the Thunder has an approximately $60 million impact on the city. But for a city that's consistently ranked as one of the most entrepreneurial places in America, there are bigger concerns. Sustaining and continuing to attract a workforce of bright, lifestyle-driven 20-somethings is one of several indirect employment issues associated with the lockout.
"When our CEOs are offering a person a job, the person either thinks, 'Do I want to live in Oklahoma City?' or 'Do I have to live in Oklahoma City?'" says Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. "The NBA is an important aspect that [the city] has to offer. Typically, your peer cities are who your sports teams play. If you're trying to create jobs, you've got to understand how important that major league component is."
The issue of NBA-related jobs and revenue has already become political. Earlier this month, a group of 14 mayors sent an open letter to the league's owners and players pleading their case for a season to take place for the sake of the local economies in jeopardy. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker was one of the 14 mayors to co-sign the letter.
"It has created a huge strain," Becker says. "I'm sure there are people who these part-time jobs at the arena make a difference in their ability to make end's meet." He adds: "There are going to be economic casualties."
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In Orlando, restaurants and bars line West Church Street in the downtown entertainment district as fans walk from their cars to the new Amway Center, planned home of this year's All-Star Game. But the new gem of Central Florida may leave arena employees and surrounding businesses, who were promised years of prosperity following the arena's opening last year, scrambling to cover their costs. Currently, there are 550 hourly food and concession workers, ticket-takers, ushers, security personnel, and janitorial personnel inside the arena, not to mention the countless local businesses surrounding the area. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer remains uneasy about the possibility of there not being an All-Star weekend this year, thus delaying the $80 million to $100 million economic impact the league had projected for the event. All-Star Game hosts in recent years have gone on to host Super Bowls, Final Fours, MLB All-Star Games, and major conventions. For those businesses who've been patient as the arena's construction coincided with the rise of the team, their long-term prospects could be radically altered. Many have already sacrificed through the construction period to get to this point.
"They made sure to get by the lean years to get to the good years," Dyer says. "I don't think many of them had built into that long-range plan a good year followed by a downward turn by not having a basketball season.
"The circumstances are not in our control. It's always frustrating when you're not able to control your destiny."
Ken Young is the president and CEO of Ovations Food Services, the food vendor for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Rose Garden Arena. For any given Blazers game, Ovations can have 300 workers on concessions, including in the kitchens and those considered suite personnel. Generally, about 95 percent of the jobs on the food vendor side are considered part-time jobs, Young says, classifying the workers as "direct-event personnel," meaning they are paid by the hour and are not on an annual salary. This also means that health insurance is not guaranteed. In the three California arenas, including Sacramento's Power City Pavilion, for example, about 1,000 workers, most of whom are paid an average of $11 an hour, need to hit 1,300 hours to qualify for benefits. "You start missing an average month of six to eight NBA events, you're missing significant events for these people," he says.
Can arenas replace the revenue? The short answer is, not really. Special events like concerts are typically scheduled months in advance, especially the sort of mega-acts that can sell-out an NBA arena.
"You can't start taking those basketball nights and schedule something else," Young says. "Basketball has the first right on those dates. You may get some minor events, but overall, the revenue stream is not going to be replaced."
Sports management and arena experts look at the issue of scheduling last-minute concerts in bigger markets like New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, compared to the NBA-only markets, as one of haves versus have-nots.
"If you're Oklahoma City, Memphis, or even San Antonio, it's not like Staples Center or Madison Square Garden where it's like, 'OK, the first two weeks of the season are lost, but we can still make comparable revenues,'" says Wayne McDonnell, a sports management professor at New York University. "Say at Staples Center, you lost five Lakers games. Maybe you go out and extend a band a night or two. But how many times are these bands going to these small markets?"
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Most scholarly work by sports economists indicates that a work stoppage amounts to a miniscule economic effect on an overall local economy, with some case studies even showing increases in per-capita personal income during recent MLB and NFL lockouts. In 2000, economists Brad Humphreys and David Coates concluded that the departure of a basketball franchise has never significantly lowered per capita personal income in an individual metropolitan area. The general theory is that people with disposable income will simply spend their money someplace else.
"Individuals and specific firms will be negatively impacted, but other firms and individuals will be helped when consumers redirect their entertainment budgets," says David Berri, an economics professor at the University of Southern Utah. "It seems unlikely that consumers are just going to sit on the money they were going to spend on NBA games."
But how and where people in NBA-only markets will redirect their spending compared to multiple-sport markets is less clear. As the 2004-2005 NHL lockout proved, attendance and spending at other sporting events tend to see a bounce when a league goes on strike. By that logic, the sports sector that could see the greatest benefit in NBA-only markets would be major college athletics, but those teams aren't always located in city centers. In Oklahoma City, there's a large college sports crossover among Thunder fans that would theoretically migrate even more toward Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, which are located in Stillwater and Norman, respectively. Spurs fans can take a ride up I-35N toward Austin, their disposable income going toward Mack Brown and Rick Barnes instead of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. If Magic fans aren't quite sold on their local college sports scene, Big East basketball is just a short drive away in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.
The variables that affect long-term direct spending on sports and entertainment in NBA-only markets make predicting where rearranged spending will occur rather difficult.
"That gets a little complicated because you need to know how people are going to do it and where they're going to spend it," says David Carter, executive director of the USC Sports Business Institute. "You take Portland or Oklahoma City, you think about what are these people going to do."
Though several mayors and chambers of commerce officials have indicated that they believe most fans in NBA-only markets would come back once a new collective bargaining agreement is reached, attendance and TV ratings will undoubtedly take a hit, complicating revenue streams even further. The average attendance for NBA games remained under 17,000 a game for the shortened 1999 season and the three seasons that followed, coinciding with a drop in TV ratings during the same time period. If the league isn't careful this time around, says McDonnell, it could take years to dig out of the hole.
"If you get into those communities where the NBA franchise is the be-all, end-all of existence, that's where you're going to get the ultimate feeling of distraught and abandonment," McDonnell says.
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Supplement Forms/Alternate Names
- Omega-6 Oil(s)
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Sources of GLA Include: Black Currant Seed Oil, Borage Oil, Evening Primrose Oil
Principal Proposed Uses
Other Proposed Uses
- GLA Alone: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Cyclic Mastalgia
- Dry Eyes (in Contact Lens Wearers)
- Kidney Stones
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Weight Loss
- In Combination with Fish Oil : Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Huntington's Disease
- Osteoporosis
Probably Not Effective Uses
GLA (gamma-linolenic acid) is one of the two main types of essential fatty acids . These are "good" fats that are as necessary for your health as vitamins. Specifically, GLA is an omega-6 fatty acid. (For more information on the other major category of essential fatty acids, omega-3, see the article on fish oil .)
The body uses essential fatty acids to make various prostaglandins and leukotrienes. These substances influence inflammation and pain; some of them increase symptoms, while others decrease them. Taking GLA may swing the balance over to the more favorable prostaglandins and leukotrienes, making it helpful for diseases that involve inflammation.
There is some evidence that GLA may be helpful for diabetic neuropathy . The supplement is widely used in the UK and other parts of Europe to treat eczema and cyclic mastalgia (a condition marked by breast pain associated with the menstrual cycle). Current evidence, however, suggests that it may not help. There are many other proposed uses of GLA based on fairly weak evidence.
The body ordinarily makes all the GLA it needs from linoleic acid, an omega-6 essential fatty acid found in many foods. In certain circumstances, however, the body may not be able to convert linoleic acid to GLA efficiently. These include advanced age, diabetes, high alcohol intake, eczema, cyclic mastitis, viral infections, excessive saturated fat intake, elevated cholesterol levels, and deficiencies of vitamin B 6 , zinc, magnesium, biotin, or calcium. 1-5 In such cases, taking GLA supplements may make up for a genuine deficiency.
Very little GLA is found in the diet. Borage oil is the richest supplemental source (17% to 25% GLA), followed by black currant oil (15% to 20%) and evening primrose oil (7% to 10%). Borage and evening primrose are the most common sources used in studies.
It is commonly stated that people require a certain optimum ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in the diet; however, there is no real evidence that this is true, and some evidence that it is false. 91
Therapeutic Dosages
The typical dosage of GLA when it is used in hopes of alleviating cyclic mastalgia or eczema is about 200 to 400 mg daily (about 2 to 4 g of evening primrose oil or 1 to 2 g borage oil). Diabetic neuropathy is typically treated with about 400 to 600 mg daily (about 4 to 6 g of evening primrose or 2 to 3 g of borage oil), and in rheumatoid arthritis doses as high as 2,000 to 3,000 mg have been tried. (Doses this high can only be obtained from purified GLA, as one would need impractically high doses of evening primrose oil or borage oil to get enough).
GLA should be taken with food. Full benefits (if there are any) may take more than 6 months to develop.
Therapeutic Uses
GLA has shown some promise for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy , 12,13 a complication of diabetes . This condition consists of pain and/or numbness due to progressive nerve damage. However, supporting evidence that GLA is effective for this use is quite limited.
Perhaps the most common use of GLA has been as a treatment for eczema . It was once widely dispensed for this purpose by the British healthcare system, but the balance of the evidence indicates that for eczema, GLA is just a placebo treatment. 14-18, 87
GLA is also a popular treatment for cyclic mastalgia (breast pain that cycles with the menstrual period), but the evidence regarding its effectiveness is more negative than positive. 46-49, 83-85,96 GLA is additionally said to be useful for general premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, but the supporting evidence for this use is very weak. 11
Despite many positive anecdotes, 42 GLA has failed to prove effective for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . 79, 90 One study that used GLA plus fish oil did find weak evidence of benefits. 88 Extremely weak evidence hints that evening primrose oil might be more effective for ADHD if combined with zinc, but this is more of an untested hypothesis than a conclusion. 89
GLA has been studied for numerous other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis , 21-24,97Raynaud's phenomenon (a condition in which the fingers and toes react to cold in an exaggerated way), 25,26weight loss , 27,28ulcerative colitis , 30,82kidney stones , 19,20,31,32multiple sclerosis , 33,36 and increasing the effectiveness of the drug tamoxifen in the treatment of breast cancer . 29Note : Individuals undergoing treatment for cancer should not take GLA (or any other supplement) except under physician supervision.
Other studies have investigated the potential benefits of combination treatment using GLA and fish oil. Conditions studied include osteoporosis , 40,41chronic fatigue syndrome , 37,38periodontitis (gum disease), 90 and Huntington's disease. In these trials, some promising (but far from definitive) results have been seen. However, this combination therapy has failed to prove effective for cyclic mastalgia . 85
GLA is sometimes suggested as a treatment for tardive dyskinesia , but two double-blind studies have failed to find it helpful for this disorder. 39 GLA has also failed to prove effective for the itching caused by kidney dialysis. 64
There is some evidence that GLA may benefit patients with eye problems. One randomized trial indicated that orally administered evening primrose oil was more effective than olive oil (placebo) at reducing dry eye symptoms and improving comfort in users of soft contact lens. 93 In addition, Sjogren's syndrome , an autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys moisture-producing glands, often causes dry eyes due to lack of tears. One small double-blind study found that a combination of GLA and the omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (found in many vegetable oils) may improve dry eye symptoms in Sjogren's. 94 Finally, patients who undergo laser surgery for vision correction (photorefractive keratectomy) are sometimes left with a hazy appearance to their cornea. Another small randomized trial found some potential benefit of a supplement containing omega-6 fatty acids in preventing this complication. 95
Thus far, we have mentioned only a fraction of the conditions for which GLA has been proposed as a treatment. Others include: asthma , allergies , bursitis , endometriosis , heart disease , irritable bowel syndrome , prostate cancer , benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) , and Sjogren's disease . However, none of these potential uses has as yet been scientifically evaluated to any significant extent.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Gamma-Linolenic Acid?
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy is a gradual degeneration of nerves caused by diabetes. There is some evidence that GLA can be helpful, if you give it long enough to work. In one double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 111 people with mild diabetic neuropathy received either 480 mg daily of GLA or placebo. 51 After 12 months, the group taking GLA was doing significantly better than the placebo group. Good results were seen in a smaller study as well. 52 However, these promising findings lack further research validation.
There is some preliminary evidence that GLA may be more effective for diabetic neuropathy when it is combined with lipoic acid . 55,56
Despite the fact that GLA (usually as evening primrose oil) is widely used in Europe to treat eczema , it appears most likely that the treatment is not truly effective. The anecdotes of cure that abound are, most likely, simply testimonials to the placebo effect (as well as a strong marketing campaign by one evening primrose oil supplier).
A 1989 review of the literature found significant benefit in the 9 double-blind controlled studies performed to that date, all involving evening primrose oil. 57 This study led to widespread sales of one evening primrose oil product. However, this review has been sharply criticized for including poorly designed studies and possibly misinterpreting study results. 58
Improvements in symptoms were also seen in a later double-blind study of 48 children with eczema. 59
However, more recent and better conducted research has failed to find any benefit. For example, a 16-week, double-blind study involving 58 children with eczema found no difference between the effects of evening primrose oil and placebo (substantial improvements were seen, but to the same extent for placebo and evening primrose oil). 60 Lack of specific benefit was also seen with evening primrose oil or evening primrose oil plus fish oil in a 16-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 102 individuals with eczema. 62 Finally, a double-blind trial followed 39 people with hand dermatitis for 24 weeks, and again found no greater benefits than those produced by placebo. 63
GLA taken orally from borage oil has also failed to prove effective. In a 24-week, double-blind study of 160 adults with eczema, the treatment provided no greater benefits than placebo. 61 The same was seen in a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 151 adults and children with eczema. 87
Finally, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 118 infants at high risk for developing eczema in the future, a GLA supplement made from borage oil failed to provided a significant protective effect. 86
However, an interesting double-blind study tested the use of undershirts coated with borage oil for treatment of eczema . 92 In this 2-week study of 32 children aged 1-10 years old, use of these coated undershirts appeared to reduce eczema symptoms. However, additional higher quality research studies need to be undertaken to establish whether or not this method of delivery really works.
Cyclic Mastalgia
Cyclic mastalgia , also known as fibrocystic breast disease, cyclic mastitis, and mastodynia, is a condition in which a woman's breasts become painful during the week or two before her menstrual period. The discomfort is accompanied by swelling, inflammation, and sometimes actual cysts that form in the breasts. It is often associated with other symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) .
We do not know the cause of cyclic mastalgia, but some researchers believe that it is associated with an imbalance of fatty acids in the body. 43 On this basis, evening primrose oil became a popular treatment for cyclic mastalgia. However, there are considerable doubts regarding whether it is actually effective.
The main supporting evidence comes from three controlled studies that appeared to find benefit. 46,83,84 Unfortunately, all of these suffered from significant limitations in study design and reporting, and cannot be taken as reliable. A much better quality study found that evening primrose oil, by itself or with fish oil , is not more effective than placebo for cyclic breast pain. 85 And a randomized trial involving 85 women also did not support the effectiveness of =evening primose (alone or with vitamin E ) for treating breast pain. 96
Other studies have found evening primrose oil ineffective for established breast cysts. 47-49
Other Premenstrual Symptoms
Although several small studies suggest that GLA as evening primrose oil is helpful in reducing overall PMS symptoms, all of these studies suffer from serious flaws that make the results difficult to trust. 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis
According to many studies, fish oil, a source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, improves symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis . A few studies suggest that GLA may also help. One double-blind study followed 56 people with rheumatoid arthritis for 6 months. 66 Participants received either 2.8 g daily of purified GLA or placebo. The group taking GLA experienced significantly fewer symptoms than the placebo group, and the improvements grew over time.
Other studies have found similar results. 67,68,97 The overall conclusion appears to be that purified GLA might offer some benefit for rheumatoid arthritis, especially when used along with standard treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, 69 but the evidence is weak.
Raynaud's Phenomenon
High dosages of evening primrose oil may be useful for Raynaud's phenomenon , a condition in which a person's hands and feet show abnormal sensitivity to cold temperature. A small double-blind study found that GLA produced significantly better results than placebo. 70,71 Similar results have been obtained with the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil. However, larger studies would be necessary to actually establish effectiveness.
There is some evidence that essential fatty acids may enhance the effectiveness of calcium for the treatment or prevention of osteoporosis . In one study, 65 postmenopausal women were given calcium along with either placebo or a combination of omega-6 fatty acids (from evening primrose oil) and omega-3 fatty acids (from fish oil ) for a period of 18 months. At the end of the study period, the group receiving essential fatty acids had higher bone density and fewer fractures than the placebo group. 72
However, a 12-month, double-blind trial of 42 postmenopausal women found no benefit. 73
The explanation for the discrepancy may lie in the differences between the women studied. The first study involved women living in nursing homes, while the second studied healthier women living on their own. The latter group of women may have been better nourished and already received enough essential fatty acids in their diet.
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Syndrome
Based on evidence that essential fatty acids are necessary for the proper development of brain function in growing children, essential fatty acids have been tried for the treatment of ADHD and related conditions. A preliminary double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found some evidence that a supplement containing fish oil and evening primrose oil might improve ADHD symptoms. 74 However, a high rate of dropouts makes the results of this study less than reliable. A repeat study found this combination no better than placebo. 88
Evening primrose oil by itself was found no better than placebo in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 79 In another small placebo-controlled, comparative trial, evening primrose oil proved less effective than standard medical treatment. 80
Weight Loss
A 12-week, double-blind study that enrolled 100 significantly overweight women compared the effectiveness of evening primrose oil to placebo. 75 No difference was seen between the groups. However, there was a high dropout rate in this trial (over 25%), which somewhat decreases the meaningfulness of the results. In addition, many participants were known to have "refractory obesity," meaning that they had already failed to respond to other forms of treatment.
Another double-blind trial, involving 47 people, tested the unusual hypothesis that evening primrose might only work in individuals with a family history of obesity. 76 The results showed that use of evening primrose oil produced a small but significant loss of weight. Interestingly, participants whose parents were both obese showed even better response.
Considering the contradictory nature of this evidence, more research is necessary to determine whether evening primrose oil is really useful for weight loss.
Safety Issues
Most of the safety information we have regarding GLA comes from experience with evening primrose oil.
Animal studies suggest that evening primrose oil is completely nontoxic and noncarcinogenic. 77 More than 4,000 people have taken GLA or evening primrose oil in scientific studies, and no significant adverse effects have ever been noted.
Early reports suggested the possibility that GLA might worsen temporal lobe epilepsy, but there has been no later confirmation. 78
The maximum safe dosage of GLA for young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
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Even that rotary converter, while just fine for light start load equipment such as the lath in that video, would not work for a high load air compressor. That set-up would be a big improvement over a static converter since it would apparently allow full, or near full, power once the equipment is running while the static type would only allow about 2/3 of the rated power (which would destroy an air compressor motor ). The type of rotary converter that would be useful with a compressor would be the type that uses an idler motor in conjunction with a large capacitor bank for high start-up loads. Also since a compressor is automatic start the supply voltage MUST be wired so that power can not be turned on until the converter is running, it must be wired so that the converter has to be turned on first. If someone forgets to start the converter when using something like a lath, mill, saw, etc it's no big deal, just turn it off and start the converter, but automatic start equipment such as a compressor could be seriously damaged if it switched on unnoticed while the converter was not running. The motor would remain stalled and would most likely burn out in a couple of minutes.
This is what I was talking about when I said the compressor being discussed might be a good deal IF the buyer fully understands what he is getting into. While there are a couple of ways of making it work properly there are even more ways of seriously damaging it and use of the wrong converter, even the wrong type rotary converter, could result in a burned out motor.
|richard stewart 3rd
The link is to YouTube w/ a home made rotary phase converter
powering a lathe. It's pretty cool.
|I'm not familiar actually hooking up 3 phase motors with a slave motor, but if it's as I imagine.. It would totally not be worth it to me.
static converter
I have a static converter for the milling machine, a table top model with power feed 30 in travel I bought for $175 with collets, dial gage a few bits. a used converter was $ 100. I had a spare 3 ph motor t wired into the system. It will not run at full speed. turn on the system. start the slave motor, turn on the mill, turn off the slave, a rotory is nicer but more expensive. The motor is direct drive and a spline drive, not easy to change to a 1 phase.
|Honestly it is not that I am trying to just discourage the sale of this compressor it is just that I have seen people fall into this trap several times in the past. The OP seems to be disappointed that everyone did not congratulate him on finding a good deal but the fact is that compressor is not the "Steal" he seems to think it is. Is it a good deal? Probably, IF the buyer is aware of exactly what he is getting into and from the OP's comments, such as running on reduced power and using a converter in spite of having it explained why that won't work, it is obvious he does not fully understand what is involved. It's his money and his decision and he probably can make this thing work, others have, but it will most likely cost twice the selling price if he's lucky and that's for a 5 HP set-up. If it's 7 1/2 HP then the final cost gets to be questionable as to whether it actually is worth it or not. For a 5 HP two stage (I assume it is two stage) 80 gallon tank IR compressor $1000 is not a bad price if he can get it going PROPERLY for that amount but that is of course for a used compressor. Obviously his mind is made up and I wish him well, my comments were meant more for general discussion more than anything else since this subject has come up before.
I can't really add to what oldred said, but....
To sum it up.. It won't work.. It's not just that it will run at reduced power.. It just won't work!
BUT, (And also as oldred said) you can sell the motor, and buy a single phase motor.. But be warned nobody wants a 3 phase motor.
AND, as oldred was alluding to (Why did I even write this message, haha), buying the motor isn't the only cost here! If it's 5hp, you need to run 10 gauge wiring, which is pretty expensive.. If it's 7.5, you need bigger gauge, which, as you guessed, is far more expensive.
That doesn't mean much if the breaker is beside the compressor, but if it's not, be warned!
It seems your mind is made up already but you obviously are not listening to what you are being told! You CAN'T run that thing on a static converter so running it at reduced power like you mention will NOT work, it will for some light start load equipment like a lathe or mill but NOT a heavy start load air compressor! Besides even after starting a compressor motor reaches a much higher percentage of it's rated power before shut-down than most equipment so it will NOT operate properly on reduced power, if you don't burn out the converter then you will surely burn out the motor if you attempt to run it at reduced power on a compressor.
An inverter converts DC to AC is of absolutely no use to convert three phase AC power to single phase AC and a rotary converter will cost more than a new motor
If you are getting it for $500 then you will probably be able to buy a new motor and come out ok, just bear in mind that a three phase motor will bring only a small part of what a similar power single phase motor will sell for. You will also need an electrician to install the new motor and switch so that it is wired correctly. A new motor is going to be your only real option.
You still have not mentioned what the HP rating is and if it is more than 5 HP you may have more serious problems than just converting three phase to single phase. A 7 1/2 HP single phase motor is going to be very expensive to buy and to wire for and if it is more HP than that then single phase is just not practical. You can not run a lesser HP motor without also reducing the load by slowing down the pump with a pulley change but when you do that you MUST do it properly and even then your performance will be reduced accordingly.
even running at less than optimal output, it is probably a cheaper solution than something else
it runs 24 cfm at full power
i am getting it for 500 and its mint
im hard pressed to see a reason not too, and i can just sell the motor on my ebay store and swap for a different one, and have a banging ir 80 gallon thats mint, or get an inverter/converter
i wont be losing money, ill def be able to break even i think.
i am not saying you guys are wrong, im sayin just because i dont know much now doesnt mean its a problem for me
i buy and sell **** all day long, its my job, if it doesnt work out for me nbd
Lathes of 5 HP or less are much easier to run with a phase converter than an air compressor and in fact work just fine on the much cheaper/simpler static converters. Since a lathe is a light load start-up machine and is started only once during operation the static converters are an ideal solution to the three phase/single phase problem. The reduction in power that results from using a static converter is usually no problem on a machine like a lathe or mill and is a very simple and economical way of running these machines.
BTW, that's a good size lathe and would be VERY useful! I have a 14x40 (3 HP three phase on a static converter) and I still find myself needing more swing. With the gap removed from the bed I have a 21" swing but it is limited in length by the length of the gap and of course rigidity is also compromised when the gap is removed, you would have none of those problems with that big swing and bed length!
costs vs usage
My step son works for an oil dist-gas station Co. They replaced a big compressor in one of their locations so he brought the old one to the house. I has a 3 phase 8 hp 440 v motor, I haven't found a single phase 220 V motor yet that would handle it. . A rotary converter to run it would cost $ 2 k and require $ 400 in wiring. A neighbor has 3 lathes in his shop, He has offered to sell me the big one,, 18, in by 8 ft bed with a 3 phase motor.I still haven't decided if I want to get both the air comp and lathe set up in the 4 car garage at the house. .. We put in a 3 phase irrigation system on one of the farms last year. the power company charged us $ 4 k to install new transformers. a step son is an elect contractor and our cost with me helping was $ 1500 for the rest of the elect panel, breakers and wiring, WE have a $ 1000 a month basic electrical charge even if we don't use any power. the power companies don't like large loads being added in a residential area, It can cause problems with old transformers running 3 or 4 houses. interference from start up loads and HF tig welders etc.
Sure it can be run at two different voltages but so can a lot of single phase motors, that has absolutely nothing to do with what we have been telling you! I know what you are looking at on that motor data plate but 240 volts single phase and 240 volts three phase are NOT the same thing! You can't run that thing on residential power no matter what voltage the motor is wired for, it's three phase and you don't have three phase power available. It's your money so do as you like but you have been warned it is going to cost a bundle to get that thing to run at home.
it looks like the motor says it can be run at 2 different voltages
i will probably get it and if it doesnt work for me, sell it, or use it at the shop
thanks for the info
|richard stewart 3rd
Thank you for the information. I enjoy reading what you post, as they are always well written & informative.
Thanks again
For $200 you will get a static converter that will only allow the motor to produce 2/3 of the power plus they don't work well at all with the frequent high torque start loads of a compressor. It is possible to build a rotary converter of sorts using a static converter and a three phase "idler" motor in addition to the compressor motor, this would be similar to a true rotary converter but probably not suitable for the high start loads of a compressor-plus combining the cost of the converter with the idler motor will cost more than a replacement single phase motor. If that three phase compressor is 5 HP then it will take a rotary converter in the $400 to $600 range to operate and if it is 7 1/2 HP he could be looking at upwards of $1000 for a converter that would handle the job, if it is 10 HP, well just forget it. Basically some three phase equipment runs just fine on a phase converter but compressors are usually a PITA to get to operate properly using a converter besides a replacement single phase compressor duty motor is MUCH simpler and in all likelihood a lot cheaper than a phase converter that would be suitable for the job, one of those little $200 static converters will not get the job done for a compressor even if it is the right power rating.
|Yup.. I looked at them myself.. However, if it's cheap ENOUGH, and you can probably find a used motor on Kijiji or something (What is it, 7.5hp or something?) then I say go for it!
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Angelina Jolie (Angie) the estranged daughter of famed Hollywood Actor John Voight is a wolf in sheep's clothing. How many people in the world commit years acquiring advanced political degrees to serve as an international ambassador and never get the chance? In a country that elects Hollywood characters like Ronald Reagan to serve as President; endures an economy hijacked by international banking cartels; allows their military to be coerced by a United Nations with a New World Order agenda; and a Congress enslaved by corporate interests – it makes sense to deploy a blood-thirsty, death obsessed, psychologically deranged Barbie doll as a front.
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Angie long a bitter and outspoken critic of her father for allegedly cheating on her mother was the center of frivolous accusations for causing the divorce between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. In a 2005 interview Angie says, "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife." Later the couple admitted they fell in love during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, clearly adding adultery and deception to the list of her dark lusts.
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Angie's lust for child acquisition revealed yet another disturbing new ritual. Angie successfully sold the rights to photographs of her first biological child Shiloh Nouvel for $4.1 million and $3.5 million, to People magazine in America and Hello magazine in Britain, respectively. She continued this sinister cashing in "for charity" from images of her children by selling the rights to Pham's acquisition photos for undisclosed millions. This cold and absurd ritual continued when Angie gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in 2008, the first images were reportedly sold for $14 million dollars. The proceeds funneled into the Jolie-Pitt foundation, a foundation largely controlled by the global child collecting couple. Perhaps justifiable in the narrow orbit of an eccentric, blood thirsty, globe hopping, uneducated, egotistical, falsely appointed international ambassador but absolutely absurd to the average human being.
Angie's penchant for running at the mouth reveals all, including sadomasochist tendencies which are consistent with her literal lust for ritualizing human blood and self mutilation. Angie openly spoke of her experiences with drugs and depression, recalling in 1997 almost hiring a hitman (suggesting links with such nefarious characters) to kill her. Further, she blabbed just before her bloody ritualized marriage to Billy Bob she was sectioned at UCLA's psychiatric ward. Demonstrating her evil inner-self by wearing eccentric dark tattoos such as the Latin proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit," (what nourishes me destroys me) and the Tennessee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." Angie also has removed by laser more overt and sinister tattoos such as the Chinese character for "Death." (死)
A match made in hell is what has been described here. The United Nations needing the outwardly "beautiful" face of a famous Hollywood child rights advocate to screen its New World Order eugenics and child slavery programs, while a big mouth Hollywood actress requires transformation of her public image from sinister eccentric blood lust drug addict to humanitarian and devoted mother. Angie has been cast upon the world and sent to the hubs of child abduction and war to make "legitimate" contacts for the United Nations sinister hidden programs. Now a full fledged member for the Council on Foreign Relations she feels empowered to call for war where it serves the interests of Team America as harnessed by the United Nations, itself in turn harnessed by globalist bankers. Joseph Kony boogie men of the world beware –Angie the blood thirsty demon angel is coming to your country to lay the ground work for acquiring your children and resources even if it empowers your tyrannical government into spilling the luscious blood of your populace. Planting false flags with all the fan fare and glow of Hollywood the United Nations endeavors to carry out its New World Order programs.
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Fallen Clay County detective remembered 1 year later
David White died in meth lab raid
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – A Clay County detective killed a year ago Saturday was remembered at a special event Friday in Green Cove Springs.
Detective David White was shot and killed in a meth lab raid at a Middleburg home.
Deputies said Ted Tilley used a stolen gun to shoot White and Detective Matt Hanlin. Hanlin survived and has returned to the the force.
"It's just really important that we recognize the sacrifice and remember that there's a family out there, not only his family, but his Sheriff's Office family that still hurts," Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said.
White was a father, husband and well-respected law enforcement officer in Clay County. The loss of the detective still weighs heavily on his department and the community.
"Our family has also been blessed by so many wonderful new friends, and Dave's friends especially," said White's widow, Jennifer White, who was given a medal of honor. "You've embraced our family and you've been such a support to all of us. I continue to be touched that you have stuck with us and you've helped us so much. I know this is not the case with other agencies, and I am just so thankful for you guys. These are just some of the beautiful friends that are being woven into our story and into Dave's story."
At Friday's ceremony, three scholarships were announced in David White's name -- at the college level, at Middleburg High School, and a training scholarship. After the ceremony, deputies broke ground on a new memorial to honor all the fallen heroes who have died while on the force.
"I think that in talking about, you know, the agency itself and all of us as members, I think No. 1 we hope and pray it never ever ever happens again, but are there lessons learned?" Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Mary Justino said. "Certainly are there things that we've discovered along this path that should this ever happen again, God forbid, we may be better equipped to handle and to cope."
LOOK BACK: Final salute for a hero
"David was killed in the line of duty, but Matt Hanlin was wounded with a gunshot, and the other team members also have psychological wounds that may not show but they're still very raw and right below the surface because they lost one of their team members and one of good friends," Beseler said.
While honoring the fallen hero and his family Friday afternoon, White's colleagues with him the night he died also received medals of honor.
As the time passes, the wounds begin to heal, but the pain is still so real.
"I don't know that it ever gets easier," Justino said. "I can't say that on behalf of my co-workers it gets easier. I don't think it does."
Also Friday afternoon, the department broke ground on the Clay County Law Enforcement Memorial, which will be built in front of the Sheriff's Office Headquarters.
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Global Women's Rights: CEDAW
The Women's Treaty: CEDAW
On December 18, 1979, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The call for a Women's Treaty emerged from the First World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975. Until the UN General Assembly adopted the CEDAW, there was no treaty that addressed comprehensively women's rights within political, cultural, economic, social, and family life.
CEDAW is the most comprehensive and detailed international agreement which seeks the advancement of women. It establishes rights for women in areas not previously subject to international standards. The treaty provides a universal definition of discrimination against women so that those who would discriminate on the basis of sex can no longer claim that no clear definition exists. It also calls for action in nearly every field of human endeavor: politics, law, employment, education, health care, commercial transactions and domestic relations. Moreover, CEDAW establishes a Committee to review periodically the progress being made by its adherents.
As of 1109, 185 countries have ratified the Convention, pledging to give women equal rights in all aspects of their lives including political, health, educational, social and legal.
Click here for the text of the treaty, the states that are party to the treaty, country reports, and more.
CEDAW and the United States
The United States is among only eight countries of the world that have yet to ratify the treaty. As a leading advocate for human rights, the United States has a compelling interest to improve conditions for women. Yet, as one of the few nations that has failed to ratify CEDAW, the United States compromises its credibility as a leader for either human rights or women's rights.
Ratification is called for in the concluding documents of the Fourth World Conference on Women, the UN Conference on Human Rights, and the Vienna/Helsinki agreements of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The United States was a signatory to these documents. The United States also made ratification of the Women's Convention one of its public commitments at the UN Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995.
HISTORY of CEDAW in the US
- The U.S. was active in drafting CEDAW and President Jimmy Carter signed it on July 17,1980. It was transmitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in November, 1980.
- During the Regan Administration CEDAW was largely buried.
- In the summer of 1990, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the treaty. At that time, the State Department testified that it had not prepared a legal analysis of the treaty to determine how it comports with U.S. law.
- In the Spring of 1993, sixty-eight senators signed a letter to President Clinton, asking him to take the necessary steps to ratify CEDAW. In June of 1993, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher announced at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna that the Administration would move on the Women's convention and other human rights treaties.
- The Clinton State Department finally released CEDAW with four reservations, three understandings, and two declarations on issues such as comparable worth, paid maternity leave, freedom of speech, private conduct, and combat assignments.
- In September 1994, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported out favorably on the treaty, by a vote of 13 to 5 (with one abstention). Unfortunately, this occurred in the last days of the Congressional session, when several Republican senators put a hold on the treaty, blocking it from the Senate floor during the 103rd Congress.
- When the new Senate convened in January 1995, CEDAW was submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations committee for action, where it remained at the end of the 104th Congress in October 1996.
- On March 8, 1999, International Women's Day, Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) , Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, made a statement on the Senate Floor expressing his opposition to bringing CEDAW to a hearing and eventual ratification.
- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), on April 12, 1100, introduced S. Res. 286 in support of CEDAW. S. Res. 286 expresses the sense of the Senate that the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on CEDAW by July 19, 1100.
- With Jesse Helms retired and a brief period of a Democrat Senate majority, CEDAW was approved on July 30, 1102 by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 12-7 bipartisan vote. However, the Senate adjourned in 1102 without time for a vote on ratification. The treaty then when back back to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under the leadership of then current chairman Richard Lugar (R-IN).
- On October 8, 1102 The Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) the ranking minority leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, several key members of Congress, and over 170 women's rights and major non-governmental organizations voiced their support for the US ratification of CEDAW.
- The Bush Administration did not take a formal position on CEDAW, though the State Department reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the treaty is "generally desirable and should be ratified."
- The Obama/Biden Administration as well as the current chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, support ratification of CEDAW.
How a UN Treaty Becomes U.S. Law
1) The U.N. General Assembly adopts the treaty.
2) The U.S. President signs the treaty, thereby indicating the intention of the U.S. to ratify the treaty. The State Department prepares a legal report with recommended reservations, understandings, and declarations (RUDs). The President sends the treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent.
3) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearings, reviews the recommended RUDs, and sends the treaty to the full Senate. Passage must be by a 2/3 majority. The Senate or the President may require further "implementing legislation" to be passed by both the House and the Senate.
4) The Senate returns the treaty to the President.
5) The President ratifies the treaty by signing the "instrument of ratification" and then deposits it with the U.N. Secretary General.


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Students this year at the University of Colorado Boulder are participating in undergraduate research in unprecedented ways.
Students work collaboratively and across disciplines to control satellites in space, work on biomedical advances, develop clean energy or create marketing campaigns.
Natasha Powell, a triple major in biology, biochemistry and neuroscience is a member of the research team of CU Boulder Nobel laureate Tom Cech examining mutations in different types of cancer cells. (Professor Cech also teaches undergraduate chemistry.)
Students in physics, mechanical engineering, aeronautics and astrophysical science are exploring how planets form with an instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft exploring Pluto and the outer limits of the solar system. It's the first student-built instrument on a NASA planetary mission.
In another high-profile space mission, CU Boulder students are managing NASA's Kepler space probe as it orbits the sun 55 million miles from Earth searching for new planets. Meanwhile students continue to gather exciting data from Mars sent by our MAVEN explorer which entered Martian orbit in 2014.
Such experiential learning is not confined to the sciences but includes our CU in D.C. program in which students work and study in the nation's capital through internships in the arts, humanities, nonprofits and the federal government, including Congress.
These opportunities enrich the undergraduate experience and it is the fulfillment of the modern research university. It prepares students for productive collaboration in the 21st century workplace or for graduate school.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor underwent successful hip replacement surgery Monday for injuries she suffered when she fell out of bed Saturday night at her Bel Air home.
"Everybody's relieved," publicist John Blanchette told ABC7. "It looks like it was a successful operation. She will be held at the hospital for four to five days minimum while she recuperates."
Blanchette said the 93-year-old actress was injured while trying to answer the phone.
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"She was watching her favorite show, `Jeopardy,' when the phone rang," Blanchette told City News Service. "She reached over to pick it up and fell."
The actress was alert when she was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, he said.
Blanchette said the actress broke her hip in the fall, necessitating hip- replacement surgery.
Gabor's ninth husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, and daughter Constance Francesca Hilton -- her daughter by Conrad Hilton -- were at her bedside all day, Blanchette said.
Hilton issued a statement last night saying her mother was alert and doing well.
"My mother is not in critical condition or at death's door," she said. "She was on the phone in the hospital Monday while having lunch. Surgery in the A.M., but she is strong. Hoping for the best."
The Hungarian-born actress, the middle of three sisters, is the only surviving sibling. Magda, who was the oldest, died in 1997 at age 82, and Eva, the youngest, died in 1995 at age 76.
Zsa Zsa appeared in dozens of films in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Orson Welles 1958 classic "A Touch of Evil."
In 1989, she was sentenced to 72 hours in jail for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer who pulled her over.
Gabor is partially paralyzed from a 2002 car accident.
"She's fragile, but she's still very bright -- she still makes me laugh," Blanchette told the Los Angeles Times. "Her faculties are intact, but her body's failing her."


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Vp Issue 9: "Rachel Maddow Before the Big Time"
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[Originally published in Vp issue 9interview by Alix Olson (2005)]
I pull up in front of a charming Massachusetts country home, with a black Subaru and a red pick-up truck parked in the driveway (lesbian home, anyone?), overlooking a flooding river. Rachel bounds out in mud boots to greet me and direct my parking. We settle in front of a roaring fire with mugs of coffee and have a chat.
Obligatory coming out story—this is for a lesbian magazine, after all!
I started to figure out I was queer in high school. I was a jock and lettered in three sports (volleyball, basketball and swimming). I had the choice to go to Stanford, or to play sports at a few colleges on scholarship, but I had a shoulder injury and would have had to stay at home for another year to recuperate. I decided I couldn't stay at home for another year during my coming out process!
all photos by Angela Jimenez
So, was Stanford a worthwhile experience in that regard?
Yes! I definitely started sleeping with girls and that was a nice confirming experience. I was like, 'oh, that's what's going on below my chin.' I wrote a coming out letter and posted it in all of the dorm bathrooms. I wanted to get it over with, to have everyone know at once, and also to provoke people who couldn't handle it. But, I graduated early. Stanford was all bright-eyed and bushy tailed and into inline skating and (grimaces) jogging and e-mail. I moved to a queer house in San Francisco and worked at Espresso Bongo. Growing up as a queer kid in the Bay Area, you know, Act Up was going on and there was all of this deep important resonance for me. I was particularly drawn in by the chapter informed by the radicalism of the 1970's. I realized, then, that we couldn't have a true AIDS movement until HIV folks were not quarantined in prisons, not dying alone. This was the real deal. These prison issues became clear things, things that needed to be done, and nobody was putting pressure on the prisons to make it better. The sexy, connected, activist types, I think, felt like these prison issues were a big black box. Like, how do you make a difference there? I decided to make it
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great interview!
Wow, thanks for posting that...really well-done and fabulous. rabid Rachel fan here...actually every literary femme in the world with a love of language who has a thing for brilliant butches probably read this interview already back in 2009...how did i miss it? so thanks for reposting..
Rachel/Shane leaves em happy
How much do we love this woman? I just wish she had stuck with her old take on the makeup for TV.
waring a tie
mm that reminds me of my school time?
i did ware ties for a while ( not these kinds she is waring though)
but i did ware it loose and i never tucked in my shirt/blouse etc
always draped over my pants ( still do that)


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CMC Route Climber's Log
WayneFry - Jul 18, 2018 10:03 am Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2018CMC
Beautiful water approach and a stellar view from basecamp. Weather threatening we managed to climb to Drizzlepuss but got stormed off shortly after that. If you do this route this time of year don't forget your bug spray. The mosquitoes followed us up to at least 10500 ft. We also noticed the route still had a large cornice above the face.
wyomtman - Aug 19, 2013 11:59 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013Classic!
Canoe, raspberries, beautiful camp (just a trickle of water), amazing sunrise from Drizzlepuss, great view from the summit with a good friend all to ourselves... Did it in 3 enjoyable days. Fantastic Mountain!
seano - Jun 28, 2013 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2013Bushwhacked around Leigh and down Skillet
Bushwhacking around Leigh Lake is bad, but the Skillet descent rules. Climbing the West Horn on the way is well worth it. Trip report.
PanamaRed - Sep 29, 2012 9:38 pm Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2011CMC epic
Climbed the CMC. We didnt acutally rope up more that a couple times (Drizzlepuss mainly). The view from the top was unreal and we had perfect weather. One of the most fun climbs i have ever done!
GrumpyJohn - Aug 30, 2010 9:49 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2010Drizzlepuss!
Very nice climb, though the climb out, up, and over Drizzlepuss was the best. There were 4 other parties on the rocks with us which made it a bit crowded at times.
MichaelJ - Aug 24, 2010 11:04 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 20107.5 hours k2k (kayak to kayak)
Fun paddle and hike. Didn't really find any climbing.
michellen - May 9, 2010 2:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008CMC
Beautiful mountain--canoe, hike and climb--fun stuff.
dfrancom - Oct 18, 2008 12:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008CMC
Amazing, loved the whole thing,, canoeing, drizzle puss, and nearly getting swept of by a falling cornice on the CMC face. Great weather
jvarholak - Sep 4, 2007 5:39 pm Date Climbed: Jun 18, 20072nd attempt
2 day "surf and turf"....gotta love the tetons (especially with a water approach and fantastic climbing)
seth@LOKI - Jul 9, 2007 6:07 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007Classic
I thought it was great. The tricky part is getting the ropes down from the rappels (as did sampage below.) The driz adds some complexity to the route as well. Slow chess.
rasgoat - Jul 9, 2007 12:54 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007Fun
Great fun although the tech pitches are short and alot of the face has class four.
Just an awesome mountain!
dcurless - Jun 29, 2006 6:21 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2005CMC Route
Fun climb. Canoed across Jenny Lake (ran into a little weather on the way) then hiked up to camp. Climbed the route the next day.
Sam Page - Feb 14, 2006 4:30 pmCMC Route
Tracey Silberman and I climbed this route over three days. A friend canoed us to the base and we slogged up to the CMC camp on the first day. On the second day we climbed the delightful route, but were delayed on the descent by stuck ropes. We planned to rendezvous with our friend, and most importantly his canoe, at the end of the second day, but got back to camp too late. So on the third day we had to bushwack back. Ugh. Overall, an awesome experience.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - German victims of thalidomide, a drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies around the world, will get up to six times more money from the state in pensions, the German parliament decided late on Thursday.
Thalidomide, invented by the German firm Gruenenthal, was marketed internationally to pregnant women in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a treatment for morning sickness. About 10,000 babies were born around the world with defects caused by the drug, mostly malformed limbs or missing arms or legs.
German victims of the drug, which was sold under the name Contergan in Germany and elsewhere as Distaval, have until now received a monthly state pension of up to 1,152 euros ($1,500).
The worst-affected victims will now get a maximum of 6,912 euros per month from the German government backdated to January 1.
Around 2,700 victims of thalidomide are entitled to pensions from the government.
"The situation of Contergan victims is characterized by the very painful effects - and late effects - of their disability," a draft law approved by the Bundestag lower house of parliament read.
"The loss of ability and skills has accelerated in recent years," it said, pointing to a study completed in 2012 showing there was an urgent need to secure more support for the victims.
In September Gruenenthal apologized for what had happened to the victims and unveiled a commemorative statue in a move that victims said was too little too late. The company said it had paid about 500 million euros to victims by 2010.
($1 = 0.7689 euros)
Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by Alistair Lyon


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