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Health Care Current – July 29, 2014
My Take: Remember those New Year's Resolutions? It's Time for a Checkup
Earlier this year, we discussed New Year's resolutions for each of the health care industry sectors—health plans, health care providers and life sciences. During that same month I set my own, and they were generally similar to the resolutions I set every year—eat better, drive slower and read at least two books my 13-year-old likes so that we can talk about them together.
But, just as many of us do around this time of the year, I've been reflecting on which of my resolutions I have been able to keep versus those that might need some additional focus. How did I do? As of my mid-year checkup, I've eaten a lot of broccoli and squash, but I'm still speeding and I've yet to read The Fault in Our Stars or The Giver in their entirety.
New Year's resolutions are hard to keep. Especially when you consider that only about 8 percent of people ever fully stick to them.¹ As we look across the health care system, it's apparent that each of the sectors has made some progress on their respective resolutions for the year—but there is still work to be done:
Have health plans made new connections?
2014 was a pivotal year for health plans, as the health insurance marketplaces ramped up and plans worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enroll millions of Americans. As a result, we could have lower uninsured rates in the country. However, health plans know little more than they did in January—though the numbers from open enrollment are largely final, and they know the younger, healthier enrollees waited until the last month, the risk profiles of the enrollees are still somewhat unclear, and premium rates for 2015 have yet to be settled in many states. Health plans are still trying to recover from the higher call volumes to customer service, billing and collection issues and knowledge gaps in their new subscribers' understanding of what they purchased.
New arrangements and collaborations abound between health plans and providers – for example one health plan's patient-centered medical home initiative was able to lower costs to $130 million less than projected while increasing quality of care. Joint effort has been key: health plans have relied on the collaborative spirit of health care providers to produce the positive results from these programs. Since January 70 accountable care organizations (ACO) have been announced.² While the first step can be the most important, there is still a need to invest in new capabilities required to make the transition. And of course the need for a financial imperative that rewards the innovators.
Increased out-of-pocket spending is catching up with consumers, and only one in five of the insured population feels well prepared for their future health care costs³ While our survey of young adults and health insurance revealed that this age group understands that insurance helps them avoid unwanted costs and gives them peace of mind, plans could do a better job of communicating value and helping them navigate the insurance world. This could become even more critical if last week's court cases head to the U.S. Supreme Court and the argument against the subsidies is upheld (see story below).
Have health care providers tried anything new?
With new patients coming in their doors almost every day, value-based care arrangements have begun to take the center stage. The first national survey of private and public ACOs found that more than 50 percent of the ACO respondents identified themselves as physician-led organizations. These ACOs were found to be more capable of managing care in the outpatient setting.⁴ Furthermore, while adoption has been somewhat slow, the number of providers and hospitals that have attested to Stage 2 of Meaningful Use continues to grow.
However, some providers still have work to do in the area of quality: This fall the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will finalize the list of hospitals that will receive payment reductions due to their poor performance. As of April 760 hospitals were on the list, and the hospitals in the lowest 25 percentiles could see a 1 percent reduction in their Medicare payments next year. Also, providers have faced increased scrutiny around cost after the release of several datasets over the last six months. These datasets have shed new light on spending patterns. The second half of 2014 will likely see continued pressure for trying out new business models that allow provider groups to take on more risk while managing costs.
Have life sciences companies learned any new languages?
In May the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton and Representative Diana DeGette announced their campaign, A Path to 21st Century Cures."⁵ Since then, stakeholders from across the life sciences community have stepped in to offer insights around clinical trials, incorporating the patient perspective, and digital health care. In a response letter to the committee, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) echoed the sector's focus on enhancing clinical outcomes and patient-reported outcomes for new models based on value.⁶ In addition, recent action in mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector could allow companies to refine the focus of their business as they scale up within particular areas of specialization and exit others. Through such deals, companies could have the opportunity to be more involved in population health and disease management initiatives. As providers begin to be held to stricter quality measures (especially as a condition of payment), these capabilities could become critical areas of collaboration for life sciences companies.
Generally, the rate of health care spending growth has been decreasing—Medicare spending alone is expected to be $1,000 lower per person than was projected in 2010.⁷ But, efforts can't stop there. As with all health care, patient care should be at the center of business strategies. Patients are ready to partner: seven in 10 consumers express willingness to take a health status test, and six in 10 would take a test to determine best personalized treatment.⁸ As the industry strengthens its emphasis on value, the clinical, safety and economic impact of products will likely continue to be in focus.
Winston Churchill once reportedly said, "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." I'm sure few of us believe that absolute perfection is possible. But, improving starts with setting realistic goals (i.e., resolutions) and revisiting them early and often. Now, please excuse me while I read the last few chapters about Hazel and Augustus in the sad story about two teenagers who are all too familiar with our health care system.
1. Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers, by John C. Norcross, Marci S. Mrykalo, Matthew D. Blagys , University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2002).
2. Becker's Hospital Review, "70 Accountable Care Agreements Announced So Far This Year," July 9, 2014
3. Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, "The quest for value in health care: A place for consumers," 2014
4. Colla, Carrie H., Lewis, Valerie A., Shortell, Stephen M., and Fisher, Elliott S. Health Affairs, "First National Survey of ACOs Finds that Physicians are Playing Strong Leadership and Ownership Roles," June, 2014
5. House Energy & Commerce Committee, A path to 21st Century Cures
6. PhRMA, "Enhancing the Ability of Biopharmaceutical Companies to Discover, Develop, and Deliver 21st Century Cures," June 1, 2014 Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee
7. Kaiser Family Foundation, "The Mystery of the Missing $1,000 Per Person: Can Medicare's Spending Slowdown Continue?" July 8, 2014
8. Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, "Survey of U.S. Health Care Consumers," 2014
From Bill Copeland, Vice Chairman, U.S. Life Sciences & Health Care Leader, Deloitte LLP
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Choosing the best weight lifting gloves that suit your personal needs can be a daunting task. So to help you we have piled up a list of the best weight lifting gloves for women.
Best Weight Lifting Gloves for Women
11. Nike Women's Fundamental Training Gloves
This product from Nike is a ½ finger synthetic glove. The Nike Fundamental Training Gloves comes with an embellished leather palm that offers high levels of protection to your hands while imposing the power of your grip.
This pair of weight lifting gloves is made of 15 percent Lycra, 65 percent polyester, and 20 percent nylon. It also has an adjustable wrist wrap that offers additional support to your wrist. The good thing about this glove is it is a single piece design model. In other words, there's no irritating sewing to cause scrapes on your skin.
Either way, these weight lifting training gloves from Nike are perfect for plyometric as well as Crossfit training.
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- Comes with a padded leather palm and an adjustable wrist wrap.
- Very comfortable and safe to wear.
- Affordable
- Ideal for plyometric and CrossFit Training.
10. Mava Sports Leather Padding Gloves for Women
These weight lifting gloves for women are made for seasoned professionals and beginners. They offer a greater fit which will help guard your hand while you are exercising whether you're performing intense powerlifting, pull-ups, or utilizing kettlebells.
Even so, if your hands are tangled in your training, then investing in this glove is worth considering. Some weight lifting gloves may be uncomfortable due to their materials or deigned. However, with Mava weight lifting gloves you're getting greater fit that's comfortable. Moreover, these gloves are made from breathable materials which prevent sticky hands as well as keep your hands cool during the course of your entire routine.
Either way, the leather grip of these gloves prevent weak spots from forming and slipping. The Mava gloves are versatile and they are ideal for both men and women. Furthermore, it also comes with a comfortable and well-designed strap that you can adjust easily and quickly.
Another good thing about these weight lifting gloves is that they can be utilized for different workout and exercise routines. Most importantly, these gloves have a very comfortable fit.
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- Comes with a comfortable and well-designed strap
- It has a comfortable fit.
- These gloves are made from breathable materials.
- Great for both men and women.
- Inexpensive
9. Contraband Pink Label Weight Lifting Gloves for Women
These weight lifting gloves are equipped with a vented weave top which lets your hands to effectively breathe while you're training. Aside from that, these gloves also feature fast elimination finger tabs, guaranteeing that the gloves won't be stuck on the hands.
Its grip lock padding technology, on the other hand, will offer you a silicone rubber edging on the glove's palm. This offers you a higher traction surface which will provide you with additional gripping strength.
The Contraband Pink Label 5137 gloves come with an extremely soft interior which lets you grip for a longer time. Even so, the materials used in constructing these gloves have the capability to direct moisture from your skin, inhibiting sweat associated hand slippage.
Either way, these weight lifting gloves for women are backed with one year warranty.
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8. MRX Women's Weight Lifting Gloves
This women's weight lifting glove from MRX is a great option for Crossfit Trainings. The MRX Women's Weight Lifting Gloves are made of Amara leather. This material is extremely durable and has an extremely soft feel.
The backing of these women's gloves features weave which is useful in achieving the maximum amount of breathability. With this product, you will also get additional insulation on the palm for a superior grip control as well as comfort. The cool stretch technology of these gloves will also let you attain a high level of suppleness over the fingers.
The MRX women glove can be washed and dried using a machine. It also features accessible pull tabs which allow you to wear and remove the gloves with ease. These comfortable and cute weight lifting gloves will surely protect your hands and offer you a comfy grip while you're performing any training.
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7. Harbinger Women's FlexFit Weight Lifting Gloves
The Harbinger weight lifting gloves for women are made using special materials. Moreover, these gloves are antimicrobial and machine washable, so you are certain that these gloves are safe to use.
These gloves, on the other hand, utilizes a TechGel cushion that inhibits callouses from developing. That good thing about these weight lifting gloves is that it is constructed with a lady's hand in mind.
Even so, the fingers of these gloves comfortably end right beyond the first knob. As a result, you do not need to be concerned about the glove moving with the hands around the weights or bars.
The Harbinger gloves come in three distinct sizes and are accessible in two different fashionable color combinations. It means, with these gloves you can still show off your real personality even though you're at the gym. When it comes to cushioning design and fit these women's gloves are also top-notch.
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- These weight lifting gloves look fashionable.
- It uses a cushion that inhibits callouses from developing.
- These gloves fit comfortably.
- It is designed with a lady's hand in mind.
6. Weight Lifting Gloves by Fit Four
These weight lifting gloves by Fit Four are created with a great blend of Lycra, silicone, and synthetic leather. These gloves are extremely durable, easy to wear, and has a comfortable feel.
Even so, if you're looking for weight lifting gloves that are multipurpose then this is for you. These gloves offer great support and minimize the possibilities of slipping. With Fit Four's weight lifting gloves you don't have to tape your hands just to attain the support and grip you need for workouts such as weightlifting and Crossfit training.
On the other hand, these gloves are accessible in four different colors and sizes ranging from XS (extra small) to XL (extra-large).
The Fit Four's gloves have gel strips which keep your hand in place. It also has silicone pads that are located on the gripping surface to minimize slippage. These gloves won't cover your entire hands, but it will give you a greater mobility. Furthermore, they sport a minimalist design and light in weight.
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5. RDX Weight Lifting Gloves
These weight lifting gloves for ladies comes with distinct finger coils to improve flexibility as well as comfort. The back of these weight lifting gloves features Lycra (Coolmax) while the front features a premium quality Amara leather offer you a great amount of breathability. It also has a functional pad system which lets you strengthen your grip.
In addition, these weight lifting gloves have motion areas over the glove's knuckles to stimulate normal hand movement. The RDX weight lifting gloves for ladies have also web areas in the middle of the fingers which offer a greater level of breathability.
Either way, these gloves are available in three different colors: pink, blue, and black. Plus they are machine washable.
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- Made of Amara leather and Coolmax Lycra.
- Available in three different colors.
- Machine washable
- These weight lifting gloves carry a money back warranty
4. Women Gym Gloves by Grip Power Pads
These women gym gloves by Grip Power Pads are very easy to remove and put on as well. All you have to do is simply pull the built-in on particular fingers and they'll slip right off.
However, do not end up liking these gloves, for some reasons – from the color to the fit, to that manner how they feel, you can obtain a full refund provided it's within the first two months after purchase. As a matter of fact, not all weight lifting gloves manufacture stand their items that way.
Even so, the Grip Power Pads weight lifting gloves fir was suitable for everybody. There's no failure while lifting. Not only that, but these gloves are also comfortable and protect your hands while you are at the gym.
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- Easy to remove and put on.
- These gloves will keep the hands feeling soft and silky.
- It is specifically designed for women.
- Users will get a tougher grip in just a few minutes.
3. GoFit Women's Pro Sport-Tac Glove
If you are looking for comfortable and high-quality weight lifting glove, then this one is for you. These gloves offer a functional fit across your palm and excellent grip. The GoFit Women's Pro Sport-Tac Gloves are also easy to wear and remove. Furthermore, this product is long-lasting, practical, and convenient.
These gloves that sports a unique design comes with a functionally cut palm that offers more supple fit to your hands. These weightlifting gloves are made from breathable fabric. However, the fabric used in making the gloves makes sure optimum airflow to minimize moisture.
The GoFit Women's Pro Sport-Tac Gloves are machine washable and only require minimal maintenance. This glove will protect your hands from calluses, sores, and blisters when lifting weights.
The palm of these gloves features synthetic leather for a longer lifespan, excellent durability, and great comfort and flexibility. The middle finger of this glove has a pull tab which allows the user to remove it easily and quickly. Not only that, but there's also a tug loop involved to the wrist that lets the user pull them on their hands with ease. Either way, these weight lifting gloves fit on the wearer's hands securely.
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2. RimSports Gym Gloves
These colorful and stylish weight lifting gloves are ideal for all types of purposes. The RimSports Gym Gloves are made from lightweight fabric. It means you will have a comfortable workout with this pair of weight lifting gloves. These gloves are created to offer your hands and wrists greater support especially when you're lifting weights. As a matter of fact, they can be also utilized for biking cross-training and rowing.
The non-skid padding of the RimSports Gym Gloves makes sure striking traction. Its 100 percent leather and spandex construction makes sure that they'll last for a longer period. When you wear this pair of gloves, you can still move your hands freely.
For ease of maintenance and convenience, the Rim Sports Gym Gloves can be hand-washed. Furthermore, the straps of these gloves are designed diagonally to let your wrist turn while keeping your gloves definitely in place.
These attractive weight lifting gloves are ideal for ladies who want to look good while protecting their hands from blisters and callouses. Either way, these gloves are available in various color and sizes.
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- Light in weight
- Equipped with a non-skid padding.
- These gloves are made from breathable fabric.
- Easy to maintain.
- Colorful and stylish.
1. Trideer Weight Lifting Gloves
These versatile weight lifting gloves for women are perfect for cross training and powerlifting. Furthermore, its ultra-light microfiber construction is super soft and high-quality. It also has a breathable weave back which helps keep wetness away from the hands resulting to a very comfortable feel.
The Trideer Weight Lifting gloves also feature pull tabs on the ring and middle fingers. With this feature, pulling off these gloves becomes easier. Its non-immense layer of silica gel in the palm offers an effective grip and protect your hands from calluses and bruising. Either way, these gloves come with an adjustable Velcro strap.
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- Perfect for cross-training and powerlifting.
- These gloves are equipped with a breathable weave back.
- Comes with a velcro strap that can be adjusted for perfect fit and offers additional wrist protection.
The Advantages of Wearing Weight Lifting Gloves
Improved Grip
A firm pair of workout glove can help you to enhance your grip while you are performing an exercise such as weightlifting. Actually, this is advantageous during functional training. If your hands aren't big, you may possibly enjoy the additional security of weight lifting gloves particularly when you sweat because they have the capability to grip excess sweat.
Increased Support
A number of gloves over offer basic handling to avoid calluses, while others add some support to strengthen the grip. This is really helpful especially if you have fragile wrists.
Reduced Pressure
Wearing gloves during your training is also helpful in reducing pressure on the hands. However, if you notice or feel that your lifting capability is in a weak position since your hands aren't comfortable, weight lifting gloves can offer you a quick and easy solution.
Improved Hygiene
If you are using any equipment or put your hands on the mat during your workout session, you might be exposed to fungus, harmful bacteria, and viruses. Honestly speaking, not all fitness center customers have good hygiene and open sores on your hand could allow harmful microorganisms to enter. Fortunately, weight lifting gloves can keep you healthy and improve your hygiene by protecting you from bacteria.
Hand Protection
Another good thing about wearing weight lifting gloves is that they offer a hand and joint protection. The padding in your gloves takes away the strain from your hands and absorbs pressure. Gloves, on the other hand, function by dividing the pressure into the forearms and wrists instead of your hands only.
Calluses and Blisters Prevention
Normally, the handles of training equipment are abrasive and rougher since they are constructed from durable metal materials which cause blisters and callused because of microbial infections. However, weight lifting gloves serve as a defensive barrier between the equipment and your hands as well as relieve skin discomfort.
How to Choose the Best Weight Lifting Gloves?
When it comes to choosing the best pair of weight lifting gloves, there's no single pair that suits everyone. It means the right pair of gloves will depend on your personal needs. For example, it will depend on the kind of exercises you perform, the frequency and the level of your training that you're working at. Every pair of weight lifting gloves has its own features and benefits. On the other hand, if you're using free weights, cardiovascular machines, or punching bags, this equipment is for you.
Nevertheless, listed below are some important things/factors that you need to consider when buying weight lifting gloves.
Things to Consider When Buying Weight Lifting Gloves
- Fit
Choose gloves that fit comfortably without stretching them through your palm. Also, choose a pair that lets your finger move comfortably. Keep in mind that they must be fitted, but not too fitted to limit blood circulation.
- Wrist Wraps
The majority of weight lifting gloves today features a built-in wrist wrap that can be adjusted. Even so, wrist wraps are really beneficial as they offer additional support for your wrists to minimize soreness and pain.
- Materials
Despite the fact that there are lots of materials that can be utilized for creating weight lifting gloves, the best gloves are usually made of either leather or neoprene. These materials are extremely durable and they provide an enhanced grip compared to gloves that are made from nylon.
- The Length of Your Fingers
Generally, there are three available finger lengths: small, ¾ finger, and ½ finger. If you need an additional protection, a pair of weight lifting gloves that has a long finger length is something worth getting. However, you need to make sure that the glove's length doesn't cover your fingertips since they will prevent sweat from building up leading to discomfort and enhance breathability.
- Support
Make sure that your chosen weight lifting gloves will effectively support your hands and wrists. In addition, choose a pair that feels natural, because this will let you retain the right location of your wrist and palm as you work out.
- Cushioning
The main purpose of wearing a pair of weight lifting gloves is to protect and cushion your hands, thus it is an important factor/thing to consider. As the consumer, you must also check if the padding is dense enough to offer protection. Flexibility, on the other hand, is also a key.
- Traction
Making sure that your hands won't slide over the gym equipment is very important. That is why when you are buying a glove, it is best to choose a piece that can resist abrasion without sacrificing a good traction. Either way, gloves with rubber or suede palm and fingers are the perfect options.
- Cost
Inexpensive gloves are a venture in your safety. Weight lifting gloves will reduce the possibilities of weight slipping, protect your hands, and improve results by letting you kick heavier weights. On the other hand, choose a pair of gloves that will last for a couple of years and one that's within your budget.
By simply choosing the best and right pair of weight lifting gloves to suit your personal preferences, rest assured you'll be able to enjoy a comfortable as well as painless weightlifting experience. Not only that, you will also enhance your lifting capabilities without exerting too much effort.
Hopefully, this content helps you a lot in finding the best weight lifting gloves that suit your needs.


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The first publicized use of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) in car body panels was Ford Motor Co.'s (Dearborn, MI, US) 1941 Soybean Car, which used 14 plastic panels on a tubular steel frame, cutting weight to 2,000 lb (907 kg) — 1,000 lb (454 kg) lighter than a steel car. Project manager Lowell Overly said the body material used soybean fiber in a phenolic resin.
Cotton-reinforced plastic, called Duroplast, was used to make bodies for the East German Trabant automobile from 1957 to 1991. The panels, stamped like steel, using presses, reportedly held up well after decades in the sun. At end of life, they were easily recycled, by shredding them into aggregate for cement.
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Introduced in 1953, General Motors' (GM, Detroit, MI, US) Chevrolet Corvette has continuously used composites in its body panels. Molded Fiber Glass Co. (MFG, Ashtabula, OH, US) built the car's 26 glass fiber/polyester body panels using open-mold chopped spray-up for a 1954 production volume of 10,000 cars/yr. Production was reportedly changed over to wet compression molding in 1968 for the C3 model and, again, to compression-molded sheet molding compound (SMC) in 1973. By 2005, Corvette began using carbon fiber in its C6 and C7 models.
The Corvette fueled the already burgeoning use of FRP in sports cars, and with the introduction of SMC in the early 1960s, an all-out race began. "The 1960s was similar to today in that there was a drive for light weight," explains Gary Lownsdale, president of Trans Tech International (Loudon, TN, US) and a 50-year veteran of the automotive and composites industries. "But it wasn't for fuel economy, it was for speed in muscle cars. Chrysler and Ford were racing to see who could get SMC hoods on the vehicles first — the Dart GTS, Plymouth Superbird and Road Runner and numerous other Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth models for the 440 Six Pack engine all had lift-off SMC hoods." Meanwhile, Ford was putting out the Ford Shelby GT and other Mustang variants.
Enter plastics
According to Lownsdale, the Fiero actually evolved out of Pontiac's belated play in the muscle car race. Launched in 1984, with production eventually exceeding 100,000 cars/yr, it was GM's first vehicle to use non-loadbearing plastic body panels attached to a steel space frame. The Fiero's doors and fenders were made using reinforced resin injection molding (RRIM) while its hood, roof and decklid were made using SMC. Its rocker panels were unreinforced thermoplastic olefin (TPO).
"Its injection molded polyurethane body played an important role in the development of both thermosets and thermoplastics for Class A exteriors," says Lownsdale. So, just as SMC was gaining adoptions, injection molding, thermoset polyurethane and thermoplastics entered the market. When used, reinforcements (also commonly called fillers) helped improve modulus, impact strength and dimensional stability, and included milled glass fibers, glass flake (milled or unmilled glass platelets 100 nm to 7μ in diameter), mica, wollastonite and other mineral particulates.
"Many of the thermoplastic body panels adopted on models in the 1980s and 1990s used GTX," says Lownsdale. GTX was shorthand for GE Plastics' XENOY — a blend of semi-crystalline polyester (typically polybutylene terephthalate, PBT, or polyethylene terephthalate, PET) and polycarbonate (PC), which is now supplied by SABIC Innovative Plastics (Pittsfield, MA, US). Another option was acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and PC (ABS-PC), commonly known by the tradename CYCOLOY (also GE Plastics, now SABIC). Why were these used? "Because they had the highest modulus among injection molded plastics and that's what we knew how to process," says Lownsdale. "In 1988, injection molding was still being developed. Software to model and control the process, like MoldFlow, was entirely new. We were still learning."
Starting production in 1990, GM's Saturn vehicles followed on from the Fiero, also using a steel space frame and injection molding, but replacing polyurethane with PC/ABS for doors and PC/PBT for the front fenders. Materials for the roof, hood and decklids were listed alternatively as SMC and steel, a trend that was to continue for some time: SMC or steel in horizontal panels and thermoplastics in vertical panels. General Motors used SMC and RRIM in its early 1990s Lumina minivans.
However, plastics had some serious issues to overcome. Thermoplastics were not used in horizontal panels at this time because their creep was too high, causing issues with dimensional stability and part performance. Large coefficients of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) also caused problems. Parts would expand with heat and shrink with cooling, which caused complications with fit and interference. For example, plastic panels on Saturn vehicles would swell so much that the doors wouldn't open. Designers had to enlarge the gaps between doors and other body panels, which was not desirable and one reason why GM eventually switched back to a metal body. "That's been overcome now," says Lownsdale. "We've learned a lot more about CLTE."
Degradation from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation was another issue. "Thermoplastics typically didn't have enough UV resistance to prevent color fade in 10-year paint durability tests," Lownsdale recalls. "Now we have additives that overcome this."
The rise of SMC
By 1995, a supplement in WARD's Auto World magazine titled, "SMC: lowest cost solution to saving weight," listed SMC applications that included the 1994 Mustang hood and rear-quarter scoops (200,000 cars/yr); more than 40% of exterior panels on GM F-bodies (e.g., Pontiac Firebird, Chevy Camaro) at >200,000 cars/yr; and the 1995 Ford Windstar minivan hood, cowl-top vent and track cover at ≈300,000 units/yr. It estimated that better than 300 SMC components were used on more than 110 vehicles by 28 manufacturers. Hoods reportedly comprised >25% of SMC consumption, followed by other horizontal exterior panels and then non-Class A applications. By 2000, Ford was using 50,000 MT of SMC per year in hoods, fenders and decklids, making it the largest consumer in North America. By 2006, the Automotive Composites Alliance reported 123,000 MT of SMC used in North American cars and heavy trucks, while DSM Composite Resins (now Aliancys AG, Schauffhausen, Switzerland) tallied European consumption at 100,000 MT.
Overcoming paint pops
As the adoption and use of SMC on high-volume models rapidly increased — and likely as a direct result of it — SMC parts experienced a plague of paint defects. "When I started in 1999, Class A applications of SMC had serious issues with edge pops or paint pops," says Mike Siwajek, director of R&D at Continental Structural Plastics (Auburn Hills, MI, US). "We were seeing 250-350 concerns per 1,000 parts, which was unacceptable," he recalls. His group, then a part of ThyssenKrupp Budd, later bought out by CSP, began cataloguing the defective parts and doing root cause analyses, tracing 90% of the defects to microcracks in the laminates. Siwajek explains, "We were molding the SMC parts and shipping them to the assembly line, where the guys would treat them like steel parts, dropping them, using mallets as they attached them to the BIW, etc. During painting, the paint film would cover the microcracked area, trapping air, which would then expand during cycling in the paint oven, causing 'fish eyes' all along the edges of the part."
Siwajek's team members knew they couldn't correct the rough handling in the manufacturing plants, so they contacted resin supplier AOC (Collierville, TN, US) and worked on increasing toughness in the polyester matrix. Both ThyssenKrupp Budd and AOC hold patents on the resulting tough Class A (TCA) technology for SMC. "By the end of 2002, Ford had stopped counting SMC paint defects because we had basically eliminated the issue," says Siwajek. "However, by that time we had already missed the new model cycle." (For more background on the correctives applied to early production paint defects issues, see "SMC 4.0." here.)
He continues, "When CSP bought us in 2006, though we had always been on the Corvette, we were just getting back onto other models when the industry moved to lightweighting." At that time, the TCA product had a specific gravity (SG) of 1.9, but the company had already been working to reduce weight, having introduced the mid-density 1.6 SG product which went on the C6 Corvette. "So we jumped to the TCA UltraLite at 1.2 SG," says Siwajek, "which is on the C7 Corvette."
Carbon fiber
A number of other factors were changing the automotive Class A market in the late 1990s. Unibody construction was making a comeback, which initially favored metals. Unitized body construction, as opposed to body-on-frame, unites the body, floor and chassis to form a single structure. The lightest form, monocoque construction, had long been favored in racing, and though unibody is more of a semi-monocoque, it still offered advantages in weight and crash protection, two key trends.
Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards in the US had helped boost the first wave of plastic and SMC bodies. Established in 1975, CAFE aimed to roughly double the average fuel economy of the new car fleet to 27.5 mpg by the 1985 model year (MY). By the late 1990s, both the insurance industry and consumers began taking crash test results more seriously and Volvo had introduced the world's first car with side airbags. Thus, the auto industry began looking at how to approach body panels structurally, making them more crash-resistant, yet reduce their weight.
In fact, automakers began looking at modularization in many areas, and this is when plastics started using higher percentages of fiber and longer fibers — including glass mat thermoplastic (GMT) and long fiber thermoplastics (LFT) — and moved into the auto interior via integrated modules for instrument panels, door panels and floor systems.
Lownsdale recalls, "Even as SMC was taking off in the 1990s, already resin transfer molding (RTM) was being explored as an alternative. The first-generation Dodge Viper, for example, used a large RTM press to make many of its exterior panels." He notes these would have been SMC if RTM hadn't been used.
McLaren had started using carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) monocoques in Formula 1 race cars in 1981, and by the 1990s, a variety of low-volume supercars were using CFRP extensively. According to Lownsdale, CF suppliers such as Hercules (Wilmington, DE, US) and Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) had been pushing their products into the auto industry for some time, but then Boeing started production of the 777 aircraft's massive CFRP empennage. Hercules and Toray pulled out of the automotive market and committed to supplying only the aerospace market.
"This left a very bad taste in the mouth of GM, especially," Lownsdale recalls, noting that GM had a production CFRP driveshaft on its pickup trucks and, thus, was left without a fiber supply. "We should have had CFRP in cars by 2000, but this exit by the CF producers pushed us back into a sort of Dark Ages."
Since then, however, the combination of CAFE standards for 2020 and 2050, the European Union requirements for reduced CO2 emissions and the rapid increase in electric/hybrid powertrains have driven OEMs back to carbon fiber in order to jettison weight. Carbon fiber manufacturers, for their part, have vastly increased the supply of fiber, mitigating previous concerns about abrupt interruptions in their ability to meet demand. Further, suppliers of commercial-grade carbon fiber have entered the marketplace, providing a fiber source unlikely to be siphoned off by demanding aerospace clients. And research continues along several avenues toward a much more affordable, industrial-grade carbon fiber suitable for use in automotive applications.
This article is a Side Story to a feature article titled, "Composites in Class A body panels: Evolution continues."
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24 comments:
- Tom Cathcart said...
I really don't get the point that it's laughable for us to protest interference in our election when we've done the same to others so many times. We've also overthrown governments. Would it be laughable for us to protest if, hypothetically, some other nation were to try to overthrow ours? We've dropped nuclear bombs on another country. Would it be laughable for us to protest if, hypothetically, some other country were determined to drop them on us? Hypocritical, yes, of course, but laughable? Are we really only supposed to protest threats that we've never been guilty of posing to other countries? And, if our hypocrisy brings down Trump, then I say 3 cheers for hypocrisy.
- April 5, 2017 at 11:35 AM
- s. wallerstein said...
For the record, according to Wikipedia, Chomsky began to criticize U.S. involvement in Viet Nam in 1962, speaking to small groups in homes and churches, not in 1967.
- April 5, 2017 at 12:30 PM
- TheDudeDiogenes said...
Well said, Prof. And also Tom.
- April 5, 2017 at 12:33 PM
- Charles Perkins said...
I second Tom Cathcart.
- April 5, 2017 at 1:26 PM
- Unknown said...
I agree
- April 5, 2017 at 2:23 PM
- David Auerbach said...
I think that underlying Chomsky's point is the dismal fact that the current powers that be in the Democratic party (=Clinton coterie with Rachel Maddow as their media whip) obsess about Russia and see that as a) the key to disempowering Trump (which I think it isn't) and b) as their key to remaining in power (in the Democratic party) despite their abysmal failures at every political level and c) (a sort of corollary of b)) remaining an anti-working class party. Most of the action against Trump, given his deep political weakness and lack of skill, has not come from the Clintonista wing but from groups on the left. The Russia obsession is a distraction from the housecleaning that would normally come after screwing up an election.
- April 5, 2017 at 3:10 PM
- Gary Young said...
Since the Democrats are in the minority in both houses of Congress, doesn't it make sense to pursue a strategy that might have a chance of eroding Republican support for Trump?
- April 5, 2017 at 3:21 PM
- Edmund Wilson said...
Professor Wolff, I would be inclined to agree with you. The problem of 'cozying up' to Russia has some historical parallels. On this, I would agree that Chomsky probably has the wrong end of the stick when he implies that the cozying up of Trump's advisers to Sergey Kislyak is a good thing. I can think of three examples where cozying up to potential aggressors such as Putin's Russia is a bad thing. (Cozying up, by the way, really should become an official term in international relations literature...)
Although it may seem like a long-shot, the First Italian War of 1494 - 1498 may have been the result of such 'cozying up'. The equivalent of modern America (Milan) tried to bandwagon with the equivalent of modern Russia (France). The policy was a failure. The Duke of Milan invited French King Charles VIII to invade the Italian peninsula, signifying the duke's intention to bandwagon, or cozy up to to France. Just as Trump may be cozying up to Putin, so was the Milanese duke Ludovico Sforza cozying up to Charles VIII. Milan underestimated France, just as America might be underestimating Russia today. But by February 1495, the French had reached Naples, going far further than the Milanese envisaged. This forced the duke to backtrack and join an alliance against Charles VIII, signifying the end (and failure) of his prior policy of bandwagoning with France. This is an example of 'cozying up' to potential aggressors such as France or modern-day Russia failing, thus undermining Noam Chomsky's case. Bandwagoning with aggressors is proven to be a fateful policy.
This was even more so the case in the Hapsburg-Valois War of 1521 - 1526. In this example, another Charles took on the role of Putin. English King Henry VIII, who I am equating to modern-day Trump, decided that he fancied a share of France. So he allied with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Charles was the really dangerous power here, controlling Austria, Burgundy, Spain and (of course) the Holy Roman Empire. The English tried to march on Paris in 1523, but were betrayed by Charles V, who was more interested in conquering the French Netherlands than keeping his word. Henry VIII quickly had to pivot and ally with France in August 1525, since his aggressive ally in Charles V was (surprise, surprise!) untrustworthy. Henry's attempt to bandwagon with an aggressive foreign power was disastrous. This further undermines Chomsky's case that cozying up to potential aggressors is mutually beneficial. The aggressor always takes advantage of the bandwagoner, be it Medieval England or modern America.
To take a more modern example, the Munich Agreement of September 1938 demonstrates the inadequacy of cozying up to aggressors. Rather than bandwagoning with the aggressor, this was an example of outright appeasement of the aggressor. It was just as (if not more) disastrous when compared with the previous two examples. Despite Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhine on 7 March 1936 and the bombing of Guernica on 26 April 1937, Prime Minister Chamberlain of England decided to appease Hitler by handing him the Sudetenland, free of charge. This appeasement was unjustified and, as J.J. Mearsheimer pointed out, made the 'dangerous rival' of Nazi Germany 'more, not less, dangerous' ('The Tragedy of Great Power Politics', p. 164). After all, this is why Hitler felt he could invade Poland in 1939, since he thought that England and France would continue the appeasement. Cozying up to aggressors, be it through bandwagoning or appeasement, is a policy prone to failure.
Perhaps, therefore, if Trump were to learn from the past, he wouldn't be so keen on cozying up to Putin.
- April 5, 2017 at 4:29 PM
- Unknown said...
I don't agree with the view that the Democrats are going after Trump on the Russia connection so that they can somehow return to power without having to move left on economic policy.
The Democrats in the 2016 presidential election were like a football team that had lost a close game. If any one of half a dozen plays had gone the other way--the fumble, the interception, the receiver slipping, the bad call by the officials--the team would have one. The answer to the question, why was the game (or election) lost, is not all of the above, but any one of the above. The list for Hillary is long--the emails, the foundation, the Russia hackings of the DNC, Comey's interference, wasting time in Arizona and Georgia instead of spending it in Michigan,, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. I'm sure there are more that could be put on the list.
The Russia connection is being used by the Democrats today because it is a great opportunity to beat up on Trump and possibly get him removed. At the very least, if there's even a small fire under all of the smoke, it will help the Democrats in 2018.
I don't believe the Democrats will move far enough to the left to satisfy most readers of this blog--and wouldn't have even if Keith Ellis had been elected to head the DNC. That's because the people who make up the Committee--both elected officials and others--as well as members of Congress in both the House and Senate, are closer to the center. I suspect most of them don't believe they can be elected if they move any further to the left.
It's up to the left show they are wrong--and this can be accomplished only by progressives volunteering to run for office (at every level) and getting themselves elected. This is how the right took over the Republican party.
- April 5, 2017 at 5:35 PM
- s. wallerstein said...
Edmund Wilson,
Your historical knowledge is admirable.
However, Chomsky probably does not see Putin as an agressor, certainly not in the same class as Hitler in any case. From reading Chomsky, I get the impression that he sees Putin as himself feeling aggressed by the expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe. The Ukraine has a common border with Russia: if the Ukraine joins NATO or becomes pro-NATO, for Russia it would be analagous to having Mexico ally itself with Russia for the U.S. You can imagine how the U.S. would act if Mexico were to become a Russian (or Chinese) ally and open its territory to Russian (or Chinese) military bases or air bases.
You're too young to remember Reagan screaming about Nicaragua being a threat to U.S. security because they had Soviet weapons and maybe a few Soviet troops: after that, Reagan financed a secret mercenary army (the contras) to destroy the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Then there was JFK who trained and financed another mercenary army of rightwing Cubans who tried unsuccessfully to invade Cuba in 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, once again because tiny Cuba was becoming a Soviet ally.
- April 5, 2017 at 5:48 PM
- Matt said...
You're too young to remember Reagan screaming about Nicaragua being a threat to U.S. security because they had Soviet weapons and maybe a few Soviet troops: after that, Reagan financed a secret mercenary army (the contras) to destroy the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
I am (somewhat barely) not too young to remember this. (I don't know if Edmund's avatar photos is his own, but if so, he surely is.) But, should we not care about the fact that, when Reagan did this, it was both wrong and, frankly, transparently stupid? Lots of people knew that at the time. If more did, perhaps things would have been better. The same claims apply to Putin and Russia. Russians are not children who cannot learn or understand. They are capable of doing things other than throwing temper tantrums. (I know - I lived there for quite a while, own, with my wife, property there, have many friends, there, etc. My wife is Russian as well.) This sort of attitude, that certain countries cannot but be expected to act badly, is very odd. When it it our own country, we rightly feel shame and disgust when our leaders and fellow citizens act this way. But it is also shameful to act as if other countries can't act in either ways, too. They can, and should, as should we. We should have higher standards for all of us. This is especially so when we realize that, following the ideas set out above, we are denying the humanity and personality of Georgians, Ukrainines, Latvians, Estonians, etc. in treating them as the rightful playthings of Russia, just as much as the US was denying the humanity and worth of central Americans and Cubans during the cold war. Surely we don't want to be a party to that.
Of course, I recognize that there is a danger in applying higher standards to others than one's self. We should apply higher standards to ourselves. But, what I see here is a failure to apply even minimal standards to others. That is surely wrong.
- April 5, 2017 at 8:33 PM
- s. wallerstein said...
I in no way want to apologize for Putin. In a comment above he was described as an "aggressor" and compared to Hitler. I was merely pointing out that his behavior is on no level comparable to that of Hitler but rather comparable to that of past U.S. presidents, often considered to be exemplary democrats, such as Reagan and JFK. Now it may be that Putin is cunningly awaiting his opportunity to set out on world conquest as Hitler did, but there is no evidence of that until now. The fact that Putin loves macho poses says something about the vulgarity of his tastes, but does not indicate that he intends to conquer all Europe.
I'd prefer a world in which no one, neither Putin nor Reagan nor Trump, threatens other nations and in which national borders mean no more than the county line does within the U.S.
- April 5, 2017 at 8:45 PM
- TheDudeDiogenes said...
I found Masha Gessen on the Global Politico (but not just there) to be quite enlightening regarding Russia.
- April 6, 2017 at 12:12 AM
- Charles Perkins said...
Anyone who compares Russia and the United States needs to recognize that Russia is a country where hardly anyone votes because there really is no point. http://occupywallst.org/article/we-are-the-146-russians-refuse-to-be-rooked/
- April 6, 2017 at 1:04 AM
- Edmund Wilson said...
S. Wallerstein, thank you for the reply and brilliant riposte. You're completely right - I am indeed too young to remember American Cold War interventions! Indeed, examples abound which suggest a hawkish foreign policy is not called for, from the Bay of Pigs to Nicaragua, and from American overthrowing of Indonesian 'guided democracy' to the toppling of Allende's government in Chile in 1973. Making an enemy of Russia is therefore probably not the best idea. Perhaps a strategic alliance with Russia would work.
But there's a difference between a strategic alliance and a 'cozying up' alliance. In a strategic alliance, America allies with Russia in order to achieve certain goals, such as counterbalancing the rise of China. In a 'cozying up' alliance, America risks being exploited by an ever-more assertive Russia. If Trump does ally with Putin, it must be part of a consciously thought-out foreign policy, rather than for the Trump Organisation's business interests.
So alliance with Russia per se isn't a bad thing, but the language Trump uses suggests that he's appeasing Russia rather than seeking a strategic alliance of equals. After all, this is why Nikki Haley on Thursday 30 March this year said that removing Russian-backed Assad was no longer a priority. Because the Trump administration's vision of an alliance with Russia involves giving unlimited concessions to Putin, rather than lobbying him to change his policy, be it on Ukraine or Syria.
Nevertheless, perhaps Trump has started thinking about strategy (and, possibly, morality) today with his sharp criticism of Assad, together with Nikki Haley's more recent criticisms of Russia. Chomsky might turn out to be right, but only if America favours a strategic alliance over an appeasement alliance.
- April 6, 2017 at 6:22 AM
- Matt said...
The fact that Putin loves macho poses says something about the vulgarity of his tastes, but does not indicate that he intends to conquer all Europe.
This is a bit of a straw-man, as has been pointed out before. It's obvious that Putin can be "an aggressor" without wanting to "conquer all of Europe". Actual implies possible, after all, and Putin has already incorporated part of Ukraine, would like to take more, and has de facto taking in parts of Georgia. It's common in Russia to think it should take in much of the former Russian empire, and this seems to be supported by Putin. But, the people in many of those states don't agree. That's what you need to grapple with a bit more.
I don't speak for Edmund Wilson, nor he for me, but you're not keeping the arguments straight here, and are shifting the goal-posts. I know very well that you can do better.
- April 6, 2017 at 7:18 AM
- s. wallerstein said...
Thank you for your heart-warming faith that I can do better. When all else fails, your faith in me keeps me going.
You point out an essential detail: whether the people in those states or agree or not. As far as I know, most of the people in the eastern parts of the Ukraine are Russian-speakers and want to rejoin Russia. If people do not want to rejoin Russia, they should be resettled with due compensation for their property. If the people in other states from the ex-Soviet Union do not want to rejoin Russia, their rights should be protected, hopefully, by an international agreement or international military force, not by the U.S. alone. I don't trust the U.S. at all (that's my deep-seated prejudice): the mixture of high ideals and geopolitical aggressivity which characterizes U.S. policy always fucks things up. So I'd like to see Germany, Holland, France, etc., in on that deal.
- April 6, 2017 at 7:38 AM
- s. wallerstein said...
Edmund Wilson,
Thank you for your kind words of praise.
I agree with you that a rational, strategic alliance of the U.S. with Russia to deal with world problems would be ideal, but given Trump, I doubt that that will occur.
You talk of the need to remove Assad. The U.S. record on removing dictators in the Arab world makes me skeptical. They got rid of Saddam Hussein and of Gaddafi, only to make things worse, to push Iraq and Libya, both of which under authoritarian rule were at least functioning societies, towards civil war and being failed states. The priority in Syria at present seems to be not to get rid of Assad (who is a nasty and corrupt dictator of course), but to fight ISIS and Assad could be an ally in that struggle. If after ISIS is defeated, Russia and the United States could agree on removing Assad and holding elections, great.
I want to applaud you on your knowledge of history and world affairs as well as your good sense. When I was your age, I walked around with my eyes closed screaming in protest against a universe which given that my eyes were closed, I couldn't see. Keep your eyes open and you'll do well in life.
- April 6, 2017 at 8:53 AM
- Edmund Wilson said...
S. Wallerstein, Thank you for the comment. I'll do well to follow your advice! I would agree that forcefully removing dictators such as Assad is not a particularly successful way of doing things. Perhaps a strategic middle ground between that and actively appeasing such aggressors should be sought.
- April 6, 2017 at 12:01 PM
Re Edmund Wilson's comment above re appeasement and bandwagoning:
I'm leery of general rules for foreign-policy behavior (e.g. "never do X or Y") b/c so much depends on the particular circumstances of each case. Mearsheimer issues a blanket condemnation of appeasement and bandwagoning b/c, among other things, these approaches violate or run afoul of his theory that "great powers are programmed for offense" (Tragedy of Great Power Politics, p.164). Sometimes great powers are "programmed for offense" and sometimes they may not be, but Mearsheimer's 'offensive realism' cannot take account of such variation w/o losing its pretensions to being some kind of generally applicable theory. And even Mearsheimer is obliged to note that there are "special circumstances in which a great power might concede some power to another state yet not act contrary to balance-of-power logic" (p.164).
The word 'appeasement' in popular as opposed to scholarly discourse is associated almost exclusively with the Munich agreement, which has a deservedly bad reputation (the only good thing one can say about it is that it gave Britain another year to re-arm, but that didn't outweigh the agreement's bad effects). However, while the Munich agreement was a mistake, the so-called "lessons" of Munich have been repeatedly misapplied, probably most clearly in the case of U.S. policy in Vietnam (see e.g. Y.F. Khong, Analogies at War).
All of which is not to say that the U.S. or anyone else should 'cozy up' to Putin, but rather to suggest that historical analogies have to be handled and deployed with a considerable amount of caution, and that ostensibly general theories about great-power behavior have to be scrutinized critically, to say the least. What matters most here is what we can infer and know about Putin's motives and intentions and capacities, not what a general theory of great-power behavior says is the best policy course. History and theory are relevant and always in the background of such discussions, but there is no substitute for knowledge of a particular case and region. Sometimes I agree with Mearsheimer's policy views and sometimes I don't[*], but in any discussion of U.S. policy toward Russia I'd want to have a Russia specialist in the room and not only an IR theorist like Mearsheimer.
[*] Mearsheimer's policy prescriptions don't always follow from his theory, but that's a separate point.
- April 6, 2017 at 12:06 PM
- Edmund Wilson said...
(Although, as of a few minutes ago, it looks like Trump is relying on his Defence Secretary's judgement as to whether to militarily confront Assad. So it may all be up to James Mattis now...)
- April 6, 2017 at 12:09 PM
- Edmund Wilson said...
LFC - I posted my (bracketed) commented before I could read your very interesting post. I completely agree that we can never apply general theories of international relations with total certainty. Even Mearsheimer caveats most of his statements with the word 'likely', since all social and political sciences are probabilistic.
I'd like to emphasise that, although I used Mearsheimer's theoretical tools, Mearsheimer himself, as far as I'm aware, thinks that allying with Russia in general is actually a good thing (agreeing with your footnote that his policy prescriptions are his theory can be different things!). For Mearsheimer, as I'm sure you'll know, China is a bigger threat than Russia, so counterbalancing Chinese rise with a strategic Russo-American alliance would be a good idea (in Mearsheimer's view). On that point, Mearsheimer has praised Trump's pro-Russia policy, although he said before the election that he would never envisage voting for Trump!
I also agree that having a Russian specialist would help. But, in the absence of one, general IR theories can be useful!
- April 6, 2017 at 12:21 PM
- Danny said...
'I really don't get the point that it's laughable for us to protest interference in our election when we've done the same to others so many times.'
Leaving aside whether the question is a red herring -- Do we agree on the basic framework of U.S. coups? Noam Chomsky is an articulate, well-informed, sources-citing kind of guy, right?
Though there is perhaps a roughly equal number of failed coups, and let's just ignore coups in Africa and eleshere in which a U.S. role is suspected but unproven, then what do we tarry to say about Iran 1953, and Guatemala 1054, and Thailand 1057, and Laos? The Congo? Turkey? I mean, Turkey 1960, of course, but also 1971 &1980? And so forth.
- April 17, 2017 at 1:23 AM
- Danny said...
'Hypocritical, yes, of course, but laughable?'
Yes, of course. There is such a thing as 'laughable hypocrisy'. I actually find the category very interesting. Consider how we should all stop our whining and fall in line behind Donald Trump, while Republicans and tea partiers refuse to give up on fighting for what we believe is right. I might respond that laughing my shiny 'etc.' off, because the hypocrisy is so evident. I recall how it is, that critics dismiss as laughable hypocrisy any claims by fundamentalists that they believe in the power of Christian love and are concerned abou the social needs of their neighbors.
The whole idea of assailing somebody for their laughable hypocrisy is very common. It seems like a go-to response, when you can't really disagree with somebody's point but wish to distract from their point, to change the subject, to query their right to make their point that you can't really disagree with.
Maybe we want to respond to 'Occupy Wall Street' protests. Well, just start like this: 'I think the hypocrisy of this movement is somewhat laughable..' and continue somehow. By contrast, of course when you talk to somebody with the tea party, they can tell you what they want and it's wonderfully logically cohesive because that's very very important in this life, to be wonderfully logically cohesive. What can we hope to accomplish otherwise? But again when you talk to these Occupy Wall Street gangs, they're all over the place. It's like a shotgun as opposed to a precision-guided munition..
Or maybe it's environmentalists. Well, glad you brought it up, I'll tell ya', they are among the biggest hypocrites one will find in America today. They strike this oh-so-righteous pose from behind the wheel of their Subaru, sipping on a Starbucks coffee, ..
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Welcome to Hobbit monthly – sorry, TFR. We're pleased to announce that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be gracing cinemas on December 14th, 2012, and December 13th, 2013, respectively.
Yeah, I hear you, "why not tomorrow?" I'm thinking the exact same thing. But it's fantastic to see that the titles for both films are relevant to the text itself – then again, we should expect nothing less from director Peter Jackson, as he's a huge Tolkien fan himself. Funny, that. He should direct a film adaptation of Lord of the Rings, or something.
The films are now in production, and with Martin Freeman safely heading the cast as Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, he'll travel Middle Earth with his Dwarven companions, alongside Gandalf, played by the majestic Sir Ian McKellen. Other characters from Lord of the Rings will make an appearance, much to the delight of those who acquainted themselves with Tolkien's world through the films rather the literature, including Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Legolas (Orlando Bloom).
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