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Decision: In Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., the California Supreme Court ruled that employers must pay certain workers for all time spent on the job, including time spent reading, watching TV or engaged in other personal activities, including sleep time, while the worker is on call. Security guards employed by CPS had filed a putative class action for unpaid wages for time spent on-call at the worksite in the evenings. The guards received no compensation for on-call time unless an alarm or other circumstances required that they conduct an investigation, or they waited for, or had been denied, a reliever.
The Supreme Court concluded that the guards were entitled to compensation because they were still under the employer's control, even when they were asleep, because: (i) the guards were required to reside in their trailers, or elsewhere at the worksite, during on-call hours; (ii) they were obliged to respond, immediately and in uniform, if they were contacted by a dispatcher or became aware of suspicious activity; (iii) guards could not easily trade on-call responsibilities; (iv) they could only request relief from a dispatcher; (v) if no relief could be secured, guards could not leave the worksite; (vi) even if relieved, guards had to report where they were going, were subject to recall and could be no more than 30 minutes away from the site; and (vii) restrictions were placed on nonemployee visitors, pets and alcohol use. The Supreme Court further held that the mere presence of the security guards was integral to CPS' business, such that the guards' on-call time was spent primarily for the benefit of CPS.
Impact: California employers should review their on-call policies to ensure that they comply with this new decision and/or with the California Wage Orders applicable to their industry. In particular, California employers should assess whether their on-call policies and practices place significant restrictions on their employees, thereby potentially requiring compensation for all on-call hours worked.


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Following the success of London 2012, and as National Customer Service Week highlights the importance of visitor welcome (1-7 October), the People 1st Training Company has developed the WorldHost Principles of Supervising Customer Service Performance programme to train management and supervisors in companies wishing to ensure a positive and lasting customer service legacy.
Prior to London hosting the Games, The People 1st Training Company worked with businesses and colleges across the UK to train tens of thousands of service sector staff, as well as ambassadors and volunteers for London 2012, using the existing WorldHost customer service programmes for front-line staff.
Building on this success, the WorldHost Principles of Supervising Customer Service Performance will give managers and supervisors the skills to create a long-lasting customer service culture within their teams.
The programme will teach them why their role is essential to delivering a great customer experience and give them techniques to motivate and coach team members. It will also explore actions to take when customer service goes wrong and how to monitor and measure a team's customer service performance.
The need for a customer service training programme for managers was highlighted by research, led by sector skills council People 1st*, that found that they have a critical role in supporting and enabling front-line staff to deliver excellent customer service.
Factors like leading by example, educating staff on the value of customer service and coaching teams to improve their service performance were highlighted by visitor economy employers as particularly important to creating an outstanding customer experience.
Sharon Glancy, managing director of The People 1st Training Company, says, "The widespread enthusiasm and success of the Olympic volunteers shows the impact a co-ordinated and well-trained group of people can have on the reputation of an event, a business and even a whole country.
"Though front-line staff are at the coalface of customer relations, managers and supervisors are vital to providing and reinforcing a framework for a service that runs smoothly. If they understand the value of excellent customer service, and how to coach their team members to deliver it, not only will they maintain and improve service standards in their business – they'll attract new customers too."
WorldHost customer service training was originally developed in Canada – widely recognised as the global leader for customer service – and was used to train 40,000 staff and volunteers for the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. Adapted for use in the UK by the People 1st Training Company, the programme was designed to help businesses make the most of the commercial benefits of being the host country of the 2012 Games and beyond.
The training was awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark as recognition of the programme's objective in supporting the skills legacy of the Olympics. In addition, the 70,000 'Games Makers' received comprehensive training from LOCOG**, with support from McDonald's, which used content from the WorldHost Principles of Customer Service training programme.
Any business that trains over 50 percent of its front-line staff using WorldHost programmes can also apply to become a WorldHost Recognised Business – a badge of customer service excellence that can be used to promote its commitment to delivering a great experience.

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On the Road to Fiscal Autonomy: Forms of Alternative Financing of the Property Taxes of the Municipalities of Quebec
Today, cities are still claiming alternative sources of revenue from property taxes to support the expenses of their many responsibilities. In order to participate in the dialogue on municipal taxation, this report provides an understanding of the sources of revenue of local governments in different countries. It is intended to reveal alternatives to property taxes that Quebec municipalities depend on economically unsustainable. P>
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Tour Code: HD07
Interaction with elephants rescued from circuses for a great experience: feeding,walking and bathing. Learning recycle of elephnat poo poo
- Pick up at your hotel and drive up north to Mae Taeng area where Elephant Rescue Park is. After 1 hour drive,you will get lecture by our knowledgable guide about project and general information about elephants. Then get change into our uniform (cloth,bamboo hat and rubber boot) and get food for elephants prepared by the park.
- Feed elephants with bananas and sugar cane.
- Walk with them up hill to observe their behavior.
- You will have opportunity to take photos with elephants.
- Bathe them in the massive pool.
- Take a shower and get change.
- You will be serve with fresh fruits and snack
- Say good bye and leave for Elephant Poo Poo factory
- Learn the process of recycle poo poo to paper.
- Transfer back to hotel.
This tour could be done in the early morning and in the afternoon.
Duration : 6.30 - 11.30 , 13.30-18.00
Type of Tour : Private only
Tour price :3,900 B./ person (minimum 2 persons)
Transportation: VIP car / Minivan with skillful driver
Tour Includes
- Private transfer
- Licensed and experienced guide
- Entrance fees to elephant camp and orchid farm
- Banana for elephant
- Drinking water and refreshing towel in car
- Accident Insurance
- Flexibility to your time
Tour excludes
- Ticket to play and take picture with Tiger
- Additional stop at Long Neck village,Snake farm and Monkey
- Lunch
- Food for feeding elephant
- Elephant riding
What to bring?
- Insect lotion
- Personal medication
- Sun glasses
- Camera with full battery
- A towel
- Underware


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Silverlake WA ZIP Code
Silverlake city is located in Washington State, Cowlitz County and has a unique zip code assigned by the US Postal Service Office.
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Silverlake Area Code is 360 and Time Zone is Pacific (GMT -08:00).
Silverlake Zip Code - Washington
The US ZIP Code basic format consists of five decimal numerical digits assigned to the Silverlake City. An extended ZIP+4 code, introduced in the 1980s, includes the five digits of the Silverlake ZIP code, a hyphen, and four more digits that determine a more specific location within a given ZIP code in Silverlake, Washington.
The Silverlake Zip Code is 98645.
If you want to send a mail to Silverlake City, you should use the 98645 Zip Code.
In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded Silverlake ZIP code system that it called ZIP+4, often called "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add ons". A ZIP+4 code uses the basic 98645 Zip code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a Silverlake city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery in Washington.


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Rancho Cannatella, an exclusive oceanfront rental, with inclusive amenities, is surrounded by the virgin rainforest of southern Costa Rica. Unlike no other property in Pavones, this destination is not one to be missed.
Only steps away from the warm, sandy beaches and pristine waters of the Golfo Dulce, this gorgeous estate resides on 1.25 acres of lush botanicals, tropical fruits and a variety of coconut palms. Rancho Cannatella is centrally located between 3 world-class surf point breaks, only minutes from your bedroom door.
Experience southern hospitality, world-famous surf, brick drive way skate ramp, homegrown organic food, rejuvenating yoga on the beach, coconut and cacao classes, horseback riding on the beach, top-of-the-line fishing tours and more.
Newly renovated with newly installed air conditioning, high speed wi-fi and solar hot water.
We invite you to enjoy the raw, natural beauty and permeable life force our home has to offer.
Escape your reality and immerse yourself into jungle soul at its finest.
This was my 4th trip to Costa Rica. This beautiful place is by far our favorite destination. From the surfing, swimming, long walks on the beach and complete hospitality we are extremely grateful to have found Joseph, Blakely, and Kai. Blakely is an amazing chef and hostess. My family of five will never forget our stay. Pura Vida! ~ Megan W.
Venue HighlightsRancho Cannatella is steps from the sandy beach and minutes walk to the world famous break "the point". As you walk out our front gate, cross the dirt road and onto our private path where a gorgeous quiet beach awaits you.
AccommodationsKing Wolf:
Our King Wolf suite has a king size bed with an outdoor shower, private porch and walk in closet. This room has air conditioning and solar hot water. Pool side with garden and ocean views. Full stocked kitchen available to all guests.
The Plumeria and Coconut:
Our Plumeria and Coconut, also known as our double room is two rooms with an adjoining bathroom. Great for families with a king and queen bed, his and her sinks, ceiling fans, bathtub, pool side with ocean views. These rooms have air conditioning and solar hot water. Each room has french glass doors that open to a beautiful ocean breeze. Full stocked kitchen available to all guests.
The Ylang:
Our Tree House Bedroom under a ylang ylang tree is made of gorgeous local wood with a queen bed and private balcony. Intimate, rustic and memorable. Full stocked kitchen available to all guests.
- A/C in Rooms
- Free Wifi
- Spa
- Pool
- Towels
- Free Parking
- Kitchen
- Tour Assistance
- Coffee/Tea
- Restaurant
- House Keeping
Menu Types
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Pescetarian
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Nut Free
Menu/CuisineRancho Cannatella has teamed up with Lady Love Food to create the ultimate dining experience. With unique flavor combinations and carefully sourced ingredients, our food will leave you feeling refreshed and nourished.
We work directly with the hands that grow and catch your food to create maximum vibrant nourishment.
Many ingredients have been cultivated on our land here at Rancho Cannatella!
Close your eyes. Imagine the ocean crashing right in front of you, the sound of palms rustling in the jungle wind, birds singing, monkeys traversing through trees, your body energized from a morning surf and a scrumptious and nutritious meal right in front of you. Sweet Bliss awaits you my friends….
Available Workshops:
Learn how to make raw chocolate from local ingredients.
COCONUT LESSON: ( included in your stay- schedule when you arrive)
We delight in the abundance of coconut palms here on the property at Rancho Cannatella. Learn how to utilize all parts of the coconut. From coconut water, coconut milk, freshly grated coconut, and homemade bowls. Enjoy a coconut banana cacao ICE CREAM ( vegan) and save your bowl for coconut fish soup!
DirectionsFlying into Costa Rica:
Juan Santa Maria International Airport (SJO) in San Jose.
Getting around Costa Rica:
Bus systems: Tica Bus or Tracopa
Local flights: Sansa or NatureAir; SJO to Golfito.
From Golfito: Hour and a half cab ride from Airport to Ranch Cannatella.
We can arrange for ground transport from local airport, just let us know!


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Go Direct
Setting the Course
for Direct-to-Consumer
Go Direct's senior management team brings extensive and diverse collection of experiences in such areas as business planning, ecommerce platform development, fulfillment and operational excellence.
Our entire organization is focused on two primary goals: helping customers create effective Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) channels, and supporting their business objectives and grow.
Kellie Lefaive
President and CEO
A Senior Executive with strategic planning, business development, operations, and divisional startup expertise. She has a strong understanding of technology integration and platform roll-outs. Kellie is a recognized leader, who is experienced in leading large and small-scale, multi-site operations. She has spent over half of her career working with CPG companies and major retailers create multi-channel strategies and omni-channel execution.
Darryl Almeida
VP Operations
Darryl is an accomplished business leader with a consistent track record of building and delivering innovative sales, merchandising and service strategies. He brings a strong background in developing and leading high-performance teams through relationship building, respect, trust, and collaboration - all with a sense of urgency, intensity, and focus. As a driven productivity and efficiency expert, Darryl is known for being able to identify, establish, and leverage key performance metrics effectively. His ability to offer strategic insights around opportunities for continuous improvement results in efficiency in time and costs for our clients.
Meg Etyemezian
VP Business Solutions
Meg has extensive experience working with executive management in assessing the current and future business needs of client organizations and providing solutions which meets their specific requirements. Her practice focuses on implementing Direct-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business ecommerce and order fulfillment programs to help businesses reach their target audiences in meaningful and timely ways. She has a decade of experience managing onboarding projects and specializes in identifying continuous improvement opportunities and employing cost-effective practices in the organization.


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PlanetBIO spirulina powder is produced from world's highest quality spirulina. It comes from the sunny Taiwan, where it is grown and produced by one of the largest microalgae suppliers in the world that has years of experience and technologically advanced methods of processing spirulina. Water that fills the pools comes from the protected mountain area and is completely unpolluted. They use organic compost to support growth and nutritional value is further improved by natural sunlight. When spirulina reaches its ideal size, they filter and dry it with a special processing method that retains all the important nutrients.
- Protein – they promote growth and maintenance of muscle mass and healthy bones
- Vitamin A - contributes to normal iron metabolism, the maintenance of normal skin, mucous membranes and vision, plays a role in the normal function of the immune system and is involved in the process of cell specialisation.
Vitamin B1 (tiamin) – it contributes to the normal function of the heart, functioning of the nervous system and normal psychological function, normal energy-yielding metabolism
- Vitamin B2 – plays a role in normal functioning of the nervous system and normal energy-yielding metabolism
- Iron - contributes to normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin, normal function of the immune system and the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, while it also plays a role in normal cognitive function, normal energy-yielding metabolism, the process of cell division and normal oxygen transport in the body.
- Manganese – contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, the maintenance of normal bones, normal formation of connective tissue and contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Daily recommended dosage is 1-3 teaspoons (3-10 g), preferably on an empty stomach. Mix PlanetBIO spirulina powder into water, juice, smoothie or other beverage of your choice. It can also make a nutritious addition to raw desserts, chocolates, cakes, sauces, soups, crackers and baked goods.
We recommend starting with smaller quantities, gradually increasing the daily dosage. Recommended daily dosage should not be exceeded. This dietary supplement is not a substitute for a varied healthy diet. We recommend using it in addition to whole diet and healthy lifestyle. Keep out of reach of children!
Is there such a thing as free shipping?
Sure, why not? Here's how it's possible to get your products free of shipping charges.
Do you know the good ol' mantra "Customer is King; we appreciate our customers and would do anything for them" ? Well, it's true for us too, but then again we want the feeling to be mutual. So how can we help each other?
You help us with ordering more than just the minimum order (which is 30 EUR) => to pay the bills, salaries and to grow, offer you more, higher quality, special prices => and we promise to give back to you by not charging the shipping costs.
We're currently shipping to the following countries with the following shipping charges:
- Zone 0 (Slovenia, home country): 5,00 € (well, they are closer...)
- Zone 1 & 2 (Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Croatia): 11,99 €
- Zone 3 (Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Hungary, Poland, Great Britain, Lithuania): 15,99 €
- Zone 4 (Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Finland, Spain, Sweden): 20,99 €
- Zone 5 (Greece, Ireland, Portugal): 22,99 €
- Zone 6 (Bulgaria): 31,99 €
- Please note: We don't send to Switzerland, Turkey and Norway due to too high costs of transport & customs.
- Unfortunately we don't offer free shipping for orders from Grand Canary Island and Tenerife.. We are trying our best to find the best solution.
... and we take away that cost if your order:
- Zone 0: over 20,00 €
- Zone 1 & 2: over 60,00 €
- Zone 3: over 80,00 €
- Zone 4 & 5: over 100,00 €
- Zone 6: over 120,00 €
Prices of products vary from as low as 2,49 € and up to 24,99 €, but on average they're around 14€. It's not hard to get total amount up to 100€. You don't have to, but if you do, we take care of the expensive transport.
Now, if you order (Zone 3 for example) for let say 64€, you pay extra 16€ for transporting the goods to your place. Wouldn't you rather top that order with another product of 16+€, and get the whole package without shipping charges? We're basically giving you the products for free and covering the transport fee ourselves, but have the opportunity to grow as a company, since we earn more that way.
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This past October, I attended Chief Learning Officer's Fall 2019 Symposium in Chicago. If you weren't able to be there, I'd like to share 10 practices I gleaned from chief learning officers and thought leaders at the conference for you and your team to consider as you plan for 2020 and the continuing onslaught of change.
Use the agile process to develop learning assets. Accenture CLO Allison Horn discussed in detail how using the agile scrum process has accelerated the delivery time and quality of learning assets.
Create flat, multidisciplinary teams that include developers, designers, SMEs and testers on the same team to deliver better learning assets faster. Skillsoft SVP Heide Abelli discussed the changing roles of both leaders and their teams. Accenture has also successfully been developing full-stack learning professionals.
Use data to drive decisions. AT&T Vice President of HR Jason Oliver cautioned us to never walk in the room without data at hand. This is critical for CLOs and their learning and development teams as it ties with understanding the goals and the needs of the business and aligning learning to deliver outcomes.
Articulate the value of learning in terms of the user experience. Molly Nagler, CLO of PepsiCo, advised us to rethink the way we articulate the value of learning by borrowing tips from marketing, such as motivating learners by describing the benefits of learning with moments of truth: "A goal lives inside a person, while benefits live inside a product."
Create a culture of intelligent failure by using candor, framing the work, inviting engagement and responding productively. Harvard Professor and TED speaker Amy Edmonson shared her latest research with the following five tips used by best performing teams who consistently deliver outcomes.
Get serious about digital skills by creating a self-assessment for all employees to baseline their skills and provide curated learning pathways to help them close the gap. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who recently pledged $3 billion to upskill its 225,000 employees, used an app to enable every employee to self-assess their digital skills and chart a path to close their personal gap to remain relevant.
Invite innovators from across the organization to step forward and self-train in agile and digital to pilot new initiatives and send them back out to transform the rest of the organization, again a practice implemented by PwC.
Create platforms for workforce engagement, discussion and problem solving. Change is difficult and can be nerve wracking. As Edmonson shared, providing platforms for engagement to allow employees to discuss challenges, share best practice tips and support each other can be game-changing.
Deliver quality learning at scale by building your LMS stack. PwC reaches its workforce by adding on top of its LMS a learning experience platform powered by xAPIs and a Learning Record Store. This powerful stack and the back-end data it provides has enabled PwC to drive digital transformation in the organization.
Finally, jailbreak data access from IT into L&D to analyze, depict and support the data-driven decisions for business outcomes. Several Fortune 100 organizations, including AT&T, Accenture and PwC, highlighted the importance of understanding the data within your L&D team and being able to tell the story from the L&D angle.
These views are the author's own and not necessarily those of the Department of Defense or its components.
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What the Health is the groundbreaking observe-up film from the creators of the award-profitable documentary Cowspiracy. Dimensions supports individuals with learning disabilities and autism to reside the life they want. We now help 2,500 individuals and their households throughout England and South Wales. Educate others on the importance of public health departments and their initiatives to prevent disease, from immunizations to illness surveillance and planning. Cuts to the Health and Human Providers Agency hurts local health departments. Our buddies and colleagues help us create protected residing spaces for our animals. This is what our equine rescue space seems to be like at the moment with 8 stall areas, an acre of paddock supported with heat, power, mild, water, and a medical remedy area.
Trade teams welcomed Mugno's appointment to OSHA, who has represented the American Trucking Associations at Congressional hearings, believing that he'll continue the Trump administration's drive to weaken worker-safety rules put in place under the Obama administration. In 2006, Mugno informed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the actions of workers deserved more scrutiny, declaring that obese workers and workers with hypertension and excessive levels of cholesterol impact workplace security. That very same yr, he informed the publication Business Insurance: 'We've got to free OSHA from its own statutory and regulatory handcuffs.' He famous that a lot has changed since OSHA was established in 1971, and that some rules should maybe be topic to sundown provisions.
Final week I had the privilege of interviewing James Hall, aka Uncooked Daddy , about consuming a raw vegan weight-reduction plan. We talked about what raw meals do for your health, if it's all about salads (it is not!), and find out how to prep uncooked foods within the kitchen. Beyond the university, Parente has served as the chairman of the Health Care Price Institute, a nonprofit research consortium backed by UnitedHealth, Aetna, Humana and Kaiser Permanente. Parente additionally has a private consulting business that has finished work for UnitedHealth and different health care organizations.
Brian needed his insurance coverage firm's preauthorization for an upcoming surgical procedure, so he called Health Advocate for assist. The particular person normally spends three to four days in hospital after which goes house to get better and recuperate. Some people want a few weeks off work. Others want longer relying on how they're recovering and the sort of work they're doing. The donors have follow up after the surgical procedure to verify they're healthy. Health: is printed six occasions per 12 months and makes an attempt in each quantity to offer a mix of articles that inform or that provoke debate. The readership of the journal is wide and drawn from different disciplines and from staff each inside and out of doors the health care professions. Extensively abstracted, Health: ensures authors an intensive and knowledgeable readership for their work.
I shall be on the panel entitled, The Finest Methods to Interact with the Health IT Press," together with some acquainted names: Creator and freelance journalist Dan Munro; Scott Mace of H3.Group, publisher of HealthLeaders, DecisionHealth, HCPro, Affected person Safety & High quality Healthcare and ACDIS; conference host John Lynn; and session moderator Shahid The Healthcare IT Man" Shah. The panel takes place April 6 at 1:30 p.m. PDT on the SLS Las Vegas, which I'm told is far nicer than the hotel it changed on the south end of the Strip, the Sahara.


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Hone Mihaka has known a dozen friends and relatives who have taken their own lives, and he was almost one of them.
The Bay of Islands man is passionate about stopping suicide, with a special focus on teenagers. Mihaka's 14-year-old niece took her own life last week.
"I just thought 'not again. Another one'.
"We've got a Kiwi cultural issue. We've got a lot of experts out there. But we're still not finding solutions. The numbers aren't going down, they're climbing up."
Unicef released a report yesterday showing New Zealand is near the bottom when it comes to child well-being. A core reason for this is our adolescent suicide rates - they're the highest in the world.
Mihaka described his own darkest moment.
He tried to kill himself 25 years ago after he had abused his then-partner. Now he advocates passionately to stop domestic violence. He said he tried to end his life as his partner lay bleeding in the next room.
But his method didn't work.
"Thank God or I wouldn't have a son and have become a role model among the grassroots people of my tribe."
Mihaka believed there was a web of interconnected reasons that could lead someone to suicide. He cited poverty, isolation, loneliness, mental health, abuse, financial and relationship issues as possibilities.
He said the only solution was to talk about it. Kiwis, and men in particular, were too scared and ashamed to reveal their feelings and ask for help.
"A male commits suicide every day in New Zealand. And no one's talking about it. No one's saying enough about it.
"Every New Zealander in this country has been touched by the hand of suicide. We've all been impacted.
"We owe it to 579 New Zealanders who died last year from suicide to talk about it."
Mihaka is the chairman of Northland Rats - Riders Against Teenage Suicide.
The group was set up after a spate of youth suicides in Northland. They raise awareness by riding their motorcycles and encouraging others to talk about suicide.
"Once they get to that cliff face called suicide and they jump off. There's no coming back from that."
Where to get help:
Lifeline: 0800 543 354 (available 24/7)
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) (available 24/7)
Youthline: 0800 376 633 ? If it is an emergency and you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111.


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The idea is a variation on the radio program Desert Island Discs: For those who don't know the show has been running on the BBC for nearly 70 years. Guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island with only eight pieces of music to listen to. Being a movie blog obviously we are having a twist on the idea. Simple pick the eight DVD's that if you were stranded on a desert island (don't ask how you would play them) you could happily watch over and over again. For some people this will be their favourite movies for others it will be subtly different.
Sounds easy enough, right? Especially for someone like me who watches the same movies over and over (and over) again. What 8 movies would I be able to be stuck on an island with and watch on my solar powered, built from coconuts, portable dvd player?
I've said it many many times, and I'll say it once more. I loved The Brothers Bloom and I like it more every time I watch it. I'm happy to watch it and relax, and I'm happy to watch it and study it in depth to look for new details and clues. Without a doubt, this in one movie I'd be happy to have with me.
Ah, Jurassic Park. You know how you can tell a movie is good? After almost 20 years, it's still enjoyable. I saw it, like millions of others, back in the summer of '93 and to this day watch it a couple of times every year. Even with the advances in CGI over the last 17 years, the effects in Jurassic Park look as good as ever. To me, this is Steven Spielberg's master work.
I came late to the Firefly/Serenity party. I'm not alone on that. If I were, it wouldn't have been canceled so early. It's a testament to the creators and fans that this canceled series got made into a movie, and a damn good one at that. Serenity is just a fantastically re-watchable movie.
How can you go wrong with High Fidelity? I've seen it many many times now and still love watching it. I will admit though to finding Rob to be a bigger and bigger jerk as time goes on.
I'm generally among the first to admit that Johnny Mnemonic is a terrible movie. Terribly AWESOME! (See what I did there?) Like a moth to a flame, I'm inexplicably drawn to this movie. I can't imagine ever NOT wanting to watch it.
King Kong. No explanation needed (I hope).
How many ways can you say you just don't get sick of a movie? Think of another and apply it to The Thin Man, the charming story of two drunks solving a murder.
And last, but not least, the charming story of zombifying slugs run amok in rural America, Slither. Quotable and hilarious, it's hard to leave this one out.
This is just my list, and I told you way up at the top that this was a multiple blog event hosted by Fandango Groovers Movie Blog. To see more Desert Island DVD lists, you can go here


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Early Access Preview: Forged Battalion31 Jan 2018 0
I was very young when I first got to play Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, and I have great memories of it. That said, I believe that the old model of base-building and resource extraction RTS is mostly out-modded and not really relevant in the post-Company of Heroes 1 era. Forged Battalion, however, still has a few aces up its sleeve.
In the near future, Earth is devastated by all sorts of environmental disasters of the sort that we're in no hurry to prevent. Things were looking pretty grim, until one guy came out with plans for easy-to-build, modular underground settlements, factories and so on. Said guy soon started ruling over the people he rescued, giving those that didn't want to join him ten years to change their minds. Well, the decade has passed and you're now controlling the forces of one gruff survivalist settlement that doesn't want to be absorbed into the new world order.
If you have ever played a Command & Conquer game, you will know how to play Forged Battalion. You start with an HQ building and you have to construct refineries and power plants before you unlock infantry barracks and so on. You can only build one building at a time and those slowly rise out of the ground (a la Soviets in RA3). There's only one typo of resource for your harvesters can gather on the map while the base has to maintain its power levels. The greatest change here is that additional recruitment buildings – barracks, factories and so on – only work to increase the build rate at the first building and not add additional ques.
In combat, the game hearkens back to Red Alert 2 rather than its unit-ability obsessed sequel. You build units individually and one at a time. They only have one weapon and no abilities that you could trigger. There are no leaders, no formations, no cover and you can't even garrison buildings. A meeting engagement is basically two blobs of fearless troops grinding each other down. Unless you want to play with hotkeys and focus fire, it will be a mess. Also, in this game, artillery is definitely in the building busting department, since it's high arc of fire and long flight time doesn't make for the best of weapon against an enemy that moves.
Forged Battalion, however, has a lot more to offer in the meta game. There are no factions as you would understand in the game; every new player of the game starts out with the same basic units. However, as you gain experience through playing matches you can unlock technologies that can be slotted into units to change them – it's a build your-own-faction game! And while you can have up to four designs each of infantry, light vehicles, heavy vehicles and flying drones per faction at a time, the production facilities consume less electricity if you have less. So your faction doesn't necessarily need to have 16 units (though you will want to always have all of the turret designs).
When you start building a unit, you start with a chassis, with each unit category only having one. A standard exosuit infantryman has machine gun. However, you will soon unlock armor (increasing its HP – the guns have a damage multiplier depending on what type of you unit you're attacking), new weapons and even modes of movement. Of course, the changes aren't free: each mod increases price and build time, as well as having the chance of bumping up the unit tier (meaning that you need a more extensive base to get access to them). Sure, it would be nice to have a force of heavily armored, plasma-armed hover buggies, but if you go heavy on tier 5 technologies, you won't have units to build until your base develops – as well as paying more and waiting longer for them to build. This means that the player using more low tech technologies will certainly outnumber you and will probably crush you in the early stages of the game.
So you can easily plug and play with upgrades and unit combos in creating factions, which you will then use in both single and multiplayer games. I have two at the moment. First armored focuses on, well, armored units, and depends on specialist infantry and turrets for repair. The Immortal Horde foregoes armor to give units regeneration, which means that they need less maintenance after a scuffle – but the units are weaker than First Armored's. Both of them can be used in the single player campaign, too!
Forged Battalion is not an ugly game. The graphics are a far cry from AAA fare, but they work. What's especially interesting is that map and environments use a cell shaded art style whereas the units and bases look more conventional. This approach gives the developers a wider variety of tools when it comes to making effects and building atmosphere. The explosions are great, too, especially the big one that follows the destruction of an HQ. At this point, the weakest part of the game's art comes from single player character portraits, which uses photos of real people in silly costumes.
To touch upon the audio side, I can say the music draws deliberate influences from Red Alert 2 sound track. It is a nice touch without reeking of outright nostalgia manipulation. One other thing is that voice actors for the units change depending on the configuration of the unit. The barks themselves aren't memorable, but nor are they irritating. And again, the weakest bit comes from the campaign character bits.
Forged Battalion is looking to be an old-school game that still tries something new. It seems it has learned from some of the mistakes in the past. It also is trying to give us an interesting twist that will provide match ups much different than one would expect in an RTS game, where factions can be ultimately completely knowable. Only time will tell if Forged Battalion will be balanced enough for people to not just fall onto a few "right" choices.
Forged Battalion entered in Steam's Early Access program on January 16th, 2018. At the time of writing, it was due to release into 1.0 roughly six months after this date.
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The "Butterfly Scheme" is a system for people with temporary confusion, memory loss and dementia. The butterfly symbol represents a request for a specific care response from hospital staff who can then discreetly deliver appropriate care to meet the patient's needs. It was launched in Galway University Hospitals and is available for hospital patients who wish to participate.


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What Paloma Faith has learned since becoming a mum
Paloma Faith is a singer, actress and mum to a two-year-old. She chooses to not publically disclose her child's name and gender and has revealed she will be bringing up her tot as gender neutral.
Mother&Baby sat down with Paloma to discover the top lessons she's learned since becoming a parent...
"I'm able to be the mother I am capable of being, it took until my child was 18 months for me to feel I was a good parent, but I can stand up and say that."
1) It may take a while to feel like a 'good parent'
"Becoming a mum changed me in the opposite way to how people might think. I've actually become more childlike and more imaginative. I've also got a confidence I didn't have before: going through a traumatic birth and coming out the other side made me feel like a real warrior!"
2) Motherhood can change you in ways you wouldn't expect
"An average day for me is waking up before my child does, having my hair and make-up done, then spending the day at work, often on location. But the bedtime routine is scheduled between 6pm and 8pm, and that's blocked out in my diary every day.
3) Life as a mum is manic
The other day, I said to the director: 'I'd really like to get home to spend some time with my child because I didn't see them this morning.' And that's how it works. But after bedtime, I got dressed again, put my make-up back on and went out and did a gig for a charity event! I threw my eyelashes out the car window on the way home and got into bed with full make-up on… I'm using every ounce of my energy now!"
"Throughout my pregnancy and motherhood, I felt all of the products out there were forcing me to change who I am as a person. And I don't want to change!
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"I get misunderstood when I talk about gender neutrality. For me, it's about empowering your child to be whoever they are. I don't believe in restraining children when they're so young when it comes to what they should or should not be interested in. I think you might miss out on your child's flair if you don't bring them up with the option to be, and the knowledge that they can be, who they are."
5) You should let your child be themself
"The impact that birth had on my body was really challenging. For three months, I was just sitting in the bedroom, breastfeeding the baby and feeling really rubbish. I remember crying and listening to a lot of Nick Cave. It took me over a year to recover physically from the birth and I'd say a little bit longer still, psychologically. I quite like my caesarian scar now because I think it tells a story but before, when I wasn't quite back to being me, I was like, 'I hate it!' There's a lot that people don't talk about in motherhood – like, I still have piles! Now!
6) There's a lot people don't talk about in motherhood
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The 8th August 1918 begins to sound the death knell, and is the day of mourning for the German Army. German soldiers are not able to contain the progress of the Allied Army advance. The Germans are forced to retreat on a line from Ghent to Sedan, via Cambrai. This is where we find Joseph Engling
Joseph arrived on 31st July at Bois-Bernard. There he stays until August 7th. He learns that his friend Clemens Meier is seriously injured, the point when he wondered about his vocation. On 8th August, Josephs Battalion returned to the front line, west of Douai, between Bois-Bernard and Fresnoy. He is once again in an observation post, under the orders of his friend Edmond Kampe. Through his glasses, he tries to find out what is happening on the British side. An intense activity is taking place. One must conclude that an offensive is being prepared. The initiative is now spent on the other side. The German units, decimated by the deadly fighting in the Spring and Summer, have not been replenished. The Regiments are reduced to that of a quarter of their normal size. Opposite, the enemy brings fresh troops. Four Canadian divisions come to take a stand. For the whole Western War Front, there are in all 3 million German soldiers as opposed to 6 million allied soldiers. We learn that in Germany itself, the confusion begins to take the form of protest, a silent revolt. All this affects the morale of soldiers at the Front. An atmosphere of crisis pervades in their minds. The huge war machine is running more by the effect of momentum. On 17 August, Joseph was appointed commander of an observation unit. With a subordinate, he goes to his new position, the right wing of the local front. The soldier who was accompanying him is in a bad mood against the plague of "monkeys" of the General Staff in their hideouts at the rear. He holds subversive intentions. He has been a soldier for six years. The position is clear. If those people up there do not put an end to all this s..t, he will take it upon himself to end it. It alludes to desertion. Joseph is listening to his comrade. He keeps calm. He does not approve of it. His sense of duty is too great for similar ideas to touch him. This is not the first time he has heard such remarks. In the troop, due to the failure of successive offensives, thoughts of betrayal occur but most often due to fatigue and a desire to end it all. In this month of August 1918, nobody feels like a military victory any more. The German Army is fighting in the crater of a volcano. Joseph has in his mind painful thoughts which are strange for this boy of Prussia. "I do not hide from my duty. I shall fight and endure the overwhelming tasks. I'm not quite convinced of the truth of an ideal design of the Fatherland; nevertheless I do not escape from my duty ... In truth, I am not convinced that the ideal of the Fatherland rule will take place and in my mind everything is confusing
At that time Joseph carries the responsibility of the observation posts in his sector. Edmond Kampe was recalled to Germany to become an officer. Joseph replaced him at the front. This point shows how much the reserves were shrunk in the lower echelons. "I now have three men under my command. I realize what it means to be a very good leader. It is already difficult to satisfy this small number, let alone an entire company!" For one month, intense activity on the British side leads one to think that the next offensive outbreak will be launched in the area of Vimy. The network of trenches have become a familiar universe of the combatants: "Our sector looks like villages with their streets. Each gallery is a village or city. The trench itself is the street, shelters are homes. The galleries being the connecting link between the trenches are the roads. In a sector like ours, one gets lost more easily than in a green field, although there are signs.
What he sees from his observation post, makes him suspect that the British attack is imminent. Two or three days at the most. Joseph was not mistaken.
On 1st October, at nightfall, the 25th Reserve Infantry Regiment received an order to pack up and move to the rear. The withdrawal did not say anything about the brave troops involved. Having not been engaged in battle for weeks, they are regarded as fresh units. They will surely move them to an area under fire. They do not fail. For two weeks, the battle rages over most of the Western Front. Near Ypres, the allies have achieved a breakthrough. Along the Lys, where Joseph was previously stationed, they have regained an area that the 15th Division of the German Reserves had held two months earlier with heavy losses. St. Quentin falls to British hands. The situation was critical. The German high command had to move its reserves. Also, the British broke the German line North of Cambrai. That is where the 25th Reserve Infantry Regiment should be thrown to plug the gap. Then the Regiment was entrained at Pont-de-la-Deule station and headed south-east. Everything was done in haste. The danger which they will face must be extreme.
The Regiment arrived to the North of Cambrai. The Canadians advance towards Sailly-Eswars, surrounding Cambrai to the north. This danger leads to the German command to counter-attack. In late September, a Wurtemburg Division is launched in the battle, and pushes the allies until the Douai-Cambrai railway line. At the cost of heavy losses this division was decimated and needed to be reinforced by the 15th Reserve Division.
Joseph was in the train with the 25th Infantry Regiment and stops at Bouchain, a dozen kilometres North of Cambrai. He takes up its quarters. The city is in a sorry state. Almost every night, it was bombed. In the middle of their second night at Bouchain, departure is announced. The Regiment advance, heavily loaded in darkness, on the road to Cambrai. At Thun-l'Eveque, it moved west to Eswars and takes up a position between the village and Bantigny. The troop is hungry and exhausted. Morale is at its lowest under the incessant artillery and aerial bombardment.
The 4th Company - that of Joseph - is sent to a position North-West of Eswars, near the village. They arrive at 6am. Joseph Engling had reached the day and place of his death, Friday, October 4, 1918.
In the morning light, he faithfully pulls out his diary: "At Eswars near Cambrai. The relief was unusually fast this time. On the evening of October 1st, the advanced troops of a new Stormtrooper Regiment arrive suddenly. The next night we leave our position and advance for 4 hours. We are now ready for action, while the Tommy constantly sends its shells closer and closer. At 50 metres from me, there is a military cemetery in an old field where several already dug graves seem to wait for us. But we are still not there! Today I am fasting involuntarily. The company responsible for our regular supplies has received just two rations for us. Because of our movement, it has not yet been able to correct this mistake. That's why today none of us has had anything to eat. The field kitchen will only come tonight."
The writing is exceptionally uneven. Joseph wrote these words in an uncomfortable and totally precarious situation. With these words the diary of Joseph Engling concludes. It has run since the age of 12 years. Over the years, it has become a moving witness to a prodigious spiritual uplift. Joseph is twenty years old. He has only a few more hours to live.
During the afternoon, Joseph visits Paul Reinhold, a member of his religious group from Schönstatt. They have a long exchange. Paul found his friend pensive, melancholy and it seemed a veil covered his eyes and words. When they part, it will be forever. Joseph Mehl, another of his friends at Eswars, also spent a few moments with Joseph. He shows him where the cemetery has graves dug: "I prepared my grave there," he said. Joseph Mehl replied: "You're crazy, I do not believe anything." So Joseph Engling talks about a shocking premonition: "This night, Mother of God will accept my sacrifice." Then he was called. He returned and said: "I must join the advance guard of the Stormtrooper Regiment.
Paul Reinhold will be taken prisoner by the British near Le Cateau. He will disappear into captivity without leaving any trace. The last person to have seen him is Joseph Mehl. The prisoner was in the back of an British truck, his arm in sling.
"He knew that the next day I would be on leave. He took a sheet of paper, wrote a few words and gave it to me saying: When I fall, send of my death to this address. Then he gave me his hand, looked me straight in the eye and said: I wish you a safe way home. Make my wishes become true. Our little Mother is in my home waiting .. I'm ready. Everything is in order!" A final smile, and the two friends parted.
Hunger grips Joseph. On the other side of the street there is a field where potatoes have just been harvested. He picks up a bowl full of tiny potatoes. He makes a fire in the hangar at the nearby farm and cooks his small harvest. The water had barely begun to boil when he was called. His comrade Nicolas Gilgenbach tells him that they must leave immediately to join the advanced guard of the Stormtroopers. Joseph prepared hastily. The potatoes are not yet cooked. Whatever, he removes the bowl from the fire with the half raw potatoes. He starts with the small group. "Once again, I could eat my hunger, maybe this is the last time," he said while walking with Nicolas. He continued, with a strange feeling: "If I should not return, I say unto you, goodbye. If it is not in this world it will be in the afterlife. If by chance you meet Edmond Kampe, convey him a last greeting on my part".
Nicolas takes a look at his comrade. This tone is not at all usual for him. "We are so often mounted on the front line and nothing has happened," he said. Joseph with an outline of a smile: "It was always a slight hunch but now I have a definite feeling. Finally, if God wants it, it will happen." Joseph shakes hands with his friend, and hastily follows in the wake of the small troop, which has eight men in all.
At dusk, the artillery are firing on the locality and also on the countryside around. Joseph and his comrades reach Thun-Saint-Martin. From there they must turn towards Cambrai. The intersection, not far from them, where the Thun road joins the main road from Cambrai, is particularly targeted by artillery fire. The small troop would like to avoid this trap. At about 200 meters from the crossroads, they enter the field and lie down against an embankment until the firing has calmed. A pause intervened and the soldiers resumed their march through the fields separating into two groups.
Then comes the fatal moment. A whistling of shells. The salvo is directed on the crossroads. A shell fell close by. It seems that they are targeted and the shell is meant for Joseph Some shrapnel hit his front and heart. He was killed on the spot. Joseph Engling was the only victim of the small troop. Heaven comes to accept his sacrifice freely consented. The next morning only when they are back at Eswars, after having wandered all night through the fields, may Josephs companions notify of his death. The informer, Nicolas Gilgenbach muttering: "Oh this kind Engling! He was a faithful comrade and feared God". The same day, the body is buried. Probably in one of the shell holes that dot the field of death. The confused situation in this sector of the front, does not allow transport to the cemetery, not far away. As always, the personal belongings found on the body were sent to his parents ...
On 21st October 1918 the black edged communication, dreaded by
families, arrives. It is dated October 10th. Trembling, the father
opens. The paper bearing the letterhead of the 4th Company of the
25th Regiment of the 15th Reserve Infantry Division: "The Company
carries the sad duty to share with you the news that your son,
Joseph Engling musketeer, fell on the field of honour, October 4th
1918, at dusk. The Company mourns the loss of this brave comrade; it
will always keep him in its memory. Signed: Kurt, Second Lieutenant
Reserves and Head of the Company.
On October 7th Paul Reinhold wrote to Father Kentenich: ... "The death struck suddenly without a priest being present. But I am convinced that he has left this life in a state of grace. The Mother of God who he beloved and for whom he worked on the front, called him close to her. Since our group chose the theme of apostolate, Joseph was particularly active in the field, through speech and writing, but it is mostly by his shining example that he was trying to do good. He always helped the chaplain of the Division, he announced religious services in the Company, decorated the altar, served Mass, etc. His availability and kindness brought him the admiration of his comrades. They were completely devastated when they learned of his death.
Monument dédié à Josef Engling
In 1958, a monument was erected on the Iwuy to Cambrai road,
opposite where Joseph Engling fell, in the field. In 1965, a
community service group, The Sisters of Mary of Schönstatt
established a convent a short distance from the monument. While
serving the surrounding population, it seeks to keep alive in the
Cambresis area, in France, Germany and beyond, the memory of those
who were lost. In 2008 the German sisters are still very active and
extremely well appreciated by everybody.
Philippe Lafarge
Translation: Brian Tierney
Part 2: Investigation into the death of Joseph Engling


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Musyoka was arrested on October 29 by detectives from the Special Crime and Prevention Unit at a Komarok Clinic where he was secretly seeking removal of a bullet lodged in his body.
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Midwest Converters in Rockford Illinois has been part of the Midwest Group of fine companies for over 23 plus years. Midco Lubricants, Midwest Metallurgy, and Midco Fuel Development Company, are all part of the Midwest Group. Midwest companies supply torque converters, Engine oils, transmission fluids, gear and hydraulic oils, Heat treating and Cryogenic freezing of precision parts, fuel treatments, racing fuels for both on and off road use, diesel fuel additives containing the newest technologies and EPA registration. Midwest Converters, along with many other converter rebuilders have experienced clutch bonding failures due to reformulation of the adhesives the clutch manufacturers now are regulated to use. Midwest Converters now has initiated the use of a new bonding product developed by Midco Products, a Midwest Group company, that increases the bonding strength over 25% more than any other bonding method as reported by Aeromotive Research company. Test results available on request. This is accomplished using Midco produced bio-based solvents that are safe to use and are biodegradable, non-toxic while being a renewable resource non-petroleum based product meeting all EPA requirements. All Midwest Group products are designed in house use our innovative technologies and personal from concept to production. Call us or ask a sales rep to stop in and discuss how we can help you and your company save money and use better safer products. Dennis Sneath, Pres.
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The Midwest Torsional Vibration Damper
Integrated within a Torque Converter.
( Patent Pending )
Due to the nature of torque converters, having no mechanical link between the input and output shafts, fluid dampers integrated with-in a torque converters provide crucial torsional dampening.
This is a condensed version of the research and development of the single most important device manufactured for a racing automatic transmission with big power in the last 30 plus years.
Torsional Vibration, TV for short, is the largest enemy of any rotating machine. Without controlling TV, it will destroy the machine, such as an engine or transmission. You would never run an engine without a system to control, absorb and disperse Torsional Vibration caused by the rotation produced by the combustion cycle inside an engine. These TV's are caused by torque induced into the rotating assembly. Because the torque changes every time a cylinder fires, excitation or a twisting motion is transferred to the crankshaft. It is the job of an engines harmonic damper to absorb and control this action.
In regards to the transmission, the greater the torque input, the higher the induced TV can be observed. Torque delivered by the torque converter to the transmission creates Torsional Vibration as a result of many mechanical influences. These influences being, but not limited to; impulses from the compression and release of oil pressure from the front transmission pump, planetary gear sets, clutch plate engagements and poor axial alignments. Great efforts have been made in pump designs, shaft designs, material choices, gear configurations and more. As I said at the beginning, this is a condensed version of our 1800 plus page analysis and patented pending design damper. Midwest Converters of Rockford, Illinois, has designed an Integrated High viscosity fluid type damper that reduces Torsional Vibration damage to these components said above. Many attempts have been made by the OEM's to reduce this destructive force since the first development of the fluid coupler, the predecessor to the torque converter, since the mid 1940's. Different spring type damper devices, rubber mounts, etc, have been employed to eliminate damaging torsional vibration with limited results. The problem is the OEM's had no idea the damage that could occur when engines were turning in excess of 8000 RPM's, producing 2500 plus horsepower and 1400 ft lbs of torque. Automatic transmission fluid inside a torque converter, due to the inertia of the fluid, does not allow the fluid to change direction or speed instantaneously; therefore, fluid inside the converter does not absorb torsional vibrations. Therefore, a torsional damper should be included in the design for any racing application. See simulation below. Click on graph to enlarge.
However, the first step to solving any problem is you have to identify the cause of the problem completely. Solving the problem is to eliminate the cause. It may be simply said, but is much harder to achieve. We know the cause, how do we eliminate it? We start with the simple understanding of Newton's Law; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every backwards twist or compression of the transmissions components, such as the transmission pump, there is an equal forward motion upon decompression. This cycle happens 20 to 30 times per engine revolution setting up a harmonic resonance or vibration that is sent throughout the drive train and back into the engines crankshaft. It can be measured as far back as the differential, although quite minute. The Midwest Ultra Damper Converter contains an integrated damper within the torque converter front cover, that absorbs incoming vibrations by implementing a rotating inertia mass encompassed by a special highly stable viscous fluid. This rotating inertia mass, suspended in the viscous fluid, cancels out the incoming vibrations resulting in a net zero force. This can only be achieved by the special weight viscous fluid as it adjusts quickly to a very wide band frequency as the torsional vibrations change with RPM change. Vulcanized rubber dampers along with spring type dampers cannot adjust quick enough and are tuned for a very narrow band. The energy the damper absorbs is converted into heat and removed from the torque converter as passing airflow expels it. The viscous fluid is self contained and cannot enter the torque converter or contaminate the ATF.
An added source of vibration is turbulence. Torque converters experience inefficiencies do to turbulence. In fact, torque converters are less efficient than conventional fluid couplings due to several factors. In addition to frictional losses, torque converters suffer from turbulence and fluid flow interference generated by the stator. These effects are typically minimized, though not eliminated, by mounting the stator on a one-way roller clutch or element sprag. This allows the stator to rotate freely during the coupling phase where the turbine speed has reached approximately ninety percent of the pump speed. This explains why a spragless converter equipped car runs slower mph than one with a sprag. However, most of the loss is due to the curved and angled turbine blades, which do not absorb kinetic energy from the fluid, as well as straight radial blades. Since the turbine blade geometry is a crucial factor in the converter's ability to multiply torque, trade-offs between torque multiplication and coupling efficiency are inevitable. For more information and performance data about sprag and spragless stators read our separate article found on our web site. Click here. Then click on "in the news"
What does this mean to you? It simply means reduction of wear on the transmission and engine, while producing a smoother vibration free rotating converter assembly while increasing horsepower.
This damper is only available from Midwest on the Pro Series 8 inch, 9 inch, 10 and 10.5 inch torque converters, and may be equipped with a steel or aluminum stator, sprag or spragless, and includes the only lifetime warranty in the business.
We cannot save the world, but we can help save your transmission and motor.
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When it comes to the strongest, toughest steels, think Super Alloys.
When it comes to the strongest, toughest torque converters,
Midwest Converters.
Midwest Converters, along with Midwest Metallurgy, are part of the MW Group Inc. located in Rockford, Illinois. Midwest Metallurgy, and Midwest Converters are responsible for the development of the newest Super Alloy steel, Gen III™ steel.
The Super Alloy steels category is reserved for the elite top performing steels, some are not yet listed in the standard AISI/SAE heat treatable steels. Next, are Performance Alloys such as 5200, 9310, and 300M. These are great performing alloys that resist deformation and wear well above traditional alloys steel, and are usually quite friendly to heat treating and tempering to create hard wear resistant surfaces. There are also Alloys Steels, such as 4130, 4140, 8620 and such, which are just that; traditional alloy steels.
The newest Super Alloy steel, Gen III™, steel was developed after the need was realized by Midwest Converters when previously available materials failed and were deemed inadequate, and further investigated by root failure analysis. Big words for "why did it fail?" Was it lacking high fracture toughness or bending fatigue resistance? Was the % of elongation a consideration? Each aspect of failure was carefully examined and corrected until the highest performing steel was created. Samples were produced and tested. As predicted after several hardening, tempering and formulation processes were altered, perfection was finally achieved. The first part Midwest soon produced was a fully encapsulated outer sprag race for the popular 8-inch torque converter using the Gen III™ steel. But before we reveal the test results it is important to have an understanding of the outside influences thrown at a sprag assembly. It is more than torque, horsepower and shock; it is also the thermal resistance temperature. As the temperature climbs closer to the original steels tempering temperature, it starts to loose its ability to hold shape and size. This is one area that Gen III™ steel really shines. Gen III™ steel is tempered at upwards of 1100°F, nearly 3 times the temperature than conventional 9310 or 8620, meaning that it far out performs these performance alloys thermal resistance for use as gear and shaft materials. Simularly, the core hardness also exceeded all other steels including the "Nasa" designated steel with a core hardness of 52-56 rc and a tensile strength of over 300 ksi. By the way, the Midwest sprag out performed previous materials by at least 23% and more in all testing.
Gen III™ steel machines beautifully similar to other alloys and responds quite well to REM™ isotropic finishing. Due to the small batches that Midwest produces, high quality can be maintained. Although small batches cost more and delivery time can be delayed from Mexico, the finished product is well worth the extra cost and wait. 4-6 weeks have been the normal expectation with improved shipping predicted in the near future. Midwest can issue interested partners with a licensing agreement and heat-treating instructions start to finish that most heat treaters can perform. Contact Dennis Sneath @ 800-554-2668 for more information or click here.
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