|Publication number||US5707010 A|
|Application number||US 08/537,419|
|Publication date||Jan 13, 1998|
|Filing date||Sep 29, 1995|
|Priority date||Sep 29, 1995|
|Publication number||08537419, 537419, US 5707010 A, US 5707010A, US-A-5707010, US5707010 A, US5707010A|
|Inventors||Sam P. Manfre, Ronald F. Olson, Robert J. Adams, Jerry J. Hagers|
|Original Assignee||Spraying Systems Co.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (27), Classifications (13), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates generally to spray nozzle assemblies, and more particularly, to fluid assisted spray nozzle assemblies.
Air assisted spray nozzle assemblies are known that have a fluid nozzle head which is secured in a nozzle assembly and is formed with a flow passageway that defines a liquid discharge orifice and a valve seat. A selectively movable valve control needle is disposed within the flow passageway for controlling the liquid flow through the nozzle assembly. An air cap typically is disposed immediately downstream of the fluid nozzle head for defining an air chamber and defining an air nozzle to facilitate pressurized air atomization of the liquid as it is discharged from the nozzle assembly. It is common to operate the control needle in predetermined relatively high speed cyclic movement for achieving the timing and the form of the desired spray discharge. One example of such a previously known nozzle assembly is the "1/4JAU" air atomizing nozzle heretofore marketed by Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton, Ill.
To achieve reliable flow control and shutoff seating of the needle with the valve seat, it is necessary that the discharge orifice, valve seat, and axial passageway, as well as the control needle, be manufactured with precise tolerances. In the prior nozzle assemblies, one relatively long and complex axial bore through the fluid nozzle head defines the liquid discharge orifice, the valve seat and the axial flow passageway in which the control needle is disposed. Relatively difficult and costly manufacturing procedures are required to form such an axial bore with the necessary concentricity for achieving shutoff by the needle without leakage and reliable control of the liquid discharge. Manufacturing of that nozzle head has resulted in quality control problems, undesirable part rejection rates and customer complaints due to leakage problems during use. With the prior such nozzle assemblies, part rejection or replacement due to seating or alignment problems required replacement of the entire nozzle head. Also, since the discharge orifice of the nozzle head defined the operating range of each nozzle assembly, in order to obtain a wide variety of flow capacities it has been necessary to manufacture complete nozzle heads with orifices of various sizes, which is costly.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a controlled spray nozzle assembly which is adapted for improved sealing engagement between the needle and the valve seat at the discharge orifice.
Another object is to provide a spray nozzle assembly as characterized above in which the discharge orifice and valve seat have improved concentricity, and hence, is adapted for more reliable performance.
A further object is to provide a spray nozzle assembly of the above kind which lends itself to easier and more economical manufacture, with less defective parts.
A related object is to provide a controlled spray nozzle assembly which provides flexibility and economy in providing nozzles of various capacities.
Another related object is to provide a spray nozzle assembly in which the liquid discharge orifice and liquid flow needle valve shutoff are located in close proximity to the discharge end of the nozzle assembly.
A related object is to provide a spray nozzle assembly of such type which permits easy quality control testing and reduced costs for defective parts.
Pursuant to the present invention, a controllable spray nozzle is provided with a nozzle body that has an elongated discharge passageway and a separate discharge orifice and valve seat element mounted in sealing relation with the outlet end of the passageway. A valve needle disposed in the passageway includes a seat on the end which is adjacent the outlet end of the passageway. The valve needle is selectively movable along the passageway for shut-off and/or flow rate control of the spray flow by the related axial positioning of the seat end of the needle relative to the separate discharge orifice and valve seat element that is mounted at the outlet end.
The discharge element has an external configuration that conforms to a portion of the nozzle body adjacent the outlet end for seating thereon in sealing relation with the passageway. The element's internal configuration defines a discharge orifice through the element and a valve seat around the inner end of that orifice in opposed relation to the seat on the valve needle. The configuration and seating relation of the discharge element on the nozzle body assure that the orifice and the valve seat of the element are coaxially aligned with the adjacent end of the valve needle. Movement of the needle portion axially of the passageway thereby will effect movement of the needle seat toward and away from the valve seat and the orifice in the discharge element to control the occurrence and/or rate of discharge of fluid from the nozzle through the orifice in accordance with such positioning of the valve needle.
In the presently preferred embodiment, the discharge element is an insert of generally cylindrical configuration and is mounted by sliding sealing engagement within the nozzle passageway which also contains the control needle. The insert abuts an interior flange of the nozzle body for retention purposes. The orifice portion of this insert projects outward from the nozzle body and into a larger opening through an end cap that is spaced outwardly from the nozzle body. An annular gap between the projecting portion of the insert and the perimeter of the large hole through the air cap define an annular nozzle for discharging atomizing fluid, normally air, outwardly around the orifice portion, from the manifold space which is provided between the nozzle body and the air cap. This assists in the atomization of the fluid discharged through the nozzle orifice.
The atomizing fluid is fed into the manifold space through a plurality of passages which extend through the nozzle body around the end portion that receives the insert. The use of the insert design of this invention affords preservation of material thickness and strength of the nozzle body in this end area.
An alternative form of the control needle includes an elongated nose portion which can be extended through the orifice for cleaning purposes. In addition the control needle preferably is of a one piece construction, including the drive bushing portion.
FIG. 1 is a diametrical sectional view taken along the longitudinal center axis of a spray nozzle assembly employing teachings of this invention.
FIG. 2 is an end view of the assembly as in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the nozzle body of the assembly of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the nozzle body and discharge insert of the assembly as in FIG. 1.
FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 are enlarged side, end and diametrical sectional views, respectively, of the discharge element of the assembly as in FIG. 1.
FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 are side, end and diametrical sectional views, respectively of an alternative discharge element employing teachings of this invention and which may be inserted in a spray nozzle assembly as in FIG. 1.
FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view similar to FIG. 4 and showing alternative embodiments of the nozzle body and the discharge element, and showing the outer end portion of a valve needle seated therein.
FIGS. 12 and 13 are enlarged side and end views, respectively of an alternative form of a valve needle employing teachings of this invention and useful in spray nozzle assemblies as in FIG. 1.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions, a preferred embodiment and certain alternatives have been shown in the drawings and will be described. It will be understood, however, that there is no intention to limit the invention to these specific embodiments. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions and equivalents falling within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
In the drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate an air atomizing nozzle assembly 16 with a non-adjustable air nozzle cap 18. The basic structure and mode of operation of the nozzle assembly 16 are known in this art, for example in the aforementioned "1/4JAU" air atomizing nozzle marketed by Spraying Systems Co. of Wheaton, Ill. Accordingly, the details of many of the assembly components and their operation in such an assembly are described only generally herein. The overall structure and mode of operation of the assembly 16 should be understood to be illustrative of only one example of a spray nozzle assembly in which the preferred embodiments of the invention may be implemented.
The spray nozzle assembly 16 comprises a main housing 19 which includes connections for supplying the liquid that is to be sprayed as well as an auxiliary atomizing fluid such as air, and mechanism for effecting controlled axial movement of a valve needle 20 in response to an external drive control input such as a solenoid-controlled operating pressure air line. A nozzle head 21 which includes a nozzle body 22 is affixed to the forward end of the housing 19. It includes a central axial passageway 24 for carrying the application fluid and one or more side bores 25 for carrying the auxiliary atomizing fluid to the discharge end 26. The discharge end carries the air nozzle cap 18, through which the application fluid is sprayed and/or atomized in a controlled manner. The cap has a close air-tight fit over the end 26 and is retained by a threaded nut 27 which engages over the cap flange 18F and onto a threaded end of the nozzle body 22.
The housing 19 includes generally cylindrical forward and rearward housing sections 30 and 32 which are joined to one another as by a threaded interconnection at 34. The forward housing section 30 includes a port 36 for connection of an appropriate conduit which supplies the application fluid, and a second connection port 38 to receive a conduit for supplying an auxiliary atomizing fluid, e.g. compressed air. The port 36 communicates with the passageway 24, and port 38 communicates with the bore(s) 25, through respective passages formed in the housing section 30.
The valve needle 20 is a long slender cylindrical element which extends generally co-axially through the housing 19 and the nozzle body 22. It extends through an opening 40 in the forward housing section 30, through a retainer 41 which is suitably supported in the housing section 30, and through an end opening 42 in a hollow packing nut 44 that is threadably mounted in the forward housing section 30, as illustrated. The retainer 41 includes end portions which abut and retain annular seals 48 around the shaft of the valve needle 20. The seals 48 and the sealing engagement of the packing nut with housing section 30 assure isolation of the application fluid from the actuation control fluid which is supplied through another lateral port 50. A bleed port 52 extends from the space between the seals 46,48 to the external periphery of the assembly 19 for venting any fluid which bypasses the seal 48 at either end of the retainer 41. By way of one example, the seals 46, 48 may be Quad-RingŪ seals marketed by Minnesota Rubber Company of Minneapolis, Minn. A lock washer 54 is provided between the proximal end of the housing section 30 and an inner shoulder of the packing nut 44 for retention purposes.
The housing 19 includes control fluid ports 50 in opposite sides, as illustrated by the dashed lines in FIG. 2. (One such port 50 is illustrated 90° out of position in the cross-section view of FIG. 1 for convenient illustration purposes, and therefore appears juxtaposed over the bleed port 52 in FIG. 1.) One of these control fluid ports 50 is connected to a conduit which supplies the drive control fluid. The opposite port 50 may be used for connecting another control nozzle assembly 19 in series, or is closed by a pipe plug 53 as seen in FIG. 2.
The rear housing section 32 carries a drive piston assembly 60 and a compression spring 62 which is confined between an outer side of the piston 60 and an end wall or shoulder of the housing section 32 as illustrated. The piston assembly includes a piston 64 and a resilient annular cup-shaped sealing ring 66 which has sliding sealing engagement with the inner surface of a cylindrical bore 68 that extends co-axially in the housing section 32. The sealing cup 66 is held in position on the piston assembly by a pair of clamping rings or washers 70 and 72 that are held in position by a retainer cap 74 that is threaded onto the stem portion 75 of the piston 64. An enlarged bushing portion 76 of the valve needle 20 is joined to the piston 64 by being captured between the outer end of the piston stem 75 and the end wall of the retainer cap 74. Accordingly, the valve needle 20 is adjustably moved axially of the housing 19 in accordance with the selective axial movement of the piston assembly 60.
The compression spring 62 biases the piston assembly 60, and hence the valve needle 20, forward to a fully seated, i.e. valve "closed", position. The valve needle is controllably and adjustably moved axially in the opposite direction (to the left in FIG. 1) against the force of spring 62 by the control drive air which is supplied from an inlet port 50 through one or more connecting ports 77 into the cylinder chamber 78 on the forward side of the moveable piston assembly 60. As will be seen, this forward portion of the cylinder chamber which receives the driving control fluid is generally between the forward end surface of the cylinder assembly 60 and the rear surfaces of the housing section 30. The supply of control fluid, e.g. compressed air, is controlled externally, such as by solenoid actuated valves, for controlled adjustable opening of the valve and thereby allowing the application fluid to be discharged through the spray nozzle in a manner which is controlled as to timing of the flow. This may be a high speed cyclic on-off flow rate mode, e.g. as rapid as 180 on-off cycles per minute. Accordingly, accurate and highly reliable configurations and correlations between the seat end of the needle and the orifice and its related valve seat are required.
Referring now to the left end portion of FIG. 1 as well as to FIGS. 3-7, the discharge passage 24 through the nozzle body 28 is a cylindrical bore 79 of uniform cross-section and size from the inlet end to a radial shoulder 80 on the inner side of a shallow annular flange or lip 81 which extends radially inward at the outlet end of the passageway. A separate discharge insert element 82 is formed with an internal configuration to provide a valve seating surface 84 and a discharge orifice 86 and is mounted on the outer end of the nozzle body 22 in co-axial alignment with the valve needle 20. For this purpose, the discharge insert element 82 includes a main body 94 with a shoulder section 96 which is of a configuration and size for sliding into and along the bore 79 in sealing engagement with the wall of the passageway bore 79 and into abutment with the flange shoulder 80. This fixes the location of the valve seat surface 84 and the orifice 86 in co-axial alignment with the passageway 24 and thus with the valve needle end portion 102. This sliding sealing engagement of the insert element 82 in the bore 79 is in the nature of a force fit. Thus the insert 82 may be made removable and replaceable. A smaller nose portion 98 of the element 82 includes the discharge orifice 86 and extends outwardly from the nozzle body 28 into or through a central opening 100 in the air nozzle cap 18, as seen in FIG. 1. The nose portion 98 is of a slightly smaller diameter than the opening 100. Thereby an annular orifice space 101 is provided around the nose portion 98 for discharging an atomizing fluid jet parallel to and into the application fluid as the application fluid is discharged from the atomizing orifice 86.
The discharge insert element 82 is separately and accurately formed as a short, accurately sized and dimensioned element, as by machining, to effect such sliding sealing engagement in the bore 79 and to provide and accurately position the critical valve seating surface 84 and small discharge orifice passage 86 in co-axial alignment with the valve needle 20. The valve needle typically is co-axially positioned in the passageway bore 79. If errors are found in the manufacture or dimensioning of the insert element 82, it may be discarded and replaced without the need for discarding or replacing any other component of the nozzle valve assembly.
Referring particularly to FIGS. 11 and 12, the seating end portion 102 of the valve needle shaft 20 preferably and typically is formed with a first truncated conical surface 104 which intersects an inner conical surface 106 to define a relatively sharp or short-radius annular seating shoulder 108 therebetween. This shoulder seats against the conical inner annular seating surface 84, 84B of the insert element 82 when the valve 20 is in a seated position, thereby providing a circumferential line seal between the needle and the inner seating surface of the insert element 82; see FIG. 11. By way of one specific example, the surface 104 may be at a uniform angle of about 15° to the axis of the needle shaft 20 and the surface 106 may be at a uniform angle of about 45° to that axis. However, a variety of needle end configurations may be utilized, preferably retaining a similar circumferential line seal. Such variations include, for example, variations of the noted conical end surfaces and angles or a rounded seat surface seating against a conical surface as illustrated in FIG. 1.
Referring particularly to FIGS. 4 and 7, the inner surface 110 of the insert element 82 comprises the truncated conical seating surface 84 which converges from the cylindrical inner surface of the flange portion 96 to an intersection with a second truncated conical surface 112 that extends to the inlet end of the orifice 86. By way of one example, the inward conical surface 112 may be at an angle "a" of about 20° to the central axis of the insert 82 and thus at the same angle to the axis of the bore 79, while the seating surface 84 may be at an angle "b" of about 30° to those aligned central axes.
The nozzle body 22 includes one or more bores 25 for flow of atomizing fluid therethrough and into a manifold space 116 between the outer end 26 of the nozzle body and the air nozzle cap 18. A plurality of such bores typically are provided through each nozzle body 22, e.g. three to six bores 25, in converging relationship to the axis of the discharge bore, as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 4 and 11. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4, these bores may be of uniform size throughout their length. However, and referring particularly to FIG. 11, each of the bores 25B may be formed with a short outer end section 25C of reduced diameter, e.g. in the longitudinal area corresponding generally to the retainer flange 81, 81B. This allows preservation of a greater thickness of the material of the nozzle body 22B between these convergent end portions of the bores 25B and the main flow passageway 24B through the nozzle body. If necessary, a greater number of bores 25B, 25C may be provided in this design, e.g. six, to attain the requisite volume of flow of the atomizing fluid through the nozzle body.
The discharge insert elements may be formed with valve seating surfaces and orifices of different sizes and configurations while retaining the same external configuration and size. This permits the provision of various sizes of orifices within valve assemblies having nozzle bodies 22 of the same size and configuration. That is, a choice of various nozzle orifice sizes and configurations can be provided simply by providing a variety of the discharge insert elements for use with standard nozzle bodies and related components. By way of example, FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate an alternative discharge element 82A. The element 82A has a main body 94A with a flange 96A for mounting in the same nozzle body 22 which will receive an insert element 82. Referring to FIG. 10, the insert 82A includes a single truncated conical inner surface 84A which provides the valve seat for the respective valve needle. The insert element 82A also forms a substantially larger orifice 86A than the orifice 86 of the insert 82. Inserts having other configurations for seating engagement in the same bore 79 and flange 81 may be provided with orifices of a variety of other sizes to attain different flow rates while using the same nozzle body and related components. Where the size variation of the orifice is substantial, such as between the inserts 82 and 82A, it may be necessary to also provide an air nozzle cap 18 with a different size opening 100 in accordance with the annular air discharge orifice 101 which is desired around the nose portion 98A. A valve needle of a larger diameter than the needle 20 typically is used with the insert 82A, though such a larger needle also may be used with the insert 82.
The discharge insert element 82 may be made from any suitable material, normally a metal, and may be made from different materials than the nozzle body 28. Suitable materials include, for example, aluminum, steel, 303 stainless steel, 316 stainless steel, Monel, Hastelloy and other special materials.
FIG. 11 also illustrates another alternative embodiment 82B of a discharge insert element. The body portion 94B is of somewhat greater length, as is the inner retention flange 92B, than in the inserts 82, 82A of FIGS. 4-10. Also, the insert 82B is formed with a single truncated conical inner surface 84B which constitutes the valve seating surface.
FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate another embodiment of 20B of the valve needle. In this embodiment, an elongated nose portion 130 is provided on the distal end. The portion 130 is of a circular cross-section and of a diameter to extend through the respective orifice 86, 86A, 86B for clean-out purposes when the valve is seated. To this purpose, the nose portion 110 is of a slightly smaller diameter than the orifice of the discharge insert element with which it would be used, and preferably is tapered slightly to a reduced diameter at its distal end. The length of the nose portion 130 typically is such that it will extend through the discharge orifice when the valve needle is seated, i.e. "closed", and will be retracted from the respective orifice when the valve needle is in its fully retracted "open" position.
The illustrated nozzle head design may be used in a variety of similar needle-controlled spray nozzle assemblies. Thus, while the assembly 16 normally is used in intermittent on-off spraying situations, the same or a similar nozzle head design may be used in other valve assemblies that are controlled in other modes, for example with a liquid or mechanical drive for selectively positioning the needle. Also, the needle may be axially positioned for controlled variation of the rate of flow of the application fluid through the discharge orifice as well as in an on-off mode.
From the foregoing it can be appreciated that apparatus and related methods have been provided which accomplish the aforenoted objects of this invention.
It will be understood that other variations and modifications, and the substitution of equivalent devices and designs, can be effected within the spirit and scope of this invention, particularly in light of the foregoing teachings. It is contemplated by the following claims to cover any such modifications and other embodiments that incorporate those features which constitute the essential features of the invention within the true spirit and scope of the following claims.
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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has begun to source licensees in the home textiles, stationery/print, ceramics/glassware, souvenir and jewellery categories.
Appointed licensees will be tasked with designing and manufacturing products across a selection of IP, namely the core London 2012 branding, the official mascots, sporting pictograms, Team GB and Paralympics GB.
Meanwhile, there's just one week left for those wishing to register their interest in the toys and games category. It's open until Friday June 5th.
"The London 2012 licensing programme is progressing well and there are significant opportunities for companies to get involved with the Games," said Simon Lilley, senior manager of licensing and retail for LOCOG. "We're looking for innovative responses from companies which can offer expertise and creativity in these sectors."
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SAFC fans have until the end of the week to win a piece of club memorabilia.
A football shirt, signed by some of the 1973 FA Cup winning team, is being raffled by Argos in the city.
It is part of the efforts by North East branches of the chain to raise awareness of dementia, and money for people living with the condition.
In a bid to raise nearly £2,000, Argos staff are cycling 1,600 miles on static bikes in stores – the length from the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, to Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal.
Sunderland store manager Stephen Snowball has been helping to raise awareness of dementia by handing out thousands of leaflets to Wearside customers, revealing five things everyone should know about the condition.
Customers were also asked to round up their purchases to the nearest pound, in order to raise vital funds for Alzheimer’s Society. Stephen said: “It’s fantastic that we can combine our love of football with raising vital funds for people living with dementia.
“My colleagues have had great fun and the customers really showed their support.
“We also hope that our partnership with Alzheimer’s Society will help raise awareness of dementia, and the support on offer to help people living with the condition stay in their own home for longer.”

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Nigerians are praising the lifting of a visa ban by the United Arab Emirates following a meeting in Abu Dhabi this week between President Bola Tinubu and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Nigerian authorities also secured an investment deal worth billions of dollars, according to the presidency.
Nigerian presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have established a framework for investments worth billions of dollars across multiple sectors, including defense and agriculture.
Speaking to Lagos-based Channels Television, Ngelale said the pact also resulted in the immediate lifting of a visa ban imposed by the UAE in October 2022.
“What we’ve done today is to not only normalize relations but then to add new dimensions to that relationship or partnership that are mutually beneficial to both nations,” he said. “And I think as we move forward, the details of those investments will become clear.”
The UAE imposed the visa ban on Nigeria in connection with a number of diplomatic disputes.
Dubai’s Emirates airline also suspended flight operations to Nigeria over Abuja’s inability to send the UAE an estimated $85 million in revenue that Dubai said had been blocked in the African nation. The monies could not be repatriated due to dollar shortages.
Additionally, the UAE’s Etihad Airways stopped flights to Nigeria.
But Ngelale said Emirates and Etihad airlines are expected to resume operations immediately without any payment by the Nigerian government.
The spokesperson also said Tinubu successfully negotiated a new foreign exchange liquidity program with the UAE.
Nigerian experts such as economist Emeka Orji welcomed the president’s move as a step that could reverse negative economic trends.
“It should be a no-brainer for them to reverse it,” Orji said. “The major chunk of their tourism, whether it is education or for holidays, Nigeria would show up on the list of its major tourism income-earning countries.”
In a recent statement, the UAE’s official Emirates News Agency noted that its leader and Tinubu explored opportunities for further bilateral collaboration in areas that served the sustainable economic growth of both countries.
The statement, however, did not go into detail about the lifting of the visa ban on Nigerians and the resumption of flights.
Orji says there will be a positive impact.
“International relations between the two countries will likely lead to an increase in economic activity,” he said. “There may be some interest in investing in some sectors in Nigeria. That would be an obvious gain for Nigeria.”
For now, experts said they hope the new pact is fully implemented for both countries to benefit.

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The federal government might be an unlikely source for cutting-edge mobile apps. But on Wednesday, federal and industry groups gathered to showcase the apps they’d built, often as a means for connecting with a younger, tech-savvier constituency or for internal task management.
Full Article: Who Has the Best App in Government? – Nextgov.com
The federal government might be less dedicated to innovation than it was in 2010.
In a new survey, federal employees across departments scored their organizations’ culture of creativity and innovation. Their combined score, 58.9 out of 100, was a 0.5 point drop from 2013, and a 4.4 point drop since 2010.
via Uncle Sam Might Be Even Less Innovative Than You Thought – Nextgov.com.


KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In a story Sept. 7 about a hearing involving attorney-client recordings at a federal prison in Kansas, The Associated Press, relying on information from the U.S. attorney’s office, reported erroneously that an assistant prosecutor sought entry into a federal judge’s chambers after hours in order to leave documents on the judge’s desk. U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Jim Cross said Thursday that the assistant prosecutor intended to slide the documents under the judge’s door after having a U.S. marshal open a door to the hallway leading to the judge’s chambers.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Federal judge calls out prosecutors in prison recording case
A federal judge says she will appoint an expert to determine the scope of Sixth Amendment violations against inmates at a private federal prison in Kansas
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — During a federal court hearing that mainly focused on recordings of attorney-client conversations by a Kansas prison, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson accused a federal prosecutor Wednesday of improperly trying to access her office last month while she was away.
The judge also said she had questions about other actions by the government in the case.
Federal defense attorneys have argued their clients’ Sixth Amendment rights have been violated at the Corrections Corporation of America prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, which has been taking silent recordings of meetings and phone calls between inmates and their lawyers.
Prosecutors have countered that they weren’t aware that attorney-client meetings were being recorded until a grand jury subpoenaed all of the video recordings at the private prison as part of a massive contraband investigation earlier this year.
At the hearing Wednesday, Robinson questioned prosecutors about when they learned of the recordings and what they did after making that discovery. The judge said she still had many unanswered questions about the government’s explanation for the recordings and how they have been used.
Near the end of the all-afternoon hearing, Robinson said Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Tomasic had tried to get into her chambers on Aug. 25 after the courthouse had closed.
Robinson’s law clerk was in Robinson’s office when she heard voices and discovered Tomasic and a U.S. marshal outside the doors preparing to come in, the judge said.
The judge stopped short of drawing conclusions about why an assistant prosecutor would want to come into her office — where video evidence from CCA has been impounded — but noted that if the federal public defender’s office had attempted such a thing the U.S. attorney’s office would surely have pressed for an investigation.
Robinson said she would appoint an expert to investigate the scope of constitutional violations that had taken place in the case, including actions by the prison and the government.
The view of the U.S. attorney’s office is that Tomasic was trying to deliver materials the judge had requested and had a federal marshal open a door to a hallway leading to the judge’s chambers, where she intended to slide the documents under the door, Jim Cross, a spokesman for the office said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Barnett told Robinson that Tomasic would not be taken off the case.


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Apple announced a new range of MacBook Pro models, using the new M2 Pro and M2 Max processors, available in 14 and 16 inches. We’re looking at the 14-inch version here, and breaking down everything we know so far.
The new silicon at the heart of these Apple laptops could make for some of the best MacBooks ever made, followed by the excellent 13-inch 2022 MacBook Pro chip — which used the same standard M2 chip found in last year’s MacBook Air.
Fortunately, it looks like Apple didn’t pull the same trick here as it did with the new M2 Air, since pricing is pretty much the same for the M2 MacBook Pro models as it was for the 2021 M1 Pro and Max models. Read on for all the key details we have left now – we’ll be reviewing this new MacBook Pro as soon as we get our hands on one, so watch out for that too!
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- What is this? 14-inch model of the Apple 2023 M2 MacBook Pro
- When will it be available? Available to order now, official release on January 24th
- What will it cost? Starting at $1,999 / £2,149 / AU$3,199 to $3,099 / £3,349 / AU$4,999, Optional upgrades cost extra
14-inch MacBook Pro (2023): Release date
Apple posted a video on its website (Opens in a new tab) It details a lot of what we want to know about the new 14-inch MacBook Pro. Most importantly, we have a release date – January 24th, with pre-orders available now through Apple’s website and retailer support.
This release date will be shared with the new 16-inch M2 MacBook Pro and M2 Mac mini models. If you order directly from Apple’s website, it’s guaranteed to ship by January 23rd, which means you should get it on release day or very shortly thereafter.
MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023): Price
Good news, folks: We’re not getting a generational price hike here like we did with the M2 model of the MacBook Air last year. In the US, the 14-inch M2 MacBook Pro will start at $1,999 for the base model with 512GB of storage and the M2 Pro chip — exactly the same starting price as the 14-inch M1 MacBook Pro, which is good to see.
At the higher end, the M2 Max version starts at $3,099—slightly more expensive than its predecessor, but only $100. If you want to make the most of it, there are a host of optional extras here – including more powerful versions of the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, and extra memory and storage.
If you fully outfit your 14-inch MacBook Pro with the most powerful M2 Max chip in the maximum configuration (it doesn’t include any of the pre-installed software options like Final Cut Pro), that’ll run you a tidy $6,299. Yikes!
Frustratingly, it looks like users outside the US are going to burn here. The M2 Pro starts at £2,149 in the UK — that’s about $2,640. Meanwhile, the M2 Max model starts at £3,349, and the full-featured M2 Max version will cost £6,549, over $8,000.
If you’re looking to pick one up in Australia, prices start at AU$3,199 for the base-spec M2 Pro. Upgrading to a 1TB SSD will set you back AU$3,999, while opting for the top-of-the-line M2 Pro Max will cost you AU$4,999.
Oddly, only the base price seems to vary greatly between regions. The costs of extras like more RAM or a larger drive seem to have translated directly into pounds from the original MSRP; For example, upgrading an M2 Max model from a 1TB SSD to a 2TB one costs $400 / £400. What gives, Apple?
MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023): Specifications
As we’ve already discussed, the new 2023 MacBook Pro will come with either the M2 Pro or M2 Max chip. Each of these chips has two variants; The M2 Pro can come with either 10 or 12 CPU cores and 16 or 19 GPU cores, while the M2 Max always packs 12 CPU cores but can use 30 or 38 GPU cores.
This will make the M2 Max a force to be reckoned with graphically. Each version of the M2 Pro and Max chipset also has an integrated 16-core Neural Engine for machine learning workloads.
Away from the processor, M2 Pro models of the MacBook Pro will start with 16GB of combined RAM and a 512GB SSD, expandable to 32GB and 8TB respectively. Meanwhile, the M2 Max version starts with 32GB of RAM and can be configured to 64GB (or even 96GB, but only with the more powerful M2 Max chip), with the same drive options.
Apple also boasts that this MacBook Pro has the longest battery life of any model released to date, and it seems to have stopped at an impressive 22 hours of use. In terms of connectivity, we have Thunderbolt 4, HDMI and SDXC ports along with fast Wi-Fi 6E.
The display is the same crisp Liquid Retina XDR display we’ve come to love for Apple laptops, and all models will support up to 8K video output via HDMI, along with the ability to support up to a maximum of four external monitors.


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Recent developments over the past few weeks have confirmed that General Khalifa Haftar, as the Head of LNA, has taken control of the majority of Libya’s oil fields. We have recently said that Haftar has emerged as the main political figure in Libya, and we now we have additional confirmation that the Italian government is increasingly supporting him in his endeavour to take control of the country’s oil wealth. This confirmation comes from a senior executive with Eni in Libya.
Likewise, a high-level European diplomatic source has confirmed that Italy is supporting Haftar’s positioning within the Libyan political context, indicating that Haftar “is seen as the obvious solution for some of the Western countries that have invested heavily in Libya’s oil sector”.
LNA’s priority is to take full control of the oil industry because Haftar understands that control of the energy sector will ‘provide him with political supremacy’. It is increasingly recognized within political circles that Haftar is able to engage with the militia as well as the local tribes—a combination that will…

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In the past few months, a bar owner brandished an assault rifle at police. He was drunk and upset at individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. Another man tossed a homemade bomb under an RV frustrated at people experiencing homelessness camping outside his residence. The bomb didn’t go off, thank goodness. Both of the individuals walked with only a slap on the wrist.
Last month, a business owner shot and killed an individual experiencing a mental health crisis in his parking lot. The individual was homeless. The Portland Mercury reported this week that a Multnomah County grand jury decided the business owner was justified in killing the homeless man.
All of the individuals walked with only probation or nothing at all.
Now, I’m not saying the police and the District Attorney’s Office aren’t doing everything they can or aren’t getting it right in these specific cases. Regardless, it sure does send an interesting message to the public about how we can treat people experiencing homelessness. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a crime-and-punishment kind of guy. Still, there’s a big difference in being frustrated due to homeless camps or having to deal with someone having a mental health collapse and pulling out an assault rifle, throwing a bomb or actually killing an individual.
The twisted irony is that the very system that isn’t punishing any of these individuals for their actions is more than willing to spend an enormous amount of resources and energy to enforce and prosecute “quality of life” laws criminalizing people experiencing homelessness.
Meanwhile, the homeless person ends up actually doing time in the county jail for not having the resources to play the game. It truly is a crime to be broke in America.
It’s all the more reason to support Oregon House Bill 2215, Oregon’s Right to Rest Act. The bill would end the criminalization of sleeping while homeless, while working to support the basic human and civil rights for all people, regardless of their housing status. The bill would ensure that all people have a right to restful sleep and equal access to public space preserved. Call you state reps today!
FURTHER READING: How you can support Oregon's Right to Rest Act (Director's Desk)
Speaking of it being a crime to be broke in America, the unwavering attacks on health care and the possibility of a $6 billion federal budget cut for housing and homeless programs and mental health services is enough to make your brain explode.
Let’s not forgot that nearly 40 years ago, the Reagan administration began to dismantle housing investments around the United States. It’s the reason we have modern-day homelessness to begin with. Today, the Trump administration appears ready to burn the entire house to the ground.
It’s all the more reason I believe local elected officials should be less concerned about homeless shelters and more concerned about how they’re going to obtain long-term revenue options to support homeless programs and more affordable housing. If we as a community continue to get lost playing small ball instead of keeping our eyes on the bigger prize, we are in deep trouble.
If only a fraction of what the Trump administration has threatened comes true, it’s going be absolute madness on our streets. Not to mention that there’s no reason to think that in the coming years we’re going to get anywhere near the relief we need from Salem. They continue to give us bread and expect poor people to find the roses. It’s a crying shame.
The mayor of Seattle is doubling down on the homeless and housing emergency there and going back out to voters (after just passing a housing levy) to support investment in mental health services and housing. In Los Angeles, the city is set to pass a sales tax this week for $355 million annually for homeless services. It would equal an investment of $3.5 billion over ten years. This comes only four months after voters passed a $1 billion housing bond. Talk about big time.
I believe our regional leaders should be thinking about the same thing. To let up on the gas at this point would be a grave failure. We just might be on the verge of seeing one of the largest spikes in homelessness and poverty in American cities in our lifetime, possibly since the Great Depression. Now is not the time to be managing the problem. Now is the time to go big or – eventually – go home. If there’s a home left, that is. Time will tell.
Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer.


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I would be cool to see regularly published statistics on Transit Ridership, Percent of Trips to work, shopping and recreational destinations that way we could gauge how effective some of our transportation expenditures are. By the way, do we even know what percent of work commute trips are made by single occupancy, carpooling, transit, cycling, and walking? https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/01/commuting-to-work-data-car-public-transit-bike/580507/?utm_source=newsletter&silverid=%25%25RECIPIENT_ID%25%25&utm_campaign=citylab-daily-newsletter&utm_medium=email ...more »
Any plans or ideas about a public or private secure bike parking facility near downtown HSV. I think more people would ride to the CBD and downtown offices on bikes if there were better and more secure places to leave bikes while attending meetings and doing business. I know I would be willing to pay one or two dollars an hour to keep my bike safe. Just curious if others see a need for such a facility.
I know we are doing a lot of planning around the existing greenways, and the Land Trust in doing a lot of good work to develop a plan to connect many paths, but it would be cool to pick and develop a loop that can be branded, and provide a focus as a priority project that puts people first, and provides a health "track." Below is an example of a walking, running, biking loop infrastructure that connects Portland's downtown ...more »
There are many great designs that could turn University from an ugly "STROAD" into an attractive walkable Boulevard, Trees, Bike lane and pedestrian walkways in a center strip and ample crosswalks could make University a place folks want to go again, and not just "get through" in the fastest possible manner. A "STROAD" is a confused mishmash of a Street and a Road, by being neither little is accomplished except increasing ...more »
One way for the city to be more open in its operations would be to provide a public-facing dashboard. An example of such a dashboard can be seen by following the link below. The City of Brampton provides a constantly updated website with shows the metrics of the city operations. Not unlike the dashboard in the SIM City games, the dashboard can show finances and assets, various tax revenue, property improvements, energy ...more »
I must say at the outset, I thoroughly expect this the get a record number of downvotes... but I just have to say it. I think a well-planned traffic circle at Jordan Ln and 9th Ave, (and at Triana and 9th too) would do wonders for connecting neighborhoods to walkable and bicycle destinations, but that would not be the biggest benefit... no, the biggest reason would be increased traffic flow through the area while improving ...more »
There tends to be general agreement that sprawl and car-oriented sub-divisions are a drain on the tax revenues and city budgets. There seems to be a movement to increase density in some neighborhoods and in the city in general. This is particularly evident in the older inner-core neighborhoods. There has been good progress made in improving the walkability and quality of life in many of those inner-core places. Unfortunately, ...more »
One way to encourage building renovations and incremental development in neighborhoods, while discouraging land speculation and derelict buildings, i.e. encouraging the highest and best use of parcels is to implement a split tax rate on property. Sometimes called a Land Value Tax the idea is to tax the land at a greater percentage of the total evaluation than the improvement. While I realize that the property tax system ...more »
Many cities and several states are investigating the feasibility of establishing public banks. Using public capital to provide reserves for a public bank is a good way to leverage reserves on hand to loan money to public infrastructure projects and to help fund loan programs for local entrepreneurial startups administered through loan agencies. The interest on the loans goes back into the public coffers and thus saves ...more »
A good pedicab costs about $3,500. Would be a good way to move people between the craft beer taprooms and other cool locations, is there any public policy issues that would hinder such entrepreneurial enterprises in the downtown and inner core areas of Huntsville?
It would seem to me that just a small amount of design and fairly inexpensive improvements to Seminole Dr would make that street feel a lot safer and more pleasant to add walkability between Governors and Lowe Mill, that is NOT a bad neighborhood just could use a little TLC, if you know what I mean. Some street lighting, trees, and furniture would do wonders, and encourage more neighborhood commerical.
As the Big Picture plan is approved and Huntsville begins the implementation phase, it might be a good time to rationalize and have a look at how the city might make zoning and zoning codes more understandable and accessible to citizens. Form based code practices can be as hard to understand as the alphabet soup variety. Fine grain zoning practices can help shape neighborhoods but often are not easy to understand. Some ...more »

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We got our first close look at the Tesla Model 3 Performance version earlier this week as the first cars for the test drive fleet are making it to stores around the US.
But that car has yet to get its spoiler and badge.
Now we take our first look at complete Tesla Model 3 Performance version with spoiler and dual motor badge.
For some unknown reason, Tesla says that it won’t be shipping the Performance Model 3 with the spoiler included in the performance package for the early production of the vehicle.
Owners will be able to have it shipped and installed at their local service center.
The badge was also a question mark for a long time since the first 50,000 Model 3 vehicles that Tesla produced had no badge beyond the Tesla logo.
It changed last month when Tesla confirmed that the Model 3 will finally get a badge. Though the automaker used a different badging scheme than it does for Model S and Model X.
The Model 3 gets a ‘Dual Motor’ badge to show that it has two motors and an underline on the badge to show that it is a performance version, which used to mean that the vehicle has a ‘Ludicrous Upgrade’.
A Tesla employee on Reddit shared the first image of a Performance Model 3 with both the spoiler and badge installed:
The vehicle is part of Tesla’s growing Model 3 test fleet being deployed at stores around the US.
Some of the first Model 3 Performance vehicles for customers have reportedly been built and they should soon be delivered in the coming days and weeks.
Tesla recently accelerated Model 3 delivery timelines on new orders for all configuration currently in production, including the Model 3 Performance.
We should ourselves get a chance to drive the car this week as both Seth and I are heading to California this weekend.
If you happen to have a chance to drive the car or you are getting a delivery of your own soon, let us know about your experience.
I myself have one on order for almost a month, but my Performance Model 3 is apparently not in production yet. I have a feeling that it may take a little longer in Canada as Tesla focuses on US deliveries.
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I refuse to sacrifice myself for my children. I do not want them to carry on their shoulders the burden of guilt. When it comes to choosing a house to live in, I face a difficult choice between two places to rent.
I love the first house we visited, which is actually a ground floor flat, but I will choose the second one which is bigger. I am choosing to make it a priority to have space for the children. I am making this choice with all my awareness. I refuse to complain about this choice to my children in the future. I feel that these next five years with the children are very precious. I know they will fly away from the nest rapidly afterwards. I admit I prefer the first place, but I focus on the positive traits of the second one. Hence, I will get a garden to grow vegetables and the children can walk to school without having to cross a busy road.


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THE Ugandan government has vowed to bring back a bill to punish homosexuality with jail time.
Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker who wanted to pass the notorious ‘Kill the Gays’ bill in 2014, has called for the new bill that would also punish the promotion of LGBTI issues, Gay Star News has reported.
“There is no bill on homosexuality,” said Kadaga. “What we need is a new bill.”
Kadaga wants to ban “unnatural acts” including being gay, lesbian or transgender, with longer jail terms.
LGBTI persecution is common in Uganda, with arrests and violence a constant threat. Homosexuality is already punishable by up to seven years in jail.
“We have to do more in this country than passing a bill like this,” said Grace Waitherero of Sexual Minorities Uganda.
“We need to eliminate HIV rather than trying to abuse the rights of Ugandans.
“If there was a law that would allow them to hunt LGBTI people down, they would do it.”


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"Utah Vital Signs 2007: The Ecological Footprint of Utah"
The Ecological Footprint is a leading sustainability tool that tracks the extent to which human demand on nature exceeds what planet Earth can regenerate. It answers the question, "Are we living beyond the means of nature?" Such a measure of the supply and human demand on nature is indispensable for tracking progress, setting targets and driving policies for sustainability. The calculation method has been standardized by the Global Footprint Network, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to make sustainability measurable by advancing the Ecological Footprint. Utah Vital Signs is a partner of the Global Footprint Network.
The Ecological Footprint of the planet has been calculated by the Global Footprint Network in conjunction with WWF International. The results are described in their joint report, The Living Planet Report 2006.
The Utah Vital Signs study focused on the consumption of the human population within the political boundaries of the state of Utah. This is the first time that the Ecological Footprint for a state of the United States has been calculated. Two study years were included, 1990 and 2003, to show the trend within Utah.
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Pope Skinny Hmmm Download mp3. ‘Asuoden Music frontline rapper Pope Skinny after a long while bounce back to release this lovely new single tagged ‘HMMM’.
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Hip hop in Mexico is on the rise and Mujeres Trabajando is just a sample of the artistry happening there… and a good one at that.
It was the Golden Era of photography when the Cuban Revolution broke out, that’s what Roberto Salas told a room of diners in Chicago’s West Loop. He and his father, Osvaldo, were two of the four renowned photographers in La Habana who trekked next to Fidel Castro up the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. The […]
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Hundreds massacred. A government cover-up. Against all odds, a child survived in secret. FINDING OSCAR follows the search for the little boy who can unlock a nation’s healing.
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DJ Marcos Boricua performs in Chicago on Saturday, April 29 at Barra Ñ along with Chicago artist/producer, Bumbac Joe.
Vans partners with world-renowned punk band, Rise Against, to announce surprise show at House of Vans Chicago on April 21.
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Catch Colombian tropical sound makers, Ondatrópica, tonight at East Room. Their new album, Baile Bucanero, is out now.
By The Ponderers on April 11, 2017
Singer/songwriter, Lizi Bailey, releases her freshman LP, “Learning to be Human” on April 21st.
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Presented by Rock Sin Anestesia, Yokozuna, along with Kelroy, Terroir, Los Black Dogs and Resistol Cincomil join forces at Joe’s on Weed Street tonight.
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Chicago-based band Dos Santos: Anti-Beat Orquesta has just premiered a new video for their song, Santa Clara, a single off their latest EP, Fonografic.
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Brazilian American singer-songwriter Monica da Silva drops a fresh new track today called “Soldado de Amor.”
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Joslyn G Ewart, CFP® — August 4, 2020
It is not uncommon for considerations of retirement security to begin with a debate about the capital markets: Will they go up or will they go down? This focus—just as you are trying to plan your retirement savings, establish your retirement date, or generate your desired amount of retirement income—can derail you from the actual considerations that lead to retirement security.
The purpose of this series is to introduce the fundamental components of a secure retirement plan, that may keep you on track and serve you now—pandemic notwithstanding. Whether you are a Generation Z, Millennial, Generation X, or Baby boomer, consider these three steps to ensure your retirement security:
1. Lead with savings
2. Plan based upon your values and prioritized goals
3. Invest for the long-term
Our focus today, in article two, is: Plan based upon your values and prioritized goals. As you read the material, I encourage you to consider how it applies to your personal situation. The more specifically you apply the concepts (nothing wrong with using an old fashioned lined tablet and your favorite pen to jot down your details), the more effectively you will be able to assess just how financially secure you are now and how secure you will likely continue to be even when the pandemic becomes history.
Plan based upon your values and prioritized goals.
Your retirement security planning requires self-reflection, beginning with the identification of what is important to you. You probably know what you value most, but have you jotted it down, in writing? To be specific, if I ask you this question, “What’s important about money, to you?”, what three things come to mind? I encourage you to make a note of your answers.
The reason for writing down what matters to you is that as you clarify the purpose money serves in your life, you can then deploy it effectively. Money is a tool, a servant. When you know what you would like it to do for you—its purpose based upon what you value—formulating a plan for retirement security is within reach, regardless of your stage of life or the ever-changing landscape of current events.
I would like to mention some of the values clients share when they answer the “What’s important about money, to you?” question. For example, our advisors often hear answers identifying the purposes that money serves: comfort; security; freedom; maintaining my lifestyle; never running out of money; leaving a legacy. As we segue our discussion to the consideration of goals, I would also like to mention that when I started my career right out of college, I wrote down several things about what I wanted to achieve with my money. What a difference that written intention made twenty years later, when it was time for me to change careers and start my business.
Prioritizing your financial goals
Choosing to take the time to delineate your financial goals and then to prioritize them sets you apart from many. Congratulations! As financial advisors, we have heard all kinds of reasons why this goal setting process is overlooked. A typical one is: “Ah, my goals are in my head. I don’t need to write them down.” Unfortunately, in such cases, the family’s retirement savings are rarely on track and when the unexpected occurs (a pandemic), fear takes over and chances are that the decisions to follow will reduce savings even further.
Fortunately, readers of all generations can plan using strategies that work. Following is a recipe for success that was formulated from years of experience:
• Identify a purpose for money (your values)
• Delineate precise goals (yours)
• Determine timelines for achieving them (prioritizing)
• Establish a plan for retirement security (in writing)
Depending on your stage of life, the prioritization of your specific goals will likely evolve over time. For example, Gen Z’s may have the specific financial goal of advancing their careers to a certain level of economic achievement, while creating the habit of living within their means using a budget that includes the “expenses” of short-term and retirement savings. Millennials will likely have an established emergency fund, be in a routine of steadily increasing their retirement savings and might be whittling away at their home mortgages so that their primary real estate becomes another asset they fully own.
Gen Xers, by comparison, are further along on their retirement savings trajectories and may be stretching their budgets to build in college funding for their children. Most Baby boomers are on the cusp of retirement or are already retired. Their prioritized goals focus on maintaining their preferred styles of living as well as ensuring that future (unknown) health care costs are comfortably covered.
You may recognize some of the foregoing goals as your own. Having plenty of money for travel is a popular goal, too, although right now travel costs are minimal due to the pandemic. In fact, additional funds that you do not need for travel might be re-directed to replenish any budgeting gaps you have, such as building needed emergency funds or establishing a heavy-maintenance fund account for your home.
As suggested at the outset, a fundamental component of preparing for a secure retirement is to plan based upon your values and prioritized goals. Our three-article series has addressed Lead with Savings and Plan Based Upon Your Values and Prioritized Goals. Should you need inspiration to preserve your planning focus during these troubled times, perhaps this quote by Gloria Steinem will help: “Rich people plan for three generations. Poor people plan for Saturday night.”
Stay tuned for an expanded discussion regarding the capital markets and how to secure your retirement portfolio of investments, in article three of our series: Invest for the long-term.

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He is playing Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Peter Pan – A Musical at the Curve in Leicester.
Young Warwickshire performer Harry Heap has also been taking flying lessons specially for the Christmas show. The 13-year-old from Leamington plays Michael Darling and gets to fly across the stage in the magical production.
Entertainment writer Marion McMullen caught up with James Gaddas to talk about what Christmas means to him.
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The Portage Lakes are in Summit County and consist of a chain of five lakes – Turkeyfoot Lake; West Reservoir; East Reservoir; North Reservoir. Long Lake is not accessible from the main chain. They total 1681 acres of fishing waters with 37.84 miles of shoreline. The Portage Lakes lie within Ohio Division of Wildlife District Three.
The Portage Lakes chain is located a few miles south of the City of Akron. They are bordered by State Route 224 to the north – County Road 50 on the east – State Route 93 on the west – and County Road 224 on the south.
Approximately 5 miles south of Akron. Approximately 35 miles south of Cleveland. Approximately 100 miles northeast of Columbus.
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With its pusher engine, twin boom tail feathers and hugely glassed cockpit canopy, the S.21 looked right out of a pulp aviation comic of its era. This late 1930s/early 1940s Dutch single-seat fighter design was the brainchild of T. E. Slot, the former chief designer of Pander & Son. Of all-metal construction and powered by a German 1050hp DB 600Ga, as conceived, the S.21 was heavily armed with four fixed light machine guns and a curious 23mm Madsen cannon which could be directly handled by its pilot.
The construction of the prototype was initiated in the early 1939, and it was still uncompleted when the German invaded the Nederlands in May 1940. Seized by the conquerors, the prototype, still unfinished and unflown, was destroyed by them during some terminal structural tests.
Magnificently done contemporary cutaway.
This pretty parasol monoplane was developed in Austria-Hungary during the late part of WW1 as a high altitude fighter to be employed mainly over the Italian front. Not a clean sheet design, this monoplane took as a basis the previous Aviatik 30.27 biplane, in fact, it was also powered by a 160hp Steyr-built Le Rhône rotary engine. Only this prototype was built. First flown the summer of 1918, it arrived already too late.
Superb looking machine, in my humble opinion.
The Levriero (Greyhound) was started in late 1938 by Luigi Queirolo and Ing. Recanatini as a wooden twin-engined four-seats small tourism aircraft which soon evolved into a potential military fast liaison and unarmed reconnaissance aircraft for use in the Italian African colonies. The construction of the prototype began in 1940 at the Costruzioni Aeronautiche Taliedo (CAT), a firm specialised in glider construction. Due mainly to business direction changes and the eventual acquisition of the CAT firm by Caproni, the erection of the prototype proceeded both painfully slow and intermittently; the Italian Armistice arrived with no first flight in sight.
In fact, the Levriero had to wait until Oct. 1947 for its air baptism. The flight tests proved its good, even outstanding qualities. A serie of twenty-five was envisaged and the aircraft appeared at some airshows to created interest. It even won a prize at Milan the year of its first flight. Unfortunately, all that hopes came to nothing because it could not compite with the cheap war-surplus aircraft. The aircraft ended its days rotting at the Linate airport.
Powered by a pair of sleek Alfa Romeo 111-1 C.22, this svelte “velivolo’s” fin and wing surfaces reminds me those of the early Heinkel He 111s.
As usual not detailed this Soviet contemporary V-12‘s cutaway. Somehow charming nevertheless.
With this stuffy day there’s something subconscious about my choice of this serious wind-producing machine.
The Ca 134 two-seat biplane conceived by CapronI in 1936 to cover a Regia Aeronautica “strategic reconnaissance” requirement. Quite orthodox in design, the Ca.134 had nevertheless a strange biplane tail with endplate fins and rudders: a feature chosen to give the gunner a fairly unobstructed rear field of fire. Of classic Italian mixed-construction, this biplane was powered by a potent but heavy 900hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI R.CAO.
Displaying a fast pace of design and construction, the first prototype maiden flight took place in Jan. 1937. Soon followed by a second example, the Ca.134 didn’t convince the Italian authorities though. No production was undertaken.
It certainly had allure. Just like its quite related, and also unlucky, little boy.
The Galaxy‘s anniversary the other day reminded me Lockheed’s unsuccessful prequel of the 1940s. Started in 1942, the Constitution was conceived by request of the US. Navy and the Pan Am company both looking a giant leap in range and load capacities. The design chosen employed a huge double-deck fuselage aircraft powered by four P & W R-4360 Wasp Majors, the more powerful engines available. It was not enough. First flown in 1946, the R6V turned out to be seriously underpowered even when re-engined with a more powerful variant of the Wasp Major. Worse, the engines also suffered cooling issues. Due to those problems, just two prototypes were produced and they only saw a brief service with the US. Navy until 1953. Pan Am’s interest had evaporated long before.
Ship No.1 (BuNo 85163) was employed in testing RATO (rocket assisted take-off) operations. It sure needed it at max gross weight. Those minute-looking engines on such an humongous aircraft….
This sublime parasol fighter was a contender in the 1930 French Air Ministry C.1 specification for a fast (350km/h min.) supercharger-engined single-seat fighter. First flown in late 1932, the design proved to be both maneuverable and very fast. In fact, it was the fastest French military aircraft at the time. In the minus side, its pilot’s poor visibility due to its parasol gull-wing configuration. The two prototypes built were the only Les Mureaux 170 ever produced; the Armée de l’air chose the Dewoitine 500 monoplane and the SPAD S.510 biplane instead.
Slightly photoshopped (that tail didn’t float by itself) yet gorgeously neat photo of this beauty.