While I was in Portland the first week in October to share my book at the PNBA book trade show, I made the time to visit Ed's House of Gems at 77th and N.E. Sandy Blvd. Was I glad that I did! I love that store from when I used to shop there in the 1990s, and on this trip I found rock specimens to take home with me, including for gifts.
When I was checking out, I told the woman helping me that I was promoting my book about G.I. Joe's at the nearby trade show at the Holiday Inn. She called her husband to come talk to me and we had such a good time visiting! It turns out that the "Ed" in the store's name was his dad, and he reminisced about how his dad started the rock store after World War II, just like my dad started G.I. Joe's.
Then the two stores paths crossed when my dad started selling leisure time merchandise in Store 3 in North Portland in 1968. Dad sold items for rock enthusiasts including rock polishers. He bought them from Ed's House of Gems! Eventually the supplier set up his own wholesale channel for the polishers, but till then, Ed's was G.I. Joe's supplier.
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NASA's planetary defence programme is now 20 years old
The story of how NASA started and now operates the most precise and detailed map of all asteroids and comets that could potentially strike Earth.
By : Immanuel Jotham
Map of the positions of known near-Earth objects (NEOs) at points in time over the past 20 years, and finishes with a map of all known asteroids as of January 2018. Asteroid search teams supported by NASA's NEO Observations Program have found over 95 percent of near-Earth asteroids currently known. There are now over 18,000 known NEOs and the discovery rate averages about 40 per weekNASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA already has a planetary defence programme in the form of its Center for Near-Earth Object Studies and it is twenty years old now. Established in 1998, it involved astronomers from all over the world and it was set up because of a threat identified that year.
According to a release put out by NASA, observational data on an asteroid, named 1997 XF11 put it on a collision course with Earth. Astronomers believed that believed that the asteroid -- about a kilometre wide could strike Earth in 2028. There was a small chance that it could crash into Earth.
The Minor Planet Center (MPC), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, put out this message, says a NASA report. It was important because MPC is the worldwide repository for asteroid observations and they also carry out initial determination of asteroid orbits. In spite of this message being intended to reach only a few eyes, namely a small community of astronomical scientists that hunt and track asteroids, it was a call to make more observations and collect information.
Around this time, the report notes that several media outlets did not really understand this internal announcement and they mistakenly went about highlighting the chances of Earth going to get hit.
Since Earth was not in the line of 1997 XF11, it is not going to hit in 2028. Astronomers came to this conclusion after performing more precise orbit analysis with the then available asteroid observations, said a report by NASA.
Don Yeomans, who was at that time the leader of the Solar System Dynamics group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), teamed up with colleague Paul Chodas, and the two of them came to the conclusion that the Earth was not going to end in 2028.
"The 2028 impact was essentially impossible," said Chodas, who is now director of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), at JPL.
"To this day we still get queries on the chances of XF11 impacting in 2028," Chodas said. "There is simply no chance of XF11 impacting our planet that year, or for the next 200 years."
Over the last 20 years, CNEOS has made it possible for NASA to become the best in the world as far as asteroid data is concerned, notes the report.
NASA explains that the first step in calculating impact risk asteroids or even comets is to assess whether or not the object's orbit intersects Earth's, if it does, how close will it physically get to Earth?
JPL was already making high-precision orbits calculations for select Near-Earth Objects (NEO) —asteroids and comets with orbits within 195 million kilometres of the Sun. This was reportedly before NASA launched its NEO Observations Program. It has since, over time, upgraded orbit models to cover several thousands of asteroid positions and their orbits.
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Managing bloods sugar over the holiday season can be a challenge, and the temptation to overeat might be high. However, those extra helpings of carb and fat-laden foods can do more than just increase your waistline—they can also wreak havoc on your blood sugar levels. That's why This Week's blog post is focused on food and lifestyle tips for managing your blood sugar during the holidays—and anytime of year!
Can rice actually reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes?
Well that depends on which variety you choose. While steamed rice can be a lower calorie alternative to fat-laden mashed potatoes and stuffing, certain varieties can affect your blood sugar more than others. For example, white rice is higher on the glycemic index than brown rice—meaning that white rice increases blood sugar levels faster. Research indicates substituting ⅓ of brown rice in place of white rice per week could lower type 2 diabetes risk by 16%. Brown and wild rice is also higher in fiber—associated with managing blood sugar levels—compared to white. For more information on which rice is best for managing blood sugar, take our daily quiz.
Is your workday increasing type 2 diabetes risk?
If your job requires you to sit at your desk all day, then the answer could very well be yes. Research indicates that a sedentary lifestyle can increase risk of type 2 diabetes by 91%, compared to those with active lifestyles. If your job keeps you tied to the desk all day, brief bouts of exercise every 30 minutes can help keep blood sugar levels stable. Try doing tricep dips on your desk or bringing a few resistance bands into work to incorporate more activity. Opt for the stairs whenever possible and throw in a set of pushups against the counter when cooking dinner. For more blood sugar-stabilizing workouts, take our daily quiz.
Looking for tips to lower your glycemic load?
Enjoying high-carb desserts and side dishes might be unavoidable as the holiday season rolls around. However, there are some ways to lower your glycemic load when you eat these foods—helping to keep your blood sugar levels stable. For instance, adding a slice of protein-rich cheddar cheese on top of your apple pie can lower your dessert's glycemic load. Mixing in protein and fiber-rich beans into potato dishes can lower glycemic loads since potatoes are high-glycemic foods. And when opting for fruit, choose low-glycemic berries instead of high-glycemic pineapples or bananas. For more tips on lowering your glycemic load this holiday season, take our featured quiz.


How does technology that builds homes in 24-hours disrupt the world?
In March of this year, San Francisco-based startup Apis Cor built a 400-square foot house in just 24 hours. This is compared to a 6-month timeline a 2014 Census Bureau study reported as the average time required to build a single family home. While this might not be comparing apples to apples, there is no doubt change to the construction industry is coming.
Waste, safety issues, and environmental challenges will be greatly reduced, if not eliminated entirely.
versus the current average of $150 per foot as reported by Homeadvisor.
One person managed the process to construct the home.
A second market leader in 3D Printing technology is Winsun, a Shanghai-based company, that in 2014 built ten 3D-printed concrete houses in a single day. These entry-level homes were built at the cost of $4,800 per home. The homes were printed in a number of pieces at an off-site location, transferred to the construction site, and assembled. Other Winsun completed projects include an 11,000 sq ft villa and five-story apartment building.
The "ink" used to create these buildings is comprised of fiberglass, cement, and recycled rubble or plastic.
Another 3D Printing company, Cazza, currently uses a cement made with 80% recycled materials. Cazza is working to increase the speed of their own printing prototype while creating designs that are smooth, showing little to no evidence of material layering.
Homes constructed with 3D Printing will reshape the home buying experience. It will reshape employment in the industry as the U.S. construction sector employed approximately 2,235,780 workers in 2016 and perhaps most importantly, it will reshape the real estate market. If the cost to construct a home is reduced by 90%, what will happen to current property values and related industries?


Arthur C. Clarke's third law of prediction holds that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." The magical space-age design of Asgard in the new Thor movie seems to have taken its cue from this idea in a major way. Here are ten other stories where machinery seems to have merged with sorcery.
Mark Twain tells the story of an engineer who is transported back in time to King Arthur's court, and how he fools them into believing he is a sorcerer. Hank Morgan uses his knowledge of technology and history to impress the people of medieval England. He predicts an eclipse, sets of fireworks, and destroys Merlin's tower with lightning and demolition charges.
The premise of the first novel in Herbert's famous cycle of stories about humanity's distant, galaxy-spanning future is that humans have abandoned technology after a horrific apocalypse involving AI. In its place, they have medieval-style "guilds" of witches, pilots, and other groups who have been genetically altered by the spice melange to do jobs that computers once did. The humans in the books have a very spiritual relationship to both the spice and the ways they are transformed by it. Though they are clearly operating in a technological world of spaceships and intelligence explosions, most characters view themselves as part of a mystical system.
This series, set on a ringed planet on the cusp of an industrial revolution, begins with groups of magical creatures battling each other in shadow realms. The main character is a legendary swordsman who fought bravely in a war against monsters, who later becomes the lover of an elf-like creature who takes him to a magical world. But as the story develops, especially in the second novel, we realize that the "magic" is actually alien technology that the planet's leaders are using to keep the populace enthralled by religion. And the monsters? Those are aliens. The oracles? AI. This is a case of a low-tech society mistaking technology for magic.
The video game series Assassin's Creed has a complex mythology behind it, including a number of technologies that could be viewed as magic. Most notable are the Pieces of Eden, including the Apple of Eden, and the First Civilization (also known as Those Who Came Before). The First Civilization were an advanced race that created humanity and acted as their gods, until Adam and Eve stole the Apple of Eden, beginning the human rebellion. The technology that remains from that time serves as the macguffin in the games. As you play through the games you track down Pieces of Eden and slowly put together the origin of humanity, learning that it isn't magic or religion, but science that formed the world as we know it.
5. Futurama, "Leela and the Genestalk"
This Futurama episode plays on the old story of Jack and the Beanstalk. After Leela begins turning into a squid, Fry trades the ship for a handful of magic beans that the trader claims will cure any ailment. Resigned to her fate, Leela tells Fry that this is "one of those rare problems with no magic solution." Later, she finds the fully grown beanstalk and decides to take a chance on magic, only to discover that the beanstalk was never magic, it was genetically engineered by Mom.
Robert Zelazny's novel is set in the far future where humans have begun using technology to practice the Hindu religion. Instead of dying, they use technology to transfer the consciousness to a new human or animal host. One class of people have additional technological advances and the rest of society worships them as gods.
His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god.
David Gerrold and Larry Niven's novel deals explicitly with the idea of using science as magic. Purple, an astronaut/geologist/anthropologist, crash lands on a primitive world. Much like characters in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Purple uses his knowledge of advanced technology to trick the people into believing he is a magician. The book is written, rather humorously, from the perspective of Lant, one of the leaders of the native society. We see firsthand how Lant and the other natives view Purple's technology as magic.
In The Prestige, two stage magicians compete for audiences by using science as magic. All of their stage acts are based on technology, they are illusions to fool the audience. The audience in the film believes wholeheartedly that the magicians can perform real acts of magic, especially after after seeing Alfred Borden perform a convincing teleportation trick called The Transported Man. Even his competition, Robert Angier, can't figure out how the trick could have been done. In order to win back the crowd, Angier enlists the help of everyone's favorite overused historical figure Nikola Tesla. Tesla creates a teleportation machine for Angier to use in his act.
We don't want re-awaken your Post-Midichlorian Stress Disorder (PMSD), but what's canon is canon. In the original three Star Wars movies (episodes 4-6), the Force was a mystical power, kind of like the Hindu notion of the "Brahman," a world essence that some groups teach can be found only through self-knowledge. In the second Star Wars trilogy (episodes 1-3), the Force is very clearly a scientific phenomenon, channeled by some genetic handwavery called Midichlorians. Lucas basically retconned a magical force into something scientific. This is actually incredibly typical of these sorts of stories, from Richard K. Morgan's work, to the Genestalk from Futurama. So you may have PMSD, but this plot swerve puts Star Wars neatly into the tradition described by Clarke's third law.
It's fitting that we end this post with one of Clarke's most memorable novels, about a mysterious, cylindrical object that passes through our solar system, leaving confusion in its wake. Though none of the characters in the book believe that the vessel is magic, its technology is so incredibly advanced that they are unable to figure any of it out. It might as well be sorcery. We follow our characters as they explore the ship, meeting life forms that could be livestock, aliens, or computers — who knows? Clarke does an incredible job evoking a civilization that is clearly scientific, but whose rules are so opaque that humans simply cannot figure any of them out.
The Green Lantern and other Corps' power rings appear to be magic, but are actually advanced technology. They require recharging, and are seen as a way of harnessing power. In various stories the rings have been hacked, reprogrammed, and used as communication devices. Unlike Thor, the other obviously magical/technological comic book character, Green Lantern is not ripped from the pages of mythology. So he's a pure example of a character with advanced tech who seems to have magical powers.


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Jennifer Aniston Honored with Star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored Jennifer Aniston with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 22, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the W Hollywood Hotel at the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine. Emcee Leron Gubler, President & CEO of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce along with guest speakers Adam Sandler, Malin Ackerman and Kathryn Hahn helped Aniston unveil the 2,462nd star in the category of Motion Pictures.
Jennifer Anistonwas born in Sherman Oaks, California. Her family moved to New York City when her father was cast in a role on the daytime drama "Love ofLife." As an eleven-year-old student at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, shejoined the drama club and her experience there encouraged her to pursue acting as acareer. She then studied further at New York's High School of the Performing Arts. After she graduated in 1987, she landed roles in the off-Broadway production For Dear Life, at New York's Public Theater, and Dancing on Checker's Grave.
Aniston's television career then started after being cast as a series regular on "Molloy" and "The Edge." She had guest-starring roles on "Quantum Leap" and "Burke's Law" and a starring role in "Ferris Bueller." She was then cast in perhaps her most well-known role as Rachel Green in the classic television comedy "Friends." For her role as Rachel, she received five Emmy nominations, two SAG Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. She won an Emmy (2002) and a Golden Globe (2003) for Lead Actress in a Comedy. The generosity of her fans led to her winning five People's Choice Awards.
During hiatus from "Friends," Aniston pursued a budding film career. She had roles in THEN THERE WAS YOU, PICTURE PERFECT, DREAMS FOR AN INSOMNIAC, SHE'S THE ONE, ROCK STAR and THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION — the first of her roles with Paul Rudd — and BRUCE ALMIGHTY with Jim Carrey. One of her most critically-acclaimed roles was 2002's THE GOOD GIRL with Jake Gyllenhaal, for which Aniston received an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
With the emotional end of "Friends" and her time as Rachel Green, Aniston devoted herself full-time to her movie career. She had starring roles in RUMOR HAS IT with Kevin Costner and Shirley Maclaine, DERAILED with Clive Owen and the box-office hit THE BREAK-UP with Vince Vaughn. For her role as a depressed housekeeper in director Nicole Holofcener's FRIENDS WITH MONEY, the independent film which also starred Frances McDormand and Catherine Keener, Aniston received some of the best reviews of her career.
Proving her ability to navigate the world of both independent and studio-financed films, Aniston also co-starred in the box-office hits in the emotionally-moving MARLEY & ME with Owen Wilson and HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU. She also starred alongside leading men Gerard Butler in THE BOUNTY HUNTER and Aaron Eckhart in LOVE HAPPENS. Adam Sandler played her leading man in the comedy hit JUST GO WITH IT. After co-starring in THE SWITCH, her first film with Jason Bateman, Aniston and Bateman costarred in the box-office hit HORRIBLE BOSSES, which also starred Jason Sudeikis and Colin Farrell, and in which Aniston played a sexually insatiable dentist. On February 24, she will be seen opposite Paul Rudd in WANDERLUST, the new comedy from director David Wain and producer Judd Apatow, which will be released nationwide by Universal Pictures.
Aniston has also pursued her interest in directing. Her first film was the short "Room 10," which was part of an award-winning short film series. She most recently directed one of an anthology of five short films, "Five," which explores the impact of breast cancer on people's lives and for which she received a DGA Award nomination.
Over the years, Aniston has been involved with numerous charitable organizations, including: St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Lili Claire Foundation, AmeriCares, GLAAD, Project A.L.S., the U.S. Campaign for Burma, Stand Up To Cancer and many others.
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So it was the wedding for which this was the engagement. Turns out neither the bride nor the groom like wedding cake, so they came up with this alternative. Instead of, you know, chocolate cake, vanilla cake, strawberry cake, carrot cake, red velvet cake (which I KNOW they like), cheese cake, cupcakes, macaroons, cake pops … we had to play Spin the Bottle with Captain Morgan.
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We went to Michaela and Andrew's wedding – on the side of the road. Michaela looked beautiful and suitably weddingy, but Andrew seemed to have lost the plot, and wore a clown suit.
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We're going to a wedding this weekend (yay!) and so I dreamt about Kath getting ready. She was at the hairdresser having her hair and make up done, and was looking very glam and bridal.
… she decided to leap into a pool in all her wedding finery – before the wedding!
Making the hairdresser VERY unhappy.
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In real life, I read that Brad and Angelina are starting to think of, maybe, possibly, perhaps getting married.
In this dream, they were filming a new movie in my mom's coffee shop.
In real life, we might be planning a trip to Namibia next year.
In this dream, their perhaps wedding was going to be in Namibia.
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I went to a beautiful wedding this weekend, and before the wedding I had this dream.
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What's the Difference Between Tool and Die?
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January 17, 2020 3:48 pm Comments Off on What's the Difference Between Tool and Die?
The terms "tool" and "die" are used interchangeably to the point that many machinists refer to the field broadly as "tool and die", regardless of their specific expertise. In general, this practice is completely appropriate—there is little functional difference between a tool and a die, if any, and most machinists who fabricate tools also create dies. However, there are some nuances to the terms in industry, so it's worth breaking down the slight distinctions.
The easiest way to think of the difference between a tool and a die is simply that dies are a subset of tools—all dies are tools, but not all tools are dies. In metal stamping, a tool can be almost any mechanical device used to cut, form, support, or mold metals. By that definition, jigs and fixtures are tools, as are drills and cutting blades. Dies, on the other hand, are only those tools that functionally change the shape of the metal. Dies are typically the female components of a larger tool or press.
Even more confusing, many industry stakeholders will also refer to the male partner of a female die component as a die. In this common usage, the punch block is called a die, as is the punch or press, but structural components like fixtures are still tools. Still others consider any tool containing a die to be a die itself.
Working under the second framework, where a die is considered to be both the male and female forming parts, it becomes more useful to classify dies by function rather than to debate the somewhat nebulous distinction between terms.
Die Types
There is a wide dictionary of terms used to classify dies, some broader than others. At the highest level, dies can be separated by their function of either cutting or forming the stock material. Any die that removes, cuts, or shears material can be called a cutting die, regardless of its mechanism, while a die that doesn't remove anything is a forming die.
This classification is a bit of an oversimplification, as some dies do combine cutting and forming functions. It's also possible to go further with these types of groupings—considering coining dies separate from forming ones, for instance—but those distinctions are based on the process itself and can be seen as somewhat redundant.
Another useful way to classify dies is to consider what happens with each stroke of the press as a portion of the whole tooling process.
Read blog: Progressive Die vs. Transfer Die vs. Compound Die Stamping
Simple Dies
A simple die, as its name suggests, only performs one cutting or forming action per stroke. These specialized machines can be cost-effective for simple designs, but they are far less efficient where multiple forming actions are necessary.
Compound Dies
Compound dies are designed so that a single stroke accomplishes multiple cutting and forming actions. Although combining operations can slow down the stroke, compound dies are more efficient over the course of the tool manufacturing process and minimize the chance of errors when transferring a workpiece between multiple stations. These dies are generally less costly than progressive dies.
Progressive Dies
Progressive dies offer one of the most efficient methods of accomplishing multiple operations on a single blank. Rather than performing operations simultaneously, however, the modifications occur at separate stations as a feeding mechanism continuously pushes metal into the die.
In this way, each stroke initiates multiple cutting or forming actions, but they are applied to different segments of the workpiece—each of which will become its own finished component. The final station removes a finished component from the longer workpiece, meaning that each stroke yields one or more parts even as others are in process.
Transfer Dies
Transfer dies resemble progressive dies, but they begin with pre-cut blanks that must be mechanically transferred between stations rather than using one continuously-fed strip of metal. Conveyor belts or transfer fingers often provide the transfer action. A transfer die allows for heightened efficiency even when working with larger parts or more complex parts that aren't compatible with progressive die cutting.
Multiple Dies
A gang press or multiple die press is unique in that it creates multiple components with every stroke of the press. Typically, this requires several identical dies to be linked to the same control mechanism so that they can operate in sync with one another.
Parts of a Die
Though there are differences across categories—especially between cutting and forming dies—most dies consist of a similar set of components:
Die block. The die block is comparable to a mold in that it has holes and indentations that correspond to the desired shape of the component. The punch or press depresses the piece into the die block to achieve the desired shape. In most cases, this is the female portion of the die.
Die holder. A die holder supports the die block, and the holder itself is supported by a bolster plate. These pieces are attached to the upper or lower die shoe.
Punch plate. The punch plate attaches the actual punching component to the ram, which propels its movement.
Punch. The punch is the male portion of the die which actually descends onto the workpiece to force a conformational change.
Stripper plate. The stripper plate helps separate the workpiece from the punch after each stroke.
Guide pin. Guide pins are essential to precisely align the upper and lower halves of a die.
Pressure plates/back-up plates. Various pressure plates are installed in the die to distribute the extreme pressure applied by the punch.
Difference Between Male and Female Dies
We've repeatedly referred to male and female dies, but it can be helpful to clarify exactly what that means—especially since dies show so much diversity.
As in electronics, the male component is the protruding component, while the female is the depression or indentation.
— In the context of metal stamping, the male punch is driven into the die block to cut or form the workpiece (or both, as discussed above).
— The corresponding female part defines the shape of the component and includes the die block indentations into which the workpiece is pressed. The female portion is not always composed of solid cavities, however, and holes can be useful to allow sheared or drilled metal to be cleared easily.
Except in instances where the operation uses only a simple die, the male portion will likely comprise multiple steel cutting or forming punches with the female portions matching the male pattern.
Turnkey Toolmaking Services by ESI
At Engineering Specialties, Inc., we specialize in the design and manufacture of highly complex dies and tools. Our team of experienced toolmakers sees each project through from CAD rendering to production using the most advanced CNC equipment available. Our attention to detail at each of these steps allows us to achieve 0.0002″ tolerances on custom dies, ensuring that your components are formed with the utmost precision.
ESI's capabilities and equipment enable us to accommodate high-volume production runs and complicated technical challenges while maintaining quick lead times and affordable pricing. We can create single dies for in-house use or act as a full-service manufacturing partner. For more information about tooling and our capabilities, please contact us today for a free project analysis.
An Inside Look into ESI's Metal Stamping and Manufacturing Capabilities
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Before we begin a metal stamping project with our customers, we make sure to understand how they work and how their component will work. Understanding the complete manufacturing process is important, from a part's design and the equipment it runs on, on all the way through to delivery.
That's why we compiled a virtual tour of ESI's facility — so that you could see how we work. The video provides a glimpse of our automated equipment and state-of-the-art technologies. Our goal is to show you why top-tier manufacturers choose ESI for tight tolerances and tough challenges, so we packed as many processes from our facility as we could into this 3-minute video.
A Glimpse at Our Capabilities
Inside our video, we show off the variety of skills and capabilities we've perfected at ESI since our start in the late 90s. This includes:
ESI provides metal stamping for virtually any product at high and low volumes.
We offer our clients progressive stamping to eliminate inefficiencies and cost-effectively complete multiple actions on one single press rather than repeatedly switching tooling or utilizing multiple presses. Additionally, we offer fourslide metal stamping to enable horizontal alignment and four different tools for the simultaneous bending of the workpiece.
Tool and Die Manufacturing
Beyond our metal stamping abilities, ESI can also partner you with our design and engineering experts to help manufacture tools and high-precision progressive dies for the most complex project specifications.
ESI provides their customers tolerances as tight as .0005″ (.01 mm) for parts and .0002″ (.005 mm) for dies, high-level technology like CNC machines, blueprints, and quality inspection devices, and high volume production loads.
Finishing & Assembly Services:
Additionally, ESI offers both finishing and assembly services across a variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, and medical.
Our assembly services help simplify your production process by manufacturing, automatically assembling, and then inspecting your part all in one place with one vendor. Furthermore, we offer a wide breadth of metal finishes for different applications based on corrosion resistance needs, pricing restrictions, aesthetics, thermal conductivity, and a whole host of other decision factors.
Quality to Meet Your Exact Specifications:
ESI is certified IATF 16949, which is the latest automotive quality standard—similar to ISO and built on the same platform, but more stringent in certain areas.
However, no matter what your product, or what your specifications, ESI is driven by the demand to deliver quality for all their customer's projects.
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At ESI, the customer and the quality of the customer's product is our top concern. Check out our new company video to learn more about we talked about above and to get an answer to the question: "Why ESI?"
For questions about our capabilities and services or to request a free project analysis, reach out to contact us today!
Manufacturing of the Future: ESI Speeds Up Production With 3 New Machines
April 24, 2018 2:18 pm Comments Off on Manufacturing of the Future: ESI Speeds Up Production With 3 New Machines
There has been a lot of speculation lately about the future of manufacturing. What will be the top trends? How will manufacturing's contribution to the GDP change? How will jobs shift as technology becomes "smarter"?
It's difficult to definitively answer these questions. But one thing is for sure: the manufacturing renaissance is here, and it is sweeping the industry. Technologies like 3D printing have been commercialized, and equipment embedded with sensors can now "communicate" with each other using the Internet of Things (IoT).
The availability of data for strategic planning, the rise automated machines, and a slew of other exciting advances are allowing manufacturers to produce units faster, smarter, and leaner than ever before.
At Engineering Specialities Inc., (ESI), unmatched production efficiency isn't a luxury; it's how we do business. Recently, we added three new top-of-the-line machines to speed up production times, allowing us to get solutions to our clients faster and more efficiently than ever.
Wire Straightening Machine: Producing Defect-Free Items, Faster
Commitment to quality is of paramount importance in any manufacturing endeavor. But deadlines must be adhered to as well. ESI's team helps customers contend with difficult turnaround times and urgent needs. In a bid to expedite part production even further, we have added a fully enclosed and integrated wire straightening and cutting machine to our equipment line-up.
This machine takes round or shaped wire off a coil, straightens the wire to eliminate irregularities such as bends, and cuts it to the precisely desired length for inherently defect-free items — all in one go for better quality at a faster turnaround.
Automated Packaging Machine: Reducing Time to Ship by a Quarter
ESI is proud to offer end-to-end manufacturing solutions that include quality assurance, inspection, and assembly services. Proper packaging is a key component in this sequence, and manual execution is no longer efficient or effective.
This is why we have switched over to a sophisticated automated packaging system that does the work of 20 hours in just five.
This new packaging machine first unfolds the boxes, then loads the parts, weighs them, and packages them according to their weight. Finally, the boxes are wrapped with a pallet wrapping machine, allowing us to deliver products faster and at lower prices.
New Metal Stamping Press: A Single Tool for Many Industries
We've also introduced a 45-ton stamping press that is versatile enough to serve the progressive die stamping needs of a whole slew of industries and applications, including automotive, aerospace, medical, lighting, specialty plumbing, industrial hardware locks, and electrical connectors.
With this new stamping press, we can now further streamline our production and speed up the time required to manufacture complicated parts.
With 25 different presses and over 60,000 square feet of combined manufacturing space, we remain committed to constant improvement and innovation in all aspects of our work.
These exciting new equipment additions are just the beginning. We believe in constantly adding to our skills and our equipment in order to best serve demanding industries, like the medical sector, with reliable custom parts — such as this high-quality spring and electronics shield we produced for vital monitoring equipment. Without the advanced manufacturing technology and the expertise needed to cut multiple part blanks at the same time, we wouldn't have been able to deliver such a competitive budget or fast deadline for this order.
To view more past work and further explore ESI's capabilities, check out our gallery.
You can also request a custom quote to discuss options for your specific needs.
How Is Technology Changing Manufacturing?
January 24, 2018 2:40 pm Comments Off on How Is Technology Changing Manufacturing?
Over the past several years, advanced technology has come to the forefront in the manufacturing world.
This technology not only enhances processes via automation, it has also allowed for a huge resurgence in U.S. manufacturing. In fact, data from the Institute for Supply Management showed that as of October 2017, the U.S. manufacturing industry had expanded at its fastest pace in 13 years.
Evolutions in additive manufacturing, automation and industrial robotics are changing every step in the manufacturing process. Manufacturers are adopting robotics and technologies to collaborate with human engineers and operators, freeing them up for higher-level tasks and thereby increasing overall efficiency.
At ESI, we're proud to be a part of this exciting shift. We make use of various advanced manufacturing and industrial automation technologies, allowing us to provide cost-efficient, high-quality products with extremely quick turnarounds. Take a look at some of our automated processes below to see just how much time manufacturing technology saves us — and our customers.
Time saved for prototyping jobs: Over 200 hours
The use of 3D printing has dramatically reduced the amount of time needed to develop and produce prototypes, as well as the overall costs associated with the process.
Before we started utilizing 3D printing, it could take up to two weeks to design and develop a prototype. Additive manufacturing has reduced that time to just three or four hours. And since less time is required to build the prototype, ESI can now devote more time to thoroughly testing and evaluating the part, which, in turn, allows us to more easily adjust and optimize the design as needed.
Automated Packaging
Time saved for packaging: 15 hours
The team at ESI also makes use of a sophisticated automated packaging machine that loads parts, weighs, and packages them according to weight. With this manufacturing technology, ESI has been able to significantly reduce the overall time and costs needed for all packaging processes.
What used to take 20 hours with manual packaging now takes just five hours. This allows us to get products to customers faster, at lower rates than allowed by manual packaging.
Vision Inspection/Assembly
Time saved for inspection: 10 mins. per part (for million-part jobs)
To ensure our products are of the highest possible quality, we employ an integrated vision inspection and assembly system — a unique, customized assembly machine featuring built-in technology that inspects part runs in the millions.
This allows for high precision and nearly eliminates the risk of any defects or problems. With this technology, we've significantly reduced the amount of time needed to check dozens of specified criteria; now, this complex analysis can be done in just milliseconds. And since this system combines assembly and inspection processes, we can more effectively manufacture large runs of parts with greater accuracy.
Before we started using this technology, the turnaround time for inspection and assembly was about 10 minutes per part, but now it's just half a second! Jobs that would have been nearly impossible to complete are now easily doable.
Automation and robotics deliver a range of benefits for both industrial companies and their customers. At ESI, our advanced manufacturing technology provides shorter turnarounds, faster production times, and higher-quality products, giving us more time to work with our customers to perfect part engineering, design, and functionality.
To learn more about our manufacturing technology, or to further discuss the benefits of automation, check out our eBook on high-volume production, available in our comprehensive resource library.
Inside ESI: How Our Manufacturing Equipment Works
November 29, 2016 8:00 am Comments Off on Inside ESI: How Our Manufacturing Equipment Works
Committed to continual improvement, the team at ESI is constantly on the lookout for new equipment and processes that will ensure the highest-quality, fastest production — especially for the largest runs.
To accomplish this, we've even custom-built a few machines of our own.
You may have heard about our latest venture in 3D printing to expand our metal stamping capabilities and better serve our diverse clients. But this isn't the only valuable investment we've made over the years.
Below, we explore the state-of-the-art machines that have helped us solve our customers' toughest challenges.
State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Equipment
Swiss-Made Wire Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM)
Added in March of this year, the AgieCharmilles CUT 300 mS specializes in high-speed wire EDM cutting and boasts cutting tolerances of ±2 µm and surface qualities as fine as Ra 0.1 µm.
In addition to its high precision and fine surface finishes, it also provides significant time and cost savings. What does all this mean? Higher-quality products, faster turnaround times, and lower costs for our customers.
Read more about how our EDM machine saved a customer money while allowing for design flexibility.
150-Ton Stamping Press
Progressive die stamping provides a cost-effective way to produce metal components with complex geometries at extremely high speeds while ensuring high reliability and minimal scrap. With a bed size of 48 in. x 60 in., our 150-ton press can stamp a variety of formed and flat parts.
Discover how our 150-ton stamping press saved one client 80% of their part order and cut their lead time from 10 weeks to four.
Custom Vision Inspection Machine
To ensure reliable quality, ESI designed a proprietary vision inspection machine that can inspect parts based on dozens of criteria — in milliseconds.
A laser sensor triggers a camera, which captures an image of the part as it drops through a window in the machine. These quality inspections are faster and more accurate than human inspection and allow us to deliver millions of parts at a quicker turnaround, with zero defects.
To get an inside look at how this groundbreaking technology works, download our eBook, "High Volumes, Zero Defects: How It Works" or see it in action here.
In addition to our metal stamping capabilities for complex parts, we also offer assembly services. Through our automated assembly and inspection services, we can increase production rates while reducing your costs and turnaround times.
See for yourself how we were able to increase productivity and decrease defect rates for one of our recent customers.
Automated Packaging Line
As an extension of our automated assembly services, ESI's automated packaging line weighs and counts bulk parts to precisely fill cartons, allowing for speedy and accurate packaging before delivery.
About ESI Precision Metal Stamping
Here at ESI, we pride ourselves on our precision metal stamping expertise and one-on-one personal service. With a variety of high-quality metal stamping machines, we can work on projects of any size, for any industry — from aerospace and medical to military and automotive.
We invite you to visit our cutting-edge facilities in North Branford, Conn., where we have 57,000 square feet of manufacturing space. To see our equipment in action. Contact us today to schedule your visit.
Thinking Green: ESI Supports Environment with Solar Panels
April 22, 2016 9:30 am Leave a Comment
Solar power usage saving CT manufacturer gas, money, and emissions
Earth Day is just as important in the manufacturing field as it is in the private realm — especially for local metal stamper Engineering Specialties, Inc. (ESI), which saves one hundred tons of CO2 per year with its building's solar panels.
More than two years ago, ESI worked with Independence Solar to install one of the area's largest photovoltaic solar panel arrays. The completed project, which required a total of 494 solar panels on the roof of ESI's 30,500-square-foot metal stamping and machining facility, has a maximum power generation capacity of 124 kilowatts (kW).
"We are happy and excited to be doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint," said ESI President Ron Delfini. "The energy efficiency we're achieving is a large aspect of our mission to be a responsible, environmentally-friendly manufacturer."
Originally anticipated to fulfill about 65% of ESI's electrical requirements, the system has been performing above expectations — to date, the system generates an average of 70% of ESI's requirements.
In two years, ESI's solar panel array has generated over 340,000 kW hours (kWh) of electricity. This amounts to a 250-ton reduction in their carbon footprint. To put it another way, the panels' energy output is the equivalent of over 28,000 gallons of gasoline — enough to drive 50 cars for a year.
And the solar panels are saving more than just energy.
"Between energy savings and incentive payments, we generate approximately $41,000 a year," Delfini said.
By generating their own electricity, ESI mitigates spikes in energy prices. Keeping a significant operating cost stable allows them to focus on investing in high-end equipment and technology for the benefit of their clients.
As an added bonus, ESI's solar panel program also benefits the local Connecticut community. On sunny days, any surplus energy not used by the building is fed back into the grid, helping to keep their neighbors' energy supply stable and affordable.
ESI's solar power progress is available online to the public. Numbers, including current and past solar generation, kilowatt hours produced, tons of carbon saved, and more information can be viewed at Live.DeckMonitoring.com/?id=esi.
Cutting Labor Costs with Automated Assembly
March 9, 2016 9:21 am Leave a Comment
When Henry Ford first introduced the assembly line concept in the early 1900s, it was a serious game-changer — revolutionizing not just the automobile industry, but the entire manufacturing industry virtually overnight.
After more than a century since Ford's innovation, the manufacturing landscape is now facing a similar manufacturing revolution: automated assembly.
Automating certain manufacturing processes, particularly advanced assembly processes, can carry a number of benefits:
Quicker Turnaround Time
Smart, efficient use of automation reduces turnaround time for projects. With automation, it is easy to combine a number of assembly capabilities or production steps into a single step. ESI's custom assembly machine with vision inspection, for example, assembles and compares dozens of part dimensions simultaneously in just seconds.
See how it works in the video below, or download the case study for the full story.
This combination of steps not only saves time, but also saves space in a facility. With one piece of automated equipment performing multiple steps, the individual work stations for each of those steps can be eliminated.
Higher Quality
Automation also enhances production quality. While some tasks, such as aligned press fits, are often difficult to perform manually, they can be made much more efficiently and accurately through automation. Automated assembly also allows for a high degree of conformity across pieces, another manufacturing aspect that is typically difficult to accomplish manually.
Further, quality assurance steps can be implemented into an automation system in the same way that multiple production processes can be incorporated. ESI, for example, incorporates cutting edge vision-based inspection technology into all of our automated processes. This allows us to deliver assemblies with virtually 0% defect rates.
Reduced Labor Costs
One of the most important benefits of automated assembly is the opportunity for both direct and indirect labor cost savings. Directly, the reduction in cost of labor is clear. Every step that can be automated is a step that an employee no longer has to perform; this frees time for other tasks that can't be automated.
However, indirect labor savings achieved through automated assembly are often easily overlooked. Automation can reduce:
— Material handling and component orientation time
— In-process inventory, when replacing batch operations
— Finished product inventory
— Scrap
— Defective pieces
— Personnel training
All of these reductions help to keep the cost of assembly low, but are often not considered in cost savings calculations.
Learn How ESI Can Cut Costs on Your Next Project
To learn about ESI's automation capabilities, visit the Automated Assembly page of our website. To learn how ESI assembles and inspects more than 500,000 parts per week, download our new case study.
ESI Adds Swiss-Made Wire EDM Machine to Connecticut Facility
March 4, 2016 3:32 pm 1 Comment
Engineering Specialties, Inc. (ESI) is excited to announce the addition of a new high-speed wire EDM cutting machine to its line of innovative equipment.
The introduction of the AgieCharmilles CUT 300 mS, the most versatile wire EDM machine on the market, will exponentially expand upon ESI's precision machining capabilities and services.
Specializing in high speed wire EDM cutting, the CUT 300 mS features a large 22" x 14" x 16" cutting area with X, Y, Z travel capabilities, and wire diameters ranging from .076 to 0.33 mm. The machine's outstanding precision can achieve a cutting tolerance of ±2 µm and surface quality as fine as Ra 0.1 µm, as well as taper cuts at full height up to 45 degrees.
This high standard of precision is maintained by the CUT 300 mS' active thermo-stabilization system, which is capable of maintaining water temperature within +/- 0.2 degrees Celsius. The machine's numerical controls, 3D setup, smart threading, and intuitive human-machine interface allow for high speed data transmission and facilitate quick adjustments during and between jobs.
With these state-of-the-art capabilities, the CUT 300 mS cuts pieces with the highest precision while providing both time and cost savings in a variety of ways. Finally, this high-speed wire EDM cutter is built for long lasting precision, so customers will never have to worry about a decline in quality.
For ESI customers specifically, the addition of the CUT 300 mS means they will receive better quality products thanks to optical communication lines delivering high accuracy and the finest surface finishes. The versatility of this machine opens up ESI's capabilities in manufacturing a range of different types of projects, applications, and industries.
About ESI
Engineering Specialties, Inc. (ESI) has delivered custom engineering and manufacturing solutions for over two decades. ESI utilizes cutting edge technologies to cut costs and improve quality for its customers' most time-sensitive and safety-critical jobs. For more information about ESI's design and machining services, including its new wire EDM cutting capabilities, please visit the website today.
Is Your Metal Stamping Supplier Using the Latest Automated Technologies?
January 20, 2016 9:00 am 1 Comment
The business world runs on technology — it always has, and it always will.
Companies in the medical, aerospace and automotive markets work with state-of-the-art technology every day, and their business rely on high standards with no room for error. Thus, they look for manufacturers who also utilize state-of-the-art technology to produce high quality parts.
Advanced vision systems, for example, are able to inspect dozens of different part characteristics in milliseconds. Manufacturers with this technology, such as ESI, can deliver millions of parts with virtually zero defects — promising flawless quality with quick turnaround.
Below are four videos taken in our facility, each of which highlights a different aspect of our detailed production process.
Metal Stamping & Assembly
Where some component companies focus solely on producing a single part, ESI is capable of providing a full suite of automated assembly capabilities, reducing costs and production time. To better serve a variety of applications, we utilize both progressive stamping and fourslide stamping techniques.
Sophisticated Assembly for Complex Products
We've provided quality metal stamping production for more than two decades. We built application-specific automated assembly technologies that incorporate precision vision inspection on every single part. ESI deals with many different volumes and material types, so we're confident in our ability to handle any and all client requests.
While you can expect to experience cost savings when you partner with ESI, you will never encounter a drop in product quality. Our advanced equipment ensures the high quality production machining of even the most exacting parts, and our knowledgeable team has the experience needed to seamlessly execute projects to your company's liking.
Automated Assembly + Advanced Inspection
Our advanced machine vision systems use imaging software to inspect multiple parts at the same time, guaranteeing that customers receive their parts to print on time, every time. These machines have allowed ESI to manufacture projects greater than 100 million parts, without a single part per million defect.
If your current supplier is not employing the latest technology to produce your parts, contact ESI to learn more about what we have to offer.
Want more information about how ESI has virtually eliminated high-volume metal stamping defects? Access our latest eBook, 3 Solutions to Eliminate High-Volume Metal Stamping Defects.
3 Ways to Address High-Volume Metal Stamping Defects
January 11, 2016 1:49 pm 2 Comments
A common need in today's business and manufacturing world is the production of large quantities of complex parts – with quick and accurate results.
Finding a cost-effective metal stamper that can meet the required time frame also isn't easy. There are a few challenges that can slow production time or quality.
Combatting Defect Rates
Defect rates are one of the most common challenges that come with high-volume runs. These types of runs can incorporate numbers as large as millions or even hundred-millions. With this many parts, inspection of each piece becomes quite challenging.
ESI's team created a solution for the high-volume inspection process to help prevent potentially defective parts from reaching the customer.
Our solution involves using multi-part fixturing that allows multiple parts to be inspected simultaneously. This special inspection method involves coordinate measuring machines, or CMMs, which use a probe to do a tactile inspection of each part, coupled with machine vision systems inspecting parts using imaging software.
ESI's multi-part fixtures allow us to measure and compare hundreds of part dimensions in only a few minutes. Not only is the process time-sensitive, it also guarantees quality and fidelity of the parts we manufacture at any size run. This ensures that no defective parts are sent out to valued customers by maintaining quality assurance across all orders.
Other Challenges
The multi-part fixture is simply one solution to various problems associated with metal stamping high-volume runs. Our latest eBook addresses two other challenges commonly faced with such runs, such as when a process does not output the part as it was designed, and when a high-volume production wears down tools, resulting in eventual delays.
To learn more about potential challenges in high-volume runs of metal stamping, as well as further solutions to these issues, download our free eBook, 3 Solutions to High-Volume Metal Stamping Defects.
Click here to access the eBook or select the button below.


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Sep 04, 2014 · The sinking of the Sewol ferry on 16 April 2014 will be remembered as South Korea's worst maritime disaster. The tragedy paralysed South Korean society for months and its impact remains palpable today. While the rest of South Korea was celebrating on 15 August, Liberation Day, with a festival of.
The ferry could legally carry up to 956 persons, including the crew members. The Sewol made the trip from Incheon to Jeju three times per week, a trip that was approximately 250 miles and took over 13 hours. The ferry was also carrying over 175 cars and.
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Abstract. Abstract: This article examines visual images of the Sewol Ferry disaster and its traumatic aftermath. It focuses on paintings by Hong Sung-dam, who has grappled with visualizing various moments of historical injustice and trauma in his art—particularly the work Sewŏl Owŏl (2014) and paintings exhibited in the exhibition Dŭlsum, Nalsum (Inhaling and exhaling) (2016).
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The Sewol ferry disaster severely shocked Korean society. The objective of this study was to explore how the public mood in Korea changed following the Sewol disaster using Twitter data. Data were collected from daily Twitter posts from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013 and from 1 March 2014 to 30 June 2014 using natural language-processing and text-mining technologies.
BACKGROUND: Two hundred and fifty 11th grade students and teachers from Danwon High School drowned, during a school trip, in the Sewol Ferry Disaster. The goal of this study was to investigate the experiences of the psychiatrists who volunteered and provided psychiatric services to the students at Danwon High School.
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News Desk:All offices of British Council in Bangladesh were declared to open on the 26thSeptember and the functions of all offices will resume from today morning after remaining closed for 2 months.
The British Council officials confirmed the matter at press briefing and an official notice through their website.
All types of official tasks were temporarily stopped for a few days for construction but the offices were declared to be closed on the 27th July this year because of the panic of IS militants attack. This is because the students of English medium schools were suffering horribly as British Council runs those schools.
The students and guardians got relieved hearing the news.
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Mike Hughes meets two firms working under the same roof – the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre at the University of Huddersfield – in two very different areas of cutting – edge technology.
First, Simon Iwaniszak of Red Kite Games. I was particularly interested when the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was briefly reborn recently, because mine is still on the shelf in my old bedroom at my parents' home – next to the ZX81.
Getting the ZX81 was a big day for me, with its 1k powerhouse, all you had to do was persuade mum she could watch Emmerdale later, plug it in to the telly and v-e-r-y slowly battle aliens, or whatever it was the ZX81 persuaded you it could take on.
Its successor, the Spectrum, was a stratospheric leap forward, with its soft-touch keys and rainbow stripe across the bottom right of the keyboard – it was the future in my hands. Fast forward (something the ZX81 could never do) a few decades and Simon Iwaniszak is bringing me up to date.
His profile on LinkedIn describes him as 'managing director at Red Kite Games Limited & entrepreneur', which sounds like a BQ sort of combination. He has been working in the industry for close to ten years now, starting with a degree in interactive systems and video game design from Bradford University and then joining a games company called Rockstar.
For the non-gamer, Rockstar is about as good as it gets, with the global sensation Grand Theft Auto behind it as well as other chart-topping titles like Red Dead Revolver and Max Payne. "I spent seven years there, learning my trade and working with some great people designing games like the GTA franchise. Getting that experience has been a crucial element of Red Kite's success and has probably helped attract clients to come and work with us now," says Iwaniszak.
"I had always had the idea that I would set up my own company, even before I got my interest in gaming. I have quite a big family and some of them are entrepreneurial by nature, so I have always appreciated the challenge of going after something yourself.
That experience could have taken him in a completely different direction, given that he was a player with Oldham Athletic before being released and turning his attention to his other great interest – gaming.
The genesis of Red Kite shows Iwaniszak's thoughtful and considered approach to setting up as an entrepreneur. No panic, no arrogance, just a balanced strategy: Decide the sector, get the degree, select the right company to start with and then pick the time to leave. But all driven by a confidence that the level of skill and the USP he would be bringing to the table was sufficient to make a mark in the sector.
"I will always see a job through, so I wanted to leave Rockstar in between projects. Not wait for another one to start and then get caught in a two or three year cycle with them.
"A few people had left Rockstar to set up on their own and I could see what they were up to and wanted to do the same. I was clear that I wanted to build my own team and develop my own games, and that has worked well for more than three years now, with gradual expansion to a team of eight people.
The Activision deal then extended to a game which Red Kite handled on its own, Pitfall Krave, as part of a promotion for Kellogg's and the considered approach continued to pay off for Iwaniszak. The blueprint at Red Kite (the name is nothing too obscure – it's a pub in Wakefield where the team used to discuss working together) is to work with its own core team and bring in other staff when needed, from Iwaniszak's extensive contacts. That way his vision is kept under close control and the tap of freelance talent can be turned on and off as projects grow and the workload increases.
"We have the foundation now to take a few more risks internally, but I never wanted to just throw a snowball into Hell and hope it was going to survive. I had a methodical approach to taking those risks, but building relationships and knowledge as we grew.
"We have ambition to expand – perhaps to around the 15-staff mark – which will bring its own responsibilties. But I see sleepless nights as part of a boss's job and it was something I was very aware of when I started.
He is now passing on some of that philosophy back to the university, mentoring students for eight hours a week, mirroring the effect that his first boss, Gordon Hall of Rockstar, had on him as a guide and advisor.
The success of agile games ventures like Red Kite is helping Yorkshire gain a reputation as the home of a games cluster, with sole trader businesses mixing smoothly with big operations like Rockstar Leeds. Iwaniszak describes the close relationship as a family, with little competition and plenty of collaboration. It's a reminder of how powerful smaller companies can be when they work together.
Entrepreneurs like Simon Iwaniszak have to have self-belief and a vision, but he is showing that it helps to be part of a multi-player game when you want to hit the high scores.
And also at 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, James Clarkson is building an impressive business to add to an impressive CV.
Entrepreneuers will easily associate themselves with the well-worn metaphor of a swan on a pond – organised and calm on the surface, but under the water the legs are working away at full speed, forcing their way through debris and clutter.
James Clarkson has got the swan part of that sorted – even after opting for a 75% pay cut to follow the dream of running his own company.
Being an entrepreneur sits well with him. He was hugely experienced before he set out on his own and that brings a calmness to our conversation – but all the time those feet are paddling fast.
Clarkson, 42, runs Adventoris, a four-year-old tech firm that has just released its first major product. There is investment behind the set-up which recognises the experience of Clarkson and co-founder Tim Longton, but this is still new territory. The new product is SwiftCloud, a mobile-friendly B2B platform that handles stock and orders.
Stock is all displayed online, customers click what they want, orders are processed and replacement stock fills the space. "If you have lots of companies sending in orders by fax or email, you need people to handle those enquiries and key orders in all day," Clarkson tells me.
From SMEs not wanting to take on another member of staff to larger groups dealing with hundreds of orders a day, it's easy to see the appeal. There is also great value in data capture, with individually-tailored offers if you haven't ordered a particular line for a while and instinctive re-ordering reminders for regular items. Pretty smooth for a Huddersfield lad, whose track record is impressive.
"I studied economics at York and then went to work as a chartered accountant at KPMG in Huddersfield. I qualified there on the Thursday and went into industry on the Friday at a building products firm where I stayed for six years. Then I was group FD with a food manufacturing business for two years until we sold it to Kerry Foods.
Then it was on to Ultralase for two years – again as group FD – and then a building services group in Brighouse called CP Group." He was at CP Group for six years before selling it in 2011 and completing a 20-year career in finance. Money (tick), success (tick). Job done, you would think.
"The genesis of Adventuris came while I was with CP Group,"he says. "We bought a tile business out of administration which had been dealing with a lot of small firms around the UK. There, a customer would ask for a set of tiles for his kitchen, the shop would ring us to check availability, then put the phone down, take the order from the customer and then ring us back to order them.
Clarkson will readily recommend running for any entrepreneur, because it was after another session that the other lightbulb went on and the option of launching SwiftCloud as part of a standalone company started to take shape.
"That was the genesis moment – in the shower at Brighouse. Tim and I started putting some investment together and Peter Armitage of Key Capital Partners liked what we were doing and put us in touch with some VC contacts. Eventually we had £600,000 behind us in the initial round and moved to the 3M BIC." So, not the usual path for an entrepreneur.
With all that success behind him, money was not a motivation for James, and he tells me that being his own boss isn't the main driver either. He just has belief in his product and wants to prove himself – again.
"The safety net has been removed and there have been times when I have been driving home and I've thought of having a cushy corporate job on a decent whack with big bonuses – and I have literally had a warm glow in my stomach.
"But I love what I'm doing and I'm passionate about our product… but I look forward to the day when we can get a bit more security in there." With two young children and Mrs Clarkson taking a part-time job, the pressure is on, but so far James's belief seems to be marketable.


Purveyor of Novel Curiosities And Curious Novels.
They are a type of art featuring very densely packed scenes with hidden objects to be found. I draw Where's the Wookiee, a seek and find book taking place in the Star Wars Universe, featuring the characters, locations, space ships and icons found across the Lucasfilm canon.
I also draw these illustrations for magazine editorials, most recently in Entertainment Weekly's Game of Thrones' Mega-issue. I have also drawn illustrations for the Atlantic, and Wired Magazine.
I did a pretty dope run on the dopest fascist in science fiction: JUDGE DREDD. You can buy it in my online shop, Mosswollis, or in person at local pop-ups with my partner Melody Often.
Together with Douglas Wolk, writer of Judge Dredd: Mega City Two, Erick Freitas, Co-Writer of Judge Dredd: Mega City Zero and Judge Dredd: Blessed Earth, and award winning artists; Dan McDaid, Dan Irizarri, Pablo Tunica, Ryan Hill, Melody Often. We told an epic journey of a God's Force of Nature encountering the Implacable Man: Judge Joseph Dredd.
The character was originally conceived by the combined genius of writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra in the pages of 2000 AD, March 1977.


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When we talk about consent, we're usually talking about adults. But where do we think these adults learned their understanding of consent?
Children are constantly absorbing lessons that they will carry throughout their lives, and it's important for parents and guardians to make sure they prioritize teaching consent.
But many parents teach their kids harmful ideas about consent without even realizing.
Check out this video to see feminist parent Paige Lucas-Stannard explain four common parenting tactics that could be causing some very harmful behaviors in adults.
We all want our kids to learn about consent. We want them to know that "no" means "no" and only an enthusiastic "yes" means "yes" as they grow older and get into sexual relationships. But I think the things we might be missing is that we've been undermining the idea of consent since they were very young. And so, even when we get to the point of explicitly teaching them about it, it's really not that strong of a teaching because all of our other interactions with them have possibly undermined the idea of consent.
So, I would like to talk about four ways that parents sometimes teach kids that consent doesn't matter.
The first is tickling and other types of roughhouse play. Now, I think that tickling and being silly and pretending to eat my kids' feet is one of the greatest parenting skills out there. So, I definitely don't really think that tickling is bad or roughhousing is bad.
I think the important thing is that the minute your kid says "no," you stop. Even if you know they are kidding, teach them that "no" means the other person will stop. They'll learn both that their "no" matters, and they'll learn that if someone says no to them, that they should immediately listen.
Now, with my kids I know if they say no and I stop, they'll come and put their foot back in my mouth, because they don't really mean "no," they want me to keep chewing, it was just a game. Or they'll pull the shirt up again and ask me to tickle. And that's fine, so we keep going on. But I do immediately listen to the word "no".
But by saying so, we teach them not to trust their own instincts and their own feelings, and then these are feelings that we want them to trust when they're in their twenties and they're in a situation that they are not feeling comfortable with, we want them to trust their gut reaction.
Here's another big one. "I hate grandma." That's the type of thing that really triggers us to be like, "No you don't. Don't say that. That's my mother. You love grandma and grandma loves you." You can immediately start spilling out all of these denials of their feelings because we don't want them to hate grandma and we probably know that they don't hate grandma.
The third way that we sometimes teach kids that consent isn't important, is through forced hugs and kisses, and this is all in the guise of teaching politeness. We want them to give Uncle Joe a hug and a kiss when you see him because he is their elder and it is important to respect him in that way and because he wants a hug and a kiss, regardless of how your child is feeling. And the idea being that if they don't go give Uncle Joe a hug and a kiss, it reflects poorly on you, that your kids are rude or standoffish or whatever. And we worry about that as parents, and so then we end up, you know, whether it's by force or coercion, getting our kids to hug and kiss someone that they don't want to.
So, it's very important not to make your kids hug and kiss or shake hands or anything like that, you know. You know Uncle Joe, you saw him last year and if Uncle Joe asks for a hug and kiss, you can say "Do you wanna give him a hug and kiss or just wave hi?" And then have a wave hi or blow a kiss, whatever is comfortable in your family for some type of non-touching related greeting.
So, this one has a really big implication right now for child sexual abuse. You really want your kids to know that they can say no and they never have to be touched in the way that they don't want to be touched. And also for when they are older, so they feel like whenever they get that feeling in their stomach that "I don't wanna do this next thing, I don't wanna be touched in this way," that they know that they can say no.
Alright, and the fourth way that we sometimes teach kids that consent doesn't matter, kind of plays off the last one, and that is just generally respecting your elders. Right now on Pinterest, a very popular article is getting pinned a lot about the interrupt rule.
And this is a rule that kids, if they instead of coming and interrupting you when you're on the phone or you're talking to another adult in person that you teach them to put their hand on your shoulder, so that you know they need them and you can put your hand back, acknowledging that. "I acknowledge that you need me; I'll be just a second." It's to teach your kids not to interrupt.
I don't particularly have anything wrong with that rule. Interrupting can be rude and it's very polite to interrupt in a non-verbal way if you can. And it's also important to teach kids the difference between an emergency that they would need to just burst in and start screaming about and "I want a juice box," which maybe want them to wait a second because you're on an important phone call.
So, I don't have a problem with the idea of teaching your kids the etiquette of interruption. However, the article talks about never interrupting adults, because you need to respect your elders. And that terminology really rubbed me the wrong way. The idea that because someone is older than you that what you think matters less, is nothing but a power play.
It's teaching them that the person who is older, bigger, stronger is more important than what they want. And then we wonder why we sometimes have adults that are in abusive relationships. When really we've modeled for them that size equals power, age equals power, you know whatever characteristic there might be, equals power, and that means that your ideas are less than that person who has the power.
The other thing being for me is that respect is something that's earned. It's not just automatically given and I don't mean that you should be completely rude to someone until they have proven that they are worthy of your respect. I'm also teaching kindness towards everyone. But this idea that someone, just because of their age, automatically should be deferred to without trusting your own thoughts and feelings about that person is just false.
So, once again, I'm not against the interrupt rule and teaching etiquette about interrupting. But I am against using the reason that "Respect your elders", it's kind of like using "Because I'm your mom and I said so." It's not teaching them anything, if anything that it's teaching them that power is the most important thing in the world. And if you have power, you can force it on other people. And that's really not what we wanna teach, so, I think respect your elders is just kind of a lazy shorthand that doesn't do what we are hoping that it will do.
So, those are four ways that we sometimes teach our kids that consent is not important, that you might not be thinking of. So, addition to explicitly talking about consent as it applies to sexual relationships as your kids enter the teen years, think too how you're treating even your one and two years olds, and how you might be undermining the concept of consent even at that age. And I think you'll have a kid that is much better prepared to hold their own and trust their instincts and say no when they mean no when they're teenagers.
Alright, I'm Paige, this has been Gentle Parenting Answers. If you have your own question that you'd like to submit, my email would be at the end of the video as well as our website. We have two new parenting classes starting on September. If you are interested, so, give it a look. Talk to you later, bye!
Paige Lucas-Stannard is a former NASA research librarian happy to be home raising her 3 IVF babies after nearly a decade of infertility. She blogs about infertility, parenting, and women's issues at Baby Dust Diaries as well as being the founder of the gentle discipline site ParentingGently.com and co-founder of the breastfeeding rights site NursingFreedom.org. She likes to cook and sew and has, in general, become her mother. Happily. Follow her on Twitter @babydust. Read her articles here.


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Stenoscaptia latifascia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found on Volcan Island.

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