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Three SS17 Catwalk Looks Made From Stuff I Already Owned
The ever-accelerating march onwards of seasons and micro seasons keeps the fashion industry churning. Each season (or each week if you're ASOS and pals), we're subjected to new styles, silhouettes, prints and cuts, rendering the ones we feel like we literally only…
One Dress, Four Seasons
If I were the type of person to believe the universe provides us with what we need, I would believe it had provided me with this dress. It appeared to me in the window of & Other Stories; a soft,…
Five Fashion Week Trends
Fashion month has come and gone. Kanye's disaster at Roosevelt Island feels like a decade ago, and Gigi Hadid and Kendal Jenner must have strutted down at least half a million runways since that day (give or take). Much like AW16,…
Return of the Max
The end of summer is a funny, conflicting time. As a hangover from my school and university days, I'm filled with both new season hope and new term dread. I'm plagued by nightmares of school exams yet eager for crisp…
Transitional Dressing is Actually the Best
It's spring, chronologically speaking. Meteorologically speaking, it's somewhere around mid October, with the exception of a few anomalous actual March days scattered here and there. So what in the name of Michael Fish are we supposed to wear? A midi…
Fashion Month in Collage: Part 3
The third and final installment of Fashion Month in Collage. With Milan and Paris come the big names – Gucci, Prada, Balenciaga, Christian Dior, et al. The run up to shows from these major houses bring anticipation as we wait…
Continuing my look at fashion month SS16 in collage format. London Fashion Week hurtled by and we're now fixated on Milan's offerings. London is generally my favourite of the four main weeks due to the creative and anarchic nature of…
Fashion month is upon us and it's time to forget that we have a cold winter ahead of us and start thinking about SS16, and what we'll be wearing for the sporadic smattering of sunny days we call summer. Wading…
Two Worlds Collide
Since becoming one of those people who go to the gym all the time and enjoy it, I've found it's affected how I dress in two ways. Firstly, I become much more lazy when it comes to everyday dressing because,…
The Right Way: Riyka
For SS15, Riyka have taken their signature geometric panelling and added an infusion of fresh, zesty colours. 'The collection takes its cues from 'Rockers', a documentary/film set in 1970s Jamaica. The atmosphere, colours, and the athletic aesthetic of Kingston's reggae artists were a jumping…


"A buttery lavender-flavored dough that can be made into round shapes using a biscuit cutter, or various shapes using cookie cutters. You can also roll the dough into a log, chill, and then slice and bake."
These cookies are perfect for tea time or frankly, any time!


After hovering above ₹130 per kg in a narrow range, the Aluminium futures contract on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has risen last week. The contract gained about 3 per cent in the past week and is trading at ₹135 per kg.
The near-term outlook is positive. The contract can extend the current up-move to ₹138 in the near term. Key resistance is between ₹137.5 and ₹138. Inability to breach ₹138 can trigger a pull-back move to ₹134 or ₹133. A strong break and a decisive close above ₹138 is needed for the contract to gain fresh momentum. Such a break will then increase the likelihood of the MCX-Aluminium futures contract targeting ₹142 and ₹143.
A break and a rally to ₹142-₹143 will be bullish from a medium-term perspective. It will confirm an inverted head and shoulders pattern on the daily chart. The neck-line of this pattern is at ₹137 which will then serve as a strong support. The medium-term outlook will then turn bullish and the contract can rally to ₹150 or even higher in the coming weeks.
Short-term traders can go long at current levels and also accumulate on dips at ₹133. Stop-loss can be placed at ₹131 for the target of ₹142. Revise the stop-loss higher to ₹137 as soon as the contract moves up to ₹139.
After hovering around $1,850 for a few days, the Aluminium (3-month forward) contract on the London Metal Exchange (LME) has risen sharply over the last couple of days. The contract has surged about 3 per cent in the past week and is currently trading at $1,913. The outlook is bullish. The LME-Aluminium contract can rise further to $1,935 and $1,950 in the coming days. Inability to breach the resistance level of $1,950 can trigger a pull-back move to $1,900 and $1,880.


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Q: Encrypt and decrypt password websphere In websphere (SMC module)m i can encrypt password in generating encrypt string
For example i encrypt "test" this return => a6uOgV_EhT
How can i decrypt this text in java?

A: It is very poor security practice to ever decrypt a password, or even to be able to do so.
Typically when receiving a password, you hash that password using a hashing algorithm, then match the hash against the hash stored in your database. This way you can not decrypt it, and the only person who can know the password is the user. It is also a good idea to append something the user's password prior to hashing in order to prevent rainbow table look up should your database data leak.

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Explore Thomas Cole
Cole's Landscapes
Cole's Circle
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Falls of the Kaaterskill
The Clove, Catskills
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
The Course of Empire: Destruction
The Course of Empire: Desolation
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, After A Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)
View on the Catskill, Early Autumn
The Voyage of Life: Childhood (First Set)
The Voyage of Life: Youth (First Set)
The Voyage of Life: Manhood (First Set)
The Voyage of Life: Old Age (First Set)
The Architect's Dream
Mount Etna From Taormina, Sicily
A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning
Thomas Cole. Oil on canvas, 1839-40, 52 x 78 in. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, 55.105.
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"CHILDHOOD—A stream is seen issuing from a deep cavern, in the side of a craggy and precipitous mountain, whose summit is hidden in clouds. From out the cave glides a Boat, whose golden prow and sides are sculptured into figures of the Hours. Steered by an Angelic Form, and laden with buds and flowers, it bears a laughing Infant, the Voyager, whose varied course the Artist has attempted to delineate. On either hand, the banks of the stream are clothed in luxuriant herbage and flowers. The rising sun bathes the mountains and flowery banks with rosy light.
The dark cavern is emblematic of our earthly origin, and the mysterious Past. The Boat, composed of Figures of the Hours, images the thought, that we are borne on the hours down the Stream of Life. The Boat identifies the subject in each picture. The rosy light of the morning, the luxuriant flowers and plants, are emblems of the joyousness of early life. The close banks, and the limited scope of the scene, indicate the narrow experience of Childhood, and the nature of its pleasures and desires. The Egyptian Lotus, in the foreground of the picture, is symbolical of Human Life. Joyousness and wonder are the characteristic emotions of childhood. 1
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Tord Grip
Grip at Bosön in 2013
Tord Erland Grip
Senior career*
Team Apps (Gls)
Ytterhogdals IK
AIK 56 (16)
KB Karlskoga
Sweden B 6 (7)
Sweden[1] 3 (1)
Teams managed
Sweden (assistant manager)
Sweden (women)[2]
Sweden U21
Indonesia (U 23)
Lazio (assistant manager)
England (assistant manager)
Manchester City (first team coach)
Mexico (assistant manager)
Notts County (assistant director of football)
Ivory Coast (assistant coach)
Kosovo (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Tord Erland Grip (born 13 January 1938) is a Swedish former football coach and player. He has worked with several national teams, including England, Sweden, Indonesia, Mexico, the Ivory Coast and Kosovo.
Playing career
Grip began his football career as a teenager playing for Ytterhogdals IK, in which he as most footballers of his generation also played bandy, later playing part-time in the top flight for Degerfors IF and AIK while studying for his degree in Physical Education.[3]
Coaching career
Grip became a player/manager at KB Karlskoga in 1969, and has since managed several other clubs, Swedish, Italian and Swiss.
He has also managed the national team for Norway, the Swedish women's senior team and men's under sixteen team, and has had two spells as assistant manager of the country's team for Sweden. After his second period as assistant manager of the national team, in 1998, Grip took up a coaching position at the club from Italy, S.S. Lazio, as the assistant of fellow Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.
In January 2001, when Eriksson was appointed England manager, he brought Grip with him from Lazio as assistant manager, and he remained in the post until the end of the UEFA Euro 2004, and with England until the end of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In November 2006, Grip was appointed special adviser to the club from Sweden, Djurgårdens IF.
On 6 July 2007, Grip became part of the backroom staff of Manchester City, when Sven-Göran Eriksson took over as manager of the club, it meant that Grip was re united with Eriksson, after their reign together in the set up of England. In June 2008, Grip was again reunited with Eriksson, after accepting an offer to become assistant manager of Mexico.
In April 2009, after Eriksson was fired by the Mexico Football Federation due to a bad string of results, Eriksson and Grip took up the positions of Director of Football and General Advisor to the Director of Football at Notts County respectively. Grip is currently a freelance senior squad scout, for the team in the Premiership, Southampton.[citation needed]
In February 2014, he was appointed as assistant manager of Kosovo.[4]
Svenska Cupen: 1984
FIFA World Cup third place: 1994
Serie A: 1999–2000
^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2001.
^ "Samtliga förbundskaptener damlandslaget genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^ "500 AIK:are - Tord Grip". www.aik.se. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Tord Grip blir assisterande förbundskapten i Kosovo" (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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What is the Most Bitter Sales Battle? by Roy Osing - SalesPOP!
How do you reconcile pounding on hitting sales quotas and, at the same time building deep relationships with customers?
We all know that quota behavior is substantially different than relationship behavior.
Hitting a quota is very much a hard-hitting transaction activity where the salesperson looks to push solutions at the customer in rapid-fire hoping to maximize sales over the short term.
Building a deep relationship with a client, on the other hand, is a more time consuming and "gentle" approach that requires a continuous focused effort on the customer over a longer period of time.
As president of a data and internet organization, I wanted both.
I wanted to hit my annual sales targets so my salespeople made their annual bonus and I wanted to build trust and respect with our customers to build their loyalty over the long term to build a strong competitive position for the company.
My reasoning was that if we were successful in enhancing loyalty, successive 12-month plans should be easier to achieve.
Short term versus long term; the classic sales battle, and the most bitter.
The truth is, neither is more important; each perspective is critical to achieving company goals; short term and long term activity must symbiotically coexist.
Put all your eggs in the relationship basket and 12-month financial performance could be jeopardized; pour all of your attention into achieving quota and the capability to earn longer-term revenue streams is at serious risk.
There's no science or magic formula that I discovered to determine the "right" solution other than to try different approaches until a balance is achieved between short and long-term sales activities that "worked" (my measures were to both achieve annual targets and improve customer retention at the same time).
Here's the process I used; it delivered consistent sales results for the organization.
The first step is to create a long-term strategic context within which sales must deliver.
I measured sales performance on how effective they could deliver results for my overall organization in the long term — for me the long term was 24 months out.
In my experience, markets change so quickly that it's unreasonable to create an achievable plan beyond a 2-year time horizon.
So the 24-month plan for my data and internet organization became the context for developing the sales plan, which had to deliver revenues that met the overall financial expectations — as directed by the CEO — of my organization.
This meant that sales quotas were determined top-down rather than bottoms-up which, of course, was a challenge because there always was a gap between what my organization was asked by the CFO to produce and the more conservative view of what the sales team said they could deliver.
In addition, the top-down approach provided the opportunity to include not only product sales objectives but also objectives regarding customer churn and retention.
It was with this action we tried to moderate our views between quota attainment and client retention.
In my experience, setting sales quotas without a long-term view breeds dysfunctional behavior and short-term attention always wins the battle.
Annual sales targets were then developed from the 24-month revenue expectations of my overall organization.
We tried to be as detailed and granular as we could in terms of identifying the source of revenue. Typical revenue "buckets" included geographic segments, product applications, specific customers, customer retention, and new customer acquisition.
The more detailed we were in the revenue segmentation process, the better we were able to focus sales execution and achieve the results we expected.
Rather than a 2-year sales plan, we developed 24 monthly plans. Even though they are mathematically equivalent, they are completely different in terms of how one thinks about execution.
The whole idea was to make each day one with an extreme sense of urgency, and if you viewed your sales activity schedule as having 30 days (give or take) then you would more than likely be motivated to get going as opposed to thinking you had the rest of the year to deliver.
This "hockey stick" mentality — "We have 8 months left to get back on track" — is deadly; it kills the ability to consistently deliver impressive sales results.
There was no question in my mind that this way of thinking about the sales cycle worked.
The talk among the sales team was what ACTION was necessary to meet their 30-day plan. It was awesome to witness!
In sales, performance and compensation planning is critical to delivering the results expected.
If the sales plan — based on the longer term context of the organization — does not contain measurable objectives on such elements as client retention vs new sales, then you will not get the required behavior to deliver the short and long-term balance expected.
This is where many organizations fall short. They don't define the specific line of sight required between quota and behavior.
If you want a balance between flogging products and building relationships, you must articulate specific objectives in each salesperson's performance plan and pay them — or not — on what they deliver.
To measure relationship-building capabilities, I introduced what I called the Customer Report Card which gave the customer a voice in rating individual salespeople on how effectively they displayed the behaviors necessary to listen, build trust, problem solve and be responsive.
If you have a monthly plan, you need to track results at least every 30 days.
If it's possible to track daily or weekly, do it. We had a systems capability that allowed us to track results weekly; it was like having a real-time window on sales activity in the field.
Dissect your results in as much granularity as you can. The more detail you have on the results produced the better off you are in understanding what's working and what's not as well as gaining insights on what needs to be done to improve.
Furthermore, the ability to look at your achievements through a microscope will enable you to keep pace with changes occurring in the marketplace.
If you don't keep the plan in your face constantly with rigorous detail, you can't assess whether or not the delicate balance between the short and the long-term is being lived by the sales organization.
Nothing ever goes the way you expect it will so if you're not prepared to take corrective action when you see the results you've achieved vs the plan, you're in trouble.
We were able to track, dissect and respond to unfavorable variances in our plan in almost real time. This was critical to not only accommodating the unexpected, it also allowed us to keep short and long-term in check.
Sales should never be left to their own devices to decide how to balance short and long-term interests.
They can't do it; their natural instinct is to get out there and sell stuff.
They must be guided by a process that enables them to do the right thing.
Sales leaders must take responsibility to provide the necessary guidance.


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A man says I need to volunteer for Bernie Sanders. I tell him I can't, I'm meeting my family for dinner. He pulls on my arm and I jerk away from him and hurry on my way. On the second floor of a row home, we sit and enjoy a meal together. It's me, my mom, my sisters, and Susanne. I ask Susanne what she thought of Crime and Punishment. I tell her that I've read that there is a literary link to Gene Wolfe's Peace that I'm interested in but that I'm really struggling to finish Crime and Punishment. She tells me that she doesn't think of it very often and it's not something she feels strongly about at all. I find this surprising considering the hours we spent poring over Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and Letters from the Underworld. She shrugs. It's time for us to go so I get up to throw my things away. Along the way I find cookie and brownie bars in odd places. One in a cup. One on the stairs. I ask who is leaving them around and am angry that they are treating the place like this when they are guests. No one is very concerned about it. My mom tells me to just leave it alone and meet her downstairs, it's getting late. I got downstairs to meet her outside. There is a white van out there and the man who looks like Shia LeBeouf and that "Affluenza" kid tells me that he's giving me a ride. He says that my mom is in the back and we're just going to stop by a Bernie Sanders rally first. I think this is strange but I want to know my mom is safe. My mom screams from inside the van and I hear her muffled frantic voice telling me "Don't do it! Don't get in! Don't worry about me and don't get in!" I scream and scream at the man to give me my mother back, to let her out!


Of all the potential dangers in Bolivia, it's fair to say the chaotic transportation system poses the greatest threat to the international traveler. Unfortunately, bus travel is loosely regulated which means unscrupulous companies may compromise on safety to increase their bottom line. Thankfully, there are a few precautions travelers can take to significantly reduce risk.
This is the most important piece of advice of all, whether in Bolivia or anywhere else in the world. Passengers sitting towards the back of the bus are far more likely to survive a catastrophic collision. Selecting a seat at the time of booking is common in Bolivia, therefore it really makes sense to choose one right at the back. Keep in mind that almost all toilets on Bolivian buses are permanently closed so there is no need to worry about that wafting stench when choosing a seat.
Laws dictating how many hours a driver can continuously work are either lacking or widely ignored in Bolivia. For this reason, driver fatigue is a serious issue that greatly increases the chance of an accident. Predictably, fatigue tends to hit hardest during the early hours of the morning, so try to pick a departure time that will see you traveling during daylight as much as possible.
Bolivia has countless different bus companies to choose from so it's often difficult to tell which are better and safer. Smaller companies tend to get away with selling cheaper tickets by pushing their drivers to work longer hours or spending less on vehicle maintenance. While safety can obviously never be guaranteed, better known Bolivian bus companies include Bolivar, Trans Copacabana, El Dorado and Todo Turismo.
We shouldn't really have to say this, but unfortunately some Bolivian drivers do like to wet the whistle before getting behind the wheel. This is mostly prevalent during holidays and festivals, although it could happen at any time of year. Check out your driver to ensure he seems steady on his feet. If you do suspect he is drunk, get off straight away and find alternative transportation.
Some drivers like to put a little more pressure on the peddle than most passengers feel comfortable with. This is usually either in a deluded attempt to express masculinity or the desire to complete more trips in a day to maximize earnings. Either way, as a passenger you are will within your rights to insist the driver travels at a reasonable speed. Don't be afraid to yell 'no corres maestro!' (stop speeding, driver) as many times as necessary. Chances are a bunch of equally frightened Bolivian passengers will start yelling at him too.
Although Bolivian healthcare is quite cheap, the best hospitals may refuse to offer treatment if they suspect a patient is unable to pay. The easiest way to avoid such situations is to have comprehensive travel insurance, preferably with an emergency information card that is kept on your person at all times.
It's normal for nighttime temperatures to plummet well below freezing in Bolivia's harsh altiplano (highland plains). Most Bolivian buses don't have heating and blankets are rarely provided, so it's of utmost importance to bring enough warm clothes for those lengthy, overnight trips.
If the budget allows, taking a flight is a great way to travel in Bolivia and is remarkably safe. Air travel enables passengers to arrive at their destination in a fraction of the time and soar over the ever-so-common Bolivian protests and blockades. Fares are very reasonable too, with tickets between major cities often costing less than 350 BOB (US$50) one way.


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Cieslikowski; Bartosz May 9, 2019
Apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles of the tobacco industry
Apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles (1) used in the tobacco industry, provided with a conveyor (2) for rod-like articles (1) adapted for transporting rod-like articles (1) in a direction of transporting (T) perpendicular to the lengthwise axis (Z) of the rod-like article (1) in a predetermined plane of transporting (A), a radiation source (6), and at least one detector (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F), characterised in that the apparatus is provided with a set of at least two sections (F1, F2) of a detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) and/or two detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F), where the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) or two detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) are placed one behind the other in the direction of transporting (T) on the conveyor (2) of rod-like articles (1) in a predetermined spatial orientation in which the radiation (R) hitting on the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) or the detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) passes through the rod-like article (1) at different angles (.alpha.1, .alpha.2); the apparatus is further provided with a controller (20) adapted to receive from the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B) and/or the detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) a sequence of signals (S), where each sequence of signals (S) corresponds to the same rod-like article (1) transported on the conveyor (2), and moreover the controller (20) is adapted so that it determines the position of the insert (1E) in the rod-like article (1) on the basis of the sequence of signals (S) and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of placement of the detectors (7, 7A, 7B, 14, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F).
Inventors: Cieslikowski; Bartosz; (Radom, PL)
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O.O.
Filed: May 16, 2017
PCT Filed: May 16, 2017
PCT NO: PCT/IB2017/052867
371 Date: October 29, 2018
Current CPC Class: A24C 5/3412 20130101
International Class: A24C 5/34 20060101 A24C005/34
Foreign Application Data
Jun 10, 2016 PL PL417511
1-8. (canceled)
9. An apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles (1) of the tobacco industry, provided with a conveyor (2) for rod-like articles (1) adapted for transporting rod-like articles (1) in a direction of transporting (T) perpendicular to the lengthwise axis (Z) of the rod-like article (1) in a predetermined plane of transporting (A), a radiation source (6), at least one detector (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F), characterised in that the apparatus is provided with a set of at least two sections (F1, F2) of a detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) and/or two detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F), where the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) or two detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) are placed one behind the other in the direction of transporting (T) on the conveyor (2) of rod-like articles (1) in a predetermined spatial orientation in which the radiation (R) hitting on the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B, 14) or the detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) passes through the rod-like article (1) at different angles (.alpha.1, .alpha.2); the apparatus is further provided with a controller (20) adapted to receive from the sections (F1, F2) of the detector (7, 7A, 7B) and/or the detectors (7C, 7D, 7E, 7F) a sequence of signals (S), where each sequence of signals (S) corresponds to the same rod-like article (1) transported on the conveyor (2), and moreover the controller (20) is adapted so that it determines the position of the insert (1E) in the rod-like article (1) on the basis of the sequence of signals (S) and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of placement of the detectors (7, 7A, 7B, 14, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F).
10. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that the apparatus is provided with a rotating unit (13) to rotate the rod-like article (1) during transporting on the conveyor (2) of rod-like articles (1).
11. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that the spatial orientation of the detectors (7C, 7D) is selected so that the radiation (R) hits on the detectors (7E, 7F) perpendicularly.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that the spatial orientation of the detectors (7A, 7B, 7C, 7D) is selected so that the radiation (R) hits on the radiation detectors (7A, 7B, 7C, 7D) at an acute angle.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that at least one detector (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D) is a linear matrix of radiation detectors.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that at least one detector (7E, 7F) has the form of a two-dimensional matrix of radiation detectors.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, characterised in that the controller (20) is adapted so that it determines the position of the insert (1E) in the rod-like article (1) in three-dimensional space on the basis of the sequence of signals (S) from the detectors (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D) and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of the radiation source (6) and detectors (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D).
16. The apparatus of claim 9, characterised in that the radiation source (6) is a source of electromagnetic radiation with a frequency in the range 10.sup.12 to 10.sup.19 Hz.
[0001] The subject of the invention is an apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles of the tobacco industry.
[0002] The present invention concerns an apparatus for carrying out quality control of products in the tobacco industry. Tobacco industry products including cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, filter rods made of a single filtering material, multi-segment rods comprising multiple segments, and all types of semi-finished products processed at particular stages of production may be referred to by a common name--rod-like articles. Some rod-like articles, such as filter rods and filter cigarettes, may contain capsules with an aromatic substance. In the tobacco industry the quality of rod-like articles is an exceptionally important issue. Quality control may be performed by random selection or may be applied to all articles produced. Quality control concerns both the appearance and the dimensions of the articles, and in the case of articles containing capsules, the level of filling of the capsules is significant. Tobacco industry articles may contain lengthwise inserts located centrally on the axis, made of synthetic material or metal. Articles may also contain metallised elements made of synthetic material. In the case of quality control concerning the content of articles, for example the position of capsules or inserts in filter rods or in finished cigarettes, it is necessary to image the articles using radiation. Articles are also required to be imaged when checking the dimensions of segments in multi-segment filter rods or checking the dimensions of inserts. Here the radiation sources must be suited to the various materials used by tobacco product manufacturers. The increasing capacities and increasingly complex construction of multi-segment rods result in higher requirements for quality control. Casings for rod-like articles are currently made from a wide variety of materials, some of which are opaque; sometimes the casings contain metal foil, for example aluminium foil. In the case of opaque casing materials, it is difficult to check the content of the articles. Rod-like articles often contain lengthwise elements, for example flavouring threads, tubular elements or lengthwise plates. The purpose of this invention is to provide a way of checking the presence of lengthwise elements and the position of those elements.
[0003] Application DE102014209721A1 discloses a method of measuring the parameters of rod-like articles using X-rays. The rod-like articles are placed in a rotating clamp having seats adapted to hold the rod-like articles. During measurement the rotating clamp is rotated about its own axis, which enables registering of the intensity of the radiation passing through the rod-like articles at different angles. A defect of this solution is the fact that the rod-like articles do not rotate about their own axis, but about the axis of the rotating clamp as a whole. The creation of a three-dimensional image of the rod-like articles requires the use of complex processing typical for computed tomography. The presented method may be used in laboratory measurements, in the testing of a selected group of articles. It is not suitable, however, for measurement on an automated production line along which rod-like articles pass in large numbers.
[0004] Documents EP0790006B1 and EP2769632A1 disclose methods and devices for the non-invasive measurement of quality parameters of rod-like articles using X-rays, suitable for use on an automated production line. Document EP0790006B1 describes a method and device enabling determination of the density of a rod-like article on the basis of a measurement of the intensity of X-radiation passing through the rod-like article at different thicknesses of the rod-like article. Document EP2769632A1 discloses a method for the measurement of a capsule placed inside a rod-like article, using three independent measuring assemblies performing measurements at different angles. A defect of both of these solutions is that measurement is limited to one article at a time.
[0005] The object of the invention is an apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles used in the tobacco industry, provided with a conveyor for rod-like articles adapted for transporting rod-like articles in a direction of transporting perpendicular to the lengthwise axis of the rod-like article in a predetermined plane of transporting, a radiation source, and at least one detector. The apparatus according to the invention is characterised in that it is provided with a set of at least two sections of a detector and/or two detectors. The sections of the detector or two detectors are placed one behind the other in the direction of transporting on the conveyor of rod-like articles in a predetermined spatial orientation in which the radiation hitting on the sections of the detector or the detectors passes through the rod-like article at different angles. The apparatus is further provided with a controller adapted to receive from the sections of the detector and/or the detectors a sequence of signals. Every sequence of signals corresponds to the same rod-like article transported on the conveyor, and moreover the controller is adapted so that it determines the position of the insert in the rod-like article on the basis of the sequence of signals and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of placement of the detectors.
[0006] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that the apparatus is provided with a rotating unit to rotate the rod-like article during transporting on the conveyor of rod-like articles.
[0007] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that the spatial orientation of the detectors is selected so that the radiation hits on the detectors perpendicularly.
[0008] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that the spatial orientation of the detectors is selected so that the radiation hits on the radiation detectors at an acute angle.
[0009] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that at least one detector is a linear matrix of radiation detectors.
[0010] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that at least one detector has the form of a two-dimensional matrix of radiation detectors.
[0011] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that it determines the position of the insert in the rod-like article in three-dimensional space on the basis of the sequence of signals from the detectors and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of the radiation source and detectors.
[0012] Apparatus as in the invention is characterised in that the radiation source is a source of electromagnetic radiation having a frequency in the range 10.sup.12 to 10.sup.19 Hz.
[0013] An advantage of the invention is that it enables radiological measurement determining the position in space of internal elements of rod-like products on the production line. Due to the use of a source of known geometry, in a production line it is possible to test all products being produced and to eliminate defective products at further stages of production, which leads to improvement in quality.
[0014] The object of the invention is shown in detail in a preferred embodiment in the drawing, where:
[0015] FIG. 1 shows a rod-like article schematically, its particular component elements being marked;
[0016] FIG. 2 shows the first embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention;
[0017] FIG. 3a shows the first embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention in a projection in the direction G of FIG. 2, where the tested rod-like article is in the first position;
[0018] FIG. 3b shows a signal generated by the detector of the apparatus according to the invention, where the tested rod-like article is in the first position;
[0019] FIG. 4a shows an example of an embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention in a projection in the direction G of FIG. 2, where the tested rod-like article is in the second position;
[0020] FIG. 4b shows a signal generated by the detector of the apparatus according to the invention, where the tested rod-like article is in the second position;
[0021] FIG. 5a shows the second embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention;
[0022] FIG. 5b shows the third embodiment of the apparatus according to in the invention;
[0023] FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of the invention;
[0024] FIG. 7 shows the principle of operation of the apparatus according to the invention, where the tested rod-like article is in the first position;
[0025] FIG. 7b shows an image of a rod-like article in the first position, generated by the apparatus according to the invention;
[0026] FIG. 8a shows the principle of operation of the apparatus according to the invention, where the tested rod-like article is in the second position;
[0027] FIG. 8b shows an image of a rod-like article in the second position, generated by the apparatus according to the invention;
[0028] FIGS. 9a and 9b show a further embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention.
[0029] An example rod-like article 1 of the tobacco industry shown in FIG. 1, in the form of a multi-segment filter rod, comprises four segments 1A, 1B, 10 and 1D, where the segment 1A contains a lengthwise insert 1E. The insert 1E may be made of metal or plastic, in particular metallised plastic, and may also contain aromatic substances. The insert may have the form of a thread, wire, tube, or a flat plate-type element of any shape. For example, the insert 1E is placed centrally, co-axially with the axis Z of the rod-like article 1.
[0030] FIG. 2 shows a part of a production line including a conveyor 2 adapted to transport a single-layer stream of rod-like articles 1 as used in the tobacco industry in a direction of transporting T perpendicular to the lengthwise axis Z of the rod-like articles 1, where the rod-like articles 1 are transported in a plane of transporting A which is in principle horizontal. On the outer surface of the belt 3 of the conveyor 2 there are flutes 4 made perpendicularly to the direction of transporting T. The rod-like articles 1 are placed in the flutes 4 of the conveyor 2 by means of any device (not shown), for example the rod-like articles 1 may be fed from a drum conveyor having a plurality of flutes on its circumference, where the movement of the drum conveyor is synchronized with the movement of the conveyor 2. The illustrated part of the production line also includes a measuring unit 5. The measuring unit 5 consists of a radiation source 6 and at least one detector 7. In this description, the detector 7 is understood as a radiation detector used to receive radiation of a frequency as indicated below, where this may be a linear matrix of radiation detectors or a two-dimensional matrix of radiation detectors. The radiation source 6 is located above the carrying surface 3A of the belt 3 and above the plane of transporting A. The detector 7 is located below the surface of the belt 3 and below the plane of transporting A. A reverse configuration is also possible, where the radiation source 6 is located below the plane of transporting A, and the detector 7 above it. The radiation source 6 and the detector 7 are located in a plane B which is in principle vertical, perpendicular to the carrying surface 3A of the belt 3 and to the plane of transporting A. The plane B and the detector 7 itself are positioned parallel to the direction of transporting T of rod-like articles 1. The radiation source 6 emits radiation R which passes through the rod-like articles 1 moving in the plane of transporting A and reaches the detector 7. The detector 7 may be adapted to detect the intensity of electromagnetic radiation for wave frequencies in the range 10.sup.12 to 10.sup.19 Hz. The example embodiment uses a detector 7 in the form of a linear matrix of detectors adapted to receive radiation R emitted from the radiation source 6. The radiation source 6 may be adapted to produce a flat sheet beam, that beam being directed towards the detector 7. It is possible to use a radiation source 6 in which the intensity of radiation or exposure time can be adjusted to the speed of transporting of the rod-like articles 1.
[0031] FIG. 3a shows the measuring unit 5 in a projection in the direction G (FIG. 2), where the conveyor 2 is not shown, only the rod-like articles 1 being transported by the conveyor 2 in the direction of transporting T parallel to the axis X which is also shown in FIG. 2. To describe the operation of the measuring unit 5, a rod-like article 1 in position 1' has been selected. The detector 7 receives the radiation R, where the detector 7 may be divided into at least two sections F1 and F2. For a specific position 1' of the rod-like article 1 the radiation R hits on the detector 7 at a predetermined angle .alpha.1, where the intensity of the radiation R which hits on the section of the detector 7 is dependent on the damping of the radiation R by the material of the rod-like article 1. The denotation 9A refers to the part of the detector 7 registering the change in the intensity of the radiation R which has passed through the rod-like article 1.
[0032] FIG. 3b shows the signal S generated by the radiation detector 7 in the presence of the rod-like article 1 in position 1', where the radiation R passing through the rod-like article 1 reaches the detector 7 within the area of the section F1. The reduction 10 in the value of the signal S results from the damping of the radiation R, for example by the material of the segment 1A, assuming that the rod-like articles 1 are arranged in segments 1A above the detector 7. In turn, the reduction 11 in the value of the signal S results from the damping of the radiation R by the material of the insert 1E and the material of the segment 1A. For each rod-like article 1 in position 1' for which a change in the intensity of radiation R is registered, the detector 7 sends a signal S to the controller 20.
[0033] FIG. 4a shows a measuring unit 5 analogously to FIG. 3a, the rod-like article 1 being in position 1'', where the radiation R passing through the rod-like article reaches the detector 7 within the area of the section F2. FIG. 4b shows the signal S registered by the section F2 of the detector 7 in the presence of the rod-like article 1 in position 1''. The presence of the rod-like article 1 in position 1'' causes a change in the signal S in the part of the section F2 of the linear detector 7 denoted as 9B, where the radiation R hits on the detector 7 at an angle .alpha.2 which is different than in the section F1. The course of the signal S in the form of a reduction 10 in the value of the signal and the reduction 11 in the value of the signal for the position of the insert 1E in the segment 1A in the section F2 is different from the course of the signal S in the section F1. Information on the change in the intensity of radiation R for the rod-like article in position 1'' is sent to the controller 20 in the form of a signal S. The reduction 10 and 11 in the value of the signal S may be registered by the controller 20 continuously along the sections of the detector 7 for the rod-like article 1 or for more than two selected positions 1', 1'' of that article in the sections F, F2 of the detector 7. On the basis of the data collected in the form of a sequence of signals S from the detector 7 it is possible to calculate the actual position of the insert 1E in the segment 1A by means of geometrical calculations. Here it is necessary to know the spatial orientation at the making of measurements, i.e. in this case the distance between the parts 9A and 9B and the angles .alpha.1 and .alpha.2. On the basis of the sequence of signals S registered in the controller 20 it is possible to assign to each rod-like article 1 the information on the presence of the insert 1E and on the position of the insert 1E relative to the axis of the segment 1A, and the information may be used to reject rod-like articles 1 in which the insert 1E is not present or is incorrectly located, for example not co-axially with the axis Z.
[0034] FIG. 5a shows an example of an embodiment of the apparatus as in the invention in which two detectors 7A and 7B are located next to each other, where for simplicity the same rod-like article 1 is shown in positions 1' and 1'' on the conveyor 2. The signal S is registered for positions 1' and 1'' in sections F1 and F2 of the linear detectors 7A and 7B. Such a geometrical orientation of the detectors 7A and 7B may be used for precise determination of the position of the insert 1E in the rod-like article 1, because it is also possible to check the angular position of the insert 1E relative to the axis Z of the rod-like article 1.
[0035] FIG. 5b shows an example of an embodiment in which a second conveyor 12 is located above the conveyor 2 so that the distance between the belts of the conveyors 2 and 12 is close to the diameter of the rod-like article 1, for example the distance between the belts of the conveyors 2 and 12 is smaller than the diameter of the rod-like article 1. The linear speed v1 of the conveyor 2 is lower than the linear speed v2 of the conveyor 12, which means that the articles moving linearly in the direction of transporting T additionally rotate about their own axes. The conveyor 12 belongs to the rotating unit 13. Smooth rotation of the rod-like articles 1 during transporting in the direction T may be achieved by any other method. The radiation R passing through the rod-like article 1 generates an image on the detector 14, which has the form of a two-dimensional matrix of detectors. Taking into account the spatial configuration in which the measurements are made and taking into account the speed of rotation of the rod-like article 1, it is possible to obtain a precise spatial image of the rod-like article 1 and to assess the content of the rod-like article 1 in three-dimensional space.
[0036] FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the apparatus as in the invention, where the detectors 7C and 7D are located perpendicularly to the direction of transporting T of the rod-like articles 1 on the conveyor 2, below the plane of transporting A. The radiation source 6 may be adapted to produce a directional cone-shaped beam, that beam being directed at the detectors 7C and 7D.
[0037] FIG. 7a shows the operation of the measuring unit 5 in relation to the rod-like article 1 in position 1'. Analogously to FIG. 3a, the conveyor is not shown, only the rod-like articles 1 and detectors 7C and 7D. Detector 7C receives the radiation R which has passed through the rod-like article 1 and hits on the detector 7C at the predetermined angle .alpha.1. The intensity of the radiation R received by the detector 7C is dependent on the damping of the radiation R by the material of the rod-like article 1. The detector 7C generates a signal S registered by the controller 20. Successive signals S for successive positions of the rod-like article 1 moving in the direction of transporting T are registered within the area of the detector 7C, due to which in the controller 20, based on a combination of many signals S, a two-dimensional image 15' of the rod-like article 1 is produced, as shown in FIG. 7b. Each registered signal S for a successive position of the rod-like article 1 produces a further line of the image being generated. On the image 15' of the rod-like article 1, all the component elements of the rod-like article 1 are visible, namely the segments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and the insert 1E.
[0038] FIG. 8a shows the same measuring unit 5 as in FIG. 7a, where a measurement is made for the rod-like article 1 in position 1'', which has moved in the direction T. For the rod-like article 1 in position 1'' a signal S is registered by the linear detector 7D, where the radiation R hits on the detector 7B at an angle .alpha.2 different from that for the detector 7C. FIG. 8b shows an image 15'' of the rod-like article 1 generated analogously to that shown in FIG. 7b. From the images 15', 15'' of the same rod-like article 1, obtained respectively in positions 1' and 1'' and shown in FIG. 7b and FIG. 8b, it can be seen that the insert 1E is positioned at a certain angle to the axis of the rod-like article 1. In the obtained images 15', 15'' it is possible to measure the dimensions of the elements of the rod-like article 1, for example it is possible to measure the position of the ends of the insert, defined by the dimensions z1 and z2. Having a sequence of measurements for a predetermined spatial orientation of the detectors 7C and 7D and for the angles at which the radiation R hits, it is possible to perform geometric calculations to determine the actual position of the insert 1E in the rod-like article 1 in three-dimensional space.
[0039] FIGS. 9a and 9b show another embodiment of the apparatus using detectors 7E and 7F in the form of two-dimensional matrices of detectors. For predetermined positions of the rod-like article 1, images are registered on the detectors 7E and 7F, where the radiation hits on the detectors 7E and 7F perpendicularly. FIG. 9a shows a rod-like article 1 in position 1', for which an image is registered on the detector 7E, while FIG. 9b shows the position of the rod-like article 1 in position 1'', for which an image is registered on the detector 7F. In this way, images as shown in FIG. 7b and FIG. 8b are obtained.


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EXHIBITIONS ARTISTS EVENTS SHOP THE GALLERIES VIEWING ROOM
— Milano,
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Massimo De Carlo gallery was founded in Milano in 1987. Since the beginning, its program included young and prominent artists such as, Alighiero Boetti, Rudolf Stingel, Maurizio Cattelan, and Yan Pei-Ming. The global affirmation of these and other artists has favoured its on-going success.
For 30 years Massimo De Carlo has been playing a fundamental role in bringing the most interesting voices of international art to the Italian scene, and Italian artists into the global arena. This contributed to the promotion and establishment of a vital dialogue between artists and numerous national and international institutions, encouraging relationships between galleries, critics, curators, and collectors. Throughout the years, the gallery's artists have been shown in international museums and biennials, and thus obtained an outstanding place into important public and private art collections.
Since 2019 Galleria Massimo De Carlo's new headquarters are located at Casa Corbellini-Wassermann, situated in Viale Lombardia 17, which was built in the early 1930s (1934-1936) by the renowned Italian architect Piero Portaluppi.
— Milano / Belgioioso
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This exhibition space, the second Massimo De Carlo venue in Milan, is situated in Palazzo Belgioioso in the historical centre of Milan, just around the corner from Piazza del Duomo and the Teatro alla Scala.
The spectacular palazzo that houses this new gallery was completed in 1787 by Giuseppe Piermarini, who also designed La Scala Theatre.
Palazzo Belgioioso is an archetypal neoclassical Milanese architecture. The stunning palazzo is the former library of the Belgioioso family and was ultimated in 1787 by Giuseppe Piermarini, the Architect of Teatro Alla Scala, who is largely responsible for the naissance of neo-classical architecture in Milan. The highly decorated rooms can boast the presence of some of the most erudite minds of the eighteenth-century. The interiors were realised by the talented practitioners, Giacomo Albertolli and Martin Knoller. The façade of the palace overlooks a beguiling piazza that additionally hosts the Casa Manzoni, birthplace of the renowned Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni.
— London
In 2009, Massimo De Carlo opened a space in central London under the name Carlson Gallery.
In 2012, it moved to a new location. The gallery - renamed Massimo De Carlo, London – occupies three floors in a traditional Georgian townhouse in the heart of Mayfair.
Massimo De Carlo, London focuses on emerging American artists as well as working with the historically represented artists, featuring a diverse range of established artists on the frontier of the contemporary art world.
— Hong Kong
Massimo De Carlo inaugurated his new gallery in Hong Kong in March 2016. The gallery is located in the Pedder Building in Central.
After many years of operating on the Asian territory, both in Mainland China and Hong Kong - including an on-going role on the selection committee board of Art Basel Hong Kong - Massimo De Carlo started this new venture in China aiming to become part of its developing contemporary cultural landscape.
The space in Hong Kong is Massimo De Carlo's third venue. The Hong Kong gallery inaugurates the year before the 30th anniversary of Massimo De Carlo gallery.
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Amazon's Comixology delivers DRM-free comics backups
At San Diego Comic-Con, digital comics reader and marketplace Comixology unveils long-requested feature.
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Comixology is now allowing local downloads of some of its comics. Comixology
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Comixology's digital rights management wall is under attack -- by Comixology itself.
At the San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, the company announced that its partner publishers can choose to offer their readers the ability to save comics to their local device outside of the Comixology app.
Comixology's first download partner publishers include Top Shelf, Image, Dynamite, Thrillbent, and Zenescope. Aspiring creators who publish their comics through the Comixology Submit program can also give their readers the option to download DRM-free. The downloaded files will be available in PDF and CBZ formats.
Comixology co-founders David Steinberger and John D. Roberts announce DRM-free comics downloads at San Diego Comic-Con. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET
Comixology co-founder and Submit director John Roberts said that the move should eliminate fears of a digital store collapse plaguing Comixology.
"For those out there who have not joined the comic-reading community because of DRM, you have no excuse now," he said.
At the panel announcing the DRM-free books, Comixology co-founder David Steinberger said that the feature is "really bare-bones. We don't expect you to re-load it back into Comixology. The plan is that we're always going to be the right place for you to buy and read your comics."
Acquired by Amazon earlier this year, Comixology is the world's largest digital comics marketplace, with more than 75 publishers selling 50,000 comics. Digital comics were estimated to be a $90 million business in 2013, a 27 percent increase over 2012.
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Senator-elect Tulfo eyes changes in rules to carry over bills from previous Congress
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SENATOR-ELECT Rafael T. Tulfo will be proposing adjustments in rules to allow the new Congress to take up bills deemed important from where the previous legislature left off.
"Perhaps a few changes to the rules of both chambers can make this happen," Mr. Tulfo said in a statement released late Wednesday after he and the 11 other new senators were officially proclaimed by the Commission on Elections.
"I see several worthy bills which have gone through hundreds, thousands of man-hours of work. It would be a pity if those worthy bills will just go straight to the archives of Congress just because the 18th Congress ends," he said.
By worthy bills, he meant proposed laws that have at least been approved at the committee level.
"I will therefore ask the current Senate leadership and my colleagues in the incoming 19th Congress to find ways to preserve the bills by keeping them alive, returning them to the committees they came from so that the members of the 19th Congress can build upon those bills with inputs from the new members of Congress," he said.
Mr. Tulfo earlier said that he will prioritize legislation relating to labor issues.
The current Congress will resume sessions on May 24 and adjourn on June 3, leaving only two weeks for lawmakers to pass bills and canvass votes for president and vice president.
'DEEMED DEAD'
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said Mr. Tulfo's plan is unlikely to happen, but bills that will be refiled in the 19th Congress can always use previous discussions as reference.
"All bills and resolutions filed are deemed dead after June 3 adjournment sine die," he said.
"What he (Mr. Tulfo) wants is easy to solve without violating laws and traditions. Refile, then those in advance stages can use the previous hearings and debates as references."
The senate chief has said that the upper chamber plans to pass bills on second and third reading during its six remaining plenary sessions.
However, for all other bills that are not in their advanced stages, it is no longer possible, he added.
Members from both chambers of Congress are expected to meet next week in a joint session at the House of Representatives to form the National Board of Canvassers.
Mr. Sotto said they will work continuously to finish the canvassing of votes for president and vice president on time.
"If we start on (the) 24th, non-stop, we can finish by the 26th," he said. "The practice or tradition is that proclamation follows immediately after."
Mr. Sotto and House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco will spearhead the canvassing of votes. Their goal is to proclaim the country's two top leaders by May 28 at the latest.
Canvassers need to "ensure that the canvassing of votes cast and proclamation of the country's next two highest officials will be seamless and the integrity of the electoral process is upheld," said Mr. Velasco in a statement on Wednesday.
The Senate has received 88% or 153 of 173 election certificates and returns for president and vice-president as of Thursday morning, it said in a statement.
It took delivery of local certificates and returns from Sulu and overseas absentee voting certificates from the United States of America and Australia.
Newly-appointed leaders of the country will assume office at noon on June 30. — Alyssa Nicole O. Tan
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What Keeps Us Running?
By Gordon MacFarland | March 20, 2021 - 6:31 pm | Aging & Performance, Blog, General Interest, Psychology
Each year, we notice some friends and fellow runners stop competing. They may run on occasion but the fire that burned to train and submit themselves to the rigors of racing has faded. In younger years, most said that would not happen to us. We surely expected to slow down but to drop out, never! Yet, the numbers don't lie. Less than 6% of race fields are 60 or over, in spite of this age grouping comprising about 17% of the U.S. population. Even the 50-59 age group, also representing 17% of the population – it's a big group!, comprises about 13% of race fields.* So it appears the downward trend starts in the 50s.
Race participation is a reasonable proxy for vigorous training. I don't know one person who trains with intensity but doesn't race. Racing is the payoff for doing the hard work! There are numerous reasons why people stop training and racing. It can be distressing and depressing to belabor them. So I decided to focus this post on what does keep runners running and racing. I came up with six relevant to me and perhaps others will relate to them too:
Enjoyment is relative. I recall how it used to feel cresting a hill in training or a race, sensing a surge of energy starting down the backside. That joy has morphed into what might be described as "exhausted relief" of making the incline intact! I also recall early morning runs, jumping out of bed, tying up the shoes and immediately heading out. Now I find a need to take time to loosen up and even with that, persistent stiffness prevails, at least for the first part of the run. But the process and run can still be enjoyable. Ultimately, I see that as my choice.
Satisfaction is also relative. In the back of my training log, I used to keep my race history for the past 10 years. Every so often I would flip through the pages and see how much faster I ran a decade or even five years ago. I can still recreate the feeling of many of those races – the steady, assured pacing, the overall race place, where in the race I put the hammer down and how it felt to finish knowing I had done that. While that is fun, I found myself living too much in the past. I now include just the past three years. The rest are in a permanent binder on my bookshelf. At the bottom of each year's page, I list the times needed for an acceptable age grade performance. Age grading levels the playing field with times changing each year, about 35 seconds for a 10K. Each one has to decide what age grade% they shoot for. But it allows for feeling good about times achieved, even if slower.
We probably got into running through the encouragement of others. And hopefully that continues, though COVID has thrown a wrench into group running. But that will pass. Yet, even if the number of runners in our cohort declines, those who remain provide vital camaraderie. In some cases, we've run together for years and know each other well. But there's always new things to learn from each other, including how we deal with the aging process. Often new people join the inner circle and bring a different perspective. Running clubs are great for this infusion. The honest truth is we find it harder to impose our slower pace on younger runners. We feel we are either holding them back or pushing ourselves too much. Neither is fun. So within these constraints we seek out reliable running partners with whom to continue our journey.
As humans, we are wired to rise to challenge. The nature and measure of a challenge may change, e.g, our pace for track repeats or a 10K time. But it's no less of a challenge. Also, the challenge remains, whether we are working or retired, to set time aside to train. In some ways it can be harder when working full time: we have to juggle to make it work. But the challenge nevertheless remains at all stages of life to organize ourselves to make training a priority.
Staying healthy almost goes without saying! We see many contemporaries gaining weight, adopting a shuffling gait, complaining about new aches and pains, etc., etc., etc! Training helps keep us healthy and engaged. Clearly, training is more than running and in fact training needs to transition from primarily running to include more weights, stretching, focus on diet, and other aerobic exercise. Many already incorporate those aspects. But too often when we stop running the rest go by the wayside too.
The X Factor is a bit hard to describe. But we know it when it's there. Take it out and we're in the obituaries! It draws from the above five reasons but is beyond them. In essence, the X Factor is what animates us, what gets us up in the morning saying or thinking carpe diem! It's the intangible aspects of life that make it a fascinating journey. We have been drawn to running for reasons beyond what we might list, but when we line up for the start of a race, it comes together and we are fully present in that moment.
The influence of these six reasons vary day to day. And the strength of each, and others, vary by person. Each of us could write a blog post describing our own set. These are mine and I suspect they might prove true for others too. Whatever the reasons, we find we do keep running, and that outcome is worth celebrating!
* These percentages are drawn from 23,000 runners participating in the 2019 Boston Athletic Association's Distance Medley events.
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