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Crosby Quality
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All products manufactured by The Crosby Group Inc. are sold with the express understanding that the purchaser is thoroughly familiar with the safe and proper use and application of the product. Responsibility for the use and application of the products rests with the user. The Crosby Group disseminates products warnings and end user application information through various channels. In addition, Crosby provides formal product training seminars and our engineering personnel are readily available to answer your technical questions. For more information read the Crosby General Catalog, available from SELS on 01977684600.
Failure of the product can occur due to misapplication, abuse, or improper maintenance. Product failure could allow the load to become out of control, resulting in possible property damage, personal injury or death. There are numerous government and industry standards that cover products made by Crosby. This catalog makes no attempt to reference all of them. We do reference the standards that are most frequently asked about.
Ratings shown in Crosby Group literature are applicable only to new or "in as new" condition products.
Load Limit ratings indicate the greatest force or load a product can carry under usual environmental conditions. Shock loading and extraordinary conditions must be taken into account when selecting products for use in a system. In general, the products displayed in Crosby Group literature are used as parts of a system being employed to accomplish a task. Therefore, we can only recommend within the Working Load Limits, or other stated limitations, the use of products for this purpose.
The Working Load Limit, or Design Factor, or Efficiency Rating of each Crosby product may be affected by wear, misuse, overloading, corrosion, deformation, intentional alteration, and other use conditions. Regular inspection must be conducted to determine whether use can be continued at the catalog assigned WLL, a reduced WLL, or whether the product must be withdrawn from service.
Facts, Notes and Warnings
Crosby Group products generally are intended for tension or pull. Side loading must be avoided, as it exerts additional force or loading which the product is not designed to accommodate.
Welding Crosby load support parts or products can be hazardous. Knowledge of materials, heat treatment, and welding procedures are necessary for proper welding. Crosby Group should be consulted for information.
The assigned Ultimate Load Rating of Crosby Group products for the reeving of wire, manila, or synthetic rope is based upon design; the catalog ultimate strength for the rope parts, when totaled, may exceed the assigned Ultimate Load Rating.
The Working Load Limit of a sling must not exceed the lowest Working Load Limit of the components in the system.
The recommended Proof Load on all items in this catalog is 2 times the Working Load Limit unless otherwise shown.
Products that Crosby intends for swaging are identified in this catalog. For proper swaging machine training, operations and die selection, refer to specific product section in this manual. To develop other product for swaging requires knowledge of materials, heat treatment, product design, die design and performance of the final product.
Use only new genuine Crosby parts as replacements when servicing or repairing Crosby products.
Crosby products are to be considered as sparking, unless otherwise noted.
Product Label Replacement - In accordance with ANSI535.4-1991, "Product Safety Labels" should be periodically inspected and cleaned.
"Product Safety Labels" should be replaced when they are no longer legible. Current Crosby warning and application labels, for applicable products, are available from The Crosby Group, Inc.
Two decimal and fractional dimensions shown in catalog are intended as nominal dimensions only. If three decimal dimensions are shown, contact Crosby for tolerance information.
Low Temperature Service
Crosby forged and cast steel products can be used in general service conditions down to temperatures of -40° F (-40° C). At temperatures from 0° F to -40° F (-18° C to -40° C), good rigging practice requires special attention in the following areas.
Lifting should be performed at a steady rate. Shock loading should be avoided.
Equipment containing bearings should have increased inspection and maintenance schedule, and may require special lubrication.
All lifting equipment should be given a thorough visual inspection before each lift.
Remove nicks, gouges, or cracks by grinding (5% maximum material removal).
Do not use fittings that have been welded or modified after leaving the factory.
If determined to be necessary by the user, lifting equipment should undergo periodic inspection by dye penetrant or magnetic particle surface inspection.
For operation at temperatures below -40° F (-40° C), consider "Cold Tuff" products or contact Crosby Engineering.
Elevated Temperature Service
Crosby forged and cast steel products can be used in general service conditions up to temperatures of 400° F (204° C). The following should be considered when operating up to temperatures of 400 ° F (204° C).
Products that contain non-ferrous materials, and lubricants, plastics, etc. may be adversely affected by high temperatures, and typically should not exceed 200° F (93° C).
Galvanized, plated or painted fittings may suffer some or total degradation of the surface finish.
Extended exposure to elevated temperatures can cause severe surface scaling and significant permanent reduction of properties.
Repeated heating and cooling to room temperatures can result in temper embrittlement.
All information above refers to Crosby General Catalogue 2009 Page 1, and previously to Crosby General Catalogue 2006 Page 1.
Static Load
The load resulting from a constant applied force or load.
Working Load Limit
The maximum mass or force which the product is authorized to support in general service when the pull is applied in-line, unless noted otherwise, with respect to the centerline of the product. This term is used interchangeably with the following terms:
Rated Load Value
Resultant Working Load
Working Load
The maximum mass or force which the product is authorized to support in a particular service.
Proof Load
The average force applied in the performance of a proof test; the average force to which a product may be subjected before deformation occurs.
A test applied to a product solely to determine injurious material or manufacturing defects.
Ultimate Load
The average load or force at which the product fails or no longer supports the load.
Shock Load
A force that results from the rapid application of a force (such as impacting or jerking) or rapid movement of a static load. A shock load significantly adds to the static load.
Design Factor
An industry term denoting a product's theoretical reserve capability; usually computed by dividing the catalog ultimate load by the Working Load Limit. Generally expressed as a ratio, e.g., 5 to 1.
Commercial Surface Factor
The surface condition of the products shown in this catalog. The surface condition associated with the normal methods of production of raw material and machined surfaces. More refined surface qualities are considered as special.
Fatigue Rated
Tested to a minimum standard of 20,000 cycles at 1.5 times the Working Load Limit. Will meet the requirements of the Euronorm standards for fatigue.
Adjusted Working Load Limit
The reduced maximum mass or force which the product is authorized to support for specific non-standard loading applications.
Purchaser and Crosby expressly agree that Crosby's warranty with respect to sale of its products is LIMITED solely to Crosby's choice of repair, replacement or refund of the purchase price of any product or part thereof determined by Crosby to be defective within the first 12 months following the transfer of title of the product from Crosby to the purchaser. Purchaser and Crosby expressly agree that upon termination of the aforementioned 12 month period, the purchased product carries no warranty whatsoever. Purchaser and Crosby expressly agree that the remedies provided in this section are the purchaser's exclusive remedies in connection with the purchase or use of the product. Purchaser and Crosby expressly agree that in no event shall Crosby be liable for any incidental or consequential damages in connection with the purchase or use of the product.
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. PURCHASER HEREBY WAIVES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXPRESS WARRANTIES, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ADDITIONALLY, CROSBY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES ARISING FROM STATUTE, WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR NEGLIGENCE.
Complete Agreement: This Warranty between purchaser and Crosby is complete. All prior or contemporaneous discussions, representations and/or understanding are merged into this Warranty. All prior or contemporaneous agreements between the parties are superseded by this Warranty. Choice of Law: Any dispute about the interpretation of this Warranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Resolution of Disputes: Purchaser and Crosby expressly agree that any dispute arising out of the purchase, use or operation of the purchased product shall, upon written notice to the other party, be resolved through binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be governed by the then existing rules of the American Arbitration Association. The location of any arbitration shall be Tulsa, Oklahoma. The substantive laws of the State of Oklahoma shall govern the arbitration to the extent they are not in conflict with the then existing rules of the American Arbitration Association. In no event shall Crosby be liable for incidental or consequential damages as part of the arbitration award. The award, decision, or filing rendered by the arbitration shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with the applicable law in any court having appropriate jurisdiction.
Commonly Used Symbols
C - Carbon, A - Alloy, B - Bronze, SS - Stainless Steel, S or SC - Self Colored, Painted or Oiled, G - Coated for corrosion protection; may include Hot Dip galvanizing, electrolytic depositing, dimetcoted, impact galvanizing, spraying, etc.
All ratings given in tons refer to short tons of 2,000 lbs. Ratings given in metric tons equal 2,204 lbs., and are mentioned as "tonnes" (t).
Hot Dip galvanized Crosby products meet or exceed ASTM A 153 requirements.
Crosby Symbols and Explanations
QUIC-CHECK®
A patented concept developed by Crosby's Research and Development Department which represents Crosby's ongoing commitment to Quality.
QUIC-CHECK® incorporates the strategic placement of marking indicators on traditional rigging products to indicate reference points designed to enhance the safe and proper use of Crosby products.
U.S. Patents 5,193,480 & 5,103,755 and foreign equivalents.
Load Rated®
A registered Crosby trademark that identifies products that have the Working Load Limit indicated or affixed to it.
Fatigue Rated®
A registered Crosby trademark that identifies products that have proven to provide improved fatigue life (fatigue resistance) in actual use.
Quenched and Tempered®
A registered Crosby trademark identifying product that is heat treated utilizing Crosby's perfected quench and tempering methods.
MAXTOUGH®
A registered Crosby trademark identifying products that are statistically verified to meet or exceed impact values of 31 ft-lbs. at -4° F (42 Joules at -20° C) based on a high level of confidence. The confidence level is an index of certainty. MAXTOUGH is another Value-Added benefit of The Crosby Group.
Type Approved
A symbol that identifies products that have been Type Approved by various third party organizations. Meeting a standard can be declared as a result of "TYPE APPROVAL" by a third party organization. Type Approval requires: (1) A TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFICATE that verifies that the product design complies with the referenced standard(s) and, (2) A (MSA) MANUFACTURING SURVEY that verifies that the manufacturing location has been verified as capable of making the product. • A PRODUCT CERTIFICATE must be made available that vertifies that the product shipped meets the requirements of the TYPE APPROVAL and MSA. This product certificate must reference a serial number or P.I.C. and is issued for each product produced.
RFID Equipped
Products containing this logo are RFID Equipped and are designed to be used with the Crosby QUIC-CHECK® Inspection and Identification System.
Crosby's Quality Continuum.
When you read on a contract the statement "Crosby or Equal", you owe it to yourself and the personnel that will be using the product to understand that there is no equal to Crosby...
The Market Leader: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
When you read on a contract the statement "Crosby or Equal", you owe it to yourself and the personnel that will be using the product to understand that there is no equal to Crosby. The following information has been designed to help you determine the many "Value Added" features of Crosby products that are the foundation for the performance characteristics and technical support required from a quality manufacturer. You will see from the following information that "When buying Crosby, you're buying more than product, you're buying Quality".
The majority of Crosby's products are "Heat Treated". The "Heat Treatment" allows the product to deform if overloading occurs, giving warning before ultimate failure. An "As-Forged", or non-heat treated product, will break with little or no warning. This is called a "Catastrophic Failure", and is a result of brittleness or lack of toughness in the non-heat treated product as compared to the "Heat Treated" product.
The majority of the steel purchased by Crosby is isolated from production until approved by our metallurgical lab. Each product is individually "PIC Coded" (Product Identification Code) to allow traceability to its respective date of production and material certification. Durability
Competitor's products cannot be substituted in place of Crosby's just because they look alike. Crosby products are manufactured with the highest design factors in the industry. Crosby's products are better able to withstand abusive field conditions because of the improved impact and fatigue characteristics designed into each item of our line.
Crosby recognizes the importance of all four of these essential properties in its products:
Recognized Dependability
Crosby is considered the standard of the industry, both nationally and internationally. This can be drawn from the fact that most contracts involving rigging products, in the U.S. and around the world, read "Crosby Only" or "Crosby or Equal".
Crosby has always been concerned that our users are knowledgeable with the installation, use, inspection, and maintenance of our products. Crosby offers a formal product instruction and warning program which includes such "Value Added" features as instruction sheets attached to individual items, comprehensive literature, and a video training program. A Technical Support Team is also ready to answer any questions in regard to our products or services. This instruction can be provided through training seminars and on-site engineering applications. These services provide important benefits, such as accident prevention which results in lower costs of doing business for our customers.
The phrase Customer Service at Crosby means more than just having the product available when you need it. Customer Service also means having a full time, knowledgeable District Sales Representative available to serve you. It also means having a well trained and fully equipped Customer Service Department, a broad product line offering, 3200 Authorized Crosby distributors worldwide, and a Technical Support Team second to none. Finally, Customer Service means having a management team dedicated to ensure the previously mentioned services run smoothly so that your needs are met.
All information above refers to Crosby General Catalogue 2009 Page 13, and previously to Crosby General Catalogue 2006 Page 9.
Crosby's Quality Continuum is a symbol identifying six segments of our business, that when viewed as one, differentiates us in the marketplace.
The Quality Continuum
The Value Added Features
Manufacturing is the process of turning a raw material into a finished product. When it comes to manufacturing, The Crosby Group has extensive and unique capabilities that equip it with the tools needed to provide the quality and type of fittings and blocks needed by our customers. Modern facilities and up to date processes support the manufacturing of our products within Crosby, by Crosby employees. Our Product Identification Code traces the manufacturing process from raw material to production, helping to insure that the proper controls are maintained.
Modern facilities and state of the art processes that support the manufacture of our products.
Extensive and unique capabilities that equip us with the tools needed to provide the quality and type of fittings and blocks needed by you, the customer.
Traceability of each product through the manufacturing process (from raw material to production) with our Product Identification Code (P.I.C.) System which helps to insure that the proper controls are maintained.
Risk management is the practice of controlling or managing the factors of uncertain hazards. To Crosby, risk management requires that the risks of doing business must be reduced by concrete steps that have an impact throughout the business, from the manufacturer to user. Training and formal Product Warnings are major tools that Crosby has made available to support this effort.
Comprehensive product literature.
Formal product instruction and warning program available to all users of Crosby products.
Many products are individually bagged or tagged with product warning and proper application information. • Training videos are available on several subjects.
Crosby Product Training Seminars are available to users.
Research and Development is the ongoing effort to realize the potential of improved products resulting from scholarly and scientific investigation. At Crosby, our research and development is focused by our staff who draw upon the state of the art facilities available in our centralized laboratory in Tulsa, OK.
Development of manufacturing processes for improved product performance.
Enhanced material toughness and properties through the selection of raw material and proper metallurgical processing.
Support of the effort to provide more efficient product design utilizing less raw material and common design.
Crosby is a world wide company that is the premier source of blocks and fittings for the lifting and material handling industries. As a single source, Crosby offers a full line of products that is the broadest selection available to the lifting and materials handling industries.
Scaffold pulleys to the largest lifting tackle in the world.
Forged Wire Rope Clips from 1/8" to 3".
Shackles from 1/3 tons to 1200 tons.
A variety of hooks from 1/3 ton to 300 tons.
A complete assortment of links, rings, forged swivels and thrust bearing swivels.
Product available in both carbon steel and alloy steel.
Roll Forged sheaves to "Cold Tuff" sleeves and other swaging products.
Custom designed products to meet your specific needs.
"Customer Service is what the customer says it is." Crosby takes this definition seriously. We recognize that customer service begins with availability of product, order placement and tracking, and accurate information. But at Crosby we KNOW that Customer Service is more than just having the product available when you need it. It is the company wide effort required to drive the organization to discover and meet our customer's expectations.
Full time, knowledgeable District Sales Representatives.
A well trained and fully equipped Customer Service Department which can address standard products.
An Engineered Products Group that coordinates customer's special needs from design through manufacturing and application.
A Technical Support Team ready to explain our products and service.
A Management Team dedicated to the principle that "Customer Service is what the customer says it is."
Engineering is the application of scientific principles to practical ends in the design, construction and use of equipment and systems. Crosby engineers its products to perform. The application of finite element analysis is but one example of the engineering expertise available at Crosby that has resulted in Crosby being considered the standard of the industry, nationally and internationally.
Proper selected material and heat treatment process that allows for superior strength and impact and fatigue performance.
Active participants in professional societies and committees including ASTM, CVSA, API, ASME/ANSI.
Extensive expertise in computer aided design (CAD), Finite Element Analysis, Non-destructive Testing and Failure Analysis of Products.
ISO 9001 Certified.
All information above refers to Crosby General Catalogue 2009 Page 14, and previously to Crosby General Catalogue 2006 Page 10.
What is the Crosby Quality Continuum?
The Crosby Quality Continuum is a symbol that identifies six segments of Crosby's business, that when viewed as one, differentiates Crosby from the competition in the marketplace. The six (6) segments are Customer Service, Engineering, Manufacturing, Risk Management, Research and Development and a Complete Product Line.
What is the Communication System?
The Crosby Communication System is a systematic effort to convey the positive aspects, or Value Added features of the Quality Continuum (big red Q), to the marketplace.
Who is the audience for the Crosby Communication system?
The Crosby Communication System recognizes its audience as including: Crosby employees, Authorized Crosby Distributors, End Users of Crosby, and Institutional buyers or standards setting organizations.
What are some of the resources available?
The Crosby Communication System can successfully draw upon the many skilled and knowledgeable people within Crosby, our Video Training Programs, the product bulletins, Crosby product literature, and the product presentations that have been prepared.
What type of training is available?
Comprehensive product training is available on nearly all Crosby product lines. Customized training on other products can also be made available. In addition, training is available on the fundamentals that support Crosby's product performance, including product warnings, heat treatment, materials, and product identification.
How can this help the user of Crosby products?
Crosby's users can benefit from the Crosby Communication System by recognizing the impact that Crosby's Value Added features can have on employee skills, employee safety, worker compensation costs, productivity, insurance premiums, and the ability to meet OSHA and others standards.
How did these concepts develop through the years?
Crosby has always been concerned that our users be knowledgeable about the installation, use, inspection, and maintenance of our products. It was in 1987 that Crosby developed the theme "If it's Crosby, It's Quality" to highlight the Quality built into the full line of products. This evolved into the Quality Continuum concept in 1988 and 1989, when we recognized that: "When buying Crosby, you're buying more than product, you're buying Quality," and in 1990 the Crosby Communication System was formalized.
Alloy information above refers to Crosby General Catalogue 2009 Page 15, and previously to Crosby General Catalogue 2006 Page 11.
The most effective method of assuring that the product you are purchasing is as reliable as possible is to purchase components supplied by companies of known reputation who maintain consistent and adequate quality. The company should clearly mark its components and finished products with the company name or logo, the component size or working load limit, and a code that is actively used by the manufacturer to control material and processes.
Ask: Do they have a traceability system? Ask: If yes, is their traceability system also utilized for cast fittings, swage fittings and all load-bearing components?
Crosby forges the Product Identification Code (PIC), each item's size or Working Load Limit (or a cross-reference code to working load limit) and "Crosby" or its logo into each product.
MATERIAL TRACEABILITY
A forged in identification code should be used to record the material grade and origin. This record should trace the material to the heat lot of material of steel as rolled at the supplying mill. Verification checks of all materials purchased for forging must be done to insure that the steel supplied meets the specifications required. This verification should be traceable by a forged in product identification code. In summary, the source and verification of material actually used in each forging must be able to be determined through appropriate documentation.
Ask: Do they have a permanently marked code in each product that traces material back to a verified certification? Ask: Do they test each heat of steel with their own testing facilities?
Crosby uses the Product Identification Code (PIC) to maintain material control from the steel mill, to receipt at our plant, to verification, and throughout the manufacturing process. Crosby can provide certified material analysis for each production lot, traceable by the Product Identification Code (PIC). Crosby, through its own laboratory, verifies the analysis of each heat of steel. Crosby purchases only special bar forging quality steel with specific cleanliness requirements and guaranteed hardenability.
MANUFACTURING CONTROL
The permanent identification code should be used to maintain a record of which manufacturing facility produced the product as well as the approximate production dates. All quality records should reference the product identification code so that a history can be maintained. All product performance testing for audit and engineering purposes should also reference the product identification code.
Ask: Do their products have a permanent code that is used to maintain control as product is manufactured?
Crosby uses the Product Identification Code (PIC) to maintain control of its products as they are manufactured.
PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATION DATA
Detailed performance, application, and warning information will assist you in the proper use of products. This information is most effective when provided in supporting brochures and engineering information. An identification marking must be used to reference this information by use of a cross-reference between the product code and the literature. Proper performance data should include each item's working load limit, proof load and design factor. It should also include the item's manufacturing processes, such as heat treatment and galvanizing, and list any specification the product meets or exceeds.
Ask: What performance and application information do they provide? Ask: Are there markings in products to aid in the proper use of the fitting? Ask: Is a comprehensive product warning system provided? Ask: What training support is provided?
Crosby provides a detailed catalog that comprehensively describes each product's performance. The Crosby Product Warning System provides detailed application and warning information on selected products. In addition, training seminars and videos are also available. Selected products incorporate markings forged into the product to aid in the proper use of the fitting.
Identification and Labeling on the Product by Product Groups
Crosby Logo Size Working Load Limit Rated in Metric Tons (t) Product Identification Code Serial Number QUIC-CHECK® Markings QUIC-CHECK® RFID Equipped
SHACKLES X X X X X X 25t and larger
SHANK HOOKS X Both size and working load limit are identified with a frame size that can be referenced back to our literature. X X
EYE HOOKS X X X X X
OTHER FORGED HOOKS X X X S-322
SNATCH BLOCKS X X X X X* 4-1/2" and larger
CROSBY CLIPS X X X*
FIST GRIPS CLIPS X X X
TURNBUCKLES X X X
LOAD BINDERS X X X X
EYE BOLTS X X X
LINKS X X X X
TAPERED SWIVEL BEARINGS X X X X
CHAIN COMPONENTS X X X
SWAGE SOCKETS X X X X
SLEEVES & BUTTONS X X X
380 BLOCK McKissick X X X X X
OIL FIELD McKissick X X X X X
750 BRIDGE CRANE BLOCKS McKissick X X X X X
SHACKLES CT & 2160 X X X X X X CT Only X
SWIVEL HOIST RINGS X X X Selected Sizes X X
ELIMINATOR CHAIN X X X X
LIFTING CLAMPS X X X X X X
ANGULAR CONTACT SWIVEL BEARINGS X X X X
HEAT TREATMENT The heat treatment of steel is an ancient art science that dates back to the Iron Age. When strength and hardness of steel were needed, heat treatment provided the answer. Today the heat treatment of steel has been refined to a sophisticated science. It is now possible to greatly enhance the strength, ductility, and resilience of steel through a properly controlled heat treatment process. The "as forged" fitting results in variability that is detrimental in applications that require toughness. Normalizing, spheroidized annealing, and quench and tempering are heat treat processes. Proper heat treatment eliminates the risk of cooling variation at the forging process. This is true of all steels regardless of material grades. COMPETITION CROSBY
Ask: Are load bearing fittings heat treated? Ask: If so, what type of heat treat process is used? Some supply critical fittings in an "as forged" or "as cast" condition. Crosby has fully qualified heat treat operations at its plants. Utilizing these facilities, Crosby heat treats all fittings that are load bearing components. Crosby minimizes risk by the effective heat treatment of its fittings. Heat treatment is an essential element of Crosby's Risk Management Program. We do not take shortcuts for the sake of cutting cost. For the benefit of reducing cost, a non heat treated product compromises the performance ability of the product. In addition, Crosby's metallurgical laboratory provides the support needed to assure the results.
QUENCHED AND TEMPERED Quenching and Tempering of steel has been found to be the heat treatment best suited to fully develop the strength and enhance the grain flow of carbon and alloy forgings. The quenched and tempered product will deform before ultimate failure, thus giving warning. The quenching process is rapid cooling in water or oil, after heating, to form a strong but brittle structure. The tempering process is the reheating of the steel to obtain the desired strength while increasing the ductility and toughness. Quench and tempering provides the consistency of performance needed by all critical applications, especially overhead lifting. Ask: What products do they quench and temper? Ask: Are their products that are exposed to high stress quenched and tempered? Ask: If not, why are they willing to accept inferior impact and toughness properties of non quenched and tempered products. Many normalize their forgings, but do not quench and temper. Crosby fittings which are exposed to high stress applications and designed as load bearing elements are quenched and tempered. The Quench and Tempering process is the most consistent method of assuring that every fitting performs as needed, especially in overhead lifting.
MATERIAL CONTROL The proper heat treatment of forged fittings depends on the appropriate selection of materials and use of heat treat procedures. Fine grained, special bar forging quality steel of specific cleanliness requirements and guaranteed hardenability in the appropriate grades must be used. Proper selection of steel is NOT ENOUGH, however. The control and management of these steels, from purchase through the entire manufacturing process, is essential to assure that the proper results are attained in the designated product. This control should utilize a production traceability program. Ask: Do they have identification code forged into the product that traces material back to verified certification? Ask: Are all heat records maintained by the traceability code? Most do not provide traceability of material. Crosby uses the Product Identification Code (P.I.C.) for material control from receipt and verification of steel, and throughout the entire manufacturing process. Crosby can provide certified material analysis for each production lot. PIC Product Identification Code
ULTIMATE STRENGTH, DUCTILITY, IMPACT, AND FATIGUE PROPERTIES The mechanical properties of steel when a load is very rapidly applied is known as its impact strength. Forged fittings must be able to have impact strengths that match the requirements of their application, especially in cold temperatures. The ability of a steel to withstand repeated applications of a load is measured by fatigue testing. The proper heat treatment of forgings, which includes quenching and tempering, can develop these properties to their desired level in a consistent and reliable manner. The ability to perform when overloaded is known as ductility. Ask: Are the products designed and manufactured with considerations for strength, fatigue, impact, and ductility? Some do not utilize materials that have good impact and fatigue properties. Crosby's product line benefits from the selection of steel and the heat treatment process that allows for superior strength, ductility, impact, and fatigue performance. The product deforms if overloaded, giving warning before ultimate failure. All of these properties are essential if the product is to perform time after time. They are also important to assure that the inspection criteria set forth by ANSI will effectively monitor the ability of the fitting to continue in service.
Heat Treatment by Product Groups
PRODUCT HEAT TREATMENT
SHACKLES Bows - Quenched and Tempered Pins - Quenched and Tempered
EYE HOOKS Quenched and Tempered
SHANK HOOKS Quenched and Tempered
LINKS Quenched and Tempered
RINGS Quenched and Tempered
SWIVELS Quenched and Tempered
TURNBUCKLES All ends are Quenched and Tempered Bodies Normalized
PAD EYES Quenched and Tempered
EYE BOLTS Quenched and Tempered
LOAD BINDERS Quenched and Tempered
SWAGE SOCKETS Spheroidized Annealed
SWAGE SLEEVES Cold Tuff A proprietary heat treat process that maximizes swageability of the sleeve at low temperatures.
SPELTER SOCKETS Normalized
PROCESS IS IMPORTANT
The material used in a forged fitting, such as carbon or alloy steel, determines the potential properties. The manufacturing processes determine what the properties will actually be. The material must be special bar forging quality steel and fine grained. The heating of steel to forging temperature must be properly controlled to insure that the steel is not "injured" by overheating. Proper forging equipment and techniques must be employed to assure proper material flow in the dies and tooling. The heat treatment process must be well defined and precisely controlled.
COMPETITION CROSBY
Ask: What processes do they consider important?
Ask: How do they select their material?
Ask: Is the steel fine grained?
Ask: Are standards established to insure sufficient cleanliness of the steel?
Crosby's attention to material selection, forging techniques, machining, and heat treatment processes assures the properties required will be attained, thus providing superior performance of the product. Crosby has specific and demanding cleanliness requirements. Crosby provides a video on metallurgy that highlights these facts.
TENSILE STRENGTH AND DUCTILITY
The mechanical properties that are important when lifting a load under normal conditions are tensile strength and ductility. The ability to carry a load increases with the tensile (pulling) strength of the steel. The ability of steel to deform in an overload condition is known as its ductility. Both of these factors enter greatly into determining the working load limit of a forging. Ductility is measured by standard engineering tests of elongation and reduction of area. It is also measured by how much deformation the fitting incurs when overloaded. The tensile strength determines the actual working load, while ductility allows the product to deform significantly when overloaded, thus giving warning before ultimate failure.
Ask: Do they have an active program to determine tensile and ductility properties?
Ask: Are testing audits performed continuously on all products?
Ask: Is the actual deformation of a fitting when overloaded a major consideration for their shackles?
Crosby has an active program to determine tensile and ductility properties. Testing audits are continuously performed on all products. Crosby's design philosophy considers the deformation of a fitting when loading is a key requirement.
FATIGUE PROPERTIES
The mechanical properties of steel when a load is repeatedly applied is known as its fatigue strength. Fatigue testing determines the ability of a material to withstand repeated applications of a load. The load by itself may be too small to produce a failure. There are three factors involved when considering fatigue strength. They are: the number of cycles at which a crack initiates, the number of cycles at which the crack starts to grow, and the number of cycles at which the fitting fails. One accepted method of fatigue rating fittings is to test them to 1-1/2 times the working load limit for 20,000 cycles, without failure. This standard test is accepted as indicating indefinite life when used within the working load limit under normal circumstances.
Ask: Does the material selection process recognize fatigue properties?
Ask: Do they have an active program to "design in" and test fatigue properties?
Ask: Is there a program in place to fatigue rate all load bearing products that are used in critical applications?
Crosby has an active program to determine fatigue properties. Included in this program is the use of finite element design methods to predict possible weak areas, which in turn allows us to design in superior fatigue properties. Crosby specifies material of specific cleanliness and guaranteed hardenability which enhances fatigue. Crosby designs and manufactures its products with fatigue in mind. Crosby has a program in place that will result in all load bearing products used in critical applications being fatigue rated.
IMPACT PROPERTIES
The mechanical properties of steel when a load is very rapidly applied is known as its impact strength. Impact tests are made by applying a sudden load to a test piece and measuring the energy absorbed when the specimen breaks. The "tougher" the material the greater the energy required to break the piece. A brittle piece can absorb virtually no energy upon breaking. The Charpy V Notched Impact test is one common method of performing the testing and measurement. Fittings must be able to have impact strengths that match the requirements of their application at all temperatures, even low temperatures commonly found in winter conditions. The difficulty of crack initiation and crack growth under impact is an important consideration.
Ask: Does the material selection process recognize impact properties?
Ask: Do they have an active program to perform actual testing of impact properties?
Ask: Do they recognize the need for good impact properties, i.e., the need for crack initiation and growth to be difficult throughout the normal operating temperature of 0° to 75° F (-20°C + 25°C)?
Crosby recognizes the importance of impact properties and has an active program to determine impact properties at various temperatures of each material used in the various heat treat conditions. Crosby products are designed to be used in a wide range of temperatures. Crosby specifies material of specific cleanliness and guaranteed hardenability which enhances fatigue and impact properties.
Performance of a fitting requires a tensile strength that meets working load limits, ductility that allows deformation when overloaded, fatigue properties that support use time after time and impact properties that provide toughness. All of these properties are essential if the product is to perform time after time in adverse conditions. They are also important to assure that the inspection criteria set forth by ANSI will effectively monitor the ability of the fitting to continue in service.
Ask: Does the fitting have required tensile strength, ductility, fatigue and impact properties?
Ask: Are all the material properties met?
Crosby designs its fittings to include required working load limits and design factors. Equally important are the ductility, fatigue, and impact properties. Crosby provides you with material properties that minimize the risk of failure. No shortcuts in processing are made to save cost while sacrificing any of these performance elements.
Material Properties by Product Group
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION PRODUCT GROUP
Tensile Strength Crosby can provide typical hardness, tensile, and typical yield strength values. Hooks, Shackles, Turnbuckles, and Chain Fittings
Ductility Crosby can provide typical reduction of area and elongation values upon special request. Hooks, Shackles, Turnbuckles, and Chain Fittings
Impact Properties Crosby's quenched and tempered products have enhanced impact properties for greater toughness at all temperatures. If requested at the time of order, Crosby can provide Charpy impact properties. Hooks, Shackles, Turnbuckles, and Chain Fittings
Fatique Properties Crosby products are being designed to meet specific fatigue performance levels. If requested at the time of order, these fatigue properties can be provided. Hoist Hooks, Shackles, Eye Bolts, Turnbuckles, Swivel Hoist Rings, Chain Fittings and Snatch Blocks are Fatigue rated to 20,000 cycles at 1-1/2 times the Working Load Limit.
Proof Testing Proof testing and certification are furnished standard with some products. If requested at the time of order, proof testing certification can be provided on most of Crosby's remaining product line, with the exception of products such as swage sockets and sleeves, spelter sockets, thimbles, etc. All Products
QC 1400 Audits Crosby's QC 1400 program provides reduction of area, elongation values, as well as hardness, tensile, and yield strength values for each production lot of hoist hooks. These factors are traceable by the Product Identification Code (PIC) program. Hoist Hooks Only
Mag Certification, Ultra Sonic, X-ray, and Dye Penetrant Testing If requested at the time of order, different non-destructive testing and certification is available. All Products
Chemistry Analysis Each heat of steel is individually verified to confirm chemical analysis prior to manufacturing. All Products
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Tokyo apartment sale prices increase for 65th month
According to REINS, 3,424 second-hand apartments were reported to have sold across greater Tokyo in February, up 29.6% from the previous month but down 1.1% from last year. The average sale price was 33,530,000 Yen, down 0.2% from the previous month but up 6.4% from last year. The average price per square meter was 511,900 Yen, down 0.8% from the previous month but up 3.9% from last year. This is the 62nd month in a row to see a year-on-year increase in sale prices.
1,762 second-hand apartments were sold in the Tokyo metropolitan area, up 25.6% from the previous month but down 1.2% from last year. The average sale price was 41,540,000 Yen, up 0.9% from the previous month and up 7.4% from last year. This is the highest sale price seen since REINS began publishing data in 2001. The average price per square meter was 677,100 Yen, down 0.5% from the previous month but up 4.0% from last year. This is the 65th month in a row to record a year-on-year increase in sale prices.
CENTRAL TOKYO'S 3 WARDS
In central Tokyo's 3 wards of Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato, the average sale price was 62,000,000 Yen, up 3.7% from the previous month and up 9.2% from last year. The average price per square meter was 1,083,300 Yen, down 0.4% from the previous month but up 6.9% from last year. This is the 11th month in a row to record a year-on-year increase in sale prices.
218 apartments were reported to have sold during the month, up 42.5% from the previous month and up 3.3% from last year. This is the highest volume seen for the month of February since record-keeping began in 2008 and is double the average volume seen between 2008 and 2010.
New listings for the month increased for the first time in 16 months with a 0.1% increase from February 2017. Remaining inventory dropped for the 11th month in a row to 3,595 apartments, down 5.4% from last year.
Source: REINS, March 12, 2018.
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The adoption of FRS 140 Investment Property has introduced the application of fair value accounting for non-financial assets for the first time. However, the decision to allow such options appears to be contentiously debated as fair value measurement is not easily determined. Accordingly, this study examines the value relevance of fair value accounting which embraced under the accounting standard FRS 140 in the context of Malaysia. The finding supports the view that lack of explanation on fair value, disclosing outdated fair value and high measurement error lead to the perception of investors do not distinguish the value of companies just based on the fair value information. However, model of measurement and source of valuation is perceived differently by investors in setting the share price of companies. Surprisingly, there is no significant difference between valuations of investment property fair value either conducted by directors or independent valuers.


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Let's bid farewell to the old year, and welcome the fresh year together.
Join us New Year's Eve for a 4-course seafood dinner with an optional beverage pairing.
Reserve you seat early. We look forward to celebrating the New Year with you all!


A new beta release of TubeSock for Mac is out! And maybe there's something to theory of lucky prime number beta builds after all.
TubeSock 3.0 has advanced to beta 19 (download TubeSock 3.0 beta 19 here!) and it fixes the crash on PowerPC / Tiger Macs in beta 18. Yes, we finally got our dead PowerBook G4 up and running, and after a seriously large amount of tediousness, we found the bug. It was in the new code that displays the FPS counter. Apparently the conversion can be slow enough on PowerPC that it exposed a condition where the buffer containing the FPS could be empty. The code has been re-written in a much more defensive manner, so a null this or a nil that won't crash anything.
A few other fixes made their way in: fixes to a site that made a recent change, a rare condition where the output name could match the input name and overwrite the input file, and some more general interface tweaking.
Please download the new beta, and let us know if you find any problems with it.
TubeSock for Windows has now advanced to the ripe old age of 1.0.8. The only new thing is the bug fix, keeping up with its Mac cousin's fixes for the recent YouTube changes. Download it here: TubeSock for Windows 1.0.8.
However, the cross-platform TubeSock is not ready yet. So, last week's chaos forced us to go back to the old TubeSock for Windows codebase and update it. Which we have finally done.
Almost immediately upon releasing beta 17 on Friday, we received reports of its success along with many more reports of its total and utter failure. Beta 17 worked fantastic here, so it took us a day to figure out that the problem was only happening on Tiger (10.4), and then another day to figure out what the actual problem was, and that we'd already solved it in TubeSock 1.0 and the working code was already written.
So behold, beta 18. Download TubeSock 3.0 beta 18 here! Please post problems in the comments (don't forget to include the URL that failed, your OS version, and your CPU type). Our PowerPC Mac is still dead, so we're especially interested to hear from PowerPC users.
A number of other minor bugs were fixed in this release, including: a bug where Dailymotion videos were improperly titled, a bug in the selection of high-quality videos (if the destination format is FLV, we don't pull the MP4), and a bug in the creation of MP3 files. Also, for fun and edification and bragging rights, the conversion rate (frames per second) is now shown.
And by the way, all you folks who like to save MP3 files: if you've got an iPod, use AAC instead. Much better.
More info on the problem with Tiger here.
Hey programmers! Is your WebKit-enabled app suddenly crashing in XCode every time you run it? Does "Debugger() was called!" inexplicably showing up in the run log? Is it driving you up the wall?
Me too, so I decided to figure out what the hell was going on, and it turns out that it's all Adobe's fault. Imagine that! Apparently, in the new Flash 10 release, somebody left a call to Debugger() in the code. This is in the final, non-beta Flash 10. I'd expect calls to Debugger() in a beta, but to leave that in a final release does not inspire confidence in the rest of the code.
So yeah, if your app uses WebKit, and you're running your app in XCode, and some page your WebKit is loading has Flash content, bam. Instant stop.
Until Adobe gets their act together, the only solution is turn off "Stop on Debugger() /DebugStr()" in the XCode "Run" menu. Which means, if your own code uses Debugger or DebugStr(), sorry, you can't use it until Adobe fixes their screwup.
Good thing we didn't release 3.0 final yesterday.
Apparently, at some point between midnight last night (when we released TubeSock 3.0 beta 16) and this morning, YouTube changed something yet again, and TubeSock gives those "file doesn't exist" messages once more.
Now, it's not a total loss. TubeSock 3.0 beta 16 still works for video sites like The Onion, DailyMotion, Porkolt, TeacherTube, GodTube, GospelTube (not to mention the unmentionables PornHub, YouPorn, and RedTube).
But we've got some work to do. So, thanks for your continued patience. If anyone gets around to testing beta 16 on a PowerPC, we'd love to hear how it works (for non-YouTube sources, naturally).
Mike Canny caught a bug in TubeSock 3.0 beta 14 where the "Save as Mac" format would crash with TeacherTube videos. That's fixed in the new beta 15 (download TubeSock 3.0 beta 15 here!) along with the elimination of a few more debugging strings. Please give the beta a try and let us know if you have any problems.
Also: So far in our poll, it looks like Goole Video is the #1 choice for video service to support. Let us know what sites you want us to add!
Update: Mike says we fixed it for Intel, but it's still crashing for PowerPC. If you run into the same thing, please post your crash log in the comments.
Today we pushed TubeSock 3.0 beta 14 to our testers (test for yourself! Download TubeSock 3.0b14 now!). This build isn't hugely different from yesterday's beta 11; the big change is that it adds support for videos from the Onion. Yes, I know adding features at the tail end of a beta is a bad idea, but Stinkbot friend Jason Torchinsky (creator of the TubeSock icon, as well as all of the artwork for Sumo! for iPhone) had one of his story ideas appear on the Onion's video site, and I wanted to keep it for posterity, and one thing led to another. So, new feature, hope you like it, hope we didn't wreck everything while cramming it in.
Also, a few leftover NSLog()s were left in the code from troubleshooting the YouTube problem, which were removed. TubeSock should no longer fill your system log files with pointless junk.
Please report any problems you encounter in our support system. Please be sure to mention that you're using the TubeSock 3.0 beta.
Also, we're making plans for TubeSock 4.0. If there's a feature you want to see added, let us know! And if there is a video site you'd like to see us support, please let us know by voting in this poll.


£9.3m project will transform a Refectory and an underused service yard into a vibrant social space and courtyard, restoring the historic splendour of the heart of the university and improving campus connectivity.
University College London have received planning permission for their Wilkins Terrace and refectory project within the environs of the Grade I listed Wilkins Building, a part of the Bloomsbury Campus. The changes bring together Burwell Deakins Architects' remodelling of the Wilkins Lower Refectory and Levitt Bernstein's transformation of the adjacent yard into a new contemporary courtyard and terrace behind the historic Portico that UCL is synonymous with. The £9.3m redevelopment will provide a refectory of the highest quality offering a variety of dining and café space, connected to the new Wilkins Terrace, formed at the level above, to accommodate a range of formal and informal uses and providing a new east west link across the UCL campus.The scheme forms part of UCL's masterplan to improve student experience by improving the quality and variety of facilities and accessibility around the campus.
Enabling works have already begun to allow project construction to start promptly in December 2014.
Wilkins Terrace, within the site of what is currently known as the Physics Yard, is one of the most significant part refurbishment, part new-build projects to be carried out within the UCL Bloomsbury Campus and forms an intrinsic part of the current Wilkins environs projects. The former service yard was previously unloved and disconnected from the rest of the campus, so the design endeavours to create an entirely unique space which is also connected to those around it in a usable way, thereby strengthening pedestrian links through the campus as a whole. Students and staff members will be drawn through the buildings to 'discover' the unique courtyard spaces within. Three new 'doorways' will be formed through the courtyard to create this pedestrian link, sensitively incorporated by using the existing shapes of the listed windows of the adjacent North Cloister. A new lift and dual stairway access also allows the upper terrace to be accessed from the seating area below which leads through a colonade to the Lower Refectory.
The new terrace and facade do not directly touch the Grade 1 listed Wilkins or Physics Buildings, with a light bridge connection at the Bloomsbury Theatre and 1960's Donaldson extension. Wilkins Terrace forms a largely free-standing object within the space with its own architectural identity inspired by the materials and geometries of its context.
The upper courtyard will be an active social space, suitable for hosting a variety of different events. It will become home to student fairs, open air exhibitions, fashion shows and performances. Even when it is not being used for events, the space will provide UCL staff, students and visitors with functional and beautiful space. The terrace deck, fourth façade, fixed seating bays and new edge walls are clad in Portland stone, of three types of textures ranging from a medium compacted Jordans Whitbed to a fine grain Grove Whitbed, which displays a unique fossil structure. Strong planting design will include UK native fruit producing trees and a selection of plants chosen for their scent, blooms and culinary uses.
The Lower Terrace will form a striking outlook from the main refectory dining space, increasing the refectory's seating capacity and providing further opportunity for attractive and ecologically beneficial planting.
Designed by Burwell Deakins Architects, the Lower Refectory will occupy a key location between the new Wilkins Terrace and the Japanese Garden. Within the total reorganisation of the space, the Refectory Dining Hall will be relocated to the heart of the Wilkins Building to inhabit the original double height arched space, whilst the new servery and back-of-house support facilities will be moved to the less grand secondary spaces below the Bloomsbury Theatre and new Wilkins Terrace.
The existing ceiling and interstitial services gantry above, will be removed allowing the arches and clerestory windows to be exposed again, reestablishing double height daylighting to both sides of the dining hall, providing UCL with a grand collegiate dining facility within the Central Bloomsbury Campus.
In order to improve the connection between the North and South Refectory facades, the glazing to both is going to be restored with additional entrance doors added. The main entrance to the servery will improve upon the existing arrangement, providing a grander entrance accessible for all.
Fixed banquette seats aligned with the existing arched structure will present defined spaces within the dining hall linked with a huge, dramatic circular light installation. The East and West ends of the dining hall will have more intimate seating areas and a coffee bar with lowered acoustic timber ceilings creating privacy and a variety of experience. Flanking 'orangery' spaces will offer more informal seating. A stone floor finish will enhance the link with the external colonnades and terrace.
The Wilkins Building took its name from UCL's first architect William Wilkins, who envisaged the19th-century visitor entering the university through the octagonal hall situated at the top of the portico steps. Wilkins also designed the National Gallery and buildings for several Cambridge colleges.
The project is part of UCL's wider programme to upgrade its Bloomsbury Campus. The new development sits harmoniously within the surrounding listed buildings with the new terrace and façade being a free-standing object within the space, inspired by the materials and geometries of its context. Together, the refurbished Lower Wilkins Refectory and transformed Wilkins Terrace will modernise this part of UCL, whilst simultaneously referencing and building upon the historic splendour of the site.


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Rovers ride into Europe for Men United
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Rovers teamed up with their Football League counterparts to raise more than £305,000 this weekend on Prostate Cancer UK's sold-out football fundraiser – the London to Amsterdam Cycling Challenge.
More than 250 riders cycled 145 miles from Leyton Orient to the Amsterdam Arena across two days and the total raised continues to rise.
Academy coach David Lowe saddled up for the third annual ride and the Rovers total adds to the significant contribution the club has made this season from the ride and from their matchday collection.
The money raised will go towards supporting the 300,000 men living with prostate cancer in the UK and funding ground-breaking research to beat a disease which currently affects one in eight men in the UK.
Director of Fundraising at Prostate Cancer UK, Mark Bishop, said: "To see Rovers and our ever-extending football family come together over two never-to-be-forgotten days and raise a phenomenal total is another example of the power of Men United.
"It's amazing to think that back in 2013 Luther was one of 35 hardy souls taking on the challenge for the first time, so it's fair to say it's really caught the imagination – and raised a substantial amount of money.
"This year's ride was bigger and better than ever. 250 riders representing clubs up and down the land convened for brilliant demonstration of what we call Men United: people joining one team to fight a common opposition – prostate cancer."
Fans who missed out on this year's ride can find out more about the biggest ride in football at prostatecanceruk.org/amsterdam
Junior Rovers Cinema Event on Open Day!
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Manager Tony Mowbray insists Rovers will continue to try and strengthen the squad, following the capture of long-term target Sam Gallagher from Southampton.
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Words And Pictures is lopsided in Clive Owen's favor
Jesse Hassenger
Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Valerie Tian, Navid Negahban
In Words And Pictures, Jack Marcus (Clive Owen), an acclaimed writer, and Dina Delsanto (Juliette Binoche), a celebrated painter, both hold day jobs at a prep school—he leads honors English while she handles honors art. Dina is a new arrival at the school, and though she takes an immediate dislike to the needling, word-obsessed Jack, they share compatible teaching styles. Both of them favor curricula so lofty, challenging, and far-reaching that they fail to cohere as lessons—especially not lessons that would take up 40 minutes to an hour every day (the issue of whether either of them teaches more than one class per day is not really explored). This makes them perfect movie classes—those periods where the important stuff always seems to happen in the first five minutes or just before a ringing-bell cutoff.
Yet, despite that broadness, Words And Pictures has a better feel for the classroom—specifically for classrooms run by prickly and strong-willed educators—than a lot of school-set films. Neither an inspirational do-gooder nor an embittered grump, Jack comes across as a talented if disorganized teacher, fueled both by passion for language and self-loathing over his own blocked writing. He also drinks to excess outside his job—and sometimes during it, on his lunch break. Restless and irritable, Jack starts an arbitrary but student-engaging "war" with Dina, pitting their two honors classes against each other to determine whether words or pictures are superior tools of expression.
Words And Pictures is supposed to be divided, as equally as its title, between these two characters. But Owen's performance as a man who values his own faux-sophistication even as he goes to seed overpowers Binoche, leaving the movie lopsided. Dina is plagued by arthritis that comprises her ability to paint; her body threatens to fail her greatest passion. Even though her defining problem is arguably even more serious than Jack's alcoholism, Binoche plays Dina's pain with cutesy tics: using a low, dopey voice for sarcasm; cracking lame jokes; barking put-downs from off-screen; even blowing a raspberry at one point. He's a loudmouthed problem drinker and she's a tough, beautiful artist—yet, she's the one whose romantic appeal to her potential partner remains a mystery.
The movie's own words and pictures are more balanced, for better and worse. Just as the screenplay mixes convincing classroom details with simplified contrivances (like the odd notion that a fancy private high school would hire a renowned writer to goose their literary magazine—then threaten said magazine with budget cuts, because he's not writing enough of it himself), veteran director Fred Schepisi shows both visual competence and a limited bag of tricks. Seemingly half of the movie's shots are slow push-ins, often (but not exclusively) used for mounting tension as the movie cuts between over-the-shoulder shots in conversations. It's effective at first but less so as the movie wears on, repeatedly nudging the audience to lean in for insights that never materialize. Yet, the movie has its moments: the background of Jack's frayed relationship with his son Tony (Christian Scheider), for example, is sketched through a single heartbreaking, non-histrionic phone call. Amid the movie class overreaching into both light comedy and big melodrama, Words And Pictures occasionally grabs onto something affecting.


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Don and Lotta rescued by Pakistan Army Aviation, Denis remains the last man standing
News / By Pakistan Explorer / February 10, 2020
Latest update in regards to the culmination of the Broad Peak Expedition, Lotta Hintsa posted a stunning video of the descent from one of the high camps. Interestingly, the post mentions not a single word about Denis, who the duo has decided to leave alone in the frigid Karakorum and although Denis would be a happier man dealing with just the mountain, a word or two of appreciation for him would have been nicer to read. It also becomes rather mandatory after Denis decided to quit the summit attempt only to stay with the 'sick' Don Bowie.
Don and Lotta being airlifted at Baltoro PC: ispr.gov.pk
"It was a hard decision to make because in BC you tell yourself till the last minute that you're ok even when you feel like your lungs are collapsing and you don't notice when you hit your toes with your ice axe. In the end Don's reasoning as my coach that it's better to recover as soon as possible and start training for the next big event (this summer!!) than wait for a miracle and watch your health deteriorate in BC made sense to me"
Lotta writes on her Instagram
Ironically, waiting for a miracle and watch your health deteriorate in the BC is essentially what it requires to take down a winter 8000er. The two climbers were rescued by Pakistan Army Aviation Helicopters for which Lotta didn't mince any words in appreciation.
"Health wise, I'm quite ok, and even though the press considers me "rescued", I was perfectly capable and willing to walk out on my own feet at the end of the expedition. The Pakistan Military helicopter pilots who were there to evacuate my climbing partner Don were gracious enough to invite me to fly out with them. These pilots are seriously the best in the world and I can tell you that Don is extremely grateful that they got him to medical care for his pneumonia."
Denis remains the last man standing at the Broad Peak Base Camp. We wish him Best of Luck in this gigantic undertaking.
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This Is What It's Like To Get An MRI
by Kate Ashford Published: Jan 8, 2016
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Although I'm in good health, I'm surprisingly injury-prone. I pull or strain at least one body part every year, and I'm on a first-name basis with everyone at the local physical therapy practice. I've also had three MRIs done so far—one on my left shoulder, one on my left hamstring, and one on my left thumb. (Maybe I should just do less with my left side?)
Getting scanned isn't my favorite thing to do, as I happen to be claustrophobic and the MRI machine is not known for its roominess. But I know that this test helps my doctor assess the extent of my injuries, as it uses magnetic fields to create high-definition pictures of my organs and tissues. (MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging.) MRIs are also used to help diagnose infections, tumors, strokes, and more.
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I was pretty anxious before my first scan, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Yes, you're pushed into a tube not much bigger than your body, and you're stuck in there for up to an hour. But I managed to survive (three times) relatively unscathed. (Still worried after reading this? Here are 4 scary health tests made easy.) If you're facing an MRI in the near future or you're just curious, here's what you should know.
You'll have to de-jewel yourself.
Got earrings or a gold watch? Leave those at home or in the dressing room. You'll also have to take off any clothing that contains zippers, hooks, or buttons (you'll get a gown). Techs even discourage makeup and other cosmetics because they may contain metallic particles. That's because the MRI machine creates a powerful magnetic field that can dislodge and move metal. If you have a pacemaker or implant that may contain metal, be sure to alert your doctor ahead of time and remind the MRI tech.
You might get an injection or have to drink a solution.
Sometimes a "dye" is used to help certain organs, vessels, or tissues show up more clearly on an MRI. If your doctor says this is necessary, you'll be given an IV injection, enema, or oral solution before the scan gets started.
You can listen to tunes.
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For at least one of my MRIs, I wore a pair of headphones and listened to music that was piped in by my MRI technician. I got to choose the genre; in some facilities, you can choose your favorite radio station. This gave me something to concentrate on aside from what was actually happening (which helps with staying calm). In some cases, you may be able to use goggles to watch something other than the inside of the MRI tube.
You may not have to go all the way into the tube.
For two of my MRIs, I was inserted into the MRI tube feet-first. So while my body was in the machine, my head was out in the open, which I much preferred. Ask the tech which way you'll be configured.
You'll be posed.
The MRI techs need a clear view of the body part they're scanning, and they may use straps and bolsters to prop you so they can get a clear view. This may feel a little awkward, but it's generally not super-uncomfortable (a good thing since you'll have to hold the position for quite a while).
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There are open-tube options.
If you're uber-claustrophobic, you might consider seeking out an "open" MRI. This machine is U-shaped instead of a closed tube, but it might be similarly narrow and the image quality might be poor. "A lot of the open MRIs don't have the same degree of imaging capacity," so your doc might not get the clinical information that he needs, says James Rawson, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology Patient and Family Centered Care Commission.
You can take drugs.
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If the idea of an MRI is stressing you out significantly, ask your doctor if you can get a prescription to take the edge off. "We often give patients Valium so they can be awake and able to cooperate during the exam but relaxed enough so the tight space doesn't bother them," Rawson says. Just keep in mind that if you take Valium or one of its cousins, you'll need someone to drive you home after the test. (Here are more health test secrets doctors don't tell you.)
It's not quiet in there.
Being inside an MRI machine can feel like being in a clothes dryer full of tennis balls. Don't worry, all the knocking noises are totally normal. You can wear ear plugs if the sound bugs you, and you can communicate with the MRI tech via intercom during the scan.
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You can keep your eyes closed.
Some people (including me) just close their eyes before they're inserted into the tube and keep them closed throughout the test. If you don't see the tube, the rationale goes, you aren't really in the tube. Just pretend you're on the beach. A noisy beach with a lot of knocking sounds.
But you must stay awake.
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This is trickier than it sounds, since you're supposed to hold absolutely still and you may have closed your eyes. But if you doze off, your body may twitch or move, which can make the images blurry and necessitate a do-over. You also need to be alert enough to comply with any breathing instructions. (You might have to hold your breath for 15-25 seconds at a time during a chest or stomach scan.)
You get breaks.
An MRI generally lasts 30 to 60 minutes, but the images are taken in a series of sets. Most sets last a few minutes, and during that time you'll have to stay perfectly still or risk blurring all the images from that round. Your technician will probably tell you when one set of images has been taken and another is about to begin, so you'll have a moment to scratch your nose or wiggle a foot that has fallen asleep.
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There's a panic button.
If you really do need to get out of the machine in a hurry, don't just wriggle yourself out like a worm. The MRI folks often give you a button you can punch if you start to lose it. Says Rawson: "For some patients, having that degree of control makes the exam much less intimidating."
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Hypnosis (from the Greek word hypnosis meaning "sleep") is often thought to be "a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject."
Within science, there is no debate as to whether hypnosis exists or works. It is just that the professors cannot agree on how or why it works. It is not a sleep but more like a heightened state of awareness, similar to day-dreaming. Hypnosis is a state that a subject can be guided into either by relaxation techniques or can be induced by confusion or shock, proving that you do not have to be relaxed to be hypnotised.
A person cannot be checked if they are in hypnosis by depth alone but by testing responses to suggestions. If you are in a very deep state of relaxation that can be measured on a monitor it does not necessarily mean you are in hypnosis, you may just be deeply relaxed. You can be in what resembles a waking state (which can be observed in stage hypnosis) and be in good hypnosis. As you can imagine this is very confusing for scientific research and why the experts came up with a series of tests to see what level of hypnosis you are at when being tested.
The Stanford Scale of Hypnotic depth is such a method and was developed by Earnest R Hilgard a professor of psychologist from Stanford University in the 1930's. Hypnosis and hypnotic techniques can be, and have been, used for medical purposes in a variety of contexts from pain relief to inducing anesthesia in operations. The famous Irish surgeon, Dr Jack Gibson, performed over 4,000 operations during his career using only hypnosis instead of anesthetics. Valerie Austin and her husband James Pool, a celebrated author and also a specialist in hypnosis, had the unique opportunity to study with Dr Gibson and subsequently impart some of this knowledge on their Medical Hypnosis Diploma course.
Hypnosis is also used in the form of hypnotherapy to improve or alter behavior. Its effectiveness has been clinically demonstrated in many fields, most notably in the areas of stopping smoking, losing weight, phobias, accelerated learning, stress management, acute pain relief and to date is the only successful therapy for IBS. There is a clear difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Hypnosis can be said to be the altered state of mind and heightened awareness the subject is in, whilst hypnotherapy is the application of techniques used when the subject is in hypnosis to bring about a specific result.


Hey, divas! The cold winter is around us and it's time for us to take out some warm pieces to prevent us from the chilly weather. Let's see what we need in winter: the woolen gloves, knitted scarves and leg warmers… Yeah, your personal stylist is always here to offer you the best fashion and save you some money at the same time.
In this post, we are going to share with you some useful DIY crafts tutorials. These things are what you really need in winter and they are quite stunning just like those sold in the shops. Just take your time and check out these DIY projects and see what you like. When you have time, just make use of your used sweaters or some other materials and create a new and useful DIY craft for yourself and your family members. Follow the steps and have a try. Enjoy!


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Bitcoin Today: Prices Drift Lower as Entire Cryptocurrency Market Struggles
Most of the biggest cryptocurrencies traded into the red Friday.
Kinsey Grant
Apr 6, 2018 5:00 PM EDT
Bitcoin prices continued to drift farther away from the $7,000 benchmark in trading on Friday, April 6. The No. 1 cryptocurrency was joined in its losses by most of the top market value assets, as nearly all of the top 20 coins by market cap traded down in afternoon action.
Here are the stories you need to know about heading into the weekend.
Monex Confirms Coincheck Takeover
Monex Group Inc. confirmed Friday that it would buy cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. for 3.6 billion yen ($33.5 million) in a bid to expand its blockchain technology capabilities. The confirmation came after several days of speculation and unconfirmed reports of a deal. Tokyo-based Monex, an online brokerage firm, said that it would buy all the shares of the hacked Coincheck, despite a crackdown by Japanese regulators on cryptocurrency exchanges. Monex shares surged 20% on Friday to close at 480 yen. The company's shares jumped almost 40% this week as rumors of the deal swirled. "We aim to build a secured business environment for customers by fully backing up Coincheck's enhancement process," Monex said. "We will support Coincheck to provide secure environment to customers and to grow sustainably as a socially valuable cryptocurrency exchanger."
Mt. Gox CEO No Longer a Believer
Mark Karpeles, the former chief executive of the once-largest bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, said he is no longer a believer in bitcoin. Speaking through a thread on Reddit, Karpeles said, "The technology is definitely here to stay, but bitcoin may have trouble evolving and keeping up." He added, "I could be wrong about this. I've been wrong about a lot of things." Karpeles formerly led Mt. Gox, which filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after losing thousands of customers' bitcoins in a hacking attack. Karpeles, who had run Mt. Gox since 2011, was arrested in Japan in 2015 and served jail time for his association with the now-defunct exchange.
Longfin Drama Continues
Longfin Corp. (LFIN) trading was halted for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. The halt came after the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday placed an emergency freeze on $27 million in stock sales for Longfin, which it called a "purported cryptocurrency company." According to SEC litigation documents, Longfin CEO Venkata Meenavalli allegedly caused the company to issue more than two million unregistered restricted shares to Longfin corporate secretary and director Amro Altahawi. The SEC document also alleges that Meenavalli caused the company to issue what could be tens of thousands of restricted shares to two other Longfin affiliates, Suresh Tammineedi and Dorababu Penumarthi. The halt Friday came after days of volatility that saw Longfin rise 64% Thursday on about 6.4 million shares of volume. That's way above LFIN's average daily volume of just 560,000 shares.
UK Warns on Crypto Derivatives
The Financial Conduct Authority in the UK issued a warning statement on its website Friday cautioning investors on cryptocurrency derivative products, which the watchdog said will likely need to be regulated soon. The FCA doesn't presently consider cryptocurrencies to be either currencies or commodities, but the futures and derivatives products of cryptocurrencies could be considered financial instruments, the regulator wrote Friday. "Firms conducting regulated activities in cryptocurrency derivatives must, therefore, comply with all applicable rules in the FCA's Handbook and any relevant provisions in directly applicable European Union regulations," FCA said.
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Anthony James Gregor (April 2, 1929 – August 30, 2019) was a political scientist, eugenicist and professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, well known for his research on fascism, Marxism, and national security.

Early life
He was born Anthony Gimigliano in New York City. His father, Antonio, was a machine operator, factory worker and a nonpolitical anarchist. Gregor served as a volunteer in the U.S. Army. He attended and graduated in 1952 from Columbia University and thereafter served as a high school social science teacher while working for his advanced degrees. Prior to founding the IAAEE, he published several articles on race science and syndicalism for Oswald Mosley's  The European and Corrado Gini's Genus. Gregor's first article in the latter was a defense of Gini's theories, and the two subsequently became friends and collaborators until Gini's death in 1965.

Eugenics and philosophy
In 1959, Gregor joined with Robert E. Kuttner to found the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), where Gregor acted as secretary. According to Gregor, the organization was founded to restore "an intellectual climate in the U.S., and throughout the Western World, which would permit a free and open discussion of racial ... problems." The organization was funded by segregationist Wickliffe Draper to oppose the civil rights movement. As part of this group, Gregor was also an assistant editor of, and contributor to, Mankind Quarterly, the organization's journal.

During this period he undertook anthropological field studies of aboriginal people in Central Australia, and similar studies in South Africa and in the southern United States. In 1960, he obtained employment as a philosophy instructor at Washington College, and in 1961 he received his doctorate at Columbia as an Irwin Edman Scholar and with Distinction in History after his dissertation on Giovanni Gentile. Gregor became assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii from 1961 to 1964. He became an associate professor of philosophy at the universities of Kentucky and Texas between 1964 and 1967. Gregor joined the Political Science Department at the University of California at Berkeley in 1967 where he remained until his retirement.

Study of fascism

Gregor was part of a movement of scholars in the 1960s who rejected the traditional interpretation of fascism as an ideologically empty, reactionary, antimodern dead end. He claimed Italian Fascism owed a major debt to European ideological currents in sociology and political theory. Gregor described fascism as a coherent and serious theory of state and society, and argued that it played a revolutionary and modernizing role in European history. His theory of generic fascism portrayed it as a form of "developmental dictatorship." Since the 1970s, Gregor spent most of his academic research on the study of fascism and it is for this that he is best known. In 1969, he published The Ideology of Fascism: The Rationale of Totalitarianism; in 1974, he wrote The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics. Since then he published other works on the subject, such as Mussolini's Intellectuals, The Search for Neofascism, and Marxism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism.

Gregor argued that scholars do not agree on the definition of fascism, stating in 1997 that "Almost every specialist has his own interpretation." He argued that Marxist movements of the 20th century discarded Marx and Engels and instead adopted theoretical categories and political methods much like those of Mussolini. In The Faces of Janus (2000) Gregor asserted that the original "Fascists were almost all Marxists—serious theorists who had long been identified with Italy's intelligentsia of the Left." In Young Mussolini (1979), Gregor describes Fascism as "a variant of classical Marxism." According to Gregor, many revolutionary movements have assumed features of paradigmatic Fascism, but none are its duplicate. He said that post-Maoist China displays many of its traits. He denied that paradigmatic Fascism can be responsibly identified as a form of right-wing extremism.

International relations
Gregor said that he was committed to the American form of democratic liberalism, as he said that is the most effective system of government and the most likely to endure. In the 1960s, Gregor held numerous workshops and lectures to convince policymakers and academics to be supportive of the US role in the Vietnam War.

During the 1970s and 1980s Gregor served as an uncompensated adviser to Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who flew him to Honolulu as part of a "counter-propaganda program", where he argued that the US should withhold support from Marcos's democratic opposition over the latter's opposition to US military bases, while downplaying allegations of human rights abuses as "undocumented or purely hearsay". Gregor furnished names of "other conservative academicians" who would be useful for similar work, which were forwarded to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

His 1986 book, The China Connection: U.S. Policy and the People's Republic of China and his 1987 follow-up, Arming the Dragon: U.S. Security Ties with the People's Republic of China, discussed Sino-American relations. In 1989 he wrote In the Shadow of Giants: The Major Powers and the Security of Southeast Asia. Gregor was named to the Oppenheimer Chair of Warfighting Strategy 1996–1997 at the Marine Corps University in Quantico.

Gregor translated some of the works of Italian Fascist philosopher Giovanni Gentile into English, together with a commentary on Gentile's political thought. Until his retirement in 2009, he taught a series of political science courses on revolutionary change, Marxism, and Fascism at UC Berkeley. In 2014, Gregor published Marxism and the Making of China. In 2016, his work, "Reflections on Italian Fascism" was published in an English and Italian edition. His final project was an analytic study of the transformative revolution that shaped the twentieth century. In 2014, Princeton University Press incorporated his volumes, Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship, and The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics, among the books in their "Princeton Legacy Library."

Academic evaluations
Gregor was made a national Guggenheim Fellow; a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Social Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; H. L Oppenheimer Professor at the Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia; and a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

According to Roger Griffin, Gregor wrote an influential early comprehensive survey of existing theoretical models of fascism. Per Andreas Umland writing for The American Historical Review in 2013, "A. James Gregor has, for half a century, been one of the major makers and shapers of the discipline of comparative fascism." Sean Kennedy in Canadian Journal of History said in 2013, "Over a long and distinguished career A. James Gregor has advanced some controversial interpretations of political ideologies. In particular, he holds that the Italian Fascist regime is best understood as a "developmental dictatorship," distinct from Nazism in key ways; a thesis that has proven surprisingly influential since 1945." Shortly after Gregor's death an extensive critical survey of his works on Fascism was published as a monograph by social scientist Phillip Becher. In 2021, Italian historian Antonio Messina edited a collected volume on Gregor's thought and works.

Books
A Survey of Marxism: Problems in Philosophy and the Theory of History, New York : Random House, 1965
Contemporary Radical Ideologies: Totalitarian Thought in the Twentieth Century,New York: Random House, 1969
The Ideology of Fascism: the rationale of totalitarianism, New York: Free Press, 1969. "L'Ideologia del fascismo", Rome: Edizioni del Borghese, 1974; reprint "L'Ideologia del fascismo: Il fondamento razionale del totalitarismo," Rome: Lulu, 2013.
An Introduction to Metapolitics: A Brief Inquiry into the Conceptual Language of Political Science. New York: Free Press, 1971; reprinted as "Metascience and Politics: An Inquiry into the Conceptual Language of Political Science" With a new preface and postscript by the author. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2003.
The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1974
Interpretations of Fascism, Morristown: General Learning, 1974; Revised reprint New Brunswick: Transaction, 2000, with a new introduction by the author; "Il Fascismo: Interpretazioni e giudizi" Rome: Antonio Pellicani Editore, 1997, and a third edition, published Florence: LoGisma, 2016.
"Sergio Panunzio: Il sindacalismo ed il fondamento razionale del fascismo,"  Rome: Volpe, 1978, New, enlarged edition, Rome: Lulu, 2014.
"Roberto Michels e l'ideologia del fascismo," Rome: Volpe, 1979, reprint, Rome: Lulu, 2015.
Young Mussolini and the intellectual origins of Fascism, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1979. Reprinted in the Princeton Legacy Library in 2014.
"The Taiwan Relations Act and the Defense of the Republic of China", Berkeley: Institute of International Studies, 1980.
Ideology and development: Sun Yat-sen and the Economic History of Taiwan, with Maria Hsia Chang and Andrew B. Zimmerman, China research monographs, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, no. 23, 1981.
"Essays on U.S.-Philippine Relations," Editor. Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation, 1983.
"The Iron Triangle: A U.S. Security Policy for Northeast Asia," Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1984.
"The Philippine Bases: U.S. Security at Risk", Washington D.C.: Ethics and Public Pollcy, 1987.
The China Connection: U.S. policy and the People's Republic of China, 1986.
Arming the Dragon: U.S. Security Ties with the People's Republic of China, 1987.
In the Shadow of Giants: the Major Powers and the Security of Southeast Asia, 1989.
"Land of the Morning Calm: U.S. Interests and the Korean Peninsula", Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy, 1989
Marxism, China, & Development: Reflections on Theory and Reality, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publisher, 1995
Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time. New Brunswick: Transaction, 1999.
The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. Spanish edition, "Los Rostros de Jano: Marxismo y Fascismo en el siglo XX", Universitat de Valencia, 2002.
Giovanni Gentile: philosopher of fascism, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2001; Italian edition, "Giovanni Gentile: Il filosofo del fascismo", Lecce: Pensa, 2014.
A Place in the Sun: Marxism and Fascism in China's Long Revolution, Westview Press, 2000
 Translation from the Italian: Origins and Doctrine of Fascism: Giovanni Gentile, Transaction Publishers, 2nd ed. 2004
The Search for Neofascism, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Mussolini's Intellectuals: Fascist Social and Political Thought, Princeton University Press, new ed. 2006
Marxism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism: Chapters in the Intellectual History of Radicalism, Stanford University Press, 2008.
Totalitarianism and Political Religion: An Intellectual History, Stanford University Press, 2012. Czech edition,"Totalitarismus a politickḕ náboženstvi" Brno: Center for the Study of Democracy and Culture, 2015
Marxism and the Making of China: A Doctrinal History, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014
Reflections on Italian Fascism: An Interview with Antonio Messina, Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2015; Italian edition, Riflessioni sul fascismo italiano, Firenze: Apice Libri, 2016.

References

External links

Annotated bibliography – 1954 through 1998
ResearchGate profile – With bibliography from 1961 through 2018
 Becher, Phillip. "Apartheid, authoritarianism and anticolonial struggles viewed from the Right. Critical perspectives on A. James Gregor's search for fascism in the Global South," Acta Academica (2022), 54(3): 108-130.

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First things first: Where should you start your career? When I was in college, I knew three friends who wanted to start a theatre company together. They did months of research—I remember them poring over print-outs in the dining hall—and ended up in Portland, OR. That seemed so rigorous. I, on the other hand, just moved to New York City because family was nearby and where the hell else was I going to move?
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Edvard Munch's house in Åsgårdstrand
Munch's house is located in Åsgårdstrand, just over an hour's drive from Oslo, and 15 minutes drive from Tønsberg. Here you walk in quiet streets with white painted houses while looking out over the Oslo Fjord and the sea.
Munch's house
Munch's house is located just off Grand Hotel Åsgårdstrand, passing by the hotel and the marina. Surrounded by green lawns, you will see the house and the studio in the hill. Alternatively, you will walk along Edvard Munch's gate, an idyllic street with charm and cozy gardens. At the museum it is nice to sit and overlook the sea and down the shoreline, which caught Munch's early interest.
Edvard Munch's life
Edvard Munch painted many of his masterpieces here, such as four girls in Åsgårdstrand, the girls on the bridge and the dance of life. The famous painter lived from 1863 to 1944. From 1889 he traveled to Åsgårdstrand several summers. Munch lived a carefree summer life here and was well-liked by locals. In the museum everything is preserved as it was when Munch lived here. He bought the house in 1898 and owned the house until his death. The original studio building is demolished, but another is set up in the same space.
Munch's house is open from May to September. Times vary according to season. The ticket price includes entrance and tour of the house. There are possibilities for tours for groups also outside of opening hours. See updated opening hours and prices.
Parking spaces can be found in the marina at the Grand Hotel Åsgårdstrand.
Warhol and Munch in Tønsberg
In the heart of Tønsberg is the art museum Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum. A separate exhibition about pop artist Andy Warhol and Edvard Munch is located at the museum. Warhol made a series of paintings and drawings of Munch's work.
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