Profile America — Tuesday, April 20th. On this date 75 years ago, one of America’s most popular broadcasts began — “Your Hit Parade,” a weekly look at the top songs people around the nation were buying and listening to. The format evolved into counting down the top 15 tunes so that the number one song was the last played. Through the years, many popular bands and singers were featured, including Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. The show lasted for 18 years on radio and from 1950 to 1959 on television. Today, music fans buy $8.5 billion of music each year, about $5.5 billion on CDs, and just over $1 billion on downloading singles electronically. Profile America is presented by the U.S. Census Bureau, reminding you — take part in the 2010 Census and put your census form in the mail.
Sources: 440 International Calendar of Events, Those Were the Days
www.radiohof.org/music/hitparade.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010, t. 1103
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After eight months of negotiations, School District 309 and its teachers union have a contract.
The School Board on Monday unanimously approved the five-year agreement, which includes guaranteed raises each year, with the option for merit bonuses. The contract is retroactive to July 1, 2009 and expires June 30, 2014.
“It brings teachers into the fold here at 309 like they never have been before,” said District 309 School Board President Michael Joseph of the contract. “Board administration and faculty have partnered to affect positive changes in student achievement. We’re very pleased that the staff is willing to share that risk with us as proven by their merit increase model.”
For the current school year, faculty received a $1,200 raise, as did district administrators and supervisors in a separate vote taken by the board Monday.
In the 2010-2011 school year, teachers are guaranteed another $1,200 raise, plus have the opportunity to receive a $300 bonus for a possible total raise of $1,500 if the school’s average Measures of Academic Progress score meets the national average.
The same merit increase applies the next three years in the contract but grows to $500. However, the raise drops to $1,000.
Another highlight in the contract puts the teachers union in control of parking space assignments, a duty that has been handled by the district for at least 20 years. The district will retain two spots for visitors and another 11 spaces for administrative staff members.
Representatives from the teachers association, which has about 75 members, could not be reached for comment Monday.
In other business, the board chose not to amend the newly adopted class enrichment policy that goes into effect next school year.
A year ago, as part of the school’s five-year strategic plan, the board determined that only core classes, advance placement classes or dual-credit classes could be enriched. Band and foreign language are some of the classes no longer considered enriched.
Some students and parents objected, saying because fewer enriched classes are being offered, the district should reduce the number of classes eligible for class-rank calculation.
“As with anything, policies are, of course, subject to review,” Joseph said. “This doesn’t close the door. If we see we need to change, we can review that again.”
The village of Germantown Hills has been advised by the state Environmental Protection Agency to draft an ordinance adopting a maximum setback zone for the water district’s new well.
At its meeting last week, village trustee Steve McCown said the Caterpillar Trail Water District should reimburse the village for the cost of drafting the ordinance and the public hearing that would be required.
“We want to let them know that these kinds of things are chargeable,” McCown said.
It is typical to have a minimum setback for purposes of protecting the water supply, Village Attorney Rick Joseph said.
Also during the meeting, trustee Clark Hopkins raised the question of a franchise for the garbage-recycling contract as an option, so the village could get out of the billing process.
The contract with McCullough Disposal Inc. runs through 2014.
“If McCullough and the village agree to change it, then it’s OK. If not, the contract stands as written,” Joseph said after the meeting.
In other matters:
– The village is looking to expand its Safe Routes to School program for sidewalks on Fandel Road from Hannah Drive to Wildflower Avenue and from the grade school through Oak Grove Park subdivision to Holland Road.
– From May 1 through September, the hours of operation for the village hall will be extended by an hour, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. instead of closing at 3:30 p.m. It was agreed that this trial period will show if there is really a need to extend it further.
After hearing appeals from both Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare and concerned residents neighboring the hospital’s new campus, the Elmhurst City Council unanimously approved a report granting a requested amendment to the south hospital campus’s Planned Development Plan.
The report would add parcels to the development site, annex and rezone various parcels, re-align a street that connects to the north side of the campus, and request a conditional use permit to allow off-site parking in a lot currently zoned for community shopping and service.
The vote came before appeals from a group of unincorporated Yorkfield neighbors concerned that the re-aligned Harvard Street recommendation would result in drastically increased traffic flow through the area, along with depreciating property values throughout their neighborhood.
The City Council also unanimously approved its operating budget after amending the budget ordinance to include a to be determined amount in city funding for the municipal sidewalk 50/50 program.
If the publicly-funded swimming pools in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills need to be replaced within the next decade, a single pool used by both communities could be a possibility.
During tonight’s meeting of the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission officials said discussions have taken place between representatives of the Village of Hinsdale and the Clarendon Hills Park District to explore the possibility of a joint venture in the future.
“This is very preliminary and exploratory, more of a discussion of awareness than anything else,” said Jeff Curran, chairman of the commission.
“Down the road both of us may have to make some parallel decisions regarding our pools, and those decisions don’t have to be made in a vacuum,” Curran said.
Curran said the Hinsdale Community Pool likely will need major renovations or replacement within the next four to eight years, the Clarendon Hills park District Lions Pool in eight to 12 years.
“I think it is important we at least have the discussions now than wait until both organizations are making separate decisions,” Curran said.
The Parks and Recreation Department will collect information from its users this summer to evaluate “needs in general”, Curran said.
Any future joint venture would likely require an agreement between the Village of Hinsdale, the Clarendon Hills Park District and the Clarendon Hills Lions Club, which owns the property on which Lions Pool is located, officials said.
We still have no idea what David Jaffe is currently working on. He’s been very tight-lipped about it, and that just makes it all the more exciting. What we do have an idea of though is that
HONOLULU, April 19 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE: CPF), parent company of Central Pacific Bank (CPB), announced today that Blenn A. Fujimoto will dedicate full time to his role as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Pacific HomeLoans, Inc. (CPHL), a wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary of CPB, in order to concentrate on further developing the company’s core business of the origination of home loans in Hawaii. The corporate positions of Vice Chairman of CPF and Vice Chairman, Hawaii Market, of CPB held by Fujimoto have been eliminated and he has resigned from those positions.
“As we move forward with a flatter and leaner management structure, I am counting on Blenn’s leadership and depth of industry experience being fully dedicated to a key component of our core business,” said John C. Dean, Executive Chairman of the Board of CPF and CPB. ”Supporting homeownership and small businesses in Hawaii continues to be our focus going forward.”
Fujimoto has over 29 years of experience in the banking industry and was responsible for establishing the CPHL subsidiary under CPB in August 2005, and has since continued to serve as its CEO. In 2009, CPHL originated over $1.9 billion in residential mortgages in Hawaii, topping all other Hawaii-based banks. Dean joined the company as Executive Chairman of CPF and CPB on March 16, 2010, pending formal regulatory approval, in conjunction with the launch of the company’s recovery plan announced last month.
About Central Pacific Financial Corp.
Central Pacific Financial Corp. is a Hawaii-based bank holding company with $4.9 billion in assets. Central Pacific Bank, its primary subsidiary, operates 37 branches and approximately 110 ATMs throughout the State of Hawaii. Central Pacific HomeLoans, a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Pacific Bank, operates from four locations on the islands of Oahu and Maui. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at http://www.centralpacificbank.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements concerning business plans, management changes, concerning plans and objectives of management for future operations, concerning future economic performance, or concerning any of the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, and may include the words “believes”, “plans”, “intends”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “forecasts” or words of similar meaning. While we believe that our forward-looking statements and the assumptions underlying them are reasonably based, such statements and assumptions are by their nature subject to risks and uncertainties, and thus could later prove to be inaccurate or incorrect. Accordingly, actual results could materially differ from projections for a variety of reasons, to include, but not limited to: the Company’s ability to successfully implement business plans, the impact of local, national, and international economies and events, including natural disasters, on the Company’s business and operations and on tourism, the military, and other major industries operating within the Hawaii market and any other markets in which the Company does business; the impact of regulatory actions on the Company including the Consent Order by the FDIC and the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions; the impact of legislation affecting the banking industry including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; the impact of competitive products, services, pricing, and other competitive forces; movements in interest rates; loan delinquency rates and changes in asset quality generally; the price of the Company’s stock; volatility in the financial markets and uncertainties concerning the availability of debt or equity financing; and the impact of regulatory supervision. For further information on factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from projections, please see the Company’s publicly available Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company’s Form 10-K for 2009. The Company does not update any of its forward-looking statements.
The Sony DSC-TX7 could possibly be one of the greatest point and shoot ultra slim cameras ever created. It truly is a pinnacle of Sony’s commitment to quality in its twenty five years of making Cyber-shot cameras. At $399, it also surprisingly faces stiff competition in the ultra slim category from giants such as Samsung, Canon, Nikon, and others.
What Sony brings to the table with the TX7 makes it a real player in comparison to anything else out there. Lets go over some of the basic features before we start our review – the TX7 has a 3.5″ touch screen, “Exmor R” sensor, iSweep Panorama Mode, 10fps at full 10.2 megapixels, Anti-Motion Blur / Hand-held Twilight, AVCHD Movie mode, Optical SteadyShot, and 4x optical zoom. And while that list may seem exhausting, that’s not even everything available on the TX7 – it’s merely the beginning.
When you first hold the TX7 you can most certainly sense that this isn’t some flimsy camera. It’s very well-built, and is very slim. The design of the camera is nearly unmatched in this category; only what I’ve seen from Nikon’s Coolpix line of cameras could even come close. It is available in three colors, ranging from Red, Silver, and Dark Blue. Turning on this T series Cyber-shot is as easy as its predecessors – you simply slide down the lens cover and away you go. The TX7 turns on very quickly, in a mere matter of seconds.
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Buttons are few and far between and that’s how it should be for a touchscreen camera – the only things to push or move is the On/Off, Tele/Wide button, camera, and movie buttons. However, the Tele/Wide (aka zoom) button is on the upper right side of the camera, which seems something Sony integrated out of convienence, but could prove to be a challenging aspect in everyday usability. There is a slider on the bottom of the camera that allows access to the battery compartment and SD/MS Duo slots. Yes, you read that right – this TX7 can use Memory Stick Duo and SD cards.
A special note about the MS Duo slot – it also accepts the 8GB MS Duo TransferJet card MSJ-X8G, which is compatible with the TJS-1 TransferJet Station. We’ve covered TransferJet extensively in the past, but basically its a wireless technology that lets you to wirelessly share photos and videos with other TransferJet devices. So, take a picture with your DSC-TX7 with MSJ-X8G card, then put the camera on top of your TJS-1 and view pictures on whatever the TJS-1 is connected to (via USB, which can connect to computers, TV’s, photo frames, etc). It’s really cool technology that allows rapid transfer of pictures wirelessly. I’ve seen TransferJet in person and it is not slow whatsoever, and its short range transmissions doesn’t interfere with any other common wireless band (4GHz).
Don’t think the technology is vapor, either – it is backed by large consortium of companies such as Samsung, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Toshiba, and so many more. You will be seeing TransferJet integrated into many new future consumer electronic products in the coming years. Unfortunately, new technology also brings a high price – the 8GB MS Duo TransferJet card MSJ-XG8 is $99, which the USB base station TJS-1 is $149. If you were to buy everything together for the optimal TransferJet experience, including the aforementioned accessories and the camera itself, it would run you more than $650. Time and ubiquity will bring these prices down, but it will be a considerable amount of time from now.
The back of the DSC-TX7 is home to a large 3.5″ touch screen LCD (921k pixels), that has TruBlack technology. Reviewing pictures looked very crisp – not OLED crisp as you would see in several of Samsung’s point and shoot cameras, but most certainly best in class. Sony display technology is usually great in small form factor devices. The touchscreen was very responsive and didn’t detract from usability whatsoever – it was very convenient to use. It also enables you to select the focus point with a simple touch, scroll through images by sliding your finger across the screen and one-touch access to the menu. We also appreciated the Ultra AR film coating, which noticeably reduced reflections and favorably increased contrast and brightness in bright situations. I remember in the days of old when it was annoying to review a picture you just took while outdoors, as I usually had to hold my hand over the top of the screen to see it properly.
The TX7 can take some truly amazing pictures (as seen above), and the reason for that is the 10.2 megapixel “Exmor R” CMOS image sensor that brings out the full power of the camera’s Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens. Sony kept things pretty average with the optical zoom, which remains at 4x this year. The camera can deliver extremely fast speed, high resolution pictures, and stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced grain. A lot of that may seem like marketing speak, but if you can take one thing away and one thing only from reading this entire review, then understand that Sony’s 2010 camera line-up with the Exmor R CMOS image sensor makes a huge difference in low light situations. It really is a big change, and one that we are so happy to finally see. For so long it felt like we were in a megapixel race, but now as that has finally come to pass you’ll soon realize that this improvement is one of the most important features to hit point and shoot cameras in many years.
Unfortunately, I did notice that the placement of the lens may make it easy for people to accidentally put their finger in the picture, and will require people to hold the camera specifically to avert this that will be easy remembered after several uses.
Battery life is pretty great with the new super slim type of batteries Sony is using with this camera – the NP-BN1 Lithium-ion N Type rechargeable battery is capable of about 230 images per charge, or approximately 115 minutes of shooting still images as listed on SonyStyle. The TX7 also comes with a stand that has connectivity options such as DC In, USB, A/V Out (stereo), and HDMI out.
There are just so many smart aspects of this camera that really make sure you never miss the perfect shot. In some ways, the camera works overtime just for you to ensure this. For example, when the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot. The Self-Timer, pictured above, can do the routine 10 second wait, 2 second wait to take a picture, or take advantage of the facial detection and capture a picture when a person is detected, or two people. Now that is impressive. Sony’s Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.
Here are some of the settings in the camera one may encounter:
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The camera is also a bit of a quick shot, in two very special ways. The Handheld Twilight mode allows you to take six images in less than a second with the push of a button, and combines all six images together that results in great detail and low noise. This method is also present in the Anti-motion Blur mode, which also takes six images and combines them together to vastly decrease subject blur.
In addition to High Sensitivity Mode (ISO), you can select up to seven ISO settings (Auto, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) when shooting in Program Auto Mode to adjust sensitivity to your shooting conditions. This compliments the TX7’s motion detection features quite nicely, along with face motion detection, which adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces. Also, the auto focus is ultra-quick and locks focus in as little as 0.3-sec.
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Unlike traditional auto mode, the included Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you, recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, and faces, and adjusts settings resulting in clearer images, faces with more natural skin tone, and less blur. This is achieved by incorporating advanced features such as Intelligent Scene Recognition, Face Detection technology, and Optical SteadyShot image stabilization. Whether you’re shooting landscapes, capturing a beautiful flower, or taking pictures at an in-door birthday party or wedding shower, iAuto mode will optimize your camera’s settings to help ensure you come away with a great shot.
On top of iAuto, the TX7 also has Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode, which automatically detects nine different types of scenes and, within just 1/30th of a second, selects the appropriate camera settings: Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Portrait, Landscape, Macro, and Close Focus. iSCN has two modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.
The DSC-TX7 features 12 convenient scene modes: High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Portrait / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / High Speed Shutter / Underwater / Gourmet / Pet.
They also upgraded the popular Sweep Panorama mode this year to Intelligent Sweep Panorama Mode, which now shoots 258 degrees. Press shutter and sweep and the camera does the rest, continuously, shooting images and in one second stitching them together. In the picture above, captured with the TX7, you can see the technology is almost bulletproof. This model even detects faces and moving subjects to stitch intelligently different widths to help avoid subject distortion. However, in our further tests, we found that it couldn’t fix everything, as there was some object distortion in some of the products captured with our panoramic shot below within SonyStyle at Atlanta, GA.
A feature I’m hesitant to really gush on but felt the need to include was the expansion of some creative painting tools, which allows you to decorate photos with words, drawings, etc. This feature was truly popularized in the minds of some US consumers by Nikon’s commercials with Ashton Kutcher. Aside from a paint pen (your finger is the brush), there are more than 30 stamps and 15 types of picture frames you can color your picture with, but unfortunately it will downgrade the image quality to a maximum of five megapixels.
Lastly, the movie mode is very appealing – you can record movies in 1080i AVCHD at 60i (MTS files), or 720p MP4 movie mode where the camera shoots 1280 x 720 high definition movies at 30 fps. Just be warned however, those AVCHD MTS files are quite a burden on non dual core machines and you will fare much better with a newer generation computer. Movie recording is somewhat limited (29min segments for MP4 up to 12Mbps 1440×1080/30p) (and) (10 minute segments for AVCHD up to 16mbps 1920×1080/60i.) Pretty amazing it can do that type of AVCHD in a ultra slim point and shoot – its almost similar in specifications to their Handycam camcorders from two or three years ago. You can check out a AVCHD 17M FH / 1,920×1,080 / 60fps / 24.9MB video from the DSC-TX7 in pure .MTS file format here.
All things considered, we recommend the TX7 if you have the money to spend. There are many alternatives out there for less, but few bring this level of quality. I’ve looked at the competition and I truly believe Sony will be ranked very highly in point and shoot for 2010 sales, customer satisifaction, and so forth. And for those of you still reading, a special gallery of the DSC-T90, DSC-TX1, and DSC-TX7.
Statement of William Patterson, Executive Director of the CtW Investment Group
WASHINGTON, April 19 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — This evening, Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) disclosed that Lady Barbara Thomas Judge had resigned from the Massey board of directors in the face of mounting shareholder anger over pervasive safety, risk oversight and other governance failures at the Company. The CtW Investment Group had called on the board to seek Lady Judge’s resignation and initiate additional board changes in a March 31, 2010 letter to Massey’s lead independent director, Admiral Bobby R. Inman, six days before the April 5 explosion at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine, in which 29 miners lost their lives.
The board’s decision to reseat Lady Judge in 2009 despite majority shareholder opposition was symptomatic of an unaccountable board that failed to challenge Chairman and CEO Donald L. Blankenship’s confrontational approach to shareholders, workers and regulators. In our view, the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine is the tragic and preventable consequence of this fundamental governance failure.
In a second letter to Admiral Inman on April 12, we called on the Massey board to immediately seek the resignation of Mr. Blankenship as Chairman and CEO. We also reiterated our opposition to the three directors standing for election at the company’s May 18, 2010 annual meeting: Richard M Gabrys, Dan R. Moore and Baxter F. Phillips, Jr., all of whom, like Lady Judge prior to her resignation, sit on the failed Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee.
Lady Judge’s resignation from the board – only three days after the company issued its 2010 proxy statement listing her as a director – acknowledges the pressure Massey’s directors feel in the wake of the recent tragedy, but will not deter continued shareholder calls for board and management changes.
The CtW Investment Group’s March 31, 2010 and April 12, 2010 letters to Admiral Inman are available at: http://ctwinvestmentgroup.com/.
Yes folks, you heard it right. According to reports, Capcom is all set to announced the latest installment of their highly successful fighting game series, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 this week..
One of the themes of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech Saturday at Five Points Washington was the importance of government living within its means.
The Washington City Council took that advice to heart Monday in its meeting at Five Points, approving a balanced budget of $21.1 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year that begins May 1.
Reflecting the tough economic times, the budget is 3.3 percent, or $716,500, lower than this year’s spending plan.
While most of the decrease is because of a nearly 11 percent drop in capital expenditures, the city will use $2.5 million in cash reserves to fund projects, including nearly $900,000 to expand the police station in the former city hall.
Council members praised City Administrator Bob Morris and other city staff members for putting together the austere budget.
“There are no staff layoffs. It seems like every day you read about a municipality having to lay off employees,” said Mayor Gary Manier. “We’re concerned about the governor’s plan to cut income tax funds to communities, but I think we can ride out that storm even if we do lose the projected $300,000.”
While there are no layoffs in the budget, three vacant positions won’t be filled unless financial conditions improve. The positions are a full-time police officer, full-time public services laborer and part-time administrative assistant.
In a list of budget highlights, Morris pointed out that the city’s annual income tax revenue has decreased about $250,000 since 2007-08, and annual sales tax revenue has declined by about $135,000 since 2008-09.
Morris is projecting no income or sales tax growth next year, so those numbers are unlikely to improve.
Unless revenue grows, Morris said, the city’s capital spending will decrease from $10.8 million next year to $3 million in 2011-12 and $1.4 million in 2012-13.
Morris said rising pension and commodity costs continue to put pressure on the city’s budget.
He said police pension costs have doubled since 2007-08, and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer rate increased 27.5 percent as of Jan. 1.
Commodity prices tell a similar story.
“While the rate of cost increases for commodities has abated somewhat, costs continue to escalate,” Morris said. “Our energy costs alone have increased by $309,000, or 74 percent, over the last five years. The costs of asphalt, road salt, softener salt, and chemicals have been increasing much faster than general inflation.”
Also Monday, council members:
– Approved 3 percent pay raises for full-time, and year-round part-time, non-union city staff, and 25 cents-per-hour increases for summer non-union public services personnel. The new hourly rates are $8.25 for first-year employees, $8.75 for second-year employees, and $9.25 for third-year and longer employees. The raises are effective with the pay period ending May 12. Union workers recently received a 3 percent pay hike for 2010-11, and a 3 1/2 percent pay increase for 2011-12.
– Learned from Manier that the fifth annual Take Pride in Washington litter clean-up Saturday attracted more than 250 volunteers, a record.
From its basement beginnings, the Children’s Center of Cicero and Berwyn has evolved into a network offering support and aid to area families.
Patricia Makris, founder and executive director of the center, died today as the result of cancer.
Ron Kiefer, a member and past president of the center’s Board of Directors, has known Makris since the 1960s.
“She was the one who got the community together and was behind getting this started,” he said.
Makris opened the Children’s Center in 1978 in a church basement. Now, the nonprofit has seven locations in both Cicero and Berwyn and provides educational programming, offers parenting resources and support to help improve children’s home lives.
An interim executive director had been appointed to the center while Makris — a former resident of Berwyn — received rehabilitation for cancer.
“We had hoped that she would be back,” said Kiefer.
When Kiefer was principal at Burnham School in Cicero, he would hear his teachers remark about how they could tell if a child had gone through the Children’s Center.
“The opportunities that the center provides for kids really does make a difference in their education,” he said.
The center’s interim director, Vickie Piet, said about 1,500 children and families participate in the center’s programs and services on an annual basis.
Site director Lurlean Chodora said Makris tried to remain involved with the center by working from home.
“But it was difficult when she was trying to rehabilitate herself to get well,” she said.
Chodora knew Makris as a woman concerned for the education of all the children in the community, not just those who attended the Children’s center.
Giving an example of how involved Makris was with the Children’s Center, Chodora said children who returned to the center for continued help would remember Makris, even as they got older. And Makris was always willing to listen or help those children, Chodora said.
Both Piet and Chodora were friends with Makris.
“She was a remarkable woman. No one will ever be able to fill her shoes.” said Piet.
“She had some pretty big shoes to fill,” said Chodora.
Complies with European Safety standards (statutory order – July 2005)
CERTIFIED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD = 1 mg of dust per m3 of air
NEW COVER & REINFORCED SUCTION = Dust present in air < 0.2 mg per m3 of air
Fitted with a specially designed cover to optimise the 6 strategic suction points installed near the blades. The back of the CS 960 is fitted with 2 vacuum/dust collector output sockets of an external diameter of 120 mm and a cutting waste disposal.
Each blade is connected to 3 suction points:
B: nozzle
C2: top cover
C1: back cover
Sawdust is therefore collected in a radical way.
Case packer VSK12-TWIN – one joint case packer for two packaging machines
VELTEKO has introduced a brand new case packer VSK12-TWIN. TWIN execution enables one case packer to be equipped with two input conveyors for twin infeed of bags, enabling the grouping of bags from two different packaging machines at one time. The space saving and lower price as compared with two separate case packers are the benefit of this twin model. This is enabled by the use of a single point control system and by simplier mechanical machine design.
Company Profile
The VELTEKO s. r. o. Company was founded in 1991 and is involved in providing “state-of-the-art” packaging lines, mainly for the food industry. Since 1996 VELTEKO has worked to ISO 9001 certified management system and employs 70 staff , one quarter being development engineers. The company owns VELTEKO POLSKA and VELTEKO RUS, subsidiaries founded to increase sales in these markets. In 2005 a large part of the Company was transferred to the newly established subsidiary VELTEKO CZ.
Double forming tubes vertical form fill seal machine into one body to form pillow bag and/or square bottom bag;
Stainless Steel Aisi 304
Servo driven “Brush Less”
Cross sealing pressure 6500N (Newton)
Mechanical rate : upto 280 bpm (140 bpm/tube)
Max reel width 550 mm
Max reel diameter 450 mm
Size range : 70-220 mm bag width ; 30-300 mm bag length
Colour Touch Screen 5,7″
A-JET DEX is a dust suppression system engineered for demolition and tunnel excavation which inhibits dust from entering the wear bushing nor the blow chamber of a demolition hammer, triplicating its life time!
The kit drastically riduces bushing and piston wear, using compressed air and micronized water.
A-JET DEX operates best in the most difficult conditions. While used in tunnelling works, hammering upwards, it can increase the life cycle of your hammer by 3.
The kit is easy to instal in any workshop. No other system worldwide garantees similar performance.
Terex® Mobile Processing Equipment (MPE) will be exhibiting three Terex® Finlay machines at the Bauma Exhibition, Munich. Terex® MPE will be exhibiting on the Terex® stand which is located in the outside area on stand F704/705.
The three machines being exhibited are as follows:
Finlay 694+ tracked screen
The NEW Terex® Finlay 694+ tracked screen features three large 6.1m x 1.525m (20′ x 5′) incline screens giving a large screening area of 300ft2 to provide efficient screening and high capacity. The screenbox features quick wedge tensioning, access holes and bottom deck hydraulic tensioning system to reduce time required for mesh changes. All four discharge conveyors are adjustable and hydraulically fold for transport. The fourth product ‘oversize plus’ conveyor has variable tilt and side slew to accurately discharge material for recirculation and stockpiling.
Key Features:
NEW triple deck 6.1m x 1.525m (20′ x 5′) screen with full catwalk access
The fourth (oversize plus) conveyor provides variable tilt and slide slew capability to accurately discharge materials for recirculation to crushers or for stockpiling
Maximum utilisation of three 6.1m x 1.525m (20′ x 5′) decks provides ultra-efficient screening capabilities even at small aggregate sizes.
A combination of quick wedge tensioning, convenient access holes and hydraulic tensioning on the bottom deck ensure mesh set up and change out times are kept to an absolute minimum.
Finlay C-1540RS tracked cone crusher
The Terex® Finlay C-1540RS provides the versatility of a crushing and screening plant on one machine. Featuring direct variable hydrostatic drive, automatic tramp relief and hydraulic adjustable closed side setting the proven Terex 1000 cone chamber delivers efficient production and high material reduction ratio’s. The machine features an innovative detachable 3.66m x 1.52m (12′ x 5′) double deck sizing screen and fines conveyor. Oversize material is recirculated back to the crusher via the on-board recirculating conveyor. The detachable screen can be quickly removed for applications that do not require resizing or recirculation and for open circuit crushing.
Key Features:
Detachable 3.66m x 1.52m (12′ x 5′) double deck sizing screen passes oversize material back to the crusher via the on-board recirculating conveyor.
Automatic metal detection and purge system provides reduced downtime by removing metal from feed belt at the touch of a button.
Optional 1.83m x 1.22m (6′ x4′) single deck pre-screen removes dirt and additional fines improving plant capacity, product flexibility and ultimately to help reduce liner wear.
Terex® 1000 cone chamber with variable crushing speed, tramp relief system and ‘on the fly’ closed side setting adjustment.
Finlay I-130RS tracked impact crusher
The recently launched Terex Finlay I-130RS tracked impact crusher incorporates a Terex® Cedarapids 1313 impact chamber with direct drive and advanced electronic control system. The machine features an innovative quick detach 4.27m x 1.52m (14′ x 5′) single deck screen for sizing and recirculating oversize material back to the crushing chamber. The detachable screen can be quickly removed for applications that do not require resizing or recirculation and for open circuit crushing. The large hopper features a variable speed pan feeder and independent pre-screen with constant RPM for optimum separation even if feeder speed is reduced.
Key Features:
Detachable 4.27m x 1.52m (14′ x 5′) single deck sizing screen with recirculating facility passes oversize material back to the crusher via on-board conveyor.
Separate pan feeder and independent pre-screen with constant rpm for optimum separation and better stratification even if feed belt speed is reduced.
Terex® Cedarapids 1313 impact chamber (4 bar rotor – 2 Hi and 2 Low) with hydrostatic drive and advanced electronic control system.
The on-board fines conveyor has a high discharge height of 3.7m (12′ 1″) for stockpiling or further processing by secondary screener.
he new UNITEC series of cases, which was introduced at the electronica 2008, has now been extended by a practical smaller S size. The new UNITEC range of cases is characterised by two different operating panels at right angles to each other with ergonomic inclinations of 72° and 18°. Depending on the application, these can be used for operating and/or reading-off purposes, thus allowing simultaneous applications, for example the doctor vis-à-vis the patient.
The standard version of the UNITEC was designed as a three-part unit and consists of a top part, a bottom part as well as a rear-facing front part in the standard colour of off-white (RAL 9002). The M version has the dimensions 148 x 210 x 80/25 mm (W x D x H), while the new S size has the dimensions 125 x 177 x 69/22 mm. In order to satisfy individual customer requirements, the top and front parts are available with recesses of different depths:
– Variant 1: with an all-over operating area with a depth of 0.6 mm
(e.g. for using overlay foils)
– Variant 2: top and bottom parts each with separate defined areas (1.4 mm deep) for membrane keyboards etc.
– Variant 3: Top part with a recess of 0.6 mm, front part 1.4 mm
– Variant 4: Top part with a recess of 1.4 mm, front part 0.6 mm
Here it is up to the user to decide whether he wishes to use no operating area at all, only one area (on the front or on the back) or even both areas with appropriate membrane keyboards.
This range of cases is highly flexible in its assembly capability, for the printed circuit boards can be positioned in any of the three individual parts, and thanks to its flat surfaces is ideal for the use of large displays or touch screens. Since the operating panels are positioned at right angles to each other, it is possible to install electronics and interfaces as complete ready-made packages. The bottom part of the case already has matching installation bays as standard for separate battery compartments (in the range of accessories) with 3x or 5x 1.5 V AA batteries, or completely closed for an incoming power supply. The comprehen-sive portfolio is completed by a two-part bracket. With the help of this bracket, the UNITEC case can be used in different ergonomic environments for wall-mounted applications.
Retooling and setup processes to change formats or position objects on machines and manufacturing systems with numerous axes in automation technology are often still conducted by handwheel. In such cases, electronic handwheels make workpiece setup easier.
Despite its compact dimensions, the new HR 1120 electronic handwheel from HEIDENHAIN is robust, making it suitable both for portable and for stationary housings. The mechanical detent with 100 positions per revolution permits very precise and exact control of movement. The electrical signal output at TTL levels with differential signals as per RS422 allows connection to many standard programmable logic controllers (PLC) and PC slot cards.
