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By the end of 1992, the handwriting had been on the wall for the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) for some time. President George H. W. Bush had launched his moon and Mars exploration initiative on the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (20 July 1989), but it had almost immediately run headlong into a minefield of fiscal and political difficulties. The change of Presidential Administration in January 1993 was the final nail in SEI's coffin. Nevertheless, exploration planners across NASA continued to work toward SEI goals until early 1994.
In February 1993, Kent Joosten, an engineer in the Exploration Program Office (ExPO) at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, proposed a plan for lunar exploration which, he hoped, would take into account the emerging realities of post-Cold War space exploration. His International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept would, he wrote, reduce "development and recurring costs of human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit" and "enable lunar surface exploration capabilities significantly exceeding those of Apollo." It would do these things by exploiting the abundant oxygen in lunar regolith (that is, surface material) as oxidizer for burning liquid hydrogen fuel brought from Earth, shipping most cargo to the moon separately from crews, employing teleoperations, and relying on cooperation with the Russian Federation.
Joosten's concept was a variant of the Lunar Surface Rendezvous (LSR) mission mode. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, put forward LSR in 1961 as a candidate mode for achieving President John F. Kennedy's goal of a man on the moon by the end of the 1970s. In 1962, after NASA selected Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) as its Apollo lunar mission mode, JPL's LSR scheme faded into obscurity. Joosten's concept was not inspired by the early 1960s scenario; instead, his work drew upon contemporary In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and Mars surface rendezvous techniques employed in NASA's Mars Design Reference Mission 1.0 and Martin Marietta's Mars Direct scenario.
The Apollo LOR mode was designed to permit the U.S. to reach the moon quickly and relatively cheaply, not to support a sustained lunar presence. It split lunar mission functions between two piloted spacecraft, each of which comprised two modules. Modules were discarded after they fulfilled their functions.
At the start of an Apollo lunar mission, a Saturn V rocket launched a Command and Service Module (CSM) mothership and a Lunar Module (LM) moon lander into Earth orbit, then the rocket's S-IVB third stage reignited to push them out of Earth orbit toward the moon. This maneuver, called trans-lunar injection (TLI), marked the real start of the lunar voyage. After TLI, the CSM and LM separated from the spent S-IVB.
As they neared the moon, the crew fired the CSM engine to slow down so that the moon's gravity could capture the Apollo spacecraft into lunar orbit. The LM then separated from the CSM and descended to the lunar surface using the engine in its Descent Stage. After a maximum of three days on the moon, the Apollo lunar crew lifted off in the LM Ascent Stage using the Descent Stage as a launch pad. The astronaut in the CSM rendezvoused and docked with the Ascent Stage to recover the moonwalkers - hence the name Lunar Orbit Rendezvous - then the crew discarded the Ascent Stage and fired the CSM engine to depart lunar orbit for Earth. Nearing Earth, they cast off the CSM's Service Module and reentered Earth's atmosphere in its conical Command Module (CM).
According to Joosten, a spacecraft that flew from Earth to the lunar surface, arrived on the moon with empty oxidizer tanks, and reloaded them for the trip home with liquid oxygen mined and refined from lunar regolith, could have about half the TLI mass of equivalent LOR spacecraft. The Apollo 11 CSM, LM, and spent S-IVB stage had a combined mass at TLI of about 63 metric tons; the International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept spacecraft and its spent TLI stage would have a mass of about 34 metric tons. This substantial mass reduction would permit use of a launch vehicle smaller than the Apollo Saturn V, potentially slashing lunar mission cost.
Lunar regolith is on average about 45% oxygen by mass. According to Joosten, literally dozens of lunar oxygen extraction techniques are known. He listed 14 as examples, including one, Hydrogen Ilmenite Reduction, for which the U.S. Patent Office had issued a patent to the U.S./Japanese Carbotek/Shimizu consortium. He assumed a lunar oxygen extraction process involving "solid-state high-temperature electrolysis" which would produce 24 metric tons of liquid oxygen per year.
Joosten estimated that this process would need between 40 and 80 kilowatts of continuous electricity, and suggested that a nuclear reactor would be the best power-supply option. Such a reactor would have ample reserve power for charging electrically powered teleoperated mining vehicles and could supply crew electricity needs when astronauts were present.
One-way automated cargo landers, each rectangular in shape and capable of delivering 11 metric tons of payload to the moon's surface, would be assembled and packed in the U.S. and shipped to Russia in C-5 Galaxy or Antonov-124/225 transport planes, then launched on Russian Energia rockets from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan. Joosten noted that Energia had flown twice before the fall of the Soviet Union: in 1987 with a side-mounted payload (the large Polyus module) and in 1988 bearing an automated Buran shuttle orbiter.
Based on Russian data provided to NASA, launch teams at Baikonur could service two Energia rockets simultaneously. Three Energia launch pads existed to launch lunar cargoes. Energia could place a 5.5-meter-diameter canister containing a cargo lander into Earth orbit attached to a Russian "Block 14C40" upper stage. The upper stage would then perform the TLI burn, boosting the cargo lander toward the moon.
Shuttle-derived heavy-lift boosters would launch Joosten's piloted landers from the twin Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Complex 39 Space Shuttle pads. The pads, monolithic Vehicle Assembly Building, and other KSC facilities would require modifications to support the new piloted lunar program, but no wholly new facilities would need to be constructed, Joosten wrote.
Joosten considered both Shuttle-C and in-line Shuttle-derived launchers. The Shuttle-C design had a cargo module with attached Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) mounted on the side of the Shuttle External Tank (ET) in place of the delta-winged Shuttle Orbiter. The in-line design, a conceptual ancestor of the Space Launch System currently under development, placed a cargo module on top of a modified ET and three SSMEs underneath. The tank would have attached to its sides twin Advanced Solid Rocket Motors more powerful than their Space Shuttle counterparts.
The Shuttle-derived heavy-lift rocket would launch the piloted lander, bearing an international crew and about two tons of cargo, into Earth orbit. About 4.5 hours after liftoff, following a systems checkout period, the TLI stage would place the piloted lander on a direct trajectory to land near the pre-established automated oxygen production facilities.
Russia would pay for Energia and the Block 14C40 stage, while NASA would pay for the Shuttle-derived rocket and TLI stage, crew and cargo landers, lunar surface payloads such as moonbus rovers and teleoperated carts, and lunar oxygen production systems. In exchange for its participation, Russian cosmonauts could fly to the moon. If, however, U.S./Russia space cooperation was for any reason curtailed, NASA could continue the moon program by taking over the cargo launches - provided, of course, that U.S. policy-makers judged the more costly all-U.S. moon program to be worthwhile.
Joosten's crew lander design outwardly resembled the fictional "Eagle" transport spacecraft from the 1970s Gerry Anderson TV series Space: 1999. The crew compartment, a conical capsule modeled on the Apollo Command Module (but lacking a nose-mounted docking unit), would be mounted on the front of a horizontal, three-legged lander. At launch, the capsule would sit on top of the crew lander surmounted by a solid-propellant launch escape system tower. The three landing legs would fold against the lander's belly beneath a streamlined shroud during ascent through Earth's lower atmosphere.
On the moon, the crew hatch would face downward, providing ready access to the surface via a ladder on the lander's single forward leg; on the launch pad, the hatch would permit horizontal access to the capsule interior much as did the Apollo CM hatch. The crew compartment windows would be inset into the hull and oriented to enable the pilot to view the landing site during descent.
The crew spacecraft would land on and launch from the moon using four belly-mounted throttleable rocket engines. During descent to the lunar surface, the engines would burn Earth oxygen and hydrogen. Soon after lunar touchdown, the lander would be reloaded with liquid oxygen from the automated lunar oxygen plant. For flight back to Earth, the entire crew lander would lift off from the moon, so no expendable descent stages would be left behind to clutter up the site. After a brief period in lunar parking orbit, the lander would ignite its four engines again to place itself on course for Earth. During return to Earth, Joosten's spacecraft would burn Earth hydrogen and lunar oxygen.
Nearing Earth, the crew capsule would separate from the lander section and orient itself for reentry by turning its Apollo-style bowl-shaped heat shield toward the atmosphere. The lander section, meanwhile, would steer toward a reentry point well away from populated areas, though most of it would burn up during reentry. The crew capsule would deploy a steerable parasail-type parachute. Joosten recommended that NASA recover the capsule on land - perhaps at Kennedy Space Center - to avoid the greater cost of an Apollo-style CM splashdown and water recovery.
Robotic exploration missions would precede the new piloted lunar program. These would have "science linkages," Joosten noted, but would serve mainly to prepare the way for lunar oxygen production and safe piloted landings. Robotic orbiters might be flown as part of JSC's proposed Lunar Scout program; landers might employ JSC's proposed Artemis Common Lunar Lander design. In addition to locating oxygen-rich regolith and performing ISRU experiments under real lunar conditions using real lunar materials, the robot explorers would map candidate landing sites and certify site safety.
Joosten acknowledged that the International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept emphasized technologies "in somewhat different areas than most exploration scenarios." Among these were teleoperated surface vehicles and surface mining and processing. On the other hand, the technological areas it emphasized had a "high degree of terrestrial relevance," a fact which, he argued, might provide a selling point for the new piloted lunar program.
Joosten envisioned a three-phase piloted lunar program, though he provided details only for Phases 1 and 2. In Phase 1, three cargo landers would deliver equipment to the target landing site ahead of the first piloted mission; the Russians would thus conduct the first three missions of the program.
Flight 1 of Phase 1 would deliver the nuclear reactor on a teleoperated "cart" and the automated liquid oxygen production facility (the latter would remain attached to its lander); flight 2 would deliver teleoperated diggers, regolith haulers, oxygen tankers, and carts for auxiliary fuel-cell power and consumables resupply; and flight 3 would deliver a pressurized moonbus exploration rover and science equipment for the astronauts who would reach the moon on flight 4.
The first piloted lander carrying two astronauts would then arrive for a two-week stay. The crew would inspect the automated mining and oxygen production systems and explore using the moonbus rover. In Phase 1, the moonbus would be capable of traveling away from the crew lander landing site for two or three days at a time. Several Phase 1 piloted missions to the site would be possible; alternately, NASA and Russia could skip immediately to Phase 2 after a single Phase 1 piloted flight.
In Phase 2, three more cargo flights would deliver to the same site a second moonbus rover, a support module with attached airlock derived from Space Station hardware designs, consumables in a cart-mounted pressurizable Space Station-derived module, and science equipment. A piloted flight would then deliver a four-person crew for a six-week lunar surface stay. The crew would divide up into pairs, with each pair living in and operating a moonbus rover. The support module/airlock would include docking units so that the two moonbuses and the consumables module cart could link to it, forming a small outpost.
The moonbuses would tow auxiliary power carts in Phase 2 to enable longer traverses across the lunar surface. The moonbus/cart combinations might travel in pairs along parallel routes or one moonbus might remain at the outpost while the other moonbus and its power cart ventured far afield. In the event that a moonbus rover failed beyond walking distance from the outpost and could not be repaired, the other moonbus could rescue its crew.
Phase 3 might see larger crews; alternately, NASA (perhaps still partnering with Russia) might change direction and use technology developed during the lunar program to put humans on Mars. Joosten identified the piloted moon lander crew capsule, Shuttle-derived heavy-lift rocket, moonbus rovers, and Energia as candidate Mars mission hardware. Both Energia and the Shuttle-derived rocket might be upgraded for piloted Mars missions; they might even be combined to create an international heavy-lift rocket more powerful than either Energia or the Shuttle derivative.
*International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept, Presentation Materials, Kent Joosten, Exploration Programs Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, February 1993. *
"International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept," Kent Joosten, Low Cost Lunar Access Conference Proceedings, 1993, pp. 25-61; presented at the AIAA Low Cost Lunar Access conference, Arlington, Virginia, 7 May 1993.
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For years, Jalen Rose had avoided watching a tape of the 1993 NCAA championship game, when Michigan lost to North Carolina in the infamous timeout game.
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After that segment — which was taped — Rose was joined on the show by fellow Fab Fivers Ray Jackson and Jimmy King. Webber declined his invitation and Juwan Howard is still on the Miami Heat.
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RAID disk arrays in small business data storage environments today
RAID disk arrays are still popular in enterprise data storage shops, even 20 years after they were first invented. Learn about what's new in RAID for your SMB.
In 2010, RAID disk arrays still show up in the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and prosumer market. In fact, according to analysts, when it comes to RAID purchases, the decision points are often rising above the level of RAID itself to strategy, architecture and new device choices.
RAID purchasing trends
Roger Cox, research vice president at Gartner, said he sees three big trends starting to impact those thinking about purchasing RAID. One is the advent of various storage schemes that add bells and whistles to the RAID formula such as mirroring layered on top of a traditional striping of data. But few of the additions in spinning disk capability impress him as much as the potential for marrying solid-state storage to disk -- producing ultra-fast IO while retaining the more favorable cost structure of traditional RAID.
The second trend is the cloud data storage and cloud data backup, which Cox predicts will see significantly more traction for enterprise data storage in 2010. For him, the cost and simplicity arguments make a lot of sense, meaning more and more companies will simply want to plug into storage located somewhere else, eliminating decision points about RAID purchases.
Third, there is the effort by vendors such as Cisco Systems Inc., Dell Inc., Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. and IBM Corp. to offer devices that provide server, storage and networking functionality in one integrated package. "They are trying to convince the user market that this is the way to simplify and reduce cost and complexity," he said.
However, noted Cox, all of these trends are either still held back by market conditions or the maturing of technology.
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Perhaps that's why others see the future of RAID looking more like the past. "First and foremost it is a myth that traditional RAID is dead, that's hype," warned Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at the StorageIO group. "RAID is relevant because it has become so transparent you don't even realize it is running on your desktop or on a desk-side NAS [network-attached storage] system," he said.
Schulz said what is happening is that traditional RAID products are just gaining more functionality, becoming easier and more transparent, so you don't have to worry about details like chunks and strips. "It is increasingly a set-and-forget process," he added.
Among the vendors with offerings that are recognizably RAID but incorporate some extra features are 3PAR, Compellent, EqualLogic (now owned by Dell), Isilon, and LeftHand Networks (now owned by HP). The so-called post-RAID vendors/products include Cleversafe dsNet, Data Robotics Inc. (Drobo), IBM and its XIV Storage System, EMC Corp.'s Atmos and Centera, Panasas ActiveStore, Permabit's RAIN--EC and Seanodes Exanode (which virtualizes storage assets to convert unused internal disks and DAS into a shared storage array), among others.
Schulz said it comes down to your definition of RAID. "The basic notion is still multiple drives with some extra protection and if you want to call it RAID, good, if not, God bless you," he said.
For SMBs fretting over what to buy, Schulz said, to take a step back, consider ways to create a flexible solution perhaps with RAID 1 mirroring for a high-performance database; maybe RAID 5 for a NAS file system and some bulk data protection with RAID 6 to reduce costs.
RAID options for SMBs
"Plenty of products exist, especially for SMBs, because the upper end of the SMB space is the bottom end of the enterprise space and the low end of the SMB space is near the upper part of the SOHO market," he said. Finally, regarding the many new permutations of RAID -- such as Data Robotics DroboPro or IBM Corp.'s XIV Storage System -- Schulz said it is important to remember that so far they represent only a tiny portion of the storage market.
Like Schulz, David Hill of the Mesabi Group also sees traditional RAID continuing to play a vital role, with some limits. For instance, although modern disk arrays can handle many RAID groups, Hill says each RAID group is a logical collection of disk devices and has to be managed by the group. "When scaling to petabyte scale, this may not be the appropriate approach," he said. Still, whether at the file, block, sub-block, or byte level, one or more extra copies of the data need to be retained to meet the availability requirements users want.
This redundancy at the data level means that the data could be spread over an array using algorithms and/or heuristics that can dynamically move the data as necessary, for example, when additional disk capacity is added to the array. "If the vendor wants to make sure that a minimum of three data protection copies are kept in addition to the working production copy, enough space has to be reserved to do that. That can absorb a lot of disk capacity. Hill says some of that "wasted" space can be avoided by employing data deduplication and compression. But by definition, "somewhere, somehow four copies -- one production and three data protection copies -- must be found in the array and each copy must be physically isolated from each other so that no two copies are affected by any one disk failure," he said.
Finally, when Hill looks at the companies touting "post-RAID" data protection solutions, he worries about one overarching issue. "Traditional RAID had the benefit of being a standard approach; these other approaches are likely to be vendor-specific. That may not be a bad thing -- as long as you are confident that the vendor has got it right," added Hill.
About this author: Alan Earls is a Boston-area freelance writer focused on business and technology, particularly data storage.


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Burger King Corporation recently served as title sponsor for the 19th Annual "A Midsummer Night's Magic Weekend� fundraising extravaganza hosted by Earvin Magic Johnson and the Magic Johnson Foundation.
The company joined its newest powerhouse franchisee, Magic Johnson in his annual scholarship fundraiser with proceeds going to the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program. The fund's mission is to provide much needed resources to young urban students who show a desire to attend college and display the potential for academic success.
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Burger King Corporation's sponsorship of A Midsummer Night's Magic is the latest in a series of associations with Magic Johnson. Just weeks before, Burger King Corporation and Magic Johnson Enterprises executed a multi-year agreement in which the basketball legend and now, entrepreneurial giant became the newest Burger King franchisee with a total of 30 restaurants in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Miami</st1:City></st1:place>.
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"Burger King Corporation places high value on connecting with its customers in ways that positively impact their lives. An event such as the Midsummer's Night Magic Weekend delivers on that commitment,� said Clyde Rucker, senior vice president, diversity and chief of staff for Burger King Corporation. "The reason we love this opportunity is because it allows us to bring together thousands of people- from all over the country- in a highly festive environment and at the same time, help raise funds for the educational development of these much deserved young men and women. How's that for having it your way?� added Rucker. <o:p></o:p>
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To me the idea of a household phone seemed so retro, something of the 90's, and a non-existing trend that individuals of this day and age did not follow. However, my perception on the household phone has changed once I found out about the Panasonic KX-TG7642 household phone set. Panasonic has remodeled and revamped the average household phone; this phone will have consumers charging to their local electronic stores to get their hands on the Panasonic KX-TG7642.
Cell phones are our prime source for communication these days. For me, it's easy, transportable, and you can take your charger anywhere and even have a car charger. All in all, the cell phone has made everyday communication easier and I did not see a need for a home phone system. On the other hand, Panasonic, the leading brand in cordless home telephone systems has recently introduced the Panasonic KX-TG7642 The 'link to cell' Bluetooth cellular convergence solution that comes with two handsets. Collectively Panasonic has merged the two ideas and have created the Panasonic KX-TG7642, which ultimately makes everyday communication simple, thus providing use for both the home phone and the cell phone.
The Panasonic KX-TG7642 has remarkable components that combine to make this phone not only compatible with most individuals today, but it is retailed at a relatively cheap price, especially when all of its top of the line functions are taken into consideration. The Panasonic KX-TG7642 is listed at $99.95, but you can find it as low as $93.00 and can be found online or at your local electronics store. Some of the features this phone offers are: range, clarity, Bluetooth, tone equalizer, intelligent eco mode, power back up operation and many more functions. The Panasonic KX-TG7642 has the ability to link up to your cell phone. This provides the users with freedom to roam within their house. Personally, I carry my cell phone all throughout the house and it does get sort of tedious. With this new phone, it gives you the ability to link your cell phone to your household phone system, which allows you to hear both your 'cell phone' and household phone. This is done with the Bluetooth coverage solution. You simply set the phone base where you are able to receive clear cell phone signal, and the two phones are instantly linked up by the Bluetooth. The home phone system will ring once they are connected, and you can even transfer up to 600 entries from your cell phone to your home phone. You also have the option to differentiate between your cell phone calls and home calls, by setting a different ringtone on the mobile device.
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How to Calculate Break-even Points in QuickBook 2012
QuickBooks 2012 allows you to calculate product break-even points quickly and easily. A break-even point shows the sales revenue volume that produces zero profit and zero loss. Remember the formula for performing profit-volume-cost analysis? It goes like this:
profits = (sales revenue x gross margin percentage) – fixed costs
Rather than calculate profits based on the other three variables (sales revenue, gross margin percentage, and fixed costs), you can calculate a sales revenue amount based on the other three variables (profits, gross margin percentage, and fixed costs).
The formula for making such a break-even calculation, based on algebraic manipulation of the profit-volume-cost analysis formula, looks like this:
Break-even point (in sales revenue) = fixed costs ÷ gross margin percentage
The break-even point formula described in the preceding paragraphs estimates a break-even point in revenue. However, such a revenue-based break-even point often doesn't make complete sense. For example, in the case of a boat-building business in which you sell boats for $100,000 each, there's no practical way to get $266,667 of revenue.
You can't sell two-thirds of a boat. The correct way to interpret a break-even point in revenue in this example, then, is to interpret it as a rough break-even point. As a practical matter in the boat-building business, the break-even point is slightly less than three boats per year.
If, in this example, you were working with boats that cost $1,000 each or $100 each, the precision of the break-even point would be much greater. For example, if you manufactured day sailor boats that were $1,000 apiece, you would know that the break-even point is somewhere between 266 and 267 boats (calculated by dividing the $266,667 of revenue by $1,000).
If the boats cost $100 each — perhaps they're model boats — you know that the break-even point is between 2,666 model boats and 2,667 model boats (calculated by dividing the revenue amount by $100).
In either case, you see that the smaller the revenue per unit, the more precision you get in the break-even point in units.
You can also see from this example that the process of converting a break-even point in revenue to a break-even point in units is simply a matter of dividing the break-even point in revenue by the unit price.


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And of course, you know where that kind of hubris inevitably leads. Next on the agenda was attaching the chain stays. Alignment is especially important here, since a wheel that is askew can create a wonky ride. I've been following this book by Marc-Andre Chimonas for guidance for my frame building adventure:
In it, the author suggests that rather than building a complicated jig for alignment, simply use an old wheel to get the chain stays properly aligned. Like this:
The problem I encountered when I tried this was that one of the lugs in the bottom bracket had some slop in it, and the chain stay would droop down, throwing the alignment of the wheel off. No matter what I tried, the wheel would slide cattywampus to the rest of the frame. I feared that if I tried tack brazing the whole shebang that way that tears would surely ensue.
Also, I didn't have an old wheel to use, and since heat is applied during brazing, Chimonas warns that this could ruin the wheel--something I wasn't too keen to have happen.
So I decided to build a simple jig to align the stays, instead of using the wheel. First I determined the length of the stays and cut them to be flush with the interior on the bottom bracket (shown here before cutting):
Then I used a threaded rod and nuts that Will Cannings loaned me for a skewer and made sure the chain stays and dropouts were equidistance apart:
I measured the distance from the threaded rod to the bottom bracket on both sides to ensure that the chain stays would be the same length and alignment would be parallel. After all this, I fluxed everything up reeel guuud and tack brazed it:
After I tack brazed it, I took the jig off and put the wheel in and it looked like it all lined up just fine. So I removed the wheel and set to work brazing. Once I had finished, with everything cooled and the flux cleaned off, I put the wheel back in.
And it was cattywampus again.
Nevertheless, I am nothing if not resourceful, and I applied a little "cold setting" (the metal worker's term for what I would call "carpenterial persuasion") and got the wheel into what appears to be reasonable alignment:
It was late by this time, so I didn't put any measurements to it. If I'm not too knackered after work tonight, I'll do it then and make my report, in part two.
As an important aside, this process took me most of the day on Sunday, and involved a fair amount of head scratching, calculating, and minor frustrations. Even so, never once did a cuss word leave my lips. I hadn't realized that--nor its significance--until this morning as I was writing up this report. Normally during a project that involves lots of frustration, I curse like a sailor. However, I think that on this project, I am so engaged by it and having so much fun, that even the challenging parts give birth to joy rather than stress. Given this, I feel fairly certain I'll be building another frame in the future.
I'm going to build a better jig before I start next time, though.


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Veterans: Can't Catch A Break
As this recent post illustrates, he has been busting his a$$ since the day he left the Army. He arrived here in AZ on a Friday and began his classes in Fire Science on Monday. He certified as an EMT within 6 months of leaving the service, has completed the basic and advanced Wildfire Academy, completed the seriously rigorous Firefighter Academy, as well as classes in fire codes, inspections, hazardous materials, fire management, business management, and many others. He currently has a 3.85 GPA. He tried to find a job (any job) to supplement his VA disability allowance, but what few jobs were/are available, could not (or would not) accommodate his class schedule -- which is inflexible because the classes in his degree program are offered progressively, i.e., one class is offered one semester and the follow-on class offered the next, then the next. If you opt not to take a class this semester, it's not offered again for 2 or 3 semesters AND you're then ineligible for the follow-on class. Since this degree program is not only geared to those seeking a first-time career, but also to those already working as firefighters and to those working in some other field but wanting to change careers, many of the classes are late afternoon/night classes (longer classes-- fewer days) or every weekend for say 10 weekends.
For the past 18 months, Noah has attended school full time, has almost full time hours as a student intern at the Veterans' Center, PLUS he is a single Dad with custody of his fifteen-month old son. He also attends regular counseling sessions. He has a lot on his plate for a 23 year old. Hell, for a man of any age!
So here's what has come in the mail since he left to relax a few days ago:
Even though Noah has had his son living with him for almost a year, it was considered "informal" because there was no court decree. Prior to his divorce being final, he and his (ex-)wife received a subsidy from the state for child care which enabled her to work full time and Noah to attend school and work. When custody was formally granted to Noah, he went to the Department of Economic Security and asked that the subsidy paper work be put in his name and he gave them a copy of his divorce decree -- only to learn that the State of AZ considered that a whole new application for a subsidy which, because of the budget deficit in this state, are frozen, and his "new" application WAS DENIED. There was no arguing with these people that nothing had changed except the formality of the baby's custody. If Noah wants to keep his son in the licensed child care center, it will cost Noah an additional $400-$500 per month!!
Next, he applied for health insurance through the State because he has no real income and (as I wrote here) he has no health coverage (the VA only covers his service-connected conditions):
Veterans of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who are medically unable to continue in the service but receive less than a 10% disability from their service branch, receive no medical insurance once they separate. For those with service-connected disability ratings of 10 or 20% (ratings are 0% or greater in 10% increments), they receive UP TO 12 months of medical insurance (Tricare) for themselves and their families after separation; for 10% and 20% ratings it is typically 6 months but can be 9 or 12 months depending on the medical condition. If a service member receives a disability rating of 30% or greater from the service branch (a medical retirement), medical insurance for themselves and their families continue at no cost to them FOR LIFE.
Remember: 90% of Soldiers, 83% of Marines, 73% of Airmen and 64% of Sailors who were injured, wounded or became chronically ill while in the service received a disability rating of 20% or less. Unless they were covered by an employer or can afford other insurance within say 6-9 months after their discharge, they and their families have no health insurance coverage.
Although the case worker told Noah that they do not count disability allowances as "income" for purposes of the "how poor are you?" test, they DID, in fact, count his VA disability and -- you guessed it -- his application for health insurance WAS DENIED. (He has already been turned down by other private insurers because he has too many combat-connected injuries/conditions -- and he can't afford those premiums any way!)
Next, Noah had applied through USAA (I'm not even linking them!!) for some life insurance because, well, he is a responsible parent (and a great Dad, I might add), and he wanted to be sure that his son would be provided for if anything were to happen to Noah. Now, USAA is a membership association and the single requirement for membership is that you (or a close family member) are or have been a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America -- active, Guard, Reserve. Now my DH has been a member since the 60's and our children have been members since they got driver's licenses -- before any of the sons even entered the services. Today he received a letter saying that his application for life insurance WAS DENIED BASED ON HIS HISTORY OF (symptoms associated with) PTSD ??
WHAT THE HELL??!! This country has sent more than 1.7 million men and women to war over the past 8 years and as many as 20% of these men and women will suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress and many of those will develop post-traumatic stress disorder/syndrome. This is a business organization who states its mission is "to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates, and their families through provision of a full range of... products and services;" and "to be the provider of choice for the military community"??? Well, USAA, in this regard you are doing a piss poor job of meeting those needs. Will this be just one more reason NOT to seek treatment for the invisible wounds of war?? I'm trying to figure out how they justify this -- if they're wary of say, suicide, don't most insurance policies limit benefits within 2 years (or some period) or say that benefits won't be paid in the event of suicide??
Golly gee!! I can't wait to see what comes in the mail for him tomorrow!! Seriously, I can't imagine Noah coming home to these things... He just can't seem to catch a break. And I'd venture to say he's not the only young OIF/OEF veteran facing such obstacles. (See HERE, for example.)
Doesn't all this just suck?? As a parent, I am frustrated and angry beyond measure! Already veterans and veterans organizations have had to rant and rail against the new administration to turn them from their proposal of having combat-wounded veterans pay for their care with their own private insurance (if & when they have it). I ask -- as I have asked before -- IS THIS HOW WE TREAT OUR WOUNDED?? IS THIS HOW WE TREAT OUR VETERANS??? Why would any parent now consider encouraging their child to enlist if it means that they will have to fight and claw for any and every benefit they have EARNED or have to fight against discrimination and reprisal for having served their country and been wounded in that endeavor?? Really. Why would anyone volunteer for that??
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One of Gov. John Hickenlooper's appealing traits is his apparent conviction that people tend to be reasonable if given the facts. We'll see if he's right to feel this way in the case of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, but I very much doubt it.
Hickenlooper recently gave marching orders to the Colorado
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to develop rules requiring disclosure of chemicals used in fracking – a source of bitter controversy between the industry and fracking opponents in recent years.
"Everyone in this room understands that hydraulic fracturing
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A Weekend In Mopar Heaven - 2007 Mopar Nationals
The 27th Annual Mopar Nationals
For one weekend a year, the roads through central Ohio are shaken by Mopars numbering in the thousands on their way to the Mopar Nationals at National trail raceway near Columbus.
This year's 27th annual Mopar Nats had perfect weather each day, plus big turnouts in the show field and swap meet. Show-goers and participants alike got a big eyeful of restored, preserved, and work-in-progress cars, as well as a special "Belvedere/GTX/Road runner Tribute" display, highlighting Plymouth's best B-Bodies. It's likely some of the show cars you'll see next year were in the swap meet or car corral, just waiting for that inspired Mopar devotee to take them home.
On the strip there was action aplenty, as Quick 16, Super Pro, Pro, Street, Stick Shift, Nostalgic, FWD, Young Guns, and Viper classes competed under cloudless skies.
The only damper was the heavy police presence on Brice Road each night, thanks to that unfortunate crash in Tennessee earlier this summer. Lighting 'em up was out of the question this year.
For detailed information on trophy winners from the drags and the showfield, go online to the Nats home page, moparnats.org.


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Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking Volume 4: Farm Markets & Gardens'
Last summer Ed profiled Canal House Cooking Volume 1, the first in a series of quarterly seasonal cookbooks from Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton. Lovingly self-published from their studio-workshop-office–dining room–atelier, Canal House is a gorgeous collection of recipes that Hirsheimer and Hamilton have assembled, photographed, and shared out of a love of food, and all the rituals surrounding it.
The fourth volume in the series, Canal House Cooking Volume 4 finds inspiration in the gardens, roadside farmstands, and summertime farmers' markets. There's a simple elegance to the recipes that Hirsheimer and Hamilton have collected for this volume. From cocktails to desserts, all of the dishes have an air of timelessness, taking elements from classic and ever-retro preparations and infusing them with sensibility.
Hirsheimer and Hamilton have developed relationships with many purveyors, and it comes through not only in the recipes but also in the ways that they've chosen to illustrate Canal House—you can almost taste the freshness through the photographs.
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Bourn takes lessons from father full circle
Bryson Bourn strolled through the Indians' clubhouse before a recent home game at Progressive Field, wearing a baggy Little League uniform. The young son of Cleveland center fielder Michael Bourn had an unusually high number on the back of his blue top.
"Forty-eight?" teased one of Bourn's Cleveland teammates.
Bryson Bourn strolled through the Indians' clubhouse before a recent home game at Progressive Field, wearing a baggy Little League uniform. The young son of Cleveland center fielder Michael Bourn had an unusually high number on the back of his blue top.
"Forty-eight?" teased one of Bourn's Cleveland teammates.
"Man, he was late signing up!" Michael Bourn explained with a laugh. "That was all they had left."
It took some convincing on Bourn's part to get his son to sign up this summer, and perhaps that is life coming full circle for the Tribe's center fielder. Once upon a time, he had a stubborn side that would lead to clashes with his dad, Raymond. These days, Michael Bourn shakes his head and laughs at the trouble he knows he gave his parents.
Now, with a son of his own, everything has been put into perspective, and Michael Bourn appreciates how his father raised him more with each passing day.
"My dad always told me when I was young," Bourn said, "he'd say, 'Mike, I hope you have a son.'"
"'And I hope he's just like you,'" Raymond Bourn said earlier this week, finishing Michael's anecdote with a chuckle. "I was serious about that."
During Cleveland's recent four-game series against the Rangers in Arlington, Raymond Bourn made the trip with his wife of 43 years, Carrie, from their home in Houston to watch his son play. Leaning against a wall outside the visitors' clubhouse at Globe Life Park, Raymond wore Cleveland's white home jersey with his family's name and his son's No. 24 stitched on the back.
Raymond Bourn, 64, is enjoying retirement, but it took a lot of hard work and discipline to keep his son on a path to the big leagues. When Michael was young, Raymond would work 12-hour shifts as a chemical technician at a Houston plant. When he clocked out, he would head home, gather up his sons and their friends and serve as their coach.
Michael Bourn -- the older of two brothers -- did not think much of it at the time.
"When you're a kid, you don't know," said the Indians' center fielder. "You're just like, 'Oh, my dad's working. OK.' As I've gotten older, now I've got a little boy. I'm like, 'Man, he was doing all of that with me?' That makes me want to do it all for my son. I know what kind of work and time he put in for us."
Michael Bourn credits his dad for keeping him out of trouble, which easily could have been found. If Raymond did not like the crowd surrounding his son, he would say so. In the Bourn household, Raymond also had a simple but effective set of rules.
"No baggy pants. No cursing. Shirt tails tucked in," Raymond said. "Those were my rules. Michael said I was a little bit too strict at times. He was never in trouble -- not that I know of -- but he tested boundaries, and I had to let him know what the boundaries were."
Part of keeping Michael on the right path was keeping him engaged in athletics.
From a young age, Raymond could see the potential in his son, who played baseball, basketball and football. He had coached kids in baseball for nearly a decade before Michael came along and, when his son was still quite young, Raymond was shocked at his ability.
"From coaching small kids, I kind of learned their limitations," Raymond said. "Hitting the ball to them, catching balls, throwing to them, learning fundamentals. He was ahead of the curve, so I kept pushing him. I got to the point where I'd tell my wife, 'Mike's only four, and I'm hitting the ball like I was hitting a ball to a 12- or 13-year-old.'
"I told my wife I was frightened because I didn't know what Mike's limitations were. I didn't want to back off. I wanted to keep testing him. From there, he just kept getting better and better."
Raymond Bourn worked hard with Michael on training him to play shortstop, but an unexpected situation altered his son's future. When Michael Bourn was around 12 years old, his team's center fielder was injured and unable to play in a tournament. Raymond managed to add an extra player to help out, but he also played shortstop.
That is when Michael spoke up.
"He said, 'I'll go play center field,'" Raymond recalled. "And then, as he started progressing and getting up in age, he went out as a center fielder for high school. The rest is history."
Bourn's nine-year career in the Majors includes a pair of Gold Glove awards and two trips to an All-Star Game. This marks his second straight season as the leadoff man and center fielder for Cleveland, which signed him to a four-year, $48 million contract prior to last season. Bourn bought his father a BMW after signing that deal.
"My dad was my rock," Bourn said. "When you get older, you start to reflect on the things you were doing when you were younger. Now that I look back on it, man, I put my mommy and daddy through some stuff. My dad kept me on the right path."
Raymond Bourn got his wish: Michael now has a son.
These days, Michael sometimes hears his father's voice come out in his own.
"A little bit, yeah," the outfielder said with a laugh. "A little bit."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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Employment Overview
Campus Recreation offers many opportunities for employment.
Positions are available through the University work-study program and part-time employment. Employees learn valuable skills that will serve them throughout their lifetime.
The Process:
To be considered for employment, please read the information carefully, follow the steps listed below, and submit the required application materials.
The following procedures, which apply to all new applicants, must be followed for you to be considered for employment:
- Apply on the UIS Career Connect web site.
- Complete and submit a Campus Recreation Employment Application
- Upon reviewing your Application for Employment we may call you for an interview. Being granted an interview will be based upon our needs and your qualifications as they are reflected in your application materials. All applications will be kept on file for the current academic year. We encourage you to return your application as soon as possible.
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CALGARY - The battle for jobs on defence and at forward on Canada's junior hockey team may be over, but the internal goaltending competition is underway.
Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls and Jordan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack will try to prove during Canada's pre-competition camp in Finland next week that they deserve to be Canada's starter at the world junior hockey championships in Ufa, Russia.
Canadian head coach Steve Spott revealed Saturday that Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit will be his alternate goaltender.
This year's team has taken the unusual step of bringing a third goaltender for insurance against injury and because of the travel distance to south-central Russia.
"Jake's going to be a big part of this program again next year and for years to come," Spott said. "We will start with the two 19-year-olds, Malcolm and Jordan and we'll see how that plays out."
The 23 players had their first practice as a team Saturday and the only one in Canada before heading to the airport later in the afternoon. Canada will play exhibition games against the host Finns on Dec. 20 and Sweden on Dec. 22 before heading to Ufa on Dec. 23.
Spott set a hard pace in practice that went over an hour.
"I don't think they expected a practice like that, I can tell you that," he said. "We wanted to push them here today so they can sleep on the plane. It's going to be a long day of travel and a long night so we wanted to make sure we pushed them hard today."
Centre Phillip Danault didn't practice Saturday because he'd had a tooth pulled. Spott says because the team was flying that day, it was better for him to ride the bike.
Canada opens the world junior tournament Dec. 26 against Germany.
Countries submit their tournament rosters the day before, but the addition of a goaltender after that is allowed if one of the two are injured. Adding a defenceman or forward after the tournament starts isn't allowed under International Ice Hockey Federation rules.
Spott says the starter's job is an open competition.
Subban is the younger brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban. Malcolm is accustomed to the wider ice Canada will play on in Ufa because Belleville's Yardman Arena is the same size.
The six-foot-two, 201-pound Toronto native played for Canada in a four-game summer series against the Russians. Two games were played in Yaroslavl, Russia, and the other two in Halifax.
Subban went 2-0 with a win in each country. He was in net for the pivotal final game, which Canada won 4-2 to take the series. He has a 15-7-3 record, a 2.17 goals-against average and .932 save percentage with Belleville this season.
He's athletic and quick. The goaltender's demeanour influences the confidence of his teammates in front of him. Subban's action on his glove saves announces "I've got this."
The Boston Bruins prospect was believed to have the inside track on the starter's job, but allowing three goals on seven shots in one exhibition game versus university players during selection camp didn't inspire confidence.
"Like I said from the start of camp, I was coming here trying to earn my spot and that's what I'm still trying to do," Subban said Saturday.
Binnington, from Richmond Hill, Ont., didn't play against the Russians in the summer, but came into selection camp playing the best of the four invited with a 17-6-1-2 record, 2.07 goals-against average and .930 save percentage.
"I've been feeling good," Binnington said earlier this week. "Hopefully I won't skip a stride here and just keep doing what I'm doing and things go well."
The six-foot-two, 169-pound St. Louis Blues prospect is technically sound and covers angles well. Binnington has moxie too. When he was left off Canada's summer roster, goaltending coach Ron Tugnutt says Binnington told him flat-out "you're making a mistake."
Subban and Binnington will be competing hard in the exhibition games for the distinction of No. 1, but Spott wasn't ruling out giving Paterson ice time in those games.
"We might do a split. We've thought about that," Spott said. "It's important both Jordan and Malcolm feel they're ready to go as well. We can't lose sight of those two guys because they're going to be dressing."
Paterson, 18, was the youngest of the four goaltenders invited to camp. He made a case to be among the top two and was kept on the team ahead of Laurent Brossoit of the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Paterson, from Mississauga, Ont., stopped all 33 shots he faced over three games at camp.
"I'll still have a chance to make the team next year, so I think just being with the guys and heading overseas with the team will be a good experience," he said. "I'm trying to gain as much experience as I can and be a sponge over there."
Paterson's record with Saginaw this season was 12-1-0-1 with a 2.10 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage. The Spirit rely heavily on him.
It will be a hardship for coach Greg Gilbert and the team without Paterson, especially knowing their goalie might not get to play in the world junior tournament.
"The coaches told me when I left, they were all for it, whatever happens here," Paterson said. "They're behind me with this."
The Detroit Red Wings draft pick can't practise with his teammates in Ufa while he's not on the active roster, so many of his mornings will be spent on the ice alone with Tugnutt. Paterson will also be put to work during games.
"I think me and Tugnutt will be up in the box doing stats or some pre-scouting as well," he said. "It's not like I'll be over there doing nothing. Hopefully I'll be a part of it somehow and helping the team any way I can."


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How to Use the Seated Trunk-Rotation Fitness Test
Compensations from a lack of spine and hip-rotation flexibility can also create stress in other body areas that aren't designed to rotate. If left uncorrected, this physical limitation will eventually spell disaster by causing an injury.
1Sit forward in a chair.
Make sure that your spine isn't resting against the back of the chair.
2Place a golf club across the front of your chest and shoulders (at the collarbone level).
Hold the club securely by crossing both hands in front of you.
3Turn your upper torso as far as comfortably possible to the right.
Sit as tall as possible in the chair, with your feet flat on the floor, both knees pointing straight ahead.
4When you've turned completely, look over your right shoulder and see where the end of the club is pointing behind you.
Mentally mark the spot on the wall and estimate the number of degrees of rotation that you've turned to the right.
5Slowly return to the neutral starting position and then repeat the trunk-rotation test to the left.
Repeat this test in both directions three to five times to get a good estimate of the amount of trunk rotation in each direction and which direction you can rotate farther and/or easier.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The Coker men's basketball team advanced to the Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Tournament with a 88-74 victory over Pfeiffer University. With the victory the Cobras have now won their last six games in a row, improving to 8-8 in conference play. The win also gave Coker the #4 seed in the East Division.
Sharod Williams (Miami, Fla.) led the way with his eighth double-double of the season scoring 23 points with 15 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures was Julian Nelson (Irmo, S.C.) with 22 points, Charles West (Ellenwood, Ga.) with 12 points and Austin Harper (Chesnee, S.C.) had 10.
The Cobras will head to King College in Bristol, Tenn. for the opening round of the tournament on Tuesday. Tip-off against the #1 seed in the West Division is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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Pepsi AMP iPhone App Intended to Help Guys Score
Sexism? There's an app for that.
In an effort to push its new Amp energy drink, Pepsi has released an iPhone app dubbed "Amp Up Before You Score" that's intended to help guys score with 24 "types" of women.
Each type of woman is depicted in a cartoon drawing reminiscent of a Bratz doll. The "sorority girl" is tugging at a mini-skirt and toting a small dog in a pink purse, while the "rebound girl" is holding a carton of ice cream while mascara runs down her face. Everyone is well-endowed, of course.
Click on a type, and the app will provide you with "lines" intended to help you score, along with a crib sheet of sorts to dupe the woman into thinking you share her interests. The "punk girl" type will take you to a Wikipedia entry about punk, the "treehugger" type will provide you with your fake carbon footprint number or a tutorial on how to be a hippie.
"Let's say you meet a girl whose way into being green and you need a vegan restaurant. Stat. We've got you covered," according to a video demo designed to look exactly like Apple's iPhone commercial. "Or you meet that special someone on spring break and you need to de-code her [sorority] sweatshirt. Nice. We can help."
Each type of woman also includes a description, but it appears that the sorority girl section is unnecessary, because the tagline for this particular woman is, "This shouldn't be a problem." Swoon.
Last but not least, there's a "brag list" where you can tally all the women with whom you score, inputting her name, the date, and "whatever details you remember."
I knew there was a reason I drank Diet Coke.
UPDATE: Pepsi has issued an apology via the AMP Twitter feed. "Our app tried 2 show the humorous lengths guys go 2 pick up women. We apologize if it's in bad taste & appreciate your feedback," the Tweet said.
A full list of the app's "types" after the jump.
Aspiring Actress
Foreign Exchange Student
Goth Girl
Indie Rock Girl
Military Girl
Out-Of-Your-League Girl
Political Girl
Punk Rock Girl
Rebound Girl
Sorority Girl
Women's Studies Major