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;How can I turn off Logical Origin?
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:To Cancel Logical Origin
:To Cancel Logical Origin use the keys on the Control Panel on the Laser and the Control Panel Display.
:# Hit ESC 3 times.
:# Hit ESC 3 times.
:# Hit the RETURN key (the one with an arrow that goes down and to the left). This should highlight the current file name.
:# Hit the RETURN key (the one with an arrow that goes down and to the left). This should highlight the current file name.
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This is one of the two nearly identical laser cutters in the space. They have 3'x4' beds and 150 watt tubes. This one is named Bumblebee becasue it is yellow and black, as compared to Wolverine, which is yellow and navy blue.
|Laser Cutter - Bumblebee
|Group-owned, purchased with funds collected from far and wide.
|Make Model
|Jinan G. Weike / WKLaser LC1280
|Part Number
|Date Acquired
|Storage Location
|West wall, you can't miss it.
|Authorization Required
| The setup manual, File:OPERATIONAL MANUAL OF MACHINE xin USB.pdf is worth reading, if only for a laugh.
Inside the cutter, a Leetro MPC6515 control board coordinates the motors and laser firing. Its documentation is freely downloadable. So much grief has arisen from the awful state of the documentation and software, that an entire Chinese laser support forum has arisen for the hapless owners of these machines help each other.
|Other References
- 1 Intro
- 2 Rules
- 3 Instructions
- 4 Maintenance Info
- 5 Damage Prevention
- 7 TroubleShooting
- 8 ToDo
If you are not trained yourself, operation of the laser cutter must be done under the supervision of one of the trained operators. (A list can be found on the clip board in the zone) Trained operators are: Matt A., Roger S., Nate B., Terry W., Andrew M. and Devon T. See the section below about Damage Prevention.
i3Detroit asks that users donate $0.25 per minute or $15 per hour that the beam is active. This is to replace consumables, especially the expensive bulb. There is a wooden donation box.
Approved Materials List
Get material that will fit on the bed of the laser cutter, which is 3'x4' (optimal cutting area 34" x 46"): 4 feet wide from left to right, and 3 feet long from the front to the back. Your piece must be able to fit on the bed itself, because the bed will lower to put the surface of your material in focus. However, in case anyone needs to know the whole interior of the bay for some reason: there is 51 inches of clearance between the two rails the gantry runs on (the same width as the machine's bay door). 51 inches is also the measurement from the front lip to the back wall of the machine, but the door itself takes up 3/4 of an inch of that.
General Instructions
Time-of-cut Checklist
- Place material (square to edge of honeycomb).You can also run the head left / right and watch the red dot to see if it moves parallel to the edge of the material. Adjust as needed.
- Cover inactive honeycomb area except an "intake" in front of the material. This directs smoke away from the gantry.
- Turn on POWER STRIP on floor behind cutter. This should bring up the chiller and air-assist pump.
- Gently pinch rubber hose from laser to chiller to trigger chiller alarm, verifying that it's awake.
- Assure the exhaust is open on the back of the unit, right next to the chiller. Slide the door all the way open (to the left).
- If the other machine is not in use, cover the vents at the back of the OTHER machine to increase the exhaust flow.
- Make sure there is nothing obstructing the path of the laser head toward the right rear of the working surface!
- Turn keyswitch to on, and wait for boot and home to complete.
- With the D-pad, jog head over to center of material.
- Press "Z" to enter the mode to raise or lower the bed.
- Keep one hand over emergency-stop. Press "Datum" to auto-focus.
- Double check the auto-focus with one of the acrylic manual focus gauges. Tell the zone warden if the autofocus is off by a significant amount.
- Press "Z" again to exit Z mode.
- Wave hand under head and verify that air-assist is blowing.
- Download design from LaserCut software.
- With the D-pad, jog head to start of cut.
- Keep one hand over emergency-stop while using the "Test" button to check boundaries.
- Turn on the exhaust fan (black switchbox on wall).
- Lift the fire extinguisher and set it back down. This verifies that your muscle-memory knows where it is.
- Press "Start".
- DO NOT WALK AWAY. See http://www.thinkhaus.org/2011/04/03/lazzoring-is-serious-business/ for why.
- When cutter finishes, observe elapsed time on LCD and put money into box.
- Also, please remember to turn off the exhaust blower! The furnaces have to put back everything it removes.
How to use the manual focus gauge
The manual focus gauges are in the laser cutter box. They are small L-shaped pieces of acrylic with "69mm For use with 63mm lens" engraved on them, corresponding to the 63mm focal length lenses currently installed in the laser cutters. To check the focus, place the gauge on the surface of the material you are cutting. The underside of the nib should rest against the top of the knurled fitting, as shown in the pictures to the right.
To re-cut the manual focus gauge, or to modify the file for a different lens, use the files found in this thread.
Maintenance Info
How To Calibrate The Auto-Focus
From time to time the auto-focus gets out of alignment for various reasons gradual or sudden. The depth-finding plunger is at the wrong height. One of two things have usually happened. A: the depth-finding plunger is at the wrong height on the lens cylinder; or B: the depth-finding plunger is at the wrong height in its (gold-anodized) holder. Note: the telescoping of the assembly relative to the crossbar does NOT affect the focus, it affects the height of the honeycomb relative to the outside edge of the laser table when focused.
To adjust the autofocus, use the plastic gauge (as shown above). Adjust the position of the probe in its holder and the position of its holder on the black tube so that the top of honeycomb surface is approximately even with the surrounding edge, and there is enough of a gap between the holder and the top of the knurled ring to allow the gauge to fit between them. The set screws that secure the probe bracket to the black tube should be below the bottom edge of the crossbeam that supports the laser head.
When you are done, make sure the nozzle is tight on the end of the black tube (thumbscrew on side is also tight) and the nut that controls telescoping of the lens assembly in the black tube is also secure.
Cleaning the laser head
If speed for CUT in 1/8" MDF falls below 20,then check the focus and have a trainer clean both mirrors and lens.
- Use alcohol from the laser box and cotton ball.
- The convex lens side goes toward the laser.
- The capture ring tool is in the white box.
- Use tweezers for removal of o-ring.
Power and Speed Rankings
TW- I have noticed that the laser seems to lose power over time. To better get a handle on this I am going to start running Cut Rankings. Every time I use the laser, I will make a test of small squares on the 1/8 mdf, which is usually around as scrap, for cutting at 100 power. They will be staggered at speeds of 126.96.36.199. I will put the results and date. If others could do this to we might start to see what we need to do.
- Cut means fall out / Popout means req'd push to release / No Cut means not seperable
- 6/12/13 1/8 MDF 5 No CUT 10 NO CUT 15 NO CUT 20 NO CUT
- 7/31/13 1/8 mdf 30 cut 33 cut 37 popout 40 popout
- 8/6/13 1/8 mdf 20 cut 23 cut 27 cut 30 popout
- 8/12/13 1/8 mdf 20 cut 23 cut 27 popout 30 nocut
- 11/14/13 1/8 mdf 12cut 20 no cut
- 11/14/13 1/8 mdf AFTER Cleaning 20 cut 25 cut 30 popout
Damage Prevention
The most common way the laser can injure itself is colliding its plunger with something when it moves itself. Moving itself takes place during a job, when going to the logical origin that has been set to begin or end a job, or when homing to the upper right corner of the bed. Homing takes place when pressing the Datum button, or when the machine powers on, such as recovering from an emergency stop. If the plunger is mounted on the wrong side, it can collide with the machine frame during homing. The plunger can collide with material or with weights that are holding down material. During a job, sometimes a flexible material will lift off the bed through heat curling, or when cutting releases its pent-up spring energy. Continuing the job might cause the head to collide with the newly-emerged edge.
Only use the auto-focus feature (z-datum) when plunger is over material. Otherwise, the plunger tip goes into the honeycomb without being pressed down, so the Z-motion doesn't stop itself, and crushes the lens head into the bed. Keep your hand over the emergency stop when auto-focusing. Everyone should practice hitting the emergency stop button. Pressing the emergency stop does not cause an emergency.
Be very careful when removing the emergency stop, because it homes itself during every power-on. So, be sure the lens head is free. If the table is so high that the plunger is stuck in the honeycomb, open the lower doors of the laser, manually pull the belts on the screws so that the bed goes down. After this, this procedure will have to be reversed, measuring the distance from both sides of the bed to both sides of the gantry.
Coolant failure will destroy the laser, so each time the laser is used, squeeze the coolant tube to ensure that the alarm would go off.
Be sure the exhaust is on, or the smoke gathering in the machine will damage the mechanics, the optics, and any nearby humans.
Never laser-cut polycarbonate. It is highly flammable, and will produce toxic, highly corrosive smoke. Also do not cut plastics containing chlorine. Acrylic and delrin are currently the only known-safe plastics.
Before cutting something with an reflective surface, consult a user who is qualified for training or maintenance.
If material catches on fire, hit the emergency stop, yell "fire", and use the fire extinguisher mounted to the front of the laser. Pull the pin, and spray carbon dioxide gas in a sweeping motion over the flames. It just dispenses carbon dioxide gas, not foam. This will do no damage. It's just loud.
- When running TEST I get a SOFT STOP message on screen and no test.
- That usually means your cut runs off the laser table. Check your origin point on the file and where you have the laser head starting. Sometimes it means that Logical Origin is set to ON which places your cut off the table, no matter where you have manually set the laser head.
- How can I turn off Logical Origin?
- To Cancel Logical Origin use the keys on the Control Panel on the Laser and the Control Panel Display.
- Hit ESC 3 times.
- Hit the RETURN key (the one with an arrow that goes down and to the left). This should highlight the current file name.
- Hit RETURN again. This should pop you to the Logical Origin screen.
- Hit Right Arrow until the field Cancel Logical Origin YES is highlighted.
- Hit RETURN.
- My Test doesn't start where my laser head is and I have turned Logical Origin off
- Make sure and check the IMMEDIATE box and save before Downloading AND turn off Logical Origin to allow the origin to be the manually set position of the laser head.
- It takes several minutes or infinite minutes to compile in LaserCut
- I have had this happen with some (but not all) DXF files from OpenSCAD. Open the dxf file in CorelDraw and then save it as dxf. It will "clean it up" and you compiles will now be very quick. I have no clue what is happening.
- When cutting 1/8mdf through it takes 100% and slower than 20 speed.
- Check Focus. If problem persists have trainer clean lens and mirrors. DO NOT attempt cleaning if you are NOT a trainer.
- New cylinders to hold different lenses,
- ...to make it easy and safe to change them without smudging or damage. Sector67 has indicated they may make some of these. (The existing cylinder has too narrow an opening for the lens that gives a long focal length. Its beam is so wide that it hits the lip and heats up the cylinder.)
- Payment-measuring timer.
- One way to do this would be to measure current to the machine and time how long it runs at laser-firing power. It would be good to put a button on the timer that would re-set it to zero.
- Another way, used at other spaces, is to use the "blow" output contact from the controller, which is meant to trigger the air-assist, in case bottled gas is being used for special cutting.
- Payment box.
- Greg Smith made it.
- Laptop desk.
- Standing desk built by Dustin White & Ted Hansen.
- Aperture in the chassis, through which to thread the blue USB cable with a grommet.
- Instead, we discovered an exit under the machine and threaded it through that. Matt Arnold used sugru on the side of the standing desk for a place to attach the end of the cable when unused.


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Save Animals From Being Killed in Military Training Exercises
For two years, we've been protesting the U.S. government's declaration of war on animals. The military abuses thousands of healthy animals in trauma training exercises, even though superior non-animal methods are available. In these exercises, pigs are shot, stabbed, and burned; goats have their legs broken with bolt cutters and cut off with shears; and monkeys are poisoned with toxic chemicals.
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This practice is still happening 🙁 its disgusting and should be stopped.
First of all I want to say that I'm completely thankful everyday for what our military does. NO ONE would argue that. They risk their lives everyday to keep us safe.. HOWEVER pulling apart live animals while they are awake. (watch the video and read the reports and get your facts straight) they are awake screaming in pain while Military Officers stand by and laugh and cheer like its a game.. REALLY?? and people think that's ok??? and lets be serious we all know that goes on… lets be honest… I know lots of people in the military and the hazing and abuse that goes on behind the scenes to each other is ridiculous in itself.. Its gone so far sometimes that a Human life is taken… So allowing this BEHAVIOR should not be allowed period.. any person that could laugh while an innocent animal is being TORTURED is sick themselves. Well you what they say though.. any human being that has the ability to abuse and torture an animal has it in them to do that to another human being and that's why its ILLEGAL to abuse animals in ANY WAY. And just because its the military doesn't let them off the hook. There's no need to use live animals, that's why we have technology.
Is this the people who are supposed to protect and save life?, Please let me die! How can you live with your self after doing such of horrific act to animals 🙁 SAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD very SAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
I did not know this and it makes me upset to have to know that this happens. I have always loved animals & have always wanted o serve my country. Its not right that these animals have to die. We all have different points of views and some people dont understand what really happens to animals. Its not okay that they use animals … Why dont they use people? oh no that's right because "its different." its not different animals have lifes and so do humans. There are other alternatives. Our country should be role modes. I dont think I could stand watching animals getting killed just for training or other reasons. They are not reasons.
There is no reason to do this. Send these medics to a hospital emergency room; there's plenty there for training.
I feel that those that are saying that it is cruel training, havent been on the real battlefield, and would wish someone knew what they were doing to save your life possibly.
This is disgusting. I cant believe people have the heart to do sutch things. I deeply believe their is abosolutley no reason to use any type of animal for anything besides a companion they also feel pain.
There is NO excuse for this. No excuse. I don't want to hear how torturing an animal to death can save human lives.
Doesn't fly. The training methods will have to be revised.
There is no excuse.
I love PETA's don't let the military fool you with their propaganda and lies about animal abuse story. Meanwhile, they conveniently ignore the fact that the animals used are bought from USDA vendors when they become available for market, IE, instead of being shipped to slaughter houses for consumers they are shipped to the military where they are given ridiculous amounts of respect, required to be treated as if they were human beings during their "service" to the point of calling them battle buddies and before training are fully sedated and anesthetized before they even come in contact with service members. Torture? All they do is go to sleep and not wake up again; but that's OK because the military can back off and let them get a pneumatic bolt gun to the forehead instead and just end up in your favorite south asian restaurant. Scales of Justice say.. wake up and smell reality. One animal can train an entire team of individuals to save lives. Which means, if one animal that doesn't end up as clothing, dinner, or glue for your consumption ends up training multiple medics to save just one life each.. I'm ok with the loss given the alternative. And nothing, NOTHING, simulated can come close to the real thing in terms of superior training. It's like saying getting sprayed with a water hose is superior to a pool when you're learning how to swim.
THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, the poor creatures 🙁
imagine just for a second that your walking down the street and your shot in the stomach and your life is in the hands of a man next to you that happens to be a marine would you want him to be able to save your life and feel confident that he can? we face getting shot at everyday so we do.
This training is key to teaching troops hands on how to save HUMAN lives when the worst happens over seas while we are fighting for YOUR RIGHTS to continue to ignorantly protest everything animal related. I personaly dont care if 1000000 pigs die if it saves the lives of ONE of my brothers that is wounded fighting for your rights to say the things you do. Think about that next time you try to get crucial training banned.
THIS IS NOT OKAY! we must do something to stop the abuse! NO animal should suffer!
Is this what we stand for as Americans?? SHAME ON YOU!! They feel pain too!


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"Trinch!" Bourgueil Catherine et Pierre Breton 2009
5 comments:
- CabFrancoPhile said...
Nice sounding wine. Reminds me my local shop has some 2008 Cuvee Terroir from Joguet. Been a while since I've had young, fresh Loire CF.
Love that BioD website. It's almost too easy to blast holes in Steiner's rantings. But still fun. BioD practitioners are going to have some explaining to do as people begin to understand the insanity of its mythology. In principle I like what they're doing as a different take on sustainable and organic viticulture. But there's no logic in doing every thing a crazy man says. I'd like BioD more if people treated it with scientific skepticism. I think it would turn out there are some very sound ideas, and some that are just plain dumb (albeit fairly harmless).
- August 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Jeff said...
I would like to try that Joguet, but none of the places that I go frequently have it.
Feel the same way--I like anything that isn't destructive to the planet per se. But you're right--a lot of bio-dynamic stuff I've heard about sounds like it's straight out of Stonehenge and ripe for picking apart. Which is exactly why I think Bio-Dynamics is a hoax is so well done. It's written by the guy from Smith-Madrone apparently, so I guess he has some skin in the game for the mega-purple crowd, but still. It's hard to dispute that there are some ridiculous things people believe.
- August 19, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- CabFrancoPhile said...
The cool part is Stuart Smith is a genuine pre-gentrification Napa vintner. He was up in the mountains carving out a vineyard before it became trendy for all the Viader and Pahlmeyer types to blast apart the hillsides. He plays a role in Conaway's Far Side of Eden as the principled land rights advocate, more or less siding with land owners being allowed to develop their property. He just seems like a man of principle. I have a feeling his wines are pretty traditional.
On a mega purple note, it would be interested if some of the users were outed by an insider. And not just that, but other high end producers getting their wines adjusted. I don't think there's anything wrong in principle with technology adjusting wine, but I'd like to see how far reality is from marketing BS about special terroir, perfect viticulture, magic cellar techniques, etc. Especially in Napa.
- August 19, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- Jeff said...
You're right that he sounds like a man of principle. He sounds like someone that would be fun to have a few drinks with. I'm going to seek out some of his stuff, just to have a look.
25$ isn't a bad deal at all to try something outside of my comfort zone. As an aside, how many people can say that Napa Cabernet is out of their comfort zone? Haha.
- August 20, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- CabFrancoPhile said...
Yeah, for $25 that's worth a try. The WE note makes it sound really legit, probably even a really good value. Oh well, such is wine pricing. Real mountain wine undeer 14% ABV from Napa is around $30, while basic spoofy valley floor stuff is $60+.
- August 24, 2010 at 6:34 PM


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 1, 2012) – As the 2012 NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship comes to a close in Colorado Springs, Colo., four of the U.S. Men's Junior National Volleyball Team (MJNT) players will be making their collegiate volleyball debut.
For incoming freshman Nick Olson (New Berlin, Wis.), Ben Patch (Provo, Utah), James Shaw (Woodside, Calif.) and Driss Guessous (Pasadena, Calif.) 2012 will mark their first season playing for their colleges.
Patch, an opposite hitter on the MJNT, will be heading to Brigham Young University.
After spending the past three weeks training and competing with the MJNT, he feels he is ready to step into the college-volleyball world.
"The international level we have been playing at transcends into the college level," Patch said. "Training with this group of guys will make the transition easier because it is such a high level, whereas going into college with just high school experience would be a lot harder."
Going into his first season, Patch also feels his approach to the game has changed for the better.
"I have learned how to take an international swing," Patch said. "The exposure of playing international volleyball has made me take a new approach to my game, increasing energy and altering how I play."
Shaw, another opposite hitter on the MJNT, also feels that competing with the MJNT has been essential in preparing him for his volleyball career at Stanford.
"It is hard to tell right now how we will fit into our college programs," Shaw said. "Because the reality is we aren't actually there yet. This experience has definitely given us a leg up. We have been touching the ball all summer and gotten this high level of training and exposure. Not many other guys had that this summer."
Before competing with the MJNT, Shaw had never played the opposite hitter position. Learning how to succeed in the role gave him confidence as he approaches his freshman season at Stanford.
"I have learned how to make adjustments at this level of play," Shaw said. "Coming into this I had no idea what I would be playing. This experience (playing opposite) has given me the confidence that I can still succeed even if I have to make an adjustment."
Adjustment is something that Olson, a middle blocker on the MJNT, also feels will contribute to making the transition to college volleyball at Loyola University-Chicago a little bit smoother.
"Getting to compete at this level will be helpful," Olson said. "Going into college will be a smoother transition now because we have experienced a little bit of what it could be like."
As Olson prepares to step into his new program, he has a fresh mentality on what it takes to succeed at the next level.
"At this level, everyone is a good and physical player," Olson said. "It is the mentality that makes the difference. By training with the MJNT I learned how to communicate with my teammates about what I am doing during the game and in general. I think that will make a difference in my game."
Guessous, another middle blocker on the MJNT, heads to Ohio State in the fall. A fresh face on the USA Volleyball pipeline, the NORCECA event marked his first experience with international competition.
"Playing here at this accelerated level has helped me prepare for college," Guessous said, "The speed of the game is a lot faster. That is something that I am now already used to and will not have to spend time adjusting to once I get to Ohio State."
Guessous also pinpointed another aspect of the experience that will help him adjust better to competing with his new Ohio State teammates.
"This (MJNT) is a new group of people," Guessous said. "I have been used to playing with the same guys. Going into college, there will be all new people I am playing with, too. This team has gotten me ready for that and how to work and do well in a new team with different dynamics than what I am used to."
And while all four players have selected aspiring volleyball programs, their college choice was centered around more than just athletics.
"It's Stanford," Shaw said. "My grandpa went to graduate school there. My mom received her undergrad from there. My dad has coached men's and women's volleyball there for 27 years. The combination of top-flight academics and their aspiring volleyball program along with my family history there made it the place for me."
Patch also looked for more than volleyball when making his decision to enroll at BYU.
"The cultural environment drew me," Patch said. "I just love the mission of the school and the mission of the volleyball program. It offered me the opportunity to go the direction I want both educationally and athletically."
Guessous feels that Ohio State can offer him a place to find his calling both on the court and off.
"It has been established as a great volleyball program," Guessous said. "I committed the year they won the national championship, which was awesome. I will have my niche in the volleyball world, but also on campus. It is a big school but it gives a lot of opportunities."
While volleyball factored into Olson's decision, academics and location also played a role in his commitment to Loyola.
"It is a Midwest school," Olson said. "It is just a team on the up-rise, both on the court and academically. It is growing and they are constructing new buildings and it will just be an exciting place to be. They also have a new coaching staff that is looking to make their mark on the volleyball community."
On Sunday morning, the athletes will leave Colorado Springs and embark on a new and exciting journey in hopes that their recent volleyball experience will make their transition to college life a little bit smoother.
2012 U.S. Men's Junior National Volleyball Team
# - Name (Position, Hometown, Grad Year, Club, Region, College Status)
3 - Micah Christenson (S, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2011, Outrigger Canoe Club, Aloha, University of Southern California)
4 - Tony Ensbury (L, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 2011, SCVC, Southern California, Princeton University)
5 - Driss Guessous (MB, Pasadena, Calif., 2012, Manhattan Beach Surf, Southern California Signed at Ohio State)
6 - Michael Henchy (OH, Ventura, Calif., 2011, Spectrum VBC, Southern California, Ohio State)
8 - Nick Olson (MB, New Berlin, Wis., 2012, West Allis Lightning, Badger, Signed at University of Chicago-Loyola)
9 - Ben Patch (Opp, Provo, Utah, 2012, Utah Elite, Intermountain, Signed at Brigham Young University)
10 - Greg Petty (OH, Downers Grove, Ill., 2011, Sports Performance, Great Lakes, Lewis University
11 - Scott Rhein (OH, Pleasant View, Tenn., 2011, Impact Volleyball Club, Southern, Pepperdine)
14 - James Shaw (S/Opp, Woodside, Calif., 2012, Mountain View Volleyball Club, Northern California, Signed at Stanford)
16 - Matt Tarantino (Opp, Van Nuys, Calif., 2011, Santa Monica Beach Club, Southern California, Pepperdine)
17 - Matt West (S, Seattle, Wash., 2011, Space Needle Volleyball Foundation, Puget Sound Region, Pepperdine)
18 - DJ White (L/OH, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 2011, Manhattan Beach Surf, Southern California, Harvard)
Head Coach: Peter Hanson
Assistant Coach: Jonah Carson
Assistant Coach: Jay Hosack
Statistician: Jake Schick
Team Leader: Collin Powers
2012 NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship Schedule
Pool A
Aug. 27: Mexico def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-7, 25-10, 25-15 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 27: United States def. Honduras 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Mexico def. Honduras 25-15, 26-24, 25-14 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: United States def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-8, 25-8, 25-9 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Honduras def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-17, 25-11, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: United States def. Mexico 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Pool B
Aug. 27: Puerto Rico def. Curacao, 27-25, 25-13, 25-23 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 27: Canada def. Guatemala 25-15, 25-13, 25-21 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Canada def. Curacao 25-13, 25-7, 25-22 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Puerto Rico def. Guatemala 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Guatemala def. Curacao 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Canada def. Puerto Rico 25-13, 25-15, 28-30, 25-12 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 30: Puerto Rico def. Honduras 25-16, 25-16, 25-11 (Match 13) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 30: Mexico def. Guatemala 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Classification 5/8
Aug. 31: Guatemala def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-12, 25-16, 25-16 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: Honduras def. Curacao 25-27, 25-19, 27-25, 25-19 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: Canada def. Mexico 25-17, 25-18, 24-26, 25-21 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: United States def. Puerto Rico 25-15, 25-16, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Final Classifications
Sept. 1: Curacao def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-11, 25-16, 25-19 (7th Place) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: Guatemala def. Honduras 25-18, 20-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-9 (5th Place) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: Mexico def. Puerto Rico 25-12, 25-21, 25-16 (Bronze) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: United States vs. Canada, 17:30 p.m. (Gold) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)


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Debates of Sept. 14th, 2009
House of Commons Hansard #80 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was colombia.
- Question Period
- Employment Insurance Act
- Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
- The Economy
- Donald Marshall, Jr.
- Tackling Economic Crime
- Climate Change
- The Economy
- Honoré-Mercier Secondary School
- Portage Plains United Way
- Deaths of Soldiers in Afghanistan
- The Economy
- Jerry Yanover
- Canadian Flag
- Employment Insurance
- Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Festival of Words
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- The Economy
- Health
- Justice
- Taxation
- Conservative Government
- Employment Insurance
- The Economy
- Infrastructure
- Foreign Affairs
- Canadian Forces
- Employment Insurance
- Securities Industry
- The Environment
- Employment Insurance
- Taxation
- Employment Insurance
- Search and Rescue
- Health
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Presence in Gallery
- Ways and Means
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Corrections and Conditional Release Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Starred Questions
- Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Deaths of Soldiers in Afghanistan
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Claude Bachand Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay my respects for the courage and commitment of the soldiers who recently died while carrying out their duties in Afghanistan.
People were deeply saddened to hear of the deaths of Major Yannick Pépin and Corporal Jean-François Drouin, both of the 5th Regiment of Combat Engineers based in Valcartier, and of Patrick Lormand, member of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment from Valcartier.
This terrible situation reminds us once again of the risks our soldiers are exposed to every day.
On behalf of my Bloc Québécois colleagues, I offer my sincerest condolences to the families, loved ones and colleagues of these men killed in action. I hope you will find the strength and courage needed to get through the grief you are feeling right now.
The Economy
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mike Wallace Burlington, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week the World Economic Forum once again confirmed Canada's position as home to the world's soundest banks, backing what we have been saying all along: Canada is a model for the rest of the world. It also ranked Canada as having the ninth most competitive economy in world, a big jump from fourteenth under the previous Liberal government.
The world is taking notice. France's finance minister gushed with praise for Canada's economic stability at a recent G20 finance ministers meeting when she said:
I think...we can be inspired by...the Canadian situation. There were some people who said "I want to be Canadian."
Canadians should be proud that during these trying times other countries are looking at us with envy and admiration.
The government wants to fight the recession. The Leader of the Opposition wants to fight the recovery. This just proves that he is not in it for Canadians; he is in it for himself.
Jerry Yanover
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, this summer Canadians lost a parliamentary treasure with the passing of Mr. Jerry Yanover.
For four decades, Jerry served as a trusted adviser to every Liberal leader and caucus. His expertise in the rules and traditions of the House, his encyclopedic knowledge of politics, his brilliant approach to strategy earned him not only the deep gratitude of Liberals, but also the genuine respect of all political parties, House officials, public servants, the media, academics and many others.
Jerry loved our system of government, respected its values and institutions and dedicated his life to making this place function at its best.
Always focused on the future, he built himself a living legacy in all the young people he encouraged to become engaged in the governance of their country.
An extraordinary mind, a tower of strength, Jerry Yanover is gone too soon. The Parliament of Canada will deeply miss one of its finest advocates.
Canadian Flag
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Rodney Weston Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, like many Canadians, I was shocked to see the Liberal Party's latest attack on the Canadian flag.
The message that Canadians should not be proud of our flag, the symbol of our nation and our sovereignty, has no place in this country's political system. What is perhaps even more shocking is that the Liberal Party is using hard-earned tax dollars to send this offensive literature around.
Despite what some in the Liberal Party may think, Canadians still go abroad wearing our Canadian flag with pride. In fact, over 2,500 Canadian men and women are abroad in Afghanistan risking their lives daily. No wonder military families at CFB Gagetown are outraged at receiving this anti-flag postcard.
It is disrespectful to the families of these men and women to imply that their lived ones should be anything but proud wearing our Canadian flag abroad, although we should not be surprised, considering the Liberal leader once referred to our Canadian flag as "a pale imitation of a beer label".
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, over the summer, constituents from my community and others from across Canada shared with me how the government's employment insurance program was failing them.
With as many as 60% of unemployed workers not qualifying for EI, in particular thousands of women, part-time and short-term employees also not meeting the qualifying criteria, it is left to the municipalities and the local community to provide a social safety net.
In communities like Windsor—Tecumseh that safety net is strained to the breaking point by the weight of the government's failed employment policies, employment policies, by the way, that have resulted in my community suffering an official unemployment rate over 15% and a real unemployment rate approaching 20%.
My community calls upon the government to take immediate action to help those unemployed and to alleviate that human suffering.
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition wants to trigger an election in the middle of a recession. The Liberal leader is prepared to jeopardize the economic recovery just to advance his own interests. The Liberal leader is thinking only of his political career. What a lack of wisdom. It is not surprising that the member for Papineau also thinks that his leader is lacking the necessary clarity and wisdom.
The member for Papineau said out loud what a number of his colleagues are thinking.
On this side of the House, we are rarely in agreement with the member for Papineau, but this is one exception.
The Leader of the Opposition absolutely does not have the necessary wisdom to lead Canada.
Festival of Words
Statements By Members
September 14th, 2009 / 2:10 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, this weekend, on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, an event known as Moulin à paroles was held to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Biz and Batlam of Loco Lacass and Brigitte Haentjens organized the event to share their perspectives on the consequences of the historic battle.
As Ms. Haentjens said, "For five centuries, words have been spoken, shouted and whispered [...] We will give those words new life; we will sing them once again". Poet and singer Raôul Duguay described the momentous gathering as "—a victory for words. There would be no show, no rock'n'roll, without words".
While some detractors predicted that things would get out of hand, this "literary marathon" attracted the enthusiastic participation of members of the public and everyone, both audience members and presenters, enjoyed the event. It brought people together to learn about the history and consequences of the conquest of 1759 while celebrating Quebec's literary heritage.
Thank you, and congratulations on this wonderful event.
Conservative Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Rodger Cuzner Cape Breton—Canso, NS
Mr. Speaker, Canadians have learned over the past four years that if they want to know the Prime Minister's real agenda, they have to listen to what he says behind closed doors.
In public, his comments are an inconsistent mess. First, it was no recession and no deficit. Now we know he has the biggest deficit in the history of this country. However, in private, when the Prime Minister knows the cameras are not rolling, or thinks they are not rolling, he is completely consistent. Recent video has exposed his real agenda.
He needs absolute power so he can teach his enemies a lesson, and he makes it clear just who his enemies are: women, minorities, anyone who dares to fight to protect their charter rights.
Regarding the courts, the Prime Minister had the audacity to characterize one of the most independent and impartial judiciaries in the world as "left-wing ideologues": Conservative Party in public, Reform Party in private.
Liberals will stop accusing Conservatives of having a hidden agenda when Conservatives stop talking about it behind closed doors.
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Bradley Trost Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Mr. Speaker, Canadians do not want an election. They want politicians to put their differences aside and focus on economic recovery. Two recent polls make that point very clear.
A Canadian Press Harris/Decima survey shows 73% of Canadians are against having an election. An EKOS poll shows more than 70% of Canadians are against a fall election, yet the Leader of the Opposition is intent on forcing one.
Our economic action plan is working and forcing an election would interrupt our work on the economy. We cannot risk our progress and our recovery with an unnecessary election now. The international consensus is that no country should get sidetracked on its stimulus plans.
The government wants to fight the recession. The Leader of the Opposition wants to fight the recovery. This just proves that he is not in it for Canadians. He is in it for himself.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, today we pay tribute to Pte. Patrick Lormand, who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday. We pay tribute to his sacrifice.
Last week, behind closed doors, the Prime Minister stated that if there were an election, he would like to teach Canadians a lesson. Those are his own words.
After four years of failure, after a record deficit, a record unemployment rate and a record bankruptcy rate, does he really feel he is in a position to teach Canadians a lesson?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition began by mentioning the death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan.
These soldiers are doing a great job for us. They are protecting our values and our world from great dangers. Our prayers and our thoughts are with their families and comrades.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, I find it curious that after weeks of berating the idea of a coalition, the Prime Minister seems to be hard at work forming one himself and with people whom he referred to, until this morning, as socialists.
I am just wondering whether the Prime Minister could confirm his new-found love for socialism and does he not think it prudent to change his attack ads?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is flailing around trying to invent reasons why Canadians should have another election in less than a year, four elections in five years.
The fact of the matter is that Canadians do not want an election, Canada does not need an election and an election is not in this country's best interest. We have important economic measures before Parliament. All the parties in Parliament should be focused on those measures and on the economy. The Leader of the Opposition should focus on our country's best interests.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, just a year ago, the Prime Minister promised Canada five years of surplus and then told us that his recession would be a great buying opportunity. He then slapped Canada with a $32 billion deficit. Whoops, that went to $50 billion and now it is $56 billion and he will make Canadians pay for it with higher payroll taxes.
How can Canadians trust a government with this record? The problem of instability, Mr. Prime Minister, is you.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
The Leader of the Opposition knows not to make direct references to other colleagues.
The right hon. Prime Minister.


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This white paper distinguishes the demand component of electric service (measured in kW's)—distinct from the energy component (measured in kWhr's)—and emphasizes the need for power demand cost transparency. Customers' experience with electric service reliability is described in terms of continuity of electric service, availability of service, and restoration time after service interruption. The paper discusses the connection between power demand and electric service reliability, as experienced from the end-use customer's perspective, and highlights ways that customers can contribute to overall system reliability through choices surrounding demand usage.
The alignment of retail demand response (DR) programs with wholesale markets is identified as a key enabler for affordable and sustainable electricity. Various options for alignment are identified, including dynamic pricing of energy usage, pricing of demand usage, triggering DR based on wholesale cost conditions, and demand subscription or other forms of billing customers based on their individual demand usage.
Although customers can adjust power demand, the paper identifies as problematic the current situation in which residential customers in the United States tend to regard electricity choices as pure energy choices because of a lack of transparency over the demand component of electric service on residential electricity bills. Until customer bills expose the demand component of electric service, customers will have difficulty discerning the value of demand responsive technologies, such as energy storage and home energy management systems, as well as other technologies applicable to managing power demand within customer premises. However, as more classes of customers recognize that electric service provision goes beyond the supply of energy, the retail marketplace may better recognize and value the supporting bulk assets, grid capacity, and ancillary services utilities also procure to ensure the reliable delivery of electric service enjoyed by customers.


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European Commission, UN Environment step up cooperation to protect the world's oceans 20/12/2016 00:00:00
Mushrooming Cooperation 05/12/2016 00:00:00
Recent UNEP studies have shown that the failure to recycle many metals - many of which are present in mobile phones - not only causes wasted resources and environmental damage, it threatens shortages of elements essential to modern technologies.
UNEP's latest Resource Panel report 'Recycling Rates of Metals: A Status Report', stated that less than one-third of some 60 metals have an end-of-life recycling rate above 50 per cent, and that 34 elements have a recycling rate below 1 per cent.
Many of these metals are crucial to clean technologies, such as batteries for hybrid cars or magnets in wind turbines. Some of the metals found in mobile phones like gold, silver and tantalum are precious; while others like cadmium and lead are toxic. Recovering these metals lessens the demand for mining new ore and helps protect sensitive natural habitats and communities from the pollution that often results from mining or improper disposal.
The UNEP report says that "in spite of significant efforts in a number of countries and regions, many metal recycling rates are discouragingly low, and a 'recycling society' appears no more than a distant hope."
Throughout November, GreenUp! is encouraging Europeans to make this distant hope a reality by taking their old mobile phones for recycling.
GreenUp's website pinpoints recycling centres on a Google map, which we hope that - with your help ? can become a comprehensive map of all European mobile phone recycling centres.
This latest 'action' from the Green Up! Campaign draws attention to the Waste sector of UNEP's Green Economy report, which outlines pathways for a transition towards low carbon, resource efficient sustainable development. The final version of the UNEP Green Economy Report was launched earlier this month.
Notes to Editors
GreenUp! is a new UNEP initiative, launched from Brussels in October 2011. It is designed to bring the concept of the Green Economy closer to European citizens by linking each of the economic sectors essential to 'green' the global economy to a citizens' action and initiative, suggested each month at the collaborative web platform www.greenup-unep.org.
The action for November deals with the Waste sector.
This GreenUp citizen action coincides with European Week for Waste Reduction, a project funded by the European Commission. The week runs from 21-27 November 2011. www.ewwr.eu
For more information, please contact:
Isabelle Valentiny, Information Officer for Europe, +41 79 251 82 36 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Nick Nuttall, Acting Director UNEP Division of Communications and Public Information/Spokesperson, +254 733 632755, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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About Me
Dr. Douglas De Boer
Professor of Engineering
Phone: (712) 722-6245
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Professor of Engineering
- Professional Engineer (Iowa)
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1995
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Thesis Title: Shaped Modulation in Noisy Fading Channels
- M.S.E.E., Specializing in Integrated Circuit Design, 1978
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Campus
- B.S.E.E., Course work in analog and digital electronics, 1977
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Campus
- B.S. in Letters and Engineering Combined curriculum program with U. of Michigan (above) 1977
Calvin College, Grand Rapids Michigan
Academic Experience
Dr. De Boer has been on the engineering faculty at Dordt College since 1984. He teaches mostly electrical courses in engineering. Dr. De Boer has also taught undergraduate and graduate level electrical engineering courses at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Dr. De Boer has served at Dordt College as chair of the Engineering Department, chair of the Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee for Dordt College, and Chair of the Faculty Status Committee of Dordt College.
Courses Taught
EGR 117, Introduction to Engineering: Electronics
EGR 220/PHYS 206, Linear Circuits and Electronics
EGR 304, Embedded Microcomputer Systems
EGR 322, 323, Electronics I and II
EGR 360, Introduction to Power System Analysis
EGR 363, Introduction to Communication Systems
more details about the above courses can be found here.
In the early 1980's Dr. De Boer worked in the area of memory systems design and computer architecture at Hewlett Packard Company. He remains interested in these areas, including especially the area now called, "embedded microcontroller systems design." Dr. De Boer did his Ph.D. research in the area of combined coding and modulation of digital radio signals, in particular cell phone signals. Finally, Dr. De Boer drives an electric car, which has inspired an interest in electric power systems.
Also see my blog and my homepage.


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The Real Deal has posted the full video of the panel discussion I participated on last week with developers Steve Witkoff, Miki Naftali and Michael Stern. The Real Deal's publisher Amir Korangy deftly kept the conversation going and candid, despite the technical challenges, sweltering heat and a heckler (i.e. just another day in NYC).
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