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Presidents' Messages
Archive from Current and Past Presidents
Feel free to browse all of the messages from our current and past Presidents below, and take some time to consider just how much the YMF has evolved over the years.
Table of Contents
- 01/2019 - Eammon Farley, EIT
- 08/2018 - Eammon Farley, EIT
- 12/2017 - Nha Truong, PE, PMP
- 08/2017 - Nha Truong, PE, PMP
- 07/2017 - Nha Truong, PE, PMP
- 05/2017 - Kevin Brown, EIT
- 03/2017 - Kevin Brown, EIT
- 01/2017 - Kevin Brown, EIT
- 06/2016 - Kevin Brown, EIT
- 10/2015 - Christopher Renfro, EIT
- 01/2015 - Drew E. Sirianni, PE
- 07/2013 - Chris Gray, PE
- 02/2013 - Kazi M. Hassan, PE
- 08/2012 - Kazi M. Hassan, PE
- 12/2011 - Jeremy Chrzan, PE, PTOE, LEED-AP
- 08/2011 - Jeremy Chrzan, PE, PTOE, LEED-AP
- 10/2010 - Mike Wagner, PE
- 03/2010 - Cathy Farrell, PE
- 10/2009 - Cathy Farrell, PE
- 03/2009 - Don Gusic, PE
- 08/2008 - Don Gusic, PE
- 02/2008 - Joe Platt, PE
- 09/2007 - Joe Platt, PE
- 04/2007 - John Federico, PE
- 03/2007 - John Federico, PE
- 02/2007 - John Federico, PE
RE: Happy New Year
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
I first wanted to start off the new calendar year by stating, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the new year. Hopefully everyone got a chance to relax and share some time with loved ones. I also would like to thank all of the YMF Board Members for their hard work and dedication during the first six months of my presidency. It's easy to forget that these individuals volunteer an abundant amount of their personal time to ensure the success of the Philadelphia YMF. This success includes bridging the gap between students and young professionals, providing opportunities to network, offering technical and professional development opportunities, and of course giving back to the community.
As the New Year turns, it gives us all the opportunity to reflect on the past year and set goals to becoming your best self. As I dive into the second half of my YMF presidency, I look back at all of the exciting events we've had this past fall/summer as well as the events planned, or in the planning stage for this year. Our largest networking event of the year, the Annual Winter Social at McGillin's Olde Ale House, is currently accepting RSVPs along with donations for the event. Last year, these donations allowed our YMF to raise over $3,000 for local, non-profit organizations. As a thank you to donors, we recognized them during the event, on our Award-Winning website as well as YMF social media platforms, and last year we began to provide companies the opportunity to post a job opportunity on YMF social media platforms.
During my remaining time as YMF Philly President, it is my goal to focus on student outreach (from K-12 to graduating college students) and to promote the importance and demand of civil engineers. Our nation's aging infrastructure calls for an increase in young innovative engineers to solve the problems many individuals face every day. Infrastructure is one of the most difficult problems to solve because it's expensive, complicated, and often divisive. It plays a vital role in the economy, as roads, bridges, rail, ports and airports assure the transport of goods along with connecting people with jobs, medical facilities, schools, recreation, etc. I encourage everyone to join me in promoting our profession as well.
Lastly, please don't forget to renew your ASCE membership and if you weren't already a member, don't miss out on the member benefits, and become a member today.
Thank you and I wish you all the best this year!
Eammon Farley
ASCE Philadelphia YMF
RE: Message for ASCE YMF Members
I want to start by mentioning what an honor it is to lead this year's YMF board. Looking back on the past years I've spent on the board of this organization makes me realize how much I really owe my personal growth to it. When starting my first, post-college position, I was encouraged to stay involved with ASCE and thought to myself, "what can this do for me?" So of course, I did not immediately understand the importance of networking and student outreach. Although many of my collegiate friends were engineers, I can honestly say I had absolutely no clue how to network or what to even do at a networking event. Funny to look back on that now because networking events are my favorite to attend. I now understand that networking helps you find lasting personal friendships, industry colleagues, and mentors who help you grow and expand your horizon. In fact, many of the people I met through the YMF are now some of my closest friends. The value of these relationships is something I want to instill on everyone.Top of Page
So, for those of you reading this, I challenge you all to step outside your comfort zone and get out to our events. Our events offer the opportunity to meet people you might not have ever gotten the chance to meet. I also pledge to do my best to meet or speak with each of you along the way.
Now for some areas I would like to concentrate on during my presidency. This year my goal is to not only continue the numerous programs we currently have but to expand on recent programs that began last year. Last year's college chapter competition (#ASCEMadeMe College Challenge) and student mentorship programs can be expanded on this year. I focus on this because I think it's important to engage and inspire engineering students. The #ASCEMadeMe College Challenge is set forth to not only motivate attendance but tasks students with submitting competition documentation in a timely manner. The mentorship program also gives individuals the opportunity to engage in more one-on-one conversations.
In addition to expanding these endeavors, it is also important to keep improving the other activities our board does. I plan on continuing to excel in K-12 student outreach (via CivE Club or school visits) presence, maintain quality professional development and technical events, expand our social media presence, and work closely with other societies.
Lastly, I need to thank past YMF mentors Kevin Brown, Chris Renfro, Kazi Hassan, and Jeremy Chrzan for paving the road to success for our Philadelphia Section and helping me grow personally and professionally through the organization.
Eammon Farley, EIT
ASCE Philadelphia YMF
RE: A Holiday Note
Happy Holidays! One of the best gifts of being involved with a volunteer board is the opportunity to work side by side with young leaders who are dedicated to having an impact on the local engineering community and development of future professional engineers. Together, board members and volunteers help to organize efforts that promote involvement within our community.Top of Page
So far this year, the events that stood out the most to me were the college speaking panel visits held at all five (5) local university engineering programs. This effort was organized by our College Contacts Chairs, Belinda Lester and Jacob Nichols. The panel visits provided an opportunity for candid conversations between students and young practicing engineer volunteers on lessons learned throughout their college as well as professional careers. I had the opportunity to attend a few of them and sitting in front of the classroom, I felt proud to be a part of our organization where one of our main focuses is helping college students. Putting myself in the student seat, I reflected on some of the questions I would have asked. Thank you to our Board members and member volunteers on being part of the panels. Recaps of these events can be viewed here.
In the upcoming year, the YMF is planning on organizing many more events focusing on professional development, networking, and community outreach. Please visit our website and get to know our Chairs who are organizing these efforts. Also, be sure to keep up with our newsletter for more details on events, particularly the Annual Winter Social, led by Eammon Farley, where 175+ local engineers will gather at McGillin's in Center City to raise money for local charities through our raffle, with prizes donated by local engineering firms!
Lastly, ASCE membership dues, particularly the Philadelphia Section portion, assist with funding efforts that our volunteers organize to serve our local engineering community. Please remember to check the "Philadelphia Section" box as you are renewing your ASCE membership for this upcoming year.
Nha Truong, PE, PMP
ASCE Philly YMF
RE: Call For Mentors
Dear ASCE Philadelphia YMF members,
In our latest email blast, we introduced a new YMF initiative to establish a mentor program. As soon as this announcement was released, we received questions and comments from potential mentors and mentees alike expressing strong interest in taking part in the program. This feedback has been highly encouraging as we move towards the high arching goals of this initiative, which are as follows:
- Dream Big: The program is designed to connect every enrolled local student member with an industry professional in a one-to-one mentorship relationship.
- Start Small: Our commitment to establishing an effective mentor program builds from feedback of participants. Therefore, the program will kick off with a small group of students and a carefully selected group of mentors.
- Scale Quickly: In its pilot year, we will work with participants to streamline the mentoring process. From these lessons learned, we will expand capacity for more participants to meet our Dream Big goal.
We highly recommend that pairs communicate at least monthly for an effective mentoring relationship. The commitment of a mentor is one-year, although many mentor relationships have lasted beyond this time. Throughout the year, the YMF will recommend events as meet up opportunities for mentors and mentees to get to know each other, as well as others in the program.
We are currently looking for mentors with a preferred 3+ years of experience. If you are interested in volunteering as a mentor, please fill out the questionnaire linked here.
In addition to this initiative, the YMF Board is continuously working to plan events to serve our membership. For the month of September, we have the following:
- YMF Group Photo and Happy Hour organized by Ajin Fatima and Kristin Leese
- Wissahickon Devil's Pool Cleanup organized by Nick Kirn and Lauren Davenport
Nha Truong, PE, PMP
ASCE Philly YMF Top of Page
RE: #ASCEMadeMe
As I step in to the President role to further the success of our ASCE Philly YMF, I'd like to continue where our Past President, Kevin Brown, left off. #ASCEMadeMe.Top of Page
The reason this phrase resonates with me is that it describes the results of being involved with ASCE and my journey so far. Throughout this journey, I've been fortunate to hold various board positions including organizing social events, coordinating the CivE club, and managing our budget, and have been extensively involved with professional development events and outreach opportunities. Through this involvement, I can confidently say that I am a much better friend and colleague, but most important, my career at this point has projected further than if I had not become involved with the YMF. Today, I strongly encourage you all to do the same.
As President of the ASCE Philly YMF, I could not ask for a more dedicated Board or Past President advisors who have held this position before me. It has been a privilege for me to learn from many of our Board members and grow with them in my professional career.
This year, the YMF Board will continue to provide our members and local engineers with impactful outreach opportunities and offer more technical presentations for many of the pioneer engineering projects happening in our City.
I look forward to meeting more of the local engineers this year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions about ways to become involved.
Nha Truong, PE, PMP
ASCE Philly YMF
RE: Time flies when you're having fun
ASCE Philadelphia YMF Members,Top of Page
With only a few weeks left of my term as President it's hard to believe that a year went by so quickly. I guess time does fly when you're having fun, because I've had a blast. Whether it was attending an ASCE conference, presenting at an elementary school, networking at a social event, or even running a YMF Board meeting, I've had a great time doing so. In addition to having fun, I've come to the realization that we, the Philadelphia YMF, have a lot to be proud of. The student members are active within the YMF; Members are engaging the youth in civil engineering activities; the Board continues to work diligently to bring the membership worthwhile events; and students and younger members are being recognized locally and nationally for their service to the engineering community and their awareness of the initiatives that ASCE supports.
To me, being President wasn't much different from the other positions I've held on the Board; I strived to be at most events, help fellow Board members when needed, and worked with students to help foster the transition from student to younger member. The major difference for me was perspective. From the perspective of the YMF President you're in the position to see the interactions between Board members, YMF Members, and even student members. It's cool to see the bonds formed between and within those groups and the organizational success and growth that stem from it.
It has truly been a pleasure serving as your President this past year. I look forward to advising the 2017-2018 Board as Past President (although I'm confident my advising won't be needed) and I will continue to encourage involvement with the YMF. Five years ago, I was the introverted guy joining the YMF CANstruction team, now I'm about to log off as your President and there is no doubt in my mind that #ASCEMadeMe.
Kevin Brown, EIT
RE: Our Very Talented Students
ASCE Philadelphia YMF Members,Top of Page
As you may know, some of the goals of the Philadelphia Younger Member Forum (YMF) are to provide its members with meaningful networking events and technical presentations that allow for the acquisition of professional development hours (PDHs), and to serve as a conduit to outreach and community service opportunities. What you may not know is that Younger Member Groups (YMGs) like the YMF have been formed all over the country with the purpose of bridging the gap between Student Members of ASCE and ASCE Members. The YMF College Contact Chairs have been doing a great job engaging the college students but I also have to commend and recognize the amazing work the Student Members themselves have been doing.
I can recall five years ago, when I was College Contact Co-Chair, how challenging it was to get students to understand the benefits of becoming more involved with the YMF and now we have students asking when our next events are and even inquiring about sitting in on YMF Board Meetings. Students have become so involved over the years that the Board welcomed two students to the Board right after they graduated.
This past February at the Multi-Region Leadership Conference for Regions 1, 2, 4, & 5 held in Newark, NJ there was representation from every school in the Philadelphia Section: Drexel, Widener, Swarthmore, Temple, Villanova, and the adopted TCNJ were in attendance. It was cool seeing all the student leaders interacting with each other and making new friendships, as well as making professional contacts which, for at least one student, led to an interview for a full-time engineering job.
What makes me so proud of our Student Members is not only that they're more involved with the YMF but that I'm seeing so many of them emerge as leaders. We've recently had student leaders team up with the student leaders of ASHE to host Secretary of Transportation, Leslie Richards, at Widener University; students are emailing me looking to implement new programs within the Section; several students have been receiving local and national recognition for their achievements and leadership; and students are even submitting papers to ASCE National.
The point of this message isn't for the students to read about how proud I am of them (because I already tell them all the time). The point is to make Members aware of the talent coming out of all the schools mentioned above and encourage you to make an effort to interact with the Student Members, because they very well may be an asset to your team.
Kevin Brown, EIT
RE: Happy New Year to the ASCE Philadelphia YMF Membership
ASCE Philadelphia YMF Members,Top of Page
While it's a new calendar year, we're about half way through the Philadelphia YMF year, which means I only have about six months left to serve as your President. I'm sure a lot of you have made New Year resolutions, and I'm hoping some of you can add one more to your list that would help me achieve one of my goals: outreach. One of my goals is to increase the number of volunteers of ASCE's Civil Engineering Club™ and the YMF's K-12 outreach initiatives so that both will continue to run smoothly.
I recently attended the Civil Engineering Club's Fall Ceremony at the Chester A. Arthur School in South Philadelphia and had the opportunity to interact with this year's students and parents and it was apparent that the Club was making a positive impact on the students. It was truly amazing to see how engaged the students and parents were during the design competition and how their attention was captured by the preview of the Dream Big film. Along with the YMF's CivE Club Chairs, Kevin Walsh and Tim Abel, volunteers from the YMF membership are the ones who have the direct impact on these students. If you're interested in participating, please reach out to Kevin Walsh or Tim Abel.
Last year Katrina Lawrence and Charles Mumford, the YMF's K-12 Outreach Chairs, organized outreach visits and events that resulted in over 1300 students being reached by industry and collegiate volunteers. In my opinion, true industry diversity starts with K-12 outreach; we can plant the civil engineering and STEM seeds within the minds of today's youth enrolled in schools in and around the city and some will grow into technical-minded individuals who potentially enter our industry as qualified engineers. With the bar set extremely high from last year, we are counting on you to volunteer and to spread the word about opportunities to volunteer with us, so please reach out to us if you or someone you know is interested.
Speaking of the New Year, please don't forget to renew your ASCE membership and if you weren't already a member, make 2017 your year to become one by joining today! Finally, don't forget about the YMF's Annual Winter Social which will be taking place on Monday, January 30, 2017. I appreciate everything you have done thus far and I look forward to your continued involvement with the YMF as we move into 2017.
Thank you and Happy New Year,
Kevin Brown, EIT
RE: Message to the ASCE Philadelphia YMF Membership
ASCE Philadelphia YMF Members,Top of Page
I've recently been reflecting back to the year of 2012 which happened to be a year where things for me changed for the better. In 2012 I participated in my first ASCE YMF event as a young professional which ultimately led to me being appointed to the Board for the 2012-2013 term. As someone who was introverted and shy, taking a position on a board of any kind wasn't of interest to me, but I just happened to be around people who were like-minded, passionate about civil engineering, had similar undergraduate experiences, and were genuinely nice and welcoming and that was what opened my mind to the idea of joining the YMF Board. I realized that it isn't just the opportunities to network or acquire PDHs that bring young engineers out to YMF events, it's also the personal connections and relationships they form. With that, I pledge to make new connections throughout the year, as well as encourage the Board to do the same.
As civil engineers, we need to think about the future of our industry and the next generation of engineers who will need to develop innovative ways to update and maintain our transportation system, progress sustainable designs, and improve our subsurface infrastructure. One effective way to ensure that our industry acquires talented young engineers is through outreach. Growing up in the City of Philadelphia and going through the public school system, I know first-hand that opportunities to learn about technical careers are not always readily available in school and so I believe each of us, as civil engineers, owes it to the youth as well as our industry to donate at least a couple of hours per year to student outreach. In doing so, we can help spark an interest in students who know very little about civil engineering or help guide students who want to be engineers but don't know where to start. Through the diligence of the YMF's K-12 Outreach Chairs, Civil Engineering Club Chairs, and volunteers, we have greatly expanded our K-12 outreach efforts and maintained a successful Civil Engineering Club; however, these initiatives rely on volunteer support and so I respectfully ask that when you're presented with the opportunity to be a volunteer, you think about what a couple of hours a year could do for the future of civil engineering and commit to at least one outreach event.
Thinking back to when I was an undergraduate civil engineering student at Widener University, I know I didn't take full advantage of the YMF and so throughout my time on the board I have focused a lot of my efforts on the college students and helping them realize the benefits of ASCE and the Philly YMF prior to graduation. My goal has been to educate students on how participating in ASCE on the collegiate level AND locally through the YMF can lead to a more enriching college experience and, for a large number of students, a somewhat seamless transition into the workforce. With ASCE National making strides to ensure student members transition into professional members, I am committed to continue to work with the students alongside the College Contact Chairs so that transition continues to happen.
I am very pleased with the leaders that the 2016-2017 board is comprised of and I'm looking forward to serving the membership with them. I also look forward to seeing you out at our events and meeting some of our new members. Please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or any member of the board with any questions or suggestions you may have or simply email us through the YMF website.
This organization would not be successful without the support and participation of its members and for that I am truly grateful for each and every one of you. Additionally, I'd like to express my gratitude to our past president, Chris Renfro, for your leadership through what seemed to be a year of many changes and upgrades; our mentors, Kazi Hassan, Chris Gray, and Drew Sirianni, who have continued to make themselves available to us; and the Philadelphia Section and ASCE National for their support.
Kevin Brown, EIT
RE: ASCE Philadelphia YMF Kicks Off Its 20th Anniversary
All YMF Members and Board Chairs,Top of Page
As we leave summer behind and look forward to beginning the twentieth new year of our official rebirth in 1995, it caused me to look back at how we got where we are today.
The YMF has developed from a single chair of representation on the Section Board with a handful of members at its start to a complete entity of twenty Board Chairs with hundreds of members. This growth is a result of the dedication and efforts of young civil engineers and students as well as the committed participation of an engaged membership. It is that fact that has culminated in us winning the most prestigious honor bestowed by the national ASCE leadership, the 2015 Younger Member Group Award for large groups, which will be accepted at the National Convention in New York on October 11th.
Once again we will be hosting the classics, starting with the fall Bowling Night to welcome back the colleges, the 20th Annual Winter Social for networking, the Critical Issues Seminar in the spring, and finally the Phillies Game & Tailgate. We will be bringing you more unique technical and social events like last year including construction tours, engineering game-shows and legal introductions, along with community service volunteer events to help the less fortunate and maintain our stretch of road with ASHE under the Adopt-A-Highway program. Additionally, the CivE Club™ is launching into its third year, we are regularly conducting STEM K-12 outreach in local area schools, and the returning Mock Interview service was made available to students. Planning for all this is happening while in the background we have reorganized our internal structure to take on initiatives that will enhance and streamline our appearance, such as upgrading the website, synchronizing communications, and by rebranding.
As part of the ongoing mission to provide enjoyable and meaningful profession-related events, I encourage you to provide feedback; we are listening and are open to suggestions. Please reach out to me with ideas, questions, or anything I can do to improve your experience with us.
Thank you all for your continued participation. Also, a special thanks to Past President Drew Sirianni, the 2014/15 YMF Board, and the Philadelphia Section for their support.
Chris Renfro
RE: Message to All Younger Members
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Welcome back to another exciting year for the YMF Philadelphia Section. This year the YMF continues to support the Philadelphia Section in its effort to assist student members with their transition to becoming young professionals. The YMF started the year with a College Contacts Kick-off Meeting, the meeting was held at Pennoni Associates office in Philadelphia and it provided an opportunity for the students to meet the College Contacts Chairpersons and discuss some ideas for the upcoming year. The kick off theme continued with the annual Welcome Back Bowling Event where students were able to mingle with young engineers in an informal and fun environment. The YMF is making plans to visit all the local ASCE student chapters this year to present and field questions from the students, keep an eye out for the details.
The YMF will be continuing its effort to broaden the Civil Engineering Club in its 3rd consecutive year of operation at the Chester A. Arthur School, these in-classroom sessions are a great opportunity for the general YMF membership to give back to the community. If you are interested in volunteering to lead a classroom presentation/activity, these are typically after-school hours, please contact our CivE Club Coordinator, Nha Truong (firstname.lastname@example.com).
The YMF's annual Winter Social is coming up very soon. Last year this event drew over 200 local younger engineers and rose over $2,000 for charity. If your employer would like to sponsor this event (proceeds benefit local charities), please contact Chris Renfro (email@example.com). Please visit the YMF Events webpage for additional information.
Finally, the YMF has teamed with the ASHE Younger Member Committee (YMC) to adopt a section of State Route 2018 (Bethlehem Pike) from Lafayette Avenue Connector to Butler Pike in Montgomery County, PA. Look for advertisement of the first cleanup in the late winter or early spring.
Thanks to all the YMF Board Members and General Members who helped to make 2014 a success. All the best to you in 2015!
Drew E. Sirianni, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
As you may have heard, Philadelphia YMF participated in the first ever Civil Engineering (CivE) Club in Pennsylvania during our last Board year. This was one of 10 programs initiated nationally through ASCE. Sponsored by the Philadelphia YMF, the after-school program promoted civil engineering to students at the Chester A. Arthur Middle School in Central Philadelphia. Students learned various civil engineering principles from the benefits of reinforcing soil for increasing bearing capacity to various techniques in building an efficient bridge. The club was capped with an awards program which featured a balsa wood design competition. Thanks to the many participants on the board and in the membership who made this club a success; and, a special thank you to the hard work and dedication of Jesse Gormley (Outreach Co-Chair '12-'13) and Kazi Hassan (YMF President '12-'13) whom without their efforts, the vision of this tremendous outreach effort would not have come to fruition.
Philadelphia YMF will be keeping the momentum and having another outstanding year in 2013-2014. We are fortunate to have an amazing board with 23 dedicated members. This year we plan to continue to grow our outreach efforts through not only the CivE Club, but also opportunities such as the Boys and Girls Club of America. Additionally, we plan to continue our college outreach to bridge the gap between local college students and the working world. A new goal planned this year is a joint community service event with a local university.
We are fortunate to have a very motivated group to organize exciting community service events for our members. We have a planned volunteer event with Friends of Wissahickon, which includes improvement to local bike trails in Fairmount Park. And, in addition to our continued participation in CanStruction, we anticipate to host at least (2) other community service / charity type events which could range from a volunteer day with Philabundance to a 3-on-3 charity type event with proceeds to benefit those in need.
Philadelphia YMF also has a number of exciting social events planned in the fall, including our Welcome Back Bowling event as well as a joint happy hour planned with the South Jersey YMG. These events will lead us into our Winter Social in January 2014. Last year our Winter Social raised $1,761 for local charities thanks to the 168 younger members who attended the event and may have participated in our raffle. We hope to trump these tallies in 2014 and will need your help to do so.
Following the Winter Social, our YMF will of course participate in the Engineers Week events (February 16-22, 2014) through engaging the students and celebrating our profession with our peers. Heading into the spring of 2014 we will be offering a number of great events ranging from our critical issues seminar and construction tours to happy hours and more community service events.
This year, our board will be focusing on continuing to grow our outreach efforts, increase our involvement with community service, and expand our network through social media while continuing to offer interesting and highly touted events that keep our members engaged and informed.
Without the support of our Younger Members, we would not be able to accomplish so much. On behalf of Philadelphia YMF, I want to thank you all for your dedication and continued support of our ASCE group. And I hope that you continue to find that your involvement with ASCE is educational, rewarding, and fun. Thank you again for your support and I am looking forward to sharing an exciting year with you!
Thank You,
Chris Gray
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
As you may have heard, Philadelphia YMF was awarded 2013 Outstanding Community Service Project Award for CANstruction 2012. The award was presented at the Eastern Regional Younger Member Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island. This award was the icing on the cake for the tremendous year Philadelphia YMF has had during the 2011-2012. I would like to congratulate the 2012 YMF CANstruction team and thank all of the board members for their dedication.
Philadelphia YMF is keeping the momentum and having another outstanding year in 2012-2013. Since June 2012, Philadelphia YMF hosted six (6) K-12 outreach events, five (5) College outreach events, four (4) social events, one (1) technical event, one (1) construction tour, and participated in two (2) community service events. We are upholding ASCE's dedication to educate and promote Civil Engineering to K-12 students. In addition to the schools from last year, the YMF presented at two (2) new middle schools this year and are planning to visit and present throughout 2013.
We ended January 2013 with our 17th Annual Winter Social, raising $1,761 for local charities. Even with a winter storm warning looming, 168 younger members gathered for this annual social networking event and raised money for the less fortunate. February is a great month for Engineers. We are in the middle of E-week, and we hope to see all of the engineers at the numerous events that are planned throughout the week.
Philadelphia YMF is gearing up to finish the 2012-2013 year strong. Starting in March, we plan to host several construction tours, outreach events, and social events. We will continue to host successful events and end the year on a high note.
One of our main goals for this year was to increase our presence on Social Media. As many of you know, YMF actively participates in Facebook and Twitter. We have reached our original goal, doubling our Facebook membership from 42 to 94 followers, and now we are aiming to surpass 100 by next month.
On behalf of Philadelphia YMF, I want to thank all the Younger Members for your dedication and for participating in ASCE events. Not only has the attendance increased at our YMF events, but the Section events have been very well attended. I want to thank you for your continued support.
Thank You,
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
On behalf of the YMF board members, along with the Philadelphia Section, I welcome you to our YMF website. We are dedicated to serve college students, young engineers, and professional engineers in the Philadelphia region.
2011-2012 has been a great year for Philadelphia YMF; it was a year of breaking records in all categories. YMF successfully hosted more elementary school visits, college visits, technical events, and construction tours than previous years. We had a record attendance at our 16th Annual Winter Social and we donated $1,827 to local Philadelphia charities. Our Canstruction team raised over 13,000 pounds of food for Philabundance and also won the "Best Meal" award at the competition. These are all accomplishments that were only made possible with dedication and hard work from YMF members.
In this early 2012-2013 year, we have already had a few successful events. We started the year with a technical meeting on Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (IIS) and the annual Phillies game/tailgate held earlier this month. We will use the knowledge gained from our past experiences as a tool to continue hosting events that are both innovative and successful, as the year progresses. To view information regarding both our past and upcoming events, please visit our website. We will also be using social media outlets to keep you informed of all upcoming events. Feel free to browse through our YMF website, Facebook, and Twitter page.
As you may know, ASCE Philadelphia Section will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary in 2013. This special occasion will bring several special events and announcement highlighting civil engineering achievements. The celebration will be concluded by the 100th Anniversary Gala on May 4th, 2013 at the Franklin Institute. Be sure to stay up to date with YMF and Philadelphia Section of ASCE.
Thank You,
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
We're only a few months into the 2011-2012 YMF year, and I'm already proud of what this board has accomplished. Our Community Service, Technical Group, and Social Chairs hosted our annual Welcome Back Bowling event, a trail and pedestrian bridge restoration in Wissahickon Valley Park, a community clean-up on Philly Cares Day, a tour of the Route 29 PA Turnpike E-ZPass Interchange, a tour of the Schuylkill River Trail Railroad Crossing Bridge, and a spirited networking happy hour. It's been great seeing some new faces at these events, particularly our student members, and I hope the trend will continue throughout the new year.
The YMF Outreach Committee and College Contact Chairs have been doing an excellent job contacting our student members and following-through on our commitment to elementary, middle, and high school outreach. Adrienne Nikolic recently discussed and demonstrated how water is filtered and processed for 7th grade students at McCall Elementary, with plans to return again later in the school year. Colette Montague and Jesse Gormley also hosted presentations at Villanova and Temple Universities, with talks at our other local engineering colleges scheduled for 2012. On the National front, the YMF was selected by ASCE Nationals to help pilot their new High School Engineering Club program; Bucks County Technical High School has already held one successful Engineering Club meeting, with more planned for the rest of the school year.
Moving into 2012, the YMF plans to keep our calendar full. We'll begin 2012 by hosting our 16th Annual Winter Social. We'll return to McGillin's Olde Ale House on January 30th, 2012 for what is traditionally the Section's largest event. The Winter Social Charity Raffle will be raising money for the Philabundance food bank and Future City Competition, so please encourage your employer to participate as a sponsor.
As December winds down, I wish you all a safe and happy new year. See you in 2012!
- Jeremy
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Welcome to the 2011-2012 YMF year, our 17th year as a YMF and the 99th year of the Philadelphia Section. I'm proud to serve this year's board of 21 motivated members, each with different professional experiences and interests in engineering disciplines. With a board of this size, their varied background is providing unique viewpoints and opportunities to serve the interests of the younger engineering community. I'm excited by the ideas we've discussed, and am interested to see what they'll come up with next.
Since the May election, we've hosted a successful trail clean-up in Fairmount Park and celebrated a win at the annual Phillies Tailgate/Game hosted by the Delaware, Philadelphia and South Jersey YMF groups. We've also finalized planning for the October 6th "Engineering Your Own Success" career development seminar featuring best-selling author Anthony Fasano, P.E. This event, like most of our events, is relevant to engineering students, young professionals, and the young at heart. I hope you'll RSVP and attend.
The planning of professional development and technical seminars, social and networking events, community service activities, college outreach events, and many unique construction tours are already in the works. Our Outreach Committee is also looking to build on their past experiences by presenting a series of science and math teaching lessons to school students. If you have an affiliation with an area elementary or middle school, or if you would like to be involved in this program, please get in contact with us; we're eager to hear from you.
I hope you'll take advantage of these fun activities and programs. Based on my YMF experiences over the years, I cannot over-stress the personal and professional benefits of being an active YMF member. This is an exciting time to be an engineer in our area, and I'm confident that this year's board is planning events that will contribute to your understanding and enjoyment of the profession.
To remain up-to-date about our upcoming events, please take a moment to bookmark the event link on our website, sign-up for our monthly email list, follow our Twitter account, or "friend-us" on Facebook. If you have any suggestions for our group, please email me at email@example.com.
Thank you for this opportunity to serve our engineering community. I look forward to seeing you at our events.
- Jeremy
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers (and those that are young at heart)
Well it's the start of another YMF year and the start of my term as President. First I'd like to thank Cathy Farrell for a great job last year as President and for her accomplishments throughout the year. She's left pretty big shoes to fill.Top of Page
We've got an exciting year ahead of us and it starts with our new board. We have 24 members this year leaving us plenty of folks to help us have a very productive year. We've already have two construction tours in the works and have set a date and time for the annual bowling event. While the venue had to change due to the fact that our old location has closed, this year we expect the event to be even more successful.
We plan to continue our outreach to local colleges and schools in the area to promote the civil engineering profession to potential future engineers.
Please keep updated of events on our website and if you are not receiving our e-mails of updated events or have any suggestions please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers (and those that are young at heart)
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Thank you to all of those that attended our Winter Social. We had over 150 people in attendance! While the drinks, buffet and raffle are enjoyable parts of the social it's the people that attend that make the event so much fun. So thank you! Also thank you to the YMF board... it was truly a team effort to pull the event off!
Please check out the events page of our site to see the latest happenings. My personal favorite spring/summer time activity is the Critical Issues Seminar. I enjoy this event because the panel of speakers bring different perspectives to a topic. Plus since its held at a bar, it's more informal... helping to make younger people feel more comfortable in asking questions to those who have been in the industry for a longer time.
Although... I have to admit I also enjoy the Phillies tailgate with the South Jersey and Delaware YMF groups and cleaning up the Wissahickon... theres a big sense of accomplishment to see the difference in the trail after 4 hours of cleaning it up.
Hope to see you at our events!
PS... If you're interested in joining the June 2010-May 2011 board, please contact me firstname.lastname@example.com or 215-442-5316. Self nominations are due by April 23rd.
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers (and those that are young at heart)
Welcome to the YMF!Top of Page
I'm proud to be a member of this organization because of the opportunities it provides to network, develop professionally, volunteer and promote the field of civil engineering.
As a young engineer, it can be intimidating to walk into a dinner meeting/office/job meeting and not know anyone else or have as much technical knowledge. The YMF is here to bridge that gap by hosting events that allow civil engineers to socialize with one another in a more casual setting. Our technical and professional development events help members get a jump start on the technical knowledge learning curve.
In addition, each year YMF rolls up our sleeves and ventures outside to do volunteer work. We regularly interact with the local colleges (Drexel, Swarthmore, Temple, Villanova, and Widener) to show them that the "real world" isn't that bad. The YMF is also in the beginning phases of interacting with elementary and middle school students to show them the world of civil engineering.
I'm very lucky to have a motivated board to plan our events.
Please check our website's EVENTS section for the latest happenings.
Also, if you have any suggestions for our group, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Thank you for supporting many of our past events and hopefully supporting the remaining events this year. We have an active board which includes members who have been on the board for many years, but we also have several first time board members. It's the hard work and dedication provided by the YMF board that allows us to put on so many successful events geared toward networking and providing a link between the college student, young engineer and the seasoned veteran.
We have had several successful events including happy hours, technical meetings, tours and our two largest events so far this year: the Winter Social and co-hosting the 2009 Eastern Region Younger Member Council (ERYMC). Our year is not over yet and we still are planning at least two more happy hours (one in March and one in May). We are also finalizing the details for our Critical issues Seminar in April. Additionally don't forget to support the Philadelphia Section events, including but not limited to dinner meetings, technical meetings and the Spring Social.
We are currently looking for people interested in joining next year's board. Information for the positions can be found in the membership section under member responsibilities. Joining the YMF Board is a good way to develop contacts in the industry and also prepare you for taking part in the Section Board. If you are interested in joining the board, please contact me by March 28th.
Please check our website's "Events" section for information on planned events. Also, if you are not receiving emails from us regarding events, please contact us.
Thanks again for your continued support of the ASCE Philadelphia Section YMF.
Don Gusic, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Thank you for supporting many of our past events and hopefully supporting our events this year. We have an active board which includes members who have been on the board for many years, but we also have several first time board members. It's the hard work and dedication provided by the YMF board that allows us to put on so many successful events geared toward networking and providing a link between college students, young engineers and seasoned veterans.
As with most years, we plan to have several happy hours, technical meetings, construction tours, service events and student outreach. In addition to these events, the YMF board will be supporting South Jersey and ASCE Nationals with the planning and implementation of the Eastern Region Younger Member Council (ERYMC) which will be held in Cherry Hill, NJ on February 6-7, 2009.
One of my focuses for the YMF will be increasing outreach efforts for ASCE. This includes creating interest in engineering by supporting Future Cities and other programs focused on younger students. Additionally, we want to increase our interaction with college students to help ease the transition between formal education and the professional world. We intend on supporting our sections effort of public outreach with the goal of helping the public and politicians understand what engineers do and why infrastructure funding is important.
Please check our website's Events section for information on planned events. Also, if you are not receiving emails from us regarding events, please contact us.
Thanks again for your continued support of the ASCE Philadelphia Section YMF.
- Don
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
I'd first off like to say thank you to the nearly 200 of you who attended the Winter Social on January 28th. The event topped last year's attendance, making it the YMF's largest event ever!
We've started the year off on a good note, so let's keep it going. On March 20th we will be holding a joint event with the Engineer's Club of Philadelphia at Elephant and Castle. The event will cover the importance of professional licensure and the necessary steps to get your PE. In mid-April we will be hosting a Happy Hour in Center City. Finally on June 4th we will be co-hosting a Phillies game with our friends down in Delaware. So continue to check our events link periodically for more information about each of these upcoming events.
Finally, in the coming month we will begin the process of forming the new YMF Board for the 2008-2009 year. Several board positions will be opening up, so if you are interested in becoming active at a higher level, please contact me directly and we can discuss your interests.
Thanks again for making the Winter Social a tremendous success!
- Joe Platt, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Well its the start of a new year. We have an excellent Board this year with many new faces and new ideas to continue the success that we had last year.
The Section's first dinner meeting of the year will be held on October 11, 2007 at the Union League of Philadelphia. This meeting is used to introduce the YMF to the Section, so I would encourage everyone to come out and show the Section just how strong a group we are. Details about the dinner can be found here.
Our calendar of events is starting to take shape so please continue to check this ASCE award winning website for information on our upcoming events.
I hope to see you at the October meeting.
- Joe Platt, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Dear YMF Members,Top of Page
Although we are quickly approaching the end of the YMF calendar year in June (and thus my term as President), we still have plenty of exciting events left. Between the CHOP Construction Tour on April 18, the Yards Brewery Tour on April 21, an upcoming community service event in May, and the Election Happy Hour on May 17, there are plenty of events to look forward to in the next two months.
Aside from our upcoming events, I also want to mention how impressed I am with the number of YMF members interested in serving on the board next year. As I write this, we have already received notices from seven new individuals who are ready to become more active in the YMF. The willingness to donate time is what keeps a volunteer organization like the YMF thriving. Although at times it can be inconvenient and even stressful, I can attest that the friendships and experiences gained through participation more than compensate for the effort expended. That said, I sincerely want to thank everyone who have been involved with the YMF this year - keep it up!
Until the next Happy Hour,
John Federico, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Greetings fellow young engineers,Top of Page
First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone who attended the Winter Social on January 31st with 171 attendees, it was the YMF's largest event ever! And I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the largest YMF events in the country, which is outstanding.
Let's try to build on this momentum by having a great turnout at the Critical Issues Seminar on March 14th at the Elephant & Castle. The seminar will cover the increasingly hot topic of Politics and Engineering and will feature a panel of experts in the field of engineering, politics and capital budget programming, all of whom have a stake in tackling the political issues that our profession will face in the future.
In mid-April we will be hosting a construction tour of the new Children's Hospital of Philadelphia building, followed by a nearby Happy Hour in University City. Other upcoming events this Spring include a tour of the Yards Brewery in Northeast Philly, a Community Service event, and our annual Election Happy Hour in May. Please check our events link periodically for more information about each of these upcoming events.
Also, in the next two months we will choose the new YMF Board for the 2007-2008 year. Several board positions will be opening up, so if you are interested in becoming active at a higher level, please contact me directly and we can discuss your interests.
Hope to see you at the next event!
John Federico, PE
RE: Message to All Younger Engineers
Greetings fellow young engineers,Top of Page
As we move forward into February of 2007, the Philadelphia YMF has just completed several events, including two Technical Group meetings and the increasingly popular Winter Social. Many thanks to all of you who attended the Winter Social, and of course a special thanks to the YMF board members that planned this event.
Our events calendar for the Spring is starting to take shape, and it looks to be an exciting time of the year. On March 14th the joint ECP/YMF team will bring us this year's YMF Critical Issues Seminar. The seminar will cover the increasingly hot topic of Politics and Engineering. This event will feature a panel of experts in the field of engineering, politics and capital budget programming, all of whom have a stake in tackling the political issues that our profession will face in the future. In April we will be hosting a construction tour of the new Children's Hospital building in University City, followed by a nearby Happy Hour. And in May, we will be holding our annual Election Happy Hour at a location TBD.
So please check our events link periodically for more information about each of these upcoming events. See you soon.
John Federico, PE


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From an overwhelmed stay-at-home mama, to a grateful freelance writer/yoga teacher/stay-at-home mama, the past ten years have been a real physical, emotional, intellectual and philosophical trip. I've shared many personal stories here at 24-7 Mommy and hope they'll remind you that you are not alone on this crazy parenting adventure. Please feel free to share your experiences...the good, the bad and the amazingly AWESOME!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
We're All Canadian, Eh
Although in my heart I have always known they are Canadian, it is pretty cool that the Canadian government now knows that they are Canadian as well. I feel more at ease knowing it is official. There's a sense of relief having that critical paper work taken care of.
It took me a while to get my act together, but I'm glad I did it (and that it only took 7 months to process). And right in time for Canada Day on July 1st. So here's to my family of Canadian citizens!!
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That is way cool!!!
BTW, I should get my life back after this Saturday. We need to hang out soooooonnnnn!!!!!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Oh that's so great!! I can't wait to celebrate!
And on your last post, you made me so happy to hear how content you were. You deserve happiness and I know this is a great platform to vent and you have many ups and downs.
I can't wait to see you!
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The MySQL Performance Schema is an extremely valuable feature in MySQL 5.6 for finding queries which have a performance impact on the database. However, the performance schema is not enabled by default. The performance schema can be enabled through several different methods. Possible reasons why enabling the performance schema is a bad thing includes performance impact on the server. Percona has a good write up on the performance impact of enabling the Performance Schema. Therefore be careful when enabling the performance schema in a production environment as it can add a significant amount of overhead.
Setting the performance_schema directives in the mn.cnf file will ensure that the performance_schema is enabled at startup. One can also enable the performance_schema by running SQL queries after MySQL is up and running. This can be useful if you want to disable and enable the performance_schema to troubleshoot performance issues then turn them back off without having to restart MySQL.
vim /etc/my.cnf performance_schema_consumer_events_statements_history_long=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_statements_history=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_stages_current=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_stages_history=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_stages_history_long=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_waits_current=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_waits_history=ON performance_schema_consumer_events_waits_history_long=ON performance_schema=ON performance_schema_instrument='%=ON'
Consumers are setup in the setup_consumers table this specified where the data will go.
select * from performance_schema.setup_consumers;
View which objects have the performance schema setup on them.
The screen shot below shows that performance stats will be collected for all databases except for mysql, Performance_schema and information_schema.
The setup_actors table determines who to monitor, you can filter by host, user or role.
To view the current instruments which are enabled run the following query.
select * from setup_instruments
Instruments can be enabled by running an UPDATE statement on the table.
update setup_instruments set enabled = 'yes', timed = 'yes' where name = 'statement/sql/lock_tables'
After the performance_schema has been configured you will be able to view the sys tables for statistics collected on queries.
select * from sys.`x$statements_with_full_table_scans`
Here it is important to note the difference between the average rows sent and the average rows examined. This means that the query optimizer is examining many rows but only sending a a small number. If there is a large difference between the two. This may indicate that their is a need for an index.
Additional performance tables can be viewed which present statistics on number of temp tables created.
select * from sys.`x$statements_with_temp_tables`
select * from sys.`x$statement_analysis`
Reference: For more in depth informaiton on the the performance schema and A Visual Guide to the MySQL Performance Schema


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Thursday, April 15, 2010
IC decapping round 4: burnt perfection
First off, burning is probably a bad word. The image I had in my head of how this would work was the physically heat the chip until the resin was utterly destroyed, like burning away a piece of wood. It turns out its not hard to make the resin brittle through heating. Or in other words, all one has to do is apply a short burst of intense heat and you can crumble the casing away with minimal chip damage. A picture is worth a thousand words, lets see an example. This was the result of the first chip I tried:
It came out amazingly clean like this in under a minute. Microscope inspection seems to indicate the die is healthy. More on this later. Starting from the beginning, here is a virgin chip:
A CP82C59A interrupt controller. All torch images are of one of these, but not necesarily the exact same unit. A tube of them was being kicked around in the RPI Electronics Club junk drawer. Torch meat now:
You shouldn't heat the chip too strongly. If you get this, you've gone too far:
I actually would have never guessed you could get a red hot IC package. In any case, as will be seen in the video, the most important thing is even heating. I'm not sure what the shock temperature is, but there was a certain cutoff line where the chip was extremely brittle vs very hard. In the video I don't heat the lower half of the chip good enough and it only breaks moderately well.
After removing the torch, it will burn like a well down marshmallow for a few seconds:
It should go out by itself fairly quick, but I was waving or blowing it out. Result:
Breaking now:
This final image is the die from the video. The one from the sequence above is the one on top shown here (contrasted with the very first one I flame decapped):
The heat managed to separate the die and the carrier! So that's what happens when you apply too much heat. I wasn't paying attention at the time and I'm not sure what happened to the die. I figured it had been melted in some weird way where as it probably fell to the floor when I cracked the casing open. The first one I tried (bottom die above) couldn't have gone any better. The case split perfectly and no resin was left covering the die.
Seeing how well the die withstood the heat, I wondered how far can we go? So I torched a die red hot. Although it was not as clear under the microscope as before, it still was of decent quality. I'll try to add a pic in a bit comparing an area of the first die extracted with the one that I tortured.
Here is a short video showing an heat based extraction:
In this test setup, that blue thing is a filter system to help reduce fumes. I also have a gas mask handy for exactly this sort of work. It really does help a lot. The resin was really brittle and very little force was required to break it. However, I didn't heat it enough towards the bottom, so one side of the die was still relatively well set into the case. This can be easily fixed though and is partly due to me trying to get this on film and not doing for an ideal setup.
For some future work, I may have gotten away with this due to the relatively large traces the 2 um test die I used had. Thinner traces may be much more sensitive. Still, the results are much more promising than I was expecting. As I move down the semiconductor technology roadmap, I'll revisit this and see how well it does against finer masks.
Thanks to Will Carder for lending me the torch!
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Fuming nitric acid would probably be a better option than fire.ReplyDelete
Use a fumehood. Good luck.
was an early test more out of curiosity than practicality. RFNA is expensive and difficult for me to obtain. I've had some luck with making it myself, but I generally find its not worth the effort. I now use heated 70% nitric to do the bulk work. Sometimes I use a heat gun to chip away the bulk epoxy first if I don't care about damage potential. Lifting the pins provide a convenient way to rip up the top portion of the package/carrier. The bottom portion of the package/carrier usually will just be held on with some glue to the die and comes off. Obviously this won't work for BGA or such, but those are usually small enough that the nitric will quickly eat through a thin epoxy layer.ReplyDelete
I don't have a fume hood, but I now do this in a fairly well ventilated semi outside area. I've also found using a watch glass helps to reflux which increases chemical lifetime and reduces fumes.
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I needed more special Kyana time and simply popped some popcorn and gave my husband the signal.. I needed to retreat and so I did. I watched my new favorite show and after 2 episodes I felt rejuvenated but decided that I needed additional special creativity time.
I decided that it was time to collage my workbook with inspirational images. And what you see are the first of my new series of inspirational journaling. After clipping out images from 3 magazines waiting to be recycled I reemerged as a happy relaxed Mommy. The majority of the week I am there for everyone and today I was there for myself! #shedidthat
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DJ Dials has organized a solid lineup of performers at 1015 this Friday night. Taking the stage on the ones and twos is Beirut, the indie-cosmopolitan band, that seems to do–everything. Prior to, you can catch Little Jeans, Hard French and more
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Recorded in 1998 and initially released in 2001, 'The Silent Treatment' was the first solo album by THE MELVINS bassist Mark Deutrom, then known as "Mark D". Incredibly daring and diverse, 'The Silent Treatment' "has a weirdness of its own. A variety of influences assert themselves on this CD, which is far from predictable. One minute, he's hitting you with abrasive alternative metal sludge -- and the next minute, he will get into bizarre, odd, psychedelic and electronic sounds" (AllMusic.com). This 2018 reissue comes with a bonus track.
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Mike Brown answered my question about the presence and absence of lines above NTL:CH4 on the C4 Test Card
|I don't know if you've had the answer to this
one already but...
In the early days of C4 many of their test transmissions were generated locally by the IBA, but C4 themselves also had one of the IBA test card generators. It was possible to tell where a test transmission originated as the locally generated ones had no (or only partial) teletext (memory is lacking or only partial on this matter!) but at one point the IBA added the 'tramlines' to C4's test card generator, thereby making it obvious where a given transmission originated. IIRC at first all C4 tests were originated locally until about 1600. Not sure why unless it saved them transmission link costs.
Tony Walton recalls his involvement with Ceefax:
|Not a screamingly interesting story, perhaps
(perhaps you had to be there!) but I remember when I worked for Olivetti. At the time we
were running the computing facilities for the Lombard RAC Rally, with database software
provided by Sculptor. One service we provided consisted of a live feed from the results
computer, down a VERY long length of serial cable which ran about two floors down in an
hotel in Harrogate, and into the back of a BBC Micro. This converted the output from a
database into Ceefax pages, and sent it down a modem to "wherever" in London,
where the signal was encoded onto the live Ceefax transmission.
We were very proud of our "look, no hands" live feed of the leaderboard onto Ceefax (P365, I seem to remember) and managed to get the BBC people to agree to putting a credit on the bottom line of the screen. It read "Results courtesy of Olivetti and Sculptor" and the Ceefax operators were only allowed to show it for two 2-hour segments per day (although
the nice Ceefax people didn't like the BBC editorial people too much and used to leave it on for hours at a time!)
To keep an eye on it we had a TV showing P365 - one day I was slightly surprised to see the credit line reading "cockups courtesy of Tony Walton" - on the live Ceefax page on the TV. After I calmed down they explained that they'd actually put the TV to P385 (which wasn't in use) and broadcast it for a few frames.
They bought me a pint to make up for it, though :-) Thanks very much for the TV pages.
Peter (who seems to go by the name of Mrs Riley) made the following observation:
|I've just been peeking around your Teletext site, and have to say it's one of the greatest things I've seen on the internet thus far. :-)))) I was just saying to my mate that I can't think of any other situation where this sort of thing (ie a sort of Teletext Gallery/Museum) could really exist. So Hurrah for the internet.
James Cridland, Production Manager at Media UK sent me some Yorkshire TV pages and added
|What fascinating pages!
I've added them to the Media UK Internet Directory, and created a new index page expecially for teletext providers and links. I'd appreciate it if you checked your entry.
Philip Striplin enjoyed the pages, but was embarrassed to admit it!
|Much to my chagrin and anorak-wearing
embarrassment, I found these pages fascinating.
You ask a few questions on the page, so just in case no-one has answered them yet:
The very earliest pages: I remember seeing these on show at the Science Museum in London in the early 70's. My recollection is that they were colour - but *what* colour, I have no idea. Perhaps the Museum could help out?
|My question regarding numbering of TV transmitters evoked a big response. My thanks to Ian Fitter, Shaun Fielding, William Ham Bevan, Ray Woodward and Jeremy Rogers who all sent in very good explanations. Ray Woodward wrote:
|Like the new additions to the test card
gallery :-)
Re your query on the ITA/IBA transmitter numbering system '101, 101,03' etc - well, originally the BBC numbered its band I sites thus :
1 Crystal Palace
2 Sutton Coldfield
3 Winter Hill
4 Holme Moss
etc etc
Enter the ITA which in turn numbered its band III sites thus :
1 Croydon
2 Lichfield
3 Winter Hill
4 Emley Moor etc etc
With the advent of relays at VHF the numbering sequence was extended thus :
4,2 Sheffield (second relay of Emley Moor - 4)
Now with the advent of UHF, the BBC and the ITA/IBA amalgamated their sites and numbering (prefixing all UHF sites with '10')
Thus :
101 Crystal Palace [UHF]
102 Sutton Coldfield [UHF]
103 Winter Hill [UHF]
104 Emley Moor [UHF]
104,02 Sheffield (second relay of Emley Moor - 104 [UHF])
Of course nowadays, with the vast number of UHF sites in operation across the UK the numbering scheme has fallen into disuse :-(
|Jeremy Rogers added :
|The sub-numbers don't always follow the order of construction for some reason. One exception to this rule is Torosay in Scotland, which is a main station today but has the number 105,10 as it originally was a relay of Black Hill.
Richard J. Logue was able to give some background information to the RTE "Power Situation Critical" caption that I included in the Test Card Gallery :
|Thanks again for your efforts creating the
test card page, it brings back some long forgotten TV memories!!
As to the RTE power caption, I might be able to help on this one, having grown up in Ireland. I don't recognise the caption itself as it probably dates from the early to mid 1960's by the typeface.
I have a possible explanation:
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) faced massive power shortages in the mid 1960s due to a huge population expansion and economic boom, and not enough power stations could cope with the load on the national grid. At that time the then single channel RTE service was transmitted from 5 VHF 625 line sites whose service areas roughly corresponded with the
regional electricity zones. Perhaps the card was broadcast direct from a transmitter site when the power supply was getting to the point where essential services such as hospitals and industry would not have enough power to continue.
New power stations coming on stream in the late 1960's would have alleviated this problem.
Ed Ellers sent me a long email regarding the technical fault captions. He provides a fascinating insight to how they have developed in North America:
|That's a *really* odd series of messages!
Needless to say this is very different from either past or present practice here in the
U.S. In days gone by, almost every TV station or network facility here would keep a slide
ready in the film chain that read something like "Technical Difficulties - Please
Stand By," and if something went sour the engineer(s) on duty would pop that slide
up. If the problem continued for more than a few seconds a generic announcement would be
made (live or on audio tape) to reassure viewers. Most of these slides simply had text,
but CBS had one starting in the late 1960s that had a cartoon of an engineer tearing a
camera apart while the camera operator stood by with a disgusted look on his face. (I know
a number of people who wouldjust about kill for a copy of that one.)
These days, broadcasters are so fearful of damage to their reputations from these problems that the old slide has gone by the wayside; local stations and cable channels usually put up a still (often from a hard disk still store, or even burned into EPROM) with their identification, while the major broadcast networks usually use a still with the network logo and the title of the program. (Not that this happens much any more; NBC, for example, was recently reported to have a total of 103 minutes per month of outages in 1993 -- counting glitches as short as one second -- and only nine minutes per month today!)
Supposedly there was a rule at Soviet TV that if any problems occurred with a feed from abroad (say a sporting event) that a message would be posted saying that the problem was "outside the borders of the USSR," or something to that effect.
Ed also had this to say about American Test Cards, or "Test Patterns" as they are known:
|As with so many things (tubes or valves,
medium wave or AM) the American term is different from the British because its origins are
different. British test cards used to be mounted on actual cards, while American test
patterns often weren't.
Probably the most famous American B&W test pattern is the so-called "Indian Head" monoscope pattern, this pattern -- which is also famous for its use in the opening titles of "The Outer Limits" -- was originated by RCA in 1939; it was designed to be generated using a special tube called a monoscope, a CRT which had a metal plate target on which the pattern was printed. The black lines of the pattern would interrupt current flow as the pattern was scanned to provide the desired video output. These tubes could only handle black and white -- no shades of gray -- so those had to be simulated either with a halftone dot pattern or with patterns of fine lines. (This is why the gray patches often aren't reproduced well in print.) Many stations used monoscope generators when they were doing entirely black-and-white production, and larger stations often ordered specially made tubes with their call letters and location inserted below the small circle. Even so, some broadcasters -- particularly major networks -- did use test pattern cards or slides.
When color became popular here in the 1960s a lot of stations dropped the monoscope, feeling that it looked "old-fashioned," and went to a simple color bar pattern because a full test pattern in color would have been too much trouble to handle in those days before still stores. A few stations did make up color test pattern slides, but not many. In many cases the station identification was/is superimposed over color bars in one of several ways, but some stations didn't even go to that much trouble.
Some stations did use the monoscopes until well into the 1970s (one in Indianapolis alternated every few seconds between the monoscope and color bars). Today a lot of stations don't use a test pattern at all, even if they keep their transmitter on all night (which many do not); instead they use the still I mentioned of the station identification. I know of one, in Paducah, Kentucky, which has used a character generator linked to weather instruments to show time, temperature and other weather information all night; many cable systems used to do this on a dedicated channel, but this is rare on broadcast stations. Sad to say none of the more sophisticated color test patterns (such as Test Card F) has caught on over here, though two facilities I know of in North America (Fox in New York and the CBC in Montreal) use the Philips PM5544 series generators. Incidentally, Philips has a newer series called the PM5644; these generate the same circle test pattern made famous by the PM5544, but there is now a 16:9 version that a few European broadcasters (such as BRT and RAI) are using. As for the "Indian Head" pattern, the Japanese have copied it and made it better; ShibaSoku (and possibly others) make solid-state generators that produce a modified pattern with more wedges for higher resolutions, actual gray scale wedges (instead of false grays), markers to indicate the degree of overscan, and in some versions a gray background (outside the circles) instead of full white. This pattern can be recognized by a dragon's head in place of that of the Native American, and the words "525 LINES" or "625 LINES" as appropriate.
Finally Ed had this to say about "Test Card" music :
|We don't have the same tradition of specially recorded test pattern music, because the FCC all but forbade it for decades. Way back in 1939, when NBC started its TV service in New York on an experimental basis, it ran a test pattern all day and used audio from NBC's two New York radio stations (then WEAF and WJZ). Since they were running far more of that than of real TV programming the Federal Communications Commission decided that this had to be nipped in the bud, so right from the beginning of regular TV in this country they had a ban on separate operation of the visual and aural transmitters. Not only did this prevent practices like running a newscast in sound only behind a slide (as the BBC once did), but the rule also forbade the playing of music with a test pattern (or ID slide) for more than fifteen minutes a day! As a result most stations ran their test pattern for the alloted fifteen minutes, either playing a side of an LP record or using one prepared tape with background music.
Many thanks to Ed Ellers for taking the time to share an American view of the subject.
|Richard Russell picked up on my claim that the X on the Test Card F noughts and crosses board was the centre of the image.
|Oh no, not this old one again ! The X does *not* mark the centre of the card (as is quite obvious on careful inspection). My measurements give it coordinates of 373,297 on the Rec.601 720 x 576 image, i.e. a little to the right of and below the true centre (360,288). The X is *near* the centre to aid static convergence adjustments, but the idea that it is *at* the centre is a myth.
George Windsor writes:
|Nice to witness interest in this, I thought I was one of the few when I took keen interest in the cards and the music when I seviced TV's in the what I call 'Halcyon days'of colour business,the early seventies. I still have a 1968 GEC 2018 dual standard 19" colour set with its original tube (canadian Mullard) that works! and for some reason still gives a what I and many friends call that 'magical colour' picture, especially on old technicolour films. I also have a 1950 Philips console TV. I couldn't access the test card music site for CD information and would very much like to hear them again. I used to get 5 or more sets on ITV in the afternoon, all belting out the classics at high volume, it was great!
Can anyone help Sean Cooke?
|Can anyone help me with info regarding the BBC programme,'This is ceefax'.? It was broadcast in 1975 with Angela Rippon as host and I would really like to see it or speak with someone who saw it... Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Also is the Test card featured in the video of the 'Japan' video for their song 'visions of China' authentic? It features a picture of Chairman mao in the central circle. Does anyone have a copy of it? I am a very sad anorak... ...
Steven Oliver remembers...
|The page on the test cards used for Technical Problems evoked memories of one of the biggest cock-ups of all time. During an otherwise faultless D-Day 50th anniversary celebrations coverage in 1994, the BBC slipped up when, for some inexplicable reason, their technicians took the wrong relay equipment on board the QE2 for the "We'll Meet Again" concert featuring Vera Lynn. Needless to say, the concert didn't get transmitted live! As a standby, the Beeb first played music and when that failed on came a nature programe about racoons!!!!! What next - the news saying "Sorry we can't bring you that report as the technicians took along the wrong satellitte"?
Martin Donnelly recalls during a bout of insomnia...
|A number of years ago, I was watching TV quite
late at night not being able to get to sleep. Flicking between the channels I noticed that
there was nothing on BBC1 or 2. Even though I knew that there was nothing on these
channels I kept on flicking to them.
At one point during the night when I flicked to BBC1, I saw some golf footage, wondering what this was, I turned the volume up, if I remember correctly, all that was audible was the Tuning tone. This wasnt all though. After 10 seconds or so the golf cut over to an edition of The Antiques Road show, one that had actually been on that week as I remembered the person describing the doll that was on display. Again still the tone. And again after about 10 seconds it flipped to something else. This time though it was a static image of, if I remember correctly, a cube, a sphear and a cone, all done in shades of Cyan. After a couple more seconds this flipped back to the Golf and this sequence continued well into the night.
I told a friend about this the next day and to my relief, he had seen it too, so I hadn't been dreaming..
Dirk Tust looks at the German perspective :
|I would like to add my DM 0.02 about test
cards (called "Testbild", i. e. "test picture") and music in Germany.
In Germany, a tradition of special test card music does/did not exist. The fact that the German regional broadcasters -- which run the national network "ARD - Das Erste" and the regional third channels also broadcast radio programs didn't let raise up the question "What to play instead of audio test signals 60 minutes before opening or during midday break". They just took over one of the radio signals.
The second national TV station ZDF (not equipped with radio) preferred the technical beauty of the 1 Kilohertz sine and it's family of various audio tests. However, about 15 minutes before the start, they sometimes used to play some music which was normally in stock for intermissions, but that doesn't really count.
The age of electronic colour test cards started in the 1970s with the one and only "FuBK-Testbild" (FuBK: Funkbetriebskommission, "broadcast operation commission"), which came, however, in some slightly different flavours (shape of ghost signal bar, circle / no circle, et al.). It slowly started to displace the b/w transmitter identification slides which showed up it's name and channel number next to the escutcheon of the district. For a short time, there was even a 16:9 enhanced version in PALplus on air, before ARD closed the night gap.
A small image of the FuBK test card (with heavy subsampling errors) is available at the "International Testbild Museum"
http://www.ping.at/users/staytuned/mainmenu.html which was intended by an Austrian artist group to protest against the planned switch-off of the test card at the Austrian TV ORF.
And I would like to add:
|Many thanks to everyone who has sent me feedback, I would love to hear your stories or memories of Test Cards, Captions and Teletext, so why not drop me a line now?


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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Happy Easter
I'm back today with a sweet little Magnolia image. This is Tilda with a hanging rabbit. She is colored with Copic Sketch markers. I thought I would do another Easter card. The cardstock and ribbon is from Stampin Up. The DP is from My Mind's Eye and The Girl's Paperie. The flower is from my stash and the button is Basic Grey. The pearls are Recollections. The circle sentiment is from Netty's Cards.
I will be entering this card here:
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I hope you see something that you like. Thanks for stopping by.
19 comments:
- Susan said...
I love Bunnies and Magnolia's! Very cute card.....Susan
- April 6, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Deb said...
Beautiful job! I love that stamp....Hugs
- April 6, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Kim Y. said...
How cute!!
- April 6, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Mascha van Dijk Zimmerman said...
Your card is to cute, the paper is beautiful, bye Mascha
- April 7, 2011 at 1:10 AM
- Lynda said...
A very pretty card - thanks for joining in with Daring Cardmakers.
Lynda xxx
- April 7, 2011 at 5:31 AM
- Iulia said...
Lovely card! The colors are beautiful and this stamp is just perfect for an Easter card!
Hugs, Iulia
- April 7, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Christina C. said...
How adorable......love it!!!!!
- April 7, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- charlene said...
To cute love that little stamp !
- April 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- Zuzana Obert said...
Gale, this card is fantastic! I love the colours and what a gorgeous daisy flower. Thanks for playing along with Daring Cardmakers this week.
Zuzana x x
- April 7, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Judy K. said...
What a sweet, sweet card you've made Gale and I love that paper!!!
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- April 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- Mina said...
wow Gale fabulous card and I love love love that scrummy ribbon...thanks for joining in with our Just Magnolia & hAnglar challenge
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- April 7, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Rene said...
Oh this is super sweet! Love it!
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- April 7, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- cabio's craft corner said...
Super sweet card and I love this image although I haven't get a chance to color it :o)
- April 7, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- Linda said...
Oh this is so pretty!!!! I love it!!! Beautiful job!!!
- April 8, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Chris said...
What a perfect Easter card! The stamp looks wonderful and your color choices are just perfect!
- April 8, 2011 at 12:44 PM
AWWW!! She's so precious!! I adore your coloring and beautiful layout!! :) TFS!! Smiles, Vicki
- April 9, 2011 at 2:31 PM
- Sandy said...
Such a sweet card - she is one of my favorite images. Nicely done!!
- April 9, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- Jane said...
this is gorgeous! love your spring colours! thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp, hugs, Jane x
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Such a pretty card Gale. I love your colors and coloring. Very Springy! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamps R Us.
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Last Thursday night, Australian DJ duo Flight Facilities rocked the Rickshaw Stop with their San Francisco debut. Filled with a mixed crowd, this 18+ up event completely sold out. The group was surprisingly showy for a DJ group. The Deadmau5-es of the world use staging to help up the ante of their performance, but Captain Earnest Bon-Huffington along with Esquire Winston Humphries III (or "Hugo" and "Jimmy," if you believe various reports) quickly broke out some aviation themed jackets and hats to help set the tone. The intimate Rickshaw Stop was a great place for San Francisco to get a first taste of the innately charismatic duo that is Flight Facilities. So intimate that several fans made their way up to the stage and tried to dance with the Aussie maestros–not that it slowed them down a beat.
The duo has released two singles and were joined onstage by Jess Higgs to perform their most recent of the two, "Foreign Language." The best word to describe their sound is simple: fun. They are two music lovers playing around and weaving between their two turntables with a familiarity born from years of collaboration.
A big thanks to PopScene for bringing them out to SF for our second encounter with them (we were stageside for their excellent SXSW performance as well.)