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The Breakers 75/
Remember how I spent New Year's Eve pouring various champagne cocktails, including The World's Greatest Champagne Cocktail, because God forbid I let a single drop (of nastily cheap bubbles, mind you) go to waste? Well, I almost let many, many drops go to waste, as I've just now realized that I never blogged the Breakers 75.
I'm going to admit, I don't entirely "get" this cocktail. For example, I don't entirely get its name. The "75" is referencing the French 75, no? But "Breakers," does that mean... waves? Is this a cocktail for surfers? Was it invented at some cheesy, "nice" restaurant in the 80s? (For some reason, when I picture the word "Breakers," that's what I picture: A Reagan/Miami Vice-era notion of good taste and fine dining, spelled out in cursive neon. Probably bread plates that look like seashells, that sort of crap.)
Given, then, that this sauce is not awesomesauce, I encourage you all to put on your cocktail thinking caps and consider this recipe the basis of something more special-er. For example, I highly recommend using the finest Champagne (capital-C if you can) you've got, and/or the best gin. Me no think gin and champagne go so nice-nice together otherwise.
And if you wind up going too crazy on the experimentin', there's little that can't be fixed with a dash of bitters and a hit of sugar. (That goes for life-in-general, too, yo.)
The Breakers 75
(Can I admit I'm not 100% sure where this recipe came from, because it was New Year's EveI was drunkI was really drunk we referenced so many cocktail books that night in our quest to bring you all the world has to offer? Although my guess is that it was this book.)
Champagne, about 3 to 4 ounces
1 ounce gin
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Pour gin and lemon juice into the bottom of a champagne flute. Top with your bubbles. Down the hatch.
Tasting Notes
In addition to using the best gin and capital-C Champagne you've got, I highly suggest shaking the lemon juice and gin together in an ice-filled shaker tin to get them nice and chilled before building your drink.


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Will the right-wing media retract Morris' false accusations about President Clinton, Janet Reno, and Waco?
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On Fox & Friends, Dick Morris admitted he fabricated his "bombshell" claim that in 1997, then-Attorney General Janet Reno threatened President Clinton by saying that if he did not reappoint her as attorney general, she was "gonna tell the truth about Waco" -- a claim the right-wing media uncritically promoted. Following Morris' admission that his claim was actually his "conjecture based on the facts," will the same media outlets run a retraction noting that Morris has now admitted that Clinton "didn't actually say" what Morris claimed?
Right-wing media trumpet Morris' dubious "bombshell"
On Hannity, Morris specifically claimed: "Clinton told me that 'I couldn't appoint Reno, because she would have turned on me over Waco.' That's the phrase he used." On the April 19 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Morris offered the following "never been said before" story about Clinton's decision to reappoint Reno:
MORRIS: And let's understand, what was Timothy McVeigh's motivation? God knows what was going on in that crazy head of his, but there's some speculation, and he himself had said, that it was the reaction to the Waco takeover. And Bill Clinton orchestrated that takeover. And, in fact, was so ashamed about what he did in Waco that he was not gonna appoint Janet Reno to a second four-year term. And she told him in a meeting right before the inauguration day for his new term that "if you don't appoint me, I'm gonna tell the truth about Waco." And that forced Clinton's hand in reappointing her. So I think Mr. --
SEAN HANNITY (host): I don't remember you telling this story before.
MORRIS: No, it's never been said before.
HANNITY: Whoa.
MORRIS: I think that President Clinton might want to examine his own connection with the Oklahoma City bombing in terms of Waco before he starts accusing people in walkers and wheelchairs who are trying to keep their Medicare of being provocateurs.
HANNITY: Wait a minute. So -- so what was the truth about Waco that Reno threatened to use against him?
MORRIS: I have no idea. But I know that he told me -- Clinton told me that "I couldn't not appoint Reno, because she would have turned on me over Waco." That's the phrase he used.
Limbaugh: "I have to think Slick Willy is beet red, or was last night, when he heard this." On April 20, referencing Morris' appearance on Hannity, Rush Limbaugh said: "Dick Morris told Sean Hannity that Bill Clinton may want to reflect on his own responsibilities for the Waco invasion, because Dick Morris said that Bill Clinton personally told him that Janet Reno's appointment to a second term as attorney general was to keep her quiet about the Waco invasion in 1993 that McVeigh claimed as his inspiration." Limbaugh contrasted Morris' story with Clinton's recent warnings that incendiary rhetoric and "demonizing the government" incited domestic terrorism during his presidency and threatened to do so again. Later in the program, Limbaugh claimed, "Nobody has said this, until Dick Morris kicked the can down the road last night, and I have to think that Slick Willy is beet red, or was last night, when he heard this." After airing a portion of Morris' appearance on Hannity, Limbaugh later went on to say, "What Dick Morris is saying here is that Clinton ordered the invasion."
Hoft: "Dick Morris Bombshell: Reno Told Clinton She Stays On or She Blows Whistle on Waco." On April 20, on his Gateway Pundit blog, Jim Hoft embedded video of Morris' comments and wrote: "Dick Morris suggested that Janet Reno threatened to leak the goods on Waco unless Bill Clinton kept her on for a second term. Morris tild (sic) Sean Hannity that this was the first time that he had divulged this information."
Ace Of Spades: "Dick Morris: Clinton Told Me He Had To Reappoint Janet Reno Or She Would Turn on Him Over Waco." On April 19, "Ace" posted on the Ace Of Spades blog that "on Hannity, and Morris says it's a story he never told before. He says Clinton did not want to reappoint Reno to a second four-year term, but felt he had to, or else she would 'tell the truth about him and Waco.' "
Fox Nation: "Dick Morris Bombshell: How Reno Blackmailed Clinton With Waco." On April 20, Fox Nation linked to a HotAirPundit recap of the story under the headline, "Dick Morris Bombshell: How Reno Blackmailed Clinton With Waco." From the Fox Nation:
Two days later, Morris admitted Clinton "didn't actually say that"
Morris admits his claim was actually "my conjecture based on the facts" and that Clinton "didn't actually say that." After Morris' accusation was covered across the right-wing media -- and Media Matters pointed out that his claims were dubious at best -- Morris appeared on the April 21 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends and changed his story, saying that he needed to "distinguish the facts from my conjecture based on the facts" and that Clinton "didn't actually say that." Morris now claims Clinton told him "she asked me to reappoint her for at least a year, because if I didn't, people would think that I was blaming her for Waco." From the April 21 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends (emphasis added):
GRETCHEN CARLSON (co-host): Wow, that's a bombshell. So did Janet Reno -- was she forced or did she force Bill Clinton into a reappointment to the attorney general post? Let's ask Fox News contributor again, Dick Morris. All right, Dick, you released a bombshell by saying that, actually, President Clinton made this Waco decision and not Janet Reno?
MORRIS: Well, let me -- yes, I believe he did. I -- but let me -- let me distinguish the facts from my conjecture based on the facts. The facts are that the Timothy McVeigh attack took place on the anniversary of Waco. And when President Clinton was contemplating his second-term Cabinet, he appointed the whole Cabinet but left attorney general vacant. And he and I were in extensive discussions about who he might appoint to become the new attorney general. In fact, we had focused on the idea that Bill Weld, the governor of Massachusetts, might do that, and Hillary and Bill had asked me to check Bill out -- Bill Weld out, he's a client of mine. And we had extensive discussions about his becoming attorney general.
And then Clinton met with Reno in what I anticipated would be a firing session. He told me the night before the meeting, "I'm going to fire her." Then he goes into the meeting and he reappoints her. So I called him, and I said, what gives? And he said, "Well, I told -- I told her that nobody's ever served for eight years as attorney general in an administration, or few people have, and I don't think you should, and I think we should change." And she said "Well, I'd like you to reappoint me for at least one more year, because if not, people will think that you're blaming me for what went on in Waco." Now, that's the quote that Clinton gave me.
I believe based on that quote that the reason he reappointed her was that he was not anxious to have his own role in that Waco controversy spelled out. Let me explain what was going on then. Clinton was getting a lot of negatives -- huge negatives -- because he was seen as weak. The FBI and the ATF were sitting out there for months and months while the siege was going on, and people said, all right, enough already. And eventually -- and there were rumors of child abuse and all kinds of stuff. And then the raid went in and as you know, it was a very savage raid with a lot of deaths that some considered unnecessary. Reno publicly took the blame for that decision. But I inferred based on Clinton's conversation with me that there was more to that story, and that there was more of a role that Clinton was playing. He didn't actually say that. But what he did say is she asked me to reappoint her for at least a year, because if I didn't, people would think that I was blaming her for Waco.
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September 12, 2007
LOS ANGELES, September 12, 2007 - In its third quarterly report of 2007, the UCLA Anderson Forecast remains consistent in its assertion that the national economy is not technically in a recession, though the group's economists are calling current conditions "a near recession experience." A recession is defined as a two consecutive quarter decline in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the UCLA Anderson Forecast is calling for real GDP growth to be just above 1% for the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008. While acknowledging that an economy slowed to a 1% growth rate could slip further, the Forecast notes rather ironically that their near recession forecast "can be viewed somewhat optimistically."
In California, the second quarter of 2007 has run true to form as depicted in prior reports, demonstrating substantial job loss in the real estate-related sectors and sluggish growth throughout the State's economy, with unemployment and mortgage defaults on the rise. Similar to the national forecast, the dismal data is not expected to result in a recession, as there are some entries on the positive side of the ledger; for example, despite losses in real estate, overall job growth was strong through the first quarter of 2007.
The National Forecast
In his national report, UCLA Anderson Forecast Senior Economist David Shulman asserts that the ongoing pessimism in the overall Forecast comes from the continuing deterioration of the housing market. The Forecast has lowered its expectations for housing activity as the tightening of credit standards, combined with an ebbing of the builders' practice of building new houses to get out of the underlying land takes its toll. Previously, the Forecast called for housing starts to bottom out around 1.2 million; currently the forecast is for 1.0-1.1 million units. More importantly, Shulman and the project's economists now believe "that the recovery will be far more tepid with starts barely recovering to 1.4 million by the end of 2009."
Shulman's report titled, "A Near Recession Experience," offers evidence that, despite the negative aspects of the Forecast, a classic recession will be avoided. The evidence includes strong activity in the trade sector, where a solid global economy is strengthening exports, while sluggish domestic conditions reduce imports.
The report states that the decline in housing starts and consumer durables will drive the economy down to near-recession levels of 1% growth for two consecutive quarters beginning in the last quarter of 2007. As Shulman states, "When the economy slows to a 1% pace, it runs the risk of falling into an actual recession, just as when an airplane's velocity dips down to its 'stall speed' and falls out of the sky."
Down the line, growth will remain lukewarm until the economy returns to a 3% trend in 2009. The expectation is that the Federal Reserve will cut the Fed Funds rate from 5.25% to 4.5% by year-end. The economy will avoid recession on the strength of net exports and business investment in equipment and software. It's expected that it will take years for the housing market to recover to "normal," a situation likely to be exacerbated in the short-run by changes in the legislation affecting the mortgage industry.
The California Forecast
In the California report, economist Ryan Ratcliff states that, "California is in for at least another year of economic doldrums, with rising unemployment, weak job growth and a slowdown in all broad indicators." But, continuing a theme in prior reports, Ratcliff asserts that without the emergence of a second source of weakness in the economy - or a significant worsening of the real estate sector beyond what's already being forecasted - California will not sink into a recession.
Noting that the state's unemployment rate was 5.3% in July, Ratcliff says the Forecast does not consider this to be a simple "up tick," as both the size and speed of the increase in the unemployment rate are on par with what was seen at the beginning of 2001. But unlike early 2001 (the state's last recession began in April 2001), the Forecast maintains that we will not see a full-blown recession over the life of this forecast (which runs through fourth quarter 2009), though the increase in unemployment introduces some doubt into the equation.
Ratcliff devotes a significant portion of this quarter's report to examining national and local foreclosure trends. In particular, he takes issue with the idea that, "foreclosures are mostly impacting real estate investors...even in the worst cases, the majority of foreclosures are occurring in owner-occupied housing." He points out that in California, foreclosure rates are highest in counties with the combination of lower home prices and high usage of adjustable rate mortgages - a sign of working families overstretching to buy a home.
The Forecast says that the end of 2007 will mark the peak of subprime, adjustable rate mortgage resets, and expects to see mortgage defaults peaking sometime in the first half of 2008. The real estate markets will continue to be a drag on California growth for at least a year to come. With no other sectors picking up the slack, the Forecast expects to see overall job growth of less than 1% through this time next year, with unemployment reaching a peak of 5.9% at the end of next year, with corresponding weakness in personal income and gross state product. A pickup in building permits and a moderation in mortgage problems in late 2008/early 2009 marks the end of significant drag from real estate, with the California economy returning to relatively normal levels of growth by the end of the Forecast.
About UCLA Anderson Forecast
UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California and the strength of the state's rebound since 1993. More recently, the Forecast was credited as the first major U.S. economic forecasting group to declare the recession of 2001. Visit UCLA Anderson Forecast on the Web at http://uclaforecast.com.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "intellectual capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Thursday, March 29, 2012
* Mirror Mirror Puppy Love Bubble Potion Craft Project, plus a Mirror Mirror Movie Giveaway!
The girls and I were inspired by the new movie,
Mirror Mirror, to make this fun craft!
One of our favorite scenes in the movie trailer, is the scene with the evil queen,
(played by Oscar-winner Julia Roberts --we love her!)
when she accidentally gives the prince "Puppy Love" potion and he acts like a silly dog.
The girls and I laugh out loud every time we see it!
We decided to make our own "Puppy Love" potion and make a game out of it.
First, we picked up some bottles of bubble solution at the store.
(the kind we used can be found at Walmart and Target)
Then, we got to work "transforming" them into magical potion bottles!
To make our magic bubble potions, we glued glittery foam heart stickers
to scrapbook paper labels and added stickers to show what kind of potion is inside the bottle.
I attached the labels with my glue gun (but you could also use craft glue) -
safety note: make sure an adult uses the glue gun- they're too hot for small fingers!
Then, I added some bling to the bubble bottles with some decorative craft gems and my glue gun.
Our finished "Puppy Love" bubble potion bottle.
Then, we decided to make some fancy bubble wands to go with our fancy potion bottles!
"C" (age 5) helped me make homemade bubble wands
by stringing beads onto chenille pipe cleaners.
For each wand, we shaped the top first (circles, hearts, diamonds)
then strung on some beads and twisted the end to keep the beads from falling off.
The homemade bubble wands hold more bubble solution and make huge bubbles!
Our homemade magic bubble potions,
"True Love"
"Puppy Love"
and "Kitty Love"
When we finished making the bubble bottles and wands,
we headed outside to test them out!
Our game was great fun in the backyard.
We took turns blowing bubbles from the different potion bottles.
If a bubble touches you from one of the bottles, you have to act like that thing.
For example, here is "C" transformed into a puppy as big sister "E"
blows "Puppy Love" potion bubbles on her!
Because my daughter "C" loves all things kitty,
we had to make a batch of pink "Kitty Love" bubble potion too!
Watch out, if you get tagged by a "kitty love" potion bubble,
you'll have to act like a kitty cat!
Of course we had to make some "True Love" potion too!
The girls had a great time playing in the backyard with their new
"magic" bubble potions and homemade bubble wands!
Want some Mirror Mirror fun of your own?
How about a Schwag Bag?
The prize pack will consist of the following:
$25 Fandango gift card, T-shirt, Apple Snow Globe,
Lip Balm, Mirror Compact & Tote Bag.
This giveaway is now closed.
Pink and Green Mama,
Go visit some of my bloggy friends for
more craft tutorials inspired by Mirror Mirror!
* The following opinions expressed and crafts created are my own. *
Labels: Backyard Fun, Create, Giveaway, Product Review, Sponsors
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
* Peg Doll Family
"C"and I did some late afternoon peg doll painting last month.
I made this little mini version of our family.
We pick up our wooden pegs for peg people at the local craft store
(Michaels) I think you can also get them at JoAnnes, Hobby Lobby, or online.
"C" painted one too but asked me to add the face - it's tricky with little paint brushes.
We just use our watercolor paints but you can also use acrylic craft paint or permanent marker.
A little peg people family would be a fun addition to your easter basket!
Pink and Green Mama
Labels: Create, Homemade Toys, Play, Watercolors
Sunday, March 25, 2012
* Color Matching Easter Egg Game
C's preschool class is studying Eggs and Birds this week so we made this
cute little seasonal manipulative for her classroom.
I think saw this idea somewhere on Pinterest or blog land but now I can't find the link--ack!
If you come across it let me know so I can give credit where it's due.
*Note: I was contacted by Chelle who writes Having Fun At Chelle's House blog,
here's a link to HER colored eggs and yolks post! Thanks Chelle!!
We picked up some plastic easter eggs at the store and had the craft felt in our art studio stash.
"C" helped me make felt eggs by gluing the colored yolks to white blob shapes
(we used Aleene's Tacky Glue),
the whole thing took about 10 minutes to cut out, glue and put together.
The longest part was waiting for the glue to dry before we stuffed the felt eggs into the shells!
We decided to go with glue instead of hand sewing the eggs-
that way "C"was able to help make them.
When we've made felt eggs in the past (see my old post here) I sewed them.
The paper egg carton was in our garage "recycling" art supplies.
I added a quick cut paper and magic marker cover to spruce it up a bit
before we delivered it to her classroom.
Eggs ready to sort, match, count and play!
Their teacher said the kids decided they should go into the play kitchen
and got to work coming up with all sorts of games with them.
Pink and Green Mama
Labels: Color Wheel, Create, Easter, Egg Carton Fun, Fun With Felt, Preschool, Recycle Crafts, Spring
Saturday, March 24, 2012
* Natural Easter Basket With Cat Grass
Every year, we grow "natural" Easter baskets
with cat grass instead of the usual shredded paper grass.
You have to actually remember to start them at least a week before you need them.
First we line our Easter Baskets with aluminum pans.
Crafty Recycling at it's finest.... (leftover from our favorite dinner rolls!)
This way, we can remove the trays easily after Easter and turn them into Fairy Gardens!
You could also use round cake pans.
Cat Grass seeds mixed with potting soil.
Might as well grow something the kitty can safely enjoy when we're done...
(I think some people grow Wheat Grass for their baskets)
Find a safe sunny spot indoors for your seeds to germinate.
"C"'s job is to water our baskets with her spray bottle.
Yes... that was blue painter's tape on my doors,
we were remodeling when these photos were taken...
this is old photo from a couple of years ago.
Our baskets sit by the door, waiting for some sun... and misting from little friends.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
* Terrarium Themed Birthday Party
Warning: Today's post is going to be photo-heavy!
"E" has always been my nature girl,
she loves snails, owls, sting rays, fish, jelly fish, octopi, you name it.
When she was 2 or 3 years old she announced that her favorite thing in the world is,
"plants by water." For her 3rd birthday we had a "fish and ocean" themed party.
For her 4th birthday she had a "frog" theme.
For her 5th birthday she asked for a microscope.
So, I wasn't surprised when she asked for a "terrarium themed" nature party
this year to celebrate her 9th birthday.
"E"has had a pet garden snail named "Tiny" since she was 5 years old.
He has lived in a terrarium (she made and maintains) in our house for the past 3.5 years.
The invitations were based on a drawing she made of Tiny the Snail's terrarium.
We found these adorable recycled paper folders at Target
and decided to use them instead of "favor bags"
The mini notebooks, pens, and pencils were picked up at the Target Dollar Spot.
The butterfly coloring sheets were printed out from this website onto Vellum paper.
As the girls arrived, they picked up their folders and got to work
coloring their vellum butterflies (to be cut out and taped up to windows at home)
It was a nice little ice breaker and allowed the girls to visit and get to know each other a bit.
Coloring butterflies in the art studio with pens and Crayola Twistables.
"E" labeled each folder with these adorable tags I picked up at World Market.
She matched each folder and critter tag to match each of her friend's personalities and likes.
After they colored their butterflies the girls enjoyed a pizza lunch.
Yes, they're making weird faces for the camera -- so pretty.
They also enjoyed fresh veggies and fruit - "E"'s favorites.
After lunch, it was time to clean off the kitchen table and make terrariums.
For the centerpieces, we planted some spring bulbs in assorted jars and vases
and started them in our sunny playroom windowsill.
We also had some lovely fresh tulips thanks to lovely Aunt Darby.
Potting soil was out on the deck for scooping - not in the house.
I picked up these adorable jars at Walmart for less than $8 each.
They were roomy and nice for terrariums as well-- and also a mini version of Tiny's Terrarium.
"E" drew this diagram to show her friends how to layer their terrariums.
We prepped and collected supplies and "elements" for the terrariums
so the girls could have fun personalizing them.
We spread out some newspapers, gave each girl her own jar
(pre-layered with gravel, spaghnum moss, and organic potting soil.)
We also gave each girl an ice tea spoon to use as their mini-shovel for planting their plants.
Seashells collected from trips to the beach.
Polished river stones from the craft department at Walmart.
We picked up these little gnomes at JoAnnes (with a coupon!)
Geoff and I both helped the girls build their terrariums.
There was a lot less mess to clean up than I anticipated!
When they were finished with their terrariums,
we did a mini photo shoot using our playroom curtains as the backdrop.
I took a portrait of each guest with her finished jar -
to be included with "Thank You" notes.
Then, the girls all went outside to play hide-n-seek in our backyard,
it was a beautiful afternoon.
Some friends hid in the trees...
Others were hiding around corners!
Then, we headed in for birthday cake and presents.
"E" and I made the cake together.
My sweet 9 year old.
E's best friend (and her mother) knit her this adorable Pig with Wigs set!
It was her favorite birthday gift.
Balloons were all blue and green - "E"'s two favorite colors.
Our family Happy Birthday banner.
The birthday girl and her best buddies!
To send each terrarium home safely, I saved boxes in our garage
and packed up each jar so no one would have a spill in their car!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl.
Pink and Green Mama
Labels: Birthday Parties, Create, Garden, Nature Crafts, Spring
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Because most spacecraft, once deployed, can never be serviced, it is vital to ensure that their communications systems meet requirements for link availability and quality. Antenna design and analysis are critical to this process.
Engineers use gain pattern analysis to determine how much coverage the antennas provide, and how that coverage is modified by interaction with the physical structure on which they are mounted. For example, if antennas are placed near thruster nozzles, solar arrays, or booms, these components can redirect radio frequency energy, creating dropouts in coverage.
Traditionally, antenna gain analysis has used two-dimensional (2-D) cuts through what is really a three-dimensional (3-D) pattern, an approach that has several disadvantages. Cuts through principal axes can miss important features, while cuts spaced closely enough to include these features are complicated to interpret.
Using MATLAB graphics and GUI building tools, my colleagues and I developed Three Dimensional Visualizer (3DV), an application that gives our group an environment for analyzing gain patterns in 3-D and 2-D simultaneously. The application has reduced turnaround time for analyses and dramatically enhanced our ability to explain results to customers.
While our applications are all space-related, antenna pattern analysis is common throughout aeronautical, marine, and other terrestrial applications. Indeed, 3DV is useful for exploring any information that can be represented as a scalar value varying with direction, including thermal, optical, and radar signatures.
Antenna Analysis at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
We use pattern data analysis throughout a program's life cycle. During the initial stages we compare patterns theoretically generated from candidate antenna designs to requirements and to each other. During prototyping, we compare empirical pattern data from range tests to expected patterns. During spacecraft design we model the antennas' interaction with the spacecraft structure to compare mounting locations or evaluate the effects of other design changes on the resulting pattern. In final testing we verify the empirical patterns from a full spacecraft range test against requirements. Critical to all these analyses is rapid turnaround and the ability to communicate results to a multidisciplinary spacecraft design team.
Despite the sophistication of our tools and modeling capabilities, many of these analyses take too long to be used in the critical early stages of a program, and only a limited number of engineers can conduct them. We therefore decided to explore the potential of 3-D visualization using MATLAB graphical functions.
Developing the MATLAB Based Tool
We created our initial visualizations with command-line-driven scripts and functions. As the demand for this sort of visualization grew, we launched an internal research and development program, using the MATLAB GUIDE tool to establish the basic framework. The application consists of a GUI divided into a 3-D and 2-D section (Figure 1). When a pattern is selected from a pull-down menu, it appears as a patch graphic object in the 3-D section of the GUI. A plane or cone represents the point where the 2-D cut is taken. The cut is interpolated through the regularly spaced 3-D data and displayed on the 2-D side.
The 3-D and 2-D environments are interconnected and interactive. The user can grab the 3-D pattern and spin it in any direction using mouse motion and button callbacks associated with the graphic objects. Grabbing and spinning the 3-D cut instantly updates the 2-D display, while rotating the 2-D display rotates the cut. Legends, labeled vectors, highlights at specific gains, and other indicators can be displayed or hidden.
The tool provides a variety of display styles to aid the interpretation and explanation of pattern features (Figure 2). For example, the user can represent gain by distance from point of origin, enabling rapid visual understanding of peaks, dropouts, and areas of interference. To determine the true angular extent of the features, the tool projects gain onto a uniform sphere as colors. A sphere showing gain above and below a certain threshold in two distinct colors instantly shows directions where a communications link can be made. Finally, a mercator projection enables the entire pattern to be displayed at once.
Commercial packages provide some of this capability, but we were unable to find one that we could expand to meet our evolving needs. We can tailor our MATLAB application on demand. For example, groups across the company use a variety of data formats, many unique to a specific analyst or output from a specific test range or software package. We have added the ability to read many of these niche formats, as well as features requested by program teams, including percent sky coverage over specific solid angles, the ability to sum or merge patterns, and new output features, such as user-editable graphic objects.
Feature Implementation
Developing these features was greatly simplified by the high-level mathematical functions, graphic object properties, and GUI control features in MATLAB. For example, the 3-D rotation of the pattern is implemented using the
ButtonDownFcn properties, which can be set for the patch object representing the pattern and the GUI figure. Clicking the pattern patch object or other graphic objects runs functions that set flags in the GUI handles structure. These flags are referenced by logic in the GUI figure
WindowButtonMotionFcn, triggered when the mouse is clicked and dragged over the GUI, to determine what action to take.
A Sample Analysis
One recent analysis involved optimizing the location of the telemetry antenna on the aft deck of a satellite. Combined with another antenna on the opposite deck, the telemetry system had to provide coverage over enough of the sky to enable the operators to communicate with the satellite during attitude maneuvers or in the event of loss of attitude control. The challenge was to determine the minimum antenna height that would meet gain coverage requirements for the mission. The tradeoff was how high the antenna could be located off the deck. Increasing the height would give more coverage but would increase the risk of overheating from the thruster plume. Reducing the height would increase blockage from the battery, reducing coverage (Figure 3).
The 3DV visualization made the effects of the battery blockage immediately apparent (Figure 4).
Using the 3-D model to guide placement of cut planes, we examined the quantitative differences in more detail. Finally, we calculated and plotted the actual quantity of interest, the fraction of the sky visible at or above a certain minimum gain (Figure 5).
Without the tool, this sort of trade analysis could take weeks. Using 3DV we quickly determined that the medium-height antenna was acceptable, and reached that design decision in a single meeting.
Applying Analysis Results
The software has been used to support a variety of programs and proposals at Lockheed. We have used pattern analysis to confirm requirements-matching and guide decisions on antenna location and mounting options on designs for the Space-Based Infrared system, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency system, the Mobile User Objective, and the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Other teams are applying 3DV to the Mars Phoenix Lander and other programs. The tool has also been used for rapid exploration of design trades in a virtual reality environment. This project used ModelCenter, a third-party software application to control data flow in complex analyses integrating MATLAB, spreadsheets, and legacy FORTRAN code.
The tool continues to evolve with our changing needs; improvements planned for the future include additional ways to combine and compare patterns, more animation formats, and aids for cycling through large data sets.


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3D polygon model of the Philips CD-i controller
>> Sunday, February 6, 2011
At 'The 3D Studio' you can buy 3D objects of all kind of things. A few days ago member 'Blazer' finished his 3D model of the first CD-i gamepad. Ofcourse I'm curious why anyone would need this, but the preview pictures are very nice, it's a nice recreation of the gamepad.
From the site: "Original controller for the Philips CD-I System. Four different versions are available: (1) Maya 2011 with Maxwell Materials: Includes all input graphs so the amount of smoothing can be changed by you. Everything is polygons except the the cord that is SUB-D"s and can easily be modified. All materials are Maxwell materials, and the scene is ready to render. (2) Maxwell Scene: Smoothed version with all materials, ready to render. (3) Obj: Unsmoothed version, all polygons. (4) Obj: Smoothed version, all polygons. The polygon and vertices-count is for the unsmoothed Maya-version excluding the SUB-D-cord." You can buy the 3D object for 20 dollars at the 3D Studio.
[Thanks, Blazer, The 3D Studio]


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Budget update from the Chancellor's Office
Note: The following e-mail was sent on 5/16/11 to all faculty and staff.
Dear colleague,
Following is a budget update from the Chancellor's Office, for your information.
--Robert A. Corrigan, president
CSU Will Face $1 Billion Cut Without Tax Extensions
The CSU will receive a $1 billion cut to its 2011-12 budget if Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to extend temporary taxes is rejected. Earlier this year, the legislature approved the governor's January proposal for a $500 million reduction in state funding for the CSU. The governor's May Revision of the state budget, presented today, maintains that funding level but also states that an additional reduction of $500 million will be necessary if the governor's proposed tax extensions are not enacted.
The tax extensions depend on a bipartisan vote of the legislature and are subject to final approval by the state's voters. Without these revenues, the governor has repeatedly stated that severe additional cuts to higher education and other programs will be needed to balance the budget.
CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed said a $1 billion cut, which is 36 percent of the CSU's budget, "would inflict lasting damages to the university. There will undoubtedly be severe and painful choices we would have to make to address such a massive funding reduction."
The CSU last week outlined a contingency plan to address a potential $1 billion in state support and said it would "wait list" applications for winter and spring 2012, estimating it could turn away 20,000 qualified applicants who would otherwise enroll for the winter/spring 2012 terms.
In addition, depending on the status of the state budget in July, the CSU Board of Trustees could be asked to take action at its July 12 meeting to authorize a contingent tuition fee increase of up to an additional 32 percent (on top of the 10 percent increase already approved for fall 2011). The amount of any increase would depend on the final outcome of the state budget. For full time undergraduates, a 32 percent hike would mean an increase of as much as $1,566 or a total of $6,450 in tuition fees per year.
In managing the approved $500 million cut, the CSU will enroll 10,000 fewer students this fall, apply an estimated $146 million in revenue from a tuition fee increase already approved, reduce campus budgets by $281 million, and cut the Chancellor's Office budget by nearly $11 million.
Since the state's fiscal crisis began in 2008-09, the CSU has reduced its employees by almost 9 percent and the Chancellor's office has reduced management personnel by 11 percent. Additional strategies to address decreased state funding have included employee furloughs, increased tuition fees, enrollment cuts and other cost cutting measures.
The CSU has also made strides to become more efficient. Federal data shows that 10 of the 20 most efficient large campuses in the country are CSU campuses, in terms of institutional spending per student. However, officials stress that the university system cannot address a $1 billion budget reduction in one year with efficiencies alone.
"Additional budget cuts to the California State University will only put the state further behind in its economic recovery," concluded Reed. "It is unrealistic to think that California will regain its Golden State stature without an educated workforce."


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