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Laser Cutter/Full Spectrum Laser 40W/Unofficial Manual
- 1 Note
- 2 Safety
- 3 Preventative Maintenance
- 4 Aligning Your Laser
- 5 Tightening Your Laser
- 6 Focusing Your Laser
- 7 Changing The Laser Tube
- 8 Quality Testing Procedures
- 9 Cutting Times
- 10 Trouble Shooting
hi, hope you don't mind me abusing your wiki a little.. I own a FS laser, many hacker spaces seem to as well.. and there are a lot of tips scattered around as well as the official manual.. but i found in using these sources i never had one good reference for common issues.. i hope to steal heavily from these sources and compile them into one document that is not on a moderated bulletin board.. I'm planning on working on this over time.. i hope its not a total wreck when you find it ;)
I know there are no images now, i intend to take some as to not steal directly from FS laser's actual manual.
.. i should probably have something here.. but safety third i suppose
Preventative Maintenance[edit]
Water Reservoir[edit]
check that your water bucket and hoses with your hands, make sure there isn't any slippery biofilms, or obvious alge issues, you can prevent and treat these issues using _*EITHER*_ a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, or a small amount of bleach.. in either case exposure to the laser will eventually degrade these chemicals so they will need to be checked and replaced periodically.
Its also good to make sure that your water bucket is full.. running your laser without water moving through it can shorten the life dramatically. not to mention preventing "catastrophic failure" of the laser tube.
If your bucket has a crusty film marking where the waterline previously was (due to loss from evaporation) consider rinsing the laser with distilled water and and a small amount of vinegar; rinse with distilled water; then replace the reservoir water with clean distilled water.
Also, run your water for about 30 minutes after you are finished cutting with your laser, to ensure that it is sufficiently cooled and to prolong the laser tube's life.
Rails and Bearings[edit]
Probably need something in here, what is the best type of lubricant to use?
Aligning Your Laser[edit]
(this procedure is mostly the same as documented by fslaser)
Vertical alignment[edit]
remove the lens from the carriage head and replace it with thermal paper as was used in previous alignment steps, ensure that the test fire pattern of the laser hits the middle of the hole where the lens would be; the darkened paper image should have no half-moon shaped, non-darkened areas.. if this is the case your angled mirror will need to be shimmed before you will get decent cuts.
Laser Power Settings[edit]
Tightening Your Laser[edit]
Laser Head[edit]
The laserhead has 4 plastic wheels. These attach to an eccentric pin through a small Phillips (crosshead) screw. If you rotate these eccentric pins then it will tighten or loosen against the aluminum X axis rail. These eccentric pins are held in position by a set screw with a hex head 90degrees from the top Philips screw. Remove the setscrew before attempting to adjust the eccentric pins. The eccentric pins need to be adjusted by inserting an extremely short FLAT head screwdriver through the BOTTOM. If you adjust the crosshead screw from on top it will have extremely limited motion for adjustment. Tighten the top crosshead screw then do all further adjustments from the bottom. To remove the pins, turn from the bottom to loosen then push from the bottom to remove.
- Loosen the 4 eccentric pins by using the short screwdriver from the bottom. The laserhead will not be clamped to the X axis gantry anymore.
- Adjust the top 2 eccentric screws so they that the laserhead is straight with the X axis. Since they are eccentric you want the laserhead platform straight otherwise the belt will be pulled at a angle.
- Adjust the bottom 2 eccentric screws so that the laserhead is as loose as possible but all 4 wheels are just barely still rolling.
- Insert the 4x set screws with the hex heads back and tighten. Note that by putting the set screws back in it will tighten the eccentric pins slightly so that is why we say adjust as loose as possible but still rolling in step 3.
- Test it out and ensure the X axis is not binding during rastering. If you would like you can insert some WEAK thread locking glue on the screws.
In some cases, the belt tension might need adjustment on initial receipt. Movement should be smooth and not grainy or overly difficult. If the laser engraves at lower speed but at 100% speed the laser seems to jerk or stall, the belt tension should be loosened. If engraving lines do not appear straight, the belt tension should probably be increased. Adjust the bolts shown in the picture with a 3mm hex key. Purchase a long hex key and there is an access hole on the right hand side of the machine. Turning clockwise increases the belt tension.
To tighten the Y-Axis you may need a special long handled allen wrench unless you have exceptionally long allen keys. to the rear of the laser there are two round holes on either side located roughly where the belt tensioning mechanicanism is located; you must adjust the belts on both sides to the same tension as any difference in tension will cause the engraver to "parallelogram" jobs.
While its not mentioned anywhere.. the lens in the hobby laser is essentially free floating, cushioned only by a rubber washer in the head, this can cause problems in the print quality later if the lens doesn't settle flat; or if the lens wiggles due to vibration during cutting. The method i used to solve this was to make an ABS glue using acetone and small chunks of natural colored ABS feedstock from my makerbot which resulted in a thin white glue. Using three very small dabs around the perimeter of the lens was more then enough to hold the lens in place.. and daily breaks away from both the metal and the glass lens when its time to replace them.
Focusing Your Laser[edit]
Changing The Laser Tube[edit]
On my 40-watt hobby laser, I noticed that the laser beam was losing power, and engravings that used to be darker were now very light to almost nonexistent at the same power settings. I also heard what sounded like electricity arcing (a buzzing sound) somewhere in the machine when I test-fired the laser, which, while being a vary bad thing, also indicated that power was not going through the tube, but bypassing it. (If you hear an arcing sound, do not press the test button anymore, because, if you haven't done it already, you will most likely fry the USB circuit board, among other things, which is exactly what I did.)
Rather than spend $300 on a 40-watt CO2 tube from the company, I bought the exact same tube on ebay from china for less than half the price. It arrived at my house in about a week or so.
To change the tube, I first unplugged the machine (make sure to do this) and carefully took off all of the cooling water hoses, noting exactly where they attached to the old tube. Next, I cut the wires connecting the machine to the old tube. After loosening the straps holding the tube to the machine, I lifted it out, and replaced it with the new tube, making sure not to touch the beam-emitting end of the tube. Next, I cleaned the terminals and stripped the wire-ends, so that fresh wire was exposed. Before twisting the wire around the terminals, I slipped a piece of silicone tubing over the wires, so that, after I attached the wires to the terminals, I would be able to pull the silicone tubing back over the exposed connections. Heat-shrink tubing will also work in a similar way.
NOTE: It may be necessary to connect the new tube outside of the machine, due to the lack of working room for one's hands inside.
There is more than one way to connect your terminal-ends to the wiring. The best way is to solder these connections. Soldered connections don't become weak with oxidation. The main problem is that the terminals are very thick, and difficult to heat up sufficiently with a soldering iron. There is also the possibility of overheating the terminal and cracking the glass tube, which would be no fun.
To solder the connections, you will need something that can really heat up the ends, so that the solder, with the help of some flux, will stick to the terminals and fuse to the wire, causing a bond. I went the quick and dirty way and wrapped my wires around the clean terminals, then pulled the heat-shrink tubing over them, which I then shrank with a lighter. After this, I pulled the silicone tubing over the heat-shrink tubing and temporarily taped the silicone tubing in place onto the laser-tube before filling the silicone tubing with 100% silicone caulk around the connection as an added insulator and as an adhesive. My goal was to keep the connections from oxidizing over time and to insulate them so that electricity didn't arc to the body of the machine when the current ran through the connections. After letting this dry, I re-attached the water tubes to the proper nipples, and tested my tube, which is still working fine, several months later.
There is some possibility that you will need to realign your beam. Before adjusting your mirrors, I recommend that you re-position your tube into the same place that the old one was before, which should line it up correctly with your mirrors, since they were already lined up with your old tube.
Quality Testing Procedures[edit]
Raster Speed and Alignment[edit]
Raster engraving QR codes at full speed and low power into wood or cardboard can be used to test how well the head is positioning itself. To perform this test:
- download SVG file and print it using Inkscape
- print at a low enough power not to burn the test material, but enough to brown; but be sure to print at 100% speed.
- check the alignment of the laser engraver by looking at the finished engraving along the edge's a well aligned laser head will have perfectly straight lines along both dimensions;
- if you have any wobble, or wondering in the test pattern, adjust your X and Y belt tension, in general tighter is better
Cutting Times[edit]
Trouble Shooting[edit]
Cut lines do not overlap perfectly on repeats when cutting through thick material[edit]
check the X and Y platform belt tension, belts should be taut but not tight like a guitar string (it should not vibrate when plucked) this is the easiest and most likely cause.
Also check the head alignment, if the head itself isn't tight agains the track it can cause some backlash (wiggle) in the head position as the belt changes direction.
check that your lens is firmly in place and not actually vibrating in the lens holder.. a vibrating lens can easily be the cause of ugly and misaligned cuts.
Head thrashes during a raster engrave, seems to get stuck causing the belt to slip and buzz[edit]
the laser head is binding, there can really only be two causes for this issue, either the laser head (carriage) is binding because the X-axis belt is too lose, or the carriage itself is not aligned, or is lose on the track, to fix this see "aligning the laser".
The engraver turns lights on but no longer cuts anything[edit]
Sometimes the engraver can blow a fuse and there is no indicator to tell you that it has occurred.. there is also no real mention on where the fuse is.. but this is the most likely cause of this problem.. if changing the fuse does not fix the problem, or the fuse blows again immediately after installation you probably have a bad power supply.. tough luck.


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Posted: Tue 23 Mar 2010, 12:21
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This is one for the record books.
After finding a long list of malware on a compromised system, and going through a grueling process of recovering the system from a state where I had to boot off a floppy, and untangling (allegedly) important personal data from gigabytes of junk, I was trying to change the wireless router connected to a system to use WPA encryption. (This turned out to be impossible, because the router was manufactured before this was available, and did not have enough flash memory for the upgrade.) The problem which got my attention was that there was no response at all when I tried to use the web administration interface at 192.168.1.1, or several likely alternatives. The user didn't even know how to change this address, told me the password was "admin" and even expected to see the device detected through UPnP under Windows. (Though they didn't know the terminology.)
I downloaded the manual originally shipped with the device, and confirmed the manufacturer had not yet caught on, at that time, that it was a very bad idea, from a network security standpoint, to ship routers with UPnP and remote management enabled, plus a default password. After trying, and failing, to come up with an innocent explanation, I began to suspect this user had been doing Internet banking via Moldova.
When I recommend immediately replacing the router -- if not impounding it as evidence -- the other shoe drops. While I was off checking on the possibilities mentioned above, the aforementioned user had kept trying to connect, and eventually succeeded! The working address was 192.168.3.1, the default password was changed, and UPnP was disabled.
How did they get in? They remembered the address and password. Why did they tell me they didn't remember, and hadn't changed any of the above, (indeed, did not know how)? They were severely concussed in an automobile accident several years ago, and had profound lapses in memory from time to time.
If anyone out there has a story to top this one, I will read it with considerable interest.
Added: This wasn't the kind of memory problem we all suffer from time to time. This person was honestly telling me that no one else had worked on the network, and they didn't have a clue about how to change the things I was looking for. They even tried a direct connection to a laptop, and were surprised that the device didn't identify itself, as it would with UPnP enabled. What they told me was true, in that they were the only person who set up and modified the network, and -- at the time of the accident -- they had had no idea how to change the IP address of the web interface. They could tell me about problems with a large multifunction machine on the network and a VOIP set up. A large chunk of experience in the years since had simply dropped out of reach. They were completely convincing, and could have testified under oath.
They must have had non-verbal memory they could access, otherwise they would not have kept trying to connect to the web interface after I gave up. Several aspects of this case fit a diagnosis of frontal lobe syndrome.
I've been reminded that a very similar medical problem was the basis of the movie "50 First Dates". To set the record straight, I was (unfortunately) not helping Drew Barrymore. Problems in movies, like people, are typically more attractive than in reality.
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Posted: Fri 02 Apr 2010, 16:13
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prehistoric wrote:
This is one for the record books.
Not really.
When I recommend immediately replacing the router -- if not impounding it as evidence -- the other shoe drops. While I was off checking on the possibilities mentioned above, the aforementioned user had kept trying to connect, and eventually succeeded! The working address was 192.168.3.1, the default password was changed, and UPnP was disabled.
All routers don't use 192.168.1.1 as the main address. My deceased Linksys did. The old Belkin pressed into service when it failed uses 192.168.2.1. 192.168.3.1 is quite possible.
And while UnPNP can be used to control a router, it's not on by default in any router I know of, and requires installing an optional component (at least in Windows XP) to provide the OS support.
I found it a handy feature in the Linksys, as my bit torrent client (Azureus) could use UnPNP to tell the router to open a port for the incoming connection, then close it again when I shut down bit torrent. But it wasn't a default, and took work on my end to make it happen.
How did they get in? They remembered the address and password. Why did they tell me they didn't remember, and hadn't changed any of the above, (indeed, did not know how)? They were severely concussed in an automobile accident several years ago, and had profound lapses in memory from time to time.
It's quite possible. An awful lot of learning is "state related". Consider what happens when you can't remember something you were told when you were drunk. Have a couple of drinks and your memory might just get jogged.
My SO has fallible memory, as a side-effect of medications taken for years to control a chronic illness. To remember stuff, she writes things down. The act of committing it to paper not only provides a written record, but also helps store it in her memory. I don't fully understand the mechanism, but know it works for her.
They must have had non-verbal memory they could access, otherwise they would not have kept trying to connect to the web interface after I gave up.
Yep. Lots of things happen on that level. Ever tried paying attention and consciously
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Posted: Fri 02 Apr 2010, 19:26
Post subject: router web address, paranoia
Hi Dennis,
I realize after I removed some details which might identify the individual the story sounds mundane.
You are correct when you say no routers are shipped with UPnP enabled today, or for some years past. This one was old enough so that the exploit had not surfaced, and Windows had not disabled UPnP by default, at the time it was shipped.
The router was definitely shipped with web interface address 192.168.1.1, I downloaded the original manual for that particular version and checked.
I spent about half an hour with this person, just trying to figure out what was going on with their network, and not counting the time spent removing an infestation, before I went off to think. They were actually perplexed that the router did not show up when they looked for it. Even though they claimed not to know what UPnP meant, they were doing exactly what people do when they use it to set up a router.
What seems to have happened is that their memory didn't just lose a password or an address, a large part of it actually jumped back to the time before the accident, when they didn't know how any of this worked. They were completely convincing, because they were convinced themselves.
I've left out a good bit more, like the set up for email they went back to, just as it had been years in the past. I spent considerable time uninstalling things that were of no use, and had not been for years. There were more cockeyed problems than I can now remember.
Now that I know about the person, the crazy state of the system begins to make sense. Part of the time they were operating with recent memories, and part of the time they were doing things as they had 10 years ago. When memory failed they had no conscious appreciation that they might be the source of the problem. This explains a fair number of the many thousand emails in their "sent" folder. It helps to explain why this machine had both 3 1/2" and 5 1/4" floppy drives.
I'm used to the idea that debugging computer systems may also require debugging the people who use them (to the extent this is even possible.) This is the first time I've run into a severe neurological problem in someone running around loose. Professionals who cope with this regularly have my profound respect.
I'd say more, but I think I've gone as far as is proper. This case left my confidence shaken. If solving computer problems requires this level of suspicion, I could end up in a locked ward.
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The problem which got my attention was that there was no response at all when I tried to use the web administration interface at 192.168.1.1, or several likely alternatives.
Howabout using commandline ?
ipconfig /all
It should tell what is address for default gateway and DHCP.
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Hi pemasu,
First, in response to your suggestion, I thought this case was one where the web administration interface was changed separately. There was another router on the network as well, so figuring out which device was doing what, without getting a look at the set up, was a problem. The easy solution would have been to push the reset button and go back to factory settings, but I wanted to find out what else this thing had been doing. There have been real exploits using routers. (See note at the bottom.)
When I put this in the off-topic area, I really meant it to be there. The system I was working on was a Windoze system I was rescuing for a friend of a friend. The network was set up without any idea of using Linux, let alone Puppy Linux. If you care to, you can find more in
the long thread started by obxjerry
. I mentioned this other infested system near the end.
I've run into so many nasty problems on Windoze that my main reason for explaining what is necessary to rescue such a system is to motivate people to make the effort to switch. The promised ease of use mainly works if someone else takes care of security, backup and recovery. Just applying needed updates can take hours.
The lesson I learned from this episode was that things that look like really sneaky malware may be due to innocent causes you wouldn't imagine. There are plenty of examples of real exploits, but with most people using computers overwhelmed by complexity it is hard to separate innocent mistakes from malicious causes.
Here's where these exploits were reported.
widespread coverage
took a while to develop. (Check the dates.) As for what is possible for someone who completely controls the router, you might look into
. (The site is doing hardware hacking in the ethical sense of understanding devices and getting more functionality, not promoting computer crime. It does show just how thoroughly you can alter the behavior of a device capable of updating flash memory firmware.)
I know of one case in which the UPnP exploit was used to redirect to an Internet banking page hosted in Mexico. This was a clumsy attempt to grab a lot of money quickly, and was quickly investigated and shut down. There are much more sophisticated ways of monetizing computer crime in play at present, and I thought I had caught someone.
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I have heard many times question: Is it virus which affects my machine. Rarely it has been the cause at my work. Router malfunction, loose cable attachment to hdd, loose vga cable, misunderstanding howto apps should work, FAT table damaged, even lightning hitting the nearby tree has been reason.
But at home my teenage son has gathered very nice collection of different kind of viruses, trojans and malware to his computer, repeatedly. Even after repeated negotiation of pages where you should not go. And I had couple of virus and malware apps guarding all the time. Well, reinstallation of XP has been easy from image backup when the OS has been compromised.
So circumstances quite often affects what is more probable reason.
What comes to memory impairment. I believe that kind of problems will become more consistent when computer using people gets older and computer has become needed tool. Dementia and brain infarctions will affect memory and mysterious problems will become more frequent. Well, it might also be the reason to see doctor when one day you dont remember how to reply at discussion forum.
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Post subject: security, complexity, aging
When I first started to think about computer security, the typical exploit did not involve brilliance, it required stupidity that was hard to believe.
Example from Bruce Schneier: ("How did you get in?" "I called them up and told them I forgot my password.")
Example close to home: One mysterious rash of exploits was traced to dumpster divers finding old printouts which had not been shredded.
There were many theoretical weaknesses which went unexploited because nobody could make it pay.
In the last decade, I've seen a dramatic shift in threats. They are more sophisticated, and more commercial. The people using them are not geniuses, but they will pay brilliant people to provide them with tools for crime. Some of the tool kits out there are frightening enough to make you stop using the Internet entirely. The social engineering aspects of computer crime have been better matched to technical wizardry.
This year I am seeing more compromised systems in the hands of people who are supposed to know what they are doing on computers. I just got a call about another one today. After hearing what it would take to clean it out, the person said, "Never mind, I'll wipe everything and install Windows 7." If that works for him, fine. I have a different solution.
I've long been concerned that much of the potential value of small computers in the hands of individuals is being lost, because the intellectual investment needed to use them has been too great for people who don't devote most of their thought to computers. They shouldn't have to.
I've been concerned about the impact of this complexity on elderly relatives and friends who would simply like to use email to stay in touch, for example. I can't travel as much as necessary to maintain regular face-to-face communication. I have been so frustrated with trying to keep people who were corresponding with me on-line that I have reached the point of mailing them entire computer systems. Then I have the problem of getting someone to set these up, if I can't go there and do it myself.
These devices could function as a kind of prosthetic for failing neurons, reminding us of things we used to keep in our heads, or making difficult tasks easy enough so we can continue. Instead we seem to have added a layer of complexity to everything pre-existing.
Today's newspaper has an article on a rebate program for people with old inefficient appliances who buy new ones. After telling us that it is likely to run out in a single day, the writers tell us there is no way to apply for the rebate except on-line. This is unlikely to help people who have been having financial trouble replacing refrigerators, because they probably don't have an up-to-date computer either.
The complexity of our systems, and the complexity of the Internet environment, is both depriving people who might benefit of help, and opening them up to exploitation.
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After Tuesday�s training session, Crew coach Robert Warzycha handed striker Jairo (pronounced �hy-ro�) Arrieta a bottle of Moet Champagne. The reason? Arrieta has been popping off since finally suiting up for Columbus earlier this month.
A native of Costa Rica, Arrieta had never played professionally outside his country until the Crew came calling. He was familiar with the club, having visited as a member of Costa Rican club Saprissa for a CONCACAF Champions League match.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 29 (UPI) -- "Comeback" was the word actor, broadcaster and former jockey Gary Stevens used to announce his return to riding on Jan. 6 at Santa Anita Park.
"Maybe I should have chosen a different word," Stevens said, gently laughing, this week.
Vacation, hiatus, time off or whatever you might call it, Stevens is back in the saddle and the winner's circle at age 50 after a seven-year absence.
He's back in Dubai, seeking a second Group 1 Dubai World Cup title and the winner's share of a $10 million purse in the world's richest horse race Saturday.
Calling his return to racing a "comeback" is one of the few missteps Stevens can claim.
The Hall of Fame jockey accumulated nearly 5,000 wins and $220 million in winnings during the first part of his 25-year riding career. He won the Kentucky Derby three times. He guided Winning Colors in 1988, the most recent of only three fillies (Regret in 1915 and Genuine Risk in 1980) to win America's most prestigious race. He won again on Thunder Gulch in 1995 and scored a Derby hat trick with Silver Charm in 1997.
Stevens won the Preakness twice, with Silver Charm in 1997 and Point Given, a son of Thunder Gulch, in 2001. He aced the Belmont three times, aboard Thunder Gulch in 1995, with Victory Gallop in 1998, spoiling the Triple Crown bid of Real Quiet by a nose at the finish line, and on Point Given in 2001.
He won eight Breeders' Cup races, the 1991 Group 1 Japan Cup on Golden Pheasant, and 16 riding titles, including one at York in England. He was named to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1997 and took home the Eclipse Award as North America's top rider the following year.
Stevens has been highly successful in Dubai, winning the 1998 Dubai World Cup on Silver Charm after a near-miss when his horse, Soul Of The Matter, lost a desperate stretch battle to the great Cigar in the inaugural running of the race on dirt in 1996 at the old Nad Al Sheeba Racecourse. He also won the $2 million Group 1 Golden Shaheen on Caller One in 2002 and the $1 million, Group 2 Godolphin Mile the same year on Grey Memo.
He became a film star in 2003, art imitating life, portraying legendary rider George "The Iceman" Woolf in the film "Seabiscuit," whose namesake award he won as a jockey in 1996. The role spread his name and fame to a worldwide audience, suggesting there could be life out of the saddle.
So he left racing in 2005 with fame, fortune and two chronically aching knees.
He had occasional acting roles, most recently as a regular on the short-lived, but critically acclaimed, HBO television series "Luck." He became a successful and equally acclaimed broadcast commentator for NBC Sports and a consultant to several racing stables. He authored the well-received book "The Perfect Ride" in 2002. He was even named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in 2003 by People Magazine.
None of it was enough to slake his competitive thirst.
"The fire never went out," Stevens said during preparations for the World Cup. "I don't think I knew how much I missed it."
So he returned to racing at Santa Anita, where he has won the Santa Anita Derby a record nine times, and picked up where he left off when he left riding. He's back in the saddle, back in Dubai at Meydan Racecourse, back with two very good chances on two very good horses, Breeders' Cup Turf winner Little Mike in the Group 1 UAE Derby, and later on the Tapeta artificial surface in the Dubai World Cup with Pacific Classic victor and synthetic specialist, Dullahan.
Stevens officially returned to riding Jan. 6 and had his first winner less than a week later, a filly named Branding. He won the first graded stakes race since his return on Slim Shadey in the San Marcos Stakes in February.
What started as a comeback has become a clinic that could become a fairy tale with the possibility of Dubai World Cup and UAE Derby wins Saturday.
But there was no way to predict the success of his return to racing. Why take the chance of soiling his legacy with an ill-advised return?
"I came down the stretch on Slim Shadey and felt the acceleration of an exceptional racehorse," Stevens tried to explain. "I hit about a furlong from the finish and I literally got a smile on my face during the running of the race. I said to myself, 'This is what I was missing.'"
Stevens has a home in Louisville and intends to ride in the upcoming spring meets at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. He even nurses the dream of a fourth win in the Kentucky Derby. Fit again and feeling rested, Stevens isn't cowering before riders young enough to be his children.
"I'll match myself with anyone," he said with a look of determination. "I love a battle."
Back in Dubai, the city where he experienced three of his greatest career wins, Stevens is reflective about this, his latest "good trip."
"When it's time, I'll take some time off again," he said, measuring his career in desire instead of years. "But I'm getting to live the dream of a lifetime. Few people get the experience once, let alone twice, on the biggest stage in the world on the biggest night in Thoroughbred horseracing."
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CBS News, a network with many chiefs, added one more on Tuesday when it hired former NBC News President Steve Capus.
Capus will serve as executive producer of the "CBS Evening News" and executive editor of CBS News, but his appointment has raised internal speculation that he's in line to succeed current President David Rhodes, perhaps as early as next year. Several CBS News sources who spoke to POLITICO believe that Les Moonves, the chairman and CEO of CBS Corp., tapped Capus in order to position him for that role.
Sonya McNair, the chief CBS News spokesperson, initially declined to comment. Following publication of this report, she sent the following statement via email: "None of this is true."
Since taking the reins in 2011, Rhodes has achieved notable growth at both the morning and nightly newscasts, the most important areas in network news. Nevertheless, both programs remain a distant third behind their competitors at ABC and NBC. There is widespread sentiment in the industry that CBS News is not fighting hard enough to put itself on a level with its competitors, let alone beat them. Rhodes' CBS News has also come under intense scrutiny for the discredited "60 Minutes" report on Benghazi and the high-profile resignation of Sharyl Attkisson, who continues to accuse the network of giving in to corporate influence.
Capus, who spent two decades at NBC News and eight years as its president, is a creature of the broadcast wars. He served as executive producer of the top-rated "NBC Nightly News" from 2001 to 2005 and spent much of his presidency, from 2005, dealing with the contentious battle between "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America." (After "Today" started to slide, NBCUniversal intervened, and Capus left in February 2013.)
Capus will also have an edge over Jeff Fager, the CBS News chairman and executive producer of "60 Minutes," who is directly tied to the discredited Benghazi report and, more generally, to the perception that "60 Minutes" has lost credibility by prioritizing access over hard-hitting journalism. A fawning interview with Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and an uncritical NSA segment by John Miller, a correspondent who has since gone to work for the NYPD, didn't help.
It's also important to note that the Capus hire came about rather suddenly. Capus told Capital he began talking to Rhodes a few weeks ago. By that time, CBS News was grooming Marsha Cooke, the Asia Bureau chief, to take over for Pat Shevlin as "Evening News" EP. (Shevlin announced that she would step down in March.) In retrospect, such an appointment made little sense: Why give your nightly news broadcast to someone who has no experience as an executive producer when someone like Capus is available? (He is currently an "executive in residence" at IESE Business School at the University of Navarra.)
Cooke may still become executive producer of the "Evening News," one source said. But if she does, she will do so under a President Steve Capus. Until then, she'll serve as the "Evening News" senior broadcast producer.


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"It has been proven that a more aerodynamically styled a vehicle is, the easier it slices through the air," the announcer says. And what could possibly be more aerodynamic than the 1986 Ford Aerostar? Nothing, obviously. It's got "aero" in the name!
With the Aerostar's future-iffic styling, you'll need to get used to your neighbors mistaking it for one of NASA's Space Shuttles. But you won't care — you'll be too busy stretching out inside and parking with the greatest of ease.
Unlike those wimpy vans that came from the Chrysler plant, the Aerostar was rear-wheel-drive, baby, and it had an available five-speed manual gearbox. It's like a Fox Mustang you can take your kids to school in!
And if you really have a need to snub the other soccer moms, there's the ultra-exclusive Eddie Bauer Wagon edition, which turns this tough minivan into a suburban luxo-cruiser. What's not to love?
When the Aerostar came out in 1985 as a 1986 model, Ford ran print and TV ads that compared the Aerostar to the Space Shuttle, as we see here. I have to wonder if that was suspended in the wake of the Challenger disaster in '86.
At any rate, the Aerostar had a staggeringly long run well into the late 90s, even after it had been replaced by the more modern, Taurus-based Windstar. They used to be ubiquitous on the roads when I was a kid, and you still see them around today sometimes, often relegated to fleet use of some kind.
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Fried Okra
- 1/2 cup 1/2-inch pieces trimmed fresh okra
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 3/4 cup (packed) 1/2-inch squares Swiss chard (from about 3 large leaves)
- 4 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, divided
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 3/4 cup arborio rice or medium-grain white rice
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 15- to 16-ounce can butter beans, rinsed, drained
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese plus additional for serving
Recipe Preparation
Fried Okra
Preheat oven to 375°F. Place okra in small bowl; pour buttermilk over. Let stand 15 minutes. Drain off buttermilk.
Place cornmeal in medium bowl. Mix in salt and pepper. Add okra; toss to coat.
Heat oil in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add okra; sauté until brown on all sides, about 4 minutes. Transfer to baking sheet. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm in 375°F oven 5 minutes before using.
Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add chard and toss until wilted and tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. Bring broth to simmer in large saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to very low and keep broth warm.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; sauté until soft but not brown, about 2 minutes. Add rice; stir to coat well, about 3 minutes. Add wine; simmer until wine evaporates, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Add 1 cup broth. Simmer until absorbed, stirring almost constantly, about 2 minutes. Continue to add broth, 1/2 cup at a time, simmering until broth is absorbed each time and rice is creamy and just tender, stirring almost constantly, about 18 minutes longer. Mix in chard, then beans, 1 tablespoon Parmesan, and 1 tablespoon butter. Season risotto with salt and pepper.
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I have managed to create a home network of sorts between my desktop with windows 7 and my laptop running Precise Pangolin using probably more than a dozen different tutorials I have read here and elsewhere on the net. I have installed and configured Samba, made my folders "shared" and basically done everything I had to do multiple times and what I have is the following:
Firstly, I can see the shared Windows folders from the Ubuntu machine but I can only access the Windows public folders - not the other shared folders. When I try and access the non-public shared folders, I get an error "Unable to mount drive". Is that normal - is one not supposed to access folders that are not public folders, even if the are shared?
Secondly, the Ubuntu folders are not even visible from Windows - it's not in the Windows network at all. (Maybe my procedure to make the Ubuntu folders is flawed. The tutorials all say right click the folder and select the share option in properties, but you can't do it that way in 12.04.)
So all I have is partial, one-way access between my two operating systems.
Can anyone shed some light on this? A re-cap on the steps and procedures to establish the network would be appreciated.
EDIT: I've done some more tweaking and now, when I click on the shared Win folders, I'm asked for a password. I have not set a username and password. I don't have a password for Windows and my samba username and password don't work.
I still can't see my Ubuntu machine from Windows - even with the IP address.


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The Association of Communitarian Health Services (ASECSA) is a transnational, religiously influenced health program in Central America created during the Cold War. ASECSA was founded in 1978 by a small group of international health professionals with ties to programs started by Catholic and Protestant clergy and laity in Guatemala's western highlands in the 1960s. It introduced a model of healthcare in which Maya health promoters and midwives became partners in healing rather than objects to be cured. Support for the health programs and ASECSA came from secular and religious international agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), German Misereor, Catholic Relief Services, and the World Council of Churches. ASECSA was founded to disseminate knowledge of popular health education strategies used by health promoters and midwives to provide preventive and curative medical services to their communities. The education methods grew from Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and its use by religious agents influenced by liberation theology. Although it was founded in Guatemala, ASECSA's publications and meetings attracted participation by health professionals and paraprofessionals from Mexico, Central America, and even the Caribbean. Ecumenical religious centers affiliated with liberation theology in the 1960s and 1970s facilitated the development of popular health programs that played a defining role in the region.
Keywords: health conditions in Guatemala, health promoters, religion and health, medical mission, health and international aid, private voluntary organizations, health activism
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