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"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that
something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible,
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Searl Effect Generator
This slow motion animation depicts the SEG fully assembled & operating.
The Searl Effect Generator (SEG) functions along the principles of a linear induction motor (LIM), but designed around a circular track for continuous motion of movable rotors. It is a magnetic prime mover of electromagnetic multi-phased cylindrical rollers over fixed stator rings and free of any mechanical wear or friction.
The SEG's stators and rollers are magnetic components uniquely magnetized or imprinted with matching magnetic pole patterns.
While the neodymium layer serves as a source or reservoir of electron charges that are drawn out by electromagnetic induction. These redial currents though the rollers makes for mechnical motion at right angles to both the electric and magnetic fields.
The SEG configuration of rollers in motion, cuts through the magnetic flux with a unique cycloid pattern that is superimposed over an orbit around the circumference of the stator. In this manner, each roller can also induce eddy currents of mutual induction between the copper surfaces to form a frictionless 'magnetic bearing' as it generates radial electrical potentials. Frictionless operation enables the SEG to operate without physical wear and thus enabling it to operate with a service expectancy of a lifetime.
Technical Definition of a Surface Operating SEG
A Plate cross-sectional view showing the four material component layers
The generator consists of three stator rings (called Plates) that are composed of four distinctively different materials concentrically layered to each other and fixed to a base. Surrounding each of the Plates is rotors (called rollers) constructed with the same materials but are free to rotate around the Plates. The inner most Plate typically has 12 rollers, 22 on the second stage and 32 on the final Plate. Surrounding the outer most rollers are conventional electromagnets, which by way of magnetic induction taps energy out of the rapid passing of magnetized rollers. These inductive pickup coils are connected in various configurations to supply AC power at a variety of desired voltage and current levels to suit residential or industrial applications.
The SEG is defined as a device constructed of 2,124 component parts that make up 3 plates and 66 roller sets. 12 of the 2,124 components make the 3 plates that act as reaction components. 2,112 components are employed to create 66 roller sets that also act as active components. Each roller set consists of 8 segments constructed from 32 components.
Each segment cannot be less than 34 grams in weight, as the law of the squares defines that value as the lowest value suitable for the reasonable generation of electricity. Therefore the smallest roller set must weigh 272 grams, making a grand total of 2,244 grams per roller set for the smallest surface bound SEG.
The SEG is a step up rotary transformer. In fact it's a 'three rotary transformers' operational system, within the whole unit. The inner transformer output is fed in to the input of the second plate which increases the output of the second unit, which output feeds as an input to the final unit, thereby increasing its final output to a very high voltage. The output windings can be designed to step down the output to a standard 240 volts at the rate of about 15 Kilowatts for a home unit.
From 1946 up to 1968 the Searl Effect was referred to as magnetic bubbles in motion as it was explained in John's early newsletters. In 1968, it became clear that these magnetic bubbles contained particles in a set manner and that there was a set pattern to how many bubbles were present in the material. Because of this finding, Searl dropped the term 'magnetic bubbles' and replace it with the term 'magnetic quantum material' and released these details in a newsletter which has since been reproduced in one of Searl's books a few years ago. A laboratory examination also agrees that somehow the material changes its state when produced in this manner.
When the rollers are brought into close proximity to the SEG plate,
the SEG resonant magnetic field causes electrons to be drawn
into and accelerated through the machine. This process is assisted by
the highly electron-attracting or capturing effect of the neodymium layer.
The unique mechanical and material arrangement of the SEG pulses the neodymium to continually release and replace the surplus electrons that provides both mechanical and electrical power.
View here a video demonstration of the unit (Courtesy of the Searl team).
This SEG mockup is a recent development towards a working prototype which demonstrates many of the core principles of the SEG in motion.
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This is the next funding stage for the 2020 investment programme being developed by the transmission companies to help meet carbon targets.
It follows the decision in January 2010 to fund an initial £319 million of investment.
More than £80 million of the ugrade cash will be spent by National Grid Electricity Transmission and Scottish Power Transmission on projects to increase the amount of electricity that can flow between the high-voltage networks of England and Scotland.By 2020 renewables are expected to supply around 30% of UK electricity, up from roughly 7% today.
Wind alone will supply some 20%, with increased amounts of wind generation sited away from centres of population - much of it offshore and in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.The existing electricity network is inadequate to meet the demands of these more dispersed and often variable forms of generation.


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The final stage of a Hampshire education is a two-semester project or paper done during the fourth year. In addition to finishing this major project/paper, Div III students must also complete two "advanced educational activities," one each semester. These can be upper-level courses or relevant internships, teaching assistantships, etc.
Students begin to formulate their plans for Div III during the spring of their third year, or sixth semester, in a manner similar to how they formulated Div II two years earlier. They talk with faculty 1) to find a two-person committee, one chair and one member, to oversee their Div IIIs and 2) to draw up, in collaboration with their committees, a Div III contract that describes their Div III plan. These are finalized early in the fall, or seventh, semester.
The Div III committee usually interacts with the student considerably more often than the typical Div II committee does. It might meet with the student once every other week or even, particularly in the final semester, once a week, to supervise progress on the Div III project. When the project or paper is finished, the Div III committee has a final meeting with the student, and the chair, with input from the member, writes an evaluation of the student's Div III work.
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ERBIL, Iraq, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Top international oil companies operating in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave are heading for a showdown with Baghdad, which brands their deals with the independence-minded Kurds as hugely detrimental to Iraq's drive to become a major oil power.
"The dispute highlights a power struggle over oil between Erbil, the Kurdish capital, and Baghdad, which wants oil companied to focus on large but financially less attractive southern oilfields so it can meet national crude production targets," the Financial Times reported.
Kurdistan has signed production contracts with more than 40 companies in recent years, mostly small companies and wildcatters. But deals with major outfits like Exxon Mobil, who led the way into Kurdistan in October 2011, and more recently Chevron, Total of France and Russia's Gazprom, have dramatically changed the equation.
They've incensed the coalition government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, for whom quadrupling Iraq's national oil production to 10 million-12 million barrels per day in the next few years is paramount.
The Financial Times quoted Toby Dodge, an Iraq specialist at the London School of Economics, as saying, "With the big majors going north and getting much better terms, Exxon has to be punished -- otherwise Iraqi oil policy falls to pieces.
"What can the Iraqi government do that doesn't scare the majors off? That's what they're wrestling with," observed Dodge, who has advised oil companies on working in Iraq.
The deals with the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil have became a serious threat to Baghdad not just because the companies defied the central government, but because it fears this will encourage the Kurds' long-cherished ambition of an independent homeland with oil and gas as its economic base.
That could seriously impede Baghdad's energy strategy, on which postwar reconstruction hinges, while bolstering the aspirations of other regions that have been talking of more autonomy.
These include most notably the Shiite-dominated south where two-thirds of Iraq's known oil reserves of 143.1 billion barrels are located.
Maliki, aghast at the prospect of seeing Baghdad-controlled oil reserves reduced, has found himself with few viable options in blocking the shift toward Kurdistan by major oil companies he needs to develop Iraq's megafields and generate the revenue for reconstruction.
Kurdistan sits on 45 billion barrels of oil and that figure is likely to swell as exploration expands.
The KRG at present can produce some 150,000 bpd but expects to boost that 200,000 bpd by October, with 1 million bpd a possibility.
At present, that's pumped into the state pipeline network, with twin export lines running from the northern Kirkuk oilfields -- which the Kurds claim is historically theirs: another dispute with Baghdad -- to Turkey's Ceyhan terminal on the Mediterranean.
But already the KRG is trucking modest amounts to northern neighbor Turkey, which despite a history of conflict with the Kurds is becoming the KRG's most important ally.
Turkey, which has ambitions of becoming the regional energy hub, has offered to build a 1.5 million bpd pipeline from landlocked Kurdistan to Ceyhan that will bypass Iraq's export grid.
The regional politics remain extremely sensitive on this. Turkey, which has problems with its own secessionist Kurds, is hesitant about fostering notions of independence among Iraq's Kurds, but the idea has deepened Baghdad's concerns.
So for the moment, Nouri still has a few cards to play. He cannot take harsh retaliatory action against Exxon Mobil and the others because that would scare off future investment that's still badly needed.
At the same time, while the KRG's terms are more liberal and potentially more lucrative than the restrictive, standard flat-fee production deals that Baghdad insists upon, Exxon Mobil and others cannot expect the same scale of production in Kurdistan, even if the pipelines to Turkey are ever built.
The Kurds, not yet prepared to make a final break with Baghdad, have an Achilles heel: the alliance between their two main factions, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
The KDP, led by KRG President Massoud Barzani, controls northern Kurdistan, the PUK, led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, dominates the south.
They have a long history of rivalry that has frequently erupted into open warfare over the last few decades, even when they were supposedly fighting Saddam Hussein's repressive regime.
Maliki may seek to exploit this tribal curse as the two parties renegotiate a 2005 power-sharing agreement.


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Microsoft's launch of its first-ever computer, in the form of a tablet called 'Surface', marks a major shift by the tech giant into the hardware space, as it seeks to replicate the success enjoyed by rival Apple, technology analysts tell CNBC.
"Microsoft's Surface is a premium class of device, which has integrated software, hardware and services," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group told CNBC on Tuesday. "It is positioned directly against Apple. This is Microsoft trying to do a better job than Apple at all three."
Unlike Apple , the software giant has relied in the past three decades on computer manufacturers to produce and market machines running its Windows franchise, which it's been struggling to re-invent. Apple, on the other hand, has adopted an integrated hardware-and-software approach, using its own operating system to power devices like the iPad and iPhone – a strategy that's proven to be a big success.
Enderle says the specifications of the new tablet - particularly the optical display – indicate that Microsoft is now ramping up its focus on hardware. "The Surface's optical display is the first to come into the market. You can play games on the device that you can't on the iPad," he said.
Some other features of the tablet include a 10.6 inch screen, a built-in stand, keyboard, plus front and rear cameras.
But according to Andrew Milroy, Vice President, ICT Research, Asia-Pacific at Frost & Sullivan, Microsoft may be a "little late" in the game. Windows has a negligble presence in the tablet operating system space, compared to Apple's iOS and Google's Android, which have 63 and 35 percent market share respectively.
He also raised concerns about the Surface potentially straining Microsoft's relations with companies like Dell , Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard which are reportedly developing their own tablets which will run on Windows 8.
While Enderle believes the Surface shows potential, the success of the product will ultimately depend on how much money Microsoft is willing to dedicate to the marketing and distribution of the product.
"On paper (the Surface) is a strong offering. If Microsoft spends whatever it takes to market and seed the product, it will be a success," he said.
"It's a huge marketing effort. A lot of the weight is going to be on the convincing consumers that Microsoft's product is better. This is potential for it to be a lot better than the iPad, but if they (Microsoft) can't explain it to the public, then they lose," he added.
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WISE, Va., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of telehealth services is expanding rapidly in southwestern Virginia, and Verizon is helping The University of Virginia's College at Wise lead the way by keeping its nursing curriculum up to speed with the technology.
A $20,000 Verizon Foundation grant is funding the development of one of Virginia's first telehealth nursing curricula at the Department of Nursing at UVa-Wise. The project is a partnership among UVa-Wise, the Healthy Appalachia Institute and the University of Virginia Office of Telemedicine.
Telehealth is emerging as a critical resource, enabling care to be provided to patients in rural locations such as Southwest Virginia by increasing access to specialty consultations, providing home monitoring, and helping to alleviate significant workforce shortages in primary and specialty health care fields.
The project's goal, preparing nurses with the knowledge and skills required to maximize the use of emerging and evolving telehealth technologies to improve health care access and services, is being implemented in the college's nursing curriculum this fall. The project also includes a regional telehealth symposium for practicing health care professionals, which will address crucial topics such as the ways in which telemedicine fits into patient and community health care to emerging uses of telehealth.
In addition, other Virginia colleges and universities will be able to use the UVa-Wise telenursing curriculum once it's developed.
"We are so appreciative of Verizon's support to help us better prepare our nursing students to use telehealth in the effective management of chronic disease, screening for diabetic retinopathy and other health care concerns," said Cathleen Collins, chair of the UVa-Wise Department of Nursing. "This will greatly benefit the health outcomes of our citizens."
B. Keith Fulton, Verizon Virginia vice president-government affairs, said, "Verizon and its employees are part of the fabric of the communities we serve, and we champion efforts to apply technology to meet challenges such as rural health care. The UVa-Wise telenursing curriculum will build the skill set that will help health care professionals provide improved access to health care services in the most rural areas of Virginia."
In addition to its Foundation support of telehealth-related programs such as those in Southwest Virginia, Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions offers a comprehensive portfolio of managed, information technology and consulting services for the health care industry to help transform patient care delivery, enhance access to care and better manage costs.
About the UVa-Wise Department of Nursing:
The University of Virginia's College at Wise is the only four-year state-supported college, and the only branch of the University of Virginia, in Southwest Virginia. The Department of Nursing offers a bachelor of science in nursing, including an RN to BSN program, and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
About the Healthy Appalachia Institute:
The Healthy Appalachia Institute's mission is to improve the health, education, environment and prosperity for residents of central Appalachia by collaborating across communities and organizations, generating and implementing new ideas, and engaging the social, economic and scientific issues that exist at the interface of health and the Appalachian culture. HAI is located on the campus of UVa-Wise and is a member of the National Network of Public Health Institutes.
About the UVa Office of Telemedicine:
The Office of Telemedicine at the University of Virginia has been offering telemedicine services since 1994 and has completed 22,671 patient encounters as of April 15, 2011, saving Virginians and the environment more than 6 million miles of travel.
About the Verizon Foundation:
The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, uses its technology, financial resources and partnerships to address critical social issues, with a focus on education and domestic violence prevention. In 2010, the foundation awarded nearly $67 million to nonprofit agencies in the U.S. and abroad. Through Verizon Volunteers, one of the nation's largest employee volunteer programs, Verizon employees and retirees have volunteered nearly 6 million hours of community service since 2000. For more information on the foundation, visit http://www.verizonfoundation.org. In 2010, nonprofit groups in Virginia received more than $3.7 million from the Verizon Foundation. In addition, Verizon employees volunteered more than 53,300 hours to nonprofit groups throughout Virginia last year.


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Man arrested for 'several years' of child molestation
DALLAS, Ga. -- A Paulding County man was arrested last week for molesting two young girls.
Investigators learned that 23-year-old Dakota James McNeil had been abusing his victims "over the course of the last several years," according to Paulding County Sheriff's spokesperson Ashley Henson.
McNeil was taken into custody on Oct. 4 for an incident of sexual abuse that took place at a house on Mona Place in Dallas on Sept. 11, Henson said.
Over the course of the investigation, police determined that McNeil began molesting one of his victims when she was only 5 years old, according to Henson.
McNeil faces several charges, including two counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of aggravated sodomy.
Henson said McNeil could possibly have more victims. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 770-445-6105.


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Quick Take for Thursday, October 23, 2008
(Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings)
ABC Earns Second on Thursday in Adults 18-49 and Delivers the No. 1 Position on the Evening in Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34
ABC's "Ugly Betty" Delivers its Best Numbers in Viewers and Adults 18-49 Since its Premiere, While Ranking No. 1 at 8pm for the 5th Straight Week in Women 18-34
"Betty" Builds from the Prior Week Among Adults 18-49 for the 3rd Week in a Row
ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" Stands as Thursday's No. 1 Program Among Adults 18-34 and Across All Key Women Demos for the Second Week Running
"Grey's" Wins at 9pm in Adults 18-34, Beating NBC by 20% and CBS by 61%
ABC's "Life on Mars" Posts Increases Over its Week-Ago Premiere and
Beats CBS' "Eleventh Hour" Among Adults 18-34 and Key Women
Thursday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
Opposite Game 2 of Fox's "2008 World Series," ABC earned second on Thursday among Adults 18-49 (3.5/9). The Network won the evening among Adults 18-34 (3.2/9) and Women 18-34 (4.9/13), taking the top position on the night with Women 18-34 in all 5 Thursdays this season.
"Ugly Betty" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
ABC's "Ugly Betty" delivered a best since premiere performance in both Total Viewers (8.7 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.8/8). In fact, it was the 3rd straight week for "Ugly Betty" to post week-to-week increases in the key adult sales demo. Additionally, the program registered season highs among Teens 12-17 (1.4/5) and Kids 2-11 (1.2/4). The program towered over NBC's comedies by a season best 3.0 million viewers and by 22% in Adults 18-49 ("My Name is Earl"/"Kath & Kim" = 5.7 million & 2.3/6 in AD18-49). Besting its nearest competition in the hour by 19% in Women 18-34 (3.8/11 vs. 3.2/9 � CBS' "Survivor: Gabon"), "Betty" ranked No. 1 at 8 p.m. for the 5th straight week among young women.
"Grey's Anatomy" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" took second in the 9 o'clock hour in Total Viewers (14.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (5.3/13). The ABC medical drama led the hour by 20% in Adults 18-34 over second-place NBC (5.3/14 vs. 4.4/11). "Grey's" outperformed third-place "C.S.I." by 61% in Adults 18-34 (5.3/14 vs. 3.3/9).
Please Note: In one of the most competitive time periods on television, with Game 2 of the World Series in the competitive mix this week, it's likely there was an even higher than normal amount of DVR recording occurring in the Thursday's 9 o'clock hour this week. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" will be a definite beneficiary once all the DVR playback is counted in the Live + 7 Day numbers, as the ABC medical drama is TV's most-recorded and played-back show. This season "Grey's Anatomy" is the biggest actual gainer from the originally-reported numbers (Live + Same Day) to the finalized DVR playback numbers (Live + 7 Day), surging by +2.7 million viewers and gaining an additional +1.3 Adult 18-49 rating points (+18%).
� For the second straight week, "Grey's" was the evening's No. 1 television program with Adults 18-34 and across all key Women demographics (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).
"Life on Mars" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC's freshman drama, "Life on Mars," beat CBS' freshman drama, "Eleventh Hour," among Adults 18-34 (2.0/6 vs. 1.9/6) and Women 18-34 (3.0/8 vs. 2.4/6).
� "Life on Mars" built on its week-ago series premiere in Adults 18-34 (2.0/6 vs. 1.9/6), Women 18-34 (3.0/8 vs. 2.6/7) and Women 18-49 (3.5/9 vs. 3.3/8).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 28% currently, from 20% at the same point in 2007. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day Ratings), 10/23/08.


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In the southeast corner of Lakeville, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis, Mendell, Inc has come a long way since its founding in 1965. The company started redefining itself in 1992, the year Bryan Bartz became general manager. Until then, it had focused on defense work, which was already waning when Bartz arrived, and which was soon supplanted with semiconductor, data storage and general equipment.
In 1999, Bartz bought the company, initiated strategic planning and uncovered company strengths, capabilities and competition. Discoveries included good employee knowledge of medical device manufacturing, and skills and values that fit the medical market – being meticulous about accuracy, and being driven to get things done.
Influenced by its location in the heart of Medical Alley – named for the hundreds of healthcare companies in the region – the company found its identity. To realize it, Mendell pursued medical prospects and developed a customer base that provides 90% of its business. The 57 Mendell employees use assorted technology, including 28 machine tools and three seats of GibbsCAM software, to produce implantable devices, surgical instruments and diagnostic equipment, as well as parts for aerospace, defense and chromatographic equipment.
"Our success is almost entirely attributable to our employees," says Steve Storlie, VP of sales and marketing. "Their commitment and desire to do things, and get them right, made us successful. With the best technology, we would not be who we are without people who use it to the best advantage. We are a product of great people, cooperation, and great technology."
When asked about Mendell's ability to retain quality employees, Bartz responds, "If you give your employees a company that is employee-friendly, that has an ultraclean environment, a family atmosphere, excellent benefits, and you maintain a practice of praise and recognition, the retention of employees is not too difficult."
Non-traditional benefits, such as annual fishing trips, in both summer and during Minnesota ice fishing season, also help. One benefit derives from Bartz' affinity to continuous learning, which helps both employees and company: Mendell pays a good portion of expenses for any employee who wishes to attend IMTS – the International Manufacturing Technology Show.
Word-of-mouth attracts the highly experienced who wish to test their skills, while a formalized training program entices the younger. Bartz, who selects employees with considerable skill, also heavily weighs their personality and attitude. "Mendell is aggressive in seeking the less experienced machinists and mentoring them to raise their skill sets to those of a highly skilled machinist," he says.
To the degree that technology factors into achievements, Storlie gives much credit to GibbsCAM, because the software's programming efficiency speeds the design-to-production process. "It's great for family-of-parts, typical of medical devices, because copying data from one part to another is drag-and-drop easy. We make and modify related parts without replicating effort, reducing hours at the control to minutes on a computer. We achieve a better finish, control tolerances to reduce variability, and really cut cycle time. Speed, consistency and accuracy are huge advantages."
For Storlie, the software's virtual aspects are powerful by themselves. "Visualization and simulation are invaluable sales tools. The software enables preliminary work without machining, and it's terrific for communicating ideas, capabilities and processes to customers."
By experience and reputation, Mendell's skills drive some customers to rely on them at the design stage, disclosing new product designs early to solicit ideas. "Our customers and their market demand high quality and aesthetics in complex parts," Storlie says. "We collaborate at the outset and through several iterations before the prototype, long before prints are developed."
Applications Engineer and Head Programmer Jeremy Thon, who is involved at the beginning, explains, "Customers describe intent, and when possible, they provide tolerances for functional features. We study the CAD model, sometimes use GibbsCAM for virtual machining, and offer economic or aesthetic alternatives that retain structural integrity."
The greatest challenge in making medical devices is not technical. Purity comes first; process traceability runs closely behind. The latter is mostly achieved by Mendell's continued ISO certification, while careful procedures, such as using no coolants on implantable plastics, address requirements for purity.
Mendell uses several tricks to increase accuracy and shorten lead time, beginning with fixtures. GibbsCAM software is all encompassing, allowing them to do everything without returning to CAD. Mendell uses its solid model part geometry to make the fixture first, and to achieve perfect mating between part and fixture. The software renders them together and displays the fit between them, saving Mendell a lot of time.
Mendell strives to manufacture familiesof-parts, often working with an implant family of 14 different sizes. GibbsCAM cuts days off programming, setup and machining. "Worst case," Thon says, "we make interchangeable fixtures for the operator to swap, designed to locate a differently sized part at the same zero point as the previous part. We preserve our machine offsets and save the critical dial-in time of each part."
A spinal fusion cage, made of medicallypure PEEK, with complex geometry requiring 5-axis machining, exemplifies family-of-parts. The parts are approximately 0.300" wide and range from 3/4" to 1" in length, the largest being about 0.600" high. Each has cutouts at different angles, includes angled edge scallops, face angles and holes for tantalum pins to display orientation in radiography, since plastic doesn't reflect X-rays. All finishing and deburring is done on machine to prevent introduction of impurities.
The customer supplied CAD models, but no prints. Mendell requested four or five critical dimensions, which were provided in a minimal drawing. Thon took the first SolidWorks model directly into GibbsCAM and set locations for tipping and rotating on the trunnion-mounted 5C snap head, through which the 1" round stock would be held. With the model located in space above the rotational axes, he aligned a plane with the workpiece, and defined a plane for each cutting-tool approach angle, then extracted geometry from the model and determined cutter sizes. "The trick is determining orientation, angles of approach, and selecting all necessary geometry," says Thon. "After that, tool selection is easy."
Mendell uses the Profiler, which Thon says is a great tool for extracting geometry and driving toolpaths. He adds, "Since customer-provided solids are not always at print nominals, and we need accuracy, we extract what geometry we can, then use GibbsCAM to dimension and recreate the geometry – sometimes the solid itself – when necessary."
The software also aids in selecting tools and eliminating form cutters. By changing angles of approach, Thon usually accommodates a standard cutter. When necessary, he designs a tool with the Tool Tile, tests it with Cut Part Rendering, and makes a print to have it made. After tools are defined, he runs all operations with Cut Part Rendering to ensure accuracy
When the first part in a family is completed, he places the next CAD model in the same location, retaining previous parameters. This saves huge amounts of time, especially for prototypes. "Setup for 14 different sizes, to make 10 of each, consumes a lot of time. GibbsCAM eliminates a couple of hours of setup and programming for each part," Thon says. This also eliminates machine change-over and idle time.
Mendell doesn't yet program Swiss turn machines with CAM, but GibbsCAM helped run the machines through the prototype and initial production of a titanium pedicle screw system, another family-of-parts application, with screws in six sizes, up to 1.25" long. Three or more of the assemblies fasten a rod across vertebrae with a swivel screw, connector and cap.
The production of the screw and connector is done on a Tornos Swiss turn, while the prototype and production of connector and cap were done on a turning center and 5-axis mill, using GibbsCAM turning and milling. "Again, we had no print," Thon says. "We worked closely with the customer to achieve the fit and function for a successful design. The saddle, a radiused component within the connector, accommodates the rod. So when the screw is implanted, turning the cap permanently locks the rod, connector, cap and screw in place."
The process for the connector and cap was similar to that of the fusion cage. Thon located the parts in space, laid out planes, extracted edge geometry, defined tooling, and programmed them for 5-axis milling, feeding bar stock through a 5C snap head, and slit-sawing off the parts, transferring them to the turning center for finishing.
Implementing GibbsCAM for Swiss machines had not been a priority because turned parts are easily programmed by "hard keying" at the control. However, increasingly complex parts are driving Mendell to begin the process. Until recently, programmers merely provided operators shape geometry and intersection radii from CAD models to make hard keying easier, occasionally providing lathe code, which operators paste into Swiss programs. "Transferring the connector code to the Tornos was much trickier," says Thon, "but GibbsCAM facilitated it by generating code for lathes with live tooling, which we pasted into Swiss programs. The screw and connector are now made entirely on Swiss machines."
Storlie is excited about the recent developments. Having just bought another new Tornos Swiss machine and two more 5-axis machines, Mendell is in the process of fully implementing GibbsCAM for Swiss machines. "We continue to add complex equipment, and we rely on GibbsCAM to drive it," he says, "so we can keep machining increasingly complex, aethetically appealing components for the medical industry."


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Torrington native delivers anti-bullying message in film, 'Coexist in Classroom'
Torrington >> As the country is now in the process of targeting issues like bullying and violence, especially in the wake of the Newtown shooting a few weeks ago, a short documentary directed by Torrington native Ben Pender-Cudlip, has sparked wide-spread attention since its release on Jan. 7.
Pender-Cudlip, 26, a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, used ninth graders from Arlington High School in Massachusetts as stars of his new film, "Coexist in Classroom." The film aimed at creating public conversations about reducing violence in schools, culture, and communities in the United States.
Pender-Cudlip, raised in Torrington since the age of three, moved to Boston in 2001 and graduated from Bard College at Simon's Rock. He then decided to become a documentary filmmaker and later founded Unrendered Films, a company that directs nonfiction films that explore the common experiences and feelings as human beings for foundation, nonprofit and corporate clients.
Working with Adam Mazo, director of Coexist, a Boston-based educational documentary film project, he was approached to direct the short film.
"I have always wanted to turn social interests into change," Pender-Cudlip said.
The five-minute film is part of the campaign launched by Coexist and focuses on the student's reactions to bullying, violence and genocide. It is also in the hands of 3,000 plus educators across the country and world.
"It's fascinating to watch students talk about genocides even though it's on the other side of the world," he said. "It's through the film that the kids are able to learn and connect."
The mission of the project was "to build social and emotional skills in young people to increase appreciation for difference and reduce tolerance for violence in all its forms: name-calling, teasing, pushing, shoving, bullying, and hate-crimes."
The feature film, Coexist, has been featured in film festivals, conferences, schools and universities around the world. It examines the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 through personal native stories and is designed to help counter violence in schools, communities and culture.
"The more we can examine these issues, especially in schools, the more change we'll be able to receive," Pender-Cudlip said.
Mazo said his initial motivation to create Coexist stemmed from an interview with a Rwandan mother, who was viciously attacked and lost her husband and three children during the genocide. She decided to forgive those who harmed her family and currently works with wives of men who killed.
"Hearing her speak I felt that I had to share her story with the world. Agnes teaches us that even when neighbors do something horrific they are still human beings, and we have the choice of how to treat them in response," he said. "We can choose retribution and we can also choose restoration."
This in turn is something that children around the world are understanding through the Coexist project, according to Mazo and Pender-Cudlip.
"Students are aware of bullying more than ever before. They see bullying and anti-bullying campaigns everywhere," Mazo expressed. "Students need to spend time together discussing how to address these realities, Coexist creates the space for them to do that."
Mazo said that conversations from the students, shown in Pender-Cudliup's short film, are an essential component of any community's efforts "to prevent horrific violence like the attack in Newtown last month."
The conversations are not a cure-all, but they can be a starting point for healing and avoiding new violence, according to the Coexist project.
Reach Sarah Bogues at 860-489-3121, ext. 328. Find an error in the story? Send an email to email@example.com.


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HIT Policy Committee sent out an email with a request for comments on meaningful use stage 3. Here's the email that was sent out:
Speak up now to help ONC's Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) develop Stage 3 meaningful use recommendations that will target a collaborative model of care with shared responsibility and accountability, building upon previous meaningful use objectives through the Request for Comment.
The comment period is now open. Each item that the HITPC is requesting comment on has been given an identification number in order to streamline the accumulation of comments. Please use this ID number when submitting comments. Submit a comment online.
The deadline for comments is 11:59p.m. ET on January 14, 2013.
Following the analysis of the comments received throughout the comment period, the HITPC intends to revisit these recommendations in its public meetings in the first quarter of 2013.
Also, for those Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), the last day for you to register and submit attestation in fiscal year 2012 for the Medicare EHR program is November 30, 2012. For eligible hospitals and CAHs, this means that they must successfully attest to meeting meaningful use to be eligible to receive an incentive payment for FY 2012.
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MEN'S FINAL FOUR: Louisville rallies to avoid shocker against Wichita State (photos)
ATLANTA -- Kevin Ware couldn't stay seated for this one.
As he watched the way Louisville's backups came through to fill the void following his season-ending injury last week, Ware just had to stand and cheer. He even managed to pull himself up to the elevated court and join a late timeout during Saturday's Final Four semifinal against Wichita State.
"I wasn't thinking," Ware said. "I was just trying to get in the huddle to get around the team. I was just telling the guys (that) defense is going to win this game."
It helped that their leader off the bench, Luke Hancock, scored 20 points and another backup, Tim Henderson, added two 3-pointers.
Ware, who only six days ago had surgery to repair a gruesome compound fracture in his right leg, was on crutches as he followed his teammates onto the court.
He remained seated for most of the game as Louisville trailed the Shockers.
Louisville was behind 47-35 midway through the second half. Ware clapped and cheered as the Cardinals rallied, finally taking the lead with 6:30 remaining on a 3-pointer by Hancock.
Then, with the game tied 58-all with about 5 minutes to go, Ware stood and clapped and remained on his feet until the Cardinals took a 60-58 lead. Putting his weight on his good left leg, the sophomore guard stood again, using the elevated court for support, in the closing minutes of Louisville's 72-68 win.
"The bench won the game for us tonight," said Louisville coach Rick Pitino. "Unbelievable display."
Ware stood again and smiled as Russ Smith, who led the Cardinals with 21 points, sank two free throws with 4.9 seconds remaining.
Smith said Louisville's players needed time to recover from the shock of seeing the horrific injury to Ware.
"When something like that happens, it's really devastating emotionally," Smith said. "When that happens, it really bothers you physically and mentally. I think the guys did a great job of stepping up and blocking out all the negativity and looking at the positive side that Ware's OK."
As the game ended, Ware said he convinced a security guard to allow his father, Kevin Ware Sr., through the crowd. The two embraced in a long hug. Ware said he hadn't seen his father, who lives in New York, "in a year or two."
Ware was missed by his Louisville teammates, who without him lacked the depth at guard to effectively press Wichita State for the whole game. The Cardinals had just enough to win without him.
There was support for Ware from fans and his teammates at the Georgia Dome.
Fans loudly cheered for Ware before the game as the guard, on crutches and surrounded by a crowd of photographers, followed his teammates onto the floor. He was positioned in a chair at the end of the bench, with his injured leg resting on a stack of towels atop another chair.
He was wearing his No. 5 jersey, red sneakers and red and black camouflage shorts.
"I knew I was going to wear my jersey tonight just to show them I was there for them," Ware said.
The top-seeded Cardinals' backcourt was too thin without Ware, failing to dictate the pace on either end of the floor.
With Ware watching from beside the Louisville bench, Wichita State had four turnovers early in the game and didn't give the ball away again for about 26 minutes -- well past the midpoint of the second half. The Shockers finished with 11 turnovers.
That was not the routine for Louisville, which with Ware healthy ranked second in the nation in turnover margin while forcing almost 19 giveaways per game.
Ware signed with Louisville from Rockdale County High School, about 30 miles east of Atlanta.
Throughout much of a back-and-forth first half, Ware watched the game passively. Until the final minutes, he was unable to join the Cardinals during timeouts, with the team huddled on the raised court above the bench.
Ware's right tibia snapped and broke through his skin in last Sunday's Midwest Regional victory over Duke. The brutal injury ended his postseason as a player but didn't end his role as a teammate. Before he was taken off the court that evening, he told the shocked Louisville players to "win this game."
Louisville players paid tribute to Ware before their national semifinal, wearing T-shirts over their jerseys in pregame warmups with the words "Ri5e to the Occasion." Louisville's pep band also wore the T-shirts.
A Louisville fan held a sign reading "Wa5e them out!" Another fan held up a sign with Ware's photo and the promise "I'll be back." Another sign: "Win for Ware."
"It was great," Ware said. "I appreciate all the support. I just want to say thank you to all the people who have been supporting me."
Ware had surgery Sunday night, was released two days later and on Wednesday flew with the team to Atlanta.
Ware was boosted by strong support from fans and celebrities. He said he heard from some of his idols, including Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Charles Barkley. Even first lady Michelle Obama and the Rev. Jesse Jackson sent messages of support. The surgery, travel and sudden celebrity combined to leave the sophomore drained by the time he reached Atlanta. Ware was so exhausted he fell asleep at the team's dinner table Thursday night. That convinced team officials to decide he needed a full day of rest Friday so he would be able to attend Saturday's game.


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Jews - the Beast and False Prophet - and Rome's Destruction
If the Jews fail to take their warnings seriously about imminent EU occupation of Jerusalem and Europe's wannabe divine emperor polluting the Third Temple, the Temple of God will be desecrated by the son of perdition, the so-called Antichrist.
Two Witnesses to Testify in Jerusalem Against Europe
Two controversial figures, referred to in the Book of Revelation as two witnesses, two olive trees, two candlesticks and two prophets, will boldly declare GOD'S JUDGMENTS and proclaim the LORD'S CONTROVERSY (Micah 3:8; 6:1-2), delivering a BLISTERING MESSAGE and a SCORCHING CONDEMNATION -- just before NUCLEAR FIRE AND BRIMSTONE RAINS DOWN upon those who've rejected GOD'S ULTIMATUM (Isaiah 41:27; 30:27).
Jerusalem's Fall, Division and Liberation
Christ is not working backwards, but Flurry has got it backwards! Zechariah 14 clearly states international opposition against Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem, leading to the European Union seizing the whole city -- "THE CITY shall be taken" -- and following that, undoubtedly trying to appease the Arabs, the European Union forcibly divides Jerusalem.
Conflict in Jerusalem
They've placed barbed wire all around their "yard," freshly tarred their roof, have an Israeli flag flying & are still clearing out all the junk the Arabs threw in there for the past 7 years. It was exciting to drive through that Palestinian village as they looked on. Earlier, being hot as usual, I started to roll down my window when they reminded me it's better to be hot than get a stone in the face!
Exposing the German-Vatican Plot to Occupy Jerusalem
The one time The Traveller did run a political piece, it ruffled feathers with the local authorities. In 'Will Jerusalem become an international city?' by American writer David Ben-Ariel, readers were warned about a German-Vatican plot to take over Jerusalem, urged to take back the Temple Mount and dislodge 'as symbols of foreign occupation' Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Paint Israel Black: Jews to Lose Jerusalem!
Israel's rejection of their 1967 miracle will result in their loss of Jerusalem. Let Israel lower its flag and mourn and paint the country BLACK since Orange was crushed under "just following orders" soldiers doing their sworn enemies' dirty work....
Woe to Ariel! (Jerusalem to Suffer EU Occupation)
Isaiah 29:1
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!
Carl Sandburg, an American writer warned: "If America forgets where she came from...if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution." The same principle applies to our Jewish brethren in Israel.
Europe to Take Out Iran For Jerusalem
As the United States called upon Israel to become their virtual protectorate during Operation Desert Storm, the European Union will offer Israel guarantees of peace and security. Europe, not the overextended and highly inflated United States, will take out Iran.
Mount Zion Under Siege: Who Will Be King of the Mountain?
The Vatican has its evil eye on Jerusalem! What better place to start their siege against the Holy City than Mt. Zion? Watch for them to fortify their position and launch an all-out attack to undermine Israeli sovereignty, enlisting Jewish traitors and the international community.
Grand Master Turns Up the Heat on Jerusalem
The cauldron that is Jerusalem is having the heat turned up by a series of planned events, the concerted efforts of Roman wolves in sheep's clothing, orchestrated by the Vatican. The Roman Catholic Cult, the Babylonian Mystery religion, covets the Holy City and aims on wresting control of Ariel (Jerusalem's nickname) from Israeli sovereignty by any means necessary.
UN Resolution 181: Blueprint of the Beast?
As Hitler clearly outlined his plans in Mein Kampf (and furiously put them into practice his first opportunity), so the United Nations passed an ominous resolution in 1947 concerning the fate of Jerusalem: UN Resolution 181 demands the Holy City submit to the status of an "international city." That's a glorified term for ENEMY OCCUPATION!
From Toledo to Jerusalem
Why would a blond, "non-Jewish" American want to emmigrate to Israel? What's the connection? Especially when so few Jews in the United States are willing to make the move. What force would drive someone to travel to Israel 11 times, serve in 8 kibbutzim and even stay there during the Persian Gulf War, complete with gas mask, with his room designated as cheder atoom - "sealed room" - that other volunteers had to run to whenever the eerie sirens sounded that another Scud Missile was headed for the Promised Land?
International Opposition to Jerusalem's Liberation
The world will oppose the Return of the King of the Jews, Israel's King, but the Prophets foretell such vain opposition will literally melt away. Both the Bible and the "New Testament" reveal demonic international opposition will be raised against King Messiah to foolishly fight against His return to Jerusalem, liberating it from Gentile EU occupation. They will be history - in a flash!
God-Given Names
I was born David A. Hoover on January 10, 1960 in Bowling Green, Ohio. However, I legally changed my name to David Ben-Ariel (with the help of my Jewish lawyer) during the Spring of 1989. It cost me $300.00.
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Coors Field is being Coors Field again, with balls flying and batters partying like it's 1999. Despite the best efforts of the magic humidor, numbers are cartoonish and the only proffered explanation is that it's been extra dry in Denver this spring. Whatever the cause, the Rockies can't pitch. They've tried 10 different men in the rotation, and not a one has had success.
If you don't have a single effective starter, Jim Tracy figures, might as well maximize the contributions of the least ineffective ones. Last night was the first night of a grand experiment: a four-man starting rotation, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 70s. Between this and Joel Peralta's pine tar, it was a good day for old school baseball.
Jeremy Guthrie, with his 7.02 ERA, is out. In are Alex White (5.56), Christian Friedrich (5.60), Josh Outman (great name for a pitcher, but stil 8.41), and old head Jeff Francis (12.41 in just two starts). All four on strict 75-pitch limits, and sure enough, Outman left last night's game after four and a third, and 72 pitches. He was also bad enough to warrant being taken out without a pitch count, but these are the growing pains.
"I felt we had to do something non-conventional," said manager Jim Tracy, and this certainly qualifies. As Rob Neyer points out, the four-man rotation hasn't existed since the 1995 Royals, when Mark Gubicza, Kevin Appier, Tom Gordon, and either Jason Jacome and Chris Haney led the team to a just-under-.500 record, a mark the Rockies would kill for. So we'll see how this goes. It is just an experiment, after all. Just trying something, anything new, because the old way was inadequate and embarrassing.


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I am looking to buy my first raceboard for freerace fun/lightwind (no competition).
Around here the following is for sale
- North 2011
- North 2012
- Royal 2012 model (70 cm)
- Nomad SKD
Can anyone comment on things like durability and user-friendliness?
I have ridden a RRD K65 a few times an do fine (former windsurfer).
The Nomad looks like the attached picture
I like the looks of the RRD K70 but have been told it is more difficult to ride than other boards?
North I hear mixed about on the quality on both 2011 and 2012
Royal 2012? The 2011 quality sucked I hear?
The North 2011:
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Phonsavan is the capital of the province of Xieng Khouang in Laos. It has a population of around 40,000 and mostly consists of ethnic groups, such as the Phuan, Hmong, Khmu, and Tai Dam. Founded in the 1970s, Phonsavan is known for its green hillsides, and forests of pine trees. Villages of colorful wooden houses dot the picturesque countryside.
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