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The camera zooms for a tight shot on the pilot's face. Eyes narrow, as his concentration becomes a laser beam. Quick cut shows his gloved hand, battling the flight stick, trying to track the enemy.
Cut to the view from the cockpit. The HUD (heads-up display) is jumping all over the place as man and plane seek to lock-up the enemy plane. Suddenly the locking display changes color.
"I'm taking the shot!" the pilot's voice, stern and deadly, crackles through the radio.
Cut to his hand, as his thumb darts up to flip a cover on the top of the flight stick. Below lies another button. Instinct tells the viewer this is a special button, and to press it means horrible destruction. The pilot's thumb jabs the button. A nasty-looking missile flares to life under the plane and rockets off, leaving only a vapor trail to mark its deadly, swift passage. The camera switches to an external view, well ahead of the jet fighter. Suddenly a gigantic fireball erupts in the sky, a miniature sun of death, incinerating all within its reach.
Countless movies involving jet fighter action have played out that scene. In real life, the scene is played out without the benefit of cameras, high-priced productions and glamorous stars squinting with a gleam in their eye from beneath the pilot's helmet. In each instance, though, you are seeing the right equipment used for the right job.
For the game player, as software evolves to become more realistic, it is at the point when he or she must take up that refrain: the right tool for the right job.
For the player of flight sim, and combat flight sim games, that tool may well be the Thrustmaster Fox2 Pro Joystick, a weapon that puts the ease of flight and joy of the hunt into the game. Not only is the joystick comfortable in the hands, it holds the desktop well, through all the gyrations, twists and turns forced upon it by the pilot.
For testing this product, three games were used: Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theater, Particle Systems' beta of Independence War 2 Edge of Chaos, and two older games, Jane's F/A-18 Simulator and Origin's Wing Commander: Prophecy (Electronic Arts is the parent company of both).
The installation
Nothing could be simpler than the installation of this product. Just plug it into the USB port, and you are ready to go. If you don't have an available port, you can disconnect the USB extension and plug it in the soundboard or motherboard game port. Windows 98 or 2000 will detect the joystick, and install the appropriate drivers.
The features
This joystick has seven programmable buttons, including the Fox 2, trigger, three base buttons and two more on the handle. There is also an eight-way hat switch, easily accessible on the stick by your thumb, which will allow you to look around any three-dimensional cockpit or around the exterior of the plane. Using the Thrustmapper, Thrustmaster states that this joystick can be programmed for 56 functions.
The throttle is handled by a sliding thumb control on the base. The base itself is heavy and holds the desktop well. If you encounter any movement, it comes with four detachable suction cups.
The stick features a rubberized-texture grip where the thumb muscles make contact with it, and an enlarged hand rest approximately two inches above the top of the base, which provides a very comfortable support.
Of course, the big advantage is the twisting handle, which handles the rudder controls.
Thrustmaster has a variety of joysticks that are geared for flight sim games. The Top Gun Fox 2 Pro is priced at $39.99, while the Top Gun Fox 2 is $19.99. If you want a detachable throttle, the Top Gun Afterburner sells for $59.99 and the lowest end Top Gun stick, the Platinum Joystick, goes for $14.99. The Top Gun Afterburner Force Feedback goes for $89.99.
The verdict
Using this product on older products, like the F/A-18, produces a split decision. F/A-18 does not allow this joystick to do everything that it is capable of doing. Sure, the Fox 2 button works, but the rudder controls are disabled. You can use the Thrustmapper to set up the joystick for the game's parameters, but why remap the joystick when it is obviously the game that can't challenge the device, not the device that can't keep up with the game. Don't misunderstand: this joystick will work with older flight sim games; its capabilities just are not maximized. In Wing Commander: Prophecy, this joystick was a blast to use. Rudder controls allowed incredible ease of play when it came to rotating the small star-fighter jets, while the sensitivity of the overall control of the craft enabled the ship to dog the trail of the enemy craft like a bloodhound on the fresh trail of its prey.
In the WWII Pacific Theater, this product was nothing short of remarkable in the way it enabled me to lock up on a target and then keep it in my gun sites. In prior experience with this game, using keyboard controls and a Gravis Blackhawk joystick, the game was exceedingly tough to stay in, or even to shoot down opposing bandits. Not with the Thrustmaster product. As squad leader, it was a simple matter to lead, lock on a target and ride his tail until so riddled with bullets, he smoked, caught and fire and spun Earthward.
The experience in the IW2 beta was similar to the Wing Commander game. Control was sensitive, responsive and allowed a higher success rate than with the Gravis product that did not enable rudder control, and handled awkwardly by comparison. Think of it as the difference between a tricycle and a mountain bike, both trying to handle the same terrain.
Even my 12-year-old daughter, who disdains flight sims, enjoyed the experience of flying an aircraft. Sure, the combat wasn't something she wanted to do, but free flight was a joy.
The Thrustmaster Top Gun Fox 2 Pro is an incredible instrument that puts joy and ease of flying into flight sims. It is affordable, well constructed, and a whole lot of fun to use. While not all the older games on your shelf will utilize the full potential of this game, some will and will take on new life. As for the new games … well, the right tool for the right job.
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Thousands of protesters gathered at the capitol in Lansing during debate on the issue, some scuffling with police while trying to get inside the doors.
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Of all the Saturdays, of course Jim Wheeler's eldest son would finally start his first game for the Canes this Saturday.
Of course Jared Wheeler, after waiting for more than four years, would be a first-teamer for the first time on the same Saturday his father already had made plans to be at another stadium more than 1,000 miles away.
"Doesn't it always happen that way?" Dad Wheeler said.
No, not really. In fact, maybe it has never happened this way in the history of college football.
Why would a father miss his son's first start, especially a son who is a redshirt senior and might never start again? Because, let's be honest here, who wants to watch Miami flatten Savannah State when you have a perfectly good excuse — as in, another football-playing son — to skip it for a better game?
Months ago, when Jim Wheeler was planning how to watch two sons at two universities separated by four states, he saw Miami-Savannah State and Maryland-West Virginia on his competing schedules and made the call to attend the Terrapins' neutral-site game against West Virginia. Jake Wheeler, a junior, is a backup left tackle for Maryland, which plays West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
Jared Wheeler, the redshirt senior at Miami, was a backup until Thursday when it was announced that Miami's starting center, Shane McDermott, would miss Saturday's game because of an injury. The Canes play at 7 p.m., so, "we've got it all worked out," Jim Wheeler said. "We're going to watch Miami on ESPN3."
So, the Wheelers will be watching one son live and in person in Baltimore while also watching another son on a smartphone.
No, in case you were wondering, this week's column wasn't intended to be an advertisement for ESPN or smartphones. It is, however, an endorsement for college football, which has come under serious yet warranted criticism in recent weeks.
It's easy to be cynical about college football and all of its warts — and we can all agree that this column has led the cynical parade for about three years — but sometimes it's important to point out that the sport isn't one big cesspool. This is one of those times.
The Wheeler sons — both career backups for their teams — represent the backbone of intercollegiate athletics. The backbone is strong.
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The spine is straight and true and still works.
Jared Wheelerwill graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering worth about $200,000. Remind me again, conference commissioners, why football players need stipends?
But this is just one example, you say? How could you be so naïve?
No, college football is full of these types of stories. Jared Wheeler is special, no question, but he is not unique. All college teams are filled with players you've never heard of, who barely play and who will graduate with degrees they otherwise could not have obtained if not for college football.
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There was a coaching change in the middle of Wheeler's career at Miami. Guess what? No one ever tried to run him off and use his scholarship for a player with more potential. Know why? Wheeler worked hard, he made decent grades, he did what his coaches asked of him and he stayed out of trouble. Do those things, and coaches will honor your scholarship. Screw up, though, and guys like Wheeler get chewed up and spit out. And, let's be clear, Al Golden will run a player off just as fast as any other coach at a major university.
Wheeler has bounced around between three positions in his career and played mostly special teams. Has he ever complained? Have you already forgotten the part about the $200,000 degree in mechanical engineering?
Yes, the NCAA, TV contracts and bowl-game payouts have made a mess of things, but college football is still primarily in the business of turning boys into functional members of society, and in many cases, our future leaders. Take, for example, Wheeler son No. 2. Jake Wheeler might never start a game for Maryland. Does that really matter when he graduates with a degree in criminal justice with a chance to work at the FBI?
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Monongalia County is one step closer to setting up a special sales tax to boost development surrounding University Town Center in Morgantown.
Senate Bill 125, which would allow the Monongalia County Commission to establish a tax increment financing district for sales tax, unanimously passed the Senate March 11.
Similar TIF districts are in Triadelphia in Ohio County and in Clarksburg.
If the bill completes the legislative process, it would provide $28 million for construction of a new interchange along Interstate 79, along with improvements to and expansions of the local water, sewer and road systems. The bill also would provide $16 million for a new baseball stadium.
Sen. Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, said when the bill came through the Senate last year, Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, realized it still needed some work through the West Virginia Development Office.
Prezioso said the bill would allow the sales tax TIF for the next 30 years and would include 1,450 acres. He said most of the property had not yet been developed, but some of it had. He said Monongalia County's population was expected to increase by at least 5,000 people in the next five years, and development to the interstate exchange toward the mall area was "much needed."
Prezioso said the projects would create 1,700 construction jobs and 1,100 permanent jobs.
Sen. Bob Beach, D-Monongalia, said creating a TIF district is not a simple process, but it will open up both sides of the highway, which otherwise would not have been developed for another 30 years or so.
"I'm excited about the opportunities for North Central West Virginia," Beach said.
And Sen. John Unger, D-Berkeley, told lawmakers that creating another entry and exit for the mall area has become a "public safety issue," in an area where growth has been "quite significant.


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The Philadelphia Flyers and forward Wayne Simmonds have agreed to a six-year contract extension.
The deal is believed to have an annual average value of around $4 million per season.
"We are pleased to announce that we have agreed to a multi-year extension with Wayne Simmonds," general manager Paul Holmgren said. "Wayne plays the game with courage and honor and we believe he will continue to be a very good winger for our organization."
"I'm extremely happy to have this deal in place," Simmonds said. "We're going to have a good team in Philly for a long time and I just wanted to be able to be a part of hopefully bringing a championship back to the Philly faithful."
The 23-year-old scored a career-high 28 goals to go with 21 assists while playing in all 82 games in his first season with the Flyers. He was traded to Philadelphia from the Los Angeles Kings along with Brayden Schenn last June, 2011 as part of the Mike Richards deal.
A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, Simmonds has 67 goals and 75 assists in 322 NHL contests with the Flyers and Kings.
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Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, who has been a leading figure in the efforts to combat sex-trafficking, addresses the current state of affairs with regard to the main facilitator of online sex-trafficking, Backpage.com, owned by Village Voice Media.
Mayor McGinn stated outright that the statement by Village Voice Media that they are allies in the war against exploitation of minors is Doublespeak and that the safeguards they claim to have put in place are not working. He stated that the Seattle Police have rescued 22 minors from prostitution, all of whom were being advertised on Backpage.com.
The Mayor and other speakers give important information in what is being done to fight against this online scurge.


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|Chapter 2: Battle of Nanzhong – Xiahou Ba, 1500 K.O.s
|Eight Hand Mirror: Occasionally repel enemy projectile attacks when mounted.
|Chapter 2: Battle of Hasedo – Kunoichi, 2000 K.O.s
|Elephant Saddle: Begin battle mounted on an elephant.
|Chapter 3: Battle of Hulao Gate – Yukimura Sanada, Achilles, or Orochi, 1500 K.O.s
|Gauntlets of Malice: Refills a certain amount of Musou Gauge when executing a Counterattack.
|Chapter 2: Battle of Xuchang – Guan Yu, Hanzo Hattori, or Sanzang, 1000 K.O.s
|Gauntlets of Vitality: Refills a certain amount of Life Gauge when executing a Counterattack.
|Chapter 2: Battle of Mt. Dingjun – No, Zhao Yun, or Gyuki, 1500 K.O.s
|Gold Gauntlets: Cannot be knocked over when blocking.
|Chapter 2: Battle of Kyushu – Sun Shangxiang, 1500 K.O.s
|Iron Armor: Doubles Defense for a certain time when Life Gauge becomes red.
|Chapter 3: Battle of Tong Gate – Motonari Mori, Liu Bei, or Susano'o, 1000 K.O.s
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|Musou Armor: Enemy projectile attacks will not knock player back.
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|Musou Magatama: Special Attacks will occasionally use up no Musou.
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|Chapter 2: Battle of Sekigahara – Ranmaru Mori, Zhang Fei, or Benkei, 1000 K.O.s
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|Chapter 2: Battle of Luoyang – Dong Zhuo, Zhuge Liang, or Hideyoshi Toyotomi, 1000 K.O.s
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Mama! Sea-Band Acupressure Wrist Bands for Drug Free Morning Sickness Relief are the natural choice for drug free relief of all types of nausea. For effective relief of morning sickness as well as other forms of nausea, Mama! Sea-Band Acupressure Wrist Bands for Drug Free Morning Sickness Relief provide a natural choice without causing drowsiness.
Clinical trials and scientific studies have proved that Mama! Sea-Band Acupressure Wrist Bands for Drug Free Morning Sickness Relief provide natural relief to the symptoms of morning sickness, and because it is drug free, there are no side effects to worry about.
Mama! Sea-Band Acupressure Wrist Bands for Drug Free Morning Sickness Relief are recommended and used by midwives and pregnant women around the world as effective relief for morning sickness.
Mama! Sea-Band Acupressure Wrist Bands for Drug Free Morning Sickness Relief work by using acupressure. The bands can be put onto your wrists before you feel nauseous, or at any time during your day when you feel the effects of nausea.
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Get a Helping Hand to Relieve Your Morning SicknessMany expectant mothers suffer from morning sickness and most find their symptoms ease at around week 14, but for an unlucky few nausea and vomiting may continue throughout the pregnancy. Scientific studies have proved that one of the most effective drug-free treatments is Acupressure on the P6 (Nei-Kuan) point between the two central tendons near the wrist.
In the UK, acupressure was first scientifically proven useful for this condition by the late Professor John Dundee from Queens University, Belfast. An Italian study has also found that morning sickness was reduced in 70% of women who used Sea-Bands.
The plastic stud on Sea-Bands applies continuous pressure on each wrist preventing or relieving the feeling of nausea.
There are two main philosophies surrounding acupressure – traditional Chinese and modern Western.
Traditional Chinese MedicineDeveloped over 4000 years, acupressure is one of several techniques used by Chinese medical practitioners who believe that illness results from an imbalance in the flow of life energy - or Chi (pronounced 'chee' and sometimes spelt 'Qi') - throughout the body.
The flow of ChiChi circulates through the body along a network of invisible channels beneath the skin called meridians. There are 12 basic meridians, paired on the right and left sides of the body and named after the internal organs to which they are attached.
Dotted along the meridians are 2000 or so known acupoints, where Chi enters and leaves the body. Stimulation of these points - whether by needles, heat, mild electrical currents or pressure - is said to free the flow of Chi, releasing blockages and restoring depletions, thus returning the body to harmony.
How The Chinese Use AcupressureKnown as Tuina in China, acupressure is the technique of applying pressure with the hands to the acupoints and meridians. Pericardium 6 (P6) is one of these points, governing the movement of energy in the chest, harmonization of the digestion and stomach, the regulation of blood flow and the calming of the mind.
The Chinese use acupressure on P6 to treat chest pain, irregular and painful periods, pre-menstrual depression, insomnia and to relieve nausea and vomiting, acid regurgitation, hiccupping and belching.
What Western Science saysWhen it comes to Chi and meridians, Western scientists seek more medically acceptable explanations for the phenomenon represented by acupressure.
Most likely, in their view, is the involvement of pain-relieving chemicals known as endorphins and the 'gate control theory' of pain relief.
Put simply, stimulating the skin activates large diameter "touch" fibres. The touch message travels faster to the brain than the competitive and smaller "pain" fibres. As the brain can only process so many messages at once, the 'gate' to the brain is closed during the touch stimulation and the amount of pain felt is inhibited.
Pressure inhibits painPressure also appears to stimulate nerve fibres running up the spinal cord and ultimately results in production of endorphins, morphine-like compounds which influence the hormonal and immune systems and inhibit the brain's perception of pain - especially when associated with anxiety and stress.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Sea-Bands?Sea-Bands are a low-cost, clinically proven, drug free alternative treatment for the control of nausea and vomiting.Sea-Bands are acupressure bands that fit around the patient's wrist just like a sweat band-with a pressure stud sewn inside.A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study using Sea-Bands acupressure on post-op patients reduced the incidence of nausea to 10% - a two-thirds reduction.
How do they work?A plastic stud is attached to the inside of the wrist band which exerts pressure and stimulates the P6 (or Nei-Kuan) acupressure point. It has been proven that pressure on this point relieves nausea and vomiting.
When should they be administered?Sea-Bands may be applied as a preventative measure before the onset of nausea (such as before surgery to reduce the risk of nausea and vomiting associated with anesthesia).Sea-Bands may also be applied after the onset of nausea.
Do they have any side effects?Sea-Bands are drug free, and have no side effects.
How long do they take to work?Nausea is typically reduced within 5 minutes after Sea-Bands are applied.
Are there any contra-indications for Sea-Band use?There are no contra-indications.
Can they be used in combination with anti-emetic drugs?Yes, Sea-Bands can be used with any other drugs.
Can they be used on Children?Yes, Sea-Bands have been used successfully on children as young as two years of age. However, they must fit snugly around the wrist to work.
Do they interfere with IVs?Roseann Ferrara-Love, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, pointed out in her lecture at the ASPN conference (1999) that the pressure is not great enough from the wrist bands to effect the flow of an IV.
She did suggest, however, that the band be placed on a patients wrist - prior to an IV - only to ensure that the IV was not placed too close to the P6 point where the band must be positioned to work effectively.
Do Sea-Bands contain Latex?No, Sea-Bands are Latex-free.
About Sea BandSea-Band International Ltd maintains its own marketing office in the USA. The company has a complete packaging warehouse, distribution and sales network operating under contract. Sea-Band products are sold via manufacturers' representatives to mail order catalogues, retail stores, wholesalers and healthcare practitioners. The company has 89 sales representatives selling into virtually every drug chain, mass merchandiser and pharmacy wholesaler in the USA.
How to Position Your Sea-Bands:Here's how to find the acupressure point (called The Nei-Kuan Point). Place your middle three fingers on the inside of your wrist with the edge of the third finger just below the first wrist crease. The Nei-Kuan point is located underneath your first (index) finger in-between the two wrist tendons.
Position the plastic stud facing inward over The Nei-Kuan Point. Repeat for your other wrist. One band must be worn on each wrist to be effective.
Sea-Band takes between two and five minutes to become effective. A better result is achieved if the band is in place before your nausea commences. Greater relief can be gained if necessary by applying extra pressure to the plastic stud.
Prolonged use may cause swelling of the hands. Should swelling occur, please remove the bands and replace once swelling subsides. Some people are unduly sensitive to pressure in this area. If the bands cause pain, remove immediately.
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The "Vatileaks" scandal revealed that the Vatican's 2009 Nativity scene cost $717,000. This year's crèche is free, after one of Italy's poorest regions raised money for its creation.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has accepted a donated Nativity scene for St. Peter's Square this Christmas after a previous setup costing more than $700,000 was exposed by the embarrassing scandal over leaked Vatican documents.
Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca, the No. 2 administrator of the Vatican city state, told reporters Thursday that the Vatican was spending just $2,356 for labor and costs to mount the scene, which will be unveiled Dec. 24, hours before Pope Benedict XVI celebrates midnight Mass. The Italian region of Basilicata — one of Italy's poorest — provided the scene after raising nearly $118,000 from corporate and other sponsors.
Basilicata regional officials and their sponsors were rewarded with a full-court Vatican press conference Thursday where the head of the Vatican Museums extolled the natural marvels of the southern region, urging tourists to visit, and Sciacca thanked Basilicata for its generosity in tough economic times.
One of the most damaging documents leaked during the so-called Vatileaks scandal was a letter from Sciacca's predecessor, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, complaining that the Vatican was losing millions of euros on corruption and unnecessary expenses such as the 2009 Nativity scene, which cost $717,000.
Vigano boasted in an April 4, 2011, letter to Benedict that he had trimmed the cost for the 2010 edition to a mere $393,000. He was subsequently named the Vatican's ambassador to Washington, a move he saw as punishment for having stepped on too many toes in his cost-cutting initiatives.
Sciacca said that by accepting a donated scene this year, the Vatican was saving some $235,368 over the 2011 edition — and said he already had an offer for 2013.
He denied the Vatican's enthusiasm for donated scenes was a response to the Vigano letters, saying it was merely "good sense" to take something that is donated rather than spend money on it.
"I hope there are other offers," he said.
Vigano's letters were the first of many documents from the pope's desk that were leaked to Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi by the pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele. The scandal convulsed the Vatican for months, damaged its confidential relations with bishops and led to an unprecedented multi-pronged investigation.
Gabriele was arrested in May, convicted by a Vatican court in October of aggravated theft and is serving an 18-month prison sentence in a room in the Vatican police barracks. An expected papal pardon hasn't yet materialized.
Gabriele told Vatican investigators that he leaked the documents because he wanted to expose the "evil and corruption" in the church in hopes of putting it back on the right track.
Some may be surprised that the Vatican is mounting a full-fledged Nativity scene at all this year given the spate of erroneous media reports that Benedict was canceling the traditional display featuring Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus in a manger surrounded by farm animals.
In his recent book "Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives," Benedict noted that there is no biblical reference to animals in the manger at the time of Jesus' birth — a statement of fact that nevertheless sparked headlines around the world.
Lost in the hype was Benedict's quick conclusion that "no representation of the crib is complete without the ox and the ass."
Vatican officials confirmed that this year's Nativity scene would indeed have ox and ass, as well as hens and sheep typical of southern Italy's famed artisanal Nativity scenes.
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Victoria Coates, Penn Department of Art History, speaks. The Grand Tour, a phenomenon of upper-class young men from Northern Europe visiting the classical ruins of the south, was well established by the time Herculaneum and then Pompeii were excavated in the 18th century. Their recovery transformed the practice, however, adding a new de rigueur stop on the itinerary where eager antiquarians were promised an opportunity to directly encounter the Roman past. Victoria Coates explains how these elite travelers experienced the new excavations. Admission: $10, general public; $5, Penn Museum members, AIS members (with code), and Franklin Institute members (with code).
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Woodworker's Journal
by Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Butt joints can be used in a lot of different ways to join two boards or panels: edge to edge, end to side, end to edge, etc. To make a simple square or rectangular frame, cabinet, box or drawer using butt joints is very easy. For example, to make a simple picture frame, cut four parts, each with a square end. One opposing pair of sides is cut the same length as the length of the frame. The other pair of sides is cut to the width of the assembly, minus twice the width of the other pair of sides. Because stock is often not exactly the width that's specified in plans, I like to actually measure the width of my pair of long sides, then subtract the measurement from the length of the other pair of sides.
But before cutting any parts, it's wise to make sure the saw you're using for cuts (compound miter saw, table saw and miter gauge, etc.) is cutting smoothly and precisely. I like to take a test cut or two and check the cut ends and edges for squareness with an accurate try square. For a perfectly square assembly, it's crucial that each opposing pair of sides be cut to identical length. Use a fence and stop with your miter saw (or table saw and miter gauge) to assure consistent lengths.
After parts are cut, the easiest joint assembly is to simply glue the parts together. This works just fine when joining solid-wood boards edge to edge, to make a wider panel or shelf, or when gluing parts up edge-to-face, with long grain glued to long grain. You can also get away with gluing butt-joined plywood carcasses, as some side-grain-to-side-grain gluing takes place. An easy way to strengthen carcass assemblies is to add nails or screws, to hold the joints together while the glue dries. This is fine for utility drawers, boxes and cabinets that aren't subject to much stress and strain during use. However, such assemblies have very little resistance to racking-the tendency of the frame or box to flex diagonally. Never use glue and nails to assemble an end-to-edge butt-joined solid-wood frame: The wood's porous end grain doesn't provide any strength when glued, and any flexing or stress easily breaks the weak glue joint and pulls the nails out, which have very little withdrawal resistance.
Reinforcement of some kind is necessary for strong, long-lasting butt joints. Not only does reinforcing the joint add strength and durability to your assembly, but also helps keep parts aligned during glue-up. Fortunately, there are many different possible ways of reinforcing a butt, from easy-to-add glue blocks and braces, to pocket screws, dowels, biscuits, splines and butterfly keys.
For butt joint assemblies with interior surfaces that won't be seen, the very easiest way to add reinforcement is to apply glue blocks. A glue block is just what it sounds like: a small block or strip of wood that's glued into place. Glue blocks are commonly used inside plywood and MDF assemblies, like cabinets, dressers, armoires, etc. They can also be used on solid wood projects, as long as the glue block's grain runs parallel to the grain of the assembly. No need to clamp the blocks in place: Just spread glue on the block and press it in place, using a back-and-forth rubbing motion. You'll feel the block "suck" into place, as it gets harder to move. For greater strength, add drill and drive screws through the glue block into both halves of the butt joint. Alternatively, you can screw a brace across the inside corner of a butt joint, for example, a table apron. The brace can be a metal L bracket or corner gusset (available at hardware stores), or a wood brace made from a scrap of hardwood with 45 degree mitered ends, cut as you would cut a picture frame member.
A popular way to create reasonably strong butt joints is with pocket screws. This system uses steeply angled, counterbored holes drilled into one butt joint member - a frame rail, cabinet side, carcass bulkhead, etc. Screws driven into the holes pull the parts together and secure them firmly. Pocket screwed butt joints are quick to assemble and require no glue, so there's no squeeze-out or messy drips to clean up afterwards. Also, pocket screwed joints can be disassembled, in case you make a mistake or want to take your project apart in the future.
While it's possible to drill the angled holes necessary for this joint using a regular electric drill or drill press, you'll get cleaner, more precise holes by using a special jig. The Kreg pocket hole system uses a special jigs with drill bushings, clamps and a stepped drill bit to bore clean, perfectly angled and spaced holes in your workpieces. Screwed to a plywood base plate, the jig shown holds frame members or panels firmly as they are drilled. A pair of bushings in the jig lets you drill two closely spaced holes without having to reposition the workpiece. A special adjustable end stop positions subsequent same-sized workpieces in the jig. This allows you to drill holes in say a few dozen cabinet frame stiles without having to measure and mark each individual part. For frame members, holes are always drilled in the ends of the rails, rather than through the sides of the stiles. This way, screws are driven into side grain where they have lots more holding power than if driven into end grain.
A tried-and-true (if a bit old-fashioned) method of adding strength to basic butt joints is doweling using cylindrical dowels fitted into holes drilled in both joint parts. Made of hardwood, dowels are ribbed or spirally fluted along their length, to allow glue to spread around them during assembly, resulting in a strong bond. The trick to getting good dowel joints is to drill the holes in exactly the same location both parts; any discrepancies in location and the dowels won't fit into both parts or the joint will be misaligned.
The easiest way to accurately position dowel holes is to use a special dowel drilling jig. Simple jigs, like the Rockler doweling jig shown have hardened steel holes that guide the drilling of one or more holes. Other jigs automatically center holes in the thickness of the stock or allow you to adjust hole position on the stock, thickness wise. Reference marks found on all dowelling jigs show the centerline of the holes, so you can position the jig in the same location on mating workpieces and space dowels along the length of the workpiece.
To make a dowel joint for a frame, first dry assemble your butt joint assembly. Then, draw lines across the face of each joint to show the centerline of each dowel hole. Use a sharp pencil or a mechanical pencil with a narrow lead, so that your lines are very precise. Align the dowelling jig's reference mark with this line and clamp the jig in place on the stock before drilling.
On all but the narrowest frames, mark at least two holes per joint, as the dowels keep the parts from twisting. Dowel diameter should equal about half the thickness of the stock. For example, use 3/8 in. dowels in 3/4 in. or 13/16 in. thick stock. Now line up the reference mark on your dowelling jig with your pencil mark, fasten the jig to the part, and carefully drill. The depth of the holes in both parts should add up in depth to the length of your dowel, plus 3/32-1/8 in., for glue space. To assure that holes are drilled to the right depth, add a stop ring or flap of tape to the drill bit. When drilling deeper holes, pull the bit out occasionally, to clear sawdust and keep the bit from overheating.
To install dowels in the corners of a butt-joined carcass, first use your dowelling jig to drill holes in both ends of two opposite sides of the cabinet, box or drawer.
Next, insert metal dowel points in each of the holes in one end of a part and use them to transfer the exact hole positions to the other half of each joint.
Align the two parts to form a corner, then use a rubber or dead-blow mallet to tap the parts together.
The dowel points will make clean indentations you then use to center the point of a brad-point drill bit when drilling the matching holes on a drill press.
Invented in Europe more than five decades ago, biscuit joinery (aka plate joinery) uses small, football-shaped wood biscuits glued into slots to form strong, quick-to-make joints between butt-joined wood parts. Carpenter's glue swells the compressed wood biscuits, hence making a very tight, strong joint. The biscuits are a great reinforcement for butt joints used to join cabinet carcases, chests and boxes, drawers and trays or end-to-edge joined frame members 2 inches and wider. A portable plate joinery machine uses a small, horizontally spinning blade to cut semi-circular slots in both parts for the biscuits, which come in three sizes: #0, #10 and #20. Number 20 biscuits are best for 3/4 inch stock; the smaller sizes are for thinner stock.
As with dowel joinery, the first step to making biscuit joints is to mark lines across the butted parts. These are used to align the plate joiner when cutting matching slots in the joined members. The height of the machine's front fence is set to cut a slot roughly centered on the stock's thickness. For wide workpieces, plates should be spaced roughly every few inches.
For end-to-face joined corners of a box, chest or cabinet, a slot is cut in the edge of one part, as shown below. The mating part is then slotted on the face of the joining side by holding the plate joiner vertically, using its fence to space the slot the correct distance from the end.
An alternative to biscuits, splines are narrow strips of wood inserted into slots cut in the surface of a butt joined assembly. These slots can be cut using a table saw and dado blade or a router fitted with a kerf-cutting bit. You can either rip splines from thin plywood (1/4 in. Baltic birch ply works well), or cut solid-wood splines with their grain running in the short direction. Splines can be used to strengthen butted frame joints, but are more often employed on butted carcass joints, such as used to build a chest or cabinet. To be most effective, the spline should run the full length of the joint.
A decorative way to reinforce edge-joined butted parts is with butterfly keys. The hour-glass-shaped key, cut from thin wood, is inlaid into a recess cut into the face of the joint, with the narrowest part of the key centered on the seam between the two parts. When glued into place, the key adds mechanical strength to the joint and keeps it from pulling apart.
Although you could create a butterfly-key joint using a chisel to chop out the recess and a fret saw to cut out the key, it's much easier to use the router template method. This requires a plunge router, a key-shaped template, a straight bit and a special router guide bushing, (available as a kit from Rockler) The guide bushing mounts on the router's base plate and the 1/8-in.-dia. spiral-fluted bit, chucked in the router, plunges through the bushing during routing. The bushing actually has two guide rings, one that fits over the other. To rout the recess for the butterfly inlay, you use the larger guide ring pressed onto the bushing. Clamp the template over the workpiece, with the narrow waist of the butterfly centered on the joint line. Set the router over the opening and plunge the bit down and rout out the recess, working the router back and forth to remove the waste in the middle of the butterfly. The depth of the routed recess should equal about 1/4 to 1/3 of the thickness of the workpiece.
Next, use the router and template to cut out the butterfly key itself. First, prepare stock for the key by planing stock down to a thickness that's 1/32 in. thicker than the depth of your recess. Remove the large guide ring from the router bushing and increase the bit's depth of cut by about 1/32 in. Now apply a layer of double-stick tape to a scrap backing board cut slightly bigger than your key stock, and press the stock down onto the board. Clamp the butterfly template over this sandwich, orienting the key with it's long direction the wood's grain. Set the router over the template with the guide ring in firm contact with the inside edge of the butterfly cutout. Start the router and plunge the bit, then slowly and carefully rout along the perimeter of the butterfly, keeping the guide pressed against the template. When you've routed all the way around, withdraw the bit before switching the router off, then carefully peel the butterfly key off the backing board. Glue it into the recess and sand the joint surface flush after the glue dries.
Sandor Nagyszalanczy is a furniture designer/craftsman. writer/photographer and regular contributor to Woodworker's Journal. His books are available at: http://sandorsworkshop.com/Books.html
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Introducing the newest mouthwatering sticker pack in the Shop—"Iconic Bites," by renowned graphic designer Susan Kare, creator of the original Macintosh icons.
Recognizable to almost anyone who has used a computer, Susan's art helped make early computers user-friendly and fun and bridged the divide between humans and modern technology. Here she talks to us about how her rich experience as an illustrator has colored her designs for the Path Shop.
Q: Tell us about your experience as an artist, from working for the MoMA in San Francisco to creating the original interface elements for Apple to building your own graphics company? How did you first begin designing?
A: I started working part time in graphics at a science museum in Philadelphia when I was 14, and have been designing ever since. I started working at Apple with the title "Macintosh Artist" thanks to a key system software programmer, Andy Hertzfeld, a friend from high school. I found I just loved creating bitmap graphics — the craft of drawing with pixels in a grid, and the quest for the ideal metaphor. It was a great chance to get started on a tech project for a non-technical audience, "the rest of us".
Q: How did your work at Apple inform the kind of artist you are now?
A: First, I was so lucky to get to work in the Macinstosh group with great colleagues and talented programmers. That experience introduced me to interface design development and how I might be able to contribute as a graphic designer to the overall user experience. It also gave me practice in aiming to communicate big concepts in small spaces.
Q: How did you first hear about Path? Why did you agree to collaborate with us?
A: I've enjoyed working with Dave Morin on several logo projects. He was kind enough to call when Path was planning the sticker program to say he had a "perfect" project for me!
Q: Talk a bit about the sticker packs you've created for Path Messaging. What is your hope for how your stickers are used?
A: I designed the stickers of iconic food in a limited grid, hoping they can be useful literally (want to get coffee?) and creatively as symbols (e.g. You're the cream in my coffee) and add some visual shorthand and humor to messages. As someone whose car has more than a few stickers, I know they can be a fun way to communicate.
Q: Any wisdom you'd like to share with design hopefuls just starting out?
A: Well, Paul Rand is my design hero, and I try to follow what he practiced: create solutions to design problems that are meaningful and memorable.
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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis left Friday's game against the LA Angels of Anaheim in the fifth inning because of an apparent right knee injury.
Davis was injured while trying to beat out a ground ball to third base. Replays showed that Davis' knee appeared to buckle as he made contact with first base. He limped off the field and into the Orioles dugout.
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"What are you doing?"
"Are you fucking stalking me?" I snapped.
"Hah! You're funny. But you know, boys don't like girls who curse,"
"And girls don't like eunuchs who claim they're boys," I shot back.
"You still have a question for me, kid?" he asked, again giving me a fake...yet somehow sincere...complex of tenacity.
"Don't call me kid," I snapped, waiting for him to walk off.
"Whatever," he shrugged, turning around.
I watched as he walked away, feeling a little disappointed I had chosen my pride over the opportunity to...figure out what the hell was going on.
Though I knew I'd be risking a lot in doing so, I ran after him. He slowed as he heard me, then stopped and smirked. His smirk was starting to irritate me.
"What does being a eunuch have to do with the darker side of humanity?"
He burst into laughter. "I don't know, ask a Catholic."
"I would, but my mother's insane,"
He ran up the stairs and I followed him.
"Why did she put up boundaries?"
He turned to me and his expression was blank. At least...as far as I could tell. And, even though I knew I could only be digging a deeper grave, I elaborated.
"I mean, not letting you come inside is one thing, but why create you just to put you in a cage?"
"We're apparently dangerous to each other too," he said, obviously angry about the question.
Despite his attitude, and the fact that Morgan would call this provoking and therefore a logical reason for him to attack me and get away with it, I asked him another one.
"I don't know, maybe we just don't have a fucking brain like you hermits do," he snapped. "Maybe the only thing that goes on in our minds is 'kill, kill, kill.' Why the fuck do you care?"
"Why the fuck do you answer?"
He continued up the stairs.
"Better yet," I said, following him. "Why do you waste your time bashing my very open sexuality, only to turn around and try to make out with me?"
"That was not making out, I already told you what that was," he said. "And trust me, I'd bash you if you were straight, too. You know, for someone who wants everyone to be so open-minded, you're a little closed-minded yourself."
"How so?"
"You only see equality as everyone being lovey-dovey to each other. Anyone who treats the world like shit is just an asshole, when in fact they're more about equality than you are."
"Do you have any idea what you just said? That's bullshit."
"You just told me you're mother's insane- that's obviously not the attitude you have about your boyfriend. Everyone has that one person they can't help but be a bitch to...treating anyone else differently-"
"That wasn't my point,"
"But it's on the same grounds as your point,"
"Yeah, well, you're the one who changed the subject,"
"You're the one who's nagging the shit out of me to talk, when you should hate me with every fiber of your being,"
"I do hate you with every fiber of my being," I assured him.
"Then why are you asking me questions you could easily ask Morgan,"
"Morgan mentally assaulted me the other day to train me for some shit I didn't want...I'm not talking to her,"
That made him quiet for a while, and he simply smirked at me.
"You're Connected," he finally said. "You're in for a hell of a ride, then. Those people from Lunadr...they are gonna fuck. You. Up."
"Yeah, I know," I said, hoping he didn't think he was scaring me more than Morgan had. "She said they were merciless."
"Well, not to you...to Morgan," he said.
"What...what do they want, exactly?"
"They want her power...her mind,"
Holy fuck.
"If they manage to get what they want...God only knows what's gonna happen to your mind," he said.
"Frankie, babe, where ya been?" Gee asked, looking up from his art for only a second.
"Everywhere and I want a hug," I pouted.
"Aw...sweetheart, what's the problem?"
I wrapped my arms around his neck. "I love you."
"I didn't know that was a problem," he returned the embrace.
"It's not...I just love you,"
He chuckled and kissed my forehead.
"I love you, too,"
I pecked his lips and took his hand and started leading him into the bedroom.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Once a rare treat at the Grand Canyon, people now regularly see elk at the national park.
The massive animals jam roads, graze on the hotel lawns and aren't too shy to display their power, provoked or not. And they're getting too close to comfort, having broken people's bones in the most serious encounters and chasing tourists.
Hunting generally controls elk populations, but that's prohibited at the Grand Canyon.
Park officials are looking at ways to force the elk to move out of the park. They say removing non-native grass along the South Rim and capturing excess water from the treatment facility so that elk can't drink it might do the trick.
They also urge visitors and residents not to leave out food or feed wildlife by hand.
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— Rea Carey, Acting Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
WASHINGTON, June 17 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force sends its best wishes to all the same-sex couples who are getting married in California. Same-sex couples were able to begin legally marrying in that state late yesterday afternoon.
Statement by Rea Carey, Acting Executive Director
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"I was profoundly moved as I watched coverage of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, partners for more than a half-century, get married last night in a private ceremony at San Francisco City Hall. Del and Phyllis, pioneering activists now in their 80s, were the first couple to be married in San Francisco as same-sex marriages became legal in California. Thousands of other committed couples are now following suit by holding or planning their own joyous wedding celebrations.
"From Sonoma to San Francisco to San Diego, these loving couples, their families and friends are participating in a poignant and time-honored tradition. This is a momentous time not only for these couples, but for California and the entire country as well.
"We wish each and every one of these newlyweds much joy and happiness in their marriages."
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Her name is Tina Ford, but the formerly homeless woman with almost no memory of her past life isn't completely sure how she came by it.
She has a vague recollection of a Sacramento mental health official who told her, "You're Tina Ford."
It's better than "Jane Doe," the name once assigned to her by mental health officials in Stockton.
Ford thinks she is 52, but she is not certain.
She has no birth certificate and no memory of relatives who could help her fill the gaps of a life spent in shelters and care facilities.
With no birth certificate, Ford has no Social Security card, which she deeply wants so she can work as a janitor and be independent.
"When you're suffering from hallucinations, you can see a traveled past, but it's not real . I have memories of the last 10 years, but after that it's blank," said Ford, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
What she can recall is life on the streets. "I'm from San Francisco, I gather," Ford said. "Something tells me I was born there. I was sleeping in bus stops. I was begging for change, hopping on the Greyhound bus. I would get off and ask where the homeless shelters were. Sometimes I would stay a month.
"I don't have recollections of brothers and sisters. I just have these frightening nightmares."
The mental health experts working with Ford guess that along with her illness, she may be blocking out terrible memories that manifest themselves in "stern voices" tormenting her subconscious.
On one lost journey to Los Angeles, she said, "I got paranoid and called the fire department and they took me to some clinic and I was there for like two weeks. Then a guy took me to a Greyhound station and bought me a ticket this way."
She figures she has been in the Sacramento area for six years.
Ford could be panhandling, locked in a mental health facility, sleeping in a doorway or in a shelter all things she said she has done. She could be in an emergency room or a hospital bed, given a kidney condition that will require a transplant at some point. Or she could be in a jail cell.
All are common outcomes for the homeless that come with a significant social cost.
Instead, Ford lives in a tidy south Sacramento apartment complex funded specifically for people like her people with a history of mental illness and chronic homelessness.
The Boulevard Court apartments on Stockton Boulevard near Fruitridge Road were once a budget hotel generating a large volume of police calls.
Now it's where Ford lives alongside other people trying to get back on their feet. The apartments and the supportive services Ford receives were partially funded by Proposition 63. The oft-maligned yet increasingly consequential Mental Health Services Act a tax on millionaires passed by California voters in 2004 to fund enhanced mental health services has been savaged by critics who don't approve of how some of the more than $8 billion raised by the tax has been spent. But Ford is an example of what Proposition 63 money can do and is doing.
In Sacramento, permanent supportive housing is a more meaningful option for homeless people than some of the bad ideas tossed around town such as a legalized homeless camp that would do nothing to get people back on their feet.
"The Band-Aids, while often necessary, do not end the cycle for people," said state Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, the author of Proposition 63. "When done right, not only can people with serious mental illness reclaim their lives, they can live within neighborhoods."
According to Steinberg's office, there are nearly 2,500 permanent supportive housing units being created statewide through $400 million in MHSA funds. Along with Boulevard Court, there are two others in Sacramento County.
Ford is proof of the need for more.
Service providers from Turning Point, a program offering psychiatric support, also help Ford and some of her neighbors with their medication and other needs.
It's an intensive level of care, but a recent UCLA study found that people who have gone through permanent supportive housing like this were less likely to land in jail, emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals than in the 12 months before they got help.
Will an expansion of Proposition 63 housing solve homelessness in Sacramento? The expectation that any one program would is naive.
"It boils down to people that want to avail themselves of resources," said Phil Serna, a Sacramento County supervisor.
Ford fits the bill. She doesn't want to be on the street and is an example of someone who could be helped with supportive housing as an alternative to shelters and panhandling.
She hopes that in 2013 she is able to get a birth certificate and a kidney transplant and more independence. She wants to look forward.
"It hurts too much to know that I was out there and nobody cared enough to find me," she said. "I kept going, but it hurt."
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In a town bordered on nearly four sides by salt water, it seems right that more than 2,000 books, plus video and audio recordings–on a wide range of maritime topics–can be found at Port Townsend Library's Maritime Resource Center.
This is real information about real things boatbuilders and refitters need to know. Within the Library's Maritime Resource Center, users can find practical information on boatbuilding and design, maritime history, rigging, sailmaking, canvas work, marine electrical systems and electronics, marine engines, ocean voyaging, navigation, sailing, kayaking and canoeing and just about anything else of a maritime nature.
This outstanding collection was established in 1993 by a Federal Library Services and Construction Act grant from the Washington State Library and has continued to grow ever since. In fact, Port Townsend Library now has one of the largest and strongest maritime collections on the west coast.
Areas of particular collection strength include wooden boatbuilding, yacht design, history of traditional craft, and voyaging narratives. The library also subscribes to 11 maritime periodicals, including WoodenBoat and Classic Boat magazines. Click here to search the library catalog.
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The maritime collection of the Wooden Boat Foundation is located in the H.W.McCurdy Library at the Northwest Maritime Center. This collection is now available for check out, all titles are listed in the CLAN catalog. You may visit the H.W. McCurdy Library right next to the Point Hudson marina, upstairs in the yellow NWMC building at 431 Water St. Open hours are 9-5 M-F. You may also place holds from the catalog to have books delivered to the Port Townsend or Jefferson County Library. We encourage you to visit the H.W. McCurdy library to explore the Wooden Boat Foundation's extensive maritime collection
Jefferson County Historical Society, maritime history page
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding
John's Nautical and Boatbuilding page: "The mother of all maritime links"
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