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Patent References 3644874 3781762 Solderless coaxial cable connector Tool for fiber optic cable clamp Connector for optical fibers One-piece crimp-type connector and method for terminating a coaxial cable Slide fit optical connector having end cap to prevent rotation Liquid crystal light modulators with asymmetrical interfaces Securement means for coaxial cable connector Connector for optical fiber InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 12850999 filed on 08/05/2010US Classes:385/53WITH DISENGAGABLE MECHANICAL CONNECTORExaminersPrimary: Healy, Brian M.Assistant: Anderson, Guy G Foreign Patent References
International ClassG02B 6/36DescriptionBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to fiber optic cables, and in particular, to an assembly for providing strain-relief for field-installable connectors for fiber optic cables. 2. Technical Background Optical fibers are widely used in a variety of applications, including the telecommunications industry in which optical fibers are employed in a number of telephony and data transmission applications. Due, at least in part, to the extremelywide bandwidth and the low noise operation provided by optical fibers, the use of optical fibers and the variety of applications in which optical fibers are used are continuing to increase. For example, optical fibers no longer serve as merely a mediumfor long distance signal transmission, but are being increasingly routed directly to the home or, in some instances, directly to a desk or other work location. The ever increasing and varied use of optical fibers has spurred the use of field installable optical fiber connectors. Field installable optical fiber connectors are used to terminate the ends of optical fibers, and enable quicker connectionand disconnection than fusion splicing. A typical connector holds the end of each optical fiber in a ferrule. The connector aligns the core of the two fibers so that light can pass between the fiber ends, and provides a mechanical coupling to hold thetwo fiber ends together. Connectors have traditionally been one of the main concerns in using fiber optic systems because they introduce loss and because different connector types were typically not compatible. While the use of connectors was onceproblematic, manufacturers have standardized and simplified them greatly. This increasing user-friendliness has contributed to the increase in the use of fiber optic systems. Current field installable connectors are designed to be installed and strain relieved on fiber cables or fiber smaller than 2.9 mm. Common cable/fiber sizes are 900 μm tight-buffered fiber and 2.9 mm jacketed cable. A typical 2.9 mmjacketed cable consists of 900 μm tight-buffered fiber surrounded by aramid yarn and a thin walled jacket. A need exists for fiber optic cables having larger fiber optic cables. Unfortunately, installing field-installable connectors directly ontolarger fiber optic cables is problematic given conventional connector designs. Therefore, a need exists for new fiber optic connectors adapted for larger fiber optic cables, as well as standard fiber optic cables that may comprise additional and/oralternative structures. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An aspect of the invention is a strain-relief assembly for a field-installable fiber optic connector configured to support a fiber optic cable having a buffered portion and strain-relief strands. The assembly includes a ferrule holder having aback section with an open back end and configured to accommodate the buffered optical fiber portion. The assembly also includes an intermediate sleeve configured to surround and engage a portion of the ferrule holder back section. The assembly also hasa crimp sleeve having an inner surface and that covers the intermediate sleeve. The strain-relief strands are arranged between the crimp sleeve inner surface and the intermediate sleeve outer surface. The crimp sleeve is crimped to capture thestrain-relief strands between the crimp sleeve and the intermediate sleeve. Another aspect of the invention is a method of providing strain-relief in a connector for a fiber optic cable that has an optical fiber section, a buffer section, strain-relief strands, and a protective jacket. The method includes inserting theoptical fiber section and the buffered section into a back section of a ferrule holder. The method also includes providing an intermediate sleeve having inner and outer surfaces, and engaging the intermediate sleeve with the ferrule holder back sectionto surround the ferrule holder back section. The method also includes placing a plurality of the strain-relief strands over the intermediate sleeve outer surface. The method further includes placing a crimp sleeve around the intermediate sleeve and thestrain-relief strands and then crimping the crimp sleeve so as to secure the strain-relief strands and to fix the intermediate sleeve onto the ferrule holder back section. The method optionally includes using an intermediate sleeve handler thatfacilitates installing the intermediate sleeve onto the ferrule holder back section. Another aspect of the invention is a strain-relieved connector for a fiber optic cable that has an optical fiber with a front end, a buffered layer, and strain-relief strands. The connector includes a ferrule holder having a front section withan open front end and a back section having an open back end, wherein the open front and back ends are connected by a ferrule holder channel. A ferrule and a splice assembly are arranged in the ferrule holder front end, the ferrule and splice assemblyhaving respective central channels. A fiber stub is held within the ferrule and splice assembly channels, wherein the fiber stub has a back end residing in the splice assembly channel. The buffered layer is held in the ferrule holder back section sothat the fiber stub back end interfaces with the optical fiber front end within the splice assembly channel. The connector also includes an intermediate sleeve that engages and surrounds a portion of the ferrule holder back end section so as to surroundthe buffered layer held therein. The connector also has a crimp sleeve that is arranged around the intermediate sleeve so as to hold the ends of the strain-relief strands between the crimp sleeve and the intermediate sleeve. When the crimp sleeve iscrimped, it fixes the strain-relief strands between the crimp sleeve and the intermediate sleeve and also fixes the intermediate sleeve to the ferrule holder back end. Another aspect of the invention is an intermediate sleeve handler for holding and handling the aforementioned intermediate sleeve. The handler includes a C-shaped sleeve having an inner surface, an outer surface, front and back end faces, and acentral hole having an central axis and connecting the front and back end faces and sized to press fit the intermediate sleeve. A gap in the outer surface connects to the central hole and defines the C-shape of the handler. The gap at is sized to fitover a buffered section of a fiber optic cable so that it can be placed on an off of the fiber via the exposed buffered section between the lead-in tube and the fiber optic cable. The handler includes a shelf arranged in the central hole that serves asa stop when the intermediate sleeve is press-fit into the central hole. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description that follows, and in part will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from that description or recognized by practicing the invention asdescribed herein, including the detailed description that follows, the claims, as well as the appended drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description present embodiments of the invention, and are intended to provide an overview or framework for understanding the nature and character ofthe invention as it is claimed. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated into and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate various embodiments of theinvention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles and operations of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded side view of an example embodiment of a fiber optic connector ("connector") according to the present invention that employs the strain-relief assembly of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a side view of the connector of FIG. 1 in the process of being connected to the oversized fiber optic cable shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3A is an elevated perspective view of the intermediate sleeve, the crimp sleeve and the ferrule holder of the strain-relief assembly of the present invention; FIG. 3B is a close-up perspective view of the example embodiment of the intermediate sleeve in which the sleeve is C-shaped and threaded, and which has a grooved outer surface; FIG. 4 is a side view similar to FIG. 2, but showing the intermediate sleeve threaded onto the threaded back section of the ferrule holder while the crimp sleeve holds the strain-relief strands out of the way against the fiber optic cable; FIG. 5 is an elevated perspective view of the connector showing the strain-relief strands flared around the intermediate sleeve; FIG. 6 is a side view similar to FIG. 4, illustrating the connector with the crimp sleeve surrounding the intermediate sleeve and holding strain-relief strands in place on the intermediate sleeve, and also showing the crimping force applied tothe crimp sleeve. FIG. 7 is an elevated perspective view of the connector similar to FIG. 5, showing the crimp sleeve in place over the intermediate sleeve at the threaded end of the ferrule holder; FIG. 8 is a side view similar to FIG. 6, showing the housing and the boot placed over the front and back ends of the connector, respectively; FIG. 9 is an elevated perspective view similar to FIG. 7, showing the connector with the housing and boot in place; FIG. 10 is perspective view of the intermediate sleeve handler of the present invention, along with the intermediate sleeve prior to being inserted into the central hole of the handler; and FIG. 11 is a perspective view similar to that of FIG. 10, but with the intermediate sleeve being held within the handler. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference is now made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Whenever possible, the same reference numbers and symbols are used throughout the drawings torefer to the same or like parts. Use of the terms "front," "forward," "rear," "rearward," "back," and "backward" are relative terms used for the sake of illustration. FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an example embodiment of a fiber optic connector ("connector") 8 according to the present invention that employs the strain-relief assembly of the present invention. In an example embodiment, fiber optic connector8 includes many aspects in common with the fiber optic connector described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,270,487, which patent is incorporated by reference herein. Connector 8 has a front section 8F and back section 8B. Cartesian X-Y axes are shown for the sake of reference. FIG. 2 is a side view of the connector of FIG. 1 in the process of being connected to an oversized fiber optic cable 150. Connector 8 is designed for use with an oversized fiber optic cable 150 that has an optical fiber 151 made up of a field fiber 152 surrounded by one or more protective coatings 152C (e.g. a 250 μm and a 900 μm coating). Field fiber 152 issurrounded by a strain-relief layer 156 having strain-relief strands 157, and a protective outer jacket 158 that surrounds the strain-relief layer. Using known techniques, fiber optic cable 150 as shown in FIG. 1 has been prepared forfield-connectorization with connector 8. Fiber optic cable so prepared includes a field optical fiber section 152S with an end 153, a buffer section 154S, and exposed strain-relief strands 157. In an example embodiment, field optical fiber 152 has a 125 μm diameter. Also in an example embodiment, buffer layer 154 has a diameter in the range from about 250 μm to about 1 mm diameter (e.g., 900 μm), and a strain-relief layerthat includes strain-relief strands 157. In an example embodiment, strain-relief strands 157 are aramid yarn and are exposed in about 15 mm lengths when cable 150 is being prepared for connectorizing. Further, in the example embodiment, protectiveouter jacket 158 has an annular thickness of about 2 mm. In an example embodiment, fiber optic cable 150 has an overall diameter of about 4.8 mm or greater, which by present-day standards is considered "oversized." In another example embodiment, opticalfiber 151 is a bend-insensitive fiber, such as a so-called "holey" fiber or a nanostructured fiber. Examples of such optical fibers are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,243,522, pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/583,098 filedOct. 18, 2006, and provisional U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 60/817,863 filed Jun. 30, 2006; 60/817,721 filed Jun. 30, 2006; 60/841,458 filed Aug. 31, 2006; 60/841,490 filed Aug. 31, 2006; and 60/879,164, filed Jan. 8, 2007 (hereinafter,"the Corning nanostructure fiber patents and patent applications"), all of which are assigned to Corning Incorporated and all of which are incorporated by reference herein. Connector 8 includes a ferrule 10, which in an example embodiment includes an outer surface 12, front and back ends 14 and 16, and a central channel 18 open at ends 14 and 16. Central channel 18 is sized to accommodate an optical fiber such asfield optical fiber 152. Connector 8 also includes a splice assembly 20, which in an example embodiment accommodates a mechanical splice, that includes an upper member 21A and a lower member 21B. Upper member 21A includes an outer surface 22A, an inner surface 23A, andfront and back ends 24A and 26A. Likewise, lower member 21B includes an outer surface 22B, an inner surface 23B, and front and back ends 24B and 26B. Upper and lower members are brought together so that inner surfaces 23A and 23B define a centralthrough channel 28 sized to accommodate a field optical fiber such as field fiber 152. Ferrule 10 and splice assembly 20 are arranged end-to-end, as shown in FIG. 2. Connector 8 further includes an optical fiber section 40 having respective front and back ends 42 and 44. Optical fiber section 40 resides in channels 18 and 28 of ferrule 10 and splice assembly 20, with fiber end 42 being flush with ferrulefront end 14 and fiber end 44 residing in channel 28. Optical fiber section 40 serves as a "stub" fiber for the connector and so is referred to hereinafter as "stub fiber" 40. Connector 8 further includes a ferrule holder 50 having a front section 50F and a back section 50B. Front section 50F includes an open front end 52, and back section 50B that includes an open back end 54. Ferrule holder 50 includes an outersurface 56 and a central channel (also called a "ferrule bore") 58 open at front end 52 and back end 54. In an example embodiment, outer surface 56 includes a smooth region 62 and an outer threaded region (i.e., outer threads) 64. In an exampleembodiment, outer threads may include one or more slots 65 (FIG. 3A) to key a cam 212 (not shown in FIG. 1; see FIG. 7). Ferrule holder 50 is shown in FIG. 1 and in other figures as having a flared outer surface 56 for the sake of illustration. However, outer surface 56 need not be flared, such as shown in FIG. 3A, discussed below. In an example embodiment, ferrule holder 50 is made of metal such as nickel silver (NiAg), which is stronger than conventional plastic ferrule holders. Ferrule channel 58 includes a front section 66 having an opening 67 at front end 52 andcorresponding to surface region 62 and sized to accommodate ferrule sections 10 and splice assembly 20. Channel 58 also includes a narrower back section 70 having an opening 71 at back end 54. Threads 64 are formed on ferrule back section 70, which inan example embodiment is sized to accommodate a lead-in tube, discussed below. Ferrule holder 50 holds ferrule 10 and splice assembly 20 in front section 66, with front end 14 of ferrule 10 extending out from ferrule holder front end 52, as shown inFIG. 2. Connector 8 also includes a lead-in tube 80 that has a front end 82, a flared back end 84, and a central channel 88 open at the front and back ends. Central channel 88 is sized to accommodate buffer section 154S of fiber optic cable 150. Lead-in tube 80 resides within ferrule holder back channel 70, with flared end 84 extending from ferrule holder back end 54 (FIG. 2). Flared end 84 facilitates the insertion of field optical fiber section 152S into ferrule channels 18 and 28, andbuffered fiber section 154S into the lead-in tube. When so inserted, end 153 of field optical fiber section 152S abuts end 44 of stub fiber 40 within channel 28 of splice assembly 20 to define a mechanical splice, as illustrated in the inset of FIG. 2. Also, buffered fiber section 154S resides within lead-in tube 80, also as shown in FIG. 2. Connector 8 also includes a strain relief assembly 98, a perspective close-up view of which is shown in FIG. 3A. Strain relief assembly 98 includes ferrule holder 50 and an intermediate sleeve 100 having front and back end faces 102 and 104, acentral axis AS, and a central hole 106 centered around axis AS and defined by an inner surface 107. In an example embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3B, intermediate sleeve 100 is C-shaped and includes inner threads 108. The C-shapedintermediate sleeve 100 includes a gap 110 open to central hole 106 that defines the C-shape. Gap 110 is sized to fit over buffered portion 154. This allows intermediate sleeve 100 to be slipped over the exposed buffered portion 154 between the end oflead-in tube 80 and fiber optic cable 150 so it can be added to connector 8 at ferrule back section 50B, as described below. Hole 106 and inner threads 108 are sized so that intermediate sleeve 100 can threadedly engage the outer threads 64 of ferrule holder back section 50B and be secured thereto. In an example embodiment, intermediate sleeve 100 has an outersurface 112 with one or more grooves 114 running parallel to the front and back end faces 102 and 104, as shown. One or more grooves 114 are configured to facilitate gripping strain-relief strands 157 to provide additional strain relief, as described ingreater detail below. In an example embodiment, intermediate sleeve 100 is made of aluminum. Also in an example embodiment, intermediate sleeve 100 is about 3.5 mm long and about 5 mm in diameter. For the sake of discussion, intermediate sleeve 100 is discussed below in connection with its C-shaped threaded embodiment. Other embodiments can also be used for intermediate sleeve 100, such as for example, a non-threaded version that isotherwise fixable to the ferrule holder end (which also need not be threaded), such as through the use of a snap-connect or via an adhesive or glue. Other embodiments of intermediate sleeve 100 include a clam-shell type design (not shown) that opens upto fit around and engage ferrule back section 50B. Still further embodiments of the present invention comprise alternative intermediate sleeves to facilitate the gripping of the strain-relief strands 157 to provide strain relief. Strain relief assembly 98 also includes a crimp sleeve 120 having respective front and back ends 122 and 124, and a central opening 126 sized so that the crimp sleeve can slide over the outside of intermediate sleeve 100. Crimp sleeve ispreferably made of a relatively soft metal such as copper so that it can be crimped over intermediate sleeve 100. Still further embodiments of the present invention comprise crimp sleeves and/or intermediate sleeves of alternative materials suitable forengaging one another and/or for providing strain relief. Once fiber optic cable is prepared for connectorizing as shown in FIG. 1, but with a fiber coating 152C removed to lengthen field fiber section 152S. Strain relief assembly 98 is then ready to be incorporated into the connector. In FIG. 2,strain-relief strands 157 are not included for ease of illustration. FIG. 4 shows strain-relief strands 157 as being temporarily held back against cable 150 by crimp sleeve 120. At the point of assembly shown in FIG. 2, lead-in tube 80 can be crimped onto buffered layer 154 to provide initial stress relief while the parts making up strain-relief assembly 98 are added to the connector. With continuing reference to FIG. 2 and as discussed above, intermediate sleeve 100 slips on over the exposed buffer layer 154 between lead-in tube 80 and fiber optic cable 150. Intermediate sleeve 100 is then placed on ferrule holder backsection 50B, where inner threads 108 engage outer threads 64. Intermediate sleeve 100 is then threaded onto ferrule holder back section 50B and surrounds a portion thereof, thereby also surrounding a portion of buffer layer 154 held in the ferrule backsection. Once intermediate sleeve 100 is in place as shown in FIG. 4, crimp sleeve 120 is moved to release strain-relief strands 157 held thereby. Strain-relief strands 157 are then flared around grooved outer surface 112, as shown in FIG. 5. Notethat in FIG. 5, connector 8 includes an inner housing 210 that covers ferrule holder front end 50F and cam 212 covering ferrule holder 50 at back section 50B but adjacent intermediate sleeve 100 and forward thereof. With reference now to FIG. 6, crimp sleeve 120 is moved from its holding place on cable 150 to cover intermediate sleeve 100. This traps strain-relief strands 157 between the intermediate sleeve and the crimp sleeve, with grooves 114 on outersurface 112 of the intermediate sleeve serving to hold the strand ends in place. Also as shown in FIG. 6, in the next step crimp sleeve 120 is crimped (e.g., hexagonally crimped), as illustrated by arrows 200. This squeezes the intermediate sleeve and the crimp sleeve together, which serves to hold strain-relief strands 157in place and provide stress relief. It also causes gap 110 to at least partially close in certain embodiments of the present invention, which serves to secure the intermediate sleeve to the ferrule holder, thereby providing further strain relief at backend 8B of connector 8. FIG. 7 is an elevated perspective view of the connector similar to FIG. 5, showing an inner housing 210 in place at the connector front end 8F and crimp sleeve 120 in place over intermediate sleeve 100 at ferrule holder back section 50B. Once intermediate sleeve 100 and crimp sleeve 120 are crimped in place on ferrule holder back section 50B, a protective boot 220, temporarily stored over cable 150, is slid over connector back end 8B, as shown in the side view of FIG. 8 and theelevated perspective view of FIG. 9. FIG. 9 also shows an outer housing or "shroud" 230 arranged over the inner housing 210 (see FIG. 7 and FIG. 8) at connector front end 8F. Intermediate Sleeve Handler Because intermediate sleeve 100 is relatively small (e.g., about 5 mm in diameter), it may prove difficult to handle when installing strain-relief assembly 98 onto connector 8. Accordingly, with reference to FIG. 10, the present inventionincludes an intermediate-sleeve handler ("handler") 300 used to handle intermediate sleeve 100. Handler 300 has front and back end faces 302 and 304 and a central hole 306 centered on a central axis AH. Handler 300 includes a shelf 307 between thecentral hole and back end face that serves as a stop against which intermediate sleeve 100 abuts when placed within the handler central hole, as discussed below. Handler 300 has a smooth inner surface 308, an outer surface 309, and a gap 310 in theouter surface and that opens to the central hole to define a C-shape for the handler. Inner surface 308 includes opposing lips 311 on opposite sides of gap 310. In an example embodiment, handler 300 includes one or more grooves 312 that facilitategripping and handling the handler. Gap 310 is sized so that it fits over the buffered section of a fiber optic cable. Handler hole 306 is sized so that intermediate sleeve 100 can be easily pressed into the central hole at the handler front end face 302 with one of the intermediate sleeve end faces (e.g., back end face 104) coming to a rest against shelf 307,and so that handler axis AH and intermediate sleeve axis AS are aligned, as shown in FIG. 11. It is important that handler gap 310 line up with intermediate sleeve gap 110, as best illustrated in FIG. 11. This can be done using a fixture in the factory, or by keying the intermediate sleeve and the installation handler. One way to keythese two components is by providing flat sections 117 on the intermediate sleeve outer surface adjacent gap 110, and by providing corresponding flat sections (lips) 311 on handler inner surface 108 so that these respective flat surfaces engage when therespective gaps line up. This engagement also serves to cause intermediate sleeve 100 to rotate along with handler 300 when the handler is rotated (e.g., when threading the intermediate sleeve onto the ferrule holder back section), rather than havingthe intermediate sleeve rotate independently within the handler. To install intermediate sleeve 100 onto the back of connector 8 using handler 300, handler front face 302 faces ferrule back section 50B. Next, the aligned handler and intermediate sleeve gaps 310 and 110 are slid over the exposed buffersection 154 between the flared back end 84 of lead-in tube 80 and oversized cable 150. Intermediate sleeve 100 is then threaded onto ferrule holder back section 50F using handler 300. Handler 300 is then pulled back towards cable 150 and away fromconnector 8 until is it back at the exposed buffer section 154, where it can be removed via gap 310. Since intermediate sleeve is held in position on ferrule holder back section 50B by the engaged threads and was held within handler 300 only with aslight press fit, the handler and intermediate sleeve easily disengage when the handler is pulled away from the ferrule back section. The present invention has the advantage that it allows for proper installation and strain relief of a field-installable fiber optic connector directly on a fiber optic cable, such as an oversized fiber optic cable, as opposed to being installedon the tight-buffered fiber portion inside the cable. This results in a more stable fiber optic cable termination. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention coverthe modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. Other References
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SPOKANE -- Yes, the sun is shining. I hope it is raining back in Seattle.
Tonight the Democrats hold their big banquet prior to tomorrow's convention floor session. Gov. Chris Gregoire and Sen. Patty Murray will speak tonight. Chairman Dwight Pelz is speaking now. He says he's proud to be a Democrat. (Yes, hold the presses.) But, he said, not everyone is proud.
Dino Rossi will not allow the name Republican appear after his name on the ballot. Dino Rossi is ashamed to be a Republican.
Pelz also took a shot at Republican Secretary of State Sam Reed and the top two primary, saying Rossi could call himself a member of the GOP because of "Sam Reed's flakey, goofy, childish ballot."
I ran into Randy Dorn, the former Democratic lawmaker running for superintendent of public instruction, and he said the party's executive committee endorsed him today. He says that will make it easier for him to win an endorsement from the Washington Education Association.
MORE: The featured speaker tonight is Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson.
Murray is speaking. The crowd is giving her mention of Sen. Hillary Clinton a sustained standing ovation. Murray says America was changed by the Democratic presidential primary and that every boy and girl in the country now knows that "anything is possible."
But this is the biggest applause line so far: "I know I was right when I voted against going to war with Iraq." She said Iraq veterans have been mistreated by the Bush Administration. "Our heroes have had to fight their own government for the treatment they have earned," she said.
Murray is talking about the Air Force tanker.
By giving this contract to Airbus we are undermining our abilty to provide for our military and decimating the U.S. aerospace business.
Murray said that there is one person to thank for Washington state avoiding the economic problems facing much of the country: Gregoire. That's a lot of credit for one person.
And now Gregoire is speaking. She said Democrats should spend the next couple of days really thinking about why they are Democrats.
She said that Rossis is one of "those Republicans who are exactly in lock step with" President Bush. She said people like "do not see the world with the vision and the values we do."
More from Gregoire:
Today we are at a watershed moment. Now is the time for us to stand up and say, 'No more.' Now is the time for us to stand up and elect those people who share our vision and our values. Now is the time when we here in Washington state can continue to live in a common vision with a partner in the White House. Ladies and gentlemen, it is an inspirational year, a year of change and hope. It is time for us to take this country back. It is time for us to travel the world and be proud because we put the USA ticket on our luggage.
MORE: So why is Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson here? He's just starting to speak, so maybe there are more reasons. But Pelz explained in his introduction that Parkinson was first elected as a Republican legislator. He switched parties at the urging of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
"Being the Lieutentant governor of Kansas is not that big of a deal," Parkinson said. He said that Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has real power. Boy, Parkinson must not have much to do in Kansas because Owen has a very slim official portfolio. He says that in the political food chain he comes right after the single-cell amoeba.
Parksinson is the Rodney Dangerfield of politics. But it is the party-switching that makes him a draw as a speaker. He said he considers very carefully invitations like the one that brought him to Spokane.
I don't want to be the Zell Miller of the Democratic Party.
He said that if his speech had a title it would be "Is Mark Parksinson an opportunist."
The issue arises because after I switched parties the folks that had been asking me to leave the party for a long time suddenly got upset and they called me a lot of things. The thing that they were able to publish was oportunist.
He said he registered as a Republican in 1976 because that was the tradition in Kansas at the time, in the style of Dwight Eisenhower or Alf Landon. He said he fit fine with the party even as he supported abortion rights and thought "the government should not tell us where and what to pray."
But he says the Republican Party in Kansas was taken over by regligious conservatives. The final straw, he said, was when a conservative Republican attorney general began to subpoena medical records of women who had abortions performed by Kansas doctors.
Parkinson became chairman of the state Republican Party when the moderate GOP governor asked him to take the post over from a conservative who was daily criticizing his party's governor. But as he toured the state as party chairman, he realized the party had changed permanently.
"I decided I would quietly slip away," and gave up party politics. Still a Republican, he endorsed a Democratic candidate for attorney general and figured his political career was over. But the governor called him and asked him to consider switching parties to run with her as lieutenant governor.
I realized that the Republican Party that I had been a member of for 30 years was no longer the party of Abraham Lincoln. It was no longer the party of Alf Landon or Dwight Eisenhower or Nancy Kassenbaum. Instead it had become the party of George Bush and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.
And he gave a nod to Gregoire, by adding, "It had become the party of Dino Rossi." That brought hisses from the dinner crowd.
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PHARR -- Walked into store to purchase a new King bedroom set on 5/20/10. Before could walk out of the store they forced us to take the mattress pad for the mattress that we had purchased that day. The next day we went over to change the order from a king to queen size bed and they were able EXCHANGE the mattress pad no questions ask that day. They never disclosed the consequences of what would be if we would cancel the order due to the delay for delivery that was almost 3 weeks out. Upon cancellation they were quick to offer next day delivery, but we canceled anyway. Later we found out that we were not refunded our full amount for the down payment we were never told upfront that we had to pay. they deducted the mattress pad amount of 80.00 that was for a warranty that we got for the mattress. They stated that due to SANITATION purposes they were not able to accept the pad back. HELLO, they were quick to swap it out from the original size from the king to the queen the next day even though they have a no EXCHANGE policy but when the order was completely canceled we were out 80.00 for MATTRESS PAD THAT CAME WITH A WARRENTY FOR A BED MATTRESS WE DONT HAVE!!! We spoke to the managers and even with paper stating that they broke their policy when we changed the order we still we not able to get the money back..DUE TO SANITATION purposes is what the manager said... I would have understood if we would have had a bed to use the pad with but again WE CANCELED THE ORDER.. oh well whats 80.00 dollars right, but imagine how many other customers are forced to walk out with the mattress pad and if they cancel don't get then money back..THAT adds up ASHLEY....
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Posted by Alain on 2010-06-08:
You may want to try contacting Ashley at: Ashley Furniture Corporate Office, Headquarters, 1 Ashley Way, Arcadia, WI, 54612 or 608-323-3377 (general phone number).
Posted by oldisgood on 2010-06-09:
You might try small claims court. I don't think they can win because you didn't have the mattress to put the pad upon. Just my thought
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Portsmouth, Va. – Portsmouth City Councilman Bill Moody is facing pressure to resign after an extramarital affair may have produced a child.
It allegedly caused a fight that led to arrest warrants being filed in Portsmouth court. A protective order is being put out against the woman who Moody slept with.
Mayor Kenny Wright wants moody to step aside, but he won't. In a phone conversation with NewsChannel 3, Moody says the mayor's call for his resignation is 99.99 percent politically motivated.
Moody said earlier in the afternoon that he planned on using Tuesday's city council meeting to say he wasn't going anywhere.
But during a nearly two hour meeting, Moody was mute.
So why didn't Moody defend himself?
"I have no comment I think it was a very amicable meeting," Moody said.
Mayor Kenny Wright says he did not talk to Moody about stepping down at a closed door meeting earlier in the evening. He rejects Moody's call that he's making a political move.
"We are all held to a higher standard as leaders of our community, and I expect everyone in our community to be held to the same standard," Wright said.
Wright and Moody have butted heads in the past. But Moody wouldn't give any comment as to what issue he thinks sparked Wright to call for him to leave office.
"I have a lot of support from the citizens," Moody said.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Animal welfare activists have protested in vain the past couple of years as the federal government dropped the gray wolf from its endangered species list and legislatures in five states allowed hunters to shoot the resilient predators. In Michigan, they're trying a new tactic: taking their case directly to the voters.
Lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder approved a bill in December that designated the wolf as a game animal — a first step toward allowing hunts. The Natural Resources Commission, a panel appointed by the governor that regulates hunting, fishing and trapping, has the final say. The commission could schedule a hunt as early as this fall in the rural, woodsy Upper Peninsula, where the wolf population is estimated at around 700.
But opposition groups and native Indian tribes in favor of protecting the wolves are campaigning for a statewide referendum on the new law. If they gather enough petition signatures to get the issue on the November 2014 election ballot, the measure — and any potential hunt — will be put on hold until after the vote.
Organizers need at least 161,300 signatures but have a goal of 225,000 in case some are ruled invalid. They are planning a series of meetings across the state to line up foot soldiers who will circulate petitions.
"People care very much about wolves and wanted them protected, and certainly don't want them hunted and trapped just as they're starting to recover," said Jill Fritz, Michigan director for the Humane Society of the United States and leader of a coalition spearheading the petition drive.
It wouldn't be the first time Michigan voters overruled legislators on hunting policy. In 2006, they rejected by more than 2-to-1 a measure allowing hunters to target mourning doves.
Pro-hunting groups are girding for battle, describing the attempt to block wolf hunting as a direct assault on the state's deeply ingrained shooting sports culture.
"The Humane Society of the United States is just another out-of-state interest group trying to hijack Michigan's ballot to push its radical animal rights agenda," said Tony Hansen, spokesman for Michigan United Conservation Clubs. Eric McDonough, the group's executive director, said regulated hunting has helped keep recovered species such as elk and wild turkeys healthy.
Wolves were shot, trapped and poisoned to the brink of extinction in the lower 48 states by the middle of the 20th century but have bounced back since being given legal protection in the 1960s and 1970s.
Natural migration from neighboring states and Ontario gave Michigan's wolves a foothold around 1990, and their numbers have grown steadily since then — along with complaints about attacks on farm and domestic animals.
A 2008 state law allows owners to kill wolves attacking livestock or pets, but catching them in the act isn't easy; they hunt in packs and kill quickly and efficiently. Some farmers — particularly in the western U.P. — say they're overwhelmed and need hunting and trapping to keep wolf numbers in check.
The DNR says decisions about hunting should be based on scientific data and a management plan it developed in consultation with a variety of interests, including environmentalists. The plan says hunts could be justified if necessary to reduce wolf-human conflicts in limited areas where the problems are severe and other control methods aren't working, spokeswoman Debbie Munson Badini said.
Department biologists are conducting an updated wolf census and gathering statistics on livestock depredation. It will submit a report with a recommendation about hunting to the Natural Resources Commission in May or June.
The DNR would consider a referendum "unwarranted and ill-advised" because it could undermine the regulatory authority granted to the commission in a 1996 statewide vote, Badini said.
But leaders of the petition drive say more time is needed to determine whether the wolf population is secure enough to thrive without federal legal protection, which was removed only a year ago. Scheduling a hunt this soon, they say, would be based less on science than pleasing sportsmen.
"Wolves are not taken for food. This is merely about a trophy for hunters," said Derek Bailey, former chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Wolves have a strong cultural significance for the region's native tribes dating back to their traditional creation stories, he said.
Some hunters contend wolves are killing too many deer. Rolf Peterson, a biologist who has studied wolves for decades on Isle Royale National Park, testified before a state Senate committee that wolves actually strengthen the deer population by culling sick ones and preventing spread of disease.
Advocacy groups aren't pushing for referendums in other states where wolf hunting has resumed. Minnesota and Wisconsin don't permit statewide votes on policy issues. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming do, but there's little evidence that an effort to defeat wolf hunting at the ballot box would succeed in the rural Northern Rockies, where ranchers wield heavy clout.
Still, a solid victory in Michigan might begin to change attitudes elsewhere, said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States.
"There's an assumption among politicians in these states that the public supports killing wolves for sport and commerce," he said. "I'm confident the Michigan referendum is going to turn around that false perception ... and help arrest this expansion of wolf hunting and begin to pare it back."
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Guards Charged in Fatal Beating Of Inmate at Nassau County Jail
Three guards at the Nassau County jail were charged today with violating the civil rights of an inmate who prosecutors say died from a vicious beating at the hands of two of the guards in January. Prosecutors say the third guard acted as a lookout during the beating. The three correction officers...
May 27, 1999, ThursdayJailed Rapist Is Awarded $900,000 Over Beating From Inmates
A Federal jury yesterday awarded $900,000 in damages to a convicted rapist who was beaten by fellow inmates at the Nassau County jail, saying jail officials showed ''deliberate indifference'' to the safety of prisoners accused of sex crimes. The verdict, in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, was...
April 27, 1999, TuesdayNassau to Pay $500,000 In Jail Beating
One day after a Federal jury found a veteran Nassau County jail guard liable for the beating of a mentally retarded inmate, Nassau officials abruptly agreed yesterday to pay the former inmate $500,000 to settle his civil rights lawsuit against the county. The agreement put an end to a four-day...
March 03, 1999, WednesdayJail Guard Says He Has No Memory Of Beating
A Nassau County jail guard accused of beating a retarded inmate with a frying pan or a pot in 1993 testified yesterday in the former prisoner's civil lawsuit that he had no memory of either the man or the night of the attack. But the prosecutor who investigated the case at the time testified that...
February 25, 1999, ThursdayMan Says Union Chief Beat Him in Jail
A mentally retarded man testified yesterday that guards at the Nassau County Jail held him while a top official of the correction officers' union repeatedly beat his head and body with a pot or a pan in a 1993 attack that left him with broken ribs and spinal fractures. The former inmate, Thomas...
February 24, 1999, WednesdayJury Is Told Guard Used Frying Pan To Hit Inmate
In the first trial involving a beating at the Nassau County jail since the Federal Government began investigating allegations of widespread brutality there, a mentally retarded man's lawyer told jurors yesterday that his client was savagely beaten in 1993 by a guard wielding a frying pan. The...
February 23, 1999, TuesdayLawyers for 5 Jail Guards Say Clients Are Unjustly Demonized
Lawyers for five guards at the Nassau County jail who were transferred last month after the death of an inmate lashed out at the news media today, saying their clients were being unjustly depicted as murderous brutes and would eventually be exonerated. ''We're here to tell you that correction...
February 06, 1999, SaturdayCiting Accounts of Abuse at Nassau Jail, Legislators Seek U.S. Inquiry
As lawyers of other former inmates came forward with accounts of what they say is rampant abuse at the Nassau Correctional Center, Democratic county legislators called today for a Federal investigation into the treatment of prisoners at the jail, where the police say a man was fatally beaten on Jan....
January 23, 1999, SaturdayInsider's View: Misery, and Decency
Walking out of the Nassau County Jail today after serving 60 days on a shoplifting conviction, Willie C. Williams said that he was leaving a dismal and despicable place. ''I did wrong and deserved to go to jail,'' Mr. Williams said this afternoon, two days after the Nassau County Medical Examiner...
January 22, 1999, FridayEx-Inmate Said to Identify 2 Guards in Beating Case
A man who said he overheard guards at the Nassau County jail brutally attacking another inmate who later died has identified two of the guards from a police photo lineup, the lawyer for the victim's family said today. The police would not confirm the identification, but law enforcement officials...
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Chandrachur Singh back on small screen
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Mumbai: After being seen as the host of cookery show 'Royal Rasoi', Chandrachur Singh will feature in 'Savdhaan India Maha Movie'.
'Savdhaan India Maha Movie', which airs on Life OK, is a two-hour-long movie that focuses on crime.
This week's story is based in Goa, and explores complexities of human relationships.
It focuses on the bond between a brother and his sister and revolves around the lives of Akshay, played by Chandrachur, and Ravina, essayed by Arya Banerjee.
When Akshay goes out on a family vacation, he spots Ravina and starts following her. Ravina, however, insists on her identity being Ruby and refuses to acknowledge Akshay at all.
After a series of incidents Akshay confides in his wife that Ravina is his estranged sister.
What follows next is a series of unfortunate events that leaves Akshay entangled in a web of drugs, smuggling and his struggle to save his sister.
The episode featuring Chandrachur, who was part of films like 'Maachis' and 'Josh', will air Sunday.
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Albright men, women sweep Arcadia
The Albright men's and women's basketball team swept a double-header with Arcadia on Wednesday night at the Bollman Center.
Freshman Sameen Swint pulled the Albright College men's basketball team back into the game midway through the second half and then hit the game-winner with seven seconds remaining, as the Albright College men's basketball defeated Arcadia 85-84 on Wednesday.
Swint finished with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting. He drove from right corner and finished on Albright's final possession to give the Lions the victory.
Arcadia had a great chance to tie at the buzzer as Joe Brown's put-back attempt off Aaron Lee-Webb's missed jumper was just short .
With Albright trailing 64-57 at the midway point of the second half, Swint scored seven straight to pull his team level. After making two free throws, he pulled down a defensive rebound and hit a jumper at the other end.
Swint then came up a steal and took it the other way for a three-point play that tied the game. The rookie was the only person on the floor to score over a stretch of nearly three minutes.
Albright improves to 2-3 and 1-1 in the Commonwealth Conference ahead of a big road game at local rival, and defending league champion, Alvernia University on Saturday.
The Albright College women's basketball team kept Arcadia quiet for most of the second half, holding off the Knights 62-55 on Wednesday in the Bollman Center.
Junior Jessica Venturelli had 14 points and four assists for Albright, both game-highs, and made 8-of-10 free throw attempts. Sophomore Kelecia Harris had 10 points and four blocks, while classmate Emily O'Donnell added nine points and six rebounds.
Albright opened the game on an 8-0 run that was answered immediately by a 12-0 stretch from the visitors.
Albright improves to 3-2, 1-1 and hands Arcadia (5-1, 0-1) its first loss of the season. The Lions will travel across town Saturday for a 1 p.m. game against rival Alvernia.
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Police are speaking with a Timaru man they believe could be connected with the suspected abduction and assault of a 9-year-old boy last week.
Police have taken the man to Timaru station to be interviewed, Mid-South Canterbury area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin said tonight.
The man was not under arrest, Gaskin said.
The "young man" was acquainted with the child but was not a relative, he said.
Gaskin declined to provide the man's age and other details.
Investigators did speak with the boy again today, but he provided only a small amount of information, Gaskin said.
Police pieced together details provided by members of the public, both in Timaru and in the rural area along Holme Station Rd where the boy was found.
Gaskin thanked members of the public who had come forward to assist with the investigation.
''Though those small details in themselves didn't mean a great deal, when the investigative team was able to analyse it all, it painted a fairly clear picture,'' he said.
Investigators would likely continue talk with the boy, but no further formal interviews are planned.
Gaskin also thanked investigators who have ''worked long hours doing tedious work'' to piece together elements of the case.
The boy tonight remained in Timaru Hospital in a stable condition, with injuries to his mouth and jaw.
He was found at Holme Station Bridge at 4.20pm on Thursday, after leaving Oceanview Heights School in Selwyn St about 3pm.
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