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By Trina TriceThe Clayton County Board of Education has agreed to conduct a national search for its next superintendent. The official commitment to conduct the search came on the second day of a two-day retreat at the office of the Georgia School Boards Association Thursday afternoon. With the initial motion made by Vice Chairwoman Connie Kitchens, the board worked on the wording of the final statement: "(The board accepts) Chester Gibson's offer to facilitate the review and development of a written procedure for a nationwide superintendent selection process that would be in compliance with SACS." Gibson, parliamentarian for GSBA, conducted an information session on proper parliamentary procedures at the GSBA retreat. Following his presentation, Gibson offered the school board his expertise for the July 21 meeting the board has scheduled to discuss the national superintendent search. He said he would not charge the board for his help. "One of the best things the board could do is get off the stalemate concerning the superintendent search," he told the board. "(The board needs to) put in writing what you're going to do regarding the superintendent search. I would love to see this board come together in how they're going to proceed with the search. I don't think you're going to move forward until you get beyond it." Although the board will get objective assistance from the Gibson, he asserted that he would not make any decisions for them. Kitchens and Board Chairwoman Nedra Ware are confident that Gibson will give the board the input it needs. The board plans to discuss with Gibson the superintendent search it began in April and how to proceed beyond it. Using an outside agency, like GSBA, is likely for the progression of the superintendent search, according to board member Barbara Wells. "I think we're going to be able to sit down and talk about doing a national search," she said. "Hopefully we'll hire some firm like GSBA." The board's decision to conduct a national search pleased some Clayton County residents in attendance, such as Elizabeth Armstrong, one of the coordinators of a recent press conference at the Justice Center for parents and concerned citizens. "This is what we've been asking for for the past couple of months," she said. "Now they've set it up for another meeting; (the retreat) is like a preliminary." The board's first superintendent search, which started in April, has been surrounded by controversy, primarily due to the one-week deadline set for accepting applications, the lack of proof the board advertised its search nationally, and the fact only four board members interviewed candidates. Some board members said they never even saw the applications nor knew who all of the candidates were. Although four board members-Kitchens, Ware, Carol Kellam, and LaToya Walker-narrowed the search down to one finalist, other board members cried foul, and subsequently walked out on the Monday meeting because their request that the board renew its commitment to do conduct a national search was squelched. Ware and Kitchens still contend that the search to board did on its own was a national one. Member Ericka Davis was one who pushed for a national superintendent search. "After the superintendent (search) process (is over), everything will go much better," she said. "There will be issues we won't agree on, but once we get a superintendent in place and get those (board) policies updated, we won't have any problems."
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"Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland made an obscene reference to the European Union which caused a diplomatic scandal when her January 28, 2014 telephone conversation with the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, was allegedly leaked by the Russians and broadcast on YouTube. Nuland was discussing with Pyatt the role of the Ukrainian opposition leaders in the country's government and the crises in Ukraine. Nuland insulted Vitali Klitschko and said he should not be allowed into the government because he was too inexperienced. Subsequently, Nuland stated that she preferred the United Nations as mediator, instead of the European Union, adding "Beep the E.U." and Pyatt responded, "Oh, exactly, and I think we've got to do something". Nuland's recorded 'F the EU' conversation allegedly released by the Russians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Nuland In the new YouTube video, Nuland can be heard saying that the United States has 'invested' $5 billion in Ukraine to bring about "real democracy and the reforms Ukraine needs to make in order that they can join the European Union." 5 Billion for Regime Change in Ukraine Video of Victoria Nuland- Russian video of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Nuland states this at 7:35 minutes into the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861DJLR4Cek Nuland is part of the U.S. economic 'hit squad' that helps countries to become indebted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank by loaning them money for infrastructure expenditures that help international corporations and then ask the people of that country to embrace austerity and pay back the debt. Who gets the money for 'development? Look at the Chevron sign next to the podium at which Nuland speaks. Any questions? Yes, $5 billion has been invested in Ukraine by the U.S. at a time when we're broke, according to our government. Too broke to extend unemployment benefits to 1.3 million of U.S. workers that still are having difficulty finding work. Too broke to keep S.N.A.P. ( food stamps) at their previous levels so that poor Americans can eat. So, we're told we're broke by Washington DC.; but not to broke to topple the Ukrainian government. We supplied the money to the organizations that were involved. Should we interfere in the affairs of another sovereign nation who had a democratically elected president? President Obama says this is not a "Cold War Chess Game". But that is exactly what this CIA supported coup in Ukraine is, whether our media spins it otherwise or not. If you've wondered why we need the TSA, Homeland Security, and a $800 billion defense budget, look no further than Iran, Ukraine, Iraq, Palestine, Venezuela, Thailand, Georgia, ad nauseam. Our U.S. Foreign Policy is to blame for most of our domestic security concerns. Maybe it's because our government goes around the World sticking its finger in Putin and other leader's eyes. Ukraine isn't the only country our CIA..er our State Department has 'helped'. Look at what's going on in Venezuela today. Coincidence? Hardly, they have a lot of oil in Venezuela so why would BP want to allow the citizens there to get gas at 25 cents a gallon? Americans might get the same idea. BP whined to our CIA about the nationalization of the oil fields in Iran in 1953, so the CIA instigated an Iranian coup so BP could continue to rip off the Iranian people of their oil profits. So what has Ukraine have that some international corporation could want? Is it the next big market for iPhones? And of course, why would Putin of Russia care? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat
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Jim Yardley became the Rome Bureau Chief for The New York Times in September 2013, after spending the previous decade in China, India and Bangladesh.
He spent four years in New Delhi as South Asia bureau chief, which followed a six-year posting as a correspondent and bureau chief in China. He joined The Times in 1997 and has also worked as reporter on the metropolitan and national staffs.
Mr. Yardley's work in China and India covered the gamut. He followed the 3,400-mile path of the Yellow River to document the environmental damage wrought by rapid economic growth in China. He also chronicled a price war between noodle shops in the industrial city of Lanzhou. In India, he wrote about the hopes and horrors of life in Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums. He also spent months writing about the global supply chain for clothes, with a focus on the unsafe conditions and low wages in the garment industry in Bangladesh.
For his work in Bangladesh, Mr. Yardley in 2014 won a George Polk award and shared a Gerald Loeb award.
Mr. Yardley and his colleague, Joseph Kahn, won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their series, Rule by Law, which documented the rough justice of the Chinese legal system. He has won or shared numerous other awards, including the Grantham Prize; the Sigma Delta Chi Award for best foreign correspondence from the Society of Professional Journalists; and an Overseas Press Club award for best environmental coverage.
His first book, "Brave Dragons," was published by Knopf in February 2012. In the book, Mr. Yardley examines the cultural differences and similarities between China and the United States through an unlikely prism: basketball.
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NanoDegree promises fast track to workforce
A low-cost, online "NanoDegree" earned in six to 12 months could revolutionize higher education, writes Eduardo Porter in the New York Times.
AT&T created the new credential with Udacity, the online education company founded by Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun.
For $200 a month, it is intended to teach anyone with a mastery of high school math the kind of basic programming skills needed to qualify for an entry-level position at AT&T as a data analyst, iOS applications designer or the like.
. . . "We are trying to widen the pipeline," said Charlene Lake, an AT&T spokeswoman. "This is designed by business for the specific skills that are needed in business."
"It is like a university built by industry," said Thrun.
The NanoDegree is designed to be a flexible, efficient and stackable job credential for people who don't want to spend two or four years in college to qualify for an entry-level technical job.
But, so far, Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, aren't closing the opportunity gap, writes Porter. Those who do best with MOOCs tend to be college graduates who want to learn new skills. In a Penn study, fewer than 10 percent of MOOC enrollees completed the course. Most lost interest in a few weeks.
Most community college students don't have the literacy or drive necessary to succeed in courses that offer little or no face-to-face interaction, concluded a study by Teachers College, Columbia researchers. MOOCs are for the self motivated.
However, online education that's directly tied to a job "may do better in giving low-income students a leg up," writes Porter. "And companies, rather than colleges, may be best suited to shape the curriculum."
AT&T will accept the NanoDegree as a credential for entry-level jobs and plans to hire 100 interns with the degree. Udacity is creating NanoDegrees with other companies. "It's a more focused education with less time wasted," Mr. Thrun told me. "They can get a degree quickly, get a job and then maybe do it again."
Certification raises earnings
More than 50 million U.S. adults, or one in four, have earned a professional certification, license or educational certificate, according to a new Census report on alternative credentials. For workers with less than a bachelor's degrees, certificates and licenses provide an "earnings premium."
"Getting an academic degree is not the only way for people to develop skills that pay off in the labor market," said Stephanie Ewert,co-author of the report.
Certifications and licenses are valuable in many fields, including business/finance management, nursing, education, cosmetology and culinary arts.
Around 30 percent of employed adults held an alternative credential, compared to 16 percent of the unemployed and 13 percent of those not in the labor force.
Seventy-one percent of workers in technical fields hold an alternative credential, the report found.
Certifications that "signal specific competencies" make it easier for jobseekers and employers to find each other, writes Mary Alice McCarthy on Ed Central. "Signals at the lower end of the job market . . . are relatively scarce."
For people who don't have the time, disposition, or financial means to complete a college degree, the positive economic return to alternative credentials is welcome news. For education and training providers worried about improving the labor market outcomes of their students, the report points to the value of embedding stackable and competency-based credentials into their programs.
And for the research and advocacy community, the results raise a host of new and important questions about how credentials function at different tiers of the labor market, how we ensure their quality, protect credential-seekers from worthless credentials, and use non-degree credentials to improve job quality.
The U.S. workforce would look a lot better in international comparisons if certificate holders without college degrees were counted as trained workers, McCarthy adds.
$27 an hour to start
"Stackable" short-term vocational certificates can help young people find good jobs, then go back to college for even better jobs, reports Community College Daily.
Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) in Pennsylvania is working closely with industry partners. "Instead of coming out of college with $50,000 in debt, the goal should be to come out with a $50,000 income," says Doug Jensen, WCCC associate vice president for workforce education and economic development.
With ArcelorMittal, local high schools and Career and Technical Centers (CTCs) of Pennsylvania, WCCC participates in Steelworker for the Future. The program includes college courses and a paid professional internship.
"When students walk across the stage on graduation day, they get their high school diploma, they get their CTC credentials and they get a certificate from WCCC in applied industrial technology," says Jensen. High school graduates with Steelworker for the Future credentials can start at up to $27 an hour and make close to $80,000 a year with overtime and bonuses.
Other community colleges participating in Steelworker for the Future include Ivy Tech in Indiana, Moraine Valley Community College and Prairie State College in Illinois, West Virginia Northern Community College and Cuyahoga Community College and Lakeland Community College in Ohio.
North Carolina sets college pathways
North Carolina has launched a four-year plan to improve student success, says Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College System.
New college students will enter a structured program, reports Community College Times. Even high school students in dual enrollment programs will be encouraged to enroll tuition-free in a pathway that leads to a technical or bachelor's degree.
The system also used research and analysis to identify and address "momentum loss points"—points where students become bogged down and too often pulled off course in their goals toward completion. In community colleges, that usually happens in a student's first semester or first academic year, particularly in developmental education programs.
"We found too many students entering developmental education without exiting, which is why we have completely redesigned our efforts in North Carolina," Ralls said.
The colleges tapped expert math and English faculty members across the state to re-engineer curriculum to shorten the length of courses and to develop modules to let students get the courses they need.
The state system also worked with high schools to align career and college readiness testing. Now students will know early whether they're on track to take college-level community college classes.
Eighty technical programs in in transportation, energy, manufacturing, environment and construction now offer "stackable" credentials. A student can earn a certificate, leave college for the workforce and return later to add an advanced credential.
Texas stacks energy credentials
Texas community colleges are creating stackable credentials for oilfield workers, reports Inside Higher Ed. Oil and gas workers can qualify for an entry-level job, then return to college for more training.
Community colleges are working hard to keep up with petrochemical companies' demand for workers. The jobs pay well, and many associate degree-holders earn $50,000 to $70,000 a year right out of college.
Students can start at one college, move to follow the jobs and enroll at a new college without losing credits.
Several community colleges have teamed up to create a central core of 36 credits toward a 60-credit associate degree aimed at oil and gas workers. Those courses, which include 15 credits' worth of accreditor-mandated general education requirements and 21 credits of specialized soft and mechanical skills training, are designed to transfer around the state.
Each credential "stacks" on the one before. "Courses for shorter-term certificates count toward degrees," notes Inside Higher Ed.
A "marketable skills achievement award," which takes 9 to 14 credits, leads to an entry-level job.
Next up is a "level one" certificate, which usually takes a year to complete. For example, a basic certificate in process technology at Brazosport is 15 credits. Others can be more involved, with 18 or more credits.
Level two certificates follow. They tend to be somewhat-specialized 30-credit programs. Eventually students can wrap up 60-credit associate degrees in production or processing technology.
That's not even the last step. Some community colleges have partnered with four-year institutions to create transitions to bachelor's programs for oil and gas workers. Brazosport, for example, has a transfer agreement with the nearby University of Houston at Victoria for a bachelor's in applied technology.
Large employers, such as Chevron and Dow Chemical, require an associate degree for new hires. But they'll hire interns who are working on a degree for as much as $22 an hour.
Texas colleges plan to create stackable credentials for other fields, such as allied health careers and information technology.
North Carolina's community colleges have created a "green jobs" pathway.
Colleges accelerate and 'stack' job training
With the help of Labor Department grants, community colleges are accelerating job training programs aimed at adults and "stacking" workforce credentials, reports Inside Higher Ed.
Working with employers, Massachusetts' 15 community colleges have accelerated training for jobs in health care, advanced manufacturing, information technology, biotechnology, green energy and financial services.
In addition to prior-learning assessment and competency-based education, colleges are creating stackable credentials. Students can earn a short-term certificate, find a job and return later to add a higher credential.
For advanced manufacturing, the final product was a pyramid of competencies employees should ideally master to work at various job levels. The colleges worked with manufacturers statewide to develop those standards.
For example, in the precision machining field, entry-level jobs like assemblers or warehouse workers should have skills in five major areas: shop math, blueprint reading, metrology, problem solving and workplace readiness. But further up the pyramid, supervisors and managers should hold certificates and degrees in manufacturing technology, as well as more learned skills, such as programming, and a minimum number of hours working in the industry.
Stacking also works well for health-care credentials, said Ana Sanchez, the "career and college navigator" at Springfield Technical Community College. "Everybody wants to be a nurse," but not everyone has the math and science skills needed. In one or two semesters, students can earn a certificate as a patient care technician or medical admin. It can be a quick route to the workforce and, for some, the first step on the path to a nursing degree.
Students train in aviation, manufacturing
With the help of $2 billion in federal job training grants community colleges are helping students earn industry-recognized credentials that will show they're ready for work, reports Community College Times.
Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) in Kansas is the leader of a consortium that will use its $14.9-million grant to develop industry credentials for the aviation industry. WATC and its partners — Tulsa Community College (Oklahoma), Ivy Tech Community College (Indiana), Guilford Technical Community College (North Carolina) and Edmonds Community College (Washington)—are all located near aviation manufacturing facilities, said Sheree Utash, vice president for academic affairs at WATC. The Wichita area, for example, has Spirit AeroSystems, Bombardier Learjet, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft plants nearby.
Aviation industry professionals will help develop the curriculum, which will be used by all colleges in the consortium.
The consortium will develop six stackable aviation credentials: sheet metal assembly, composite repair, computer numerical control (machining), electrical assembly, quality assurance and health and safety. The colleges will also create content for online courses and lab projects and implement transfer and articulation agreements.
Other community colleges are using federal grants to fund training in high-tech manufacturing. Harper College in Illinois is leading a statewide network that will create a curriculum leading to stackable, portable certificates in advanced manufacturing. Students will specialize in mechatronics/automation, numerical controls, metal fabrication and supply chain management/logistics.
CCs get $500 million for job training
Community colleges will get $500 million in federal grants to fund job training. The Labor and Education departments will work together on the program, which will focus on "skills development and employment opportunities in fields such as advanced manufacturing, transportation and health care, as well as science, technology, engineering and math careers through partnerships between training providers and local employers."
In addition, Jobs for the Future's Accelerating Opportunity Initiative will give $1.6 million each to Illinois,Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina to fund adult education and job training.
"Many employers are currently unable to fill well-paying jobs because applicants lack the skills," says JFF President and CEO Marlene B. Seltzer. "Today's good jobs require education beyond high school and training that prepares workers with practical skills that employers need. Accelerating Opportunity focuses on educational programs that lead to the credentials workers need to secure a family-sustaining job and long-lasting career opportunities."
Accelerating Opportunity hopes to create career pathways leading to "marketable, stackable, credit-bearing credentials" in at least 40 community colleges by 2014.
NC creates 'stackable' energy jobs curricula
North Carolina community colleges have consolidated "green" jobs' programs, creating stackable credentials that let students move easily between jobs and advanced schooling, reports Inside Higher Ed.
Using employer feedback on core skills and competencies, the 58-college system created 47 new courses, revised 219 and dropped 92.
"Our goal was not to create one-off programs" at individual campuses, said Scott Ralls, the system's president. "It's a curriculum that cuts across 58 colleges."
. . . The program, named the Code Green Super Curriculum Improvement Project, affects academic areas related to building, energy, environment, transportation and engineering technology. More than 80 curriculum standards were consolidated into 32 revised ones, based on "career clusters" like architecture and construction technology (see box).
In many cases, students can earn an industry-recognized certificate with 12 to 18 credits, find a job and return later to any community college in the state to work toward a higher-level certificate or degree.
In addition to technical courses, the new energy credentials include "employability competencies," such as working in teams.
Chicago: We're closing the skills gap
Chicago's city colleges are closing the skills gap, writes Chancellor Cheryl Hyman. Last December, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Hyman launched the College to Careers initiative.
College to Careers has attracted major corporate partners, from UPS to United Airlines, from Walgreen to CVS, who are eager to help City Colleges develop what we call "credentials of economic value," meaning that students earn credentials that have real value to both employers and 4-year colleges.
In the next decade, strong job growth is projected in health care, transportation, distribution and logistics (TDL), business, information technology, culinary/hospitality and manufacturing, Hyman writes. Chicago started with a focus on health care and TDL.
Through College to Careers, industry-leading companies work collaboratively with our faculty and staff to design the curriculum and facilities needed to train students for success. They provide City Colleges' students with access to teacher-practitioners, internships and the latest technologies, as well as a first pass at job interviews. Why are our partners investing their time and resources? They clearly realize that the quality of their future is tied to the quality of America's workforce, and therefore, our students' success.
In addition, City Colleges is developing stackable credentials: Each certificate or degree will be valuable on its own and be a step toward a higher-level credential.
One partner, Allscripts, which provides electronic records and information systems to hospitals and physicians, hired 48 City Colleges' graduates this summer, Hyman writes. The first six months of the new hires' salaries will be supported through a $2-million fund created by the mayor.


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After I uninstalled the other game , I decided to log into TERA and give it another look.
One of the best things about TERA is that it's very high fantasy with extreme care taken in the character models and graphics. This is something to be expected from ex L2 developers. They have all of the jiggly parts I loved from Lineage 2 and some of the most "arousing" art work in any mmorpg to date.
With that said : The F2P model.
TERA F2P model Is great. The model isn't screaming in your face buy buy buy, but lets the player breath in a world with ever flowing content. I've not run into any road signs screaming I need to pay to play this or that and it truly gives the game a great feel. What TERA has done is implemented a shop that is not so much about content, but aesethics, name changes and services that one would normally use or pay for in a premium sub.
Potions , x2 xp and ect , are all of the typical and expected items you would find in a professionally implemented item shop. When a Item shop is transparent in the game, meaning you know it is available and yet it is not blasting in your face, or creating restrictions in the core game, makes for a great shop and great game experience.
TERA's f2p content is open for all to enjoy, this also makes a player more inclined to subscribe to the game for those added extra perks or al a carte items they want for their account or character. Battlegrounds, love it, it's the closest thing to seiging I've found outside of LotRO MPVP. The Seige weapons are a lot of fun and the pvp in the matches are challenging (at least for me cause I'm a warrior).
A lot of games could benefit in studying TERA's f2p model, and concepts.
I give TERA Online an "Install" .
reviews are !@#$ing stupid. Play what you love.
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Thanks for the overview on Tera's f2p model. I think I'll give this game a shot.
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All content in Teras free. Subs just get to do it more often. ( free is once/ day sub is twice ) on end game dungeons. Anything you can buy on the cash shop can be sold on the AH, and almost always is. Most of the cosmetic items I own I got with in game gold.
Tera does very well appealing to people who like outfits, random boxes and other non-game breaking items. Enchanting is the only thing that kind of sucks, but I enchanted all my gear without ever spending a dime ( I subbed but didn't buy boxes ) You're just not going to do it all in one day.
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Tera is one of the few MMO's I enjoy and one of the best f2p games on the market, not to mention the combat is unique and the lore and environments are very inspired.
En Masse Entertainment seems to be doing a really good job with the cash shop/optional sub model and there is no p2w, yet there are actually cosmetics that are nicely designed and people actually like to buy since it's cool looking stuff unlike Rift which is very cut and paste across the board.
This game doesn't nearly get the attention it deserves. The best full access f2p game on the market "as of the time of this writing".
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I just lvl'd a toon to 60 with a friend and all we did was story quests and dungeons. Our avg wait time was about 5-10 minutes and most of the dungeons we did 4-5 times before we out lvl'd them.
DPS is obviously the worst for waiting because it's always the ones there are too many of. Tank is an instance queue pretty much and the game has no real shortage of healers.
At 60 sf, kg are very easy to get into and wonderhome almost always has groups looking for members. One thing they kind of did away with in the new dungeons is removed all the crazy " you need to know exactly how to do this encounter or you wipe the group" type mechanics. It was killing pugging in the game. Now that things have changed there has been a big return of random groups.


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The Miami Heat are like any other NBA team with a high payroll, they are looking to fill the end of their roster with inexpensive but talented players. In their search for a backup big man, the Miami Heat hosted 6'10″ free agent center Josh Harrellson. He had been waived by the Houston Rockets after signing shooting guard Carlos Delfino. Will Harrellson take his talents to south beach? Josh Harrellson attended Southwestern Illinois from 2007-2008 before going to Kentucky from 2008-2011. He was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team in 2011. During the 2011 NBA Draft he was selected 45th overall during the second round by the New Orleans Hornets. The Hornets agreed to trade Harrellson to the New York Knicks for cash considerations reportedly between $700,000 and $750,000. Harrellson was a surprise talent after being drafted in the second round and developing slowly in college. Last season he averaged 4.4 points while shooting 33.9 percent from behind the three point line and averaging ...
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A magnetorheological brake includes an outer, rotating flywheel member having a hollow interior space, and an inner fixed member disposed in the hollow interior space. The inner fixed member is sized so that a working space is provide between the surfaces of the fixed member and the inner wall of the rotating member. A controllable medium of magnetically permeable metal particles is disposed in the working space. A field generator is mounted in the interior space to the fixed member to selectably generate a field acting on the outer and inner members and the controllable medium in the working space. The rheology change in the medium produced by the field generates resistance to rotation of the outer member about the inner member. A device according to the invention may be used as a flywheel/brake or resistance-generating device in exercise equipment, rotating equipment, such as conveyors, and vehicles.
1. A controllable brake, comprising:
a rotatable outer member having a hollow interior space and also having a rotational inertia, the rotatable outer member including means for altering the rotational inertia of the rotatable outer member;
a stationary inner member disposed in the hollow interior space of the rotatable member with a working space between a surface of the stationary member and a wall of the rotatable member, the stationary member defining a recess along the interior of the inner member;
selectable field generating means mounted in said stationary inner member recess and within said hollow interior space for producing a controllably variable field to act selectably between said rotatable outer member and said stationary inner member and on said working space; and
a controllable medium contained within said working space which has a rheology variably responsive to changes in the controllably variable field for controllably resisting rotation of the rotatable outer member about the stationary inner member.
2. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein the controllable medium comprises a powder of magnetically permeable material.
3. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein the controllable medium comprises a fluid of soft-magnetic particles dispersed in a fluid carrier.
4. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein said stationary member has a circular profile, and wherein said controllable medium is disposed between radially outer portions of the stationary member and an inner surface of the rotatable member.
5. The controllable brake of claim 4, wherein said stationary member recess is an annular groove.
6. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein the inner member is a shaft and the outer member is tubular shaped having a length greater than a diameter, and the controllable medium is disposed between an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of the tubular shaped member.
7. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein said rotational inertia is greater than 0.01 KgM2.
8. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein said means for producing a field includes at least one coil.
9. The controllable brake of claim 1, wherein said magnetic field generator is a permanent magnet.
10. A controllable brake of claim 1 in combination with an exercise machine having a frame and a movable member which is movable relative to the frame through exertion of a user, wherein the stationary inner member is connected to the frame and the rotatable outer member is connected to the movable member.
11. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rotatable outer member includes an integral skirt located in the hollow interior space for preventing packing of the controllable medium in the hollow interior space.
12. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rotatable member includes a hub and a seal located in the hub to seal the hollow interior space and prevent escape of the controllable medium.
13. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 1 further comprising: a first pole piece fixed to said inner stationary member, a second pole piece fixed to said stationary member, the first and second pole pieces defining a groove shaped to receive the selectable field generating means.
14. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 1 further comprising: first and second pole pieces fixed to said inner stationary member, the first and second pole pieces defining a groove shaped to receive the selectable field generating means, the pole pieces and rotatable outer member defining working spaces, the controllable medium being disposed in the working spaces.
15. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 14 wherein the pole pieces and selectable field generating means are annular.
16. A controllable brake adapted for attachment to a machine frame, comprising:
(a) a stationary inner member mounted to the machine frame, said stationary inner member having an outer radially peripheral surface, and at least one annular recess;
(b) a rotatable outer member having an interior hollow space and an inner radial peripheral surface, said inner radial peripheral surface surrounding said outer radially peripheral surface of said stationary inner member and forming therewith first and second axially extending working gaps;
(c) a plurality of bearings supporting said rotatable outer member relative to said stationary inner member and maintaining a width of said axially extending working gaps; and
(d) at least one coil mounted in the at least one annular recess of said stationary inner member and located within said interior hollow space for generating a controllably variable magnetic flux which acts upon said axially extending working gaps.
17. A controllable brake of claim 16, wherein said magnetic flux path crosses a first of said axially extending working gaps, is carried axially across said rotatable outer member and then crosses a second of said axially extending working gaps.
18. A controllable brake of claim 16, wherein said plurality of bearings are mounted to said stationary inner member.
19. A controllable brake of claim 16, wherein said plurality of bearings are mounted between said inner member and a shaft which interconnects to said rotatable outer member.
20. A controllable brake of claim 16, wherein said at least one coil further comprises a first coil mounted in a first annular recess in said inner member and a second coil mounted in a second annular recess spaced axially from said first annular recess.
21. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 11 wherein the outer rotatable member includes means for adjusting the rotational inertia of the outer rotatable member.
22. The controllable brake as claimed in claim 21 wherein the means for adjusting the rotational inertia of the outer rotatable member is a ring attached to the outer radially peripheral surface.
The invention relates to the area of braking, resistance generating, and motion control devices. Specifically, it relates to devices employing a controllable medium for motion resistance generation in rotating mechanisms.
Magnetorheological (MR) devices for damping and controlling vibration and shock are known. MR devices may be of the "rotary-acting" or "linear-acting" variety, and can advantageously provide variable controlled torques or forces, as the case may be. Known MR devices include linear dampers, rotary brakes, and rotary clutches.
MR fluid devices, for example, typically include a housing or chamber that contains a quantity of magnetically controllable fluid, with a movable member, a piston or rotor, mounted for movement through the fluid in the housing. The housing and the movable member both include a magnetically permeable pole piece. A magnetic field generator (a coil or permanent magnet) produces a magnetic field across both pole pieces for directing the magnetic flux to desired regions of the controllable fluid.
MR fluid devices employ a Magnetorheological (MR) fluid comprised of soft-magnetic particles dispersed within a liquid carrier. Typical particles include carbonyl iron, and the like, having various shapes, but which are preferably spherical and have mean diameters of between about 0.1 μm to about 500 μm. The carrier fluids include low viscosity hydraulic oils, and the like. In operation, these MR fluids exhibit a thickening behavior (a rheology change) upon being exposed to a magnetic field. The higher the magnetic field strength in the fluid, the higher the damping/restraining force or torque that can be achieved within the MR device.
MR fluid devices are disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/304,005 entitled "Magnetorheological Fluid Devices And Process Of Controlling Force In Exercise Equipment Utilizing Same", U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/613,704 entitled "Portable Controllable Fluid Rehabilitation Devices", U.S. application Ser. No. 08/674,371 entitled "Controllable Brake", U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/674,179 entitled "Controllable Vibration Apparatus" and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,547,049, 5,492,312, 5,398,917, 5,284,330, and 5,277,281, all of which are commonly assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,962,595 to Eddens discloses a "Magnetic Particle Brake", commonly referred to as "Dry Particle Brakes" that includes a rotating member that is disposed in an annular space in a stationary member. A field-generating coil is mounted in an outer part of the stationary member. Magnetic particles are disposed in a space between the inner part of the stationary member and the rotating member. Other magnetic particle brakes are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,350,913 to Eddens and U.S. Pat. No. 4,575,103 to Pedu.
Exercise machines such as stationary bicycles, rowers, stair climbers, and ski machines, typically rely on some kind of resistance generating device to provide adjustable resistance to the exercise movements of the user. Conventional resistance systems used in exercise machines, for example, friction devices, have deficiencies in providing reliable control of the resistance setting and in duration over repeated use of the machine. Before the present invention, however, there has been no resistance device for exercise machines using MR technology to replace conventional resistance devices and provide improved performance, reliability and endurance characteristics.
The foregoing illustrates limitations known to existing present devices and methods. Thus, it is apparent that it would be advantageous to provide an alternative directed to overcoming one or more of the limitations set forth above. Accordingly, a suitable alternative is provided including features more fully disclosed hereinafter.
The present invention provides a Magnetorheological (MR) device which combines a rotary brake with a flywheel thereby providing both resistance and rotational inertia, and can be used in an exercise apparatus and/or as a brake for rotating equipment and vehicles.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a rotary brake device comprises an outer rotating member having a hollow interior space and an inner stationary member disposed in the hollow space. The rotating member, or rotor, rotates around the stationary member, or stator, an arrangement contrary to conventional practice. The stator is sized so that a small working space exists between the inner wall of the rotor and the peripheral surface(s) of the stator. The stator supports a field generating device, preferably a magnetic field producing coil. A controllable medium (a MR fluid or dry powder) is disposed in the working space so that the medium can be acted upon by the field generating device. In addition, each of the rotor and the stator is made to include a magnetically permeable portion that acts as a pole piece. Rotation of the rotor distributes the controllable medium about the inner circumference of the rotor.
Thus, according to the invention, resistance to rotation can be generated and preferably controlled by applying a magnetic field to the pole pieces and to the controllable medium in the working space. The field causes the controllable medium to thicken (a rheology change), which produces the resistance to rotation of the rotor relative to the stator.
The inventor has discovered that a controllable medium of dry powder of magnetically permeable material, such as carbonyl iron, provides a significantly high resistance force. A controllable medium formed of 410 stainless steel powder of 325 mesh particles (less than 45 microns in diameter) has been found to be particularly effective in a brake according to the invention, and has endured a test program of sixteen million cycles without failure.
The controllable medium optionally can be formed of soft-magnetic material particles included in a low-viscosity carrier of hydraulic oil.
The flywheel resistance device of the invention can be incorporated in exercise devices, such as bicycles, rowing machines, step machines, and ski machines to provide controllable, variable resistance, or in other devices/apparatus where it is desirable to have combinations of rotational inertia and resistance.
Alternatively, a device in accordance with the invention may be formed as a stationary shaft disposed in a tubular outer member, which may be useful as a brake for a conveyor system or a resistance device for a ski machine, for example.
The above-mentioned and further features, advantages, and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the accompanying descriptions of the preferred embodiments and attached drawings.
The accompanying drawings which form a part of the specification, illustrate several key embodiments of the present invention. The drawings and description together, serve to fully explain the invention. In the drawings,
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a brake with an integrated flywheel in accordance with the invention, and
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a roller embodiment in accordance with the invention.
Referring now to the Drawings where like numerals denote like elements, FIG. 1 illustrates a brake device 18 according to the invention integrating a flywheel with a magnetorheological brake mechanism. The device 18 includes a flywheel body 20 having a substantially circular profile, which is mounted on a shaft 24 for rotation. The flywheel body 20 includes a radially outward peripheral wall 26, a radially extending side wall 28, and a seal 67 that cooperate to define an interior space 22. The flywheel body 20 has a rotational inertial mass distribution sufficient to act as a flywheel to store energy when set in rotational motion. By way of example, and not to be considered limiting, a rotational inertia greater than about 0.01 KgM2 has been determined by the inventor to provide the appropriate feel when applying moderate resistance to the brake 18, such as would be experienced during use within an exercise machine such as a stationary bike. Additional mass may be added to increase the inertial mass of the flywheel body 20, for example, in the form of an annular ring 30 attached to the radially outer wall 26 as shown in FIG. 1.
A stationary member, or stator 40, is disposed in the interior space 22 of the flywheel body 20 and is mounted to a hub 34 which is connected to a support structure 42, for example, a frame of an exercise machine. The hub 34 includes sealed bearings 44 mounted therein which support the shaft 24 which passes through the hub 34. The shaft 24 includes a coupling 50 to interconnect it to a drive source (not illustrated in FIG. 1), for example, a pedal apparatus, steps on a stair stepper, rollers on a ski machine. Preferably, the drive train interconnected to coupling 50 will include a one-way clutch mechanism. Optionally, the one-way clutch may be integrated into the coupling 50. The stator 40 is sized so that one or more working spaces 46 are provided between the outer, peripheral surfaces 41 of the stator 40 and the inner wall 43 of the flywheel body 20. Thus, as may be understood, the flywheel body 20 surrounds and rotates about the stator 40.
According to the invention, a controllable medium 48 is disposed in the working space(s) 46 and the device 18 includes field generating means 60 for generating a magnetic field that acts between the flywheel body 20 and the stator 40 and on the working space(s) 46. By activating the field generating means 60, a change in the rheology of the controllable medium 48 is effected, the controllable medium becoming increasing "thick" in response to increasing field strength. The controllable medium 48 therefore can be controlled to provide selectable resistance to rotation of the flywheel body 20 about the stator 40.
In the illustrated embodiment, the field generating means 60 comprises a magnetic field coil mounted to the stator 40, and connected to an external controller and power source by wires 62. The stator 40 is formed with pole piece halves 45 which cooperate to form an annular groove 63 to accommodate the coil 60. In FIG. 1, the stator 40 is illustrated as being shaped similar to a tire rim to provide the groove 63. Alternatively, the field generating means 60 may be a ring magnet mounted to the stator 40 in a manner similar to the coil 60 to provide a continuous resistance brake. Other orientations of mounting coils and/or magnets would be apparent.
Both the stator 40 and the flywheel body 20 include magnetically permeable (i.e., soft magnetic) material, such as low carbon steel, to provide pole pieces for the field generating means 60. The stator 40 and the flywheel body 20 may both be made entirely of a magnetically permeable material. Alternatively, the magnetically permeable material may be included in portions of the stator 40 and the flywheel body 20 which are to be acted upon by the field generating means 60. Preferably, the hub is made from aluminum or another nonmagnetic material.
The inventor has found that a dry powder of stainless steel provides an advantageous controllable medium 48. Preferably, the controllable medium is a powder of water atomized 410 stainless steel of 325 mesh (approximately 45 microns or smaller particle size). The powder medium is disposed in the working space(s) 46. Rotation of the flywheel body 20 readily distributes the powder throughout the working space(s) 46 adjacent to the inner periphery 43 of the radially peripheral wall 26.
The controllable medium 48 may alternatively be formed as a suspension of magnetically soft particles in a liquid carrier, as disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,382,373 and 5,578,238.
A skirt 64 is mounted on flywheel body 20 opposite the side wall 28 to help prevent the controllable medium 48 from packing near the bearings 44. In addition, an elastomeric or plastic seal 67 is formed on (preferably pressed into) the hub 34 to seal the interior space 22 of the flywheel body 20 and prevent escape of the medium 48.
In performance testing, a flywheel brake 18 as described using a dry powder medium has achieved in excess of 16 million cycles rotating under constant applied current. The longevity is at least partially attributed to the rotation of the flywheel body 20 which provides a heat sink mass to cool the medium 48 in the working space(s) 46. Being the outward positioned body, heat in the flywheel body 20 is readily transferred to the environment. Fins or other cooling mechanisms could be placed on the flywheel body 20.
The flywheel brake 18 is most advantageous for use in exercise equipment. The high rotary inertia of a flywheel 20 imparts smoothness to the moving parts of the equipment. The resistance generated by the brake 18 simulates resistance encountered in the real-life equivalent to the exercise machine. For example, in a stationary bicycle, where exertion of the user in pedaling turns the flywheel, rotational inertia of the flywheel approximates the feeling of pedaling a bicycle up to speed and maintaining it in motion. Continuing with the exercise bicycle example, brake resistance simulates rolling friction, air resistance, and gravity (when climbing a hill). The flywheel brake 18 may also be used as a brake in rotating equipment or in vehicles where combinations of rotary inertia and variable resistance are needed. Other uses will occur to those skilled in the art.
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of the magnetorheological brake 118 with an integrated flywheel 120 in which a roller, for example, a conveyor or exercise machine roller, is the rotating body. The flywheel roller 120 is formed as a tube, having a length 1 that is greater than its diameter d, and having a hollow interior space 122. The mass of the flywheel roller 120 may be selected to provide a rotational inertial mass sufficient for storing rotational energy. A fixed supporting shaft 124 is disposed in the interior space of the roller 120 and is sized so that a working space(s) 146 is provided between the shaft 124 and an inner surface 143 of the flywheel roller 120. Ball bearings 144 support the roller 120 for rotation about the shaft 124. The shaft 124 is mounted to the conveyor frame 142 or other like frame member, such as a bicycle trainer frame or ski machine frame.
Field generating means are carried/mounted on the shaft 124. The shaft 124 includes two circumferential grooves 163 in which are mounted coils 160 for generating fields to act between the shaft 124 and the roller 120 and on the working space(s) 146, the magnetic flux being carried in the shaft 124 and roller 120. Of course, depending on the length of the shaft 124 and the roller 120, and the desired braking force, the field generating means may be suitably adapted, for example, to include one coil for a short shaft, or a plurality of coils for a long device. A controllable medium 148, such as a dry powder or MR fluid, is disposed in the working space 146.
The fields generated by the coils 160 act on the shaft 124, roller 120 and controllable medium 148 and create resistance to rotation of the roller 120. The roller brake 118 can be used in conveyer systems or other similar applications. A roller brake 118 can also be used as a resistance generating device in exercise equipment where the user's movements act to move the roller 120, as in ski machines, and rollers for bicycles. In the case of the ski machine, one or more rollers 120 would be disposed under, and in contact with, the ski for rotation upon skiing movements by the user. In the rollers for bicycles application, one or more of the rollers 120 would be positioned to contact a bicycle wheel.
In summary, it should be apparent from the foregoing that the present invention comprises a novel controllable device that combines a rotational energy storing flywheel with an integrated brake that can be used in a variety of applications. The invention also provides a novel controllable medium, a dry powder of soft-magnetic particles or MR fluid that provides superior performance and endurance in a flywheel brake device as described.
While several embodiments including the preferred embodiment of the present invention have been described in detail, various modifications, alterations, changes, and adaptations to the aforementioned may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims. It is intended that all such modifications, alterations, and changes be considered part of the present invention.
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In the Virtual Machine Manager admin console, VMs report Unsupported Cluster Configuration. The job view error is below:
Error 23772
One or more available cluster volumes associated with host %VMHostName; is not associated with a path in the default placement path list and will not be considered for placement. Refresh the cluster to ensure that all available cluster storage has an associated default placement path.
This can occur if there are duplicate Volume Serial Numbers (VSNs) on the host. Virtual Machine Manager uses VSNs to track which disk it is working with.
To identify if disks are using the same VSN, execute the single line below at an elevated PowerShell prompt:
This will create an output file at c:\temp\VSNs.txt that will contain data similar to the following:
If there are duplicate numbers in the SerialNumber column, you must change one of the VSNs. To do this, download VolumeID from Sysinternals
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897436.aspx). This tool allows you to change the VSN to another number, but it does require that the drive be assigned a letter. Once the VSNs have been changed you must reboot the server for Windows to recognize the new values.
If the disks are in a Failover Cluster CSV, they will not have drive letters. To correct these volumes using VolumeID, they must be taken out of the CSV long enough to be given a drive letter in Disk Management. Then you can change the VSN with VolumeID and place them back in the CSV. A reboot is required after changing VSNs.
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VSN's are not commonly used or known about. To see the VSN of your C: drive, you can run the VOL command from a CMD prompt. An example of this is below:
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