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Dec. 3, 2011
New Mexico Lobos Football - On The Mountain West Road
Saturday: Boise State 45, New Mexico Lobos 0
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
It was a 45-0 mismatch on the scoreboard and that comes as no surprise. The Boise State Broncos are Top Ten, bowl bound, entrenched in a winning tradition, and the New Mexico Lobos need to get to the Bob Davie era as quickly as possible.
There is much to change with New Mexico football.
But what was reflected on the cold and blue field in Boise, Idaho when it came to effort, courage and fight were two teams of equal status.
It was a game in which the battered Lobos could have easily rolled over and put a quiet end to a frustrating season that eventually produced a hurtful 1-11 record. But the Lobos didn't want to be measured simply by the numbers on a scoreboard. So, they fought.
And one Lobo - Carmen Messina- wanted to separate himself from every other defender who has ever strapped on a helmet to play football in the Mountain West Conference.
And he did it.
The fire and the passion that Messina has brought to New Mexico football for four seasons burned at an all-time high Saturday in Boise, Idaho.
UNM's senior linebacker combined that passion with exceptional ability to become the all-time tackling leader in the Mountain West Conference. Better yet, Messina passed his boyhood hero - Chicago Bears superstar Brian Urlacher - on the UNM tackling charts.
"Carmen was simply unbelievable out there," said Lobo interim head coach George Barlow. "He was everywhere."
Possibly the most staggering numbers of the game did not appear on the Bronco Stadium scoreboard, but rather jumped off the game's defense stats.
Carmen Messina had 21 tackles. Just to make sure you don't think that number is a typo, we'll throw it out again. Messina had 21 tackles - nine solo and 12 assisted. UNM also got 10 tackles from Bubba Forrest, and nine apiece from Dallas Bollema and Spencer Merritt.
Those Lobos were included in a number of Lobos, who came to Boise with their A game. You could see the fight in Deon Long, an exceptional talent, who wanted the football in his hands. Long caught eight passes.
You could see the pride in a UNM offensive line, which stood strong in front of a fierce Bronco front four and allowed their quarterback to be sacked only twice.
You could see the "want" in that quarterback, B.R. Holbrook, who completed 16-of-28 passes for 145 yards without an interception.
Maybe it wasn't a fulfilling game for the Lobos on the scoreboard, but it was a clean game and actually reflected the improvement and the discipline that interim coach George Barlow has worked hard to inject into these Lobos.
New Mexico obviously was overmatched against a Top Ten Bronco team that rolled out 542 total yards and posted a 31-0 halftime lead. However, the Lobos didn't shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers or penalties. The Lobos had no interceptions, lost no fumbles and were penalized only five times for 43 yards.
Actually, the Lobos won the turnover battle. The Broncos' backup quarterback, Joe Southwick, was picked off by UNM's Dante Caro at the 10:58 mark of the fourth quarter.
"We wanted to play smart and not help the Broncos by giving up the football or being penalized," said UNM's Barlow. "I was proud of the focus our kids brought into the game. They played with great effort and it has been a special part of my coaching career to have been able to lead these players into games.
"I thought the effort they gave against great odds was a tribute to their character as individuals and as a team."
The Lobos' main focus on defense was to slow down Boise State's phenomenal quarterback, Kellen Moore, and a high-octane Bronco offense. The Lobos, like every team that has played Boise State this season, couldn't do it.
Moore was precise and deadly, completing 85 percent of his passes against the UNM defense. The winningest quarterback in NCAA history completed 28-of-33 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns. The Lobos did sack the Bronco senior one time.
Boise State also received 108 rushing yards from Doug Martin on 22 carries. Bronco Mitch Burroughs had six catches for 86 yards and Tyler Shoemaker had six for 82 yards. Boise had 12 players catch passes. Boise State ended up with 394 passing yards, going 38-of-46.
The Lobo offense had a few positive moments against one of the top defenses in the nation, but not enough. UNM's Deon Long had another standout game, hauling in eight passes for 94 yards, but UNM had only eight first downs to 31 for Boise.
UNM was held to 53 yards rushing on 28 attempts. Freshman Crusoe Gongbay topped the Lobo rushing chart with 17 yards on seven carries. Martize Barr caught four passes for UNM, but for only 19 yards.
The game probably was over in the first quarter when Boise State put 21 points on the scoreboard. It was 31-0 at the half, with Moore getting three touchdowns through the air and Martin getting one on the ground from four yards out.
Martin scored again on a 40-yard burst in the third quarter and with Boise State up 38-0, the Broncos went heavily to their bench. Moore was replaced by Southwick, who had a respectable outing, going 9-of-12 for 73 yards.
Boise State went into the game hoping to combine a win over New Mexico with a loss to Houston in order to breathe life into their Bowl Championship Series hopes. That scenario played out perfectly as Houston lost 49-28 to Southern Miss in the Conference USA championship game.
Houston's loss opened an at-large spot in the BCS postseason, but since Boise State did not win the Mountain West title, the Broncos are not eligible for an automatic BCS bowl bid.
TCU, the Mountain West champion, could get an automatic bid, if the Horned Frogs can jump from No. 18 to No. 16 in the rankings. TCU ended the season with a romp over lowly UNLV, but that win will not help TCU in the computer rankings.
As for the Lobos, the Bob Davie era starts full speed on Monday. The season of 2011 is over for UNM. The march forward is now in the hands of Davie.
Editor's Note: Richard Stevens is a former Associate Sports Editor and Sports Columnist for The Albuquerque Tribune. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Harvard women's ice hockey team capitalized on power plays and made a strong opening statement this weekend as it emerged victorious on the road against Quinnipiac and Princeton.
The No. 9 Crimson (2-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC) grabbed early leads against the Bobcats (3-3-1, 0-1-0) and the Tigers (2-2-0, 1-1-0) and never looked back en route to two commanding wins to start its season.
"The team dynamic was awesome, everybody was so pumped to play, and it was just a really great start to our season," freshman forward Mary Parker said.
A dominant offensive showing led the Harvard to a rout over Princeton for a strong close to its weekend.
Halfway through the second period, senior forward Jillian Dempsey slid the puck to junior forward Lyndsey Fry, who knocked it past Tigers goaltender Kimberly Newell to give the Crimson a commanding 4-0 lead.
With the score, Fry achieved her first hat trick of the season, having scored her first goal nine minutes into the first period and another five minutes into the second.
"We were all forechecking hard and backchecking hard and doing the little things right and getting shots on net led us to scoring goals," Parker said.
Harvard, led by Fry's three scores, kept the puck on its offensive side for the majority of the game, taking 49 shot attempts to Princeton's 17.
"It started from our net out," Crimson coach Katey Stone said. "We played very, very well. We were opportunistic and had two late-period goals, which were moment changers."
Thirteen minutes into the second period, Tigers senior forward Kelly Cooke took advantage of a clear lane to tally Princeton's lone goal, bringing the score to 4-1.
The Crimson was able to capitalize on special teams, as Harvard recorded five power plays to Princeton's two.
The Crimson notched its first during a power play two minutes into the first period. Sophomore defender Sarah Edney slotted the puck to Parker, who found the back of the net to score the first goal of her collegiate career.
Dempsey, who also had three assists on the day, tallied two goals in the third period, while Edney, freshman forward Miye D'Oench and senior forward Spurling added a score each to round out the Crimson's goals.
Freshman goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer, who made an impressive four saves during a penalty kill, notched her first win with a solid defensive effort, recording 16 saves.

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Genesee County Sheriff's Deputies say he lost control of his car around 7:30 last night and slid across a lawn and into a tree.
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A phone book soaked in water and frozen into an ice block rests innocently between two large cinder blocks. An athletic teenager wielding an ax takes careful aim and swings at the ice block.
The ax strikes the book but the frozen mass does not even crack. The boy tries again and again, swinging harder each time. Moments earlier, he had used the same ax, first to shatter a block of pure ice and then to crush a telephone book.
But the frozen phone book refuses to break.
Pat Clasen, a graduate student in materials science and engineering, explains the phenomenon to a group of puzzled high school science students.
The frozen phone book, Clasen says, is an example of a composite material, or a mixture of two or more materials that combine to make a new stronger material. Composite materials occur naturally in bones and wood, or they can be manmade, like concrete and fiberglass. Most composite materials consist of a matrix reinforced with other materials like fibers or particles.
In the case of the frozen phone book, Clasen says, the water forms a matrix to hold the paper while the paper reinforces the structure of the ice.
"When combined, the brittle properties of the ice and the flexible properties of the paper are not there," Clasen explains. Instead, the paper strengthens the ice and the ice gives the paper rigidity.
Thus, Clasen says, "we have optimal properties of both."
Clasen and 17 other volunteer graduate students ran the second annual Materials Camp at Lehigh in mid-July. The camp, sponsored in part by ASM International, the world's premiere materials science and engineering organization, introduced 16 local high school students to materials science and engineering.
Similar camps are offered throughout the country, but Lehigh's is the only one run entirely by graduate students.
"[The graduate students] are not seen as authority figures," says Ann Wysock, chairman of the local ASM chapter, "so the [high school] students are more open to information and absorb it better."
Materials Camp gives students their first taste of materials science and engineering. At Lehigh, most engineering students first experience materials science during the engineering tour in their freshman year. Before this, few of them have even heard of the field. Recently, fewer students have been choosing to study materials science and ASM membership has been declining.
Students who attend Materials Camp leave with a greater interest in materials science and engineering, Wysock says. After last year's camp, three of the 16 students said they had decided to pursue a materials science degree.
Ryan Deacon, a Ph.D. candidate at Lehigh and camp co-coordinator, considers himself lucky to have learned about materials science during high school. He entered college planning to major in materials science.
"It's not just engineering," he says of the field, "and it's not just science. It's both. You learn to understand why things work and how to manipulate [them]." In materials science, students learn about the property of different materials and how these properties can used to make better products.
Deacon and Neil Hurley, a master's degree candidate, organized the camp around four themes: transportation, sports equipment, failure analysis and composite materials. The students broke and examined a variety of items, including hockey sticks, fishing rods, gun barrels and racquetballs.
Patrick Reedy, a junior at Muhlenberg High School, knew nothing about materials science until his father suggested that he apply to the camp. After a few days, Reedy began to look at objects differently.
"I see what goes into building something," he says. "It's not just put together."
Before Materials Camp, Reedy planned to study biology in college, but now he sees materials science as a definite possibility.
Ayelit Notis, a senior at a private Jewish high school in New Jersey, was already considering majoring in engineering. She will be continuing a family tradition, as her grandfathers, Arnold Marder and Michael Notis, are both professors of materials science and engineering at Lehigh.
Ayelit spent the week before Materials Camp examining a valve from the Columbia space shuttle with Marder.
The camp helped expand Ayelit's knowledge of engineering even further.
"I didn't realize how interesting engineering could be," Ayelit says.
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Week 9 NBA Power Rankings: Josh Dover
1. Los Angeles Clippers (25-7) – The Clippers 17-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday in Denver. The Clippers are just one of three teams in the history of the NBA to go undefeated in an entire month of play. Coming into this season I didn't believe the Clippers could compete for a title this year but the way they are playing now has changed my mind.
2. Miami Heat (21-8) – LeBron James is the best basketball player on the planet and it pains me to say that. Any team LeBron is on has a chance to win a title; the Heat have him, not to mention Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and Ray Allen.
3. Oklahoma City Thunder (24-6) – The Thunder traded away the NBA's 6th Man Award winner and may have got better! I do not believe Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will play together their entire careers but right now they are the third best team in the league with the duo.
4. New York Knicks (21-10) – The Knicks are off to a great start behind Carmelo Anthony; I'm wondering if it will stay that way with the return of Amare Stoudemire. J.R. Smith is finally playing the way NBA scouts thought he could play and if he can sustain that type of play the Knicks will get the 2nd seed in the East.
5. San Antonio Spurs (25-8) – The Spurs have won 6 straight and have the third best record in the NBA. The Spurs window to win a championship is closing and this may be the last real push. If the Spurs have enough gas in the tank come May we will see a Spurs versus Thunder Western Conference final.
6. Golden State Warriors (21-10) – The Warriors have 10 wins at home and 11 on the road. That's what makes this team good; they can go on the road and play their game. Mark Jackson is proving to be a great coach and has his guys ready night in and night out.
7. Denver Nuggets (18-15) – The Nuggets got a big win Tuesday night over the leagues hottest team in the Clippers but have to be consistent if they want home court advantage in the playoffs. A home heavy January schedule can help the Nuggets immensely in their quest for home court if they are eight to 10 games over .500 at the end of the month.
8. Memphis Grizzlies (19-9) – The Grizzlies started the season as of the best in league and have since fallen back down to earth. Memphis is just 5-5 in their last 10 and are showing how much they need Randolph, Gasol and Gay every single night. When the Grizzlies version of the "big 3" is "on" this team is very good, the problem is they are showing they cannot be that more than a couple times a week.
9. Houston Rockets (17-14) – The Rockets fans were "all in" when James Harden came to town. Harden, paired up with Jeremy Lin, had Houston fans ready for another playoff run. The problem is Harden can't score 38 every night and Lin isn't a guy that can take control on offense. The Rockets will compete for a final playoff spot in the Western Conference but are still a piece or two away from being a real contender.
10. Indiana Pacers (18-13) – The Pacers are currently sitting atop of the Central Division. We all know that would not be the case if Derrick Rose were healthy. The Pacers are 10-3 at home but sit at 8-10 on the road and are without their leader in Danny Granger. This team will make the playoffs and can do so as a top-4 seed, but would anyone be shocked if they were bounced in the first round?


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CFS is about 2 times more common in women than in men. It is associated with extreme and prolonged fatigue that isn't relieved by rest. People with CFS experience persistent tiredness so severe that it may prevent them from working, exercising, and enjoying life. CFS is a poorly understood condition and there is no clear consensus about its diagnosis and treatment.
The exact causes of CFS are unknown, but it appears to be triggered by many different factors. Viral infections, genetic predisposition, and immune reactions are all considered possible causes of the disorder. The persistent tiredness was once attributed to a virus called the Epstein-Barr virus (this virus is responsible for mononucleosis) but the link remains scientifically unproven and is no longer considered a potential cause.
Several other potential causes of CFS are being studied including issues with sleep disruption, endocrine-metabolic dysfunction, and neurally mediated hypotension. Two-thirds or more of patients with CFS meet existing psychiatric criteria for anxiety disorders, dysthymia, or depression, but whether it is the cause or the result of CFS remains unclear. There is some evidence suggesting that CFS is an immune disorder, causing the body's defense system to function abnormally particularly in response to stress. This does not mean that the immune system is weakened, however.
It's likely that not one single factor is responsible, but rather a combination of factors. Physical activity and physical or emotional stress seems to make CFS worse. But, further research is needed to figure out its causes and to better understand this puzzling condition.
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Tiki Barber Says Players Tickle Each Other Under The Pile
NFL players are the manliest of men so when we hear reports of a tickling scandal, it makes us wonder. Recently during Tiki Barber's "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit he shed some light on some of the dirt in the NFL.
When a fan asked him which player he always tried to avoid on the field he firmly answered Jeremiah Trotter. This lead to a series of stories about them on the field but no account was more suspect than an alleged tickling incident.
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Starting in fall 2013, more high school students will earn high school and University of Wisconsin credit at the same time as part of a statewide initiative to provide earlier access to college classes and reduce the cost of a college degree.
The new dual-enrollment program stems from an agreement signed Tuesday by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers and UW Colleges and Extension Chancellor Ray Cross at UW-Marathon County in Wausau. The agreement allows high school students - mostly juniors or seniors - to earn UW credit that can easily be transferred to state four-year universities or two-year colleges after graduation, along with many private colleges.
The classes would be taught online and in participating high schools by high school teachers with master's degrees. The teachers would receive training, help and oversight from UW professors, marking a shift toward greater cooperation between the state's K-12 and higher education systems.
Offering college classes at high schools allows school districts to keep state funding for those students. If they took classes on college campuses, the students no longer would be considered full-time high school students for state funding purposes. At the same time, the initiative will reduce the cost of earning college degrees if students can earn a semester or two of college credits before graduating from high school.


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Jakarta. Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday that City Hall would not approve payment to a Chinese company for 646 buses that were ordered for use on the city's TransJakarta network.
"No matter what, we are not paying," Basuki said, as reported by Indonesian news magazine Tempo.co.
Jakarta purchased the buses for the TransJakarta and the new Integrated City Busway (BKTB) networks from a Chinese company through a third party. It was clear, however, upon delivery of the first batch of 90 ostensibly new buses that myriad faults, spanning broken air conditioners, rust and missing fan belts, meant that the buses had already run years of service.
Basuki said he was prepared to defend the decision in court, if the company decided to go down that road.
"We have the evidence," he said. "We can sue them."
Basuki previously alleged that officials within the city government's transport department played a role in the failed procurement. The deputy governor added that the Chinese company could have the buses back, but that he would not be shipping them back to Beijing on the city's account.
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Apple adds shared reminders to iCloud web app
Apple is continuing with its expansion of the iCloud web app which now has the added ability to share reminders with others. Last month Apple added Notes and Reminders to the web app but missed out the ability to share reminders; that has now been added and you can share reminders with other iCloud users very easily.
Apple has already provided this functionality to Mountain Lion users on its Mac platform via the built in Reminders app but if you are a Windows user you haven't been able to do this until now. Strangely enough, the ability to share Reminders is also missing from iOS 6; maybe that will come with the next update.
The ability to set up shared reminders could be a handy feature for many so its inclusion in the iCloud web app is certainly a welcome addition. Could you see yourself using shared Reminders?
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Posted 6/5- SOLD 6/26 - WAS $900, Reduced $150, NOW $750. Bob Marshall Basic 15.5" Barrel saddle with "custom higher wither clearance". More comfort for your horse and saddle pad. I love this saddle, but it is too big for me, and too long for my very short-backed horse.
Only 32 rides, ~ 9 months old, minor wear and slight color fade, otherwise excellent condition. Over $1100 new, asking only $750, will ship in original box. Negotiable. Low shipping cost, very lightweight. Email or call: Patty at (775)
849-9991 or email email@example.com.
SOLD - Lightly used Bob Marshall Wrangler for sale. 16 inch seat, square skirt, beautiful border tooling. Light oil, chocolate brown suede seat.
Asking price $1,200.
Email Silke Schneider at email@example.com. Phone number 520-444-6525.
(Email is better, phone is off during work hours)
Buyer pays shipping, no returns please.
SOLD - "Thank You to Ginna in Washington" from Terri
For Sale: 16½" Trail, Bob Marshall Sports Saddle, 4 month old, very custom. Black endurance leather seat, endurance pommel, Wrangler rigging, large cinch D rings, 4" scooped out cantle with hoof pick. Smooth, medium oil, leather, perimeter accent in silver dots, silverlaced cantle and Jeremiah Watt stainless steel conchos. Rear cinch included. Beautiful, nearly new, to big for me and the horse was sold. Required 12 weeks to have it made. Buy it today for $1400.00 Call Terry at (618) 919-0449 - do not text. Buyer pays shipping as always. Also, $308.00 custom made Skito Equalizer pad. Buy the saddle, will sell pad for $150.00. Package deal worth $450 savings, almost 25% below cost, and no waiting! This deal will get bought fast. CALL!
The trial period and refund policy
on an "In-stock Saddle" will vary depending
on the particular saddle being purchased. Ask about
the trial period and refund policy on your particular
For pictures, go to the appropriate
saddle's section (Endurance, Trail Rider etc..) on
our website for an idea of what the standard models
look like.
None of the prices include shipping.
note about the barrel saddles: The main difference,
other than price of course, between the FBR and the
DBR is the amount of silver on the saddle. The FBR
has silver corner plates, a silver laced cantle and
a hoof pick pocket. The FBR and the DBR have three
sets of silver conchos. Some of the DBS are border
tooled which means the pommel and cantle are all tooled
and the border area of the front and rear skirting
are tooled. Go to the barrel gallery and see picture
#5 and #9 for examples of border tooled saddles.
Allison Ray Riggings
means that the stirrups are set about one inch more
forward than the standard placement of the barrel
racer saddles.
Youth Cut means that
the saddle skirting is shorter from side to side.
Normally the regualr cut SS is about 26" across
the seat from the skirting's edge to the skirting's
edge on the other side to just where the knee flap
ties in. The Youth Cut is about 21" across. This
keeps the saddle sized proportionately for people
5'3" or under. It does not affect the length
of the saddle from front to back.
Colors: The ads usually begin like this, 15"
DBR, toast, #18 L/H... The toast is referring to the
color of the suede seat. The DTR, FBR and DBR all
have suede seats and are usually black, toast, chocolate
but some are wonderful bright colors such as red,
blue, purple, torquiose etc...
Fenders and other accessories:
If saddles in stock have fenders and you do not want
them that is no problem. They can be removed and the
price will be changed accordingly. Tooled fenders
except for floral ones are 90.00 and plain are 60.00.
If a saddle does not have fenders and you want a pair
it can be added to the saddle, but it will take an
extra week to make a pair. Likewise, breast collars
and rear cinches can be added to the saddle or removed
with an adjustment of cost ... you get the idea.
The saddles
shown below are SOLD, but remain as examples.
SOLD 1/19 Bob Marshall Sport Saddle. 15 1/2" border tooled trail rider, all black endurance. All leather, round skirt, and diamond tooling. It is youth cut, made for people 5'3" and under. Black leather covered endurance pommel, endurance rigging, large cinch D rings, an extra set of D rings, two sets of latigoes and hoof pick holder. The stirrups were never used. The saddle is in excellent condition, regularly oiled and kept covered in a non smoking home. Asking $1600 OBO and buyer to pay shipping of $50.00. Contact Ms. Randy G at 602-723-0800 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Can email additional photos upon request. Posted 1/12/12.
tooling, aluminum floral-etched stirrups
were added along with silver lacing, silver
plates and conchos, double skirt, tooled 12"
fenders (fits inseam 30" and up).
Will sell with beautiful
silver trimmed matching bridle for $2,075.00
or $1,995.00 for saddle only. Buyer pays shipping.
SOLD-Genuine Bob Marshall Treeless Sport Saddle, 15 1/2 inch. color "toast" roundskirt, in excellent condition, stirrups were never used. $900.00 plus shipping. Contact Joyce Defranco, Phone 406 862-6465, or email .


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I have never been on a guided hunt but I am considering doing one down the road. While researching outfitters I have discovered a trend that just rubs me wrong.....Paying a trophy fee based on the size of the animal. I can understand this on high fence operations but not when hunting public ground or a free ranging private ranch.
If I were to hire an outfitter I would expect them to do their best to find me the largest animal that they could. I don't want to be on a hunt somewhere and have to check my bank balance to determine if I can afford to pull the trigger on the animal in front of me. I paid them a fee to take me hunting and it should be their job to find me the best animal that they can.
It really doesn't matter what I can afford but to save quality animals for the guy with deeper pockets just doesn't seem right. So what, they are going to profile me when I show up to camp and determine if they think I have enough money to warrant them showing me their top quality animals? They may be in for a rude awakening.
Part of finding big animals is luck ( i am not discounting the skill involved )so should I be forced into paying an exorbitant trophy fee when it was fate and not their skill or preparation that led me to this animal?


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Well thats a new one for me, lol the cords eh?
I do have component cables by the way, b/c I wanted best possible picture while playing, Im gonna go try that now though, I will respond with the results.
Thanks for the advice!
are you in Composite, Svideo or Compoment
i got a couple of problems game myself, blank screen, green screen, crash, etc...
they all have the same issue, no compoment support (i think), but going into the WII tv resolution setting chossing Standard TV (480i) resolution instead of edtv, HD tv (480P), i still got my clear picture under compoment but all my problems games are now working.
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Well thats a new one for me, lol the cords eh?
I do have component cables by the way, b/c I wanted best possible picture while playing, Im gonna go try that now though, I will respond with the results.
Thanks for the advice!
Ok, so I switched to 480i and that made a difference!!!
I am however still not at 100%, the bottom 2-3 inches of the screen are screwy/jumbled, but about 70% of the screen loads w/o any problem now!!
So to recap I swapped the resolution lower, and cleared up alot of it but not all.
Any clue on what I should do next? anyone please?
Are you on a CTR or LCD?
Im uploading some pics I will post asap showing whats up.
I also tried the old av cord that came with wii but didnt seem to help any.
Thanks and gimme like a few minutes and I can post the pics
Note the last 3 inches or so get all screwy at the bottom. While this is still better, when it was showing the 3 pics of the same thing it wasnt showing any pic distortion like this....everything came in clear.....there was just 3 of them.
This is still a step up I suppose, more playable than they were at least. However I feel like I'm soooo close to getting this going and just not quite there yet!
Anyone out there with any ideas/suggestions please enlighten this feeble mind !
hare you (re)tried the force NTSC (or Vidpatch) since you put your wii in 480i?
also i am curious of seeing that game on a LCD screen? i do not own any CTR anymore so i cannot try those with the same setup as your
But this bug is really stange (i got 2 of your 3 game by self, and they wotk perfectly, (i am missing Scareface)
Well I'd glad you find this strange too, b/c I felt like a tool making a thread but man I cant find this exact problem anywhere
Ive got tried 25+ games and only these 3 give me trouble now....I got cod:waw and mk arm. to work and those seem to be the most problematic for people....no one seems to have this issue just me lol
Everyone has my setup and its running so im like wtf....its not an media type issue b/c tried both and it no 324 error it loads, just weirdly.
To get to your post though, I believe I did retry all the settings, gonna go back and do that to confirm it though but Ive got to run off to work soon, I really appreciate the help and insight, will be back on later tonight.....really hope to get working this weekend.
Any yeah Ive got about the top of the line crt flat panel widescreen 3-4 years ago when flat screen lcd were still a little too much for a broke college student. It was like a $1500 TV though that I've kept in great condition and only had a couple of years, boy I'd really hate to hear thats the problem....
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Hi, Attached is a new port of Lilypond 1.4. LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. [Before you ask one of the most frequently asked questions, no, Lilypond doesn't support guitar tabulature et al. They'd love to support it, but the developers don't know the intricacies of the notation.] A few notes about this port: * Lilypond is BIG. They go so far as to suggest you'll want a fast processor and lots of RAM to run Lilypond comfortably. * I've only tested under i386. * I believe Python 1.5 works with this as well, but I'm not sure how to specify that either 1.5 or 2.0 will work correctly in BUILD_DEPENDS. Enjoy!
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Method and apparatus for maintaining the focal point of a laser beam used for laser machining relative to a workpiece, including an optical distance measuring sensor having a measurement beam, a mirror for combining the measurement and laser beams into a predetermined optical path having a common axis for both beams, and a focusing element which may be in the form of a refractive lens or a reflective parabolic mirror located in the optical path, and a control means for controlling the location of the focal point of the laser beam based on the distance sensed by measurement beam. In drilling, once the hole breaks through the workpiece, the application of the laser beam can be stopped by observing a departure from the incremental distance measurement change.
1. A method for maintaining a focal point of a machining laser beam relative to a surface of a part to be machined comprising:
directing the machining laser beam having a first fixed focal point and a measurement beam having a second fixed focal point onto the surface through a common beam focusing element and along a substantially coaxial path, said first focal point and said second focal point having a known separation distance along an optical axis of the focusing element;
receiving a portion of the measurement beam reflected from the surface in a beam sensor element and determining a first separation distance between the measurement beam second focal point and the surface;
generating an error signal representative of a second separation distance between the machining laser beam first focal point and the surface based on the measured first separation distance and the known separation distance; and
summing the error signal with a position command signal for moving the part to be machined with respect to the machining laser beam such that the machining laser beam first focal point remains substantially coincident with the surface during movement thereof.
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processing the error signal to develop a sensor vector error signal; and,
summing the sensor vector error signal with a composite position command for moving the part such that the machining laser beam first focal point remains substantially coincident with the surface for any surface orientation.
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7. A method for machining with a laser beam, the method comprising the steps of:
a) determining a location of a part surface of the workpiece using a measurement beam from an optical sensor directed along an optical axis and through an optical focusing element to focus the measurement beam at a measurement beam focal point, said measurement beam having a first wavelength;
b) machining the workpiece using a laser beam having second wavelength different from the first wavelength directed along the optical axis with the measurement beam and through the optical focusing element to focus the laser beam at a laser beam focal point;
c) controlling the location of the focal point of the laser beam with respect to the part surface of the workpiece based on the location sensed by the measurement beam while accommodating the difference in the location of the focal points in determining the location of the workpiece such that the laser beam focal point is positioned at a desired location with respect to the workpiece for laser machining.
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9. A method of detecting break through from a blind hole to a through hole in a workpiece during laser machining comprising the steps of:
a) sharing an optical path by a sensor and a laser wherein:
i) an optical measurement beam of a first wavelength is delivered and sensed by the sensor for sensing a location of a surface of a workpiece, and
ii) a laser beam of a second wavelength different than the first wavelength is generated by the laser for machining a surface of the workpiece wherein the optical path includes an optical focusing element for focusing both beams, said focusing element having distinct and separate focal points for the optical measurement beam and said laser beam the separate focal points having a known focal separation along an optical axis of the focusing element;
b) directing the optical measurement beam through the optical path to determine a separation distance between the focal point of the measurement beam and a surface of the workpiece;
c) moving the surface of the workpiece to adjust the separation distance between the focal point of the measurement beam and the surface of the workpiece to position the focal point of the laser beam substantially at a desired location relative to the surface of the workpiece;
d) directing a laser beam through the optical path to the workpiece to remove material from the surface thereby forming a new surface; and
e) comparing the present distance sensed with the last location sensed and repeating at least steps b) and d) and e) when the difference between the present location sensed and last location sensed is less than a predetermined value.
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f) discontinuing at least step d) when the difference is greater than the predetermined value.
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14. Apparatus for measuring the location of a focal point of a laser machining beam with respect to a surface of a workpiece to be machined by the beam comprising:
a) a laser machining system having a laser beam of a first optical wavelength directed along a predetermined optical machining path;
b) an optical measuring sensor having a measurement beam of a second optical wavelength that is different than the first optical wavelength directed along at least a part of the optical machining path; and
c) an optical focusing element having a different predetermined focal length characteristic with respect to said first and said second optical wavelengths, the optical focusing element being located in a shared portion of the optical machining path such that the focal length characteristic of the optical focusing element simultaneously provides a measurement focal length for the optical distance measuring sensor using the measurement beam and an operating focal length for optical machining using the laser beam.
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The present invention relates to measurement or control of the distance from a focus point of a laser beam to a material surface of a workpiece to be machined in laser cutting and drilling systems. For simplicity, the term "machining" (and other variations such as "machined") is used herein with respect to the present invention to refer to and is intended to include cutting, drilling, welding and similar operations performed by laser on metal and other materials. Such machining systems require the focus point of the laser beam to be accurately and repeatably located at the surface, or at a predetermined distance from the surface, of a part to be machined. Prior art systems typically used a sensor to detect the distance from the nozzle tip to the part surface. A common type of sensor used in the prior art was based on measuring the capacitance between the nozzle and the part surface. Such capacitance sensors were used to gauge the relative location of the laser beam focal point with respect to the part surface. The nozzle was then moved toward or away from the part surface to maintain a preset capacitance, which in turn was to maintain the laser beam focus point location. This prior art method was found to be satisfactory for part surfaces that are electrically conductive and generally normal to the direction of the laser beam. However, such prior art capacitive sensors were unable to satisfactorily perform with non-conductive part surfaces.
Capacitive sensors also exhibited an undesirable characteristic known as "side sensing" which occurs when the side of the sensing nozzle approaches the part surface or part fixturing. The relative movement of the side of the nozzle contributes to the capacitance change seen by the sensor and an accurate distance between the nozzle tip and part surface to be machined or drilled is no longer maintained. Such undesirable side sensing can occur as a result of part surface geometry, particularly where features that are to be laser processed are located near surfaces that are perpendicular thereto, or nearly perpendicular thereto. Undesirable side sensing influences on capacitance-based measuring systems will result whenever a part surface to be laser processed has a nearby contour projecting out of a plane containing the part surface and other than perpendicular to the laser beam emitted from the nozzle tip towards the part surface.
An example application where the limitations of capacitive sensing are significant is in the drilling of shallow angle holes in turbine engine components which may be formed of or coated with non-conductive material. In such an application, it has been found necessary to position the nozzle at a shallow angle, often as little as 15 degrees with respect to a plane tangent to the part surface at the location to be drilled. At shallow angles such as this, side sensing causes inaccuracies in the measured distance between the nozzle and the part surface. Even if the system is calibrated to compensate for side sensing errors, sensing at shallow angles results in the system sensing part deviations at a location away from the processing point. Because of this, the system may react to a change in material dimension that is not present at the processing point, but is present within the sensing region. Conversely, the system may not react to a change in material dimension at the processing point, when that change is masked or contra-indicated by a change in material dimension away from the processing point. At shallow angles, inaccuracy in the distance measured will not only affect hole quality, due to the focal point being improperly positioned, but will also induce hole location errors due to Abbe error induced at the shallow angle. Although there are methods such as the one described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,340,962 to prevent Abbe error, if the surface is not electrically conductive, the capacitive sensing technique will not accurately sense the actual part surface. Other techniques, such as contact sensors and eddy current sensors are subject to various shortcomings in the application of laser machining and hole drilling of interest here. Contact sensors are not effective because the debris generated by the laser process has been known to accumulate between the sensor and part surface to be sensed, causing erroneous readings. Heat and plasma generated by the laser process have been known to damage eddy current sensors, which must be located at the nozzle tip.
The present invention utilizes a sensor based on the confocal holography principle, and uses equipment available from the Optimet division of Ophir of Jerusalem, Israel. Linear conoscopic holography is explained in U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,137.
Furthermore, unlike certain prior art systems which have an adjustment mode followed by a rearrangement of parts to place the system in an operating mode, the sensor and measurement beam of the present invention is permanently installed and remains operational during machining operations in the practice of the present invention, notwithstanding that the focusing element may be changed, depending upon the application. The present invention also has advantages over the prior art in that the present invention has the ability to track changes in the focal point of the machining laser after changing the focusing element, because of the common optical path including the focusing element, shared by the machining laser and measurement beam. Additionally, because of the shared optical path, including the focusing element, the present invention automatically compensates for thermal effects on the focusing element, an effect known as "thermal lensing" when the focusing element is a lens.
FIG. 1 is a simplified optical block diagram illustrating the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a portion of FIG. 1 showing details of a block from FIG. 1 showing details of an optical path useful in the practice of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a plano-convex lens used in the practice of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a more detailed, but still simplified optical schematic illustrating details of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view of a parabolic reflector useful in the practice of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a simplified block diagram of a control system useful in the practice of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a more detailed block diagram of the control system shown in FIG. 6.
Referring now to FIG. 1 a block diagram of the system 10 of the present invention may be seen. System 10 preferably includes a primary laser 12 for material machining or other processing which provides a laser beam 14 to a primary optical path 15 along path segment 16. System 10 also includes a sensor 38 which provides a measurement beam 40 along an optical path segment 43. It is to be understood that beams 14 and 40 are combined in and are co-axial in that they share a common axis in at least an output portion of the primary optical path 15 after being combined. Beams 14 and 40 are directed to a part surface 26 of a workpiece 28 which is to be machined by laser beam 14.
Referring now also to FIG. 2, more details of the primary optical path 15 may be seen. Beams 14 and 40 are combined at an optical combining element or dichroic mirror 30 reflective of the laser beam 14 and transmissive to the measurement beam 40. Element 30 is preferably coated on one side with a coating to both reflect the laser beam 14 and transmit the measurement beam 40, and element 30 is also coated on the other side to diminish reflections at the wavelength of the measurement beam so as to enhance transmission of the measurement beam 40 through the element. It is to be understood that element 30 is positioned such that beam 40 will exit element 30 along the same axis as beam 14. (It is to be understood that the figures show beams 14 and 40 separated for illustrative purposes, when in reality, the beams 14 and 40 are superposed on each other.) Both beams are directed along path segment 50 to focusing element 35 which may take the form of a plano-convex lens 36 as shown in FIG. 3, or a parabolic mirror 130 as shown in FIG. 5 or other it may take the form of other known optical focusing devices (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when element 35 is in the form of lens 36, it provides a focusing effect indicated by lines 52, 54, representative of a focusing distance. Referring now again to FIG. 2, it is to be understood that no matter what form element 35 may take in the practice of the present invention, lines 52 and 54 indicate that parallel light rays (at a single wavelength) will converge at a focal point 56.
Referring now also to FIG. 3, lens 36 preferably has a radius 58 and an effective focal length 60. It is to be understood that lens 36 may be replaced by another lens having a radius different than the radius 58 as shown, if a different focal point is desired. Furthermore, it is important to understand that the focal length 60 and the location of the focal point 56 of lens 36 is a function of the index of refraction, n, of the material from which lens 36 is made, as well as being a function of the radius, R, 58. The effective focal length, EFFL, 60 is
As is well understood, the index of refraction will have different values for different optical wavelengths. In the practice of the present invention, it has been found desirable to use a fused silica lens material having an index of refraction, n, as follows
Because of the difference in the values for the index of refraction at different optical frequencies, there will be an offset between the effective focal lengths at the different optical frequencies. Using, for example, a radius, R, of 103 mm for lens 36, the effective focal length EFFL for each wavelength is as shown in Table 2.
The difference in focal points between these values is 3.02 mm. It is to be understood that lenses of other focal lengths or indices of refraction may (alternatively) be used in the practice of the present invention.
Referring now to FIG. 4, a simplified schematic of the system 10 for measuring distance for laser machining may be seen. System 10 includes the primary laser 12, which may, for example, be a Nd:YAG laser or a CO2 laser. It is to be understood that primary laser 12 is the device which provides the laser beam 14 for machining. As shown in system 10, beam 14 is emitted from laser 12 along segment 16 and then progresses through the primary optical path 15 having path segments 18, 20, 22, and 24. Segment 24 is directed to a part surface 26 of a workpiece 28 on which laser machining is to be accomplished.
Laser 12 is preferably a YAG type, preferably operating at 1064 nm, and may, for example, be a JK 704 TR type available from GSI Lumonics Corporation, at 22300 Haggerty Road, Northville, Mich. 48167, with a maximum mean power of 370 watts, a pulse energy of between 0.2 and 60 Joules, a maximum peak power of 30 Kw, a pulse width range of 0.2 to 20 microseconds and a maximum repetition rate of 150 Hz. A mirror or element 30 is preferably placed in path segment 16 to intercept beam 14. Element 30 (along with other such elements described infra) is preferably a 2.0 inch diameter by 0.25 inch thick mirror formed of fused silica, available from conventional sources of such optical elements. Element 30 preferably has an antireflective coating for visible light wavelengths, including the wavelength of the sensor 38, in this example 685 nm. Element 30 is an optical combining element and, in this embodiment, is designed to transmit light from visible wavelengths including the wavelength of the measurement beam 40 and to reflect light at the wavelength of the laser 12. For this example, mirror 30 has an antireflective coating for visible wavelengths, including 685 nm. Because the wavelength of the antireflective coating is limited as described, mirror 30 reflects beam 14 along the primary optical path segment 18. A second mirror 32 reflects beam 14 along a further optical path segment 20. A third mirror 34 reflects beam 14 along a still further primary optical path segment 22. Mirrors 32 and 34 each are reflective for visible light through the wavelength of laser 12, in this example, 1064 nm. Beam 14 then passes through the focusing element 35 where it is focused in the final primary optical path segment 24 and impinges on part surface 26 of the workpiece 28. Normally, element 35 is positioned to focus the energy of beam 14 at a desired point on part surface 26. When lens 36 is used a the focusing element 35, lens 36 preferably has a diameter of 1.5 inches and a thickness of 0.236 inches. It is to be understood that mirrors 32 and 34 are included in the embodiment of FIG. 4 only for convenience in positioning the beams 14 and 40 with respect to the system 10 and workpiece 28. Accordingly, mirrors 32 and 34 (and other mirrors, if desired) are optional in the practice of the present invention. A replaceable cover slide 39 is positioned between element 35 and the part surface 26 of workpiece 28 to protect element 35 from material discharged from workpiece 28 during laser machining. Slide 39 is preferably formed of fused silica and is coated to enhance transmission of visible wavelengths thorough the wavelength of laser 12, and to prevent reflectance at the measurement beam wavelength.
System 10 also includes an optical measuring system 38 which may be in the form of a laser diode system available as a model Conoprobe 1000 from Optimet Division (located at 9 Electronics Ave., Danvers, Mass. 01923 USA) of Ophir Optronics, Ltd. of Science-Based industrial Park, Har Hotzvim, P.O. Box 45201, Jerusalem 91450, Israel. It has been found useful to have measuring system 38 operate at a different optical frequency from primary laser 12, to enable separation of the laser beam 14 from a measurement beam 40 of the system 10. To that end, in the preferred form of the invention, the wavelength of the measurement beam 40 is nominally 685 nanometers.
In system 10, illumination in the form of the measurement beam 40 from a laser diode source (not shown, but located in system 38) is combined into the primary optical path 15 of the laser machining system 10. It is to be understood that the primary optical path includes the route from mirror 30 to the workpiece 28, and that measurement optical path 43 includes segments 44, 46 and 48. More specifically, before reaching the primary optical path 15, measurement beam 40 initially may be directed through a first measurement optical path segment 44 and then reflected by mirror 45 to a second measurement optical path segment 46. Mirror 45 is preferably a 2.0 inch diameter by 0.25 inch thick element formed of fused silica and having a visible anti-reflective coating to make mirror 45 transmissive for wavelengths between 400 and 630 nm and reflective to beam 40 at 685 nm. The measurement beam 40 at segment 46 may be directed through a filter 42 before progressing to measurement optical beam path segment 48, where it passes through the optical combining element or mirror 30 as it enters the primary optical path 15. If used, filter 42 is preferably formed of fused silica. Alternatively, mirror 45 and filter 42 may be combined into a common element 45. The purpose of filter 42 (whether a separate element or combined in element 45) is to block reflected stray optical energy at the wavelength of the laser 12 (in this example, 1064 nm) and may be used to block other undesired wavelengths which may be transmitted through element 30. The sensor 38 may alternatively be located at either position 70 or 72, as desired, with appropriate changes to element 32 or 34 to permit transmission of the measurement beam 40 therethrough, in addition to providing for reflection of the laser beam 14. In the event of positioning sensor 38 at location 70 or 72, it has been found desirable to include an additional mirror 74 to "fold" the optical path of sensor 38, enabling a more condensed physical arrangement.
It is to be understood that measurement beam 40 is focused using the same focusing lens 36 as the primary laser beam 14. The laser 12 can be of arbitrary wavelength, with changes to a refractive element 35 made accordingly. If a reflective element 35 is used, changes may only be needed to be made to the coating. Appropriate changes are also to be made to the coatings of the various other optically reflective and transmissive elements, to accommodate a different wavelength for laser 12. It is further to be understood that the present invention may be practiced with a wavelength of laser beam 14 shorter than that of measurement beam 40 with appropriate changes in the optics.
The optical measurement beam 40 strikes the workpiece 28 at part surface 26 and a portion of the light energy is reflected back through the primary optical path 15. The reflected measurement beam 40 is transmitted through the mirror 30 and then passes through the laser beam blocking filter 42 (if used) before returning to the sensor 38. The returning energy in the reflected measurement beam 40 is examined by the sensor (based on U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,137) and the location of the reflecting part surface 26 is determined relative to the focal point of the laser diode light measurement beam 40 passing through lens 36. A numerical value representative of the location of the reflecting part surface 26 on the workpiece 28 is returned by sensor 38 to the system 10 to determine the location of the primary laser beam focal point. The focal point location of the primary laser beam 14 is determined relative to the focal point of the laser diode light or measurement beam 40, by the following equation:
where FP14 is the focal point of the laser beam 14 and FP40 is the focal point of the measurement beam 40, and OFFSET is the difference between the two, because of the difference in the value of the index of refraction at the operating frequencies or wavelengths of the primary laser 12 and the light source of the sensor 38.
These two pieces of information, the location of the workpiece relative to the focal point of the measurement beam 40, and the location of the focal point of the primary laser beam 14 relative to the focal point of the measurement beam 40, are used by the positioning part of the machine tool apparatus carrying system 10 to determine the change in location of the part surface. From this information, one or more of the machine axes is adjusted to locate the focal point of the primary laser beam 14 at the desired location in space. These machine adjustments may be along an axis of the primary laser beam 14 (i.e., along or parallel to segment 22), or along any predetermined machine vector as described by Schmidt, et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 5,340,962, (the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference) or along any other desired path. The teaching of U.S. Pat. No. 5,340,962 may be used in the practice of the present invention, with the capacitive sensor replaced by the sensor 38 and measurement beam 40. As has been stated, using the optical sensor 38, especially when arranged in a co-axial optical path with the processing or machining laser beam 14, avoids the shortcomings of the capacitance type sensor.
It is to be further understood that the present system may be used with lenses or reflectors of various focal lengths, as desired. Furthermore, although only a simple plano-convex lens (of the spherical kind) is shown, it is within the scope of the present invention to use more than one lens, if desired, or other lens types or geometries such as concave-convex, for example.
Referring now most particularly to FIG. 5, alternatively, it is within the scope of the present invention to use a concave mirror, (most preferably a parabolic mirror) 130 as a reflective optical element 35, in contrast to the refractive element shown as lens 36 in other figures. The mirror 130 is a portion of a parabola 131, defined by the equation:
where the focus 132 is at coordinates p/2, 0, with line 134 being the ordinate or y axis, and line 136 being the abscissa or x axis. An additional mirror 138 may be used to reflect a beam of light 140 (the boundaries of which are indicated by lines 142, 144) into the parabolic mirror 130. Line 146 is the directrix of the parabola 131, and lines 148 and 150 are of equal length, extending to the parabola 131, respectively from the directrix 146 and the focus point 132.
Referring now again to FIG. 4, although not part of the present invention, it has been found desirable to include a CCTV camera 62 and monitor (not shown) to respond to visible light reflected from the workpiece 28 along optical path 15 ending in segment 64. Camera 62 enables direct observation of the workpiece and the results of the laser machining performed by system 10. Camera 62 may also be used to view the visible wavelength measurement beam focal point.
Referring now also to FIG. 6, a simplified block diagram 80 of a control system useful in the practice of the present invention may be seen. Block diagram 80 includes a multi-axis positioner 82, a computer controller 85 and the optical system 10 shown in FIG. 4. The positioner 82 is mechanically connected to system 10, as indicated by connection 86. Positioner 82 sends position signals to the controller 85 via line 88 and receives movement commands via line 90 from the controller 85. System 10 transmits data to and receives instructions from controller 85 via line 92. It is to be understood that lines 88, 90, and 92 are each multi-wire connections.
Referring now also to FIG. 7, more details of block diagram 80 may be seen. Positioner 82 has encoders 94 to provide position information at a Position block 96, via line 88. Computer controller 85 has a Proportional-Integral-Differential/Acceleration Feed Forward (PID/AFF block 102 which receives and processes the position feedback information from Position block 96 via line 104. Position information from the sensor 38 of the system 10 is received in the computer controller 85 via line 92 at a second Position block 106. This information is delivered via line 108 to a Proportional-Integral block 110 and then via line 112 to a Sensor Error Value block 114. The Sensor Error Value block 114 transmits a signal to a Summing block 116 via line 118. A Program Position block 100 delivers a position command based on a trajectory defined in a part program to the Summing block 116 via line 122. The Summing block 116 sums the Program Position block output with the output of the Sensor Error Value block 116 and generates a composite position command which is sent to the PID/AFF block 102 via line 120. Positioner 82 also has motors 98 to move the system 10 as directed by the PID/AFF block 102 via line 90 in 5 axes, translating in x, y and z directions, and providing two degrees of rotational freedom, since there is no need to provide rotation about the axis of the output of the primary optical path. Commands are also transmitted via line 92 to activate and deactivate the primary laser 12, and to activate and interrogate the sensor 38.
In operation, closed loop control is maintained for the position of the focal point of the machining laser 12 relative to the part surface 26 being machined through the coaxial primary optical path 15 of the measurement beam 40 and the machining laser beam 14.
The measurement sensor 38, with a coaxial beam path with the machining laser 12, generates an output value (either digital or analog) based on the position of the part surface 26 relative to the focal point of the sensor 38. This data from the measurement sensor 38 is fedback to the computer controller 85, which preferably is a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine tool assembly carrying and positioning system 10 using positioner 82. The computer controller 85 stores a reference value from the sensor 38 which represents a fixed distance relationship between the sensor focal point and the part surface 26 being machined. During the machining process the computer controller 85 generates a focal point position error value based on a difference between the sensor actual position feedback versus the stored expected position. This error value is processed through an algorithm with proportional and integral terms that generates a Sensor Error vector in block 114. The Sensor Error vector is summed with the program position command from block 100 in the Summing block 116 and is delivered to the PID/AFF block 102 via line 120 which applies the individual position commands via line 90 of the positioner axes motors 98 correcting the focal point position error. The focal point of the sensor laser beam (the measurement beam 40) and the machining laser beam 14 have a fixed relative position to each other for a given focusing element 35 therefore controlling the measurement beam focal point in relationship to the part surface 26 controls the machining laser focal point in relationship to the part surface 26.
A further application is to use the sensor 38 in a closed loop control mode, before the machining process, to map the position error of the surface being machined from the programmed part path, storing that data in the CNC 85. The CNC applies that error in the algorithm mentioned above during the machining process for closed loop focal point position error correction.
In at least one specialized mode of operation (percussion drilling) it has been found useful to position the nozzle containing the focusing element only once with respect to the initial surface of the workpiece. In this mode, it is not necessary to advance the nozzle during subsequent processing (i.e., as the hole advances through the workpiece, and it may in fact be desirable not to do so, to avoid mechanical interference between the workpiece and the nozzle.
An additional capability of the present system is to detect break through. Using this system, the data from the sensor can be interpreted to detect when the laser beam 14 has pierced the back side of the material being processed, in effect, detecting when the laser beam 14 breaks through the thickness of the material of workpiece 28. With a pulsed laser source, the sensor reading acquired during the off time of the laser beam can be analyzed to determine the surface location of the material directly in the path of the primary laser beam energy (i.e., in the "bottom" of the hole or recess being drilled or machined away). When a pulsed laser source is drilling through or otherwise removing material at a rate of less than one material thickness per pulse, the location of the part surface in between pulses will provide the current depth of the (as yet blind) hole. Once the primary laser beam breaks through the back side of the material, effectively having drilled or otherwise machined through the entire thickness of the part, the sensor reading will jump to a value that is greatly different than the immediately preceding value or values. The measurement sensor 38 may return an "out of range" value, indicating that the last reading (after break through) is significantly different from the trend of recent readings prior to break through. However, in certain parts, a nearby surface of the part may be in line with and close enough to the hole location to produce a valid or "in-range" sensor reading. Even in this case, the indicated change in depth between successive readings just before and just after breakthrough will ordinarily be significantly larger than successive changes in readings occurring before breakthrough. This change at breakthrough will be sufficiently large to detect that the primary laser beam has processed the entire material thickness (break through). When break through is detected, the system 10 stops the processing of the hole or piercing operation and continues with the next part program command.
This process greatly improves processing cycle time. Without knowledge of when the breakthrough occurs, the part program must provide for a sufficient number of laser pulses to occur to ensure that the material is processed all the way through in a worst case condition. This generally results in the programming of several more pulses for each piercing operation than is actually required. By programming additional pulses, operation is continued for a sufficient duration to assure that the pierce through will occur and the workpiece will not need to be reworked or scrapped.
Parts or workpieces such as turbine engine components or solder stencil screens typically have thousands of pierce through operations on a single part. With the present method of detecting break through of the primary laser beam, substantial cycle time can be eliminated. For example, consider a turbine engine combustion liner having 4000 holes, with each hole requiring a complete pierce through of the material. A typical part program of this nature would likely have had at least 5 extra pulses programmed per pierce without break through detection, due to the complexity and monetary value of these parts. By eliminating 5 extra pulses per hole at a typical pulse rate of 15 pulses per second, the cycle time is reduced by 1333 seconds (over 22 minutes).
This invention is not to be taken as limited to all of the details thereof as modifications and variations thereof may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.
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-- Things are quiet in Penguins circles as GM Ray Shero and his staff have been preparing for the draft in the past week. Things though will be heating up in the next couple weeks internally as the Penguins begin to formulate an off-season game plan. Shero will be meeting with his coaching staff this week and the organizations professional scouting meetings are scheduled for the first week in June.
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-- Marc Andre Fleury's sudden drop in play during the playoffs the past three post-seasons has been discussed by management and the coaching staff, sources say. It could lead the Penguins to making a veteran backup goaltender among the top priorities this summer and possibly deciding to limit Fleury's workload next season, especially late in the season. Backup Brent Johnson is not expected to be resigned. The team is looking for a goaltender who can push Fleury and an intriguing possibility from a long-term standpoint would be to consider drafting a goaltender in the second or third round and start developing a young goaltender in the system as the Penguins don't even have a true NHL caliber backup goaltender in their system.
-- At this point the Penguins are considered a longshot to land Swiss star Damien Brunner, league sources say. Despite early contact from the Penguins with agent Neil Sheehy a few months back and the team scouting Brunner heavily this year, the Penguins have not intensified their pursuit of Brunner yet and as of this morning, there's been no contact between the Penguins and Brunner's camp since Switzerland was eliminated from the world championships last week. Brunner's camp intends to open up negotiations very soon with teams. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild are among teams with strong interest.


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The Modernism of Gaudí in wonderful coastal surroundings
Comillas is 50 kilometres from Santander and is a designated historic-artistic site. It has cobbled streets and squares with ancestral houses, towers and Modernist style buildings. Special mention should be made of: "El Capricho", a building designed by Antoni Gaudí, with its unmistakable portico and ceramic wall decoration; Sobrellano Palace, a Neo-Gothic construction; the Pontifical University, which dominates the whole village. Comillas has fine sand beaches, perfect for water sports. Alongside the beach you will find Oyambre Nature Reserve, a large coastal area with dunes, cliffs, marshland and an estuary, with a wealth of bird life. We would recommend walks on the trails that run through the village.


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Walking isn't always safe in big cities. Our local Street Smart campaign will tell you of the accidents, the deaths, the problem of drivers and bicyclists and pedestrians who ignore responsible awareness and caution. But just what causes pedestrian crashes?
The District Department of Transportation has collected data from all pedestrian crashes from 2004 to 2010 and crunched the numbers. About half of these crashes happened when the pedestrian was in the crosswalk (legally or not), which affirms the recent D.C. police remarks on the crosswalk remaining the most dangerous spot for pedestrians.
Here's the breakdown for all the crashes in which a pedestrian was struck for these seven years — we're talking about 4,800 crashes total, with an average number of accidents of about 687 a year and nearly two a day:
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"We have seen an upward trend in people being struck," said George Branyan, DDOT's pedestrian program coordinator, "but we have more people on the sidewalks [in recent years]."
Branyan is a man who believes in the complexities of these data points, and he's not inclined to place blame on any one group — sometimes drivers act incorrectly, sometimes pedestrians do, but the reality is often far more complicated and what he's interested in is engineering a system that serves both pedestrians and drivers in a fundamentally safer way. He points to the influence driving speed has on pedestrian fatalities, a concern also guiding calming measures in Chicago.
Most troubling about this graph is the fact that the highest number of crashes (23% on average) happen in a crosswalk with an appropriate traffic signal. That was 188 people struck in 2010, to give you a concrete sense of how many we're talking about. These individuals are frequently free of blame and are only at fault if they did something sudden, such as racing out into the crosswalk. These collisions often happen when the driver is turning left or right. Yet Branyan explained that the metrics in the graph above don't always reveal blame upon closer scrutiny. Nearly 22% of collisions happened when the pedestrian was "not in crosswalk" but Branyan explained that these pedestrians aren't necessarily acting illegally. It's perfectly legal to cross in the middle of the block as long it's not between adjacent intersections with traffic signals at their crosswalks. But the pedestrian, in crossing mid-block, does give up their right of way to any automobiles. Some of these "not in crosswalk" pedestrians are jaywalking while others may be observing traffic laws without a problem.
"The first duty of a pedestrian is to not step in front of a vehicle that cannot yield," Branyan remarked.
The various types of crosswalks have their own complexities. Marked crosswalks without a stop sign or light can create their own risks and confusion, for instance, on large roads such as on Georgia Avenue, where there are many places marked for pedestrians but no formal signal that cars should stop. Will vehicles actually slow or stop? Will pedestrians be brave enough to assert their right of way and risk it? Branyan says it's popular to include pedestrian crosswalk paint out of a belief it's better than nothing, but he said this is not always true on major, multilane roads. The speed of the road, number of automobiles, and lack of formal stopping measures can create uncertainty. Unmarked crosswalks, which exist by law even without any pedestrian paint lines in any intersection, feature relatively few accidents, based on the data above. Branyan ultimately refers back to DDOT's various pedestrian measures under his purview, from road speed to subtle traffic calming initiatives to the elusiveness of determining factors in these collisions and in their relationship to traffic fatalities. DDOT outlined the city's 24 most dangerous intersections for pedestrians earlier this year. Traffic fatalities have fallen throughout recent years but as Branyan says, pedestrian crashes remain relatively high. DDOT estimates an average of about 15 pedestrian deaths a year.
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