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A fuel gauging system for use in determining the level of fuel in a tank. The system incorporates a resonant circuit for measuring the resonant frequency of at least one probe immersed in the fuel located in the tank. From measurements of variations of the frequency of resonance, the level of liquid in the tank is determined, and the fuel quantity is then calculated and displayed.
1. Apparatus for measuring the level of a liquid in a tank comprising:
at least one probe disposed in the tank for at least partial immersion in the liquid;
means electrically coupled to said probe for providing a resonant circuit defining a resonant frequency, said resonant frequency being a function of the level of immersion of the probe by the liquid in the tank;
a generator for applying an electrical input signal to said probe resonant circuit;
means for determining said probe resonant frequency;
means electrically coupled to said probe resonant frequency determining means for computing and displaying the quantity of said liquid in said tank; and
at least another probe disposed in said tank and connected in electrical parallel relation with said at least one probe, each probe connected in said resonant circuit having a distinct resonant frequency corresponding to a predetermined liquid level in the tank, and each probe resonant frequency lying within a range of frequencies which do not overlap with one another between maximum and minimum probe immersion conditions;
whereby the quantity of liquid in the tank can be determined from said resonant frequency measurement.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said resonant circuit includes a capacitor and an inductor connected in series.
3. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said probe has a capacitance which is a function of its depth of immersion in the liquid, and wherein said resonant frequency is a function of said capacitance.
4. Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said capacitor and said inductor are provided in said probe.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said capacitor comprises an inner tube and an outer tube concentric with one another and disposed transversely relative to changes in liquid level in the tank, and wherein said inductor is carried within said inner tube of said capacitor.
6. Apparatus according to claim 5, including means for spacing said inner and outer tubes apart along their lengths, and means for preventing said tubes from rotating relative to one another.
7. Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said inductor includes a wire wrapped helically around an electrically-insulated tube encapsulated in a electrically non-conductive material and surrounded by said inner tube of said capacitor.
8. Apparatus for measuring the level of a liquid in a tank comprising:
a plurality of probes disposed in the tank for at least partial immersion in the liquid;
means electrically coupled to each probe for providing a series LC resonant circuit defining a distinct resonant frequency, said resonant frequency being a function of the level of immersion of the probe in the liquid;
means connecting said series LC resonant circuits in electrical parallel relation, said LC resonant circuits being operable in ranges of resonance which do not overlap one another;
a generator for applying electrical input signals at selected ones of different frequencies to said probe resonant circuits;
means for determining said probe resonant frequencies; and
means electrically coupled to said probe resonant frequency determining means for comparing stored resonant frequencies with known liquid levels and computing and displaying the quantity of said liquid in said tank;
whereby the quantity of liquid in the tank can be determined from said resonant frequency measurements.
9. Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said ranges of resonance of the probes correspond to ranges of immersion of the probes in the liquid between minimum and maximum conditions of immersion.
10. Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said probe includes elongate electrically conductive elements extending alongside one another in spaced relation to form a capacitive gap therebetween, and an inductor carried by one of said elements for cooperating therewith to form said LC circuit.
11. In an aircraft having a fuel tank, apparatus for measuring the level of fuel in the tank comprising:
a plurality of probes disposed in the tank for at least partial immersion in the fuel;
each probe including an elongate air gap capacitor and an inductor associated with it for providing an LC resonant circuit defining a distinct resonant frequency, said resonant frequency being a function of the level of fuel in the air gap;
means connecting said LC resonant circuits of each probe in electrical parallel relation, said LC resonant circuits operable in ranges of resonance which do not overlap one another in their normal course of operation;
a generator for applying electrical input signals at selected ones of different frequencies to said probe resonant circuits;
means for determining said probe resonant frequencies; and
means electrically coupled to said probe resonant frequency determining means for comparing stored resonant frequencies with known fuel levels in the tank and computing and displaying the fuel quantity in said tank;
whereby the fuel level in the tank and hence quantity of fuel can be determined from said resonant frequency measurements.
12. Apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of probes comprises:
an elongate capacitor assembly having an inner tube and an outer tube, said inner and outer tubes being of electrically conductive material and being concentric with each other;
spacer means for providing a gap between said inner and outer tubes along their lengths for admitting liquid therebetween;
an elongate inductor connected in series with said inner tube of said capacitor assembly, said inductor being of electrically-conductive material wrapped helically around an electrically insulated core;
a layer of electrical insulating material surrounding said inductor on the inside of said inner tube of said capacitor assembly; and
said inductor being substantially coextensive in length with said inner tube of said capacitor assembly.
13. Apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the capacitance of said capacitor assembly is in a range of between about 48 and 192 pF in the absence of liquid between the tubes and in a range of between about 96 to about 384 pF when full of liquid between the tubes; where the inductor has an inductance in a range about 141 to about 824 mH, to provide a resonant frequency in the absence of liquid in a range of 1.935 to 0.4 MHz and a resonant frequency in a range of 1.368 to 0.283 MHz when full of liquid.
The present invention relates to a system for measuring the level of a liquid in a tank, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an aircraft fuel tank gauging system using resonant probes in a frequency-responsive circuit.
For safety and economic reasons, aircraft must have the capability of determining accurately the amount of fuel on board. Federal regulations determine the minimum amount of fuel which an aircraft must carry because unexpected events may alter the course and destination of the aircraft. In these situations it is important to have an accurate measurement of fuel remaining to enable the craft to be flown safely to an alternate destination.
The amount of fuel to be carried by an aircraft is determined by a variety of considerations, such as payload, route, weather, etc. The heavier the fuel load, the less payload an aircraft can carry. Therefore, accurate on-board fuel gauging equipment is commercially desirable because it allows less fuel to be carried for a given route, resulting in a more economic flight operation.
Conventional fuel gauging systems have used capacitance probes located in the tanks of aircraft. Generally, such probes consist of two concentric vertically-disposed electrodes defining a space in which fuel rises during filling and lowers during consumption. The level of the fuel within the probe alters the capacitance value of the probe. The capacitance of the probe varies linearly with the fuel level within the probe. Therefore, an electrical signal applied to the probe can be used to determine a probe capacitance value at a given fuel level. This capacitance value can then be used to determine the quantity of fuel in the tank.
One such commercially available fuel system is known as the Summed Characterized Probe System. In this system, each probe has a longitudinal capacitance characteristic tailored to match the specific fuel tank characteristics at each fuel level. The diameter of the inner electrode of the probe is altered longitudinally by various processes, such as swaging. All of the probes located in the tank are then electronically summed to provide a signal that is proportional to total fuel quantity in the tank. This system has the advantage of requiring minimal wiring, and the required electronics are relatively simple. However, a drawback of the system is that the probes are expensive to manufacture, and upon probe failure, the entire system can become inoperable. With this system, it is very difficult to achieve fuel quantity determinations with a high degree of accuracy and still maintain a robust mechanical design.
A second type of commercially available fuel gauging system is known as the Individually Addressed Linear Probe System. In this type system, the capacitance of each probe is measured individually. Each probe is linear, i.e. the diameters of inner and outer electrodes remain constant throughout the length of the probe. Therefore, the probes are relatively inexpensive to manufacture. The integrity of each individual probe is monitored to detect probe failure; however, with such a system, there is an increased complexity of the monitoring electronics and wiring. The additional wiring adds to the weight and cost of the system, and reduces system reliability. The electronics are more complicated because each probe must be driven separately in order to achieve a reasonable system response to fuel level changes. This added complexity makes such a system expensive, and it also reduces system reliability.
One example of a prior art capacitative fuel gauging system is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,918,619. The '619 patent suggests using a junction probe to multiplex the outputs from several probes and transmit the results in digital format to appropriate readout displays. The disadvantage of this system is that there are active electronic components in the tank. In addition, a substantial amount of electronics is required, and this can lead to reliability problems.
Prior art fuel gauging systems all rely on the same basic principle of capacitance measurement. As discussed, these represent a trade-off between performance and cost. Although various fuel gauging systems of the prior art may function satisfactorily for their intended purposes, there is a need for a more accurate fuel gauging system which meets performance objectives while minimizing weight and cost.
With the foregoing in mind, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel fuel gauging system which can accurately measure the fuel contained in the tank of an aircraft.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved fuel gauging system that is both inexpensive to manufacture and that has a minimum of wiring thereby enabling it to be installed efficiently.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a fuel gauging system that has the ability to self-detect a probe malfunction.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a dependable fuel gauging system which can operate satisfactorily in a typical high performance aircraft environment under adverse conditions such as electromagnetic interference and wide variations in ambient temperatures.
More specifically, the present invention provides apparatus which is particularly suited for measuring the level of fuel in an aircraft fuel tank. To this end, at least one probe is disposed in the fuel tank for at least partial immersion in the fuel. Means are electronically coupled to the probe for providing a resonant circuit which defines a resonant frequency. The resonant frequency is a function of the fuel level in the tank.
A generator applies electric input signals to the probe resonant circuit. The system includes means for determining the probe resonant frequency. There is also means coupled to the output to compute and display the fuel level in the tank, whereby the quantity of fuel in the tank can be determined from the resonant frequency measurement.
The resonant circuit includes a probe comprising a capacitor and an inductor. The capacitor and inductor are connected in series. The capacitor has a capacitance which is a function of the fuel level within the probe. The resonant frequency is a function of both the fixed inductance and the variable capacitance caused by variations in fuel level.
Preferably, the probe comprises an inner tube and an outer tube concentric with one another to form a capacitive air gap there between. The inner and outer tubes are disposed vertically relative to the fuel tank, and the inner and outer tubes are spaced apart from one another to allow fuel to flow there between. The inductor is carried within the inner capacitor tube of the probe.
Preferably, a plurality of probes are mounted in each fuel tank and are connected in electrical parallel relation. Each probe is designed to operate within a prescribed resonant frequency range. The resonant frequency ranges of the probes are different so they do not overlap in the normal course of operation.
An advantage of the system is that it enables frequency values to be determined by means of conventional digital electronics to accomplish the objects noted above.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention should become apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view in reduced scale of a fuel tank located in the wing of an aircraft and having two fuel level probes;
FIG. 2 is a simplified circuit diagram illustrating the theoretical underpinnings of one embodiment of the fuel gauging system of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a plot illustrating the ranges of peak output at the resonant frequencies of the two probes;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the fuel gauging system of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the system of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged, partially-cutaway view of a simplified version of the resonant probe taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the probe taken along line 7--7 of FIG. 5; and
FIG. 8 is a simplified block diagram of the fuel gauging system of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a portion of a fuel tank 10 located in the wing 12 of a typical aircraft. A series of probes 14, in the illustration two in number, extend transverse to the normal direction of fuel level movement, or vertically, within the fuel tank 10 in spaced fore and aft relation. In a conventional capacitive system, an electronic signal would be applied to the probes for producing an output signal which is a function of the level of the fuel 16 in the probe. The measured level of the fuel 16 enables the amount of fuel carried in the tank to be calculated in a known manner and displayed.
In the present invention, the probes 14 incorporate inductors with capacitors to form a resonant circuit which functions to measure fuel quantity in a novel manner to be described. To this end, as shown in FIG. 2, each probe 14 has an inductor 18 connected in series with a capacitor 20 to form a series inductive-capacitance (LC) resonant circuit. As the fuel level changes, the probe capacitance changes, and this changes the resonant frequency of the probe. A simplified schematic diagram of one embodiment of the system is illustrated in FIG. 2.
For the sake of simplicity, the block diagram of FIG. 8 is provided to illustrate the theoretical underpinnings of a novel fuel gauging system that multiplexes several resonant probes on a single pair of wires. As seen therein, a generator 22 applies an electric input signal to several multiplexed resonant probes 14. A means 100 receives the response of the multiplexed probes 14 to the input signal and determines the resonant frequency of each probe. A means 102 is provided with sufficient information about the resonant frequency determination to compute and display the quantity of fuel in a tank.
As shown, a generator 22 applies voltages at predetermined discrete frequencies to the probes 14 of the fuel gauging system. The current through each probe is measured. Since the current is at a maximum only during resonance of each individual probe, the resonant frequency of the fuel-immersed probe can be readily determined. By using several probes operating within different resonant frequency ranges, the probes can be connected in parallel and their output will not interfere with each other since their peak output currents will occur at different input frequencies.
The block diagram shown in FIG. 4 illustrates in a functional manner the fuel gauging system of the present invention. The generator 22 produces alternating current (AC) voltages at predetermined frequencies. These voltages are applied to the probes 14 which are located in the fuel tank 10 and which are immersed to various levels. Circuit buffers, 40 and 42, are located on the tank wall at the input and output ends of the probes to maintain the electrical cable length as short as possible and to provide a low drive impedance. The output end of each probe 14 is maintained at virtual ground by the receiver electronics in the tank wall buffer 42. The probe current is converted to a voltage and amplitude-modulation (AM) detected. Data concerning the resonant frequency of the probes at various levels of fuel is stored in a random access memory component (RAM) 44. This data is used in conjunction with the frequency data of the input signal, and the amplitude of the output signal, to determine the resonant frequency of each probe. The resonant frequency provides the fuel level, and therefore, enables the amount of fuel contained in the fuel tank to be calculated. The data is converted into a signal which drives a cockpit display indicative of fuel quantity.
FIG. 5 illustrates more specifically the fuel gauging system of the present invention. As best seen there, the signal conditioning unit 46 consists of a microprocessor 48, a programmable oscillator 50, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 52, a non-volatile (RAM) 44, a power supply 54, and means 56 for communicating the fuel quantity to the cockpit I/O, and to other systems on the airplane. The microprocessor 48 controls the oscillator 50 which generates an AC voltage with an amplitude of approximately 0.1 volt at a frequency in a range of between about 250 KHz to about 2 MHz. The voltage signal is applied to the tank wall drive buffer 40.
A factor that can limit performance of this system is the resonances in the cables connecting the various electronic components. To ameliorate this, the tank wall drive buffer 40 makes the best use of available cable by placing the so-called "electrical start" of the cable at the tank. As shown in FIG. 5, the buffer consists of one operational amplifier 58 per line going into the tank, and at least one resistor 60.
The resonant probes 14 are mounted in a substantially vertical position in the fuel tank such that they are immersed to various depths by the fuel contained in the tank. Each probe is characterized by a different resonant frequency. The probes are multiplexed on the same two wires, thereby enabling weight, cost and in-tank structure to be minimized.
The probe current is measured by using so-called virtual ground circuitry. In this circuitry, the output ends of the probes are maintained at virtual electrical ground by the tank wall signal buffer electronics 42. The operational amplifiers 62 adjust their outputs by virtue of the negative feedback through their resistors so that their inputs have an equal potential. The probe current must flow through the feedback resistor 64 since the operational amplifier itself draws very little current. This creates a voltage drop across the resistor which appears as the output voltage. Since the negative input of the operational amplifier is at a potential of zero volts, it is at ground electrical potential.
The output of the amplifier oscillates at the same frequency as the initial input signal. The tank wall signal buffer electronics 42 includes an integrator 66 which provides the value of the peak amplitude of the signal.
The output signal coming from the tank wall buffer is transmitted back to the signal conditioning unit 46. The signal conditioning unit receives a set of direct current (DC) signals in response to its alternating current (AC) transmission. The DC signals are feed into an analog to digital convertor 52. The system varies the frequency of the input voltage and analyzes the response contained in the DC signals. A plot of the DC voltage obtained, versus the frequency of the AC voltage transmitted into the probes, will contain a single peak for each probe in the tank at its resonant frequency. See FIG. 3. As the amount of fuel fills the probe, its capacitance changes, which lowers the frequency of the peak, i.e. the resonant frequency. The shift in frequency from a full to an empty probe is approximately 30 percent.
As discussed heretofore, the resonant frequency of the probe is determined by the level of the fuel within the probe. Thus, for a given probe, the resonant frequency is in a range which varies from a fully-immersed probe to an empty probe. Input signals having frequencies outside of this range will result in substantially no output signal from the probe. This enables several probes to be connected in electrical parallel relation with the first probe. Since each probe has a different resonant frequency range which varies between the fully-immersed and empty state, by designing the probes so that none of the ranges overlap, the outputs from multiple probes will not interfere with one another.
FIG. 3 illustrates schematically the ranges of resonant frequencies of two parallel connected probes. Note that probe No. 1's resonant frequency will vary between the dotted line peak output corresponding to a fully immersed probe, and the empty probe peak output. Probe No. 2 has a similar range. The range of Probe No. 1 resonant frequencies does not overlap into the range of Probe No. 2 resonant frequencies. The appropriate values of inductance and capacitance are chosen to ensure this relationship.
By electronically storing several key parameters of the frequency spectrum when the probes are dry, the system can be calibrated to accommodate manufacturing tolerances. For instance, as the resistance of the circuit changes, the peaks in the probe become broader. Measurements of the peak width enable probe malfunction, or failure, to be detected.
Stored data located in the RAM 44 is accessed by the microprocessor 48 to compare the input frequencies with the DC signals applied to the A/D converter 52. The microprocessor 48 is capable of determining the fuel level in the tank through a comparison of these values. A signal is then communicated and displayed at a remote location, such as in the cockpit of an airplane.
The probes used in the fuel gauging system are simple structures which are straightforward to manufacture. To this end, the fuel probe 14, see FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, has concentric outer and inner aluminum alloy electrodes, 24 and 26, respectively, forming an elongate cylindrical capacitive air gap between them. An inductor 20 is located inside the inner electrode 26. The drive voltage is applied to the outer electrode 24 at connection "A" (FIG. 6). The inner tube 26 contains the inductor 20 which is connected to the top of the inner tube 26 and then to the return signal line at connection "B".
Preferably, the inductor 20 is fabricated of resistance wire wound on a solid nylon rod 28 reinforced with a thirty percent (30%) glass fiber fill. The resistance wire is needed to add electrical loss to the circuit to widen the resonance peak (lower Q). This makes peak detection easier for the signal conditioning unit. About 10 ohms of resistance is required. Alternatively, the inductor could be constructed from copper wire and a discrete resistor added to the circuit. The inductor 20 is encapsulated with an electrically non-conductive material 30 which separates it electrically from the inner tube 26 except for the location where it is electrically connected thereto.
In the illustrated embodiment, the co-axial spatial relationship between the inner and outer tubes, 26 and 24, respectively is maintained either by means of an electrically non-conductive fluoro-polymer spline 32, or by a series of spacer buttons (not shown). Preferably, the air gap is about 0.2 inch. Relative rotational and axial movement between the two tubes is prevented by means of a floro-polymer rod (not shown) passing diametrically through both tubes 24, 26 and the inductor 20.
The probe is fitted with a molded plastic end cap assembly 34 which protects the probe ends and wiring during installation and supports the inductor 20 inside the inner tube 26. The probes and end caps have sufficient venting and draining capabilities (not shown) to insure that rapid fuel level changes do not result in significant differences between the fuel levels inside and outside the probe. Moreover, the caps are designed so that air and water traps cannot be formed as well known in the art.
The probe design provides a strong structure capable of withstanding a 50 pound tensile force applied directly to the probe unit. This structure, coupled with the airframe mounting brackets, is capable of withstanding the effects of dynamic loading associated with fuel slosh waves generated within a fuel tank.
The values of capacitance and inductance can vary. By way of example, probes can have a capacitance when empty of between 48 and 192 pico-Farads (pF) and a capacitance when full of liquid of 96 to 384 pF. The inductor can have a inductance of 141 to 824 micro-Henry (mH). These parameters provide a empty resonant frequency of between 1.935 and 0.4 MHz, and a full resonant frequency ranging from 1.368 to 0.283 MHz with typical jet fuel "A" in the space between the inner and outer capacitive tubes.
The above described fuel gauging system provides a number of advantages. For instance, it provides more accurate fuel level measurements than prior art systems. The probes used in it have a simple linear construction which is straightforward to manufacture. A plurality of probes can be connected in parallel on the same two wires to enable a minimum of wiring to be utilized, and tank penetration of ancillary electronics is kept to a minimum. Frequency determinations are straightforward to accomplish utilizing digital electronics. As a result, the electronics are simple and reliable requiring no precision analog circuitry. In addition, the system provides a ready means of detecting probe failure.
Various embodiments of the invention for providing a fuel gauging system that multiplexes several resonant probes on a single pair of wires are possible. For instance, an electrical pulse signal, or white noise excitation signal, which contains a spectrum of frequencies, can be applied to the multiplexed probes. Each probe responds to such a signal by resonating at its characteristic frequency corresponding to the fuel level in the tank. The output of the probes can be electrically analyzed to determine the individual resonant frequency of each probe. This can be accomplished by Fourier analysis which is capable on commercially available high speed DSP chips.
While a preferred embodiment of the fuel gauging system has been described, various modifications, alterations and changes may be made without departing from spirit and scope of the invention as defined in appended claims.
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Dear Scott: The girl that does my hair stood me up today, and I am so mad at her I am writing to you and hope you put it in the paper. I made plans and planned my whole day around my hair, and when I went, she wasn't there and everyone else was busy and wouldn't do my hair. She didn't call me, and nobody did. I have been going to her for a long time, and I will never go back. I hate it when people think my time isn't important, and I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Are you taking new customers?
Answer: I always have room for new clients, but I can't guarantee that something similar will not happen with me. Anytime a human being is involved, an error can be made. Even a computer can crash now and then.
A messed-up hair appointment seems to provoke a road-rage type of reaction from most people. This is the reason that our industry manages to stay lucrative even in the worst of economic times. Hair is that important.
Think of your head as the planet Earth sitting on top of your body. Like land mass to water ratio, your hair roughly covers two-thirds of the surface of the planet. When your hair looks bad, the entire planet is compromised.
First, let's make sure the stylist isn't dead or in the hospital. Second, you might want to double check to make sure you didn't write the appointment down wrong. Third, please call the girl and let her know there's been a mistake. She may be completely unaware of the mix up.
Appointment errors are one of the foremost reasons a client leaves a stylist. It would be a shame to change stylists over something like this. Anyone can make a mistake booking an appointment, even you.
You don't say if the salon has a receptionist available to call clients in case of emergency. But even a good front desk can make a mistake rescheduling appointments for a stylist. Voice mails and cell phones are not the most reliable of devices.
Many stylists book their own appointments. Even though a stylist may do their best to call everyone in an emergency, mistakes can still be made. When a stylist gets sick, calling everyone on the book can get a little tricky while they are throwing up.
Appointments are important. People make arrangements and are disappointed when things don't go as planned. Even if it's dinner with a friend, no one wants to be left hanging. But this is planet Earth, were things go wrong. People make mistakes. And kindness matters.
The only solution I can offer is to try a hair-cutting establishment that takes walk-ins. You may not like your hair, but you will never be disappointed by a missed appointment again.
Side note: Coincidence or jinx, I missed a day of work after writing this column. One of the reasons I stay in Aiken is the compassion people have in this town. Thank you everyone for being so understanding when it matters the most.
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"You couldn't find a better bunch of people," says Angelo Marchozzi of his friends at the Westside YMCA. Many other members agree. The close-knit family atmosphere at the branch is what keeps many of the senior adults coming back. Some of these senior adults, like Angelo, are members of a program called SilverSneakers®.
The SilverSneakers® Fitness Program is a unique physical activity, lifestyle and social oriented program designed to encourage members to increase their levels of physical activity and motivate them to continue to be active. The SilverSneakers® program is funded through select insurance plans which allow their participants to access the YMCA. Those whose insurance does not cover SilverSneakers® can also participate in senior exercise classes and activities through their membership at a YMCA.
At YMCA branches like Westside YMCA, the mixture of SilverSneakers® and YMCA members is seamless. And senior adults can't say enough about the classes, fitness opportunities and camaraderie they find at their branch. Ladies in an exercise class talk about what the classes have done for them – from increasing strength and flexibility to the more practical "now I can get in and out of the car."
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CHANDIGARH: After shifting whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka from Hartron, a corporation to handle IT-related projects, two months after his posting, the Haryana government on Friday transferred his successor Nitin Yadav just four months after he took charge.
A Haryana civil services officer, Vivek Atrey, will be the next managing director of the corporation. With this appointment, the corporation will have its fourth managing director in just six months. The state government on May 20 had transferred then managing director of the corporation Ankur Gupta and replaced him with Ashok Khemka. Khemka, who had exposed various alleged irregularities in the corporation, was transferred within 50 days of his appointment to land consolidation department.
"There was a nexus to award software development works of petty nature without tenders to selected companies at inflated rates of Rs 25 to 50 lakh each, whereas the rudimentary software development work could have been done in-house or through NIC," Khemka had stated in a communication to the state chief secretary on October 12.
Apart from Hartron, Atrey will also handle two more cadre (mainly meant for IAS officers) posts - director of supplies and disposals, joint secretary and director of electronics and information technology. The post of joint secretary is usually occupied by a senior IAS officer. Earlier, Atrey had handled IT department of Chandigarh administration as its director. Khemka had recently hogged headlines for cancelling the mutation of a land deal between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and DLF.
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Revealed! 2013 Nissan Pathfinder Production SUV in Photos, Video
Who gives a crap. Honda has given up on affordable fun in the U.S.
Hopefully that 1.6 turbo can become next production engine for civic si
I tend to agree with the Goob, nobody builds a better engine than Honda when they put their mind to it, my all-time fave being the 1.5 liter Formula 1 engine that put out 1300 hp at 18,000 rpm.
Honda should sell that body style here! I just bought a Mazda 3 hatch because Honda doesn't offer anything similar. Honda: Type R hatch for the USA please.
Why do you think Government Motors is running away?
The Honda man cometh.
The Goob hath thusly deduced this issue.
If only the civic in the US could look that good!
With Chevrolet pulling out of the WTCC this year after winning what will be their 3rd straight championship with the Cruze, I expect the Honda to be a frontrunner next season as the only factory team. it's a shame though because I would have loved to see Chevy vs Honda head to head with big factory backing


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He's form Hollywood he can't die.spartan117 wrote:8: the mando (while not being super human like the marine or spartan) may need to be a little better
spartan117 wrote:ok my only arguments are
6: the spartan is more super solider than commando (so more like throwing tanks, breaking walls)
7:space marine bolter is a little to power full maybe just 2d10?
8: the mando (while not being super human like the marine or spartan) may need to be a little better
but other wise you have it all very well done
james+burgundy wrote:Boba Fett wins hands down. Normal I'd say thats way the heck to much stat work but then if its only three guys it will do nicely.
james+burgundy wrote:nice parts
james+burgundy wrote:Think you can get me the guys number
james+burgundy wrote:O I was hoping he'd stay at my place
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WE FIGHT IN THE NEHME OF THE EMPRA: Whenever a new codex comes out, double all stats.
trebnos1 wrote:Spess Mehreen?
Never heard of him. I'm sticking to the original stats . The reason being, if you read the 2005 rulebook, tank armor is around 3d10, I believe, and tank armor is basically on par with "Spess Mehreen" Power Armor. So 7 armor is fail. For move, I'm making the "Spess Mehreen" slightly slower than Master Chief or Fett, just because he's huge and would thus lose some degree of agility, logically. Finally, as for skill, if all genetic enhancements can get you is +1, well, yeah. That's pretty sad.
AdrianTheGeek, I am pleased to announce that you are being retarded.
1. If you really care, Fett was not hit by his own blaster bolt, but accidentally smacked in the back by Han Solo. And you're forgetting the part where he blasted his way out of the Sarlacc and went back to his trade, better than before.
2. Jango Fett was capable of killing Jedi with his bare hands, supposedly, and by comparison, a Jedi could give even a Space Marine some trouble (you can't kill what you can't hit). Boba Fett was supposed to be better than Jango ever was in his day.
3. Nobody cares. This is an enactment of a fantasy battle with inch-tall plastic minifigs. Get a life.
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From top left: Laser Rifle (Fett), Bolter (40k), NA4 Flamethrower, (Halo), M7 Submachine Gun (Halo), MA5C (Halo), Plasma Sword (Halo).
There are others, but they're either unmodified from the original Lego, or incomplete at this time.
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Boat Club Road is one of the posh neighbourhoods in Chennai, if not the most posh; and such is its snob value that many people who don't live there drive all the way to Boat Club Road for their morning walks — either in the hope of rubbing shoulders with the who's-who of the city (when they are alone and without the trappings of their exalted status) or just for the kicks. Morning walk on Boat Club Road: it can't get any more fashionable.
I don't know if the story, about people driving all the way to Boat Club Road just to walk, is entirely true, but I would like to believe there is some substance to it. I have a friend who once upon a time went there for morning walks and who, at the drop of a hat, still likes to quote her "Boat Club Road friends."
Sadly, even though I will soon complete 12 years in Chennai, I've been to that road only twice, perhaps thrice, that too in the evenings. I have no idea how it looks early in the morning, though I would like to know.
I walk in a much humbler location called Jeeva Park, a stone's throw from my flat in T. Nagar. I've known Jeeva Park longer than any other place in Chennai: in its lap I find sweet memories of younger days (I've been walking there since I was 30) and also the assurance of good health even as I touch middle-age. The park, like most parks in the city, is well-maintained and extremely user-friendly.
One has to hand it to them: Chennai's administrators, even though they often lack planning and imagination when it comes to basic infrastructure, they understand the importance of parks in a city dweller's life. If only more people flocked these pretty neighbourhood parks: that way there would be less people flocking hospitals. But many of us don't consider exercise beneficial unless we shell out a lot of money. In fact, people often sign up with expensive gyms or fancy yoga classes only so they stick to their regimen, the rationale being: "Since I've paid through my nose, I might as well be regular."
What they don't realise is that the best gyms, where birds sing for you from the trees and where you see greenery instead of mirrors, come free. And recently, I discovered a gym where they have the sea! A few years ago, I heard about the Marina being beautified and even noticed some cosmetic changes on the beach from a distance, but considering it was a government initiative, one didn't expect a fantastic transformation. After all, you tend to take all government promises with a sack of salt.
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Many of DEMSI's former employees, the paramedics who answer the calls for help, are now working across town at First Response Ambulance Service. But several of them have contacted WHNT News 19 this week saying they are still waiting on back pay they were promised, as well as for DEMSI to make good on some paychecks that bounced.
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DEMSI and its owner are in bankruptcy, but last week a federal bankruptcy court judge authorized the company to use available funds to make good on paychecks and on promises made to the former employees. But the employees we've spoken with say they haven't seen a dime.
One former employee said they contacted the company and was told, "They have to wait on funds to pay us because they were catching up the bad checks and returned check fees and that no new checks would be issued until that was all taken care of." No word from DEMSI on how much longer that will take.
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Can't say that this thread bothers me, in the least. You're the one who started this thread, not me. You're the one who's got this "drama on eBay" going on, not me. You're the one, who, in the first post of this thread, asked for ...
And as Fleetwood Mac sang ..... "But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to" .....
You asked for thoughts .... there you go ... you got mine. I've been a member of eBay for over 8 years. A feedback score of over 600 ... and 100% positive. And in 8 years, I've only had to drop 1 negative on a guy. And if and when a problem comes up .... I don't start a thread about it on Drummerworld. I just deal with it.
You, on the other hand, start off by calling your seller an idiot. For all you know, he could be a member of this forum. You also refer to eBay as evilBay. I guess that's "cute", or something. I kinda see it as "you had an attitude" coming right out of the chute, and if you were looking for "support" in your "decision" to drop "negative feedback" on your seller, sorry .... I ain't your man. I think it's BS and I ain't gonna co-sign it.
Life is a learning experience ... mostly you learn two things from people. What to do .... or what not to do. Maybe next time you have eBay drama, you won't start a thread on Drummerworld about it.


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Intolerance facing child immigrants is disturbing and familiar
As angry protestors shouted, "Go back home," and "We don't want you here," three Homeland Security buses were turned away from entry to the U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif., on Tuesday.
Onboard were about 140 undocumented children and some parents who had crossed our country's southern borders illegally.
The scene played out over and over again on TV news cycles, and I probably should have switched channels. But I couldn't.
When I closed my eyes and just listened to the anger, fears and frustrations of the protestors, I couldn't help but be taken back to the first busloads of Freedom Riders who wanted to change the laws of the land that supported segregated travel facilities in the South. Those riders also were stopped and angrily ordered to go back where they came from.
Many of us can look back now at those images during the summer of 1961 and shake our heads at the racial intolerance and injustices too many American supported. We cringe at the terror inflicted on many of the bus riders by people who had no desire to embrace equitable laws.
But when our eyes are turned toward the approximately 52,000 children who have crossed our southern borders illegally since October – many of whom sent here alone by parents who believed an unknown America was better than the conditions in their home countries – our concern is more for our wallets than their well-being.
Were the people on those buses terrified Tuesday like the riders 53 years ago? Even those who don't speak English could tell the protestors were not welcoming them.
In 1961, protestors argued the riders brought it upon themselves. If the riders had just stayed home, protestors wouldn't have beaten them and burned their buses while insisting the violence kept southern cities safe.
In 2014, we can't seem to understand that parents sending children to a foreign country alone is equivalent to parents dropping a child from a burning building to waiting arms below. The unknown has to be better than the near-certainty of violence in their homeland.
To what lengths would the protestors go to protect their children from druglords and violent gangs that threaten innocent people in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala?
We shouldn't portray ourselves to the world as saviors and peacekeepers if we don't want people to believe that.
"Send them back to their country," one protestor said in California. "Send them back to where they come from."
Those are the same words spewed by Americans between 1845 and 1855, the Constitutional Rights Foundation said, when about 1.5 million Irish immigrants came to our shores and promptly strained the resources of northern cities. Americans treated them badly, refused to hire them for meaningful work and isolated them in poor communities.
"As anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment grew, newspaper advertisements for jobs and housing routinely ended with the statement: "No Irish need apply," according to the foundation. The Know-Nothing Party, established in 1850 to prevent Irish immigration, was popular until the Civil War when attention was turned to slavery and away from the Irish immigrants.
Jews, Italians and Poles also tasted American backlash. They all managed to eventually blend in with other Americans, helping this country to become the great country it is.
Change invites fear. Fear welcomes misinformation. Misinformation divides us as people. Divided people can be seen as inhumane to some and nonhuman to others.
We can't continue as a nation to find new necks to stand on. We need immigration reform.
As a nation, we are better than what I've seen in my history and on TV Tuesday evening.


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Doctor Dolittle
Editorial Staff • West End • 20 Jul 1998
In these high-tech days, the actorly adage "Never work with children or animals" should surely be updated to include technology. All three play a part in the new musical Doctor Dolittle - based on the classic stories of Hugh Loftus about a quirky, country veteranarian - and, the latter two especially, upstage every human actor, singer and hoofer in sight.
Leading up to the opening, Dolittle publicity focused on the show s 90-some animatronic creatures from Jim Henson s workshop. And rightly so - they are amazing. A daredevil pig named Gub-Gub, a Jabba the Hut-style sea snail, a shaggy Pushmi-Pullyu and an airborne lunar moth are the stars of the evening.
My one complaint on the creature front is simply that we don t get enough of them. When they aren t on the stage, however briefly, the set appears lacklustre. Even when they are, you re craving more, more, more and can t help but feel jealous that, a croaky Julie Andrews-voiced parrot aside, the animals only speak directly to Dolittle (Philip Schofield). Why not give them understandable voices and a few Loftus lines so we could all join in the fun?
The production warrants other complaints as well. Leslie Bricusse s score is irritatingly familiar - a sort of bastardisation of Mary Poppins, Oliver! and The Sound of Music rolled into one. The plot is muddled with lots of loose ends. What, for instance, of the romantic triangle between Dolittle, Emma (Sarah Jane Hassell) and Matthew? And the love scene between Dolittle and Sophie the seal (yes, that s right) is just downright weird.
But these are adult niggles which are compensated for by an under-ten audience who simply doesn t care and an enthusiastic cast who clearly do. Irishman Bryan Smith as Dolittle s sidekick Matthew Mugg - all unruly curls, bounding charm and nice, warm voice - is a real find.
And speaking of warmth, Schofield absolutely exudes the stuff. He may never achieve the reputed cantankerousness of a Rex Harrison (who starred in the 1965 film), but his sunny amiability makes the vast Labatt's Apollo seem an intimate place.
What s more, at this performance, Schofield showed amazing fortitude when that expensive technology gave out on him. Technicians were called onto the stage for about ten minutes when his Flounder ship refused to move. Throughout the tinkering, Schofield held the crowd - including the adult contingent - in the palm of his hand, improvising jokes and humming bars from his alter-ego Joseph, he of the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Evidently, children s television is good grounding for learning to play a handsome second fiddle to technology as well as kids and animals.


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The Columbus fleet on the bay in 1992.
A crewman aboard the Nina throws a rope as the Nina pulls up to the barge dock where the three caravels will be open to the public. March 12, 1992
T-shirts were a popular souvenir during the Columbus fleet's visit in 1992.
The replica of the Santa Maria sails into the ship channel through the jetties in Port Aransas. May 30, 1993
The replica of the Santa Maria docks at the barge dock near the Art Museum of South Texas June 12, 1993.
Texas Governor Ann Richards boards the Santa Maria at Naval Station Ingleside prior tot he ships crossing the Corpus Christi Bay. June 12, 1993
Rick Stryker instructs future tour guides on proper protocol when aboard the Columbus Fleet ships, in this case, the Nina. June 13, 1993
June 25, 1993
March 1994
Tony Alejandro with the Port of Corpus Christi (left) and ship's mate Jose Antonio Barrera survey the damage to the Pinta by a barge. The railing was damaged and the mizzen mast was broken when it was pushed into the Santa Maria. April 12, 1994
The Columbus Fleet moored at Cargo Dock One in the Port of Corpus Christi's inner harbor. September 19, 1994
Corpus Christi resident Ron Smith volunteers on Thursdays to work on restoring the Columbus Fleet at the fleet museum. He is chipping away rotten sections of wood from the Santa Maria main mast. The mast will be put back in place after the restoration, but, it will be replaced by a new mast before the Santa Maria will sail again. May 23, 1996 Photo by David Pellerin 5-23-96
Matthew Otto, boatswain of the Nina, changes the rigging on the main mast while moored at the Lawrence T-Head. February 28, 1997
Andrew Trevino of Pest Fog Inc.watches guard over La Nina as it sits in the boatyard at Gulf Copper Ship Repair and Boatyard in Ingleside. The ship was tented and fumigated early Friday morning and will remain tented for 24 hours. August 22, 1997
In preparation for the upcoming World's 15th Century Sailing School aboard the Nina, volunteer Gary Harper (right) awaits instruction from school director, Jose Antonio Barrera (below) on adjusting the brace above them. The school begins this month. January 18, 1998
Volunteer Dabney Welsh prepares for the upcoming sailing classes that teach folks how to sail 15th Century ships such as the Nina. January 18, 1998
Mayor Loyd Neal hits the chilly bay water after walking the plank of the Nina at the sword point of the Pirate Queens Friday afternoon, officially kicking off the 60th annual Buccaneer Days. April 24, 1998
Shipwrights from Spain secure the main mast for the Santa Maria to a crane Wed. morning at the Museum of Science and History.The six shipwrights have been repairing the fleet since February and will be leaving next week. Now that the repairs are done, the Pinta, which has been closed for about a year will reopen for tours. June 17, 1998
The Columbus ship Nina on the Lawrence Street T-Head appears to be fading away in heavy morning fog. February 14, 2000
Ship's carpenter Pete Maldonado with the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History sands the weathered lindseed oil from the bow of the Nina at Mile 533 Shipyard, Inc. Wednesday afternoon. June 26, 2002
2nd-graders at St. James Episcopal school reenacted loading of the Mayflower singing songs and eating food the pilgrims ate when they crossed the ocean aboard the Pinta at the C.C. Museum of Science and History. November 11, 2004


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Xbox 360 Vs. PS3: Graphics RAM battle?
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I remember this conversation from a while back.. deja-vu?
Anyhow, as someone who is firmly in the 360 camp and has chosen it as my platform of choice between the two, I can state hands down that overall the PS3 has better hardware. However, and this is a big however, both the decisions on design and architecture are non-standard, strange, and arguably flawed.
Ken Kutaragi, said "PlayStation 3 is intentionally difficult to program for in order to ensure that the console meets its promised ten year life cycle.". Which in essence boils down to the realization that 'yes', Sony did intentionally do strange things to enforce a longer learning curve to eek out all the power of the system. To add insult to injury, Sony's development suite, compared to industry standards, is primitive and cobbled together.
Comparatively, MS made the 360 very straightforward and easy to understand. Then to entice developers, they provided some of the best developer tools and tightly integrated them. Lets face it, Visual Studio is a programmers wet dream compared to GCC.
Back to hardware and design decisions,
The CPU of the PS3 is overall more powerful, and we go 'but' again, but the arrangement is one 'full' core with a number of slimmed down cores (spe)s. Which has forced developers to adapt to the unique arrangement of non-heterogeneous core processing, and typically works itself out in a command and control arrangement. While the 360 has a triple 'full' core design with no slimmed down cores. This is a typical heterogeneous core design which is easily identified and understood across industry. It doesn't help that the sole ps3 full core is only as powerful as one of the 360 full cores. However those SPEs can pack a punch, and really excel at SIMD type instructions (like matrix transforms). In short, the CELL is more powerful but only if you devote extra care and time to the design of your code, while the 360 cpu simply performs.
GPU & Memory:
It has been rumored that at one time Sony was originally going to ship the PS3 with two CELL chips, one for processing, the other for graphics, but discovered that developing a graphics API was quite a bit more difficult than expected (Reminds me of Intel) and scrambled to find a GPU to use. Regardless of if this is true or not, the addition of the nVidia GPU seems to most to be a last minute decision. The raw performance of the PS3 GPU on it's own is somewhat less than what is found in the 360, but with the assistance of the CELL SPEs it can outperform what the 360 has to offer. With a well designed system this would not be a issue, but Sony opted for a non-unified memory model. As is the norm with most games, the graphics are the bulk of the content. Just look at almost any game on a pc and you'll see that the executable (the code) is very small compared to all the "art". Because of this non-unified model, the GPU can only directly use textures and models that are in graphics memory, everything else has to be copied in as needed be it on disk/disc or in system ram, pulling from these places incurs a performance penalty. While conversely, the GPU on the 360 can pull "art" from potentially twice the amount of ram without penalty. This forces PS3 developers to have to pay extra attention/effort to managing their graphic assets.
One of the best and more contentious choices Sony made was to include a blu-ray drive in the PS3. While this offers significantly more storage than the 360 dvd9 format drives (near 5x the capacity), the blu-ray drive is also significantly slower than a dvd drive. To offset this, many PS3 developers copy a lot of assets to the PS3 hard drive which makes initial load times longer but follow on load times quicker. The 360 due to the optional hard drive will stream the data from the dvd drive.
As strange as it sounds, the scaler is unarguably one of the only parts of the PS3 that is worse than on the 360. In general the scaler on the 360 will scale virtually from any resolution to any resolution, making it easy as pie for a developer to target any resolution on a output device that someone may have the 360 hooked up to, plus it does a pretty darn smack up job at it. The PS3 on the other hand doesn't have a dedicated scaler, and uses some creative methods to rescale the output to fixed resolutions. For the most part people have simply become used to this limitation and live with it.
In summary, the ps3 is more powerful but at a development cost. If the last few years have shown us, the additional development cost to tease out this additional performance is generally only done by first party studios, while the tight budgets of 3rd party studios prefer the 360 because of the low development cost for virtually the same effect.
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EAST GREENWICH — It's not quite dotting the 'I's' and crossing the 'T's' just yet. But a few changes in the language in the proposed legislation signal another step toward a possible change in how government is in the Town of East Greenwich.
Ashman facing slew of charges from incident that injured two people
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Victims of deadly fire from Feb. 20, 2003 honored in annual ceremony; plans for permanent memorial unveiled Sunday
WEST WARWICK — Bound together by heartbreak and loss, relatives and friends of the 100 lost in the Station Fire on Feb. 20, 2003 gathered Sunday at the tragedy's Cowesett Avenue site to share their grief and memories at the Station Fire Memorial Foundation's 10th anniversary memorial service.
EGHS students enjoyed time constructing robot for annual FIRST Tech Challenge
WARWICK — During the summer, East Greenwich High's Heather Shen participated in an electrical engineering class for the first time, gaining an understanding of how machinery works through science and updated technology.
It was that first that led both her and a few of her friends to another first.
Or rather, 'FIRST.'
Daly wants further talks about consolidation; Isaacs says voters have spoken
EAST GREENWICH — The East Greenwich Fire District believes there should be further discussion regarding the possible merger with the Town of East Greenwich.
The Town Council, on the other hand, is taking the stance that the voters from the community have spoken from the Nov. 6 general election.
Two men charged in multiple hold-ups, including one in EG
Two men were arrested last Wednesday by local police in conjunction with a pair of robberies in both North Kingstown and East Greenwich earlier in the week.
EAST GREENWICH — For the last 20 years, a Republican has held the District 30 House of Representatives and that trend will continue after the final votes were tallied at the state's Board of Elections on Thursday afternoon.
Anthony Giarrusso, an East Greenwich resident who is the CEO of a jewelry company in Johnston, officially won the District 30 seat that was held by Robert A. Watson for two decades in what was an extremely close race.
EAST GREENWICH — The process of altering a form of town government that has been in place since John Adams was president took its first step to possibly becoming a reality Tuesday night.
By an overwhelming majority, Question 8, a non-binding referendum which asked residents if they want the East Greenwich Fire District to merge with the Town, passed with 65.3 percent of the vote.
With three seats to fill, the town of East Greenwich voted back in the current chairperson, while also inviting two new faces to join the East Greenwich School Committee.
Five candidates campaigned with newcomer Democrat Carolyn Mark just edging Democrat and current Chairperson Deidre S. Gifford for the highest number of votes Tuesday night.
The third highest count went to another newcomer Republican Clark R. Smith.
Newcomers Independent Domenic Marcone and Eugene P. Quinn were unsuccessful in their bids for seats on the committee.
EAST GREENWICH — There were some changes in various elections within the town Tuesday evening. But one area of government will remain the same for the next two years.
The Town Council.
All five sitting members of the Council – all Republicans – earned new two-year terms after Tuesday's general election, with one earning his first official term and will be at the forefront of making decisions that will affect East Greenwich going forward.


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Grand Junction Station
Grand Junction Station is our premiere station and the location of our main display yard. Here you can buy tickets for our Missionary Ridge Local and Chickamauga Turn trips, eat lunch in our deli (or outside at our numerous picnic tables) and board Dixie Land Excursion Specials such as the Autumn Leaf Special or the North Pole Limited. Downstairs along with the deli you'll find our gift shop, authentic waiting lounge, and ticket office. Just outside the station is our boarding track where you'll board our trains.
Grand Junction Station was completed in 1983 as a near-copy of the station in Tuscumbia, Alabama, although TVRM's version includes a restaurant, gift shop, audio-visual theater, and modern restrooms, (not to mention air conditioning).
East Chattanooga Depot
East Chattanoga Depot is located at 2202 N. Chamberlain Ave. This is where we perform routine maintenance along with restoration of our historic locomotives and equipment. Our turntable and Back Shop is located here and are shown to the public in guided tours as part of the Missionary Ridge Local trips. The tracks here are not static display tracks but part of our working railroad. You'll never know what equipment is inside (or parked outside) the Back Shop as pieces are moved in and out for repairs, painting, or a complete restoration rebuild.
To add just the right touch of historical significance, arch braces from the depot in Athens, Tennessee, save just as the building was being demolished, were installed during construction of the East Chattanooga depot (completed in 1980). A major expansion commenced in the early 1980's which saw construction of a proper restoration shop in East Chattanooga along with an 80-foot turntable previously used by the Central of Georgia Railway in Cedartown, Georgia.
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Landon: Later start time not gonna help at 'Classic'
Nobody can force fans to attend games.
Sports don't work that way.
If fans want to see a team play, they'll come. If they don't, they won't.
It really is that simple.
That's why the change in starting times for Wednesday's annual Capital Classic featuring games between the Marshall men's and women's basketball teams against the squads from West Virginia University is so asinine.
In the past, the Marshall-WVU women's game began at 5:30 p.m. in the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum. Then, the Marshall-WVU men's game followed at 8 p.m.
But this year there has been a time change.
Daylight Savings Time?
Women's Attendance Savings Time.
Or so the WVU powers-that-be hope.
The Mountaineers' athletic administration got the not so bright idea of moving the tip-off of the women's game ahead one hour to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Which also meant moving up the Marshall-WVU men's game until 9 p.m.
The reason?
WVU is hoping the later starting time will coerce more fans into watching the Mountaineers' nationally ranked women's team play.
That notion is totally illogical, of course.
Any fans that really want to see the Mountaineer women play Marshall will be at the game no matter what the starting time is.
The game could be played at noon and there wouldn't be an appreciable difference in attendance from a 5:30 or 6:30 p.m. start.
Again, the reason?
Fans can't be forced to attend.
If they want to be there, they'll find a way. If they don't? They'll find a way.
That's why this special interests move that inconveniences so many is ridiculous.
Now, to be fair, WVU didn't make this move on its own. The idea did indeed originate with the Mountaineers, but Marshall's athletic department did sign off on it.
The catch, however, is that happened when Marshall was between athletic directors. New MU athletic director Mike Hamrick never would have agreed to the later tip-offs.
"I'm a little uncomfortable with the 9 o'clock starting time," said Hamrick. "I'm new here and I really didn't know anything about it. I guess it happened before I got here."
Let me crawl out on a very sturdy limb and predict the usual 5:30 and 8 p.m. starting times will be back in place for the 2011 Capital Classic.
But that doesn't help the situation Wednesday.
As it was, the finish of the Marshall-WVU men's game was late. Now, it is too late.
Even Conan O'Brien would agree.
The irony is collegiate athletic administrators love to throw around the term student/athlete. Well, where is their concern for the student/athletes in this time change?
Remember, Wednesday is a school night.
But, now, Marshall's team won't be back in Huntington until 1 a.m.,Thursday, at the earliest. And the Mountaineers won't pull into Morgantown until 2:30 a.m. or later.
I know Marshall coach Donnie Jones isn't happy about that. And I'm guessing WVU's Bob Huggins isn't too thrilled, either.
"We also have two bus loads of students coming to the game," said Hamrick.
Besides all that, imagine the inconvenience for fans who want to bring their children on a school night.
"We had to have that discussion at our house," admitted Jones, who has three young kids. "We finally gave in and are letting them go."
Those are the problems this time change created.
All because of the inane notion: "If we delay it, they will come."
That just works in cornfields.
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