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And now, here is George Raiche to answer your questions.
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RE: [Oran/NASAChatHost] And now, here is George Raiche
to answer your questions.
Hi everyone. Fire away!
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RE: [Elena] Hi! My name's Elena and
I'm Italian.Here it's 7 p.m.!! What time will the chat start?
Elena, George is now online and ready to answer your questions. So please
send them in!
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RE: [JimL/SebringFL] First time
entry. Would like to present two questons and remain an observer unless
questioned. JimL/SebringFL would like to know more about the shielding
of the shuttle from re-entry heating. I understand besides ablution (shield
melts away) and our current ceramic tiles, there is another method that
is possible but not available now due to lack of available power. It involves
charging the shuttle body positively thus pushing the heated positive
air particles away from the hull. This produces a heat shield away from
the shuttle body. Is this theoretical only or possible awaiting the necessary
power generators able to be fitted into the shuttle space and weight requirements?
Hi JimL; Not all of the heated air is made of ions. If it were possible
to move the ions back from the surface, the neutral species (like N and
O atoms) would be unaffected. Radiation--the emission of photons from
the air species--is also a significant heating source that is not ionic.
So removing the (positive) ions from the vicinity of the heat shield would
have a limited cooling effect, at best.
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RE: [JimL/SebringFL] JimL/SebringFL
would like to know if aerodynamic lift truly exists or is it like centrifugal
versus centripetal force? Lifting bodies have no wings, and weight measurements
under a hovering helicopter show only the weight of thrust with no reduction
due to the classic term "lift" if it existed! Is Michaelangelio'9s air
screw More accurate than Bernoulli'9s Lift as you design lifting bodies?
Hi JimL; A "lifting body" is just that--a vehicle body that is shaped
to give it enough useful lift. For a hypersonic vehicle, it turns out
that wings (and other things that stick out) are a real problem because
during atmospheric entry, their relatively sharp leading edges get extremely
hot. So a perfect reentry shape would not have wings. But you need to
be able to control the vehicle (and steer it at subsonic speeds), so the
design of winglets and control surfaces is a major research area. And
sorry--I can't intervene in a debate between Michaelangelo and Bernoulli!
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RE: [Elena] Hi!My name's Elena.George,when
a space shuttle goes up into space,just overstepped the atmosphere,the
booster gets removed from the spacecraft:what happens to it? Maybe,it'll
be recovered? How?
Buona sera, Elena! (I hope I spelled that correctly!) The boosters--the
solid rocket motors--are ejected from the shuttle just a few minutes before
orbit. NASA tries to recover them--they have parachutes and flotation
gear to land in the water. If we recover them we disassemble them to study
how they reacted to launch, and then we rebuild them for another launch.
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL would like
to know if the angle of attack on re-entry is controlled more By the amount
of heating or just to srave off reflection back into space?
That's an interesting, and complex, question. There are a couple of concepts
here. By "angle of attack" I assume you mean the angle between an axis
of the spacecraft and its direction of motion (the velocity vector). The
other important angle is that of the spacecraft velocity vector relative
to a point on the Earth. When the shuttle enters, it is oriented so that
the base points along its direction of motion. This is so that the blunt,
well-shielded surface sees the most heating. You want a blunt surface
forward, because the shock wave over a blunt surface stands off more than
a shock wave over a sharp surface.
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RE: [Elena] I read in your bio that
you're a scientist:my biggest dream is working for N.A.S.A.,but not under
this position.I'd like to become a flight controller,particularly a CAPCOM:
what should I do to get ready for this job?
NASA is a very large organization, and there are many different kinds
of jobs available for smart people. (The same is true for our colleagues
in the European Space Agency, ESA.) If you look in the NASA web pages
they can tell you what qualifications are necessary for different kinds
of jobs. Often, flight controllers are people who have engineering or
science backgrounds and who have participated in the planning of a mission.
NASA also contracts some flight control duties to aerospace companies
like Boeing or Lockheed-Martin--those are also large companies and they
hire many types of people. However, I believe that only astronauts are
used as CAPCOMS! But if you look at the web sites that talk about being
an astronaut, they look especially for pilots, scientists, and medical
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL would like
to know if in your plasma research you have Found any way to communicate
through that re-entry plasma? If not is There any hope at all i.e., research/theories,
to break through that barrier?
The "communications blackout" is caused by ionization of the gases around
an entering vehicle--since ions conduct electricity, and radio waves won't
penetrate a conducting enclosure (Gauss' Law, I think), it's a hard problem.
One approach we're taking is to design vehicles that do not have blunt
surfaces. A blunt surface causes the shock wave to stand off, so that
reduces heating, but the resulting shock wave is so strong that it produces
lots of ions. That cuts communications. A sharp body produces a weak shock
wave, with fewer ions, so it's easier to communicate. But the weak shock
wave stands close to the vehicle so the heating is intense. We are now
testing materials and designs that can take that high heating!
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RE: [Bertus] Hi. I just want to know
how hot the outside of the shuttle becomes??
Hi Bertus; The outside (bottom) of the shuttle gets up to around 5000
degrees F. That's about as hot as the surface of the sun!
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL would like
to say to Dr. Raiche, that his selection of Plasma or As you state it
Reacting Flow Environments has got to be the toughest and most Interesting
of all the fields. Thankyou for speaking with us. I would like to Know
if you have done any work in Plasma drives?
I am glad that there are people who are interested in the work we do for
NASA. I don't do any work myself on plasma drives but several of my friends
in the group do (there are a couple of different plasma drive designs,
by the way!). But many other problems in spaceflight are very challenging
and probably won't be solved soon. There is plenty of work to go around!
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RE: [Oran/NASAChatHost] Elena, see George's response
to your question about CAPCOM in Message #22.
Elena, if you visit the main NASA web page and search around in it, you
will find a section on how to become an astronaut. That will give you
a good idea on what it takes as far as training. But remember that there
are only about a hundred astronauts. Many thousands more of us are needed
to keep them flying!
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL as lightning
approaches me would like to know if you have discussed the lightning /
plasma injections that go into space from The conventional lightning we
earth bound critters know? Is anyone doing a study on this phenomena?
That question is pretty well out of my research area! But I know that
the chemistry and physics of the upper atmosphere is an important research
area, especially as we get more dependent on low-earth-orbit satellite
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RE: [Bertus] Wow, Now I have heard
that there is a protective layer of silicone underneath the shuttle( Is
that correct?)Now when the shuttle reenters and lands safely do they take
that old silicone plates (or what) of?? (Excuse the spelling!!)
There's quite a bit of silicon chemistry going on underneath the shuttle!
The tiles are mainly silicon dioxide--glass--that's formed into a foam.
The major insulating material is just air, held into place by the silicon
dioxide foam! Then the tiles are coated with a polymeric coating to make
them stronger, and coated with a silicone material to keep them waterproof.
The whole coated tile is glued to the shuttle with that rubbery silicone
glue. You can buy that in hardware stores. Every tile--and there are thousands--is
inspected individually after each flight. If it looks damaged we replace
it. One problem with shuttle tile is that it is relatively fragile, and
replacing tiles is a lot of work.
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RE: [Elena] How much does a CAPCOM
approximately earn a year?
NASA (and all US Government agency) pay scales are set by Congress, and
you can find that information on the NASA web pages--usually under the
Human Resources links. Whenever NASA advertises a job, we tell you what
the pay grade would be. Unfortunately, I don't know that information for
CAPCOMS. But NASA realizes that most of its employees are highly skilled,
and pays them accordingly.
[ GeorgeRaiche/ARC
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL would like
to know if your research into plasmas and plasma environments has given
you some idea of what electricity really is?
What I've learned is that electricity is just the natural response of
atoms and molecules to externally-applied forces. I think it's amazing
that we've learned to control electricity to the extent that we have,
since we can't see its components directly.
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RE: [Bertus] Mr.Raiche do the people
that service the shuttles take the old protective sillicon plates off
the bottom of the shuttle after it has re ertered the earth-and landed
Yes. Each shuttle tile has an individual number and is tracked independently.
When the shuttle lands, a team inspects every tile to look for any damage--burn
marks, chips, cracks, or melting. If a tile is damaged, the team pulls
the tile off--it's glued on--and a new tile goes in. Otherwise, the tile
stays in place for the next flight. There are thousands of tiles on the
shuttle, and inspecting them is a very slow process.
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EVERYONE, George will remain online with us for a few more minutes. Please
continue sending your questions in to us!
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Mr.Raiche thanks a lot for your time I must be going now...Bye from South-Africa...
[ GeorgeRaiche/ARC
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RE: [Bertus] Sorry I send the same
question twice...How much does one of this plates cost about in dollars??
To tell you the truth, I don't know how much one tile costs. The material
costs are very small--the real expense was in the research costs to invent
the tiles. Also, the labor costs to inspect and replace the tiles are
far greater than the material cost. It's like repairing a car--the labor
charge is usually much more than the parts.
[ GeorgeRaiche/ARC
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL would like
to know if it is possible to capture and retain some Of the plasma environment
within which you work?
These plasmas don't exist unless you apply external energy to them. That's
what our plasma and arcjet facilities do. But a plasma is not thermodynamically
stable under "normal" conditions, so they decompose very rapidly once
the external power source is turned off.
[ GeorgeRaiche/ARC
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RE: [JimL] JimL/SebringFL back to
electricity, George is it positive holes moving like the Civilians say
or electrons moving like the military says?
I'm a civilian, and I think of it as moving electrons. It really doesn't
make much difference from an analysis point of view. And an electron doesn't
know that we call it a negatively charged species.
[ Oran/NASAChatHost
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This concludes our Aerospace/Space Team Online chat with George Raiche
from NASA Ames Research Center. Thank you to everyone for joining us today!!
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Our special thanks to George Raiche for answering our questions and sharing
his career experience and expertise with us today!!
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RE: [Oran/NASAChatHost] Our special thanks to George
Raiche for answering our questions and sharing his career experience and
expertise with us today!!
Thanks to everyone for asking questions!
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That's a tough call. Would you have access to food mid-morning if you did get hungry, or would you have to wait until a scheduled lunch time? I think that's what would have decided it for me (and subsequently I would have done what you did).
I have been PB for 3-4 weeks now and decided to try my first IF. In the past I used to always get headaches and feel light headed if I was even a few hours late for a typical meal, so I was a little concerned about IF. I tried it and was absolutely shocked at how easy it went. I had a normal PB Dinner on Wednesday and skipped eating all day Thursday, and had a normal PB breakfast this morning (Friday). I really thought the hunger would be miserable and overtake me, but it was actually surprising that I only had a few moments of being hungry and the rest went very smooth.
My question was that when I ate breakfast this morning, I was not really hungry, but decided to go ahead and "fill the tank up" since fasting for the past 38 hours. Is this a normal experience, that once you have not eaten in a long period that your body somehow accepts it or no longer makes you feel hungry? Should I have continued the IF until I felt hungry or not? Thanks again for all your advice, as this forum has been extremely helpful to me through this process and transition to PB!
That's a tough call. Would you have access to food mid-morning if you did get hungry, or would you have to wait until a scheduled lunch time? I think that's what would have decided it for me (and subsequently I would have done what you did).
Congrats, KC Steve! Pulling off a 38-hour fast and not even being hungry at the end proves that your body has kicked the carb habit. That is a well earned victory.
I haven't fasted longer than 36 hours, but I found that breaking a long fast like that, which included much exercise, caused me to become very sleepy. If you weren't even hungry, and your body didn't shut down when you fed it, then I'd agree that you probably could have skipped a couple more meals without penalty.
With IF, I think you want to find the sweet spot where you've been fasting long enough that your body is breaking down junk proteins and worn-out tissue, but not so long that you're cannibalizing good lean mass. For large men, this sweet spot is farther in than for small women, and I'm sure there are other factors at work. Your appetite and energy level will give you all the clues you need.
But again, congrats. A successful IF is one of the main primal initiation rites. If you can keep that up once a week or so, you'll be on the fast track to lean muscularity.
I'm 16 hours into my first 24-hr IF. I'd like to go longer, to 36 hours or so, but figured I'd stick with 24 hours for my first time. So far I've discovered my hunger tends to come and go, but come on stronger around tradtional meal/snack times. I think this has more to do with mental routine than real hunger.


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Overly romantic and full of implicit announcements by director Martin (Norma Rae) Ritt that here is an independent-woman-before-it-was-fashionable movie, this is still an ultimately satisfying experience. It is based on the memoirs of novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. She was so determined to become an author that she retreated to an isolated Florida orange plantation in 1928 to write gothic novels. Her newsman husband accompanied her but soon left Rawlings to her new backwoods neighbors, who eventually inspired her most famous novel, The Yearling. Mary (Ragtime) Steenburgen plays Rawlings, who died in 1953, with a remarkable combination of strength and vulnerability. Peter (E.T.) Coyote is warmly effective as the Cross Creek, Fla. hotel man Rawlings married. And Rip (Heartland) Torn shows both heart and humor as the neighbor whose daughter became the model for Jody, the young hero of The Yearling. Ritt comes off like a cinematic version of the French primitive painter Henri Rousseau, all agog at the purity of untamed nature. He does, though, avoid melodrama and fashions a touching love scene between Steenburgen and Coyote. Then, too, the movie in general and Steenburgen in particular are so nice to look at it's easy to fall into rhythm with the story. (PG)
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Ravenel, 51, needs the signatures of 10,000 registered voters to get on the ballot.
"We are working to get the signatures," said the former state treasurer Wednesday. "We fully expect to get them."
Ravenel said he is using a vendor to get the names "and some grass roots folks."
The former reality TV star did not identify the vendor other than saying it was a highly specialized business.
The grass roots signature effort is mainly in the Upstate, he said, and put together by a friend whom he declined to identify.
He said his plans will probably be disclosed by the end of next week and he wanted to get "all the i's dotted and t's crossed."
He has until July 15 to turn the signatures in to the state Election Commission.
Also on the ballot is Democrat Brad Hutto, a state senator from Orangeburg.
Ravenel's first career in South Carolina politics ended when he was caught in a federal cocaine bust. This year he starred in the Bravo network's Charleston-based reality show, "Southern Charm."
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TAYLOR TO SERVE SECOND OSHIIP TERM: Kristen Taylor, marketing / admissions director for Shepherd of the Valley-Niles, has been asked to serve a second term on the OSHIIP (Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program) Volunteer Advisory Board. OVAB assists OSHIIP to improve and expand its volunteer network, addressing areas such as volunteer recruitment, training and retention and beneficiary outreach. The board meets throughout the year in Columbus with telephone meetings on the off months.
For objective, factual information about Medicare and associated coverage, contact Taylor at Shepherd of the Valley-Niles, 330-544-0771, Ext. 2817.
SENIOR OUTREACH WELCOMES CHURCH MEMBERS: The SOC (Senior Outreach Citizens) of Champion Presbyterian Church invites and welcomes members of the Champion community and the church family to their June 6 meeting in the church social hall. This month, the group will celebrate summer with a picnic. Meat, buns and drinks will be provided. Bring a covered dish to share. The topic will be titled "The Hands of Time: The early clock industry in Trumbull County." Chris Klingemier, a staff member at Youngstown State University as a guest lecturer and an active member of Historical Society of Trumbull County, will be the presenter.
Lunch begins at noon with the program immediately following. Call the church office at 330-847-9614 to RSVP.
HOWLAND SCHOOL RETIREES MEET: Howland Schools Retirees will meet at 11 a.m. June 7 at Enzo's.
All retired school personnel, spouses and guests are welcome to attend the monthly meetings of the group, which meets the first Tuesday of every month except July when it will meet on July 12. Cost of the lunch, payable at the door, is $10 with a choice from the three-to-four entrees offered.
An update will be given on the HCSF Breakfast at which a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by Howland Schools Retired Personnel was awarded to Nikita Dhami, Howland High School graduating senior. The collection of non-perishable food and household supplies brought to the meeting will be delivered to Beatitude House, Warren. Petitions to put a referendum concerning Senate Bill 5 on the November ballot will be available to sign by those wanting to do so. Call 330-856-5226 for information about the meetings or newsletter or to share information of interest to the group for inclusion in the newsletter.
AREA ON AGING SPONSORS PROGRAM: The Area Agency on Aging 11; Help Hotline Crisis Center; Mahoning County Mental Health Board; Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board; Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board; Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation; Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull County Suicide Prevention Coalitions are sponsoring a program to help anyone who works with the elderly to recognize the warning signs and risk factors and to promote early intervention and treatment options for depressed older adults.
Signs of Suicide: Focusing on Older Adults will feature Jules Rosen, M.D., Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry Services at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.
Approximately every 97 minutes, an older adult commits suicide. Americans older than 65 account for 16 percent of all suicides, equating to 14 suicides every day. One of the leading causes of suicide among older adults is depression, which is often overlooked, undiagnosed and untreated.
Anyone who works with or knows an older adult is encouraged to attend. Two-and-a-half continuing education hours have been approved for social workers, counselors, RNs and LPNs.
The program will be held from 8 to 11:45 a.m. June 8 at Das Dutch Village Inn, located in Columbiana. The cost is $15 per person and includes breakfast. Checks can be made payable to Help Hotline Crisis Center, Inc., P.O. Box 46, Youngstown, OH 44501.
For more information, visit the Help Hotline website at www.helphotline.org or call 330-747-5111. Registration deadline is Tuesday.
AUTUMN HILLS CARE CENTER SERIES: Autumn Hills Care Center is offering a free ''Rockin' The Lawn" summer concert series to be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 7 to 7:45 p.m. June 12 and 7 to 8 p.m. June 26, July 10 and 17. Attendees should bring blankets or lawn chairs.
GUARDIAN ANGELS SEARCH FOR VOLUNTEERS: The Guardian Angels of Ohio, a volunteer guardianship program of the Trumbull County Probate Court, is looking for volunteers. The next monthly meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. June 1 at Perkins' Family Restaurant, 1953 Niles Cortland Road S.E.
The Angels reach out in friendship to people who are elderly and alone in Trumbull County by providing trained, qualified volunteers to serve as advocates. For more information, contact 330-675-2521.
BUILDING PRODUCTS RETIREES: Niles Building Products Retirees will meet the second Wednesday of each month at Scenna's Restaurant, 1901 N. State St., Niles, across from McDonald's.
UFCW LOCAL 880 RETIREES: UFCW Local 880 Retirees Club meets the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, call 330-544-5656 or 330-788-2181.
OLD TIMERS: The Old Timers meet at noon every third Thursday of the month at Lamacusa's. For more information, call Mickey at 330-545-8279.
AMWELD RETIREES: Niles Amweld retirees meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month at Atmosphere Cafe, 815 Youngstown Road, Niles.
VAN HUFFEL AND VANEX EMPLOYEES: Former Van Huffel and Vanex Tube employees meet at 8 a.m. Fridays at Wayside Restaurant, 825 State Road N.W., Champion. For more information, call Jim Franklin at 330-856-4231.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT: Lake Vista of Cortland Bereavement Support Group meets from 1 to 2 or 6 to 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the multipurpose room of Park Place.
FREE LUNCHES: Ward Center Presbyterian Church, 490 Lucy St., Masury, will serve free lunches for those 60 and older from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the third and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
RETIRED TEACHERS SPONSOR BEE: The Trumbull Retired Teachers Association is accepting registration for the 2011 Trumbull County Fair Spelling Bee. The 25th annual spelling bee will be held at 1 p.m. June 30 at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds. Pre-registration will take place through Saturday.
Pre-registration will allow free fair admission (rides not included) for all preregistered spellers, grades one through eight. To pre-register, call Denise Deltondo at 330-530-4011.
Students wishing to participate in the bee may do so even if they have not preregistered. They can register at the fair on June 30 from noon to 12:45 p.m. on the historical stage.
All participants receive a gift bag of coupons and treats.
NUTRITION PROGRAM: The Trumbull County Nutrition Program for the Elderly is provided by the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs and operates nutrition sites at 10 locations throughout Trumbull County. These sites provide a meal and the opportunity for socialization. Donations will be accepted.
Any senior citizen 60 and older and spouses of those 60 and older are welcome for lunch at any of the following sites:
For more information or to make reservations two working days in advance before 3 p.m., call 330-675-2486.
The menu for the week is:
TODAY: Fish square with tartar sauce, macaroni and cheese, Brussels sprouts, wheat bread, pineapple tidbits, grape juice
MONDAY: Memorial Day
TUESDAY: Southwest meatloaf, cheesy mashed potatoes, sliced carrots, wheat bread, applesauce
WEDNESDAY: Penne pasta with meatballs, Italian green beans, shredded lettuce, Italian bread, diced pears
THURSDAY: Teriyaki chicken, augratin potatoes, oriental mix vegetable, rye bread, fruit mix
JUNE 3: Ham slice/pineapple, mashed yams, creamed corn, wheat bread, diced peaches
COUNTRY NEIGHBOR: Country Neighbor Community Center, 39 S. Maple St., Orwell, is offering the following programs. For reservations or information, call Diana Ristimaki, program coordinator, at 440-437-6311.
FOWLER-VIENNA SENIOR CITIZENS: The group meets from 9:30 a.m. or later every Thursday at the Fowler Community Center to play cards and games, celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and for a 50/50 raffle and meals. Special meals are served on the fourth Thursday of the month. Cost is $3 each.
All those 55 and older are welcome. Annual dues are $12.
5922 Warren Road, Cortland, 330-924-0412.
Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Membership is $12 a year. Puzzles and games are played daily. OSU Buckeye necklaces are for sale for $4.50, with all proceeds to benefit the center.
MONDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, woodcraft; 12:30 to 2 p.m., cornhole; 2 to 3 p.m., puzzles.
TUESDAY: 10 a.m. noon, art group; 12:30 to 2 p.m., Wii bowling; 2 to 3 p.m., puzzles.
WEDNESDAY: 10:30 a.m. to noon, needlework; 11 a.m. to noon, blood pressure check; 2 to 3 p.m., puzzles.
THURSDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Wii games; 12:30 to 2 p.m., bingo; 2 to 3 p.m., puzzles; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Wii games; 12:30 to 2 p.m., TV parlor and puzzles.
A speaker from Visiting Physicians will speak at 12:30 p.m. on June 6.
NUTRITION SITE: The Kinsman Senior Citizen nutrition site is open every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to those 60 or older or those whose spouse is 60 or older. Meals are served about noon at the Kinsman Fire Hall. A donation for the meal is accepted and the doors open at 10 a.m. Cards and bingo are played every day, and singing is on Wednesdays. To attend, call two days prior and speak to site manager Dollie Davis at 330-876-5123.
Open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 7 a.m. to noon Mondays.
MONDAY: 7 a.m. to noon, full breakfast menu, open to the public.
TUESDAY: 10:30 a.m., exercise class and quilting, cards and crafts; 6 p.m., cards, players' choice.
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY: noon, nutrition program lunch for donation, and quilting, cards and crafts.
Self-serve breakfast is available from 7 to 10 a.m. Tuesday through Friday.
For more information, call 330-889-2733.
4447-B Mahoning Ave. 330-847-8179.
Breakfast 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Monday. Cost is $4 for members and $6 for nonmembers.
Lunch 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Cost is $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers. Call the day before. Carryouts are available. Menu suggestions are welcome. Special holiday lunches are $5 for everyone.
Three computers with free Internet are available every day.
MONDAY: Speaker after breakfast; 1 p.m., acrylic painting/crafts of choice - supplies are mostly free, but sometimes there is a minimal charge.
TUESDAY: 12:30 p.m., arthritic exercise with certified therapist, followed by chair volleyball and cornhole.
WEDNESDAY: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., bingo at 25 cents per card and free with Angela on second Wednesday.
THURSDAY: 12:30 p.m., arthritic exercise with certified therapist.
FRIDAY: Gardening forum scheduled each Friday right after lunch, painting or crafts afterward.
Cards or games are available every day when requested. Special speakers are scheduled most Mondays at 11 a.m. Crocheting, knitting, quilting (bring machine), assistance available. Monthly menu is available at the front desk. SCOPE is seeking ideas for projects and speakers.
14 E. State St., Niles, Ray Novotny and Judy Fabian, managers. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. 330-544-3676.
MONDAY: 10 a.m., bridge; 11 a.m., Arthritis Foundation exercise program, $1, Debbie Eschman therapy; 1 p.m., quilting, cards, players' choice; 4 p.m., Monday night cards and games, food, $2; 5 p.m., weight loss support group.
TUESDAY: 9:30 a.m. square dancing, $3, Norm Flavell, caller and instructor; 11:30 a.m. lunch - $3 for members and $4 for others; 1 p.m., cards - 500 tournament, first, second and third Tuesday each month, preregistration required; 2:30 p.m., blood pressure checks, first and third Tuesday each month, Niles Health Department nurse; 2:30 p.m., pinochle, 7:30 p.m., square dance lessons with Gene Hammond. Call 330-534-4426 to sign up.
WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m., chair yoga, $1; 11:30 a.m., lunch, $3 members and $4 others (VIP monthly birthday luncheon, third Wednesday, $5); 1 p.m., bingo with a guest caller each week; 1 p.m., Texas Hold 'em; 2:30 p.m., card players' choice.
THURSDAY: 9:30 a.m., line dancing, $3, Norm Flavell, instructor; 11:30 a.m., lunch $3 for members and $4 others; 1 p.m., bridge; 1 p.m., Game Day - euchre, board games, Wii bowling; 1 p.m., pinochle, bridge and American Red Cross blood drive, third Thursday of the month. 6 p.m., Thursday Night Clean People.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., free art class; 11 a.m., arthritis exercise program, $1, Debbie Eschman therapy; 11:30 a.m., "Must Go Friday" lunch, $2; 1 p.m., choir practice. Pool table, piano, Wii games, or television available when not in conflict with other activities.
The SCOPE Senior Center is seeking volunteers to help seniors in the area make lap robes and walker caddies for the Shepherd of the Valley nursing home. No sewing ability is needed, just a desire to learn. The group meets at 1 p.m. every Monday.
Another area of need is the chorus. The chorus sings at Briarfield at the Ridge once a month to entertain the residents. They also perform at the center and whenever needed in the Niles community. The chorus meets at 1 p.m. every Friday.
June 14: Music of Mama Mia - ABBA tribute band, Packard Music Hall, Warren. Transportation, lunch and show, $55.
8273 High St., Howland.
MONDAY: 9 a.m., pinochle; 10 a.m., art class; 12:30 p.m., yoga, $3.
TUESDAY: 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., bocce; 9:30 to 11 a.m., fly fishing with instructor Bill Lewis; 12:30 p.m., bingo; 12:30 p.m., Book Club (third Tuesday); 3 p.m., cornhole (winter months).
WEDNESDAY: 9 a.m., Ohio Star Quilters (first and third Wednesday); 10 a.m., bridge club; 1 p.m., Red Hatters (first Wednesday); 6:30 p.m., line dancing, $3.
THURSDAY: 9:30 a.m., computer class, $25; 10 a.m., needle art; 12:30 p.m., Red Hatters the first Thursday of the month; 2 p.m., Investment Club, 2 to 5 p.m.; 3 p.m., line dancing, $3; 4:30 p.m., bocce; 5:30 p.m., card night, with fee.
FRIDAY: 9 a.m., pinochle; 11:30 a.m., line dancing, $3; 8:15 a.m., golf (fee); new exercise program from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (call to sign up)
SATURDAY: 9 a.m., Train Club (twice per month); American Legion executive meeting once a month.
For more information on programs and events at Howland SCOPE, call 330-609-7806.
125 N. Bank St., Cortland; 330-637-3010.
MONDAY: 10 a.m., bridge players; 1:15 p.m., arthritis exercise; 4 p.m., pool team.
TUESDAY: 10:30 a.m., book club, first Tuesday of month, free; 11:30 a.m., chair yoga, $3; 10 a.m., crochet class, free; 1 p.m., bingo, (25 cents per card).
WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m., cards; 10 a.m., line dancing, $3; 10:30 a.m., bridge; noon, arthritis exercise class.
THURSDAY: 10 a.m., open art class, free; noon, watercolor class, free; 2 p.m., women's pool lessons, free.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., drawing class, free; 10 a.m., cards, free; 10:30 a.m., Omelet in a Bag (first Friday of each month, $3).
220 W. Market St., Warren.
MONDAY: 8:30 a.m. to noon, lunch site; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., line dancing; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., cards (poker); 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., exercise class; 1 to 3 p.m., cards (500); 6 to 10 p.m., round dancing.
TUESDAY: 8:30 a.m. to noon, lunch site; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., art (Trumbull Art Gallery); 10 to 11 a.m., chair volleyball; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., cards (poker); 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., exercise class; 4:30 p.m., Riverside RR Club; 6 p.m., Stephen Foster Chorus.
WEDNESDAY: 8:30 a.m. to noon, lunch site, soup day (bean and ham soup); 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., rhythm band; 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., cards (pinochle); 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., cards (poker); 1 to 3 p.m., cards (bridge).
THURSDAY: 8:30 a.m. to noon, lunch site; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., painting classes; 10 to 11 a.m., chair volleyball; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., exercise class; 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., deaf group; 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., bingo.
FRIDAY: 8:30 a.m. to noon, 10:30 a.m. tap class, Senior Sensations, lunch site; 1 to 3 p.m., cards (500).
Beginner computer classes will be held Wednesdays for $1 per class. Call for reservations.
For more information, call 330-399-8846.
AUSTINTOWN SENIOR CENTER: 100 Westchester Drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Register for a free 11:30 a.m. lunch by 10:30 a.m. at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 330-953-1416.
MONDAY: 9:30 a.m., painting class ($5 fee); 10 a.m., bingo; noon, monthly wellness check (includes blood pressure, hearing vision and medication checks).
TUESDAY: 10 a.m., line dancing with Bea; noon, bingo trip to Rivers Casino.
WEDNESDAY: 9:15 a.m., cards or cornhole; 10 a.m., bingo; noon, tai chi.
THURSDAY: 9:30 a.m., yoga, cards, Wii; 50/50 drawing, birthday party; noon, bingo, sponsor Briarfield at Ashley Circle
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., bingo, cornhole, Wii.
Wii bowling championship finals will be 10 a.m. today.
Day trips this month include a visit to the Heinz History museum and the strip district in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, a trip to Legacy Village and Beachwood Place Mall just outside of Cleveland and a trip to Mountaineer Casino.
Lunch is offered Monday through Friday on a first-come, first-served basis to seniors 60 and older. Cost is $2 but not required and the number of meals is limited. The Austintown senior center features speakers at 11:30 a.m. every Friday followed by the taping of the Senior Focus TV show. Speaking today is Dr. Holly Reinke from Centers for Hearing Care.
For more information, call 330-953-1416 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
1776 Salt Springs Road; 330-824-2173
Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday
TUESDAY: 10 a.m., Wii Bowl, bridge or candle making for the 4th of July; noon, lunch (call ahead, $3)
WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m., Woodcarvers; relax to music or do puzzles; noon lunch (call ahead, $3)
THURSDAY: Noon, lunch (call ahead, $3); 7 p.m., Bridge night
FRIDAY: 11 a.m., Bingo (25 cents); noon, lunch (call ahead, $3)
Anyone wishing to start a pinochle group should call the center.


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Acute prostatitis symptoms
June 24, 2011 by Prostate Dr.
There are many possible causes for prostatitis and quite often these different causes trigger different symptoms. However, chronic/acute prostatitis symptoms cannot be easily differentiated for they are often similar with respect to the symptoms of other non-urological or urological diseases.
Generally the symptoms of prostatitis includes:
- urinary frequency
- frequent urination during night time
- chills,
- fever
- problems in urinating
- burning or painful urination
- experiencing low-back pain and perineal
- muscle or joint pain
- tender or swollen prostate
- blood in the urine (called hematuria)
- painful ejaculation.
Howevere there have been identified some prominent symptoms in the different types of prostatitis.
First, people having Acute Bacterial Prostatitis often suffer from chills, fever, lower back pain and genital area pains, body aches, burning urination or painful urination, and the frequent and urgent need to urinate especially at night.
Symptoms experienced by those having Chronic bacterial Prostatitis consist of low discomfort in the perineum (the area between the anus and the genitalia), back pain, testicular pain and, if the infection of the prostate expands to the bladder, burning urination (dysuria) or mild pain, and frequent and urgent need to urinate, blood in the semen (hematospermia), low fever and painful ejaculation.
Patients are considered to have Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain if the symptoms last for at least three months. Symptoms may also vary since for some men. Symptoms of prostatitis sometimes improve over time without treatment, howevere it is always recommended to check with your doctor in order to define exactly the type of illness (whether prostatitis or not) and the steps involved in the treatment.
Patients suffering from Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitis do not feel any symptoms (therefore, "asymptomatic"). Only by chance is the inflammation of the prostate gland discovered during tests for other conditions.
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- Acute prostatitis treatments: The treatment of acute prostatitis offers much better results if applied in early stages.
- Acute prostatitis: Acute prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland that develops suddenly. All causes of pelvic congestion could also favor the development of acute prostatitis symptoms…
- Acute Prostatitis Staging: In the first phase, that of follicular prostatitis, the prostate gland has increased volume because of the inflammatory congestion, red, of increased consistency. Through the holes of the excretory ducts…


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House Republicans have unveiled their version of the federal budget, calling for deep spending cuts to programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and Pell Grants -- a sharp contrast to President Barack Obama's budget proposals.
Chairman of the House Budget Committee Rep. Paul Ryan introduced the plan, saying GOP lawmakers want Americans to have an alternative when it comes to the nation's budget.
"We feel morally bound to offer a choice, and we have a legal obligation in our budget laws to produce a budget," he said. "The president's budget is putting us on a path of a debt crisis, of decline."
To avoid a financial crisis, House Republicans say it's necessary to be bold in spending cuts.
"All in all, what we're proposing here is to cut $5.3 trillion in spending from the president's budget," Ryan said.
The GOP plan also transfers Medicaid to states in an effort to save money, and balances the budget by 2040.
The budget would gradually raise the Medicare retirement age from 65 to 67.
In addition, House Republicans suggested cutting tax rates. The plan would mean only two tax rates for Americans: 10 percent and 25 percent. Currently, there are six rates.
The plan would also cut the business tax rate to 25 percent, and would almost completely get rid of taxes on overseas profits.
Republicans then want to do away with the alternative minimum tax that was originally created as a tax on the wealthy but now is hitting a growing number of middle class Americans.
"The plan stands in sharp contrast to the budget released by President Obama last month, which relies on tax increases on the wealthy and mostly leaves alone benefit programs," Ryan explained.
"This plan of action is about putting an end to empty promises from bankrupt government and restoring the fundamental promise of America," continued. "Insuring that our children have more opportunity than we do.
The White House and Democrats called the GOP plan unfair and criticized it for going after entitlement programs like Medicare.
House Republicans admit their plan has no chance of becoming law, but they wanted to distance themselves from the president and the Democratically-controlled Senate.
"This is what the Senate gets you by doing nothing, by not passing a budget for three years in a row," Ryan said. "This is a future that gives our children a diminished country. This is a future that ruins our economy."
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' What factors should you consider when designing a future sustainable model for a client need? '
Adam White of Groupshot (http://www.groupshot.org)and Daniel Jung of Kiva co-led a design workshop hosted at the iHub Research on Thursday, 19 April 2012. Participants were tasked with solving a case study for Kiva (www.kiva.org) on the challenge of direct loan repayment. For a number of reasons, borrowers do not always repay their micro-loans. Likewise scaling and improving the quality and amount of loans is traditionally very challenging and time-intensive.
The workshop aimed to be very hands-on and offered participants a chance to conduct practical research. After being divided into teams, the participants were asked to identify new concepts that would improve the loan repayment rate on a microloan. The format of the workshop was designed to force innovative thinking that was grounded in a specific context, while questioning the assumption and ability of technology. The workshop introduced the following to participants:
- Introduction to the design process
- Introduction to the Kiva challenges (Kiva was the client in the case study)
- Research design and Process
- Brainstorming and Development
- Group work and Concept Finalization
According to the research agenda,the researcher requires a background on the problem, an understanding of the Kivaoperations and needs, in-house research with the users the Kiva system to know what their experience has been after accessing micro- loans, field research to try and understand what other users would require to use the existing system, identifying new methods if the existing ones were not sufficient, and finally a design of a prototype solution based on the findings.
The participants listened to trustees who have worked with Kiva in the microloan disbursement, entrepreneurs who have received loans from Kiva, and then interviewed grocers and vendors in a nearby market to see what methods grocers and vendorsare currently employing when they need a loan, and some of the challenges faced. At the end of the workshop, several suggestions for new models to be tested were presented to the KIVA team.
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Summer is over.
Snow fell over the weekend from Montana to Kansas, dropping about a half-foot in parts of Colorado and Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service. Upper Michigan also saw a little snow.
In Pennsylvania, temperatures hit the freezing mark this morning in the Pittsburgh area, and frost advisories were issued for many central counties for this morning and overnight Tuesday.
Sunday, Philadelphia had its coolest temperatures since April, with a low of 48 and a high of 54.
Tonight could be even chillier, dipping into the mid 40s, with highs in the upper 50s the next two days.


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Place of Our Own: Julie Plummer
Julie Plummer has been caring for children in her home since 1984. She lives in Defiance with her husband, who was her high school sweetheart, and together they are the parents of two grown sons. She says that after her sons were born, it seemed natural to make a career out of guiding children. She found that getting to stay at home with her children was a win-win situation.


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> I have a client who had a folder in Outlook called Business Contacts. She
> told me one day - it was gone, not in her Outlook. Fine; I restored the
> folder from a Backup tape. (This was several weeks ago)
> On Monday Business Contacts is gone again? (We have not been able to determine
> why)
Maby your client is using a PDA to synchronize the contacts but he or
she does it wrong ?
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Tony Croasdale has been coming to this particular splotch of wetlands, woods and water since he was nine years old.
Back then, he was told stories about how his grandfather had come to the spot during the hungry years of the Depression to trap muskrats.
Now, it's the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum - both the most urbanized refuge in the nation and the largest wetland of its kind in Pennsylvania - and Croasdale comes to this South Philadelphia spot several times a month to check out the wildlife.
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Jessie Stament was having trouble figuring out the right way to make siopao, or steamed buns, so he called in his mother, who's been so instrumental to Stament's food truck operation that she's now a full-time staffer. Hours later, Stament realized the siopao could complete a sandwich he'd been contemplating.
"In the middle of the night, I woke up and made dough," Stament recalls. "I cooked it on my little electric griddle."
A "Fili Cheesesteak" of marinated rib eye, Havarti cheese and horseradish mayonnaise, served atop the siopao-inspired bread is now the first item on the menu at Refueler's Mobile Cafe, a 2-year-old food truck that doesn't shy away from fusion.
Although Stament says his mother's recipes (and her kitchen shifts) help keep traditional flavors up front, the hallmark of Refueler's dishes is invention. In addition to the cheesesteak, Refueler's serves nachos with pepper steak, chicken adobo, jalapenos and sriracha cream.
"It's a way to kind of combine flavors," Stament says, adding that the mash-ups mimic what naturally occurred on his childhood plates.
Stament lived on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines until he was 8 years old, when his family moved to Charleston. He later joined the Air Force himself, spending six years at McConnell Air Force Base in Witchita, Kan., as a refueling (get it?) boom operator.
"When we had our son, he got out of the Air Force," Stament's wife, Sarah, says. "He went into government contracting, but he always had a passion for cooking. I said, 'Now's the time if we're going to do it.' We decided we were going to go all in."
Sarah Stament says many Refueler's customers don't know anything about Filipino cooking when they first approach the truck. "Everyone wants to try something new and different. A lot of times I have to explain the whole menu."
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Police say stabbing suspect came back
A man under investigation for allegedly stabbing a woman during a domestic dispute Saturday was arrested again Tuesday afternoon when he returned to the Haiku residence where the stabbing occurred, police said.
Gary Feliciano, 61, of Haiku was charged with violating a temporary restraining order.
During Feliciano's arraignment Wednesday afternoon in 2nd Circuit Court, Deputy Public Defender Jim Rouse asked that Feliciano's bail be lowered from $500,000 to $1,000 or $2,000 for the misdemeanor charge.
Deputy Prosecutor Terence Herndon asked that bail continue, saying the higher amount was set after taking into consideration that Feliciano is under investigation for first-degree assault or attempted murder.
Second Circuit Judge Richard Bissen kept Feliciano's bail at $500,000 pending a bail hearing Friday afternoon.
Police said Feliciano was arrested Saturday afternoon after police were called to his residence on Puuomalei Road. During a domestic dispute, police said a 58-year-old woman suffered a stab wound to her upper chest and was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Police say burglary suspect came back
A Lahaina woman was arrested on burglary and other charges Tuesday after she burglarized two Kaanapali Hillside residences, then returned to one of the homes a second time with the golf cart she had stolen earlier, police said.
Judaea Connolly, 18, was confronted by the homeowner, who called police when she returned to the residence, police said.
Her bail was set at $27,000 on three counts of first-degree burglary, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, two counts of first-degree theft and second-degree theft.
Police said Connolly took property from one of the residences and stole the golf cart from the garage. She drove the golf cart to Napili before returning to Kaanapali Hillside and burglarizing another residence, taking property including firearms, police said.
Then she went back to the first house she had burglarized and was confronted by the homeowner, police said.
The majority of the stolen property, including the golf cart, was returned to the owners, police said.
Connolly was arrested at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, according to police records.
Grabbing of glasses leads to charges
A man who grabbed the glasses off an employee's face after he was asked to leave a Lahaina store Saturday was charged with robbery, police said.
Bail was set at $5,000 for Daniel Morrow, 45, on a second-degree robbery charge. He gave no local address.
Police said Morrow had been disorderly and was asked to leave Nagasako General Store on Saturday afternoon. After Morrow grabbed the glasses off the employee's face, a struggle ensued, police said. The employee got his glasses back before Morrow ran, police said.
Morrow was identified that day from surveillance video, police said.
An all-points bulletin had been issued for him before he was located Tuesday evening and arrested.
Man is indicted in April stabbing
A 31-year-old man has been indicted on a charge of first-degree assault in the stabbing of another man, who walked to the hospital after being dropped off by a dumpster at the Maui Family YMCA in Wailuku.
Travis Ortiz, who gave no local address, pleaded not guilty to the charge during his arraignment Aug. 7 in 2nd Circuit Court. He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail at the Maui Community Correctional Center.
A police investigation showed that Ortiz and the 28-year-old victim got into a fight over alcohol before Ortiz went looking for the other man and stabbed him on April 21. The stabbing occurred in Kihei.
The victim walked to Maui Memorial Medical Center after being dropped off at the nearby YMCA, police said.
An Oct. 27 trial is set for Ortiz. He has been ordered not to consume alcohol or illegal drugs and to have no contact with the victim.
Cause of Lanai outage unknown
Power was lost for most of Lanai on Wednesday morning, Maui Electric Co. spokeswoman Kau'i Awai-Dickson said.
The cause remained under investigation.
The 8:23 a.m. outage affected 1,700 customers, not all but most of the island's power customers, she said. At 8:53 a.m., 950 customers had their power restored, and at 9:29 a.m. the remainder had their electricity back on.
The problem appeared to originate at the island's power generation plant, but MECO officials were continuing to investigate Wednesday morning, Awai-Dickson said.
High-surf advisory until Saturday
A high-surf advisory has been posted for east- and south-facing shores of Maui County from 6 a.m. today until 6 p.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Waves generated by Hurricane Marie were expected to begin affecting Hawaiian waters Wednesday night and gradually build surf to advisory levels today on east-facing shores. A moderately sized southern swell should affect shores on that side of the island today, forecasters said.
Surf is expected to reach 6 to 9 feet on east- and south-facing shores.
Forecasters warned beachgoers to be cautious of strong surf and currents, which can make swimming difficult and dangerous.
For more information, call (866) 944-5025 or go to www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl.
Police to cremate unclaimed bodies
Police plan to cremate four bodies being held at the Maui County morgue unless relatives or friends step forward to claim the remains.
The unclaimed remains are of:
* Eve Clute, 64, who died Jan. 22. She was 5 feet 6 inches tall.
* Larry King, 53, who died Aug. 10. He was 6 feet tall. He has "Frances" tattooed on the right side of his neck, "Talakika" tattooed on the left side of his chest and "Hawaii" tattooed on his left forearm. He also has a black cross-shaped tattoo on his fourth right finger.
* Linda Yarborough, 61, who died Aug. 1. She was 5 feet 7 inches tall.
* Raymond Roberts III, 60, who died May 14. He was 5 feet 6 inches tall.
All four died in unattended deaths, police said.
If the remains aren't claimed by relatives, friends, representatives of a fraternal society that the dead person belonged to or any other legal party, the bodies will be cremated within 90 days or shortly afterward, police said.
Anyone wishing to claim any of the remains may call police Capt. John Kaupalolo at 244-6435.


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PRETORIA, South Africa -- Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs.
Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the house, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said.
Hours later after undergoing police questioning, Pistorius left a police station accompanied by officers. He looked down as photographers snapped pictures, the hood on his gray workout jacket pulled up, covering most of his face. His court hearing was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon but has been postponed until Friday to give forensic investigators time to carry out their work, said Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for the prosecution.
South Africans were shocked at the killing. But while Pistorius captured the nation's attention with his Olympic quest, police said there was a recent history of problems involving him. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Denise Beukes said the incidents included ``allegations of a domestic nature.''
``I'm not going to elaborate on it but there have been incidents (at Pistorius' home),'' Beukes said. Police in South Africa do not name suspects in crimes until they have appeared in court but Beukes said that the 26-year-old Pistorius was at his home at the time of the death of Steenkamp and ``there is no other suspect involved.''


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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The morning commute is improving for NJ Transit riders along the Northeast Corridor.
Spokesman Dan Stessel says trains are running 10 to 15 minutes behind schedule between Trenton and New York City in both directions.
Stessel says there were delays of up to 30 minutes because Amtrak had signal problems overnight.
The railroad couldn't display signals. No word on a cause, but the problem is fixed.
Stessel says there are no problems on Midtown Direct or North Jersey Coast Line trains.
The Princeton shuttle is not operating for a second day. NJ Transit was unable to replace a broken engine because of the signal problems so buses are running between Princeton Junction and Princeton Station.


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I have to agree to a certain degree. It's frustrating when you buy something and it is immediately put on a better sale month or so later.
We buy some of these deals thinking, okay, Tony pushed and got a really good price on these games, and we buy them. Yet when a month or so later they're way cheaper? That begs the question of why they weren't just that price the last time.
Obviously you win some you lose some, but that's kind of a surefire way to frustrate customers a bit. The same thing has happened to me a handful of times recently. It almost feels like we should just ignore every bundle deal Amazon puts together the first time, and wait a month till it repeats at a better price. That's kind of weird.
(It would be nice if we could "price match" within a certain amount of time, but that's probably asking too much.)
Again, just curious what you think the time frame between promotions should be? Or if you're suggesting that we don't test out pricing to see what works?
I'm happy to alleviate customer frustration, and strive to do so regularly. Understand that feedback like this will absolutely result in fewer bundle deals getting re-run at better prices though.
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Differences between rc and dc brushless motors?
What are the differences between these two motor types?
Letchworth, Great Britain (UK)
Joined Jul 2004
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Not sure what your question is
All electric motors operate by having a set of fixed magnets repel another set of magnets that are free to rotate around a shaft, and are fixed to the shaft so that they turn it. Both sets of magnets can be electro-magnets, but in our hobby motors one set is permanent magnets (don't need any power) and the other set is electro-magnets (need power).
In the simplest of motors, the power to the electro-magnets needs to be reversed twice every revolution so the magnets will always repel each other whatever position the moving ones are in, and keep the motor spinning. In these simple motors, the electro-magnets are rotating, and they get their power through a pair of "brushes" rubbing on a metal ring on the shaft. Reversal of the power during every revolution is achieved because that ring is in two halves, so as it rotates it's alternating which half is in contact with which brush. One weakness of this system is the brushes themselves, which can burn out and, even when new, are a source of electrical inefficiency. These motors are referred to as "brushed" motors or, sometimes, "DC" (direct current) motors because they will run if you simply apply a battery to their two input wires.
Most flyers these days use "brushless" motors. These have the electro-magnets on the static part of the motor, with the permanent magnets on the moving part, so the electro magnets can be connected directly to the power supply without using brushes. But, without any brushes we need another way to reverse the power every revolution, and this is done using an electronic speed controller (ESC) which electronically switches the power in sync with the rotation of the motor. These motors are sometimes referred to as "AC" (alternating current) motors because the power that's supplied to them is alternating. They cannot be run by simply applying a battery to their input wires.
Staffs, UK
Joined Nov 2003
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I think you might need to ask your question again.
The brushless motors we use for RC (radio/remote control) models are DC (direct current) brushless motors. More accurately they are electronically commutated motors where the external ESC does the commutation and is supplied with the DC power.
So there's no difference at all unless you meant something else by rc and/or dc ?
Do you mean, the difference between AC and DC brushless motors?
An AC brushless motor uses AC (Alternating Current) power to generate a rotating magnetic field, which drags the rotor around with it. This can be done synchronously or asynchronously. A synchronous AC motor runs at a fixed speed, locked in phase with the AC power frequency. One problem with this design is that it is not self starting (it needs some other mechanism to get it up to synchronous speed) and if too much load is applied then it may drop out of sync and stop.
Another type of AC brushless motor is the Induction motor. This has copper wires embedded in the rotor, in which currents are induced by the rotating magnetic field. This current produces magnetism in the rotor itself, which then interacts with the stator field to produce a torque which turns the rotor. Due to this induction process, the rotor does not have to stay in sync with the supply frequency, but can 'slip' to a lower speed under load.
A DC motor has to produce its own rotating magnetic field, by switching current through coils in step with its rotation. In a brushed DC motor this is achieved using a commutator and brushes. A Brushless DC motor works just the same way, but with electronic commutation. A sensored BLDC motor has magnetic or optical sensors that transmit the rotor position to the controller. Essentially it is the same as the brushed motor, except that it uses solid-state switches (transistors) rather than a mechanical switching mechanism (commutator/brushes).
A sensorless BLDC motor has no sensors (obviously!) but the controller manages to read the rotor position by detecting the voltage generated on the third wire (each of the 3 wires is powered alternately in a 6 step sequence, but only two wires are powered at any one time). Unfortunately this doesn't work at very low speed or at rest, because the voltage is too low/zero. Therefore on startup the controller just tries to run the motor asynchronously at a low speed, then checks to see if the generated voltage is in sync. If not then it resets and tries again, which may cause the rotor to jiggle back and forth a few times before starting up.
Joined Aug 2011
61 Posts
To be clear,
Do a search on DC brushless and you will get results for motors!
Do a search on RC brushless and you get NO RESULTS regarding electic motors.
To the best of my knowledge, NO SUCH THING as a "RC BRUSHLESS MOTOR"
For your application, I am sure a Brushless motor will work fine, you just need to find the correct motor.
For dedicated bike motors such as the brushless hub motors that are gaining popularity, you'll generally see them with lower Kv values and higher pole counts than what most RC applications use. This is because it takes a heck of a lot of torque to run something like a 26" bike wheel in a direct-drive configuration, so very low Kv values and are desirable. Weight is another factor; they'll usually be built with the focus set more on structural strength and durability because bike wheel hubs need to stand up to a lot of abuse. RC planes are a relatively cushy home for them as far as mechanical stress, but we do regularly push them to the edge of their electrical abilities.
From an operational standpoint, they're identical. Both RC aircraft and bike/scooter motors require a source of external commutation in the form of an electronic speed control and both involved fixed windings and rotating permanent magnets.
United States, NY, Cortland
Joined Sep 2010
2,847 Posts
I'm still wondering why people call the RC brushless motors DC (which I do as well)- they're 3 phase AC!
( tongue only a little in cheek- the differences between brushless DC and brushless AC 3-phase are subtle but there )
United States, NJ, Frenchtown
Joined Mar 2003
10,135 Posts
DC motors are really mechanically commutated ( commutator & brushes ) AC motors.
That is why there is a armature & brushes. To cause switching & repulsion.forces.
DC flows ONLY in 1 direction AND is held at a constant potential..voltage.
AC is everything else.
Edit & a question
Is there REALLY a DC motor ? 1 guess
Joined Aug 2011
61 Posts
The only major difference is that a motor designed primarily for use in planes will probably need to power your scooter through a chain or belt drive to prevent the motor's bearings from having to support the scooter's weight and absorb shocks from bumps amd such. They can't take physical abuse like that, but electrically the motor will work fine as long as you don't force it to draw more power than it can handle.
Depending on the motor's Kv and the battery used, the drive setup may need to incorporate some reduction gearing.
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61 Posts
Do any of these threads help if it's a bike orientated question -
Electric Bike
Help! Is this battery suitable for my E-bike?
RC Motors/controllers for E-bike
What would be a good power system for a mountain bike?
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Today (August 29th) Kiss will perform in Las Vegas. This show is followed by Lake Tahoe tomorrow (August 30th) and Kelseyville day after tomorrow (August 31st). These will be the last Kiss shows for quite some time.
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The Eagles are a like a mash-up of bad cable-network slogans. They know drama, and they're very funny.
You can decide for yourself, but the evidence points toward the joke end of that spectrum.
Compared with the Birds, the Jets - with their mouthy proclamations and HBO series and early-morning DWIs - are football's version of Ambien. Their production features sad, cliched story lines that have played out on grass- and turf-covered stages for ages. This thing the Eagles have put together is something altogether different and original. Andy Reid has created a grand comedy of errors with no equal.
Let's review Reid's latest killer material. A few days ago, Reid said Kevin Kolb would be the starting quarterback. Then, on Tuesday - as the sun set, along with what's left of the Birds sanity and logic and trustworthiness - Reid and the Eagles reversed themselves and announced that all that stuff they said earlier was essentially a lie because Michael Vick is the starter now. George Carlin never busted as many guts as Reid did with that punch line.


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2014 marks the first New Orleans Jazz Fest that bounce rapper Big Freedia has been allotted a full, 45-minute, solo set. The upgrade, which was slotted in the second-to-closing spot on the Congo Square Stage, is well-deserved: For the past few years, the Uptown-raised performer's star has been fast on the rise. Freedia has toured the world, appeared on both Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O'Brien's late-night talk shows, and starred in the GLAAD Media Award-winning reality show "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce," which premieres its second season on Fuse TV in June.
Before opening for Congo Square stage headliner Robin Thicke Saturday, Freedia sat down on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage with New Orleans historian Peggy Scott Laborde. The lively chat covered a lot of bases, including Freedia's youth as a gospel choir director and the R&B and soul music his late mother taught him to love, his personal style and second career as a decorator, and the faith and strong work ethic that's gotten Big Freedia much farther, frankly, as a national artist than any other New Orleans performer thus far who has stayed with the bounce idiom. (Other locally born rappers, like Juvenile, have cut a bounce song or two, but changed up their sound for wider audiences.)
Laborde, who is the WYES-TV commentator for the meeting of the Rex and Comus courts on Mardi Gras, has interviewed many Queens of Carnival, but never yet the Queen Diva of bounce, New Orleans' indigenous, high-energy hip-hop dance music.
One topic brought definite giggles from the full-house at the Miner Stage: During the course of pop star Miley Cyrus' recent fascination with the rump-popping dance move called twerking, and the often vigorous disagreements over its propriety, Freedia and other bounce artists from New Orleans -- where such dance moves have long been popular -- have been at the center of a nationwide booty debate.
Freedia has spoken to the press about it, held a Guinness world record-breaking group twerking session in Times Square, and even spent time with Cyrus backstage during her recent concert at the Smoothie King Center. By time Laborde uttered the t-word, though, Freedia pretty much only had one thing to say:
"I'm over twerking," said the rapper.
Twerking, he said, is just a single move in a wider style of dance. "We shake, wiggle, wobble, work, bend over and bust it open. We've been twerking for years, but that's just one of the words in the vocabulary of bounce."
"I'm over talking about Miley and the whole twerking situation. I'm appreciative of Miley, though," he said, noting that backstage in New Orleans, Freedia's dancers showed Cyrus's crew some moves. (Watch next time Cyrus gets onstage, I guess, to see if the lesson stuck.)
Freedia's afternoon set with DJ Juane Jordan on Congo Square was an explosion of dance, showcasing a high-energy shake team that covered the stage from the tops of amplifiers to the edge of the crowd -- which included comedian Kevin Hart -- as well as a stageful of competitors in a highly aerobic audience "booty battle." It spanned a decade's worth of songs, from 2000's "Gin N My System" to "Explode," the first single from the Queen Diva's upcoming album "Just Be Free," which drops June 17, the day of the "Queen of Bounce" season-two premiere. ("Explode" premiered on the Rolling Stone website earlier this week.) The set was dedicated to the rapper's late mother, Vera, who passed away after a long battle with cancer on April 1.
To close the set, the Big Freedia team changed into T-shirts emblazoned in purple with a photo of Freedia's mother's face, as the horns and drums of the Soul Rebels joined them onstage for a hybrid brass-bounce cover of the multiple Grammy-winning 2013 Daft Punk disco-R&B track "Get Lucky." Before starting the final tune, Freedia took a moment to remember Vera.
"The sun is shining so bright today, y'all," Freedia said. "She's definitely smiling down on us."
"I'm so proud to be her child."
In his 2014 Jazz Fest preview, my colleague Keith Spera noted that while the festival has grown inclusive of an increasingly wider range of contemporary music, it has not yet embraced the high-BPM electronic dance music that draws crowds to festivals like Voodoo and Buku.
Jazz Fest doesn't need to, though -- it has Freedia.