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Lockout Discussion Thread 4.0
Last one was well over 1,000 posts. Continue here.
Benefits edition?:sarcasm:
I'm not the type to take sides here. I've been reading the posts on this thread and some show a lot of anger and emotions, which is understandable.
But there's one fact, one simple fact that should be remembered, specially by the players, like Brandon Prust, for example:
- the ones that are losing the most money right now are NOT the owners. In 5 years from now, the same owners will still be BILLIONNAIRES. They were, they still are and still will be. They've learned how to manage money, they are astute people in their respective fields and did NOT become billionnaires because of hockey. So, for the VAST majority of them, hockey is not their main revenue source.
- players, on the other hand...well, in 5 years from now (and Fehr said it himself), at least 50 p. cent of the actual players will have retired. Meaning: they are missing out on a hefty paycheck, that would, for some, secure their future. Heck, some of the players won't have have a 5-year career, meaning they are losing probably 25% of their hockey lifetime revenues. That's a lot.
- We all know that 90% of hockey players don't have a great educational background. When hockey is finished, they will have to find a job like you and us. They will live on their earnings for a while. Let's wish that they take good care of their money. Because history has shown that pro athletes have a lot of problems dealing with retirement and having the well dry up. Can't remember the numbers put forth by the excellent ESPN piece 'Broke', but I recall seeing a number far exceeding 50% of athletes facing financial difficulties. Or something to that effect. Why? Because most of them can't handle the millions. They were not brought up to manage money. They were brought up as hockey players, as athletes. To perform on a stage. Not to juggle investments.
That brings me to this conflict. Although I understand why the players are so irrate at the NHL and their owners, I'm baffled by the fact that they are missing out on MILLIONS in salaries. MILLIONS. Millions they will never catch up on. That's a fact.
I would sign the last offer. Because I would be missing out on some pretty crucial cash for my retirement years. Let's not forget that hockey players retire at around 32-33 years old for the vast majority of them (don't know if there's an average age, but it should be close to that). 32-33 years old is freakishly young. I mean, in the real world, this is when you start to establish yourself.
Hockey players, if you read this thread, please consider this: your career is short and by missing out on some pretty solid revenues this season, you are jeopardizing your financial future.
Looking forward to seeing all those Korean and Mexican players in the NHL.
You know, we're not talking about t-shirts here.
So the money they lose is just an accounting figure for one of their assets. Players have all but one source of revenues. And it's pretty dry right now.
Listen, I think the owners played all of this all wrong from the get go. They wanted to break the players from the get go. Didn't happen. At least, not yet. But if I was one of the Campolis of the world, I would sign. Because it has been proven over the last 30 years that the Campolis of this world finish with less money in their pockets over their working lifetime than you and me.
Those who say that the owners have the most to lose don't really understand how the business world works. Owners will always have the last word. In any work stoppage, those who suffer are the employees. Not the owners. Go ask PKP if he lost sleep over the lockout he imposed on the Journal de Montréal. Now, go ask the reporters the same question. I know some of the personally who lost EVERYTHING: house, wife, mental health...
That's all it is.
Panthers aren't going anywhere folks. The owner owns the arena and makes money from it.
Individually, some of them may even benefit from that lockout, but as a group, they probably wont.
I need to take a break, thus, I'll take a break. I'll end up on a positive note by writing out what I think would be a fair CBA.
1) Owners want the players to take 50% rather than 57%, over an 8+2 year term.
As this is still a financial concession worth ~1 billion dollars from the players; the NHLPA would be compensated with temporary exclusive renewal power over the CBA once it is over. It would be an 8+2+2 term, with the NHLPA having the power to renew the CBA up to four years. This would also allay's Fehr's concern that kids now 13 years old should not be ruled by the current CBA.
Further, the NHL would increase revenue sharing. It should, at a minimum, scale with total league revenue.
2) Owners want to rollback existing contracts
If the owners do not agree to a 100% make-whole, then players on rolled-back contracts should be entitled to walk away from their contracts and declare themselves UFAs.
3) The NHL wants 5-year contract limits and salary variation limits.
In return, the players need to get something else. A good idea might be a trade limit, that a team can average no more than 1 outgoing and 1 incoming player per year, with some reasonable limits in case of injuries. Alternatively, the no-trade clause can be made universal for contracts of duration 2 years or shorter.
Alternatively, every player who is traded would be given a $500,000 compensation for relocation, at the owners expense and not counting towards the cap.
Contracts longer than 5 years would be allowed with the caveat that it would be 5 UFA years; so an RFA could sign a 9 year contract if it is his second contract, as in 5 UFA years and 4 RFA years. This would allow team-building. The fact is, for example, that the 6-year contracts the Habs have with Gorges, Price, Pacioretty are a two-way street. They benefit both sides... Habs management benefits from long-term security.
On salary variation limits. If it becomes impossible to front-load contracts, then the age 35 retirement rule should be dropped as it would no longer be necessary and all it does is encourage discrimination against 35+ players.
4) Owners want the UFA age to be 28 rather than 27.
OK, but players no longer on entry-level contracts are grandfathered to the age 27 rule. For players who end up on the age 28 rule, they will now receive better salaries as RFAs -- the NHL should agree to reduce the outrageous compensation packages for offer sheets.
Overall, I think such a package would be a generous balance of give and take by both sides. It would be good the growth of the game, induce more stability, good team-building, and be good for parity. However, I think the owners would reject because it is constructed on the logic of give and take.
Alright, so here is my take on the argument about top notch doctors, air travel paid for, top end equipment and the rest of what the owners are paying for.
Here is what I would envision happening if these expenses were left to the players own devises, some players would end up not paying for the top of the line things or get the absolute best medical treatment and essentially be "cheap" about it.
All it would take is for one owner to say ok we will provide you with the best travel, the best equipment and the best medical staff to gain an edge over other teams. Then that team would be at an advantage over the rest, eventually other players from other teams could point to the team that offers every advantage to win and say well I'm going to be cheap about it unless you pay for it. My job is to play hockey, I'll play hockey.
What my point is in all this is that the owners are voluntarily paying the cost of good travel, and top end equipment and the rest to give their team the best advantage possible to try and win.
If an engineering firm wants their engineers to be the most proficient possible to gain an advantage over their competitors the company will invest money into software and hardware to make the engineers work better. I mean a company has no obligation to provide engineers software tools like solidworks or MATLAB or whatever to do their job. I mean really the engineers should be able to figure it out without those tools, but if the company wants to be competitive and beat competition to the punch the company is going to provide those tools. No way are you going to get engineers to front the $10 000 cost for those software packages.
And I've worked at places were they want to nickel and dime on software, well the work can get done, but it can be done more efficiently and faster if provided with the right tools. So my point is, to have a competitive franchise you need to provide to your employees the same tools as your competitor if you want to be directly competing with them. This isn't to say you can't be competitive without it, but those that try to will be at a disadvantage.
So sure you can leave it to the players to pay for their travel and all accommodations and the rest, but I think that from a team efficiency point of view, leaving those kinds of logistics to the players would create far more problems than solve.
Player have, IMO, the wrong negociating mindset. They are in a give and take mindset.
They think the more they push, the more they get. But actually, the more the push the more they lose. The only way the have a chance to catch up what they are losing is to have a quick and long deal. But they are actualy trying to get a shorter deal then what the owners have offered!!! Completly rediculous.
Personally, I don't like the idea of term limits on contracts. I side with the players on this one. As a compromise, how about something like this:
The cap hit for each player would equal the average of the current year on his contract and the subsequent two years. If there were only two years left on the contract, it would represent the current year and the following year and if it was the last year of the contract, only that year would be taken into consideration. Signing bonuses would represent part of the contract for the first year.
There would be no variance limits and no upper limit on a contract other than no single player could earn more than 20% of the salary cap.
That should eliminate front loaded contract and those ridiculous long contracts that were designed to do nothing more than circumvent the cap.
I have probably overlooked a flaw in this idea so fire away.
Apologies if this was already posted. Turns out Bergevin was working behind the scenes last week with Lemieux, Brisson et all.
i hope hockey starts up again soon, montreal is taking a big hit espically the hotels, i went from doing 40 hours a week down to 10-20 we would do 100+ covers a night on hockey games for the resto. Now we are only doing 5-10 a night no need to be two cooks is what my boss says....
Whether the deal is fair for the players or not, they are going to have to realize sooner rather than later, that the best offer they can get has already been offered (and taken off the table). Hopefully they'll suck it up and take the deal, and hopefully the owners won't be dicks about it and put it back on the table.
At the end of the day, the owners will always "win" these negotiations. If the players want to play in the NHL, they have to play by the NHLs rules. If they don't like them, they're free to play in the numerous other leagues over the world. Even at 50/50 the average NHL player will make way more money than any other league. The KHL cap is at $36.5 million for comparison.
The players are fighting for things that only really affect the top 10%. I don't really think it's fair to put the contract cap at 5 years though, but I like the idea that signing with your previous team gives the option of a longer contract.
It isn't fair that players signed contracts, and now the owners don't want to pay the full amount, but at the end of the day, these guys will still be multi-millionaires. The ones making league minimum, or close to it, won't be affected.
December is going to be hell, TV is going to be filled with Christmas specials, please sign a new CBA.
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I will be using this exercise to share many "sins" that I have discovered by reading and writing, and I hope to use this as a guideline for my future works. Feel free to discuss these in the comments, or add a page of your own.
The first 3 rules;
Don't start your story with action and lead it nowhere.
- Eg. Your main character wakes up dramatically from a nightmare. This is such an overused cliche, and it tells your reader what the rest of the story is going to be like - a pit of dead ends and unprovoked gut-punches. An example of this is "Vampire Academy". I couldn't get through the first page of that book and it took them three hours to coax me off the ledge of the hospital roof.
Show. Don't Tell.
The whole idea of your writing is to create a story with art. If your story become a simple retelling of facts, or off-the-shoulder segues, it reads more like a documentary, than an actual narrative. An example of this is "A Casual Vacancy", by JK Rowling. Now, I love JK Rowling, but if you were to strip the segues from that book, it would be about 100 pages long, and leagues more interesting. So, instead of saying "He felt sad," or "She told him to drop the gun," say; "He felt a lump in his throat," or ""Drop the gun!" she cried."
I can't stress this enough; it's been really bothering me lately. Shakespeare did this on occasion ("They say the owl was a baker's daughter"), but he always did them with taste. If you'll read in the comments, I have posted a quote by Derek Landy's "Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men". Just a warning; don't read this is you're faint of heart, or a fan of Batman. Pop culture references like this are cheap pandering to the audience, and they don't stand up to the test of time. Most of your audience will see through this.


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Malarone paediatric (proguanil, atovaquone)
Malarone paediatric tablets contain two active ingredients, proguanil hydrochloride and atovaquone. These are both medicines that are active against the parasite that causes malaria.
What is it used for?
- Preventing Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children weighing between 11kg and 40kg.
- Treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children weighing between 5kg and 11kg.
How does it work?
Malarone paediatric tablets contain two active ingredients, proguanil hydrochloride and atovaquone. These are both medicines that are active against the parasite that causes malaria.
Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by various types of parasites known as Plasmodium. Plasmodium are carried by mosquitoes and are injected into the bloodstream during a bite from an infected mosquito. Once inside the body the parasite reproduces, resulting in the disease.
Proguanil works by stopping the parasite from reproducing once it is in the bloodstream. It does this by blocking the action of a compound that is found in the Plasmodium parasite. This compound is an enzyme called dihydrofolate reductase, and is involved in the reproduction of the parasite.
Dihydrofolate reductase normally converts folic acid into folinic acid in the parasite, which is a step essential for the parasite to produce new genetic material (DNA). New DNA is necessary for the parasite to reproduce. By blocking it's production, proguanil prevents malarial parasites in the blood from reproducing and increasing in number.
Atovaquone also works by interfering with the production of substances needed by the malarial parasites to reproduce. It works in a slightly different way, however, so these two medicines work in combination against the Plasmodium parasite.
Proguanil with atovaquone is used to prevent malaria caused by a type of Plasmodium called Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite causes the most serious form of malaria (malignant malaria). Proguanil with atovaquone may be particularly useful for preventing malaria in travellers to areas where this parasite is known to be resistant to other antimalarial medicines, such as chloroquine. Click here to see if Malarone is recommended to prevent malaria in the country you are visiting.
Higher doses of proguanil and atovaquone are also used to treat uncomplicated malaria caused by infection with the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. However, this combination of medicines has not been evaluated for the treatment of more complicated or severe malaria affecting the brain, lungs or kidneys.
How do I give it?
- To prevent malaria, this medicine should be given once a day, starting 24 to 48 hours before entering the malarial area. Your doctor will tell you how many tablets to give your child (this depends on how much they weigh). The tablets should be given every day during the stay and be continued for 7 days after leaving the area.
- To treat malaria, this medicine is given once a day for three consecutive days. Your doctor will tell you how many tablets to give your child (this depends on how much they weigh).
- The medicine should be given at the same time each day with food or a milky drink. If your child can't swallow the tablets whole they can be crushed and mixed with the food or milky drink just before giving.
- If your child vomits within one hour of taking a dose, you should give another dose then go on as before. If this happens you will need to contact a doctor to replace the tablet(s) the child brought up.
- To prevent malaria it is important that this medicine is taken regularly. Try not to forget a dose. You should still take precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitos, such as using mosquito repellants and sleeping under mosquito nets. This is particularly important if the child has vomiting or diarrhoea, because this could make the tablets less effective. If your child falls ill within one year of your return, and especially if within three months of your return, you should consult your doctor immediately and let him know that you have visited a country where malaria is endemic.
- If your child gets Plasmodium falciparum malaria despite using this medicine for prevention, or if malaria comes back after being treated with this medicine, the infection should be treated with a different antimalarial. You should make sure your doctor knows that your child has been taking Malarone.
Use with caution in
- Treatment of malaria in children with severely decreased kidney function (this medicine should only be used if there are no suitable alternatives).
- Treatment of malaria in children with diarrhoea and vomiting (the patient's condition must be monitored closely, because vomiting and diarrhoea could make this medicine less effective at treating the malaria).
Not to be used in
- Prevention of malaria in people with severely decreased kidney function.
- Malarone paediatric tablets are not recommended for preventing malaria in children who weigh less than 11kg or for treating malaria in children who weigh less than 5kg.
This medicine should not be used if your child is allergic to one or any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if your child has previously experienced such an allergy.
If you feel your child has experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Label warnings
- Take this medication with or after food.
Side effects
Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Just because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
Very common (affect more than 1 in 10 people)
- Headache.
- Disturbances of the gut such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea or abdominal pain.
Common (affect between 1 in 10 and 1 in 100 people)
- Loss of appetite.
- Cough.
- Dizziness.
- Fever.
- Difficulty sleeping (insomnia).
- Abnormal dreams.
- Depression.
- Rash or itching.
- Low red blood cell count (anaemia).
Uncommon (affect between 1 in 100 and 1 in 1000 people)
- Anxiety.
- Palpitations.
- Inflammation of the lining of the mouth (stomatitis).
- Hair loss (alopecia).
- Hives.
Frequency not known
- Mouth ulcers.
- Low blood sodium level (hyponatraemia).
- Decrease in the number of a type of white blood cell (neutrophil) in the blood (neutropenia).
- Allergic reactions such as rash, or severe swelling of lips, face or tongue (angioedema).
- Severe skin reactions such as blistering, peeling or increased sensitivity to sunlight.
- Inflammation of the liver (hepatitis).
- Increased heart rate.
- Seizures.
- Hallucinations.
There are limited data on the long-term safety of Malarone in children. In particular, the long-term effects of Malarone on growth, puberty and general development have not been studied.
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the medicine's manufacturer.
For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
How can this medicine affect other medicines?
It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines your child is already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before giving your child any new medicines in combination with this one, to make sure that the combination is safe.
The amount of atovaquone in the blood may be reduced by the following medicines. If your child is taking one of these it could make Malarone less effective at preventing and treating malaria:
- efavirenz and ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors for HIV infection (Malarone should preferably be avoided in people taking one of these medicines)
- metoclopramide (a different anti-sickness medicine should be used in people taking Malarone)
- rifampicin and rifabutin (these medicine are not recommended for people taking Malarone)
- tetracycline.
Atovaquone may decrease the blood level of the anti-HIV medicine indinavir.
Atovaquone may increase the blood level of the anti-HIV medicine zidovudine and the chemotherapy medicine etoposide. It could increase the risk of side effects from these medicines.
Proguanil may enhance the anti-blood-clotting effect of the anticoagulant medicine warfarin. If your child is taking warfarin, their blood clotting time (INR) should be checked after they start and stop taking Malarone and, based on the results, their warfarin dose may need adjusting.
The antacid magnesium trisilicate may reduce the absorption of proguanil from the gut if it is taken at the same time of day. If you need to give your child a magnesium-containing antacid while they are taking Malarone, you should not give it at the same time of day; the doses should be separated by at least three hours.
Other medicines containing the same active ingredients
Atovaquone and proguanil tablets are also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.
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There's something that has struck me as I read about ultralight hiking and that is the fast part. The light part makes perfect sense and I understand that it lets you go farther with less physical stress, BUT, I don't get the 40 mile days. I'm out in the woods to get away from the rat race!
I assume that some are looking at it from an athletic, competitive perspective and to each his own. It seems to me that the less-is-more philosophy fits well with a stop-and-smell-the-roses approach too. My load is lighter, so I'm enjoying myself and able to pay more attention to my surroundings rather than collapsing in a heap at the top of the pass. Camp is more enjoyable too, with more time an energy for a good read, journal writing, or just watching the clouds roll by, the birds singing… and the racoon stealing my gorp bag– HEY YOU, GET OUTTA HERE!!!
So, I'll vote for light and easy does it too. Any takers?Feb 23, 2006 at 5:02 pm #1351170
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I don't think big days are required at all.
Because the thru-hiker subculture has been a big driving force behind ultralight backpacking gear, that automatically links big distance and some speed with the whole experience. The adventure racers have been another set of early adopters.
But I again don't think it is required.
I've had trips where I covered nearly five hundred miles in three weeks. I've also had trips where I never kept track. Actually, that is most trips for me.
The point of this whole thing is to have fun. If linking horizons and bragging about the ground you cover is fun for you, do it. If going on a nature crawl and covering a mile and a half over a morning, but seeing a bazillion flowers is fun for you, do that. There isn't an official backpacking governing body telling us how to do our sport, and I for one would burn all of my gear if one were invented.
We do this to satisfy ourselves, for our own sense of happiness and sanity. Do whatever is fun for you.Feb 23, 2006 at 6:18 pm #1351178
Marion Watts JrBPL Member
@mdwattsjrLocale: Midwest
Amen, David. Right on. Good post.Feb 24, 2006 at 3:42 am #1351214
Glenn RobertsMember
@garkjrLocale: Southwestern Ohio
I was never attracted to ultralight by the "fast" part; I prefer 10 mile days, or maybe 15 if I have to once in a while. The light part always made a lot of sense, carrying less for whatever distance.
But it's easy to get seduced, and let the "ultra" in ultralight take over, too. I did that, going from a 16 pound base load to 12, initially. (Replacing pack, tent, and kitchen with lighter, more compact versions – pretty basic stuff.) At that point, the bug bit; nothing would do but to squeeze every ounce out. I ended up with a frameless silnylon pack, small shaped tarp, and soda-can kitchen – a 7 pound base load. Thought I'd be happy.
But I wasn't. The bleeding edge gear I had required me to make more compromises than I preferred; saving weight reduced comfort, efficiency, or simplicity. Yes, it was lighter, but the pack was less comfortable – so I wasn't any less tired after those 12 miles. (I was after the initial 16 to 12 reduction.) In camp, it was more hassle for a lower level of comfort (I found my 55-year-old hips wouldn't take a night on a closed-cell pad any more without complaining, the stove was fussier to assemble, etc.)
So, I'm now drifting back up toward that 12 pound base load, and am pretty sure that I'll find I'm light and happy, even if I'm not ultralight and fast.
I'm not knocking ultralighting – far from it. The practitioners of ultralight are some truly innovative people. I've learned a lot from them, and look forward to learning more; I fully expect to benefit from the experience and would anticipate that normal gear evolution will have me down to a 10 pound base load in a few years. But, when I weigh my own personal priorities after my two year experiences with trying to get as light as possible, I'm finding that the extra few pounds of weight is worth it for me.Feb 24, 2006 at 10:41 am #1351231
J RMember
Glenn, couldnt agree more.
You hit several big nails on the head for me.
Ive put together rediculously light gear lists, even used them a time or two, but the enjoyment wasnt there. I was either worried about the gear (will it tear, crush, whatever) or what would happen to me if something happened to the gear?
I dont consider myself much of a "worrywart", but when my gear list weighs less than a decent survival kit, things get questionable.
So, I carry what I need to feel safe, carry what I need to be reasonably comfortable, and nothing else.
My packweight hovers in the 12-16lbs area when Im not trying to "keep up with the Joneses" and thats OK by me.Feb 28, 2006 at 7:20 pm #1351574
larry savageMember
@pyeyoLocale: pacific northwest
I spent a great deal of my time in the wilderness doing predawn approaches to climbing destinations in the sierras, the rockies, and s.america. Blowing through lake basins and alpine meadows. Occasionally someone mentions going somewhere and it will dawn on me I've been there and then I realize I really haven't.
So many places and no pictures, no memories, just a dark slog to another place. I do not regret the climbing but I am a little wistful about passing by so much.
I still climb, still run trails, but I do walk…have you ever seen these bright colored objects atop stems waving in a breeze in a meadow? Just amazing.
A lighter pack does allow me to enjoy more but a lighter attitude helps too.Mar 1, 2006 at 7:21 am #1351607
Glenn RobertsMember
@garkjrLocale: Southwestern Ohio
That's a very good point. Ultralight for the sake of ultralight left me with a very hollow feeling, too. That may be part of the frustration I was alluding to in my earlier post. I think I heard somewhere once that it's not the destination, it's the getting there that's important. I forgot that in my pursuit of the lightest pack; I'm remembering it now.Mar 1, 2006 at 2:35 pm #1351640
Michael WandsMember
@walksoftlyLocale: Piney Woods
Our ancestors never just took time off to walk through the woods. They were too busy trying to make a living off the land. Those who did venture out did so to hunt, trap, map, scout, deliver goods, etc. "Going Hiking" for pure enjoyment is a fairly recent phenom.
I truly believe that to have your most satisfying experience, you have to have a reason to be on the trail. It can be to simplify & relax, to exert to the max, to satify a personal goal, etc. But you have to have some reason!!
Once you know what experience that you are after, you select the gear to make your dream come true. I think many of us have jumped on the ultralight bandwagon and adjusted our gear without first aligning this new gear with our trip expectations.
I see people all of the time who camp and pack much differently than I do. We all do. I wish them well and hope that they are making great memories. For me, I'll hike my own hike and carry exactly the right quantities of exactly the right gear – regardless of what it weighs.Mar 3, 2006 at 6:57 am #1351755
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
Michael Wands wrote "Our ancestors never just took time off to walk through the woods. They were too busy trying to make a living off the land. Those who did venture out did so to hunt, trap, map, scout, deliver goods, etc. "Going Hiking" for pure enjoyment is a fairly recent phenom."
Don't forget the time our ancestors spent for spiritual quests. They very much sought isolation and removal from everyday stresses to become more connected with inner proccesses and find their place in the universe.
The pace they were taking while "working" in the woods wasn't adventure racing either– imagine spending a day picking berries and what you would see and hear around you. Hunting was an art of being totally connected with the surroundings— wind direction, the twigs underfoot, and a complete knowledge of the habits of the prey. The changes of the seasons, the movement sun, moon and stars, following the cycles of spawning fish and migrating animals were part and parcel of their existence.
Remember Recreation is re-creation— that's the whole point to getting outdoors for me.May 1, 2006 at 1:22 pm #1355703
Shawn BasilMember
@bearpawLocale: Southeast
"Hike your own hike" was a mantra often heard when I through-hiked the AT 7 years ago. But you were still somewhat dictated by seasons and economics to hike a certain number of miles, averaging probably 15 or so to make the length of the trail before Katahdin iced up for the season. But I found that I really ENJOYED walking bigger miles, and I could wander mentally into a zen-like state where I knew what was happenning all around me while writing a novel in my head. Once off the AT, as my body grew less trail-hardened, I found I liked a lighter pack since heavy loads detracted from this wonderful sensation. Nowadays I've found that with my lighter weight pack, I get bored a bit more easily in camp, so I prefer to walk longer into the day, but not necessarily any faster. So for me the experience is more about walking than camping. The miles and sights and smells and experience are the biggest reason for the journey so bigger mileage isn't about a race; it's about loving the feel of a body in motion and balance with the mountains around me.May 15, 2006 at 4:25 pm #1356433
Dane BurkeMember
@daneLocale: Western Washington
How often could I get to the deep wilderness places I really love if I carried heavy loads? I would either have to take longer on my hikes, meaning less hikes overall, or else suffer long miles under a heavy pack. Neither option works for me.
For me it is about hiking longer mileage in fewer days while still enjoying the hike rather than suffering. Yes I happen to hike a little faster, but that's an unplanned side effect. And I'm not about to put more weight in my pack just to slow myself down!
Or would a self-inflating mattress slow me down just right? hehehe…
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STOKE CITY were forced to settle for their eighth draw in twelve Barclays Premier League matches following a goalless stalemate with Arsenal at the Britannia Stadium.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 19, 1999
|Filing date
|Jul 24, 1995
|Priority date
|Jul 24, 1995
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Wilton Louis Cox, Charles David Fieselman, Leonard Douglas Hobgood, Paul Gilbert Watson, Jr., Simon Yu
|Original Assignee
|International Business Machines Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (26), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (26), Classifications (21), Legal Events (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The inventions of this application relate to the manufacture of small peripheral cartridges which plug into exterior slots of computer systems. More specifically the inventions relate to PCMCIA cards and method of manufacturing such cards.
This section discusses background information useful to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the inventions of Applicant's. It is not an admission that any information herein is prior art or is analogous art or that a search adequate for examination, has been made.
Small credit card sized computer peripherals which plug into slots in a computer system have become very popular especially for portable computers. A specification by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) for PC memory cards was released September 1991. The specification is available as issue PCMCIA PC Card Standard Release 2.0 from the association. The cards are required to be 85.6 mm long and 54.0 mm wide which is the same size as a standard credit card. Three types of cards are specified, all with the same length and width and same thickness of a card guide sections, but with different respective thicknesses of a thicker section of the card. The thicker sections of Type I cards are 3.3 mm thick, Type II cards are 5 mm thick, Type III cards are 10.5 mm thick. The specification includes minimum structural requirements for withstanding torque, bending, flexing, impact (drop), shock, vibration, warpage, moisture, and other mechanical requirements. The cards are also required to meet standards for withstanding EMI, RF, and ESD that are usually met my providing a metal cover. The cards are also required to meet other standards set by JEDIC, ISO and others. The specification also includes details of a 68 pin connector and slot size for the cards.
The cards are used for flash memory, networking, modem connections to telephone systems, hard drives, cellular telephone connection, sound cards, and I/O interface with other external peripherals. Although primarily used for laptop and palmtop systems, recently card slots have appeared in desktop systems.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,586,816 to Hagen, suggests laser focusing and optics for microscopic multiple spot welding.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,388 discloses a cover formed of sheet aluminum which is lap jointed and spot welded.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,833,295 to Locker suggests laser or electro beam welding of a lap joint.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,845,447 suggests tack welding a cover plate on a trap filter in a video cable distribution system.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,415 to Johnson suggests laser welding a lap joint to form a weld which is not continuous between galvanized steel sheets.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,302,801 to Kanda suggest using a oxygen-free atmosphere for laser welding leads of semiconductor devices to junctions on printed circuit boards and laser welding devices for such applications.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,073 to Steffen suggests ultrasonic welding between plastic surfaces to connect the upper and lower shells of a credit card sized cartridge containing fragile logic circuits.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,276,298 to Jones suggests using a Nd:YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser to form overlapping spot welds to weld the metal edge of a lap joint.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,339,222 to Simmons et al suggests a metal, snap-together cover and dielectric frame for a PCMCIA card.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,354,964 to Kyoren suggests a source and apparatus to deliver inert gas such a argon to a high power CO2 or YAG laser welding site. He also suggests a lap weld joint between flat aluminum plates.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,397,857 to Farquhar suggests ultrasonically welding abutting surfaces of plastic frames to hold two stamped steel covers for a PCMCIA card. Resistance welding of metal butt joints is also disclosed.
"Credit Card Adaptor Cover Set" by M. J. Lawrence, F. E. Morene and A. E. Ridley in IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin Vol 37, No. 08, August 94, p51, suggests a single piece cover for a PCMCIA card and providing a spring contact in the cover to touch grounding tabs on the electronic card assembly.
Continuous laser welds have been used to connect butt joints along three edges of stainless steel covers for PCMCIA cards. The butt welds are about at the midlevel of the edge walls of the cards. Accurate positioning of the butt edges of the seam for such welds is very difficult and costly to maintain and if not precisely maintained may result in the beam entering the card and damaging the contents.
Various metal snap together covers are available from A. K. Stamping company and other suppliers.
In the invention of Applicant's, the metal cover of a snap together PCMCIA card is tack welded at the snapped seams. The Applicant's have discovered that this can be done without unreasonable standard of accuracy, cheaply, and without damaging the sensitive electronic components, if the seam is a lap joint, the weld is reasonably small, and the weld does not penetrate fully through the final layer of the seam. The Applicant's have also discovered that this operation can substantially increases the mechanical strength, increase moisture resistance, and eliminate the risk of accidental opening of the card. Also, it was found that the internal frame along the longitudinal edges of the card could be made substantially narrower so that the area available for electronic components is increased and the strength and stiffness requirements of the PCMCIA PC Card Standard could still be met. The applicant's discovered that only a few small tack welds were required to achieve these results so that the welds could be performed at a high rate with minimal cost compared to continuous welds.
During welding a fixture holds the seams in reasonably precise position and tightly closed so the snap seams are much tighter after welding than when the card is only snapped closed. The precise positioning of the seams also allows the size of the weld to be minimized which reduces the risk of burn through and damage to electronic components that are enclosed within the card during welding.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an open PCMCIA card of the invention prior to snapping the cover together.
FIG. 2 is a top view of the card of the invention after assembly is completed by snapping together the two-parts of the one-piece cover.
FIG. 3 is an end view of the card of FIG. 2 from line 3--3 showing the 36 pin PCMCIA connector.
FIG. 4 is a partial section showing the snap fit along the longitudinal edge of the card of FIG. 2 through line 4--4.
FIG. 5 is a section of the card of FIG. 2 through line 5--5 showing the enclosed circuit board assembly attached to end connectors.
FIG. 6 is an end view of the card of FIG. 2 from line 6--6 showing an example of an optional connector at the distal end from the PCMCIA connector.
FIG. 7 is a partial section of the card of FIG. 2 through line 7--7 showing the snap fit at the straps at the end of the card.
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the card of FIG. 2 showing the snap together seams along the longitudinal edges and distal end opposite from the PCMCIA connector and the reinforcing tack welds.
FIG. 9 shows a bottom view of a part of card of FIG. 2 with fixturing for holding the seam in position during welding.
FIG. 10 is a partial section of the card of FIG. 2 and fixturing of FIG. 9 through--line 10--10 showing the seam positioned by the fixturing.
FIG. 11 is an expanded view of part of the section of FIG. 10 showing the tack weld reinforcing the seam.
FIG. 12 is an isometric view of a one part cover of another embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the assembled card using the cover of FIG. 12 and showing the tack welds.
FIG. 14 is an isometric view of a two part cover of another embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the assembled card using the cover of FIG. 14 and showing the tack welds.
FIG. 16 is a partial section of another embodiment of the invention showing fixturing for holding the edge wall lap seam of the card during welding.
FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of the lap joint of FIG. 16 showing the tack weld.
FIG. 18 is section of the fixturing through line 18--18 of FIG. 16 and is also an edge view of the card of the embodiment of FIG. 16.
FIG. 19 is a partial section of another embodiment of the invention showing fixturing for holding the lap strip over the butting edges of side walls during welding.
FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the lap joint of FIG. 19 showing the tack weld.
FIG. 21 is a partial cross section of another embodiment of the invention similar to that of FIG. 20, but with a double welded lap joint strip.
FIG. 22 is an edge view of the card of the embodiment of FIG. 19 showing the location of the lap welds.
FIG. 23 is an enlarged edge view of a part of the card of the embodiment of FIG. 21 showing an alternating configuration of lap welds.
FIG. 24 schematically shows apparatus for making the welded PCMCIA cards of the invention.
FIG. 25 schematically illustrates the information handling system of the invention.
In FIG. 1, PCMCIA card 100 of the invention has a top cover 102 open about 60 degrees. Preferably, the cover is metallic and has a non-corrosive surface such as anodized or chromate conversion aluminum; nickel or chromium plated steel; or more preferably, stainless steel; most preferably type 304 stainless steel. The cover is preferably about 0.05 to 0.6 mm thick, more preferably, 0.1 to 0.3 mm thick, even more preferably, 0.15 to 0.25 mm thick or about 0.2 mm thick. Arranged in the bottom cover 104, a female PCMCIA connector 106 is restrained in the longitudinal direction of the card, by fingers 108 projecting inwardly from frame 110 which is integrally molded to distal connector 112. Preferably, the frame is an organic material such as epoxy filled with glass fibers or polycarbonate filled with glass fibers, such as LEXAN™ (trade mark of General Electric). Preferably the frame is about 1 to 9 mm wide, more preferably about 1.5 to 5 mm wide, even more preferably 2 to 4 mm wide or about 3 mm wide. Portions 114, 116 (see FIG. 4) of the inside of respective top and bottom covers are preferably coated with organic dielectric to electrically isolate the components from the cover to protect them from static and prevent shorts.
In FIG. 1, a circuit board assembly 120 includes surface mount discretes such as resistors 122, capacitators 124, and power transistors 126, and includes surface mounted integrated chip modules such at quad flat packs (QFP's) 130, and thin small outline packages (TSOP's) 132. The circuit board is supported by leads 140 connecting to PCMCIA connector 106 and by leads 142 connected to distal connector 112. Surface conductors 144 interconnect leads 146 of discrete and integrated components and through holes 148. Fingers 150, 152 extend upward to electrically connect the metal cover to the ground system of the card.
On bottom cover 104, side walls 160, 162 and distal end straps 164, 166 extend straight up. On top cover 102, side walls 168, 170 and distal end straps 172, 174 have inward bent snap extensions 176, 178, 180, and 182 respectively for snapping over the side walls and distal straps of the bottom cover. Preferably, the extensions are 0.4 to 1.6 mm wide, more preferably 0.6 to 1.0 mm wide. The extensions result in an interference fit so that in order to close the cover the edge walls of the top cover bend outward by about the width of the extensions. Then they snap over the wall they are covering and are then very difficult to reopen. The covers are of one piece, with the top and bottom parts connected by straps 184, 186 along each side of the PCMCIA connector.
In FIG. 2 PCMCIA card 100 of FIG. 1 is snapped shut and welded. The top and bottom covers have similar thicker areas 200, 202 (best seen in FIG. 4) partially surrounded by a thinner border areas 204, 206 along two or three edges.
In FIG. 3 PCMCIA card 100 has connector holes 210 of the female PCMCIA connector for insertion into a PCMCIA slot accessible from the outside of a computer enclosure for communication in a computer system. The card may include polarizing keys 208, 210 which are sections of the frame at cut away parts of the cover, and which are different to prevent the card from being inserted upside down.
In FIG. 4, card 100 includes a snap fit seam along the longitudinal edge of card 100. Once the card is closed extension 176 snaps over the base of edge wall 160 to hold the card mechanically together. Thinner borders 204, 206 and thicker central sections 200, 202 are easily seen.
In FIG. 5, card 100 includes enclosed circuit board assembly 120 attached to end connectors 106, 112.
In FIG. 6, card 100 includes pins 210 of an example of an optional connector 112 at the distal end of the card from the PCMCIA connector.
In FIG. 7, extension 180 of top strap 172 is snapped over bottom strap 164 at the distal end of the card.
In FIG. 8, card 100 includes snap together seams 220, 222 along the longitudinal edges and snap together seams 224, 226 of the straps at the distal end of the card. On the longitudinal edges of the card two tack welds 230, 232 reinforce snap seam 220 and two tack welds 234, 236 reinforce snap seam 222. The welds along the longitudinal edges may be continuous welds over a major portion of the lap joint seam, but 1 to 6 tack welds along the seam may be made more quickly and accurately and at less cost. More preferably one tack weld about 8 mm from the end of each snapped lap joint provides sufficient benefit at minimal cost and effort. On the distal end of the card tack weld 240 reinforces seam 224 and tack weld 242 reinforces seam 226. The welds are about 0.5 mm to about 1.2 mm wide and preferably, about 0.8 mm to about 0.9 mm wide or about 0.85 mm. The welds about 0.5 to about 3.0 mm long, more preferably, less than about 2 mm long, and most preferably, about 1 mm long.
In FOGS. 9 and 10, fixturing 300 holds the seam in position during welding. Card 100 in FIG. 10 is shown in inverted position with the bottom of the card at the top of the figure. Frame 302 supports the card while fingers 304, 306 of ram 308 moves the seam down as shown by arrow 309, into precise vertical position with the snapping extension overlapping and against the edge of the bottom of the card; and ram 310 moves the seam as shown by arrow 311 into precise horizontal position for making weld 312.
In FIG. 11 the tack weld 312 reinforces the lap seam. Preferably the welds have a metallurgy and microstructure indicating that the weld has been precisely positioned and locally held together during welding and that the weld was made by an ion beam or electro beam or more perferably by a laser beam. Preferably, the weld metallurgy and surface microstructure indicate that the weld was made in an oxygen free atmosphere (e.g. nitrogen), more preferably a nobel gas atmosphere such as helium or argon is used. Preferably the color of the weld is about the same as the surrounding metal. Preferably, the weld penetrates fully through the first (most external) metal layer of the lap seam and into the surface of the second (more internal) metal layer as shown, but preferably, not fully through the second layer. More preferably, the weld penetrates 30% to 90% through the second layer, most preferably about 60%.
In FIG. 12, in a second embodiment of the card of the invention, the top and bottom of cover 320 are connected by edge sidewall 322. In this embodiment end 324 is open for holding a PCMCIA connector and the other end 326 has bottom end wall 328 and top end wall 330 with extension 332 which snaps over the bottom cover. Cover 320 has bottom end straps and top end straps with snap projections similar to those previously discussed in reference to FIG. 1. In FIG. 13 on the bottom of assembled card 360 tack welds 344, 346, are at the edge seam at the distal end of the card from the PCMCIA connector 106; tack welds 348, 350 are along the longitudinal edge seam opposite from connecting wall 322; and tack welds 352, 354 are at the straps on either side of the opening for the PCMCIA connector 106.
In FIG. 14 in a third embodiment of the card of the invention, bottom part 362 of the cover 360 has edge walls 364, 366 along a major portion of the longitudinal edges and edge wall 368 along the end opposite from opening 370 for the PCMCIA card. The top part 372 of the cover 360 has edge walls 374, 376 along a major portion of the longitudinal edges and edge wall 378 along the end opposite from opening 370. Each of the walls 374, 376, 378 includes a snap projection 380, 382, 384 respectively for snapping over walls 364, 366, 368 respectively of the bottom part of cover 360, to form lap seams on the bottom of the card. Again cover 360 has two bottom end straps and corresponding top end straps with snap projections similar to those previously discussed in reference to FIG. 1.
In FIG. 15 on the bottom of assembled card 390, the tack welds 392, 394, at the edge seam at the distal end of the card from the PCMCIA connector 106, pairs of tack welds 396, 398 and 400, 402 are located along the longitudinal edge seams, and tack welds 404, 406 are located at the straps on either side of the opening for the PCMCIA connector 106.
In FIG. 16, in a second embodiment of the fixturing of the invention, fixturing 420 holds the edge wall lap joint seam 422 of card 424 during welding. In FIG. 17, tack weld 426 connects lap joint 422. In FIG. 18, the fixturing 420 is holding the lap joint for welding of tack weld 426, and tack welds 428 and 430 are also shown. The other longitudinal side welds are similarly placed and the welds along the end 432 may be two tack welds with the same spacing as for end 326 in FIG. 13.
In FIG. 19, in a fourth embodiment of card 448 of the invention, fixturing 450 holds lap strip 452 over the butting edges of side walls 454 and 456 during welding. In FIG. 20, tack weld 460 connects strip 452 to about butting ends of both wall 454 and wall 456. The strip prevents the laser beam from leaking through the space 458 between abutting edges of part 454 and part 456 of cart 448. In FIG. 21, in a fifth embodiment of the card, similar to the fourth embodiment, but with a wider strip 462, welds 464, 466 are positioned along respective edges of strip 468.
In FIG. 22, the location of the lap welds 470, 472, 474, and 476 are shown. Additional lap welds may be used as shown to hold the thin narrow strip against the card. In FIG. 23, the lap welds 464,466 along the lap strip 468 hold the top and bottom parts 454 and 456 of card 448 together.
In FIG. 24 controller 490 preferably, a computer, activates motor 492 to move conveyer 494 until the controller receives a signal from card detector 496 preferably a vision system, that the PCMCIA card 498 is in position for welding. The controller activates 3-way solenoid valves 502, 504 or a functionally similar valve arrangement, to admit hydraulic or pneumatic fluid from source 506 into cylinders 508, 510 respectively to move fingers 512 and ram 514 to hold a seam of card 516 in precise position for laser welding. Alternatively, the fingers can be activated by linear electric motors or solenoids. Preferably, controller 490 activates valve 520 to dispense a gas from source 524 to nozzle 526 to provide an atmosphere essentially free of oxygen at the seam for welding. The source is preferably, a bottle of nitrogen or more preferably, argon. This results in very small collarless welds which are unnoticed by the customer. Then controller 490 activates beam welder 530 to weld the lap seam together. Preferably, the welder is an ion beam welder or electron beam welder or more preferably a laser such as a CO2 and most preferably a pulsed Nd:YAG laser with a peak power of about 0.8 KW and a spot size of about 0.6 mm. After welding, controller 490 activates valves 502, 504 to release pressure and springs 532, 534 move the fingers 512 and ram 514 away from the card, and then the controller restarts conveyer motor 492. More preferably the operation is so fast that conveyer motor 492 can be continuously operated.
In FIG. 25, an information handling system 600 includes an enclosure 602 for a computer node, including an externally accessed slot 604. The enclosure contains: one or more central processing units (CPUs) 606; memory units 608; input and/or output (I/O) units 610 including a first connector 612 at the slot; buses 614 to interconnect the units; and power supply 616 to operate the units.
The system also includes an enclosure 620 for a cartridge, including an opening 622 for a second connector 624. The cartridge may be plugged into the slot of the computer node for communication between the first connector and second connector and contains an electronic circuit 626 communicating with second connector to provide peripheral functions.
The memory units may include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), erasable PROM (EPROM), electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM), flash memory, dynamic RAM, static RAM, bubble memory, EPROM, or other memory that can be accessed at a word or line level. The I/O unit may provide: communication with user input devices such as keyboard 630 and mouse 632 (or camera or microphone not shown); output devices such as screen 634 (CRT or LCD), (or speakers not shown); storage units such as hard drive 636 or drive 638 for removable media 640 (tape, floppy, CDROM, etc.); and network communications 642 (token ring, either net, coax video cable, radio, cellular phone, modems). The power supply may include batteries and preferably, includes a connector 640 for external power. The peripherals provided by the card preferably include one or more of: additional CPU's, memory units (RAM, storage units), or I/O units (network, modem, cellular phone, sound, video), not shown.
The above description is provided for understanding but does not limit the scope of, the following claims. Those skilled in the art can make numerous modifications to the above described embodiments of the invention within the spirit of the inventions. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is only limited by the following claims and equivalents thereto.
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