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Title: "Askesis"
Author: Green Owl
Prompt: # 39 - "Passion"
Challenge: Copper For A Kiss Mini-Challenge
Rating: G
Word Count: 500Author Notes: I hate to see this word used in fiction; in fact, I'm known to go into a form of anaphylatic shock at the sight of it. People who use it in their writing, especially when penning a love scene, usually have a tendency to employ an overblown, purple-prose narrative style that makes me want to hurl the book I'm reading into the garbage can or avoid their work like the plague on the internet. How fitting that I now must use it as a prompt, no? I decided to forego the usual interpretation and use the other, more archaic one: "pathos" or "emotional suffering". The Greek words that head up the rest of the parts represent the four ways to free oneself from suffering ("askesis"), according to the Stoic school of thought.
Disclaimer: I do not own or buy/sell/process this mindcrack. I just abuse the hell out of it.
I. Pathos (passion or emotional suffering)
Fear was not an unfamiliar emotion for him, and he knew how to hide it well: an unobserved (but somewhat scratchy) undergarment sheltered by the audacity that he wore like a snowshield on those overlooked moons where the terraformin' crew forgot to balance the seasons.
He could brazen out the sensation most of the time with a combination of bullying, bluster and bravado.
But not this time.
Not now.
Not when the crazy girl's soft little hand was restin' on the button that opened the airlock.
She picked up the communicator and addressed him: "How do you feel, Jayne Cobb?"
II. Sophia (wisdom)
"Cold," he answered, shivering in the unventilated compartment.
The slight, supple material of the medic's uniform made it easy to launder, but did little to keep him warm.
"What else?" she pressed, watching him through the diamond-shaped porthole.
"Hungry," he continued, his stomach growling at the emptiness.
"Is that all?"
Three hours had passed since Mal had left and no one had come to check on him.
"Scared," he confessed, watching her palm caress the button.
"The Academy…the airlock…two by two, yes?"
A moment passed before he realized what she had said.
"Wo dong," he replied.
She nodded. "He understands."
III. Andreia (courage)
"Whaddya gonna do to me?" he inquired.
Her eyes glittered as she drummed her fingers on both of the airlock's buttons. "That depends."
"On what?" he demanded, annoyed. "Already half-frozen in here so if'n yer gonna space me, just do it already!"
She glided forward, blocking his view of the console. "First he must account for his actions."
They stared at each other through the window, stalemated.
She wanted reasons, he wanted out.
"It was just business, girlie," he informed her bluntly. "I'm a mercenary; it's what I do."
She pressed the button.
He prayed his suffering would be brief.
IV. Dikaiosyne (justice)
The door to the cargo bay slid open and he landed in a trembling, undignified heap at her feet.
He pushed himself to his knees, shaking as the girl resealed the doors.
"Why?" he asked, wrapping his arms around himself to get warm.
She crouched down, placed a blanket around his shoulders, pressed a protein bar into his hands. "Not personal?"
"No, 'just business', like I said." He was downright confounded as he bundled up and bit in.
Dark skeins of silky coal-black hair nearly obscured her childlike grin as she patiently explained: "You and I have some that is unfinished."
V. Sophrosyne (temperance)
V. Sophrosyne (temperance)
Coin passing through Jayne Cobb's hands went one of four places: whore's cleavage, barkeep's counter, newstand's cashbox or Ma's bank account.
Book watched warily as the mercenary crossed the greengrocer's palm with a fifth of his platinum. "An entire crate?"
Jayne hefted the box onto his shoulder. "Been awhile since yer 'maters, Shepherd. Guess'n it's my turn to provide the produce."
Everyone was delighted with Jayne's contribution except Reynolds and the girl.
"You put poison in 'em?" Mal demanded.
"Nope," Jayne replied, taking a lusty bite.
But he called it even when she accepted the red delicious.
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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston is hosting a unique music festival featuring country, rock, bluegrass, and, well, insanity.
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On July 12, 2014, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum will admit people to fill its rooms, hallways, and lawns. This time, though, it won't be patients walking around the vast stone building, but fans of great music. Bluegrass, rock, and country artists will take over the asylum to perform their best songs as part of the Seeking Asylum Mid-Summer Music Fest. "It's going to be a crazy good time," says Bob Cline, CEO of US Tours. "It's a full day of great music, good food, fun activities, and great visuals."
People from all across the region will travel to Weston for this one-of-a-kind experience. "We'll have some people from Hagerstown, Maryland, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania," David says. He estimates there will be at least 1,000 people in attendance, but with a venue as enormous and intriguing as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, even more people could stop by to get in on the fun. The historic building is the largest hand-cut stone building in North America and said to be the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin.
The mad musical weekend begins Friday with a catered event—the Lost Creek Flying Pig Dinner in nearby Lost Creek at the Orange Blossom Trail Music Hall. There, you'll hear champion fiddle player Johnny Cochran and The Trail Blazers start off this musical weekend with a bang. The fun continues on Saturday back in Weston, as attendees are invited to relax, enjoy the music, eat, play lawn games, or go on one of the multiple tours being given of the abandoned hospital buildings.
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i have a traxxas nitro rustler i want to sell since i don't want it and want to save up for a tbe and what not...
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A mathematical model is presented and validated for predicting the temperature of thin polymeric films bonded to substrate materials. The National Institute of Standards and Technology provided specimen temperature and simultaneous weather data for tests during 2006 2008. Recognizing that some of the material property data are handbook values and the variety of specimen configurations are limited; initial comparisons of calculated and measured temperatures are favorable. The investigation indicates that the proposed mathematical model is satisfactory for supporting the thermal aspects of service life research on organic coatings. An aggregated-capacity temperature model is justified and used for temperature simulations. The temperature model is applicable to coatings on metallic or other substrate materials when the ratio of the thermal resistance across the substrate to the resistance across the coating to ambient is less than approximately 0.1. The solution is by an analytical rather than a numerical method to circumvent formulation difficulties and calculation constraints associated with the latter approach for extremely thin coatings. Periodic measurements of ambient dry-bulb and dew-point temperature, wind speed (to estimate convection coefficients), sky temperature, precipitation, and solar irradiation are inputs for determining heat exchange at coating surfaces. In addition to convection and solar irradiation, the model accounts for the effects of infrared exchange with the surrounding sky, dew formation on coating surfaces, and precipitation along with insulation and ambient convection at the back surface of the substrate. Based on comparisons with data recorded during typical climatic conditions, the analytical model correlated measured temperatures well. It provides a tractable, computationally efficient, and validated solution for predicting long-term transient temperatures in thin-coated specimens.
Citation: Polymer Degradation and Stability
Volume: 97
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Stanley Hauerwas in one of America's truly great public intellectuals, and perhaps the most influential theologian alive today. The Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Studies at Duke Divinity School, Hauerwas is a Protestant. On Reformation Sunday 1995, he delivered a sermon that began in the following way: I must begin by telling you that I do not like to preach on Reformation Sunday. Actually I have to put it more strongly than that. I do not like Reformation Sunday, period. I do not … [Read more...]
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I need a pure function that operates on
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University soccer coach Steve Barrows has announced the signing of Kaitlyn O'Toole of Watauga, Tex. O'Toole graduated from Richland High School and is the daughter of Tim and Debbie O'Toole. She plans to pursue a degree in education.
"Kaitlyn is a skilled player that is effective in all thirds of the field," stated Barrows.
O'Toole's club affiliation is with Odyssey Soccer Club, a team she has been the captain for the past three seasons.
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The horrific injury suffered by Aaron Ramsey during last weekend's win at Stoke was top of the agenda when Arsène Wenger faced the media at the training ground on Friday afternoon.
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Using needs surveys to foster consumer and family empowerment
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I'm currently doing thief as a primary class and have doc, as secondary for heal and regen. I'm not sure if thief is a good primary class, although they have crazy evasion, i was thinking maybe the main class needs to have more power...
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MONTREAL/WASHINGTON/PARIS Oct 16 (Reuters) - Bombardier is running out of options as the Canadian aircraft maker seeks to raise the cash for the new jet that potentially would allow it to challenge the supremacy of Boeing and Airbus in global jetliner sales, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation.
The sources said for Bombardier to persuade investors to provide more capital, the Bombardier-Beaudoin family will probably have to reduce its 53 percent voting control of a company which was founded by snowmobile inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1942 and moved into train and plane manufacturing through acquisitions made by his son-in-law Laurent Beaudoin.
The company recently failed to get Airbus to take on much of the future cost of the new plane, the CSeries. Airbus pulled out of discussions to buy a controlling stake in the program last week after they were first reported by Reuters.
Bombardier spokeswoman Isabelle Rondeau declined to comment on any specific discussions, saying that the company is "exploring initiatives such as a potential participation in industry consolidation, but we will not discuss our activities in this regard or speculate on potential outcomes."
Development costs for the CSeries program have soared to $5.4 billion, from an earlier projection of $3.2 billion and Bombardier is likely to continue burning through cash for some years even after it is expected to go into service next year, according to analysts and aerospace industry executives.
The family's deep ties in Quebec - it is at the heart of the French-Canadian province's political establishment - may not be as much help as it has been in the past.
While Quebec's government has said it will support Bombardier and its 18,000-strong workforce in the province, the Quebec public pension plan Caisse de depot et placement has been unwilling to increase its stake in Bombardier, according to a source at Caisse with knowledge of discussions. The fund, whose mandate includes contributing to local economic development, owns around 2.2 pct of the manufacturer's class B shares and 1.8 pct of class A, making it a top five shareholder in both. Continued...


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Celebrate the Side Dish
It's almost Independence Day and that means red, white, blue and barbecue. But just because the grill is the star, doesn't mean the side dishes can't shine. These country potatoes can be whipped up the day before and require no mayonnaise. Red potatoes provide vitamin C, iron, potassium and a patriotic flare. Fresh herbs and a light mustard dressing bring out the rustic flavor and may lure even the most devoted grill masters over for seconds.
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I love these little pads and the fact that they are textured! They are super thin but very moist and textured and take off all the impurities. I have combination skin-oily/normal sometimes dry and I use these pads whenever I get pimples or when my face gets too oily or when I feel lazy to wash it:P I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with dry skin though. The formula contains alcohol and tea tree-both of them are very drying so probably best for people with skin problems. t think they would be great for traveling as well!
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I love these little pads and the fact that they are textured! They are super thin but very moist and textured and take off all the impurities. I have combination skin-oily/normal sometimes dry and I use these pads whenever I get pimples or when my face gets too oily or when I feel lazy to wash it:P I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with dry skin though. The formula contains alcohol and tea tree-both of them are very drying so probably best for people with skin problems. t think they would be great for traveling as well!
Good! / Хорошие!
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Very good cleaning discs, but strong! A strong flavor! After rubbing, rinse water can be, but I do not wash off, use 1-2 times a week as a tonic in the evening (combination skin). Well disinfect and exfoliate from the ribbed surface. For sensitive skin can cause burning. / Очень хорошие очищающие диски, но сильные! Сильный аромат! После протирания, можно смыть водой, но я не смываю, использую 1-2 раза в неделю как тоник, вечером (комбинированная кожа). Хорошо дезинфицируют и отшелушивают за счёт ребристой поверхности. При чувствительной кожи могут вызвать жжение.
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This is an excellent product. I have been using it after cleansing with Miracle Soap II, so sort of using it as a toner to make sure that I have removed all of my make up. I have seen a decrease in my acne since using this and my skin feels much cleaner in general! I would definitely recommend this product. The only issue I see with it is that it has a very strong smell, but that is to go along with any Tea Tree Oil product!
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Very happy with the pads! They are doing a great job in cleaning the skin, I use them twice a day AFTER a shower with a facial cleanser, and they still find more stuff on the face to clean out!! The pads have a strong smell, but I think you can definitely get used to it and it's totally worth it, trust me. Works great on oily skin - dries the oil right out. A must-have product in every home. הפדים מצוינים לניקוי עור הפנים והנקבוביות - מרוצה ביותר! משתמשת בהם פעמיים ביום אחרי מקלחת עם תרחיץ לפנים, והפדים עדיין מוצאים לכלוך לנקות על הפנים! יש להם ריח חזק למדי, אך לדעתי בהחלט ניתן להתרגל אליו וזה ממש שווה את זה (אפשר גם לעצום את העיניים, זה עוזר). מנקים ומייבשים נפלא, בעיקר עור שמנוני כמו שלי. תכשיר חובה בכל בית.
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A bit harsh be careful to steer away from eyes etc. I won't buy again as feel bad it uses up an entire plastic container. Perhaps consider version in a small package?
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These little pads are handy for keeping in your purse or during travel. I like the texture of the pads and they do remove a lot of dirt and dead skin along with makeup. Don't use near your eyes or they will burn. I did find these were a little drying for my skin during the winter, however they would be perfect in the summer I think. If you like my review check out my page by clicking eathealthy in blue above to see reviews of all the products I have purchased from iHerb!
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The Galaxy Apollo was spotted online late last week on Samsung's UK site for smart phones. At the time we suggested it could be a variant of the M100S (Galaxy A) which launched in Korea earlier this year. Wireless provider Orange has confirmed it as the i5801 and is now listing the phone as "coming soon". We also get our first official details of the handset as well.
The Samsung Galaxy Apollo features a 3.2-inch touch screen as well as a 3-megapixel camera w/ autofocus and 4X digital zoom. The quad-band phone also has an FM radio and the usual support for WiFi, 3G, and Bluetooth. It's not mentioned what version of Android the Galaxy Apollo has but we're guessing 2.1. By contrast, the M100S (Galaxy A) boasts a 3.7-inch AMOLED display and 5 megapixel camera. It's quite possible that the Apollo will be a budget-conscious handset aimed at the masses.
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How is SparkFun staying on top of our quality control game?
Here at SparkFun, we have long prided ourselves on implementing uncommon solutions to common problems. Our hotplate reflow skillet method is one (in)famous example. Another is our pogo bed test jigs that we use to test every one of our designs.
An array of pogo test jigs.
Which brings us to today's post - how does SparkFun work to ensure quality control on our unique designs? Well - in this tutorial from QC Guru Pete Lewis, you'll learn how SparkFun is constantly trying to innovate to keep the performance of our designs at peak levels. Check it out! What else could we be doing differently? What do you think is a great idea? Let us know in the comments section below!
I know I'm late, but I didn't see anything on equipment calibration. Keeping equipment like digital volt meter (DVM), oscilloscope, function generators, etc. calibrated is important. Adjustable power supplies are typically "no calibration required" since you can adjust them using a calibrated DVM (never trust the power supply meter).
Another trick for bed-of-nails I've used is with compressed air rather than a vacuum. If the board has mounting holes you could use them as a guide for your fixture. Place guide pins on the fixture and have the compressed air raise or lower a plate that will hold the board against the pogos.
"This slight difference effects the way the solder flows."
I think you mean "Affects". Your english checker needs some tweaking. Proofreading is qc for words.
Thanks tz. Fixed! We do our best to have a few people proofread our articles before we post, but occasionally some grammar or spelling mistakes slip through. I haven't heard of a good checker to catch these sorts of errors. Do you know of one?
I suppose I'm part of the generation that greatly relies on checker tools, but I am doing my best to remember the rules as I write. A couple articles from The Oatmeal have helped me improve. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
I will shoot an email to our IT guys and see what they think. If I was going to design a tool, I might have something that finds all the commonly misspelled words in the entire article and then requires a human approval for each one. This would really just be a double check, but I think it could help. Thanks again!
I wish I knew of one. The best I can think of is something to highlight correctly spelled but often wrong words. Loose for lose is probably the worst offender. I should note I'm probably exceptionally good at proofreading. And finding errors in code and designs just on paper.
It would probably take something like google translate with a large contextual knowledge. Affect v.s. effect is particularly hard since the meaning is similar but the grammar and part of speech is different.
The other problem is engineering terms and usage will create a lot of false positives.
A PCB was being calibrated on a pogo-pin vacuum tester, but was not repeatable and passed PCBs failed in system. It turned out unequal forces on the (large) board could generate piezoelectric currents in a high-impedance node, sufficient to swamp the cal. This could show up today testing designs using modern accelerometers or cap sensors. (The solution at the time was foam pads under the unsupported areas).
Hey Geoff, That's amazing that slight flexing of the PCB could cause and error like that! What amount of current was being created? How did you eventually pinpoint the problem and were you able to measure it?
I suppose the majority of our products do not deal with high-impedance nodes, so it would be unlikely for us come across a situation like that. It's still a good idea to keep the possibility in mind though. Strange things happen on the production floor! It sounds like some sort of foam below the board under test is necessary with the vacuum approach. When we prototype this method, we will definitely include it.
I would suggest that a time-proven technique for holding boards (especially larger ones – say more than a couple inches across) against pogo-pins (aka "bed-of-nails") is a vacuum system. It does include a few engineering challenges, but hey, that puts the "fun" in SparkFun!
Briefly, you'll need to provide an air seal between the board being tested – some thin foam is good for this – and enclose the volume between it at lower boards (though be sure to be able to disassemble it for access). You'll also need to provide a mild vacuum (when starting out, a shop vac could suffice), and a quick way to "turn the vacuum off and on" – think a valve (or valves) that can switch between the vacuum source and open air.
The real advantage of vacuum is that it can provide an even pressure over anything from a tiny board less than an inch across to a board is better measured in feet than inches across.
Also, using receptacles instead of soldering pogo-pins directly into your test fixtures can greatly ease replacing worn out pogo-pins. see, for instance the following from the Allied Electronics catalog: http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=70009152 (Be sure to look at the datasheet!)
Thanks for the suggestions! We're going to have to give this a shot using our vaccum pump.
The next thing to research is a valve that can control airflow. Do you know if a liquid solenoid valve like ours would work for air?
Also, I'm thinking the air chamber below the "middle layer" may be difficult to design and seal. Do you know of any websites or images that might show a similar apparatus?
Last summer a few of us from SparkFun got to check out the IPC expo in San Diego. It was really inspiring to see all the super sophisticated test jigs. I remember seeing some impressive "waffle tops" using hinges and hydraulics, but I don't remember seeing any test jigs that used vacuum. Is this a pretty common thing?
The vacuum needs to be fairly "mild" – you don't want to be distorting things, just pushing down – but having it be able to deal with a high volume helps both with the speed at which it pulls down the unit under test (UUT) as well as any leakage in the system. I'd be a lot more inclined to use something like a shop-vac, though you also need to provide an adjustable valve to atmosphere to allow a "throttling" on the vacuum. As for valves, I'd be more inclined to get a couple of solenoid-actuated butterfly valves and control them with a "not" on between them – one is open whenever the other closed – one connects the vacuum pump to the chamber, and the other connects the chamber to open air (to dissipate the vacuum).
I was thinking about it after writing my original message above, and the thought came to me that if you put a larger "top layer" and standardize that size across the test jigs, you could use one vacuum setup for many different test jigs. There would be some issues about getting the buttons and LEDs outside the chamber, but that's basically a wiring issue. As for the chamber itself, you can think of four flat panels (plastic?) that are thick enough to not distort significantly under the pressure differential that are held together with screws. One of them has a hole and adapter for the hose to the vacuum system (could put the "relief" valve on the opposite side, but that's a nuance). If your vacuum pump has enough volume capacity, you don't have to worry a lot about the seal – some weatherstripping can do the trick.
As for examples, I don't have any off hand. I'm a semi-retired engineer who designed general-purpose testers as a career, and know that some of mine were occasionally used with vacuum jigs to hold the UUTs. If you chat with some of the larger Contract Manufacturing houses, they likely have some examples. (If you need CM contacts, talk to your Arrow, Earle, or other distributor reps. I know that Arrow has a big one out in the greater Los Angeles area, and I've heard from people who have visited them that they have testers that include vacuum rigs.)
Well, I'm feeling the irresistible compulsion to build one of these vacuum beds. I think that our vacuum pump would do the trick for small panels. I totally dig this concept of having a vacuum box designed for swappable beds, I think that is exactly what this ATE-001-Vacuum Fixture is, but the website is kinda vague.
I'm not sure they're going for a "swappable" fixture, based on the pictures, and based on all those wires running from the board below up to what apparently is the contactor board. But it does seem to be similar in construction to what I have in mind. Given the size of the SF boards, it might be more practical to have the whole swappable part be attached to the underside of the "flip up" portion of the vacuum fixture, with wires (via a standardized scheme of connectors) for the "control lines" being the only flex wires like that harness they show. They also have some interesting variants on the "push down the waffle board" on their site.
I assume that you're doing pick-and-place and reflow on the still panelized boards. (This is customary at most CMs I've seen.) If you're doing many-up testers anyway, I'd advocate testing panel-at-a-time rather than separating before the test as you go to higher volumes. Down side to this is that you're going to need to have a way of testing separated boards, too, to account for reworked and repaired boards. (One approach might be a "filler" that blocks off all but one position of what would be occupied by the full panel – say a piece of particle board with a cutout for the "live" position. Another approach would be to have a toggle or pneumatic "outer jig" for the single board, with the vacuum (outer) jig being used for full panels, with the unused positions ignored.)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this possibly introduce heat issues? Things that can take time to program (think bitbanging at low speed) would heat up to unnecessary temperatures in a vacuum, wouldn't they? Plus, I think the time it would take to develop a vacuum system, and test it would be far more time/resource intensive than shaving a few mils off of a PCB, not to mention the vacuum sealing, opening, and resealing. Seems a little wasteful to me.
OK, I'll correct you. No, as we're only talking a fairly mild vacuum. You can easily get more of a vacuum by traveling to somewhere a few thousand feet higher altitude. (If we were talking about a hard vacuum, I'd agree.) And as long as the pump can deal with a large volume, you can tolerate a fairly leaky system. My approach would be to start with a shop-vac that runs continuously and have three valves on the system: one that is NOT solenoid control and adjusts the amount of air being allowed in (to limit the vacuum), one that opens or closes to apply vacuum to the chamber, and one that closes when the previous valve opens and vice-versa and allows air into the chamber to dissipate the vacuum. (These last two need to be fairly large – think diameter of the hoses on the aforementioned shop-vac.)
Not sure if you do this, but equally important is the regular testing and validation of your test equipment. We make low risk medical products, all test jigs etc are serialized, and a log made of their testing regime. At least, a test fixture must be tested yearly, unless it is classified as "obvious to user when not working", such as a mouse or keyboard. This regular testing, as well as your production batch logs, would then provide traceability, if you discovered during regular testing of a jig, that it was out of tolerance, or had a fault that meant that a faulty board could pass. The length of time between validation or a test fixture, must be less than expected failures, or for parts to go out of tolerance. All fixtures get a tag indication when they were last tested, and date of next testing, and any user should check them before use.
Hi Andy, This is a really smart idea. I believe we are getting to the size now that a system like you are suggesting will soon be necessary. Luckily, most of our test equipment would fall under the category of "obvious to user when not working". I'm not sure about some of the really old test equipment, but with our more recent designs, we always include some sort of indication (an LED or status message) that the jig is alive and working properly. But self-tests only go so far, and I agree that a regular schedule of re-testing would be a smart thing for us to do.
We currently have over 400 pieces of test equipment, and I imagine it would take at least 15 minutes to test each one. So we're looking at about 100 hours of work to test them all. I think we could justify doing this every 6-12 months. How often do you guys re-test your equipment?
Last March we implemented a system to track any testing problems on the production floor, and this has helped us to see reoccurring failures and/or problematic test equipment. When a technician has a problem during a build, we usually hear about it quickly. If the problematic equipment is old enough (6 months or more), then this usually leads to redesigning the equipment to include all of our recent innovations. This is the trouble with coming up with new ideas: eventually, you have to go back and update the old designs too :)
I'll chime in here, too: A simple way to "test the tester" is to have a "known good" (sometimes referred to as a "golden") unit (better to have a few, as sometimes they do die) and verify that it (they) still pass. Also, keep an assortment of "known bad" units and make sure they still fail. Some folks will run a few "known" examples (good and bad) at the start of each "batch".
I should also mention that if you were doing "high-reliability" stuff (e.g., medical or flight-certified) you'd have to have much more rigorous (pronounce "expensive") verifications, but for the "hobbyist" market, verifying a few "known" examples is fine.
A toggle clamp is a handy tool for these sorts of fixtures; here are some examples from McMaster-Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/#toggle-clamps/=q19bqy
Thanks for the tip! Those clamps look like some smart pieces of hardware. We're gonna have to order a few and try 'em out.


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A theorem by Wilks asserts that in smooth parametric density estimation the difference between the maximum likelihood and the likelihood of the sampling distribution converges toward a Chi-square distribution where the number of degrees of freedom coincides with the model dimension. This observation is at the core of some goodness-of-fit testing procedures and of some classical model selection methods. This paper describes a non-asymptotic version of the Wilks phenomenon in bounded contrast optimization procedures. Using concentration inequalities for general functions of independent random variables, it proves that in bounded contrast minimization (as for example in Statistical Learning Theory), the difference between the empirical risk of the minimizer of the true risk in the model and the minimum of the empirical risk (the excess empirical risk) satisfies a Bernstein-like inequality where the variance term reflects the dimension of the model and the scale term reflects the noise conditions. From a mathematical statistics viewpoint, the significance of this result comes from the recent observation that when using model selection via penalization, the excess empirical risk represents a minimum penalty if non-asymptotic guarantees concerning prediction error are to be provided. From the perspective of empirical process theory, this paper describes a concentration inequality for the supremum of a bounded non-centered (actually non-positive) empirical process. Combining the now classical analysis of M-estimation (building on Talagrand's inequality for suprema of empirical processes) and versatile moment inequalities for functions of independent random variables, this paper develops a genuine Bernstein-like inequality that seems beyond the reach of traditional tools.


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window into an existing wall
My new ambition is to insert a window into a currently long (23 feet) windowless wall. I'd like to put one of these numbers in there:
http://www.houzz.com/window-over-bed There's nothing good to look at thru there (which is why the original builders decided against it) but I think a high but long window like this would work well.
The question I have is: Gee, how on earth would I remove six feet of supportive studs. (A temporary support wall isn't an option as it's a vaulted ceiling.)
Any ideas appreciated. I'm stripping the skin off my exterior to put up new siding soon, and feel like the time is right.
I think if it was me, if I wanted that window in there? I'd build a 2x8 strong back or box beam and fasten it with lag bolts to ceiling joists as close to the eve as possible, then after tearing off exterior skin built a double 2x12 header wit 1/2 plywood sandwiched between, cut my opening and put king studs in with double jack studs holding it up. should carry the load.
Do you have snow loads now, too? It would be advisable to get someone qualified to look at the place/span and calculate the size of header. Then, a temp support, like mentioned above, sounds good.
This can be very dangerous and if you are not an advanced diy person I would suggest you not try it yourself.
Here is how I Install a header when putting it into an existing wall.
1.Remove drywall in area window is to go, perhaps even from wall to wall if it is not too much wider as this gives a better ability to make it look right.
2. Put in King studs (full length)and trimmer studs (the ones to go under the edges of the header.)
3. Make up the header. Usually double 2x10 but does depend on your load.
4. Cut the nails top and bottom and pehaps the nails that hold on the sheeting on the studs that are where the header will go and turn them sideways, so they are flat against the outside sheeting. DO NOT REMOVE THEM!!!!!
As I understand your ceiling is vaulted Cut the studs off at the top height of the header one at a time and turn them sideways and shim them tight at the bottom plate.
5. Slip the header up into place and slide it in the amount it will go 2" on 2x4 studs 4" on 2x6 studs
6. Now remove the studs you turned sideways. You may need to cut them to get them out but usually they will come.
7. Push your beam all the way in and secure with nails or screws.
8. build the bottom of your opening.
9. cut out opening and whatever you need to do with whatever siding you have.
10. Re-drywall or patch.
Easier to do then explain.
mai-ling is right. i was actually doing this today for 3 windows.
situationally the prep can change depending on if the wall has joists bearing on it plus a wall above it or just a floor ribbon and another floor.. if there are floor joists you will have to put up a temperary wall
when you go to cut the studs out so to allow for the new header i find its best to start the cut with a circular saw as this will help make the finish cut with a recip that much easier and straighter. however this is typically a little more involved and isnt really a diyer task
You state that it is a vaulted ceiling, that would mean that you have a ridge beam and that means that the gable end you want to put the window in is the load path for one end of the ridge beam.
You are going to have to be careful about sizing the header for this as it will probably have to be apart of the load path for the ridge.
Once you have determined the proper sized header, one way I have done this kind of work was to install a temp "header" above the location the permanent header will be.
Take off drywall to expose the work area inside.
I bolted a 2 x 12 through the siding on the outside into the studs just above the header location.
This can be done on the inside too.
Then I (no sh!t) cut the new window with header out with a chain saw, or you can use a sawz-all.
Install new header with all the proper kings and trimmers, casing and trim, drywall and siding.
Remove the temp header, works great.
great ideas in here. Love your trick mae-ling.
PS - my ceiling is vaulted, but I'm not putting the window in the gable end (so it's not under the ridge beam load). The window is to go into one of the wide walls so there is much less load. Nevertheless, there is a load, the vaulted trusses without wall support would likely sag into the room (like a piece of paper folding around the ridge beam) if I ignore support needs.
I think mae-ling's idea could work.
Coupe, also valid idea. Unfortunately I have no eaves. One of the things I hate about my house is the no-eave colonial style it has. So as soon as you get to the exterior wall there's nothing but a gutter above it. Maybe an inch and a half of roof showing.
I'd first check with your local building department, you may be in the 90-100mph wind frame for parts of Alabama;http://publicecodes.citation.com/ico...001_par004.htm
May require king stud/jack hold-downs against uplift, and header to top plates straps unless you dis/reassemble the plates, pp.12-16; http://www.awc.org/pdf/WFCM_90-B-Guide.pdf
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Every time a computer boots up, two to three minutes are lost while information is transferred from the hard disk into RAM (random access memory), explained Kläui in a statement. "The global cost in terms of lost productivity and energy consumption runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars a day," he says in a statement.
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If racetrack memory plays out the way scientists expect, we could have a real breakthrough in data storage and retrieval. "Racetrack-equipped computers would boot up instantly, and their information could be accessed 100,000 times more rapidly than with a traditional hard disk," says the statement. "They would also save energy. RAM needs to be powered every millionth of a second, so an idle computer consumes up to 300 mW just maintaining data in RAM. Because Racetrack memory doesn't have this constraint, energy consumption could be slashed by nearly a factor of 300, to a few mW while the memory is idle. It's an important consideration: computing and electronics currently consumes 6% of worldwide electricity, and is forecast to increase to 15% by 2025."
Oh! That's good.
A market-ready device could be available in as little as 5-7 years, says Kläui. I asked if those devices will require a whole new hardware architecture. That is, will it mean an entire new computer design, or will it be an advancement in the manner of, say, USB or Firewire ports — something new that a manufacturer can add on to the design of "regular" computers?
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