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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0316098442, Hardcover)Jack Crabb, supposedly the only white man to survive Custer's Last Stand, first disclosed the brimful and dubious chronicle of his life in Thomas Berger's 1964 charmer, Little Big Man. There the 111-year-old, a shade of history who strutted unnoticed through the mythic West, recounted his acquaintances with notables such as George Custer and Wild Bill Hickok, as well as his shuttling between the worlds of whites and Indians. In The Return of Little Big Man, ostensibly a long-lost addendum to these memoirs, we get more of the tale--or more hot air, perhaps. "Just listen to what I tell you, and then check it against the facts if you can," our hero invites.
Return has much in common with its predecessor. Once again, Crabb seems to have known everyone and been nearly everywhere, and his many associates--both notorious and anonymous--reappear as if by miracle. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Annie Oakley all check in; while Crabb himself wanders the globe as Buffalo Bill Cody's right-hand man, witnesses both Hickok's and Sitting Bull's murders, and crouches behind a wagon during the O.K. Corral shootout. Berger's Twain-esque ruminations lend an air of purposefulness to Crabb's meanderings, a sense that separation is merely provisional, that existence only appears haphazard.
Crabb, however, seems more than occasionally dispirited--friends pass, younger men ascend. Midway through, though, the book gets its real charge, as Crabb confronts a fading world and a future both bright and bewildering. Sustained by an enormous heart, an affinity for exaggeration, and a conscience both weary and sentimental, he acknowledges the best--and worst--in everyone he meets. It's a story you'd like to believe. --Ben Guterson
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Only white man to survive the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Indian-raised Jack Cabb describes his subsequent adventures. He bodyguards saloon owner Wild Bill Hickock, rides in Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show and acts as Sitting Bull's interpreter, witnessing his murder. A sequel to the 1964 Little Big Man.
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Cambridge Audio AXA35 Review
The AXA35 successfully fulfils Cambridge Audio’s remit of offering great sound at an affordable price. While it faces competition from Marantz in the form of the venerated PM6006, the AXA35 marks itself out as hi-fi piece that gives a confident and self-assured performance. Cambridge Audio has succeeded with the AXA35 where not many hi-fi brands dare to go.
- Substantial, rapid and confident sound
- Impressive phono stage
- Half-decent looks
- Unimpressive remote control
- Review Price: £299
- Moving magnet phono stage
- 35W per channel
- Headphone output
The hi-fi world is just as subject to the vagaries of fashion as any other. You don’t need to be any kind of trend savant to know that “wireless this” and “voice-control that” are where it’s at with hi-fi just now.
And just like any other kind of fashion, of course, this sort of thing is exclusionary. What if you refuse to be a slave to the latest trends? What if you know what you like and you want to stick to it? What if you like the old days best?
In hi-fi terms, Cambridge Audio isn’t afraid to deliver wireless functionality or voice control to those who want it. But it’s also not about to neglect those stalwarts whose tastes are a little more traditional. That’s why it’s launched a new, six-strong, entry-level range of stereo separates – just like the ones your folks used to have, back in the days of Polaroid photos.
Here I’m looking at (and listening to) the AXA35 stereo amplifier. Can a brand-new yet retro device like this make us all nostalgic for the good old days?
Cambridge Audio AXA35 design − Visually arresting (by traditional hi-fi standards)
- Minimalist aesthetic
- Design gives the impression of floating
By the standards of a long-in-the-tooth concept like an affordable stereo amplifier, the AXA35 is quite a good looker: the smoky grey finish is pretty sophisticated (to my eyes at least − no one ever accused me of being a slave to fashion). It’s not all that bulky and is visually quite arresting thanks to the minimalist selection of fascia controls and equally minimalist display.
Putting the AXA35 on a little plastic plinth that’s − to all intents and purposes – invisible, is a canny move on Cambridge Audio’s part, too. It makes the amp look a little like it’s floating, and in a sector of the market where aesthetics play a distant second fiddle to cost considerations, it’s a very welcome design oddity.
Cambridge Audio AXA35 features − Defiantly old-fashioned when it comes to connections and features
- No wireless connectivity
- Connections on the front and back of unit
- Simple enough to use
It should be apparent by now that neither wireless streaming nor voice control feature on the AXA35. There is no onboard digital-to-analogue convertor either, and consequently no digital inputs. This is a staunchly analogue stereo amplifier, just like they used to be back when all this was fields…
There are four pairs of stereo RCA inputs on the rear panel, plus an additional 3.5mm input on the fascia. The rear panel also has stereo RCA outputs for connection to a recording device. And, just to prove that the old school and the new school can sometimes be the same thing, there’s a moving magnet phono stage for use with a turntable, accessible via RCA inputs on the rear panel.
The front panel also features a 6.3mm headphone socket and a menu button that allows the balance, bass and treble to be adjusted via the display. The big volume control on the far right scrolls smoothly and feels reasonably robust.
Sadly, “reasonably robust” doesn’t apply to the remote control handset. It feels like a repurposed DVD wand, and the gaps where unnecessary buttons have been blanked over are obvious to the touch. It’s a bit like buying the lowest-spec car in the range and seeing all the empty areas in it where the more expensive versions have buttons.
On the inside, the AXA35 is − hey! − a 35W-per-channel device. It’s not the most exciting number you ever saw written down, but in practice it’s more than enough to drive most price-appropriate speakers to quite significant volumes without alarm.
Cambridge Audio AXA35 sound quality − Confident and remarkably self-assured performance
- Is a little short in dynamic terms
- Confident timing
- Digs up plenty of detail
By the standards of budget-conscious stereo amplifiers, the Cambridge Audio AXA35 is a remarkably self-assured listen. No matter the sort of material you serve it up, there’s no suggestion it ever feels out of its depth.
I gave it an all-around listen − Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer via Spotify, on a smartphone, through the 3.5mm input, sounds confident, straight-edged (as much as Neil Young can ever sound all that disciplined) and there’s plenty of detail revealed about the condition of both Young’s larynx and the state of his guitar strings. The low-level dynamics are handled well, and there’s well-controlled impact to the drumkit.
It’s a similar story where a CD of Lolye Carner’s Ain’t Nothing Changed is concerned. The essentials of the midrange are served up in full, there’s the necessary rapidity to the busy kick-drum, and the overall integration of the frequency range is smooth and convincing.
It might be the AXA35’s confident way with timing that’s the single most surprising/impressive aspect of its performance. Vinyl gives a system every chance to show off its facility (or otherwise) for the timing and unity of a recording, and the AXA35’s phono stage lets Felt’s The Splendour of Fear roll along in the most natural manner.
Really, it’s only the AXA35’s lack of out-and-out power that could be described as a limitation. There’s no shortage of attack, and it’s perfectly happy to roll its sleeves up when the music demands it, but a tune like Funkadelic’s Standing on the Verge of Getting It On is more demanding in the “quiet-loud-quiet” department than the AXA35 is absolutely comfortable with.
You should buy the Cambridge AXA35 if…
You want great sound at an affordable price
There’s greater full-on fidelity from the AXA35 than there you’ll get from other similarly priced efforts – you should definitely hear it before you spend £200 or so anywhere else.
You shouldn’t buy the Cambridge AXA35 if…
You want a bit more flexibility from your set-up
The most obvious alternative is Marantz’s PM6006 – these days it can be had for very similar money to the AXA35, and it has an onboard DAC and digital inputs as well as a phono input for a turntable, so is a bit more flexible than the Cambridge Audio.

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Turning a page toward the annual book sale
Looking for a little romance? Mystery? Horror? History? Biography? How about some good home cooking? Or do-it-yourself assistance? All at bargain prices? Thousands of great buys await bargain-hunters at the Friends of the Gaston County Public Library’s 31st annual book sale, which will be held April 24-27 at the Gaston County Public Library, 1555 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia. Book sale hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. From cookbooks and craft magazines to encyclopedia sets, bestselling novels, mysteries and westerns, paperback romances, science fiction, beginning readers, children’s picture books, juvenile fiction, adult and children’s nonfiction books and reference volumes or sets, the Book sale — held each year in April — includes an eclectic mix of books appealing to almost any interest. Book sale offerings also include videos, music and spoken-word recordings, posters, collectible books and records, and other special materials. Paperback books are 50-cents each and hardbound books are generally $1 each; other items are priced as marked. All sales are cash only. It’s suggested that shoppers bring small bills only, since change for larger denominations may be depleted early each day. Shoppers may want to bring their own bags or boxes. Re-useable Friends’ book bags will be on sale for the low price of $3 each. Bags are available in several attractive colors; many library patrons and book sale shoppers purchase several bags to use throughout the year,. The popular book sale — which attracts thousands of shoppers each year — is conducted by the Friends’ organization to raise money to provide equipment, furnishings, materials and resources for needed public library resources. Friends’ President Sandy Jones notes that the 2012 Book Sale netted $17,304.52 in profits — all of which benefited the Gaston County Public Library system and patrons through the Friends’ funding of needed furnishings, equipment, and public programming for all ages. However, the book sale is also a win-win proposition for shoppers, who get great books and a variety of other items at bargain-basement prices — and everyone certainly appreciates bargains of any kind these days. And the book sale is certainly a “green” event because items are recycled and enjoyed by their new owners. Friends’ members and community volunteers invest their time and efforts to benefit the Gaston County Public Library, providing crucial — and much-appreciated — support for an important community resource. Book sale co-chairmen Everett Warren and Pam Poteat note that the annual event is made possible by the contribution of hundreds of volunteer hours by Friends’ members and area residents — teens through retirees — who set up, conduct, and clear up after the sale. Warren adds that, in 2012, more than 100 community volunteers worked on the event. Poteat and Warren themselves deserve kudos for the many hours of planning, recruiting and organizing they each personally contribute to this worthwhile annual undertaking. First-time and annual shoppers may be interested to know that, although the book sale kicks off with full stocks of all items Wednesday morning, volunteers restock the racks and tables after closing at 6 p.m., offering Thursday morning shoppers a whole new range of items. And last-minute shoppers on Saturday afternoon may find some special clearance deals right before the 6 p.m. closing (hint hint …). For more information about the 2013 book sale, call 704-868-2164 / Dial 4 or visit www.gastonlibrary.org.
Carol Reinhardt is program coordinator for the Gaston County Public Library. Her column runs on Sundays.

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Does an outdoor wireless point to point bridge require Line-of-Sight ("LOS") or can a quality wireless Ethernet bridge perform under Non-line-of-Sight ("NLOS") conditions? LOS is when both antennas in a outdoor wireless bridge system must have clear visibility with one another and have no encroachments to the first Fresnel Zone. In a NLOS situation there is either limited visibility from one wireless antenna to the other (near-line-of-sight or" nLOS") caused by a Fresnel Zone encroachment or complete obstruction blocking the visibility between the two wireless antennas.
General Overview of Point to Point Wireless Backhaul:
A typical outdoor wireless backhaul is used to pass higher throughput over greater distances. Outdoor wireless bridges operate in the SHF (Super High Frequency) band in unlicensed wireless backhaul 5.3GHz, 4.9GHz, 5.4GHz, 5.8GHz, and 24GHz or licensed microwave backhaul 6GHz, 11GHz, 18GHz, and 23GHz. There is also unlicensed 60GHz and registered 80GHz millimeter wave in the EHF (Extreme High Frequency) band. The unlicensed wireless Ethernet bridges typically provide from 10Mbps to 300Mbps aggregate throughput. Unlicensed 24GHz and licensed microwave links offer up to 360+Mbps Full Duplex. 60GHz and 80GHz wireless bridge systems can provide up to GigE Full Duplex (gigabit wireless). The higher frequencies do not do well with penetrating obstructions.
For an outdoor wireless bridge to work the system gain must be greater that the total Path Loss. Historically, an outdoor wireless bridge required LOS providing first Fresnel Zone clearance. By having no obstructions in the first Fresnel Zone the receive signal are optimized and the out of phase signals are minimized.
General Overview of Non-Line-of Sight Wireless Bridges
When considering a point to point wireless backhaul, whether a licensed microwave link or an unlicensed wireless Ethernet bridge, one of the first questions asked is if there needs to be LOS to get a microwave link. Many don't understand the difference between wireless bridge technologies that they are use to (like cellular and cordless phones or Wi-Fi) compared to an outdoor point to point wireless Ethernet bridge.
Devices like cellular operate in a range from 800MHz to 1900MHz of the UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band. These frequencies do well with penetrating obstructions but have limited throughput capabilities. Most Wi-Fi operates in the 2.4GHz frequency of the UHF band and can provide higher bandwidth but is very limited in distance. Microwave communication signals are highly attenuated by an obstructed path. In a NLOS microwave link the RF signals will get to a destination by: diffraction around an object, reflection off objects, or by penetration through the obstruction.
For an outdoor wireless bridge, being used for high bandwidth, point to point backhaul to work in a NLOS application there are several requirements that need to be met. Proper power budget, fade mitigation, adaptive link characteristics, and proper demodulation in regards to dispersion. Because of obstructions in a NLOS situation there tends to be a large amount of multipath. Obstructions like trees add to multipath and add attenuation to the overall Path Loss of the microwave link. Trees can be tricky because they are not constant due to movement caused by wind, foliage changes during various seasons, moisture content of the foliage, etc. Constant obstructions like buildings or hills are easier to model and predict.
General Overview of NLOS Wireless Technology
Current wireless backhaul technologies can help in NLOS cases. MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) antenna signaling and spatial diversity reduces the amount of fade margin required. OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) which divides the data into several parallel data streams helping the fading that occurs with multipath. Adaptive rate modulation also helps by giving the wireless backhaul radio the ability to manage the modulation scheme and bandwidth according to the RSL (receive signal level) optimizing the microwave communication link. Outdoor wireless bridges that can take advantage of these wireless backhaul technologies are the unlicensed wireless systems. Unlicensed wireless backhaul using these technologies can provide up to 300Mbps aggregate throughput (depending again on the characteristics of the microwave link path).
A common question of why a licensed microwave link, which can provide higher, full duplex connectivity, doesn't use OFDM wireless or MIMO antenna solutions and why they can't be used in NLOS (non line of sight) applications. In a NLOS wireless link application point to point wireless Ethernet bridge radios that use OFDM or MIMO take advantage of multipath for their connectivity. Because a licensed microwave link is not to inject any interference on other licensed microwave backhaul operators in the area they must have LOS (line of sight) and not cause heavy multipath. If a licensed microwave radio was to cause a lot of wireless multipath it could potentially reflect into another existing licensed microwave communication radio belonging to another party.
Prior to considering a NLOS wireless backhaul, a wireless site survey and a proper wireless path calculation should be performed. Field test may need to be performed in order to verify if a NLOS microwave link will work or to gather accurate estimates on throughput performance. As with any point to point wireless backhaul, a certified expert should perform the wireless installation.


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The Kirkland City Council voted Tuesday night to start the process of annexing three neighborhoods adjacent to the city that would increase the city's population by about 33,000 residents.
The Kirkland City Council voted Tuesday night to start the process of annexing three neighborhoods adjacent to the city that would increase the city’s population by about 33,000 residents.
The council voted 5-2 to adopt a resolution to notify the state Boundary Review Board that it intends to pursue annexation and consider putting it to a vote in the November general election, according to the city.
The board must approve the city’s proposal before the city can file to put annexation on the ballot. If annexation goes forward, the residents of Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate will vote on whether they want to join Kirkland, which currently has about 48,000 residents. If approved, the city would provide services including police, park maintenance, and neighborhood planning and oversee building permits.
The city is under pressure to start the annexation process by January 2010 to qualify for a state sales tax credit.
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Thomas Fogwell Mrs. Leister AP US History 10/26/10 Problems with the Fathers George Washington faced some few yet significant issues regarding the foreign affairs policy of the United States after becoming the first president of the United States of America. It had to do with the war between France and England that took place in the year 1793. The vinculum of the United States with the war was ineluctable as it was involved in trade relations with France. As a result, the British army had seized American ships that were carrying on the trade process with France.At this point of time, the United States needed to take an immediate decision that had to do with the extent of its participation in the war between France and England.
Many people in the United States advocated the idea of United States supporting France in the war against England as France had done so for the United States in the 1770s nevertheless the United States did not do that. In fact, it signed a peace treaty with Britain, which was deemed unfair by many people but President George Washington took a prudent step at this juncture, fully aware of the fact that the United States was not capable of affording another war against England.In 1789 our first President, George Washington, faced many problems. It seemed as though the Westerners might abandon this new government, and the United States were afraid that their western territory might be taken away by the foreign powers.
There was a possibility that the United States would break up into several small republics. Three main problems that might cause this are: export restrictions, fighting on the frontier, and the national debt. In 1789 the United States had to deal with many serious problems. First, the French and British placed export restrictions which caused problems for many farmers, sailors, and merchants.
Southern planters were frustrated because their principal crops, tobacco and rice, failed. In 1790 less than half of the nation’s exports were produced in the South. In an attempt to generate more business many of the Chesapeake tobacco growers switched to wheat and others expanded to hemp, but this had little effect on the entire region. In the mid-Atlantic there was a high demand for food items, and by 1788 had mostly “.
.. recovered from the Revolution’s ravages. ” Famine fell upon Europe, but American farmers were benefiting from the climbing prices of exports.However, people of New England had poor soil and a short season for growing which barely produced enough grain for local consumption. Another main problem was fighting on the frontier, especially with the Indians, British, and Spanish.
The Southwest had many problems with Indian fighting, especially the Cherokee and Creek Indians. While fighting the Indians the casualty rates were twice as high as when fighting the British. In 1786 the tribes in the Ohio Valley formed a defensive confederacy that refused to acknowledge American rule. Great Britain backed up the Northwestern tribes while Spain backed up the southeastern tribes.In 1786 Indian war tribes began killing, and spreading destruction from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
The only way that whites could defeat the Indians was with vast military force, and by threatening entire tribes with starvation by ravaging their supply of winter food. The United States was heavily in debt. There was $54 million in U. S. debt, of that $42 million was owed to Americans and the rest to foreign countries.
Hamilton had estimated that the states incurred a debt of about $25 million of which the United States had promised to reimburse several million dollars.The problems were overcome in several ways; first Washington successfully defended the territory, provided integrity, restored peace to the frontier, opened the Mississippi River, restarted trade with Europe, and kept the United States out of European conflicts. Since New England had so many problems with trade restrictions they changed to a manufacturing base which was brought about by the development of banks and insurance companies. Then, militia raids that went across the Ohio River had forced back the Miamis, Shawnees, and Delawares from Indiana and Ohio toward the Great Lakes.
Lastly, Hamilton had come up with an idea to pay off all of the foreign debt first, and then assume all of the states debt (so they’d be obligated to the government). He said they would raise money by selling western lands, imposing tariffs, and excising taxes (especially on whiskey). Hamilton also stated to never even attempt to pay off the government debt but to just pay the interest on it so people will invest in bonds. He also suggested that a national bank be built to handle the nation’s finances. The cost of Hamilton’s idea was the Whiskey Rebellion.
Many of the residents protested the tax peacefully by means of mass meetings and petitions. However a few residents resorted to using violence attacking federal revenue officers and destroying property. In order to solve this crisis, Washington marched 12,000 men into Virginia. After that there was no more talk about rebelling. This event was a milestone which set the power of the federal government.
In conclusion, the three main problems that the United States faced in 1789 were: export restrictions, fighting on the frontier, and the national debt.Washington faced these problems and found intelligent ways to deal with them. Alexander Hamilton helped decrease the national debt. He was the most dynamic, imaginative, and energetic statesman of his time. John Adams had the Alien and Sedition Acts passed. These were extremely repressive, resulting in newspaper editors being imprisoned for publishing critical editorials. The result was Adams was defeated for re-election and the Federalist Party was destroyed Adams was still intent on keeping peace. He again asked Talleyrand-Perigord, the French foreign minister, for a treaty.
Adams sent a second commission to France without consulting Congress first. This act was considered the boldest of his career as president and also lost him support in his own party. But Adams believed that refraining from war was his most important achievement.
He had to follow the legacy of George Washington who had unquestioned popularity, and had an electorate trying to choose between England and France as their European ally, not to mention the intrigues of Alexander Hamilton (who was quietly sabotaging him at every turn).

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This is a great layout! I love the paper you chose- doesn't look boys-only to me at all. Maybe their lips were dry when they named it- :) Love the buttons and the way the red looks behind your title. Very fun page.
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GIVE ME YOUR CORPORATE BIG BUCKS…
Recently, a nearly forgotten entity known as the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation emerged blinking into the sunlight of journalistic attention. News stories reported that the Senate Finance Committee is looking into the foundation’s operations and the fat salaries drawn by its executives. The National Park Service had abdicated to a private foundation the task of upgrading the security of the Statue of Liberty, closed since 9/11. Rather than draw on its endowment of $31 million to pay for the work, the foundation launched a fundraising campaign, raking in $5.9 million from corporate donors so far. Anyone who recalls the definitive Nation series, “The Selling of Miss Liberty” (starting November 9, 1985), by Roberta Brandes Gratz and Eric Fettmann, will not be surprised by the latest revelations. Gratz and Fettmann revealed the facts about the foundation’s shadowy creation and its takeover of the job of renovating Lady Liberty and Ellis Island with accompanying lucrative contracts and franchises.
CASE NOT CLOSED ON 9/11
Richard Falk writes: The 9/11 Commission hearings have focused entirely on whether our leaders acted with due urgency, given the existence of warnings and clues that a major Al Qaeda attack in this country was in the offing. But there are some deeper concerns that have not been touched upon by the 9/11 Commission that relate to discrepancies between the official version of what happened on that fateful day in 2001 and what actually occurred. These discrepancies are credibly reported in a recently published book by the distinguished scholar David Ray Griffin titled The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11. For there are many disturbing questions about the events of 9/11. The government has mobilized the country for war on the basis of its presentation of those happenings. We, as citizens, deserve to know more convincingly why so much doubt hovers over them. And what Griffin’s book demonstrates, if nothing else, is that there is an overwhelming case for a far broader inquiry than what the 9/11 Commission has been authorized to undertake. Without invoking the credibility gap opened by discrepancies relating to the Iraq war–above all with respect to weapons of mass destruction and intelligence-spinning–a vigilant citizenry would demand even at this late date a formal inquiry of undoubted independence and with broad investigative authority. Such a process could be mandated by Congress at any time.
VICTORY FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Having demonstrated its incompetence in preventing terrorism before 9/11, the Ashcroft Justice Department continues to terrorize distributors of marijuana for medical use. In California, however, where state law permits medical marijuana, the department has suffered a setback. On April 21, Federal District Judge Jeremy Fogel granted the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, in Santa Cruz, a temporary injunction against federal raids on their pot garden. The collective grows and distributes marijuana free to its registered patients (three-quarters of whom are terminally ill), for use to relieve pain and other symptoms. Judge Fogel granted the injunction pending trial of the collective for violating federal anti-marijuana laws. The Drug Policy Alliance calls the ruling an “important victory for the medical marijuana movement.”

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When the air conditioner in your 2015 Ford Transit Connect starts blowing hot air, you likely have a freon leak. Recharging the freon in your AC system is an inexpensive and easy first step to restoring the cooling capacity of your A/C system. Most refrigerants include a leak sealer that will seal small leaks in addition to filling the R134a freon. The A/C system in your Transit Connect consists of a compressor that is belt-driven, an evaporator and freon. If there is a problem with your compressor or evaporator, adding freon will not restore cooling.
How do you recharge AC in a 2015 Ford Transit Connect? The low side AC port location is the first thing to find when you are looking for how to put freon in a car. Once you find the 2015 Transit Connect AC low pressure port cap, hook up the can of refrigerant to the low pressure port. When your compressor kicks on, add freon to the correct pressure. In addition to cooling, freon lubricates the compressor when it runs. Typically the AC recharge kit you buy will have enough capacity to add enough freon to get the AC in your Transit Connect to blow cold air.
What type of refrigerant does a 2015 Ford Transit Connect use? Air conditioning systems can vary so it is critical that you check the sticker in the engine bay to determine your Transit Connect refrigerant type. There is an AC sticker in the engine bay of your 2015 Transit Connect that indicates if it requires R134a refrigerant or the newer R1234YF type to do a recharge. You cannot add R1234YF refrigerant to a R134a system nor can you add R134a refrigerant to a R1234YF system. R134a and R1234YF have different low pressure port types, so you should never use a recharge adapter to add the wrong type of refrigerant. Recharging your Transit Connect with the wrong type of freon can make the AC recharge cost much higher!


Nemanja Matic has taken to his social media to show off a huge family portrait he has had painted.
The Serb joined United back in 2017 from Chelsea in a deal signed off by Jose Mourinho, who knew all about Matic from his time at Chelsea.
Matic, 32, has gone on to feature in 132 matches for United in all competitions. He will be in contention to play later today against rivals Man City.
He took some time off lately to show his followers a family painting and the likeness is uncanny.
Matic might not be a regular starter anymore but he will have an important role to play at United over the hectic festive period.
His experience could be key too.


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Even liberal newsrooms have to grapple with economic realities, as Vox Media may be learning.
The New York Times continued the left’s efforts to pit the haves against the have-nots with a business section cover story complaining about CEO pay.
During the Trump administration Hispanic unemployment has hit five all-time record lows, but the nation’s number one Spanish-language television newscast, Noticiero Univision, once again blew off the latest blockbuster economic news for the country’s largest minority group, which participates in the American labor force at a higher rate than any other segment of the U.S. population.
My longtime friend and colleague Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of “Discrimination and Disparities.” It lays waste to myth after myth about the causes of human differences not only in the United States but around the globe. Throughout the book, Sowell shows that socioeconomic outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups and nations in ways that cannot be easily explained by any one factor, whether it's genetics, sex or race discrimination or a history of gross mistreatment that includes expulsion and genocide.
In the third episode of the fifth and final season of The CW’s Jane the Virgin, the hot button issue of pay parity arose with a twist. Instead of the usual liberal trope that women are not paid the same as men, in the episode titled “Chapter Eight-Four,” it is a man who is paid less than a woman that causes the problem.
Equal Pay Day, supposedly how far into the year women must work to earn the same amount men made the previous year, fell on April 2 this year (8 days earlier than last year) and of course Hollywood was all over it.
Tuesday was National Equal Pay Day and, in a nod to the liberal trope that there is rampant pay inequity among men and women, Freeform’s Good Trouble brought a young female engineer’s scheme to expose her male bosses online in an effort to even the score to a conclusion.
An issue frequently pushed by leftist feminists is that of the myth of gender-based pay inequity between men and women doing the same jobs in the same industries. The issue is promoted to a young adult audience on Freeform’s Good Trouble as Mariana struggles to adjust to her job in the high-tech industry. The episode airing March 19, titled "Less Than," even moves into playing the race card.
Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Barack Obama explained, “I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.” An adviser to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has a Twitter account called “Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure” tweeted, “My goal for this year is to get a moderator to ask ‘Is it morally appropriate for anyone to be a billionaire?’” Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in calling for a wealth tax, complained, “The rich and powerful are taking so much for themselves and leaving so little for everyone else.”
Latino news networks in the United States exist for one sole reason: to inform Hispanics who prefer watching relevant content in Spanish. As such, it would seem only natural for major economic news directly affecting that viewership to occupy headlines on the nation’s top Spanish-language media outlets. Yet, as MRC Latino has repeatedly noted, the subject is consistently either ignored or under-reported, with the latest example being the new record low of 4.3% for Hispanic unemployment in February 2019.
CBS’s comedy, The Neighborhood, is known for trying to tackle the issue of racism from a leftist viewpoint. On Monday night, they decided to tackle the other famous -ism—sexism. Monday night's episode, "Welcome to the Climb," focused on Gemma (Beth Behrs) who, as principal of the school, was faced with the tough task of firing one of the coaches, Coach McClusky (Kevin Will).
PALM BEACH, FL — While most attention has been focused on immigrants trying to enter the United States over America's southern border, there is legal migration taking place that has been largely ignored, though it may have at least as much economic and political impact as the other. People are moving out of high-tax states to Florida and other states with lower tax burdens.


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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) on Wednesday requested public input on how to create a federally administered public option that would compete with private insurers, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Colorado, the District of Columbia, and Tennessee.
- Colorado: Health officials in Colorado have announced the state will pay hospitals to shut down freestanding EDs and repurpose them for other services, such as primary or mental health care. The state has 44 such facilities, including 34 owned by hospitals, Kaiser Health News reports. "We don't want hospitals to have standalone [EDs], so we are willing to pay to shut them down," Kim Bimestefer, executive director of Colorado's Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, said. She added that freestanding EDs often provide care for routine injuries and illnesses, which can lead to higher costs for Medicaid and other insurers relative to treating those conditions in other care settings (Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, 5/21).
- Tennessee: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has named Ocpivia Stafford as president of Methodist South Hospital. Stafford has served as interim president of the hospital since November. She previously served as a staff pharmacist and in pharmacy leadership roles at Methodist University Hospital and Methodist Olive Branch Hospital. She also served as pharmacy director and VP of support and professional services at Methodist South (Devereaux, Modern Healthcare, 5/24; Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review, 5/24).
- Washington, D.C.: In a letter published Wednesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) requested public input on how to create a federally administered public option that would compete with private insurers. Specifically, the lawmakers are seeking feedback by July 31 on plan eligibility, how the benefits should be designed, and the role of states in administering health care, among other facets of the plan. According to the Associated Press, insurers and hospitals remain opposed to a public option, with the American Hospital Association on Wednesday saying such a plan could limit patient access by generating "inadequate reimbursement rates" (Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press, 5/26; Tsirkin/Kapur, NBC News, 5/26; McIntire, Roll Call, 5/26; Chen, Axios, 5/26).


A Time writer reads her favorite insults aloud.
Last week, the Sher Fertility Institute selected three couples out of 45 who had submitted personal, emotionally wrenching videos in order to win a free IVF cycle. For one judge, choosing her favorites felt like “playing God”
The original American Idol was so starstruck by a video of children with cancer lip-synching to her song, “Stronger,” that she intends to swing by Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet them in person.
Kids grow up so fast. One father figured out how to preserve the transition for posterity.
There’s been no shortage of hand-wringing over the menace of “sexting” among kids, but new research finds that parents’ concern may be largely overwrought: only 7% of children ages 10 to 17 created, appeared in or received a …
Over five days in mid-January, men posing as sex traffickers entered 12 Planned Parenthood clinics in six states. They claimed to be pimps seeking medical care, birth control and abortions for prostitutes as young as 14, some in …


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West Brom vs Liverpool: Alisson Becker keeps Liverpool's Top Four hopes alive
Liverpool have struggled this season in the Premier League, their title hopes were over long ago, and even qualifying for the Champions League started looking improbable as they were drawing 1-1 against West Brom on Sunday until Alisson reignited their hopes scoring a last-minute headed goal to win the game 2-1.
Liverpool closed in for the 4th position, where Chelsea is currently, after battling against West Brom. Mohamed Salah scored a crucial goal in the first half after Hal Robson-Kanu’s opener.
Alisson Becker became the first Liverpool goalkeeper ever to score a goal in the Premier League, and he did so when Liverpool needed it the most this season.
With Alisson’s 94th minute headed goal against West Brom, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are now only one point behind Chelsea, who are sitting in the 4th position of the Premier League. There are two matches left for both teams.
Minute 15' (Goal! Robson-Kanu for West Brom)
15 minutes into the game, we saw West Brom take a 1-0 lead against the Merseyside team, as Hal Robson-Kanu placed a beautiful finish into the bottom corner of the net.
Minute 33' (Goal! Mo Salah levels for the Reds)
Sadio Mane got a clear shot after a while but he scuffed it wide of the post. Mo Salah stepped up yet again for Reds this season as he scored another wonderful goal in the 33rd minute of the game, placing it into the far corner.
Minute 90+4' (Goal!!! Alisson to the rescue)
In the 94th minute, West Brom conceded a corner in which Liverpool goalkeeper, Alisson decided to join the attack as it would be the last attack of the game.
After the cross from Alexander Arnold, Alisson Becker headed the ball past West Brom Johnstone to keep Liverpool's top 4 hopes alive for the season.

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Anyone know how long the mass airflow sensor is expected to last?
I have 130K, SES light, and lean codes 0171 and 0174. Parts chasing with an item this costly is well, costly, but can't find a leak, and am leaning toward replacing the MAF if the lifespan is around 7 years anyway.
A few things......1st, I would think @ 130k, yes it is very likely that the MAF can be done, 2nd, did you try cleaning it & 3rd, unplugging the MAF provides a good test to see if your MAF is dead. If the engine runs better with the MAF disconnected, it is likely your MAF is not functioning.
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According to the State Department, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad is visiting Turkey for this purpose
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad traveled to Turkey this week to urge parties to the Afghan conflict to speed up negotiations to establish a truce in that country. The State Department said Saturday.
Ambassador Khalilzad began the trip back on Thursday, March 25, the statement said. He will try to convince both sides of the need for “negotiations for a political settlement that leads to a permanent ceasefire and a lasting and just peace,” the State Department said, referring to the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Ambassador Khalilzad “will also meet with stakeholders to discuss how the region and the international community can facilitate negotiations between the parties,” the report said.
The New York Times reported Friday that a number of members of the U.S. intelligence community are trying to dissuade Joe Biden from implementing a decision made back under President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, citing a classified intelligence report indicating the unstable situation in the country.
According to the intelligence forecast, the Taliban may seize most of Afghanistan in two to three years. That would happen if U.S. troops are withdrawn before an agreement is reached on power-sharing between the Taliban and the official government in Kabul.
The withdrawal would also potentially allow the al-Qaida terrorist organization to rebuild its capabilities in Afghanistan, the newspaper reported, citing anonymous U.S. leadership sources.

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Answer to January What Is This:
The January cover image showed a lymph node, specifically, a 250-µm projection into a mouse popliteal lymph node where immune cells (red and yellow) congregate; imaged with multiphoton microscopy. Collagen fibers (white and purple) forming the lymph node capsule were visualized with second harmonic generation. The lymph node was excised from a mouse. Red and green dyes were used to delineate two different populations of immune cells. The specimen was immersed in PBS and imaged with a 10x water immersion lens. What were some of the guesses?
February Cover Image
This image was captured using a fluorescence microscope. Fluorescent microscopes and fluorescence imaging systems are useful laboratory instruments that share similar methods to visualize specimen and sample images using fluorescence.
Here’s a clue: February’s cover image was provided by Dr. Kavita Aswani of Lumen Dynamics, Mississauga, Canada. The image was captured using an X-Cite® XLED1 fluorescence microscopy illumination system; original magnification 20x.
Leave us your guess in the comments section.
Stay tuned for the answer and for next month’s cover image!


Due to other, exciting distractions (which I will mention in a later post), I haven’t had a chance to keep the blog up to date. Still, work progresses on the boat, and that’s the important part. Last month, with the keel now in its new position about 30mm further back along the hull, and sealed into place, it was time to add the electronics board.
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A quick look at the almost-complete Sailboat Guidance System (SGS). The board on the left is Igor. Otto is on the right, and the main CPU (Mother) is hidden underneath. The ribbon cable brings all the I/O to and from the boards. The red insulating tape is to remind me of some of the last remaining wires which need to be connected. You can also just about make out the DC/DC converter which is just underneath the ribbon cable at the bottom of the picture.
The new ALIX board has arrived. It’s to the left of the picture, sitting on top of a copy of the infamous Lyon’s Notes (which is appropriate). Also, the initial Atmel board with USBtiny programmer cable, serial cable to same development system, and a couple of WRAP boards thrown in for good measure.
It’s running my custom version of NanoBSD quite nicely, and can see the GPS without any difficulty. The GPS unit is a BU-353 unit (the USB version) which is out of the shot. It’s attached to the window, and gazing at the man-made stars. To give a breakdown of what’s in that photograph, the ALIX is on the left. In the USB port is the GPS, the RS-232 cable at the top of the board is communicating with my development machine (running FreeBSD). The red CAT5 cable is connecting the board to the “house network.” The Atheros CM9 radio is a miniPCI card mounted on the underside of the board. It works on 5.8GHz and on 2.4GHz. In this case, I’m using 5.8GHz because (apparently) it has better cross-water characteristics and the band isn’t as crowded. The mini coax cable is at the top-left of the picture, connected to a short, 9dBi antenna. You can also see a 12v cable with barrel plug. At the top-right of the picture is a WRAP board, also developed by PC Engines. It was being used as a testbed for the operating system, but that is no longer needed thanks to the ALIX.
I’ve been asked recently, about the software platforms used on board Beoga Beag. This seems as good a time as any, to talk about the various layers. As mentioned previously, the lower layer is a custom board, running an ATmega8 Atmel processor. The software (Igor and Otto) is custom-written in C for the boat.
Looking at the system power design, the majority of the circuits will run off a +5 volt rail. Those elements which need a different voltage, such as the main processor board, will derive their own requirements from the main Vcc rail.
There will be at least two Vcc busses on board. Labeled, oddly enough, as Vcc1 and Vcc2. The difference between them is that Vcc1 is always on, at all times, and Vcc2 (through VccN) are selectable by Igor.
The main processor runs off Vcc2, but Igor (and Otto) both run off Vcc1. In situations where voltage levels are critical, Vcc2 will be switched off and the boat will continue on whatever course had previously been set, until either voltage levels are healthy, the specified “wake-up” time has elapsed, or there are critical issues which require Mother to get involved. A critical situation could be something like a dramatic wind shift, or an error such as a mis-reading from a sensor.
Even before a boat is built, the designers can predict how fast it will go at various sail angles. Using this information, they can make modifications to the hull to suit the type of sailing. For example, if an around-the-world race looks like it will see a lot of downwind sailing, it’s possible to optimise the downwind performance, and run test simulations with the boat, before ever committing to fibreglass.
The standard mechanism for displaying this information is a polar curve. Because the boat should sail at the same speed on either tack, only one side is shown. Essentially, a polar curve allows the designer (and the boat owner) to predict the hull speed for a particular true wind angle and strength. In the example above (courtesy of SailOnline.org), you’ll notice that the boats fastest speed is at a true wind angle of about 120 degrees. In the case of a 30 knot breeze (the red line), the boat should get over nine knots through the water. At TWA’s of twenty degrees and less, the boat will stop, regardless of the wind speed.
The Kalopa motor control board was designed as a general-purpose Atmel board with ancillary electronics for a wide variety of purposes. It includes two H-Bridge motor controllers, driven by two 16 bit PWM outputs. You can exchange one of the motor controllers for an 8-channel servo controller, also using one of the PWM outputs. It has a standard RS232 port with an RJ45 connector on the end. There is a MAX232 to convert logic levels to proper RS232 voltages. If you want to use radio control, you can instead populate the board with an R5-434 radio receiver. It will listen for data on 434MHz and feed it to the Atmel. The processor itself is the bog-standard Atmel ATmega8 with 8k of code and about 512 bytes of RAM.
The main computer on board Nostromo in the film Alien was called Mother. It seems only right that we should call our main processor by the same name.
In terms of the system architecture, we’re planning on using two separate computer control planes to manage and steer the boat from start to finish.
At the lowest level, a custom Atmel (ATmega8) board will act as a basic “autohelm”, driving the boat to a specific True Wind Angle or TWA. As the breeze shifts, so too will the boat, to maintain that TWA. This is a basic PID algorithm for controlling the rudder and mainsail in relation to the specified TWA and is very similar in design and implementation to your average sailboat autohelm. This is the control board, also known as Otto or Otto von Helm, to give him his full title. Otto will most likely be assisted by Igor, in charge of power management and the boat environment. It is Igor who will turn on and off the other systems on board, including the main system (Mother).


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A robot installation for performing a plurality of assembling or machining operations at a work or assembly station comprises a robot with a rotatable tool support, e.g. a ring or disc, carrying a number of tools. The turning and positioning of the tool support are controlled by control equipment of the robot. The tools are adjustably positioned on the tool support.
1. In a robot installation for producing a product from a plurality of different parts by accomplishing a plurality of operations, said robot installation including means forming a product assembly station; a plurality of supply means for supplying a plurality of different parts to different locations near said product assembly station, and a robot for performing said plurality of operations at said product assembly station, said robot including an articulated arm system having an outer arm terminating at a free end, a wrist means having a first rotational axis therethrough rotatably mounted on the free end of said outer arm, a turret head support means mounted on said wrist means, a turret head mounted on said turret head support means to be rotatable about a second rotational axis, a plurality of tools attached to said turret head, rotation means mounted on said turret head support means for rotating said turret head with respect to said turret head support means and around said second rotational axis, such that each of said plurality of tools can be rotated into an operative position, and control means connected to said articulated arm system to control the operation of said rotation means,
the improvement wherein said turrent head comprises a disc having an enlarged annular periphery; wherein each of said plurality of tools includes an attachment means which is mountable on said enlarged annular periphery of said disc and when desired can be manually moved therealong to allow each respective tool to be manually positioned at a desired location around its circumference, each attachment means including locking means which is cooperable with said disc to fixedly position each respective tool around the circumference of said enlarged annular periphery; and wherein said rotation means can rotate said turret head to any arbitrary rotational position relative to said turret head support means.
2. The robot installation as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said tools comprise a gripper.
3. The robot installation as defined in claim 2, including a plurality of conduits connected to said turret head support means for supplying compressed air to said turret head to operate the gripper of each tool attached thereto.
4. The robot installation as defined in claim 1, wherein said second rotational axis intersects said first rotational axis at an angle of about 45°.
5. The robot installation as defined in claim 1, wherein each tool is symmetrical about a line of symmetry and wherein the line of symmetry of each said tool is parallel with said first rotational axis when in its operative position.
6. The robot installation as defined in claim 5, wherein the line of symmetry of each said tool coincides with said first rotational axis when in its operative position.
7. The robot installation as defined in claim 5, wherein said turret head support means comprises a tubular sleeve.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a robot installation for performing a plurality of operations, e.g., for assembling a plurality of preferably differently shaped parts in a product or for machining a part or parts with a plurality of different tools and/or in several steps.
During the assembly of a plurality of parts of a product at an assembly station with the aid of a robot, the picking up of parts from a magazine and the transportation of the parts to the assembly station may involve long and time-consuming movements for the robot. These very transporting movements may influence or determine the rate of production of the product since the actual fitting of the parts into an assembly fixture or into other parts at the assembly station may be carried out comparatively rapidly. If, in addition, the majority of the parts to be assembled are so different that they require special grippers, it is necessary to provide one robot or one robot arm for each individual part to be handled. Alternatively, when machining parts with a plurality of different tools, the time required for tool relacement may considerably exceed the actual time required for machining and thus will also influence or determine the rate of production of the machined products.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 492,652 filed May 9, 1983 by Berg Favot (now abandoned) shows and describes a robot installation in which a robot assembles several parts of a product at the same assembly station. In this known robot installation the movements of the robot during the assembly of a plurality of parts are small, and the assembly of these product parts can be carried out in rapid succession. This improved utilization of the robot in the known robot installation has been achieved by providing the robot with a turret which is indexable and lockable in a number of fixed positions, the turret supporting a number of grippers adapted to handle different parts to be assembled at the assembly station in question. In this known robot installation there are a number of conveyor belts or magazines having feeding devices for feeding forward parts to the operating range of the robot. The known robot is provided with an arm and the turret is connected to the arm by a turnable wrist, the axis of rotation of the turret making an angle, e.g. 45°, with the axis of rotation of the wrist. The grippers may be positioned on the turret in such a way that, in one position of the turret, the axis of rotation of the wrist and a symmetry axis or symmetry plane of a gripper are parallel. This facilitates assembly of a product in that only small lifting movements and horizontal transporting movements are required during the actual assembly operation. The number of grippers on the turret may vary; the number of grippers usually being three, four or six. The magazines may be of several different kinds. Magazines for parts which are not symmetrical are suitably of a kind having pallets with guide means for fixing the parts in a certain pattern for orientation of the parts in a definite way so that they may be picked up by the grippers. The known robot installation may include one or more robots and may be completed with other assembly devices, for example machines for inserting and tightening screws.
This invention relates to a further development of the known robot installation mentioned above.
According to the invention, a robot installation includes an assembly or machining station, in which either a plurality of parts are assembled into a product or a part is machined in a number of steps by a number of different tools. Gripping tools for parts to be assembled or machining tools for different machining operations are positioned on a rotatable tool support which may be set in different angular positions. A characteristic of the invention is that the rotatable supporting member consists of a ring or disc around which a number of the tools may be positioned in arbitrary angular positions, the rotation and positioning of the ring or disc in a desired angular position being controlled by control equipment of the robot. The ring or disc and tools or tool holders for the tools are formed so that the tools or the tool holders may be displaced circumferentially on the ring or disc to desired angular positions and may then be locked in the set positions. The ring or disc may, for example, be formed with a dovetailed guide means and the tool or the holder with a slot adapted to the guide means. The tool or the holders are conveniently provided with locking devices to enable them to be fixed in desired angular positions after circumferential displacement.
The invention permits a stepless setting of the tools around the supporting member, which makes it possible to adapt the setting with respect to the size and shape of the tools or the parts. This results in greater flexibility and greater freedom in the construction of an assembly or machining station.
The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a robot installation according to the invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the outer part of a robot arm of the installation shown in FIG. 1, the robot arm supporting at its outer end a rotatable turret mounting gripper devices,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of a disc included in the turret shown in FIG. 2, the disc constituting a holder for enabling circumferential displacement of tools attached thereto,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of an alternative embodiment for mounting tools on a tool support carried by a robot arm,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an annular tool support, partly in section, and
FIG. 6 is a section of the tool support and a view of a tool fixed to the tool support.
FIG. 1 shows a robot installation according to the invention comprising an assembly line or track 1 for stepwise displacement of assembly fixtures 2 and 3 to and from a work or assembly station 4. In FIG. 1, fixture 2 is empty and is positioned at the assembly station 4 and the direction of movement of the fixtures is indicated by the arrows 5. Fixture 3 is shown supporting an assembled product 6 and is being transported away from the assembly station 4. A robot 7 is suspended from a carriage 8 which runs on an overhead track 10 in the directions indicated by the arrows 11 and is controlled by a control unit C. In this way, the robot 7 has a large operating range.
Adjacent the assembly station 4 are arranged magazines 12, 13, 14 and 15 for the parts which are to be included in the assembled product 6. Magazine 12 contains a stack of bottom plates 16, and magazines 13 and 14 contain parts 17 and cover plates 18, respectively, positioned and fixed in a predetermined pattern on cassettes 20 and 21, respectively, belonging to the magazines 13 and 14, respectively. Magazine 15 is a vibrating feeding device for screws 22 or other similar parts. In front of the assembly station 4 there is positioned a screw feeder and screw driving device 23.
The robot 7 includes a wrist 24 (see FIG. 2) on an outer arm 25, the wrist 24 supporting a turret 26 carrying grippers 27 adapted for gripping the parts 16, 17, 18 and 22. The turret 26 comprises a fixed disc 28 which is attached to a flange 30 of the wrist 24 by means of a rod 31. A further disc 32 is rotatably mounted on the disc 28 for rotation about a turning axis, the disc 32 carrying the grippers 27. The axis of rotation of the disc 32 makes an angle of 45° with the axis of rotation of the wrist 24. The turret 26 is formed and positioned in such a way that the symmetry axis of any one of the grippers 27, when the disc 32 is rotated into a position associated with that gripper, coincides or is parallel with the axis of rotation of the wrist 24. On the disc 28 there is mounted an attachment 33 for a drive device 34 for the positioning of the disc 32 as well as connections for operating conduits 35, 36 and 37, for example for supplying compressed air for operation of the grippers 27 and for locking of the disc 32 of the turret 26 in its different positions. Channels (not shown) are provided in the discs 28 and 32 for transmission of working fluid for the operation of the grippers 27.
As shown more clearly in FIG. 3, the disc 32 is formed with an annular supporting or tool-mounting portion 32a which carries attachments 40 for mounting the grippers 27. The attachments 40 are circumferentially displaceable on the annular supporting portion 32a so that they may be positioned at desired distances from each other and be secured in their chosen positions. Individual alignment of the grippers 27 can be achieved by adjustment of the gripper mounting on supporting surfaces of the attachments 40 or by providing some form of adapter (not shown) between the attachment 40 and the gripper 27.
The robot installation shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 operates as follows, with the control unit C controlling the operation of the robot 7. As a fixture 3 with an assembled product 6 is being transported away from the assembly station 4 and is replaced by a new empty fixture 2, the robot 7 collects a bottom plate 16 from the magazine 12, two parts 17 from the pallet 20 of the magazine 13, a cover plate 18 from the pallet 21 of the magazine 14 and two screws 22 or the like from the magazine 15. The turret 26 with its parts is moved to the assembly station 4 where the parts are assembled. The parts can be placed on the fixture 2 in rapid succession since the robot only has to carry out small movements during the assembly operation. Because a number of parts are stored in the grippers 27 of the turret 26, the turret 26 need only be lifted a small distance and possibly also be displaced a small distance for the assembly of a new part. By turning or indexing the disc 32, a new part is fed forward to a suitable assembly position. With an embodiment where the symmetry line or symmetry plane of a gripper coincides with the axis of rotation of the wrist, in certain cases only the turret need be lifted for indexing and thereafter be lowered for assembly of the next part. The movements are insignificant and the parts in the grippers of the turret can be assembled in rapid succession. After the parts of the robot 7 have been placed on the fixture, screws may be inserted and tightened by means of the automatic screw driving device 23 at the assembly station 4.
FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment for mounting grippers 27 or other tools at the end of a robot arm 25. In particular, FIG. 4 shows a disc 41, corresponding to the disc 32 of the turret 26, journalled on a shaft (not shown) in a tubular sleeve 42 which is fixedly joined to a wrist 24. The disc 41 is formed with a supporting portion 41a, e.g., of annular form corresponding to supporting portion 32a, on which fixing attachments 40 for grippers 27 are mounted, the attachments 40 being displaced circumferentially for each desired angular position. The axis of rotation of the disc 41 and the tubular sleeve 42 are coaxial. By way of the shaft (not shown) in the sleeve 42, the disc 41 is connected to the output rotating shaft of the wrist and is operated to the desired angular position by means of one of the drive motors of the robots. The sleeve 42 and the noted shaft form a swivel unit 44 for transmitting pressure medium for operating the tools 27. The sleeve 42 is connected to a pressure medium source via the bundle of conduits 43 via a valve unit.
The robot installation according to FIG. 4 operates in a substantially similar manner to that described with respect to the robot installation of FIGS. 1 to 3.
The tools or grippers 27 may be slidably mounted on the annular portion 28a or 32a in any convenient manner, For example, the annular portion may have a dovetail section and the attachments 40 may have a slot of similar section in which the annular portion is slidably received. Screw means may be provided for locking each attachment 40 in its desired angular position on the annular portion 28a or 32a.
The embodiments of the invention specifically described above are examples only and many modifications may be made thereto within the scope of the ensuing claims. For example the invention has been described above specifically with respect to the assembly of a product. However, the invention can be adapted to the machining of a product in several stages. In this latter case the grippers 27 could be replaced by machining tools.
In FIG. 5 there is shown in more detail one embodiment of a disc 41 and its outer annular dovetail part 41a. The tool attachment member 40 can suitably be formed to straddle the dovetail part 41a of the disc 41 and have two surfaces 45 and 46 formed to cooperate with one surface 47 of the dovetail part 41a and with the outer circumferential surface 48 of said dovetail part 41a. Fixing screws 50 in the tool attachment member 40 cooperate with the other side surface 49 of the dovetail part 41a, thereby clamping the attachment member 40 upon the disc 41.
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The title of the book is Princess Ana and B, written by Barbara McKee for the children of Honduras. The book is written in English and Spanish. The illustrations are beautifully rendered by artist Barbara Mallonee. She captured the delight in this story with her amazing drawings.
I am so lucky to be able to call this wonderful, delightful, creative woman my friend. She is a dear!
Here are some pictures I took at the book signing in Casting, Maine.
|Barbara McKee gives Barbara Mallonee an Ant sculpture|
|Barbara Mallonee holding up the Ant|
|Barbara McKee discusses the reasons she wrote the book, with Barbara Mallonee|
|Barbara McKee opens the book while Barbara Mallonee answers questions|
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|My painting buddies, Terrie and Priscilla|
|Linda and Tom Stern chat with Bruce and Lee anne Mallonee|
|Barbara Mallonee signing my book|
|The Wilson Museum, the site of the book signing|


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January 04, 2018
“These are fun, unexpected and delicious venison appetizers to serve during the holidays! Plus, they travel well and are easy to reheat to bring to parties.”
–Lee and Tiffany Lakosky
Yield: 18 venison rolls
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 15-20 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
- 1 pound of ground venison
- Salt and pepper
- 1 sliced yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 box phyllo (fillo) dough
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups of your favorite cheese for dipping
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a sauté pan melt the butter and cook venison until browned. Add sliced onions and sauté for a few minutes until soft. Remove and set aside. Mix in salt and pepper.
2. Cover phyllo sheets with damp paper towels to keep them from drying out. Place one sheet on a cutting board and spray with cooking spray. Repeat with two more phyllo sheets to make a stack of three sheets. Cut the stack of phyllo crosswise into thirds to make three rectangles, about 14x6 inches.
3. Scoop filling onto the short end of each rectangle and fold the edges as you roll up.
4. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place each roll on cookie sheet and spray each roll with cooking spray. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until rolls are crispy and golden brown.
5. Melt your favorite cheese and serve warm on the side for dipping. Enjoy!
For more recipes from Crush with Lee & Tiffany, visit TheCrush.tv.


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Today, 5 May 2020, Tony Craddock from the Emerging Payments Association shared news on the launch of Project Recovery / Reboot.
On behalf of Eazy Collect I am pleased to lead this new group.
Tony describes the purpose of the EPA’s Project Recovery / Reboot as a new working group, led by Mike Chambers of Eazy Collect and mentored by Alan King from Fleetcor, will pull together the numerous sources of support, resource, assistance and advice for people across payments to help mitigate the damage caused by the pandemic.
The sources of support, resource, assistance and advice will be featured in an online hub available to everyone and promoted widely through our social networks. If just one company uses this to help them in this time of considerable challenge, or just one executive uses this for guidance or inspiration, the project will have succeeded.
Tony’s hunch is that it will benefit many more and will be a catalyst for new partnerships and new relationships that will help everyone involved.
Tony’s shout-out to some of those involved in this project includes: Jackie Barker, Neira Jones and Mike Peplow are helping to define, build and promote the hub. Tessa Unsworth, Angela Yore, Scott Abrahams and Asim Mohammed from the EPA’s Advisory Board are contributing too.
If you have something you’d like to contribute, contact Tom Brewin at the Emerging Payments Association.
This project is part of what the EPA is doing to ensure society is better served by payments, promoting an inclusive and diverse society where trusted, secure and accessible payments benefit everyone.


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Here’s something both Democrats and the GOP establishment in Washington are going to have to come to terms with: Tea party candidates will win some elections this fall. The only question is, how many? There is already a tea party caucus in Congress, but how much bigger of a room is it going to need to hold its meetings?
At a Sept. 30 Monitor breakfast, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed progress in implementing the Affordable Care Act, misinformation about health-care reform, and the dangers of anonymous campaign cash.
Medicare fraud operation, netting $163 million, was run by Armenian gangsters, federal prosecutors allege.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln said Wednesday she's not an automatic vote for the Democratic leadership in Washington, while GOP challenger Rep. John Boozman tried to link her to the President and his policies.
FY2010 saw a 3 percent rise in revenue over the previous year, despite the ongoing recession, thanks to increased corporate taxes and higher Fed earnings.
You have booked tickets for the Paris International Photo Fair or perhaps your son is already in Berlin studying German. Now that the US State Department has issued a “travel advisory” for Europe, what should you do? Cancel the trip? Bring junior home? Professional travel advisers say it is too soon to hit the panic button. Here are eight things you can consider doing:
In their second face-to-face debate, Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown covered a range of issues, including immigration, health care, and education. The race is too close to call.
The growing burdens of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Seurity are threatening my generation’s future. But Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s bold plan for entitlement reform leads the way out. Young people just need to follow. As Ryan told me, “It’s their future.”


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York Health Economics Consortium have undertaken systematic reviews and literature searches to inform systematic reviews in animal health, food and feed safety and the health effects of foods.
Recent food and food safety projects include:
- Yoghurt and weight management;
- Listeria and ready to eat food;
- Uptake of Vitamin D guidance;
- Health benefits of probiotics;
- Animal welfare;
Food and Food Safety Clients
YHEC has worked with European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Global Alliance for Probiotics (GAP), Danone Institute International and several major food companies to provide systematic reviews, research evidence and evidence tools.
YHEC is a partner in five EFSA Framework agreements, collaborating with a range of partners to support systematic reviews commissioned by EFSA.
YHEC is partnered with Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses to promote the use of systematic reviews for animals and food. To find out more information on our joint work visit SYREAF.org
To find out more about YHEC’s services for food and food safety systematic reviews contact Julie Glanville.
Examples of Recent Publications
- Totton SC, Glanville JM, Dzikamunhenga RS, Dickson JS, O’Connor AM. Systematic review of the magnitude of change in prevalence and quantity of Salmonella after administration of pathogen reduction treatments on pork carcasses. Anim Health Res Rev. 2016 Jun;17(1):39-59.
- The scale of the evidence base on the health effects of conventional yogurt consumption: findings of a scoping review. In: Lenoir-Wijnkoop I, Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea I, Dubois DJ, editors. Today’s Nutrition and Tomorrow.
- Eales J, Lenoir-Wijnkoop I, King S, Wood H, Kok F, Shamir R, Prentice A, Edwards M, Glanville J, Atkinson R. Is consuming yoghurt associated with weight management outcomes? Results from a systematic review. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016;40(5):731-46.
- Glanville JM, Brown S, Shamir R, Szajewska H and Eales JF. The scale of the evidence base on the health effects of conventional yogurt consumption: findings of a scoping review. Front Pharmacol. 2015;6:246. View protocol
- O’Connor A, Dzikamunhenga R, Totton S, Wolfe D, Sargeant J, Glanville JM and Wood H. Systematic review of the effect of perch height on keel bone fractures, deformation and injuries, bone strength, foot lesions and perching behaviour. EFSA supporting publication 2015;EN-841, 53.
YHEC offer training courses on the principles of systematic reviews and literature searching. Training courses are tailored to clients’ needs and can last between one and five days according to clients’ requirements. Find out more about YHEC training.


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MUSIC NEWS: Counterfeit. Announce Debut Album & Reveal New Single ‘For The Thrill Of It’
Rock outfit Counterfeit. have announced that they’ll release their debut album Together We Are Stronger on the 17th March via Xtra Mile Recordings.
“It is an honour to announce our debut album Together We Are Stronger,” says frontman Jamie Campbell Bower. “This album has been a long time coming and it is now time for us to unshackle the beast that we have, for so long, tried to contain.”
To coincide with the album announcement, the band have revealed their new single For The Thrill Of It.


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Archway Dental Group offers a range of Preventative Dentistry and General Treatments, including; Routine Check-Ups, Dental Hygiene, Extractions, Oral Surgery, Jaw Problems, and Root Canal Therapy, and can also offer more specialized care such as; Dental Implants, Crowns, Veneers and Teeth Whitening.

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TV star enjoys stay in the new apartments Los Angeles
Victoria Bonya have two weeks of happy subscribers photos from Sunny California. Satisfied and refreshed Vick looks to the future with joy and hope. It no longer remembers the breakup with husband-millionaire Alex Servicom.
Fans are guessing that maybe in Los Angeles Bonia found a new love, and maybe went head first into work. "I have a feeling that I've always lived in this city and never left home, — Victoria writes in his microblog, I want to live here."
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If you’ve ever been to a salsa class, odds are you’ve heard Celia Cruz. Even if her name is unfamiliar, once heard, Cruz’s voice – by turns strident and tender but always brimming with passion and a playful sassiness – is never forgotten. And she cut an arresting sight, too, dressed resplendently in extravagant stage costumes that consisted of eye-grabbing wigs and dazzling sequined frocks that were ablaze with riotous color.
Her singing career began in Cuba after the Second World War but took off spectacularly in America during the 60s and 70s, when Latin salsa music became one of the hottest musical currencies in New York.
From Cuba To The World
Cruz was born Úrsula Hilaria Celia De La Caridad Cruz Alfonso in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1925. From a poor family, she began singing at an early age, initially urged by her mother to croon lullabies to put her younger siblings to sleep at night. Cruz then got more serious about performing music and began entering – and winning – radio talent shows in Havana and performing in cabarets.
Though in her teens she studied to be a teacher, Cruz’s love of singing prompted her to enter Cuba’s National Conservatory Of Music. She also began singing with local orchestras and, in 1948, her first step on the ladder to stardom was joining a troupe of dancers and singers called Las Mulatas De Fuego, with whom she made her first recordings. Two years later, she became lead singer of a more significant group, La Sonora Matancera, with whom she recorded a raft of albums, many of which were issued by the Seeco label in the US and helped to carry Celia Cruz’s name beyond her homeland.
All Hail The Queen Of Salsa
The Fidel Castro-led communist revolution in Cuba on July 15, 1960, happened while Cruz was out of the country, touring Mexico with La Sonora Matancera. The new regime didn’t look kindly on the group’s foreign sojourns and forbade them to return to their motherland. Now living in exile, Cruz and the group traveled to the US in 1961. After a successful first tour of America, they then performed in Europe and Japan but, in 1965 and after 15 fruitful years with La Sonora Matancera, Cruz decided the time was right to go solo and left. During the 60s, she also married Pedro Knight, who would go on to be her manager.
By this time, the singer had taken American citizenship. She then teamed up with Cuban bandleader Tito Puente and his orchestra, recording several albums with him in the second half of the 60s for the rising Tico imprint, an independent New York label which would later become part of the Fania label group. In 1966, as a 41-year-old solo artist, she recorded one of her signature tunes, a brassy percussion-driven dance groove called “Bemba Colorá,” which helped cement her fame in America.
In 1973, Cruz — by this time already a big star in the world of Latin music — surprised her fans by changing direction and moving from traditional Cuban music forms to a new hybrid called salsa. It was a move prompted by Fania recording artist and pianist Larry Harlow, who was directing an Afro-Cuban version of The Who’s rock opera, Tommy (re-titled Hommy) at New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall.
After this period, Cruz was persuaded by Fania co-founder Jerry Masucci to join his label’s new subsidiary imprint, Vaya Records. Over the course of the next decade, she would earn the title The Queen Of Salsa. Perhaps most memorably, in 1974 she worked with Johnny Pacheco to produce an album that featured “Quimbara,” an immensely popular song. It was during her tenure at Vaya that she also became part of Fania All-Stars, an elite Latin supergroup which was hugely successful and took salsa to audiences across the globe, particularly in Puerto Rico, Panama, and, of course, New York.
Exporting Cuban Music To The World
While salsa’s popularity seemed to peak in the late 70s, there was no downturn in Celia Cruz’s fortunes when the 80s arrived. That decade not only witnessed Cruz reuniting with La Sonora Matancera for an album, it also found her making an entry in The Guinness Book Of World Records for a free outdoor concert in Tenerife – at that time the biggest event of its kind, attracting 250,000 people. Recalling the concert in her autobiography, she wrote: “An event like that goes to show the importance of exporting the music of my tiny homeland throughout the world.”
In 1987, Cruz received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and, a year later, New York’s then-mayor Ed Koch bestowed upon her the Mayor’s Award For Art And Culture. Then, in 1989, after having received 19 Grammy nominations, she finally won her first, for the song “Ritmo En El Corazón” (she would go on to pick up six additional Grammys in her career).
A gift from the soul
The next decade was no less remarkable. In 1990, after 30 years of exile, Cruz was finally allowed to visit Cuba. A year later, a street in Florida was named after her. Then, in 1993, at the age of 67, she made her Hollywood debut: the film Mambo Kings was the first of two big mainstream movies she appeared in. (She recorded a version of “Guantanamera” for the film.) The following year, President Bill Clinton bestowed on her a prestigious National Medal Of Arts award. By now dubbed the “Gran Señora” of Latin music, Cruz continued to be honored in her twilight years, including, in 1997, the city of San Francisco declaring October 25 Celia Cruz Day.
And she still hadn’t stopped producing music. In 1998, she recorded “La Vida es un Carnaval,” and in 2001, the Cuban American singer came out with “La Negra Tiene Tumbao,” featuring Mikey Perfecto. On July 16, 2003, Celia Cruz succumbed to cancer at the age of 77. Half a million people lined up to pay their last respects to her — first in Miami, and then in New York, where she was buried. But this wasn’t the last the world heard of Celia Cruz; she’d been working on a new album, her 70th, just before her death. Released as Regalo Del Alma (A Gift From The Soul) three weeks after her passing, it took Cruz into the Top 40 of the US albums chart and was received with both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. After Cruz’s death, Gloria Estefan hosted Azúcar, a tribute to Cruz and the mark she left on music.
Celia Cruz’s legacy
Since Cruz’s death, her reputation has grown. A few months after her passing, the Celia Cruz Bronx High School Of Music opened in New York and, a year later, a park was named after her in New Jersey. Her posthumous autobiography, Celia – Mi Vida, with a foreword by Maya Angelou, was a bestseller in 2005, while her life also became the subject of two acclaimed children’s books.
That same year, her career was celebrated by an exhibition at the National Museum Of American History and, in 2007, an award-winning musical about her life had a successful off-Broadway run. She has also been commemorated on a US postal stamp in 2011 and had her life made into a Colombian TV series. More recently, in 2019, her music inspired a critically-lauded tribute album, Celia, by noted Benin-born musician Angelique Kidjo, who gave ten of Cruz’s signature songs an Afrobeat makeover.
Incomparable, charismatic, and glamorous, Celia Cruz was a larger-than-life figure who was so much more than a mere singer. A bona fide Latin cultural icon, The Queen Of Salsa left an indelible mark on the world, and her appeal and influence transcended both musical and demographic barriers.