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Pushed It Real Good!
By Mark Vidler
lB Mech Eng
This past Saturday, the fifteenth
annual BUS PUSH was held, and as
usual, the weather was on our side.
Although the day started out a bit
cooler than had been hoped, the
efforts of hauling the bus over six and
a half Kilometers was more than
enough to warm everyone involved.
The trip went well, with not too
many incidents along the way. The
Bearers were out in for<;e with the
TOOL leading the ensemble. At all
the stoplights the oncoming traffic
was halted and the motorists
canvassed by the Little Sisters, as
were any onlookers. Along the way
over three hundred dollars was
raised. Musical entertainment was
provided by engineers toting a drum
and brass, which proceeded support
for the Plummer's Hymn, variations
of row, row, row, and a somewhat
feeble attempt at the score from
Gilligan's Island (what the hell
DOES come after "The Professor and
Mary-Ann" ?).
Upon reaching Market Square in
Kitchener (which was a lot farther
than anyone realized) the laws of
physics were broken. The whole
calvacade, indud ing instruments,
boarded the bus. Said bus, with a
seating capacity of about forty-seven
people, managed to hold well in
excess of one hundred and thirty
participants. Yes, it was a tad snug.
Back at l'OETS the forty pizzas
generously donated by Little Caesar's
were inhaled in less than ten minutes,
while the frozen yoghurt, of TCBY
fame, and pop weren't around much
longer. Most of the Bus Push T-Shirts
were sold, but a few still remain, so if
you didn't pick one up, get it now or
you'll be kicking yourself later.
There will be a reception in POETS
on Wednesday March sixth for
everyone who participated. The CD
player and other great prizes will be
given out at this time, as well as
liquid 'gratuities' (see 'homework')
to the class with the highest pledge
totals. This night will be even more
fun than was has previously, and
everyone should plan to attend. The
pledge sheets are due (with money)
on Friday March first, so please be
prompt as we have to get this money
to the Big Sisters.
On a final note: there was much fun
had by al1; goodly sums of money
were raised; many girls will benefit
from this event; there was free food
and a gathering is promised; and
nobody died. That pretty much
qualifies the fifteenth annual BUS
PUSH as a great success, thanks to
you, the Waterloo Engineers.
BUS PUSH ORGANIZERS WOULD
LIKE TO THANK OUR
SPONSORS ...
Major Sponsors (>$100)
Art Tech
Don Cherry's
Engineering Society
Julie's Flowers
Kinko's
Little Caesar's
MGM Clothes
Subway
Taters 'n Toppings
TCBY
Toshiba
Other Sponsors
Alberta Jean Costumes
Belberry's
The Cookie Connection
Domino's Pizza
East Side Mario's
Engineering C&D
First Choice Haircutters
Gino's
Guardian Drugs
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kiers Electric .
Mark's Work Wearhouse
Mega Pizza
Phil's Grandson's
Pizza Hut
Pizza Pizza
Reuben and Wong's
Stanley Burgers
T.}. Cinnamon's
Travel Cuts
TIC Bottling Co.
Page 2
Iron Warrior
A Week From
Hell
I know no one wants to hear me
whine ... but that's too bad. I just went
through a week from hell that I
never want to do again.
Last week I had an exam schedule
that I thought was unbelievably
unfair to the students in 3A Comp Eng.
We had one exam a night for five
straight days, Monday to Friday, on
. top of our lectures. I don't know about
everyone else but I sure didn't handle
all of this too well. I missed lectures,
I screwed up exams and I got sick on
top of it al1. What's the point?
There are surely a multitude of
ways to schedule our exams so as to
not put us through this type of
torture. Here are a few that have
come to my mind ... maybe you can
think of a few more and mention them
to your professors.
1. The faculty could at least
guarantee a day between exams to
allow students a little time to
recover.
UW Apathy
Apathy. "This campus has the
most apathetic student population in
the province."- or so I've been told.
Until recently, I was one of the
apathetic and so I figured I fit right
in. I was apathetic so if everyone
else was apathetic then we were all
apathetic. No big deal. Who cared
anyway.
When 1 did start to get iJ.wolved I
found out that there were an these
directorships I'd never even heard of
and all these people doing a whole
lot of different things. The
accusation that we were all
apathetic sort of faded into the
background. But now I'm not so sure. I
find it hard to believe that anyone
really cares about what happens or
what is said about them.
In one of the letters to the editor
last issue, I was told that the
position of editor of the Iron Warrior
is a privilege. I should not abuse this
privilege because it will "certainly
make someone irate." Being irate has
a certain level of emotion to it.
Enough that they would be likely to
respond to the source of their
irateness. If this is true, I could
reasonably expect to get a few letters
to the editor from people who either
agree or disagree with what has been
written in an editorial.
In fact I have heard very little
feedback about anything in the
paper, especially my editorials. To
date, the only response I've had to
any of my editorials is a letter telling
me that I've misquoted someone. The
misquote was only an aside to the
issue I was trying to raise and I could
have used what had actually been
said in the same way.
Other than the one letter, I have a
few friends who make a point of
saying that they think that the last
issue of the paper was a good one. But
almost no one ever writes a letter to
the editor. As far as we can tell from
the response we get we are producing
the perfect paper. Nothing is ever
wrong with it. Of course we could
take it the other way and decide
that we are not doing anything right,
everything is wrong and we should
scrap the whole paper all together.
As further proof of the apathy in
this school, we published photos of
the artwork on campus and asked for
a ranking and naming of each piece of
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2. I have heard about some classes
(I think it was Mech) that worked
ahead with their profs so they could
have a week free of lectures for their
exams. This might take a little co-
ordination but it sounds like it might
not be such a bad idea.
3. Maybe we could have our
reading weekend (maybe even
WEEK!) during mid-terms instead of
after. It would sure help me cope
with exams a little better.
4. I think the best idea I have
heard yet is abolishing midterm
exams altogether. I think if we
adopted a system of say two or three
midterms spread throughout the term
it would be very beneficial to the
students. It would not only force them
to keep up with their work but it
would also take a lot of the pressure
off them since one screw-up would not
mean a lost course.
Maybe I'm way off base with these
suggestions ... If I am, let your faculty
know what you think about the
current situation with exams.
Nothing can change if no one knows
there is a problem.
artwork. We got a total of 4
responses. They have been
reproduced in this issue somewhere.
The conclusion? The students in
this faculty are apathetic. In fact to
try and resolve this issue of apathy I
challenge everyone who reads this
editorial to respond to it. Even if all
you do is write a note that says "I am
not apathetic" and drop it in my mail
box in the Orifice. Or send me e-mail
at IWARRIOR@1302. If I get forty
responses that will be one percent of
the number of copies printed. I bet
you can't do it.
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March 1, 1991
Editors:
Kevin Johnson
Harvey Watson
Photo Editor:
Chris DeBrusk
Advertising:
Todd Bailey
Julie Shigetomi
Contributors:
A.J. Baxter
Michael Chan
Wendy Chun
Paul Fieguth
Bruce Fraser
Sean Murphy
John Straube
Mark Verheyden
Mark Vidler
Art Work:
Balderdash
Kim Boucher
Layout Manager:
Linda Hachey
Layout:
Balderdash
Neil Channen
Daniel-san
Dodgemyster
Elise
Johnova
. Lauramatic
The Photocopier Guy
Ted Timar
March 1, 1991
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Page 3
Pres Spews Pres Spews
Perspectives
A.J. Baxter
President
The reading days have come and
gone. The tentative final exam
schedule has been issued. The Eng Soc
and Endowment director nominations
will close at 3:30 today. The OEDC
sta.rts today and those blasted 4th
year people will be receiving their
rings in 6 days. Yes, the term is
slowly drawing to a close. BUT,
there are still a bizillion things to be
done. EngWeek will be a blast, Rocky
Horror Picture show will be in POETS
real soon and the End of Term Pub
will be a blowout.
I was sitting in a meeting
somewhere and someone mentioned
something like the faculty doesn't
seem to be too aware of what EngSoc
actually does. I said "Whaddya
mean, they know what we do". But
then later (while consuming beers or
LIlTs) I started really thinking about
what EngSoc does and what the
faculty involvement is or could be.
The primary function of EngSoc is to
provide a social scene (of sorts) for
undergraduate engineers at the
University of Waterloo. Most of the
stuff we do could use more
participation and rivalry. This
would be a perfect place to have more
faculty involvement. I can see it
now ... a prof team for Eng Floor
Hockey. (Well, maybe the tug'o'war
is more their speed). But it would be
great to get to know the professors
better. Another aspect that would be
Improved with professor involvement
would be the charity fund raisers
EngSoc runs. Trina and Jefferson may
be running a charity 'jail' and I think
we could raise more money if we could
jail our profs along with the EngSoc
Exec. By the way, keep your ears
open for this upcoming event.
Another item that tells me that
faculty may not be aware of what
EngSoc does is the low number of
proposals that have been received for
the WEEF interest money. The only
viable proposal that A Soc received
was ' for WatStar. We don't have
enormous amounts of money in interest
yet but still $10,000 is $10,000, I
think that the students have shown
great commitment to their education
by donating $75 per term to WEEF
and I hope that faculty members are
aware of this effort on the part of the
student body.
The OEDC is bringing students from
all over Ontario to the University of
Waterloo. In addition to the outside
talent that will be appearing, U of W
engineering students will be entering
their projects. The Dean and the SFF
have been involved :0 the funding of
the competition, but Faculty interest
would mean a great deal to the
students participating in the events.
Finally we are applying all of the
formulae and "stuff' that they have
been drilling into us over the years.
EngSoc is very concerned with the
promotion of engineering to
highschool students and to public
school students. Many of U of W
engineering students have been
attending conferences and seminars on
how we can encourage more people
into the field. Dean Burns and Bill
Lennox have given EngSoc incredible
support with these initiatives but I
think it would be great to see more of
the professors involved or even aware
that we are really trying to get out
there and make a difference.
Now, I know that I don't know
about all of the research that
professors do nor do I expect profs to
know exactly what is playing at
POETS on Thursday afternoon.
Perhaps the problem has been lack of
communication on EngSoc's part but
what ever the reason I will be
making an effort to inform the faculty
about what we do and I hope that
this will make profs more inclined to
participate in the fun and the serious
things that EngSoc sponsors. So on
March 18th I will be going to Faculty
Council to give a brief overview of
EngSoc. I hope this will inspire Profs
to write to the IW, to get involved
and to be aware that we really need
to have fun as well as get a degree.
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4A Psychology
How can you ten that someone is an
engineering student? The engineering
students are the ones who are drunk,
rude, and obnoxious. They spend
their free time watching strippers,
making sexist jokes, and seeing who
can consume the most alcohol. They
look down on anyone who does not
know how to design a bridge, but they
are completely unable to comprehend
any kind of moral or ethical problem,
including the ones that are created by
their own bridge-building. They are
secretly jealous of "artsies", not
because we work on human problems,
but because we have fewer hours in
class which translates into more time
for drinking.
None of the engineers I know
personally fit the stereotype, and so I
know that this impression of
engineers is not accurate. However, it
was the first picture to come to my
mind of a "typical" engineering
student. A tiny minority of the
engineering students are perpetuating
this image. The myth is reinforced
when I hear about such debates
within engineering as whether or not
to cancel drinking contests, to change
the name of the (Ridgid) Tool, or to
hire strippers for society functions,
but J do not hear about any positive
work being done by the engineering
societies.
Stereotypes die hard. There are
drunken boors in engineering; there
are drunken boors in every faculty.
Engineers have a reputation to
overcome, and many people are
working hard to overcome it. Our
industrialized SOciety needs the
skills of engineers, but we also need to
see that there is more to a balanced
education than not spilling your
drink.
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How
it works
Paul Fieguth
4B Electrical
Following up on last issue's topic
(CRT displays), this time we'll take
a look at other forms of displays:
LCD, LED, and electroluminescent.
Liquid Crystals:
Liquid crystal displays are those
non-glowing, usually black and
white, displays commonly found on
pocket calculators and laptop
computers.
A liquid crystal is a collection of
atoms that maintains some form of
structure, but also has some degree of
freedom to move (ie, an intermediate
state between crystals and liquids).
There are three for ms of crystals:
smectic, nematic, and cholesteric (the
distinction lying in the form and
shape of the liquid crystals). Most .
displays are made up of the nematic
form of crystals, where the crystals
are arranged somewhat like a set of
toothpicks in a box: One feature of
these crystals is that the direction in
which they point can be influenced by
external electric or magnetic fields.
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A basic feature of the crystals is to
polarize light in the direction in
which the crystals point. You may
recal1 from physics (see Figure 1),
that two polarizers pointing in the
same direction allow some light to
pass (specifically, all of the light
polzarized in the direction of the
polarizers passes), whereas two
polarizers pointing at right angles
allow no light to pass.
Figure 2 shows the basic liquid
crystal display. The crystal is
mounted within a glass or plastic
polarizer. When an electric field is
applied across the crystal, the
polarization is opposite that of the
glass, and the segment appears black.
When no field is applied, the
crystals tend to orient randomly, and
light will pass.
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very little lower, and thus are ideal
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applications. Disadvantages include
the fact that the di splay response
time is slow, and that the display
generates no light (ie, external
ambient light is required).
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When? MARCH 1 (that's tonight)
Time? Doors open @ 8pm
Where? POETS ... where else?
Cost? 1$, free if dressed up!!
Light Emitting Diodes:
Light emitting diode (LED)
displays are relatively scarce these
days, however they used to be
common on calculators and some
wristwatches.
A diode is a basic electronic device
that permits current flow only in one
direction. Figure 3 shows the basic
construction of the diode. The heart
of the diode is a junction of two
The color is a controllable
parameter of the diode design
semiconductors (usually based on
si licon or gall ium arsenide and
phosphorus ). The dissimilar
semiconductors induce an electric
potential (ie, a voltage difference)
across the junction. When a forward
current is applied to the diode,
electrons must pass across this junction
and hence cross the electric potential,
thereby losing energy. When an
electron loses energy it emits a photon
(for those of you who remember, this
is analogous to an orbit change for an
electron in an atom). The colour (ie,
wavelength) of the emitted photon is
a function of the energy drop across
the junction, which is a controllable
parameter of the diode design.
In normal diodes, this junction is
buried and hidden. In an LED, he
junction i s exposed (usually by
encasing the device in a clear
plastic), permitting the emitted
photons to escape the device and be
visible to our eyes. Clearly if no
current is applied to the diode, no
electrons cross the junction, and no
light is emitted.
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LED displays consume a
considerable amount of power, hence
their disfavour among low power
devices (calculators etc). Advantages
include the fact that they have a
very fast response time (LEOs can be
used in laser printers, see my first
article), and they can generate a
variety of colours of light (or even
infrared light).
Electrol uminescence:
Electroluminescent displays are a
relative newcomer to the display
field. The display is based on the
Destriau effect (OK, so you didn' t
really care about that).
Figure 4 shows a cross section of an
electroluminescent panel. The panel
is built up of a thin phosphor
(typically zinc sulphide), encased on
each side by a thin plastic sheet
surrounded by electrode contacts. If a
voltage is applied across the
contacts, a strong electric field is
induced in the phosphor. This
electric field accelerates electrons,
smashing them into other electrons
and atoms. Every time an electron
collides with something, it slows
down and releases its energy in the
form of photons (which you then see).
This electric field accelerates
the electrons, smashing them
into other electrons and atoms
This effect dies down with time (as
electrons drift due to the field, they
move to the far electrode and induce a
field equal in magnitude to the
external field but opposite in
direction, thus cancelling further
electron movement). Thus in order to
sustain light generation, the external
field must vary with time (eg, just put
an alternating voltage on the
electrons).
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to cover a wall!
EL displays have numerous
advantages: they can be built in a
variety of sizes (from a small pixel to
covering a wall), they are very
efficient (much more efficient than
lightbulbs - they could conceivably
illuminate a room), and they have a
very fast response time. The main
difficulty with these displays for
computer applications has been to
find appropriate phosphors to
generate a variety of colours (ie, for
colour screens).
March I, 1991
Michael Chant
4B Mechanical
It's the last day of the competition
as the team members watch the mud
covered motocross track. Some
realize that their entry has no
chance of winning while others know
t at a good showin in this final
event will mean the difference
between first and seventh place. A
group of spectators watch anxiously
at the bottom of a hilt straining
their necks and ears for any sign of
their vehicle. A faint rumbling from
the opposite side of the hill grabs
the attention of the crowd; the
onlookers know what to expect next.
The first of many Mini-Baja vehicles
scream across the top of the hill
clearing three to four feet of air
before impacting the ground and
continuing on down the track. The
designers of that particular vehicle
breath a sigh of relief as they realize
that their entry has completed yet
another lap. This event is known as
the Endurance Competition and is by
far the most gruelling and exciting in
the Mini-Baja competition.
mini-baja vehicles
scream across the top
of the hill ...
The SAE Mini-Baja, as the name
may suggest, involves the design and
fabrication of an off road, all-terrain
vehicle. The rules are simple and
straight forward; each team is given
a Briggs and Stratton motor around
which you have to build a vehicle.
This includes all aspects of the
frame, suspension, drive train,
steering, brakes and all the other
major and/or minor components which
would allow a vehicle to move from
point A to point B safely. The process
is quite involved and draws on the
engineering knowledge and skill of a
student to ensure that the main
objective is met; This objective, of
course, is to win the 1991 Midwest
Mini-Ba' com tition.
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The University of Waterloo's entry
has always performed well. In the
past it has won individual events but
has never won the overall
competition. In order to make it more
competitive changes will have to be
made in the areas of acceleration,
handling and durability. Such
changes have led to the
of'the vehicle from the
ground up. The only thing from the
past that the 1991 Mini-Baja vehicle
will retain is the frame. This
redesign and fabrication will be quite
involved but is essential if the
vehicle is to perform well in the
seven events outlined below:
1. Acceleration
This performance evaluation is the
first of the combined acceleration, top
speed, and braking event. The winner
is judged to be the one with the
lowest elapsed time over a 100 ft.
straight run from a standing start.
2. Top Speed
This event is conducted in
conjunction with the acceleration and
braking test. The elapsed time
through the last 20ft. of the test
course will be measured and a top
speed is calculated .
3. Braking
At the end of the top speed
measurement the vehicle will enter
an 8 ft. wide braking lane. The driver
is to apply controllable braking. The
distance travelled from the end of
the top speed measurement to the
wheel on the vehicle which has
travelled the farthest will be
measured and the average
deceleration will be calculated.
4. Chain Pull
This event is designed to test the
relative pulling power of the
vehicles and to entice tractor pull
enthusiasts to the event. A chain
will be connected to a hitch located
on the vehicle. The vehicle will
drag as much of the load chain as
possible until such time that the
vehicle can no longer move the load.
5. Maneuverability
This event consists of one lap of a
"rally-type" course through pylons
and over moderate terrain. A time
penalty of five seconds will be
assessed for each pylon hit and a
time penalty of ten seconds will be
assessed for each pylon missed. The
winner will be the one to make it
through the course in the shortest
amount of time.
... an acceleration test up
a 30% to 100% grade ...
6. Hillclimb
This event consists of an
acceleration test up a 30% to 100%
grade from a level standing start.
The winner will be based on the best
elapsed time.
7. Endurance Event
The endurance event will consist of
a number of laps run over a rough
terrain track for two hours. The order
of finish will be based on the number
of complete laps run during the two
hours. This is by far the most
punishing event for the vehicle and
the team that finishes first usually
places quite well in the competition.
The major areas of the University
of Waterloo's entry (ie. suspension,
steering, drive train) will be
completed by the end of March.
Testing will occur during the month of
April, and if need be will continue up
until the middle of May. The
competition date is scheduled for the
weekend of May 31st 1991 and will
occur near Dayton, Ohio.
The Mini-Baja vehicJe will be on
display during open house in March
and a presentation will be given to
the CSME society near the end of
March. At present the University of
Waterloo's entry does not have a cool
and sophisticated name. We would
appreciate suggestions for a vehicJe
name which would embody the spirit
of the University and of the project
itself.
At present the 1991 Mini-Baja team
is selling T-shirts for ten dollars each
to raise money for financing the
vehicle. We hope that you will
support our cause and will purchase a
T-shirt from anyone of the six team
members: Michael Chan, Douglas
HtJI, Troy Hilton, Robert Keenan,
Murray Rice and Alan Buxton. If you
have any more questions on the
project please feel free to contact
Michael Chan through Watstar at
MCHAN@MECHANICAL or by
leaving a message in the Mechanical
Engineering Office.
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Iron Warrior
OEDC

IS HERE
,

Wendy Chun
38 Systems
The moment of glory has arrived.
People will be unmasking their works
of art this weekend -- tensely
anticipating the verdict and trying to
charm the judges into believing that
their project really is the best thing
since sliced bread. All the hours of
pain will finally payoff. Yes - this
weekend is the OEDC '91
competition.
The presentations will start this
Friday and carry on into Saturday.
The Entrepreneurial Design and
Corporate Design booths will be on
display in the Davis Centre Foyer
throughout the weekend.
Communications will be held 10 DC-
1350, Explanatory Communications in
DC-1351 and Extemporaneous
Communications in DC-1302 and DC-
1304. Mr. Denis Hall, partner, The
Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Group
will be speaking from 3 to 4:30 pm on
Saturday afternoon in DC-1350. An
informal welcoming party will be
held in Fed Hall on Friday night and
the Awards Banquet wiJI be held at
the Waterloo Inn on Saturday night.
The schedule is packed for Friday
and Saturday and the presentations
are as follows:
ENTREPRENEURIAL
Section A
Friday
7:55pm
8:35pm
"A Colour Detector for
Visually Impaired"
Linas P. Dauksa
University of Toronto
"A Better Page Turner"
Geoffrey Vanderkooy
Laurence Pilch
University of Waterloo
Saturday
8:15 am ''The ECSIII -
Programmable Guitar
Effects Controller"
Peter Landon
Matthew Kaustinen
AndrewMor
Queen's University
8:55 am "Main Buccale"
Isabelle Laurin
Don Holtz
University of Waterloo
9:35 am "Quick Release Locking
Axle"
Denis Campion
Sebastian Do
Antonio Maio
Carleton University
10:15 am "Ultrasonic Washing
Machine Proposal"
Alex Kwain
Alan Wong
Mable Wu
University of Waterloo
10:55 am "Design Implementation of
a Felxible Urethane
Coupling"
Narinder Chana
Paul Pfeiffer
University of Windsor
11 :35 am "The Pannier Fridge"
Joseph Day
Trish Greig
Queen's University
Section B
Friday
m
8:50pm
i
Arthur Drevnig
University of Waterloo
"Retroreflecting
Shadowgraph"
Ron [acobelli
Victor Lopes
University of Windsor
Saturday
8:30 am "Remote Jam"
Harry Mark
University of Waterloo
."
9:10 am "Automatic Delxming of
Whitefish Fillets"
Edward Jahn
University of Windsor
9:50 am "Real Time 3-D Video
Game System"
Michael J. Narayan
Aaron W. Ogus
University of Waterloo
10:30 am "CDRU Design Project-
H.E.R.V."
Chris Daskas
Rocco Carella
Fabio Dal Grande
Sam Troia
University of Toronto
11:10 am "The Mechanized
Com poster"
James Yerner
Wendy McEachern
Steven Moffat
Andrew Leslie
Queen's University
CORPORATE DESIGN
Friday
7:30pm
8:10pm
"Stabilization of
Hazardous Wastes"
Chris Kieswetter
Carleton University
"Multistandard Decoder
for RGB CRT Data
Projector"
Alexander McKinney
Warren D'Souza
Universi of Waterloo
Saturday
8:20 am "BOD Treatment"
Michael Shaffer
Efstathios Notidis
Akaash Singh
Alfredo DaCunha
Queen's University
9:00 am "Automated Test Fixture"
Paul Sadler
Glenn Cassibo
Mark Cunningham
University of Toronto
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9:40 am "Autofocus Attachment"
Bruce Hecht
Patrick Lau
Malathi Francis
University of Waterloo
10:20 am "Oil Tank Filler Closure"
Laurence Gryniewski
Leo Po
Anton Bakalic
BruceAmm
University of Toronto
11:00 am "Frequency Oscillation
Detector"
James Brooks
Roger Bowes
Queen's University
11:40 am "Measurement of
Sharpness for Coated
Abrasives (3M)"
DinoCaro
Denise Spadotto
University of Windsor
EXPLANATORY
COMMUNICATIONS
Friday
7:40pm
8:35pm
"Industrial Flowmeters:
Analysis and Selection"
Aaron Nelson
University of Waterloo
"Quality Maintenance"
Jeff Clavert
University of Western
Ontario
Saturday
8:10 am "Architecture and
Optimization of the
Ariane 4 European Rocket"
Laurent Michel
Robin Dufour
University of Ottawa
9:05 am "Maximizing Chiller
ici cncy"
Robert Greenwa1d
University of Waterloo
10:00 am "Wastewater Teatment"
Paul Koros
Guelph Uni versi ty
10:55 am "The Fax Machine"
Sharmcne Fatima Ali
University of Western
Ontario
11 :50 am "Object Oriented
Programming"
Andrew Reeves-Han
University of Waterloo
EDITORIAL
Saturday
8:40 am "The Engineering of Life"
Bradley John McBain
University of Western
Ontario
9:35 am "Power Line Radiation"
Selina P. Ali
University of Western
Ontario
10:30 am "Military Research and
Engineering Ethics"
Gerald L. Boersma
Jeremey S. Fong
Carleton University
11 :25 am "Moving us Into Tomorrow"
Rodney Case
University of Western
Ontario
Please feel free to come out and see
the presentations and support your
friends in this competition.
Thanks to everyone who has
volunteered to help us this weekend
and it's not too late to come out and
help out. Good luck to all the
competitors and I'll sec you all out in
the Davis Centre this weekend!!!
"
March I, 1991
Pub{isfi
Harvey Watson
4B Chemical
Last fall Queens hosted a
conference entitled Canadian Engin-
eering Student Papers Conference
(CESPC). The aim of the conference
was to provide a forum for discussion
on how to improve engineering
student newspapers. There were
representatives from all over the
country: from UBC to UNB (New
Brunswick). Some schools only sent
one representative (like U of
Alberta), while others sent a pile of
People (Queen's - it was a very short
drive for them). Some didn't send
any at all because they no longer
publish a paper. They have
constitutionally restricted them-
selves from ever printing a paper
again.
After we arrived on Thursday
evening, we attended a hospitality/
get-to-know-you reception. People
had a wide range of personalities but
most agreed that the reputation of
the average engineering student
paper needs a lot of help and that
usually the reputation is well
founded, or used to be. Many
anecdotes were passed on about how
each paper had been in trouble in the
past. UW representatives had very
little to pass on in this respect but we
heard a huge pile of stories.
Friday morning we had a discussion
group where every paper presented a
brief synopsis of the format,
circulation, and history of their
paper. Most of the papers were of a
humour format with a moderate
circulation. Some are read across
campus, like IW and Queen's Golden
Revamped
Ray White
Des Consultant
Ray@108
It seems many people are unaware
of what is happening with computing
in Engineering, and so here is a list of
recent changes that address a number
of your computing needs.
The Watstar network is being
upgraded this term with financial
aid from Alumni and the Faculty of
Engineering. There will be in total
sixty one new 386 based computers
replacing the old XT's. The computers
have started to arrive and are being
installed as quickly as possible.
Already the Mechanical, E2-1304
room is upgraded and the EL-108
room is partially upgraded. Soon
Electrical, Chemical and Civil will
receive upgrades along with some of
the stations in E2-1302. The Gref
computers currently in EL-I08 will be
moved to E2-1302 (they have high
density 5.25" drives). For you
hardware buffs, the new JKL
computers are 33MHz 80386
computers, with 33MHz 80387 math
co-processors, 4 Megabytes RAM, 64K
RAM cache, Super VGA displays,
Logitech mouse and a single 3.5" 1.44
Megabyte floppy disk.
The Department of Computing,
computer Consultant and the Watstar
Iron Warrior
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Words, while others are restricted to
a single distribution point.
In the afternoon, Claudette
MacKay-Lassond gave a talk on how
to change a newspaper's reputation.
She said tha t perception is
everything and that the truth is
irrelevant. Basically, the name of
the paper has to be changed so that
people will pick it up because they
have never seen it before and then
the content has to be Significantly
difference so that the person picking
up the new paper doesn't say
something like "Oh. They just
changed the name and didn't do
anything else."
Needless to say this suggestion met
with a large amount of opposition
from some well established papers
who have already set about changing
their reputation by other means.
After that we went into discussion
groups where we talked about all sort
of things like how to improve
advertising, management techniques,
and various perspectives on engin-
eering papers from industry and
academic representatives.
Later in the afternoon we heard
about the rights and responsibilities
of an editor. There are several jobs of
the editor. The editor should not do
unintentional harm, afflict the
comfortable, and comfort the
afflicted. We also heard about
several legal responsibilities that
all boiled down to common decency.
The bottom line is that the editor is
responsible for everything written in
the paper, no matter what the
circumstances.
That night we were treated to a
glimpse of the Kingston night-life.
Bars are the same all across the
province but the atmosphere is
definitely different.
Saturday, we had three different
workshops interspersed with a
. . . . - . . . . .
computing Consultant are now
centrally located in the new
Engineering Computer User Support
Centre (ECUSC). The ECUSC is
located in E2-2349A just across from
Audio Visual and beside the
Engineering Copy Centre. If you have
any computing problems the
Consultants will be in the ECUSC to
help you from 10:00 to 12:00 and 1 :30
to 4:30 daily. Also you can phone the
ECUSC at x6814 for Watstar specific
questions or x3524 for any other
questions including UNIX and CMS
based questions. Since the Watstnr
Consultant has moved from the EL-
108 office to the ECUSC there is now
an on-campus phone available in EL-
108 if you have any problems. As a
side issue if you are having problems
printing on the printers located in
Engineering Input/Output room, CPH-
2367, please come down to the ECUSC
as the printer Operators are not
familiar with the software
associated with the printing process.
Over this term there have been
many complaints about people using
the 386 based computers for ga me
playing. As a result, we would
appreciate all the people playing
games to not play games when people
need the 386 computers. In other
words, if you want to playa game and
the room appears full please move to
the older XT computers. Users have
the right to ask game playing people
to leave. This common courtesy is the
step before banning all games on the
Watstar network.
number of key-note speakers. The
workshops covered technical writing,
cartooning, reporting skills, humour
writing, and public relations.
The first keynote speaker talked
about the relationship between
engineering students and the APEO.
We heard a number of statistics on
Wat-a-b6ggan
John Straube
4B Civil
the profession of engineering. For The 1991 Great Northern Concrete
instance, did you know that there are Toboggan Race was held at Ecole
130,000 engineers in Canada. Did you Poly technique in Montreal February
know that only 3% are female 21- 23. The 18 members of Team Wat-
compared to 40-50% in Eastern a-ooggan emerged triumphantly with
Europe? Did you know that the Lady an overall second place finish against
Godiva song started at U of Tin 1947? , the 37 teams from across Canada and
The second keynote speaker was the United States. The Wat-a-
Mr. J. Simpson of the Globe and Mail.
He talked about the relationship
between media and society but in the
process showed his ignorance of the
true content of engineering
newspapers, despite being given
several copies two days earlier so
that he could have a up-to-date
reference.
Saturday night we went to the
Queen's equivalent of POETS. There .
is no comparison. POETS is a pale
shadow. The atmosphere is great.
The place is comfortable not to
mention the band. ' One of the best
I've heard ... and they were all
Queen's graduates doing it as a part-
time thing. If you ever get a chance to
go there - TAKE IT.
Sunday we had a plenary session
where we eventually ironed out some
resolutions about what we gained
. from the experience. On the whole it
was an incredibly productive
weekend. We all had fun and
learned a lot (despite having only
three days the event.)

boggan was nominated for Best
Design, Best Braking System, and
Most Spectacular Run.
On the first run, the Wat-c'i-boggan
reached a speed of 42 km/h but hit
the waJl after the finish line,
catapulting the sled and its five
occupants sideways and upside down.
Luck, helmets, and the integral
rollbar prevented serious injury, but a
concerted effort was required to
rebuild the mutilated braking system
before the second run.
The now experienced team safely
completed the second run with a
speed of 48 km/h. After excessive
celebrations Saturday night, the
team returned home at midnight
Sunday, hoarse, hungover,
exhausted, and elated.
Please remember to come out to the
fund-raising barbeque held every
Friday ou tside POETS and see the
remains of the Wahl-boggan. Stay
tuned for a future IW article and the
spectacular video presentation being
produced.
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Sean Murphy
3A Mechanical
Babes, bathing suits, booze, cops
and fire engines. What a trip!!! 24
enduring hours spent in a car to pursue
the American Dream, a chance to see
the SUPER BOWL.
Destination Tampa. Rob, Dave,
Collin and I left on a cold, blustery
. morning leaving our class companions
to measure mass flows of snow in the
frigid January air. The time was 5
am. We were off to explore the
unknown ... only to return ten minutes
later to retrieve a forgotten pair of
sunglasses. (That's right Collin,
there is sun in Florida.)
Proceeding on the 401 towards
Windsor, it was remarked to anyone
who would listen how cold it was in
Canada and how warm Florida
would be with a great deal of
emphasis on the fact we would be
attending SUPER BOWL XXV.
The road trip of biblical proportions
had begun. Miles and miles of
beautiful Canadian tundra passed us
by, (or was it simply the wastelands
of arlo ar ly cover d
by snow). But by the time it was 8:30
am we were crossing Windsor in our
perilous pursuit of the American
Dream, and were fast approaching
the American border.
Crossing the bridge we tried to see
the majesty of the purple mountains
and of downtown Detroit; however
due to heavy fog (smog?) we were
unable to see a great deal of this
beautiful city. We had to make our
Iron Warrior
Super Bowl
way through some interesting
neighborhoods in our goal of reaching
the 1-75 alive. This did not occur
without incident. At one stoplight,
we were rapidly approached by
several members of a tribal gang who
proceeded to attempt to remove our
hubcaps. Fortunately, my jeep does
not have hubcaps and we were able to
escape after striking a few of the
thugs with the front of the jeep. At
that point, the light turned green and
we able to leave without further
incident. I then woke up ...
The rest of the journey through
Detroit was filled with adventure as
we, the voyagers, encountered flash
storms of snow and sleet throughout
the Detroit area.
Upon leaving Michigan, the snow
was replaced by beautiful sunshine
(coincidence or no?) as we entered
Ohio. The tri p proceeded wi th
gesticulation to any car who
attempted to overtake us in our goal
of the American Dream, the SUPER
BOWL. As such, we were noticed by
everyone on the road with our
Canadian flag flying out of the
sunroof and our many signs indicating
our destination and our intentions.
Examples inc1ude:"Four nice
Canadian guys looking for .... " and
"Tampa Bound dude!!!".
we met up with
Homer Simpson
The journey through Ohio was
uneventful until we reached
Cincinnati. Fearing that we might be
caught in midday traffic through
downtown Cincinnati, we chose
through Indiana where we met a lot
of hoosiers. (Only in the States would
there be a bypass for a city in one
state passing through another state.)
Ouring our brief stay in Indiana we
had a drag race with a 240ZX who
decided to take the Canadian
challenge near a nuclear plant on the
Ohio River. Fortunately, he wasn't in
a racing mood, so the Canadians won
again!!! While we were passing the
nuclear plant we met up with Homer
Simpson who lent us some plutonium
to stock our flux capacitor to return to
the future to see what life is like
after graduation. (Seeing as though
we hadn't passed, we decided to
return to school right after the game.)
Dave's drag racing experience and
his interesting interpretation of the
speed limit in kilometers per hour
was exciting. (No Dave, 120 km/h is
not the legal limit anywhere, not
even Indiana!?!)
After relieving Dave in Sunny
Ohio, our journey continued towards
the wild southern states. Upon
entering the Kentucky Blue Grass
state, where we didn't see any,
though there was a lot of crabgrass,
we enjoyed our greatest adventures.
Again the signs were indicating our
destination, with the added
"Where's Tampa dude?" We received
a great deal of guidance from other
drivers on the road, each pointing
straight ahead. We waved back.
A lot must be said for southern
hospitality of Kentucky. As w.e
continued our pilgrimage, we
encountered the friendly smiles of
some female students from the
University of Kentucky. These smiles
were from the back window of a car
ahead of us. The smiles were not on
their faces either, but they were
warm.
After racing through the evening\
traffic chasing after the girls of our
dreams, they managed to elude us
through a series of rapid lane
changes and pulled off at the exit for
the University of Kentucky. Destiny
had passed us by again.
The Sandford Fleming Foundation
March I, 1991
After our brief and uneventful jaunt
through Tennessee, where we failed
to see Elvis, after all, he was
expected to show up at the SUPER
BOWL. We thought we could give
him a ride on the way down to
Tampa. However, since he is dead we
passed though Tennessee without a
stop and entered the eternally long
and ridiculously boring state of
Georgia (at 1 am of course).
The song "Georgia on my mind"
became a literal translation of our
sentiment because it seemed to go on
forever. Maybe it was due to the fact
it was the last state before reaching
the sunshine state, the state of our
dreams and the SUPER BOWL,
Florida.
When stopping at the greater
Georgia gas stations we were much
impressed by the fact we could
purchase singles of beer in any
convenience store. Isn't America
wonderful? Only in America can you
pull off at a roadside gas station to
buy singles of beer for the long and
thirsty drive. But I digress ...
The people are just not friendly in
Georgia. I guess we are partially to
blame, we were little wired after
consuming 3 cases of Coke. We might
have been a little to hyper for 2
o'clock in the morning, caffeine docs
that to a person.
After passing through several
periods of semi-consciousness, some of
them while I wasn't driving, I awoke
to the cheering of our quasi-alert
passengers as we entered the great
state of Florida. We were only 90
minutes away from the greatest goal
of our lives, the SUPER BOWL city of
Tampa, Florida.
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
is twice yearly competition involving oral presentations of work term reports by undergraduate
This term's competition will be held the morning of March 12, 1991. The winning
presentation Will earn a cash award of $300, with other participants receiving awards of $200 each.
For more information, contact Prof. P.H. Calamai at DC 2623 or Ext. 3182. .
Ever hav.e an urge to spew off on some meaningless topic? The Sandford Fleming Debates
may .be Just the thing for youl Each term, teams from various undergrad classes compete for fame,
prestIge, and cash awa.rds ($1 each to of the winning team, and $50 each to the runners-up).
Contact the Debates Directors vIa the EngSoc OffIce for more details on this term's debating series.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.
March 1, 1991
Iron Warrior
Bruce Fraser
4B Chemical
The
darkness envelopes the hateful light
easing scorched and sleepless eyes.
the clock strikes prophetically
flooding overloaded senses
with streams of unremembered horrors.
Oh, that darkness might continue
her momentary comfort in a world of hatred,
where white is evil and black is good.
a cavern appears to the night loving eyes;
home to an underworld river
flowing seductively downward
toward an inland sea
filled with erotic visions
Boy
on entering the lavender water
scales form upon insightful yes
and a torpid blindness pervades.
all feeling disappears
(like the bodies on the streets)
and the mind encapsulates,
floating downward
toward an unsound bottom.
journeying onward,
(having left the inviolate shelter)
a sensc of undiscovered awe sets in
choking rational thought
with opiate-like dreams.
the boy smiles and his mouth
reveals a long, dark passageway;
a sort of reversible black hole
of sunlit gardens
and trees bearing fruit.
used to spew forth evil sunlit hypocrisy,
sucking rosily inward
HAVENGER SCUNT
on the lawn of a bright, white
house sits a smiling prodigy
with unpretentious notions of goodness.
of a boy with a candy red lollipop
dreaming about banana splits
on a hot, summer day.
in by the overwhelming beauty
Winston enters past rows of mangled bodies
5 i gnups beg i n March 6
Are you ready?
leaning forward he becomes a lizard
in a palace with stately kings
to find his soul at rest and his body freed.
and forgotten queens discussing war.
Their job finished, he walks out into the sunlight.
Alumni $$$
Mark Verheyden
48 Systems
We have recently been hearing alot
about underfunding, the need to
mobilise alumni and how we should
do our share. But what we have not
been hearing about is how our
education is affected by alumni
donations. Here are a few facts:
Engineering alumni are the most
generous alumni at Waterloo. Last
year almost 1 in 4 Engineering alumni
donated to the University. That
means almost 3,000 alumni though
that investing in Waterloo was
important. (the university average
runs at only 16% ).

Donations for last year totalled
over $317,000. Some of the recent
allocation of alumni donations are as
follows:
General ($93K) - upgrading
WATSTAR, new lathe for M/C Sho ,
20 new osciJIoscopes for 1st year
courses.
Chemical Engineering ( $15K) - new
IBM 386's for Process Control and
Simulation Centre.
Civil Engineering ( $37K ) - upgrade
concrete test unit, upgrading of Fluids
lab, new equipment for Water
Resources labs, upgrading of Civ
undergrad computing lab.
Electrical and Compu ter Engineering (
$32K) - purchase of 3 new SUN
SPARC workstations for CAD, VLSI
coming
March 12
Volunteers needed to do tours
Each tour is 112 an hour
$8 for your time
Interested students should contact
the 1 st Year Engineering office.
and software systems design work.
Geological Engineering ( $6K) - data
acquisition equipment and measuring
devices used in Civ 2nd and 3rd year
courses and Geo 4th year courses
Management Sciences ( $19K )-
upgrade of computer facilities, and
creation of a Management of
Technology MACLAB.
M"ectianfcal Enlineedna ($ 67K ) -
new equipment for courses in heat
transfer, materials science and CIM,
upgrading of Mcch. Eng. WA TST AR
system, acquisition of 90ftware {or
metal casting processes and synth sis,
and replacement of 21 yrs old
oscilloscopes.
Systems ( $36K) -
replacement of digital/analog lab
workstations ( with NEXTs ) for data
acquisition, signal analysis, circuits
and controls.
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Sweat Shirts Sweat Pants
Nylon Jackets Turtle Necks
All crested and no-crested items available
in a variety of c%urs and sizes.
Open' Every Weekday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Campus Shop - another Federation of Students service
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March 1, 1991
Concert. Review
Dan Wall
4B Systems
Bruce Cockburn; with his buck
teeth, wire rimmed glasses and gentle
smile, could be your big brother or
your favourite Uncle. He looks like a
typical Canadian folk singer.
However, if you think that Bruce is
typical in any way, you're judging a
book by it's cover. Expecting Bruce
Cockburn to be a typical folk singer is
like reading a dustjacketless Stephen
King novel and expecting a mildly
exciting story: you're in for a surprise.
The 8pm concert on Wednesday,
February 13, in the Humanities
theater at the University of
Waterloo was no exception. The
crowd was undoubtedly expecting to
see Bruce all fired up about the
Persian Gulf and other current
political events. Instead, he
presented a slick, .Andreas
Vollenweider/New Age-type show
that was a refreshing change from
his past sarcasm-laced performances.
At the same time, this "new" Bruce
was a little unsettling; one couldn't
help wondering if commercialism
had found yet another victim.
Backed by piartist John Goldsmith,
Bruce used 3 guitars, a harmonica and
(foot-activated) chimes to fill 2
hours with flowing rhythms,
melodies and harmonies. The absence
of a major percussive instrument gave
the music a rolling, continuous
texture. Bruce has never been accused
of having an outstanding vocal range
but his smooth, tired sounding voice
perfectly complemented the sedative
feel of his songs.
To some, it is unfortunate that Bruce
might now be classified as a New Age
or Politi-pop Singer. His folk roots,
while evident in his lyrics and vocal
stylp ~ r e now hidden by generous
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doses of technical wizardry which
give haunting wails and funky chops
to his latest songs. This change in
musical direction was affirmed on
Wednesday night, when the real
light show was not the pale, backlit
hues behind the curtains but the
blinking, bopping LED's on the guitar
interface panel.
Given UW's eclectic mix of hard-
core engineering and arts students, one
might have expected a mixed
reaction to the technOlogy-laden
sound production. However, the
audience felt no ambivalence and
cheered enthusiastically before and
after alI the songs. The crowd's
approval of Bruce's style was
confirmed as they applauded enough
to get him out for 2 encores.
Since he was not touring in support
of any recently released album, Bruce
was able to choose a wide range of
selections from his early folksy days
and his more recent pop ballads. As
well, he sang 4 new songs that will
appear on his next album. They all
sounded similar to songs from Big
Circumstance with clever lyrics, and
catchy melodies.
Bruce opened with If A Tree Falls.
At the start of the song, he sounded a
bit forced and you got the feeling that
Bruce had sung this song one too many
times (he has probably played it at
every concert since it was released).
There wer,e uncomfortable breaks in
the lyrics where the song's deadness
shone through. Towards the end of
the song though, Bruce's voice picked
up and the crowd knew that
everything would be alright for the
rest of the night.
The best received song of the night
was Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse.
Bruce gave this old blues tune a
workout with his harmonica and a
growling voice while the crowd
assisted with clapping and bar-room
shouts. John Goldsmith's piano solo
completed the song as a memorable
event. While a classic blues feel
dominated the song, the piano's
lightly synthesized tones were more
. proof of Bruce's inclination toward
high-tech production.
In retrospect, the concert gave the
audience an opportunity to see yet
another side of Bruce's musical
persona. The bitter, sarcastic
poet/songwriter was, for this concert
anyway, shelved away and replaced
with a much more likeable, laid-
back "performer". Perhaps Bruce's
current outlook on life is best summed
up by the chorus of his new free-
wheeling song, Child Of The Wind:
I'm too old for the term
But I'll use it anyway
I'11 be a child of the wind
Till the end of my days
Sculpture Results
We got a total of 4 responses to this contest. The two best sculptures were
the two people standing between El and SCH followed closely by the boar in
ML. Judged by far the worst sculpture is the collection of metal in the CPH
courtyard. The following table gives the best submitted names for the
sculpture in order of rank from bad to worst.
Sculpture
Between El and SCH
MLfoyer
between C2 and MC
ByMC
HH courtyard
CPH courtyard
Name
Hands up! (Can you imagine a. week?)
Living High on the Hog
Student's Nest Egg
CS (Crumpled Sheetmetal)
Shrimp Fork
Drunken Welder
We would like to congratulate Brew '92 and a collection of 4B students for
each coming up with two "best" titles each while Bryan Feir and Kara Jolyn
Ballandies each had one "best" title. Thank you to everyone who submitted
names and ranks.
March 1, 1991
Iron Warrior
Eng Quiz
Paul Fieguth
4B Electrical
Ok, the quiz last time got a little
brutal. This week's quiz involves
essentially no calculations (at least
beyond that which you can do in your
head). Hope some of you find this
more appealing than my tougher
problems:
1. What is the average number of
legs for human beings. (That's right,
that's the question).
2. You take a typical book and
open it to a page completely at
random. Is the probability of opening
the book to an even numbered page
the same or different than to an odd
numbered page?
3. A level (as most of you
hopefully know), is a bubble in a
fluid filled column that can be used to
measure the horizontality or
verticality (those are real words) of
a surface. If a level is taken and
accelerated (as shown in figure 1),
how will the bubble move with
respect to the liquid column?
4. A certain concentration of oleic
acid (which is a clear liquid) can be
prepared which has the identical
refractive index as glass. As such,
when glass is placed in the liquid, it
becomes invisible. However in an
experiment, when a test tube was
placed into the acid, it remained
clearly visible - what was the error
in the experiment?
5. How many solutions are there to
the following well known problem: a
man leaves his cabin, walks one mile
south, one mile east, one mile north,
and ends up back at his cabin. Where
is he?
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These recipes were taken from More-
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Baked Mushrooms
lIb SOOg fresh mushrooms,
cleaned and sliced
2 cups 500ml small soft French
breadcubcs
l/3cup 75ml melted butter
1/3 cup 75ml chicken stock or
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preheated 350 deg. F (180 deg. C)
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sprinkle over top of mushroom
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