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Updated from 10:25 a.m. EST to provide additional analyst comments regarding Android in the thirteenth paragraph.NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Amazon ( AMZN) is being officially put on notice, as Barnes & Noble ( BKS) announced not one, but two, new NOOK tablets; the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. Barnes & Noble is clearly going after Amazon with the two releases, which are comparably priced to the new Kindle Fire HD tablets. The new 7-inch NOOK will sell for $199, and the 9-inch tablet will go for $269. The 7-inch version of Amazon's Kindle Fire HD starts at $199, while the 8.9-inch model starts at $299. Barnes & Noble says that the new NOOKs will be available for pre-order online and in stores starting today. The devices will ship in late October and begin arriving in stores in early November. Amazon Kindle Fire HD Fizzles Out: Review Barnes & Noble references the Kindle Fire several times in the press release, and with the dominance of Apple's ( AAPL) iPad in the tablet market, (it had 68% of the market during the second quarter of 2012, according to IDC), it's clear that the retailer's going to war with Amazon. Just look at this comment from CEO William J. Lynch in the release: "With the combination of the highest resolution screen, lightest weight and expansive access to content rendered in a digital quality never before seen, NOOK HD is the world's best 7-inch media tablet," he remarked. Barnes & Noble has also incorporated the ability to change profiles so that multiple people can use new NOOK tablets individually. Also included in the new NOOK HD is a new Web browser, and the recently announced streaming service, Nook Video. Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Schick called NOOK Video "a necessary step for the NOOK platform," as Barnes & Noble goes up against Amazon Prime. Initially NOOK Video will include content from HBO, Sony ( SNE), STARZ, Viacom ( VIA), Warner Brothers and Walt Disney ( DIS). The NOOK HD has a screen resolution of 1440 x 900, with 243 pixels per inch (ppi), better than the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, which has 216 pixels. The press release even takes a shot at Amazon, saying "
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A golden season for Lawrence's football team just got even more special.
A trio of seniors from the Golden Tornadoes undefeated Class III Long Island championship team put ink to paper as they made their college decisions official by signing National Letters of Intent Wednesday morning on National Signing Day.
Lawrence wide receiver Eddie Robinson signed with Colgate; Tyler Fredericks officially committed to play at Stony Brook University and Islam Mohamed officially became the newest member of Cornell University.
Robinson couldn't hold his excitement in after he signed his name on his National Letter of Intent.
"It's every little kids dream to play D-I football," said the star wide receiver and newest Raider. "I think all the hard work paid off."
To some students the committment process can be intimidating, but for others it can be easy. For Mohamed, it was a little different.
"It was so surreal. There's so much thinking you have to do. You're making life decisions," Mohamed said. "There's so many aspects you have to look at. I think I held it well. I'm really happy with my decision."
Mohamed said choosing Cornell was an easy choice. Not just athletically, but academically.
"It's second to none academically. I can go there and get a great education that's tops," the senior lineman said. "The coaching staff is very young and energetic."
"They really care about the school and the players so it means a lot to me that I have their undivided attention in making me better in certain aspects because I still have a lot of room for improvement," Mohamed said.
Like Mohamed and every Golden Tornado, Robinson had the full support from his coach Joe Martilotti.
"Coach Mot is the reason why I have an athletic scholarship. He was in his office every day sending emails, making phone calls, inviting the coaches in," Robinson said. "I want to thank him a lot because he really helped with the process.
Tweet your commitment to MSG Varsity using the hashtag #msgvrecreuit. Make sure you include your full name, sport, current school and the name of the college you'll be attending.

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HelloWhat are you using for running Mac OS 9 (*) on a x86-64 machine? It seems there are only two ways:
(a) running a ppc linux kernel with MOL under QEMU, run Mac OS inside MOL. (b) running SheepShaver Any good/bad experiences with either of those or other ways?(I need to get at some old Filemaker databases [and Eudora folders], and while I can mount the hfs+ partition, there's no good way converting the old data without running my old installation, but my Powerbook G3 has pretty much died, so this will involve an emulator.)
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DIY Closet Office
I have a small confession to make. I, Loryn Dion, am a Pinterest addict. Every time I have a spare minute, I find myself flipping through DIY projects and cooking recipes on my laptop, Kindle, cell phone and even on my TV. It's a very big problem. One of my favorite ideas that I've seen pop up on Pinterest in the last few weeks, and you've probably seen it too if you're an avid Pinterest user like me, is the DIY closet office.
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9-Year-Old Aspiring Food Blogger Banned From Blogging About School Lunches
OK, we all know that school lunches aren't always…appetizing. And apparently, schools get pretty upset when to try to point this out.
In Scotland, 9-year-old student and aspiring food critic Martha Payne started a food blog about her school cafeteria. But a negative review of one lunch resulted in her being banned from taking photos in the school cafeteria.
Martha, who lives in the coastal town of Lochgilphead, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) west of Edinburgh, gave each meal a "food-o-meter" rating, and offered an assessment of its contents.
"I'd really like to know where the chicken comes from," she wrote in an entry about chicken fajitas, "so I am going to write to the lady in charge to ask. I know it comes from a hen but I'd like to know where the hen lived."
Local officials weren't amused, and ordered the schoolgirl to stop taking pictures.
In a statement, Argyll and Bute Council said Payne's photos were misleading and had caused distress to cafeteria staff. The council was particularly irked by a report about the blog in Scotland's Daily Record newspaper headlined "Fire the Dinner Ladies."
The council complained of "unwarranted attacks on its schools catering service" and said the blog "misrepresented the options and choices available to pupils."
As a result, it said, "a decision has been made by the council to stop photos being taken in the school canteen."
After the story was released on the Internet, the huge outcry against the administrators (surprise, surprise) caused them to backtrack on their decisions. The photo ban has since been lifted.
Once again, it's a total overreaction on the part of the administration. She wasn't even criticizing the food. She just wanted to know where it came from, a legitimate question. And for the most part, Martha's reviews of the school food was positive. It was just this one little complaints that got everyone all up in arms. Give me a break.
As for this young food critic in training, I'll expect to see her as a judge on "Chopped" or "Iron Chef" a couple of years down the road.


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Ruger 77/44 bolt action - who has one?
I have been very impressed with the Ruger bolt action 44 magnum carbine. Not much bigger than a 10/22, seems like the perfect solution to my brush gun search.
Anybody have experience with these, or the 44 magnum for hunting?
No but I have wanted one for years, would make for the perfect little brush gun with some 240-300gr JHPs, have not seen many, and the few I have seen were not for sale. 44 mags are plenty enough for close ranged deer hunting, mind you they are less likely to "bang flop" them as some rifle rounds due to the lower speeds but if you do have to track nothing says blood trail like a 44 caliber, except maybe a 45-70 :D
Pistol caliber carbines are loved by some because they don't make for much gunshot meat, the lower speed bullets just don't bruise the meat as bad as say a 270 or 7mm Rem Mag.
Cool -- I didn't even know they made one. How'd I miss this? Pics!
Wait -- is it tube fed? Now I gotta go research this...
You will pick 300-400 fps in the longer barrel. I have been trying to find one in 357. My other choice is the Marlin 1894C in 357. I want something I can put a low power optic on.
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Casting Questions
I'm casting 40 and 45 bullet out of straight WW alloy, sizing to .401 and .452 with the Lee Push through dies. I am lubing with Lee Tumble lube. Accuracy is good and leading is minimal.
I read that it's possible to test the hardness of cast bullets with pencil lead. So, I purchased a set.
I tested my 45 and 40 bullets and came up with a pencil hardness of HB. I then pencil tested some Missouri cast bullets (12 BHN) and came up with the same HB pencil. So, that tells me that my cast WW bullets are approximately 12 BHN, give or take.
I then cast several 40/10mm bullets and water dropped them. After about an hour, I pencil tested them, they were actually softer than my other bullets as they tested at a B pencil. I also air cooled a few bullets and they also tested at B. Either I'm doing something wrong or testing hardness should be done after a longer period of time. If so, how long do I wait to test hardness?
I have been reading about alloys and bullet hardness till I'm blue in the face and I could use a real simple answer to this question. What should I add to my WW to bring the harness up from 12 to about 18?
I've been using nothing but WW for years with good results. I'm reloading 380, 38/357, 9mm and 45acp. That being said, if you want to increase the hardness you can add antimony to your lead recipe. Good luck
I have never hear of the pencil test except for breastes. Straight wheel weights will harden with time (a few days) when dropped directly into water. They should not be softer initially
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Electrical Questions? Ask an Electrician Online.
After a flood in my basement, my water heater kept tripping its circuit within about 20 minutes of being reset. I had a plumber come today to look at the water heater, and he told me that no water had reached it's electrical system or damaged it in any way, so I might want to take the front off of the circuit breaker panel to see if there was any sign of water inside. When I opened the circuit breaker panel, everything looked fine, but when I went to put the cover back on a few hours later, the side of the cover touched a wire (I think it was the black "in" wire), and I heard a few pops and sizzles come from the panel. When I went upstairs, about 1/3 of the power in the house had gone out, though none of the individual circuits had tripped on the panel. Then, about an hour later all the power returned. So my question is: what happened, and what should I do now? Is there any danger (fire or otherwise) in leaving the power on? Should I turn off the power to the whole house until an electrician can come?
Hello.....my name is XXXXX XXXXX I will be happy to assist you with your electrical question. My goal is to exceed your expectations on Just Answer!
1) Did the water level reach the main electrical panel?
2) Did the water level reach any other receptacles, switches and/or wiring in the basement?
3) Is the basement electrical installed in metal conduit or Romex cables?
4) Was the black wire that touched the cover, a branch circuit wire or did it come in contact with a service entrance wire?
5) Have you performed a visual inspection of all circuit breakers and wires inside the panel for any arcing or burn marks or melting of wire insulation?
6) Is the water heater circuit breaker still tripping or back to normal?
7) Is the house power back to normal or do you still have some circuits that have no power?
1) Your main electrical panel should have a directory, listing the branch circuits for the various areas of the house. For those areas where you lost power, I would recommend to leave those circuit breakers in the OFF position until an electrician can check everything.
2) It is possible that the cover came in contact with a branch circuit wire and may have shorted the circuit due to frayed insulation or direct contact with the copper wire. If so, the circuit breaker should have tripped. If you do not feel comfortable in checking the panel, I would recommend to have an electrician perform a visual inspection for any frayed wires, arc marks, burning of insulation, etc. The hot bus bar for a branch circuit breaker or breakers may have had an arcing effect. The breakers for those areas of the house should be temporarily removed and visually inspected for any arcing on the stabs of the breakers. If arcing appears on the breaker stabs, the breaker or breakers should be replaced.
3) If the water came in contact with any receptacles, wall switches or Romex cables, these will need to be de-installed and replaced. If the water came in contact with Romex cables, the Romex will also need to be de-installed as Romex is not rated for wet conditions. Romex cables also have a paper inside the white or yellow Romex. If water reached inside any Romex cables, this creates a "wicking" effect where the paper will absorb moisture or water.
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Hi, Thanks for responding.
To answer your questions:
Everything is currently back to normal.
My main concern is for any possible fire hazard. I'd rather not mess with the box until I can get an electrician to look at it, but if there's a good chance that it could cause a fire (even though everything is working normally now) I'd like to know if switching off the main will help...
1) Thank you for your replies.
2) I would recommend to have an electrician check the main panel and all of the breakers since you mention it was possible that some water may have dripped inside. If water did reach anything, over time, corrosion will start.
3) My only concern for any immediate safety hazard would be those areas of the house that lost power. You should be OK to leave the main breaker ON, but I would recommend to leave the breakers for those areas of the house that lost power in the OFF position until an electrician can check everything out.
4) If water reached the surge protector, I would recommend to replace it. Over time, corrosion may start within the surge electronic components.
Okay Thanks, XXXXX XXXXX helps.
My only remaining question is in regards to #3. The breakers for the areas of the house that lost power never went off, and the labels in the box are not accurate at all, so I wouldn't really know which ones to turn off. Is your concern that there could be a short or overheating in the panel on these switches? Or is it that something could happen in the walls/outlets upstairs that were affected? In either case, the only way for me to turn off power to the affected areas would be to switch off the main.
There's no heat coming from the panel, and it seems totally dry now, so I'd rather not touch anything if I can avoid it....
1) My thoughts are that since 1/3 of the house lost power, it is likely that something occurred on the branch circuit breaker or breakers when the cover of the panel was replaced. I would be more concerned about a possible loose branch circuit hot wire, pinched wire or loose breaker at the panel than I would be for the immediate upstairs areas.
2) If the panel directory is not accurate, it will be a matter of turning OFF each branch circuit breaker in order to locate them for the upstairs area. The directory should be re-labeled for accuracy.


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|Application number
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|Nov 17, 1992
|Filing date
|Jun 26, 1991
|Priority date
|Jul 19, 1990
|Fee status
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|Publication number
|George W. Gassman, Warren G. Buchwald, Douglas P. Gethmann, Nate F. Scarpelli
|Original Assignee
|Fisher Controls International, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (23), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (13), Classifications (20), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/554,339, abandoned.
This invention relates to a mechanical flexure element for motion amplification and to electromechanical transducer devices incorporating such a mechanical flexure element.
Reference may be made to the following U.S. patents of interest concerning mechanical flexure elements: 4,748,858; 3,638,481; 3,370,458; 3,151,693; 3,848,462; 2,963,904.
In many applications, it is desired to provide a flexure element that can be used to amplify or increase small motions into larger motions. One example of such a desirable use for such a device is in instrumentation where for example a sensing element is subjected to or undergoes a slight displacement which is to be detected to provide a motion indication or a quantitative motion measurement. Such motion amplification devices are extremely desirable for example for use with piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, or electrostrictive elements, and other such types of transducers in the detection or sensing of very small displacements in the micron range, i.e., micro-meter range.
Present motion amplification devices such as lever mechanisms suggested for micro-meter range sensing have major drawbacks in certain areas such as reaction to temperature changes, fragile structure, low motion amplification, high lost motion characteristics, high hysteresis losses, or costly materials or method of manufacturing. Accordingly, it is desired to provide a mechanical flexure which can be sized to amplify very small, micron displacements generated for instance by magnetostrictive, electrostrictive and piezoelectric elements, so as to be adaptable for use in practical actuator and transducer units and which desirable flexure element provides the following advantages over conventional lever mechanisms: (1) simple, low-cost structure and method of manufacture; (2) providing high amplification ratio for very small displacements; (3) significantly reduced lost motion characteristics; (4) very linear for small displacements; (5) low hysteresis; (6) low sensitivity to temperature changes; and (7) rugged, reliable structure with long lasting performance.
Reference may also be made to the following U.S. patents of interest with respect to electromechanical transducers: 4,701,660; 4,158,368; 4,025,942; 3,370,458; 3,218,445; 2,992,373; 2,904,735; 2,769,867; 2,419,061; and to the publication, "Application Manual For The Design of Etrema TERFENOL-DTM Magnetostrictive Transducers", J. L. Butler, Edge Technologies, Inc. 1988.
Electromechanical transducers have been used for many years to transform, for instance, electrical signals into a mechanical motion, and vice versa. Such transducers find application in a variety of circumstances, including fluid flow control devices, fluid flow indicating and measuring devices, etc. A particular need is desired for a reliable electromechanical transducer which can respond to very small electrical signals to provide micro-motion in a transducer element or a moving member connected to the transducer element. Prior electromechanical transducers have utilized piezoelectric substances, Rochelle salt, or electrostrictive materials, such as polycrystalline ceramics.
Recently, in the desire to obtain more sensitive and faster acting electromechanical transducers, the introduction of magnetostrictive materials to such transducers has been proposed, such as is disclosed in the above indicated U.S. Pat. No. 4,158,368. This patent proposes the use of a magnetostrictive material with coupled members movable by the magnetostrictive material when placed in a magnetic field. Several embodiments are illustrated in this patent including, a valve plunger, a plate having apertures in another valve configuration, and two sliding plates with apertures selectively alignable in another valve configuration.
It is desirable to provide an electromechanical transducer for sensing and producing micro-motions in a more simple structural and operating configuration compared to prior suggested devices.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a flexure element, made of metal, plastic, fiber or other similarly rigid material that can be used to amplify very small motions into larger motions and which provides all of the desired advantages over conventional lever mechanisms. According to the principles of the present invention, there is provided a flexure element having a closed end and two legs extending therefrom along respective longitudinal axes. Moving a first leg in longitudinal displacement with respect to the other through displacement means coupled to the first leg provides a larger amplified transverse displacement of the closed end with respect to the longitudinal axes.
As an example, one end of one leg may be fixedly mounted in position. Moving the other leg by for instance small longitudinal displacements generated by displacement means, such as magnetostrictive, electrostrictive or piezoelectric devices attached or coupled to the longitudinally moved leg enables the flexure or bender element to bend towards or away from the longitudinal axes which displaces the free closed end transversely to the longitudinal axes. Very small displacements of the moving leg, such as generated by the micron-sized displacements of a magnetostrictive device in response to a magnetic field, provides an amplified larger transverse movement of the free closed end of the flexure element. Thus, small longitudinal leg displacements are translated into much larger closed end displacements transverse to the longitudinal axis. Amplification ratios of 30/1 have been obtained in constructed embodiments of a bender element according to this invention.
A unique bender element in accordance with the present invention can be utilized in electromechanical transducers, such as a current to pressure transducer, in an electro-pneumatic relay, and in a control valve actuator. In particular, the flexural or bender element of the present invention provides a very simple, low-cost flexure device with a high amplification ratio, very linear output movements for small displacements, very low lost motion characteristics, low hysteresis, low sensitivity to temperature changes, and is rugged, reliable and capable of providing long lasting performance.
In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electromechanical transducer incorporating a bender device of the present invention. A current to pressure transducer is one embodiment of this invention, and includes a bender element to amplify micron-sized displacement from a magnetostrictive element. Current flowing through the coil of the magnetostrictive material causes the material to elongate. The motion of the magnetostrictive element is transmitted to the bender device, causing the free closed end of the bender device to move with greatly amplified motion.
The current to pressure transducer includes a nozzle chamber with the flexure or bender element mounted so as to control the fluid pressure passing from the nozzle chamber through the nozzle. Thus as the flexure element moves, pressure in the nozzle chamber may increase. This increased nozzle chamber pressure acts upon a feedback diaphragm attached to the flexure element and the magnetostrictive material to develop a compressive force which tends to restore the magnetostrictive material to its original length. When the feedback force exerted on the diaphragm equals the electrical input force generated through the magnetostrictive element, the resulting output pressure from the nozzle chamber is proportional to the magnetostrictive element coil input current.
Other forms of electromechanical transducers with the flexure or bender element of the present invention can be provided. Piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements can be utilized rather than a magnetostrictive element.
The flexure or bender element of this invention also can be used with other force or pressure elements, such as bellows, bourdon tubes, diaphragms, solenoids, voice coils, etc., for inducing small primary motions in a flexure leg which are translated and amplified into larger movements of the closed end of the flexure element. In addition to motion amplification, the flexure element also can be adapted for load amplification. Outputs with large motion displacements but low forces can be converted into outputs of high loading with small motion displacements.
Motions also can be attenuated using the flexure element. For instance, large displacement motions input to the flexure element closed end can be converted into extremely accurate small movements of a flexure leg suitable for precise object positioning, measurements, etc.
A flexure or bender device according to the invention may have one fixed leg and one movable leg, or may have both legs movable with respect to each other. Both embodiments, of course, utilize one leg movable in elongated displacement with respect to the other leg with resulting motion amplification and translation of the closed end of the bender device, or the reverse, i.e., large displacements of the closed end with a resulting attenuated motion displacement of one leg with respect to the other.
The features of this invention which are believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention may be best understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals identify like elements in the several figures and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a flexure or bender device according to one aspect of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a magnetostrictive electromechanical transducer utilizing the flexure device of FIG. 1 in one operating position;
FIG. 3 illustrates the magnetostrictive electromechanical transducer of FIG. 2 with the flexure device in a second operating position;
FIG. 4 illustrates an alternative electromechanical transducer embodiment;
FIGS. 5-9 illustrate alternative applications utilizing the flexure device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 10 illustrates an alternative flexure or bender device according to the invention; and
FIG. 11 illustrates another alternative application utilizing the flexure device of FIG. 1.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a flexure element constructed in accordance with the present invention. Flexure or bender element 10 is formed of metal, plastic, fiber or other similarly rigid material into a member with closed end 12 and respective legs 14, 16 extending therefrom. End 18 of leg 14 is fixed in position such as schematically illustrated by a fixed mounting block 20 to a ground reference 22. End 24 of opposite leg 16 is mounted to a movable member 26 which can be a part of or connected to a magnetostrictive, electrostrictive or piezoelectric device or to a force or pressure element providing very small, micron-sized longitudinal displacements of leg 16.
It is to be understood that these types of movable members are given as examples, so that neither the type of movable member, the size of the flexure element, nor the amount of flexure element movement is to be taken as a limitation of the present invention.
Thus, for example, a magnetostrictive device or a bellows formed as movable member 26 can generate linear micro-displacements of leg 16 in the directions indicated by reference arrow 28. As one example, if a magnetostrictive member or a bellows formed as movable member 26 moves leg 16 in a linear displacement in direction A shown with respect to reference arrow 28, flexural element 10 will bend so that closed free end 12 will be displaced downwardly as indicated by direction C of reference arrow 30 with flexing of flexure element legs 14, 16 distributed along their respective lengths. Conversely, micro-motions of leg 16 in direction B of reference arrow 28 will bend free closed end 12 upwardly in direction D of reference arrow 32, again with distributed flexing of legs 14, 16 along their respective lengths. Linear longitudinal displacements of leg 16 are therefore translated in amplified transverse displacements of closed end 12.
As shown in FIG. 1, micro-motions of leg 16 along longitudinal axis X are translated into larger motions of free, closed end 12 along the transverse axis Z. Motions of micron dimensions of leg 16 can result in 100-1000 microns movement of closed end 12 along axis Z. As an example of one embodiment of the present invention, flexural element 10 was constructed of type 304 stainless steel material having the following dimensions: flexure leg length--50.04 mm; flexure leg width--5.64 mm; each leg thickness--0.381 mm; and the legs being substantially adjacent each other over their length. With micro-motion displacement of leg 16 along longitudinal axis X amounting to 0.0254 mm, a corresponding translated displacement of free closed end 12 along transverse axis Z of 0.762 mm was obtained, thereby providing an amplification ratio of 30/1.
Rather than type 304 stainless steel, any other rigid type material with linear elastic characteristics may be utilized. Also, increasing the gap between legs 14, 16 tends to decrease the stiffness of the flexure element and thereby lessen the amount of force required for primary motion displacement of a moving leg. However, increasing the gap also tends to reduce the amplification gain of the flexure or bender device. On the other hand, while decreasing the gap increases the gain of the flexure element, this tends to increase the overall stiffness of the flexure element to input motion so that significantly more force is required to obtain primary motion displacement of a moving leg.
Accordingly, if a magnetostrictive element which is a high force, very small motion causing device is used as the primary motion displacement means for a flexure leg, it would be advantageous to utilize a smaller gap between legs 14, 16. Notice, for example, in FIG. 1 that the legs are closely adjacent each other generally in a tight, U-shaped configuration. Conversely, if a bellows element was used for primary motion displacement of the moving leg, the low force and high motion displacement output of the bellows may necessitate increasing of the gap between legs 14, 16. These reasoned choices can readily be made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the teachings herein of the flexure device of the present invention. It is to be understood therefore that the various dimensions, sizes and movement amounts described herein are for purposes of presenting a description of an embodiment of the invention and are not to be used to limit the scope of the invention.
Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, there is illustrated an electromechanical transducer in the form of a current to pressure transducer 40 including a flexure or bender element 10 as in FIG. 1. Transducer housing 42 includes an enclosed nozzle chamber 44 for containing fluid under pressure supplied through an inlet port 46 containing a primary restrictor 48. An outlet port 50 communicates with nozzle chamber 44 to provide a fluid output pressure from transducer 40.
A nozzle 52 is mounted in housing 42 with a control nozzle end 54 extending within nozzle chamber 44 and with an exhaust nozzle end 56 communicating nozzle chamber 44 with an exhaust port 58.
Flexure element 10 is cantilever mounted in nozzle chamber 44 with free closed end 12 above the control nozzle end. In particular, flexure element leg 14 is fixedly mounted to an abutment 60 to maintain flexure element 10 in the position shown in FIG. 2. Leg 16 is connected to a movable magnetic core 62 at one end and with the other end of core 62 being connected to a magnetostrictive rod 64 which in turn has its opposite end mounted to magnetic housing 66.
Within magnetic housing 66, there is included a coil 68 surrounding magnetostrictive rod 64 with the opposite coil ends connected to respective connecting wires 70 for receiving an electrical current. Magnetostrictive rod 64 can be formed of magnetostrictive material which responds to a magnetic field produced by current flowing in coil 68 to induce a strain in the magnetostrictive material and thereby elongate the material.
Such magnetostrictive material is well known and is normally formed of alloys of rare earth elements with iron. Presently available rare earth magneto-strictive materials produce large strains up to approximately 2,000 ppm (parts per million) for an imposed magnetic field as a result of a current in surrounding coil 68. In particular, it is preferred that rod 64 be formed of a magnetostrictive material sold with the trademark "TERFENOL-D", which is currently available from Edge Technologies, Inc. of Ames, Iowa.
One end of nozzle chamber 44 is sealed by means of a flexible feedback diaphragm 72 which in turn is mounted to movable magnetic core 62. Thus, enclosed nozzle chamber 44 within housing 42 has openings through inlet port 46, outlet port 50 and exhaust port 58 and is sealed at the opposite end by means of a flexible diaphragm 72. The outer perimeter of diaphragm 72 is mounted to housing 42 and the inner perimeter is mounted into movable magnetic core 62. Feedback diaphragm 72 may be constructed of a thin metal material such as type 316 stainless steel.
Electromechanical transducer 40 transforms electrical energy in the form of an electrical current supplied to wires 70 into mechanical energy in the form of fluid pressure supplied from fluid outlet port 50. Such a transducer is particularly useful in for instance an electronic control loop where the final control element, generally a control valve, is pneumatically operated. Typically, the transducer receives a milliampere of direct current input signal such as on wires 70 and transmits a proportional pneumatic output pressure on output port 50 to a final control element which may control the flow of fluid in a fluid pipeline system.
In the operation of the prevent invention illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3, an electrical current supplied to wires 70 and flowing in coil 68 produces a magnetostrictive strain in the magnetostrictive material forming magnetostrictive rod 64 so as to elongate rod 64 and transmit this micro-motion through feedback diaphragm 72 and movable magnetic core 62 to leg 16 of bender 10. This linear micro-motion displacement of leg 16 causes free closed end 12 of the flexure element to move toward control nozzle end 54 with a greatly amplified motion as shown in FIG. 1 in response to bending and flexing of legs 14, 15.
As flexure element 10 moves toward nozzle 52, the fluid flow out exhaust nozzle end 56 and exhaust port 58 is restricted thereby resulting in an increase in fluid pressure in nozzle chamber 44. The increased nozzle pressure in nozzle chamber 44 acts on feedback diaphragm 72 to result in a compressive force which tends to restore rod 64 to its original position. For reference purposes, FIG. 3 shows an exaggerated illustration of the micro-movement x of leg 16. The feedback compression against diaphragm 72 continues until the feedback force balances the electrical input force inducing the movement of magnetostrictive rod 64 to thereby establish an output pressure on fluid output port 50 which is proportional to the input current. Thus, bending of flexure element 10 towards or away from control nozzle end 54 changes the fluid output pressure on fluid output port 50 so as to change the pressure in nozzle chamber 44 acting against feedback diaphragm 72 and to change the resulting feedback force until the final fluid output pressure at port 50 is proportional to the electrical current value present at wires 70.
An alternative current to pressure transducer is shown in FIG. 4 wherein the prior feedback on diaphragm 72 has been eliminated. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the supply pressure is coupled to a T-fitting 74 through a primary restrictor 76 and communicates with output line 78. In this embodiment the output pressure on line 78 is directly responsive to the input current value at wires 70. The output pressure in this case is more sensitive to the input, but, without feedback, is less linear and less precise compared to the current to pressure transducer of FIGS. 2, 3.
It is understood of course that in the illustrated bender element embodiment of FIG. 1, either leg 14 or 16 can be fixed in position while the other leg is moved so as to obtain the motion amplification and translation of small displacements. The flexure element 10 of the present invention is particularly useful when small, micron-sized displacements are generated by magnetostrictive, electrostrictive or piezoelectric devices. Such combinations find practical application in actuators and transducers, such as current to pressure transducers, electro-pneumatic relays, and control valve actuators.
Alternatively, both legs may be movable with respect to each other. Thus, for instance, if both legs are moved in the same direction there is no transverse displacement of the closed end; and if both legs are moved in opposite directions the closed end will be displaced in a transverse direction with amplified movement. Such a device may be utilized as a motion averaging or summing transducer unit wherein first and second inputs can be coupled to a respective leg and the input displacements generate amplified transverse movements of the free closed end corresponding to the difference between the two inputs.
Other application embodiments of a flexure or bender element in accordance with this aspect of the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 5-11. FIGS. 5-8 and 11 illustrate a flexure element in various applications using the motion amplification and translation features of such a flexure element; FIG. 9 illustrates a flexure element to attenuate large motions and provide precise smaller motions for positioning of surfaces or probes; and FIG. 10 illustrates a flexure element embodiment used to sum pressure and motion inputs.
FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment 79 having flexure or bender 10 with fixed leg 14 mounted to a stationery member such as fixed mounting block 20, and with moving leg 16 coupled to a diaphragm 80 through a connecting flange 82. The diaphragm is mounted in block 20 so as to provide an enclosed pressure chamber 84 receiving an input fluid pressure through an inlet 86. The pressure at inlet 86 and in chamber 84 acts on diaphragm 80 to move leg 16 in directions A or B to provide motion amplification and translation along respective directions C or D. Thus, the bender embodiment of FIG. 5 converts pressure to motion using a single diaphragm.
FIG. 6 illustrates another bender application embodiment 87 in which the bender element converts pressure to motion using a bellows 88 to which is coupled a fluid pressure through inlet 86. FIG. 7 illustrates another bender embodiment 89 which is responsive to both input fluid pressure on inlet 86 and input fluid pressure on inlet 90 and converts the output motion along respective directions C, D using a diaphragm stack. A first enclosed chamber 84 in fixed mounting block 20 is provided by diaphragm 80. A second chamber 92 is provided by diaphragm 94 wherein fluid pressure inlet 90 communicates with chamber 92.
FIG. 8 illustrates another embodiment 96 in which a flexure or bender element 10 is used to operate a spool valve 98. Fixed leg 14 is mounted to fixed mounting block 20 and moving leg 16 is connected through a suitable drive means to cause motion displacements along directions A, B. Closed end 12 is mounted to valve rod 100 to thereby move the valve members 101 along directions C, D in response to input motions A, B. Operating valve rod 100 along motion directions C, D, respectively couples the supply pressure in spool valve 98 to output pressure 1 or output pressure 2.
The flexure element application embodiment 102 of FIG. 9 provides motion attenuation rather than motion amplification. Fixed leg 14 is again mounted to a fixed mounting block 20. Movable leg 16 is mounted to a free end 103 of a flexible member 105 having the opposite end 107 fixed in position by mounting to a fixed mounting block 20. Typically, flexing or pivoting end 103 would include a special surface, probe, switch elements, or other devices utilizing the small output displacement in directions A, B of end 103 in response to large motion inputs in directions C, D at flexure element closed end 12. Accordingly, in this aspect of the invention, a bender element 10 is used to provide precise motion attenuation for precise positioning of laser mirrors, etc. on moving end 103.
Referring now to FIG. 10, there is illustrated an alternative application embodiment 104 using a bender element 11 with legs 16, 17 each of which is movable with respect to each other to provide an amplified translated motion along directions C, D. Moving leg 16 is mounted to bellows 88 receiving fluid pressure through inlet line 86. Longitudinal displacements along directions A, B are therefore in direct response to the pressure at inlet line 86. Movable leg 17 also may be displaced longitudinally along directions A', B' in response to a drive motion means connected to end 23 of leg 17. Thus, flexure element closed end 12 moves in directions C, D in response to the difference between the motion inputs to legs 16, 17.
For example, if the legs 16, 17 are moved in respective directions A, B', closed end 12 moves in amplified transverse direction C. If the legs are moved in directions A', B, closed end 12 moves in direction D. If the legs are moved in respective directions A, A' or B, B', closed end 12 does not move in the transverse direction.
In the example of embodiment 104 shown in FIG. 10, leg 17 is displaced by means of the movements of a platform 106 having a rotating wheel 108 in contact with cam surface 110 of an eccentric cam 112. Eccentric cam 112 is fixed to and driven by a rotatable shaft 114 which is rotatably mounted in a fixed frame 116. Thus, as shaft 114 is rotated in the indicated clockwise or counter-clockwise directions, eccentric cam 12 is rotated to move plate 106 upwardly or downwardly, thereby providing the displacement motions of leg 17 along directions A', B'. A hinge member 118 may be used to connect plate 106 to a fixed frame 120.
Nozzle 122 is mounted adjacent closed end 12 and is supplied with a fluid flow. Thus, the fluid flow and pressure at nozzle 122 is controlled by the movement of closed end 12 in directions C, D. In the illustration of embodiment 104 shown in FIG. 10, bender element 11 is responsive to the pressure at input 86 and the motion input on shaft 114. Embodiment 104 therefore has applications in the construction of process controllers and valve positioners.
FIG. 11 illustrates another embodiment 130 comprising a proportional solenoid current to pressure transducer. Embodiment 130 includes a bender element 10 for converting an electric current into a variable flow rate from nozzle outlet 132 using a solenoid 134. Fixed leg 14 is mounted to a rigid, fixed portion of solenoid 134. Displaceable leg 16 is mounted to a free end of solenoid armature 136 with the other end being hingedly mounted to the solenoid by hinge means 138. A source of pneumatic pressure is coupled to a T-fitting 140 through a fixed metering orifice or primary restrictor 142 and communicates with output line 146.
In operation, the proportional current to pressure transducer makes use of the flexure 10 to minimize the amount of travel required of the solenoid's armature. Reduced armature travel allows the solenoid to be designed to operate in a stable region and therefore act in a proportional manner in response to changes in electrical current rather than the snap acting manner commonly associated with solenoid operation. The solenoid armature 136 slowly moves towards and away from the solenoid 134 in response to the input solenoid coil current due to the stiffness of element 10. These small motion displacements along directions A, B are translated into amplified displacements C, D of closed end 12 to provide a variable flow rate from nozzle 132. This embodiment eliminates the hysteresis due to pivots, bearings, etc. commonly encountered in other transducer designs.
The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, as modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art.
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By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
With case file CR:3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/FSARS/VOL.T1/90, dated August 1, 2012, in respect of the matter of the killing of Olaitan Oyerinde, wherein it was reported that a total of 16 witnesses and 18 suspects were interrogated, including Mrs. Funke Oyerinde, Sunday Vanguard presents you a report whose investigation spanned four weeks of rigorous work. It is about the bungling of an investigation, the reasons of which are yet to be properly explained because of the massive incongruity in the report of the investigation. It will shock you.
Raging controversy
The controversy is not about to end. Just last week, between Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and Inspector General of Police, M D Abubakar, there was another spat. It is now eight months since suspected bandits shot dead the late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, former Principal Private Secretary to Oshiomhole, at his No. 65, 2nd Ugbor Road residence in Benin City.
Five gangsters, who banged into his apartment, apparently, to steal dollars, clinically shot Oyerinde dead, at about 02.00 hours, May 4, 2012.
Nearly three months after, precisely July 27, 2012, a bosom friend of the slain secretary, and Executive Director of the Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, Rev. David Ugolor, was arrested by the Nigeria Police (Federal Criminal Investigative Department) in connection with the murder.
The reason was that one of the suspects in police custody confessed they were hired to assassinate Oyerinde by one "David". Rev. Ugolor was picked up and quizzed by the Police.
Three days after police seized Ugolor, the Department of State Service, DSS, paraded yet another set of suspects, who gave vivid and graphic description of how they killed Oyerinde. It was one robbery operation gone aslew.
A month after the spectacle, September 1, 2012, the police charged all the nine suspects in their custody, including those arrested by SSS, before a Magistrate Court in Benin City. Ugolor was among the suspects. They were all remanded at Oko Prison, near Benin City, awaiting the advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, Edo State.
A duplicate case file in respect of the case was sent from the Oredo Magistrate Court via a letter, dated September 5, reference number, MOR/21/242.
Ugolor has no case to answer— DPP
The DPP legal advice with reference number, 01/s.6712/15, addressed the Deputy Inspector General of Police, "D" Department (FCID), Force Headquarters, Abuja, came on October 29, 2012. Also, the SSS, upon the request of the DPP, forwarded a duplicate case file on its investigation.
The legal advice on the case, FHQ/ABJ/X/SARS/540/2012: Inspector General of Police versus Garba Usman Maisamari, Danjuma Musa, Muritala Usman, Moses Asamah Okoro, Auta Umaru Ali, Umaru Adamu, alias Duna, Rev David Ugolor, Wilfred Iserhienrhien, Hassan Aliyu Babete and Idris Abdulhamid was signed for DPP, Edo State, by one Ade Irehovbude Esq.
It reads: "This office advises that a prima facie case of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and murder is made out against Garba Usman Maisamari, Auta Umaru Ali, Moses Asmah Okoro and Usman Adamu, who all confessed to the crime.
"A prima facie case of receiving robbed property is made out against Hassan Aliyu Babete and Idris Abdulhamid, who both also made confessional statements.
"Whilst Danjuma Musa and Muritala Usman, admitted to the crime, we are constrained to observe that the Investigation Report suggests clearly that the said Danjuma Musa and Muritala Usman had been in the custody of the Edo State Police Command since 24/04/2012 in respect of a case of unlawful possession of cartridges before the suspects were taken over (by) the FCID, interrogated and reportedly confessed to the incident that took place on 4th of May, 2012. This is evidently incongruous", the DPP observed.
"With respect to Rev David Ugolor, the allegations against him hinge entirely on the confessional statement of Garba Usman Maisaimari. It is trite law that in the absence of independent evidence, the confession of an accused person is not admissible evidence against a co-accused. Accordingly, as the record stands today, no prima facie case is made out against him. He should be released if still in custody", the advice concluded.
A case of missing links
The DPP pointed out that in the police investigative report, dated August 1, 2012, it was stated that "one locally made cut to size single barrel gun with one cartridge confirmed by the suspects to have been used in the armed robbery operation at No 65, 2nd Ugbor Road, GRA, Benin City, was traced to Esigie Police Station and retrieved.
The Ministry of Justice, therefore, wondered, how the said exhibit, recovered April 24, 2012 by the Esigie Police Division could have been used during the robbery incident that took place on May 4, 2012, 10 days after.
Exact words of the DPP, "Another incongruity, could a weapon recovered and in possession of the police be confirmed by suspects to have been used for the commission of the offence?"
For the avoidance of doubt, the DPP challenged the police to react to the duplicate case file on the same matter, handed over to it by the DSS with suspects different from those arrested by the police.
Following the legal advice, Ugolor regained freedom, but the police have not publicly reacted to the DPP challenge on the DSS investigation.
Oshiomhole explodes
This was the state of affairs until, last week, when Governor Oshiomhole, at the inauguration of a 'Code of Conduct' for officers and men of Nigeria Police in Abuja, called to question the alleged muddled investigation into the murder of his private secretary.
However, shortly after the Police and SSS came up with contradictory claims on the killers of Oyerinde, some months ago, the governor issued a public statement in which he denounced the investigation by the DIG and his team.
In Abuja, right before the Inspector General of Police, the irate governor called for the sack of the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Force Criminal Investigations Department, Peter Gana, for a shoddy job.
He noted that the Deputy Commissioner of Police who was sent to investigate the case should ordinarily not be wearing a police uniform and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the matter.
The governor condemned the police for arresting and detaining an innocent human rights activist, rather than going after the culprits, who were eventually arrested by the DSS.
His words: "Mr. IG, I must say I am aggrieved; I am aggrieved over the murder of my private secretary and the way the investigation was trivialized. I am saying this knowing that the Vice President is here representing Mr. President. "My secretary was murdered in cold blood and you dispatched a DIG to supervise that investigation. A DIG is a sufficiently senior officer, next in rank to the IGP.
"They came to Benin and did what Fela (Ransome-Kuti) would have called police magic. In the end, they went for a civil rights activist and charged him with the offence of murder."
The governor alleged that the DIG conspired with other officers involved in the investigation to shield the killers of Oyerinde, noting that for this ignoble act, they were no longer fit to wear police uniform.
"The DIG Force CID has a case to answer in which case he cannot wear his police uniform. He must be dismissed, the Deputy Commissioner of Police that he used, who claimed that they have done a thorough job, has no business wearing police uniform.
"The weapon that was (claimed to have been) used for the murder was used for armed robbery earlier, recovered by the police and under police custody at the time my secretary was murdered.
"So, the man who murdered my secretary was in police custody, the gun used was in police custody and these are the findings of the police.
"The only conclusion that can be reached is that the police ordered the murder of my private secretary. The officer wrote this in black and white.
"I ask you (IG) to read it. He wrote that he has done a thorough job under a very skillful DIG in charge of Force CID and the sky is their limit. I am asking the Vice President to report to the President that if they do not find the killers of Olaitan, he cannot expect the people of Edo State and all those who know Olaitan, to have confidence in the security agencies. I feel terrible that as a governor, I can't get justice. If I can't get justice, then an average Nigerian cannot expect justice and we can't have justice if we can't tell the truth."
Police dismiss gov's outburst
Responding to Oshiomhole's tirade, IGP Abubakar, an officer and a gentleman, described Oshiomhole's position as unfounded, saying only the court could pronounce on the killers. He, however, promised to set up a committee to look at the investigative report of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department.
Why Oshiomhole is acidic
Few days after the investigations carried out by the DSS and Police were noted, August, last year, Governor Oshiomhole called on President Goodluck Jonathan to set up a high-powered panel of inquiry to look into the contradictions.
However, neither the Federal Government nor the police authorities paid heed to his call. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the Edo State Government noted, "The attention of Governor Adams Oshiomhole has been drawn to the contradictory claims by two federal security agencies, namely, the State Security Services and the Police Force over the killing of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, his Principal private Secretary.
While the (DSS) paraded some people who alleged to have confessed to the killing of Comrade Oyerinde on account of armed robbery, the Nigeria Police also said they have in their custody exactly the same number of persons who allegedly confessed to the killing of Comrade Oyerinde.
"Following the murder of Comrade Oyerinde, the Governor gave the security agencies a 14-day ultimatum to find the killers, which he suspected was politically-motivated. Within a few days of his murder, Mr. Governor was informed by the (DSS) in confidence that they had made some progress, having located Comrade Oyerinde's telephone and those who bought it and eventually using their own skills, they were able to arrest, one after the other, those who have since confessed that they killed Comrade Oyerinde.
"Subsequently, at about the end of June, the (DSS) again, apparently to assure the Governor of the progress made, paraded the suspects before the Governor and he had the opportunity to ask some questions, for about 45 minutes, about the murder and they told him who fired the shot, where they stood, who bought the phone and for how much and they also showed him the weapons used and the amount of money they found which was less than fifty thousand naira.
"From the interface with the suspects paraded by the DSS, the Governor was convinced that they were indeed responsible for the murder of Comrade Oyerinde to which they had confessed. The suspects also repeated to the Governor the confessions they had made to the (DSS) that they were the same gang that made an attempt to attack the State Commissioner for Information, Hon Louis Odion at his residence and their account corroborated that of Hon Odion who narrated to the Governor that 'it was the vigilance group in his area that scared the attackers away'.
Ugolor's posers
Rev Ugolor, who is at the centre of controversy, Tuesday, in Abuja, also addressed reporters, calling on President Jonathan to constitute an independent committee to review and reconcile the conflicting reports by the DSS and the police in a bid to unmask the killers of his friend, Comrade Oyerinde. He also tasked Jonathan, the National Assembly and the civil society to unravel the mystery behind the controversial police report on the murder, which was at variance with that of the DSS.
His words: "I want Nigerians to challenge the police authorities to tell Nigerians whether it was true that Danjuma Musa and Murtala Usman – the two accused armed robbers are still alive, they are in local prison; whether it was true they were in detention on April 24 and between April 24 – May 24, they were not granted bail. And we know that from the police command to Oyerinde's house is about one kilometre.
"How did they fly? What happened? Who escorted them to Olaitan's house? Who brought out the guns that were in police custody since April 24 last year?
Sunday Vanguard's Findings:
Sunday Vanguard is in possession of the "Police Investigation Report", reference number, CR:3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/FSARS/VOL.T1/90, dated August 1, 2012, in respect of the matter. A total of 16 witnesses and 18 suspects were interrogated, including Mrs. Funke Oyerinde, wife of the deceased.
Sunday Vanguard waited for four months after we obtained after we obtained the police report to lay hands on the SSS report, which remained hard to pin down. However, with the recent outburst by Oshiomhole, the reports of the independent findings had to be made public.
From the police report, it was clear that the motive of the killers of Comrade Oyerinde was not political. They were simply hoodlums, who found out that he came occasionally to transact business at a local foreign exchange bureau in Benin City. In fact, the agent, who is one of the suspects, was the one that set him up. He recruited the other suspects to rob his client.
Oyerinde owned a double-barrel gun and might have been trying to reach for it, when the hoodlums shot him. Before his death, he had an annoying disagreement with his landlord, Architect Hope Akpo, aged 51 years, over N1.2 million rent for which the landlord petitioned the Secretary to the State Government and Chief of Staff to the Governor.
In fact, the relationship between Oyerinde and the property owner was so terrible that Architect Akpo, who issued him a quit notice and cut off water supply to his apartment, dragged him to the court to recover his property.
Arrest of suspects
The claim of the DSS in its report is quite believable and the police, indeed, arrested some other persons connected with the same crime and the gang that carried it out. One of the suspects arrested by the police, 26-year-old Auta Umaru Ali, a nomad, who hails from Gumi in Gumi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, confessed to the police that he belonged to two robbery gangs. He started robbery in early 2011. The investigation report quoted Ali thus:
"The first robbery gang is made up of Haruna, Ibrahim, Sanda and some other Fulani boys and their area of specialization is armed robbery, along Benin-Lagos Expressway, around By-pass and Benin/Abraka/Obiaruku road. He averred that they usually block the road, stop vehicles and rob passengers of their property, which include telephone, money, gold jewelries, necklaces, etc.
"He identified his second gang of armed robbers as Danjuma Musa, Muritala Usman, Asamah Moses Okoro, alias Auchi boy and himself. He also identified Garba Usman Maisamari, a notorious buyer of stolen goods, as the person who buys all their loots after robbery operations.
He revealed that on May 3 (24 hours before Oyerinde was killed), Danjuma Musa called him on telephone and informed him of an armed robbery operation at GRA, Benin City, that night. He further revealed that Danjuma Musa also asked him to come to Owina Junction, where they usually drink as the take-off point, which he did.
Thirty-three-year-old Umaru Adamu, alias Duna, who claimed to be a dealer in foreign exchange, buyer of stolen goods and an armourer for a robbery gang, declined knowledge of the armed robbery at 2nd Ugbor road. He was arrested in connection with Oyerinde's murder and admitted that the gun used for the operation was collected from him on May 3, 2012. He also told police that the same gun was returned at about 09.30 hours to him at a petrol filling station, along Ring Road, Benin City. His grandparents hail from Niger Republic.
What is, however, incongruous in the police report is that detectives, who were looking for every available way to tidy up the case, made a fatal blunder in roping Ugolor as mastermind of the murder. Why it came up with the theory is not very clear.
Birds of the same feather
Nonetheless, Ugolor, is a very close friend of the deceased. Their friendship started in 2009 when the latter was appointed private secretary to Oshimohole. Oyerinde was very useful to Ugolor in the activities of his NGO and liaison with the state government. Both of them practically shared the same vision and a day before he was killed, he and the deceased went on a social outing at Madam Serah's drinking spot in Benin City.
The late Oyerinde dropped Ugolor at his residence before proceeding to his own residence same day and the activist was jolted from his sleep in the early hours of the next day by a phone call from Oyerinde's wife, informing him that her husband had been shot by bandits. Both Ugolor and Oyerinde's wife rushed the deceased to the Central Hospital, Benin City, where he later gave up the ghost.
In fact, the late Oyerinde was building his personal house in Benin City at the time of his death and Ugolor is the one supervising the project for him.
Rev Ugolor: Was it a set up?
Forty-two-year-old Ugolor, according to the police report, described his identification by Maisamari "as the mastermind of the dastardly act as blatant, false and wicked", adding that he had never met the suspect in life, "except at the identification parade.
"He claimed that he has not overtly or covertly requested for any government appointment, not even through Oyerinde and wondered what he will benefit from his death. He posited that as a human rights activist and television programmes resource person, Maisamari must have seen him on television and is now looking for whom to drag into his mess.
He vehemently denied any involvement in the murder of Oyerinde, stating that he has never visited Ring Road for dollar exchange with the deceased in his life, not to talk of gong with a Camry car as late Olaitan does not have a Camry car," the report added.
Sunday Vanguard investigation showed that Ugolor's main link to the murder was that 39-year-old Maisamari, born in Bagudo area of Kebbi state, stated, "The job (murder of Oyerinde) was given to him by one David, who promised to pay him N20 million if the job was successfully executed".
According to the report, "He further stated that the said David paid him an advance payment of N200,000, out of which he gave Danjuma Musa, N100,000. He described David as black in complexion, not too tall, but get body small. He also described him as always wearing a native dress but speaks English language fluently".
"He stated that he has known David for the past one year and that David usually changed money from him and has bought gold from him once. He also stated that David told him that he wants to take over late Olaitan Oyerinde's office if he is killed. He also confessed that late Olaitan was trailed twice by the trio of himself, Danjuma Musa and Moses Asamah Okoro in order to know his house as GRA, Benin City.
"He further said that David has not paid the N20 million and each time he called him on phone, he will be saying he is in Abuja and will pay when he comes back. He was not able to give the said David's telephone number but stated that David calls him with MTN, Glo and Etisalat numbers, but when he lost his phone and did welcome back, he lost David's numbers.
He admitted informing Danjuma Musa, Moses Asamah Okoro, Muritala Usman and Auta Umaru Ali that the operation was a hired job meant to kill the man in a meeting they held at Owina Junction, Benin", the police said in the report, signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Chris O. Ezike, FSSARS, Abuja", the report continued.
It was palpable that that story of Ugolor as mastermind of the murder is a fabrication as Maisamari admitted masterminding the robbery that led to Oyerinde's death.
Said the report, "According to him (referring to Maisamari), late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde was his customer who changes dollars into naira for him. He recollected the late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde had changed money from him on three occasions- the first time being $500, the second $500 and the third time- $850, which was on 03/05/2012.
According to him, on the second occasion when late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde came to change money, he telephoned Moses Asamah Okoo to come with his motorcycle and as Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde left, they trailed him to his house at No 65, 2nd Ugbor Road, Benin City.
"He also confessed that on 03/05/2012 when the man came to change money, himself and Moses Asamah Okoro also trailed him, but he ended up in a beer parlour around Adesuwa road area. That they left him to plan the operation. He admitted that he asked Danjuma Musa to contract Muritala Usman and Auta Umaru Ali to meet Moses Asamah Okoro at Owina Junction so that four of them can execute the job successfully. Okoro informed him through telephone when they were to strike and also informed him that the operation had been executed successfully after the operation.
"He confessed that he bought all the items from late Comrade Olaitan's house which he itemized as two laptop computers, two galaxy telephone handsets, gold jewelries, four blackberry telephone handsets and that he paid a total of N150,000 only advance , remaining N32,000."
Reading the police report between the lines, it is not difficult to conclude that the suspects interrogated by the detectives were under pressure to admit that Maisamari informed them that somebody, David, promised to pay them N20 million if Oyerinde was killed, but the actual mission was to rob the private secretary.
Like Oyerinde, like Alhaji Ismaila Aliyu
The way Oyerinde was killed on May 4 was the same manner one Alhaji Ismaila Aliyu, a businessperson and foreign exchange dealer from Kebbi State was murdered May 21, 17 days after, by a robbery gang in Benin City. The gang usually trailed people, who carry out foreign exchange transaction, to their homes to steal money from them. Aliyu's murder was unsung by the media because of his social status.
In Aliyu's case, a 36-year-old dealer in foreign exchange at No 6 Erie Street, Benin City, who is already in police net, called one of the suspects, Abubakar, arrested in connection with Oyerinde's murder, to contact other bandits to waylay him and steal the foreign currency that he normally brought home. Danjuma Musa, Moses Asamah Okoro and others went to Aliyu's house at No 21 Second Ihiogbe Stree, off Wire Road, May 18, and May 21, they trailed him from his office to the house and shot him dead.
Unfortunately, Aliyu was heartlessly murdered, but the gang did not find money with him.
Holes in police report
What made the police report suspicious was its claim on two suspects, Danjuma Musa and Muritala Usman. The suspects allegedly confessed that the armed robbery operation of May 4, 2012, which resulted in Oyerinde's death was carried out by them in conjunction with Auta Umaru and Moses Asamah and that the gun found with them was the same gun used to kill the deceased.
They also told the police, "Garba Usman Maisamari, who fingered Ugolor as mastermind of the murder, "had deep knowledge of the operation and bought all the items that were stolen from the house".
On page 7 of the 93-page report, the police said, "The interrogation yielded amazing result as both of them confessed that the armed robbery operation of 4th May, 2012 at No 65, 2nd Ugbor road, GRA, Benin City, which led to the death of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde was carried out by them …"
The police in the report noted that the two suspects in question – Danjuma Musa and Muritala Usman – "have been in Edo Command custody for unlawful possession of cartridges since 24/05/2012…"
However, apparently in a hurry to come up with a list of suspects, police investigators strangely concluded that the same suspects were responsible for the murder of Oyerinde, 10 days after, even at time they were in police custody.
It is surprising that the police authorities did not crosscheck this information because it was on the strength of the alleged confession by the said suspects, who linked Maisamari to the murder, that Ugolor was arrested as the mastermind.
Investigations by Sunday Vanguard showed that in a letter, dated July 18, 2012, entitled, Transfer of Casefile Exhibits', addressed to the DIG, "D" Department, FCID, Abuja, the Divisional Police Officer, Esigie Police Division, Benin City, CSP, Yakubu Mohammed, handed over the said weapon to the FCID.
According to the letter, "On the 24/04/2012, at about 06.30 hrs, one F/No, 430274, Cpl John Ubogu, attached to Esigie Division, presently on Foreign Peace Mission at East Timor, brought one locally made cut to size pistol and one cartridge to the charge room…
"He stated that he recovered the exhibits at the side of one abandoned vehicle while returning from night duty at about 06.15 hrs. The exhibits were later referred to exhibit keeper for safekeeping. I hereby, transfer/forward one cut-to-size pistol and one cartridge for further investigation, please".
The two suspects were taken over by FSARS operatives for further interrogation, but the aspect of their report, which categorically stated that the said weapon was used in the Oyerinde murder, is what has cast doubt on the entire investigation.
The DPP saw the ambiguity in the police report and observed thus:
"By a letter, dated 18th July, from the office of the DPO, Esigie Division, Benin City, addressed to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, FCID, Abuja, on "Transfer of Casefiles/Exhibits", which letter contained in your duplicate case file, an exhibit, to wit; a locally made cut –to- size gun and one cartridge said to have been recovered on 24/04/2012 by the Esigie Police Division, Benin City, were sent to FCID, Abuja.
"This is alleged to be a weapon used during the robbery incident that took place on 4th May, 2012. Another incongruity, Could a weapon recovered and in possession of the Police be confirmed by suspects to have been used for the commission of the offence".
This inexcusable bungle is why Oshimohole, Ugolor, civil society groups and Nigerians are spitting fire and calling on President Jonathan to unravel the mystery.
It is one riddle in the entire affair, which the police must unknot believably before its report on the Oyerinde murder would be treated as a document worth the paper on which it is printed.


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MSPs are to investigate how difficult it is for homeowners to sack their factor.
Two years ago the Scottish Parliament passed the Property Factors Act, which had been proposed by Glasgow MSP Patricia Ferguson.
The move followed an Evening Times campaign highlighting some of the worst practices by rogue firms in the sector and called for action.
Ms Ferguson, now representing Maryhill & Springburn, was concerned by our reports of unscrupulous factors overcharging owners and pushing people into debt with high charges and interest costs.
Now the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee is to look at the process by which owners can sack their factor if they are dissatisfied and appoint a new one, after it emerged a separate Act from 2003 may make it more difficult for factors to be dismissed.
It appears a two-thirds majority is needed for the decision to be legal in many cases, including former tenants who bought their homes under Right To Buy laws.
If the local council or a housing association still owns some homes in a block it can make it impossible to achieve the required majority.
Local authorities and housing associations can impose a 'manager burden' that lasts up to 30 years on properties bought under Right To Buy legislation.
The committee is asking if it is necessary to tie homeowners into an arrangement for such a long time and whether the council or housing association should have its voting rights modified so it cannot block a simple majority decision.
The investigation extends to land owning property management companies.
Christine Grahame, Justice Committee Convener, said she hoped the investigation would lead to changes to benefit homeowners.
She said "We are undertaking this short inquiry because existing legislation in the 2003 Act appears inflexible, complicated and impractical for homeowners who want to switch property factors.
"We hope this focused post-legislative scrutiny will achieve a positive outcome for the thousands of affected homeowners."
The committee wants to hear from individuals and companies of their experience of the current system.
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Aussie earworm: Hoodoo Gurus' 'What's My Scene'
The much-delayed Australia in the '80s podcast for Stuck in the '80s got a needed kick in the pants this week when a CD of music arrived from Down Under. By the way, can I get a ruling on "Down Under" from Oz? Are you tired of being called that yet? Has it approached "Yankee Doodle" status as tired and cliched yet?
The Hoodoo Gurus will definitely be in the show. Will it be this tune, What's My Scene, which reached No. 3 on their charts back in 1987? I predict you'll know before 2010 is through.


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Venkaiah Naidu Witty Satire on Samantha Saree
Tue, Nov 17, 2015, 07:12 PM
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu is known for his wit and satires during his public speeches. Venkaiah while addressing the gathering on the occasion of Agricultural University foundation ceremony yesterday in Guntur has said spoke about Samantha and Saree. Venkaiah said that Britain Prime Minister David Cameroon's wife Samantha has worn a saree while inviting PM Narendra Modi by adding that there is also one Samantha here who wears saree now and then. . . . . . .


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To the Editor:
I just returned from the military/gun show held at the Brooklyn Park Armory. To put this in perspective, I am a 21-year veteran of the Air Force, am not a member of the NRA, and have never attended a military/gun show before.
While I am not sure what I expected, it certainly was not what I experienced. Every person I talked to was polite and courteous from their first greeting to me, through their discussions and with their farewells. There was no pushing, no shoving and even "excuse me" if someone bumped into me ever so slightly. There were men, women, children and families sitting behind the tables and walking the floors of this show. I never heard one word of anger or threatening comments about our government. If it had not been for all of the guns and military displays, this group of citizens could have passed for a church group. They were not the wild, antisocial, unkempt citizen hate group, intent-on-overthrowing-the-government type people, which many newspaper articles and government officials make gun owners out to be.
Well done, everyone. You earn a salute from me.
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Children at Northwood Primary School discuss the pros and cons of reading stories on electronic devices and paper books.
Has our technology — our cell phones and iPods and cameras — stopped us from dreaming? Young artist Shilo Shiv Suleman says no, as she demos "Khoya," her new storybook for iPad, which floats us through a magical world in 7 minutes of pure creativity.
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Wine conference covers everything from science to marketing
More than 12,000 people are expected to attend the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium at the Sacramento Convention Center on Jan. 29-31.
The industry conference in downtown Sacramento is about all things wine, from the science of growing a grape harvest to the marketing of cases of wine.
Some of the special breakout sessions this year range from strategies in using digital media to strategies in buying coastal land for vine development.
What makes the symposium "unified" is that it is the 19-year-old combination of conferences of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture along with the California Association of Winegrape Growers. The event is a combination of trade show with many classes and lectures on new science, technology, techniques and strategies.
Registration for the symposium runs between $200 for a single day for members to nearly $700 for all three days for non-members.
Early pre-registration is up from last year.
Grapes are about a $4 billion agricultural crop in California, and the grape harvest ranks in the top three behind milk products and often tied with almonds. The value added of making wine increases wine's value to the California economy, as well as driving a robust wine tourism economy.


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While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be
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While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors
Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 481-482 probate year 1876.
|Will of Thomas Whelan
In re THOMAS WHELAN. DECEASED.1st, I Thomas Whelan do by the following declare this to be my last will and testament viz- I leave to Catherine Whelan Senior my wife and to Catherine Whelan my daughter the house on corner of Prescott street No. 90 together with what goods and furniture that is in house and store in or on the premises No. 1758 Noads plan of town. The children Anne and Elizabeth and Mary to continue in the house as they are at present without any wages.
2nd To Anne Whelan my eldest daughter I bequeath of that house No. 16 east of Prescott Street that is east end of said house in Lane No. 1759 Noads plan of Town together with the store on said ground and while Mrs. Whelan my wife requires said store she is to pay £2 - 14 currency to the said Anne Whelan per year rent I also leave to the said Anne Whelan they sum of sixty pounds currency in my executors hands and also my lever watch and silver chain No. 2137 and also one feather bed and bedding.
3rd Also to Elizabeth my daughter I leave the house No. 14 next to corner house in lane east of Prescott Street West end of said house No. 1759 Noads plan of town. And as long as Mrs. Whelan my holds the lower story of said house she is to pay £2-10 currency as rent to the said Elizabeth Whelan per year.
3rd I leave also to the said Elizabeth Whelan the sum of sixty pounds currency on my executors hands together with bed and bedding.
4th I leave to Mary Whelan my daughter the rent of house No. 92 Prescott Street No. 1757 Noads plan now occupyed by Patrick Summer ground rent £2- 8 currency per year and also the rent for liberty of keeping she per year. I also leave on the executors hands the sum of thirty pounds currency for said Mary Whelan together with said rent and interest of said thirty pounds to be at the disposal of my wife during her life and should my wife Mrs. Whelan die the aforesaid Mary Whelan to be entitled to the above sum of thirty pounds vested in the executors hands. And after Mary Whelans demise to be the property of the aforesaid Mrs. Whelan her heirs or assigns. The executors to put this money in Bank or to the best advantage for the children To the Rev. Thomas McGrath £3. cy. to the Revd John Conway p.p. £2. Cy, To the Sisters of Mercy £1. cy.
Thomas Whelan, Witness, David Ellis, William Ryan, Patk Daley.
A Codicil, St. Johns, N.F.Land, February 1st A.D. 1870. From expenses attending my long sickness I do hereby make change in my former will viz- my daughter Anne and Elizabeth Whelan is to receive no rent for house or store from my wife Mrs. Whelan for the term of four years. And also the thirty pounds and rents of Patrick Summers house bequeathed to my daughter Mary Whelan to be at the disposal of Mrs. Whelan for the aforesaid term of four years
Thomas Whelan, Witness, David Ellis, Thomas Ryan. I also appoint the Revd Thomas McGrath and William Ryan my executors and that they will deposit in Bank the 1st day of April 1870 Sixty pounds each to Anne and Elizabeth Whelan as aforesaid in my will. Thos. Whelan Feb 4, 1870, Witness David Ellis.
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After seven years of marriage, rocker Melissa Etheridge recently announced that she is calling it quits with her wife Tammy Lynn. The Come to my Window singer opened up to OK! about the break-up and raising their 3-year-old twins, daughter Johnnie and son Miller.
On the break-up: "It's been a long time coming. It's hard, as any of these things are. It's hard to do it in public because there's no easy sound bite to say, this is what happened and so this is what's going on. And even if I did, the perspectives would always be different so there's a lot of sadness. And yet, she'll always be in my life because we have two children."
On the kids: "They're wonderful. There's a lot of interaction because of the kids and we keep that going and that's good. Being a mom takes up most of my time and most of my energy. I'm going to be touring all summer and the kids will come with me."
Head over to OK! for the rest of the interview…