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A climate control system for the interior of a vehicle includes infrared sensing to measure thermal level therein and to provide a signal to the system control for establishing and maintaining the thermal level to a level preset by a vehicle occupant. The viewing field and admissibility of the infra-red sensor determines the composition of the signal by controlling the objects, surfaces, area and radiation included in the field. Appropriate selection of viewing field and admissibility integrates into the signal corrective factors for external climatic conditions and solar re-radiation within the vehicle.
1. An automotive climate control system for establishing and maintaining a passenger compartment thermal level according to a preset level comprising in combination:
infra-red sensing means for viewing a predetermined portion of the passenger compartment for radiant heat therein, said infra-red sensing means comprising an infra-red sensor characterized by an output proportional to the thermal level of said viewed portion and amplification means characterized by low input offset voltage for amplifying said output signal to produce said control signal;
a control signal produced by said infra-red sensing means substantially representative of passenger compartment thermal level; and
control means responsive to said control signal for controlling an HVAC system to establish and maintain the passenger compartment thermal level according to the preset level.
2. An automotive climate control system according to claim 1 wherein said amplification means comprises a chopper stabilized amplifier.
3. An automotive climate control system according to claim 1 wherein said infra-red sensing means comprises an infra-red thermopile.
4. An automotive climate control system for establishing and maintaining a passenger compartment thermal level according to a preset level comprising in combination:
electromagnetic sensing means having a predetermined field of view, said viewing field including a first portion of said passenger compartment indicative of thermal level therein and a second portion of said passenger compartment indicative of the thermal level external thereto;
filter means for allowing passage of selective wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to said electromagnetic sensing means;
a composite signal produced by said electromagnetic sensing means substantially representative of passenger compartment thermal level and solar load upon the passenger compartment; and
control means responsive to said composite signal for controlling an HVAC system to establish and maintain the passenger compartment thermal level according to the preset level.
5. An automotive climate control system for establishing and maintaining a passenger compartment thermal level according to a present level according to claim 5 wherein said filter means allows passage of solar re-radiation from passenger compartment surfaces, said composite signal thereby additionally being representative of a solar load upon the passenger compartment.
This invention relates generally to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and, more particularly, to such systems as they relate to automotive passenger compartment climate control. More specifically, this invention deals with the accurate sensing of automotive passenger compartment ambient temperature and heat energy levels wherein such sensing is necessary to establish and maintain comfort level within the passenger compartment.
It is common practice in automotive climate control to utilize passenger compartment air drawn across a temperature sensor through an aspirator hose concealed behind the instrument panel to obtain a convective measure of passenger compartment thermal level. Such systems are typically assembly intensive, subject to hardware failures such as aspirator hose disconnects and material obstruction preventing air flow. Such failures, all of which alter the air flow across the temperature sensor, tend to result in performance degradation and inaccuracy but do not result in catastrophic system failures. Consequently, passengers will feel dissatisfied with the performance of the HVAC system yet not realize that it is operating at reduced performance quality.
An automobile's instrument panel typically houses a temperature sensor over which air from the vicinity of the instrument panel is drawn. Additionally, an automobile instrument panel is a carrier for many heat generating components, such as radios, instrumentation, various electronic modules and back lighting. All of these, especially when evening driving is encountered, may result in a thermal load local to the instrument panel that is not indicative of the thermal level of the passenger compartment which is the desired temperature to be measured. This may result in false readings at the temperature sensor. However, an instrument panel remains a desirable location for sensing media.
Frequently, HVAC control systems additionally rely upon a second sensor to detect a solar load for use as a corrective control signal. Outside air temperature is often likewise utilized as another corrective control signal. These of course add complexity to the HVAC control system and in the case of a sun load sensor may be cosmetically unappealing since one is typically mounted on an upper surface of an instrument panel or is exposed therethrough.
One object of the present invention is to simplify the passenger compartment temperature sensing and concomitantly reduce failure modes associated therewith. Another object of the present invention is to reduce or eliminate local influences upon the ambient temperature sensing from heat sources in proximity thereto. Yet another object of the invention is to reduce the complexity of climate control systems by eliminating separate corrective control sensors.
Accordingly, and consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, an automotive climate control system for maintaining a passenger's comfort is provided having a single infra-red sensing means for monitoring a predetermined area within the passenger compartment. A control signal is produced therefrom which is generally representative of the passenger compartment ambient temperature. Control means are also provided which are responsive to the control signal and are effective to control an HVAC system to establish and maintain the passenger compartment ambient temperature according to a preset level. A further aspect of the invention provides for filtering of the infra-red signals so as to selectively view those wave lengths thereof which have the most significant impact upon, or are most indicative of, the ambient temperature of the passenger compartment. In addition, a further aspect of a preferred form of the present invention provides for controlling the field of view of the infra-red sensor via appropriate lensing means such that the field of view contains elements of the passenger compartment which tend to be representative of at least a predictable portion of thermal content of the passenger compartment.
FIG. 1 shows a diagram of a prior art climate control system utilizing aspirated airflow across a temperature sensor.
FIG. 2 illustrates in plan view the passenger compartment of a vehicle and alternative fields of view for infra-red sensing means in accordance with alternative embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a climate control system encompassing alternative embodiments consistent with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a circuital diagram of an infra-red sensor assembly for generating a temperature signal in accordance with the various embodiments of the present invention.
Referring first to FIG. 1, a conventional vehicle climate control 10 is shown comprising a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control 20 comprising a conventionally known microcomputer (not illustrated) having a central processing unit, ROM, RAM, I/O ports and A/D converters which receive various analog input signals from discrete sensors 30-36 and digitize the same for use in automated control of passenger compartment thermal level. Interior air temperature (IAT) sensor 30 provides the primary input to HVAC control 20 with outside air temperature (OAT) sensor 34 and solar load (SOLAR) sensor 32 providing further signals to HVAC control 20 desirable for climate control. OAT sensor 34 provides in conjunction with IAT sensor 30 a differential measurement between the passenger compartment and the exterior environment which effects the rate of heat transfer therebetween, while SOLAR sensor 32 provides a measure of the intensity of the solar radiation on the vehicle interior which provides radiant heat within the passenger compartment. Coolant temperature (COOLANT) sensor 36 provides a signal to HVAC control 20 which is indicative of the heat capacity of the heater core. Another input to the control includes an operator selected temperature setting signal (SET TEMP) 38 corresponding to the desired thermal level. The various inputs are monitored and processed for controlling temperature maintenance functions of the heater, evaporator and blower assembly (HEBA) 40 which, as the name suggests, includes; a heater core for circulating engine coolant for warming air, an evaporator core for circulating refrigerant for cooling air, a blower or fan for circulating air through the heater and evaporator cores in proportion to the position of an air mix door as determined by solenoid operated vacuum switches or electrical motors responsive to the HVAC controller outputs 25. The position of the air mix door determines the temperature of the air circulated within HEBA 40. The HEBA often times further includes control of exiting air to passenger determined modes such as lower, upper, bi-level, defog and defrost and entering air between fresh and recirculated modes. Solenoid controlled vacuum switches responsive to HVAC outputs 25 are the most prevalent actuators used for motive control of air delivery doors effective to establish the modes as described above. Electrical motor control of air delivery doors is also practiced in the art and is equally applicable to the present invention. HEBA 40 as referenced herein encompasses air mix and air delivery doors and associated actuators whether integral therewith or comprising assemblies separate therefrom, any distinction being inconsequential to the invention. The present invention may be adapted to other forms of climate control systems which employ less conventional means of heating such as resistive and radiant heat sources.
FIG. 1 further illustrates the means by which passenger compartment air temperature is measured. In addition to IAT sensor 30 which is normally positioned behind the instrument panel (not illustrated), aspirator tube 50 (functionally illustrated) is utilized to draw passenger compartment air in the vicinity of the front of the instrument panel across IAT sensor 30 for example by connecting the remote end of the tube to a high pressure portion of HEBA 40 through a venturi arrangement to generate a small air flow. A measure of the interior air temperature is thereby obtained.
Turning to FIG. 2, a vehicle is generally designated by the numeral 70 and passenger compartment therein by the numeral 75. Infra-red (IR) sensor assembly 60 is positioned within passenger compartment 75 of the vehicle such that the viewing field is representative of predetermined portions thereof. Appropriate locations for IR sensor assembly 60 include the vehicle instrument panel 80 such that the viewing field is rear facing with respect thereto. This way, a good portion of passenger compartment 75 is within the viewing field of the sensor. In a first embodiment, IR sensor 60 has a relatively narrow field of view as illustrated in two dimensions by the passenger compartment area delimited by the solid lines 90,91 emanating from IR sensor assembly 60. In this case, IR sensor 60 views a major portion of the passenger compartment including the occupants, the seating area and the air within the passenger compartment field of view. This particular embodiment may continue to benefit from the use of an outside air temperature sensor for corrective offset since the limited viewing angle of IR sensor 60 substantially ignores exterior conditions which are desirably known for the purpose of adapting the interior climate control to the prevailing exterior climatic conditions. It may also be desirable to utilize a SOLAR sensor as conventionally practiced depending on the admissability and responsiveness of IR sensor 60 to solar re-radiation off of interior surfaces within passenger compartment 75.
Alternatively as shown in FIG. 2, IR sensor 60 may have a viewing angle which is relatively wide as illustrated by the passenger compartment area delimited by the broken lines 96,97 emanating from IR sensor 60. In this case, a portion of the vehicle interior (e.g. side glass 94,95) bearing a relationship to the exterior environment is within the viewing field of the sensor and induces corrective offset to the main passenger compartment signal thereby accounting for the prevailing exterior climatic conditions. Use of the OAT sensor for corrective offset purposes is thereby rendered superfluous. An alternative to a single IR sensor with a wide viewing angle is a plurality of IR sensors appropriately arranged to accommodate input from the passenger compartment as well as the vehicle exterior. Again as in the previous embodiment, it may be desirable to utilize a SOLAR sensor as conventionally practiced depending on the admissability and responsiveness of the chosen IR sensor(s) to solar re-radiation.
Elements of the illustrated preferred climate control architecture of FIG. 3 may be substantially identical to those described in conjunction with FIG. 1. IR sensor assembly 60' is shown as an input to an HVAC control. Solar sensor SOLAR 101 and outside air temperature sensor OAT 102 are illustrated, broken lines signifying discretionary use of the corresponding sensor or sensor signal. Such use or non-use is a function of alternative embodiments within the scope of the present invention. Coolant temperature COOLANT 103 is also shown with a signal therefrom as an input to the HVAC control. Operator selected temperature setting signal SET TEMP 104 is similarly shown as an input thereto. Sensors 101-103 and 60' are assumed to produce analog signals, which signals are passed to A/D converter 110 for digitization. SET TEMP signal 104 is assumed a digital input signal commonly obtained from an instrument panel climate control operator interface at the instrument panel. Where SET TEMP signal is analog, A/D conversion can be employed to digitize the signal.
Control processing is advantageously described in terms of establishing a program number PGMno and air mix door number MIXno though other alternatives will be readily apparent to those possessing ordinary skill in the art. PGMno is established according to the following general function:
PGMno=f(SET TEMP, IR, OAT- COR, SOL- COR, K) where SET TEMP is the operator temperature setting, IR is the passenger compartment thermal level as established by the IR sensor assembly 60', OAT- COR is the outside air temperature correction factor from calibration table 110, SOL- COR is the solar radiation correction factor from calibration table 112 and K represents a calibration constant to scale PGMno into a number range compatible with the microcomputer architecture (0≦PGMno≦255 for 8 bit architecture). Where the IR sensor assembly is configured with sufficient view of the vehicle exterior climatic conditions and/or admits sufficient solar re-radiation, correction factors from OAT and/or SOLAR sensors 102,101 respectively may be eliminated when calculating PGMno since offsets representative thereof are contained in the composite signal delivered by the IR sensor assembly.
PGMno is then utilized to reference blower speed and mode for HEBA 150 operation such as through calibration tables 120,122 respectively. The mode is also used for the look-up from calibration table 124 of a corrective value MOD- COR associated therewith and summed with PGMno at node 130 to establish a mode corrected program number MPGMno. MIXno is established according to the following general function:
MIXno=f(COOL, ΔT(COOL, Te), MPGMno, K1, K2)
where COOL is the coolant temperature as established by coolant sensor 103, Te is a predetermined evaporator temperature equivalent to a fixed calibrated value when the compressor is cycling and to the ambient temperature as measured by OAT sensor 102 when the compressor is not cycling, MPGMno is the mode adjusted program number, and K1 and K2 represent calibration constants used to scale the function into a number range compatible with the microcomputer architecture (0≦MIXno≦255 for an 8-bit architecture).
MIXno is then utilized to select a temperature door position from the mix door position look-up table 140. This selected door position is then used in positioning the air mix door in HEBA 150.
Passenger compartment climatic conditions and exterior ambient conditions do not normally experience rapid swings and therefore the preferred IR sensor is chosen having appropriate response characteristics. Therefore, an IR sensor of preferred choice produces a signal proportional to the heat energy within its viewing field. One type of IR sensor so characterized utilizes thermopile technology.
Viewing angle of an IR sensor is determined by design of the sensor and, if inadequate for the desired viewing field, may be modified by lensing. A particularly attractive option for widening the viewing angle and minimizing dimensional penalty is to use a fresnel lens comprised of low loss material such as polyethylene.
Admissibility of the sensor to different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation can be controlled by the material defining any lensing or non-lens windowing. Most of the energy of concern is in the ten micron wavelength range and an electromagnetic sensor designed with lensing and/or windowing providing admissability thereabout has been shown to perform adequately for providing a measure of passenger compartment thermal level. Silicon lensing windowing has been shown to provide approximately 60 percent admissibility in this range, with polyethylene lensing windowing improving this figure to approximately 90 percent. The various lensing material and/or window materials therefore provide the means by which selective wavelengths of thermal energy are filtered for inclusion or exclusion depending upon the desired measurement.
As previously pointed out, responsiveness to rapid heat changes is of minimal importance with regard to the choice of an IR sensor and in fact is not the preferred sensor response due to noise problems anticipated in an automotive environment. Therefore, the present embodiment utilizes an IR sensor characterized by an output voltage which is substantially proportional to heat changes. In the present embodiment, an IR sensor part number PL-82 available from Armtec/Ragen Incorporated, 10 Ammon Drive, Manchester, N.H. is utilized. This sensor is a 20 thermocouple junction device with a silicon window and produces a voltage output on the order of 45 microvolts per degree fahrenheit. It is apparent that a change in passenger compartment thermal level of several degrees therefore will only result in voltage changes on the order of tens or perhaps hundreds of microvolts, which small signals pose unique amplification challenges. A cost effective and widely available means for signal amplification meeting the needs of this embodiment is a chopper stabilized amplifier in differential mode which is innately characterized by extremely low input offset voltage thereby being responsive to the small voltage changes provided by the IR sensor chosen. An exemplary circuit 200 is set forth in FIG. 4 for accomplishing a chopper stabilized amplification of the IR sensor signal wherein chopper stabilized amplifier 210 is designated a TL2654 available from Texas Instruments, Dallas, Tex. Exemplary component values are shown but are subject to modification according to required operation. Manufacturer's data sheets may be referenced for particulars on operational parameters and external component choice.
The present embodiment is configured for non-inverting operation having the non-inverting terminal connected to the positive terminal of the IR sensor. The negative terminal of IR sensor 220 is coupled to one end of resistor R1 to establish offset node 225, the other end thereof coupled to the inverting input of the amplifier. The output of the amplifier is coupled through resistor R2 to the inverting input in feedback to establish the gain (G) of the circuit in accordance with a ratiometric relationship between R2 and R1 [G=(R1+R2)/R1]. Integrating capacitor C1 is preferably coupled across the inverting terminal and the output in order to stabilize the output signal. Each of the capacitors C2,C3 shown coupled to ground provides storage of a potential for nulling the amplifier offset voltage during a respective one of amplifying or nulling phases of the chopper amplifier's operation. The output of amplifier 210 comprises a conditioned IR sensor signal for input into an HVAC control. An offset voltage substantially equal to one-half the operating voltage V of the amplifier is provided at offset node 225 established between IR sensor 220 negative terminal and resistor R1 to allow operation through the entire operating voltage range. Output voltage is therefore represented by the equation:
Vo =Voff +G*Vir
where Vo is the output voltage, Voff is the offset voltage, G is the gain and Vir is the IR sensor voltage.
As with any thermopile device, the voltage produced between two output terminals thereof is a function of the temperature differential between a set of measuring junctions and reference junctions; and, in the present embodiment, the chosen IR sensor produces a voltage signal substantially proportional to the difference in temperature. Ideally, the reference junctions' temperature would be controlled to a known "reference" temperature, and the output voltage signal produced by the temperature differential between the reference and measuring junctions thereby would provide an absolute measure of the measuring junctions' temperature. In the present embodiment using the above exemplary IR sensor, the measuring junctions are exposed through a silicon window to the passenger compartment infra-red radiation content, and the reference junctions are shielded therefrom so as to remain immune to thermal influences attributed thereto. The reference junctions' temperature is not controlled, however, and will naturally tend toward a temperature in accordance with thermal influences apart from the infra-red radiation content of the passenger compartment from which they are shielded. These influences include convection from passenger compartment and instrument panel air and conduction from mounting means for the IR sensor and resistive heating of the junctions due to current flow therethrough. For example, absent control of the reference junctions' temperature, the sensor output will: 1) approach zero in the case where the reference junctions tend toward the passenger compartment thermal level as "seen" by the measuring junctions, or; 2) approach an offset in the case where the reference junctions tend toward some dominant local thermal influence such as a proximate incandescent light source. It is not practical to control the reference junction temperature, however, it is practical to compensate for thermal effects thereon. Without compensation the sensor output is indicative only of the temperature differential between the two sets of junctions and not the absolute temperature of the passenger compartment.
The present embodiment therefore provides a compensation to the offset voltage applied at the offset node by using a thermistor RT as the upper leg of a voltage divider (RT, R) supplying the offset voltage Voff. The thermistor measures the temperature at the reference junctions, its negative coefficient of resistance causing adjustment to offset voltage Voff in proportion to the temperature change thereat and preferably in negative exactitude with the uncompensated change in output voltage Vo to null the effects of varying reference junction temperature from whatever influence. Therefore, the gain G as determined by the resistor pair R2 and R1 is chosen to produce this desired relationship whereby each unit of temperature change at the reference junctions produces a change to the term Voff which is balanced by the change in the term Vir multiplied by the gain G. The placement of the thermistor should be immediately adjacent the reference junctions to provide accurate compensation and is preferably packaged integral with the IR sensor.
While the invention has been exemplified with respect to preferred embodiments as disclosed herein, it is contemplated that various modifications and alterations will be apparent to one having ordinary skill in the art and therefore the embodiments are intended to be taken by way of example and not limitation. Accordingly, the invention is intended to embrace all alternatives, modifications and variations which are within the scope of the appended claims.
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Bulls lock Bakkies Botha made his long-awaited return from injury against the Sharks on Saturday and immediately welcomed the faster nature of the game under the new law interpretations.
The Springboks stalwart, who has been sidelined with an Achilles heel injury since the end of last year, completed 40 minutes of the Bulls' 27-19 win over their South African rivals that cemented their place at top of the Super 14 table and kept the defending champions on course for a home semi-final. And following his winning return, the 30-year-old was full of praise for the move to clean up the tackled ball, scrum and kick return areas of the game.
"I think the game has become a bit faster because the ball is in play longer and that gives us big guys more opportunities to take the ball up to the opposition," Botha told SuperSport. "With that small adjustment to the law you have to be a bit fitter than two, three years ago. When looking at the tactical kicking patterns of teams I believe you have to be a bit more mobile or lighter than in the past,"
"Especially with my role in the team the extra split second at the breakdown allows for a bit more time to inflict more damage at the breakdown or to clear the rucks. What is really positive for me is to see than the team has adapted so well since the start of the season and they proved guys like [Waratahs flanker] Phil Waugh wrong after said that we would be penalised for standing around rucks like ticks."
After returning to the domestic stage, Botha is now eyeing an international return ahead of a busy international season for the Springboks that kicks off against Wales on June 5 although the Bulls' interest in the Super 14 post-season and the scheduling of the final on May 29 suggests their leading players may be missing from the equation for that game.
"I am a bit stiff after the weekend's game but we are working hard and I am very happy and satisfied. I played without experiencing any pain and I am very pleased about it," he said. "The good thing is that it tested my ankle in conditions conducive to injuries and I came through with flying colours. Obviously I need to improve my match fitness but it is going well and I should be there in the next couple of games.
"Initially I didn't think I was going to be out this long, but seeing the guys play so well every weekend has forced me to put extra pressure on myself to work harder in training," he added. "Coming back into a team with a winning culture and clear goals is great and I realised that I have to make a significant contribution as there are guys like Flip [Van der Merwe] and Danie [Rossouw] who have been playing great rugby in my position."
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As the summary says, browsers were once cautious about writing content received over SSL to the disk cache. The use of SSL provides a hint to the browser that the data is sensitive, but now browsers choose -- despite the use of SSL -- to store the unencrypted data anyway.
From the securityevaluators.com document (2nd reference in the base article): Safari. Apple Safari does not cache HTTPS-delivered content to disk, regardless of any headers sent by the server. ISE tested the mobile version of Safari on an iPad 2, and the HTTPS caching behavior was identical to the desktop version.
It used to be that the burden of encryption was only placed on the most sensitive of data, like a banking session or a protected site log-in [but there are] websites that dont have the need (encrypting your google searches? come on, they are spying on you anyway)
If you allow users to log in at all but don't encrypt everything, an attacker who can see a user's packets can snoop the user's session cookie and issue requests as that user for several minutes to several hours. The "Firesheep" plug-in, which allowed cloning the Facebook sessions of other users connected to the same wireless network, was the first widely reported incident of this.
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I should actually correct myself slightly: Wal-Mart (and others) have some in house drivers and some outsourced.
BTW, in discussions of the transport industry, don't get distracted/lied to by the companies. Some drivers think they are owner operators, when in practice, they aren't. They will lease/buy a truck from (as an example, all of the bigs do this) Schneider. As part of the lease terms, they can only accept loads from Schneider. It should be obvious that the 'owner' is an employee who has assumed much of the risk that the company would usually take on.
ShanghaiBill has a decent reply, but he misses a point: if the automated truck is cheaper, the big companies will drive that change in a heartbeat. The trick is that someone has to be convinced that they will be cheaper. They are unlikely to automatically accept that an automated truck is safer, faster, etc. One area where they are likely to be impressed is the possibility of 24 hour operations, rather than the 10 hour per day (rough) limits of human operated trucks. In addition to (possibly) being cheaper, this will allow faster shipments for more mundane goods (there are already plenty of ways to have fast shipping, but it is cost prohibitive to do for everything) which would offer them a competitive advantage. I suspect this last point will be the thin edge of the wedge.


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Today's NDP sitcom jumped the shark long ago
The throne speech Tuesday revealed, not surprisingly, the shelf life of an election commitment by Today's NDP is about equivalent to the shelf life of a Kardashian wedding.
It was about a year ago that Premier Greg Selinger, while out hustling for our votes, told us that not only was balancing the provincial budget by 2014 "right on schedule," but our economic situation was "better than the 2010/11 target in our Five-Year Economic Plan."
I for one am a little surprised that, in the fall of 2011, I was being told that "Manitoba has weathered the global economic storm and continues to buck national trends." The NDP derisively mocked then PC leader Hugh McFadyen for "fear mongering" when he questioned the true state of Manitoba's finances.
Today's NDP have taken a pretty black and white promise, one they even went so far as to enshrine in legislation, to "balance the provincial budget by 2014" to now claiming they actually meant they would "shrink the gap."
The only thing shrinking faster than my take-home pay thanks to the latest round of NDP-imposed tax hikes is their credibility.
Hopefully, Manitobans are beginning to wake up to the cold fiscal reality facing our province.
Less than four weeks ago the Bank of Canada was again warning Canadians interest rate hikes are on the horizon.
While most of us look at an interest rate hike in terms of our mortgages or car loans, the Government of Manitoba looks at it very differently. In fact, a one per cent interest rate increase adds approximately $20 million to our carrying costs over an annual basis.
A mere four years ago, Today's NDP was diverting $756 million annually from health, highways and higher education towards debt servicing costs. In the most recent budget that amount had jumped $102 million or 14 per cent to an estimated $858 million.
It is precisely because of an inability to control spending and the accompanying debt servicing costs that Today's NDP expanded the PST by about $110 million and gas taxes by $50 million this past spring.
It's a bit disheartening to realize almost two-thirds of that tax hike is simply unavailable to address cancer wait times, repave St. James Street or hire police officers, but instead is lost to ever-burgeoning interest costs.
Yet they blame "global uncertainty" and the need for "wiggle room."
These same excuses were used in 2008, when they removed the requirement to balance a budget annually, replacing it with a requirement to balance it over a four-year rolling average.
They were used again in 2009, when this government suspended the requirement to make minimum debt repayments for two years.
And again in 2010 when they completed eliminated the need to balance the budget or make debt repayments until 2014.
And now, yet again in 2012, the excuses are being reused to explain why the government won't balance the books as promised.
The unfortunate thing for Manitoba's taxpayers is that when it comes to Manitoba's finances, this sitcom jumped the shark a long time ago but for some reason we keep tuning in.
Shannon Martin is a Winnipeg political commentator.
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LIKE junk food, junk bonds are an American speciality. But while Europeans happily chomp and slurp their way through platefuls of America's finest edible delicacies, their appetite for financial junk—bonds sold by companies with poor credit ratings—is meagre.
Or was. On April 10th Switzerland's Geberit International, a luxury lavatory manufacturer, sold DM158m-worth ($92m-worth) of junk bonds, mainly to European investors. A week later, the European unit of Exide, an American battery maker, flogged DM175m more. Several more European firms plan to issue junk Eurobonds this year. America's big investment banks, which earn fat fees at home by underwriting such bonds, are now trumpeting the birth of a new market. For once, there may be more to this than hype.
If there is, Europe can look forward to other exotic American imports, such as debt-laden companies. America's junk-bond market is favoured by firms which need to invest heavily for several years before they reap profits. Cable-television companies are one example; telecoms firms are another. For such companies, bank loans do not always work: borrowers typically have to begin repayments early, even before they are making profits. Junk bonds, by contrast, are repaid only when the bond matures—typically after seven to ten years.
As John Wotowicz of Morgan Stanley, an American investment bank, points out, Europe will soon be brimming over with suitably junky companies. In 1998 most European Union countries plan to deregulate their domestic telecoms markets, allowing upstarts to compete with entrenched national monopolies. To do so, some will have to pump vast amounts of cash into building new networks. European cable firms are already junk addicts. Since 1993, one German and six British cable operators have raised $4.6 billion by selling junk bonds in America. Markets in European currencies would be handier: companies that earn their profits in one currency but pay their debts in another must either gamble on favourable exchange rates or insure themselves, which adds to their costs.
Junk has other fans. Takeover artists use it to boost their buying power, typically financing purchases with small amounts of their own cash and bucketfuls of debt. Together with other investors, Berkshire Partners, an American buy-out firm, has bought the transmitter network of Britain's BBC television. It wants to finance this by selling junk bonds in Europe. European buyers are developing similar tastes. Geberit's bonds helped finance its acquisition by Doughty Hanson, a British investment group. To pay for its purchase of Impress, a canning business, Doughty Hanson hopes to issue more D-mark junk.
For the moment, European investors love junk too. Paltry European, American and Japanese interest rates are forcing them to look further afield for juicy returns. Exide's seven-year bonds yield nearly 4% more than seven-year German government bonds, known as bunds. Geberit's ten-year bonds offer investors a 4.2% premium.
Should European interest rates start to rise, investors may switch back to less risky government bond markets—particularly as higher interest rates tend to put heavily indebted junk-bond issuers under stress. But European investors are also adjusting to another, possibly more permanent, change: a European single currency, due in 1999. The approach of the euro is hurting bond investors twice over. Government bonds across Europe are dropping into line with low-yielding bunds. At the same time, Europe's currencies have begun to fluctuate less wildly against the D-mark, robbing bond investors of another potential source of profits. A single currency would eliminate these profits entirely.
These changes are pushing investors into taking greater risks to earn an acceptable return. That will make it easier for even the most highly geared companies to sell debt. If the euro goes ahead, junk might one day seem as European as burgers and fries.


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The first fight between Coenen and "Cyborg was" certainly hard on the durable "Rumina", who suffered only the second (T)KO loss of her career against the Brazilian in Strikeforce. While the failed drug test in that same promotion cast a shade of doubt over Justiano's victory over Coenen, it will be interesting to see what new weapons the Golden Glory-trained fighter will bring to bear on her overpowering opponent. While Justiano has improved her BJJ since the two first clashed, gaining a purple belt under Andre Galvao, I can't help but think that the slick guard game of Coenen may be able to neutralize her this time, and allow the Dutchwoman to even their series at one a piece.


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...Its Michael Bay
Its 3:50 in the morning. I just saw the over 2 and-a-half hour attack on the sense the world will come to know as Transformers:Dark of The Moon. I want to sleep... but i have work in just a couple hours, and i dont think i could wake up in so short a time span. so... lets review.
Visualsthis is a no brainier of a topic. A multi-million dollar summer trilogy instillation is bound to be nothing less than visually breathtaking. Bay knows how to make things look good. Everything from the 50 foot robots to the skirt-wearing actresses look damn good. As would be expected.
There were a couple of downsides though. Bay tries to inject that live action CGI we saw in Tron onto a scene with JFK... and it looks even worse than it did on Jeff Bridges (probably because they couldnt actually map JFK's face). They used the same tech later to get a close up on Shia as he was tossed into the air (a little better), and randomly throughout the film.
DoTM is twice as CGI heavy as its predecessors, and while it makes the big robots look twice as sexy, its pointless overkill in several other points
Story...Its Michael Bay.
Im sure im not the only one to notice that Transformers 1&2 didnt exactly follow a linear storyline. Both shared similarities with episodes of the Simpsons, jumping from random plot point to random plot point. DoTM is no exception.
The basic plot is that the government didnt tell the Autobots about the autobot ship found on the moon decades before. On this ship is the key to re-build the autobot race.. but with it comes betrayal and death.
I went with a group of my friends, and all of us asked ourselves "how the hell did we get here" at least once at various times throughout the film. The story is all very enjoyable, but after the 2 hour mark you start to take notice to the fact that 20 minutes ago the tone of the film was VERY different. And it was different still before that, and so on.
People are randomly introduced for no apparent reason other than that the actors that portray them wanted to be in the film. Often it is quite hilarious. But i challenge you to look back after the film and convince yourself that half of the characters were relevant.
There's also allot more death in this film than the others. WAY more. just saying.
ActingEveryone did very well. The new chick ( i keep forgetting her name) is super hot, and as a result Bay doesnt over sexualize her as much as he did Megan Fox. Shia was great of course, and all of the returning talent kept up the same basic level of skill as before.
As i kind of mentioned before, there are a ton of new, C level characters introduced in this film. Ken Jeong of Hangover fame, John Malkovich, Lester Speight, and (my personal fanboy favorite) Alan Tudyk all show their faces. However, their roles are all pretty limited to a couple of scenes each. Its a bi-product of the erratic story.
verdictof course you should go see the movie. If you liked either of the others, its worth your time. Bay has this fantastic ability to sell you on what SHOULD be crap. He really does make movies full of Sex and Explosions, and here i am with my ticket knowing damn well what im about to get.
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What do you do with excess soil?
This year I have some use for excess soil because I'm starting a raised bed, but how do other people (city and suburban people without space for composting) dispose of excess landscape soil, clay or turf?
What would be some origins of this excess soil or turf? From hardscape installation? That would be oe of the primary sources I can think of in which you are replacing your soil with something else you've brought in and would not necessarily have any other place to put it. Also in my town, if you try to dig, you will turn up large rocks, which most people to try to use in their yards somehow, but if they really don't "go" you'd have to make a pile and put a sign "take me" and wackos like me might, or you would have to kinda make them disappear. I've never used Freecycle, but I suppose if you had a dirt pile you could say, please come fill your buckets.
However, if you have any kind of garden bed at all, you'd be amazed at what you can add to it. Or if you have a lawn, there may be low spots or ways to recycle some sod. But obviously not for huge amounts of material displaced by major construction.
Well, I know what my parents did with their excess soil when they installed a swimming pool. They spread out the excess dirt until it was a layer several inches thick across their entire quarter-acre lot.
Personally, I have the opposite problem - I always need more soil than I have, because my yard is set a few inches too low, so that the entire neighborhood drains into it during floods. There is actually an area that I'd like to move dirt from, but the area was covered with landscape rock at some long-ago point in time, and now the landscape rock is so heavily intermixed with the clay that it's essentially impossible to separate. Maybe if I had a good strong net and a good strong hose, I could shovel the mixture into the net and wash the clay out with the hose until there was nothing left in the net but rocks? But I have no such equipment.
I have used it to level out spots in the yard but recently planted lots of shrubs and have quite a bit left. The bigger hunky clay dirt I added small amounts to garbage bags so they weren't too heavy and put them out to the trash. The better dirt I have filled numerous pots half up and the rest of the pots I added good soil to so that I have pots ready in the spring to start seeds in for plants I will be starting for others. You'd be surprised how many things you want to start for yourself or others and will be glad of some of that dirt later. I keep a couple bucketfuls in my shed for things like that.
My next project is to use a sod cutter and cut out all the crabgrass around the edges of the lawn and put down some sod. I've tried seeding, but it's never worked very well. Since I just recently decided to add a small raised garden, at least I have someplace to dump the old sod. And I'll probably have to purchase soil this time to fill the rest of the area.
I envy people who don't have clay soil. I have a few inches of topsoil, but under that is heavy clay. So, next year, when I start building a small pergola for a grape vine, the dirt/clay that gets removed for the post holes is not going to suitable for a veggie garden.
I'll take issue with discarding "clay" soil. That is just perfect mixed with compost. It is only the relative amount that can be a problem. I would have no problem adding buckets of clay soil to a vegetable garden or new raised bed as it would just influence the other materials and proportions I would use. Now if you have a huge streak of almost pure clay and rock subsoil, that takes a lot of organic matter to "salvage," but again, it depends on the amounts you're faced with at any given time.
I'm a soil conserver--can you tell? But am more able to do so not by having such a large property, but by having some varied topography, a few hidden corners, and
flower/veggie beds in various stages and ages that can handle moderate amounts of such stuff.
Sell it for fill or pay a tipping fee at a landfill. Landfills or always accepting clean fill for their daily cover needs.
Don't invent a need for the soil that you wouldn't have wanted before you generated the spoil pile. A berm that's not in the design or adding plain dirt to good topsoil needs to be weighed on its merita to achieving the basic misison of your site.


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Man robbed early Thursday near downtown CdA
A man was robbed early today just north of downtown Coeur d'Alene. One of the three robbers told the victim after robbing him that if he did not run away, he would be shot.
The 53-year-old victim was walking south on Fourth Street near Garden Avenue around 4:38 a.m. when a car stopped nearby, a news release from the Coeur d'Alene Police Department said. A man got out and ran toward the victim, saying "Sorry, I have to mess with you," and pushed him. He told the victim: "I want your stuff."
The victim thought he was going to be beat up and gave the man some money and personal items, the release said.
Another man standing near the robbers' car approached the victim and told him to "run away" or he would be shot, the release said. The car's driver never approached the victim.
No weapons were displayed.
The first man was about 5' 9," in his mid-20s, with a muscular build, the release said. He was bald and wearing an off-white T-shirt. The second was about 5' 10", with a thin build, sunglasses and a red shirt tied around his face. The third was described only as being about 5' 11" with a thin build.
The car was a tan, 1970s or '80s four-door passenger car with a loud muffler, the release said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Coeur d'Alene Police at (208) 769-2320.


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We are building a home in SW Florida on the bay and are just under a mile as the crow flies to the Gulf. So we are definitely in a high salt environment. From my research, Marvin integrity with its fiberglass seems to be relatively resilient in our environment. Our Integrity quote came in at 110k and seems a bit high, so now I find myself investigating other brands and window technologies i.e. vinyl vs aluminum clad. It's really hard for me to look at new brands as I know that Marvin really is the best in every respect.
So, which windows with wood interiors would you guys recommend for my area?
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Unless the company quoting your the Integrity was trying to make their year on you, I think you will find that most aluminum clad wood windows are going to be more expensive than the Integrity. They will also have a lesser warranty and proven longevity.
Vinyl will certainly be cheaper and whether or not it "goes" with your home is for you to determine.


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By Ian Dipple Wednesday 20 August 2014 Updated: 22/08 01:46
A SURGE in demand following national awareness raising campaigns has resulted in the county's hospitals missing key cancer targets.
Bosses at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust say they have recruited a number of new specialists to try and rectify the situation.
At least 96 per cent of cancer patients are supposed to wait only 31 days before they are first treated but during June the figure was 92.72 per cent, down from 95.15 per cent the previous month.
Just under 82 per cent of patients were first treated within 62 days from the National Screening Service against a target of 85 per cent while the two week waiting time for breast cancer patients was also missed with 89.12 per cent of people seen within time against a target of 93 per cent or more.
A number of high profile national awareness campaigns have been carried out recently around blood in urine, bowel cancer and breast cancer which has resulted in an increase in referrals. Breast cancer referrals alone are up by 20 per cent.
In response an extra breast surgeon and colorectal surgeon have been hired, as well as two new urologists and an upper GI surgeon.
Stewart Messer, the Trust's chief operating officer, told a recent board meeting they had asked the Department of Health for more warning about when campaigns were being run rather than being informed at the 'eleventh hour' so they could better prepare and match their capacity to meet demand.
Chief executive Penny Venables added there were also other issues which created genuine delays in waiting times such as patients choosing to defer treatment for personal reasons.
"A lot of our patients now are over 80 and they haven't just got cancer but a lot of other morbidities and it's how you deal with which first we need to look at and see what's causing the specific clinical difficulty around the delay."
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