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Northern Bound II: The Returnining
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Day 4 - June 18
Day 4
Slept well. As far as remote motels go, I do have to say this one is clean, comfortable, and even has satellite TV and phone. Woke up to heavy rain about 5 AM. Vindicates my decision not to tent, I think, but now I have to think about the road. Wet, it will be nearly undrivable on my tires. If only I had TKC-80s installed! Oh well - they wouldn't handle the pavement well. Forecast is for weather to improve all day and then sun starting afternoon. Couple of options:
- stay here another night. Motel is too expensive but I'm all dry now, if I set up camp at the campground I can stay that way, and the road will have dried out.
- take off morning and try my luck. If I make it out ok, down to Fort Nelson, refuel, then north to Muncho Lake area.
- pack up, and hang around until late afternoon or early evening. Road will be mostly dry by then, and it's light to midnight - then only plan on getting to Fort Nelson and camping.
Breakfast is the usual of oatmeal, crasins, and coffee. Pack up and head out about 10:30 to check conditions.
I also took the time now to check out a few more things in the town.
Confluence of Liard and Petitot Rivers - look at the difference in amount of mud! [Canon SX130]
In particular, there is an old wooden church built by the Oblates:
The present Mission building was built from 1913 to 1921. Father Mathurin Vacher, o.m.i., took nearly eight years to complete the building because he was practically alone to do the work. He even had to hand-cut his own lumber. At that time, most of the people lived out on the land, in the traditional way, coming in only to trade.
The foundations of the mission were rebuilt in 1957 and the building was renovated in 1965. Even today, the Mission serves as a place of worship. No visit to Fort Liard is complete without a visit to Mission." (
Well, I don't think it looks like it's still in use, now... not with this hole in the roof: [Roliflex 6008i]
Bell from the church [Rolleiflex 6008i]
Updated forecast in store is 60% rain all day and 30% overnight. So, not going to get better towards evening. Right now, hasn't rained for several hours and may be best chance I get. Time to head out and try.
Section from town to highway really slick.
I reached the bottom of the mud hill coming up the town the few km back to the gravel highway. As you can maybe see in this photo [Canon SX130], the right side for whatever reason looked a lot slicker / goopier than the far left. I considered going up the left, but with a blind crest, that didn't seem like a smart idea.
There was a flatbed coming up slowly behind me as I slid around towards the foot of the slope, and I paused to let him go by - and guess what, he took the left side of the road. Great for me - I just got right in behind him!
Thankfully big flatbed goes by on wrong side of road, a lot drier on that side, up the hill out of town. Follow him, don't worry about oncoming traffic! Once on the highway, the gravel is not too bad. Cold but not windy or raining. A bit squirrely in places but try to stay calm and not tense up, let my balance flow with the bike.
Liard Highway, pausing from sliding around the mud and gravel on my southward return. Not a lot to see here. [Canon SX130]
Count the distance on the odometer. At 10:31 back in BC and pavement! Getting colder, good place to pull over and add the down shirt.
After about a half hour pull over again and put on grip heaters.
Yes, "put on" grip heaters. I have the temporary, overwrap kind (Oxfords). I can put them on in about a minute when needed, or take them off. It was definitely nice to have them today. [Canon SX130]
Intermittent cold rain. Bison on road twice - come around a corner and startle one, but he runs off the road. Next group don't startle but also won't get off road. Take a few photos from safe distance, then carefully creep by.
Again, photos were taken from a ways back... then I had to roll by very slowly. This one was barely the width of the road away, watching me, with this big line of drool hanging out of its mouth as I edged past. [Canon SX130]
Rain gets hard in last 50 km to Fort Nelson and finally starts to get through suit. Cold by time I hit tourist info center. Gear is wet, if $79 will get me a room and dry out it's worth it. Chat for a bit to Lisa, from Idaho on her way to Fairbanks. She's heard good things about Toad River hot springs, maybe I should check them out tomorrow, too.
Shannon Motel is cheapest in town. Turns out to be $89 when I check in - make that $100 even with tax. Still I go for it (tenting down the street is $25; is drying my gear out worth $75? Probably "yes".) Into motel by 2:30 local time, gear hung up to dry and make some hot soup (again with the coffee maker). There's wifi but for some reason my iPhone doesn't seem to want to connect? Well, I can walk back over to tourist info center later if I want to send any emails.
Head out and get a can of beer and some chips, then back to the motel. My phone finds the wifi now so send a few more emails and check the weather forecasts for Watson Lake and Whitehorse. Looks like it should be good from tomorrow on. Relax for the afternoon and watch the one movie I brought along (Bad Day at Black Rock),
I'm not really a big iPhone fan - I own one because it was a cheap deal with my wireless provider. Having said that, the iPhone was really handy on this trip. I used it as a GPS, including sending positional updates any time I found a wifi signal I could get (which now, occurs almost everywhere - places have satellite internet and wifi available, narrow bandwidth but fine for a quick email or upload a GPS coordinate). I also used it to watch a movie, here, and I'd brought along a novel to read on it (Atlas Shrugged. Don't know what made me decide to bring that particular one this trip, but it was a fantastic choice. I've seen far too much of what is caricaturized in it not to enjoy it in a very cynical way. It was what I did most nights in the tent, until I got too tired). I also took photos with it, occasionally, I wrote the trip log (the italicized bits of this) on it, exchanged iMessages with a few friends, and checked weather forecasts. Having one hand-sized device you could do all that on, and be able to charge quickly off the bike's battery, was really handy.
then make some supper again using the coffee maker hot plate. In the end this doesn't work very well for pasta; the pesto penne with diced turkey is edible but hardly good. Note to self, dehydrated foods better for coffee maker cooking than ones usually boiled for any length of time.
Sun comes out about 8 PM, looks like forecast will hold true. Talk a bit to another rider on a 650 GS who's taken a room just down from mine. He's done the Dempster before (on street tires, he says) and we discuss the impact of weather on these gravel roads.
Ok, ok. I still want to go to Inuvik. I think for me though, will be on a set of knobbies.
Make it an early night. Total: 216 km
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Abyei's displaced allege malpractice in aid distribution.
Food aid distribution in Abyei (UN)
Many of the displaced who spoke to Sudan Tribunein Agok onThursdayexpressed the need for the local authorities and humanitarian agencies to improve distribution mechanisms. Returnees have claimed that local officials employed by local administration relief agencies in registration and distribution of food manipulate and cut the share of beneficiaries andsell it in the market. "Some people have more ration cards which makes them get more food. They buy the extra ration cards from other returnees who have gone," claimed a resident of the area who identified herself as Achol Baak. "Some of us are pregnant while others are sick and elderly but no one cares about our condition. [...] We walk from very far distances, for almost two hours to a distribution site but when we reach the site, we spend more than 10 hours in a long queue and we get back home hungry and exhausted," Achol claimed. Awaal Deng Bol, a mother of four children in Agok, said that each family should receive a food ration - including soya corn blend, beans and cooking oil -- three times a month; amounting to about 2,100 calories per person per day. "The biggest challenge comes from the food distribution. People do not get the right amount of food... That is why almost all the people complain about food shortages. Food gets finished before the next cycle of food distribution and people stay hungry for about five days or borrow from their neighbours." She suggested that agencies constantly monitor the situation and incerease resources where neccessary. She was also critical of the health services currently availbale in the area. The large crowds on food distribution days are controlled by local officials which some people accuse of excessive violence. "Some returnees go back to their homes with nothing after spending hours waiting," claimed an anonymous resident. She requested aid agencies control the crowds rather than leave it to local officials Acting Chief Administrator, Kuol Monyluak, denied receiving reports of the manipulation of aid but pledged to launch an investigation into the matter. However, he conceeded that there have been issues with queue length, which have now been resolved as "we askedrelief workers involved in food distribution to be identifying elderly people, breastfeeding and pregnant mothers and give thempriority," Monyluak explained. (ST)
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Tanioka, JP
Akihiko Tanioka, Ohota-Ku JP
|Patent application number
|Transdermal Administration Device and Method of Controlling the Same - To provide a transdermal administration device capable of increasing the speed at which a drug is transferred into a skin and the amount of the drug to be transferred into the skin. A transdermal administration device is constituted by: an electrode supplied with a voltage of a first conductivity type; an electrolyte solution holding portion holding an electrolyte solution energized by the electrode; and a bipolar membrane that is placed on the front surface side of the electrolyte solution holding portion, and is composed of a first ion exchange membrane that selectively passes an ion of the first conductivity type and a second ion exchange membrane that selectively passes an ion of a second conductivity type.
|Electrode Assembly for Iontophoresis Having Shape-Memory Separator and Iontophoresis Device Using the Same - An electrode assembly for iontophoresis including an electrode coupled to an electric power source device having a same polarity as that of the ionic drug in the electrode assembly, an electrolyte solution holding portion holding an electrolyte solution by being impregnated with the electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution holding portion being placed adjacent to the electrode, a first ion exchange membrane operable to substantially pass ions having a polarity that is same as a polarity of the ionic drug and substantially block ions having a polarity that is opposite the polarity of the ionic drug, the first ion exchange membrane being placed adjacent to the electrolyte solution holding portion, a drug solution holding portion holding the ionic drug by being impregnated with the ionic drug, the drug solution holding portion being placed adjacent to the first ion exchange membrane, a second ion exchange membrane operable to substantially pass ions having a polarity that is opposite the polarity of the ionic drug and substantially block ions having a polarity that is the same as the polarity of the ionic drug, the second ion exchange membrane being placed adjacent to the drug solution holding portion, and a shape-memory separator capable of being transformed between a first and a second configuration to respectively allow passage of a substance and blocking of the substance, the shape-memory separator placed adjacent to at least one surface of the first ion exchange membrane.
Patent applications by Akihiko Tanioka, Ohota-Ku JP
Akihiko Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|SURFACE-MODIFIED PLASTIC FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A surface-modified plastic film, comprising: a surface layer composed of minute filamentous forms and/or granular forms consisting of a composition containing a resin and/or inorganic microparticles, on at least one major surface of a substrate plastic film. Preferably, the surface-modified plastic film is characterized in that the minute filamentous forms have a diameter of 100 μm to 1 nm.
|IONTOPHORESIS DEVICE - The present invention provides an iontophoresis device with high administration efficient of a drug. An iontophoresis device, including an active electrode structure including: an electrode to which a positive electrical potential is applied; a drug holding part for holding a drug solution containing positively charged drug ions, the drug holding part being placed on a front side of the electrode; a cellulose-based resin film placed on a front side of the drug holding part or a complex film composed of a cation exchange membrane and a cellulose-based resin film placed on a front side of the cation exchange membrane, the complex film being placed on a front side of the drug holding part, in which the drug ions are administered through the cellulose-based resin film.
|IMMOBILIZATION APPARATUS - The invention is an immobilization apparatus comprising: a container (
Patent applications by Akihiko Tanioka, Tokyo JP
Asao Tanioka, Shimotsuga-Gun JP
|Patent application number
|PYRAZOLOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE OR PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF - A pyrazolopyridine derivative represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof exhibits a strong EP
Chikara Tanioka, Kanagawa-Ken JP
|Patent application number
|OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information reproducing method includes: obtaining information about a wavelength of a reference beam at recording time from a recording medium which stores main information recorded as a pattern corresponding to interference between an information beam and the reference beam and information about the wavelength of the reference beam at the recording time; determining an aiming temperature, which is a temperature of the recording medium suited to reproduce the pattern; determining an aiming incident angle, which is an incident angle of the reference beam at the reproducing time suited to reproduce the pattern; controlling the temperature of the recording medium so that the temperature of the recording medium is generally equal to the aiming temperature; and controlling the incident angle of the reference beam at the reproducing time so that the incident angle of the reference beam at the reproducing time is generally equal to the aiming incident angle.
Chikara Tanioka, Yokohama-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes: a light source; a splitting unit that splits a light beam into an information beam and a reference beam; a spatial light modulator that modulates the information beam into a grating binary pattern having bright points and dark points; an irradiation unit that irradiates the reference beam and the information beam onto a hologram recording medium to record information corresponding to each of the regions of the spatial light modulator; a photodetector that detects a signal beam that is diffracted from the hologram recording medium by irradiating the hologram recording medium with a reproduction beam emitted by the light source; and a power detector that detects a difference of powers of signal beams detected by the photodetector at portions in the hologram recording medium corresponding to two of the regions of the spatial light modulator.
|PICKUP HEAD, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a pickup head includes a plurality of light sources, a first objective lens, second objective lens, a driving unit, a first control unit, a second control unit, light receiving units. The first objective lens focuses a first light beam at a first recording layer. The second objective lens focuses a second light beam at a second recording layer. The driving unit moves the first objective lens and the second objective lens in a first direction and a second direction. The first control unit corrects displacement from target track along the first direction. The second control unit controls a moving direction of a position of the second light spot in the second direction.
|FOCUS SERVO CONTROL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A focus servo control device includes a first detector, first controller, second detector, and second controller. The first detector detects a first focus error signal. The first controller controls the objective lens based on the first focus error signal, so that a focal point of the first laser agrees with the guide layer. The second detector detects a second focus error signal. The second controller changes a relative distance between the focal point of the second laser and the focal point of the first laser, so that the focal point of the second laser agrees with a target recording/reproducing layer.
|INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information recording and reproducing apparatus including, a focus control module, an objective lens control module, a calculation module, and a tracking control module. If, detection the recording marks line, to focus a laser light of a second wavelength to the recording layer through an objective lens and to operation a recording layer tracking control using a tracking error signal taken out from a second reflected light and a laser light of a first wavelength to a track groove through the objective lens and to operation a guide layer tracking control to control the objective lens using a tracking error signal taken out from a first reflected light.
|OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an optical pickup configured to record and to reproduce on a layer of a disk, including, a light source configured to emit a laser beam, an objective lens including a variable use magnification and configured to focus the laser beam on the layer, a collimator lens configured to change the magnification of the objective lens by moving along an optical axis direction, and a liquid crystal module configured to generate spherical aberration to cancel a coma aberration which may occur because an object point and an image point of the objective lens at the use magnification do not exist on an optical axis of the objective lens.
|INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information recording medium characterized by including, a first servo layer, a second servo layer, and a data layer, the information recording medium further including, a first spiral track and a second spiral track formed between the first servo layer and the second servo layer and spiraling in opposite directions.
Patent applications by Chikara Tanioka, Yokohama-Shi JP
Daisuke Tanioka, Hiroshima-Ken JP
|Patent application number
|Steering Lock Device - The present invention relates to a steering lock device for antitheft of vehicle and aims to assure the safety of the steering lock device against secondary collision, on one hand, and to improve visual impression of peripheral domain of the steering column by closing an apertural areas for insertion of tilt lever operating knob with a cover of the steering lock device.
Daisuke Tanioka, Kanagawa JP
|Patent application number
|LUBRICATION DEVICE FOR GAS ENGINE - Providing a gas engine in which the drain oil in the blow-by gas as a lubricant is mixed into the air fuel-gas mixture, the lubricant actively lubricating the bearing surfaces of the wear parts such as the valve seats and valve guides as to the intake-air valve and the exhaust gas valve, so that the lubricating device improves the engine lubricating conditions. A lubrication device for a gas engine thereby a valve gear room
Hiromichi Tanioka, Ashigarakami-Gun JP
|Patent application number
|OPTICAL PROBE - A catheter device for an optical coherence tomography apparatus is configured to enhance the resolution of the cross-sectional image in the azimuthal direction. The catheter device includes a drive shaft driven to rotate in a catheter sheath, an optical fiber in the drive shaft and driven to rotate with the drive shaft, and an optical component attached to a distal portion of the optical fiber. The catheter device emits light, transmitted in the optical fiber, into a body cavity through the optical component. A surface on the optical path of the optical component is a curved surface facing the drive shaft direction or the azimuthal direction to ensure that, when light emitted from the optical component is radiated into the body cavity via the catheter sheath, the difference between the diameter of the radiated light in the drive axis direction and the azimuthal direction is reduced.
Hiromichi Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|PROBE FOR INSERTION INTO A LIVING BODY - A probe for insertion into a living body includes a sheath configured to be inserted into a living body, and a shaft positioned in the sheath. The shaft includes a tip portion configured to obtain diagnostic data at a distal portion thereof. The sheath includes a resin layer or a metal layer of at least one layer, and wherein the resin layer or the metal layer includes a spiral-shaped slit which is continuous from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The spiral-shaped slit includes a distal slit portion having the highest slit density, a middle slit portion which is continuous with the distal slit portion and which also has a lower slit density than the distal slit portion, and a proximal slit portion which is continuous with the middle slit portion and which also has a higher slit density than the middle slit portion.
Hiromichi Tanioka, Fujinomiya-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|CATHETER - A catheter which exhibits excellent anti-kinking properties while avoiding interference with respect to an object moving inside the lumen of the catheter includes: an elongated catheter main body having a longitudinally extending lumen; a tubular-shaped guide wire insertion portion on the distal end of the catheter main body through which a guide wire is insertable, and which includes a distal opening portion and a proximal opening portion; and a reinforcement portion having a coil portion in which at least a portion of the reinforcement portion is arranged proximally of the proximal opening portion and is formed by a wound wire element, and an extension portion extending from the wire element of the coil portion in the distal direction away from the proximal opening portion, and wherein the reinforcement portion is positioned between the inner surface and the outer surface of the lumen of the catheter main body.
Hiroshi Tanioka, Yokohama-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus removably having an operation panel having a display unit, an imaging unit and a wireless communication unit communicable with the image forming apparatus. In a status where the operation panel is not mounted on the image forming apparatus, an image indicating an operation method is combined with a video image obtained by the imaging unit and displayed on the display unit, and the combined image is displayed.
|DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus and a control method for controlling display of a display unit are provided. The display control apparatus detects an orientation of the display unit and controls a display of the display unit in accordance with the detected orientation of the display unit. The screen of the display unit is divided into a first display area, where a display layout is changed in accordance with the orientation of the display unit, and a second display area where a display layout is not changed in accordance with the orientation of the display unit. The display control unit makes the second display area display a first window which changes in accordance with a function to be executed, and makes the first display area display a second window which does not change in accordance with a function to be executed.
|DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - It was necessary to prepare display data for the portrait and landscape display modes respectively, since the arrangement of the objects differs between the portrait and landscape display modes.
|IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - If a detected orientation of a device is turned 180 degrees from the upright direction, a three-dimensional image that can be viewed normally as a stereoscopic view can be displayed regardless of the orientation in which the device is used, by turning images that are to be viewed respectively by the left and right eyes, and inverting the arrangement of the images that are to be viewed respectively by the left and right eyes.
Keiichi Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|BARCODE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Disclosed is a barcode reading apparatus including: a variable focus lens in which a focus position can be adjusted at a high speed according to applied voltage; an imaging section to generate image data by imaging a barcode through the variable focus lens; a control section to change a focus position of the variable focus lens and to obtain image data of a plurality of image areas with different focus positions in one frame from the imaging section when image data of one frame is obtained from the imaging section; and a decoding section to decode a barcode image included in the image data of the plurality of image areas obtained by the control section.
|COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Disclosed is a communication apparatus comprising: a communication section which performs communication in an ASK modulation format with an RFID tag; and a control section which sets a modulation degree of the ASK modulation of the communication section to a large degree when polling of the RFID tag is performed by the communication section and which sets the modulation degree to a small degree when response information is received from the RFID tag through the communication section.
|CODE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Disclosed is a code reading apparatus including: a storage section storing an applied voltage table showing a relationship between a focal distance of a liquid lens and an applied voltage to the liquid lens; a laser focus section performing laser focus adjustment; a contrast focus section performing contrast focus adjustment; and a correction section correcting a content of the applied voltage table based on a distance from the liquid lens to a subject found by the laser focus section and a corresponding applied voltage with which the subject is brought into focus by the contrast focus section.
|CODE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Disclosed is a code reading apparatus including a control section including: a first adjustment section repeating focus setting within a first execution time to execute first focus adjustment; a second adjustment section changing a focal position of a variable focal lens within a second execution time to execute second focus adjustment; a timer section counting a first execution number of the first focus adjustment and a second execution number of the second focus adjustment; and a time setting section setting the first execution time to be shortened starting from a predetermined first initial set time such that the first execution time is shortened as the first execution number increases, and setting the second execution time to be shortened starting from a predetermined second initial set time such that the second execution time is shortened as the second execution number increases.
|TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a terminal apparatus including a communication unit which performs a wireless communication with another terminal apparatus and a determination unit which determines whether a terminal apparatus which is a sub terminal into, which data subject to copying is to be copied, exists through the communication via the communication unit, the terminal apparatus which is the sub terminal being a terminal apparatus to which the data is not yet transmitted, if the terminal apparatus is a main terminal from which the data is copied. Further including a control unit which reads out the data from a storage unit and transmits the data to the terminal apparatus which is the sub terminal determined to exist via the communication unit if the determination unit determines that the terminal apparatus which is the sub terminal exists.
Patent applications by Keiichi Tanioka, Tokyo JP
Keiichi Tanioka, Ome-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREIN - An imaging apparatus is equipped with a voltage control section, which individually controls the focus distance of a lens managed on the basis of each of a plurality of pieces of management information in accordance with a predetermined control condition corresponding to each of the pieces of management information and switches the focus distance of the lens at the time of imaging at a predetermined switching period in accordance with the focus distance indicated by each piece of management information while switching the plurality of pieces of management information at the predetermined switching period.
|MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR USER IN DISPLAY AREA PART NOT COVERED WITH RFID TAG - There is provided a mobile terminal device designed to perform wireless communication with an RFID tag being held over the device by using electromagnetic waves. The device includes a plurality of antennae arranged in or in vicinity to a display area of the mobile terminal device, and a control unit configured to detect a part of the display area, which is not covered with the RFID tag, from electromagnetic wave intensities acquired by the plurality of antennae and to display information for a user in the detected part of the display area.
Kenichi Tanioka, Saitama JP
|Patent application number
|CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - There are provided a control device and a control method for an exhaust gas purification apparatus that can prevent the actual adsorption amount from becoming excessively lower than the saturated adsorption amount and can prevent the reduction efficiency of the reduction catalyst from degrading even when the temperature of catalyst continues to shift to a low temperature side for a predetermined time or longer. The device includes: a temperature transition determining means for predicting a transition of the temperature of the reduction catalyst and determining whether or not the temperature of the reduction catalyst continues to decrease for a predetermined time or longer; a first injection controlling means for injecting the reducing agent according to a first target adsorption amount that is a smaller value than a saturated adsorption amount of the reducing agent corresponding to the temperature of the reduction catalyst if it is determined that the temperature of the reduction catalyst does not decrease continuously for a predetermined time or longer; and a second injection controlling means for injecting the reducing agent according to a second target adsorption amount that is a value larger than the first target adsorption amount and smaller than the saturated adsorption amount if it is determined that the temperature of the reduction catalyst continuously decrease for a predetermined time or longer.
|EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSING DEVICE AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSING METHOD, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system abnormality diagnosing device includes: a sensor value detecting means that reads a sensor signal of a specified gas concentration sensor to detect a gas concentration; a limiting device controlling means which, when the gas concentration has become equal to or greater than a predetermined start-of-diagnosis threshold value or when a difference obtained by subtracting from the gas concentration an estimated NO
|NOx SENSOR VALUE CORRECTING DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM - To provide a NO
Kenkichi Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|X-RAY SENSOR, METHOD FOR TESTING THE X-RAY SENSOR, AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE X-RAY SENSOR - An X-ray sensor according to the present invention includes: a light-transmissive substrate (
Kizashi Tanioka, Miyawaka-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|METHOD OF EVALUATING THE FLAME RETARDANCY OF SEALING RESIN AND TEST SAMPLE FOR EVALUATION OF FLAME RETARDANCY - A method of evaluating the flame retardancy of a sealing resin comprises a step of fusion cutting a heating element by causing the heating element to generate heat by the passage of electric current to a test sample of a molded body of the sealing resin including the heating element therein; a step of igniting the sealing resin by continuing the passage of electric current even after the heating element is fusion-cut; and a step of measuring voltage and/or current applied in a period from when the heating element is fusion-cut to the ignition of the sealing resin. The test sample is used in the method of evaluating the flame retardancy and provided with a heating wire; conducting terminals made of metal having an electric resistance lower than the heating wire and connected to both ends of the heating wire; and a sealing resin layer covering the outer periphery of the heating wire. The evaluation can be performed on the flame retardancy of the sealing resin used for the electronic equipment based on its actual use.
Michinobu Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|Semiconductor Device Testing Apparatus and Power Supply Unit - The semiconductor device testing apparatus according to the present invention has a testing LSI; a power supply unit; and an intermediate substrate provided so that there is a connection between the testing LSI, and the power supply unit and tester. The testing LSI has a testing circuit and a waveform shaping circuit; a dielectric material layer disposed so as to face a tested semiconductor device; an electrode disposed in a position that corresponds to a position of an external terminal electrode of the tested semiconductor device on a surface of the dielectric material layer facing the tested semiconductor device; and a first penetrating electrode that passes completely through the dielectric material layer, is connected to the electrode, and is used for exchanging signals with the exterior. The power supply unit has mutually independent elastic probe pins that are disposed in positions that correspond to power electrodes of the tested semiconductor device, and that are provided with a metal protrusion at the distal ends thereof; a substrate that is electrically connected to the probe pins and on which a first wiring layer is formed; and a second penetrating electrode that passes through the substrate.
Michinobu Tanioka, Minato-Ku JP
|Patent application number
|SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A plurality of LSI chips (
Minao Tanioka, Tama-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|SHOWER APPARATUS - A shower apparatus comprises a head, a base end portion, and a multi-spherical bendable joint pipe disposed between the head and the base end portion, the pipe comprising a plurality of spherical joints provided consecutively. Each joint has a male or female spherical surface for rotationally fitting with adjacent joints each other. The spraying direction of shower water is freely changeable by adjusting the direction of the head through a flection of the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe. The shower apparatus allows a jet direction of shower water to be changed widely three-dimensionally compared with a conventional shower apparatus, and thus the present invention provides a user-friendly shower apparatus.
Mitsuo Tanioka, Yokohama JP
|Patent application number
|STERILIZATION METHOD OF CONTAINER-PACKAGED FOOD AND FILLING SYSTEM - To provide a sterilization method of container-packaged food which has a high effect on mixture food of solid food/soup and a filling system where all processes and devices can be simplified, a pre-seal lid material (PS), that has been cut to a dimension covering the opening of a cup filled with solid food, e.g. a dimension corresponding to the outer circumference of the flange of the cup, is fixed to a cup holder (CH) at a position for covering the cup opening by means of a holding bolt (
Nozomu Tanioka, Azumino-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCANNER DRIVER OF GALVANOMETRIC SCANNER - A scanner driver of a galvanometric scanner system includes an analog drive circuit; a control unit
|METHOD FOR ADJUSTING GALVANO SCANNER SYSTEM - In a galvano scanner system (
|ROTARY ACTUATOR EQUIPPED WITH SENSING MECHANISM, AND JOINT UNIT - A rotary actuator equipped with a sensing mechanism includes a motor and a reducer concentrically disposed inside a cylindrical housing; a scale for detecting the rotational position of a rotary arm, the scale being disposed on the circular outer face of the cylindrical housing; and a position sensor mounted in the facing section of the rotary arm that rotates along the circular outer face, the facing section being in a facing arrangement with the circular outer face. A detection mechanism includes the scale and the position sensor detects the rotational position of the rotary arm capable of rotating within a finite angular range along the circular outer face of the cylindrical housing. The components are concentrically disposed. The actuator is suitable for use as a digital joint unit.
Patent applications by Nozomu Tanioka, Azumino-Shi JP
Nozomu Tanioka, Nagano JP
|Patent application number
|Drive Control Method for Galvano-Scanner - A galvano-scanner system (
|METHOD FOR CREATING DRIVE PATTERN FOR GALVANO-SCANNER SYSTEM - A visible laser beam scanned by a galvano-scanner system is aligned at each of positioning points on the top surface of a master work by manual operation to record sensor position signals of position sensors on galvano-scanners. The sensor position signals on each positioning point are recorded to create a drive pattern in accordance with recorded sensor position signals. The drive pattern no longer has optics system error sources including focus error and attachment error as well as errors caused by scale, offset and the like, also eliminating the need for entering a distance as far as the top surface of the work. Therefore, the drive pattern with error components removed can be created with ease.
Satoshi Tanioka, Chiba JP
|Patent application number
|INKJET INK - An inkjet ink capable of forming a polyimide film having, for example, strong mechanical strength, is provided. The inkjet ink contains: a polyamic acid (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000-500,000; one or more of an amic acid compound (B1) and an amic acid compound (B2), in which the amic acid compound (B1) is prepared from a compound (a3) having two or more anhydride groups and a monoamine (a5), and the amic acid compound (B2) is prepared from a diamine (a4) and a compound (a6) having one anhydride group; and a solvent (C).
Soji Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|Binder for Separator of Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Battery Comprising 2-Cyanoethyl Group-Containing Polymer and Separator and Battery Using the Same - Provided is a binder used for a heat-resistant porous layer which is comprised by a separator; the separator which comprises the binder and which is comprised by a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with improved stability; and the non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising the separator. More specifically, provided is a binder for a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, the binder comprising at least a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing polymer having storage elasticity of 100 Pa or more in a mixed liquid of specified cyclic carbonate ester, specified chain carbonate ester and lithium phosphate hexafluoride.
|Binder for Separator of Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Battery Comprising 2-Cyanoethyl Group-Containing Polymer and Separator and Battery Using the Same - An object of the invention is to provide a binder for a separator which can be comprised by a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with improved heat resistance, a separator comprising the binder, and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising the separator. More specifically, provided are a binder for a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising at least a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing polymer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn), which is a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn), of 6 or less, the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 50,000 to 1,000,000, and 30% by weight or less of a low molecular weight portion having a molecular weight of 30,000 or less.
|Binder for Separator of Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Battery Comprising 2-Cyanoethyl Group-Containing Polymer and Separator and Battery Using the Same - Object of the invention is to provide a binder for a separator which can be comprised by a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with improved battery properties and heat resistance; the separator comprising the binder; and the non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising the separator. More specifically, provided is a binder for a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, the separator comprising a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing polymer having bis-cyanoethyl ether content of 0.5% by weight or less as an impurity.
|Method for Producing 2-Cyanoethyl Group-Containing Organic Compound - Provided is a method for producing a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing organic compound having a high ratio of replacement by cyanoethyl groups and a high dielectric constant. More specifically, provided is a method for producing a 2-cyanoethyl group-containing organic compound comprising a step of reacting acrylonitrile with a hydroxyl group-containing organic compound in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt as a catalyst through a Michael addition.
Tadateru Tanioka, Hyogo JP
|Patent application number
|STRUCTURE OF EXHAUST SECTION OF GAS TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE - There is provided an exhaust section of a gas turbine and a gas turbine that can cool a strut and the periphery of a bearing without decreasing the efficiency of the gas turbine. A structure of an exhaust section of a gas turbine has: a casing in which a gas path part is formed; a bearing part that rotatably supports moving blades of a turbine section; a strut that extends inwardly from the casing and supports the bearing part; an opening formed in the casing; and a cooling flow channel that extends from the opening toward the bearing part along the strut to guide air at a lower temperature than an exhaust gas flowing in the gas path part to the gas path part and opens into the gas path part at a position downstream of a last-stage moving blade of the turbine section.
Takashi Tanioka, Shibukawa-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENTS FOR PREPARING F2-CONTAINING GASES, AS WELL AS PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENTS FOR MODIFYING THE SURFACES OF ARTICLES - Apparatus for safely and easily preparing an F
Takashi Tanioka, Gunma JP
|Patent application number
|Processes and equipments for preparing F2-containing gases, as well as process and equipments for modifying the surfaces of articles - The present invention provides processes and equipments for safely and easily preparing an F
|CLEANING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning method for removing a film adhered inside a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus used for forming a desired film on a substrate by supplying a material gas for film formation. The method is provided with a step of supplying a halogen containing gas into the processing chamber, and a step of supplying a fluorine containing gas into the processing chamber while supplying the halogen containing gas, after starting to supply the halogen containing gas. In the step of supplying the fluorine containing gas, a supply flow volume ratio of the halogen containing gas to the entire gas supplied into the processing chamber is within a range of 20-25%.
Toshikazu Tanioka, Tokyo JP
|Patent application number
|SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING SILICON CARBIDE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A p base ohmic contact of a silicon carbide semiconductor device consists of a p++ layer formed by high-concentration ion implantation and a metal electrode. Since the high-concentration ion implantation performed at the room temperature significantly degrades the crystal of the p++ layer to cause a process failure, a method for implantation at high temperatures is used. In terms of switching loss and the like of devices, it is desirable that the resistivity of the p base ohmic contact should be lower. In well-known techniques, nothing is mentioned on a detailed relation among the ion implantation temperature, the ohmic contact resistivity and the process failure. Then, in the ion implantation step, the temperature of a silicon carbide wafer is maintained in a range from 175° C. to 300° C., more preferably in a range from 175° C. to 200° C. The resistivity of the p base ohmic contact using a p++ region formed by ion implantation at a temperature in a range from 175° C. to 300° C. becomes lower than that in a case where the p++ region is formed by ion implantation at a temperature over 300° C. Further, this can avoid any process failure.
|METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a silicon carbide MOSFET, interface state generated at an interface between a silicon carbide layer and a gate insulating film cannot be reduced sufficiently, and mobility of a carrier is decreased. To solve this problem, a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to this invention includes a substrate introduction step of introducing a substrate, which includes a silicon carbide layer on which a gate insulating film is formed, in a furnace, and a heating step of heating the furnace having the substrate introduced therein while introducing nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen therein, wherein, in the heating step, nitrogen is reacted to nitride an interface between the gate insulating film and the silicon carbide layer.
|SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon carbide semiconductor device that is able to increase the gate reliability, and to provide a method for manufacturing the silicon carbide semiconductor device, and that includes: a source electrode selectively formed on a source region; a gate insulating film formed so as to extend over the source region; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. The source region includes a first source region located below the source electrode, and a second source region surrounding the first source region. The doping concentration in a superficial layer of the second source region is lower than the doping concentration in a superficial layer of the first source region. The doping concentration in the second source region is higher in a deep portion than in a superficial portion thereof.
|METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes the steps of (b) forming, on a back face of a dummy substrate and back faces of a plurality of semiconductor substrates, inorganic films having such thicknesses as to be resistant to a temperature of a thermal oxidizing treatment or a heat treatment and to sufficiently decrease an amount of oxidation or reducing gaseous species to reach the back faces of the dummy substrate and the plurality of semiconductor substrates, (c) disposing the dummy substrate and the plurality of semiconductor substrates in a lamination with surfaces turned in the same direction at an interval from each other, and (d) carrying out a thermal oxidizing treatment or post annealing over the surfaces of the semiconductor substrates in an oxidation gas atmosphere or a reducing gas atmosphere after the steps (b) and (c).
Patent applications by Toshikazu Tanioka, Tokyo JP
Tsuyoshi Tanioka, Hokkaido JP
|Patent application number
|PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION FOR HEMOGLOBINURIA OR MYOGLOBINURIA - A prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which may occur in humans or animals upon loading of exercise or stress or the like is provided.
|PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION FOR HEMOGLOBINURIA OR MYOGLOBINURIA - A prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which may occur in humans or animals upon loading of exercise or stress or the like is provided.
Yasuhiro Tanioka, Hamamatsu-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|SHOCK ABSORBING STEERING APPARATUS - An upper bracket for mounting a column to a vehicle body includes a column support portion which is press-fitted on an outer periphery of the column through axial press-fitting action with a predetermined interference between the column and the column support portion. Hence, the column is in relative press-fit relation to the bracket and is normally in pressure contact with the column support portion. Therefore, if a secondary collision exerts an impact force on the column pushing the column in the axial direction, the column is moved as generating strong friction with the column support portion. Accordingly, the impact energy of the secondary collision is attenuated by the friction. Thus, a shock absorbing steering apparatus featuring a simple structure ensuring a stable operation can be provided.
Yoshiyasu Tanioka, Saitama JP
|Patent application number
|TRANSPORTING PATH CONFIGURATION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transporting path configuration includes: a separating mechanism that separates from one of transporting members the other transporting member; an opening/closing transporting path member that is rotatably attached above the transporting members and has one surface that configures a first transporting path of the recording medium discharged from the transporting members; a transporting path member that forms a second transporting path between the transporting path member and the other surface of the opening/closing transporting path member in a state of covering the opening/closing transporting path member; a handle that is attached to the opening/closing transporting path member so as to be extended above the second transporting path and is further extended above a cover that covers a discharge member; and a moving mechanism that moves the handle in the direction away from the cover when the other transporting member is separated from the one transporting member by the separating mechanism.
|RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORT MECHANISM, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording medium transport mechanism including: a transporting device provided in a transport-path of medium, that transports the recording medium by a drive-roller and a facing-roller disposed to face the drive-roller; an urging member that urges the facing-roller toward the drive-roller; and a restricting portion that allows movement of the facing-roller away from the drive-roller against urging force of the urging member when the recording medium having thickness smaller than a predetermined thickness is transported in a region the drive-roller and the facing-roller facing each other, and restricts an allowable amount of movement of the facing-roller away from the drive-roller when the recording medium having thickness not smaller than the predetermined thickness is transported in the region compared to an allowable amount of movement of the facing-roller away from the drive-roller when the recording medium having thickness smaller than the predetermined thickness is transported is provided.
Yoshiyasu Tanioka, Saitama-Shi JP
|Patent application number
|FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing unit includes a heating roll, an endless belt and a pressing body having a hard pressing member and a soft pressing member. The hard pressing member is placed on a downstream of a passage direction of a record medium in a press contact part and forms higher hardness than an elastic layer of the heating roll. The soft pressing member is placed on an upstream of the passage direction from the hard pressing member, and forms lower hardness than the elastic layer. The press contact part is formed in a state in which a first press contact portion of the hard pressing member is longer than a second press contact portion of the soft pressing member. The hard pressing member has an end part opposed to the heating roll on the upstream. The end part has a face approaching the heating roll from the upstream to the downstream.


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Houston Northwest Medical Center Becomes the First and Only Hospital in Houston to Receive Prestigious Cycle III Chest Pain Center Accreditation
HOUSTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — In its continuous pursuit of quality cardiac care, Houston Northwest Medical Center was proudly recognized as the first accredited chest pain center in Houston and one of a handful in Texas to be named a Cycle III Chest Pain Center with PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention). Cycle III accreditation is the highest accreditation possible for treatment of chest pain — by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) is a patient centric non-profit international professional organization focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and other related maladies. The Society's accreditation recognizes Chest Pain Centers who have demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
"The high standards set by the society will benefit our patients, who can be certain that our goal with our heart attack patients is to save lives, improve patient outcomes, and provide an overall strategy for cardiac care," says Pam Egan, Director of the Ed Roberson Heart Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center.
To earn Chest Pain Center accreditation, a facility must successfully meet the Society's eight criteria:
- Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical system
- Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly
- Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms
- Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures
- Ensuring Chest Pain Center personnel competency and training
- Maintaining organizational structure and commitment
- Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care
- Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack
"We collectively looked at the entire continuum of care and involved everyone who would impact how quickly and efficiently the patient could be treated," says Catherine Bissell, RN, Chest Pain Center coordinator. "Everyone is vital to making this program work as a seamless system."
Dedicated to quickly restoring blood flood to a patient suffering from a heart attack, Houston Northwest Medical Center and Cypress Creek EMS have joined forces to implement protocols that improve response mechanisms designed to decrease door-to-balloon time – the time that elapses from a patient's arrival to treatment with angioplasty – for patients suffering from ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a severe heart attack in which an artery is significantly blocked. According to the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology the national recommendation for restoring blood flow is 90 minutes. In 2008, the average door-to-balloon time at Houston Northwest Medical Center was 62 minutes.
"Our program is successful because all members work together as a cohesive team and the program is supported by everyone from administration down," Amilcar Avendano, M.D., Medical Director of the Chest Pain Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center.
There are 81 accredited Chest Pain Centers in Texas and out of 81 only 4 including Houston Northwest Medical Center are Cycle III accredited. Cycle III accreditation involves more extensive involvement in chest pain quality improvement projects, extensive staff education training in dealing with chest pain, higher staff credentials in cardiovascular diseases, and more outreach and community education about chest pain.
"We are very proud of this accomplishment and would like to congratulate the emergency physicians, cardiologists, nurses and other members of the Chest Pain Center team whose hard work and dedication to quality helped achieve this honor," says Drew Kahn, Chief Executive Officer at Houston Northwest Medical Center.
About Houston Northwest Medical Center
Houston Northwest Medical Center is located at 710 F.M. 1960 West in Houston. Houston Northwest Medical Center has been serving the North Houston community for 35 years. The hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Houston Northwest Medical Center ranks among the nation's top hospitals for several service lines including critical care, stroke and general surgery by HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings company. Houston Northwest Medical Center is also a designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. To learn more about Houston Northwest Medical Center, a facility accredited by The Joint Commission, visit www.hnmc.com.
About the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC)
The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a patient centric non-profit international professional organization focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and other related maladies. Established in 1998, the Society is dedicated to patient advocacy and focusing on ischemic heart disease. Central to its mission is the question, "What is right for the patient?" In answer, the Society promotes protocol based medicine, often delivered through a Chest Pain Center model to address the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and to promote the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers. To best fulfill this mission, the Society of Chest Pain Centers provides accreditation to facilities striving for optimum Chest Pain Center care. SCPC is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
For more information on the Society of Chest Pain Centers visit www.scpcp.org, or contact Robert Lipetz, Executive Director at (614) 442-5950 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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No question, though, the most mysterious and inviting aspect of this sweet circus of curios is an odd contraption waiting in an honored space beside the piano. Built of glass and wood, with a design half Shaker and half Harry Partch, this is my reason for visiting. It's called an armonica.
"Franz Mesmer used it to induce trances until he was run out of town for witchcraft!" Brauer shares her history of the instrument with characteristic glee. "Because of its eerie, ethereal sounds, they said it would bring up the ghosts of the dead." Well, it does. Stroking the rotating blown-glass bowls with wetted fingertips, Brauer coaxes unearthly tones that, as she says, "come from nowhere and permeate everywhere." One moment it's an ensemble of theremins, then it's a dream-world calliope, then a choir of carillon bells. Between bits of Mozart and Strauss, pieces written for the instrument, Brauer regales me with tunes ranging from the Stephen Foster melodies she often performs for school groups, to folk songs and the holiday favorites heard on her self-released CD, The Angelic Sounds of Christmas. All of it sounds new and timeless, the seemingly endless sustain of the armonica's brilliant overtones permitting the listener to savor each chord as it slowly washes under the next.
"The sound has no beginning and no end," Brauer observes. It's easy to understand why the instrument enjoyed a voguish popularity through the late 18th and early 19th centuries, before increasingly larger orchestras overwhelmed its subtle sound, and traditions of home parlor music gave way to more passive musical habits. The armonica was invented in 1761 by Ben Franklin, Brauer's hero.
"My 'three Bs' are Brahms, Ben and Brauer," she declares, referring to her late husband, Frederick, upon whose death in 1990 Cecilia first fell under the spell of Franklin and his instrument. "I'd been playing since the age of nine, and studied at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. I toured for years, but when we first started a family, I cut back on the concerts and recitals somewhat to concentrate on raising my son and daughter and giving private piano lessons."
When her husband passed away, Cecilia took a therapeutic vacation in Massachusetts, where she discovered the armonica and met the glass artisan who'd revived it, Gerhard Finkenbeiner. By then her children were grown and starting their own families, and the time was ripe for a new beginning. She had Finkenbeiner build her an armonica, and she applied her considerable energy to mastering its daunting technique.
"Another door opened, and I decided to go for it," she says. "If it weren't for Benjamin Franklin, I wouldn't have done it." Her passion for the patriot is what she says drives her school performances, in which she dons period garb to play the armonica for her young audiences and share lore about Franklin: "I tell them he was a down-to-earth renaissance man who invented such things as swim fins and the odometer without ever taking a patent! He felt that others should benefit from his ideas."
In her own way, Cecilia Brauer is as driven as Big Ben. At a time in life when many are long retired, the 76-year-old Brauer continues to preach the gospel of Benjamin Franklin at her school gigs as well as museums and Colonial re-enactor events. She tours the world with the Met orchestra, playing celeste and piano, and is currently preparing to supply the armonica part (usually omitted or played on celeste) in Donizetti's original version of "Lucia Di Lammermoor," conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras next month at the Metropolitan Opera. These accomplishments of an ongoing life in music are casually mentioned as Brauer shows off her scrapbook she gives her highbrow triumphs no more emphasis than the fact that her CD rated four stars in the New York Post. "I beat the Beach Boys and Cyndi Lauper," Brauer laughs, with a mixture of confidence and humility she credits to her hero.
"Franklin was this great genius who loved writing bawdy lyrics to sing with the boys in the tavern," she says. "When those students send me pictures of Ben and armonica-inspired poems they've created after my performances, that's what delights me."
It's proof that even though Brauer plays an ancient instrument, she moves in modern circles. For further evidence that she's plugged in, she's not only got an email address (email@example.com) but even has a website (http://www.gigmasters.com/ armonica/) that features playing the instrument. It looks like a cross between a sewing machine and glass-and-wood insect.
Words and music mix easily for Brauer. As she perches in front of her armonica, she punctuates her reverie with strange, percussive swipes at the glass bowls part of a newly composed avant garde work for armonica she's been invited to perform for a recording.
"It's important for the soul, music is," she says. "When you're older, past caring about football scores and all that, why would you sit in front of the boob tube when you can settle down into the beauty of music?"
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Texas Tech senior Kennedy Kithuka finished second overall with a time of 29:59.1 in the 10,000-meter race. It marks the first time in his NCAA cross country career to be defeated in a race. Edward Cheserek of Oregon won the men's individual title with a time of 29:41.1 becoming the first freshman in Oregon history to win the national meet.
Kithuka will compete as a senior on the men's outdoor track and field team this spring. The Texas Tech outdoor track and field season begins March 21.
Tech will also host the 2013 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 16-18 at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex.
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Columbus Communications using Triveni portable MPEG analyzerJune 16, 2014 1:01 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Columbus Communications has deployed Triveni Digital's StreamScope Portal portable MPEG analysis and troubleshooting tool across its operations in the Caribbean. Columbus is using the tool to monitor and improve video streams from its distribution plants on multiple islands.
Fiber to the Home ConferenceJune 16, 2014 12:34 pm | by CED | Events
The 2014 FTTH Conference & Expo, presented by the FTTH Council Americas, is the best place to experience the explosive evolution of Fiber to the Home techniques, applications, and advancements. More than 1500 attendees will gather for three days of networking, education, and exhibits built to provide you with best practices and the time-tested solutions.
TWC exec to join SpinCo as CFOJune 16, 2014 12:02 pm | News | Comments
The executive leadership team of SpinCo continues to coalesce with current Time Warner Cable treasurer and former Insight Communications exec Matthew Siegel slotted for the chief financial officer position. Charter Communications and Comcast announced this morning that Siegel would assume his new role once the Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal and the Charter/Comcast transactions were completed.
Report: Pay-TV operators rule STB food chainJune 16, 2014 11:56 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
The largest video providers rule the roost when it comes to defining the set-top box ecosystem, according to a recent report by ABI Research. While pay-TV operators are at the top of the set-top box food chain, hardware OEMs and semiconductor vendors function in supporting roles.
Level 3 to buy TW Telecom for about $5.6 billionJune 16, 2014 11:48 am | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Level 3 Communications Inc. says it has agreed to buy TW Telecom in a deal worth about $5.6 billion. Level 3 owns network and data centers around the world, while TW Telecom provides data and Internet and other services to businesses in the U.S.
Alibaba plans blockbuster IPOJune 16, 2014 11:44 am | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Alibaba is pulling back the curtain a little bit, providing more information about its partnership structure and financials ahead of its planned initial public offering of stock. China's biggest e-commerce company filed in May for an initial public offering in the U.S. that could top the $16 billion that Facebook and its early investors raised in the social networking company's IPO two years ago.
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Super Mobility Week (CTIA) - Las VegasJune 13, 2014 6:20 pm | by CED | Events
Thousands of mobile professionals and executives, 1,100+ exhibitors, as well as 1,000+ media and analysts from across the globe will gather for this powerhouse, week-long event in Las Vegas—the most exciting city in America—to experience unrivaled networking opportunities and share leading-edge trends, discoveries and knowledge.
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Wheeler expands network neutrality process to include peeringJune 13, 2014 1:49 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Wheeler for the first time made a clear distinction between ISP networks and activity on the open Internet governed by peering agreements. Consumers expect good service, he said, and peering activity affects that. He has directed the FCC to start collecting information on peering agreements.
Roku CEO discusses state of Internet video, TVJune 13, 2014 1:22 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
"To me, it's pretty clear that all TV is going to be streamed... Things like DVD players are going to go away. Cable boxes are obviously going away, too. DVRs are just a stepping stone technology. When everything is on demand, you won't have to record anything anymore so that's going to disappear."
AT&T accepting applications for free school connectivityJune 13, 2014 1:16 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
The non-profit organization Connected Nation has signed on to administer the selection process for AT&T's $100 million commitment to provide free mobile broadband Internet access to select middle and high school students in Title 1 schools across the country.
C Spire to buy business services specialistJune 13, 2014 12:49 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
C Spire said it is in the process of buying MegaGate Broadband from Cellular One. The acquisition helps C Spire with its strategy to expand its business services operations. MegaGate provides IP voice, data, and business telecommunications solutions to small and medium sized businesses throughout much of Mississippi.


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Tim was once a member of the "GMA" family and is now a full-time young adult novelist. This is the moving triumph-over-tragedy story of a 12-year-old orphan, Ty Lewis, whose chance to play for the football team is thwarted by his tyrannical uncle. He winds up involved in a gambling scheme that has ties to the mob and holds the potential for a very tense outcome.
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Cool Zone With the Pain and the Great One By Judy Blume (Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers)
Seven new stories center on spunky siblings Jake (aka the "Pain") and Abigail (aka the "Great One"). From Jake's refusing to get a haircut (afraid his ears might get cut off) to Abigail learning to overcome her fears by riding a bicycle, this comical book will have you and your child in stitches.
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The Calder Game By Blue Balliett (Scholastic)
When Calder Pillay traveled to England, he didn't expect to disappear. But that's exactly what happened, with a mystery that involves garden mazes and a strange sculpture. An imaginative mystery adventure story that weaves together art, philosophy and great storytelling.
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey By Trenton Lee Stewart (Little Brown)
The sequel to "The Mysterious Benedict Society" follows adventures of four children, each with a special talent -- from a photographic memory to logic skills -- as they pursue an international scavenger hunt to find their kidnapped benefactor. Needless to say, they face all sorts of harrowing challenges, escaping just in time at every turn.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks By E. Lockhart (Hyperion Books*)
Follow Frankie Landau-Banks from geeky 14-year-old girl to knockout 16-year-old who won't take "no" for an answer and could possibly turn into a criminal mastermind.
Audrey, Wait By Robin Benway (Penguin Group)
Audrey Cuttler dumps her boyfriend, Evan, and suddenly becomes famous when he writes a song about their breakup that tops the charts. The book follows Audrey through one heck of a journey as she's mobbed by fans and paparazzi, confronts Evan on MTV and shows the world her true self.
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Liberia: Gen. Bakut in Liberia's 'No Peace, No War Operation'
Of all the senior Nigerian army officers who served as ECOMOG commanders in Liberia during the civil war, perhaps, the one commander who had the most difficult assignment was... Read more »
January 19
Nigeria: 'Ebola Kills 488 Health Workers'
About 488 health workers have so far died while discharging their duties since the latest outbreak of the Ebola Viral disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Read more »
January 18
Nigeria: 'African Prose Is More Versatile Than We Think' [interview]
Liberian crime fiction writer, Hawa Jande Golakai's debut novel, The Lazarus Effect, has received several nominations for the continent's top literary prizes and she has been... Read more »
December 09, 2014
West Africa: ECOWAS Armed Forces Set to Check Ebola
ECOWAS Defence Chiefs are meeting in Accra to fine-tune modalities for the deployment of the Region's Armed Forces to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the region. Read more »
November 07, 2014
West Africa: 'Liberia, Others Still in Danger Over Ebola'
ECOWAS has bemoaned the humanitarian and economic impact of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on the three most affected countries in West African, calling for an urgent global... Read more »
October 31, 2014
Nigeria/Liberia: Liberian Footballer, Four Others Held for Robbery
A former Liberian international footballer, Moses Andre, is among a five-man armed robbery gang arrested in Lagos for allegedly snatching exotic cars from their owners at gun... Read more »
October 10, 2014
West Africa: Ebola - Another UN Staff Tests Positive
The UN Secretary-General's spokesperson, Stephane DuJarric, yesterday said an international member of staff who works for UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) tested positive to the Ebola... Read more »
Liberia: Ebola - Nigerian Troops Quarantined in Liberia
Nigerian soldiers operating in Liberia have been quarantined following the death from Ebola of a Sudanese national inside their camp, Army authorities said in Abuja yesterday. Read more »
October 08, 2014
Liberia: Ebola - FG Donates N560 Million to Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone
The Federal Government has donated $3.5 million (an equivalent of N560m) to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to combat the Ebola Virus Disease. Read more »
September 02, 2014
Nigeria: Liberia Returnees Discharged After Ebola Scare
Three Benue indigenes who were under observation for the Ebola Virus Disease after their return from Liberia have been discharged from the Benue State University Teaching Hospital... Read more »
August 19, 2014
Nigeria: Liberia Returnees Under Observation in Benue
Two missionaries from Benue State who returned from Ebola-stricken Liberia last week are under observation at the State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH). Read more »
August 17, 2014
Liberia: Ebola Confirms Liberia as Nigeria's Cross
The Ebola disease that has caused so much panic in Nigeria in the last one month did not evolve from among our people. It was imported from Liberia thereby sentencing Nigeria once... Read more »
August 15, 2014
Liberia: Market Women Demands Explanation From Liberia Govt
President of the Nigerian Market Women under the auspices of the Market Women Association in the FCT Mrs. Felicia Sani has said the apology tendered by the Liberian authorities... Read more »
August 11, 2014
West Africa: Ebola - EU to Deploy Mobile Laboratory to Liberia
The European Union is committing additional €8 million (N1.7 billion) funding to West Africa to curtail the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus disease. Read more »
August 08, 2014
Nigeria: Ebola - Liberia Envoy Laments Citizens' Harassment in Nigeria
The Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria Mr Al-Hassan Conteh has condemned what he described as the rising spate of harassment and stereotyping being meted out against citizens of his... Read more »
July 28, 2014
Nigeria: The Ebola Question - Bringing the Virus Under Control [interview]
Ebola has been in the spotlight this year, but even more so this week with the death on Friday of Patrick Sawyer, 40. Read more »
Nigeria: Ebola - Lagos Searches for Victim's Co-Travellers for Questioning, Monitoring
In an attempt to forestall the spread of Ebola virus that claimed the life of a visiting Liberian in Lagos last week, the state government has embarked on a search for those who... Read more »
July 25, 2014
Nigeria: Liberian Man in Lagos Being Tested for Ebola
A Liberian man in his 40s is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos, a megacity of 21 million people, the Lagos State Health Ministry said yesterday. Read more »
March 21, 2014
Nigeria: Nigerian Troops Leave for Peace Keeping in Liberia
Seven hundred officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army will today leave for Liberia on a peace keeping mission. Read more »
November 19, 2013
Sudan: IGP Deploys 400 Peacekeeping Police to Liberia and Sudan
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has announced the deployment of 400 Nigeria police peace keeping troops in support of the United Nations mission in... Read more »
November 02, 2013
Nigeria: National Team Meets Sirleaf Ahead of Africa's Summit
The joint steering committee of the forthcoming First Africa's Legislative Summit being organised by the Nigerian National Assembly has paid a sensitisation visit to Liberian... Read more »
October 15, 2013
Angola: Liberia, Angola Among 'Most Improved' Since 2000
Five post-conflict countries - Liberia, Angola, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Burundi - top the league of the table for most improved performers since 2000 on the 2013 Mo Ibrahim Index... Read more »
August 08, 2013
Liberia: Nigerian League Has Made Me Tough, Says Liberia's Kollie
Liberian international and Lobi Stars forward, John Kollie has said playing in the Nigerian Premier League has made him very tough as well as a better player. Read more »
June 12, 2013
Nigeria: 700 Troops Tasked on Deployment to Liberia
General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Lagos, Major General Abel Obi Umahi yesterday charged all the 700 troops deployed on a peacekeeping mission to Liberia to be... Read more »
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The Menace ft. Chris Brown - Put On My N*ggas
Artist: The Menace
Featuring: Chris Brown
Producer: Prince Productions
Album: R.O.M.E
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An affiliate of Game's Black Wall Street label since the mid-oughts, The Menace (formerly known as Compton Menace) finally has a debut album on the horizon. Which means that those who have stood in his way over the course of his hustle had best watch out; to quote the set's title, he plans to use his newfound power to Ride on [His] Enemies. Those who supported him, on the other hand, he intends to repay tenfold. On the first song release off the aforementioned full-length, he promises "Imma Put On all My N*ggas that's been with me since day one." Prince Productions man the boards on this triumphant street banger, serving up a whip-ready synth instrumental as the emcee reminisces about climb from rags to riches, and invites his inner circle to share in his successes. R&B heavyweight Chris Brown ties the package together with a tuneful guest hook. R.O.M.E. as yet lacks a drop date, but fans can cop this record as a single via iTunes.
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|Advanced feature based techniques for landmine detection using ground penetrating radar
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|Land mine detection is an important and yet challenging problem that remains to be solved. It is not only a problem for military, but also for humanitarian concern. The goal of this research is to propose some techniques for landmine detection. Two advanced feature based techniques are developed. One algorithm applies the clustering method based on the spectral feature vectors formed by the energy density spectra of return sensor signals, the idea behind is to find out whether there are some "hidden patterns" among the spectral feature vectors. The other one is the subspace detector technique that utilizes the energy density spectra of return signals directly. These techniques are tested in various testing data sets collected from the vehicle mounted ground penetrating radar to evaluate their ability to improve the detection result and reduce the false alarm rates. Both of them are proved to be useful in improving the detection of land mines.
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Travel Photography Photos tagged as shopping
Vintage shops r always fun! You just feel going back in time.
Uncle Sam's New York Shopping tour on 5th avenue.
Shopping Arch near Chinese Theater in Hollywood California. It looks..gasp! Persian or Babylonian. Not my preferred style, but it is what it is.
In the shopping area next door to the Chinese Theater has this arch, it looks...gasp! Babylonian or Persian. Not my first choice of style, but it is what it is.