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Illegal immigrants would be barred from attending all Georgia public colleges under a bill a Senate committee passed Wednesday.
Keish Kim, 20, of Roswell and an illegal immigrant, can't hide her emotion as she talks to the House Higher Education Committee during a hearing on a bill that would ban illegal immigrants from attending any public college in Georgia.
Senate Bill 458 also would relax some requirements and tighten others as it relates to the sweeping immigration bill lawmakers passed last year. But it was the proposed rule of banning some students from the 35 colleges in the University System of Georgia and the 25 in the Technical College System of Georgia that occupied nearly all of the 90-minute discussion.
By Laura Diamond
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The bill moves on to the full Senate, and its hard to say what will happen next. House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, and Gov. Nathan Deal have said theyre reluctant to tinker with current immigration law. The Senate bill is similar to House Bill 59, which a committee debated in January but has yet to vote on.
Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, sponsored SB 458 and described it as a simple measure. He said illegal immigrants are taking college slots away from citizens and stressed they wont be able to legally work in this country after graduation.
Our colleges and universities are for those that are U.S. citizens and are here legally, he said.
Loudermilk and others said the University System is violating federal law by admitting these students because attending a public college is a benefit reserved for lawful residents
Federal law does not bar illegal immigrants from attending public colleges, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency wrote in 2008 that "... individual states must decide for themselves whether or not to admit illegal aliens into their public postsecondary institutions."
University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby said they are complying with federal law because illegal immigrants do not receive the public benefit of taxpayer-supported in-state tuition. Instead they are charged out-of-state rates, which are about three times more expensive.
Huckaby said the systems current policies are working and should be allowed to continue. A new rule bars these students from attending any college that has turned away academically qualified students. This applies to University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State, Georgia Health Sciences and Georgia College & State universities.
Of the system's 318,000 students, about 300 are "undocumented," Huckaby said. Last year, the system had about 500, and the drop shows the new rules are working, he said. Students are "undocumented" if they don't produce documents to show they have a lawful presence, so they may or may not be in the country legally.
It is a difficult issue," Huckaby said. "We think the policy we have in place is a balanced one.
Sen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, asked Huckaby and Technical College Commissioner Ron Jackson if they believed they were violating federal law. They replied no. Carter and Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, were the only members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against the bill.
Debate on the Senate bill Wednesday was not as heated as the testimony in the House.
Three members of the tea party supported the bill, saying the current "amnesty policy" in colleges must end.
Seven people spoke against it, including Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials. He said many states are moving in the opposite direction by providing illegal immigrants with greater access to college.
About a dozen states allow these students to pay in-state tuition if they meet certain criteria. Two bar them from public colleges.
By moving forward with the bill, the Legislature is acting like bullies, Gonzalez said.
The bill also would make some changes to House Bill 87, the sweeping law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration that passed last year. It would tweak when people must show "secure and verifiable" forms of identification to get public benefits, including grants, business permits and professional licenses.
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Keish Kim, 20, of Roswell and an illegal immigrant, can't hide her emotion as she talks to the House Higher Education Committee during a hearing on a bill that would ban illegal immigrants from attending any public college in Georgia.
Aw, boo hoo hoo!
I can remember when I was a senior, and how my friends and I waited on pins and needles for acceptance letters from the University of our choice. And how devastated some were when they couldn't get in the ones they most desired. Now think: if your son or daughter were shut out due to illegals who don't even belong here. That would be a slap in the face, I don't understand why more student aged kids aren't more outraged. They should be attending these meeting and expressing their
Just imagine all those American kids that will be getting rejection letters while their parents and grandparents get big fat tax bills for illegal aliens replacing our innocent students in those limited seats in college!
Many generations of Americans paid the taxes and tuition necessary to build and maintain those institutions of higher learning and now illegal aliens are walking right into America and taking it all from us.
No college, no taxpayer benefits for illegal aliens, and someone needs to sue to reverse the 1981 Pyler Vs. Texas decision that says American taxpayers must be forced to pay for K-12 school access for illegal aliens as well!
MontereySherry - 02-23-2012, 07:58 PMJust imagine all those American kids that will be getting rejection letters while their parents and grandparents get big fat tax bills for illegal aliens replacing our innocent students in those limited seats in college!
California would rather educate illegal immigrants then provide the nursing programs needed to keep enough nurses for our future. Next they will complain that there are not enough nurses to take care of the aging. They will claim that they are going to have to import foreign nurses to do the jobs Americans won't do.
It is only getting worse, Ive been continuously contacting Congress and letting ppl online know about ALIPAC, NumbersUSA and Judicial Watch..Im trying to get it out there, that these organizations are here, but NEED MORE support and Congress NEEDS to be FORCED into Hearing us, and Seeing our presence, We have to MAKE them ACT in favor of Legal American people, They "CLAIM" to represent us, but then Ignore our voices!!
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Apparently Taco Bell's waffle taco breakfast item was such a hit in its limited Southern California run that the fast food company is expanding its availability to other regions. The Associated Press reports that 100 Taco Bell locations in Fresno, Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; and Chattanooga, Tenn. will now be serving the breakfast alternative to a taco starting on Aug. 8.
This comes not long after Taco Bell announced it's dropping its kids' meals. CEO Greg Creed said at the time, "Pioneering this change on our menu is a bold move for our industry, and it makes sense for Taco Bell." Breakfast is already offered at about 850 locations in the United States.
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:24:02PM -0800, Ted Deppner wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 08:56:57AM -0800, Joel Baumert wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 08:21:59AM -0800, Ted Deppner wrote:
> > One of the examples in the article is an ISP being blocked because it
> > allows a SPAMer to sell their software is idiotic. The SPAMer isn't
> > sending SPAM from the site so _WHY_ add it to the list?
> If the ISP is deemed to be SPAM friendly, then it is appropriate to block
> it in an attempt to bring its behavior into publically accepted norms.
> Yes, assessing the involvement of collateral sites is problematic, but the
> only real question is at what point this is appropriate. The concept is
> valid regardless.
> Alegory: Why "attack" the employees of a retail store by boycotting that
> store because of a product the store carries is produced by a company that
> supports animal testing or overseas sweatshops? Those employees will lose
> their jobs if the retail store goes under... At some point, public
> opinion places blame collaterally. The only question is at what point.
No... This is a matter of expectations. When I use and RBL, I expect
the hosts in the list to be the source of spam, not the source of spam
software. They are not breaking what a reasonable assumption of the rules
by distributing software.
Now, don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with these aggressive RBLs
existing. In fact, I think that they have a Constitutional basis for
their existence because people have the right to associate with whomever
they want as long as the rules and consequences are known upfront. RBLs
serve a valuable purpose, but IMO it is a good idea to depend on them as
the only factor in keeping or discarding possible spam.
> > The second problem with RBLs is legality, from what I remember
> > at least one RBL has been successfully sued for restraint of trade :-(.
> There's not an ISP on the planet that is legally bound to deliver anyone's
> email. It is a courtesy service, not a contractual obligation. If I
> started dropping all mail with "lugod" in it, there's nothing illegal
> about that. I may not be in business the next day because I've upset my
> customers, but nothing illegal would have happened.
> Now, regarding restraint of trade, that too is often overblown. Since I'm
> not legally or contractually obiligated to transit any email at all, and
> restraint of trade has to do with monopolies, antitrust, and money, there
> can be no restraint of trade.
I poked around and it looks like the suits against MAPs have been either
settled or dismissed. I was pleasantly surprised by this.
I think that "restraint of trade" is more complicated than you are making
out and is not restricted to monopolies, but you would have to ask a
lawyer... It looks like people have tried to sue RBLs, but I didn't find
anything other than temporary orders that were later lifted. Again, I
think that MAPs and other RBLs have the right to do what they are doing
as long as the end customer knows what they are getting from the service.
> Consider if someone tried to sue UPS over "restraint of trade" because
> they refuse to ship hand grenades. They're not legally or contractually
> obligated to ship anything from anyone to anyone. They take business
> where they want to. UPS could refuse to ship into Sacramento if they
> wanted, and they could not be sued for "restraint of trade"... UPS can
> make business decisions about how, when, where, and what they ship. If
> they choose wisely, they'll be a successful business... if not, well...
Yeah, but if I had a problem with UPS because they shipped something to
me I didn't want I wouldn't be allowed to stand outside other people's
houses and keep them from delivering the package to my neighbors. In
effect that is what is happening in some cases where a naive user signs
up for this blocking service and can no longer do business with a
company that happens to be on an ISP that happens to sell software that
some RBL decides is spamware. It isn't as clear cut as you are trying
to make it.
> As the services netizens utilize daily reach global ubiquity and we rely
> on them heavily, we must not forget the realities of what these services
> really are. SMTP is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is not a
> government regulated service. It is not the United States Postal Service.
> And so forth.
So far :-). I suspect more and more people are going to move to permission
based messaging for their personal email where you have to give someone
credentials that they need to present before you accept any correspondence.
This is already happening with instant messagers and this will be eventually
called email.
> > I have been using spamassassin for about two months now and have been
> > _very_ happy with the results. For my wife it has blocked >530 SPAM
> > messages with only 3 incorrect blockings (fixed with a procmail rule).
> > She still got about 50 messages a month, but that is _significanly_
> > less than what we had before.
> IMHO, systems that have false positives (due to false matches like
> spamassasin uses) are utterly useless. RBLs, which penalize bad sites,
> occasionally generating false positives, but which are known to come from
> bad sites are an acceptable and thus far, necessary evil.
Works for us... For me it works so well that I though the mail server
was down :-). It has made things pretty tolerable and for the most
part made my wife happy. I may cut my home network off from at least
Asia because I'm still getting some spam and hacking attacks from
overseas. Though it would be nice to keep Australia and Japan in the
list, but it looks like they mixed in pretty good. Currently I am
dropping all packets except for SMTP and HTTP for these networks:
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Super Bowl xlviii
SodaStream's "Sexy," "Banned" Super Bowl Ad Featuring Scarlett Johansson
Fox, apparently, takes issue with the at-home soda-making system's takedown of its competition. SodaStream presses on and ups the sex appeal with new global brand ambassador.
SodaStream, the at-home soda-making system, offers a sustainable and more healthful alternative to supermarket soda brands. SodaStream's drinks contain less sugar and generate less bottle waste with its reusable glass canister. But just because it's nicer for you and the environment doesn't mean the company has to play nice when taking on the competition.
As with its 2013 Super Bowl ad, SodaStream put its competition—Coke and Pepsi—directly in its crosshairs. Though this time the company's dis to its giant rivals is delivered with supreme sultriness by its new brand ambassador and longtime fan of the product, Scarlett Johansson. The ad, created by Humanaut with creative consultation by Alex Bogusky, starts with the actress revealing that, like most actors, her real job is saving the world. After demonstrating how the system works, she then sheds her white bathrobe to reveal a flattering dress and proceeds to make eye-love with the camera and extensively fondles a straw before delivering her takedown: "Sorry, Coke and Pepsi." Fitting for the Super Bowl, but not acceptable for Fox, reportedly. As with last year's ad, Sodastream's spot didn't pass muster with the broadcaster (which hasn't commented publicly on the matter) and has been banned from the game for its direct attack.
The reaction of SodaStream's CEO Daniel Birnbaum was kind of amazing. "This is the kind of stuff that happens in China. I'm disappointed as an American," he said to USA Today. But as Yaron Kopel, the company's chief innovation and design officer tells us, he's got a point: "We view Coke and Pepsi as our competitors and they have long mentioned one another in their ads. That's all this is: just mentioning. You can see how subtle and humorous it is. We hoped this year that Fox would approve the ad. We still hope they change their mind."
Instead, the spot will run on game day with an alternate ending. As ScarJo coyly throws out her come-hither eyes, instead of naming names she simply says, "I just love saving the world." (As an aside, Johansson has recently come under fire from Oxfam, one organization she's involved with to actually help save the world, for aligning herself with SodaStream, which is an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank. UPDATE: She has parted ways with Oxfam over the conflict).
And like so many business ideas today, the inspiration for this ad's combo of soda and sexy, while par for the course for the Super Bowl, can be linked to Fast Company. In 2013, SodaStream was named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list. "We were on the list for 'For making DIY carbonation sexy' and attributed this to our new line of products and user experience," says Kopel. "Now we also have a 'sexy drink shot' with a beautiful, amazing ambassador."
Kopel says it's all part of the company's strategy to show that "making soda at home is an easy, tasty, and 'sexy' experience, and is a 'better for you' way to drink soda."
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Whitewashing the bloody occupation of Palestine -- with its land and water theft, indefinite detention and torture of minors, and bulldozing of homes and ancient olive trees -- is shameful. Johansson learned this when she was asked to sever her relationship with Oxfam. Learning is a slow process that proceeds by fits and starts. What I'm hoping is that with time to reflect she decides that being the pretty face of an ugly occupation is not a career milestone in any good way.
boy thats a pretty long article for possibly the least consequential pop culture blip of all time
wrong move for banning it though. not everyone watches superbowl, but everyone can access YT. banning it just made the brand more controversial.
If they ban the mere mention of Coke and Pepsi, I'd think that GoDaddy's gross sexism would fail the test as well. How does this even compare? Ew.
No mention of the real controversy -- that SodaStream operates from a settlement on the West Bank? That Scarlett Johansson's endorsement delegitimizes her role as an Oxfam brand ambassador?
Actually, we did mention that in the story. However, since this is about the ad and not the company's dealings and how/where they operate, it was mentioned parenthetically.
Rae Ann, I missed the mention of the West Bank when I first read your article. I apologize for posting a comment without having given it a closer read. Though it's been a publicity nightmare for Scarlett Johansson, the controversy has thrust an important debate into the spotlight. The public is learning that there is no such thing as guilt-free consumption; neither are there absolutes when it comes to defining social responsibility. As social businesses start to compete in mainstream markets, the need for accountability and transparency is critical.
Good to know that apartheid is a 'paranethetical' footnote.
The real story IS the conflict in the West Bank. I have no idea why you've chosen to report on such an unimportant part of this whole episode.
SodaStream operates an illegal factory in an occupied land. By international law, this is an outright war crime. And for someone in the spotlight to choose money over human rights is not necessarily shocking, but should be the focus of this story.
What a shame.
Sodastream is one of the few good things happening for the Palestinians, who work side by side Israelis at this factory, and earn a fair wage while developing technical skills. The wrongheadedness of those objecting to it is simply staggering. We should be encouraging such ventures, which can only contribute to peace and collaboration between Jews and arabs, as it provides a shared objective of prosperity
I don't think its inappropriate at all. There's more inappropriate things that air DAILY on television. They should air it. I somehow feel like Coke and Pepsi are behind the banning...


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Magnetic levitation methods and apparatus use arrays of vehicle magnets to provide three forces: suspension, guidance and propulsion. The magnets, which can be permanent magnets or superconducting magnets operating in the persistent current mode, have associated control coils that allow the magnets to provide a controllable attractive force to a laminated steel rail. The control coils adjust the gap between the magnets and the rails so as to be in stable equilibrium without requiring significant power dissipation in the control coils. These same magnets and steel rails also provide lateral guidance to keep the vehicle on the track and steer the vehicle on turns. The suspension control coils can provide lateral damping by means of offset magnets in the suspension arrays. Windings in transverse slots in the steel rails are excited with currents that react against the field produced by the vehicle magnets to create vehicle propulsion. The magnet size is adjusted to provide negligible cogging force even when there are as few as three winding slots per wavelength along the rail. Means are used to mitigate end effects so that a multiplicity of magnet pods can be used to support the vehicle.
1. A magnetic suspension system comprising
a guideway comprising one or more ferromagnetic rails, at least one of which further comprises windings for a linear synchronous motor;
a vehicle comprising one or more arrays of magnets at least one of which:
effects magnetic attraction forces to at least one guideway rail;
effects lateral restoring forces on the vehicle; and
effects longitudinal forces in response to electrical current in one or more of the windings;
at least one control coil wound around the magnets effecting a substantially stable vertical gap.
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11. A magnetic suspension system comprising a guideway comprising one or more ferromagnetic rails, at least one of which further comprises windings for a linear synchronous motor;
a vehicle comprising one or more arrays of superconducting magnets, at least one of which:
effects magnetic attraction forces to at least one guideway rail;
effects lateral restoring forces on the vehicle; and
effects longitudinal forces in response to electrical current in one or more of the windings;
a system effective to substantially stabilize a vertical gap.
12. A system according to
13. A magnetic suspension system comprising
a guideway comprising one or more ferromagnetic rails, at least one of which further comprises windings for a linear synchronous motor;
a vehicle comprising at least one array of superconducting magnets, at least one of which:
effects magnetic attraction forces to at least one guideway rail;
effects lateral restoring forces on the vehicle; and
effects longitudinal forces in response to electrical current in one or more of the windings;
at least one control coil wound around the magnets effecting a substantially stable vertical gap;
a first control system effective for controlling the coils; and
a second control system effective for driving the windings effective to produce acceleration of the vehicle.
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/415,013, filed Oct. 1, 2002, entitled "Suspending, Guiding and Propelling Vehicles Using Magnetic Forces." This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/262,541, filed Oct. 1, 2002, entitled Synchronous Machine Design and Manufacturing. The teachings of the foregoing applications are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention pertains to magnetic levitation ("maglev") transportation systems and methods, and more particularly, those for suspending, guiding and propelling vehicles using magnetic forces.
The use of magnetic forces to suspend, guide and propel vehicles has been extensively researched and several full size demonstration prototypes have been built. In spite of proven advantages, such as fast, comfortable, quiet and efficient operation, maglev has been perceived as expensive and primarily suited for very high speed operation. Applications for urban use have been limited by the ability of proposed designs to compete effectively with conventional guided systems such as rapid transit, light rail, monorail, commuter rail and express busways.
Virtually all maglev designs that have been seriously considered for transportation applications can be characterized as either ElectroDynamic Suspension (EDS) or ElectroMagnetic Suspension (EMS). EDS designs use forces created by interaction of induced currents with the changing magnetic field that produced the currents while EMS designs use attractive force of a magnet to a ferromagnetic structure. Both EDS and EMS designs have been built and tested to the point where they are known to be viable to speeds of more than 150 m/s (336 mph, 540 km/h).
Each design has certain advantages and disadvantages. EDS has the virtue that it can operate with a larger magnetic gap than EMS but has the fundamental disadvantage that it creates high drag at low speeds and provides no suspension force when stopped. On the other hand, EMS has the advantage that it can operate very well at low speeds but has the disadvantage that the magnetic gap must be less than gaps that are practical with EDS designs.
The Japanese high speed test track has shown that an EDS system with a gap of 100 mm can achieve speeds of at least 150 m/s (353 mph) and the German Transrapid EMS test track has demonstrated reliable operation with a gap of 10 mm at speeds of 125 m/s (280 mph). For urban applications it appears that EMS has a major advantage and if the magnetic gap can be increased it would appear to have an even greater advantage for both low and high speed designs.
There is considerable prior art disclosed in existing patents and is instructive to review them in order to appreciate how the invention disclosed here is different from and an improvement on the prior art.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,638,093 (Magnetic suspension and propulsion system; James Ross; Issued Jan. 25, 1972) is an early example of a design that combines suspension and propulsion. This patent also references several of the important older patents dating to 1889. The design requires that power be transferred to the vehicle in order to propel it and the suspension requires substantial power because it does not use permanent magnets.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,751 (Transportation system employing an electromagnetically suspended, guided and propelled vehicle; Inventors: Richard Thornton, Henry Kolm; Issued: Oct. 22, 1974) shows how to use a single set of superconducting or permanent magnets to suspend, guide and propel a vehicle but is based on EDS technology so there is no necessity of controlling an otherwise unstable suspension. This design requires the use of wheels for low speed operation and because of the high low speed drag is not well suited to low speed operation.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,860,300 (Virtually zero powered magnetic suspension; Inventor: Joseph Lyman; Issued Jan. 14, 1975) shows how to use permanent magnets in a suspension system but the design is for a magnetic bearing and requires entirely separate structures for the permanent magnets and the electromagnets. It does not address the issue of guidance or propulsion.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,937,148 (Virtually zeros power linear magnetic bearing; Inventor: Paul A. Simpson; Issued: Feb. 10, 1976) shows how the patent 3,860,300 can be used for transportation applications but requires separate electromagnets and does not address the issues of guidance and propulsion.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,088,379 (Variable permanent magnet suspension system; Inventor: Lloyd Perper; Issued: May 9, 1978) builds on the ideas in U.S. Pat. No. 3,860,300 but it is not directly applicable to maglev using EMS.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,326 (Magnetic Levitation system for moving objects; Inventor: Richard Post; Issued Mar. 3, 1998) is a variation on U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,751 that uses Halbach arrays of permanent magents. It is specific to EDS and does not teach how to use permanent magnets in an EMS design.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,860,300 (Virtually zero powered magnetic suspension; Inventor: Joseph Lyman; Issued Jan. 14, 1975) teaches how permanent magents can be used to provide magnetic suspension but the design disclosed requires separate electromagnets and is not readily applicable to a transportation application.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,937,148 (Virtually zeros power linear magnetic bearing; Inventor: Paul A. Simpson; Issued: Feb. 10, 1976) shows how the preceding patent can be used for transportation applications but requires separate electromagnets and does not address the guidance and propulsion.
The patents described above indicate the importance of the objectives of the patent disclosed here, but they leave out important ingredients.
In view of the foregoing, an object of this invention is to provide improved methods and apparatus for magnetic levitation ("maglev"), and more particularly, for suspending, guiding and/or propelling vehicles using magnetic forces.
Yet another object is to provide such methods and apparatus as result in reduced vehicle weight so that guideway, suspension and propulsion costs can be reduced.
Still another object is to provide such methods and apparatus as can operate, inter alia, with short headway and high speed so as to reduce both waiting time and travel time.
A related object is to provide such methods and apparatus as are economical to build.
The foregoing are among the objects attained by the invention which provides, in some aspects, magnetic levitation apparatus that employ a single magnetic structure—or, where desired, multiple structures—to provide vertical suspension forces, lateral guidance forces, and a longitudinal propulsive force. In one aspect of the invention, the magnetic structure(s) include(s) a magnet that provides suspension. According to one preferred practice of the invention, this can be a permanent magnet. Coils, wrapped about the magnet (or otherwise disposed adjacent thereto), control that suspension, e.g., so that it is stable in all desired directions.
According to related aspects of the invention, the aforementioned coils are excited by currents that control the magnetic gap—for example, so that the weight of the vehicle is equal to the attractive force of the magnets. Those control currents can be generated, e.g., by a feedback control system, to provide active damping of heave, pitch, yaw, roll and/or sway.
In still further aspects, magnetic levitation apparatus as described above applies the control currents so as to create forces countering any perturbation that would cause the magnet gap to vary from this desired value.
Yet other aspects of the invention provide magnetic levitation apparatus as described above in which the magnets are staggered. This permits use of the same control coils to provide active control of lateral motion.
Still further aspects of the invention provide magnetic levitation apparatus as described above arranged with gaps up to twice as large (or larger) than practical with prior art systems.
Still yet further aspects of the invention provide magnetic levitation apparatus as described above in which superconducting magnets are used instead of (or in addition to) the aforementioned permanent magnets. In related aspects of the invention, those superconducting magnets can operate in the persistent mode with no need for control of the superconducting current.
Yet still further aspects of the invention provide vehicles that utilize magnetic levitation apparatus as described above. These can be, for example, people-movers, baggage carriers or other moving devices that operate with short headway.
Systems and methods according to the invention are advantageous in many regards. Among these, is that they offer high acceleration so that high operating speed is possbile even when there are frequent stops and a need for negotiating tight turns at lower speeds.
Other aspects of the invention provide methods for operating people-movers, baggage carriers and other magnetic levitation apparatus paralleling the functions described above.
Systems according to the invention can use one magnetic structure to provide suspension, propulsion and guidance. In one embodiment, the suspension can lift about ten times the weight of the magnet structure and the integrated propulsion system can operate with an average efficiency of 90% or more. A transportation system using this suspension, propulsion and guidance can have lighter vehicles, consume less energy and still have the advantage of known maglev designs, e.g., reduced noise, higher top speed, higher acceleration and lack of maintenance associated with wheel-based systems.
Choice of Dimensions
The dimensions of other embodiments may differ, as appropriate to their applications. For example, for a low speed Group Rapid Transit (GRT) application, it might be appropriate to use a narrower rail gauge and for very high speeds or heavy loads it might be desirable to use wider steel rails with higher loading per meter of guideway.
Choice of Pole Pitch and Magnet Size
A side view of the suspension of
In the illustrated embodiment, the stator is dimensioned as discussed in the patent application entitled "Synchronous Machine Design and Manufacturing," filed this same day herewith, which claims the benefit of priority of same-titled application 60/326,278, filed Oct. 1, 2001, both assigned to the assignee hereof, the teachings of which are both incorporated herein by reference.
In order to minimize inductance and simplify the propulsion winding, the winding slots in the stator have vertical sides without any pole tips extension. To minimize cogging force, the longitudinal length of the magnets can be chosen as discussed in the incorporated-by-reference application. For example, with three slots per wavelength if the slot width equals the tooth width then the magnet length that minimizes cogging is either 0.45 or 0.77 times one half of the wavelength. For a 500 mm wavelength the optimum magnet lengths are about 112 mm or 186 mm. Both of these choices will give very little cogging with the shorter magnet giving only 70% as much suspension force (hence, the longer magnet is normally a better choice). To minimize cogging in view of edge effects that depend on rail width, a magnet length of 186 mm is a good choice for the dimensions above.
The slot width can be varied over a wide range but by making the slot width equal to the tooth width, the stator laminations can be fabricated without any scrap. In some embodiments it may be desirable to vary the relative winding slot width to achieve a desired effect; this may also necessitate using a different magnet length for minimum cogging.
The height (i.e. thickness) of the magnets is chosen to be about 25% more than the air gap or 25 mm when the gap is 20 mm. A higher magnet would give more attractive and propulsive force but would entail the use of more ampere-turns in the control coil and increased magnet weight. A smaller value would reduce the attractive force and decrease the propulsive force. The choice of 25% appears to be near optimum for some applications.
The control coil height needs to be greater than the magnet height in order to reduce resistive power loss in the winding to acceptable levels during takeoff. By placing the magnets on pedestals it is possible to do this. A control coil height of 40 mm is a good compromise, for some applications, between adding excessive weight and creating excessive power dissipation.
Magnet Type and Configuration
With present technology, a good choice for magnet material is Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB). In selecting among grades, preferably maximum energy product and coercive force required for demagnetization are evaluated at the maximum possible operating temperature. The illustrated embodiment uses material with an energy product rating of 40 MGO and with the stipulation that they do not substantially demagnetize when the flux is driven to 0 at a temperature of 50� C. NdFeB magnets with an energy product in excess of 40 MGO may also be used, though, with currently available materials, they tend to demagnetize more easily. In selecting materials for some embodiments of the invention, the objective is to ensure that when the control current reduces the flux to the level required to increase the gap when the gap is at a minimum there is sufficiently little demagnetization of any significant portion of the magnet. A different magnet configuration, such as a Halbach Array can be used in other embodiments, but this does not materially affect the design.
End Magnets
In systems according to the invention, the vehicle magnet array is typically only a few wavelengths long. The following are preferably taken into account when determining end magnet arrangement.
In some embodiments this results in configurations in which
The relative dimensions shown in
Suspension Control
In systems according to the invention, varying the current in the coils wound around the suspension magnets controls the vertical suspension forces. Two objectives of the control are:
The control system that accomplishes these tasks is typically constructed as two separate feedback control loops. A fast loop, using gap and acceleration sensors, provides the stabilization and a slower loop, using current sensors, minimizes control current.
The stabilization is used because a system of static electromagnets is inherently unstable in at least one degree of freedom. The design described here is unstable in the vertical direction but stable in all other directions. In typical operation, if the magnetic gap is designed to be 20 mm with a nominal load, then the length of the pods will be chosen such that 20 mm is the equilibrium point when the suspension magnet force closely matches the load force with little if any current in the control coils. If the load increases, then the fast response part of the control system immediately applies a control current to counteract the increased load and then, over time, the zero-power control loop causes the suspension gap to decrease so that little if any control current is required at near equilibrium. A typical vehicle might have a load that varies approximately �20% about a nominal value. This will then imply (see
LSM and Its Control
The linear synchronous motor (LSM) of the illustrated embodiment is based on that described in the aforementioned incorporated-by-reference applications (U.S. Ser. No. 60/326,278 and its sane-titled successor filed this same day herewith) or can use other designed methods (prior art or otherwise). Preferably, the LSM and suspension design is selected such that there is enough lateral force to eliminate the need for an additional magnetic structure to provide guidance. If the gap is small this may entail splitting a suspension rail into two or more parts, each of which provides guidance, e.g., in the manner of the Japanese HSST maglev system. The LSM can be controlled by a microprocessor driving a multiphase inverter as shown in the control system block diagram in
Position sensing in the illustrated embodiment is achieved as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,011,508, Accurate Position Sensing and Communications for Guideway Operated Vehicles, the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference; other mechanisms (known in the art or otherwise) can be used as well. The position sensing system is integrated into the LSM and this controls the switching of the inverters. When the required thrust is low it is preferable to operate the inverter so that the current is in phase with the motor back-voltage and the sign of the current determines whether the motor is providing forward or reverse thrust. Operating in-phase minimizes power dissipation in the LSM winding.
For typical applications of the illustrated system, the inductance of the LSM is quite large and when the thrust is large the LSM control must adjust the phase angle between motor back voltage and current so as to get the required thrust and speed with the least amount of power dissipation in the winding. In this case the current and back voltage will not be in phase and the control is more complex. This situation is not common in rotary motors because they usually have a small air gap and field magnets exciting all of the windings, so the per-unit inductance is not as large.
Damping of Lateral Force
The design shown in
An offset that produces only a small decrease in vertical suspension force can be used to create a substantial lateral force. For example, if the control coils increase the force of the coils (and magnets) offset in one direction and decrease the force of the coils (and magnets) offset in the opposite direction, then there can be a net lateral force with no change in vertical force. By using sensors to detect lateral motion of the magnets relative to the rails it is possible to control these currents so as to damp oscillations. The control will not attempt to provide the lateral guidance force, only to damp oscillations associated with the lateral motion resonances.
When magnets are mounted on pods and several pods are used to support a vehicle it is possible to use the lateral force to damp several types of motions. For example, sway is the side-to-side motion of a vehicle and roll is the rotational movement of a vehicle about its longitudinal axis. These two modes are coupled because any lateral force exerted by a suspension magnet underneath the vehicle will create both sway and roll. By controlling both vertical and lateral magnetic forces it is possible to damp both sway and roll.
Yaw is the rotational movement of a vehicle about its vertical axis and this can be damped by applying lateral force to the front pods that is in the opposite direction to a lateral force applied to the rear pods. These lateral forces, which are applied under the vehicle, can produce small amounts of roll that must be damped as described above.
In many cases it will also be desirable to add mechanical damping of one or more degrees of freedom. However, for a low speed system it may be possible to eliminate all or most mechanical damping and use only magnetic forces for control.
Use of Superconducting Magnets
In one embodiment according to the invention, superconducting magnets can be used in addition to or instead of permanent magnets. This can be done, for example, by controlling the current in the superconducting coils to stabilize the gap or operating the superconducting coils in persistent current mode and using an external control coil as has been described for the case of a permanent magnet suspension. The latter approach has an advantage that the super-conducting magnets can be greatly simplified.
A preferred method of using superconducting magnets is to replace the permanent magnet structure with a structure similar to the one shown in
Use of a Single Overhead Suspension Rail
Further embodiments of the invention use a single overhead suspension rail that supports the vehicle in a manner similar to the way cable cars are supported by an overhead cable. This suspension method has several advantages:
For indoor use, such as within an airport, an overhead system might be a good choice. There can be mechanical guide wheels to resist swinging motion when the vehicle is stopped or moving slowly and if there is no wind the swinging motion can be contained. The overhead suspension might also be preferable for use within tunnels. In this case there can be magnets that produce repulsive force to contain swinging motion and the overhead suspension allows for a smaller diameter tunnel and a lower cost suspension and propulsion system.
The size of the suspension system according to the invention is well suited to moving people but may not be optimum for moving material. For example, one might want to construct a smaller scale version for use in a clean room, such as in a semiconductor fabrication facility where contamination from a wheel-based suspension can be a problem. Another example is for moving radioactive material in which case the vehicle can operate inside of a closed duct while the propulsion winding is located outside of the duct. The design could also be scaled up by using wider suspension rails to handle more force, or designed for higher speed with a larger gap and longer wavelength. All of these variations are possible and the design principals discussed here are still applicable.
Described above are systems and method achieving the desired objective. It will be appreciated that the embodiments that are illustrated and discussed herein are merely examples of the invention, and that other embodiments employing changes therein fall within the scope of the invention, of which we claim:
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DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire volleyball team, led by Most Outstanding Player Taylor Dunklau (Mukwonago, Wis.), rallied to defeat University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 3-2, and capture the 2013 America East Championship title Saturday afternoon at Lundholm Gym.
UNH, the tournament top seed by virtue of a 12-2 America East record, improved to 12-1 at home this season and 20-12 overall to win its first conference tournament title since 2003. UMBC, the second seed with a 9-5 conference mark, ends the season at 19-12.
Dunklau recorded 50 assists to direct UNH to a .249 hitting percentage. The junior setter was also credited with three service aces, eight digs and three blocks.
As the match was tied at two apiece entering the deciding set, New Hampshire jolted out to a 5-0 lead under the direction of Dunklau. UNH maintained its five-point advantage as UMBC called a timeout at the midway point of the set. As the score stood at 11-7, New Hampshire was able to close out the decisive set on a 4-2 run highlighted by a pair of service aces from Demi Muses (Orangevale, Calif.).
New Hampshire jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the fourth frame. The Wildcats stretched out its lead as UMBC called time with the score at 14-7. UMBC was able to get its offense producing again. However, the 'Cats were able to trade points to continue raising their point tally. The Retrievers crept back in the frame as a service ace cut the lead down to 24-19. Dunklau was able to dish the ball to Tori Forrest (Powder Springs, Ga.) who struck down the set point.
UMBC edged out the New Hampshire in the third set by a two-point margin of 25-23, despite a seven-kill effort from Thatcher.
The Retrievers opened the stanza on an 8-4 run, powered by five kills and two service aces. New Hampshire stormed back in the set to take eight of next 13 points to trail 13-12. Ensuing a Retrievers' timeout, each side would exchange the lead to raise the score at 20 all. New Hampshire capitalized on two hitting errors to lead 22-20 as UMBC burned a timeout. The Retrievers would rally in the set 25-23, capturing five of the final six points.
UNH tied the match at one to take the second frame 25-16 as Forrest led the offense with five kills on a .357 hitting percentage. Lightfoot notched 10 digs to hinder the Retrievers to a .182 clip.
New Hampshire began the set with a slight 7-6 edge. The Wildcats would create separation by generating a 10-2 run to open a 17-8 lead. UMBC would not mount a comeback as UNH would tally 16 kills in the set on a .317 hitting percentage to earn a set two victory, 25-17.
The Retrievers took set one in an offensive showcase with a score of 25-22. Both sides struck above a .300 hitting percentage with 14 kills on each side. Thatcher recorded eight of her 22 kills while hitting at a .636 clip.
UMBC opened the scoring on a 7-2 run in the first set. After an early UNH timeout, the 'Cats clawed back to trail by two at 10-8. The Retrievers would pull away again to lead 16-9. Opting to use its second timeout, New Hampshire would cut the UMBC lead to two again, trailing 21-19. After the second Retrievers timeout, UMBC was able to capture the last four points to earn the set one victory.
The Wildcats will find out who their opponent will be in the 2013 NCAA Division I Volleyball Tournament on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 9:30 p.m. The selection show will be televised on ESPNU. For the latest news about UNH volleyball, be sure to log onto UNHWildcats.com.


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38618-012: Road Sector Improvement Project (ADF Grant)
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
The Project is expected to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction. It will (i) improve accessibility for project area residents to food, and economic and social services; (ii) promote private sector-led industrial and agricultural development; (iii) foster market formation and facilitate domestic and international trade; and (iv) generate income and employment opportunities. The outcome will be improved road infrastructure for economic and social development. [The Project ... Read More
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|Type or Modality of Assistance
|Public sector (Sovereign)
|Approval Number
Grant No. 0017
|Approval Date
|27 Sep 2005
|Closing Date
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On Sun 01 Feb 04, 2:12 PM, Jonathan Stickel <firstname.lastname@example.com> said:
> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >hi all,
> >
> >i have an HP laserjet 6MP. it works great on linux. it's shared with
> >other linux and windows systems. no problems.
> >
> >well, almost no problems.
> >
> >every blue moon, i'll queue something with lpr, and the printer LEDs
> >will flash like they normally do to indicate "i'm receiving data".
> >
> >but after the data gets trasfered to the printer, the "data LED" and
> >"ready LED" will remain on. my printer manual says this state is
> >called:
> >
> > "data is in the printer memory (form feed)"
> >
> >and says to press the "go button" to start printing. i hit the "go
> >button", but nothing prints.
> >
> >eventually, the data LED goes out indicating the printer is in the
> >"ready for printing" state. the job is gone.
> >
> >it's like the printer receives data but just gives up on printing it.
> >this happens on all the operating systems in the house: debian, suse,
> >redhat, win2k and win98.
> >
> >has anybody seen this happen before? any guesses as to what causes it?
> This sounds very similar to something I've experienced with an HP 4050,
> a networked double-sided laserjet in my department's computer lab. It
> will hang with the "data" led flashing. Since other people use it, I
> can't wait around so I cancel the job. It seems to happen mostly with
> journal article pdfs with 3D graphics. Strangely, I can print them just
> fine to a HP 4100 laserjet (single-sided).
> >the only thing i can think of is perhaps a flaw in the postscript or
> >perhaps the printer's postscript interpreter.
> Yep, that's my guess too. Not sure how to fix it. Next time I might try
> bitmapping just the pages with the 3d grahpics to confirm my hypothesis.
> Jonathan
jon, please let me know. i'm interested in hearing what happens,
although i strongly suspect it'll work for bitmaps.
i have some more information to share:
* it seems to happen with postscript more often than other things. i
can't recall it ever happening for bitmaps.
* recently, i was trying to print something with gnumeric (which like MUCH
better than open office) and was having this problem. it just
wouldn't print.
it did print from within gimp when i created a ps and pdf file.
also, i loaded the spreadsheet with openoffice, and it printed fine
from within open office!
i think that's a strong indication that there must be broken
postscript being generated by some applications.
* rhonda reminded me of a very interesting fact.
she was trying to print a normal text file, and the same thing was
happening. she couldn't print the text file.
i fiddled and fiddled and fiddled. spent the entire afternoon at it,
and was able to determine that the problem was a percent sign before
a number at the left column of the file. without that percent sign
in the text document, the file printed fine.
my belief is that the percent sign was tricking the printer's
PCL interpreter into thinking the document was postscript, which
of course it wasn't. not even close. not hard to imagine why
the printer would give up.
now, that last story doesn't really say why the printer will give up on
certain postscript files, but i guess something similar must be
i recall reading there are many variants of postscript. even some
variants that have been semi-broken on purpose, like mathematica's
version of postscript. i wish i could get some definite answers (and
better, solutions) about this. :(
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2 comments:
- Menno Gorter said...
Seeing this video gives me the feeling I've seen it all.
At least: I've rewinded it several times attempting to get the feelings I had for years. :-)
( After a presence of ten years I won't annoy the audience this edition. :-)
Don't worry: I still felt the urge to build something for this time of the year.
I'll add that boring creation to YouTube in a short while. )
- Oct 21, 2011, 9:11:00 PM
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hello i am sikko i'm one of xanders test person on the video! (the left one)
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If some one want to make remake of a Film say one of the Ingmar Bergman's film some regional language of India, what is the legal process he should follow if there is any? I understand one cannot copy or shot exactly isomorphicaly, he will have to change the dialogue in some places and scenes too, but overall philosophy and idea of the film will be the same. Am I making any sense? If not please ignore my question.
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