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Sedalia's Weekend Events: Weekend of December 19
Here's a look at what's going on this weekend!
Here's a look at what's going on this weekend!
The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri is hoping area community members and business leaders will "SAY Yes" this holiday season to positively impact the life of a child.
Here's a look at what's going on in our area!
The Boonslick Regional Library has a lot going on this holiday season in all the branches all over Mid Missouri. In Sedalia, Warsaw, Boonville, and Cole Camp, things are really hopping.
As you travel down Broadway here in Sedalia, you pass several houses that are lit up bright with Christmas lights and decorations. If you travel a bit further, you will see one house that isn't feeling the Christmas spirit at all, you may go as far as saying that the biggest Scrooge in America happens to live right here in Sedalia
As I was passing by Jennie Jaynes Stadium the other week, I couldn't help but think about all the games that stadium has hosted and all the memories of everyone who has stepped on the field to play under the lights on a Friday night
One game that Boyfriendo and I like to play on the ol' gaming console is a rousing round of Trivial Pursuit. Though he might have to admit that he doesn't enjoy it as much as he used to, because I tend to win all the time.
Here's a look at some of the stuff going on this weekend!
We had a little bit of an early weather scare this past weekend. We were told anywhere between three to five inches of snow were coming! Luckily, we here in Pettis County only had a light dusting, but other places in the state weren't so lucky.
The American Red Cross is asking eligible donors to make an appointment to give blood to help ensure sufficient blood supplies are available for patients this holiday season.

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The Air Force is planning to develop more high-tech drones that can collect intelligence and better maneuver in the combat airspace. According to the Associated Press, the Air Force has already dramatically increased the number of armed and unarmed drones over Afghanistan and Iraq. But Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove says there are growing worries that the U.S. needs better aircraft to gather information and conduct electronic attacks in airspace.
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Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini composed several guitar quintets including the "Fandango" which was influenced by Spanish music. His biographer Elisabeth Le Guin noted among Boccherini's musical qualities "an astonishing repetitiveness, an affection for extended passages with fascinating textures but virtually no melodic line, an obsession with soft dynamics, a unique ear for sonority, and an unusually rich palette of introverted and mournful affects."
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Reuniting Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore and director Frank Coraci — the trifecta behind New Line Cinema's game-changing romantic comedy The Wedding Singer — this modern-day family comedy follows two single parents, Jim and Lauren (Sandler & Barrymore) who, after a disastrous blind date, can agree on only one thing: never to see each other again. They soon find themselves, however, with their respective kids from previous marriages — on the same family vacation package in South Africa. Despite all their efforts to resist, an attraction grows between the two, blending their two families into one... with hilarious results. Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Terry Crews, Community's Joel McHale, Saturday Night Live's Kevin Nealon and Bridesmaids' Wendi McLendon-Covey are also on board to join the fun.
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Rotten: Most of "Blended" has the look and pacing of a three-camera sitcom filmed by a bunch of eighth graders and conceived by their less bright classmates.
Rotten: The romance is sweet and even effervescent, the comedy is homespun and sentimental, but it's packaged with such a repellent batch of stereotypes and prejudices that it's unpalatable even to contemplate.
Rotten: The sunnier that Barrymore gets in her scenes with Sandler, the more the iffy elements and leaden bits seem to just melt away. Blend in more of that spirit, and their latest pairing might rate better.
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In predicting future cardiovascular disease in preschoolers, is how children eat as important as what they eat? The surprising answer is yes. A Canadian study led by Dr. Nav Persaud, a family physician, found "a significant association between poor eating habits in kids ages three to five and their levels of non-HDL-or 'bad'-cholesterol, putting them at risk for cardiovascular disease later in life." The eating habits that place children at risk for heart disease in adulthood are – eating while …
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A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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All 246 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and cable TV. Room service, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Phoenix - Mesa / Chandler provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. 5 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Phoenix - Mesa / Chandler is a smoke-free property.
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Outdoor pool
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Spa tub
- 24-hour business center
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Number of meeting rooms - 5
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- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Number of floors - 6
- Total number of rooms - 246
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Redstone Grill - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
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- Pet fee: USD 50 per stay
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A waveguide slotted array is disclosed, employing compound slots in a waveguide broad wall. The phase of the voltage excited in the slot is controlled by the slot offset and angle of inclination relative to the axis. Utilization of the additional phase control provided by the compound slots allows the beam of a traveling wave slot array to be placed far from broadside, without the need to operate the array at frequencies so close to the waveguide cutoff frequency that there is unacceptable frequency sensitivity. The beam may be placed at any angle independently of which end of the array contains the input and which end the load.
1. A travelling wave array antenna for producing an array beam in a predetermined direction inclined from the broadside normal direction, comprising: a rectangular waveguide defined by first and second conductive broadwalls and first and second conductive narrow walls;
means for exciting said waveguide with an excitation signal having a prescribed wavelength and propagating in a TE10 mode through said waveguide in a propagation direction from a first end of said waveguide towards a second end of said waveguide;
means for terminating said waveguide at said second end thereof;
a series of spaced-apart compound slots formed in said first broadwall generally along the longitudinal centerline of said first broadwall, wherein;
the length of each of said slots is resonant;
intermittent ones of said slots are positioned on opposite sides of said longitudinal centerline with their lengthwise dimensions oriented at selected angles with respect to said longitudinal centerline;
at least two successive ones of said intermittent slots being offset from said longitudinal centerline on the same side; and,
the angle parameter of said angularly oriented slots being preselected to effectuate a distribution of the phase and amplitude of said excitation signal which is effective to produce the array beam pointed in said predetermined direction.
2. The array antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said resonant length of each of said compound slots is defined as one-half of said prescribed wavelength of said excitation signal.
3. The array antenna as set forth in claim 2, wherein said center-to-center spacing between each adjacent pair of said slots is approximately one-half of the characteristic wavelength of said waveguide.
4. The array antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means for terminating said waveguide comprises a matched load.
5. The array antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said waveguide is filled with a dielectric material having a relative dielectric constant greater than one.
6. The array antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said center-to-center spacing between each adjacent pair of said slots is equal.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 322,254, filed Mar. 10, 1989 (now abandoned) which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 919,930, filed Oct. 17, 1986 (now abandoned).
The present invention relates to slotted waveguide arrays, and more particularly to an array employing compound slots to provide control of the beam position.
Two types of slotted waveguide arrays in common use are the serpentine slot array and the shunt slot array. In both types of array, the waveguide must be operated at wavelengths close to the waveguide cutoff wavelength if the beam is to be tilted far off broadside. Thus, the beam is scanned as the exciting frequency is scanned.
There is therefore a need to provide a slotted waveguide array which allows the beam position to be chosen independently of the waveguide size, such that it is not necessary to operate the array at wavelengths approaching the cut off wavelength of the waveguide.
The properties of the general inclined-displaced slot (i.e., the compound slot) are described in "The Physical Principles of Waveguide Transmission and Antenna Systems," by W. H. Watson, Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1947. Watson apparently used the special properties of these slots to build a traveling wave array in which each slot could be matched with a tuning button so that the array would operate through the broadside frequency without the customary high VSWR. Insofar as is known, however, Watson did not use the phase properties of compound slots to scan the beam.
In the paper "Resonant Slots with Independent Control of Amplitude and Phase," B. J. Maxum, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. AP-8, pp. 384-389, July, 1960, a linear array is described in which the phase properties of compound slots are employed to achieve a particular shaped beam, wherein the coupling coefficients are limited to small values because of approximations involved in the analysis.
It would therefore represent an advance in the art to provide a traveling wave slotted waveguide array which allows the beam position to be chosen independently of the waveguide size, and without operating the array at wavelengths close to the waveguide cut off frequencies.
It would further be an advantage to provide a slotted waveguide array employing compound slots to achieve a desired beam position.
The above advantages and objectives are achieved in a slotted waveguide array employing compound slots, wherein the phase of the voltage in a broadwall-waveguide-fed slot is controlled by the offset and angle of inclination of the slot relative to the longitudinal axis of the waveguide. With the phase control provided by the compound slots, the beam resulting from an excitation signal propagating through the waveguide as the TE10 mode may be directed at a desired direction relative to the broadside.
A preferred embodiment comprises a rectangular waveguide defined by first and second conductive broadwalls and first and second conductive narrow-walls, and a plurality of compound slots formed in said first broadwall. The inclination of each slot and its offset from the longitudinal axis is determined by the required voltage phase and amplitude distribution to produce the desired beam direction. Each slot is of resonant length. One end of the waveguide is terminated in a matched load.
The invention allows the beam to be placed far from the broadside direction without the need to operate so close to the waveguide cutoff frequency that there is unacceptable frequency sensitivity.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGS. 1A and 1B are diagrammatic illustrations of shunt, series and compound slots in the broadwall of a rectangular waveguide.
FIGS. 2A-2C represent respective equivalent circuits of the resonant compound slot, the shunt slot and the series slot.
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of a waveguide section having a plurality of compound slots formed therein.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are plots of the radiation pattern for a traveling wave array embodying the invention with nine resonant slots fed by a dielectric filled waveguide for the forward beam and backfire cases, with the solid line depicting experimental patterns and the dashed line representing the expected theoretical patterns.
FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a missile body having a plurality of traveling wave arrays embodying the invention disposed along the periphery thereof.
FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic illustration of the positions and orientations of compound slots.
The presently preferred embodiment of the invention is a slotted waveguide array comprising a waveguide having a plurality of compound slots formed along one broadwall. Certain basic principles of the invention may be appreciated with respect to FIGS. 1A and 1B, showing plan views of various slots formed in waveguide 20 (FIG. 1A) and 30 (FIG. 1B).
Compound slots, such as slots B and D in FIG. 1A, and B' and D' in FIG. 1B, are both offset and tilted or inclined with respect to the centerline 25 of the broad wall. The equivalent circuit of the resonant compound slot is a "T" network as shown in FIG. 2A. By contrast, slots A and E are aligned in parallel with, but offset from, the axis 25, and therefore may be represented by pure shunt admittance as shown in FIG. 2B. Slots C and C' are disposed on the axis 25, but inclined with respect thereto, and therefore may be represented as pure series impedance as shown in FIG. 2c.
An attractive feature of compound slots can be appreciated by the following analysis. Suppose that all slots shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B are of a resonant length (one-half the wavelength of the exciting energy). Then if an excitation signal of a TE10 mode of unit amplitude and zero phase (referenced at the cross section Z-Z') is incident on any of these slots, traveling in the direction of arrow 26 through the waveguides 20, 30, the electric field induced in slot A will have an amplitude governed by its offset XA from axis 25 and a phase of +90�. The electric field induced in slot E will have the same amplitude as in slot A, but the phase will be -90�. The electric field induced in slot C will have an amplitude governed by its its inclination θc from the axis 25 and a phase of 0�.
Since compound slots B and D may be viewed as transitions from slot A to slot C and from slot C to slot E, respectively, it follows that the phase of the electric fields induced in compound slot B and D will lie in the range (90�, 0�) and (0�, -90�), respectively. The amplitudes and phases of these induced fields will depend on both the respective offsets XB, XD and inclinations θB, θD of slots B and D.
In a similar fashion, since the phase of the electric field in slot C' is 180�, the phases of the induced fields in compound slots B' and D' will lie in the ranges (90�, 180�) and (180�, -90�), respectively. The amplitudes and phases of these induced fields will depend on both the offsets XB', XD' and inclinations θB', θD' of slots B' and D'.
From the foregoing, the important conclusion is reached that the phase of the electric field induced in a resonant compound slot by an incident TE10 mode excitation signal can be adjusted through a full range of 360� by choice of the slot offset and inclination. This conclusion suggests that the compound slot can be used for total phase control in an array, i.e., not only to adjust the phase needed to scan the beam to a given angle, but also to incorporate the phase corrections needed to compensate for the effects of mutual coupling. The design of slot arrays which include the effects of mutual coupling are reported in the papers "The Design of Small Slot Arrays," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. AP-26, pages 214-219, March, 1978, by L. A. Kurtz and R. S. Elliot, and "Design of Inclined Series Slot Arrays," by M. Orefice and R. S. Elliot, UCLA Department of Electrical Sciences Report, October, 1979. In those designs, equivalent dipole arrays were introduced via Babinet's principle and an aperture-excitation-weighted sum of dipole initial impedances was seen to represent the mutual coupling. The lengths of the dipoles, and thus the slots, were adjusted so that the sum of the loaded dipole self-impedance and the mutual coupling term was pure real and at a level to produce the proper excitation and input match. Thus, for shunt slot arrays, the design parameters were (Xn, 2Ln), with Xn and 2Ln representing the offset and length, respectively, of the nth slot. For series slot arrays, the design parameters were (θn, 2Ln), with θn and 2Ln representing the inclination and length, respectively, of the nth slot.
In contrast to these earlier designs, the invention employs resonant-length compound slots, and adjusts the two design parameters Xn and θn to account for the effects of mutual coupling, as well as adjusting the phase required by the beam scan angle.
Arrays of resonant compound slots possess a significant advantage when used in an important class of applications where shunt and series slots are unsatisfactory, i.e., traveling wave arrays. These advantages may be appreciated with reference to FIG. 3, wherein rectangular waveguide 40 has an array of slots Sl -Sn formed in one of its broad walls 41. The waveguide 40 is terminated in a load 43. Assume that the excitation of successive slots is by a TE10 mode whose amplitude is essentially the same at the successive slots, but whose phase differs by B10 d radians at the two slots with d the slot spacing and B10 the phase velocity of the mode (2π/λg). The aperture excitation has a natural phase progression such that the main beam will point at an angle θo off endfire given by kd cos θo =B10 d, where k=2π/λo (without consideration of the additional phase control which may be provided by the compound slots). Hence θo =arc cos (B10 /k). The broad wall 41 dimension of the waveguide 40 could conceivably be adjusted to accommodate any B10 /k, and thus any beam pointing direction θo. This is not a practical possibility where size limitations and frequency sensitivity are considerations.
The present invention provides a solution to the problem of how to provide, in a traveling wave array, an aperture excitation with a phase progression from slot to slot other than B10 d, so that the beam can be placed at an angular position other than the natural one. Theoretically this could be by adjusting the slot length of pure series or shunt slots to provide a phase difference which, when added to the phase progression to the aperture excitation places the beam at a desired angle θ. However, for arrays of practical length, there is not enough dynamic range to the self-admittance or self-impedance to permit this phase increment to be substantial. Compound slots do not suffer from this limitation, since they permit a full phase range of 360� in the excitation of individual slots. The orientation of the compound slot adds an additional phase shift α so that the beam position θo (FIG. 3) is now determined by the relationship of Eq. 1.
cos θo =B10 /k+α/kd (1)
As a result, a traveling wave slot array employing compound slots may provide a beam at very near endfire (90� from the broadside) without requiring an excitation signal near the waveguide cutoff wavelength.
An exemplary design procedure for designing a particular compound slot array is now described in summary fashion. It is assumed that the waveguide size, slot spacing, frequency of operation and dielectric constant of the dielectric filling of the waveguide have all been selected. In this example, there are N resonant length compound slots in the array, with a common spacing d, and with the nth slot furthest from the excitation source. It is further assumed that the desired radiation pattern has been specified so that the total voltage in each slot has been determined in relative amplitude and phase using known techniques.
The total voltage in the nth slot is designated as Vn s and is composed of four components,
Vn s =Vn1 s +Vn2 s +Vn3 s +Vn4 s (3)
in which
Vn1 s =slot voltage due to wave An incident from left, i.e., from z<zn o
Vn2 s =partial slot voltage due to wave Dn incident from right, i.e., from z>zn o.
Vn3 s =partial slot voltage due to external mutual coupling with all other slots in the array.
Vn4 s =partial slot voltage due to internal TE20 mode coupling with two immediate neighbor slots in the same waveguide.
Similarly, the total backward-scattered and forward-scattered TE10 modes off the nth slot will have amplitudes Bn and Cn which can be shown in corresponding parts, viz.,
Bn =Bn1 +Bn2 +Bn3 +Bn4 (4)
Cn =Cn1 +Cn2 +Cn3 +Cn4 (5)
The relationships which connect the quantities of Eqs. 4 and 5 are given in the Appendix.
The central design equation which leads ultimately to a relationship between the desired slot voltages and the slot offset (xn) from the waveguide centerline and its angle of inclination (θn) thereto is as follows: ##EQU1## In the above, ##EQU2## with η the impedance of free space, λ=λo /(εr)1/2 and the wavelength of plane waves traveling in an unbounded region of dielectric constant εr =ε/εo. ##EQU3##
The key term relating to the slot orientation is hn (Xn, θn, 2Ln). This term is ##EQU4## with 2Ln the resonant length of the nth compound slot. 2Ln is a function of the offset of the nth slot and perhaps also its inclination. In Eq. 7, i=arcsin (λ/2a) and ##EQU5##
To solve the central design equation (Eq. 6) shown above the constants Ln, Kl,n, and K2,n are given initial values. Also the external and internal mutual couplings, Vn,3s, and Vn,4s, are calculated for these initial values. The central design equation thus yields a value from Hn which leads to new values of Xn and θn. This process is repeated with each iteration drawing closer to the true values of Xn and θn.
The compound slots employed in the preferred embodiment of the invention are of resonant length. As is known to those skilled in the art, the resonant length is a parameter which may be determined emperically by measurements or in some cases by calculation using a method of moments technique. It has been found that a reasonable approximation of the resonant length parameter is that of a pure shunt slot with the same offset as the particular compound slot. The central design equation (Eq. 6) has been tested against experiments performed on two S-band antennas. Each of these antennas consisted of nine compound slots, 0.55 λo on centers, traveling-wave fed by a TE10 wave dielectric-filled waveguide. Each waveguide was terminated in a matched load which absorbed 10% of the input power. The waveguide broadwall dimension is 1.3 inches, and the narrow wall dimension is 0.150 inches. The waveguide was filled with a dielectric material having a dielectric constant of 2.5. The waveguides are fabricated from Duroid 5876, a stripline board material which is copper clad on both sides, with the abutting edges copper clad to form a closed waveguide. Both of these antennas had been designed by employing an earlier, less-exact design procedure. The array were designed to produce main beams at 60� and 120�, respectively, from forward endfire, defined as being in the direction from the input to the load.
The dimensions and orientations of the nine slots Si of the slotted array designed for producing the main beam at 60� from forward endfire are given by way of example in Table I.
TABLE I______________________________________Slot # Xn (inches) Θn (degrees) Length (inches)______________________________________1 +.003 -.76� 1.1722 +.018 -.35� 1.1743 +.022 +1.4� 1.1754 0.0 +3.8� 1.1725 -.038 +3.3� 1.1816 -.069 -1.0� 1.2007 -.052 -5.5� 1.1888 +.011 -5.2� 1.1739 +0.41 -2.3� 1.182______________________________________
The intended aperture distributions were the Taylor -30 dB, n=6 distribution. With the main beam �30� off broadside, and with the element factor included, this results in a theoretical side lobe level of -26 dB. The experimental patterns for these antennas are shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B are compared with patterns calculated using the actual slot dimensions and the corrected design equation set forth above. A unique feature of arrays embodying the invention is that the beams of the two antennas are on opposite sides of broadside while the waveguide size and slot spacing are identical. Only the slot orientations are different.
The above examples are for arrays which produce beams at �60� and 120�, respectively, from forward endfire, or �30� from broadside. It is to be understood that the maximum beam scan angle achievable by the invention is limited only by the shape of the radiation patterns of the slot elements and the onset of secondary beams, and not by any limitation on achievable inter-element phase shifts. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the longer the array is, the narrower the beam and the closer it may be scanned to endfire.
One application to which the invention is particularly well suited is as a missile target detection device (TDD) or fuse antenna. A simplified perspective diagrammatic view of a portion of a missile body with the slotted arrays is shown in FIG. 5. One or more of the slotted arrays 62 designed to place the beam far from broadside may be arranged longitudinally along the outer surface of the missile body 60. The beam of these antennas may be used to detect targets being approached by the missile while the missile is some distance from the target. This provides ample time to properly detonate the missile explosive charge to destroy the target, for example. The number of the arrays placed about the periphery of the missile body will depend on the particular application.
It is understood that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the possible specific embodiments which may utilize the principles of the present invention. Other arrangements may be devised in accordance with these principles by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
The relations which connect the quantities of equations 4 and 5 are: ##EQU6## with ##EQU7## in which (see FIG. 6) ##EQU8## in 1wx w indicates a vector quantity. In this case, a unit vector in the x direction.
and lastly, ##EQU9## and the real angle i' is defined by ##EQU10##
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Giant sun eruption: Video of Monster Sun Prominence captured by NASA's SDO
On November 13, the Sun emitted an M6 classification solar flare, one of the weakest designations still able to cause some disturbances on Earth. Now, just a few days later, the Sun is at it again. NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory caught spectacular images and video of the giant sun eruption, the Sun bursting with two prominence eruptions over a four-hour period on November 16, between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST. The SDO captured the giant sun eruption also called sun prominence in the 304 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light.
While some solar flares can potentially disrupt satellites and electrical systems around Earth, this latest giant sun eruption was aimed away from the third rock from the Sun, so we should be out of harm's way. Still, the event was nothing less than stunning, as the NASA video of giant sun eruption shows a red-glowing loop of plasma shooting out from the surface of the Sun.
The plasma loop was so massive it shot out past the range of the SDO's view. According to NASA, the prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun's internal dynamo. When the structure becomes unstable, a prominence erupts and bursts outward, releasing plasma.
"The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun's internal dynamo. An erupting prominence occurs when such a structure becomes unstable and bursts outward, releasing the plasma."
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Connected TVs already have a pretty high penetration — 63% — in U.S. households with broadband access, according to a survey by The Diffusion Group. This penetration rate — which accounts for smart TVs and televisions that connect to the Internet through a third-party device like a Roku box — jumped 10 percentage points, growing from 53% in 2013.
Connected TVs are on pace to take over the television viewing experience. There will be more than 759 million televisions connected to the Internet worldwide by 2018, more than double 2013's number, according to Digital TV Research.
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An all so to keep the car tickin over I got to keep ma fot on acc bout 2000rpm there's a knockin sound in the engine or engine bay.
Oh, that sounds like you blew your engine. You might have blown a head gasket or spund a bearing and lost some soolant, which would make the moise easier to hear, and/or oil. The knocking is not a good sign along with the issues you describe. It almost certainly sounds like a mojor engine overhaul. You could probably find a good used engine for around $1000-$1500 depending on how many accesories came with it.
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Many companies put off the task of assembling an effective board until they run into trouble.
Behind every great CEO is a great board, and I've noticed that startup founders tend to put off the task of building strong boards. Consider successful tech companies like Amazon and Google that built their boards early on. They're more an exception than the rule, however; more often than not, companies find that there are few, if any, consequences until they run into trouble.
Many boards have gotten into trouble when they think they answer only to the CEO.
After years of advising startups on board management and executive search, I believe that the only true role of the board is to hire and fire the CEO. After all, great boards understand that they are accountable to each other and to company shareholders. Also, great boards are diverse – in thought, background, and perspectives. The statistics bear repeating: Just 10% of Silicon Valley directors are women, and the percentage of VC-backed startups with a female founder or CEO is even lower.
So here are some practical tips for assembling a great board.
Know the company's vision. Where do you want the company to go? Define what you need the board to do to achieve those goals. Keep that in mind as you consider and define the attributes, skills, and experiences that you need of your board members.
Seek the right skills. Create a simple grid combining attributes that actually exist in the market. Draft a table with all the desired aspects of a "final" board. Fill in the table with prospective ideas for each director, ranking each in terms of depth or fit and whether that person can be recruited. Keep this list current, fresh, and ongoing, and make it an active item of discussion at board meetings.
Develop role and responsibilities for members. As Jim Collins says, "Do you have the right people in the right seats on the bus?" It's never too early to have committees or key areas of responsibility. Do you have the best head of audit, compensation etc.? Who are the lead directors that you as CEO can rely on in each critical area?
Build a culture and invite debate. Foster a culture of open feedback and independence. You want different opinions and perspectives to help you consider alternatives. Consider the culture and interaction you want from your board: passionate and intense debate, or cerebral and deliberative? You want to recruit a board that pushes you, makes you uncomfortable and challenges conventional wisdom. At the same time, you want a board and not an operating committee – so setting boundaries is important.
Break through your comfort zone. Boards tend to reach for what's familiar and comfortable, which results in homogeneity. Knowing that, you should strive for diversity of opinion and not be afraid to go against the grain. Keeping that top of mind will help you be open-minded to alternatives you would not have considered in the first place.
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Something's going on in L.A. all right. The region earned its reputation as the fastest-growing startup ecosystem in the world in 2014. Digital tech companies in the county raised $3.04 billion last year, according to Built in Los Angeles' annual report— a 188 percent surge over 2013, when the local tech scene raised $1.06 billion. And 82 firms saw $5.9 billion from exits — up a whopping 430 percent.
"2014 was a banner year for L.A.'s tech ecosystem, which has helped grow our economy and reduce our unemployment rate by 2 percent," Mayor Eric Garcetti said in the report. "This report shows that Los Angeles has the creativity and talent needed for the digital tech industry to thrive."
Last year, more than 250 companies got funding, and 172 of them raised more than $1 million, with Snapchat's $486 million round right at the end of the year leading investments. In addition, 80 companies were acquired and two went public, led byMaker Studios' $500 million sale to Disney(in a deal worth up to $950 million) and TrueCar's $1 billion valuation after its IPO.
Other 2014 highlights includedConversant's $2.1 billion buy by Alliance Data Sytems, Internet Brands' $1.1 billion acquisition by KKR, Ad Colony's $350 million sale to Opera, LegalZoom's $200 million investment by Permira, true[x]'s $200 million acquisition by 21st Century Fox,StyleHaul's $107 million sale to RTL Group, and the Rubicon Project's $102 million IPO.
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The recent International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas featured more than 3600 exhibitors and was attended by over 170,000 people, both show records. It's a trade-only event for the consumer technology industry and not open to the general public. Exhibitors include many startups up to Fortune 500 companies like Ford, pictured below.
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Reliable news sources -- including CNBC, the Kauffman Foundation, US News & World Report, and others – have published articles about the boom in entrepreneurship. While it may make for a great story, a quick look at the numbers shows otherwise.
According to recently published statistics from the U.S. Labor Department, just 3.6% of Americans under 30 own equity in a business, a drop of over 66% since 1989, when the US population was 247 million compared to the current 327 million. That's a drop of almost 15 million individuals.
A number of factors can help explain this long-term trend.
· Debt from student loans Money spent to repay student loans means it takes longer to save money to self-fund a business. With high student loan default rates and flat or minimum increases in wages it's difficult to save enough money to start a business.
· Post-recession fallout Prior to the Great Recession, Millennials had generally grown up in an economy which was stronger than the historical average. Seeing job losses and company closings is scary for those undergoing their first economic downturn. Safety and stability often become more desired than controlling one's destiny by starting a business. It takes time and maturity to understand that the economy is cyclical.
· Fear of failure Some social scientists have pointed out that over-protective parents with a risk-averse mentality cannot possibly create a home environment conducive to the curiosity and joy of discovery needed by entrepreneurs.
· Lack of exposure to conventional business models Starting on a shoe-string budget, slowly building revenues, taking on little or no debt or investor capital, and being profitable from the beginning are business attributes seen as boring by many Millennials. Ignoring business models in non-tech industries reduces the number of opportunities available to potential entrepreneurs.
· The political environment Anti-business activist groups ignore the many positive contributions made by small and startup businesses. Lack of exposure to positive contributions by businesses reduces the desire to be an entrepreneur.
· Fewer workers and more independent contractors As companies outsource more jobs to independent contractors, many workers are self-employed yet have few or no benefits and low pay, factors which contribute to an inability to grow their independent contractor businesses.
Trends like this don't turn around overnight but there have been positive signs lately. Lower gas prices have increased American's confidence in the economy according to the University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment, up 13.5% in 2014 compared to 2013 and up 5.4% in December, 2014 compared to November, 2014. Confidence in the economy generally means an increase in the number of business startups.
More Millennials are moving from their parent's homes into their own dwellings. This requires the purchase of household items which gives an overall general boost to US GDP. This also contributes to consumer confidence.
The "Internet of Things", which brings technology to items typically thought of as non-tech, opens many opportunities for those who have grown up with, and are comfortable using, technology.
More colleges and universities are now offering degrees in Entrepreneurship which can hopefully give potential entrepreneurs some of the skills and confidence they'll need to start businesses.
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