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Ocala fire fee remains for now
The City Council voted unanimously to keep the $14.30 charge that appears on residents' utility bills each month.
Published: Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 11:06 p.m.
The repeal of the city of Ocala's fire fee crashed and burned Tuesday night.
Cap, pay, phase out
- The city of Ocala's fire fee — a $14.30 charge on city residents' utility bills each month — remains in place.
- However, City Council agreed to cap the fee at that level and ensure it doesn't generate more than $7.5 million.
- Eventually, the council would like to eliminate the fee altogether and fund the fire department through property tax.
The City Council voted unanimously to keep the $14.30 charge that appears on city residents' utility bills each month.
Commercial properties also will continue to pay a fire fee based on a square-footage formula.
But the council also asked that an ordinance be written to cap the fee so it will not go any higher and will not generate more than $7.5 million.
The fire department's current budget is $12.6 million.
The money needed to close the gap between the $7.5 million generated by the fire fee and the $12.6 million needed to run the fire department will come from property taxes, also known as ad valorem taxes.
Right now, 59 percent of the fire department's budget comes from the fee, and 41 percent comes from property taxes.
City Manager Ricky Horst favored keeping the fee to help balance the upcoming budget because, in the current economy, property tax receipts and sales taxes have decreased.
If the fee were eliminated, there would be a $5 million shortfall in the fire budget that would have to be paid through property taxes, and that probably would result in a property tax increase.
"Why did we shift from 100 percent ad valorem?" asked council President Kent Guinn, who was on the council at the time the fee was instituted.
Ocala fire Chief Dan Gentry said there were "revenue issues" and the fire department was looking for an equitable way to generate the revenue. He said it was felt that a fire fee would not only be paid for by property owners but renters also would pay the fee.
Councilman Daniel Owen questioned why the fire department's budget went from $9.6 million in 2005 to $13 million in 2007, the year the fire fee originally was instituted.
Gentry said the Heathbrook development was going to need fire protection, and a new fire station opened in 2008, which needed staffing.
"If our budget is cut in half, we will still keep going," Owen said about the growing fire budget.
Gentry said 80 percent of his budget is salaries and benefits.
Owen requested the cap.
Councilwoman Suzy Heinbockel said she would like to see the fire department's entire budget paid with property taxes, instead of having a special fee. She said that if the fire department was supported solely through property taxes, renters would pay their share indirectly because landlords would pass along the cost.
Horst asked that, if the council wished to go back to having the Fire Department fully funded through property taxes, he would need a transition program.
"We could do it over a series of years," Horst said.
Horst said he could apply any new revenue the city receives to the fire department's budget, and reduce the fire fee by that amount until the fee is no longer needed.
"The transition is going to be hard for, say, three years," Horst said. "It depends on how fast property taxes and other things happen."
But he said property values have nowhere to go but up, and the city will continue to grow as well as annex property. All that will increase the amount of property tax revenue the city receives.
The council indicated it would like to go back to using property tax to fund the fire department and would like to review the fire fee each year as part of the budget process until the transition is completed.
The fire fee issue has had an on-again, off-again history.
Former City Councilman Charles Ruse Jr., who wanted the fee repealed, argued that the fee was nothing more than a tax and needed to be charged that way, specifically through property taxes.
Originally, the fee was instituted in October 2007. At Ruse's urging, the council voted in October 2009 to repeal the fire fee. Realizing that repealing the fee would leave a nearly $5 million deficit in the upcoming fire budget, the council decided Tuesday to repeal the repeal and keep the fire fee in place until it could be phased out and the fire department's budget fully paid through property taxes.
An ordinance to place the cap on the fire fee and a policy that directs city staff over the years to draw down the fire fee using property taxes will be presented for a vote at the May 18 council meeting.
Bill Coan, a citizen who has argued for the abolition of the fire fee, was pleased by the council's position.
"I know the fire department is going to be fine," Coan said. "It's so important to pay this in taxes so we are paying this in after tax dollars."
He argued in previous meetings that if the cost of the fire department was included in property taxes, people could deduct a portion of that from their income taxes. But with it being a fee, people could not take a tax deduction.
Coan pointed out that citizens are paying 41 percent of the fire budget through property taxes and other 59 percent through the fire fee. He estimated the after-tax cost to be about $400 a year.
"That's a lot of money," Coan said. "If you don't cap it, we're in trouble."
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A backlight assembly for liquid crystal displays uses a clear sheet of plastic or UV friendly resin as a light-pipe and has one or more fluorescent lamps located in a cavity along an edge of the sheet. The cavity is coated with photo-luminescent phosphor. A quartz ultra-violet lamp inside the cavity is filled with Argon gas and a small amount of mercury to excite the phosphor coated cavity to fluoresce. The light energy generated is throughout the light-pipe, thereby providing much brighter displays than possible with prior art light-pipe backlight assemblies.
1. A backlight for electronic displays, comprising:
a light-pipe molded from a resin sheet having a cavity therein at one end of the light-pipe;
a fluorescent lining on the inside walls of the cavity; and
an ultra violet source inside the cavity for exciting the lining to fluoresce and generate fluorescent light energy substantially throughout the light-pipe.
2. The backlight of claim 1 further comprising a reflector coating on one face and the one end of the light-pipe, whereby light energy exits the light-pipe from only one surface.
3. The backlight of claim 2 wherein the reflector coating is matte white.
4. The backlight of claim 3 wherein the fluorescent lining has an index of refraction close to the index of refraction of the light-pipe.
5. The backlight of claim 1 wherein the fluorescent lining has an index of refraction approximately equal to the index of refraction of the light-pipe.
6. The backlight of claim 4 wherein the ultra violet source comprises a quartz lamp.
7. The backlight of claim 1 wherein the ultra violet source comprises a quartz lamp approximately the length of the cavity in said light-pipe.
8. The backlight of claim 7 wherein the quartz lamp generates mercury plasma in an Argon gas.
9. The backlight of claim 1 wherein the resin sheet of the light-pipe is highly immune to ultra violet energy.
10. The backlight of claim 1 wherein the fluorescent lining is a photo-luminescent phosphor.
11. The backlight of claim 9 wherein the quartz lamp generates mercury plasma in an Argon gas.
12. The backlight of claim 10 wherein the resign sheet of the light-pipe is highly immune to ultra violet energy.
13. The backlight of claim 9 wherein the fluorescent lining is a photo-luminescent phosphor.
14. A backlight for light valve displays, comprising:
a light-pipe molded from a clear resin sheet having a plurality of cavities therein, each cavity aligned with a different end of the light-pipe;
a fluorescent lining on the inside walls of each cavity; and
an ultra violet source inside each cavity for exciting the fluorescent lining to fluoresce and generate fluorescent light energy substantially throughout the light-pipe.
15. The backlight of claim 14 further comprising a reflector coating on one face and the ends of the light-pipe nearest the cavities, whereby light energy exits the light-pipe only from one surface.
16. The backlight of claim 15 wherein the reflector coating is matte white.
17. The backlight of claim 14 wherein the fluorescent lining has an index of refraction matched to be close to the index of refraction of the light-pipe.
18. The backlight of claim 14 wherein the ultra violet source comprises a quartz lamp.
19. The backlight of claim 18 wherein the quartz lamp generates mercury plasma in an Argon gas.
20. The backlight of claim 14 wherein the resin sheet of the light-pipe is highly immune to ultra violet energy.
21. The backlight of claim 14 wherein the fluorescent lining is photo-luminescent phosphor.
This application claims benefit of provisional application No. 60/054,347, filed Jul. 31, 1997.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to improvements in back-lit liquid crystal displays and more particularly pertains to a new and improved backlight assembly for liquid crystal displays.
2. Description of Related Art
It is desirable that laptop and smaller portable personal computers be as lightweight, robust and readily portable as possible. In the attempt to satisfy these design constraints, flat panel liquid crystal displays have become a standard for such devices. These flat panel displays utilize a matrix array of liquid crystal picture elements or pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Typically, a liquid crystal display may be either reflective or transmissive. A reflective liquid crystal display is one which depends upon ambient light conditions in order to be viewed, in other words, light from the surrounding environment incident upon the side of the display facing the viewer. Transmissive liquid crystal displays use an illuminating means, such as a lamp array, operatively disposed on a side of the matrix array of picture elements opposite the viewer. This illumination means or backlight typically also includes a back reflector adapted to redirect any stray illumination towards the matrix array of picture elements. The purpose of the backlight is to ensure that the displaying image is as bright as possible.
All transmissive liquid crystal displays operate as light modulators, in that the displays themselves do not emit light. These liquid crystal displays rely upon backlighting to provide the light necessary for reading. One such back-lit display, or active matrix liquid crystal display, uses a twisted nematic liquid crystal material and two polarizers as the optical components in the modulating mechanism. These materials, together with the color filters, result in a color display panel which can, because of the nature of its construction, only transmit about five percent of the radiation directed thereupon. Consequently, a bright backlight is necessary in order for full color displays to be clearly readable in bright ambient environments.
All backlighting assemblies (FIG. 1) designed for active matrix liquid crystal display applications have the same basic components. More specifically, each backlighting assembly 11 includes at least a light source 12, an optical system 14 comprising of one or more lenses for altering the nature of the light emitting from the light source 12, a diffuser 15 and a display element 16 comprising a plurality of rows and columns of liquid crystal picture elements adapted to be illuminated by the light source 12. A back reflector 13 is utilized to redirect light from the light source 12 so that the maximum amount of light is directed towards the display element 16. The diffuser 15 is provided to scatter the collimated light so that it will illuminate the display element 16 in all directions and provide acceptable wide angle viewing. The light source 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 does not generate a uniform light output. The optical lens element 14 and the diffuser 15 redistribute the intensity of radiation from high intensity areas to lower intensity areas to provide acceptable uniformity across the viewing surface of the liquid crystal display.
The characteristics which are most important in the design of optimized back lighting assemblies include (1) uniformity of illumination across a large surface area; (2) high brightness for producing a sharp readily readable image; (3) a low profile that can be easily disposed for viewing; (4) the overall design of the backlight taking into consideration the number, configuration and redundancy of lamps; (5) the heat effect caused by the number, configuration and redundancy of lamps; and (6) the total power consumed by the lighting scheme, an extremely important consideration in handheld or portable displays.
A number of different backlight configurations, all which include a plurality of discreet optical components disposed between the plane of the source of backlight radiation and the plane of the matrix array of liquid crystal picture elements, have been designed in an effort to maximize the desirable characteristics listed above. For example, liquid crystal backlighting devices have used light diffusers to achieve a more uniform distribution of projected light across the entire viewing surface of the liquid crystal display.
A second technique which is employed to enhance the quality of a backlight is to operatively dispose a light collimating lens such as a fresnel lens between the source of the backlight and the matrix array of liquid crystal picture elements. Other efforts to achieve the advantage of both light collimation and light diffusion have resulted in incorporating both a discreet light diffuser and a discreet light collimator into the same backlight liquid crystal display.
Active matrix liquid crystal display manufacturers have continued to make advances in improving the transmission of light valve, i.e., transmissive liquid crystal, displays. State-of-the-art active matrix liquid crystal, or light valve displays in VGA format, boast of transmission values that are slightly greater than four percent. This is good for a liquid crystal display, but still a very low transmittance. Larger, higher pixel density panels put an even greater burden on the backlight to generate more light for less power.
State-of-the-art backlight displays typically use what is called a light-pipe backlight assembly as illustrated in FIG. 2. This light-pipe backlight assembly is used in the majority of current liquid crystal displays. The assembly consists of one or more small diameter fluorescent lamps 29, set on the edge 22 of a clear sheet of plastic or UV friendly resin 23 (a light-pipe). A matte white reflector 31, which could be a paper-thin sheet of white plastic on the back side of the light-pipe 23, reflects the light out of the front 19. A reflector material 33, matte white or specular, is wrapped around the fluorescent lamp 29. The intent is to direct all the light from the lamp into the light-pipe 23. Typically, the fluorescent lamp 29 contains a glass envelope 25 with a phosphor coating 27 on the inside and Argon fill gas with a small amount of mercury as the source of ultra violet radiation.
These light-pipe backlight assemblies typically utilize brightness enhancements films 37 and diffusers 35 to increase and evenly space the luminance at the front of the display. These films 37 and diffusers 35 accomplish their intended function at the expense of viewing angle. The selection of polarizing materials, color filter materials, construction of the row and column traces, and the thin film transistors resident at each subpixel, impose a fundamental limit on how much light can be allowed through a panel. Currently, 10.4" diagonal notebook computer displays are limited to a luminance of about 20 foot Lamberts. If larger displays are used, battery power consumption increases significantly. For example, the time between battery charges for a 12.1 inch diagonal display is an average one-third less than the time between battery charges for a 10.4 inch diagonal display. As a result, active matrix liquid crystal display manufacturers have been constantly searching for a better and more efficient backlight assembly.
The ideal light-pipe backlight assembly would take all the light generated in the fluorescent lamp 29 and spread it evenly over the surface of the light-pipe 23 with no losses. Unfortunately, the current state-of-the-art falls considerably short of the ideal.
The expected light output of such an ideal backlight assembly can be determined. Since luminance is dependent on the total light energy (flux density) contained in the unit solid angle determined by the area of the spot and distance from the input aperture, the luminance will be the same (within the limits of manufacturing capabilities) for any area location on the lamp. Surface luminance values of 17,000 foot Lamberts (58,242 nits is the metric equivalent) are typical for the lamps 29 currently used. The length and diameter of the lamp 29 determine the total emissive flux and the x and y dimensions of the light-pipe 23 determine the total emissive surface over which the flux is to be spread.
The lateral surface area of the lamp 29, which is a cylinder, is then calculated to be 2π rl in square feet, where "r" is the radius of the lamp and "l" is the length of the lamp. The area of the light-pipe 23 (x≠y) in square feet is calculated. The ratio of lamp emissive area to the light-pipe area and the expected light output of the backlight assembly are then calculated as to be described. For example, for a lamp that measures 0.120 inches (3 mm) in diameter and 8.0 inches (183 mm) in length, using the equation above, the lateral surface area is 2.714 square inches. Dividing this by 144 to convert to square feet results in 0.0188 square feet. Assuming the dimensions of the light-pipe are 6 inches by 8 inches, its area is 48 square inches, or 0.333 square feet. The ratio of the emissive areas, the lamp area to the light-pipe area, is then 0.0188/0.3333, or 0.0564.
The emissive area ratios (0.0564) times the luminance of the lamp in foot Lamberts (17,000) equals 960 foot Lamberts, which represents the potential luminance that one would expect to find at any point on the light-pipe backlight assembly 23.
To obtain the actual light output from the backlight assembly illustrated in FIG. 2, the surface luminance is measured with a spot photometer. During testing, the measured luminance from a typical backlight assembly configured as in the example above was only 320 foot Lamberts. Consequently, two-thirds of the potential light output was lost somewhere in the assembly.
The light-pipe 23 itself is not lossy in terms of its ability to distribute and reflect light energy evenly over its working surface. It consists of a thin clear plastic substrate (sometimes wedge shaped for better distribution patterns) coupled with an opaque matte white reflector.
Very little or no losses can be attributed to the lamp 29. The lamp 29, commonly referred to as a pencil tube, is an efficient producer of light energy. It is a fluorescent lamp that uses ultra-violet photon bombardment of photo-luminescent phosphors to generate the visible light energy. The source of the ultra-violet (UV) is a small amount of mercury inside the tube. The loss of light energy in the assembly occurs at the interface of the lamp 29 and the light-pipe 23. The flat edge 22 of the light-pipe 23 is essentially an optical blank. It has a very different index of refraction (1.51 typically) than air (1.00) making it an unfriendly interface.
An object of this invention is to provide a backlight assembly for light valve displays that provide more light for less power without the attendant viewing angle and battery life disadvantages prevalent in the prior art.
This object and the general purpose of this invention are accomplished by providing a clear resin molded sheet with at least one cavity along one of its edges. The inside walls of the cavity are coated with a photo-luminescent phosphor. A UV illuminator lamp is located inside the phosphor coated cavity. The index of refraction of the phosphor binder is matched to the resin sheet material. The light energy generated by the incident UV and the photo-luminescent phosphor is inside the resin sheet, thereby eliminating coupling losses.
The exact nature of this invention, as well as its objects and advantages, will become readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following details and description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the figures thereof, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a standard active liquid crystal display assembly;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of a light-pipe backlight assembly typically used in an active liquid crystal display;
FIG. 3 is a front view of a light-pipe backlight assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the backlight assembly shown in FIG. 3; and
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the backlight assembly of FIG. 3 taken along sectional lines 5--5.
FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 illustrate the unique solution of the present invention to the two-thirds light output loss between the lamp and the light-pipe of the prior art. The solution is to create light energy inside the light-pipe itself. An ultra-violet (UV) friendly resin is utilized to mold a light-pipe 39 which has rounded ends 41 and 43. The UV friendly resin, for example, could be a clear plastic or UV friendly resin. Inside the rounded end 41, a circular cavity 51 extends the length of one side of the light-pipe 39. The inside of the cavity 51 is lined with a photo-luminescent phosphor coating 45 having a binder material with an index of refraction that is closely matched to the UV friendly resin of the light-pipe 39. A lamp 49 is suspended inside the cavity 51. An envelope 47 of the lamp 49 is preferably made of an Ozone-free quartz material such as titanium doped silicon dioxide, for example. A small amount of titanium dopant may be added to the quartz material to suppress the 186 nm mercury line and pass the 254 nm mercury line. As is known, the 254 nm mercury line is the principle excitation wavelength of photo-luminescent phosphor. The envelope 47 of the lamp is preferably 3 mm in diameter and uses an Argon fill gas at a pressure of about 90 torr.
The lamp 49 serves as the UV photon engine which generates the UV that bombard the photo-luminescent phosphor coating 45 of the cavity 51. By locating the phosphor coating outside the lamp envelope 47, the phosphor coating does not suffer degradation caused by light at a wavelength of 186 nanometers, nor does it come in contact with the cathode located inside the lamp, thereby considerably useable increasing the lamp life.
The cathode is a standard cold cathode used in pencil tube lamps readily available today. One surface of the light-pipe 39 is outfitted with a matte white reflector 53. The ends 41 of the light-pipe 39 containing the lamp 49 therein is also covered with a reflector material 55, as is well known in the art.
By integrating a circular cavity 51 into the body of the light-pipe 39, a clean optical interface is created. Coating the cavity 51 with the photo-luminescent phosphor material all but eliminates coupling losses between the visible light from the phosphor in the center of the cavity 51 and the light-pipe 39. One advantage then of the structure shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 is that the coupling losses encountered in a conventional light-pipe, such as shown in FIG. 2, are drastically reduced, thereby greatly increasing luminescence without an increase in power draw. If even greater luminescence is required, another lamp may be disposed at the opposite end 43 of the light-pipe 39.
This particular construction of a light-pipe also permits the use of all the other elements of a conventional backlight assembly such as reflectors, brightness enhancement films, inverters, and the like, as desired.
Having thus described the invention in detail by way of reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that other modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein.
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We have had fingers in chili at fast food restaurants, too-hot coffee too. The many individuals that try to cash-in on corporations are numerous.
What if I took any car and went out on the road. I could run wildly down the freeway, quite safely, and call 911 the my car won't slow down.
We should be able to be more creative than that, don't you think?
We could start driving in circles at Alamo Plaza and claim our steering wheel STUCK. We could back up through town because we could claim all gears are reverse. We could claim the radio would not turn down so we lost our hearing.
Does Detroit need to destroy the global auto industry just to survive?
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As a journalist you might enjoy the various commentary to UAW members at NUMMI motors by UAW leaders that invite members to find something wrong with Toyota cars and trucks as a result of the closing of the Fremont plant.
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Princess Banks of Henrico is the winner of the Richmond Region Energy Alliance's $10,000 Richmond Home Energy Makeover Contest, officials announced Oct. 15. Banks and her husband, along with their nine-year-old daughter, will receive energy updates to their home by mid-November, including a new heating and cooling system, added insulation and duct sealing.
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"My family and I [will be] so happy to finally have some comfort in our home. We are truly blessed to be winners of this contest. Thanks to RREA… we no longer have to save to afford the cost of replacing our HVAC system and insulating the home," Banks said.
Banks was one of more than 1,500 people who entered the Richmond Home Energy Makeover Contest, which ran from July 16 to Aug. 26, She and the other nine finalists received free energy assessments on their homes, valued at $350 each. As the winner, Banks will receive up to $10,000 in home energy upgrades.
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How to Reach Loss Mitigation Companies
As a foreclosure clean-up business owner, plan to reach out to loss mitigation companies via phone initially to provide information about your new business.
What are Loss Mitigation Companies?
The term "loss mitigation" is used to describe a third party assisting a homeowner. It is usually a division within a financial institution or bank that reduces or mitigates the loss of that financial institution or bank. The job of a loss mitigation representative is to negotiate mortgage terms that will hopefully prevent foreclosure. Usually, loss mitigation representatives know before anyone else whether or not a home is going into foreclosure.
Voicemail Power to Get New Contracts
Use the telephone script below for voicemails to loss mitigation departments. TIP: Make your calls after the regular business hours so you can leave a detailed telephone voicemail for the loss mitigation representative. Then follow up with a postcard or letter mailer (with your business card) a day or so after your voicemail. After you feel like the representative has received the mailer, follow up with another phone call DURING regular business hours.
Telephone Script
Use the telephone script below to get new business. The below banter will be by your foreclosure cleaning and trashout business to a loss mitigation representative'
"Hi Mr. Smith. I am Kerry Washington from Tidy Foreclosure Clean-up Company in Jonesboro (use your company's name). We offer trashout and foreclosure clean-up services to banks and mortgage companies such as yours for REO properties. We provide services ranging from trashouts, to cleaning, lawn maintenance, and minor REO repairs. We also work with homeowners who may be vacating a home to ensure it is left in good condition for your company. Please look for info in the mail about Tidy Foreclosure Clean-up Company in Jonesboro over the next week. I will follow up to speak with you in person in the near future as well. Visit us on the web at My Foreclosure Clean-up Company dot com; or give us a call back at 404-999-8888. Thank you." (See more detail at http://www.foreclosure-
Solid Source of New Contracts
Loss mitigation reps are solid sources of new contracts for REO trashout companies. As a foreclosure clean-up business owner, plan to reach out to loss mitigation companies via voicemail initially to provide information about your new business. Then follow up with them in person or via phone during business hours to ultimately get new contracts for your company.
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An inflatable pillow comprising end sections and an intermediate portion. Valve means for inflating the pillow is connected to one of said end sections and passages are provided interconnecting said end sections to simultaneously inflate the pillow. The pillow further includes an intermediate trapezoidal section containing a relatively flat portion at its upper end and an inflatable portion at its lower end that is a fraction of the height of the inflatable end sections. A strap means is provided to secure the pillow to a back rest to provide stability of the pillow when in use.
1. An inflatable pillow adapted to be connected to a seat comprising relatively large inflatable end sections and an intermediate section that is generally trapezoidal in shape with a larger upper portion and a smaller lower portion to accommodate free movement of the user's head portion, which intermediate section is inflatable to a fraction of the size of the end sections and adapted to receive a resting head between said end sections, valve means secured to said pillow to control the air flow to said pillow, the intermediate section defining passage means interconnecting said end sections to permit simultaneous enlargement of said end sections when air is introduced into said pillow through said valve means, and adjustable strap means connected to said pillow for securing the pillow to a seat to support the pillow in place while being used.
2. A pillow as set forth in claim 1 in which the end sections are also generally trapezoidal which has an upper portion that is smaller than its lower portion whereby the pillow is generally rectangular in shape.
This invention relates to an inflatable pillow that can be readily secured to a back support to provide a cushion for a user's head regardless of its resting position.
The present invention relates to an inflatable pillow which in its non-inflatable stage is a very compact item that can be readily stored in a small area when not in use. There have been inflatable pillows used prior to applicant's novel invention, but these pillows were not capable of providing a fixed cushioned support regardless of the position of the head of the user resting on the pillow. Prior pillows of this type in addition to not providing a high degree of comfort for the user's head and neck were not adapted to be connected to a support such as a back rest which avoids the common problem of the pillow being displaced during usage, thus resulting in discomfort to the user resulting from such dislocation. Previously used pillows also did not provide for a continuous fixed cushioned support for the user's neck portion as well as the head resting portion when the head of the user moves from side to side. The lack of firm positioning of the pillow during usage and the particular cushioning features necessary to provide complete comfort during use presented disadvantages which are overcome by the present invention.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a pillow that provides an extremely comfortable head and neck rest for the users regardless of the position in which the users find themselves during their resting mode. The novel pillow provides full support for the user whether the head is located in a frontal or in a side position. The cradle support of the pillow permits free movement by the user but continues to provide a complete cushion support when the user moves from side to side during resting. To more fully accommodate the user, the end portions of the pillow are inflated to several times that of the intermediate portion, with the result that the head is firmly supported in a fixed cradled position while resting on cushioned inflatable end and intermediate sections.
In a preferred embodiment, the end sections of the pillow that are approximately 4"�8" are inflated to approximately a three inch thickness and the intermediate section is inflated to approximately one and one-quarter inches. The overall shape is essentially rectangular having a width of approximately 15 inches and a height of about 8 inches. These dimensions are merely exemplary and they can be varied as desired. The intermediate portion is tapered to provide better support and is generally trapezoidal in shape with the longer portion of approximately 8 inches in width being located at its upper section and tapered toward the lower section which is approximately six inches in width. The inflatable intermediate section provides a cushioned support for the neck while permitting a full range of head movement.
As aforementioned, when not in use, the pillow takes a flat, generally rectangular shape and thus can be stored in a very small space making it very adaptable to carry for subsequent airplane, car or bus trips.
In one of the end sections, there is provided a simple flap valve mechanism that includes a tubular portion and a valve closure secured thereto for controlling the flow of air into and out of the pillow. The end sections are interconnected by passageways formed in the intermediate section, with the result that the end sections as well as the intermediate sections are immediately inflated when air is introduced into the pillow. After being inflated to the prescribed amount the valve is closed off to prevent air from escaping. Thus, it can be seen inflation and deflation is quick and easy.
The back portion of the intermediate section provides loops through which extends a strap incorporating an adjustable buckle arrangement that permits the pillow to be readily connected to most any size seat support. When the pillow is to be affixed to a seat, the strap is merely wrapped around the upper portion of the seat and tightened to retain the pillow in position. When the pillow is no longer to be used the valve is opened with the air escaping and the pillow compressed into a small area and stored.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inflatable pillow assemblage mounted on a seat back;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the pillow; and
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pillow, partially broken away to show the buckle arrangement and the strap connection to the pillow.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a pillow 10 including inflatable end sections 12, 14 and an intermediate section 16 strapped to the back of seat 17. To inflate the pillow, a valve 18 including a tubular portion 20 and a sealing cap 22 connected to the tubular portion 20 is located in the lower right-hand corner of the front of the pillow (see FIG. 2). The inflatable sections 12 and 14 are connected by a passageway 24 so that both end sections 12, 14 are immediately inflated when air is introduced through the tube 20. It is noted that there are sealed portions 30 located around the perimeter of the pillow as well as intermediate sealed portions 32 that function to control the air flow within the pillow and define the various inflated and deflated areas.
As seen in FIG. 1, several of the sealed portions 32 define transversely extending spaced inflatable sections 33 that provide support for the user's neck when the pillow is in use. The upper portion of the intermediate section 16 includes a generally flat portion 34 which is defined by a generally rectangular seal 32. Located intermediate the section 34 is a smaller rectangularly sealed area 35.
The pillow 10 is connected to the seat back 17 by a strap 40 which extends through loops 42 formed in the panel section 34. The strap 42 is connected by a buckle 44 and the length of the strap can be varied by changing the overlapped portions of the strap through the buckle 46.
Thus, when the pillow is to be used it is inflated by introducing air through the tube 20 to the inflated condition shown in FIG. 1 and then wrapping the strap 40 around the seat back 27 to locate it in position.
It is intended to cover by the appended claims all such modifications and embodiments that fall within the scope thereof.
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Only four months have passed since GlobalFoundries majority owner ATIC made a bid to acquire Chartered Semiconductor, but things apparently proceeded quickly from there. GlobalFoundries now says Chartered and itself have started operating as a simple company under the GlobalFoundries umbrella.
The merger not only adds five 200-mm fabs and one 300-mm fab to GlobalFoundries' capacity; it brings in additional business, as well. GlobalFoundries now has more than 150 customers in total, including major semiconductor players like AMD (which was already a Chartered partner before this merger), IBM, Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics—and the combined company only plans to pursue more.
Put together, GlobalFoundries and Chartered posted combined revenue of $2 billion for 2009, and they expect yearly capacity to increase to 1.6 million 300-mm wafers plus 2.2 million 200-mm wafers by 2014. Also, since all of Chartered's fabs are located in Singapore, GlobalFoundries is really living up to its name:
The combined company employs approximately 10,000 people around the world, anchored by headquarters in Silicon Valley and advanced manufacturing operations in Singapore; Dresden, Germany; and a new leading-edge fab under construction in Saratoga County, New York. These sites are supported by a global network of R&D, design enablement, and customer support in Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Speaking of the New York fab, GlobalFoundries says it's still on track to start ramping production in 2012, although it'll now be called Fab 8, not Fab 2 as initially planned. The company also intends to expand capacity at Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany and Fab 7 in Singapore.
The announcement doesn't say how this merger impacts AMD's stake in GlobalFoundries, but that's not too surprising. When Intel and AMD agreed to settle all their legal disputes in November, Intel gave AMD carte blanche to get all of its processors manufactured in third-party fabs. (Previously, the two firms' cross-licensing agreement imposed limits on outsourcing.) AMD said at the time that these new terms could allow GlobalFoundries and Chartered to merge—looks like it was right.
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330 Million Citizens & Only One Democrat Interested In Being PresidentSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/14/2015 22:45 -0400
You could ask 1000 people what characteristics they want in a president and 990 will describe Ron Paul. However, ask 1000 people what they think of Ron Paul and 990 will say he's crazy. Why?? Because that's what we've been told to think. So we think it. It is that simple. And that is why this country has been deteriorating for 100 years and really accelerating, faster each year for the past 15, toward utter collapse. But not to fear, the free fall is about to end… and with a thump.
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The Latest "Conspiracy Theory" In Iraq: Accusations Emerge That US Is Aiding ISISSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/30/2015 14:04 -0400
"Everybody knows that the Americans are dropping supplies to Daesh," said Brig. Gen. Abed al-Maliki, a senior Iraqi army commander based in the city of Samarra, about 80 miles north of Baghdad, using another term for the Islamic State. "It's just a show," he said, sitting in the city's army command headquarters. "If the Americans want to finish something, they will finish it. If they wanted to liberate Iraq, they could."
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Why They Spy: IT-Powered Feudalism Is Cheaper Than Playing FairSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2015 22:35 -0400
"The amount a state needs to expend on guard labor is a function of how much legitimacy the state holds in its population's reckoning... Why spy? Because it's cheaper than playing fair. Our networks have given the edge to the elites, and unless we seize the means of information, we are headed for a long age of IT-powered feudalism."
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Meet The British Army's 77th Battalion: Mobilizing 1,500 "Facebook Warriors" To Spread DisinformationSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 02/03/2015 23:25 -0400
A new group of soldiers, referred to as "Facebook Warriors" will "wage complex and covert information and subversion campaigns," according to The FT. The 1,500-person troop using Twitter and Facebook as a means to spread disinformation, real war truths, and "false flag" incidents as well as just general intelligence gathering. The 77th battalion will reportedly begin operations in April.
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BofA Warns "Risk Of Selloff" After September's FOMCSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/12/2014 10:41 -0400
While BofAML's Michael Hanson expects Yellen's overall tone to remain dovish, market perception will be key. The combination of changes to the forward guidance language, upward drift of the dots, and any comments seen as potentially hawkish, could lead to a selloff...
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Obama To Unveil Non-'Boots-On-The-Ground' Strategy For "Hunting Down" ISIS, On WednesdaySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/07/2014 14:15 -0400
President Obama has swung from "we have no strategy" to "keep in mind this is something we know how to do," in a week, and speaking on Meet The Press this morning he teased the world's allies (and terrorists) with the promise that he will address the nation Wednesday to lay out U.S. plans for combating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), promising the U.S. can and will defeat the group. As CBS reports, while not quite as gung-ho as Biden's "gates of hell" speech, President Obama appears to have stepped up his rhetoric from 'contain' to 'defeat' as he stated "we will hunt down [ISIS] members and assets wherever they are," but carefully added putting U.S. troops on the ground would be a "profound mistake."
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Does The US Negotiate With Terrorists?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/01/2014 20:41 -0400
It was a good weekend for the friends and family of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl: after five years of being held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan, on Saturday morning it was reported that the 28-year-old native of Hailey, Idaho was finally freed. In exchange for his freedom, the US agreed to also set free five Taliban militants held at Guantanamo. In other words, this was a pre-negotiated settlement or, stated otherwise, a negotiation. Adding fuel to the fire is the realization that Obama was transacting largely alone: instead of abiding by a legal requirement to give Congress advance notice when prisoners are released from the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay, Obama once again took unilateral action. Actually it wasn't completely unilateral: it was revealed that the deal was bartered by America's new middle east BFFs (courtesy of the false flagged Syria conflict): officials from Qatar who agreed to keep the detainees in their country for a year.
And then the media circus took over.
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Ukraine Official Warns "Chance Of War With Russia Growing" As Mike Rogers Calls For Sending Weapons To UkraineSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2014 12:44 -0400
Concurrently with out post on what the odds are of a war between the US and Russia over Ukraine, the House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, and war hawk, appeared on TV this morning saying that the United States ought to provide weapons to the Ukrainian army "so it could defend the country from a Russian invasion." This is the same Mike Rogers who last August did everything in his power to perpetuate the lie that Syrians had used chemical weapons against "rebels" (who subsequently turned out to be mostly Qatari-funded Al Qaeda mercenaries and other Islamic extremists) "There are things that we can do that I think we're not doing. I don't think the rhetoric (from Obama administration officials) matches the reality on the ground," he said. And while US neocons are warmongering, Ukraine is all too happy to raise the tension level just a bit more, hoping that NATO will finally intervene and present Putin with at least some hurdle to overrunning all of East Ukraine, using exactly the same template as already show in Crimea: Ukraine's top diplomat warned Sunday that the chances of war with Russia "are growing" due to the buildup of Moscow's forces along his country's eastern border. In an interview with ABC's "This Week," acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia said Kiev "is ready to respond" should Russia–which has already seized the Crimea–move further in Ukrainian territory.
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Russia-Ukraine Agree "Truce" Until March 21st; White House Warns Putin Stop Playing "Russian Roulette"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2014 12:05 -0400
"President Putin has started a game of Russian roulette and I think the United States and the West have to be very clear in their response," states Sen. Foreign Relations Committed Chair Robert Menendez among a slew of Sunday morning talk-show rhetoric from US politicians with the White House's Dan Pfeiffer adding "President Putin has a choice about what he's going to do here. Is he going to continue to further isolate himself, further hurt his economy, further diminish Russian influence in the world, or is he going to do the right thing?" As the "sham referendum" continues, Reuters, however, reports that Ukraine's acting defense minister believes Russia and Ukraine have agree a truce until March 21st.
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"The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If there is a war, it is likely to be one of maximum risk and effort – in other words, a total war. Every Fourth Turning has registered an upward ratchet in the technology of destruction, and in mankind's willingness to use it."
The core elements of this Fourth Turning continue to propel this Crisis: debt, civic decay, global disorder. Central bankers, politicians, and government bureaucrats have been able to fashion the illusion of recovery and return to normalcy, but their "solutions" are nothing more than smoke and mirrors exacerbating the next bloodier violent stage of this Fourth Turning. The emergencies will become increasingly dire, triggering unforeseen reactions and unintended consequences. The civic fabric of our society will be torn asunder.
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Five Years After Lehman, BIS Ex-Chief Economist Warns "It's Worse This Time"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/15/2013 13:17 -0400
The froth is back. As we noted yesterday, corporate leverage has never been higher - higher now than when the Fed warned of froth, and as the BIS (following their "party's over" rant 3 months ago) former chief economist now warns, "this looks like to me like 2007 all over again, but even worse." The share of "leveraged loans" or extreme forms of credit risk, used by the poorest corporate borrowers, has soared to an all-time high of 45% - 10 percentage points higher than at the peak of the crisis in 2007. As The Telegraph reports, ex-BIS Chief Economist William White exclaims, "All the previous imbalances are still there. Total public and private debt levels are 30pc higher as a share of GDP in the advanced economies than they were then, and we have added a whole new problem with bubbles in emerging markets that are ending in a boom-bust cycle." Crucially, the BIS warns, nobody knows how far global borrowing costs will rise as the Fed tightens or "how disorderly the process might be... the challenge is to be prepared." This means, in their view, "avoiding the tempatation to believe the market will remain liquid under stress - the illusion of liquidity."
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Kerry and Assad: Come Dine with MeSubmitted by Pivotfarm on 09/04/2013 15:32 -0400
Why on earth does the UN Security Council still exist when the rules and regulations that the people who have the right to veto set up in the first place are dumped just as quick as you can say Bachar al-Assad?
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80% Of US Adults Are Near Poverty, Rely On Welfare, Or Are UnemployedSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 16:47 -0400
Despite consumer confidence at a six-year high, the latest AP survey of the real America shows a stunning four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, are near poverty, or rely on welfare for at least parts of their lives amid signs of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Hardship is particularly on the rise among whites, based on several measures. Pessimism among whites about their families' economic futures has climbed to the highest point since at least 1987.
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It's Acts of Journalism that Matter Not People Called "Journalists"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/25/2013 22:25 -0400
Journalists should be protected, but not because of who they are or the title next to their name, but because they are engaged in acts of journalism. At the end of the day journalism is much like porn, hard to define but "you know it when you see it." Whether you want to call Glenn Greenwald a journalist or not, what he did in the Edward Snowden affair was clearly an "act of journalism" and therefore must be protected and defended at all costs. Mike Krieger, of Liberty Blitzkrieg, is extraordinarily bothered by the manner in which the oligarch gatekeepers in the mainstream media and elsewhere are attempting to discredit Glenn Greenwald by saying he is "not a journalist." It appears their primary strategy in fighting back against truth-tellers, whistleblowers and journalists in the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations is by attempting to control the definition of the term "journalist." This way they can then proclaim who is a "real journalist" and who isn't.
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House Intelligence Committee's Mike Rogers: "Snowden's Actions Defy Logic"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2013 10:16 -0400
Just to confirm that in a world in which China and Russia (and Caracas... and Cuba) are increasingly seen as the paragons of liberty, virtue, and civil rights and the US is slowly but surely sinking into the role of the turnkey totalitarian tyranny antagonist, we just go this from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers: "Edward Snowden's reported choice to fly to Cuba and Venezuela undermines his whistleblower claims... Everyone of those nations is hostile to the United States, the Michigan Republican said on NBC's "Meet the Press" news talk show. "When you think about what he says he wants and what his actions are, it defies logic," said Rogers. Actually, Mike, when "you think about what he says", his actions make all the sense in the world, and certainly validate his "whistleblower claims."
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Banner weeks ahead for Wisconsin books, including the Scott Walker vs. unions faceoff
In the next few weeks, a bounty of nonfiction books by Wisconsin writers will be published, including an account by two Journal Sentinel reporters of the kerfuffle that began in Madison in March 2011, when Gov. Scott Walker and public employe unions battled over changes in state law that ultimately scuttled public employee bargaining rights.
"More than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin," by Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, will go on sale circa March 22 at local bookstores and online book vendors. Published by the University of Wisconsin Press, "More Than They Bargained For" offers a detailed play-by-play account of the Madison drama, including the Capitol occupation by protestors and the runaway Democratic legislators. Stein and Marley, who work out of the Journal Sentinel's Madison bureau, have added fresh reporting and interviewing to the work they did on the spot. The reporters will have a book launch event 7 p.m. March 26 at Boswell Book Co., 2559 N. Downer Ave. »Read Full Blog Post(14)
Singles Scorecard: Hear new tracks from PSY, Skylar Grey and more
South Korean rapper PSY, pictured here performing in Seoul this month, has released another viral video hit, "Gentleman." Photo by Kin Cheung. »Read Full Blog Post
Flip Wilson: What you saw wasn't all you got
Forty years ago, Flip Wilson was the biggest thing in television.
In its first two seasons on NBC, "The Flip Wilson Show" was the second-most watched program on TV. His comic characters spawned two of the medium's hottest catchphrases, "The devil made me do it" and "What you see is what you get!" (The latter lives on in its acronym, a computer application that allows you to see what a document you're working on will look like - WYSIWYG.) He jump-started the careers of the two biggest names in comedy, George Carlin and Richard Pryor. In January 1972, Time magazine had him on the cover, calling him "TV's First Black Superstar." »Read Full Article
New Frank Lloyd Wright tour in Chicago
Chicago is known for its architecture -- and architectural tours. Now, there's a new one to add to the mix, a day-long bus tour that travels to Frank Lloyd Wright structures.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust will launch the "Wright Around Chicago Bus Tour," complete with a gourmet boxed lunch, starting June 12. »Read Full Blog Post
Dr. Dawg in Greenfield is now open
The Greenfield location of Dr. Dawg, the hot dog, sausage and hamburger shop, opened this morning at 7700 W. Layton Ave.
It's the second Milwaukee-area location for the counter-service restaurant; the first is at 6969 N. Port Washington Road in Glendale. »Read Full Blog Post
Watch: Patton Oswalt's "Star Wars" filibuster on "Parks and Rec"
NBC airs a "Parks and Recreation" double header Thursday, and in one episode Patton Oswalt appears before the Pawnee City Council and engages in a citizen filibuster, drawing on the recent acquisition of the "Star Wars" universe by the Disney corporation.
The eight minute scene was completely improvised. Watch the faces of the audience. »Read Full Blog Post
Is that a Savage or a Sedaris?
Brent Gohde, who's staging a Cedar Block show called 'May the Schwartz Be With You' Saturday at Turner Hall Ballroom, worked at the former Schwartz Bookshop on N. Downer Ave. in the 1997-2000 period.
"I met some of my heroes as the result of being the events coordinator at Schwartz Bookshop," Gohde told me when we talked about the Cedar Block show, which salutes Schwartz as an incubator of friendship, creativity and community. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
On Tap for Today: John Gurda, Ex Fabula and the Brewers
Welcome to your Wednesday. If you are looking for things to do, artist and photographer Kevin Miyazaki will be talking about "Perimeter," a photographic portrait of Lake Michigan and its people, at the Haggerty Museum of Art at noon. At the same time, the guys at The Disclaimer will be chatting about things Milwaukee on WMSE, which you can stream (or listen to later) from their web site.


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HOME, a newly-opened union of the Cornerhouse and The Library Theatre, will hold its first co-commission with the University of Salford at 4PM today.
Fans of Twin Peaks will have the chance to indulge their love of the cult 1990s television series later this week when the University of Salford hosts a special discussion session at MediaCityUK.
Students from the University of Salford have teamed up with footballing giants Manchester United to help produce content for their website.
A team of University of Salford journalism students has been chosen by Sky News to report live from the ballot counts at some of the North West's key marginal parliamentary seats as part of its interactive General Election coverage.
A team of student computer game developers from the University of Salford has impressed judges at the national final of a global student technology competition run by Microsoft.
Alastair Campbell believes there is a problem with the "gene pool" of politics, and that political parties need the expertise of businesspeople to operate more effectively and to better understand and reflect the needs of voters.
The University of Salford is to host an award ceremony and exhibition of the only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth.
Cutting-edge contemporary and experimental music from Korea to Canada and beyond will be brought together next month when the University of Salford hosts the fourth Salford Sonic Fusion Festival.
Professor Andy Miah, the University of Salford's Chair in Science Communication and Future Media, is set to appear on a live, televised debate tonight (Thursday 15 January) at MediaCityUK where panellists will attempt to answer the question 'Should computer games be considered sports?'
Faye, a black Labrador who has helped Salford student Natalie Preston to walk again for the first time in over a decade, has been nominated for the Kennel Club's prestigious Eukanuba Friends for Life award.


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The coolest nonagenarian in the world was feted with her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Monday, and while she was grateful for the tribute, she did register one complaint: "The only thing that irks me is they waited until I was 90," she joked. "A few decades ago would have been swell." Well, make that two. As the "Golden Girls" vet continually tried to chat up her new, frozen-faced friend, she found Betty 2.0 to be somewhat … siff, socially. "She won't look at me," Betty bemoaned playfully. "I keep talking to her, but she won't turn her head." Don't sweat it, Betty. She's just jealous of your awesomeness. (People)
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Power Swing (exclusive to Timburr and Cubone lines)
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Power: 90
Accuracy: 95%
User swings a club or similar held object with terrific force. Opponents that weigh less than the user are sent flying and removed from battle. If the opponent is a wild Pokemon that weighs less than the user, the battle ends.
Tongue Slap (exclusive to Lickitung/Lickilicky)
Type: Normal physical
Power: 80
Accuracy: 100%
Slaps the opponent around with a long, slobbery tongue. 30% chance to flinch and 100% accuracy under most circumstances. If the opponent's Evasion has increased in some way, there is no flinch chance but the attack will never miss. If the user's Accuracy is reduced, this attack will be affected in the normal manner.
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In today's increasingly competitive and insecure economic environment, we often question the reason for work: why am I doing this? Why is it so hard? And what can I do about it? Work may seem just a means to an end: we do it to earn the money to enjoy life outside the workplace. Here, Timothy Keller argues that God's plan is radically more ambitious: he actually created us to work. We are to work together to make the world a better place, to help each other, and so to find purpose for our lives. Our faith should enhance our work, and our work should develop our faith.With deep insight, Timothy Keller draws on essential and relevant biblical wisdom to address our questions about work. There is grace available if we have taken the wrong attitude, idolising money and using our careers to glorify ourselves rather than God. Keller shows how through excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity and passion in the workplace we can impact society for good.Developing a better attitude to work releases us to serve others humbly, to worship God everyday, and leaves us deeply fulfilled.
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Timothy Keller started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989, and under his leadership the church's congregation experienced unprecedented growth from 50 to 5,000 members. The 'Influentials' Issue of New York Magazine featured Dr. Keller as 'the most successful Christian evangelist in the city by recognizing that young professionals and artists are 'disproportionately influential' in creating the country's culture and that you have to meet this coveted demographic on its own terms.'
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Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians. Christianity Today magazine Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him. Billy Graham Keller has written a book that should be read by all of us keen to honour God with our employment -- KK Christianity Working for God is more than mere office-place evangelism or Bible studies; rather it requires an application of the gospel to all areas of our work-life... This is, no doubt, a tremendous challenge to the comfortable -- Ranjeet Guptara Faith in Business


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1990 Pontiac Grand Am Question: No fuel and no power to fuel pump on Pontiac 6000?
I have no fuel pressure, fuel pump makes no sound at all when key is on. I can't locate any power at the plug to the fuel pump. I'm going to replace the fuel relay. Is there something else that it could be? I should have 12v at the plug somewhere shouldn't I? Thanks for any help - wrenched
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the relay is a good place to start.if you have another relay in the fuse box that matches the pump relay swap them and see what you get. - shadetreeauto
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