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SAN FRANCISCO – Jeremy Affeldt underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia, which might have contributed to the groin discomfort that derailed his season in July. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Affeldt will spend the next six to eight weeks rehabbing from the surgery. Much more is expected next ...
Giants reportedly out on Cuban slugger Abreu
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NFL Notes: Freeman to start Sunday for Vikings
The Vikings announced they will start newly signed quarterback Josh Freeman Monday night against the Giants .
Cards push Dodgers to brink of elimination with Game 5 win
The Cardinals won Game 5 to take a 3-1 series lead and now find themselves in the same situation as a year ago when facing the Giants .
Zito thanks Giants fans with full-page newspaper ad
Barry Zito took out a full-page ad in Monday's San Francisco Chronicle to thank fans for "the fire in your hearts for Giants baseball."
Cutler: 'I get enough credit, it's about those other guys'
Instead of joining NFL Network's set following Thursday night's win against the Giants , Jay Cutler said he'd rather have Brandon Marshall do it because the Bears quarterback gets enough credit.
Bears leadership 'buy in' critical in prep for Giants game
Bears' leadership "buy in" played a key role in Chicago's victory of the New York Giants at Soldier Field on Thursday.
Week 6 Bears Grades: Receivers
Insider John 'Moon' Mullin has released the Bears' Week 6 grades following their 27-21 win over the Giants on Thursday. Here's a breakdown of the receivers' performance.
Bears start playoff 'push' early with 27-21 win over Giants
The Bears got back on track Thursday night, holding on to beat a struggling New York Giants team 27-21 at Soldier Field. But the push for the playoffs only gets tougher from here.
Next men up: Bears scramble with patchwork D vs. Giants
Injuries hurt the Bears entering their Week 6 matchup against the Giants , but when they continued to pile up once the game began Mel Tucker's group was forced to go 'next man up.'
Bears may lose MLB Williams for season; Bostic next man up
After sustaining a pectoral-muscle injury against the New York Giants , Bears middle linebacker D.J. Williams is facing being sidelined for the duration of season according to head coach Marc Trestman.
Week 6 Bears Grades: Running backs
The Bears stuck to the running game against the Giants giving them opportunities to be physical at the line. But how well did they really performance? Insider John 'Moon' Mullin breaks it all down.
Sports Fix: Friday morning's top headlines
The Bears beat the winless Giants in primetime, the Bulls are preparing for a road game far away from Chicago and the Blackhawks host the Islanders on CSN. It's all in today's daily Sports Fix.
Bears lose MLB Williams for season, turn to No. 2-pick Bostic
After sustaining a pectoral-muscle injury against the New York Giants , Bears middle linebacker D.J. Williams will be sidelined for the duration of season according to head coach Marc Trestman.
THURSDAY NIGHT NFL: Bears drop Giants to 0-6
Eli Manning throws three interceptions and the Chicago Bears keep the New York Giants (0-6) winless with a 27-21 victory.
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Photos of Brandon Marshall's lime green shoes
After much debate and controversy, Brandon Marshall will wear lime green shoes for tonight's game against the Giants to raise awareness for mental health. Check out photos of them here.
Tune in tonight for Bears Halftime Live
The Bears and Giants square off tonight at Soldier Field, and CSN Chicago has you covered throughout the event with Bears Halftime Live and Bears Postgame Live.
Bears-Giants : Three things to watch
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DiPietro, Islanders look for bounceback season
Updated: January 17, 2013, 6:48 PM ETAssociated Press
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Rick DiPietro knows all about being kept away from the hockey rink when he wished he could play.
Injuries upon injuries have sidelined the man who should have been the New York Islanders' franchise player but instead became the punch line for the club that has struggled to stay relevant in the NHL.
But DiPietro is back with the Islanders, ready to get back on the ice for the 48-game sprint of a season that will begin Saturday night at home against the defending ...
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We are local people located in the north of Thailand called Chiangmai. We collect our products from our hometown and all over Thaila...
We are local people located in the north of Thailand called Chiangmai. We collect our products from our hometown and all over Thailand which were made off different types of wood such as tammarin, teak wood, mango wood, coconut shell / wood, and so on. We would like to present the products from hill tribes which are hand made, colorful, and variously different.
They've always been us inspiration,And as DIYer we love to create and collecting beautiful stuffs for remake them to Reality.
Be sure to take some of the hill tribes needle works such as Handbags,shawl,Accessories etc from SCD.
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Over 700 Same-Sex Couples Wed in NJ in 7 Weeks
Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Allow Gay Marriages
Would You Bet on the First Same-Sex Divorce in NJ?
Now, that it's official and gay marriage has begun in New Jersey, it's only a matter of time before we have the first same-sex divorce filed. Since we're in New Jersey, land of the casinos, internet
NJ's Gay Marriage Story Not Yet Finished [AUDIO]
They say it ain't over 'til it's over, and despite Gov. Chris Christie's decision to drop an appeal in a lawsuit, the gay marriage saga in New Jersey isn't quite over yet.
NJ Voters Agree With Christie's Decision to Drop Gay Marriage Appeal
A solid majority of Garden State residents agree with the Christie Administration's decision to drop its appeal in the same-sex marriage lawsuit today. According to a new Rutgers-Eagleton poll support for legalizing same-sex marriage in New Jersey now stands at 61 percent, versus 27 percent who oppose and 12 percent who aren't sure.
NJ Gay Marriage Advocate Irked By Uncertainty
Unless the New Jersey Supreme Court grants the Christie Administration's motion for a stay, the state will have to comply with Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson's order that same-sex marriages should be permitted in the Garden State starting Oct. 21. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora wants clarification now on whether gay couples can or can't apply for marriage licenses today.
Asbury Park Begins Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
At least one New Jersey town began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples Thursday to comply with a court order to allow same-sex marriages starting Monday.
Same-Sex Marriage Questions Remain in New Jersey
One week ago, a judge denied the Christie Administration's motion to delay the start of same-sex marriage in New Jersey. The Administration appealed the same day, but if a stay isn't granted the state must start to allow gay couples to marry on Oct. 21. Exactly when the first marriage of a same-sex couple can actually take place is still uncertain.


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We feel free when we escape, even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire.
I enjoy spending time both out and about (dining out is fun, but not afraid of cooking! And I don't shy away from simple cocktails or "dance off parties" either!) Nor do I mind being a home body when it suits the need for an easy night in. I find passion in most things I put my mind to and would like someone that can share such excited times with me. But mostly I am looking for someone of idyllic, or simple nature, that can push me to seek out new adventures as well as continue to challenge me.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Gardening/Landscaping , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Playing cards , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
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My latest hot spot has been a local indoor rock climbing wall. Its a good get away from the chaotic stresses of city life.
I have a pretty broad array of interests. But at the moment my favorites are white collar and covert affairs for tv, and my newly discovered love of Civil Twilight and Tiger Army for music. And going on from there to rock climbing and crossfit!
I try to keep my interests open, so I am always willing to try new things. During my down time I gravitate quite a bit towards movies and social gatherings but never find it hard to settle down at home with a book or music.
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Nature selects Chris Field as one of five people to watch in 2014
The journal Nature chose Chris Field as one of five people to watch in 2014 for his work on the upcoming IPCC report on climate change.
Lobell honored as "global thinker"
The international magazine Foreign Policy selected Prof. David Lobell as one of 100 "Leading Global Thinkers," in good company with others including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, New York Times writer and author Thomas Friedman, and Pope Francis. Lobell was cited for helping farmers feed the world.
Stanford and Carnegie team up to launch online forest monitoring course
Powerful software developed by the Carnegie Institution for Science is now available at no cost to people who complete a training course hosted by Stanford Online.
Rising mountains dried out Central Asia
The uplift of two mountain ranges in Central Asia beginning 30 million years ago expanded the Gobi Desert and set Central Asia on its path to extreme aridity, a Stanford study suggests.
Stanford researchers track a silent killer in rural Bangladesh
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford researchers seek to understand why lead contamination persists in one of the poorest corners of the world, and how to stop its spread.
Sierra snow survey points to dry year ahead Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/03/6044593/sierra-snow-survey-points-to-dry.html#storylink=cpy
Why no snow? PhD candidate Daniel Swain helps explain one of the driest starts to winter ever recorded in California
From water supplies to solar energy, undergrads present a year's worth of research
Senior Theo Gibbs researched cacao plantations and if chocolate was eco-friendly under guidance of Research Associate Ximena Rueda and Professor Eric Lambin.
The real truth about tornadoes
Noah Diffenbaugh and five other tornado experts cowrote an op-ed that aims to set the record straight on the link between tornadoes and global warming.
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U.S. methane emissions 50 percent higher than expected
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The story of two childhood friends who have grown apart and are suddenly thrust back into each other's lives when a parent develops cancer. They join forces to find the cure but soon realize their lives are danger if they expose the truth.
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Trying the online thing...
So match is asking me to envision my match. I don't think I ever really end up being drawn to someone I envision but here goes: My idea of romance is a (probably around 6 foot tall) SUPER smart (probably bearded) man cleaning my failed 180# back squat from the floor back up on to the squat rack for me during evening strength at Crossfit. After the WOD we head to whole foods to buy some stuff that we cook together - or I cook it (I'm good at that) and we turn on the Bruins game and open wine. And the conversation pretty much rules – anything from news to Tuukka rask to work that day to the science of nutrition. I'm looking for an actual match. I get 0 thrill out of the casual friend with benefit situation so I am definitely not looking for that. A bit more about myself: I volunteer for a main streets org. It is a 501c3 that works to improve the neighborhood I live in. I bought a multi-family house in said 'hood when I was 25. Being a land-lady is not only extremely Italian of me but it also ties my wealth up into something that isn't a gently worn pair of fitness shoes. My idea of how this might work: I'm busy, you're busy, first dates often suck.. let's do a casual drinks/coffee thing. Let's go dutch, I'm not looking for 2 free meals a week with my match membership– I am looking to meet someone I really dig.
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geez ! are you here to talk about hockey or just to tell peoples they are stupid , that they need to shake their head , etc ? Because we don't agree with you doesn't mean that we are idiot . grow up !
I never said you were stupid because you didn't agree with me.
I said what you said was stupid. And it was.
You called the Ducks classless for trading him to Atlanta.
Atlanta was one of the teams he agreed to go to after they asked him where he would want to go.
Seems like a stupid comment to me.
You compared them trading him to Atlanta to Montreal trading Koivu away to a bottom feeder.
Comparing a journeyman defenseman who's played less then 70 games in a Duck uniform to the longest serving captain in Canadiens history and a player who's spent his entire career with the Montreal Canadiens seems like a very stupid comparison to me.
Then, after making all of these dumb comments, you start swearing at me and telling me to grow up.
This much is clear, one person in this exchange is behaving stupidly. I'll let you figure it out.
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A check of an electrical consumer in a motor vehicle is presented with the check being made by evaluating the on-board network voltage for changes in the operating state of the consumer which are triggered by the control apparatus in special operating states. The triggering takes place disengaged from the normal function of the consumer during normal operation. Examples of special operating states are the post-operation of the control apparatus after the switchoff of the internal combustion engine as well as a switchoff of the injection and/or of the ignition in an overrun operating phase.
1. An arrangement for checking an electrical consumer in a motor vehicle having an on-board network, the electrical consumer performing an assigned function during normal operation of the motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
means for detecting an electrical quantity in said on-board network;
means for separating said electrical consumer from said assigned function and for triggering said electrical consumer in a special operating condition of said motor vehicle while said electrical consumer is separated from said assigned function; and,
means for evaluating said electrical quantity as a reaction to said triggering of said electrical consumer.
2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said motor vehicle includes an electrical generator.
3. A method of checking an electrical consumer in a motor vehicle having an on-board network and a control apparatus operatively connected to the electrical consumer, the electrical consumer performing an assigned function during normal operation of the motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
separating said electrical consumer from said assigned function;
triggering changes in the operating state of said electrical consumer with said control apparatus during special operating conditions of said motor vehicle;
detecting an electrical quantity of said on-board network; and,
evaluating changes of said electrical quantity in response to said triggering.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said method is applied to additional consumers, which are controllable by the other consumers, which are not actuated by said control apparatus such as the light generator.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein one of said special operating conditions is the post operation of said control apparatus after said motor vehicle is switched off.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric generator driven by said engine; and wherein the method comprises the further step of switching off at least one of the following functions: ignition of said engine, injection of said engine and an electric generator driven by said engine.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein said electrical consumer is normally controlled by said control apparatus during the normal operation of said motor vehicle.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said method is applied to check a plurality of consumers which include an exhaust-gas return valve, a tank-venting valve, an injection valve or other equipment including a secondary air pump, a blower, ignition coils, electric catalytic converter and exhaust-gas sensor heaters.
9. The method of claim 3, wherein a detected fault is displayed and/or is stored.
10. The method of claim 3, wherein said electrical quantity is a voltage or current which is recorded when switching said electrical consumer on and off; and, said electrical quantity is compared to a predetermined reference value.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein peak values or even several measured values defining a time-dependent trace of the change of said voltage are detected and compared to reference threshold values or reference curves.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the recorded values are further processed by various evaluation methods or signal processing algorithms.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein an n-dimensional vector is computed from n measured values, which are recorded sequentially as a function of time, the n-dimensional vector corresponding to an n-dimensional reference vector; and, the length of the difference vector is compared to a threshold value.
The invention relates to the diagnosis of electrical consumers by evaluating the battery voltage.
In this connection, it is known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,197,326 to evaluate the on-board voltage for diagnosing an rpm transducer. The drop and subsequent increase of the on-board voltage is detected by the control apparatus, that is, the battery voltage when actuating the starter. When the control apparatus detects such a voltage trace, the conclusion is drawn that a start operation has taken place. The output signal of the rpm transducer, which is to be monitored, then has to permit recognition that the crankshaft rotates. If the output signal of the rpm transducer does not change, then a defect of the transducer or a line interruption must be present.
DE 44 22 149 discloses how, for example, the operability of a lamp during normal operation of the vehicle can be checked by evaluating the on-board voltage. Disturbances are superposed on the on-board voltage when switching on and switching off individual consumers in normal operation of the motor vehicle which disturbances are caused by the actuation of other consumers. As an example, the injection and ignition signals are mentioned which regularly occur in a running engine. To ease this situation, DE 44 22 149 provides a modeling of the on-board voltage in the operation and/or a mathematical convolution of the measured on-board voltage with a jump-shaped signal. From this, an independence is intended to be achieved from direct-current voltage components and a reduced sensitivity against high-frequency disturbances such as occur in the operation of the vehicle.
The object of the invention is providing an on-board voltage evaluation for checking electrical consumers in a motor vehicle whose disturbance sensitivity has been further reduced and whose evaluation is further simplified. In this way, the reliability of the evaluation is overall simplified.
The essence of the invention is that various electrical consumers are driven when the influences of other consumers on the on-board voltage changes can be neglected.
In a first embodiment, individual consumers are driven in the control apparatus post-operation when the engine is switched off and a conclusion as to the operability of the consumer is drawn based on the change of the battery voltage.
Motor vehicles whose engines are controlled with the aid of a control apparatus have electronic assembly groups which must be supplied with voltage not only during operation of the motor vehicle but also after switching off the engine, that is, after opening the ignition switch. Conventionally, it is necessary to maintain this voltage supply only for a specific time span after switching off the engine. This time span is generally characterized as the control apparatus post-operation.
Switching on an electrical consumer during the post-operation of the control apparatus leads to a characteristic change of the on-board voltage which is dependent upon the electrical characteristics of the supply line and the consumer (ohmic, capacitive and/or inductive load) and is evaluated for diagnosis in accordance with the invention. As an alternative to the voltage, other electrical parameters, such as the current change, can also be measured.
Consumers, which can be diagnosed, can conceivably be, for example, valves (such as the exhaust-gas recirculation valve, the tank-venting valve, the injection valves) or other equipment (such as the secondary air pump, blowers, ignition coils, et cetera). These consumers are driven normally by the engine control apparatus. The method can, in principle, be expanded to all consumers such as the electrical heaters (for the catalytic converter, the exhaust-gas probe, et cetera) and the light equipment. It is, however, advantageous that the consumer can be controlled independently. After switching the consumer on and off, the particular battery voltage trace is stored. The measurement signals can now be further processed by different evaluation methods or signal processing algorithms. The objective is to distinguish typical signal traces of equipment in good order from the typical traces of defective equipment.
Carrying out the diagnosis in the post-operation of the control apparatus with the engine switched off affords the advantage that no disturbance in-coupling occurs because of the engine operation and the equipment can be driven undisturbed. In this way, a simple and reliable diagnosis of the electrical consumers of the vehicle results overall.
In a second embodiment, a drive of individual consumers takes place with the engine running and with the generator switched off and with further components switched off.
Advantageously, the drive takes place in the overrun operation with the injection and ignition switched off. The battery voltage trace is then not made incorrect by disturbance in-couplings from the generator or injection output stages and/or ignition output stages.
The invention will now be explained with reference to the drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 shows the principle structure of an arrangement suitable for carrying out a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows the trace of the voltage as it occurs in the structure of FIG. 1 when the switch 2 is opened and closed;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the first embodiment of the method according to the invention;
FIG. 4 shows the principal structure of an arrangement suitable for carrying out a second embodiment of the invention; and,
FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the second embodiment of the method of the invention.
Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 identifies an electrical consumer which is connected to a vehicle battery 3 when the switch 2 is closed. The on-board voltage is present in the current loop of the consumer 1, switch 2 and battery 3. The on-board voltage is detected by the voltmeter 4 and supplied to the control apparatus 5 for evaluation. The control apparatus 5 controls the switch 2. A fault lamp 6 can be activated by the control apparatus 5 in dependence upon the result of the evaluation.
The switching in of an electrical consumer leads to a typical voltage change in the on-board network as it is shown in FIG. 2. The voltage trace is characterized by the electrical characteristics of the supply line and of the consumer. The voltage trace of FIG. 2 results for an on-board source voltage of 12 Volts, an internal resistance of the voltage source of 20 mΩ, an ohmic supply line resistance of 58 mΩ, an inductive supply line resistance of 50 Ω as well as the switching in of a current intensive ohmic resistor having a 2 Ω resistance to a current-weaker consumer of 24 Ω resistance. The above-mentioned supply line resistances represent long lines in a vehicle on-board network. They correspond to a line having a 5 m length and a 1.5 mm2 cross section.
The flowchart of FIG. 3 shows the sequence of the method of the invention.
After switching off the engine in step 3.1, all electrical consumers except for the control apparatus 5 itself are switched off in step 3.2. In the event that functions such as the free burning of the hot wire air mass sensor take place in the post-operation of the control apparatus, the end thereof is awaited. Step 3.3 switches individual consumers on and off for diagnostic purposes with these consumers being separated or disassociated from their function in normal operation. For example, injection valves, ignition coils, exhaust-gas recirculation valves, a tank-venting valve, a secondary air pump, electrical blowers, electrical heaters (for example, for exhaust-gas probes) or even the lighting equipment can be actuated for a short time.
As shown in FIG. 2, the voltage changes are adequately large in order to be detected, for example, with the aid of simple reference or threshold value comparisons. For the example shown, threshold values of approximately 8 volts for switching on and 50 volts for switching off are suitable. If, for example, the reference threshold value of 8 volts is not reached when switching on, then there is a large probability of an electrical defect such as an interruption of the supply line. In step 3.4, a recordation of the voltage values for the switching operations takes place. Here, peak values or even other measured values can, for example, be detected. The measured values reflect the time-dependent trace of the voltage change. Step 3.5 serves to compare the detected values to predetermined reference values. As reference values, simple threshold values are considered for the comparison to the measurement peak values or even stored reference curves. In the case of the curves, an n-dimensional vector can be computed from n measured values recorded sequentially as a function of time. The n-dimensional vector corresponds to an n-dimensional reference vector. The length of the difference vector (that is, the spacing of the two vectors) must for an operable consumer likewise exceed a threshold value.
The display and/or storage of fault data takes place in step 3.6 in dependence upon the threshold comparison in step 3.5. The fault lamp 6 serves to provide the indication. The storage in the control apparatus 5 makes possible a statistical retention of the diagnostic result. Thus, it can be purposeful to switch on the fault lamp only after several occurrences of the same defect and to again switch off the lamp after several non-occurrences of the fault.
The arrangement of FIG. 4a concerning the second embodiment of the invention distinguishes from FIG. 1 by showing further components 7 to 16. Reference numeral 7 represents a generator having excitation inductivity 8. The generator can be separated from the on-board network. In FIG. 4a, this is made possible by a switch 9 which is actuated by the control apparatus 5. Switch 9 is opened when means 11 for detecting an overrun mode of operation of the internal combustion engine 10 signalizes an overrun operation. Overrun operation is present, for example, when an automobile drives downhill, that is, when the engine is driven by the wheels. Overrun operation can be detected, for example, by a drop below a pregiven lower value for the position of a power actuator of the engine. In addition to switch 9, switch 16 is opened which separates the ignition output stages and/or injection output stages 14 and 15 from the on-board network. This deactivates the ignition devices 12 and the fuel injection devices 13 during overrun operation and prevents disturbance in-couplings from these components into the on-board voltage.
With a mechanical or electrical coupling 17 between generator 7 and the engine 10, FIG. 4b shows a further possibility of preventing disturbance in-couplings of the generator to the on-board network voltage. In this embodiment, the mechanical force connection in overrun operation can be interrupted by opening the clutch 17 so that the generator is not driven. The interruption of the force flow then defines an alternative to opening switch 9 in the current supply of the excitation inductivities.
The flowchart of FIG. 5 shows the sequence of an embodiment of the method of the invention with the arrangement of FIG. 4a. In step 5.1, a check is made as to whether an overrun operation is present. For a positive result, the generator is switched off in step 5.2 via a mechanical decoupling or opening of the switch 9 in the excitation current loop of the generator as well as the switching off of electrical consumers especially the switching off of injection and ignition output stages.
After step 5.2, the already explained steps 3.3 to 3.6 follow. Stated otherwise, the following takes place: the switching on of individual consumers to be checked, the recordation of voltage values and/or current values, the comparison of the recorded values to reference values as well as the display and/or storage of faults in dependence upon the comparison result.
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Lady Madeline Matthews would rather shame herself than sacrifice her freedom. To avoid marrying an aging, lecherous lord, she seeks out the company of Logan Scott, for a torrid affair with the notorious womanizerwould surely condemn her in the eyes of good society.
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WILL this be the end of an old foe? A new global assault on polio will involve the biggest roll-out of a vaccine ever attempted.
Until now, the World Health Organization's eradication drive has used a vaccine made from weakened live virus. It is cheap and effective, but the virus in it can sometimes revert to causing disease – and spread. Circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses (cVDPV) now cause more outbreaks of polio than wild virus.
The original plan was for every country to stop using live vaccine when wild polio disappeared, switching to a killed vaccine that would protect children as cVDPV died out. But if either virus returns after that, we will need live vaccine to contain it. By then, drug firms will not be making it, says Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO's polio programme.
The new plan, launched this week, is for the 140 countries at most risk of polio resurgence to start giving killed vaccine once the wild virus is largely gone. They will also use live vaccine effective against two of polio's three strains. Virtually all cVDPV is type 2 – which was eradicated in the wild in 1999. By using live vaccine made with types 1 and 3, countries can maintain immunity while cutting off the source of cVDPV.
All 140 countries will have to switch vaccines at the same time. "Nothing like that has ever been done before," says Aylward.
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Turkish police fired water cannon to prevent park protest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday at protesters who tried to defy a closure order and enter an Istanbul park at the centre of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government.
Gezi Park was only open for a few hours after Istanbul's governor allowed people back in, following often violent protests last month against plans to redevelop the area, when riot police ordered it shut ahead of a planned rally.
Turkey reopens Istanbul park at heart of protests
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey reopened an Istanbul park at the heart of last month's demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and protest leaders called a rally there for Monday evening in defiance of the city governor.
Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu announced the reopening three weeks after riot police expelled protesters from Gezi Park following a fortnight of frequently violent protests against plans to redevelop the area.
Kurdish party to press Turkish government with protest marches
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party called on Friday for marches in three major cities this weekend to launch a summer of protests aimed at raising pressure on the government to carry out reforms under a peace process with Kurdish militants.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began withdrawing from Turkish territory to bases in northern Iraq last month as part of a deal between the state and the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to end a conflict which has killed 40,000.
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Obama revived his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday,
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan piled ridicule on activists behind weeks of protests against his government during a rally on Sunday and defended riot police who fired water cannon at crowds in Istanbul a day earlier.
Looking out of over a sea of Turkish flags waved by his AK Party faithful in the eastern city of Erzurum, Erdogan praised his supporters and the general public for opposing what he called a plot against his country.
Turkish police break up protest, PM lambasts opponents
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish riot police fired water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Istanbul on Saturday, as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan castigated those behind protests he said had played into the hands of Turkey's enemies.
The latest unrest in Taksim Square punctured six days of relative calm in Turkey's biggest city, although it was a long way from matching the ferocity of previous clashes there and in other cities that began more than three weeks ago.
PM says protests serve Turkey's enemies, crowd gathers in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told thousands of supporters in the Black Sea city of Samsun on Saturday that weeks of often violent protests against his government had played into the hands of Turkey's enemies.
As he finished speaking, around 10,000 protesters had gathered in Istanbul's Taksim Square, many of them to attend a planned laying down of carnations in memory of the four people who had been killed in the unrest.
Turkey faces pressure to advance Kurdish militant peace process
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party is pressing Ankara to advance a peace process with Kurdish militants before a parliament recess, drawing a government accusation on Friday that it was exploiting unrelated unrest to extract concessions.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters began pulling out of Turkish territory to bases in northern Iraq last month under a deal between the state and the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to end a conflict which has killed 40,000.
Dozens held in Turkey, silent protester goes viral
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspired copycat protests on Tuesday, as police detained dozens of people across Turkey in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Overnight in Ankara, riot police used teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered in and around the government quarter of Kizilay.
'Standing man' inspires silent protests in Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Performance artist Erdem Gunduz became the new symbol of anti-government protests in Turkey on Tuesday after his eight-hour vigil in Taksim Square earned him the nickname "the Standing Man".
Images of Gunduz standing quietly in the large, open square, the cradle of three weeks of often violent unrest, have struck a chord with sympathizers more used to witnessing stone-throwing youths battling police tear gas and water cannon.


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Sometimes we do funny things... and they just have to be blogged.
In my precious spare time this weekend I've been trying to help my Dad get his Internet connection working. He has an old PC (originally had Windows ME on it, so that gives you an idea) running Windows XP Home. Over the years he's had various Internet connection types - dial-ups, DSL, and various cable modems. He purchased a new cable modem on Friday, and the friendly Comcast support person attempted to help him get it set up; but they had no luck whatsoever getting the browser to connect. Comcast has an initial spoofed DNS trick they use to get you to the page where you can download the configuration application - but my Dad's machine wasn't able to get it, even though everything else about the connection looks fine. Naturally, the Comcast support person blamed Microsoft and IE 7 specifically. There was nothing more he could/would do.
So Dad called me. I came over and did some troubleshooting. It wasn't IE 7 (to prove it, I installed FireFox and got the same result). It appeared to be a DNS issue. No addresses were returning - even though I can ping the DNS servers that DHCP handed out. So I'm thinking the issue is more along the lines of a corrupt TCP/IP stack. So to his credit, the Comcast guy was right in the sense that the problem wasn't on their end. (and to verify that, I attempted the same connection from my laptop, and was successful).
Fortunately there is good documentation out there about how to reset the TCP/IP stack in Windows XP using the NETSH command.
"Hey Kevin.. let me interrupt you right here and just remind you that you were going to tell us something FUNNY. So far, this has been as funny as a trip to the Dentist."
Okay.. here's what I found.
Go to this KB article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
Notice that along with describing how to reset TCP/IP, it also gives you the option to use Guided Help. Cool! And if you don't have Guided Help, you can download it.
Wait-a-sec... Huh? I can download it? NO, I CAN'T! That's the problem!
And that's what I thought was funny.
Now... In defense of the KB writer, and the creators of the Guided Help tool.. they do give you a "for another computer" option that allows you to download the transportable and installable .exe onto a non-networked computer.
"So... did resetting the TCP/IP stack work?"
Unfortunately, no. I'm still working on it. I'll either have it fixed, or have XP reinstalled (worst case), by the end of the day today.
Hey, I'm waiting to hear how this turned out. Any update?
Wow, when resetting the TCP/IP stack doesn't work, I know I'd be pulling out the XP CD....
Well.. yeah, I was hopefull that the reset would work. And then I attempted an OS repair, but that messed things up even further (Oh how I love Vista and the improved tools!). So I did end up having to completely reinstall his OS.
It's just as well, though. It was LONG overdue. The PC came with Windows 98, and he had "UPGRADED" to ME and then later upgraded again to XP Home. Talk about a recipe for a messed-up TCP/IP stack.
Sounds like a similar problem I was having with an ASUS motherboard. I needed to download drivers for the graphics. Windows gave me a standard driver, but when I went into the ASUS website to get the update for Vista (and Server 2008), their resolution and colors were set so high I couldn't get to the information. Fortunately, I found a blog from the UK that had the file I needed without the whiz-bang Flash and high-res graphics. (And, fortunately the newest Server 2008 ships with the driver)
btw, I've never heard of anyone who upgraded from 98 to ME to XP successfully. You might consider giving them an award or a job with Microsoft, lol.
He's very happily retired, so a job with Microsoft isn't something he's interested in. :)
So far his reinstall of XP is working great. I would have loved to put Vista on there, but he didn't want to spend any more to get more memory for the machine so he could run it well.


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Not a Harperite, but that evil monster may stand up to blackmail like Chief Spence better than the Liberals did...lots of sobs, no progress. Verdict seems to be that Harper is relentlessly pragmatic, not a bad thing in moving ahead with a new Indian Act and deal. One thing to remember is that the government of the evil monster in it's first mandate did some very left things, like resolve the tainted blood scandal (by compensating those outside the artificial date) and gave rights back to native women off reserve. Just when you think you have them figured out, they do something quite left, and you WTF? Picture Justin Trudeau in this situation...no, let's not.
I'm not a harperite either,,,I was kind of joking about those who literally thought the sky was going to fall when he was voted in. I'd rather have a boring, weird looking fiscal conservative spending my tax money rather than the ultimate fence sitters or the socialists. And another Trudeau running things? Don't even want to go there,,,,,,,
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RIVERDALE — Greg Taylor could always tell that something was missing in his football life.
This summer, he finally figured out the missing element. Throughout his career, Taylor never had the benefit of working with a position coach.
But all of that changed when Terry Herrod was hired this past spring as the next Riverdale football coach. He hired Cecil Lester, a former college quarterback, to work with his quarterbacks this season.
Taylor said that has been beneficial to his development.
"I'm very pleased at the season right now," Taylor said. "I'm finally getting to work with a quarterback coach, and that has been great. With his experience, I'm getting more knowledge about the game."
And it has shown on the field. In four games, Taylor has passed for 817 yards and eight touchdowns with only one interception. He has completed 54 of 102 passes heading into tonight's game at Eagle's Landing High.
"He is where we thought he should be at this point in the season," Riverdale offensive coordinator Terrone Owens said. "He is becoming more of a leader, and he is showing some good decision making skills. In the leadership department, he usually gets all the guys ready to play."
As strong of a season as the 6-foot-4, 220-pounder is having, he is still disappointed that he hasn't gotten his first college offer. Several schools, including Gardner-Webb, Alabama State, Mercer, Jacksonville State and Georgia State, are beginning to show interest. Taylor sports a 3.3 grade-point average and has taken several Advanced Placement course at Riverdale.
"He is going to be a good pickup for someone," Owens said.
"It's going to come (scholarships)," Taylor said. "I've been working hard. I'm just going to leave it in God's hand. I'm just going out having fun. I know it will come."
Although Riverdale had to make a coaching change when Olten Downs left at the beginning of the year for the Creekside job, Herrod kept most of the offense in place.
It has proven to be a benefit for Taylor.
"We just tweaked a few things, but the majority of the offense is the same," Owens said. "He is a very intelligent kid, who picks up on things real quick. I'm not surprised that he is doing well."
Riverdale is 2-2 overall and 1-0 on the Div. B side of Region 4-AAAA. After tonight's game against Eagle's Landing, the Raiders jump back into their subregion schedule.
A six-game starter last season, Taylor is hoping to lead the Raiders back to the playoffs. Riverdale hasn't had consecutive playoff appearances since the 2004 and '05 seasons.
After starting the season with back-to-back wins over rivals North Clayton and Drew, the Raiders have dropped games to Grady and Dutchtown.
Only the North Clayton game counts in the subregion standings.
"We feel real confident in Greg," Herrod said. "He has been a leader on this team."
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In the Douglas Kirkland on Photography series, well-known photographer Douglas Kirkland explores a variety of real-world photographic scenarios, sharing technique insights and critiquing the results.
In this installment of the series, Douglas goes on location and shows how to shoot photographs for publications. He begins with a look at the planning and packing involved in an on-location editorial shoot. Next, he shows how to construct a photo that tells a story about its subject. He demonstrates how to light and position the subject and use props to best tell the story. After getting the shot that will be on the article's opening pages, he shoots documentary photos that show the subject in action.
Finally, he reviews the best images from the shoot and shows how he uses Photoshop to complete his workflow and refine the images. Douglas also shows how the final images were used by the magazine's art director and describes how editorial photographers must compose shots with page design in mind by leaving space for typography and other elements.
Douglas Kirkland> Okay, now I knew the lighting was right. We had that wired. The next thing that I had to think about as a photographer on this editorial assignment, as I would on any, is working with Hannie who is not accustomed of being in front of the camera everyday. She is not a pro and she is what we call in the business "real people." She is a very much a real person. In any case that requires her feeling confident, feeling good, and certain of what she is doing and that's my job as a photographer at this point, or it will be yours if you're shooting.
Let's take a look. So what I did is quickly took a few images, just to warm things up. She felt the flash go off and she felt the environment but I did everything just to show her how great she was. I mean I compared her with my movie stars, which for me at that moment she was the most important person in my world and she has to feel that. Now, at certain point, I wanted her to relax a little, so I suggested that she lean on her hand just to give her something to do. It's a very simple gesture, and make sure that she doesn't push too hard, distort her face or anything like that.
She did it beautifully. And I let her know I was pleased and it was working well. But the shoot went on. We kept going and I saw her after a certain point, she slouched. And you know what it is? You as a photographer have to see that and you have to realize it's happened in your mind, but don't say to them, "Hey! You are slouching! Get up!" No, that's not the way. You say, "You look wonderful but I think you're just a little lower You can look even more beautiful if you will just stretch up and you will look statuesque." "You will look beautiful" and here's what happens. She feels beautiful and she is more beautiful.
That's a great part of it. The psychology of shooting and frankly it's three-quarters of what I do, because they have to feel good. And at a certain point I was aware of her husband Leo in the back of the room watching everything and the psychology is that he has to feel okay too, because if he feels good she will feel good. And so I asked him to come on in and I took this picture of him. I asked him to first put arm around her and then give her a kiss.
And that's it and we have sent a print of that to them and they love it of course. And I am glad to do that. I love to work with people, and it's all part of the process. She glowed as you can see here. And then we went on to this picture, which really was her final image, the one that the editors chose and I like it very, very much. A couple of little things I want to show you. As she leaned, and they decided to use one of the leaning pictures, she leaned just a little too hard. I saw it at the time in little camera but I would not stop the positive process that was going on, because I knew it was a very easy fix for me later.
So I want to quickly show you. Also there were couple lines here because of the position, but overall, she was glorious and I wanted to get that in my camera and it was a very easy fix, just to fix these things. You see I have fixed that. Very simple in Photoshop and this was the picture that became the lead in the story, although I did many many others. I did a lot of documentation, which helped fill the story out. This was the lead picture but in documentary work or editorial work we do much more, because as I have told you earlier we are telling a story through our images.
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6/7/2012 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Just how the heck am I supposed to love someone who demands something I cannot give? How do you love the person who requires you to celebrate their sin or be punished? How do you love the neighbor you must engage in the battle for our culture? How do you love the person whose lifestyle you must actively oppose for the sake of protecting what's right? What does love have to do with all of this? Everything. Just not what you might think. There's such a thing as objective truth and it comes from a perfect and unchanging God. Love tells the objective truth. It does so as patiently and gently as possible, but it does so without flinching. Love does not apologize for the truth. Love will not amend the truth in order to spare someone's feelings.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
6/7/2012 (3 years ago)
Published in U.S.
Keywords: homosexuality, sex, same-sex marriage, love, Obama, equality,
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) - It seems my choices these days are either: 1. Celebrate homosexuality or be a homophobe. 2. Support the "right" of two men/two women to marry, or be a hateful bigot. 3. "Do unto others..." or be a hypocrite.
Loving my neighbor seems to have gotten a whole lot trickier.
Just how the heck am I supposed to love someone who demands something I cannot give? How do you love the person who requires you to celebrate their sin or be punished? How do you love the neighbor you must engage in the battle for our culture? How do you love the person whose lifestyle you must actively oppose for the sake of protecting what's right?
It's a good question. WWLD? (What would love do?) And what is love, anyway? What does love have to do with all of this? Everything. Just not what you might think.
Mr. Obama now says his opinions about marriage have "evolved" as dictated by his Christian faith and the Golden Rule, and no longer can he deny same-sex couples the "right" to marry. See that? In one fell swoop the President, in his infinite wisdom, decreed that all of human history, the Natural law, and the revealed moral law are suddenly contrary to Christian love. He has determined what "love" really means, and no one can honorably disagree any longer.
I disagree anyway.
St. Thomas Aquinas said: "Love is wanting the good of the other, as other." Love can never want what is bad for the other. What is good for the other? The truth. "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth." Not the popular truth, or the current truth; not the truth that makes everyone feel good, or the sentimental truth; not the truth that makes people happy and gives them what they want, but the real truth.
There's such a thing as objective truth and it comes from a perfect and unchanging God. Love tells the objective truth. It does so as patiently and gently as possible, but it does so without flinching. Love does not apologize for the truth. Love will not amend the truth in order to spare someone's feelings.
The sentiment in America today says that love is all about "equality". If I love this or that person, I will make sure they have all the same rights I have. I will not deny them what they desire, because that would be discriminatory and mean. (The exception to this, of course, is the child in the womb. That person must never be granted equality or any rights whatsoever!)
So now if I really love my neighbor, I will support same-sex "marriage" and stop denying homosexuals the "equality" they are supposedly entitled to. If I continue to oppose same-sex "marriage" then I must not love my neighbor; I'm a hateful bigot, and I'm ignoring the only thing Jesus ever said -- "Don't judge."
Love has been reduced to tolerance, and tolerance has been warped to mean embracing everything and opposing nothing. But love that has discarded the truth is not love at all. It is sinking, mindless, sentimental mush.
WDJS? (What did Jesus say?)
At times I've thought it would have been nice if Jesus, at some point in His three years of teaching, had stood on a hillside and proclaimed, "Amen, I say to you, homosexual sex is a sin. Two men cannot marry each other; two women cannot marry each other. Marriage shall be a covenant only between a man and a woman. Anything else, I tell you, is wrong and you shall not do it." Or something like that.
At least then we could move past the "Jesus never said homosexual sex is sinful" argument. But He didn't explicitly say those words. Does that mean Jesus is okay with homosexual sex and same-sex "marriage"? Hardly.
The same challenge is issued regarding abortion. "When did Jesus ever say abortion was wrong?" Well, in so many words, He didn't. Are we to conclude that He had no opinion, or that He would say women have a "right" to abortion? Not so fast.
It's a grave mistake, and usually a self-serving manipulation, to say that Jesus' spoken words are the sum total of His teaching and the sole barometer for determining right and wrong. Jesus is The Word. His coming into this world speaks volumes about the will of God and the blessing of God and what God considers holy and right.
He did not descend from heaven a grown man (though He certainly could have), but God the Father sent His Son to be born of a woman. He began His earthly life unseen in Mary's womb. He grew in exactly the same manner that each of us grew. He took on our humanity from its very single-celled beginning and declared it holy by virtue of His holiness. Though Jesus had not uttered a word, yet He taught us that the life in the womb is sacred and human from the moment of conception.
He was born into a family. If God the Father had chosen, Jesus could have been born to an unmarried woman, or He could have been left as a baby to be found and raised by two men or two women. God is purposeful and precise in all His ways. It is not an accident that God gave His Son into a family: husband and wife, father and mother. This again is a deafening statement on the significance and primacy of the family. God does not violate His own standards or His own laws. Children are the fruit of marriage. By His coming and His birth and His life, Jesus proclaims the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman which forms the only proper foundation of the human family.
Without saying a word, He testifies to the Natural law, the plan for the human person, the holiness of human sexuality, the sanctity of life in the womb, and the nature of marriage.
It's also significant that when Jesus wanted to shake things up, He didn't abolish the moral law and say that this thing that used to be sinful isn't sinful anymore -- no, He actually tightened the moral law by upping the ante. So, you say adultery is a sin? Well guess what -- I'm saying that if you even look at a woman lustfully you've committed adultery in your heart! You've heard, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy', but I tell you to love your enemy! You say you can give a certificate of divorce and all is well? Well, I say anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery!
No ambiguity there! He plainly reminded the people, God "created them male and female and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one.' So they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together let no man put asunder." (Matt 19: 4-6)
You know, come to think of it, that sounds an awful lot like a declaration from Jesus that marriage only exists between a man and a woman. Huh.
The truth is that God does not and cannot join together two men or two women in marriage because He created woman for man and man for woman. That's how He designed it, and we have neither the power nor the authority to alter His design. That is so plainly obvious, it's absurd that suddenly saying so out loud qualifies me for the label of Hateful Bigot.
So... WWLD?
I love the truth. I also desire to love my neighbor. If loving my neighbor is determined by my willingness to discard what I believe is true, then I will surely come up short. And I'm okay with that. I reject the new prevailing definition of charity.
Love is not capitulation to someone else's wants in order not to offend them. Love bears all things, but it does not include all things. Love does not take bitter for sweet and it certainly does not call evil good. Contrary to current thinking, love does not treat all things equally.
Love cannot contradict God. Since God does not change His mind about sin, I cannot love my neighbor by telling him a particular sin is now magically okay. Sin never evolves into something righteous. And here's the thing -- homosexual sex isn't really a "special" sin. It doesn't require more of Christ's blood than the sins of murder, adultery, stealing, or lying, for instance. It is noteworthy because it involves a peculiar distortion of human sexuality, and a disordered expression of the sexual love that is the prerogative of marriage. That's what makes it so harmful to the human person.
Loving the truth does not mean I hate you. I do hate the rising conflict and cultural upheaval being forced on us right now. I do hate that human society as it's always been is under threat of dismantling in order to create a new order based not on objective truth or right reason or the common good, but only upon individual wants and "evolving" rights.
I hate the damage being wrought on the family by homosexual activists who want to redefine marriage and sexuality for generations to come; by bullying activists and politicians who want to silence the Church and silence me, and set themselves up as the new moral authority.
I hate the perverse, insidious thinking that says human sexuality is a spectrum reality for people; that gender is some kind of fluid condition or continuum we travel, morphing as we go.
Come what may, I have no choice but to oppose with all my might the redefinition of marriage and the normalization of homosexual sex. I won't go quietly into this strange new world where marriage and human sexuality look like the twisted images of a carnival house of mirrors. Love won't let me do that.
Jennifer Hartline is a grateful Catholic, a proud Army wife and homeschooling mother of three children. She is a contributing writer for Catholic Online. Visit her online at Wake Up, Deborah!
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