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An electromagnetic tracking system and a distortion compensation method that utilize a lead-lag network model to compensate for position and orientation distortion caused by eddy currents formed in one more conductive distorters located within a tracking environment during electromagnetic tracking of one or more objects. The method is adaptive relative to the amount of distortion cause by the conductive distorters.
1. A computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for determining the location of an object using a tracking system having a distortion threshold, said computer-executable instructions comprising:
a first set of computer-executable instruction for collecting magnetic field data from at least one sensor, said magnetic field data containing frequency data for at least one frequency;
a second set of computer-executable instructions for processing said frequency data so as to obtain a real response component and an imaginary response component for said at least one frequency; and
a third set of computer-executable instructions for determining whether to compensate for magnetic field distortion as a function of said real response component, said imaginary response component and the distortion threshold;
wherein the distortion threshold is a function of a norm of residuals and said third set of computer-executable instructions includes instructions for comparing to the distortion threshold a ratio of said imaginary component to said real component.
2. A computer readable storage medium according to
3. A computer readable storage medium according to
a) a fifth set of computer-executable instructions for calculating, when said ratio is no less than said distortion threshold, said plurality of parameters and a norm that is a function of said parameter; and
b) a sixth set of computer-executable instructions for comparing said norm to said distortion threshold.
4. A computer readable storage medium according to
5. A computer readable storage medium according to
This application is a divisional of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/945,277 filed on Sep. 20, 2004, and incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention generally relates to the field of position and orientation sensing. In particular, the present invention is directed to a system and method for measuring position and orientation using distortion-compensated magnetic fields.
Determining location parameters, e.g., position and orientation, of objects in free space has many applications, including catheter tracking, digitizing objects and virtual reality, among others. One method that has become successful in these applications relies on the electromagnetic coupling between a source of magnetic fields and one or more sensors of such fields. Variations include AC and pulsed-DC magnetic field generation and single and multiple axes sensors and field generators. Examples of AC systems utilizing a plurality of field generators and sensors are disclosed by Kuipers in U.S. Pat. No. 3,868,565, Raab in U.S. Pat. No. 4,054,881 and Jones in U.S. Pat. No. 4,737,794, among others.
Conventional systems are generally hindered by inaccuracies resulting from the presence of conductive materials, i.e., electrically-conductive, non-ferromagnetic materials such as aluminum and steel, within the tracking environment. These inaccuracies are caused by the flow of eddy currents within these materials. Eddy currents are caused by the time variation of magnetic fields, such as the magnetic fields produced by the field generators. Each time-varying magnetic field induces a corresponding electric field that, in turn, causes an electric current (eddy current) to flow in the conductive material. These eddy currents, in turn, generate their own (secondary) magnetic fields that can interfere with the sensing of the magnetic fields of the field generators. These secondary magnetic fields can cause inaccuracies in location parameters.
Conventional magnetic field tracking techniques generally ignore the inaccuracies due to secondary magnetic fields caused by eddy currents. However, it would be desirable to eliminate or minimize these inaccuracies, particularly for applications requiring high accuracies and wherein it is difficult, impractical or undesirable to remove conductive materials from the tracking environment. Examples of such applications include the tracking of medical devices within patients' bodies wherein various conductive objects, such as artificial joints and other conductive implants, conductive medical instruments and conductive medical apparatus, such as surgical tables, monitors and other equipment, and the like, are likely to remain in the tracking environment during tracking.
Conventional methods for improving the accuracy of magnetic tracking systems include methods that characterize the environment and apply previously stored corrections. These methods apply corrections based on present position and orientation information (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,622,644 to Hansen and 4,945,305 to Blood, among others). Other methods include signal generating and processing schemes that allow the induced eddy currents, the source of the inaccuracy, to be eliminated. Such systems utilize pulsed-DC or multi-frequency excitations.
Examples of pulsed-DC systems that utilize a plurality of generating and sensing elements are disclosed by Blood in U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,305 and Anderson in U.S. Pat. No. 5,453,686. The use of pulsed-DC systems reduces the effects of eddy currents by controlling the characteristics of the eddy currents and manipulating the sensed signals so as to minimize their effects, thereby improving accuracy of these systems when conductive materials are present within the tracking environments. A disadvantage of pulsed-DC systems is that they operate only in a time division multiplexed mode. Other drawbacks sometimes include the need for bulky and more complex active sensing devices (compared to sensors used in AC systems). The Blood sensing devices measure field frequencies from DC on up and are thus sensitive to the earth's magnetic field, for which Blood's system must compensate. The broad range of frequency measurement also means that such systems cannot work near medical instruments that operate with large DC magnetic fields, such as magnetic manipulators. The Blood system removes eddy-current-induced inaccuracies by applying a DC excitation signal to a field generator and then curve fitting the decay to extrapolate the final sensed value. The Anderson system eliminates the use of DC sensitive field sensing elements and consequently reduces the complexity of the hardware. His signal processing scheme removes eddy current induced inaccuracies by applying a DC excitation signal to a field generator and integrating the sensed waveform from an AC sensor. This method integrates out the eddy current inaccuracies.
Some conventional DC approaches require an active magnetic sensor that is complex, bulky and has a poor signal-to-noise ratio compared to passive AC magnetic sensors. They are further complicated by the fact that the sensor is sensitive to the earth's magnetic field and processing steps must be included to eliminate the earth's magnetic field. This comes at the expense of the system measurement update rate. Some approaches overcome or reduce some of the disadvantages, but must wait for the eddy currents to die out before determining the value of the field without the deleterious effects of the eddy currents. This too comes at the expense of the system measurement update rate.
Another method for improving accuracy in the presence of conductive materials is disclosed by Rotier in U.S. Pat. No. 4,829,250. The Rotier method is an AC method that includes a plurality of generating and sensing elements and utilizes multi-frequency excitation of the field generator. Eddy current inaccuracies are a function of frequency. This knowledge is utilized by extrapolating to DC a curve fit from a higher frequency to a lower frequency to determine the yaw and pitch angles about a line-of-sight axis, which does not include position.
Another method for improving accuracy in the presence of conductive materials is disclosed by Osadchy et. al. in U.S. Pat. No. 6,147,480. The Osadchy et al. method is an AC method that includes a plurality of generating and sensing elements and utilizes a phase shift detected at the sensing elements and caused by the conductive material. Phase shift differences from a clean baseline (typically zero phase shift) allow the Osadchy et al. system to apply a correction to the measured fields.
Another method of improving accuracy in the presence of conductive materials is disclosed by Ashe in U.S. Pat. No. 6,172,499. The Ashe method is an AC method that includes a plurality of generating and sensing elements and utilizes two excitation frequencies per field generator. The amplitude and phase changes at the two frequencies caused by various distorters at various positions within the tracking volume are stored in a table during manufacture. This table is later accessed during normal operation. Corrections are extracted from the table and applied to the measured fields. The determination of when to use the table is based on the phase shift differences from a clean baseline (typically zero phase shift).
A method further removed from the previously noted techniques for improving accuracy in the presence of conductive materials is disclosed by Elhardt in U.S. Pat. No. 5,347,289. The Elhardt method generates a rotating magnetic field vector of known frequency using a plurality of field generators. Multiple sensors, each with a plurality of sensing elements, are mounted on the object to be tracked. A measurement of the time required for the field vector to pass through a reference point and then through a sensor allows the position of the sensor to be determined. Using multiple sensors mounted in known proximity to one another allows the determination of the orientation of the sensors.
One implementation of the present invention is a method of determining the location of an object using a tracking system having a distortion threshold. The method includes the steps of: a) collecting magnetic field data from at least one sensor, the magnetic field data containing frequency data for at least one frequency; b) processing the frequency data so as to obtain a real response component and an imaginary response component for the at least one frequency; and c) determining whether to compensate for magnetic field distortion as a function of the real response component, the imaginary response component and the distortion threshold.
Another implementation of the present invention is a computer readable medium containing computer instructions for determining the location of an object using a tracking system having a distortion threshold. The computer instructions include: a) a first set of instruction for collecting magnetic field data from at least one sensor, the magnetic field data containing frequency data for at least one frequency; b) a second set of instructions for processing the frequency data so as to obtain a real response component and an imaginary response component for the at least one frequency; and c) a third set of instructions for determining whether to compensate for magnetic field distortion as a function of the real response component, the imaginary response component and the distortion threshold.
Still another implementation of the present invention is a system for determining the location of an object using a tracking system having a distortion threshold based on a norm of residuals. The system includes: a) a distortion threshold; b) at least one sensor; and c) a processor having an input for receiving magnetic field data from the at least one sensor and operatively configured to: i) collect the magnetic field data, the magnetic field data containing frequency data for at least one frequency; ii) process the frequency data so as to obtain a real response component and an imaginary response component for the at least one frequency; and iii) determine whether to compensate for magnetic field distortion as a function of the real response component, the imaginary response component and the distortion threshold.
For the purpose of illustrating the invention, the drawings show a form of the invention that is presently preferred. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, wherein:
Before discussing details of the invention, some explanation of eddy current errors will initially be given. The induced sensor voltage due to a changing magnetic field is given by:
The present inventor has found that the frequency response of a sensor due to the field generator B-field and the B-field due to eddy currents can be represented in terms of lead, lag or lead-lag networks. This can be written succinctly in terms of a Laplace transform as:
Eddy current reduction is carried out by collecting sufficient data to determine the parameters k, pj and zj in Equation {2}, above. The undistorted field value is taken as the resulting value of:
The magnitude (H(w)) and phase (Θ(w)) of Equation {2} when j=1 are:
Typically, a sinusoidal (sin(wt)) excitation of the field generator may be used. Such an excitation is sensed as:
There are many methods for solving for the parameters k, p and z. Since there are more equations than unknown parameters, a least-squares approach can be used. The least-squares approach is generally: given m functions f1, f2, . . . , fm of the n variables x1, x2, . . . , xn, with m≧n, find values for x1, x2, . . . , xn that solve the nonlinear least squares problem,
The foregoing methods are iterative and require additional program space and computing power. Therefore, a simpler method to solve for the parameters is desirable. For the case of j=1, parameters k, p and z can be solved explicitly in terms of the real and imaginary components as follows:
The excitation frequencies must fall within a narrow band to be useful. For greatest sensitivity, the frequencies should range between 10 and 1,000 Hz, with pairs of frequencies being spaced at least 100 Hz apart. This frequency range is where the effects from the conductive distorter are most discernible. Others, such as Ashe in U.S. Pat. No. 6,172,499, have realized this. Two or more frequency excitations can also be accomplished by using harmonically rich excitation waveforms, as disclosed by the present inventor in U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,079, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Further enhancement of the present invention can be accomplished by focusing on the manner of multiplexing the transmitter excitations. Electromagnetic tracking systems use either time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing or both to distinguish between fields generated by different transmitters. When time multiplexing is used there are always eddy current transients generated. This can be seen by examining the impulse response (Laplace transform) of Equation {2} (for j=1)
These transients appear as other frequency and phase components in the frequency response and corrupt the measured real (R) and imaginary (I) components of the sensed signal. There are two preferred, but not exclusive, methods for reducing the effects of transients. One method, used when time division multiplexing the transmitter excitation, waits a period of time after the transmitter excitation has started before measuring the real (R) and imaginary (I) components. This allows some portion of the transient to die away. When using demodulation with integration, a delay of an integer number of cycles is preferred. When demodulating and filtering, a delay sufficient to allow most of the transient to settle out of the filter is preferred.
Another method that can be used with time division multiplexing is to fit the time response. A suitable model can be derived by taking the inverse Laplace transform of the transfer function (Equation {2}) times the Laplace transform of the excitation waveform. A method similar to this is disclosed by the present inventor in U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,079, which has been incorporated herein by reference above. However, it has been found that this method is much more sensitive to measurement errors and generally yields poorer results than frequency domain methods.
The other preferred method utilizes continuous transmitter excitation in a frequency division multiplexed manner. Continuous excitation eliminates the startup transient inherent in time-division multiplexing. While transients are generated as a conductive distorter is moved, they are of far less consequence when compared to excitation transients. The excitations can be sets of two sinusoids or, as disclosed by the present inventor in U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,079, can be harmonically rich waveforms running continuously. Examples of suitable harmonically rich waveforms include square waves and triangular waves. It is generally only required that spectra from the various sensed waveforms do not overlap at the frequencies of interest.
It has been found that for most practical purposes modeling the frequency response with one network (j=1) provides sufficient accuracy when a single, dominant distorter, such as a medical instrument in a medical tracking application, is present. Of course, j may be greater than one depending on the situation, e.g., the number of distorters.
How accurately the parameters k, zj and pj fit Equation {2} may be measured by the norm of the residuals. The norm of the residuals is defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the modeling function minus the measured value, when evaluated at the determined parameters. This is illustrated in Equation {10}.
Referring in detail to
If at step 535 the norm is greater than or equal to THRESHOLD, the number of model parameters is increased at step 545 by incrementing j by one to increase the accuracy of the model. After j is incremented at step 545, j is evaluated at step 550 to determine whether it is greater than a predefined limit LIMIT that places an upper constraint on the number of parameters (p's and z's) that must be determined. While it is believed that j=4 would cover almost all tracking applications, there is generally no reason not to allow j to be greater other than practical reasons, such as computing power. Upper LIMIT on j would depend mainly on the processing time for computing the model. If j exceeds value of LIMIT, the adjusted B field may be calculated in step 540 from Equation {3} and supplied to the P&O algorithm at step 520. Otherwise, the next set of frequency data is incorporated to fit the model in step 530 and the process repeated until either the norm is less than THRESHOLD or the LIMIT relative to j is reached. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the model order j does not have to be determined to completion at the end of each cycle. Rather, j could be adjusted up or down by one each cycle in an iterative manner.
In order to separate the contributions from the various field generators 608A-H as measured at the sensor frequency division multiplexing may be performed. This means that the excitations of field generators 608A-H must be at different frequencies. By judicial choice of excitation frequencies, the spectrums of the sensed waveforms can be made distinct. Some methods for accomplishing this are disclosed by the present inventor in U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,079.
Transmitter tablet 616 includes a plurality of field generating elements, such as transmitter antennas 624A-H. Antennas 624A-H need only be spatially and rotationally distinct such that the field generated by each antenna be distinguishable at sensor 612 and that there is a unique set of field values at all positions within the measurement volume. Antennas 624A-H are typically eight magnetic loop windings of circular or rectangular geometry, but other geometries are possible. Antennas 624A-H are supplied with AC triangular waveforms of different frequencies by corresponding current drivers 630A-H. The signals are frequency division multiplexed so that the fields generated by each antenna 624A-H are distinguishable from the fields generated by the other antennas. This frequency division multiplexing may be accomplished by a set of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) 634A-H, each corresponding to a respective one of transmitter antennas 624A-H. DACs 634A-H may be driven by a digital signal processor (DSP) 638 within tracking processor 620 to generate the analog signals that are supplied as inputs to current drivers 630A-H. It should be understood that, in the illustrated embodiment, eight current drivers 630A-H, or power amplifying circuits, are provided, each being connected to a corresponding one of eight field generating antennas 624A-H with eight DACs 634A-H applying actuation signals simultaneously to each of the antennas through the eight individual driving circuits.
Sensor 612 is preferably, but not necessarily, a passive loop antenna that responds to the rate of change of magnetic field dB/dt. The output of sensor 612 may be supplied to a differential preamplifier 642. The output of preamplifier 642 may be supplied to an anti-aliasing filter 646 having a frequency response chosen to prevent aliasing of the sampled data while allowing suitable sensed harmonic content of the frequency division multiplexed signals to pass unaffected to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 650. Sensor 612, preamplifier 642, anti-aliasing filter 646 and ADC 650 may be considered to form a sensor circuit 652. ADC 650 converts the output of amplifier 642 to a discrete time digital representation for processing by DSP 638. ADC 650 converts analog data at a rate suitable for FFT processing and chosen such that the sampled signals spectra falls exactly within the FFTs frequency bins and contains no spectral leakage. In the preferred DSP 638, the DSP adaptively picks which of the excitation waveforms harmonics to use.
DSP 638 provides the necessary timing signals for driving DACs 634A-H and reading the data from ADC 650. DSP 638 also calculates the position and orientation of sensor 612 in a reference coordinate frame defined by transmitter tablet 616 and may supply the results to other systems via interface 654. In the illustrated embodiment, the frequency multiplexed AC excitation frequencies are used. However, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that time multiplexed, and time and frequency multiplexed waveforms could also be used with this technique.
Referring to
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that system 600 could be reversed, i.e., a driver excitation could be output to a single transmitter antenna and multiple sensor antennas could simultaneously measure the field. Also, since all real measurement systems have a finite bandwidth, the system will have its own intrinsic low-pass filter response that can be characterized in terms of the zj and pj parameters. These could be measured at the time of manufacture and stored for use during normal system operation.
Multiple sensors 612 can be used for forming three-dimensional echocardiograms by tracking a handheld ultrasound scanner head. In still another application, multiple sensors 612 can be associated with a particular body part for the purpose of conducting biomechanical studies. Still another application involves the monitoring of the body movements of an invalid for the purpose of creating a nonverbal communication system or providing a technique for remotely controlling various devices with nonverbal communicative body motion. Another application is the tracking of head movements for use in virtual reality headsets. Still another application is a three-dimensional (3-D) mouse for navigating in multidimensional databases or as a tool for use with VRML, a 3-D file format popular on the Internet.
Although specific constructions have been presented herein, it is to be understood that these are for illustrative purposes only. Various modifications and adaptations will be apparent to those of skill in the art. In view of this, it will be appreciated that the scope of the present invention should be determined by reverence to the claims appended hereto, rather than the particular exemplary embodiment described above.
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Jeffrey Tucker
|Jeffrey A. Tucker
Tucker at the 2013 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Nevada
|Jeffrey Albert Tucker
December 19, 1963
Texas, United States
|Auburn, Alabama, United States
|Author, CEO, publisher
|Roman Catholicism
Jeffrey Albert Tucker (born December 19, 1963) is CLO (Chief Liberty Officer) of Liberty.me and publisher of Laissez Faire Books.[1][2] Tucker is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education,[3][4] an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy[5] and an Acton University faculty member.[6] He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and past editor for the institute's website, Mises.org.
Early life and education[edit]
Tucker's family is from southeastern Texas. In a 2012 interview, he credited his father as having passed along an enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, and described his childhood and teenage years as being occupied by a number of odd jobs, including work as a "roofer, well digger, carpet layer, piano mover, organ tuner, department store maintenance man, busboy, box crusher, dish washer, and jazz musician".
He studied economics as an undergraduate at Texas Tech University and Howard Payne University, where he first encountered the literature of the Austrian School. He later enrolled as a graduate student in economics at George Mason University, but developed an interest in journalism and went to work for Ron Paul during a period when Paul was not in public office. Tucker first interacted with the Mises Institute while attending a journalism program in Washington, D.C., where the organization maintained an office at the time.
Writer and editor[edit]
Tucker compiled an annotated bibliography of the works of Henry Hazlitt, entitled Henry Hazlitt: Giant For Liberty, which is now in print. A Foundation for Economic Education review described the book, which "includes citations of a novel, works on literary criticism, treatises on economics and moral philosophy, several edited volumes, some 16 other books and many chapters in books, plus articles, commentaries, and reviews," as "an apt eulogy of Henry Hazlitt."[7]
As a writer, Tucker has contributed scholarly efforts and humorous essays to LewRockwell.com, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and elsewhere. Examples of the latter essays include his defense of morning drinking,[8] his advice on "How to Dress Like a Man",[9] his attack on shaving cream,[10] and his admiration for the speedy-service haircut.[11] He is a critic[12] of the Grameen Bank which, along with its founder Muhammad Yunus, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.[13] Describing himself as a student of Satoshi[14] whom he believes to be a student of the gold standard,[15] "dedicated anarchist",[16] Tucker has authored numerous articles (many of which published on the aforementioned websites) and three books on topics such as libertarian anarchism, capitalism, Austrian economics, and alternative currencies, especially Bitcoin and its competing variants.[17][18][19]
Tucker was editor of Mises.org from 1997 until late 2011 when he was hired by Addison Wiggin as executive editor of Laissez Faire Books.[2]
He is now CLO of Liberty.me – a subscription-based "social network and online publishing platform for the liberty minded".[1]
Tucker is a convert[20] from Southern Baptism to Roman Catholicism[21] and is managing editor of Sacred Music.[22] He is one of the leading champions of traditional music, such as Gregorian Chant and sacred polyphony, in the Catholic Church, and a high-profile member of the "Reform of the Reform" movement.[23] In 2010, Tucker spoke to the National Catholic Register about the importance of sacred music.[24]
- Sing Like a Catholic (2009; also as e-book) ISBN 1-60743-722-8
- Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo (2010; also as e-book) ISBN 1-933550-89-9
- It's a Jetsons World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes (2011; also as e-book) ISBN 978-1-61016-194-7
- A Beautiful Anarchy: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age (2012; also as e-book) ISBN 978-1-62129-040-7
- ^ a b Gillespie, Nick; Swain, Joshua. "Jeffrey Tucker on Liberty.me and How the Internet Undermines the Nation-State". Reason TV. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ^ a b Addison Wiggin press release at Agora Financial website, owner of Laissez-Faire books, November 22, 2011.
- ^ "Jeffrey A. Tucker." Foundation for Economic Education
- ^ "The Man in the Bow Tie." FEE.org. 2013
- ^ "Bio: Mr. Jeffrey Tucker." Mackinac Center for Public Policy. 2008
- ^ "Acton University Faculty." Acton Institute. Acton.org
- ^ Anderson, William. "Book Review: Henry Hazlitt: A Giant of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Jeffrey A. Tucker, and Murray N. Rothbard." The Freeman. Foundation for Economic Education. November 1995. [1]
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "Bring Back the Breakfast Drink." LewRockwell.com. July 16, 2005. [2]
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "How to Dress Like a Man." LewRockwell.com. July 16, 2003. [3]
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "The Shaving Cream Racket." LewRockwell.com. April 22, 2006. [4]
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "What Men Want." LewRockwell.com. August 10, 2005. [5]
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. " Microcredit or Macrowelfare: The Myth of Grameen." Mises.org. November 8, 2006. [6]
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006." Nobelprize.org. October 13, 2006
- ^ "Interview with Jeffrey Tucker," Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast, January 27, 2015.
- ^ "Monetary Theory and Monetary History," We Use Coins, January 27, 2015.
- ^ I Am Anarchy – Jeffrey Tucker at YouTube.com
- ^ Jeffrey Tucker's articles published on Liberty.me.
- ^ Jeffrey A. Tucker, contributing writer and editor at Mises.org. https://mises.org/daily/author/205/Jeffrey-A-Tucker
- ^ Articles by Jeffrey Tucker at Lewrockwell.com. http://www.lewrockwell.com/author/jeffrey-tucker/
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey. "I Hate Converts (And I Am One)." Beliefnet.com.
- ^ Tucker, Jeffrey A. "Why I Left Protestantism for Catholicism." Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics. July 18, 1996.
- ^ "Profile: Jeffrey Tucker." Catholic Answers
- ^ "The Mystery of the St. Louis Jesuits." Sacred Music. Fall 2006, Volume 133, No. 3, pp. 27–36.
- ^ Beattie, Trent. "Singing the Mass." National Catholic Register. December 30, 2010.
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- Jeffrey Tucker archive at Laissez Faire
- Jeffrey Tucker archive at Mises.org
- Jeffrey Tucker archive at LewRockwell.com
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- The Chant Cafe
- The New Liturgical Movement Blog
- MusicaSacra.com
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After Henderson gave the Bobcats an 85-84 lead with 3:58 remaining, Jason Terry made a 3 from the wing and Garnett followed with a turnaround jumper in the lane to push the Boston lead to four.
It appeared as though the Bobcats were on their way to another fourth quarter collapse.
But trailing by four, Henderson hit a 3-point with 1:01 left. After Bradley missed an open jumper, Sessions came free off a screen and knocked down an 18-footer to give the Bobcats the lead with 25.7 seconds remaining.
The Celtics called timeout but Garnett missed from the left wing. Mullens grabbed his 18th rebound and the Walker made a pair of key free throws to give the Bobcats a three-point lead with 14.8 seconds left.
Boston set up an inbounds play and Pierce got an open look but missed. He grabbed his own rebound and dished out to the wing for Bradley, but he missed a 3 as time expired.
Boston's loss came after a triple overtime win against Denver on Thursday night, but the Celtics refused to use fatigue as an excuse.
"We put that one behind us," Green said.
As he'd planned to do before the game, Rivers went deep into his bench in the first half with 10 players seeing at least 10 minutes of action.
The Bobcats battled back in the third quarter behind 12 points from Mullens to take a 75-72 lead into the fourth. Mullens, who scored Charlotte's first 10 points of the game, did most of his damage from outside, knocking down 3-pointers and turnaround jumpers, showing great touch for a big man.
"Byron was as good as you can get in the NBA statistically in many ways," Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap said. "He's still young. He's growing. ... He's a different player because he was able to take a res. He's got live legs and he's able to see the game."
NOTES: Pierce scored in double figures for the 50th game this season. ... Bobcats center Bismack Biyombo was a force inside on the defensive end blocking four shots and grabbing seven defensive rebounds.


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Top Cuban baseball players may start playing in the Mexican League as early as next season. Cuba has changed their policy regarding professional athletes allowing them to sign contracts with foreign professional leagues reports Anne-Maria Garcia of the Associated Press. The Cuban Government announced the policy change through GRANMA the official newspaper of Cuba's Communist Party. The athletes will still have to "fulfill their obligations at home" which suggests they will need to be available for international tournaments and any Cuban domestic league. It is unclear how this will effect baseball players who come to play in the United States. Cuban athletes will have to pay taxes on their earnings from foreign clubs and the U.S. embargo outlaws nearly all transactions with the Cuban government.
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This week I will touch on a handful of pitching prospects we can expect to see at some point this season. We are now at the point in the season at which any prospect making his major league debut won't be eligible for free agency until after the 2018 season, but we still have a couple weeks or so before teams don't have to worry about four arbitration years as opposed to three. A top prospect attaining "super-two" arbitration status could potentially cost his organization millions, so don't count on seeing any elite prospects until sometime in June, if not later. Elite PROSPECTS - mid-2012 debut Jake Odorizzi, Royals Odorizzi was recently promoted to Triple-A (along with red-hot OF/3B Wil Myers) after posting these numbers in Double-A: .191 average against, 47:10 K:BB in 38 innings,3.32 ERA. He had a 1.98 ERA in his last four starts, so the 22-year-old right-hander was clearly ready for the next challenge. If you read the scouting reports, his stuff sounds like Chad Billingsle...
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New London — Police arrested a man on numerous charges Friday in connection with an incident at Mr. G's Restaurant that night that led to a police vehicle chase through the city, ending at Waterfront Park.
Jeffrey Evans, 38, whose address was not immediately available, was charged with third-degree larceny, second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree threatening, third-degree assault, violation of a protective order, possession of drug paraphernalia, engaging an officer in pursuit, evading responsibility, reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and two counts of second-degree breach of peace.
His bond and court arraignment date were not available Saturday.
Police said officers responded to a disturbance at Mr. G's Restaurant at 452 Williams St. and learned that Evans had allegedly assaulted a woman who has a protective order against him.
During the assault, police were told Evans suggested and made physical motions that made it appear that he had a firearm and was threatening to use it. Numerous patrons scrambled for shelter under tables.
Evans allegedly chased the woman around the restaurant, knocking over tables and breaking items. At one point, police said Evans threw a chair at the female, missed and struck a restaurant patron, causing a minor injury to his arm.
An employee intervened and removed Evans from the establishment, police said. After exiting the restaurant, Evans stole a running vehicle from a woman who was making a delivery. A short time later, Evans and the stolen vehicle were observed by an officer at the Ravi Mart at 268 Bank St.
When officers tried to stop the vehicle, Evans led them on a chase. The pursuit continued along numerous downtown streets, and at one point Evans was operating the wrong way on the one-way Eugene O'Neill Drive.
Police said when Evans attempted to turn onto Gov. Winthrop Boulevard, he struck an occupied, unmarked police vehicle that was stopped at the red light. Evans continued eastbound on Gov. Winthrop Boulevard and down to Ferry Street.
Evans then continued through the parking lot of the Cross Sound Ferry, across City Pier, down the Waterfront Park and struck a large cement block near the railroad crossing at the Bank Street Connector, where he was arrested without incident. No injuries were reported as a result of the motor vehicle pursuit.
Evans was arrested twice before this month in New London. On Jan. 16, he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and failure to drive right. On Jan. 8, he was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 30: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots warms ups against the New Orleans Saints at Louisana Superdome on November 30, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
The Patriots lead the Seahawks 17-10 at halftime in Seattle. But New England left points on the board in the first half. An intentional grounding by Tom Brady with 1 second left in the half led to a 10-second run off, which ended the quarter. The Pats could've extended the lead to 20-10 with a Stephen Gostkowski field goal attempt.Aaron Hernandez and Wes Welker each have touchdown receptions from Brady. The Patriots' secondary has looked inept per usual at times during the first half. Kyle Arrington has had trouble sticking with his man. It was Arrington who couldn't prevent Seattle's only touchdown thus far, a 24-yard pass from Russell to Doug Baldwin.However, Chandler Jones forced a fumble, which Rob Ninkovich recovered, and the Pats didn't give up points in the second quarter. The second half should be just as interesting.
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For your spiritmaster/sorc info you have the position correct, but the reasoning is off. The original guide DOES have it a bit backwards. Most SMs will use the orb BECAUSE they can afford to get in close to the mob to melee a bit with it, with the pet holding aggro it isn't as necessary to keep your distance as it is with a Sorcerer. SMs skills are also weaker than Sorc, and many like the advantage of the MBoost to pump their initial damage up a bit when grinding. Also, once you've set your pet on a mob, dropped a few dots on it, and you're just standing there waiting for it to die, moving in to whack it a few times with the orb will subtract a few seconds to each kill, which adds up over time. It makes for faster killing, with less downtime, and no need to nuke the mobs to speed things up.
You can kite mobs more effectively (IE: from further away) with a book, and Sorcs can keep their distance, as well as having strong enough skills that the slight damage reduction of using a book is negligable for them. Your mention of crit is unimportant, because there IS no Magical Crit in Aion. It hasn't existed since before the game went into retail in Korea. It was removed as a damage modifier, but hasn't been removed as a stat for whatever reason.
The real stat advantage of a book over an orb is Magical Accuracy. Your CC skills, Fear for SMs as well as their DOT spells benefit from higher MAcc, as do a Sorc's CC skills. The thing to decide when playing either is do you want the slightly higher power advantage, or the higher MAcc advantage. Most players carry one of each, since it's very easy to switch from one to the other with a single action/press of a button. If another player, or a strong mob is resisting your attacks with an orb, you can switch to book and have an easier time. But in general, Most SMs will use orbs socketed with MAcc stones, and Sorcs will use Books socketed with MBoost stones. That balances the negative aspects, and allows the natural playstyle of the class to use the weapon that matches them better. Both classes will almost always have the opposite's preferred weapon on them as a 'just in case it's needed', but I've also seen Sorcs who carry an MAcc slotted book, and a MBoost slotted orb, and SMs who do the opposite. It's really down to playstyle. The mage classes are the one branch where it really is completely up to the preference of the player.
Also, you're holding your weapons incorrectly, with your Sin. Put the dagger in your main hand, and the sword in your off-hand. You don't get the crit modifier on your off-hand in 1.5, or any time after 1.2. The game is only counting the main hand in your overall crit percentage. You get the extra 50 pts, added to your complete set of sockets (sockets and special stat-boosts from both weps are counted, just not the weapon's natural crit) if you hold the dagger in main hand. The sword in off-hand also balances the slight damage reduction that hits from the off-hand weapon take. Check out some of the Sins coming over from China to NA when headstart opens, they've had a chance to play under the new rules since China's servers have been updated to 1.2, most of the ones who used to go with two daggers for the crit boost have switched to dagger/sword:main/off.


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2008 holidaying in Koroni we decided to return to Ag. Andreas for lunch. This time we ate at Akroyali, it having a menu so at least we could look at prices. It proved to be a good choice, with good quality food, huge portions and good prices.
It's positioned on the pretty harbourside, surrounded by pots of colourful flowers, it's blue tables and chairs set out on a shady terrace. All the wooden chairs have different hand painted pictures on the backs of them, beautifully painted.
Again, we were suprised how quiet everywhere was. The other clientele was the priest,enjoying an Amstel whilst busy on his mobile phone!!
Favorite Dish: Philip devoured a plate of deliciously puffy cheese pies here one morning. (4 euros.)
Fassolakia: 5 euros
Kalamaria: 6 euros
Wine half kilo:2.50
Food was delicious although too large a portions!!!
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To Steki (better known as Poppy's): Where the Locals Went
The first year we ate here it was throbbing with locals (mainly young men to view Poppy the owner). It was a great atmosphere and the food was mainly good and cheaper than in Chrani. (It was on the main road about two kms. south of Khrani.)
The sevice was excellent, considering Poppy didn't speak much English.
The following year it was very quiet, almost as if the season hadn't really started, but then it was a lot colder this year. We were still made to feel welcome.
Favorite Dish: The menu translation was something else. How do you fancy a" blast of wind"? Somehow it translated to Saganaki!!!
I particularly enjoyed the Giro Plate which was literally a plateful of giro meat and salad sitting on an open pitta bread. The cost? A mighty 3.50eur. Excellent. My mouth is watering as I write this!
Sample prices: souvlaki pitta----- 1eur.
Fassolakia------ 3eur.
1/2 kilo krassi----1.40eur.
We were also given free apple, honey and walnut, coffee and the second year free toast with olive oil and olives.
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Hellas Taverna: New for 2004
On our second visit to Khrani a brand new taverna had just opened for the season. Newly built it was a pleasant, low rise simple building set in a newly planted garden. Plenty of parking space also.
Hellas was pretty busy when we were there, the young Greek lads rushing about the place.
Prices were similar to Socrates.
We discovered the place belonged to last year's cook at Socrates!! Competition, what??
All very low key with amazing toilets. You definately wanted to visit again. A nice family atmosphere.
Favorite Dish: Again they had a specials board and a standard menu. We had shrimps a few times but the home cooked items were the best. The briam was delicious and I am most definately not a vegetarian!!!
Were given an ouzo on the house after every meal.
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Socrates: Well Established
Socrates is next door to Georges Apartments and was very popular in 2003 and 2004.
2003 the waiter was a very capable Dutch man, extremely efficient and very fast. Not very Greek but the restaurant was owned by a Greek family. The atmosphere was more continental than Greek due to the large amount of Dutch patronising the place.
2004 the waiter was an Australian/Greek returned to find his roots. A very gentle, friendly man. We very much enjoyed our evenings here, both years.
Favorite Dish: There is a blackboard specials offering special fish and cooked dishes, changing regularly and the standard menu which included pizza.
Our favourite dish was stiffado and our son's the cheese and tomato pizza! The stiffado was in a wonderfully rich gravy with whole onions. Superb.
The local wine was o.k.(the white better than the red) at 3eur. a kilo.
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October 13th, 2008 #1
Well, this one is a personal work I did for my portfolio. The story is about an Android, who made a long journey to a distant planet across space. The journey was so long that no human being could survive it, hence the Android. Now she`s coming home once again...
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Hey, i know you have put a lot of energy in it but you description and illustration is not coming along each other. The sudden cropping from the leg, i mean the composition is also not interesting.
October 14th, 2008 #3
Damn! That is well done man, looks nice!!
October 14th, 2008 #4
Nice stuff.
She just lacks an articulation in the neck and below the jaw.
October 15th, 2008 #5
Thanks guys for your suggestions and crits.
Spooky: I thought of it while I was painting, but I was striving for a more organic, less robotic feel for the droid. I have a side version with the articulation on the neck, but I discarded using it. Thanks dude!!
Robot_Tank: Thanks man. I`m glad you like it!
Sony: Thanks for your comment.
October 15th, 2008 #6
Good job on this, i think that is not about trying to do the things perfect, if you want a perfect body, A REAL BODY!! why some one dont take a photo of a woman??? Thats like i think, theres people who loves perfection, theres people who loves just drawing, theres people who loves to do photomanipulation, is all about what you really want to do, no what others want you to do, the industry is a job so is the only way that you have to do what they want you to do. I dont know if you know what am im trying to tell you, is just that right here and whatever place you go theres a lot of people who wants to make others feel down or do critiqs that are ammm lets say... "anormals without sense" so... Keep it up, i really love this one, is a DROID!! upps an Android
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Thanks for your wise words Niyado!! Totally agree with you!
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It's not an android, it's a gynoid
October 16th, 2008 #9
Really nice work here. You have rendered her well and I think the composition is actually quite whimsical and interesting. Again nice work.
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October 16th, 2008 #10
Hi friends!
Cepro: I`m not sure what`s a "gynoid", but if you say so, I believe it! Thanks!
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I also need a computer. the macbook does a wonderful job there. it's portable, it's powerful, i can make stuff on it.
The ipad is just this thing that sits there and you would only pick it up occasionally. i'm sure it's a nice e-reader, though i can't wait for kindle for osx. i don't have problems reading on my macbook. It would be neat if it had a comprehensive tv remote and my tv somehow worked over wi-fi. my iphone could do that too though.
To decide where these devices fit in my life, i imagine packing for a trip. I would take my phone. I need my phone, and hey, i can play some games on it and check emails, etc. I would probably take my macbook. i still like to putz around in blender and unity on vacation. the ipad obviously isn't going to work well for content creation. at this point, i have no reason to bring the ipad. the ipad seems to have a permanent spot sitting next to my couch. That seems like a stupid thing to spend $500 on.
On the other hand, i think in the future we will have tons of these devices. Your microwave door will be a transparent display that is all one big touch surface. it will display info about what's inside via little labels that appear to hover over your food. Your car's instrument panel will probably be the same. Something like the ipad will cost much less. You will take it for granted. You won't think twice about packing it because you can always get another if it breaks, etc. You won't feel like you wasted a bunch of money on a thing that just sits by your couch or bed because that's all you will expect of it.
I think those future devices had to start somewhere. technically, i think they started on phones, but this is another step towards that future. Magical and revolutionary? Probably not. Another step towards appliance computing? maybe.
I'm not running out to get one now. In 5 years why wouldn't i spend $50 on one?
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It's open source. Renaming the sucker would be the easiest fork *ever*.
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Have scientists been able to throw together basic ingredients of living things and have the resulting pile resemble anything even close to life? Even in perfectly favorable lab settings?
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It still sets a precedent. What about the 24 year old foreign exchange student-come-NASA intern? If treason gets downgraded from "death" to "uh, 15 years I guess", a (good) judge is going to have to sentence future treasonists according to precedent. I don't know if you've checked lately, but retiring at 40 in rural China on 3 million dollars allows you, your children, and your children's children to live very comfortably. That's an appealing prospect for some.
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Facebook has outraged thousands of obsessive shirkplace F5-pressers by changing its layout from the layout it changed to after the layout before that.
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The users vowed to continue their campaign assiduously for at least a day or two, in between working on their imaginary farm or joining "I Bet I Can Find A Million People Who Believe In Facebook Petitions Before June" or observably not giving two hoots about handing their personal details, fingerprints, DNA and probably first-born to Facebook's advertisers if it meant they could get thirty coins on Petville.
Facebook engineer Jing Chen explained on the company blog how the changes had been extensively tested on the 599.5 million Facebook users who hadn't joined such groups, and that he hoped everyone who wasn't a whiny little bitch would appreciate the new experience. "There's really nothing quite like the complaints of someone getting something for free that what they're getting for free just isn't perfect enough. It's what makes Monday Monday."
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If you set up Napolean vs. Wellington at Waterloo, you didn't have to worry about players saying, "I think I'll take my army and move back over Belgian fronteir, then negotiate a treaty which will apparently give Britain what it is looking for, under the cover of which I can build other geopolitical alliances that will undercut her."
The group I play in switches periodically between a few campaigns/DMs, but that is pretty much what our main campaign is doing.
After you did all the work of researching and setting up the initial conditions for an elaborate battle simulation, the players were jolly well going to play out *your* scenario.
The conflict hasn't reached a point where the armies of the conflicting nations are facing each other, but they are on the move. We were given complete freedom of how we wished to proceed, and none of us would have it any other way. Even the guy who is DMing that campaign, when he is sitting on the player side for other campaigns, will not hesitate to ditch a major plot/quest line if the party wants to do something else.
It seems to me that roleplaying rules should focus on (a) forcing player decisions
I think I understand what you're getting at with decisions on a personal situation level, but I disagree. From a player's perspective, the rules exist to enable my character to accomplish what I want them to accomplish.
D&D 4E can make adapting to party tangents much easier than earlier editions, especially if you use some of the software tools available, & not just the official ones.
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Sellers *choose* to allow returns for buyer's remorse because it is good PR. They are not legally obligated to do so. Similarly, I can *choose* to give you a refund if you don't like your game, but I don't *have* to. If the product/game is defective, then yes, there are legal issues to force me to refund your money. But I'm not aware of any laws in the US forcing me to accept returns for any random reason.


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|Review: Belkin FlipBlade for iPad
Monday, 04 July 2011 11:04
If you spend a lot of time using your iPad, you may feel the strain of the device against your forearm. The tablet is usually propped on the left forearm, while the right hand is used for browsing.
At times, you may not want to place your iPad on your lap, but rather have it standing upright, on a table, in front of you.
Solution? The Belkin FlipBlade for iPad.
It works for both the iPad and the iPad 2. Yes, there are several iPad stands available on the market, but the Belkin FlipBlade stands out because of its simple and minimalistic design. It is aesthetically appealing, so if you're going for looks, apart from functionality, look no further. It takes up very little space and holds the device up quite solidly.
The FlipBlade is made with aluminum and plastic and has a spring-loaded mechanism that opens itself (to about a 270 degree angle) when the clasp at the base is released. The iPad can sit comfortably in both portrait and landscape modes. To close the stand, all you have to do is push the metal back into its original position before unclasping; you will then hear a clicking sound.
The FlipBlade works best in a situation where you're using your iPad for demonstration; you don't have to worry about holding the tablet in your hand while speaking. Also, if you have a limited workspace, it would be your best option to invest in one of these. It is compact and fits easily into your bag, therefore making it easy to travel with.
The not so fantastic feature is that you can't adjust the viewing angle once the iPad sits on the FlipBlade, which isn't a huge problem, but would've been a nice option.
If you are using your iPad in portrait mode, you won't be able to connect a USB cable for charging or syncing. Unless you have a lapdesk, the FlipBlade is pretty much useless if you are using your iPad in bed.
Overall, the Belkin FlipBlade for iPad is a very handy accessory that is easy to travel with, convenient and sturdy.
Pros: Sturdy; easy to travel with; aesthetically appealing.
Cons: Viewing angle fixed; iPad can't charge in portrait mode.
Rating: 8/10
Price: R399
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