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A swept-frequency shunt-mode dielectric sensor system is used to measure complex impedance parameters such as capacitance and/or dielectric loss of an object or substance being sensed. A precision, digitally synthesized sinusoidal voltage waveform is applied to an amplifier that has a precise, consistent relationship between gain and sensed complex impedance. The amplifier output is the input to a phase-loced synchronous demodulator, which produces a signal related to capacitance and/or loss factor of the object or material sensed. This swept-frequency information is used by a microprocessor that can apply mathematical algorithms to the data to calculate bulk density simultaneously with moisture or other properties of the material.
1. A method for determining the material properties of a particulate sample, comprising the steps of
(a) arranging a shunt-mode dielectric capacitance sensor within a quantity of the particulate sample;
(b) repeatedly applying at least one sinusoidal voltage signal at different frequencies to the sensor to produce changes in the electrical properties of the sensor as a function of the material properties of the sample;
(c) determining the changes in electrical properties of the sensor;
(d) correlating said changes in electrical properties, whereby the material properties including moisture content and density of the sample may be determined; and
(e) identifying the sample in accordance with said determining and correlating steps.
2. Apparatus for determining the material properties of a particulate sample, comprising
(a) a shunt-mode dielectric capacitance sensor arranged within a quantity of the particulate sample;
(b) means comprising a digitally synthesized oscillator and an amplifier for repeatedly applying at least one sinusoidal voltage signal at different frequencies to said sensor to produce changes in the electrical properties of said sensor as a function of the material properties of said sample;
(c) means for determining the changes in electrical properties of said sensor; and
(d) means for correlating said changes in electrical properties, whereby the material properties including moisture content and density of the sample are determined.
3. Apparatus for determining the material properties of a particulate sample, comprising
(a) a shunt-mode dielectric capicitance sensor arranged within a quantity of the particulate sample;
(b) means for repeatedly applying at least one sinusoidal voltage signal at different frequencies to said sensor to produce changes in the electrical properties of said sensor as a function of the material properties of said sample;
(c) means for determining the changes in electrical properties of said sensor; and
(d) microcomputer means for correlating said changes in electrical properties, whereby the material properties including moisture content and density of the sample are determined.
4. Apparatus as defined in
Devices for laboratory and on-line moisture or density measurement and identification of agricultural and other products are desirable. Two such devices which are currently available are capacitance-based sensors and microwave sensors, both of which depend on the correlation between dielectric properties and moisture content or thickness. Capacitance sensors are less expensive and easier to work with than microwave sensors, but their accuracy is less than that provided by microwave sensors. Moreover, they are largely restricted to materials with uniform dielectric properties.
The simplest type of capacitor comprises two parallel conducting plates separated by a non-conducting dielectric material. Any dielectric material which is not a vacuum will produce a larger capacitance than if a vacuum were used. Accordingly, a measurement of capacitance can provide information about the dielectric material. Capacitance sensors measure the capacitance for various dielectric materials or samples. When an AC electric field is imposed on a dielectric, it will absorb some of the field's energy. The loss factor is a measure of the amount of energy absorbed by the dielectric.
The dielectric properties of agricultural products are affected by a number of factors including moisture content, frequency, temperature, and density. Most existing capacitance based sensors measure the dielectric constant and/or loss factor of a sample at a single frequency and use this information to determine material properties such as thickness, density, or moisture content. The present invention relates to a multiple frequency capacitance sensor which measures the dielectric properties of a sample over a wide range of frequencies.
Recent advances in microprocessor technology have made possible many sensor technologies. One such technology is real-time, multiple frequency/multiple parameter dielectric or capacitive sensing which requires significant data storage and analysis. Real-time multiple frequency/multiple parameter dielectric sensing offers tremendous possibilities in material identification, improved precision of composition measurements such as moisture content, and simultaneous identification of multiple material parameters such as moisture and density.
Multiple-frequency sensors for sensing the type of material in a sample are well known in the patented prior art as evidenced by U.S. Pat. No. 5,521,515. As disclosed therein, a voltage-controlled oscillator drives a capaciflector type shielded sensor element. The impedance magnitude is measured over a predetermined frequency range and a digital computer compares the impedance v frequency curve to stored curves of known materials in order to identify the material and as an option to measure the distance to the sample.
Shunt-mode capacitive sensing is also known for various applications but is new to the field of multiple-frequency dielectric properties measurement. Shunt-mode capacitive sensing measures the capacitance between a transmitter and a reference irrespective of any capacitance to a reference potential, rather than between a transmitter and a reference potential. This allows a simple approach to shielding, using a passive shield connected directly to a reference potential rather than an active shield which follows the transmitter's electrical potential. In addition, it allows more distinct measurements to be made for a given sensor array configuration than a sensor which measures capacitance to a reference potential, as measurements can be made from any sensor element to any other sensor element in an array rather than simply from each sensor element to a reference potential.
Multiple-parameter impedance measurement for real and imaginary portions of complex impedance is also known in the prior art. For example, single-frequency, two-parameter microwave measurements have been used in moisture sensors to allow thickness compensation with known density or density compensation with known thickness. It is known in the field of moisture sensing that two-parameter measurements generally can be used to achieve superior measurement accuracy when compared to single-parameter measurements of the same material.
Capacitive density measurements are also known in the prior art, though such systems have involved measurements at only a single frequency, limiting their effectiveness to materials which have known dielectric properties. Such devices would not be useful with hydroscopic materials such as cereal grains, which have dielectric properties which vary substantially with moisture content.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for determining the bulk density and/or moisture content of a particulate sample using a capacitance sensor. At least one sinusoidal voltage signal is applied to the sensor which is arranged in a quantity of the sample to produce a change in the electrical properties of the sensor as a function of the sample. The change in the electrical properties is measured and then correlated to determine the bulk density and/or moisture content of the sample.
According to another object of the invention, the sensor is a shunt-mode dielectric sensor and the electrical properties include at least one of capacitance and dielectric loss.
The sensor may comprise at least two spaced parallel conductive plates or at least two coplanar conductive plates, while the sinusoidal voltage signal is produced by a digitally synthesized oscillator. Correlation is performed in a microcomputer using algorithms to determine the moisture content and density of the sample.
Other objects and advantages of the subject invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification when viewed in the light of the accompanying drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of a capacitance sensor according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of a capacitance sensor according to the invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a multi-frequency sensor system according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of a virtual ground amplifier used for shunt-mode capacitive measurements;
FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram of a dielectric properties measurement device including a parallel plate shunt-mode capacitive sensor element; and
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a multi-frequency sensor system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2, there are shown two different versions of a capacitive sensor 2 according to the invention. In each embodiment, the sensor is in a shunt configuration, i.e. at least a two terminal device measuring complex impedance between transmitting and receiving terminals without respect to a reference potential. This configuration is different from prior capacitive sensors which are single terminal devices which measure capacitance between the terminal and a reference potential. The shunt configuration capacitive sensor is particularly beneficial in array applications (not shown) in which any terminal may be the transmitter and any other terminal may be the receiver, permitting more distinct measurements for a given number of array elements. A further advantage of shunt-mode capacitive sensors is that when they are used with virtual ground amplifier circuits (FIG. 4), a fixed reference potential can be used for shielding, rather than a signal made to follow the transmitting terminal. Moreover, parasitic capacitance to ground has no affect on the capacitance measurements, except to decrease amplifier bandwidth. This is of little consequence if amplifiers of sufficiently high bandwidth are used.
The preferred sensor is the parallel plate sensor of FIG. 1. When used with a virtual ground amplifier, the receiving terminal 4 is maintained at a reference potential by a feedback loop though it is not directly connected to the reference potential since the receiving plate actually comprises a plurality of coplanar plates 6. Thus the electric field lines 8 in the sensor behave in the same manner as in a simple two-plate parallel plate capacitor. However, only the parallel field lines toward the center of the capacitive sensing element are involved in measurement. Accordingly, the complex admittance of the sensor element will be directly proportional to the complex dielectric properties of the particulate sample arranged within the sensor.
In a measurement made with electric field lines which are not parallel to each other and perpendicular to the interface between the sensor surface and the sensed material, the field lines will distort in a manner which depends on the dielectric properties of the material and admittance will not be a simple function of dielectric properties. This is disadvantageous for precise properties measurement.
In FIG. 2, an alternate flat co-planar plate sensor 2 is shown. It projects electric fields 8 for measurement in one direction only. The shield 10 between the transmitting and receiving electrodes results in a sensor which is not particularly sensitive to very close objects, as the field lines closest to the sensor surface return to the shield, not to the receiving terminal. The sensor of FIG. 2 is useful for proximity sensing and non-contact material identification or characterization.
Referring now to FIG. 3, a first embodiment of the sensing system according to the invention will be described in connection with the analysis of a grain sample. A variable frequency oscillator 12 produces precise waveforms at a wide range of RF frequencies, preferably between 1.0 kHz and 10 MHz. The variable frequency oscillator 12 is connected with a dielectric dependent gain stage 14 comprising an amplifier and the shunt-mode capacitive sensor. The output from the dielectric dependent gain stage is dependent on the capacitance of the sample and a loss signal. The output signal is measured by a frequency-specific signal measurement circuit 16 which also receives an input from the variable frequency oscillator 12 to eliminate the effects of noice at other frequencies. The resulting information of measurements taken at a variety of frequencies is used by a microprocessor based controller 18 to calculate via correlation the composition, thickness, and/or density of the grain. A grain temperature sensor 20 measures the grain temperature and provides an input to the controller 18 to correct for various temperatures.
In operation of the embodiment of FIG. 3, the oscillator is set to a minimum frequency and the resulting sinusoid is precisely measured. Next, the dielectric constant and/or loss factor in the capacitive sensor resulting from the sample is calculated. The steps are repeated for different frequencies and the results of each calculation are correlated in the controller to provide an indication of the properties of the sample. The correlation is preferably accomplished using a variety of multivariate analysis techniques, such as a partial least squares algorithm already used in connection with near infrared spectroscopy. For additional precision, a reference capacitor may be provided to calibrate the capacitive sensor to protect against errors introduced by thermal drift to aging of the electronic components.
In FIG. 4, there is shown in greater detail a virtual ground amplifier which serves as a sensing circuit. A variable frequency oscillator 12 is connected with an operational amplifier 22. Reference capacitor 24 is provided to stabilize the amplifier and capacitor 26 comprises the sensing plates.
As shown in FIG. 5, the virtual ground amplifier 22 is connected with the sensor so that the gain of the amplifier 22 is a simple ratio of two complex admittances. A DC bias circuit 28 provides DC stabilization to the amplifier 22. The amplifier input admittance is the capacitive sensor 2 and the feedback admittance is a reference capacitor 30 resulting in a gain proportional to sensor admittance and inversely proportional to feedback admittance. A digitally synthesized sinusoidal waveform from a first synthesizer 32 is passed through a circuitry gain buffer 34 and input to the virtual ground amplifier via sensor 2. The amplifier output waveform has a sinusoidal element in phase with the input sinusoid and an amplitude directly proportional to the shunt-mode sensor capacitance and another element 90� out of phase with the input sinusoid and an amplitude directly proportional to the dielectric loss of the sensor. This signal is input to a synchronous demodulator 36 such as an analog multiplier whose other input is a second digitally synthesized sinusoid from a synthesizer 38 driven by the same reference oscillator 40 (FIG. 5) which drives the first synthesizer 32 resulting in an unvarying phase relationship between the two. The second frequency synthesizer, under control of a CPU 42 as will be discussed below in conection with FIG. 6, can be in phase or 90� out of phase with the first frequency synthesizer 32 for demodulation of either capacitance or dielectric loss signals, respectively. Using the analog multiplier as a synchronous demodulator results in the desired DC output as well as an unwanted component at twice the input frequency. A low pass filter 44 removes the unwanted component before the signal is passed to an A/D converter 46.
Referring now to FIG. 6, the processing of the output signal from the sensor 2 will be described. A CPU 42 is used to set the first and second digital frequency synthesizers 32, 38 shown in FIG. 5 to a first frequency, both synthesizers being in the same phase. The CPU receives the digital signal from the A/D converter 46 corresponding with the change in capacitance of the capacitive sensor at the first frequency resulting from a particulate sample arranged within or passing by the sensor. The CPU compensates the signals for circuit drift and mechanical variations in the sensor configuration and stores the first signal in a memory 48. The CPU then shifts the digital frequency synthesizer 38 connected with the demodulator 36 by 90� and a second measurement from the sensor is made corresponding with the dielectric loss. The second measurement is also compensated for drift and stored in the memory. The process is repeated for different frequencies between 1.0 khz and 10 MHz and at voltages less than 5V RMS resulting in a plurality of signals being stored in the memory.
The digital dielectric property signals obtained by the sensor and stored in the memory can be converted to a serial data stream by the UART device 50 and transmitted by any number of formats. For example, R5-485 protocol may be used in order to network multiple sensors on a single pair of data lines. The transmitted data is processed in the CPU to identify the sample material and its characteristics. Algorithms are used for moisture and density measurements of the sample and for material identification
While in accordance with the provisions of the patent statute the preferred forms and embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without deviating from the inventive concepts set forth above.
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- 2003, PhD in Biomedical Sciences/Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
- 2000, MS in Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
- 1994, BS in Biology/Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
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- Brás-Rosário L, Matsuda A, Pinheiro AI, Gardner R, Lopes T, Amaral A, and Gama-Carvalho M. . pmid:23690977.
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- Barreto-Hernadez E, Gama-Carvalho M, and Sousa L. . pmid:21777085.
- Gama-Carvalho M, Barbosa-Morais NL, Brodsky AS, Silver PA, and Carmo-Fonseca M. . pmid:17137510.
- Lindberg A, Gama-Carvalho M, Carmo-Fonseca M, and Kreivi JP. . pmid:14993643.
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- Gama-Carvalho M, Carvalho MP, Kehlenbach A, Valcarcel J, and Carmo-Fonseca M. . pmid:11118443.
- Gama-Carvalho M, Krauss RD, Chiang L, Valcárcel J, Green MR, and Carmo-Fonseca M. . pmid:9166400.
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Gama-Carvalho M., and Carmo-Fonseca, M. (2006). Heterokaryon assays. In "Cell Biology – a Laboratory Handbook", ed. Julio Celis, Academic Press, London, UK.
Gama-Carvalho M., and Carmo-Fonseca, M. (2007). Tráfego de RNA e patogénese. In "O Mundo do RNA: Novos desafios e Perspectivas Futuras", ed. Cecília M. Arraiano e Arsénio M. Fialho, Lidel, Lisboa, Portugal.
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President Barack Obama surely didn't want to offer his commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech on a day dominated by rumors of war. An armed conflict with the Syrian government, even of limited duration, was never part of Obama's dream.
In a way, the very fact that our first African-American commander in chief had other things on his mind as he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial could itself be taken as a triumph. Obama is president of all the American people. He carries burdens and responsibilities no different from those borne by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson or George W. Bush.
But for a president who has reflected the national mood by insisting repeatedly that it is time for "nation-building at home," the prospect of a new Middle East engagement flies in the face of how he had envisioned his stewardship of foreign affairs.
He was elected, after all, on the basis of a firm pledge to withdraw our troops from Iraq, which he has done. He is winding down the presence of our armed forces in Afghanistan. In the battle against terrorism, he has concentrated on targeted attacks against dangerous individuals and their cells.
His hope is still for a turn in our approach to the world toward the rising powers of Asia and for a renovated American economy, economic strength being the ultimate source of the country's clout in the world.
As an outline for an appropriate set of objectives, the president's strategy still makes sense. Viewed in retrospect, it's hard not to see the Iraq war as a mistake that squandered American resources, strengthened Iran strategically and put the military — and our men and women in uniform — under excruciating pressure. The Middle East should never have loomed as large in our calculations as it did. While the American commitment to Israel's security will always be a central part of our foreign policy, the welcomed decline of our dependence on Middle East oil makes the pivot elsewhere that Obama is trying to execute somewhat easier.
But if Obama wanted to shift our foreign policy away from the Middle East, the Middle East had other ideas. Even before the latest reports that Syria's government had used chemical weapons against its own people, the military's takeover in Egypt, following abuses by the Muslim Brotherhood government, blew up the administration's hopes for a gradual movement there toward more democratic rule.
Now, the president's own unambiguous red line against the regime's use of chemical weapons and his statements declaring that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad should be ousted leave him little choice but to take military action. This is the conclusion Obama has drawn, however uneasy he has been about intervening in the Syrian civil war. He no longer has the option of standing aside.
The result is an agonizing set of questions and potential contradictions. Can military strikes of any kind be the sort of "narrow" or — and this has always been a strange word for war — "surgical" intervention that does not drag the United States deeply into the conflict? Yet if the strikes are limited enough so as not to endanger Assad's regime, is the Syrian leader then in a position to pronounce his survival a form of victory against the U.S. and its allies? Does Obama really want to get the U.S. involved, however tangentially, in a new Middle Eastern war without a debate in Congress and some explicit form of congressional approval?
Obama is a reluctant warrior which, in truth, is what he was elected to be. He has tried to steer middle courses on foreign policy — between realism and democracy promotion, between extreme caution and excessive entanglement. In the Middle East, however, the center almost never holds.
War plays havoc with even carefully laid plans and the most reasonable of national objectives.
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BHP Group Offers A$4.85 Billion for Coal Rail Assets
May 26 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd., Xstrata Plc and 11 other coal miners in Australia bid A$4.85 billion ($4 billion) for the nation's biggest coal railroad to head off the state government's planned initial public offering.
The bid exceeds what Queensland state would achieve in an IPO, Nick Greiner, chairman of the Queensland Coal Industry Rail Group, said today in a statement. The state believes its share sale plan, which the Australian newspaper said may raise A$3 billion, "is the right decision," Treasurer Andrew Fraser said.
The mining companies, including Rio Tinto Group and Peabody Energy Corp., are seeking control of the tracks as demand from Asian steelmakers expands and congestion stalled exports. Taking control would eliminate the risks of an independent operator raising fees on the monopoly asset.
"The rail group is bidding more for the track alone than what the government was hoping to achieve for the whole network," said Andrew Harrington, an analyst at Patersons Securities Ltd. in Sydney. "The incentive for the coal miners is to get more of their coal on ships, which means more tracks and cheaper transport. There is little incentive for a privatized vertically integrated enterprise to expand track."
The Queensland government's planned IPO is for Queensland Rail's tracks and trains, while the mining companies' bid is for the rail network only. The state is reviewing the bid, Fraser said today. The government hasn't said how much it intends to raise from the IPO, which was scheduled for the end of this year.
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The mining group, which accounts for 98 percent of Queensland's export coal industry, plans to spend A$2.05 billion on the railroad and has arranged a loan of A$1.35 billion for the bid, Greiner said. The network operates in a "sub-optimal" way, he told reporters today.
Australian Rail Track Corp., which manages tracks in three states including the Hunter Valley coal network in New South Wales, would run the railroad under the group's plan, Greiner said. Australian Rail Track intends to participate as an equity owner and discussions are advanced, he said.
QRNational Coal, a unit of the Queensland state-owned QR Ltd., operates more than 540 train services from 56 mines for 23 customers each week in Queensland and New South Wales, according to its annual report. The business booked sales of more than A$1.3 billion in 2008 and 2009, and transports about 185 million metric tons each year.
"The decision that we've made about the structure of QR into the future and the nature of the sale program that we've decided upon is the right decision," Treasurer Fraser said today. "It's not just about the price, it's actually what's best for the workers and the long-term benefit of the Queensland economy."
Asset Sales
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said in June that the non-passenger parts of its rail network may be worth A$7 billion. The state planned to keep a 25 percent to 40 percent stake.
Bligh is selling assets to prop up finances after forecasts the global recession will cut government revenue by A$15 billion over four years to 2012. Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and UBS AG are managers for the share sale.
There is a "strong case" for the government to consider the bid, John Quiggin, a federation fellow in economics and political science at the University of Queensland's School of Economics, said from Brisbane today by phone.
"The offer looks more appealing than what they're going to get in a float," he said. "They've managed to carry it off without giving any reasons for what they've done. They can certainly change their minds."
Rail Congestion
Rail constraints in Queensland's Bowen Basin will persist for as long as two years, hindering export growth, Deutsche Bank AG said in March, citing an independent report.
"This is about guaranteeing that investments are made in the regulated assets at the right time or early," Greiner said. "The coal companies are incentivized to invest more in the track, maintain the track better and operate it better."
The Dalrymple Bay port, which ships steelmaking and power-station coal from Queensland, may be constrained for as long as two years, possibly limiting export to as little as 65 million tons of coal this year, compared with a terminal capacity of 85 million tons, Deutsche said.
Coking Coal
BHP and Mitsubishi Corp., which own the world's largest coking coal exporter, won a 55 percent price increase from JFE Holdings Inc. for a three-month coking coal accord started in April. BHP expects an annual demand growth rate of 5.5 percent until 2025, Hubie van Dalsen, the president of its metallurgical coal operations, said May 5.
BHP, Rio, Xstrata, Peabody, Anglo American Plc, Macarthur Coal Ltd. Vale SA, Wesfarmers Ltd., Ensham Resources Pty, Felix Resources Ltd. and Jellinbah Resources have all signed equity commitments for the bid. New Hope Corp. and Aquila Resources Ltd. support the offer and have the opportunity to contribute equity at a later stage, Greiner said.
The acquisition loan is underwritten by ANZ Banking Group Ltd., BNP Paribas SA and Citibank NA. the group said.
"There's a general industry view that the IPO is not the way to go," Russell Tipper, general manager of iron ore for Aquila, said in an interview in Perth today.
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I have been blessed by the knowledge of seatbelt safety that my parent's imparted to me long before I was able to drive. being involved in two accident in my driving history, both accidents had two things in common. 1. both were low speed accidents--(Thank Goodness) 2. in both I was wearing my seatbelt.


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My First Adventure
Picked up a KLR650 last weekend and set out this afternoon afterwork for a 2 hour ride @ 64 miles. Ridden a lot of miles on a bike but this riding on gravel is a different bird.
Headed out
My first gravel road this is called Floyd Tower Road, the road leads to the Mark Twain National Forest in SE Missouri. On the tallest point you guessed it a 911 tower and an old AT&T tower.
Stopped for a drink at the road to the tower, looks like they have one that has a bent mounting bracket and is leaning.
Continued on, the gravel road proved to be a challenge, I didn't go down but I have a lot to learn about this gravel/loose soil riding, nothing like a road bike or an ATV. Made it to a road called Gobblers Knob, didn't see any turkey but saw this old place.
My next stop was this old concrete bridge, this old road is out in the middle of an old Tiff Mill area and I am guessing that this must have been a haul road because this is a pretty substantial bridge for out in the middle of now where. The creek is Town Branch which runs into Hazel Creek
Rode through the Hazel Creek Campground, didn't find one person camping.
Stopped at the Palmer Church, years ago vandals did a lot of damage to this old place, glad to see it is being kept up and appreciated instead of tore up.
I made it back, just fine stopped to top off the tank in town before coming home, went about 64 miles and took a little over 2 hours, I sure enjoyed my first little adventure and it was good to work out some stress from the work day.
Looked like a fun ride! :1drink
Keep practicing and riding you'll grow to love this type of riding!
After watching some videos and reading the reports of all the adventures being had on dirt roads I might have to add a KLR650 to the stable. Great pictures, looks fun!
Nice bike :clap
Nice first ride.
Be careful and I'll see you
out there someday.
Congratulations on the new KLR. Great looking bike.
the bike will handle much better.
Great pics and great ride. don't get to intimidated by the dirt. It is different for sure but lots of fun. dirt riding, espicially on a bigger bike is all about smooth transitions. And know this, you will crash, you will survive, you will be a better rider afterwards!:clap
When in doubt, gas it.
You may want to not get those same tires again when they are worn out. More knobs won't last as long but will be more stable in the rough stuff.
Practice makes perfect. You'll get there. :thumb
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"My grandmother used to care for the Masons. Mr. Mason was a pioneer in the roadside food industry. He owned cafes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas that served chili and apple pie. He kept his chili recipe secret for decades. He lived to be 107 years old, and my grandma finally got his recipe."
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1 pound
ground beef
1 tablespoon
chili powder (such as Gebhardt®)
onion, chopped
2 cloves
garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon
ground cumin
1 tablespoon
dried oregano
1 tablespoon
tomato paste
1 tablespoon
unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup
water, or as needed
i love vintage recipes because when im eating it it makes me feel like im brought back to that time. :-) looks good im going to try it soon. can beans be added to the chili? i dont eat ham hocks
I love that this chili is so simple to make and that it can be made with stuff I keep on hand. It is a little different than the chili that I am used to . It has the consistency of taco meat and barely any liquid. I wasn't sure I liked that at first but I put it on a bag of Fritos and it was great. They didn't get soggy! The chili wasn't quite spicy enough for me. I had to add a little cayenne pepper. Overall, it is a good recipe and I would make it again.
6 Ratings
Thank you Jeff I remember eating this as a child in OK. Can't wait to try it. But I'll have to search for the chili powder!
This is similar to the chili I used to make before I had kids.Fortunately, my chili hating son has decided its not so bad!I was happy tp come across this recipe and make it for my family! Thanks for sharing an old recipe favorite!
I made this for a Monday Night Football gathering to top baked potatoes. It doesn't make a lot, about 1 quart and I had more than half left over. It is basically seasoned ground beef. I thought the Gebhardt's chili powder might be something special but it wasn't any different than many other less expensive chili powders. Sorry, but I was not impressed with this recipe.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Mr. Mason's Chili
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 399
Calories from Fat: 281
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Unsalted Light Brown Sauce
|Beef stock
|1 Quart (Unsalted, 4 Cups)
|2 Tablespoon, finely chopped
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Dry white wine
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|4 Tablespoon
|Cold water
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Black pepper
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, freshly ground
|Tabasco sauce
|1 Dash
1) Heat the stock, in a saucepan.
2) In another pan, add the shallots and wines and place over fairly high heat, boiling the mixture until reduced by one-third of the original volume.
3) When reduced, add the heated stock and then lower the heat to medium.
4) Simmer and cook until the mixture comes to boil.
5) Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water and add it to the simmering sauce, mixing thoroughly with a wire whisk.
6) Add pepper and Tabasco sauce, as additional seasonings.
7) Use as desired.
This is called "light" brown sauce because it does not have the rich, dark brown color associated with classic French brown sauce.
The distinctive color is obtained either by adding caramel coloring, which is a low-sodium diet.
Therefore, unless you can find the caramel coloring, you will have to opt for a lighter version of the classic


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George Scott
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Name: George Scott
Birth Name: George Cramne
Born: 1966-12-20
Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Stance: Southpaw
Boxing Record: click
Representing Sweden, Scott (then named Cramne) was the Olympic silver medalist at lightweight at Seoul in 1988. His results were:
- Defeated John Nkagala (Malawi) 5-0
- Defeated Michael Carruth (Ireland) KO 1
- Defeated Charlie Kane (Great Britain) 4-1
- Defeated Nerguy Enkbath (Mongolia) 3-2
- Lost to Andreas Zuelow (East Germany) 0-5
Other Amateur Achievements
- 1987 European Championships participant at lightweight, in Torino, Italy.
- Lost to Dariusz Kosedowski (Poland) 0-5
- 1989 European Championships participant at lightweight, in Athens, Greece.
- Defeated Joerg Kaestner (West Germany) 5-0
- Lost to Kostya Tszyu (Soviet Union) 0-5
- 1991 European Championships participant at lightweight, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Defeated Jacek Bielski (Poland) 31-25
- Lost to Marco Rudolph (Germany) 28-34


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Most of Lake Tashmoo reopened for shellfishing last week after a diesel oil spill March 30.
Tisbury selectmen took stock in the aftermath of a Monday oil spill at Lake Tashmoo, praising the response.
Effective June 1, boaters in Vineyard Haven waterways will be restricted to three days on an anchor. The Tisbury selectmen unanimously voted to approve an amendment to the town anchoring regulations after a public hearing Tuesday.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, the Tisbury Waterways, Inc. will hold its annual meeting at 5 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre. The meeting will include a presentation on inshore dredging projects and what to do with the collected spoils. The program is a joint effort by the Tisbury Waterways Inc. and the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, the tide in Lake Tashmoo reached its highest point and began to roll back. Susie Bowman, a naturalist and teacher at Mass Audubon's Felix Neck wildlife sanctuary, was there to mark the change with her husband, Woody. After Mrs. Bowman marked the tide's apex, she began measuring out five-meter by five-meter quadrants in which they would search for pairs of mating horseshoe crabs. This is the couple's fifth year of horseshoe crab surveying at Lake Tashmoo.
A rare algal bloom has shut down shellfishing in Lake Tashmoo during a week where other Vineyard swimming spots were closed because of bacteria.
Seth's Pond, the popular swimming hole in West Tisbury, has been closed to swimmers for more than a week because of high levels of enterococcus bacteria. The same bacteria led to a brief closure of Pay Beach in Oak Bluffs.
Starting Wednesday, Lake Tashmoo was closed to shellfishing because of a toxic algae bloom that some said is rare to Vineyard ponds.
Lake Tashmoo has been closed to shellfishing as of Wednesday afternoon due to the presence of a potentially toxic algae bloom.
Tisbury town administrator John Bugbee said Thursday that people should not shellfish in the body of water, and should dispose of all shellfish recently caught there, as there is no way of knowing how long the algae bloom has been in place.
Signs are posted along the shore.
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Minors: Arcia, Santana spark Miracle to walk-off victory
Fort Myers used power and speed on its way to a 6-5 win over the Palm Beach Cardinals on Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak.
Pinch-runner Daniel Santana scored all the way from first on a double by Oswaldo Arcia in the bottom of the ninth to give the Miracle a walk-off win on a fireworks night at Hammond Stadium.
Santana was held up at third but took off for home when he realized that right fielder Michael Swinson's relay through missed the cutoff man. Third baseman Jeremy Patton found the ball and threw it home, but Santana slipped his hand on top of home plate before being tagged by Geoffrey Klein.
Ricky Bowen got the win for the Miracle while Chase Reid suffered the loss for the Cardinals.
Michael Gonzales blasted a two-run home run in the fifth to tie the game 3-3 and Lance Ray added a solo homer in a game that was delayed for over an hour before it started because of rain.
Once play began, the Miracle jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Arcia doubled to lead off the second and scored on a two-out base hit by Anderson Hidalgo.
Palm Beach scored the next three. Starlin Rodriguez doubled off of starter Jhon Garcia in the third to plate Mike O'Neill and tie the game.
The Miracle ran into big trouble in the fourth. Garcia left the game after suffering an apparent arm injury on the fourth pitch of the inning. Reliever Edgar Ibarra came in and issued three walks and threw two wild pitches which led to two runs and a 3-1 Palm Beach lead.
Gonzales gave the Miracle new life in the fifth when he belted a towering two run homer to center field to tie the game. Angel Morales followed with a bunt single and he moved up to third when Cardinals starter Todd McInnis threw wildly to first and the ball escaped down the right field line.
Morales scored to give Fort Myers a 4-3 lead when Levi Michael lifted a sac fly to left.
Ray lined his team-leading sixth homer of the year over the wall in right in the sixth inning to put the Miracle up 5-3.
The Cardinals answered right back in the top of the seventh. They loaded the bases on Ibarra and chased him with one out. Bowen came in and threw a wild pitch that allowed a run to score and Jonathan Rodriguez tied the game 5-5 when his sac fly drove in Starlin Rodriguez.
The 5-5 score held until Arcia and Santana came through with their heroics in the ninth.
Fans in attendance on Saturday can re-use their tickets from the game for any other Miracle game this season, with the exception of a fireworks game.
The Miracle (19-30) will try to take the rubber game of the series when the two teams meet again on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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CDK-SCTTLRE subfamily CHAIN alignment versus the CDK family. Colorized sequence alignment and partition generated by the CHAIN program, comparing the apicomplexan-specific subfamily of CDKs to a diverse set of eukaryotic CDKs. CHAIN compares a given "query" set (here, members of the putative subfamily) to a larger "main" set (here, a diverse set of eukaryotic CDKs) and divides the main set into 3 partitions based on contrasting levels of residue conservation: a "foreground" set of sequences with residue motifs matching the query, a "background" which does not conserve the distinguishing motifs of the foreground, and an "intermediate" which contains sequences that may partially match both the foreground and background sequence motifs. The alignment summary generated by CHAIN displays only the aligned sequences in the query, but highlights the alignment columns according to the conservation patterns defining each partition. The alignment appears as three blocks, labeled "Intermediate", "Background" and "Foreground", corresponding to those partitions. Above each block is a histogram indicating residue conservation patterns unique to that sequence set; dots above each column indicate which columns form the distinguishing pattern. Thus, tall red bars above columns in the "Foreground" block indicate residues that are strikingly conserved in the foreground, but not in the background. The rows below each "Background" and "Foreground" block indicate the conserved residue types and their conservation levels within those sequence sets, in units of 10%.
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Diana, Princess of Wales, may have been the queen of hearts, but she was also queen of the tabloids. Publications all over the globe chronicled everything to do with her, from her fashions to her unhappy marriage to her tragic death. But Diana was not the only royal to struggle with the glare of constant publicity. Here's a look at some of the other princes and princesses who live in the spotlight.
Britain: Sophie, Countess of Wessex
When commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones married Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, she vowed to keep her life as normal as possible — which included running her own PR firm. But earlier this year, Sophie fell victim to a tabloid sting. She made indiscreet comments about the royal family to a reporter posing as an Arab sheik and potential client. The countess also hinted that her royal connections were good for business. The debacle sparked a debate about whether outside careers posed a conflict of interest for royals.
Bottom line: Sophie bears a resemblance to the late Princess Diana, but has none of her star power. But from now on, she'll probably be more careful.
Norway: Crown Prince Haakon Magnus
The future King of Norway raised a lot of eyebrows in December 2000 when he announced his engagement to his live-in girlfriend. Not only is Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby a commoner, but she has a young son who was born out of wedlock and an ex-boyfriend who has been convicted of drug charge. The bride-to-be, now a student at the University of Oslo, previously worked as a waitress and a strawberry picker. Haakon will one day be head of the state Lutheran church, so his choice of an unwed mother as the future queen has caused some controversy.
Bottom line: Because so many Norwegian couples live together and have children without getting married, Haakon's future subjects aren't likely to remain fazed for long.
Sweden: Crown Princess Victoria
The stress of always being in the public eye has taken a toll on Victoria. The press criticized the pretty, wholesome-looking brunette for being too plump, with one magazine sniping that the princess looked as if she had "eaten too many hamburgers." The press at first exulted as Victoria slimmed down, but the public became concerned when she grew gaunt and almost skeletal. In late 1997, her parents, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, released a statement acknowledging the 20-year-old heir to the throne had an eating disorder and was getting professional help.
Bottom line: Victoria, now 25, will never escape the limelight. The royal family is very popular in Sweden, and one day Victoria will ascend the throne in her own right. The public is naturally very curious about her, and who she will eventually choose as her husband and consort.
Netherlands: Crown Prince Willem-Alexander
The heir to the Dutch throne earned the nickname "the Prince of Fun" for his love of the nightlife, and his romances have been highly publicized. There was Yolande Adriaansens, a Dutch commoner, but her romance with the prince ended when she moved to New York City and nasty rumors circulated that she supplemented her income by working for a telephone sex line. And the prince's mum apparently wasn't too pleased with Frederique van de Waal, an underwear model. The Dutch press also blamed Queen Beatrix for putting the kibosh on her son's relationship with Emily Bremers, daughter of an orthodontist.


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Prop 34 is Life or Death for Voters
Source: NBC 4 Southern California
October 31, 2012
News >> Browse Articles >> Crime News
Source: NBC 4 Southern California
October 31, 2012
over 2 years ago
44582 Comments
This is California. If judges don't like how folks vote they overturn / overrule the outcome!
Yes, speed up the process! No death row inmate should be allowed to sit out for years or decades before being put to death. HOw ridiculous!!! Just a lot of taxpayers' money going down the drain. And it would help free up space for more criminals to be put behind bars.
I"m very sorry to hear that 257Mom. And I totally agree with you about the ACLU.
I"m all for keeping the death penalty or bring back the good ole fashion Western way of killing off criminals
over 2 years ago
4578 Comments
This is a no brainer..... I am voting NO. A ballot measure I would support would one that would speed up the process.
over 2 years ago
6728 Comments
We have the death penalty for a reason. To rid society of evil. I don't know where these people get off thinking they have the right to live after the crimes they have committed. PGPD911 that is one of the problems , everyone one has rights except the victims and their family.
over 2 years ago
6652 Comments
These 700 people should not have been where they are for this long!! I'm mortified, and always have been, that subjects sentenced for these such crimes have the right to appeal, I thought once you were convicted you lost all rights!! I'm so sorry for your loss 257Mom and hope people in the State of California VOTE NO ON PROP 34!!!
over 2 years ago
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There are 43 cop killers on death row, including the murderer of my son Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05
The ACLU has led a very deceptive campaign with the help of million dollar donations from New York and Illinois. Out of state fat cats should not be manipulating or controlling justice for innocent California victims.


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GM Trademarks Buick Riviera Name – Should it Make a Comeback?
Let me guess. Your a DemocRAT, right?
Wow.... To much "Cruisin World"? Do it in on top of a GRAVEYARD while your at it.. Totally disrespectful.. Not that I care that much about disrespecting the Chinesse.. Hell I'd probably do the same thing. Quit thinking your better then us!! lol
Completely different. I have lived both places. America is heaven if you make it so. China is a prison by definition. Quit the moral relativism.
The photo shows that, with some people, it's even possible to make a Ferrari look trashy.
They're government is insane and controls every aspect of their lives while their under the impression of "freedom".
And, umm... how is america any different?
Good point! its all relative I suppose
I know right! they're so backwards, good thing we have SOPA to protect our rights and an off switch for the inter-webs. Censorship is right in front of your and yet you don't see it.
Makes me want to go to the Roman Coliseum and take a crap. Way to go Guido!
Go post some porn on twitter and see how far your freedom extends. Indecent? There's nudity on billboards in Europe. There's censorship everywhere, don't assume that where you live = the entire world.
why are the chinese to cool to use twitter like the rest of the world? ohhh right theyre government is insane and controls every aspect of their lives while their under the impression of "freedom".