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Robert Stemmler Estate Carneros Pinot Noir 2010
Pinot Noir from Carneros, California
Winemaker's Notes
The cool 2010 vintage resulted in beautiful fruit, with richness and elegance in perfect balance. This Estate Pinot Noir is ruby in color, with aromas of raspberry, blackberry, strawberry, and black pepper. The palate is loaded with cherry and berry, with notes of rose petal and clove. Plush tannins round out the finish, with rich berry flavors lingering.
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Wine Enthusiast - "This very interesting wine treads a delicate balance between exuberantly ripe persimmons and cherries, and earthier notes of red tomatoes. But those tomatoes are rich and satisfying, like summer heirloom varieties picked fresh off the vine that are sweet as a peaches. Veteran Stemmler, who can usually be depended on to turn out serious Pinot Noir, has succeeded here, giving us a delicious wine for drinking now, but one whose balance should protect it for 6–8 years. "
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Robert Stemmler's passion for winemaking spans over forty years. A native of Germany, Robert Stemmler completed his formal education in winemaking and viticulture at Bad Kreuznach wine college in Germany. In 1961 he then traveled to America to accept a winemaking position at Charles Krug Winery, one of Napa Valley's most prominent wineries. He quickly earned the reputation as one of the leading winemakers in California. This recognition lead him to other renowned wineries including Inglenook Vineyards in the Napa Valley and Simi Winery in Sonoma County.
In 1976, Robert Stemmler opened his own winery in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County. With total control over the direction of his brand, Robert concentrated on his true passion, Pinot Noir. It was in 1982, after securing quality fruit from a hillside vineyard in Russian River, Robert Stemmler Pinot Noir was put on the map. In 1984, the Robert Stemmler Pinot Noir was awarded the "Best in America." Today, Robert Stemmler is recognized as one of California's top Pinot Noir producers and he continues to devote his energy to his passion of making California's best Pinot Noir. View all Robert Stemmler Wines
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Technically a part of Napa Valley, the Carneros region straddles both Sonoma & Napa counties. It's the Napa region closest to the San Francisco peninsula and the San Pablo Bay, which is instrumental in controlling the climate of the area. The winds from the San Pablo bay create a cool weather pattern ideal for growing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Notable FactsBoth Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Carneros are delicate, yet complex, with firm structure and acidity. And while the pair are the most popular varieties of the region, some winemakers have branched out, particularly with Syrah. The cool climate Syrah of Carneros is well structured and stylistically similar to Syrah from the Northern Rhone, though often fuller-bodied.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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Alcohol By Volume GuideMost wine ranges from 10-16% alcohol by volume. Some varietals tend to have higher (for example Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon) or lower alcohol levels (Pinot Noir and many white varietals), but there is always some variation from producer to producer. Some wine falls outside of this range, for instance Port weighs in closer to 20%, while Muscat and Riesling are usually a bit below 10%.
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Justin Tucker knew he'd be able to kick a long field goal if necessary during Saturday's game in Denver. After all, the rookie drilled a 67-yarder in warm-ups for the AFC Divisional match-up with the Broncos.
Long and timely kicks have been Tucker's calling card during his first pro season. He came through once more when the Ravens needed it by making a 47-yard field goal early in the second overtime to give the Ravens a wild 38-35 victory over Denver.
Tucker beat out Billy Cundiff for the regular kicking job in training. Cundiff made the Pro Bowl in 2010 but struggled last year and his miss of a late field goal against New England in the AFC title game cost the Ravens a chance to push that contest into overtime.
Tucker had no problem with this kick, drilling the 47-yarder to give the Ravens the come-from-behind win.
This season, Tucker looked nothing like a rookie. He made 30 of 33 kicks in the regular season and went 1-for-1 in last week's win over the Colts in the Wild Card playoff game. In addition, he remained solid on kickoffs throughout the season, routinely blasting the ball through the end zone and helping the defense.
"I always feel good about going out on to the field," Tucker said. "Not a lot of people get to do this. It's a heck of a lot of fun."
He enjoyed himself once more with the game-winning kick. The Ravens had regained possession when Corey Graham made his second interception of the game late in the first overtime. Two plays later, that period ended, and Tucker ran out on to the field during the break to get a kick and test the field.
"Usually at the change of quarter, you don't see people running out there and kicking a ball," Tucker said. "But we figured, no one's told us not to do it before. I'm glad we did. It's different kicking on the sideline where the grass is green and plus and it's all good."
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How do I modify the subject header to flag messages that have a low SenderBase Reputation Score (SBRS)?
The SenderBase Reputation Score (SBRS) is a value between -10 and +10 for IP addresses reflecting the likelihood that an IP address is currently being used to send spam. (Some addresses for which no information are available return a "none" score). You can use this score in many ways as part of your enterprise spam management policy. Some network managers may want to tag messages with their SBRS scores to enable filters further down their email pipeline to act on the scores.
To use SBRS scores, the listener must have SenderBase queries enabled. This is the default behavior, and can only be changed from the CLI using listenerconfig->edit->setup. (Note that even if SBRS is disabled, you will still see SBRS score reports of "None" for each sending host in the mail_logs file.) The SBRS score is available for all messages (although it may be "None," meaning that no SBRS score is available for an IP address) based on the sending IP address of the message.
The SBRS score is stored in a variable, $REPUTATION, that is available to you in message filters (and in other places). This variable can be tested to determine some filter action, and it can be used in filter actions such as adding headers to messages. The following message filter shows how you can add the SenderBase score and other HAT-based policy parameters as body headers to any message sent through a particular listener "InboundMail":
AddHATDataForInbound: If ( recv-inj == "InboundMail") { insert-header ('X-SBRS', '$REPUTATION'); insert-header ('X-SenderGroup', '$GROUP'); insert-header ('X-MailFlowPolicy', '$POLICY'); }
Note - Senders for which there are no SBRS scores will have a $REPUTATION value of "None"; senders that fall into no specific Sender Group will have a Sender Group of "<Unknown>" and a Mail Flow Policy of "$ACCEPTED".
The message filter below is more complex. It always marks the SBRS score as an "X-" header in the message. If the SBRS score is less than (or equal) -2.0, then it will also mark the reputation in the message subject at the end, enclosed in the right and left curly bracket characters. This filter also tries not to mark the subject line more than once:
MarkSBRSinSubject:if ( (recv-inj == "InboundMail") AND (subject != "\\{SBRS .*\\}$") ) { insert-header("X-SBRS", "$REPUTATION"); if (reputation <= -2.0) { strip-header("Subject"); insert-header("Subject", "$Subject \\{SBRS $REPUTATION\\}"); } }
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"This recipe was created in the Unitas mountain range by a Student Conservation Association trail crew. The beauty of this bread is it's versatility. If you don't have enough or any of an ingredient you can usually go without or substitute for it. So go ahead, add milk, eggs, oats, fruits or nuts. You can also try different flours and sweeteners."
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I'm rating this 4.5. I added more honey based on other reviews and I also added vital wheat gluten. I halved the recipe b/c 9 cups seemed like so much and I was still able to get 2 good sized loaves. I used 3 cups bread flour and 1.5 cups of wheat flour. The kids liked this more than my all wheat bread recipe. Thanks. This is a keeper.
I followed your basic recipe to suit and was excited. This was my first "loaf" bread I have made. It smelled incredible and was delicious, fresh out of the oven with some butter. At the same time, the flavor isn't that great after a day or two. A pretty solid recipe overall. Thanks!
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Hello fellow SCA!!! Good recipe for crew though I have made this basic recipe, I use whole wheat flour for half of the bread flour called for in this recipe. For added nutrition, I also add 2 tablespoons of flax seeds, and my crew gobbles this stuff. Yum!
I remember this for when I was 5!! YUMMY!! And so versatile!
this was nice as a white bread. i halved the mixture so i could make jst one loaf in my bread machine and i reduced the salt to 1 teaspoon as i thought 2 tablespoons was a bit much. i couldnt taste the honey at all though, not sure if you're actually supposed to. if i were to make this again i would double the honey so that i might be able to taste it
Since the submitter encourages the addition and substitution of ingredients, I elected to use eggs and milk in this recipe. I halved the recipe. I dropped one egg into my measuring cup and added enough warm milk to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid. I followed the rest of the recipe exactly. It's not exactly a complaint, but this made one HUGE loaf of bread. My kids loved this bread and I will make it again. I will probably make smaller loaves in 8X4 bread pans the next time. Thanks for a tasty and versatile recipe!
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2007 The Marine Corps is reaching out to former Marines in its effort to grow the service, the Marine commandant said today.
Marine Gen. James Conway said in a media roundtable that the increase of 27,000 Marines by fiscal 2011 will allow Marines to spend more time at home between deployments. He also said the corps will maintain the current quality of recruits.
Part of the effort to grow the force is to contact noncommissioned officers who have separated from the service and offer them the option of coming back in. Conway is sending a letter to every Marine who has gotten out in the last four years. "It'll say that, 'You may have already served your nation, but the job's not done,'" he said.
Everything is negotiable: four-year enlistments, two-year enlistments, airborne school, other military schools, and so on, Conway said. He added that NCOs should be able to come back on active duty with their former ranks. "We don't have a lot of feedback yet," Conway said. "It's still in the early part of the process."
The corps will grow to 207,000 Marines by 2011. Conway said the service will begin recruiting an extra 5,000 per year beginning this year without reducing standards. "We think 5,000 a year is within the arc of the possible, and that's our focus at this point," he said.
The corps will be competing against the other services and especially against the Army, which has been slated to grow by 62,000 over the same period. Conway said the corps will probably put between 300 and 400 more recruiters on the street. He said plans call for the plus-up to be funded out of supplemental requests through 2009 and then become part of the annual budget.
Standards are important to the Marine leadership, Conway said. "We do not want to sacrifice the quality of recruits simply to make the numbers," the commandant said.
Marine recruit standard is higher than that set by the Defense Department. The DoD standard states that 90 percent of all recruits must be high school graduates. The Marine standard is 95 percent, and the service is recruiting 96 percent.
"We think the Marine Corps -- as the most prestigious service of all, with our mission, with the quality of the folks we are bringing in now -- that we need to hold to those standards," he said. "And we need to have every Marine to understand that the Marine on their flank is the same quality of individual that we always have."
DoD officials said that only about one-third of 18- to 24-year-olds qualify to join the military. "We're going to hold to our standards, and we're going to have to be driven off those standards," Conway said.
The 27,000-Marine increase will be put against those units experiencing the heaviest "deployment-to-dwell" ratios, Conway said. "We have some units that are deployed for seven months, … and then they are home for only five months," the general said. "We start creating additional of those types of units so we're able to put these folks into rotation and reduce the stress on the force."
The Marine Corps would like to get to the point of seven months deployed, 14 months at home station. The general said aviation units, military police and civil affairs are among the most heavily stressed units.
The commandant is adamant that the corps must do something about deployment-to-dwell time. "If you want to find sky-high morale, go to a unit that is getting ready to go, is there or is just back," he said. "Now, that said, we believe as an institution that we have got to do something about the tempo or we're going to start to lose some great young Americans who otherwise might want to stay."
Families have to feel that they have been given proper consideration. Seven months at home is not enough time to have a normal life, he said. "We've had some great young Marines who have deployed two or three times -- Iraq, Afghanistan -- and they are now in (shoreside, non-deployable) billets. I think when those folks get ready to come back, if the leadership hasn't done something about this tempo, (the Marines) are going to face a fork in the road.
"The Marine in the family may say, 'It's my job. I've got to do it.' But the spouse in the family may say, 'Uh-uh, I've been there. I've done that, and I demand more.'"
Growing the force is more than simply going out and hiring more people, Conway said. There are infrastructure concerns, training schedules and billeting arrangements. Marine Corps experts are working on these issues now, he said.
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The Surry County Historical Society will host a dinner and program about the over-mountain men on Sept. 5 by award winning author and storyteller Randell Jones. It is titled "Before they were heroes at King's Mountain." The meal will be held at 6 p.m. at the Edwards-Franklin House with the free program following.
"In many ways, the Revolutionary War was a civil war," said Society President Dr. Annette Ayers. "It was a conflict between loyalists trained as British forces and Whigs and the rebels who were often from the backcountry. One thing not widely known is the majority of soldiers in the Revolutionary War were teenagers. They answered the call, fired up by the injustice of British laws."
She also said North Carolina had called for its Independence with the Halifax Resolve and told its delegates to bring up the issue in February of 1776. The Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776.
The Battle of Kings Mountain happened on Oct. 7, 1780, and is credited with turning the tide in the revolution. Research provided by Ayers indicates Lord Charles Cornwallis planned to invade North Carolina and Virginia in 1780 and had assigned Maj. Patrick "Bulldog" Ferguson to protect the left flank of the British army. He led loyalists from New York, Georgia and South Carolina and was the only British soldier in his unit.
Ferguson moved west into North Carolina in September 1780 to the small settlement Gilbert Town. He challenged the "Over the Mountain Men" to either put down their weapons against the British or he would "march his army over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay their country waste with fire and sword."
Ayers explained these mountain men were second and third generation settlers who had fought for their land through six years of conflicts with Shawnees, Cherokees, Chickamaugas, Scots Highlanders, Loyalist Tories, Royal grenadiers, robbers and thieves.
"This was not a smart challenge to make to fiercely independent pioneers who lived on the frontier," wrote Ayers.
Word went out among the mountains and the patriots marched across the Appalachian Mountains, often wading in ankle-deep snow. Benjamin Cleveland, with his nephew Jesse Franklin and Joseph Winston, led 350 men from Wilkes and Surry County and joined the frontier army near Morganton. They marched toward King's Mountain where Ferguson had camped on top of the mountain's flat summit which was framed by steep, rocky slopes covered with trees and brush. Ferguson's army numbered 1,100 men.
She said the over-mountain men attacked from three directions and used frontier fighting methods of attacking from ambush and used trees and rocks for cover. The frontiersmen defeated Ferguson in about an hour. Ferguson, wearing a plaid hunting shirt, blowing a silver whistle and mounted on a white horse, was shot dead. Ferguson lost 244 men, 163 were wounded and 698 were taken prisoner.
Ayers said news of British actions traveled throughout the colonies by letters of correspondence and word of mouth, and there was a correlation between the strong spirit of Independence of the mountain men, who had spent three generations fighting for their land with little to show in the way of support for their taxes compared to other areas which had been recently settled by immigrants who still had strong ties with England.
The cost of the dinner is $15 and participants are asked to make reservations by Saturday. Persons may obtain more information by calling 325-2161 or 374-2353. Jones' talk is free and will start at 7 p.m. It is made possible by the Road Scholars Program of the NC Humanities Council.
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The search for K–12 engineering education curricula turned up a wide variety of products from many different sources. Each curriculum had its own personality, and no two were completely alike in mission, content, format, or pedagogy. To deal with this complexity, Prof. Welty developed a "beads-and-threads" model (Figure 4-1) that enabled us to analyze the curricula in a systematic way using a manageable set of key variables.
The beads represent the "packaging" in which the engineering content of the curriculum is delivered to students. Most of the curricular materials used interesting technologies to package content into manageable chunks. For example, "The Infinity Project" focused on technologies likely to be of interest to students, such as the Internet and cell phones, digital video and movie special effects, and electronic music. Other developers organized materials around hands-on learning activities familiar to and popular with many students and teachers. For example, the middle school program of "Project Lead the Way," Gateway to Technology, includes activities for making and testing CO2-powered dragsters, magnetic-levitation vehicles, water-bottle rockets, model rockets, and Rube Goldberg devices.
The content of several curricula was organized around the design process. For example, the "Design and Discovery" curriculum, by Intel Corporation, features lessons and learning activities for identifying problems, gathering information, brainstorming solutions, drawing plans, making models, building prototypes, and making presentations. Prominent local or regional industries, such as Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., were used as examples in interdisciplinary thematic units in the "Children Designing and Engineering" materials, developed at The College of New Jersey. The material in one curriculum, "Engineering is Elementary," was organized around traditional fields of engineering (e.g., civil, environmental, electrical, agricultural, and mechanical engineering).
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Director's Welcome
On the heels of a successful fall with Gordon Parks, Realms of Earth and Sky, and The Lyrical Line, The Fralin is launching another equally impressive slate of exhibitions.
Lucian Freud: Etchings, curated by Jennifer Farrell, examines the artist's powerful and detailed depictions of the human form, the psychological conditions that characterized his oeuvre, and how he redefined portraiture. Portrait of an Artist also examines portraiture, in this case through a selection of prints dating from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth-century, illustrating perceptions of artists and their work across three centuries. The exhibition originated from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation of Houston, Texas, and we are pleased to mount it here this spring.
What is a Line? brings an interactive dimension to the Museum as the works featured were voted on by you—our Museum community. Curated by Farrell, it was inspired by modern artist Paul Klee's statement that "a line is a dot that went for a walk." This exhibition examines the diverse ways in which twentieth and twenty-first-century artists have used lines in their art. Childhood in Art, curated by Stephen Margulies from works primarily drawn from The Fralin's collection, depicts childhood innocence and experience—"the two contrary states of the human soul".
We are fortunate to host two academic exhibitions: Figures for the Soul by Elizabeth Dwyer, our Barringer-Lindner Fellow, and The Body in Motion by U.Va.'s Museums Internship Class. Figures is a two-part series featuring the works of Albrecht Dürer and Hendrick Goltzius, focusing on their technique and evolution as artists. The Body is a collaborative effort of the 10-member Internship Class, encouraging contemplation of the body's motion through the medium of photography.
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Kacey Musgrave's unconvincing country
CORPUS CHRISTI - There is a very old school of thought that suggests that artists need to suffer in order for their work to be compelling. For country singer Kasey Musgroves, recent events in her life have been the source of plenty of heartache and disappointment. After unsuccessfully pitching her demo tape to countless record companies, the spunky 24-year old country singer won some impressive notices for taking the independent route and self-releasing her first three albums. Unfortunately, that trilogy of work that included "Movin' On" in 2002, "Wanted: One Good Cowboy" the following year and 2007's self-titled disc didn't exactly set the country world on fire. She had another brief brush with fame as a contestant on USA Network's "Nashville Star" but she only managed to come in at seventh place. All of those hit-and-miss experiences set the stage for her major label debut, "Same Trailer Different Park" (Mercury).
The most striking aspect of this album is that every song features a sort of glossed-over, almost antiseptic sound. That deliberate production technique is meant to sweeten up these pleasantly pleasant melodies and highlight Musgrove's surprisingly undistinguished vocals. While she had a hand in writing or co-writing all of the songs, they all sound formulaic, and in some cases, interchangeable. The problem here is that Musgroves comes off a little too polite and relaxed. There's the paint-by-numbers sentimentality of the forlorn "I Miss You" right alongside a misguided attempt at riling things up on the unconvincing "Step Off." The lyrical banality and hopscotch melody of "Stupid" suits Musgrove like clothes meant for someone else.
Fortunately, it isn't all a disaster, as the buoyant, uplifting melody and lyrics of "Sliver Lining" and the self-conciliatory air of "Follow Your Arrow" aptly demonstrate. And then there are a handful of faceless tunes that fall somewhere in the middle, like the predictable "Keep It To Yourself" and the weepy "It Is What It Is" that sound more like Sheryl Crow outtakes.
The next time out, she should draw on the experiences of her past struggles and use them as the basis for infusing her music with some much needed feistiness and grit. In a sense, "Same Trailer Different Park" proves that there just aren't enough scuffs on Musgrave's designer boots for her particular brand of country to be anywhere near convincing.
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A woman's best friend is not diamonds. It's shoes! The ladies of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta are a testament to how important it is to make sure the shoe game is proper.
A stiletto heel or pump can make or break your look. At last night's NYC premiere party, everyone got it right. Mimi's bright shoe gave her all black dress a pop. Erica topped off her red dress with nude sandals instead of the go-to black. Although we would've loved to see K.Michelle in an open-toe shoe with her gown she worked the all black see-through platform. Stevie J kept it classic with a pair of black Jordan's. You can say a lot of things about these ladies, but you can't say their shoe game is wack. They worked! Whose shoes did you love? Let us know in the comments.
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Sexual activity is an instinctive, automatic part of human behavior. But the biology behind that behavior is quite complex, particularly in men. For many men, sexuality is one of the things that change over time. It's usually a gradual, almost unnoticeable process that begins in middle age.
Scientists don't understand all the factors that contribute to sexual function in young men, let alone what is responsible for the changes that occur with healthy aging. Still, it's clear that the hormones, nerves and blood vessels responsible for male sexuality all change over time.
Although the sex act is a continuous process, it has six stages. Almost all are affected by aging.
1. Sexual Desire or Libido
The normal sex drive is a prime example of the unity of mind and body: It requires both the right mind set and enough testosterone, the male hormone. Sexual desires surface in puberty, when testosterone levels rise. Although the intensity of the sex drive tends to wane with age, most men make enough testosterone to maintain libido throughout life.
For most older men sexual interest is still there, but it's generally a far cry from the preoccupation with sex that's so common in youth. Many older men think about sex but don't have the drive to put theory into practice. And even when the spirit is willing, the flesh may be weak.
On average, levels of testosterone fall by about 1% per year beyond age 40, but most older men still have enough testosterone to function sexually. To produce arousal, testosterone acts on the brain, and these nerve cells become less hormone-responsive with age. In contrast, men tend to produce more female hormones (estradiol and prolactin) as they age.
2. Arousal
Sexual activity begins with arousal. It's the result of a combination of erotic thoughts and sensory stimulation that may involve touch, sight, scent, taste or hearing. An area of the brain called the hypothalamus coordinates erotic images and sensations and transmits the impulses of desire through the spinal cord to the pelvis. The impulses link up with the nerves in the pelvis, which spring into action. Sensory nerves from the skin of the penis and other erogenous zones also connect directly to the pelvic nerves, bypassing the brain. All of this happens involuntarily.
When properly stimulated, the pelvic nerves send chemical signals to the arteries of the penis. This causes them to widen and admit more blood. Blood rushes in and the penis swells. This causes an erection. For years, doctors have known that an erection is a hydraulic event (it requires pressure created by forcing liquid through a narrow "pipe") that depends on a six-fold increase in the amount of blood in the penis. But new research has revealed that an erection is also a chemical event. A tiny chemical called nitric oxide allows nerves to communicate with each other and with the arteries of the penis. It's been an exciting discovery and has led to the development of erectile dysfunction (ED) medications (Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis).
As for nerve function, penile responsiveness to sensory stimulation slows with age. In addition, penile blood flow may decrease as men grow older, even if they stay healthy.
Most men experience decreased sexual responsiveness with increasing age. Erections occur more slowly and they become more dependent on physical stimulation than on erotic thoughts.
Even when erections develop, most men in their 60s report that they are more difficult to sustain and not as hard or rigid.
Nighttime erections diminish with age. Between the ages of 45 and 54, men average 3.3 erections per night; between ages 65 and 75, it's 2.3 erections. The erections also tend to become briefer and less rigid with age.
3. Plateau
This stage usually lasts from 30 seconds to two minutes. Heart rate and blood pressure increase and more blood is pumped to the body's tissues. Blood flow increases not just to the penis; most men also experience facial flushing and the testicles swell by about 50%. During the plateau phase, the prostate and seminal vessels begin to discharge fluid to prepare for ejaculation. There are no reported changes in the plateau phase with aging.


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5 Holiday Gift Ideas For Guys
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Suspicious "Panel of Experts†Compiles 50 Greatest Films
There's always an air of fakery around an article that refers to a mysterious "panel of expertsâ€, but there it is. Said "panel" compiled a list of "50 Films to See Before You Die†for the British digital channel Film 4. The list is after the jump, but there are some very immediate problems with it. For example: #27 is the movie Hero, yet they do not specify whether it is the Tom Cruise Pretends He's Asian Hero or the Dustin Hoffman Makes A Bad Career Choice Hero. Here's hoping it's the latter. Also, Royal Tenenbaums over Rushmore? Unlikely. And hey – not a single John Landis movie on the list?! Come on… Coming to America is one of the finest movies of our time. Also missing: Total Recall, Dumb and Dumber, and possibly the best movie ever, Speed.
Click to read the full list — what other movies did they leave out?
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ICYMI: It's Hard Out Here For a DJ Qualls
DJ Qualls, Hollywood's go-to actor for all its "awkward dork" casting needs, showed paparazzi outside of an LA nightclub just what kind of stone pimp he actually is. In the course of the two minute clip, Qualls lights a cigarette, struts with a young starlet on each arm, kisses one of them, then finally hits a paparazzi homerun by giving the obligatory comment on his thoughts about Lindsay Lohan, to whom he has no discernible relation. While his description of her as "not a nice girl" is a far cry from the oratory eloquence of Brandon Davis' "firecrotch", it's hard not to find DJ's earnest "Haha, me too, right guys? Lohan sucks, check out my ladies, call me sometime Paris!" eagerness to be part of Hollywood's clique of popular party kids at least mildly charming.
Keira Knightley: Dead Man's Chest
Check out this picture taken of Keira Knightley in London a few days ago. We're not sure if Keira was a feral child, raised by topless, chunky-belted wolves in an alley somewhere, but someone should really get the memo to her that a skirt belted around the human xylophone that is her rib cage does NOT constitute a dress. Maybe it's just a clever ruse to divert attention from the "Knightley Jaw." And check out her boyf! Attractive, in a Matthew Mcconaughey as a vampire kind of way — which, on second thought, is exactly our type.
While You Were Stalking Colin Farrell
- Madonna is so paranoid about germs she demands a new toilet seat in her dressing room every night while on tour. She doesn't want to spread whatever it is she has.
- Nicolas Cage believes his "regular guy" appeal will secure the success of his controversial new film World Trade Center. The fact that the movie is about the greatest tragedy in our nation's history is secondary.
- Christie Brinkley's estranged husband has apologized for being "stupid" and cheating on her with an 18-year-old. He promises that the next time he strays he'll have enough class to do it with a model in her early 20's.
- Kimberly Stewart says hiking makes her sane. And I say it's boring quotes like that that make Kimberly Stewart forgettable.
- Lionel Richie is saddened by the media's obsession with his daughter's weight. He wants to know why nobody notices he's really thin too. Doesn't ANYBODY care???
Best Night Ever: Monday, July 24th
It's Best Night Ever for Monday, July 24th! Claudia is here to walk you through the best of Monday night tv, including Miami: Beach Patrol, Tabloid Wars, and Hell's Kitchen!
…Of The Day
- GEEK LOVE: These videos from Comic-Con make me wish I was as popular as Johnny Drama. (Bam! Kapow!)
- SINGING RICHIE: Sorry Lionel, there's a new musician in the family and her name's Nicole. Seriously. (D-Listed)
- GIF (NOT RELATED TO MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY): Jessica Simpson + bikini photos + animation = why the internet was created. (Egotastic)
- POLL: Who would cheat on George Clooney? Well, only lunatics, liars, and lesbians, naturally. (Gawker)
- PLANK: Bai Ling, proving that just because Pirates Of The Carribbean 2 is a success, not everything with a pirate hat is worth your time. (Mollygood)
LISTEN UP: BWE's Daily Dose of the Best Music Ever
- I Am Fuel, You Are Friends is starting the week off right with a Monday mix including Pete Yorn, Rooney, Girl Talk, R.E.M. and more.
- Speaking of Michael Stipe and co., Feed me Good Tunes has a bunch of old tracks from a handful of albums. Download them all.
- Pop Tarts Suck Toasted has a mix today that features tracks by Of Montreal, The Hold Steady, and a few other bands passing through New York this week. You know I'll be at the OM show Sunday.
- Disco-Not-Disco posted four great tracks today, including songs by Clipse and Beck, so I'm willing to overlook the positive review for Johnny Knoxville's The Ringer. But it wasn't easy.
- And finally, if you've never listened to Voxtrot head on over to Obscure Sound asap. Let me know what you think.
ICYMI: The Ballad of Crazy Colin Farrell Stalker
Now that the dust has finally settled on the set of The Tonight Show after last week's onstage confrontation of Colin Farrell by his assumed stalker, we've finally been able to get the other side of the story straight from the
horse's crazy person's mouth. You should check out her entire rambling manifesto, but here's a little sample of the fun:
"The camera that we strolled pass was still taping at the time because the red light was still on and it turned with us as we walked by obviously still recording colin and I interacting. The whole studio was quite and no one was alarmed, because Colin's reaction was too inviting toward seeing me. Security never came over to us, and Mr. Leno never moved from his seat nor summons his security because Colin was talking to me comfortably with his whole arm draped around me extreamly close.
Now that her rhetorical genius has whet your appetite for lunacy, head over to her MySpace page and rock out to the single she recorded, which will obviously be the breakout hit of the summer – "Colin Farrell Is My Bitch".
ICYMI: Barbara Learns More About Black Women, Hair
Barbara Walters just keeps going and going and going. Give this woman a black co-host (not named Star Jones) and she's bound to do something embarrassing. After the way she harrassed Brandy and pulled on Tanika Ray's hair, you'd think she would've learned her lesson by now. Well, she hasn't. Cue Mo'Nique.
So what did Barbara learn from Mo'Nique on The View today?
1) Black women DO NOT shave their legs
2) Black women DO shave their underarms
3) Black women DO NOT appreciate it when you call their children "creatures"
4) Black women DO NOT enjoy being double teamed by two old white women
What an episode. Future co-hosts, you've been warned: You come and go- they stay. They. Stay.


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Valentine's Day is a Good Reminder to Love the Earth with Recycling and Reduction
Greeting cards, the most obvious Valentine's Day symbol, contribute to a big spike in annual waste production. Approximately 180 million Americans exchanged Valentine's Day cards in one year alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This makes the holiday a great opportunity for both showing affection and recycling. That's why Waste Management urges its customers to consider alternatives to conventional gifts and to find something that not only express the spirit of the holiday, but also supports the EPA's "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" goal.
"Valentine's Day doesn't produce as much waste as Christmas or even Easter, but when you consider what goes into a card or some flowers, it's easy to understand that a few small changes make a big difference for the environment," said Lisa Hemenway, community relations for Waste Management. You can be good to your loved ones and the environment on Valentine's Day. It just takes a little forethought and creativity."
• Valentine cards - Save trees in the name of love by sending an e-card. If the card is a must, make sure it's printed on recycled paper or make one from scratch
• Flowers - Consider planting a tree for your loved one instead of giving flowers. If flowers are non-negotiable, look for organic flowers that were grown without pesticides or purchase your flowers from a grocer or retailer that composts its pre-consumer food waste, including floral items.
• Jewelry – Consider buying heirloom jewelry from a vintage dealer. If you want to buy new, choose a jeweler whose gems and precious metals are certified ecologically friendly.
• Home-cooked meals – Show your loved ones you care by cooking with fresh, local, organic ingredients.
• Photo gifts – Using recycled materials and your favorite photos, make a scrapbook, decorate a picture frame or create an electronic slideshow.
• Looking for something a little less traditional? Then websites, such as Green America and Green Living Tips, provide guides to eco-friendly food and clothing.
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I really do not understand the point of NetworkManager in Linux. Why does it replace the old methods of managing connections in Red Hat, for example?
Mostly to make configuration "just work" smoothly when one has a diversity of connection methods (many different Wi-Fi networks, Ethernet, 3G, Bluetooth etc...).
Configuring some of those by hand can be a hassle, specially when you only need them temporarily (e.g. on a laptop).
Of course, one can fall back to the older config and do it by hand or use, e.g.
It is for integration, the good old way is too resource based to be efficient (file edition, service restart..). Now things are working along with event busses, shared apis and stuff like that, so a lot of "managers" that are service providers appeared. Anyway if you don't use a evolved desktop manager, you can still do everything by hand.


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The music business major prepares students to enter today's music industry and to pursue a career opportunity where the arts and commerce intersect. Courses in music, performing arts, and business combine with field observations and internships. These experiences prepare students for careers in fields such as arts management, promotion, the record industry, and general music business. The program affords both the performing artist and the business student the opportunity to pursue music business studies. The music business major has two tracks: the Bachelor of Arts in Music with Music Business Concentration (designed with a music emphasis) and the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with Specialization in Music Business (designed for the music/business student).
Behind the Scenes with Bon Jovi
Augsburg Students go behind the scenes at Bon Jovi concert
Internship Placements
Augsburg Music Business students and graduates have had unique opportunities within the music industry both locally and nationally. The lists below include examples of internship placements and employers of graduates of the Music Business program.
- Air MTM, London, England
- La Crosse Radio Group, LaCrosse, WI
- Littoral Records, Sydney, Australia
- Palm Pictures, New York City
- Sony Music Nashville, Nashville, TN
- Victory Studios, Seattle, WA
- 94.7 The Zone Radio, Chicago, IL
In addition, our music business alumni currently work at the
following organizations:
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul
- The Dakota, Minneapolis
- The Schubert Theatre, Minneapolis
- Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul
- Palm Pictures, New York City
- Club 3 Degrees, Minneapolis
- Sony Music Nashville, Nashville, TN
Twin Cities
|Allegro Music CampCaboozeCBS Radio Cedar Cultural Center Clear Channel Entertainment Club 3 Degrees The Dakota DEMOMN Depository Recording Studio Fifth Element Fine Line Music Cafe First Ave Guthrie Theatre In the Groove Music Innova Recordings (American Composers Forum) KMOJ Radio Minneapolis Chamber Orchestra
|Music Association of MinnetonkaNew Folk RecordsRock the Cause Rose Ensemble Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Saint Paul Saints The Singers Station 4 Sue McLean and Associates Tinderbox Music Universal Music & Video Distribution Varsity Theatre Vega Productions Vocal Essence West Bank School of Music WAMSO 50 Entertainment
Degree Requirements
BA in Music with Music Business Concentration, Degree Checklist BA in Business with Music Business Specialization, Degree Checklist BA in Music with Music Business Concentration
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A system for providing realistic sensation within a simulation system by providing tactile (haptic) feedback to a user. The system includes an engageable practice tool that the user engages and a mechanical simulation apparatus coupled to the practice tool. The mechanical simulation apparatus includes a ground member, a mechanical linkage rotatably coupled to the ground member, a linear axis member coupled to the practice tool and the mechanical linkage, at least four actuators coupled to the ground member, sensors for sensing movement of the actuators, and at least three cables in contact with the at least four actuators and coupled to the mechanical linkage. An interface device is coupled to the simulation apparatus and a host computer is coupled to the interface device for implementing an application program. The application program provides signals for the actuators to move the cables and thereby move the mechanical linkage.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a manipulandum adapted to be manipulated by a user as a medical device;
a medical simulation apparatus adapted to be a simulated body part, wherein the medical simulation apparatus is configured to receive the manipulandum therein, wherein the medical procedure simulation tool is a first simulation tool, the simulation apparatus adapted to receive a second simulation tool with the first simulation tool, wherein the simulation apparatus is configured sense positional information of both simulation tools simultaneously; and
an interface device coupled to the simulation apparatus and configured to be coupled to a host computer, wherein the host computer is adapted to run a software application simulating the manipulandum inside the medical simulation apparatus as a simulated medical device inside the simulated body part, wherein a portion of the medical simulation apparatus moves in response to a control signal from the host computer.
2. The apparatus of
3. The apparatus of
4. The apparatus of
5. The apparatus of
6. The apparatus of
a base;
a linkage mechanism coupled to the base, the linkage configured to be rotatable with respect to the base; and
a linkage member coupled to the linkage mechanism, wherein the linkage member is rotatable with respect to the linkage mechanism, the linkage member configured to receive the simulation tool.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/196,563, entitled "Interface Apparatus with Cable-Driven Force Feedback and Four Grounded Actuators" by inventors Pedro Gregorio, Neil T. Olien, David W. Bailey and Steven P. Vassalo, filed on Jul. 15, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,056,123, which claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60/305,957, filed on Jul. 16, 2001.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to interface devices between humans and computers, and more particularly to computer interface devices that provide force feedback to the user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Virtual reality computer systems provide users with the illusion that they are part of a "virtual" environment. A virtual reality system will typically include a computer processor, virtual reality software, and virtual reality I/O devices such as head mounted, displays, sensor gloves, three dimensional ("3D") pointers, etc.
Virtual reality computer systems may be used for training. In many fields, such as aviation and vehicle and systems operation, virtual reality systems have been used successfully to allow a user to learn from and experience a realistic "virtual" environment. The appeal of using virtual reality computer systems for training relates, in part, to the ability of such systems to allow trainees the luxury of confidently operating in a highly realistic environment and making mistakes without "real world" consequences. For example, a virtual reality computer system allows a doctor-trainee or other human operator or user to "manipulate" a scalpel or probe within a computer-simulated "body," and thereby perform medical procedures on a virtual patient. In this instance, the I/O device, which is typically a 3D pointer, stylus, or the like, is used to represent a surgical instrument such as a scalpel or probe. As the "scalpel" or "probe" moves within a provided space or structure, results of such movement are updated and displayed in a body image displayed on the screen of the computer system so that the operator gains the experience of performing such a procedure without practicing on an actual human being or a cadaver. In other applications, virtual reality computer systems allow a user to handle and manipulate the controls of complicated and expensive vehicles and machinery for training and/or entertainment purposes.
For virtual reality systems to provide a realistic (and therefore effective) experience for the user, sensory feedback and manual interaction should be as natural as possible. In addition to sensing and tracking a user's manual activity and feeding such information to the controlling computer to provide a 3D visual representation to the user, a human interface mechanism should also provide force or tactile ("haptic") feedback to the user. The need for the user to obtain realistic haptic information is extensive in many kinds of simulation and other applications. For example, in medical/surgical simulations, the "feel" of a probe or scalpel simulator is important as the probe is moved within the simulated body. It would be in valuable to a medical trainee to learn how an instrument moves within a body, how much force is required depending on the operation performed, the space available in a body to manipulate an instrument, etc. Other applications similarly benefit from the realism provided by haptic feedback. A "high bandwidth" interface system, which is an interface that accurately responds to signals having fast changes and a broad range of frequencies as well as providing such signals accurately to a control system, is therefore desirable in these and other applications.
Several existing devices provide multiple degrees of freedom of motion of an instrument or manipulatable object and include haptic feedback. Many of these devices, however, are limited in how many degrees of freedom that forces are provided, and may also be less accurate and realistic than desired for a particular application. Devices having greater realism yet reasonable cost are desired for medical and other virtual simulation applications.
The present invention provides a system for providing a realistic sensation to a user by providing resistance. The system includes an engageable practice tool that the user engages. A mechanical simulation apparatus is coupled to the practice tool and an interface device is coupled to the simulation device. A host computer is coupled to the interface device for implementing an application program. The application program provides signals for a mechanical simulation apparatus to provide resistance to the practice tool based upon sensed positions of the practice tool.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the practice tool is configured as a practice medical tool.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the interface device is included within the host computer.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, the interface device is separate from the host computer.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, the interface device comprises a microprocessor local to the mechanical simulation apparatus.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, the system further includes a barrier between the mechanical simulation apparatus and the user.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the practice tool is configured as a laparoscopic tool and includes a trocar.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, the practice tool is configured as one of a group comprising catheters, hypodermic needles, wires, fiber optic bundles, styluses, joysticks, screw drivers, pool queues and handgrips.
In accordance with yet a further aspect of the present invention, the system includes multiple practice tools.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the mechanical simulation apparatus includes a ground member, a mechanical linkage coupled to the ground member, a linear axis member coupled to the practice tool and the mechanical linkage, at least one actuator coupled to the ground member, and a cable in engagement with at least one actuator and coupled to the mechanical linkage.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the system includes at least four actuators.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, the actuators comprise the DC, motors.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, the system includes at least three cables in various engagement with the at least four actuators.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, at least one sensor is provided that senses movement of the actuators and/or the mechanical linkage.
The present invention also provides a method for providing a realistic sensation to a user by providing resistance. The method includes providing an engageable practice tool coupled to a mechanical simulation apparatus comprising a mechanical linkage, at least one actuator, at least one cable in engagement with the at least one actuator and coupled to the mechanical linkage, and a sensor. The method further includes engaging the tool by the user and applying a force to the practice tool by the user. The position of the tool is sensed with the sensor. The position sensed is provided to a host computer that includes an application program, and a signal is provided from the host computer to the at least one actuator to move the at least one cable and thereby move the mechanical linkage. The signal is based upon the position sensed and the application program.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be understood upon reading and understanding the description of the preferred exemplary embodiments, found hereinbelow, in conjunction with reference to the drawings, in which like numerals represent like elements.
The handle 26 of a laparoscopic tool 18 used in conjunction with the present invention is manipulated by an operator and virtual reality images are displayed on a display device 20 of A digital processing system in response to such manipulations. For example, when the tool 18 is moved by the user, a graphical representation of the tool or a part of the tool may be moved correspondingly within a graphical environment displayed on device 20. Display device 20 may be a standard display screen or CRT, 3-D goggles, or any other visual interface. The digital processing system is typically a host computer 16. The host computer can be a personal computer or workstation or other computer device or processor, such as a home video game system commonly connected to a television set, such as systems available from Nintendo, Sega, or Sony; a "set top box" which may be used, for example, to provide interactive television functions to users; an arcade game; a portable computing device, etc. Multiple tools 18, each manipulatable by the user, may also be provided, as in a preferred embodiment described below.
Host computer 16 implements a host application program with which a user is interacting via peripherals and interface device 14. For example, the host application program may be a video game, medical simulation, scientific analysis program, or even an operating system or other application program that utilizes force feedback. Typically, the host application provides images to be displayed on a display output device, as described below, and/or other feedback, such as auditory signals. The medical simulation example of
One example of a human/interface apparatus 12 as illustrated herein is used to simulate a laparoscopic medical procedure. In addition to the handle of a standard laparoscopic tool 18, the human/interface apparatus 12 may include a barrier 22 and a standard laparoscopic trocar 24 (or a facsimile of a trocar). The barrier 22 is used to represent a portion of the skin covering the body of a patient. Trocar 24 is inserted into the body of the virtual patient to provide an entry and removal point from the body of the patient for the laparoscopic tool 18, and to allow the manipulation of the laparoscopic tool. Barrier 22 and trocar 24 may be omitted from apparatus 12 in other embodiments if desired. Preferably, the laparoscopic tool 18 is modified; in one embodiment, the shaft is replaced by a linear axis member, as described below. In other embodiments, the end of the shaft of the tool (such as any cutting edges) may be removed. The distal end of the laparoscopic tool 18 may not be required for the virtual reality simulation.
The laparoscopic tool 18 includes a handle or "grip" portion 26 and a shaft portion 28. The shaft portion is an elongated mechanical object, described in greater detail below. In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with tracking the movement of the shaft portion 28 in three-dimensional space, e.g. four degrees of freedom. The shaft 28 is constrained at some point along its length such that it may move with four degrees of freedom within the simulated patient's body.
A mechanical apparatus 25 for interfacing mechanical input and output is shown within the "body" of the patient in phantom lines. When an interaction is simulated on the computer, the computer will send feedback signals to the tool 18 and mechanical apparatus 25, which has actuators for generating forces in response to the position of the virtual laparoscopic tool relative to surfaces or features displayed on the computer display device. Mechanical apparatus 25 is described in greater detail below. Signals may be sent to and from apparatus 25 via interface 30, which may be similar to interface 72 described below.
While one embodiment of the present invention will be discussed with reference to the laparoscopic tool 18, it will be appreciated that a great number of other types of objects may be used with the method and apparatus of the present invention. In fact, the-present invention may be used with any mechanical object where it is desirable to provide a human/computer interface with one to six degrees of freedom. Such objects may include endoscopic or other similar surgical tools used in medical procedures, catheters, hypodermic needles, wires, fiber optic bundles, styluses, joysticks, screw drivers, pool cues, hand grips, etc.
The electronic interface 14 is a component of the human/computer interface apparatus 12 and may couple the apparatus 12 to the host computer 16. Electronic interface 14 may be included within a housing of mechanical apparatus 25, within host computer 16, or may be provided as a separate unit. More particularly, interface 14 is used in preferred embodiments to couple the various actuators and sensors of apparatus 25 (described in detail below) to computer 16. In some embodiments, the interface may include a microprocessor local to the apparatus 25 to handle sensor data and actuator control. Suitable electronic configurations are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,623,582; 5,821,920; 5,731,804; 5,734,373; 5,828,197; and 6,024,576, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Signals may be sent to and from interface 14 and computer 16 by a standard interface 32 (RS-232, USB, Firewire, serial, parallel, etc.) or by wireless transmission and reception. In various embodiments of the present invention, interface 14 may serve solely as an input device for the computer 16, solely as an output device for the computer 16, or as an input/output (I/O) device for the computer 16. The interface 14 may also receive inputs from other input devices or controls that are associated with apparatus 12 and may relay those inputs to computer 16. For example, commands sent by the user activating a button on apparatus 12 may be relayed to computer 16 to implement a command or cause the computer 16 to output a command to the apparatus 12.
Each tool 18 is coupled to a linear axis member 40, which is coupled to a mechanical linkage 38, which will be described in more detail below. The user object 44, such as a handle, is preferably coupled to linear axis member 40. The mechanical linkage is grounded via a base structure 46. The actuators, such as DC motors, which output the forces on each linear axis member 40 and tool 18, are in the described embodiment located within the base structure 46, and are therefore all grounded. This configuration allows high fidelity and efficient haptic feedback to be produced with the apparatus 25. The actuators may also include sensors which sense the rotation of the actuators and thus, detect the motion of the tool in the four degrees of freedom. In other embodiments, sensors may be coupled to parts of the linkage 38 to sense the motion of the tool more directly.
In the described embodiment, each linear axis member 40/tool 18 may be moved in four degrees of freedom, shown as the insert degree of freedom 50, the twist degree of freedom 52, the first rotation (yaw) 54, and the second rotation (pitch) 56. Other embodiments may limit the degrees of freedom to a lesser number, or provide additional degrees of freedom.
Other types of sensors and actuators, which essentially serve as transducers for the system, may be used in other embodiments, such as analog potentiometers, Polhemus (magnetic) sensors, lateral effect photo diodes, etc. Alternatively, sensors may be positioned at other locations of relative motion or joints of mechanical apparatus 25. It should be noted that the present, invention may utilize both absolute and relative sensors. The actuators may also be of various types, such as active actuators and/or passive actuators. Active actuators may include linear current control motors, stepper motors, pneumatic/hydraulic active actuators, stepper, motor, brushless DC motors, pneumatic/hydraulic actuators, a torquer (motor with limited angular range), a voice coil, and other types of actuators that transmit a force to move an object. Passive actuators may also be used. Magnetic particle brakes, friction brakes, or pneumatic/hydraulic passive actuators may be used in addition to or instead of a motor to generate a damping resistance or friction in a degree of motion. In addition, in some embodiments, passive (or "viscous") damper elements may be provided on the bearings of apparatus 25 to remove energy from the system and in intentionally increase the dynamic stability of the mechanical system. In other embodiments, this passive damping may be introduced by using the back electromotive force (EMF) of the actuators to remove energy from the system. In addition, in the voice coil embodiments, multiple wire coils may be provided, where some of the coils may be used to provide back EMF and damping forces.
The actuators and sensors are decoupled, meaning that these transducers are directly coupled to ground member 46 which is coupled to a ground surface 47, i.e. the ground surface carries the weight of the transducers, not the user handling tool 18. The weights and inertia of the transducers are thus substantially negligible to a user handling and moving the tool. This provides a more realistic interface to a virtual reality system, since the computer may control the transducers to provide substantially all of the forces felt by the user in these degrees of motion. In contrast, in typical prior art arrangements of multi-degree of freedom interfaces, one actuator "rides" upon another actuator in a serial chain of links and actuators. This low bandwidth arrangement causes the user to feel the inertia of coupled actuators when manipulating an object.
Optionally, additional transducers may be added to apparatus 25 to provide additional degrees of freedom for the tool 18. For example, a transducer may be added to the grip of laparoscopic tool 18 to sense and/or output forces to the degree of freedom provided by the user moving two portions of a tool 18 relative to each other to simulate extending the cutting blade of the tool, for example.
The first rotation (yaw) 54 of linkage 38 is provided by a different cable drive 100. Cable drive 100 includes a drum 102 which is rigidly coupled to linkage member 110, which rotates about degree of freedom 54-about axis B with respect to linkage member 112. Two idler pulleys 104 a and 104 b are rotatably coupled to linkage member 112 and rotating about axes parallel to axis B. A cable 106, shown as a dashed line, is routed from one end of drum 102, around idler pulley 104 a, through the linkage member 38 and out to the base structure and driven pulley 74 of actuator 64, where it is wrapped multiple times. The cable then is routed back into and through the linkage 38, around the idler pulley 104 b, and along the edge of drum 102 to the tensioner 114. This configuration allows the actuator to rotate the linkage member 110 by pulling the desired side of the drum 102 with the cable 106.
In operation, the actuator 66 may rotate the drum 138 in either direction, thereby rotating the linear axis member 40 and tool 18. When the actuator shaft is rotated in one direction, the first end of cable 130 around pulley 136 is pulled, causing the drum to rotate about center point 170 in the corresponding direction. When the actuator shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, the second end of cable 130 is pulled around pulley 142, causing the drum to rotate about central point 170 in its other direction.
To allow forces to be output in the linear insert degree of freedom 50, a first end of cable 160 (represented by dashed line in
In operation, the actuator 62 may rotate its driven pulley in either direction to correspondingly pull on the first end or the second end of the cable 160. If the first end is pulled, a downward force on the linear axis member 40 (as oriented in
Thus, the mechanism of the present invention preferably provides four grounded actuators to provide forces in four degrees of freedom of the tool 18. To make the actuators grounded, cables are used to allow the actuators to output forces to a remote mechanical motion, i.e. the rotated drums or moved linear axis member is located far from the driven pulley, unlike standard capstan drives. The three cables (six ends) routed through the interior of the mechanical linkage and out to the base structure are bent in various ways around idler pulleys and about their lengthwise axes; however, this does not cause significant stretching in the cables. The six ends of the cables are preferably arranged close together close to the pitch axis A so as to minimize bending of the cables. For example, the six cable lengths may be arranged so that their cross sections approximately form a circle around the rotation axis A.
While this invention has been described in terms of several preferred embodiments, it is contemplated that alterations, modifications and permutations thereof will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the specification and study of the drawings. For example, the linked members of apparatus 25 may take a number of actual physical sizes and forms while maintaining the disclosed linkage structure. Likewise, other types of gimbal mechanisms or different mechanisms providing multiple degrees of freedom may be used with the drive mechanisms disclosed herein to reduce inertia, friction, and backlash in a system. A variety of devices may also be used to sense the position of an object in the provided degrees of freedom and to drive the object along those degrees of freedom. In addition, the sensor and actuator used in the transducer system having desired play may take a variety of forms. Similarly, other types of couplings may be used to provide the desired play between the object and actuator. Furthermore, certain terminology has been used for the purposes of descriptive clarity, and not to limit the present invention.
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Permutations galore typify the final round of the Vodacom Cup before the playoffs start, with only three teams – GWK Griquas and Ford Pumas in the North Section, and DHL Western Province in the South – assured of their quarter-final spots.
The MTN Golden Lions, who have a bye this weekend, will in all likelihood make the playoffs, but where they finish on the North Section log is not in their hands.
On the balance of probability, GWK Griquas (at home against the Valke) and the Vodacom Blue Bulls (away against the Griffons) should win and make the playoffs.
Funnier things have happened in the past, but it's not been the greatest season for the Northern Free Staters or the East Randers, who won the Vodacom Cup in 2006. They occupy the bottom two positions on the North Section log and will have to play out of their skins to finish the season on a victorious note.
The big game up north takes place in Witbank on Saturday evening, when the Ford Pumas host the Leopards at the Puma Stadium. The team from Potchefstroom still has a slim outside chance of making the quarter-finals, but for that to happen, the Griffons have to beat the Vodacom Blue Bulls and they have to beat the Pumas.
If the Blue Bulls win in Welkom, the Leopards have to smash the Pumas by more than 31 points and score four tries. They will then move from 12 to 17 log points to finish level with the MTN Golden Lions, but will have a better points' difference.
The South Section is far more complicated.
DHL Western Province will finish top of the log, come what may. They host the Toyota Free State XV in Durbanville on Saturday and the team from Bloemfontein will want to finish a disappointing season with a victory against the pace-setters and only unbeaten team this year.
Teams two to five – the Sharks XV (21 log points, points difference of +79), Pampas XV (20, +41), EP Kings (20, +26) and Regent Boland Kavaliers (20, -3) – all play each other in two mouth-watering clashes in Port Elizabeth and Stellenbosch.
One of these teams will drop out of the quarter-finals, which will probably see them throw all caution to the wind as they try to rack up as many points as possible in 80 minutes, while keeping their opponents as close to 0 as they can.
For the SWD Eagles their 2012 campaign will finish in East London against the Border Bulldogs. The Valke, Griffons and Toyota Free State XV will also play their final Vodacom Cup matches of the season.
Tjovitjo moves to Queenstown!
Vodacom Cup schools activations take place in Port Elizabeth, Welkom and Queenstown this weekend. The South African Rugby Union and the Tag Rugby Association will be hosting clinics with local schools, where the kids will be taught the basics of rugby and encouraged to set up local Tag leagues, to further hone the skills they learn.
At the end of the competition one school will win a 15-seater Toyota Quantum minibus in a random draw. The 10 schools from the province that will host the Vodacom Cup final and that participated in the Tag Rugby activation will go into the lucky draw and one lucky headmaster will drive away in the Q.
Vodacom Cup Fixtures – Round 7
Thursday, April 26 2012
GWK Griquas v Valke
Kick-off: 15:30
Venue: GWK Park, Kimberley
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
Friday, April 27 2012
Griffons v Vodacom Blue Bulls
Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: North West Stadium, Welkom
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe
EP Kings v Regent Boland Kavaliers
Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
Saturday, April 28 2012
Pampas XV v Sharks XV
Kick-off: 14:45
Venue: Markotter Stadium, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch
Referee: Quinton Immelman
Border Bulldogs v SWD Eagles
Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Queen's College, Queenstown (Note: the venue has been changed from the Mlungisi Rugby Field)
Referee: Matt Kemp
DHL Western Province v Toyota Free State XV
Kick-off: 15:30
Venue: Durbanville Rugby Club, Durbanville
Referee: Tiaan Jonker
Ford Pumas v Leopards
Kick-off: 19:10
Venue: Puma Stadium, Witbank
Referee: Ben Crouse
Bye: MTN Golden Lions


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Pete Carroll couldn't have asked for a better gift when he was hired as the new head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
Other than receiving a $35 million dollar contract Carroll has the chance to make a quick turnaround of the Seahawks starting with having two of the top fifteen picks in the 2010 NFL draft.
The first of those two picks is the sixth overall pick where nomatter who falls the Seahawks will be greatly improved on either side of the ball.
Some of the more notable names that have been mentioned as a posiblity with the sixth overall pick have been Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen, Tennessee safety Eric Berry, Oklahoma offensive tackle Trent Williams, Iowa offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga, as well as a few others.
Jimmy Clausen has been the highest target for Pete Carroll this entrie off-season outside of Broncos restricted free agent Brandon Marshall.
The rumored intrested in Jimmy Clausen on the part of the Seahwks was fully on desplay when Clausen held his pro-day in South Bend on Thursday. After showing scouts from most of the 32 NFL teams in attendence what he could do he did something extra for the Seahawks.
The Seahawks, as well as front office management workout out with Clausen for an additional three hours after his workout in which he completed 57 of 59 passes.
"Our guys had a great mtg w/ jimmy & I got to talk w/ him during the mtg too-- he's awesome.... It was a big day for jimmy! "
-Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll via Twitter on Jimmy Clausen
However Clausen is not the only high profile player being followed by Seattle. Let's take a look at and rate each players possiblity of being the sixth overall pick to the Seahawks.
Scale is from 0-10.
S Eric Berry(6): At the recomendation of Monte Kiffin Eric Berry declared for the NFL draft after his junior year and it could pay off if either the Kansas City Chiefs (No. 5 overall) or the Seattle Seahawks (No. 6 overall) select the playmaking Tennessee product.
However while safety is a siezable need for the Seahawks it's not worth a top six pick.
Seattle can wait to select a safety in the second, third or fourth-rounds of the draft and still find a player with starting potential.
Eric Berry, who would be a wonderful addition to the Seahawks just isn't worth the sixth overall pick and with the needs at quarterback, left tackle, defensive end and wide receiver.
Berry's talent just doesn't overcome the needs they can address at six overall.
So on a scale from 0-10 the chances of Eric Berry dawning Seahawks blue is a six.
Jimmy Clausen(9.9): Clausen is the perfect pick for the Seahawks at sixth overall. With the acquisition of third-string quarterback Charlie Whitehurst a lot of people thought that ment the Seahawks wouldn't select a quarterback in the draft.
Consider this.
If the Seahawks felt that Whitehurst can take over and become the new face of the franchise they would have paid him more than a two-year $8 million deal.
Look at previous backup-to-starter trades like Matt Schaub, who received a major six-year $62 million dollar contract after being traded from Atlanta to Houston.
The draft day Manning-Rivers trade can also be considered in that group of backup-to-starter because Rivers sat behind Drew Brees for two years before becoming the Chargers starting quarterback.
So the fact that the Whitehurst contract was so dismal, and the compensation was also not what the Manning-Rivers and Schaub trades were doesn't make Whitehurst the immeditate starter.
Selecting Jimmy Clausen, a quarterback who's had more experiance than Whitehurst and has more of a long-term future for the Seahawks than Matt Hasselbeck does makes Clausen the perfect pick.
ESPN Todd McShay believes the Seahawks can select Clausen at No. 14 overall however the Seahawks have to have Clausen fall past Cleveland, Buffalo, Jacksonville, San Francisco and maybe the Raiders can be included depending on what they still see in JaMarcus Russell.
So with the history that Carroll has with Clausen as well as the indepth research and time the Seahawks have done with Clausen just shows how much Carroll believes in Clausen and wants him to become the new face of the franchise in Seattle.
Also it fits with Carroll's motto of competition. Clausen will compete with Hasselbeck and Whitehurst to be the starting quarterback in Seattle.
One additional note about Carroll is that he has no problem and strongly believes in starting rookies including quarterbacks.
OT Trent Williams/Bryan Bulaga(8): Williams and Bulaga really come in both with an eight out of ten because it comes down to whoever is still available when the Seahawks pick at sixth overall.
Williams had an outstanding showing at the NFL combine which really propelled him into the top three group for offensive tackels in the draft along with Iowa's Bryan Bulaga and Oklahoma State's Russell Okung.
Bulaga has always been in the top two for offensive tackles in the draft but some scouts question his arm length and if he will be able to reach and match up with NFL defensive ends'.
However Bulaga does make up for his questionable arm length with impeciable strength and has all the intabgbles to be an NFL left tackle.
Offensive tackle is the biggest need for the Seahawks but this draft is incredibly deep with talented offensive tackles and the Seahawks can afford to wait till the fourtheenth overall pick or even later.
Offensive line Alex Gibbs is one of the best offensive line coaches in the league and usually prefers to have mid-round players to mold into starters and history supports that.
DE Derrick Morgan(2): The Seahawks won't select a defensive line prospect with the sixth overall pick unless by a miracle defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh or Gerald McCoy are still on the board.
Morgan is not a top 15 talent and the Seahawks won't reach for a defensive end in the first round and that includes Derrick Morgan.
So the final verduct is in an here is how the odds stack up for the Seahawks with the sixth overall pick.
QB Jimmy Clausen-9.9 out of 10.
OT Trent Williams- 8 out of 10
OT Bryan Bulaga-8 out of 10
S Eric Berry- 6 out of 10
DE Derrick Morgan- 2 out of 10
With less than two weeks remaining until the 2010 NFL draft look for the Seahawks to secure Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen as their sixth overall pick.


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Fire destroys San Antonio area wedding venue, dream home seen on TV
'The Swanderosa' near Helotes goes up in flames, no injuries reported
The cause of the fire at the Swanderosa estate early Wednesday morning remains under investigation by the fire marshal's office.
The 7500 square foot estate caught fire just after 1 a.m. It took fire crews nearly 3 hours to extinguish the fire.
Fortunately, the Swan family and their dog made it out safely. Tommy Swan said he was asleep when the fire broke out.
"Before I knew it, half the house and then as soon as half the house was gone, the rest was gone," said Swan who tried to put the blaze out with a fire extinguisher.
The fire is a big blow to the family. It comes just one month after they lost their mother to cancer.
"It's much more than just a home, we called it 'the Swanderosa' because it was a gathering place not just for our family, but families all over the city to celebrate the happiest days of their life," said Ashley Swan.
Swan said with the estate pretty much gone, she said her father will have nothing tangible to remember their mother by.
"At least he had this place to remember her by, and now it's gone," said Swan, who rushed out to the house minutes after the fire started.
Longtime neighbor Paul Sheel hopes the family will rebuild their estate. He said it's a terrible tragedy and that the family is a staple in the community.
On the Swanderosa Facebook page, they wrote they will be in contact with all future weddings that have been scheduled shortly.
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