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A system for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network includes a node having a processor that conditions a video bitstream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the processor marking a random join point (RJP) in the video bitstream immediately preceding the I-frame and PSI packets, the node outputting the conditioned and marked video bitstream across the packet network. An edge device of the network includes a buffer that caches packets of the conditioned and marked video bitstream video starting at the RJP, and sends the cached packets to a client receiver.
1. A system for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network comprising:
a multicast server having a processor that conditions a multicast video bitstream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the PSI packets include conditional access table (CAT), program association table (PAT), and program map table (PMT) data, the processor marking a random join point (RJP) in the multicast video bitstream immediately preceding the I-frame and the PSI packets, the node outputting the conditioned and marked video bitstream across the packet network; and
an edge router or switch device of the network that receives the conditioned and marked video bitstream, the edge device including a buffer that caches packets of the conditioned and marked multicast video bitstream starting at the RJP, the edge device sending the cached packets to a client receiver in a multicast group in response to a request received by the edge device from the client receiver.
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4. A method for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network comprising:
transposing, by a head-end unit, packets of a multicast digital video transport stream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the PSI packets including conditional access table (CAT), program association table (PAT), and program map table (PMT) data;
marking, by the head-end unit, a random join point (RJP) in the multicast digital video transport stream immediately preceding the I-frame and PSI packets;
caching, by a downstream device, packets of the multicast digital video transport stream starting at the RJP; and
bursting the cached packets to a client device in a multicast group responsive to a request received by the downstream device from the client device.
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7. In a packet-based network for multicast streaming of digital video programs, a computer-implemented method of conditioning a multicast digital video transport stream comprising:
transposing packets of an elementary stream contained within the multicast digital video transport stream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the PSI packets including conditional access table (CAT), program association table (PAT), and program map table (PMT) data;
marking a random join point (RJP) in the multicast digital video transport stream immediately preceding the I-frame and PSI packets; and
sending the conditioned multicast digital video transport stream across an Internet Protocol (IP) distribution network to a router that is operable to cache a set of current data packets that includes the I-frame and PSI packets for subsequent burst transmission to a client receiver of a multicast group.
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The present application is related to Ser. No. 09/606,790, filed Jun. 28, 2000, entitled, "Devices and Methods for Minimizing Start Up Delay in Transmission of Streaming Video", now U.S. Pat. No. 7,373,413, which application is assigned to the assignee of the present application.
The present invention relates generally to the field of video transmission over digital networks; more specifically, to devices and methods for minimizing startup delays in multicast media streams.
In the past few decades, advances in the related fields of video compression and video transmission systems have lead to the widespread availability of digital video programs transmitted over a variety of communication systems and networks. Most recently, new technologies have been developed that have allowed television programs to be transmitted as multicast digital bitstreams of multiplexed video and audio signals delivered to users or client subscribers over packet switched networks.
Digital television signals are typically transmitted over packet networks as MPEG-2 data streams. Each MPEG-2 single program transport stream normally comprises data for a single television programs channel. Each transport stream consists of a set of sub-streams, commonly known as elementary streams, which contain packets of audio, video, or other data information encapsulated in the MPEG-2 stream. Each of these elementary streams has a Packet Identifier (PID) that uniquely identifies that stream within the larger transport stream.
The standard format of a MPEG-2 transport packet is shown in
A multiplexer is typically utilized to combine the elementary streams at the studio source or "head-end" of the system to form the overall transport stream. During the multiplexing process additional data, known as service information, is encoded within the transport stream. This service information is contained in a set of database tables that describes the structure of the transport stream. Service information tables commonly found in a DVB transport stream include: the Program Map Table (PMT), which contains the PID for each of the channels associated with a particular program and tells the client receiver which stream contains the MPEG program clock reference for the service; the Network Information Table (NIT), which uniquely identifies the network that is transmitting the transport stream and describes some of the physical properties of the network (e.g., channel frequencies); the Program Association Table (PAT), which contains a complete list of all programs in the transport stream along with the PID for the PMT for program as well as the NIT for the transport stream; and the Conditional Access Table (CAT), which specifies the conditional assess or scrambling systems in use in the transport stream and includes information on how to decode them. Collectively, the PMT, NIT, PAT, and CAT are referred to as Program Specific Information (PSI). The PSI data provides the information that enables automatic configuration of the client receiver in order to demultiplex and decode the various streams of programs. A device and method for de-multiplexing a transport stream which is suitable for fast processing and transmission of transport stream packets of a TV signal is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,107.
One of the requirements for streaming media is that it be played at a constant rate. This means that for streaming media to be transmitted over packet networks strict timing requirements have to be met in order to achieve high-quality media play out. Packet networks, however, typically transmit data asynchronously. This may cause a problem known as network jitter.
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IP multicasting is defined as the transmission of an IP datagram (i.e., a data packet formatted according to the Internet protocol) to a "host group", which is a set of zero or more hosts identified by a single IP destination address. A multicast datagram is asymmetrically delivered to all members of its destination host group. The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is used between IP hosts and their immediate neighbor multicast agents to support the creation of transient groups, the addition and deletion of members of a group, and the periodic confirmation of group membership. Multicast data streams are typical sent using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is implemented in the transport layer and provides a connectionless datagram service for the delivery of packets.
In video streaming applications, in addition to de-jitter buffer delays, there are delays associated with the acquisition of the PSI data, decoder buffer delays (at the receiver end), and delay associated with the acquisition of an Inter-frame of video data. This latter delay is due to the fact that MPEG video streams comprise different types of frames that do not include all of the data to be displayed at any given time. For instance, Inter-frames, or I-frames, are the only type of frame that is not coded with reference to any other frame; P-frames are coded predicatively from a previous I-frame or P-frame; B-frames are coded predicatively from I-frames and P-frames. In order to be properly decoded, a B-frame associated with a group of pictures ("GOPs") may need to reference the I-frame of a next GOP. (It should be understood that a GOP is an optional structure of an elementary stream. Also, in the context of the present application, the term "I-frame" is intended to broadly refer to an Inter-frame and its equivalents, e.g., an IDR frame in the case of H.264.)
All of the aforementioned delay factors can add up to a significant startup delay when a user tunes to a live multicast television stream transmitted over a packet network. For example, when a viewer changes a channel, an IGMP LEAVE request is sent by the client receiver to stop receiving the current channel, followed by an IGMP JOIN request to start receiving the new channel. When the new data starts arriving, the client receiver typically tosses out this data until a new I-frame is received. At this point, the de-jitter buffer starts loading until it is sufficiently full, at which time this data is transferred to the receiver's decoder. All of these real-time startup delays considerably lower the viewer's quality of viewing experience during channel changes.
Thus, there remains an unsatisfied need for a solution to the problem of startup delay for multicast streaming of live video programs.
By way of further background, U.S. Pat. No. 6,771,657 teaches a method and apparatus by which MPEG-2 digital television programs may be extracted from a transport stream. U.S. Pat. No. 6,718,553 discloses a system and method for delivery of digital broadcast television programming from a centralized aggregation head-end to subscribers in multiple markets using an interconnected terrestrial fiber optic network. U.S. Pat. No. 6,505,169 teaches a method for adaptive insertion of programs in streaming multimedia content. Additionally, a method for splicing data packets into a pre-existing data stream that complies with the MPEG transmission standard is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,917,830. Finally, U.S. Pat. No. 6,044,081 teaches a hybrid communications system and multimedia system that allows private network signaling to be routed over a packet network.
The present invention will be understood more fully from the detailed description that follows and from the accompanying drawings, which however, should not be taken to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown, but are for explanation and understanding only.
A system and method for fast startup of multicast multimedia streaming is described. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth, such as device types, protocols, configurations, formats, etc., in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, persons having ordinary skill in the networking arts will appreciate that these specific details may not be needed to practice the present invention.
In the context of the present application, it should be understood that a computer network is a geographically distributed collection of interconnected subnetworks for transporting data between nodes, such as intermediate nodes and end nodes. A local area network (LAN) is an example of such a subnetwork; a plurality of LANs may be further interconnected by an intermediate network node, such as a router or switch, to extend the effective "size" of the computer network and increase the number of communicating nodes. Examples of the end nodes may include servers and personal computers. The nodes typically communicate by exchanging discrete frames or packets of data according to predefined protocols. In this context, a protocol consists of a set of rules defining how the nodes interact with each other.
Each node typically comprises a number of basic subsystems including a processor, a main memory and an input/output (I/O) subsystem. Data is transferred between the main memory ("system memory") and processor subsystem over a memory bus, and between the processor and I/O subsystems over a system bus. Examples of the system bus may include the conventional lightning data transport (or hyper transport) bus and the conventional peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus. The processor subsystem may comprise a single-chip processor and system controller device that incorporates a set of functions including a system memory controller, support for one or more system buses and direct memory access (DMA) engines. In general, the single-chip device is designed for general-purpose use and is not heavily optimized for networking applications.
In a typical networking application, packets are received from a framer, such as an Ethernet media access control (MAC) controller, of the I/O subsystem attached to the system bus. A DMA engine in the MAC controller is provided a list of addresses (e.g., in the form of a descriptor ring in a system memory) for buffers it may access in the system memory. As each packet is received at the MAC controller, the DMA engine obtains ownership of ("masters") the system bus to access a next descriptor ring to obtain a next buffer address in the system memory at which it may, e.g., store ("write") data contained in the packet. The DMA engine may need to issue many write operations over the system bus to transfer all of the packet data.
The present invention defines a network entity, referred to as a Fast Startup Transmitter (FST), which is located in the multicast distribution tree (e.g., on an edge router device). The FST includes one or more Startup Transmit Buffers (STX_BUFs) that function to buffer past packets from one or more multicast streams. In one embodiment, startup transmit buffering of multicast media streams may be implemented as a configured option on network device such as a router or switch. The startup transmit buffers may either be fixed in size, or be of a dynamic size, based on application-specific requirements, and may contain a continuous stream or "sliding window" of prior received multicast information. Alternatively, the startup transmit buffers may contain information deemed important in a piecemeal fashion from received multicast packets according to application specific requirements.
When a client joins the multicast media stream, the FST operates to transmit (e.g., in a burst mode) the transport packets stored in the STX_BUF to the client receiver, which typically comprises a set-top box (STB). The client receiver uses the burst packets to generate a sufficient buffer of information that may be used to quickly start the playout of media content. A STB is an electronic device that is connected to a communication channel, such as a phone, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), or cable television line, and produces output on a conventional television screen. Set-top boxes are commonly used to receive and decode digital television broadcasts. Set-top boxes fall into several categories, from the simplest that receive and unscramble incoming television signals to the more complex that will also function as multimedia desktop computers that can run a variety of advanced services such as videoconferencing, home networking, IP telephony, video-on-demand (VoD) and high-speed Internet TV services.
Practitioners in the media and network arts will appreciate that fast startup transmission of packets in accordance with the present invention overcomes the problems of delay introduced by network jitter, and provides additional information such as encryption data or other system information in a manner that facilitates fast decoding and playback of subsequent media content. The present invention thus solves the problem of channel change latency.
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It is appreciated that the multimedia content provided by the source may comprise a piecemeal multiplexed digital bitstream that includes runtime encryption information along with PSI data. It is to be further appreciated that the digital video elementary format employed in the system and method of the present invention is not limited to MPEG-2, but may also include MPEG-1, MPEG-4, H.26x, and/or any future video compression standards. That is, the video transport stream shown in the figures and described herein is not limited to MPEG-2 transport. In other words, the present invention has applicability to other types of digital transport streams.
Prior to distribution to the user, a processing function known as random join stream conditioning is performed on the transport stream by multicast server 22 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Server 22 is a network node that typically comprises a generic networked computer platform as described above. In operation, each of the processing functions presently described may be performed by execution of a program of instructions on the processor of a network node or generic server or router which comprises server 22. The purpose of random join stream conditioning is to transpose various packets and provide high-level (e.g., Level 2) marked locations, referred to as Random Join Points (RJPs), in the transport stream where the STX_BUF may start loading or caching data. Basically, when the FST identifies a RJP in the received stream, it starts caching data in the STX_BUF beginning at that point.
It should be understood that the RJPs are not the same as the random access indicator bits commonly inserted into the adaptation field of a standard MPEG-2 transport packet at an I-frame boundary (as shown in
The random join stream conditioning function is typically located at a centralized head-end location, such as multicast server 22; however, it should be understood that the conditioning function may be located at or near other head-end locations (e.g., nodes other than server 22). For instance, the random join stream conditioning function may be located at or near an encoder, a digital turn-around box, or the Transmitting Interworking Unit (TIU), which puts the MPEG-2 broadcast signal into the IP format. The TIU is normally located at the boundary of the MPEG-2 and the IP/Ethernet network, and operates to encapsulate in real time the traffic coming from the MPEG-2 multiplexer into IP datagrams.
It should be further understood that the stream conditioning functional unit may also process the video elementary stream by moving or re-positioning certain packets and pieces of information to optimize the stream for subsequent caching and processing (e.g., decoding) by the client receiver. For example, if dynamic keys are included in the stream for conditional access, these keys may need to be located at or near every RJP, along with the PSI data, in order to achieve optimal playback (i.e., minimal startup delay) at the STB. Therefore, stream conditioning should be understood as broadly referring to the process of trans-positioning packets in the stream, e.g., locating the PAT, PMT, CAT, and encryption key information next to an I-frame.
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According to the system architecture shown in
FST device 24 also includes components of a generic router/switch platform 28, consisting of a CPU 34 coupled with a memory 35, EPROM 37, and control hardware 38. In one embodiment, software running on CPU 34 handles the control plane functions of the FST. For instance, upon receiving an IGMP JOIN request from the client receiver (e.g., STB) 18 to start receiving a new channel, CPU 34 signals the STX_BUF to transfer the pre-buffered channel data packets to output queue 33, where they are then sent to the client STB buffer. Data plane processing functions which involve the forwarding of packets are typically performed by control hardware unit 38.
Practitioners in the video streaming arts will appreciate that the FST device 24 dynamically maintains the STX_BUF so that it maintains a minimum number of packets starting with the RJP. Consider the example where STX_BUF needs to maintain a minimum of 300 ms worth of packets, starting at an RJP, where RJPs are present in the stream at regular intervals of every 500 ms. In this case, the STX_BUF needs to support a maximum size of 800 ms of packets. (It should be understood that the translation from time duration to number of packets depends on the video bit-rate. A maximum STX_BUF size of 800 ms amounts to 375 KB of data at a rate of 3.75 Mbps.) Here, a dynamic sliding window update of the STX_BUF size grows from 300 ms to 800 ms. The FST updates the STX_BUF window size when it reaches 800 ms, by discarding the oldest 500 ms of packets past the RJP. After detecting a RJP, the FST adds 300 ms of packets to the STX_BUF before updating the window size.
In networks where there is insufficient bandwidth to burst packets (i.e., the link bandwidth per stream is close to the video bit-rate), the FST may only need to buffer an inter-RJP duration worth of packets, say 500 ms in the present example. In such a scenario, the FST updates the STX_BUF window size each time it detects a RJP, with the window size expanding to 500 ms in duration. Additional heuristics that take into account out-of-order packet intervals may be used to buffer additional packets in the STX_BUF, instead of based strictly on RJPs. Also, sequence number header information may be used to ensure that packets preceding an RJP that arrive out-of-order are included in the STX_BUF.
The foregoing discussion should make apparent the fact that the number of packets buffered behind the RJP may change depending upon a number of application specific considerations, including the bandwidth of the link between edge device 24 and STB 18, as well as the de-jitter and decoding buffering capabilities of STB 18.
In accordance with the present invention, there are several different methods by which packets may be burst from device 24 to the client STB 18. The first burst transfer mechanism is a reliable multicast-like method. In reliable multicast transport layer protocols such as Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM), which runs directly over IP, receivers use negative acknowledgement (NACK) packets to request, from the sender or a Designated Local Repairer (DLR), the retransmission of missing packets. The re-transmit mechanism in the PGM protocol can be used by the FST to burst the STX_BUF packets to the STB client. In such an implementation, the FST of a PGM-enabled router operates like a DLR device, with the client STB requesting retransmission of packets in the STX_BUF as soon as the client joins the multicast stream.
In a second method for transferring packets from the FST to the STB, upon receiving a "JOIN" indication, the FST automatically transmits the string of pre-buffered packets to the multicast group. To avoid excessive bandwidth usage and duplicate packets, the FST may be located at the first hop router or switch. Ideally, where the last mile network is switched or point-to-point, the FST is located at the edge replication point on the edge of distribution network 13. For instance, the FST could be located in a router or intelligent switch just upstream from a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), thereby allowing the router or switch to contain one logical interface, and therefore one output buffer, for each DSL client endpoint. FST device 24, on receiving a "JOIN" request from STB 18, queues the STX_BUF packets to the client buffer. Following the initial burst of packets, device 24 operates in normal fashion by replicating any received multicast packets from the joined group to the interested client's STB buffer.
The downstream FST buffers received multicast packets on a per channel basis starting with the RJP (block 51). Thus, pre-join processing includes the steps of conditioning/marking the transport stream, followed by buffering of packets in the FST wherein each STX_BUF maintains a window of current data packets for a distinct channel. In other words, the current content for each channel is pre-buffered by the FST with no upstream IGMP thrashing. This status is maintained until a "JOIN" request has been issued by the client and received by the FST (block 52). During this time, the FST may dynamically update the buffer size. By way of example, for audio content, this may comprise a fixed size sliding window. For video, the STX_BUF may vary in size, such that the buffer starts caching or storing packets at the RJP.
When the client STB issues an IGMP JOIN request to start receiving a new channel, the FST responds by transmitting the pre-buffered channel packets from the STX_BUF to the client STB (block 53). The client STB uses these received packets to pre-fill its de-jitter buffer (and/or possibly its decoder buffer) in order to commence fast start processing of the media content. This is shown occurring at block 54. As described above, packets may be transmitted from the STX_BUF to the client's buffers according to several different methods (e.g., bursting of packets, PGM transmission, etc.). In any of these methods, the packets received by the client STB start with an I-frame and any necessary PSI and encryption information so that there is no discarding of data by the STB, thereby facilitating fast decoding and display of the multimedia programs.
Practitioners in the networking and multicasting arts will appreciated that the embodiments described above are transparent to the client devices. That is, no changes are required to existing client STBs in order to implement the system and methods of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to video applications but may also be useful to other communication technologies.
It should also be understood that elements of the present invention may also be provided as a computer program product which may include a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic device) to perform a process. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnet or optical cards, or other type of machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions. Elements of the present invention may be downloaded as a computer program product, wherein the program may be transferred from a remote computer (e.g., a server) to a requesting computer (e.g., a customer or client device) by way of data signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium via a communication link (e.g., a modem or network connection).
Furthermore, although the present invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the computer networking arts will appreciate that numerous modifications and alterations are well within the scope of the present invention. For example, it is appreciated that the video streams of the foregoing description may be either encrypted or unencrypted signals. In the case of encrypted signaling, ordinary encryption/decryption devices may be incorporated into one or more of the devices described above. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
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(Release: November 22, 2011) - Hagerstown Community College held its first induction ceremony for students enrolled in the TRiO Project Success/Student Support Services Program on Nov. 18, in The Merle S. Elliott Continuing Education and Conference Center on HCC's main campus.
Project Success is a new program at HCC designed to help students who are low-income, are first generation college students, or have a disability. Once accepted into the program, students have access to academic advising, tutoring, specialized workshops, and career and financial planning. In addition, students can borrow textbooks from an in-house loaner library and attend various cultural field trips. To take part in Project Success, students must be currently enrolled at HCC and pursuing a certificate or associate's degree.
Each student was presented with a certificate recognizing their acceptance in the program, as well as their commitment to being a scholastic achiever. The ceremony recognized all students who participated in the program for the spring 2011 and fall 2011 academic semesters.
Inductees included:
From Berkeley Springs, W.Va.:
Angie Pearrell
From Big Pool:
Richard Spong
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Abby Barbeito
Star Dodson-Moreland
Richard Hixon
Jean Meyers
Jarrett Myers
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Joscelyn Horton
Cynthia Morris
Jordan Talbert
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Mary Forsyth
Antoine Hall
Misty Rhone
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Carla Barney
April Barnett
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Stephanie Bognar
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Joseph Fehlman
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Maria Fratus
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Richard Harris
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Regina Hawkins
Samantha Haynes
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Xiaochu Hu
Nahdia Jack
Francis Jackson
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Charlene Johnson
Christina Johnson
Kristin Johnson
Michael Johnson
Carmen Jones
Theodore Kaiser
Mylika Keyes
Joseph Knight
Brandi Koontz
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Kendra Lehman
April Margetson
William Miller
Christina Moats
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Eva Saunders
Kevin Saunders
Nicole Schmidt
Michael Shanahan
Elisabeth Sharpe
Courtney Shilling
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Mandi Shoemaker
Dustin Simmons
Caesar Smith
Beverly Stitely
Dawn Summers
Michael Swope
Heather Tapley
Richard Terry
Deedra Thomas
Ashley Tracey
Jean Tucker
Tierrah Tucker
Nichole Vandyke
Tasha Walls
Verneice Washington
Rachel Way
Melvin Wiggins
Satia Williamson
Scott Wise
Laura Wishard
Crystal Wolford
Tione Womack
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Brittany Sutphin
From Kearneysville, W.Va.:
Jacob Reid
From Keedysville:
Joseph Woodburn
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Bernard Jennings
Chaz Nedd
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Chris Garner
Kayla Grout
Anthony Hanners
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Jenny Nichols
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Benjamin Stewart
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Brandon Gates
From Sharpsburg:
Jacqueline Campbell
Joshua Strong
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Cynthia Hilton
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Dana O'Leary
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Shirley Haymes
Rebecca Hose
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Nathan Deavers
Project Success is funded through the TRiO Student Support Services Program grant, which is intended to aid students in achieving their personal, educational, and financial goals. HCC received the $1.1 million dollar TRiO grant in fall 2010. Funds are distributed over a five-year period with 68 percent financed through federal sources, which amounts to $219,988 per year, and 32 percent financed through non-government sources, which amounts to $69,863 per year.
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Bento is a personal data organizer for Leopard that provides a place to store any information Mac users might want to collect, track, or connect. In Bento 2 Essential Training, database expert Cris Ippolite introduces the concept of databases to Bento users and demonstrates techniques for getting data into the application. He describes the features of Bento that allow Mac users to create libraries and Smart Collections for all sorts of information, and he shows how to use calculation and media fields. Exercise files accompany the course.
(Music playing.) Hi, I'm Cris Ippolite and welcome to Bento 2 Essential Training. Bento is a personal database for Leopard that provides an organizational hub for anything that you might want to collect, track or connect. And if you are new to database creation, don't worry. Bento is perfect for users with no previous experience. I'll start by introducing the basics, going over the interface and different ways that you can input and view data. Then I'll go into the key database concepts as they relate to Bento, including collections, records, forms and fields.
Bento can also be linked to other Mac applications like Address Book, Mail, iChat and iCal. When we are past the basics, I'll demonstrate how to design Custom Templates, how to import data from other applications, share your data and even give you some tips for backing up and restoring your information. So if you're a Mac user and you're on the Leopard operating system and you have anything that you'd like to organize, Bento can help. Let's get started.
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Because of Lester's experience as a chef, she "started toying around with the idea that I can make things that taste better," she says. (Lester, a state-certified chef, personally bakes all the edibles sold at Herban Elements and at a nearby restaurant run by a friend of hers.) Just a few weeks after her grandmother passed away, Lester began researching Senate Bill 420, which regulates cannabis clubs.
"The more I read, the more I realized that not everybody was operating within the law," she says. "The first place I went to was in Hollywood, and it was in a really scary part of town where I had to park four blocks away and walk past prostitutes and pimps and crackheads to get there. They weren't asking for the right information from patients or verifying them, and there were places where people were medicating on site, and it happened to have a lot of things besides cannabis, like cocaine. I realized not all these places were in accordance with the spirit of medical marijuana, which is about helping people with serious medical problems, as opposed to being in furtherance of somebody's party."
In mid-2009, Lester drove to Costa Mesa City Hall, walked upstairs to the planning department, and applied for a city business license to sell natural remedies, health supplies and herbal supplements. She knew full well that the city had drafted an ordinance four years earlier prohibiting medical-marijuana dispensaries from operating there.
"I didn't write 'medical marijuana' out on my application because I was told by a number of people—attorneys, people who work for cities—that cities don't want a gigantic influx of these types of businesses, which I understand," Lester says. "I wrote herbal supplements, vitamins and joint supports, which is all stuff we have here. And so if you call the city and ask them if they've issued any permits or business licenses for medical marijuana, they can say 'no' because they haven't. They told me that by doing that, you are helping the city as well as helping yourself."
At the time, only two other dispensaries operated in Costa Mesa: One of them was Med Mar, which now shares the same office building as Herban Elements. The other was Doc's, which was located on Newport Boulevard at the end of the 55 freeway. But in the few months between obtaining her license and renovating the space that would become Herban Elements, more than a dozen other collectives had sprouted up throughout Costa Mesa. According to the city, none of these businesses is operating legally. Claire Flynn, a principal planner with Costa Mesa, says, "We have not allowed business licenses to be approved for any business that represents itself as a medical-marijuana dispensary. It's considered a prohibited use." The sudden influx led to a rapid deterioration of relations between cannabis clubs and city government and thrust Lester into her historic bid for public office.
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The first time the cops came to Herban Elements was on March 4, 2010, exactly a month after police carried out their first major dispensary raid of the year against West Coast Wellness, arresting three men for suspicion of marijuana sales. Lester knew about the raid but wasn't worried about her club because she felt confident she was operating well within state law. Lester was in her car, about to run an errand, when several police cruisers and city code-enforcement vehicles pulled into the parking lot. "I was in the driveway," she recalls. "I drove around the block and came back, and they were all standing in the parking lot. I walked up and said good morning to everybody and went back upstairs." She saw the cops knock on the door of Med Mar, the other collective in her building. Then they knocked on her door. "They said they were here to issue me a cease-and-desist order," she says. "I asked why, and they said I was operating without a valid business license."
When Lester pointed at the business license on her wall, the officers accused her of lying on her application form by not specifying she would be providing medical marijuana. "I told them I wasn't a criminal and that other than an occasional parking ticket, I've never broken any law. They said if they came back and I was still operating, they would cite me."
Lieutenant Mark Manley, a spokesman for the Costa Mesa Police Department, says officers heard through code enforcement that a number of medical-marijuana dispensaries were attempting to open in the city. "As we looked into it, information came to our attention that at some dispensaries, there were criminal sales of marijuana going on above and beyond the intent of the Compassionate Use Act." Manley says. "Through investigation, we were able to discern that was the case, and we did criminal filings on both of them."
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Posted by Anonymous on 06/25/2009
I dine out very frequently at expensive restaurants. The food wasn't good. The food had very little taste except for salt. The swordfish was undercooked. It is a pretty setting but the food was so disappointing. My friend was displeased, too. It is also very expensive.
Posted by Mid 30's NYC food loving couple on 06/23/2009
My wife and I really wanted to like this place, but our first experience was not great. We knew the place was new so service could be spotty (which it was) but the food was not up to par yet and that was what was unfortunately really disappointing. Especially given the pricing which is meant to compete with places like Le Bernardin, which my wife and I really like (love the food but find it a bit stuffy). We shared 3 pastas and the fact that none were remarkable was a disappointment (Fusili – the sauce was too heavy and a bit ordinary; Spaghetti – good but also not great; Langoustine pasta – the scampi was delicious, but the did not blend with the pasta) For the main dishes we ordered both by the pound and off the menu. The simply grilled fish was delicious but pricey (per pound pricing ~$50), but both off the menu dishes were overcooked. The seppia was plain and simple not good and the sea bass was good but again not remarkable especially given the $36 price. In all, the place has potential, but it is still not quite there. For the price you are still better off heading somewhere with a proven track record.
Posted by Marcia on 06/03/2009
All around an "AB FAB" dining experience! Marea nails it with taste, presentation and service. This is quality at its best!!!!
Posted by anonymous on 05/28/2009
Marea is an incredible choice that really stands out in a market crowded with great options. I can't imagine someone having something legitimately negative to say about it (did the reviewer on 2 below me SERIOUSLY just complain that the restaurant wasn't full at 7pm on a Friday night?!? This is NYC grandpa. If you want the early bird specials, I suggest you move to Boca). I could eat here every week!
Posted by Anonymous on 05/26/2009
We had an amazing dinner here. Make sure you get multiple courses, so you don't leave hungry (feel free to share appetizers and pastas). Fusili with bone marrow and octopus is a must try. I've been dreaming about it since I left. Service spotty--but it's in previews, so understandable (and 20% off for now).
Posted by Anonymous on 05/22/2009
OK..went last night and was a touch dissapointed. 7PM reservation and the place was half empty until about 8PM. It took about 10 min. for our waiter to come over at all and to even get water. He kept dissapearing throughout the evening for extended periods of time which was not good. Appetizers we had the grilled octopus which was a very small portion but had nice flavor and the sea urchin in the 'small bites' section which was good. Next we tasted 3 crudo which were the marlin, the tuna and the razor clams....all were very flavorful and good. Main courses were the grilled black bass and a pasta with bone marrow and octopus. Both were made well, but also small portions. We tried a few different wines and with the 20% off in preview week, our bill was just under $200. For this money, I would rather have eaten at Le Bernardin but Marea is very pretty.
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Just ate at the new Michael White seafood spot on Central Park South. These guys nailed it! I had some of the most creative and delicious raw bar dishes - very fresh and inventive. Very nice change from the typical Japanese style or European classical restaurants offering seafood in New York. Big potential! Great for dates. Bring your wallet.


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May 7, 2002 | The market for validated SNPs is heating up, and Sequenom Inc. wants to be at the head of the pack. In April the company launched its RealSNP.com portal, which provides subscribers with a neat package of resources for SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) research. Clients can confirm whether specific SNPs are known to be "real" (they occur commonly enough to be potentially useful genetic markers), look up SNP assays, and order Sequenom's confirmed assays from the site.
Later this summer Applied Biosystems (ABI) plans to offer more than 200,000 validated SNP sets. Orchid Biosciences has about 70,000 available, and Third Wave Technologies has more than 100,000 validated SNPs. Each company uses its own platform to identify the SNPs, and there are other distinctions between their offerings. For example, ABI's SNP sets are developed using the Celera human genome sequence data. According to Orchid spokesperson Barbara Lindheim, "Our SNP sets contain a higher proportion of medically relevant SNPs."
SNPs are common genetic markers that are useful for pharmacogenomics and other types of genetic studies. "The frequency of the SNPs is very important," explains Charles Cantor, Sequenom chief science officer. "If you are doing a full genome scan, or doing genetics on any large region, you don't want to be using rare SNPs."
"We've been compiling the data for this site for more than two-and-a-half years," says Sequenom product manager Meghan Lane. "We have tried to take the best of the public SNP data and combine it with our proprietary information in such a way that provides the greatest use to researchers."
Sequenom claims to have more confirmed SNPs than any other supplier. "We have designed more than two million SNP assays, and validated about 400,000 of these," says Cantor. Some of these SNPs were confirmed in collaboration with Incyte Genomics or GlaxoSmithKline. Sequenom has genotyping collaborations with both of these companies. Sequenom's SNP assays are not new, but they hope more people will use them now that they are on the Web.
Sequenom thought carefully about their business model. "The only model we have seen for a database is where people say 'You give us $4 million and we give you our data,'" explains project leader Steven Cox. "We decided to do something new." Subscribers to RealSNP.com will pay an upfront licensing fee between $20,000 to $100,000 (depending on their other contracts with the company), and then pay only for the parts of the database they use. "We wanted to make it so just about anyone could afford it," says Cox.
RealSNP.com, says Cantor, "is a natural fit for the Web." Researchers don't have to send any of their valuable data out to the site to make use of it. Rather, they will go there to do searches and order assays.
Besides generating its own revenue, one goal of the site is to encourage more groups to buy Sequenom's MassARRAY genotyping platform, which is already one of the most popular with high-volume users. More than 65 of the systems have been sold to date.
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HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A llama spotted wandering for nearly six months in Michigan has been captured and is getting a new home.
Mlive.com reports the llama that Kathy Kuzma calls "Dolly" was found Saturday in Oakland County's Holly Township, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit.
Kuzma has been on the lookout for the animal, which had been wandering her neighborhood. On Saturday, Lisa Davenport came to Kuzma's house to get a look at the llama. Davenport has three llamas of her own along with other animals at a Michigan farm.
The women walked into a field to give the llama some food, and Dolly stood still instead of being her usual skittish self. They then coaxed the llama into a barn.
Davenport plans to take the llama back to her own farm.
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- An iPOD through a 12V Car cigarette lighter adapter like this one.
- Cell phone chargers
- Portable DVD player
You can use off the shelf parts from local stores to make this 296 Watt pedal power bicycle generator or buy parts from Amazon.com
Through volunteer efforts, 24 of these pedal power bicycle generators were assembled and used for charging cell phones at a 3 day event with 60,000 people attending a day. More Info here.
Any one who can use a drill, socket wrench, hack saw, wire cutters, and crimpers can do this project.
Step 1: How It Works
This test data shows Volts, Watts, Amps, Rear tire RPMs, and Heart Rate. The time period was about 3 minutes.
Note that the green line is actual wattage from the bicycle generator. When you first spin up the bike to about 275 revolutions per minute, about 5 seconds goes by while the alternator is developing a magnetic field, then the internal 14.8 Volt DC regulator kicks in and charges a 2 Farad capacitor.
This is the reason for the big green spike right at the beginning of the chart. After 2 seconds the capacitor is charged, and about 10 Watts of power is being consumed by an AC inverter which converts the 14.8 Volts DC to 110 Volts AC (The same stuff that comes out of your wall socket in your home).
Also note the red line showing that the voltage is stable at 14.8 Volts DC because the built in regulator is doing its job.
Next you will see where we turn on the Sony Play Station and the green line jumps up to 30 Watts.
Step 2: 16 Bicycle generators on May 15th Ellen Degeneres TV Show
8 Generators were setup on Ellen's stage, and 8 more were put into her over flow room next to the stage were they were hooked up to power two television monitors, some lights on stage, and charging 12V car batteries.
Step 3: Parts & Tools
(1) Bike Trainer Stand
(2) Two 24 Inch pieces of Super-strut (Home Depot / Lowes)
(3) Lawnmower V-belt 5/8 " Wide 78" Long # B75
(4) Superstrut 90 Degree Angle Bracket (Home Depot / Lowes)
(5) 1 twelve inch piece of Super-strut
(6) 5PK 3/8" Cone Nut & a couple of 3/8 X 1.25 inch bolts
(7) 5PK 1/2" Spring Nut & a coule of 1/2 X 1.25 inch bolts
(8) 1/2" Threaded Rod with two nuts and slip washers (Home Depot / Lowes)
(9) 3/8" sholder bolt 3.5 inches Long or use threaded rod.
(10) 14.8 Volt DC Alternator 63 Amp Iternally Regulated at 14.8 Volt DC (Autozone P/N DL7140M)
(11) Open House H218A 18" Custom Installation Enclosure
(12) 2.0 Farad Digital Power Capacitor
(13) TERMINAL STRIP 8 CIRCUIT (Center spacing of 0.562 inch, Accepts up to #10 AWG, 30 Amps per terminal)
(14) Meter that shows volts, Amps, and Watts
(15) DC to Dual-Outlet AC Power Inverter
(16) Cigarette lighter receptacle Splitter so you can plug in a cell phone charger or game adapter for portable video games.
(17) Fully Insulated Male and Female Crimp Connector rated for 10-12 Gauge wire
(18) 6 of the yellow 3/8 inch crimp ring terminals And 10 of the regular size yellow 10-12 Gauge Vinyl Ring Connectors
(19) Jasco #52194 4W White Night Light
(20) Size 12 Stranded wire 10 Feet (Home Depot / Lowes)
(21) 30 Amp Fuse and 15 Amp Fuse (Auto Store)
(22) In-Line Fuse Holder (BP/HHM) 5 each
(23) Crimpers used for Crimp on connectors
(24) Wire cutter and stripper
(25) Drill and 5/16", 1/2", and 3/8" drill bits
Bastard file to remove burrs
1/2" Deep Socket
Step 4: Un-box The Ascent Bike Trainer Stand
Road bike or Mountain bike with "Quick Release" axle
The Ascent bike stand is supposed to work with a road bike or mountain bike that has the quick release lever. You know the kind that doesn't require you to use a wrench to remove your bike tires. You can get it to work with a regular bike axle that has nuts on each end, but the risk is that the stand may release the bike when you are riding it and cause personal injury.
NOTE!! It is not designed to work with a beach cruiser type bike which is a bike with a single rear gear. This is because the axle is too short on a one gear bike. The photo of the axle shows you what kind of bike axle the bike trainer is designed to connect to.
Step 5: Remove Screws From Ascent Magnetic 3 Level Trainer Friction Roller
At this point you will need to use the 5/32 Allen wrench shown below to remove the two screws shown at detail 1 and 2 in the picture. After you have removed the screws put them back in the silver barrel threaded barrel they came out of so you will not loose them.
Step 6: Step 4 - Remove Rubber Retaining Ring
Once this is off, gently shake the friction roller around and push on the end of the support shaft with your finger.
It will then slide out.
Step 7: Find The Strut
Pick yourself out a fine straight piece of Superstrut and try to make it out the store without mishap because it's really long and awkward to carry around the store, and if it happens to drop on the floor on accident like it did with me, it's so loud that people will hear it from one end of the store to the other.
Step 8: Transport Strut To Parking Lot
Since you are working to achieve a small energy foot print and trying to conserve, you probably drive a fuel efficient car like a 1990 Honda Civic. This can present a challenge when you try to go to Home Depot to get your piece of Super Strut. Namely because it only comes in 10 foot lengths. You can see the piece below balanced on the shopping cart with the Honda Civic in the background.
Step 9: Locate Saw
Step 10: Hack The Strut
NOTE: the piece you cut has sharp edges that can cut your hands. Handle with care. Bring a file with you to file off any sharp burrs that are there. Now you can easily load the Superstrut into your car and head home.
Step 11: Cut 24" Pieces of Super Strut
NOTE: the piece you cut has sharp edges that can cut your hands. Handle with care. Bring a file with you to file off any sharp burrs that are there.
Step 12: Cut a 9" piece of super strut
NOTE: the piece you cut has sharp edges that can cut your hands. Handle with care. Bring a file with you to file off any sharp burrs that are there.
Step 14: Drill your 1/2" Holes
If you use option (1) or (2) read the safety instructions in the manual that came with your tools. You are liable for injury or damage caused by your failure to comply with safety and operating guidelines of your tool.
Option(1) is the best in my opinion. For those of you whose modus operandi is to constantly try to justify buying more tools for your garage (like me) now is the opportunity to get a small drill press for $85 at your local hardware store. A drill press is nice because it drills straight through the Superstrut. With a hand drill this is a little harder. Note that the holes need to be straight through the Superstrut or your pieces will look crooked when they are mounted to the stand.
For this step you have to drill completely through both sides of the Superstrut. If you choose your drill press, set it to low speed. Don't press too hard. It should take about 1 minute per hole. NOTE: The tills (shavings from the hole) are HOT! You must wear safety glasses when doing this. You could get small piece of metal in your eye like I did on another project. It caused a rust ring in my eye and I had to do to the eye doctor to get it out.
Step 15: Remove Burrs From 1/2" Holes
Step 16: Assemble the Superstrut frame
Step 17: Attatch Alternator Cross Mount
TOOL: Socket wrench with 4 Inch Extension.
Assemble as shown.
Step 18: Drill mounting holes in L-Brackets for 68 AMP Car Alternator
Step 19: Put the L Brackets on the Alternator
Step 20: Slide Alternator On To Support Strut
Slide the alternator on to the support cross piece as shown. Snug the bots up hand tight with enough play to allow you to make some adjustments.
Step 21: Remove Rear Bike Wheel and Tire
Remove the tube and tire from your rear wheel so it looks like this. You can leave the rubber liner thing on if you want. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
NOTE: Make sure that your quick release handle is on the opposite side of your wheel that your gears are on. It must be that way to work in the Ascent Bike Stand!
Step 23: Put the wheel back on the bike frame.
Make sure the wheel is equi-distant from the frame. This is a very common mistake. Notice in the picture below how the gaps between each side of the wheel and frame are the same size. you need to do the same comparison check.
Step 24: Mounting Your Bike To the Ascent Magnetic 3 Level Trainer
Some of my tips are:
Unscrew the tension knob out all the way as shown in the first picture.
Insert the axle end first that does not have the handle on it as shown in second picture.
Adjust your quick release handle so that it is on the top of the axle. Next adjust the landing cup of the bike trainer so it's wide opening is also facing upward. This will allow you set the axle end right into the cup as you tighten the tension knob. (refer to 3rd picture)
Step 25: Aligning the belt to the wheel
Since you only hand tightened the bolts, you can know adjust the car Alternator as shown below. By doing a proper alignment, you have a more efficient bike generator because there will be less friction. And it will keep the belt from jumping off when you are pedaling.
When alighned, the belt should look like the picture. Also make sure the alternator is square wit the rim. Adjust the angle of the the alternator so its pully is perfectly aligned with rear wheel.
Step 26: Cut Alternator Hook Up Wire
Next prepare a 9 inch black wire with a large 3/8" inner diameter crimp terminal ring on one end and a crimp on male spade connector on the other. These need to be YELLOW which means these connectors are rated for high current up to 20 Amps.
Step 27: Attach Hookup Wire to Alternator
Make sure you have a 20 Amp Fuse in the fuse holder. This 12 AWG wire is only rated for 20 Amps. So do the right thing and play it safe. Even though the fuse holder comes with a 30 Amp fuse it's not ok to use it.
Step 28: Lay Out Your Low Voltage Electrical Box
(2) Next Mark your holes with a sharpie
Step 29: Drill & Clean Holes
(2) Drill your holes in your box. Use a 1/4" bit.
(3)De Burr your holes for safety reasons - to avoid cuts
(4) Use a vacuum to clean up the shavigs - they are sharp!
Step 30: Mount Box ELectrical Components
You need two people to make this go quickly without dropping parts. Tile the electrical box up on end. Have one person hold the DC-to-AC Power Inverter part being mounted while you stand at the rear of the box and put the lock washer and the nut on.
Mount capacitor, terminal strip as shown in photos.
Step 31: Cut the ends off of the Watt Meter
as shown.
Step 32: Strip And Crimp Watt Meter Wires
It should like the picture below when you are done.
Step 33: Install Watt Meter
Step 34: Modify Cigarette Lighter Plug Splitter
Step 35: Verify & Label Wire Ends of Splitter
Use an ohm meter to make sure you know which wire is positive and which is negative. If you don't do this right, you could end up blowing fuses or damaging your bike generator. Set you $10.00 volt meter from radio shack to a resistance measurement.
Next put one hand probe on the end of one wire and the other Ohm meter hand probe on center contact post of the cigarette lighter plug. You will see it when you look down into the barrel of the cigarette lighter plug. If the ohm meter shows 0.2 to 1 ohms then you know the wire you are holding is connected to the positive terminal.
GET a piece of tape and mark that wire so you make no mistake when putting it together. If the ohm meter doesn't show any measurement change when you touch the two ponts, then switch your hand probe to the other wire end to confirm that it is the positive voltage wire.
(2)Do the polarity check described above on both pairs of the ligarette lighter sockets. Now twist their wire ends together. Make sure the positives are twisted together.
(3)Now crimp on the ring terminals to the ends of these wires.
(4) Now to make extra sure you don't get mixed up, mark the conectors positive and negative with a permanent marker as shown below.
Step 36: Make 10 Inch Jumpers With In Line Fuse Holder
The wire needs to be size 12 AwG, black and red is preferable.
Prep an In-Line Fuse Holder with two crimp on ring termals as shown below. This will hold a 10 Amp fuse for whatever you plan on providing power to. The reason why it has to be 10 Amps is because the wiring fo the cigarette lighter plugs can only handle a max current of 5 Amps each. So 5 + 5 = 10 Amps.
After you prepare the In-Line Fuse Holder cut a black wire of the same length and put crimp on ring terminals on both ends of it.
If you want to charge 10 cell phones at once, you can buy a splitter to plug into the these receptacles. This will give you more placed to plug the cell phone chargers into.
Step 37: Attach Jumper Wires To AC Inverter & Terminal Block
Then connect the other ends of the two wires as shown on the left.
Now connect the cigarette lighter receptacles as shown in the picture.
This step is optional. It is only necessary if you plan on using the cigarette lighter receptacles for charging cell phones or other 12V type of electronics.
Step 38: Hookup Negative Side of Capacitor to Terminal Strip
This is a really cool cap because it has a slick bult in blue LED voltage meter so you can always know what exactly your generator is running at.
You have to look very carefully at the markings in the plastic housing. Make sure you see which one has the plus sign and which one has the negative sign before moving forward.
REMEMBER: if you want to power up a TV set, having short thick wiring to the DC-to-AC Power Inverter is the key. This is because a TV set has a very large current spike when it turns on. So make the wiring short, and the crimps of a good quality.
(1) Remove nuts at end of terminal shafts
(2) Crimp a 3/8" ID (inner diameter) connector onto the end of a black 12AWG Wire as shown in the picture. Attach this end onto the NEGATIVE terminal of the 2 Farad Capacitor- it is VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THIS RIGHT!!
(3) Route your black wire over to the terminal strip and cut the wire to a length that will reach the terminal screw as shown in the next photo.
(4) Strip and crimp on a nother connector - the smaller ID size to connect to the terminal block. Do a tug test on the connector and wire to make sure it is secure.
(5) Use a phillips head screw driver to tighten
Step 39: Connect Positive Side of Capacitor to Terminal Switch
(2) Strip each end so that 3/8" bare copper is showing.
(3) Use wire crimpers to crimp on connectors as shown in the photo. One end has the larger 3/8" inner diameter terminal. That end will be connected to the positive side of the cap.
(4) Install the red wire as shown in the photo. Do not tightend to the capacitor side yet. Just the terminal strip side.
Step 40: Connect 10 Feet of Wire to Capacitor
(1) Buy about 10 Feet of size 12 AWG Stranded black and red wire.
(2) Strip the insulation of each end so about 3/8" of bare copper is showing.
(3) Use crimpers to crmp on large yellow erminal connectors that will go onto 2 Farad capacitor
(4) Slip the ends through the box as shown.
(5)Tie a not in the wire as shown in the photo. This will act as a strain relief in case some one trips on the wire some day.
(6) Connect the yellow terminals to the capacitor termianls. MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE RED wire on the positive terminal. You must get this right or very bad things could happen.
(7) Use a 1/2 Inch deep socket as shown to tighten down the terminals. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN. The nuts should be just tight enough so that the ring terminals can't slide back and forth around the shaft when you push on them with your finger.
Step 41: Twist the Wires
(1) Cut your wires to ten feet. If you want to cut them shorter you can do that.
(2) Tighten the chuck on the drill so the wires are securely held
(3) SLOWLY Rotate drill as shown in video. YOu need to have another person hold onto your box so you won't pull it off the table.
Insert ends of wire into drill.
Step 42: Add crimp on connectors to end of 10 Foot Wires
You will need to strip and prepare the ends of the red and black wires as shown below. The red wire needs to have a male yellow crimp on spade connector. And the black wire needs to have the opposite- a female yellow spade crimp on connector. This will help to ensure you hook up to the bike generator with the right polarity.
Step 43: Install Night Light
Install a 4 Watt night light into the Cobra Power Inverter
This will make sure that the inverter has some kind of load on it so that bike generator won't over shoot the inverter's operating range of 15 volts.
Note that many night lights are automatic and only turn on at night. So if you have one of these automatic lights, put a piece of dark tape over the light sensor on it to block out the light.
Step 44: Final Hookup
If you are just charging cell phones or a car battery, then turn off the AC inverter.
If you are providing power to the television, playstation, or something else, then make sure the AC inveter button is in the "ON" position.
Step 45: How It Looks Hooked Up To A Playstation PS2 Video Game
The photo shows how it looks when you hook up your bike generator to your playstation video game. If you want more information go to pedalpowergenerator.com.
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I have a denso 440 with a built-in regulator. How do I hook up the alternator. Do I need a 12v battery or other input? Where are the positives and negatives.
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That's right. You probably have to ride to play.
Is the object to have a simple system to charge things and get some exercise.
I apologize but I am just starting to learn about alternative energy (I have alot of fabrication expierence) and am trying to learn how to design these things. I would like to be able to incorporate this idea into building a small windmill.
I like the idea of adding a flywheel or even using two recumbants for pedaling comfortably while watching TV.
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A 12 Volt 7 Ah battery can store or deliver 7 amps at 12 volt for one hour. Or 12 volts at one amp (12 Watts) for 7 hours.
(84 / 296) * 60 minutes = 17
So. 17 minutes. :)
Another possibility since this is for fun and exercise and not about the money why not add the solar panel too. Then perhaps us puny humans could go a few more miles. :-)
For a real challenge, put a car headlight on the bike and see how bright and how long you can keep going.... not long I assure you. Amazing how hard your car engine works for the small amount of fuel it consumes.
There's almost always better things to do than static pedalling, especially intricate productive work with crafts, gardening, cooking, child minding or reading etc. Even go for a walk or bike ride!
Given the abundance now of solar PVs it's far "greener" to use (say) a ~5-10 Watt panel (costing ~US$30-50 ) over a few hours to do the charging instead.
Granted I wouldn't want to use one of these as my only source of power, that doesn't make it a useless idea. For instance, I can see one of these being great set in front of a tv, turning a mind numbing and unhealthy activity into something a little more "productive" while getting a bit of exercise.
Or you want to do something physical and the weather is nasty (because it's not always sunny). Or your rent and electric bill are both do and you only have the money for the former. Or.. I can think of tons of stuff you can do simultaneously while "static pedaling" (reading, singing or listening to music, having a conversation, etc). Maybe though, once in a while, it's nice to do something sort of meditative and not intensely mental.
Truthfully though, I'm so tired of this idea that people always need to be doing something "productive"! What is productive anyway? What if what I want to read instead of "static pedaling" is a gossip rag? What if I hate kids? Then it's not very productive or positive for me to be minding them, I would think.
I could go on and on and on, but I won't. And I don't mean to be offensive in any way, so please don't take it that way. I just strongly (I won't even go into the "puny" comment...) disagree with you .
The bike would allow you to get some excercise while, say, watching some TV...which is more productive than just watching TV.
It also works at night, indoors, and on cloudy days.
But how about the other end of the circuit? Think 12 volt circuits. We need LED lights and even strings of LED lights. Heavy extension cords will conduct 12 volt electricity to neighbors so they can have lights at night, too. They can help charge the battery for the day. They become vested in common security as well.
When things go bad, this is useless for anyone living in a megapolis. The government will relocate the survivors.
Besides, it's more likely that you will tire long before this could be an issue, and car batteries are remarkeably-durable anyway, especially if you consider the harsh conditions they normally operate in.
Car batteries will be badly damaged if drained fully a few few times, will boil off liquid if overcharged. They are not very durable at all if not implemented properly, and don't even last very long at all if you consider the typical car battery might be drained only 5% of it's capacity about 5000 times before it fails in real world "harsh condition" use - this is far below full cycle capacity of a NiCd battery for example.
I'm glad to see more people getting on board with this idea, because countless trillions of watts are lost to heat on exercise-bikes worldwide every day. By actually harnessing this power, it decreases the carbon-footprint of a person/household by a great deal.
Kudos to you for posting this project, because exercise bikes are stupid when they aren't actually salvaging that lost power. 100 Captain-Planet points to you, and a bonus 5 internets for intelligent design in the project.
As a suggestion, you could try weighting the wheel (making sure it's centrifugally-balanced, of course), because while it may take a little more energy to get it up to speed, it would actually reduce fatigue dramatically, having only to maintain the momentum. As a well-seasoned ex-cyclist, I can assure you that you will feel the difference while you are on it. It's much easier to maintain momentum than to sustain it without mass. That's part of why engines have flywheels.
Awesome project, I love it.
Permanent magnets are used in smaller motors as a cost-saving measure mostly, and in larger motors it is because of their particular characteristics that make them most effective for the job. Unless you need the specific properties of a PM motor/generator, an alternator is actually the preferable choice.
The biggest inefficiency of any motor/generator/alternator is the air gap between the stator (field/stationary coil) and the rotor (rotating coil). In automotive alternators, this gap is very small. PM motors cannot possibly have a gap so small because the cost would be economically-prohibitive.
The small (and I do mean small) difference in efficiency are negated by the intelligence of the design. DC motors generate higher and higher voltages the faster you spin them, requiring bulkier and tougher voltage regulators, which will introduce electrical loss. With an alternator, when it starts to generate too high a voltage, it takes the magnetic field away until the voltage drops to within limits, well before getting any higher than 18 volts, instead of a DC motor, where you would have to hold back as much as 300 volts, and the way many regulators work is to dump this to a resistor to be burned-off as heat.
At the end of the day, the alternator is the better choice, for simplicity, durability, and functionality.
we have a human power tea and toast stall that uses about 10 people to make tea.. pretty efficiently too.


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Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov of the University of Manchester in the UK have been awarded this year's Europhysics Prize for "discovering and isolating a single free-standing atomic layer of carbon (graphene) and elucidating its remarkable electronic properties". The annual award is given by the European Physical Society's condensed-matter division and the pair will share €10,000 in prize money.
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This weekend, I've volunteered to bring some food for post-church service refreshments. Its a crowd of about 70-80 people and there are usually two people bringing stuff. Generally, they ask volunteers to bring 2-3 dozen. This isn't meant to be a meal, just something to nosh while hanging out and having coffee.
I'm kinda tired of having different variations on quickbreads and muffins, so I wanted to do something savory and mini-quiche seemed perfect.
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It's official now – Fox and Cablevision have become the corporate equivalent of a pair of school children. In their dispute over production fees that have local Fox channels blacked out on Long Island, causing three million viewers to miss last Sunday's Giants game and this week's National League Championship Series, the two sides can't put aside the pettiness and blame game for a moment for the sake of good faith negotiating.
The emailed statements just keep coming. Cablevision touts its willingness to accept binding arbitration. Fox calls this hypocritical, pointing out that Cablevision recently submitted a filing with the FCC that argued against arbitration in its dispute with DISH Network over its MSG channel. So MSG says it's willing to go to arbitration. Fox says big deal, you're only saying that now because we called you on it. Cablevision, in the latest version of its ongoing recorded PR message that now stand in for Fox programming, has replaced the word "arbitration" with "mediation." When one phrase wears thin, switch to another, sort of like when the Democrats stopped criticizing tax cuts "for "the rich" and inserted "wealthiest Americans."
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