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Posted: November 07, 2012|
THREE medal winning Olympians have called on the borough and county councils to make as much funding as possible available for sport.
Tom Daley, Peter Reed and Sir Matthew Pinsent have spoken of the need to get more Crawley children into sport to ensure the promised legacy of this summer's Olympics is fulfilled.
The trio, who are sponsored by Nestlé, were in town visiting the firm's new headquarters in City Place, Manor Royal on Friday.
They held a meet-and-greet with staff and guests before passing around their medals and posing for photographs.
Olympic rower Mr Reed, who scooped gold in the coxless four at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, said the value of grass-roots sport had to be recognised.
He said: "Firstly the council can promote healthy living and ensure young kids are healthy and active.
"And (they should) put as much money as possible into funding sport in clubs and schools. They need to help grass-roots sports get active.
"I was never very sporty when growing up because I wasn't always encouraged.
"My PE teacher once told my parents I was an unremarkable athlete."
Teenage diving sensation Mr Daley added that primary schools had an important role to play.
The London 2012 bronze medallist said: "If you can get kids into sport at a young age you've got a much better chance of developing them."
Four-time gold medal-winning rower Sir Matthew acted as host at the event.
He posed questions to his younger counterparts before allowing the audience to ask their own.
Mr Daley also spoke of having to balance his school work with training for the Olympics.
The 18-year-old said: "It was manic all the time.
"Normally what I would do is two lessons of school, two hours training, then another two lessons of school and another three hours training, up to five days a week.
"You have to sacrifice a lot.
"To win that bronze medal meant so much to me – to sacrifice so much and have something to show for it."
Speaking to the News before the meet-and-greet started, Mr Reed revealed his cheekier, less sporting side.
Team Nestlé athletes take part in regular charity and public relations events and in one, his competitive side got the better of him.
He said: "I was competing against Matt (Pinsent) in a kayaking event. He was winning so I grabbed the back of his boat and pulled him back.
"It wasn't the Olympics and I was losing so I had no problem with it."
Mr Reed also told the audience he recommends a career in the Armed Forces to anyone.
He was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy before he discovered his talent for rowing.
It was during a fitness test in the Gulf that he discovered his physical potential for the sport.
He said: "I joined the Navy when I was 18. I saw my mum cry for the first time but I just loved it.
"I learned discipline and hard work. I wouldn't have been a rower if it wasn't for the Navy."


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UPI reported on evidence-based guidelines for managing concussions that were published Monday in the journal Neurology that it said affect more than 1 million Americans each year.
Co-lead guidelines author Dr. Christopher C. Giza of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles, said the new guidelines replaced the 1997 American Academy of Neurology guidelines on concussions.
"Among the most important recommendations the academy is making is that any athlete suspected of experiencing a concussion immediately be removed from play," Giza said in a statement.
"We've moved away from the concussion grading systems we first established in 1997 and are now recommending concussion and return to play be assessed in each athlete individually. There is no set timeline for safe return to play."
Athletes of high school age and younger with a concussion should be managed more conservatively in regard to return to play, because they take longer to recover than college athletes.
PRNewswire published the full guidelines.
According to the guidelines:
* Among the sports in the studies evaluated, risk of concussion is greatest in football and rugby, followed by hockey and soccer. The risk of concussion for young women and girls is greatest in soccer and basketball.
* An athlete who has a history of one or more concussions is at greater risk for being diagnosed with another concussion.
* The first 10 days after a concussion appears to be the period of greatest risk for being diagnosed with another concussion.
* There is no clear evidence that one type of football helmet can better protect against concussion over another kind of helmet. Helmets should fit properly and be well maintained.
* Licensed health professionals trained in treating concussion should look for ongoing symptoms (especially headache and fogginess), history of concussions and younger age in the athlete. Each of these factors has been linked to a longer recovery after a concussion.
* Risk factors linked to chronic neurobehavioral impairment in professional athletes include prior concussion, longer exposure to the sport and having the ApoE4 gene.
* Concussion is a clinical diagnosis. Symptom checklists, the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), neuropsychological testing (paper-and-pencil and computerized) and the Balance Error Scoring System may be helpful tools in diagnosing and managing concussions but should not be used alone for making a diagnosis.
Signs and symptoms of a concussion include:
* Headache and sensitivity to light and sound
* Changes to reaction time, balance and coordination
* Changes in memory, judgment, speech and sleep
* Loss of consciousness or a "blackout" (happens in less than 10 percent of cases).
NBC News also wrote about the new guidelines, looking at how they might have affected one prep athlete.
Olivia Brandy and her family certainly wish that those guidelines had been in effect when she suffered her first concussion. It happened back when Olivia was a high school freshman soccer player.
"The problem started when I hit heads with a girl going up for a ball in a game," said Olivia, now 19. "I remember feeling totally different when I got up, like somebody had tied a rope around my waist and was holding me back as I ran. I had no idea what the problem was. I just pushed through it and at the end of the game I was in severe pain."
It took a week before anyone diagnosed the Pittsburgh-area teen with a concussion and that delay cost her six months of school and playing time -- which came as a shock to her parents.
"My husband's a physician and I'm a nurse and though we knew about concussions, we didn't appreciate how serious they were, or how much they could affect a young person's life," said Trina Brandy, 50. "We had our eyes opened by this."
USA Today reported on the guidelines by looking at the grades the AAN did away with.
Treatment of sports concussions is a work in progress. New guidelines issued by the American Academy of Neurology show the evolution that has occurred since the guidelines it last put forth in 1997 recommending grading concussions on a scale of 1, 2 and 3.
The grading scale is out under the guidelines published Monday in online issue of the medical journal Neurology. The medical experts now know it's not as simple as 1-2-3.
"That's no longer a part of this. We're taking much more of a patient specific approach to diagnosis and return to play," says Geoffrey Manley, chief of neurosurgery at San Francisco General Hospital.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor

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This month marks the official launch of "Bear Wise," a TWRA campaign aimed at educating the public on the ins-and-outs of living in bear country. Montana and other western states already have bear education programs. Dan Gibbs, TWRA wildlife biologist, said it's time for Tennessee to take a more proactive approach, too.


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The Championship side continue their defence of the FA Cup against Manchester City this weekend and, despite the joy and emotion Whelan still feels when reflecting on last May's heroics, top-flight status remains his ultimate goal.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, he said: "Manchester City this weekend will be tough. We were the underdogs against them at Wembley last May and were very, very popular winners throughout the world.
"We are going to go there with intentions of trying to stay in the FA Cup - obviously we will try to retain it - but Manchester City will be looking for their revenge.
"That said, our No 1 ambition this season is promotion back to the Premier League. The FA Cup is special, but the main priority for us is the league, the finest league in the world.
"We have a great team spirit at the moment, our boys are full of confidence and hopefully we can get into the play-offs to give us a chance to return there.
"And in Uwe Rosler, we have a totally, totally brilliant manager. He is straight down the line, straight to the point and makes the players train seriously hard.
"He has been a revelation for us and has put everything back together again. Since he arrived, we have played great football."
Whelan was speaking from the Wigan Youth Zone, a project he is hugely proud to have played a major role in setting up.
The facility - which he affectionately calls the Wigan Boys and Girls Club - offers a number of activities and classes to as many as 8,500 members from around the local area. It was set up in partnership with Technogym and the venture is now recognised as a centre Inspired by London 2012 with youngsters able to work with the equipment used by the stars of the Olympics.
"I used to go to Wigan Boys Club and three of us in the town decided we needed this facility so we got together, put the money forward, and built this," he said.
"The Prime Minister came to open it for us and he reckons it is the best he has ever seen in his life.
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TRAFFIC restrictions on Laira Bridge are to be removed by Saturday morning.
Plymouth City Council has confirmed the closures, which have caused weeks of sluggish traffic and misery for local businesses, will be lifted at the end of the week as the main carriageway works are completed.
Work has been under way on Laira Bridge since early September to improve and prolong the life of the structure.
It included re-waterproofing the bridge decking, replacing expansion joints, resurfacing the road and installing new lighting columns.
A council spokesman said the work programme has been delivered "well within schedule" and Plymouth Transport and Highways would be re-opening all lanes to traffic early on Saturday morning.
The spokesman said: "Some minor signage work will be undertaken next week but no traffic restrictions will be necessary for this."
At the same time as the Laira Bridge improvements, Plymouth Transport and Highways have also been carrying out improvement works at the junction of Finnigan Road and Laira Bridge Road.
In August the council said the work was needed as the junction suffered from queuing traffic, particularly at peak times, there were no pedestrian signals and only narrow refuge islands.
The council said carrying out the bridge and junction work simultaneously "helped minimise future disruption to the city's road network."
The spokesman said: "The junction now has upgraded pedestrian and cyclist facilities, and the removal of the right hand turn from Laira Bridge Road into Finnigan Road means traffic flow over Laira Bridge should greatly improve.
"These junction improvements are the second phase of the Eastern Corridor programme. The aim of the work is to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and create new pedestrian and cycle facilities. Funding for the £400,000 project was provided by the Department for Transport's Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) and Plymouth City Council's capital budget.
Traders have bitterly complained about the works, claiming their businesses were being wrecked by the disruption.
They also questioned why the work was not extended through the night and weekends to shorten the length of the project, which was scheduled to end around mid-November.
Ray Griffin, who runs The Morley Arms in Billacombe Road with his partner and two children, was one of the worst hit. He said the family business had "barely recovered" from the first round of works around Gdynia Way.
In mid-September the 66-year-old said the works was having a "devastating effect on business" and had caused "a tremendous loss of trade" to his and other businesses.
In a letter to The Herald, Cllr Mark Coker, cabinet member for transport, insisted the works were being completed "in the fastest time possible".
He added: "The expert project managers employed to plan such works have pushed the schedule to the limits to ensure they are completed for the busy Christmas shopping period."
He said the council was "genuinely sorry" for the inconvenience suffered but the work had to be done "if we wanted to continue to have a usable bridge".
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Almost all of the new initiatives were inspired by Oregon, where the state legislature passed a bill introducing a Pay-it-Forward scheme unanimously on July 1. Barbara Dudley, an adjunct professor at Portland State University who in 2005 helped co-found the Oregon Working Families Party—a third party that has also been influential in New York and Connecticut—was watching the vote from her office. The successful vote was a personal victory. She and her students had helped write the bill.


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I'm told that while there is no firmly established gift tradition for a 28th anniversary, the modern practice is to signify the event with an orchid.
As often happens at the North Carolina General Assembly, the new fiscal year has begun with the House and Senate not yet finished with a budget-adjustment bill. Medicaid funding, teacher compensation and a few other issues continue to divide the two chambers.
Despite all the talk of a "war on science" being waged by political conservatives and Republican politicians -- to match their supposed wars on women, men, the young, and the old, no doubt -- North Carolina now features a shrill and relentless rhetorical war on social science by political liberals and Democratic politicians.
Think that the quality of political debate is low and declining? I agree. For a recent, telling example of the problem, consider the debate about North Carolina's participation in Common Core.
If all you know about North Carolina's recent economic performance is what you get from Twitter feeds, partisan press releases, or brief mentions on television newscasts, then much of what you "know" is flat wrong.
Puzzled by the past several months of histrionics about North Carolina's election-law changes? You're hardly alone. By any objective standard, the Voter Identification and Verification Act enacted last year was commonsensical in structure and modest in potential effects.
While crafting the state budget last year, the North Carolina General Assembly applied the latest empirical research to the question of how best to improve teacher quality. In response, lawmakers have been roundly excoriated by the usual suspects -- which only served to demonstrate that the public-policy acumen of the usual suspects is, uh, suspect.
Where are America's economic hotspots?
If you answer that question based solely on what politicians or pundits say, you might well get it wrong. You might think that Sunbelt states consistently outperform Frostbelt states, or that California's economy is a basket case. And if your media diet is limited enough, you might think that North Carolina's recent economic performance has been lackluster or even poor.
Liberal activists may fume, and left-wing editorialists may grind their teeth, but legislative leaders are going to defend their 2013 opportunity scholarship bill against lawsuits by the teacher union and other special interests.
In February, Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler declared that the North Carolina General Assembly had no authority to determine telecommunications policy in North Carolina.
Well, okay, Wheeler didn't single North Carolina out for particular scorn.
During most of its history, North Carolina was a state of widely dispersed residents. There were no truly big cities, many small towns and fewer sparsely populated counties than, say, Virginia or Georgia had. Particularly along the state's rivers and streams, you'd find a thriving mill town or farming village every few miles.


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Incubus Members Head To School, Orchestra
June 27, 2008 , 5:55 PM ET
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Having just completed a year-and-a-half-long tour in support of its 2006 album "Light Grenades," Incubus is planning to take a break while its members pursue a variety of endeavors.
On Aug. 23, guitarist Mike Einziger will unveil an orchestral piece in concert at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles.
"He did the Time Lapse Consortium, which was a solo thing, even though most of Incubus played on it. But this one is just Mikey," frontman Brandon Boyd tells Billboard.com. "This time, the band will just go to watch. He's moving into ambitious territory."
For Einziger, the concert will serve as a precursor to his enrollment in Harvard's music school to study composition next year. But he's not the only one returning to higher education, as Boyd also plans to enroll in a university art program.
our drummer is having a baby
, so there's a lot of normal life stuff going on right now -- school, babies, mortgages," Boyd says.
The band does have one more gig on its schedule: the VH1 Rock Honors salute to the Who on July 12 in Los Angeles alongside Pearl Jam, the Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips and Tenacious D. But afterward, Boyd expects Incubus will probably lay low for an extended period of time.
"I'm of the mind to say it wouldn't be a bad thing to disappear for a year or two years," he says. "A lot of people would say culture moves too fast and you need to remind people, but I would argue there's not any rush. Maybe they'll be a sex scandal or an arrest or something to keep us in the news."
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By samir from USA on 2008-11-22 16:18:57Things I liked:POWER! This gun has great accuracy within 100 feet! after 100 then the bb goes right, left, up, or down.I got about 100 shots on 1 tank.Shootes as fast as u can pull the trigger!
Things I would have changed:The co2 chamber slides open to easy.There should be a lock.
What others should know:Make sure to put one drop of oil on the tip of every co2 tank. This cleans the gun and makes it last longer.Great gun!
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By dave from USA on 2014-06-29 11:34:31Things I liked:the weight.
Things I would have changed:make it work!!!!!!!!
What others should know:WHEN I GOT THIS THING, IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.I WASTED 3 CO2 CARTRIDGES.I SENT THE BACK TO CROSMAN,AND IT COST ME $14.00.
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Posted by WVillageGirl on 12/21/2005
It's fair to say that you might encounter a (quick) wait to get in, but I also think it's worth it. The falafel is perfect, the pita is piping hot, and the ouzi is something you'll crave until you go back for more. Also, the mint iced tea is refreshing and a great addition to your meal. Definitely recommend having it delivered as well - they are SPEEDY! One downside... CASH ONLY... beware.
Posted by G&R on 12/10/2005
They make you wait outside for ages and tend to be rude; it is noisy, the place is very simple. We only go there for the food which is good and not expensive.
Posted by very foine indeed on 08/16/2005
I like the last guys review that thinks he can compare this place with food from Mamoun's or Ali Baba. You must not have tried the Pita, if you do not like factory Pita maid by AMD this is the place to be, freshly made infront of you instead of out of a plastic bag. Now the reason the West Side Moustache is my favorite over the East Side is that the staff seems more attentive and professional. Reviewers are correct to say that space is limited, it's more like a bistro. But some really cool music. I am going back soon to have some foul (try ordering that at mamoun's) with hot sauce and pita with houmous. Yani unreal! Anyone that orders ceasar salad in a place like this is crazy, you gotta eat the "goods"
Posted by Robin on 08/13/2005
Based on the reviews I thought this place would at least be worth getting takeout. 7.50 dollar falafel sandwiches should rival Mamoun's or Kabab Cafe's. The lamachun should at least compare with Ali Baba's right, at these prices? The man was short with me on the phone and laughed when I requested parsley/lettuce/onion/lemon with my lamachun- normal accompaniments. He suggested some greens instead and charged me 7.50 for a greek salad! The lamachun was soggy and cut like an american pizza so I couldn't even roll the wilted salad up in it- the artichokes in the salad were taint- the falafel was very dry - and was about the only thing in the sandwich except for some discolored lettuce- and the outside of pidae was wet. I won't be going here again, especially for delivery.
Posted by Anonymous on 02/11/2005
Really good food-- amazing hummos and the other reviewer is right- the ouzi was outrageous. Not a romantic spot though - and there was a cat under the table next to us the whole time, but if that doesn't bother you-- go for it!
Posted by Toronto on 02/09/2005
Outstanding food from start to finish. The hot pitas are to die for. We eat here every time we are in New York and have never had anything less than an excellent meal and always at a very favorable price. The tables are close and the place is always full so not recommended for an intimate meal.
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The atmosphere of this restaraunt is very relaxing and the pizza is delicious.


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Chasing the dream: Former Hooks broadcaster Matt Hicks takes long road to majors
Announcer's 23-plus years in minor leagues pay off with Rangers job
HOUSTON - The routine for veteran baseball broadcaster Matt Hicks has been pretty much the same for a quarter-century.
Get to the ballpark about five hours before game time. Chat with the opposing broadcasters. Get in thorough preparation. Squeeze in a meal when possible. And last, but not least, be ready when it's time to flip the switch.
Of course, there's one change for Hicks this season, his 25th: He does all of it in the major leagues now. The lone broadcaster in Hooks history until last June, Hicks now calls games on the radio for the Texas Rangers.
VIDEO: Opening Day 2013 with Matt Hicks
The trappings — staying in five-star hotels, charter flights, rubbing elbows with millionaire athletes — provide a stark contrast to life in the minor leagues.
"It's a whole new life for us," Hicks' wife Estelle said.
But for her husband, some things remain the same.
"It's not right to say it's like any other day because it's not going to be like any other day," Hicks said of his first MLB opening day. "But what I have to do is pretty much like every other day.
"Having the chance to be with the team all spring training and getting a chance to know these guys a little bit more, I feel very calm and relaxed."
Before he went to sleep the night before the March 31 opener at Minute Maid Park, Hicks played some relaxing music on his iPhone, including one of his favorite songs, James Taylor's "Secret O'Life."
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
For Hicks, 52, the ride included broadcasting games at his first pro baseball job in Frederick, Md., for $50 a game and meal money after leaving a full-time job, racking up thousands upon thousands of miles on buses through sleepy minor league towns across the country and his fair share of rejection. But it also included perseverance, dedication to his craft and the belief he was good enough to work at the highest level.
It also helped to answer the phone when it rang.
The Call usually comes in the offseason, the culmination of the job search process. It isn't supposed to come during a family vacation in June, a rare time off for baseball broadcasters.
Granted time off by Ryan-Sanders Baseball, the Hooks' ownership group, Hicks, his wife and their 10-year-old son, Nathaniel, were in San Diego, Calif., for five days as part of a trip to the Legoland theme park in nearby Carlsbad.
While his parents were getting things together for day three of their trip on June 25, 2012, Nathaniel Hicks bided his time playing a game of Fruit Ninja on his father's phone. He was racking up an impressive score when he noticed something on the screen: An incoming call from Hooks CEO Reid Ryan.
"Nathaniel was torn between finishing his high score or bringing the phone to Matt to take the call," Estelle Hicks said. "He saw it was Reid Ryan and he goes, 'Dad, you better take the call.'"
Reid Ryan was calling Hicks as a result of something that happened a week earlier, coincidentally enough, in San Diego.
During a game against the Padres, Rangers television broadcaster Dave Barnett unleashed a bizarre on-air harangue, saying "Go-ahead run is at fifth on what Adams is insisting on calling it a botched robbery. What actually happened was his henchmen took a piece literally out of "
The incident promptly went viral, and the Rangers summarily removed Barnett from the airwaves and placed him on medical leave. Barnett later called the cause of his ramble "a complicated migraine." Meanwhile, radio announcer Steve Busby was moved to the television side, creating an opening in the Rangers' booth.
Hicks had been alerted to the incident by a friend who suggested he let the Rangers know of his availability, but Hicks disagreed, saying "I don't want to be one of those vulture guys who say, 'Hey, I can help.'"
Now Ryan, the son of Rangers CEO and Hooks managing partner Nolan Ryan, was on the line.
"I stepped outside because obviously it was going to be business of some sort and I had no idea what it was going to be about," Hicks said. "Reid said, 'I don't know how long this will be for, but we'd like to have you come up and fill in for the Rangers.'
"He said, 'I don't know all the particulars. We just need to get you there as soon as possible. Can you come up?' And I said yes."
It was The Call. The one every minor league broadcaster hopes for. For Hicks, the wait had lasted 23 and a half seasons.
"So Matt took the phone call and he walked out of the room," Estelle Hicks said. "I was thinking, 'OK, Daddy's probably going to leave and we'll finish our vacation.' Then Matt walked in and said, 'I just got the phone call.' I said, 'The phone call?' and he said, 'The major leagues.'
"There were a lot of tears, laughter and disbelief that this is happening to us. It was shock. It was like, 'This is really happening.' I can't even explain it. I wish I had the right words (to describe it), but I don't."
The family finished their vacation, and five days later, Hicks was in Arlington, making his major-league debut during the Rangers' game against Oakland.
Matt Hicks didn't arrive in the major leagues until June 30, 2012. However, there was no lack of people who thought he was big-league caliber. In Baseball America's 1997 survey of readers' favorite baseball broadcaster, Hicks was the only minor league announcer listed.
While Hicks was a fan favorite in Corpus Christi and as the El Paso Diablos' announcer from 1995-2004, he also impressed some influential people. Nolan Ryan was said to be a fan. And Reid Ryan had been one before Hicks came to work for the Hooks in late 2004.
"The first time I heard Matt, he was in El Paso in 2000, and I thought he was very good," Reid Ryan said. "He's a very likable guy that relates to the players and has a very distinctive voice.
"I've always felt guys in the minor leagues have to wear so many hats that they have a very well-rounded perspective of the game. From the first time I heard him, I always thought he'd be a big-league broadcaster, all the way back in 2000."
While Ryan and many others felt that way, some MLB teams didn't hold the same opinion. Hicks estimated being rejected for big-league jobs 14 to 16 times. The closest call came in September 2005, when he was summoned to Houston to interview for the Astros' vacancy.
"That was really the only extensive interview I had," Hicks said. "I was disappointed, I really was, because I was told that I was in a very small group of finalists and thought I had an opportunity there. I was disappointed, but it wasn't like I got that news and decided I need to start looking elsewhere."
While the rejection stung, Hicks threw himself into his new surroundings in Corpus Christi. He became one of the faces of the Hooks, from making local speaking appearances to his annual role emceeing the team's winter baseball banquet.
Away from work, he and Estelle purchased their first home, and she soon got a job as a teacher. Their son was in a good school, and his soccer, swimming and chess activities kept the family busy.
"(The job) doesn't necessarily define who I am because you go to some school function and I'm not Matt Hicks, the Hooks broadcaster — I'm Nathaniel's dad," said Hicks, who also has an adult daughter, Amy, from a previous marriage.
"I don't want to say I'd given up hope, but I'd come to a realization that there's a pretty good chance that this isn't going to happen, but I'm happy with what I'm doing. I'm happy with my job, I'm happy with my family and we're going to do the best we can.
"I looked at other guys around me, other guys in the league who never got the opportunity, (and thought), it would be nice to realize the dream, but being happy with my family is much more important."
There also were drawbacks, such as being on the road half the season. And when the Hooks were at home, it wasn't unusual for Hicks to be at the office working on game preparation and media relations duties in the hours leading up to the game.
"It was a lot of missed holidays, missed birthdays, things like that, so our family knows the sacrifice there is to be in the game," Estelle Hicks said. "When our son was born and Nathaniel and I would go do things like the other families did, our lives revolved around baseball. It was kind of like single parenting, that's what I felt a lot of times.
"I would say at times, 'Why don't you go into education?' That's what his degree is in."
Still, Hicks never gave up on the dream of the majors. What kept him going?
"I think it's a combination of things," Hicks said. "One, I really enjoy what I'm doing. Whether it was in Frederick (Md.), El Paso or Corpus Christi, I've always enjoyed it.
"The fact that landing the job with the Ryan-Sanders group, I felt very fortunate because of the way they take care of their people and I'm working for the best group in minor league baseball. There were a lot of people telling me I belonged in the big leagues and I think that was something that helped keep me going."
Major league broadcasters aren't unlike Supreme Court justices or tenured college professors in one way: Once they get a job, they tend to stay a while. For longtime minor league announcers, making the jump is rare. Only two current announcers — the Los Angeles Angels' Terry Smith and Cincinnati's Jim Kelch — put in 20-plus seasons in the minors, and the bulk of their time was spent at Triple-A, unlike Hicks' stints in High-A and Double-A.
And when there is an opening, it helps to have, according to Reid Ryan, "somebody who likes your work and is willing to stick their neck out for you."
In June 2012, those people were Ryan and his father. A few years earlier, Reid Ryan had sent DVDs of Hooks games that Hicks called on Fox Sports Southwest to John Blake, the Rangers' executive vice president of communications.
"When the situation arose last year, I was talking to my dad about it," Reid Ryan said. "I said I'd really like to be in a position to get one of these (Ryan-Sanders broadcasters) up there to get some exposure.
"A couple years ago, I had sent John Blake copies of our TV games and basically said, 'Hey, check out the work Matt Hicks is doing. I think he's got a bright future. Give me some critiques I can work on with him and let me know what you think.' When John got those tapes, he came back with, 'Hey, he's really good and if we ever have a situation, I'll let you know.'"
Now, Blake found himself looking for a broadcaster in a pinch.
"When you do these searches, it's almost like you've got to be in the right place at the right time," Blake said. "We were looking around and it wasn't going to be the easiest thing to find somebody in the middle of the season to just walk into this position.
"I had Matt's tapes and I'd always been impressed with him. We needed someone fairly quickly and Ryan-Sanders was nice enough to let him go."
Hicks admitted his first few weeks in the majors were a whirlwind. While his family listened via satellite and Internet radio, he sent pictures from the road.
His phone also lit up with congratulatory calls and text messages. One that particularly resonated came from Ron Weber, the former voice of the NHL's Washington Capitals.
As a young fan whose interest in broadcasting began in high school, Hicks grew up listening to Weber, along with the Baltimore Orioles' duo of Chuck Thompson and Bill O'Donnell. Hicks and Weber later struck up a friendship and worked together. Through the years, Weber served as a mentor and sounding board.
"When I got the call from him, that was an emotional moment," Hicks said, choking up. "Ron has always been a big supporter of mine. We'd have conversations and he'd say, 'I can't believe you're not in the big leagues.' One of the things he said during that conversation was 'This is a long time coming. You really deserve this; you need to go out and grab it by the throat.'"
That he did. Despite his unfamiliarity with the Rangers and the American League — he had spent most of the previous 17-plus seasons working for National League affiliates — Hicks quickly meshed with Eric Nadel, the Rangers' longtime lead announcer. The stakes were certainly higher. Compared to the Hooks, whose broadcasts air on one station and on the Internet, Rangers games are carried on 57 stations through a five-state area.
"It was the second game that I did and Eric was just in the flow and sounding so good," Hicks said. "During the commercial break, I took off the headset and said, 'I've just got to tell you that you are so intimidatingly good that I'm having a hard time here.' He goes, 'You're fine, don't worry about it.' But he is. He's that good.
"There is this feeling of inadequacy that I'm not over yet and that's a challenge for me. The bar has definitely been raised, there's no doubt about it."
Along the way, Hicks got some big calls, such as a Rangers walk-off victory over division rival Anaheim that made it on ESPN's SportsCenter. And Hicks was on the call for arguably the most dramatic moment of the Rangers' season, a dropped fly ball by Josh Hamilton during the regular-season finale in Oakland that helped decide the AL West championship for the Athletics.
"People really liked him, right from the start," Nadel said. "It's clear when you hear him right from the first that he's a true professional. He's good at this and he's an easy listen. He's been doing this long enough and he knows what's important and what's not important. He knows when to get excited and when not necessarily to get excited."
"The guy lived out of a hotel for more than three months. That's really hard to do. What really struck me immediately was how well-prepared he is. Regardless of what was going on in his tumultuous life at that time, he was always ready and never mailed one in. He's super, super prepared."
All of that helped sell Blake on keeping Hicks — who was initially brought in until the end of the season — for the long term.
"I was looking for some continuity," Blake said. "I really didn't want to make another change. I liked the continuity and liked the fact he'd grown into the job very quickly."
The plaudits continued to pour in on opening day in Houston, with Hicks receiving congratulations from players, managers and scouts he had met in the minors.
Meanwhile, the Hooks began their ninth season without their signature voice, as Hicks has been succeeded by his former backup Michael Coffin. But according to Reid Ryan, it's not a bittersweet time.
"For me, it's happiness all around," Ryan said. "There may be some fans who are disappointed (Hicks is gone), but that's the beauty of this business. We get to watch people chase their dreams on a daily basis.
"From my perspective, I love to see people achieve whatever their goals are. For those of us involved with the organization or for the fans, whether it's a player, coach, broadcaster or whoever, I feel like when they leave, they don't leave us forever.
"They're always part of the family and we know that we had a little bit to do with their success and a little bit of Corpus Christi is with them in everything they do."
Dec. 8, 1960: Born in Washington, D.C.
May 1978: Graduated from Bladensburg (Md.) High School
May 1983: Graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in Social Studies Education
July 1983: Went to work as a morning news anchor, news reporter, sports play-by-play man and fill-in disc jockey for WCEM-AM/FM in Cambridge, Md.
May 1986: Hired as the sports director for WCMD-AM in La Plata, Md., doing play by play for high school football, basketball and American Legion baseball
Fall 1987: Hired by VerStandig Broadcasting in Harrisonburg, Va., to work in news and sports, including the play by play for James Madison football and basketball
March 1989: Worked at radio stations in Cambridge, Md., La Plata, Md., and Harrisonburg, Va., working news and sports
March 1989: Hired to broadcast games for the Frederick (Md.) Keys of the Carolina League, the Baltimore Orioles' High-A affiliate. His initial salary was $50 a game and meal money.
March 1995: Moved to El Paso to become the radio voice of the Texas League's Diablos. His first day in Texas was March 31, 1995, the day Tejano singer Selena was murdered.
October 2004: After the Diablos relocated to Springfield, Mo., moved to Corpus Christi to work for the Hooks, who will begin Texas League play in April 2005
June 30, 2012: Made his major-league debut with the Texas Rangers
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A microprocessor couples to a voltage sensor through an analog to digital converter. The voltage sensor is adapted to be coupled across terminals of a battery. A small current source is also provided and adapted to be coupled across the terminal to the battery. The current source is momentarily applied to the battery and the resulting change in voltage is monitored using the microprocessor. The microprocessor calculates battery conductance based upon the magnitude of the differential current and the change in voltage and thereby determines the condition of the battery.
1. An apparatus for measuring conductance of a battery, comprising:
a positive sense electrical connection adapted to couple to a positive terminal of the battery;
a negative sense electrical connection adapted to couple to a negative terminal of the battery;
a positive current electrical connection adapted to couple to the positive terminal of the battery;
a negative current electrical connection adapted to couple to the negative terminal of the battery;
a current source;
a current switch selectively coupling the current source between the positive current electrical connection and the negative current electrical connection;
a first capacitor connected in series with the positive sense electrical connection;
a second capacitor connected in series with the negative sense electrical connection;
a differential amplifier having a first input, a second input and a differential output;
a first switch selectively coupling the first input of the differential amplifier to the first capacitor;
a second switch selectively coupling the second input of the differential amplifier to the second capacitor; and
control circuitry coupled to the current switch, the first switch and the second switch selectively supplying the current source to the battery by actuating the current switch and maintaining at least a momentary disconnection between the battery and the amplifier by closing the first and second switches;
the control circuitry responsively determining battery conductance as a function of differential current flow through the battery due to the applied and differential voltage drop across the battery based upon the differential output.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the current source comprises a resistance.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuitry provides an output related to relative battery conductance as a function of the battery conductance and a reference battery conductance.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 including:
the third switch selectively coupling the first input of the differential amplifier to a reference; and
wherein the control circuitry actuates the third switch to momentarily couple the first input of the differential amplifier to the reference prior to determining battery conductance.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuitry determines battery voltage prior to measuring current flow (V1), during a measurement of current flow (VM) and subsequent to measuring current flow and calculates change in voltage (ΔV) as a function of V1, VM and V2.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 including a first sample and hold circuit for sampling V1, a second sample and hold circuit for sampling VM and a third sample and hold circuit for sampling V2.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuitry subtracts an offset voltage in determining differential voltage drop.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the offset voltage is measured prior to determining battery conductance.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 including a memory and wherein the control circuitry compensates battery conductance as a function of an equation stored in the memory.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the equation comprises a polynomial of the form:
Gcompensated =a+b Gmeasured +c Gmeasured
Where a, b and c are stored in the memory.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuitry determines battery conductance as a statistical function of a plurality of differential current flow measurements and differential voltage measurements.
The present invention claims priority to Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/035,312, filed Jan. 13, 1997 and entitled "ELECTROINC BATTERY TESTER."
The present invention relates to battery testing devices. The present invention is particularly applicable to a technique for measuring conductance of a battery in which a small resistive load is momentarily placed across the battery and the change in voltage is monitored.
Chemical storage batteries, such as lead acid batteries used in automobiles, have existed for many years. In order to make optimum use of such a battery, it is very desirable to test the battery to determine various battery parameters such as state of charge, battery capacity, state of health, the existence of battery defects.
Various techniques have been used to measure battery parameters. For example, hygrometers have been used to measure the specific gravity of a battery and simple voltage measurements have been used to monitor the voltage of the battery. One battery testing technique which has been popular for many years is known as a load test in which a battery is heavily loaded over a period of time and the decay in the battery output is monitored. However, such a test is time consuming and leaves the battery in a relatively discharged condition. Further, such a tester must be made relatively large if it is to be used with large batteries.
A much more elegant technique has been pioneered by Midtronics, Inc. of Burr Ridge, Ill. and Dr. Keith S. Champlin in which battery parameters are determined based upon a measurement of the battery's conductance. This work is set forth in, for example, the following patents issued to Champlin: U.S. Pat. No. 3,873,911; U.S. Pat. No. 3,909,708; U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,768; U.S. Pat. No. 4,825,170; U.S. Pat. No. 4,881,038; U.S. Pat. No. 4,912,416; U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,269; U.S. Pat. No. 5,343,380; U.S. Pat. No. 5,572,136; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,728 and the following patents assigned to Midtronics, Inc., U.S. Pat. No. 5,574,355 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,592,093.
However, there is an ongoing need to refine battery testing techniques, improve their accuracy and improve the types of applications in which they may be successfully employed.
A microprocessor couples to a voltage sensor through an analog to digital converter. The voltage sensor is adapted to be coupled across terminals of a battery. A small current source is also provided and adapted to be coupled across the terminal to the battery. The current source is momentarily switched on to provide a current (which may be a current drop) through the battery and the resulting change in voltage is monitored using the microprocessor. The microprocessor calculates battery conductance based upon the magnitude of the current and the change in voltage. These techniques are employed to overcome noise from noise sources which may be coupled to the battery during the battery test.
FIG. 1 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of a battery tester in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of a portion of sense circuitry shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of a portion of sense circuitry shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of a portion of sense circuitry shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a timing diagram showing various signals during operation of the circuitry of FIGS. 1 through 4.
It has been discovered that measuring battery conductance of a storage battery connected to noise sources is a particularly difficult problem. Such noise sources include the charging system and various electronics in an automobile, for example, or other types of charging systems and electronics which may be connected to storage batteries. These noise sources interfere with the battery test. The present invention includes a number of techniques to overcome the limitations imposed by such noise.
FIG. 1 is simplified block diagram of a battery tester 10 in accordance with the present invention coupled to an electrical system 4. Electrical system 4 is an model which includes a charge signal noise source 6 and a load signal noise source 8. These sources could be, for example, the load and charger of an automobile or a uninterruptable power system (UPS).
Battery tester 10 determines the conductance of battery 12 in accordance with the present invention and includes test circuitry 16. Circuitry 16 includes a current source 50 (which comprises, for example, a resistance RL), sensor circuitry 52, analog to digital converter 54 and microprocessor 56. In one preferred embodiment, microprocessor 56 comprises a Motorola MC 68HC705C8P. Sensor circuitry 52 is capacitively coupled to battery 12 through capacitors C1 and C2 and has its outputs connected to a multiplexed or input of analog to digital converter 54. A/D converter 54 is also connected to microprocessor 56 which connects to system clock 58, memory 60, output 62 and input 66. Output 62 comprises, for example, a display and input 66 may comprise a keyboard, RF link, bar code reader, etc.
In operation, current source 50 is controlled by microprocessor 56 using switch 100 which may comprise, for example, a FET. Current source 50 provides a current I in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. 1. In one embodiment, this is a square wave or a pulse. The voltage sense circuitry 52 connects to terminals 22 and 24 of battery 12 to capacitors C1 and C2, respectively, and provides an output related to the voltage difference between the terminals. Sense circuitry 52 preferably has a high input impedance. Note that circuitry 16 is connected to battery 12 through a four point connection technique known as a Kelvin connection. Because very little current flows through circuitry 52, the voltage drop through its connections to battery 12 is relatively insignificant. The output of circuitry 52 is converted to a digital format and provided to microprocessor 56. Microprocessor 56 operates at a frequency determined by system clock 58 and in accordance with program instructions stored in memory 60.
In general, microprocessor 56 determines the conductance of battery 12 by actuating switch 100 to apply a current pulse with current source 50. The microprocessor determines the change in battery voltage due to the current pulse using circuitry 52 and analog to digital converter 54. The value of current I generated by current source 50 is measured by measuring the voltage drop across resistance RL using amplifier 102. Microprocessor 56 calculates the conductance of battery 12 as follows: ##EQU1## where ΔI is the change in current flowing through battery 12 due to current source 50, and ΔV is the change in battery voltage due to applied current ΔI. The relative conductance of battery 12, as discussed with respect to FIG. 2, is calculated using the equation: ##EQU2## where Gmeasured is the battery conductance in accordance with Equation 1 and Greference is a reference conductance value received through input 66 and stored in memory 60. Generally, this reference conductance is determined based upon the type and characteristics of battery 12. Microprocessor 56 can also operate using impedance measurements by inverting Equations 1 and 2. The relative conductance measurement may then be output using data output 62 which may comprise, for example, a display, meter, data link, etc.
The measurement of conductance in a noisy environment using circuitry 16 may be accomplished by maintaining a relatively short connection of resistance RL across battery 12 and measuring the resultant small voltage drop. The DC voltage drop across the battery is a minimum of 2 volts and the absolute voltage drop across the battery may be any value. Sense circuitry 52 preferably has a relatively large gain which is saturated if circuitry 52 is directly coupled to battery 12. Therefore, capacitors C1 and C2 are provided to capacitively coupled circuitry 52 to battery 12.
FIG. 2 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram 110 of a portion of sense circuitry 52 shown in FIG. 1. Circuitry 110 includes differential amplifier 112 having an inverting input connected to terminal 22 of battery 12 through capacitor C1 and resistors 114 and 116 having values of 10 KΩ and 40.2 KΩ. The non-inverting input of amplifier 112 connects to terminal 24 through capacitor C2 and resistors 118 and 120 having values of 10 KΩ and 40.2 KΩ, respectively. The non-inverting input of amplifier 112 connects to electrical ground through resistor 122 having a value of 1 MΩ feedback is provided from the output of amplifier 112 through resistor 124 having a value of 1 MΩ. Capacitors C1 and C2 have values of 0.1 μF and are ground through resistors 126 and 128 which have a value of 1 MΩ. Low impedance path resistors 130 and 132 have values of 1 KΩ and are selectively coupled to capacitors C1 and C2 through switches 134 and 136, respectively. Switches 134 and 136 may comprise, for example, FETs which are controlled by microprocessor 56.
In order to make accurate AC transient measurements, it is necessary that the bias voltage across the input coupling capacitors C1 and C2 remains relatively constant. This is facilitated by using relatively large capacitor values for C1 and C2 and employing coupled to a high input impedance circuit for circuit 52. However, a significant drawback to the high impedance is that a relatively long time is required for the amplifier to stabilize to a quiescent operating point when the tester is first started or relocated to a different battery. Resistors 130 and 132 provide a relatively low impedance path to electrical ground when switches 134 and 136, respectively, are actuated by microprocessor 56. Preferably, the switches 134 and 136 are actuated just prior to measurements to thereby quickly establish the operating point of the system. A further advantage of application of the low impedance paths during a non-test interval is that they allow quiescent operating points that are elevated (or depressed) due to system noise, thereby placing no practical limit on the amount of low frequency noise that can be rejected.
Another source of inaccuracy due to noise in the system is the variability in the voltage bias at the inputs of capacitors C1 and C2 which arises due to the inductive coupling of the pulse generated by source 50 to the voltage sense leads which couple circuitry 52 to battery 12. This causes relatively large voltage spikes in the connection leads which could damage the sense circuitry leading to inaccurate readings. Diode pairs 152 and 154 are provided as input protection devices to eliminate this and exasterbate this problem by tying one side of capacitor C1 and C2 to a power supply rail through an extremely low impedance path (the forward diode direction). In order to overcome this problem, switches 160 and 162 are provided which selectively as shown in FIG. 3 couple capacitors C1 and C2 to resistors 114 and 118, respectively. Switches 160 and 162 may comprise, for example, FETs which are controlled by microprocessor 56. Microprocessor 56 controls switches 160 and 162 to provide an open circuit during the occurrence of any voltage that exceeds the value of the power supply rails. Leakage is only about 1 nanoamp. This allows capacitors C1 and C2 to "free wheel" during a voltage spike with no resultant in charging.
Another aspect of the invention includes the determination of the quiescent operating point of the battery voltage during application of the current pulse from source 50. It is desirable to exactly determine this applicating point. However, this is not possible because the current pulse has changed the operating point by an amount inversely proportional to the conductance. Additionally, the quiescent point varies according to the AC or DC noise which is present on the system. The present invention estimates the quiescent operating point during the current pulse by taking samples before and after the current pulse and averaging the difference. FIG. 4 is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of circuitry 180 which is part of circuitry 52 shown in FIG. 1. Circuitry 180 includes circuitry 52 as shown in FIG. 1. Circuitry 180 includes three sample and hold elements 182, 184 and 186 which couples to amplifier 112 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Additionally, sample and hold circuits 182 through 186 receive control signals S1, M, and S2 from microprocessor 56. The output from amplifier 102 is also shown connected to analog to digital converter 54. Analog to digital converter 54 includes a multiplex input which is controlled by MUX line from microprocessor 56 to select one of the inputs from amplifier 102 or sample and hold circuits 182 through 186.
FIG. 5 is a timing diagram showing operation of the circuitry in FIGS. 1 through 4. Signal S1 is applied by microprocessor 56 to sample and hold circuit 182, signal M is applied to sample and hold circuit 184 and signal S2 is applied to circuit 186 shown in FIG. 4. Signal S100 controls switch 100 shown in FIG. 1. The READ I signal couples analog to digital converter 54 to amplifier 102 to thereby read the voltage drop across resistance RL. The SC signal controls switches 160 and 162 shown in FIG. 3. The READ OFFSET signal controls analog to digital converter 54 to initially read offsets from sample and hold 182 through 186. The read ΔV signal controls reading of the sample and hold circuits 182 through 186 with the A/D 54 following a measurement cycle. During operation, the values of the three sample and holds are initially latched using the first pulse shown in signals S1, M, and S2. During this initial reading, switches 160 and 162 are open such that the voltages V0 S1, V0 M, V0 S2 present on these latches constitute offset values. These offsets are stored in memory 60 and subtracted from subsequent voltage measurements by microprocessor 56 to thereby reduce errors. At time t1 switches 160 and 162 are closed by signal SC and sample and hold circuit 182 is again latched using signal S1 to store the first measured voltage V1. At time t2, current I is applied to battery 12 by closing switch 100 with signal S100. After about 150 μS, the READ I is used to control A/D converter 54 to read the voltage output from amplifier 102. At time t4, sample and hold circuit 184 is triggered by signal M to store the current voltage VM across battery 12. At time t5, the current I is removed from battery 12 and after a settling period of approximately 200 μS, sample and hold circuit 186 is triggered by signal S2 to store V2. At time t7, the A/D converter 54 to convert the voltage difference of the sample stored in circuits 182 and 186. In various embodiments, this difference may be determined using analog subtraction techniques or digital subtraction using microprocessor 56. The change in voltage of the battery due to applied current I is then calculated using the formula: ##EQU3## G is then determined using the formula: ##EQU4##
As can be seen in Equations 3 and 4, the offset values V0 1, V0 2 and V0 M are subtracted from the measured values to thereby remove any systems offsets.
Another source of errors in measurement in noisy environments is due to lumped sum non-linearities in the circuit. In general, the equation for conductance is G=I/V, where G represents the conductance in mhos, I represents the current differential in amps and V represents the voltage differential in volts. Non-linearities in circuit 16 may cause a small offset component in the measured value of V. This offset may be determined during manufacture or during later calibration of circuitry 16 by forcing the input to circuitry 16 to 0 volts and measuring the resultant voltage. This voltage value (X) is stored in memory 60 and used to modify the equation for conductance by subtracting the offset from all measurements G=I/(V-X).
In another aspect of the invention, non-linearities in circuitry 16 are compensated or "linearized" using a second order polynomial equation. Such non-linearities may be due to many factors including cabling, PCB layout, magnetic effects, etc. The polynomial is determined by measuring a plurality of calibrated standards using an uncalibrated tester 16 and the resultant data is fit to a curve using curve fitting techniques. For example, Table 1 is a series of measurements of seven different test cells having known voltage and conductance values by a battery tester prior to such calibration:
Using a least squares curve fitting technique, a quadratic equation of the form: ##EQU5## Equation 5 can be used to calibrate the measured value of mhos. The three constants in Equation 5 are stored in memory 60 for use by microprocessor 56.
Another technique of the present invention to overcome problems associated with noise includes employing statistical algorithms in microprocessor 56. Amplifier 12 is instantly able to take readings at any point, regardless of prior disturbance of the quiescent operating point due to noise, in other words, quiescent disturbances do not require a long "settling period" following the disturbance before another reading can be taken. If the noise signal remains linear and continuous, readings can be taken during the noise signal itself. However, difficulties arise in very high noise environments, where the noise is of large value, and not linear or continuous (for example, UPS switching currents). This "impulse" noise present during the measurement period causes incorrect values to be recorded for that sample, even though they do not affect the ability of the amplifier to take another sample immediately following it. Noise pulses of particular concern are high amplitude, short duration, low frequency (360 Hz, for example) spikes. Since the measurement period is short (200 microseconds), circuit 16 can take a large number of measurements in a short period of time. In doing so, there is a high incidence of samples containing the correct value of conductance, and a lower number of samples containing corrupted data. Microprocessor 56 determines the median or mean values over a large number of samples and is thereby able to intelligently decode the correct value from the scattered measured data.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Yesterday Columbia Police Chief Joseph Edwards said that the threatening emails the Coleman family received prior to the murders originated from Christopher Coleman's laptop computer. The police chief also said that vulgar statements spray painted at the murder scene matched Coleman's handwriting.
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