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A method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll signal for control to the relative roll angle, reducing control effort and controlling a safety system (38) correspondingly.
1. A method of controlling a vehicle with roll stability control comprising:
entering roll stability control;
determining a relative roll angle, said relative roll angle being an angle between the vehicle body and a wheel axis;
determining a wheel lifted or grounded state for each vehicle wheel; and
when the two inside wheels are grounded, adjusting a roll signal for control to the relative roll angle; and
exiting roll stability control when the roll signal for control is equal to the relative roll angle.
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3. A method as recited in
4. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising:
determining a relative roll angle, said relative roll angle being an angle between the vehicle body and a wheel axis;
determining a wheel lift status;
when the vehicle is not in a transition and the wheel lift status is grounded, adjusting a roll signal for control to be equal to the relative roll angle.
5. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising:
entering roll stability control when a roll signal for control is above a threshold;
determining a relative roll angle, said relative roll angle being an angle between the vehicle body and a wheel axis;
determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver;
determining a wheel lifted or grounded state for each vehicle wheel; and
when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver and two inside wheels are grounded, adjusting the roll signal for control to the relative roll angle; and
exiting roll stability control when the roll signal for control is less than a threshold.
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7. A mehtod as recited in
The present invention claims priority to U.S. provisional applications Ser. Nos. 60/401,464 and 60/401,416, filed Aug. 5, 2002, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein. The present application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/619,051 filed Jul. 14, 2003.
The present invention relates generally to a control apparatus for controlling a system of an automotive vehicle in response to sensed dynamic behavior, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for desensitizing the activation criteria based on vehicle operating conditions.
Dynamic control systems for automotive vehicles have recently begun to be offered on various products. Dynamic control systems typically control the yaw of the vehicle by controlling the braking effort at the various wheels of the vehicle. Yaw control systems typically compare the desired direction of the vehicle based upon the steering wheel angle and the direction of travel. By regulating the amount of braking at each corner of the vehicle, the desired direction of travel may be maintained. Typically, the dynamic control systems do not address rollover (wheels lifting) of the vehicle. For high profile vehicles in particular, it would be desirable to control the rollover characteristic of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle position with respect to the road. That is, it is desirable to maintain contact of each of the four tires of the vehicle on the road.
In vehicle rollover control, it is desired to alter the vehicle attitude such that its motion along the roll direction is prevented from achieving a predetermined limit (rollover limit) with the aid of the actuation from the available active systems such as controllable brake system, steering system and suspension system. Although the vehicle attitude is well defined, direct measurement is usually impossible.
During a potential vehicular rollover event, wheels on one side of the vehicle start lifting, and the roll center of the vehicle shifts to the contact patch of the remaining tires. This shifted roll center increases the roll moment of inertia of the vehicle, and hence reduces the roll acceleration of the vehicle. However, the roll attitude could still increase rapidly. The corresponding roll motion when the vehicle starts side lifting deviates from the roll motion during normal driving conditions.
When the wheels start to lift from the pavement, it is desirable to confirm this condition. This allows the system to make an accurate determination as to the appropriate correction. If wheels are on the ground, or recontact the ground after a lift condition, this also assists with accurate control.
Some systems use position sensors to measure the relative distance between the vehicle body and the vehicle suspension. One drawback to such systems is that the distance from the body to the road must be inferred. This also increases the number of sensors on the vehicle. Other techniques use sensor signals to indirectly detect wheel lifting qualitatively.
One example of a wheel lifting determination can be found in Ford U.S. Pat. No. 6,356,188 and U.S. patent application number 7,109,856, both of which are incorporated by reference herein. The system applies a change in torque to the wheels to determine wheel lift. The output from such a wheel lifting determination unit can be used qualitatively. This method is an active determination since the basis of the system relies on changing the torque of the wheels by the application of brakes or the like. In some situations it may be desirable to determine wheel lift without changing the torque of a wheel.
Due to the inevitable dead spots due to the vehicle configuration, wheel lift detection methods may not be able to identify all the conditions where four wheels are absolutely grounded in a timely and accurate fashion. For example, if the torques applied to the wheels have errors, if the vehicle reference computation has errors or there is not enough excitation in the torque provided, the wheel lift detection may provide erroneous information or no information about the roll trending of the vehicle. Wheel lift information may also be safe-guarded by information regarding the vehicle roll angle information from the various sensors.
In certain driving conditions where the vehicle is moving with all four wheels contacting ground and the wheel lift detection does not detect the grounding condition, the roll information derived from the various sensors may be the sole information for identify vehicle roll trending. If in such driving cases, the vehicle experiences very large lateral acceleration and large roll rate, the grounded conditions might be replaced by erroneous lifting conditions. That is, those signals may predict that the vehicle is in a divergent roll event but the actual vehicle is not in a rolling event at all. Such cases include when the vehicle is driven on a mountain road, off-road or banked road, tire compression or an impact may cause a large normal load. The increased normal load causes a force component to be added to the lateral acceleration sensor output. Hence, a larger than 1 g lateral acceleration is obtained but the actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle projected along the road surface might be in 0.6 g range. An off-road driving condition may also be an off-camber driving condition. When a low speed vehicle is driven on an off-camber road with some hard tire compression or impact, the control system may be fooled to activate un-necessarily.
In order to reduce false activations, it would therefore be desirable to provide a rollover detection system that sensitizes and desensitizes the roll control determination.
The present invention sensitizes and desensitizes the roll decision based upon various conditions to make the roll decision more accurate.
In one embodiment, a method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll signal for control to the relative roll angle, reducing control effort and controlling a safety system correspondingly.
In another embodiment, a method of operating a vehicle comprises determining roll condition, holding a peak brake pressure to counteract rollover, determining a first wheel departure angle, determining a second wheel departure angle after the first wheel departure angle, and when the change of the first wheel departure angle and the second wheel departure angle is less than a threshold, releasing the peak brake pressure.
One advantage of the invention is that some or all of the ways in which to sensitize and desensitize may be used alone or simultaneously to improve a safety system such as a rollover control system.
Other advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent when viewed in light of the detailed description of the preferred embodiment when taken in conjunction with the attached drawings and appended claims.
In the following figures the same reference numerals will be used to identify the same components. The present teachings may be used in conjunction with a yaw control system or a rollover control system for an automotive vehicle. However, the present teachings may also be used with a deployment device such as airbag or roll bar.
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As mentioned above, the system may also be used with active/semi-active suspension systems, anti-roll bar or other safety devices deployed or activated upon sensing predetermined dynamic conditions of the vehicle.
The sensing system 16 is part of a control system 18. The sensing system 16 may use a standard yaw stability control sensor set (including lateral acceleration sensor, yaw rate sensor, steering angle sensor and wheel speed sensor) together with a roll rate sensor and a longitudinal acceleration sensor. The various sensors will be further described below. The wheel speed sensors 20 are mounted at each corner of the vehicle, and the rest of the sensors of sensing system 16 may be mounted directly on the center of gravity of the vehicle body, along the directions x,y and z shown in
The angular rate sensors and the acceleration sensors are mounted on the vehicle car body along the body frame directions b1, b2 and b3, which are the x-y-z axes of the vehicle's sprung mass.
The longitudinal acceleration sensor 36 is mounted on the car body located at the center of gravity, with its sensing direction along b1-axis, whose output is denoted as ax. The lateral acceleration sensor 32 is mounted on the car body located at the center of gravity, with its sensing direction along b2-axis, whose output is denoted as ay.
The other frame used in the following discussion includes the road frame, as depicted in
In the following discussion, the Euler angles of the body frame b1b2b3 with respect to the road frame r1r2r3 are denoted as θxr,θyr and θzr, which are also called the relative Euler angles.
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In one embodiment, the sensors are located at the center of gravity of the vehicle. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the sensors may also be located off the center of gravity and translated equivalently thereto.
Lateral acceleration, roll orientation and speed may be obtained using a global positioning system (GPS). Based upon inputs from the sensors, controller 26 may control a safety device 38. Depending on the desired sensitivity of the system and various other factors, not all the sensors 20, 28, 32, 34, 35, 36, and 37, or various combinations of the sensors, may be used in a commercial embodiment. Safety device 38 may control an airbag 40, an active braking system 41, an active front steering system 42, an active rear steering system 43, an active suspension system 44, and an active anti-roll bar system 45, or combinations thereof. Each of the systems 40-45 may have their own controllers for activating each one. As mentioned above, the safety system 38 may be at least the active braking system 41.
Roll rate sensor 34 may sense the roll condition of the vehicle based on sensing the height of one or more points on the vehicle relative to the road surface. Sensors that may be used to achieve this include a radar-based proximity sensor, a laser-based proximity sensor and a sonar-based proximity sensor.
Roll rate sensor 34 may also sense the roll condition based on sensing the linear or rotational relative displacement or displacement velocity of one or more of the suspension chassis components which may include a linear height or travel sensor, a rotary height or travel sensor, a wheel speed sensor used to look for a change in velocity, a steering wheel position sensor, a steering wheel velocity sensor and a driver heading command input from an electronic component that may include steer by wire using a hand wheel or joy stick.
The roll condition may also be sensed by sensing the force or torque associated with the loading condition of one or more suspension or chassis components including a pressure transducer in active air suspension, a shock absorber sensor such as a load cell, a strain gauge, the steering system absolute or relative motor load, the steering system pressure of the hydraulic lines, a tire lateral force sensor or sensors, a longitudinal tire force sensor, a vertical tire force sensor or a tire sidewall torsion sensor.
The roll condition of the vehicle may also be established by one or more of the following translational or rotational positions, velocities or accelerations of the vehicle including a roll gyro, the roll rate sensor 34, the yaw rate sensor 28, the lateral acceleration sensor 32, a vertical acceleration sensor, a vehicle longitudinal acceleration sensor, lateral or vertical speed sensor including a wheel-based speed sensor, a radar-based speed sensor, a sonar-based speed sensor, a laser-based speed sensor or an optical-based speed sensor.
Based on the inputs from sensors 20, 28, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, controller 26 determines a roll condition and controls any one or more of the safety devices 40-45.
Speed sensor 20 may be one of a variety of speed sensors known to those skilled in the art. For example, a suitable speed sensor 20 may include a sensor at every wheel that is averaged by controller 26. The controller 26 translates the wheel speeds into the speed of the vehicle. Yaw rate, steering angle, wheel speed and possibly a slip angle estimate at each wheel may be translated back to the speed of the vehicle at the center of gravity. Various other algorithms are known to those skilled in the art. For example, if speed is determined while speeding up or braking around a corner, the lowest or highest wheel speed may not be used because of its error. Also, a transmission sensor may be used to determine vehicle speed.
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The various sensor signals may also be used to determine a relative pitch angle in relative pitch angle module 56 and a roll acceleration in roll acceleration module 58. The outputs of the wheel lift detection module 50, the transition detection module 52, and the relative roll angle module 54 are used to determine a wheel departure angle in wheel departure angle module 60. Various sensor signals and the relative pitch angle in relative pitch angle module 56 are used to determine a relative velocity total in module 62. The road reference bank angle block 64 determines the bank angle. The relative pitch angle, the roll acceleration, and various other sensor signals as described below are used to determine the road reference bank angle. Other inputs may include a roll stability control event (RSC) and/or the presence of a recent yaw stability control event, and the wheel lifting and/or grounding flags.
The global roll angle of the vehicle is determined in global roll angle module 66. The relative roll angle, the wheel departure angle, and the roll velocity total blocks are all inputs to the global roll angle total module 66. The global roll angle total block determines the global roll angle θx. An output module 68 receives the global roll angle total module 66 and the road reference bank angle from the road reference bank angle module 64. A roll signal for control is developed in roll signal module 70. The roll signal for control is illustrated as arrow 72. A sensitizing and desensitizing module 74 may also be included in the output module 68 to adjust the roll signal for control.
In the reference road bank angle module 64, the reference bank angle estimate is calculated. The objective of the reference bank estimate is to track a robust but rough indication of the road bank angle experienced during driving in both stable and highly dynamic situations, and which is in favor for roll stability control. That is, this reference bank angle is adjusted based on the vehicle driving condition and the vehicle roll condition. Most importantly, when compared to the global roll estimate, it is intended to capture the occurrence and physical magnitude of a divergent roll condition (two wheel lift) should it occur. This signal is intended to be used as a comparator against the global roll estimate for calculating the error signal, which is fed back to roll stability controller 26.
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The module has various external inputs that include a relative roll angle θxr input 80; a roll signal for control θrsfc input 82; a roll rate ωx input 84; a wheel departure angle θwda input 86, a first transitional flag input 88 for left to right transition denoted as T(0) and a second transitional flag 90 denoted as T(1) for right to left transition. The transitional flags are set as the vehicle change from a right to left turn and a left to right turn. The generation of the transitional flags is described in provisional application No. 60/401,416 which is incorporated by reference herein. Other inputs include a final wheel lift status flags input 92 that is denoted by Swld(i). The final wheel lift status flag is set so:
If the ith wheel is absolutely grounded, then Swld(i)=ABSOLUTELY_GROUNDED
The module 74 also includes various parameters and thresholds that are defined as follows:
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The relative roll angle is determined in step 124. Notice that if the normal condition for computing wheel departure starts at a relative roll magnitude Θnormal, then the threshold Θsensitize for sensitizing wheel departure angle during transitional maneuver could be as small as 50% of Θnormal. In step 126 the transitional flags are monitored and the relative roll angle θxr exceeds or is equal to the sensitizing threshold and the left to right transition flag is set or the right to left transition flag is set and the relative roll angle θxr is less than or equal to a negative Θsensitize threshold. The boosted wheel departure angle is obtained by starting the calculation earlier than at a nominal time t0 as described above in step 128. The boosted wheel departure angle will add certain amount of roll angle to the final roll signal for control θrsfc, hence help increase certain amount of control effort.
If the wheel lift detection methods identify that two wheels at the inside of a turn are both lifted in step 130, then the vehicle is in a progressive rollover event. In this case significant control effort is required in order to fully control the vehicle body such that rollover can be prevented. One sensitizing method is to further boost the roll signal for control as in step 132 as set forth in the following:
In step 134 whether the vehicle is bouncing is determined. When the vehicle has very large roll angle together with a large magnitude of the roll rate during last second, the vehicle will be in a potential bouncing mode. In this case a proportional peak hold of the brake pressure (roll control effort) is conducted. A proportional control term is calculated in:
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During non-transitional maneuver, the roll signal for control θrsfc will be reduced to relative roll angle θxr if the wheel lift detection algorithms identify that one of the two inside wheels at a turn is absolutely grounded. In this case, the vehicle is not in any roll divergence and the roll angle between the vehicle body and the road surface is exactly the relative roll angle θxr. Since usually θxr alone will not be able to initiate PID control, hence resetting θrsfc to θxr will exit RSC control. This is carried out in step 140 when there is no transitional maneuver. In step 146 whether one of two inside wheels is grounded is determined. If one of the two inside wheels are grounded, step 144 is again executed in which the roll signal for control is set to the relative roll angle. This is set forth in the following code.
In non-transitional maneuver, the reference bank is updated when the magnitude of the relative roll angle is less than a Θnon-transition threshold, which is larger than the Θwda-normal-condition threshold in step 148. Hence there is a gap of the relative roll angle which is used to provide certain hysteresis in reference bank angle computation. If the magnitude of the relative roll angle is under the Θnon-transition threshold but greater than Θwda-normal-condition, even wheel departure angle is already starting to be computed, the reference bank angle will wait until the relative roll angle exceeds Θnon-transition threshold to be adjusted, and hence the roll signal for control to be adjusted. That is, the reference road bank θref is set to the maximum of the global roll angle θx-θxss or the previously determined reference bank angle. This is set forth in the following code:
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In step 166, if the vehicle roll rate does not exceed a threshold ΩPPH (16 degree/sec in the present example) within last 1 second, the vehicle is identified as not in the bouncing mode. Hence proportional peak hold will be ended in step 164. In this case, there is no need to hold brake pressure. Exiting enforced proportional peak hold pressure will allow the roll information of the vehicle to set the control effort to appropriate level.
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As is described above, various ways of sensitizing or desensitizing roll control are described. Depending on the various system requirements one, some or all of the ways may be implemented in a commercial embodiment.
While the invention has been described in connection with one or more embodiments, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to those embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all alternatives, modifications, and equivalents, as may be included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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I have an Airport Base Station with a USB hard drive hooked up to it. Will time machine work with that or any other type of networked drive? I have seen references to using a USB or firewire drive but with many laptops being used these days that would be very inconvenient.
If it doens't work with networked drives is it possible to use it where yo only plug it in at night or so for it to update the data on the drive?
This is a question that I too am going to be interested in knowing the answer to, but unfortunately, we won't be able to find out till Friday when people finally get their hands on Leopard.
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Marie Byrn, 81, of Scottsville, KY died at 8:09 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. The Scottsville, KY native was a homemaker, retired employee of Scotscraft and member of Union Chapel United Methodist Church. She was a daughter of the late Elbridge Lester Mabrey and Gertie Franklin Blankenship Mabrey, Sr. and wife of the late Francis Alvin Byrn.
She is survived by 3 sons: Dwight Byrn and Chris Byrn and wife, Leslie, all of Scottsville, KY; Randy Byrn and wife, Rebel, Glasgow, KY; 1 daughter: Marianne Miller and husband, Mike, Scottsville, KY; 1 brother: Jimmy Mabrey and wife, Martha, Scottsville, KY; 1 sister: Wilma Bracken, Indianapolis, IN; 13 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by 3 brothers: Will Lewis Mabrey, Melvin Mabrey and Elbridge Lester Mabrey, Jr.; 1 sister: Mildred Whitlow.
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After starting the season 7-0 the Thomas Jefferson Lady Gryphon soccer team finds themselves in the midst of a three-game losing streak with the latest setback coming at the hands of Owen 3-0 Monday night.
The streak has coincided with an injury suffered by star striker Anna Dedmon.
"Anna is our offense and when she is not at full strength, we struggle," said TJCA head coach Brian Espinoza. "I am very proud of the way we played against a very good side though. Take away the first few minutes of each half and we are right in the game."
Owen jumped on TJCA (7-3, 4-3 WHC) early as Sarah Gilmore beat Caroline Longerbeam in the third minute.
Dedmon nearly netted the equalizer moments later as she sped past her defender but the shot was just wide. From that point the Gryphons had numerous other chances early off corner kicks but headers by Victoria Bennett and Alyssa Edwards sailed over the crossbar.
The matched then turned physical as fouls were whistled on both sides.
As a result, TJCA and the visitors scoring chances came off set pieces.
Longerbeam was up to the challenge making a pair of diving stops to her right to keep the deficit at 1-0 at the half.
The start of the second half mirrored that of the first as Owen once again scored early in the period. This time it was Morgan Dale that sent home a rebound to make the tally 2-0 in the 41st minute.
With Demon slowed due to injury, TJCA rarely mounted an attack in the second half.
The home team continued to hustle, however getting to several loose balls and connecting on a series of passes midway through the half.
Even so, the Warlasses' Nessi Pommeranz scored a late goal to account for the 3-0 final.
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The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP has resigned amid backlash over a plan to give beleaguered Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling an award for civil rights.
The NAACP's national office said Leon Jenkins stepped down Thursday.
Jenkins was set to give Sterling an NAACP lifetime achievement award later this month but canceled those plans after revelations over the weekend of an audio recording that captured Sterling making racist comments about blacks, including his desire for his biracial girlfriend to publicly disassociate with black people.
"Please be advised that the legacy, history and reputation of the NAACP is more important to me than the presidency," Jenkins said a statement. "In order to separate the Los Angeles NAACP and the NAACP from the negative exposure I have caused the NAACP, I respectfully resign my position as president of the Los Angeles NAACP."
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Bison baseball wins its first series of the season...
The Lipscomb Bisons baseball team made a big statement this weekend against the University of Connecticut by taking two of the three games played.
The Bisons pushed the Huskies to the brink in game one of the series by forcing extra innings, but failed to execute when it came down to the end.
Junior shortstop Grant Massey did, however, launch his first home run of the year in the second inning to give the Bisons a 2-0 lead that eventually faded.
UConn got on the board in the fifth inning after third baseman Bryan Daniello laced a line drive into the right field corner and eventually scored on an infield ground out.
The Huskies took their first lead of the game in the seventh after putting several at bats together. Max McDowell was hit by a pitch and moved into scoring position. He was then driven home by a single to left field.
UConn continually executed when they needed to. The Huskies capitalized on some Bison mistakes which lead them to the 6-4 extra inning victory.
In game two of the series, the Bisons were in familiar territory. They once again forced UConn into extra innings and this timed executed.
Senior designated hitter Chad Shannon drew a bases loaded walk in the tenth inning to give Lipscomb the 4-3-comeback win.
The Bisons got a good start to the tenth inning after Massey bounced a double off the center field wall. Senior right fielder Drew Adams showed patience at the plate by drawing a walk to put two on the base paths. Junior first baseman Tyson Ashcraft then laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners.
An intentional walk of freshman third baseman Hunter Hanks set the stage for Shannon to win the game on a walk.
This set up the rubber match on Sunday afternoon where the Bisons offense exploded.
Behind a 12-run eighth inning the Bisons took the third game of the series 14-1 to improve their overall record to 4-8.
Junior centerfielder Jonathan Allison lead the offensive outburst by going 4-4 with a triple and a double driving in four runs.
Sophomore starting pitcher Denton Norman kept the UConn offense in check for six innings by allowing just four hits, three walks and striking out five. This moved Norman to 1-1 on the season.
The Bisons are back in action on Wednesday, March 5 in Bowling Green, Kentucky vs. the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
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Daniel Dix, owner of The Bean of Ave Maria, received his masters degree from Ave Maria, and now lives above his coffee and sandwich shop on the Catholic university's campus.
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You gave only one yes possibility and a lot of no possibilities.
How about Atlanta or Charlotte for a future retreat?
I would find it very difficult to travel presently. I live in california and my job (RN) makes it hard to schedule dates. If anything were to pop up here, I would very much be interested.
sorry, but too far for me. New York City is closer for me.
Where in AL? If it is in So. AL such as Mobile I might be in.
When? How about July 4th weekend?
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke
It is starting to look like a summer retreat is going to be a bit too close to pull off. How about Fall? There is a craft show at the Sawmill campground Oct. 23 here in FL. Does that sound good to anyone?
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke
I would definitely be interested in that. I live in Florida and can't afford to travel to NY or CA or even the Midwest. But I can handle Florida! LOL
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi
CA here, too. But what a great idea, a knitting retreat! Just imagine the . . . what's the word? The honest to god relaxation opportunity. Contrast the concept of a Knitting Optional Retreat with, say, a group of 10 as couples-or-not who drive over to Reno for gambling. Half of the partners aren't gamblers. And half of those just want to sit around but feel awkward saying so. If there are knitters (plural) amongst 'em, problem solved. As the gamblers leave for the slots, we knitters could tell them to win big and we'll knit 'em some socks.
everyone who is interested in the retreat send me a email and let me know what dates u have open this summer
Considering I hate flying...I suppose I will not be attending any ever....ugh.
well, being in Mississippi, am very intrigued with the idea.
Out in the hiderlands of Wyoming, every retreat seems like a long way off. Plus, factor in the poor transportation connections and the high costs involved in ANY travel, you can see why it wouldn't be very convenient for me. Sounds lovely, though, and makes for a nice dream. (Same with Dave's offer to visit Istanbul. Yowza!) We'd take any location by storm. Wouldn't eyes POP if 20+ guys staged a knit-in at a local hangout? -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
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You should also see the guys on Ravelry. I am from California as well so to go there to the east coast is kind of out of the way, God to go to Oregon or Washington is out of the way lol! WIth the right Air Fare and the right accomodations you can have a great Retreat!
California, too, so Alabama's probably too far :-(
I something comes of it all the same. Good luck!
But if you would set one up here in Turkey I'd go...
I could take you all on tours around the city... we could all go to the hamams and have some fun :)
Think about it and get back to me :)
Istanbul, Turkey
It would pretty much depend on when and if I can get there, etc...
...but yeah, it would sound like an awesome adventure.
I'm a "maybe."
Coming from Tennessee, that would be much more convenient than the other retreats I've seen, but there's just too many variables to commit yet. Chalk me up as a solid maybe.
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For the second time in three years, Three Rivers police are investigating the death of a child as a homicide, officials said Wednesday.
"It's kind of unusual here," Three Rivers Police Chief Vance Roberts said Wednesday of the Nov. 17 death of a 6-month-old girl being babysat by her aunt and the aunt's boyfriend, 22-year-old Vicente Garza.
Garza was arrested Tuesday after turning himself in to police in connection with the infant's death. Garza remained in the Live Oak County Jail late Wednesday on a $1 million bond on a charge of capital murder.
Three Rivers police were called to an apartment in the 600 block of Guadalupe Street on Nov. 17 and found the infant turning blue and barely breathing, Roberts said. By the time emergency personnel arrived, the infant was dead, he said.
The 6-month-old, whose mother was at work, had blunt force trauma to the head, which caused brain damage and her death, Roberts said.
Child Protective Services is investigating the incident, spokeswoman Regina Garcia said.
"This is very tragic," Roberts said of the infant's death. "6-month-old infants can't cry or holler for help, that's why it's so important as police to be the children's voice."
The last homicide investigation in Three Rivers involving a child took place in June 2003, when 2-year-old Leslie Saenz died from severe head trauma, authorities said. The toddler's mother's boyfriend, John Manuel Perez III, was convicted in the death of the child, authorities said.
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Idol Scandal!!! Top 12 contestant Jermaine Jones has been disqualified from American Idol 2012 for concealing crimes form the producers. TMZ reports.
The 6'8″ gentle giant was charged with 2 crimes in 2011 with one involving violence. He game a fake name when he was arrested. He currently has outstanding warrants.
He was confronted by the Idol producers on camera today, and will no longer be part of the upcoming live show. The footage will be aired on Wednesday's episode. Read Jermaine's tweet:
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WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. officials say a Libyan al-Qaida suspect is now in New York awaiting trial on terrorism charges, after a weeklong interrogation aboard a U.S. warship. The suspect, Abu Anas al-Libi, was grabbed in a military raid in Libya on Oct. 5. He's due to stand trial in Manhattan, where he has been under indictment for more than a decade on charges he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.
He's expected to be arraigned tomorrow, according to Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York, who confirmed that al-Libi was transferred to law enforcement custody over the weekend.
A federal law enforcement official and two other U.S. officials said al-Libi arrived in New York on Saturday. The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
Intelligence officials interrogated him for a week aboard the U.S.S. San Antonio in the Mediterranean. Interrogations at sea have replaced CIA black sites as the U.S. government's preferred method for holding suspected terrorists and questioning them without access to lawyers.
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Once the Torah service begins, someone will announce the next person to say the blessings before and after the Torah reading. They will usually ask you for your Hebrew name and the Hebrew name of your father and mother if you know it.
Once you are called up to the Bimah (the altar/stage), you can take your Tallit or Siddur (Prayer Book), lift and kiss a fringe/book and touch the Torah where the Torah Pointer is facing.
Then you can begin to say the blessing before the Torah.
You start by saying;
Barkhu et Adonai Hamivorach
Congregation responds;
Baruch Adonai Hamivorach Leolam Vaed
Then you repeat;
Baruch Adonai Hamivorach Leolam Vaed
Then you say the full blessing;
Baruch ata adonai, elohainu melech ha'olam, asher ba-char banu mikal ha-ah-mim v'natan lanu et torahto. Baruch ata adonai, noten hatorah
The Torah portion is then read by the "Baal Korey" – the Torah reader. When reader completes reading the Torah portion you may, once again, take your Tallit or Siddur (Prayer Book), lift and kiss a fringe/book and touch the Torah where the Torah Pointer is facing. Then recite the following blessing:
Baruch ata adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher natan lanu torat emet, v'chayei olam nata b'tocheinu. Baruch ata adonai, noten hatorah
After you have finished, you move over next to the second gabi (usually on the left hand side — facing the Congregation — of where the Torah is being read) until the end of the next person completes reciting the second blessing above. Then you will leave the Bimah and return to your seat.
You may notice some people walking down the stairs backwards after leaving the Bimah. There is a custom not to turn your back to the ark (where the Torah is stored) when leaving the Bimah and going down the stairs backwards. However, this is not required and should not be done if you feel uncomfortable or fear that you may fall.
We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to receive this special honor, this Aliyah, before our congregation. Aliyahs can be given out for birthdays, yahrzeits, anniversaries or any other important dates you would like to honor. Just make the request either to the main office or email Dorie Lynn to volunteer.


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Her 2012 Appearances are as follows;
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By Tim HippsSpecial to American Forces Press Service
SCHINIAS, Greece, Aug. 19, 2004 Army Capt. Matt Smith finished sixth in his lightweight four rowing semifinal Aug. 19 and will row in the B final for places seven through 12 Aug. 21 in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, Navy Ensign Henry Nuzum of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Aquil Abdullah of Washington, D.C., also will row Aug. 21 in the A final of men's double sculls.
"We are in the medal round now and anything can happen," Abdullah said. "I'm just thankful to have a partner like Henry who can lay it down in the last 500 and take us through. We get better throughout the regatta."
Smith teamed with Cincinnati's Pat Todd, Paul Teti of Upper Darby, Pa., and Steve Warner of Livonia, Mich., to finish sixth in their heat with a time of 6 minutes, 1.84 seconds at Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre.
"Not exactly where we planned to be but we've still got another race to regroup for on Saturday afternoon," said Smith, 23, an infantry officer from Woodbridge, Va. "We'll try to get better between now and then and do a better job."
Italy's quartet of Lorenzo Bertini, Catello Amarante, Salvatore Amitrano and Bruno Mascarenhas won the heat with a time of 5:55.02. Australia's Glen Loftus, Anthony Edwards, Ben Cureton and Simon Burgess finished second in 5:55.22, followed by Canada's Iain Brambell, Jonathan Mandick, Gavin Hassett and Jon Beare in 5:57.44.
Boats from Austria and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines finished in fourth and fifth places, respectively, with times of 5:58.73 and 6:00.07.
"The top three that came out of our semifinal were the top three in Lucerne [Switzerland], which was the last World Cup race in July a good precursor for the Olympics," said Smith, a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program. "In the other semi, you had last year's World Championship gold medalists and silver medalists. There's no way to cut it; it's a tough event just like everything in the Olympics. You're just always trying to elevate your game."
In the second semifinal, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland advanced to the A final.
"We can still come out of here with seventh," said Smith, who in two days will face boats from Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Russia and Spain. "We'll just get some motivation going and try to give the Army some justice and the Armed Forces and everybody overseas some justice."
The American quartet fell nearly four seconds off the lead pace in the first 500 meters and played catch-up for the remaining 1,500 meters.
"We felt like if we were in contact with people that we could definitely have a great last 1,500 like we usually have, but everybody did some great racing," Smith said. "That's what happens when you've got 10 out of 13 boats that are potential medalists in your event. Every race is a race for your life."
Two-time Olympian Teti echoed that sentiment. "We just didn't have quite as much kick today," he said. "We tried to put ourselves in the position where if someone made a mistake we were able to capitalize on it, but nobody made any mistakes."
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The Art of Designing and Making Powerful Offers
Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
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Florence, Italy
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|Presented by: Mo Kasti, the CEO and founder of The Physician Leadership Institute (PLI), a division of the Center for Transformation and Innovation
If you would like to know how:
- Organizations find growth in shrinking markets
- To promote your department or business
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- accepted by key stakeholders and customers
- To think beyond your current market and discover
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Participants will learn how to:
- Describe and speak an offer
- Distinguish between upstream and downstream marketing
- Asses marketing and growth strategy options
- Explain demand innovation strategies and value-based marketing and selling
- Identify ways of maintaining and acquiring customers
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- Please click HERE to read an excerpt from, "How to Grow When Markets Don't," by Adrian Slywotzky and Richard Wise.
- Please click HERE to read the article "Word of Mouth and Physician Referrals Still Drive Health Care Provider Choice" by Ha T. Tu and Johanna R. Lauer.
- In order to get the best applied learning from the session, please bring a description of sales and marketing strategies currently used by your organization, department, or service line. You will have opportunity to evaluate these during the session and gather feedback.
USF is an Equal Opportunity/ Equal Access/ Affirmative Action Institution. Please notify USF CONNECT, 3802 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 100, Tampa, FL, 33612, call 813-974-1082, or email Wendy Plant at email@example.com, a minimum of five (5) working days in advance, if an accommodation for a disability is required.
Disclaimer: The University of South Florida and USF Research Foundation, Inc. are committed to the free exchange of ideas, reasoned debate and intellectual dialogue. Speakers and scholars with a diversity of opinions, perspectives and professional experiences are invited to the campus to provide the community with important or differing points of view, some of which may be deemed controversial. The views, opinions and conclusions of those invited to speak on the campus do not necessarily reflect the views of the university administration or any other segment of the university community. Nor are those invited to speak on campus necessarily authorized agents or representatives of the University or Research Foundation. The use of University or Research Foundation facilities for an event or presentation does not constitute an endorsement by the University or Research Foundation of the views, opinions and conclusions of those invited to speak.
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JNC THEATER: Solaris
The 1972 Russian film Solaris is considered one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. It tells the tale of a psychologist sent to investigate the deteriorating mental state of a space station crew orbiting the distant planet of Solaris. Like many sci-fi … Continue reading
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Who cares what LSU did to the pac 12 champ or Big east champ(are you really corwing about beating the BE champ?). 'Bama wound up beating ONE ranjed team int he reg season and did so at home.
Okie State may have lost to a 6-6 team but they didn't get LSU at HOME and lose. That should have been 'Bama's only shot.
'Bama was given a title game shot by a computer, they didn't earm it, they had an easy sched, beat one team that finished ranked all year and did that at home, lost at home to LSU, didn't make or win their conf title.
The reg season in CFB sucks, there are a handful of good games every year, top teams rarely play tough teams innon conf play. You basically have to win mmaybe 2 tough games a year and if you come through you play for a title.
"Had we had a playoff we would have been left w/ Alabama and LSU"? really? like the 1 seeds in the AFC and NFC this year? like the top teams in the AL & NL? In a playoff game/series nothing is guaranteed especially in a one game playoff. The chances are very slim both teams make it and I wish they had a chance to prove it.
Bama plays miss state
tonight at 5pm
roll tide roll
lets get the win
To Change Your Heart
Hoping JMike is in the lineup with something to prove.
hes in lacey is out
lacey is injured
Strong 2nd half for Bama last night. You have to respect the job that coach has done. They are playing great team ball down the stretch.
Bill Belichick on "putting the tape on"
Great win for Miami tonight. Should put us in the driver seat to get in the tournament.


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Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy students invite the public to a special free Thanksgiving dinner focused on stopping bullying in our community. Students will make presentations about bullying and how to end it, and dinner will be provided. The community is asked to bring a canned food item to be donated to the Associated Churches Food Bank.
The dinner is 6-8 p.m Tuesday at Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy, 2310 Weisser Park Ave.
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy focuses on teaching young people to be civic-minded leaders who can make their community better. Students participate in character classes every day, and the projects they present at this event help build their writing, public speaking and artistic talents.


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text: Beginning today, November 13, 2012, Clearwater Christian College will become the featured guest on the radio program Righting the Right hosted by Glenn Pav and aired on radio station WTIS-1110 AM. WTIS is a conservative-Christian talk radio station located in Tampa, Florida. Righting the Right is aired each week, Tuesday through Thursday, between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Each broadcast will be simulcast to sister stations in the Jacksonville, FL market. Clearwater Christian College will become the featured guest on the first Tuesday of each month starting this November. Today, Glenn will be interviewing Dr. Klem, talking about his past, his recent appointment as fifth president of CCC, and introducing the College and our distinctive educational programs and purposes to his listening audiences. Future topics will feature institutional distinctives, philosophical and theological topics relevant for today, and CCC faculty, alumni, and students. Clearwater Christian invites you to tune in if you can and share this information with your friends. Print Article


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JUNIOR: Finished with the top time in the 100-yard breaststroke for the Lobos with a final time of 1:03.11...also had the fifth fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle... was part of the third fastest team in the 200-yard freestyle relay, fastest team for the 200-yard medley relay and fastest team for the 400-yard medley relay. Finished 17th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 23rd in the 50-yard freestyle at the 2013 Mountain West Championships, also part of the 200-yard medley relay team that set a new school record with a time of 1:39.54 at the Championships.
SOPHOMORE: Finished with the top time in the 100-yard breaststroke for the Lobos with a final time of 1:03.95, her time in the event was also a new school record...also had the fifth fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle...was part of the relay team that broke a school record and turned in an NCAA B-Cut time in the 200-yard medley relay at the 2012 Mountain West conference championships...also finished 18th in the 100-yard breast at the 2012 MW Championships.
FRESHMAN: Had a third place finish in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and was fifth in the 50-yard free for the Lobos.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 Graduate of Winston Churchill HS in San Antonio, TX...swam under Coach Mark Jedow...3 x100 Breaststroke District Champion...200 Medley Relay District Champion.... 3 x100 Breaststroke Regional...Five time All-American (4 times in the medley relay, 1 in the individual breaststroke)...swam club for The San Antonio Wave, was a Deerfield Summer League coach in 2010...perfect season in Division B Lone Star summer swim league.
PERSONAL:Born May 12, 1992 in Bethesda, MD...full name is Ashley Taylor Blanchette...daughter of Yonnie and Stephen...hobbies include swimming and playing guitar...favorite food is pizza...has a younger brother Christopher (12)... member of the National Honor Society, 4 time letterwinner, NEISD All-District Athletic Academic Team 2010...majoring in Sociology.


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 7:30pm
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Assessing the US Political Scene
Candy Crowley is among the most honored and respected political journalists in the United States. She is CNN's award-winning chief political correspondent and anchor of CNN's Sunday State of the Union with Candy Crowley, a political hour of newsmaker interviews and analysis of the week's most important issues. (More...)
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 4:00pm
The Constitution and Citizenship
The inaugural James R. Soles Lecture
Joe Biden, an alumnus of the University of Delaware, is Vice President of the United States. During his 36-year U.S. Senate career, he served as leader of the Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees. As Vice President, he has played key roles in both domestic and international issues during the Obama administration. (More…)
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 7:30pm
Handicapping the Race
Steven Schmidt, an alumnus of the University of Delaware and a Fellow of the Center for Political Communication, is one of the top public affairs and political strategists in the country. He was chief strategist for the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Republican Senator John McCain. Schmidt is Vice Chairman for Public Affairs at Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm. Previously, Schmidt was a partner at Mercury Public Affairs, where he led the firm's operations in California. (More…)
Chris Lehane is a political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he was called a "Master of Disaster" by Newsweek magazine for his part in a "rapid-response" team employed by to respond to the increasing number of investigations of the Clinton Administration. (More...)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 7:30pm
Afghanistan: Ten Years War
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 7:30pm
Selling the Candidates
Joe Slade White is a national media strategist and producer, a thirty-seven-year veteran of over four hundred political campaigns across the nation, with a winning record of over 75%. Clients have included Presidential candidates, U.S. Senators, Governors, Members of Congress, and Mayors.
Valerie Biden Owens, a graduate of the University of Delaware, is among the first women in the United States to have managed a modern U.S. Senatorial campaign as well as a Presidential campaign. She has led every campaign in her brother Joe Biden's political career, including seven straight U.S. Senate victories and his run for two Democratic Presidential nominations. (More...)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 7:30pm
Scandalous Politicians!
Melanie Sloan is the founder and Executive Director of CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and is a nationally recognized expert on congressional ethics. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, she successfully tried cases before dozens of judges and juries. (More...)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 7:30pm
Challenges Facing the Governors
Chris Christie is the Governor of New Jersey. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1984, he attended Seton Hall University School of Law. He was elected a Freeholder in Morris County, and served as Director of the Board in 1997. He was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 2002.


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Show your team spirit with Skullcandy headphones
Sure, everyone has jerseys of their favorite basketball team and player but what if you want to show your pride in a more unique way? Skullcandy is hoping to cash in on this idea by releasing a line of headphones that have player numbers and team colors/designs. If you're a fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Skullcandy has the Kevin Durant headphones that display the number 35 proudly on top of Thunder blue.
Skullcandy has partnered with many different NBA stars and other athletes to release headphones with their input on the sound and styling. The NBA styled Hesh headphones come with large 50mm drivers that will be sure to provide pounding bass. These headphones are circumaural, which means that they wrap around your ear so it keeps your music to yourself and other noises outside. Skullcandy also added a nice touch to these headphones by including a microphone with buttons to control music playback and volume. You don't have to dig in your pockets to change the volume or to skip to the next track.
Although the Skullcandy headphones will allow you to show your team spirit by displaying their colors proudly, don't expect them to be the greatest sounding headphones. Skullcandy has a history of producing headphones with huge, impactful bass. This would be great except for the fact that bass is usually muddy, flabby, and boomy. If you're seeking headphones that are more faithful to the recreation of your music, look into some cheap Sennheisers like the HD 202 or if you're listening at home, the Grado SR60i.


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Drug policies in all WHO Regions
The WHO Global Malaria Programme maintains a list of antimalarial medicines that have been adopted as first-line treatment in malaria-endemic countries. Updates are made on the basis of information received from national malaria control programmes. The updated list is published annually in the World Malaria Report.


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