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by Tokimune Takeda
Aiki News #80 (April 1989)
The following article was prepared with the kind assistance of Brian Workman of the USA. It was originally published in Aiki News 80 which appeared in April 1989 and was reprinted with the kind permission of Tokimune Takeda Sensei, Headmaster of Daito-ryu Aiki Budo and the son of Sokaku Takeda Sensei.
Confused Fight in the Darkness
In the spring of 1875, Sokaku Takeda returned home for a visit from the fencing school of Kenkichi Sakakibara. This incident occurred while he was back in his hometown. At that time the decree abolishing the wearing of swords had entered effect and it was popular to carry one's favorite sword inside a cane.
Sokaku, who was second son born into his family, was given a fine sword bearing the name of the swordsmith Kotetsu Nagafune of Bizen as a present upon his adoption [Sokaku was adopted for a time into the Kurokochi family on his mother's side]. His maternal grandfather, Dengoro Kurokochi (a sword master) used the sword regularly. Sokaku always carried the sword in a cane. After he had returned home, he arrived at a bridge on an errand in the village of Inawashiro at about seven in the evening when it was dark. Suddenly, two ruffians jumped out from the right bank and attacked him brandishing naked blades. He could not see their faces due to the darkness. Sokaku was very surprised at what happened, as he could not think of anything he had done to have incurred a grudge. He dodged their attack and fell to the ground. He drew his favorite Kotetsu sword and executed cuts to the left and right which were sure to cut the legs of the two attackers. He cut once more to make sure no one was there and then rolled in that direction. When he stood up because he heard no sound, two or three men jumped out from the left bank and attacked him. He avoided the attack and cut from below from a prone position.
This time, when he stood up again, more than ten men jumped out from both sides wielding naked blades. Sokaku moved backward to the center of the bridge. Then more than ten others from yet another group closed in on him from the rear approach to the bridge flailing their swords and shouting loudly. Sokaku was about to be attacked from both sides. At the center of the bridge, the ruffians fought wildly in the darkness. He could not figure out what was happening and thought he would be killed. So he jumped into the river from the bridge and escaped from danger. Though it was spring, the river was cold. Sokaku swam downstream for a while in the direction of the light of a house near the river. He emerged from the river and washed the blood off his sword so his clothes would not be stained. When he arrived at the house, he found a couple of about 60 years old. They said, "Did you fall into the cold-river water?", and treated him to a cup of hot water and kindly dried his wet clothes.
Sokaku related the incident on the bridge. The old man said, "There are two powerful groups of gamblers in this district. They are always quarreling over their territories. There was a rumor that there would be a big fight soon. I guess it happened tonight." Finally Sokaku realized that he had become embroiled in a quarrel. He remembered he had cut the legs of four or five men. He thought that he had better leave the house. He would be in trouble if they learned about him. In the fight Sokaku surely cut the legs of four or five persons, but the cutting quality of the Kotetsu blade was so high that there was no knicked edge.
Sokaku left the following oral instruction: "Real fighting and training in a dojo are quite different. The mental attitude and way of using the sword are different in these situations. In a real fight a quick-witted person can win. Especially when in the darkness, lie on the ground and you can see the movements of the enemy's legs with your mind's eye from below. Before you move yourself you must strike in the direction you are heading to make sure there is no person or thing."
Daily routine after fight on the bridge
On March 3, 1928 when Sokaku Takeda was 70 years old, he gave Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu lessons to more than ten people in Shibetsu at the military dojo in Hokkaido. This group included Yasutami Shimura who was the president of Shibetsu Yasutami Shimposha.
Sokaku showed some extraordinary feats to entertain the students during the training. This is what he did. He attached rolled letter paper to the forehead of one of his students who was holding the edge of the paper. Then Sokaku drew his favorite sword [a short sword] bearing the name of the swordsmith Masaie which he carried with him all the time, and executed a single strike. He cut the paper on the forehead over a distance of about 2 inches, but there was no sword mark on the man's forehead. Then Sokaku called on a huge man named Shoji who was a fifth dan in Judo and said, "You can twist or lower my arm any way you want." He offered his extended arm to the man. Everyone present was astonished.
A highly skilled judo expert with a large frame, Shoji tried to twist and raise Sokaku's outstretched arm in various ways, but he could not move it at all. Finally, Shoji stood on the insteps of Sokaku while holding and hanging on his arm. Though he applied great force, he could not lower Sokaku's arm at all. Shoji was helpless against Sokaku's muscular arm. Sokaku was a small man, but his arms, which had been trained through the sword since childhood, were hard as the root of a tree. Everyone was surprised at the strength of his arms.
On that occasion, Sokaku talked to his students about his sword training. One of the stories he told was about the above-mentioned "confused fight in the darkness on the bridge". Later a police sergeant named Sato of the Shibetsu Police Station heard about this story somewhere and came to visit Sokaku. He said to him, "I want to know about the incident in detail even though it happened more than 50 years ago and the statute of limitations has already expired. That's why I came here." Thus Sokaku talked in great detail about his experience when he was training as a young man. The following became clear. This incident took place because of territorial quarrels among the two opposing groups of gamblers. Among the victims injured in the fight on the bridge, the assaulter who inflicted injuries to the upper bodies of the men involved was identified, but the one who seriously wounded the men who had their legs cut with consummate skill had not been discovered. This had been treated as a mystery up until that time.
Sokaku was surprised to see that the truth about the incident that occurred more than 50 years earlier [in Inawashiro in Fukushima Prefecture] had been found out. He then made the comment that one's sins always catch up to him in the end.
Sokaku's Travels for Self-Training by Headmaster Tokimune Takeda
In 1868 the new government had just been formed and the administration had not yet exerted its control over the Tohoku region. Roads, in particular, were in bad condition and it was necessary to pay a toll each time one crossed a bridge since each town or village had to repair the roads. Thus travelers had difficulty paying the bridge toll.
The amount of money was large for someone traveling for self-training and proved to be a hardship for those who had to rely on the charity of others for lodging and food. Therefore there was no way to cross a river other than by walking or swimming. When it rained, the conditions of the roads were so bad that the mud was shin-deep. Even though he left a lodging wearing new straw sandals hanging from his waist in the morning, all of the footwear was worn out after he covered a distance of about 25 miles. In those days, if a man traveling for self-training visited a well-known fencing school he was treated to a meal and politely asked by the dojo head to instruct his students first. Then he would give them lessons. In that period they practiced with bamboo swords wearing protective kendo equipment. It was important to give the students only light training and to guide them well. Sometimes there were 40 or 50 pupils to teach. After teaching six or seven students, the master would tell him to rest where he was and he would stop with his headgear on. After giving lessons to 15 or 16 students he would tell him to rest and remove his headmask. Then he could take a rest without the headgear. If he was tired and removed his headgear to rest before being directed to do so by the master, this was regarded as bad etiquette and shameful. It meant that the person would be expelled from the fencing school as a shamed, weak-spirited man.
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We had a great time Saturday riding mountain bikes at Momba, in Dayton. What a beautiful mountain biking course it is! The trails were almost perfectly maintained and well marked. All of the bridges were absolutely beautiful and several of the bridges were actually curved. It is by far the best course I've ridden yet. We rode every inch of the course and it was just a little over 10 miles.
Today, I ran an application on a potential tenant for my six bedroom house. This married couple looked good and said all the right things. However, after only about 30 seconds of screening, I discovered that they had been evicted in 2005, which they lied about. That ended the screening and I wrote REJECTED on the application.
I did work about 3 hours on a rental today. Nothing exciting, just routine maintenance, including fixing a broken shower handle. I also did a little stock trading today, selling a covered call (option) on the Ford Stock that I bought. I'm expecting that the stock market will be going lower in the very near future. I'm afraid that all we've seen is a bear market rally.
This is going to be another short week. I'm taking another 4-day weekend to go camping, probably for the last time this year. We'll be gone Thursday through Sunday and will be riding two or three different mountain biking courses. Should be a lot of fun.
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Hey Mike - what did you do to determine that they had been evicted, despite their app? Call to the previous landlord?
I always start my screening by checking the county and city court records. When I checked the municipal court records, the eviction was right there! BUSTED!
What office in the municipal and county courts do you have to contact to check them out?
Most of the courts in Ohio are online. You should be able to google your city and county along with the word "court" and find it easily. It's helpful if you know the name of the courts in your area. For example, you could google "Franklin County Municipal Court" and get the website for that court. Then, enter the public access section and you can search the criminal records (including eviction records). EASY!
Great advice!
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This is the Immigration History Research Center's monthly newsletter. If you would like to be notified by email when each issue has been published, please contact the IHRC to sign up.
The IHRC website has a new address: http://ihrc.umn.edu. Be sure to bookmark it!
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Note: Originally Headline News, IHRC News Online is the IHRC's primary communications vehicle. The News Online is posted once a month, generally at mid-month. Please send any comments or news relating to the IHRC to Editor Judy Rosenblatt.
Presented by Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic studies at University of California, Berkeley, since 1972 on Wed., April 28, 2004, wine and cheese reception, 6 p.m.; talk at 7 p.m.; book signing immediately after the lecture at 8 p.m.
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301-19th Ave. S, Minneapolis (West Bank Campus) The Immigration History Research Center is a cosponsor of this event, part of the Great Speaker Series of the U of MN Humanities Institute. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ronald Takaki, a pioneer in the field of ethnic studies, was born in 1939 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the grandson of immigrant Japanese plantation workers. Today he is an outspoken defendant of multiculturalism and multicultural education as a teacher, writer, speaker, and frequently controversial thinker, regarded by many as the founder of modern multicultural studies.
Takaki has traveled extensively to share his works and views. He has appeared on numerous television shows to discuss race relations, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and affirmative action and has written 20 books on ethnic topics, focusing recently on the immigration and adaptation of Asian peoples into American culture. The Journal of American History reported that one of his works, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (Little Brown and Company, 1993), "has enriched the scholarly debate" as it relates to "culture, ethnicity, and historiography."
Among his other books are Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb (Back Bay Books, 1998), and Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (Back Bay Books, 1996), both of which, along with A Different Mirror, will be on sale at the event. More recent works are Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, and Debating Diversity: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America, a collection of essays he edited that highlights the intellectual disagreement between Takaki and Frederick Jackson Turner, Nathan Glazer, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
More about Professor Takaki can be found at the website of the Lavin Agency, which represents him as a speaker for campus events and from which much of this information was extracted. Go to http://www.thelavinagency.com/college/rontakaki.html.
The IHRC has received a donation of nine reels of microfilm of the Polish newspaper Narod Polski (1972-2002) from the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (Chicago, IL) for its Polish American collection. This newspaper is the organization's official publication. The microfilm is available to use at the IHRC. In an accompanying letter, Executive Editor Kathryn G. Rosypal wrote, "This donation will be an important addition to your collection of Polish American newspapers and provide Minnesota historical and genealogical researchers with valuable information, since it is a nationwide newspaper."
IHRC Curator Joel Wurl is general editor
A new online searchable database, North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (IMLD), being compiled by Alexander Street Press, currently includes 342 authors and approximately 37,500 pages of information. Selection is under the direction of faculty advisers, including IHRC Curator and Asst. Director Joel Wurl, the project's senior adviser and general editor. Some IHRC collection materials are included.
The contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives included provide a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1840 and the present (materials focus heavily on 1890 to 1920). By early in 2005, the database will contain 100,000 pages of text, with selected associated images and audio files, and be a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. Special software will enable in-depth browsing and searching of.
The database is available on the Web now (although it is not yet completed), either through one-time purchase of perpetual rights or through annual subscription. For more details on this project, see the publisher's information on which this article was based, at http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/imldLive/index.html or
http://www.alexanderstreetpress.com/products/imld.htm. both the bibliographic and the full-text elements within the database.
IHRC-sponsored Research in Progress Colloquium
Presented by Matjaz Klemencic, professor of history, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Wed., April 7, 2004, 5 p.m.; light refreshments provided Andersen Library, Conference Room 308, 222-21st Ave. S, Minneapolis (West Bank) Cosponsored by Friends of the IHRC; free and open.
To request disability accommodations or to RSVP with name, phone number, and how many attending (appreciated but not required), contact the IHRC office, <firstname.lastname@example.com> or 612-625-4800. Find directions and parking information at www.umn.edu/ihrc/visiting.php.
Professor Klemencic is a frequent researcher at the IHRC and has written extensively about the South Slavic peoples located in Southeastern Europe, mostly on the Balkan Peninsula, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy (in Bosnia/Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) and the immigrants from that region to the United States. During the Communist years, most of the area made up Yugoslavia.
U of MN Duluth and U degli Studi di Palermo, Italy, are sponsoring a conference in Duluth in conjunction with the Italian American Festival 2004, an extravaganza of theatrical and cultural events being held over several months in late 2003-spring 2004 in Duluth and Palermo.
The international academic conference, "Crossing the Waters: Italian American Connections," will be held April 29-May 1, 2004. IHRC Director Rudolph Vecoli is on the planning committee.
Confrence Schedule:
Thurs., April 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Italian Footsteps, American Soil: The Immigrant Experience
Fri., April 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Italian Culture and History
Sat., May 1, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Cultural Conversations
Featured speakers:
Fred Gardaphé, Professor of Italian American Studies, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Emilio Franzina, Professor of History, U of Verona, Italy
Rudolph Vecoli, Professor of History and Director of IHRC, U of MN, Minneapolis
William Boelhower, Professor and Chair of American Literature, U of Padua, Italy
Some conference sessions will include panel discussions, storytelling, folklore, and music related to the conference theme.
For more information and/or registration materials, contact Dr. Judith Kritzmire, 218-726-8260 or <firstname.lastname@example.com>. Find more information about the entire festival at the festival website, www.italiafest.us.
A PBS documentary mini-series from the makers of the award-winning "Hoop Dreams" will be broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) and nationwide March 29, 30, 31 at 8 p.m. (Check listings for your area.) The documentary, "The New Americans," tells the stories of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees from Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the occupied West Bank as they leave their homelands to make new lives in the United States. Amazingly, the filmmakers identified the families they wanted to follow while they were still preparing to leave their homelands, so the entire process of their emigration/immigration is documented.
The League of Women Voters of Minnesota (LWVMN) is working with TPT on a follow-up Town Hall Forum with new Minnesotans, to be broadcast on TPT 17 on Sunday, April 4, at 8 p.m. The IHRC's Curator and Asst. Director Joel Wurl will provide a short history of immigration to Minnesota at the beginning of the program.
For an expanded version of this news item, go to the Friends Community Events and Announcements.
The IHRC has been given a copy for the collections of a new book by Peter D'Agostino, assistant professor of history and Catholic studies at the U of Illinois at Chicago: Rome in America; Transnational Catholic Ideology from the Risorgimento to Fascism (Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Press, April 19, 2004). D'Agostino spent a summer doing research at the IHRC in 1991, recipient of a Giovanni Agnelli Foundation grant-in-aid. In his preface to this book, he thanks Dir. Rudolph Vecoli for being "a helpful teacher." The Center's Maurice Marchello Papers is cited as a source. Rome in America was awarded the Brewer Prize by the American Society of Church History.
At "First Fridays" events, curators and archivists provide an insider's look at U of MN special collections. The free and open sessions are held noon to 1 p.m., Rm. 120 Andersen Library, 222-21st Ave. S, West Bank Campus. LIght refreshments are served; lunches are welcome. The series is made possible by a gift from Gov. and Mrs. Elmer L. Andersen in honor of Dr. Edward B. Stanford, a former University Librarian. For more information, contact Tim Johnson, <email@example.com> or 612-624-3552.
Remaining schedule:
April 2, 2004 Emancipation (associated exhibit, "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," is on display weekdays through April 30, Andersen Library first floor gallery. For information about the exhibit, see the new American Library Association website, http://www.ala.org/ and search for www.ala.org/ala/ppo/currentprograms/foreverfree/foreverfreeabraham.htm or "Forever Free.")
May 7, 2004 Mish-Mash, Misc., Etc.: The Weird, Bizarre, and Different
The IHRC was a cosponsor of the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights' ninth annual free and open International Women's Day event in the Twin Cities, attended by hundreds of women (and a few men) on Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mondale Hall (U of MN Law School), Minneapolis. Speakers, workshops, and entertainment promoted understanding and tolerance in our communities, highlighted advancements in women's rights and equality, encouraged activism, and educated participants about human rights issues that affect girls and women everywhere. Many of the workshops featured issues pertaining to refugee and immigrant women. The IHRC information table was staffed by Judy Rosenblatt and Friends of IHRC board member Roma Kehne.
For more about the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, see its website www.mnadvocates.org.
|Carl Ross, radical activist and independent scholar of the labor movement and the Finns in America, died March 1 in Minneapolis of complications related to Parkinson's disease, just six weeks after his wife of 60 years, Marge, died of cancer.
IHRC Director Rudolph Vecoli commented in a note to Carol Klitzner, the Rosses' daughter, "Carl was indeed a good friend of the IHRC. I was honored when he asked me to write the Foreword to the Finn Factor [in American Labor, Culture and Society], a very important work which really launched Finnish American Studies. He played a critical role in bridging the chasm between the 'Red Finns' and the 'Church Finns.'"
The Minnesota Family History Research Project, in which Carl Ross was a consultant, led to the 1980 publication of Handbook for Doing Finnish American Family History, by Ross and Velma Doby. The family histories gathered during the project were donated to the IHRC, where they are available to researchers. In 1986, the IHRC published Women Who Dared: The History of Finnish American Women, a book of essays edited by Ross and K. Marianne Wargelin Brown that was sponsored by the Reunion of Sisters project. Ross wrote many other monographs, book reviews, and articles.
>Carol Klitzner has asked that donations in Carl Ross's honor be made to the IHRC's Finnish American Studies Fund, which will support curatorial staff to care for the Finnish American collection. She wrote, "My father had been affiliated with the IHRC over his 30 years of historical research, and Finnish Americans and their role in American life was a subject close to his heart. The Finnish American archives mattered greatly to him, and he in fact donated part of his papers to the collection. My father knew that a curator is necessary for the archive to be a resource for scholars in the future. I know he would be pleased that donations in his memory will help the Finnish American archive to prosper."
A memorial service for Carl Ross is planned for Saturday, September 11, 2004, 1 p.m., at the Cremation Society, 4343 Nicollet Ave. S, Minneapolis.
Events and announcements between issues of this newsletter and items of general interest are publicized in the "Community Events & Announcements" section of the Friends of IHRC page. Changes are made frequently, so check it often. Both Twin Cities area and national items are listed. Categories and section headings have been added, to make it easier to navigate through the list. You may submit news of ethnic events to the editor for posting.
Some of the current listings (if "more" takes you to the beginning of the section, scroll down to the item listed):
Talk April 1 by Asst. Curator Daniel Necas on Czech and Slovak immigrant publications.
Finn Forum VII, October 2004; proposed papers due March 26.
Sicilian Nights, play based on folktales, in Minneapolis during March.
Florida Ukrainians support IHRC endowment. At a program in Florida led by Sr. Assistant Curator Halyna Myroniuk, members of the Ukrainian American community made donations to the Ukrainian American Studies Fund totaling almost $900. See report below.
A National Endowment for the Humanities matching grant to the U of MN for the IHRC has provided $300,000 in matching funds so far ($1 from NEH for every $4 in donations in cash and pledges to the Center's endowment), as the Center has raised a total of $1,875,000 in cash, pledges, and bequests. The Center's goal for July 2004 is another $800,000 in contributions. To qualify for the full $500,000 NEH grant, the IHRC must raise a total of $2 million by July 31, 2005.
As a result of contributions made in support of the campaign, several endowment funds have reached the threshold of money raised to become independent named funds. The IHRC salutes the contributors who have made this possible. See the support section of this website for the specific funds and the goals they will support, also more about how you or your organization can contribute. You may also request printed information that outlines the four general campaign goals or describes individual funds.
If you appreciate the IHRC's work, make a contribution to the Annual Appeal (to help fund general day-to-day expenses) and/or to the Endowment (for investment in the long-term future of the Center). Your help is urgently needed and greatly appreciated.
This is a good time to make a pledge. You have until July 2005 to complete payment. Follow the directions in ways you can help the campaign.Thank you for supporting the documentation, preservation, and promotion of the history of our nation's immigrant experience.
Class visit. On March 9, Curator and Asst. Dir. Joel Wurl met with and gave a tour to U of MN Prof. Ron Aminzade's graduate student class Sociology 8890 (Historical Sociology), to introduce them to the IHRC's resources and research methods.
Daniel Trudeau, a PhD student at the U of Colorado, did research for his dissertation on how issues of immigrants' social integration have been addressed by institutions of the welfare sate and voluntary agencies/charities in the Twin Cities during the last 80 years.
Abraham Wise, a U of MN undergraduate, did research for a course investigating the legal satus of Mexican immigrants and the social repercussions of legal status.
Pa Vang, a U of MN graduate student, did research for a course, looking into discourse analysis about the Americanization movement.
Visitors to IHRC welcome. This newsletter frequently reports on visitors, sometimes from foreign lands, from university classes learning about using the resources, or from representatives of supporting organizations. Everyone is welcome to visit the IHRC, whether researcher, supporter, or the merely curious. If possible, contact the Center to inform the staff when you are coming so someone will be available to show you around. The IHRC is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. You will receive a warm welcome.
The IHRC welcomes two new volunteers:
Janis Robins. Mr. Robins is an active leader in several Twin Cities Latvian American organizations and has organized Latvian community events. He is fluent in Latvian and began this month to work one morning a week at the Center, helping process additions to the Latvian print collection.
Peter Dress. An enthusiastic participant and leader in AHEPA (Greek fraternal organization) activities in the Minneapolis area and nationally, Peter chairs the organization's national Archives Committee. A strong supporter of the IHRC's mission, he is devoting one day a week to helping with IHRC publicity and fund raising.
On March 13, IHRC Curator and Asst. Director Joel Wurl participated in the dialogue "Culture Preserved" with other local experts, community leaders, and students who are actively working to ensure that immigrant culture is preserved. This activity was held in conjunction with the three-part exhibit "Immigrant Status," on display at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis through April 18. The Intermedia Arts website has more information about the exhibit, including other activities related to it (click on "events"), or call 612-871-4444.
Left to right: Dr. Volodymyr Korol and three Halynas: Halyna Pankiw, Halyna Myroniuk, Halyna Korol (all identified below) at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center.
During a trip to Florida in February, Sr. Asst. Curator Halyna Myroniuk met with members of the Ukrainian American community of North Port, FL, to give a presentation about the IHRC and its Ukrainian American Collection and related activities. She spoke at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center, where she met with the president of the Center, Dr. Volodymyr Korol, and the cultural program coordinator, his wife, Halyna Korol.
She also met with Halyna Pankiw (pen name Hanna Cherin), a writer whose papers the IHRC holds. Pankiw participated in the presentation Myroniuk gave about the IHRC's Ukrainian American Collection and its founder, the late Prof. Alexander A. Granovsky. Pankiw also donated some more material to her papers.
"The support of the people I spoke with was very gratifying," said Myroniuk. "They understand the importance of what the IHRC does."
Graphic design volunteer needed. The IHRC is seeking a volunteer or student intern (unpaid) to help with graphic design projects during the year. Projects will include a redesign of the Center's information brochure, work on the annual report, and design of other printed documents and promotional materials. Add to your portfolio! If you are interested in this position, please contact the Center.
Link here to the Friends section of the website for more information about the organization, including how to join this nonprofit support group for the IHRC (or use the drop-down menu, above).
The U of Washington Press's revised and expanded edition of the Historical Atlas of Central Europe by Prof. Paul Magocsi, in full-color, 9" x 12" paperback format is available from the Friends organization. This highly regarded atlas has added maps and 11 new chapters that focus on the newly independent countries.
The book retails at $45.00. By ordering through the Friends, you can get it for $40.50 (plus shipping and handling), a 10% discount. Click here for complete information and order form (pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat© to download and print).
Announcements of ethnic events. Click on "Community Events & Announcements" on the pull-down Friends menu at the top of the page (or click here.). This list is changed frequently, so check it often.
Board Meeting (note change of date and time from previous meeting schedule). The Board of Directors meets next on Tuesday, April 13, 2004, in Room 308 Andersen Library. Friends members are welcome to attend board meetings. Email Judy Rosenblatt for more information (or phone 612-624-5774).
Find out more about the IHRC from the About section and the Welcome section. Under "Welcome," click on "Visiting the IHRC" and then "virtual tour," an excellent, detailed introduction to the building, the IHRC offices and collections, and how to conduct research at the Center.
The IHRC welcomes volunteers to help with both curatorial and administrative tasks.


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Name: Joseph P. Owen
Date of Birth: Unknown
Date of Death: 09/06/1922
Location of Death: Kosciusko, MS
Prohibition Agent Joseph Owen, accompanied by other agents and local officers, raided a still near Kosciusko, Lake County, MS. During the raid, the officers were fired upon from ambush and a gunfight ensued. Agent Owen was seriously wounded as were Jeff and Will Atkinson, the still owners. Agent Owen was rushed to the local hospital, but died several weeks later. The Atkinson brothers were arrested and charged with murder.
Agent Owen joined the Prohibition Unit on 1/2/1922, with an annual salary of $1,500.


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GenreComedy, Drama
Release DateJuly 14, 2006 (NY, LA)
MPAA RatingR
Production Budget$6 millions
StudioFirst Independent Pictures
REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers Be the 1st!
Cast and Crew
DirectorNick Guthe
ProducerEvan Astrowsky, Edward Bass, Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey
ScreenwriterNick Guthe
- Alec Baldwin as Martin Tennan
- Nikki Reed as Minerva 'Mini' Droggs
- Luke Wilson as Garson
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Diane
- Jeff Goldblum as Mike Rudell
- Svetlana Metkina
- Rick Fox as Fabrizio
- David Andriole
- Artie Baxter
- Victoria Chalaya
Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini (Reed) seduces her stepfather Martin (Baldwin) and soon convinces him to join her in a sadisctic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.
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By Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2007 Army National Guard helicopters were attacking southern California's ferocious wildfires, and Guard soldiers on the ground were manning traffic control points and preparing to provide people who had lost their homes with some of the necessities of life here yesterday.
The newspaper headline "Help From Above" summed up how aircraft, including National Guard helicopters carrying big Bambi buckets, which scoop up water to dump on fires, were trying to bring under control the firestorm that has forced some 500,000 residents to flee the devastated, seven-county region since last weekend.
"This is true and pure homeland defense. This is my home. I live here. This is what I joined to do," said California Army Guard 1st Lt. Robi Yucas, who was coordinating the Guard's aviation assets here even as his wife, daughter and dog were preparing to evacuate their fire-threatened home in Oceanside.
Yucas, from 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation, was part of a crew that was diverted from the Operation Jump Start mission along the California-Mexican border to support civilian authorities here.
Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were dispatched from border duty to the firefighting mission in support of the California Department of Forestry, and two more Black Hawks and two larger CH-47 Chinooks were expected to fly in.
A California Guard S-70 Firehawk, specially designed for firefighting missions, also was expected to join the battle against the inferno of a dozen fires that, by yesterday, had scorched 600 square miles and destroyed a reported 1,800 homes.
It prompted the largest evacuation in California history, from north of Los Angeles south to San Diego, according to media reports.
Meanwhile, 1,500 soldiers from the California Guard's 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted presence patrols to prevent looting, manned traffic control points and prepared to assist people at QualComm Stadium and the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, where thousands of people are waiting out the fires. The Guard soldiers were supporting the San Diego County sheriff's department.
"(This has) been probably the most proactive response to a domestic event that I have seen in my 40 years in uniform," said Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau. "And we continue to be flexible and agile to meet the needs of Governor (Arnold) Schwarzenegger and the citizens of California as they're ravaged by what is a very dangerous and unpredictable fire."
Schwarzenegger on Oct. 22 directed that the 1,500 Guard troops be made available for the firefighting mission.
About 70 Guard soldiers were on duty yesterday at QualComm Stadium, where large stockpiles of water, food and clothing were ready for the displaced people who needed them.
Some of the Guard soldiers were pulled off border duty to help with the firefighting mission and for their own safety from the fires.
The Air National Guard was expected to reinforce the fight from the air with four C-130 Military Airborne Fire Fighting Systems from North Carolina and Wyoming. The planes that drop large amounts of fire retardant were set to be staged at the Navy's Point Mugu facility.
(Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill is assigned to the National Guard Bureau.)
Related Sites:National Guard Bureau Photo Essay: Troops Fight Wildfires in California Photo Essay: Troops Aid Evacuees
Related Articles:NORTHCOM Commander Outlines California Wildfire Response Bush: California Wildfires Constitute Major Disaster Defense Department Continues Aid on California's Fire Front Defense Department 'Leaning Forward' to Help Californians Military Personnel, Assets Help to Battle California Fires


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In 2001, the Hastings Board of Public Works drafted a list of core values, which included two promises that could be tested in the 2014 fiscal year: "To provide goods and services at competitively advantageous prices," and "to provide service in a safe … and environmentally-responsible manner."
The facts that challenge these promises are that nitrate and uranium contaminants flowing through groundwater have already caused some of the city's water wells to close and are moving others toward extinction.
In response, Hastings Utilities staff and the Board of Public Works have discovered ways to make good on its promises and keep the community's water supply both safe and affordable. They discussed those measures at the first of two budget work sessions Tuesday.
To read more, see Wednesday's Hastings Tribune or the Tribune e-edition.>>>


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Q: I am a minor (under 18 years old). Do I need parental consent to be seen at UHS?
A: Please see Consent for Treatment of a Minor for more information.
Q: How and where can I get free condoms?
A: Free condoms are available at UHS. They are located in the restrooms on the First and Second floors. Students may also obtain free condoms at the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.
Q: Can I get a doctor's excuse if I missed one of my classes?
A: Please see our Class Attendance Policies for more information is provided.
Q: I am a BCTC student. Can I use UHS?
A: Students who attend BCTC are eligible to be seen at UHS under these guidelines.
Q: Will my parents be notified of my treatment/visits?
A: All visits to UHS are confidential per HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) guidelines. Your parents will not be notified when you visit UHS. This may change, however, if you have procedures that are not covered by the health fee and must be covered by health insurance. If you are on your parent's insurance, there is the possibility that your parents will see any services that are provided and are covered through your insurance. You can speak to your UHS clinician, as well as your insurance company, for more information.
Q: How do I get copies of my medical records?
A: Visit our Medical Records Page for more information.
Q: Do my parents have access to my medical records?
No. UHS is required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect the confidentiality of your medical and billing information. Your medical record contains your personal health history. This record is kept confidential and is not released to anyone without your written consent, except in compliance with state and federal laws (i.e., subpoena, court order, health department reporting requirements, etc.). In order to insure we are doing our best to protect your privacy, all medical and billing information will be sent directly to the address you provide.
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A: Get directions to UHS >
Q: What bus routes go to UHS?
A: The Red Route has a stop directly in front of UHS. The White and Blue Routes have a bus stop near UHS. The Stadium Route also has a stop very close to UHS. For more information, please visit the Parking and Transportation Web site.
Q: What forms of payment do you accept for services?
A: We accept cash, check, debit card, Plus card and credit card (Master Card and Visa only).
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A: Some services, such as immunizations, must be paid in full before care is rendered. Other services may be billed directly to the patient. If payment cannot be made on the day of your visit to University Health Service, full payment is expected within 60 days. Students who do not pay their balance in full after 60 days are delinquent to the University of Kentucky and may have a hold placed on their student record. Students who need additional time to resolve an outstanding balance should contact our billing office at 859-323-5823 ext 8-3204 for assistance.
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A: Fee-for-service visits start at $81.00 and go up, depending on the reason for your visit. Additional charges will be incurred if lab tests, X-rays, immunizations, or special procedures are necessary.
Q: What does the University Health Service health fee cover?
A: UHS provides numerous services for students. View UHS' services.
Q: What is the procedure for part-time students who want to pay the health fee?
A: Part-time students may elect to pre-pay the health fee to entitle them to receive the same covered benefits as full-time students, or they may use UHS on a fee-for-service basis. Part-time UK students may pay the fee at the Student Billing Office in Funkhouser Building.
Q: Am I eligible to be seen at UHS if I graduate?
A: Students who have graduated and have a record on file are eligible to be seen at UHS on a fee-for-service basis for one semester following graduation (e.g., students who graduate in the Spring may be seen during the following summer months; students who graduate in August may be seen during the following fall semester; students who graduate in December may be seen during the following spring semester). During this period, former students should arrange to have their medical records transferred to their new physician.
Q: Am I eligible to be seen at UHS if I "sit out" a semester or more?
A: Continuing students (students who are not currently enrolled but were enrolled the entire previous semester and intend to enroll the following semester) are eligible to be seen on a fee-for-service basis.
Q: Can I have my health fee waived if I have my own insurance?
A: Sorry - no. The Student Health Fee is mandatory for all UK students, and is recommended for all part-time students. The fee supports a broad spectrum of services, including public health activities carried out by UHS for both routine and emergency public health functions. In many ways, UHS acts as the health department for the University, providing health education on campus, offering immunizations, sponsoring flu vaccine campaigns, advising the administration on health matters, and working to prevent outbreaks of disease within the campus community. UHS also provides a wide range of medical services at no additional cost to the student.
Q: Am I covered by the health fee during the summer?
A: UHS is available for health care during the summer. The health fee is voluntary for students in the summer. To use UHS, registered students must pay the summer health fee OR pay on a fee-for-service basis.
Q: Can my spouse who does not attend UK be seen at UHS?
A: Spouses of all eligible students who are not students themselves are welcome to receive their primary care at UHS on a fee-for-service basis except for behavioral health visits. They are charged for all services rendered and must bring their spouse's student ID to receive treatment.
Q: If I'm a UK student, can my young children be seen at UHS?
A: No. UHS does not treat children of students. You may wish to make an appointment with UK Pediatrics at 859-323-5481 or UK Family Practice at 859-323-6711.
Q: Does University Health Service (UHS) offer testing for sexually transmitted infections?
A: If you think you may be infected with an STI, you can come to UHS for testing. Testing for many STIs is included in the health fee. To speak to a health nurse about STI testing, please call 859-323-2778 (APPT).
Q: Does UHS offer pregnancy testing?
A: To make an appointment for a urine pregnancy test or to talk with a UHS health care provider, you may call 859-323-2778 (APPT). You can also call the health and wellness nurse at 859-323-5823 ext 8-3264 with any questions.
Q: Does UHS offer vaccinations?
A: UHS offers all of the recommended vaccinations for students. The following vaccines can be administered at UHS:
Q: Does UHS offer flu shots?
A: We offer flu shots each year in late October unless there is a shortage of flu vaccine. Watch the Kentucky Kernel (UK student newspaper) for flu shot information or you may call UHS at 859-323-5823 for more information.
Q: Will UHS fax/mail any lab results to my doctor at home?
A: You can schedule an appointment at UHS to discuss your illness, diagnostic tests and having results sent to your own physician. However, laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic tests requested by a non-UHS clinician will not be covered by a student's health fee.
Q: I am a diabetic. Does UHS provide a container for disposal of needles?
A: Yes. Schedule a nursing appointment to pick up the container for disposal of syringes and needles. When the container is full, bring it back to UHS to be exchanged for a new one. Call 323-APPT (2778) and ask for a "nursing appointment."
Q: Can I continue to self-administer my allergy shots while I am living in the residence hall?
A: We prefer that you schedule a nursing appointment at UHS to receive your allergy injections. Your antigen can be stored in the refrigerator in our allergy injection room. Severe reactions can occur without warning after an allergy injection. If you are not in a medical facility at the time of a reaction, treatment can be dangerously delayed.
Q: How do you make an appointment?
A: Call 859-323-APPT (2778) between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday to schedule an appointment for Primary Care, Gynecology/Women's Care, Nursing or Health Education.
Q: How do I make an appointment for Behavioral Health?
A: Call 859-323-5511 between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday to schedule a Behavioral Health appointment.
Q: What if I need to cancel or reschedule my appointment?
A: Call 859-323-APPT (2778) to give notice that you will not be able to make your appointment and reschedule if possible.
Q: What should I bring to my appointment?
A: Bring your student ID to every appointment, every time.
Q: Are there walk-in appointments?
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Saturday clinic from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. During the fall and spring
semesters UHS is open for evening clinic from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., during
which It is recommended that students schedule an appointment. HOWEVER, the evening clinic is subject to being booked up and since there are a limited number of clinicians, only acute reasons can be seen during these walk-in times. Reasons to be seen in evening and Saturday clinic include, but are not limited to:
Reasons that one cannot be seen in evening and Saturday clinic include, but are not limited to:
You can always call 859-323-5823 first to see if we can accommodate you during the evening or Saturday clinics, and if not, you may be directed to somewhere that can see you.
Q: How do I schedule an appointment to get birth control?
A: "This is my first time." If you have never been on birth control (pills, patch, ring, shot) and have never had a female exam, please call 323-2778 and first schedule an appointment for a counseling session. This very informative session will review information about female anatomy and general health, sexually transmitted infections, what to expect during a GYN exam, pap smears and birth control options. Schedule a second appointment with a UHS clinician (which may be later the same day or a different day). During this appointment you may have an exam and screening for STIs and/or a pap smear. You and the clinician will discuss which option is best for you.
A: "I just need a renewal." If you have been seeing another GYN provider for female care and have been on birth control (pills, patch, ring, shot) before, please call 323-2778 to schedule an appointment with a clinician. If you have had an exam within the last year, please bring a copy of your medical records to your appointment, including lab work and pap smear results if this was done. The clinician will review your history and records with you and decide if any additional examination is needed. If your last exam was more than a year ago, please schedule an appointment for an "annual exam."
Q: How do I schedule an appointment for a Pap smear?
A: If you have never had a female exam, please call 323-2778 and first schedule an appointment for a counseling session. This very informative session will review information about female anatomy and general health, sexually transmitted infections, what to expect during a GYN exam, pap smears and birth control options (if this is something you are interested in). Schedule a second appointment with a UHS clinician for your female exam (which may be later the same day or a different day).
If you have already had a female exam, please call 323-2778 to schedule your annual appointment. You will not need to attend the counseling session again.
Q: What do I need to bring with me to get a prescription filled?
A: When getting your prescription filled, always bring your:
Q: Can my clinician from home call in a prescription to the Student Health Pharmacy?
A: Yes, but you will not have the benefit of any possible UHS discounted rate. The Kentucky Clinic/Student Health Pharmacy will fill a student's prescription written by a non-UK clinician one time only. Then the prescription must be written by a UK (or UHS) clinician, or the student can take the prescription to a non-UK pharmacy.
Q: How do I get birth control?
A: Students can call 323-APPT (2778) to schedule an appointment in the UHS Women's Health Clinic. Birth control pills, the birth control patch (Ortho Evra®), the vaginal ring (NuvaRing®) and the birth control shot (Depo Provera®) are available by prescription in the University Health Service and Kentucky Clinic pharmacies. Students receive a discounted price if the prescription is written by a UHS clinician.
Q: How much does it cost for contraceptives?
A: Most contraceptives prescribed by University Health Service clinicians can be purchased at the Student Health Pharmacy or (Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy) at a student discount. The Pharmacy is able to offer some oral contraceptives for as a low as $10 per pack.
Q: Does the UK Student Pharmacy have Plan B?
A: Yes, and at a discounted rate. Females or their male partner, who are 17 years or older, may pick up Plan B at the UK Student Health Pharmacy without a prescription.
Q: Where can I go to get a prescription filled on the weekends or when the UK Student Health Pharmacy is closed?
A: Main Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy: located on the first floor of the Kentucky Clinic, just inside the Limestone entrance.Open Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Closed Sundays and holidays)Open Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Phone Number: 859-323-5854
Q: What is the difference between the student insurance and the mandatory health fee?
A: UK offers a two-part health care system:
The student health insurance is an injury and sickness plan which includes surgical and hospitalization benefits. Since most UK students have access to University Health Service through the health fee, the student insurance does not provide for treatment in the absence of illness or injury, except as specifically provided in the policy. The plan is a preferred provider organization (PPO), and UK Hospital and UK College of Medicine physicians are the preferred providers (in area). See the insurance section for details.
Full-time students pay a mandatory health fee via their student bill which entitles them to most services at UHS at no cost, including many routine and preventive services. See the covered services for students page for more information.
Q: What does the student insurance cover?
A: UK offers a school-sponsored student health insurance plan. See the student insurance section for details.
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Always carry a copy of your insurance ID card.
Remember, UHS does not have the ability to bill your outside insurance company. Ask your insurance company for details on filing claims.
Q: Will UHS bill my outside insurance company?
A: UHS can only bill the UK Student Insurance Plan for services not covered by the health fee; it does not have the ability to bill private insurance companies. Ask your insurance company for details on filing claims.


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A compensation system for a position encoder which automatically compensates for scale and other similar errors along the entire path of relative motion. The phase of the encoder signals is altered by a small amount for each small increment of relative motion to provide encoder signals compensated for the scale error. The phase correction is added to or substracted from the phase of the encoder signals depending upon the sense of relative motion.
1. For use with a position encoder having a scale and a head movable relative to the scale, and providing encoder signals presenting the position of the head relative to the scale, a system for compensating for a scale error comprising:
a sensor means for sensing variations in temperature;
means for coverting sensed temperature variations from said sensor means to a digital signal;
a ROM look-up table for storing a correction signal;
a digital table which can be selectively activated to provide said ROM look-up table a correction signal representative of a correction factor for a predetermined reference temperature;
multiplexer means for adjusting said encoder signals with said correction signal as a function of temperature to produce an encoder signal adjusted for temperature variations.
2. A signal compensating system comprising:
an encoder output signal to be corrected;
a temperature sensor means;
means for converting a signal from said sensor into a digital signal;
a ROM look-up table for storing a correction table;
means for generating a particular correction signal from a digital storage means in response to said sensor; and
a multiplexer receiving the encoder signal output and correction signal and operative to provide a corrected signal.
3. A signal compensating system comprising:
an electrical output signal from an encoder;
a multiplexer which receives said electrical output signal;
a digital ROM look-up table for storing predetermined error correction data;
a temperature sensor;
means operative in response to said sensor for providing predetermined error correction data from said digital ROM look-up table to said multiplexer to correct said electrical output signal with said error correction data to provide a compensated signal.
4. A signal compensating system providing an error correction signal including:
first digital means for storing predetermined error correction data;
means coupled to a means for sensing temperature to produce a digital signal corresponding to temperature; and
second digital means for using said digital signal corresponding to temperature to access said predetermined error correction data, and to provide an outut signal indicative thereof;
means for providing an encoder signal including direction logic means for receiving a signal from an encoder and determining the direction of motion; and
third digital means for compensating said signal from said encoder, including fourth digital means for multiplexing said encoder signal with said output signal indicative of said predetermined error correction data;
wherein said output signal indicative of said predetermined error correction data is coupled to said fourth digital means for multiplexing by fifth digital means for latching and sixth digital means for up/down counting.
5. Apparatus for compensating an encoder signal for temperature variations, comprising:
a multiplexer with one input coupled to a digital representation of an encoder signal and a second input coupled to digital means for providing correction information;
a digital look-up table which uses a digital signal representative of temperature to access predetermined error correction data stored in digital memory means and provide an output indicative thereof; and
up/down counter and latch means coupling said second input of said multiplexer to said output of said digital look-up table.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 6/805336, filed Dec. 4, 1985, now abandoned.
The invention relates to position encoders and transducers and more particularly to apparatus and techniques for compensation of scale and similar errors.
Electro-optical incremental encoders of transducers are known for measurement of linear or rotary motion or position. Such encoders include a scale of alternately light responsive and opaque segments which is cooperative with an optical head to provide an optical pattern representative of the motion of the head relative to the scale. Electrical signals derived from the optical pattern represent the relative motion, and these signals are usually processed to produce a digital count indicative of the distance the head travels relative to the scale. Scale errors, such as variations in the width and spacing of the scale segments, can cause errors in the measurement of the distance along the intended path. These errors can be caused by imprecise printing, scribing or other formation of segments on the scale, as well as by variations caused by temperature changes of the scale during operation. Such errors can become significant especially in high resolution encoders in which a high density optical pattern is provided on the encoder scale.
Scale error has been treated heretofore by adjustment in the encoder electronics to add or subtract counts as predetermined intervals of distance along the scale to alter proportionally the total count in order to minimize the error component. One method of treating scale adjustment is shown in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 618,509, filed on June 8, 1984 by Sidney A. Wingate, the inventor named therein, entitled: "POSITION ENCODER COMPENSATION SYSTEM," and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. In said system, depicted in FIG. 1 herein, the position encoder is automatically compensated for scale and other similar errors by altering the phase of the encoder signal by a small amount for each small increment of relative motion. The encoder provides an electrical output of four sine wave signals, +S, -S, +C and -C, which are complementary pairs of sine waves with phases displaced by 90�. The signals are applied to a displacement counter 12 operative to provide an output signal for each predetermined amount of movement of the encoder head relative to the encoder scale. The displacement counter 12 provides an increment output pulse for relative motion in one direction, and a decrement output pulse for relative motion in the opposite direction. A preset input to counter 12 is provided by control 14, which provides the displacement increment for which counter 12 will provide an output. The input of control 14 is derived from a measurement of the scale error, and this input is used to determine the amount of relative movement for which a correction output is to be provided. The displacement counter 12 drives counter and switching logic which provide the requisite phase correction to the encoder signals. The output of counter 12 is applied via a reversing switch 16 to a phase control counter 18, which provides a multiple bit digital signal representative of the number of displacement increments traversed by the encoder scale relative to the head. The output of counter 18 controls the operation of quadrant switches 20 and 22 and multiple switches 28 and 30 to accomplish the desired phase correction, via resistor networks 24 and 26. The phase compensated encoder signals are then employed as the encoder output for display or other utilization purposes.
In brief, the present invention provides a compensation system for a position encoder or transducer which automatically compensates for scale and other similar errors along the entire path of relative motion in a way that is transparent to the end user. The invention employs the compensation technique of the aforesaid copending patent application in an improved system in which scale error is stored in a digital memory, which may be part of a microprocessor, and which can be readily changed and recalled for use. The system error can be stored as a plot of the transducer position versus the true position as supplied by a laser interferometer, for example. The stored system plot is reduced to a format usable for automatic phase compensation and embodied typically in a look-up array or table of scale error versus transducer position. As the transducer moves from one position to another position, the error value for the interval between those two positions is compared with the accumulated position, and correction to the input transducer signals is made by a requisite phase correction to the encoder signals. The phase compensated encoder signals are then employed as the encoder output for display or other utilization purposes. Usually, the encoder signals prior to utilization are applied to cycle interpolation logic which, as is known, is operative to increase the resolution of the encoder output signals.
The invention is useful for any linear or rotary encoder or transducer which provides sine wave signals representing input motion, and compensation can be provided for any repeatable phase error function. In general, a representation of the error function is digitally stored, and a phase correction is applied by the appropriate shifting of the phase of the encoder signals in accordance with the stored error function.
Thermal compensation for temperature induced scale errors is also made possible with the present invention, by measuring the thermal change of the scale from an equilibrium point, and adjusting the error correction curve to compensate for temperature variations.
The invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a previously known error compensation system;
FIG. 2 is a typical error plot for a linear encoder scale including a best straight line approximation of the measured error points;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the error compensation system in accordance with the invention; and
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a particular embodiment of the compensation system for measuring temperature compensation.
In the preferred embodiment, the invention is employed with a linear encoder which includes an elongated scale disposed along a path to be monitored, and an electro-optical head which is mounted for movement relative to the scale and which provides electrical signals representative of relative motion or position along the travel path. In a typical installation, the head is fixed to a machine tool or other apparatus, while the scale is attached to a moveable element for motion forward and backward along the length of the scale. The encoder output is usually a measure of the distance travelled by the scale along the head with respect to a reference position, and is often in the form of a numerical display indicative of distance. The encoder outut signals can also be employed in a control system for automatic control of machine elements and the like.
The linear encoder scale has errors which can result in corresponding errors in output measurement. The scale errors are caused by variations in the widths and/or spacing of the light responsive segments, which variations are caused by errors or variations in the manufacture of the scale, thermal expansion and contraction of the scale during use, or bending of the scale in an installed position. A typical error plot for a linear encoder scale is illustrated in FIG. 2. A succession of measurement points are plotted along a scale length L. A best straight line (BSL) is fitted to the measured points to provide a straight line error function having a slope E/L. The BSL error function is a good approximation of the actual error and is advantageous in its simplicity of utilization in the novel compensation system of the present invention. The invention, however, is not limited to this particular error function, as the invention can also be implemented for use with other error functions which may be desirable in specific instances. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the non-linear error correction "image" of the system error plot is stored in a microprocessor. There are several possible means by which this non-linear error correction can be determined, including: (1) a laser position versus encoder position profile supplied by the end user; (2) a series of linear incremental corrections that represent the system profile; or (3) a high-order polynomial description of the system profile.
A system embodying the present invention is shown in block diagram form in FIG. 3. After the system is initialized by setting all the counters and presets to zero, an encoder provides an electrical output of a sine wave signal to a direction counter 50 and to an autophase mux counter 52. Data is read from the microprocessor 54 and placed into the autophase mux counter 52. This data contains the magnitude and sign of the error function. For a positive slope of the error curve, there is a positive sign bit; for a negative slope, there is a negative sign bit. The data also contains the step length, which establishes the predetermined movement of the encoder scale relative to the encoder head necessary to produce an output correction pulse.
During operation, the system enters into an automatic looping mode. The direction counter 50 is polled. When the direction coutner 50 shows that a predetermined movement of the encoder scale relative to the head has been achieved, the direction counter 50 provides to a microprocessor 54 an increment or a decrement pulse, in accordance with and determined by the sense of motion of the encoder scale. The data read from the microprocessor 54 will depend on the direction of the encoder scale relative to the head. If there is a positive slope, the subsequent data is read; if there is a negative slope, the previous data is read. The microprocessor 54 thus provides digital data displacement distance (slope) representative of the number of displacement increments traversed by the encoder scale relative to the head, which is input into the autophase mux counter 52 and is used to correct the phase of the encoder signal. In the preferred embodiment, this digital data is kept by means of two digital words. One word contains information relating to the correction to be provided to the sine wave signals. The second word contains information relating to the length of the travel path over which the correction can be provided. Of course, there is no requirement that the data be provided via two digital words, and the form of the data can take various forms well-known to one of ordinary skill.
The output signal from the autophase mux counter 52 is the compensated encoder signal. After a totaling counter 56 and the direction counter 50 are updated, the system returns to the beginning of the loop and the procedure repeats. The totaling counter 56 keeps track of the total displacement of the encoder scale relative to the head.
Thermal or material compensation adjustment may also be accomplished with the preferred embodiment, by adjusting the slope component of the control word based on a measured temperature or measured variation in physical shape. Additional correction tables can be generated, containing the corrected slope. The temperature input is then used to index and select the correction table with the properly corrected slope.
FIG. 4 shows a system embodying the present invention which uses a measured temperature to generate a correction table to shift the phase of the encoder output signal. The correction signal is digitally stored in this embodiment in a Read-only Memory (ROM) 64. A temperature sensor 60 and A/D converter 62 present a digital word, or address, to the ROM 64. The ROM 64 has as a further input a digital word provided by the preset switch 66. Switch 66 provides to the ROM 64 a constant that represents the linear slope correction factor for a given scale at some reference temperature (e.g., 68� F.).
Preset switch 66 can comprise a set of switches with a single correction scale preset onto them, or can comprise a table which can be selectively activated to output to the ROM 64 any one of several correction scale. The A/D converter 62 provides ROM 64 with a word which may be either linear or non-linear depending on the characteristics of the input sensor 60. Depending on the temperature reading input to the ROM 64 via converter 62, and further depending on the scale provided to the ROM 64 via table 66, the ROM 64 outputs a digital word representative of the shift which must be made to the encoder signal. The word from the ROM 64 look-up table is shifted by means of a latch 68 connected to a multiplexer 70 by an up/down counter 72. The multiplexer 70 produces the compensated signal, which then goes through an inverter 74, which produces positive and negative signals. The latch 68 is used to control the data input to the up/down counter 72. One approach is to use a zero reference pulse to act as a read, or update, pulse.
The temperature compensation technique described herein leaves the phase adjustment transparent to the end user. Also, the amount of engineering work needed on a circuit board would be reduced from that needed for a hard-wired analog embodiment.
The invention is not to be limited to that which has been particularly shown and described, except as indicated in the appended claims.
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Editor - Nicole Ferrie
Nicole's media career started at the Addy 20 years ago. She has since worked in various newsrooms from Melbourne to Central Australia, but returned to Bendigo to raise her children. She has received significant industry acknowledgement, including the 2013 best print news report at the Elimination of Violence Against Women awards. Nicole believes newspapers play a vital role in giving a voice to those who are silenced. She has a passion for 'people' stories and getting to the heart of social justice issues, but is also known for being a determined newshound and breaking hard news. At the end of a busy news day, Nicole loves nothing more than retreating to her own habitat and spending time with her children.
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Ashley joined the Addy in 2011 after harassing staff in different departments for a job. She lived life as a nocturnal subeditor for 18 months before taking on the role of Chief of Staff. Growing up on a farm in the Wimmera-Mallee, Ashley still calls herself a country girl, despite moving to Bendigo a few years ago. She got her start in the industry at a small family-owned newspaper, and has loved newspapers ever since. At work Ashley loves hearing about stories of any kind - whether they are breaking news or just about the local school fete. She also loves sharing her chocolate addiction with the rest of her colleagues. Outside of work Ashley spends her time with her two "children" (a fox terrier and a retriever) and trying not to be a bridezilla (with an impending wedding to plan).
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Luke joined the Bendigo Advertiser in February, 2002, after studying journalism at Deaking University, Geelong. Luke a country boy having grown up in the small Goulburn Valley town of Stanhope. Having covered council, country and general news, Luke has been reporting on local sport in Bendigo since 2004 and has a passion for not only what's happening on the field, pitch or court in Bendigo today, but the city's sporting history. Away from work, Luke enjoys playing guitar, listening to rock music, particularly AC/DC, following AFL team Essendon, NBA team Chicago Bulls, the WWE and bowling seam-up dibbly dobs in the odd game of cricket.
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John is a freelance writer, editor and publisher who has written for a range of local and national publications. He is the author of a dozen publications, including fiction and non-fiction titles and in 2009 compiled and edited Raining Embers: Bendigo's Black Saturday Experience. The following year he co-wrote Mixed Cases: Stories of the Bendigo Winegrowers with former Bendigo Advertiser writer Lauren Mitchell. His short fiction and poetry have won national awards, including his first published collection, Snowdropping, which was runner-up in the 2001 Queensland Premiers Literary Awards. His short story Hemingway's Elephants was published in Best Australian Stories 2007. John writes the weekly column Between Here and Home, which appears every Tuesday in the Bendigo Advertiser.
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Raelee was born and raised in Bendigo and began writing sports contributions for the Advertiser while still a teenager. She moved to Melbourne after completing VCE and spent 16 years at the Herald Sun as a reporter and sub-editor, before returning "home" with her husband and two children in tow and joining the Bendigo Advertiser team in 2004. With a life-long passion for sport, Raelee helps raise the profile of local female athletes, coaches and administrators from a wide range of disciplines by celebrating their achievements and telling the stories behind their success. Away from work, she enjoys orienteering, netball, following the fortunes of the Western Bulldogs and ferrying her busy kids between their various school and sporting commitments.
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Aaron is one of the longest standing members of staff at the Bendigo Advertiser, starting in the production department 15 years ago. He moved to the editorial side of the paper the day of 9/11 hit and it has left an indelible memory of that week. Aaron says he feels like a part of the furniture now. The Bendigo Advertiser children's page character Kooka is another of Aaron's roles. He visits a local school weekly, and the crowds that come to see him in his iconic kookaburra outfit are getting bigger and bigger. In his spare time, and there's not much with two growing boys, Aaron plays golf and tennis and barracks for Carlton when they are winning. When asked his golfing handicap Aaron says 'my slice'.
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Nathan started work at the Bendigo Advertiser in 1986 in classifieds as a front-counter clerk. Other roles have included copy control and layout clerk. Nathan joined the editorial team in the early 90s and has mainly worked with the sports team as a reporter and sub-editor. Born and raised in Bendigo, Nathan's interests away from the office include spending time with farmily and friends, music and reading.
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Since Primary school Kristen has always aspired to be a journalist. Last February her dream became a reality when she began working at the Bendigo Advertiser. Kristen grew up in Melbourne, living and breathing sport. Since moving to Bendigo, Kristen has enjoyed exploring what the city and central Victoria have to offer. She relishes the thrill of chasing a story and also listening to people's stories. Her focus at the Addy is junior sport and the central goldfields shire. Known as "Magpie" around the Addy office, Kristen is a one-eyed Collingwood supporter. (Go Pies) She enjoys watching, talking and playing sport, including playing netball with her Addy colleagues every week. Outside of the newsroom, Kristen likes to shop, go out with friends and explore this great country and the world.
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Peter joined the Addy early 2011 after an absence from Bendigo of 30 years. A classic case of tree change brought him back to Central Victoria after working in Melbourne as a newspaper photographer at The Melbourne Times. People say he is a newcomer to town but in the 70's he was the photographer for The Golden City Gazette in Bendigo. Starting his newspaper love affair earlier at the Swan Hill Guardian.
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Jim has been working for the Bendigo Advertiser for over 3 years. He moved to Bendigo from the south east suburbs of Melbourne in 2008 to attend La Trobe University. His interests include motorcycles, cars and photography. Jim loves Bendigo and its surrounds and is always looking for somewhere new to find and explore.
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Bendigo born and bred, Jodie has been working at the Addy since August 2012. Before beginning in the industry she studied at La Trobe Bendigo where she exhibited many of her pieces. She enjoys taking snaps of interesting people and unique places in central Victoria.
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Chris arrived at the Bendigo Advertiser in late 2009 after a two-year stint at the Ballarat Courier. This self-confessed nerd has a great passion and knowledge for film and trivia as well as being supportive of the Bendigo live music scene He loves to be creative with his articles and relishes a great feature story. Outside of the newspaper world Chris plays golf and, regardless of the result, loves watch St Kilda play in the AFL. He has also likes the theatre and has tread the boards with the Bendigo Theatre Company and worked with Baldrick himself, Tony Robinson. Secretly, he is a big fan of the Harry Potter books.
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The winter 2010 issue of Pediatric INSIGHTS
features the Child and Family Counseling Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, which in a unique collaborative effort with Children's Community Pediatrics and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, is using a new model to provide behavioral health care to pediatric patients.
Peter Davis, MD, chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology, discusses what's so special about the pediatric anesthesiology services offered by Children's Hospital…and does some magic tricks.
Also in this issue:
- The H1N1 flu: Is another wave coming?
- Online appointment scheduling makes it easier for busy parents to request appointments when it's convenient for them.
- The new Children's in Lawrenceville is open — see pictures from our opening events and patient move day.
- Treating girls with PCOS at Children's Weight Management and Wellness Center.
We welcome your feedback, thoughts and story suggestions. Please feel free to contact one of our physician liaisons with any comments.
To refer a patient to any of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC's clinical services,
please call our Physician Referral Service at 412-692-PEDS (7337).


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The New Latina Guide to a Fabulous 2011 Year! is a collection of insights and tips from a group of talented Latinas (and one Latino) on how to live life to the fullest. Today, we feature Angélica Pérez-Litwin's piece, on self-care. To download the free New Latina Guide, click here.
If you're feeling out of sorts, exhausted, empty or emotional, chances are you're depleted. The reality is that we, Latina women, get a lot accomplished. We work, build careers and businesses, mother our children, care for our parents (and abuelitos and suegras), support our husbands/partners, and even help out in our communities.
Undeniably, "caretaker" is our middle name, except (of course) when it comes to taking care of our self. The caretaker role has been well ingrained and, despite how Americanizada we have become, we continue to rescue and take care of the whole world, at the expense of taking care of our self.
Pero, ¡ya basta!
It's time you start setting some good boundaries, let your family do what they need to do, and focus on yourself. Literally, mind your own business.
The longer you avoid taking care of you, all of you, the more you'll end up depressed, fat, angry, upset, frustrated and tired.
Start Slow and Simple
Taking care of yourself takes time, planning, effort and commitment. These are four crucial elements. If this sounds like too much work for you, don't give up just yet. I'll let you in on a secret – slow, turtle steps will get you to the finish line!
Start with 10 minutes a day. Get off Facebook or your computer for 10 minutes and focus on YOU. And in case you're wondering, the computer is not relaxation time. It is procrastination time, your unconscious way to avoid what you don't want to face or do.
A Balanced Self-Care Approach
It helps to assess how well you're doing in the area of self-care. So, let's take a look at the big circle below; let's call it the Self-Care Wheel. The fundamental premise of the Self-Care Wheel is that in order for us to feel good about ourselves, we need to nurture several essential areas of our wellbeing.
Self-Care Wheel
It is not enough to put all our energies into our spirituality, or our intellect, or on exercising and looking beautiful. Over-focusing on a few life areas, at the expense of others, creates a state of self-deficit, as I like to call it.
When we neglect areas of who we are, we set ourselves for gradual and accumulating frustration and feelings of emptiness. To create balance, we need to make a conscientious effort to take care of our whole self.
How Are You Doing Now
Take a look at the circle or wheel below, and read through each self-area. Ask yourself how well you're doing within each of those areas. For
example, in the area of sleep – how well do you sleep at night? Do you feel rested in the morning? Are you sleeping enough? Rate each area from 1 to 10, with 10 indicating the highest level of wellbeing in that area, and zero (0) indicating the lowest level of wellbeing currently being experienced.
Place a dot or an X at each number, for each area. Now, connect each dot or X by drawing a line across each area.
How Balanced Is Your Self-Care?
Take a look at the shape of your Self-Care Wheel. If your shape is a small and constricted circle, (with mostly lower scores), this indicates poor self-care across several areas, and overall poor wellbeing. What to do? You'll need to dig deep and seriously ask yourself what do you want for yourself? Why are you treating yourself this way? Reflect on what are some steps you can take, to begin the transformation. One step at a time – easy does it.
A small shape with a one or a couple of peaks suggests that you're over-focusing on specific areas of your life, at the expense of other equally important ones.
There are other possible shapes, indicating different situations and circumstances. Ideally, you want your shape to be as circular and expanded as possible.
Finally, use this exercise to ask yourself how much time and effort you are willing to invest in those neglected areas. Assess what's getting in the way of you nurturing those other areas. And, consider what new decisions and behaviors might lead you to a more balanced YOU.
Photo 1: Rob Lambert; 2: C. DelRio; Self-Care Wheel created by author


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American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2005 Task Force Liberty soldiers rescued a hostage and detained two Iraqi men during a raid near Bayji, Iraq, late March 16. Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid to rescue the kidnap victim. Officials provided no other details.
Also on March 16, an Iraqi citizen found a silver-tipped mortar round and led Task Force Baghdad soldiers to the improvised explosive device to which it was rigged. The 130 mm round was one of four IEDs discovered. Task Force Baghdad soldiers also discovered a 60 mm round, as well as 155 mm and 120 mm artillery shells. Explosive ordnance disposal teams detonated three of the IEDs and took the fourth to a holding area. Task Force Baghdad soldiers found a vehicle riddled with bullets March 16. The unit searched a nearby house, finding a wire connected to a circuit board being prepared for an IED. The unit detained one person in the search. During the dismounted patrol, there was an explosion in a nearby house. There were no injuries reported.
Elsewhere in Iraq, a Polish patrol from the 2nd Battle Group came under machine-gun fire March 16 about 12 miles west of Diwaniyah. When notified of the attack, the 2nd Battle Group commander responded by deploying his quick-reaction forces. No one in the group was wounded or killed.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)