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COLUMBIA CITY — For most women, visiting the salon means they leave the chair looking better than before. Wednesday, women not only looked good, but felt good as their haircuts went for a good cause.
Candi Martinez is a stylist at Fabulous Hair and Nails in Columbia City. The salon joined forces with hair care manufacturer Sexy Hair in a haircut marathon. Since October is breast cancer awareness month, Sexy Hair enlisted more than 875 salons across the U.S. to participate in the marathon.
The event raised money for nonprofit organization Look Good...Feel Better, a self-help beauty charity dedicated to improving the self-image of cancer patients.
Haircuts went for $10 and Sexy Hair donated travel-sized products for those choosing to take part in the event.
Holly Timms was one of the many sit under the scissors Wednesday. Timms said she usually gets her hair cut at Fabulous Hair and Nails, but this cut was for a good cause.
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Ahh. Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera's Daredevil--especially the first few issues, which are in this particular book--are perhaps the most sophisticated and the most enjoyable comics we've seen since Geoff Johns and Gary Frank did Superman. (That wasn't so long ago, actually. Whatever.) Certainly the character of Matt Murdock, as well as DD, has never been done better. Enough more like this, and Daredevil would become one of my favorite superheroes!
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Child Care Aware® of America calls for uniform reporting of child care deaths, minimum training for child care providers, and effective monitoring by states
ARLINGTON, VA-- No one knows exactly how many children die in child care settings every year.
A Child Care Aware® of America research paper, Why Aren't We Outraged? Children Dying in Child Care Across America , released today, found that child care licensing agencies in only 38 states require child fatalities in licensed child care settings be reported to the licensing agency. Twelve states do not require reporting of children's deaths in child care centers and 11 states do not require the reporting of children's deaths in family child care homes.
Among states that do require reporting, the information gathered varies greatly. Some states do not have a formal reporting process or even a form that must be completed as part of the report. How the information is used varies as well.
"While many children are safe in child care, it is alarming to learn about tragic deaths or near fatalities of children in child care throughout the country," said Ollie M. Smith, Interim Executive Director of Child Care Aware® of America. "In many cases, these tragedies can be prevented."
Nearly 11 million children under age 5 in the United States are in some type of child care arrangement every week. On average, the children of working mothers spend 35 hours a week in child care.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the law that allocates funds to the states for child care and sets the framework for state child care laws, does not require the reporting of child fatalities in child care settings.
"Collecting data is not meant to sensationalize these tragedies in any way. Rather, the data would help inform policymakers and state administrators so that minimum protections for children can be strengthened, such as requiring basic safety and training that could prevent such tragedies from occurring," said Smith.
Child Care Aware® of America calls for all child deaths in child care settings to be reported to state licensing offices and state child care administrators' offices within 48 hours of their occurrence and that the data be aggregated and sent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on an annual basis.
"It's just common sense," said Smith. "Children should be safe in child care. If we can collect information to better promote their safety, we should. We hope that this paper is a wake-up call to Congress. As the Child Care and Development Block Grant is reauthorized, let's collect the data that will help prevent tragedies and ensure that effective health and safety, training, and monitoring is part of the law."
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Your in a tough spot. I know, been there. It sounds to me like your very determined to reach your career goals. That's good. Stay that way. Reaching your career goals doesn't mean you should have to sacrifice your musical ambitions. It's all a matter of finding a balance in your life and finding it by setting priorites. These guys should be able to understand that. If not then I say their making your decision for you. Don't worry. Something else will come along. It always does as long as you go and look for it.
As far as the smoking/drinking/drugs thing goes, I think the only thing you should be concerned with is that their not doing it on your time, hindering the practice time. That's always been my take on it. Do what you want on your time at your place but not on mine. Think about it. Your practicing, loudly, and some neighbor complains about the noise and they call the cops. Your string section just finished smokin a lefty and the room smells like a skunks rear end. Suddenly, the cops knock on the door. Do you want to be sitting there? Oh, there goes that career. Just a thought.
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Gradius III (SNES) review
"Gradius III, being one of the first shooters to grace the then fledgling Super NES console, is plagued with more than its fair share of slowdown. Its not so noticeable in the manageable confines of the Easy game, but crank the hard meter up even one notch, and the increase in enemy and projectile activity will create a crawling chaos onscreen."
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Camp Chair with Jim Schreiner. #344-0810. 2 days. Aug. 10-11.
- When: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Two months before an algae-related toxin triggered a do-not-drink water advisory for the Toledo region, city officials — including Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins — were warned by a state Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official that the condition of the city's water-treatment plant could prevent the city from being able to provide safe drinking water to citizens.
"I cannot underscore boldly enough the precarious condition of Toledo's drinking water system and the imminent vulnerability to failure," Ohio EPA Director Craig W. Butler wrote in a June 9 letter to Collins.
"The City's public water system, and in particular the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, is vulnerable to potential failures that could severely impact the City's ability to provide adequate quantities of safe water to its citizens," the letter read. "While the City has indicated they are working toward this end, Ohio EPA is not yet convinced that adequate progress is being made."
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Butler said the city remained in regulatory violation by having failed to correct problems with the plant's sedimentation vent and alum system, which were cited for "significant deficiencies" in a Feb. 6 notice and also noted the city also did not appear to be "on a path to timely comply with the deadlines for the remaining significant deficiencies identified in the June 10, 2013 letter."
In the June 9 letter, Butler demanded "an acceptable schedule with detailed milestones" to correct the plant's problems within a week. If not, he would propose "a schedule that assures the City can reliably provide safe supplies of water as expeditiously as possible as well as a schedule for long term planning."
Edward A. Moore, the city's director of public utilities, responded in a June 16 letter, which referenced a conversation Collins had with Butler on June 11, including an offer to send staff to Toledo to help resolve issues.
In an emailed statement Aug. 7, Collins said Ohio EPA was satisfied with the city's response and progress on making needed repairs. He also insisted conditions at the plant did not lead to the city's water advisory, which lasted Aug. 2-4.
"The Collins Park Water Treatment Plant has been in need of repairs for many years, I realized the extent of the issues when I toured it in 2011," Collins wrote. "We have discussed in great detail the June 9th letter with staff of the Ohio EPA and with their Director, Craig Butler including an in person meeting on July 23rd of this year.
"Our issues this past weekend are not related to conditions at the water treatment plant, they are directly related to toxic algal blooms. It's clear that the OEPA was satisfied with our progress and our June 16th response. If we do not continue to focus on the issue of harmful algal blooms, the entire region touching Lake Erie could be impacted."
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There's no way an inflatable King Kong can bring in customers. I have never heard the words "hey look, a giant inflatable gorilla, let's go to that store."
The Art Relief show was a big success. Thanks to Joel Coon for putting it together. We raised over $5,000. Here is a link to photos from the show.
I have this photo in a show on Saturday, November 12th. Art Relief Katrina is a silent art auction with all proceeds going to help out Gulf Coast charities who are assisting Katrina victims. My wife won't be there, but there should be other pretty stuff to look at.
My friend, Stephen Slappe, who lives in Portland (and happens to be a video artist) finally put up his new web site. Don't forget to click and check it out.


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Scarselli's been bombarding me with photos of recently restored cop cars lately, several of which are downright awesome, and surprisingly only one of which is a Ford. He started with Tom Sheehy's 1966 Plymouth, a former NY State Police patrol car.
He then passed on another former NY statey car, this one a 1985 Dodge Diplomat that Trooper Dave Olney restored. Possibly the only way an '85 Diplomat could be cool.
Finally, he tipped us off on a Max Rockatansky yellow Interceptor being boxed up and shipped off to the States. Illinois, specifically.
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The Plymouth and the Dodge are cool, but I'm sorry–that Interceptor looks like someone's bad idea of a race car. It's entirely too busy and has way too many colors going on. Instead of preventing accidents, this thing is garish enough to cause them!
Cool stuff! I know that I always take a second look whenever I see a restored cop car out and about.
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Strohl, that Interceptor is just about ugly enough to make a freight train back up and take a dirt road….
You idiots have no idea what your talking about!Ford police cars were very well regarded in Austrailia , as well as here in the united sates. I owned a 1976 ford torino/4 door. The car was equiped with a 351 windsor engine.
the following modifications were made
crane mid range cam
wieand aluminum high rise intake
holley 650 double pumper 4bbl
hooker headers /2.3/4 inch
2.3/4 inch dual exhaust
this car was a true runner and deserves all of then respect that Austrailian police cars deserve.
thanks, B.l. Moser.
yeh no1 can give shit to an ol XB inteceptor especially Max's even people who havnt seen the movie know what it is
i know the movie but what is it called again and the car rocks
the last car with all the stripes and all is a bad ass for falcon
I like the restored NYSP cars. I thought the NYSP was using Fords in 1966 and didnt return to Chrysler until 1967?
Jeff Reeves you are seriously NOT serious are you?
America being the HOME of ugly cars???!!!!


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I get questions all the time about self-publishing, so I thought I'd mention here that I'm teaching a two week online workshop on self-publishing through the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.
The class will run from this Sunday, February 2nd to Sunday the 16th. Everything will take place online, so you don't have to worry about location! I will be covering everything from the basics to some slightly more advanced techniques. By the end of the class, you'll have information on how to format, upload, price, and market your self-published book. I'll also give you a huge resource list with websites of popular self-pub blogs, cover artists, formatters, editors and more. Plus, I'll be around to answer any of your questions even after the class is over.
I gave the same workshop last year and had tons of students self-publish their first books within the next month or two after the class. One student even hit the USA Today Bestseller list within six months of the class! I certainly can't take credit for that, but I helped give her the tools she needed to get started.
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Someone just emailed me, to ask what were the commercial benefits of writing a blog. He wanted to know why I spend so many working hours giving useful information away, for free.
I want to quickly share part of my answer with you, because it's extremely valuable. It's based on a blog post I wrote a few years ago. I recalled a reader asking a blogger if he was in as high demand before he started blogging, as he is today.
Here's the gold dust!
In one sentence, the answer sums up one of the most valuable reasons for business blogging. It went something like this:
"No one gave a rats ass about me, until they could see what was inside my head."
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Your business blog gives you the opportunity to demonstrate what you know, what you stand for and who you are. It's a way for people to check you out and determine for themselves, if you "get it" or not.
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August 3, 2015
The Sparks City Council is closer to a decision on the controversy surrounding City Attorney Chet Adams.
It has received the final review on the investigation into allegations of misconduct against Adams and voted today to continue the discussion until next month.
The City Council voted 3 to 1 to continue the discussion until May.
The delay will let city staff research and provide information on four issues.
Those are: 1) Whether a grand jury investigation is warranted, 2) If censure is warranted, 3) What employee reporting structure exists in the city attorney's office, 4) and whether a new ordinance should outline the salary and benefits for the city attorney.
The Council authorized the City Manager in December to retain an independent attorney to investigate allegations of misconduct by the city attorney and report the findings to council members.
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Monday, July 21, 2014
The National Honor Society of High School Scholars has announced that Berkeley High School student Alayah M. Jones of Moncks Corner has been selected to become a member of the esteemed organization.
The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship and community commitment. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prize.
On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice and commitment that Alayah has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence, Nobel said. Alayah is now a member of a unique community of scholars a community that represents our very best hope for the future.
Our vision is to build a dynamic international organization that connects members with meaningful content, resources and opportunities, NSHSS President James W. Lewis said.
Membership in NSHSS entitles qualified students to enjoy a wide variety of benefits, including scholarship opportunities, academic competitions, free events, members-only resources, publications, participation in programs offered by educational partners, personalized recognition items, and publicity honors.
Alayah is a rising sophomore at BHS where shes in the Scholars Academy with a 4.03 GPA. Shes a member of the FBLA. Shes a member of the Lady Stags Varsity Basketball Team as well as the Lowcountry Ballers Ninth Grade Girls AAU Basketball Team.
She is also a member of Unity Missionary Baptist Church.
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Alison Saar's sculptures and installations are inspired by African spirituality.
Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and to Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents, who inspired her to become a sculptor, also taught her about different art materials and techniques. Saar studied art and art history at Scripps College in California and received her Master's in Fine Arts from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1981. She also studied African, Latin American, and Caribbean art and religion, which gave her art a multicultural approach. In the 1980s, Saar began making sculptures and room installations that focused on the theme of cultures of the African diaspora. Chief among t hese works is "Love Potion No. 9." Saar today continues to explore spiritual themes in her work and to exhibit in museums, including The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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Zac Baxter's grandfather has always told him that he's the descendant of African kings, whose treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes this off as a tall tale—until his grandfather is murdered and their apartment is completely ransacked. Clearly somebody is after something.
Heeding his grandfather's dying words, Zac is off to Ghana to track down his family's history. But what did his grandfather mean when he said that Zac had the map to the treasure? Following every clue he can find, Zac begins to suspect that the treasure is real, and hidden in one of Ghana's old slave forts. Too bad the killers always seem to be one step ahead of him. With no one he can trust and with everything to lose, Zac races against time as he tries to uncover the truth about the past—and a fortune in gold.


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A touch screen assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a rearview mirror being disposed in an interior of the automotive vehicle and having at least one glass surface. The touch screen assembly also includes a plurality of electrodes attached to the at least one glass surface. The electrodes are closely coupled defining a contact area. The contact area is a region, when touched by an occupant changes electrical characteristics between the electrodes.
1. A rearview mirror assembly in for an automotive vehicle comprising:
a rearview mirror adapted to be disposed in an interior of the automotive vehicle;
a layer of liquid crystal having a first perimeter and defined to be within the physical boundaries of said rearview mirror;
a plurality of first electrodes attached to a surface of said rearview mirror; and
said first electrodes closely coupled defining a contact area, said contact area being a region, when touched by an occupant changes electrical characteristics between said first electrodes.
2. A rearview mirror assembly as set forth in
3. A rearview mirror assembly as set forth in
4. A rearview mirror assembly as set forth in
5. A rearview mirror assembly comprising:
a rearview mirror adapted to be disposed in an interior of the automotive vehicle and having at least one glass surface;
a layer of liquid crystal having a first perimeter and associated with said at least one glass surface to display information from said at least one glass surface within a field of vision of an operator of a vehicle;
a transparent first electrode disposed so that it is directly adjacent the layer of said liquid crystal;
a plurality of second electrodes attached to a surface of said at least one glass surface; and
said electrodes closely coupled defining a contact area, said contact area being a region, when touched by an occupant changes electrical characteristics between said second electrodes.
The present application is divisional application of application Ser. No. 09/814,600, filed March 23, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,654,070.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to liquid crystal displays and, more particularly, to a liquid crystal display and touch screen technology for a windshield of an automotive vehicle.
2. Description of the Related Art
1) Liquid-Crystal. The technology of liquid-crystal is well known and extensively utilized. Calculators primarily use liquid-crystal for their numeric displays. These are known as liquid-crystal-displays (LCD). These LCD's are produced in a variety of shapes.
Since liquid crystal molecules respond to an external applied voltage, liquid crystal can be used as an optical switch, or light valve. A common arrangement is two parallel glass plates, each with a polarizing film on its outer side. The space between the plates is filled with the liquid crystal polymer. The technical designation for the most commonly used liquid crystal type is twisted nematic (TN), and the twist refers to the tendency of the polymers to form chains that rotate from one side of the gap between the plates to the other side. This alignment can be changed with an external electric field, allowing the polarization of incoming light to be changed.
Light passing through one of the polarizers, then through the cell (the arrangement of plates, and liquid crystal), has its polarization direction rotated, following the physical rotation of the liquid crystal. When viewed, the cell is clear, or transmitting. A transparent electrical conductor is deposited on the inner surfaces of the glass plates, and patterned into a series of mutually perpendicular lines. If a voltage is placed across the cell gap by addressing the appropriate line on each side of the cell, the liquid crystal reorients to follow the applied electric filed, and the material is "untwisted". As long as the voltage is present, passage of light will be blocked by the exit polarizer. When the voltage is turned off, the liquid crystal returns to its original state, and the pixel (defined viewing area) becomes clear again. Typical voltages and currents are quite low, which is why liquid crystal displays have been incorporated in battery-operated equipment, and in other applications where power consumption is an issue.
2) Heads-Up-Display (HUD). Originally developed for the use of the military in fighter aircraft. Now HUD has been translated to broader commercial use in automotive vehicles.
A HUD works by reflecting an image off the windshield into the drivers line of sight. The image presented to the driver is information pertaining to the vehicle's status such as speed. This allows the driver to easily determine the vehicle speed while looking out through the windshield. Thus allowing the driver to maintain their heads up position while driving instead of breaking their view of the road to determine speed. A light intensive image is necessary so that it is able to reflect off the windshield. The equipment necessary to generate the image is set below the windshield and the image generated is projected up into the windshield which in turn is reflected off the windshield and into the drivers line of vision. Sometimes special optics are used to define and focus the image so that after the image is reflected off the windshield the driver is presented with a clear and coherent image.
3) Touch screen technology. Touch screen technology is in use on many video screens to enhance user interface. The user can activate software selection simply by touching the display screen. One technical way of detecting if the display screen has been touched has been described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,636,409 by Norman J. Braaten. Transparent electrodes are placed on the surface of the screen, a person touches one of the transparent electrodes, an increase in capacitance occurs which is sensed by the change in frequency of an oscillator circuit. The oscillations corresponding to the various electrodes are counted and compared to a threshold value to provide an indication of which, if any, of the electrodes has been touched. The software then uses this as input information and resumes with program.
4) Dashboard layout and configuration. Due to the numerous amount of features currently available and with even more desired by designers the available dashboard real-estate is extremely limited. Also the available space is further constrained because some features are essential and required such as airbags. Among the features are things like; engine performance indices (engine temperature, oil pressure, electrical voltages, etc.), air vents, vehicle speed, time, navigation aids, radios, CD players, cassette players, climate controls, cell phones, cup holders, etc. . . . All of these features are competing for very limited dashboard real-estate.
According to the present invention, an interactive heads up display (IHUD) is a passive information display and allowing selection that uses the windshield as the actual platform. Passive in the sense that the display isn't generating the light, it simply blocks ambient light. Activation of information on the IHUD is accomplished using the windshield as well. The interactive heads up display is the integration of the windshield, an LCD, and a selection device. So that the windshield acts as a multifunction device, as a device to shield the driver from wind, as a display platform and as a device to control the displayed information.
The interactive heads up display includes the following elements, two sheets of glass, a layer of liquid crystal, an annular shaped piece of plastic, three sets of transparent electrodes, two polarizing elements, and equipment to provide a voltage to the interactive heads up display assembly and to measure electrical characteristics.
The two sheets are congruent pieces of glass that when sandwiched together form the windshield. Sandwiched between these two sheets of glass is a very thin layer of liquid crystal. In addition, also sandwiched in between is a clear ring of plastic surrounding the liquid crystal to prevent the liquid crystal from moving so that its position remains static. Two sets of transparent electrodes are positioned at the inner surfaces of both sheets of glass so that electrodes are in direct contact on both sides of the liquid crystal. On the outside sheets of glass two polarizers, crossed with each other, are placed on both sides of the windshield over the region of the liquid crystal, so that any light passing through the liquid crystal will also first pass through one polarizer, the liquid crystal, and then the other polarizer. The windshield can now act as a LCD, except in a see-through mode. Whenever an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal via the transparent electrodes, this causes the region to appear dark. This by the principals of LCD. By arranging the electrodes in an ordered manner, any information can be displayed, such as can be noted by LCD presently found today. The third set of electrodes are attached to the surface of the windshield. This surface being on the interior of the vehicle and accessible to a vehicle driver/occupant. The vehicle driver/occupant can now easily touch these transparent electrodes and change the measured electrical characteristics of these electrodes. This change then be used to switch on or off the displayed information.
The interactive heads up display functions using the similar principals found on touch screen displays and on LCD calculators. Except the glass of the windshield acts as the implementation platform. First the glass acts as selection platform. And also the windshield acts as viewing platform as the case of a calculator. But the glass is not functioning exactly the same because the driver is presented the information by ambient light passing through the windshield.
The purposes of the present invention are as follows:
1. Currently because the space found on dashboards is limited and very valuable in terms of competing interests. The interactive heads up display would provide additional area for information display and selection. Allowing the designers a greater flexibility in designing the vehicle dashboard.
2. Currently the HUDs (heads up displays) used in auto vehicles implement a bulky system of reflectors and a CRT (cathode-ray-tube). The interactive heads up display would constitute a weight saving thus improving the gas mileage of the automotive vehicle. The weight increase would be minimal because the interactive heads up display would be using the windshield as the display platform which is already present on the vehicle. Thus providing an overall net weight savings.
3. The interactive heads up display would also constitute a space savings in place of the old type HUD system. Allowing the designers a greater flexibility in designing the vehicle dashboard by providing room for other instrumentation or increased interior dashboard room.
4. The interactive heads up display (HUD) would use a minimal amount of current compared with the old type HUD system. Because LCDs (liquid crystal displays) require a minimal amount of current. Thus decreasing the power requirements supplied by the engine which would translate in a savings of fuel which would translate into increased gas milage. Also because of the reduced voltages there would be a corresponding reduction of EMI (Electromagnetic interference) in the environment. This reduced EMI would improve radio reception due to the reduced noise in the received signal.
5. There is also increased awareness by the driver of the road because in order to make a selection the driver does not have to look away from the road. So fewer breaks of road observation are made.
6. Because the hardware for building an IHUD is less complex and extensive compared to a traditional HUD. Far more vehicles could be equipped with an IHUD, whereas now a HUD would not be considered due to prohibitive cost and weight. Any vehicle that has a windshield could be built with an IHUD as an option with very little redesigning. The electronics responsible for controlling the LCD would be comparable in cost with a hand-held calculator.
7. The cost of manufacture would also be reduced because the cost of attaching electrodes on the windshield would be cheaper than building a separate switch mechanism to control the IHUD.
8. The IHUD allows greater design flexibility than a traditional HUD. The IHUD can place information anywhere on the windshield that is desired. A traditional HUD is constrained by the placement of the equipment that reflects the information. No such constraints exist for the IHUD. In addition the IHUD can display information in two separate areas of the windshield at the same time. This is not possible with a traditional HUD. A traditional HUD can only display information in one particular region at one time.
9. The improved visibility in bright daylight. The IHUD would provide a very clear image in bright sunlight. In fact the brighter the day the better the image becomes due to the increased contrast. Unlike the traditional HUD, because the luminous image generated would be more difficult to ascertain against a background of bright or direct sunlight.
FIG. 1—Is a perspective view showing relationship between polarizers, sheets of glass, and disc-shaped thin film of liquid crystal.
FIG. 2—Is a perspective view showing relationship between sheets of glass, disc-shaped film of liquid crystal, and annular ring of plastic.
FIG. 3—Is a cross-sectional view showing relationship of polarizers, sheets of glass, liquid crystal, and thermoplastic beads.
FIG. 4—Is a perspective view showing principals of liquid crystal display.
FIG. 5—Is a perspective view of a interactive heads up display according to the present invention, illustrated in an operational relationship with an automotive vehicle.
FIG. 6—Is a drawing showing an arrangement of two electrodes in an interlocking pattern.
FIGS. 7 and 8—Are two drawings showing a driver/occupant activating the selection interface of the interactive heads up display.
Referring to the drawings, an interactive heads up display, according to the present invention, includes two pieces of congruent glass 1,2, a thin film of disc-shaped liquid crystal 3, two separate, transparent electrodes 12,13,14,17,18 and a thin film, annular piece of clear plastic 7.
For purposes of clarity the IHUD will be described in two parts. First a method of displaying information will be described. Second a method of information selection using the windshield will be described.
The two pieces of congruent glass 1,2 when placed together form a windshield of a vehicle such as an automotive vehicle. From now on I will refer to the pieces of glass as sheets of glass. I will call one sheet the outside sheet of glass 1 or (outside glass sheet) and the other sheet of glass as the inside sheet of glass 2 or (inside glass sheet). The following paragraph describes why those conventions were chosen.
When this twin-sheeted windshield is on any vehicle and a person was seated inside the vehicle and were to reach forward and touch the windshield, the person would touch the "inside" glass sheet. The other glass sheet, the one exposed to the outside environment, would be called the outside glass sheet.
I will also use the phrase, inner surface. What I am referring to is the surface of a glass sheet that is facing the other glass sheet. When I use the phrase outer surface, I am referring to the surface of a glass sheet that is facing away from the other glass sheet.
There are two sets of electrodes. Whenever I refer to an electrode or electrodes attached to the inner surface of the outside sheet of glass I will say front electrode or front electrodes. Whenever I refer to an electrode or electrodes attached to the inner surface of the inside sheet of glass I will say rear electrode or rear electrodes.
When the two congruent sheets of glass 1,2 are placed together to form the windshield, sandwiched in between the sheets is a thin film of disc-shaped liquid crystal 3 surrounded by a thin-film, annular piece of clear plastic 7 as illustrated in
There are two polarizers 4,5. Both polarizers are disc-shaped. Polarizer 4 is attached to the outer surface of the outside glass sheet 1 above the region of the liquid crystal. Polarizer 5 is attached on the opposite side on the outside surface of the inside glass sheet 2 as illustrated in FIG. 1. More specifically; imagine an imaginary point in the center of the disc-shaped liquid crystal 3. Then extend an imaginary perpendicular line from that point in both directions. Now where that imaginary line intersects the outside surfaces of both glass sheets 1,2 another point is formed. Both polarizers 4,5 are centered on these imaginary points on the outside surfaces of both glass sheets 1,2 so that the polarizers 4,5 lie directly above and below the disc-shaped liquid crystal 3. The diameters of both disc-shaped polarizers 4,5 are 1.5 inches. An important point to realize here is that the diameter of the polarizers 4,5 are smaller than the diameter of the disc-shaped liquid crystal 3, which in this case is two (2) inches. The polarizing film would be transparent acrylic and the thickness would be approximately twenty-five (25) micrometers.
Both polarizers 4,5 have lines of polarization. The lines of polarizers 4,5 will be crossed with respect to each other. No matter what the orientation of one polarizer, the lines of polarization of the other must be shifted 90 degrees with respect to the other polarizer. This is done so that the liquid crystal can function as a twisted nematic liquid crystal display.
Another important factor so that the liquid crystal can function as a liquid crystal display is the thickness of the liquid crystal. This is usually between five (5) and fifty (50) micrometers. To help maintain a uniform separation between the glass sheets, thermoplastic beads 6 will be inserted between the sheets of glass 1,2 in the liquid crystal 3 as illustrated in FIG. 3. Once immersed in the liquid crystal 3 the beads 6 become invisible to the eye. Thermoplastic beads are used because their dimensions are relatively invariant when subject to variations of temperature over a large range. In a vehicle this is important as vehicles are typically subject to a wide range of temperatures.
Two sets of transparent electrodes would be attached to the inner surfaces of the windshields. These electrodes are used to subject the liquid crystal to an electric field. The front electrodes are used to apply a positive charge and the rear electrode will act as ground. Although this convention is not necessary, it can be reversed. The transparent electrodes attached to the inner surfaces of the glass sheets 1,2 run from the edge of the glass to an area indicated by the dotted line 16 in FIG. 5. At the edge of the windshield the electrodes are attached to driving electronics (not shown) that control which electrodes have a field applied to them. It should be appreciated that the driving electronics are conventional and known in the art. The transparent electrodes are typically a layer of tin oxide or indium oxide coated on the glass. The purpose of the electrodes are not only to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal but also the manner in which the regions of the electrodes are arranged geometrically fully determines what the LCD looks like. The driving electronics and the arrangement of the electrodes determine what information can be displayed by the LCD. A low voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, for purposes of illustration I will use five 5 volts.
The whole arrangement of liquid crystal and two polarizing films, lie in a region of the windshield (the windshield being constructed by the two sheets of glass 1 2) inside the circular dotted line in FIG. 5. The transparent electrodes terminate within the region of the dotted line and also the terminating regions of the electrodes sandwich the liquid crystal. When the driver 15 looks forward and the driver's gaze meets the windshield this forms an imaginary point. Which I have indicated by drawing a dotted line from point of view of driver to where drivers view would meet the windshield if the driver were looking forward and level. The region I have designated for the display to be, resides within the indicated dotted circular line. This region is somewhat to the right and somewhat lower than the point indicated where the driver's gaze meets the windshield. However this region is not so far to the right that it is in or near the center of the windshield. Again this is only an approximate location that cannot be exactly specified due to the fact that; a viewers height varies from person, heights of seats vary from vehicle to vehicle, vertical and horizontal dimensions of windshields vary, and slopes that windshields are set into vehicles vary.
Referring to
I will now choose two light rays entering the interactive heads up display from the outside rays 10 11. To begin with outside or exterior light is unpolarized. In other words the light rays 10 12 are vibrating in random planes. As light rays 10 11 pass through the outside polarizer 4 they both become polarized in the same plane. In this example, for purposes of clarity and illustration, I have chosen the outside polarizer to be horizontally aligned and the inside polarizer to be vertically aligned. However, this is not necessary, all that is necessary is that the outside and inside polarizers be rotated ninety (90) degrees out of alignment with respect to each other. So rays 10 11 become polarized in the horizontal plane.
The rays then pass through the outside glass sheet 1. The rays pass through the front electrodes 12 13.
The front top electrode has a voltage applied from the voltage source (not shown). The bottom electrode has no voltage applied to it.
The light rays pass through the liquid crystal.
As ray 11 passes through the liquid crystal 3, the ray 11 twists itself ninety (90) degrees to a horizontal alignment.
As light ray 10 passes through the liquid crystal 3 it remains in its horizontal alignment. The reason for this is because the liquid crystal that ray 10 passes through has an electric field applied to it. This electric field causes the liquid crystal to align itself so that no twisting of light occurs as light passes through. The liquid crystal that ray 11 passes through has no electric field applied to it, because of this, light twists as it passes through the liquid crystal. So when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal, the liquid crystal aligns itself in such a manner that light aligned in a specific plane does not twist as it passes through. And when no electric field is applied to the liquid crystal, light that is aligned in a specific plane twists as it passes through the liquid crystal.
So now light ray 10 is still aligned in a horizontal plane, and ray 11 is now aligned in a vertical plane, after passing through the liquid crystal 3.
The rays 10 11 pass through the rear electrode and the inside sheet of glass 2.
The rays 10 11 come to the inside polarizer 5. The inside polarizer 5 is vertically aligned. Since ray 11 is now vertically aligned it passes through the inside polarizer 5. However since 10 is still horizontally polarized it is blocked by the inside polarizer 5 and does not pass.
To a viewer situated in the path of the oncoming rays viewer would only see ray 11 and not ray 10.
So for a viewer observing the region of the two electrodes. The region of the top electrode would be dark, because no light would be passing through, and the region of the bottom electrode would be clear. If both electrodes had a voltage applied, both regions would be dark. If neither had a voltage applied then everything would be clear. If the bottom electrode had a voltage applied, the region of the bottom electrode would be dark and the top-would be clear. (An important point to understand is that the liquid crystal that is not between the electrodes will always remain clear due to the fact that there can be no applied electric field.
So through this method, by strategically placing electrodes and applying voltages to the electrodes, any information can be supplied to the driver/viewer 15. These electrodes would be controlled through the use of electronic circuits. So for example by arranging the electrodes in a seven-segment manner that is found on most calculators one is able display any number from 0 to 9. By arranging two seven-segment sets of electrodes next to each other any number from 0 to 99 can be displayed. So then for example the current speed can be numerically expressed to the driver/viewer 15 any value from 0 to 99. An example is shown in
To sum up this is a windshield that is acting as an LCD in a see-through or transmissive mode as opposed to the reflective mode that is currently being utilized in such LCD applications as calculator displays.
An earlier point in the dimension of the polarizers and liquid crystal can now be better explained. I stated that the diameter of the liquid crystal is larger than the diameter of the polarizers. The reason for this is as follows.
If I had specified them both as having the same diameter it is possible that some light could have passed through both polarizers but not the liquid crystal, thus a slight curved line might appear. This is due to the fact that in manufacturing if both are specified as having the same diameter then it is possible that any imprecision in the manufacturing process could cause the diameter of the liquid crystal to be smaller than the polarizers at some point or points. So if the liquid crystal is specified as having a slightly larger diameter any light passing through the polarizers will always pass through the liquid crystal. The important point that I'd like to emphasize is that the diameter should be large enough to prevent light from going through both polarizers without going through the liquid crystal.
Also another important aspect to realize is that anywhere front and back electrodes cross one another and have some liquid crystal between, it should be realized that there lies the potential of changing the alignment of the liquid crystal through an applied electric field. So care should be applied when arranging the electrodes to avoid unwanted changes in the liquid crystal, which would in turn translate to unwanted darkened regions.
An alternate method to the way I've described is a slight variation. Remove the annular piece of plastic, and have the liquid crystal throughout the entire windshield. Basically, the thin film of liquid crystal would be the same dimensions as the windshield, the liquid crystal being sandwiched between the two glass sheets. Also the two cross-polarized sheets of film would cover the entire surface of the windshield. This way the transparent electrodes could be placed anywhere on the windshield thus allowing a greater flexibility in the design constraints involving the placement of the electrodes or multiple electrodes.
Next the selection device and method of information selection will be described.
On the surface of the windshield, that is in the vehicle interior, are attached two transparent electrodes 17,18. Attached to the electrodes will be driving/control electronics (not shown). The two electrodes 17,18 will run from the edge of the glass to an area indicated by the dotted line 19. This dotted line cannot be seen by the driver/viewer. The two transparent electrodes will be coupled together in an interlocking pattern such as illustrated in
The above description shall not be construed as limiting ways in which this invention may be practiced but shall be inclusive of many other variations that do not depart from the broad interest and intent of the invention.
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Mr. Rose... if the point is how much a commuter saves in out-of-pocket costs this column provides an estimate.
But, if the point is a comparison of true cost...it is a failure. Each rider on mass transit is subsidized by taxes or by government grants that pay the purchase cost of the vehicle, the salary of the driver, the benefits of the driver, the cost of the creation of the rails, the maintenance costs, the cost of liability insurance, the cost of administration, marketing, and so on and so on.
To compare the true savings of a rider not paying for his own vehicle, you would have to add all the costs that the public pays for the rider to pay only a subsidized fee that doesn't cover the true cost.
Wisconsin 1:00 pm on FX has been announced.
That's 3:00 pm in Madison, so there should be no complants from Badger fans about playing at Midnight when they travel to the West Coast.
Several Oregon and Oregon State athletes are also finishing in under four years from the advantage they possess with scholarships and the ability to attend summer school, or enter the university prior to the end of their high school senior year....such as Darron Thomas.
These academic athletes rarely get acknowledgment for their academic work ethic. But, their early degree progress opens class slots for non-athlete students.
"....but you must also consider the purchase price of the car, monthly payment of at least $200 plus another $30 or so for insurance."
Duh? The car owner has to pay for the car. The transit rider is asking the taxpayers to pay for the car and subsidize the cost of his driver. It may be a good deal for the transit rider because somebody else is paying his cost. Maybe the transit rider should pay for the true cost with higher transit fees...then the cost of the two will be more comparable.
"...one thing clear: You are not entitled to free public transit"
Actually, you are not entitled to public transit whether free to riders or not.
Like any program whose construction, startup, or operation is subsidized with taxpayer dollars there comes a day when it must be severely reduced or eliminated.
What are the plans for Tri-Met expansion while facing an operating deficiit at the current operating level?
Chip: "Golf could be played a lot faster if you could hit your ball before your opponent was ready."
Or, "Win the Weekend"
"....fifth in the Pac-12 recruiting acceptable?"
Recent weeks have seen several articles on college basketball transfers which now number 40 percent prior to the junior year. On a current CBS.com list over 450 players have announced transfers since the 2012 season.
Recruting may now have to be evaluated based upon who is still playing their junior seasons at the same school.
This week, former Oregon Duck Matt Humphrey moved to West Virginia after a season at Boston College. That's a 3-fer which may require its own category.
As usual there is a passing arrow mentioning Mr. Knight.
Knight donated to supplement OSU coach Casey's contract when he was considering the Notre Dame offer. The term and amount of the donation are readily available via a Google search.
To my knowledge, Knight has not shown passionate interest in Oregon baseball. Certainly Pat Kilkenny showed interested and donated toward re-establishing the program...thus PK Park.
Knight is a great sports fan, but I believe baseball is Kilkenny's baby.
"...fans that support the team win or lose as OSU fans do"
Gill Coliseum used to rock. Not sure about 2012, but in 2011 the home attendance average was 5,318 in a 9,600 plus facility.
Baseball is a niche sport. It is like cat lovers. Either you love 'em or hate 'em.
I don't denigrate baseball fans...but I just don't share their interest in the game.
If the Ducks can be competitive in baseball, fans will follow...because it is the Ducks. But, if they are not competitive, then the fan interest will be limited to baseball lovers.
Aside from football, basketball and track....Oregon fans are only going to show great enthusiasm if there is a conference or NCAA title on the line. Nebraska fans love football, but very little interest in anything else. Ever notice how few fans show up for USC basketball games?
There is a reason why football and basketball are considered the two sports that carry the freight.
Doesn't mean Oregon doesn't have some die-hard baseball fans, but the reality is that with the exception of perhaps 5 or 6 programs nationally that baseball is not going to be a bell weather of fan interest generally.
Still the die-hards can support Oregon baseball, and the peripheral fans can make the difference on the economics of the program if the team plays well.
"In dollars, next year's tax hikes would be the biggest. It would be, GOP leaders in Congress say again and again, "the largest tax increase in American history.""
The two sentences seem pretty consistent to me. And, the media wonders why a lot of the public thinks they show bias?
One of the complications for a mileage fee is that not all roads are owned by government agencies and utilize public funds to be maintained, but the miles would appear on the odometer.
For example, in rural areas there are local access roads which are neither owned nor maintained by the county.
They are different than county owned and maintained roads. Counties vary by how they fund county roads, how much money is spent designing and building them, maintaining them, snow removal, repair, etc.
State paved highways are different still, and cooperative agreements exist in localities over which level of government will maintain roads, signals, signage, etc.
A mile on the odometer in a rural area driven on a local access road has much different implications than a mile driven on the highway from Portland to Mt. Hood. And, an Oregonian living in a rural area may put a lot of miles on the odometer for trips that never touch a state road.
And, I won't even get into using a pickup for farm work where the pickup never leaves a field and touches a road of any kind.
Before the meet...there were 3 contenders....Texas A&M, LSU and Oregon. Tex A&M finished well back in third..not close.
LSU had a set of great performances...and other teams present did not give LSU the competition that was expected.
Lananna's expectations included some of these other teams taking points that would have denied LSU points. They didn't, and LSU took advantage. Kudo's to LSU for taking advantage.
So, how does this work exactly for vehicles registered out-of-state which travel Oregon roadways?
A Idaho resident visiting the Oregon coast pays Oregon gas tax, how would you charge him for mileage?
Then there is this:
"... Nissan, after selling 1,708 Leaf sedans last June, has experienced a sales decline - it sold just 370 of the all-electric vehicles in April, down from 579 units in March and 478 in February." Uh, that's nation-wide folks.
"We're stunned," said Janet Meyer, interim CEO of a consortium of Portland-area hospitals and other providers called the Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative. "That wasn't the impression we had been given throughout the process."
Stunned? Really? You are dealing with Governor Kitz. Agreeing to a promise he makes for an extraction he takes from your wallet shows how naive you are. The guy and his Demo buddies cannot be trusted on anything dealing with private enterprise.
Leopard skin? Getting under Tiger's skin may be their objective.
"...economy of a third world country."
Makes sense. Matches the dictator wanna-be in Salem.
"...the plan focused on identifying and facilitating private-sector financing of many measures."
That is code for taxpayer financed via surcharges on electrical bills, higher gas taxes, specific taxes on air conditioner purchases, etc. The private sector means every-day Oregonians.
In the 16 regionals, 6 teams won on the road where 6 home teams lost. Kent State won on the road.
Home field is an advantage, but as those 6 teams proved, it is not a lock. Respect every opponent.
There has been a lot of dumb logic in The Oregonian editorials over the years but this may take the prize...
"....tourism and movie production in Josephine County, where some scenes for "Rooster Cogburn" and "The River Wild" were filmed. We like those ideas."
Assuming you could even interest one movie per year, the production company is on location no more than two months with the primary local need catering services. This is not a replacement for mills that employed 150-200 people each, were year-round jobs, with benefits, and utilized local vendors to provide year-round services and products.
Likewise, tourism is seasonal employment and won't generate much to county coffers which rely on property taxes. Most waitresses can't afford to own homes and pay taxes.
Who writes this crap for the O?


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First Hawaiian Bank is the largest and oldest financial institution in Hawaii. The company was founded more than 150 years ago. Currently, First Hawaiian Bank offers financial services, including business and personal banking, mortgage services, wealth management and financing services. The main goal of the company throughout the years is customer satisfaction. If you feel as if your needs are not met, contact the customer service department or the corporate headquarters by email, by phone, by traditional mail or through social media.
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Phone Contact Numbers
The customer service department is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Customer Service: 1-888-844-4444
- Customer Service (Oahu): 1-808-844-44444
- Mobile Banking: 1-888-643-4343
- Mobile Banking (Oahu): 1-808-643-4343
- TTY (Oahu): 1-808-848-5491
- Corporate Headquarters: 1-808-525-7000
Mailing Address
First Hawaiian BankP.O. Box 3200Honolulu, HI 96847
First Hawaiian Bank999 Bishop St.Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Official Website
Customers visiting the First Hawaiian Bank website https://www.fhb.com/en/ have the ability to sign into their account or sign up for services. You can apply for financial services, other services or locate a branch near you. There is information on the website relating to financial markets, including mortgages, loans and savings. If you need additional assistance prior to connecting with the customer service department, visit the Customer Resource page. This portion of the website features FAQs and general information pertaining to financial services.
Social Media
First Hawaiian Bank is not active on social media. Throughout the social media pages, you can read information relating to products and services. There was little information relating to customer service. We did notice a few conversations between the customer service department and customers, but the average response time was more than three (3) business days.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstHawaiianBank
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/first-hawaiian-bank
Customer Service Email
Customers wishing to voice concerns relating to products or services can email the customer service department. We sent an email address asking for information relating to the forms needed to start an account online. Although the automated response stated a representative would respond within 48 hours, we have not received a response.
- Customer Service: firstname.lastname@example.com
Our Experience
Due to the length of the call, our experience contacting First Hawaiian Bank was less than stellar. We called the hotline and listened to the options. We were able to bypass the options by selecting zero (0). This is when the wait began. We waiting on hold for more than 15 minutes before a customer care agent answered the call. After asking several questions relating to service, we were placed on hold again. By the end of the call, all of our concerns were addressed, but the call lasted more than 30 minutes. Was your experience any better than our experience? We would love to hear from customers just like you. Comment below.


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Customers have the opportunity to choose between two commodity price options: monthly Index Price Option (IPO) or a term of one or two-year Fixed Price Option (FPO).
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Highway Patrol: Avoid I-95 in Brevard County
Series of pileups close lanes
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posted Jun 28, 2010 - 12:26:25pm
Pileups on Interstate 95 have lanes blocked in Brevard County, and the Florida Highway Patrol is advising drivers to avoid I-95 in the Melbourne and Fellsmere areas.
A traffic alert issued at 12:05 p.m. lists the following crashes:
• A nine-car crash occurred in the southbound lanes at mile marker 191 with complete road blockage, minor injury and no one transported at this time.
• A second crash happened southbound at the 193 mile marker, with no injuries.
• There were five separate crashes in the northbound lanes of I-95 in the Melbourne and Fellsmere area. Some have roadblocks.
"It was raining in the area. It is unknown if all of the crashes are weather related," the report stated.
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We. Are. So. Excited. There is going to be another Pee Wee Herman movie made, which will be produced by Judd Apatow's production company! Oh, how our childhood was molded by Pee Wee's first adventure, traveling across these great United States in search of his bicycle, all the while discovering the Alamo doesn't have a basement and trying not to get clobbered by Simone's boyfriend Andy at the Dino Park.
Paul Reubens revived the Pee Wee character for a stage show which has been performing to sold out audiences in L.A. this year (and will come to New York in the fall). Apatow took in one of the performances and got the idea for a new movie, saying "Let's face it, the world needs more Pee-wee Herman. I am so excited to be working with Paul Reubens — who is an extraordinary and ground-breaking actor and writer. It's so great to watch him return with such relevance." The love is mutual, as Reubens seems equally thrilled to partner with Apatow, saying "There is no one like Judd in our business — he loves comedy with emotion and heart, and he sees what we do as art. I can't believe I'm getting this opportunity to be working with him." This can't happen fast enough, in our opinion. The real question though is will evil bike thief Francis Buxton return??
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(AP) NEW YORK - The New York City homeless man _ whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation _ is back on the streets with no shoes.
The New York Times ( http://nyti.ms/UjCGbY) found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper identified him as Jeffrey Hillman, formerly of South Plainfield, N.J.
Asked about the $100 all-weather boots Officer Larry DePrimo gave him on Nov. 14, Hillman says he's hidden them because "they are worth a lot of money."
He says he's grateful for the gift, but he wants "a piece of the pie" because the photo was posted online "without permission."
An Arizona tourist snapped the photo of the officer presenting new boots to Hillman. It went viral after it was posted on the NYPD's Facebook page.
Information from: The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com
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