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The lion might be king of the jungle, but the tiger rules over the whole earth! That's according to Asian folklore, where the savage feline represents the unleashed might of nature. The tiger's ferocity also imbues the majestic gemstone that bears its name. Tiger's eye is considered a gem of courage — a precious stone that represents raw power, grandeur and glory. One folklorist even claims, "To meet a person wearing a tiger-eye stone as a jewel, indicates coming danger."
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navy and gold trimmed 'Hayley' triangle bikini top
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A comfortable classic triangle top from Marc by Marc Jacobs with a gold trim. Perfectly pairs with the Hayley gold trim bottoms, or can be mixed and matched to suit your style.
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"When it comes to my life I have always been an optimist. My door is always open, and My pants are always down."
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"Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all"
"Be careful who you talk to on the playground when your seven. You still might know them when you are 70."
"If a woman has a biological clock, than a man has an inner compass, that sends him off in all directions"
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I haven't written an update for the status on sky.FreeBSD.org (the next www.FreeBSD.org) for a while and that's unfortunately since there isn't much news. "Things" have a tendency to get in the way… That said, some progress has been made, e.g. I think all CGI scripts except man.cgi have been updated to work with perl 5.8, so that's one less issue which has to be dealt with.
If anybody is wondering which things I'm talking about that is taking my time it's e.g. FreeBSD-SA-06:19.openssl, FreeBSD-SA-06:20.bind, and FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip which took some of my time in the last couple of weeks (not that I was the only one working on them – far from – but I handle a part of them).
FreeBSD-SA-06:20.bind was a particularly cooperative advisory. It was mainly written by philip@, remko@, and myself with language fixes by cperciva@ and brueffer@. And of cause the thanks to both philip@ and remko@ for that is prodding them to write more. The thanks to brueffer@ was another advisory for him to proofread.
And when you, the reader, find all the typo's and grammar errors in this blog post you know why I never write an advisory entirely by myself – somebody always need to check my Danglish :-).


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Torso length, wide inflatable sleeping pads. Something around 10oz would be nice.
Mountains in Michigan :-)
For the times I do get into the Sierra Parks, a sub 1# ,7 days of food bear canister. I have to believe this can be done.
Edited by lakneremu on 06/02/2014 19:22:42 MDT.
"Mountains in Michigan :-) " Perhaps i'm being greedy in lieu of the above, but i want real mountains in VA (and a longer, colder winter would be nice).
If we are playing that game, I'd like a mountain in London ;)
Justin,I have a sneaking suspicion that Stephen M. would gladly trade you some of his cold Michigan winter weather for some of your not quite "real" Virginia mountains! :)
You got that right Derek :-)
Ditto on a truly ultralight umbrella using reflective material (needs to not degrade due to UV) and carbon fiber. I'd love to cut my chrome dome weight in half.
Edited by mwgillenwater on 06/03/2014 15:21:13 MDT.
Short wide mat with a decent R value.
"A sub 1# ,7 days of food bear canister."I'm sure someone could take and Ursack like soft bag and incorporate a hard screw on top.Think that's the only way to get to 1#.Would love to see it work.
"A sub 1# ,7 days of food bear canister."+1, but I'm not sure the technology exists.
An ultralight lumbar pack similar to the Mountainsmith Day (including cinching down to control bouncing) that doesn't take up significant space in my luggage when I travel.
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December 18, 2006
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in November 2006, following declines of 0.5 percent in each of the preceding two months.
Energy prices, which declined sharply in September and October, fell 0.2 percent in November. Within energy, the index for petroleum-based energy decreased 1.5 percent while the index for energy services increased 1.2 percent.
The food index decreased 0.1 percent in November. The index for all items less food and energy was virtually unchanged in November, following an increase of 0.1 percent in October. A 0.4-percent increase in shelter costs was partially offset by declines in the indexes for apparel and for the non-energy portion of the transportation index, particularly the indexes for new and used vehicles and for airline fares.
During the first 11 months of 2006, the CPI-U rose at a 2.2 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 3.4 percent for all of 2005.
For the 12 months ended in November 2006, the CPI-U rose 2.0 percent, as shown in the chart.
These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program. To learn more, see "Consumer Price Index: November 2006" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 06-2071.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, CPI in November on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/dec/wk3/art01.htm (visited October 09, 2015).
New estimates of personal taxes in Consumer Expenditure Survey
In 2013, the Consumer Expenditure Survey improved its personal tax data.
Trends in long-term unemployment
Long-term unemployment reached historically high levels following the recession of 2007–2009.
Housing: before, during, and after the Great Recession
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Michael VanderbylAmerican (Oakland, California, 1947)
Esprit Kids Brochure
1987printed material | lithograph
Not on view at this time; find out where you can see works from our collection at locations around the Bay Area while our building is closed for expansion
16 in. x 10 3/4 in. (40.64 cm x 27.31 cm)
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UNESCO OER Toolkit
Last October, I mentioned that the UNESCO OER Community was developing an OER Toolkit "aimed at individual academics and decision-makers in higher education institutions interested in becoming active participants in the OER world, as publishers and users of OER." Today, the draft version (1.1) has been released with an announcement by Philipp Schmidt of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa:
"15 October 2009 — Today the UNESCO OER Toolkit (with support from the UNESCO Communications and Information Sector) was released as a resource for academics and institutions — with a special focus on developing countries — who are interested in participating in open education projects.
OVERVIEW — Most of the Toolkit is designed for academics who are interested in finding and using OER in the courses they teach, or who wish to publish OER that they have developed. Some sections are aimed at institutional decision-makers and academics that [are] interested in setting up a more formal OER project. These projects may start with just a few interested academics but, as they grow, institutional policies, funding and legal constraints become more relevant. Individuals who are not aiming to set up a institutional project may nonetheless be interested to read the whole document. Likewise, institutional planners, IT staff or librarians who are interested in setting up an OER project would benefit from understanding the academic's perspective."
The toolkit, like the all content on the UNESCO OER Community site, is available via CC BY-SA.Comments Off on UNESCO OER Toolkit
CC Talks With: A chat with Stephen Downes on OER
A prominent member of the open education community, Stephen Downes is a researcher, blogger, and big thinker in open education and access related issues. He frequently debates with other open education advocates via the medium of the Internet, once in a while meeting up in person at conferences to hash out more of the same. I thought I might capture his slice of insight into the future of open educational resources and how he views them evolving in an ideal world.
So I caught up with him via Skype; and though different operating systems and timezones may have jumbled some of our conversation, I was still able to catch most of his words, if not the heart of his views. Below is our chat transcribed, in more or less the same fashion as it progressed.3 Comments »
Dealing with Legally Incompatible Content in OER
Last month, ccLearn published "Otherwise Open: Managing Incompatible Content in OER". For those of you who never got around to reading the paper, it basically provides an overview of the problem posed by the incorporation of "all-rights-reserved" materials into otherwise open educational resources (OER). It also explores ways of dealing with this problem and the trade-offs involved in relying on jurisdictional copyright exceptions and limitations, such as fair use or fair dealing. As the paper is intended to spur further inquiry and research globally, "Otherwise Open" does not offer concrete solutions to the problem right now.
However, the average OER creator cannot afford to wait, especially if they value their work as part of a global learning commons. In order for OER to be global, the copyright of the OER must be viable across jurisdictions. OER that are available under a CC license are global, as CC licenses are effective worldwide. But the inclusion of third party content that is not under the same terms of the license changes the global nature of OER, potentially walling it off from use in other countries. Thus, ccLearn has developed some practical recommendations and alternatives for those OER creators who are concerned with the global reach and impact of their works.
ccLearn Recommendations – Dealing with Legally Incompatible Content in OER
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are defined by the use of a Creative Commons license and are generally created by those who would like to share their work globally. However, some creators find the need to consider the costs and benefits of incorporating third-party materials with incompatible licenses into their "otherwise open" OER. This document recommends ways of managing or avoiding the problems that will arise."
This and all ccLearn Recommendations and productions are licensed CC BY.Comments Off on Dealing with Legally Incompatible Content in OER
A Brief Overview of U.S. Public Policy on OER from California's Community Colleges to the Obama Administration
The Publius Project at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society offers a new essay on OER and public policy in the United States: A Brief Overview of U.S. Public Policy on OER from California's Community Colleges to the Obama Administration . Written by Carolina Rossini and Erhardt Graeff, it does a great job of pointing out the major recent movements toward OER in state and federal governments, and thoughtfully evaluates the issues that each initiative brings to the table.
"This post draws significantly from an interview on August 10, 2009 with Hal Plotkin, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Dept. of Education, who has closely followed and been involved with OER policies in California. The interview was part of research on the educational materials sector being conducted under the Industrial Cooperation Project at the Berkman Center at Harvard University. The research is part of a broader project being led by Prof. Yochai Benkler and coordinated by Carolina Rossini. In the research, we are seeking to understand the approaches to innovation in some industrial sectors, such as alternative energy, educational materials, and biotechnology. The intention is to map the degree to which open and commons-based practices are being used compared to proprietary approaches and what forces drive the adoption and development of these models."
Like all content on the Publius site, the essay is available via CC BY-SA.Comments Off on A Brief Overview of U.S. Public Policy on OER from California's Community Colleges to the Obama Administration
Opening Education–the little things you can do
By now, you've heard and/or used the term OER (Open Educational Resources) a ton of times. Whether you're an advocate for open education, promoting the use, reuse, and adaptation of openly licensed educational materials, or an everyday user of them because you find them convenient and effective for your teaching or learning needs, you have contributed in some way to improving the educational landscape for everyone, everywhere.
But there's a lot of little things you can do to improve education and the educational process no matter who you are and where you're located. These are things you do all the time as part of your professional or personal routines, such as filling out forms about your job or project, writing up summaries or abstracts on papers you've researched, or describing and tagging photos (aka adding metadata). These activities are also integral to the functioning of many open education projects, which depend on efforts from online communities consisting of persons like ourselves. A list of these projects are growing on OpenEd's volunteer page, which currently points to projects like dScribe and AcaWiki. If your project could use help on a specific activity, please add it here! OpenEd is a wiki; anyone can edit.
dScribe needs descriptions for their medical images
dScribe has created over 200 images to aid instructors in their teaching, but they need to be made discoverable first! You can help by adding tags and short descriptions for one or two images. All images and their accompanying info will be licensed CC BY.
AcaWiki could use those summaries and abstracts you've written
AcaWiki makes summaries and literature reviews of peer-reviewed academic research available to the general public via CC BY, allowing people like us to easily find desired information. If you've written summaries and reviews for papers before, now's the time to make them useful by uploading those files to AcaWiki. And if you regularly research and write up abstracts for class or for your own good, you can easily make uploading them a habitual part of the process. It only takes a couple of extra clicks.
We also encourage you to add your project or organization to ODEPO, ccLearn's Open Database of Educational Projects and Organizations. Not only will this make your project more discoverable, it will enable better research across the landscape of open education related projects.
For other ways to get involved, see OpenEd's Get Involved space.2 Comments »
Invitation to an International Conference on OER
"Open Education and Open Educational Resources: Challenges and Perspectives," an international conference on OER, is taking place in São Paulo, Brazil on Oct 29-30. Supported by the Open Society Institute and Direito GV, it will focus on "[bringing] together international and Brazilian OER projects and experiences [to set] the debate on policies to foster OER." The conference is open and free to all, and simultaneous translations will be provided. From the invitation,
"As countries worldwide move to implement open education projects, and developing
nations in particular look to use the Internet to replace outdated and insufficient
educational systems, an examination of existing work is in order. It is important to provide
a map of lessons learned, and to understand how existing projects can be connected to
one another to create the largest possible impact for both educators and learners. Our goal
is to examine these broad issues within the lens of a detailed examination of the Brazilian
experience applying ICTs to education in policy, technology, pedagogy, and the impact of
the emerging concept of "open educational resources" in both theory and practice.
This conference will present results and discuss recommendations from the OER Brazil
Project, funded by the Open Society Institute. The conference aims to open the door for a
richer discussion focused on OER through sharing information on international and
national OER projects. The idea is to transform the conference into a working group and
draft recommendations for future public policy for OER in Brazil, in preparation for the 2010
National Conference on Education."
En Brasil se hablará de apoyar Recursos Educativos Abierto (REA) en politicas públicas
Educación Abierta y Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA): Metas y perspectivas, es un ciclo de conferencias que se llevará a cabo en Sao Paulo, Brasil el 29 y 30 de octubre financiado por Open Society Institute y apoyado por la facultad de Derecho de la Fundación Getulio Vargas.
Lo interesante de este evento es que presenta los resultados y pretende discutir las recomendaciones del proyecto OER Brasil financiado por Open Society Institute. Con ocasión de esta conferencia se reunirán proyectos brasileños e internacionales que tienen como foco de trabajo los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA, que son los OER por su sigla en inglés) y experiencias en este campo con el fin de poner sobre la mesa el debate en torno a las políticas públicas.
Con este fin se espera que los asistentes conviertan la conferencia en grupo de trabajo que proponga recomendaciones concretas de políticas públicas en la materia como preparación para la Conferencia Nacional de Educación que tendrá lugar en 2010.
El evento y sus resultados son importantes en la región pues de implementarse una decisión de este tipo en el sector público brasileño tendríamos un antecedente importante y relevante para apoyo de quienes creemos en los beneficios de una educación abierta y más accequible apoyada por las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC).
Para quien interesen las conferencias y/o pueda asistir, el programa puede consultarse desde la página de la Fundación Getulio Vargas y la asistencia no tiene costo.Comments Off on Invitation to an International Conference on OER
Open Education: First meeting of CC leads in Latin America
Last year Latam Commons 2008: Public Domain, Creative Commons, and Open Education was the first meeting of CC leads in Latin America, and also the first meeting to focus specifically on open education and OER of its kind. Though I blogged briefly about its success in December, the fruits of the meeting have shown itself over time, as Latin America has been working towards greater openness in education and otherwise, with our very own Carolina Botero joining as a ccLearn liaison for that region of the Spanish-speaking world.
Now, the particular results of that first meeting are recorded for the first time, in both English and Spanish in the same report, Open Education: First meeting of CC leads in Latin America. The report was a joint production of CC Latin America and ccLearn, and is licensed CC BY so it can be further translated into other languages sans the hassle of a middleman. We urge you to check out the summary of the first meeting. As we continue to acquire better information about the open education issues in the Spanish speaking world, we hope to better facilitate communications within and beyond the region; for example, productions like this and translations of relevant CC blog posts should ideally reach interested people regardless of where they live or what language they speak (and read).
Speaking of blog posts, two more Back-to-School blog posts are now available in Spanish, Back to School: DiscoverEd and the Back to School Conclusion: The Open Trajectory of Learning. The translated versions are posted just below the English, and as more translations come in, we will add them to the original posts. All relevant blog posts will be tagged Latin America, so that you can see Latam open education news at anytime in one place.
And in Spanish, thanks to Carolina Botero and CC Latin America:
Educación Abierta: Primera reunión de líderes de CC en América Latina.
El año pasado tuvo lugar la primera reunión de líderes de CC en América Latina: Latam Commons 2008: Dominio Público, Creative Commons, y Educación Abierta. Esta fue también la primera reunión que se enfocó específicamente en educación abierta y REA (Recursos Educativos Abiertos, OER por sus siglas en inglés). Aunque ya se había blogueado brevemente sobre su éxito en diciembre, los resultados de la reunión se han ido mostrando con el tiempo, América Latina ha venido trabajando hacía una mayor apertura tanto en educación como en otros temas, al punto que Carolina Botero se unió oficialmente como enlace para la región hispanoparlante.
Ahora, los resultados particulares de esta primera reunión aparecen por primera vez, tanto en español como en inglés en un mismo informe titulado Educación Abierta: Primera reunión de líderes CC en América Latina. El informe fue una producción de CC América Latina (ccLatam) y ccLearn, se encuentra licenciado CC BY por lo que puede ser traducido a cualquier otro idioma sin intermediarios. Los invitamos a revisar el resumen de esta primera reunión. De otro lado, una vez tengamos una mejor idea sobre los temas de educación abierta que le interesan a los hispanoparlantes podremos concentrarnos en comunicaciones más efectivas, por ejemplo, en lograr que producciones como ésta y traducciones de entradas del blog de CC relevantes para esta audiencia puedan llegar a sus miembros.
Respecto a las entradas en el blog aprovechamos para contarles que hay dos nuevas entradas de la serie Regreso al Colegio están disponibles ahora en español: De Regreso al Colegio: DiscoverEd y De Regreso al Colegio, conclusiones: El camino abierto para el aprendizaje. Las versiones traducidas se agregan al final de la entrada en inglés y, a medida que otras traducciones lleguen las iremos agregando allí. Todas las entradas de este tipo en el blog serán etiquetadas Latin America, para que puedan registrar las noticias de América Latian a cualquier hora en cualquier lugar.Comments Off on Open Education: First meeting of CC leads in Latin America
CC Talks With: Back to School: Peer 2 Peer University and the Future of Education (an interview)
As students around the world return to school, ccLearn blogs about the evolving education landscape, ongoing projects to improve educational resources, education technology, and the future of education. Browse the "Back to School" tag for more posts in this series.
A recent emigrant to New York, I experienced the first turn in weather on the east coast marking the transition from summer to a fast approaching fall. Though a lovely relief from the hot, muggy season that has persisted here for the last few months, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness. Many students all over the world are feeling this same twinge, mingled with excitement, as their summer vacations skid to a halt. No more lazy, hazy days in the sun—instead, it's time to hit the books and lockers, classrooms and lecture halls.
This is the vision of school we have had with us for ages. A first grader, when asked to draw school, usually draws a little red school house with a bell, or a teacher standing at her desk, with an apple for added effect. However, this traditional picture is hardly where the future of education is headed, as new technologies and mediums of communication, like the Internet, have already revolutionized the way we interact, learn, and live.
Peer 2 Peer University is one initiative that acknowledges this fact—that the world has already changed, and not everyone is going to settle for the traditional modes of teaching. First of all, not everyone can afford to dole out the thousands of dollars required for a higher education, and secondly, not everyone has the time to—those of us with full-time or several part-time jobs, families, and other responsibilities, especially.
P2PU, in their own words, is sort of like an "online book club for open educational resources." It's "an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses… The P2PU helps you navigate the wealth of open education materials that are out there, creates small groups of motivated learners, and supports the design and facilitation of courses." Unlike formal universities or distance education, P2PU's courses are all defaulted under CC BY, which means anyone can access, share, adapt, and redistribute them. In fact, the founders are more than happy for others to adapt the model they have begun to new and successful ways of thinking about education's future.
What do you think is the future of education? P2PU co-founder Philipp Schmidt answers the big question and more.
P2PU has been getting a ton of attention lately. Courses are set to start on the 9th! What are you hoping to gain from these first six weeks? What are you most excited about?
This is the first time we will run courses. We have been thinking a lot about how to make sure participants get a lot out of the experience, but this is the real test. I am sure we'll discover many things we did not anticipate at all—and I look forward to learning as much as the participants. This is an amazing learning experience not just for the participants, but also for ourselves.
I am most excited by the fact that we seem to be providing something that many people from all over the world find useful and want to participate in. One person is taking the Copyright for Educators course and intends to get credit from his university for it. The fact that he is thinking about the course in his own context and trying to "hack" the system in a way that makes sense for him is awesome. This is exactly what we were hoping to see. Another person said that she had always wanted to take a course about cyberpunk literature, but couldn't find a place to take one. To realize that we can provide a type of learning experience that people are looking for and which simply doesn't exist elsewhere, is incredible.
There's so much speculation around the future of formal education. What are your thoughts on it? What will be P2PU's role in this changing educational landscape?
It is clear to me that the education landscape will change dramatically. I should mention that I am a huge fan of the university as an institution where young people spend a few years learning and immersing themselves into knowledge. It's wonderful and I wouldn't want to miss it. However, learning is not just what happens in universities and there will be new and different organizations providing many of the components that today's universities offer as a package. There are two areas where P2PU could fill a gap. One is to create the social learning experience that will make open educational resources more useful to more people. The other is to provide forms of recognition for informal learning—this could be by enabling pathways to formal credits or by creating a community based reputation.
What do you have to say to those who confuse P2PU with distance learning? How is P2PU more than that?
The core of P2PU is social learning—working with others who are interested in the same topic as you. The fact that it happens by distance is almost secondary and we are hoping to have local off-line groups joining the P2PU community in the future. Distance learning is a broad term, but too often it is used in the context of what I would call industrialized education. Content is delivered to students—either by an online teacher or in the form of course materials designed for self-study. Knowledge is considered as something that can easily be measured, like weight or height. It is a totally different model from what P2PU is doing.
All P2PU courses are licensed CC BY. Why CC BY?
The pilot phase materials are licensed CC BY because that places the least amount of restrictions on others who might want to use and re-mix our content. However, the licensing choice is still a big debate. Some members of the community feel that CC BY-SA better reflects their desire to create a global knowledge commons. It's one of the topics we will discuss at our upcoming workshop and we will make a final decision there.1 Comment »
OER Copyright Survey now closed
Thanks to all of you who filled out the OER Copyright Survey! The survey is now closed, with many thoughtful responses. Again, we appreciate your responses, among which was an overarching request to have the survey translated. We definitely hope and intend to broaden the survey to more countries and in more languages in the future, and are open to ideas and support. Please contact us if you, an individual you know, or a project/organization you are in touch with is interested in participating in the next stages of research. Participation can be anything from simply responding to the survey in your own language or helping to translate, organize, or analyze the data.
In the meantime, please take advantage of the user group currently active on OpenEd to continue the discussion. Also feel free to review and contribute to the survey notes.2 Comments »
Remix Open Ed 09
This year's open education conference was held in breathtaking Vancouver, BC and the ccLearn team (consisting of Lila Bailey, Ahrash Bissell, Alex Kozak, and myself) was there to soak it all in. Vancouver could be the emerald city, or an alternate reality to San Francisco, from whence three of us hail. This parallel universe yielded skyscrapers made of turquoise tinted glass, Lion's gate (sea foam green instead of Golden Gate's deceptive red), and a plethora of downtown eats and night life. The conference itself was located right next to the Vancouver Art Museum, home of the Dutch masters.
While my colleagues presented OpenEd (opened.creativecommons.org, the global open education community site we launched earlier this month), the OER Copyright survey, and cogitated on whether international copyright exceptions and limitations can support a global learning commons—I had the chance to run around with lots of people and talk to some of them. I was pleasantly surprised by the increase in diverse persons and locales represented, and I picked each of their brains for a few seconds with the help of my Flip cam.
The result is this video (blip.tv), which we hope you will enjoy and encourage you to remix! It's all open via CC BY, including the soundtrack—laid with the album Ambient Pills by Zeropage (thanks to Jamendo). We also have lots of footage we didn't include due to time constraints, so you may see snippier iterations down the line.
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From the author of the bestselling Finish Rich series and The Automatic Millionaire, a new book from David Bach that shows readers how real estate is the surest and quickest way to finish rich.
In his quest to show people of average incomes how to achieve financial security, David Bach builds on his Finish Rich wisdom and tackles real estate, one of the surest paths to financial success, in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner.
Whether they already own or just want to, Bach shows readers how to pave their way to financial freedom by buying their own homes and investment properties. In crisp, clear detail, this book explains the best way to afford, purchase, and pay down a mortgage on a Canadian first home, even on a modest income and even with debt, and then how to go on to purchase additional properties for investment, building wealth, and creating a steady stream of income.
Chock full of encouragement, filled with success stories, examples, charts, and graphs, The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner is destined to become the standard how-to book for purchasing a home and turning real estate into lasting wealth and security.
"He's Baaaach, with a seventh book dedicated to helping readers store up a bundle. Though readers of Bach's Start Late, Finish Rich and The Automatic Millionaire will encounter some familiar material, the bestselling author offers a great book that first-time homeowners and anyone toying with the notion of investing in real estate will find immensely practical. From questions to ask a realtor to explanations of the fine print in loan contracts, Bach offers universally good advice on how to begin saving and building wealth through homeownership. The book is also wildly motivational; frequent asides urge readers to finish the book quickly and start accumulating assets. True to its promise, the book is a swift read, arming readers with everything they need to know in a simple, accessible manner. Just in case any confusion lingers, end of chapter action lists and free online audio supplements are also provided. Bach's extensive experience in leading financial seminars, motivating audiences to take financial responsibility and snagging appearances on Oprah are apparent in his ability to enthusiastically lead readers through even the most arcane aspects of home buying." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"The bottom line is action, and Bach's chatty writing style helps motivate you to that end." Business Week
"Rather than tout eye-glazing accounting formulas, Bach relies on common sense." People
"I know how hard it is to make a personal-finance book user-friendly. Bach has done it." USA Weekend
Imagine this. You buy a home, live in it, then buy another. You build your wealth through real estate& #8212; and then retire rich. It may sound too good to be true. But it& #8217; s not. It has happened, it& #8217; s < i> happening now< /i> and it will continue to happen for millions of people over the next few decades. The question is, will it happen for you? < br> < br> If you want the answer to be & #8220; yes, & #8221; then stop what you are doing and open this book. Read a few pages. Bach& #8217; s simple strategies make you rich where you sleep. All you have to do is follow his easy program to go from renter to owner, and from owner to Automatic Millionaire Homeowner. The rest is automatic < br> < br> What& #8217; s the secret to becoming a millionaire in real estate?< br> < br> Since the runaway success of David Bach& #8217; s #1 New York Times bestseller < i> The Automatic Millionaire, < /i> people all over the world have asked David the same question& #8212; < i> is it really possible for me to get rich in real estate? < br> < br> < /i> Now, in < i> The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner< /i> , David Bach reveals why buying a home and investment properties is not only possible, it is the surest way to reach your seven-figures dreams on an ordinary income. < br> < br> < i> The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner< /i> starts with the powerful story of an average American couple with a modest income who stretch to buy their first house for $30,000 and retire 35 years later owning a home on a golf course and rental properties worth over three million dollars. Through their story you willlearn the surprising fact that even if you have cheap rent you can& #8217; t get rich renting You must first own a home, and make it the foundation on which you build your financial security.< br> < br> What Makes < i> The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner< /i> Essential: < br> < br> You don& #8217; t need a big down payment to buy a home.< br> You don& #8217; t need great credit. < br> You should buy even if you have credit card debt.< br> You can buy a second home even if you& #8217; re < i> still paying off< /i> the first.< i> < br> < /i> You can get started in any market& #8211; boom or bust.< i> < br> < /i> It& #8217; s easier to be a landlord than you think.< i> < br> < br> < /i> Whether you are a renter or already own a home, David Bach gives you a lifelong strategy for real estate based on timeless wisdom that is tried and true. He includes everything you need to know, with step-by-step instructions, including phone numbers and websites so you can get started right away. His road map to ownership is easy to follow and, best of all, it makes the process totally automatic.< br> < br> As long as you& #8217; re alive, you have to live somewhere. Why not let where you live make you rich? David Bach will show you how.
In his quest to show people of average incomes how to achieve financial security, Bach builds on his Finish Rich wisdom and tackles real estate, one of the surest paths to financial success, in "The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner." Charts & graphs.
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David Bach is the author of Start Late, Finish Rich, which debuted on the New York Times Advice bestseller list, the Wall Street Journal business bestseller list, and the USA Today business bestseller list. He is also the author of the runaway bestseller The Automatic Millionaire, which spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and was simultaneously number one on the New York Times, USA Today, Business Week, and Wall Street Journal business bestsellers lists. He is also the author of the national bestsellers Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, and The Finish Rich Workbook. Bach has appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show to share his strategies for living and finishing rich, and he is a regular contributor to CNN's American Morning. His FinishRich seminars are the leading financial seminars in North American, having been taught by thousands of financial advisors to more than half a million people in more than 2,000 cities. He lives in New York with his wife, Michelle, and his son, Jack.
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SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny. Chasny's music is largely guitar-based, however it includes eastern influences, marked by drones, chimes, and eclectic percussive elements. The band is associated with numerous current scenes, most notably the New Weird America movement. Acts ranging from folk artist Devendra Banhart to drone metal band Sunn O))) to the highly experimental Current 93 count Chasny among friends. Six Organs has always been a critical darling, and the past few years have seen their stature in the indie world substantially increase.
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The Heart of LearningDecember 1st, 2013
Want your child to excel in school? A study by the University of North Texas found that cardiorespiratory fitness consistently boosted grades on reading and math tests. Among sixth grade students, the fittest scored 30 percent higher than average, while the less fit scored 20 percent lower.
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October is the perfect time for your teenager to make the rounds on college tours. But how do you decide which one to attend? Some will go for athletics, academics, or the distance from the school to your home. But what about taking a greener approach?
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The passion Marge Perry has for all things culinary is obvious when you talk about her cooking program at the Kip's Bay Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. The club is a nonprofit organization that provides programs and activities for kids from 6 to 18 that "instill a sense of competence, a sense of belonging, and a sense of power and influence," according to their website.How Marge Perry's "happy accident" helped teens make healthier choicesBy Amy Vergin


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Apple is prompting some of its iTunes/App Store/iOS customers to set up three new security questions and an alternate email, in an attempt to smother a growing wave of phishing and fraud.
Media reports state that the request to set up three security questions, apparently implemented on Wednesday, is being asked when a user downloads an app from the App Store.
Apple is also requiring a backup email address, presumably in case a user's primary address and associated Apple ID become compromised.
While it's a welcome move toward stronger security for the increasingly targeted venues, users have been caught off-guard, unsure if the messages themselves are the work of phishers or scammers.
After all, the messages bear the scam stamp: they're unsolicited, they were unannounced by the characteristically tight-lipped Apple, and they solicit information.
Some quotes from the baffled, from a discussion forum on the Apple Support Communities site, collected by MSNBC in a report published Thursday:
fiasko5k: "iPhone 4s: why does app store keep popping up 'security info required'? This happens after I put in my password. Is this something to be concerned about?"
Chris0973: "I had the same issue on my iPhone 4 today and also was worried that it might be a virus or phishing exercise. It is certainly worded like one."
Although it made no public announcement about the security move, Apple did confirm to CNet that the messages are, indeed, legitimate.
CNet's Lance Whitney reported that the additional security is apparently aimed at accounts that may have triggered a flag for one reason or another. Whitney said he got no additional security requests when he logged in and out of his iPhone and iTunes accounts.
Neither did I when I logged out of iTunes, but I did get an expired certificate warning from Chrome when I tried the "forgot password" function in iTunes. That's enough security exploration for a Friday afternoon, thank you - I backed off.
There are reportedly over a quarter billion iTunes accounts. Many have credit card information associated with Apple IDs. It's easy to see why iTunes and the App Store are increasingly targeted by crooks.
And compromised iTunes accounts have certainly caused headaches in the past.
In January 2011, 50,000 stolen iTunes accounts linked to stolen credit cards were being sold on a Chinese auction site.
About a year before that, a large number of iTunes users reported that they had received unauthorized charges of up to $1,000 after a security breach.
As Sophos's Chester Wisniewski has noted, Apple has previously failed to put in measures to better secure iTunes accounts or purchases made from iOS devices.
Up to now, users have tended to choose feeble passwords for iTunes and the App Store when they're entering the password from a mobile device.
No mystery there: it's no fun to enter a long, complex password, complete with punctuation, when you're poking at a phone keypad.
And as many have pointed out, password re-use is an issue. All it takes to crack an overused password is a data loss at one organization in a chain of redundant password use.
iTunes's security is moot if somebody's using the same password to buy tunes and also to get into Facebook, and/or Twitter, and/or Gmail, ad nauseum - at that point, it's not just iTunes security that's relevant, but the security of every place a redundant password is entered.
It's good to see that Apple's finally doing more to secure iTunes and App Store.
It would have been nice if Apple had actually told us what it was doing, but hey. We'll take whatever incremental improvements we can get.Follow @LisaVaas
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I REALLY want a pattern for a bulky sweater coat to crochet. I found one I mostly like, except the back is to long but it was already made and for sale.
Here's the site:
Again, I love the bulky comfy front and arms, just not a fan of the back.
What I need is a pattern for something like this, nice bulky sweater coat. I desperately want to make one for myself seeing I am always cold, in addition I've been making all sorts of things for eveyone else for numerous reasons and would like something for myself. If anyone could help me. I spent 5 hours searching with no luck but there's just so much out there I could search forever before I actually find one. I've looked here, ravelry, lions, pintrest, susie's blog (?), even red... I just can't find anything!
I'd even pay for the pattern. Just so long as it was like the front of this sweater coat (color obviously is not a big deal, lol) and down near the rump in the back (length wise) rounded or squared off. I'd try my own pattern but I'm not that good. Just an average crocheter... But I'll try almost anything.
I've even got the yarn, 8 skeins of Homespun Lion Brand Yarn. I'll buy more if needed...
Please help...
Thank you!
Hi tararoseberry, I took a look at your link on Etsy and boy do I have some links for you. The Etsy coat looks like as though it is worked in Lion Brand Homespun and I know there are Lion Brand has several coats, sweaters and wraps in Homespun. All of these links are for free patterns. Most are done with Homespun, but the last 3 are WoolEase Thick & Quick. With each of them I've included the Ravelry link, except the Catskills Jacket, which doesn't seem to be in Ravelry yet. So here we go...
1 - Urban Wrap, in 2 sizes - this is worked side to side, would be quick to do, then just seam up the sides - at Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/997.html?noImages=
and larger size - at Ravelry - http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70678AD.html?noImages=
2 - Jaunty Jacket - shorter, but could simply lengthen - at Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80990AD.html?noImages=
3 - Simple Crochet Shrug - this one has 3 Lion Brand links that, I think, are just different colorways and its Ravelry page has all these links - Ravelry,
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90689AD.html?noImages=, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90689B.html?noImages=, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90689D.html?noImages=0
4 - Streamlined Sweater Jacket - this and the following ones are more traditionally coat shaped - Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/878.html?noImages=
5 - Flattering Jacket - at Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-flatteringJacket.html?noImages=, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60090AD.html?noImages=
these last 3 are done with WoolEase
6 - Country Car Coat - Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/50914AD.html?noImages=
7 - Whiter Shade of Pale Coat - at Ravelry, http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70004A.html?noImages=
8 - Crochet Catskills Jacket - didn't find at Ravelry (I actually have the yarn for this one, but haven't started it yet), http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/30224AD.html?noImages=
So, maybe this will give you a start. Cheryl
Hi cannej,
I had checked out all those sights and saw all but one. The flattering jacket looks to be the one!
Thank you SO SO much! Looking for 5 hours makes you a little frustrated after a while, lol.
But thanks to you i think I'll get started on the flattering...
Again thank you!
You're welcome. Hope to see a pic of your project. Cheryl
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. --Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones used words like misunderstood, gamebreaker, risk-taker and redemption Thursday night in his first appearance under his new wrestling contract.
He didn't mention suspension.
The only NFL player suspended for the 2007 season by commissioner Roger Goodell made his wrestling debut on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's weekly show "iMPACT!" on Spike TV, and the five-year-old company teased Jones' appearance early and often.
All of the hourlong show was prerecorded, including Jones' own appearance. Only four minutes in, they called Jones "the most controversial figure in sports." Jones, whose suspension isn't scheduled for review until after Nov. 19, showed up in a video tease six minutes later.
"You don't know me ... Nobody knows me ... misunderstood. Nobody knows who I am. A player, a gamebreaker, a risk-taker, a man," Jones said in the background while he was shown posing and shadow-boxing in a darkened wrestling ring.
"I am just me. Pacman is coming to 'Hard Justice.' Pacman is coming to TNA," he said.
The "Hard Justice" pay-per-view on Sunday night will be televised live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. That's when TNA said Jones will "reveal all details of his career on TNA."
TNA replayed the Jones' video 30 minutes later after announcers talked about media credential requests coming in from around the world to cover the event.
TNA offered Jones a contract, promising help rehabilitating his image while barred from working at his day job in the NFL. The show offered Jones and TNA better control of the emotional cornerback than a TV appearance teasing his wrestling foray earlier Thursday.
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The Roswell Humane Society is a nonprofit organization which was formed in 1970 for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals, caring for homeless pets, and the extension of humane education.
They are located at 703 East McGaffey Street. The Shelter contains 36 inside-outside runs, 20 inside cages, and 18 cat cages. At this present time, they are housing 100 dogs. It also has an office, quarantine room and a treatment room. They could not have accomplished what they have done in the past 40 years, if it weren't for the generosity of local businesses, individuals and organizations.
Their support enables the Roswell Humane Society to have the potential to fulfill their mission to realize their vision of a future where no animal is abused or neglected, and adoptable pets aren't left to fend for themselves. The Roswell Humane Society receives no funding from any federal, state, county, or city entity, relying solely on the charitable donations from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) or any other charitable pet organizations.
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|26 Dic 2002
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|26 Jun 2001
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|26 Jun 2001
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|Edward Tate, Mark Verbrugge, Shawn Sarbacker
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[0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the state of a battery. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for improving estimation of battery states including state of charge, internal impedance and state of health.
[0002] In today's automotive market, there exists a variety of propulsion or drive technologies used to power vehicles. The technologies include internal combustion engines (ICEs), electric drive systems utilizing batteries and/or fuel cells as an energy source, and hybrid systems utilizing a combination of internal combustion engines and electric drive systems. The propulsion systems each have specific technological, financial, and performance advantages and disadvantages, depending on the state of energy prices, energy infrastructure developments, environmental laws, and government incentives.
[0003] The increasing demand to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions in present vehicles has led to the development of advanced hybrid vehicles. Hybrid vehicles are classified as vehicles having at least two separate power sources, typically an internal combustion engine and an electric traction motor. Hybrid vehicles, as compared to standard vehicles driven by an ICE, have improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. During varying driving conditions, hybrid vehicles will alternate between separate power sources, depending on the most efficient manner of operation of each power source. For example, a hybrid vehicle equipped with an ICE and an electric motor will shut down the ICE during a stopped or idle condition, allowing the electric motor to propel the vehicle and eventually restart the ICE, improving fuel economy for the hybrid vehicle.
[0004] Hybrid vehicles are broadly classified into series or parallel drivetrains, depending upon the configuration of the drivetrains. In a series drivetrain utilizing an ICE and an electric traction motor, only the electric motor drives the wheels of a vehicle. The ICE converts a fuel source to mechanical energy to turn a generator that converts the mechanical energy to electrical energy to drive the electric motor. In a parallel hybrid drivetrain system, two power sources such as an ICE and an electric traction motor operate in parallel to propel a vehicle. Generally, a hybrid vehicle having a parallel drivetrain combines the power and range advantages of a conventional ICE with the efficiency and electrical regeneration capability of an electric motor to increase fuel economy and lower emissions, as compared with a traditional ICE vehicle.
[0005] Battery packs having secondary/rechargeable batteries are an important component of hybrid or electrical vehicle systems, as they enable an electric motor/generator (MoGen) to store braking energy in the battery pack during regeneration and charging by the ICE. The MoGen utilizes the stored energy in the battery pack to propel or drive the vehicle when the ICE is not operating. During operation, the ICE will be shut on and off intermittently, according to driving conditions, causing the battery pack to be constantly charged and discharged by the MoGen. The state of charge (SOC, defined as the percentage of the full capacity of a battery that is still available for further discharge) is used to regulate the charging and discharging of the battery.
[0006] Rechargeable batteries are also an important component in other applications where a battery pack is continually cycled, such as in solar-powered battery packs for satellites, portable communication apparatus, laptop computers and wireless transceivers such as those used in radios, cell phones, pagers, etc.
[0007] The preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery in the battery pack. A NiMH battery stores hydrogen in a metal alloy. When a NiMH cell is charged, hydrogen generated by the cell electrolyte is stored in the metal alloy (M) in the negative electrode. Meanwhile, at the positive electrode, which typically consists of nickel hydroxide loaded in a nickel foam substrate, a hydrogen ion is ejected and the nickel is oxidized to a higher valency. On discharge, the reactions reverse. The reaction at the negative electrode is more clearly shown by the following reaction diagram:
[0008] The discharging direction is represented by
[0009] On discharge, OH— ions are consumed at the negative hydride electrode and generated at the nickel oxide positive electrode. The converse is true for the water molecules.
[0010] A difficulty with NiMH batteries is predicting their SOC because of the charging and discharging characteristics of NiMH battery technology. Referring to FIG. 1, typical charge increasing 10 and charge decreasing 12 curves are illustrated for a NiMH battery. Referencing points A and B and points C and D, it can be shown that the voltages are the same while the SOCs are substantially different. Thus, it is very difficult to use an open circuit voltage to accurately predict the SOC of the NiMH battery, as the battery operating operation (charge increasing, charge sustaining or charge decreasing) must be known. Furthermore, coulombic integration methods to determine the SOC of a battery suffer from accumulated errors. When used with a hybrid vehicle, the intermittent charging and discharging of the battery pack amplifies the problems associated with predicting the SOC of a NiMH battery back. To successfully operate a hybrid powertrain of a vehicle incorporating a battery pack, an accurate and repeatable estimate of battery SOC is needed.
[0011] Furthermore, charging on hybrid vehicle battery systems has traditionally been fairly static and controlled to a fixed setpoint. The constant power/current in hybrid vehicle usage makes it difficult to estimate battery impedance.
[0012] The present invention includes a method to determine the state of a battery, a battery, and an apparatus that can be controlled to affect either the current or voltage at the terminals of the battery. The method to estimate the state may estimate the state of charge, state of health and power capability of the battery. The battery may be a single cell, a battery of cells or a pack of batteries. The preferred battery utilizes NiMH chemistries. However, any other battery technology known in the art such as lead acid, lithium polymer, etc., can be used. The apparatus may consist of a power source that can be varied, or a load that can be varied in a controlled manner. Examples of power sources include generators in a conventional vehicle, the generators in a hybrid vehicle, the charger for an EV, and the charger in consumer electronics. Examples of loads include DC/DC converters in a vehicle, an electrically driven compressor in a vehicle, and the processor in a laptop computer.
[0013] The method of the present invention includes introducing a wide spectrum signal (i.e., white noise, white light) into the charging set point of a battery, causing the current to constantly change at the terminals of the battery. The resulting signal is then passed to the charge control logic of the electrical control system utilized to propel a vehicle. The resulting signal provides the control logic with an improved ability to identify the impedance, open circuit voltage, SOC, and power limits of the battery pack.
[0014] The present invention further includes a vehicle having both parallel and series hybrid drive systems incorporating a hybrid system controller executing the methods of the present invention, an ICE, and a MoGen that charges and discharges the battery pack. The MoGen not only provides for propulsion of the vehicle during certain vehicle operating conditions but also replaces an alternator to charge the battery pack in the vehicle and replaces a conventional starter motor to start the ICE. The hybrid drive system of the present invention will utilize the ICE and MoGen to propel or motor the vehicle during the vehicle conditions that are most efficient for the ICE or MoGen operation. The transfer of power between the MoGen and ICE or vice versa is transparent to the operator or driver, as the vehicle will perform as if there is only one drive system propelling the vehicle.
[0015] During normal operation of the vehicle when the ICE is running, the MoGen will act as an electrical generator to supply electrical power to the vehicle's electrical infrastructure (fans, radios, instrumentation, control, etc.) as well as recharging the battery pack. The battery pack and a power transfer device, such as a DC-DC converter, will supply power to the vehicle electrical infrastructure and power the MoGen when it is operating as the motoring device for the vehicle. In the motoring mode, the MoGen is an electrical load drawing current from the battery pack.
[0016]FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic drawing of a NiMH battery potential for slow rates of charge (upper curve) and discharge (lower curve);
[0017]FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic drawing of the hybrid vehicle of the present invention; and
[0018]FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the preferred method of the present invention.
[0019]FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic drawing of a hybrid vehicle 14 of the present invention. The hybrid vehicle 14 includes a battery pack 16 having a single battery module or individual battery modules. In the preferred embodiment, the battery pack 16 comprises a plurality of NiMH battery modules connected in series to produce a 376 V nominal system voltage. In alternate embodiments of the present invention, the battery pack 16 may comprise any known battery technology, including but not limited to lead acid, lithium ion, and lithium polymer batteries.
[0020] A motor generator (MoGen) 20 is dynamically coupled to an internal combustion engine (ICE) 22 and functions as either a motor to propel the vehicle 14 or a generator to charge the battery pack 16, depending on the operating state of the vehicle 14 (i.e., braking, stopped, or operating at a constant speed on a highway). The MoGen 20 is preferably an AC induction machine but may comprise any known electrical motor/generator technology, including, but not limited to, DC machines, synchronous machines, and switched reluctance machines. The MoGen 20 in the preferred embodiment is located on the rear of the vehicle to drive the rear wheels 17. A MoGen 20 is also located on the front of the vehicle to drive the front wheels 18.
[0021] The MoGens 20 are controlled by an electrical control system comprising of a hybrid system controller 23, DC-DC converters 24 and power inverter modules 25. In alternate embodiments of the present invention, the controller 23, DC-DC converters 24, and power inverter modules 25 may be configured as a unitary system. The hybrid system controller 23 may comprise any type of control module or vehicle controller known in the art, and is equipped with nonvolatile memory (NVM), random access memory (RAM), discrete and analog input/output (I/O), a central processing unit, communications interfaces for networking within an automotive communications network, etc.
[0022] The MoGens 20 in generator mode generate electrical energy that is transferred to the battery pack 16 and the DC-DC converters 24 by the controller 23 and inverter modules 25. The controller 23 and inverter modules 25 determine the direction of current flow for the MoGens 20, according to the vehicle 14 operating state. The DC-DC converters 24 provide and regulate the DC bus that is pulse-width-modulated, or modulated in any other known manner, by the inverter modules 25 to supply time varying voltage/current to the MoGens 20. In a regeneration state (such as during braking) or a charging condition, current will flow from the MoGens 20, via the inverter modules 25, to charge the battery pack 16 and provide current to the DC-DC converters 24. In a state where the MoGens 20 are needed to provide propulsion, current will flow from the battery pack 16 to the MoGens 20, via the DC-DC converters 24 and inverter modules 25, to power the MoGens 20.
[0023] In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the SOC of the battery pack 16 is dynamically tracked to determine when to charge the battery pack 16. The hybrid controller 23 of the present invention will control the battery pack's state-of-charge (SOC) so as to range between 30% and 70% such that the charge acceptance and efficiency during regenerative braking can be realized, and sufficient discharge power can be delivered; however, controlling the battery pack 16 to any SOC percentage is within the scope of the present invention.
[0024] The methods executed by the controller 23 to determine the SOC of the battery pack 16 include any multi-variable regression of interrelated data for the various states-of-charge used for data gathering, such as an algorithm that utilizes coulomb integration and a voltage-based model to extract a battery's SOC from recorded current and potential data or state estimation, for example.
[0025] To estimate the SOC of the battery pack 16, SOC algorithms relying on optimization criteria to determine battery states produce the best results when the battery pack 16 is excited by random noise. In normal vehicle operation, the battery excitation has a limited spectrum, and information about the battery may be unavailable or is limited at best. To improve availability and accuracy of the criteria to determine SOC, the method of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 3 introduces a random noise or wide spectrum signal 30 onto the excitation of the battery pack 16 through the controller 23. The random noise 30 introduces significant AC content over a wide spectrum. The random noise 30 is produced by the hybrid controller 23 via a random sequence superimposed on the desired charging setpoint. This excitation is performed without affecting normal vehicle characteristics or qualities of the vehicle and illuminates the response of the battery. The noise or signal thus generates a response of the battery that reveals battery performance and characteristics. The signal or random noise 30 may be of any form, such as white noise, true random noise, chirp, swept sinusoidal or a pseudo random signal, for example.
[0026] Injection of the random noise 30 signal onto the battery is continuous during vehicle operation and is performed by the hybrid controller 23 when the MoGens 20 are in generator mode. The random noise 30 excites the amplitude across the battery to the highest value possible without affecting driveability or efficiency of the vehicle. Improving the SOC of the battery in an electronic vehicle (EV) is also possible implementing the above method.
[0027] Alternatively, random noise is injected across the alternator of the ICE when the ICE is driving the vehicle. Determination of the SOC of the battery of the ICE by the electrical control system is improved where the impedance of the battery can now be measured more accurately across the wide spectrum.
[0028] Additionally, successful SOC measurement of a conventionally powered vehicle using an ICE can be retrofitted by modifying the existing controller software programming to introduce a wide spectrum signal into the preset charging setpoint. As above, this causes a constantly changing current at the battery terminals and increases AC content. The wide spectrum signal illuminates the battery response for increased availability and more accurate impedance measurements.
[0029] While this invention has been described in terms of some specific embodiments, it will be appreciated that other forms can readily be adapted by one skilled in the art. Accordingly, the scope of this invention is to be considered limited only by the following claims.
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When it comes to photographing pets, if you're a DSLR owner all you really need is the camera body and a couple of lenses or if you're feeling creative, try using a fisheye lens for something a bit different. Not a DSLR owner? Well, your compact will fit the bill just as well, in fact if it's waterproof you'll be able to capture some interesting shots of your dog splashing through the sea at the beach (if you're brave enough to get your feet wet at this time of year that is!). Most compact cameras also feature a Pet mode now which is specifically engineered to make taking shots of pets easier. Plus, some compacts, such as the Pentax WG3, even have a Face Recognition function for pets.The most important thing about photographing pets is to be patient. It's very rare you'll get the shot you wanted the first time you take a photo of them and it doesn't matter how well trained your pet is, as most are easily distracted and are often unpredictable so make sure you're prepared to spend a while taking plenty of shots. It helps if they're used to seeing you with a camera so they're not scared of it or worse still try and nibble it.
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Make sure your flash is switched off as it could scare your pet as well as producing shadows that shouldn't be there. If you can't take them outside then find a room in your house that has plenty of natural light to stop your shots featuring unwanted, harsh shadows. It's also worth turning off any beeps your camera makes.
For shots with the 'ah' factor fill the frame with your pet's head/face, throwing the background into a nice blur as you do to make sure all the focus stays on them.
We're used to standing and looking down at our pets so taking a shot from this angle won't make it stand out from the crowd. Instead, try getting down to their eye level or even lower. For a more dramatic shot try laying on the ground and make use of LiveView to help you with the composition of the shot.
Before you take your shot, take a final look around the view finder to make sure you're not accidentally chopping off your cat's tail as this can spoil what would be an excellent image. As with any type or portrait work, you need to double check that the eyes are pin-sharp too.
Static shots are great but if you can get shots of your pet running and playing around they are far more interesting. Using continuous shooting mode can work well but if your camera struggles switch to manual and refocus on a particular spot and when your pet moves into it, press the shutter. You'll also need a reasonably fast shutter but not so fast that they're frozen. If you want to exaggerate their movement/speed try using a slower speed to add a bit of blur into the shot.


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