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A look at the time sheets reveals how balanced the performance level at the front of the field in the world's biggest GT3 race is. Seven marques are represented in the top ten and a single second separates grid position one from 14th place. Laurens Vanthoor managed to set a lap time that was 46 thousandths of a second better than that of his closest rival in a Ferrari. Even a partially wet track did not prevent the 23-year-old Audi driver from Hasselt in Belgium to achieve a lap time that turned out 1.965 seconds better than that of the fastest team last year. Vanthoor is sharing the R8 LMS ultra with the Nürburgring 24-hour race winners René Rast and Markus Winkelhock.
Edward Sandström qualified as the second-best Audi driver. The Swede, who is competing for Saintéloc Racing together with Grégory Guilvert and Stéphane Ortelli, achieved a second row place by posting the fourth-best time. Christopher Mies trails him in the subsequent position with a gap of 43 thousandths of a second. He is sharing the cockpit of car #3 of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT with James Nash and Frank Stippler.
As the fourth-best R8 team, the Le Mans winners took a spot on the sixth row of the grid. Marcel Fässler, who is running with André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer, set the twelfth-fastest time in the field of 60 entrants in the #2 WRT Audi.
On Thursday, four other driver teams had achieved their grid positions in the combined qualifying session. Marc Basseng/Fabian Hamprecht/Filip Salaquarda took 29th place for Team ISR from the Czech Republic. Jan-Luc Blanchemain/Fred Bouvy/Christian Kelders/Vincent Radermecker in the R8 LMS ultra of the Belgian Audi Club Team qualified for position 33. Ian Loggie/Leonid Matchiski/Carl Rosenblad/Julian Westwood will be starting the race for Team Parker Racing from position 54. Jean-Paul Buffin/Claude-Yes Gosselin/Philippe Haezebrouck/Marc Rostan will be starting for Saintéloc Racing from 59th place.
The race starts on Saturday at 16.30. Before the start, there will be a joint appearance of two great endurance race winners from Audi: At 15.00, the spectators will be able to watch the Le Mans winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro, driven by André Lotterer, together with the Nürburgring winning R8 LMS ultra, driven by René Rast, during a demo drive on the track. The race can be followed on television on Eurosport and Motors.tv. Audi will be broadcasting the endurance race live on the internet on www.audi-motorsport.com.
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Romolo Liebchen (Head of Audi Sport customer racing): "It was a fantastic surprise to have clinched the pole position and further good places in the super pole qualifying session. We primarily prepared for the race and didn't take any major risks for qualifying. Pole is a superb gift but shouldn't delude us about the fact that this race lasts 24 hours. We're expecting tough confrontations with our rivals because the field is extremely competitive. Surviving the 24 hours without any problems is no mean feat if you're set on finishing the race with a similar result."
Laurens Vanthoor (Audi R8 LMS ultra #1/Belgian Audi Club Team WRT): "I'm very happy about the pole position. My second lap was right on the mark. I never even gave any thought to the fastest time all day. When I asked my engineer what position we were in he said first place. For a few seconds, I thought he was joking. The pole position in our home round is great for Team WRT and the Belgian Audi Club. But it's just a very small step this weekend, as the bigger one is yet to follow. Now we can sleep well. That'll make life easier for us tomorrow."
Qualifying results
1 Laurens Vanthoor (Audi R8 LMS ultra #1), 2m 18.710s
2 Alessandro Pier Guidi (Ferrari #50), 2m 18.756s
3 Step Dusseldorp (Mercedes #85), 2m 18.934s
4 Edward Sandström (Audi R8 LMS ultra #26), 2m 18.989s
5 Christopher Mies (Audi R8 LMS ultra #3), 2m 19.032s
6 Steven Kane (Bentley #7), 2m 19.093s
7 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes #84), 2m 19.166s
8 Kevin Estre (McLaren #99), 2m 19.316s
9 Nick Catsburg (BMW #12), 2m 19.334s
10 Stefan Mücke (Aston Martin #107), 2m 19.491s
12 Marcel Fässler (Audi R8 LMS ultra #2), 2m 19.569s
29 Fabian Hamprecht (Audi R8 LMS ultra #75), 2m 20.882s
33 Fred Bouvy (Audi R8 LMS ultra #4), 2m 21.084s
54 Carl Rosenblad (Audi R8 LMS ultra #22), 2m 23.513s
59 Marc Rostan (Audi R8 LMS ultra #25), 2m 27.037s
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Pole position for Audi driver Laurens Vanthoor in home round at Spa
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- Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in position one
- Three Audi R8 LMS ultra cars in the top five spots on the grid
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The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT has achieved a perfect starting base for the Spa 24 Hours. The #1 Audi R8 LMS ultra will be starting the race from position one on the grid on the 90th anniversary of the endurance event. In the super pole qualifying session for the top 20 participants, the Belgian team, with the Belgian Laurens Vanthoor, achieved the best time in its home round.


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Monday, August 15, 2011 - Oshkosh, WI. - While race teams and fans were ready to resume the 2011 racing season at Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway after a week off due to the Winnebago County Fair, Mother Nature had other plans. With the pit area seeing several new drivers appearing for the 2011 season teams were just unloading their cars and preparing for the evening's race program when a steady drizzle developed. Officials waited to see if conditions would change and 15 minutes later steady rains began. Officials had no choice to cancel the race events for the evening with the show being declared awash at 5:45pm.
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Roadblocks to affordability
Developers want to build housing. Collier's political leaders want less-congested roads. The conflict is clear, and neither seems willing to yield what they view as the right of way.
Nobody wants it in their backyard: Traffic congestion, that is, even more so than affordable housing.
Efforts to solve Collier County's affordable housing crisis have stalled in the past year because county commissioners have resisted sacrificing their most sacred political cow — adequate roads.
"I voted for a road, not against affordable housing," Commissioner Donna Fiala said of her February vote against an affordable housing development off Collier Boulevard.
Roads are at the center of the affordable housing debate between Collier commissioners and developers who are clamoring for regulatory and fee relief.
Developers say Collier's checkbook-style traffic management system, which aims to make sure roads can handle new development before it occurs, is the state's toughest. Collier's building industry has gone to court to fight the county's impact fees on new development, which are among the highest in Florida.
Commissioners are expected in May to finish a round of impact fee hikes that will raise the fees on a 2,000-square-foot home from $17,000 to $29,000. Such steep fees are enough to put housing out of reach for teachers, firefighters and sheriff's deputies, builders say.
Impact fees, regulatory costs, zoning policies to restrict new development — all of these tangle up the debate over affordable housing and all have brought Collier commissioners and the building industry to a political standoff.
It's not just affordable housing that's on hold.
Commissioners Fred Coyle and Fiala formed a voting bloc to create a de facto halt to all new development approvals. Four of the five commissioners must vote for a rezoning approval.
Both believe Collier's building industry lobbied behind the scenes last year for state growth management legislation that undermines the county's 2-year-old traffic management system to make sure new development can't go forward on clogged roads.
Al Zichella, president of the 1,500-member Collier Building Industry Association, denies it.
Now, Coyle says he won't approve rezonings until he knows whether the Legislature will restore Collier's authority to impose stricter development rules than the state's.
The stalemate is hitting developers where it hurts. Land broker Ross McIntosh said he lost a $20 million deal in recent months because of the uncertainty of zoning.
The stakes are high. Neither side wants to stand down.
Slowing growth
Six years into a catch-up road-building agenda, commissioners have slowed development by cutting the number of homes allowed per acre.
In government jargon, the number of homes per acre is called density. To a majority of Collier commissioners, density might as well be a four-letter word, developers complain. But to affordable housing advocates, density is a key ingredient to getting less-expensive housing to the marketplace.
Commissioner Jim Coletta said one can't be for affordable housing and against density.
"Something's got to give," he said, contending density rules shouldn't apply to affordable housing.
But more houses or condos in new developments means more drivers on gridlocked roads, Coyle counters.
Lower density has compounded the county's affordable housing problem, developers and advocates say. Housing that middle-income families could afford sprawled east and north of the Naples-area jobs, exacerbating traffic congestion.
At the same time, a regulatory bottleneck choked back thousands of new homes and condos from the market. Collier's traffic management system, called concurrency by planners, is delaying developers from building more than 3,900 homes and condos that already have zoning approvals, county estimates show.
The invisible hand
The restricted housing supply helped boost prices.
So, theoretically, an increase in the number of homes or condos allowed per acre should reduce the cost of homes, advocates say.
For example, when an acre costs $400,000 and developers build eight homes, each home pays $50,000 for the lot. But when only four homes are permitted, each absorbs $100,000 of land costs.
Coyle contends increasing density only adds to the building industry's profits.
"I do not believe we should line their pockets with gold," Coyle said.
Government didn't create the affordable housing crisis — high land costs did, he said.
"Most members of the private sector are looking to government to solve this problem," Coyle said.
Zichella responds that the industry shouldn't have to apologize for profits.
"Are we a capitalist community and are people allowed to be successful?" Zichella asks.
The private sector can't solve the housing problem on its own, he said.
"Losing money's probably not an option," Zichella said.
Political jam
Zichella believes if the county eases up on its road congestion rules, new development could move forward and the free market could take over to provide less-expensive housing.
If roads are a higher priority than affordable housing, that's a policy matter, Zichella said, and "for the broader community, it may not be the best decision."
Allowing more homes when the roads aren't ready isn't what Coyle thinks people want.
"Throw concurrency out the window? How do you think the people of Collier County are going to feel?" Coyle said. "I think they'll feel very angry."
So, in February, Coyle and Fiala blocked a rezoning for Rockedge, a 400-unit community off Collier Boulevard that would have set aside 111 townhouses for residents who make 80 percent or less than the area's median income. Both cited traffic concerns.
"If they would simply approve some affordable housing projects that do come before them, and not give affordable housing developments such a hard time, they might not need linkage fees and inclusionary zoning or donations," said Bruce Anderson, a land-use attorney who represented Rockedge's developer.
A controversial proposal called inclusionary zoning unveiled this month would force developers to set aside 15 percent of each new development for affordable and workforce housing. Developers defeated the idea three years ago.
That was before home prices almost doubled in some neighborhoods and the area's median single-family home price topped $500,000.
Inclusionary zoning could be Collier's most intense political clash in years.
As providers of housing, Zichella said, developers are essential to solutions, but right now the industry doesn't have a seat at the table.
"Everybody needs to grab an oar and pull," Zichella said.
Will they?
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My Move to Solid State
For the next test, I decided to time how long it took to extract the 2.6.22 kernel bzipped tarball. Now, because this tarball is bzipped, a good deal of the stress on the system will be on the CPU, not the disk. However, because most tarballs are compressed, and it is a pretty common desktop activity, I thought it was still worth comparing. The results weren't nearly as dramatic as the first two tests (due to the activity being mostly CPU-bound), but the SSD still beats the 4200rpm drive by 13 seconds:
4200rpm: 66 seconds
SSD: 53 seconds
Many laptop users (myself included) rarely boot and shut down their systems between uses. Instead, they rely on the hibernation and suspend features to save their current state and resume to it quickly. With hibernation, the laptop writes its current state to disk and powers off. With suspend, the laptop keeps its current state in RAM and stays on in a low-power state. Because the hibernation process is so disk-heavy, I decided it would be a good way to test whether an SSD gave any speed benefit. So, for the first test, I measured the time from enabling hibernation until the system powered off:
4200rpm: 75 seconds
SSD: 50 seconds
Again, before I saw the numbers, I didn't realize it had taken more than one minute 15 seconds to shut down and preserve my 1GB of RAM. Although the SSD still took some time, it beat the old drive by 25 seconds.
The follow-up to my hibernate test was to resume from the hibernation state. I started the clock once I pressed Enter at the GRUB prompt and stopped it once I got to the login window for my locked screen:
4200rpm: 83 seconds
SSD: 38 seconds
This result really surprised me. The SSD fared better than the 4200rpm drive when suspending to disk, but it was more than twice as fast when resuming! When you compare the combined tests, the 4200rpm drive takes 158 seconds to suspend and resume, and the SSD shortens the process down to 88 seconds.
Even though the everyday benchmarks were enough to convince me of the speed benefit of an SSD, I knew a lot of you also would want some raw data to compare. So, I also ran hdparm and bonnie++ on both drives with some interesting results. First, I ran hdparm three times in a row:
/dev/sda3: Timing cached reads: 1842 MB in 2.00 seconds = 921.90 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.08 seconds = 20.79 MB/sec /dev/sda3: Timing cached reads: 1814 MB in 2.00 seconds = 907.56 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.08 seconds = 20.78 MB/sec /dev/sda3: Timing cached reads: 1794 MB in 2.00 seconds = 897.43 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 62 MB in 3.04 seconds = 20.39 MB/sec
/dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1894 MB in 2.00 seconds = 947.80 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 80 MB in 3.07 seconds = 26.02 MB/sec /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1894 MB in 2.00 seconds = 947.61 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 80 MB in 3.08 seconds = 26.00 MB/sec /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1886 MB in 2.00 seconds = 943.86 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.00 seconds = 25.99 MB/sec
As you can see, the SSD certainly is faster; however, there is not nearly as large a margin as with some of the other tests. The bonnie++ results show a different story:
------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP 2G 11309 52 11272 3 4921 2 10715 44 11471 2 83.8 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 190 2 +++++ +++ 177 1 196 2 +++++ +++ 154 1 minimus,2G,11309,52,11272,3,4921,2,10715,44,11471,2,83.8,0,16,190, ↪2,+++++,+++,177,1,196,2,+++++,+++,154,1
------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP 2G 18155 94 23125 8 12521 8 20818 94 28149 8 1226 5 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 1128 11 +++++ +++ 1101 10 1158 10 +++++ +++ 449 4 minimus,2G,18155,94,23125,8,12521,8,20818,94,28149,8,1226.4,5,16, ↪1128,11,+++++,+++,1101,10,1158,10,+++++,+++,449,4
Well, that's certainly a lot of data. A few numbers do stand out though. On sequential output and input, the SSD's performance is almost twice that of the 4200rpm drive, except in random seeks where it is actually 14 times faster with 1,226 seeks per second! Because there is no spinning platter, random seeks are one area where a solid state drive really shines. The next level of stats compares the speed of creating files on the system sequentially and at random. It is here that we see another huge advantage for the SSD, as it is five times faster at sequential creates, six times faster at sequential deletes and almost six times faster at random creates.
Kyle Rankin is a VP of engineering operations at Final, Inc., the author of a number of books including DevOps Troubleshooting and The Official Ubuntu Server Book, and is a columnist for Linux Journal. Follow him @kylerankin.
what a jackass comment that
what a jackass comment that was. Obviously he didn't review 5400 and 7200 rmp drives. At least he took the time to write a review; something you wont do. Go buy a SSD and then YOU tell everyone else how that worked out for ya.
Great review. I've always
Great review. I've always been a fan of small laptops, too, and recently got a netbook. My only question is, does it make a difference what brand of drive you get? I've seen a couple sites talking about some serious performance differences...but I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd like a good deal if possible. Here's the best deals I've found on a 1.8 drive so far - http://bit.ly/5e7JWA but I don't know much about this brand. Any feedback?
How does it compare with 7200 rpm disks
Thats a nice comparision but how does it compare with 7200 rpm disks, most people nowadays use 5400 rpm / 7200 rpm disks.
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Just had an idea for the sniper rifle sway : implementation of a "hold breath function" by replacing the "center view" one (I don't think much people uses it). Bsically it makes the sniper scope much more stable but is fixed to the center screen when holding it. Could be linked to the Rifle tree precision in a way like 3/5/7/9 secs of holding breath? The pleasure of blasting 2/3 heads from the other side of the map is missing me... Just started the mod but the reviews seems well deserved.
there is alot of sway with the sniper rifle, even at master level and with the target augmentation... should be perfectly steady in my opinion. Tested with cheats for my walkthrough character build, past 200 feets, it's a nightmare to align ONE target. I mean it's for long range elimination a sniper rifle isn't it? :)
Add the eye replacer mod and look for the new Kurgan Eyes for your own character. Super cool eyes :)
Fun but buggy as hell. The Gargoyle quest locked on the Kanker quest... Too many bugs are killing the fun.
Anyone knows how to change beretta stance? I prefer when the gun in pointing to the floor than threatening walls :)
Greetings. I've found my way through this by visiting vamputil.py. The art of tweaking :)The Setites look great, I bet it was the model for the Ravnos? I love Obtenebration but the male Lasombra, I'm sorry to say that but to me it is failed. He doesn't inspire much : the haircut... Those gloves and the outfits. It sounds amiss to me even more compared to the class of the Setites or the Giovanni. Can we hope other skins, in the addons section for example? Btw your work is really astonishing, you should apply for a studio where they know the words "immersion", "Quality" and "Storytelling" :)
Great mod, I didn't enjoyed that game so much for a long time! Is there a way to increase black metamorphosis for the lasombra? 15 sec is a bit short in a middle of a gunfight :)
the lasombra bug is passed after the tutorial, sorry for being too hasty! The Lasombra male is quite bothering me, they are supposed to be the nobles of the Sabbat and if the Female is outstanding, I must say that the male counterpart bothers me. The haircut, the shirt, even the later clothes and the super cool coat doesn't make it. The Setites is way cooler : better haircut, more stylish. It's just an opinion and tastes but if you have another model in stock, I'd like to see that :)
Reinstalled and put the last patch, everything seems to work fine except for the black metamorphosis of the Lasombra... Which was the clan I wanted to play. At the end of the discipline, the black tentacles remains like glued to the character. Another bug I guess
I tried several characters : after theatre scene i put "giftxp" command to see what the disciplines look like and there are all messed up. No horrid form, and impossible to create a minion as a Tzimice.
P.S.: I test on the first place outside the theatre on the guy you supposed to nourish from. Serpentis seems bug too, no snake or snake form. necromancy doesn't seem to work with the Giovanni. I'm a bit confused, what am I doing wrong?
Download started at 858 kb, then stopped and now 80 kb : 5 hours to dl. What is going on with Moddb??
P.S.: Nevermind found another Mirror. If you experience the same problem, try and look for a faster one. I've been looking for your work for 6 years now and I must say I'm quite eager to see what you've done!
I didn't mixed much with UP 9.2. Just tweaked 2 disciplines and a History for the Tremere + a few skins. In fact it's like if the internal command change for armor were disabled. It's not only the armor skin that isn't changing, there is no mechanic modification (armor2 which should give +2 armor rating -1 Dexterity doesn't work at all). I did a lot of tweaks on Camarilla Edition and never had a issue. As I said I think Win***t 8.1 is the problem...
Greetings! I met a problem recently : I play VTMB at least once a year and tried a lot of mods. I recently changed my pc and met a strange problem with UP 9.2 and TFN 1.2. I like to tweak a little disciplines and PC histories and after I've done my tweaks, I couldn't change armors anymore!! (I use the command impulse 101 to check different skins in the tutorial hub before starting my walkthrough). I wonder if anyone already had the problem as I found nothing on the web and it might be a problem that'll appear later. (Thanks Windows 8.1 probably). Hope someone can help. Happy new year btw!
Happy new year! About that, it's about 1 year that the project is on beta testing... Many wonders if the project is not gonna die, which would really be a shame. A little update would be great! By the way, thanks to Moddb and all the modders to provide content that is sometimes even better than the "blockbusters" video game.
You are right I meant active discipline, my mistake! For the bullet hit animation I meant "why is there one?" You are an undead so a few holes should let a little blood but not break your animation, particulary when you are in a middle of combo! :) Maybe a damage trigger for some guns like shotguns to slow you might do the trick? Sorry for my English I'm french (nobody is perfect :))
Greetings. I saw that Unofficial Patch 8.8 reintroduced animations for passive discipline plus multiple cool graphic effects. Can we hope seeing it in the next release? Another thing : Why does bullets break my character animation? I mean in the chinatown night club cutscene, when you take a bullet it does nothing... Taking damage OK but that shouldn't trigger that stupid animation in my opinion. Anyway thanks for your work! It's great to see the community keeping this game alive, particulary when some "big" studios aren't even able to make another game!
Bon franchement ce skin a bien plus de gueule que le skin Ventrue. En même temps on ne peut pas dire que VTMB brille par le charisme des PJ. Serait-il possible de faire une version pour le Ventrue? J'ai essayé de renommer les fichiers models/character/pc/male, rien à faire. Merci d'avance.
I've been following the progress of this mod since it started and I'm eager to see it coming out! I know it's almost over but is there any estimation of when it will be released that I can mark it on my calendar? :)
Dommage... Français aussi lol
Great mod, but crashes when trying to repair weapons with cardan...
Way too hard, I die when I get bit twice by a dog.Can't even aim at them I'm already dead. Downgrading to Misery 1.0
I converted the steam version to the old one and reinstall the mod. I have the new characters textures but not the high resolution movies. Did I did something wrong or do I have to install them separately?
Well tried out with the steam version and unfortunately it's not working. I really hope you'll make a version of this mod compatible with the steam version because the trailer make a great flavour out of the game. This overhaul is a long awaited mod for the fans so again I hope you'll make it, PLEASE!!!
Does this work with the steam version of the game? It would be great!
After installing the optionnal files, the game crash at startup. To resolve the problem go to your data folder and rename menus to ;menus. Found out because I tried the V1.2 open beta which is different than the moddb version.
I know it's just cosmetics but I think the assamite has too much scars on the face, only a cool one would be enough. Also, when you run with the armor3 in 3rd view, the feets textures bug and when you run it's like he doesn't have feets! lol For the rest great mod!
Je voudrais utiliser le skin pour mon ventrue mais je ne trouve pas comment éditer les fichiers pour que ça marche. Serait-il possible d'avoir des instructions? tx
I have a swoop race issue : each time I reach maximum speed I lose the control of the swoop and it goes crashing. Never seen that before, could it come from the mod?
Great mod but I have a big problem with artifact transmutation. The tearing away percentage is approaching 90% and artifacts can't stay in the fruit punch anomaly they move out of it every time!! Hope it will work in 2.5 :)


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|2 May 2002
|Filing date
|12 Apr 2001
|Priority date
|14 Apr 2000
|Publication number
|DeWitt Seward, John LaChapelle, D. Seward
|Original Assignee
|General Dielectric, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (37), Classifications (6), Legal Events (1)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/197,527, filed on Apr. 14, 2000. The entire teachings of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] There is a need for making dielectric measurements for security, for laboratory, for industrial, and other applications. For security applications, the ability to make dielectric measurements of samples can allow the user to verify the contents of a container by verifying the dielectric constant of the material inside. For example, if the wine in a wine bottle were to be replaced with a hazardous liquid or explosive, existing detection systems could not detect the hazardous material.
[0003] In the laboratory, restrictions on sample characteristics can adversely affect the dielectric measurement process. It can effectively restrict which materials can be tested. For example, if a material is difficult to obtain or to manufacture, restrictions on the size of the material can make it difficult to use the measurement technique. For the case of non-isotropic dielectric materials, the orientation of the dielectric material can have a major impact on sensor readings.
[0004] There is a class of microwave reflective resonant sensors that can take dielectric measurements by using a single antenna to interrogate samples with a swept frequency microwave source. The material is placed in the near field of the antenna, within approximately 2.5λ from the antenna aperture. A single port dielectric resonant sensor, for example, uses a swept frequency source to measure the dielectric properties of a material under test. This technique requires precise sample dimensions in order to make its measurements, and is therefore incompatible with most real world situations.
[0005] An in situ sensor that was a linearly polarized, highly resonant, microstrip antenna with a swept frequency microwave source has been described for the purpose of making very precise dielectric measurements. This system required a single feed, linearly polarized antenna in order to achieve a high coupling factor with the material under test. The orientation of the material under test relative to the antenna is also critical to device operation. Further, the material must be in direct contact with the antenna in order to achieve the high coupling factor. This system was incompatible with measuring materials in an arbitrary container as mentioned before. Each antenna would need to be tuned to the specific container shape and material, a requirement that is impractical at best and, for the case of those attempting to conceal a dangerous substance, usually impossible. A high coupling factor is required for making accurate measurements of the complex dielectric constant (ε*=ε′+jε″), as well as an accurate measurement of the material conductivity (σ). However, the technique is of limited use if the antenna or an intermediary dielectric are not in full contact with the material. Further, the material in test needs to be electrically infinite with respect to the resonant antenna in order for the technique to be accurate.
[0006] While both of these techniques are very useful in certain situations, they impose restrictions that limit applicability. Thus, further improvements are needed.
[0007] The present invention uses a series of techniques that increase the robustness of the dielectric measurements made from a microstrip resonant sensor. The instrument includes swept frequency microwave source to measure the resonant frequency of the resonator.
[0008] The first source of error with dielectric measurement is anisotropic characteristics of the material. This may be a result of the shape of the sample, the shape of the sample's container, or any anisotropic characteristics the material itself may have.
[0009] There are several ways to solve this basic problem. The simplest way is to use a single-feed circularly-polarized antenna. By transmitting and receiving microwave energy that radiates in all orientations, the measurement provides an average of any anisotropic measurements. In this way, the system can reduce error as measurements are repeated.
[0010] The second technique is to employ a microstrip resonator where the horizontal polarization and vertical polarization can be excited individually. In this way, the system can directly measure any anisotropic characteristics of the sample being measured. This technique may be extended to a single resonant structure made up of several, individually fed, dipole resonators that share a common center or end point.
[0011] Alternatively, this antenna where the individual polarities of the same resonant structure are individually fed from the sensor can be used similar to the single feed antenna. Circular polarization can be achieved with an appropriate microwave feed network that fans the signal from the swept microwave source to each of the feeds of the microwave resonator.
[0012] For the antenna mentioned above, the different dipoles oriented in the different directions may also be of different lengths. This increases the dynamic range of the dielectric measurement. Because they have a common center point, they may be used on much smaller samples than the existing multi-resonance antenna. Further, because each dipole is individually fed, there is no ambiguity between the different modes of the different dipoles.
[0013] A second source of measurement error can be the effective distance between the microwave resonator and the sample under test. For example, if a flat antenna is used to interrogate a round bottle, the effective coupling to the bottle can vary depending on bottle size and exact shape. By including a small gap of air between the antenna and the sample or the bottle containing the sample there is a reduction in this error. The gap is preferably greater than λ/1000. The air gap can impede the precision of the dielectric measurement, but many applications allow this tradeoff. The preferred method for creating the air-gap is with a thin, dielectric radome, although there are other techniques available.
[0014] A final technique for increasing robustness is to make use of the phase information from the return signal. While the resonance point of the antenna can be determined by measuring the minimum return signal as a function of frequency, it may also be measured by looking for the zero phase crossing. These two techniques can combine to form a more robust measurement of the resonance frequency of the antenna with a material under test.
[0015] One application of this technology is the identification or verification of materials under test. In the example, where the contents of a bottle of wine with a liquid explosive, a microwave sensor with the above characteristics can be used for screening the contents of bottles to make sure no hazardous materials are present. This procedure is particularly useful for this application as a single antenna can be used to screen bottles of all shapes and sizes. This can be useful in the screening of containers to be loaded onto airplanes, for example.
[0016] Another application is an instrument to measure relative dielectric properties. This is useful for measuring mixture ratios of materials with different dielectric constants. It can also be useful for measuring other properties of materials whose change can affect the dielectric constant of the material, for example, temperature.
[0017] Another application is process control. Here again, the robustness of the measurements allows for repeatable measurements across a wide variety of conditions. For example, anisotropic materials coming down a slurry pipe can be measured independent of their orientation. Thus mixtures being delivered through plastic pipes or tubes can be measured using the present invention.
[0018] The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of preferred embodiments of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention.
[0019]FIG. 1 shows a single feed, circularly polarized square patch antenna.
[0020]FIG. 2 shows a dual feed patch antenna. One feed excites the horizontal polarization mode of the patch. The other feed excites the vertical polarization excitation of the patch.
[0021]FIG. 3 shows a circular patch antenna with diameter D.
[0022]FIG. 4a shows a turnstile microstrip antenna. One feed excites the horizontal mode of the resonator, and the other feed excites the vertical mode of the resonator. For this case, the horizontal mode and the vertical mode of the resonator have the same resonant frequency.
[0023]FIG. 4b shows a turnstile microstrip antenna. One feed excites the horizontal mode of the resonator, and the other feed excites the vertical mode of the resonator. For this case, the horizontal mode and the vertical mode of the resonator have different resonant frequencies.
[0024]FIG. 4c shows a turnstile microstrip antenna. Here there is a single feed that will directly couple to both the horizontal and vertical modes of the resonator at the same time.
[0025]FIG. 5 shows the generic single-feed microstrip antenna with a small air-gap and a thin dielectric radome.
[0026]FIG. 6 shows in schematic form the circuitry for making dielectric measurements with the aforementioned antennas. For this case, there is a single feed antenna.
[0027]FIG. 7 shows in schematic form the basic circuitry for making dielectric measurements with the aforementioned antennas. For this case, there is a multiple feed antenna with the appropriate microstrip feed network.
[0028]FIG. 8 shows in schematic form the basic circuitry for making dielectric measurements with the aforementioned antennas. For this case, there is a multiple feed antenna with a feed switch to allow each antenna mode to be driven independently.
[0029]FIG. 1 shows one form of a microstrip resonant sensor (1). It includes a highly conductive ground plane (4), a dielectric substrate (2), and a highly conductive resonant structure on the dielectric substrate (2) opposite the ground plane (4). This embodiment includes a single-feed, circularly polarized, square patch antenna (3). The incident microwave signal (6) is fed through a coaxial cable (5) that is attached to the square patch (3) at the feed point or position (29). The reflected signal (7) is brought back to the sensor by means of an electric feed such as a coaxial cable (5) for measurement. The feed point (29) is selected carefully in order to achieve the desired circular polarization. When placed in the correct location, the single feed point (29) simultaneously excites two resonant modes of the microstrip resonator: horizontal and vertical. When the two modes are excited in this fashion, the antenna is now a circularly polarized antenna.
[0030] It is important to make the distinction between the antenna in FIG. 1 and one of similar shape fed to be linearly polarized. Considering only the vertical polarization, the impedance of the feed point to the two vertically polarized resonators is a function of the location between these two points. If the feed point (29) is selected in the center, the impedance is zero and no energy flows to the vertical polarization. The impedance of the vertical polarization becomes a short. It is possible to select a location between the center axis and one of the two outside edges where the impedance matches the feed network. If this is selected for vertical polarization and the short location is selected for the horizontal polarization, there is a well-matched linearly-polarized antenna. However, by choosing a location that is matched to both the vertical polarization and the horizontal polarization of the antenna, this provides circular polarization. This also provides the benefit of exciting both of the resonant modes of the antenna this provides .
[0031]FIG. 2 details the same patch antenna (3) having a length L and width W where both the horizontal and vertical modes of the resonator are excited individually. The horizontal signal (9) is brought to the antenna (3) by means of an electrical feed such as a coaxial cable (8) that is attached at the horizontal feed point (30). The sensor will measure the reflected horizontal signal (10). Similarly, the vertical signal (12) is brought to the antenna (3) by means of a coaxial cable (11) that is attached at the vertical feed point (31). The sensor measures the reflected vertical signal (13). Although the single feed circularly polarized antenna has the advantage of being simpler to manufacture and take measurements from, this dual feed antenna has some advantages over the single feed circularly polarized antenna from FIG. 1. First, allowing excitation of each mode individually allows direct measurement of any anisotropic properties of the sample. This includes anisotropic properties of the sample shape and dielectric constant. Further, as individual measurements can take a few milliseconds each, it is much quicker to measure the horizontal and vertical polarization properties of a material with this technique than with a simple linearly polarized antenna.
[0032] The antenna in FIG. 2 can be used in two ways. In the first method, the horizontal and vertical dimensions are the same. This achieves immunity from any anisotropic effects of the sample under test by providing a measurement with the same dielectric response in both the vertical and horizontal direction.
[0033] The second method trades off anisotropic immunity for wider dynamic range of dielectric measurement. In practice, the range over which the dielectric constant can be measured is a function of the frequency range of the sensor and the resonant frequency of the antenna in free space. The resonant frequency of the antenna is a function of the length of the antenna. Where λ is the resonant wavelength, the length of the patch antenna is 0.49*λ. Frequency is the speed of light divided by λ. So, the resonant frequency of the patch antenna can be selected by changing the length of its side. For a patch where the vertical and horizontal polarizations are fed individually, one can select different resonant frequencies for the horizontal and vertical modes by selecting appropriate sizes for the width and length. This allows the selection of two different ranges over which one can measure the dielectric constant of the material.
[0034]FIG. 3 details a second single feed circularly polarized antenna. Here, the shape of the resonator alone does not give us the circular polarization. This is similar to the antenna in FIG. 1. A single microwave signal from the sensor (6) that travels through an electric feed such as a coaxial cable (5), is attached to the circular antenna 14 of diameter D at the feed point (29). However, the addition of a second feed point (28) that attaches to the ground plane, results in circular polarization. Note that the addition of a second feed point creates the circular polarization. This forces the microwave energy to travel around the antenna FIG. 4a and FIG. 4b detail two embodiments of a turnstile antenna. It is similar to a simple dipole antenna with an important distinction: it is a single microstrip resonator with two independently fed modes of operation. Feeding the vertical mode does not cause the horizontal mode to operate, and feeding the horizontal mode does not cause the vertical mode to operate. This technique can be extended to N dipoles about the center, each with its own feed point to the swept frequency sensor. In this way, multiple linear polarities can be applied to the test material from the same resonant structure by selecting the appropriate feed or by driving the antenna with an appropriate microwave feed network.
[0035]FIG. 4a illustrates the case where all dipoles with a common center are of the same length L. This type of turnstile antenna 15 is immune to any anisotropic effects of the sample shape or dielectric constant.
[0036]FIG. 4b illustrates the case where the dipoles are not of the same length, but have distinct lengths L and W. Similar to FIG. 4a, the picture illustrates the case where N=2, but the technique can be extended to more resonant modes. Each dipole has its own particular resonance frequency for the test material. While this type of antenna does not have the advantage of anisotropic immunity, it does achieve extended dynamic range for making dielectric measurements. Further, unlike similar structures proposed previously, it achieves extended dynamic range for a smaller sample size.
[0037] It is important to note that it is possible to combine the ideas from FIG. 4a and FIG. 4b. For example, an antenna can have 4 dipoles, two of which are designed for one resonant frequency, and two are designed for a second resonant frequency. This idea can of course be extended to more antennas.
[0038] The case where the turnstile has two perpendicular dipoles joined at the center, the two dipoles will resonant independent of each other. This is a result of their electric and magnetic fields being perpendicular to each other and will tend not to couple. However, for the case of three or more independent dipoles with a common center, the different dipoles will capacitively couple to each other. This is a constant effect and will not change the basic idea of multiple resonant dipoles in multiple locations with a common center.
[0039]FIG. 4c illustrates the same cross shape with a single feed point (29) in the center of the antenna. Here, the single feed point (29) excites both the horizontal and vertical modes of the antenna. The antenna is shown with only two dipoles, however, several can fit about the center point. Similar to other types of antennas, the tradeoff can be made between anisotropic compensation versus dynamic range of the dielectric measurements by selecting appropriate sizes for the length and width of the antenna.
[0040]FIG. 5 shows the generic microstrip antenna (18) with an air-gap (17) directly in front of the antenna. The microwave signal (6) travels from the sensor by means of a coaxial cable (5), and the sensor measures the reflected signal (7). This technique is useful for reading the dielectric properties of samples that can not fully be in direct contact with the antenna. Coupling to the material is a complex function of distance from the antenna. Attempting to place non-standard shaped or even small samples in contact with a dielectric resonator shows that the measurements are very sensitive to placement variations. Including a small air gap (17) between the microstrip resonator (18) and the sample can reduce this sensitivity.
[0041] It is important to note that for a specific application, the air-gap must be fixed to maintain calibration from measurement to measurement. FIG. 5 illustrates one method of enforcing the air gap: the use of a thin, dielectric radome (19). The radome will allow us to maintain the same air gap between the generic microstrip antenna and any samples under test, although there are many other methods to maintain a constant air gap.
[0042]FIG. 6 demonstrates the first of three forms for a complete sensor system. A swept microwave source (20) sends the signal through a directional coupler circuit (21) and into the test sample (22) by means of a resonating antenna (1). The directional coupler circuit (21) accomplishes two things. First, it splits off part of the original swept frequency from the source for phase comparison to the reflected signal. Second, it isolates the reflected from the incident signal to the antenna. This simplifies the process of measuring the reflected wave. The phase and magnitude of the reflected wave are sampled by means of a phase detect circuit (23) and a magnitude detect circuit (24), the outputs of which are stored and processed by the data acquisition module (25). This processing can determine the dielectric properties of the sample under test based on the shape of the magnitude vs. frequency and the phase vs. frequency curves. Magnitude vs. frequency can be used to determine the resonance point for the antenna by looking for the frequency at which the return loss is a minimum. Phase vs. frequency can be used to determine the resonance point for the antenna by looking for the frequency where the phase of the return signal is zero. This particular embodiment is useful for the case where the antenna requires a single feed from the swept microwave source.
[0043]FIG. 7 demonstrates one method for adapting the generic sensor circuit from FIG. 6 to a multi-feed antenna. For the case where it is desirable to achieve a simple polarization from the multi-feed antenna, a microwave feed network (26) is used.
[0044]FIG. 8 details one method for making multi-feed measurements where it is preferable to excite each of the different modes of the resonant sensor individually. Here, the simple feed network (26) from FIG. 7 has been replaced by a feed switch (27) which allows the system to choose from among the various individual feeds to the various different resonant modes of the resonant sensor. It is important to note that there are several ways to achieve the same effect of feeding individual modes of the resonant sensor. Multiple directional couplers can be used with the microwave feed switch coming after the reverse coupling. Multiple directional couplers can be used with multiple phase detect and magnitude detect circuitry. This feature allows the system to measure individual modes independently from the others.
[0045] These techniques are useful for measuring the dielectric properties of samples within 2.5λ of the antenna. Beyond this distance, the antenna no longer effectively couples to the sample.
[0046] In practice, a sensor employs one or more of the different techniques depending on the application. For example, a desktop unit for measuring samples in a lab can use one of the two turnstile antennas trading off anisotropic immunity for dynamic range of the dielectric measurement.
[0047] The preceding description is particular to the preferred embodiments and may be changed and modified without substantially changing the nature of the invention. While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Owner name: GENERAL DIELECTRIC, INC., MASSACHUSETTS
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SEWARD, DEWITT C.IV;LACHAPELLE, JOHN;SEWARD, D. CLINT III;REEL/FRAME:012425/0507
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DEFINITION of 'Vanishing Premium '
A type of periodic fee, paid in exchange for an insurance policy, that eventually disappears because the investment return earned by the cash value of the policy is sufficient to pay the fee. Vanishing premiums are a feature of some permanent life insurance policies. After the policyholder pays the policy premium for a number of years, the paid premiums earn enough money that the policy holder no longer has to pay premiums out of pocket.
BREAKING DOWN 'Vanishing Premium '
A common criticism of vanishing premium policies is that insurance salesman may mislead consumers regarding the number of years for which they will have to pay a premium before the policy begins to support itself. If the projected investment returns used in the insurance illustration turn out to be overly optimistic, the policyholder may have to pay premiums out of pocket for more years than expected.
Earned PremiumThe amount of total premiums collected by an insurance company ...
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The name Kristin is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Kristin is: Christina, and Christiana. Follower of Christ.
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Thanksgiving is almost here and you'll need to select wines that complement without overpowering the homey American cuisine. Rosé, yes rosé - may be the perfect wine for this enjoyable holiday. Think Thanksgiving and most respond with: turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, cranberries, etc…now think wine and imagine rosé: crisp, slightly acidic, fruity, colorful and coy…this type of wine - much maligned in the past - may have found its perfect culinary match. The balance along with acid in the wine is the key since wines with ample amounts of acid, (like most Old World wines) are meant to be paired with food. Try one, you may be surprised.
Today's winemakers are putting serious effort into producing refined, dry and semi-dry wines that bear little resemblance to the frankly lousy blush wines of yesteryear. Rosés are made from numerous grapes including Rhone varietals such as Mourvedre, Grenache, and Cinsaut. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon even Zinfandel are used and rosés of Syrah are gaining popularity in California.
No matter what grapes or exact blend, rosés should be fresh, aromatic, slightly fruity, and acidic with moderate to low alcohol levels. They should be served chilled for a Turkey day companion. Almost every rosé begins with a strawberry nose, and then leans toward some combo of citrus, raspberry, almond and violet. Rosés also offer wide variances in color. Some are like a budding pink tulips and others look like the last rays of a beautiful sunset. Some rosés appear in stunning salmon while others lean toward a pale garnet or coppery red. And some rosés really do look like strawberry soda. Like most wines, give each bottle a little time to open up before serving.
Julien Fayard, a Napa winemaker who grew up in Provencal town of Toulon knows all about rosés. "Dry Rosé is a gastronomical wine. It's a perfect pairing for Thanksgiving as it is a refreshing contrast to the warm, rich and heavy dishes. Rosé is a palate cleanser and an extremely versatile wine that pairs with the mosaic of flavors on the table." Rosésby the way, outsell white wines throughout France. Here are some excellent California as well as French rosés, tasty and reasonable priced.
Here in California, many rosés are worthy additions to the holiday feast.
Julien Fayard's label, Azurwines of Napa produces one of the most serious rosés on the market. Palest pink with a grapefruity nose and plenty of nuanced flavors, this wine will get noticed.
Red Cote from Artisan Family of Wines in Solano County produces a delectable off dry medium bodied rosé worth seeking out. This wine, a Cabernet/Petite Sirah cranberry colored blend will pair perfectly with turkey, fresh yams, pumpkin pie and sweeter elements of Turkey Day.
Peju, in Napa Valley makes a bold Rosé of Syrah, the most striking ruby color I've seen. With hints of watermelon, strawberry and even cherry, this wine wants and deserves attention.
Simi's Roséto from Sonoma County offers pale strawberry, peach and melon notes, is well balanced and very easy to enjoy. This playful rosé is one you should consider this Thanksgiving.
Of course the French are well respected.
Cep d'Or from Appellation Cotes de Provence. This A 50-50 blend of Cinsault and Grenache is a lovely little slice of Saint-Tropez in a glass. The delicate wines still has enough flavor to pair admirably with poultry, veggies and autumnal fruits.
Domaine de Brigue is another fine rosé from Cotes de Provence. Called Signature, this wine with the delightful strawberry, apricot and vanilla bouquet will make you smile, or laugh - even with annoying relatives nearby. (You know who you are)
Chateau Vignelaure from Aix en Provence offers a much lower alcohol profile while still retaining enough structure to match well with turkey.
Chateau Real Martin produces a tasty rosewater colored rosé with a bolder, fruitier flavor than most, yet expertly balanced between structure, finish, acid and alcohol.
Save the heavier wines for another day and think pink this Thanksgiving. The pairing of rosés with your Holiday meal may surprise you.
c. Bob Ecker 2010


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