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Category: Posters
Advertiser: AIDES
Product/Service: AIDS AWARENESS
Agency: GOODBY SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS
Date of First Appearance: Mar 31 2011
Entrant Company: GOODBY SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS, San Francisco, USA
Executive Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Art Director: Antonio Marcato (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Art Director: Raphael Milczarek (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Art Director: Andre Massis (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Copywriter: Will Elliott (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Copywriter: Icaro Doria (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Illustrator: Cristiano Siqueira (Rep: Erika Groeschel)
Illustrator: Nathan Fox (Rep: Bernstein & Andriulli)
Illustrator: Mike Kazaleh
Art Buyer: Renee Hodges (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Art Buyer: Britt Gardner (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Print Producer: Kelly Grubb (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Account Director: Francois Grouiller (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Operations Manager: Renee Fisher (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Operations Manager: Mignonne Lysiak (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
Digital Artist: Joel Scott Wheeler (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners)
French Translator: Veronique Sels
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Media placement: OOH Posters - Rue Sainte-Croix-De-La-Bretonnerie, Paris 75004 - 03/31/2011/ 2 Days - 2 Weeks
Describe the brief from the client
In the fight against AIDS, nothing is more important than wearing condoms. Most people know that. But still, young people aren't always wearing condoms. We tried to find out why and discovered that it's because the conversation is too uncomfortable to have with their partner. We decided to create comics and cartoons that lighten the mood around the topic, perhaps making it a little easier to discuss. We came up with dozens of comics and, from then on, our objective was to get busy, tired and overworked comic-book artists to draw comics for us, and to do it for free.
Describe the challenges and key objectives
This new effort started with a simple insight: in society, using condoms is less taboo than it used to be; but in moments of sexual intimacy, talking about protection is still an embarrassing conversation to have. Our challenge was to find clever ways to de-dramatize the somewhat embarrassing, if not plain awkward, moment when condoms need to be discussed. And in the process, our objective was to turn condoms into a positive advantage to get to that simple thing everyone wants: a dose of pleasure.
Describe how you arrived at the final design
We worked with Cristiano Siqueira to design "Castle" and "S&M." "Castle" was inspired by medieval tapestries, with expression and detail added to make the humor come through. For "S&M" we worked with his dark comic-book style, and the result came out even better than we imagined. To create "Monkey," we worked with Ren and Stimpy illustrator Mike Kazaleh and decided on an old-school comic-strip look. "Swamp" was inspired by classic comics like Swamp Thing that have a unique, dramatic and graphic visual style. Achieving this style was easy when we collaborated with illustrator Nathan Fox.
Give some indication of how successful the outcome was in the market
These color ads got an immediate response from audiences and media. We reached out to local bar owners, who donated space on their walls both inside and outside. Owners could choose to have an AIDS-awareness event surrounding the post of our large-scale print, or to solely display the art. Our large-scale posters were also hung on walls of Paris' Marais district. The work spread awareness within the areas about the AIDES organization -- traffic and comments on the AIDES website, as well as donations, have increased.
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Will Padres manage?
With Kevin Towers sent packing, Friars are facing some big challenges, decisions during a crucial off-season
Most Valuable Player
Adrian Gonzalez: Before he injured his back, Kevin Kouzmanoff was making a run with a strong second half with the bat and a N.L. fielding record season at third. But you can't argue with the numbers. Gonzo led the league in walks and road homers. Forty homers might have been 50 if Petco Park were friendlier to left-handed hitters.
Pitcher of the Year
Kevin Correia: Heath Bell led the National League with 42 saves. But where would the Padres have wound up had Correia not made his 33 starts? The Padres were 19-14 in the games he started. Twenty-two of his starts made baseball's criteria for "quality starts." The Padres' 14 other starters averaged 9.3 outings.
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Henry Blanco: Few Padres worked harder behind the scenes than the veteran backup catcher. He daily counseled the seven Latin American players new to the Padres, worked on helping sophomore Nick Hundley improve his catching and game-handling skills and spent hours with the younger pitchers.
Free Agents: C Henry Blanco, OF Cliff Floyd, OF Brian Giles.
Arbitration Eligible: RHP Mike Adams, RHP Heath Bell, RHP Cha Seung Baek, RHP Kevin Correia, RHP Shawn Hill, 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, INF Luis Rodriguez, R.
.990 – Fielding percentage by Kevin Kouzmanoff, the highest ever by a National League third baseman.
2.53 – Combined ERA of late-inning relievers Luke Gregerson, Mike Adams and Heath Bell.
4.44 – Runs per game averaged by Padres over final 62 games while hitting .261 (compared to 3.6 runs per game and a .231 average for first 100 games)
24 – Of the 56 players employed by the Padres this season qualified as rookies, including 15 who made their major league debuts.
37-25 – Padres' record over the final 62 games.
62-3 – Padres' record when leading after eight innings.
.237 – Padres team batting average with bases loaded.
.242 – Padres overall batting average with runners in scoring position.
17-37 – Padres record in June and July.
27 – Homers allowed by Josh Geer, the fifth-highest total in the National League although he worked the last of his 102 innings on July 27.
48 – Combined double plays grounded into by Kevin Kouzmanoff and Adrian Gonzalez.
53 – Games in which the Padres scored three or fewer runs.
SAN DIEGO – As CEO of the Padres, Jeff Moorad had every right to replace Kevin Towers as general manager.
But the head of the club's new ownership group might want to work on his timing.
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Jack W. Feminella
Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Sciences and Mathematics
Office: 249 Science Center Classrooms Bldg.
Fax: (334) 844-5824
Email Jack W. Feminella
|Ph.D. - University of California, Berkeley
|M.Sc. - University of North Texas
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Selected Publications
Kosnicki, E., S. A. Sefick, M. H. Paller, M. S. Jarrell, B. A. Prusha, S. C. Sterrett, T. D. Tuberville, and J. W. Feminella. 2014. Defining the reference condition for wadeable streams in the Sand Hills subdivision of the Southeastern Plains Ecoregion. Environmental Management doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0320-0
Helms, B., W. Budnick, P. Pecora, J. Skipper, E. Kosnicki, J.W. Feminella, and J. Stoeckel. 2013. The influence of soil type, congeneric cues, and floddplain connectivity on the local distribution of the devil crayfish (Cambarus diogenes Girard). Freshwater Science 32:1333-1344.
Helms, B.S, D. C. Werneke, M. M. Gangloff, E. E. Hartfield, and J. W. Feminella. 2011. The influence of low-head dams on fish assemblages in streams across Alabama. Journal of the North American Benthological Society30:1095-1106.
Gangloff, M. M., E. E. Hartfield, D. C. Werneke, and J. W. Feminella. 2011. Associations between small dams and mollusk assemblages in Alabama streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30:1107-1116.
Holomuzki, J. M., J. W. Feminella, and M. E. Power. 2010. Biotic interactions in freshwater benthic habitats.Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:220-244.
Ewald, M., J. W. Feminella , K. K. Lenertz, and R. P. Henry. 2009. Acute physiological responses of the freshwater snail Elimia flava (Mollusca: Pleuroceridae) to environmental calcium and pH. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 150:231-236.
Helms, B. S., J. E. Schoonover, and J. W. Feminella. 2009. Seasonal variability of landuse impacts on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams of western Georgia, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:991-1006.
Helms, B. S., J. E. Schoonover, and J. W. Feminella. 2009. Assessing influences of hydrology, physiocochemistry, and habitat on stream fish assemblages across a changing landscape. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45:157-169.
Gangloff, M. M., K. K. Lenertz, and J. W. Feminella. 2008. Parasitic mite and trematode abundance are associated with reduced reproductive output and physiological conditions of freshwater mussels. Hydrobiologia. DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9419-8.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2007. Stream channel geomorphology influences mussel abundance in southern Appalachian streams, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology 52:64-74.
Maloney K. O. and J. W. Feminella. 2006. Evaluation of single- and multi-metric benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of catchment disturbance at the Fort Benning Military Installation, Georgia, USA. Ecological Indicators6:469-484.
Fritz, K. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2006. Differential response of stream periphyton and invertebrate grazers to habitat modification by the emergent macrophyte Justicia americana. Marine and Freshwater Research 57:207-214.
Walsh, C. J., A. H. Roy, J. W. Feminella, P. D. Cottingham, P. M. Groffman, and R. P. Morgan. 2005. The urban stream syndrome: current knowledge and the search for a cure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24:706-723.
Maloney, K. O., P. J. Mulholland, and J. W. Feminella. 2005. Influence of catchment-scale military land use on stream physical and organic matter variables in small Southeastern Plains catchments (USA). Environmental Management 35:677-691.
Feminella, J. W. 2000. Correspondence between stream macroinvertebrate assemblages and four ecoregions of the southeastern USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19:442-46.
Feminella, J. W. 1996. Comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in small streams of contrasting hydrologic permanence. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 15:651-669.
Feminella, J. W. and C. P. Hawkins. 1995. Interactions between stream herbivores and periphyton: a quantitative analysis of past experiments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:465-509.


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Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Album: Siamese Dream
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text: I leave you something for the future. This week, the Reverend Dr. Mark Labberton was inaugurated as the President of Fuller Theological Seminary. At his inauguration event, they premiered a film by Lauralee Farrer, entitled 'Praying the Hours.' Lauralee is also on the staff for the Brehm Center at Fuller, which is dedicated to exploring the integration of theology, worship and the arts. I am captivated by the trailer of her film and the fact that it is based on the Divine Hours, or fixed hour prayer. I offer this to you as a final artistic installment of prayer. It has been a privilege to contribute to this awesome church!


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You have to expect some to be looking to lock in profits!!Be realistic...we could keep heading up though. Haha
Incredible? why? this is a penny stock that could easily go to .50-.60 and not make a ripple in anyones radar. If the Dupont deal happens, I think we are looking at dollar$$$ for the PPS.


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Near misses lead to more Devizes yellow lines (From This Is Wiltshire)
Near misses lead to more Devizes yellow lines
6:00am Wednesday 6th August 2014 in By Jill Crooks, Devizes area senior reporter
Roundway parish and Devizes town councils have raised no objections to a proposal to introduce yellow lines on Green Lane between Newman Road and the Byron Road junction for safety reasons.
Councillors were told that due to cars parking on that stretch of road there had been several near misses.
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It seems we're in the midst of a trend of tentpole villains favoring distinct vocal deliveries. From Heath Ledger and Tom Hardy as Joker and Bane in "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises" respectively, to Javier Bardem's Silva in "Skyfall" to Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candie in "Django Unchained," all added some vocal flair to the lines on the page that made those parts stand out. And now Benedict Cumberbatch will try and do it twice in 2013. He'll be behind Smaug in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," and next month he'll gravely intone Captain Kirk and the crew's death in "Star Trek Into Darkness."
A new viral clip has landed that's not all that dissimilar from the "Man Of Steel" Zod spot, with Cumberbatch's villain John Harrison spelling certain doom for the crew of the Enterprise. And no matter how this sequel turns out, it looks like Cumberbatch's turn will be more memorable than Eric Bana's baddie in "Star Trek."
"Star Trek Into Darkness" arrives on May 17th. Clip below and new image via MTV.


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When local governments have a major road or infrastructure project to tackle, such as a new roundabout or trail, they look to an Indianapolis-based group that is in charge of doling out millions in federal grant money.
Projects, including the reconstruction of Main Street in Franklin or the new roundabout at County Road 144 near Bargersville, wouldn't have happened without federal funds that cover 80 percent of the costs of projects, local officials said. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization serves as the gatekeeper for $47 million each year and is in charge of reviewing and awarding funding for about 150 to 250 projects each year.
The organization has approved about $76 million in projects for Johnson County from 2012 through 2015, ranging from helping cities and towns replace road signs to funding $25 million for the state to build a new Interstate 65 exit at Worthsville Road. But Johnson County received only a small slice of more than $1 billion in federal dollars for roads and bridges throughout Indianapolis and the surrounding counties.
The organization serves the region by focusing money toward projects that will help improve overall transportation in and around Indianapolis, director Anna Gremling said. That can mean funding projects to improve interstates, widen intersections along highly traveled routes or build new bicycle and pedestrian paths in cities and towns.
As money becomes available in certain programs, such as Safe Routes to Schools, the organization puts out a request and asks the 35 member agencies, including counties, cities and towns, to submit projects that would fit that type of funding, she said.
From 2012 to 2015, more than $1 billion has been committed by the regional organization to Marion and Hamilton counties. Hendricks County has received the next-largest amount at $140 million, followed by Johnson County.
The organization does make an effort to spread money to all of its members as long as projects fit the goals of that particular funding category, Gremling said. But most importantly, cities and towns need to ask in order to get funding, she said.
"Everybody gets a piece of the pie. I always push, if a region or community has a project, they need to apply because they need to apply to be considered for the money," she said.
Stretches local dollars
Johnson County's overall total is lower compared with other counties because it doesn't have as many large state road projects as other counties. For example, improvements to U.S. 31 in Hamilton County account for about $417 million of the county's overall total.
Receiving federal funding adds to the cost of a project and takes longer to design because projects must meet federal road standards and go through additional state reviews. But local governments have to pay only 20 percent of the project costs when federal funds are awarded, making the regional organization critical to completing large projects that would be too expensive to fund with only local money, local officials said.
"We're already underfunded. There's money that's available to do normal road maintenance work. And, in addition with the wheel tax, that's made a significant improvement. But attempting to fund multimillion-dollar road improvement projects is just not feasible," Johnson County highway director Luke Mastin said.
For example, the county didn't get federal aid to widen Whiteland Road from State Road 135 to County Road 144. That meant the county had to borrow $6 million, which is being paid back over eight years in payments of about $750,000 each year with tax funds that could have been put toward annual paving, patching and maintenance on county roads.
But the county did get federal funding to build a roundabout at County Road 144 and Whiteland Road. That meant the $1.5 million project cost the county only one payment of $300,000.
Bigger, quicker projects
The grant money given out by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization allows local governments to tackle bigger projects in a shorter time frame.
For example, the county has been able to build that roundabout, repair a bridge on Mauxferry Road and begin replacing road signs throughout the county all in the past two years with federal funds.
The county also has been approved for future projects, including more bridge replacements and new walking paths and crosswalks in the Center Grove area.
"We would most likely not be able to pursue those projects that we currently have funding for if we did not have federal funding available, or if we were able to pursue them, it would be one or two at a time," Mastin said.
Without the funding, Franklin wouldn't have been able to reconstruct as much road and replace sidewalks as quickly on North Main Street from Jefferson Street to U.S. 31. That project started in fall 2012 and will be finished by fall 2014 thanks to federal funds.
The city received about $8.2 million in grant funds for the project's two phases. The Franklin Redevelopment Commission has helped pay the 20 percent match on the project because the city only has about $300,000 available for road paving each year.
The two phases definitely wouldn't have been able to occur in back-to-back years, city engineer Travis Underhill said. If the project had started at all, the city likely would have been able to afford to rebuild only a block or two at a time and maybe not even in back-to-back years, Mayor Joe McGuinness said.
"I don't even know if the first one would have started. You spread it out a lot longer," McGuinness said.
The mayor said he and Underhill have made a push to apply for more projects in Franklin because the city wasn't applying as much in the past. Underhill will continue to apply frequently in the next few years as the city plans to take over ownership of State Road 44 from the state, which will need road, sidewalk and intersection improvement projects through at least 2018.
Most of the projects Underhill has applied for within the past year have been related to the anticipated State Road 44 project, including receiving some funding this fall for streetscape work downtown. The city likely will seek grant funding for other projects, such as intersection improvements along the city's truck route that will run around the city's northeast side from Eastview Drive to Commerce Drive, more sidewalk and walking path improvements along State Road 44 and a potential overhaul of the intersection at Eastview Drive, he said.
Not all areas eligible
Johnson County and Franklin have been most active and also the most successful at getting projects funded in recent years, Gremling said, with each receiving about $11 million in federal grants. Greenwood and Whiteland each were selected for about $1.5 million in projects. Bargersville and New Whiteland also are members of the regional organization but have not had any projects that were given funding. Edinburgh is not a member but is part of the organization's eligible project area, which doesn't include Trafalgar, Prince's Lakes or most of the southwest quarter of the county.
Project applications are scored based on several factors such as the improvement to regional transportation, economic benefit locally, safety improvements and ability of local governments to help pay for the work, Underhill said.
Other factors are added in based on the type of funding. For example, a current call for projects is looking for work that would reduce traffic congestion and therefore improve air quality. Franklin is considering submitting intersection improvements at four locations along its new truck route, but he doesn't think they'll score well based on the criteria, Underhill said.
Local officials do preliminary reviews of projects before submitting applications to determine which are the best to submit. For example, the county may have 10 projects that are eligible for a certain type of funding, but Mastin will narrow that to two or three that have the best chance of being selected.
Local governments that narrow their submissions help save time for project selectors since typically several applications are received during a call for projects, Gremling said. But submitting an application that isn't selected for funding can still be beneficial since it will be returned with feedback about why it didn't score highly or suggestions on how to improve it in the future, she said.


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By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in Global, Legislation, News
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 1:57 pm
|Mary Jane's Garden
According to the Ministers, the U.K.'s current approach just isn't working. The recommendation, called "shock verdict" by Kevin Schofield at The Sun, came in a report from Parliament's Home Affairs Committee.
The move came after a year-long investigation which included witnesses such as comedian and former heroin addict Russell Brand, who called for simple drug possession to no longer be considered a crime.
|Russell Brand: "Making it illegal isn't working anyway"
"Penalizing people for possession of drugs is expensive," Brand told the MPs back in April. "The cost would be better spent, I think, on education and treatment.
"Making it illegal isn't working anyway," Brand said. " Being arrested isn't a lesson; it's an administrative blip."
"Prohibition has created a vast market for organized crime, has failed to protect our children and is bringing misery to deprived communities," agreed Danny Kushlick of the drug legalization group Transform.
The committee urged Prime Minister David Cameron to set up a Royal Commission to look at all options and report back before the next election. According to the group, the British government should fund research into "the overall costs and benefits of cannabis legalization," and how similar plans have worked abroad.
The Brits will no doubt be looking at the unfolding story in the American states of Washington and Colorado, where voters last month approved limited legalization schemes for adults.
The MPs were reportedly impressed by how well drug decriminalization has worked in Portugal, where possession of small amounts of all drugs, including heroin, has been decriminalized.
However, the committee called for the prosecution of bank officials involved in laundering illegal drug profits, and also said better drug education was needed in British schools.
A similar report a decade ago by a previous Home Affairs Committee, which also called for a liberalization of Britain's drug laws, was never acted upon. Ironically, PM Cameron was on that committee, though he's since changed his views on drug enforcement.
A YouGov poll for The Sun earlier this year showed 60 percent of Britons support the legalization of drugs.
But the British government appeared to dismiss the new report's main recommendations on Sunday night, claiming a Royal Commission on drugs "was simply not necessary."
"Drugs are illegal because they are harmful," claimed a government spokesman. "They destroy lives and blight communities.
"We have no intention of downgrading or declassifying cannabis," the spokesman haughtily intoned.
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|3 avr. 2001
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|30 nov. 1999
|Date de priorité
|30 nov. 1999
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|Woo Sik Yoo
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Wafermasters Incorporated
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|Citations de brevets (7), Référencé par (29), Classifications (11), Événements juridiques (8)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to voltage adapters and, more particularly to an alternating current to direct current (AC-DC) voltage adapter including modules for providing multiple and variable DC output voltages.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventional AC-DC adapters, used to convert an AC voltage, using a transformer, to a predetermined DC voltage, are well known and are used extensively. AC-DC adapters are generally able to receive a single AC input voltage and transform the AC voltage into a single DC output voltage. Some adapters have the capability to receive one of a variety of AC input voltages and subsequently, convert it to a single DC output voltage. This type of adapter is particularly useful for international travelers, who may encounter different commercial power standards in various countries.
Although, conventional AC-DC adapters are useful in providing AC-DC voltage conversion, the adapters are typically useful only with one electrical appliance at a time. Since the transformer in a conventional adapter is generally configured to provide one DC output voltage per AC input voltage, the adapter cannot be used simultaneously with multiple appliances requiring different DC operating voltages. Thus, each appliance must have provided a separate adapter. In the situation where access to AC power is limited to one, or else a few sources, the simultaneous use of multiple appliances requiring AC-DC conversion is limited.
What is needed is an adapter, which can provide multiple, simultaneous DC output voltages from a single AC power source.
The present invention provides a voltage adapter, which may be used in conjunction with voltage modules to provide multiple and variable DC output voltages from a single AC input voltage. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the voltage adapter includes a circuit for stepping down an AC input voltage to multiple, lower AC output voltages. The AC output voltages are then accessible through a voltage distribution bus. Advantageously, a voltage module is provided having an interface bus configured to be coupleable to the distribution bus on the voltage adapter. Preferably, the voltage module includes the capability of converting or transforming the AC output voltages received from the adapter to DC output voltages. Once the adapter and voltage module are coupled together, the module allows the user to select among the multiple DC output voltages provided.
In another embodiment, the voltage adapter includes the conversion capability for converting the stepped-down AC voltages into DC output voltages. The selected DC output voltage from the voltage module is sent out from the voltage module via a wire pair or the like, to an appropriate appliance plug, to power an appliance or other device.
In accordance with the present invention, the voltage module has a module distribution bus, similar in configuration to the distribution bus on the voltage adapter. The module distribution bus allows for an additional separate voltage module to be coupled to the first voltage module to form a modular stack of voltage modules. Like the first voltage module, the second voltage module may have a selectable output voltage. In the manner described above, multiple voltage modules may be stacked together, as desired. Once, a desired number of modules are stacked together, an end cap is provided for coupling to the final distribution bus for protection of the module and the user.
In one aspect of the invention, an arrangement of interconnected voltage adapter modules is provided. A converter module connectable to a power source is included for converting AC electrical power to a plurality of output voltages. Also included is a first voltage module, electrically coupleable to the converter module. The first voltage module is configured to provide a settable DC output voltage selected from the plurality of output voltages.
In yet another aspect of the invention, an arrangement of interconnected voltage adapter modules is provided including a means for providing a plurality of output voltages. A first adapter module is also provided which has a means for selecting and outputting one of the plurality of output voltages.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for providing a variable output voltage from a single power source through an arrangement of interconnected voltage modules. The method includes transforming an AC voltage into a plurality of output voltages; converting the output voltages to alternate output voltages; and selecting and outputting one of the converted output voltages.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for providing a variable output voltage from a single power source through an arrangement of interconnected voltage modules. The method includes providing an AC-DC adapter which transforms an AC voltage into a plurality of output voltages. The method also includes coupling a first voltage module to the adapter, where the voltage module has a voltage selector means. The method further includes selecting and outputting one of the plurality of converted output voltages.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments set forth below taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1A is a simplified schematic illustration of a voltage module and a voltage adapter in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 1B is a simplified illustration of an alternative embodiment of a voltage module and a voltage adapter in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a simplified schematic illustration of multiple stackable voltage modules in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a simplified illustration of an additional embodiment of the voltage adapter in accordance with the principles of the present invention; and
FIG. 4 is a simplified illustration of stackable embodiments of the voltage adapter with voltage modules in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
FIG. 1A is a simplified schematic illustration of a voltage module and a voltage adapter in accordance with the principles of the present invention. In this embodiment, voltage adapter 12, includes an AC-AC step-down transformer 14 and a voltage distribution bus 20. Adapter 12 receives power from an AC power source through cord 18. AC step-down transformer 14 is configurable to step-down the AC input voltage into a plurality of lesser AC voltages. AC step-down transformer 14 may receive a variable AC input voltage from the AC power source ranging from about 100 VAC to about 240 VAC, preferably 110 VAC. Transformer 14 converts the AC input voltage into a lesser voltage, ranging from about a fraction of a volt to about 24 VAC or higher. The stepped-down AC output voltage is then carried by voltage distribution bus 20 to be used, for example, in DC voltage modules 24 as described in more detail below. In this embodiment, voltage module 24 includes AC-DC voltage conversion circuitry 16. Voltage module 24 receives the AC output voltages from adapter 12 and converts the AC voltages into corresponding DC output voltages using well known AC-DC voltage conversion circuitry 16, such as bridge circuitry. Step-down transformers for stepping down voltages are well known and their functions are well understood. The transformers are available commercially or may be custom built by one of skill in the art of step-down transformers.
In an alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 1B, voltage adapter 12 may also include voltage rectifier 16. Rectifier 16 receives the stepped-down AC voltages developed across the secondary side of transformer 14. The rectifier converts each of the AC voltages to a corresponding DC voltage using a bridge rectifier, which is well-known and understood in the AC-DC conversion art. The DC output voltages may each have a different value, which varies between a fraction of a volt to upwards of 24 VDC. In one embodiment, the DC output voltages range from about 1 VDC to 25 VDC. In a more preferred embodiment, the DC output voltages range from about 3 to 12 VDC. For example, the DC output voltages may equal 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, 10.5, 12, and 15 VDC. The stepped-down AC voltages are converted to DC output voltages within adapter 12. Thus, output voltages from adapter 12 at receptacles 22 are DC voltages. In this embodiment, voltage module 24 may not require any additional AC-DC voltage conversion circuitry.
Referring again to FIGS. 1A, and 11B, voltage adapter 12 includes adapter voltage distribution bus 20, which is used to carry each of the multiple output voltages from adapter 12, whether the output voltage is an AC voltage, as shown in FIG. 1A, or a DC voltage, as shown in FIG. 11B. In a preferred embodiment, distribution bus 20 has electrical contacts or receptacles 22 and a ground contact 23. Distribution bus 20 may be designed with any number of receptacles 22, as space permits, but no less than one receptacle for each output voltage. Electrical receptacles 22 may be any conventional electrical connection devices, such as DB5, DB 25, and DIN 5 connectors and the like, but preferably are female electrical sockets. As described in greater detail below, adapter distribution bus 20 is coupled to at least one voltage module in order to make the output voltages selectable and accessible to appliances and the like.
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, voltage module 24 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, includes two electrical buses, a module reception bus 26 and a module distribution bus 28, a voltage selector mechanism 34, and a plug 40, coupled to voltage module 24 via cord 43. Reception bus 26 is provided on a first face 30 of module 24, and includes a set of terminals 32, configured to mate with receptacles 22 on voltage adapter 12. In the preferred embodiment, once terminals 32 are mated to receptacles 22, voltage module 24 is in a parallel electrical circuit arrangement with the AC or the DC adapter circuit . Thus, the voltage drop in voltage module 24 is the same as that provided by adapter 12.
Voltage selector mechanism 34 is a conventional electrical switch disposed on voltage module 24 that allows a user to select among the DC output voltages and direct them to plug 40. By manipulating voltage selector mechanism 34 the user can select among the DC output voltages.
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, module distribution bus 28 is provided on a second face 36 of voltage module 24. Module distribution bus 28 is configured similarly to voltage adapter distribution bus 20. Accordingly, voltage module 24 is capable of being mated to an additional voltage module by electrically coupling voltage module distribution bus 28 with a reception bus from the other voltage module. In this manner, as described in more detail below, voltage modules of the present invention may be coupled together to provide multiple and variable DC outputs, from a single voltage adapter, which receives power from a single AC power source. Optionally, if an additional voltage module is not added to voltage module 24, module distribution bus 28 may be capped with end cap 38 to provide protection to the bus, the circuitry, and the user.
Optionally, voltage module 24 may include a polarity switch 44 and a noise filter 42. Polarity switch 44 allows the polarity of the module to be changed, depending on the appliance and the configuration thereof. Noise filter 42 reduces noise that may be created in the electrical circuitry of the adapter and modules. The conventional circuitry and functioning of polarity switch 44 and noise filter 42 are well known and understood.
Referring now to FIG. 2, in one embodiment, additional voltage modules may be added in place of cap 38 to first voltage module 24. By way of example with no intent to limit the present invention, FIG. 2 shows three add-on voltage modules 50, 52, and 54. Each voltage module 50, 52, and 54 is configured similarly to voltage module 24. Thus, in this embodiment, voltage modules 50, 52, and 54 are identical to the features and functions described above in reference to voltage module 24. As such, the modules are interchangeable. Moreover, each module when coupled together and to voltage adapter 12, provide multiple and variable DC output voltages, from the single voltage adapter, which receives power from a single AC power source.
To ensure that the modules of the present invention are interchangeable, distribution bus 20 and module distribution busses 56, 58, 60, and 62 may be identical. Accordingly, the mating terminals 32, 64, 66, and 68 on the reception busses may also be identical. The final distribution bus, in this example bus 62, may be capped with end cap 38, which also has identical terminals 70, to provide protection to the bus, the circuitry, and the user.
Referring now to FIG. 3, yet another embodiment of voltage adapter 12 is illustrated. In this embodiment, two additional AC voltage outlets 60 and 62 are provided on voltage adapter 12. The AC voltage outlets 60, 62 are configured in parallel to the power source to allow for the providing of additional AC power to additional appliances using the same power source as adapter 12. Although, two additional AC outlets are shown, optionally adapter 12 may include more AC outlets to resemble, for example, power strip adapter 104 (FIG. 4).
Referring now to FIG. 4, in yet another embodiment, each voltage adapter 80, 82, and 84 has at least one additional outlet 86, 88, and 90, respectively. The voltage adapters have built-in outlet prongs 92, 94, and 96. Each voltage adapter 80, 82, and 84 may have attached, a voltage module 98, 100, and 102. In this embodiment, voltage modules 98, 100, and 102 may each be configured to provide selectable DC output voltages. In an alternative embodiment, each voltage adapter 80, 82, and 84, may be formed together with modules 98, 100, and 102 as a single adapter unit. In this alternative embodiment, conventional solid state circuitry, which may include a bridge diode, voltage regulating transistors, and a bias circuit, is used to convert the 110 volt to 240 volt AC input into the desired DC outputs. In either embodiment, the voltage adapters may be stacked together, by coupling the outlet prongs to the outlets. In this manner, although more than one voltage adapter is used, only one AC power outlet is required. Power strip adapter 104 may be used to accommodate more than one adapter. Preferably power strip adapter 104 may be configured to have a plurality of AC outlets, in addition to being configured to mate with voltage module 106, consistent with embodiments described above.
Having thus described several embodiments, persons skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus the invention is limited only by the following claims.
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WASHINGTON - So-called school "reformers," bent on closing "failing" schools, ignore "the elephant in the room," poverty, that accounts for poor student performance, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says.
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Try keeping tabs on John morrison Jr., and you'd never guess he's retired. "after 28 years of the air Force, you don't just retire to the back porch," declares morrison. "The tempo to your life keeps going." after retiring as a colonel, morrison made good on a promise to move to the Vancouver area to be nearer to his parents. Soon after, "i ran into a friend who was involved in beekeep- ing. i'd been interested in that for a long time, and went to a meeting with him of the Clark County beekeepers association, joined the club and the very next year there was talk of bee- keepers getting on the (Clark County) Fair board. So, i went to a couple of meetings," he recounts. in short order, "i ended up being the (bee- keepers') Fair board representative." Today, much of morrison's busy-as-a- bee activity centers around volunteering and the Clark County Fair. A Fair board member since 1993, morrison has been a member and chairman of several Fair board committees during the past 15 years. he served as the Clark County beekeepers' board representative for 13 years and was instrumental
in bringing the bee barn to the Clark County Fair. morrison says of the award winning on display, "it's super educational for people who had no idea of the impact of that industry. … The bee barn a place where you can learn about everything there is to learn about bees."
From 1997 to 2006, morrison was a member of the Fair Facilities Commit- tee and later he was involved in the Fairgrounds Site management Group.
morrison was vice chairman of the Fair board from 1997 to 2000, and chairman of the board from 2001 through 2006. That tenure was two years longer than the typical chairmanship length, as morrison
volunteered to stay on in the role in order to complete the negotiations with Clark County on long term management responsibilities for the year-round operation of the Fair- grounds. "When i was the Fair board chairman, there were weekly and monthly meetings," and during the 10 days of the fair, "it wasn't unusual for me to get to the fairgrounds at 7 o'clock in the morning and you don't leave until late in the evening."
Currently, morrison serves on the board as a member-at-large, repre- senting community interests.
Given his level of involvement and years of service, it's no surprise mor- rison was recently named Volunteer of the Year by the Clark County Fair association.
Regarding being named Volunteer of the Year morrison says, "it's an honor to be recognized as 'the one,' it really is, but the success and popular- ity of the Clark County Fair is rooted in the really dedicated efforts of the Fair staff, the Fair board members and the 2,000-plus volunteers who put this on. any one of them could be Volunteer of the Year. … There are so many unsung heroes out there."
Keeping Traditions Alive
For morrison, 4-h has been a near constant in his life. in his youth, he spent many years as a 4-h member showing beef and swine and exhibit- ing garden vegetables at the monroe County Fair in upstate new York, and the father of two volunteered with his daughters in 4-h horse showmanship and rabbits at the ellensburg Wash- ington Fair and Rodeo. he remains a vocal proponent of 4-h to this day. "i think it provides kids with what i con- sider to be very wholesome activities. and it has other leadership aspects," he explains. in addition, "i think it's got a lot of ability to show kids what agriculture has meant not only to our community but to our country."
morrison and his wife mary ann know they can count on some company during Fair time. For the past 13 years, they have hosted the national honey board's american honey Queen at their home. "We've gotten calls from state fairs and other county fairs asking, 'how do you get her to come to your fair?' " morrison reports. "once we started having
her here, we treat her right and she has a super audience to present that message to at the Clark County Fair." having the honey Queen present
"is a real feather in the Clark County Fair cap," he declares.
When asked if he toys with retiring from his volunteer duties with the Fair, morrison replies, "i don't see it in the foreseeable future. i have the luxury of being retired, therefore, i have time available to do this."