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NH Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (province)
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 149 smoke-free guestrooms
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- Self parking
- 2 meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Front desk safe
- Laundry service
- Conference space
For families
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
- Laundry facilities
- Hair dryer
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Elevator/lift
What's around
- In Camins al Grau
- City of Arts and Sciences (1 mi / 1.6 km)
- Prince Felipe Museum of Sciences (1 mi / 1.6 km)
- Oceanografic Aquarium (1.2 mi / 1.9 km)
- Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts (1.2 mi / 2 km)
- Plaza del Ayuntamiento (1.9 mi / 3.1 km)
NH Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (province)
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $46
- Double Room Single Use (Bed & Breakfast)
- Standard Room
- Weekend extender
- Standard Triple Room, 3 Single Beds (Single Use)
- Standard Double Room Single Use, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds
- Short Break-Double Room
- NH Special offer - Non refundable
- Standard Room
- Single Room Bed & Breakfast Promo
- Short Break-Trilple Standard
- Single Room Bed & Breakfast Promo
- Double Bed & Breakfast Promo
- Double Single Use Bed & Breakfast Promo
- Double Room (Bed & Breakfast)
- Standard Single Room
- Double use for single occupancy
- Standard Triple Room, 3 Single Beds
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 149 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-Midnight
- Check-out time is 11:30 AM
- Express check-out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child (11 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed (service dogs only)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Self parking *
Other information
- Smoke-free property
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In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Free reception
- Coffee/tea in common area
- Fitness facilities
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 1130
- Conference space size (meters) - 105
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1990
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Pillow menu
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Premium bedding
- Individually furnished
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 28-inch flat-screen TV
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
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NH Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (province)'s small print
Also known as
- NH Ciudad Valencia
- NH Ciudad Valencia Hotel
- Nh Ciudad De Valencia Hotel Valencia
- Nh Hotels Valencia
- Nh Hotel Valencia
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Mandatory fees
Breakage deposit: EUR 60 per day
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of EUR 30
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of EUR 30
Self parking costs EUR 16 per day
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
Breakfast costs between EUR 9,9 and EUR 11,9 per person (approximately)
Dial-up Internet access is available in guestrooms for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.0 /5 from 221 reviews
good only that the night was warm and a&c was not available and opening windows let all street sounds in
very nice
Nice breakfasts, and a no fuss, no frills type service.
Excellent experience. Great breakfast and staff very helpful. Good location for Valencia city centre and for the beaches/ port area. There is a 20 minute walk to city centre but was good to be away from the centre during Fallas.
We were VERY disappointed with our stay at NH Ciudad de Valencia ! Our first impression of the room was quite good, unfortunately, it did not last long. Nothing seemed to be right in this hotel. - The linens of the bed were torn at some place and we had towels with holes in them also. - One of the glass in the bathroom was dirty when we arrived - The hairdryer stopped working after a 30 second use. - The room were VERY NOISY. We could hear everything going on next door : people talking, going to the bathroom and switch on and off the light. EVERYTHING. Some people seemed to be moving furniture around the room at 1 AM in the room above our. I had to hit the ceiling a couple time to make it stop... The bathroom too included some bad surprise : - The bidet was inconveniently place right in from of the shower-bath exit. You would have to carefully squeeze yourself out of the shower while avoiding the bidet. How convenient ! The location was not so great either as it is quite far away from the city center, and a good walk from the beach too. The hotel's neighbourhood had not much to offer.
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The Bettman Bobblehead confirms that 'the system works'
by George Malik on 12/10/13 at 01:25 AM ET
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I like to watch him squirm, so I guess this ought to go in my blog and not KK Hockey.
Per NHL.com's Dan Rosen, "The system works"...
The salary cap for the 2014-15 season is projected to be approximately $71 million, a growth of more than 10 percent, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said at the League's Board of Governors meeting on Monday. The salary cap for this season is $64.3 million after growing to $70.2 million during the 2012-13 season.
In addition, the Board ratified the League's 12-year, $5.2 billion Canadian national television and multimedia rights agreement with Rogers Communications during the first session of the two-day meeting. The agreement with Rogers, the largest media-rights deal in League history, begins next season and money from that deal impacts the League's projection for next season's salary cap.
The meetings conclude Tuesday afternoon.
"We're looking at a cap in the $71 million range as an estimate," Commissioner Bettman said. "It's subject to change. It's very preliminary."
"I said to the Board there shouldn't be any issue or consternation, if [$71 million] is the cap level it's because revenues have gone up, and that's a good thing," Commissioner Bettman said. "When the cap goes up, revenue sharing goes up, and the system works the way it's supposed to."
Oh, how I've missed the Real Life Bettman Bobblehead, though I hate to admit that he looks more and more like the cat who ate the canary now that revenues are split evenly between owners and players...
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Jesus, he is a bobblehead! I can't not see it now.
Posted by SlimChance on 12/10/13 at 02:17 AM ET
What happens when the cap exceeds 71 mill ? Do we see another lockout at the end of this agreement ?
Posted by @TheJimP19 from transplanted in Nashville on 12/10/13 at 04:04 AM ET
in economic parlance, this is called the yo-yo effect.
Posted by MoreShoot on 12/10/13 at 07:56 AM ET
League revenues are up because Canadian teams always have carried teams like the Coyotes, BJs and Panthers and the Rogers deal that little weasel ny lawyer can thank Canada for also yet Quebec City is still without a team, ugh.
Maybe bettman and the owners will do the fans another favor and treat us to another lockout before he dies on the job many many decades from now as commissioner.
This guy has the charm of a pedophile speaking to kids at a school.
The leagues owners in majority if they had an ounce of dignity would of fired him years ago
He is better suited to be a lawyer repping a drone manufacturer, large bank or some douchey insurance company like aig.
Get boo'd about everywhere you go and give us lockouts ah Merry X-Mas creep.
Posted by Slumpy from Detroit on 12/10/13 at 08:16 AM ET
Parity has grown the game and the cap has allowed even Winnepeg and Edmonton to be successful. That's why the Rogers deal is so huge, every team is relevant now. You should be thanking your lucky stars for that "little weasel." And Quebec will get a team soon enough. Here's hoping you can hang onto it this time.
Posted by jkm2011 on 12/10/13 at 09:55 AM ET
the cap has allowed even Winnepeg and Edmonton to be successful.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/10/13 at 10:00 AM ET
Bettman is an umpa lumpa with bad hair genes. Dude probably can't even crack 5'7''. I would LOVE to Kronwall him during a scrimmage. I would pay to do it.
Posted by ZandPasha11 on 12/10/13 at 10:12 AM ET
League revenues are up because Canadian teams always have carried teams like the Coyotes, BJs and Panthers and the Rogers deal that little weasel ny lawyer can thank Canada for also yet Quebec City is still without a team, ugh.
Wanna see empty buildings in the US? Just have teams like Mumblypeg and Ottawa roll through your town a few times. Better yet add Quebec and Saskatoon to the rotation.
Posted by timbits on 12/10/13 at 10:29 AM ET
Wanna see empty buildings in the US? Just have teams like Mumblypeg and Ottawa roll through your town a few times. Better yet add Quebec and Saskatoon to the rotation.
So your point then is that Canadian fans are fans of hockey and American fans only fans of teams that are based in cities they learned about in first grade geography?
But it's the Canadians who are the xenophobes, right?
Posted by Garth on 12/10/13 at 10:56 AM ET
Garth, it's more about how those teams don't generate any marketing buzz in the cities that need to create that sort of thing, as very few locals have likely heard of the places or have connections to them. Here in Chicago, it doesn't really matter who the Hawks are playing these days, the UC will be full, but in Florida, as much as it pains me to say as a hockey-lover, the Ottawa Senators are a tough draw on a Tuesday night, and the Quebec Nordiques (or whatever) will likely be the same unfortunately.
Posted by NHLJeff from Pens fan in Chicago, IL on 12/10/13 at 11:10 AM ET
So your point then is that Canadian fans are fans of hockey and American fans only fans of teams that are based in cities they learned about in first grade geography?
Here's a Saturday night home game for the Ottawa Senators against a bad team division rival.
Attendance: 16,244
Here's a Saturday night home game for the Tampa Bay Lightning against a bad team division rival.
Attendance: 18,088
But hey, Thursday night home game against a Canadian team for the Senators and suddenly we've got 19,292 people filling up the CT Centre.
It's a feature of sports fandom. If you want people from far away to draw the crowd then you have to be very good or they have to be very good. Otherwise, local rivalries trump that. Heck, Edmonton brought 18.6K in on a Saturday night in Ottawa and they're not a good team.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 17, 1980
|Filing date
|Nov 22, 1978
|Priority date
|Dec 30, 1977
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Arno Matla, Horst D. Matthaei, Volker W. Zimmermann
|Original Assignee
|International Business Machines Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (6), Classifications (15)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The invention relates to spring-mass systems, particularly those used to support transducers in rotating record disk storage apparatus.
The natural frequency of a mechanical oscillator designed as spring-mass system is determined, by the mass of a movable body and the constants of the spring elements. The resonance frequency of such a mechanical oscillator is critical in the construction of machines and devices equipped with such oscillation systems. It is desired to avoid synchronous vibrations of the machine or adjacent components and component groups, whose components exhibit different resonance frequencies. However, the success of such avoidance can suffer if during machine operation the natural frequency of the machine changes. It is a common belief that all known spring-mass systems have a constant resonance frequency and that it cannot be balanced without altering the oscillating mass or changing the spring or springs. Such a situation exists in record disk storage apparatus, particularly in the transducer support mechanism.
A structure having a pair of electromagnetic coils on both sides of, and symmetrical to, a movable body is known, e.g. as used in a measuring device for seismic and gravitation measurings in accordance with U.S. Pat. No. 2,776,560. The movable body is an oscillator and analogously represents a measured value; however, it is not part of a spring mass system but is guided in the air gap of an electromagnetic field. The coil pairs have an additive effect for determining the resetting forces corresponding to the respective setting forces, and for generating the analog signals representing the setting paths.
On the other hand, dividing an electromagnetic working coil into coil halves, as such, is also known. Such coil halves can be effective either in an aiding or opposing directions. Such coil halves can center a movable element and stabilize it in a central position. However, depending on the direction and height of the deviation, such coil halves can still receive different current intensities for independent positioning correction.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a spring mass oscillation system and method such that a resonance frequency can be easily, electrically altered, and such that under varying operating conditions the natural frequency of the mechanical oscillator can be adapted to changing conditions or requirements.
According to the invention, a method and means tune the natural frequency of the mechanical oscillator to the frequency of a given speed of revolution or reciprocation otherwise occurring in the machine. For achieving this object, in accordance with the invention, a variable electrical spring constant in the mechanical oscillator system is effective in a deflected position of a movable mass as part of an actuating system, such as a voice coil system having two equal part coils or coil halves. Then, with regard to a balanced position of the movable mass, the coil halves are symmetrically arranged and equally protrude on both sides of the stationary magnetic field. The coils are fed with oppositely directed effective electrical currents of the same intensity for cancellation. The part coils or coil halves provided in accordance with the invention are arranged and operated in such a manner that they only generate magnetic fields of the same extent and effect on both sides and of opposing field directions. Further, the consequences due to the geometry of the voice coil system, the coil halves exert a position-dependent displacement force, that is, there exists a spring constant caused by electrical quantities which are superimposed on the constant of the mechanic spring or springs. The extent of the increase or decrease of the mechanical spring constant is determined, with a predetermined coil size, by the respective uniform intensity of the effective currents applied to the two coil halves. The magnetic fields generated thereby cause forces in the line of the mechanical oscillation movements which cancel in the central position of the mechanical oscillator but which exert a resetting force as soon as the mechanical oscillator is deflected from such balanced or central position.
Preferably, a mechanical oscillation system designed in accordance with the present invention shows two part coils or coil halves with the same sense of winding for influencing the predetermined mechanic spring constant and which are energized with effective currents of the opposite direction. Such a design is particularly of advantage when the oscillating mass, in accordance with its function, is arranged in such a manner that it can be shifted from its neutral or balanced position, e.g. for frictionless following of an indicator, arm or similar element fixed thereto. In that case, the setting drive can be conveniently designed as a voice coil motor whose coil is divided into two equal coil halves. To these coil halves can be applied electrical currents formed of the two partial currents, i.e. the resulting current from the setting current and the effective current associated to each coil half. While, this design no additional coils are required; it is of course possible to arrange, additionally to the coil of the voice coil motor, other coils and to superimpose their respective magnetic fields to those of the setting drive. This design permits a greater choice of coils and the resultant magnetic fields generated by means of selecting the coil wire thickness and number of turns.
Below, the invention will be described by means of drawings with the example of an access device for a magnetic disk storage apparatus.
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.
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of the guiding and the setting drive of a magnetic head carrier arm for a magnetic disk storage.
FIG. 2 is a diagram representing the course of the track follow-up error as a function of the rotation frequency for a storage disk with synthetic material as carrier.
FIG. 3A schematically details the coil of the setting drive in accordance with FIG. 1.
FIG. 3B shows an alternative design of the voice coil of the setting drive in accordance with FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 shows a circuit for controlling the electrical currents of the coil halves in the electrical circuits of the FIG. 3A illustrated apparatus as a function of the storage disk rotational frequency.
Like numbers indicate like parts and structural features in the drawing figures. FIG. 1 shows a continuously rotating magnetic storage disk pack 10 driven by a disk pack driving motor 12. A magnetic head 14 for exchanging data signals with the disks in pack 10 is fixed to the end of head supporting arm 16. Arm 16 is in turn connected to coil body 20 having coil 20a of voice coil motor 18. The iron jacket 22 of voice coil motor 18 is supported on a movable platform or carriage 26, whereas coil body 20 is horizontally movably guided by springs 24 on platform 26 in a somewhat frictionless manner. As shown schematically in FIG. 1, platform 26 is movably guided on a platform carrier 30 by rollers 28 in the directions of double arrow 27. Platform carrier 30, rollers 36 and a supporting base 34 are vertically adjustable in the direction of double arrow 32. A radial driving cylinder 38 radially moves platform 26 relative to platform carrier 30 in the direction of double arrow 27. The driving device for the vertical adjustment of platform carrier 30 in the direction of double arrow 32 is not shown.
For recording data signals or for scanning recorded data signals on one of the disks of magnetic storage disk pack 10, platform carrier 30, with retracted driving cylinder 38, is first adjusted in the vertical direction in accordance with double arrow 32 in such a manner that magnetic head 14 is positioned adjacent a surface of a respective selected storage disk of disk pack 10. Subsequently, by means of driving cylinder 38, platform 26 is adjusted toward disk pack 10 until magnetic head 14 is at the record track selected for recording or scanning.
Due to the high density of the record tracks for the signal recording on a disk surface, the alignment of magnetic head 14 with respect to the selected record track has to be continuously controlled and, if necessary, corrected. Such a track following regulation can be controlled in various ways. For instance, the magnetic head 14 which records or scans the data signals can at the same time be used for scanning servo signals on the same circular track for controlling its track position, the servo signals being recorded either on a second magnetic layer of the disk, or in separate circumferential sectors. A track following regulation with improved response and speed consists in arranging in a movable support arm an adjustable magnetic head carrier whose drive is controlled as a servo device; the servo device responds to servo signals scanned by the magnetic head, by the amount of shifting between the movable support arm and the adjustable magnetic head carrier, and by the respective speed of the movable support arm all as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,924,268.
For satisfying high demands made to precisely control position and speed, a track following control system should be tuned to the natural frequency of the spring-mass system consisting of springs 24 and head support arm 16 with magnetic head 14. In this connection, use is made of the fact that in a stable control circuit for a spring-mass system the highest amplification is reached at the natural frequency of the mechanical control path. For that purpose the natural frequency of the spring-mass system is advisably provided at the position of the respective track follow-up error to be expected. In rotating systems, the highest radial deviation (out of round or eccentricity) from the record track to be expected is equal to, or is a multiple of the record disk revolution frequency. In record storage disks of flexible material, e.g., polyester foil, the highest radial deviation from the track is to be expected at twice the revolution frequency (2fR). Since this foil material usually has a preferential direction it inevitably gains a certain elliptic deformation with time. For rigid storage disks having a metal base, the highest deviation corresponds to the resolution frequency fR. Here changing packs can cause a certain eccentricity with respect to the driving shaft. The best results for the track following control are therefore obtained when the resonant frequency of the spring-mass system is tuned to the revolution frequency.
FIG. 2 is a track follow-up error/frequency diagram showing ratios for a storage disk of synthetic material, e.g., a polyester foil. The abscissa is rotational frequency f; the ordinate is the track following error SF. The curve indicates the reduction of the track following error EF to a control algorithm balanced to twice the rotational frequency 2fR. If the frequency of the highest track following error shifts to 2fR �Δf, e.g., in case of fluctuation of the rotational frequency, the point of highest error reduction is also shifted. The corresponding detuning of the natural frequency of the spring mass system 20, 16, 14 with respect to the rotational frequency reduces the efficiency of the track following control. Two solutions to this problem are provided by the present invention are shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. Please note that in both representations the magnetic resetting is not shown for the purpose of simplification.
In the embodiment according to FIG. 3A, the driving coil is divided into two coil halves 20a' and 20a" which via connections A1, A0, A2, are connected to a control circuit. In the stationary or neutral central position of the system, both coil halves 20a' and 20a" are at length l1 =l2 in the magnetic field. The track following control induces in both coils an equal magnitude current of the same direction ##EQU1## with the power effect ##EQU2## with: l=effective length of wire in the air gap,
B=magnetic induction.
If now IR (t) superimposes oppositely directed currents I1 +I2 =0, there acts, at a deflection d from the stationary position, the repelling or driving force, depending on the direction of I1 and I2.
There follows from I1 =I2 ##EQU3## Thus, the electric spring rate is ##EQU4## therefore, the natural frequency of the spring-mass system changes to ##EQU5## with Dm being the spring rate of the mechanical spring,
De the "electric spring rate", and
M the mass. If this value is compared with the natural frequency of a conventional spring mass system: ##EQU6## it is evident that frequency f can be varied by altering the "electric spring rate", i.e., by simultaneously altering the electrical currents I1 and I2.
FIG. 3B shows an embodiment having coil motor 18 with driving coil 20a. There is provided two coil halves 21a and 21b. The displacement current for driving coil 20a is supplied via line connections A while the equal magnitude currents for coil halves 21a and 21b are supplied via separate lines Aa and Bb by a corresponding control circuit which alters intensity and direction of the oppositely directed currents Ia and Ib in accordance with the rotational frequency of the disk pack 10. The magnetic field generated by displacement current IR as well s the magnetic fields according to currents Ia and Ib are superimposed. The total effect on coil body 20 is the same as in the embodiment according to FIG. 3A. In the FIG. 3B embodiment, coil halves 21a and 21b give the advantage that driving coil 20 coil halves 21a and 21b can be independent of each other, both as to their wire size and number of turns.
A control circuit, as shown in FIG. 4, supplies the oppositely directed currents I1 and I2 (see FIG. 3A) in accordance with the rotational frequency of disk pack 10. The electrical current at input E1 of the circuit represents the rotational frequency fR of disk pack 10. Such electrical current can be from a generator or tachometer on the shaft of disk pack 10, motor 12 or from the magnetic and signals on a disk or disks in pack 10. The frequency of the signal represents the rotational frequency of disk pack 10. Frequency to voltage converter 40 converts the signal frequency to an analog voltage signal. The analog voltage signal goes through amplifiers 42 and 44 via resistors R1. At the output side of amplifiers 42 and 44, lines 48 and 49 carry the analog signal to coil S, whose center tap is connected to ground via line 50, and through which flows oppositely directed currents I1 and I2. At input E2, the position error signal PES from a usual track following circuit (not shown) is applied. PES is an analog voltage signal showing how far off track transducer or head 14 is presently positioned with respect to a record track being followed. PES flows through a voltage level converter 46 and thence a resistor R2 to amplifier 44 and through a second resistor R2 to amplifier 42. Amplifiers 42,44 are of the differential type. Control currents IR1 and IR2 for the follow-up of the magnetic head via the spring mass system flow through coil S in the same direction.
Coil S with center tap connected in accordance with FIG. 4 corresponds, in the embodiment according to FIG. 3A, to the driving coil with coil halves 20a' and 20"; line 48 from amplifier 42 to coil S in accordance with FIG. 4 corresponds to line connection A1 in FIG. 3A, line 49 corresponds to line connection A2, and line 50 to ground corresponds to line connection A0 according to FIG. 3A.
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 made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jul 3, 1953
|Jan 8, 1957
|Southwestern Ind Electronics C
|Means for measuring and for generating motion
|Mar 29, 1973
|May 20, 1975
|Yamaha Int Corp
|Motorcycle transmission
|Aug 5, 1974
|Dec 2, 1975
|High density track follower control system for magnetic disk file
|Apr 11, 1977
|Sep 12, 1978
|Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Tone pickup arm device keeping excellent dynamic lateral balance and damping effect
|Jun 8, 1977
|Oct 24, 1978
|Onlife Research, Inc.
|Record player having a device for damping vibrations of a tone arm
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Dec 26, 1979
|Mar 2, 1982
|Burroughs Corporation
|Multiple-transducer/actuator array
|Mar 30, 1981
|Jul 12, 1983
|Disctron, Inc.
|Linear head actuator
|Apr 13, 1987
|Sep 19, 1989
|Unisys Corporation (Formerly Burroughs Corp)
|Multi-coil actuator with end cap flux carrier
|Oct 9, 2008
|Jul 26, 2011
|Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
|Hard disk drive with disk separator for creating axial gaps between disks for access by read/write heads
|Oct 9, 2008
|Apr 15, 2010
|Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B. V.
|Hard disk drive with disk separator for creating axial gaps between disks for access by read/write heads
|Aug 28, 2013
|Mar 6, 2014
|Eto Magnetic Gmbh
|Electromagnetic actuator device
|U.S. Classification
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
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Americans? Just toss a banana and you can get them to stop the movie right there, lol
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I thought this will be simple and straightforward, but it is not. I have a camera in openGL application and I am transforming the displayed image respectively to camera "location". Location is changed by Up and Down. Camera may be rotated using Left and Right. When the camera is rotated, the forward and backvard movement should be different. This is what I've made up:
//Somewhere in event handler switch
else if (key == GLUT_KEY_UP|| key == GLUT_KEY_DOWN) {
char direction = key==GLUT_KEY_UP?1:-1; //Whether it is forward or backward movement
std::cout<<"Moving camera in direction "<<(int)direction<<" with angle "<<rotate_y<<'\n';
std::cout<<" - this means X is multiplied by "<<((sin((rotate_y/180)*M_PI)+1)/2)<<'\n';
camera_x += 0.5*((sin((rotate_y/180)*M_PI)+1)/2)*direction;
camera_z += 0.5*((cos((rotate_y/180)*M_PI)+1)/2)*direction;
The original rotation is in degrees, but
sin() from
math.h accepts radians. I'm adding 1 to the result to get results between 0-2. Then I change the
sin or
cos amplitude from 2 to 1, when I divide the result by 2.
This means - when the camera is looking by 0, 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees, the functions should return 0-1 values. Am I right?
The 0.5 at the beginning is just movement speed.


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When it rains, it feeds: The pitcher plant that uses the power of water droplets to catapult ants to their death
Almost trapped: Ants can cling to the south-east Asian plant when it is dry, but they will be flung off to their death when it rains
A pitcher plant captures ants ready for digestion - using the power of raindrops.
Pitcher plants have large, slippy rims, which catch unsuspecting insects unaware.
The insects lose their footholes and fall into the pool of fluid, drowning and waiting for digestion.
But this pitcher - nepenthes gracilis- has a novel approach to get ants into the trap.
The bizarre feeding technique used by the pitcher was identified for the first time by scientists from Cambridge University.
A highly-attractive nectar is used to attracts insects to the underside of its leaves. When a raindrop hits the leaf it catapults the bug into another cup-shaped leaf below, which is full of a digestive fluid.
The leaf of the plant is covered in a specialised crystal wax which creates a surface that is sticky enough to allow the bug to walk on it in calm conditions but slippery enough to allow them to drop off when hit by raindrops.
Dr Ulrike Bauer from the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences, who led the study said: 'It all started with the observation of a beetle seeking shelter under a Nepenthes gracilis lid during a tropical rainstorm.
'Instead of finding a safe - and dry - place to rest, the beetle ended up in the pitcher fluid, captured by the plant.
'We had observed ants crawling under the lid without difficulty many times before.
'So we assumed that the rain played a role, maybe causing the lid to vibrate and "catapulting" the beetle into the trap, similar to the springboard at a swimming pool.'
To test their theory scientists simulated 'rain' with a hospital drip and recorded its effect on a captive colony of ants that was foraging on the nectar under the plant's lid.
They counted the number of ants that fell from the lid in relation to the total number of visitors to the plant, which usually grows in nutrient-poor areas like roadsides.
They found that ants were safe before and directly after the 'rain', but when the drip was switched on about 40 per cent of the ants got trapped by the killer plant.
The bizarre feeding technique used by the Nepenthes gracilis pitcher was identified for the first time by scientists from Cambridge University
The amazing feeding techniques of the plant, which is native to the Malay Archipelago, were discovered by Dr Bauer while she conducted field research in Borneo last June.
The plant has been well known to science for hundreds of years but this was the first time the unique mechanism was documented by scientists.
Dr Bauer added: 'It is amazing to see things like this in the field. The pitcher plants have very unique mechanisms and but this is perhaps the most amazing.
'Scientists have tried to unravel the mysteries of these plants since the days of Charles Darwin.
'The fact that we keep discovering new trapping mechanisms in the 21st century makes me curious what other surprises these amazing plants might still have in store.'
While these plants treat ants as food - sometimes the plants have a more co-operative approach.
A species of pitcher plant in Borneo actually relies on ants to help it ingest larger plants such as flies.
When nepenthes bicalcarata swallows a fly which is too big, or even bigger prey, it relies on an army of ants to come in and clear away the debris.
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Rita White (Julie Walters) is a 26-year old working class woman who enrols for an Open University class where she meets Frank (Michael Caine), who is assigned to be her tutor. He is a self-confessed alcoholic, who takes a shine to the outspoken Rita. It swings from highs to lows throughout and for every high comes the payback of an even greater low. At times it is amusing (without being silly) and sadness creeps in when you least expect it. There is so much more going on but I will not spoil the tension any more for the benefit of those who haven't seen it yet.
Both actors are just brilliant in their roles and were rightly nominated for best acting Oscars. There is an obvious chemistry between the unlikely odd couple, and you just wish for a happy ending. The transformation of both characters throughout the film is not only smooth but is enlightening. It is a real gem of a film and a rarity in that it does not contain a single kiss for the romantically engaged couple. There are some realy moving scenes, that almost bring me to tears. The dialogue, acting, sets and soundtrack all play their part in a highly entertaining adaptation of Pigmalion. I never tire of this and have watched it so many times, I almost know it word for word. If you don't believe me then try it for yourself. It's simply great value for money (no gimmicks, it doesn't need them) and is a valued addition to any film collector's library (I have several editions). Get it when you can - I highly recommended this English gem to all true movie fans.
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First revealed to the world by 19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin, the Galapagos Islands' unusual wildlife mixture has visitors spellbound.
'Shark!" yells out one of our group of snorkellers excitedly. "Over here!"
I can't believe that I'm swimming over for a closer look. The same alert given in Australian or New Zealand waters would result in a mass exodus from the water in sheer panic - but not so here in the clear pristine waters of the Galapagos Islands.
In fact, as we tick our wildlife checklist upon seeing several white-tipped sharks seemingly asleep on the sand some metres below in the rocky shallows off Bartolome Island, we are now on the lookout for hammerhead sharks.
Our guide, Tatiana Bucheli, knows exactly where each of the remote islands' animals and sealife are likely to be. Hammerheads are known to swim within the extinct volcanic caldera of Genovesa Island in the group's far north and the only island of the group in the northern hemisphere.
And sure enough, as if on cue, we follow our knowledgeable leader and within minutes are privy to a school of perhaps 10 huge hammerheads swimming by just metres below us.
"Sharks come out to eat only in the early morning and late afternoon," says Tatiana, who has worked as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos for 10 years. "There are 33 species of shark here out of almost 500 in the world," she adds.
But sharks are only one species of myriad land and aquatic animals that appear not to notice us.
Having lived with no known predators - particularly humans, for nearly all their lives, giant tortoises, metre-long land iguanas, spiny unattractive marine iguanas and all manner of exotic birdlife such as frigate birds, red-footed and blue-footed boobies have no fear and go about their business in these blissful isles totally ignoring the daily visitors.
It's a 90-minute flight from Guayaquil on mainland Ecuador 1000 kilometres away to the simple airstrip on Baltra Island. On arrival, most visitors are surprised, as Charles Darwin was 180 years ago, to find that even though straddling the equator, it is not hot at all.
We are welcomed on board the newest vessel to cruise the islands, the catamaran Athala II. Following a major fit-out last year, it was relaunched in October to cater for just 16 guests in eight cabins. There are two passenger decks, four cabins on each - those on the main level having small furnished private balconies - ideal for quiet moments and to enjoy spectacular sunsets and dramatic skies.
The main level also houses a spacious dining room at the rear where buffet meals are presented with a comfortable forward lounge-cum-library with pull-down cinema screen where briefings are held each evening before dinner. The upper level has a covered bar with extensive cushioned seating and tables and chairs for alfresco dining, reading or just chilling out over a refreshing drink. The rooftop solarium sports recliner deck chairs, a few fitness machines and a relaxing Jacuzzi - perfect for stargazing at night.
There are usually a couple of excursions each day with snorkelling, kayaking, swimming or sunbathing constant activities.
Smart passengers bring underwater cameras to capture coloured fish, sharks and spiny marine iguanas that seem to float spookily on the water's surface as they swim. Waters here are aquamarine and as clear as the local Pisco brandy.
Often described as a natural laboratory of evolution, these far-flung Ecuadorian islands became known after the English naturalist Charles Darwin spent five weeks here in 1835, his findings being the basis of his controversial book On the Origin of Species relating to evolution and natural selection.
By discovering how various wildlife and birds - finches and mockingbirds in particular - had evolved to their particular environments, Darwin alerted the rest of the world to the fact that these volcanic islands are unique. Being strong swimmers and good fliers, the unusual animal and bird mix is believed to have arrived here with the help of currents and prevailing winds from all corners of the world.
Today, rare and endemic wildlife include the lovable Galapagos tortoise, the waved albatross, the ubiquitous marine iguana, the brown pelican, the Galapagos penguin, Galapagos hawk, and Darwin's finches and while the flightless cormorant has "lost the ability to fly, they can dive very deep, using their webbed feet like a propeller", says Tatiana. "They can go down to 60 metres looking for octopus and eels."
There are 19 islands in the archipelago spread out over 45,000 square kilometres. Five are inhabited, the largest community being in Puerta Aroya on Santa Cruz where the Charles Darwin Research Centre is located. Most locals have made the move here to service the burgeoning tourist industry.
Declared a Unesco World Heritage Site, in 1978, along with Ecuador's capital, Quito, the Galapagos Islands were added to Unesco's List of World Heritage in Danger in 2007. They were removed from the danger list in 2010. Today visitors are capped at 140,000 a year with excursions to the same location restricted to once in 15 days.
Each island seems to have become the natural habitat to a particular species of wildlife: sea lions thrive on Mosquera Island, Galapagos tortoises and large land iguanas love life on Isabela Island, red-footed boobies and frigate birds abound on Genovesa Island, nearly the entire world's population of waved albatross live on Espanola, flightless cormorants and marine iguanas among others inhabit Fernandina Island (one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world and the youngest island).
Highlights of any holiday here are many: swimming among some 60 to 70 sea turtles, joining penguins as they dive and cavort, walking among nesting red-footed boobies, watching blue-footed boobies "sky-pointing" with their beaks as they dance on one foot then the other in courtship, being privy to the male frigate birds as they puff up their red neck pouches to attract females, seeing an elusive spotted sunfish which at several metres long is "the biggest bony fish in the world", according to Tatiana, and crossing the Equator when the GPS reads 0deg, 0deg, 0deg.
But the absolute highlight has to be swimming with playful sea lions that spiral around us, putting their happy whiskered faces to our masks for a closer look - almost begging us to show our skills.
Created over millennia by a series of volcanic eruptions, the islands are a mix of rugged landscapes, low-growing bushes, sandy beaches and extraordinary lava flows - all with masses of wildlife. On most islands, there are few shade trees and no structures or signs of human intervention or presence.
As Paul D Stewart says in his book Galapagos - the islands that changed the world, "the Galapagos fauna and flora remain a spectacular reminder of a planet before people".
Editor's note: The word Galapagos is derived from old Spanish Galapago, the frontal piece of a riding saddle, a shape similar to the shells of giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands.
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Wow, that WAS Li'l B, and it took him THREE years to come up with a diss track? Dafuq?
durant durant
Dang oltna, you got me shitting bricks.
...or maybe my turds just look like you.
edit: Woah! I'm better at disses than Li'l B.
I'm jus' playin tho dawg. But in all seriousness, what is li'l B even thinking? He shouldn't have put himself and prove that
ha can't ball.
waitin for the 1on1
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Durant seems like a really awesome guy
Shocked this guy is still even internet-relevant.
wait isn't lil b all about love
Lol, why this putrid maggot still exists ?
Lil B wishes he could ball
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Fuck both these shallow muthaphuckas. Pfft.
Fuckkkkkk Kevin Durannntttttt
on west side im screaming fuck KD bitch
Say that I'm wack? See me on the court. Score on me if you're talkin bout points.
lil b kisses kevin durant
Shoutout to the WNBA you got some fly ass girls I wanna fuck in the mouth
Shoutout to the WNBA you got some fly ass girls I wanna fuck in the mouth
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hooop life
so much for positivity, I won't bother listening to this garbarge and KD I don't think will waste his time either. Lil B is just another stupid kid to him.
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He's a stupid kid in general.
Ehh, Durant ain't that great of a pokemon anyways
yeah but Kevin Durant is one of the best, he's actually banned from competitive play he so OP.
Let's be honest here, the Thunder will never get a ring.
damn this is good
This video is so good
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Such a try hard to stay relevant
This video is so bad, the cult of lil b here is worse than the cult of jim jones and david koresh combined
Y'all are silly. Durant can be p great. Just get in a hone claws and you got dis. Killed charizards too, thinkin' they're all clever and shit but just get hit with a rock slide.
Durant is great, just count him out for the playoffs.
is lil b even 5 feet tall
As much as I hate Lil B I'll admit the video/song was entertaining. KD won't ever respond though, he has much more important things to be concerned with than Lil B.
this is actually great. gotta love this guy for just having fun
KD is totally going to respond. I'm looking forward to it.
yeah whatever
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A response video from KD would be so great.
lil b is my friend - lil b
Looks like I hate KD now. Hail based god.
lil b tore him up
what the fuck is this
Tryout guy light outs grew
"i'm glad your breathing - lil b"
what is this, middle school?
The fact that I don't know who either of these two are, means I win.
You actually lost twice
This can't be serious.
it can't be
swag on a 100
@ Oltnabrick:
You've garnered over 20k posts in 2 1/2 years. Who's the loser?
Still you tbh
Incredible chorus
swag on the thousand
Lil B for president
Magical chorus
Chorus has been in my head all day. Fuckin genius
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ha ha larry us
swag on the million
Not even gonna bother listening to this... But when you lose to the Lakers, then the entire Thunder team are probably dissing themselves right now.
chorus makes the song beautiful
KD for MVP this year
Based God can diss anyone he wants and it wouldnt matter because he is based god
when the chorus kicks in lol
classic tho xD
kevin do rant against lil b
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what beef tho? not even any details on that? : (
Twitter 2011/2012 beef reignited
What a beautiful singing voice.
The chorus is too good, but if you take this/ Lil B seriously I think you're missing the point lol
Lil B kisses Devin Durant
Durant needs rings
lol so many basic bitches in this thread
"Lil B kisses Devin Durant"
wow i came here to post that
fuuUUUuuuUUUUUUuuuUUUckkkk KeVin DuuuuUUUUraaaAAAAAaaAAAnnnnTT!
"wow i came here to post that"
i posted that two days ago smh
i fuk yer bich like litl b fukd keven durrent s bich
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oltnabrick: You have listened to Lil B 100 times according to last.fm
I rest my case.
still doing better than u tbh
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this literally made my day, thank you based god
treb has almost 1500 plays for lil b on last.fm and you only have 100 plays what kind of fan are you
i had over 4k but i reset my plays :[
hwo long have you been listening to Lil B?
Wow, i'm way behind. I only have 0 scrobbles.
I still don't really understand the whole Lil B thing
trying too hard
So this is one of the worst things I have ever heard. I stand firm in my belief that the cult of Lil B is actually a joke that I'm somehow missing out in
its because you're boring
1,100 plays on last.fm, Lil B swagaholic goddamn based god
fuuuuuuuuuuuck keeeevin duraaaaaaant
you said that im whack? see me on th court
screamin out fuck kd
"So this is one of the worst things I have ever heard. I stand firm in my belief that the cult of Lil B is actually a joke that I'm somehow missing out in" obviously, he does make some serious tracks though that arent as bad as most things today
im pretty serious about my love for lil b thank you very much
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The Mobile World Congress demo involved web browsing, games, and streaming of 1440p video on a 2560x1600 panel. As Nvidia points out, the high-res video streaming wasn't just a show of strength. The firm has made provisions for mobile devices with 10.1" displays that have a 300-DPI pixel density. If my math is right, a 300-DPI, 10.1" display with a 16:10 aspect ratio would have a resolution of about 2569x1606, so that's not far off the mark.
Nvidia didn't capture the MWC demo on video, but its blog post includes a clip of a Kal-El development system running a browser benchmark on YouTube:
There's also a second video that shows Kal-El running the Coremark benchmark on Android. Apparently, Kal-El managed to outperform Intel's Core 2 Duo T7200 processor in that test. The benchmark is clearly heavily multi-threaded, so Kal-El's extra cores must give it an advantage—and, you know, this is a test hand-picked and run by Nvidia. Still, we're talking about an ARM-based solution here, not an x86 CPU like the Core 2.
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To be honest that vid isn't as good as Allah's deconstruction of it. Pay attention to Obama's attempt to limit the "gaffe" to calling people "bitter."
Dude, that's the least of it and you know it. You came thisclose to saying "Religion is the opiate of the masses." You strongly implied that people "cling to their religion" only due to economic desperation, and not out of faith at all.
Allah and I were emailing about this and I said, "Well, you know, they all think that. It's the What's the Matter With Kansas? theory that has such a grip on the liberal mindset. They can't comprehend why people aren't gung-ho for socialism, so they postulate that people are 'distracted' and 'divided' by sinister forces injecting 'phony issues' (like God) into politics to keep them from voting for socialism."
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Have had the E-100 since last christmas. Wonderful camera and way ahead of my earlier Olympus C1000L (whichi still use sometimes for old times sake) . Good grip, excellant zoom and shutter speeds (though u need good light). Not planning to buy a new cam for a long long time.
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Ralph W. Christensen of Jefferson Township passed away at home Thursday morning.
He was born June 13, 1921, in New York City to a Danish father and a Norwegian mother, Jens and Olga Christensen.
After graduating from Jamaica High School and the Academy of Aeronautics, he served in the
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from 1942 to 1946 on PT boats in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific. He attended college under the G.I. Bill and completed a degree at the University of Miami in math and physics. Graduate school was interrupted by a recall to serve another year in the Navy during the
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In 1951 he married Ethel Liljegren, and he began his career at RCA in Lancaster, with a transfer to RCA in Mountain Top. Eventually he was employed by Sylvania in Emporium and Semi Elements in Saxonburg, in the field of developing new products. He holds a patent in the U.S. and one in Japan, both in the semiconductor/electronics field. In 1970, he started a semiconductor diffusant product business, now run by his son.
Ralph was a lifelong Lutheran and a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Saxonburg, where he served the church as Sunday School teacher and councilman. He was a member of the Institute for Information Display, a senior member of the Institute of Electronic Engineers and a life member of the Electro-Chemical Society.
He and his wife enjoyed cribbage and couple's bridge. Twenty years ago, he began a men's bridge group in the Butler-Saxonburg area. Other interests included chess, carpentry, painting, traveling and the many outlets that Butler and Pittsburgh offer.
Surviving family members are his son, Neal and his wife, Pat; his daughter, Sallie and her sons, Benjamin and Seth Burtner and their wives, Tracy and Lindsey; his daughter, Stefanie and her husband, David Fennell; his great-grandchildren, Kamryn, Jackson, Ethan and Ian; one niece, nephew, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and several cousins.
His beloved wife of 55 years preceded him in death on April 17, 2006. Two brothers and one sister also preceded him in death.
CHRISTENSEN - There will be no visitation for Ralph W. Christensen, who died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Main Street, Saxonburg.
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Informercial queen Suzanne Paul could face a Commerce Commission investigation after a complaint from an Auckland Greek family who invented the original Natural Glow cosmetic bronzer.
The Coumbias family of West Auckland says Paul is trying to pass off a new product as the original they developed and they've laid a complaint with the commission over Paul's TV, billboard and internet campaign which claims "Natural Glow is back and it's better than ever".
The commission has not indicated whether or not an investigation is to be conducted.
Paul declined to speak to the Sunday Star- Times but her husband Duncan Wilson said the couple had the rights to use the trademark name Natural Glow. "Natural Glow is a brand. [They're] trying to shut us down."
Natural Glow was created in 1990 by industrial chemist Michael Coumbias - now a Greek Orthodox priest at a Waterview church - and his son Alex, after Suzanne Paul's former partner Paul Meier asked them to make a bronzer.
Coumbias Laboratories spent three months developing the powder in pressed and loose versions for Prestige Marketing, then made it at a rented factory in Henderson. With Paul as frontwoman and her catchline "thousands of luminous spheres", the product became a huge success.
But after Paul and Meier sold the company in 1997, sales tailed off and in 2003 a new company, GN Networks, acquired the licence from Coumbias Laboratories to relaunch Natural Glow under a new name - Radiesscence. Paul also briefly promoted Radiesscence after a short-lived relationship with GN Networks but she ended the contract in 2006.
Last year she and Wilson launched a rival bronzer which they called Natural Glow. Her website says it is "based on Suzanne's original Natural Glow formula, but it's much finer".
But the Coumbias family says it's a different product. Says Michael Coumbias's son Richard: "She's trying to infer that her product she's currently selling is based on the original Natural Glow . . . the way she says it, it's like it was the original Natural Glow and now it's back again. Well, no, it's not."
Richard Coumbias said Paul's bronzer "bore no resemblance" to the original Natural Glow and had different ingredients.
And now the company which sells the original formula under the Radiessence name has also complained to the commission over fears the rivalry could threaten sales.
Wilson said he and Paul had asked Coumbias Laboratories to manufacture the bronzer again for a relaunch but had been turned down.
- Sunday Star Times
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