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|Jun 4, 2002
|Filing date
|May 10, 1999
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|May 10, 1999
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|Yifeng Cui, Hadi A. Akeel, Michael A. McNeill
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|Fanuc America Corporation
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|Patent Citations (13), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (10), Classifications (9), Legal Events (7)
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to an optical rotary encoder and more specifically to a miniaturized optical encoder having an in situ laser beam generator, a novel heat dissipation system and a wave plate phase delay means.
2. Description of the Related Art
For some time now, optic encoder means have been used with great success for precise positioning applications. During this time it has been widely recognized by those skilled in the art that smaller is better. A smaller position tracking mechanism has obvious packaging and operational advantages such as for instance a smaller platform, increased beam intensity for diverging beam applications such as in the present invention, more responsive positioning system due to momentum reduction, reduced motor size requirements, etc. Limiting factors for farther size reduction are the physical size of the laser diode and photodetector packages, heat dissipation and optical component orientation and adjustment requirements.
Temperature parameter compensation is addressed in: U.S. Pat. No. 5,652,426 which is directed to an optical encoder that obtains displacement information by means of a twice-diffracted beam and a twice-transmitted beam to thereby compensate for changes of wavelength of a light beam due to temperature change.
Wave plate compensation is addressed in: U.S. Pat. No. 5,596,403 which is directed to an angular position measuring system having a source assembly including a laser driver, a conventional linear polarizer and a rotating half-wave plate. U.S. Pat. No. 5,677,768 discloses an encoder having a stationary and a rotating quarter-wave plate. A signal processor (for removing an unwanted component due to the rotating wave plate introducing a frequency shift proportional to the angular rotation) is mentioned but not described.
None of the above references addresses the temperature dissipation or wave plate orientation problems encountered when size reduction of optical encoders of the related art is attempted. Nor do the references address the problem that the physical size limitations of the laser diode and photo detector packages hampers further size reduction of optical encoder apparatus.
Accordingly it would be desirable to have a miniature optical encoder apparatus that is not limited by the size of the laser diode and photodetector packages. It would further be desirable if the miniature optical encoder apparatus included heat dissipation means for removing and dissipating heat from the entire apparatus. It would be further desirable if the miniature optical encoder apparatus included a combination of a wave plate phase delay means and signal processing means to provide for phase delay compensation/adjustment.
As has been mentioned earlier, the focus of this invention is to optimize and miniaturize the size of optical encoder apparatus. One of the necessary parameters that has to be addressed to miniaturize an optical encoder is of course heat control including most importantly heat dissipation. The invention recognizes that heat control plays an equally important role in optical encoders than as just a parameter to be controlled or optimized for miniaturization. For instance, uneven heating (including that due to uneven heat dissipation) anywhere in an optical encoder and especially in the base of the optical encoder can lead to degeneration of the optics due to uneven expansion or contraction of one or more elements and especially the base upon which the elements are mounted in the optical encoder apparatus, and degeneration of the epoxy attachment means for all of the encoder elements. In encoders of the Relevant Art, the heat generated by the laser diode is addressed because of course excess heat at the laser diode can interfere with its performance. For this reason, heat control mitigating elements are employed in typical laser diode packages. However, the present invention recognizes that heat comes from other sources besides the laser diode. Another heat source that has not been addressed by the Relevant Art is the heat that stems from the electric motor and drive shaft for movement of the rotary grating or other tracking means the optical encoder employs. Another source of heat is the ambient temperature of the environment in which the encoder is employed. Another source of heat are the electronic circuits that are both integral with and mounted on the optical encoder.
Accordingly, it would be desirable to have heat control apparatus that controls the heat profiles of the entire optical encoder architecture so that the laser diode performance is not affected, and that misalignment of the optics of the encoder will not result from heat induced material distortion. It would further be particularly desirable if the base mounting plate of the optical encoder were to be heat controlled so as to be operated in a heat range wherein laser diode output noise sources will be minimized.
Briefly the present invention recognizes that the limiting structures to size reduction for an optical encoder are the laser diode/photo diode package and the photodetector with amplifier packages. The invention includes removing the discrete components from the laser diode cover package and mounting the much smaller discrete components on a base framework. The photo detector with amplifier packages of the invention have an altered photodetector/amplifier geometry including reducing the length of the connection wire. This resulted in significant size reduction of the encoder, a reduction in required gain and resulting increase in bandwidth. The entire base framework is temperature cooled by disposing two thermoelectric coolers between the base framework and an adjacent heat sink. Such positioning of the two coolers between the base framework and it's adjacent heat sink maintains the base framework at a controlled temperature regimen so as to stabilize all elements(both optical and electronic) mounted on the base framework, most importantly stabilizing both the laser diode's and the photodetecto's outputs. In addition this novel design stabilizes the entire footprint/base of the encoder from thermal effects, whatever their origin. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a combination of a wave plate and electronic tuning to adjust phase delay.
The invention may be understood and further advantages and uses thereof more readily apparent, when considered in view of the following detailed description of the exemplary embodiments, taken with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an exploded isometric view of the miniature interferometric optical encoder further illustrating the location and orientation of the discrete components;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the optics block of the miniature interferometric optical encoder illustrating the location and orientation of the discrete components and the light paths within the encoder in operation;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the grating and the way the grating diffracts the incident laser beam into multiple beams of differing order according to the teachings of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the encoder electronics and the interconnections with the output of the encoder unit operating components.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the A+B; A−B phase tuning circuit;
FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the laser diode mounting block;
FIG. 6A is another embodiment of the laser diode mounting block;
FIG. 6B is an elevational view of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (vcsel) and a prism illustrating how polarization can be adjusted by rotating the vcsel relative to the prism;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing how the prism 64 with polarizing coating 65 can be eliminated by coating a polarizing film directly on photo detector 66 of FIG. 2, and
FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing how a small detector eliminates the pin hole 42 of FIG. 2.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating how one photodetector with a two-element array and a rhombic prism combination can replace two photodetectors and prism combination all according to the teachings of the invention;
FIG. 9A is a three-dimensional view of the rhombic prism of FIG. 9;
Referring now to the drawings and to FIGS. 1, and 2 in particular, there are shown an isometric view and a plan view of the miniature interferometric optical encoder 10, constructed according to the teachings of the invention. Optical encoder unit 10 includes encoder optics block 12, rotary grating 14, first and second thermo-electric (TE) coolers 16 and 18, heat sink 22, end cover 24, and cap 26. Encoder optics block 12 includes and has disposed thereon laser diode module 32 which includes laser diode chip source 34 and photo diode 36. Encoder optics block 12 further includes and has disposed thereon first and second pinholes 38 and 42, first and second mirrors 44 and 46, first and second wave plates 48 and 52, first light shield 54 (FIG. 1) and second and third lightshields 56, 58 (FIG. 2), beam splitter plate 62, polarizing coated prism 64 and first and second photodetectors with amplifiers 66 and 68. Encoder optics block 12 further includes and has disposed thereon temperature sensor 72 for regulating thermo-electric coolers 16 and 18, a printed circuit board (PCB) 74 dedicated to the photodetector amplifiers 66 and 68 respectively and a miscellaneous component wiring printed circuit board (PCB) 76. Thermal electric coolers 16, 18 respectively, operate to transfer heat in either direction between optics block 12 and heat sink 22, to provide for regulating and stabilizing the temperature of optics block 12.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, there are illustrated the operating principles of the miniature grating interferometric rotary encoder 10, constructed according to the teachings of the invention. Referring now in particular to FIG. 2, in operation, the horizontally polarized light output 102 from laser diode chip source 34 passes through pinhole 38, light shield 58 and quarter wave plate 48, by which time the horizontally polarized light output 102 then becomes near circularly polarized. At this stage, the laser light polarization cannot be all along or perpendicular to the grating groove directions but rather must be partially along or perpendicular to the grating groove directions. This is essential in order to get two phase delayed optical outputs. Theoretically any other polarization direction will work, but in order to generate two equal amplitude outputs, it is preferred to use either a circularly polarized or linearly polarized direction with 45� orientation. Referring now in particular to FIG. 3, the surface normal reference line is shown at N, the spatially and temporally coherent circularly polarized light 103 illuminates reflective radial grating 14. The grating 14 diffracts the incident laser beam into one pair of beams of first order 106 and 108, and possibly other beams of higher order depending on wavelength and grating constant. The zeroth order beam 104 is reflected back and mostly blocked by the pinhole 38 due to the divergence of the beam.
The diffraction angle θd relative to the surface normal reference line N is given by
where, m is the diffraction order number, θin is the angle of the incident laser beam with respect to the surface normal reference line N of the grating surface, λ is the laser wavelength, and d is the grating constant. If d is small enough (d<2λ), only orders with m=−1 and m=+1 are diffracted, producing two diffracted beams 106 and 108, at angles θ=θ−1 and θ=θ+1, respectively. In our case, θin=0�, d =0.95 μm, and θd=+45�. All diffracted beams are mutually coherent both spatially and temporally and have different phase changes upon diffraction. They are able to interfere with one another once they are overlapped along the same direction. When the grating (14) moves along the direction of the arrow for a distance d within certain time interval t, the phase difference φbetween beams 106 and 108 is modulated by the grating motion,
Therefore the grating movement modulates the phase variation of the two beams and thereby produces moving interference patterns. In order to produce interference effects, the two diffracted beams, 106 and 108, must be recombined. This is accomplished by the two mirrors 44, 46 (FIG. 2) respectively, and by beam splitter plate 62 that partially transmits and partially reflects incident light beams 106 and 108 respectively. The interference occurs when the two beams 106 and 108 are recombined at beam splitter plate 62 whereby the two beams 106 and 108 are made to be as collinear as possible. The interference fringe separation L depends on the angle δ between the two overlapped beams which is given by
A small area of the interference fringe on one side of the beam splitter plate transmits through pinhole 42. A polarizing prism 64 having a polarizing coating on the diagonal side 65 transmits light polarized in a first predetermined direction and reflects light polarized in a second predetermined direction and thereby splits the recombined beam into first and second orthogonal polarized beams. First and second photodetectors 66 and 68, each having their own built in amplifiers intercept the first and second orthogonal polarized beams respectfully and convert the optical signals into voltage signals suitable for counting and other electronic processing.
The electronic processing of the invention is set forth with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 wherein there are illustrated a block diagram of the encoder electronics and the interconnections with the output of the encoder unit operating components and a schematic diagram of the A+B; A−B phase tuning circuit. Referring to FIG. 4, the phase A and phase B blocks are the raw signals from detectors 66 and 68 of encoder 10. These encoder raw signals are then amplified through two amplifier blocks 202, 204, with output A and B. Outputs A and B are then fed into A+B, A−B circuit blocks 206, 208 which generate output A′ and B′ with exact 90� degree phase difference. The normalization circuit blocks 212, 214 generate stable A″ and B″ signals which are independent of the input signal variations. Signals A″ and B″ are then fed into interpolation stage 216, 218 which generate interpolated high resolution signals A′″ and B′″. Signals A′″ and B′″ are then fed into digitizer blocks 222, 224 respectively, and are then fed into the display counter block 226.
The purpose and function of the second waveplate 52 is to bring the phase delay between signals A and B as close to 90 as feasible with a wave plate. This phase delay adjustment by the second waveplate 52 is important because the A+B, A−B circuits 206, 208 respectfully, (which generate output A′ and B′ with exact 90� degree phase difference) will not work properly, that is they will not be able to compensate when the initial phase difference between signals A and B is small (such as when the phase difference approximates 0� or 180�). The reason for this difficulty in compensation by the A+B, A−B circuits 206, 208 respectfully, is that the DC offsets of A+B will be much larger (or much smaller depending on the phase difference) than that of A−B or A−k*B, thus one channel might need tremendous gain to bring the two signals A′ and B′ equal. But in all practicality, an amplification circuit can only provide gain to a certain reasonable extent. In addition to the high gain problem there is a noise problem associated with high gain; one channel (that requiring high gain) will be much noisier than the other channel. Therefore the circuit will not work properly when the input signals' phase difference is so small such that the amplification circuit cannot provide enough gain. The invention therefore adds waveplate 52 in one beam path to change the phase difference between the signals A and B closer to 90�. There is no stringent requirement on the wave plate orientation as long as the phase difference is small such that the circuit can provide enough gain to approximate 90� phase difference with an acceptable signal/noise ratio. By combining the waveplate 52 and the phase tuning circuits 206, 208 respectively, the invention teaches a simple method and the required apparatus to get 90� phase delayed signals.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is shown a schematic diagram of phase tuning circuit 230, including three operational amplifiers (e.g. OP27) shown at adder blocks 232, 234 respectively, and inverter with gain block 236 which are interconnected as shown to provide A+B and A−k*B functions.
When the two channels A and B have the same amplitudes A0 but non−90� phase difference, a method of combining A and B to generate
A′=A+B and B′=A−B can be used. This can be expressed as:
where θ is the overall phase angle of one channel, and δ is the phase angle difference between the two channels. The new outputs A′ and B′ have exactly 90� phase difference. But this method does not apply to cases where the amplitudes of A and B are not equal, A0≠B0, which is common in real applications. We add a gain factor k in one of the channels, e.g. B′=A−k*B instead of A−B, to expand the phase tuning range of this circuit.
A′=A0 sin(θ+δ)+B0 sin θ
B′=A0 sin(θ+δ)−k*B0 sin θ
In this way the circuit can handle with non-90� phase difference and unequal amplitudes. By adjusting the gain factor k, the phase difference between A′ and B′ can be easily tuned to 90�. Referring now to FIG. 5, the gain factor k is adjusted by varying the POT R8 shown at 242, which may for example be a 20K variable resister. POT R7 shown at 244, which may for example be a 50K variable resister, is adjusted to match the channel B′ output level with that of channel A′.
Assembly: The assembly procedure is mount or assemble the discreet encoder components on encoder cold block 12 in the following order: First the laser diode module 32 and mirrors 44,46 are mounted on encoder optics/cold block 12. Second, mount beam splitter plate 62 without fixing its position. Third, assemble first and second thermoelectric coolers 16, 18 respectively and radial grating 14 on he at sink 22, and attach the heat sink 22 to encoder optics/cold block 12 with the thermoelectric coolers 16, 18 disposed there between. Forth, adjust encoder optics/cold block 12's position relative to heat sink 22 and attached radial grating 14 while monitoring the interference pattern of recombined beam 70 until a good pattern is observed. The fifth and final assembly step is to fine tune the beam splitter plate 62's angular position to get closer to the center of the interference pattern i.e. to provide the largest interference pattern.
The machined encoder optics/cold block 12 and heat sink 22 have high enough accuracy to provide an accurate alignment structure for the encoder constructed according to the teachings of the invention. The accuracy of the typical CNC machine is about a few micrometers and angular accuracy is about 1 milli-radians for current encoder size. The alignment tolerance required for a grating interferometer using a collimated laser beam can be estimated to be
where δ is the angle that produces the interference pattern spacing D. This equation was developed in patent application Ser. No. 08/728,625, entitled "MINIATURE INTERFEROMETRIC ROTARY ENCODER" assigned to the same assignee as the present invention, which is hereby referred to and incorporated herein. This equation gives an estimate on the angular alignment error tolerance. For the laser wavelength of μ=0.67 μm and D=1 mm, the interfering beams must be co-linear to a precision <0.67 mill-radians. Based on the CNC machined structure and fine tuning of the beam splitter plate 62, plus the beam divergence, all the errors generated when the laser diode module 32 and mirrors 44, 46 are mounted on encoder optics/cold block 12 can be compensated for by fine tuning the beam splitter plate 62. This is an advantage over the related art in that this mounting procedure dispenses with the necessity for accurate mounting tolerances during the assembly process when the laser diode module 32 and mirrors 44, 46 are mounted on encoder optics/cold block 12.
What has been disclosed and described then is the ability to put the laser diode chip source 34 for generating a beam of light directly on the optical encoder means rather than bringing the light source in by means of a fiber optic cable. This was accomplished by using a chip for the laser diode module 32 directly, including both the laser diode chip source 34 and the photo diode 36, without a conventional surrounding enclosure. The overall size and in particular the footprint of optics/cold block 12 was reduced significantly. Furthermore, disposing photo diode 36 at 110� to the laser diode chip source 34's output axis reduces reflection light to the laser diode chip 36.
The size of the laser diode module 32 may be further reduced by integrating the laser diode 34 and the photo diode 36 on one chip module 30 as shown in FIG. 6 with approximate sizes of � millimeter wide by less than one millimeter long. This can reduce the encoder's length, width and height because the laser diode 34 and the photo diode 36 are the limiting factors for the size of the encoder when they are installed insitu according to the teachings of the invention. The electrical leads for laser module chip 30 may be disposed through chip 30 by standard chip fabrication. Prism 37 is used to couple lazer diode 34's output to photo detector 36.
Additional embodiments of the invention include the elimination of quarter wave plate 48. The purpose of quarter wave plate 48 is to generate a circular beam of polarized light before it reaches and strikes grating 14. This can also be accomplished by using a linearly polarized light with polarization oriented along and at 45� relative to the groove direction of grating 14. This can be accomplished by a 45� rotation of laser chip 34 along laser output axis 76 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 6A.
Another embodiment to replace laser diode 34 and photodiode 36 of FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. 6B. Referring now to FIG. 6B, laser module 250 includes photodiode 252, laser (VCSEL) diode 254, and prism 256. The laser polarization state can be adjusted by rotating the VCSEL laser diode 254 relative to prism 256, thereby providing a readily adjusted polarization state in a compact laser diode module 250.
Referring now to FIG. 7 there is shown how the prism 64 with polarizing coating 65 can be eliminated by coating a polarizing film directly on photo detector 66 (FIG. 3) with a suitable polarizing coating film. Incident light beam 70 has two phase delayed optical components of light, P & S. Photo detector 114 has a polarizing coating 110 which transmits the P component of light into photo detector 114 and reflects the S component of light 118 over to photo detector 122. Photo detector 122 then has anti-reflection coating 124 transmitting S component of light into photo detector 122. In this manner, photo detector 114 detects and generates a voltage output for P component of incident beam 70 and photo detector 122 gives a voltage output relative to S component of incident light beam 70. This will eliminate prism 64 while still detecting both phase delayed optical components of incident light beam 70. This will reduce the number of optical components inside and mounted on optic block 12.
Referring now to FIG. 8, there is shown another embodiment of photo detector 114 of FIG. 7 wherein now polarized coating 110 of FIG. 7 is now replaced by small area detector 132 disposed on a support. This small area detector 132 functions as a pinhole and detector to detect the P polarization component and reflects the S component of incident beam 70 over to photo detector 122. Detector 132 then combines three functions (pinhole, polarization detector, polarization reflector) of pinhole 42, prism 64 and photodetector 66 (see FIG. 2). In this maimer, pinhole 42 and prism 64 (FIG. 2) can be eliminated and again optics/cold block 12 will have fewer components to be mounted.
Referring now to FIGS. 9 and 9A, there is shown photo detector 145 having a two element array 145 a and 145 b respectively, with built-in amplifiers. Due to the limitations of the wire bonding configurations, it is preferable to bond the photodetector chips in one plane. That is why both elements 145 a and 145 b are shown disposed in the same plane 146. There is also shown on top of plane 146 disposed a right angle prism 142 having black painted coating 142A defining opening 142 or an additional pinhole (not shown) and rhombic prisms 144 having a polarizing coating 152 on one face 144A. Polarized laser beam 147 will be reflected by the polarizing coating 152 to one photo detector 145A and the other polarization beam 148 will transmit through this small coated area 152 of face 144A and be totally internally reflected at face 144B of the prism to the second photo detector 145B. This combination will eliminate one photo detector, one prism, and one pinhole from having to be mounted on encoder optics/cold block 12. Right angle prism 142 and rhombic prism 144 must be made of the same material to prevent diffraction of the light polarized beam 147.
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__global__ void mAdd(float* A, float* B, float* C)
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This code is part of a larger loop and is the simplest portion of the code, so I decided to try to paralleize thia and learn CUDA at same time. I have read the guides but still do not understand how to get the proper no. of grids/block/threads going and use them effectively.


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Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has warned that Southern Sudan will face instability if it votes to secede from the north in the upcoming referendum.
He told al-Jazeera TV the south did not have the ability to create a stable state or provide for its citizens.
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Col Philip Aguer, a military spokesman, told the Associated Press that forces loyal to rebel leader Gatluak Gai had attacked forces in the Sudan People's Liberation Army overnight in the oil-rich area of Unity state.
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UN officials confirmed that they had received reports of an attack in the area, but did not say which side had suffered the fatalities.
Correspondents expect an overwhelming "yes" vote in the referendum, which would see the world's newest country come into being.
The poll, which begins on Sunday, was part of the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended the civil war.
In an interview with the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera, Mr Bashir said he understood why many southerners wanted independence, but he expressed concern at how the new nation would cope.
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Mr Bashir said southerners living in the north would not be allowed dual citizenship, and floated the idea of the two nations joining in an EU-style bloc.
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At an event on Friday, former South African President Thabo Mbeki - the African Union's mediator on Sudan - said the vote marks the "true emancipation" of the people of the south.
"The work of freedom is just at its beginning. We are confident that the southern Sudanese people have the strength and spirit to succeed in that endeavour," he told a large crowd in Juba, the south's capital.
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- Rotary Lombardi Award presented to the Outstanding College Lineman of the Year. This is a fund-raising event benefiting cancer research.
- Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award presented to someone in Houston who exhibits high ideals, leadership and philanthropy. The funds raised support the club's on-going service activities.
- Camp Enterprise is an annual activity that introduces business and business ethics to 75 high school juniors. The funds for this event are raised with an annual golf tournament.
- Burnett Bayland Outreach has delivered personal support and mentoring to at-risk children at the county run resident.
The club also works actively in many other areas including mentoring elementary school youth, giving assistance to ex-offenders, and international projects, including Polio Plus.
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
- FIRST - The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- SECOND - High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- THIRD - The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH - The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions: "Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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CBS 3 Pet Project: Protecting Your Pooch From The HeatThe Delaware Valley is dealing with more hot weather, making it a good time to remind pet owners not to leave their animals in the car.
A TTF Alternative In NJ Could Mean Paying Even More At The PumpAs New Jersey wrestles with a crisis over the replenishing of the state's Transportation Trust Fund, one North Jersey legislator wants to change the one thing most of the major players seem to agree on.
Wildly Popular Pokemon GO Leading To Unintended ConsequencesSince its release last Wednesday, the wildly popular Pokemon GO game has sent throngs of players all across cities nationwide in search of characters like Pikachu.
Animal Advocates Sit In Hot Car To Illustrate DangerA bill gaining traction in Boston would allow first responders and civilians to break into cars when they see an animal in distress.
Study Reveals 80% Of American Drivers Admit To Losing Their CoolThe AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety says 80 percent acted out in road rage during the last year.
Car-Free Streets Coming Back To Philadelphia For Event In SeptemberIt's being called Philly Free Streets.
Governor Wolf Signs Ride-Sharing Bill Allowing Uber, Lyft To Operate In PhiladelphiaPennsylvania legislators took another step toward legalizing ride-sharing services across the state.
Man Takes His Dog, Dying Of Cancer, On One Last, Epic Road TripIt was the worst possible news you could get about your best buddy.
Phila. Taxi Drivers Say Strike During DNC Is PossiblePhiladelphia's taxi drivers say a work stoppage during the Democratic National Convention remains an option.
Cab Drivers Fight Back Against PPA's DNC Deal With UberCab companies have now filed a motion to stop the temporary agreement between the PPA and Uber.
Most Small SUV Headlights Rate PoorThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is shining a light on poor performing headlights.
Philadelphia Area Gas Prices Continue To FallAAA Mid-Atlantic reports the national average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.24 -- that's 52 cents less than it was a year ago.


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Harley Quinn's Greatest Moments from "Batman: The Animated Series"
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Few would argue that Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, isn't qualified for the job. After all, he served as a clerk to Justice William Brennan, worked as a federal prosecutor, and now sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. And, it turns out, he's a one-time comic book fan.
"He put himself through Harvard Law School by working as a tutor, by stocking shoes in a shoe store, and in what is always a painful moment for any young man, by selling is comic book collection," Obama said this morning during a Rose Garden ceremony announcing Garland's nomination. "It's tough. Been there."
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Marvel owes royalty payments to the creator of a Spider-Man toy after the patent for the Web Blaster expired.
As first reported by Courthouse News Service, Stephen Kimble patented the toy in 1990 and then approached Marvel to license the rights. Marvel passed, and when another company began manufacturing a similar toy — it shoots foam string, simulating Spider-Man's web-shooters — Kimble sued, claiming patent infringement and breach of implied contract.
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning struck down a California law that would have banned the sale or rental of "violent" video games to minors, ruling that such a restriction violates the First Amendment.
With a 7-2 vote, the justices upheld a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the 2005 law, which never went into effect because of legal challenges but would have imposed $1,000 fines on businesses that sell violent games to those under the age of 18. According to ABC News, nine similar laws were passed across the nation, but all were blocked.
"Like books, plays and movies, video games communicate ideas," Justice Antonin Scalia said in the courtroom. "The most basic principle of First Amendment law is that government has no power to restrict expression because of its content. […] There is no tradition in this country of specially restricting children's access to depictions of violence. Certainly, the books we give children to read — or read to them when they are younger — have no shortage of gore. Grimm's Fairy Tales, for example, are grim indeed."
Earlier this week, around the time I finished reading David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague, the U.S. Supreme Court, it seems, was re-enacting it. Well, at least a couple of scenes.
The Ten-Cent Plague tells the story of not one but several campaigns against comics on the grounds that they were violent and bad influences on children. And, to be fair, the crime and horror comics of the time were pretty damn gruesome, repulsive enough that a lot of folks were willing to set aside the First Amendment on the grounds that the Founding Fathers couldn't possibly have envisioned the Crypt-Keeper, and they certainly wouldn't want to defend that. Hajdu documents a flurry of legislation banning all sorts of comic books throughout the country, mostly promoted by people who genuinely cared about children (but who also seem to have forgotten that children have brains of their own).
A similar impulse led California legislators to pass a law in 2005 banning the sale of violent video games to anyone under 18, but the law was struck down by a lower court, because apparently you can only protect youngsters from sex, not violence. This led Justice Antonin Scalia to become the unlikely hero of video gamers everywhere, as he argued on Tuesday that while the First Amendment definitely wasn't designed to protect obscenity, it should apply to everything else, even violence.
Legal | The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday during oral arguments on a California law that would forbid the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Justices Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor raised free-speech objections to the statute, with Ginsberg asking: "If you are supposing a category of violent materials dangerous to children, then how do you cut it off at video games? What about films? What about comic books?" Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Samuel A. Alito Jr. indicated their belief that the state can restrict the access of minor to video games, while Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Elena Kagan probed the issues without showing their cards. It will probably be several months before the court hands down a decision. [Los Angeles Times, PC World]
Crime | A man charged with orchestrating the July theft of the expensive comics collection of an elderly Rochester, N.Y., man who was beaten and later died has been arrested by FBI agents for allegedly selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise on eBay. [The Daily News]
Crime | Police in Stamford, Conn., charged Spider-Man and Captain America with assault and Poison Ivy with breach of peace following a weekend brawl in a parking garage. [The Associated Press]
Legal | The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The statute, which was struck down in February 2009 by a federal appeals court, is opposed by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, among other organizations. [CNET]
Awards | The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will move next year from Toronto Comicon to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. The seventh annual awards will be presented on June 18, 2011. [Joe Shuster Awards]
Conventions | Exhibitor tables have gone on sale for MoCCA Festival 2011, set for April 9-10 at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. [MoCCA Festival]
Conventions | The student newspaper at California State University Long Beach reports on last weekend's Long Beach Comic Con. [Daily 49er]
Retailing | Peter Hartlaub profiles James Sime, owner of Isotope comic book lounge in San Francisco: "Nobody made a comic store for women. They just didn't exist. I think women love comics just as much as men do, maybe even more. And there's so many great comics out there for everybody that I had to try. Isn't San Francisco the city that's all about just trying new things?" [San Francisco Chronicle]


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In the book 1 of our 1 to 1 series, "WHAT DID JESUS DO?" we took an introductory look at all that Jesus has done because of His great love for us:
Our relationship with God is a journey. The word "Saved" in the Bible is not in the past tense. We are saved, we are being saved and we will be saved. It is a lifelong journey!
He HAS saved us (regeneration) – "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Eph 2:8).
He IS saving us (sanctification) – "Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day" (2 Cor 4:16).
He WILL save us (glorification) – "Who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Peter 1:5).
This booklet aims to prepare you with all you need for the journey ahead.
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- Fox News snubs major DNC moment - The Hollywood Reporter
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April 16, 2013
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Junior All-American Kris Bryant launched a pair of home runs, and senior catcher Austin Green added one of his own to help lift the University of San Diego baseball team to a thrilling 7-5 win over UC Santa Barbara Tuesday evening in a non-conference game at Fowler Park.
The Gauchos (18-17) got on the scoreboard first as they pushed across three runs in the top of the third inning. The UCSB runs came on a Brandon Trinkwon 2-run double and a Tyler Kuresa run-scoring double to give the visitors a 3-0 lead.
USD (21-15) answered right back in the bottom half of the inning, as they scored a pair of runs. With two outs, Dillon Checkal got things going with a single. Kris Bryant then launched his 16th home run of the season, a two-run blast over the left field fence to move the score to 3-2.
In the fourth inning, USD had the Long ball working in the favor yet again, as they took the lead. With two outs, Lucas Hagberg drew a walk and moved to second on an Andrew Daniel single. Logan Davis then hit a RBI single to centerfield, scoring Hagberg and moving Daniel to third. Austin Green then unleashed his second home run in as many games, a three-run shot to left field to give USD a 6-3 lead.
A Bryant solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning then gave USD a 7-4 lead. This home run gave Bryant 17 on the season, just one shy of the USD single-season record, set 25 years ago by Dave Rolls.
UCSB would manage to score on run in the sixth and one in the eighth to put the game at its final of 7-5.
Offensively for the Toreros, Bryant led the way, as he went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI. Green also had a good day, as he went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
Jack Shannon (1-0) picked up the win on the mound for the Toreros, as he allowed no runs on three hits in 1.1 innings of work. Max Homick came on and picked up his fourth save of the season, as he allowed no runs on no hits in 1.0 innings of work. UCSB's Connor Baits (1-1) was saddled with the loss on the mound for the Gauchos, as he allowed six runs on six hits in 4.0 innings of work.
The Toreros will return to action on Friday, as they resume West Coast Conference play with a 6 p.m. road game at Santa Clara University.
Meet the Toreros: Jose Martinez
6'10" freshman forward from Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Meet the Toreros: Frank Ryder
6'10" freshman forward from Boulder, Colo.
2015-16 Highlight Video
All the top plays from 2015-16
Jordan Angus - Male Torero of the Year
Angus reflects on his time at USD
Malina Hood - Female Torero of the Year
Malina Hood looks back at her USD career
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San Diego faces Vanderbilt in first round
2016 Celebration of Excellence
Behind the Scenes at the COE
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Toreros Participate in Linda Vista Parade
Men's Tennis senior Day
The Toreros host LMU and Pepperdine Saturday and Sunday
Softball WCC Preview
The Toreros host Saint Mary's Saturday and Sunday
2016 San Diego Crew Classic
The Toreros show speed against the nation's top crews
The Torero Baseball Experience
Kris Bryant & Brian Matusz reflect on their time at USD
MBB Senior Night
Jito Kok and Duda Sanadze prepare for the final home game
USD Baseball Season Preview
Season starts at No. 3 Vanderbilt February 19
USD Softball Season Preview
Season starts February 12
UCLA Preview
USD travels to No. 9 UCLA Friday
Toreros Host Kentucky Saturday
USD looks to defend home court against No. 22 Kentucky
Toreros Host Pepperdine & LMU
USD returns home after four-game road trip
Toreros Team Up with PYBL
Men's Basketball hosts annual clinic for Challenged Division
Men's Tennis 2016
USD opens at home vs UC Irvine and UCSD Saturday
BYU Preview
Preview of USD women's basketball WCC opener vs. BYU.
City Championship Highlights
Relive the Toreros' Upset over SDSU at Petco Park
Toreros to Host Hope International
The 9-1 Toreros will host Hope International in their final game before WCC play
Toreros Stun Aztecs at Petco
Postgame reaction and press conferences
Toreros Return Home
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Pono Keni and Coach Lindsey talk about Saturday's Senior Day game against Butler
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Coach Fisher and forward Maya Hood talk about Tuesday's home-opener against CSUN
USC Preview
Coach Smith and Brett Bailey preview the season opener at USC
Davidson Preview
Jonah Hodges and Dale Lindsey talk about Jonah's return and preview Davidson game
San Diego Fall Classic Preview
Coach Dagman previews the San Diego Fall Classic
Nevada Preview
USD's Women's Basketball team will start their season at Nevada this weekend
USD Men's Basketball - The Origins (1955-1973)
A Glance at the Beginnings of Torero Hoops
Campbell Preview
Coach Lindsey and Jeff Starr preview Campbell
Stetson Preview
Coach Lindsey and Jereke Armstrong talk about the season so far
WCC Media Day
Behind the scenes with Men's and Women's Basketball at WCC media day
Warner Recap
Dale Lindsey and Anthony Lawrence on USD's 45-14 win
Warner Preview
Anthony Lawrence and Coach Lindsey preview game vs. Warner
Torero Community Service
USD Athletics helps out at Father Joe's Village in downtown San Diego
Men's Basketball Camp Update
Kok and Carter talk about the upcoming season
Drake Preview
Toreros host Bulldogs for Homecoming game
Dayton Preview
Toreros look for 4th straight win
LMU Preview
Pack the Stadium Night
ITA All-American's Preview
Petronijevic, Angus, & Vittek Prepare
Marist Preview
USD Looks to Extend Home Win Streak
Valparaiso Preview
Toreros First True Road Game of 2015
CSUN and UCSB Preview
Toreros Look to Extend Win Streak
Aztec Invite Recap
Both Squads Finish Second
SDSU Preview
Toreros Take on Cross-town Rival
WNMU Recap
Highlights from 45-21 win
2015 Home Opener
Previewing Western New Mexico
Volleyball Tournament Preview
A preview of the USD Tournament
Men's Soccer Season Opener
Previewing No. 16 Cal
Training Camp Update
Coach Lindsey Recaps the First Two Weeks
2015 WSOC Preview
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The History of Nick Miller and Jessica Day's Relationship Told Through GIFs
By Dustin Rowles | TV Reviews | May 15, 2013 | Comments ()
In the beginning, there was a playful animosity between Nick and Jess.
Then Nick fell in love with Jess' boyfriend (played by Dermot Mulroney).
Nick proved, afterwards, that regardless of any romantic attraction, he cared about Jess.
He wanted what was best for Jess.
She wanted what was best for him.
He built her a dresser.
They tried to deny their feelings, while admitting their attraction.
But the flirtation continued.
Eventually, they would kiss. And man, that was a kiss.
For Jess, Nick tried to be a better person, but a better person wasn't Nick.
They tried to bury their feelings again, but it was useless.
Eventually, they would sleep together.
Jess got what she wanted.
But Nick is kind of a mess, and nearly f**ked it up, again.
So Nick called it ... but Jess uncalled it.
And they kissed again.
... and they lived happily ever after, at least until season three.
Pajiba Love Express
Here's some Daveed Diggs for you. On Daveed Diggs' digs, actually. That man does things with clothes that should not make sense, but are absolutely perfect. (Go Fug Yourself)
Woody Allen has "so moved on" from his daughter's accusations and says he never even thinks about it. He equates her words about him to a bad review he won't read and comments on how wacky it is that Mia Farrow is his mother-in-law. He is the worst. (Celebitchy)
Not The Worst but still very gross: Leonardo DiCaprio and his
Here are 5 under-the-radar shows. I had never even heard of the first two. (Uproxx)


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This girl is the real deal! Rumer Willis may be the oldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, but to quote the song "God Bless the Child" – of which she sings a rousing rendition – she's definitely "got her own!" Willis covers a very diverse array of material in her Café Carlyle debut, ranging from Kander & Ebb (she did make her Broadway debut in Chicago, after all) to Wynnonie Harris's hilarious 1951 r&b shouter "Bloodshot Eyes", to poppier neo-soul material by the likes of Amy Winehouse and Hozier. 157 more words
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh – 'Hairspray', the musical
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Songs from Musicals: #36, "Run and Tell That," from Hairspray
Honorable mentions: "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now," "Good Morning, Baltimore"
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Review - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Theatre Royal Drury Lane
#Tweetingit – review in 140 characters: Roald Dahl, Oompa-Loompas + cool cat in a top hat and chequered trousers!? = irresistible chocolate fantasy. 5*
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A new vegetation index derived from the pattern decomposition method applied to Landsat-7/ETM+ images in Mongolia
Abstract:The goal of this study was to estimate vegetation coverage and map the land-cover in an experimental field (60×60 km) near Mandalgobi, Mongolia using Landsat-7/ETM+ data for ground truthing in the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II (ADEOS-II) Mongolian Plateau Experiment (AMPEX). We measured soil moisture, vegetation coverage, and vegetation moisture in the field at 49 grid points around the time that the Aqua satellite passed over the area. We also surveyed the land-cover in the field. Using ground-based data and characteristics of spectral reflectance, we attempted to extract vegetation information from satellite data using the pattern decomposition method, which is a type of spectral mixture analysis. This method uses normalized spectral shapes as endmembers, which do not change between scenes. We defined an index using the pattern decomposition coefficients to analyse sparsely vegetated areas. The index showed a linear relationship with vegetation coverage. The vegetation coverage was estimated for the study site, and the average coverage at the site was 21.4%. Land-cover types were classified using the index and the pattern decomposition coefficients; the kappa coefficient was 0.75. The index was useful for estimating vegetation coverage and land-cover mapping for semiarid areas.
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160601024200
Affiliations: 1: KYOUSEI Science Center for Life and Nature, Nara Women's University, Japan,Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Nara Women's University, Japan 2: KYOUSEI Science Center for Life and Nature, Nara Women's University, Japan 3: Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Nara Women's University, Japan 4: Department of Living Space Design, Tezukayama University, Japan 5: Department of Economics, Doshisha University, Japan 6: Department of Agro-Environmental Science, Obihiro University for Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan 7: Graduate School for Agriculture, Kyoto University, 8: Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Nature and Environment, Mongolia 9: Department of Natural Environmental Sciences, Hiroshima University,
Publication date: January 1, 2007
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