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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Publication date
|Jun 28, 1971
|Filing date
|Dec 3, 1968
|Priority date
|Dec 3, 1968
|Publication number
|Clyde Koonce
|Original Assignee
|Clyde Koonce
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Referenced by (26), Classifications (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
United States Patent [72] Inventor Clyde Koonce 803 W. 67th St., Odessa, Tex. 79760 [21] Appl. No. 780,715 [22] Filed Dec. 3, 1968 [45] Patented June 28, 1971 [54] TIRE PRESSURE WARNING DEVICE 7 Claims, 8 Drawing Figs.
[52] U.S. Cl 340/58, ZOO/61.25 [51] Int. Cl 1360c 23/00 [50] Field of Search 340/58; 325/429; ZOO/61.22. 61.25, 61.26
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,860,321 11/1958 Strickland et a] 340/58 3,016,515 1/1962 Summers et al. 340/58 3,223,969 12/1965 Course 340/58 3,296,535 1/1967 Murray 325/429 3,296,590 1/1967 Dalton 340/58 3,329,934 7/1967 Wooden 340/58 3,374,460 3/1968 Massoubre 340/58 Primary Examiner-Alvin H. Waring Attorney-Marcus L. Bates Patented June 28, 1971 4 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 g Fig l0 20 /l// Receiver 0 a4 Clyde Koonce INVIz'N'I'OR.
TIRE PRESSURE WARNING DEVICE The present invention relates to a remote control radio system and more particularly to a vehicle tire pressure alarm system.
It is most important for motor vehicles utilizing pneumatic tires to maintain a predetermined minimum tire pressure in order to sustain safe and economical vehicle operation. Improperly inflated pneumatic tires wear incorrectly and excessively thereby manifesting rapid change when the vehicle is driven for long periods of time over many miles of road. Regarding safety, a vehicle becomes difficult to control and steer regardless of whether front or rear tires are underinflated. Due to the excessive flexing of the sidewalls, as an underinflated tire rotates, considerable heat may be generated in the tire material with a commensurate breakdown of the tire structure possibly causing the tire material to catch fire.
In the case of tractor-trailer vehicles, the tires of the vehicle may be checked periodically such as at the beginning ofa long trip. However, during the course of vehicle operation, a condition of underinflation does not immediately become manifest due to the usual multiwheeled assemblies used in such trailer truck combinations. Therefore, the destruction of a car may occur before the operator becomes aware of a dangerous condition.
The prior art includes several attempts to warn a vehicle operator of an underinflated tire condition by means of utilizing a pressure actuated transmitter mounted on a vehicle wheel. A receiver is generally located in the vehicle cab, the receiver being connected to a remote control alarm device which becomes actuated upon the sensing of a dangerous tire condition. Certain prior art devices employ a single transmitter for each wheel of the vehicle. As will be appreciated, such a redundant installation increases the initial cost as well as the maintenance cost of the equipment. Several known transmitter devices are mounted to the rim of a wheel which causes the transmitter housing to experience excessive centrifugal forces during high speed operation of the vehicle. As the transmitter housing accumulates road mud, snow and the like, the severity of the centrifugal forces increases thereby decreasing the reliability of the transmitter components and the structural securement thereof. Still further, known warning systems include hoses which are connected between the tires and the pressure sensor in a manner necessitating disassembly or removal of the transmitter or hose members during inflation of the the As will be appreciated, this procedure causes time consuming inconvenience and delay.
The present invention is addressed to the foregoing problems and includes a solid state transmitter mounted in the center of a vehicle wheel so that the transmitter components experience a minimum amount of centrifugal force thereby extending the useful life of the apparatus. Further, the present invention includes a crystal controlled oscillator the transmitter for providing extremely stable frequency operation under adverse road and weather conditions. Also, a T-connector hose is positioned between the inflated tire and the pressure sensor so that the tire may be inflated in the normal manner without removing or disturbing the components of the present invention.
These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and-operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
FIG. I is a side'elevational view of a tractor-trailer diagrammatically illustrating the position of transmitters on the wheels of the vehicle and the position of the receiver in the vehicle cab.
FIG. 2 is a cutaway view illustrating the interior components of the pressure sensor located within a housing mounted to a vehicle wheel.
FIG. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view showing the pressure sensor in detail.
FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view showing a valve stem connection.
FIG. 5 is an electrical schematic diagram illustrating the transmitter in block diagram form.
FIG. 6 is an electrical schematic diagram of the transmitter components.
FIG. 7 is an electrical schematic diagram illustrating the components of the receiver.
FIG. 8 is an electrical block diagram of the receiver.
Referring specifically to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a tractor indicated by 10 and a tailer denoted by 12, the units being linked together to form an operative vehicle. The present specification is described in terms of those trailers utilizing dual wheel assemblies 14. However, it will be understood that the principles of the present invention may be adapted to single wheel assemblies such as used in smaller trucks and automobiles. As denoted in FIG. 1, each dual wheel assembly includes a single transmitter device indicated by 16 which is mounted on the axially outward portion of the wheel hub 18 of one of the wheels. In normal operation of the vehicle, the transmitter remains dormant. However, when one or both tires associated with a particular wheel assembly becomes underinflated, the transmitter is energized thereby radiating R-F signals to a receiver 20 located in the vehicle cab 10 as shown. The receiver is a remote control unit connected to an alarm device so that reception of a transmitter signal by the receiver causes the generation of an alarm to alert the vehicle operator of a dangerous condition.
FIG. 2 illustrates the mounting of the transmitter housing on an axial portion of a wheel 18 so as to minimize the effect of centrifugal force upon the housing and the electrical components therein. The housing 20 is fabricated from a suitably strong and weather-resistant insulative material such as plastic, nylon, fiberglas or the like, to permit the transmission of signals therefrom, without a shielding effect. A cover plate 22 is suitably fastened to the housing 20 by means of appropriate fasteners 24 which permit rapid removal of the cover plate when maintenance of components inside the housing is required.
FIG. 2 shows a first pressure sensor 26 connected to a first tire on a dual wheel assembly by means of a connecting hose 30. A second sensor 26' similar to the first is likewise secured within housing 20 and is connected to the second tire of the dual wheel assembly by means of a second hose 30. The sensors 26 and 26 are retained in parallel spaced relation with enough space between the sensors to permit removable securement of a miniature battery 28 therebetween. The battery provides electrical power for the transmitter as hereinafter described.
Referring to FIG. 4, the pressure hose 30 is connected by a fitting coupling 33 to an inlet tube 32 projecting from the transmitter housing 20. A valve stem portion of the inlet tube 34 appends outwardly from and includes a chamber communicating with the interior passageway, of the hose. Thus, as FIG. 2 illustrates, the tire may be inflated through valve stem portion 34 in a normal manner The removal of the transmitter housing or connector hoses.
Referring to FIG. 3, the interior structure of sensor 26 is shown to include a hollowed cylinder 36 suitably connected at a first end thereof to the interior surface of housing 20 by such means as a weld 38 or the like. A cylindrical piston member 40 is concentrically disposed within the cylinder 36, the piston member being centrally bored to receive an axially disposed shaft 41 therethrough. The surface of the piston member 40 confronting the welded end of the cylinder mounts a cup 42 fabricated from a suitable elastomeric and long wearing material. A washer 44 is retained within the cup and fastened therein by a screw 46 which is threadingly inserted along an axial end of shaft 41. The inlet tube 32 passes through an aperture formed in housing 20 and an axially spaced aperture formed in the end of cylinder 36. Thus, communication between the interior of cup 42 and hose 30 is established. As will be noted from FIG. 3, the interior of cup 42 and the inlet end of cylinder 36 seal a pressure chamber pressurized to cause displacement of piston member 40. A boss portion 48 integrally connected to piston member 40 extends axially therefrom opposite to the opening of cup 42. The boss portion is axially bored to permit passage of shaft 41 therethrough. A coil spring 50 is concentrically positioned along an intermediate section of shaft 41 so that one end thereof concentrically engages the outer circumference of boss portion 48. Thus, the position of piston member 40 is determined by the pressure at one end'of the piston element and the compressive force of coil spring 50 on the opposite end.
The opposite end of cylinder 36 is threaded as indicated by reference 52. The threads extend from an intermediate portion of the cylinder to an outward end as denoted by 54. A journal member 56 is threadingly positioned within cylinder 36 in mating engagement with threads 52. The inward end of the journal member includes a raised boss 62 for circumferentially receiving an opposite end of coil spring 50 thereon. The outward end of the journal member 56 includes a downwardly stepped cylindrical portion 58 having a bore 60 centrally formed therein to permit the passage of shaft 41 therethrough. Thus, the outward end of shaft 41 extends past the outward end 54 of cylinder 36 as well as the end of outwardly projecting journal member 56. By threadingly varying the position of journal member 56 within cylinder 36, the compressive force exerted by coil spring 50 on piston member 40 may be varied which in turn determines the outward extent of shaft 41 for a particular pressure being experienced by piston member 40.
A point assembly generally indicated by 66 is substantially of the form utilized in automobile ignition systems. The point assembly is positioned in spaced outward relation from end 54 of cylinder 36 so that the outward end 64 of shaft 41 cams against a first levered contact 82 causing switch operation. A first contact arm 68 and a second contact arm 70 are resiliently wound about one another at a centrally disposed pivotal point 72 and positioned with respect to one another to form a generally U-shaped point assembly. Arm 68 includes an aperture therein to permit the passage of shaft end 64 therethrough. The central pivot point 72 includes a suitable insulative element for electrically separating or insulating contact arms 68 and 70. The central pivot point further includes a binding post tab for connecting a lead 73 thereto which in turn allows lead 73 to become electrically connected to switch arm 70. The upward end of arm 68, suitably fastened to a plate member 75, is secured within housing 20. Thus, arm 68 is retainedin a substantially fixed position while contact arm 70 is free to flex. A screw fastener 74 connects the outward end 74 ofarm 68 to the plate and also furnishes a binding post for a second lead 76. The outward end 74 of arm 68 mounts a contact point 78 thereon which is adapted to mate with a second contact point 80, the latter being mounted on the outward end of contact arm 70. Leads 73 and 76 are connected to the contacts to provide switching action of a transmitter as hereinafter explained. An intermediate point along the length of contact arm 70 includes the contact 82 extending toward contact arm 68. A biasing wire 84 is connected at a first end thereof to contact arm 70, the opposite ends of the wire passing through an aperture 86 formed in plate 75 which serves as a pivotal point for the wire 84. Wire 84 is biased to retain contact arms 68 an 70 is closing relation which in turn biases contacts 78 and 80 to a closed position. The outward end of shaft 41 contacts the projection 82 thereby causing separation of contacts 78 and 80 under normal tire pressure conditions. However, when tire pressure falls below a preselected minimum, piston member 40 is retracted rearwardly due to the overcoming action of coil spring 50 which in turn causes retraction of shaft 41. The piston retraction effects the closing of contacts 78 and 80 thereby energizing transmitter 16 as more fully explained hereinafter.
Thus far, the mechanical operation of the sensors 26 and 26' shown in FIG. 2 has been described. The following discussion deals with the transmitter which becomes energized upon the closing of switch contacts 78 and 80, as shown in FIG. 3. Of course, this condition occurs when the tire pressure falls below a preselected minimum and causes the generation of a signal to be detected by the remote control receiver 20 as seen in FIG. 1. It will be noted that sensors 26 and 26' are associated with similar point assemblies 66 and 66' and both point assemblies enclosed within the housing 20 are connected in parallel so that theclosing of one or both point assemblies causes energization of an associated transmitter.
FIG. 5 indicates a block diaphragm of a transmitter as utilized in the present invention. The transmitter is generally indicated by reference numeral 88 and is seen to include a DC source of potential 28 which in terms of the present description is a miniature battery illustrated in FIG. 2. The battery supplies energizing power to an R-F oscillator generally indicated by 94 through a lead 92 connected between a positive battery terminal and the oscillator power input. The positive battery source terminal is also connected to the parallel connected pressure actuated switches 66 and 66' through lead 76. The switches being of the single pole, single throw type having mutually connected contacts directed to ground through connecting lead 73. The output of oscillator 94 is connected to the input terminals 98 of isolating amplifier 100 through lead 96. The amplifier becomes energized simultaneously with the R-F oscillator through an individual power takeoff lead 101 connected to battery source 28. The isolating amplifier stage insures that weather conditions to which short stub antenna 104 and associated coil 103 are exposed, will not effect the operation of the oscillator. The actual circuit configuration includes the connection of antenna coil 103 to the output of the isolating amplifier through lead 102. Considering the actual circuit components employed in transmitter 88, FIG. 6 illustrates the R-F oscillator 94 which is seen to include a PNP transistor 106 having an input terminal 108 connected to a first terminal 110 of a crystal 111. The crystal injects an input signal at a stable frequency into the base of the transistor. The second terminal 112 of the crystal is grounded. Serially connected resistors 114 and 116 form a voltage divider having a junction point at 108 connected to the base of transistor 106. A first end of the voltage divider is connected to the collector 118 of transistor 106 and the opposite end of the voltage divider is connected to the emitter terminal 120 of the transistor through an emitter load resistor 122. The junction point connecting resistors 116 and 122is connected to the positive terminal of battery 28 through a power connecting lead 123. Resistors 114 and 116 of the voltage divider serve as biasing resistors for transistor 106. The junction point connecting voltage divider resistor 116 and emitter resistor 122 is connected to grounded capacitor 124 which serves to connect the junction point to ground under R-F operating conditions. Serially connected capacitors 126 and 128 are connected between the collector 118 of transistor 106 and the junction point between resistors 116 and 122. The mutually connected ends of the capacitors are connected to the emitter 120 of transistor 106.
In operation of the circuit, emitter resistor 122 limits current flow through the emitter and places the emitter above ground for R-F signals so that feed back from the collector to the emitter is established in proper phase through the capacitors which in effect comprise an R-F voltage divider. An LC tank circuit is formed from inductor 130 and capacitor 132. One terminal of the tank circuit is grounded and an input to the tank circuit is provided at a tap 134 on inductor 130 to which the collector 118 of transistor 106 is connected. The tank circuit is designed to resonate at the crystal frequency.
The second stage of the transmitter is an isolating amplifier denoted by 100 which includes a R-F choke having one terminal thereof grounded. The other terminal is connected to a second tap 136 of coil 130 through a DC blocking capacitor 138. The inductance of coil 140 is designed to provide an input voltage thereacross which is applied to the emitter 142 of common base transistor 143.
The collector 146 of the transistor 143 drives a pi network including grounded ends of capacitors 148 and 152. The
capacitors are joined through a connecting inductor branch 150. The purpose of the pi network is to provide optimum loading of the stub antenna 104 through the serially connected R-F coil 103. The output of the pi network is taken at the junction point between inductor 150 and capacitor 152 which is connected to coil 103 through a DC blocking capacitor 154. A R-F choke 160 is connected between the mutually connected ends of inductor 150 and capacitor 152 and the positive terminal of battery 28 to establish a DC bias connection to the collector 146 of transistor 143. The choke 160 permits passage of DC current but blocks the passage of R-F current.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 5, the stub antenna 104 may be conveniently secured within insulative transmitter housing in close proximity to the oscillator circuit 94 shown in FIG. 6. Also, as previously explained energization of the oscillator and isolating amplifier stages occurs upon closing of either or both sensor switches 66 and 66'. in H0. 6, leads 73 and 76 are shown connected in circuit, it being understood that the opposite ends of the leads are connected to switches 66 and 66 as shown in FIG. 5. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the circuit components illustrated in FIG. 6 can be mounted on a printed circuit board (not shown) which in turn can be suitably secured within housing 20. As will be appreciated, the transmitter circuit shown in FIG. 6 can alternatively be fabricated from integrated circuit chips or field effect transistors having equivalent circuit functions.
In FIG. 8 there is shown a block diagram of the receiver 20 which in terms of the present description is located in the cab 10 of a tractor, as shown in FIG. 1. A conventional mobile mounted antenna 161 is connected across the input of a first R-F amplifier stage generally indicated by 162. The output of the amplifier stage drives a first input of mixer stage 164. The second mixer input is derived from a crystal oscillator 166. The output from the mixer stage drives a combined stage 170 including an l-F amplifier operating upon the l-F signal output of the mixer. The LP amplifier output is connected to the input of a superregenerative second detector which permits the realization of maximum sensitivity with a minimum number of amplifier stages. When the transmitter of the present invention is in a dormant state, the superregenerative detector produces a noisy output. However, upon transmission of a signal from the transmitter, the second detector generates the modulating signal at the output thereof, which is employed as a control voltage for remote control equipment ashereinafter explained. A signal rectifier and filtering network 172 is driven by the output from the superregenerative second detector and is in turn connected to the input of an electronic switch 174. When noise is generated by the second detector, the rectifier in filter network 172 causes switch 174 to remain in a quiescent condition. However, when a transmitted signal is received, the network transforms the restored modulating signal from the output of the second detector to a control voltage which actuates switch 174. When the switch closes, an indicating light 176 is lit.
Referring to FIG. 7, there is shown the schematic of the receiver circuit which is seen to include a front end LC resonant tank circuit tuned to the carrier frequency and including an inductor 178 connected in parallel with a capacitor 180. The receiver antennav input terminals 184 are connected between a tap on inductor 178 and one ground terminal 182 of the tank circuit. The inductor 178 is actually the primary of a transformer having a secondary 188 inductively coupled to permit the presentation of a received signal to the R-F amplifier stage generally indicated by 162. One terminal of the transformer secondary 188 is connected to the emitter 190 of PNP transistor 186. The other terminal is connected to ground through a bypass capacitor 192. The junction point between the secondary 188 and capacitor 192 is connected to a source of positive voltage potential 196 through a path including emitter bias resistor 194 and connecting lead 195. The emitter terminal 200 of transistor 186 is connected to ground through a current limiting emitter resistor 202. A bypass capacitor 204 is connected across the emitter resistor thereby effectively connecting the emitter to ground during R-F operation. One end of a bias resistor 205 is connected to the base 200 of transistor 186, the opposite end of the bias resistor being connected to positive potential point 196 through connecting lead 195. A grounded bypass capacitor 207 is connected to the junction between bias resistor 205 and potential point 196 thereby creating an alternate ground path between the base 200 and ground, through resistor 205 and bypass capacitor 207. The latter mentioned grounded path connected to the base 200 of transistor 186 obviates the effect of the positive bias voltage upon the base during radio frequency operation of the receiver.
The collector terminal 206 of transistor 186 represents the output terminal of the R-F amplifier stage 16 which serves to amplify the signal received from a transmitter fastened to a vehicle wheel as hereinbefore described and which is normally off, except during periods of predetermined low tire pressure. The collector terminal is connected to a resonant tank circuit including capacitor 208 and primary winding 210 of an associated transformer. The parallel LC combination forms a sharply tuned circuit at the transmitter frequency. The amplified tuned signal generated by the latter mentioned tank circuit is transferred from the primary 210 to a secondary winding 218. The output across secondary 218 represents the input to the mixer stage generally indicated by 164. The base 216 of transistor 214 is connected to the first terminal of the secondary winding 218 thereby introducing a first input signal into the mixer stage. The opposite terminal of the secondary winding is connected to the positive potential source 196 through the series connection of a bias resistor 220 and connecting lead 195. This connection serves to bias the base during quiescent conditions.
It is desirable to include a R-F choke 222 between the resistor 220 and the connecting lead 195 in order to prevent the diversion How of radio frequency current to the voltage source through lead 195. A current limiting resistor 224 is connected between ground and the junction point between secondary winding 218 and resistor 220. A bypass capacitor 226 is connected in parallel with the current limiting resistor 224 to eliminate its effect. under R-F operating conditions. The emitter 228 of transistor 214 is properly biased by connecting the same to the positive potential point 96 through an emitter resistor 230 and connecting lead 195. An R-F choke 232 is serially connected in the latter mentioned path for reasons similar to those explained in connection with R-F choke 222.
An oscillator input is introduced at the emitter terminal through connecting lead 234 which is serially connected to the output of the crystal oscillator generally denoted by 166 through a DC blocking capacitor 236.
As will be noted from FIG. 7, the oscillator 166 is of the crystal type wherein the base input terminal 240 of a NPN transistor 238 is connected to a first terminal of a grounded crystal 242. The oscillator is crystal controlled to insure that the receiver is always tuned to the exact frequency of the alerting transmitter. A feed back loop between the collector 246 of transistor 238 and the base 240 thereof is achieved by connecting a load resistor 248 therebetween. The emitter 250 .of transistor 238 is connected to the junction point between serially connected capacitors 254 and 256, which form an R-F voltage divider having a first grounded terminal and a second terminal connected to the base 240 of transistor 238. Thus, feedback from the collector to the emitter is accomplished with the attendant requirement for maintaining proper phase by employing capacitors 254 and 256. In order to properly bypass the emitter during quiescent conditions, a bypass capacitor 254 is connected between emitter 250 and the positive potential source 196 through connecting lead 195. The bypass capacitor 254 is connected in parallel with bias resistor 252 to preclude its operation during R-F conditions.
The collector 246 of transistor 238 is connected to a first terminal of a resonant LC tank circuit including an inductor 258 and a parallel connected capacitor 260. The opposite terminal of the tank circuit is connected to a grounded parallel RC combination including resistor 262 and capacitor 264. In
this regard, resistor, 262 serves as a current limiting collector bias resistor which is eliminated from circuit operation under R-F conditions by bypass capacitor 264 connected thereacross. The oscillator output is taken from a tap located on coil 258. As previously mentioned, this output is applied to the input of the mixer stage to the blocking capacitor 236.
The collector 266 of the mixer transistor 214 is connected to a first terminal of a resonant tank circuit including parallel connected capacitor 268 and primary winding 270, of an associated transformer. Thus, as will be appreciated, the collec tor of the transistor is tuned to the LP frequency generated by the mixer stage. The other terminal of the latter mentioned tank circuit is connected to a parallel RC combination including collector current limiting resistors 272 and bypass capacitor 274, the resistor and capacitor being grounded. The LP signal generated across the primary winding 270 of the associated tank circuit is transformed to a secondary winding 276 having a first ground terminal. The second terminal of the secondary drives a succeeding receiver stage generally denoted by 170 which serves an an LP amplifier and superregenerative second detector. A PNP transistor 280 forms the heart of this receiver stage and performs an amplifier opera tion on the I- F signal applied thereto. In addition, the transistor is coupled with passive elements to accomplish superregenerative detection. As is well known in the art, a superregenerative second detector utilizes the well known radio principle of superregeneration to obtain extremely high sensitivity with a minimum number of amplifier stages. An input signal to the superregenerative stage is introduced into the emitter terminal 304 of transistor 280 through a serial path including DC blocking capacitor 282 which is connected to the unground terminal of transformer secondary 276. R-F coupling between the collector 284 and emitter 304 of transistor 280 is accomplished by a bridging capacitor 286. The resonant tank circuit including parallel connected conductor 288 and capacitor 290 provide a circuit for the superregenerative detector, It is noted that this stage is operated as a common-base self-quenched oscillator, with potentiometer 308 and parallel connected capacitor 310 serving as a quenchdetermining network. Inductor 306 is serially connected between emitter 304 of transistor 280 and the RC quenchdetermining network in order to isolate the transistor emitter from R-F ground. A capacitor 298 is connected between the base terminal 297 of transistor 280 and ground thereby serving as an R-F bypass capacitor. A current limiting base resistor 296 is connected between the base terminal 97 and ground. A second current limiting path is connected in parallel with resistor 296 and includes serially connected resistor 300 and capacitor 302. As will be appreciated, the second mentioned current limiting path becomes operative during R-F operation only. The current limiting grounded resistor 292 is connected to the cold end of the tank circuit comprising inductor 288 and capacitor 290. A capacitor 294 is connected in parallel with resistor 292 to bypass the same during R-F circuit operation. The collector of transistor 280 is R-F coupled to the base terminal by means of a coupling capacitor 312 connected between the cold end of the tank circuit and the base terminal 297 of transistor 280. It will be noted that the parallel LC network including conductor 288 and capacitor 290 to form a quench filter which suppresses the oscillations in the superregenerative stage.
The output from the superregenerative stage 170 is taken at the "cold end of the LC output network. The superregenerative stage operates at the l-F frequency and during a "no signal" condition, this stage is exceedingly noisy and the noise voltage is rectified by the signal rectifier and filter generally indicated by 172 in FIG. 8 and more particularly includes a capacitor 314 having one end thereof connected to the output of the superregenerative stage. The opposite terminal of the capacitor is connected to a junction point 315 from which two parallel circuit branches emanate. The first such branch includes a diode 316, having an anode thereof connected to the capacitor 314, and a cathode connected to ground. The second circuit branch includes an oppositely directed diode 322 having a cathode connected to the junction point 315. The anode of the diode anode is connected to the negative terminal of a DC source of potential 326. The positive terminal is connected to the base 328 of a PNP transistor 330. The collector 332 of this transistor is connected to the collector 334 of the second PNP transistor 336, through a coupling resistor 338. The emitter 340 of transistor 330 is applied to the base input terminal 342 of the second transistor 336. It will be noted that the emitter 344 of the second transistor 336 is grounded. in order to properly bias the transistors 330 and 336, forming the heart of an electronic switch generally denoted by 174, the collector of transistor 336 is connected to the positive potential source 196 through a current limiting resistor 348 and a serially connected indicator lamp 176.
In operation of the receiver, during a "no signal" condition, the superregenerative stage is exceedingly noisy and this noise is rectified by the components included in the generally indicated signal rectifier and filter 172. This voltage cancels the bias established by the DC potential source 326. When a signal is present at the receiver antenna, the recovered modulating signal removes the effect of the cancelling voltage and may therefore be considered as a switch control voltage. Upon removal of the cancelling voltage, transistor 330 conducts thus placing a positive voltage on the base of transistor 336 which in turn causes it to conduct thereby permitting current flow through indicating lamp 176. Thus, when the vehicle operator notices the signalling or alarm status of the indicator light, he is made aware of the dangerous condition existing due to the low pressure in one or more tires. With this information at hand, the operator may bring his vehicle to a safe halt before any deleterious effects results.
The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
1. In a system for detecting a reduction in pressure of the inflating medium of a pneumatic tire mounted on a rotatable wheel of a vehicle, the improvement comprising:
a housing, means by which said housing is mounted on said wheel; a cylinder, means by which said cylinder is fixedly mounted within the housing,'said cylinder having an inlet means connected to sense the tire pressure, a piston reciprocatingly received within the cylinder and including a stem portion extending exteriorly of the cylinder; switch means, means by which said switch means is mounted within the housing for actuation by the piston in response to displacement of the stem portion thereof to a position corresponding to a predetermined pressure at the inlet of the cylinder;
adjustable bias means engageable with the piston for varying said predetermined pressure without disassembly of the cylinder from the housing and the housing from the device;
said switch means having fixed and movable contact means, second biasing means urging said movable contact into engagement with said fixed contact, said stem portion having an end portion which engages said movable contact means to thereby maintain said fixed and movable contacts in an open position when the tire pressure is above the stated predetermined pressure;
a transmitter, means connecting the fixed and movable contacts of said switch means to the transmitter for energizing the latter in response to closure of the contacts, antenna means connected to the transmitter for radiating a modulated signal when the transmitter is energized;
a receiver means; said receiver means being responsive to the transmitted signals; and, an alarm device responsive to the receiver output for signaling the occurrence of an abnormal pressure condition.
2. The system described in claim 1 wherein said receiver means is positioned at a location remote from the transmitter; said alarm device being responsive to the receiver output for alerting a vehicle operator of an, abnormal condition.
3. The system of claim 1 and further including a dual wheel assembly having second tire and wheel to form concentrically disposed inflatable tires mounted on separate wheels, said housing being coaxially mounted on only one wheel and further including at least two pressure sensors, each sensor having the recited piston and cylinder with each cylinder enclosing one of the pistons, and inlet means connecting one of the cylinders to one of the tires to enable each of the switch means to be actuatedin response to displacement of an associated piston indicative of a preselected abnormal inlet pressure to the cylinder, means connecting each of the switch means to the transmitter for energizing the latter in response to the occurrence of abnormal tire pressure in either of the tires, and said antenna means being secured in close proximity to the transmitter and connected to the output thereof for radiating a modulated signal when the transmitter is energized.
4. The system set forth in claim 3 wherein the transmitter comprises a crystal controlled R-F oscillator having a tuned output, an isolating amplifier having an output, the amplifier being driven by the oscillator and a'passive pi network connected to the amplifier output for optimum loading of the antenna means connected to the pi network.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein said receiver is a remote control receiver adapted for actuating a utilization device, the receiver comprising an antenna, R-F amplifier having an input connected to said antenna, a stable oscillator, a mixer stage for combining signals from the amplifier and oscillator and generating a resultant 14- signal therefrom, an l-F amplifier driven by the mixer stage, superregenerative means having a noisy output in absence of a receiver input signal, the superregenerative means serving as a second detector in response to the output of the l-F amplifier, the output of the superregenerative being connected to the utilization device for actuating the same.
6. The system set forth in claim 5 including wave shaping means operative upon the output of the superregenerative means to form a control voltage depending upon the input condition of the receiver, and switch means actuated by said control voltage when a predetermined input condition of the receiver exists.
7. The system set forth in claim 6 wherein said alarm means connected to the switch means for energization in response to actuation of the switch means indicating said predetermined input condition.
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|Avco Corp
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|Avco Corp
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|Tyrechek Inc
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|Tyrspy Inc.
|Tire pressure indicator
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|Jul 3, 1979
|Gould Inc.
|Abnormal tire condition sensing system
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|Merz Ernest J
|Automatic wireless tire pressure monitoring system
|Nov 15, 1979
|Apr 21, 1981
|Cgs Research And Development, Inc.
|Tire pressure alarm
|Aug 24, 1979
|Aug 25, 1981
|Nagy Emery J
|Tire pressure sensing and alarm system
|Jan 15, 1980
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|Eaton Corporation
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|Sep 30, 1982
|Aug 28, 1984
|Kanetsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Low tire pressure alarm system
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|Aug 20, 1985
|Boyer Robert E
|Vehicle mountable electrical generating system
|Jan 14, 1985
|Apr 15, 1986
|Crutcher William L
|Wheel mounted electronic tire pressure gauge
|Oct 24, 1985
|Sep 15, 1987
|Domenico Franchino
|Device for indicating abnormal pressure conditions in a tire on a motor vehicle in motion
|Apr 18, 1985
|Mar 28, 1989
|Ben F. Doerksen
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|Nov 13, 1990
|Trams Enterprises, Inc.
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|Mar 19, 1996
|Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
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|General Motors Corporation
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|Apr 8, 2014
|Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh
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|Jun 30, 2005
|Walenty Allen J.
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|Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.
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|Jan 22, 2009
|Knorr-Bremse Systeme f�r Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
|Sensor device for measuring the compression travel and/or the compression rate of wheels and/or axles of vehicles
|Jan 19, 2006
|Apr 18, 2007
|Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.
|Tire condition monitoring device
|Aug 9, 1989
|Oct 18, 1990
|Trams Enterprises, Inc.
|Air pressure alert system
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|340/447, 200/61.25
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
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I'm working on a project that uses Linq2SQL for data access. The project is made up of an ASP.NET MVC application and 8 class libraries. Most of the class libraries have their own L2S data classes.
As part of the work I'm doing, I'm trying to get the various components under test to introduce some stability clean up the codebase, it currently makes heavy use of static classes and methods, and the controllers have static DataContexts which are used throughout.
How can I refactor the L2S usage so that I can test the controller actions?
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One thing I did try was taking advantage of the partial classes that L2S generates and added an Interface to the DataContexts, but I found that the abstraction bubbled it's way up into the application rather than staying down in the class libraries. It didn't feel like the right way of doing things and that it would be a pain to maintain. Has anyone had any particular success or failure with this method?


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It is very hard to determine the exact length of time that cocaine remains present in an individual's system. The general estimation is that cocaine is present in ones system for 72 hours after the most recent intake. But most drug tests do not search for traces of cocaine; rather they search for what is known as a cocaine metabolite. The length that a cocaine metabolite can be found in drug tests varies greatly form case to case. Many factors contribute to the length that they will show. Factors include, but are not limited too:
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As a healthy, happy thirty-nine-year-old mother with no family history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease rocked Hollye Jacobs's world. Having worked as a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist for fifteen years, she suddenly found herself in the position of moving into the hospital bed. She was trained as a clinician to heal. In her role as patient, the healing process became personal.
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14 Sep 2009 8:08 AM #1
[INFOREQ][3.0.1] Font rendering in FF3.5 on Ubuntu
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Browser versions tested against:
Operating System:
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- Can I be lazy, use the hyper-linked www to its fullest and just refer to this thing?
Test Case:
- It's also where this thing is.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
- build and render this thing, then take a look at it in FF3.5 on Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 5 or 6.
The result that was expected:
The result that occurs instead:
Screenshot or Video:
- also take a look at this thing.
Debugging already done:
- notice how the fonts are larger, even with the msttcorefonts installed
- it doesn't happen with Opera on the same machine, with or without msttcorefonts
- it didn't happen with FF3.0
- it does NOT happen on Mandriva Linux One 2009
- it does NOT happen on openSUSE 11.2-Milestone7
- it does NOT happen on Ubuntu 9
Possible fix:
Some stuff is cleaned up...
I generally set the line-height to font-size+2px for nice results (instead of a "normal" line-height).
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I haven't tried the numerous lines of code in this patch, since it can be fixed with just a few lines of CSS.
Thanks anyway, because I've been wondering about the button alignment too -- then again, the left aligned buttons still look OK-enough to me -for an outdated IE- as long as they're usable and not clipped.
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For anyone who cares to test this...
You can install ubuntu or other linux in a virtual machine under windows using this:
If you do test, I recommend messing with the QT4 preferences and see if any of those settings break things after your patch.
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I've debugged it myself. It's only with FF3.5 on the Ubuntu Karmic alphas...
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Don't know... I'm running Mandriva now.
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I can confirm that there are problems rendering FormPanels on *nix machines using FF - the font metrics seem to break the layout.
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Can you please advise the process to revert to previous version of this plugin? If i delete the plugin and revert will i lose the member data?
The 0.34.1 has errors for me and I dont have time to deactivate other plugins to potentially find problem. Furthermore whilst i have alot of plugins they have not changed recently so I cant see how the issue os anything but wp-crm 0.34.1.
It is a big problem as you get an error BUT it adds the "new person" but ir doesn not save anything except name and email address. All other data added is not saved. Very dangerous!
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Comments about 'Susan Roylance: UFI says same-sex marriage is not inevitable'
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If the interest is in promoting family life then stop trying to tear down families.
- 11:55 a.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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"We know our movement is doomed, but we really can't bring ourselves to say so."
- 1:18 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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May I introduce the Sutherland Institute and UFI to the US Constitution;
specifically the Equal Protection clause?
It seems they've never read the document.
- 1:28 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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It's not inevitable, but it is a good idea, so let's get on with it.
- 1:31 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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To RanchHand: To the best of my knowledge, the US Supreme Court has never upheld same-sex marriage under the Equal Protection Clause.
- 1:57 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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From the article, "'The other possibility is that courageous judges,
acting on the large body of evidence favoring the concept of marriage as the
union of a husband and wife....'"
Except for the fact that no such body of evidence - large or otherwise - exists.
If you have to distort the truth to prove your point, perhaps there is a fundamental flaw in the point you are trying to prove.
All any study has proven is that stability is good for children and that involved parents are better for children.
There is no study that shows that the gender of the parents matters.
(Before you cite the Regnerus Study, keep in mind that the problems he found were in unstable households (divorced parents who had never remarried) and very few of the participants in his study actually lived in a home where there were two same-sex parents - occasionally, the parent that had a same-sex relationship was the non-custodial parent so the child never lived with them at all. Regnerus himself has stated that his study should not be used to determine the validity of same-sex marriage or parenting.)
- 2:00 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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@spring street
And even if it did, one could just use similar averages in studies to justify taking children away from poor or minority households which I would hope nobody is advocating...
- 2:34 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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"to retain a policy that recognizes that children are entitled to be raised
by a married mother and father." -- Duncan.
"If I am able to convey a message that softens even one heart towards the benefits and blessings of family life, then I have helped make one home happier" -- Soelberg
When will these people learn?
Gay marriages do NOT steal children from happy stable heterosexual homes. The children being raised by gay couples do not have any happy stable heterosexual homes to go to.
Gay couples are already raising children, with or without marriage. Gay marriage will not change that.
Gay marriage builds families. Anyone who cares about happy stable families should SUPPORT gay marriage.
I am continually flummoxed by the willful blindness of people like these.
- 3:33 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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Two observations:
1 - If the anti-equality folks now base their hope on "courageous judges" (read "activist") who "act on the large body of evidence" for denying SSM then, I'm sorry to report, but SSM is inevitable. If that truly is the best argument from opponents of equality, it is only a matter of time, even in Orem.
2 - Until opponents of equality can unequivocally point to specific evidence indicating that SSM has a net negative affect on families then they cannot call themselves defenders of the family. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Indeed, as noted by Justice Kennedy in the Prop 8 case, there are roughly 40,000 children in CA whose parents were denied full citizenship and legal protections under the then-effective ban on SSM. So, if we're actually keeping score, that would be 40,000 specific instances of the UFI et al being anti-family just in one state Multiply that across the nation and there is only basis to label these people anti-family; their overt goal is to deny certain families the right to exist, there is no other way to describe them.
- 4:39 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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When he makes one family happier! Do any of you know the kind of pain you inflict on a gay person beginning with their childhood? I remember my Dad holding my hand. I was a child and I can't remember exactly what sparked the thought, but i knew I was different! For years I have longed for spiritual talks with members of the Church, but because of their belief in who I am, they turn away or they tune me out! When we try and tell people that we are not what they say we are, we are accused of attacking the Church or person we disagree with. We are not animals. We are aware of ourselves and God! Family! Would one of you please tell me when I haven't been a part of a family! I will tell you when! It is when you don't want us there! We have always been a part of the family. So many years of pain that never had to be but because others have to know more, they inflict the pain. Thank God I wasn't born into some of these families! My parents love their gay children!
- 4:50 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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@George F;
Article 4 -
Section 2 -
"The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States."
Amendment 14 -
"... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Could you please indicate where it says: "unless the citizen is a homosexual"? I'm having difficulty finding that clause.
- 5:51 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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All the amendment talks about is equal protection, meaning a law created must apply to all or it is protection to all.
Which law is not being applied to you? Please state the specific law.
More importantly, why do you want the government involved in your marriage, and by extension your bedroom?
Would not be better to get the government out of the marriage business altogether? What business is it of theirs is it the first place?
Get them out and you and/or your church can do what ever they please, now that is true freedom unlike more government involvement and entanglement.
If a law is created the gives benefit to married people over single people and vice versa, then that law should be ruled unconstitutional.
- 6:37 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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I'm a BIG fan of diversity and recognize the benefits of having the diverse
parentage of both a father (male) and mother (female) perspective in a
child's life.
That is the optimal environment for nourishing people both spiritually and socially, but, sadly, not the one in which many children are raised.
Despite the fact that we'll probably never achieve the ideal of having every child raised by loving mothers and fathers, like many other ideals, it's something we should always strive for.
- 6:46 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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While not every couple has children, every child has a Mom and a Dad. Same-sex
marriage automatically "divorces" children from one of their natural
In addition, same-sex marriage has only been legal in the entire world since 2001, and in the U.S. since 2004. In social science terms, that's pretty new. So new that there hasn't been enough time to show how it affects children in the long run. On the other hand, decades of research show that children do best with a married Father and Mother in the home.
- 6:57 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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@ Kei: Not every child has a mother and a father - some children have donors.
Nadya Suleman's kids for example.
What you present is a false dichotomy - no child being raised by same-sex parents is in a situation where it is same-sex parents or heterosexual parents.
The question is married parents or unmarried parents. Even without same-sex marriage, children are being raised by same-sex parents. Why deny those children the stability of married parents?
- 8:13 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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Children need emotionally, physically, and economically stable homes. They need
a nurturing environment and consistency.
Same sex marriage has been legal in MA for nearly 10 yrs now. How are things going?
- 8:27 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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@the truth;
There are over 1100 legal benefits associated with legal marriage. Those "protections" are the ones referenced. If the law provides benefits to opposite-sex couples it MUST provide the same benefits to same-sex couples. That is "equal protection" (and you know that very well).
Does getting a marriage license allow the government into your bedroom? If not, why would it allow them into ours? Your reasoning is faulty in that regard.
I'd prefer the government regulate marriage rather than religion. There are just too many differences amongst relgious groups to manage the issue properly.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good".
Same-sex marriages have been around for millenia. Please review some real history (Native American, Chinese, Italian, Greek, among others). Provide references for your "decades of research"; most honest research indicates that you are wrong.
- 8:47 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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To Ranch Hand : Sorry, your narrow interpretation of the US Constitution doesn't work for me. Please show me where the US Supreme Court has upheld same-sex marriages under the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution.
- 10:01 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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I keep running into news articles or encountering people who grew up without
either their mother or father and they were angry that they had didn't have
that parent. Most recently, I read about someone who went up the Orinooco river
to an indian tribe living in the jungle to find his mother who was from that
tribe. If, we as a society, stop saying children have the right to a mother and
a father, we have to be prepared for the fallout.
We can legally redefine marriage and then pretend that two men or two women who marry are the same as a husband and a wife. That is a delusion.
If it doesn't walk like a duck and if it doesn't quack like a duck, then it isn't a duck.
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Would somebody please explain to me how allowing homosexuals to marry would in anyway be a threat to my hetro sexual marriage.
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A fire in Olivia on Sunday night gutted the building that housed the Renville County Food Shelf, the Red Cross office, a thrift store and an apartment. Olivia Fire Chief Tim Seehusen says the fire …11 Sep 12
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A fire in Olivia on Sunday night gutted the building that housed the Renville County Food Shelf, the Red Cross office, a thrift store and an apartment. Olivia Fire Chief Tim Seehusen says the fire …11 Sep 12
A Courtland man was injured in a farm accident Sunday afternoon. 34-year-old Darin Drill was run over by a grain wagon at a farm in Courtland Township at about 2:45pm Sunday. Authorities say that Drill …11 Sep 12
Two people were injured when an ATV hit a deer in Nicollet County early Saturday. The accident occurred at just after 12:30am in Granby Township northwest of Nicollet. Both of the occupants of the ATV …11 Sep 12
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A religious mission to cover Texas with monuments featuring the Ten Commandments started with a chance meeting at Sears.
At the department store, Nort Mowery, 68, met Elliott Crabtree, who had successfully petitioned to have two such monuments erected in front of courthouses in Dallam and Hartley counties.
Crabtree told Mowery of his project and mentioned that he needed someone to spearhead it in Amarillo.
Mowery has taken the idea and run with it, promising to visit every county in Texas.
According to Mowery's plan, the granite monuments, which can cost as much as $5,500, would be paid for through the sale of T-shirts in each county.
Mowery has visited a handful of counties in the Texas Panhandle, but none have confirmed plans for a monument. Potter County Commissioners recently voted down a proposed monument.
Deaf Smith County is expected to make a decision in June. Deaf Smith County Judge Tom Simons said he thinks Mowery truly believes in what he is doing but that the religious nature of the community must be weighed against the secular form of government.
"I don't know exactly what role we should play in influencing peoples' religious beliefs," Simons said. "I'm certainly a believer, but I don't think I have the right to tell anyone else to believe."
Mowery discusses his faith and his issues with homosexuals, illegal immigrants and other minorities unapologetically.
He talks about natural disasters as a form of divine punishment, the recent cyclone in Myanmar and earthquake in China as prime examples of what happens when people don't embrace God.
"It was a natural disaster and only God could have prevented it," Mowery said. "That's nothing compared to what he'll do to the rest of the world if they don't quit the fighting."
But he hasn't always been on the right side of the Lord.
Growing up in Dumas, Mowery said he often went to church but wasn't particularly religious. It wasn't until 1999 after he divorced his wife of 19 years that Mowery, sitting at a kitchen table waiting for the sun to rise, decided to turn his life over to God.
"I realize now everything comes from God," he said.
The monuments are a symbolic stand against a society moving away from the basis on which it was founded, he said.
"I don't think it'd help as much as I wish it would," Mowery said. "God knows what is in our hearts with or without a monument ... , but it shows respect to God and respect to our forefathers."
Crabtree got the monument idea after he saw a similar representation of the Ten Commandments removed from an Alabama courthouse. He said he would like a monument where he lived, and in 2004 got the issue approved by Dallam County commissioners and Hartley County commissioners.
"In fact, I didn't even have to convince the commissioners, and they didn't know what I was going to put on it at that point," Crabtree said.
The monument is covered with religious quotes related to Christianity from various American historical figures.
"To make it legal, you have to make it historical," Crabtree said. "I just said this is the best way I know of to mention what the founders said and show their intent."
Mowery is dedicated to the project.
"Everyone was impressed by how it's not just a passing thing with him, but he's totally dedicated to seeing this truly happen in every courthouse," said David Schott, who heads the group part of Trinity Fellowship.
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My RefreshDC July13 talk, drawing on Designing for Behavior Change, Chapter 2 (http://bit.ly/changebehavior).
"When you ask users to take action—from logging in, to clicking on a link, to exercising more—the application or website must pass five mental tests in a blink of an eye. If it fails any one of them, the user will get distracted or discouraged and you'll lose them.
This presentation provides practical guidelines for designing intentional action into a product, building on research in behavioral economics and psychology and the practical experiences of HelloWallet.
You already know how to make your products beautiful, engaging, and usable. This talk is about making them effective at supporting users to take action."
Builds on Dual Process Theory, Fogg's Behavior Model, and various bits of Behavioral Econ to give a checklist for product designers trying to support specific actions (from logging in to exercising).


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Definition of intermediate technology in English:
intermediate technology
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Technology suitable for use in developing countries, typically making use of locally available resources.
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- He recommended an intermediate technology for underdeveloped countries and advocated environmental protection and organic farming.
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Translation of stray in Spanish:
intransitive verb
- 1 (wander away)apartarse
alejarse(get lost) extraviarseto stray
fromsomebody/somethingwe strayed from the rest of the groupnos apartamos or nos alejamos del resto del gruposeveral sheep strayed from the flockvarias ovejas se separaron del resto del rebaño or se descarriaronto stray from one's course/routedesviarse del camino/de la rutato stray from the path of virtue/the party lineapartarse or desviarse del buen camino/de la línea del partidowe strayed off the pathnos apartamos del caminoI strayed into a military zoneme metí sin querer en una zona militarExample sentences
- Once or twice I thought I had strayed into a lecture course for undergraduates, because it feels as if the writer is repeating things he has said before.
- The Marines were arrested after they strayed into Iranian waters.
- No fewer than four aircraft had strayed into the exclusion zone around Elvington, putting the lives of those in the air and on the ground at risk.
- 2 (wander) her eyes were straying around the roompaseaba distraída la mirada por la habitaciónmy hand automatically strayed toward my walletla mano se me fue instintivamente hacia la cartera
- 3 (digress) he kept straying from the issuese apartaba or se desviaba una y otra vez del temathe conversation strayed to less serious topics
divagaba continuamentela conversación derivó hacia temas menos serioshe let his thoughts strayse puso a pensar en otra cosa
- 1 (dog) (ownerless)(lost) perdido(sheep)
descarriadoExample sentences
- Your child should never touch or feed stray cats or dogs wandering in the neighborhood or elsewhere.
- And he has a string of bands to take to the stage to help raise cash for abandoned and stray cats and dogs.
- The stray cats were seen wandering around in the greenland of Yandlord Garden, playing and searching for food day and night.
- 2 (random, scattered) a stray bulletuna bala perdidaa few stray hairsalgunos pelos sueltosbeen busy today? — a stray customer or two¿han tenido mucho trabajo hoy? — alguno que otro clienteExample sentences
- The long-haired variety needs a regular brush and comb and occasional trimming of stray hairs.
- A stray hair can lead to unpleasant sensations in one's mouth.
- She hurriedly grabbed her papers, gloves, and keys, tucked a stray hair behind her ear and looked sternly at me.
- (ownerless animal)perro (masculine) callejero or vago
gato (masculine) callejero or vago(lost animal) perro (masculine) /gato (masculine) perdidoExample sentences
- The former stray, who had been Mr Boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unharmed in another farm vehicle.
- It seemed to be a healthy animal, not a wild stray, and more importantly, it sported a black collar.
- Cats are meat eaters so a large bowl of good quality tinned cat food along with a handful of dried cat food and a bowl of fresh water will most probably get a very warm reception from a hungry stray.
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Holy free stuff, Batman! The woman who's famous for telling her audience, "You get a car, you get a car," is back at it again on the season premiere of her 25th and final season today.
She surprises her 300 audience members with all expenses paid trip to Australia:
"I started to think about where would I most want to go. Maybe I should take all of you with me to the other side of the world. We're going to Australia."
The surprise didn't stop there when the noise of an airplane came and none other than JOHN TRAVOLTA stepped out in a captain's uniform. I'm unsure if he's actually flying them there. He's a certified pilot and he and the Big O have been planning the trip for a long time with Tourism Australia.
She then announced that her guests would also included Don Johnson and Paul Simon, who ends up singing a song he wrote as well. Don Johnson was supposed to be on The Oprah Show back in 1986, wasn't able to come. He makes it to the show this year and gives her back her rhinestone sunglasses as well. Here's what he said:
"For clarity, I was shooting about 18, 20 hours a day at the time, and it's not that I didn't want to come. They wouldn't let me come!"
Wish I was there! (Insert Snooki cry here: Wahhhh!!!!)


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It was a successful week for the SCSU Men's and Women's Swim and Dive team at the NCAA National Winter Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. On Wednesday, SCSU's Luke Weber won a Division II National Title in the three-meter dive. Weber posted a score of 71.4 on his last dive to win the event. He was named the Male Diver of the Year by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
In the second day of the event on Thursday, the SCSU Women's team set three school records. The first coming in the preliminary round of the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:47:91. The Huskies Erin Hart set a new school mark in the 100 back starting off the medley with a time of 56.96. Kellyn Craig set another SCSU record in the preliminary race of the 200 free relay with a time of 4:26:19.
The men's team left Birmingham with 120 points, good for 12th place while the women tallied 116 points for a 16th place finish. The teams combined for 11 All-American Honors and set seven new school records during the competition. Huskies diving coach Tracy Torgerson was named CSCAA DII Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
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Reviewed By Daniel R (Centennial, CO) Reviewed for a 2007 Mini Cooper —12/23/2015 10:12 PM
I love the the color of these lights. Putco has promised me that they will fix the flicker in Q1 2016 and send me a new tested version of the lights.
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Jonathan Brandis
LOS ANGELES- Jonathan Brandis, who from an early age appeared in a string of roles on television, commercials and film, including two seasons on Steven Spielberg's "SeaQuest DSV," died Nov. 12, possibly from suicide. He was 27.
The county coroner performed an autopsy but the cause of death will not be announced until the results of blood and toxicology tests are returned. The investigation could take as long as four to six weeks.
The office of Brandis' agent at Innovative Artists refused to comment on the actor's death.
Brandis started his career in commercials and on television, landing a recurring role on the soap "One Life to Live" when 6 years old.
Evan Ruderman
NEW YORK - Evan Ruderman, an activist who penned a monologue about living with AIDS, died Tuesday from complication of AIDS. She was 44.
Ruderman, an electrician, was a leader in the organizations Women in the Trades and NEW, which stands for Nontraditional Employment for Women. She was the fifth woman in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 3.
Ruderman learned she was HIV positive in 1988 and developed full-blown AIDS in 1990. The monologue she wrote about AIDS was part of a production to explain the illness at schools put on by a group started by her mother, Cydelle Berlin.
Bill Skiba
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Bill Skiba, a cameraman for KEYT-TV, collapsed and died Thursday while on assignment covering Michael Jackson's arrest. Skiba was 43.
Skiba collapsed while awaiting Jackson's arrival at the county jail. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors said he suffered a possible heart attack.
KEYT-TV news director Paul Vercammen denied media reports that Skiba was crushed by a throng of reporters, saying Skiba was far from the assembled crowd and without his camera when he collapsed.
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The Unicorn Chronicles #4
The Unicorn Chronicles #4
The Last Hunt
Scholastic Press, Hardcover, 9780545128070, 624pp.
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
In the center if Luster stands an enormous tree called the Axis Mundi, the Heart of the World. But now that tree is wounded, pierced through by magic. And through that wound marches an army of Hunters, led by the sinister and vengeful Beloved. And they are all determined to destroy each and every unicorn.
As the unicorns gather to defend their lives, the human girl, Cara, is sent on a mission to meet a ferocious and mysterious dragon. Faced with perilous danger, Cara must make a desperate decision that will change her life forever.
With a deft hand and keen imagination, master storyteller Bruce Coville brings this riveting epic fantasy series to a rousing conclusion as the secrets of Luster are finally and satisfyingly unveiled.
Bruce Coville has received over a dozen Children's Choice Awards, and has written more than ninety popular books for young people, including MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, SONG OF THE WANDERER, and THE MONSTER'S RING. His most recent novel, DARK WHISPERS, is the third book in his beloved Unicorn Chronicles series. He lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, Katherine.