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Will Camille Paglia Watch The Documentary Where Chaz Bono "Mutilates" His Body?
This May, the Oprah Winfrey Network will air Becoming Chaz a documentary about Chaz Bono's transformation from a biological female body to a male one. It seems like a quality flick, but considering the recent comments of openly lesbian "dissident feminist" thinker Camille Paglia, we have a feeling she won't approve of it. As a cis-gendered academic, she knows all about gender reassignment. In fact, she once thought she was born into the wrong gender as well, but it was just a phase. And had gender reassignment surgery been a socially accepted option in the 60s, why (gasp!) she might have had one herself! What else does this staggering mind of cis-gender intellect have to say about Chaz? Let's see…
Through her natural gift of clairvoyance Ms. Paglia knows that Chaz's unhappiness has nothing to do with wanting a sex change. She's also worried that the film will influence kids who feel born in the wrong gender to consider getting one too. After all making films about your trans experience makes it seem hip and cool to all the kids who watch the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Ahem, sorry to whiz in your ivory tower Camile, but it's not like hospitals have drive-thrus where you can just order a bunch of hormones and a sex change like a value meal. Many GRS candidates go through counseling to ensure the surgery is right for them and even then it's a long process involving a gradual change and hormone therapy. Also Chaz was no kid when he decided to transition—he was 39.
Yes it's unfair of us to judge Ms. Paglia's views on this issue through a 54 second video. Just as it's also unfair of her to assume she knows all about Chaz and his motivations. But Paglia sure didn't become a controversial intellectual just by handing out warm fuzzies to everyone, did she?
any grudging respect i may once have had for this "fearless" dissident "feminist" freethinker evaporated the time i saw her strop out of an interview for british tv because she was being politely but robustly pressed to defend one of her controversial views and frankly wasn't up to it, so she threw her toys out of the pram and walked — petulantly.
as shameful as it was pusillanimous.
she's a spent force; just another a rent-a-quote, contrarian-for-the-hell-of-it, demi-intellectual, prostituting her intellect for the prospect of the next book deal or research grant.
"just another a rent-a-quote, contrarian-for-the-hell-of-it"
My FAVORITE comment of the week. lol
We had to read/discuss her work in college, and I never could make heads or tails of it. She was just too edgy for me, maybe, trying to cram all her pet peeves into one paragraph and getting all high and mighty with indignation.
In the US & Canada, at least, no one gets SRS without a long process of transitioning, and that includes a sign off from a physician saying the patient meets the criteria. It's not a nose job, fer cryin' out loud!
Paglia's nothing more than another one of those second-wave, know-it-all feminist hypocrites.
They rightly demanded the ability to refuse to conform to their parents' outdated sensibilities and expectations, but then at the same time, wants to force everyone to conform to *their own* sensibilities!
Sorry, Cammie… but Chaz isn't "mutilating" his body, because he doesn't worship the vagina like you do! Nor are male-to-female transsexuals threatening *your* worship of the vagina, either, nor are we bringing some so-called "male privilege" into your precious "womynspace", either!
And this is why I hesitate to call myself a feminist. Man hating people like her. Trans folks do not 'mutilate' their bodies. Genderqueer people like me are not 'confused.' Let Chaz and everyone else do what they need to do to be themselves, for cryin' out loud! It isn't your body, what business is it of yours?
Chaz had an illness. Now he's cured and happy! That's all.
she's not the man hating variety; if anything she's notorious for fetishising the hegemony of male power and the glorious efflorescence of civilisation and culture she sees as exclusively stemming from it.
she's also incredibly pro-sex, and porn, even the more hurty kind; mainly coz it antagonises the mainstream feminists.
she's kind of the anti-feminist feminist, anti-lesbian lesbian, anti-democrat democrat… you get the idea?
well, only you don't because she's deliberately hard to pin down. a protean, loud mouth opportunist who is none the less an interesting and compelling personality as all hucksters necessarily are
she would probably like to be thought of as an enfant terrible — which to my mind is a fancy french way of saying: intellectually dishonest contrarianist asshole.
Camille is not the evil here..society is…
Chaz should still lose the weight..
maybe Camille should think about doing a little "body mutiliation" on that old mug of hers. Ick.
When are we going to admit that every person is only allowed to speak for him/herself?If the idea feels right to a person, the person will do it, otherwise, will not. Camille didn't do it because she knew it wasn't right for "her". That's all. Don't speak for anyone else, Camille. The ideas needs to be out there for people who needs it, and they know who they are.
@Shannon1981: Don't hesitate. Feminism is a beautiful and empowering thing for both women and men. Anything can be used wrongly or taken to the extreme.
Camille is a bit of nutjob.
She stormed out of an interview with the BBC a decade or so ago because she didn't like being seriously grilled and having to account for her opinions.
@divkid: This is the only article I've read on her…so apologies if I got it wrong. Googled her after reading this, and I kind of got the idea that she was man hating and nutty, and that she was perhaps upset with Chaz Bono's transitioning because we were losing one of our own? IDK. Either way, she seems kinda crazy.
Paglia is far from man-hating, actually she worships and set's males and masculinity on a pedestal.
There is a wide-range of feminism, actually feminism should be plural, because there are strands of feminism that are so different from eachother that they are almost different ideologies to themselves. I'd encourage you to investigate feminism instead of thinking it as a monolith and dismissing feminism because of stereotypes surrounding feminists that is more about superficial myths instead substantive ideas that feminism holds.
Leave it to ultra ridiculous queerty posters to completely miss the boat.
Camille Paglia doesn't have to defend her opinions to this crowd. What aspect of surgically removing your breasts or altering your genitals is NOT mutilation?
I'm all for gender re-assignment and surgery to help trans people feel the way they should have been born feeling, welcome in their own body; but let's call a spade a spade. This is a complete assault on the body. I say the ends justify the means if it brings relief to the patient, but there are many people out there who are confused and in need of counseling before gender re-assignment.
I think what Paglia is trying to say is that gender re-assignment is not trivial and that the sensationalizing of Chaz's story threatens people who are merely confused about their gender identity and not truly transgendered.
You all need to calm down. Just because people have critical opinions of what exactly goes into changing someone's gender does not mean they are not the ally of trans people.
Oh, and by the way, I said it before and I'll keep saying it; until trans people stand on their own separately from gays, they will never find acceptance. Our two movements have much to leverage together, and much to lose if we continue to homogenize our groups.
How is removing your breasts or penis not mutiliation?
Why must we pretend it's some benign procedure? And that it solves all the problems of those with gender identity issues?
This is not a issue to be taken lightly. Or portrayed simplistically in a documentary.
A lot of people – including Paglia – have, at some point, felt they were the wrong gender. Imagine if they were presented the option of removing their penis or breasts? I don't see why her viewpoint is all that controversial.
@Lucky Luke:
Chaz had boobs, had them removed.
Still has a vagina.
Not cured, just okay now because all the world is paying attention to the little girl/boy/it that wanted attention.
I predict Chaz will commit suicide in a year or less.
eat my lunch…lick my diaper
Pagila is on the money. Right on! Chaz is the nut case!
As Pagila says, Chaz has many issues in her life. All
this PC Marxist blind ideology stating that changing your
sex is "so cool" or "so right" is so off the path. What
is Chaz now but a huge overblown fat circus freak. Poor
Cher must be so embarassed. Poor Cher! Poor sick Chaz!
Time to take 'transgender' out of the LGBT label!!!!

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Hollidaysburg's Jerome Landry and Danny Stubbs tied for second at 78 in the individual competition, four strokes behind State College's Christian Friberg.
Hollidaysburg's Hunter Shields and Jesse Ottaway and Altoona's Trentin Martin finished in a five-way tie for fourth with 80. Hollidaysburg's David Snyder tied for 10th at 83.
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I know one kid who stayed up for 48 straight hours. He snuck into the Mall's employee entrance on D-day so he could be inside the Mall before it even opened, first in line to get a Wii. He got one barely.
cant you just oreder one online?
I guess. But thats the logical thing to do. Its much more fun waking up at 3:30 in the morning. ^_^Originally Posted by davesafc
The studying part is a bit crazy...Originally Posted by ciaspy711
Not to fit a mold,Not to join a trend,Not to follow a crowd
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its only 2 hours of ur life waiting to play ur wii for hundreds of hours
not only seems not crazy but better to go once at 4 am then going 5 times at 6 am and it sold out
then every other sunday u can wake up at 4 am to play wii all morning
Dude, sounds like a lot of fun. You're lucky your Mom is so cool about getting up that early, that's insanely early for my parents. Plus they just wouldn't do it.
Have fun, it sounds like an awesome plan.
Plus, after going through all this, it'll make you have even more fun playing your Wii.
Here in Scotland it was Christmas Eve and my dad went to Aberdeen and got it the first shop he tried. I was quite suprised !
I got a Wii! 2 out of 65, baby.
When I went to go wait in line for a Wii I waited like 9 hours (from 10 at night to 7:35 in the morning) but we failed... The Target employees said 18 in stock then guess what. 5 Wii's were sold "under the counter".I was number 12in line. luckily my grandpa picked up a Wii at K Mart one time without waiting a minute.
The good think about my wait in line is that my relationship with my dad has been growing ever since. (not that it wasn't before but you know.)
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Lohud: Rodriguez's left hip surgery complete
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1. Healing phase: Lasts about six weeks. Only range of motion exercises.
2. Early strengthening phase: Could take another six weeks or so for tissue to fully heal, and during that time they'll be protective.
3. Strengthening phase: Roughly three months after the surgery, Rodriguez can begin strengthening in an "aggressive fashion."
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 64G of the General Laws or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the town of Lenox shall be required to reimburse the commonwealth the sum of $600,000 in connection with the settlement in the matter of Canyon Ranch Bellefontaine Associations, L.P. v. Commissioner of Revenue, ATB Docket Nos. F252702 & 260821 Canyon Ranch Management, LLC as Agent for Vintage Resorts, LLC - Abatement Claims. The town shall not be responsible for interest in excess of that which is included in the $600,000 figure, in connection with the settlement.
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When U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Canada and the European Union first issued public calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the death toll in Syria stood at 2,000. That was in August 18 last year.
The downside of arming Syrian rebels
As Syrian government forces bombard Homs and other cities with merciless brutality, day after day, calls for arming the opposition are becoming louder. But there is a powerful case for caution, and for thinking twice before good intentions pave the road to even worse hell in Syria.


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You will be blown away to discover how many people are actually looking, every single day of the week, for free tarot reading online. According to New York Times, around 20.000 searches per hour occur from people who want a real tarot psychic to tell them more about their future or love life, totally free of charge.
On the other hand, the truth is that what people are stumbling upon when seeking free tarot services on the internet is just websites that run scripts auto-programmed to spread tarot cards for you. In other words, people fall prey to fake tarot readings displayed randomly by a computer, not a true medium. How accurate can such a free tarot reading be? And who will be there for you to interpret the meanings of the cards, unless you are a psychic reader yourself?
At the end of the day, it doesn't even makes sense to talk about the accuracy of such free online tarot reading scripts since there is no real person, no feeling, no connection to a higher entity, no spirits, no angels, no nothing. There can't be any accuracy there. Most free tarot online is just pure fluff. There are several exceptions however. Let's hear them.
Websites Offering "Free 3 Minutes" Tarot Reading
Even super talented psychics that pride themselves for extra sharp accuracy of the facts they constantly unveil via tarot reading are humans and need to eat, need to make a living, need to survive. The internet has given them a chance to help struggling people directly from their home.
Now, even though you will have to pay in order to chat, call or text them, quite a few of these mediums DO provide around 3 minutes of free tarot reading in order to prove they are worthy to help you; and in most of cases you will be shocked by how accurate the stuff they are able to reveal in just those 3 free minutes is; I bet you will demand to continue the reading afterwards and ask even more questions.
Free Tarot Reading Lottery
There are a couple psychic reading platforms out there who indeed offer totally free access to their tarot experts. However, what they do is a little bit tricky, but it does make sense to me. It's basically a lottery and in order to get in and have a chance of winning those 20 or 30 minutes of 100% free tarot online you have to enter your name, email and in several cases your phone number. Even though this information is necessary for them to be able to contact them in case you win the free tarot lottery, sometimes they may use it to send newsletters, keep you informed on the latest psychics who joined the program and offer you discounts for future tarot readings. It's a win-win situation in my opinion and it makes sense to try.
Tarot cards are indeed very powerful and can deliver amazing answer in the hands of a truly gifted medium. However, you have to understand that people who possess psychic abilities and are able to perform really accurate tarot readings are not obliged in any way, form or fashion to do it free of charge. They need to make a living somehow and if helping other people is what they have chosen to do in life, via the art of tarot card reading, I believe we have to respect and pay them for their work.
Finding some secret, less known service that offers free tarot reading online always sounds enticing, but the truth has already been exposed on this page. If you stumble upon something totally free, it's probably fake and therefore total crap. That's why I suggest going with legitimate services provided by real psychics who do very accurate tarot card readings that will help you learn more about your past, future and love life.


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Kubota Approves Use of B5 Biodiesel Fuels in Kubota Diesel Products
TORRANCE, Calif., November 1, 2006 –Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC) announces a global Kubota decision to approve the use of "B5" biodiesel fuels in specified Kubota diesel-powered products. Biodiesel fuels, most often offered in a blended-petroleum format, are derived from vegetable oils such as soybean and are offered in the United States as an alternative source for energy. The approved blends of biodiesel fuel for use in Kubota diesel-powered products range up to a "B5" blend that consists of 5% biodiesel and 95% petroleum diesel.
"Kubota is committed to environmentally sound practices and the support of renewable, agriculturally based products used in fuels — as we continually work at increasing energy efficiencies within our industry," says Tetsuji "Mike" Tomita, President, Kubota Tractor Corporation. "Kubota believes strongly in the efficiency and high performance of the diesel engine and approves the use of B5 biodiesel fuels."
Kubota has tested and approved the use of American B5 biodiesel fuel as a blend component that meets the minimum requirements provided by the American Society of Testing and Materials, Standard ASTM D6751 specifications. The petroleum diesel fuel base must meet ASTM D975 specification. To ensure quality, biodiesel fuels or blended fuel should be purchased from a BQ-9000 accredited producer.
Kubota strongly recommends compliance with appropriate handling, storage, operating and maintenance of diesel and biodiesel fuels to ensure quality and safe handling.
Please see your local Kubota dealer for applicable warranty and other information, including a complete list of current Kubota model tractors approved for B5 biodiesel
Kubota Tractor Corporation, Torrance, Calif., is the U.S. marketer and distributor of Kubota-branded equipment, including a complete line of tractors up to 103 PTO hp, performance-matched implements, compact construction equipment, consumer lawn and garden equipment, commercial turf products and utility vehicles.
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Watch the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Trailer
To commemorate the anniversary of Vice City and its upcoming mobile release next week, please enjoy this new nostalgia-filled Anniversary Video celebrating a decade since the original game's launch.
Thanks to Grand Theft Auto fans the world over for the tremendous support through the years, and look for the release of the 10th Anniversary Edition for select iOS and Android devices on December 6th.
- on December 9 2012, 4:05ambest-selling game on playstation2 and best grand theft auto ever, also RIP to the singer of this trailer Laura Branigan
- on December 6 2012, 4:03pm@TimeLord130 i feel the same,nostalgia kills me :(
- on December 5 2012, 6:35amgrab an ipad jailbreak it download installer via cydia and there you go free games i download gta 3 and now VC for free so ppl who pay are not that smart like me
- on December 4 2012, 6:45pm@abrahamRR Yep
- on December 4 2012, 10:53amInterestingly, fan gamers made IMG Tool 2.0 for GTA Vice City 10th Anniversary Editon? ._.
- on December 4 2012, 1:31pm@zzcool500 If midnight I'll stay up this time :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
And before I'll listen "2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden" HELL YEAH!
- on December 3 2012, 9:54pmWill we be able to fly helicopters? It shows Tommy flying one in the trailer I just want to make sure. That was my favorite new feature in Vice City and was always very excited when I unlocked the final island to go steal the police helicopter.
- on December 4 2012, 12:21pm@simsdaniel Yes, all the helicopters are still in the game
- on December 3 2012, 8:01pmhey (R*) are we going to get 10th Anniversary GTA Vice City for PS3 or Xbox as an HD edition?
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- on December 3 2012, 12:12pm@louis1993 Way to prepare in advance!
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Binghamton Police say 64-year old Patrick Viola, has been found.
He was admitted to a local hospital as a patient.
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Family alerted the police that Viola was missing on Tuesday, after he did not show up to his scheduled engagements.


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CORNWALL, Ontario - The following case could be viewed as an act of straight thievery or a genuine dog owner's dilemma of steal or starve.
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Cornwall Community Police Service (CCPS) blotter update.
Police said a man with no fixed address lifted several cans of dog food from a Ninth Street store on July 16.
Aftrer a brief foot chase, police arrested Kevin Simser.
He was already under investigation for outstanding warrants.
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As President Barack Obama trolls for Republican votes for a health care overhaul, The Hill, a Washington D.C. newspaper, reports that he is looking to Louisiana Rep. Joseph Cao, the improbable New Orleans Republican elected by an overwhelmingly Democratic district.
Cao told the newspaper he has not finished reading the 1,000-page plus bill that Democratic House leaders are pushing. A bipartisan group of senators is working on its plan. Senate Republicans have unveiled their own version, as well.
The freshman GOP representative already has been the subject of tugs-of-war between the Democratic administration and his own party leaders.
Congress will not take a floor vote on health care until it returns from its August recess.


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1102 Scott Hall
BOB GAGNIER, Space Planner
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KRISTA MITCHELL, Facilities Coordinator
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SHERYL MACGILLIS, Facilities Coordinator
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ATM: An ATM machine is located in the main lobby of Scott Hall across from the elevators.
AUDIO/VISUAL SERVICES: Any AV needs such as projectors, overheads or videotaping can be coordinated through AV Services or by calling (313) 577-1490.
BUILDING ISSUES, CONCERNS AND REQUESTS: Heating, cooling, lighting, plumbing, painting or any other building concerns can be brought to the attention of the Facilties Office by calling (313) 577-1460.
CAFETERIA: The Cafeteria is located on the first floor on the west side of the building. The Cafeteria is open for breakfast from 7:30am until 10:00am and for lunch from 11:00am till 1:30pm. For more information contact the AVI office at (313) 577-4555.
COMPUTER SUPPORT: All computer-related problems should be directed to the Medical School Information Systems Help Desk by calling (313) 577-1527, or emailing email@example.com.
CONFERENCE ROOM SCHEDULING: In addition to a state-of-the-art training facility, the School of Medicine is fully equipped to host a variety of educational events. Meeting rooms can accommodate groups of 20-250. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to request a room.
Conference room keys can be signed out at and returned to the information window at 1102 Scott Hall. There is an after-hours drop box located on the front counter for your convenience. Students must first obtain approval from Student Affairs before requesting conference room reservations.
COPY SERVICES: Kinko's is located at 2276 Scott Hall. Operating hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00am till 4:30pm. Request for service can be made by calling (313) 577-1031. For more information on Kinko's campus locations and services, visit https://psg.kinkos.com/waynestate/.
COURIER SERVICE: The courier delivers mail between the School of Medicine Campus and the Main Campus of Wayne State University. The courier delivers to the Academic and Administration Building, Faculty Administration Building and other select locations on this twice-daily run. The courier WILL NOT handle hazardous/biological materials or personal packages/mail.
DRY ICE: The dry ice box is located inside the dock area next to shipping and receiving at Scott Hall. Dry ice is provided to all research departments for use on experiments and in labs. To obtain dry ice, visit room 1102 Scott Hall to obtain the key. The key is signed out and returned when done. After business hours, the key is available for signout at the guard's desk. Dry ice is also delivered to the receiving docks at Lande, Elliman and Mott Center.
EMERGENCY AND SAFETY PROCEDURES: Emergencies, disasters, accidents, injuries, and crimes can occur without warning at any time. Being prepared to handle unexpected emergencies is everyone's responsibility. View Emergency and Safety Procedures.
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KEY REQUESTS: Key request forms are used by department and medical school employees to request new keys and key cores. All key requests for the School of Medicine buildings are turned in to the Facilities and Support Services (FSS) office for approval and processing.
LAUNDRY SERVICES: Laundry services covers laundry for approved departments. Laundry service request forms can be obtained from the Information Office, 1102 Scott Hall. Take laundry (i.e. lab coats) to Shipping and Receiving before 5:00pm on Tuesday. The white canvas laundry cart is located in the bay area of Shipping and Receiving at Scott Hall.
LOST AND FOUND: Lost and Found is located at the Information Office window, 1102 Scott Hall.
ONECARDS: The WSU OneCard offers a "cashless" environment to its cardholders by debiting funds from their account. The card can be used for parking, door access, copying and printing services, as well as food and bookstore purchases. For more information on the OneCard and its uses, visit the WSU OneCard site.
School of Medicine Faculty, Staff, Medical Students, and Graduate Students may obtain a OneCard by visiting Biomedical Communications in 1367 Scott Hall, during the following times:
TUESDAY 1:00pm - 4:00pm
FRIDAY 9:00am - 11:00am
- Applicant completes ONE CARD APPLICATION.
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- Card is printed and forwarded to Scott Hall. (Note: This will take approximately 1 to 2 business days.)
- Applicant picks up card at Information Office, 1102 Scott Hall.
- Applicants requiring access to the card readers at any School of Medicine buildings should complete CARD KEY ACCESS REQUEST FORM available at the Information Office. After this request is approved, applicant will need to take their One Card to WSU Public Safety at 5454 Cass for encoding.
PARKING: Employee parking is available in Parking Structure 4 on Canfield. Visitor parking is available in the surface lot on Canfield, payable upon entry. Additional campus parking information can be found at http://parking.wayne.edu.
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TELEPHONE SERVICE AND VOICE MAIL REQUESTS: Telephone Service/Voice Mail Request forms must be completed to transfer/install phone and data lines.
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I'd like to read some Montaigne -- partly because it's like 18th-century self-help, and partly in spite of it. I have a love-hate relationship with the idea of self-help. On the one hand, it's a genre full of charlatans, fly-by-night money-back … [Continue reading]
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The Upper Airs: Layers of Landscapes in Meditation
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In the previous post of this series about the emergent / progressive Christian Wild Goose festival, I talked about the courage of Christians facing moral contradictions between church authority and Biblical doctrine on one hand, and the call of heart … [Continue reading]
The Druid and the Wild Goose I: Christians Courageous
At the emergent/progressive Christian Wild Goose festival this year, I was extremely fortunate to meet a new kind of Christian. I was raised with a sort of American Zen / New Age philosophy. But growing up in the American Southeast, I met a lot of … [Continue reading]
Musings on Wild and Goose
Ali and I just got back from the Wild Goose festival, a gathering of "emergent" Christians -- those who, broadly speaking, are seeking a way to reconcile Biblical authority and church teachings with issues of justice, technological and social change, … [Continue reading]
Sun, Summer, Summit
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The Cat Cure: Animal Husbandry and Human Civilization
I do love my cat. Gods, do I love my cat. Cu Gwyn is his name, meaning "White Dog" in Welsh; we chose it for him because he's a black cat, and that's the kind of sense of humor we have. Cu wanders the house at random, mostly sleeping or looking … [Continue reading]
The Sea and the Soul
The Proto Indo Europeans of the steppe near the Black Sea had no word for "ocean". They had mori or mari, meaning "lake" or "sea," but this most likely referred to the sparkling quality of its surface (cf PIE mer, "clear, sparkle") and did not carry … [Continue reading]
Ruminations Under an Oak
On Wednesday we visited the Angel Oak near Charleston, South Carolina. It is a vast thing, probably over a thousand years old, twisted and hoary and huge, like a cross between a live oak and an elephant. From a short distance away, it looks like a … [Continue reading]
Moss, Mire
This week we're in Charleston, South Carolina, visiting the Angel Oak. It's considerably sunnier and wetter here than it is back in Pittsburgh: the earth is sandier, the blue skies paler, and the waters warmer. In the morning we went out jogging past … [Continue reading]


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No offense to everyone else, but the bride's wedding dress should be the fanciest one at the event. So how should you let your future mother-in-law that her gown is way too much? Our etiquette experts have a few tips about discussing dresses with the mother of the groom in our daily post.
My future mother-in-law's dress is fancier than mine. Though the wedding is on the beach, she picked a beaded gown! How do I ask her to return it and get something less flashy?
Sounds like your fiancé's mom wants to celebrate big-time! Before you do anything, understand that no matter what anyone else wears, no one can upstage the bride. Just think about it: The entire day's events revolve around you (and your groom, of course). That said, ask your fiancé to have a talk with his mom and explain that your wedding will have a breezy, beachside ambience. Describe the dress your mom is planning to wear; traditionally, the mother of the groom follows the bride's mother's lead in terms of style, length and formality. If his mom is still determined to wear the beaded outfit, let it be. Look at it as her way of showing the importance of your day.
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I remember having these crochet hanger covers in my closet as a child. They bring back fond memories of my childhood. Aside from being an adorable accessory, they're actually quite an improvement upon your standard plastic or wire hangers. The yarn crocheted around the hanger adds a padding, which in turn helps to protect whatever item of clothing you're using the hanger for. I might even still have some left from years ago. Does anyone have any of these from their childhood? I had always wondered how they were made, and now, I can make my own!
Jan 26, 2013
These are cute hangers! I did find that crocheting about 56 chains and then sc 55 for about 8 to 20 rows makes a much quicker hanger if you are in a hurry! when finished crocheting i find the middle by folding in half place piece over hook and whip stitch along the bottom to finish - of course great for horizontal stripes - not hte cute verticle stripes!
Jun 20, 2012
I just opened it up and printed it without any problem.
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Terriest is right. There is no link for Crochet Hanger Covers. These would be great hostess gifts for Christmas. Thanks for reading message.
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For many anglers, late summer and early fall are about as far away from trout season as one can get. But for at least one local angler, September has just become a prime time for catching large fish.
Fishing the Pequest River where it flows under Route 31 in Oxford Township on Sept. 5, Ryan Waer hooked into a whopper rainbow trout that put up a tough, 25-minute battle before being brought to net.
"I was using an ultralight pole with a tiny rainbow trout Rapala lure. I was constantly casting it and let the current take it," the Hackettstown resident said. "I was just twitching it back over the top of the water. I pretty much didn't have any luck all day.
"All of a sudden I thought I got caught on a log so I tightened down the drag. I went to pull through it and the drag started going out and I was like, 'Oh, wow.' I realized I had a monster trout on there because I was only in a foot of water and I could see the thing splashing around."
For Waer, the 29-inch, 10-pound fish ended up being the largest trout he has ever landed. It also happens to be one of the largest rainbows caught in the region this year. The fish is currently at Dan Wyant Taxidermy, where it awaits mounting for display at Waer's home.
"This is one of the largest rainbow trout I have ever had to mount from the local New Jersey streams in 30 years of mounting fish," Wyant said.
While reports of anglers landing hefty trout aren't uncommon, especially since New Jersey and Pennsylvania both have robust trout-stocking programs, catches of 10-pound-plus rainbow trout are rather rare.
According to New Jersey's Skillful Angler Program records, the last time the largest rainbow caught in the state topped the 10-pound mark was in 2010, when Michael Holwitz, of Farmingdale, landed an 11-plus-pounder from Spring Lake in Monmouth County. Last year, none of the rainbows listed in Pennsylvania's Angler Awards Program topped 10 pounds, although two did in 2011.
Jeff Matthews, hatchery superintendent for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's Pequest Trout Hatchery, said Waer's trout could be a fish left over from the fall 2012 or spring 2013 stockings, which included a number of large, 3-year-old rainbows. These fish averaged 24 inches and 6 pounds each, with the largest being a 27-inch, 8-pound specimen released in April.
"The Pequest is a holdover trout stream and provides excellent trout fishing opportunities year round," Matthews said.
While Waer's fish may be the biggest rainbow reported so far this year, it's certainly not the only trophy that's been landed.
"We have had some 8-pounders this year entered in the Skillful Angler Program," Matthews said.
Anglers looking for a good reason to get out on the water for trout in the coming weeks will be happy to know that not only are there some nice holdover fish in many streams, select waters will also be receiving new supplies of freshly stocked trout courtesy New Jersey and Pennsylvania's fall trout stockings.
In Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will begin releasing fish Oct. 1, while the Garden State will start fall stockings Oct. 8. Area waters that will receive fish include the Little Lehigh Creek and Minsi Lake in Pennsylvania, as well as the Pequest, Musconetcong River and Pohatcong Creek in New Jersey.
"We are putting out a total of 20,000 brook, brown and rainbow trout this fall, and we put another 5,000 rainbows out the three days before Thanksgiving for our winter program," Matthews said. "These fish average about 16 inches and weigh about a pound and a half each."
PFBC spokesman Eric Levis said about 5 percent of the 3.2 million trout his agency stocks annually will be released from October through February 2014. For 2013, the PFBC has reduced its fall stocking program significantly by removing 50 waters across the state from the program due to lower angler participation in fall. Levis noted, however, that the trout allocated for those streams are not being taken out of the stocking program. Rather, they'll be released earlier in the year each year.
"We are simply moving the timing of the stocking to the spring when more people are targeting trout and can make better use of them," he said.


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In early December, more than 2,000 New Jersey elementary schools received a surprise gift from Delta Dental of New Jersey in the form of a CD with new, free oral health study activities. Geared toward a first grade level, the interactive flash cards use the image of Captain Supertooth, the company's official Oral Health Crusader, to provide 20 questions and learning activities that promote children's knowledge and understanding about positive oral health habits.
Sample questions reinforce how often children should brush their teeth, why teeth are important, and which snacks are healthier for both oral health and overall health. Delta Dental has provided flash card learning aids for the last several years, but this is the first time the activities have been computerized for more interactive learning.
The interactive flash cards were sent out in December to help educators prepare curriculum for Children's Oral Health Month in February 2010. The CD-based activities can be easily used by first grade teachers and school nurses on either laptops or projected as overheads to reinforce current health curriculum.
First grade is a perfect time for introducing oral health information as six and seven year-old children are generally experiencing the loss of their primary "baby" teeth and are very interested in tooth-related information and activities. For more information on available oral health resources, or for a free Web version of the flashcards visit the Delta Dental Kid's Club section on the company's Web site at DeltaDentalNJ.com .


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Plans for the buyback were announced in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and Lansing officials hope the effort can make the city somewhat safer.
""Our gun buyback initiative will get guns off the street, out of houses and cars, and will save lives and help keep our community safe," Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said in December.
The reaction from some readers was skeptical. "Criminals don't turn in guns," wrote NateG.
"A violent criminal intent on harming people in a 'gun free zone' will NOT ever be stopped by such 'buyback' programs," wrote Roota12 on an earlier story announcing Lansing's gun buyback plans.
Do you support gun buyback programs for cities such as Lansing or Jackson? Vote in our poll and offer your thoughts in the comments below.


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A week after the state Supreme Court said she was entitled to a trial, Rosemarie Agostini will return to a Morristown courtroom this morning seeking to overturn her 39-vote loss to Democrat Michael Luther in Parsippany's 2005 mayoral election.
On orders to conduct an expedited proceeding, the candidates and their attorneys are to confer with Superior Court Judge B. Theodore Bozonelis to map out a schedule. Bozonelis threw the case out in January 2006 only to be overruled by a panel of appeals court judges and then the high court.
Agostini, 68, a Republican councilwoman, has made four other unsuccessful bids for the only full-time mayoralty in Morris County. Luther, 48, has been in the job since January 2006.
Agostini claimed 129 people voted improperly or were illegally turned away from the polls, according to the 3-2 decision. Earlier, Luther's attorney, Angelo Genova, estimated a trial could last two months. The four-year term ends in 2009.
In the majority opinion, the court regretted the time it has taken to reach a ruling, saying the appellate process was "far from optimal" and should be tweaked for future cases.
The ruling revived the political career of Agostini. Last June, her party turned against her when it rejected her bid for a fourth term on the council on which she has served since 1996.
Luther, an attorney and son of a former mayor who is serving in his first elected office, said he is confident he will win the case.


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A powerful winter storm moved out of New Mexico and west Texas on Monday December 19th and continued into early Tuesday December 20th. Heavy rainfall was reported in many areas before changing to sleet and snow. In much of eastern Colorado and far western Kansas the precipitation fell all as snow and very heavy snow was reported. In addition strong north winds of 30 to 45 mph caused blizzard conditions and snow drifts of 8 to 10 feet were report in some areas, especially near the Colorado border. Many roads/highways were closed across the western third of the area.
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Former Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair's 5-year federal prison sentence should be cut to probation based on new sentencing guidelines that would allow a judge to consider McNair's age and failing health, a motion filed Monday by McNair's attorney argues.
McNair has remained on bond while he appealed his 2007 sentencing on bribery and other charges in the Jefferson County sewer scandal. But his final appeal ended when the U.S. Supreme Court on March 7 announced it would not hear his case.
Federal prosecutors asked that a judge set a reporting date for the 85-year-old McNair to prison. But McNair's attorney asked the judge to hold off until he could submit arguments that McNair's sentence should be reduced under new federal sentencing guidelines issued Nov. 1.
U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith last week ordered McNair to provide his medical records by today and for his attorney and prosecutors to file written arguments regarding the new sentencing guidelines no later than Monday.
In its short response Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office argued that McNair is not entitled to resentencing under the new guidelines. The sentencing guideline range, which was 63 months to 78 months in McNair's case, does not change, prosecutors argue.
Sentencing guidelines are recommendations and judges can go lower or higher than what's recommended.
New amendments by the sentencing commission do affect McNair's sentence, according to McNair's motion filed by his attorney Doug Jones.
Health in decline
The amendments allow for consideration of age, mental and emotional conditions, and physical condition or appearance, which wasn't the case when McNair was sentenced in September 2007, according to his motion.
"In the three and one-half years since the Court imposed sentence, Mr. McNair has gone from age 82 to age 85, certainly a significant advancement for anyone in the final stages of life," according to the motion. "In addition, and certainly not unexpectedly for someone of his age, his health has also declined."
The motion also argues:
--- Older offenders, according to comments by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, are at a lower risk for recidivism and that long terms of imprisonment end up being de facto life sentences.
--- The cost of taking care of prisoners age 50 and older has been estimated to be two to four times that of the general inmate population.
--- That only 70 of 185,273 inmates in federal prison at the end of 2009 were age 80 or older.
In a separate motion Monday, Jones asked that the judge delay by one week his order for McNair to produce his medical records. Jones stated in the motion that McNair was to have tests on Monday and the results of those tests and the other medical records would not be available today as the judge had requested.
But in the motion for resentencing, Jones did provide some details of McNair's health problems in 2008 and 2009.
McNair has been under treatment by a team of doctors since June 2009 after family noticed a decline in his cognitive abilities, according to Jones' motion.
McNair's mental or emotional health declined due in part to a stroke that he suffered in 2008, according to the motion. On that occasion, while on a trip from Little Rock, Ark., to Fordyce, Ark., he became disoriented and confused and eventually ended up stranded on a highway in Oklahoma, where he was found by local authorities who contacted his family.
The motion also cites an Aug. 17, 2009 letter by Dr. Elizabeth Kvale, an UAB assistant professor of medicine and director of Outpatient Palliative Medicine Services at UAB's Center for Palliative Care. In that letter, which was addressed to McNair's attorney Doug Jones and filed with the motion, Kvale stated that McNair's health problems include cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, untreated sleep apnea, and high blood pressure.
Unresolved grief
McNair also was being treated for depression, which is common among people who have suffered strokes, Kvale wrote. McNair is being treated with anti-depressant medications, "but his recovery is slowed by unresolved issues related to the death of his daughter Denise in 1963, for which he is seeing the psychologist in our practice," according to the letter.
Denise McNair was one of four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.
"It appears that in recent years he (McNair) has focused more on the declining health of his wife and caring for her than tending to his own significant health needs," according to Kvale's letter.
McNair's mental and emotional health, according to Jones' motion, "is not so severe that he is considered insane or incompetent, it is serious nonetheless and will require significant monitoring and treatment in the future."


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A judge in neighboring Ingham County has been selected as a one-person grand jury to investigate if the election-rigging conduct of House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, and state Rep. Roy Schmidt, R-Grand Rapids, was merely political shenanigans or something more ominous, perhaps felonious.
Some Republicans are crying foul. They think Democrats are guilty of judge shopping, and they are shocked - shocked - that politics might be playing a role in a quest to discover if any laws were broken while the Republicans were playing politics with a state House election.
The Republicans are crying crocodile tears. Had Republican elected officials fully investigated this matter, a grand jury wouldn't be necessary.
They decided not to, leaving the door open for Democrats to push the issue. It's disingenuous for Republicans to complain now.
It's fair to say that this is a political scandal. Schmidt, who has been a Democratic member of the state House, told Republican leaders that he was willing to switch parties. So far, no problem.
But then the scheming began. Schmidt waited to file for re-election until the last possible minute, leaving Democrats surprised at his defection and unable to put a candidate of their own on the primary ballot.
But that wasn't enough for Republicans. They recruited a scam candidate who would occupy the Democratic ballot but who had no interest in running for the office. Such a move would make it virtually impossible for a write-in candidate to win the Democratic primary.
But then, a problem emerged. The patsy candidate turned out not to live in the district. That should have been a deal-killer for Republicans, who have made fraudulent voting a national issue. If it's wrong to illegally vote, shouldn't it be even worse to illegally run for office?
Maybe not. When reporters started asking the fake candidate about his residency, he got cold feet. At that point, according to a truncated state police investigation, it appears as though Schmidt offered him $1,000 to stay in the race.
If Schmidt knew that the candidate failed to meet residency requirements, that could be suborning perjury. If he was going to use campaign funds for the payoff, that could violate election finance laws. The investigation could ensnare House Speaker Bolger, who was so involved in the chicanery that one of his key staff members actually filed the nomination papers for the fake Democrat.
State police looked to be closing in on possible charges when the investigation was shut down by Kent County Prosecutor Bill Forsyth. A Republican, Forsyth issued a scathing report that harshly criticized what he called appalling behavior by Schmidt and Bolger. But he said there appeared to be no laws broken and he wanted voters to be aware of the scheme before the election.
That's somewhat reasonable, but the investigation could have continued even after the fiasco was revealed. Meanwhile, Attorney General Bill Schuette has declined to intervene because of the lame excuse that he doesn't want to second-guess a local prosecutor. Apparently, stepping on a fellow Republican's toes is a greater concern than the legality of public elections.
Into that void stepped two Democratic leaders - state party Chairman Mark Brewer and Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing - who successfully sought a grand jury investigation from the Democratic-dominated Ingham County bench.
Are politics at play? Perhaps. But such concerns pale compared to the idea that legislative leaders can play fast and loose with election law. Republicans have chosen to try to sweep this under the rug. Now that Democrats are shining some judicial light on the matter, Republican complaints sound like so much whining. They had their chance to come clean. They chose not to.


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FAIRFIELD, Alabama -- The Fairfield City Council will move a step closer to filling the vacant seat for District 2 today when the council members interview the two people who turned in applications.
The interviews will begin in the council chambers at city hall at 5 p.m.
Former councilman Primus Mack was recently forced to relinquish the seat after his conviction on child enticement and second-degree sexual abuse charges at Jefferson County Circuit Court in Bessemer in January.
There have been two applicants for the District 2 seat, Gloria Matthews and Elise McLin, City Council President Darnell Gardner said today.
Gardner said that he is in Montgomery and cannot attend the meeting, so Councilman Willie Hardley will preside.
The members of the council will interview Matthews and Lin, and the interviews are open to the public, according to Gardner.
Following the interviews today, the council's Health, Education, Welfare and Community Resources committee -- chaired by Councilman James Reasor -- will meet.
Gardner said today that he instructed Reasor's committee to consider the two applicants for the District 2 seat after hearing their interviews.
"They will make a recommendation at the next council meeting," Gardner said.
The council began taking applications for the seat on Jan. 22 and continued to accept them through Jan. 28.
For more news from Fairfield, go to www.al.com/local/fairfield.


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Control loops incorporating proportional, integral, and differential (P, I, and D) factors have become standard functions of motion controllers. Many of the latest controllers also offer feed-forward functions. A typical control loop might combine three PID gains and two feed forward gains. With such a system, the many gains must be juggled to make the system work properly. In hydraulic systems, for instance, separate gains should apply to each motion directionthat is, extending or retracting an actuatorwhich also must be set and tuned. It is easy to see why one of the first questions asked is often, "What values should I use for the gains?"
Start by setting the proportional gain high enough to make the system respond at the correct rate. Next, change the integrator gain to remove offsets, the errors between actual and target values that aren't eliminated by the proportional term. Then, set the differentiator factor to add damping to settle the system faster.
These rules of thumb do not take into account how changing one PID gain requires changing the other two. For instance, increasing the proportional gain in a critically damped system will usually require increasing the integrator and differentiator gains to keep the system critically damped. Failing to adjust the integrator and differentiator gains accordingly will result in an under-damped system that will overshoot its target position or velocity values. It takes time to get a feel for how the PID gains need to change together.
The ability to graph desired (target) motion versus actual motion with fast time resolution (millisecond level) provides a sure way to tune a system through an iterative process. The plot of a poorly tuned system will show actual and target motion profiles differing by an amount equal to the error at each point in time. Conversely, the plot of a well-tuned system will show actual and target motion profiles overlapping. Even if one does not know what the different PID and feed forward gains do, it is easy to tell if a change made the error better or worse. Note that tuning the system in this manner can be very time consuming. With practice, one learns how to interpret the graphs to find the best tuning solution quickly.
Many motion controllers have evolved to augment trial and error tuning with a means of automatically calculating the PID and feed forward gains after analyzing a motion profile or two. The controller might analyze a step response, or the response to a swept sine wave, or an arbitrary motion using least squares system identification to make this calculation. These techniques create a model or transfer function that will return an estimated position that closely follows the actual position given the same control signal drives both the real system and the model.
After determining an accurate model, feed forward gains can be calculated immediately because they depend only on the system model. In fact, the transfer function for the feed forwards is the inverse of the actuator transfer function.
The PID gains require one more item before they can be calculatedthe desired response. Ideally, one should be able to specify the desired results without caring about the means of achieving them. This removes a lot of the guess work from tuning because few people can picture how the poles and zeros of the system move with changes to the PID gains.
Calculating the system model accurately is the hardest part of calculating the gains. The least squares system identification method requires capturing the values of the control output and the actual position as a function of time. This data is used to calculate the coefficients of an assumed model expressed as a difference equation, with the current estimated calculation to be a function of the control output and velocity during the previous update.
A difference equation for a model of a simple first order lag system:
Est(n) = A1*Est(n-1)+ B1*u(n-1)
Est is an array of estimated velocities that is indexed by the update interval.
A1 and B1 are coefficients to be determined by the least squares identification.
u(n) is the control output at update index n.
Est is an array of estimated velocities that is indexed by the update interval.
A1 and B1 are coefficients to be determined by the least squares identification.
u(n) is the control output at update index n.
A two-pole system may look like this:
Est(n) = A1*Est(n-1)+A2*Est(n-2)+B1*u(n-1)+B2*u(n-2)
Est(n) = A1*Est(n-1)+A2*Est(n-2)+B1*u(n-1)+B2*u(n-2)
In this case, the current estimated velocity is a function of the last two estimated velocities and the last two control outputs. As the model's complexity increases, so will the number of A and B terms. The least squares system identification calculates the A and B coefficients to minimize the integrated squared error between the actual and estimated velocity at each interval in the sample of data. To generalize, the equation for the least squares system identification applying to a complete motion profile is:
is the array that hold the resulting A and B coefficients.
Y is an array of actual velocities for each time period n.
is an array of the last actual velocities and control outputs for each time period n.
is the array that hold the resulting A and B coefficients.
Y is an array of actual velocities for each time period n.
is an array of the last actual velocities and control outputs for each time period n.
The formula for the least squares system identification looks simple, but it actually involves inverting and multiplying some very large arrays. This is not a problem if it can be done on a computer. The advantage of this method is that it doesn't need a subjective interpretation of the data. The control signal can be arbitrary. The coefficients A1...An and B1...Bn are statistically accurate as the least squares method finds the best values of the coefficients that provide the best fit. One can use closed loop or open loop moves to collect the control output versus actual position data. This is handy when trying to tune two axes that are tied together as the system can be tuned coarsely first so the two axes track fairly well, then the least squares system identification can be applied to get better values for the PID and feed forward gains.
Feed forwards are gains that are multiplied by the target velocity and target acceleration to predict the control output required for that state. The target velocity and acceleration are generated in each time period by the target or motion profile generator functions in the motion controller. A good target generator will generate a smooth motion profile between requested positions or speeds without discontinuities in the acceleration or in the control output.
Ideally, the feed forward gains are the inverse of the system model, supporting the following relationship for acceleration, velocity, or position:
Target value * feed forwards * system transfer function = Actual value.
Target value * feed forwards * system transfer function = Actual value.
In a perfectly tuned system, the differences between the target and actual positions, velocities, and accelerations are zero. To achieve this, the feed forwards must be the inverse of the transfer function.
Consider a system with the transfer function G/(t*s+1). This is a transfer function for a simple velocity system with a single time constant t and a system gain of G inches per second per volt. The inverse of this transfer function is (t*s+1)/G. This results in the velocity feed forward being 1/G and the acceleration feed forward is t/G. Even if the model is off by 10 percent, the feed forward terms would supply most of the control output and the PID factors of the control loop would only need to correct for the last 10 percent of error. The feed forwards do most of the work, and the system will be both precise and stabletracking very accurately with relatively low PID gains.
A pole is a concept from control theory that relates to an object's response to stimulus. Each pole has a cutoff or corner frequency where signal attenuation and phase delays occur. In the real world, you can imagine this as a rate of change in motion stimulus at which the system lags in response. Such frequencies should be avoided for proper operation of the machine. At a pole frequency, the effectiveness of the drive signal on the motion is attenuated by 3 dB and experiences 45 degrees of phase lag. The attenuation increases as the frequency of operation increases. As a rule, it is best if the motion system is operated at 1/10 the pole frequency. At that rate, little attenuation and phase delay occur.
Assuming the system gain and the cutoff frequency/system pole can be calculated, it is easy to calculate the PID and feed forward closed loop gain parameters for a positioning system. The equations for a critically damped response are:
Kp, Ki, and Kd are the PID gains.
Kv and Ka are the velocity and acceleration feed-forward gains.
G is the system gain in velocity units/volt of stimulus. The gain is calculated as a part of the system model.
a is the observed system pole frequency in radians per second. This is the inverse of the system time constant and it is calculated as a part of the system.
? is the desired pole frequency in radians per second.
Kp, Ki, and Kd are the PID gains.
Kv and Ka are the velocity and acceleration feed-forward gains.
G is the system gain in velocity units/volt of stimulus. The gain is calculated as a part of the system model.
a is the observed system pole frequency in radians per second. This is the inverse of the system time constant and it is calculated as a part of the system.
? is the desired pole frequency in radians per second.
As ? grows, the system responds faster. Notice that lambda must be greater than 1/3 the pole frequency or the differentiator gain will be negative. To avoid this, another set of equations for over-damped response is needed. The advantage of using this mathematical approach is that it can calculate the gains closely enough so all that is needed are final tweaks to adjust for any machine requirements that automated tuning can't or doesn't take into account. Calculating the equations for each model and type of response is relatively easy with a symbolic math package.
An example of one real world tool that has been developed to put the above theory into practice is the Tuning Wizard, recently announced by Delta Computer Systems. The Tuning Wizard provides the user with a visual interface to control the automated tuning process and a single slider bar to select the desired system response. Using the slider, the user instructs the Tuning Wizard to move the poles of the system from locations that result in a conservative system response to those that result in an aggressive response. The Tuning Wizard's Slider bar allows the user to focus on the response rather than on the gains as a means of achieving the response.
To work well, automated tuning techniques require a good match between the actual machine behavior and the behavior assumed by the tuning software. In addition, machine characteristics such as non-linearities, natural resonances, dead bands, and feedback delays or noise may limit the overall effectiveness of the auto-tuning process. Thus, auto-tuning techniques get us closer to a perfectly-optimized loop and help us do faster tuning, yet they may leave us wanting to tweak things to optimize control, especially on less than ideal systems. Identification of better system behavior and improved modeling are helping as technology improves.
Contributing writer Peter Nachtwey is president of Delta Computer Systems of Vancouver, WA. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com@firstname.lastname@example.com.
There are many books about control system theory that can provide additional insight into mathematical modeling and control algorithms. A personal favorite is Digital Control System Analysis and Design by Charles L. Phillips and H. Troy Nagle. For more on the Tuning Wizard, visit the Delta site.


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We've gotten some positive feedback for pointing our readers to articles we have found to be informative, so we'd like to share a recent NJBIZ article on Angel Investors. As our regular readers may know, we have an event scheduled for May 1st at Dolce in Basking Ridge in which qualified attendees will have an opportunity to present their businesses to Angel Investors. And we also offer pitching workshops for entrepreneurs, (March 24th) needing additional preparation, we wanted to pass along an article by Joao Pierre Ruth with plenty of great tips and advice to get you started.
As always, the best advice is to be prepared with a clear, precise business plan that includes a serious exit strategy. Ruth goes on to detail some of the trends and "hotter" areas for Angel Investment, as well as information about how networking has enabled smaller investment groups to team up and provide greater funding for qualified businesses. You can find his article here: http://njbiz.com/article.asp?aid=80628
So take a look and start planning how you might be able to capture an Angel Investor's attention. While we can bring them to the table at our events, it's up to you to show the passion, preparation and dedication they are seeking in a winning investment. If you'd like more information about our May event or the pitching workshops we offer prior to the event, please contact us at www.entrepreneurexpose.com to register. As always, we welcome your comments here or at our site.