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|Jan 13, 1998
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|Dec 30, 1996
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|Dec 30, 1996
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|J. Dana Hrubes
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|The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy
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|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (16), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)
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The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system for tracking an underwater vehicle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a self-contained system for an underwater vehicle to measure and record the velocity and trajectory of the vehicle relative to Earth-fixed coordinates.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Several applications require an accurate record of the velocity and trajectory of an underwater vehicle. For example, an accurate record of vehicle trajectory and velocity is needed to evaluate the performance of vehicle guidance and control systems, to analyze the performance of vehicle body shapes and designs, to study acoustic emissions from the body of an underwater vehicle, and to assess the performance of contact tracking systems. Many of these applications could not be properly completed without obtaining an accurate record of vehicle trajectory and velocity. Furthermore, due to the size of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and the speed at which they travel, UUVs are difficult to track using conventional underwater range tracking systems.
While several self-contained, on-board systems for determining the trajectory and/or velocity of unmanned underwater vehicles are currently available, they generally suffer from one or more disadvantages which limit their use. Existing self-contained, on-board systems typically rely on the use of an inertial system or the use of accelerometers to record velocity and trajectory of the UUV. The concept behind inertial systems is relatively simple, although they are relatively complex to implement. Additionally, inertial systems tend to be very costly, heavy, and require a large amount of space. Although inertial systems are very accurate, the volume, weight, and cost of inertial systems tend to make the use of such systems prohibitive for measuring and recording the trajectory and velocity of underwater vehicles.
Systems which rely on accelerometers, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,258,568 to Boetes et al., obtain an acceleration vector by measuring the acceleration of the vehicle in three orthogonal directions. By integrating the acceleration, velocity and position as functions of time can be obtained. Measuring the acceleration vector with respect to magnetic north as well as measuring the depth of the vehicle, allows for accurate determination of vehicle velocity and trajectory. However, systems which rely on accelerometers typically are not well suited for applications in which a wide range of acceleration values are encountered. Many accelerometers cannot accurately measure large, sudden changes in acceleration and maintain the sensitivity required to measure small changes in the acceleration rate encountered when a vehicle is at a near constant velocity.
Other self-contained systems, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,738,164 to Sanford et al., infer velocity of a vehicle by measuring a varying electric potential induced as the vehicle travels through the earth's magnetic field. However, the electromagnetic sensors used in such systems are not well suited for measuring high velocities associated with many underwater vehicles. Additionally, such electromagnetic sensors do not measure or record the vehicle position in space, and thus, such systems are not able to calculate the trajectory of the vehicle.
Systems which are not self-contained rely on a plurality of external inputs which limit the range in which and applications for which the underwater vehicle may be used. For example, the system described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,767 to McCoy uses a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to periodically determine the position of the vehicle. Such a system requires that the vehicle repeatedly breach the surface to obtain GPS data and cannot accurately determine the position of the vehicle between GPS readings.
Thus, what is needed is an inexpensive, self-contained system which can accurately measure and record the velocity and trajectory of an underwater vehicle relative to an earth based coordinate system, for vehicles that undergo both large, rapid and small, slow changes in acceleration.
Accordingly, it is a general purpose and object of the present invention to provide a system to determine the trajectory of an underwater vehicle.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system which can continuously and accurately determine the velocity and trajectory of an underwater vehicle.
A further object of the present invention is the provision of a system to determine the velocity and trajectory of an underwater vehicle which undergoes both large, rapid changes and small, slow changes in acceleration.
It is a further object that the system of the present invention be small, light weight, and be relatively simple and inexpensive to implement.
These and other objects made apparent hereinafter are accomplished with the present invention by providing a data acquisition system coupled to a plurality of sensors which provide depth, heading, pitch and yaw data for the underwater vehicle. A pressure transducer measures depth, heading information is acquired from a magnetic compass and pitch and yaw data are obtained from tilt sensors. The acquisition system collects and records raw data from the sensors. The raw data is time correlated and processed to determine vehicle velocity and trajectory relative to an earth-fixed coordinate system.
A more complete understanding of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereto will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals and symbols designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a trajectory measurement system for an underwater vehicle in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows the relationship of a vehicle-fixed three dimensional coordinate system to magnetic north;
FIG. 3 shows the orientation of trajectory measurement system sensors with respect to a vehicle-fixed coordinate system;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a data acquisition processor for use in a trajectory measurement system of the present invention;
FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C illustrate how Eulerian angles relate Earth-fixed coordinates to vehicle-fixed coordinates; and
FIG. 6 illustrates the geometry used to relate a vehicle-fixed coordinate system to an Earth-fixed coordinate system.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a block diagram illustrating a trajectory measurement system for determining the velocity and trajectory of underwater vehicle 10 relative to Earth-fixed coordinates. The trajectory measurement system is mounted in a vehicle 10 for which velocity and trajectory information is desired. The system comprises a data acquisition processor 12 powered by a power supply 14 and coupled to receive data from pressure sensor 16, heading sensor 18 and two tilt sensors, pitch sensor 20a and yaw sensor 20b. Acquisition processor 12 collects data from the sensors, correlates and assembles the collected data into batches and processes the batches of data to determine vehicle velocity and trajectory. A communication interface 24 permits the recorded sensor data and/or trajectory information to be transferred to an external processor 26 for processing, display or evaluation. Furthermore, interface 24 can be used to load software into or reprogram acquisition processor 12. In a preferred embodiment, processor 12 and sensors 16, 18, 20a and 20b are located on-board vehicle 10 and processor 26 is remotely located off-board the vehicle. With such an embodiment, the processing of the sensor data to generate the velocity and trajectory of underwater vehicle 10 relative to earth fixed coordinates can be shared between processors 12 and 26.
Power supply 14 which can be a battery pack or similar device supplies the appropriate input power to acquisition processor 12 and sensors 16, 18, 20a and 20b. Alternatively, power can be provided to processor 12 and sensors 16, 18, 20a and 20b from a power source used by other systems aboard vehicle 10, such as from a power source for a sonar system or navigation control system.
Pressure sensor 16 senses the absolute pressure external to vehicle 10. The trajectory measurement system uses the absolute pressure data gathered by sensor 16 to determine and trace the depth of the underwater vehicle 10. Preferably sensor 16 comprises a plurality of pressure ports placed at several locations spaced around the circumference of vehicle 10 and connected to a pressure transducer by a common manifold to measure the pressure external to the vehicle. The pressure transducer can comprise a four-arm resistive strain gauge bridge diffused onto a silicon diaphragm. The pressure transducer can be mounted to pressure ports comprising a stainless steel housing filled with oil, which is separated from the measured fluid by a thin stainless steel membrane. It has been found that three pressure ports spaced circumferentially around the vehicle at approximately 120� increments provide an accurate measurement of the external pressure. To obtain an accurate measurement of vehicle velocity and trajectory, pressure sensor 16 preferably has an accuracy of at least �0.5 percent of range and a resolution of 0.1 percent.
Measurements from heading sensor 18 and tilt sensors 20a and 20b provide data that describe the position of vehicle 10 with respect to a vector, N, pointing north and a vector, G, parallel to the direction of gravity. The relationship of the vectors N and G to vehicle 10 is shown in FIG. 2. In FIG. 2, axes X', Y' and Z' define a coordinate system which is fixed with respect to vehicle 10, N defines a unit vector pointing north, and G defines a unit vector parallel to the direction of gravity. The X, Y, and Z axes define a coordinate system which is fixed with respect to the earth. Both G and N are fixed with respect to the earth. The data collected by sensors 18, 20a and 20b is used by processor 12 to relate the vehicle-fixed coordinate system (X',Y',Z') the Earth-fixed coordinate system (X,Y,Z) and determine the velocity and trajectory of vehicle 10.
FIG. 3 shows the orientation of pressure sensor 16, heading sensor 18 and tilt sensors 20a and 20b with respect to vehicle 10. Preferably, the trajectory measurement system is mounted in vehicle 10 such that the orthogonal axes of the system are substantially aligned with the orthogonal axes of the vehicle. Heading sensor 18, which can be a magnetic compass or the like, provides a measure of the position of vehicle 10 with respect to magnetic north. Sensor 18 provides acquisition processor 12 with a measure of the azimuthal direction of magnetic north about the vehicle roll axis (Z') relative to a vector projection of a vehicle tilt sensor. This is shown in FIG. 3 wherein sensor 18 provides the measure of angle ΘH about the vehicle roll axis (Z') between the -X' projection on the X'-Y' plane and the magnetic north projection on the X'-Y' plane. However, as should be obvious to those skilled in the art, the measure magnetic north can be taken with respect to any vector and need not be limited to the -X' projection.
The active sensor within heading sensor 18 should be gimbaled such that the measurement will be accurate for any angle or orientation of vehicle 10. By gimbaled, it is meant that the sensor is mounted in a way such that the sensor will remain in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of gravity regardless of the motion of vehicle 10. Preferably, sensor 18 provides a range of 0� to 360� with an accuracy of �0.5 percent of range, and a resolution of 0.1�.
Tilt sensors 20a and 20b each provide an angular measurement indicating the orientation of vehicle 10 about two mutually perpendicular axes. These two angles, pitch and yaw, are angles of the vehicle relative to the gravitational vector G. The X' and Y' vectors shown in FIG. 3, which represent the vehicle reference frame, are actually the projections of the gravitational vector in the X' and Y' direction. Thus, the pitch and yaw angles are angles of the vehicle relative to the earth-fixed coordinate system.
Pitch sensor 20a measures the vehicle pitch angle, the angle about the Y'-axis, relative to gravitational vector G. A zero pitch angle results when the projection of gravitational vector G on the vehicle X'-Y' plane is either zero or aligned with the yaw (X') axis. Yaw sensor 20b measures the vehicle yaw angle, the angle about the X'-axis relative to gravitational vector G. A zero yaw angle results when the projection of G on the vehicle X'-Y' plane is either zero or aligned with the pitch (Y') axis. Tilt sensors 20a and 20b, which can comprise capacitance effect bubble sensors or the like, preferably have an accuracy of at least 0.10 for tilts of 0� to 5� with a resolution of 0.01�. Corrections for errors due to vehicle g-forces, particularly if there is a high acceleration phase, can be implemented using empirical corrections.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is shown a block diagram of an embodiment of data acquisition processor 12 for use in the trajectory measurement system of FIG. 1. In FIG. 4, acquisition processor 12 comprises a sensor interface 30, multiplexer 32, analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 34, trajectory processor 36, and memory 38.
Sensor interface 30 is coupled to receive sensor signals from sensors 16, 18, 20a and 20b (FIG. 1) and direct the signals to A/D converter 34. In one embodiment, interface 30 comprises a voltage reference and a sensor bridge 30A for each channel. In such an embodiment, each sensor bridge 30A measures the resistance of the corresponding sensor and converts this measurement to an appropriate analog voltage output. Interface unit 30 directs the analog output from each sensor bridge 30A to A/D converter 34 using multiplexer 32. The output of multiplexer 32 can be sent to converter 34 through a gain and/or offset circuit (not shown) to condition the signals and utilize the entire range of A/D converter 34. The operation of converter 34 and multiplexer 32 can be controlled and modified by trajectory processor 36 through control signals 40.
Converter 34 digitizes the signals received from multiplexer 32 to generate a single time series digital data stream comprising multiplexed samples of depth, heading, pitch and yaw sensor data. The digital samples from converter 34 are passed to processor 36 which groups the data samples by type and time correlates the data.
Processor 36 receives and demultiplexes the input data stream, grouping the digital samples as either depth, heading or tilt data. Processor 36 time correlates the data such that the sensor data can be tracked and related to one another over a common time domain. The correlated data is then stored in memory 38. Preferably, processor 36 oversamples (averages) a number of data samples for each sensor before storing the data. The number of samples averaged is based upon the expected rate of change of the data and upon the consistency and accuracy of instantaneous data samples. Alternatively, the correlated data can be transferred to external processor 26 (FIG. 1) through communication interface 24 for processing rather than being stored in memory. For example, external processor 26 can be located on a vessel launching vehicle 10 and the sensor data can be transferred from vehicle 10 to launching vessel through a conductive wire, a fiber optic connection or the like.
The processing to determine vehicle velocity and trajectory from the sensor data can be performed by acquisition processor 12, external processor 26 or shared between the two. Vehicle velocity and trajectory is determined by using equations which relate vehicle-based Euler angles to the Earth-fixed coordinate system. The Earth-fixed coordinate system X,Y,Z (FIG. 2) is related to the vehicle-fixed coordinate system X',Y',Z' by a rotation determined by Euler angles φ, θ, and ψ as shown in FIGS. 5A-5C. In FIG. 5A, the Earth-fixed X,Y,Z axes are rotated about the Z-axis by angle φ, resulting in the ξ, η, ζ axes. FIG. 5B shows the rotation of the ξ, η, ζ axes about the ξ-axis by angle θ to yield the ξ', η', ζ' axes. FIG. 5C shows the rotation of the ξ', η', ζ' axes about the ζ'-axis by angle ψ to yield the X',Y',Z' axes.
The equations which relate vehicle-based Euler angles to the Earth-fixed coordinate system will be developed with reference to FIG. 6 which illustrates the geometry for an underwater vehicle 10 following a trajectory 42 as it rises toward the surface 44 of the water. In FIG. 6, vehicle 10 which can be a buoyant freely rising vehicle or a vehicle subject to an internal and/or external propulsion device or the like. Some assumptions concerning the motion of vehicle 10 during ascent are necessary to reconstruct vehicle trajectory 42 from the sensor readings. One assumption is that pressure sensor 16 accurately and instantaneously measures the undisturbed hydrostatic pressure and, therefore, vehicle depth. A second assumption is that the vehicle angle of attack is zero during ascent. A further assumption is that no transverse motion of the vehicle exists (that is, no influence due to ocean currents or the like).
The equations relating vehicle-based Euler angles to the Earth-fixed coordinate system can be determined by letting ex, ey, ez define an earth-fixed basis set and ex', ey', ez' be a basis set fixed to vehicle 10 such that ez' is coincident with the roll (Z') axis. Preferably, the origin of earth-fixed basis set ex, ey, ez is fixed to be substantially at the water surface 44 and to be substantially aligned with the location 46 of launch (release) of vehicle 10. If N defines a unit vector pointing north, and G defines a unit vector parallel to the direction of gravity, then
G=G1 eX +G2 eY +G3 eZ =G'1 eX' +G'2 eY' +G'3 eZ' (1)
N=N1 eX +N2 eY +N3e Z =N'1 eX' +N'2 eY'+N' 3 e Z'. (2)
The objective is to find eX', eY', eZ' relative to eX, eY, eZ.
The tilt sensors 20a and 20b measure the angle α between eX' and G and the angle β between eY' and G. The relationship between the angles α and β and vector G is given by
cos(α)=eX' �G (3)
cos(β)=eY' �G (4)
G=cosαeX' +cosβeY' +G3 'eZ' (5)
Heading sensor 18 yields a unit vector m that is a projection of N on the X',Y' plane that is given by ##EQU1## Thus, sensors 20a, 20b and 18 measure G'1, G'2 and N'1 /N'2 (N'1 /N'2 is obtained because m is a unit vector). Multiplying equation (1) by eX' and eY' yields the following equations:
G'1 =G1 eX �eX' +G2e Y �eX' +G3e Z �eX' (7a)
G'2 =G1 eX �eY' +G2 eY �eY' +G3 eZ �eY'. (7b)
Similarly, if equation (2) is multiplied by eX' and eY', the following expressions are obtained:
N'1 =N1 eX �eX' +M2 eY �eX' +N3 eZ �eX' (8a)
N'2 =N1e X �eY' +N2 eY �eY' +N3e Z �eY'. (8b)
Dividing equation (8a) by (8b) gives ##EQU2##
The transformation by rotation only between two Cartesian coordinate systems has the form X'i =Aij Xj where Aij =ei' �ej are the direction cosines and are given as: ##EQU3## where the nine direction cosines must satisfy the restriction αi αj +βi βj +γi γj =δij for all i=(1,2,3), j=(1,2,3) where δij ={1 for i=j, 0 for i≢j} is the Kronecker delta. The matrix Aij is related to the Euler angles θ, φ, ψ of the vehicle as follows: ##EQU4## Thus, only three unknowns (θ, φ, ψ) exist for the determination of Aij.
Using the direction cosines given in equation (9) for the rotation between two Cartesian coordinate systems, equations (7a), (7b) and (8c) can be rewritten as:
G'1 =G1 α1 +G2 α2 +G3 α3, (11)
G'2 =G1 β1 +G2 β2 +G3 β3( 12)
and ##EQU5## The cosines α1, α2, α3, β1, β2 and β3 in equations (11)-(13) can be related to angles θ, φ, ψ by the expressions in equation (10). Using the relationships in equation (10), the following measured values for G'1, G'2, m'1 and m'2 obtained from sensors 20a, 20b and 18:
G'1 =sin(θXt) (14)
G'2 =sin(θYt) (15)
m'1 =cos(ΘJ) (16)
m'2 =sin(ΘH) (17)
where θXt is the X-axis tilt, θYt is the Y-axis tilt, ΘH is the heading (0� =North), and the orienting the Earth-fixed coordinates such that G=eZ and N=eX, equations (11)-(13) can be used to determine angles θ, φ, ψ using the following equations:
sin(θXt)=sinψsinθ, (18)
sin(θYt)=cosψsinθ, (19)
cos(ΘH)(-sinψcosφ-cos θsin φcosψ)=sin(ΘH)(cosψcosφ-cosθsinφsin.psi.). (20)
Equations (18)-(20) can be solved to yield the following expressions to determine the three Euler angles θ, φ, ψ: ##EQU6## For vehicle trajectories with tilt angles of less than 10� several assumptions can be made to simplify the Euler angle relations given in equations (21)-(23). If it can be assumed that θXt <<π/2, θYt <<π/2, θ<<π/2 and φ, ψ and ΘH are arbitrary, then equations (18)-(20) can be rewritten as:
θXt =θsinψ, (18a)
θYt =θcosψ, (19a)
tan(ΘH)=-tan(φ+ψ). (20a)
Solving equations (18a)-(20a) yields the following simplified expressions to determine the Euler angles θ, φ, ψ: ##EQU7## Once the values of angle θ, φ, ψ are known, they can be substituted back into the direction cosine matrix Aij given in equation (10) to determine the X',Y',Z' coordinates as given by:
Having determined the relationship of the vehicle-based Euler angles to the Earth-fixed coordinate system, the velocity and trajectory of vehicle 10 can be determined. If R denotes a unit vector, which is always oriented along the roll (Z') axis, attached to the center of mass of vehicle 10, then in terms of the Earth fixed system (X, Y, Z)
R=R1 eX +R2 eY +R3e Z =eZ'(25)
where, in terms of the direction cosine matrix Aij,
R1 =A31, R2 =A32, and R3 =A33.(26)
The position of the center of mass of vehicle 10 with respect to the origin of the Earth-fixed system is given by the position vector C as
C=C1 eX +C2e Y +C3 eZ (27)
If the origin of the Earth-fixed system is fixed to the water surface 44, then C3 is the depth of the center of mass. The value of C3 at any given time is obtained from sensor 16. Given the position C of the center of mass of vehicle 10, the velocity V of the vehicle is given by: ##EQU8## If it is assumed that V is always parallel to R (that is, no transverse motion of vehicle 10 exists), then V=cp R where cp is a proportionality constant. Assuming no transverse motion exists (the velocity V is always parallel to eZ'), equations (25) and (28) can be combined to give the following set of equations: ##EQU9## Because C3 and dC3 /dt can be determined from the readings taken by sensor 16 and R3 is given by the direction cosine matrix, cp is given by ##EQU10## which yields ##EQU11##
The expressions given by equation (30) can be numerically integrated using processor 12, processor 26, or a combination thereof to obtain the remaining components (C1 and C2) of the vehicle position vector. To numerically integrate the expressions given in equation (30), three terms in the direction cosine matrix, show in equation (26), must be determined.
In operation, underwater vehicle 10 is launched and pressure sensor 16, heading sensor 18 and two tilt sensors 20a and 20b begin collecting data. Sensors 16, 18, 20a and 20b provide continuous analog data streams to acquisition processor 12. Typically, processor 12 contains multiple ports for receiving the sensor data. Processor 12 receives the multiple analog data streams and builds a single output digital data stream. In building the data stream, processor 12 converts the input data from analog to digital format and multiplexes the data to form a single digital data stream. The digital data stream is received by trajectory processor 36 which oversamples the data for each sensor and time correlates the data such that the sensor data samples can be tracked and related to one another over a common time domain. The data is then processed to determine the velocity and trajectory of vehicle 10.
The data can be processed using trajectory processor 36 located on board vehicle 10. With such an arrangement, the velocity and trajectory for vehicle 10 can be downloaded for display or further processing using communication interface 24 for display or further processing during the mission or after the vehicle 10 has completed its mission. Optionally, the time correlated sensor data can processed to determine the velocity and trajectory of vehicle 10 using an external processor. The correlated data can be downloaded either while vehicle 10 is traveling or after it has concluded its run.
It will be understood that various changes in the details, materials, steps and arrangement of parts, which have been herein described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of the invention, may be made by those skilled in the art within the principle and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
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- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
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A content management system (or CMS) allows publishing, editing, and modifying content as well as site maintenance from a central page. It provides a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based, and it affords the client to make additions, changes and updates at their discretion, and not be billed by a web designer for the hours of work.
WordPress, the most popular web-building system is a type of "content management". Different professionals will argue that WordPress is NOT a CMS, but I disagree.
WordPress provides a back-end structure that allows you to enter, manage, move, delete, update, correct and administer your website. You can change the look, add new features or plugins, or make virtually another other changes from one location without writing one sentence of HTML code.
That last sentence is the key – and is the most important thing in today's digital environment. You want control over your website and want to be capable of updating, changing or modifying the content without having to pay a designer for each change and without having to learn a new programming language. WordPress provides you with all the tools you need.


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PlayCleanGo empowers individuals to be stewards of their environment by preventing the spread of invasive species through their own activities. The PlayCleanGo logo is plastered at trailheads, boat landings, billboards, storefronts, and partner organization websites from Canada down to Texas. PlayCleanGo is working to expand our presence in the US, Canada and Mexico.
We have a duty to protect our incredible natural areas: National and State Parks, Wilderness Areas, even Urban Parks and Bikeways. All will only be protected if everyone does their part. That is the beauty of the clear, simple and direct PlayCleanGo message:
NAISMA is partnering with PlayCleanGo to offer a sponsorship program with unparalleled branding and marketing opportunities with outdoor professionals.
PlayCleanGo Sponsor Opportunity
As one of the fastest-growing environmental stewardship brands in North America, PlayCleanGo provides an incredible opportunity to connect with an ever-expanding and diverse cross section of professionals who protect our natural heritage and the outdoor recreationists who are out enjoying it.
Through sponsorship, you help ensure our message continually engages with as much of North America as possible. Becoming a Sponsor of PlayCleanGo will provide innumerable mutual benefits to both you and PlayCleanGo.
PlayCleanGo Sponsors gain:
PlayCleanGo is partnering with the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA) to deliver the PlayCleanGo brand and message across the continent. This strategic partnership will provide you with unparalleled reach to your target audience that few other nonprofits can deliver.
In addition to all partner benefits including access to PlayCleanGo graphic design materials, sponsors receive the benefits described below, tiered by level. All sponsorships are for one year, renewable at the end of the sponsor year. A half-day to full-day PlayCleanGo event is being planned in conjunction with the October 23-27 NAISMA Annual meeting in Sparks, NV. The event will include workshops, breakout sessions, exhibit opportunities, networking, and a webinar. Please see below for sponsorship opportunities in conjunction with this event.
All PlayCleanGo partners, sponsors, and the public are invited to attend this event. Expected attendance at the 2017 NAISMA / PlayCleanGo event is 500.
General Sponsorship Opportunities are shown below. Click here to go to the sponsor signup and registration page.
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IBM Lotus Domino a software platform that provides enterprise level collaboration, from email to calendaring to instant messaging, and a powerful, extensible business application platform. Business reasons for deploying IBM Lotus Domino include:
To schedule a demonstration or for any aspect of your Lotus product contact STS, your certified resource and IBM Advance Partner. While you are visiting our site, head on over the articles section to view business and technical articles related to the Lotus products.


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Silences Heard and It DOES HURT~
I seems to be complaining too much at times..so, I think I need some time of silence from now on. Just to keep quiet for a while can make a whole lot of difference! Come on. Even after the betrayal from someone I trusted a lot before. How can a person change so much? Or is he really that selfish. Do we really know who this guy is. Maybe he has been faking himself all these while. Cheating the feeling of all his friends and family. I was really frustrated that very night when everyone was working so hard in order to finish the task. Sad and nearly cried out. Yet I decided to cool myself down and accept the fate that you are just too tired and have some other plans. Maybe you will wake up in an hour or two. To help us in completing the task and share the work. Oh well, it was all just a dream. In the end, I gave up in waking u up. I made up my mind to finish them with my other partner ourselves. I dun care anymore. After that, you can actually pretend that you did nothing wrong. Not a bit feeling of sorriness inside you. What kind of human being are you actually? I was instantly speechless that moment and I decided to ignore you from now on. We can't be great partner and so, no point in continuing our grouping. You shall do yours and I will continue mine. In short, GET LOST LA!!


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Happy New Year!
A time to resolve and reflect
So here we are in the final hours of 2010 with a new decade looming. It's a time for reflection and resolutions for many of us. Christmas Eve saw me celebrating my 40th birthday so I'm beginning my life again now too apparently?! I must admit that I haven't bothered making resolutions for the past few years as until this year I had allowed myself to drift somewhat. This time last year I was working Monday to Friday in a part time job I loved although I wasn't keen on being an employee. Fast forward to now and a turn of events during the summer saw me pursuing my dream of working for myself and here I am now. I have a good feeling about 2011!
Where BNI leads – others follow!
This morning I was fortunate enough to be invited to take part in a landmark Twitter event with BNI Croydon (@BNICroydon). After heavy snow today, members of the Croydon BNI Chapter were unable to attend their weekly Wednesday morning meeting and decided to hold a "Tweet Meet" instead.
Check in and shop
The act of 'checking in' at places is fast becoming very popular with consumers. Using FourSquare or Facebook Places allows visitors to share their current location with friends on Twitter and Facebook at the press of a button.
If you're a Retailer these location based services can be a great tool for your business. By encouraging your customers to check in when they visit your premises, you can reach a significantly increased audience who will discover who you are, where you are and what you can offer.
My first printed article!
I wanted to share this news with you as I'm really thrilled!
I've just received a scan of an article I wrote on the subject of Robins which has been printed in a local magazine. It's a West Sussex based publication and is delivered to around 20k households in Storrington, Petworth, Findon Valley, Ferring and Arundel. It's great promotion for me too as it gets my work out there to so many people, along with my name and website details.
Although I have been published online many times and still enjoy seeing my work on the client's website, it was extremely exciting seeing my work in print for the first time today.
Twibbons – Fundraising is far more than a pretty picture
Every year in November we see some high profile fundraising campaigns. Last week was Rememberance Sunday which is symbolised by the red poppies. Last night saw Children in Need with the very cute Pudsey Bear and of course Movember where the men grow a moustache with varying levels of success to raise money for the Prostate Cancer charity, All of these are extremely deserving of our money and they rely on the support of the public to survive.
Social Media marketing set to take off for travel industry in 2011
A recent survey by digital content specialists Frommers in association with Trooz has shown that the travel sector is set to embrace social media in a big way in 2011. Two thirds of the businesses surveyed said they expected to increase their budgets for marketing via social media next year.
For all businesses within the travel industry, social media is a fantastic tool. Whether you run a small country hotel or international tour operation, there has never been a better way to engage with your customers, nor a better time to come on board. One of the most positive observations about social media is the ability to talk directly to your customer base. Providing you listen too, your sales will increase as a result.
Why is Social Media the best Christmas present for retailers?
Our attention is now beginning to turn to Christmas and the vast amounts of shopping which we will all need to do. If you are a retailer who markets to the public, you will have been planning your marketing strategy for months now (I hope!) Print media needs to be booked up well in advance and any business who is trying to source print media ads now will inevitably be too late!
Twitter: The caring social network
We talk a lot about the importance of engaging with others on social networks. I want to tell you a story about the positive effects that Twitter engagement can heve on fellow users, and by default your customers.
On Saturday my mother had a fall and was rushed to hospital. I received a call from the Warden of her Sheltered Accomodation and understandably I was shocked and upset. I live approximately 40 miles away from my mum and on the journey down to the hospital, I tweeted what had happened. Once we arrived at the hospital, I continued to update my Twitter feed with progress reports when I could.
Ring the Police! They're using social media!
Events which have happened today demonstrate just how powerful Twitter is as a platform for reaching a large audience quickly.
Right now, Greater Manchester Police are tweeting basic details of every single call they recieve for 24 hours, both non urgent and 999. Very few people were aware of their intentions beforehand. When I first looked at Twitter this morning around 6am, 2,000 people were actively following the feed and Greater Manchester Police has received 500 calls.


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Chelsea's 1-0 victory against Manchester United on Sunday took Carlo Ancelotti's men five points clear of their rivals at the top and while most of the headlines centred around refereeing decisions and another rant from Sir Alex Ferguson, it overshadowed a thrilling display from the French international.
Most people expected Didier Drogba to be the one to watch in blue yet it was Anelka, criticised in the past for being anonymous against the best teams, who carried the fight to the defending champions and has played a key role in Chelsea's surge to the summit this season.
The 30-year-old is no stranger to being in a side that is sitting on top of the Premier League table. It was 11 years ago that he made a huge impact in Arsenal's Double winning side and was honoured with the PFA's Young Player of the Year award.
Nigel Winterburn was part of the Gunners team that benefited from Anelka's youth and exuberance back then. He remembers it still took the man-management skills of boss Arsene Wenger to nurse the Frenchman's suspect temperament and the former left-back now sees Ancelotti using the same approach to bring the best of the striker to the fore once again.
He said: "People used to say he was a bit of a sulker, but I think that is just his demeanour. He isn't as bad as people say and when he was at Arsenal you just had to understand him.
"He just needs to feel loved a little bit and Wenger always tried to make him feel good about his football. His ability has never been in doubt. You don't go to the clubs he's been too and not be a big player.
"One of the key things Ancelotti appears to have done is to make him feel at home and he is getting the best out of him as well."
Chelsea is the ninth club of Anelka's career and it only now appears, for the first time in his professional life, that the striker's only concern is trying to extend his stay rather than looking to move on elsewhere.
Winterburn adds: "Nicolas is probably looking at the players Chelsea have and sees that this is a chance to win big honours again. Maybe he thinks this is it, the right time to achieve something.
"He is also playing alongside the perfect partner for him in Drogba now. They are completely different players but it works as a combination."
The fact Anelka is already looking to begin contract talks despite having 18 months on his current deal also shows that he sees himself and Chelsea as the perfect combination, too.
Meanwhile, fears over Ashley Cole's injury problem, a depressed fracture of the tibia, which he sustained against Atletico last month, eased today.
The 27-year-old was only able to play against Manchester because he had an injection and it has been reported he will now be out for some time after making the injury worse.
But while he will sit out England's friendly against Brazil, it now appears he could return in time to face his old club. Arsenal, on 29 November.
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There's really no point to the picture in this post except for that isn't it some blogging rule that posts should have pictures with them or they aren't exciting to read? So, there's mine. And I dare you to find a cuter picture on the web. I mean, really.
Hubby got the kids up, dressed, fed, and out the door to school this morning, letting me sleep in until it was time to say goodbye to them before he drove them into town. He knows better than to leave without letting me
So hubby is now out in the tractor somewhere feeding hay to our cows, the baby is down for her morning nap, and here I sit with my
Oh my goodness I can't even make this up... Right after I typed that last sentence about my computer spazzing out, my wireless keyboard crapped out! I had to change the batteries in it. Ha!
Which made me think... Do any of you ever have this conversation in your house?:
Kid: "mama can I have ten double A batteries?"
Me: "Sure, if you buy them yourself!"
Am I the only mean mother who makes her kids buy their own batteries? Those things are expensive, yo! And someone is ALWAYS needing batteries around here for something! My bark is really bigger than my bite. I almost always end up giving in and letting them have some of my battery stash. I'M WEAK!
Anyway, I digress.
I want to know... what blogs are you crushing on this week?? I love finding new blogs to read. If you want me to read yours... leave a comment with a link back to your blog! We might just be new friends :)


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Having worked primarily at specialty practices, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with a variety of specialists throughout the years; and is able to apply her diverse knowledge base to her work in our Emergency Department. She has strong focus on client communication and education.
Dr. Fedje resides in Maryland with her husband, their daughter, three cats, Xena, Queso and Mr. Butters and one puppy named Lilly. She enjoys cooking, yoga, gardening, biking, hiking and traveling the globe.
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The FAA announces that the University of Alaska's UAS test site is the second of six to become operational
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the University of Alaska's unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test site is now the second of six o become operational. According to the FAA, the agency has granted the University of Alaska Fairbanks a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) authorizing flights by an Aeryon Scout small UAS for animal surveys at its Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex. The COA is effective for two years.
The team began its wildlife flight operations on May 5, 2014. The wildlife operation aims to show how a UAS can accurately locate, identify and count large wild animals for survey operations requested by the state of Alaska. In addition, the site will collect safety-related operational data needed for UAS integration.
Alaska has a history of innovation in manned aviation, and now they are bringing that pioneering spirit into the unmanned aircraft arena as well," said U. S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in the FAA's press release. "We look forward to the contributions they and the other test sites will make toward our efforts to ensure the safe and efficient integration of UAS into our nation's skies."
The FAA chose six congressionally-mandated test sites on December 30, 2013 to help the FAA safely integrate UAS into the national airspace over the next several years.
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Look! At 2:46 you can see Lavar!
Mr Cruz
Surprised kent state got that close tho props to them
No Lonzo highlights.???? 😕
so CBS hating on BALL?
Lonzo Ball future number one draft pick ? hahahahah hahahahaha hahahaha
Yep,i saw and he never will be number one pick.
Yeah, you seen his highlights?
All ucla needs to improve is their defense. Then, they could be a Championship favorite, if not THE CHAMPS.
0:12 name please? badly needed for research purposes
Arizona UCLA final. Cats win.
Disslike for Lonzo not being shown.
wow not one ball highlight...hmmm
Those 12 dislikes are Kent st fans 😂
Rocklin Baptista no they are lonzo ball fans. Idk how they didn't show any of his high lights
It says ucla highlights and people saying why they not showing lonzo ball scoring. I think some of you people are retarted .
Because he's the main reason most people here on this video even care about UCLA.
+marvelous marvin You deleted Jordan Cassles comment you nub
George B I didnt delete anything. Who you got winning tournament?
NCAA notorious for awful highlights and cashing out
awful highlight video, let the guys you flag post theyre much better.
Judging by the thumbnail, Ball and leaf could be beaf if you know what I mean 😏
Why would you post a video of UCLA basketball without Lonzo scoring? Not a smart move. Don't do it again.
it is his vid if you dont like it dont watch it
Dude and i say dude. Zo was injured bad and continued to play. Thigh bruise. He was told to go easy, and did so
IT IS OKAY! WITHOUT THOSE ASSISTS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SCORED THAT BIG! It goes to show that Lonzo is really at peace with his talent. He is not out to prove anything to anyone. LaMelo has his same attitude. DiAngelo IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY. HE SHOOTS WHETHER HE HAS A SHOT OR NOT AND SELDOMLY PASS IT IT.
Gus Art I like ucla.
UCLA won't get to the final 4 even with the ball brother's
Jalen Meekins all the brothers will pass through UCLA and he's saying despite that they will never make it
eKriZZLe he just said Kentucky is a "cake walk" lol we will see what malik monk will think about that...
eKriZZLe LOL Kentucky cake walk?
UCLA future national champs
Ck Gore lol
Ck Gore nope
lonzo wearing adidas harden.. black tip dope!
y'all need to hire some of the ones whose videos you're flagging
Watch them quick. They'll be gone within the hour of posting. Been that way since Youtube existed.
What do you expect them to do? It's all about money although I agree there are better highlight videos out there
NCAA and CBS have always been Nazis with their March Madness coverage. They don't want the public to be able to dissect their rigging of tournament games, so they show us what they want us to see and censor everything else. You can't even post highlights well within the realm of fair use, they'll shut them down and DARE people to take them to court.
saw a lot of lonzo standing around. Where were his highlights? besides two passes
NCAA MARCH MADNESS not showing any Lonzo 15 points ..HMmmmmm
ur moms that is cool
he can put what ever he wants in his vids
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re the Jewish thing... I have a Jewish childhood friend, used to live in NJ long-term, and have village German family by the dozen, so I do know the loud argumentative thing. One of my best memories is this friend and I, sitting in Germany together (he used to swing by on the way back from his Grandma's place in Haifa while I lived there) over a couple of bottles of that delicious white wine Germans make, and arguing over the existence of God, of all things!! We argued until dawn... and it was a stalemate... (he against, me for - back when he was only culturally Jewish. Now he is married with kids and goes to a Reform temple - ha! Remind me to tell you about his wedding - it was wild...).
I was in heaven - finally, someone who had my talk gene AND didn't buckle under some serious disagreement!


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Lunchtime summary
• Hilary Benn has described his father, Tony, as someone who "taught us that a better world is possible". He was speaking at Tony's funeral in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, where politicians from all the main parties were among the mourners. The church was full, and hundreds of well-wishers listened to the service, a traditional church funeral, in the crowd outside. Ed Miliband and John Bercow gave readings. (See 2.16pm.)
• The energy watchdog Ofgem has promised the biggest investigation ever into the gas and electricity markets after confirming hard evidence of soaring corporate profits and plunging consumer confidence.
• Steve Webb, the pensions minister, has announced that fees for managing pension pots will be capped at 0.75% from next year, following concerns that rip-off charges have been eroding the value of savings.
• Lord Ashdown, the former Lib Dem leader, has described Nigel Farage's claim that the EU has "blood on its hands" over Ukraine as "extremely dangerous". He said Farage's comment, in his debate with Nick Clegg last night, would "give comfort" to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.
It is clear that Mr Farage does not understand that nowadays the West and the EU follow the principle that the future of states lie with the will of their people. He appears to share Mr Putin's view that those who regard themselves as 'great powers' are entitled to subjugate their smaller neighbours if they consider them as within their sphere of influence.
This is the view which has cost our continent so much blood in the past. It is sad to see any Western politician, no matter how inexperienced, no matter how prejudiced against Brussels, give comfort to a Russia that wants to see these days return.
• Rupert Murdoch has praised Nigel Farage for "making progress" and called for a pact between Ukip and the Conservatives.
• Mike Penning, the disabilities minister, has announced that Atos is losing the contract to assess whether benefit claimants are fit to work.
• Michael Gove, the education secretary, has said that fears that disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile abused children in more than 20 children's homes and schools across England are to be investigated. Gove made the announcement in a Commons written statement (pdf).
• Seven terror suspects have been released from specialist control measures and there are currently no individuals subject to the controversial powers, the terrorism watchdog has confirmed. As the Press Association reports, Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Tpims) expired between January 2 and February 10 for seven out of 10 men, who are all believed to have been involved in al Qaida-related terrorism, David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said.
• Boris Johnson, the London mayor, has said that projects like Crossrail 2 deserve funding more than the HS2 high-speed rail project. He was speaking at an infrastructure conference this morning
Being honest, of all the things out there, HS2 is a great idea but I think there are many other better ideas. Crossrail 2 has a better business case than HS2 and so does the (estuary) airport.
• The Office for National Statistics has recommended that the next census, in 2021, should be completed predominantly online. National Statistician Jil Matheson said: "We are recommending that the next census is predominantly online, to reflect changes in technology and people's expectations of how they can provide information of this kind."
• Alan Milburn, the chair of the social mobility and child poverty commission, has described the government's response to the commission's first report as "disappointing". He said:
Looking across the response, there are some good things in the document. I welcome the fact that the government shares much of the Commission's diagnosis of the challenges, including the importance of ensuring work pays, the role of business in opening up opportunity and the priority accorded to closing attainment gaps in schools. There are also positive measures on some of the specifics. We called for an early years' premium and the government has committed to this step. The government has announced improvements on youth transition including a move towards introducing a UCAS for 'the other 50%'. There is also welcome progress on helping low earners with childcare costs.
Overall however, the response is disappointing. Too often it defensively reasserts what government is doing rather than suggesting renewed momentum towards a high mobility, low poverty country.
• Bernard Jenkin, the chair of the Commons public administration committee, has said that Frances Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, should apologise to his MPs for his "cavalier disregard for parliament". Jenkin is angry about Maude "unacceptable" failure to address concerns raised by the committee about the rules governing former ministers and civil servants taking private sector jobs.
• A report for Demos has said that UK consumers are struggling with almost £5bn of hidden debt, made up of rent arrears, and unpaid council tax and household bills.
That's all from me for today.
Thanks for the comments.
The Press Association has filed a fresh report on Tony Benn's funeral. Here it is.
Labour stalwart Tony Benn was given an emotional send off today as figures as diverse as a former IRA commander, hard-right Tory opponents and a television impressionist gathered in Westminster to pay their respects.
Cherie Blair joined leading Labour figures, including leader Ed Miliband, shadow chancellor Ed Balls and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper in St Margaret's Church, which was packed to its 750-strong capacity, for the funeral of the former cabinet minister.
But, in a mark of Benn's influence and standing, the congregation also drew figures from across the political spectrum. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who is now Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister joined Conservatives including chief whip Sir George Young, his predecessor Andrew Mitchell, Michael Heseltine and prominent backbencher Bill Cash along with former Liberal leader Lord Steel for the ceremony.
Also among the mourners were Unite union boss Len McCluskey, impressionist Rory Bremner and leading figures from television news, including ITN newsreader Alastair Stewart and the BBC's Robert Peston.
Outside, hundreds of well wishers gathered to listen to the service, which was being broadcast on loudspeakers, and frequently cheered and broke into applause as Benn's family shared memories.
In the moving hour-long service mourners were brought to tears and roused to laughter as his children Stephen, Hilary, Melissa and Joshua, as well as Mr Benn's brother David recounted tales of family life.
Oldest son Stephen said: "The very last words he heard on this earth was the four of us telling him we loved him."
Daughter Melissa told the congregation her father was a "funny and mischievous" man who loved to play pranks but was also deeply emotional.
"He was never ashamed of showing his feelings," she said. "He laughed and cried easily. He was an unabashed sentimentalist. He loved a film like the Railway Children so much tears would be rolling down his checks at the opening credits."
David told how his brother had been radicalised during his childhood by his public school education "which he loathed", and after being outraged by the treatment of black Africans he saw when travelling the world during his time in the forces.
Hilary Benn, shadow communities secretary, told how his father had been an inspiration.
"As a father he was always willing to offer advice. Once, he was taken ill at the Labour Party Conference. My brother and I tracked him down to an ambulance. He was lying there on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on.
"As we set off for hospital, his finger rose and beckoned. I leaned over.
"Dad, dad what is it?"
He pulled down the mask and said: "Now, H about your speech to conference this week". I knew then that he was going to be alright just as I know now how much I will miss his wisdom.
"Life taught him that ideas and movements have the power to transform our world, and that's why he was so determined to support others in their struggles.
"And he taught us that a better world is possible - at times seen clearly, at others only faintly glimpsed - but in so doing he inspired others to believe that too.
"For any man, for any life, to do that alone is to tell the story of a life fulfilled."
Miliband gave a reading from The Pilgrim's Progress and Commons Speaker John Bercow read a passage from Corinthians.
Traditional Labour anthem The Red Flag played quietly as members of the Benn family carried the coffin out of the church but, as the hundreds of mourners queued to leave they broke out into a spontaneous rendition of the song.
And here are some more Twitter comments on the funeral.
On Twitter there are a lot of complaints about the BBC and other broadcasters not devoting enough coverage to Tony Benn's funeral.
Here is some more Twitter comment on the funeral.
There's some video from Tony Benn's funeral here. It features the address from Benn's son, Hilary.
I have not got a full list of those who attended Tony Benn's funeral, but the mourners included: Lord Heseltine; Ed Miliband and his wife, Justine Thornton; Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper; Ken Livingstone; Alastair Campbell; Jack Straw; Dennis Skinner; Andrew Mitchell; Martin McGuinness; Gerry Adams; George Galloway; David Blunkett; Cherie Blair; Arthur Scargill; Len McCluskey; Chuka Umunna; Sir Bill Morris; Saffron Burrows; Michael Eavis; John Sergeant; Sally Bercow and Natasha Kaplinsky.
And here are some more tweets about the service from Tony Benn's Labour colleagues.
The Telegraph's parliamentary sketchwriter, Michael Deacon, has been at Tony Benn's funeral.
Here's a link to the order of service for Tony Benn's funeral.
A glitch in the system means that I cannot upload photographs from Tony Benn's funeral at the moment.
But here are some pictures from Twitter.
Tony Benn's funeral
Here is what the Press Association has filed from Tony Benn's funeral.
Politicians and activists bade an emotional farewell to Tony Benn as the Labour stalwart's final departure from Parliament was greeted with both tears and a sustained round of applause.
The former cabinet minister's coffin was driven the short distance from the Palace of Westminster's Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, where his body laid in rest overnight, to St Margaret's church in the shadow of Westminster Abbey.
It was topped with a wreath of red roses to match the emblems on many of the banners held by a large crowd lining the route and representing many of the causes he championed during a Commons career spanning more than half a century.
Among them were Stop The War, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, trade unions and several opposing government cuts.
The procession was led by the chaplain to the Commons Speaker, the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin - who kept an overnight vigil beside the body - and was followed by family members.
Onlookers clapped as the coffin was carried from the hearse to the entrance to the church but silence fell as Big Ben chimed 11am, and it was borne into the church to the sound of the choir broadcast on speakers to those outside the private ceremony.
Among those seen shedding a tear was his long-time Labour colleague and former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett.
The funeral will be followed by a private family cremation later in the afternoon and a memorial meeting will be held later in the year.
There is plenty of coverage of the Nigel Farage/Nick Clegg debate on the internet this morning.
Here are four of the blogs that I've found most interesting.
• John Rentoul on his blog thinks David Cameron was the winner from last night.
There were two larger consequences of last night. One is that the TV debates between the main party leaders are even more certain not to happen in the general election campaign. Last night happened because it was in the interest of both leaders. Clegg didn't mind "losing" because he had nothing to lose, but he lost partly because he is the unpopular government politician. The incumbent usually has more to lose, which is why David Cameron will find ways by which the TV debates will not happen.
But the other consequence is more important. Last night's debate was between two clear poles of an argument. In unconditionally versus out unconditionally. And we know where the British voter prefers to be when presented with a choice like that.
David Cameron's policy will be easily most popular position when it comes to the general election next year. "Renegotiate and decide" is the third-way winner.
• Gideon Rachman at the Financial Times says Farage exposed his weakness towards the end of the debate.
A key part of the UKIP leader's appeal is that he comes across as a good-humoured bloke and the voice of common-sense. Just beneath the surface, however, is a visceral anger towards the European Union that can lead Farage into some quite weird positions. Clegg got close to exposing this, when he questioned Farage's opposition to EU measures that would give legal help and safeguards to EU citizens, in trouble in other European countries. Farage opposes these measures because, to him, they represent an unacceptable increase in EU powers – even though they might be of practical help to British people abroad.
The real revelation, however, came right towards the end of the debate, when Farage claimed that the EU has "blood on its hands" – for encouraging a rebellion in Ukraine. This is essentially the Kremlin line. Clegg did not have the time, or the quick-wittedness, to come back at him. But somebody should point out that Farage's hatred of the EU is so extreme, that it leads him to a position where he has more sympathy for Vladimir Putin than for the pro-EU demonstrators in Kiev. Most British voters probably don't care that much about Ukraine. But they don't like fanaticism. And that is the position of an anti-EU fanatic – not of a cheery voice of good sense, from down the pub.
• Sunder Katwala at Our Kingdom says next week Nick Clegg should focus less on "the facts".
If Nick Clegg takes one lesson from the first debate into the BBC second leg next week, it should be to spend less time on 'what the real facts show', if he does want to do more than mobilise existing EU-enthusiasts to the Lib Dem banner ...
Why facts are a comparatively ineffective way to persuade' is the theme of a growing body of political psychology research. Books such as Drew Westen's 'The Political Brain' have helped to popularise these lessons for politics rooted in brain science.
Westen writes of US politics that Democrats and liberals "tend to be intellectual. They like to read and think. They thrive on policy debates, arguments, statistics, and getting the facts right. All that is well and good, but it can be self-destructive politically when allied with a belief in the moral superiority of the cerebral at heart, because moral condescension registers with voters. ... They do so, I believe, because of an irrational emotional commitment to rationality - one that renders them, ironically, impervious to both scientific evidence on how the political mind and brain work and to an accurate diagnosis of why their campaigns repeatedly fail".
Those lessons apply to a wide range of issues, on both sides of the Atlantic, but there are two political debates where factual advocacy is especially likely to struggle. They are Europe and immigration, which happen to be the two central themes of the Clegg-Farage debates.
• Mark Wallace at ConservativeHome offers 10 lessons from the debate.
YouGov's Peter Kellner has written a blog this morning with more details of the polling that it carried out last night for the Sun about the debate between Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage.
Last night we just got the headline figure - showing that 57% of viewers thought that Farage won, and that just 36% thought Clegg won.
The full data are more revealing. Here are the key points.
• Farage won by an even bigger margin amongst those actually watching the programme. The raw figures were 65% saying Farage won, and just 28% saying Clegg won. But YouGov found that those actually watching the debate contained a disproportionate number of Ukip supporters. It weighted the results, to make them politically representative of the UK as a whole, to produce the 57/36 figures.
• Those judging Farage the winner included 69% of Conservative supporters, 42% of Labour supporters, 20% of Lib Dem supporters and 30% of those in favour of staying in the EU.
• Farage's victory only made a slight difference to the number of viewers saying they favoured leaving the EU. Before the debate 42% of those polled favoured withdrawal. Afterwards it was 44%, with 47% favouring staying in.
• Farage's approval ratings went up noticably during the debate, from 40% of people saying they had a positive view of him beforehand to 52% afterwards. Clegg's ratings also went up, but by less, from 31% to 35%.
Mike Penning, the disabilities minister, has just told BBC News that it was the government's decision to end its contract with Atos. The Press Association story implies it was the other way round (see 10.13am), and in practice there was an agreement, but Penning insisted it was the government that took the initiative.
Here's how he put it in the written ministerial statement.
My commitment to performance is why my department took immediate action last summer when we identified significant quality failures in the written reports produced by Atos following assessments.
Today I am announcing that following detailed negotiations with Atos, the Government has reached a settlement for Atos to exit the contract to deliver Work Capability Assessments before it is due to end in August 2015.
I am pleased to confirm that Atos will not receive a single penny of compensation from the taxpayer for the early termination of their contract, quite the contrary, I can also confirm that Atos has made a substantial financial settlement to the Department for Work and Pensions.
We are getting 33 written ministerial statements from the government. These generally contain minor or mid-ranking news announcements. On a normal day there are only about half a dozen.
One significant one was about Atos. (See 10.13am.) There's another about Crossrail (pdf). Stephen Hammond, the transport minister, has announced that Crossrail will extend to Reading from 2019. Previously it was going to end, in the west, at Maidenhead.
Atos is giving up its contract to carry out work capability assessments for the government early, ministers have announced.
Here's what the Press Association has filed.
The firm that carries out assessments for disability claimants is quitting its contract early, the government has announced.
Atos has been under fire over the number of assessments it has made as well as waiting times.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced that the French firm is exiting from its contract to deliver work capability assessments before it is due to end in August 2015.
Ministers stressed that Atos will not receive any compensation from the taxpayer for the early termination of the contract, and had made a "substantial" financial settlement to the DWP.
And here is the written statement from Mike Penning, the disabilities minister, with all the details (pdf).
Nick Clegg's LBC phone-in - Summary
Here are the main points from Call Clegg
• Clegg described those opposed to allowing women to pre-order the morning after pill, who reportedly include the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, of being "patronising" and "sexist" and having a "medieval" attitude to women. He said he had not discussed the matter with Hunt, but he did not dispute the suggestion that Hunt was opposed to the move. The decision to allow women to buy the morning after pill in advance was announced this week. Clegg said:
I'm absolutely appalled, and in fact really quite angry, on behalf of many, many women across the country about this suggestion that giving a woman the right to buy the morning-after pill will somehow automatically lead to more promiscuous behaviour. I think it's demeaning, I think it's patronising, I think it's sexist. It's quite astonishing. Women don't take the morning after pill lightly ...
To say to a woman she cannot have the right, in case she has unprotected sex, to have the morning-after pill available to her, and to say you cannot possibly have that right because we - whoever's we, the government, society, or whichever newspaper is pontificating about this - think you will suddenly become terribly promiscuous, is an absolute insult to women across the country ...
This is lifting the lid on a really fundamental difference in attitude towards women. Women shouldn't be told we are not going to give you the freedom to buy something from a chemist because you think you might need it, because otherwise we don't trust how you will behave sexually. It's a Victorian, worse than that, it's a medieval approach to women. That's why I'm as angry as I am on behalf of women.
• Clegg said he was "shocked" by Nigel Farage's claim in the debate last night that the EU had "blood on its hands" in relation to Ukraine. Farage was siding with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Clegg said.
I was extraordinarily surprised, if not shocked, that he agrees with Vladimir Putin. And to somehow suggest that, because of Nigel Farage's loathing of the European Union, that is the reason why Ukrainian protesters sought to reclaim their own freedom and their own country on the streets of Kiev, I just think it is really insulting to those people in Kiev who were simply standing up for values that we should share and support.
• Clegg said it was not surprising that a snap poll after last night's debate declared Farage was the winner.
This is a marathon, not a sprint. For years and years and years you've had this misinformation, these deeply misleading facts, put about by people like Nigel Farage unchallenged. Of course I'm not going to be able to reverse it in one hour.
• He said he had not decided whether Danny Alexander or Vince Cable would represent the Lib Dems as shadow chancellor in the chancellors' debate before the 2015 election.
Q: Do you think Arsene Wenger should go?
Clegg says he remains a Wenger fan. Arsenal should stick with him.
And that's it. Call Clegg is over.
I'll post a summary soon.
Q: I'm not a fan of yours. Nigel Farage said 29m Romanians and Bulgarians had a right to come here. He did not say they would. You are misrepresenting him. And last night you kept saying you would stop Farage. How can you stop him?
Clegg says taking the UK out of the world's largest economy would be a mistake.
He says Farage admitted that he came up with the idea that 75% of laws are made in Europe. The real figure is 7%.
Q: Is it right that woman should be able to stock up on the morning-after pill?
Clegg says he is appalled at the suggestion that allowing women to buy the morning-after pill in advance will increase promiscuity. Women do not take this pill lightly. To suggest it will increase promiscuity is an absolute insult to women.
Q: Have you told Jeremy Hunt? He has expressed concern.
Clegg says he has not discussed this with Hunt. Giving access to the morning-after pill stops unwanted pregnancies. It does not increase promiscuity.
He says he is angry about this. It reflects a fundamental divide in attitudes to women. Opponents are being "Victorian".
Q: Should under-16s have access to this?
Clegg says health professionals should not be stopped from helping under-16s. He does not want anyone to suffer unwanted pregnancies.
The evidence is clear. If you provide people with evidence and information, you stop unwanted pregnancies. You don't do it be resorting to outdated attitudes to women.
Q: Why should the teachers have to do more work for less pay?
Clegg says the NUT's main reason for going on strike was their objection to the proposal to allow head teachers to reward good teachers with extra pay.
Some head teachers won't want to use this power. But it is a reasonable one.
Q: My wife is a teaching assistant. She gets paid £12,000. She does not get a dinner break. And she is being expected to do more work.
Clegg says he is a huge fan of teachers. He says £12,000 is not a great deal of money. But at least the caller's wife won't have to pay tax on the first £10,500. All the government is saying is that headteachers should be able to award good teachers more.
Q: Why aren't you pushing for a referendum on Europe?
Clegg says the caller will get a say the next time it is proposed that the rules of the EU should change. They change regularly, he says.
Q: What did David Cameron say to you about the debate?
We haven't talked about it much, says Clegg.
Q: You must have talked about it a bit.
Clegg says it doesn't work like that.
Q: Did Cameron think you were bonkers for doing it?
Clegg says it was his decision.
But he says it is "extraordinary" that Cameron and Ed Miliband have not deigned to debate Europe.
Q: In the election, who will represent the Lib Dems in the chancellor/shadow chancellor debate?
Clegg says he has not decided yet. He will decide nearer the time. He praises Danny Alexander's work as chief secretary to the Treasury, but pays tribute to Vince Cable too.
On debates generally, he says the Conservatives and Labour should not drag their feet on agreeing leaders' debates for the election.
Back to Call Clegg.
Q: I'm a pensioner. But my home is worth £2m. I might have to sell it to pay your mansion tax.
Clegg says anyone whose home is worth £2m won't pay any mansion tax. (The tax would only be levied on the value of a home above £2m.)
Q: People think the tax will be paid on the total value of the property.
That's not the case, says Clegg.
Here is the YouGov chart with details of its poll last night showing that Nigel Farage was deemed to have won the vote (pdf).
Q: Did you lose last night?
Clegg says clearly a lot of people did not agree with him.
But this is a marathon, not a sprint.
Myths have been put out by people like Farage unchallenged. You cannot turn that around in an hour, he says.
He says the pro-European case has gone unheard. He is no longer prepared to accept that.
Q: So was it naivety or stupidity from Farage?
You'll have to ask him, says Clegg. It will come up in next week's debate. But it shows how extreme Farage's loathing of the EU has become.
It is "such a perverse way of looking at things", he says.
What the Russians have done is "simply unacceptable", he says.
It was the most striking, if not shocking, revelation of the debate, he says.
Q: I think you beat Nigel Farage last night. Are you going to make capital from Farage's comment about Ukraine?
Clegg says that came at the end of the debate, so they could not debate it.
He says he was "extraordinarily surprised, if not shocked" to hear that he agreed with Putin.
It is "really insulting" to people in Kiev who were just standing up for values we should support for Farage to side with Putin, he says.
He says he was "astounded" Farage said what he said.
Clegg hosts his Call Clegg phone-in
The first question is about the debate.
Q: You said in the debate that Romania and Bulgaria do not have a population of 29m. That is what the census figure show. But since then the population has grown. So how much research did you do?
Nick Clegg says he raised this because to suggest that 29m people might come to this county was "totally implausible".
Yes, let's have a debate about freedom of movement - a freedom lots of Britons enjoy.
Q: But I just asked where you got the figure from?
Clegg says he answered that. He looked at the official census, he says.
Ukip's claim was "fanciful", and "only designed to scare people", he says.
For my trade, political debates are very good news. Not only do you get the event itself, but you also get the build-up and then, afterwards, the reaction and post-match analysis. And that's where we are today.
Lord Ashdown, the former Lib Dem leader, and Lord Pearson, a former Ukip leader, have both been touring the broadcast studios this morning talking up the achievements of Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage last night.
Ashdown has been polite about Farage, but has argued that Clegg has now established himself as the undisputed leader of pro-Europeanism in Britain.
Mr. Farage is perfectly entitled to wake up this morning feeling content. He took his case to the highest level of debate and I think he did a competent and passionate job. Nick Clegg was the person who placed this challenge, he's had the courage and conviction to take this to the debate against a public mood of scepticism which I think took some courage.
He came out of with a rating, what, three times or more that of his party and probably twice that of the latest support in the country for the proposition that he put and he comes out as unquestionably, and that by the way is a considerable debating success, and he comes out unquestionably now as the leader of those who would wish to see Britain unequivocally take its place in Europe. I think those are significant successes.
And this is what Lord Pearson has said about his party leader.
I think [Farage] has a vision, which I think none of the other party leaders have … I think Nigel made one mistake, when he said that we had been giving our sovereignty away – of course, that isn't true; we're paying Brussels billions a year to take it. But apart from that, I think he rightly said that the whole project of European integration is a failed project.
In a moment we will hear what Clegg himself has to say. I will be covering Call Clegg, as well as rounding up the best of this morning's reaction and analysis.
We've also got Tony Benn's funeral later. I will cover that in some detail.
Here's the agenda for the day.
9am: Nick Clegg hosts his Call Clegg LBC phone-in.
10am: Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, speaks at an infrastructure summit.
11am: Tony Benn's funeral takes place.
11.30am: Boris Johnson is questioned by the London assembly's police and crime committee
Around 11.30am: Steve Webb, the pension minister, makes a statement in the Commons about workplace pensions.
Around 12.30pm: MPs begin a backbench debate on the case of John Downey, the man accused of the Hyde Park bombing whose trial collapsed because he had received one of the letters sent to IRA "on-the-runs" telling him, wrongly, that he was not facing prosecution.
This morning I plan to focus mainly on the debate reaction and, as far as I can, on Tony Benn's funeral. But, as usual, I will also be flagging up any breaking political news, posting summaries with a round-up of all the day's developments, and highlighting the most interesting political articles on the web.
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