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Red Bull's Kirby Chambliss flew like a man on a mission in San Diego but came up a few tenths short and finished runner-up to Paul Bonhomme.
Speed, precision and superhuman skills are all necessary traits of a winning motorcycle racer, but two-wheeled competitors aren't the only one's who live or die by that proverbial racing sword. If you were at the Red Bull USGP at Laguna Seca earlier this year you might have seen the big blue airplane on display at the Red Bull hospitality center in the paddock. We saw it, and after checking out the Red Bull Co-Pilot ride-along video we were ready to experience the action first hand. What better opportunity than the Red Bull Air Race in San Diego at the end of September to get our first taste of a racing phenomenon that is gaining worldwide attention in this age of extreme sports.
The sound is like nothing you've heard before and the tiny aircraft spinning, flipping and turning violently in front of you is like nothing you've ever seen before. Diving down, hard left, followed by a equally hard roll to the right, the Red Bull Air Race pilot yanks back hard on the control stick and buries the throttle – the 327-horsepower Edge 540 responds by climbing straight up, pulling nine-G's just a scant 20-feet above the blurred blue-hue of the ocean – the airspeed indicator pegged in the yellow at over 250 mph. The aerobatic ace levels his wings with authority and sneaks through the 46-foot wide air gate with only a few feet of clearance to spare on either side of the wings, then tugs back on the stick again, flips a 180 and prepares to do it all over again. When flying at redline and dangling on that razor's edge between a fast lap time and disaster- speed, precision, and skill are your only lifelines.
MotorcycleUSA had a chance to see these globe-trotting aerobatic superstars at work during round eight of the 2007 Red Bull Air Race that kicked off a month-long Naval celebration also known as "Fleet Week" in the aviation history rich city of San Diego, California.
Thirteen of the best pilots in the world all converged on 'America's finest city' for a two-day event that thrilled the 50,000 spectators in attendance. These daring airmen come from all corners of the world with rich and diverse flying resumes. One of the most popular pilots on the tour is Team Cobra's Mike Mangold. Not only is Mangold a former U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter pilot, he is also a true-life fighter ace who Tom Cruise's character "Maverick" was said to be inspirited after in the infamous movie Top Gun.
Defending Red Bull Air Race champion Kirby Chambliss became a commercial pilot at 24, then the youngest person to ever reach that level in his company's history. At 28 he earned his Captain status. Maybe, knowing that someone like this is at the controls of that jumbo the next time your flight hits a bit of turbulence, it might not be so scary for you.
Here's a birds eye view of the Red Bull Air Race course held at Seaport village at Marina Park in San Diego, California.
Team Matador's Paul Bonhomme of Great Britain is an avid motorcyclist and, along with many other competitors makes his living logging thousands of hours as a pilot in the commercial airline industry. When he's not flying inverted 20-feet above the water, you can find him aboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R spinning laps around legendary circuits like Donington and Brands Hatch. He also has his KTM SMR 450 equipped with a set of 17s wrapped in some black sticky-icky for some crossed up, tire-sliding supermoto fun.
In the sky, Bonhomme plies his trade in one of the most advanced aerobatic planes in the world-the Zivko Edge 540. This highly maneuverable aircraft boasts mind-blowing performance; such as the 420-degree per second roll rate and a 3,700-feet per minute rate of climb. The entirely composite 98-square foot wings allow the 1,200-pound propeller driven aircraft to climb, dive, and fall end-over-end out of the sky like nothing you've ever seen. A person with a weak stomach can feel uneasy just by watching the plane tumble uncontrollably out of the sky and then in an instance regain composure like some kind of surreal Hollywood movie stunt.
Despite what the name of the race implies, the competition isn't exactly a race pitting plane against plane at the same time. Instead, each pilot flies solo; navigating through a challenging slalom-style course filled with 13-specially designed inflatable air gates. The Red Bull Air Race isn't just about outright speed though. Precision is crucial to success because any mistakes (flying too low or too high, hitting pylons, dangerous flying) incur penalty points which are then added to the pilot's time. The pilots compete against the clock in knockout-style rounds with the two fastest pilots going head-to-head in the final. Just think of it as a kind of winged, propeller driven version of World Superbike's Superpole-with the ultimate winner being determined by lowest time.
There was plenty of organized aerial chaos throughout both days to keep spectators entertained. From Red Bull's own sky dive team-diving in formation from over 15,000-feet to Red Bull's 500-plus mph fly-by in their candy-red painted vintage MiG-17. Our nation's military also stepped up and had an assortment of aircraft and helicopters wowing the crowed with various coordinated maneuvers over the harbor with the might of the U.S. Navy battleships serving as a backdrop.
When Friday afternoon's qualifying got under way it looked like Team Red Bull's Kirby Chambliss was going to be the man to beat come Saturday's finals. Chambliss qualified the fastest with a time of 1:26.56. His Hungarian teammate Peter Besenyei was a scant six-tenths seconds behind and our two-wheeled hombre Bonhomme qualifying third.
Navigating these flotaing nylon gates at 250 mph less than 50-feet of the surface off the water has to be exciting. It is a site to behold if you've never seen it before. Here's Red Bull pilot Peter Besenyei trying to make the cut.
On Saturday Team Matador's Steve Jones, Team Breitling's Nigel Lamb, Chambliss and Bonhomme all duked it out, under less than ideal conditions that included strong winds off the coast which made the task of precision flying even that much more difficult, to see which two would make it to the final. Lamb ended up acing Jones's time putting him in third place-his best finish of the season.
In the final Bonhomme posted a time of 1:23.80 besting defending champ Chambliss' time by 1.11-seconds.
"If someone had come up to me a week ago and offered me a win here with Mike back in fifth," explained Bonhomme, "I would have snatched it with both hands. I'm in a much better position now than I had been. I had been hoping to go to Perth not being any points behind."
With Bonhomme's San Diego win, the English-pilot regained control of the championship point's lead over hometown hero and 2005 champion Mike Mangold. It all goes down to the last race being held in Perth, Australia, November 14/15th to decide who will emerge as this years champ.
"Steve did a nice job," said Mangold graciously after losing to Jones in the quarter-final. "He did well. He's on. I'm not. It's not a very good position to be in. We did the best we could under the circumstances we're flying under here. We'll just have to regroup and see what happens down there in Perth. It doesn't help my cause (falling so far behind Paul). He was amazingly fast. I don't know how he pulled that one out. He's obviously in a great position. We'll go down there and battle it out."
The Red Bull Air Race is more than just an aerobatic show. It's an experience that any motorcycle racing enthusiast can relate to and enjoy. The surgical-like accuracy of the pilots to put their 25-foot wide planes within feet of where they need to be is amazing. The skill and mental fortitude required to operate these planes at that level is on par with the likes of Valentino Rossi, Troy Bayliss, and Mat Mladin. Bohomme's stellar performance proves that people who ride motorcycles know how to get it done not just on land but also in the sky.
Word's don't do these guys justice, go on a virtual ride with the Red Bull Air Race competitors at www.redbullcopilot.com or check out www.redbullairrace.com for more information on the latest craze to hit the motorsports scene since…the motorcycle race.
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Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
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PIG-3743 implements union using VertexGroup. But there are a couple of optimizations that we can apply to it.
- Union followed by store
Union is a blocking operator meaning that a new vertex is added for its succeeding operators. But if there is only one store in the succeeding vertex, MROutput could be directly attached to VertexGroup instead of adding a new vertex for it. Then, each union source vertex will write directly to the destination, and therefore, it will be faster.
- Replace POLocalRearrangeTez with POValueOutputTez
Union uses POLocalRearrange by setting the whole record as key. But since union only needs to partition records evenly across tasks, it might make more sense to use POValueOutputTez with RR partitioner instead.
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Committed the additional patch to tez-branch. Thanks Daniel for the review.
Thanks for a quick respons.
PIG-3835-addendum-1.patch works for me. The script throw exception pass now, though the correct result will depend on TEZ-1003.
rmf output
a = load '1.txt' as (x:int, y:chararray);
b = load '2.txt' as (y:chararray, x:int);
c = union onschema a, b;
d = group c by x;
– store c into 'output';
store d into 'output';
Daniel found some issues when the UnionOptimizer is turned on.
PIG-3835-addendum-1.patch fixes those issues.
Final patch.
Changes :
- return value to 0 in EmptyWritableComparator
- fixes RoundRobinPartitioner for Writable instead of PigNullableWritable
Turned of UnionOptimizer for now by default till
TEZ-1003 is fixed. Would like to get this patch in without waiting for TEZ-1003 as it has the POLocalRearrange->POValueOutputTez POPackage->POShuffledValueInputTez optimization. Once a new Input is added to Tez, will switch to that and make the UnionOptimizer turned on by default and also add new e2e tests for union in PIG-3855.
To give more details
- Without the UnionOptimizer, there will be a union vertex which will just merge the two inputs.
This is modeled similar to MultiQueryOptimizer. It creates a number of vertex groups equal to the number of outputs from the union vertex. It merges the plan of union vertex with its predecessor vertices and connects the predecessor and successor vertex to appropriate vertex groups. And it finally removes the union vertex.
For eg:
1) Union followed by store
Vertex 1 (Load), Vertex 2 (Load) -> Vertex 3 (Union + Store) will be optimized to
Vertex 1 (Load + Store), Vertex 2 (Load + Store). Both the vertices will be writing output to same store location directly which is supported by Tez.
2) Union followed by groupby
Vertex 1 (Load), Vertex 2 (Load) -> Vertex 3 (Union + POLocalRearrange) -> Vertex 4 (Group by)
will be optimized to (Vertex 1 (Load + POLR), Vertex 2 (Load + POLR) as Vertex Group)-> Vertex 3 (Group by)
In the case of 1), plan is reduced from 3 to 2 vertices. And in case of 2), plan is reduced from 4 to 3 vertices. This enables to save 1 vertex worth of tasks (scheduling/CPU/IO).
Will do some basic performance runs after
TEZ-1003 is fixed.
Changes done:
- Changed POLocalRearrangeTez to POValueOutputTez
- Wrote a UnionOptimizer
- Got union followed by store working using vertexgroup.
- Also implemented the case where union followed by group by or join only has 3 vertices instead of 4 using vertexgroup. But that is not working because ConcatenatedMergedKeyValuesInput is not working as expected. It does not group values from the two input together. The values are grouped only within each input. Will file a Tez bug on that.
Putting up the patch to get approach vetted. Still to run unit and e2e tests and some minor cleanup pending.
Reviewboard link - https://reviews.apache.org/r/19836/


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TOULOUSE, FRANCE--(Marketwire - Feb 8, 2013) - Cycling fan or not, it's hard to escape the excitement of the Tour de France. This year the race celebrates 100 years, and the Courtyard Toulouse Airport is proud to play a part by hosting teams, racing fans and journalists at its hotel near Toulouse Blagnac Airport.
The annual bike race is arguably the world's most famous, travelling through France each summer for a span of three weeks. This year's race takes place 29 June to 21 July and will cover a distance of 3,360km. On 6 July, the tour will make a stop in Toulouse, and this four-star Toulouse hotel will host teams and journalists for the third year in a row.
Made up of 21 stages, the race includes seven flat stages, five hilly stages, six mountain stages with four summit finishes, two individual time-trial stages, one team time-trial stage and two rest days. This year's race will see some new additions and exciting changes. After traveling in Corsica, the rest of the race will go through mainland France, the first time since 2003 that this will happen. The team time-trial, last carried out in 2011, will take place at the 4th stage in Nice, and two individual time-trials will take place at the 11th and 17th stages. The highlight of this year's race, however, will be the climbing of Alpe-d'Huez -- twice -- at the 18th stage.
All the racing excitement will require a good night's rest, and the Courtyard Toulouse Airport offers rooms and amenities to help guests relax and re-energise. Guestrooms feature comfortable bedding, a flat-screen TV, room service, high-speed Internet access and minifridge. Spend time lounging in the outdoor heated pool, or take inspiration from the race's athletes and head to the fitness centre. Afterward, enjoy a leisurely meal of Mediterranean cuisine and fine wine at Oleo Pazzo; the garden terrace is a nice spot to enjoy the weather.
To learn more about the Courtyard Toulouse Airport or to book Toulouse hotel accommodations, visit www.marriott.com/hotels/travel-guide/tlscy-courtyard-toulouse-airport/.
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Offering a convenient location, thoughtful amenities and comfortable accommodations, the Courtyard Toulouse Airport hotel is a smart choice for business and leisure travellers alike. This four-star hotel welcomes visitors to the city in style with a complimentary shuttle from Toulouse Blagnac International Airport, just minutes away. Upon arrival, head to a spacious, cosy guestroom, where plush bedding, a large desk with ergonomic chair, high-speed Internet access, minifridge, coffee/tea service and elegant bathroom with extras (including a towel-warmer) await. If hunger strikes but the thought of going out isn't appealing, order room service and enjoy a delicious meal without leaving the room. Or, jump right into things and head out to explore the heart of the city, where museums, the opera and the famous Place du Capitole are waiting to be explored. Business travellers can check in with the office before heading to meetings at the headquarters for Airbus, nearby, or in this hotel's three meeting rooms; the largest can seat up to 80 guests. Grab an energising snack at the 24-hour market before a workout in the fitness centre, or wind down with a good meal and fine wine at the Mediterranean Oleo Pazzo, offering seating on a lovely garden terrace. In season, enjoy a dip in the outdoor heated pool.


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Implied Volatility: The Impact of Beta on Your Option Positions
Implied Volatility: The Impact of Beta on Your Option Positions
By Mark Whistler, Contributing Editor
Tuesday, September 27, 2005: Issue #245
If only we could predict emotional reactions of people in stressful situations - life would be so much easier.
Just imagine if people had volatility meters… something like a little number on their chest that alerted you to the way they generally react to conditions. A volatility reading of "1" would indicate the person is rational. Anything below hints that they are very mellow, while a number above 1 alludes to the fact that the person you're dealing with generally overreacts in any situation.
Your Uncle John would probably have a volatility reading of 1.5, indicating that he generally reacts excessively to any given situation by 50%. He's tough to go anywhere with. Aunt Peggy has a volatility number of 0.5. She's half-interested in anything you say. Sometimes you wonder if she even has a pulse.
Though in reality we don't have volatility numbers for our families, we do have a volatility number for stocks - and it's called implied volatility or beta. Today I'm going to explain exactly how to use the beta coefficient as a volatility meter… and how to then use that volatility meter to greatly improve your chances of making money at options. Let's get right to it…
Beta's Relationship to the S&P 500
Beta is a statistic that measures an underlying stock's volatility (risk) in relation to the broad market. It tells us if a stock is more volatile or less volatile than the S&P 500.
- If a stock has a beta of 1, its price moves as much as the S&P.
- A beta greater than 1 means a stock is more volatile than the S&P.
- A beta below 1 implies less volatility.
It's really very simple. If a stock has a beta of 1.5, than it's 50% more volatile than the S&P on any given day. If a stock has a beta of 0.50, it is 50% less volatile.
(It's very important to note that while beta attempts to predict a stock's volatility in relation to the S&P 500, it doesn't ALWAYS do so. By this, I mean that even if a stock has a beta of 1.5, it won't always move 50% more than the S&P.)
In general, safer, slower stocks like utilities have lower betas - usually less than 1. More risky equities though, like Internet stocks, have betas greater than 1.
Pay Less for Options Using Beta
So how can beta help in options trading?
First, remember that beta is a measurement of volatility. When volatility is low, premiums are also mundane. But when volatility is high, options cost more. Why? Higher volatility means there is more risk that the option will be exercised. Thus, the writer of the option will generally demand additional premium for the risk he is taking on.
In the Black-Scholes Model, volatility is measured as the annual standard deviation of the stock price, otherwise known as "statistical volatility" - don't get it confused with beta.
Beta is "implied volatility," meaning it is volatility in relation to the current market consensus of the stock, and can be specifically insightful when it comes to "at-the-money" options. If you're thinking about purchasing an at-the-money option, and the premium is excessively high, more than likely, the stock has a high beta.
So in flat markets, if you have significant insight into a stock, and are fairly sure of its movement before expiration (and the stock has a low beta), you've probably found a particularly tasty position, because you will generally pay less in premium.
Watch Out for Low Betas…
Of course, a lower beta indicates more risk, as the underlying stock will most likely not have any dramatic moves. You should be certain of your reason for implementing the position before making any transactions.
In addition, if you implement a position in a LEAPS with a low underlying beta - and you are SURE (read: you've done your research) the stock will slowly hit its strike several years out, you've probably made a good decision, as the premium will most likely be low.
Remember that beta is a measurement of an underlying stock's implied volatility and gives you insight into a stock's potential volatility.
Simply put, you wouldn't want to buy a short-term, deep out-of-the-money option where the underlying stock has a low beta. While the option would certainly be cheap, the stock would probably never move enough to make your option position worth anything.
Good Trading,
Mark Whistler


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People who watch "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel Channel soon will find out West Virginia has some of the best food nature has to offer.
Zimmern and a crew spent last summer filming activities from deer hunting and river rafting to a road kill cook off and ground hog hunting.
That episode will air next Monday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m.
One story features Zimmern hunting ground hogs with Glen Hawkins, and his son Dale, in Upshur County.
"He's enamored with West Virginia," said Dale Hawkins, of Fish Hawk Acres. "This is his second time filming in West Virginia. He truly enjoyed every bit of it. Everything from the hunt, the dressing of it to the eating of it, we sat down and enjoyed it all together."
Hawkins said Zimmern will try two dishes woodchuck cacciatore and woodchuck burgoo. Chef Tim Urbanic provided the burgoo, named after the community near Webster Springs in Webster County.
Zimmern will try pickled ramps and, of course ground hog sausage.
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LOS ANGELES, May 24 (UPI) -- "Brokeback Mountain" stars and real-life couple Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams are joining the cast of the Bob Dylan biopic, "I'm Not There."
Ledger is in talks to replace Colin Farrell as one of seven actors portraying the folk icon at different stages in his life, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.
Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Richard Gere have already signed on for the film, written by Oren Moverman and Todd Haynes, who will be directing when production starts in July in Montreal.
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If you want to add a new activity to your to-do list today, subtract two existing activities. Consultant Greg McKeown says this ensures you don't add a less valuable activity than what's already planned and that you move toward reducing your overall burden each day. LinkedIn
Want to be more creative? Take a hike
A Stanford University study found that walking – not just outdoors in pleasant vistas but even indoors on a treadmill, facing a blank wall – boosts creative inspiration, compared with sitting, and the effect continues afterward. But focused thinking seems to diminish during walking. Stanford News
Why you shouldn't oversell the product
Ottawa consultant Colleen Francis warns against overselling, telling potential customers they're getting more than they need. When you say your product offers not only A, B, and C benefits but also D, E, and F, they may wonder whether they are paying for more than they should. EngageSelling.com
Go beyond facts and focus on feelings
Author Vikas Jhingran urges you to use emotions to craft your presentations. If presenting to a venture capitalist, for example, rather than starting with the facts about your product, figure what emotion you want him to have at the end and work toward that feeling in your script. ThoughtleadersLLC.com
Paper notebook can sync to the cloud
If in this digital age you still like to sketch and write ideas in a notebook, try Mod Notebooks (modnotebooks.com/). Fill the notebook, return it to the company in a prepaid envelope and your work is digitized, saved and shared online. Springwise.com
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Published on December 26th, 2011 | by Jules Yap3
Framework to cover switches
Materials: Lack table + Lillivi cloth
Description: I measured the size of the switches then I cut the back of the Lack table and remvoved the paper filling inside it.
I then covered the table with Lillivi cloth.
~ Damiano & Cristina, Montecatini Terme, Italia
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The Montessori system was founded in the late 1800s by Maria Montessori, the first woman medical practitioner in Italy who studied children. Being concerned with the problems and the education of young children, she formulated a "child-centered" approach of teaching, which emphasized structured learning in a prepared environment while preserving the children's freedom and encouraging them to progress at their own pace according to their own interests.
It is this method that teachers at the Montessori Villa in Lodi have embraced in their preschool and full-day kindergarten programs. The campus is one of more than 5,000 Montessori schools across the United States.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Dozens of American fugitives are hiding out in Cuba beyond the reach of U.S. law, officials say.
The surrender this week of accused 1968 plane hijacker Luis Armando Pena Soltren, 66, to U.S. authorities has focused attention on other fugitives thought to be in Cuba, including Joanne Chesimard, 62, also known as Assata Shakur, ABC News reported Tuesday.
Chesimard, a former activist with the Black Liberation Army, was convicted of murder in the 1977 shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper, escaped from jail in 1979 and was last seen in Cuba in 1984, where she reportedly is still believed to be living underground.
Another U.S. fugitive believed living in Cuba is Victor Manuel Gerena, whom authorities say has been sought since 1984 after allegedly stealing $7 million in a heist of the Wells Fargo armored car depot in Connecticut to finance a Puerto Rican separatist group, ABC said.
The U.S. broadcaster said the FBI believes Gerena is still in Cuba and has offered up to $1 million for information leading to his capture.


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Somanathan Iyer
The Kittens - Poem by Somanathan Iyer
A co-tenant without paying any rent
Occupied our balcony even before I moved in
Giving birth to children twice in a year
She is none other than a female cat
Earlier offspring born to her lasted never long
Victims of either stray dogs or rogue male cats
They all perished without much to bother any
But the latest arrivals from her womb
A pair of cute kittens a male and female
A grey and white and a pure grey one
With beautiful eyes and rosy nose
Either by prudence or by providence
Got themselves tamed thus becoming darling to us
Three times a day they cry for milk and food
Obstructing our movements till they are served
Running into the house with sweet mewing all around
Once their tummy is filled teases us to play with
Tired with play resting in the shoe rack
Really a time pass for the weary minds at home
The kittens are here with us in claiming their dues
Which we owe may be in our earlier birth
Comments about The Kittens by Somanathan Iyer
Valsa George (7/31/2013 8:47:00 AM)
Oh, this brings beautiful memories of the time we had these cute creatures at home! How they can amuse and tease us to rouse us from our weary moods! The poem brings such lively images that I feel these litter of kittens are before my eyes! ! Enjoyed! (Report) Reply
Heather Wilkins (7/27/2013 8:54:00 PM)
those little kittens so cute. nice write about them (Report) Reply
Tirupathi Chandrupatla (7/24/2013 4:40:00 PM)
Wrote nicely about dues from another birth. Enjoyed the poem. (Report) Reply
Pradip Chattopadhyay (7/22/2013 5:31:00 AM)
a poem of empathy for this cutest of felines, a delight to read. good work, poet.10/10. (Report) Reply
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German saxophonist Norbert Stein is an important progressive-jazz artiste, largely within European circles and has not yet become a well-known name on these North American shores. Here, Stein is the composer while conducting the fabled NDR Big Band throughout this 2-CD set. Nonetheless, he employs NDR for a rather dramatic sequence of vibrant tone poems, spanning disparate angles and rhythmic foundations. Complete with tricky time signatures, expressive and combustible horns, the music is also steeped in wit and slanted metrics, while at times eliciting a liquefying effect.
With the piece titled "Franz Patang - Part IV," the band delves into a free-form mindset, accelerated by darting choruses and intense sax lines that instill gobs of movement - like boxers engaging in a sparring session. But in other segments, they tone it down via unorthodox charting and fractured rhythms. The Graffiti element iterated on these works parallels youth culture via an urban landscape smattered with divergent portraitures and depictions. No two pieces are starkly alike, which is a component that sustains interest.
The composition titled "Der Vogelschwann," is an up-tempo and brassy arrangement, where lament, jubilation and African pulses come out you with the rumble of a freight train operating at full throttle. Stein is like a scientist in a lab! He constructs motifs that feature Afro-Cuban pulses in support of eerie and droning background banter as notions of a hazy dream come to fruition. And on "Hot spots, Tai Chi & More," either Mario Doctor or Mark Nauseef execute a tympani pattern that is contrasted with screaming horns. Therefore, Stein's brainchild is a garden of polytonal and contrapuntal elements, marked by off-kilter swing vamps and multi-cultural inferences. In sum, this outing signifies a milestone in his irrefutably, impressive musical career.


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The 65 Roses Tour, presented by Bike City, is a fully supported charity bicycle tour, supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It is held in Searcy, AR in the early Spring of each year, since 2010. SAG vehicles are provided, hydration stations are located every 15 miles, and lunch is provided at the finish. All proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Read the story of "65 Roses" and learn more about Cystic Fibrosis at www.cff.org.
Your registration fee provides an event t-shirt, a water bottle, and a wooden rose(presented at the finish line). As a registrant, you are entered into a drawing to win a 2013 Allez Sport road bike from Bike City.
Please consider purchasing a jersey and attending our pasta dinner for more chances to win! You can also purchase additional chances in the registration process!
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From Land Grab to Win-Win - Seizing the Opportunities of International Investments in Agriculture
Foreign acquisitions of farmland in Africa and elsewhere have become the focus of concern. Many observers consider them a new form of colonialism that threatens food security of the poor. However, investments could be good news if the objectives of land purchasers are reconciled with the investment needs of developing countries.
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33.3 Groundwater access entitlement for allocated extractions
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The volume reported (42,718 ML) is that of the groundwater water access entitlements on issue in the Adelaide region during the 2011–12 year.
In the Adelaide region water rights in areas with an operational water allocation plan (WAP) are bundled into a single instrument called a water licence. The bundled water licence means the value of the entitlement is not distinct from the native groundwater allocation, which forms part of the total volume of line item 22.1 Groundwater allocation announcements. This is an ongoing groundwater right and is described as the annual water-taking allocation. By default, recurring annual water-taking allocations are applied on 1 July each year and expire on 30 June each year. Subject to the conditions of a WAP, the volume of unused allocated water may be carried forward to the following year, called a rollover allocation.
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In the Adelaide region the following prescribed areas have functional water licences applicable to groundwater resources:
- Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area (PWRA) WAP
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AWC Wins Biodiversity Award for protecting the endangered Woylie
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December 2009: The AWC has been honoured with the 2009 WA Environment Award for Biodiversity Conservation.
The award recognises AWC's success in delivering effective conservation for the endangered Woylie (or Brush-tailed Bettong) at Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary. It is the second year in a row that AWC has won the Biodiversity Category (we were a joint winner last year for our Faure Island project).
The Woylie is one of Australia's most endangered mammals. Originally widespread across almost the entire southern half of the continent, by the 1970's the Woylie had contracted to three small populations in the south-west. The species then made a comeback during the 1980s and early 1990s in response to fox control under the Western Shield program. However, since 2000 the Woylie population has suffered a catastrophic decline of around 80%.
There is no consensus on the causes of this decline, although AWC believes the key factor is predation by feral cats. AWC's founder, Martin Copley, began the process of establishing Karakamia in 1991. By 1994, the feral-proof fence had been constructed around the sanctuary and the first translocation of Woylies to Karakamia was carried out. In this fox and cat-free environment, the population of Woylies in the forests of Karakamia increased to 450-500 animals, where it remains today. Even when the Woylie population began to plummet elsewhere in the south-west, the species continued to thrive under AWC's stewardship at Karakamia.
In fact, Karakamia has played a key role in seeking to repopulate other areas, with over 600 Woylies transferred from Karakamia to national parks and other AWC sanctuaries including Scotia.
The Karakamia population is now the only high density population of Woylies in Western Australia that is not in steep decline. With help from our supporters, AWC is playing a key role in saving this species from extinction.
We thank our many partners who have assisted with the Karakamia project including the WA Department of Environment and Conservation who provided the original animals for release at Karakamia.


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Fire style: fire transformation (Katon: endan henge)
Rank: Forbidden
Range: Short-Long
Chakra Cost: 50 (20 each other turn and another 10 to transform back)
Damage: N/A
Description: The user will focus chakra throughout his body and turn himself into fire.While in this form his is untouchable,but if a water jutsu is used on him he will turn into himself again.When transformed the user will be a small fire dot that can only be seen by a dojutsu.Also the user will gain High speed.And can travel wherever he wants to on the battlefield.
*Can only be in this form for 3 turns
*Must have mastery over fire element
*Can only be taught by mugen-sama
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Cooking art: Fire dragon strike (suiji gijutsu: endan doragon dageki)
Rank: Forbidden
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 50
Damage: 90 (-20 to user)
Description:The user will dash to the opponent at high speed,and jump.Than while bringing his leg down to strike the user will focus fire chakra throughout his right leg and turn it into fire.Burning the user on contact.If missed and hit on the ground (+10 damage to user) the user will create a big blast that will blow the enemy away and damage him.(-30 to opponent in this case)
*Turns enemy on fire
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Sweet Tooth Delivery, formerly The Olive Café, Olive Street, Sunderland, started delivering desserts to university students in 2009. It was while doing this that Sweet Tooth Delivery noticed a gap in the market and an opportunity to supply sweet treats direct to consumers' doors.
Their first goal was to become the home of quality American baking in the North East. Today it has two branches across Durham, with outlets at Cheveley Park Shopping Centre in Belmont and Prince Bishops Shopping Centre, Durham City.
Sweet Tooth is famed region-wide for its delicious Skittles Rainbow Cake, cupcakes and other sweet treats and desserts. The Sweet Tooth Bakery in Dragonville offers a full range of American-style
baked treats and desserts, including brownies, blondies, specialist cheesecakes, layer cakes, rainbow cakes and sweet muffs.
Sweet Tooth has brought the Skittles Rainbow Cake to huge and unexpected popularity in the North East and continues to innovate, introducing new and exciting cupcake flavours through its 'Monthly Specials' series. The bakery also caters for customers requiring whole cakes for weddings, birthdays, events and other celebrations.
Every evening sees Sweet Tooth delivering their unique products direct to consumers' doors from their Belmont store. Their fudge cake range is available in Triple Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Aero Mint Chocolate, which are top sellers.
Kayley Smith and fellow MD John-Paul Stonehouse have already won a handful of awards, including the "Medium Size Business of 2015" at the Sunderland Portfolio Business Awards, and Kayley won the "Young Business Person of the Year" in the Sage Northern Star awards. And now she is also in the running for the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, which will be decided 25th November at a prestigious awards ceremony on the London South Bank.
The company founders developed the now award-winning Sweet Tooth brand concept in response to what they saw as a lack of somewhere in Durham to enjoy the taste of truly authentic American-style baking. Their vision for the bakery and love of American baking transpired to be something that many people in Durham and across the North East came to share. Today the bakery has become a celebrated and iconic brand among certain groups of sweet-toothed foodies.
"As a relatively young business, it's fantastic for us to be recognised in this way. It's great recognition for the team and for the company," she said.
The company, which Kayley runs with her partner John-Paul Stonehouse, employs 25 people and is currently recruiting to expand further. Sweet Tooth is going from strength to strength, with plans for a 3rd outlet by Christmas and longer terms plans to franchise and roll out the concept nationally.
"We've grown at an incredible pace because there seems to be a huge demand for the products we're offering. Our entire range is produced in our bakery - you cannot buy our desserts anywhere else! This is the reason for our queues seven days a week!" said Kayley.


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Ford, General Motors Crush Expectations While Chrysler Posts Best January In Years
The American automakers reported strong January sales numbers Friday, with Ford (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) outperforming expectations.
With January sales of 166,501 units in the U.S., Ford posted a 22% increase from last year. Industry analysts TrueCar, Edmonds and Kelley Blue Book underestimated the growth, with an average increase projection of 12.3%. This in spite of a 10% drop among the Lincoln brand.
Ford's strong start was driven by a record 65% increase in the Fusion sedan and robust numbers for the Escape and F-series pickups. In the case of latter, some suggest that the 22% increase in truck sales point to an improved economy and housing market.
GM posted a strong Janaury, selling 194,699 vehicles. Like Ford, GM outperformed expectations. Its 16% increase from a year ago toppled a 12.3% average projection from TrueCar, Edmonds and Blue Book.
GM's best seller, the Chevy Silverado, experienced a 32% increase while the GMC Sierra rose by 35%. The strong sales expanded well past pickups, however. The Chevy Sonic subcompact surged by 25% and the Volt rose by 90%, despite a weak December.
Although projections for Chrysler's sales fell short of analyst expectations, the company experienced its best January since 2008, with the Dodge brand sustaining a 37% increase. Fiat, Chrysler and Ram rose 31%, 18% and 14%, respectively. Jeep sales fell 4%.
Reid Bigland, Chrysler's Head of U.S. Sales and CEO of the Dodge brand remains confident. "Entering 2013 our product portfolio has never been stronger," he told The Detroit Free Press.
A solid year for the automobile industry, sales increased 13.4% to 14.5 million in 2012. Industry analysts project sales of over 15 million in 2013.
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Graffiti Taught Me Grit
How becoming a single mom in a depressed town helped me let go of perfection.
Befriending a graffiti vandal in Appalachia freed me from many things, one of which was my dreams.
I dreamed of a perfect marriage. I dreamed of a good teaching job. I lived in a poor place, the poorest county in my state, in the steamy foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. But as a graduate student, I didn't really see the broken windows, the burned-out trailers, the drug arrests — all the evidence of struggle.
Then, midway through my English-degree program, my husband left me. We had a young son, and I didn't know any mothers in town, especially not any solo mothers. I barely knew the town, beyond the brick gates of the university, covered with weeds that were carefully browned with poison before I could learn their names (jimsonweed, jewelweed). I didn't understand the poverty of where I lived. I didn't know what I was going to do.
I remember lying awake with my baby on my chest, alone with him when he woke throughout the night and early morning. At 2 a.m., I thought my life was over. At 4 a.m., I thought my career was over. At 6 a.m., I thought art was over for me.
I thought my life was over.
Always I had written: stories, essays, poems. Throughout my day jobs as a high-school teacher and then as an adjunct, I had made it work; I had found the time for art. But now, I saw no way. I could summon no energy. I could find no beauty in the gray hills. I had to take a leave of absence from teaching because I had no child care. Done with coursework, I was supposed to be studying for exams, but I spent most of the time rocking the baby, who batted away the pages, who would not nap unless he was physically on my body. My days were lonely, broken with lost sleep.
Sometimes in the stroller my son would rest, so we walked. We walked places I had never been before. On the bike path that used to be a railroad, by the company town that used to house the miners, by the tornado-ravaged trailer park, by the red river. It all looked like ruin to me, if I even bothered to look at all.
It was walking by the river when I saw her: the image of a woman kneeling, a chickadee flying from her palm. It looked like she was offering the bird to me. A flurry of white wings, the woman in black and white.
It was a painting on the side of the bridge.
A three-foot-high graffiti piece, illegal — and the most beautiful thing I thought I had ever seen. A woman staring straight into me.
In the quiet by the river, my baby finally napping, I started to feel not so alone.
I began to notice more and more graffiti, down alleys, on old barns: a girl kneeling, three crows surrounding her. Her hands were handcuffed; one bird held the key.
I started to feel like these graffiti pieces were guardians, protectors.
I'm not talking about tags, which are signatures or names of graffiti artists. These were graffiti pieces, short for masterpieces. And they were masterpieces. Walking by the railroad tracks, where the highway bridge was painted with colorful tableaux six feet long, I felt like I was in the presence of something hallowed. It felt hushed and holy.
I felt like I was in the presence of something hallowed.
So the train tunnel rising out of the woods was a masterpiece. In a way, so was the shuttered bar, its windows bursting with goldenrod. So were the valley of ferns and rusted car parts. So was my town. And so were its people.
I felt a surge of hope, seeing these flashes of art where before I had seen only rust.
I had waited for a teaching job. I had waited for time. I had waited for money. I had none of these things.
But a graffiti artist had none of these things, either.
I met a graffiti artist — for the first time — because I ran into him, painting on the street. I saw a stencil on the sidewalk: a sheet of cardboard, cut into the shape of rope. I recognized it; I had seen the image before, in a painting sprayed up on the highway bridge.
I looked up and saw the artist, holding the stencil with gloved hands. He saw me. He wasn't panicked at being spotted. If anything, he seemed relieved. Now he wasn't alone.
That began my first friendship with a graffiti artist. I had felt the pieces were people — and now the artist told me their stories, and I learned how to make them. The pieces were born of ingenuity and trash, used cardboard nicked from the curb or foraged through Dumpsters. The artist took me to his studio, which wasn't a studio at all but a basement full of pieced-together parts: a taped-up cutting board, a projector held in place by a brick. The artist taught me razor blades could be reused by sharpening them, clotted paint caps revived by blowing through the clogs.
The pieces were born of ingenuity and trash, used cardboard nicked from the curb or foraged through Dumpsters.
I starting writing about graffiti, and through research, met other artists online: one in New York whose graffiti was marked by desperation; grieving for a friend, she had reached for a marker and scrawled on a mattress left for the trash. An artist in the Netherlands, a solo mother like me, who expressed her sexuality through stark black and red images of women, some of them self-portraits, painted on the walls of an abandoned warehouse.
What these artists had in common was a burning calling, a desire to give art away — and no money. No professional stage.
I started showing up more, for gallery openings, for events in my own town. I met other local artists. A cartoonist/bartender/cook who drew comics about his kids. A musician who made zines about consent. Another solo mom who soldered stained-glass windows.
These were not artists who had, by conventional standards, made it. And yet they made art constantly — sometimes at "Art Night," where we would meet at my friend the cartoonist's house (which was right next door to my friend the screen-printer/bartender/drummer's house) after our kids' bedtimes, sit on the floor, and just work. Even if nobody was reading or watching or buying what we made. Even if nobody knew we made anything at all.
These were not artists who had, by conventional standards, made it.
My new friends accepted me, and they accepted the conditions of my life: I was always tired, frequently running late, preferred to meet at a park so my kid could play and I wouldn't have to pay for anything.
My friends accepted me as an artist, too. They didn't just ask me: "How are you doing?" They asked: "What are you working on?" We shared drafts and dreams. A sketch my friend made on a napkin became a stencil I drew, an artist cut, and we screen-printed together to make a broadsheet.
In this acceptance, I felt respect. In letting go, I found liberation.
My town is a place of rivers and foothills, acid creeks and old coal mines, homesteads and heroin. There are ridges and hollers ravaged by injection wells. But there are also dozens of thriving farms, tiny houses, homemade cabins — I see them now — homes made of straw bale and reclaimed wood and recycled steel and whatever. I have learned "whatever works." Every day: whatever works. I'll write in the car, braced against the steering wheel while my son naps in his booster. I'll write at Burger King. I'll write in the time I steal.
My friends will paint on walls, on boxcars, on trash left by the road.
Living where I do, in a wild and often wholly forgotten place where self-sustainability, resourcefulness, and helping others are daily tenets of life, I have learned how to eat from the land. I have learned how to live off it: how to chop wood, how to dig ditches for a driveway, how to unclog a cistern, how to harvest pawpaws and black walnuts.
I have learned how to live off it: how to chop wood, how to dig ditches for a driveway, how to unclog a cistern, how to harvest pawpaws and black walnuts.
I have also learned how not to bother with appearances. Not to waste time on what others think, whether or not an establishment approves or even notices.
In this way, losing my marriage, losing out on a white-collar career, and letting go or being set adrift from academia as a new mother have been the best things to ever happen to my writing. By freeing me from the expectations of being professional, of being the perfect (or any) wife, my life, divergent as it has been and difficult as it sometimes is, makes space for art.
There is no room for art in perfection. There is art only in chaos, in change, in mistakes, and in deviance. These cracks in my life have let my voice be free.
Alison Stine's most recent book is a novel, Supervision (HarperVoyagerUK).
This feature has been supported by the journalism nonprofit Economic Hardship Reporting Project.


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How A Locksmith In Colorado May Help You
Fresh security and safety items come out every day, and it's a lock pro's responsibility to keep up to par with the most sophisticated car locks and fireproof safes. Because of the frequent changes in locking systems , the lock pro isn't going to fair well without being able to service a majority of these new digital locks. Automotive and residential requests like lock re-keys and lock-outs will come in at anytime, therefore a locksmith in Arvada should be willing to be available at any hour. Not being able to offer those services will eventually lead to a mediocre company. Continue reading
The Countless Projects A Colorado Locksmith Can Help You With
A lock service professional in today's society is obligated to progress and stay well informed about state of the art high security locks, car keys, home security safes, and safety and security equipment. Changing security attributes in today's locks make it impossible to remain competitive as a lock pro without staying up to date. Lots of job opportunities come in at night or early on in the morning hours, so the majority of Sheridan locksmith run around the clock. Not being able to offer such services may ultimately lead to a mediocre company. Continue reading


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|With time delay protective means
|ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKER CAPABLE OF CIRCUIT-BREAKING WHEN DETECTING ARC AND OVER-LOAD - Disclosed is a power off device which includes a micro arc detector for turning on a first switching element, based on a voltage induced in a high frequency choke coil by a high frequency pulse current caused by micro arc at a power line, a high current arc detector for outputting a high current arc detection current during turning-on of a second switching element made based on variation of a magnetic field generated at a coil, a delay unit for accumulatively charging the micro arc detection current or the high current arc detection current in a delay capacitor at a predetermined time constant, a power off unit for electrically disconnecting a load from the power line when an operating voltage is applied, and a first switch for connecting the operating voltage to the power off unit in response to the arc detection signal.
|OVERCURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS - An overcurrent protection apparatus which, when a layer short or a dead short occurs in a load circuit, interrupts the circuit in accordance with respective situations, whereby the load circuit is protected is provided. The apparatus includes a first overcurrent detecting section for detecting a counter electromotive force generated in a power supply wiring, and a second overcurrent detecting section, disposed in each of the plural load circuits, for detecting that a load current ID becomes an overcurrent. The apparatus includes a delaying section for outputting a delay signal at a first delay time when an overcurrent is detected by the second overcurrent detecting section, and for outputting the delay signal at a second delay time which is shorter than the first delay time when an overcurrent is detected by both of the first overcurrent detecting section and the second overcurrent detecting section. According to the configuration, in the case of the occurrence of a layer short, the load circuit can be interrupted at the first delay time, and, in the case of the occurrence of a dead short, the load circuit can be interrupted at the second delay time.
|Semiconductor Device with Overcurrent Protection - A semiconductor device with an over-current detection feature is disclosed. According to an example of the invention the device includes: a semiconductor chip including a load current path that conducts a load current in response to an input signal activating the load current flow. A current sensor arrangement provides a measurement signal representing the load current. An evaluation circuit is configured to compare the measurement signal with a first threshold and to signal an over-current when the measurement signal exceeds the first threshold after a delay time period starting from the activation of the load current flow has elapsed.
|Method and system for through fault detection in electrical devices - The present invention is directed to a method and a system for fault detection analysis in a power device which is operatively associated with a differential protection unit. The power device has one input side and one output side through which an input current and an output current flows into and out from it, respectively. Signals representative of the input and output currents are processed in order to verify if an occurring fault is external to the power device. Under a condition of an external fault, the differential protection unit is disabled for a determined interval of time.
|SAFETY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC HEATING APPLIANCES - An appliance includes a plurality of electrical loads and a load control circuit including at least a clock enable circuit and a full power timer. The clock enable circuit is configured and operatively connected to activate the full power timer when all of the loads are energized, and the full power timer is configured and operatively connected to de-energize at least one load selected from the plurality of loads on reaching a predetermined full power time limit.
|CIRCUIT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - A circuit protection device suitable for use with a photovoltaic power generation system. The circuit protection device includes an electronic control unit and a dual path fuse. The dual path fuse has a first current path defined by a main conductor and a second current path defined by a fuse element. In response to an overcurrent condition, the control unit activates the dual path fuse to open the first current path, thereby shunting current to the second current path. Residual follow-on current flows through the fuse element via the second current path until the fuse element melts. The control unit is programmable with multiple threshold current levels and associated time delays in order to provide different activation response times that are dependent upon the detected current level.
|Method and Arrangement for Reducing In-Rush Current of Multi-Module System - A method and an arrangement for reducing an in-rush current of a multi-module system are provided. The system comprises a plurality of modules designed to perform predefined functions, and a power supply unit designed to provide power to the plurality of modules. Each of the plurality of modules comprises a power control system which performs a respective time delay on the power-on of the power received from the power supply unit. With the system and the method, the total in-rush current of the multi-module system is greatly reduced.
|ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT COMPONENT - The invention relates to an arrangement for protecting a component in a power supply circuit. The arrangement comprises determination of an electric quantity constituting a load on the component, which electric quantity constituting a load on the component is determined repeatedly while the component is exposed to the load. The arrangement also comprises estimation of instantaneous load capacity of the component, which estimation of instantaneous load capacity is performed using a limitation criterion set for the load capacity of the component. This limitation criterion indicates the longest possible operating time of the component under a given loading condition. For the limitation criterion, a representation with respect to the electric quantity constituting a load on the component is provided, and a limitation criterion corresponding to the defined electric quantity constituting a load on the component is derived repeatedly from the said representation while the component is exposed to the load. The estimate of instantaneous load capacity of the component is thus determined on the basis of both the limitation criterion defined substantially at the estimation instant and the limitation criteria defined before this.
|POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT BRANCH PROTECTION - An apparatus and system are disclosed for protecting a power distribution unit from an electrical fault. A fuse interrupts a flow of electrical current in response to the electrical current rising above a current rating of the fuse. A current sensor measures the amplitude of the electrical current and outputs a current amplitude signal. A relay interrupts the flow of electrical current in response to an OFF signal. A fault module receives the current amplitude signal and sends the OFF signal to the relay in response to the amplitude of the electrical current exceeding a threshold value. The relay, the fuse, and the threshold value are selected so that a switching time of the relay is less than an opening time of the fuse for an amplitude of the electrical current between the threshold value and a maximum fault current value, so that the relay prevents the fuse from opening.
|Method for Diagnosing a Control Circuit - A method for diagnosing control circuits having at least one actuator, in particular of a fuel injection device, is provided. Before operation of a given control circuit, this control circuit and the at least one actuator are tested for short-circuits, and an error response is initiated if a short-circuit is present.
|OVERLOAD PROTECTION DELAY CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - Disclosed is an overload protection delay circuit for use in a switching power supply for enabling the switching power supply to detect overload problems with high accuracy. The overload protection delay circuit is connected between a photo coupler and a pulse-width modulator of the switching power supply, and is consisted of an energy storage device such as a capacitor and a charging controller such as a zener diode. The charging controller is configured to set a limit value for allowing the energy storage device to be charged by an internal current source of the pulse-width modulator when the feedback signal of the switching power supply reaches the limit value. By charging the energy storage device, a time delay is added to the feedback signal so that the pulse-width modulator can accurately activate the internal overload protection mechanism without the interference of load transients.
|Load Driving and Diagnosis System and Control Method - A load driving and diagnosis system controls the feed and block of a load current flowing into an inductor such as a solenoid. The load driving and diagnosis system holds a counter-electromotive force, which is developed when the load current is blocked, at a voltage higher than a supply voltage so that the load current will decay for a short time. When an overcurrent condition is established in the load driving and diagnosis system because of a short circuit to a power supply, a malfunction of a circuit or destruction thereof may take place. In addition to a voltage holding means that holds a switching circuit output voltage at a predetermined voltage, a voltage holding means having a different predetermined voltage set therein is included. Moreover, a selection switch that switches the predetermined voltages according to a detected overcurrent condition is included.
|Control Circuit with Short-circuit Protection for Current Sense Terminal of Power Converters - A control circuit includes a detection circuit to detect the short-circuited of a current sense terminal of the power converter. It includes a comparator, a verification circuit and a timer circuit. The comparator receives an input signal for generating a sense signal. The input signal represents the switching current of a power switch. The sense signal is enabled when the input signal is lower than a threshold. The verification circuit generates a protection signal in response to the sense signal or/and -a delay signal. The protection signal is generated when the current sense terminal is short-circuited, in which the power switch and the sense signal are enabled after the time delay of the delay signal. The protection signal turns off the power switch for the protection.
|SUPPRESSING ARC DISCHARGES - For suppressing arc discharges in a plasma process, a method includes monitoring of at least one parameter of the plasma process, determining a temporal feature of a first countermeasure and performing the first countermeasure. The temporal feature is determined as a function of, for example, at least one of an interval in time from at least one previous countermeasure, a development of the at least one parameter since a relevant time of introduction of the countermeasure, or since a variable period of time ahead of the relevant time of introduction of the countermeasure, and a differentiation as to whether a previous countermeasure was triggered based on the behavior of the at least one parameter, or based on the interval in time from at least one previous countermeasure.
|With instantaneous override
|ENERGY LOCKOUT IN RESPONSE TO A PLANAR CATASTROPHIC FAULT - A computer planar includes an enable signal line for providing an enable signal to an external power supply, wherein the external power supply will not turn on unless the enable signal is active high. During normal operation, an auxiliary power source maintains an active high enable signal on the enable signal line, which includes a fuse. However, a fault protection circuit coupled to the enable signal line can pull down the enable signal line in response to a fault, such that the fuse is permanently opened. Once the fuse is open, the external power supply cannot be enabled and further damage to the computer planar is prevented.
|Transistor Overcurrent Detection - Circuits and methods for overcurrent fault detection using a debounce timer to qualify the presence of an overcurrent fault based on an overcurrent signal being asserted for at least a predetermined time interval. The debounce timer may be used in conjunction with state-qualified fault sensing and/or blank-time-qualified fault sensing.
|DRIVER CIRCUIT AND TELEVISION SET USING THE SAME - A driver circuit includes: a first transistor connected between a line of first voltage and an output terminal; a first overcurrent detector configured to output a first signal when overcurrent flows into the first transistor; a first control unit configured to turn on and off the first transistor at a predetermined period and turn off the first transistor when the first signal is output from the first overcurrent detector; and a counter configured to count the number of times by which the first signal is output from the first overcurrent detector within a predetermined time interval, and to output a shut-down signal to stop an operation of the driver circuit as a value of the count reaches a predetermined value of equal to or more than 2.
|PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED ENERGY LET-THROUGH MODE AND ZONE SELECTIVITY - A method and system to protect a circuit having at least a first circuit breaker, and a second circuit breaker arranged directly upstream of said first circuit breaker, said first circuit breaker having configuration settings selectable between a normal mode and an alternate mode, the alternate mode setting including a reduced energy let-thru (RELT) mode setting having a RELT mode trip time delay, by determining if said first circuit breaker is configured in said RELT mode, determining a dynamic delay time for opening said second circuit breaker, wherein said dynamic delay time is based at least in part on said RELT mode trip time delay of said first circuit breaker, and triggering said second circuit breaker to open after said dynamic delay time has elapsed. Additionally, a method and system to protect a circuit having a first circuit breaker arranged directly downstream of a second circuit breaker, said first circuit breaker configured to provide a selectivity trip time-delay, said second circuit breaker having configuration settings selectable between a normal mode and an alternate mode, the alternate mode setting including a reduced energy let-thru (RELT) mode setting having a RELT mode trip time delay, the system comprising a network and at least one control processing unit configured to operatively control said first circuit breaker and said second circuit breaker, said network being communicatively coupled to said circuit, said first circuit breaker, said second circuit breaker and said at least one control processing unit, wherein said at least one control processing unit is configured to determine a dynamic delay time for opening said second circuit breaker if said fault is detected in said circuit, wherein said dynamic delay time is based at least in part on said RELT mode trip time delay of said first circuit breaker, determine if said first circuit breaker is set in said RELT mode, and if so, delay opening said second circuit breaker until after said dynamic delay time has elapsed.
|TRIP UNIT AND ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS INCLUDING A MOVABLE INDICATOR TO INDICATE SELECTION OF AN ARC REDUCTION MAINTENANCE SYSTEM CURRENT CONDITION - A trip unit includes a housing having a first opening and a second opening. A sensor senses a current flowing in an electrical circuit and provides a signal representative of the current. A selector switch is disposed proximate the first opening and selects one of predetermined instantaneous current conditions and predetermined arc reduction maintenance system current conditions. A movable indicator cooperates with the selector switch, is disposed proximate the second opening, and indicates whether one of the predetermined instantaneous current conditions or one of the predetermined arc reduction maintenance system current conditions is selected by the selector switch. A trip mechanism cooperates with the sensor and the selector switch to evaluate the signal representative of the current with respect to the selected one of the predetermined instantaneous current conditions and the predetermined arc reduction maintenance system current conditions, and responsively generates a trip signal.
|With multiple timing characteristics (e.g., short, long)
|MANUALLY-CONTROLLED ARC FLASH ENERGY REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIP UNITS - A circuit protection system includes a normal mode and a maintenance mode. A current sensor senses current in the circuit. An enclosure includes an access panel that is movable between a closed position and open position. A circuit breaker is mounted within the enclosure. An electronic trip unit is in communication with the current sensor and controls interruptions of the current by the circuit breaker based on a trip setting. An interface device is accessible when said access panel is closed and allows selections of the normal and maintenance modes. A display, which is in communication with both of the user interface device and the electronic trip unit, monitors the interface device and transmits data to the trip unit that is based on the selected mode. The display receives data from the trip unit and displays information based on the received data. The display is viewable when the access panel is closed. The trip unit changes the trip setting when said maintenance mode is selected to reduce potential arc flash energy.
|CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIP UNIT WITH DIGITAL POTENTIOMETER - A circuit breaker trip unit includes an input section receiving a phase current level signal. A processor is in communication with the input section and generates a first trip signal based on the phase current level signal and user-adjustable trip settings. The trip settings include long time and short time pickup and delay settings. An analog instantaneous trip circuit is in communication with both of the input section and the processor. The analog instantaneous trip circuit includes a digital potentiometer having a non-volatile memory. The potentiometer provides a reference signal corresponding to a resistance setting stored in the memory. The analog instantaneous trip circuit compares the phase current level and reference signals, and generates a second trip signal based on a result of the comparing. The processor programs the resistance setting stored in the memory according to a user-adjustable instantaneous current pickup setting.
|LOW LEVEL VOLTAGE PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROL - An improved programmable logic control device for monitoring the current of a circuit and for signalling a circuit control device, the programmable logic control device including electrical power circuitry for activating the circuit control device and electrical circuitry for monitoring the current in the electrical circuit, the electrical circuitry including: adjustable electrical signal input circuitry to monitor the electrical current in the circuit; adjustable pick-up circuitry for adjusting the level of the current monitored in the electrical circuit, the pick-up circuitry having a thermister means for improved stabilization; adjustable time circuitry to command the electrical power circuitry to activate the circuit control device when the electrical current in the electrical circuit reaches the selected level and time duration, the time circuitry having an increased time duration to minimize nuisance tripping; and a zener diode in reverse mode for controlling the level of voltage applied to the adjustable pick-up circuitry and time circuitry substantially without resistive burden, the zener diode in reverse mode passing a reference voltage which is less than an input voltage to the said device. The device is preferably packaged in material that is resistant to radiation, such as ceramic, and is well-suited for harsh environment applications.
|With multiple timing characteristics
|Adaptive multi-level threshold system and method for power converter protection - System and method for protecting a power converter. The system includes a compensation system configured to receive an input signal and generate a control signal, a cycle threshold generator configured to receive the control signal and generate a cycle threshold, and a comparator configured to receive the cycle threshold and a feedback signal and generate a comparison signal. Additionally, the system includes a pulse-width-modulation generator configured to receive the comparison signal and generate a modulation signal in response to the comparison signal, and a switch configured to receive the modulation signal and control an input current for a power converter. The input current is associated with an output power for the power converter. The cycle threshold corresponds to a threshold power level for the output power. The threshold power level is constant, decreases, or increases with respect to the input signal.
|SWITCHING CONTROLLER AND SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER - The MPU for switching control arithmetic operation
|Electrical power switching with efficient switch protection - A transmission delay line is introduced between the switch and the power output side of a power switching system so that sparking of the load is hidden from the switch by the time delay of the transmission line. This makes it possible to detect the load spark and actively protect the switch, typically by turning the switch off, before it actually knows that there has been a load fault spark. Alternatively, the delay of the transmission line is long enough so that the switch has already been turned off in normal pulse operation before the load fault current reaches the switch. Either way, the switch will be turned off under normal current flow and will not be subject to destructive over-current or over-voltage conditions.
|DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device which enables the automatic return of a power source circuit after the power source circuit is protected from an overcurrent, at low cost. The display device includes: an output transistor having a base to which a drive voltage signal is inputted and outputting a drive voltage from an emitter; a first transistor being turned on when an overcurrent flows into the output transistor; and a second transistor being turned on and turning off the output transistor when the first transistor is turned on, the first and second transistors are repeatedly turned on and off so as to make the output transistor intermittently operate within an overcurrent operation period, and the first and second transistors are turned off and the output transistor automatically returns to a normal operation when an operation period is shifted from the overcurrent operation period to a normal operation period.
|BACKUP TRIPPING FUNCTION FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH MICROCONTROLLER-BASED FAULT DETECTION - A circuit breaker capable of microcontroller-based fault detection having a backup circuit for causing the circuit to trip in response to a microcontroller fault or a failure of a regulated power supply powering the microcontroller. The circuit breaker includes an RC circuit connected to an SCR. The resistor of the RC circuit is connected between the anode and gate of the SCR, and the capacitor is connected between the gate and cathode of the SCR. The microcontroller has a first pin coupled to the RC circuit, which is initially in a high input impedance state. In the event of a microcontroller fault or power supply failure, the capacitor will charge to a voltage sufficient to activate the SCR and trip the breaker. If the microcontroller startup routine is successful, the pin is configured as an output and is pulled low, shorting out the capacitor.
|LOW VOLTAGE STARTUP TIMER FOR A MICROCONTROLLER-BASED CIRCUIT BREAKER - A circuit breaker capable of microcontroller-based fault detection having a backup circuit for causing the circuit breaker to trip in response to a microcontroller fault, including a timing circuit powered by a power supply and a microcontroller. The timing circuit is electrically coupled to an SCR that causes the circuit breaker to trip. The timing circuit includes a BJT coupled to the gate of the SCR. The microcontroller has a first output coupled to the timing circuit and a second output coupled to the SCR. The first output is coupled to a node between a resistor and a grounded capacitor in the timing circuit, and the node is coupled to a gate of the SCR and to a base of the transistor. A voltage develops at the node sufficient to cause the gate of the SCR to turn on unless the microcontroller pulls the first high-impedance output to a logic low state.
|Power Switching Apparatus With Open-Load Detection - Power switching apparatus comprising switch means having a control terminal and output terminals for connection in series between a power supply and a load. The switch means is responsive to a control signal applied to the control terminal to switch between an ON-state in which it supplies power supply current from the power supply through the output terminals to the load and an OFF-state in which it interrupts the supply of power through the output terminals to the load. The apparatus includes detection means for detecting an open-load condition of the load at least during the ON-state of the switch means, comprising detection control means operable in the ON-state of the switch means for modifying the control signal so as to start switching the switch means to the OFF-state during a lapse of time substantially less than the time required for the switch means to reach the OFF-state and for restoring the control signal to a value corresponding to the ON-state at or before the end of the lapse of time, and comparator means responsive to variation of voltage at the output terminals during the lapse of time. The duration of the variation of voltage during the open-load detection is too short and its magnitude too small for the variation of load current to be perceptible, notably in the case where the load is a lamp.
|Current limiter circuit and motor drive circuit - A current limiter circuit in an IC having a power transistor and an output current detection circuit connected in series with the power transistor. A comparator, a first reference voltage generator circuit and a second reference voltage generator circuit are also included in the current limiter circuit. The comparator generates a control signal for stopping a drive of the power transistor for a predetermined time. The comparator generates the control signal according to a detection signal obtained by the output current detection circuit and a second reference voltage obtained by the second reference voltage generator circuit when the output current of the power transistor reaches a predetermined value larger than the predetermined limit value. The first reference voltage generator circuit is provided externally of the IC and the second reference voltage generator circuit is included within the IC.
|Overcurrent Protecting Circuit, Motor Drive Circuit, and Semiconductor Device - An over-current protection circuit of a semiconductor circuit including a power transistor for outputting current output, a first output current detection circuit and a current limiter circuit for limiting the output current by stopping the output current of the power transistor for a predetermined period in response to a first detection signal from the output current detection circuit when the output current of the power transistor reaches a predetermined limit value. The over-current protection circuit has an output current detection transistor current-mirror connected to the power transistor and a second output current detection circuit for generating a second detection signal according to an output current of the output current detection transistor when the output current reaches the predetermined limit value. Further, the output current of the power transistor is cut off for the predetermined period by operating the current limiter circuit in response to the second detection signal.
|Electrical Power Switching With Efficient Switch Protection - A basic idea of the invention is to introduce a transmission delay line between the switch and the power output side of a power switching system so that any sparking of the load is hidden from the switch by the time delay of the transmission line. This makes it possible to detect the load spark and actively protect the switch, typically by turning the switch off, before it actually knows that there has been a load fault spark. Alternatively, the delay of the transmission line is long enough so that the switch has already been turned off in normal pulse operation before the load fault current reaches the switch. Either way, the switch will be turned off under normal current flow and will not be subject to destructive over-current or over-voltage conditions.
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