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For the release of her fifth and latest album, Deliverance, the Missoula-based musician is trying something a little different: She's scheduled a CD-less CD release concert to celebrate the release of the album on her own label, Raven's Wing Records. Don't expect to see flashy and carefully packaged CDs laying on tables available for purchase. Instead, the release is going to be "virtual."
How's that going to work, you ask? Good question. Before the concert, Martin explains, there will be several laptop kiosks set up so that people can check out Martin's new website and online store—www.ravenswingrecords.com—and listen to 30-second song previews. Interested buyers can write down exactly which songs they want on an order form, and while the concert is in progress Martin's assistants will burn each custom order on a blank CD that can be picked up afterward. Every single song Martin has ever recorded is posted on the website, so buyers will have the chance to buy not only the new album, but anything or everything else in her discography. Martin credits Raven's Wing marketing director Allison Fromm with the idea and a Missoula web design company, Tri-Local, with the design of her website. Fromm says that though Deliverance is initially being released in virtual, binary form, a hard copy with cover art in a traditional album format is also in the works. The re-democratization of music, Martin says, is at the heart of her virtual-release strategy, which was inspired by Apple's popular music distribution website, iTunes.
"Downloading off of the Internet is the way of the future in general," Martin says, adding that the big record companies have been kind of "slipping" in trying to figure out ways to control the exchange of music online. The lack of corporate control is largely what prompted her decision to use the Internet as a channel for distribution: less money slipping into the pocket of corporate middlemen and more power to the listener, who can choose exactly which songs to buy from an album.
"It felt like a really smart thing for me to do because it just seems like another step on the path I've already taken," she says. "My whole career, to this point, has been built on direct relationship with the audience, and this was another way of doing that, but on a bigger scale."
Martin says she enjoyed the process of recording Deliverance more than her previous four albums. She was not "stressed out about perfection and money," she says, and the result is that the album sounds more relaxed. "I feel like I gave it more care, I didn't hurry through it and I allowed it to evolve more and that was really fun." The new album is also different in that the music has more of a traditional country feel—the arrangements are fuller and more complex, incorporating multiple instruments on every song, she says. You can check out her website at www.ravenswingrecords.com.
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It seems like these days Google is all about mobile. Right now, they are working heavily on providing the best possible service to their mobile advertisers in a variety of different ways.
Quite recently, Google made two big acquisitions in this area. First, they acquired Motorola Mobility – a mobile communications company focused on customers. And then, just a couple of days ago, they bought Meebo – an instant messaging company.
While the way Google is going to use Motorola Mobility is still unknown, we can make some assumptions regarding Meebo's place on "team Google."
For instance, the platform will surely help Google to increase engagement and build better compatibility with mobile. Plus, Google can also include the 100 million userbase of Meebo into their overall ad-receiving audience.
But wait, there's more! On June 7, Google announced that the massive audience of AdMob – a mobile advertising platform Google acquired two years ago – is now available to over one million AdWords advertisers.
How massive is this audience? Google reports that AdWords advertisers can now reach more than 350 million mobile devices in the AdMob network and in some of the most popular mobile apps.
If that's not enough, on July 5 Google unveiled a new updated serving solution – DoubleClick Digital Marketing, and said that it's the biggest overhaul ever of the DoubleClick ad platform.
AdWords advertisers will now see a new campaign type available, which will enable them to access the AdMob network – it's called "Display Network only (mobile apps)."
There are also some new targeting features. As reported by Google, from now on, advertisers can target specific smartphones, tablet devices, or particular manufacturers.
Such features enable you to make your campaign ultra-specific, which has to result in better conversions and lower campaign costs. Essentially, this is in Google's best interest too… The better conversions you get, the more you're going to spend on the next run.
Google is surely on its way to mobilizing everything, and integrating AdMob with AdWords is surely an understandable step. How Google will go about introducing all the other tools and acquisitions is yet to be seen.
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Bhopal, Oct 19 (UNI) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalswami would take stock of preparations of Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls here on October 23.
In a review meeting here, Mr gopalswami would take information from all the divisional commissioners, collectors, Inspector Generals of police (IG), Deputy IG and superintendents of police about the preparation regarding election and accordingly would issue orders, State Election Office sources said here today.
In this regard, chief election official J S Mathur discussed on all the important issues with all the district collectors through video conferencing yesterday.
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A helicopter pilot in Kazakhstan stopped traffic when he landed the $14-million aircraft in the middle of the road. The helicopter wasn't suffering from any mechanical problems, the pilot was just lost. As the trucks came to a stop, the pilot stepped out of the Mi-8 gunship and approached one of the stopped trucks to ask for directions.
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The US Supreme today embarks on three days of momentous hearings into President Obama's health care reforms that could not only upend the 2012 election campaign but also redraw the limits of Congressional power and the division of authority between federal government and the states.
The oral arguments before the nine justices come two years after the then Democrat-controlled Congress passed Mr Obama's greatest legislative achievement, without a single Republican vote. Now, after a string of conflicting rulings in lower courts, the country's highest judicial authority will rule whether 'Obamacare' is constitutional – or whether all or part of it should be struck from the statute book.
Despite unprecedented pressure, the court has refused to lift its ban on live television or radio coverage. By Friday evening, queues had already begun for the 200-odd public seats in the colonnaded courtroom where the black-robed justices will question lawyers for the government and the 26 states opposed to the law. A host of demonstrations will take place outside the Court building across the street from the US Capitol.
The hearings will last six hours in all, the longest for any case in almost half a century. Public opinion is split roughly evenly on the law, the biggest overhaul of health care in the US since the 1965 Medicare and Medicaid acts that set up government schemes for the elderly and the poor. For the first time it brings a country where a sixth of the population now lacks health insurance close to universal coverage.
It does so by retaining America's current system centred on employer-based coverage and operated by for-profit insurance companies. But the latter will henceforth have to provide coverage for all who apply – and in return everyone, healthy or otherwise, left uncovered will be required to buy coverage or face a fine. This so-called 'individual mandate' is at the heart of the controversy.
The arguments will be spread over four sessions. This morning will be devoted to what may be termed the 'cop-out' option – that because key provisions including the mandate, do not kick in until 2014 and 2015, the court cannot rule upon the act's legality now. Both friends and foes of Obamacare reject this argument. But the justices could decide otherwise. If so, they would avoid pronouncing on a burning political issue in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Tomorrow comes the crunch issue, whether the individual mandate is an unconstitutional expansion of central power. The Obama administration says it is essential if reform is to work, but opponents charge that Congress has overstepped its authority. If people are required to buy health insurance, it is argued, what is to stop government telling them what food or car to buy?
On Wednesday morning, the argument shifts to what happens if the individual mandate is struck down – in other words, must the law then be overturned in its entirety? In the afternoon, the justices will take up the argument of 26 Republican-controlled states objecting to Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid as a violation of states' rights enshrined in the constitution.
The court will not hand down its ruling until late June, just two months before the party conventions and four months before Election Day. How it will decide is anyone's guess (though legal experts will be doing precisely that this week, minutely parsing the questions asked by each justice for clues of his or her opinion.)
On purely partisan grounds, the law could be overturned by the court's five conservative justices, a similar majority to the one that decided the 2000 election in Bush v. Gore. But many analysts suspect Obamacare may in fact survive.
Not since the New Deal has the Supreme Court rejected a central piece of socio-economic legislation enacted by Congress, they point out. Nor will a Court anxious to restore its image as impartial arbiter want to be siding so obviously with the Republican White House candidates, all of whom vow to repeal Obamacare if elected.
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Battery problem?
I think my battery is dead it is a 7 year battery that has 5 years of use.
Sometimes it will start the car spin the starter no problem. Then other times it will spin the starter slow and go click,click,click. The funny thing is it may do the click click thing and if I wait 2 seconds it will spin the starter perfectly. Heat has nothing to do with it as it happens cold or hot.
The alternator is a fairly new one wire. It charges fine.
The car sat a month during winter and lost its charge by the computer and radio memory. So the battery has been hooked to a charger.
Normally I would think instantly it is the battery but the random response of clicking and starting has me thinking it could be something else. Terminals are clean and tight. Bad cell in the battery?
What do you guys think? The battery is 5 years old....
Could be the battery, get it load tested. A 5 year old battery, especially one that has been sitting around always should be suspect.
Could also be the starter. Bad spot on the armature etc.
Most of my batteries have copped out at three years. I
just threw out a four year old, it lost it´s charge once completely and never recovered. I read a long time ago that as the plates deteriorate there is a build up on the battery floor, this shorts out
and kills cells.
Since it might click, then will work fine after two seconds, I would take a look at all the battery, starter/solenoid, and ground connections. Take them off and clean them. If by any chance you have the replacement type battery terminals that have the metal strap with two bolts that clamp down on the battery cable, scrap them, those are the most worthless troublesome pieces of garbage on the planet.
If the battery were bad, it would be consistent... just as you surmised in your post.
Also, it is possible the starter solenoid may be bad, and still work intermittently. I have experienced this with GM type starters. A copper disk inside the solenoid gets hot and burnt where it contacts the stud out to the starter motor, and eventually wont make good contact.
Just out curiosity, what is the vehicle you are having the problem with?
It is a 1940 ford coupe. It has a 350 engine that I put in maybe 8 years ago. At that time most if not all parts were new or store rebuilt.
Not sure if that helps given the tolerance of crap they can call rebuilt.
That is why I hate to run out and buy a battery but I find it hard to believe it would be the starter assembly. Unless the store I bought it from bought poor rebuilds.
I don't think the battery has a lot of life in it since it died after only sitting a month.
The terminals are the after market ones you described.
What is the best connector for this job? Where can I buy it?
I have a cut off switch but I hardly ever use it now. It is the fork lift kind all the street rod co. sell.
I will clean all the connections this weekend.
Just hate to get stranded!
first have it load tested then replace the battery if you ask me a 7 yr warranty says that if it fails after 5 yrs you still have a warranty so you buy the same battery to replace it so they make another sale.
As Poncho62 and 60convert said, you can have the battery load tested to see if it is good or not. I know places like Advance Auto Parts will load test it for free.
Again, if your battery is bad, it is not going to give you trouble, then work ok 2 seconds later.
If your battery tests ok, check for a draw with everything turned off. It shouldnt go dead after sitting for that short a period of time.
Make sure the battery posts and terminals are clean. Whether you want to replace the terminals is up to you. The best thing would be replace the battery cables with new ones of proper length, complete with terminal ends that are crimped and sealed. The problem with the type you are using is that the wire is exposed where its bolted under the straps and will eventually corrode to the point that they no longer make good contact. You could easily take them apart and clean them up (clean wire strands also) real good if you opt to keep them.
Since it is a GM starter, you may want to check the starter once you eliminate the other things. The disk inside the starter that I was referring to can be turned, and may save you buying a new one.
Battery Bust...
Hi Doc Here.
Just about everything everyone has said here is good advise.
I'm thinkin' here you may be suffering from 2 separate problems.
First on a 7 year battery, that has lasted 5 years in a cold climate, has probably given it's "all"... (some batteries get to "all" sooner than others...)I'd replace it Now anyway to avoid "Jumpus Interruptus in future Cruises....To Do a quickie, when the thing is low, if you have a volt meter, strap that puppy across the battery on the 12 volt (or higher) range...If it shows like, 10.2 volts ya gotta bad cell...
Batteries over time Especially when sitting seasonally will develop a thing called "Whisker Growth" This is a "Strand" of Lead,sluff and antimony that forms on the side / bottom of the plate. All the impurities will collect here. (follows the path of current flow at charge and discharge. If you ever looked into a Battery cell fillers when discharged, you will note the electrolyte is higher towards the plus side than the - side and tends to level out on charge all cells being equal, because the Electrolyte is "sucked" back into the plates) As the Whisker gets bigger and longer it will contact the junk settled in the Sluff Box (very bottom of the Battery) This causes an indirect electro~mechanical Short of that cell. Individual Cell Voltages Can range from 1.7 volts to 2.4 Volts depending on the type of cell and rate of Charge / Discharge This voltage/current is additive throughout out the battery Hence a set of cells operating at 2.4 volts individually, will yield 14.4 volts static (no load) Lose a cell, and that voltage/ current will significantly drop.
Plate separators (individual insulators) Can deteriorate or warp rapidly under Deep cycle type usage (High draw, short term usage, little, no, or overcharge..like a boat battery application) When this happens the same applies..you lose the cell.
A load test is usually quick, simple and most oft a freebie...it'll tell ya right away if the thing is gonna live or not.
SECOND: After you replace or eliminate the Battery as a source of irritation in your life, You may want to check the Starter / Solenoid arrangement.
I noted you said: even when It's like, all good..It'll sometimes click then a few minutes later light right off.
I also noted that you said it was a General Mystery 350, So I be thinkin' here... Do you have the proper shims in the starter? And a proper heatsheild around the starter Solenoid? Either one of these Can "Jam" up the works one time and be fine the next.
The starter Solenoid will heat up from the header pipes rapidly and "Stick" the metal plunger until it cools down just enough to slide freely again. If not supplied, General Mystery Makes a bolt on heat shield that goes on around the Starter / Solenoid to cure this problem.
Check the Battery First, Then if the the other is still in evidence..Look at the starter System.
Hope this is some help.
Thanks for the help.
I have not had a chance to clean the terminals.
The problem happened last night. The car was run 1 hour before went to start it and it did the whirl click thing twice. I tried again this time leaving the ignition on for 2 sec before trying, it started right up. Coincidence? In any case I will buy a new battery to eliminate one possibility.
I have never seen a battery that can not decide if it is alive or dead.
Is this plate you guys are talking about in the starter itself or in the solenoid? If I had to buy a new starter how do I know if i have the16x or the 15x tooth flex-plate? Or just take the old one and let match it up?
I don't think I have a heat problem as I running the old cast iron ram horn exhaust manifolds. The exhaust is routed thru the frame which directs the pipe away from the starter.
Thank you
Just an update.
It was the battery. It was load tested and failed. It also had a small leak.
Thanks for the help.
One Wire?
The Doc has said it all...Just about. You stated that your car is "rigged up" with a one wire charging system. None of the GM cars originally had one wire setups. With the configuration you have, there is a strong probability that you are over-charging your battery. If you want your charging system to work properly, I would suggest setting up a three wire system. With the one wire setup, your alternator is gathering current requirements from a remote location(in your car it may not be THAT remote) such as the bus on the horn relay. As it senses more current draw its output increases to maintain 14.4 volts+- throughout the electrical system. In a one wire setup in which the charge wire is short and goes straight to the battery you could easily be pumping more ampereage into the battery than it is designed to handle. In the original three wire system, the current draw is still measured remotely, but the charge wire is also remote, connecting roughly in the middle of the Full-Time hot side of the electrical system. The charge wire should also be smaller and longer than what you may think(12ga@8ft). This allows the regulator in the alternator(10si,12si,etc...) to increase output to compensate for headlights and other high load components without overcharging, due to the attenuation through the smaller longer wire. Remember, the battery in your car is designed for STARTING. The alternator is designed for the operation of the balance of your electrical system.
One additional benefit of the three wire system is consistently bright dash, tail and headlights.(See the MAD tech)
One drawback(you may think) is all the wires that used to go to your starter. This is easily solved by installing a junction block for the legs of the electrical system to commonly connect to. A 71 Chevelle or El Camino has a junction block located on the radiator support, inside passenger side next to the radiator which is handily acquired at salvage yards(no one seems to know what they are for!).
Since your car is obviously not wired like a factory GM this my sound like useless information,but all electrical systems function in the same manner(Physics and all that stuff). There is a very good diagram and write-up about the three wire system on MAD's website. You could wire this system yourself in one day if you plan it right.
Just remember...The sensing and charging wires both need to be in the "middle" of the electrical system, keeping in mind that you may actually want to move the junction "closer" to the high current relays(headlights etc..) to ensure those components get all the juice they need. Note that a 60 watt bulb draws 60 watts..PERIOD.
One wires are great...For tractors.
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Kent somehow failed to score the nine runs it needed for victory from 15 balls despite also having four wickets in hand. And its finish was all the more disappointing as for so much of its innings Kent looked on course to reach what would have been a domestic record score of 345 for victory. Instead its challenge ended when former England all-rounder Mark Ealham was caught off the first ball of the final over, Somerset winning by five runs. "The game was lost there for a while - I still can't believe that we won," said Cox. "But some magnificent bowling and fielding meant we managed to get it back," the 32-year-old Tasmanian added. "We believe we can win from any situation and that was shown today when we came through in that fashion. We have a very proud history in my time at the club in this competition and it will be special going back to Lord's." Earlier 24-year-old Ian Blackwell's quick fire 86 off 53 balls took Somerset to its huge total. And he followed that up by dismissing Kent's hard-hitting Australia batsman Andrew Symonds for 55 and taking a fine mid-wicket catch to get rid of Matthew Walker. "He was awesome and I think it's another special chapter in his career," said Cox, of Blackwell, one of 20 players to be provisionally named in England's Adelaide- based Academy for this coming winter. But it was substitute fielder Simon Francis who swung the game Somerset's way. In the penultimate over Francis produced a magnificent piece of fielding to stop James Golding's off-drive and then threw down the stumps to run him out at the bowler's end while lying prone on the outfield. "That was the turning point of the game," said Blackwell. "A bit of luck went our way. We were confident of our score being enough but there were lots of runs in the pitch and it was hard to bowl on." Kent captain Matthew Fleming, who retires at the end of the season, praised his side's batting effort in which he top scored with 63. "I am certainly proud of the way we chased that score," said the 37-year-old ex-England One-day specialist. "I was not very proud of how we bowled or fielded but we got in a position where we should have won the game," the former Army officer added. But anyone who says that it's not the winning or losing it's the taking part that counts has never lost a semi-final like that," Fleming insisted. The Trophy final takes place at Lord's on Saturday, August 31. But Somerset's opponent is still unknown after the semi-final between Surrey and Yorkshire at Headingley was completely washed out for a second successive day. If no play is possible Friday a bowl-out will decide who the other finalists are in England's senior One-day competition.
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Sail Date: December 27, 2015
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Room Type: Oceanview
It was very easy to board the ship at Tampa,Fl. They have a very good system in place. There was no rush like Carnival unless your first class.
The problem is setting up a elevator for older people with needs only. Like boat drill and getting off and on in the ship for imports. We had four elevators and the was a problem once with a brake down and bring on the luggage was a mess on the in the elevators. Its on all the ships.
The food was good and drinks with freestyle eating. Over all the cruise was fine.
The crew was outstanding and very helpful (four star).
I would go again with NCL ships,but my next cruise in March/2016 is with Carnival to see if they have improvements.
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Clean, cozy 3 bedroom in quiet neighborhood. Hardwood floors throughout main level. Walk-in closet in master and lower-level. Great yard with access to biking and walking paths. Extra parking pad for your boat and bathroom in lower level is ready to finish.
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Property Details for 708 Birch Street SW, Isanti, MN 55040
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1 Full | 1 Qtr
Lot Size: 0.31 Acres
Lot Dimensions: 80x167
Year Built: 1992
Garage Dimensions: 2 car
Garage: Attached Garage, Driveway - Concrete
Style: (SF) Three Level Split
Water: City Water/Connected
Sewer: City Sewer/Connected
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Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNI) Amidst public outcry and debates over the theft of two valuable terracotta statues of Hindu God Vishnu, the Bangladesh government today decided not to dispatch the artifacts to Paris' Guimet Museum.
An official statement said due to an unfortunate incident of theft of two artifacts from Zia International Airport early Saturday and because of complexity and public outcry over the matter, it has been decided that the remaining artifacts would not be dispatched.
A special meeting, chaired by caretaker government Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, took the decision after thoroughly reviewing the situation involving the dispatch of the artifacts to France.
The meeting decided that the Guimet Museum would be informed regretfully that it would not be possible to ''go ahead with holding the exhibition of the items as planned''.
In response to an invitation from Guimet Museum, the Bangladesh government had accepted the offer to showcase its rich cultural heritage in Paris, keeping in line with the usual practice of countries doing such displays.
Earlier, 42 artifacts in 10 boxes were sent to Paris Guimet Museum for the exhibition. The second consignment of 147 artifacts was being sent after the Supreme Court cleared the legal roadblocks.
On Saturday, last 13 crates containing 147 artifacts were handed over to the Air France authorities after completing customs formalities.
Police said soon after the crates were loaded in the aircraft, it was found that one crate containing two statues of Hindu God Vishnu was missing.
Later, the missing crate was found empty in a ditch near the runway of the airport.
The government formed a five-member Inquiry Committee to investigate into the matter and submit its findings by tomorrow.
The French Embassy here said they feel that the disappearance of the crate containing two small statues is 'highly suspicious and could also be the result of a conspiracy' by a very small nexus of people to embarrass the two countries.
The Embassy in a release said the crate containing two small statues, belonging to the National Museum, was stolen from the service area of Zia International Airport, hours before being loaded on a flight.
Loose procedures geared towards garment exports have led to such valuable crates being left unattended on the tarmac of the airport in an area where neither the lending nor the borrowing institutions have any control, the statement added.


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Ever since my blue smokey eye, I've been on the lookout for more stick-like shadows that I can use in minimal time, create a unique look and last forever.
Through the magic of Photoshop, I am showing you both ends of each pencil next to each other. (I know this is amazeballs, I have mad skilz.) You can see that they pair up really nicely for pretty eye looks.
The consistency of the pencils is a bit... drier? Ok, quite a bit drier than many of the other sticks that I've used. A bit more like a crayon. I can't really describe it any better than this. It's super easy to swatch and build up color, but when applying to the eye the best use seems to be just applying the color right on to my eye, smudge with a finger, and that's it! Oh... if only it was that easy.
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The rounded shape of the "shadow" side was nice, but I found the "liner" end to be too large to work in that area. It is better suited for the lid as well.
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|Jun 3, 2003
|Filing date
|Jun 29, 2001
|Priority date
|Jun 30, 2000
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|Jacqueline Hines, Charles Carpenter, Leland P. Solie
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|Sawtek, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (3), Non-Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (68), Classifications (10), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims priority from co-owned and co-pending provisional application 60/215,614, filed Jun. 30, 2000, entitled "SAW Pressure Sensor."
The present invention relates generally to pressure sensing devices, and more particularly to a pressure sensor device and methods employing surface-launched acoustic wave devices, a method of use thereof, and a manufacturing method therefor. Additionally, the present invention relates to wirelessly interrogable pressure sensing devices.
In recent years, surface-launched acoustic wave sensors, and specifically surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors, have gained significant recognition as tools for measuring physical and chemical parameters in a wide variety of applications. SAW sensor technology offers the following general advantages: passive device operation (no battery); potential for use as a sensor and an RF transmitter when queried, providing wireless operation; small size, low cost, rugged construction, and ease of production in high volume using standard process equipment. Some of the physical parameters measured using SAW sensors include temperature, pressure, strain, acceleration, and torque.
Numerous potential applications have been mentioned in the literature for such sensors, one of which is the measurement of the pressure and/or temperature within tires. Tire pressure sensors using SAW devices have been demonstrated in the technical literature. Temperature sensors have also been demonstrated using SAW devices. Additionally, at least one patent has been issued relating to the use of SAW devices as sensors for tire pressure (U.S. Pat. No. 6,003,378 to Siemens).
However, each of the approaches to tire pressure sensing using SAW devices known in the art is lacking in some way. Primarily, these approaches are difficult to manufacture and package in high volume, and thus would be prohibitively expensive for the desired application. Further, the known devices are believed to be too large to be practicable over a long time within a tire, which is an environment subject to extremes of temperature and forces. Additionally, many of the known approaches are not temperature compensated, which results in inaccuracies in measurements due to variations in temperature. A brief description of two of the most relevant prior art examples is necessary to demonstrate the advantages of the present invention.
One approach to sensing strain using SAW devices has been to fabricate SAW devices on both sides of a piezoelectric substrate that is supported at one end, as in a cantilevered beam. Bending of this beam then results in one side undergoing compression while the other side undergoes expansion. The compressed side experiences an increase in SAW velocity and thus frequency (or a reduction in delay), while the expanded side experiences a decrease in SAW velocity and a corresponding reduction in SAW frequency (or an increase in delay)
The double-sided approach has the distinct advantage of being inherently temperature compensated, since any fluctuation in temperature would have a uniform effect on the piece of piezoelectric substrate, and would result in the same change in SAW velocity due to temperature in both devices. This concept can easily be extended to a multiply supported membrane, with one side sealed to a reference chamber. In this configuration, the device becomes a pressure sensor. The reference chamber can be filled with a desired pressure (from vacuum to a desired set pressure), and as long as this reference chamber is hermetically sealed to the piezoelectric substrate, it provides a stable reference pressure for comparison. The piezoelectric membrane would then deform in response to changes in external pressure, causing complementary changes in frequency or delay of the SAW devices on either side of the membrane.
Practical difficulties arise, however, when considering how to manufacture and package such devices. Fabricating SAW device on two sides of a wafer, while possible, is considerably more complicated than the standard single-sided fabrication processes known and used in the art. Additionally, the surface of the SAW device must be protected from contamination, while still being exposed to the pressure to be measured, because contaminants that adsorb onto the surface would cause changes in the SAW performance that would confound the measurements being made. Protecting the surface of the SAW without reducing the sensitivity of the device is a difficult problem, and one for which an adequate solution has not (to Applicants' knowledge) been found. Finally, making electrical connections to this double-sided device and connecting the device to an antenna for wireless interrogation are quite challenging tasks.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,003,378 to Scherr et al. teaches a wirelessly interrogable pressure sensor using SAW elements wherein a reflective delay line with at least three reflectors is positioned on a pressure sensing membrane such that it extends over both an expanding and a compressing region of the membrane. When subjected to a change in pressure, the reflectors located in regions of compression and expansion undergo shifts in acoustic wave velocity and hence in the phase angle of the reflected signal. Such shifts in phase angle can be measured and provide information on the pressure change that has occurred. Plate bending is used in this device, requiring a much larger device than would otherwise be needed in order to achieve the desired complementary stress distributions within the substrate. In this and other publications based on this work, the device is described as having the piezoelectric substrate of the SAW device as the pressure sensing membrane, packaged using an AQP (all-quartz package) approach. This involves joining two quartz plates together using some mechanical support and adhesive joint material such as a glass frit seal. This process is not compatible with conventional SAW device packaging and manufacturing techniques, and results in a device that, while responsive to pressure, is relatively fragile, is expensive to produce, and cannot be used to measure temperature.
Based on the foregoing descriptions, the main drawbacks to the known prior art technology are:
1. Devices are not manufacturable in high volume.
2. Final devices are not as rugged or robust as necessary for applications in harsh environments.
3. Device sizes are larger than desired.
4. Devices are more expensive to produce than desired, requiring nonstandard manufacturing techniques.
5. Some devices are not temperature compensated.
6. Double-sided sensor devices would be difficult to package without causing a reduction in sensitivity.
7. Known devices that can provide both pressure and temperature measurement are impracticably and impractically large.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a wirelessly interrogable SAW-based sensor.
It is a further object to provide such a sensor that is capable of meeting the rigorous challenges encountered within such environments as the interior of a tire and during tire manufacturing process.
It is another object to provide such a sensor that is capable of producing a sensitive, temperature-compensated pressure measurement.
It is an additional object to provide such a sensor that provides temperature information in addition to the pressure measurement.
It is also an object to provide such a sensor that is manufacturable using known, relatively standard techniques.
It is yet a further object to provide such a sensor that can be produced in high volumes and at low cost.
It is yet another object to provide a sensing system using such a sensor.
It is yet an additional object to provide a method for using such a sensor.
A further object is to provide a method for manufacturing such a sensor.
These and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention are provided by the present invention, a pressure and temperature sensor that comprises a substantially hermetically sealed insulating package and an elastic, piezoelectric substrate deformably supported within the package along two lines substantially perpendicular to a long axis of the substrate. At least three surface-acoustic-wave resonators are affixed to a bottom of the substrate. The three resonators comprise a first and a second resonator, positioned in at least partially staggered, parallel relation along the substrate. The staggering is to permit each of the first and the second resonator to experience a different frequency shift upon the substrate's experiencing a deformation. The parallelism is for achieving a common reference point for the deformation.
A third resonator has a long axis nonparallel to the long axes of the first and the second resonator. The temperature coefficients of the first and second resonators are substantially equivalent; that of the third is different from those of the first and the second resonator. This difference is for permitting a temperature change to be sensed and transmitted.
The sensor further comprises at least two electrical connectors. Each resonator has two electrical contacts. One contact of each resonator is connected to the first or "hot" electrical connector, and the second contact of each resonator is connected to the second or ground connector; so the three resonators are electrically connected in parallel.
A sensing system comprises the sensor as described above and an antenna for receiving an electromagnetic signal from the three resonators.
A method of sensing pressure and temperature within a harsh environment comprises the steps of positioning a sensor such as described above within a harsh environment. An output electromagnetic signal is sent to the sensor from a location remote from the environment. The signal should have a frequency resonant with the at least three resonators and be receivable by the connector second ends. An input electromagnetic signal is received at the remote location from the sensor. The input signal is indicative of the pressure and the temperature within the environment.
A method of providing an internal tire pressure and temperature readout to a vehicle occupant comprises the steps of positioning a sensor such as described above within a vehicle tire. An input electromagnetic signal from the sensor is received at the vehicle that is indicative of the pressure and the temperature within the environment. The input signal is translated into a pressure and a temperature value, and a readout of the pressure and the temperature values are displayed within the vehicle.
A method of making a pressure and temperature sensor comprises the steps of providing an insulating package having a well therein and deformably supporting an elastic substrate within the package well. A first and a second surface-acoustic-wave resonator are affixed to a bottom of the substrate so as to have long axes parallel therebetween and to be in staggered relation along the substrate. Each of the first and the second resonators has substantially equivalent temperature coefficients.
A third surface-acoustic-wave resonator is affixed to the substrate bottom with a long axis nonparallel to the long axes of the first and the second resonator. The third resonator has a temperature coefficient different from the temperature coefficient of the first and the second resonators.
The first ends of a first, a second, and a third electrical connector are affixed in electrical contact with each of the respective first, second, and third resonators, with a second end extending out of the package.
Finally, the package is substantially hermetically sealed.
FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of the sensor package and contents, illustrating a change to the substrate under increased pressure.
FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the substrate layout for the sensor of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of an alternate embodiment for the substrate layout.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the sensor system of the present invention.
A description of the preferred embodiments of the invention will now be presented with reference to FIGS. 1-4.
A first aspect of the present invention includes a pressure and temperature sensor 10, illustrated in FIG. 1, intended for use within the interior of a vehicle tire. The sensor 10 comprises a substantially hermetically sealed insulating package. In a preferred embodiment the package comprises a ceramic box 11 having a well 12 therein and a lid 13 sealingly affixed to the box 11 to cover the well 12. The box 11 may comprise, for example, a standard ceramic package such as is available for SAW devices for wireless communication products. These packages are small, rugged, inexpensive, and widely used.
The lid 13 comprises a thin, membranous metal cover, preferably steel or Kovar, although other materials can be used, having a thickness of approximately 2 mils, although these details are not intended to be limiting. The thickness of the lid 13 must be thin in order to transmit pressure changes to the sensor elements within the well 12. In a particular embodiment the lid 13 is soldered to the box 11, although alternative package sealing techniques, including seam welding, can also be used.
An elastic substrate 14 is deformably supported within the well 12, the substrate having a thickness substantially greater than the lid's thickness, in this particular embodiment approximately 14 mils. The substrate 14 comprises a substantially planar piezoelectric quartz crystalline material, or die.
The substrate 14 is supported by at least two discrete stands, and preferably two rows of discrete stands, positioned in supporting relation to the substrate 14. Preferably at least some of the stands comprise a gold stand 16, also known as a "bump bond," extending between the substrate's bottom 17 and a bottom 18 of the well 12. The gold stands 16 can also serve as electrical connectors. Other bump bonds 16′ may provide only mechanical support and not electrical connection. The bump bonds 16′ may be in contact with a region of the package that is not gold and thus may not attach firmly. In this case the bump bonds 16′ act as spacers between the die 14 and the box 11.
Three surface-acoustic-wave resonators 19-21 are affixed to the bottom 17 of the substrate 14, and are hence distinguishable from prior art devices in being fabricated on only one side of the substrate 14 (see FIG. 2). The resonators 19-21 comprise one-port resonators having slightly different nominal frequencies, and are oriented on the substrate 14 in a specific way to achieve some of the objects of this invention. Each resonator 19-21 comprises a pair of reflectors 191,192 and a transducer 193 positioned therebetween.
The first 19 and second 20 resonator have parallel long axes 190. They may be collinear, but preferably they are positioned in at least partially staggered relation along the substrate 14. The first 19 and the second 20 resonator are positioned relative to the strands 16 for opposite deformation under pressure change. In particular, the second resonator 20 straddles a line containing the first row of stands, and the first resonator 19 straddles a line midway between the two rows of stands.
These two resonators 19,20 experience substantially the same, very small, changes due to changes in temperature. Further, these resonators 19,20 have a substantially equivalent temperature coefficient.
The third resonator 21 has its long axis 210 nonparallel to the long axes 190 of the other resonators 19,20 and a temperature coefficient different from their temperature coefficient. The third resonator 21 is positioned in laterally spaced relation from and longitudinally positioned so that the center of the third resonator 21 is between the two rows of stands and, in particular, approximately 25% of the spacing between rows from one, that is either, row and 75% of the spacing from the other row of stands. A preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, wherein the third resonator 21 is positioned between the first 19 and the second 20 resonators. An alternate substrate layout is illustrated in FIG. 3, wherein the third resonator 21′ is positioned between the first resonator 19′ and the side edge of the substrate 14 farthest away from the second resonator 20′. In this layout the positions of the first 19′ and the second 20′ resonators are reversed, although none of the details of these layouts are intended as limitations, and one of skill in the art will recognize that alternate layouts do not depart from the spirit of the invention.
The resonators 19-21 are positioned relative to the mechanically supporting stands 16 such that when under pressure the die 14 is allowed to "sag" 144 in the region of one resonator 19, while the second resonator 20 is positioned with supporting stands 16 in the middle thereof so that it will bend in a complementary fashion (forming a "hump" 143 rather than a "sag"). These orientations are shown in FIG. 1, with the substrate moving from orientation 14 to a deformed orientation 14′. Thus when one resonator is under compression, the other will be under expansion, producing complementary velocity shifts and therefore complementary shifts in resonator frequency. The third resonator 21 is centered near an inflection point in an imposed curvature on the substrate 14, that is, between the "sag" and the "hump".
The fact that these resonators 19-21 respond (to first order) identically to temperature but differentially to pressure makes the difference between their frequencies a good measure of pressure exerted on the device relative to the reference pressure. The higher the pressure exerted (above the reference pressure), the more these frequencies will shift apart from one another, increasing the Δf between the devices.
The third resonator 21 is positioned at an angle 211, here 6�, relative to the x axis of the wafer. Surface acoustic waves propagating in this direction have a small but nonzero temperature coefficient, allowing the measurement of temperature. Preferably, this resonator 21 is geometrically positioned on the overall die 14 in a way that minimizes the influence of pressure on the resonator's 21 frequency. Thus a measurement of the difference between the angled resonator's 21 frequency and the mean of the other two resonator's 19,20 frequencies, which does not vary with pressure, and varies predictably but only very slightly over temperature, provides a direct measurement of temperature.
While it is not possible to completely isolate the third resonator 21 from the effects of pressure, and thereby obtain a pure measurement of temperature, it is also not necessary to do this to obtain a temperature measurement. Since the three different resonators 19-21 each has its own distinct (different) respective center frequency, one can obtain from measurements of these frequencies three differential frequency measurements: Δf21, Δf31, and Δf32.
Additional and potentially useful differential values can also be formed from the measured frequencies, such as the frequency of the third (angled) resonator 21 minus the mean of the other two resonator 19,20 frequencies. Since there are (to first order) only two physical parameters, pressure (P) and temperature (T), which influence these differential frequencies, one has more than enough information to form a set of equations to solve for these two unknowns exactly. Depending on the accuracy required by a given application, and on the geometry of the specific device, the temperature insensitivity of Δf21 may make it a suitable measure for pressure directly. Similarly, for some applications the difference in frequency between the frequency of the angled resonator 21 and the mean of the frequencies of the other two resonators 19,20 is a sufficient measure of temperature.
Considering the orientation or mode in which the substrate 14 bends when pressure is exerted upon it, it is significant to note that the present sensor 10 utilizes one-dimensional supported beam bending of the die 14, rather than two-dimensional plate bending. One-dimensional supported beam bending is uniform in the transverse dimension and allows for the implementation of a device that deflects in a predictable, desired manner with a narrow transverse dimension, reducing the die size relative to devices utilizing plate-bending modes. Additionally, because the sides of the die 14 are unsupported, the maximum deflection of the one-dimensional bending motion caused by a given applied pressure will be greater that the maximum deflection would be for a plate of the same geometry supported on all four sides with the same applied pressure, allowing for an increase in sensitivity for a given die size.
The substrate 14 is mounted in what is called a "flip-chip" orientation, wherein the substrate 14 has electrically conductive bumps 16 placed on the resonator's bond pads 23 that require electrical connection. Not all bumps are needed for electrical connection; some bumps 16′ are used solely for mechanical support reasons. The die is then "flipped" face down into the package, and an ultrasonic scrubbing motion is used to bond the bumps 16,16′ to bond pads 22,22′ on the other surface. The bumps 16,16′ preferably comprise gold ball bumps, and the bond pads 23,23′, 22,22′ comprise various metals, typically gold on the package side and aluminum or a titanium- or copper-doped aluminum on the die 20 side. This mounting technique utilizes the bump bonds for mechanical attachment and support, and also utilizes certain of the bump bonds 22 to form the electrical connection between the substrate 14 and the package. The device 10 then has internal electrical connections between bond pads 23 inside the well 12 and additional bond pads 24 on the outside of the package 11, which can be attached to an antenna (FIG. 3) or other electrical circuit using a desired technique. This packaging technique is very rugged and easy to manufacture in high volume.
As in standard ceramic packaging fabrication techniques known in the art, the electrical connections to the die 14 pass from the interior to the exterior of the box 11 hermetically. In this preferred embodiment each lead 31 is co-formed with the package 11 and comprises a metal such as tungsten or gold, although these are not intended as limitations.
The device 10 further comprises a connector comprising a row of gold stands 32 insulated from the other connectors that extends between a pad 33 on the substrate's bottom 17 and the well bottom 18 and is positioned in additional supporting relation to the substrate 14.
In order to measure pressure in the completed device 10, some reference pressure is required on one side of the substrate 14. This is achieved in the present invention by hermetically sealing the device package 11 at a known pressure and in a desired atmosphere. This can be a vacuum, resulting in a device capable of measuring absolute pressure, or it can be some known pressure of a desired gas, such as, but not limited to, dry nitrogen.
A means for transmitting the external pressure to the substrate 14 within the hermetically sealed package 11,13 is now required in order for the device 10 to sense pressure properly. This transfer mechanism should not introduce losses; that is, it should be as direct and efficient as possible. In the present invention, the package 11,13 is designed so that, when the die 14 is attached within the package 11,13 using flip-chip bonding techniques, the backside of the substrate 14 is just slightly below the upper edges of the package 11 sides. The lid 13 is then placed on the top of the package 11. The lid is attached to the box 11 by a hermetic sealing process such as soldering or welding. Because the lid 13 is extremely thin, it is very flexible and does not significantly reduce the amount of bending of the substrate 14 (a thicker lid would make the bending structure effectively thicker, resulting in reduced pressure sensitivity).
An exemplary system 40 is for use in measuring pressure and temperature in the interior of a vehicle's tire 41 (FIG. 3). The system 40 comprises the sensor 10 attached to an antenna 46, which is positioned within at least one of the tires 41. Another antenna 42 positioned within the vehicle 43 for sending an output electromagnetic signal to and for receiving an input electromagnetic signal from the sensor antenna 46. The output signal 46 is generated by a signal generator 44 in the vehicle 43, with the output signal in a frequency range resonant with the three resonators 19-21.
A signal processor 44 also within the vehicle 43 translates the input electromagnetic signal 47 received by the antenna 42 into an internal tire pressure value and an internal tire temperature value. The processor 44 is in electrical communication with an occupant-accessible readout 45 for displaying the pressure value and the temperature value inside the tire 41 within the vehicle 43.
It is to be understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in the choice of type of SAW device, device orientation on the die, and shape size and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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Melbourne, Jan 28 (UNI) Admitting that Adam Gilchrist has set a benchmark not only for the Australians but for all the cricket playing nations, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumara Sangakkara said the Australian has changed the way the game is played.
''He pioneered the wicketkeeper-batsman role. He put pressure on a lot of other sides to come up with the quality he was producing,'' Sangakkara told the Herald yesterday.
''He set the benchmark quite early, quite high, and everyone else was playing catch-up. All sides had to improve because of that.
''I think all wicketkeeper-batsmen tried to follow him,'' he said.
The leading batsman in world cricket, Sangakkara felt that with Gilchrist retiring after the Adelaide Test against India, Australia will find it difficult to replace a player of his caliber.
He added by saying, ''First [Shane] Warne and [Glenn] McGrath, now Gilly, those are three huge names that you can't replace easily." he said.
''Australia will not replace them with players of the same ability." Meanwhile, world's highest wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan lauded the Australian wicketkeeper-batsman and said Gilchrist is one of the greatest player to have played the game.
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Marc Sautet
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25 February 1947
Normandy, France
|3 March 1998[1]
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|French philosopher
Marc Sautet (25 February 1947 – 3 March 1998) was a French writer, teacher, translator (mainly of Nietzsche), and philosopher. He was a Doctor of Philosophy (B. Litt.) at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. Sautet was a former Trotskyist who however edited two books on the German philosopher and philologist Friedrich Nietzsche. Marc Sautet emphasised that Nietzsche was a precursor of his time.[1]
Sautet branched out from his normal academic career as a lecturer by giving philosophy consultation services to businessmen in the bourgeois district of Le Marais in Paris around 1990 to 1991. He opened up his "cabinet de philosophie" charging consultation fees of some 200 Francs an hour, an amount similar to a professional psychoanalyst of the time. This was not a successful enterprise for Sautet, however it did lead him to setting up informal philosophising for the ordinary citizen in Parisian cafes starting in 1992 (the Café Philosophique). He called this movement "café for Socrates," which became the title of one of his books (1995).[1]
Sautet seemed to have been a quite likeable person that influenced others considerably. He wished his philosophy cafes to be for all people (parleurs de la taverne)) and to encourage freedom of expression regardless of academic background. He did not want power, money, nor religion to influence the discussions. He wished to revive the Socratic method at the meetings. He claimed, I help my clients to structure their thoughts. I am there to nourish their doubts and pose the right questions, not to supply the answers.[2][3]
Sautet considered his work, after Freud, as the practice of a sort of medicine (philotherapy). He desired to cure the European civilization of moral deterioration. He followed with passion international events, especially in Europe. Sautet wanted to bring people's everyday problems and ideas to birth.[4]
Philosophy cafe[edit]
Sautet, who has sometimes been labeled the "modern Socrates," wished to recreate the agora - the Athens marketplace where Athenian philosophers and the general public met for social gatherings and talks.[5] The rules of his Café Philosophique, also referred to as "cafés-philos", were that the speaker was to talk to everyone at all times, not to any individual. The speaker was not to be an expert on any subject and one person (probably the moderator) was to pick the topic of discussion.[5]
Spin-off cafes[edit]
Café Scientifique, started in 1998, is based on the Sautet's concept.
See also[edit]
- Chaplin, Tamara, Turning on the mind: French philosophers on television, University of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN 0-226-50991-5
- Courouve, Claude, Un Café pour Sautet - La méthode, le café, la thèse, Paris : chez l'auteur, 1995, ISBN 2-86254-019-6 (2e édition 1997, ISBN 2-86254-021-8).
- Courouve, Claude, « Démocratie et anarchie dans les cafés de philosophie », Esprit (magazine), Paris, n° 239, janvier 1998, pages 200-205.
- Marinoff, Lou, Philosophical practice, Academic Press, 2002, ISBN 0-12-471555-9
- Raabe, Peter B., Issues in philosophical counseling, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-275-97667-X
- Sautet, Marc, Un café pour Socrate : comment la philosophie peut nous aider à comprendre le monde d'aujourd'hui, Paris : R. Laffont, 1995, ISBN 2-221-07606-0
- Par-delà le bien et le mal, 2000.
- A quoi sert la philosophie, 1998.
- Les Femmes ? De leur émancipation, 1998.
- Les Philosophes à la question, 1996
- Un café pour Socrate, Paris : Éditions Robert Laffont, 1995.
- Nietzsche pour débutants, 1986.
- Nietzsche et la Commune, 1981.


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Madan Patels controversial movie Sathyananda has been cleared by the Regional Censor Board. The film has bagged A certificate after undergoing several cuts.
The movie landed in a controversy when the title and posters resembled Swami Nithyananda for which the latter filed an Interlocutory Application seeking to restrain producer Madan Patel from releasing the film Sathyananda. His counsel KV Dhananjaya had argued that the producer had promoted the film in his name and also had launched verbal attacks on him.
Later, the court directed the Revising Committee to take the final call on the issue. The 10-member team headed by veteran actress Arundhati Nag watched the movie recently and passed the movie with the A certificate. However, they have asked the makers of Sathyananda to chop the controversial scenes.
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