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21st century invasion from the east
May 25, 2005
India has been no stranger to the influx of food from its eastern neighbours brought over by travellers over the millennia. Some of them still survive -- if in a version that bears little resemblance to the original. Like the Bengali prawn dish called Chingri maccher 'malai' curry. Malai is taken by many to allude to the creamy gravy thanks to the addition of thick coconut milk but it is actually a corruption of the word "Malay" that denotes its ancestry! In the past century, the most widespread...
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India demands greater share in UN peacekeeping mandates
November 23, 2014
UNITED NATIONS: India, among the top troop contributors to UN peacekeeping missions, has termed as "regretful" that non-members of the Security Council, who provide troops, are not allowed to participate in its decisions on drawing up peacekeeping mandates. "It is regretful that troop-contributing countries which are not members of the Security Council are not allowed to participate in decisions on drawing up of peacekeeping mandates. "The consequence is detrimental to...
Why the 21st century can well be India's
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By William H Avery Many Indians are entering 2012 with a sense of unease. The economy is slowing, infrastructure remains terrible, poverty is ever-present, and corruption seems an intractable problem. These are all legitimate concerns. But, please, take a step back and look at the big picture. Now take another step back and look at the really big picture. For most of the past 2,000 years, wealth and power were concentrated in those parts of the world with the largest...
IT can take India directly to 21st century: Obama
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MUMBAI: US President Barack Obama on Sunday got a first hand account of how information technology (IT) has revolutionised life in rural India, and said this technology would help India directly leapfrog into the 21st century. "India may be in a position to leapfrog, avoiding 20th century straightaway into the 21st century. I look forward to the day you will be a model for countries around the world," he told villagers of Kanpura near Ajmer while interacting with...
UK opens Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for 2015
November 11, 2014
LONDON: The UK today launched the 2015 Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for Leadership and Excellence Programme India for high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds who have displayed leadership talent. The Chevening Gurukul Programme is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's flagship fellowship scheme for India. Fourteen selected Gurukul Fellows from India will be offered an intensive, all expenses paid, 12-week residential course at King's College London. The...
India, Sri Lanka should enhance unbroken lineage of friendship: D M Jayaratne
November 8, 2014
MANIPAL: India and Sri Lanka have the longest continuous historical link, and both the nations were culturally and historically very close "upto this day", Sri Lankan Prime Minister D M Jayaratne said here today. In his convocation address at Manipal University, he also spoke about enhancing Sri Lanka's "unbroken lineage" of friendship with India. Noting the recent success of India's mission to Mars, he said it has demonstrated the...
US would dominate the 21st century economies: Joe Biden
April 6, 2013
WASHINGTON: America would continue to dominate the 21st century economies because it allows people to think differently, the US Vice President Joe Biden has said. " Steve Jobs , in that famous exchange with the student at Stanford , said, 'think different'. You can't think different in a country where you can't speak freely. You can't think different in a country where you are not allowed to challenge the orthodoxy. You can't think different in a country that...
Tata, Ambani, Mittal among most influential of 21st century
September 18, 2008
NEW YORK: After making waves on the lists of richest and powerful business leaders of the world, four Indians --- Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal and Ronnie Screwvala -- now figure among the 75 most influential persons of the 21st century. The four are accompanied by two more persons of Indian origin residing in the US -- Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and geopolitical analyst Parag Khanna -- in the list compiled by fashion entertainment magazine...
Tea tipped as trendy drink in 21st century
June 10, 2002
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India and Japan will steer the 21st century: PM Narendra Modi
September 2, 2014
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Longest solar eclipse of 21st century is on Jan 15
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US-China ties will help shape 21st century: John Kerry
November 4, 2014
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America experiencing the great wage slowdown of the 21st century
October 7, 2014
New York Times
By David Leonhardt American workers have been receiving meager pay increases for so long now that it's reasonable to talk in sweeping terms about the trend. It is the great wage slowdown of the 21st century. The typical American family makes less than the typical family did 15 years ago, a statement that had not previously been true since the Great Depression. Even as the unemployment rate has fallen in the last few years, wage growth has remained mediocre....
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will not concede industries of the 21st century to China, India or Europe, a top presidential aide has said as he defended the administration's loan guarantee programme. "This President will not concede the industries of the 21st century to China, India, Europe and elsewhere," the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, told reporters travelling with Obama to Ohio. Opponents had been attacking Obama,...
Osama's death 3rd biggest news of 21st century: Study
May 6, 2011
WASHINGTON: The killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US special forces in Pakistan surpassed Britain's much publicised Royal Wedding to be ranked as the third biggest news of the 21st century, according to a study. A survey conducted by the Austin-based Global Language Monitor said Osama's death news was placed at the third place behind the rise of China to first-tier nation status and the election of Barack Obama as the US President...
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Modi-Obama joint editorial: Defining India-US relations in 21st century
October 1, 2014
ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: The arrival of a new government in New Delhi is the right time to expand collaboration in trade, investment and technology that aligns with India's development goals while sustaining US as the global engine of growth, US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a joint article in Washington Post on Tuesday. The article that appeared hours before the two sat down in White House for a one-to-one meeting evoked names like...
Israel's shadowy Mossad looks to recruit online
September 29, 2014
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: It used to be that if you wanted to join one of the world's most secretive espionage organizations you had to sneak into a foreign embassy, answer a cryptic newspaper ad or show up in a nondescript building in Tel Aviv to meet a shadowy recruiter. Now all it takes to apply for a job at Israel's Mossad spy agency is a click of the mouse. The typically shadowy Mossad revamped its website last week to include a snazzy recruiting video and an online application...
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Mad Men's Christina Hendricks channeled Marilyn Monroe tonight in a body-clinging metallic gown by Johanna Johansson showing off her décolletage and sexy stems. Judith Leiber accessories, peep-toe sandals, voluminous hairdo, and a svelte, red pout top off her old-Hollywood glamour. Do you love it?Vote on all of our Emmys polls here!
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onlysourcherry 3 years
I love her and always want to love her red carpet looks, but they tend to be unflattering. This is not too bad, but again it's not doing her any favors.
littlemunchkin 3 years
Too much boob.
littlemunchkin 3 years
Too much boob.
norabora 3 years
i think she looks beautiful, but i do wish she would wear taller shoes. the kitten heel doesn't do anything for her legs.
ModernGraceKelly 3 years
I don't see any roots... She is a natural blonde, so there are no brunette roots. It's so hard for her to find a nice dress, but I love her! I wish designers would work with her curves. I think jewel tones go best with fair skinned redheads.
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I love it, but this color makes her skin tone look washed out.
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Yes, this is a good idea.
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No, this is a horrible tactic.
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IF they did that, They would probably all jump ship. What's the use of limiting the PS4s power when they can get more work in for less time.
I think that Microsoft should introduce a sort of "Xbox Premiere" branding to highlight multiplatform games that look or perform best on Xbox platforms. Support developers with software support in order to optimize the game to be the best on the Xbox. Then offer publishers preferential advertising and promotion on the Xbox Dashboard, website, and marketplace - or, perhaps even, offer to subsidize their distribution costs in some way. Along this way they could also do things like mandate 1080p60 or other random boosts associated with the Xbox, like SmartGlass integration etc.
In way Microsoft could position the branding similar to "Greatest Hits". But rather than using it to say "hey here's a good game," it's to promote the Xbox brand.
FWIW, Sony could do the same thing. But, not looking up financial reports, I'd imagine that it'd be harder for them to manage the cash flow.
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If they do they are the cancer of the gaming world and anyone that buys Xbox products are spending that cancer.
Haven't they already been doing this in the current gen?
chickenlard posted...
IF they did that, They would probably all jump ship. What's the use of limiting the PS4s power when they can get more work in for less time.
No 3rd company would benefit from leaving one of the major consoles. If MS asks for parity there will likely be parity. Just how it works.
TheMeanRock posted...
chickenlard posted...IF they did that, They would probably all jump ship. What's the use of limiting the PS4s power when they can get more work in for less time.
Actually, didn't Nintendo lose a lot of support in part of doing that with the N64?
Regardless, the backlash from gamers would be severe if Microsoft did something like that because their system isnt capable of doing what another system is capable of doing. That would be a PR nightmare worse then what the had at E3.
I don't have a problem with x1 but if this happens I'd have a problem with anyone who supports this kind of garbage practice. Everyone talks about how much money MS has...why wouldn't they have spent more on the system hardware if they needed to be at least as good as the competition. I don't see why anyone should settle for less of a game because of moneyhatting
I don't conform to social convention
That is an anti-competitive tactic that should be a crime.
People keep justifying the existence of the Xbox brand as competition for Sony.
But tactics like this make it clear that Microsoft doesn't compete with Sony, they use politics to cripple PS4 games down to Xbone levels.
Microsoft would rather lower the standards for all gamers than raise themselves to Sony's level.
Why should Sony improve themselves if Microsoft will enforce parity to diminish that effort? Microsoft is anti-competition for Sony. Microsoft gives Sony an excuse to give less effort.


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Well, the saga continues. Today I had both my mom (who is much better at wading through the murk of corporate America than I am) and NPR's Bryant Park Project lobbying FedEx on my behalf. They both received a version of the same runaround I was getting yesterday, except for today the customer service people added bad weather as a reason packages didn't go out earlier. I wanted to tell them that I live in Juneau - if the weather was too bad this week for flying, that must be the case 348 days out of the year. When the radio host told them she was from NPR, the customer service agent reacted by saying, "We don't respond to threats."
I dropped back into the Juneau office again later this morning to play their own weather argument against them - if the bike's still in Juneau, I said, I want it back. The woman at the desk made a call, chatted for a bit and then said to the person she was speaking with, "Yeah, that's probably her. I probably have her right here." Then she cupped her hand over the mouthpiece and said, "Are you the woman with the bicycle?" I nodded. I already had my tirade mapped out. I was ready to unleash when she got off the phone and said, "There's really nothing we can do. We don't know exactly where your package is. But if it went out Monday as you said, it really should be scanned into the Anchorage system by Friday." Maybe FedEx is a good shipping company. I don't know. Their customer service is sure terrible.
I'd like to believe Pugsley will be in Anchorage by Friday, but I have no real reason to optimistic about that. The package is literally off the radar, and probably has been since the moment I dropped it off. I am not without options, however. There is a bike shop in Anchorage that actually offers race-ready Pugsley rentals, at a special Ultrasport price that is nearly half what I spent on my own Pugsley in the first place (and these bikes may or may not be available this close to the event.) There also appears to be some benevolent souls in the core Anchorage winter cycling group that may be willing to lend me a bicycle. I don't have a definite replacement lined up yet, but I am at least a few steps on the optimistic side of just going out and buying a pair of snowshoes and a sled. Either way, I'm showing up at this race. I am not going to let FedEx be the challenge that beats me.
I spent a lot of emotional currency on this problem yesterday, and felt a bit guilty about indulging my stress to such an extreme. After all, unexpected and even potentially catastrophic hiccups are just part of running the Iditarod. At the same time, if I have no bicycle, I have no race. So why should I conserve my emotional state? But working through all that negativity and panic and outright despondence has actually been cathartic. It has helped me clear my head of other building stresses and look more clearly into the big picture. This morning, I was trying on a new pair of socks that finally arrived yesterday, two weeks late (via UPS), which I let sit in their unopened package all day because, "If I don't even have a race, why do I need socks?" But as I pulled on the warm wool socks this morning, I felt this rush of confidence. "Finally," I thought, "My armor is complete." I'm ready to go to battle. Steed or no steed. Firm trail or soft trail. Come what may.


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Catholic Memorial Haunted House raises $15,500 for Wounded Warrior Project
An Iraq war veteran will accept the check during a Monday morning presentation
The students at Catholic Memorial put on a scare to make others smile and help those in need.
And this year, those with the Wounded Warrior Project will reap the benefits of the Catholic Memorial Haunted House fundraiser as $15,500 was raised to go toward the organization.
The Would Warrior Project is a national program that began as a way to provide comfort items to wounded service members but has now grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist them as they recover and transition back to civilian life.
Justin Constantine, an Iraq war veteran and a board member of the WWP, will accept the check at a 10:20 a.m. Monday presentation in the InPro Athletic Center on the CMH campus.
Constantine, who was injured while serving in Iraq in 2006, will talk about his experiences as well as those of other wounded veterans.
In total, $52,000 has been raised in the Haunted House's five-year run.
Past recipients of the fundraiser include Habitat for Humanity, Honor Flight and Vet's Place Central, an organization that works with homeless veterans in Milwaukee.
"Each year, the CMH Haunted House gets bigger and bigger," said Mary McNulty, spokeswoman for the Haunted House. "Over 2,000 people went through the Haunted House in the four nights we were open.
"The community embraces the event, not only because it is a good value, but because we are living our school motto of 'Charity in All Things.' All profit leaves the school. This is truly an example of kids doing good things for others."
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Exclusive: As the rhetoric rages out of control, worsening violence in Ukraine grows more likely. Official Washington is readying the American people to view the slaughter of eastern Ukrainians as justified because they are "terrorists" and linked to the hated Russians, Robert Parry reports.
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Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. news media is flooding the American people with one-sided propaganda on Ukraine, rewriting the narrative to leave out the key role of neo-Nazis and insisting on a "group think" that exceeds even the misguided consensus on Iraq's WMD, reports Robert Parry.
Risks of a New 'Zero-Sum' Cold War
The one-sided uproar in Official Washington over the Ukraine crisis, a cartoonish depiction even including parallels to Hitler, ignores the many on-the-ground gray areas. It also threatens to recreate the Cold War's dangerous "zero-sum" calculations, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Corporate Interests Behind Ukraine Putsch
Behind the U.S.-backed coup that ousted the democratically elected president of Ukraine are the economic interests of giant corporations – from Cargill to Chevron – which see the country as a potential "gold mine" of profits from agricultural and energy exploitation, reports JP Sottile.
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Exclusive: Virtually everyone in Official Washington is condemning Russian "aggression" in Ukraine and demanding a belligerent U.S. response to Crimea's desire to secede and join Russia, as a new Cold War hysteria grips U.S. pols and pundits, reports Robert Parry.
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Exclusive: The only foreign policy show on the U.S. media dial this past week has been the bashing of Russian President Putin over the Ukraine crisis – with a slap or two at President Obama for having worked with Putin on Syria and Iran. Lost in this "group think" is the why behind this demonization, reports…
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Special Report: The Ukrainian crisis – partly fomented by U.S. neocons including holdovers at the State Department – has soured U.S-Russian relations and disrupted President Obama's secretive cooperation with Russian President Putin to resolve crises in the Mideast, reports Robert Parry.
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A request to install entry and exit gates at Kenwood Park has been tabled so the Fayette County Commission can get cost estimates for the work.
Meanwhile the county's recreation commission is considering the benefit of perhaps installing a pay station at the park so out-of-county residents will be required to pay a fee for park usage. This option is being considered because of the park's popularity at peak usage hours which often leaves no empty parking spaces available for county residents, officials said. Read More»
Funds to study a potential widening of Crosstown Road in Peachtree City are temporarily on hold.
The Fayette County Commission was ready Thursday night to vote on funding for that study, but the matter was postponed after the formal request and documentation from the city were not received in time for the meeting.
Peachtree City officials think the study will cost about $20,000. The city wants the county to pay for the study with funds remaining from the 2004 countywide transportation special local option sales tax. Read More»
A Fayette resident who has been critical of County Commissioner Robert Horgan for his May 2009 arrest — for misdemeanor marijuana possession and driving with an expired tag — Thursday asked the commission to act swiftly in rebuking him. Read More»
A Superior Court judge has upheld a ruling that sitting Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan violated the county's ethics ordinance when he had a misdemeanor amount of marijuana in his truck May 23, 2009. Read More»
A recommendation to install entrance gates and some fencing at Kenwood Park will be considered by the Fayette County Commission at its meeting Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Those recommendations are being made by the Fayette County Recreation Commission, which has been studying the matter since 2009.
In a letter to the County Commission, Recreation Commission Chairman Charles McCollum noted "safety concerns" from several property owners adjacent to the park where fencing either four feet or six feet in height could be erected. Such fencing would not be around the entire facility, he noted. Read More»
If a regional 1-percent sales tax is approved by voters in July 2012, it would pull up to $8 billion dollars for regional transportation improvements in the Atlanta area, including Fayette County, according to estimates from the Atlanta Regional Commission. Read More»
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A briefing on a plan to implement a regional 1 percent sales tax for transportation projects will be presented to the Fayette County Commission Wednesday (Sept. 1) at 3:30 p.m. The information will be presented by the Atlanta Regional Commission, which plays the role of principal regional planner for the 10-county metro Atlanta region which includes Fayette County. Read More»
A briefing on a plan to implement a regional 1 percent sales tax for transportation projects will be presented to the Fayette County Commission Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
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A system and a method for directing a torpedo toward a submerged or surfacearget by transmitting steering information to the torpedo via sonic pulses. A suitable underwater surveillance system, such as the Correlation Sonobuoy System, provides an observer with the necessary information regarding the relative bearings of both the torpedo and the target. Using sonic signals generated by one of a variety of suitable sources, the torpedo is steered into the general vicinity of the target while the positions of both torpedo and target are tracked on the underwater surveillance system display. Once directed to the general area of the target by this technique, the torpedo's internal target homing system is activated either automatically or by additional sonic pulses to complete the attack on the target.
1. A guidance system for a propelled water vehicle having a steering mechanism, a hydrophone for detecting sonic signals and a homing system responsive to detected sonic signals generated by a short range target to control said steering mechanism comprising
means for tracking and indicating the relative paths of the vehicle and target,
means for generating sonic command signals in the water correlative to the indication on said tracking means,
means for eliminating spurious signals detected by said hydrophone,
gating means for passing sonic command signals detected during a predetermined operational period,
means for storing said passed sonic command signals,
means for applying said passed sonic command signals to said storing means,
means for applying the sonic command signals stored in said storage means to the steering mechanism during a predetermined read-out period,
means for controlling the length of said operational period and said read-out period, and
means for resetting said storing means after said read-out period.
2. A guidance system for a torpedo having a steering mechanism and a homing system responsive to sonic signals generated by a proximate target to control said steering mechanism comprising
means remote from the torpedo for tracking and indicating the relative locations of the torpedo and target,
means remote from the torpedo for generating sonic command signals in the water corresponding to the indication on said tracking means,
means in said torpedo for detecting sonic signals generated by the target and said remote signal generating means and for developing an output pulse signal in response thereto,
means coupled to said detection means for translating selected output pulse signals generated by said detection means,
first gating means coupled to said last recited means for passing said selected output pulse signals occurring during a predetermined operational period,
means for digitally storing said passed selected output pulse signals,
means coupled to said first gating means for belatedly applying said passed selected output pulse signals to said storing means,
second gating means intercoupling said storing means and the steering mechanism for applying the stored pulse signals to actuate the storing mechanism during a predetermined read-out period,
means intercoupling said second gating means and said storing means for determining the length of said operational and read-out periods, and for resetting said storing means after said read-out period.
3. A guidance system for a torpedo as in claim 2 wherein said translating means includes means for excluding sonic background noise and spurious sonic pulses of magnitude less than a predetermined level.
4. A guidance system for a torpedo as in claim 2 wherein said second gating means activates said steering mechanism only if a predetermined number of pulses has been received.
5. A guidance system for a torpedo having a steering mechanism and a homing system responsive to sonic signals generated by a proximate target to control said steering mechanism comprising,
means remote from the torpedo for tracking the relative locations of the torpedo and target,
means remote from the torpedo for automatically generating sonic command signals in a selected pulse code in the water corresponding to said tracking of the relative locations of the target and torpedo by said tracking means,
means in said torpedo for detecting sonic signals generated by the target and said remote signal generating means and for developing output pulses in response thereto,
means coupled to said detection means for comparing said output pulses to a settable reference source thereby eliminating any pulse of a magnitude less than that of the reference source and passing those of a magnitude greater than the reference source,
gating means coupled to said last recited means for transmitting said passed pulses occurring during a predetermined operating interval,
memory means for digitally storing said transmitted pulses and for decoding the stored pulses,
means coupled to said gating means for belatedly applying said transmitted pulses to said memory means thereby rendering said memory means nonresponsive to echoes of said sonic command pulses,
means intercoupling said memory means and said steering mechanism for reading out the decoded pulses stored in said memory means and applying them to the steering mechanism thereby to actuate the steering mechanism,
means connected to said intercoupling means and to said gating means for simultaneously disabling said gating means thereby terminating said operating interval and enabling said intercoupling means thereby establishing a read-out interval, and
means connected to said last recited means and to said memory means for resetting said memory means.
6. A method for guiding a submerged vehicle toward a target comprising the steps of
launching a vehicle having an automatic homing mechanism in the vicinity of a target,
observing the relative bearings of the vehicle and the target,
placing a plurality of sources of sonic impulses generally to the right and left of the approximate course of the torpedo,
remotely triggering either the first or the second pulse source depending upon the direction in which the vehicle is to be turned, and
permitting the vehicle to make the final approach to the target under control of its automatic homing mechanism.
7. A method of guiding a vehicle toward a submerged target comprising the steps of
launching a vehicle capable of responding to sonic commands and possessing an automatic homing mechanism,
observing the relative bearings of both the vehicle and the target from a tracking vehicle by means of a suitable underwater surveillance system, and
steering the vehicle toward the target by generating coded sonic commands while at the same time observing the relative positions of the vehicle and the target until the vehicle has approached the target within range of its automatic homing mechanism and thereafter transferring control of the vehicle to its automatic homing mechanism whereby the final approach of the vehicle to the target is completed.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the coded sonic pulses are generated by the step of firing a gun into the sea at a programmed rate.
9. A guidance system for a propelled water vehicle having a steering mechanism, a hydrophone for detecting sonic signals, and a homing system responsive to detected sonic signals generated by a short range target to control said steering mechanism comprising:
means for tracking an indicating the relative paths of the vehicle and target;
means for generating sonic command signals in the water correlative to the indication on said tracking means,
means for eliminating spurious signals detected by said hydrophone,
gating means for passing said sonic command signals detected during a predetermined operational period, and
means for applying said sonic command signals to the steering mechanism during a predetermined period.
The correlation sonobuoy system which may be used with this invention is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,183,478 of common assignee herewith, and is described in combination with a wire guided torpedo in copending application Ser. No. 469,060, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,783,441, of Zaka I. Slawsky, filed Jun. 30, 1965, of common assignee herewith.
This invention relates generally to underwater vehicle guidance techniques and more particularly to a system and method for guiding a torpedo toward a moving target.
Hitting a rapidly moving submerged target capable of radical evasive maneuvers, such as a submarine, with a torpedo is a difficult task to accomplish. To some degree however, recent developments in underwater surveillance techniques, such as the Correlation Sonobuoy System have served to simplify the problem. In the Correlation Sonobuoy System, the advantages of which are clearly set forth in application Ser. No. 469,060, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,783,441, three pairs of sonobuoys containing listening devices are deployed in the vicinity of the target. Low frequency sounds, such as noise, generated by the target, as well as the attacking torpedo are detected by the listening devices, and then transmitted over radio channels by transmitters carried within each of the buoys to processing circuitry mounted in a remote observation vehicle, such for example as a helicopter. The processing circuitry provides a visual display of the relative bearings of both the target and the torpedo as they travel beneath the surface of the sea. Using the displayed information, an observer or a suitable computer can direct the torpedo into the vicinity of the target by sending appropriate steering information to the torpedo.
Transmitting steering information to a torpedo travelling underwater from a remote observation vehicle, is complicated because of the diverse signal propagating characteristics of the air and sea mediums separating the tracking vehicle, and the torpedo. To overcome this complication, a technique of guiding torpedoes through wire connected to surface buoys was developed and is disclosed in application Ser. No. 469,060, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,783,441. According to this technique, an observer sends steering commands from an observation vehicle over a radio channel to a surface buoy where the signals are transduced and transmitted as electrical impulses over a wire connecting the torpedo with the surface buoy thereby appropriately operating the torpedo steering mechanism to direct it to the target. While the wire guiding technique is workable, it presents a host of practical problems which limit its usefulness. For example, the delivery of the torpedo is complicated by the weight of the carried wire, the range of the torpedo is limited by the length of the wire and the loss of control of the torpedo due to wire breakage or fouling is an ever present hazard.
Consequently, there is a need for a more flexible technique of guiding submerged torpedoes which will alleviate the aforenoted disadvantages and generally improve techniques for guiding submerged torpedoes toward desired targets.
Accordingly, one object of this invention is to provide a new and improved system for remotely guiding vehicles travelling in a water medium.
Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved system for quickly and reliably steering a torpedo toward a target.
A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved system for remotely directing a one or more submerged torpedoes toward a rapidly moving submerged target.
Still another object of the invention is the provision of a novel method for effecting the remote direction of submerged torpedoes toward rapidly moving targets capable of radical evasive manuevers.
Briefly, these and other objects are attained by deploying a torpedo having an internal guidance system and a hydrophone capable of sensing sonic pulses generated by a suitable source located in the general vicinity of a target vessel. Once deployed, the torpedo is directed toward the target by first observing the relative bearings of the target and the torpedo on a suitable underwater surveillance system, such as the Correlation Sonobuoy System, and then transmitting steering information to the torpedo in the form of sonic pulses until the torpedo is within the acquisition range of its own internal homing mechanism.
A more complete appreciation of the invention and the many attendant advantages thereof will be readily appreciate as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the general technique of target attack using the instant torpedo guidance system and method; and
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the torpedo guidance system of the instant invention.
Referring now particularly to FIG. 1, a submerged target 1, such as a submarine, which has been located approximately by techniques not a part of this invention, is shown as being approached by a tracking vehicle 2, which may be either an aircraft or a vessel, carrying an observer who is to direct the torpedo attack. If the aforedescribed Correlation Sonobuoy System of underwater surveillance is to be used, the tracking, or another, vehicle launches three pairs of sonobuoys 3, 4 and 5 in the general vicinity of the target. A torpedo 6, having a sonic target homing system 7 is also launched either from the tracking vehicle or another source in the general direction of the target. Signals generated by the target 1 and torpedo 6 are intercepted by the sonobuoys pairs 3, 4 and 5 and are transmitted to and received by a system in the tracking vehicle which visually displays to the observer in the tracking vehicle the relative positions of the target and the torpedo.
As more clearly shown in FIG. 2 the homing mechanism 7 includes a hydrophone 8 capable of detecting acoustic energy transmitted in the surrounding water generates an electrical output representing the acoustic signal which is fed through an amplifier 9 to homing logic enable circuit 10 which selectively transfers guidance control of the torpedo to its automatic homing mechanism. The homing logic enable circuit be optionally activated by a magnetic transducer 11, which detects the presence of a target or by an equivalent enable signal applied to input line 12, or the circuit may be set so that the torpedo is fixed in its automatic homing mode at all times. When the torpedo is in its automatic homing mode, the homing logic 13 operates to steer it toward the source of the sound detected by hydrophone 8 by generating and feeding appropriate steering instructions to suitable steering mechanism 14. As the target acquisition range of the automatic homing mechanism is limited to a few hundred yards, the technique described hereinafter is necessary to place a torpedo which may have been launched up to several miles from a target within its automatic homing range.
In its simplest embodiment, the instant invention provides a method whereby the torpedo 6 having a homing mechanism 7 may be remotely directed toward target 1, by planting sonic impulse sources 16 and 17 in the water, one in the vicinity generally to the left of the torpedo's desired course and one in the vicinity generally to the right thereof. Either of these sources may be triggered by the observer to emit a sonic impulse which is detected by the torpedo hydrophone 8 thereby effecting actuation of the torpedo's homing mechanism for a short interval, with the result that the torpedo is turned generally toward the direction of the triggered sonic source. Sharper torpedo turns can be caused by triggering multiple sonic pulses or by adjusting the torpedo's turning mechanism to make it more sensitive. Similarly, a third pair of sonic impulse sources may be planted above and below the torpedo's desired course to permit control of the torpedo's running depth. The torpedo is steered in this manner by the observer until it is within the range at which its internal homing mechanism is capable of acquiring, or locking onto, the target to complete the attack automatically.
A wide variety of sonic impulse sources are available for use with this embodiment of the invention, such as ordinary fuzed explosives, radio controlled multiple charge explosive packages, sonic pulse generators built into the sonobuoys, or other suitable sonic sources such as a projectile fired into the sea from a gun.
In addition to acting as command pulse sources, these pulse sources may be used to "illuminate" the target if it goes silent in an effort to avoid the attack. An explanation of the theory of "illumination" of targets and its attendant advantages is set forth in copending application Ser. No. 469,060, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,783,441.
While the aforedescribed technique possesses the advantages of simplicity of implementation, under certain conditions it is susceptible to confusion by spurious sonic signals, such as echo pulses reflected from the sea bottom or surface. To eliminate these shortcomings, an alternative technique is provided wherein coded sonic pulses are used to command a torpedo having a homing mechanism modified to include a pulse decoder 15. The advantages of using coded pulse command techniques include improved control flexibility as well as additional resistance to countermeasures and spurious signals. In addition, only a single source of sonic command pulses, triggered by the observer or by a computer according to the proper code, is necessary to transmit all required steering information to the torpedo.
Referring now to FIG. 2, coded sonic command pulses initiated by the observer using any of the afore identified sources are initially sensed by hydrophone 8 which converts them into representative electronic pulses to be fed to amplifier 9. Both the hydrophone and the amplifier may be part of the torpedo's internal homing mechanism. The output of amplifier 9 is fed into the decoder 15 via a high input impedance circuit, such for example as a conventional field effect transistor (FET) 18 for preventing the added decoding circuitry from loading amplifier 9. The FET output is passed through a differentiating network 19, which removes the d.c. component of the signal from the FET. The signal is then applied to a conventional comparator 20 having a bias source 21 settable to a desired level to permit the comparator to produce an output only if the signal from differentiating network 19 has a magnitude larger than that of the bias source voltage, thereby filtering out background noise and spurious pulses. The output pulse generated by the comparator passes through a normally open gate 22 to a conventional pulse stretcher 23. The pulse stretcher acts as a time delay in that it prevents the transmission of a pulse to the subsequent components of the decoder until a fixed period of time has elapsed, thereby preventing the decoder from responding to spurious pulses such, for example, as sea bottom and surface echoes, that closely follow command signals. Pulse stretcher 23 also serves to establish the minimum time separation that must be maintained between control pulses to permit the decoder to distinguish one pulse from another. The output of pulse stretcher 23 is fed simultaneously to a conventional shift register 26 through a buffer 24 and to a second pulse stretcher 25. The buffer serves as an impedance matching stage between pulse stretcher 23 and shift register 26. Pulse stretcher 25 serves to establish the total operating interval of the decoder during which gate 22 is open and a single steering command may be received. The output of pulse stretcher 25 drives an inverter 27 which inverts the sense of the pulse received from pulse stretcher 25 for the purpose of resetting gate 22 which requires a resetting pulse of opposite sense from that of stretcher 25. Thus, it is seen that the output from pulse stretcher 25 is inverted by inverter 27, fed back to gate 22, closing the gate, and thereby isolating all of the input components of the decoder from all of its processing components. The purpose of closing the gate at the end of the instruction cycle determined by pulse stretcher 25 is to prevent additional information from entering the decoder while instructions which have been stored in shift register 26 are being readout. This operation will become clearer as the functional interrelationships of the remaining components are described.
The same pulse from inverter 27 that closes gate 22 is simultaneously fed through a buffer 28 to a plurality of individual readout gates 29, 30 and 31 to enable the gates, and transfer the information stored in shift register 26 to the steering mechanism 14 and homing logic enable circuit 10 of the torpedo's homing mechanism 7.
The output of inverter 27 is also connected to a third pulse stretcher 32 which defines the length of the readout interval (the interval during which gate 22 is closed). At the termination of the interval established by pulse stretcher 32, its output is fed to a reset pulse generator 33 which serves to clear the shift register 26 and to reset inverter 27 and reopen gate 22, returning the decoder to its initial condition.
Shift register 26 serves as the primary memory and decoding element of the pulse decoder 15 and is shown in its preferred embodiment as having five binary stages 34 through 38, each interconnected in the conventional fashion and each receiving an input pulse in parallel through input circuit 39. Initially, the first binary stage 34 is set in its logical "one" state representing stored information, while the remaining stages are set in their logical "zero" states, representing the absence of stored information. As each pulse is received by the shift register through input circuit 39, the "one" state is shifted sequentially from stage to stage along the register. For example, after the first input pulse is received, stage 35 is set to its "one" state, and stages 34, 36, 37 and 38 are set in their "zero" states. The receipt of a second pulse transfer the "one" state to stage 36 while all of the other stages are set to their "zero" stages. This, process continues until four pulses are received, at which time the "one" stage is transferred to the last stage 38 of the shift register, and all other stages are in their "zero" state. The next pulse transfers the "one" state out of the register, with the result that all stages then remain in their zero state regardless of how many input pulses are received thereafter during the remainder of the operating interval. This operation results from the fact that the shift register only operates to transfer any stored information within it from one stage to the next. Since the only "one" state has been shifted out of the register after five input pulses, only "zero" states remain to be shifted. Thus, the "zero" states are simply shifted from one stage to another until the shift register 26 is reset. A "one" state is again set into the first stage 34 of the shift register upon the receipt of a resetting pulse from reset pulse generator 33 through the reset circuit 40 which is connected in parallel to each of the stages 34 through 38. The resetting pulse so applied sets stages 35 through 38 in their "zero" states, and stage 34 in its "one" state, with the result that the shift register 26 is returned to its initial condition.
Information is stored in shift register 26 in the position of the "one" state within the register. For example the receipt of two pulses by the decoder resulting from two command signals initiated by the observer transfers the "one" state from stage 34 to stage 36 of the register. The information stored in this stage (according to the code that has been selected) indicates that to the torpedo that a right turn has been commanded. Likewise, the receipt of three pulses transfers the "one" state to the fourth stage 37 of the shift register, indicating that a left turn has been commanded. In the same way the receipt of four pulses transfers the "one" state to the final stage 38 of the shift register, indication that an "enable homing mechanism" signal has been sent to the torpedo.
The information so stored in shift register 26 is read out via gates 29, 30 and 31, which are enabled (or opened) by a pulse from buffer 28 applied through circuit 41. As shown in FIG. 2, the readout gates 29, 30 and 31 are connected to the last three stages 36, 37 and 38, respectively, of shift register 26. Thus, when the gates are opened by a readout pulse, they connect stages 36, 37 and 38 directly to the "right" and "left" controls of steering mechanism 14 and the enabling circuit 10 of the torpedo. Consequently, depending upon which stage the information is stored in, it will be transferred directly to the appropriate torpedo control function, and the torpedo will respond accordingly.
Reviewing now the general operation of the decoder as a whole, sonic pulses generated in the water by devices initiated by an observer, are detected and converted into electrical pulses by hydrophone 8 and are processed and passed through gate 22 to pulse stretcher 23, which eliminates the spurious effects of sonic reflections from the sea bottom or surface. An operating interval is then established by a pulse stretcher 25 during which gate 22 remains open, and the pulses are fed to shift register 26. At the termination of the operating interval, a pulse from inverter 27 closes gate 22, while simultaneously activating readout gates 29, 30 and 31. Thus, no pulse can enter the shift register 26 while the stored information is being readout. A short readout interval is established by pulse stretcher 32, after which reset pulse generator 33 is activated. The reset pulse so generated resets shift register 26 to its initial condition, closes readout gates 29, 30 and 31, and reopens gate 22, preparing the entire decoder to respond to the next control command sonic signals.
The disclosed decoder is capable of distinguishing only three control commands, that is, turn right, turn left, and enable automatic homing mode. Obviously, the shift register may be expanded to permit the torpedo's depth to be controlled by the addition of two more stages representing "up" and "down" commands. While the various command codes can be changed within a wide latitude, the selected code offers some advantages in the area of countermeasures resistance. As described above, using the selected code, the first command to the torpedo occurs only after two pulses have been received, thus preventing the torpedo from responding to a single isolated decoy or spurious pulse as might be caused, for example, by a single decoy explosion. Also, after more than four pulses are received no command is transferred to the torpedo, so that repeated decoy signals would be ineffective in diverting the torpedo.
The coded sonic command pulses may be generated by any of the techniques described hereinbefore in connection with the first embodiment of the invention, as well as by other appropriate sources. One such source may be a conventional machine gun mounted on the tracking vehicle and programmed to be fired into the sea at a preset rate by the observer. It is apparent that the decoding logic may be modified to respond to other types of pulse coding, such as pulse position and pulse duration coding. Additional countermeasures resistance can be provided by changing the type of code to be used at frequent intervals.
It is further contemplated that multiple torpedoes may be simultaneously directed without mutual interference by modifying each torpedo to respond to a different type of steering code. The use of multiple codes will, of course, require either plural or extremely flexible sonic pulse generators.
Obviously numerous other modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than is specifically described.
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Moises Ortiz-Hernandez: Mom's boyfriend charged with raping her son, 5, at Hamilton home
HAMILTON, Ohio – A 27-year-old man engaged in a sex act with his girlfriend's 5-year-old son, Hamilton police say.
Police charged Moises Ortiz-Hernandez with rape.
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Cazorla completes Arsenal move
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Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Santi Cazorla from Spanish club Malaga for an undisclosed fee.
The 27-year-old has amassed 45 caps for Spain and was a member of the squads that won the European Championship in 2008 and this year.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the club's official website: "Santi Cazorla is a great signing for us.
"He is a player with good experience at both club and international level, who will add significant quality to our squad.
"He is a versatile, attacking midfield player who can play comfortably on either side of the pitch or centrally.
"He has good pace, is technically gifted and will be a huge asset to Arsenal football club. We are delighted that he is joining us."
Cazorla is reported to have cost Arsenal £16.5million after passing a medical and agreeing a long-term contract.
Full name Santiago Cazorla Gonzalez, he was an influential figure in Malaga's fourth-place finish in La Liga last season when the club qualified for the Champions League for the first time.
"Santi has good experience at both club and international level," Wenger said.
"He's a versatile, attacking midfield player who can play comfortably on either side of the pitch or centrally.
"He has good pace, is technically gifted and will be a huge asset to us."
Cazorla, the 2007 Spanish Player of the Year, joined Malaga in 2011 following two stints with Villarreal.
He made 181 appearances for the Yellow Submarine, helping them finish runners-up to Real Madrid in La Liga in 2008.
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"I'm so happy to be joining Arsenal. This is a club with great players, a fantastic stadium and huge support," Cazorla said.
"The club has one of the best managers in football and their style of play is recognised and admired all over the world.
"I'm so excited to be joining one of the greatest teams in Europe and to be playing in the Premier League.
"I will do my best to help Arsenal challenge for trophies and make all the supporters happy."
Arsenal confirmed that Cazorla has already linked up with his new-team-mates after being given permission by Malaga to join their pre-season training camp in Germany.
His arrival continues an impressive summer in the transfer window from the Gunners, who had already signed strikers Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud.
Turkey midfielder Nuri Sahin remains a target for Wenger, after the 23-year-old was told he could leave Real Madrid on loan, as does France youth international M'Baye Niang of Caen.
Reports over the weekend stated that Arsenal's transfer activity may have persuaded Robin van Persie to stay at Emirates Stadium, but his future remains shrouded in doubt.
To date Van Persie has refused to extend his contract, which expires next summer, with Manchester United and Juventus leading the chase after Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admitted it is unlikely he will sign the Holland marksman.
Potentially making room for the influx of new arrivals in north London is Andrey Arshavin, who has been linked with a move to Turkish club Galatasaray.
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You just have to listen to their best album "Darkness Descends" to believe me. It absolutely owns the shit out of Slayer's "Reign in Blood."
Mark H. UrbanDictionary contributer since February 2004.
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dari Mark H Sabtu, 30 April 2005
A really awesome TV show that got cancelled prematurely.
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dari just a fan Minggu, 13 Maret 2005
A bad angel who brings bad luck, hate, darkness into peoples hearts,and other evil things.
The Dark Angel has brought bad luck to this place.
dari Anonymous Senin, 20 Oktober 2003
See 'shemale'.
See also 'hermaphrodite'.
See also 'hermaphrodite'.
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dari Shad0w Kamis, 29 Juli 2004
A really evil but highly attractive angel who enjoys spreading misery about the world. She has very dark hair. Most guys lust after them.
GUY: wow there's Sam she's such a dark angel grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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