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Guest post by Chaya, age 17, Sri Lanka
Chaya, a youth enrolled in ChildFund programs in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, is concerned about the role of globalization in developing countries.
Globalization is opening economies and leading to integration of countries by means of foreign investments, technology and access to markets. The simple relaxation of regulations is leading to a single world market. Globalization has opened doors to various economic benefits.
Creating a more open society means new opportunities for exchanging products, knowledge and ideas. Globalization also purports to reduce poverty and enhance the living standards of people by increasing production and opening new markets.
But millions of parents around the world believe that globalization means they can't realize their humble expectation of getting a reasonable job or ensuring a good future for their children. Although the number of poor in China and India has decreased over the last decade, poverty has increased in other parts of the world. World leaders must get together and come up with a new framework for international trade, monetary policies and migration of workers that will ensure fairness.
Priority should be given internationally to generate employment, which is of high importance to society. Yet, due consideration has not been given to livelihoods because of a lack of coordination at the international level. Empowering women and giving them equal rights, education, health care and food security should be a top priority. To eliminate disparity, world bodies such as World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should come up with and implement reasonable policies. Also these bodies should have a clear policy that is sensible to development priorities when granting loans.
Even though globalization has been a topic of discussion during the last decade, few have properly looked into its effects. I believe the world economy should be restructured. Investments and goods and services are moving from one place to another more rapidly than one could have imagined happening a few years back. Also, competition in the world market is very high. It is this competition that has been the biggest challenge to equitable globalization.
Only by developing its economy is a country able to participate in globalization. Yet, the world economy has been undergoing changes in recent years. Globalization has been extensively practiced in Europe, America and Japan. Most developing countries are only now beginning to understand the challenges of globalization.
I believe that globalization has failed to enhance living conditions for the majority of people in the world. Although Sri Lankans have to be part of the global economy, we should be careful not to sell valuable things in our country but instead protect them for the future generation.
Globalization is not something completely negative. It has helped to create good things, too. The time has come for a developing country like Sri Lanka to understand globalization and to face it as a challenge but not a danger.
by Sumudu Sanjika Perera, Communications Officer, ChildFund Sri Lanka
Meet Susantha, 17. He's a member of a ChildFund youth group in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, where we help young people develop and demonstrate leadership skills through community involvement.
At 4.30 a.m. Susantha's day has already begun. He is up before dawn preparing his speech for the student assembly in his school. Later, he will go to the Kataragam sacred shrine. It's Perahera (pageant) season and thousands of Buddhist devotees will flock to the site. Susantha, along with other youths, will be volunteering at the First Aid center.
The eldest child in his family of five, Susantha joined his local youth club supported by ChildFund in 2004. "I was very different to the person I am today," he recalls. "My friends and I never dreamt big. We never participated in the community. I was shy. Then came ChildFund," he says.
"The real change came after I participated in the life-skill development programs," he confides. "I enjoyed taking part in trainings and camps, which helped me become a leader, interact with others, speak in public and set targets for myself. Now I am confident and I am comfortable in leadership roles. For example, my friends and I painted Buddhist temples, organized a Densala (free food distribution) and arranged a cricket tournament in the village. Recently we had a camp for other children and youths. We organized that," he emphasizes with pride.
Providing youth with opportunities to engage in leadership and build self-confidence is a key ChildFund initiative. We know that skilled and involved youth will carry that expertise into their professional and personal lives.
"Youth have great potential and they are ready to contribute their energy, idealism and insights to a community's growth and progress," says Devaka Amarasena, ChildFund area manager for Hambantota. "When they are given the opportunity to become engaged, young people take on a sense of responsibility for the common good. The most important step is to equip them with necessary skills so that they can make an effective contribution to society."
Susantha's youth club actively plans and designs its own programs. Club members identify and discuss issues in their community, and raise them to the parent board of directors' meetings. Susantha has proved to be an excellent facilitator in the youth group discussions and has been selected as a member of the club's children/youth board of directors.
"Today I feel very confident and focused," he says. "I have a target now. I want to do my higher studies and enter a university. I also want to do good things in my community."
by Jeff Ratcliffe, ChildFund Humanitarian Response Specialist
I traveled to Northern Sri Lanka this week to look into post-conflict projects our national office wanted to accomplish. The destruction was heartrending as I found people trying to find solutions to the many needs that must be addressed following conflict: food, water, security, jobs and shelter – to name but a few. I was cheered by the positive attitudes of the Sri Lankan people as they work to improve their situation.
I met with youth, teachers and parents to better understand the problems that exist with their schools and how the community is proposing to address those issues. ChildFund is committed to helping after consultation with the Sri Lankan people.
My meeting with the youth was most insightful. I posed this question: "What would you like to do when you grow up?" Several youths mentioned that they would like to be teachers. A few mentioned that they want to work in the market.
One girl, however, shyly raised her hand and did not speak until I called upon her. She said that she would like to be a doctor. To test the young girl's awareness I asked her what she needed to study to be doctor. She replied that she needed to study science and anatomy.
It is moments like this that give development staff hope. I see that despite the long civil war that Sri Lanka's youth are thinking about rebuilding their lives—and we at ChildFund will be with them during this difficult journey.
by Virginia Sowers
Community Manager
Our three-part series on recovery efforts following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami continues with an update from Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, ChildFund National Director Guru Naik recalls 70 staff being redeployed and 1,000 community volunteers being mobilized to handle the humanitarian crisis five years ago. In the first three days following the tsunami, assistance was provided to 102,000 children and 12,000 adults who spontaneously gathered in makeshift shelters in the surrounding countryside.
Early childhood development activities, health and nutrition programs and child-centered spaces were top priorities.
In the five intervening years, the effort has shifted to reconstruction and rehabilitation activities, and reassessing the needs of the most vulnerable, still mostly children and women.
To augment recovery, ChildFund Sri Lanka focused on civic work projects, micro-enterprise development to help communities reestablish their livelihoods and vocational training for youth in high-demand skills such as three-wheeler repair, cell phone repair, electrical wiring installation and pottery and Batik painting.
Today, the areas in which ChildFund Sri Lanka works have regained some degree of normalcy, Guru says. "Communities are happy and carry on their activities freely, and children enjoy the facilities now extended to them in a good environment."
Tomorrow: Working in 35 villages, ChildFund India set up child-centered spaces, where children were given health care, nutrition and other creative activities to provide psychosocial support.
By ChildFund Sri Lanka Staff
He runs to his mother and father returning from the paddy fields and clutches their hands. The toy drum hangs from his neck. His energy and smiley face soon fade away the tired look on his parents' faces. He starts to beat the drum and sing a song bringing a new life into the tired parents. He is Kolitha, a 4-year-old boy who lives in a remote village in Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka, the next stop of our "31 in 31" blog series.
Sri Lanka, a country we have worked in since 1985, is a war-torn country where good news can be tough to find. This, however, is a story we have shared with visitors to our traveling toy exhibit, "The Power to Play – from Trash to Treasure."
Kolitha's parents are farmers working in paddy cultivation. The income they earn from farming is very low. This makes it hard for them meeting the needs of the family. They can provide their children only with basic necessities. So Kolitha and his sister always make improvised toys and sports equipments when it comes to play.
With a born enthusiasm to explore things, Kolitha is always a busy child. He loves to play with the children in his village. He loves to sing songs with his friends. Kolitha attends an education center in the village supported by the ChildFund project. The teacher at the center describes Kolitha as a very enthusiastic and creative child. She says that he actively participates in singing, dancing and other group activities at the center.
Kolitha's inspiration for his bamboo drum came from attending his sister's dancing class conducted by the project. One day, Kolitha came with his mother to watch his sister dancing. The drum played at the class impressed him so much that he first started to beat at the table when he went home. Then he started to try to make a drum that looked like the one at the dancing class. He had heard about bamboo drums at the education center. He pestered his tired father to accompany him to the stream where bamboo trees grow and brought home a piece of bamboo.
At home, his sister dances to songs he sings beating the drum. His parents also join the children clapping to songs. Kolitha takes the drum with him when he visits his friends. They sit under the shade of a tree and sing songs until their parents start coming looking for them. The bamboo drum that Kolitha made has attracted his friends to make their own drums. Kolitha has helped his friends in this and each of them has one now. He says happily that he wants to be a musician one day.
For more information about our work in Sri Lanka, click here. To read more stories involving "The Power to Play," click here.
More on Sri Lanka
Population: 21.3 million
ChildFund beneficiaries: More than 750,000 children and families
Did You Know?: Sri Lanka is one of the world's largest exporters of rubber. The rubber industry took hold in the country in the late 1800s, when the island was known as Ceylon and was ruled by the British.


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This was our second cruise on the Valor in 2 years...This 8 day Southern Caribbean cruise took us to islands that we never visited prior to this cruise.We travelled with good friends from Central Ontario and Central Michigan and we were all impressed.The ship is spotless and the crew do an exceptional job cleaning this large ship.
We ate in the dining room every night and morning and found the food to be very good with good portion sizes and lots of variety.The deserts were exceptional.The waiters were very friendly and went out of their way to serve us .The Lido deck also offers good variety however the best time for lunch is the 1.30-2.30 time frame as noon is very busy.
Entertainment was excellent most nights with a good variety however the sail away show and the show on the last night are dated and need to be changed.Also the popcorn served on the lido deck during movie nights is tasteless(No butter) and needs to be improved.As usual the Lido deck chair hogs were More out in full force and Carnival needs to do a better job of policing this.A lot of people go out at 7am drop a beach towel on a chair and leave for several hours believing the chairs are reserved by this method thus depriving other passengers of these chairs.
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The temperature of LED print bars utilized in a printing system are maintained within a specified differential range, with respect to each other. Each print bar has an associated heating and cooling element. The temperature of each print bar is monitored and compared during operation. When a temperature differential greater than a preset tolerance range is detected, either the hotter operating print bar is cooled or the lower operating print bar is heated, or a combination of cooling and heating is applied to the out-of-tolerance print bars. The cooling and/or heating of the print bars is continued until the temperature differential is reduced so as to be within the preselected or predefined range.
1. A method for controlling overall length of LED print bars including an individual heater attached to each of the print bars, each of the print bars having a characteristic operating temperature, by maintaining the print bars within a preselected temperature range with respect to each other, said method including the steps of:
sensing the operating temperature of each of the print bars and generating signals indicative thereof,
detecting whether two or more of the print bars have operating temperatures which are greater than said preselected temperature range, and
adjusting the temperature of one or more of the two or more print bars to restore the operating temperature to within the preselected temperature range.
2. In a color imaging recording apparatus for superimposing a plurality of images of different colors on one another to form a composite color image on a surface of a moving photoreceptor belt, said color image apparatus including:
a plurality of LED print bars, each of the bars having a characteristic operating temperature arranged adjacent to the photoreceptor belt surface, each of said print bars having a plurality of LEDS which are selectively energized to create an exposure pattern corresponding to one of said plurality of color images,
a plurality of gradient index lens arrays, each of said arrays being associated with one of said print bars to transmit outputs of said one of said print bars to form said exposure pattern, and
means for compensating for temperature induced variations in each said exposure pattern, so as to maintain precise registration of said color images, said means comprising means for selectively changing the operating temperature of one or more of the print bars, in response to detected temperature deviations, so as to maintain the operating temperatures of the print bars within a predetermined differential range of temperatures, with respect to one another.
3. In an imaging system wherein a plurality of light emitting print bars are selectively energized to expose a light sensitive surface and wherein each of said print bars reaches a characteristic temperature during operation, said characteristic temperature being different for each of said print bars thereby creating a temperature differential between each of said print bars, a thermal control system for maintaining the temperature of each of said print bars within a predetermined temperature differential including:
a plurality of heaters, each of said print bars including one of said heaters,
means for selectively energizing each of said heaters to increase the temperature of the connected one of said print bars,
a plurality of temperature sensors, each of said sensors associated with one of said print bars each of said sensors continually sensing the temperature of the associated one of said print bars and generating an output signal representative thereof,
a plurality of cooling mechanisms, each of said cooling mechanisms being operatively coupled to one of said print bars to direct, when energized, a cooling medium to one end of the coupled one of said print bars so as to decrease the temperature of the coupled one of said print bars, and
system control means for selectively controlling the temperature of each of said print bars, said temperatures represented by signals from the associated temperature sensor associated with each of said print bars by detecting said predetermined temperature differential between two or more of said print bars, and thereafter selectively energizing the heaters and cooling mechanisms to restore the temperature differential between each of said print bars to within the predetermined temperature differential.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein said system control means includes means for storing data associated with a predetermined maximum temperature differential between said print bars, said control means further including heater control means for controlling said heaters and cooling mechanisms by receiving said output signals from said temperature sensors and comparing each of the print bar temperatures with said maximum temperature differential between said print bars and, when sensing a temperature differential that exceeds said predetermined maximum temperature differential between said print bars, selectively energizing said heaters and said cooling mechanisms to restore said sensed temperature differential to within said predetermined temperature differential.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein each of said temperature sensors output signal is sent to the heater control means within the system control means, said heater control means controls said heaters and cooling mechanisms by sensing the sensed temperature differential greater than a differential previously stored in said data storing means, said stored differential being between two or more of said print bars, one of said print bars having a lower detected temperature than the another said print bars and enabling the heater associated with the one of said print bars having the lower detected temperature so as to increase the operating temperature of the heated one of said print bars to restore the sensed temperature differential to within the differential previously stored in the data storing means.
6. The system of claim 3 wherein each of the print bars is formed on a substrate having two ends, each of said heaters being connected to the substrate of one of said print bars and wherein each of said cooling mechanisms present the cooling medium to one of said two ends of said substrate of the coupled one of said print bars.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein each of said heaters has a power density gradient which provides greater heat to the one said two ends of the substrate having the cooling medium presented thereto.
The present invention is related to printing systems incorporating light emitting print bars as the imager, and, more particularly, to a print system using LED print bars whose operational temperatures are maintained within a given tolerance range.
Image print bars used in xerographic recording systems are well known in the art. The print bar generally includes a linear array of a plurality of discrete light emitting sources on a substrate. The print bar is optically coupled to a linear lens array. Light emitting diode (LED) print bars are preferred for many recording applications. In order to achieve high resolution, a large number of light emitting diodes, or pixels, are arranged in a print bar and means are included for providing a relative movement between the print bar and the photoreceptor so as to produce a scanning movement of the print bar over the surface of the photoreceptor. Thus, the photoreceptor may be exposed to provide a desired image one line at a time as the LED print bar and associated lens array is advanced relative to the photoreceptor either continuously or in stepping motion. Each LED pixel in the print bar is used to expose a corresponding area on the photoreceptor to a value determined by image defining video data information.
In a color xerographic system, a plurality of LED print bars may be positioned adjacent the photoreceptor surface and selectively energized to create successive image exposures, one for each of the three basic colors. A fourth print bar may be added if black images are to be created as well.
FIG. 1 shows a prior art single pass color configuration having three print bars, 10, 12, 14. The print bars, each comprising an LED array and a coupling gradient index lens array (10A, 10B, 12A, 12B, 14A, 14B, respectively), are addressed by video image signals whose application is controlled by control circuit 15. Each print bar is optically coupled to focus the emitter outputs to form three spaced latent images l1, l2, l3 on the surface of photoreceptor belt 16. The optical coupling is accomplished by the gradient index lens arrays 10B, 12B, 14B, the lens array sold under the name SELFOC.sub.� a trademark of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Upstream of each exposure station, a charge device 18, 20, 22 places a predetermined charge on the surface of belt 16. Downstream from each exposure station, a development system 26, 28, 30, develops a latent image of the last exposure without disturbing previously developed images. Further details of xerographic stations in a multiple exposure single pass system are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,660,059 whose contents are hereby incorporated by reference.
With such a system as that disclosed in FIG. 1, each colored image must be precisely aligned such that all corresponding pixels in the image areas are registered. The print bar alignment requirements are that pixels of each bar be aligned in the scan or Y-direction of FIG. 1 so that each active write length is equal. The print bar must also be aligned in the skew or X-direction. This alignment must be maintained through continous revolutions (passes) of the photoreceptor.
To maintain exact color registration of each image, typically to a tolerance of �0.1μ, the overall length of the write area, the pixel to pixel placement, and the straightness of the image line must all be within the required exacting tolerance. One of the most difficult manufacturing tolerances to achieve is the overall or active write length of an image print bar. For example, for a 14.33" LED print bar with 300 spi resolution, 4299 pixels are aligned in the active write area and a �15μ tolerance in write length is typical.
A specific problem in correcting exact image-to-image registration, and one which is addressed by the present invention, is the change in length an LED print bar undergoes when subjected to temperature increases (thermal expansion), which are caused either by heat generated internally to the print bar, or by heat absorbed by the print bar from the surrounding machine environment.
Typically, accurate LED print bars are formed on a single ceramic substrate with a CET (coefficient of thermal expansion) on the order of 7.0�10-6 linear units /�C. To achieve proper registration (for a �10μ tolerance due to thermal effects) of all pixels over a 364 mm write zone (B4 paper size), the temperature of all multiple print bars would have to be held to �3.9� C. An additional factor which must be considered is the need to compensate for the decrease in conversion efficiency of electrical to optical energy. For example, GaAsP LED material illumination efficiency decreases approximately 0.8% per �C.
According to the principles of the present invention, a thermal controller system is provided which maintains multiple print bar temperatures within specific required limits. The temperature of each print bar is sensed and representative signals sent to a machine thermal controller to provde individual heating or cooling to maintain the print bar temperatures within a given tolerance as required for a dot-to-dot placement accuracy. More particularly, the invention is directed towards a thermal control system for maintaining the relative temperature of multiple print bars within a specified temperature differential range comprising:
a heater connected to each print bar and adapted, when energized, to increase the print bar temperature,
a temperature sensor associated with each print bar adapted to continually sense the operating temperature of the associated print bar and to generate an output signal representative thereof,
a cooling mechanism operatively coupled to each print bar to provide a cooling medium to one end of the print bar, and adapted, when energized, to decrease the temperature of the associated print bar,
system control means for selectively controlling the temperatures of each of the print bars, said temperatures represented by signals from the associated temperatures sensor, and for detecting a predetermined temperature differential between two or more print bars, said control means further adapted to control the operation of said heaters and cooling mechanisms to restore the sensed temperature differential to within the specified differential range.
The following references have been identified in a prior art search:
U.S. Pat. No. 4,865,123 to Kawashima et al. discloses an apparatus for circulating a cooling fluid through a plurality of cooling modules for cooling electronic components. The apparatus includes a plurality of supply lines arranged independently and in parallel to each other. Each of the supply lines supplies coolant to an individual cooling module. At one end, the supply lines draw coolant from a mixing tank having a relatively large volume, and at the opposite end, the supply lines return the coolant to the mixing tank, wherein the coolant is circulated so that its temperature is kept uniform throughout. Each supply line includes a pair of pumps 3, check valves 4, and a heat exchanger 5.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,601,328 to Tasaka et al. discloses a method for temperature balancing control of a plurality of heat exchangers used in parallel. The temperatures of a medium flowing through the parallel heat exchangers are sensed at the same position in each of the plurality of heat exchangers, and the sensed temperature values are respectively compared with a temperature setting value, so as to calculate control signals for balancing the temperatures of the medium flowing out of the heat exchangers. Regulation means for each of the respective heat exchangers are responsive to the control signals to effect temperature balance of the medium.
In addition, co-pending application Ser. No. 07/773,793, filed on Oct. 9, 1991, and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention, discloses a method and apparatus for maintaining print bars at the same temperature by circulating a cooling medium through each print bar assembly.
FIG. 1 shows a top perspective view of a prior art multi-print bar imaging system. FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the thermal control system, according to the present invention, that maintains multiple print bar temperatures within a specific required tolerance range.
Referring again to FIG. 1, it is assumed that LED print bars 10, 12, 14 have a resolution of 300 spots per inch (300 spi), and a pixel size of 50 �50 microns on 84.67 micron centers. In an application, where an 8.5 inch wide informational line (active write length) is to be exposed, a linear LED print bar of approximately 2550 pixels, arrayed in a single row, would be required.
It is assumed that the print bars will be operated in an environment where temperature increase will be experienced that would change (increase) the active write length of one or more of the LED bars 10, 12, 14. For example, the print bars may be located within a xerographic machine frame which, because of other thermal loads, will experience an internal temperature rise (ΔT). The actual rise will depend on the system and its specific operating parameters. Based on observations of present systems, an internal temperature rise of approximately 20� C. can be expected. In addition, room ambient temperature difference adds another 14� C. of ΔT to the temperature tolerance stackup. Print bar to print bar average operating power differences also add an additional complexity to the system.
According to the present invention, and referring to FIG. 2, LED print bars 40, 50, and 60 are shown. These print bars are shown as representative. A fewer or greater number of print bars may be required, depending on the particular configuration. For example, for a full color system, four print bars, one for each of the primary colors and one for black, may be required. The charge and development system shown in FIG. 1 would be modified accordingly. These print bars would be mounted, for example, in a printing system of the type shown in FIG. 1. For ease of description, the xerographic stations and the coupling lens array shown in FIG. 1 are omitted from this discussion, but it is understood that the print bars would be addressed and would expose the photoreceptor as is known in the art and as is shown in FIG. 1. Of particular interest for the present invention is how the print bars are modified so that their temperature can be controlled, in response to deviations in print bar to print bar temperatures. Each print bar has a resistive heating element (heater) 40A, 50A, 60A, connected respectively to the substrates 40S, 50S, 60S, of print bars 40, 50, 60, respectively. The heaters may extend along the length of the bar, as shown, or may assume other configurations consistent with usage.
The heater requirement is to raise an unused "cool" print bar close to the temperature of an active "hot" print bar. A heater power near the operating power of the "hot" print bar will generally be required. Each heater has an associated temperature sensor, 40B, 50B, 60B, which monitors the substrate temperature for each print bar and generates an appropriate signal, which represents the sensed temperature. The signal is sent to heater control circuit 70 in thermal controller 72. The sensors may be, for example, thermistors or junction devices.
Referring still to FIG. 2, cooling mechanisms 40C, 50C, 60C are positioned so as to direct a cooling medium against the edge of each print bar 40, 50, 60, respectively. The cooling medium is directed through cooling ducts (not shown). With the forced air system shown, it is preferable that air be taken from outside the machine environments, so that the temperature rise of the air, due to internal heating, is minimized. Alternate cooling systems that may be used are liquid cooling systems or Peltier cooling devices.
In operation, the print heads, with usage, experience individual temperature changes. A predetermined temperature differential between the print bars has been stored in controller 72 memory 73. As an example, it is assumed that the print bars must operate with no more than a 3.9� C. temperature gradient differential between the bars. Machine thermal control circuit 72 receives signals from sensors 40B, 50B, 60B, and continually monitors the input from the print bars during operation and compares the several temperatures with each other. Upon noting a deviation of more than 3.9� C. between at least two of the bars, either one or more cooling mechanisms or heaters are selectively activated. In a preferred embodiment, the cooling control system 74 is enabled to first attempt to cool the print bar which is identified as having the hotter relative temperature. For example, if print bar 40 temperature is sensed along line S1 at 36� C., and print bar 50 along line S2 at 34� C., and print bar 60 along line S3 at 30� C., comprarison circuitry in heater control circuit 70 recognizes that print bars 40 and 60 have a temperature differential greater than 3.9� C. A signal is sent to cooling control circuit 74 to generate a signal to energize cooling mechanism 40C along line C1. Upon detecting a drop in print bar 40 temperature to 35� C. (in heater control circuit 70), cooling mechanism 40C will be de-energized. If the print bar 40 does not respond quickly enough to the cooling, as detected by a timing mechanism initiated in controller 72 at the time of cooler mechanism 40C activation, the cooling mechanism 60C will be disabled, the control circuit 70 enabled, and heater 60A will be energized, raising the temperature of print bar 60. The heater power of heater 60A will cause the temperature of bar 60 to elevate, reducing the temperature differential between bar 40 and bar 60 to less than 3.9� C. The invention may be practiced with a combination of heating and cooling e.g. for the example given, print bar 40 may be cooled and print bar 60 may be heated to rapidly reduce the temperature differential between the two. The control circuit will be set to maintain as low an average absolute print bar temperature as possible, to optimize LED efficiency, while maintaining the temperature of each of the print bars within the necessary maximum differential temperature.
While the above description includes a specific example of a preselected temperature differential, it is understood that other differential ranges may be provided and other possibilities exist for maintaining differentials between two other print bars, or between all three print bars requiring cooling or heating combinations to provide both heating and cooling.
While the invention has been described with reference to the structures disclosed, it is not confined to the details set forth but is intended to cover such modifications or changes as they come within the scope of the following claims.
As one example, the heater shown in FIG. 2 may be modified so that areas adjacent the input cooling duct have a higher power density to compensate for the cooler air directed against that end and to compensate for conductive heat losses through the print bar mounts.
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20 Athletes Who Retired in Less Than Spectacular Fashion
20 Athletes That Didn't Know When To Hang It Up
Retirement is something that most people look forward to. That day when they no longer have to go to work and put in time for the man. But when it comes to professional athletes, retirement is not usually the most welcome of things. Some athletes simply don't want to give it up.
It's a completely different story on retirement when you're talking about people who love what they do for a living. Athletes are basically living the dream each and every day. In some sports, they can carry on living the dream well into their 30s. But in others, careers are winding down by the time the big 3-0 approaches.
In sports there's that fine line between walking away too early and hanging on too long. It's a really hard line to walk and very few find the perfect time to call it a career. Going out on top is extremely rare for a couple of reasons: 1) many athletes never make it to the top 2) athletes always think they have one more good run in them.
Mentally, many athletes remain strong up until the end. They have the will to play and to carry on, but their bodies often give out. That's the hard part for the athletes - being honest with themselves.
So it's with all that in mind, that we'll take a look at 20 athletes who didn't know when to hang it up. Some of the guys made it to the mountain and came back for more. Others just keep hanging on to try and win that elusive championship. Whatever the case was, all of these gentlemen retired too late. However, many of them still have great legacies, regardless. Enjoy:
Allen Iverson
Iverson finally retired in 2013. He hadn't played in an NBA game for three years prior to his retirement, but he was holding out hope that he would get one last chance. The final few years of AI's career were simply not great.
Deion Sanders
Prime Time hung up his cleats following the 2000 season he spent with the Redskins. Then, for whatever reason, he came out of retirement for two lackluster seasons with the Ravens in 2004-2005.
Mike Tyson
Iron Mike thought he still had it back in 2002 when he challenged Lennox Lewis for the World Heavyweight Championship. Yeah, it didn't work out so well for the former baddest man on the planet. Tyson was KO'd in the eighth round and his boxing career essentially came to an end.
Randy Moss
As great as Moss was, you can still call him an underachiever. The future Hall-of-Famer retired after the 2010 season, only to return in 2012 with the 49ers. He played okay in San Francisco, but there's no doubt he was a shell of his former self.
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice played for the Seahawks. Remember that? It was one thing to see him play for Raiders following his departure from San Francisco, but it was just weird to see him get traded to Seattle during the middle of a season. Rice also started the 2005 season with the Broncos, but ultimately retired before the season began.
Michael Jordan
This one pains most basketball fans. To see MJ in a non-Bulls jersey, just wasn't right. Jordan was still good in his final two years in Washington, but most of us wish he would have just gone out on top after the 1998 Finals.
Brett Favre
Favre's ironman streak came to a screeching halt in 2010. After playing in 297 straight regular season games, his body finally started to give out. On the final play of his career, he was knocked unconscious and was barely able to leave the field under his own power.
Dennis Rodman
Rodman's career fizzled out real quick after his final season in Chicago in 1998. The Worm had failed runs in Los Angeles and Dallas before taking his talents to the independents and overseas.
Terrell Owens
T.O. is still begging teams to sign him. Technically, he's not even retired. But when a guy hasn't played an NFL down in nearly three years, it's safe to say that he's done.
Donovan McNabb
McNabb thought he could still play back in 2011, and so did the Vikings. Boy, were they both way off. McNabb could barely complete a 10-yard pass by the end of his career.
Daunte Culpepper
Culpepper had a heck of a run with the Vikings back in the early 2000s, but his career fizzled out after a knee injury. To cap it off, Culpepper had failed runs with the Dolphins, Raiders and Lions.
Hakeem Olajuwon & Patrick Ewing
The picture above is no doubt from bizarro land. Ewing played for the SuperSonics and Magic to end his career, while The Dream took his talents North of the border for his final season in 2001-02. Why!?
Tracy McGrady
T-Mac could never make it out of the first round of the playoffs. However, he signed on with the Spurs late in 2013 and nearly won a ring. Regardless, there's no doubt that McGrady hung on way too long.
Manny Ramirez
Manny isn't technically retired, either, but we all know he's done. He keeps trying to make it back to MLB, but Triple A is about as close as he'll get.
Rickey Henderson
The greatest base stealer of all time had a very difficult time calling it a career. Henderson played MLB from 1979-2003 and then kept playing minor league and independent ball for a couple more seasons. Even well into the mid-2000s, Henderson talked about making another comeback.
Evander Holyfield
Holyfield started boxing way back in 1984 and didn't retire until 2012. Even though he did finally announce his retirement, the former champ has still talked about making another comeback.
Stephon Marbury
Marbury has been done in the NBA for years now, but yet he still won't retire from the game of basketball. As of last season, the 36-year old was still playing in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Jim Thome
Thome was one of the best power hitters of his generation, but he also hung on longer than nearly anyone from his generation. Over the final four seasons of his career, he played for six different teams.
Rasheed Wallace
Sheed declared that he was done shooting hoops following a failed championship run back in 2010. But then he decided to return to the Knicks for 21 games in 2012.
Muhammad Ali
The greatest of all time certainly didn't go out in great fashion. Ali fought twice in the 1980s, losing badly to Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick in 1980 and 1981.
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Territorial and maritime disputes among China, Taiwan and several Southeast Asian countries are roiling the South China Sea region, with little prospect of resolution any time soon. But the current uneasy status quo may be tenable, so long as the parties embrace serious confidence-building measures through multilateral forums while maintaining effective deterrence vis-Ó-vis China and a commitment not to use offensive force.
Naturally, China is eager to exclude interference by extra-regional great powers, particularly the United States, preferring bilateral negotiations with weaker regional claimants that it can more easily dominate. Extra-regional powers, however, cite the United Nations Convention on the Law of SeaŚspecifically, the freedom of navigation and the right of innocent passageŚto justify their involvement.
Given that the South China Sea disputes stem from overlapping claims to ôexclusive economic zones,ö not open ocean, the UN convention is not entirely relevant. But another international agreement does provide some guidance for settling these disputes: the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which entered into force in 1952 and officially ended World War II in the Asia-Pacific region.
Under the treaty, Japan renounced its sovereignty claims over the Spratly and the Paracel Islands, but did not reassign them to any single country. As a result, these islands remain legally under the collective custody of the treatyĺs 48 other partiesŚincluding two claimants to the islands, the Philippines and Vietnam.
ChinaŚthen in the third year of Mao Zedongĺs ruleŚwas not even invited to participate in the peace conference. Although Maoĺs communists had clearly won the civil war and secured control of mainland China, the conference organisers disagreed about which governmentŚMaoĺs Peopleĺs Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, or Chiang Kai-shekĺs Republic of China (ROC) in TaipeiŚtruly represented China. As a result, the PRC denies that it is legally bound by the treaty.
But the treaty applies to the PRC indirectly through the ROC-Japan bilateral peace treaty of 1952, which was signed just hours before the San Francisco Treaty entered into effect and reaffirmed its termsŚespecially Japanĺs renunciation of Taiwan. Indeed, the San Francisco Treaty required that the ROC-Japan treaty be consistent with it, thereby preventing Japan from assigning in its treaty with the ROC any additional right or title to any country other than the parties to the San Francisco Treaty. As a result, Japan is unable to recognise Taiwan as part of PRC sovereign territory.
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By Rick Warren
— May 21, 2014
"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.'" (Luke 15:22 NIV)
In the story of the prodigal, we identify with the younger brother, seeing ourselves as prodigals returning to God.
Some of us even identify with the older brother, realizing we've sinfully harbored resentment when God shows grace to others who, in our wrongful judgment, are "less Christian" than ourselves.
But have you ever thought God wants you to identify with the prodigal's father, who "keeps no record of wrongs" as he scans the horizon, always hoping for the return of his son (1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV)?
Consider that we're on a journey, through Jesus, to become like the heavenly Father, where we become one with his heart, one with his mind, and one with his other-centered focus. We are called to become Christ-like, and when we resemble Jesus, we resemble the Father (John 10:30).
People will see the family resemblance in us; as sons and daughters, they'll see the maturity of our Father working in and through us. Our objective is to become a father or mother of the faith, a living representation of the Father's compassion for others.
To be honest, the idea of becoming a father of the faith is as alien to me as it may be for you to believe you could mature into a mother or father of the faith. In fact, it seems impossible; yet, it's what we are meant to become.
What prevents you from growing into greater Christian maturity in 2012?
To echo Oswald Chambers, "Do you not want to be a saint, or do you not believe God can make you one?"
(The idea that we can mature into fathers and mothers of the faith is presented in Henri J. M. Nouwen's book, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming.)
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Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Does the psn version works on ps3?
I don't have a psp or vita, say can i play it on ps3 if i download the digital version from psn?
Nope.. PSP/Vita only
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It wouldn't play on the PS3, you would have to copy it to a psp or vita for it to work. Sorry. However, there is a PS1 version of Final Fantasy IV available in the Playstation Classics section, it's the PS1 version of IV and Chrono Cross as one game.
However FF chronicles and anothology (FF5 + FF6) PS1 both games (all 4) suffer from long menu loading times.
So long that the game is practically unplayable.
I don't know about V and VI, but IV for the PS1 worked like a charm for me back in the day. No prolonged loading times at all, and the sound is awesome.
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I don't know about V and VI, but IV for the PS1 worked like a charm for me back in the day. No prolonged loading times at all, and the sound is awesome.
It did? I frequently got...I believe it was "Disc Read Error", but I don't remember, since it's been so long. Made playing it quite difficult, and I don't know if it was ever fixed in later shipments (I got my copy with the first shipment)
V & VI worked fine, however, as did I & II (though II was VERY difficult on Origins; I find the GBA version to be much more playable)
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From: EVA_ZERO | #005I don't know about V and VI, but IV for the PS1 worked like a charm for me back in the day. No prolonged loading times at all, and the sound is awesome.
It's the Anthology and Chrono Trigger discs that are slow. I just beat 6 on anthology and I'm playing 4 now on Chronicles. The load times are much quicker on this than on 6, so I'd get it if anyone wanted to pick it up or download it.
Edit- The only thing that seems slower is the save game that takes a bit to load. Other than that, everything else has little to no loading time on it.
As far as final fantasy IV being available to download as a ps1 classic I am pretty sure its only available in Japan. The game came released with Chrono Trigger in 2001 and I noticed you said chrono cross, I looked up chrono cross and saw no mention of final fantasy IV coming with it in the download for $9.99. I was hoping you would be right because I wanted to get the original Final Fantasy IV on my psp as you can port ps1 classics from the ps3 to the psp. But I don't see it anywhere in the ps1 classics section, if you have indeed purchased Chrono Cross from the playstation network and saw that Final fantasy IV came with it I would appreciate it if this can be confirmed as I will purchase it as well. If you are referring to something else then I apologize. And adding to the load times I too saw no problem with ff4 but noticed slower speeds with 5 and 6 on the playstation. And chrono trigger was stupid slow i recommend getting that for the DS if you have one much faster.


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Anouar Brahem, perhaps Tunisia's best-known musician, recently brought his latest work to the stage and surprised the audience with his musical interpretation of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. By Sarah MerschMore
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Every year, groups of Shia men parade through the centre of Nabatiyeh, where Lebanon's major Ashura rituals take place. These rituals include the controversial bloodletting rite known as "tatbir". Although frowned upon by religious and political authorities, Shia communities still practice tatbir as a vital part of their communal act of mourning Imam Hussein, who was martyred at the pivotal Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Text and photos by Maya Hautefeuille


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The recent CMA Music Festival hit an all-time high attendance record with a 7.2 percent increase over 2008 during the four-day Festival, June 11 through 14, in downtown Nashville.
The average daily attendance in 2009 was 56,000. By comparison, in 2008 the average daily attendance was 52,000. The increase was felt in single-concert tickets and attendance in the festival's free zones and concert venues, including Riverfront Park, which was free to the public for the first time. Tickets for the 2010 CMA Music Festival, which will be held June 10 through 13 in Nashville, are available now. For more information, go to cmafest.com.
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Cricket Australia has sought from the ICC the details of its investigation into Pakistan's tour Down Under but insisted that the series was won fair and square by the hosts.
According to a report in 'The Age', CA chief James Sutherland has written to the ICC seeking details of the probe, which primarily focuses on the Sydney Test where Australia pulled off a remarkable come-from-behind win.
"We have no knowledge of any concerns and we'd have expected to have some knowledge if there were any," a CA spokesman was quoted as saying.
"If the ICC had any concerns we would absolutely provide them with whatever support they needed. At this stage we believe we won that game on the merits of our performance," he added.
Match-fixing suspicions have risen after outgoing ICC anti-Corruption Unit chief Paul Condon said that the series is under the scanner and players might have deliberately under-performed.
"It is a series that worried us. We spent a lot of time talking to the players and the PCB but part of the challenge is to find where the solid fact is, because what you've got there is a lot of internecine strife within the team and within Pakistan politics, with rival camps making allegations," Mr. Condon had said.


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This was the scene in a Purley street this morning just hours after people were evacuated from their homes in a late night rescue.
The evacuation of 22 people from a block of flats and a care home in Dale Road at about 12.30am was a precautionary measure due to water overflowing from the Bourne river.
Eighteen of the evacuees are in a temporary rest centre at Croydon Council's headquarters in Bernard Weatherill House, Mint Walk, Croydon.
Four people made their own arrangements to stay with relatives.
Councillor Steve Hollands, who lives in Dale Road, said: "Last night when I got home the water level was high in the lower part of the road and we made sure we got some sandbags and tankers to pump out the water.
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You make as many records as AC/DC, and you're bound to have a hard time pinpointing specific memories about some of them
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Derek Carr threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to James Jones with 1:42 to play, and the Raiders shocked the Kansas City Chiefs, 24-20, in Oakland on Thursday night.
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Adidas targeted with giant 'exploitation' projection at Olympic Park
By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Monday, 06 August 2012 05:11PM
Olympic sponsor Adidas has been ambushed by a giant projection on a tower block overlooking the Olympic Park, that linked the brand with exploitation.
Pressure group War on Want projected a 65ft-high image onto Dennison Point last night (5 August), proclaiming "exploitation – not OK here, not OK anywhere", underneath the Adidas logo.
It claims it projected the image on the tower block at 10.30pm-11pm to target people leaving the Olympic Park after the 100 metres final won by Usain Bolt.
War on Want claims Adidas has already sold £100m-worth of Olympic clothing [which the company revealed in its financial results last week] and alleges workers making its goods around the world are paid poverty wages and are having to skip meals to survive.
Adidas factory workers near the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh receive £10 a week basic pay, are forced to work overtime, cannot afford decent food and live in squalid conditions, according to War on Want.
The pressure group also claims Adidas workers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and China are struggling to survive on well under a living wage.
Adidas provided the following statement in response to War on Want's allegations:
Adidas respects the right to peaceful protest, but we strongly refute War on Want's claims. We take all allegations about working conditions extremely seriously, but it is very important to note that the independent women's NGO Phulki, which visits our factories on a monthly basis, found absolutely no evidence to support the allegations being made.
The Adidas Group is fully committed to protecting worker rights and to ensuring fair and safe working conditions in factories throughout our global supply chain. As part of that commitment, we recently contacted War on Want on two separate occasions to discuss the claims made in their last report, but we are yet to hear back from them on this.
We have enjoyed an open and constructive dialogue with many NGOs for years, but it seems War on Want are more interested in pursuing a strategy of disruption rather than engaging with us to talk about these issues.
Adidas is confident we are adhering to and, in fact, exceeding the high standards set by LOCOG and we would urge War on Want to deal in fact rather than fiction.
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Eastwood Middle School is pleased and proud to host the 2014 Chinese Language and Culture Fair on April 19th at Eastwood Middle School. The fair is an event of the Indiana Chinese Language / Culture Association of Secondary and Elementary Schools (ICLASS) and the IUPUI Confucius Institute. Since 2008, these organizations have been providing cultural experiences, performances, activities, and contests as part of this exciting event, which is the largest Chinese cultural event in Indiana, attracting more than 500 participants last year. See everything from Chinese Yoyo demonstrations, to Chinese musical instruments, folk dancing, singing, and more. Plus interactive activities will be on hand such as bottle fishing, shuttlecock, Bejing opera mask, fan, & bookmark making! As an International Baccalaureate World Candidate School, bringing events such as this to Eastwood Middle School, help us to convey a portion of the IB mission; "to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect."
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Chattanooga got a railroad connection to the state capital at Nashville in February 1854 - just over four years after the first train on the Western and Atlantic had arrived. It was finally completed to Wauhatchie and around a narrow shelf of land at the foot of Lookout Mountain across from Moccasin Bend. The line clung close to the river across from Ross's Towhead - a little island that is now underwater.
It went across the property of pioneer settlers John Divine and William Crutchfield in South Chattanooga after a crossing of Chattanooga Creek. It ran just east of Chestnut Street, which was then known as Boyce Street, as it headed for the depot at Ninth Street and Railroad Avenue (Broad Street).
The Southern Railway in May 1905 announced a $4 million spending program that included a tunnel through Lookout Mountain. The tunnel enters the mountain near the mouth of Lookout Creek and runs 3,537 in the mountainside before coming out near the end of South Broad Street. This line heads across trestles through St. Elmo on toward Alton Park and the main line.
When the interstate highway was built through South Chattanooga, a gap was left for the Nashville train, which first was called the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Later, it was the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad after the line was extended much further north.
After the Union Station was closed in 1971, there was no further need for the Nashville train to come downtown. On the route going from the Cravens Yards across from Moccasin Bend and then across Chattanooga Creek a new line was put in that veered straight east. It went under the South Broad Street bridge over Chattanooga Creek. It then headed for the main line, while going under an overpass on South Market Street. To avoid additional trestles over Chattanooga Creek, the creek in the stretch from South Market Street to South Broad Street was turned into a straight, stagnant ditch during this relocation project.
The track on the old Nashville line now runs out by Siskin Steel at 26th Street, though a few fragments are visible closer into town.
Just a couple of short lengths of track jut out from the asphalt at 25th Street.
There is still a section behind the chicken processing plant at South Broad and Main Street. There's an intersection leading over toward the former Central Passenger Station that was at 1301 Market St.
The new Main Terrain Park is built along the old right of way of the Nashville and Chattanooga line. One section of track runs behind the loading dock at the nearby beer supply plant.
A sliver of the old track, growing in the thick grass, falls just short of reaching 14th Street.
The line went on across where the entryway to the Chattanoogan hotel was built and across where the TVA Building was erected at the former sprawling Union Station site.
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An undercover officer said two women reported to a motel on Shallowford Road after he responded to an escort service ad on Backpage. He said the women matched their photos in the ad. They agreed to "full service sex" for $260. The women, Holly Carney and Sabrina James, said they live at the Hamilton Inn. A search of their room there turned up meth, syringes, scales and ... (click for more)
As a frequent visitor at Heritage Park in East Brainerd, I must say that the situation is becoming slightly out of control. To start, parking is atrocious. The unpaved lot contains nothing but loose gravel which has naturally given way to divots in the ground assuring you a few bumps. Why isn't this area smoothed out? It's not worth parking there anyways ... (click for more)
Over 40 years ago I was a young sports writer when I came up with the notion of setting daily things aside, just for one day, and writing about why "I Am Thankful." Every Thanksgiving I come up with my list and it is as much about me as it is about my gratitude for all things great and small. I can't imagine approaching this day in any other way. Here we go … I AM THANKFUL for ... (click for more)
Notre Dame almost had a crack at powerful Alcoa in the 2013 TSSAA football playoff semifinal round. But, in the quarterfinals, Alcoa beat Christian Academy of Knoxville, 42-14, but the Fighting Irish dropped a 19-10 decision to Upperman, which was crushed, 75-18, a week later by the Tornadoes. Alcoa clipped Christ Presbyterian Academy, 25-7, in the state championship game. ... (click for more)
Before the season started some people across the country called Chattanooga women's basketball coach Jim Foster crazy for scheduling three top 10 teams – Notre Dame (national runner-up) Stanford and Tennessee - before Christmas. After Wednesday night's UTC shocking 67-63 home win against No.4 Tennessee before 4,160, those same folks might believe coach Foster is crazy like ... (click for more)


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Are you ready to launch your SaaS service, sell your app or distribute your digital download?
In our last post, we outlined six questions you should ask your e-commerce merchant solution provider. But for such an important decision, there are a number of factors to consider. Here are five more questions to ask before you sign on the merchant account dotted line.