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Vol. 72 No. 40 December 7 - 13, 2011 50 cents
ARLINGTON, Texas - The United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame Committee has elected five new members to the USBC Hall of Fame - two in Outstanding USBC Performance, two in Meritorious Service and one Pioneer. Wheelchair bowler Al Uttecht of Anaheim, Calif., was elected in the Pioneer category, multiple-time USBC Open Championships winners Lennie Boresch Jr. of Kenosha, Wis., and Gary Daroszewski of Franklin, Wis., were selected in the Outstanding USBC Performance category and Joan Feinblum of Santa Rosa, Calif., and the late Kerm Helmer of Utica, N.Y., were honored for Meritorious Service. The induction ceremony will take place April 26 at the USBC Convention in Arlington and will include those elected from the national Superior Performance ballots. On the men's ballot are Tom Baker, King, N.C.; Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif.; Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla.; David Husted, Milwaukie, Ore.; Amleto Monacelli, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; and David Ozio, Beaumont, Texas. The women's ballot has one name - Dede Davidson, Buellton, Calif. Uttecht, the first person chosen in the Pioneer category since 2008, blazed a trail for wheelchair bowlers everywhere and is regarded as the most accomplished such bowler in the sport's history. He was confined to a wheelchair after sustaining injuries in Vietnam in 1970 and began bowling later that same year. He has won the American Wheelchair Bowling Association Tournament of Champions 13 times, is a 12-time AWBA National Scratch champion and a seven-time AWBA National All-Events champion. "I am totally blown away at this honor, and I have no words to describe how I feel," said Uttecht, who was inducted into the AWBA Hall of Fame in 1985. "This is from someone who when I was first asked to join a bowling league, I said you cannot bowl from a wheelchair." A three-time winner at the USBC Open Championships - all of which came with fellow electee Daroszewski - Boresch also has won dozens of local and state titles in Wisconsin. He won the 2000 Team All-Events title and the Team and Team All-Events titles in 2009 at the Open Championships. "I'm very honored, but it took me by surprise a little bit," said Boresch, who currently ranks fifth on the lifetime average list at the Open Championships with 215.43. "I thought I might have a chance to get into the Hall of Fame one day, but you never think it will happen. It's quite an honor, especially with my teammate Gary going in as well." In addition to the three Open Championships titles with Boresch, Daroszewski also won Open titles three other times. He won the 1982 Team All-Events, 1983 Team All-Events and 1989 Regular Doubles with Gus Yannaras. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bowling Association Hall of Fame and has been a bowling center proprietor since 1982. "I don't think any bowler ever steps foot in their first tournament with the thought of making it into the Hall of Fame, so this is an unbelievably, outstanding thing to have happen to me," said Daroszewski, who has bowled in the Open Championships with Boresch since 1992. "It's really overwhelming. It hasn't kicked in yet how big an accomplishment this is." Feinblum has devoted nearly five decades of service to bowling at the national, state and local levels, including four years of work on the committees and task forces that helped develop USBC. She also served on the Women's International Bowling Congress Board of Directors for more than a decade and most recently served as the chairperson of the USBC Nominating Committee and the USBC Hall of Fame Committee. "I was shocked, and I thought maybe I was dreaming because I had just gotten out of bed when I got the phone call with the news I had been selected," said Feinblum, who was recently featured in a segment on The Learning Channel focusing on how her bowling family helped her in her battle with breast cancer. "I just feel very humbled because having been on the USBC Hall of Fame Committee, I know how difficult it is to make it because of all the worthy candidates." A physical education teacher for more than 35 years, Helmer dedicated his life to the growth and development of youth and collegiate bowling until his passing in 2002. He initiated the men's and women's bowling programs at Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y., and led the Kats to 16 National Junior College Athletic Association men's titles and 21 women's titles. His men's and women's teams each claimed a pair of national titles as well. Helmer was active in the bowling industry, serving on the Board of Directors for the American Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance. He served as YABA President from 1999-2001.
Mike Pasch 826 in Montvale Major
By Joe Rizzi MONTVALE – Mike Pasch earned a place in the spotlight when he led all scorers in the Montvale Major League at Montvale Lanes bowling a fantastic 826 series on games of 290, 257 and 279. Despite Mike's great effort, his team, Davey's Locker, was edged by Rick's Pro Shop II, 17-16. Keith Lee rolled 211-279233--723 and Ralph Bernardo 256-675 for the winning team. Kevin Mahon bowled 231-668 and Matt Wuhrman 246-660 for Davey's. High game of the evening belonged to Ray Keim, who rolled a 298 game. Ray added a 237 and finished with a 730 series, leading BuddiesProShop.com to a 23-10 victory over CZ's Pro Shop. Ron DeLuca bolwed 258-690 for CZ's. Toto Roldan's 209-236-263--708 led 12-In-A-Row Pro Shop to a 30-3 rout over J&C Irrigation. Jason Tenorio's 227-223-258--708 helped Rick's Pro Shop I defeat ValleyTent Rental, 25-8. Bob Greenwood 247-687, Chris Trembath 241-677, Rick Guevarra 245-674, Andrew Hedaria 246672, Bob Higgins 254-661, Bob Balzarek 234-661, Matt Rovetto 246-660, Tom Flynn 259-655, Rich Naclerio 224-655 and Chris Arbegast 257-650.
Rudy Johnson 300-826 Rocco Ilaria 813 at Belleville
BELLEVILLE, NJ - Rudy Johnson rolled perfect with a 300 game between games of 247 and 279 to tally the session high series of 826 while competing in the Sky Club Fitness League at Brunswick Zone Belleville. Rocco Ilaria was not too far behind tossing an 813 set on games of 256, 279, and 278 and Jason Newbery rolled 278277-246-801. Earlier in the season John Valli and Andres Lopez each rolled a 300 game and Felipe Camacho was close with a 299 game.
Joey Jones 803 at Holiday Bowl
OAKLAND, NJ – Joey Jones was the shining star rolling in the Sal Marino Classic League at Holiday Bowl when he tallied an impressive 803 series on games of 269, 289 and 245. Not too far behind was Sam Perrotta with a 783 set earned with 268-247-267 followed by Alex Rodriguez with 279-277-780, Jim Hosier 279-249-764, Jim demas 279-248-761, Joey Lavecchia 246-259-749, Dave Ritter 268254-748, Harry Scheck 267-235724, Jack Prins 277-235-717, Shawn Airllo 279-708, Chris Andresen 248-706, Bob Lippi 231-702, and Jacob Soloman 244698.
Jim Broadfoot 300-774 in OLV
By Al Smetana WAYNE, NJ – Jim Broadfoot was the star of the night as he pounded out games of 206-268-300 on the way to a league high 774 series while rolling in Our Lady of the Valley Bowling League at T-Bowl II. Harry Fivehouse was closest with 233-672 followed by Rich Olson 246-622, Jim Affinito 234-606, Tom Kaynak 212-605, George Tahinos 226-604 and Ken Paul 212-600.
For years, the best-kept secret has been youth programs: scholarships, high school and collegiate bowling, and simply media coverage of all our wonderful young bowlers. In North Jersey we have the Emma P. Hendrickson (http://www.morriscountywba.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/scholarship_application.pdf), and Charles A. Edwards (http://www.mcbanjbowling.com/applications/ScholApplic.pdf) scholarships. Additionally, there are many national scholarships available from the PBA (the Billy Welu), the USBC (Chuck Hall and Alberta Crowe Stars of Tomorrow), and BWAA (Chuck Pezzano). A simple Google search will give you all the information, forms, and past winners. Why bring up scholarships now? Because many deadlines for all applications start in February, and applications need recommendations from teachers or guidance counselors, and often have essay requirements. Montville High School wants a bowling program. For the life of me I never understood why some schools didn’t support youth bowling. Their games wouldn’t get rained out. The “little guy” could make the team along with the “big guy.” The camaraderie is unparalleled compared with other sports. People often ask me about colleges with bowling programs. In addition to the mega-bowling powerhouse, Wichita State, there are so many other schools with strong bowling curricula such as New Jersey’s own Fairleigh Dickinson, The College of New Jersey, New Jersey City, NJ Institute ot Technology, Stevens Institute, Monmouth, and William Paterson. Look up their contact people and scholarships at www.bowl.com. Did you know that Bill Wyer of Yale organized the first collegiate bowling tournament held in New Haven, Conn., on April 8, 1916? During the month of December, all Morris County bowling centers that have sanctioned youth leagues will be hosting Adult/Youth Qualifiers. All sanctioned youth bowlers may get the information from their league coaches. The winners of the in-house qualifiers will be eligible to bowl in the Morris County USBC YA 42nd Annual Adult/Youth Roll-off that will be held at Boonton Lanes on Sunday February 5, 2012 (yes-Super Bowl Sunday) with a snow date of February 12, 2012. If you need any further information, please call Elaine Wilson at the Association Office at 973-267-4279.
High School Mixed Triples Tournament
Farmingdale Lanes is hosting their 1st. Annual High School Mixed Triples Tournament on Sunday, December 18th. Check in at 11:00 a.m. tournament follows at 12:00 noon. Teams must be comprised of (3) bowlers from same high school bowling team and have at least one male or one female bowler. Bowlers must wear their high school team shirt and bring with them the most recent high school league standings sheet for average verification. There are two divisions; Scratch for teams with an entering average exceeding 600 and handicap for all others. Handicap will be at 90%. Teams will bowl 4 games across 8 lanes. Trophies will be awarded in each division, bowling ball and gift raffles throughout the event. Entry fee is $36.00 perteam. Entry forms are available online at www.farmingdalelanes.com and clicking on High School Triples Tournament, or by calling stopping by or calling Farmingdale Lanes 631 249 4300. Entry forms may also be picked up at Coram Country Lanes and Rockvile Centre Lanes. Entries close on Friday, Dec. 16th. For more information please contact Paul LaMar at 631-2494300. (see ad page 6)
Why do people bowl? Some people bowl because it is their way to make a living. Some people bowl to be with their friends, mates or family. Some people bowl to get away from their friends, mates or family. Some people bowl because they like being frustrated, bitter and unhappy and bowling gives them a little of each. Some people bowl because they like being satisfied and happy, and Bowling gives them a little of that. Some people bowl just because they were asked to bowl. Some people bowl because it is an inexpensive form of entertainment. Some people bowl because they like to throw things. Some people bowl because they were lousy at every other sport and figure bowling is an easy game. Some people bowl because they were good in other sports and figure when they can’t cut it in football or baseball or other sports bowling can still keep them competitive. Some old people bowl to stay young. Some young people bowl to learn how to mature. Some people bowl because they like to talk. Some people bowl because they like to listen. Some people bowl so they can have something to brag or complain about. Some people bowl because they have some excuses left over from other life encounters they lost. Some people bowl because they found a bowling ball or pair of shoes in the attic or cellar.
Some people bowl because it gives them license to go out, have a drink, wear outlandish clothes, and yell a lot. Some people bowl for exercise. Some people bowl to get away from the cares of work or home, and then end up caring more about home and work because of the new cares bowling brings. Some people bowl to make out. Some people bowl because they saw a pro on TV and figure they can do better. Some little people bowl because their mothers and fathers make them bowl. Some people bowl because for a tiny sum they can use million dollar equipment. Some people bowl to lose their inhibitions and some people bowl to put themselves on exhibition. Some people bowl because they like to laugh and cry in no special order. Some people bowl because bowling centers can be a home away from home. Some people bowl because they want to win a trophy of some sort, and almost every bowler can win a trophy at one time or another. Some people bowl to lose weight. Some people bowl to throw their weight around. Some people bowl because it’s one of the only things they can do. Some people bowl because it’s the only thing they want to do. But all people bowl because they enjoy it, gain something from it in some normal or peculiar way, and because bowling is truly the people’s pastime.
Teens: Alexandra Shock 256 Matthew Hirsch 231 Anthony Ramirez 206 Steven Aiello Jr 223 Nate Vazquez 205 Joe Trapani 167 Kyle Leahy 160 Christina Kaye 200 Juniors: Brandon Melio 146 David Pira 146
Monmouth County New Jersey Bowlers Support Veterans
Edison, NJ – As part of a nationwide grant program, Veterans Day was a little bit brighter at the Veterans Home at Menlo Park, where a check was accepted in the amount of $2,535.00 from the local members of the Bowlers to Veterans Link (BVL). Part of donations to the national BVL also support the group “Re-Creation” which is a song and dance group and was there performing on the same day. The Monmouth County USBC Bowlers collect donations at all their sponsored tournaments by asking each bowler to contribute only $1.00. “Our bowlers have been very generous in supporting our efforts to aid the veterans,” said Bob Hodges, President. The veterans were also given a banner with over one hundred signatures from the bowlers of Monmouth County who participated in the fund-raiser. BVL is a national charity, which raises almost a million dollars annually to fund recreation and therapeutic programs and services for America’s veterans. Founded in 1942, the BVL is operated and supported by league bowlers throughout the United States. The grant will be used to purchase much needed supplies and equipment for the facility. Currently, the center serves Central Jersey area veterans who will benefit from and enjoy the new equipment and programs. Joseph Brandspiegel, CEO of the Menlo Park Veterans Home, was thrilled to receive such a generous donation, and invited the bowlers group to come back more often. The Bowlers of America, through the BVL, recognize the tremendous sacrifice that our military veterans have made for our country. Our bowlers are committed to improving the life for veterans. This gift to the Menlo Park facility is just part of our on-going effort to boost the spirits of our veterans, and show them we care. In addition to the donations to the VA Hospitals, BVL dollars support veterans in the State Veterans Homes and at Vet Centers around the country. For more information on the Bowlers to Veterans Link visit www.BowlforVeterans.org. For more information about Monmouth County Bowlers “Like” us on Facebook, and visit our website at www.monmouthcountybowling.com.
John Dulack the home's Wii bowling champion (they have weekly tournaments on the Wii ), Ray Vogel, Monmouth County USBC Bowling Association Assoc. Mgr., Joseph Brandspiegel, CEO of the Menlo Park Veterans Home, Bob Hodges, Monmouth County USBC Bowling Association President, Joanne Ramsey, Monmouth County USBC Bowling Association 1st Vice-President.
SOUTH LEVITTOWN LEADERS
Jerry Packard 719
LEVITTOWN, NY – Jerry Packard led the scoring in the Thursday Hits and Misses League firing games 267-247 for a high series of 719. Patrick Fisher rolled 246-244-693, Jim Fenimore 279, Lu Soguero 204, and Irv Freed 243. In the Monday Seniors League Joe Simpson shot 221, Bob Haskin 218, George Ventura 203, Ann Scala 208, and Jack Mateer 202. Rich Arcas rolled 237-245, and Debbie Gerstner 206-225 in the Monday BFCU League. Regina Sander rolled 225, Denise Exner 208, and Denise Curcio 203 in the Tuesday Early Birds League.
Mike Gregorio 256
LEVITTOWN, NY – Mike Gregorio led the scoring in the Tuesday BK Sweenys League firing a high game of 256. Rich O’Neill rolled 253, George Alavanja 248, John Gannon 244, and Katrina McTigue 221. Pete Thomashefsky rolled a 236, Richie Coyer hit 233-227-620, Charlie Stumpf 212, and Bernie Goldstein 204-203 in the Wednesday Young at Heart Seniors League.
John Gualteri 740 At Lodi Lanes
LODI, NJ – John Gualteri took high series honors rolling 267257-216-740 in the Monday Lodi Classic at Lodi Lanes. Shawn Bautista tossed 247-246246-739 followed by Rafael Hernandez with 245-266-223-734, Mitchell Sacks 237-233-257-727, Mark Newman 199-254-266-719, Paul Greco 245-234-237-716, Bobby Castillo 203-267-246716¸John Sperone 257-268-191716, Mike Ibanez 236-196-279711, Matt Liss 255-238-217-710, Flor Mangasi 224-225-257-706, Clay Pezzano 269-219-217-705 and Tom Flynn with consistent games of 237-233-233 for a 703 set.
Paul Weltchek 247
LEVITTOWN, NY – Paul Weltchek rolled 247, and Paul Devito 233 in the Wednesday Hicksville Elks League.
Brad Cammarano 742
LEVITTOWN, NY – Brad Cammarano topped the scoring in the Thursday Charles McShane 4-Man League firing a high game of 289 and a high series of 742. Paul Thivierge bowled 278-277-743, Dan O’Connor 268-733, George Anderson 279, Ken Luparella 278, Peter Rodriguez 266, and Vinny DiClemente 267.
Phil Piacentini 731
LEVITTOWN, NY – Phil Piacentini led the scoring in the Thursday Night Foursome League firing games of 279-259 for a high series of 731. Alex Ruben rolled 279, Tom DiVincenzo 268, Pete Cornell 256-262729, Ken Wojdylo 257-277, Steve Terech, Ryan Neary and Seth Marcus 257, Tom Olino 269, Keith Hengel 268, and Nick Pirillo 265.
USBC ANNOUNCES 2010-11 HIGH AVERAGE AND SERIES WINNERS
ARLINGTON, Texas - Team USA member Liz Johnson enjoyed a successful year on the international stage, and she was able to stay sharp by competing in a United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling league. The 37-year-old right-hander, who earlier this year helped Team USA to its first team gold medal at the World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women's Championships since 1987, captured the women's 2010-11 USBC Sport Bowling National High Average Award. She averaged 210 for 48 games in the Beverly Sport League at Beverly Lanes in Arlington Heights, Ill. John Donahue of Shawnee Mission, Kan., topped the Adult Male division with a 230 average for 72 games in the PBA Experience league at Ward Parkway Lanes, while Kyle Sherman of O'Fallon, Mo., and Denver's Emily Eckhoff led all youth Sport bowlers with 205 and 196, respectively. "It feels really good to have the top average in the country and receive this honor," said Johnson, a seven-time member of Team USA, who posted a USBC women's record 244.4 average in a standard league during the 2004-05 season. "The bowling center is pretty tough overall, and there are a lot of great bowlers in the area who also bowl in the league. It definitely helped keep me sharp for all of the tournaments I bowl in, and I'm very proud of this accomplishment." After finishing second at the 2011 USBC Team USA Trials, Johnson went on to claim two gold medals (team and doubles) at the World Women's Championships in Hong Kong and also won singles and doubles at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Donahue, 52, started bowling Sport leagues in 2007 with his focus on preparing for top senior events. "I needed to do preparation work to bowl senior tourna-
ments like PBA and SASBA by the time I turned 50," Donahue said. "I determined that bowling in PBA Experience leagues was a good way to sharpen my skills. Bowling in PBA Experience leagues also has helped me play lanes better with both Sport and non-Sport lane conditions."
Eckhoff and Sherman, both 17, said they decided to challenge themselves on Sport conditions so they could be prepared for top competition. "For the love and dedication I have for this sport, I am greatly honored to have earned this award," said Eckhoff, who started bowling in Sport leagues in
2006. "Being able to accomplish an achievement that rarely comes along means a lot to me." Sherman was 13 when he bowled in his first Sport league. He made headlines in the summer of 2010 when he won the JBC Gateway Scholarship Tournament by rolling games of 300, 259, 300 and 289 in match
play. "I wanted to improve my game, and I knew I had to challenge myself on Sport shots in order to compete with the top competition," Sherman said. "I feel so honored to have achieved this award, and I realize that practice and hard work pay off."
Frankie Montgoris 755
FARMINGDALE, NY – Frankie Montgoris topped the scoring in the Thursday 3-Man League firing games of 253-279-223 for a high series of 755. Jeremy Schaffer shot 237-224-279-740, Frankie Berardino 278-234711, Joe Traina, Jr. 218-289-202-709, Glenn Gerstner 219-269-215-703 and Joe Camacho 214-206-279-699.
Wendy Scarsella 763
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Wendy Scarsella topped the scoring in the Sunday Mixed League firing games of 248-247-268 for a high series of 763. Phil Oppenheim hit 255-245-736, Tony Mansaro 267-246-726, Will Tompkins 296-692, Freddy Scarsella 269, Anthony D’Elia 246-672, and Patricia Soto 215.
Al Felline 259
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Al Felline paced the scoring in the Senior Men’s League firing a high game of 259. Wilbur Koenig hit 255, Phil Distilo 245, Larry Yurman 227, John Sorrentino 205-226, and Ray Miranda 214-217-212.
Mark Pagano 739
FARMINGDALE, NY – Mark Pagano led the scoring in the Wednesday Early Men’s League firing games of 268-240-231 for a high series of 739. Steve Gonzales hit 279-213-215-707, Mike Pagano and Al Sequeira 277, Jeff Gallo 269-212-220-701 and Charlie Turner 247-245-210-702.
John Wilders 761
STATEN ISLAND, NY – John Wilders led the scoring in the Friday Nite Mixed Quartets League firing games of 277-258 for a high series of 761. Joe D’Esposito shot 267-245-725, Ken Soto 258708, Derek Gilbert 254, Liz Gottlieb 224 and Bobbi Sharp 221.
John Cento 248
STATEN ISLAND, NY – John Cento led the scoring in the Golden Oldies League firing high game of 248. Olivia Costantino hit 209, Wayne Maddalone 205, Mike Angeloni 204, and Ralph Loggia 201.
Mac McNally 731
FARMINGDALE, NY – Mac McNally led the scoring in the Wednesday Early Men’s League firing games of 258-258-215 for a high series of 731. John Young rolled 277 and Mike Alvarez 266.
Jared Wichnovitz 659
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Jared Wichnovitz led the Larry McSorley Juniors League firing games of 237-220 for a high series of 759. Frank Bernardini hit 206-223, Mike Moore 202 and Jason Wichnovitz 199.
Luigi Battezato 688
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Luigi Battezato led the scoring in the Millennium Fun League firing games of 245-245 for a high series of 688. Derek Gilbert rolled 661, Philip Oppenheim and Ray Casaro 255, Fred Russillilo 248, and Jeff Cummings 243.
Joe Inzirillo 721
FARMINGDALE, NY – Joe Inzirillo rolled 278-228-215-721 in the St. Martins Major League. Todd Holly shot 289 in the Saturday Island Trees League. Clay Hunt rolled 257-246-224-727 in the Friday Late Mixed League. Leroy Williams shot 276, Paul Mazza 268 and Bob O’Keefe 255-246223-724 in the Wednesday Men’s League.
Jaylin Floyd Levels Maples With 257-707 in Youth Travelers
By Vince Albrecht Hackensack, NJ - Two years ago, as a Manchester H.S. senior, Jaylin Floyd secured a Stan Niemiec Youth Travel League championship for Fair Lawn with a season-ending 257. This past season, Jaylin made his solitary appearance a notable one, crushing Holiday Bowl’s plastic-coats in scoring 265-737. In his first outing this year, the unflappable righty demolished Bowler City’s pins with games of 225-225-257 [707], helping younger brother Justin 235,192 and his Fair Lawn quartet take five of seven points from Bowler City III; best for BC III were Patrick Sucero 167, Kristen Kane 163 and Tiffany Sucero 160. In other matches, Holiday Bowl regained the top rung with a hardearned 4-3 victory over Bowler City I. Leading the winners were Colette Malyack with a pair of 214s, Joe Malyack 245, Jeremy Scott 223 and Brian Rizzi 216. Tops for BCI were John Draney 246-601, Eric Grabusnik 204-571, Ryan Perez 199,193 and Rob Gilbert 192. Despite the use of a blind score, Montvale continued its climb up the standings by sweeping past Boonton, 2597-2481. Bobby McCarthy rebounded from an early season slump with 200-580; teammates Katie Didonato 183 and Matt Russell 161 contributed to the triumph. Boonton’s best came from Patrick Teshima 203,212-596, Justin Puchalski 181 and Karl Kattermann 171. Completing the afternoon session, Bowler City IV squeaked past Bowler City II, 2504-2503, taking five points in the process. Fine over average scores for the victors came from Jenai Bacote, Arielle Wallace and Louis Ferrante. Pacing BC II were Welmer Paquay 172, James Kane a pair of 171s, Kyle Schellberg 165 and Haley Hassan 164,162.
Jan Dul 703 At Parkway
Elmwood Park, NJ – Jan Dul led all pin attackers with scores of 223-235-245 for a strong 703 series in the Wednesday Teterboro Bowling League at Parkway Lanes. Mark Marton tossed 258-687, Joe Leardo Jr 246-685, John Dulinski 235-646, George Doughty Jr 244-645, Jim Viola 248-644, Mike Semancik Jr 224642 and Victor Miranda 246-642.
Ken George 763
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Ken George paced the scoring in the Friday Nite Men’s League firing a game of 278 and a high series of 763. Ricky Exner rolled 277-739, Joseph Steward 269, Jesus Cruz 257, Ed Cook 250 and Lee Johnson 243. In the Friday Tri Mixed League Keri May shot 228-648, Jerry Szekula, Jr. 211, Michel Halley 208 and Bill Mott 201.
George Dakak, Jr. 739
ROCKAWAY, NJ – George Dakak, Jr. led the scoring in the Foursome League firing a high game of 278 and a high series of 739. Ken George shot 265, Chris Morris 235, Lies’l Apgar 259-718 and Ed Cook 256-647. In the PBA Experience League Scott Van Syckle hit 237-649, Lies’l Apgar 243-640, Razor Chisolm 236-633, and Chip Vincent 220.
Vinny Cimmino 681
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Vinny Cimmino was the leader of the Scaran Mixed League at Rab’s Country Lanes when he posted a 681 set highlighted by a 246 game. Jenn Dorso rolled a 215, Wendy Scarsella 210-212-630 Ray Spiro 268, Janet Katz 222, Mark Katz 256, Ed Barone 247, Lou Iosue 247, and Dominick Curso 268, In the Rab’s Getaway League John Vierno tossed a 672 high series to lead the competition. Lisa Sanways bowled 233-223-657, Alberto Sanchez 267-667, Paul Pendrich 248-665, Wilfredo Apo 257-244-661, and Kathy Zarr 247650.
Paul DiStruco 728
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Paul DiStruco paced the scoring in the County Tuesday Night Mixed League firing a high game of 269 and a high series of 728. John Scott shot 267, Ed Pico 262-666, Matt Franke 256-683, Nichole Spratford 222, Sandy Turner 230, Dan Richards 257, Jesus Cruz 267-671 and Lindsay Casabi 227.
Roger McKeon 694
ROCKAWAY, NJ- Roger McKeon led the scoring in the NorBu Lodge League firing a high fame of 274 and high series of 694. Keith Helbourg shot 244, Chris Bakos 236-608, Bill Karpack 235664 and Stacey Titus 222.
Frank Grumka 257
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Frank Grumka led the Monday Early Birds League firing a high game of 257. Alex Dalmedo and Michael Kire hit 244 and Sheila Sell 242. In the Fox Hills Seniors League Joe Tobjy hit 207, Don King 205 and Robert Forte 202.
Dominic Petrosino 234 Scott Struble 268 ROCKAWAY, NJ – Scott Struble rolled 268 game on the way to a At Ocean Lanes 651 set , Carole Crenzio 255, Lee Ann Mackin 235, David Ireton
LAKEWOOD, NJ - Dominic Petrosino rolled a high game of 234 while competing in the Strike Masters League for Juniors at Ocean Lanes. Josef Opela bowled a 229 game followed by Matt Clark rolling a 228, Joe Picone with 227, Tori Boughton 200, Nicolas Chirichello 199, Patti Matthews 188, Caitlin Sedilo 160 and Livia Spalluto 160.
234, Mark Novembre 234 and John Puloe 233 in the Thursday Nite Mixed League.
Jamie Sweetser 266
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Jamie Sweetser led the Lake Hiawatha A.C. League firing a high game of 266. Randy Edwards rolled 258-698, John Finno 248, Larry Lewis 246, George Valerius 259 and John Finno 236.
Tyrone Wall 678
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Tyrone Wall shot 253-678, John Scott 249, Heriberto Matias 241 and Jesus Cruz 227 in the Spanish American Mixed League. Zachary Clark led the Weekend Warriors with a 244 game, followed by Tyler Bott 221 and Mary Wright bowled 165.
Jack Cook 673
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Jack Cook blasted 269-673, Kevin Boise 230 and Matthew Wood 197 in the Ball Busters League. Stuart Gomer hit 206, and Ray Steinhart 205 in the Sunday Adult Junior League.
James Joyner 727
HOPELAWN, NJ – James Joyner topped the scoring in the Academy Madness League firing games of 231-254-242 for a high series of 727. Greg Nagy rolled 219-242-660, Jeff Monteleone 233-229-653, Carmine Latin 256-200-647, Frank Viverito 226-628, and Kath DeCrosta 227-212.
Bob Banko 664
HOPELAWN, NJ – Bob Banko topped the scoring in the Knights of Columbus League firing games of 235-211-218 for a high series of 664. Mark Makwinski shot 211-215236-662, and John Masculin 216213-618.
Team USA Adds 10 to 2012 Roster Trials Champions to Compete in World Cup
Lucas Wiseman - USBC ARLINGTON, Texas - In two major announcements, the United States Bowling Congress has selected 10 athletes to join Team USA in 2012, while the winners of the USBC Team USA Trials will earn automatic spots to compete in the QubicaAMF World Cup. Five men and five women have been selected to Team USA members for 2012. The remainder of the roster will be determined at the Team USA Trials in Las Vegas from Jan. 2-6. Patrick Allen, Chris Barnes, Tommy Jones, Bill O'Neill and Sean Rash were selected to join the men's team by the National Selection Committee, while Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick, Stefanie Nation, Shannon O'Keefe and Shannon Pluhowsky were chosen for the women's team. "These decisions are never easy to make because we have such a talented pool of players to choose from," said Team USA head coach Rod Ross, who chairs the selection committee. "Representing the United States as a member of Team USA is the highest honor an athlete in our country can have, and all of these players are worthy of their selection." To be considered at this stage for selection to 2012 Team USA, men were required to be exempt players on the PBA Tour, while the women must have been former Professional Women's Bowling Association/Ladies Professional Bowlers Tour members. Players who were on Team USA at least once since 2001 also were eligible for consideration. An additional five men and five women will join Team USA 2012 at the Team USA Trials, which will be held at Texas Station in Las Vegas. The winners of that event will represent the United States at the prestigious QubicaAMF World Cup in 2012. "Earning a spot on Team USA is a significant reason in itself to compete in the Team USA Trials, but we wanted to sweeten the victory for our winners," USBC Managing Director of National Governing Body Neil Stremmel said. "The World Cup has a tremendous amount of tradition and is one of our most anticipated events each year." The top three men and top three women finishers at the Team USA Trials will earn automatic spots on Team USA, while the National Selection Committee will pick two additional men and two additional women from the field to join the team. Team USA will represent the United States in international competition in 2012, including the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships, World Singles Championships and the Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas. For more information on how to enter the Team USA Trials, visit BOWL.com/teamusatrials.
Tim McQueary 687
HOPELAWN, NJ – Tim McQueary set the pace rolling in the Atlantic City Trios League tossing games of 237-257 for the session high series of 687. Bill Venezia shot 202-245-202649, and Joseph Krupinski 212223-627.
Pat Moreno 692
HOPELAWN, NJ – Pat Moreno led all bowlers in the La Buona Pizza League firing games of 204231-257 for a high series of 692. Mike Karminski rolled 233-245675, Joe Herber 224-258-655, and Rich Governale 212-204-225-641. In the Winter Senior Citizen League Rich Rowley rolled 212225-635.
Mike Piomelli 694
HOPELAWN, NJ – Mike Piomelil led the Thursday Nite Mixed League rolling 214-213-267 for a high series of 694. Thomas Poulos rolled 258-215657, Rollin E. Ball 214-240-203657, Vinny Medvetz 248-633, and Robin Ball 234.
William G. Willard 642
HOPELAWN, NJ – William G. Willard rolled 246-204-642, Daniel J. Willard 212-622, Matthew Manenty 221, Paul Harney 212, and Charlene Martino posted a 206 game.
Frank Testa 686
HOPELAWN, NJ - Frank Testa led the scoring in the Friday Nite Mixed League tossing 223-206257 for a 686 set. Nicholas Dellamanna hit 245234-672, Kenny Anderson 255222-645, Steven Goodwin 235224-639, and Melissa Hertenberger 214-214.
Michael Morris 685
HOPELAWN, NJ – Michael Morris topped the NJ Turnpike League pitching 255-211-217 for the high series of 685. Pat Jones rolled 235-214-608, Ted Yeung 227, and Ed Aumann 223.
Ben Gregoretti 289
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Ben Gregoretti led the scoring in the Duke Demarci Invitational League firing a high game of 289. Keith Manza, Ricky Shea, Ed Bray, and Joe Milazzo 279, John Hodge, Bob Farrell, and Jerry Katz 277, Mitch Goolsby 276 and Nat Russo 269. Denise Fortin rolled 225 in the Koffee Kats League.
Ed Lee 257
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Ed Lee led the scoring in the Wednesday Night Mixed League firing a high game of 257. John Howarth hit 246, Rennie Gardner 245, Bob Eaton 238, Vicky Lockwoon 225-224 and Marie Price 217-215.
Lewis Thomas 279
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Lewis Thomas led the scoring in the Senior Birds League firing a high game of 279. Robert Timmons hit 255, Charles Johnson 248, Gerald Fields 247, William Tyson 246 and Joan Williams 205.
Lyle Chernoff 245
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – Lyle Chernoff paced the scoring in the Thursday El Cheapo League firing a high game of 245. Vincent Spano rolled 243, Scott Masciello 232, Steve Frey 226, Steve Patlucci 216 and Sehila Weissman 203.
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/r/StudioPorn created by sunburnera community for 4 yearsmessage the moderatorsMODERATORSsunburnersoundezinerAutoModeratorChippy569Pro Game Soundabout moderation team »345Car Engines in Audiokinetics Wwise... what have I missed? (self.GameAudio)submitted 1 year ago * by Afterswishsorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted onOur audio team has lots of experience with FMOD but not much experience with Wwise. We are currently creating a bunch of car engines for a game that uses Wwise. Does anyone know of any tutorials for car engine audio in Wwise? I did a search across the Audiokinetic site and couldn't see anything.
My problem is that it seems incredibly fiddly trying to define the frequency curve against RPM for each individual event in the blend container. Trying to match the frequency of the next blend in the cross fade section as the RTPC for the RPM sweeps across is very hit and miss. I end up with what sounds like multiple engines at some points (unmatched frequencies during the x-fade). It seems to me that I've missed something obvious that automates the frequency curve across each blend or "re-tunes" the samples in the container to the same pitch ( a bit like FMOD). Does anyone have any pointers? What have I missed?
2 commentssharecancelall 2 commentssorted by: besttopnewhotcontroversialoldrandomq & a[–]ED-209b 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted onEDIT: Use the feature called Build Smart Pitch Curve. You enter the native rpm of your loop and it will build your pitch curve around it to fit your rpm parameter. Do this on all your rev loops and they should blend nicely.
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york and ours in newark, new jersey, and how it doesn't take that much effort to be there for a kid. and i see, and i was very happy during sandy, we were able to do some things through covenant house and in cooperation with some extraordinary people that linked in to raise a lot of money because it actually doesn't take that much money to give a person a doorway of hope. and the last thing i'll say on this is, you know, for me i get very upset because when i first became mayor, i had a metaphor that i clung to. i used to tell people because i'm such an optimistic, hopeful person, i used to tell people, i'm a prisoner of hope. when we walked through city hall, there were so many challenges, and i'd say we're prisoners of hope. we can do nothing but hope. now seven years later my metaphor's completely changed, because i see things happening in every sector of our city from the largest parks expansion in a century, from a -- in a down housing market, the creativity of my team to double housing. first time newark's population is actually going up. hotels built by newarkers, employing p Varney Company
affect ports in newark, houston, miami, this could be several billion dollar hits every day to our economy? >> yeah, and i tell you, when you look at it, it's really similar. there are some parallels to the fiscal cliff discussion. because the arguments are about are the royalty payments that the dock workers get for bringing merchandise on board and unloading the cargo and what the similarity is really that we're not-- they're not talking about more business, they're talking about how do we split up the same pie and same thing with the fiscal cliff, we're not talking growing the economy, how do you split up the economy getting the tax revenue and the same thing with the longshoreman strike. which is probably going to happen they say there's absolutely no negotiation on this, they absolutely want to see more money coming to them and the other side absolutely no way in the world so that's going to take us from maine all the way down to texas much bigger than the strike we had on the west coast ten years ago. >> now, the president usually sides with the unions, we all know that, but First Look
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Patent US5329121 - Rotary encoding device with polygonal reflector and centroid detection - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA device for positioning encoding of a rotating shaft in which a polygonal mirror having a number of facets is mounted to the shaft and a light beam is directed towards the facets. The facets of the polygonal mirror reflect the light beam such that a light spot is created on a linear array detector....http://www.google.com/patents/US5329121?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5329121 - Rotary encoding device with polygonal reflector and centroid detectionAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5329121 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/022,219Publication dateJul 12, 1994Filing dateFeb 25, 1993Priority dateFeb 25, 1993Fee statusLapsedPublication number022219, 08022219, US 5329121 A, US 5329121A, US-A-5329121, US5329121 A, US5329121AInventorsDouglas B. LevitonOriginal AssigneeThe United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space AdministrationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (3), Referenced by (16), Classifications (5), Legal Events (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetRotary encoding device with polygonal reflector and centroid detection
US 5329121 AAbstract
A device for positioning encoding of a rotating shaft in which a polygonal mirror having a number of facets is mounted to the shaft and a light beam is directed towards the facets. The facets of the polygonal mirror reflect the light beam such that a light spot is created on a linear array detector. An analog-to-digital converter is connected to the linear array detector for reading the position of the spot on the spots on the linear array detector. A microprocessor with memory is connected to the analog-to-digital converter to hold and manipulate the data provided by the analog-to-digital converter on the position of the spot and to compute the position of the shaft based upon the data from the analog-to-digital converter.
1. A high resolution device for encoding the angular displacement of a rotating shaft about its axis of rotation comprising:a polygonal mirror having a plurality of facets thereon affixed to said shaft; a light beam having an invariant spatial distribution directed towards said facets; said facets of said polygonal mirror each reflecting in turn said light beam such that a light spot having an invariant spatial distribution is projected on a plurality of pixels on a position sensitive detector means; an analog-to-digital converter means connected to said detector means for reading an output from said plurality of pixels upon which said light spot is projected; processing and memory means connected to said analog-to-digital converter means to hold and manipulate data provided by said analog-to-digital converter means on the position of said spot and to compute the angular displacement of said shaft about its axis of rotation based upon a computation of the centroid of the light spot distribution upon said plurality of pixels upon which said light spot is projected. 2. The device of claim 1 further including a binary code encoder affixed to said polygonal mirror for identification of each of said plurality of facets.
This invention relates generally to rotary encoding devices and more particularly to an absolute rotary encoding device with high angular sensitivity.
This invention is related to an invention shown and described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/971,035, entitled "Rotary Encoding Device", filed in the name of Douglas B. Leviton on, Nov. 3, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,266,796. The above is assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
Many scientific, industrial, military weapons systems, and aerospace applications require precise and accurate knowledge of the angular orientation of a shaft or other rotating object. Typically, this knowledge is provided by a rotary shaft angle encoder. Encoders of the highest practical precision are relative or incremental in nature, i.e. they resolve very small angular changes and keep track of accumulated change relative to some reference angle. In these encoders the angular information generally is lost if this reference angle becomes corrupted, e.g., through power interruption or upset by electromagnetic interference. There are also absolute encoders which provide angle information which is independent of any reference angle (except of course its own calibration, traceable to some standards maintenance organization such as NIST--formerly NBS). The absolute nature of these encoders is generally accompanied by only low to moderate angular sensitivity. Those which have the highest sensitivity are exorbitantly expensive ($30,000 to $100,000). Further, some of these encoders often achieve additional sensitivity by means of gear trains which are subject to hysteresis which limit accuracy and make angular determination indirect.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an encoding device having high absolute accuracy and sensitivity.
Light source 12 can be an LED, a filament lamp (with or without a filter) with gradient index (GRIN) lens collimator 3, a diode laser, or a compact HeNe gas laser or solid state laser (e.g., laser diode-pumped, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG or Nd:YLF) which emits beam 4i and can be delivered by a small diameter fiber optic cable. Light source 12 is thus compact, reliable, and affordable and is directed in the form of a small diameter beam 4i with low divergence at polygonal mirror 6, available with very small facet angle errors (subarcsecond) and excellent optical flatness on facets 20 -2N-. Attached to polygonal mirror 6 is a 4 to 6 bit binary or Gray code encoder 10 (for facet 2i identification) which is simple, reliable, established and well-understood technology.
Position sensitive detector 16 can be a CCD array detector having a linear array of a large number of diodes (256-8000) with very small pixels (7-35 μm) providing high speed/photometrically linear and uniform response to light beam 4R provided by source 12, and has high electronic throughput and is reliable. Connected to detector 16 is 8 to 12+ bit analog-to-digital converter 18 to read out the linear array of diodes in detector 16. A floating point microprocessor 20 with double precision math processing capability and memory to hold and manipulate array detector 16 data is used and will compute shaft 8 angle absolutely based on information from facet identifying encoder 10, and positions of light spots on linear array detector 16. Microprocessor 20 is currently available in many forms with high speed and reliability and more than adequate computing capacity. Digital signal processors (DSP's) having embedded filtering and other mathematical functions could also be sued to compute the spot location.
The operation of the device relies on the simple reflection law of Snell which states that the angle of reflection of light ray from a specular surface is equal and opposite to the angle of incidence of the ray with the surface or β=-α, an expression which is true for any wavelength of light.
To begin the description of the device's operation, for conceptual reasons only, we assume two simple things: first, that light beams can be thought of as geometric rays; and second, that the first time we see the situation in FIGS. 1 and 2, shaft 8 angle θ is such that the incident light beam is just intersecting the upper right end of the facet depicted. We will begin by considering counterclockwise shaft 8 motion (positive sense for θ). Thus, the incident beam 4i from the light source 12 in FIG. 1 will seem to creep down the facet under consideration, changing its angle of incidence on the facet, as shaft 8 rotates.
The basic, observable phenomenon in this system will be the movement of a spot of light on linear array detector 16 where beam 4R reflected from the illuminated facet 21 intersects the line segment in space which is linear array 16. At any instant in time, shaft 8 angle information is in fact held by the exact location of this spot on linear array 16, i.e., the intersection of the reflected ray 4R with the line segment.
To see why this is so, consider the following. As shaft 8 (and polygonal mirror 6) rotates through an angle Δθ, the angle of incidence α of light beam 4i with respect to facet 2i normal for a given facet 2i changes by Δα, exactly =Δθ, which causes the angle of the reflected ray 4R to deviate by exactly -Δβ. The reflected light spot thus moves along fixed linear array 16. It does so in a way governed by the fact that reflected ray 4R obeys Snell's law at all times. The location of the light spot on array 16 identifies a unique angular orientation of illuminated facet 2i. As long as it is known which facet 2i is illuminated, the angle of shaft 8 is completely determined throughout its range of rotation.
The behavior just described continues until the next facet 2i comes around, at which point the behavior repeats itself. The desired behavior is called "modulo 2π/N," where "N" is the number of facets 2i on polygonal mirror 6 and 2π/N is called the "sector angle" in radians. The absolute shaft 8 angle is obtained by knowing the angular offset for illuminated facet 2i and adding the uniquely defined angular component governed by Snell's law and manifested in the locations of light spots on linear array 16. The angular offset is simply facet 2i number times the sector angle, where facets 2 are numbered 0 through N-1. The angular component depending on Snell's law is computed from knowledge of only the device geometry which is assumed to be invariant. These geometric aspects are polygon dimensions, linear array placement, and offset distance from shaft 8 center where incident beam 4i strikes the polygon, defined as xoff.
Accuracy, resolution, and sensitivity are the next important aspects of the encoding device to address. These aspects are influenced by a number of things (though not necessarily the same things). Resolution and sensitivity will be used interchangeably and are related to the degree to which a change in shaft 8 angle Δθ can be sensed. For this device, these are weak functions of shaft 8 angle and depend entirely on geometry and the ability to resolve the exact location of the light spot on array 16 at the system level.
Refer to FIG. 2 for details on the geometry's nomenclature. First, I will describe the polygonal mirror 6 itself. Its two chief attributes are the number of facets 2i, "N", previously described, and what I will call the facet 2i radius, "r", which is the perpendicular distance from the center of polygonal mirror 6 to the center of any facet 2i. The previously described sector angle will be called φ. The facet length will be called 1 and is computed as: ##EQU1##
Referring now to FIG. 3, I turn next to detector array 16 whose pixel dimension "p" along the array is typically in the range from 7 to 25 μm. The array length "a" is then simply the number of elements "e" times "p". This is most conveniently expressed in mm. The beam 4R diameter "b" will also be described in mm. Beams 4i and 4R will either be Gaussian in profile as from a laser or formed from a spatial filter/collimator arrangement and will likely be diffraction-limited. In either case, I will assume that beam 4R will be of Gaussian type, where "b" will refer to the diameter of beam 4R at its 1/e power points. The details of the spatial distribution of beam 4 irradiance are not important as long as the distribution is invariant for each order as it traverses array detector 16.
Finally, I turn to the angular relationships of the device geometry (see FIG. 2). We begin by considering shaft 8 angle θ to be zero when facet number 20 is horizontal and facing the bottom of FIG. 2 as shown. Again, the angle of incidence α of beam 4i on a facet 2i is relative to that facet's surface normal and depends on two things: one, the quantity we referred to earlier as xoff which is a fractional quantity normalized to the facet radius describing the offset distance from shaft 8 center where beam 4i strikes the polygon; and two, θ itself. The two other angles in this geometry, along with xoff, uniquely describe the placement of the linear, photodiode array 16 with respect to the polygon. One angle is called the "center β," βc, defined as the angle between the facet normal and the perpendicular bisector of array 16 when incident beam 4i strikes the center of any facet 2i. This defines a direction along which array 16 can be adjusted closer to or farther from polygonal mirror 6. The other angle is called the "beta halfrange," β1/2, which describes the angel subtended by one-half of array 16 length as seen from the center of facet 2i when incident beam 4i strikes the center of a facet 2i. This angular subtense places array 16 at a unique position on the line described by βc.
From FIG. 2, it is reasonably clear that the following things will place an upper bound on the angular resolution of the encoding device. These are: the beta half-range β1/2, the number of array elements "e", the pixel size "p", and to a less obvious degree beam 4R diameter "b". Other things which will affect sensitivity of the encoder in such a way as to enhance it but which are not evident from FIG. 2 are: the ability to accurately compute the centroid location of the spot from digitally converted array data, multiple sampling (averaging) of light spot location data, and processing for redundant/additional channels with added computational constraints.
As with any device, there are a characteristic set of things which will affect system accuracy. However, fortunately, in this case, most of these can be taken care of in a device calibration program--a worthwhile endeavor for any system seeking state-of-the-art performance. The other light in which to view the question of accuracy is "what might happen to change the calibration?"
The things that affect accuracy which can be calibrated out at the system level are: thermal/mechanical changes, distortions due to assembly, facet 2i flatness, knowledge of dimensions, and knowledge of facet angle errors.
Most if not all of the previously mentioned aspects can be minimized by appropriate component specifications to a degree which might obviate calibration altogether. Such specifications might include suitable optical flatness on facets 2i, materials with suitable stiffness and low coefficient of thermal expansion, etc. Mounting distortion can not be calibrated out unless calibration is performed after mounting which may not always be feasible. According to experts in the rotational encoder industry, currently the ultimate limitation of an encoder will be its bearings and shaft 8 coupling. Again, these mechanical aspects of encoder design are not within the scope of this disclosure. Here, we are concerned only with the aspects of encoders from which angular information is derived.
There are a few things which can affect the size of the diffracted spots on array 16 which in turn can be calibrated out. These are the size of source 12, the optical properties of any collimating optics 3, and facet 2i flatness.
Analysis of Anticipated Performance
Because source 12 and detector array 16 are fixed with respect to each other, and polygonal mirror rotates with respect to these, the position of the reflected spot on array 16 is related to the difference between the incident and diffracted angles, i.e. to β-α which is just 2β. There is thus a constant geometric angular amplification of two inherent in the system. The actual function for shaft 8 angle versus spot location would be would be linear except for the cos(β-βc) obliquity factor that exists because of differences in light path length from a facet 2i to the different parts of linear array detector 16 and also the modulation of that path length with the change of incident spot location on facets 2i themselves as polygonal mirror 6 rotates.
For this device, design parameters are not critical and are generally selected to optimize packaging and compactness. What I currently believe to be a good set of baseline encoder parameters is reflected in an encoder design of 42% radial offset of incident beam 4i from polygonal mirror 6 axis, 32 facets 2i, surfaces free of rulings (00 lines), and β1/2 =11.7° (nominally 12°). FIG. 4 illustrates the design in the context of the display of a visualization program. This design has been used to study system angular sensitivity. The linear array in this design is an Eastman Kodak device with 8000 pixels which are 9 μm×9 μm in size.
Resolution will be defined as the geometric, angular increment corresponding to the minimum resolvable displacement of a light spot on linear pixel array 16. It turns out that its upper limit is established by the angular subtense of a pixel as seen by the point on a facet 2i where source beam 4i is incident, i.e. by 2·β1/2 /e. Obviously, resolution is enhanced by having as many pixels of the least size possible in linear array 16. For the design under consideration, the geometric angular plate scale on array 16 is about 11" arc/pixel.
0.005[pixels]·11["arc/pixel]/2=0.028["arc].
While the lower limit on the number "N" of facets 2i is three, there is no intrinsic upper limit for "N". However, there are some practical concerns which lead to an optimum choice for "N". The fewer facets 2i there are, the fewer facet-to-facet angle errors must be kept track of. This must be balanced against the desire to assign as little angular range to a given facet as possible in order to maximize resolution and minimize device size. Finally, it is convenient to have a number of facets 2i which is a power of 2 so that facet 2i identification can be done with a simple, piggy-backed, binary encoder. Based on my preliminary studies, it turns out that 32 is a good choice for number of facets 2i.
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John Radford, born in Nottingham on 1 December 1946, died on 19 October 2012,[1] was a British writer and broadcaster in the field of wine and food, with an emphasis on Spain. He was educated at Stamford School in Lincolnshire.
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After a background in the food and drink industry and retail, Radford's writing career started with children's comics, principally for the Dundee publishing house of D. C. Thomson & Co., with Judy comic for girls, for which he wrote a good deal of the annuals from 1978 to 1985 as well as the weekly paper. He also wrote for the same publisher's science fiction series Starblazer, and contributed to other publications, including a series of stories about Dixon Hawke the Dover Street Detective for the Dundee Sporting Post.
He began lecturing about wine whilst in the wine trade, from 1975, and started writing about wine from 1977. His first regular column was in 1981 in the Coventry Evening Telegraph and this was subsequently syndicated to local dailies around the UK. He also contributed wine articles to Decanter Magazine from 1985, as well as writing general features for regional and county glossies and business magazines.
As a result of his perceived interest in Spain, he was commissioned by ICEX, the Spanish Embassy Commercial Office in London, to write the trade/press textbook for Spanish wines The Spanish Wine Education Notes, which appeared bi-annually from 1989 to 2001, after which ICEX took it in-house and it went online.
In 1997 he was commissioned by the publisher Mitchell Beazley to write a new and definitive consumer guide to Spanish wines – The New Spain. Since then his books have a won a number of international awards. The New Spain (1998) won the Glenfiddich "Drinks Book of the year" and the Prix de Champagne Lanson "European Wine Book of the year" awards, as well as 'Best European Wine Book' at the Livre Gourmand Awards in Versailles, and was awarded the silver medal of the Gastronomische Akademie Deutschland.[2] His 2004 book The Wines of Rioja also won the Livre Gourmand award for "Best European Wine Book". In 2006 he was awarded the Premio Especial Alimentos de España in Madrid for his continuing work on Spanish food and wine, and he is a member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino. His most recent book Cook España, Drink España, written in collaboration with chef Mario Sandoval of Restaurante Coque[3] in Humanes de Madrid was published in October 2007. In November it won the Livre Gourmand Award 2008 for 'Best European Wine Book Outside France'. In December 2007 it was shortlisted in the top three for 'Best Wine Book in the World (outside France)', and went on to win the world title at Olympia, London on 13 April 2008.
Radford wrote articles for a number of UK wine publications, including Harpers, Drinks International and Off-Licence News (all trade publications) and Gourmetour, Decanter, Wine Press (Beijing) as well as other consumer publications.
In March 2007, the first issue of Yes Chef! magazine was published, with a launch at Harvey Nichols in London, and Radford as editor. The magazine was quarterly and aimed at kitchen and restaurant professionals as well as interested amateur cooks. In 2011 it was relaunched as the bi-monthly Chef magazine, with Radford as Consultant Editor. In addition he continued to write mostly wine-related articles for magazines in the UK and abroad.
Radford has appeared on several wine-related British television shows including A Question of Taste which ran from 1997 to 1998 on Carlton Food Network, hosted by Russell Grant.
From 1993 to 1997 Radford co-presented the breakfast programme for Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire with BBC Three Counties Radio[4] based in Luton. In 1997 he transferred to BBC Southern Counties Radio based in Brighton where he stayed until March 2006.
From April 2006 until August 2009 he worked as a local radio presenter for Splash FM in Worthing.
2011	RIOJA REVISITED (e-book updating THE WINES OF RIOJA)
2011	THE WINES OF RIOJA (republished as an e-book)
2010 THE ULTIMATE WINE COMPANION (Sterling Epicure, New York – Spanish chapter)
2009	COMPANION GUIDE TO THE WINES OF THE WORLD (New edition – Spanish chapter)
2009	COOK ESPAÑA, DRINK ESPAÑA (American edition)
2008	WINE REPORT 2009 (Spanish chapter)
2007	WINE REPORT 2008 (Spanish chapter)
2007	COMER EN ESPAÑA, BEBER EN ESPAÑA (Spanish language version)
2007	COOK ESPAÑA, DRINK ESPAÑA (with Mario Sandoval)
2007	GREAT WINE TOURS OF THE WORLD (New edition – Spanish chapters)
2006	WINE REPORT 2007 (Spanish chapter)
2005	WINE REPORT 2006 (Spanish chapter)
2004	VINOS DE ESPAÑA – Spanish Translation of THE NEW SPAIN (New Edition)
2004	THE NEW SPAIN (New Edition)
2004	THE WINES OF RIOJA
2004	COMPANION GUIDE TO THE WINES OF THE WORLD (Spanish chapter)
2004	WINE REPORT 2005 (Spanish chapter)
2003	WINE REPORT 2004 (Spanish chapter)
2002	THE SPANISH WINE EDUCATION NOTES
2002	DE WIJNEN VAN SPANJE – Dutch translation of THE NEW SPAIN
2002	GREAT WINE TOURS OF THE WORLD (Spanish chapters)
2001	GYLDENDALS BOG OM DE SPANSKE VINE Danish translation of THE NEW SPAIN
2001	A CENTURY OF WINE (Spanish chapter)
2000	GLOBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WINE (Spanish and Portuguese chapters)
2000	A CENTURY OF WINE (Mitchell Beazley, London – Spanish chapter)
2000	POCKET BOOK OF FORTIFIED AND SWEET WINES (with Stephen Brook – fortified wines)
1999	WEINLANDSCHAFT SPANIEN – German translation of THE NEW SPAIN
1998	THE NEW SPAIN
2008 Best Wine Book in the world, Livre Gourmand Awards (London)
2007 Best European Wine Book, Livre Gourmand Awards (France)
2005	Premio Especial Alimentos de España (Spain)
2005	Best European Wine Book, Livre Gourmand Awards (France)
2000	Silver medal, Gastrononmische Akademie Deutschlands (Germany)
1999	Best European Wine Book, Livre Gourmand Awards (France)
1999	Prix de Champagne Lanson, Best European wine book (UK)
1999	Glenfiddich Award, Best European wine book (UK)
1996	Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino, elected to membership (Spain)
^ John Radford dies, Decanter 28 October 2012
^ Gastronomische Akademie Deutschland e.V
^ Restaurante Coque – Mario Sandoval – Cocina Madrileña Actual
^ BBC – Beds Herts and Bucks – Homepage
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The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation.
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Patent US7289958 - Automatic language independent triphone training using a phonetic table - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA method for training acoustic models for a new target language is provided using a phonetic table, which characterizes the phones, used in one or more reference language(s) with respect to their articulatory properties; a phonetic table, which characterizes the phones used in the target language with...http://www.google.com/patents/US7289958?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7289958 - Automatic language independent triphone training using a phonetic tableAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7289958 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/680,392Publication dateOct 30, 2007Filing dateOct 7, 2003Priority dateOct 7, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20050075887Publication number10680392, 680392, US 7289958 B2, US 7289958B2, US-B2-7289958, US7289958 B2, US7289958B2InventorsAlexis P. Bernard, Lorin P. NetschOriginal AssigneeTexas Instruments IncorporatedExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (4), Referenced by (7), Classifications (10), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetAutomatic language independent triphone training using a phonetic tableUS 7289958 B2Abstract A method for training acoustic models for a new target language is provided using a phonetic table, which characterizes the phones, used in one or more reference language(s) with respect to their articulatory properties; a phonetic table, which characterizes the phones used in the target language with respect to their articulatory properties; a set of trained monophones for the reference language(s); and a database of sentences in the target language and its phonetic transcription. With these inputs, the new method completely and automatically takes care of the steps of monophone seeding and triphone clustering and machine intensive training steps involved in triphone acoustic training.
FIELD OF INVENTION This invention relates to training acoustic phonetic models for a new language and more particularly to automatic language independent triphone training for speech recognition.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is usually accomplished by determining the words that were most likely spoken, given a speech signal. This is done by comparing a set of parameters describing the speech signal with a set of trained acoustic model parameters. Accurate speech recognition requires that the trained acoustic models be able to distinguish the spoken words successfully. Hence, much effort is expended to produce acoustic models that provide the level of performance desired. The units of trained acoustic models may correspond to words, monophones, biphones or triphones. For large vocabulary speech recognition applications, triphone acoustic modeling, which comprehends the prior and subsequent phone context of a given phone, outperforms monophone modeling, and so triphones are the acoustic models of choice in such applications.
If no other method is available, monophone seeding may use a simple �flat start� method, whereby one initial model is constructed based on global statistics of the entire target training database. This model is duplicated to form the model for all monophones. This technique is rarely used for high-end speech recognition systems because it significantly impacts recognition performance.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, phonetic tables of one or more reference languages and a phonetic table for a new target language are derived and encoded. Given a speech database collected in the new language and a phonetic transcription of the database, novel processing methods using table correspondence generate seed monophone phonetic models specific to the new target language. The method of the invention then trains the monophone phonetic models automatically using existing known training techniques. Subsequent to monophone model training, processing methods of the invention automatically generate accurate seed triphone models specific to the language. Additional processing methods of the invention utilize the phonetic table information to determine optimal clustering of the triphone phonetic model parameters. The method of the invention then automatically trains the triphone phonetic models using known training methods. Further, additional methods of the invention incorporate steps to optimize the resulting trained phonetic models to improve speech recognition performance within the training of the triphone acoustic models.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the proposed method performing automatic training in any language.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1 there is illustrated an overall diagram of the method. The method requires as input the following elements:
EXAMPLE OF PERFORMANCE The invention has been utilized to successfully train triphones in several languages, including American English, British English, German and Japanese. Repeatedly, it was seen that the proposed unsupervised training method outperformed the best handcrafted training method both in recognition accuracy and acoustic models size. For instance, when comparing continuous digit string recognition accuracy in American English, it was observed automatically trained triphone acoustic models lead to 1.26% word error rate, versus a rate of 2.30% for the manually trained models.
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