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And they're all livin' devil may care.
And I'm just the devil with love to spare.
Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel.
A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal.
I'm gonna keep on the run.
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time.
I'm gonna give it ev'rything I've got.
Let me shoot a seven with ev'ry shot.


For some that don't know me, I ride/own an 2003 kawasaki prairie 650 4x4. It has odi grips,beadloks, maxxis bighorns and recently installed superwinch winch . My husband( vader) and I do alot of trail riding in NJ, PA. My husband is the one who races and I am the photographer. Some of my AGP race photos can be seen on Quadbuilder.com.
We are so glad to have join Garden State ATV Riders. For there is new friendships starting here and excellant future for legal riding in NJ.


Noche Latina 2014: "Bem-vindos à Copa do Mundo!"
Thanks for going to the general meeting of ALAS this last Friday.
Attendance: Isa, Javi, Gerson, Raul, Clarice, Carlos, Zharita and friend, Andrea, Jorge, Liz, Francisco, Diego, Patri, Juan y Barbara.
Open Ceremony : MU lounge February 7th at 4pm. Refreshment will be provided. Everyone is invited.
ALAS wont perform in this event, but we are required to provide volunteers and attend the event. Volunteer sheets will be out later, We will let you now.
c) ONLY For the BOARD: SEAC Training Feb 16th / Sunday 3:00-5:00pm.
a) Food: This Committee met with the Chef of OSU to present the Menu for the Latin Night 2014. The Chef will help us to estimate the budget for the food and we hope we have this done by the following week. Attached is the Menu :).
Performed by ALAS members / rehearsals are starting soon! Thanks to all the dancers!
- Ritmos del Caribe: Bachata/Merengue/Salsa.
- Fin de Fiesta: Samba at the Sambadrome.. We are all dancing here.
Performed by other collaborators/ Patri is coordinating these 2 presentations.
For most of the dances we are going to use customs from previous Latin Nights.
- We have programmed our meeting with the MU people for Feb 12th to decide the layout.
- OMC will join us at the Latin Night :). Thanks Otto!
- Dianita Pego will sing at the Latin Night :).. thanks Dianita!!!
They will get together soon to start planning the decoration, they already have some ideas. Gerson will meet with them to prepare the budget.
e) After party: Erik McAdam is in charge! Thanks.
3) Barbara presented her thesis project to the new members of ALAS, research that is based on ALAS members interactions.
a) Run/ Walk 5k ALAS ... Analu will help up us with this event and we are moving it for May (when it's sunnier).
b) Presenting your research to ALAS. We will look to have this event at the Spring term... Barbara will help us with this.
c) Happy hour/ Brainstorming for: What do you want from ALAS? We will meet sometime this term to discuss what ALAS can do for you as an international student at OSU (besides Latin Night and provide a social space). Also recruitment ideas, such as get the list of Latin Americans from the University and contact them / give information to OSU departments secretaries at the beginning of the term so they will contact us (thanks Jenny for this idea), etc.
d) We will have a Census soon. Barbara will help us with this.
a) Facebook: We have this space to share information among the members. Everybody is welcome to post information that thinks it would be useful/interesting for all ALAS members, including social ones, housing requirements, etc. We post there the meetings reminders, notes from the meeting, create activities for people to participate, share pictures from ALAS activities, etc. Also, ISOSU and SEAC post their activities at our facebook wall.
b) The webpage : http://groups.oregonstate.edu/alas/ We have official information on what ALAS is, the board, activities from previous years and some of the current activities. It is also linked to the ISOSU calendar and OSU news. We encourage you to go to the webpage and navigate it. On the other hand, we will update as much information as possible. Please let us know what do you think is important to have in the webpage!
c) The mailing list, This is our formal channel of communication. Trough the mailing list we send information about the meetings, the notes, Latin Night participation and some social "formal" events that ALAS hosts. Also, ALAS members share job opportunities, important talks at OSU, some social events too where all ALAS members are invited.
Please feel free to post on Facebook any activity that is going on at OSU campus that you think it will interest us all and find official information at the ALAS webpage.
Have a great week 5!


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Треццоне () — муніципалітет в Італії, у регіоні Ломбардія, провінція Комо.

Треццоне розташоване на відстані близько 540 км на північний захід від Рима, 80 км на північ від Мілана, 45 км на північний схід від Комо.

Населення —   (2014).

Демографія

Сусідні муніципалітети

 Джера-Ларіо
 Монтемеццо
 Веркана

Див. також
 Список муніципалітетів провінції Комо

Примітки

Муніципалітети провінції Комо

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Justia Patents Diaphragm With Electric Driving CoilUS Patent for Aquatic transducer system Patent (Patent # 5,012,457)
Aquatic transducer system
An underwater transducer system reproduces high-fidelity audio signals underwater, and detects and monitors low levels of sound activity, both adjacent to a body of water such as a swimming pool, and in the water. The system includes an underwater housing for a diaphragm that directly contacts the water, a coil assembly movable within the housing and rigidly connected to the center of the diaphragm by a tubular member of the coil assembly engaging a cylindrical boss portion of the diaphragm. The housing can be suspended by an elongated cord member from a wall coping, or mounted within a wall fixture structure. The system can have a source of illumination, a conduit from the source terminating in the housing on the coil axis proximate the diaphragm, and an optical element sealingly protrudes the diaphragm for transmitting light-amplified illumination into the water. A head portion of the optical element that substantially fills the boss portion of the diaphragm incorporates a pair of mirrored surfaces for spreading the illumination and transmitting it into the water. A control unit located to one side of the water provides a speaker mode and a microphone mode of operating the transducer, the microphone mode having a monitor mode and an alarm mode for detecting an alarm condition based on discrimination of an alarm sound condition occurring in the pool. The control unit can also interface a closed circuit TV for visually monitoring the pool. Also disclosed is a method for making the underwater transducer.
The present invention relates to aquatic alarms and sound systems and, more particularly to apparatus for producing high-fidelity sound underwater, and for reliably signalling unauthorized activity in or near a body of water such as a swimming pool or spa.
Traditionally, underwater speakers have been used primarily for public plunges and aquatic athletic events. They have been either temporary installations using pulley methods for lowering the speaker into the water, or permanent installations that project outwardly from the concrete side-walls of a swimming pool. In the latter case, in-field repair or replacement has been extremely difficult, if not impossible. Conventional underwater speakers have relatively poor fidelity in that they introduce unwanted distortion, and they have limited frequency response in that they typically can only reproduce high frequencies. Consequently, underwater speakers are not normally used for producing music. This poor performance is related to an alignment spider that is typically connected to a diaphragm of the speaker for preventing contact between an attached voice coil and a permanent magnet that is closely spaced thereto.
Intrusion alarms for swimming pools and the like are known. Typically they produce an alarm signal in response to wave motion that is generated when, for example, a child falls into the pool. Such alarms are often ineffective in that a child can enter the pool and drown without producing sufficient wave motions to trip the alarm, or the alarm is not triggered by the initial entry but only after the child is in distress--possibly too late for help to arrive in time. Also, existing alarm systems do not distinguish between normal recreational activity and situations requiring assistance or intervention. Moreover, wave motion sensors are subject to damage from normal recreational activity, and from weathering.
Thus there is a need for an underwater speaker system that is effective for producing High-fidelity sound, particularly at low frequencies, that is convenient to install, easy to service, and does not interfere with normal aquatic activities. There is a further need for a pool intrusion alarm that is effective for monitoring a body of water, signalling unauthorized entry, whether or not such activity is accompanied by significant wave activity, and that is not subject to damage from normal pool activity or weathering.
The present invention meets this need by providing an underwater transducer system that is particularly effective for reproducing a high-fidelity audio signal underwater, and for detecting and monitoring low levels of sound activity in the water. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes a housing, means for positioning the housing in a body of water, a diaphragm in the housing, an outer edge thereof connected to the housing with the diaphragm directly contacting the water, a coil assembly having at least one turn of a conductor on a coil axis, a pair of coil terminals at opposite ends of the conductor, the coil assembly being movable within the housing and rigidly connected to the center of the diaphragm by means of a tubular member of the coil assembly engaging a cylindrical outside surface of a boss portion that is formed in the diaphragm, and a magnetic field intersecting the conductor for correlating sound waves in the water with a voltage between the coil terminals. This system is particularly effective in producing high-fidelity sound underwater because the means for centering the coil permits the use of a very large coil and field magnet combination, yet does not require a conventional centering spider which would detract from the sound output and introduce distortion.
Preferably the tubular member has an end registration surface perpendicular to the coil axis and that engages an outwardly radiating portion of the diaphragm proximate the boss portion for further facilitating the centering of the coil assembly with the diaphragm. The system can further include an adhesive material, which can be an epoxy resin, for rigidly holding the tubular member on the boss portion. The means for producing the field can be a field magnet having an annular slot for movably receiving the coil assembly, the system preferably including a cylindrical strip of lubricative plastic for preventing contact between the coil assembly and the magnet. Also, the coil assembly is preferably provided with a first connector element on a free end of a flexible member that is attached to the tubular member for removably connecting the coil terminals to a pair of transducer conductors extending from the housing, thereby facilitating field maintenance as well as initial assembly of the system.
In another aspect of the invention, the diaphragm can include a rigid armature member and flexible ring member connected to an outer periphery of the armature member to form the outer edge of the diaphragm, the system further including flexible submerged plate member, means for moving an armature connection point of the plate member in a direction normal to the plate member in response to movement of the armature member, and means for connecting the plate member to the housing at locations spaced about the armature connection point for causing the plate member to flex, thereby to producing the correlation between the voltage between the coil terminals and the sound in the water.
The body of water can be in contact with a wall structure to which the housing is adapted for mounting. In one aspect, the housing can be mounted in a fixture recess of the wall structure. In another aspect, the housing can be suspended by an elongated cord member from a coping that forms an upper extremity of the wall structure, the system also including a control unit that is located to one side of the water, the cord member connecting the control unit to the housing, and a hanger member for engaging the coping, the hanger member being connected to the cord member. A preferred configuration of the hanger member has a passage for grippingly receiving cord in a metallic material that is formed with uniform cross section. It is further preferred, when the coping has a lip portion extending horizontally from the wall structure to a lip extremity, that the hanger member be field-formable about the lip portion for positioning a vertically extending portion of the cord member below the lip portion, between the wall structure and the lip extremity. It is further preferred that the cord member be provided with a cover member that extends from proximate the hanger member toward the control unit for preventing those passing between the hanger member and the control unit from being tripped by the cord member.
In another aspect of the invention, the system can be provided with a source of illumination, and conduit means for conducting the illumination to within the coil assembly, thence through the diaphragm for illuminating the water. The source of illumination can be external to the housing, the conduit means including a flexible optical conduit that extends from the source of illumination, along the coil axis, to a point of termination proximate the diaphragm, and an optical element that protrudes the diaphragm, the element being sealingly mounted to the diaphragm, for receiving illumination from the conduit and transmitting same into the water. Preferably a head portion of the optical element substantially fills the boss portion of the diaphragm for spreading the illumination to an exit diameter that approximates a coil diameter of the coil assembly. More preferably, the optical element has a first mirrored surface centered on the head portion for reflecting the illumination radially outwardly and rearwardly within the head portion and toward the conduit, and a second mirrored surface in the head portion for reflecting the reflected illumination forwardly and into the water. Moreover, the system can also include means for modulating the brightness of the illumination source in relation to the movement of the coil.
In another aspect, the system can include an audio signal source and speaker connection means for driving the coil terminals in response to the signal source, producing the sound waves in the water in response to the signal source. The system can further include power amplifier means, and means for connecting the power amplifier means between the signal source and the coil terminals.
In another aspect of the invention, the system is provided with signal amplifier means, signal output means, and microphone connection means for connecting the signal amplifier means between the signal output means and the coil terminals for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water. Preferably the system further includes threshold means for producing an alarm signal in response to a predetermined output from the signal amplifier means. The threshold means can have an adjustment for setting an alarm threshold magnitude. Preferably the threshold means includes discriminator means for filtering a signal amplifier output, whereby a predetermined signal pattern associated with a crisis condition produces the alarm signal at a relatively low signal energy level, and a signal pattern associated with normal pool activity does not produce the alarm signal, even at a higher signal energy level. Thus the present invention is effective for remotely signalling an alarm condition based on sounds that are generated in the body of water, in response to either unauthorized entry or to signal patterns indicative of an emergency condition. Preferably the discriminator means can includes a band-pass filter having a first corner frequency of approximately 20 Hz and a second corner frequency of approximately 100 Hz. The discriminator means also produces a prefered frequency gain rolloff of at least approximately 24 dB per octave outside of the first and second corner frequencies.
The alarm signal can be operatively connected to a housing indicator on the housing, the housing indicator being visible underwater for locally signaling occurrence of the alarm condition. Persons nearby would thus be prompted to take remedial action, if necessary, and report to those remotely monitoring the alarm condition. Preferably, the threshold means further includes latch means for holding the alarm signal following an alarm condition.
In a further and important aspect of the invention, the system can also include a radio transmitter operatively responsive to the threshold means for producing an alarm transmission, and a radio receiver for producing a system alarm signal in response to the alarm transmission. Preferably the threshold means also includes oscillator means for producing and transmitting an alarm tone when the alarm signal is present.
In a further aspect, the system includes a combination of the audio signal source and speaker connection means, and the signal amplifier means, signal output means, and microphone connection means, and switching means for inhibiting the microphone connection means in a first mode wherein the sound waves are produced in the water in response to the audio signal source, and for inhibiting the speaker connection means in a second mode wherein the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for remotely signalling activity in the water. This combination can further include the power amplifier means connected between the audio signal source and the coil terminals in the first mode, and/or the threshold means for producing the alarm signal. Preferably the second mode of the switching means is operative in a monitor submode wherein the signal amplifier means drives the signal output means for continuously monitoring sound activity in the water, and alarm submode wherein the threshold means drives the signal output means for signalling occurrence of the alarm condition.
In a further aspect, the system includes the housing and means for positioning in the water, aquatic transducer means in the housing and including the diaphragm, the means for connecting the diaphragm to the housing, a coil member having at least one turn of a conductive material and forming the pair of coil terminals, and means for connecting the coil member to the diaphragm for correlating a voltage between the coil terminals and sound waves in the water, together with the signal amplifier means, the signal output means, the microphone connection means, the audio signal source, the speaker connection means, and the switching means for providing the first mode for producing the sound waves in response to the audio signal source and the second mode for signalling the activity in the water to a location outside the water.
In an other aspect, the system includes the housing for mounting in the fixture recess, the aquatic transducer means, the source of illumination, the conduit means for conducting the illumination, the audio signal source, the signal amplifier means, the speaker connection means, and the means for modulating the brightness of the illumination source in response to the audio signal source.
In another and important aspect of the invention, the system is capable of signalling an approach by an intruder to proximate a surveillance region such as the vicinity of a body of water, and includes one or more transducer units for producing an alarm signal in response to an alarm condition, having radio transmitter means for producing an alarm transmission in response to the alarm signal, and radio receiver means for producing a system alarm signal upon occurrence of the alarm transmission from any one transducer unit. At least one of the transducer units can have a base that is mountable on a movable member such as a gate that is opened for access to the surveillance region, the unit producing the alarm signal in response to movement of the movable member.
A still further aspect of the invention provides a method for making an underwater transducer, including the steps of:
(a) providing a housing for positioning in a body of water, the housing having a cavity therein;
(b) forming a diaphragm with a peripheral edge and a centrally located boss portion, the boss portion having a cylindrical outside surface;
(c) providing a coil assembly having at least one turn of a conductor on a coil axis, and a tubular extension at one end of the assembly and having a cylindrical inside surface concentric with the coil axis;
(d) affixing the coil assembly to the diaphragm with the coil axis concentric with the boss portion, the inside surface of the tubular extension engaging the outside surface of the boss portion;
(e) mounting a field magnet within the housing, the magnet having an annular slot for receiving the coil assembly; and
(f) mounting the peripheral edge of the diaphragm to the housing, the diaphragm covering the cavity, the coil assembly extending into the annular slot of the field magnet. The method preferably includes the further step of locating a cylindrical strip of a lubricative plastic material within the annular slot for preventing contact between the coil assembly and the magnet.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings, where:
FIG. 1 is a pictorial schematic diagram of an underwater transducer system according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view of of the system of FIG. 1 within region 2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional elevational view of the system of FIG. 1 within region 3 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a sectional elevational detail view of the system of FIG. 1 on line 4--4 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view of as in FIG. 2 showing an alternative configuration of the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view showing an alternative configuration of a portion of the system shown in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is fragmentary sectional elevational view as in FIG. 6, showing another alternative configuration of the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is a fragmentary elevational view of an auxiliary transducer for the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 10 is a schematic circuit diagram of an electronic discriminator portion of the system of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing another alternative configuration of the system of FIG. 1.
The present invention is directed to an aquatic transducer system for producing high-fidelity sound underwater, for monitoring aquatic activity, and for detecting and signalling unauthorised or emergency conditions. With reference to the drawings, most particularly FIGS. 1 and 2, a transducer system 10 according to the present invention includes a transducer unit 12 that is located below a liquid surface 14 of a body of water such as a swimming pool 16, and a control unit 20 that is operatively connected to the transducer unit 12. The transducer unit 12 includes a housing 22 having a cavity 24 therein, the cavity 24 being covered at one side of the housing 22 by a semi-flexible diaphragm 26, and edge mounding means 28 for sealingly connecting the diaphragm 26 at a peripheral edge thereof to the housing 22. As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 22 is formed from a suitable plastic material for excluding water from the cavity 24. A coil assembly 30, including a tubular member 32 having a conductive coil 34 affixed thereto on a coil axis 36, is connected to the diaphragm 26 with the coil axis 36 concentric with the edge mounting means 28, the coil assembly 30 being movable along the coil axis 36 with corresponding flexure of the diaphragm 26. A permanent magnet field assembly 38 having an annular slot or cylindrical gap 40 is fixedly mounted within the cavity 24 with the gap 40 also concentric with the mounting means 28, such that the coil axis 36 is also at least approximately concentric with the gap 40, the coil 34 being axially movable therein.
In order to facilitate production of the transducer unit 12 with the coil axis 36 concentric with the gap 40, the diaphragm 36 is formed with a centrally located cylindrical boss portion 42 therein, the tubular member 32 being located relative to the diaphragm 36 by a close fit with the boss portion 42. A forward extremity of the tubular member 32 is formed perpendicular to the coil axis 36 for contacting the diaphragm 36 at locations immediately proximate the boss portion 42, further facilitating proper alignment of the tubular member 32. The tubular member 32 is affixed to the boss portion 42 by a suitable epoxy bond 44. The edge mounting means 28 includes a gasket member 46 that is formed from a flexible material having C-shaped cross-section for receiving a peripheral edge 46 of the diaphragm 36, and a clamp assembly 48 for compressing the gasket member against an outwardly extending, conical flange portion 50 of the housing 22. The clamp assembly 48 includes a ring member 52 that is formed with a tapered C-shaped cross-section, and a clamp screw 54 for drawing together opposite ends of the ring member 52.
A cylindrical strip 56 of a lubricative plastic material such as Teflon.RTM. is located within the gap 40 for maintaining the coil assembly concentric with the gap 40 by insuring that the coil assembly 30 does not directly contact the field assembly 38. The coil assembly 30 is prevented from making such direct contact by the tubular member 32 coming into sliding contact with the strip 56, the lubricative properties of the plastic material preventing excessive distortion in the axial movement of the coil assembly instead of contacting the field assembly 38, for maintaining a high-fidelity correlation between sound waves in the water and a voltage across the coil 34.
The field assembly 38 includes a body member 58, and a belt member 60 rigidly affixed thereto, the body member 58 having a cylindrical outside body surface 62 concentric with the gap 40, the belt member 60 extending outwardly from the body surface 62 and forming a locating shoulder 64 that is oriented perpendicular to both the body surface 62 and the gap 40. The field assembly 38 is mounted in the housing 22 by locating engagment of the body surface 62 and the shoulder 64 with corresponding portions of the cavity 24 for concentrically positioning the gap 40 relative to the coil axis 40. A plurality of retainer members, one of which is designated 66 in FIG. 2, is affixed to the housing 22 within the cavity 24 by a plurality of screw fasteners 68, for holding the field assembly 38 with the shoulder 64 in contact with the corresponding portion of the cavity 24.
With further reference to FIGS. 3-5, the transducer unit 12 is suspended from a coping portion 70 of the swimming pool 16, the coping portion 70 being formed at an upper extremity of a side wall 72 of the pool 16. A transducer cord 74 that connects the transducer unit 12 to the control unit 20 extends over the coping portion 70, the cord 74 engaging a hanger member 76 that hooks onto the coping portion 70 for supporting the transducer unit 12 by the cord 74. The hanger member 76 is preferably made from a relatively soft metallic material for field-forming to conform to a lateral profile of the coping portion 70, so that the hanger member 76 can formed to closely follow such profile without the use of special tooling. Accordingly, the hanger member 76 is relatively elongated, having uniform cross-section, incorporating a snap-in groove 78 for gripping the cord 74. Typically, the coping portion 70 forms an extension of a deck surface 80, having a raised lip 82 that extends horizontally a short distance over the liquid surface 14 to a lip extremity as shown in FIG. 3. As further shown in FIG. 3, the hanger member 76 is formed for resting on the lip 82, extending from the deck surface 80 in close conformity with the lip 82, downwardly proximate the lip extremity 84 to a lower terminus 86 of the groove 78, the terminus 86 being located horizontally more closely to the side wall 72 than the lip extremity 84 for supporting proximate the side wall 72 a depending portion 88 of the cord 74. Preferably the hanger member 76 is formed with a reverse curvature for avoiding a sharp bend in the cord at the as indicated at 90 in FIG. 3, thereby avoiding damage to the cord 74 that might otherwise result from loading by the transducer unit 72.
A cover member 92 is provided for a portion of the transducer cord 74 that extends on the deck surface 80 between the hanger member 76 and the control unit 20, the cover member 92 protecting the cord 74 from wear and other damage resulting from traffic about the swimming pool 16, as well as for preventing those passing by from being tripped by the cord member. The cover member 92 can be formed from a suitable length of conventional flexible plastic power line floor covering strip.
The depending portion 88 of the transducer cord 74 is connected to the transducer unit 12 for support thereof by means of a stress relief clamp 94 that is fixed on the housing 22, the cord 74 forming a loop 96 between the clamp 94 and a sealed feedthrough 98, the cord 74 passing into the cavity 24 by means of the feedthrough 98. The cord 74 includes a pair of transducer conductors, one such being designated transducer conductor 100 in FIG. 2. A shield conductor 102 of the cord 74 functions as the other transducer conductor. Conductor extensions of the transducer conductor 100 and the shield conductor 102 are operatively connected to the coil 34 through a polarized connector 104 having a first connector member 106 at a free end of a flexible member 108 that extends in a generally radial direction from the tube member 32 of the coil assembly 30, and a mating second connector member 110 that is electrically connected to the conductors 100 and 102 of the transducer cord 74. The first connector member 106, being electrically connected to the coil 34 through the flexible member 108, functions as a pair of coil terminals of the coil 34. The flexible member 108 between the tubular member 32 and the connector 104 serves to isolate the mass of the connector 104 from the coil assembly 30, for enhancing the high-fidelity correlation of the movement of the coil 34 with sound waves in the pool 16.
A transducer alarm indicator 112 is mounted to the housing 22 for external visual exposure. One side of the indicator 112 is electrically connected to the control unit 20 through an indicator conductor 114 that forms a part of the transducer cord 74 for indicating occurrence of an alarm condition described below. The opposite side of the indicator 112 is connected through an indicator ground lead 116 to the shield conductor 102 of the transducer cord 74 for providing a return electrical path. The indicator conductor 114 and the ground lead 116 protrude the retainer 66 and an indicator sleeve 118 that sealingly holds the indicator 112 in position exposed to view from outside of the transducer unit 12, the sleeve 118 in turn being retained in the housing 22 by the retainer 66.
The suspension of the transducer unit 12 by the transducer cord 74 locates the housing 22 proximate the side wall 72 of the pool 16 by virtue of the close proximity of the depending portion 88 of the cord 74 to the side wall 72 from the hangar member 76 as described above. Further, the housing 22 is semi-rigidly affixed to the side wall 72 by a suction ring 120 that sealingly protrudes from a back side 122 of the housing 22.
The control unit 20 includes an audio source 124 and a power amplifier 126 for driving, through the transducer conductor 100 of the transducer cord 74, the transducer unit 12 as an underwater speaker. Typically, the audio source 124 provides AM, FM and tape signals which are selectively input to the power amplifier 126 through a source selector 128 as shown in FIG. 1. The power amplifier 126 includes a main volume control 130 for adjusting the level of sound that is produced underwater by the transducer 12. The control unit 20 also includes a monitor speaker 132 for monitoring the output of the power amplifier 126, the monitor speaker 132 being connected to the amplifier output through a monitor attenuator 134 for adjusting the volume output of the monitor speaker 132 relative to the output of the power amplifier 126. A mode output switch 136, further described below, is connected in series between the output of the power amplifier 126 and the transducer conductor 100 for effecting a speaker mode in which a speaker connection of the coil 34 to the power amplifier 126 is completed as described above; and a microphone mode for making a microphone connection whereby the transducer unit 12 is operative as a microphone for picking up sounds that are produced by activity in the swimming pool 16.
In the speaker mode, the transducer 12 is particularly effective for producing sound underwater that is a high-fidelity reproduction of the output of the power amplifier 126, because the coil assembly 30 is properly centered relative to the gap 40 of the field assembly 38 without requiring a conventional centering spider that would otherwise diminish and distort the axial movements of the diaphragm 26. Also, the lubricative strip 56 within the gap 40 insures that the coil assembly 30 cannot come into direct contact with the field assembly 38, and any contact between the tubular member 32 of the coil assembly with the strip 56 produces only minimal distortion. Further, the diaphragm 26 is generously sized, preferably having an active peripheral diameter D of at least 8 inches and, more importantly, the coil assembly 30 and the field assembly 38 are very large in relation to the size of the diaphragm 26, the coil 34 having a diameter d that is at least 20% of the diaphragm active peripheral diameter D, the coil 34 also having an active length L within the gap 40 that is at least approximately 10% of the diameter D for allowing a multiplicity of turns of the coil 34 to occupy a very thin annular region, permitting a narrow spacing of the gap 40, thus facilitating a very high field strength of the field assembly 38 within the gap 40 and consequent high efficiency of the transducer unit 12.
Another important feature of the present invention is that diaphragm 26 is easily field replaceable In particular, the diaphragm 26 may be removed from the transducer unit 12 by loosening the clamp screw 54 for removing the clamp assembly 48, thus allowing the diaphragm 26, together with the gasket member 46, to be separated from the flange portion 50 of the housing 22. Next, the coil assembly 30 is withdrawn sufficiently from the gap 40 to provide access to the connector 104 for separation of the first connector member 106 from the second connector member 110, thereby completing the disassembly of the diaphragm 26 from the transducer unit 12. Replacement by a new diaphragm 26 and attached coil assembly 30 is also easily accomplished by reversing the steps for disassembly. Moreover, initial assembly of the transducer unit 12 is facilitated in the same manner by the combination of the removable clamp assembly 48 and the polarized connector 104, which also facilitates proper polarization of multi-transducer systems.
As introduced above and with further reference to FIG. 10, the control unit 20 also provides a microphone mode, described herein. The mode output switch 136 is operative in response to a mode signal, designated mode signal A in FIG. 1, for connecting the transducer conductor 100 by a microphone path 137 to the input of a signal amplifier 138, the signal amplifier 138 being operatively connected for driving an alarm discriminator 140 that described below and, through a submode switch 142 that is also described below, an output amplifier 144 for driving a remote speaker 146, the connection of the signal amplifier 138 to the submode switch 142 being also tied to a monitor input, designated 148 in FIG. 1, of the source selector 128 for driving the monitor speaker 132 in response to the sounds in the swimming pool 16 that are picked up by the transducer unit 12.
The submode switch 142 is operative in response to a submode signal, designated submode signal B in FIG. 1, for effecting a monitor submode in which the connection between the output of the signal amplifier 138 and the input of the output amplifier 144 together with the monitor input 148 to the source selector 128 is completed; and an alarm submode for operatively connecting an alarm signal 150 to the monitor input 148 and the output amplifier 144.
In the alarm submode, there is a need for detecting disturbances likely to be associated with a distress situation, while ignoring normal activity. For example, when an object weighing from about 10 to about 100 pounds falls into the pool, there is a reasonable possibility that a baby or child is in distress. On the other hand, the continuous occurrence of a relatively high-frequency (100 Hz or higher) sound is indicative of rain, not distress. For generating the alarm signal 150 according to the present invention, a discriminator output 152 of the alarm discriminator 140 drives a threshold detector 154 for producing a detector output 156, the detector output 156 being connected to a latch circuit 158 having the alarm signal 150 as an output thereof. As shown in FIG. 10, the alarm discriminator 140 is implemented as a bandpass filter circuit including a differential preamplifier stage 300 that has a low-pass corner frequency of approximately 100 Hz, the preamplifier stage 300 incorporating the signal amplifier 138. An adjustable gain buffer amplifier 302 that is responsive to the differential amplifier 300 feeds a bandpass filter 304 having cut-off frequencies of 20 Hz and 100 Hz, including a two-stage low-pass section 306 having a corner frequency of 106 Hz and a series-connected two-stage high-pass section 308 having a corner frequency of 23.5 Hz. Each of the filter sections 306 and 308 is connected for achieving a frequency gain rolloff of 24 dB per octave. The connection of the differential amplifier 300 to the buffer amplifier is made through a notch filter 310, the notch filter 310 having shunt-connected a 60 Hz section 312 and a 120 Hz section 314 for partially removing 60 Hz and 120 Hz noise components.
The threshold detector 154 is responsive to the discriminator output 152, and to an adjustable reference signal 160 for producing the detector output 156 in response to an adjustably predetermined alarm threshold level of the discriminator output 152. As further shown in FIG. 10, the threshold detector 154 is implemented with an operational amplifier 316 having positive feedback for combining the function of the latch 158. Accordingly, the alarm signal 150 is maintained in an inactive state until the detector output 156 becomes active, the latch circuit 158 driving the alarm signal 150 to an active level thereafter. When the alarm submode is terminated in response to operator intervention, as described below, the latch circuit 158 is reset in response to a reset connection to the submode signal B, restoring the alarm signal 150 to its inactive state. The alarm signal 150 is operatively connected to an alarm indicator 162 on the control unit 20 and, through the indicator conductor 114, the transducer alarm indicator 112. As shown in FIG. 1, an alarm oscillator 164 is interposed between the alarm signal 150 and the submode switch 142 for producing an alarm burst signal 166, the alarm burst signal 166 being connected through the submode switch 142, in the alarm submode, to the monitor input 148 and the output amplifier 144 for audibly driving the monitor speaker 132 and the remote speaker 146 from commencement of an alarm condition until the latch circuit 158 is reset by operator intervention as described above. Also, and as shown in FIG. 10, the alarm signal 150 is connected through a driver transistor 318 to an alarm horn 320, the alarm horn 320 incorporating a piezoelectric transducer and a counterpart of the alarm oscillator 164 for producing an audible alarm indication without requiring the connection through the submode switch 142. Also, the alarm indicator 162 (and/or the transducer alarm indicator 112) can be implemented as a flashing light emitting diode by the use of a commercially available flashing LED module.
For controlling the mode signal A and the submode signal B, a mode logic circuit 168 is responsive to operator actuation of an alarm switch 170, a music switch 172, and a monitor switch 174. The mode logic circuit 168, shown as a functional block in FIG. 1, can be constructed from conventional logic circuitry for performing operations described herein, using methods which are known to those skilled in using such logic circuitry. With the source selector 128 set to one of the AM, FM, or tape inputs from the audio source 124, operation of the music switch 172 effects the speaker mode for producing the speaker connection by the mode switch 136 in response to the mode signal A, and simultaneous activation of a speaker mode indicator 176 that is associated with the music switch 172. Subsequent operation of either the alarm switch 170 or the monitor switch 174 extinguishes the speaker mode indicator 176, effecting the microphone mode for switching the mode switch 136 to the microphone connection in response to the mode signal A. Also, in case of operation of the alarm switch 170, an alarm mode indicator 178 that is associated therewith is activated by the logic circuit 168, which also effects the alarm submode by switching the submode switch 142 to the alarm connection and enabling the latch circuit 158 in response to the submode signal B.
In case of termination of the speaker mode by operation of the monitor switch 174, a monitor mode indicator 180 that is associated therewith is activated by the logic circuit 168, which also effects the monitor submode of the microphone mode by maintaining the monitor connection of the submode switch 142 and a reset condition of the latch circuit 158 in response to the submode signal B. Electrical power for the logic circuit 168, the power amplifier 126, the signal amplifier 138, the output amplifier 144, and the other components of the control unit 20 is provided by appropriate connections (not shown) to a conventional power supply 182 which is powered from AC mains and/or batteries.
With further reference to FIG. 6, an alternative configuration of the transducer system 10 has the transducer unit 12 mounted in a fixture cavity 184 that is formed in the side wall 72 of the pool 16, the fixture cavity 184 typically being configured for receiving a conventional underwater lamp assembly (not shown) The fixture cavity 184 has a mounting ring 186 associated therewith, and a power conduit 188 for feeding electrical power to the cavity 184. In this configuration, an important feature of the present invention is the inclusion of illumination means 190 in the transducer unit 12 for transmitting light from an illumination source 192 through the diaphragm 26 and into the water of the swimming pool 16. As shown in FIG. 6, the illumination source 192 includes a lamp 194, a light modulator 196, and a fiber-optic conduit 198, which are conventional components of a commercially available product. The conduit 198 passes downwardly below the deck surface 80, through a junction cavity 200 to which the power conduit 188 is connected, and through the power conduit 188 into the fixture cavity 184. According to the present invention, the conduit 198 protrudes the housing 22, continuing along the coil axis 36 to a point of termination 202 that is proximate the diaphragm 26.
In FIG. 6, the housing 22 is shown as being formed from a sheet of a metallic material such as corrosion resistant steel. As shown in FIG. 6, the retainer 66 for the field assembly 38 is formed as a single slotted ring that is threadedly engaged by the fasteners 68, the fasteners 68 sealingly protruding the housing 22 from the outside thereof. The housing 22 is supported within the fixture cavity 184 by a plurality of mounting tabs 204 that are rigidly attached to the ring member 52 of the clamp assembly 48 the mounting tabs extending axially outwardly for attachment to the inside of a bezel member 206 by corresponding mounting screws 208. The bezel member 206 is secured to the mounting ring 186 by a plurality of set screws 210 that engage an annular inside enlargement 212 of the mounting ring 186.
The field assembly 38 is provided with a field passage 214 for receiving the conduit 198, the conduit 198 being centered on the coil axis of 36 by a sleeve member 216, the sleeve member 216 being formed of a flexible material such as neoprene and having a tapered head portion 218 that extends external to the housing 22 for sealed clamping engagement by a clamping ring 220 that threadingly engages a cylindrical extension 222 of the housing 22 for fixably locating the axial position of the termination 202 and for excluding water from the cavity 24.
An important feature of the present invention is an optical element 224 that is sealingly mounted to the diaphragm 26 within the boss portion 42 for transmitting light from the conduit 198 through the diaphragm 26, the element 224 having a head portion 226 that substantially fills the boss portion 42 for spreading the illumination to an exit diameter e that is approximately equal to the coil diameter d of the coil assembly 30. The optical element 224 protrudes the diaphragm 226, being sealingly mounted thereto by appropriate washers, such as the washers 228 and 230, and a clamp nut 232.
In a preferred form of the optical element 224, the head portion 226 incorporates a pair of mirrored surfaces, designated first mirrored surface 234 and second mirrored surface 236 in FIG. 6. The combination of the head portion 226 with the mirrored surfaces 234 and 236 uniformly spreads the incoming light from the conduit 198 within the head portion 126 for efficiently transmitting the light from the optical element 124 into the water of the pool 16, thereby uniformly illuminating the pool 16 in response to the illumination source 192. Moreover, the output of the output amplifier 144 of the control unit 20 can drive a modulator input 238 of the illumination source 192 for controlling the light modulator 196, thereby varying the illumination of the pool 16 in response to the audio source 124.
With further reference to FIG. 7, it has been discovered that the diaphragm 26 can be advantageously configured as a disk diaphragm 240, the diaphragm 240 having an annular groove 242 for axially receiving an end portion of the tubular member 32, the tubular member 32 being centered by engagement with a boss portion 244 of the diaphragm 240 that is formed by the groove 242. The diaphragm 240, being configured as a flat disk, can be inexpensively molded or machined from a readily available plastic material such as Plexiglas.RTM., such that the transducer unit 12 has enhanced durability and is easier to clean. So configured, the diaphragm preferably has a thickness of about 0.125 inch, the outside diameter D being approximately 7.5 inches. As further shown in FIG. 7, the optical element 224 protrudes the diaphragm 224 and is sealingly fastened thereto by the washers 228 and 230, and the clamp nut 232, in the manner shown in FIG. 6.
With further reference to FIG. 8, it has also been discovered that a particularly effective configuration of the transducer unit 12 incorporates a diaphragm 246 that is configured with overhanging, cantilevered edge portions 248, the coil assembly 30 and the field assembly 38 being enclosed in a housing 250 that is spaced away from the diaphragm 246. An armature 252 that is axially movable within the housing 250, being sealingly connected thereto by a flexible sealant 254, has the coil assembly rigidly attached thereto as described above, the armature 252 being connected to the diaphragm 246 by a cap screw 256 that threadingly engages the armature 252, a head portion 258 of the capscrew 256 bearing against a central point of the armature 246. The diaphragm 246 is connected to the housing 250 by a plurality of stand-off fasteners 260 that are located in a circular pattern about the cap screw 256.
With further reference to FIGS. 9 and 11, the transducer system 10 can incorporate one or more auxiliary transducers 330, such as a deck transducer 332 for detecting the close approach of intruders to the pool 16 prior to any entry of the pool 16 by such intruders. This is an important feature of the present invention that greatly enhances the safety of the pool 16 in that an alarm condition can be sensed and responded to without waiting for an actual emergency such as the falling of a baby into the pool 16. As shown in FIG. 9, the deck transducer 332 includes a conventional permanent magnet speaker-microphone 334 that is mounted in a deck transducer housing 336, the housing 336 positioning the microphone 334 in a downward orientation and approximately flush with an underside of the housing 336. The housing 336 is equipped with a plurality of housing feet 338 for spacing the underside of the housing 336 above the deck surface 80 by a spacing S of approximately 0.125 inch. Accordingly, the deck transducer 332 is particularly responsive to low-frequency vibrations of the deck surface 80, and is also responsive to atmospheric sounds that are carried in the space below the housing 336. As shown in FIG. 11, the deck transducer 332 is connected through a deck alarm circuit 340 that incorporates counterparts of the discriminator 140 and the threshold detector 154 to a radio transmitter 342, the transmitter 342 sending an alarm transmission to a radio receiver 344 of a central station 346 of the transducer system 10. The deck alarm circuit 340 incorporates circuitry corresponding to the band-pass filter 304, but with the frequency response of the low-pass section 306 extended upwardly for responding to mid-range frequencies. Preferably the deck alarm circuit 340 has a band-pass frequency response of from about 20 Hz to about 400 Hz. The deck transducer 332 is provided with a top-mounted solar cell array 348 for charging a battery (not shown) that is included with the deck alarm circuit 340 for powering both the circuit 340 and the transmitter 342. The radio transmitter 342 and receiver 344 provide for convenient location of the deck transducer 332 on the deck surface 80 nearby the pool 16, without the need for running wires that would otherwise connect the deck transducer 332 into the transducer system 10.
Similarly, and as also shown in FIG. 11, the transducer unit 12 is connected to an underwater module 150 that is provided with another of the radio transmitters 342 for obviating a need for wiring between the transducer unit 12 and the central station 146 The underwater module 150, which has another of the solar cell arrays 148, can be located on the deck surface 80 proximate the pool 16. As shown in FIG. 11, the underwater module 150 includes the mode switch 136 for selectively coupling a music source 152 to the transducer unit 12 in a manner similar to the above description of the control unit 20. The underwater module 150 also incorporates the alarm discriminator 140 and the threshold detector 154 in an underwater alarm circuit 154.
For enhanced reliability of the transducer system 10, especially under variant environmental conditions, additional counterparts of the auxiliary transducer are provided as further shown in FIG. 11 and described herein. The pool 16 is depicted as being accessible through a gate 356, the gate 356 being provided with an acceleration sensor 358 that incorporates a mercury switch or the like, the sensor 358 being operatively connected for activating another of the radio transmitters 342. Also, the system 10 is provided with an optical scanner unit 360 and a microwave scanner unit 362, the scanner units 360 and 362 each being operatively connected for activating corresponding counterparts of the radio transmitter 342.
The radio receiver 344 of the central station 346 is responsive to each of the transmitters 342 for setting a system alarm signal 345 when any one of the auxiliary transducers 330 or the transducer unit 12 activates the associated radio transmitter 342 in response to a corresponding activation of its alarm signal 150. In this configuration of the system 10, the deck alarm circuit 340, the underwater alarm circuit 354, the acceleration sensor 358, and each of the scanner units 360 and 362 activates the associated radio transmitter 342 for a short period of time for conserving battery power to the transmitters 342. In an exemplary configuration of the system 10, the transmitters 342 are activated for about three seconds upon occurrence of an alarm condition.
The transmitters 342 are operative at a carrier frequency on the order of 10 MHz, the actual carrier frequency being determined by appropriately selecting an oscillator crystal in a manner known to those skilled in the art. Prototype circuits of the transmitters 342 have been fabricated for testing in an experimental version of the transducer system 10, the carrier frequency being 10.126 MHz, the circuits being similar to those that are commonly used by hobbyists. When activated, each of the transmitter circuits draws approximately 47 milliamps of current at 9V, with essentially no current drain when inactive.
As further shown in FIG. 11, the transducer system 10 includes a closed circuit television camera 364 that is mounted for surveillance in the vicinity of the pool 16. The camera 364 is operatively connected to a TV monitor 366 that is located within the central station 346. Electrical power is carried to the camera 364 by a camera cable 368 that also transmits conventional video signals to the monitor 366. According to the present invention, occurrence of the system alarm signal 345 at the central station 346 results in activation of the camera 364, thereby producing an image at the monitor 366. The activation of the camera 364 can be for a predetermined period of time, such as for a period of 10 minutes. As also shown in FIG. 11, the TV camera 364 is equipped with a camera microphone 370 that is connected through the camera cable 368 to a monitor speaker (not shown) of the TV monitor 366 for audio surveillance of the vicinity of the pool 16. Further, the camera microphone 370 is operative as a speaker in a two-way communication between an operator at the monitor 366 and an intruder within range of the camera microphone 370, the monitor 366 being also equipped with a monitor speaker (not shown) that is operable as a microphone. A closed circuit TV system that is suitable for use as the camera 364 and the monitor 366 in the present invention is available commercially.
As further shown in FIG. 11, the system 10 also includes a portable remote station 372 for passive alert in response to the alarm transmission of any of the radio transmitters 342. Although not necessarily required, the central station 346 is provided with one of the radio transmitters 342 (which can be more powerful than the others) for relaying the alarm transmission to the remote station 372. Typically the transmitter 342 of the central station 346 is operative at the same carrier frequency as that of the other transmitters, but this is not necessary. A user within audio or visual range of the remote station, in response to an audio or visual indication of the alarm condition as reproduced by the remote station 372, would either move to the central station for viewing the monitor 366, or take other remedial action such as moving directly to the vicinity of the pool 16.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions are possible. For example, the latch circuit 158 can be implemented such that it is "cocked" upon occurrence of a first activation of the detector output 156, the alarm signal 150 being activated only if the detector output 156 is also active after a fixed interval such as two seconds after the first activation, thereby excluding false activations of the detector output 156 from activating the alarm signal 150. Also, the latch circuit 158 can be implemented for automatic reset after a predetermined alarm interval, such as for momentary activation of the transmitter 342. Further, the camera microphone 370 can be provided with a counterpart of the deck alarm circuit for activating the system alarm 345 in response to sounds that are picked up by the camera microphone 370. Also, monitor 366 can be operatively connected to a video recorder for recording on tape the video from the camera 364 during and immediately following occurrences of the system alarm 345. Moreover, the transducer unit 12 can incorporate a deflector for shielding the unit 12 from harmful contact by a pool sweep mechanism, the transducer unit 12, together with its transducer cord 74 being isolated by spring suspension within the deflector for preventing false alarm signals that would otherwise be produced by objects contacting the deflector. The deflector can form a slot or other opening for permitting fluid communication between the diaphragm 26 and outside of the deflector, the opening being covered by a screen. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not necessarily be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein.
1. An underwater transducer system for a body of water, comprising:
(a) a housing;
(b) means for positioning the housing in the water;
(c) a diaphragm in the housing;
(d) means for connecting an outer edge of the diaphragm to the housing, at least one side of the diaphragm being in direct contact with the water;
(e) a coil assembly having at least one turn of a conductive material about a coil axis, opposite ends of the conductive material forming a pair of coil terminals;
(f) means for rigidly affixing the coil assembly to the diaphragm, the coil assembly being movable within the housing, comprising:
(i) a tubular member extending to one end of the coil assembly, the tubular member having a cylindrical inside surface concentric with the coil axis; and
(ii) a centrally located boss portion formed in the diaphragm, the boss portion having a cylindrical outside surface in locating engagement with the inside surface of the tubular member;
(g) a magnetic field magnet in the housing for producing a magnetic field, and having an associated annular slot for receiving the coil assembly, the magnetic field intersecting the conductive material of the coil assembly, whereby a voltage between the coil terminals is correlated with sound waves in the water; and
(h) a cylindrical strip of a lubricative plastic material located within the annular slot for preventing contact between the coil assembly and the magnet by sliding contact between the strip and the coil assembly.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tubular member defines an end registration surface at the one end of the coil assembly, the end registration surface being perpendicular to the coil axis and in engagement with an outwardly radiating portion of the diaphragm proximate the boss portion.
3. The system of claim 2, further comprising an adhesive material for rigidly retaining the tubular member on the boss portion.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the adhesive material comprises an epoxy resin.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the coil assembly further comprises a flexible member extending from the tubular member and having a free end, and a first connector element attached to the free end of the flexible member within the housing for removably connecting the coil terminals to a pair of transducer conductors extending external to the housing, a free end of the pair of transducer conductors also extending internal to the housing and having a second connector element thereon for coupling to the first connector element, the coupled connector elements being suspended within the housing by the flexible member and the transducer conductors.
(b) a diaphragm movable in the housing;
(c) a coil assembly operatively connected to the diaphragm for moving the diaphragm;
(d) means for producing a magnetic filed in the housing, whereby a voltage across the coil is connected with sound waves in the water; and
(e) a flexible plate member in contact with the water, means for moving an armature connection point of the plate member in a direction normal to the plate member in response to movement of the armature member, and means for connecting the plate member to the housing at locations spaced about the armature connection point,
whereby the plate member is caused to flex for producing the correlation between the voltage between the coil terminals and the sound in the water.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the diaphragm comprises a rigid armature member and a flexible ring member connected to an outer periphery of the armature member for forming the outer edge of the diaphragm.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the diaphragm comprises a planar disk member.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the disk member is formed from an acrylic plastic, having a thickness of approximately 0.125 inch and an outside diameter of approximately 7.5 inches.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the body of water is in contact with a wall structure, the housing being adapted for mounting to the wall structure.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the wall structure includes a recess for receiving an underwater fixture, the housing being mounted in the recess.
12. An underwater transducer system for a body of water, the body of water being in contact with a wall structure having a coping formed thereon at an upper extremity thereof, the system comprising:
(c) a coil assembly operatively connected to the diaphragm for moving with the diaphragm;
(d) means for producing a magnetic field in the housing, whereby a voltage across the coil is correlated with sound waves in the water;
(e) an elongated cord member mechanically connected to the housing and having conductors electrically connected to the coil;
(f) a hanger member for engaging the coping, the cord member engaging the hanger member for suspending the housing from the coping.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the hanger member comprises a metallic material having uniform cross section and formed with passage means for grippingly receiving the cord.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the coping has a lip portion extending outwardly from the wall structure to a lip extremity, the hanger member being field formable about the lip portion for locating a vertically extending portion of the cord member immediately below the lip portion, the vertically extending portion being positioned horizontally between the wall structure and the lip extremity.
15. The system of claim 12, further comprising a cover member for the cord member, the cover member extending from proximate the hanger member toward the control unit for preventing the cord member from tripping users passing between the hanger member and the control unit.
16. An underwater transducer system for a body of water, comprising:
(e) a source of illumination; and
(f) conduit means for conducting the illumination from the source, within the coil assembly, and through the diaphragm for illuminating the water.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the source of illumination is external to the housing, and the conduit means comprises:
(a) an elongated, flexible, optical conduit operatively connected to the source of illumination, the conduit extending into the housing, along the coil axis, and terminating proximate the diaphragm; and
(b) an optical element protruding the diaphragm and sealingly mounted thereto for receiving illumination from the conduit and transmitting the illumination into the water.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein a head portion of the optical element substantially fills a centrally located boss portion of the diaphragm for spreading the illumination to an exit diameter that is approximately equal to a coil diameter of the coil assembly.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the optical element further comprises:
(a) a first mirrored surface centrally located on the head portion for reflecting the illumination within the head portion rearwardly toward the conduit and radially outwardly; and
(b) a second mirrored surface within the head portion for reflecting the reflected illumination forwardly within the head portion and into the water.
20. The system of claim 16, further comprising means for modulating the brightness of the source of illumination in relation to the movement of the coil.
21. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
(a) an audio signal source; and
(b) speaker connection means for operatively connecting the signal source to the coil terminals,
whereby the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source.
22. The system of claim 21, further comprising power amplifier means, and means for operatively connecting the power amplifier means between the signal source and the coil terminals.
(a) signal amplifier means;
(b) signal output means, located outside of the body of water; and
(c) microphone connection means for operatively connecting the signal amplifier means between the signal output means and the coil terminals,
whereby the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water.
24. The system of claim 23, further comprising threshold means for producing an alarm signal in response to a predetermined output from the signal amplifier means.
(e) signal amplifier means;
(f) signal output means, located outside of the body of water;
(g) microphone connection means for operatively connecting the signal amplifier means between the signal output means and the coil terminals, whereby the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water;
(h) threshold means for producing an alarm signal in response to a predetermined output from the signal amplifier means, the threshold means comprising a discriminator frequency filter circuit for filtering an output of the signal amplifier means, whereby a predetermined relatively low energy level signal pattern associated with a crisis condition produces the alarm signal, and a higher energy level signal pattern associated with normal pool activity does not produce the alarm signal.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein the threshold means comprises adjustment means for setting a desired alarm magnitude of the signal amplifier means output.
27. The system of claim 25, wherein the filter circuit comprises a band-pass filter having a first corner frequency of approximately 20 Hz and a second corner frequency of approximately 100 Hz.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein the filter circuit produces a frequency gain rolloff of at least approximately 24 dB per octave outside of the first and second corner frequencies.
29. The system of claim 25, further comprising a housing indicator on the housing, the housing indicator being operatively connected to the alarm signal for indicating occurrence of the alarm condition.
30. The system of claim 25, further comprising latch means for maintaining the alarm signal following the occurrence of the predetermined output from the signal amplifier means.
31. The system of claim 25, further comprising a radio transmitter operatively responsive to the threshold means for producing an alarm transmission, and a radio receiver for producing a system alarm signal in response to the alarm transmission.
(h) a radio transmitter operatively responsive to the threshold means for producing an alarm transmission, and a radio receiver for producing a system alarm signal in response to the alarm transmission; and
(i) a solar cell array for powering the signal amplifier means, the threshold detector means, and the radio transmitter means.
(h) threshold means for producing an alarm signal in response to a predetermined output from the signal amplifier means; and
(i) an auxiliary transducer for sensing activity outside of the body of water, and means for producing the alarm signal in response to the auxiliary transducer.
34. The system of claim 33, further comprising a plurality of the auxiliary transducers, each of the auxiliary transducers being operatively connected to a radio transmitter, and central station having a radio receiver for generating a system alarm upon occurrence of an alarm condition as detected by any of the auxiliary transducers.
35. The system of claim 33, wherein the auxiliary sensor comprises microphone means comprising a permanent magnet speaker, a housing for the microphone means, and base means for the housing,
whereby the housing and the microphone means are supportable in spaced relation above a horizontal deck surface for coupling both vibrational movement of the deck surface and atmospheric sounds to the microphone means.
36. The system of claim 25, further comprising oscillator means for transmitting an alarm tone in response to the alarm signal.
(h) an audio signal source;
(i) speaker connection means for operatively connecting the signal source to the coil terminals, whereby the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source;
(j) switching means for selectively inhibiting the microphone connection means in a first mode wherein the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source, and for selectively inhibiting the speaker connection means in a second mode wherein the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water.
38. The system of claim 37, including power amplifier means is operatively connected between the audio signal source and the coil terminals in the first mode.
39. The system of claim 37, further comprising threshold means for producing an alarm signal during the second mode of the switching means in response to a predetermined output from the signal amplifier means.
40. The system of claim 39, wherein the second mode of the switching means is operative in a monitor submode wherein the signal output means is operatively connected to the signal amplifier means for continuously monitoring sound produced by activity in the body of water, and an alarm submode wherein the signal output means is operatively connected to the threshold means for transmitting an occurrence of the alarm signal.
(c) aquatic transducer means in the housing, comprising:
(i) a diaphragm;
(ii) means for connecting an outer edge of the diaphragm to the housing, at least one side of the diaphragm being in direct contact with the water;
(iii) a coil member having at least one turn of a conductive material, opposite ends of the conductive material forming a pair of coil terminals; and
(iv) means for connecting the coil member to the diaphragm, the coil member being movable within the housing,
whereby a voltage between the coil terminals is correlated with sound waves in the water;
(d) signal amplifier means;
(e) signal output means, located outside of the body of water;
(f) microphone connection means for operatively connecting the signal amplifier means to the signal output means and the coil terminals, whereby the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water;
(g) an audio signal source;
(h) speaker connection means for operatively connecting the signal source to the coil terminals, whereby the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source; and
(i) switching means for selectively inhibiting the microphone connection means in a first mode wherein the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source, and for selectively inhibiting the speaker connection means in a second mode wherein the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water.
42. An underwater transducer system for a body of water, the body of water being in contact with a wall structure having a recess for receiving an underwater fixture, the system comprising:
(a) a housing for mounting in the recess;
(b) aquatic transducer means in the housing, comprising:
(c) a source of illumination;
(d) conduit means for conducting the illumination from the source, within the coil assembly, and through the diaphragm for illuminating the water.
(e) an audio signal source;
(f) power amplifier means;
(g) speaker connection means for operatively connecting the power amplifier means to the signal source and the coil terminals, whereby the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source; and
(h) means for modulating the brightness of the illumination source in response to the audio signal source.
43. An underwater transducer system for a body of water, the body of water being in contact with a wall structure having a recess for receiving an underwater lamp assembly, the system comprising:
(i) a diaphragm having an outer edge and a centrally located boss portion formed in the diaphragm, the boss portion having a cylindrical outside surface;
(ii) means for connecting the outer edge of the diaphragm to the housing, at least one side of the diaphragm being in direct contact with the water;
(iii) a coil assembly having at least one turn of a conductive material about a coil axis, a tubular member extending to one end of the coil assembly and having a cylindrical inside surface concentric with the coil axis, opposite ends of the conductive material forming a pair of coil terminals, the coil assembly being rigidly affixed to the diaphragm by engagement of the inside surface of the tubular member with the outside surface of the boss portion for locating the coil axis concentric with the boss portion; and
(iv) means for producing a magnetic field in the housing, the magnetic field intersecting the conductive material of the coil assembly, whereby a voltage between the coil terminals is correlated with sound waves in the water;
(g) microphone connection means for operatively connecting the signal amplifier means to the signal output means and the coil terminals, whereby the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water;
(i) speaker connection means for operatively connecting the signal source to the coil terminals, whereby the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source; and
(j) switching means for selectively inhibiting the microphone connection means in a first mode wherein the sound waves in the water are produced in response to the audio signal source, and for selectively inhibiting the speaker connection means in a second mode wherein the signal output means is responsive to the sound waves in the water for signalling activity in the water to a location outside the water.
44. A method for making an underwater transducer, unit comprising the steps of:
(d) affixing the coil assembly to the diaphragm with the coil axis concentric with the boss portion, the
45. The method of claim 44, comprising the further step of locating a cylindrical strip of a lubricative plastic material within the annular slot for preventing contact between the coil assembly and the magnet.
46. The system of claim 25, wherein the switching means is operative in a monitor submode wherein the signal output means is operatively connected to the signal amplifier means for continuously monitoring sound produced by activity in the body of water, and an alarm submode wherein the signal output means is operatively connected to the threshold means for transmitting an occurrence of the alarm signal.
47. The system of claim 6, wherein an edge portion of the plate member extends outwardly from the means for connecting the plate member to the housing.
48. The system of claim 12, further comprising a control unit located to one side of the body of water, the control unit being operatively connected by the cord member to the coil.
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1510141 May 1978 GBX
James Joseph, "New Thrills with Underwater Sound", Popular Mechanics, vol. 111, No. 5, May 1959.
Inventors: Thomas R. Mitchell (Riverside, CA), Robert E. Landesman (Arcadia, CA)
Primary Examiner: Charles T. Jordan
Assistant Examiner: J. Woodrow Eldred
Law Firm: Sheldon & Mak
Current U.S. Class: Diaphragm With Electric Driving Coil (367/175); Moving Coil (367/182); 381/194
International Classification: H04R 900;

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1 Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons.
14 Their sin offering.
18 Their burnt offering.
22 The ram of consecration.
31 The place and time of their consecration.
Aaron.
Ex 29:1-4
garments.
Ex 28:2-4,40-43; 39:1-31,41
anointing.
Ex 30:23-37; 40:12-15
bullock.
Ex 29:1,2; Heb 7:27
Nu 20:8; 21:16; 1Ch 13:5; 15:3; 2Ch 5:2,6; 30:2,13,25; Ne 8:1
Ps 22:25; Ac 2:1
9,13,17,29,35; Ex 39:1,5,7,21,26,29,31,32,42,43; De 12:32
Mt 28:20; 1Co 11:23; 15:3
Lord commanded to be done.
Ex 29:4-37
washed.
Ex 29:4; 40:12; Ps 51:2,7; Isa 1:16; Eze 36:25; Zec 13:1
Joh 13:8-10; 1Co 6:11; Eph 5:26; Heb 9:10; 10:22; Re 1:5,6; 7:14
he put.
Ex 28:4; 29:5; 39:1-7; Isa 61:3,10; Ro 3:22; 13:14; Ga 3:27
the ephod.The {ephod} seems to have been a garment worn by persons of distinction of various characters (2 Sa 6:4); the description of which in the book of Exodus (ch. 28:6, etc.) relates only to its materials. As to its shape, the LXX. calls it [epómis,] which signifies that it was worn on the shoulders. So also Josephus, who says it was a cubit long. St. Jerome compares it with the Roman {caracalla,} which was a sort of short cloak, only that it had a head or hood, which the ephod had not.
the breast plate.
Ex 28:15-29; 39:8-21; So 8:6; Isa 59:17; Eph 6:14; 1Th 5:8
the Urim.
Ex 28:30; Ezr 2:63
Ex 28:4,36-38; 29:6; 39:28-30; Zec 3:5; 6:11-14; Php 2:9-11
Ex 30:23-29; 40:9-11
Ex 4:6,17; 16:14,19; Isa 52:15; Eze 36:25; Tit 3:6
4:3; 21:10,11,12; Ex 28:41; 29:7; 30:30; Ps 133:2
Ex 28:40,41; 29:8,9; 40:14,15; Ps 132:9; Isa 61:6,10; 1Pe 2:5,9
Re 1:6; 5:10
coats.The {kethoneth,} or coat, was made of linen; but the form of it is no where described in Scripture, except in the visionary appearance of Christ to St. John, in the form and habit of a priest (Re 1:13); where he is said to be [endedumenos podere,] "clothed with a garment down to the feet," which perfectly agrees with the description the Jewish writers give of it; who also say, that it had sleeves which came down to the wrist, and was tied about the neck; so that it was not unlike a long shirt. It was common to all the priests; but the tunic of the high priest was made of finer linen, or wove in a more curious manner. (Ex 28:4.)
put. Heb. bound. bonnets.The {migbaôth}, or bonnets, are described by Josephus as being like helmets of linen, one wreath being plaited and folded over another and a thin cap, suited to its shape, put over all, to prevent its unfolding.
he brought.
2; 4:3-12; 16:6; Ex 29:10-14; Isa 53:10; Eze 43:19; Ro 8:3; 2Co 5:21
Heb 7:26-28; 1Pe 3:18
laid.
1:4; 4:4; 16:21
he slew it.
1:5,11; 3:2,8; Ex 29:10,11
4:7,17,18,30; Ex 29:12,36,37; Eze 43:19-27; Heb 9:18-23
to make.
6:30; 16:20; 2Ch 29:24; Eze 45:20; Da 9:24; Ro 5:10; 2Co 5:18-21
Eph 2:16; Col 1:21,22; Heb 2:17The beginning of this verse may be rendered, "And Moses slew it, and took the blood," etc. We find it expressly said in Exodus, that Moses slew the sacrifices.
Ex 29:11Yet, in general, the offerer seems to have killed his own sacrifice.
3:3-5; 4:8,9; Ex 29:13
4:11,12,21; 6:30; 16:27; Ex 29:14; Ga 3:13; Heb 13:11-13
1:4-13; Ex 29:15-18
a sweet savour.
1:17; 2:9; Ge 8:21; Ex 29:18; Eph 5:2
the ram of consecration.
2,29; 7:37; Ex 29:19-31; Joh 17:19; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21
Eph 5:25,27; Re 1:5,6"The ram of consecration" was evidently a sacrifice of peace offering though presented on a particular occasion. Part of the blood was applied, not as that of the sin offering, to the horns of the altar, but to Aaron and his sons; to the tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes of their right feet: implying their obligation to hearken diligently to the word of God--to do his work in the best manner which they could, and to walk in his ways with steady perseverance; and also, that they could not do these things acceptably except through the atoning blood, received and applied by faith. Then part of the blood reserved upon the altar, probably in a basin for that purpose, was mingled with the holy anointing oil, and sprinkled on the garments both of Aaron and his sons, to hallow them to the Lord. "This may be looked upon as a lively representation of our purification by the blood of jesus Christ, through his Holy Spirit."--Bp. Patrick
Moses took.
14:14,17,28; Ex 29:20; Ro 6:13,19; 12:1; 1Co 1:2,30; 6:20
1Th 5:22; Php 1:20; 2:17; Heb 2:10; 5:8
Moses sprinkled.
Heb 9:22
3:3-5,9; Ex 29:22-25; Pr 23:26; Isa 53:10
Ex 29:23; Joh 1:14; Ac 5:12; 1Ti 2:5
upon Aaron's.
Ex 29:24-37; Jer 30:21; Heb 9:14
and waved.
Ex 29:25; Ps 22:13,14; Zec 13:7; Heb 10:14-22
they were.
7:30-34; Ex 29:26,27; Isa 66:20; 1Co 10:31; 1Pe 4:11
the anointing.
Ex 29:21; 30:30; Isa 61:1,3; Ga 5:22-25; Heb 2:11; 1Pe 1:2
1Jo 2:27; Re 7:14
and sanctified.
10:3; Nu 3:3
Boil.
6:28; 7:15; Ex 29:31,32; De 12:6,7; 1Sa 2:13-17; Eze 46:20-24
eat it.
10:17; Joh 6:33,35,51,53-56; Ga 2:20
7:17; Ex 12:10; 29:34; Pr 27:1; Ec 9:10; 2Co 6:2; Heb 3:13,14
seven days.
14:8; Ex 29:30,35; Nu 19:12; Eze 43:25-27
Heb 7:16,27; 10:11,12
the tabernacle.
14:8; Ex 29:35; Nu 19:12; Eze 43:25; 2Co 7:1; Col 2:9,10; Heb 7:28
Heb 9:23,24
keep.
30; 10:1; Nu 3:7; 9:19; De 11:1; 1Ki 2:3; 1Ti 1:3,4,18; 5:21
1Ti 6:13,17,20; 2Ti 4:1
Aaron.This was necessary to be added, to show the exact fulfilment of the commandments delivered to Moses, and which are recorded in Exodus, ch. 29; and consequently the complete consecration and preparation of Aaron and his sons to fill the awfully important office of priests and mediators between God and the children of Israel, to offer sacrifices, and make atonement for the sins of the people.
Ex 39:43; 40:16; De 4:2; 12:32; 1Sa 15:22
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Debit or credit, airline miles or cash back -- the option could be in a button on your card.
Smarter credit cards are on the way. Citi has launched its 2G card, which allows customers to redeem points or cash rewards with the push of a button at the time of checkout. The card, available only to select cardholders at first, is the same size and shape as a normal credit card, but it features a battery, an embedded chip, two buttons and a card-programmable magnetic stripe.
"Customers now get a credit card that better fits their lifestyle and needs, putting more options right in their hands," says Terry O'Neil, executive vice president of Citi's North America Credit Card division.
Citi is using technology developed by Dynamics Inc., a Pittsburgh start-up, for the pilot program. It will gather customer feedback with plans to offer the cards on a larger scale in 2011.
Dynamics has several other smart cards -- including one that lets customers choose between multiple accounts when paying for items. Pressing a button automatically reprograms the card's magnetic stripe, which is then swiped in a retailer's credit card machine. New cards will also let customers switch between debit and credit transactions, and even improve the security of their cards.
Dynamics has a card designed to protect consumers against skimming by automatically writing a new security code onto its magnetic stripe for every in-store purchase. A display can also be added to the card for online purchases, replacing the three- or four-digit security code physically printed on traditional cards.
MasterCard partnered with NagraID Security, a Swiss company, to offer debit and credit cards to European customers with a small display that provides a one-time password for additional security. It also has a touch keypad with up to 12 keys enabling electronic signature and authentication methods.
"Cards were born from cardboard, they've been 'mag-striped' and 'chipped,' and now we enter their silicon age, with an LCD display and touchpad opening up a multitude of possibilities," says Eric Tomlinson, with MasterCard Europe, which will issue the cards.
But don't expect these next-generation credit cards to be widespread soon. The costs for producing smart cards are much higher than the simple magnetic stripe cards -- as much as $10 per card. The cards will be more widely adopted in Canada and Europe first, where customers are used to chip-infused cards.


stat_peaks() find and label local or global maxima in y.
stat_valleys() find and label local or global minima in y.
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stat_fit_deviations() display residuals from a model fit as segments linking observed and fitted values.
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stat_fit_augment() data augmented with fitted values and statistics using package 'broom'.
stat_fit_glance() one-row summary data frame for a fitted linear model using package 'broom'.
stat_debug_group(), stat_debug_panel() print data received as input by a stat's group and panel functions respectively. Useful for debugging new statistics and for exploring how ggplot works.
geom_debug() print data received as input by a geom.
try_data_frame() convert an R object into a data frame. Specially useful for plotting time series (using internally package '') which are returned with x data as POSIXct, allowing direct plotting with 'ggplot2' and packages extending 'ggplot2'.
The package manual describes in more detail the items listed above, and the vignette gives several examples of plots produced with the package.
Please, see the web site r4photobiology for details and update notices. Other packages, aimed at easing photobiology-related calculations including the quantification of biologically effective radiation in meteorology are available as part of a suite described at the same website.
The current release of 'ggpmisc' is available through CRAN for R (>= 3.2.0).


Singarasu (Napoleon) is a knight in shining armour for eight villages. He resolves all the problems of the villagers and protects them from any impending danger. While he has conquered the hearts of the villagers, he neglects his wife Pandiyamma (Khusboo). She is so depressed that she commits suicide. Her sister Muniyamma (Urvashi) tries to substitute her sister's love for Singarasu, but he does not reciprocate. Meanwhile, a rich landlord and his men from the neighboring village try to break the village's water canal. The villagers cry for help, but Singarasu continues to mourn his wife's death. Will this crisis bring Singarasu back to his normal self? Will the king save his men now?
Maadhu (Nagesh) is an orphan who lives under the staircase of a building. He runs errands for everyone who lives there in return for rent and food. He is exploited by everyone who lives there with the exception of the bodybuilder Nair (Muthuraman) and a retired old man (Major Sunderrajan). Hard-working Maadhu dreams of moving ahead in life. Meanwhile, he develops a liking for a girl (Jayanthi) who moves in to live in the same building. She also develops a soft corner for him. But the taunts of other residents never seems to stop. Will Maadhu gain the respect he deserves and realize his dreams?


I hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend. I know I did, and this weekend has been fun and full. Starting on Thursday, I had Thanksgiving at my brother's in-laws and on Saturday, I attended two birthday parties and a proposal. I really did enjoy myself. As for the look, I wore this on Thanksgiving. It's the perfect comfy dress for days when you know your going to stuff your face and don't have to worry about being tied down by tight clothes.


BERNINA Club: Scissor Case – What a wonderful gift idea!
This month our BERNINA club will feature another "make and take" project. We will be making a scissor case so bring the size scissors you want to make it to fit. Techniques will include "mock quilting" and optional methods of binding. Bring your own sewing machine or use one of ours. Please call 970-565-7541 or e-mail Cindy no later than Monday, October 26 at 6 p.m.


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Congressional (Gold)
Architects Tom Fazio
Arthur Hills
George Fazio
Devereux Emmet
Address8500 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA
Congressional Country club started out with an 18-hole course (consisting of the Blue and Gold nines) designed by Devereux Emmet in 1924 before Robert Trent Jones was called in thirty years later to add a new nine to the existing layout. The USGA then staged the Women's Amateur Championship at Congressional in 1959, two years after the updated Blue and the New nine were combined to form the 18-hole championship Blue course.
With the 1964 US Open due to be held at Congressional, Jones took two holes from the Gold nine, remodelled both of them then inserted them into the routing of his new nine at the 16th and 17th , converting what he had designed as the par four 17th into the new closing hole on the Blue. This was the course that then hosted the sixty-fourth edition of the US Open, won by Ken Venturi.
The Gold course continued as a 9-hole track until 1977, when George Fazio and Tom Fazio renovated the course and added another nine. Arthur Hills then completed an upgrade of the 18-hole Gold course in 2000, reconstructing tees, fairways, greens and cart paths. The Gold will always live in the shadow of a sibling that has hosted five major championships (and is due to stage another two in the 2030s) but it's still a formidable track deserving the greatest respect..
Bulle Rock


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Q: Filter A Tilepanel javafx I need a help to filter a tilepane content.
My tilepane contains  stackpanes and each  stackpanes  contains an ImageView and Text
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I need to show only StackPanes which their Text contain "Pickme"
tilePaneImage.getChildren().filtered( s -> ((Text)((StackPane) s).getChildren().get(1)).getText().toLowerCase().contains(txtFiltre.getText().toLowerCase())) ;

=> No errors and pictures are not filtered
tilePaneImage.getChildren().filtered( (s) -> {
if(  ((Text)         ((StackPane)s).getChildren().get(1)).getText().toLowerCase().contains(txtFiltre.    getText().toLowerCase())) {System.out.println("Show");return true;}
  System.out.println("Hide");
  return false;
  });

==> console shows some ("Hide") but the TilePane  still show all StackPane  .

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Who do you think is the best QB prospect?
Who's the better NFL player?
Figured these two deserved their own thread as they are the best 2 NFL QB prospects, despite being true freshman last year. At this stage, who do you like more?
Who's the best coach of these 3 on the hot seat?
What about Harbaugh, Kirby Smart, David Shaw, or Lincoln Riley?
Team with most above average players?
Which team (how many and who) has the most above average players on their roster?
Which Team(s) Got Worse This Offseason?


Established in 1698, Altydgedacht Estate is a family farm where long standing traditions and modern methods blend to create wines of quality and character. Altydgedacht is one of the historic farms established on the fertile slopes of the Tygerberg and has been in the Parker family since 1852.
Altydgedacht is a 412 hectare estate where brothers John and Oliver and their teams utilize the Durbanville microclimate to its fullest to produce wines with distinctive varietal expression. Situated in the hills of the Tygerberg valley, the varying aspects of the slopes allow individual grape cultivars to be sited on slopes according to their heat preference. The average rainfall is 550 mm per annum. The deep red Hutton and Clovelly soils have sufficient moisture retention to carry the vines through the dry summer months. The vines are therefore not irrigated. A policy of low cropping is practiced with yields not exceeding more than 10 tons/ha.
Today 130 tons of grapes are picked annually with only a selected portion being used to make wine on the estate. Altydgedacht is situated only 15 km away from the Altlantic ocean and falls into one of the coolest wine-growing regions of South Africa. The prevailing winds blow from the sea ensuring a moderate climate, while the late summer mists contribute a cooling effect. This cooling effect means that the ripening period of the grape is lengthened and has the excellent potential for quality wine. Oak is used with care to complement the fruit flavors to produce subtle, complex and distinctive wines.
The white cultivars produced are Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Hanepoot, Sauvignon Blanc, Weisser Reisling, S.A. Riesling and Viognier.
The red cultivars are Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Gamay, Merlot, Shiraz and Pinotage. Viognier and Cabernet Franc are the most recent cultivars to be introduced.
The wine has a pale straw-color. Due to differential picking, the grapes impart a whole spectrum of flavors to the wine, ranging from bell pepper, green figs, grapefruit to grass. Fresh and lively on the palate where the fruit is replicated and the wine finishes with a nice acidic grip.
Serve chilled as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to salads, fish, shellfish and light white meat dishes.
The wine is ready to be enjoyed while young and fresh but will develop complexity with a year or two in the bottle.
The grapes were hand-harvested to create this luscious blend of 37% Viognier, 19% Chardonnay, 15% Chenin Blanc and 19% Semillon.
The nose is dominated by peach, apricot, and fresh herb aromas with a touch of toasted oak derived from barrel-aging. The entry on the palate is rich, with the palate being similarly perfumed and rounded off with touches of spice and toasty oak.
An ideal companion for creamy soups, pastas and rich white meat dishes.
The wine is ready to be enjoyed now, but will develop complexity in the bottle over the next 2-3 years.
Hand harvested grapes. A full-bodied dry wine from 100% Pinotage grapes.
Gentle wood influence, combined with vibrant flavors of plum and dark cherries, compliment the soft ripe tannins, adding to the depth and length of the wine. 100% French oak barrels were used.
An ideal companion to red meats and cheese dishes.
The wine is ready to be enjoyed now, but will develop complexity in the bottle over the next 5-7 years.
Michelangelo uses the 100 point scoring system, and for a wine to receive a silver medal, it must have an average score of between 86 - 92.
Veritas uses the 20 point scoring system, and for a wine to receive a silver medal, it must have an average score of 16/20.
John Platter 4 star is "excellent"