This is just a quick post about my problem iPad (again!) - cannot connect to iTunes, to be exactly. Its just two weeks ago I got a problem of connecting iTunes.
Came up with a usual message cannot connect to iTunes when I tried to update the applicant, trying to the previous method but still didn't work.
This time I try the new method, is by going to to mail and contact and go to the id account and sign it out (leave sign out). Back to Apps or any application you wish to download and then sign in through there. It works for me :)!.


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Christian world
Contemporary theology
A Miracle on Christmas Eve
A Spiritual Wall. St. Stefan of Dečani
Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa
Feast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia's Prayer on Nativity for the Coming Year
17. January 2020 - 13:10
For the first time, we are seeing His Holiness Ilia's Nativity Epistle for this year, which is not only profound Orthodox teaching but a powerful prayer for all. Before the end of Christmastide, we would like to present it to our readers.
Most Eminent Hierarchs, Reverend Fathers, Deacons, Monks and Nuns, Authorities of our Government, members of the Holy Orthodox Church of Georgia, Residents of Iberia and our compatriots who are now living in the countries beyond our land.
St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, "belongs not to the Church of Caesarea alone, nor merely to his own time, nor was he of benefit only to his own kinsmen, but rather to all lands and cities worldwide, and to all people he brought and still brings benefit, and for Christians he always was and will be a most salvific teacher." Thus spoke Saint Basil's contemporary, Saint Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Saint Basil was born in the year 330 at Caesarea, the administrative center of Cappadocia. He was of illustrious lineage, famed for its eminence and wealth, and zealous for the Christian Faith. The saint's grandfather and grandmother on his father's side had to hide in the forests of Pontus for seven years during the persecution under Diocletian.
The Holy Protomartyr Stephen the Archdeacon
8. January 2020 - 23:14
Stephen was a kinsman of the Apostle Paul and one of those Jews who lived in the Hellenic provinces. Stephen was the first of the seven deacons whom the holy apostles ordained and appointed to the service of assisting the poor in Jerusalem. For this, he is called the archdeacon.
By the power of his faith, Stephen worked great miracles among the people. The wicked Jews disputed with him, but they were always defeated by his wisdom and the power of the Spirit, Who acted through him. Then the shameful Jews, accustomed to calumnies and slander, incited the people and the elders of the people against the innocent Stephen, slandering him as though he had blasphemed against God and against Moses. False witnesses were quickly found who confirmed this. Stephen then stood before the people, and all saw his face as it had been the face of an angel (Acts 6:15), that is, his face was illumined with the light of grace as was once the face of Moses when he spoke with God. Stephen opened his mouth and enumerated the many good works and miracles that God had performed in the past for the people of Israel, as well as the many crimes and opposition to God on the part of this people. He especially rebuked them for the killing of Christ the Lord, calling them betrayers and murderers (Acts 7:52). And while they gnashed their teeth, Stephen beheld and saw the heavens open and the glory of God. That which he saw, he declared to the Jews: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God! (Acts 7:56). Then the malicious men took him outside the city and stoned him to death. Among his persecutors was his kinsman Saul, later the Apostle Paul.
Contemplation on The Royal Hours on Christmas Eve: First Hour
Mt. 1:18-25
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
Our Lord is born today, let us rejoice and be glad! No one may be sad today no matter what sorrow there be, no matter what losses we have suffered, because today is a festival of life for everyone. There is no more fear of death, for in the love that Christ has revealed to us there is no fear, and He gives to all the joy of eternal life.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!
In today's Gospel readings of the Royal Hours and the Liturgy we have heard the story of the Birth of the Messiah from the mouths of different Evangelists.
To confirm the fact that all that happened 2,000 years ago is true, the Apostles not only refer to the words of the witnesses but also to geographical and even astronomical evidence.
Serbian Orthodox Church
Celebrating the Birth Of Christ in Naples
Theophany procession and swimming for the Precious Cross
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The Patriarch receives Ambassador of Serbia to Ukraine
Patriarch Kirill serves with Bulgarian hierarch on feast of Theophany
Liturgy served in 17th-century Bulgarian church for first time in 70 years
Mayor of Thessaloniki visits Ecumenical Patriarchate
Bulgarian Church to celebrate 800th anniversary of Ivanovo rock-hewn churches
OCP Secretariat Slams Anti-Church Law in Montenegro
Bishop Sahak Mashalian Elected New Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Pope sends 100,000 euros to Albania earthquake victims
Cypriot President's visit to Pope Francis and invitation for a return Pontifical visit
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Q: Changing ip address in php Is there a way to change my ip address in php ?
any api or some libraries?
just like ZENMATE , Hotspot shield or IP VANISH?
and can anyone help me is this thing posible ?
i got this code form googling but this dont help me and also i dont know how its working .
any help from you will be appreciated!
function routerDoConnect( $post )
{
$ip = "192.118.1.2";
$path = "/st_pptp.cgi";
$cleanPost = array();
$headers = "POST {$path} HTTP/1.1\r\n";
$headers .= "Host: {$ip}\r\n";
$headers .= "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/
2009060214 Firefox/3.0.11\r\n";
$headers .= "Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8\r\n";
$headers .= "Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5\r\n";
$headers .= "Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate\r\n";
$headers .= "Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7\r\n";
$headers .= "Referer: http://192.168.1.1/RST_st_pptp.htm\r\n";
$headers .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode( "admin:secret" ) . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
foreach ( $post as $k => $v )
{
if ( is_array( $v ) )
{
$v = implode( "", $v );
}
$k = urlencode( $k );
$v = stripslashes( $v );
$v = urlencode( $v );
$cleanPost[] = "{$k}={$v}";
}
$postHeader = implode( "&", $cleanPost ) . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Length: " . ( strlen( $postHeader ) - 2 ). "\r\n\r\n";
$headers .= $postHeader;
//echo nl2br( $headers );die();
$open = fsockopen( $ip, 80, $errno, $errstr, 60 );
if ( ! $open )
{echo( 'There was a problem connecting to the source.' );
die();
}
fputs( $open, $headers );
fgets( $open, 4096 );
fclose( $open );
}
echo "Disconnecting from ISP...";
routerDoConnect( array( 'disconnect' => "Disconnect" ) );
echo " Disconnected.
";
echo "Establishing new connection to ISP...";
routerDoConnect( array( 'connect' => " Connect " ) );
echo " Connected.

Please allow 5 - 10 seconds for network to initiate.";

A: Try this (if i understood it correctly)
function curlbrowse($url,$proxy_ip,$proxy_port,$loginpassw)
{
    $loginpassw = 'username:password';
    $proxy_ip = 'proxy ip';
    $proxy_port = 'proxy port';
    $url = 'http://www.domain.com';

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, $proxy_port);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, 'HTTP');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy_ip);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $loginpassw);
    $data = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    return $data;
}

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We are a group of 7 students from Sweden that are here in Italy on internship. When we arrived in Italy we were tired from the flights and all of us were a bit nervous about our new jobs. None of us knew any italian so getting around was hard too, especially in Bologna.
We arrived in Forli late monday evening, then got to our rooms and immediatly after that we left for our first adventure in Forli, our hunt for food, at "Pizza Pirata".
Anyhow, our jobs are working out well so far, we are working with a lot of different things, such as websites, graphic designs and bike rentals but theyre all releated to computer work.
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Bike lanes would help Bloor West Village businesses
March 17, 2010 | By Marcus Bowman
The current street design paradigm in this city seems to assume that one of the biggest opponents to bike lanes on Toronto's major arterials are the local store owners who will raise hell at the thought of losing on-street parking. A new report released this week by the Clean Air Partnership challenges this, and demonstrates that in Bloor West Village businesses would not suffer if bike lanes were installed.
A study conducted in the area showed that 44% of merchants believed there would be "no change" in their customer base if half of on-street parking was removed and replaced with bike lanes. This number becomes slightly more convincing as an additional 10% of merchants thought they would probably experience increased business as a result. Thus, a majority, albeit a slim one at 54%, of merchants in Bloor West Village feel they would not be hurt at all by installing bike lanes in place of parking. Similar results were found when merchants were given the option of using the reduced parking space to widen the sidewalks.
The study also showed that numbers of customers arriving by means other than cars was greater than what most merchants anticipated. While only 21% of visitor respondents in Bloor West Village had arrived there by car, 61% of merchants surveyed estimated the number would be higher.
Visitors in the area showed similar numbers in support for altering the streetscape with 43% supporting the idea of replacing parking with bike lanes and 15% suggesting using the space for wider sidewalks. Not surprisingly, support for reducing parking was less amongst those who had driven to the area, it was not however uniform as 48% of those who drove still supported the idea of replacing parking with either bike lanes or widened sidewalks.
Interestingly, a relationship was also found between mode of transportation and spending habits.
The study found those who did not drive to the area were likely both spend more money and visit more often. Results showed that 86% of non-drivers spent more than $100/month in the area compared to 69% of those who drive. This fact significantly weakens the idea that on street parking is essential to business viability.
As the City moves forward with the bike plan, establishing the true consequences of removing on street parking will be very important. It would seem that mainstream attitudes on this issue today are not always correct, and it cannot be completely assumed that removing parking will negatively affect business, or that merchants will necessarily stand steadfast in opposition.
Of course, each area in the city is unique and has specific transport pattern. This study was conducted in July 2009 and reflects a specific type of destination, meaning the results of the study are useful but limited.
Other cities have been bold enough to remove on-street parking to create space for improvements to the pedestrian and cycling environment. While Toronto has been slow in this regard, studies such as this reflect the gradual process of shifting opinions about what we need from our streets and what is good for both merchants and all other users.
Combined with a previous study by the same organization that showed similar results in the Annex, the city can be assured of community support for a Bloor-Danforth cycling corridor in at least two important neighbourhoods on the route. Shifting paradigms about what role on-street parking plays and how stakeholders really feel about it will do a lot to move this city forward.
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While only 21% of visitor respondents in Bloor West Village had arrived there by car, 61% of merchants surveyed estimated the number would be higher.
This post makes a good point that a lot of businesses cling to out-dated, and unfounded notions that on-street parking is better for business. I remember a few months back, when there was a minor controversy over a police car caught parked in the bike lane while the copper bought pizza. At the time, the pizza shop owner was quoted as bemoaning the bike lanes, saying that his business was down 10% in the last year since the installation of the bike lanes.
Because, of course, in the middle of a world wide recession, of depths unseen since the Great Depression, the reason *your* business is down 10% is because of bike lanes.
It should also be noted that dirently behind the stretch of businesses along Bloor St. in Bloor West Village are ample parking spaces in Green P lots, which is probably what skewing the perceived effect of reduced on-street parking.
I think the main problem would be traffic. Dundas is highly congested through the area and Annette has been slowed dramatically with the addition of a bike lane. I'd love to have more space to walk but wouldn't like getting in or out of the area.
Sorry they did a new one I guess http://www.cleanairpartnership.org/files/BikeLanes_Parking_Business_BloorWestVillage.pdf
hamish wilson
Meanwhile in the Annex area, somehow – gee, how did that happen – the consultant who does the Class C EA for maybe that line of paint on Bloor/Danforth has been instructed not! to think of bike lanes between Avenue Road and Christie, exactly the same boundaries as Councillor Vaughan's Ward 20….
How hard is it to paint a white line on asphalt along a subway? And there's also a lot of parking atop it in this area as well.
We can have honest differences about the merits of having bike lanes on arterials, but Bloor Street is different from other arterials in two crucial ways:
1) there is a subway running beneath it, meaning car traffic does not have to compete with buses or streetcars
2) there is a municipal right-of-way above the subway corridor to the north. This corridor is dotted with surface parking lots. I would bet many of these are often well below capacity.
That means Bloor Street provides an excellent opportunity for not just bike lanes, but for a separated bikeway that I could allow my 8-year-old to ride on.
Adam Vaughan
Hamish remains concerned about a bike lane along Bloor in my ward.I remain hopeful that the study underway will show us how to do it. The Clean Air Partnership played a key role showing the community and the local BIA the benefits. As a result the Bloor Visioning study is silent on the topic, but at council we asked for staff to come forward with proposals. The Clean Air Partnership also inspired our office to work with residents to start the ward twenty cycling group (contact Dale Duncan in my office for details).
Creating beautiful, safe and vibrant streets for all the users of public space is the goal. We are not there yet but if we can build trust and use our imaginations to solve the physical limitations, a Bloor that is as easy to roll a wheel chair down as it is to ride a bike on is a possibility. Hopefully we can do better than choosing can of white paint or the status quo.
Bloor, between Bathurst and Walmer is at it's narrowest in my ward, but a recent traffic study showed that we may be able to lose a lane of traffic and accommodate bikes, people and cars without starting a war!. While we wait for the Bloor study the W20 cycling committee is hard at work improving Harbord Street (Bike Boxes, and a strategy for a continuos path between Spadina and Bathurst), my office is also designing and working with local residents for a contra flow lane system for north-south travel on Brunswick to link the College, Harbord and (future) Bloor bike lanes.
In the south we have proposed a segregated set of lanes for Simcoe and as part of the traffic study for the Entertainment District we are also looking at extending the Simcoe lanes north from the lake to Queen. Designs for the Portland Bridge will include ramps for bikes and hopefully Portland and Dan Leckie Way will provide additional north-south access through the raillands from the centre of the city (Queen St) to the lake.
Watch for n on street Green P parking space on Spadina this year to be taken away from car use and turned into permanent multiple bike post parking space too,
Once again contact Dale in my office to find out more and thanks to the Clean Air Partnership for all the great research,
Cars are already a second rate way to get across Bloor-Danforth. Even with its frequent stops, the subway is much faster than driving through the congestion of this arterial. Encouraging cycling will only bring more people above ground, and help business.
Here's hoping this goes through with far less controversy than some other bike lines in this city.
Agree with Redacted.
Majority of BWV visitors park at the GreenP behind the stores. It's a really wonderful design as it provides both parking and a bumper space between shops and residential neighbourhood.
In the case of Annette, I do have sympathy for the Burger/Greek/Pizza joint. Annette and Runnymede is not within easy walking distance from the subway station (about 15 minutes walk from Runnymede station). Majority of the street parking around annette are taken up by residential on street parking. All the small shops at Annette and Runnymede are heavily relying on neighbourhood customers. Not a lot of folks from outside the neighbourhood would venture there if they don't bike.
And if you take a look at all the businesses on Annette, you will realize that business is tough on that stretch. It's tugged between the very popular BWV and the increasingly threatening big boxes up on St Clair (it's slowing making its way from the stockyard to Jane and St. Clair. Not to mention the the Junction Triangle (still sounds weird to me). Not even convenience store can survive on Annette.
The only business seems to thrive on Annette are baby/children focused: Daycare and Art Classes, etc.
Good points, Hamish.
I'm really excited about this idea. A separated bike lane, plus widened sidewalks, would add a lot of life to parts of Bloor that are underdeveloped. Especially around the Dufferin Mall; if done right this could bring a lot more customers back to Bloorwest Village. And the Annex section of Bloor would flourish with more sidewalks and calmer traffic. These sorts of ideas give us a sense of what we have to lose in the coming election if we don't make our voices heard.
@Adam,
Thanks for the update. What about the construction that is underway between Yonge and Avenue? Apparently bike lanes are not part of the plan there, which really makes no sense at all. The car lanes are wide, so are the sidewalks, yet a complete makeover of it does not include bike lanes. What a waste.
It's not in my ward, but doing an isolated bike lane didn't make sense. Lanes need to connect to other lanes so that new strengths build and add to existing strengths. At Community Council the worry was that adding bike lanes to just this stretch of Bloor without the design work and plans for all of Bloor would have lacked co-ordination. It would have also required an EA. This would have delayed the reconstruction project. The commitment was made to proceed with inserting the lanes after the new sidewalks were built. The road here IS wide enough for bike lanes. As Hamish points out, at that point all that's needed is paint (and of course an EA, that EA is underway)!
Nancy Smith Lea
Thanks to Spacing for this great post and to Councillor Vaughan for the kudos on our work at the Clean Air Partnership. A couple of other points from the report I want to highlight: 1) Bloor St in the Bloor West Village is wider than in the Annex, so the removal of on-street parking to install a bike lane is a "worst-case" scenario in that section. 2) One of the results I found the most interesting was that even though cycling activity is relatively low in Bloor West Village, nearly 75% of those visitors to the area who prefer a change in street use allocation would prefer the addition of a bike lane. For anyone interested in hearing more about this research study, CAP is holding a webinar on March 30th @ 1 pm. It's offered free of charge to the first 40 registrants, and there's still a few free spots available: http://www.cleanairpartnership.org/bikelanes_webinar
Could the city add bike ranks over the subway grates which do not have gates or escape hatches, for the bicycles to park? This past WINTER, I have seen ALL the bicycle racks at the Bathurst Station filled. More bicycle racks are needed, maybe at sections of parking lots where auto parking is discouraged.
Sadly, there's a certain amount of BS from Councillor Vaughan about Bloor St. both in the Annex area and in the Yorkville area.
The big new study, the Class C EA for the 24kms of B/D, specifically directs the winning consultant to NOT examine bike lanes on Bloor between Ave. Rd. and Christie, which coincidentally happens to be exactly the amount of Bloor within Councillor Vaughan's ward.
How did that happen? (the proof/instruction has now been removed from the City's Contract website but it was the third answer to the Q3, and I'll try to get Ben to post it soon on the takethetooker.ca site)
With the Yorkvile segment, it's a sad travesty. Even though Kyle Rae promised! bike lanes here, nope, the City wasn't able to find that 1992 study that had this part of Bloor as the best/#1 spot for bike lanes, and they failed to make the road wide enough for easy bike lanes. To add bike lanes now means removing a lane of traffic each way, or adding half a metre on either side, which is readily available between new planter and new curb.
As for the connectivity BS, the Bike Plan has bike lanes to be added along Bloor from Sherbourne along to Church – but nope, no movement there.
The dominant bike travel direction is east-west in the older core – and Mr. Vaughan is failing to make enough of a difference on either Harbord or Bloor.
Harbord needs continuous bike lanes now, at the end of his term, not sharrows, and Bloor should be the easiest spot in Southern Ontario for bike lanes due to the subway.
The Cyclists' Union has been weaker on these issues too.
There's also BS about EAs from Mr. Vaughan – the tipping point for streetscaping work to a Class B EA is $2.2M, but this $25M Yorkvile project over several years with great tonnages of wasted concrete and new hard/high embodied energy granite is put into an A+ category – the same lightweight, no public meeting nor appeal category that the restriping of Jarvis St. for bike lanes is now getting. So how strange is it that the Yorkville project – which Council was in such a rush to preclude easy bike lanes going in for a few decades eg. Spadina – has no EA, and yet maybe putting white paint along Bloor to both give bike safety and provide some relief to the subway gets a full Class C EA?
It's also sad to see the bike parking being torn out near Manulife and Holts etc. – and Council OK'ed its removal, but not replacements. But we're all so green….and doing things for bikes… but not on a natural corridor into town/UofT
There's some clarity now on the ? of the EA missing the Ave. Rd. to Christie portions. Pardon the length of this text, but for the record here is that now-elapsed question/answer of concern that directed consultants to avoid bike lanes between Ave. Rd. and Christie is here, tx to Ben Wendt:
"Q3: Near the end of Section 2.1 Background, there is a list of recommended and/or approved bike facilities for particular sections of Bloor Street. How should the study team approach the work in the areas that overlap with these projects? In the case of approved projects (e.g., bicycle lanes on Bloor Street West, from Mill Road to Beamish Drive), can the EA recommendations potentially conflict with or override these existing Council decisions, or should the study team approach the study with the presumption that these projects will be implemented as already approved by Council?
A3: The intent of the study is to create a bikeway in the corridor identified in the RFP. Although a section of the study area may have identified bicycle lanes there may be some time before these can actually be implemented. As such this study should examine other methods of accommodating bicycles as part of a bikeway until such time as the bicycle lanes are implemented.
As well, a study that has been undertaken may have ruled out bicycle lanes within that study boundary but may not have examined the other methods of accommodating bicycles that this study is proposing. In this case this study should determine if the bikeway can be implemented in a manner other than bicycle lanes."
This is from an email from Dale Duncan of Councillor Vaughan's office, Thurs March 18:
" I wanted to let you know that, as promised, I have spoken to staff and Councillor Vaughan about the wording in the RFP for the Bloor-Danforth EA. The wording is incorrect.Councillor Vaughan has asked staff to correct it.
First, the scope of the Bloor Corridor Visioning Study was from Avenue Road to Bathurst (not to Christie).
Second, while the Bloor Corridor Visioning Study did recommend wider sidewalks, it didn't rule out bike lanes.
On page 5-6, the RFP states: " More recently the Bloor Vision Study (Avenue Road to Christie Street), recommended reducing the number of general traffic lanes to accommodate wider sidewalks, rather than bicycle lanes."
The phrase "rather than bicycle lanes" should be deleted.
On the subject of bicycle lanes, the Bloor Visioning Study said that at the time of any future reconstruction of Bloor Street between Avenue Road and Bathurst Street, consideration will be given to accommodation of cyclists.
It also said that "Cycling infrastructure will be considered in the Bloor Corridor in the context of a City-wide study as directed by Council."
As you know, the study directs the consultant to investigate the feasibility of bike lanes on Bloor, and where bike lanes aren't feasible, other ways to accommodate cyclists. Q3/A3, which you continue to refer to, directs the consultant to look at other ways of accommodating cyclists in cases where previous studies have determined that bike lanes are not appropriate. The Bloor Visioning study was not one of those studies. It did not recommend against bike lanes.
Again, Councillor Vaughan supports finding a way to accommodate bike lanes on Bloor Street."


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Joe The Plumber Stands By Gun Control Remarks, Claims Media Unfairly Spun Holocaust Angle Reply
by MRDA • Anarchism/Anti-State, Culture Wars/Current Controversies, Political Correctness/Totalitarian Humanism, Strategy
From HuffPo.
Not seeing how what he said was "offensive". Any sensible totalitarian disarms their citizenry/"undesirables" to make it easier to oppress and prey on them.
Talk to the JPFO—they'll fill you in!
Shame he felt the need to backpedal for being right.
By Paige Lavender
Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, stood by controversial remarks he made blaming gun control for the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
"All I said was gun control was implemented, and then governments proceeded to violate human rights," Wurzelbacher said, according to the Toledo Blade. "Nowhere did I mention the Holocaust or was I even talking about it."
Wurzelbacher sparked controversy when he posted a web video Monday featuring the following remarks:
"In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated. In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated. I love America."
Wurzelbacher was quickly criticized by the National Jewish Democratic Council, a pro-Democratic group, whose President and CEO David Harris said the congressional candidate's comparison was "beyond the pale" and called on Wurzelbacher to "apologize and remove this offensive video immediately."
While Wurzelbacher didn't respond to that criticism, he did tell one Twitter user who hit Wurzelbacher's "ignorance" that he was "obviously not watching my video."
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Amanda, John and Bryson Inman.
Kids hunted for eggs, including a golden egg.
Cainan Jewell, Quinn Bean and Addaline Bean.
Families helped little ones hunt for eggs.
Kim, Robert and Miles Valentino.
Kids rushed to fill Easter baskets Saturday, April 15, at First Baptist Church of Dover's egg hunt.
Children between the ages of 1 and 2 hunted for candy-filled eggs and a golden egg prize. The church's Easter services will be held Sunday, April 16.


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Abigail Browning is the founder and managing editor of www.tatestreet.org and a native of Winston-Salem, NC. She received her MFA in poetry at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Abigail has poems either published or forthcoming in the Yemassee Journal Online, The Greensboro Review, Linebreak, and RHINO Poetry. In addition, she was honored to receive the Amon Liner Poetry Award, the Noel Callow/Academy of American Poets' Prize and was a finalist for the Linda Flowers NC Arts Prize. She also has a passion for jazz music and dance and teaches swing-era dances. Abigail is a member of the Carrboro Poets Council.
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Poets reception & curated open mic | Wednesday/Thursday, October 16-17 | 6:30 pm | Johnny's & Cats Cradle Back Room
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Still, I couldn't do without philosophy. I mean, you quote Bible texts and assume that their meaning is self-evident, for you and for everybody else. Is that a tenable assumption? That was the reason for my question in the beginning: "How do you know what God's word is? Or how it is to be understood?" You never answered it. And we could also go back to E.A. Poe, who pointed out that there is no such thing as self-evidence: no truth or meaning is ever self-evident. We can only fall back on reason and philosophy to understand our faith.
You only heard about Jordan B. Peterson now? I thought he was widely known, and that I myself was late in catching up with the buzz. And yes, I meant the Holy Spirit, if you want, although I think simply writing 'spirit' was quite enough.


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Ranger Games
Ben Blum
NarratorJohnathan McClain
BiographiesAutobiographies & Memoirs
A tense and layered true-crime story about an all-American soldier boy turned bank robber
Alex Blum was a clean-cut all-American kid with one unshakeable goal in life: to serve his country in the military. He was accepted into the elite Rangers regiment, but on the first day of his leave before deployment to Iraq, Alex got into his car with two fellow soldiers and two strangers, drove to a local bank in Tacoma, and committed armed robbery.
The Blum family was devastated and mystified. How could he have done such a thing?
Alex's attorney presented a defence based on the theory that trainee Rangers are indoctrinated on a level akin to the brainwashing in an extreme religious cult, and Alex insisted that he had believed the robbery was just another exercise in the famously daunting Ranger program. But Luke Elliot Sommer, the charismatic soldier behind the robbery, maintained that Alex knew exactly what he was doing, and had, in fact, planned it all with him.
Who was lying? What had happened to Alex during those gruelling months of training? How accountable was he?
PublisherHarperCollins UK
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In the latest issue of EDGE, EA Worldwide Studios executive vice president Patrick Söderlund spoke about the possibility of the company further supporting Switch. The same interview also had some talk about Söderlund and Switch on a more personal level.
EDGE asked Söderlund if Switch has blindsided the games industry, in particular due to how Wii U performed. His response was "a little", before adding that he was "puzzled" by the system when he first saw it. Söderlund admitted though that Nintendo probably understood something he didn't, and now feels that it's "a pretty special machine".
Executive vice president Patrick Soderlund Patrick Soderlund made some comments to IGN a few days ago about EA and Switch. Famitsu also caught up with him following the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 last week, where FIFA was announced for the new platform.
Following EA's announcement of FIFA on Switch, one rumor came out claiming that it could be based on PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 versions of the game. Thus far, it's only been officially stated that the title has been "custom built" for the new console.
EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund stopped by the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 last week to announce FIFA for the big N's new console. IGN caught up with him to talk about the publisher's support a bit more in-depth.
We've seen a couple of third-parties announce titles for NX even though the system still hasn't been properly unveiled. We've also heard about some publishers who have left the door open to support. With EA though, their intentions are less clear.
Game Informer asked EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund about NX at Gamescom today. While he was quick to praise the big N, he wasn't willing to come out and comment on the new platform for now.
EA will make games for NX "if it makes sense" for the publisher to do so, according to executive vice president Patrick Soderlund.
Many remember when EA appeared on stage at Nintendo's E3 2012 media briefing to announce an "unprecedented partnership" between the two sides. That relationship fizzled out soon after the console's launch. EA's final Wii U game was Need for Speed: Most Wanted.


I don't know about you, but one of my favorite January activities is flipping through gardening magazines and catalogues to discover new plants that can be grown once the snow melts away.
These magazines and catalogues contain beautiful pictures of flowers, plants, and vegetables. Often, they can be ordered free of charge over the phone.
Stickers, tiny tissue paper flowers, and other decorative items children can use to personalize their book.
Have children cut pictures of the flowers and vegetables they prefer out of the magazines and catalogues and glue them on the pages of their book. Their book could contain several sections: one for flowers and plants and another one for vegetables. This project can last a full week. Use it to introduce children to new vocabulary.
As you are working on this project, cut out a few pictures of colourful flowers. Laminate them and use them to create a memory game or an observation game. Display colourful vegetable pictures in your kitchen area.
To keep your green plants pretty and clean, you can dilute an egg yolk in approximately 500 ml of lukewarm water. Gently dust the leaves of your green plants with a moist cloth before dipping your cloth in the egg mixture and gently rubbing it on your plants' leaves.
The carnation is the flower that symbolizes January. This inexpensive flower can be used to create beautiful bouquets and centrepieces.
Have fun and keep in mind that spring is just two months away!


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Australian food history timeline
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1837-9 Melbourne's first pubs
Melbourne's first pubs opened soon after the founding of the colony in 1835. Legislation required that any licensed premises should provide accommodation and liquor could only be served for consumption on the premises. Twenty annual licences had been issued by 1839.
Melbourne was first settled by Europeans in 1835. John Batman had negotiated a "purchase" with the local aboriginal people in April of that year. In late August and early September, parties of settlers led by John Batman and by John Lancy (acting on behalf of John Pascoe Fawkner) arrived within days of each other. The land was shared between them.
The street grid of the new settlement was laid out in 1837, the same year the city got its name. Fawkner went on to own one of Melbourne's first pubs, on the corner of Collins and Market Streets. It was a single-storey timber and brick building of six rooms, with a tariff of two guineas a week. The hotel advertised "mental recreation of a high order," providing guests with 12 newspapers, seven magazines and a collection of fiction and poetry.
Many of the early hotels were of primitive construction, one even being constructed of sods.A 1929 article in The Argus by "Rambler" described some of Melbourne's first pubs:
In Collins street there was the Lamb Inn, a roystering house for stockmen, as was Michael Carr's Governor
Bourke Hotel close by. Queen street had its Royal Highlander, kept by James Connell. It was a rude structure, but an improvement on the sod built hut kept by Michael Pender, whose wife served the drinks across the rickety counter, while her husband kept his bullock team busy on the roads.
The Lamb Inn, Collins Street
Early pubs were used for meetings, doing business and even for coroner's inquests although some were infamous as haunts for dubious characters. As the colony became more established, the publicans profited and became more influential. The gold rush of the 1850s made many hotel-owners wealthy. The government also profited from licensing fees and fines for unlicensed or after-hours traders. Trading hours at this time were 6 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. Monday to Saturday but illegal 'after hours' and Sunday trading was common.
Landing at Melbourne on North Bank of Yarra River 1840 (Source: Watercolour by W. F. E. Liardet, State Library of Victoria)
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This menu takes you to the timeline for each decade.
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The book based on this timeline can be ordered through your bookstore or from the usual online stores. It's a nostalgic look at our food history from mutton to MasterChef. More details here.
And you can still buy my personal account of how Australian food has changed in the baby-boomers' lifetime. It's the story of a generation that can remember life before pizza, with a look at the 'Mad Men' era of Australian advertising. Buy it now.
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The Australasian Hospitality and Gaming (AHG) Expo at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition (BCEC) is a MUST DO for everyone involved in hospitality and gaming industries, clubs, pubs, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues. The Keno AHG Expo showcases the latest in gaming products, entertainment, food and beverage, technology, construction, education, furniture, and innovative design.
The AHG Expo will return to Brisbane in 2020….stay tuned for more details.
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Hello and welcome to Kickstarter Corner where I discuss a current Kickstarter project that has come across my radar. This installment will be discussing an amusingly titled roll-and-write game called Roland Wright: The Dice Game.
This week's Kickstarter Corner is a little different than our other editions. This week, we are featuring Tabletop Tales, a collection of short stories about the world of tabletop gaming.
This week's Kickstarter Corner features two games that I've found on Kickstarter that look interesting: Space Park by Keymaster Games and the second edition of Wibbell++ designed by Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari.


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It has been a little over a week since our third PHW Faith and Health Summit, themed "Making Connections: We're Worth It." The day began with worship and a keynote address by The Reverend Richard Joyner. We were inspired and challenged to see the world through relationships, and to embrace the possibilities and calling of God even when it does not fit our desires, comforts, or plans. It was a truly powerful word and a remarkable, energy-filled way to begin our day. From there we attended workshops, shared a meal, heard the NC Secretary of State speak, and closed the day with worship and communion. It truly was a day of making connections, of reaffirming the value of each and every person, and refocusing our collective efforts to increase the health and wholeness of our communities. We look forward to continuing these conversations and connections in the days and weeks ahead.
We have additional methods of follow up to come, but as as start, for those of you who have not yet joined the PHW Collaborative, we invite you to join us before November 15th. Our next round of mini-grants will be open in January. We are honored to join together in this work.
And finally, to all our speakers, exhibitors, volunteers, funders, staff, and attendees, we are grateful for your commitment to health and wholeness and for joining us last Friday. Thank you for your wisdom, expertise, passion, and presence. We would not be PHW without you.
I get so excited about the many aspects of the faith and health, particularly the food and faith, movement. I am honored to be a part of it through the work of PHW. I love travelling, cooking, eating, writing and preaching. I am an aspiring gardener, artist, and half-marathoner. My deepest joys in life involve my 8th and 9th grade girls small group, wonderful family, dear friends, husband Robert and puppy Benny, and the amazing blessing of figuring out this journey of life together.
Thank you so much for sharing this report with us. I had and unexpected issue that had to be addressed that prevented my attendance.
However, I have been informed, encouraged, and enlightened on each occasion that I have had the privileged attended.
God bless all of you for the great work that you do to make NC abetter place in which we all can live and be a blessing to others !


I am a big fan of non-traditional salads and one of my absolute favorite summer recipes is Nigella Lawson's Watermelon, Feta and Black Olive Salad. I look forward to summer every year just so I can have this salad. It is exactly as she describes – improbable, savory, and refreshing. The only things I don't follow in the recipe is I use Kalamata olives and do not include the parsley. I love it with just the mint.
Tonight, I decided to change it up and make these fun appetizer skewers using the same recipe. It's best to combine everything with the lime juice and then make the skewers to keep the same refreshing flavor as the salad. These skewers make a great appetizer for a dinner party, picnic, or boat food. Nothing says party food to me more than bite sized food on fun skewers. You can buy the adorable Bamboo Skewers on Amazon.


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Government is still peddling falsehoods in the middle of a crisis – Ato Forson
December 6, 2022 - Updated on January 26, 2023
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A ranking Member on Parliament's Finance Committee has described as a hoax government's suggestion that there will be no haircuts on investments.
According to him, while the government may try to avoid an explicit haircut, an implicit haircut cannot be escaped.
He noted that factors such as the cedi depreciation, and inflation among others will cause investors to lose significant value on their bonds despite the government's 'no haircut' mantra.
He has therefore called on the government to come clean on the risks involved in its debt exchange programme and engage key stakeholders who have largely been ignored in this very crucial decision-making process.
Speaking on JoyNews' PM Express, he said, "First of all it is a hoax for a government to suggest that there will be no haircut. There is what we call an implicit haircut in the calculation. For example, I have one million Ghana cedis bonds in a government bond, for example, I've bought the Daakye bond and it's one million Ghana cedis.
"This Daakye bond is supposed to mature in 10 years' time or probably let's even use the three years Daakye bond. Back of the envelope calculation, the government is giving me 25% for example every year as coupons. You're saying that you have ceased the bond and now that bond, one, instead of me getting all my one million cedis in the next two or three years you're saying you're giving me 17% in five years' time, another 17% in seven years' time, 25% in 10 years time and then indeed 41% in 15 years' time.
"You're only going to attract a 0% coupon in year one, a 5% coupon in year two, and then obviously a 10% coupon in year three and thereafter for the next 15 years. If you calculate, the present value loss is about 65%."
"And so the government is also not candid enough to tell the people of Ghana the truth. They're still lying in the middle of a major crisis like this that you need everybody on board, I think that is wrong because you need to let the people know the kind of haircut they will get," he added.
Meanwhile, Ghana is inviting eligible holders to exchange GH₵137.3 billion of the domestic notes and bonds, including Energy Sector Levy Act Plc and Daakye Trust Plc, for a package of New Bonds to be issued by the country.
It said offers may only be submitted starting from December 5, 2022, and ending at 4:00 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)) on December 19, 2022.
However, Ghana may at its sole discretion extend the expiration date, including for one or more series of eligible bonds.
The invitation is available only to registered holders of eligible bonds that are not individual investors or that are otherwise authorised by the Government of Ghana, in its sole discretion, to participate in the Invitation.
Source: myJoyonline.com
Via: Joy News
Tags: Dr Cassiel Ato ForsonGovernment of Ghana
Reactions of NDC MPs, party faithfuls to changes in Minority Caucus leadership
Independent Tax Appeals Board to improve ease of doing business in Ghana – American Chamber of Commerce
NDC makes changes in Parliamentary Leadership – Ato Forson now Minority Leader
7 Reasons why Ghana is in economic mess – Dr Cassiel Ato Forson


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Transit corridor will be easily reached by walkers and cyclists, planner says
Posted by Cardinal Fang on Thursday, April 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Not for the first time, the Cardinal has had to question the decisions ofAi?? provincial transit planners; BC & now Ontario.
In the Record.com http://www.therecord.com/
David Fields, a transit-planningAi?? consultant with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, told a daylong workshop in Kitchener Tuesday the experience with other light rail lines clearly demonstrates that people are willing to walk for five or 10 minutes, or ride a bicycle for four or five kilometres, to get to a station. I'm sorry Mr Fields but your going to have to do better than that, experience shows that especially in North America the public will baulk at walking more than two blocks to a transit stop and will grab their car keys.
It is imperative that a newAi??train, Tram/LRT, bus or BRT transit
is designed to serve all key trip generators and residential centres reducing walking & cycling durations and times to as little as possible.
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/711621–transit-corridor-will-be-easily-reached-by-walkers-and-cyclists-planner-says
WATERLOO REGION ai??i?? The $818-million rapid transit system that will run along the urban spine of three local cities can be quickly accessed by the overwhelming majority of people in the region by walking or cycling, says a New York City transit planner.
David Fields, a transit-planning consultant with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, told a daylong workshop in Kitchener Tuesday the experience with other light rail lines clearly demonstrates that people are willing to walk for five or 10 minutes, or ride a bicycle for four or five kilometres, to get to a station.
ai???We can just about get everybody to the corridor if we think in those terms,ai??? Fields said.
Fieldsai??i?? firm has helped prepare strategies for community building around major investments of public transit in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and New York City. Nelson\Nygaard is among a trio of consulting firms the region has hired to develop a strategy for the local light rail project.
Fields and other transit planners find residentsai??i?? willingness to walk and bike exciting because it means the central transit corridor is not just for people living just a few blocks away. With better infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, the majority of people living in Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge will be able to access the stations.
ai???The best cities are the ones where people donai??i??t think about their transportation,ai??? Fields said.
Sidewalks need to be installed in some areas leading to and from stations. The streets must be well lit at night, pleasing to look at and take the most direct route, Fields said.
On-road bike lanes, off-road bike trails, secure storage areas, air pumps, water fountains and smooth ramps beside stairs for rolling bikes up are good ideas too, Fields said.
The bus system needs to change from doing loops through suburban areas, to a grid system that includes several high-frequency corridors that cross the rail corridor.
Other connections are needed as well, the workshop heard. Daisy Arseneault is a strong supporter of light rail transit but she wants to see connections between the Walter Bean Grand River Trail and the central transit corridor before trains start rolling in 2017.
ai???A big criticism of the LRT coming in is that it does not connect us to these beautiful trails,ai??? Arseneault said at Tuesdayai??i??s workshop on how the new transit system can improve mobility in the region.
For the planners and transit supporters at the workshop, mobility is all about freely using several ways of getting around ai??i?? walking, cycling, riding transit or driving a car.
Arseneault, a Waterloo mother of three young children, would like the light rail line connected to the riverside trails by buses, bike lanes, bike trails or pedestrian walkways.
She was among the more than 25 participants, including planners, cyclists, transit supporters and residents who talked about what needs to be done to help people walk, cycle, ride buses or drive to one of the 23 stations that will dot the 36-kilometre long corridor.
Arseneault also noted RIM Park, the biggest recreation complex in the region, is isolated from the transit corridor.
The workshops continue Wednesday with invited stakeholders, but on Thursday members of the public can drop into the storefront office set up at 220 King St. W. in front of Kitchener City Hall from 3 to 7 p.m. to share ideas.
There are six stations that will need special attention, because multiple modes of travel converge there, including Conestoga Mall, Fairview Park mall, Sportsworld and the central station at King and Victoria streets.
By 2017 the region plans to have light trains running from Conestoga Mall to Fairview Park mall. Rapid buses will run from Fairview Park mall into Cambridge. The system will cost an estimated $818 million, and the mobility workshops are part of planning how to use that investment to strengthen the communities along the central transit corridor.
Melanie Hare, an urban planner leading the development of the community building strategy, said there are some important questions all residents can think about ai??i?? and then share their answers ai??i?? by going online to the centraltransitcorridor.ca in the coming months.
Those questions include: What destinations are important to you? How do you get there now? Is there traffic congestion, disconnected trails or no bus service? What are the key routes? What are the opportunities?
ai???We want to enhance downtown Hespeler, the Cambridge Business Park and Conestoga College with mobility options connected to light rail transit,ai??? Hare said. ai???This is really about how do we make communities healthy, walkable.ai???
Some of the biggest challenges are at key points long the corridor ai??i?? Conestoga Mall, Fairview Park mall, Sportsworld and the power centre on Hespeler Road.
The owners must be persuaded to put in place infrastructure to support cyclists and pedestrians getting to and from the stations, said Alain Pinnard, head of planning at the City of Kitchener.
Jason Schreiber, a transit consultant with Nelson\Nygaard, said those properties will see tremendous increases in value as a result of the transit plan and that should be incentive enough for them to make improvements. If not, the region may have to consider other incentives or land swaps, Schreiber said.
The business parks that will be serviced by the transit corridor currently have little or no infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. That will have to change if workers are expected to ride the light trains and buses to the Sportsworld station, and then walk or cycle into the Cambridge Business Park.
Category: Cardinal Fang, News Articles · Tags: Better transit, C-train, economic stimulus, infrastructure, Interurban, Kitchener to Waterloo, light rail, LRT, passenger rail, streetcars, trams, transit, Waterloo LRT, Waterloo Ontario, Waterloo Ontario transit
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The experience of Boston has been one of ilsoation press coverage of our infamous and incompetent transit Authority has traditionaly been fawning, with occasional press release re-writes, although recently a reporter made the trek to actually ride it and what came back was realistically unfavourable. A tribute to opening ones eyes (and a little honest work).So in our ilsoation, few have heard from the residents along the bus's service area, a majority of whom seem to feel the almost $2 Billion effort (so far) is a waste. Nobody noticed when the feds pulled their grant to pour even more into this mess-allegedly due to concerns over the fiscal stability of our mismanaged transit agency. (Well, the agency noticed. After lots of political maneuvering, the cash spigot will likely be turned back to full on .) Buses here still get stuck in traffic.. stuck at lights stuck in snow. Most recently, stuck in the agency's own ineptness testing a new farebox system that's so poorly done it takes much longer to board passengers, further slowing things down.Maybe we shouldn't have a problem with a system of buses (touted as a line ), whose bus stops cost $250,000 each one. Small change when you consider the overall performance. And what's that? Substandard, compared to the light rail system originally promised. Even our Boston Globe did the right thing a survey documenting for the first time that BRT (here) flops.BRT exists in other places and can work if done right. But unfortunately here in Boston, where our politics have strong parallels to the way organized crime operates, and where instead of a coordinated effort by all of government we've got one fifedom battling over the other for control, cash and power, and where people are put in charge based on favors owed not true leadership and management skills BRT like everything else becomes yet another costly failure.If you intend to do BRT, don't follow our example. Use it as a template for avoiding the who, what, where, and how of our expensive and wasteful experience.


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An ultrasonic transducer is disclosed comprising a transducer head assembly containing a movable crystal holder containing a crystal which is coupled to a stationary base by mechanical linkage means. A motor adapted to provide linear reciprocating motion is coupled to the mechanical linkage means for causing the crystal holder and crystal, when driven by the motor, to undergo reciprocating swinging motion for transmitting ultrasonic energy to and receiving echo signals from an object in front of the transducer in a sector scanning manner.
This invention concerns an ultrasonic transducer probe assembly for use with a real-time ultrasound diagnostic scanner and, more specifically, refers to a novel transducer probe head assembly comprising a four-bar linkage drive mechanism and a linear reciprocating motor for driving the transducer probe head.
In the field of ultrasonic diagnostics it is necessary to obtain acoustic images of body tissue. The field of ultrasonic cardiology presents unique problems in that the heart is partially obscured from the ultrasound search and echo signals by costal cartilage and ribs. Therefore, when using the well known sector scan developed for cardiology, it is usually desirable that a transducer probe be used which exhibits a point of rotation of the ultrasound search signal beams (i.e., the region of intersection of the search beams) in front of the transducer probe itself, in the intercostal region.
In medical ultrasound diagnosis it is desirable to use a probe which is physically small in size. Small size allows the user to image at certain body portions with greater ease and reduces user fatigue which occurs with the use of large probes.
Transducer probes used in sector scan ultrasound diagnostic scanners generally are of two types: a multi-element rotating head transducer, such as has been disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,149,419, issued to R. Connell et al., entitled "Ultrasonic Transducer Probe," dated Apr. 17, 1979, or a pivotally mounted head undergoing oscillatory motion, such as has been disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,955,561 issued to R. Eggleton, entitled "Cardioscan Probe," dated May 17, 1976.
In the multi-element rotating transducer probe the alignment of each piezoelectric element is critical since three or four elements will be used successively to scan the particular organ. Unless the elements are precisely aligned, the images produced on the cathode ray tube screen will jump or be misaligned as the different elements are activated successively when each element assumes its position opposite the organ, i.e. the heart. The single element probe overcomes this disadvantage.
An advantage of the present transducer construction resides in the fact that the probe is able to transmit ultrasonic signals at a controllable scanning velocity and at an adjustable scan angle. These advantages are not found in probes which are driven by a rotating motor without the addition of complex and expensive control circuits.
A disadvantage of the prior art pivotally mounted probe constructions resides in the inclusion of a rotating motor within the probe head. The rotating motor and the pivotal motion create vibrations whch can be discomforting to the patient. The linkage and linear reciprocating motor construction disclosed hereafter obviates this disadvantage.
In the present probe construction, a compact transducer probe is described which uses a four-bar linkage mechanism to move the transmit-receive transducer crystal through a sector scan angle of up to 90 degrees. A linear reciprocating motor coupled to the transducer crystal by means of a crank and drive bar provides the force necessary for the crystal to undergo the scanning motion. By suitably dimensioning the four-bar linkage, the focal point of the scanning beams is located in front of the probe, in the intercostal region, as the crystal undergoes swinging motion.
The motor comprises a stack of magnets, each magnet being separating from an adjoining magnet by a steel spacer. The magnets are disposed with the same magnetic poles facing each other. Surrounding the stack of magnets is a tubular coil form having a plurality of electrical coils disposed thereon in a manner to cause a respective coil to be located opposite a respective spacer. Adjacent serially connected coils are oppositely wound. When current passes through the coils, a return flux path through the magnets pushes adjacent coils in the same direction, thereby causing the coil form to move with a force equivalent to the sum of the force of the plurality of coils. By supplying an alternating current signal, the coils undergo a linear reciprocating motion. The tubular coil form is coupled to a crank for causing the transducer crystal to undergo almost circular swinging motion.
A principal object of this invention is, therefore, the provision of a novel transducer probe for use in a sector scan ultrasound diagnostic scanner.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of a four-bar linkage assembly for driving a crystal in a transducer probe head.
A still further object of this invention is the provision of an improved motor assembly for driving a transducer probe head assembly.
Further and still other objects of this invention will become more clearly apparent when the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the magnetic fields created in the motor.
Referring now to the figures and to FIG. 1 in particular, there is shown a transducer probe assembly 10 comprising a transducer head assembly 12 and a handle 14 which encloses a linear reciprocating motor. A transmit-receive crystal and the four-bar linkage mechanism coupling the crystal to the motor are contained within the transducer head assembly 12.
As best seen in FIGS. 2 through 5, the transducer head assembly 12 includes an ultrasonic energy transmissive window provided by a polyethylene or polypropylene cap 22, coupled to the handle 14 and containing a non-ionic liquid, such as a Siloxane based oil, which acts as both a lubricant and ultrasound couplant.
An ultrasonic probe comprises a piezoelectric transmit-receive crystal 28 and a cylindrical crystal holder 30. Two laterally disposed pins 32 and 36 are mounted at the same height within the holder 30 near its bottom surface. A third pin 34 is disposed centrally between pins 32 and 36 at the same or at a different height within the holder 30. A cylindrical base 38 forming a support for the linkage mechanism also contains three pins. The first pin 40 passes through the longitudinal axis of the base 38 at a location elevated from the lower end of the base 38. The second pin 42 and the third pin 44 are disposed equidistantly from the longitudinal axis of the base and are located near the bottom of the base 38.
The crystal holder 30 and the stationary base 38 are coupled to each other by means of two straight bar links 46 and 48. Straight bar link 46 is pivotally connected with one end to pin 32 in the holder 30 (indicated as "A") and is pivotally connected at its other end to pin 42 in the base 38 (indicated as "C"). Straight bar link 48 is pivotally connected with one end to pin 36 of the holder 30 (indicated as "B") and is pivotally connected at its other end to pin 44 contained within the base 38 (indicated at "D"). The distance between the movable pivots "A" and "B" secured to the crystal holder 30, the distance between stationary pivots "C" and "D" contained within the base 38, and the lengths of the bar links 46 and 48 determine the pivotal swinging motion of the crystal 28. The base 38 is fixedly disposed inside of the upper portion of the handle 14. Therefore, the pins 32 and 36 are movable with respect to the handle 14 and the pins 42 and 44 are fixed in relation to the handle 14.
An L-shaped drive bar 50 is pivotally connected at one end to pin 34 in holder 30 (indicated as "E") and is pivotally connected to the base 38 along a pin 40 (indicated as "F"). The location of pin 34 is selected to be centrally disposed between the pins 32 and 36. The pin 40 by virtue of its dimension is adapted to flex and on account of the geometric configuration of the pins 32, 34 and 36, and the location of the pivot location F along pin 40, the pivot location E will travel in a nearly circular path around pivot location F. Pivotally connected at the other end of the drive bar 50 is one end of crank 52. The other end of crank 52 (indicated as "H") is connected by a suitable connection to the motor means, as described below, for driving the crystal holder 30 through an almost circular arc.
Referring to FIG. 2, when the crystal transmits ultrasonic search signals in a direction parallel to the axis of the transducer probe 10, the drive bar 50 portion spanning pivot locations E and F is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the probe assembly 10. As point H moves upward, bar 46 approaches a position parallel to the longitudinal axis of the probe assembly as shown in FIG. 3 where the bar 46 impacts a rubber bumper 26 located peripherally on the inside of the cap 22. When the motor means causes the location H to move in the other direction, downward motion, bar 48 approaches a position parallel to the longitudinal axis of the probe assembly as shown in FIG. 4 where the bar 48 impacts upon the rubber bumper 26. As location H travels between its extreme vertical positions, the axis of the ultrasound beams from the crystal 28 rotates about a small region at a distance in front of cap 22 responsive to the crystal holder swinging from the end position shown in FIG. 3 to the other end position per FIG. 4. The beams fan out from the rotation location to image the object being examined. If the region of rotation is between the ribs, in the intercostal region, an examination of the heart may be performed.
The pivot location E within the holder 30 will travel in an almost circular path around pivot location F. Pin 40 must be flexible to prevent a locking of the crystal holder 30. The ultrasonic search beam transmitted from crystal 28 rotates through the center region of the cap 22 indicated by L. By suitably selecting the length of the bars 46 and 48 and the distance between pins 32 and 36 in the holder 30 and the distance between pins 42 and 44 in the base 38, the region of intersection of the beams emanating from the crystal 28 can be placed at a predetermined distance in front of the probe assembly 10. This region of intersection is preferably placed sufficiently far in front of the probe assembly to be disposed between the costal cartilage of a patient.
Moreover, the relationship between the angle between the bar 50 and the ultrasonic beam angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the probe assembly 10 is nearly linear if the bars are suitably dimensioned. But in any case, the relationship between these angles follows a known relationship depending upon the bar dimensions selected. Therefore, the angle of the transmitted ultrasound beam may be determined by selecting the length of the linkages and location of the pivotal points. Given this condition it follows that, by sensing the position of the drive bar 50 portion between pivot locations E and F, the ultrasound beam angle is known.
As the crystal holder 30 swings about the movable pivot location F, the ultrasonic beam from the crystal 28 is directed through the region L toward the patient's intercostal region. FIG. 5 is a side view of the head assembly 12 and shows additional details of the links and mounting thereof.
The motor means, shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, comprises a stack of spaced apart disk shaped samarian cobalt iron magnets 56 having like poles of pairs of magnets facing each other. Between each pair of magnets 56 there is a disk shaped mild steel spacer 54. The stack of magnets 56 and spacers 54 is contained in a non-magnetic cylindrical casing 58, such as austenitic stainless steel. An end piece 70 terminating in shaft 61 closes a first end of the casing 58, and a second end piece 62 terminating in shaft 63 having a centrally disposed tapped hole, closes the other end of the casing 58. The magnets 56, spacers 54 and end pieces 60 and 62 are bonded together, for example with epoxy, inside the casing 58. A cylindrical coil form 66 is disposed concentrically over the casing 58. One end of a slotted spider guide 74 is securely bonded to an end of the coil form 66. The other end of the guide 74 includes a pair of diametrically disposed apertures 88 and 90 for receiving a cotter pin 92 therethrough (see FIG. 8). Along the length of the coil form 66 there is disposed a plurality of electrical coil windings 68 axially located at positions opposite the spacers 54. The coil windings 68 are serially connected with adjacent coil windings 68 being wound in the opposite direction. A three pronged spider 70 is disposed inside the guide 74 with the prongs extending through slots 76 in the spider guide 74. The spider 70 is fastened to the end of shaft 63 by suitable screw means 72. In the end of at least one prong of the spider 70 is a tapped screw hole 78. A tube of magnetically permeable steel 80 (e.g. type SAE1020 steel) having a pair of longitudinal grooves is concentrically disposed over the coil form 66, coils 68 and a major part of the spider guide slot 76 as best seen in FIG. 6. An end cap 82 having a central aperture for receiving shaft 61 therein and at least one other aperture for allowing conductors from the electrical coils 68 to pass therethrough is press-fitted in the end of the tube 80 for centering the shaft 61 inside the tube 80. Near the other end of the tube 80 is a tapped screw hole (not shown). A screw (not shown) passing through this screw hole is fastened to a prong of spider 70 via tapped hole 78 for retaining the spider 70 and hence the magnet assembly stationary with respect to the tube 80 during operation. Two compression springs 86, 87 which are disposed on either side of the spider 70, inside the spider guide 74, center the coil form 66 and the spider guide 74 in the center of their permissible stroke.
In order to complete assembly of the transducer probe, the end of the crank 52 is placed within the spider guide 74 and a cotter pin 92, see FIGS. 5 and 8, is placed through the apertures 88 and 90 in the guide 74 and the end of crank 52 at location H. When in operation, the coil form 66 and hence the spider guide 74, the cotter pin 92 and the end of crank 52 undergo linear reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stationary magnet stack. The motion of the spider guide 74 moves point H on crank 52 back and forth for causing the crystal holder 30 and crystal 28 to undergo a swinging motion as will be described.
The spider guide 74, and hence, the end of a crank 52 undergo the same motion. In one embodiment of the motor means using an eight stage, 6 mm diameter magnet of 2.5 mm length, the crank 52 at location H undergoes motion of up to 4 mm peak-to-peak displacement. In an alternative embodiment, a three stage 13 mm diameter, 5 mm long magnets were used. It is possible to provide a force on the compression springs in the range between 500 grams per ampere to 2 kilograms per ampere to drive the crystal and crystal holder. By selecting the size and quantity of magnets and coils the desired force per unit current at the desired operating frequency is obtained.
The motor is held inside the handle 14 by means of a pair of set screws passing through the handle into the tube 80. Hence, the motor and head assembly are held fixed in relation to the transducer handle. The entire transducer probe assembly is filled with a non-ionic liquid. By filling the entire assembly with this liquid the need for sealing the head assembly with a moving seal is obviated. The fluid fills the entire assembly for lubrication, for removing heat from the motor, and for coupling the ultrasound beam from the crystal 28 to the ultrasonic energy transmissive window.
An electrical signal provided from power supply 18, FIG. 1, via cable 16 to the ends of the serially connected and oppositely wound coils 68 disposed on coil form 66 creates magnetic fields as shown in FIG. 9. The flux as shown by the paths 100 in FIG. 9 travels through the individual magnets 56, the spacers 54 and the outer magnetic tube 80. By virtue of the direction of the respective windings of the coils 68 and the polarity of the magnets 56, an additive force is applied in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. Responsive to the quantity of magnets and coils, the force per unit current may be adjusted to any desired value. By suitably selecting the quantity of coils, a ratio of coil mass to force can be obtained which enables operation at 60 Hz. The frequency of the electrical signal used to energize the coils 68 may range from DC to approximately 60 Hz. As the polarity of the alternating current electrical signal changes, the force produced by coils 68 changes direction, causing the coil form 66 to undergo linear reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the assembly.
In order to provide an image of the organ under examination and particularly for imaging using a CRT display, it is necessary to sense the position of the crystal holder 30. To this end, a sensing coil (not shown) having an air gap is mounted in proximity to the drive bar 50 in the region between pivot locations E and F. Attached to the drive bar 50 is a piece of metal which enters the air gap of the sensing coil and changes the impedance of the sensing coil as a function of position of the bar 50. A 100 kHz electrical signal is fed through this sensing coil and the impedance of the coil is measured to determine the position of the bar 50 which is related to the scan angle of the ultrasonic beam. A signal indicative of the measured inductance is provided also to the sweep circuitry in the ultrasound scanner for aligning the sweep line on the CRT with the crystal holder 30 position. The electrical conductors to the sensing coil are disposed in one of the grooves in the outer surface of tube 80. The sensing coil construction and the use of such a coil to determine crystal position is well known in the art.
It is also possible to stop the scan and maintain the crystal 28 at a fixed position by applying a direct current electrical signal to the coils 68. The coil form 66 responsive to the application of a direct current electrical signal to the coils will develop a steady force compressing the spring 86 or 87 to move the coil form 66 to a position in direct relation to the applied direct current electrical current. The signal from the sensing coil is compared to the direct current electrical signal in order to maintain the desired angular position of the crystal holder 30.
In addition to the sensing coil conductors and power leads to the coil windings of the linear motor, the conductors connected to the crystal 28 are contained in cable 16.
A low frequency electrical signal is provided from power supply 18 to excite the coils 68. The alternating current signal, as described above, causes the coils 68, coil form 66 and spider guide 74 to undergo linear reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the transducer assembly. As the spider guide 74 undergoes reciprocating motion, the lower end of crank 52 is driven in pivotal motion about pin 92. The motion of crank 52 causes the drive bar 50 to pivot about location F, thereby driving the crystal holder 30 at location E in an almost circular path about movable pivot location F. In order to prevent locking of the linkage system, pivot location F is movable by virtue of the pin 40 being dimensioned to flex. It is the flexure at pivot location F which causes pivot location E to travel in an almost circular path, instead of traveling in a purely circular path. Moreover, bumper 26 is provided peripherally around the inside of the cap 22 and prevents the bars 46 and 48 from becoming locked at the end of their motion range.
Concurrently with the crystal 28 undergoing its swinging motion, a 100 kHz excitation signal is provided to the sensing coil. The signal is measured to determine the inductance of the coil and hence, the angular position of the crystal holder 30. Since a 100 kHz electrical signal is used, the position indication is performed rapidly and the information is fed to the deflection (sweep) circuits of the display in the ultrasound scanner 18 for causing the sector scan display to be synchronized with the crystal holder position.
In a preferred embodiment, the motor is excited by an electrical signal having a frequency of 30 Hz for causing the ultrasound scanner beam to scan at a 30 Hz rate thereby providing a display at a rate of 60 scans per second to avoid flicker.
Electrical signals from the ultrasound scanner 18 provide excitation signals to the crystal 28 for transmitting ultrasonic search pulses into the patient. The echo signals from the patient received by the crystal are provided to the ultrasound scanner 18 for processing and display in a known manner.
On account of the non-circular motion of the crystal 28 the water path length traveled by the ultrasound search signal is different for each position of the crystal 28. When the crystal is in the central position as in FIG. 2 the path length is shortest; at the extreme positions per FIGS. 3 and 4 the path length is longest. In order to assure an accurate display, a preprogrammed time correction signal is stored in the ultrasound scanner 18 and is provided to the sweep circuitry of the CRT to commence the scan when the echoes from the skin of the patient are to be received. The position of the crystal is determined from the sensing coil and provided to the storage of the preprogrammed correction signals.
While the linkages have been described and illustrated as flat bars, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that links of other cross-section, such as tubular bars, may be used instead of the flat bars.
While there has been described a preferred embodiment of an ultrasonic transducer, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that variations and modifications may be made without deviating from the broad scope of the invention which shall be limited solely by the scope of the appended claims.
drive means coupling said motor to said mechanical linkage means for causing said crystal holder and crystal, when driven by said motor, to undergo reciprocating swinging motion relative to said base for transmitting ultrasonic energy to and receiving echo signals from an object in front of said window in a sector scanning motion.
an L-shaped drive bar pivotally connected at one end to the centrally disposed pin in said crystal holder and pivotally mounted at the base of the L to the centrally disposed pin in said base, the other end of said L-shaped bar being coupled to said drive means.
3. An ultrasonic transducer probe as set forth in claim 2, said centrally disposed pin in said base being adapted to flex.
4. An ultrasonic transducer as set forth in claim 1, and further including sensing means for sensing the angular position of said crystal holder.
5. An ultrasonic transducer as set forth in claim 1, said electrical means comprising a power supply for providing an alternating current electrical signal to said electrical coil windings for causing said coil form and stack to undergo relative linear reciprocating motion.
6. An ultrasonic transducer as set forth in claim 1, said electrical means comprising a power supply for providing a direct current electrical signal to said electrical coil windings for causing said coil form and said stack to be displaced relative to each other.
7. An ultrasonic transducer as set forth in claim 1, including a spider guide bonded to one end of said coil form and a multi-pronged two sided spider disposed within said spider guide securely fastened to an end of said non-magnetic case, a first spring disposed between one side of said spider and said non-magnetic case and a second spring disposed on the other side of said spider within said spider guide.
8. An ultrasonic transducer as set forth in claim 1, said transducer being filled with a non-ionic fluid.
electrical means coupled to said coil windings for providing an electrical current signal for energizing said windings thereby to cause said coil form and stack to undergo linear displacement relative to each other.
10. A motor as set forth in claim 9, said electrical means comprising a power supply for providing an alternating current electrical current signal to said electrical coil windings for causing said coil form and stack to undergo relative linear reciprocating motion.
11. A motor as set forth in claim 9, said electrical means comprising a power supply for providing a direct current electrical current signal to said electrical coil windings for causing said coil form and said stack to be displaced relative to each other.
12. A motor as set forth in claim 9, including a spider guide bonded to one end of said coil form and a multi-pronged two sided spider disposed within said spider guide securely fastened to an end of said non-magnetic case, a first spring disposed between one side of said spider and said non-magnetic case and a second spring disposed on the other side of said spider within said spider guide.
EP0642762A3 (en) * 1987-11-13 1995-06-28 Advanced Diagnostic Med Syst Ultrasonic probe.
Owner name: XONICS, INC., A CORP. OF DE.
Owner name: ELSCINT IMAGING, INC.


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