|Publication number||US6317190 B1|
|Application number||US 09/333,308|
|Publication date||Nov 13, 2001|
|Filing date||Jun 14, 1999|
|Priority date||Jun 14, 1999|
|Publication number||09333308, 333308, US 6317190 B1, US 6317190B1, US-B1-6317190, US6317190 B1, US6317190B1|
|Inventors||Daniel James Winarski, Masaki Hasegawa, Kamal Emile Dimitri, Robert Lamar Bingham|
|Original Assignee||International Business Machines Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (34), Classifications (9), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Technical Field
This invention relates in general to variable focal length lenses and in particular to a variable focal length, liquid crystal lens assembly.
2. Background Art
In the prior art, focus adjustment in an image sensing device such as video camera is made by moving lenses with a motor. The motor, complicated mechanisms required to move the lenses, and their power requirements make it difficult to implement these devices in small, lightweight applications.
Focus adjusting devices which use liquid crystal as a lens material, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,037,929, can change focal length without deforming the lens. The lens uses small voltages to alter the refractive index of the liquid crystal and, thus, change the focal length of the lens. However, it is difficult to change the refractive index of the lens by more than about 20%, and the focal distance cannot be reduced sufficiently. Thus, an liquid crystal lens with greater focal length range is needed.
A lens assembly has a pair of polarized liquid crystal lenses. Each lens has pair of parallel glass plates that are separated by upper and lower glass substrates. A series of rectangular polymer films are symmetrically spaced apart between the two glass substrates. Both the substrates and the films are perpendicular to the glass plates. A semi-circular electrode is formed on each side of each piece of film to form a semi-cylindrical “stack” of film. The electrodes do not completely cover the film. Liquid crystal fills the space between each adjacent pair of the films. The films are coated and/or treated by an alignment process to predispose the liquid crystals to an alignment and rotation direction.
When a selected voltage is applied between adjacent ones of the electrodes, the liquid crystals are synchronously rotated to alter their refractive index to a desired value. Thus, when the layers of each lens are manipulated in unison, the bar code reader is able to adjust its focal length to read bar codes labels on media devices at various distances. For example, when the applied voltage is zero, there is no refractive index difference between the electrode portion and the non-electrode portion of the liquid crystal. Therefore, the focal length is infinite. Applying a voltage to the electrodes alters the refractive index of the liquid crystal and, thus, shortens the focal length of the lens assembly.
So that the manner in which the features, advantages and objects of the invention, as well as others which will become apparent, are attained and can be understood in more detail, more particular description of the invention briefly summarized above may be had by reference to the embodiment thereof which is illustrated in the appended drawings, which drawings form a part of this specification. It is to be noted, however, that the drawings illustrate only a preferred embodiment of the invention and is therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope as the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a lens assembly constructed in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 2 is an isometric view of a single liquid crystal (LC) lens of the lens assembly of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a schematic, sectional side view of the LC lens of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a schematic top view of the LC lens of FIG. 2 taken along the line 4—4 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the LC lens of FIG. 2 showing a first configuration.
FIG. 6 is a front view of the LC lens of FIG. 2 showing a second configuration.
FIG. 7 a schematic, enlarged, sectional side view of a portion of the LC lens of FIG. 2 shown without an applied voltage and taken along the line 7—7 of FIG. 4.
FIG. 8 is a sectional side view of the portion of the LC lens of FIG. 7 shown with an applied voltage.
FIG. 9 is an isometric view of an automated media storage library that incorporates the lens assembly of FIG. 1 and is constructed in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 10 is an enlarged front isometric view of a cartridge station of the library of FIG. 9 wherein the door of the station is open.
FIG. 11 is a schematic front isometric view of the cartridge station of FIG. 10 with the door closed.
FIG. 12 is a schematic, rear isometric view of the cartridge station of FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 is a schematic, rear isometric view of an alternate embodiment of the cartridge station of FIG. 11.
FIG. 14 is a schematic drawing of a method for making the LC lens of FIG. 2.
Referring to FIG. 1, a sensor or lens assembly 11 is shown. Lens assembly 11 comprises a front liquid crystal (LC) lens 13, a rear LC lens 15, and a transparent spacer plate 17 therebetween. A laser light source 19 (indicated schematically by the arrow) is projected into rear lens 15 from right to left. Light source 19 is independently focused by each lens 13, 15 into a conical beam 23, 25, respectively, and focused to a common point 21 to the left of front lens 13. The thickness of spacer plate 17 is selected to be one half of one wavelength of the light emitted by light source 19.
Lenses 13, 15 are identical in construction and are illustrated in detail in FIGS. 2-4. For simplicity, only lens 13 will be discussed even though the following description applies equally to lens 15. Lens 13 consists of a pair of parallel, glass plates, 31, 33, and a plurality of thin, rectangular, insulative, polymer films 35 therebetween. In the embodiment shown, plates 31, 33 are 1 mm squares. The inner surfaces of plates 31, 33 are spaced apart by 70 microns which is also the width of films 35. Each film 35 has a length of 1 mm and a thickness of 2 microns. A pair of glass substrates 41, 43 are located at the upper and lower ends, respectively, of lens 13 with films 35 therebetween. Films 35 and substrates 41, 42 are parallel to one another, and perpendicular to plates 31, 33. Films 35 and substrates 41, 43 are evenly spaced apart from one another by 50 microns. Thus, in the embodiment shown, there are 19 films 35 which define 20 layers between substrates 41, 43.
The upper and lower surfaces of each film 35 and the inner surfaces of substrates 41, 43 have an electrode 45 formed on them. In the embodiment shown, electrodes 45 are semi-circular in shape with a radius of 2 mm, but they may be formed in any other shape that also would produce a positive focal length. As will be discussed below, the radius of electrodes 45 is determined by the range of focal lengths required by the application. Although electrodes 45 have a thickness that is less than 10 nm, they are shown much thicker for illustration purposes. Electrodes 45 may be sputtered to the desired shape with a patterned mask, or sputtered over the entire rectangular surface of films 35 and substrates 41, 43, and then chemically etched with a patterned photo-resist to obtain the desired shape. Other processes, such as photolithography, may also be used to obtain the desired pattern for electrodes 45.
After electrodes 45 are formed, an alignment material (not shown) is spin-coated or printed on top of the electrodes and the remaining surface area of the underlying substrate. The most popular alignment material for liquid crystal is polyimide. However, any material for homogenous parallel alignment, such as polyvinyl alcohol, may be used. The alignment material has a thickness of 30 nm or less. After the alignment material has coated the electrodes and their substrates, an alignment process, such as rubbing, is performed on the alignment material to set the desired alignment direction for the liquid crystals. Other alignment processes, such as photoalignment, which establish parallel homogenous alignment may also be used.
The alignment effect from the surface of the substrate is limited to several dozen microns (approximately 30 to 70 microns). Therefore, films 35 are mounted in spacers (not shown) to maintain their 50 micron spacing. The spacing between films 35 could be larger or smaller, as long as the alignment effect is maintained. The films 35, substrates 41, 43, and plates 31, 33 are then assembled together to form lens 13 before the liquid crystals 47 are injected into the spaces or cells.
Note that the total thickness of each film 35, including an electrode 45 and outer layer of alignment material on each surface (which are substantially negligible at 20 nm and 60 nm total) is approximately 2 microns. Since there is only one film 35 for every 50 microns of transmission width, the amount of light transmitted by lens assembly 11 is diminished by only 4% per lens 13, 15, or 8% total.
Referring to FIG. 14, lens 13 is assembled by dispensing heat curable epoxy resin 37 around the perpendicular glass plates 31, 33, films 35, substrates 41, 43 and spacers to form a seal 38 therebetween. An opening 39 in the lens body assembly 13 is reserved for injecting the liquid crystals 47. After curing the epoxy, the liquid crystals 47 are injected through opening 39 into the cells between films 35 with a vacuum injection technique. The air in the cells is removed with a pump 40 to create a vacuum and opening 39 in seal 38 is immersed into the liquid crystals 47 to fill the cells by capillary action. opening 39 is sealed after the lens 13 is filled.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, liquid crystal 47 fills the spaces between films 35 and substrates 41, 43. FIGS. 1, 5 and 6 also show the perpendicular orientation of lenses 13, 15 relative to one another and the lens assembly 11 overall. In the embodiment shown, the layers of front lens 13 are vertically oriented, and the layers of rear lens 15 are horizontally oriented to form a polarized lens assembly
Each lens 13, 15 can only focus in one direction, hence, lenses 13, 15 are rotated and fixed at 90 degrees relative to each other. Spacer plate 17 is required for two-dimensional focusing. For example, referring to the Cartesian coordinate system 67 in FIG. 1, lens 13 could control focusing in an Y-plane angle of light beam 19, while lens 15 controls the Z-plane angle. Thus, the coaxial direction is the X-direction.
Referring now to FIGS. 3, 7, and 8, the leads 51, 53 of a voltage source 55 are connected to electrodes 45 in an alternating pattern. A focal length controller 57 is provided for controlling the voltage of voltage source 55. Although both electrodes 45 on each film 35 have the same the same orientation, the adjacent films 35 (both above and below) have the opposite orientation so that the liquid crystal 47 lying therebetween is exposed to the voltage potential. Thus, the liquid crystal 47 in each cell or space between the films 35 may be manipulated simultaneously and in unison. The amount of voltage required to manipulate liquid crystals 47 is minimized as the spacing between films 35 is only 50 microns.
Note that electrodes 45 do not extend across the entire width of films 35 and substrates 41, 43. In the embodiment shown, electrodes 45 only cover about two-thirds of the surface area of their respective substrates. Thus, a portion of the birefringent liquid crystal 47 lying between adjacent films 35 (above and below the left sides of films 35) is not subjected to the voltage potential in order to vary the focal length of lens assembly 11. Since, the minimum focal length is 10 mm and the difference between the ordinary (left side) and extraordinary (right side) refractive indexes of liquid crystal 47 is about 0.2, the radius of electrodes 45 must be no larger than the product of the focal length and the index difference (hence, 10 mm×0.2 =2 mm radius).
In FIG. 7, the applied voltage is zero, so liquid crystals 47 are identically aligned and oriented on both sides of films 35 (only two films shown). In FIG. 8, the applied voltage does not equal zero, so the alignment direction of the liquid crystals 47 on the right side of films 35 are proportionately reoriented, and the liquid crystals 47 on the left side of films 35 remain unaffected. This changes the refractive index of the liquid crystals 47 and, thus, the focal length of lens assembly 11.
Note that since lenses 13, 15 are spaced apart from each other along the X-axis, the voltages applied to them must be different in order to focus at the same X-axial point 21. The focal length of lens 15 should be longer than that of lens 13. Since the difference in the focal lengths is fixed by the configuration, the relation of the applied voltage to lenses 13, 15 can be calculated. Controller 57 calculates the applied voltages to lenses 13, 15 according to the information from the bar code reader. For example, if the focal length of lens 15 is 15.0 mm, and the total thickness of spacer plate 17 and lens 13 is 5.0 mm, the focal length of lens 13 would be 10 mm. Lenses 13, 15 focus light 19 simultaneously to a single point 21.
In operation, lens assembly 11 may used in many applications including an automated storage library 12 (FIGS. 9-13). Library 12 has a base 61 containing a plurality of drives (not shown) and a door 63 with an opening 64. Door 63 is pivotally mounted to base 61 and is normally closed, but shown open in FIG. 9. A mail slot or cartridge input/output (I/O) station 65 is mounted to door 63 (shown exploded from door 63 in FIG. 9). Station 65 has a generally cylindrical, stationary body or magazine 71 with a coaxial door 73 that is pivotable or rotatable about the Z-axis relative to body 71. Door 73 has a generally cylindrical shape and is shown open in FIG. 10 and closed in FIG. 11. Magazine 71 has a plurality of parallel, cartridge storage slots 75, each of which may contain one or more data cartridges 77 (two shown). Cartridges 77 may comprise tape, magneto-optical disk, digital versatile disk (DVD), high density floppy disks, or high density removable hard disk cartridges. Typically, library 12 does not have mixed media in it, but it is capable of handling such. Cartridges 77 are exported from library 12 in the +X direction, and imported in the −X direction. A robotic picker 79 (FIG. 9) moves cartridges 77 to and from magazine 71 in the Y-Z plane.
When door 73 is open (FIG. 10), a user can manually insert cartridges 77 into or remove them from slots 75 in magazine 71 through opening 64 in door 63. When door 73 is closed by the user, robotic picker 79 can access the cartridges 77 placed into slots 75 (cartridge import). Alternately, when door 73 is closed, picker 79 can place more cartridges 77 into magazine 71 for removal from library 12 (cartridge export). Both of these operations are necessary since library 12 has a finite amount of cartridge storage space. Inactive cartridges which still contain valuable data are exported and shipped to a warehouse, the lowest tier in the data storage hierarchy. Each inactive cartridge is replaced by a newly imported cartridge.
Referring now to FIGS. 11 and 12, a plurality of sensors 11 are mounted to an inner portion 81 of door 73 and, thus, rotatable therewith. Sensors 11 are vertically arrayed to align with the slots 75 of magazine 71 in a one-to-one ratio. Door 73 and sensors 11 pivot relative to stationary magazine 71. Power to and electrical signals from sensors 11 are transmitted on cable 83. Cable 83 also carries power to a motor 85 that opens and closes door 73. A master cable (not shown) extends from motor 85 and sensors 11 to controller 57. Door 73 allows a user to manually access cartridges 77 in library 12 through opening 64.
A bar coded label 87 is affixed to a rear side edge of each cartridge 77. Labels 87 may also be located adjacent to cartridges 77 near slots 75 (not shown). The lines of the bar code are parallel to the axis of rotation of sensors 11. The orientation of the bar code lines causes the sensors 11 to sweep along a line perpendicular thereto. In the preferred embodiment, door 73 is pivoted and sensors 11 pivot past the rear side edges of stationary cartridges 77 to scan labels 87. It is the swinging of door 73 which moves sensors 11, with their liquid crystal lenses 13, 15, across the labels 87 which identifies cartridges 77 in station 65 to controller 57. If the bar code reader cannot read the code on a label 87, controller 57 changes the focal length of lenses 13, 15 in the respective sensor 11 to focus the code image on the reader.
Alternatively, sensors 11 remain stationary and magazine 71 is pivoted about the Z-axis (FIG. 13) by motor 85. Sensors 11 read the barcodes 87 (not shown) on the backs of cartridges 77 as magazine 71 sweeps around. This alternate embodiment also utilizes a siding planar door 89 rather than the cylindrical door 73 of the preferred embodiment. Door 89 may be configured to move or slide in either the Y-direction or in the Z-direction to allow a user to manually access cartridges 77 through opening 64 in library 12. With both of these embodiments, there is no mechanical motion of the components of sensor 11. Thus, the focus action is always fast and responsive.
The information scanned from the cartridges 77 in magazine 71 is relayed to controller 57 or a central data base for processing. The robotic picker 79 would then move or handle individual cartridges 77 based on instructions from controller 57. However, controller 57 must identify each cartridge 77 before giving commands to picker 79. Thus, controller 57 can give instructions to picker 79 as to which cartridges 77 are to be stored in which slots 75 and which cartridges (if any) are to be directed into drives for immediate data I/O operations.
The invention has several advantages. The lens assembly uses liquid crystal lenses that can change their focal lengths at high speeds by merely varying an applied voltage in response to the focal length controller. The lens assembly is completely stationary and utilizes no moving parts. This design is readily incorporated into automated storage libraries having various configurations. The invention is well suited for libraries which contain various types of storage media or bar code labels or differing sizes.
While the invention has been shown or described in only some of its forms, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible to various changes without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, it should be apparent that the lens assembly described herein may be used in many other applications besides an automated media storage library.
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SIMAP (Similarity Matrix of Proteins) is a public database of pre-calculated protein similarities that plays a key role in many bioinformatics methods. Protein sequence comparison is the most powerful tool in computational biology for characterizing protein sequences because of the enormous amount of information that is preserved throughout the evolutionary process.
About SIMAP (Similarity Matrix of Proteins)
The SIMAP database contains all currently published protein sequences and is continuously updated. The computational effort for keeping SIMAP up-to-date is constantly increasing. Please help to update SIMAP by calculating protein similarities on your computer. The computing power you donate supports manifold biological research projects that make use of SIMAP data.
Protein similarities are computed using the FASTA algorithm which provides optimal speed and sensitivity. Protein domains are calculated using the InterPro methods and databases. SIMAP is, to our knowledge, the only project that combines comprehensive coverage with respect to all known proteins and incremental update capabilities.
What is SIMAP used for?
Because of the huge amount of known protein sequences in public databases it became clear that most of them will not be experimentally characterized in the near future. Nevertheless, proteins that have evolved from a common ancestor often share same functions (so-called orthologs). So it is possible to infer the function of a non-characterized protein from an ortholog with known function. A well-known example is the investigations about mouse genes and proteins. Their results are also true for orthologous human genes and proteins in many cases. Protein similarities provide information about relationships between proteins and are necessary for the prediction of orthologs.
Protein domains (often called function domains) are the structural building blocks of proteins. They are responsible for the activities of a certain protein, e.g. binding of small molecules, catalytic reactions or binding other proteins in large complexes. The knowledge about protein domains is stored in huge repositories like the InterPro databases. The prediction of domains in newly sequenced proteins is based on those databases and provides a fully automatic functional annotation of these proteins. Therefore we calculate protein domains for all proteins in SIMAP, thus providing the largest system for protein function prediction worldwide.
There are many more bioinformatics methods that rely on protein similarity and domains. Our protein similarity database provides pre-computed similarity, domain data and represents the known protein space. This opens completely new perspectives compared to the commonly used method to repeatedly re-calculate such kind of data. SIMAP is regularly updated. The similarity matrix is simply being incrementally extended if new sequences occur. The use of SIMAP is completely free for education and public research.
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The computational costs to calculate the similarity data depend on the square of the number of contained sequences. So the computational effort for keeping the matrix up-to-date is constantly increasing. Our internal resources that perform calculations for SIMAP for the last number of years are no longer sufficient to keep track of all new sequences. That's why we implemented a SIMAP-client for the BOINC platform (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) which is based on the FASTA algorithm to detect sequence similarities.The situation for proteins domains is different but of similar complexity. The computational costs are proportional to the number of sequences and the number of domain models. Due to the growth of the sequence space and the frequent updates in the domain databases, the computational effort for keeping the domain predictions up-to-date is constantly increasing.
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PM holds consultations with senior ministers on 2G order
Hours after Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences for 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held consultations with his senior colleagues on the issue and its implications.Updated: Feb 02, 2012 21:57 IST
Hours after Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences for 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday held consultations with his senior colleagues on the issue and its implications.
Singh held the consultations soon after the meetings of cabinet and cabinet committee on economic affairs, sources said.
At the meeting, the implications of the apex court verdict are understood to have been deliberated upon.
Officially, the government has stated that it welcomes the judgement and rejected suggestions that it was an indictment of the Prime Minister or home minister P Chidambaram, who was the finance minister in 2008 when the licences were issued.
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal told reporters that the government will abide by the judgement that the spectrum should be auctioned.
While the government is treading cautiously on the issue, a section feels that a curative petition could be filed in connection with January 31 order of the apex court which indicted the PMO on failure to decide on prosecuting A Raja in 2G case.
In that order, the Supreme Court had set a limit of four months for deciding the issue of sanction for prosecution of corrupt public servants.

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Critically-acclaimed work 'Hotel Sorrento' is being presented at Redland Performing Arts Centre, starring some of Australia's most respected actors.
Director Denny Lawrence will bring to life the much-loved story about a family brought to the brink in a quiet seaside town in September for one show only.
Here, veteran actor Dennis Coard known for 'Australia Day' and 'Home And Away' answers some questions about the show and his role as Wal. This is perhaps Hannie Rayson's best-known work. What's it like to be part of a show so highly regarded among theatre-lovers?
I am delighted to be a part of Hannie Rayson’s ‘Hotel Sorrento’ (produced by Christine Harris and directed by Denny Lawrence). The wonderful actors who join me on stage are Joanne Booth, Ruth Caro, Kim Denman, Saxon Gray, Dion Mills, Jenny Seedsman and Mike Smith. It’s brilliant. The play was written in 1990 and there have been over 50 productions of it, so it’s really joining the ranks of iconic Australian plays. I actually first saw the play 25 years ago in Melbourne on one of HIT Productions' tours of the play. I loved the character of Wal but I was way too young to play a dad then, but time has passed and now I’m the perfect age for the character. So you could say my playing this role has been 25 years in the making!Why do you think 'Hotel Sorrento' has lived such a long and successful life as a production?
The play has so many different layers to it and it’s very funny in parts and moving in other places. So many aspects are also as relevant today as when it was first written. It looks at why people feel the need to go overseas to become successful and also the rich culture that Australia has. At the heart of the play is family of course and the deep dark secret that made the sisters go their separate ways ten years before. Now that they have all come back home, they have to deal with the skeletons in the closet and the play really brings out the different memory people have of the same events. Everyone loves a bit of family drama and conflict, so that aspect of the play will certainly never go out of fashion! Obviously some parts of the play are also a bit nostalgic – news certainly travels quicker these days and people don’t tend to write letters, so things have changed a lot and also not at all since the play was written. What are you doing to bring Wal (your character) to life in this show?
Hannie wrote the character so well it’s such a pleasure to play Wal. He’s a real ‘knock about’ bloke and a good dad, but probably not the best husband! This isn’t on purpose; he just doesn’t understand his wife’s views and needs quite as much as he could. I try to bring all these aspects of his character out during my performance.
You've got an impressive history in the acting world. How does the story of 'Hotel Sorrento' compare to some of your past work?
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As well as my TV work on the likes of 'Home & Away' I’ve been very lucky to have previously toured in three other plays with HIT Productions, including 'Australia Day' and 'Let The Sunshine'. I really applaud HIT productions for focusing on Australian plays and I always love touring on their productions. I get the chance to travel to places in Australia that I haven’t been to before and this will be my first trip to Cleveland so I’m really looking forward to that. You've said you're excited about giving this show 'new energy'. What do you mean, and how will you do this?
I really try to put my own stamp on every character I play and bring them to life with heaps of energy. Wal is such an affable and likeable character, with great humour, so I’m really enjoying bringing him to life in my own way in this latest production of the play.Can you relate to any particular plot points or character traits?
Well I don’t have sisters but I do have brothers and we certainly have different memories of the same incident on occasion. Everyone always thinks that their perspective is the true perspective of an event, so I can really relate to that aspect of the plot. As a cast member, what are your goals? What do you hope to have achieved by the end of the show's run at RPAC?
As a cast member I don’t want to get in the way of the story, I want to tell the story. We all also work so well together in this production to tell the same story that was so brilliantly written by Hannie nearly 30 years ago. I really encourage everyone to come and enjoy this play. It’s an Aussie classic that is as relevant today as when it was originally written. It’s got a fantastic cast of eight, so it’s a big effort to get the play around to so many venues and we hope that everyone grabs this opportunity. We also come out at the end of the show to do a meet and greet so I’m really looking forward to performing and then meeting some of the audience after the show.
'Hotel Sorrento' plays Redland Performing Arts Centre on 22 September.

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In the first post of this series on content analytics, I talked about the old way of measuring your marketing content with key performance indicators (KPIs) and why you can’t rely on old measurement models for new media channels. In the second post, I offered an analytics framework for measuring content KPIs along a user-journey continuum.
This leads me to the third post in this three-part series on measurement. In this post, I’m focusing on how you can measure the actions on the page to determine how users are interacting with your content. Or not.
Of course, there’s a rather basic problem here. You want to measure the performance of your content and tools, but most reports are just measuring the page itself. We want to measure the components. Continue reading


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The revelation of exoprimal Capcom longtime perplexed and dinosaur crisis fans, and the full game continues to elicit a similar feeling. exoprimal players are sent to a futuristic setting with dinosaurs running amok, and the main story leaves a lot to be desired in the opening hours. Actually, Exoprimal gameplay is relatively basic as new exofighters get used to exosuits and slaughtering dinosaurs. Curiously, exoprimal manages to shine and impress with thrilling modes, thrilling dinosaur battles and addictive shooter later in a game.
Exoprimal The story is rather shallow at first as the player character waits for an interview for Aibius, the organization in charge of developing exoskeleton technology. The exofighters are about to investigate the island of Bikitoa, a desolate archipelago cut off from the outside world by Leviathan, a high-tech AI running Aibius. To make matters worse, a giant grid crashed into Bikitoa’s main hub, Tuvao City, and dinosaurs were seen spawning en masse. A crew of exofighters crash land on the island of Bikitoa, and the AI sends the player back in time to 2040 to participate in “wargames” against other exofighters.
exoprimal: Refined and insane pleasure – Soul Kiwami
exoprimal is quick to get players into the action after a short tutorial introducing gunplay, exosuits, and abilities. The mischievous exofighter Magnum introduces the player to the basics of slaying dinosaurs in a wargame, but Leviathan unleashes a T-Rex to assert its dominance over the players field. After this introductory mission, players can tackle the main story via Dino Survival mode.
In Dino Survival, players engage in 5v5 PvE battles against dinosaurs with direct PvP confrontations. This mode provides the main gameplay loop of exoprimal with the choice to play as a tank, healer, or assault exosuits at any point in the match. At first, Dino Survival felt incredibly repetitive and off-putting with its basic approach to completing objectives. However, players who stick around and plod through the game’s first 10 hours may be pleasantly surprised.
Exoprimal the story gradually progresses as players complete matches and collect lost data, which unlocks additional cutscenes and lore at the Analysis Lab. Story cutscenes play out throughout Dino Survival, but the analytics lab offers some intriguing lore and dialogue that’s seriously engaging for a game that has a mediocre, gimmicky opening. Additionally, players will experience more variety through new dinosaur species, objectives, and modes after making enough progress.
Around the 40% mark in the main story, exoprimal Suddenly opens the floodgates with thrilling gameplay, an efficient customization system, and polished gunplay that becomes more fun after acquiring helpful exosuit upgrades. We were able to experience raid-like activities where up to 10 players team up to battle thousands of dinosaurs at once with powerful bosses in their wake. Capcom’s latest title manages to be both extremely polished and very enjoyable, but gamers need to commit and take the time to get to Exoprimal most engaging content.
An off-putting and dragging intro, but nonchalantly fun at the end – Aion
During its opening hours, exoprimal left me bored and desperate to put it down. At level 1 you have access to a game mode and you have to grind Dino Survival for hours. This mode pits your team of five against another team of five, each striving to beat the other to fend off waves of dinosaurs. You will fight Raptors, Pteranodons, Pachycephalosaurs and a Carnotaurus. For the next seven matches, this order remained exactly the same. It wasn’t until I reached level 8 that the order shifted and something new presented itself. At this point, I was quite content to throw in the towel and call it a day in the weird world of exoprimal. I wanted to throw my controller when I heard “Dinosaur Cull”. I’m glad I carried on, as the game is making huge progress after its opening hours.
exoprimal is much more fun than I expected. The wacky combination of a team-based shooter combined with wild dinosaur battles proved enjoyable, even though the opening hours were abysmal. Things really start to open up once you hit level 15, where new modes and dinosaurs unlock regularly. You will be constantly challenged with new waves and minimal repetitions. Dinosaurs you’ve seen before will return with new twists, such as the ability to spit poison at your squad. These last missions are particularly important when it comes to selecting and perfecting the different classes of exoprimalnicknamed Exosuits.
There are a total of over 10 different Exosuits available in the game. I enjoyed browsing through them and seeing which of them best suited my playstyle. Each is categorized into one of three categories: Assault, Tank, or Healer. They work extremely similar to the classes found in Surveillance, where your team must consist of multiple costume categories to work properly. While some of the classes seemed very uninspired and copied, I didn’t mind once I got into the meat of the game. There are many different abilities you can customize your Exosuit with, such as Rigs, which are attachments that you can modify. You can choose to go with a huge cannon on your shoulder, opt for a healing ring, or many other options. Each of the exosuits on offer also has a variety of unique abilities and weapons to use. Most are short or long range, so it takes a bit of strategy to fully utilize your Exosuit to the best of your abilities.
Looking back, it was hugely frustrating and a confusing choice given the amount of variety found in later levels. The progression system is frustrating, but once you hit the point of new content, matches are exciting and fresh every time. I stumbled upon a match out of nowhere where the final fight was against a burning tunnel with 1000 raptors coming out of it. I was shocked and it forced me to quickly pivot my team’s strategy on how we could ride out this wave. It’s very unfortunate that you can’t take on any of the exciting dinosaurs and challenges until much later in the game, but that’s something Capcom could easily end with a patch.
It’s amazing how refined the title is. Despite my grievances and the odd design decisions, exoprimal still has that coat of Capcom polish. The RE engine is put to work with hundreds of dinosaurs appearing on portals at once. It’s quite impressive to see how well the game performs. The gameplay is extremely polished, despite the repurposed classes you’ve seen in other multiplayer shooters. Not once did I run into a bug during my time with the game, and matches tended to be found in seconds at most.
Overall I think exoprimal has an exciting future if he plays his cards right. It’s a tough battle to win against players with a very hefty price tag of $60, but the game is available on Xbox Game Pass for gamers to try. It seems like the title would have benefited greatly from a free-to-play approach, but with a continuous stream of content, I see a future where the game has an active playerbase. While it’s insane, there’s enough foundation here to really have fun with exciting and fresh content updates.
This potential is also what disappoints me the most. It feels like it could have been a home run with combat structure and focus, but the focus went elsewhere when it should have had more time to cook. Either way, Capcom has some work to do to really justify this fun but mixed package as a $60 premium title.
“$60 multiplayer only…” – Rain Hikari
I remember seeing the exoprimal reveal the trailer and think, “Oh, cool! Land Defense Force with dinosaurs! With a wacky, futuristic setting, this game couldn’t have grabbed my attention any easier. I’m also a sucker for campy media, and with Capcom’s incredible recent track record, I was expecting a game that would impress me and leave me wanting more. Fortunately, exoprimal is more than mediocre and makes me want more.
Within the first two hours of startup exoprimal, I worried that the game would continue to be a dumb, repetitive experience. At first the game was boring, maybe because I didn’t understand what I was doing or why I was doing it. Without a single-player campaign, you have no choice but to repeatedly play multiplayer modes. A lack of a single-player mode is odd; however, they’re not the only company releasing full-priced multiplayer titles, so that’s somewhat excusable.
exoprimalcharacter similarities with Surveillance are striking, lacking in originality in their designs and roles. The aesthetic is futuristic but uninspired, as if Warframe and Anthem had a baby. The main playlist, Dino Survival, is similar to the player versus player versus environment Gambit game mode found in Destiny 2. Whether you win or lose exoprimalcompleting matches will gradually progress the plot and unlock new game modes for you to play.
Regarding the plot, exoprimal isn’t as interesting as I hoped for the way the game looks. Unfortunately, the story’s most exciting moments are rare, which is frustrating considering how many games you have to play to get by. After playing 15 games, exoprimal introduced me to new dinosaur variants and an awesome scene where a thousand raptors rain down from a dimensional rift without a single frame drop. Still, it took a while to get here, and I feared that was all the game would be.
Leviathan, an advanced artificial intelligence and the main villain of exoprimal, reminds you of your recent play history at the start of each match, which is a nice touch. This AI has a continuous presence within Exoprimal, leading you to your next objective, telling you if you lose during the match, congratulating you if you win, or roasting…

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Unfortunately, I can't pass indifferently by anything that looks like a cupcake. I can’t explain my fondness for these sweets in any reasonable way. Even if I have enough recipes for delicious cupcakes, I’m still finding something new.
This time I came across this formula on the Cupcake Crusaders website. Stacy, the post’s author adapted this recipe from the Pampered Chef Website. She made it a little bit easier by adding few photos and some tips.
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Queens residents came out Saturday morning in Flushing to sound off about Mayor Michael Bloombergs proposed ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, with most registering support for the idea while railing against smokings health risks.
City Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) oversaw this weekends town hall meeting on the proposed smoking ban at the Flushing branch of the Queensborough Public Library, which attracted between 80 and 100 people.
In August Bloomberg submitted legislation for the Indoor Smoke-Free Air Act of 2002 to the City Council, a bill which prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars, offices, pool halls, bingo parlors, bowling alleys and other indoor areas.
The majority of the roughly 20 to 30 people who testified at the Flushing meeting pointed to the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke with little attention to the specifics of Bloombergs proposed smoking ban.
Only one person, Flushing bar owner Don Capalbi, protested the smoking ban.
The issue is not whether smoking is a good idea, said Capalbi, who owns College Green Pub on Kissena Boulevard. We should not be a society where the majority imposes their will on everyone.
But most speakers voiced concerns similar to those of Baysider Joe Weaver, who runs a Web site called www.cigare
Each time I started again it was in a bar because alcohol and cigarettes go so well together, said Weaver, describing his failed attempts to quit smoking.
Weaver said he enjoyed going out to bars and clubs but not the secondhand smoke.
Why is it I have to breathe other peoples smoke? he said. I hope this law will pass.
John Henry Byas, a 27-year resident of Flushing and former smoker, said the ban was important to help prevent young people from picking up the nicotine habit.
Byas, a cancer survivor who helps run an afternoon program at IS 237, said you should see the young kids out on the street smoking.
Cindy Lin, a Girl Scout troop leader, agreed and said as the girls in her troop begin to take jobs it becomes harder to convince them that smoking is a health risk.
Schools are another problem, she said.
It is difficult to teach youngsters about smoking risks, Lin said, when a lot of them see the teachers out on the school steps smoking.
While several other people spoke to the health risks associated with smoking for youths, Ming-der Chang, executive director of the American Cancer Societys Chinese Unit, said Bloombergs legislation would protect workers, an argument used by the mayor to tout the ban.
The bill should be passed intact and quickly, Chang testified. The health impact of this bill is tremendous. Being a bartender or waitress is not a crime and should not carry a death sentence.
In pointing out how widespread smoking is in Flushings Asian community, Chang was also one of several people to quote a 2001 city Health Department study which said 68 percent of Chinese men in Flushing smoke, compared to a citywide average of under 25 percent.
Now is the time to protect our workers in the city, especially those in our community, she said.
Reach reporter Kathianne Boniello by e-mail at Timesledger@aol.com or call 229-0300, Ext. 157.
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The roast turkey dinner is one of my favourites and once the dinner is done, you get to continue enjoying the turkey leftovers, and you can even use the turkey bones/carcass to make turkey stock to use in soups! Turkey stock is simple, it’s pretty much the same as a chicken stock and because a turkey is so large you do not need to save up a few carcasses like you do with chicken stock, the one is enough! This recipe is as easy to make as placing the turkey bones in a large pot along with onion, celery, carrots and a few herbs to be simmered in water until all of the flavour from the bones has been extracted from the bones and deposited in the water, becoming turkey stock. You can use turkey broth in the same ways that you can use chicken stock or broth and my favourite is in soups or stews!
You can make turkey broth right after the turkey dinner or you can throw the carcass into the fridge to make the stock the next day or you can even throw it into the freezer to make later. Once the turkey stock has been made it can be used right away, stored in the fridge to be used within a few day or stored in the freezer to be used sometime later.
Turkey bone broth! Yum!
Easy Homemade Turkey Stock
A super easy to make turkey stock that’s perfect for soups, stews, etc. and it’s just packed with flavour!
- 1 turkey carcasses, bones and leftover meat, skin, etc.
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
- 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- 6 sprigs parsley
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 (2-inch) piece parmesan cheese rind (optional)
- Place everything in a large stock pot, cover with 4 inches of water, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 hours.
- Strain the solids from the stock and discard them.
- Optionally, let the stock cool in the fridge overnight and skim off any fat before using.
Tip: Turkey stock freezes well so you don’t have to use it all when you make it.
Tip: Save a turkey carcass in the freezer for the next time that you need stock.

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If you’ve recently been diagnosed with a drug or alcohol addiction or you’re worried you might meet the criteria, you’re probably wondering what happens during drug abuse treatment. For many people, treatment facilities are much more warm, welcoming and friendly than they expect. After all, overcoming chronic health conditions requires support, nurturing and kindness from a team of professionals.
Continue reading to find out more about drug abuse problems and what to expect when seeking treatment, including types of treatment facilities and treatments.
What Is Drug Addiction?
A drug is a substance that changes a person’s psychology or physiology, and most drugs of abuse produce a psychoactive effect. This means they alter the chemicals that govern the way you move, think, feel or behave. One of the main elements of addiction is your reward system, which gives the sense of pleasure or “high” associated with drug use. Commonly abused substances include:
- Illegal drugs
- Prescription drugs
- Z drugs
- Legal highs
What Happens When the Reward Center Is Activated?
When this part of your brain is activated, it reinforces that the action you’ve taken (using drugs) is positive and should be repeated. It’s something of a flaw in the brain, which has no way of distinguishing a healthy behavior from an unhealthy one.
The reward center is activated by eating food, exercising, sex and other functions that are vital for our survival. However, it’s prone to disorder, and this is what addiction is. Not everyone is susceptible to addiction, and those who are aren’t weaker or less moral — they simply have a set of genetics that makes it more likely. Not only that, but a ton of factors must also be present.
Is a Substance Use Disorder a Disease or a Choice?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Drug Addiction, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Medical Association and the overwhelming majority of addiction experts, a substance use disorder is a relapsing disease. Addiction is also included in the DSM-5 manual of mental health issues.
The Disease Model of Drug Addiction
The disease model of addiction proposes that drug addiction is caused by a mixture of biological, social, environmental, psychological and behavioral factors, just like diabetes or heart disease. Genes account for around half of the likelihood of getting addicted. Untreated addiction can lead to physical and mental health issues and severely impair a person’s life, restricting your ability to function and find happiness.
Guilt and shame are common among people with substance abuse disorders because it’s instinctive to feel like it’s your own fault. Understanding that it’s an illness is an important step that helps many people heal and avoid relapse.
Is Outpatient or Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Better?
When it comes to drug addiction treatment, choosing between residential treatment settings and outpatient programs is a key consideration. Inpatient treatment is often the best option because it provides a chance to reset your routine and go through withdrawal and early recovery under 24/7 medical supervision. Withdrawal symptoms prevent many people from seeking help, especially those with opioid addiction. At rehab, you can get medically assisted treatment to ease the discomfort associated with withdrawing.
However, it’s not viable for everyone to remove themselves from daily life to attend inpatient rehab, which requires you to take one to four months out of work or school to attend. Thankfully, the addiction treatment protocols offered at inpatient and outpatient treatment are exactly the same. The only difference is that you go home for evenings and weekends with outpatient rehab.
Which Addiction Treatment Options Are Best?
The best drug addiction treatment centers offer a variety of therapies and support them with psychoeducation, holistic therapies and lifestyle interventions. A multipronged approach is most effective because everyone responds differently to treatment and needs to find the mix of approaches that suit them best.
Below is a breakdown of the main types of treatment used to treat substance abuse disorders.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral therapies are the cornerstone of addiction treatment because they don’t just help you understand yourself and your past — they help you take action. Thoughts and beliefs underpin behavior, and these are often established during early childhood before you’re able to make big decisions for yourself.
A CBT counselor helps you identify these unhelpful thought patterns and provides tools that help you redirect them and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
MET is an approach that aims to help people see the positive reasons to change their life and feel worthy of making those changes. It involves motivational interviewing, which many counselors and therapists deploy to help their clients see themselves in a better light and understand why recovery is worthwhile.
Addiction is often a way of masking difficult feelings, and it can be highly effective, which is why you might feel reluctant and scared to quit. This type of therapy helps you see that there are alternative ways of dealing with challenging emotions.
Group therapy is an eye-opener that helps you understand addiction, yourself and other people better. You share your story and listen to other people, which provides you with a broad range of perspectives to ponder over. It also encourages you to open up and share your feelings and empathize with the experience of other people.
Getting therapy with family members is vital for many people in recovery. Addiction can tear families apart and lead to resentment, anger and shame from all parties. A counselor helps you establish healthy boundaries and communicate in a healthy, constructive manner. It provides your loved ones with knowledge about the best way to support you through recovery and provides a safe space to work through issues under guidance from a qualified professional.
Unless you’re a medical professional or scientist, there’s a good chance you don’t fully understand the mechanism behind addiction. Learning about the reality of how substance abuse impacts the brain and body can be a wake-up call and complements therapy by helping you understand the terminology and reasoning behind it.
Someone who is in the throes of a substance use disorder prioritizes their drug of choice. This means elements of a healthy lifestyle such as exercise, healthy eating and mindfulness can fall by the wayside. A good rehab center should offer a range of lifestyle interventions such as fitness classes, yoga, meditation, stress management classes, nutritional counseling and spiritual development.
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Three major stocks
With a lot of action expected to boost the sentiments of cannabis investors (HMMJ), three major cannabis stocks are off to a positive start in 2019. These three stocks are Tilray (TLRY), which has risen nearly 22% YTD (year-to-date) as of January 16, 2019, Canopy Growth (CGC) (WEED), which has risen more than 40% YTD, and Aurora Cannabis (ACB), which has risen nearly 19% YTD.
What’s driving these stocks?
Tilray recently experienced a jump in its stock price related to comments made by one of its top shareholders, Privateer Holdings, that it would continue to hold the company’s shares through the first half of 2019. However, the stock started trading lower after its IPO lockup expired this week.
Canopy Growth has had a strong start this year. The stock rose after Jim Cramer reiterated his stance on the company as “the one” at the beginning of this year. On January 9, the company also received a coverage initiation from Piper Jaffray, which rated it as “overweight.” More recently, Constellation Brands gave its outlook on the cannabis industry and Canopy Growth, which strengthened the stock’s momentum. Read Canopy Growth: Notes from Constellation Brands’ Earnings to learn more.
Aurora Cannabis, on the other hand, has seen no such big splashes, but it’s continued its investments this year. On January 14, the company announced its acquisition of Whistler Medical Marijuana.
Given this backdrop, let’s look at what analysts recommend for these stocks and their prices going forward.

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Dr. Almasri is a specialized Implant-Prosthodontic surgeon. He received his D.D.S. [Doctor of Dental Surgery] and graduated with honors in 2003-ranking 1st in the oral surgery honors class. Dr. Almasri practiced general dentistry for several years prior to entering Nova SE University College of Dental Medicine, Ft Lauderdale, FL where he received his specialty certificate in Prosthodontics; serving as a Chief Resident and teaching other residents dental implant surgery.
He is currently an Adjunct Faculty member of the College of Dental Medicine’s Post-Grad Prosthodontic program. Prior to his entering the Prosthodontic program at Nova SE University, Dr. Almasri worked as a dental technician. In addition to private practice Dr. Almasri served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX. Dr. Almasri is on the board of review for research papers and articles before they get published in the Journal of Prosthodontics.
He has also established the FastNewSmile® as his brand name for the one-day dental implant procedure, and named The Zygomatic Implant Expert by his peers. Not only does he perform the FastNewSmile® and Zygomatic Implant procedures, but he also gives lectures about the procedure to dentists locally and nation-wide. Dr. Almasri’s passion to give his best to patients inspired him to go to the Medical College of Georgia to get his Anesthesia training so he can offer IV sedation to his patients.
Overall, Dr. Almasri is a pioneer in the world of dental implants.
Dr. Almasri’s research project involved a laboratory study that measured and compared the accuracy of cast implant frameworks versus implant frameworks made with a CADCAM milling protocol. The project and resultant paper won in the Table Clinic competition at the American College of Prosthodontists 39th annual meeting in San Diego. The paper has since been published in the Journal of Prosthodontics. His research was one of the university centers’ utilized data, and he was a contributing author to a paper that was published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants.
Dr. Almasri excels in his area of expertise; prosthodontics and the surgical placement of dental implants. In addition to private practice, Dr. Almasri enjoys lecturing to both general dentists and specialists. He gives hands-on courses in the Department of Continuing Education at Nova SE University and is scheduled to provide further Continuing Education courses at the same institution and to present in meetings across the country.
Dr. Almasri is a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration (most elite national organization), a distinguished accomplishment done by just over 100 colleagues in the United States (Research Committee and Young Clinicians Committee) and a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, an active member of the American College of Prosthodontists, the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association and the Dallas County Dental Society. He is also a key opinion leader for the Straumann Group and a global education expert. Dr. Almasri is a member of the American Academy of Facial Aesthetics.


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I am currently using the Arduino Mega 2560 in conjunction with the LSM303DLM ( http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1273
). Sometimes the device craps out and hangs the operation of my program.
I have tried to use the watch dog timer but it doesn't work fully, it never resets the board. I have also looked into burning a new bootloader to my mega so that it would support the watch dog timer, but when I burned the burned the new bootloader just bricked my arduino( or at least I think i did).
Is there another way of "restarting" the arduino when it hangs up?
Or is there a board out there that fully supports the watch dog timer?
This is for a school project, any help would be much appreciated by myself and classmates!


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Geauga Maple Leaf
November 17, 2016 by John Karlovec
For the second time in as many months, Geauga County Probate Court Judge Tim Grendell has stepped down from presiding over a controversial township park district matter in his court.
Last month, Grendell agreed to recuse himself from reviewing a master commissioner’s report on whether Chester Township Trustees Ken Radtke and Mike Petruziello committed fraud, interference, contempt of court and felony retaliation and deprivation of civil rights in failing to sign a revised management agreement for Parkside Park.
In September, Grendell had ordered court-appointed Master Commissioner Mary Jane Trapp to investigate the trustees’ actions after they voted in August not to enter into a new agreement with the township park board and to terminate the current management agreement, entered into in 1993, effective Dec. 31.
The judge questioned whether Radtke and Petruziello voted against signing the revised contract because the township lost an earlier fight in the Ohio Supreme Court over his ability to issue orders to enforce the entry creating the park district, including orders that impose duties on those interfering with the park district’s purposes.
In a 35-page affidavit filed with the supreme court Oct. 7, Radtke asked Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor to remove Grendell from presiding over the ongoing 1984 probate court case establishing the Chester Township Park District because of perceived bias, prejudice and partiality.
“While the court maintains its judicial impartiality bearing no ill will, bias, prejudice or animosity towards any party in the matter, the court is concerned that the delay caused by Mr. Radtke’s filing could adversely affect Master Commissioner Mary Jane Trapp’s . . . investigation into the Chester Township Park District,” Grendell wrote in an Oct. 31 judgment entry recusing himself from reviewing Trapp’s report.
A week earlier, Grendell had filed a 13- page response to Radtke’s request arguing his disqualification was unwarranted. He said, among other things, Radtke has refused to accept the supreme court’s April 2016 decision that Grendell claims gives him the authority to stop persons from unlawfully interfering with the operation and purpose of the township park district.
When asked why Grendell voluntarily agreed to step down one week after opposing his attempted removal, Kimberly Laurie, the probate court’s budget/fiscal director and county liaison, told the Geauga County Maple Leaf in a Nov. 3 email that Trapp had informed Grendell she “couldn’t continue with her investigation while the supreme court decision was pending.”
“Therefore, not wanting to delay her investigation by waiting for the supreme court decision, Judge (Grendell) decided to recuse himself so that her investigation could continue,” Laurie said.
On Oct. 31, O’Connor entered an order dismissing Radtke’s affidavit as moot because Grendell voluntarily recused him- self. The chief justice did agree, however, not only to assign a visiting judge — retired Medina County Probate Court Judge John J. Lohn — to hear and review Trapp’s report, but also to preside over all future proceedings relating to those findings.
O’Connor did not respond to numerous requests asking whether she or any at the supreme court spoke with Grendell or any- one in his court regarding Radtke’s affidavit.
“I continue to believe that Judge Grendell is the more appropriate person to ask,” Bret Crow, PIO manager for the supreme court, said in a Nov. 7 email to the Maple Leaf.
Laurie’s Nov. 3 email to the Maple Leaf did not contain a response to that question.
Also, Radtke forwarded the Maple Leaf’s request for comment on Grendell’s recusal to the township’s attorney, who did not respond with any comment.
In August, Russell Township Trustee Jim Mueller filed a similar affidavit of disqualification seeking to remove Grendell from presiding over an investigation as to whether township trustees had interfered with the Russell Township Park District’s efforts to purchase Modroo Farms.
Grendell agreed to step down in that case because Mueller produced evidence that Grendell had made negative public comments about him.
The township park board ultimately with- drew its request for a hearing after it reached an agreement to purchase more than 50 acres of the Modroo property.
Chester Township also has pending before the 11th District Court of Appeals an appeal of a June 22 order Grendell issued prohibiting the township from exercising certain rights under the 1993 management agreement.
On Sept. 1, the appellate court agreed to stay enforcement of the June 22 order until it could decide whether Grendell exceeded his authority in voiding provisions of a contract between two independent political subdivisions.
Despite the stay, Radtke said Grendell ordered Trapp’s investigation.
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About noon the heat was hard to bear; the poor sheep panted pitifully and tried to stop in the shade of every tree they came to, while we gazed with eager longing through the dim burning glare toward the snowy mountains and streams, though not one was in sight. The landscape is only wavering foothills roughened here and there with bushes and trees and outcropping masses of slate. The trees, mostly the blue oak (Quercus Douglasii), are about thirty to forty feet high, with pale blue-green leaves and white bark, sparsely planted on the thinnest soil or in crevices of rocks beyond the reach of grass fires. The slates in many places rise abruptly through the tawny grass in sharp lichen-covered slabs like tombstones in deserted burying-grounds. With the exception of the oak and four or five species of manzanita and ceanothus, the vegetation of the foothills is mostly the same as that of the plains. I saw this region in the early spring, when it was a charming landscape garden full of birds and bees and flowers. Now the scorching weather makes everything dreary. The ground is full of cracks, lizards glide about on the rocks, and ants in amazing numbers, whose tiny sparks of life only burn the brighter with the heat,[Pg 9] fairly quiver with unquenchable energy as they run in long lines to fight and gather food. How it comes that they do not dry to a crisp in a few seconds’ exposure to such sun-fire is marvelous. A few rattlesnakes lie coiled in out-of-the-way places, but are seldom seen. Magpies and crows, usually so noisy, are silent now, standing in mixed flocks on the ground beneath the best shade trees, with bills wide open and wings drooped, too breathless to speak; the quails also are trying to keep in the shade about the few tepid alkaline water-holes; cottontail rabbits are running from shade to shade among the ceanothus brush, and occasionally the long-eared hare is seen cantering gracefully across the wider openings.The big Tuolumne Meadows are flowery lawns, lying along the south fork of the Tuolumne River at a height of about eighty-five hundred to nine thousand feet above the sea, partially separated by forests and bars of glaciated granite. Here the mountains seem to have been cleared away or set back, so that wide-open views may be had in every direction. The upper end of the series lies at the base of Mount Lyell, the lower below the east end of the Hoffman Range, so the length must be about ten or twelve miles. They vary in width from a quarter of a mile to perhaps three quarters, and a good many branch meadows put out along the banks of the tributary streams. This is the most spacious and delightful high pleasure-ground I have yet seen. The air is keen and bracing, yet warm during the day; and though lying high in the sky, the surrounding moun[Pg 199]tains are so much higher, one feels protected as if in a grand hall. Mounts Dana and Gibbs, massive red mountains, perhaps thirteen thousand feet high or more, bound the view on the east, the Cathedral and Unicorn Peaks, with many nameless peaks, on the south, the Hoffman Range on the west, and a number of peaks unnamed, as far as I know, on the north. One of these last is much like the Cathedral. The grass of the meadows is mostly fine and silky, with exceedingly slender leaves, making a close sod, above which the panicles of minute purple flowers seem to float in airy, misty lightness, while the sod is enriched with at least three species of gentian and as many or more of orthocarpus, potentilla, ivesia, solidago, pentstemon, with their gay colors,—purple, blue, yellow, and red,—all of which I may know better ere long. A central camp will probably be made in this region, from which I hope to make long excursions into the surrounding mountains.
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July 9. Exhilarated with the mountain air, I feel like shouting this morning with excess of wild animal joy. The Indian lay down away from the fire last night, without blankets, having nothing on, by way of clothing, but a pair of blue overalls and a calico shirt wet with sweat. The night air is chilly at this elevation, and we gave him some horse-blankets, but he didn’t seem to care for them. A fine thing to be independent of clothing where it is so hard to carry. When food is scarce, he can live on whatever comes in his way—a few berries, roots, bird eggs, grasshoppers, black ants, fat wasp or bumblebee larvæ, without feeling that he is doing anything worth mention, so I have been told.
The sheep are lying down on a bare rocky spot such as they like, chewing the cud in grassy peace. Cooking is going on, appetites growing keener every day. No lowlander can appreciate the mountain appetite, and the facility with which heavy food called “grub”[Pg 106] is disposed of. Eating, walking, resting, seem alike delightful, and one feels inclined to shout lustily on rising in the morning like a crowing cock. Sleep and digestion as clear as the air. Fine spicy plush boughs for bedding we shall have to-night, and a glorious lullaby from this cascading creek. Never was stream more fittingly named, for as far as I have traced it above and below our camp it is one continuous bouncing, dancing, white bloom of cascades. And at the very last unwearied it finishes its wild course in a grand leap of three hundred feet or more to the bottom of the main Yosemite cañon near the fall of Tamarack Creek, a few miles below the foot of the valley. These falls almost rival some of the far-famed Yosemite falls. Never shall I forget these glad cascade songs, the low booming, the roaring, the keen, silvery clashing of the cool water rushing exulting from form to form beneath irised spray; or in the deep still night seen white in the darkness, and its multitude of voices sounding still more impressively sublime. Here I find the little water ouzel as much at home as any linnet in a leafy grove, seeming to take the greater delight the more boisterous the stream. The dizzy precipices, the swift dashing energy displayed, and the thunder tones of the sheer falls are awe inspir[Pg 107]ing, but there is nothing awful about this little bird. Its song is sweet and low, and all its gestures, as it flits about amid the loud uproar, bespeak strength and peace and joy. Contemplating these darlings of Nature coming forth from spray-sprinkled nests on the brink of savage streams, Samson’s riddle comes to mind, “Out of the strong cometh forth sweetness.” A yet finer bloom is this little bird than the foam-bells in eddying pools. Gentle bird, a precious message you bring me. We may miss the meaning of the torrent, but thy sweet voice, only love is in it.
Lizards of every temper, style, and color dwell here, seemingly as happy and companionable as the birds and squirrels. Lowly, gentle fellow mortals, enjoying God’s sunshine, and doing the best they can in getting a living, I like to watch them at their work and play. They bear acquaintance well, and one likes[Pg 42] them the better the longer one looks into their beautiful, innocent eyes. They are easily tamed, and one soon learns to love them, as they dart about on the hot rocks, swift as dragon-flies. The eye can hardly follow them; but they never make long-sustained runs, usually only about ten or twelve feet, then a sudden stop, and as sudden a start again; going all their journeys by quick, jerking impulses. These many stops I find are necessary as rests, for they are short-winded, and when pursued steadily are soon out of breath, pant pitifully, and are easily caught. Their bodies are more than half tail, but these tails are well managed, never heavily dragged nor curved up as if hard to carry; on the contrary, they seem to follow the body lightly of their own will. Some are colored like the sky, bright as bluebirds, others gray like the lichened rocks on which they hunt and bask. Even the horned toad of the plains is a mild, harmless creature, and so are the snake-like species which glide in curves with true snake motion, while their small, undeveloped limbs drag as useless appendages. One specimen fourteen inches long which I observed closely made no use whatever of its tender, sprouting limbs, but glided with all the soft, sly ease and grace of a snake. Here comes a little, gray, dusty fellow who seems to know[Pg 43] and trust me, running about my feet, and looking up cunningly into my face. Carlo is watching, makes a quick pounce on him, for the fun of the thing I suppose; but Liz has shot away from his paws like an arrow, and is safe in the recesses of a clump of chaparral. Gentle saurians, dragons, descendants of an ancient and mighty race, Heaven bless you all and make your virtues known! for few of us know as yet that scales may cover fellow creatures as gentle and lovable as feathers, or hair, or cloth.
This has been mostly a sheep day, and of course studies have been interrupted. Nevertheless, the walk through the gloom of the woods before the dawn was worth while, and I have learned something about these noble bears. Their tracks are very telling, and so are their breakfasts. Scarce a trace of clouds to-day, and of course our ordinary midday thunder is wanting.
CHAPTER X THE TUOLUMNE CAMP


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