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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 29, 1976
|Filing date
|Feb 14, 1974
|Priority date
|Feb 14, 1974
|Publication number
|James F. Bokern
|Original Assignee
|Bokern James F
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (35), Classifications (12)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The need for portable sources of power including especially portable sources that are used to energize small electrical and electronic devices such as radios, lamps, small appliances, and other like devices has long been recognized and many such sources are known and available. One of the problems of the known sources, however, is that they are not rechargeable, they are not portable, they do not provide a selection of different voltages, they do not give advanced warning of the loss of battery charge, and usually a spare battery or other source must be provided to assure the continued availability of power. These and other shortcomings of the prior art are overcome by the present device which teaches the construction and use of a relatively simple compact and portable device which makes power available at different desired voltages even at remote locations such as at campsites, and it does so by taking power from a source such as a rechargeable battery which source can be recharged by means which are usually readily available and do not require any special equipment. The present device may also include means which obviate the possibility of a polarity reversal or misconnection.
It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide means to make available a selection of different voltages at a remote location using a conventional source of power such as a battery source.
Another object is to provide a relatively compact plug-in type power unit for use in making power available at different selected voltages and at a location remote from more conventional power sources.
Another object is to provide means to safely take power from a battery or other like source at selected potentials and without endangering or damaging the battery.
Another object is to provide a relatively compact, inexpensive, yet versatile means to make power at different voltage levels available even at remote locations.
Another object is to provide a relatively safe easy to use power source for campers, emergency crews, boat crews and others who need a convenient and portable source of power including at locations where more conventional power sources are unavailable.
Another object is to provide a power source which preferably uses solid state components to the extent possible for convenience and reliability.
Another object is to provide means by which power from a battery source such as from an automobile type storage battery is made available at different common voltages and which includes means for indicating when the battery is drained to a level where it should be recharged to prevent it from being excessively drained.
Another object is to provide means to disconnect a load from a battery source when the charge on the battery as indicated by a decrease in battery potential has dropped below a predetermined potential.
Another object is to provide a D.C. power source which includes means to control the polarity of the output therefrom.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after considering the following detailed specification which covers preferred embodiments thereof in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the subject power source being supplied through a cigarette lighter receptacle located on the dashboard of an automobile;
FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram for the device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing another embodiment of the subject device;
FIG. 4 is a graph of battery voltage plotted as a function of the percentage discharge of the battery;
FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the subject device mounted together with a storage battery and battery charging means on means which make them readily portable; and,
FIG. 6 is a side view of the modified device of FIG. 5.
Referring to the drawings more particularly by reference numbers, number 10 refers to a device for supplying power at different potentials from a conventional D.C. power source such as from a storage battery in an automobile using the cigarette lighter receptacle on the automobile dashboard to provide the means for connecting the device to the storage battery. As will be shown, the subject means can also be used by connecting it directly to the terminals of the battery in cases where the battery itself is portable or where it is used apart from the automobile or where the battery is in another location such as in a motor boat or on another device or vehicle. The subject device includes a housing 12 which is shown having two female electrical receptacles 14 and 16 which receive male receptacles 18 and 20. The male receptacles 18 and 20 are connected to leads 22 and 24 which have their opposite ends connected to terminals on another male receptacle 26 which mates with a female receptacle such as a cigarette lighter receptacle or the like on the dashboard of an automobile. The device 10 also has its own female outlet receptacle 28 shown mounted in one side thereof, and the receptacle 28 can be used to receive another male receptacle similar to the receptacle 26 to provide power at the same potential as the battery potential. In addition, the housing 12 has other female output receptacles shown as the receptacles 30, 32, 34 and 36 which, as will be explained, make available output voltages at different potentials which can be used for different purposes. For example, the receptacle 30 is the nine volt receptacle and makes available a nine volt D.C. output, the receptacle 32 is the 6.3 volt output receptacle, the receptacle 34 is the 4.5 volt output receptacle, and the receptacle 36 is the 3.5 volt output receptacle. These voltages in addition to the full battery voltage available at the receptacle 28 are the more common D.C. voltages needed to operate many types of devices such as radios, tape recorders, tape players, lights of various types, portable pumps, emergency devices, radio transceivers, fishfinders, electric shavers, and so forth to mention a few. Any one or more of these voltages are made available simply by plugging a male receptacle such as male receptacle 38 into the desired female receptacle 30-36. The male receptacle 38 is connected by a suitable lead, such as two wire lead 40, to an output receptacle which may take different forms such as being a plug-in type receptacle such as the receptacles 18 and 20, it may have alligator clips, such as the alligator clips 42, and it may have other forms including having male and female snap type connectors such as are commonly used on transistor radios and the like. One of the connections to the outlet means will usually provide the ground connection to the device to be powered and this connection will also be grounded to the housing 12 as shown.
The device 10 may have a firefly type light assembly 44 mounted thereon at a suitable location as shown, and the light assembly 44 is used to indicate when the battery source that is supplying power is suitably charged, and when it has been drained below a certain established level and needs to be recharged. Other circuits and circuit elements are also included in the device 10 and will be described more in detail in connection with the circuit of FIG. 2.
The circuit of FIG. 2 is constructed to be used by inserting the male plug 26 into the female cigarette lighter receptacle on the dashboard of an automobile. The receptacle 26 has a center conductor terminal 50 which is the hot input terminal of the device, and an outer terminal 52 which is the ground terminal and is grounded to the housing 12 through lead 54. The terminal 50 is connected by another lead 56 to one side of a fuse 58, and the other side of the fuse is connected to a main bus or terminal 60. The bus 60 is connected to one side of a plurality of parallel circuits the first of which includes lead 62 which is connected to the hot terminal of the female receptacle 28 located in the side of the chassis 12. The outer conductor of the receptacle 28 is grounded. The receptacle 28 can be used in exactly the same manner but as an extension of the cigarette receptacle on the automobile dashboard, the only difference being that the receptacle 28 can be used to provide battery voltage at a location remote from the vehicle.
Another parallel circuit includes lead 64 which is connected to a plug-in receptacle 66 also shown located on the chassis 12. The receptacle 66 is constructed to receive a conventional type of male plug. A grounded receptacle 68 is also provided and is used in conjunction with the receptacle 66 to provide power at full battery voltage which is shown in the drawing as being 12 volts.
Another lead 70 is connected at one end to the bus 60 and at the other end to one side of a zener diode 72. The opposite side of the zener diode 72 is connected to one side of a bias resistor 74 and also to base element 76 of transistor 78. As long as the source or battery voltage continues to be above some predetermined voltage level as determined by the zener diode 72, the zener diode will continue to conduct and in so doing will maintain a predetermined voltage on the base 76 of the transistor 78. This in turn maintains the transistor 78 in a conducting condition which is a necessary condition for the circuit to supply power to an auxiliary load. The voltage that is applied to the transistor base 76 is controlled by the size of the bias resistor 74, and this is selected to be some predetermined voltage below which the battery voltage should not be permitted to fall. If the battery voltage should fall below this predetermined voltage, it means that the battery should be recharged before more power is taken from it. When this happens the transistor 78 will cease conducting and it will no longer be possible to take power at least from certain portions of the circuit as will be described. In the case of a 12 volt storage battery such as commonly used in automobiles, motorboats, trucks and other devices a safe lower battery voltage level of about 11.8 volts is a good selection, and this can be controlled by selection of the circuit elements including the zener diode 72 and the resistor 74.
FIG. 4 shows a graph of the voltage between the terminals of a typical 12 volt storage battery as a function of charge. When the battery is fully charged the voltage between the battery terminals will be about 13 volts D.C., and as power is taken from the battery the terminal voltage will decrease as shown until it reaches the knee of the curve where the battery voltage has fallen to 12.3 volts and the percentage remaining charge has fallen so that approximately 70% has been dissipated. Thereafter, the battery charge diminishes more rapidly until at approximately 11.8 volts D.C. 75% of the battery charge has been dissipated. If the zener diode 72 is selected to change from a conducting to a non-conducting condition at 11.8 volts then when the terminal potential of the battery falls below 11.8 volts the diode essentially stops conducting or goes to a very low conducting condition in the microampere range, and at this point the indicator light assembly 44 ceases to conduct and goes out due to the transistor 78 also becoming non-conducting. A capacitor 82 is connected in parallel across the firefly lamp assembly 44 to stabilize its operation and to stabilize the voltage applied to the emitter electrode 84 of the transistor 78. The transistor 78 ceases to conduct when the diode 72 ceases to conduct because when this occurs there is no voltage applied to the base of the transistor 78 and the transistor is effectively reduced to its non-conducting condition. When this occurs there is no longer a return path to ground for the circuits on the opposite side of the transistor from the battery. The deenergizing of the light 44 is an indication to the user that the battery needs to be recharged before more power can be taken from it.
It is important that the battery voltage at which the condition described occurs be selected to be large enough so that the battery, if it is in an automobile or other similar device, will still have sufficient charge to be able to be used to restart the engine so that the battery can be recharged. At 11.8 volts this is usually still possible. If the battery is not in a vehicle then it can be recharged by using other battery charger means or the like. It should be noted however, that the receptacles 28 and 66 are not dependent upon the operation of the diode 72 and the transistor 78 as just described, and therefore are not similarly protected, although they could be made to be so, if desired.
Another circuit is connected across the power supply circuit on the opposite side of the transistor 78 from the input thereto. This circuit is a voltage divider circuit and is formed by a plurality of series connected resistors 86, 88, 90, 92 and 94 connected as shown. The plurality of output receptacles shown as female receptacles 30, 32, 34 and 36 are connected to various corresponding terminals of the voltage divider circuit to provide output voltages at desired voltage levels. For example, the receptacle 30 is connected between the resistors 86 and 88 near the hot side of the battery by lead 102 and when this receptacle is plugged by an output lead such as by a male receptacle on the lead 40 in FIG. 1, nine volts are available at the hot terminal 104 of the receptacle 30. The outer terminal of the receptacle 30 is connected to the outer terminals of the other receptacles 32, 34 and 36 and all of these are grounded through a circuit which includes the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 78. In like manner, the hot terminal 106 of the receptacle 32 is connected by lead 108 to the junction between the series connected resistors 88 and 90 and provides a 6.3 volt output. The hot terminal 110 of the receptacle 34 is connected between the series connected resistors 90 and 92 by lead 112 and provides a 4.5 volt output, and the hot terminal 114 of the receptacle 36 is connected by lead 116 to the junction between the resistors 92 and 94 and provides a 3.5 volt D.C. output. Other D.C. output voltages could also be provided if desired, although for most purposes, when using a 12 volt battery, output voltages of 12 volts, 9 volts, 6.3 volts, 4.5 volts and 3.5 volts will suffice. These voltages are made available by proper selection of the resistances of the resistors 86-94.
Thus when the dashboard receptacle 26 is used as the means to connect the subject device to the battery source, the firefly lamp 44 will be energized as long as the battery voltage remains above 11.8 volts due to the action of the zener diode 72 and the transistor 78. As long as this condition is maintained continuity will be established through the transistor 78 and between the opposite sides of the voltage divider circuit. Under these conditions power will be available at the various voltage levels from the various receptacles 30-36. However, when the battery voltage drops below the predetermined level under control of the zener diode as stated the transistor 78 will no longer be able to conduct and will be cut off, and there will no longer be continuity between the voltage divider circuit and ground. This condition will be indicated by extinguishing the firefly lamp 44 and by the unavailability of power from the receptacles 30-36. The user will therefore know that he needs to recharge the battery before taking more power to prevent overdraining it. The present device therefore provides a convenient multiple voltage power source which can be used to operate many different kinds of electric equipment including transistor radios, lights of various kinds and for various purposes including for campsites and emergency situations, electric shavers, to operate a fishfinder device, and for a myriad of other devices and purposes. It is also apparent that the subject circuit can be used with storage batteries of various types including the more common 6, 12 and 24 volt batteries to name a few. Furthermore, the dashboard receptacle 26 can be substituted for by jumper connections made directly to a storage battery thereby also enabling the device to be used with storage batteries that are not part of another system such as by being installed in an automobile, truck, motorboat or other vehicle. When this is done, the entire system including the battery can be made to be portable and mobile and it can be combined for use with a battery charger if desired.
FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the subject device but wherein the receptacles 30, 32, 34 and 36 are replaced by a single pair of output receptacles 120 and 122, one of which is grounded and the other selectively connected to different voltages by the setting of a multiple position switch 124. In this case, the receptacle 122 is the grond side receptacle and the receptacle 120 is selectively connected to the different locations in a voltage divider circuit such as the voltage divider circuit shown in FIG. 2. Depending upon the setting of the switch 124 therefore determines the voltage availability at the terminals 120 and 122. One of the main differences between the device of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the device of FIG. 3 is that with the FIG. 3 device only one output voltage is available at any one time under control of setting of the switch 124 while with the construction shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, two or more different output voltages can be used simultaneously as desired. This is because it is possible, for example, to plug a lamp into the 6.3 voltage output receptacle 32 while simultaneously plugging a transistor radio into the 9 volt receptacle 30. Other combinations are also possible. Except for these differences the constructions of FIG. 1 and 3 are similar and operate similarly. It is also possible with either construction to use multiple output connections from the same receptacle and means for accomplishing this are well known and available commercially. Furthermore, both positive and negative output potentials can be taken by the use of appropriate output cables and cable connections. This is important inasmuch as some devices such as some current transistor devices require negative voltages to operate. Cables that make such a polarity reversal possible are available commercially.
It is also contemplated to substitute for the zener diode 72, the firefly lamp 44 and the transistor 78, a voltmeter or microammeter circuit which provides a visual indication as to the actual battery voltage. If this substitution is made, the operator must periodically check the battery voltage to make sure that it has not been excessively reduced.
FIGS. 5 and 6 show another embodiment 130 which is mounted on a frame structure 132. The frame 132 is supported for movement on wheels 134 and includes a pivotal support portion 136 which is used to maintain it in an upstanding position. A storage battery 138 is mounted on the frame 132 in a bracket 140 and has its output terminals 142 and 144 connected by clips 146 and 148 to circuit means similar to those described above, and also to a battery charger device 150 which may be of conventional construction. The battery charger 150 has a power cord 152 and plug 154 which can be plugged into an A.C. outlet such as into a 110 volt outlet when the battery is to be recharged.
The portable device 130 has a control panel 156 which has a multiposition switch 158 mounted thereon. The switch 158 is shown having four different setting positions including (1) an OFF setting position when the device is inoperative; (2) a CHG (or charge) setting position which is used when it is desired to recharge the battery 138 and when the plug 154 is inserted in a suitable A.C. acceptacle; (3) an AUX (or auxiliary) setting position which is used when power is being supplied to some load such as described above; and (4) a TEST position which is used to indicate the battery terminal voltage on meter 160. The control panel also has two or more outlet receptacles 162 and 164 which are used to provide the power to a load. These receptacles can be substituted for by receptacles similar to the receptacles 30-36 in FIGS. 1 and 2. Another switch 166 may also optionally be provided on the panel 156. The switch 166 is labeled CHG and must be moved to its charge setting position to complete the circuit necessary to charge the battery.
The battery 138 can also be recharged by disconnecting the battery charger device 150 from the battery and connecting the battery to an engine such as an automobile engine. This can be done in the usual way using jumper connections or by removing the battery from the bracket 140 and installing it in the vehicle or other engine driven device.
Thus there has been shown and described novel means for making power readily available at different voltages especially at remote locations, which means fulfill all of the objects and advantages sought therefor. It will be apparent however, that many changes, modifications, variations, and other uses and applications of the subject means will become apparent to those skilled in the art after considering this specification and the accompanying drawings. All such changes, modifications, variations and other uses and applications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention are deemed to be covered by the invention which is limited only by the claims which follow.
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A man who poured petrol around Mike Rann's electorate office has previous arson convictions, the Adelaide District Court has heard.
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A coroner has heard an elderly doctor who prescribed antibiotics to a patient who was allergic to them was not computer literate and failed to notice a warning.
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(Feb. 29, 2016) -- According to a new study by Dina Krasikova, assistant professor of management at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the key to a successful, creative leader is confidence. Krasikova, an expert in leadership, took a closer look at the modern workplace and noted that many factors lead to a productive, well-led team.
"Creativity is valued in many organizations, especially places like Google, which is all about creative products," Krasikova said. "In any type of organization, a leader is meant to come up with useful, novel ideas. Naturally, employees carry that responsibility as well."
Her top-tier research on leadership showed that ineffective or abusive leaders will create stressful situations for their employees by humiliating them in front of others, playing favorites or not giving their subordinates proper credit for their work.
"When you feel stressed, you feel helpless and your productivity and creativity is diminished," she said. "Many times this originates with the leader. For example, you might come to work unsure of what you're supposed to be doing because you get conflicting expectations from your direct supervisor or your boss. The solution is clear roles and communication."
Since her field, academia, is so focused on being creative with research, she and her colleagues Lei Huang of Auburn University and Dong Liu of the Georgia Institute of Technology, decided to explore what makes a creative leader so effective.
"When leaders feel confident that they can produce creative outcomes, their subordinates become more creative," she said. "It's that simple. But how do you create that environment in the first place?"
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"A factor in this is the power of positive thinking," she said. "Leaders can imbue their subordinates with confidence and creativity just by setting an example themselves."
Krasikova also stressed the importance of high-quality interpersonal relationships between leaders and subordinates, with an emphasis on trust, loyalty and mutual professional respect.
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Chapter One
Part I
I was a child murderer.
I don't mean child-murderer, though that's an idea. I mean child murderer, that is, a murderer who happens to be a child, or a child who happens to be a murderer. You can take your choice. When Aristotle notes that man is a rational animal one strains forward, cupping his ear, to hear which of those words is emphasized--rational animal, rational animal? Which am I? Child murderer, child murderer? It took me years to start writing this memoir, but now that I'm started, now that those ugly words are typed out, I could keep on typing forever. A kind of quiet, blubbering hysteria has set in. You would be surprised, normal as you are, to learn how many years, how many months, and how many awful minutes it has taken me just to type that first line, which you read in less than a second: I was a child murderer.
You think it's easy?
Let me explain the second line. Child-murderer is an "idea." I am writing this memoir in a rented room, ignoble enough and smelling of garbage, and outside in the street children are playing. Normal, like you and everyone who chances upon these sweaty words of mine, the children are making noise. Normal people always make noise. So it crosses my desperate, corrupt, cobwebbed mind, my flabby, cringingmind, that those noises could be silenced in the way I once silenced someone else. Already you are struggling and tugging with your distaste, eh? You're tempted to glance at the back of this book to see if the last chapter is a prison scene and a priest visits me and I either stoically refuse him or embrace his knees manfully. Yes, you are thinking of doing that. So I might as well tell you that my memoir will not end in any such convenient way; it isn't well-rounded or hemmed in by fate in the shape of novelistic architecture. It certainly isn't well-planned. It has no conclusion but just dribbles off, in much the same way it begins. This is life. My memoir is not a confession and it is not fiction to make money; it is simply . . . I am not sure what it is. Until I write it all out I won't even know what I think about it.
Look at my hands tremble! I am not well. I weigh two hundred and fifty pounds and I am not well, and if I told you how old I am you would turn away with a look of revulsion. How old am I? Did I stop growing on that day when "it" happened, note the shrewd passivity of that phrase, as if I hadn't made "it" happen myself, or did I maybe freeze into what I was, and outside of that shell layers and layers of fat began to form? Writing this is such hard work that I have to stop and wipe myself with a large handkerchief. I sweat all over. And those children outside my window! I think they are unkillable anyway. Life keeps on, getting noisier and noisier as I get quieter and quieter, and all these normal, noisy, healthy people around me keep pressing in, mouths full of laughing teeth and biceps charmingly bulging. At the second in which the slick lining of my stomach finally bursts, some creature next door will turn her radio from Bill Sharpe's "Weather Round-Up" to Guy Prince's "Top-Ten Jamboree."
This memoir is a hatchet to slash through my own heavy flesh and through the flesh of anyone else who happens to get in the way.
One thing I want to do, my readers, is to minimize the tension between writer and reader. Yes, there is tension. You think I am trying to put something over on you, but that isn't true. It isn't true. I am honest and dogged and eventually the truth will be told; it will just take time because I want to make sure everything gets in. I realize my sentences are slack and flabby and composed of too many small words--I'll see if I can't fix that. And you are impatient because I can't seem to get started telling this story in any normal way (I don't mean to be ironic so much, irony is an unpleasant character trait), and you would like to know, whimsically enough, whether I am in a mental institution now or crazy in some less official setting, whether I am repentant (a tongueless monk, maybe), whether much gore will be splattered throughout these pages, many violent encounters between male and female, and whether after these extravaganzas I am justly punished. Just punishment after illicit extravaganzas is usually served up for the benefit of the reader, who feels better. But, you see, this is not fiction. This is life. My problem is that I don't know what I am doing. I lived all this mess but I don't know what it is. I don't even know what I mean by "it." I have a story to tell, yes, and no one else could tell it but me, but if I tell it now and not next year it will come out one way, and if I could have forced my fat, heaving body to begin this a year ago it would have been a different story then. And it's possible that I'm lying without knowing it. Or telling the truth in some weird, symbolic way without knowing it, so only a few psychoanalytic literary critics (there are no more than three thousand) will have access to the truth, what "it" is.
So there is tension, all right, because I couldn't begin the story by stating: One morning in January a yellow Cadillac pulled up to a curb. And I couldn't begin the story by stating: He was an only child. (Both these statements are quite sensible, by the way, though I could never talk about myself in the third person.)
And I couldn't begin the story by stating: Elwood Everett met and wed Natashya Romanov when he was thirty-two and she was nineteen. (Those are my parents! It took me some time to type out their names.)
And I couldn't begin the story with this pathetic flourish: The closet door opened suddenly and there he stood, naked. He stared in at me and I stared out at him. (And that also will come to pass, though I hadn't intended to mention it so soon.)
All these devices are fine and I offer them to any amateur writer who wants them, but for me they don't work because . . . I'm not sure why. It must be because the story I have to tell is my life, synonymous with my life, and no life begins anywhere. If you have to begin your life with a sentence, better make it a brave summing up and not anything coy: I was a child murderer.
My readers, don't fret, don't nibble at your nails: indeed I was punished. Indeed I am being punished. My misery is proof of God's existence--yes, I'll offer that to you as a special bonus! It will do your souls good to read of my suffering. You'll want to know when my crime took place, and where. And what do I look like, this fat degenerate, dripping sweat over his manuscript, and how the hell old am I anyway, and whom did I kill, and why, and what sense does it make?
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Our stay at Avalon was very memorable. The area was absolutely beautiful. It was so relaxing. The accommodations were clean, luxurious, and very pretty. The fireplace and hot tub were welcome features after our marathon at Big Sur. The wooded area and stream were delightful and very serene. Vineyards backed up to the property! The breakfast they served us was top of the line and soooo delicious. Jerome made us feel comfortable, was very accommodating and provided specialized hospitality with fresh made cookies and five o'clock wine with local cheeses!!! He gave us useful information about the area. If we are able to get to California again we will make a point to stay at Avalon. We will definitely recommend this to our family and friends.
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4.8 on March 23, 2016
Extremely nice hosts that own and manage the Bed and Breakfast. Hilary and Gary spent time talking to us and made us all feel very welcome and special.
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We recently stayed at the Avalon and had an amazing time. The setting on the river is gorgeous. The staff was so helpful and had great suggestions on what to do on our visit. And the breakfast each morning was so good - just as good as anything you could get at a restaurant. If we ever travel to Sonoma County again, we would definitely stay here.
5 on February 22, 2016
My Wife and I went to Avalon for the Valentines weekend. This is the B&B standard that all should be measured against. The Enchanted Forest Room was excellent and we had our own hot tub next to a stream. It was a great weekend! The attention to detail was amazing. They thought of everything you would need to make your stay comfortable. The location was great for going to the coast or the wine country. They try to outdo themselves for breakfast each morning with a creative flare as this is not your typical B&B breakfast. So we will be back and I hope you all can get into this magical B&B in Sonoma.
4.6 on December 07, 2015
I was hoping to give my wife a pampered weekend away - the room, food and hosts were all great, but the surprise was how beautiful the surrounding woods and vineyards were -- had not counted on that, so truly it did excess my expectations!
5 on November 24, 2015
I am trying to think of some aspect of our stay that was less than perfect. Actually, there was only one bar of soap in the bathroom (but two sinks). Other than that, the hosts and staff were engaging, delightful and helpful, the surroundings were gorgeous, the food was totally gourmet, and so on.
4.4 on November 12, 2015
This B&B was very nice, however, for the price I would have expected a little luxury. The pillows were amazing & so were the breakfasts. The grounds were tranquil despite some road noise. The location is a bit far removed from most towns. Overall it was a pleasant stay.
The princess torn between her love for her husband, King Arthur, and her powerful desire for Sir Lancelot, Arthur's dear friend, Guenevere went into seclusion seeking relief from her conflicting feelings. She surrounded herself in luxury to preoccupy her mind and bring her peace. Choose this suite and you sleep in Guenevere's hideaway. With a king size bed, see-through fireplace, large sitting area, double-sink vanity, antique claw-foot tub, and two Romeo & Juilet balconies (one for each lover!), this suite is layered with romantic accents.
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In the land of Faerie, anything is possible. You will sleep with sweet dreams of flight and fancy in the elegant king size bed piled high with luxury linens. The Enchanted Forest is complete with a fireplace in the sitting area, double granite sinks and tumbled marble throughout the spacious bathroom, and amazing views of the giant Redwoods just outside your door. Leave your windows open all night and the splashing of the creek will deepen your slumber.
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With bottles of potions and magic, a king size bed, 3-sided fireplace visible from anywhere in the room, double cobalt blue blown glass sinks, and steam room shower and marvelous, tranquil forest view, this suite is sure to cast the spell you desire. Escape your world as fact becomes fiction in Merlin's mystical realm.
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Oakland, CA (OAK-Oakland Intl.) 65 miles
From San Francisco, take the Golden Gate Bridge north (Hwy 101) to Santa Rosa. Exit on Hwy 12 toward Sebastopol. Take the Fulton Road exit, and turn right onto Fulton Road. Turn left on Occidental Road. Go 4.5 miles to Gravenstein Highway (Hwy 116) and turn right (at the Texaco Station). Continue 1 mile to Graton Road, and turn left. Contiue 3.3 miles to our driveway.
Antique Shopping, Art Galleries, Beach, Concert venue, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Lake, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Nature area, Ocean, Horseback Riding, Bicycle Rentals, Hot Air Ballooning, Surfing, Hiking, Running/Walking, Outlet Stores, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services, River, Vineyard, Winery
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Hilary & Gary McCalla
Sign Language (ASL), English
Cycling, hiking, exploring, rock climbing, travelling, wine tasting, meeting people, cooking (fabulous breakfasts, mostly), conserving our wonderful natural resources, eating, and exploiting the talents and abilities of AJ, our three-year-old (such as, "AJ, can you carry in that luggage for the nice guests, please?") ;)
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Mormon Media Observer: The news says Latter-day Saints are suddenly hip but the church is square
There's little doubt that the LDS Church's "I'm a Mormon" advertising campaign is making good headway when it has received attention from comedian Stephen Colbert.
His funny but, alas, sacrilegious, mock advertisement of how Catholics show how cool they are created a wonderfully favorable dynamic for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I thought.
But it is the New York Times article, titled "To Be Young, Hip and Mormon," that really captured my attention. The article covers Brandon Flowers, front man for the band the Killers, and his new "I'm a Mormon" advertisement.
In fairness, this Style section article seemed well-intentioned, and it showed admiration for Latter-day Saints, but there's something that troubled me about it.
The article states the LDS Church's image is shaped by the conservative missionary look. But the reporter writes, "On college campuses, city streets and countless style blogs, a young generation of Mormons has adopted a fashion-forward urban aesthetic (geek-chic glasses, designer labels and plenty of vintage) that wouldn't look out of place at a Bushwick party."
The article then goes on to describe how there are limits to the LDS codes of dress, however, and such limits are a challenge for the "creative class."
The article then describes Latter-day Saints with tattoos and facial hair and how others feel the need to work around requirements for modesty. As is the Times way, many of those who the writer quote, at least a few anyway, seem to be Latter-day Saints who have left full activity.
The article's sidebar captures the tone: "Rebelling, if only just a little." Then it shows a series bullet points of "What the church teaches," followed by "How to get around it."
My main trouble with the New York Times piece was its subtle, even subversive, message. It suggests that the LDS Church is a stodgy church that needs to adapt its standards to the modern era. (I have read coverage from the 1960s that did the same thing in Time magazine.)
It seems to imply that Latter-day Saints follow a cultural, conservative faith that meets the sociological needs of its members and is a cultural force — while ignoring its more powerful claims of truth. The people are OK, the article seems to say, but the church as an institution needs to get with the program.
The article seems just another way of not taking the church and the arguments it makes seriously.
It's at times like this I wish I could write like Hugh Nibley. I think he would say something like, "See how this gets the Times off the hook? Articles like this allow those journalists to demonstrate: 'Those evangelicals are a bunch of bigots — they think Mormons are cult members. We think they are very cool. We accept them, even though their religion is out of sync with the times. See some of them even run away from their church's doctrines.'"
Then I could imagine Nibley going right at them for sophistry and for what he might call the false priesthoods and priests of the media industry.
But I am me. I am an observer. Much of the writing about the church, as generous and as favorable as it seems sometimes, becomes a kind of avoidance in the end. It all seems like so much cognitive dissonance. Reporters don't seem to want to tackle the implications of LDS belief.
Even Colbert's shtick seems full of this dissonance.
Colbert says, "Mormons say Joseph Smith received golden plates from an angel on a hill when everybody knows that Moses got stone tablets from a burning bush on a mountain."
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Ankara accuses Moscow of violating Turkish airspace, but the Russian defence ministry insists its plane was flying over Syrian territory when it was shot down.
Airspace violations have become increasingly common in recent years with the majority of encounters proving peaceful and routine, something that may change in light of events on Tuesday.
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Turkey and Greece dispute the sovereignty of islands in the Aegean, as well as the delimitation of territorial waters and national airspace.
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In a report to clients Tuesday, analyst Andy Hargreaves cited data from Net Applications that shows the iPhone's share of the global browser market to have accelerated to 0.31 percent from 0.16 percent since the July 11th launch of the iPhone 3G.
Should the trend continue through the remainder of the quarter (ending September 30th), it would suggest upside of approximately 1.5 million units to his previous estimate of 3.5 million iPhone sales.
"iPhones share of Internet browsing is now four times that of Windows Mobile and nearly 40 percent of Linuxs share," Hargreaves wrote. "Over the long term, we expect iPhones advantages to drive strong hardware revenue growth, while providing new opportunities to monetize the user base through value-added services."
More specifically, the analyst said the iPhone's share of the browser market has grown nearly 100 percent in the four countries that had access to the original iPhone. Meanwhile, the 17 countries that did not have the original iPhone have seen browser share increases range from 50 percent to 1,100 percent.
"iPhone 3G has generated its most impressive increase in browsing in Japan, where its share has grown to 0.12 percent from 0.01 percent over the past six weeks," he wrote.
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04-23-2011 12:34 AM - edited 04-23-2011 12:45 AM
Hey everyone,
So my app is on the App World now after a huge amount of work. But it definitely didn't get the reception I would have hoped for.. It has a couple mainly cosmetic bugs, I still saw it as being fit for use though, if I had a PlayBook I would use it without complaints. Yet I have this review:
0.5/5 stars
"not trying to be mean but this app should NOT be in the app world. improve it"
Should this review be denied? I'm not sure what to do. This makes my app sound awful and useless when it's definitely not.
Next I have "abit slow sometimes and it dosent add contacts from my bb". I don't have my free PlayBook yet, so I haven't tested it on it, but on Windows here it's extremely smooth. And the program doesn't have any reason to be slow. No complex animations and I think my code's efficiency is ok. But I guess having problems on the actual PlayBook that developers don't know about until they get their own is something almost everyone here is going to have? Also, what do they mean it doesn't add contacts from their BlackBerry? Is that even possible? Is this something new in the SDK?
These results are definitely disappointing, but I don't want to deny the reviews if I shouldn't.
EDIT: Also, even though I have reviews, the number of downloads of my app on the download report is 0. Why would that be?
Another edit: Would it be best for my apps reputation if I removed it from sale for now?
Hi Kai001,
You are not alone. Some of us developers had several problems with our apps behaving oddly in the Playbook hardware.
In my case I have a game (which wasn't free) that after real hardware testing showed lags and low framerate that were not visible on the simulator (thanks to benjismith for providing real hardware for remote testing as I am international developer so I don't have the Playbook yet). I did ~5 sales total, but after realizing the bugs I was having, I immediately removed it from sales and will put it back as soon as i have those resolved.
We must understand that END USERS don't even know/care about us not having real hardware to test our products. They just know that they are paying (in case of paid apps) or downloading (free apps) and they expect our products to be compelling and fully functional. This of course is unfair.
I suggest for you to remove it from sales until you can test on the hardware and solve the bugs properly. One bad review can mean a lot of things for your app, most people will not buy your app if they see bad reviews (this is pretty common in app world, where phone developers are always claiming that non-deserved bad reviews kill apps).
As for the BB contacts, the users expect for your app to do all "marvelous" native functionality. I think the user was referring to that specific feature without knowing that we cannot do it from the AIR SDK (as far as I know).
04-23-2011 01:43 AM - edited 04-23-2011 01:46 AM
Sometimes I wish we can communicate with the reviewers and ask for better feedback in order to improve our apps. As a developer I've always hated it when someone tells me "It doesn't work"... that is the worst feedback possible but people don't have the patience to explain the problem or just don't know how to.
There's a support email for a reason, it should be the first thing a person does if they have a problem instead of leaving a useless review.
With that being said, you should never release an app if it has noticeable bugs that are easy to reproduce... you're asking for bad reviews.
As for the 0 downloads, the data is always updated around 1am EST and always shows data of the previous day, never the current.
@daniel I don't want to sound mean but "This of course is unfair. , I completely disagree with you. Sure it sucks that we didn't get or PlayBooks ahead of time but no one forced us to release our apps (even though RIM called everyone to tell them to put their apps for sale we weren't obligated to). A simulator almost never performs the same way as a real device would. If an app is released it should be fully functional, at the very least the core functionality has to be there.
the comment about the core functionality wasn't referring to your app, it was actually about what daniel said "they expect our products to be compelling and fully functional. This of course is unfair."
Of course they expect it to be fully functional, otherwise it shouldn't be released
But yeah it's better to iron out all of the noticeable bugs that are fairly easy to reproduce before releasing an app, saves you from having those stupid "it doesn't work" reviews lol
Yesterday I get my first review:
This app works to track packages but it keeps showing an update is available and then duplicates the app.
3 stars
So that means that application is working ok, but there is problem with App World and that's why I get 3, not 5 stars. It's really unfair for us, developers.
@Ddluk: That's strange. Although I guess you have to assume that not all users understand what's going on behind all these apps and the app world, and from their point of view maybe they think you have something to do with that problem. Would this be good use for the 'Deny review' button? Has anyone used it?
I used Deny review button several times, mainly for some spam messages in reviews. After using it new ticket appear in vendor portal and then you need to wait for RIM to approve it or deny.
@Ddluk: Oh ok, hopefully they'll deny it then.
By the way, does anyone know if, when I make the new version of my app, will the bad reviews still be displayed? Or will I need to deny them? Or are they deleted when I removed the app from sale?


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Just how big is St. Louis repper Rockwell Knuckles fixing to do it in the near future? Let's just say he's gonna be blowing up like Baking Soda and vinegar in a model volcano. On this bubbly new single, the artist drops bars packed with larger-than-life braggadocio over the sax-laced, MPC-heavy production of Trifeckta. Digging it? Then keep it locked for details on forthcoming full-length You're F*cking Out, I'm F*cking In, which has yet to receive a solid drop date.
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