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I don't really have regrets but do you ever wish you'd done something now that you had the opportunity to do but that has long passed you by?
I once had the opportunity to go travelling in Asia, it was a school trip and my friends and I were all keen on going. We were told long in advance about it so we could save up for it and I was all for it – but eventually nerves got to me – nerves about being away from my family for so long, nerves about not managing to make the money in time from my weekend jobs. Eventually I pulled out, as did most of my friends. Only one friend ended up going on the trip.
In the years since then, many people I know have gone travelling – and one continent in particular seems popular with them. Asia, specifically South East Asia. There are plenty of countries in South East Asia that they have travelled to and one such country is Malaysia which is one of the countries I would absolutely love to visit.
A blogger I know has talked about Malaysia at length too and has mentioned some great places to stay – the Genting Highlands hotel resort. Genting Highlands is an integrated resort with hotels, casinos, and a theme park atop Gunung Ulu Kali, Pahang, at 1,740 metres altitude. The resort has a very cool temperature because of its position, ranging from 15-25 degrees celcius. The views are incredible and I can see myself staying here – I want somewhere that has all the amenities and has the sights- Genting Highlands hotels certainly have that!
The first hotel Highland Hotel was opened in 1971 and was granted the only casino license in the country the same year. The famous Genting Skyway cable car was built in 1997 and has the reputation for being the "World's Fastest Mono Cable Car System". I feel that if I was to visit Malaysia, I'd have to go to the Genting Highlands, don't you?
So why would I love to go travelling in Asia?
I've never ventured out of Europe
I'd love to spread my wings a little more. I've only been abroad twice, to Italy and to France – and I'd love to see what else the world has to offer. The views the countries in Asia have to offer me are absolutely incredible and I'd love to get involved in the cultures and see the sights.
The beauty
I've already touched on it slightly in my previous point but Asia is an absolutely beautiful continent – who wouldn't want to see it upfront and personal for themselves? It's all well and good seeing it on a TV or computer screen but nothing would beat seeing it in person, right?
You'll never be bored
There is so many countries to visit, so much to see and do. Why wouldn't anyone want to visit Asia, especially South East Asia, when there is so much on offer? World famous sights to see, incredible views, great accommodation, fantastic entertainment. There will always be something for you to see or do – something new to experience.
Is there a particular place you'd love to visit one day – that you may have once had the opportunity to visit but didn't take up? Or is there something you had the opportunity to do in the past and wish you had done now? Let me know – I hope I'm not the only who looks back and thinks they should have done certain things – hindsight, eh?
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To some Kentucky residents, debt is considered a necessary evil while others cannot stomach the thought of owing money to anyone. When people are considering paying off debt early, they might first want to think about their savings. Paying off debts is a relief, but building up savings might be more important than paying off obligations quickly.
Looking at their finances can often enable people to determine whether it is better to pay down debt or hold onto it. To do this, a look should be made at the amount and type of debts along with their interest rates versus the savings and the interest rates thereon. If the minimum payments can be made, one may wish to put money into retirement funds, emergency funds, save for a child's education and more instead of paying down debt. If these funds are available, then it is time to prioritize whether more saving is necessary or whether it is prudent to make extra debt payments.
If an emergency like a sudden layoff happened, one might need funds that are equal to about six months of household expenses. This could also provide protection from sudden unforeseen expenses like a car breakdown. After creating an emergency fund and savings funds, a person should consider whether adding to savings will yield a greater rate of return than paying down debts.
Some people have trouble focusing on saving for the future when weighed down with worries about current debts. Those facing wage garnishment or foreclosure might be able to find debt relief when consulting an attorney about bankruptcy options or other alternatives. Filing for bankruptcy can in some cases put at least a temporary halt to certain types of collection activities.


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This ad just popped up in our RSS readers. It's an advertisement for Durex XXL condoms. Uh, yeah! Anyway, this writer's initial reaction was one of total disgust (shades of Ron Jeremy crossed with Jackass papercuts!) and derision. But what did everyone else think? Is the younger generation just more relaxed about this sort of stuff? Are we senior folk totally humorless? We asked the other Jezebels and one friend of Jezebel, in descending order of age.
Omg I just saw that and I was like dude. YOU WISH. I'm offended and also like, the creative team must all be DREAMING. I feel like it's the kind of thing some guys think is awesome, and they are the guys who think they've got something special, which, of course, means that they don't.
It's appallingly gross. But offensive? It takes more than that. It's not such a bad premise, but something about the execution — especially the way the BandAids look more like stitches than BandAids — is off-putting. I think a guy would find this funny, and that's the target customer, so I'm cool with it.
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I think it's funny. This ad speaks to me because I can relate. I've been there. But not with the BandAids.
It's funny because it's offensive because it's some perfectly made-up model-type face.
There you have it: More evidence that, to the younger generation, sex means nothing, and image is everything!
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Comments can be made on local (Klamath) dams
I approve and vote for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conclusively rejecting — per Docket Number P-2082-027 — both destroying all Klamath River hydroelectric dams, and destroying each dam of any Klamath River hydroelectric dam(s).
Comments concerning 30-year or 50-year re-licensing for the Klamath River hydroelectric dams, possibly per U.S.A. Constitution Amendment 1, may be received of FERC per: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, or https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx ref. Docket# P-2082-027 or P-2082-000, or http://www.ferc.gov/contact-us/contact-us.asp, or Public Inquiries 1-866-208-3372, or Regional Fairness Boards 1-888-734-3247, or nonofficially per firstname.lastname@example.com.
Four primary complaints against the dams are:
1) No fish passageways around Copco 1, Copco 2, and Iron Gate dams;
2) the same toxic algal varieties (anabaena and microcysti! s) that are only minorily present in Upper Klamath Lake, being present in greater total algae population minorily-only percentages in the hydroelectric dam reservoirs;
3) seasonally warm dam reservoir surface water;
4) hydropowered electricity generation competition against fossil fuel (esp. subterranean-extracted natural gas) combustion-powered electricity generation.
I also approve and vote for the United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation to both purchase the four (i.e.: J.C. Boyle, Copco 1, Copco 2, Iron Gate) Klamath River hydroelectric dams, and maintain, manage, and where necessary improve (e.g., in some of those dams install fish passageway facilities) those dams for multiuse of the Klamath River. That includes — though is not limited to — anadromous fish migration, Klamath Basin and California agriculture irrigation, subsistence, sport, and commercial fishing, Tulelake and Lower Klamath Lake Wildlife Refuge water supply, wildlife habitat, multisource clean renewable hydroelectric power generation, recreation, Klamath River mouth sandbar displacement per river flow regulation (dredging can help also), and fire suppression.
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Did It Just Get REALLY Cool Around Here? October 25, 2010Posted by Mitchell in Art, Steampunk.
And I ain't talking about the weather
New stuff just came in and The Outfit nears completion:
The hat I ordered shortly after the other two on Etsy. I just had to have a green leather top hat. You can see I really had no choice in the matter right? The goggles I ordered a while ago (and yes, they're these). Again, there was really no choice in the matter after the general dissatisfaction with the other pair. The hat I got pretty quickly but there were some issues with the goggles and they were just delivered today. The cuff links arrived promptly and they're gorgeous. Shirts with French cuffs are hard to find in the stores around here, so I ordered one from the interwebberytubes and it should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. There are a couple more items that I picked up but haven't shown you yet.
So. What have you been up to?
- 3. Cruel Wife - October 26, 2010
Wow, I haven't seen anything like that hat, Mitch. Way cool! If you don't want your old black goggles, I might be convinced to take them off your hands… jk! Leave them on the black hat, and the new ones on the green. Then you can pick whichever hat suits your mood without having to change everything up. 🙂
- 4. LC Aggie Sith - October 26, 2010
CW is wise indeed. I like the green hat. Makes a statement 🙂
- 6. Mitchell - October 28, 2010
LOL Lipstick! And yeah, the green hat will come in handy on St. Patrick's Day. I never celebrate, but then I never had anything green to wear. I'll think I'll hit the Irish pub up the street next time with this on.
Electric blanket?? That's more than a bit much. I have my windows open all night and I LOVE it.
- 7. Mitchell - October 28, 2010
Ok, my shirt is in and if fits! I LOVE the French cuffs. I'm going to have to get more of these. Wasn't a fan of ironing it though. I'll probably just start sending these to the cleaners. It's a REALLY nice shirt from Paul Frederick. It's 100% cotton and I had this idea to get one and tie-dye it. Wouldn't that be cool?
- 10. Mitchell - October 28, 2010
I'm blessedly allergy-free. Years ago I worked with a gal who was really sensitive to pollen and whatnot for a while and she was miserable a lot of the time. It seemed like there was ALWAYS something coming into season for her.
French cuffs are really cool. Men's formal to semi-formal fashions generally don't offer many options for ornamentation. You get the tie and the pocket kerchief (but only if you're wearing the coat) and that's mostly it. I can get used to rocking cool cuff-links.
One of the things I MOST like about fall is I get to start wearing actual "grown-up" clothes. I can't wear this stuff half the year in this town so it's the same four khaki pants and polo shirts every week for months.
- 11. Nicole - October 28, 2010
French cuffs are very nice. Love the hat! Very looking forward to seeing the whole ensemble. 🙂
- 12. Mitchell - October 29, 2010
And wouldn't you know, the place I got my shirt from operates a special promo site where they sell the exact same shirt I just bought at less than half the price. It's white shirts only, and just four of them. It's a really good deal though; these are nice quality shirts.
- 13. LC Aggie Sith - October 29, 2010
Question: are you going to buy more shirts???
And boneheadedness over at H&B 🙂
- 14. Mitchell - October 29, 2010
are you going to buy more shirts???
Pfft. Are bears Catholic? Of course I'm going to buy more shirts. Do you not know me at all?
- 15. LC Aggie Sith - October 30, 2010
Yeah, it was rhetorical 😉
- 16. J2 - November 1, 2010
the hat and goggles are the shit….
nice pumpkins too…
- 17. Mitchell - November 1, 2010
Thankee J2! And welcome!
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The best reason to root are the amazing apps for root users, rooting phone is like getting an entirely new phone. If you root your Andriod phone, you can have access to multitouch and a fast refined browers. What's more, for a multitude of reasons, on the different Android phones' market, some Android phone hasn't been updated to the latest Android systems, some users have been told that their phones are not "compatible." . But, if you root your Android phone, you can install the latest Android systems. Based on these reasons, I want to root my Samusng Galaxy S6.
In fact, you can root your Andriod phone via a wide variety of software. But from my view, I perfer to Android Data Recovery. I used it manyy times, in my opinion, Android Data Recovery is an expert on mobile phone assistant software. It has a large number of functions, because it not only can root Andriod phone without losing data, but also can recover you deleted data such as contacts, text messages, call logs, photos, audios, videos etc.. I tried rooting my LG G5 yesterday, to my surprise, It's really very simple and quick because you just need finish two steps. Now I will share the way to you, I believe I can help you if you want to root Andriod phone without losing data or getting into bricked.
Steps to Root Android Phone without Losing Data
Step 1. Connect Your Android Device
First, you should launch Android Data Recovery on your computer, then you will find a lot of functions on the toolkits. You need to click on "Root" part of the toolkits. Next, you can connect your Android phone to the computer by using a USB cable.
Note: If your Android os version is 4.2.2 or above, you will get a pop-up message on your phone. Please tap on "OK" to allow USB debugging. Then the program will automatically recignize and connect your Android phone.
Step 2. Detect and Root Your Android Phone
If your Andriod phone is detected by the prgoram, you can click on "Start" to prepare to root your phone. Then program will detect your phone and find a proper way to root your phone. At this time, you just need wait a minute.
After detecting, Android Data Recovery will be ready to root your Android phone. It's very easy because you just need to click on "Root now", then program will start rooting your phone.
But please remember that during the whole rooting process, the phone will pop up a message to ask whether you would like to root the phone. Please tap on "Confirm" to continue the rooting. Wait a second, you will find that your phone will be rooted successfully.


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Is Medical Marijuana Causing More Fatal Crashes?/
By Rochelle Odell, Columnist
Medical marijuana's role in fatal auto accidents is a subject that's rarely addressed by those who support full legalization of cannabis. But I found numerous articles about it online and all show there is cause for concern.
An NBC News story warned that "Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths" back in 2014, the year after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana:
"During each shift at her drive-through window, once an hour, Cordelia Cordova sees people rolling joints in their cars. Some blow smoke in her face and smile.
Cordova, who lost a 23-year-old niece and her 1-month-old son to a driver who admitted he smoked pot that day, never smiles back. She thinks legal marijuana in Colorado, where she works, is making the problem of drugged driving worse."
"Drugged driving" is a term I had not heard before. Police agencies and medical professionals usually refer to it as driving under the influence or operating a vehicle while intoxicated. It is a perfect description, not only for marijuana, but for any substance that alters your ability to safely operate a vehicle.
The NBC News story quotes researchers at Columbia University, who looked at toxicology reports on over 23,000 dead drivers in six states were medical marijuana was legal. Cannabis was detected in the bodies three times more often in 2010 than in 1999.
"This trend suggests that marijuana is playing an increased role in fatal crashes, said Dr. Guohua Li, co-author and director for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at Columbia University Medical Center.
But alcohol was the most common mind-altering substance detected, appearing in the blood of nearly 40 percent of the drivers who died in 2010.
Research on this subject can be somewhat contradictory. A second study at Columbia found that states with medical marijuana laws had an 11 percent decrease in traffic fatalities. They also found there were fewer alcohol related accidents, suggesting that some younger drivers were substituting marijuana for alcohol.
Marijuana, like opiates and alcohol, should never be consumed by someone intending to drive. Even cannabidiol (CBD) based medications, which marijuana supporters tout as safe, may contain trace amounts tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical ingredient in cannabis that makes people high.
I am not an active proponent of medical marijuana, although I realize there are those who benefit from its use. But cannabis is not always the "magic bullet" when it comes to pain relief, and not all pain patients support it.
I tried CBD medication for three weeks and it did nothing for my pain. Being asthmatic precludes me from smoking or vaping, and I have been told using edibles in the amount required to achieve pain relief would require a large amount. Medical marijuana is also costly and can be cost prohibitive for those of us on fixed incomes.
I did vote for full legalization last year when it was on the California ballot. I also believe those who buy it from medical marijuana dispensaries have a right to know where it is cultivated, along with what pesticides, fertilizers or other harmful substances may have been used in its cultivation. People are going to use marijuana whether it is legal or illegal, so state and federal governments should legislate accordingly.
Studies show that Colorado, Oregon and Washington State have all seen an increase in car crashes since they fully legalized marijuana, although the number of fatal crashes has remained about the same. A recent analysis by the Denver Post found the number of drivers in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana after fatal crashes has risen by 145 percent since 2013.
Like everything else, we can draw our own conclusions from these statistics. I only ask that readers who are medical marijuana users check your state's laws before smoking or vaping, consuming CBD, or ingesting the popular edibles.
THC is a known psychoactive and can affect your ability to safely operate a vehicle. CBD can also show up in toxicology reports and will reflect on the driver if they're involved in an accident. Please educate yourself and be sober from any substance, legal or illegal, before driving.
Rochelle Odell lives in California. She's lived for nearly 25 years with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD).
The information in this column should not be considered as professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. It is for informational purposes only and represents the author's opinions alone. It does not inherently express or reflect the views, opinions and/or positions of Pain News Network.


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Sometimes the only way to get a new life is by running your old one completely into the ground. I learned that lesson in the most costly way: personal experience.
Reflecting on my life fifteen years after my Young Life career began I'm reminded of the tragic death of professional golfer Payne Stewart. Departing central Florida, the Learjet in which he traveled flew a ghostly journey halfway across the country. Anyone watching the jet overhead would've been unaware that something was tragically wrong on the inside. Apparently set on autopilot, its windows iced over and its occupants incapacitated, the aircraft presumably ran out of fuel and crashed nose-first into a grassy field. Everyone aboard was killed.
This tragic image serves well as a metaphor of my life back then. To the casual onlooker, my life appeared quite good. I was flying high. My Young Life work was effective and highly praised. And it wasn't all for show. God was working; people's lives were changing.
But something was wrong inside me. My life was on a deadly course with an incapacitated soul. My ability to see clearly was nil, outside efforts to get me to change course were refused, and my last bit of fuel was being depleted.
While in this desperate state I began reading The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. This powerful book turned my world upside down. It was as though Jesus was whispering to me from every page, "I'm not playing games. Fil, I really, really love you."
With the cheese sliding off my cracker, I finally reached out for help. I went on a guided silent retreat, a kind of detox center for the soul. For the next four days a spiritual guide prayerfully companioned me into the hidden harbors of my heart where fear, loneliness and resentment had dropped anchor. His unconditional acceptance infused me with courage to imagine that God accepted me too. His persistent emphasis on God's relentless love was the flint and steel that enlightened my vision to begin to see and believe that God "loves me as I am, not as I should be, since I'll never be the person I should be."
I came away from those four days with a profoundly new orientation that continues to frame my life: Until the unlimited, unbridled and unrelenting love of God takes root in our life, until God's reckless pursuit of us captures our imagination, until our head knowledge of God settles into our heart through pure grace, nothing really changes.
Recently I've been riveted by the story about Jesus' baptism, when the audible voice of God was heard to say, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased" (Luke 3:22 NRSV). As I've pondered this declaration, I find God's timing its most intriguing aspect. How much more sensible and appropriate it would've been for God to affirm His delight following the Sermon on the Mount or another extraordinary moment in Jesus' ministry that'd left the crowds reeling with astonishment! However, God deliberately chose to declare His pleasure when Jesus had yet to preach a sermon, heal anyone or walk on water! How much clearer could it be that God's love for us isn't contingent on our performance?
Nothing has been more effective in slowing the relentless, deadly pace of my driven life than a clearer picture of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Hearing God affirm to me that I'm truly loved saved me from the consequences of busyness. Now I know that nothing I do will ever cause God to love me more or to love me less.
When was the last time you heard God speak to you? Perhaps now would be a good time to stop and listen. Hear what Jesus says:
"Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly" (MT 11:28-30 MSG).


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New music video from one of my favourite artists Ásgeir entitled 'Going Home' – which has been taken from the album 'In the Silence'. The music video is made by Icelandic filmmaker and artist Máni Sigfússon.
"Going Home" / "Dreaming" is released April 7th
Live in the UK & Ireland in April & May
Tuesday 8th April – London, Union Chapel (sold out)
Wednesday 9th April – Liverpool, East Village Arts Club
Friday 11th April – Dublin, Sugar Club
Saturday 12th April – Galway, Roisin Dubh
Sunday 13th April Manchester, Deaf Institute
Thursday 8th May – Great Escape @St. Mary's Church
For a list of full international dates see asgeirmusic.com/
Tweet some love to @Ásgeirmusic
Join my facebook page! HERE
Enjoy Beckix


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Thanksgiving Checklist & Prison Christmas Play/
Here is the Thanksgiving Checklist that was in the sermon notes yesterday if you would like to use it this week as part of your Thanksgiving celebration.
I also mentioned Marion Correctional Institution's Christmas Play. I highly recommend adding this to your list this Christmas season. Here is a scan of this year's program, Christmas, The Prequel. Please note that you do have to make reservations for your party. Also know that you are going into a prison so there are different types of clearances you go through to pass from one area to the next. You are extremely safe the whole time.
God bless,
Pastor Mike


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Former Democrat President Jimmy Carter jumped to President Donald Trump's defense Wednesday, praising the New Yorker for not doing away with President Obama's DACA immigration policy in one shot.
The 92-year-old Georgia Democrat said during a town hall event at Emory University that Trump deserves some credit, CNN reported.
"To give Trump some due, he hasn't ended DACA yet," Carter said to Emory's first-year students. "What he's said is he has given Congress six months to address the issue, which is long overdue."
"It's very difficult because when (President Barack) Obama had a Democratic House and Senate, he didn't do it," Carter added.
Early in September, President Trump announced that he intended to end Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but with the stipulation that his action would be postponed for six months to give Congress time to address the issue.
It was this delayed action Carter praised.
"I don't think it's a hopeless case. I think the pressure and the publicity that Trump has brought to the immigration issue may have stimulated both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate to be more accommodating in this longstanding argument," the ex-president said.
The "malaise" president also had some advice for his successor.
"I would say to promote human rights, to keep our country at peace, and to tell the truth," Carter said. "I would like to see the United States of America, I'd say once again, become the foremost champion of human rights on earth."
The former president and one-time peanut farmer also worried that the U.S. would become an "oligarchy."
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Your family line not represented? Join in here!
You will notice that a lot of the numbers between the three sets of tests do not match! This indicates that we have three different ancestors represented in the results. Because we have so few results at the moment, there are several interpretations at this time.
The first possibility is that there are more than one Van Norman (etc.) ancestors that we descend from, who were not originally related. This is plausible because the very origins of the name "Van Arnhem" indicate that the original ancestor came from (or "Van") the Town of Arnhem in the Netherlands. Naturally there was likely more than one person from that town who came to North America in the earlier years.
Another possibility is that one or two of the lines trace back to an original Van Norman (etc.) immigrant, and the other one or two lines are the result of one of the anomalies that we talked about earlier -- Adoption, Illegitimacy, and Infidelity, etc.
As additional participant's results are added to our database, we will be able to get a better idea of what situations we are dealing with.
i.e. Are the New Jersey Van Normans descendants of a different line than the New York families? Are the Pennsylvania crowd related to the New Jersey or the New York lines? - Or both? -- Or neither?? Etc., Etc.
As we stated at the start of this project, the rewards are not going to come overnight, but will benefit researchers of the Van Norman surname over the long haul. Naturally we had hoped for more definitive results, but it was not to be!
Here is a brief outline of what the charts do tell us.
1) If all the numbers were identical, except for perhaps one or two, we would consider these people to be all descendants from a common ancestor, within a few hundred years or so. The DYS numbers in red tend to mutate or change faster than the ones in black, so these numbers are usually the ones to watch for. It is these mutations however, which might help us determine which line a particular Van Norman ancestor might connect to, when we are trying to knock down a brick wall in our research, assuming the mutation took place a few generations back, and is not a recent occurrence.
2) Listed on the chart is a Haplogroup that is predicted for each participant. These are generalizations used to "track" the various routes of migration of our early ancestors after they travelled out of Africa many thousands of years ago. While the actual results can be much more detailed, depending on the line, a general rule of thumb indicates that R1b lines are from Western Europe and R1a lines are from Eastern Europe. (There are many more categories than just those two as well.) The Genographic Project is a large study currently underway using this information to determine how humankind populated the earth. For more details go to www.nationalgeographic.com and click on the icon near the bottom left hand side of the page.
More to follow at a later date,
Aug 2, 2008
The Van Norman (etc.) Y-DNA Project Results
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I learned of the ancient Prayer of the Heart or The Jesus Prayer not from church or the bible, but rather from J.D.Salinger's classic, Franny and Zooey, in which Franny becomes obsessed with this simple prayer and how, with repetition it is supposed to bring you to a zen-like peace of soul.
Their mother is concerned about Franny and asks Zooey, her brilliant son, if he knows anything about it, which he does as he knows something about almost everything. Zooey explains that the prayer has very early origins but is most commonly discovered in an 9th or 10th century Russian book by an annonymous author, The Way of a Pilgrim, which is exactly what his sister had been reading.
The Way of a Pilgrim is about a Russian man who loses everything and becomes something of a wanderer, seeking to discover the meaning of the simple prayer, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." The prayer comes from the gospels and is the combination of a couple of passages, including;
Luke 18:13 – And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
Matthew 16:15-16 – He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Jesus tells Peter that his confession is a revelation from God, and, he explains to the disciples that the tax collector was justified by his humility.
In The Way of a Pilgrim the old wanderer is instructed by his spiritual father to pray the simple prayer often, even repeatedly, hundreds of times per day, until it becomes a part of him, like the beating of his heart, natural, as natural as breathing.
I found a copy of The Way of a Pilgrim and fell in love with the simple story and this wanderers quest. I began saying the prayer and making it a conscious part of my earliest thoughts in the morning, interspersed throughout my work day whenever I have a moment without distraction and the last words that repeat peacefully and thoughtfully in my mind and heart as I close my eyes to sleep. And while I've nowhere near the discipline and sense of quest that the dear wanderer exhibits, I really can feel it changing me. I can feel God changing me.
If you like classic novels and haven't read Franny and Zooey, I'd highly recommend it. If you are intrigued by the story of the Russian wanderer and his quest, track down a copy of The Way of a Pilgrim, you'll not regret it. And if you seek peace with God and long to know Him intimately, I encourage you to begin saying the Jesus Prayer, say it often. Continuously. Until it becomes for you, truly, a prayer of the heart.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.


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Countries such as The United-States, Cameroun, Bangladesh and many more are currently suffering of high rates of human trafficking, making them stand out on the top 20 list of such issue.
What makes these countries so vulnerable of human trafficking and abuse is the lack of control on borders, residents and criminal agencies present in the country.
The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees pleads its country representatives to assess this issue, now spreading across the globe. Many countries such as Africa, Turkey and Japan stand by the idea of strengthening border patrol, law enforcements and creating preventive measures such as raising public awareness and limiting inequality between men and women within countries in order to avoid making women an economical aid being sold by traffickers.
Although these ideas were pleasantly shared within the delegates present at the meeting, Japan shared an avant-garde thought; "We strongly believe that it will not be possible to prevent human trafficking without uniting our community." A few countries echoed that sentiment but many remained silent on the subject.
The question remains on weather the countries will unite or not, financially and socially, on finding human trafficking roots, creating preventive awareness campaigns and more.
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Helvidius (sometimes Helvetius) was the author of a work written prior to 383 against the belief in the perpetual virginity of Mary.
Helvidius maintained that the biblical mention of "sisters" and "brothers" of the Lord constitutes solid evidence that Mary had normal marital relations with Joseph and additional children after the miraculous conception and birth of Jesus. He supported his opinion by the writings of Tertullian and Victorinus.
Jerome, in reply, wrote a treatise known under the title The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary,[1] where he vigorously takes the other side, and argues that the "sisters" and "brothers" spoken of were either step-brothers, children of Joseph by a former marriage (cf. Protoevangelium of James), or first cousins, children of Mary's sister Elizabeth and siblings of John the Baptist. When Jerome wrote this treatise both he and Helvidius were in Rome, and Damasus was Roman bishop. The only contemporary notice preserved of Helvidius is contained in Jerome's treatise.
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The Canada Council for the Arts has announced that harpist Caroline Cole is the recipient of the 2014 Virginia Parker Prize.
The cash prize of $25,000 is awarded annually to a Canadian classical musician, instrumentalist or conductor, under the age of 32, who demonstrates outstanding talent and musicianship. Cole joins a list of prominent names who have won the award since it was established in 1982, including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, James Ehnes and Karina Gauvin. Her prize will be officially awarded this fall, when she will become the first harpist to win this prize.
Cole is a Peterborough, Ont., native, now living in New York City. She has a master's degree from the Juilliard School and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto studying with Judy Loman, who praised her former student's excellent aptitude and willingness to work for perfection in an email to CBC Music.
The young harpist received second prize at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Standard Life Competition in both 2007 and 2010, and became the first harpist to win the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award in 2009. Caroline Cole will be performing a solo performance at Northumberland Orchestra & Choir's Christmas concert and tickets are on sale.


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At Berean Christian School, we understand that we are helping to raise up the next generation of young men and women who can impact their world for Christ. Athletics is a way that students can learn important team-building skills, as well as life lessons, including how to win with humility and lose with grace. Athletics also help students learn the importance of working together to achieve a goal.
Another way that our athletic program serves the student body is that it helps teach them how to maintain proper care of their bodies through physical activity. We believe this contributes to their physical well-being and development.
Berean also offers the option of co-op athletic programs. For students who wish to take part in a sport that our school doesn't currently offer (including football, softball and baseball), we have a co-op arrangement with Gibbs High School so that our students may participate in those sports.
We have an athletic committee that is made up of faculty and parents who are passionate about serving the student athletes and helping to support the athletic program. This committee meets every 2 weeks and is instrumental in promoting the goals and values of our school through athletics.
Parents are always welcome to get involved with the athletic committee and are invited to attend a meeting to learn more. To find out more information about the Berean Christian School athletic committee, contact Eric Palmer email@example.com
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Berean Christian School offers athletic opportunities for all children from kindergarten through high school. Whether it's learning the basics of soccer in Coach Mike's elementary soccer camp, or competing against area schools in varsity basketball, we offer a wide range of sports.
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We are proud of our athletic program here at Berean Christian School. Most of our sports teams play their games at our on-campus facilities.
Our athletic facilities include a full-sized gymnasium that is used by our school's P.E. classes, as well as for volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer. Berean also has a soccer field where our middle and high school soccer teams play.
Our athletic program teaches students how to maintain proper care of their bodies through physical activity, which contributes to their physical well-being and development. We have a weight room to offer our athletes opportunities for training and conditioning.
Our cross country teams practice on campus, as well as at various local parks and other facilities. Meets are held around Knoxville at a variety of locations.
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This is where you decide for yourself whether I'm beautiful or just all wet. Don't ask me, I'm never sure myself.
Friday, April 29, 2016
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Day 5 was first weigh in. Three people didn't make it. Only one has an acceptable excuse. She injured herself and was in surgery getting her broken leg set. The other 2 who simply failed to show will have to pay for the missed appointment and will no longer be in the program. Quite possibly will need to find a different doctor. I don't mean to make her sound like a petty martinet, she is very reasonable as long as you try to follow her advice.
She has a family practice plus the wellness clinic. Why waste appointments on people who aren't willing to do the hard work of being healthier? She can give those appointment times to people who really want the help. Makes sense to me.
My first week weight loss total was 5 pounds. A little concerning since that's mostly water and having that much water weight at my age isn't a good thing. I got a reward for it since the purpose of the challenge is to not only help you learn how to eat healthy, it's also to teach that food isn't a reward. I'm getting a Reiki Massage because I lost weight. I'm the only one that did. The other 6 stayed the same.
She read the food journals and sat with them privately to show them what part of what they ate was the culprit and how they might replace that. I was in the other room enjoying my massage. I feel very relaxed and quite happy actually. Some of that, of course, comes from being proud of myself for sticking to it.
I was so happy with myself that I resisted buying one of those luscious cakes Walmart had in the front of their store. I bought a box of strawberries instead. I haven't gotten around to washing them yet, I had a lot of running around to do and I'm a bit tired.
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Last year my husband's granddaughter's birthday party invites were posted by his daughter on FB. When Oldest son found out we didn't know about the party, he ripped her a new asshole. She finally called us the night before the party to invite us. The only way to know what's going on is to have a FB so I can read what they post.Delete
I found out when Youngest DIL was going to have surgery for carpal tunnel on FB. I found out about another serious health scare for Oldest DIL on FB.
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before, the CONDR*Ns perhaps originate from County Offaly (which was called King's County until 1922) in the midlands of Ireland. There are many CONDR*Ns (mostly CONDRON) in the county in the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland (mid 19th century) and in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
It was only recently, however, when responding to a question about someone's King's County CONDRON ancestors, that I thought to map out where in Offaly the CONDR*Ns were distributed.
This county map shows the distribution of CONDR*Ns in the 1901 census for King's County.
|Places with CONDR*N heads of household in the 1901 census
The CONDR*Ns are pretty well spread about and don't have a single centre of concentration, though they are predominantly around Tullamore and in the west of the county.
The 1901 census is the earliest surviving census of the whole of Ireland. However a useful "census substitute" is the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland which recorded landowners and tenants in the mid 19th century. For King's County, the valuation was completed in July 1855, almost fifty years earlier than the 1901 census and almost ten years before universal civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1864. Therefore the Griffith's Valuation is a useful early snapshot of where people lived.
|Places with CONDR*Ns in the mid 19th century Griffiths valuation
This county map shows the distribution of CONDR*Ns in King's County in the Griffith's Valuation. Each small dot indicates one CONDR*N tenancy in that townland. The bigger dots indicate multiple CONDR*N tenancies, as follows: Glaskill (6 such tenancies), Clonfinlough (3 tenancies) and Fertaun (which almost merges with Glaskill on the map: 2 tenancies). There was one CONDRON tenant in Tullamore.
This shows that Glaskill (in Rahan & Lynally Roman Catholic parish) and Clonfinlough (in Clonmacnoise parish) were concentrations of CONDR*Ns in the mid 19th century as well as at the beginning of the 20th century. Although a few other place names are in common between the circa 1855 and 1901 distributions, most others are different although the overall geographical locations are similar. This is probably because the CONDR*Ns were generally tenant farmers, not land owners, and so by choice or - more likely - force of circumstance were more likely to move around than land owners would.
Comments and corrections welcome, either by leaving a comment below or by email to me: CONDRAN[AT]ONE-NAME.ORG .


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So at their September Event, Apple announced 3D Touch — a feature whereby if you push hard enough on your iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, you'll get a new interaction style. Cool!
New Interaction Styles
There are two new styles that Apple has by default on some built in apps.
Home Screen Quick Actions
These allow for quick shortcuts into certain parts of your app — for example, jump to Beats 1 in Music, or straight to the forward facing camera in the Camera App (Take a "Selfie") by 3d touching the application icon.
Peek and Pop
Peek and Pop lets you "peek" or "preview" some content, whether it be an email or a message or something else. Once you decide you want to keep looking at it, or start interacting with it, you can "pop" it, making it open like normal for interaction.
3D Touch for Developers
You Can Use It
Apple has opened up their API for developers to add 3D Touch features to their apps. They can support Peek and Pop, Home Screen Quick Actions, and more! This is pretty exciting. In fact, a friend and The Next Web writer Owen Williams wrote an article about how he thinks it could be end the of the "hamburger" menu. While I don't disagree with that, I think it's time to slow down for a second and talk about 3D Touch to make some things clear.
Consider Apple's Plan
If you think about the user experience Apple is providing with 3D touch, it's clear to see they've laid out a roadmap for onboarding users to 3D Touch. The features above, Peek and Pop and Home Screen Quick Actions can be thought of as features that enhance the experience of iPhone 3D touchusers but doesn't take away from the experience of other users. These are new ways to access already existing features, like composing a message or taking a selfie — they are not the only way to access a feature. It's subtle, beautiful and useful.
Don't Be Exclusive
If you make a feature exclusively or only accessible by 3D touch, it actually harms the experience to users not using that model of phone. Access to menus, features or screens via 3D Touch only is a big no no, as your users without 3D touch won't be able to access it. Apple recommends at least one other way to access the feature — it could be as simple as treating tap and hold the same as a 3D touch.
Another thing to note is that 3D touch can be disabled via the accessibility settings (which makes sense) — so don't assume that since they have one of the phones, that they'll have the feature. Check for it properly.
Help With Discoverability
3D Touch is notoriously hard to discover, and it's fair to say that some users will need to be explicitly taught that it's there. Use an Onboarding systemfor 3D touch users so they learn how to interact with your app. The thing here is, that if you do this, it'll train users to expect this functionality in other apps as well as stock apps — making them even more productive on their device. And they learned that from you. They'll appreciate that.
Promote the New Paradigm
3D touch is a user interface paradigm now, like hamburger buttons, back buttons, or compose items — they're something users will learn, recognize and expect consistent behaviour from. It'll take a while to catch on. Be a good citizen and do what you can to help. By the way, this doesn't have to be in code, show your friends they can do that on their phone too.
Developers, take advantage of these new features if you can. Make sure Peek and Pop work for your app, and use your analytics or common sense to determine what most common features you should put on your Home Screen Quick Actions list. Add new features to enhance the experience anddelight the users of 3D touch, but don't assume all users have 3D touch for a few years at least. Lastly, help onboard your users into 3D touch to help with it's discoverability as a system and app paradigm. Together, we can continue to delight our users. Good luck.


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The invention provides a liquid crystal, TFT display with driver lines folded around a light pipe and a digitizer. The digitizer has grid routing lines folded around a shield where the shield is connected to a shield of the computer system electronics. The display drivers and grid controller are mounted inward of an edge of the display. The glass layers surrounding the beads can have different thicknesses and composition while the liquid crystal surrounding the beads can be at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure. A surface of the display provides pen/pencil on paper feel as a digitizer pen is moved across the surface via hardness coatings and surface topography.
[0001] This application is related to U.S. having SGI, docket number 15-4-758.00, application Ser. No. ______, filed ______, entitled A Pen-Based Interface For A Notepad Computer by Keely et al and incorporated by reference herein.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention is directed to a system that combines a pen digitizer into a notepad (or notebook) type computer and, more particularly, providing such a system by nesting the digitizer in the display and within the thickness and area of a traditional notepad (or notebook) and providing a pen/paper feel while improving the quality of the image displayed.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Typical pen-based computers include a tablet-type pen digitizer technology which is used for input. Combining the tablet technology into a notepad or notebook type computer will result in a thick and heavy device making it difficult for such a device to be perceived as a true notepad type device. Other portable, pen-based input devices do not function as computers but rather as limited input devices. What is needed is a notepad computer that integrates the technology for pen based input into the display, without creating a heavy or thick device.
[0006] The display area of a pen-based computer over which the input with a pen is permitted is substantially smaller than the surface area of the device because regions on the edge of the input field are needed for input circuits and electronics. What is needed is a system that maximizes the input field size relative to the extent of the top surface of the notepad device.
[0007] Displays that use liquid crystal technology are prone to distortions in the image when a user contacts a pen or finger to the display surface. This creates visual distractions while using the device. What is needed is a system that prevents such distortion without preventing such contact.
[0008] Users of pen-based input devices also need to become accustomed to the tactile feel of the device as the input pen is moved across the surface. This feel is substantially different from the feel of a pen against paper. What is needed is a system in which users immediately feel they are using a familiar surface.
[0009] Electronic information systems capable of emulating pen and paper would have tremendous advantages in usability over traditional computers, with which interaction is much less intuitive and less direct.
[0010] Electromagnetic pen technology is the most capable of providing the desired input performance (accuracy, stability, and expressiveness), and liquid crystal displays are the most capable of providing the desired output performance (high resolution, brightness, contrast, and color depth, with small size, weight, and power consumption). However, attempts to date at using the technologies together have resulted in compromising all of these qualities.
[0011] Specifically, all pre-existing techniques for integrating electromagnetic pen and liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies have suffered from: 1. Inaccuracies, instabilities and/or parallax that make it impossible for the tip of the pen to provide a true representation of where ink will appear, as it does with pen and paper; 2. Susceptibility to electromagnetic interference that contributes to the inaccuracies, especially when the sensor is integrated tightly with system electronics; 3. Compromises to the optical characteristics of the displayed image due to losses in brightness and contrast from additional optical layers and surface reflections; and 4. Compromises to the size and weight of the system.
[0012] What is needed is a means of integrating electromagnetic pen and liquid crystal display technologies in a way that avoids compromising the performance of each.
[0013] It is an object of the present invention to provide a true notepad-type (or notebook) computer that integrates the electronics for pen-based input into the display.
[0014] It is a further object of the present invention to integrate electromagnetic pen digitization technology into a display module.
[0015] It is another object of the present invention to provide a notepad computer that maximizes the input field size relative to the extent of the front surface of the notepad.
[0016] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system that prevents display distortion caused by touching the display screen.
[0017] It is an additional object of the present invention to provide the feel of a pen against paper.
[0018] It is also an object of the present invention to provide materials and processing techniques which, when applied to device construction, yield further improvements in pen and display performance and quality.
[0019] It is an object of the present invention to provide an electromagnetic pen digitizer construction which achieves high performance input in combination with a thin film transistor (TFT) display.
[0020] It is an object of the present invention to provide a system in which the system electronics can be located in close proximity to the display
[0021] The above objects can be attained by a notepad (or notebook) computer that includes a liquid crystal, thin film transistor display with driver lines connected to the transistors and folded around a light pipe and digitizer so as to integrate the digitizer into the notepad computer while maintaining a minimal height and weight. The digitizer has a grid whose conductors connect to routing lines which are routed behind a shield, which is optionally connected to or integrated with additional shields of the computer system electronics, such as the processor. The display electronics and digitizer electronics are mounted inward of an edge of the display keeping the display as narrow as possible. The display layer, which includes the display addressing circuits, has spacer beads whose distribution density, compressibility, and migration are controlled. The glass layers in front of and behind the beads can have different thicknesses and different composition. A surface of the display provides a pen/pencil on paper feel as a digitizer pen is moved across the surface.
[0022] These together with other objects and advantages, which will be subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.
[0023] FIG. 1 depicts layers of a display digitizer assembly.
[0024] FIG. 2 depicts a process of folding display drive lines around layers according to the present invention.
[0025] FIG. 3 illustrates a layout of components.
[0026] FIG. 4 illustrates a process of assembly of the invention.
[0027] FIG. 5 depicts a characterization of optical artifacts avoided by the invention.
[0028] FIG. 6 depicts a pen and a display surface.
[0029] FIG. 7 shows a display layer.
[0030] FIG. 8 shows spacer beads within a display layer.
[0031] FIG. 9 depicts bead compression.
[0032] Minimizing a display module's weight and border width (the distance by which the overall size of a display module exceeds its active area) are crucial to reducing the weight and size of a portable system, whose heaviest and largest component is usually the display module itself. Designing a system to accommodate use of an electromagnetic digitizer has heretofore required significant increases in size and weight. The invention provides an integrated structure by which pen and display technologies can be combined in a single module with a minimum increase in weight and border width. In particular, the digitizer grid is positioned directly behind the display light-pipe reflector, and held by the same parts which hold the display itself together. The display's connections to its row and column driver electronics are folded back past the edges of the digitizer grid, and then inward so that the row and column driver electronics continue inboard behind the digitizer grid. A shield is used to isolate the digitizer grid from electromagnetic field disturbances caused by the row and column driver circuits. The signal lines or tails from the edges of the digitizer grid are routed inward between this shield and the row and column driver circuits, to grid send and receive circuits which are inboard of, and in the same plane as, the row and column driver circuits. The tails are signal lines which route grid lines and the electronics which drive and receive their signals, and are inboard of the edges of the display. The resulting module is one which can be built around a standard thin film transistor (TFT) addressed flat panel display, positions the digitizer grid as close to the display surface as is possible without interfering with the display optics, and weighs less and has a smaller border than is possible without its nested construction.
[0033] The system of the present invention includes several layers as depicted in FIG. 1 where the numbers noted within each layer denote the thickness of the layer in millimeters (mm). A liquid crystal display layer 12 preferably includes sublayers which will be discussed in greater detail later herein. The display layer 12 preferably includes a thin film transistor layer (TFT) although other liquid crystal display technologies could be used, such as a dual super twisted nematic (DSTN) type display. The layer 12 could be called a pixel addressing layer. Bus signal lines 12 for the source and gate addressing lines of the TFT emerge from this layer. These signal lines wrap 12 around a gap 14 approximately 0.7 mm thick, a back-light layer 16 which supplies light for the display 12 and a digitizer layer 18 to connect to an electronics layer 20 which includes the electronics for the display particularly the display drivers 22 as well as electronics for the digitizer layer 18. In the notepad-type preferred embodiment, a system electronics layer 24 up to ½ inch thick includes the remaining components of a notepad computer such as a processor, memory, modem, etc. This layer also includes a conventional shield (not shown) essentially surrounding the electronics and designed to reduce the emission of electromagnetic interference produced by the system electronics.
[0034] The display layer 10 includes a front polarizer 30 having a typical thickness of 0.2 mm and surface coatings and other features which will be discussed in more detail herein. The front glass 34 and a back glass 36 sandwich a TFT, a color filter and liquid crystal layer 38 from which the lines 12 extend. A back polarizer 40 completes the display layer.
[0035] The back light layer 16 includes one or more optical films 50 which can serve to diffuse, collimate, filter and/or pre-polarize the light. The films 50 are held between the display and a light pipe 52 which guides and evenly distributes light to be transmitted through the liquid crystal display (LCD), and a reflector 56 is held behind the light pipe 54.
[0036] The digitizer layer 18 includes a digitizer grid 60 bonded 62 to a digitizer substrate 64. A metal shield 66 is bonded to the back of the substrate 64 and the routing lines 68 are bonded behind the shield 66. A suitable pen, grid and controller can be obtained from Calcomp of Scottsdale, Arizona. The grid routing lines 70 fold around the substrate and shield 66. The digitizer grid 60 and pen controller 72 operate by producing an electromagnetic field which interacts with one or more coils in the pen from which the pen position, angle, and stylus pressure are determined. The shield 66 is designed to prevent noise produced by the pen controller electronics 72 and the system electronics layer 24 from interfering with the determination of position by the digitizer grid 60, and prevent unwanted absorption of the magnetic fields produced by the grid and pen. The shield 66 maybe electromagnetically coupled to a shield of the electronics layer 24.
[0037] In making the digitizer layer 18, the digitizer grid 60 and substrate 64, which are supplied as a component and typically comprise an insulated flexible printed circuit, are laid flat with the grid routing lines also laid out flat. The metal shield 66 is placed on the substrate 64 and an adhesive is applied thereto. The grid routing lines 70 are folded over the shield 66, the controller 72 is attached to the lines 70 and both are pressed into contact with the adhesive. This forms a digitizer layer module that can be positioned or placed as a unit.
[0038] Shown as an option in FIG. 1 is positioning the drivers 80 on a side of the stack of components. This option maybe preferred for shortening display signal propagation line length, provided the drivers are not so wide as to thicken the module overall in this configuration.
[0039] In wrapping the driver lines 12 around the layers 16 and 18 and nesting the digitizer inside the display, the first step (1) is to lay the lead lines 12 (and attached to the flat pack drive electronics 24) of the display layer 10 open or flat, as depicted in FIG. 2. An edge type spacer (not shown) which provides gap 14 is placed behind the display layer 10 and the back light layer 16 is placed behind the spacer. In typical lap top and tablet devices, the next layer is a structural layer immediately behind the light pipe that holds the many display layers together from the rear. This plastic spacer layer is typically 1.5 mm thick and is removed or not provided in the present invention. In place of the spacer layer the invention substitutes the digitizer layer 18. The second step (2), is to bond or lay the digitizer layer 18 directly against the back light layer 16. Next (3), the lines are folded around the layers 10, 16 and 18 and the drive electronics 22 are folded into place behind the grid layer 18. Finally, any additional electronics for the display or grid, such as digitizer controller, are fixed in place inboard of the display edges.
[0040] When the unit is completed, the layout of the components on the bottom of the unit (looking from the behind the display) will preferably be as in option 1 illustrated in FIG. 3 where the grid routing lines 72 will route from one pair of sides and the display lines 12 will wrap the same pair of sides (where the dashed line in this figure represents display active area). The display electronics may include both the drivers for the TFT as well as the display controller. Another option is to have the grid routing lines 70 and display driver lines 12 fold around different pairs of sides of the unit as depicted by option 2. A still further option is to provide the display drivers on a separate substrate on the side of the unit, as depicted in FIG. 1, option 1. It is important that with any of the options that the border outside the active area (dashed line) be held as low in width as possible and preferably less than about 5 mm.
[0041] The assembly of the entire notepad computer unit into a case can be accomplished most efficiently in a process as depicted in FIG. 4, where some operations are performed in parallel and some in series. The assembly typically uses plastic snaps that hold the layers together and to a plastic frame where the frame is part of the assembled unit. In a first assembly stage, the steps of assembling 90 back light layer 16, assembling 92 the display (and driver) layer 10, assembling 94 the digitizer grid, substrate and shield layer 18 along with assembling 96 the digitizer controller are performed in parallel. At the end of this stage, these subcomponents or layers can be tested and calibrated which is particularly shown as an option 98 for the programmable digitizer controller because of its sensitivity to external interference. Next, the layers or subcomponents are assembled 100 into a frame as previously discussed and again optionally tested and calibrated 102. Then, the system electronics 24 that include the processor are assembled into the frame and attached 104. At this time the grid shield 66 is coupled to or integrated into the system electronics shield. This is accomplished by connecting edges of the digitizer shield 66 to the system electronics shield at regular intervals using electrical contacts, such as spring/grounding posts. The display layers and system layers are held in close proximity to each other by the notepad or notebook computer case. At this point the entire system is tested and calibrated 106 to remove any cross coupling effects between the grid and the system electronics. A field test and calibration can also optionally be performed 108.
[0042] Because of the introduction of an electromagnetic field-based input system into the computer there is a need to minimize ferrous materials in the construction of the computer. This is accomplished by making the computer case of plastic where the case forms a frame around the edge of the display. Because of this use of plastic, the mechanical stability of the pen/display and the system as a whole can be compromised especially when the unit is frictionally fit into the case as is conventional. Adhesive bonding the display layer 10 directly to the front case by applying an adhesive to the entire inside rim of the display opening of the case provides the needed mechanical stability without use of ferrous materials, thereby providing the desired stiffness, producing permanent alignment, shock control, the spread of impact forces along edges, and liquid seal, with minimum cost, weight, and number of parts.
[0043] With the construction discussed above several important characteristics are provided for the notepad computer. The integrated pen/display module is an integrated structure by which pen and display technologies are combined into a single module with a minimum increase in weight and border width. The digitizer grid 60 is located directly behind the display light pipe reflector 56, by the same parts which hold the display itself together. The display's connections to its row and column driver electronics are folded back past the edges of the digitizer grid, and then inward so that the row and column driver electronics are positioned inboard of the edge of the display glass 34 and behind the digitizer grid 60. A shield is used to isolate the digitizer grid 60 from electromagnetic and magnetic field disturbances caused by the display, digitizer, and system electronics. The lines 70 of the digitizer grid 60 are run inward between the shield 66 and the row and column driver circuits 22, to grid control receive circuits 72 which are inboard of the edge of the glass 34, and in the same plane as, the row and column driver circuits 22. The resulting module is one which: can be built around a standard TFT mask; positions the digitizer grid as close to the display surface as is possible without interfering with the display optics; and weighs less and has a smaller border than is possible without its unique nested construction.
[0044] To provide a pen and paper feel for the user as the user uses a stylus or pen to interact with the notepad computer described herein, the present invention combines materials, shapes, surface textures, and requirements for pen pressure sensitivity and range of movement to achieve pen-on-paper and pencil-on-paper feel. To prevent excessive wear of the pen a conventional 3H hard coat, such as PMMA, available from Nitto Denko of Japan, cured to a 3H hardness is preferably applied to the front polarizer 30 and a pen with a 2H maximum hardness pen tip is used. In essence, the pen hardness is softer than the hardness of the display. The surface of the polarizer of the front glass is provided with surface bumps/pits for anti-glare and to prevent sub-pixel interference while also giving a pen on paper feel and appearance. These bumps/pits have size, depth and other geometric characteristics which are chosen to prevent glare, without introducing "sparkling", as well as provide friction and noise as a pen is moved across the surface, and stiction when the pen is held still against the surface, simulating a pen/pencil on paper feel. The size and shape of the topology of the bumps and pits needs to be of a character such that light from a display pixel is not sufficiently refracted to intersect light coming from another pixel.
[0045] Close visual inspection of a white display field on a color LCD with a thick front glass and a very fine dot pitch (125 dpi) reveals splotches of red and green in the white. This artifact is called sparkling because it moves and changes as the eye moves from side to side. The splotches are interference patterns created when the anti-glare surface refracts light from red, green and blue subpixels in a manner that varies cyclically over a distance larger than the size of a pixel. This problem is depicted in FIG. 5 which shows light from a middle subpixel 107 refracted by the antiglare surface 108 and appearing to the eye 109 as if it comes from an adjacent pixel. This optical interference pattern can be eliminated by choosing an anti-glare surface with larger or smaller bumps/pits. This can be done by visual inspection where a coating would be applied and inspected and another coating with larger or smaller features tried when a sparkling is detected.
[0046] The pen 110 as depicted in FIG. 6 is provided with a tip 112 with an initial shape of a hemisphere of about 1.5 mm diameter minimum. The 2H tip is made from a material such as nylon which wears by abrasion, does not bind to the anti-glare surface 114 and does not contain fillers, such as glass or similar material greater than 2H hardness, and interacts with the bumps/pits 116 of the anti-glare surface to create a ballpoint pen-like feel. Alternatively using a pen tip material of S hardness increases stiction when held statically against the anti-glare surface and increases friction when moved. Side play of the pen tip so as to create a pencil or fountain pen feel needs to be controlled to ±0.1 mm in order to maintain this feel. The tip sensitivity or pressure required on the tip to cause a signal to be produced must not be greater than about 15 g nor less than about 5 g. The axial movement 118 of the tip and resulting tip feedback force are also controlled to increase proportionately to simulate compression of a thin pad of paper (0.75 mm/100 g). This can be accomplished by any suitable means, such as a compressible elastomeric cone.
[0047] Visible color and shade distortions are created when pressure is applied to the front surface of a liquid crystal display. Microscopic analysis reveals that these distortions result from a momentary upset in the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, which occurs because a minute change in the gap (on the order of a change in gap thickness of 0.1 microns) between the glass layers creates a hydrostatic flow whose shear force overcomes the anchoring forces which bind the liquid crystal molecules to their respective alignment layers causing liquid crystal to flow away from the pressure spot and to flow back once pressure is released. This effect can be dramatically reduced by techniques described herein which prevent the flow or pooling of liquid crystal molecules (so-called because the appearance is like that of touching a pool of water) in response to momentary local pressure differences. Typical conventional approaches include the addition of another layer of glass or plastic above and separated from the display glass that is deflected by the touch. The addition of another layer of glass or plastic is detrimental to a notepad computer because of the added weight and particularly so to one which uses a pen digitizer because the separation of the pen from the digitizer grid is increased by the extra glass layer causing digitization errors and visual misalignment commonly called parallax.
[0048] FIG. 7 illustrates the layers of a liquid crystal display in greater detail than provided in FIG. 1. In particular, on the inside of the front glass 34 is a color filter layer approximately 1 to 2 microns thick. This layer divides each pixel into red, green and blue areas known as sub-pixels. A first alignment layer 132 is also provided and is typically a baked on polyamide approximate 400 angstroms thick. A common ITO electrode layer 131 is positioned between the filter layer 130 and the alignment layer 132. On the inside of the back glass 36 a thin film transistors layer 134 is formed on which a second alignment layer 136 is formed. Between the alignment layers 132 and 136 spacer beads 138 are provided to keep the layers 132 and 136 separated, and the liquid crystal resides between the layers 132 and 136 and around the beads 138.
[0049] To prevent the undesired distortion-creating flow, local pressure differences in the liquid crystal must be reduced to keep shear forces from overcoming the forces that anchor the liquid crystal molecules to the alignment layers.
[0050] To keep these local pressure differences low, local deflection of the front glass with respect to the back glass must be controlled. The invention provides several methods which can be used alone or in combination to accomplish this.
[0051] In the first method the support surface area provided by the beads is increased to decrease the pressure on the individual beads, thereby decreasing their compressibility, and thus increase the resistance to deflections of the front glass with respect to the back glass. This is accomplished by flattening out the variations in the glass substrates to increase the number of beads contacting both surfaces. The beads of a display can be applied to the TFT substrate by either wet or dry sprays before cell assembly occurs. A dry spray is preferred because the electrostate charges created on the beads during spraying causes the beads to both stick to the TFT layer surface and maintain a reasonably uniform dispersion access the inside of the cell because of electrostatic repulsion. First, a perimeter seal material 140 (see FIG. 7), containing 50-micron lengths of glass spacer rods, is applied to four edges of the glass layers 34 and 36 (including the layers inside the glass layers) with one or more liquid inlets approximately 25 mm wide along one edge left open. This seal is cured under pressure to adhere the edges of the front and back glass to each other at a desired cell gap distance apart (typically 5 microns) which is controlled by glass fibers included in the seal material. A vacuum of typically 50 mTorr or less is created in the gap. This can be done by placing the entire assembly in a vacuum chamber. The edge with liquid inlet(s) is submerged in liquid crystal material and the vacuum is released by slowly re-filling the vacuum chamber with an inert gas (typically Nitrogen or Argon) to create a filling pressure which, along with capillary forces, propels liquid crystal material into the cell gap. Next, in the invention, additional mechanical pressure is applied to the exterior of the glass layers after filling to compress the elastic spacer beads 138. This also flattens out the glass substrates to provide a greater number of beads contacting both the front and back glass.
[0052] As an option to the pressure step discussed above, heat is applied to bond the thermoplastic spacer beads 138 with the alignment layer 123 and 136 by slightly exceeding the glass transition melting temperature of the spacer beads. This further increases resistance to compression and migration of spacer beads.
[0053] After sealing and the release of mechanical pressure, ambient air pressure prevents glass layers 34 and 36 from deflecting apart. This together with the increased resistance to compression of the spacer beads 138 because more substrate surface area is in contact with the beads, eliminates the localized glass deflections creating pressure differences which create shear forces which overcome the anchoring forces and create the momentary flow that disturbs the twist of the liquid crystal molecules.
[0054] A second technique increases the number of beads in the gap to thereby increase the area resisting the deflection force. Spacer beads 138 are typically included in the liquid crystal material to maintain a constant cell gap. Local beam deflection can be prevented by increasing the quantity of those spacer beads until the mean distance between beads is less than or equal to a quarter of the thickness of the glass and distributing them randomly in the bead space as depicted in FIG. 8. In the case of 0.7 mm glass, the density of spacer beads should be brought up to about 300 per square mm. This is so that sufficient beads will be positioned on top of the TFT, gate line and source line structures to provide a typical beam length 150 of about 0.125 mm. With a typical front glass thickness the front glass is prevented from locally deforming between the beads. Increasing the density of beads beyond this level further decreases the elasticity of the sandwich in direct proportion to the number of beads, and further improves control over the cell gap, however, the excessive number of beads degrades the optics of the display by occupying a significant portion (5% or more) of the cell area.
[0055] A third technique of reducing the local deflection without degrading the display, while taking a somewhat increased processing time, is to subject the glass sandwich to even higher pressure associated with injection of the liquid crystal material, so as to ensure a residual compression of spacer beads when external pressure returns to a normal (atmospheric) level because the liquid crystal is at less than atmospheric pressure. Typically, the pressure on the glass sandwich can be increased to about 50 psi without damaging or otherwise compromising the display characterization. This method results in increasing the pressure that a finger or pen must exert to move the glass layers closer together, thus decreasing the flex and the unwanted effect.
[0056] A fourth technique which reduces deflection related distortion but does not account for torsion related distortion is to use a back glass 36 which is thinner and thus more flexible than the front glass 34, so that the back glass can deform along with the front glass without compressing the beads, thus keeping the cell gap constant. Preferably, borosilate front glass or other non-alkaline glass with a surface irregularity of less than 0.05 microns and up to about 1.1 mm thick 34 is used with borosilicate back glass as low as about 0.5 mm thick.
[0057] A fifth technique is to increase the stiffness of the front glass and to decrease the stiffness of the back glass by varying the material formulations and/or processing of front and back glass. The stiffness of a sheet of glass can be increased or decreased by varying the material formulation of the glass, or by subjecting the glass to processes that change the Young's modulus by building up internal stresses in the glass. Substituting soda lime glass for the back glass 36, or tempered glass for the front glass 34, further improves control over cell gap.
[0058] A sixth technique can be used when dislocations are caused by bead compression and involves decreasing the compressibility of the spacer beads themselves. FIG. 9 depicts spacer beads 160 and 162 deformed by the pressure applied by a pen. Increasing the hardness of the beads by using a harder plastic or glass will prevent the compression. However, the beads should not be made so hard that they create point pressures on the cell sputtered layers sufficient to cause them to break.
[0059] The present invention has been described with respect to a notepad computer and the technology can also be applied to notebook computers, lap top computers, pocket-sized personal information managers, systems with other LCD technologies such as DSTN or DMTN and other pen technologies such as resistive, capacitive or optical touch input. The invention applies to, as well, to other portable computer devices in which the system electronics are held in close proximity to the display and which can use non-traditional input devices such as a stylus.
[0060] The many features and advantages of the invention are apparent from the detailed specification and, thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention which fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation illustrated and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a light source having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a digitizer abutting the rear surface of said light source;
- a liquid crystal, display having a rear surface confronting the front surface of said light source, and having driver lines connected to pixel cells and folded around said light source and said digitizer.
2. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising display drivers connected to the driver lines and mounted inward of an edge of said display.
3. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said digitizer comprises:
- a metal shield having first and second surfaces;
- a digitizer grid confronting the first surface of said shield, having conductor routing lines routed behind said shield and confronting the second surface of said shield; and
- a grid controller coupled to said routing lines and mounted inward of an edge of said grid.
4. An apparatus as recited in claim 3, further comprising system electronics confronting the second surface of said digitizer grid and having an electromagnetic noise shield coupled to said metal shield.
5. An apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plastic case having a display opening with a rim and said display is adhesively bonded to said rim.
6. A notepad computer, comprising:
- a display having a digitizer nested therein; and
- a processor system coupled to said display and said digitizer.
7. An apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid crystal display having a front glass; and
- a surface associated with said front glass providing a pen/pencil on paper feel as a digitizer pen is held against and moved across said surface.
8. An apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein a hardness of a hard coat on the surface is harder by predetermined amounts than an associated digitizer pen tip.
9. An apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein said surface comprises a 3H hardness hard coat on a polarizer, and said surface comprises bumps and pits of size and depth reducing glare and contributing to pen/pencil on paper feel.
10. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a first glass;
- a pixel addressing layer on said first glass;
- an first alignment layer on said pixel addressing layer;
- a liquid crystal layer;
- a second alignment layer;
- a second glass beneath said second alignment layer;
- spacer beads positioned between said first and second alignment layers; and
- a mechanism reducing deflection of said second glass with respect to said first glass.
11. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises flattening the first and second glasses by compression against such beads.
12. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises beads having a number approximately greater than about 300 per square millimeter and less than about 5% of cell area for a first glass thickness of 0.7 mm.
13. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises glass beads.
14. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises liquid crystal surrounding said beads and between said alignment layers at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure.
15. A display as recited in claim 10, further comprising a color filter layer beneath said second alignment layer.
16. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises said second glass being thinner than said first glass.
17. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises said second glass being thicker than said first glass.
18. A display as recited in claim 10, wherein said mechanism comprises said first glass having a different composition than said second glass.
19. A notepad computer, comprising:
- a light source having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a digitizer abutting the rear surface of said light source, said digitizer comprising:
- a metal shield having first and second surfaces;
- a digitizer grid confronting the first surface of said shield, having conductor routing lines routed behind said shield and confronting the second surface of said shield; and
- a grid controller coupled to said routing lines and mounted inward of an edge of said grid;
- a liquid crystal display having a rear surface confronting the front surface of said light source, having driver lines connected to the transistors and folded around said light source and said digitizer, said display comprising:
- a first glass;
- a pixel addressing layer on said first glass;
- a first alignment layer on said addressing layer;
- a liquid crystal layer;
- a second alignment layer;
- a color filter layer on said second alignment layer;
- a second glass on said filter layer, of different thickness than said first glass and comprising a different composition than said first glass;
- spacer beads positioned between said first and second alignment layers, and compressed against said first and second glasses;
- liquid crystal surrounding said beads and between said alignment layers at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; and
- a surface associated with said second glass and providing a pen/pencil on paper feel as a digitizer pen is held against or moved across said surface;
- display drivers connected to the driver lines and mounted inward of an edge of said display and confronting the second surface of said grid;
- computer system electronics confronting the second surface of said digitizer grid and having an electromagnetic noise shield coupled to said metal shield; and
- a plastic case having a display opening with a rim and said display is adhesively bonded to the rim.
Patent History
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 20, 1998
Publication Date: May 30, 2002
Patent Grant number: 6756970
Inventors: LEROY BERTRAND KEELY, JR. (PORTOLA VALLEY, CA), DANIEL E. EVANICKY (SAN JOSE, CA), CHARLES FORD ALEXANDER (MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA)
Application Number: 09196114
International Classification: G09G005/00;


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