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wordpress | What is and who is the soul? Or is there no soul?
The soul is the thing that goes to hell or heaven because it’s the thing making the right or wrong decisions.
This is the Christian view of the soul: it’s the identity (the ego) because it’s the one making the choices and is sinful through and through and needs redemption.
The soul is our source, the sustainer and the provider of services such as locomotion, the senses, the chemical powerhouse in each or our cells. Our soul exists only in the present moment.
It’s the human animal that gets my vote for being the soul. Why is the human animal so important? Is our body and its wonderful talents our only link to the all, the everything, the nowness, the real, the truth…to nature in all of its loveliness and horror?
When our creator and sustainer is no longer alive, what can sustain us? How can the consciousness, the awareness, the identity, the chooser survive?
This entry was posted in adventure, Death, discovery, ideas, religion, security, speculation and tagged alive, death, ego, human animal, identity, nature, redemption, sinful, soul, talents by littleboone. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-25T16:29:32Z | https://questionsnow.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/our-only-link/ | Porn | Reference | 0.224508 |
wordpress | A Fresh Review of the “Linguistic Traditions of Kashmir” (2011).
Linguistic Traditions of Kashmir : Essays in Memory of Pandit Dinanath Yaksha, Mrinal Kaul & Ashok Aklujkar (eds.), DK Printworld (P) Ltd., F-52, Bali Nagar, New Delhi 110015. Web-site: dkprintworld.com. First edition year : 2008. xxxiii + 609 pp. Bibliographic Details : Appendicies ; Indices.
“Linguistic Traditions of Kashmir” edited by Mrinal Kaul and Ashok Aklujkar is a very appropriate tribute to the memory of Pandit Dinanath Yaksha, “the towering figure of traditional learning in Kashmir”, whose main field of study was linguistics. It is a testimony in letters to the multifaceted Kashmiri scholarship, to its profound depth as well as to its ingenuity. As Kapila Vatsyayan pointed out in her forward, Kashmir’s contribution to the study of language was not paid due attention and the present volume has fulfilled the desideratum.
The Volume contains 21 papers by renowned scholars on different aspects of language studied and discussed by Kashmiri Pandits through the ages. Even a cursory glance at the table of contents reveals the vast range of approaches with which the phenomenon of language was examined in Kashmir. Here we get a glimpse into the world of diversified insights into the world of words. The Volume opens with a life-sketch of Pandit Dinanath Yaksa and introduction by Mrinal Kaul, one of the editors. The introduction itself is a well-studied document on the history of the development of grammatical tradition in Kashmir. The introduction ends with valuable directions and suggestions for future research which provide useful guidelines for prospective researchers. Three profound essays by Ashok Aklujkar are focused on the issue of Kashmir as the provenance of Patañjali, the greatest among the three sages of Pāṇinian tradition, though each one of them elaborates a single, related point. Aklujkar has, following the style of a traditional Sanskrit Pandit, presented first a mighty pūrvapakṣa and then a mightier uttarapakṣa. His view of Kashmir as the domicile of Patañjali is based on the following arguments: 1. There are references in Sanskrit texts which show that Kashmir tradition of learning attached great importance to the study of Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya not only as an object of academic achievement but also for good governance. 2. Gonardīya, one of the epithets of Patañjali is a corrupt form of a Gonandīya derived from Gonanda which is the name of a founding figure in the area of governance for the Kashmirians. 3. Nàgas were venerated in Kashmir and Patañjali was worshipped as the incarnation of the divine serpent, śeṣa. 4. The existing manuscripts of the Mahābhāṣya probably go back to a manuscript written in Kashmir. Aklujkar has spared no pains in proving his point with his logical acumen accompanied by a rich score of citations establishing a special connection between Kashmir and Patañjali. Notwithstanding his application of perfect research methodology and higher textual criticism we have to wait until a conclusive evidence presents itself to put a stamp on his thesis. However, all the three essays by Aklujkar certainly convey the hidden message “that in the highly troubled state of contemporary Kashmir we should, regardless of how unrealistic it may seem at present, aim at creating a situation in which MB (Mahābhāṣya) expertise again begins to flourish” (p. 87).
Estella Del Bon and Vincenzo Vergiani have, in their essay on the treatment of present tense in the Kāśmīraśabdāmṛtam, a grammar of Kashmiri in Pāṇinian style, have tried to show, on the basis of their study, though confined to a limited section of the grammar, how the grammar of Kashmiri represents `an impressive intellectual breakthrough’ (p.224) by achieving `the unprecedented grammar of a “vernacular” language’ (p. 224). Use of the Pāṇinian model in writing grammars of regional languages is not uncommon in the history of Indian grammatical literature. However, here we have, for the first time, a complete grammar of a vernacular composed by using Pāṇinian terminology and technique to some extent. This study opens, in fact, a new chapter in the study of Pāṇini as a model. It further underscores the invincible character of the Pāṇinian model of grammar.
In Kashmir the influence of Pāṇini transcended linguistic area and exerted itself on the philosophical deliberations. Application of some of the Pāṇinian grammatical categories in the argument on certain philosophical issues by Kashmiri Pandits of the past has been a topic of the essays by Bettine Bäumer, David Peter Lawrence and Raffaele Torella. These essays represent well studied documents illustrating how Pāṇinian grammatical concepts are pressed into service by the philosophers of Kashmir. Kashmir emerges from the two essays by Johannes Bronkhorst as a thriving centre in the past, of both, orthodox as well as non-orthodox schools of interpretation of Pāṇini. His observation, namely, that “Kashmir may have saved the now orthodox tradition of Pāṇinian interpretation” is based, mainly, on the interpretation of the well-known set of verses at the end of the second kāṇḍa of Vākyapadīya of Bhartṛhari which describes the history of the downfall and revival of the tradition of the Mahābhāṣya studied. According to him the new interpretation of the words parvata and dākṣiṇātya in the verses offered by him leads to the conclusion that “the Mahābhāṣya had survived only in the form of the book south of Kashmir, whereas the oral tradition was still alive in Kashmir” (p. 277). Puṇyarāja, the traditional commentator explains, however, parvatāt as referring to a part of a mountain range in Shreelanka and refers to a grammar composed by Rāvaṇa, a mythical personality, which was handed over to Candra and Vasurata by a spirit. Apparently, this mythical interpretation hardly makes any sense. It cannot be, however, dispensed with.
In his second essay Bronkhorst presents Udbhaṭa as a non-orthodox grammarian interpreting Pāṇini independent of Mahābhāṣya. His observation, namely, that Udbhaṭa represented the group of “Pāṇinian freethinkers” (p. 298) is interesting. It is, however, hard to state with conviction about a tradition (if at all) which is lost. Geroge Cardona has elaborately dealt with the issue of omission of certain sections of grammar in the Kātantravyākaraṇa and argued that this omission is due not to the need for brevity alone, but it can be traced back to the theoretical discussions that took place among the grammarians of different schools including the Pāṇinian school. Oliver Hann’s essay on the three Kashmirian texts on Sanskrit syntax has illuminated a so far unknown corner of the tradition of linguistics in Kashmir, namely, the Samanvaya texts. Hann has, in fact, carried further the task, already commenced by Slaje, by giving a detailed account of the three Samanvaya texts with reference to the nature and contents of the manuscripts as well as their interdependence. The essay points out that the authors of these texts dealt with the whole range of possible syntactic relations within a sentence as well as between sentences. Hann has also recorded the terminological deviations from Pāṇinian tradition found in these texts, which show some influence of the Kātantra tradition.
Essays by V. N. Jha, S. D. Joshi, Nirmala Kulkarni, H. C. Patyal, Vincenzo Vergiani and P. Visalakshy deal with specific issues in the works of the linguistics of the past such as Jayantabhaṭṭa, Kaiyaṭa, Uvaṭa and Helarāja who are believed to have belonged to Kashmir. All these scholars have brought to light certain new aspects of the works of these authors. In his essay Malhar Kulkarni has presented a close scrutiny of a part of the Śāradā manuscripts of the Kāśikāvṛtti and has concluded that the Kashmir tradition of Kāśikā manuscripts represents a shorter version and that further study of the Kāśikā manuscripts might lead one to claim that Kashmir preserved the ur-text of Kāśikā. The essay is based on a careful study of the Śāradā manuscripts and has thrown a challenge before the students of Pāṇinian tradition, particularly of Kāśikā. The three appendices giving details about the select manuscripts lists followed by authors-and-works lists constitute very important data in the form of a corpus of texts from Kashmir dealing with linguistics. They have enhanced the value of the volume as a research aid. They are, in fact, an invitation to prospective students and scholars to revive the tradition of linguistic studies in Kashmir.
The volume is thus rich with scholarly discussions pertaining to various aspects including historical, textual, inter-textual, exegetical and also pertaining to manuscriptology. Mrinal Kaul, the budding and promising scholar deserves great compliments not only for stringing together valuable research contributions from specialists but also for giving a detailed outline for further research. Further generations of research scholars will, I am sure, remain grateful to the editors for providing guidelines for further research in linguistics. Lastly, the volume has succeeded in bringing Kashmir on the Indological map and in drawing attention to the fact that it still remains a fertile soil for studies in linguistics. | 2019-04-22T05:13:50Z | https://kashuradab.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/a-fresh-review-of-the-linguistic-traditions-of-kashmir-2011/ | Porn | Reference | 0.193079 |
wordpress | Monday 21st of September I was at work when, during my lunch break I received a message with the surprising question: “Do you want to attend a meeting on gender issues in the US” – nothing more. I said YES and the adventure started.
I was told I have to address a speech to the “Global Leader’s Meeting on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment” on the 27th of September at the UN in New York, as a Youth Leader. That is amazing! After I got my VISA, changed a flight, flied to Paris, then New York; after more than 10 hours on different planes, there I was – New York! I had some dinner and a lovely chat with YWCA and Christian Aid representatives, because you are never too tired to speak about important issues of today’s society, right?
After I got some rest, the next day I was finally able to start working on my speech for the big event. Inspiration was one thing I did not lack for sure, surrounded by so many amazing and inspiring women. It is nice to read about it in the newspapers, it is healthy to base your beliefs on statistics, but nothing compares to drawing conclusions when you hear one woman’s honest, profound personal story – thank you Girl Declaration for the inspiring VIP Mentoring Session I could take part in!
My speech focused mostly on the different chances girls, young women and women of the world have in life, regardless of their abilities, goals or dreams. If I could be there, speaking up my mind as a young leader, it was by right, not by chances – so I asked for commitment to giving girls, young women and women their right to dreaming and achieving their dreams through better educational and health systems, better employment, end of child marriage, transparency, end of corruption!
I was extremely proud that, after my speech, the president of Romania who was in the room stood up to congratulate me and show his support. That was not just Klaus Iohannis standing up for Ruxandra Diaconescu – this is the symbol of a head of state who shows support (also publicly in his statement) to the civil society with focus on youth.
The event was both a personal and a global success in my opinion!
Ready for departure – sky’s the limit! | 2019-04-19T15:34:23Z | https://womenleadingchange.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/ywca-of-romania-youth-speaker-in-new-york-at-unga-70/ | Porn | Society | 0.339506 |
wordpress | Rare Disease Day – Dystonia and Raising Awareness!
On 28 February 2018 it is Rare Disease Day to raise awareness for rare diseases and their impact on the lives of patients and families.
It is also an opportunity for participants to be part of a global call on policy makers, researchers, companies and healthcare professionals to increasingly and more effectively involve patients in rare disease research.
Did you know there are some forms of Dystonia that are rare?
Dystonia is a neurological movement condition which affects adults and children and is often not well known. It can affect any part of the body and causes muscles to contract or spasm. Pain, tremors, twisting and other uncontrollable movements can be experienced. Symptoms may be due to the Basal Ganglia or other areas of the brain that control movement. Neurotransmitters may send signals to muscles to cause them to be overactive.
Even though Dystonia can be known as idiopathic or primary Dystonia, it may also be genetic or result from other health conditions such as stroke, other diseases, physical trauma, or as a side effect to certain medications. There are different types of Dystonia and some are rare, such as Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD), which usually appears in childhood or adolescence with difficulty in walking.
Rare Disease Day 2018 and #CitSciMedBlitz!
Harik, who is part of the ADSG Admin team, volunteers her time despite living with Cervical Dystonia, to support people with all forms of Dystonia, including the genetic and rare forms.
She will be participating in the 24 hour challenge #Mark2Curathon to raise awareness for all rare conditions including NGLY-1 deficiency.
The challenge would be to identify key terms, including genes, diseases, and drugs in all biomedical research which will help the researchers or scientists.
It would be a big achievement in just participating as the condition affects her neck, causes muscle spasms as well other symptoms, and will make it difficult to even attempt the challenge, but she is willing to give it her best to raise awareness for all rare diseases!
You can follow the event and updates on twitter @Mark2Cure or for more info you can visit the Mark2Cure website.
Get on board! Raise awareness and support rare disease research! | 2019-04-22T01:15:20Z | https://australiandystoniasupportgroup.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/rare-disease-day-dystonia-and-raising-awareness/ | Porn | Health | 0.516655 |
wordpress | ← There’s a house, then there’s a home.
Okay, so lately I have been thinking about how much time has gone by and how so little has changed. And how our days are limited. It sometimes frightens me to think just how quickly the years seem to go by. It starts by your days going faster, then weeks, then months and eventually years. And I guess to your average normal person the usual thought they would have would be something along the lines of “geez this year has gone awfully fast!” but see to me that isn’t what happens. Although my life hasn’t overall changed too much, my time left on this planet has. When ever I am going to die, I am getting closer to that day. And it really freaks me out to think that one day I am going to lose my conscious. That day that I die, when it happens, I will know what is happening. And I won’t be able to stop it. And by then I would of lived through the deaths of my loved ones. Friends, family pets. Only to meet the same end they and millions of those before me did. And then what? That is it. No more me. I loose conscious, I die. My body is placed in a cemetery (I hope) and will break down and decompose into nothing like everyone else. Life goes on, and I don’t exist. I will never experience this world ever again, I will never get to replay my memories in my head. It will be as if I never existed in the first place. | 2019-04-20T10:25:28Z | https://alifeasablog.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/a-day-at-a-time/ | Porn | Home | 0.433767 |
wordpress | Last night we went to the “Light up a Life” service that is put together every year by Nathan Adelson Hospice. The service included poems, music, and then the calling out the name’s of those who had passed on, as a candle was lit and a bell chimed with each name. At the beginning of the program every one was given a program, that listed the speakers or the music or songs sung.
On the opposite side of the program was a list of the name’s of each person that we were there to honor. Unfortunately, I recognized too many of the name’s. I shouldn’t know this many names, my heart shouldn’t hurt so much as their name was called out, and I shouldn’t have a face and family that I know intimately.
There were seven names that I know. I know how they were lost, and I know the families to whom they belong to.
Jennifer’s name seemed to jump out at me. Tony was in such terrible anguish. Each time he opened the program he would immediately find her name, and start to cry.
I was also surrounded by my family members from our grief support group. Sara sat next to me, and as she broke down, she whispered to me that she was so alone. I took her hand, and placed my arm around her shoulders and told her, “You are not alone. You have us, we are your family now and forever.
Many tears were released, as we all mourned our lost love one’s. Five of the name’s that I know, were those of the children of the members from our support group.
Tony said, this program was like the ones we used to get, when Jennifer was in the orchestra in middle school. She played the violin. That should have been the type of program that we were there to see…a school holiday program, not a program to honor her life. | 2019-04-22T08:39:36Z | https://lovingandlosingjennifer.wordpress.com/category/light-up-a-life/ | Porn | Arts | 0.624907 |
wordpress | I’ve been tagged to do this tag by my Hungarian friend, Arwen5 from over A penchant for fantasy blog. Anyone who knows Hungarian or are Hungarian can check her post out here. The tag was officially made by Lauren Ann over at Youtube, you can check the video here. The task is easy: you write down a couple of books and pick out three and choose which one you’d burn, which one you’d rewrite and which you’d reread.
Please don’t hate me for my choices, I don’t try to offense anyone with which book I’d burn in the choices.
It’s easy, I would definitely reread Battle Royale, I love that book to pieces and I really should reread it in real life! I would rewrite The Picture of Dorian Gray. And I would burn City of Bones. I can already see the Cassandra Clare fans having my throat but we can’t all love the same books, I’m sorry.
Obviously reread This Savage Song, rewrite The Lightning Thief, and burn Allegiant – that book made me angry.
Huu boy… Reread Howl’s Moving Castle. Rewrite Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and burn The Kill Order. Don’t get me wrong I actually loved The Kill Order but it made me so uncomfortable at times… I just get shivers from thinking about it.
Okay so reread Throne of Glass, rewrite The Death Cure (it could have been a good book really), and burn City of Heavenly Fire. At this point I’m going to get cursed by Cassandra Clare fans I can feel it.
Reread The Song of Achilles, rewrite Three Dark Crowns and burn Twilight.
Reread, obviously if you’ve been reading my blog, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, rewrite… Prince of Thorns and burn Truthwitch.
Reread Strange the Dreamer, rewrite Eragon and burn The Bone Season.
Reread obviously Six of Crows, I love that book a lot okay. Rewrite Clockwork Princess (even though I got really annoyed at that book) and burn The Raven Boys.
I can see people coming for my neck for burning all these popular books. Oh well, this was a fun game, thanks for Arwen5 for tagging me in it!
Arwen5 volt olyan kedves, hogy kihívott erre a tagre. Az ő posztját itt olvashatjátok. A taget eredetileg Lauren Ann találta ki Youtube-on, az ő videóját itt tudjátok megnézni. A feladat egyszerű: leírsz egy pár könyv címet, kiválasztasz 3-3-at és azok közül kiválasztod melyiket olvasnád újra, melyiket írnád újra és melyiket olvasnád újra.
Szeretnélek titeket megkérni előre, hogy ne utáljatok a válaszaimért, senkit sem célom megbántani velük, főleg azokkal, amiket “elégetnék”.
Ez könnyű, mindenképp újraolvasnám a Battle Royale-t, nagyon szeretem ezt a könyvet és azt hiszem ideje is lenne ténylegesen újraolvasni! Újra írnám a Dorian Gray Arcképét. És elégetném a Csontvárost. Már most látom, hogy a Cassandra Clare fanok a fejemet akarják majd ezért a válaszért, sajnálom.
Magától értetődően újra olvasnám a This Savage Song-ot, újraírnám a Villámtolvajt és elégetném A Hűségest. Az a könyv nagyon felmérgesített.
Újraolvasnám az Akhilleusz dalát, újraírnám a Three Dark Crowns-t és elégeném a Twilight-ot.
Újraolvasnám, nyilvánvalóan ha olvasod a blogom, a The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet-et, újraírnám… a Tövisek hercegét és elégetném a Truthwitch-et.
Újraolvasnám a Strange the Dreamer-t, újraírnám az Eragon-t és elégetném a Csontszüretet.
Mindenképp a Six of Crows-t olvasnám újra, nagyon imádom azt a könyvet. Újraírnám A hercegnőt (annak ellenére, hogy nagyon idegesített az a könyv) és elégetném A Hollófiúkat.
Na már most látom, hogy ezért majd a fejemet akarják, hogy ennyi közkedvelt könyvet “égettem” el. Na mindegy, köszönöm Arwen5-nak a kihívást, nagyon mulatságos játék volt!
Totally agree with you about burning Allegiant – I got halfway through and put it down because I was so furious!
You burned a lot of books I like or want to read LOL! But that is A-OKAY! I know we all love and dislike different things and it’s totally fine. People get so upset but honestly we all have different opinions and it makes the world go round 😀 love this tag, such a fun idea. I need to do it!
Girl, you are about to start a riot up in here! I hope none of the Cassandra Clare fans come here. I absolutely adored your answers here. It really showcases how different readers are because most of these I have never read, but are on my TBR pile or at least on my radar to read. I tend to gravitate to different types of books and it is always interesting to see other books that people have read and what they felt about them. I did go “oh no” a bit when I saw “An Ember in the Ashes” on your burn list because I literally have that coming in the mail tomorrow with the new paperback cover. I hope I enjoy the romance more than you did.
I haven’t read most of these books you listed, but you do want to burn a couple I’ve enjoyed. Oh well, I’d burn some of your re-reads as well, so we’re even haha.
Hahaha, yeah, I am well aware that people would burn my favourites but it’s okay since we are all so different.
I agree with burning Allegiant too! That book made me so mad and I wanted to throw it across the room when I was finished with it.
You’re breaking my heart Dorka. I love Cassandra Clare! But yes, totally agree with burning Allegiant and The Bone Season. Didn’t like either of those!
I’m sorry! But you see they are not really for me haha. Oh I’m glad I’m not alone with not liking either of those!
Yes to City of Bones! That whole mortal instruments series can go up in flames tbh. I will say that you break my heart with An Ember in the Ashes haha. Can’t wait to do this tag!
I totally agree with you about City of Bones – I recently had to DNF it and seriously doubt I’ll read anything else by Clare. Too much romance in books irritates me to no end! LOL! | 2019-04-23T18:56:14Z | https://berriesandbooksblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/burn-rewrite-or-reread-book-tag/ | Porn | Reference | 0.236216 |
newgrounds | 25 Points Get boss to half health before the final room!
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wordpress | We have had the most terrific spring and summer so far and the bees are going forth and multiplying like mad. Having started the season with four really viable colonies we are now up 9 and counting. My garden (at home) hive swarmed and this gave my husband much fun in saying that he ‘told me so’ any way, the swarm was caught and is now safely ensconced at our apiary 4 miles away.
Last Saturday we had our bee-meeting at Pluscarden Abbey which is Benedictine and it was good to know that despite somewhat drizzly weather and overcast skies the bees were comparatively friendly and gave no ‘up-hill’. As always we all took masses of cakes and biscuits for our tea afterwards and were able to leave our dear and friendly monks lots of goodies to feast on at a later time – a sugar-rush might have happened methinks.
Up here, with out well spread our colonies, we are beginning to experience a lot less varroa and in fact several of us have had little or no problem at all – so far any way. We must hope that it is a continuing trend.
The swarm out of my hive at home is going to a new bee-keeper who is taking the trouble to learn as much and as quickly as possible – he is excited about having his first colony – and a good sized swarm it was too.
Many of our friends are experimenting with Warre-hives and also with top bar ones too, we are all interested. I have read The Barefoot Beekeeper and his comments about top bar hives are most encouraging – a lot less trouble making up frames ad nauseum so to speak. I’ll keep you posted.
Happy bee keeping to one and all – it is really good and happy up here in Scotland.
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livejournal | Who wants to give me a bath?
I just voted for Tony Sanchez.
I feel very, very dirty right now. Not as dirty as i'd feel if i voted for the Republican nominee, mind you, but still quite dirty indeed. | 2019-04-19T01:08:03Z | https://luvrhino.livejournal.com/11992.html | Porn | Health | 0.404734 |
wordpress | Subscriptions to the operator’s All-in-1 bundle increased by 20,000 on the quarter and 148,000 year-on-year, representing an annual growth of 12.1%. After easing off the All-in-1 campaign during the summer, new marketing activities began in September with a focus on the fourth quarter.
The success has taken Ziggo into the black at €72.4 million from a net loss of €1.3 million in Q3 2011.
Digital TV continues to enjoy growth with an annual increase in VOD transactions of 140%.
In September Ziggo introduced its TV Everywhere package. Ziggo currently offers 28 channels through its TV app. | 2019-04-25T15:51:38Z | https://cablecongress.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/bundles-pay-for-ziggo/ | Porn | Reference | 0.472782 |
wordpress | As an ALP supporter I have to admit to being over the moon with the return of Labor Government, all be it with a minority government being supported by the Greens and Independents. I think the result has the potential to be good for Australia – which is what I thought when Kevin Rudd and Labor defeated the Liberal and National Coalition in the previous election. Hopefully this time round we won’t be disappointed with a Labor government and some real governing and leadership will be realised. I for one would love to see some one willing to lead in this country, governing with the national interest at heart, tempered with compassion and decency for all.
My thoughts this morning was that Bob Katter would back the Coalition and that Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott would back the ALP – not that I was 100% confident in that viewpoint. Never-the-less, that is how the Independents have lined up, giving the ALP 76 seats and the Coalition 74 seats. It would appear that the ALP Broadband policy won over the two Independents, which was what I thought would win it for Labor should the Independents support the ALP. I was never convinced that Bob Katter would go for it, though I still believed that if he should support the ALP it would have been the Broadband policy that won him. In short, it is a looking to the future and a modern Australia that has won out. | 2019-04-21T04:52:02Z | https://pbaptist.wordpress.com/tag/tempered/ | Porn | News | 0.295857 |
wordpress | I can’t say I am surprised Paula Dean was dropped by the Food Network. I thought she was over when she lied about having diabetes for three years, while presenting her over the top fatty and sugary food. She then announced that she will be the spokes person for a diabetes drug.
Her new scandal, she said the N-word and then somehow tried to justify it. I am not sure the advise her handlers gave her, but I assume it should have been to say, “I AM SORRY” as big and as sincere, and to as many people who will listen. Just say “I am sorry” and repeat it a million times.
And you have to mean it and you have to change your ways and be a model of good behavior.
But Dean did none of that. Instead she held this out until court and put herself on the record about saying the N-word and upped the ante by implying she also says other off color joke about other groups.
I am not sure where this was coming from with Dean. Did she think that she is a redneck, so this is all OK?
But lets not forget how this all started.
She was supposed to come on the Today Show to explain herself, but cancelled, which sent the message that she either could not really explain her behavior or she did not have the courage to answer potentially tough questions.
Will she make a come back? Will her supporters say the folks who agree that most JOKES are about those OTHER PEOPLE who are Black, Jewish, Gay or Redneck, give her another chance?
Will the PR wing of her empire do their magic and keep the Paula Dean “Gravy Train” rolling?
I’ll be curious to see this play out. Food Network dumped her, but she also has a magazine with a million subscribers, cookbooks, endorsements, restaurants etc….
I can’t imagine advertisers be excited to support a magazine with her picture on the cover especially if boycotts are started against the advertisers and products in protest.
Also foodie tourists to Savannah who were once excited to go to Dean’s restaurant will avoid it especially Northerners.
I love Savannah. And I Love the South, which is not a given for a suburban Jewish kid from New Jersey. Yes, a Jew who is among the four groups of people who all jokes are about according to Deen.
When I was in Savannah last, I met a group of folks from New York who were doing a food tour of the town. They had stopped at this cupcake place, Back in the Day, the best cupcakes in the world.
There was a sign picture of Paula Deen on the wall of the place.
The food tour stopped at Paula Deen’s.
Seeing these folks gave me the impression that the New South had arrived if New York City Jews were now flocking their for tourism, that the old racist South persona had finally faded away and we Northerners could embraces our Southern brothers around a plate of ribs and corn bread.
In no small part Paula Deen had lead the charge that the South was friendly and welcoming and that food brings folks together. Diabetes be damn, pass me another red velvet cupcake please!!!!
The irony here is that Dean who is known for her over the top friendly Southern hospitality and an ambassador for the South, the New South is now the face of old school Southern racism.
No one knows how this will play out. Maybe enough people who either buy her apology or side with her off color humor/attitude, to keep her food empire going.
Maybe America and the South deserves another cook to represent them. Maybe the Food Network can build up another Southern Chef who does not make off colored jokes about slaves and the old South.
Southern American food (and food in general) is supposed to bring people together.
Here is a quick pic take of my trip down south (Alabama, Knoxville, and Chattanooga Tennessee, and Ashville, NC.
This year was a little different because I am off of gluten, which for the south mean no biscuits and some fried foods. But BBQ is gluten free.
(We are fan’s of a Knoxville printing house that does really fun prints of Southern themes. Find out the downtown shop had closed do to a marriage break up, but a store around the corner carried a good supply of prints.
I know Hanukkah is over for the year, but the holiday kind of blends all together with Christmas and vacations, so i made my Latke celebration dinner tonight.
Latkes and other jewish holiday fare hold power over the non-jewish folk who are lucky of enough to have someone make the real thing for them.
The mere statement, “I am a little tire, I’ll make Latkes tomorrow,” can be met with epic pouts too down right addiction withdrawal.
And by all means, make enough of them.
After peeling and grating the potatoes, place them in a colander and salt them.
NOTE: Do not run your potato peels down your sink food disposal. The starch will gum up the works and you will need drain-o to fix it. Believe me I have done it before making Latke’s. Also run the sink with cold water when rinsing the potato starch of the colander and plate.
Place a plate under near and let the liquid and starch from the drain off.
Shake the colander to remove the liquid, then finally in small batches squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible. One of these days I will get a press to speed up this process, but it is not a huge deal with a five pound batch.
Place the potato in a large bowl and add the minced onion. Mix and add the eggs and salt and pepper.
Portion into balls and place on a plate to stage for frying.
Heat a pan with the oil until it is hot. Use a few strands of potato to test the oil. If the potato instantly floats to the top and dances around, it is ready.
Place the balls in the fry oil. Be careful to not get burned.
Then flatten them down with a spoon to 3/4 of an inch thick. Place as many was will fit in your pan. I make my Latkes large about the size of a large hamburger patty.
Add more oil between batches, wait a minute or two for the oil to warm up before adding a new batch.
Also the flavor from the odder oil is infused with onion. and potato. The fam swore that tonight’s batch was better then two nights ago probably because of the oil.
I cannot say, but Hanukkah is the holiday of the miracle of the oil.
After frying 12, place them in a 350 degree oven to warm up while the last three are frying.
Serve immediately with apple sauce, sour cream, smoked salmon and sliced oranges. | 2019-04-21T10:11:04Z | https://lastoneeating.wordpress.com/page/2/ | Porn | Business | 0.141147 |
wordpress | I took this photo on Monday, October 29th. And really, it was only a matter of time before Macy’s exterior decorations went up since their interiors were already ready for the holidays a few weeks prior. I understand that Halloween might not be the most exciting holiday for adults, especially those without kids who have left their years of donning questionable costumes and bar hopping behind them – but that’s no reason to completely blow off Halloween and Thanksgiving to promote Christmas in-store.
And it’s not just Macy’s. Most of the major home-stores have already brought out their holiday lines. Nothing gets me in the Halloween spirit like a dose of Christmas cheer. Don’t the retailers know that perhaps if they withheld the Christmas decorations from us until after Thanksgiving, and flooded us with Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations – telling us subtly that we had to have them, they might make even more money on us, as we’d be purchasing for three holidays instead of blowing off two holidays and still not shopping for Christmas until late November. On that note, who are these people who are shopping for Christmas decorations in October? Do they hate Thanksgiving and fun? There must be a sizable amount of them if it’s worth busting out the red and green while people are still in the mindset of orange and black. | 2019-04-20T14:11:03Z | https://sydneyandmike.wordpress.com/tag/macys/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.984618 |
livejournal | Dream - Ramblings of Mad Shutterbug & the Border Collie Bros.
Why yes, I do remember the dream from last night, why do you ask?
I recall thinking, looking into a room on the ground floor, that it could be my photo studio. Then I went upstairs, looked down the extent (and expanse) of the upstairs, uninterupted by walls, and said, No, this is my photo studio. Hardwood floors needing refinishing, the age of the building, and a couple of smaller (relative, all things are relative) rooms to one side with either an electrician or plasterer working in them. Somewhen in this part of the dream is when I measured (by pacing) the length of the house walking from one end to the other. A mere 305 m (1000 feet).
And, at the far end I entered another room, filled with marvelous antique clutter, looking much like an attic, and thinking ah wonderful props for the studio. Then I found a meeting going on, in this room, of a number of surgeons I used to work with in OR. I ignored them, cataloging the windfall of properties for photosessions.
And the price of this huge house? Why, of course, in today's economy a mere 2K. Or, was it 200K? Not totally clear on that part.
I used to have dreams about buying houses, but haven't had any since I actually bought a house. Peculiar. | 2019-04-25T23:48:23Z | https://madshutterbug.livejournal.com/328448.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.232942 |
wordpress | Otenet outgoing smtp server blacklisted (mailgate.otenet.gr) and how to fix it.
If you use an email client for sending emails the default outgoing smtp server for otenet is mailgate.otenet.gr according to this.
From what i’ve figured out this acts as a gate that sends you to one of the smtp servers of Otenet.
The thing here is that Otenet smtp servers tend to get blacklisted every now and then and there is nothing you can do about it. The mails would bounce back from the server following this error.
This is the mail system at host medusa.otenet.gr.
What this informative yet unhelpfull error message says is that 83.235.69.31 which resolves to smtp-out31.otenet.gr is blacklisted by spamcop. What you can do is tell spamcop that this is not a smap through their page but even if you do you still have to wait for them to approve etc which in best case takes some hours.
So the alternative is to use directly one of the smtp servers of Otenet and not going through the mailgate.
To do so you can use any of these 4 ips making sure that they are not blacklisted.
You can check their blacklist status here http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx . | 2019-04-21T03:20:15Z | https://csidiropoulos.wordpress.com/category/mail/ | Porn | Reference | 0.480379 |
msu | A. Building Services – Building Performance Services provides new and retro commissioning services, construction quality assurance, asset management support, capital renewal programming, and oversight of the Central Control system. They direct and support programs for the purpose of building and maintaining high-quality facilities that operate efficiently over the entirety of the building lifecycle.
B. Building Services – Project Services plans and executes small-scale renovation, replacement, and renewal projects across the campus through coordination with campus and contract vendors and service providers. They also provide design and engineering support and emergency response coordination.
C. Building Services - Maintenance Services office operates and maintains building systems, maintains the utility distribution system, and performs related services. A wide variety of skills and materials in metal working, electrical, electronics, plumbing, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, carpentry, roofing, masonry, locksmith, utility distribution, painting, sign-making, and glazing trades are available for departmental facilities and projects.
D. Campus Services provides cleaning service in academic, athletic and event buildings, locks and unlocks the buildings, manages and coordinates campus events, performs pest control, replaces light bulbs and tubes, and similar minor building maintenance. Contact the head custodian for basic custodial service in a building; otherwise call the office at (517) 353-1760.
E. Planning, Design and Construction performs planning and analysis for MSU IPF, maintains construction standards and master records of buildings and utilities, coordinates and inspects alteration projects, and prepares plans and specifications. The department also reviews plans for consulting architects and engineers on capital construction projects.
F. Landscape Services provides maintenance of the campus park including all horticultural and flowering materials, roads, sidewalks, directional traffic and informational signs and litter and debris control. Woody plant specimens are made available from its nursery for the planned campus. Site construction work and maintenance of service equipment is also provided.
G. Power and Water operates the power plant, reservoir, and wells which provide steam, electricity, and water to the main campus. For information on utility capabilities, call Planning, Design and Construction at (517) 355-3372. To report irregular utility conditions or utility interruptions, call ContactIPF at (517) 353-1760.
H. Telecommunication Systems manages the university's telephone, radio, broadband cable TV, and fiber systems. See Section 280 for details on the telephone system and directory information services. Call (517) 353-5515 to request service.
I. Transportation Services operates the Campus Charter Bus Service; rents and leases sedans, station wagons, vans and trucks to departments and individuals for university business; operates a fueling and vehicle repair station; and maintains data, titles and licensing for the vehicle fleet. Campus shuttle service and special transportation services are operated by Capital Area Transportation Authority at (517) 394-1100.
A. To request routine maintenance services in academic buildings or report problems, complete a service request online or call (517) 353-1760.
B. For custodial services in academic buildings or report problems, complete a service request online, call (517) 353-1760 or contact the building’s head custodian.
C. The online service request is used to request any IPF services to be paid for by the requesting department.
1. Work order, project number, and capital project number - which appear on all documents from an approved service request to final billing. Reference it when inquiring about a job.
2. Project manager - IPF's primary representative to be contacted regarding the status of a job.
3. The requester - the requesting department's representative regarding all aspects of the job.
An IPF open order request can be established for immediate response by IPF personnel for emergency type IPF services. A separate work order will be issued for each emergency call using information received on the open order request, eliminating the need for a separate service request for each "trouble call.” Contact [email protected] or call (517) 435-3375 to receive more information about this service.
Forms, guidelines and information regarding the procedure to obtain approvals and schedule non-student outdoor events, including 5K runs, events with tents, including tailgate tents, A-Frames, as well as outdoor banners and signs can be found on the IPF website (link). For additional information call 517-355-8485. Student events are facilitated through Student Life, (517) 355-8286.
1. Billing procedures for telephone services are detailed in Section 280.
2. Billing charges for all other departmental services are itemized on the IPF online customer statement and in AIS Docviewer.
1. To get answers regarding the status of a job, contact the project manager listed on the electronic confirmation or call (517) 353-1760.
2. Send billing inquiries to ([email protected]) or call (517) 432-0250.
MSU IPF is the unit that implements the requests for extending HVAC operation in buildings on campus. All requests will be logged with the requestor's name, department affiliation/position, phone number, date and time and location of activity, number of people associated with the activity, and the reason/purpose for extension. Under all circumstances, requests should be sent in as a service request. Call (517) 353-1760 in the case of emergencies or if immediate assistance is required. Billing will occur for incurred cost where appropriate.
In keeping with the environmental-stewardship goals, data monitoring the additional run-time requests for Tier III and IV will include the additional energy use including kwh costs to the general fund and CO2 emissions calculations on a semester basis. This information will be shared with the Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities and the Provost.
These requests are single time requests, amounting to four or fewer hours additional run time on a single system. These requests should be submitted by service request.
Additional conditions: Four or more similar requests by the person/department within a six-month period will automatically elevate the request to a Tier II request. Denial of a request, for any reason, may be appealed to a Tier II level.
These requests are temporary in nature, amounting to 16 or fewer total hours of additional run time and include any elevated Tier I requests and appeals. These requests should be submitted by service request.
Additional conditions: Two or more similar requests by the person/department within a six-month period will automatically elevate the request to a Tier III request. Denial of a request, for any reason, may be appealed to a Tier III level.
These are temporary in nature, but may be in effect for extended periods lasting less than 15 weeks and will include any elevated Tier II requests and appeals. These requests require advance notice submitted in writing and need to allow adequate time to process and evaluate. An energy estimate will be performed. Department head or Dean approval is required. Service requests will be directed to the IPF Director of Building Services. The energy estimate will be provided to the requestor.
Additional conditions: Two or more similar requests by the person/department within a 12-month period will automatically elevate the request to a Tier IV request. Denial of a request, for any reason, may be appealed to a Tier IV level.
These include all permanent changes as well as any elevated Tier III requests and appeals. These requests require advance notice, allow a minimum of two weeks for adequate time to process and evaluate. An energy estimate will be performed. E-mail or letter of approval from the Department head or Dean is required along with the service request. E-mails should be sent to [email protected]. Requesting department may be required to secure additional utility funding. Service requests will be directed to the IPF Director of Building Services with a copy to the Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities. The energy request will be provided to the requestor. All tier IV requests shall be reviewed yearly for re-evaluation of conditions by the Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities and the Provost.
Final Appeal: Denial of a request, for any reason, may be appealed to the Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities and the Provost. | 2019-04-19T20:54:05Z | https://ipf.msu.edu/resources/manual-of-business-procedures/260.html | Porn | Business | 0.888103 |
wordpress | Do your employees feel Empowered or Defeated ? Often we get in a rut where employees feel defeated rather than empowered to make a positive change in your company. What is it that you want to change? Customer service, company image or how about attitudes ? Whatever it is, effecting a change toward the positive can be a hard and sometime long process. Often, employees are waiting for your lead as a manager to make the first move and to direct them (tell them) what you want done.
I have found that in order to effect a positive change, it takes more than direction from you to employees about how to create that change. You end up doing all the work, and your employees become followers, but not doers. First off you need layout the change you want to implement, then empower your employees to make that change. How exactly is that done ? Doesn’t that sound a little risky ? I might loose control.
You need to trust that your employees have more of a sense of what it takes to create a positive change. After all, they are they are the people who have regular contact with your customers. They are the people you rely on to get the work done. They know better than anyone what your customers want and what it would take to create a positive atmosphere for your customers to do business with you and to do repeat business with you.
When you make it their business and implement their ideas, your employees feel more a part of the process. By making employees a part of the process for change, you are empowering them to make a lasting change for good.
Below is an article that outlines the empowerment process.
1. Listen to your employees. You should expect your employees to have a depth of understanding of their respective roles in the organization to a degree you never will. While you’re reading this, your employees are thinking of ways to perform their job more efficiently and effectively. Your employees have your next game-changing idea—but they have to know you want to hear about it.
2. Go to work for your employees. While your employees may formally report to you, it’s important that you consistently demonstrate you are working for them, too. One important way to do this is to be sure their good ideas are implemented and that proper credit is given where it is due.
3. Don’t micromanage your team. Trust and support their decision-making even when it may not be the decision you would have made. Constant second-guessing will erode the relationship and will likely dry up your greatest resource for improving the organization.
4. Failure isn’t necessarily failure. Allowing your employees to fail occasionally will only strengthen their decision-making ability and perhaps, more importantly, allow you an essential opportunity to coach and improve your—and their—skill sets.
Empower Your Employees to Deliver Excellence – BusinessWeek.
I discovered this process without really knowing what it was I was doing. But I have found that it works. Your job along the way is to be a cheerleader during the process, to implement the ideas and give credit where credit is due.
A real leader surrounds themselves with people who can DO, often better than they can, the things that need to be accomplished. Realize that you employees are often smarter than you are, and that you are all part of the same team. Together you can create a positive change. | 2019-04-25T01:53:49Z | https://davidpod.wordpress.com/tag/delaware-small-business/ | Porn | Business | 0.939819 |
wordpress | I did not have any course on algorithms in my undergraduate education. I studied about them (their properties, design etc.) during my research work. I now realize why their study is important for anyone who wants to be really good at designing algorithms or implementing them. After all, algorithms solve problems. I recently came across the subject of numerical stability of algorithms, numerical algorithms to be precise. While algorithms help solve problems, they need to be implemented on a digital machine (a computer for example) which has limited precision. Whatever number system we use, they cannot cover all the numbers present in exact mathematics. This leads to approximations as well as upper and lower bounds on the numbers that can be represented. Also, approximations can be the source of errors and deviations from the exact numerical answer. For instance, on a machine with only 3 digit precision, numbers like 22, 2.22, 0.110, 100, 177 can be represented. Now if you try to add 2 and 1000 instances of 0.11 , your sum would be 112 on this machine and this matches with the exact answer. Similarly, if you try to add 9 and 9 instances of 0.11, the answer on this machine would be 9.99, which matches with the exact answer. However, if you try to add 10 and 9 instances of 0.11 in that order i.e 10+0.11+0.11…., the machine would return 10 as answer because the moment you try to add 0.11 to 10, you are going to exceed the precision of the machine. Now imagine doing the same calculation in the reverse order i.e adding all the nine 0.11’s first and then 10 i.e. 0.11+0.11+….+10, the machine would return an answer of 0.99 which is far off from the actual answer 10.99 and far worse than the previous approximation of 10 (for the other order of addition). This means that the way you arrange your numbers( in memory, for instance an array) to be added also may influence the sum!! I wish that embedded systems engineers read more on this subject so that the numerical errors that we see cropping up in such systems get reduced. A nice introduction is at wikipedia. | 2019-04-20T04:44:15Z | https://sharadsinha.wordpress.com/tag/numerical-instability/ | Porn | Computers | 0.987375 |
wordpress | And the winner is…….Bonnie! Congratulations, I hope you enjoy these yummy chocolates, I’ll send them out soon!
Since I last posted, I have enjoyed a quick trip to Ohio to visit my dad and family and have an early Thanksgiving. My sister and I went and left the hubbies to take care of the kiddies and kitties. We left on Saturday after a couple of flight delays.
Saturday evening we got in and my dad and Vickie picked us up at the airport.
We celebrated our first evening there with my favorite pizza in the world: Penso’s! No other pizza compares.
We watched a movie and sipped Vickie’s yummy apple pie moonshine. This stuff takes and smells exactly like an apple pie, crust and all. It could be dangerous.
I didn’t get a picture of everyone 😦 Too busy having fun.
Then we went to Warther’s Musuem and had my knives sharpened. Mooney Warther was a master carver whose talent is mind-boggling. If you are ever in the area, do yourself a favor and go to the museum and be prepared to be amazed. They also sell the best knives, and every few years, I cart them all the way from Florida to get them sharpened. they also refinished my wood storage block, just like new.
If you leave near by, stop out there for some great gifts for the kiddos. Summer had great suggestions of what to get my twin niece and nephew for their 4th birthday coming up.
A fun day out in Northeastern Ohio. We went back to the house and starting preparing another great meal. The famous great grandma Yockey’s fried swiss macaroni and cheese.
And just like that, our mini vacation and early Thanksgiving came to an end 😦 Wish we could have stayed longer.
But I was so excited to get back to my husband. Although, I only got to see him briefly at the airport before he had to fly out to Texas for work. We had dinner together at Carrabba’s at the airport. He came back the next day, only to fly out again Thursday 😦 I don’t like this work traveling 😦 But it does make the time we are together even that much better.
We had a fun weekend together. Friday, just snuggling on the couch, sleeping in Saturday morning, then going to the Tampa Bourbon and Brew fest. My friend Nichole had extra tickets, thanks Nichole!
Great food, great company, great night!
Sunday we slept in again, I’m enjoying this sleep thing and taking full advantage of it, because I know it won’t be like this forever.
After a lazy morning, I laced up and hit the pavement for 4 miles. It was perfect running weather, and the best run I have had in a LONG time! Then we got dolled up and went to our favorite date night spot, Cooper’s Hawk. Wine tastings are my favorite thing, and we had a coupon for $25 for earning enough points in their wine club, so we went for a tasting and dinner.
We split the life balance menu Mediterranean salad, and I got the scallops.
The Oxford Exchange in Tampa is a very special place for me. Not only is it the most beautiful interior space in Tampa, it is where I married the love of my life just 4 short months ago.
I was sad to see the evening come to an end, I had so much fun reminiscing, experiencing OE in a new way, and hanging out with my friends.
But the goody bag on the way out cheered me up. Packed with yummy kettle corn, a cookie, and a pumpkin clove candle, as well as a preview of the menu at OE’s newest venture: o.e.market. looks like a great place to grab a unique sandwich and a fresh juice. Can’t wait to try it.
Answer this question in the comments below and I will pick a random winner on Friday, November 22. | 2019-04-22T06:02:15Z | https://foodwineandinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2013/11/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.907229 |
wordpress | Joe and I were on our way to soccer today in Dad’s truck (Dad and the other two boys were getting ready for the all day soccer extravaganza), when Joe looked over at me and said, “Mom, How many teeth doo-z a dinosaur have? I said I wasn’t sure but we could look in a book or on the Internet after soccer. Joe said “Mom, they have two thousand.” We continued our dinosaur conversation all the way to the soccer field…in the back ground I could hear Trace Adkins song, “Your Gonna Miss This”…..and I thought…I miss it already and it’s still happening, kidhood goes so fast.
Country music is always a good reminder to savor the moment and enjoy your family, well, that and get drunk and drive American trucks, I say take what applies! | 2019-04-18T18:52:20Z | https://anywho.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/ | Porn | Sports | 0.396896 |
google | Apparatus for distributing radio frequency (RF) modulated broadcast television signals from a broadcast signal source to networked appliances connected to the source through a plurality of single conductor coaxial cables, simultaneously with distributing unmodulated digital signals and RF modulated video signals exchanged between the networked appliances over the same network coaxial cables.
This invention relates to signal networks, and more particularly to signal networks for interconnecting multi-media apparatus.
According to computer industry estimates there are over 40 million homes in the United States with personal computers (PCs), and nearly half of these homes have more than one PC. The forecast is that these numbers will double in five years. Surveys of consumers with multiple PCs indicate that, in terms of priority, they want the PCs to be able to share files, printers, modems and the Internet, followed by the sharing of other peripheral equipment and the playing of network games. These shared applications require minimum signal transfer rates of 1 Mb/s for satisfactory performance.
Similarly, more than 73 million homes nationwide are subscribers to cable television (CATV). The CATV services provide installed coaxial cable in one or more rooms of a house, resulting in the majority of subscribers having more than one television receiver (TV). Additionally, the expansion of CATV services to include internet access (i.e. “data over cable system interface specification” or DOCSIS) and the advent of consumer electronic products for internet use as well as for entertainment purposes, all promote a desire to network this equipment for shared use Networking allows a PC in the home office to print documents on a printer in the family room, a VCR in the family room to be remotely controlled to display video on a kitchen TV, and a wireless computer keyboard used with the family room TV to access work or game files on the PC in the home office. The alternative to networking is product duplication.
There is of course a cost associated with establishing a network. This is the cost of installing the network wiring and the cost of purchasing and installing any interface devices which are necessary to adapt the appliances for network operation. The current CEBus Standard installation guide for home networks specifies installation of a central distribution box (“Service Center”) which receives all of the network signals, both internal and external. External signals include radio frequency (RF) broadband signals from CATV, satellite dishes, and antenna received broadcast—collectively “RF broadcast signals”, as well as DOCSIS. The internal signals are those from the networked appliances, including digital signals from digital signal apparatus, such as computers, computer peripheral equipment, telephones and facsimile machines, as well as RF modulated video signals produced by RF modulation of audio/video output signals from the networked multimedia A/V equipment.
To accommodate these different network signal forms and to permit bi-directional signal transmission between appliances via the distribution box (i.e. downstream and upstream transmission) the Standard specifies installation of dual coaxial cables and one or more Category 5 twisted pair (TP) copper wires from the Service Center to outlets in each equipment room of the house. Upstream signal transmission includes the RF modulated A/V signals from the network multimedia equipment which the interface devices provide over CATV channel frequencies reserved by the owner for internal use. The downstream coax signals include both RF broadcast signals, control signals, and the home user RF modulated A/V signals. The baseband, digital signal devices, including computers, modems, faxes and digital telephones communicate over the twisted pair. The present estimated cost of installing CEBus Standard network wiring in new home construction is approximately $1 per square foot, and the estimated cost of upgrading existing homes is 2 to 3 times as much.
Alternatively, considering the broad installed base of CATV services and the fact that there are an additional 30 million homes with CATV access, it is desirable to provide for networking of the electronic appliances in a home through the installed CATV cabling. As known, CATV services provide a source signal connection to the home from a “head end”, or local node of the service provider's CATV system. Within the house the signals are distributed from this head end connection through coaxial cables, which include a single conductor plus a shield. Signal splitters are used to divide the source CATV signal among the cables thereby providing the source CATV signal with a substantially constant load impedance, while also providing signal isolation between its output ports to prevent signals propagating from the source connection from being cross coupled to the other output ports. The splitter, therefore, prevents the upstream transmission necessary required for network communications, which is the reason for the dual cable requirement of the CEBus Standard.
One object of the present invention is to provide bi-directional signal transmission over a single conductor coaxial cable. Another object of the present invention is to provide a network capable of conducting simultaneous bi-directional signal transmission of unmodulated digital signals, and radio frequency (RF) modulated signals over a single conductor coaxial cable. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a network capable of providing bi-directional signal transmission of broadband, baseband and infrared signals over a single conductor coaxial cable. Still another object of the present invention is to provide bi-directional transmission of high bandwidth broadband signals over a low bandwidth single conductor coaxial cable.
According to the present invention, a network includes one or more single conductor coaxial cables routed within proximity to one or more local groups of networked appliances, interface apparatus associated with each networked appliance which use frequency division to separate the computer and media signals from the local group appliances onto baseband and broadband signal frequency channels within a local coaxial cable which couples the signals to a central distribution unit apparatus. The distribution apparatus (unit) receives all of the local cables and couples the baseband and broadband channel signals of each cable, into each other local cable, to cause the baseband and broadband signals from each networked appliance to be made available to each other appliance.
In further accord with the present invention, the distribution unit or apparatus further receives RF broadcast television signals which it mixes into the broadband signal channel of each local cable, thereby additionally making the RF broadcast signals available to each networked appliance concurrently with the baseband and broadband signals from each other appliance. In still further accord with the present invention, each interface apparatus includes bi-directional frequency filters for exchanging the computer and media signals from the appliances with the signals from the baseband and broadband signal channels of the local cable. In a still further accord with the present invention the distribution unit apparatus includes a signal bus for cross coupling the baseband and broadband signals among the local cables, the bus having a signal path geometry which minimizes signal interference within the baseband and broadband frequency channels due to signal reflections occurring within the network single.
The present invention provides a fully functional network over signal conductor coaxial cable, such as that presently used in CATV installations, thereby making network performance available at a significantly reduced cost. The invention includes the use of a novel signal distribution unit which interconnects the individual coaxial cables to the CATV signal source connection without the use of signal splitters or signal combiners. The network incorporates a multi-master approach with respect to the networked appliances. The network provides for computer signal speeds of 1.0 Mbps, a 125 Kbps signal speed for infrared control, and up to 158 television channels. The network also provides the network user with the choice of up to sixteen broadcast channels to be reserved for use within the home for audio/video transfer to any room having cable access. These reserved channels may be used for DVD, VCR, DSS, PC, cable box, video camera, security camera, CD jukebox, Home Control, laser disk, web TV, and video games.
Another important feature of the distribution unit or apparatus is the active amplification the unit provides to the broadcast and CATV signals received. Since the majority of the presently installed base of CATV is RG-59 coaxial cable with limited band width of approximately 500 MHz, this means that the subscriber cannot receive television channel broadcast above channel 70. The distribution unit compensates for this by adding active gain which amplifies the broadcast television signal by as much as 15 dB for the high end channel frequencies.
FIG. 12 is a plan view of a mechanical layout of the embodiment of FIG. 11.
As shown, the network 20 includes a distribution unit 22 which receives network signals at a plurality of network signal terminals 24-28. Each network terminal is connected to one of a plurality of electrical signal conductors 30-33 comprising the network's communication plant. The conductors 30-33 are routed through the building to individual wall plate connectors 34-37 in different locations 38-41, such as rooms or other divided spaces in the home. The communications plant is the network's means for exchanging network signals between the distribution unit 22 and the appliances at locations 38-41. The distribution unit 22 also receives, at a broadcast signal input 42, broadcast signals, such as television programming signals, either broadband digital signals and/or analog signals, received in a radio frequency (RF) modulated signal format on lines 43 from broadcast signal sources, such as CATV services, or antenna received broadcasts, and/or broadcast satellite services.
The multi-media nature of the present network is demonstrated by the diversity of the appliances illustrated in FIG. 1 as being capable of interconnection through the network. The locations 38, 39 each include digital signal appliances, such as personal computers 44, 45, each of which may themselves include peripheral equipment (not shown), such as printers or signal storage (memory) devices. The location 40 includes a digital satellite signal (DSS) receiver 46, a VCR 47, and a TV 48, with the location 41 having a video game system 49 and TV 50. In addition to these electrically connected, i.e. “wired” appliances, the network is also capable of receiving wireless transmissions from “wireless appliances”, such as a laptop computer 52, game joystick 54, TV remote control 56, the network's own remote control 58, and a wireless keyboard. The wireless transmissions are in both the infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RF) frequency bands.
Functionally, the appliance may be broadly grouped as being either digital signal appliances, such as computers and computer peripheral appliances, and RF modulated audio and/or video signal appliances; generally “media” appliances. The computer appliances communicate with each other in serial digital signal format. The media appliances include either analog or digital signal outputs. All of the appliance signals, together with the received broadcast signals, are collectively transmitted through the network in a shared mode, in one of three network allocated frequency bands. The bands include a data and information band with a frequency range substantially from zero to 2.5 MHz, a control and command band with a range substantially from 2.5 to 5.0 MHz, and a broadcast services band substantially above 5.0 MHz. The broadcast services band is that defined by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as extending from 5.0 MHz to 997.25 MHz. This includes a 5.0 to 42.0 MHz band dedicated to the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) for upstream digital signal communications between a subscriber personal computer (PC) and the cable service provider's “head of network” server, and the CATV broadcast band from 55.24 MHz (CATV channel 2) to 997.25 MHz (CATV channel 158). As known, the ultra high frequency (UHF) television broadcast band, which extends from UHF channel 14 at 469.25 MHz to UHF channel 69 at 801.25 MHz, is within the CATV spectrum.
Preferably, the conductors 30-33 have sufficient bandwidth to accommodate the full CATV broadcast services band. In a best mode embodiment the conductors 30-33 are RG-6 type coaxial conductors, preferably the quad-shielded RG-6QS type, with 75 ohm characteristic impedance and a bandwidth approaching 1.0 GHz. The RG-6 type cable is the present coaxial standard for home installed CATV services in the 1990's. However, the present network also accommodates existing cable service installations using the older, lower bandwidth RG-59 type cable which was the CATV standard in the 1970's and 1980's. The bandwidth of RG-59 cable is in the range of 500 MHz which is below the frequency of CATV channel 65. As described in detail hereinafter with respect to the distribution unit 22, the network provides active gain compensation to the higher frequency channels to improve signal to noise ratio and significantly extend the RG-59 bandwidth beyond CATV channel 80.
As referred to hereinbefore, the present network includes active gain shaping to extend the actual bandwidth of RG-59 coaxial cable to a higher “virtual” limit by gain shaping the broadcast signals received from the notch filter 70. The received broadcast signals have a nominal 15 dB signal amplitude, however, as they propagate through an RG-59 cable the high frequency channels are attenuated at a faster rate per lineal distance then the low frequency channel. At a 100 foot distribution length a received 15 dB 600 MHz signal is attenuated substantially to 0 dB. The active gain shaping counteracts the high frequency attenuation and provides a usable signal-to-noise ratio signal up to CATV channel 80 (approximately 600 MHz); which is beyond the network reserved RF spectrum. In operation, broadband amplifier 72 provides substantially 15 dB of amplification to the received broadcast signal. The amplifier 72 is a known type RF amplifier, preferably in an integrated circuit embodiment, such as the model RF 2317 high linearity RF amplifier manufactured by RF Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, N.C. The RF amplifier has substantially flat gain from 50 MHz to 1000 MHz and a 75 ohm characteristic input/output impedance, which matches the characteristic impedance of the broadcast signal coaxial line 43 and the network's signal conductors 30-33 (FIG. 1).
The amplified broadcast signals are presented on lines 74 to known type slope equalization circuitry 76. As known to those skilled in the art, slope equalization refers to an active circuit whose signal gain increases with increasing signal frequencies within the amplifier's bandwidth. An active amplifier, such as the RF Micro Devices, Inc. model RF 2317 RF amplifier is adapted for use with an inductive-resistive output load which is functionally placed in parallel with the amplifier voltage source (Vcc) feed L-R network. This causes the amplifier output to be more severely loaded and the output signal to be more severely attenuated at the lower frequency, thereby reducing the gain provided by the broadband amplifier 72 at low frequencies. As the signal frequency increases the output loading is reduced as the shunt inductor reactance increases with frequency, thereby substantially reducing the attenuation of the higher signal frequencies. The net effect of the combined RF gain (amplifier 72) and slop equalization circuitry 76 is to extend the useable circuit band width by providing a substantially constant 15 dB signal strength over a frequency range up to 600 MHz. The gain shaped, notch filtered broadcast signals (i.e. “conditioned broadcast signals”) are presented at the output of the slope equalization circuitry on lines 78.
The conditioned broadcast signals are presented on lines 78 to a balance to unbalance mixer (BALUM) 80, which is a known type frequency mixer, such as the TOKO model S617 dB-1010. The BALUM takes the output signal from the slope equalization circuitry and converts it to 75 ohm impedance signals which it provides on lines 82, 83 and 84. The signals on lines 82, 83 are presented through high pass frequency filters 86, 87 to network terminals 24, 25 where they are distributed by conductors 30, 31 to the appliances in locations 38, 40 (FIG. 1). The high pass filters provide low impedance coupling of the broadcast signals to the network terminals while also blocking the low frequency signals that are simultaneously coupled to the terminals 24, 25 through low pass filters 88, 89 from the low frequency bus 90.
In a best mode embodiment the high pass frequency filters 86, 87 are known type, balanced impedance, double Pi section, shunt inductor—series capacitor type filters, as shown in FIG. 3. The inductor and capacitor component values shown are illustrative of an acceptable combination of component values which produce a balanced, substantially 75 ohm impedance, and a break frequency (or −3 dB frequency) of substantially 5.0 MHz. It should be understood, however, that various other combinations of component values may be used as deemed suitable by those skilled in the art to achieve comparable filter performance. Similarly, it must also be understood that the embodiment of the filters 86, 87 is not limited to the filter implementation shown, but that various other known forms or types of filters can be used, as may be deemed suitable for the intended purpose by those skilled in the art.
Conversely, low pass frequency filters 88, 89, having a nominal −3 dB frequency filter comer frequency of 4.5 MHz, block the conditioned broadcast signals from the BALUM 80 from being coupled onto the low frequency bus 90. The low frequency bus 90 carries the low frequency data and information band signals (0-2.5 MHz) and the command and control band signals (2.5-5.0 MHz), and couples these low frequency signals between each of the network terminals through low pass filters, such as the filters 88, 89 associated with the network terminals 24, 25. In a best mode embodiment the low pass filters 88, 89 are each balanced impedance, double Pi section, shunt capacitor-series inductor type filters, as shown in FIG. 4. The inductive and capacitive values shown in FIG. 4 are only illustrative of an acceptable combination of component values which produce a balanced, substantially 75 ohm impedance, and a −3 dB frequency of substantially 4.5 MHz. It should be understood, however, that various other combinations of component values may be used as deemed suitable by those skilled in the art to achieve comparable filter performance. Similarly, it must also be understood that the embodiment of the filters 88, 89 is not limited to the filter implementation shown, but that various other known forms or types of filters can be used, as may be deemed suitable for the intended purpose by those skilled in the art.
The remaining output of the BALUM 80, on line 84 is presented to a cascaded, substantially similar type BALUM 92. The BALUM 92 couples the high frequency signals through high pass frequency filters 94, 95, which are substantially similar to the high pass filters 86, 87, to the network terminals 26, 27 (FIG. 1). Similarly, low pass frequency filters 96. 97, which are substantially similar to low pass filters 88, 89, block the high frequency broadcast signals from passing through to the low frequency bus 90. Subject to signal power losses of approximately −3 dB per BALUM stage, successive BALUM stages may be added as required to provide the necessary number of signal outputs in a given network, thereby completing the distribution unit output at terminal 28. Terminal 28 is similarly connected to high pass and low pass frequency filters 99, 100, which are each similar to the corresponding filter types described hereinbefore.
One novel aspect of the present network is the “shared mode” transmission of low frequency digital signals (0-5 MHz band) with RF broadcast services signals (above 5 MHz) through common coaxial conductors. Each individual coaxial conductor 30-33 supports bi-directional network signal transmission, i.e. simultaneous upstream network signals (from appliances to distribution unit 22) and downstream network signals (from distribution unit to appliance). This includes the combined computer digital signals and the RF modulated broadcast signals at frequencies approaching 1.0 Ghz, all of which are transmitted in shared mode. As described hereinafter, the data and information band signals (0-2.5 MHz) are transmitted at signal speeds of substantially 1.0 Mbps and the command and control band signals at signal speeds of substantially 125 Kbps. This is a distinct simplification of the CEBus Standard which requires separate coax cables for upstream and downstream RF signal transmission, and separates digital signal transmission onto a twisted pair conductor. Although the present network's simplification of the communications plant reduces the cost of installation for new construction in a marginal way, it is its ability to be used with existing CATV installed wiring that provides a substantially lower network cost for of existing wired homes.
The upstream network signals received by the distribution unit are separated by the distribution unit into low frequency (0-5 MHz) digital signals which are coupled through the low pass filters 88, 89 et al to the low frequency bus 90, and high frequency (>5.0 MHz) RF signals which are coupled through the high pass filters 86, 87 et al. to the BALUMS 80, 92 et al. The broadcast signals are combined with the media signals in forming the downstream network signal. Since the low frequency and high frequency signal transmission are independent of each other, the low pass frequency filters provide a direct bypass between the distribution unit's terminals 24-28 (FIG. 1) to maintain digital signal speed. Similarly, the signal separation provided by the combined low pass and high pass frequency filters allows for the flexibility of providing “upstream” DOCSIS transmission (in the 5.0 to 42.0 MHz) through the distribution unit. Although not a functional characteristic of the present network embodiment, the distribution unit and the network interfaces may be readily adapted through the use of bi-directional amplifiers as known to those skilled in the art to provide upstream cable services.
The low frequency digital signal bands (0-5.0 MHz) and the high frequency RF signal bands (>5.0 MHz) require different interface apparatus between their respective type appliances and the network. As stated hereinbefore, in the embodiment of FIG. 1 two general categories of appliances are shown; computer equipment and audio/video equipment. The audio and video appliances which are generally dependent for their performance on RF modulated signals are herein referred to generically as “media appliances”, and the computer related equipment are dependent on digital signal formats for performance are referred to as “computer appliances”. This is done for convenience of description Similarly, the signals related to the media appliances (whether input or output signals) are referred to as media signals and those associated with the computer appliances are referred to as computer signals. The computer appliances interface with the network through a network “PC modulator”, such as the PC modulators 102, 104 of FIG. 1, and the media appliances interface with the network through an “AN (audio/video) modulator”, such as the A/V modulators 106-108 of FIG. 1.
As will be apparent in the following detailed description of the PC modulator and the A/V modulator, they have common functional features. Each type modulator receives the shared-mode, downstream network signals and separates the low frequency digital signals (0-5.0 MHz) from the high frequency RF signals (above 5.0 MHz), and further separates the data and information signal (0-2.5 MHz) from the control and command signal (2.5-5.0 MHz). Each includes a microprocessor responsive to the computer signals and each includes an RF modulator to provide for RF modulation of the media signals at any of the 16 CATV and 16 UHF user reserved channel frequencies for network distribution to other appliances.
Referring now to FIG. 5, in a schematic block diagram of PC modulator type apparatus 102, 104 the downstream network signal is received at a coaxial connector terminal 110 and presented jointly through lines 112 to high pass frequency filter 114 and low pass frequency filter 116. The filters 114 and 116 are substantially similar, respectively, to the high pass filters and low pass filters 88, 89 described in detail hereinbefore with respect to FIGS. 3 and 4. The high pass filter 114, alternately referred to as an RF modulated video signal frequency filter, is a minimum third order filter, and it filters the downstream RF broadcast television signals and RF modulated video signals onto line 118. The low pass filter 116 segregates the low frequency digital signals onto lines 120.
The filtered RF modulated signals on the line 118 are presented through a BALUM 122, such as the TOKO model S617 dB-1010, to the PC modulator's video signal output 124. In a preferred embodiment the user PC connected to the video output 124 is a broadcast enabled computer (e.g. 45, FIG. 1) which, with appropriate receiver cards and supporting software allow the PC to display RF broadcast signals or user video content provided on one of the reserved RF spectrum channels.
The BALUM 122 is also connected for response to an RF modulator 126 which modulates the audio/video content provided on PC modulator terminals 128-130 from the media output of the user's computer 45. The modulator is of a known type, such as the PHILIPS Model TDA8822 programmable RF modulator, with a 4 MHz RF crystal oscillator 127. The modulator 126 generates an RF TV channel on one of the reserved spectrum channels from baseband audio and video signals received at terminals 128-130, and two phase-lock-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers within the TDA8822 set the picture carrier frequency and the sound subcarrier frequency to the selected channel. The modulator provides the TV signal as a symmetrical output, and the BALUM 122 converts it to an asymmetric 75 ohm impedance which it provides back on lines 118, through high pass frequency filter 114 and the coaxial connector 110 to the distribution unit.
The RF TV signal from the modulator 126 meets U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements for broadcast TV channels; namely a 6 MHz channel bandwidth with −30 dB suppression from peak carrier level of any spurious frequency components more than 3 MHz outside the channel limits. Peak carrier power is limited to less than 3 m Vrms, but more than 1 Vrms, in 75-ohms, and the RF signal is hard-wired to the ultimate receiver through the network cabling. The channel spectrum has a picture carrier located 1.25 MHz from the lower band edge. This carrier is amplitude modulated by the received video signal. For color signal, a second subcarrier is added 3.58 MHz above the picture carrier. The aural (sound) carrier is 4.5 MHz above the picture carrier and is frequency modulated with the audio signal to a peak deviation of 26 KHz.
The RF modulator's performance, including the selected reserved RF spectrum channel used for modulation, is controlled through command signals received on an I2C multi-master bus 132 from a microprocessor 134. The microprocessor 134 is of a known type, such as the ANCHOR Corporation Model AN2131QC eight bit microprocessor, which sends commands in 1 2C bus format to the modulator 126. Typically RF channel programming of the modulator is achieved by having the processor 134 send an address byte and four data bytes which initialize the picture carrier frequency, the sound subcarrier frequency, and the video modulation depth. The picture carrier IS frequency is that associated with the user selected RF TV channel of the reserved RF spectrum, and the parametric data for each user reserved channels is stored in an a non-volatile, re-writable memory storage device, such as an EEPROM 135 connected to the I2C bus 132. The RF channel to be used is selected by the user through a command input device to the processor, such as a multi-position switch 136 having a set point for each reserved spectrum channel. This channel selection switch 136 is used in conjunction with a band selection switch 138 which, in a best mode embodiment, allows user selection of either the CATV or the UHF channels of the reserved spectrum, as described hereinbefore with respect to the distribution unit 22.
With respect to the low frequency digital signals of the downstream network signals passed by filter 116 onto lines 120, low pass filter 140 couples the 0-2.5 MHz data and information frequency band signal onto line 144 and high pass filter 142 couples the 2.5-5.0 MHz command and control frequency band signal onto line 146. The 0-2.5 MHz data is presented from line 144 through an interface impedance matching network comprising series resistor 143 connected to the signal input and output (I/O) ports of the microprocessor 134, and shunt resistor 145 connected from the series resistor 143 to signal ground 147, which is the low voltage potential side of the PC modulator 102, 104 and of the computer appliance 45. The impedance matching network provides an impedance value to signals propagating through filter 140 to the line 144, which approximates the characteristic impedance provided by the coaxial cable, thereby providing a substantially balanced load impedance to the unmodulated digital signals propagating in each direction, i.e. bi-directionally, through the filter 140.
A preferred embodiment of the low pass filter 140, which is also referred to as an unmodulated digital signal filter, is shown in FIG. 7 as a balanced impedance, double Pi, shunt capacitor—series inductor type filter. The filter is a minimum third order filter, and is preferably a fifth order filter. The inductive and capacitive values shown are only illustrative of an acceptable combination of component values which produce a substantially balanced 75 ohm impedance and a −3 dB frequency of substantially 2.0 MHz. However, it should be understood that various other combinations of component values may be used as deemed suitable by those skilled in the art to achieve comparable filter performance. Similarly, it must also be understood that the embodiment of the low pass filter 140 is not limited to the filter implementation shown, but that various other known forms or types of filters can be used, as may be deemed suitable for the given application by those skilled in the art.
The high pass filter 142, which is also referred to as an electrical command signal filter, is a balanced impedance, double Pi, shunt inductor—series capacitor type filter, as shown in FIG. 6. As with low pass filter 140, the inductive and capacitive values shown for the high pass filter 142 are only illustrative of an acceptable combination of component values which produce a substantially balanced, 75 ohm impedance and a −3 dB frequency of substantially 2.5 MHz. It should again be understood that various other combinations of component values may be used as deemed suitable by those skilled in the art to achieve comparable filter performance. Similarly, it must again also be understood that the embodiment of the high pass filter 142 is not limited to the filter implementation shown, but that various other known forms or types of filters can be used, as may be deemed suitable by those skilled in the art.
In the best mode embodiment the signal form and protocol of the 0-2.5 MHz data and information band is frame formatted in accordance with the universal serial bus (USB) standard. As known the USB standard defines a combination architecture and protocol developed by a consortium of computer and software manufacturing companies for the purpose of simplifying the connection of peripheral equipment to a PC. It is presently incorporated in all newly manufactured PCs. The object of USB is to provide a simpler “plug and play” connection of printers, keyboards, and telephony adapters to the PC without concern over I/O and DMA addresses. It also facilitates merger of the PC with telephone devices for voice/data applications. Therefore, the network facilitates USB communications between network connected USB PCs.
The PC modulator 102, 104 accomplishes this through the microprocessor 134, which includes a USB connector 148 adapted to receive a four wire USB cable 150 which carries a differential signal and power from the user PC 45. The user PC 45 is considered the “host” under the USB's “host” and “hub” protocol, and it initiates the exchange of information, in the form of a transaction, with various peripheral equipment “hubs” connected to the network. In these transactions the PC modulator, and in particular the microprocessor 134, appears as a compound device, not a hub. The microprocessor 134 relays the transactional exchanges to the PC 45 over the cable 150 and to the addressed device through the network.
As known, the USB standard requires a serial bit, frame formatted signal with a full speed signaling bit rate of 12 Mbps. The frame is the basic quantum of time for periodic data transfers, and they are issued every millisecond,. The frames are organized in packets and four types of packets comprise the basic transaction units. These include “Start Of Frame” (SOF), “Token”, “Data”, and “Handshake” packets. An SOF packet is 24 bits and includes a packet ID, an 11 bit framing number, and a 5 bit CRC. A Token packet is also 3 bytes long and is used by the host controller to pass temporary control to each device “endpoint”, giving it the opportunity to send data or status information. A Data packet always has a packet ID and a 16 bit CRC, and carries a variable length data field that is dependent on the transfer type. A Handshake packet has only an 8 bit packet ID and it is used to report the status of a data transfer for all but isochronous transfers.
The USB also embodies a multi-master protocol in that the host or any hub may initiate a transaction. For example, the host PC 45, may initiate a transaction by sending a Token packet describing the type and direction of the transaction to a second USB PC (e.g. the PC 44 in FIG. 1). The Token packet includes the targeted device address, and the endpoint number. The addressed device selects itself by decoding the address field. In the transaction data may be transferred either from the host to the target device or from the target to the host. The direction of data transfer is specified in the Token packet. The source of the transaction then sends a Data Packet or indicates it has no data to transfer. The destination in general responds with a Handshake Packet indicating if the transfer was successful.
As stated hereinbefore, the PC modulator facilitates the USB transactions by exchanging packets between the user PC 45 and the network, and the network transmits the packets within its transmission of network signals to each of the other network connected PC modulators. However, contrary to the USB requirement for differential output drivers which require two conductors to send a signal, the network uses a single conductor coaxial cable to distribute the network signals. In addition USB drivers require signal reflections from the end of the cable to fully switch on and off, and this generally limits usable USB cable lengths to substantially five meters. The network's communication plant coax, however, is much longer than 5 meters since it distributes the network signal throughout the house. Therefore, although the microprocessor 134, through its USB connector 148 and cable 150, exchanges data in USB protocol with the user PC 45, it removes the USB frame and sends the data out to the network in an IrLAP protocol, as specified in a USB to IR conversion standard developed by the Infrared Data Association (IrDA) and entitled: Universal Serial Bus IrDA Bridge Device Definition. This IrDA protocol is embedded in the USB protocol and the steps required to transition from USB to IrDA are described in detail hereinafter. The IrDA standard is designed for half duplex signaling, which is appropriate for a single conductor cable such as a coax. Therefore, transaction sequencing between the microprocessor 134 and the user PC 45 is governed by the USB protocol while transaction sequencing through the network is governed by the IrDA standard IrLAP protocol.
The microprocessor 134 forwards each IrDA packet to the network through lines 152 and an impedance matching/signal driver device, such as a field effect transistor (FET) or equivalent 154, to the line 144. The line 144 carries the bi-directional network signal exchange which includes the half duplex exchange of upstream and downstream IrLAP frames. Each downstream IrLAP frame on the line 144 from the low pass filter 140 is presented to a signal comparator 156, which provides bit state detection and conditioning of the data signal and passes it through line 158 to the microprocessor 134. The processor in turn relays the downstream transaction signal to the PC 45. Conversely, the upstream serial IrLAP digital signals on line 144 from the FET 154 are “backflowed” through the low pass frequency filters 140, 116 to the coax connector 110. As described hereinbefore with respect to FIGS. 5 and 7, the filters 116 and 140 are each balanced to present a substantially equal 75 ohm input impedance to the bi-directional, forward flow and back flow transaction signals passing through them.
As stated hereinbefore, in network of the present invention the signal transmission format of the data and information band signals is a serial digital bit signal transmitted in serial digital form, without signal modulation. These non-modulated signals are transmitted through the coaxial conductors in a shared mode with the RF broadcast services signals. In the disclosed network embodiment the signal bit speed is substantially equal to 1.0 Mbps. This is a selected value which may be considered a nominal signal speed for use in a home network application, and which provides a conservative performance balance between throughput requirements and signal nose considerations, such as electromagnetic interference (EMI), associated with high switching speeds. In the best mode embodiment the low pass filters within the signal transmission path, including the filters 88 et seq, 116 and 140 provide sufficient dampening of the digital signal ringing to accommodate higher bit speeds within the 0 to 2.5 MHz band.
The network's 2.5-5.0 MHz command and control band is used to facilitate wireless infrared (IR) signal communications associated with the network. Referring again to FIG. 1, the network's wireless IR communications function includes the operator/user's control of network connected appliances through an IR remote control device 56, or the user's IR wireless transfer of data files and/or signal commands between a lap top computer 52 and network connected PC 45, or between an IR joystick 54 and a game system 49, or between a wireless keyboard and a network PC 44. As also known, the average IR bandwidth has a signal speed from 32 KHz to 115 KHz. The disadvantages are that it can be easily blocked and it has a limited transmission distance of 2 to 3 meters. The present network capitalizes on the IR advantages and minimizes the disadvantages by distributing the IR command signals through the network to the targeted appliance, thereby overcoming the limitations of obstacles and distance. It does this by detecting IR signals emitted in any location serviced by the network, converting the detected IR signal to a modulated signal which is routed to all network locations, and demodulating the distributed signal back to IR for detection by the targeted appliance.
There is no standard performance specification for legacy consumer IR technology, however, with PC manufacturers using IrDA (Infrared Data Association) IR transceivers for wireless PC communications, and IR transceiver manufactures adding support for legacy consumer IR in their IrDA transceivers, an industry task group is developing guidelines for interfacing IRDA and legacy consumer IR devices with the USB protocol. These guidelines, entitled: Universal Serial Bus IrDA Bridge Device Definition, are published in a preliminary Revision 0.9, dated Jul. 6, 1998, which is herein incorporated by reference. The guidelines functionally define an IrDA Bridge device capable of interfacing legacy consumer IR technology and IrDA wireless LAN technology with a host USB device, such as user PC 45 shown connected to the network in FIGS. 1, 4.
As more fully described hereinafter, emitted IR signals within a network site, either consumer IR or IrDA protocol, are detected by IR detectors disposed within the PC modulators (102, 104, FIGS. 1, 4) and A/V modulators (106-108, FIG. 1). The detected IR signal content, which may include the identity of the target appliance as well as the data or command content within a “payload” portion of the signals serial bit frame, is modulated to an electrical signal equivalent, formatted in accordance with the above cited guidelines, and distributed as part of the upstream network signals through the communications plant 36 and distribution unit 22 to each of the network's other PC modulators and A/V modulators. Each of the receiving PC and AN modulators demodulates the distributed signal to its IR signal equivalent and transmits it through an IR emitter into the spatial location. A targeted appliance which is within the field-of-view of the emitted IR signal can respond to the command by performing the commanded task, such as turning on a television or downloading files from a laptop computer.
Referring again to FIG. 5, the PC modulator includes a known type IR transceiver (i.e. a combination IR emitter-detector) 160, such as the Hewlett Packard IrDA Infrared Transceiver Model HSDL-1001 “Infrared IrDA® Compliant Transceiver”, which is connected through lines 162 and a telephone type jack (not shown) to an IR/IrDA bridge device 164. In a best mode embodiment the IR emitter-detector combination comprises dual emitters and dual detectors, each positioned to cover complimentary areas of the modulator's field-of-view, thereby minimizing the IR obstacle and transmission distance limitations. FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate a plan view and side elevation view, respectively, of a suitable IR emitter-detector configuration for use with the present network.
Referring simultaneously to FIGS. 8, 9, an IR emitter-detector combination 160 includes a housing portion 166 (shown in a breakaway side elevation in FIG. 9 to facilitate the description) connected to a mounting base 168. The base 168 is adapted for placement beneath an appliance 170 (shown in phantom) in a manner which positions the housing portion in proximity to the IR detector 172 of the appliance. The housing includes a backplane surface 174 with a mounted first IR emitter 176, and it includes a front surface 178 with: a mounted second IR emitter 180, first and second mounted detectors 182, 184, and a light emitting diode (LED) 186. The backplane is displaced at an obtuse angle, nominally 135 degrees, from the plane of the mounting base to position the network emitter 176 substantially in a line of sight orientation with the IR detector 172 of the appliance 170. Similarly, network emitter 180, together with the network IR detectors 182, 184 provide forward field-of-view coverage. The detectors 182, 184 are positioned within the housing to provide maximum field coverage. The LED 186, which is electrically connected for response to the RF modulator 126 (FIG. 4), flashes when IR signals are being received by detectors 182, 184.
Referring back again to FIG. 5, a detected infrared transmission on the line 162 is in a frame format which includes address and control bytes, as well as optional data, in a “payload” portion of the frame, separate from other overhead bytes. The IR/IrDA bridge device 164, exchanges data between the IR emitter-detector-160 and the microprocessor 134. The IR/IrDA bridge strips out the payload portion of the IR detector frame, preserving the address and control bytes as well as any optional data content, and converts it into one or more IrLAP formatted frames for presentation to the modulator/demodulator 188 on a bandwidth available basis. The modulator/demodulator or frequency modulates the converted signal content at a selected modulation frequency within the 2.5 to 5.0 Mhz command and control frequency band. In a best mode embodiment, the modulation frequency is substantially equal to 3.0 Mhz.
The modulated converted signal is provided by the modulator/demodulator 188 through lines 146 to the high pass filter 142. The modulated IR signal is back-flowed through the filter 146 as well as the low pass filter 116 to the coax connector 110, and transferred in shared mode with the RF broadcast service signals through the communications plant 36 (FIG. 1) to the distribution unit 22. From there it is distributed downstream to each. of the other modulators connected to the network. The downstream command and control signal is passed through low pass filter 116 and high pass filter 142 to the modulator/demodulator 188, which demodulates the signal, passes it to the IR/IrDA bridge device which reformats the payload into an IR frame format and passes it to the IR emitter portion 176, 180 (FIG. 6A, 6B) of the IR emitter-detector combination (i.e. transceiver) 160. The IR emitter broadcasts the signal into the room.
With the present network adapted for use with both consumer IR devices and IrDA standard devices, the user is provided with a range of options in terms of wireless control functions and data communications. While legacy consumer IR devices only transmit and receive IR in the 32-58 KHz range, the IrDa transceiver 160 is capable of receiving and transmitting infrared in excess of 150 KHz. This means that IR video game controllers, infrared headphones, and laptop computers can communicate through the IrDA transceiver from any room of the house, with speeds up to 1 Mbps. This versatile IR command feature allows nearly unlimited flexibility in user IR command of any appliance on the network, no matter where the appliance is located. This, together with the availability of user selectable channels within the reserved RF spectrum, gives the network user a virtual broadcast studio.
The power of the present network in terms of its versatility and three band spectrum, can be further enhanced with the connection of at least one broadcast enabled PC connected to the network through a PC modulator as described hereinabove with respect to FIG. 5. As may be known, a broadcast enabled PC means a PC that has a TV tuner card and a composite video output which allows the PC user to watch television broadcast video on the PC monitor. MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 (MICROSOFT and WINDOWS 98 are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation) includes TV viewer software.
The use of a broadcast enabled PC is recommended, but optional. However, USB support is required to attach a PC to the network. The USB based PC must also have installed either MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 or MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 (build 950B). With a USB PC connected to the network through a PC modulator, the PC video output can be displayed on, and functionally controlled from, any TV in the house. This versatility makes the computer all the more important in that it allows the display of DVD movies, the internet, 3-D games and more all on a large screen television. The system also allows a laptop computer to interface with the PC in any room in the house in which the IrDA transceiver is located on a PC modulator or A/V modulator, as described in detail hereinafter. The result is that the computer can be a central control station for all of the components attached to the network.
As an example of the flexibility in controlling appliance performance, with the present network it is possible to have the user's PC, such as the PC 45 in location 39 (FIG. 1) display menu choices, in terms of network appliance features/selection, on the TV 48 in location 40. This occurs through user input by the network remote control device 58 (FIG. 1) which is a combination wireless infrared (IR) and wireless RF unit which allows for direct communication between user and the network connected PC through an “on-screen,”“user-friendly” interface technology.
The PC modulator 102, 104 of FIG. 5 includes an RF receiver tuned to an assigned RF control frequency; preferably a frequency above 900 MHz to prevent electromagnetic interference with the broadcast service signals. A typical standard frequency is 916 MHz. The remote control 58 includes: a “power button” that turns the various network appliances on and off, a “menu button” that causes application specific menus to be displayed on the user PC display, or any TV display connected to the network, and a “help button” that causes application specific help menus to be displayed. The remote also includes directional capabilities, similar to keyboard arrow keys, and a “select button” that functions like the keyboard enter key.
User actuation of the menu button causes the remote control to substantially simultaneously emit a 916 MHz RF command signal and an IR code signal. In the PC modulator the RF command signal is forwarded from receiver 190 to microprocessor 134 and, through USB connector 148, to the user's PC 45. The user PC functions as the network server, and USB host computer. At the same time the network modulator at the user location detects the remote control IR code signal and notifies the host PC of the user location over the control and command band (2.5-5.0 MHz). The PC responds by changing the TV channel at the user location to a PC Menu channel selected from among the reserved RF spectrum channels. The user may then select a particular menu listed appliance, such as a VCR, and the user selection is forwarded to the PC through the command and control band. The PC responds by sending an IR command through the command and control band to the local TV to change the TV channel to that assigned to the particular VCR.
The user may use the remote arrow keys to move a pointer which is visible on the TV to “point and click” on a menu listed selection for the VCR or, alternately, to select a “next menu” which allows the user to move from menu to menu. If the user selects a VCR selection, such as PLAY, the user PC sends the consumer IR code over the command and control band (2.5 to 5 megahertz) to actuate the VCR PLAY function. A look-up table stored in memory in the PC has the consumer IR codes of the user listed appliances, which were entered during the network setup procedure, at which time the consumer was asked what model VCR he has and which room the VCR is located. This allows the PC to build menus that are specific to every network application.
The IrDa protocol is used for networking computers and printers. IrDa is imbedded in a USB packet and sent through the USB cable to the PC modulator. The PC also sends consumer infrared command through the USB port to the PC modulator. The PC modulator removes IRDA packets and sends them over the 0 to 2.5 megahertz data highway. The Consumer IR signals are removed from the USB packet, then modulated to 3 MHz and sent to the IR pipe on the 2.5 to 5 megahertz band. As an example of the utility provided by this infrared channel, a laptop computer could download files on the infrared channel accessible through a TV in one room to a desktop PC located in another room.
Referring again to FIG. 1, site locations 40, 41 each include various types of media appliances, including a DSS 46, VCR 47, and a TV 48 in location 40 and a game system 49 and a TV 50 in location 41. As should be understood, the media appliances shown are merely illustrative of the various consumer type devices which may be found in a home or other living environment. The network 20 interfaces with the media appliances through an A/V modulator of the type shown in FIG. 10. The A/V modulator is substantially similar to the PC modulator 102, 104 described hereinbefore with respect to FIG. 5.
Referring now to FIG. 10, in a detailed block diagram of the audio/video (A/V) modulator 108 connected to the audio/video source 49 and TV 50 media appliances of FIG. 1 the downstream network signal on line 200 from the wall plate connector 37 are received at the modulators coaxial cable connector 201 and conducted through lines 202 to a high pass frequency filter 204, which is also referred to as an RF modulated signal filter, and low pass frequency filter 206. The filters 204, 206 are substantially similar to high pass filters 86, 87 and low pass filters 88, 89 described hereinbefore with respect to FIGS. 3, 4, respectively, and they separate the received RF broadcast televison singals and RF modjlated video signals onto line 208, and the low frequency signals, including the unmodulated digital signals and electrical command signals, onto lines 210.
The downstream broadcast signals on line 208 are presented through a BALUM 212, such as the TOKO model S617 dB-1010, and through lines 214 to the A/V modulator's media signal output 216. The media signal output is connected by a coaxial cable 217 to the TV 50. The BALUM 202 is also connected to the modulated signal output of an RF modulator 218 which modulates the audio/video content provided on the A/V modulator 108 input terminals 220-222 from the audio/video source 49. The modulator 218 may be of the same type as that used in the PC modulator, namely the PHILIPS Model TDA 8822 Programmable RF Modulator with a 4 Mhz RF crystal oscillator 224. The modulator 218 generates an RF TV channel on one of the reserved RF spectrum channels from baseband audio and video signals received at the terminals 220-222, and two phase-lock-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers within the TDA 8822 set the picture carrier frequency and the sound subcarrier frequency to the selected channel. The modulator provides the TV signal as a symmetrical output, and the BALUM 212 converts it to an asymmetric 75 Ohm impedance which it provides as an upstream media signal. This medial signal is presented on lines 208 back through the high pass frequency filter 204 to the coaxial connector 201 and to the distribution unit (22, FIG. 1).
The RF TV channel signal from the modulator 218 meets FCC requirements for broadcast TV channels as described hereinbefore in detail with respect to the PC modulator (FIG. 5). A microprocessor 226, such as the Phillips Model S83C751 eight bit microprocessor, provides performance control of the modulator 218 through an 1 2C multi-master bus 228. Typical channel programming of the modulator 218 is achieved by having the processor 226 send an address byte and four data bytes which initialize the picture carrier frequency, the sound subcarrier frequency, and the video modulation depth. The parametric data for each of the user reserved channels is stored in a non-volatile re-writable memory storage device, such as an EEPROM 230 which is accessible through the IzC bus 228. The user selects the RF TV channel to be used through a command input device to the processor 226, such as a multi-position channel selection switch 232 having a set point for each reserved spectrum channel. This channel selection switch 232 is used in conjunction with a band selection switch 234 which, in a best mode embodiment, elects either the CATV or the UHF channels of the reserved spectrum.
The downstream low frequency digital signals from the low pass filter 206 on lines 210 are separated by low pass filter 236 and high pass filter 238, respectively, into the 0-2.5 MHz data and information band signal on line 240 and the 2.5-5.0 MHz command and control band signal onto line 242. The 0-2.5 MHz data is presented from line 240 through an. interface impedance matching network comprising series resistor 239 connected to the signal input and output (I/O) ports of the microprocessor 226, and shunt resistor 241 connected from the series resistor 239 to signal ground 243, which is the low voltage potential side of the A/V modulator 108. The impedance matching network provides an impedance value to signals propagating through filter 236 to the line 240, which approximates the characteristic impedance provided by the coaxial cable , thereby providing a substantially balanced load impedance to the unmodulated digital signals propagating in each direction, i.e. bi-directionally, through the filter 236.
The low pass and high pass filters 236, 238 are substantially identical to the low pass and high pass filters 140, 142 of the PC modulator, which are shown in preferred embodiments in FIGS. 6, 7. As described hereinbefore with respect to the PC modulator of FIG. 5, both of these band signals are transmitted through the network in the IrLAP protocol specified in the referenced IrDA Universal Serial Bus IrDA Bridge Device Definition, and which is embedded in the USB protocol. This is made necessary by the single conductor coaxial cable used for the network communications plant; the USB protocol requires a differential (two conductor) transmission mode. Alternatively, if two conductor wire is used instead of coaxial cable the USB standard could be used for intra-network transmissions. As with the USB standard the IrLAP is designed for half duplex signaling, which is appropriate for a single conductor cable.
The microprocessor 226 forwards each upstream IrDA packet to lines 240 which carries the bi-directional, half duplex exchange of upstream and downstream IrLAP frames. Each downstream IrLAP frame is “forward passed” through the low pass filter 236 to the microprocessor 226 and each upstream IrLAP frame from the microprocessor is “back-flowed” through the low pass filters 236 and 206 to the coax connector 200. As described hereinbefore with respect to FIGS. 5 and 7, the filters 116 and 140 are each balanced to present a substantially equal 75 ohm input impedance to the bi-directional, forward flow and back flow signals passing through them. As stated hereinbefore with respect to the PC modulator of FIG. 5, these are serial digital bit signals transmitted in serial digital form, without signal modulation, and they are transmitted through the network conductors in shared mode with the RF broadcast services signals. In a best mode embodiment the signal bit speed is substantially equal to 1.0 Mbps.
The A/V modulator 108 processes the network 2.5-5.0 MHz command and control band signals, i.e., the “IR band” in substantially the same manner as the PC modulator of FIG. 5. It also includes a combination IR emitter-detector 244 which is similar to the dual IR emitter-detector combination 160 of the PC modulator described hereinbefore with respect to FIGS. 8, 9, and which is connected through lines 246 and a telephone type jack (not shown) to an IR/IrDA bridge device 248. The dual emitters/ detectors cover complimentary areas of the A/V modulator's field-of-view within its location (e.g. 41 of FIG. 1) thereby minimizing the IR obstacle and transmission distance limitations. The IR/IrDA bridge 248 strips out the payload portion of all IR signal frames detected by the combination 244, preserving the address and control bytes as well as any optional data content, and converts it into one or more IrLAP formatted frames for presentation to a modulator/demodulator 250 on a bandwidth available basis. As with the modulator/demodulator 188 of FIG. 5, the modulator/demodulator 250 frequency modulates the converted signal content at a preferred modulation frequency of substantially 3.0 Mhz. However, as stated hereinbefore, the modulation frequency may be any selected frequency within the command and control band 8.25-5.0 Mhz.
The modulated IR signal is presented through lines 242 and backflowed through filter 238 to the line 210, where is combined with the upstream data and information band signal from the filter 236. The combined low frequency signals are then backflowed through filter 206 to the coax connector 201 and combined with the RF modulated media signals and coupled through the communications plant 36 (FIG. 1) to the distribution unit 22. From there it is distributed downstream to each of the other modulators connected to the network. The downstream command and control band signal is passed through low pass filter 206 and high pass filter 238 to the modulator/demodulator 250, which demodulates the signal, passes it to the IR/IrDA bridge device 248 which reformats the payload into an IR frame format and passes it to the IR emitter portion 176, 180 (FIG. 6 A, 6B) of the IR emitter-detector combination (transceiver) 244. The IR emitter broadcasts the signal into the room.
The distribution unit 22 (FIG. 2) may also be provided in an alternate embodiment which significantly reduces the unit's parts count, and cost, in certain network applications. These applications include networks which may experience some degree of variation in the network load impedance and/or networks in which the cable run length approach the quarter wavelength distance of the baseband signal frequency, which is 1 Mhz (with a quarter wavelength of approximately 246 feet). Under these conditions, changes in load impedance due open network ports (i.e. unterminated ports whose infinite impedance significantly alters the equivalent load impedance, which is nominally the parallel resistance equivalent of each cable's characteristic impedance.
In other words, in the illustrated embodiment of five port connectors, the load impedance from 1 port connected to all five ports connected ranges from 75 to 37.5 to 25 to 18.75 to 15 ohms. If the unit output signal is scaled to an average 25 ohm load impedance the signal amplitude may change by +50% (for 75 ohms) to −25% (for 15 ohms). Since the BALUMS cannot maintain impedance isolation under those conditions and since the high pass and low pass filters in the network modulator provide sufficient signal separation, it may be deemed suitable by those skilled in the art to remove the BALUMs and unit filters to save cost. The alternate embodiment of the distribution, therefore, removes the BALUMS (80, 92) the high pass and low pass filters (86-89, 94-97, and 99, 100), and combines the high frequency and low frequency busses (78, 90) into a common port bus.
Referring now to FIG. 11, the alternative embodiment distribution unit 22A includes the same elements as the prior embodiment within the RF broadcast signal path. This includes the CATV and other broadcast source signals received at the distribution unit connector 42 from the line 43 (FIG. 1). This path includes the notch filter 70, broadband amplifier 72 and slope equalization circuitry 76, which perform the same functions described in detail hereinbefore with respect to FIG. 2. The change occurs in the elements and bus circuitry associated with the network ports 24-28. As shown in FIG. 11, each of the network ports is coupled through associated distribution unit impedance matching networks 270-274, each connected between the distribution unit signal bus 78A and the individual output ports 24-28. The distribution unit impedance matching networks, as shown by the circuit 270, comprise three parallel paths, including a series resistor/inductor path 276, a series resistor/capacitor path 278, and a capacitor path 280. The purpose of the impedance circuits is to provide impedance matching between the signal bus and the characteristic impedance of the coaxial cables connected to each output port. In addition, with the loss of signal isolation otherwise provided by the BALUMS and the frequency filters of the FIG. 2 embodiment, the distribution unit impedance matching networks further provide short circuit protection of the network in the event of a short to ground of an output port or its connected cable.
Another consideration of the alternative embodiment of FIG. 11 is the signal path length of each port connector; this is the physical length from the common port bus 78A to each of the ports 24-28. This is of concern with respect to signal reflections occurring at an unterminated port. This signal path length is preferably less than a quarter wavelength of the network's highest frequency signal to prevent signal reflections occurring at an unterminated port at the network's highest operating frequencies. These reflections may cause signal interference with both the broadband and baseband signal frequencies. In the present embodiment, with the CATV broadcast signal frequencies approaching 1 Gigahertz (at or about 900 Mhz), the quarter wavelength of a 1 Ghz signal is approximately 1.3 inches.
connecting each appliance to its associated coaxial cable through an associated one of a plurality of signal frequency filters, including a digital signal frequency filter having a frequency bandpass suitable to pass therethrough the unmodulated digital signals at a selected signal bit speed, and including an RF modulated video signal filter having a frequency bandpass suitable to bi-directionally pass therethrough the RF modulated broadcast television signals and the RF modulated video signals, each said filter being connected at a first terminal thereof to the associated appliance and connected at a second terminal thereof to the associated coaxial cable, each one of said filters providing a substantially equal filter characteristic impedance to bandpass signals propagating bi-directionally through the multi-drop signal distribution apparatus and between the associated appliance and the coaxial cable.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the passband of said RF modulated video signal filter is at a higher frequency spectrum than the passband of said digital signal filter.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the frequency passband of said digital signal filter is substantially from zero hertz to 2.5 megahertz and the frequency passband of said RF video signal filter is greater than five megahertz.
inserting a filter impedance matching network intermediate to the connection between each digital signal appliance and said first terminal of said associated digital signal frequency filter, said filter impedance matching network providing a terminating impedance value at said first terminal which approximates the cable characteristic impedance provided to said second terminal, thereby providing substantially equal filter characteristic impedance to unmodulated digital signals exchanged at a signal bit speed, bi-directionally, through said digital signal frequency filter.
providing said impedance matching network as a series resistor functionally connected at a first side thereof to said first terminal of said digital signal filter and connected at a second side thereof to the digital signal appliance, said series resistor being further connected at said second side through a shunt resistor to the low voltage potential reference of the digital signal appliance.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said shunt resistor has a shunt impedance value which is substantially equal to the value of the cable characteristic impedance, and wherein said series resistor has a series impedance value which is in the range of from one third to two thirds of said shunt impedance value.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said series impedance value is selected at a value within said range to minimize digital signal interference with the RF modulated video signals.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein said signal bit speed of the unmodulated digital signal is a minimum of substantially 1.0 Mbps.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said digital signal frequency filter is at least a third order filter.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said digital signal frequency filter is at least a fifth order filter.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of installing further includes the step of blocking the RF modulated video signals and unmodulated digital signals received at said output signal ports from being coupled to said source input.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of installing includes inserting, at each said output port, an associated distribution apparatus impedance matching network connected in series between the associated said output port and said source input, for providing a terminating impedance value at each said output port which approximates the cable characteristic impedance.
inserting an impedance matching network between the signal input and output (I/O) ports of each digital signal appliance and said first terminal of said associated digital signal frequency filter, said impedance matching network providing a terminating impedance value at said first terminal which approximates the cable characteristic impedance provided to said second terminal, thereby providing said bi-directional exchange of unmodulated digital signals at a minimum signal bit speed of substantially with minimum digital signal interference of the RF modulated video signals.
NL1029952C2 (en) * 2005-09-14 2007-03-15 Tratec Holding B V A method for transmitting of signals. | 2019-04-22T16:48:00Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6481013B1/en | Porn | Computers | 0.554717 |
livejournal | When you draw, is this you?
Does drawing make you so angry you scrunch up the paper and make sweary sounds? And possibly stop drawing for long periods altogether? My new BookTrust blog post might be for you: read it here! | 2019-04-26T04:08:09Z | https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/772269.html | Porn | Arts | 0.89018 |
wordpress | …If we zoom into the neuronal circuits and clusters that make up the brain’s systems, we’ll find them laid out like the concentric layers of an onion, functional layer upon functional layer. This arrangement is the result of the relentless evolutionary push to continuously improve on an animal’s ability to navigate its complex and ever-changing environment. This onion reveals no preconceived design—far from it—but the unavoidably messy piling up of new over old structures, forced to work together for the common good.
The core of the onion: autonomous systems. Along the oldest, deepest layers… They are in charge of the most basic survival routines like swallowing, vomiting, heart beating and respiration, which are so indispensable that they run, for the most part, on autopilot. Accordingly, they are very hard, though not impossible, to modulate voluntarily. Our human species shares these circuits with fish and reptiles.
The outermost peel (aka, the neocortex) was overlaid atop an already crowded swarm of networks. In primates, it exploded into two huge hemispheres that completely enveloped the older parts of the brain. This new shell serves as the testing grounds for our still developing reasoning abilities. Because they are so recent, neocortical functions are the most flexible and sensitive to the impact of social and environmental experience. Since the neocortical outputs are closer to conscious experience, it is hard to recognize that the neocortex is constantly competing against earlier webs of well-established brain circuitry, and that its contribution to our motivations and actions are likely less than what we’d expect.
Our brains are like Onions.
Like the rings of a tree map out the details of its life and journey on the earth, our brains — even more complexly — consist of layer upon layer of, not merely the journey of our own life, but the journey of our entire species! How awesome is that?!
If we were to imagine, for just an instant, that what we call the “soul” or “self” was nothing more than the end-result of all these messy connections of layer-upon-layer of experiences built into our brains — if we were to take Buddha’s original viewpoint of anatta, for just an instant — we could gain insight into this notion of karma as the existence of motivations arising within us from past lives. Built right inside of us from the moment we are conceived and developing in the womb!
Consider how many opportunities for miscommunication there are among our civilization — even within the borders of our own country, our own state, our own families, we all have difficulty communicating clearly to others at times. We all have a tendency to see events, words, phrases, through our own ingrained perceptions, which were handed down to us from generations ago and layered into our onion-skins of the brain. This may be considered a sort of karma — for do we not react based upon our perceptions?
I considered, too, the mythology of the Divine Beloved (and my own beautiful Inner Dragon, Malachi). Getting to know our own mind through the use of imagery and ascribed personality can be extraordinarily helpful in increasing this plasticity and freedom. For, when I pray, if you will, to the Divine Beloved Malachi to take the effects of a certain karmic action or sensibility, from its point of origin until now, and I utterly release it to the Universe and do not look back upon it as a part of my life — in a very real sense, I am instructing my unconscious mind to examine and rewire itself concerning a certain action that was once built into the layers of my brain yet which is now found to be unhelpful.
In this sense, are we not helping along our own evolution?
What a tremendous wonder our brains are! What a miracle of complexity, and what encouragement for our species! If only that we all would take heed the words of the wise men who have gone before us (of Buddha, Jesus, and others) and examine ourselves. Yes, and feel free to acknowledge your own personal deities and angels; take advantage of the imagery they invoke to powerfully re-build the connections of our being and reshape our future! | 2019-04-19T13:00:00Z | https://motherprotennoia.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/peeling-back-the-layers-of-karma/ | Porn | Science | 0.314079 |
wordpress | You’ve seen them: television cooking contests. Whether it’s Iron Chef America, Top Chef, Chopped, Cupcake Wars, one of Gordon Ramsay’s disgraceful programs, or any of the many other such programs that currently fill the airwaves, people seem to love watching cooking competitions.
But a few easy steps could make those competitions better, and just as he offered his suggestions for improving professional football and baseball in the past (and The Curmudgeon won’t gloat about how some of his suggestions about baseball go perfectly with the sport’s current interest in making its games shorter), The Curmudgeon presents a few easy rules that would improve television cooking contests.
Contestants may not cook with bacon. It’s almost like bribing the judges: they all love bacon and using it is both the ultimate in brown-nosing and an easy way to mask less-than-quality cooking.
Contestants making desserts may not prepare crepes or French toast. French toast and especially crepes are the go-to choices for cooks who’ve been given a disparate set of ingredients with which to work and lack the creativity to do something with them other than throw them into a crepe or on top of fried bread and dare call it a dessert. Creativity is part of the contest, so if they can’t do better than French toast or crepes, the judges need to see that.
The judges don’t get to watch the contestants cook or know which contestants cooked which dishes. Viewers see it all the time: the judges convey expectations of individual contestants based on dishes those contestants cooked in an earlier round or a previous contest. It’s a form of prejudice and inherently unfair, so in the future judges don’t get to know who cooked what until after they’ve articulated their opinions of the dishes themselves.
Contestants may not tell the judges about the addiction or near-fatal illness they overcame or the father/mother/sister/child/abuela who recently died or is dying or is suffering from some horrible disease. Unless that sad state produces tears needed to salt the food it’s not relevant to the competition and is nothing more than a sleazy attempt to win the judges’ pity and influence their decision.
Contestants who are self-taught or who learned how to cook in the kitchens of others instead of cooking school may not remind judges or viewers that they’re not “classically trained” like some of their opponents. You’re in the contest, fella/lady, so please spare viewers your inferiority complex or your defiance because it’s gotten old.
Contestants may not tell judges about how they have something to prove to themselves or their parents or their kids or the people with whom they work. It’s a cooking contest, not Dr. Phil.
The Curmudgeon has no problem with any of these cooking contests being on television. From his perspective, there are many cable networks and tons of airtime to fill so there’s room for pretty much anything and everything. Still, he thinks these suggestions would make televised cooking contests more interesting to watch and make the outcomes of those contests a lot fairer than they are today.
Agree, agree, agree! Especially 3, 4, 5, and 6! And may ai offer one other suggestion? The chefs should not have to go hunt for the food or find someone who will lead a kitchen. These are cooking shows, not episodes of “Survivor”. Julia Child would be horrified.
Ah, so you saw the shark-jumping Top Chef episode where they made the contestants dive into a body of water to catch the raw materials for their entree.
Lend not lead. Time for more coffee. | 2019-04-24T14:50:59Z | https://foureyedcurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2018/12/24/the-curmudgeons-new-rules-for-television-cooking-contests/ | Porn | Arts | 0.193143 |
wordpress | I’ve made this top so many times there isn’t anything new to say about it! It’s from Gertie’s book, Gertie Sews Vintage Casual. My heart top is made from Girl Charlee French knit and the brown one is a cotton poly blend ponte from Joann’s.
These pics are from a few months ago. It’s pretty dreary outside at the moment. Also, my hair is no longer blonde!
Bonus pic of my little Babs. Until next time, Happy Stitching!
You do such a beautiful job with your sewing. Love the kitty portrait!
HOORAY FOR LITTLE BABS! AND…a really good job modeling! | 2019-04-24T16:45:11Z | https://lifeasyousewit.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/a-good-ol-favorite-gerties-sweetheart-knit-top/ | Porn | Reference | 0.459292 |
xbiz | LOS ANGELES — New Savages Network has launched Riley Nixon’s official site, TheRileyNixon.com.
The company reports the site is already exceeding expectations and quickly becoming a hit with its VIP Snap, Skype and custom video features, as well as tangibles like signed DVDs, gallery prints and apparel.
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wordpress | Meaty Chicken & Rice & Everything Nice– A classic chicken and rice soup with homey flavors to remind you of grandma’s home cooking.
Veggie Roasted Corn and Ancho Chile Bisque – We like this soup hot or cold, either way you can’t go wrong. This pureed soup is a wonderful, slight spicy, blend of ancho chiles, red peppers, corn and cream.
Vegan Pot of For Goodness Sake!– Pureed red lentil soup made with carrots, potatoes, garlic, a touch of cumin, a shot of lemon and a slight kick of cayenne. This SoupCycle soup was featured in Food & Wine Magazine in 2011.
Chef’s Choice Creamy Tomato Basil– The classic. Great by itself. Even better paired with your home-made grilled cheese.
I won a quart of soup at the Corvallis Farmers Martket. Could you tell me how to receive it?
I will check and see what I can find out. | 2019-04-24T12:58:57Z | https://corvalliswintermarket.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/from-soupcycle-2/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.804712 |
wordpress | This large boulder was dropped in place by an ancient glacier, which carried it from afar.
Living things are given a scientific name consisting of two names, a genus name and a species name (called a binomial), from Latin or Latinized Greek. These two names together are always placed in italics. Only the genus name is capitalized. Common names may be capitalized, or not.
When you see a list of species, such as these maples, only the first mention of the genus name is written in full.
Using a field guide or an online search, identify the trees and birds you see around you during the day. Write out their common names and binomials, accurately.
Glacial erratics are rocks, often large boulders with a rounded shape, carried and dropped in unusual places by a glacier. | 2019-04-20T21:26:04Z | https://englishmanual.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/g-is-for-glacial-erratic/ | Porn | Science | 0.932828 |
wordpress | Today I have a guest post up at another Disney blog, Inspired by Dis. Over there you can read all about how I upcycled my old Christmas cards to turn them into gift tags to use for next year. There are even some Disney ones thanks to the people that sent out Disney Christmas cards! To my friends and family, expect to see some of these tags on your gifts next year!
Read about how to do it here!
At my place of work, we had to carve a pumpkin – and we decided to do Tinkerbell! I’m super pleased with how it came out, and I wanted to share with you just how we did it. We followed some of the instructions from this website, which I highly recommend you check out.
In honor of the Princess half marathon weekend (I completed the 10k!), I thought I’d share a running related craft with you all. My friend Megan from over at Mouse Ears and Me decided we should make race bib holders one time when I went to visit her to do a 5k. It’s a really great way to display your race bibs without taking up too much space. Though this craft isn’t necessarily Disney related, it can be if you use it to display your Run Disney bibs or if you put a Disney quote or picture on it!
Please welcome guest blogger Michelle Ortiz, who shares how she created her very own Fall Mickey wreath!
I was inspired by a fellow Disney fan who had a simple Mickey and Minnie on her garage doors and posted the pictures on Facebook. I had no idea how she did it, but I knew the look I was going for. My husband and I bought our house a year ago, and haven’t had a lot of time, or money for decorating for various seasons…so I have been trying to do a few DIY projects to help us look like we live there!
So I thought of this project for our door wreath, and it would be good for Fall, Halloween (if I didn’t have time to do a different one) and Thanksgiving…so basically, I was set until Christmas if I didn’t have time for another one.
My husband I recently celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. I had already bought him a few things, but I decided I’d like to make something too. I searched around for ideas and I came across a cute printable on Etsy from Wish Upon a Star that featured a map of the US with the Up house over the location where you live. Since we had just moved into a new house I thought this would be the perfect present for my husband! I bought that and then decided to make my own Up themed picture frame to go with it.
I don’t know about you, but I love to collect Disney park recipes to try and replicate my favorite food and drink from the parks. I’ve already posted the recipe for 1900 Park Fare’s Strawberry Soup and Wild Africa Trek’s Curried Chicken Salad. I put all of my recipes onto cards, and then decided I needed a recipe box – so I set forth to make one!
Crafty Corner: how to make an awesome Disney picture frame!
Please welcome Jenn Rosseter, guest blogger and very talented DIY-er! Today she has a tutorial for us about how she created her own unique Disney picture frame. I adore what she created, and I hope you do too!
So you want to make an awesome Disney frame, huh? With a little imagination and a few craft supplies I can show you how to make your very own Disney frame to put your favorite Disney memories in! | 2019-04-19T05:05:49Z | https://disneyinyourday.wordpress.com/category/crafty-corner/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.270425 |
typepad | A very common reading of poor Anton Bruckner's music -- probably due to the zillion quotes re: his deep religious faith and his music's supposed relationship with the Almighty, blah blah blah -- is that his symphonies are supposed to have an essentially mystical, soothing, church music quality -- when he is, in fact, a deeply unsettling, scarily apocalyptic composer (cue Eugen Jochum's reading of the complete symphonies, the one on EMI not the one on DG, the former will really change your perception of what Bruckner is all about). This is not to diss the great conductors who -- the great Carlo Maria Giulini comes to mind -- chose the otherworldly path when conducting Bruckner. But there's so much more to Bruckner than that.
Case in question: a conductor not immediately associated (to say the least) with Bruckner: Riccardo Muti. Viennese critics today go ga-ga over Muti's Brucknerian tour de force this past weekend (another show tonight, download programs on .pdf here) at the Musikverein where the Italian maestro has been showing off the Wiener in an apparently incandescent reading of, of all things, Bruckner's wonderful, underrated (among the big boys on the podium it seems to be all about the 6, 7, 8 and 9: boring!) Second Symphony.
According to Der Standard "Riccardo Muti enhanced the Philharmoniker's brilliance once again in Bruckner's Second, managing to make it so fast and clear as to remind one of Rossini... with a finale as operatic as if he were still in charge of la Scala"
The Kurier writes about the "triumph", "maximum perfection" and "absolute precision and passion" in the reading. Wiener Oesterreich raves the "marvelous phrasing" as if Bruckner had been born in Ravenna, where Muti lives. | 2019-04-23T10:40:23Z | https://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/anton_bruckner/ | Porn | Arts | 0.590409 |
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I am a New Yorker, but with an International worldly flair young lady, who is well educated, playful and warm, currently pursuing my further education in the Arts in Europe, and exploring breathtaking cities in this part of the world.
Pysically, my porcelain creamy complexion contrasts beautifully against my raven, black mane. A tall lady ( 5’8) i am well proportioned with an hourglass figure.
Interaction is very important to me. Creating, conversing, discussing topics and getting to know one another organically creates a form of natural intimacy between two people. I thoughrougly enjoy the Arts, and often I can be found at the Theatre, or trying out a fabulous new eatery. Why not explore these passions together if we share an interests in food and the arts?
I seek the company of gentlemen who enjoy the pursuit of adventure in many forms. Candlelit dinners with a special someone even on a rainy night.
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wordpress | Please Take Michael Tilley’s Survey about Values and Value Conflicts in Redistricting.
This is just a quick note. I have a number of posts in the works that I can’t seem to get finished, but I want to use this space for something useful. So, I’d encourage anyone reading this to go read Michael Tilley’s blog post and take his survey about the values and value conflicts in play in the process of redistricting in the ICCSD. To save space I’ll say that I agree with the points you’ll read Michael make about the about the current board’s seeming inability to really publicly deliberate about the values at stake in much of their work. I say this while still acknowledging that this board (with the aid of the previous one with which it shares 5 members) is poised to get more done in addressing longterm needs than many, many boards before them. Still though, the purpose of electing a lay board rather than a group of technocrats is to find people who we trust to represent our values publicly as they weigh the courses of action that the Administrative team presents. Whether its individual temperaments, fractured personal relationships, or the combination of district politics and the Iowa open meetings law that’s the cause, we rarely get to see the kind of deliberation that the process requires.
Michael’s survey is not a “what is public opinion” tool. Its a “how should we be thinking about these issues?” tool. I’d encourage everyone who is interested in solving problems in the ICCSD to take it, and to think about how your answers there interplay with what you come to the process thinking is the right way to proceed forward. Maybe it will shake something new loose. I’d especially encourage the members fo the Board of Education to take the survey and to use it (not its results, which Michael notes reflect mostly the views of a small number of district activists) to guide their thinking as they interpret the new maps that the superintendent will be bringing to their attention soon.
Author Eric D. JohnsonPosted on June 5, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags Achievement Gap, ICCSD, Integration, polls, public opinionLeave a comment on Please Take Michael Tilley’s Survey about Values and Value Conflicts in Redistricting. | 2019-04-25T13:58:29Z | https://deliberatespeed.wordpress.com/2014/06/ | Porn | Reference | 0.262932 |
wordpress | Also saw this trailer on nico, there are many things to like about (story & voice cast). But the main turn off is the animation. I mean this is something that should belong in the 90s. Perhaps I am too spoiled with the well drawn bishoujo nowadays.
As long as the story is good, I am ready to watch it. Some time ago I hoped that one day Sugita and Nana will be the MC in the same anime.
Considering this isn’t really an “anime production” but rather a commercial, the animation didn’t strike me as particularly odd (it has to be suitable and attractive to all ages).
You have a point there. I thought it was CM for a new anime, my mistake.
…T.T…LIVE CASTLE×JOURNEY come out…then LIVE UNION (or ONION i will say ^^;) then soon album/single may come out TT.TT….
Will you go to see Live Union? I’m considering it now. | 2019-04-19T07:14:43Z | https://kasumife7.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/meiji-tweet-mystery-mizuki-nana-sugita-tomokazu/ | Porn | Arts | 0.848466 |
tripod | This page looks best in Internet Explorer, it does not format properly in Netscape, nor in Firefox.
This web site is continually being changed. If you have been here before you will probably find that new things have been added since you were here last.
Some years ago visitors were subjected to a viewing of the host's slides. I guess this page is a little like that. But the beauty of it for you is that any part you don't want to look at you don't have to, and I will never know!
To go directly to one of my pages just click on the links below.
I have won two photographic awards in USA. They are pictured below.
This picture can be seen in a larger version by clicking sunrises and sunsets below.
Click on my Floriade Festival page to see which of my photos won this award.
Click on family tree to find the real Harry Potter.
The following pages which used to be on this site have now been moved to another site. This page became too big too publish.
Click here to access this site. | 2019-04-18T20:32:06Z | http://janbw.tripod.com/index_m.htm | Porn | Reference | 0.09325 |
wordpress | My photography exhibit, titled “Garden Muse: A Botanical Portfolio,” will be at the Horticulture Center at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. It runs February 28-April 29, 2012, so there’s plenty of time to come see it if you’re in the Virginia/D.C. area or are planning to visit this spring.
My reception is Sunday, April 15. So set aside your taxes (if you’re not already done with them at that point!) and come join me at the reception from 1-3 p.m. for some mingling, appetizers and refreshments.
All images will be for sale and 15% of proceeds will go to Green Spring Gardens. I will be preparing a complete gallery of images from the show in late spring. Framed images and matted-only images will be available for purchase after the show as well. Contact me at [email protected] for sizes and pricing.
The website below was done by my friend and fellow graphic designer, Sonya Mendeke. For more info, visit http://smendeke.com/.
I just discovered Bruce Munro‘s lighting art through French gardener Delphine’s blog here. While all of his work is amazing, his outdoor and garden installations are breathtaking! Learn more about Field of Light® here and see more photos of installations here.
I shot this image of a part of Lake Lavon as we were leaving my younger sister’s home in Wylie, TX on Tuesday morning, en route from San Antonio back to Virginia. Despite recent rains, the lake is still 12 feet below normal. At its deepest, the lake is only 40-45 feet deep. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) receives raw water supplies from Lavon Lake, Jim Chapman Lake, Lake Texoma, Lake Tawakoni, and Lake Bonham for treatment and distribution to the region served. The North Texas Municipal Water District serves hundreds of thousands of North Texans. Learn more about the effects of drought on Lake Lavon here.
Repost: Photographs? Well, not technically. | 2019-04-19T20:35:22Z | https://gardenmuse.wordpress.com/2012/01/ | Porn | Arts | 0.722489 |
tripod | Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 346p.
Replicates the artwork found on the 1st US edition. This edition is printed in the small format (i.e. paperback size) with rigid board covers. I am not certain if this is the 1st German edition or not. | 2019-04-18T10:27:47Z | http://shawnh4.tripod.com/simmweb/Hyp_German.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.93608 |
tripod | Grasping clusters resemble a swarm of writhing dark green tentacles. The most peculiar thing about this is that the tentacles do not appear to be connected to each other, seeming to extend from some invisible portal. They often pull into thin air, only to stick out somewhere else. Many tentacles are attached to what looks like a small chunk of gnarled flesh, possibly with a beetle-like eye or a small oraface of unknown function. Grasping clusters are strange entities that hail from the far realm and defy the normal rules of spacial relation. Despite their appearance every part of them is in fact fully intact and connected through spacial twists. Despite their foreign nature and bizzare form grasping clusters have equal tenancy towards all alignments. Grasping clusters speak Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal, and blink dog.
Improved grab(ex): A grasping cluster can automatically grapple a creature it hits with a successful tentacle attack. A tentacle has an effective AC of 17 and can be severed by dealing 2 points of slashing damage to it.
Constrict (natural ability): When a grasping cluster succesfully grapples an opponent with at least three tentacles, each tentacle grappling that creature makes an automatic tentacle attack each round.
Spacial Distortion(su): Once per day a grasping cluster can manipulate the planar connections of the surrounding area to its advantage, causing all opponents within 30ft to suffer a -1 circumstantial penalty to melee attack rolls, a -2 circumstantial penalty to ranged attack rolls, and reducing their movement speed by 5ft if it is higher than 5ft. The grasping cluster also gains a +1 circumstantual bonus to its attack rolls. This effect lasts for 1d12 rounds.
Regeneration 1(ex): Grasping clusters take normal damage from acid, force, and electricity.
Incoherent form(ex): Grasping clusters are 5th dimensionally twisted, making them appear to be a group of randomly separated body parts. As a result they cannot be flanked, they get a dodge bonus to AC equal to 3 times their dexterity modifier, and each time they are attacked they have a 25% chance to ignore any slashing damage from that attack if the attacker does not also have incoherent form. Any creature within it's reach is automatically flanked. Grasping clusters get a reflex save (by the normal rules for saving throws against spells) to ignore damage from the dislocation when teleported into a solid object.
Alien Mind(ex): Being native to the far realm grasping clusters are immune to confusion, insanity, and insanity effects. They get a -4 penalty to sense motive, read lips, and innuendo checks made when interacting with non far realm creatures, but gain a +4 bonus to bluff checks against non far realm creatures. Language dependant effects they use on non far realm creatures suffer a -3 penalty to the dc, but they gain a +3 bonus to saving throws against language dependant effect from non far realm creatures.
Skills: Grasping clusters recieve a +4 racial bonus to spot and search checks, a +3 racial bonus to knowledge (the planes) checks, and a +5 racial bonus to escape artist checks.*Grasping clusters gain two additional tentacle attacks for each HD increased. | 2019-04-22T10:35:53Z | http://benharris2.tripod.com/benharris/id179.html | Porn | Health | 0.546956 |
tripod | This is the first comprehensive guide to building audioscopes. This guide will help take you from the basic one line scope to building audioscopes into anything you can imagine. Your only limitations are those in which you set. We will go beyond the basic scope and learn how to space, stack and change color, embed backgrounds or gifs, put scopes over images, and even learn how to make a thumbnail once your scope is done! I hope that by the time we are done, you will leave with a better understanding of scopes and all the possibilities of what you can create with them.
Below is a list of all the different aspects we will cover. If you already have a basic understandng of scopes, you may want to jump ahead to new territory. Just click on the link and it will take you to the blackboard.
click the speaker for music.
Bg color determines the background color of your scope. This can be any color. Here is an example of an audioscope on a black background and then a white background.
Height determines the vertical size of your scope. Maximum height for a web page (without having to scroll to see everything) is 380.
Width determines how wide your scope will be. Maximum width is 540 pixels for a web page, and 395 for an e-mail sig. If you have a border, it must be included in this number.
Leftoffset and rightoffset determine how far apart the left and right sides of the channel are. One side should be a negative number, and the other side positive.
Gain determines how much your scope reacts to the music. This can be a negative number, a positive number or a gain equaling zero.
*You do not need to have the left and rightoffsets included in your code.
Leftcolor and rightcolor are the colors of each track. You may use either the hex number for colors, or the color name itself. I find it much easier to use the color name. If you need to go back and change a value, using the color name helps when trying to relocate the right spot--especially on larger scopes. To see two very good color charts, one with hex numbers and one without, click wtvjunky's WebTV Color Chart (with hex numbers) or Netscape Colors For WebTV (without hex numbers). Want a color chart that has color names, hex numbers and scopes? Then Jacks' Scopin' Colors is the one you need!
Maxlevel is used when you want to show the peaks in the music. A floating line rides the tops of your left and right channels, marking the highest points.
On to Page 2--the fun part!
This Audioscopes of Art site owned by Chardonnay1.
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tripod | The WebQuest called: "How Can We Become Less Dependent on Non-Renewable Energy Sources?" is finally completed!!! It can be found at: http://jsgutierrezny.tripod.com/webquest.htm. I am teaching my seventh grade students about energy, and we will discuss energy conservation and alternative fuels next week, so the timing of the WebQuest's completion worked out nicely.
I learned a lot from the Tutor module. I especially was happy to find so many good tutorials available on MERLOT and was happily surprised that HotPotatoes6 was so easy to use. For the Tutor module, I reviewed four tutor-style computer programs. The “Master It! Tutorial #3: Digital Photograph to Painting Tutorial” that I found through MERLOT worked well. It allows the user to transform a digital photograph into a work of art and would be good for a high school art or computer skills class. The simulation “Protein Explorer” was also found on MERLOT. This program would be useful for a high school AP Biology class or a college Biology or Biochemistry class. It allows for easy manipulation and viewing of PDB protein structure files. Overall, I liked Protein Explorer because it allows the user to view details about specific proteins that may be studied in class, and allows the user to rotate the molecule as needed. However, the initial set-up of the program was a pain in the neck. Although it was supposed to work on both the MAC and PC platforms, I was only able to get this to work on a PC. Disney’s Toontown online is a multi player web-based interactive game with an exploratory environment in a 3D world environment. The players are Toons who join forces to save the world from invading robot Cogs. Usually three characters work together to defeat a Cog. Overall, I liked the Toontown interactive environment. I think this program makes working together more fun, and working with other characters is needed to defeat the Cogs. It also teaches players how to save and budget money, or tickets as in this case, to buy things. The “Math Grade 3” drill and practice software is on a CD-ROM that is both PC and MAC compatible. The CD must be purchased and placed into the computer to use this software. I liked the little reward screens after each page of work. I think this motivates children to move on, to see what the next reward screen will be like. Some reward screens are games, and some are animations. However, I didn’t like the way incorrect responses were handled. I think the program should allow users to correct their incorrect responses, but it doesn’t. I used the “JQuiz” section of the JavaHotPotatoes6 software to create a quiz based on forces and Newton’s laws of motion. This is a six-question quiz. I found the software relatively easy to use, and I may consider making a practice quiz for my students next time and place it on the internet, so they could practice at home. For the tutor lesson plan, I used the website: “DNA From The Beginning – Some genes are dominant” that I found on MERLOT. I think this is a great activity for seventh graders who are first learning about genetics. Last year when I was student teaching seventh grade general science at Great Neck North Middle School, students were learning about Mendel’s theories and how to use the Punnett square. I think a website like this would help students better understand why we use a Punnett square for genetic crosses. Also, the website is run and maintained by Dolan DNA Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Last year, we went on a class trip to the Dolan DNA Center. If students complete the web-based activities before the class trip, I think they would be able to learn with more depth while on the trip. During our discussion of stand-alone software in the classroom (#7), my first response was about MS Word, but later realized that in this module we will only discuss tutor software. I haven't seen any actual stand-alone software in use during my student teaching or during my current teaching position. Stand-alone software sounds like a great way to teach children about a particular topic because each child can work at his or her own pace. During discussion #8, I mentioned that computers do have the advantage that they appeal to visual and auditory learners, not just learners who do well with text based assignments. They also let you click on things to get more information, which can't be done with other forms of media. This then led to a discussion of how interactive games could help reach children with autism, who may not respond so well to people. For idea #9, we discussed the usefulness of the MERLOT website. I mentioned that although I haven't had the opportunity to use computer based teaching software with any of my classes yet. However, from the article "Computer-Based Teachnology and Learning: Evolving Uses and Expectations by Valdez et al, computer based instruction sounds like it would benefit a wide variety of students. Before taking this course, I did not know about the MERLOT website. I found it to be very useful. There are tutorials that you can use to learn more about specific software programs, tutorials that can be used with students, and many other resources. It seems that most of my classmates also haven’t had the opportunity to use computer based teaching software at their schools either. I hope to have the opportunity to use it in the near future.
"The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved” by Todd Oppenheimer gave me an opposing viewpoint to my positive view about technology. This article expressed the author’s negative views about the use of computers in schools. He started out by discussing a PowerPoint presentation that lacked substantial information but had excellent graphics. The teacher of that class said this was a building block, and seemed more focused on the use of technology than the students learning the material that they made their presentations about. I felt that the author really believed in his argument and must have observed some poor uses of technology. I enjoyed using the various software programs in this module. I already knew how to use MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, so that part was relatively easy. However, I never used Inspiration before, and was not sure how long it would take to learn how to use the software for the assignment. Thankfully, I found the tutorial to be very good and found Inspiration to be relatively easy to use and user friendly. I even decided to base my lesson in the Tools module on the Inspiration software. Although it is used to design graphic organizers, the resulting charts looked almost like computer flow charts to me. Prior to using this module, I thought that PowerPoint was a good tool for teachers to use since they can make presentations for their classes. However, I did not consider that students could make PowerPoint presentations as projects. I think that is an excellent idea, especially for science classes. Real scientists have to present their ideas to others, and the students could learn to do so by putting together PowerPoint presentations about their science fair projects, or even about some of the lab reports.
Communication tools are definitely extensions of our minds. They allow us to learn things and to teach others things that would not be possible to rely without them. Students learn more by constructing knowledge than just by reading something. For example, students would learn more by creating a PowerPoint presentation or from online chat and videoconferencing sessions than from reading a textbook. The new technology allows students to develop materials about the topics covered in class, not just to read and recite the information. This leads to a deeper understanding of the material that would not be possible without this technology. Learners use critical thinking skills when using these programs to answer problems, and usually also enjoy using the technology at the same time. Therefore, these tools do allow for a greater level of learning than would be possible without them.
I am currently working as a seventh grade general science teacher. | 2019-04-23T20:52:23Z | http://jsgutierrezny.tripod.com/blog/index.blog | Porn | Computers | 0.108622 |
phpwebhosting | Chess has been played in Canada since the early 18th century.
In 1759, General Sir John Hale and General Wolfe played chess on their way over to the taking of Quebec.
In 1787, there was a chess club in Nova Scotia. Its president was Richard Bulkeley.
By the 1840s, there were chess clubs in Quebec and Kingston, Ontario.
In 1846, the Toronto Chess Club was formed.
In 1872, the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) was founded. At the time, it was called the Canadian Chess Association (CCA). Its first president was J.B. Cherriman. Around that time, the first Canadian chess book was published.
In 1873, Albert Ensor won the first completed Canadian championship.
In 1873-74, Henry Robertson won the first Canadian correspondence tournament.
In 1874, John Henderson won the Canadian championship.
In 1921, the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association was founded.
In 1932, the CCA was transformed into the Canadian Chess Federation (CCF), which was renamed the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) in 1945 to avoid confusion with the CCF political party.
In 1936, Daniel Abraham (Abe) Yanofsky (1925-2000) won the Canadian Senior Boys Championship and the Canadian Major Open Championship.
In 1937, Abe Yanofsky won the Manitoba Championship and played in his first Canadian championship.
In 1941, Abe Yanofsky, age 16, won his first Canadian championship. He would win a record eight times (1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1963, and 1965). He won the Canadian championship twice with a perfect score of 11 out of 11 in 1943 and 1959.
In 1967, Lawrence Day represented Canada at the World Junior Championship.
In 1968, Lawrence Day first played on the Canadian team at the World Chess Olympiad. He would represent Canada in 13 chess Olymiads (1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998).
In 1978, Canada had their best finish in a chess Olympiad when they tied for 7th place at the chess Olympiad held in Buenos Aires.
In 1986, Abe Yanofsky played in his last Canadian championship – a span of 49 years (1937 to 1986).
In 2008, Alexander Ugge of Canada won a Silver medal in the 21st World Correspondence Championship final, 2005-8. He was 68 when the tournament began and is the oldest person in the history of chess to win a medal in a World Championship.
The 2011 Canadian Chess Open saw a three-way tie between Walter Arencibia, Joel Benjamin, and Dejan Bojkov.
The Canadian chess champions for 2011 were Eric Hansen and Bator Sambuev.
The Canadian chess champion for 2012 was Bator Sambuev. | 2019-04-22T08:26:01Z | http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Canada.htm | Porn | Sports | 0.861105 |
wordpress | The last time I posted was in St. Valentine’s Day. That’s clue #1. Between that night and tonight, there have been lot of things going on. The first was the tragedy that hit Japan. It froze Japanese football for a while, but overall it’s been a meaningful and fruitful year for Japanese football. J. League legends returned for charity match against the national team, where Shinji Okazaki met Kazu Miura.
Summer…my, what a summer. Japan won the FIFA Women’s World Cup. I stayed on ESPN SportCenter every night just to see glimpses of how did the Nadeshiko go. Nobody outside Japan really paid attention, but well, even in Europe women football is also seen with a chuckle. So the men won the Asian Cup against a re-surging Australia, and the women won against heavy favorites such as Germany and United States (unfortunately Eurosport Asia didn’t broadcast the tournament and the only match I followed through Guardian Football was Japan v England :p.
Australia unfortunately didn’t get to replace Japan in Copa America. Well, they share longitudes and DVD region, Australia sees its football team as rival to Uruguay, and I really want to see how do Australia fare in South America (this calls for a FIFA 12 tournament).
Highlight for this year is the 2014 World Cup Qualifications. I was happy that three Southeast Asian teams made it to the group stage, including Singapore and Indonesia :). Yeah they will last at the bottom, where their current strengths are, compared to Middle Eastern sides (but wehey, here’s Thailand at second place! Being in a group with Saudi Arabia is a true blessing!). The next two games are coming soon.
The bad side of missing out for 9 months (really, a friend has given birth during that gap) is that I’ve missed out most of J. League. The report and review, that is. My cable provides two live matches every weekend with a Singaporean highlight program in mid-week. So I know my Havenaar and tidy-cut Kennedy. Unfortunately KBS World doesn’t broadcast K-League, which is now in the championship phase. Jeonbuk Motors really earn my respect this year.
As for ACL…nobody really watches it, isn’t it? Another forgettable year for Japan, and since THAT incident in Suwon, now I’m really hating West Asian football. Good call for Lee Young-Pyo to leave the Saudi League. As for Lee Jung-Soo, well, he has to work somewhere and he’s good.
As for Asian players in Europe…well, not a big breakthrough as last year was. Kagawa still does great jobs with assists but not scoring, Honda and Lee Chung-Yong are sidelined for months. Okazaki is still finding form. Park Chu-Young should have stayed with Lille. Morimoto starts to fall out with Novara (which is much better town than Catania). Even Tim Cahill doesn’t score anymore. In short, no Asian player yet to make into the top scorers roll in various European leagues. On the good sides, many of them are now regular starters – Koo, Ki, Kawashima, Yoshida, and Hasebe to name a few.
So, I’m back to blog. The pleasure of seeing Asian players contributing to victories, the pleasure of seeing Japan and South Korea being victorious, the pleasure of reporting their matches, and the pleasure of seeing passionate and orderly Asian female fans (n/a in West Asia) keep me coming back.
Coming up: J. League final rounds, AFC Champions League final, K-League Championship round, the A-League, FIFA World Cup Qualifications, Olympics qualifications, Southeast Asian Games (no women football, bummer), and the FIFA Club World Cup. And the Indonesian League that will eventually come.
This entry was posted in Asian Leagues, Asian National Teams, Asian Overseas, Editorial and tagged ACL, Asians in Europe, Australia, comeback, Copa America, fans, FIFA (video game), FIFA Women World Cup, J. League, K-League, Park Chu-Young, Southeast Asia, West Asia by asiafootball. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-19T10:44:39Z | https://asiafootball.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/this-is-what-happened/ | Porn | Sports | 0.741992 |
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wordpress | As a new middle leader, I’m still finding my feet and determining the precise scope of my role. Although I’m in principle KS2 English Lead, I find it difficult to think of good teaching solely in terms of the teaching of English. I am so interested in education in general, that I cannot separate good quality English teaching from good quality teaching of maths, science, history, art etc. This is why I’ve started to send around research emails, which digest important books or research papers and suggest tips for improving English teaching and learning (just in case someone accuses me of not being English-focused enough….). I’m not sure exactly what these emails will achieve, but I hope that they will pique my colleagues’ interests and provoke debates, discussions and questions about education and our roles within it.
These emails also serve another purpose: they allow me the space and time to process what I’ve read and find ways of articulating this to others. I find I swallow books whole, swiftly moving onto the next one, without taking the time to digest them. Funnily enough, I’ve just read Make it Stick*, and this process of retrieval and elaboration is exactly what the authors recommend to, well, make it stick. So in essence, I’m sending round emails, couched as professional development for my colleagues, while secretly being a tool to reinforce my own learning…it’s a win-win!
I thought I’d go a step further and document my attempts at spreading the research love – perhaps someone out there wishes their English lead sent around emails? Well, fear not, Christmas has come early for you! Here is a version of the first email I sent around: an introduction to the idea of using research to inform practice, in which I refer to Tom Sherrington and Barak Rosenshine.
Blog posts provide an accessible route into education research and since the landscape is so marred with debates such as progressivism vs traditionalism and skills vs knowledge, I thought I’d start off with a balanced voice: Tom Sherrington’s blog post, Evidence-Informed Ideas Every Teacher Should Know About.
In the post, Tom Sherrington distills some simple yet effective strategies to keep in mind when planning, delivering and reflecting on lessons. I really enjoy his blog – if you’d like to read more from him I can recommend his book, The Learning Rainforest*, where he goes into more detail about cognitive science, memory and the knowledge vs skills debate.
These may all sound really obvious and we probably all do these to varying degrees every day. However, the article goes into some depth and allowed me to critically reflect on what I was actually doing vs what I thought I was doing. We do a lot of things and make a lot of decisions every day, and it’s so reassuring to be able to justify to yourself (and others), based on evidence, why you’ve made that choice.
It also really helps, especially for those of us with less teaching experience, to use teachers’ collective wisdom (i.e. evidence and experience) to improve our practice.
So that was email one. I hope someone out there found it useful. Please do comment with any suggestions on other important articles/blogs/books I should share with my colleagues. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be distilling ideas from Make it Stick*.
I have used affiliate links in this blog. They are marked with an *. | 2019-04-25T09:51:42Z | https://teachingtothetop.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/for-the-love-of-research/ | Porn | Reference | 0.686106 |
wordpress | Instead, how about trying something different the very next time you are confronted with an insurmountable challenge…one way beyond your human ability to comprehend…much less solve?
“(S/he) who knows does not speak.
(S/he) who speaks does not know.
Shut the door of desire. | 2019-04-23T16:04:16Z | https://toniroberts.wordpress.com/tag/mindfulness/ | Porn | Reference | 0.462959 |
wordpress | Well, it’s Wednesday already. Thank goodness.
I feel somewhat accomplished for this week–I started running again! I cannot explain how satisfied that makes me feel. Even though my legs hurt and I’m a slooow runner (and will be for quite some time, I imagine), running/exercise was the one thing I had yet to work back into my schedule post-baby. I had attempted, and I had even done pretty well for a little while there, with periodic runs or workouts, but I had no staying power, and no real excitement to hit the trails. It was work, it was sacrifice, giving up a nap time to devote to exercise. Who wants to do that?
But, I’ve decided I have to exercise. Not only for my health, but for my sanity. It was the guilt I had after talking to a new friend and the realization that I kept making excuses for why I wasn’t running which finally made me realize I needed to start back up. I’m done with excuses! 😉 For now, at least. Until I fall off the wagon again.
So, on to the goals of this week, as revised on Sunday’s post.
Writing goals… I’ve received my online writing class assignments and finished the first one. There are five, each with a separate due date, which I wasn’t expecting. So today I have to get an assignment written, one which I’ve been procrastinating on because I can’t find exactly what I want to model my piece on. I’m supposed to pick a paragraph from a favorite writer and model a paragraph of my own after it. Well, I think I’ve picked a book to use, but I can’t find the right paragraph! And after that, I still have to write it! It’s a good thing my mom comes over to babysit on Wednesday afternoons, as I think I’ll need today to finish this assignment! So, 1/5 assignments done there on writing goal 2.
Writing goal 1: I have been editing my current WIP, but I didn’t get anything done on it yesterday. Baby had a doctor’s appointment, and hubby and I went out to lunch afterwards. So that took most of the day, and then when I got home, I started trying to work on my writing assignments for goal 2, and…it just didn’t happen. But I’m about 1600 words into this draft now, which I am writing from scratch. I’ve only been averaging a few hundred words a day, which won’t cut it for NaNo, so I’m going to have to figure out how to devote more time to that!
Writing goal 3: maintain RoW80 check-ins. Done.
Writing goal 4: I haven’t written any more non-RoW80 posts for this blog yet…I have one scheduled for tomorrow, but after that, I’ve got to get cracking on this goal again.
Writing goal 5: Commenting on others’ blogs. I do what I can. I feel like I’ve been managing to stay afloat on this one. I think.
Writing goal 6: Keeping a personal journal. I have been better about this. My entries aren’t long, but they are there. I wrote twice this week already.
Non-writing goal 2: Organizing. Um…why is this still a goal of mine? It’s a daily thing, really… But it’s more like this goal should be “keep a clean house.” But even that is laughable. I dislike clutter, my husband dislikes clutter, and yet with a baby…clutter feels inevitable. That said, our house is probably cleaner than most. But there are definitely places I need to clean. The master bathroom is one which bothers me a lot, so that’s something that I think will go on the weekend list, and the pantry is the next on that list. So I think those two will be my small goals within the goal to work for this coming week.
Non-writing goal 4: I’ve been pretty good at reading to my son, but I have forgotten a day or two. We’ve been kind of busy lately, running around town and stuff, so sitting there with him and reading hasn’t happened quite as much.
Non-writing goal 5: Reading for my own pleasure has taken a back seat to me trying to finish Manuscript Makeover for my online course. I still read a few pages of whatever I want while feeding my son, but even that has gotten harder to do as he gets more mobile.
Non-writing goal 6: I baked my first recipe from the The Bread Baker’s Apprentice yesterday! Well, I started it Sunday, and worked on the bread all day Monday, then refrigerated the loaves overnight because I didn’t have time to bake them Monday. So I baked them yesterday morning, and they turned out well.
Non-writing goal 7: Bible study. I am doing better on this. I have been much more consistent, working my way through a reading plan on the Olive Tree Bible App. I’ve been reading almost every day, so I feel good about that.
Non-writing goal 8: Meal plan. I actually did that this week. I planned several meals this week, a lot based on food we already had, so it kept the cost down. (Although somehow when I go to the store, it still ends up costing more than I thought… I think moving has made a lot of things disappear and new things be needed!) So that feels under control as well, which feels great.
Non-writing goal 9: Exercise twice a week. Well, I feel great about this one–I’ve already run twice this week! On Monday and this morning. So I feel quite accomplished.
Overall, this has been a productive week, and looking at these goals really makes me remember how much I have been able to accomplish, despite having a little one, and despite having so much else competing for my time. | 2019-04-19T22:27:33Z | https://kelsieengen.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/ | Porn | Games | 0.087123 |
wordpress | The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s annual Keys to the City Festival kicked off today. While there are many exciting things happening throughout this two-week celebration, we are most looking forward to Chicago Piano Day (Sunday, May 27th).
Why? Because it’s free! And David Hyde Pierce will be there! Oh, and also, there are ton of amazing performances and events happening all day long.
Riot Fest Announces Partial 2012 Lineup…And Carnival? | 2019-04-19T08:25:02Z | https://cheapdishpizza.wordpress.com/tag/music/ | Porn | Arts | 0.742028 |
livejournal | ...and a cat, and Toothless the dragon.
And I was Titania, Queen of the Faeries. Complete with battery-powered lights and safety pins, just as Shakespeare wrote.
Much rain and chocolate was had, so that was all good. How was your Samhain?
Love how you did your hair and such. My Halloween was filled with trick-or-treaters and they were all adorable, even the bigger kids.
Thanks! Antler headbands and elf ear cuffs can be found on Etsy, made by craftsier people than I. :) Ha, I love that phase late in the evening on Halloween when the teenagers in half-assed costumes come by. I still give them huge handfuls of the leftover candy, because hey, trick-or-treating is fun.
Great pumpkins. I had a bat-carved one that was a big hit.
I love it! Avatar-state pumpkin-bending!
I Googled "Avatar pumpkins" and saw that idea, and had to try it. Down the street someone else had a really cool Totoro pumpkin!
My daughter carved a very convincing Xykon! | 2019-04-22T08:26:25Z | https://mollyringle.livejournal.com/273316.html | Porn | Kids | 0.258179 |
livejournal | This morning brought with it another bear visit. The front trash was strewn across the walkway and some of it was missing. The pole for the bird feeder was down and the feeder was missing. (I found it while on my way to my car, smashed to pieces behind the truck.) The dog was fascinated by the front yard and a little disappointed when I picked up all of the trash and uprighted the can. As is my practice, I dumped cat litter all over the trash so that it won't be attractive tonight when the bear comes back.
The bear also took a walk through Jessie's pasture. The goats apparently retreated into the barn to stand their ground, and the bear was not hungry enough to try them. The chicken coop-and-run, which was about 30 feet away from the barn, was flipped completely upside down. The chickens were still in the fenced portion, running back and forth in the canoe curve of the fence-lid. They could have flown out, but apparently didn't see any reason to bother. Or they had already come back after being startled into leaving. And speaking of bother, the chicken feeder - also lying in the fence-lid - still had chicken chow in it. Apparently the bear wanted eggs for breakfast, not cereal. However, it's likely that there were no eggs, since I collected a pair of them last night after playing in the potatoes.
Hercules looked ok, if wet. But he had dried blood on his mouth. I'm hoping he just bit his tongue when he jumped the fence. But just in case, I put a call in to the vet for a second opinion on whether he needs a checkup.
I'm not too concerned about the goats being attacked by a bear. There is so much loose bear food around our neighborhood - bird feeders, trash cans, dog food - that there is not much risk of livestock loss. Chasing goats or sheep or even chickens is just too much bother when trash cans have more variety and don't run away. And all the animals except the chickens and the baby goats are up on their rabies shots.
ETA: I heard back from the vet office staff. They said to check on whether Herc is eating tonight. If he's not, the blood may be from a broken tooth rather than a sliced tongue and he might need vet help. So I'll check on him when I do evening rounds and collect eggs (to keep the bear-bait level down).
Wow, scary. Clever idea, dumping cat litter over the trash - has this always been your practice?
We only see a bear once every few years. My goal is to remove food sources and/or make them inconvenient and unattractive. So I won't say that it is always my practice to dump used cat litter on the trash, but it is certainly one of the methods that I keep in mind.
Yeah, he seems to have settled back down pretty well. He didn't eat his food on Tuesday, but chowed down on hay when I brought it out Tuesday night. Wednesday's food was gone. So I'll hope he's back to normal.
Oh my goodness! Glad everyone's okay.
Give my best to Herc! Poor guy.
Yeah, poor Herc, but I'm glad he was able to run away. I'm all in favor of successfully running away from big scary things with claws.
hopefully it was just a walk through and he's moving on to his summer residence.
I don't think the bears stick around on our street for very long. There are too many dogs and not enough dog-fences to make it a comfortable long-term residence for something so interesting as a bear.
We get a bear walk-through every couple of years. I expect a 40-mile pattern takes a while to walk. | 2019-04-25T03:50:54Z | https://reedrover.livejournal.com/1964287.html | Porn | Health | 0.546202 |
wordpress | viewings, or in my case, attempts to view.
libraries, and playlists, and all sorts of complications.
and I should call customer support or email them.
So you basically get 5 or 6 opportunities to view a download.
documentary actually plays so if it fails to play, you are out of luck).
it clear that you are only renting a limited number of licenses.
further, using DRM to turn downloads into de facto rentals.
more money to be made from selling a product than from withholding it.
found a way to give the consumer next to nothing also.
Is MLB.com ripping off fans?
More of Matt Watson’s Post.
ByrnesBlogger1, No Fan of DRM.
"It’s a good start for us. Sweeping a team four straight games on the road is a rarity. It’s a huge confidence boost."
Eric Byrnes, after the D’backs took 4 in a row from the Washington Nationals.
It was one of those times when one is grateful that Spring Training stats don’t always predict what is going to happen in the regular season. Livan Hernandez had a horrible spring. His ERA was over 13.00. But yesterday he carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and pitched seven innings of shutout ball.
It’s the kind of start the Diamondbacks need regularly from the Cuban innings-eater; he’s usually good for seven, and though he ran into a little trouble that last inning, he pitched out of it. The Diamondbacks won their fourth in a row at RFK Stadium, after going 0-6 there last year.
I’m glad to hear that taking four in a row from the Nationals, as bad as they are, is, to use Eric Byrnes’ words, "a huge confidence boost." But I remember all too well that the Diamondbacks swept four from the Braves at Turner Field last year and then the roof caved in. So I’m still a little apprehensive about how good this team really is, especially after I’ve seen how bad the Nationals really are. They were something like 1-31 with men in scoring position during the four-game series. But the Diamondbacks were looking at early disaster square in the face, having dropped two in a row to the Colorado Rockies and heading into RFK, where they had yet to win. So the sweeping Washington means they bounced back from adversity, at least in the short term.
As for the game itself, it was good to see the Diamondbacks score before the Nationals could even come up to bat. Often last year, the early scoring was done by the Diamondbacks’ opponents. Orlando Hudson hit a double that drove in Conor Jackson who had been hit by a pitch. Hudson moved to third on the throw. Batting cleanup, Eric Byrnes drove in Hudson with a groundout to second. The first-inning runs were all the Diamondbacks would need, but they got an insurance run in the eighth, courtesy of a Scott Hairston single.
It was a so-so day for Byrnes, who is again playing right field in place of the injured Carlos Quentin. Livan’s no-hitter was broken up by a ground rule double over Byrnes’ head. Eric would have caught the ball if he had a better angle on it; it really wasn’t that far over his glove, but he reached back for it awkwardly. I was rooting for the Nationals to get at least one other hit, and they obliged me with two in the seventh. So at least Eric is not responsible for costing Livan a no-hitter. On the other hand, Eric also made a fine running catch near the right-field line, and quickly made an accurate throw to first, holding the runner there.
Byrnes struck out in the ninth, with runners on first and second and two out. Chad Cordero, against whom he’d homered, was pitching. Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you. In addition to the productive out in the first inning, Byrnesie singled and stole second in the fifth inning. Unfortunately, he was not driven in. But he now has four stolen bases in four attempts.
José Valverde recorded his third save. Shawn Hill took the loss. Chris Young left the game early with a leg injury; Robbie Hammock replaced Byrnes in right and Byrnes moved to center. I have not seen anything detailing the problem.
I am so glad the Diamondbacks are out of Washington, and not just because of the cold weather or the very big park that cost Eric Byrnes at lease one homer. I am glad to get out of there because the MASN broadcasts were painful to listen to. There was this awful sound, like fireworks and drums, that kept running over the announcers. I could not tell where it was coming from. It was not on the field; I could tell because they wouldn’t have that constant noise running while their players were batting. And the announcers did not seem to be aware of it even though at times the sound nearly drowned them out, so it didn’t come from their booth. Also yesterday, there was cross-talk from another broadcast on more than one occasion, probably the Orioles game on MASN2.
So now it’s the opening homestand, in a better climate, and against a better team, the Cincinnati Reds.
"There’s nothing sinister, illegal, wrongful or frankly unusual about that form of business negotiation or results," MLB president and chief operating officer Bob DuPuy told the Senate Commerce Committee, which called a hearing to investigate the deal. "This is not a matter of fans being unable to view MLB’s out-of-market games. It’s a matter of not being able to watch those games on a particular system."
…unless you don’t have southern exposure, or live in a place that does not allow satellite dishes. Then it IS a matter of fans being unable to view MLB’s out of market games.
Does this remind anybody of the hassles of not being able to play music or computer programs across platforms?
This is just another example of the fact that "we, the people" are not MLB’s customers. The various networks and systems, to use DuPuy’s word, are MLB’s customers. MLB is selling its product to them, not to us, and is willing to sell exclusively to one group in order to maximize profit.
Which brings me to another point, the business model. Exclusivity is a business model that seeks a high profit over a limited distribution of production units. Think Lamborghinis. Or think the Oakland Athletics, who have tarped over the entire third deck of the Coliseum, and who are planning to move to what will be the smallest park in the majors, out in the exurbs, i.e. suburbs of a suburb–Fremont, you’re a ‘burb of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, deal with it; those who can’t get to the park can just buy the right package to get the games at home. That’s assuming that A) you can afford it, B) you have access to it (see earlier paragraph about southern exposure and permission to use a particular system) and C) it’s compatible with the rest of your media consumption habits.
That last one is noteworthy. Suppose you are generally satisfied with your cable company’s offerings, or, probably more relevantly, you have a bundled package of phone, cable and Internet, the price of which will increase if you drop one of the services? Do you add DirecTV to get baseball that used to be offered on cable? Or do you drop cable and switch to satellite, even though it will increase your phone and Internet rates? Either way, your wallet is lighter, while the media and MLB execs are raking it in.
All of this may not be illegal or frankly unusual, but inside MLB and out, I find that maneuvering people into buying more than they need or want IS sinister and wrongful.
Arizona fans may miss 2001 World Series hero Gonzalez, but the projected starting outfield of right fielder Carlos Quentin, center fielder Chris Young and left fielder Eric Byrnes has considerable potential.
Espeically Young, who hit .253 with two home runs, 10 RBIs and four doubles in 70 at-bats. The team expects him to become more of an offensive threat as well as he becomes more comfortable with NL pitchers.
"He does everything," manager Bob Melvin said. "You talk about five-tool guys, and he’s one of those guys — runs, hits, power, defense, the whole bit."
Quentin, 24, began his big-league career with a bang last year, hitting a two-run homer in his Major League debut on July 20, becoming only the third player in franchise history to do so. The round-tripper also made Quentin the fourth player in club history to homer in his first at-bat. He finished the 2006 campaign with a .253 average in addition to nine home runs, 32 RBIs and 13 doubles in 166 at-bats.
Needless to say, but we’ll say it anyway just for emphasis, WE ARE EXTREMELY DISPLEASED! Eric Byrnes batted 14 points higher than either of these two. Moreover, he was one of only three major leaguers to go 25/25 or better. Additonally, he is changing positions this year, becoming Gonzo’s successor in left. Yet, Molony could barely be bothered to mention his name. Why?
It was not an article dedicated solely to rookie outfielders, or outfielders changing teams; he wrote about three teams: the Yankees, the Blue Jays, and the Devil Rays, who are standing pat in the outfield.
Is it because Eric may not finish the year in Arizona? Irrelevant till it actually happens. Until then, he’s THE MAN in left field and deserves more notice than he gets while everybody ooh’s and aahhh’s over rookies. | 2019-04-20T06:39:56Z | https://mlblogsbyrnesblog.wordpress.com/tag/media/ | Porn | Games | 0.098852 |
pbase | Current project for Five Mates Photographers Group is "Bricks with Bricks."
We are documenting local use of brick where we live, and using Argus "Brick" cameras for the images.
These last few days I sought out bricks of all sorts in my area.
There was limited use of brick in the historical development of northern Jefferson County, so I included some "sticks" with my images.
Locations here include House Springs, Cedar Hill, and Fenton (just over the county line in southern St. Louis County).
First outing was nice sunny weather. Then conditions changed, and we had several days of heavy overcast.
Film was Kodak Gold 200 of indeterminate age.
The Blue Monster Argus C-3 was the first Monster Argus I put together, about ten years ago.
I call it a "Monster" because it was cobbled together with parts from various sources and then further modified, about ten years ago.
Body was from about mid-run C-3, serial no. 673716.
Some of the broken and missing rivets were replaced with tiny machine screws and nuts.
Lens was scrounged from a Matchmatic, with the deeply recessed front glass and filter ring. I altered the EV numbers to conventional F stop values.
Finally, I replaced most of the outer black skin with blue vinyl that I cut from a checkbook cover.
Somehow a light leak messed up the first image on the roll. I ran the file through a sepia filter for another look.
In studying the construction of the old Creamery, I was surprised to discover that the blocks are neither brick nor stone. They were fashioned of aggregate concrete.
The Blue Bomber was a brick house this day! Well done, Ed.
save on the sepia brick porch too. | 2019-04-21T04:08:25Z | https://pbase.com/edkowalski/bricks | Porn | Recreation | 0.627908 |
sfgate | Chef-owners Curtis Di Fede and Tyler Rodde, both Napa natives, took the Bay Area on an exciting culinary tour of Southern Italy -- Sicily, Campania, Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia -- when they opened in 2010. And they're continuing to grow and expand. Earlier this year they reconfigured the modern space and added a private room. They make about 20 kinds of salumi; five pastas, such as ravioli with pigeon, walnut and balsamico; and much of the produce now comes from their 4-acre culinary garden. The menu, which changes nightly, always features a spectacular margherita pizza baked in a wood-fueled Acino oven imported from Naples.
Specialties: House-made salumi; pizza; any house-made pasta; squab (now with roasted apples and sauerkraut); whole-animal cooking; porchetta.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily; dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, until 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday (late-night menu served later). | 2019-04-24T15:54:04Z | https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/listings/restaurants/venuetop?year=2012&vid=606099 | Porn | Business | 0.604628 |
tripod | Yahoo! - A great site to find links to everything.
Excite - an interesting and flexible new Search Engine.
The World Wide Web Yellow Pages.
AAA World Announce Archive. Otherwise known as the Matilda Search Engine. This site pioneered the SafeSurf Search Engine protocols, rating sites for different age groups. It's also a site with a great sense of humor.
. This is a more hip guide to sites than a search engine, but it's also quite interesting. Currently, it's more a targeted opinion on the events of Sept. 11th.
Grey Ghost Games - the authorized publishers of FUDGE RPG materials.
Microtactix Games. This is the publisher for the latest incarnation of the Plain Label Roleplaying Game.
RPG Action. A roleplaying supersite that I'm currently writing product reviews on.
About time that I added some writing resources to this link list!
Science Fiction Writers of America. Note: According to Joe Straczewski, this organization dismisses science-fiction screenwriting as illegitimate for most purposes, but takes the screenwriters' money as dues anyways. Caveat emptor.
Writer's Guild of America. This is the big enchilada of writers' organizations. It helps make sure fair wages are given for work, protects writers legal rights, and provide a lot of useful tips and interviews as well.
Writer's Digest. I've spoken in high praise of this magazine as a resource for writers. The site is a great resource as well. Lists of the top publications to freelance for, full guidelines for submissions to hundreds of places... there's something here of use to almost all writers.
Thoth's Web Personals An online dating service.
The Nizkor Project - I want people to know about this phenomenal resource against hatred. It documents as many examples of the hate-mongers who try to infiltrate our lives as possible. It's a very worthwhile project, and worthy of support.
MSInformation. This is my site-within-a-site, a support source/reference on Multiple Sclerosis.
Jan Strnad's Homepage. Jan was the creator of the independant comic Dalgoda, published about a decade back. He's now involved in many writing endeavors, including Cybercomics. The eerie thing for me is the fact that his site is very similar in intent as mine! | 2019-04-26T12:27:40Z | http://worldjeff.tripod.com/hotlinks.html | Porn | Reference | 0.483781 |
salon | We can't stop terrorists from using uncrackable codes. So we shouldn't even try.
Here's a tip for Treasury Department agents tracking al-Qaida's finances: You might want to pay a visit to the volume discount department at Dell Computer. Al-Qaida, it seems, has been an avid consumer of computers over the last several years, and is especially fond of laptops. It isn't hard to understand why. With his hectic, on-the-go lifestyle, no self-respecting terrorist can function without a computer that fits comfortably on an airplane tray table. Alleged "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui, for instance, used his to research crop dusters, quite possibly in preparation for a biological attack on a densely populated American city. Ramsi Yousef used a laptop he accidentally left in a Manila apartment to plan his extensive itinerary, which included assassinating the pope in the Philippines, attacking an Israeli Embassy in Thailand, and bombing the World Trade Center in 1993.
It's not surprising, then, that the seizure of computers has become a primary goal for U.S. soldiers scouring Afghan caves and ambushing Taliban and al-Qaida operatives. Ironically, though, winning possession of this equipment on the battlefield may be the easy part; terrorists today have the capacity to protect data with encryption schemes that not even America's high-tech big guns can crack. The number of possible keys in the new 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), for example, is 1 followed by 77 zeros -- a figure comparable to the total number of atoms in the universe.
Luckily, not all encryption is hopelessly secure. Ramsi Yousef was careless in protecting the password to his encrypted files, giving the FBI relatively easy access to their contents. It took the Wall Street Journal only days to decrypt files on two Al-Qaida computers that used a weak version of the Windows 2000 AES cipher in Afghanistan. The U.S. cannot, however, count on such carelessness indefinitely.
But recent changes in U.S. policy have actually reduced restrictions on the spread of sophisticated encryption. In January 2000, for instance, the Clinton administration ruled that "retail products" that undergo a one-time, 30-day government review can be exported to nearly all countries (with the exception of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) without any government licensing requirement. Revisions published later that year relaxed even these limitations for products exported to the 15 nations of the European Union and several of their major trading partners. The practical effect of these reforms has been that the industrial-strength Windows 2000 128-bit High Encryption Pack is now freely available over the Internet to anyone, including Hamburg residents such as presumed Sept. 11 ringleader Mohammed Atta.
Since Sept. 11, some commentators and lawmakers have suggested that the U.S. reverse itself once again, and redouble efforts to control encryption. On the surface, this sentiment is understandable -- it is difficult to argue against any moves that may prevent future terrorist attacks on the scale of the WTC disaster. This position is, however, dead wrong.
Quite simply, the U.S. regime of strict encryption controls didn't make sense before Sept. 11, and it doesn't make sense now. The starkest illustration of this reasoning is the case study of Israel, which is simultaneously a leader in encryption product exports and a major focus of terrorist attacks.
Before President Clinton's 2000 reforms, proponents of encryption export controls were besieged from all sides: on the left and right flanks privacy advocates argued that strong encryption is vital to protecting individual liberty against government intrusion. First Amendment devotees launched a frontal attack in the courts, claiming that encryption code was essentially speech. Most effective, however, was the carpet bombing of lobbyists and campaign contributions from the software industry -- the Microsofts, IBMs and Suns of the world -- who argued that export controls simply drove customers seeking secure products to companies in other countries -- such as Israel. These companies estimated their losses in billions of dollars, and noted the costs to workers as well; even domestic companies were hiring independent overseas software developers to create encryption products.
Though their agendas differed, the above parties were united in their claims that the government's policy stood little chance of significantly controlling criminal use of encryption. First, they noted that producing encryption algorithms takes few resources beyond advanced mathematical training. In fact, sometimes even these skills are not necessary; in early 1999 a 16-year-old Irish high school student named Sarah Flannery developed a new data-encryption algorithm that was 22 times faster than the popular RSA algorithm used in many business transactions today.
Second, reform advocates stressed that there is no practical way to keep encryption within or without the confines of physical borders. For instance, anyone can purchase a copy of the encryption program Crypto II on the streets of Moscow for $5, and then e-mail it to a friend in New York.
Third, legal controls on encryption will bind only those who decide to follow the law. Terrorists who are willing to fly a jet into the side of a building will have no qualms about breaking laws against illegal encryption. Finally, encryption advocates claim that government control stifles development of the strong encryption we need to protect computer networks from attacks by hackers and other criminals, and to secure our systems for air traffic control, electrical distribution, financial markets and telecommunications.
But hasn't Sept. 11 changed the equation? Americans have, after all, now come to accept that they will have to compromise on issues like privacy or economic growth in favor of increased security.
It is specifically in the aftermath of this trauma that where it becomes instructive to look at the policy of Israel, a country defined by its obsession with security. The Israeli predicament is essentially a starker version of that of the U.S. On the one hand, Israel has faced six wars in its first 50 years, and confronts terrorist shootings and suicide bombings virtually every week. Both the Israeli army and the FBI have confirmed that Hamas and other Islamic militants regularly use the Internet to transmit encrypted instructions for terrorist attacks -- including maps, photographs, directions, codes and technical details about how to use bombs. On the other hand, Israel's economy is among the most reliant in the world on high technology exports. In fact, the share of Israel's information technology exports as a percentage of services exports is surpassed only by Japan. All of this has helped earn a country with few natural resources other than potash a per capita GDP of $17,500 -- higher than that of several members of the European Union.
In this context it is significant that in 1998 Israel, too, revised its rather draconian encryption laws, granting regulators a great deal of flexibility to permit the export of strong encryption products -- including a "free means" category for which all license requirements are waived. These changes were prefaced by a government report that noted the futility of limiting "the use of means that can be freely obtained from many public sources," and said that the law should permit Israeli companies to develop and export "competitive products that can be marketed in most of the world's countries as off-the-shelf products." In fact, even before the 1998 liberalization, flexible enforcement had allowed Israeli companies such as Checkpoint Software to dominate the network security field.
The lesson from the Israelis is not how to control terror -- they don't seem to have better answers than anyone else -- but rather how to live with it and continue to function with as little social and economic disruption as possible. If, as President Bush tells us, we're in this war for the long haul, we simply cannot afford to sap our economic strength to prop up the fantasy that we can control the actions of terrorists by fiat. There are some battles we just shouldn't fight.
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tripod | High spectral resolution image analysis offers interpretive advantages unavailable with broadband imaging. Although fixed dispersive elements such as gratings have long been used for spectral analysis, acousto-optic tunable filters (AOTF) offer an alternate mechanism. AOTF devices offer low to moderate spectral resolution, with . Because they are solid state, tunable, and random access, these spectral filters offer some unique benefits over other dispersive elements such as diffraction gratings.
Among the attributes offered by an AOTF instrument, the most important may be spectral agility. An AOTF device can switch from one spectral range to another in the time that it takes an acoustic wave to traverse the crystal, (typically tens of microseconds). In addition, the solid state nature of the devices makes them mechanically robust. While the use of AOTF devices for electronic signal processing applications is well established, they have not yet been extensively used for spectral analysis of images. Katzka provides a partial review of the historical development of these devices.
An acousto-optic cell is a transparent birefringent crystal excited by a radio frequency transducer. (Because the crystal is birefringent, the index of refraction of the "ordinary" axis differs from that of the "extraordinary" axis). Propagating acoustic waves inside the crystal create regular spatial variations of the refractive index. Under phase-matching conditions, light of a particular linear polarization and wavelength, incident on the crystal at a very specific angle, is diffracted by the moving grating produced by the acoustic wave.
The conditions favoring diffraction are only satisfied for a particular spectral frequency at a particular incident angle and a particular driving frequency, (see Xu for a more complete discussion). By controlling the transducer frequency, the spectral frequency diffracted can be selected. Moreover, controlling the transducer power allows control of the amount of light diffracted. Typical transducer power is on the order of 1 W. While higher transducer power increases the amount of diffracted light, it also degrades spectral resolution by increasing sidelobes of the center frequency (this effect can be minimized through apodization of the transducer).
By making the AOTF part of an imaging system, and projecting the diffracted light onto a 2-D array, it is possible to form an image extracted from the particular spectral component of the incident light. For example, CCD arrays have been utilized for this purpose.
Because the crystal is birefringent, the polarization of the light incident on the device affects the angle to which the light is diffracted. Diffraction changes the polarization of the incident light so that some of the initially ordinary polarization emerges from the device with extraordinary polarization, and some of the initially extraordinary polarization emerges from the device with ordinary polarization. The result of this sensitivity to polarization is that an AOTF imager might be used to discern polarization information about a scene in addition to spectral information. Because the two polarizations of incident light are diffracted differently, it is possible to use two CCD arrays in order to capture separately the image generated by each polarization.
Although a number of birefringent materials have been used for AOTF devices, TeO2 is a frequent choice due to its high acousto-optic figure of merit, and good transmission in the visible and infrared, (0.4-5 mm). Other materials include TAS, which is transparent to 11 mm, and quartz which is transparent in the UV. Although the bulk material of an AOTF may be transparent across a broad spectral range, a particular device is generally limited to a spectral range of an octave or less due to the range of the transducer . Moreover, transparency of the bulk material is only one factor in the overall spectral range of the device. Other spectral limitations may come from the detector array, or the system optics.
Instrument design requires tradeoffs of spectral resolution, spectral consistency across the image, diffraction efficiency, and angular field of view. Glenar et al. elaborate about phase matching as a function of polarization, incidence angle, spectral frequency, and angular aperture. Because the physics of phase matching rely on a specific incidence angle, the devices typically have a narrow field of view, and a small optical aperture. For example, the field of view of one device used in a breadboard demonstration was 6--10 degrees . In an imaging application, the effective field of view of the system is even smaller than that of the device (by a factor dictated by the optics of the system). For example, the effective field of view for the breadboard system described above was 1.4-3.5 degrees. Consequently, AOTF imaging spectrometers are expected to be most useful for examination of distant targets, a condition often encountered in remote sensing applications.
One application that demonstrated some of the strengths of AOTF devices used a Thallium Arsenic Selenide (Tl3AsSe3 or TAS) crystal to measure exhaust composition in a commercial stack . Although the stack analyzer is not an imaging application, it does demonstrate the flexibility of an AOTF device. In this case, the AOTF acting as a spectral filter also eliminated the need for filter wheels, gas cells, diffraction gratings, and mechanical light choppers.
A number of AOTF imaging applications have been investigated in recent years. Although in most cases, the instruments have not yet been deployed, the examples described below demonstrate the wide variety of possible applications.
One proposed use for an AOTF imaging application is for forest fire detection . While this application would not make use of polarization, it would exploit the ability to rapidly change spectral sensitivity. The airplane based device would scan a scene at 3.4 mm until an anomalous signal was detected. The instrument would then re-examine the questionable locations at one or more additional wavelengths. By relying on a sequence of spectral regions for discrimination, rather than a single spectral signature, the instrument might be able to reliably identify even incipient forest fires with a low probability of false alarms. The estimated probability of detection cited exceeded 95% while maintaining a low false alarm rate.
Another suggested future application for this technology is the Mars Rover Sample Return Mission . In this application, the instrument would use a sequence of images at differing spectral bands to identify and classify rock samples by mineral type, and make decisions with some autonomy. The autonomy would be necessitated by the round trip transmission time between Mars and Earth, while the simplicity and mechanical durability of the AOTF would make this approach well suited for the stresses of launch and interplanetary travel.
Another suggested application for AOTF imaging technology is detection of camouflaged objects. Although camouflage might be very effective in the visible, or at a single spectral frequency, it is likely to be much less effective across a number of spectral regions. Consequently, switching among spectral regions might facilitate reliable identification of camouflaged objects (as was the case for the forest fire detection scheme described above). The polarization sensitivity of an AOTF imaging spectrometer might be particularly useful for man-made objects rather than for natural objects because man-made objects are more likely to have smooth faces, and reflected light is consequently more polarized.
Although there are no current plans to put an AOTF imaging spectrometer on an Earth orbiting space platform, an airborne prototype has been investigated. The system would be based on a NASA-Lewis Lear Jet, and have a spatial resolution of 1-2 m from an altitude of 30,000 ft with a spectral range of 0.5-0.8 mm . In addition to facilitating development of the optical system, the prototype would be a test bed for signal acquisition and tracking electronics.
Glenar et al. provide the following specifications for two instruments selected to demonstrate the range of AOTF applications. The two instruments are a camera, and a 1 m telescope, (both using a 576 x 384 pixel 23 mm pitch CCD in conjunction with an AOTF). The spectral resolution of the camera was approximately 1 nm over a range of 600-900 nm, while the resolution of the telescope was approximately 5 nm over the range 450-700 nm for the telescope. For both instruments, the polarization rejection ratio exceeded 1000:1. As a demonstration, the telescope was used to verify the change in belt-zone contrasts of the planet Jupiter when observed near the 725 nm band of CH4.
As part of a broader discussion of "typical" AOTF devices, Beattie et al. describe an AOTF test facility integrating optics and detector electronics for characterizing AOTF devices. The device examined by them had a spectral resolution of approximately 1-2 nm, and a field of view of 4 degrees. This device had an optical aperture of 10 mm x10 mm, and was designed to operate over a range of 0.45-0.8 nm.
In conclusion, AOTF imaging instruments have unique attributes that make them well suited to many remote sensing applications. Prototype instruments have been constructed, and development continues. Particularly promising applications include spectral or polarimetric analysis requiring only a narrow field of view.
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P. Katzka. AOTF overview: Past, present, and future. In Acousto-Optic, Electro-Optic, and Magneto-Optic Devices and Applications, volume 753, pages 22-28. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1987.
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Li-Jen Cheng, Tien-Hsin Chao, and Mack Dowdy et al. Multispectral imaging systems using acousto-optic tunable filter. In Infrared and Millimeter-Wave Engineering, volume 1874, pages 224-231. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1993.
Paul J. Thomas, Allan B. Hollinger, and R. H. Wiens. Adaptive infrared forest fire sensor. In Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IV, volume 1969, pages 370-381. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, April 1993.
Jeffry Yu, Tien Hsin Chao, and Li-Jen Cheng. Acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) imaging spectrometer for NASA applications: System issues. In Optical Information Processing Systems and Architectures II, volume 1347, pages 644--654. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1990.
David A. Glenar, John J. Hillman, Babak Saif, and Jay Bergstrahl. Acousto-optic imaging spectropolarimetry for remote sensing. Applied Optics, 33(31):7412--7424, November 1994.
Mark E. Beattie and David C. Harrison. Imaging spectrometer based on a acousto-optic tunable filter. In Aerial Surveillance Sensing Including Obscured and Underground Object Detection, volume 2217, pages 388--402. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, April 1994. | 2019-04-22T08:23:10Z | http://ibank.tripod.com/lecture/Rs210.htm | Porn | Science | 0.929796 |
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wordpress | Why was a journalist in #Kashmir beaten by Cops ?
Srinagar, Jan 3: What Police did to me on Thursday at Hazratbal on Srinagar outskirts is my testimony of brutality that I went through.
It was a nightmare when the men-in-uniform, who are meant to protect civilians, thrashed me ruthlessly without any provocation at Hazratbal here. They also abused my father, mother, sister, brother and all those I belong to. They threatened me that they would file a charge-sheet against me of “any sort” and have me landed in “any kind of trouble” they wished to. I am a journalist. But I did not tell them so.
At about 12:30 pm, I walked to an ATM outside Kashmir University. There was a lady inside the cabin transacting the money. To my utter shock, there were two more men inside. But these were no ordinary men. They were ‘policemen.’ I asked them can they please get inside only when the lady has finished her transaction as per the bank directive for ATMs. “And there has to be just one person inside the cabin at a time,” I told them.
The policemen came out in fury and started to abuse me. “You poor creature, don’t you know who we are. We are policemen. Let us take you to Hazratbal chowki, you ***. We shall show you who we are,” one of them said, while pulling me by the collar. They dragged me in the middle of the Hazratbal market to a chowki without listening a word.
One of them pulled me up and threw me to the floor. And then he started to beat me until he was tired. I was crying like a child. I held the policeman’s feet and begged for forgiveness. But he continued to beat me. Then the ‘Munshi’ of concerned police chowki intervened and told him to stop. Still he continued to thrash me.
The Munshi then terrified me of “things police is doing”. “They could have fired at you and killed. Then what would have you done,” he said.
“Sir I just asked them a simple thing… I am sorry,” I said.
“I think you are mentally retarded to have messed up with Police,” the Munshi said.
But I declined to wash my face and begged them to release me. After almost half an hour of the incident, I and three of my colleagues went to the SP Hazratbal Abdul Qayoom with the compliant. “You write an application and we would take action,” he said.
Then the four of us went to Station House Officer Hazratbal. We filed an application. Both the times I had to narrate the brutality which I went through. The SHO said he will look into the matter.
Then in the evening, I called Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, S M Sahai. I narrated the whole story. “I will look into the matter,” the IGP said.
SRINAGAR: The J&K government appointed inquiry commission headed by Dr Showkat Hussain Zargar to probe the death of infants in Srinagar‘s GB Pant Hospital on Thursday held that their numbers were much higher than hitherto reported: more than 1,400 in the last one year. The Zargar commission also indicted the former medical superintendent of the pediatric hospital, Dr Javid Chowdhary, describing him as “irresponsible” and “negligent”.The state government had ordered a probe after media reports revealed that hundreds of infants had died in the hospital due to official apathy. The final report has recommended a complete ban on private practice by doctors in state’s collegiate hospitals.
Dr Zargar, who is also the director Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, has suggested that no consultant may leave the OPD until four pm, which is when most doctors rush out for their private practice. He also said heads of department of concerned units must educate the faculty about this. Engagement of doctors in private practice was the main cause of infighting among faculty members, which hampered the functioning of GB Pant Hospital, the report said.
“Most of the times, the MS (Dr Chowdhary) remained out of hospital. Rest of the staff took advantage of his absence and came to the hospital as per their wish. Besides Dr Chowdhary, other doctors too were engaged in private practice,” the report adds. It indicted him for embezzlement of funds in purchase of machinery for the hospital. “The ventilators were purchased through dubious means and were not of standard. One among the two developed a snag and the hospital was running on one ventilator,” the report said.
The government has admitted that 480 infants have died at GB Pant Hospital since January, which takes their total death toll in the past 17 months to a 1400. “A drug mafia was running in the hospital to fleece patients. A team of doctors and staff was helping it flourish,” the report said. | 2019-04-26T08:24:35Z | https://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/tag/thursday/ | Porn | News | 0.620029 |
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Beneath this photo, is one of the three of us; transplants with similar blunt haircuts and coordinating seersucker outfits, sitting in the back of a brown Crown Victoria Station Wagon (later we dubbed her, Miss Vicky). The back seat has been turned down to create a kind of playpen in the rear of the car so that the three of us can sit together. There are toys everywhere. In the photo, I’m pressing a plastic phone the size of my head to my ear, my little brother looks caught, in the lens of the camera and my sister sits, holding a doll in her lap.
In Korea, I discovered the root of the insecurities that have dogged my steps far too often, thwarting my attempts to step confidently into who I am. I talk about this in part III of my Searching for Seoul Blog. “Sister Theresa (Part III): Last Place”.
Everything I see makes sense, but it feels unreal and intangible. I breathe deeper, open my eyes wider. If I could dig my bare toes into the ground, scrunch the earth between my toes and somehow immerse myself in my surroundings I would. If it wouldn’t be rude, or be weird, I would walk off by myself for an hour or two, sit in the middle of the lawn somewhere, let the past find me.
She is a girl playing dress-up in a nun’s habit. A rainbow-tailed unicorn, disguised as a workhorse.
Stepped onto Korean soil for the first time in thirty-years this week. The last time I was in Korea, I was just seven years-old.
I study the quiet and sleepy faces around me in the “foreigner” immigration line. We shuffle along as the “resident” line across the way from us empties. It feels a little strange to be in the line with foreigners because technically, I am coming home…Read the Full Story at http://www.hanahawley.com on Searching for Seoul. | 2019-04-22T10:35:14Z | https://bigcaliforniadreamin.wordpress.com/tag/asian/ | Porn | Kids | 0.855932 |
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tripod | Prayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious contact with God. We A's are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first time in our lives, and strenuously trying to help the next alcoholic who comes along. So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us to meet an occasional emergency, but at first many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope to get a secondhand benefit. Or perhaps we don't believe in these things at all. To certain newcomers and to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the logic and experience in proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable. Those of us who once felt this way can certainly understand and sympathize. We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God. Many of us had strong logic, too, which "proved" there was no God whatever. What about all the accidents, sickness, cruelty, and injustice in the world? What about all those unhappy lives which were the direct result of unfortunate birth and uncontrollable circumstances? Surely there could be no justice in this scheme of things, and therefore no god at all. Sometimes we took a slightly different tack. Sure, we said to ourselves, the hen probably did come before the egg. No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the god of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns. But certainly there wasn't any evidence of a God who know or cared about human beings. We liked A.A. all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles. But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory wrong. Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer. And that, we have found, can happen to anybody who tries. It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer ate those who never tried it enough." Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. life confirm this ageless truth. There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundations for life. Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom. And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator. As we have seen, self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. It is a step in the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help. Yet it is only a step. We will want to go further. We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. Most certainly we shall need bracing air and an abundance of food. But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. How, then, shall we meditate? The actual experience of meditation and prayer across the centuries is, of course, immense. The world's libraries and places of worship are a treasure trove for all seekers. It is to be hoped that every A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation will return to the practice of that devotion as never before. But what about the rest of us who, less fortunate, don't even know how to begin? Well, we might start like this. First let's look at a really good prayer. We won't have far to seek; the great men and women of all religions have left us a wonderful supply. Here let us consider one that is a classic. Its author was a man who for several hundred years now has been rated as a saint. We won't be biased or scared off by the fact, because although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer. And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer was his expression of what he could then see, feel, and wish to become: "Lord, make me a channel of they peace--that where there is hatred, I may bring love--that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness--that where there is discord, I may bring harmony--that where there is error, I may bring truth--that where there is doubt, I may bring faith--that where there is despair, I may bring hope, that where there are shadows, I may bring light--that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted--to understand, than to understood--to live, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakes to External Life. Amen." As beginners in meditation, we might now reread this prayer several times very slowly, savoring every word and trying to take in the deep meaning of each phrase and idea. It will help if we can drop all resistance to what our friend says. For in meditation, debate has no place. We rest quietly with the thoughts of someone who knows, so that we may experience and learn. As though lying upon a sunlit beach, let us relax and breathe deeply of the spiritual atmosphere with which the grace of this prayer surround us. Let us become willing to partake and be strengthened and lifted up by the sheer spiritual power, beauty, and love of which these magnificent words are the carriers. Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what is mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen. "Shucks!" says somebody. "This is nonsense. It isn't practical." When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to create reality out of bottles. Yes, we reveled in that sort of thinking, didn't we? And though sober nowadays, don't we often try to do much the same thing? Perhaps our trouble was not that we used our imagination. Perhaps the real trouble was our almost total inability to point imagination toward the right objectives. There's nothing the matter with constructive imagination; all sound achievement rests upon it. After all, no man can build a house until he first envisions a plan for it. Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it. So let's get back to that sunlit beach--or to the plains or to the mountains, if you prefer. When, by such simple devices, we have placed ourselves in a mood in which we can focus undisturbed on constructive imagination, we might proceed like this: One more we read our prayer, and again try to see what its inner essence is. We'll think now about the man who first uttered the prayer. First of all, he wanted to become a "channel." Then he asked for the grace to bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could. Next came the expression of an aspiration and a hope for himself. He hoped, God willing, that he might be able to find some of these treasures, too. This he would tr to do by what he called self-forgetting. What did he mean by "self-forgetting," and how did he propose to accomplish that? He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it' better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven. This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like. It ought to be followed by a good look at where we stand now, and further look at what might happen in our lives were we able to move closer to the ideal we have been trying to glimpse. Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with god, with His grace, wisdom, and love. And let's always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical. One of its first fruits is emotional balance. With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and God as we understand Him. Now, what of prayer? Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to god--and in this sense it includes meditation. How may we go about it? And how does it fit in with meditation? Prayer, as commonly understood, is a petition to God. Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need. And we think that the whole range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says:". . . knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." A request for this fits in any part of our day. In the morning we think of the hours to come. Perhaps we think of our day's work and the chances it may afford us to be useful and helpful, or of some special problem that it may bring. Possibly today will see a continuation of a serious and as yet unresolved problem left over from yesterday. Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped. In that case, we are asking god to do it our way. Therefore, we ought to consider each request carefully to see what its real merit is. Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification:". . .if it be Thy will." We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out. As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done." If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer of phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all--our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress. At these critical moments, if we remind ourselves that "it is better to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved," we will be following the intent of Step Eleven. Of course, it is reasonable and understandable that the question is often asked: "Why can't we take a specific and troubling dilemma straight to God, and prayer secure from Him sure and definite answers to our requests?" This can be done, but it has hazards. We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way form shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness. Quite often, however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at all. Thy prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations. The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kid of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual. To any questioning or criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small. He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction. Under such an illusion, he can of course create great havoc without in the least intending it. We also fall into another similar temptation. We form ideas as to what we think God's will is for other people. We say to ourselves, "This one ought to be cured of his fatal malady, " or "That one ought to be relieved of his emotional pain," and we pray for these specific things. Such prayers, of course, are fundamentally good acts, but often they are based upon a supposition that we know god's will for the person for whom we pray. This means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain amount of presumption and conceit in us. It is A.A.'s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as for ourselves. In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve is conscious contact with God. He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction. All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will. Occasionally we go even further than this. We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless. The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. | 2019-04-22T22:14:00Z | http://blueshadowsmom.tripod.com/recovery/index12.html | Porn | Science | 0.239909 |
wordpress | Ann Wilson is one of the volunteers on the GM1914 project at Wigan Local Studies. She has been looking at local newspaper reports during the First World War. Her post makes the link between a local man and what must have been a dramatic experience at sea within days of the declaration of war.
At the start of the war information about the war was not headline news. Most of the early newspaper accounts are given over to one page or less. However advertisers made full use of patriotism to both sell goods and enlist volunteers into the forces in the time before conscription was introduced in 1916.
A Wigan man, William Johnston of Poolstock Lane, experienced one of the first skirmishes of the war first hand. His account of the sinking of the SS “Hyades”, was printed in the Wigan Observer 26th September 1914.
He was First Officer on board the ship which was taking a cargo of maize from Buenos Aries to Rotterdam. On August 8th 1914 the “Hyades” received a signal from H.M.S. “Glasgow” telling them war had broken out between Great Britain and Germany.
Days later they were ordered to head for Las Palmas. On 15th August the “Hyades” was intercepted by the German cruiser “Dresden”. The captain, not convinced that the cargo was not bound for Britain, ordered that the “Hyades” was to be sunk. The crew and their belongings were transferred to the “Dresden” and the “Hyades” was then scuttled. On board the “Dresden” the crew were shown true hospitality and were treated better than their captors.
On 20th August the “Dresden” arrived in Rio de Janeiro and the crew of the “Hyades” were put aboard the R.M.S “Oriana” bound for home. The crew had nothing but praise for the treatment they received from their German captors who, they said, were truly friendly. | 2019-04-22T10:08:19Z | https://gm1914.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/headline-news-from-the-wigan-observer/ | Porn | Games | 0.473342 |
wordpress | Hemochromatosis-induced bipolar disorder: a case report. – What Causes Severe Mental Illness, Psychosis and Mania?
Hemochromatosis-induced bipolar disorder: a case report.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2012 Jan-Feb;34(1):101.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.04.013. Epub 2011 May 31.
Serata D1, Del Casale A, Rapinesi C, Mancinelli I, Pompili P, Kotzalidis GD, Aimati L, Savoja V, Sani G, Simmaco M, Tatarelli R, Girardi P.
A patient presenting with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, bipolar disorder was found to be affected by high iron hemochromatosis. This prompted us to explore the relation between bipolar disorder and iron overload.
We report the case and review the peer-reviewed literature focusing on mood symptoms in patients with hemochromatosis or iron overload. Animal studies of brain effects of iron overload are summarized. High iron hemochromatosis was confirmed by genetic testing, and treatment was instituted to address iron overload.
Patient’s bipolar symptoms completely subsided after phlebotomic reduction of iron overload.
Clinicians should explore the possibility of iron overload and seek genetic confirmation of hemochromatosis in resistant bipolar disorder to avoid unnecessary medication.
Previous Psychosis associated with thymoma. | 2019-04-19T16:45:45Z | https://psychoticdisorders.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/hemochromatosis-induced-bipolar-disorder-a-case-report-3/ | Porn | Science | 0.917204 |
wordpress | Considered as a Levantine and Egyptian food dip or spread from cooked, mashed chickpeas and other legumes, mixed with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. A mix of ingredients that eventually become the delicious dish called hummus. Today, it is popular throughout the Middle East (including Turkey), North Africa (including Morocco), and in Middle Eastern cuisine. Well as if that were not enough, we can find in most grocery stores in North America (Canada, USA and Mexico).
“Humus” is a ambiguacion to an Arabic word which means (hummus), and the full name of the spread preparations, means (hummus bi tahina), which means “chickpeas with tahini”.
It is served as a snack and a sauce entrance, some ask with unleavened bread, like pita bread. It also serves as part of a meze or as an accompaniment to falafel, grilled chicken, fish or eggplant. Side dishes include chopped tomato, cucumber, cilantro, parsley, caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, whole chickpeas, olive oil, boiled eggs, paprika, sumac, ful, olives, pickles and pine nuts. Outside the Middle East, sometimes it served with tortillas or crackers.
Sometimes it is topped with a paste made of boiled until soft and then crushed, which is often called “Hummus masubha / mashawsha” which is a mixture of paste hummus, chickpeas and pasta hot sesame beans.
Hummus is a common part of daily meals in Israel. One of the most elegant versions available is masabacha hummus humus, made with lemon sesame paste skewers garnished with whole chickpeas, a pinch of paprika and a drizzle of olive oil. Hummus is sold in restaurants, supermarkets and only hummus (known in Hebrew as humusiot).
For Palestinians and Jordanians, humus has long been a staple food, often served hot with bread for breakfast, lunch or dinner. All ingredients in humus are easily found in Palestinian gardens, farms and markets, which adds to the availability and popularity of the dish. A related popular in the region of Palestine and Jordan dish is ma laban ‘hummus ( “yogurt and chickpeas”), which uses yogurt in place of tahini and butter instead of olive oil and topped with pieces toasted bread.
In Cyprus, the humus is part of the local cuisine in both Greek Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities where it is called “humoi”. And in Turkey, humus is considered a meze and usually oven- dried pastırma that differs from the traditional portion.
Chickpeas, is the main ingredient of conventional hummus, they have appreciable content of dietary fiber, protein, B vitamins, magnesium and other nutrients. Variability in the preparation can give you other different nutritional properties due to the inclusion of new recipes. Approximately 170 calories per 100 grams, and is a good to excellent (more than 10% of daily value) source of dietary fiber, B vitamins and several minerals from the diet. The fat content, mainly sesame paste and olive oil, is about 14% of the total; other main components are 65% water, 17% total carbohydrates, including a small amount of sugar, and about 10% protein.
Well, without further explanation considerable, we can only wait and try someday you delight in this rich dish of chickpeas. | 2019-04-20T14:32:23Z | https://hdinformacion.wordpress.com/2016/07/30/the-real-delight-of-hummus/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.320895 |
21orover | Just returned a week ago from San Jose.
The Green Door is again open and the door is again painted green, not blue. The correct rates are $85 for all day with pay-as-you-go drinks or $100 for the day including all drinks. Included in the rate is a one-hour massage plus use of the swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, and just hanging out with the girls and other guys. A pair of Honduran sisters are best bet. Howard, the owner, will talk your arm off. They recently became licensed as a hotel and are in the process of fixing up rooms. The address is 3350 Avenida 2, on the way to the San Pedro Mall.
Also suggest looking in at EROS, also called Lucy's after the madam, across the street from Club IDEM. Rate at EROS is 10,000 colones for an hour. An appropriate tip for good service is 2000-3000 colones (rate of exchange 300+ colones to the dollar). Can recommend Celeste. | 2019-04-19T23:12:05Z | http://www.21orover.com/discus/messages/169/2738.html?1022372679 | Porn | Recreation | 0.902042 |
wordpress | With the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama just a week away, even foodies are getting in on Inauguration fever. From District-food gaffes to deciding not to decide on a new White House chef, every televised bite by the President-elect is fodder for the culinary media. The LA Times finds political irony in the Lincoln-themed Inaugural luncheon menu. There’s a blog devoted entirely to what Obama says about food, Obamafoodorama, and even a cheese named for the President-elect, the “Barick Obama” from Vermont’s Lazy Lady Farm. Naturally we thought we’d join the fray, and suggest some of America’s best “blue state” cheeses and brews for your Inaugural party.
It has also come to our attention that Prairie Fruits Farm* goat cheese from the President-elect’s home state of Illinois will be served at the Inaugural feast – atop arugula perhaps? (Thanks to The Media Table for the tip.) While we enthusiatically support the promotion of America’s artisanal cheesemakers, we wanted to take a moment to note that Mr. Obama need not phone home whenever a craving for fine curds strikes.
Elsewhere in the region, Virginia’s Everona Dairy produces some of the finest aged sheeps-milk cheese around; try the Cracked Pepper for extra zip. Meadow Creek Dairy‘s Grayson, a nutty washed-rind Jersey cows-milk cheese, took top prize in last year’s American Cheese Awards. Firefly, Everona and Meadow Creek cheeses are all available at local cheese shops, and the first lady and daughters could stroll up Connecticut Ave. to meet Everona’s Dr. Pat herself at the Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market. Of course, if they wanted to take the White House Organic Garden idea a little further, they could bring back a herd of sheep and make their own cheese … though I suspect they have more pressing items on their to do lists.
Check back each day this week for more Inaugural cheese picks, and let us know what you’ll be noshing on to celebrate!
*Do read the story of Prairie Fruits Farm on their website; they are Illinois’ first farmstead cheesemakers and are creating a diverse, self-sustaining farm that also produces fruits, berries and grains. Unfortunately we couldn’t track down their cheeses here in DC or in Minneapolis, so if any readers come across it, do let us know what you think! | 2019-04-20T00:42:44Z | https://cheeseandchampagne.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/inaugural-cheese/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.683072 |
wordpress | By adding a FileSystemWatcher, we can react to changes in Configuration.py and update the application configuration. (If you’re wondering the check of when the last modification occurred is to prevent handling the same change twice which can occur when using the FileSystemWatcher.) The only other change is a minor refactoring to extract a method that displays the configuration.
There are three tutorial options available: an IronRuby Hosting Tutorial; an IronRuby Tutorial and a Try Ruby Tutorial.
So, if you’ve been meaning to get to grips with IronRuby, these tutorials could be just what you’ve been waiting for.
Yesterday I was at TechDays 2010, where I presented a session on what’s new in VB 10 and C# 4.0. Before diving into the new features, I talked about the trends in language design and evolution – for those who are interested, I’d take a look at this session where Anders Hejlsberg goes into far more detail. Next I picked out a few personal highlights of what’s new in .NET 4.0 – including Code Contracts, Tuples and In-Process Side-By-Side Execution and talked briefly about co-evolution. The new VB features I talked about were Auto-implemented Properties, Implicit Line Continuation, Collection Initializers and Statement Lambdas. The new C# features I discussed were Optional and Named Parameters and Dynamically Typed Objects – of course no discussion of Dynamically Typed Objects would be complete without mentioning the Dynamic Language Runtime and I also talked about ExpandoObject and DynamicObject and how both C# and VB can use this new dynamic capability. The last two features are new to both C# and VB: Improved COM Interoperability and Co- and Contra-Variance.
And for those of you who couldn’t make the event (and, thinking about it, for those who could, too), I’d suggest taking a look at the Underbelly backstage videos of day one and day two. | 2019-04-20T02:48:57Z | https://remark.wordpress.com/2010/04/ | Porn | Computers | 0.340229 |
imdb | Imagine you’re sitting in a theater. There are three walls that surround the stage: on the left, on the right, and in the back. Between the audience and the stage exists this imaginary fourth wall, which separates the real world from the fictional world of the stage. So when a film breaks the fourth wall, that means the line has been crossed, there is no longer a boundary between what is real and what is fiction. The spectator is now taken out of the film world - they are purposely being made aware that they are watching a movie.
What are some of the ways that a filmmaker breaks the fourth wall? The most common device is when a character turns to the camera and directly addresses the spectator. A film can also be meta, which means it is referencing itself. For example, a film within a film about filmmaking is another way to break the fourth wall.
Which of the following movies that break the fourth wall did you like the most? After voting, discuss here. | 2019-04-18T18:53:45Z | https://akas.imdb.com/poll/crgTStqKuyM/?ref_=tt_po_q3 | Porn | Arts | 0.972383 |
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wordpress | The Irish Times has today published an article entitled Mass in the vernacular 50 years old this year by historian and journalist Brian Maye.
The article was clearly heavily influenced by this blog, which is not linked to or credited. For example the article states that Archbishop John Charles McQuaid “found it very difficult to adapt to the rapidly changing Catholic Church of the 1960s.” I wrote on 7 June 2011 that Archbishop McQuaid “found it very hard to adapt to the rapidly changing Church of the 1960s”. My post also stated that Archbishop McQuaid was “a lover of Latin language and culture”; the article in the Irish Times states that Archbishop McQuaid “loved the Latin language and culture”. I also quoted Xavier Rynn in that post in support of my characterisation of his attitude to liturgical reform; the substance of that very same quote is subsequently paraphrased by the author for the same purpose.
This ‘remark’ was actually part of an interview that I did with Fr Seán Coyle and posted on this site on 28 July 2011.
Incidentally, the author’s claim that “the first vernacular Masses were read in Irish Catholic churches on March 7th, 1965” is misleading; the Roman Canon remained only in Latin until December 1st 1968.
At least he was correct about the exact date of the introduction of the vernacular to the liturgy. I wonder where he might have got that information from.
The following paper was read by Dr Jeremiah Newman to the First International Conference on Priestly Vocations in Europe at Vienna, Austria on 10th October 1958. Dr Newman was then Professor of Sociology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. He later served as President of the college (1968-1974) and Bishop of Limerick (1974-1995).
It is indeed a privilege for me to have been asked to address this Conference on Priestly Vocations in Europe. It is especially so because of the fact that the Conference is being held in the Schottenstift, founded in Vienna by Irish missionaries some eight hundred years ago. Although for this reason I am glad to be here, we would all be happier if this Conference were unnecessary. Unfortunately it is only too necessary in face of the acute shortage of priests which has overcome certain areas of Europe. My country is luckily in the position of being numbered amongst those countries that have sufficient priests. You know, however, that it was not always so, that the Catholic people of Ireland suffered centuries of persecution, long years during which priests were in short supply, hunted as criminals, with a price on their heads. I would like to think that my presence here, as representative of the present-day Catholicism of Ireland, may be a source of hope and confidence in the future for those of you who come from countries which need this.
It has been suggested to me that I should speak on the subject of the missionary duty of a country that is rich in priests. My country is rightly listed in this category. The statistical supplement to this paper gives you an idea of the great numbers of priestly vocations which she produces. It shows too the great extent of her overseas missionary work, both in lands in which the Church is fully established and in those that are still under the jurisdiction of Propaganda. I feel, however, that some of you are of the opinion that there is much more which Ireland could do. Indeed I have no doubt that some of you are hoping for a return of Irish priests to the continent. For my part, I believe that the first duty of a country rich in vocations is to explain to others how she manages to secure them. We know well that the ultimate reason is grace. But there are a whole host of human factors — such as social and economic — that play the important role of nature helping grace. The study of these constitutes the contemporary science of Religious Sociology, of which the Sociology of Vocations is a part. I have been invited here in the capacity of a sociologist and it is on the Sociology of Vocations that I propose to speak. The time allotted for my paper is brief, so I shall have to be very summary in the exposition of my points.
3 Benedictine nuns gathering peat in a bog in Co. Mayo, ca. 1920s.
In the county of Antrim, on the north coast of Ireland, about ten miles to the east of the Giant’s Causeway, lies the little town of Ballycastle. It grew up in a valley running inland southwest from a small bay, not far from one of the castles of the MacDonnells of the Glens. To the north the town is sheltered from the sea by high ground, where the Catholic church and other religious institutions now stand; to the south rises the dark mountain of Knocklayd, 1695 feet high, one of the more prominent of the Antrim hills. The MacDonnells of the Glens were a branch of the family of the Lords of the Isles, who, about the beginning of the fifteenth century, obtained by marriage a domain in this northeast corner of Ireland. Ballycastle is an out-settlement from the Glens, and, like them, has a considerable Catholic population. The MacDonnells, earls and marquesses of Antrim, although becoming Protestants themselves, protected their Catholic dependents, with the result that today, in Protestant Northeast Ireland, this extreme northeast corner, the Glens of Antrim, is held by a Catholic community.
The team at Limerick City Library has just digitised the entire collection of Our Catholic Life from 1954 to 1970. Our Catholic Life was the official magazine of the diocese of Limerick and contains many items of historical and theological interest. | 2019-04-26T08:11:47Z | https://lxoa.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ | Porn | Reference | 0.555254 |
wikipedia | Annona squamosa flower & leaves in Hyderabad, India.
అనోనా (Annona) పుష్పించే మొక్కలలో అనోనేసి కుటుంబానికి చెందిన ప్రజాతి.
The following is a list of some of the more important species. Many of them have significant agricultural, medicinal, pharmaceutical, and other uses. Synonyms appear in the sub-list.
↑ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Annona L." The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1996-09-17). "Genus: Annona L." Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Species Records of Annona". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
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wordpress | Charles T. Ware thought that there was something strange about Kelly’s reaction to hearing that her best friend was dead.
She never once made any indication that she even cared. The next day when the sheriff got back in the office.
He examined the evidence that his deputies had found, an empty book of matches.
A fingerprint had been lifted from the book of matches and the deputies were comparing it to the fingerprints they had on file to see if they could get a match.
The sheriff went back out to the crime scene and started looking around. And then he spotted something, it was a toy that belonged to his daughter he was sure of it.
Had she been present when Mary was killed? How did the deputies miss this piece of evidence? He grabbed the toy up and took it with him.
He headed straight home and met his wife at the door. She said, “Kelly is really acting strangely.” He said, “How so?” His wife said, “She is acting like she is in a different world or something, I think we should take her to see a psychiatrist.” “Okay,” said the sheriff.
“Is this the one?”, asked the sheriff. She said, “Yes it is!” “Kelly!, why was this at the scene where Mary had been killed?” , asked the sheriff. “I must have dropped it”, said Kelly.
The sheriff was shocked. Was his daughter involved in the killing of her best friend? “Why were you at the crime scene where Mary was killed?” , asked the sheriff.
Kelly wouldn’t respond, her mother asked Charles to let her take Kelly to the Dr. He agreed that she needed to see a psychiatrist.
It was almost Christmas time in FiftySix, Texas but with the murder of Mary still hanging on everyone’s mind, it would be hard to be very jolly this year.
Paul, I’m enjoying your story, but there’s an anachronistic impossibility and a separate implausibility in this chapter. Crime fighters didn’t start incorporating DNA evidence in America until 1985, and it’s stretching credulity to think a small-town Texas sheriff would have access to or even think of using a child psychologist in 1952. I offer this as loving constructive criticism, not to be hurtful or mean. I look forward to your next chapter.
Thanks for reading and for commenting. And thank you for pointing that out. Lol, I forgot the story was based in 1952. I updated it, again thank you!
Thank you for not thinking I was just being a troll. I am about to go do some Christmas shopping but will read it later.
You’re welcome I appreciate any feedback. You could have just made fun of it but you didn’t so again thanks! | 2019-04-22T16:14:41Z | https://paulcoxwriter.wordpress.com/2017/12/10/the-racial-murder-in-fiftysix-texas-in-1952-part-3/ | Porn | Reference | 0.146916 |
wordpress | In keeping with the theme from yesterday’s post, the following images are of a pair of Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) which visit a small bush outside my kitchen window every day. There, when they aren’t eating insects, they cozy up to each other and go through the courting process. The male, not yet in his full breeding colours, is starting to change colour. Soon his head will be a brilliant blue colour.
Closeness – enjoying the sun together on a cool Spring morning.
Over the past few weeks I have taken many photographs of these birds. I feel so honoured and privileged that they have allowed me the opportunity.
Something for the nest perhaps?
Bottlebrushes (named because the flower spike resembles the traditional bottle brush) are members of the genus Callistemon and belong to the family Myrtaceae. There are 40 species currently called Callistemon.
Bottle Brush – Flower spike.
Bottle Brush – Flower Buds.
I have walked this path, and crossed this bridge, too many times to remember. Usually I approach it from the other direction. Yesterday, on a perfect late Spring day, the sun was shining brightly, but the light was starting to fade fast as the sun slowly slipped towards the horizon and a mundane scene was magically converted to a beautiful picture by the back lighting of the foliage and the sun’s reflection off the wooden bridge.
I came across these beautiful Banksias during a walk in the local Botanic Gardens.
Banksias are native to Australia; and were named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820 ), who, in 1770, was the first European to collect specimens of these plants. Banks was a botanist aboard the Endeavour with Captain James Cook during his voyage of discovery up the east coast of Australia in 1770.
There are 173 species of Banksia.
For the past two weeks this pair of Superb Fairy-wrens have kept me entertained as they gather insects from the kitchen window.
Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) are small birds of 14 centimetres in length. I have taken many photos of them over the past fortnight and I would like to share my favourites with you.
Taking time out from eating. Time to get to know each other a little better.
The female Superb Fairy-wren – having a good look for some lunch.
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wordpress | New Zealand earthquake damage illustrates risks from crustal faults | News & Research Communications | Oregon State University.
Even though this earthquake was weaker than last year’s event, it was much shallower; was situated directly under Christchurch; hit during the lunch hour when more people were exposed to damage; and shook sediments that were prone to “liquefaction,” which can magnify the damage done by the ground shaking.
Robert Yeats, a professor emeritus of geology at Oregon State University, who is an international earthquake expert and researcher on both New Zealand and U.S. seismic risks, says that same description nicely fits many major cities and towns in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia.
“The latest New Zealand earthquake hit an area that wasn’t even known to have a fault prior to last September, it’s one that had not moved in thousands of years,” Yeats said. “But when you combine the shallow depth, proximity to a major city and soil characteristics, it was capable of immense damage.
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wordpress | While most people will read this and discuss the use of embryos in heated voices and others will discuss the effects on science (both important discussions to have), I see only one result from this. The European Union has set a precedent which, if copied in other countries, will absolutely force pharmacuetical companies to make patentable drugs out of embryonic stem cells instead of using adult stem cells which have a long history of safety and efficacy. Which countries are in the European Union?
The European Union’s highest court said that stem-cell research involving human embryos can’t be patented, in a ruling that scientists called “devastating” for medical research.
Inventions based on the use of human embryonic stem cells for scientific research purposes can’t be patented, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg said. The case was triggered when Greenpeace challenged a German patent awarded to Oliver Bruestle, a professor and specialist in stem-cell research.
“A process which involves removal of a stem cell from a human embryo at the blastocyst stage, entailing the destruction of that embryo, cannot be patented,” the EU court said. The blastocyst stage is about five days after fertilization.
Greenpeace, which said it sued for “ethical reasons,” argued the patent for a stem-cell research process developed by Bruestle to treat neural diseases is invalid because it covers cells derived from human embryos. The Federal Court of Justice, Germany’s highest civil court, last year asked the EU tribunal for guidance on the case.
The court clarified that “only use” of human embryos “for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes which are applied to the human embryo and are useful to it” are patentable.
“One consequence is that the benefits of our research will be reaped in America and Asia,” said Austin Smith, a professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at the University of Cambridge.
The ruling might actually allow scientists a “sigh of relief,” said Julian Hitchcock, a lawyer and intellectual property specialist in the London office of law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP.
While patent protection might not be available, European scientists can seek so-called data exclusivity, which protects documentation for as much as eight years and prevents the marketing of competing products based on the same data for up to 10 years, said Hitchcock.
The case is: C-34/10, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bruestle v. Greenpeace e.V. | 2019-04-20T16:40:39Z | https://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/tag/pill/ | Porn | Science | 0.906741 |
wikipedia | Toi Fitzgerald Cook (born December 3, 1964) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 188 lb (85 kg). defensive back from Stanford University, he played in 11 NFL seasons from 1987 to 1997. In 1992, he had a career-high six interceptions for 90 yards and one touchdown for the Saints. He appeared in Super Bowl XXIX for the victorious San Francisco 49ers. He had an interception in the Super Bowl. Before his NFL career, he was an outfielder, and the leadoff hitter, on Stanford's 1987 College World Series national champion baseball team.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cook went to Montclair College Preparatory School, a private school in Van Nuys, California. His graduating class was composed of 57 students.
Cook was a two sport star and 3-year starter at Stanford playing both baseball and football - right field/centerfield and defensive back. He was a communications major. MVP of the Alpha League.
Cook was the Defensive MVP of the 1986 Coca-Cola Classic, a regular season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football game played in Tokyo, Japan.
Cook was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame/Champions as a two sport standout (Football/Baseball) in July, 2014.
Minnesota Twins in the 38th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) but chose to play football.
At 22 years old, Cook was an eighth-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints as a defensive back. Coached by Jim Mora.
Cook served as Player Representative for the NFLPA for ten years when he was a player in the NFL. Cook was instrumental in helping convince Gene Upshaw, Executive Director of the NFLPA, and its board members to move into the entertainment arena by licensing the players under the league’s group licensing program for entertainment productions.
Cook played under Head Coach George Seifert. 1995 San Francisco put the team together to beat the Dallas Cowboys. Cook turned down one million dollars from the Cincinnati Bengals because he didn't think they could win. Cook received the league minimum $162,000. Cook played cornerback, nickelback and safety.
Torn rotator cuff landed Cook on the 49ers' injured reserve list. He became a free agent over the summer, trying out with the Denver Broncos before signing with Carolina.
Cook played defensive back for the Panthers under Coach Dom Capers. February, 1997 Cook was released by the NFL as an unrestricted free agent.
Cook hosted post-game football shows for WWL in New Orleans, NFC preview shows, and NFL Europe games for Fox Television, served as an analyst for KRON and co-hosted ESPN radio. Cook worked with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver to introduce "Polar Ball" (played with a Velcro ball and one glove) to the Special Olympics Committee.
Cook is the principal of Toi Cook Management Group, LLC, September 25, 2007 and September 2012, became President of Empire Sports, a division of Empire Film Group. Empire Sports is a sports, entertainment, and consulting company.
Besides Cook's football appearances, he appeared in Minister of Defense: The Reggie White Story and '51 Dons as himself. Cook has producer credits for the Walking on Dead Fish - 2008 and The Coach's Journey 2015.
Cook is married to Kristine, and they have three children, Connor, Carson and Caitlyn. Cook is part of the concussion lawsuit.
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wordpress | This week a crew from school will be heading to Tennessee to complete in the DI (Destination Imagination) Global competition. I’ve been trying to think of fun things for them to do, and it has made me long for the day that I get to share East Tennessee with my family.
Someday, I am going to take my girls to the Knoxville Zoo. I can’t wait to pay for those overpriced day tickets. I will watch with delight as they squeal with glee over the gorillas and the bears. I will shiver as they discover snakes through the windows of the reptile observatory. And I will shell out the big bucks for zoo treats and souvenirs that will I will one day regret buying when I pick it up off the floor.
Someday, we are going to drive down to Cardins and eat hotdogs, cheeseburgers, and drink milkshakes. I am going to tell stories about my Mamaw, and how we would buy hotdogs on the way home from Wednesday night bible study. We will fill up on fries AND onion rings, because if you are going to “do Cardins,” you might as well live it up.
Someday, we will go watch a drive-in double feature. We will stock up on treats at the gas station, then back in to a spot so that we can sit in the back of the truck together on piles of blankets. We will let the girls go to sleep late that night, and will surely regret it the next day.
Someday in Tennessee, we will get together with our friends on Fourth of July, eat tacos, and shoot fireworks. We will swat hands that sneak black olives, and will tease each other over how much eating has happened, and we will watch the new generation of kids catch fireflies before dark.
Someday, we will sit on the porch in a summer thunderstorm and watch the waterfall created by the warm rain. We will read aloud something appropriate for summer storms–something that will make us giggle with delight.
Someday, we will pack up a cooler, and take off for the lake. We will slather on sunscreen and squish our toes into some Tennessee mud. Then we will drink sweet tea with our friends as we reminisce about when we were young while enjoying all the babies playing together.
Someday in Tennessee, my sisters and I will stay up late and snuggle together on the couches. We will laugh and tickle each other like we did when we were young. We will inevitably ruin that fun time by fighting over something stupid. Then, we will make up by singing old hymns together at the piano while mama cries because her “babies” are together in harmony.
Someday, we will load up the kids and the bikes and head up to Cades Cove. We will take lots of water and a picnic lunch to share. After 11 miles of hilly countryside and kids complaining, we will head back down the mountain to sleepy snores in the backseat.
Some summer day, we will drive up to the farm stands and buy bushels of tomatoes, peppers, and sweet corn. We will wash and sterilize mason jars that will later be filled with chow-chow, stewed tomatoes, and maybe some strawberry jam. We will listen to the “pops” of success while warning everyone around to leave them alone.
Someday, we will pack up, and drive 20 minutes down the road to convention. We will wake up early and help with breakfast. We will stay up late and drink hot cocoa while eating Krispy Kreme doughnuts. We will soak in the heavenly rain and fill up on spiritual food–and we will relish in the fellowship with sweet forever friends. We will leave that oasis with new purpose for the next year, and promises to keep in touch that will go forgotten until the next spring.
Someday in Tennessee, we will wake up and check to see if school is out because of the flurries that were predicted. We might get lucky enough to make snow cream and build a snowman. We will regret having not bought a sled, but we will improvise with garbage bags and clothes-baskets. We will eat too much, sleep too much, and play until we are frozen solid. Then we will sit in front of the fire, and thaw out with soggy socks and gloves all around us. | 2019-04-26T06:20:53Z | https://finemingling.wordpress.com/tag/cades-cove/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.868993 |
livejournal | My good computer was in the shop for 6 weeks due to a back-ordered motherboard. I fried the motherboard back in February and got it back near the end of March. Then I had to return it to the shop because it still didn't work right. Apparently I fried a disk drive, too. That took another two weeks to debug. I finally got my computer back in April. In the meantime I was using my old computer in which the motherboard battery is dying and screwing up the clock, causing it to run fast. So I was doing the mental arithmetic on the clock to tell time.
Between school and work, I did not have time to set up my computer again until last weekend, by which time the time arithmetic had become automatic. So looking at the clock now and seeing the time correct is a shock, especially since it seems to indicate that I've managed to get 1-2 hours worth of homework done in about 6 hours. Oi! | 2019-04-19T12:30:00Z | https://brieza.livejournal.com/657.html | Porn | Computers | 0.994901 |
typepad | It was Monday evening at the Crossroads Inn. I made spinach and black bean enchiladas for dinner. D. and I were chatting amiably about something; I don't remember what. And then he mentioned our infertility. Usually my ears perk up, as do any infertile woman's, when my husband actually initiates a conversation about infertility. But I just nodded, a little tired.
"This is getting really sad," D. said.
"I'm so sad," I said softly. "I feel hopeless. I'm almost to the end of my rope."
"I'm already there," he replied.
We paused and looked at each other for a long moment. And then I said it: "Then we should stop."
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. I think so, too."
I felt a weight fall from my shoulders, and our conversation became more natural and bittersweet than any I've ever known. We talked quietly about our frustrations and our losses. How sad it is to have reached this point, where hope and fear have become one and the same. How hard it will be to walk away. But walk away we shall.
We've agreed to try one more IUI. And that will be the end of treatment. We aren't going to do IVF. I will cancel my COBRA insurance with its partial coverage of one IVF cycle. Maybe we'll continue trying on our own for awhile, or not. I'd like to adopt, and D. is open to it, but we need to save money and energy for that journey. Maybe the 4th IUI will work. I'm not sure of much of anything from here on out, except that we can't go on living like this.
We talked about these things on Monday evening and then a different sort of weight returned to my shoulders. I sat at the table with my head bowed, rather sad, somewhat relieved, in mourning.
Later, I poured myself a glass of wine and joined D. on the front porch, where he was sitting with Sadie and watching the sunset. The sky was striped in garish shades of apricot and lavender. The colors were a little weird, but somehow, they worked.
I'm sorry you guys had to come to that decision. It's a difficult one to make, but obviously, from your reaction to it, it was the right one. I'm hope that when you're able to move forward financially and emotionally, that the adoption route is quick and easy. Take it easy and enjoy the rest of the summer together.
I read sadness here, but also peace and some hope for the future. I admre the strength that it took to make this decision and it's good that you are on the same page.
My hope for you both is that you find your way to parenthood without all the pain of treatment or that you find happiness as a family of two plus Sadie of course.
In the meantime I will keep my fingers crossed for your IUI (and my own)!
What a beautiful post. It's exactly what I was discussing this morning--how you know when it's time to stop. Or pause. Or change direction. It's so hard because sometimes it becomes like gambling, you keep thinking, "oh, maybe this time. Maybe this time it will work." And it's dangerous. Dangerous for your emotions, your financial situation, your health. So I'm wishing you much strength during the mourning process. And hope that a new path will open before you.
I've known you for such a short time. But, I admire your strength as well as your husband's.
Praying that the fourth and final will be the Golden ticket.
If not, do take your time and mourn, but your adopted child will be truly blessed to have you as their mom.
That's a big decision, sweetheart. And a big weight off your shoulders.
I'm happy you've made a decision that has lifted a weight off your shoulders.
I want to give you a big hug. And a few bottles of wine.
I mentioned the shoulders thing twice. Forget that.
Oh, the tears in my eyes. I hope this decision brings you peace.
Oh, honey. Go, go, go read Barren Mare's post today. I think . . . I hope . . . I pray . . . that you'll find there is so much LIFE to be lived apart from the TTC not-so-merry-go-round. We all want you to be happy. Hell, we all want all of us who are going through this to be happy. I hope you find peace and joy.
Oh, E. I am SO sorry you had to make this decision. I hope, though, that this brings you both a measure of peace.
Hugs, love, and strength to you.
E, this is one of the most touching blog entries I've read. Your strength amazes me! Best of luck on the 4th IUI and in whatever comes your way!
I just found you via BarrenMare...we came to the same decision about a year ago and decided not to pursue adoption. There is life on the other side, but it does take time and some of the sadness (unfortunately) will always be with you. Take care.
Sounds like a liberating decision, I'm glad you both have taken the time to decide what's best for you. Very very hard, but it sounds as if you feel relieved, which is a good sign.
It sounds strangely familiar. Me only two weeks ago. Thank you for reminding me, that my husband and I aren't alone.
I came over here from Stirrup Queen. What a beautiful, heartfelt post. Thank you for sharing this.
What a hard decision to make, and hard to speak of so openly to each other. Your relationship is so obviously strong, and I'm glad this choice lifted a burden for you. Life should be as much joy as possible.
loribeth: TEN??!! Yikes, they are growing up...!
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yahoo | BP (LSE: BP) is one of the biggest companies in the UK and a major component of the Footsie 100. Because the company is so big, you might be wondering why I believe the BP share price could double your money.
Indeed, a common saying among investors is “elephants don’t run,” which implies big companies usually generate modest returns. The law of large numbers means it is much harder for a company like BP to grow than a smaller producer such as Premier Oil.
However, I am confident the BP share price will produce fantastic returns for investors over the next few years, and today I’m going to explain why.
I will admit that if you want to make a lot of money very quickly, then BP probably isn’t the right company for you. I believe the shares can help you double your money over the medium-to-long term, which in my opinion is a much more attractive proposition than trying to speculate on small-cap stocks in an attempt to double your money in just a few days.
A speculative approach comes with much more risk than investing in blue-chips like BP, and you are much more likely to lose everything than make money.
As BP is one of the world’s largest oil companies, I do not think it is unreasonable to say that this is a relatively safe investment and should still be producing returns for investors five or 10 years from now.
So, how long will it take you to double your money with BP? Well, for a start, at the time of writing shares in the company support a dividend yield of 5.4% which implies that £1,000 investment in the shares would double in value in roughly 13 years, assuming the share price stays where it is today.
I think it is improbable that the BP share price will languish at current levels for the next 13 years. You see, compared to the company’s international peers, notably ExxonMobil and Chevron, shares in the business look cheap at current levels.
For a start, shares in both of these businesses are currently trading at an average forward P/E of 17, compared to BP’s 13.8. Further, ExxonMobil and Chevron are dealing at an average enterprise value-to-earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (EV/EBITDA) average of 8.7, 34% higher than BP’s current valuation.
These figures suggest to me that the BP share price could be worth 30% more than it is today, although I cannot say for sure when this valuation gap will close.
Still, I’m confident over the long term that BP’s shares can attract the same valuation as its larger American peers, which implies potential capital gains of 30% from current levels. That is on top of the 31p per share annual dividend.
According to my calculations, this capital growth coupled with income is enough to double investors’ money in just 10 years, which might seem like a long time, but considering there’s minimal risk involved here, it is a fantastic trade. | 2019-04-25T12:36:51Z | https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/got-1k-invest-think-bp-102344472.html | Porn | Business | 0.683047 |
msu | LANSING – Many Michigan farmers are worried about a potential backlash as a result of higher federal tariffs and new international trade policies.
“The big concern in agriculture right now is that by leveling steel and aluminum import tariffs against some of our key trading partners, like China, it could levy a retaliatory tariff, and often retaliation targets agriculture,” said Chuck Lippstreu, a publicist for the Agricultural Leaders of Michigan.
That could to lead to unintended consequences and a retaliation against Michigan agriculture and U.S. agriculture that would hurt farmers, he said.
One of the biggest concerns is the effect a backlash from the tariffs could have on soybeans.
China is one of the country’s top customers for soybeans, Williams said. U.S. exports to China are worth around $14 billion a year.
China is also one of the major targets for the new steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
“If these tariffs cut our market access, that could really hurt the U.S. economy,” Williams said.
The price farmers get for agricultural commodities is lower than in the past, and retaliatory tariffs on commodities would only increase their problems, he said.
Soybeans are a versatile crop, Williams said. The main product is soybean meal, which is used as feed for animals. The oil is also extracted and used in carpet backing, the foam in car seats, plastics and a multitude of other products.
Milk is another commodity that could feel a backlash because of retaliatory tariffs.
The Novi-based group has plants in Constantine, Ovid, Mt. Pleasant and Middlebury, Indiana.
Michigan produces 11 billion pounds of milk each year, and while most of that milk is sold in the United States, Michigan dairy farmers could still be adversely affected by retaliatory tariffs.
Plenty of dairy is produced globally, Nobis said, so other countries can simply go elsewhere to get their milk.
“Tariffs can really knock things out of whack,” he said.
LANSING — With national Equal Pay Day coming on April 10, gender equity proponents in the Legislature are working to get Gov. Rick Snyder to veto a bill that would prevent municipalities from deciding whether local employers can request a job candidate’s wage history. The bill, which passed the House and Senate, is sponsored by Sen. John Proos, R-St. | 2019-04-24T06:28:17Z | https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2018/03/farmers-eye-tariff-as-potential-trouble/ | Porn | Business | 0.892026 |
wordpress | Ice cream sandwiches may come in a variety of shapes, sizes and flavors. Traditionally, they feature vanilla ice cream, America’s favorite flavor, packed between 2 cookies – usually chocolate – or thin slices of cake. Here’s a cool, crunchy version that features a caramel-flavored rice cereal base and topping with peanuts, toffee, butter and brown sugar.
Fall in love on Valentine’s Day with this decadent version of the Cheesecake Factory White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake. The restaurant’s recipe is a top secret but this version comes from recipe sleuth, Todd Wilbur who has created facsimiles of popular restaurant dishes for two cookbooks, “Top Secret Recipes,” version 1 and 2.
Some of my large azaleas bushes resemble a briar patch. They are entwined with pesky wild blackberry vines and loaded with small, tangy wild blackberries. Sadly, the birds always beat me to the berries and all I end up with is a bunch of prickly vines. I find it a better bet to purchase the beautiful plump blackberries at the Sandhill Farmer’s Market off Clemson Road (3 PM to 7 PM Tuesday afternoons) and at Lake Carolina (same time-Thursday afternoons). Blackberry season is fleeting so get there early.
Red, ripe luscious strawberries! Buy them at the farmer’s market, the grocery store or from a pick-your-own strawberry farm! Few things taste better than fresh, juicy strawberries right off the vine!
In the Columbia area, you can pick-your-own berries at Cottle Strawberry Farm, off Bluff Road. The farm has been in operation for 20 years. They grow the Chandler variety of strawberry, widely known for it’s sweetness. They also plant the very popular Camarosa strawberry. The strawberries are picked at the peak of freshness, delivering flavor that isn’t always found in the supermarket variety. Try to go in the morning before the sun gets hot. Pick berries that are plump and red; avoid those that with patches of white or green. It is recommended that you gently twist the berries off the plant, from the stem, leaving the hulls intact, then allow the berry to gently roll onto your palm. Don’t pile berries too high or they can bruise. Eat them quickly or refrigerate as soon as possible to prevent deterioration.
Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) is a Jewish spring holiday often associated with good food. In spite of the Kosher restrictions, Jewish cooks excell at creating mouthwatering dishes during this time. Matzo, a flat crackerbread, is served instead of leavened bread — a reminder of the escape of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. According to the Torah, the Jewish bible, the Hebrews didn’t have time to allow their bread to rise, thus creating the flat bread that became matzos.
Valentine’s Day is almost a sweet memory, but here is a tasty recipe for any occasion that you want to serve something special for dessert.
You may not think of dessert and beer as traditional partners, but they can make a delicious duo. Two beers that work well in experimenting with serving beer for dessert are a dark, full-bodied Stout Beer and any rich, full-flavored Ale. Each of these beers has a flavor that works well as an ingredient in a dessert recipe or poured in a glass to be served with sweets. Super bowl fans will love the following delicious winter desserts featuring these full-flavored beers. Or surprise your Valentine with luscious Chocolate-Cream Cheese Stout Beer Brownies cut into heart shapes in honor of the occasion. These rich brownies will please any chocolate lover, and the addition of the cream cheese topping gives a lovely marbled effect. | 2019-04-23T09:52:35Z | https://susanslacktasteofcarolina.wordpress.com/category/mmmm-dessert/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.135594 |
dlsite | We have an important notice: our reward point system on DLsite.com English will be abolished on March 27th 2018 at noon (Japan Time - UTC+9:00).
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This new rule will be effective on March 27th 2018 at noon (JST) and will be applicable to any purchases made and any reviews written thereafter.
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Instead of the point reward system, we will increase the number of discount opportunities available to our customers such that this change will not be disadvantageous (in comparison to the Japanese website).
We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause you and thank you for your understanding. | 2019-04-21T19:07:03Z | http://eng-info.dlsite.com/archives/2018-03.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.982394 |
tripod | And dismal to the eye.
It almost dripped when dry.
And hornets made their nest.
Waste was a wicked thing.
With hope our only spring.
And we filled the tank again!
We even washed our feet! | 2019-04-20T16:16:05Z | http://australianpoems.tripod.com/ourcorrugatedirontank.html | Porn | Reference | 0.317632 |
wordpress | they were very simple pickle to make: hot mixture of boiling water, vinegar and sea salt brininess, garlic and bit of sugar to balance it out ….
with the couple of spare peppers left over I made a very easy cucumber and cilantro salad for a last-minute local artist’s potluck.
but this time the jalepenos were seeded (so not hot at all!) and mixed with lots of finely minced fresh cilantro, garlic, sea salt, olive oil and lime to make a very tasty, light summer salad.
In the workshop, I have other new projects all in the kind middle state of completion mixing with these last days of school for my daughter who will unbelievably be an eighth grade this coming year … it’s been said before… “but how did this happen so fast”?
I’ve added a new sample size of the beeswax polish I make for wooden toys and housewares. The other sizes can be found here.
Well that’s all the time I have today to post…have a wonderful weekend! | 2019-04-21T22:43:57Z | https://witherwiliwander.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/in-the-kitchen-jalepenos-hot-and-not-so-hot/ | Porn | Arts | 0.422768 |
utoronto | In June of 2013, the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design unveiled its plans to transform One Spadina Crescent into a focal point for education, research, and outreach — a centre where students, scholars, artists, and urbanists throughout the city and around world can convene to discuss and debate the most pressing design issues and creative challenges facing society today.
Today, with the project well underway and scheduled for completion in 2017, the Faculty hosted an event in the emerging Daniels Building to thank and celebrate the many members of Toronto’s architecture, design, development, business, and philanthropic communities who have come together to support this vision. Their gifts, totaling over $28 million to date, are a testament to the incredible promise of this project, which aims to situate architecture, landscape architecture, art, and urban design among the key disciplines to transform the way we conceive and build cities and other environments in the 21st century.
Among the celebrated donors present at today’s event, were John H. Daniels (BArch 1950, LLD Hon. 2011) and his wife Myrna Daniels, whose historic $24 million donation, $19 million of which was earmarked for the One Spadina project, has been a catalyst for the Faculty’s recent expansion and transformation.
“The Daniels Faculty stands out among its peers in North America for its excellence in scholarship and breadth of programming,” said Professor Meric Gertler, President of the University of Toronto. “John and Myrna Daniels, and our wider community of alumni and friends, are enabling us to enhance the Faculty’s standing as a world-leading school of architecture, landscape, and design, while contributing to U of T’s growing role as a city-builder here in Toronto. It is incredibly exciting, and we are immensely grateful for their leadership, generosity, and commitment.
Eberhard and Jane Zeidler, well known throughout Toronto for effecting positive change in their own right, were among other distinguished guests. The architect of Toronto’s Eaton Centre and Ontario Place, Eberhard Zeidler and his family — which includes alumna Margie Zeidler (BArch 1987) — have left a lasting mark on the city. The couple’s generous gift to One Spadina will fund the Eberhard Zeidler Library, which will provide students, researchers, and design aficionados throughout Toronto with unrivalled collections in art, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
Also recognized was Eve Lewis — who together with her late husband Paul Oberman, brought to light the important role that developers can play in heritage preservation in Toronto. Lewis joined forces with Oberman’s business partner Ron Kimel and their respective families to provide funding for the planned Paul Oberman Belvedere, an elevated terrace on the formal south-facing entrance to the original 19th century heritage building, where students and the public will gather for celebrations with a view down Spadina Avenue to the lake.
Nader Tehrani, principal of the firm NADAAA — who, with collaborator Katie Faulkner, designed the new complex at One Spadina — was also in attendance, along with Michael McClelland (BArch 1981), founding principal of ERA Architects, the project’s preservation architects, and Marc Ryan, principal and co-founder of Public Work, the project’s landscape architects.
Architecture and development firms throughout the city — including The Daniels Corporation, Stantec Architecture, KPMB Architects, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Perkins+Will, Greensoil Investments, DiamondCorp, Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects, Janet Rosenberg & Studio, ERA Architects, superkül, Kohn Shnier Architects, and Shim-Sutcliffe Architects — have provided generous support for the Daniels Building at One Spadina as well. Thanks to their engagement and charitable gifts, the Daniels Faculty’s capital campaign has met 80% of its fundraising goal. The Faculty is working to raise an additional $8 million in private gifts to meet its ambitious target as part of U of T’s Boundless campaign.
With a combined 30,000 square feet of undergraduate and graduate studio spaces that boast commanding views over the city, an innovative fabrication lab, and additional spaces for graduate and undergraduate scholars to meet informally, the Daniels Building will further enhance the faculty’s ability to attract exceptional students to its programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and art/visual studies.
The new building will help strengthen the Faculty’s award-winning research and outreach facilities as well. Its Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT Lab), for example, will have the opportunity to expand its research through a second site at One Spadina, with funding from Tremco Incorporated, while the Global Cities Institute (GCI) — which is leading the creation of the first internationally certified standards on city data and metrics — will relocate to a 2,324-square-foot street-front pavilion on the north-western edge of the building in a future phase of the project. GCI will be linked to a planned Model Cities Theatre and Laboratory that will bring together the Faculty’s talents in data visualization, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, and design and analysis, and place them within a public forum to develop holistic solutions to complex urban problems. A new 400-seat principal hall will enable the Faculty to elevate its popular public programming and lecture series, while a large 10,000-square-foot Architecture and Design Gallery will present internationally significant curated exhibitions on architecture, design, and cities — the only one of its kind devoted to these themes in Ontario. | 2019-04-18T10:51:17Z | https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/about/one-spadina/toronto-comes-together-support-one-spadina | Porn | Home | 0.084443 |
typepad | The public imagines that doctors protect each other. The reality is far more complicated. Medicine, at least hospital medicine, is a fishbowl. If Doctor Y turns up for rounds with a black eye on the fifth floor, we are likely to hear about it (in gossipy tones) in the OR that same morning. Think of a hospital as a big cubicle barn without the barriers. Nevertheless, disciplining physicians is tricky business.
First, my credentials. I have served as Chief of Staff at two hospitals, and have been in hospital leadership for two decades. I have had death threats against me and my children, almost certainly as a consequence of physician disciplinary activities during my time as chief of staff. I have been involved in dozens of disciplinary actions at all levels, and in retrospect, I've been generally satisfied with outcomes for patients and physicians.
Second, all the following is purely experiential and anecdotal (and, as they say, the plural of anecdotal, is not data) and in no way represents any science, behavioral or real (sorry, you psychologists-I couldn't help it...).
Impaired physicians seem to present in three broad types; physicians with cognitive impairment, (poor judgment, poor skills) physicians with drug/alcohol problems, and physicians with behavioral problems. Of these three, the third is far and away the most common, and further roughly divides into three categories; doctors with true, decompensated psychiatric problems, docs who are sexually harassing, and those with anger problems.
In my experience, of these, the most successfully helped are the drug addicted; inpatient programs (especially Talbot in Atlanta) are rigorous, the mechanism for follow-up and testing is top notch most places, and I know a number of talented clinicians who have had long and successful careers following treatment. As a matter of fact, I can't think of a single unhappy outcome in drug abusing physicians who have gone through an inpatient program like Talbot's. Most tragic outcomes for drug-using physicians have been in those practitioners who do not have their problems diagnosed, and who subsequently succumb to an overdose, or worse, a syringe swap with a paralytic (I know of two of those. One died, one didn't). My experience is that drug use amongst anesthesiologists and other physicians is virtually transparent; with one exception, those docs who I have known who were using drugs showed no outward signs of impairment. No noticeable bad outcomes, no alteration in interactions.
Alcohol is tougher. Nasty drug for those addicted. Part of the problem is the supervisory/oversight system, which is much more permissive for alcohol than narcotics. Twelve step programs are great for the motivated, but there's nothing quite like random drug testing to reinforce behavior.
Sexual harassment was lots more common 20 years ago; I suspect it's because it wasn't taken seriously until the Feds made it a civil rights issue, and sanctioned businesses (like hospitals) who tolerated it. Now, hospital administrators are very aggressive in addressing harassment allegations. The consequences of turning a blind eye to the nasty mischief of high-volume admitters, a common feature of hospitals thirty years ago, now holds too much financial risk for the institution (huge fines and civil suits). Usually, firm limit-setting with the affected practitioner is sufficient.
Affected practitioner is the formal term-of-art for a physician who has come under scrutiny for impairment; the disciplinary pathway for affected practitioners are always carefully spelled out in hospital bylaws, and must be adhered to in the strictest fashion lest the affected practitioner (and his attorney) establish standing before the courts to challenge any adverse recommendations by the hospital. Yes, it's true-affected practitioners are afforded numerous due process rights as a matter of legal necessity and fairness.
A typical hospital plan has incidents reviewed by the department chairperson, who makes recommendation to the Medical executive Committee (the MEC usually consists of the Chief and vice-chief of Staff, who are elected by the medical staff, all the physician department heads, and various other elected or appointed physician leaders. It typically meets once a month. An MEC must exist in every accredited hospital per the Joint Commission, and it is the only physician committee a hospital is required to have. The MEC then makes a ruling, which, if it is adverse to the physician, may be appealed by the affected practitioner to a committee of his or her non-competitor physicians, called a fair hearing committee. The fair hearing committee reviews the circumstances, and makes a recommendation back to the MEC. Usually, the fair hearing committee can say whatever they like (and often do), but the MEC has the final authority... to make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. A hospital board of Trustees usually consists of physicians (including the chief of staff) and community leaders appointed by the CEO or elected by current trustees, depending upon whether the hospital is for-profit or not-for-profit. The board makes the final determination concerning a disciplinary action.
The MEC is merely advisory to the Board, which usually has the power to grant and relinquish privileges; this provides a layer of legal insulation to the MEC, but also significantly weakens physician influence over the hospital environment. I have always found Trustees to be highly concerned about the care environment, and to take my and my leadership colleagues' advice seriously. I know of other institutions, however, where the Board is a tool for the CEO to advance the hospital's business agenda, with care being treated more like a "product."
All of this "due process" takes time; months. What can be done to curtail dangerous practitioners in the meantime? Summary suspension. A summary suspension is an immediate suspension of privileges, enacted by the Chief of Department, Chief of Staff or CEO to exclude a physician from care. Typically, bylaw language specifies that summary suspension be enacted for "a physician who represents a threat to patients, the staff, or themselves." A summary suspension is instituted if a physician were obviously drunk or belligerent (both have happened) or seems cognitively impaired in some other way (also). I have known of physicians needing to be escorted out by security. It was unpleasant. Usually, a summary suspension is followed in short order (<72 hours) by an emergency meeting of the MEC to review the matter and uphold the suspension. I have known an MEC to reverse a summary suspension, but usually, it is upheld. Contract physicians (i.e. ER, most anesthesiologists and radiologists) frequently sign a clause waiving their due process rights. Their privileges then are in control of the corporate contracting entity.
As I suggested earlier, the most common form of behavioral impairment is "acting out" in anger. Even this has improved over the decades; when I was young, surgeons throwing instruments AT staff (sometimes sharp instruments!) was not unheard of, and physical assaults by "distinguished" surgical professors on anesthesiologists, either in anger or as a form of intimidation, went unpunished. (I witnessed them.) Usually, administration's efforts in those circumstances were to "hush up" the resulting rumors. That stuff is no longer tolerated.
Anger and acting out (bullying, etc) responds to strict limit-setting. A stern meeting with the CEO and Chief of Staff usually does it. This meeting is often accompanied by a "Zero tolerance" contract, signed by the affected practitioner and CEO. A zero tolerance contract specifies summary suspension for recurrence of the practitioner's behavior. Angry docs usually backslide; there is almost always a run-up of escalating misbehavior before an angry practitioner "blows" again. After some experience, I used to know how often to call individual affected practitioners (every two months, every 4 months - it varied from doc to doc) to remind them to behave. Mostly, these doctors are capable clinicians; good outcomes, good skills. In managing the disciplinary chores for these sorts of folks, I considered that I was doing the community (and these practitioners and their families) a service by keeping them "on line." Of course, these practitioners never saw it that way; nobody likes having limits set... As we say, "No act of nobility or kindness will go unpunished..." A personable moslem cardiac surgeon (and not an affected practitioner) once said to me; "you are a good man, but you are not a nice man." Maybe that's true; if so, so be it.
What about the occasional frustrated outburst from stressed, over-tired physicians? Some old, very wise senior colleagues of mine here in Las Vegas developed a "behavioral algorithm" that was nationally circulated. Prior to that, behaviorally impaired physicians were treated as if they had a drug abuse problem (with singularly unimpressive results); or, more often, their behaviors were simply ignored. I was there for the inception of this algorithm, and helped iron out the functional details. For non-critical occurrences, we used the rule of three; three "significant" events in a two year period mandated colleagial evaluation and counseling, significant being defined on an incident-by-incident basis by the department chairperson, with help from administration and elected leadership. It works.
There's so much I've left out; confidentiality, affected practitioner insight, cognitive or psychiatric impairment, "tales from the front." I guess I'll make a separate post later on this; stay tuned if you're interested.
This is a really excellent treatise on a complex subject.
Funny story: the day Mount St Helens blew, 20ish years ago, my father in law (an anesthesiologist) was chief of staff of a hospital several miles north. The explosion, though quite far away, was loud enough that he thought it might have been a bomb on his property. The reason he thought so was that he'd been involved in the very bitter restriction of a practioner, known for disturbing and unstable behavior.
PS: no relation. To Rita, that is.
Sid, that's pretty (Ha Ha) funny because A.) been there-I had to hire a private detective and work out family security, and B.) it wasn't really a bomb. Thanks for dropping by; you've been on a hot streak at your blog- the hits keep coming!
Thanks for the blog. It's interesting.
Can you give an example of a significant event? We have a practicioner in our clinic that shows some symptoms of being emotionally unstable, maybe even untreated bipolar disorder. The office staff (both medical and business) would probably state that it is not the one significant event but the day-to-day "walking on egg shells" to see who shows up Jekyl or Hyde. | 2019-04-25T14:28:49Z | https://mkeamy.typepad.com/anesthesiacaucus/2007/08/newest-version.html | Porn | Health | 0.559125 |
tripod | We here at The Trouble With Normal want to hear your music. Feel free to send your vinyl, CDs or tapes ("for sale" only or at least take the effort to make a cover for them. This goes for CD-R's also.) to our cramped but we call it home P.O. Box for review. It may take us a while to get to them (we do have to deal with the not so wonderful world of backlog and other obligations not related to the zine), but we will review them in time and guarantee an honest review as we see it (how you take them is up to you). Until then, here are some recordings that just might interest you. Please feel free to read on, get interested, and hope you find something you like. Boone.
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wordpress | Access to the new Key Skill: Animal Anatomy and Physiology Collection interface has been enabled in eSearch. Enrolment for the online course requires first that students register and second that they enter an ‘Enrolment key’. This key is held on the secure ‘Other Passwords’ page of the LLR web site. Details of how to register and enrol have been added to eSearch and the Other Passwords pages.
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A problem which was preventing new students from registering to use the Key Skill: Animal Anatomy and Physiology Collection has now been resolved.
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The access URL for the Key Skill: Animal Anatomy and Physiology Collection has been updated in eSearch to point to a new login and registration screen.
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wordpress | We have already seen (in the last blog) the theoretical possibility of a ‘Low starch diet’ being beneficial for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Let us now see whether it really works in real life & whether there is sound medical evidence to support it.
Today’s medicine works on the basis of evidence. If a new medicine/ intervention is thought to be useful, it is tested in clinical trials. A group of patients is given the standard treatment & placebo (an inert substance that has no effect on disease activity) while another comparable group is given the standard treatment & the experimental therapy/ intervention. A ‘double blinded study’ that ensures that neither the investigator nor the patient knows whether he is taking the experimental drug or placebo is ideal to avoid any bias; both on the investigator or the patient front. This is not possible for studies with dietary modifications as blinding is not possible & bias tends to creep in.
As against medicines, it is very difficult to keep an exact track of the diet of any patient for obvious reasons. It is extremely difficult to ensure that a patient sticks to a particular diet in the long run throughout the study period.
These two factors make studies based on dietary interventions difficult to conduct as well as interpret.
For the reasons mentioned, there are hardly any studies about ‘low starch diet’ in Ankylosing spondylitis. In 1996, Dr. Ebringer discussed the disease activity trend of one of his patients following the diet for a long period (1983- 1995). His ESR showed a continuously decreasing trend. In another study (mentioned widely on the internet with no reliable data available on any of the medical literature sites) 36 patients received Dr. Ebringer’s diet & showed considerable improvement in symptoms. These two studies would be highly inadequate for any definite conclusions.
So, as we have seen, the utility of ‘low starch diet’ in Ankylosing spondylitis is not yet proven scientifically.
One way of looking at things would be to give it a try & see whether it works. However it has to be weighed against the risks involved in pursuing such a diet.
In the next blogpost, let us look at what a ‘low starch diet’ includes/ excludes & the possible health hazards of such a diet.
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It is not “Doctor” Ebringer (the professor’s brother), but “Professor” Ebringer. Subject “Mrs. B” is not a man, but a woman; diet works for women, also. Ebringer’s findings were offered as support for the use of diet in the control of AS, not as any complete scientific study: There is not enough incentive for further studies, as these are usually funded by pharmaceutical companies. University of Maastricht “almost” did a dietary study, but it was scrapped in favor of funding a different project. However, PRIOR to Ebringer’s seminal work in the field, it can be shown that elimination of dietary starches has been used to control “Marie-Strumpell’s:” “A Doctor’s PROVEN New Home Cure for Arthritis,” by Giraud Campbell, D.O. And subsequent continual addition of “anecdotal” evidence that is too compelling to ignore (www.kickas.org NSD success stories) as well as the great work of Dr. Jean Seignalet in France. It all stacks up, especially for Bayesian thinkers.
Thank you for the valuable comments. I have seen your site & you are doing good work in raising the awareness about & supporting AS patients.
I have already blogged about the science behind the possible benefit of low starch diet in the prevous post.
It is true that dietary studies do not find sponsors & are difficult to conduct. However, at the same time, that makes it difficult to recommend them outright.
I have full respect for the extraordinady work done by Prof Ebringer in this field & I am looking forward to a retrospective analysis of the data of AS patients following his diet at his clinic.
This data if published would be a great help to Rheumatologists & AS patients.
John, “Marie-Strumpell’s:” “A Doctor’s PROVEN New Home Cure for Arthritis,” by Giraud Campbell, provides as much evidence for the efficacy of coffee enemas as it does the Low Starch Diet (LSD). One would have to control for such confounding variables as coffee enemas if one is to present such a study as evidence of the efficacy of the LSD. | 2019-04-21T08:14:24Z | https://doctorakerkar.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/low-starch-diet-for-ankylosing-spondylitis-part-2-the-scientific-evidence/ | Porn | Health | 0.5372 |
yahoo | OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec 12, 2016) - In a historic, precedent-setting victory for federal scientists and science generally, union negotiators with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) have successfully bargained with the Government of Canada to enshrine in their collective agreements the right of federal scientists to speak freely about science and their research.
"This is an enormous win not only for federal scientists but for all Canadians," said PIPSC President Debi Daviau. "Following the defeat last year of the Harper government, we vowed that no government should ever again silence science. This new provision will help ensure that remains the case now and in the future."
The new article will be contained in members' collective agreements and a Memorandum of Agreement appended that establishes a framework for the joint development of broad scientific integrity policies and guidelines. The new article states: "Employees shall have the right to express themselves on science and their research, while respecting the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector adopted on April 2, 2012, without being designated as an official media spokesperson."
Under the previous Harper government, reports of muzzled federal scientists had grown commonplace following the introduction of overly restrictive communications policies. News stories reported scientists unable to confirm even simple information such as snowfall patterns. In 2013, a report by PIPSC titled The Big Chill found that, faced with a departmental decision or action that could harm public health, safety or the environment, nearly 9 out of 10 federal scientists surveyed (86%) did not believe they could share their concerns with the public or media without censure or retaliation from their department. The concerns gave rise to widespread protests and a call to preserve scientific integrity within government through, among other things, collectively bargained provisions enshrining the right of scientists to speak.
"Governments and government policies come and go," added Daviau. "But the right of Canadians to unbiased scientific information from their own scientists should survive both. At a time when the United States is at renewed risk of turning its back on science and evidence-based public policy, it is essential that government scientists in Canada and other countries be assured safeguards that protect their right to speak and the public's right to know."
PIPSC represents over 55,000 public service professionals, including approximately 15,000 federal scientists, engineers and researchers. | 2019-04-19T15:31:02Z | https://sports.yahoo.com/news/federal-scientists-successfully-negotiate-speak-161320859.html | Porn | Science | 0.940115 |
wikipedia | Darapladib is an inhibitor lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) that is in development as a drug for treatment of atherosclerosis.
It was discovered by Human Genome Sciences in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
In November 2013, GSK announced that the drug had failed to meet Phase III endpoints in a trial of 16,000 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). An additional trial of 13,000 patients (SOLID-TIMI 52) finished in May 2014. The study failed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease death, myocardial infarction, and urgent coronary revascularization compared with placebo in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with standard medical care.
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wordpress | Nobody can believe the crazy cheap prices when looking at a price tag at Forever 21 so maybe we shouldn’t believe it. Sadly, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is. Cheap prices are not just a cut for the consumer. Someone has to pay. So how bad is it?
Forever 21 has been sued a number of times and found guilty of human rights violations countless times. Workers at factories producing clothes for Forever 21 are working 6 days a week for 12 hours a day and making below minimum wage. It has been reported that many factories are quite dirty, do not have safe working conditions, and cockroaches and rats roam the rooms. They have been found guilty of child and slave labor all the way down to the cotton supply.
Forever 21 will not take responsibility for their violations claiming that they cannot be held reliable for their sources (Forever 21 does not own their factories). Yet, they make their suppliers sign a code of conduct containing human right mandates that are clearly being broken. They also fail to give out any information on their suppliers and their code of conduct has not been updates in over 4 years.
Beyond the horrific working conditions Forever 21 is also a huge player in the fast fashion industry. Not only do they encourage consuming excess and buying more, they also do not make quality clothing. Many of their pieces have not seemed to last more than a few washings. This is creating a huge amount of waste.
Sadly, Forever 21 also prints out John 3:16 on the bottom of each of their yellow bags. This should be something to rejoice about but not when the bag contains the livelihood and happiness of many individuals who are being taken advantage of.
Forever 21 is a sad example of the consumeristic starving to get more for less and what it actually takes to make that happen. It is a good reminder that prices are not always about a companies greediness and profit but rather making a clean supply chain finishing with a lasting product that will not be quickly thrown away.
If you love Forever 21 and are disappointed in this review I encourage you to write them a letter and get your friends to do the same. We have power in the decisions and changes of a company. If people stop buying items made by hurting people they will stop hurting people. Give it a try! | 2019-04-25T16:43:07Z | https://nowtrendingsite.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/forever-21-a-scary-price-to-pay/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.617051 |
wordpress | Author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Prof Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi (my mom) share laughs after the re-opening of Revolution Books in Harlem.
I remember just before I left for the US I was on radio and television discussing my financial struggles trying to get to Columbia. Both these interviews were in Tshivenda which is my mother tongue. I remember expressing to my family just how nervous I was because I was afraid I would not be able to articulate myself well enough or that I would not understand the questions properly if they asked the questions in first language Tshivenda. That may seem odd to a lot of people because surely I’m a first language Tshivenda speaker? Well. That’s a loaded question and statement that I will attempt to break down.
I was born in Venda and I lived there until I was five years old. We moved to Pretoria and there I started to learn English and Afrikaans at school. I don’t remember how I learned but I remember that when I was a teenager I read a report card from nursery school where the teacher commented on how I was learning quickly and had improved since arriving at the school. What I do have a slight recollection of is one of my friends – she was black – laughing at me for my accent. We were six so I don’t think it really mattered to me but the fact that I remember tells me that it stung on some level. I remember hurt caused by words more than physical hurt – this is why I think emotional abuse is a largely ignored issue that should be focused on, but I digress.
Setswana or Sesotho or SePitori which is just a wonderful mesh of all three and some obscure things that don’t exist in either language in its purest form. So my English just kept getting better. I excelled in spelling bees, general knowledge quizzes, poetry and speech festivals etc. I had pride in my great command of this language.
actually, I didn’t hang out with black friends and if I did, they were not South African. For a long time I was labeled a snob. My refuge was in English and therefore in children who spoke it too. Until today I don’t teach people Tshivenda unless I can see they’re actually interested and want to learn.
accent when I speak to a Mopedi.
I dropped French as a third because my second teacher was not the most encouraging person and she caused me to resent the language – I was 15 and impressionable and looking back now I was actually being silly and should have carried on with it – but opportunity will present itself in different ways later. I want to learn because at some point I want to head to West Africa and tell stories there.
development of my languages has happened through a school process.
her in English is like a WTF moment.
reasons I believe language comes naturally to me. However some of my pronunciation and understanding of “deep” Tshivenda words is pathetic.
I also don’t know many idioms unless they are things I hear my mom say all the time. So if I claim to be a first language Tshivenda speaker, what am I basing this on? The fact that it was the first language I learned to speak? That’s so damn sad. The main question I’m asking myself is, if I had to go into the most rural village in Limpopo with first language Tshivenda speakers would I be able to hold my own? The answer is no. I would probably need a bloody translator to speak to my own people. But if I went to Britain, I would be perfectly fine and if I had problems I could simply consult my dear friend Google.
that has irked me for a while but after listening to Ngugi wa Thiong’o speak about his book Decolonising the mind, I know it’s not something I can ignore anymore. Ngugi used to write in English but now he writes his books in his native tongue Gikuyu. I’ve just gotten the book from the library so I can completely understand what he is saying but the jist is part of why I made a clear decision to learn from America then return home. The US is a developed nation, their journalism is great, they don’t need me. In the same vain, English is a developed language. It doesn’t need me to further its cause or to study it any further. What I need to be doing now is studying my own language and telling stories in it so that my people can hear me too. The thing is, if my stories are great someone WILL translate them into English – just like they do with Afrikaans books. Can the same be said the other way around? I’m not certain this would be true.
We have to develop our mother tongues. It’s not optional anymore. It’s not something we have to have conversations about unless we are talking about the process of implementation.
interests? And I’m almost nervous to click the publish button on this because the fact is once I do, someone at some point will hold me accountable for this and I pray you will. | 2019-04-26T02:43:23Z | https://beautifulpersianstar.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/the-importance-of-developing-mother-tongue/ | Porn | Kids | 0.391161 |
google | Sensitive and supportive mothering is critical for all aspects of mammalian development. The focus of research in the Lonstein Lab is to better understand the neurobiology of postpartum socioemotional behaviors. We study how steroid hormones, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and interactions with offspring affect the neural sites regulating mothers' caregiving and emotional behaviors. | 2019-04-18T12:52:02Z | https://sites.google.com/msu.edu/lonstein-lab | Porn | Science | 0.971921 |
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wordpress | Today, 17th May, is International day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). There are events going on all round the world, including the UK (for which you can find a list here).
As an oldie, I find it quite amazing how much attitudes have changed in the general population, and even within the police force, but sadly that doesn’t mean that homophobic hate crimes no longer happen. In fact, they are still depressingly commonplace. The path that leads to violence (and even murder) starts with verbal abuse, and this will only stop when all fair-minded people (straight, gay, bisexual, transexual and undecided) are prepared to confront the bigots. Maybe one day IDAHO will not be needed, but that day remains a long way off. | 2019-04-25T20:04:50Z | https://telescoper.wordpress.com/tag/international-day-against-homophobia/ | Porn | Society | 0.331356 |
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