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Don't Freak Out: This Year's Key Graduation Message
First the Juggle Team would like to congratulate everyone that is graduating this year.
You did it! You "juggled" it all and succeeded!
I attend the graduation ceremony at the university where I teach and I heard about various other ceremonies from friends and family.
Then I decided to spend a little time on YouTube watching commencement speeches. Okay – this might seem like an odd thing to do, but like any dive into YouTube it did not take long before I was hooked.
I challenged the Juggle Team to do the same and to recommend a speech that they thought was engaging and delivered the best message to this year's graduating class.
A common theme in the speeches was telling graduates not to worry if they didn't have a job lined up or if they didn't know exactly what they were doing after graduation. Speakers encouraged graduates to remain open to possibilities, which we all thought was good advice. However, there was one speaker that actually used the term "freak out" and went well beyond reassuring graduates that it would all work out.
And so the winner of the Juggle Team's best graduation address for 2015 goes to …. Meredith Vieira's address to Boston University.
Why did we love this speech?
1. used personal stories and was completely believable.
2. dispelled myths about millennial grads being unprepared for work.
3. pointed out to business and parents that in all generations there are those that work hard and those that don't – stressing it is not just a millennial generation weakness.
4. talked about work/life balance and the importance of making decisions that are personally right for yourself.
5. described the reality of loyalty as a two way street.
6. stressed that life is full of curve balls even for those that think they have it all figured out or those that even look like they have it all figured out.
However, her comment: "You actually want people to like YOU and not just give you likes" was our favorite advice from the 2015 commencement speeches we viewed.
It was refreshing to see Meredith genuinely believe in the future & millennial grads.


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Skybar on the rooftop of Guvernment Nightclub is one of the hottest rooftop party patio's in Toronto, also this weekend we rented a limo for another epic night of drunken stupors.
Just another month of crazy birthday parties. Rolling out in limos while tearing down the house. My friends definitely know how to party.
We paid a visit to the following nightclubs in downtown Toronto: Guvernment Nightclub, Skybar and Sound Academy.
Opened in 1996, it was incarnated from the former RPM nightclub, which closed its doors after several years at the same location.
Saturdays (a.k.a. Spin Saturdays) at the Guvernment have electronic dance music, featuring resident DJ Mark Oliver and has been host to many notable musicians and groups such as Above & Beyond, Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Ferry Corsten, Marco V, Markus Schulz,Deadmau5, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Abdul & Carl Cox.


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From the word go, the sounds that tread across in muddy stepping-stones of motion are deep and cavernous. Opener '(W)here' is like an open mouth to a cave, yawns and moans of droned vocals and padded electronics trickle and tumble through the darkening ambience. All the while, the glitchy stop-start rhythm of both the bass and clattering beats overhead fill the space with even more claustrophobic nerviness - this foggy billowing of sound growing more and more closer before it crumples and fades into oblivion once more. 'Tense Past' a similarly compact-yet-tremblingly-wide offering pushes even more emphasis on the use of sampled vocals and their incorporation into the song's inhaling/exhaling texture. Reminiscent of current musical experimenters like Four Tet, Bonobo and even the likes of Caribou, vocals and instrumentation become interwoven with one another - losing all natural identity, and instead, purposely blurring the line to the point where obscurity is the key.
It's not something that comes across as pretentious or losing itself in indulgent experimentalism, but it is still a recurrent theme - and recurring palette of sound - that comes through in Holy Other's material. 'Inpouring' could be seen as one of the album's more gloomier and deeper-rooted tracks - 2-step and garage clearly tapped into within the track's tense beat arrangement and vocal choppiness. And on an album that, collectively, is as compact and as direct in its focus, this is certainly a song that gets straight to the matter and makes no attempt to fill in any unwanted gaps or spaces. It's that very decision - or rather lack of - that keeps listeners glued to this young man's sound. It's a style that is often more honest - be it, brutally or even outright bluntly in its fermentation - and approachable to an outsider like you and me, not just on the musical side (unchallenged by such elements as noise or intensity) but on the relational side too. The depth and emotion flowing through this record pulls the listener in. And like many a record before it within this genre - where the collage of vocals and instrumentation, with electronic acting as the supposed glue melding it all together - the album's beauty lies beneath all the trajectories of vocal highs and electric bleeps.
'U Now' sees Holy Other truly testing his dubstep ideas; some possibly finding a similarity with James Blake here, in the way his glitchy indecisiveness in rhythm and composition cuts through the drone of vocals that wane somewhere between the foreground and the background of the music. But unlike Blake, Other doesn't leave the track wide open and hollow - the bloated drone and hum of ambient synths inflating the track to the point where it's almost about to rocket itself away from reach. 'Past Tension' by comparison takes all the safety and insecurity of Other's previous attempts and throws it out up in the air as if to be rid of it. Instead, the wail of looping strings and jargon of vocals, strike atop the empty percussion hits that hit the track with a jagged hop of rhythm. Listening to this - and the way the intensity of the instruments clash against the harmony of the vocals - certainly reminds me of Oneohtrix Point Never and his recent display of emphasis on samples and repetition. And just as that record showcased so magnificently last year, Other in 2012 succeeds in smothering all this tension and swirl of thought with wave upon wave of reverb and similarly-drowning effects - transforming the solidarity of the music into an almost liquidizing surreality.
'Held', the title track - and the longest on the album - is more of an elevatory rise than a sudden drop down as were the previous tracks. The hum of bass is what steers this forth, aided too by the trailing of rooted beats and glisten of vocals reaching above and beyond the rest of the composition. But for a six-minute long track, and one that far contrasts the other shorter more snapshot-like moments on this album, the progression here feels far more panned, as if stretched into some musical panoramic. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it does raise some suggestions as to Other's abilities when moving away from the more simply-led ideas - ones where listener access is somewhat tested, and patience is a virtue meant for more than just the sounds before us. It's a risky card to play, and it does leave an impossibly ignorable question as to the variance Other is willing to show in future ventures.
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London, UK, July 28, 2015 -- Mobile phone users could soon find it easier to switch providers, amidst concerns that companies are making it " unnecessarily hard" for customers, a watchdog has said.
A public consultation has been launched to make moving contracts easier, with regulator Ofcom saying the current system is confusing and puts people off hunting for the best deals.
Changes could include making the consumer's new provider responsible for their move. This would mean customers would not have to contact their current provider unless they wanted to.
Ofcom is also looking at simplifying the transfer of mobile phone numbers. Currently, users must obtain a code from their old provider, and take it to their new one, a process made more difficult by call centre queues.
Chief executive Sharon White said: "Consumers should be able to switch their mobile providers with minimum hassle to take advantage of the best deals on the market.
"Ofcom has recently made switching easier for millions of broadband users, and we are now focusing on improving the process for mobile customers."
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Guy Anker, managing editor of MoneySavingExpert.com described the current system as "convoluted" and "admin-heavy".
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Rates of switching services fell from 9% to 6% between 2013 and 2014, according to Ofcom.
But an O2 spokesman said the current system worked well for most customers.
He said: "Overall the current switching process appears to work well for the vast majority of customers, but we welcome dialogue with Ofcom on where improvements can be made.
"For there to be a big move to change processes and systems to "recipient led", there needs to be confidence that the benefits of such a move outweigh the costs - and deliver a better experience for customers."
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Just as the Atlanta Falcons were about to have their season buried in the swampy Meadowlands across from Giants Stadium, Doug Johnson refused to buckle.
The third-year backup quarterback, in his first start since December 2000, made plenty of big plays in the Falcons' 17-10 victory over New York on Sunday afternoon.
It's too early to tell if the season can be salvaged, but Johnson did more than fill in for injured starter Michael Vick. He prevented Atlanta (2-3) from losing ground on a day in which NFC South rivals Tampa Bay and New Orleans each improved to 5-1.
"Huge win," Johnson said. "I mean we can get to 3-3 next week, and that puts us right back in the ballgame. Coming in here and winning on the road shows we can do it. We had our backs against the wall and we came into a loud environment and got the job done."
Johnson completed 19 of 25 passes for 257 yards and helped produce both touchdowns. He handled the adversity of fumbling on each of his two sacks
The former Florida standout also ran for his first NFL touchdown when he faked celebrated New York cornerback Jason Sehorn for a 15-yard touchdown run that gave the Falcons a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Equally impressive was Johnson's game management on his touchdown pass to Brian Finneran with 8:06 remaining. On first-and-10 at the Giants' 14, Johnson called an audible after New York adjusted its three interior linemen together in a "Bear" front.
Instead of handing off to a running back, Johnson called a pass play in which Finneran, who was lined up on the left side, would run a crossing route and split the field with tight end Reggie Kelly. Finneran is supposed to block a linebacker and free Kelly, but the tight end was held up at the line of scrimmage and never emerged.
"Brian's not even really a look on that play," Johnson said. "He's supposed to be a decoy. He ran through there wide-open, and I was able to see him after going through my reads."
Other players made substantial contributions, too.
Johnson and Finneran never would've connected on the game's final score if cornerback Juran Bolden hadn't intercepted Kerry Collins' pass over the middle to Ike Hilliard at the Atlanta 5 early in the fourth. Later in the locker room, Bolden couldn't remember the play.
"Actually, I forgot I caught the ball because somebody came and said they cold-cocked me, and my whole head hit the ground," Bolden said. "I'm still woozy right now. My head is spinning."
He had no trouble recalling the Giants' previous possession, a 12-play, 70-yard drive that ended Hilliard burning Bolden and catching Collins' 18-yard touchdown pass in the right side of the end zone midway through the third.
Nickel cornerback Kevin Mathis ended New York's last substantial threat, another 12-play drive in which the Giants drove from their 30 to the Atlanta 36. On fourth-and-three, Collins completed a 19-yarder over the middle to Ron Dixon, but free safety Keion Carpenter held the receiver's feet long enough for strong safety Henry Jones to knock the ball loose.
Mathis, who partially tore his right medial collateral ligament on the last play of the game, fell on the fumble at the Falcons' 15 with 3:22 remaining.
"I saw Keion Carpenter come up to hit him, and (Dixon) had the ball out kind loose, so I just decided it was a chance for me to go for the football," Jones said. "It worked out well for us. We were able to jump on it."
Receiver Shawn Jefferson and tight end Alge Crumpler caught important passes. Jefferson's 63-yard reception, his longest in three seasons with Atlanta and the fourth-longest of his 12-year career, came on a play-action fake two plays after Bolden's interception.
"I remember Doug coming in the huddle and saying, 'Look, I need good protection on this,' and I remember him telling T.J., 'I need a great fake on this,"' Jefferson said. "Doug hung it up there, and I went and got it."
Jefferson also caught an 11-yarder that converted the Falcons' last third down with the Giants having no timeouts. Crumpler hauled in a 30-yarder over the middle to set up Jay Feely's 31-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter.
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We long for a "Simple Faith."
Mistaking Easy for Simple, we hurt each other.
Shame, not clarity, is the fruit of alliteration, four point sermons, and easy answers.
I am an artist and art is often the grid I use for examining life and faith. Art embraces and capitalizes upon the use of dichotomies. I looked up the definition (thank you Bing) and I was surprised to find TWO definitions. Good art requires the full utilization of BOTH definitions.
noun: dichotomy
1. a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. Synonyms: contrast, difference, polarity,conflict, gulf, chasm, division, separation, split, contrariety
2. repeated branching into two equal parts.
The first definition included the either/or sentence fragment: "a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism."
The second definition does not. I have created my own both/and sentence fragment: "a rigid dichotomy of science and mysticism."
It behooves us (behoove was fun to use in a blog post!) to consider a large portion of life as befitting (goes nicely with behoove don't you think?) the second definition, a branching of equal parts.
Consider that orange is the opposite of blue. Yellow and purple are complimentary. Red and green sit at six and twelve on the color wheel. Things get interesting as we leave the simplicity of opposites and explore equal parts and branching. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue unless you are dealing with light when green replaces yellow. We tend towards either/or when we need to consider the complexity of both/and. It opens up so many possibilities.
Black is NOT the opposite of white. Truth is neither black nor white. Grays make color sing. Fact and fiction are more closely related than most imagine with fiction often carrying weightier truth than fact. Fear is not the opposite of faith. And each of us is unique, while all of us are created in the image of God.
Our children do not walk away from faith because of evil college professors or liberal agendas. They walk away because we have offered easy answers, sound bites, and alliterated sermons for life's problems.
Life is hard. Truth is complicated.
Asking the right question is as important as having the right answer. When reality confronts easy answers, foundations crumble, and the lie of "Easy" is revealed.
Wisdom fails when we lie to our children about Truth. Easy answers are neither loving nor kind. Easy answers don't set captives free.
Do you have some easy answers from which you might need to repent?
Consider the friend who lost a child.
Consider the spouse who lost their partner.
Consider the child who lost a parent.
Consider the neighbor unable to pay their bills.
Consider the Other.
Have you offered an easy answer? Have you ever wrap an easy answer in a Bible verse?
I know you have. We all have.
SILENCE is better than an easy answer.
Yesterday was the four year anniversary of the death of my niece, Lauren. Death is brutal. Mourning is brutal. Well meaning (mean!) people tossing around scriptures and platitudes to make themselves comfortable with your discomfort is brutal..
I have mellowed, ever so slightly, and I am a kinder person than I was 20 years ago, but toss out a scripture as if it is band-aid and kindness takes a hike.
And while you are silent, listen. It is possible that in the silence the right question might manifest.
After Lauren died several months past before I was able to paint again. This is the first painting I did after her death. It was/is different from what I was or am doing, but it was very important. This painting allowed me to move forward. I began with an old painting of the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." If I gave it a title, I have forgotten. I will title it again some day, but not today.


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Under the bonnet8.0/10
Female-friendly: the parts that need changing / maintenance (oil etc) have yellow caps.
Aesthetics and styling8.0/10
fine, except for the grey plastic bumper around it.
Quality and reliability8.0/10
Haven't had any problems with it
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Great. I have been driving this car for 2 years. Never had any breakdowns or any problems with it. Drives nicely and is fuel efficient. Easy to drive and everything is still working nicely, 10 years old. I hope to be driving this car for several more years. I'm in no hurry to change cars - this one is relaible and practical. I usually drive on my own, so the small engine is perfect. And it still copes when I have a fully loaded car.


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"It was a dream," said Ryan Sweeting.
Ryan Sweeting, a tall Floridian who plays tennis for a living – and says he does make a living, $ 164,423 last year – walked onto the blue asphalt court of Rod Laver Arena and looked up and around. People. Everywhere people – 15,000 them. Staring at him.
Of course they were also looking at the other guy, who happened to be named Rafa Nadal, the No. 1 guy in their business. This was Thursday, a second round encounter in the Australian Open. There was something of a disparity in incomes, if not accomplishments. Nadal, who also plays for a living, collected $ 10,171, 998 prize money in 2010, not to mention the millions in endorsements.
Nadal had no idea of who 23-year-old Sweeting was. "I never saw him. My uncle [coach Tony Nadal] was watching his match the other day. He knows what he do better, what he do worse. With his tall he can serve much better."
This was the first time Sweeting had seen Nadal in person. On being introduced, Nadal ran onto the court like a hungry lion and the arena rang with cheers and "Vamos. Rafa!" Sweeting, who played a year for the University of Florida before turning pro in 2007, received generous – sympathetic? –applause like a man walking to the gallows.
"It was the biggest crowd I ever played for. Definitely a great experience. It was a dream," Ryan repeated.
Not many guys would feel dreamy about taking away four games in three sets. But Sweeting, who ranks 115 lengths behind Rafa at No. 116 accepted it for what it was: a rare chance to go against the best on "the big stage," as he called it, in a major championship.
"It never happened to me before. I played the Grandstand at Flushing Meadows once, and the Center Court at Washington, but nothing like this, nobody like Rafa. The closest thing, as far as playing somebody goes, is another Spaniard with all that spin is Fernando Verdasco.
"I had some nerves at the start, but that went away," says Sweeting, beaten, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1, breaking serve only once. He played well — but Rafa is a nightmare among dreamers, who can make you pleased at reaping four games.
Here's what the 6-foot-4 inch Ryan says about the experience. "Mentally he wears you down. He's so fast and so strong that he gets there and gets the ball back and deep, and you have to start all over again. You have to win the point two or three times in order to get to 15 love. He's not going to give away anything free. Every time he made an unforced error – not often – I was relieved and happy. Mentally it's draining. Physically, too. I'm breathing hard. I'm running, running, running just to get a point.
"He's focused, bouncing up and down every point. He's going to try to beat you, 6-love, 6-love, 6-love. I grew up watching him on TV, winning majors, playing unbelievable tennis, hitting unbelievable shots. To be on the other side of the net hitting those shots against me was intimidating."
Sweeting, whose best wins have been over James Blake, Ollie Rochus and French Davis Cupper Michael Llodra, registered three tough victories to qualify, and a first round decision over No. 60, Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver to inflate the dream.
He was dressed in bright yellow cap, shirt and shoes along with white shorts – same as the ball kids. Soon enough he was chasing more balls than the kids. His cap was pointed backwards, a bad sign in that Ryan double faulted on the first point and kept going in that direction.
Never mind. He was where a man in his line of work yearns to be – up against the biggest heat in the biggest league. Ryan also had his biggest payday: $ 43,440 and a dream to remember. He can live a while on that.


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The field of this disclosure relates generally to optical code readers, such as, for example, bar code readers, and more particularly to signal processing techniques and circuitry for determining edge positions in a binary optical code.
Today bar codes are ubiquitously found on or associated with objects of various types, such as the packaging of retail, wholesale, and inventory goods; retail product presentation fixtures (e.g., shelves); goods undergoing manufacturing; personal or company assets; and documents. By encoding information, a bar code typically serves as an identifier of an object, whether the identification be to a class of objects (e.g., oranges) or a unique item (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,012,639).
Optical scanning equipment can be utilized to generate an electrical signal indicative of the positions of bars and spaces in a bar code. Such a signal, denoted x(t), is depicted in simplified form in
Further insight into the operation of the system 200 can be gleaned by returning to
As the inventors have recognized, a shortcoming of the system 200 is that the STV and RTV signals may contain multiple pulses for a single transition in the bar code 100 and thus do not unambiguously indicate edge positions in the bar code 100. This is due to the fact that more than one peak can occur in the first derivative signal x′(t) for a single real edge in the bar code 100—a phenomenon that can be called "peak multiplication." There are several reasons why more than one peak may appear in x′(t) for a given real transition edge. Some reasons are attributable to the optical scanner. For example, the spot profile of the laser beam may have multiple peaks. Another reason may be noise introduced by the optical scanner or the electronic circuitry. Other reasons are traceable to external factors, including poor bar code printing quality, poor substrate quality or roughness, inconsistent bar or space color, modulated lighting effects, etc. Regardless of the cause, each local first derivative peak is detected as a separate like edge by the system 200. However, multiple adjacent edges of the same type (STV or RTV) cannot be legitimate, as adjacent edges must be of alternating types. Only one edge in such a group is the best estimate of the true edge position.
Other edge detection techniques suffer from the same problem. For example, multi-bit digitizers, such as the systems disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,302,813, 5,449,893, and 5,734,152, which operate by digitizing the first derivative peaks for an entire scan line and then applying various thresholds to the entire digitized record until a decodable peak pattern results, perform poorly in the presence of ISI (inter-symbol interference) and do not inherently ensure that multiple adjacent edges are rejected.
Bar codes are just one example of the many types of optical codes in use today. In general, optical codes encode useful, optically-readable information about the items to which they are attached or otherwise associated. While bar codes generally encode information across one dimension, higher-dimensional optical codes are also possible, such as, two-dimensional matrix codes (e.g., MaxiCode) or stacked codes (e.g., PDF 417). Decoding binary optical codes in general poses the same challenges, such as peak multiplication, posed by bar codes in particular.
The present invention is directed to methods, systems, and circuits for detecting transitions in a binary optical code signal, and thus detecting edges in a binary optical code.
One preferred method is directed to detecting edges in a binary optical code by processing a signal imperfectly indicating perceived regions of relatively dark and relatively light areas arranged in an alternating pattern as part of a binary optical code. The method differentiates the signal to form a first derivative of the signal. The first derivative may have a series of successive local peaks of the same polarity. The method ignores peaks in the series having a peak value less than a previous peak value in the series, thereby resulting in a set of unignored peaks. The method then chooses from the unignored peaks in the series the one peak occurring last in order. Finally, the method generates, according to the chosen peak, a signal indicative of an edge between a light area and a dark area in the pattern.
According to another preferred embodiment, a system processes a signal imperfectly indicating perceived regions of relatively light and dark areas arranged in an alternating pattern as part of a binary optical code. The system comprises a differentiator, two comparators, and a circuit. The differentiator generates a first derivative of the signal. A first comparator, which is connected to the differentiator, compares the first derivative to a positive threshold and produces an output when the first derivative exceeds the positive threshold. The second comparator, which is also connected to the differentiator, compares the first derivative to a negative threshold and produces an output when the first derivative is less than the negative threshold. The circuit receives as inputs the first derivative, the output of the first comparator, and the output of the second comparator. The circuit generates a first output representative of a largest magnitude positive peak in a series of consecutive positive local peaks in the first derivative and a second output representative of a largest magnitude negative peak in a series of consecutive negative local peaks in the first derivative.
According to another preferred embodiment, a circuit processes an input signal derived from a binary optical code. The input signal has a series of multiple successive local peaks of the same given polarity. The circuit comprises a peak rectifier, an output node, a current mirror, and a discharge path. The peak rectifier has an input receiving the input signal and produces an output that approximately tracks the input signal while the input signal is sloping in the direction of the given polarity and that approximately holds near those local peaks having successively larger magnitude. The current mirror, which is connected to the peak rectifier and the output node, charges the output node while the peak rectifier is tracking the input signal. The discharge path, which is connected to the output node, provides for discharge of the output node while the peak rectifier is holding near a local peak value of the signal.
According to another preferred embodiment, a method determines edge positions in a binary optical code by qualifying zero crossings of a second derivative of an input signal imperfectly indicating perceived regions of relatively dark and relatively light areas arranged in an alternating pattern as part of a binary optical code. The method computes first and second derivatives of the input signal, wherein the second derivative may have multiple zero crossings for a given edge in the binary optical code. The method detects zero crossings of the first and second derivative and utilizes a zero crossing of the second derivative as an indication of a possible edge position in the binary optical code, provided that the zero crossing of the second derivative is the first one occurring after the substantially simultaneous occurrence of (1) the second derivative exceeding a threshold and (2) the first derivative having a magnitude greater than at any previous time since the last zero crossing of the first derivative. The result is a set of one or more qualified second derivative crossings indicating possible positions for the given edge in the binary optical code.
Details concerning the construction and operation of particular embodiments are set forth in the following sections.
With reference to the above-listed drawings, this section describes particular embodiments and their detailed construction and operation. Certain embodiments are capable of achieving certain advantages over the known prior art, including some or all of the following: (1) more reliable detection of the most likely of multiple peaks resulting from peak multiplication; (2) improved edge detection performance under challenging detection conditions in the presence of noise, inter-symbol interference (ISI) (which can result from the laser spot size being large compared to the unit width), poor laser spot quality, poor bar code print quality, and/or small bar code feature size; and (3) improved performance at a small price in terms of circuitry space, weight, and power. These and other advantages of various embodiments will be apparent upon reading the following.
The functional operation of the multiple peak processing circuit 310 can be understood by examining
More particularly, with reference to
The multiple peak processing circuit 310 performs either the ignoring step 440 or both the ignoring step 440 and the choosing step 450. The choosing step 450 may be performed either before or after the AND gates 250 and 255. A microcontroller implementation of the choosing step 450 is described fully in the above-referenced U.S. Pat. No. 6,012,639 (see, in particular, the microcontroller 430). Other implementations are possible to achieve the same functionality.
The ignoring step 440 may be implemented in electronic hardware as set forth, for example, in
The circuit 600 operates as follows: The first derivative signal x′(t) is connected to the gate of a transistor M1. When x′(t) is positive and increasing, the transistor M1 turns on and conducts across its source and drain. The turn-on of the transistor M1 has two effects. First, the same currents flow across each of transistors M2 and M3, which form a current mirror. Second, that current charges a capacitor C1, as the transistor M1 and the capacitor C1 form a simple peak rectifier, and the voltage at the node 610 is a peak-rectified version of x′(t). That charging continues until the voltage at the node 610 equals that of x′(t) minus the gate-to-source voltage drop across the transistor M1 (VGSM1), and x′(t) stops increasing. During that time of charging, a mirror current flows through the transistor M3, thus pulling the output node 620 to a high voltage (approximately the positive supply voltage VDD). As long as x′(t) is increasing at a sufficient rate, the capacitor C1 will continue to charge, and the voltage of the node 620 will remain high.
However, as x′(t) stops increasing, the voltage of the node 620 will begin to discharge. The transistor M4 is set to have a drain-to-source current equal to IREF/3, while a transistor M5 is connected between the node 620 and ground, which supplies a drain-to-source current equal to IREF. That is accomplished by use of a transistor M13, which forms a current mirror with the transistors M4 an M5. To achieve the unequal currents, the transistors M5 and M13 are preferably designed to have a channel width-to-length ratio three times that of the transistor M4, so that the drain-to-source current through each of the transistor M5 and M13 is three times that of transistor M4. Thus, the current through transistor M5, which discharges the node 620, is IREF. The precise condition under which the node 620 discharges is given by the following Equations (A)–(C):
When the condition stated in Equation (C) is met, then the voltage at the node 620 decays to ground at a rate determined by the parasitic capacitance at the node 620 and the difference between the currents in M3 and M5, i.e., IREF−i(M3). When x′(t) stops charging the capacitor C1, such as after a local peak in x′(t), then no current flows through C1 and as a result i(M1)=IREF/3. Due to the current mirror, i(M3)=IREF/3 as well. Thus, in that case, the greater current IREF through the transistor M5 rather quickly pulls the voltage at the node 620 low, where it stays until a larger subsequent value of x′(t) causes the capacitor C1 to charge further.
The initial decay rate of the voltage at the node 620 (after x″(t)<2IREF/3C1 but before the capacitor C1 stops charging) should be carefully selected. If the initial decay rate is too fast, then the voltage at the node 620 will decay to ground before x″(t) crosses zero, and no edges will be rendered. If the initial decay rate is too slow, then the gate will remain open and qualify trailing peaks which are near in time to the peak having maximum amplitude. For a given system, the reference current IREF is therefore ideally chosen to ensure that all legitimate edges are rendered while still rejecting as many trailing peaks as possible.
The transistor M4 provides a small DC current to overcome whatever leakage current may flow in the transistors M1 and M2. Without the current from M4, the leakage current from the transistors M1 and M2 would be integrated by the capacitor C1, causing the voltage at the node 610 to increase to near VDD. Thus, the current in M4 should be chosen to be greater than the maximum possible leakage current through the transistors M1 and M2. If the current through M4 is too large, on the other hand, the gate-to-source voltage drop of M1 could become large enough to limit dynamic range, especially if the supply voltage VDD is low. Further, i(M4) must be significantly smaller than i(M5) to ensure that the voltage at the node 620 drops quickly to ground after the first derivative slope drops below the threshold. By providing both currents from a common current mirror as shown, all of these conditions may be met. While a 3:1 ratio is used in this example, other ratios may be chosen which would also meet the above criteria.
In the absence of the first derivative signal x′(t), baseline noise can cause the voltage at the node 620 to qualify illegitimate edges. To counteract that problem, which could cause a downstream decoder to expend resources processing spurious edges, potentially overloading the decoder to the point where legitimate edges are ignored, the voltage at the node 620 is qualified by AND-ing it with the gated peak signal yR(t), which is true when x′(t) exceeds a threshold generated conventionally (as in U.S. Pat. No. 4,000,397). The logical AND-ing of these two signals occurs at an AND gate 625, as shown in
In addition, the circuit 800 comprises additional circuitry to selectively enable and disable the two circuits such that only one operates at any given time. That additional circuitry comprises a comparator 810, an inverter 820, and two transistors M6 and M12. The inputs of the comparator 810 are the differential pair x′P(t) and X′N(t). The output of the comparator 810 is a signal labeled RESETN, which is input to the inverter 820 to produce a signal labeled RESETP. The signal RESETN is high and the signal RESETP is low during a positive half cycle of x′(t), when x′P(t)>x′N(t). During that time, the signal RESETN, which is connected to the gate of the transistor M12, causes the transistor M12 to turn on and thereby to short the capacitor C2. Also, during that time, the signal RESETP, which is connected to the gate of the transistor M6, causes the transistor M6 to turn off, thus allowing the capacitor C1 to charge in response to x′P(t) and the first circuit to operate normally. Conversely, during a negative half cycle of x′(t), when X′N(t)>x′P(t), the transistor M6 turns on, shorting the capacitor C1, while the transistor M12 turns off, allowing the second circuit to operate normally.
Finally, the circuit 800 comprises two similar circuits for combining the voltages at the nodes 620 and 640 with the gated peak signals yR(t) and yS(t), respectively. The first of those circuits comprises an inverter 830 with hysteresis, a negative-input AND gate 840, and an inverter 850. The second of those circuits comprises an inverter 860 with hysteresis, a negative-input AND gate 870, and an inverter 880 in an identical configuration. The particular configuration of those elements in the circuit 800 is for the case when yS(t), yR(t), zS(t), and zR(t) are low-true signals.
The circuit 800 can be built using discrete components or as an integrated circuit (IC) alone or in combination with circuitry for other parts of an optical code reader. One advantage of the circuit 800 in IC form is that it requires relatively little die area. While the circuit 800 has been illustrated with transistors M1–M13 as field-effect transistors (FETs), they may be of any type.
Moreover, the circuit 800 can be implemented digitally rather than in analog form. One way to do so is to convert the scan line signal x(t) to a digital form (with suitable pre-amplification and anti-alias filtering) and feed the digitized signal to a special-purpose digital logic circuit (e.g., a digital application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or programmable logic array) or a processor (e.g., a general-purpose microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP)), which is programmed to implement the steps 420–450 of the method 400. Although the analog form of the circuit 800 is preferred at the present time because of its lower cost and power consumption, those factors may change in the future.
More generally, the method 400 and similar methods can be implemented in special-purpose digital hardware or programmed for execution on a processor. An alternative method 900, which is also suitable for digital implementation, is illustrated in
The methods and systems illustrated and described herein can exist in a variety of forms both active and inactive. For example, they can exist as one or more software programs comprised of program instructions in source code, object code, executable code or other formats. Any of the above can be embodied on a computer readable medium, which include storage devices and signals, in compressed or uncompressed form. Exemplary computer readable storage devices include conventional computer system RAM (random access memory), ROM (read only memory), EPROM (erasable, programmable ROM), EEPROM (electrically erasable, programmable ROM), flash memory and magnetic or optical disks or tapes. Exemplary computer readable signals, whether modulated using a carrier or not, are signals that a computer system hosting or running a computer program can be configured to access, including signals downloaded through the Internet or other networks. Concrete examples of the foregoing include distribution of software on a CD ROM or via Internet download. In a sense, the Internet itself, as an abstract entity, is a computer readable medium. The same is true of computer networks in general.
The terms and descriptions used herein are set forth by way of illustration only and are not meant as limitations. Those skilled in the art will recognize that many variations can be made to the details of the above-described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention. The scope of the invention should therefore be determined only by the following claims, and their equivalents, in which all terms are to be understood in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated.
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I hear from people often who feel they are in a salad rut or a smoothie rut with their anti-cancer diet. They want to try new things, but it's just hard to get their minds wrapped around what exactly they should buy. Here is a fantastic resource for those of you who can identify with this. Check out my Free Anti-Cancer Printable Grocery List!
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No. 5 Ibiza
World famous for its top-end nightclubs and bar scene, this Spanish island is more than just a party spot. Ibiza also features picturesque beaches, stunning mountain scenery, and ancient architecture, meaning there's something for everyone. Its location makes it the ideal destination for Europeans looking for some Springtime sun.
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This Greek island is known for its stunning volcanic landscape, quaint towns, and colorful beaches. With plenty to see and do, Santorini is a great destination no matter whether you're on a romantic getaway or looking for fun with friends. The slightly cooler Easter temperature makes it perfect for those who want some springtime sun, but don't enjoy baking-hot summer weather.
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Rights of Legal Permanent Residents at the US Border
All travelers, including permanent residents (green card holders) and US citizens, are subject to inspection by the Immigration Service when entering the US.
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers may question permanent residents when entering the US at a port of entry to determine if they are "returning residents," or if they have abandoned status as a permanent resident.
Abandonment of Permanent Resident Status
If you are a permanent resident of the US, you may be questioned on the following issues when you arrive at the US border:
- Where do you live?
- What evidence do you have that you reside permanently in the US?
- When you left the US did you intend to return to your residence in the US at the time you left, and for the entire time you were outside the US?
- How long have you been outside the US?
- Have you committed any crimes, either in the US or outside the US, since you became a permanent resident?
- If you have been outside the US for a continuous period of 180 days, you are likely to be questioned more thoroughly about these issues.
Any permanent residents who are returning residents and who are found by the Immigration Service to have abandoned their permanent residence, have a right to a hearing by an immigration judge on the issue of abandonment of permanent residence.
A permanent resident remains a permanent resident unless the Immigration Service proves abandonment by clear and convincing evidence, and until a final order of removal (deportation) is issued by an immigration judge.
If the Immigration Service determines that a permanent resident has abandoned residence in the US, and the permanent resident refuses to sign an acknowledgment of abandonment (Form I-407) CBP can issue a Notice to Appear before an immigration judge. Even permanent residents who have signed form I-407 have the right to request a hearing by an immigration judge.
Right to Counsel
The Immigration Service holds the position that there is no "right to counsel" during inspection and admission to the US. At their discretion, the Immigration Service may allow a lawyer to accompany clients who are detained in secondary inspection or who are ordered to appear at a deferred inspection office.
If you are a permanent resident of the US, plan your trips outside the US carefully and be sure you understand the issues involved in abandoning permanent residence.


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This project is showing the world my CREATIVITY...Everyone has an Enemy within' therefore I believe everyone can relate to this album. I am a blessed writer and the album was produced by one of the top producers here in the south. He goes by the name Heartbeatz. This album is a Classic, one of a kind project. It pulls the listener in and makes the listener want to listen to the project in it's entirety. So if you are looking for that all around musical and lyrical high, you can't go wrong by adding ENEMY IN THE MIRROR by Babiboi of U2Dk Produkshunz to your collection.


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We accept Bitcoin for all purchases at Cheese & Crackers, Inc.
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Archive for July, 2005
Just a thought…Sunday, July 31st, 2005
I have been sitting here thinking about the events of the week and I just can't get this one thing out of my head. I know that I am not alone in thinking this, but I figured I'd just go ahead and put myself on record — granted, I know few people in the world […]
I've signed my soul away… again…Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
For those of who playing the home game on XBOX live… here's my gamertag for those of you who may happen to play some of the same games I do… Archbishop Xero
Movie Review: War of the WorldsTuesday, July 5th, 2005
Amid all the hoopla over the manic operations of Tom Cruise, I decided to go see the summer blockbuster that is War of the Worlds. Let me briefly state: I hate the premise of creating a movie just to make a summer blockbuster. Granted, these movies are generally fun and exciting, but hardly ever worthwhile […]


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With half the Core Reactors offline, it's up to Jared and newly-imported-from-Mexico Brandon to steer the Reactor Radio ship this week, and it goes about as well as you can imagine with those two knuckleheads in charge!
Despite technical difficulties, they are joined once again by Jason Gambrel, aka @GambusKahn from the N4G Radio Podcast for a nice leisurely Video Game discussion this week.
Topics include Bungie's continuing Destiny blunders, Jared's impressions of Batman: Arkham Knight, Brandon's excitement about an M-rated shooter possibly headed to Nintendo, impressions on the new Tom Holland Spider-Man, and more!
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Organization collects backpacks, school supplies for Mixtec students
The Mixteco-Indigena Community Organizing Project wants to provide 500 backpacks to Mixtec students in the Oxnard area for the coming school year.
The organization is collecting backpacks and school supplies to give next month to families that have registered for them.
People who want to donate may visit Mixteco.org or send a check payable to MICOP to P.O. Box 20543, Oxnard, CA 93034. They also may bring supplies and backpacks to the group's office at 520 W. Fifth St., Suite F, Oxnard.
The group needs notebooks, notebook paper, pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils, scissors and folders.
The group also is looking for volunteers to help fill the backpacks, starting at noon Aug. 16 at Driffill School, 910 S. E St., Oxnard.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Interview and Scavenger Hunt with Claudia Gray
1. You could write about anything in the world but you choose to write about things that go bump in the night, why?
ANSWER: I've always been interested in the ghoulish. In high school, I was always that weird kid sitting in the back of study hall reading DRACULA instead of doing her work. So this was a pretty natural subject for me.
2. What do you say to people who think YA books can't be scary and romantic?
ANSWER: I'd think anybody hooked into YA literature these days knows better. If that's not true, and somebody out there actually believes that, I wouldn't say anything -- just hand over a copy of one of the really great series out right now (maybe Kelley Armstrong's?) and let them figure it out for themselves.
3. Vampires or werewolves? Or is that a dumb question?
ANSWER: That's like asking, "chocolate or peanut butter"? I'm a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup kinda gal.
4. Is there anything about you that we'd be surprised to find out--aside from the fact that Claudia Gray is a pen name?
ANSWER: Would you be surprised to know that I turned to writing fiction in part because my plan to be a tax attorney didn't work out?
5. What are you afraid of?
ANSWER: Inadequacy. Serial killers. Spiders. Cancer. Heights. Disappointing the people I love. Roller coasters that go upside down. Bird feet.
6. What are you dressing up as this Halloween?
ANSWER: I don't know yet! I've always wanted to rent one of those big, elaborate Goth Queen outfits with a huge wig and purple, red and black lace Marie Antoinette gown, but I need the right occasion to wear it. Maybe I need to be the one throwing a grand party some Halloween.
7. Would you rather read a book that was suspenseful or scary?
ANSWER: For me, they're pretty much the same; I find suspense a lot more frightening than many more straightforwardly "scary" things.
8. Ok, admit it, you watched Blair Witch with one eye open, right?
ANSWER: I LOVED "The Blair Witch Project," up until the moment in the movie theater, just when the suspense was at its height and nobody could breathe, when somebody's cell phone rang. And kept ringing. Because it took them about five minutes to get to their phone and turn it off. The ring tone: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game." Kinda spoiled the mood.
9. Have you seen Paranormal Activity? Were you scared to death or did you not even bat an eyelash?
ANSWER: I haven't seen it, actually! Maybe I'll rent it with some friends at Halloween, if nobody has a big party.
10. Tell us about your next book.
ANSWER: The next book of mine to be released will be AFTERLIFE, the fourth book in the EVERNIGHT series, in which we finally learn Bianca and Lucas' ultimate destiny, and Mrs. Bethany's big plan. The next book I'm writing is FATEFUL, which in my head has two other titles: WEREWOLVES ON THE TITANIC, which tells you what it's about, and YES, ACTUALLY, THE SITUATION CAN GET WORSE. HarperTeen didn't go for that last title. No idea why.
And now for the first few clues in the Claudia Gray portion of the scavenger hunt.
1. In HOURGLASS, who orchestrated Balthazar's escape?
2. Name the TWO anthologies Claudia is featured in?
3. What is Claudia's favorite candy (hint: answer is in this interview)?
4. When will AFTERLIFE be released?
Visit Claudia's website for the answers!
Prize: A signed copy of EVERNIGHT paperback or STARGAZER or HOURGLASS hardcovers (3 winners, one prize each).
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The scavenger hunt lasts all week! You must answer all the questions CORRECTLY to win the prize from THAT author! You must be a member of The YA-5 blog to win! You may enter more than once to better your chances of winning at least ONE prize. But you may only win ONE prize for the week. Each day a new author interview will be posted along with new questions. You must visit the author's website to learn the answers to the questions posted here then post your answers in the comments section on The YA-5's site in order to win a prize. Contest ends July 23 at midnight Eastern time. Winners will be announced the week of August 2, 2010.
7 comments:
- Cholisose said...
1) Bianca and Lucas
2) "Immortal" and "Vacations from Hell"
3) Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
4) March 2011
- July 22, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Missmagic188 said...
1. In HOURGLASS, who orchestrated Balthazar's escape?
Bianca and Lucas
2. Name the TWO anthologies Claudia is featured in?
Immortal: Love Stories with Bite and Vacations from Hell
3. What is Claudia's favorite candy (hint: answer is in this interview)?
Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
4. When will AFTERLIFE be released?
March 2011.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Mary said...
*1._ Bianca and Lucas
*2._ "Vacations from Hell" and "Immortal"
*3._ Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
*4._ March 2011
- July 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- aurora M. said...
1. In HOURGLASS, who orchestrated Balthazar's escape?
Bianca and Lucas
2. Name the TWO anthologies Claudia is featured in?
Immortal& Vacations from Hell
3. What is Claudia's favorite candy?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
4. When will AFTERLIFE be released?
March 2011.
Great hunt!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- Pamelunsky said...
1. In HOURGLASS, who orchestrated Balthazar's escape?-- Bianca and Lucas
2. Name the TWO anthologies Claudia is featured in? -- Vacations from Hell, Immortal
3. What is Claudia's favorite candy?--Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
4. When will AFTERLIFE be released?-- March 2011.
Thankss =)
- July 22, 2010 at 11:35 PM
- chelleyreads said...
1. Bianca & Lucas
2. Vacations from Hell & Immortal
3. Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
4. March 2011
chelleyreads AT gmail DOT com
- July 23, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- Marnee said...
1: Bianca & Lucus
2: Immortal & Vacations From Hell
3: Reece's Peanut Butter Cup
4: March 2010
Thxx :)
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I've been making homemade mayo for what, four whole weeks here? That basically qualifies me as an expert, right?
Had you asked me before today I would have told you it's so easy, fool-proof even. I opened a fresh new bottle of light tasting olive oil, cracked in the egg and mustard powder, and slowly added the rest of the olive oil. And then?
Liquid. No emulsifying. No thickening. Just liquid.
I figured I could fix it. I'm smart, I'm good in the kitchen. And I have literally all of the knowledge in the world in the palm of my hand!
I found a bunch of tips. Add more egg. Add boiling water. Make another batch and mix this in instead of oil.
Nope. Nada. Nothing. Well, something. But just liquid.
Apparently sometimes it just happens*. Or that's what I (along with hundreds of others who sought out advice online after messing up a batch) hear. It just happens sometimes. You didn't do anything wrong, ok? It just happens. Let it go. It's just mayo, you'll be fine! (I'm only slightly exaggerating, I seriously hate when things go wrong in the kitchen. I may take it a smidge too personal!)
On the bright side, dinner was amazing. We had Slow Cooker Balsamic Roast Beef, cinnamon sweet potatoes and swiss chard. It got a big thumbs up from all of us, kids included. It was super flavorful and super easy, too!
*Personally, I'm blaming the cheap olive oil for the mayo fail!


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Whiskey Hollow Restaurant is one of those treasures you'll want to keep coming back to once you've experienced it.
Starting with freshly prepared, made-from-scratch meals and adding an excellent wait staff and full-service bar, there's little more you could ask for. Their menu ventures through tasty territory, offering a dizzying selection of quesadillas, salads, pasta and seafood dishes, gourmet burgers, hot sandwiches, and house specialties.
All this deliciousness needs treated to thirst-quenching libations, and Whiskey Hollow's full bar delivers just what the drink doctor ordered.
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