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This application claims benefit of Provisional Appln. 60/011,166 Feb. 5, 1996.
The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement of tracking signals in a radio receiver and a RAKE-receiver utilizing said apparatus. More specifically, the invention relates to a method and an arrangement of tracking signals that are received by a RAKE-receiver of a CDMA-system in very close time-dispersed relationship, and maintaining the signal sampling positions separated in time.
In a mobile radio system, the existance of such signal reflecting surfaces as walls, building structures, hills, mountains etc. are liable to cause the receiver of a radio signal perceiving the signals to be dispersed in time, wherewith signals that carry the same information will arrive at the receiver at different time delays. For instance, the signals received may comprise a strongly dominant signal component, e.g. a direct wave, and weaker reflected signals belonging to the dominant signal component, so-called rays, or a spread of rays of essentially uniform strength. In general, there exists a ray which is stronger than the remaining rays and this ray can then be considered as the main ray.
Time dispersion is generally disadvantageous, since the signals are able to interfere with one another and therewith create interference fading. Time dispersion can, however, also be of benefit. The reflected signals transmit the same information as the main signal. When fading has caused pronounced attenuation of the main signal itself, the main signal can be "reconstructed" or amplified by constructive addition of the time-dispersed rays, i.e. the signal becomes diversity amplified.
A RAKE-receiver is a radio receiver which utilizes this feature of time dispersed signals. The RAKE-receiver includes a plurality of independent receiver units, so-called RAKE-branches, each of which receives and tracks, or locates, a respective ray. The RAKE-receiver also includes means for combining the received signals, and means for delaying these signals so that they will be brought into phase prior to combining the signals. In order to be able to utilize diversity it is necessary to detect a plurality of incoming time-dispersed rays, which places commensurate demands on the resolution sensitivity of the receiver.
Receivers for multi-path spread rays based on the RAKE-principle are known from U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,305,349, and 5,237,586, and from International patent application WO94/28640. These publications describe various ways of combining the received signals to obtain diversity amplified output signals. In the known RAKE-receivers, the RAKE-branches each track respective rays independently of one another. The drawback with the known RAKE-receivers is that when two incoming rays are located so close together that the RAKE-receiver is unsuccessful in resolving the signals, each of the two branches responsible for tracking a respective ray will track one and the same ray, so that one of the rays will not be tracked.
The published patent application GB 2 286 509A describes a method of measuring the impulse response of a received signal in a radio system. The receiver may operate in accordance with the RAKE-principle. The maximum and minimum impulse-response values are measured by a separate receiver and stored in a memory. The time-setting of the branches of the RAKE-receiver are controlled in accordance with the stored values. When the time distance between two mutually adjacent maxima is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, only one of the maximum instants is used to determine the time setting of the branches. The other signal is not then tracked. This is a disadvantage, because the diversity cannot be utilized.
The present invention is concerned with the problem of how to track time-dispersed rays incoming to a RAKE-receiver in very close succession individually so as to enable frequency diversity to be utilized. When two rays incoming to a RAKE-receiver have very little time dispersion in relation to one another, the receiver may perceive the two rays as being only one single ray. The RAKE-receiver is unable to resolve rays of all incoming densities, meaning that the frequency diversity between the two rays will be lost.
Furthermore, the bit error rate of the receiver output signal will be greater when two incoming rays cannot be separated from one another.
In the earlier known RAKE-receivers, each branch shall endeavour to track its allocated ray irrespective of the sampling positions of the remaining branches. This can result in one or more branches confusing its ray with another ray that arrives at the receiver at almost the same time. This means that certain rays will not be tracked and that the anticipated diversity gain will not be obtained.
One object of the inventive method is thus to control ray tracking in a manner which will avoid losing the tracking of a ray that can contribute to the diversity gain.
According to the present invention, the aforesaid problems are solved by ensuring that the branch sampling positions are not brought too close together when updating, and, if this occurs by forcing the branch sampling positions apart. In this way, frequency diversity between the rays is obtained and the quality of the output signal is improved.
More specifically, the problem is solved by detecting and correlating incoming signals, and initiating the RAKE-receiver branches with appropriate sampling positions when good correlation is obtained. The updating values are determined prior to updating the branch sampling positions. Before actually updating these sampling positions, a check is made to ascertain that the time distance between the sampling position updating values determined with respect to two branches is sufficiently large. If this is not the case, the branches are forced to take sampling positions that are sufficiently separated in time.
The advantage afforded by the inventive method is that rays which arrive at a RAKE-receiver in a very dense sequential relationship can be tracked by maintaining their sampling positions separated in time and therewith enable the frequency diversity between the rays to be utilized.
Another advantage is that the signal quality of the output signals from the RAKE-receiver are improved, because the bit error content of the received baseband signal will be lower than if the inventive method had not been applied.
The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to preferred exemplifying embodiments thereof and also with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1a and 1b are diagrammatic illustrations of two time-dispersed signals.
FIG. 2 is a block schematic illustrating part of a CDMA-system including a RAKE-receiver and an inventive arrangement.
FIG. 3 is a block schematic illustrating an inventive arrangement.
FIGS. 4a-c are diagrams of the so-called early/late-algorithm used when applying the inventive method.
FIGS. 5a-d illustrate three separating strategies applied when using the inventive method.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the inventive method.
FIGS. 1a-b are diagrams illustrating two rays that have been received by a RAKE-receiver very close together in phase according to a known technique. In the illustrated case, there is no control of the allocated branch sampling positions. Branch 1 of the RAKE-receiver shall track ray 1 and branch 2 shall track ray 2 independently of one another. FIG. 1a shows the two signals and the original branch sampling positions P1 and P2. In the illustrated case, the time distance Δp between these positions is too small for the rays to be resolved by the RAKE-receiver. FIG. 1b shows the total signal received in the present case, with ray 1 and ray 2 in phase. Because the two signals appear to be only one signal when received by the receiver, the two signals cannot be resolved in the illustrated case.
If, when updating, the branches are allocated new sampling values according to a so-called early/late-algorithm (described in more detail below), the two signals will be allocated the optimal sampling positions p12 corresponding to the peak of the total signal (see the Figure). They will thus adopt the same position and after having taken this position the branches will then both track solely one ray in time. Tracking of the other ray is lost in this case, and therewith the frequency diversity.
The situation would have been different if the same signals, ray 1 and ray 2, had been received just as densely as in the illustrated case but in counterphase. It would then have been possible to distinguish two peaks and therewith enable the two signals to be resolved.
FIG. 2 is a block schematic illustrating part of a mobile radio system which includes a RAKE-receiver which utilizes the inventive method. A signal received by an antenna 21 arrives at a tracking block 24, which implements the inventive method, and a RAKE-receiver 25, subsequent to radio frequency division in block 22 and A/D-convertion in block 23. The RAKE-receiver 25 includes a number of receiving units, so-called branches 25a, 25b, and means 25c for combining the branch output signals. When signals arrive at the RAKE-receiver 25 at different arrival times, each of the signals is received separately by respective branches 25a, 25b. The sampling position allocation of the branches is controlled and checked from the tracking block 24, in accordance with the inventive method. The signals from the various RAKE-branches are then combined in the combining means 25c in accordance with a known technique, so as to obtain an output signal for further processing in the CDMA-system.
FIG. 3 is a block schematic illustrating the components of the tracking block and shows how said block is connected to the RAKE-branches. The tracking block 24 of FIG. 2 and illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a search unit 24a, a processor unit 24b and two tracking units 24c and 24d. These units are mutually connected by means of two-directional bus connections with the signal flows S1 -S9 illustrated in FIG. 3 and described in more detail below.
The search unit 24a and the two tracking units 24c, 24d are comprised of signal processors. In particular, the search unit 24a is a correlator which correlates an incoming signal with a code sequence known in the receiver for detecting correct signals incoming to the RAKE-receiver. The search unit 24a and the two tracking units 24c and 24d are controlled by an algorithm from the process unit 24b, as described in more detail below.
Although the tracking block 24 has been shown divided in FIG. 3 into the aforesaid units, inorder to improve clarity, it will be unterstood that the tracking block 24 may be designed as one single integrated circuit (ASIC). The arrangement may also include more than one search unit. These search units then search at different time intervals, to increase the speed of the search.
As shown in FIG. 3, the RAKE-receiver 25 of FIG. 2 includes the two branches 25a and 25b and the combining means 25c. Each of the branches 25a and 25b is connected to a respective tracking unit 24c and 24d, and the combining means 25c is connected to a downstream unit in the CDMA-system (not shown).
As before described, a multi-path spread signal is comprised of a number of mutually time-shifted rays, wherein the ray that is received first and has travelled the shortest path to the receiver can be considered as being the main ray. The main ray may be the direct ray that has not been spread, or a ray that has been spread by some form of object when the direct ray has been attenuated out. The first incoming signal having a signal strength which exceeds a predetermined minimum strength Mmin, is received by the search unit 24a in the tracking block 24. The search unit 24a searches for a time interval within which one or more echoes (rays) of the main ray can be expected to be found.
The search unit 24a correlates input data with the correct code sequency at different time points, and a signal peak is obtained when a signal is found. Otherwise only noise is obtained. A decision that the correct signal has been received is made by the processor unit 24b on the basis of information, signal S1, derived from the correlation in the search unit 24a. The processor unit 24b then informs the search unit 24a of its decision, signal S1, and the search unit 24a continues to search for more rays. The search unit 24c or 24d functions to provide a branch 25a, 25b with its sampling positions, and if the correlation is good indicating that a ray has been found, tracking of the signal is commenced by virtue of the processor unit 24b initiating the tracking unit with sampling start positions, signal S3. The tracking units 24c and 24d then command their respective branches 25a and 25b, signal S4, to sample the first values at their start positions.
Before each updating of the sampling position of its branches 25a or 25b, a tracking unit 24c or 24d will first determine the best sampling value around the signal peak of the signal to be tracked. In the illustrated case, it is assumed that the search unit 24a finds two rays and that, accordingly, the processor unit 24b initiates both tracking units 24c, 24d with appropriate sampling positions for the two branches 25a and 25b respectively.
Before updating the sampling positions of the branches 25a, 25b, the tracking units 24c, 24d determine the updating values of sampling positions according to an early/late-algorithm illustrated in FIGS. 4a-c. This algorithm is stored in the tracking units 24c and 24d. The signal strength is determined at two different positions, firstly in a position earlier than the sampling positions concerned and secondly in a position later than said sampling position.
In FIG. 4a, the earlier position is referenced Te, the current or prevailing position is referenced To and the later position is referenced T1. The strength of the signal at these time points is referenced Me, Mo and M1 respectively. The sampling position updating value is determined as the position in which the strongest signal strength is measured. When the strongest signal strength is measured in the current sampling position To, this position is maintained until the next updating occasion when the same procedure is carried out. This case is shown in FIG. 4c. In other cases, the sampling position is moved either to the position Te or the position T1 in which the strongest signal strength is measured. In the case of the FIG. 4a illustration, the strongest signal strength is measured in the later position T1 and consequently the updating value of the sampling position Tn is in this case shifted to the later position T1, as shown in FIG. 4b. The updating values for the sampling positions T1 and T2 for the two branches 25a and 25b are determined in this way.
Before actually updating the sampling positions of the branches 25a, 25b with the updating values T1 and T2 determined by the early/late-algorithm, the processor unit 24b is informed by the tracking units 24c and 24d of the result of the performed early/late-algorithm signal S5. The processor unit compares the time difference between the two updating values of sampling positions |T1 -T2 | determined for the two branches with a predetermined minimum distance Tmin.
When the time difference between the determined sampling-position updating values is greater than the minimum distance, the processor unit 24b informs the tracking units 24c and 24d that the determined updating values are acceptable, signal S6. The tracking units 24c, 24d then update the branches 25a, 25b with the determined updating values T1, T2, signal S7.
On the other hand, if the time difference is smaller than the minimum distance Tmin, the processor unit 24b forces at least one tracking unit 24c, 24d to move its specified sampling position updating value so that the difference will thereafter exceed the minimum distance Tmin, signal S8. The specified sampling position updating values can be separated in accordance with any one of the following three strategies which involve respectively:
1. Mutually separating both updating values so as to obtain two new updating values.
2. Moving the sampling position updating value for the branch that tracks the weakest signal away from the sampling position updating value for the strongest signal, which is maintained and unchanged. Thus, in this case, a new sampling position updating value is determined for the weakest signal.
3. Moving the sampling position updating value for the branch that tracks the strongest signal away from the sampling position updating value for the weakest signal, which is retained unchanged. Thus, in this case a new sampling position updating value is determined for the strongest signal.
FIGS. 5a-5d illustrate the different strategies for mutually separating the updating values of sampling positions. FIG. 5a shows the optimal sampling positions T1 and T2. In this case, the first branch 25a tracks the strongest signal and the second branch 25b tracks the weakest signal. Strategy 1 is shown in FIG. 5b, with which two new sampling position T1 ' and T2 ' are determined. FIG. 5c shows strategy 2 wherewith there is determined a new sampling position T21 ' for the second branch 25b which tracks the weakest signal. FIG. 5d shows the third strategy wherewith the sampling position for the first branch 25a that tracks the strongest signal is moved to position T11 '.
After separating the updating positions, the signal strength is checked at the new updating value or values of the sampling positions T1 ', T2 ', T12 ', T21 '. If the signal strength M1 ', M2 ', M12 ', M21 ' at one position is below the predetermined minimum strength Mmin, the current or prevailing sampling positions are retained until the next updating occasion. If the signal strength exceeds the minimum strength in both of the sampling positions, the branches are updated with the sampling position updating values determined in accordance with one of the aforesaid strategies, signal S9.
The three strategies imply that the signal will not be sampled in the optimal sampling position if this would result in the branches being position too close together. Although this will result in a somewhat poorer signal value than is optimal, frequency diversity is gained instead of losing the tracking of a signal. The updating procedure is carried out continuously during a signal tracking process.
In the aforedescribed embodiment, two rays are received by two branches. It will be understood, however, that the inventive method and inventive arrangement also function in the aforedescribed manner when more than two rays are received. For instance, when three rays are found by the search unit, three tracking units will provide three branches with appropriate sampling positions. In this case, the strategies applied in mutually separating branches that lie closely adjacent one another will be slightly different than in the case of two branches. In this case, the sampling positions of the first and the second branches cannot simply be compared with one another and the sampling position of the second branch then compared with the sampling positions of the third branch. Such a comparison procedure may result in the sampling position of the second branch being moved forwards and backwards. It is therefore necessary to check both time distances independently of one another. One strategy is never to move the second branch, but only the first and the third branches if so required.
FIG. 6 illustrates the different steps of an inventive method when two rays are found. Incoming signals are detected in step 1, and whether or not a ray has been found is determined in step 2, by correlating received input data at different time points, step 2. If the correlation is poor (no in step 2) , the search for rays is continued. If the correlation is judged to be good (yes in step 2), a ray has been found. In step 3a, tracking of the rays is commenced, by initiating a branch with a suitable sampling position start value.
In the case illustrated in FIG. 6, there is found a further ray which passes through steps 1 and 2 in accordance with the aforegoing. Another branch is then allocated to search for this ray, and accordingly this branch is initiated with an appropriate sampling position start value for tracking this further ray, step 3b. A sampling position updating value is determined in accordance with the earlier described early/late-algorithm, steps 4a and 4b, prior to updating the current sampling positions of the branches. This is effected by determining the signal strength in an early position upstream of the current sampling position and in a late position downstream of said current sampling position. When the signal strength in the current position is the greatest strength, this position is retained until the next updating occasion. If the signal strength is greatest in the early position, the new sampling position updating value is determined as this value. If, instead, the signal strength is greatest in the later position, this position becomes the new updating position. The updating values of the sampling positions T1 and T2 for both branches are determined in this way.
Prior to updating with the updating values determined by the early/late-algorithm, a check is made to ascertain that these values are sufficiently spaced in time. This check is carried out by comparing the time difference between the determined updating positions (T1 -T2) with a predetermined smallest distance Tmin, step 5. If the time difference is greater than the smallest permitted distance, (no in step 5), the branches are updated with the determined sampling positions T1 and T2, step 6a and 6b. If the time difference is smaller (yes in step 5), at least one updating value is moved to another sampling position, so that the distance between the thus determined positions is greater than the smallest permitted distance, step 7.
Separation of the sampling position updating values is effected in accordance with one of the earlier described separation strategies. A check is then made to ascertain whether or not the signal strength at the position that has been moved is higher than the lowest permitted signal strength Mmin, steps 8a and 8b. If the signal strength is too low (no in steps 8a and 8b), the current sampling positions are retained until the next updating occasion. If the signal strength is acceptable, (yes in steps 8a and 8b), the branches are updated with the sampling positions determined in step 7, steps 9a and 9b.
As beforementioned, the method can be applied with more than two incoming time-shifted signals. According to simulations, a suitable minimum distance Tmin may be of the order of one chip duration. When practicing earlier known techniques, the RAKE-receiver has been unable to resolve signals that follow one another at such densities, and hence frequency diversity has been lost. The inventive method thus improves the quality of the received baseband signal.
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Went to the Doctor today, my PCP. asked me if I was taking my meds. (Of course) She said I'm pre-diabetic, which I've been told for about 15 years. Basically no notable changes. Come back on the 2nd of May and disuss the results of my blood-work, blood taken today. First doctor visit in six months. Guess I'll just keep on doing like I do.
Good morning, Slim.
Good morning, everybody. I arrived at LaGuardia Airport yesterday at 9 AM and luckily my friend was there to take me home. I had only 1 or 2 hours sleep the night before, so I spent yesterday unpacking, reading all the newspapers another friend had brought me and napping. I only woke up now, at 4:13 AM EDT.
Morning, Village.
Arye, glad you had a safe trip.
Slim, you do whatever the doc says. After losing my mother, my grandmother, my sister and my niece to Diabetes, I can tell you it is nothing to gamble with.
Finished laying the base boards yesterday and got half the shoe molding done. Should be able to finish that today. We also got the dining room light installed. We have one more light to go yet.
Good morning Slim & Villagers…
The PHANTOM comics story is currently called "The Aeronaut," so those of us who follow this strip are waiting for a balloonist or blimp pilot to show up. In the meantime, I have seen two blimps overhead in as many days – yesterday it was the Goodyear blimp and the day before it was the Despicablimp (a promo for the upcoming Despicable Me 2 movie). When I saw the Despicablimp I didn't yet know what it was all about, and thought I was "seeing things." Despicablimp is traveling the U.S. – here's what it looks like:
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Glad you are on top of things, Slim! If you don't take care of you, who else will?
We just got back from Great Falls again. We got about an inch of snow overnight, and nothing down here. It got all the way up to 58 yesterday! Hurray…..Spring is finally here!
Now, it is a week before we fly out to Raleigh for 2 weeks. It's time to start filling those suitcases and seeing what we need to purchase for the trip. We'll be dragging out all our short sleeved shirts, and hope that it won't be cold. Although I'd rather it was cold than hot and humid!!!
That is one weird blimp, Florchi. Good advertising campaign. Never saw that first movie……..anyone see it?
@Montana Lady: When you go to see the baby buffalo, please take photos and share them. Will their mothers allow you to get near them?
@ Slim- yea- your tougher'n a shit house rat- GBY
@ florchi- agree- different blimp type, but soooo neat, thx's
for the pic
@Rita- the annual trip EAST!! weather great there & here,
no humidity yet- your family will be looking forward too see
you two
@JanCinLV- Gee' – you two are inside the house & still manage to hurt each other :-) ya'll have to get that black
cloud to go away- but am sorry to hear about such an
unfortuante accident. Dang, NOW- STOP IT………………
@Arye- glad your safe an sound !!
Arye…………..we'll probably go to Yellowstone after we get back from Raleigh….so…..by Memorial Day weekend, I guess. No, we cannot get close to the babies………you do NOT want to get anywhere near a bison……they are extremely dangerous. We use the telephoto lens and get real close that way. If I get a chance before this trip, I'll email some shots from last year.
Bill……thanks for the weather update. That is one thing that I don't like, and that's the humidity. Don't mind the cold, but the heat is not my friend.
Jan, there's only one word…………Ouch!
@davidf42; What did you decide to do about your slanted floor?
Just picked up another James Patterson (NY Times)best
seller, as usual with each of his books. This one is Judge
& Jury- it's high 70's today sooooooooo will sit out and start
it and get some more tan before I go back up to my summer
seasonal cottage in NY on Lake Ontario in middle May.
Let us all be safe & please no more injuries etc.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took its first enforcement actions yesterday under a fair disclosure rule enacted in 2000, citing three companies, including Siebel Systems, for violations.
Siebel chief executive officer Tom Siebel told attendees at an invitation-only Goldman Sachs conference in November last year that he was optimistic because Siebel's business was returning to normal.
His comments contrasted with statements made three weeks earlier that the IT market was tough and the company expected to face that climate for the rest of the year.
Siebel's optimistic remarks, to which most investors had no access, prompted significant trading and pushed Siebel's share price up about 20% higher than the previous day's close.
Regulation FD, which took effect in October 2000, bars companies from selectively disclosing material information before releasing the information publicly. By failing to simultaneously release Tom Siebel's comments via a Web cast, press release or SEC filing, Siebel ran foul of the regulation, according to the SEC.
The SEC has filed a cease-and-desist order against Siebel. It has also sought a $250,000 (£160,050) fine for the infraction, a penalty to which Siebel has agreed.
Siebel confirmed the penalty in a statement yesterday, which said that Tom Siebel had been unaware when he made the remarks that the presentation was not being broadcast on the Web.
The SEC backed that statement in its own report on the case, noting that while Siebel's director of investor relations knew no Webcast was planned and spoke with Tom Siebel shortly before the conference, she did not tell him there would be no Webcast.
The SEC settlement will not affect the company's financial condition, Siebel said, adding that this resolves the only known matter of investigation between the company and the SEC.
The SEC also took action against Raytheon and its chief financial officer, Franklyn Caine, and Secure Computing and its chief executive officer, John McNulty, for similar violations.
It also filed an investigation report on Motorola related to the disclosure regulation, but did not take action against the company.
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Following several unsuccessful attempts to overhaul the federal employee retirement system, the Office of Personnel Management has just released a new strategic plan with modest goals of making targeted improvements in processing rather than modernizing the existing system, officials said at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Feb. 1.
Under OPM's new Strategic Plan for Retirement Services, released on Jan. 17, the agency expects to eliminate its retirement processing backlog and accurately process 90 percent of cases within 60 days, John Berry, director of OPM, said in testimony presented at the hearing.
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The backlog elimination and 60-day processing timeline would be achieved by July of 2013, he added.
One of the steps being taken to reduce the current backlog is to hire additional Legal Administrative Specialists to process pending claims. While OPM currently employs 130 such specialists, it is creating 40 new specialist positions and filling 16 vacant positions, while working within budget constraints, Berry said.
The agency also will make changes to the existing system to allow retirees to access and update their accounts and automate the application process.
However, under the new plan, OPM's goals for processing new claims have been scaled back to a significant degree, said Valerie Melvin, director of information management and technology resources issues for the Government Accountability Office, who also testified.
The new timeline for claims processing represents a "a substantial reduction" from the agency's fiscal year 2009 goal to accurately process 99 percent of cases within 30 Days, Melvin said.
Also related to the performance goals, Patrick McFarland, OPM's inspector general, requested that OPM develop interim goals toward the 18-month benchmarks so that it can track its progress in meeting those milestones.
In addition, OPM's new plan does not address when, or how, the existing legacy processing system would be modernized, Melvin added.
"The plan does not describe whether or how the agency intends to modify or decommission the over 80 legacy systems that support retirement processing," Melvin said. It "does not address improving or eliminating the legacy systems that support retirement processing.
GAO has released several audits in recent years outlining failed attempts by OPM to modernize the retirement processing system. The watchdog agency has noted that longstanding information technology management shortcomings at the agency have hindered the success of those efforts.
Melvin made no new recommendations in her testimony.
The sponsor of the hearing was the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia.
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What a crock of bs. Now, 3 years later (12/2015) service has gotten worse... not better.
I sent in all the required paperwork to drop my survivor's benefits since my divorce in 2011, and collect 4 years worth of payments taken from my annuity, since I did not realize that they had still been taking it out of my gross annuity.
It's now been 11 months of phone calls with no answer. And my Congressman's inquiries also, which they just blow him off.
I retired 15 years early due to the agency that I worked for having been found guilty of intentional abuse and/or error directed towards me. Now, I'm still getting the runaround. The government could care less about taking care of it's own people, over immigrants.
I am a park ranger who retired 6C as of June 1 2011. I get $170 interim payment and bills from FEDVIP for VSP and dental that eat that up.I have yet to receive a full annuity and my stipend.
I read that the hope to resolve the back log in 18 months. Do they really mean that I may go two and a half years unpaid? Will there be and compensation for the additional expenses I have incured ?
its been five months since i retired after 40 years of government service and have yet to gety my full retirement pay -this interim pay is not helping me very much and i just barely make it from month to month ,i can not print what i really feel about opm since all they seem to do is lie and give me a runaround when i call
"Berry last month released a strategic plan outlining how he plans to fix retirement processing, and pledged to make it his top priority this year."
What was his top priority last year? Sudoku? His golf score?2l5z
I worked for USDA-FSA and just retired 12/31/11. My comment is that where I worked we served 600-700 farmers and we were often told we had two weeks to do a complete signup or to pay those 700 farmers plus all the landowners and to get it done in 3 weeks. We just had to buck up and do it, so what is the problem with the OPM retirement department why do they get months to finish this process and get us paid, while the retirees go without pay/or with a small portion of their retirement for months. First off I got no help through the retirement procedure from our STO. Big decision and I always thought it was their job to guide the retiree through the process........ but I got the response, more than once, "I can't help you with that, because you might come back on me". I wasn't asking them to make the decisions for me, just to give me the facts. I would have lost my job if I had said I couldn't serve our farmers and help them through the program signup because they might come back on me. Get real, we all should have to do the job we were hired to do. After 26 years of service I really didn't think the retirement process was good at all. Didn't seem like much appreciation for years of hard work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here are some great reasons to play at Hazel Grove Golf Club
- * Excellent greens and fairways playable most days of the year
- * Welcoming and friendly members with a buddy system for new joiners
- * Good practice facilities and well stocked Pro shop
- * Golf Academy for beginners taught by qualified professional
- * Club sections cater for everyone – Ladies, Seniors, Juniors, Winter League, Wednesday qualifier competitions
- * Great club-house facilities including excellent in house dining
- * Gold, Silver, Intermediate, Junior and Social Membership Packages available
Founded in 1913, Hazel Grove is a beautiful parkland course with excellent views over Manchester and the rolling Cheshire plains.
Numerous water hazards, tree lined fairways and true USPGA specification greens provide an enjoyable test of golf all year round.
The Cheshire course has been described by golf journalists as one of Cheshire's "hidden gems" and is recognised by members and visiting parties as a challenging but enjoyable place to play golf.
Our membership is thriving and we have active, well supported Ladies, Seniors, Wednesday, and Junior sections to suit individual needs. We pride ourselves on being a friendly club and focus on quickly integrating new members into the club and making them feel welcome.
Our Professional is James Rowlands, an AA class PGA Professional and highly valued by the Club. He offers an excellent service, is a highly regarded coach and tutor, and provides a well-stocked choice of equipment and clothing from all the top name brands to members and visitors alike.
A large spacious Clubhouse provides an excellent place to socialise and relax after your round, and, whether celebrating or drowning your sorrows, you can enjoy hearty food and drinks to suit all tastes.
The club enjoys a full social calendar with a variety of events and the facilities are also available to book for private functions such as weddings, parties and charity events.
Visitors and Societies are always welcome at Hazel Grove. We trust the course, club house; good service and warm welcome you will receive from members and staff alike will provide you with a memorable and enjoyable experience.
Good golf, good food, good friends, good humour and hopefully good weather. We look forward to seeing you in the near future and wish you all fantastic golfing.
We recently held a charity golf day at Hazel Grove. Dealing with James (the Pro) was very easy. He made the process very simple and was more than happy to offer any advice in order to improve our event. The same must be said for the kitchen staff who not only provided us with a great meal afterwards, but also were able to accommodate some of our clients who had special dietary requirements.
The course was in superb condition, especially considering the amount of rain that had fallen only a few days previously. All our players had an enjoyable day and we would be more than happy to come back here again for another event.
Simon Gee
Golf Business Together (Management and Events)
16 September 2016
A quick note to say thank you for hosting our Captain's Day last Friday. Everyone at Hazel Grove GC made us feel very welcome, the course was in superb condition and the catering was excellent.
Please pass on our thanks to everyone involved, and we hope to see you again next year.
Best Regards
David Fisher
Hon. Secretary
Hilary Avenue Golf Society
25th July 2016
Click here to read more Course Reviews and Testimonials
The Alister MacKenzie Society of Great Britain & Ireland was formed in 1999 in response to growing interest in the work of Dr Alister MacKenzie. Cavendish Golf Club in Buxton have devised The Cavendish MacKenzie Trail which is a selection of nine North Midland MacKenzie designed courses around the Buxton area, which is a beautiful spa town on the edge of the Peak District National Park (four courses are within 20 miles of Buxton, two are within 45 miles of Buxton and three are within 65 miles of Buxton – there are also many more MacKenzie courses just a few miles further on).
The nine courses on the Cavendish MacKenzie Trail are:-
Cavendish Golf Club
Hazel Grove Golf Club (14 miles from Buxton)
Bramall Park Golf Club (17 miles from Buxton)
Reddish Vale Golf Club (19 miles from Buxton)
Sitwell Park Golf Club (37 miles from Buxton)
Bolton Old Golf Links Golf Course (42 miles from Buxton)
Nelson Golf Club (60 miles from Buxton)
Walsall Golf Club (62 miles from Buxton)
Sutton Coldfield Golf Club (64 miles from Buxton)
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Madison — Although the most entertaining moment of Wisconsin's signing day for football recruits involved the disparity of UW's national ranking according to two recruiting services, the most noteworthy developments were:
Head coach Bret Bielema and defensive line coach Charlie Partridge believe UW adequately addressed the defensive tackle position, a critical area of need, and UW made inroads into New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and intends to become a player in both areas.
UW signed 24 scholarship players Wednesday and added six preferred walk-ons for a total of 30 players for the 2010 freshman class.
Led by 6-foot-3, 307-pound Beau Allen of Minnetonka, Minn., three of the scholarship players are projected to be defensive tackles. A fourth player, Muskego lineman Kyle Costigan, could play there. A fifth player, walk-on Jacob Ninneman from Oregon (Wis.) High School, will play defensive tackle.
"We made an effort as a staff of getting as big a pool as we could," Bielema said. "And it was like the year of the defensive tackles."
Allen appears to be the most physically developed of the prospects and the most likely candidate to play as a freshman.
UW must replace four of its top five tackles from last season.
"He is extremely strong," Partridge said. "His technique on high school film is pretty advanced. But we'll see. It would surely benefit us if one of those guys could come in and be in the rotation."
Bielema acknowledged UW, which had struggled to sign enough tackles in the last few classes, benefited from some good fortune this year.
Allen's grandfather was a six-time All-American swimmer at UW from 1956-'59 and his uncle was a football letter winner at UW in 1980 and '81.
"All the ties," Bielema said. "We needed to capitalize on that."
Thanks to his longtime ties in Florida, Partridge found a prospect he believes can develop into a consistent contributor.
The player is Joseph McNamara, who played exclusively on the offensive line at Cypress Bay High School but will start out at defensive tackle.
According to Partridge, Cypress Bay head coach Mark Guandolo always plays his best linemen on offense, in part because he is also the offensive coordinator.
Partridge who scouted McNamara last spring, knows two Cypress Bay offensive linemen who recently went on to contribute on defense, one at Pittsburgh and the other at Notre Dame.
"Now, he is probably a developmental player, probably a redshirt candidate because he's got to learn the position," Partridge said. "But I'm very excited about what he brings to the table."
Bielema and the staff are excited with the prospects they signed from New Jersey - quarterback Joe Brennan and tight end Sherard Cadogan - and safety Frank Tamakloe out of Washington, D.C.
New Jersey had been a fruitful recruiting area under Barry Alvarez, but that state had fallen off the UW radar under Bielema, largely because UW didn't have an assistant with strong ties to the state.
Offensive coordinator Paul Chryst, who recruits quarterbacks, was able to land Brennan, who in turn helped land Cadogan, his high school teammate.
"Nobody has to remind anybody in this room the success that coach Alvarez's staff had," Bielema said of recruiting New Jersey. "Coach has been prodding me, and we're definitely going to explore that even more now."
Former UW secondary coach Kerry Cooks recruited Tamakloe because of his connections to the D.C. area. Even though Cooks left for Notre Dame, Bielema would like to mine the D.C. area.
Bielema has yet to name Cooks' replacement but said when he does he will restructure the staff's recruiting areas to include New Jersey and D.C.
Bscherer leaving: Reserve offensive lineman Jake Bscherer, who started three games at left guard and three at right tackle last season and would have been a redshirt senior in the fall, has decided to leave the program.
According to line coach Bob Bostad, Bscherer was looking for more playing time and he wasn't going to find it at UW with the Badgers set at both tackle and guard spots.
You do the math: UW's recruiting class was ranked 33rd nationally by Scout.com and 86th nationally by Rivals.com.
The disparity of those ratings was noted by Bielema.
"I thought that was the greatest way to explain how much validity there is to the ranking system," Bielema said. "If you were taking a USA Today coaches' poll or the BCS rankings and one team was 30th and 83rd you'd realize something was wrong."
Extra points: Tailback John Clay (ankle surgery) will miss part of spring practice. "He's going to be able to do some stuff," Chryst said. . . . Konrad Zagzebski of Schofield D.C. Everest will start out at linebacker. However, Bielema believes the 6-4, 234-pounder could eventually grow into a defensive end.


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Lawrence Wisne '70, 68, passed away peacefully in Florida Hospital on Monday, September 19, 2016 in Orlando, Florida at the age of 68. Larry is survived by his wife, Christine; children, Lawrence Jr. (Allison), Michael and Anna; grandchildren, Locke, Reece, and Hudson; his brothers, Alan (Kathy) and Joseph (Debbie); nieces, Shannon and Madelyn and nephew, Lee. He is preceded in death by parents, Anthony and Hazel; sisters, Janis and Toni; niece, Kyla and nephew AJ.
Larry was born on December 17, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan to Anthony and Hazel. He graduated from University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1966, earned his bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1970 and his master's degree from University of Denver in 1972. He married Judy Wisne (Piotrowski) in 1977. They have three children, Lawrence Jr., Michael and Anna. He later re-married Christine Wisne (Hughes) in 2005; her daughter is Angelica Hughes. Larry's daughter-in-law is Allison Wisne M.A. '08.
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