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Sometimes it's worth it to wait and catch a show at the end of its run rather than on opening night. By the third or fourth week, actors have it down. No stumbling over dialogue. No loss of focus.
So it is with the ferociously good production at Theatre Three of Rajiv Joseph's 2011 Pulitzer finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, directed by Jeffrey Schmidt, with a cast that's acting the hell out of a black comedy exploring the meaning of life and war, and the thin sliver separating reality from dreams.
It's a tough, gritty play. The ghost of a slaughtered tiger — played superbly by Cliff Stephens — stalks the streets of Baghdad, joined by the wandering spirits of slain soldiers, civilians, Iraqi children and Uday Hussein (Mike McFarland), the sadistic son of Saddam. They're all in search of answers, mostly about why they're stuck in limbo between life and death. Two homesick American soldiers (Akron Watson and Parker Fitzgerald, both giving staggeringly good performances) confront all the beastly aspects of combat, including encounters with the wise, witty, weary tiger.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at L'Occitane in October 2014.Interview Details
Standard interview process, phone screening interview, in-person interview with DM, a Skype interview with HR, and another phone interview with the RD. Overall, representatives in upper level management and HR were very professional and were enthusiastic about the company values and mission statement. The questions were your standard interview questions, strengths/weaknesses, why do you want to work for L'Occitane, are you able to work nights/weekends? overtime?, how do you handle difficult situations?Interview Questions
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You had to submit application. Then meet with Store Manager. THEN meet with Regional Manager. Then meet with Store manager, again. Way too much for a PTSA.Accepted OfferNegative ExperienceAverage Interview
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I submitted my application in person, an application form and resume was required. The interview was very relaxed and straight forward, the manager wanted to know about my previous sales background, examples of certain situations, nothing unusual or difficult to answer.Interview Questions
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I brought a resume and a cover letter to the store and filled out the paper and was scheduled an interview few days later. I had an interview with store manager about 50min. The question was not so complicated. Some of them was like this below.
What is your passion about working as a sales associate at L'Occitane?
What will you do if the customer doesn't buy product after touch-up service?
What is your sales approach for new customer?
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Applied online and recruiter contacted me 2 weeks later. There was no phone screen, I was asked to come directly into the office. Was not told who (if anybody) I was meeting besides the recruiter. Recruiter was very disorganized and aggressive, interview began 20 minutes late (a big deal when you have to take time off work!) and I was asked to stay later to meet additional people I wasn't expecting.
Red flags: marketing was going through a period of "transition," department seems very short-staffed, the manager I met with did not seem very enthusiastic, there are upcoming "blackout days" where you aren't allowed to take time off between November 20 and a few days before Christmas. I declined further interviews when they called to follow up.Interview Questions
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Very unprofessional. Called to set up an interview in the middle of the day on a saturday. Unfortunately, was not able to return call right away. When I did return call, I was told due to amount of people responding only phone interviews would be conducted. I was told manager would call back a couple hours later to conduct this phone interview on the same day. So cleared my schedule and waited for our set time at 2:30pm. She never called.No Offer
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MysticalOS and I both have Hackintoshes that trounce anything a "real" Mac can do and we're also being brought below 10 FPS in Act 5. It's a slide show even on my Mac Pro (yes I have one of those too). I suspect one or more of the effects in the zones within Act 5 that cause these slowdowns is being rendered purely by the CPU instead of the GPU, which would account for why the slowdowns only kick in full force when spells are going off (the CPU also functions as the physics calculator).
D3's engine was already fairly far away from well optimized on either platform, but Act 5 really bogs the engine down and then some. And since I play with sound disabled (I listen to other VGM albums I own when I farm), I know the sound isn't what's causing this.
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The area in Act 5 that give my Mac Pro with D500 trouble is the area just before the final battle. The dizziness inducing swirling haze cause the FPS drop to 30. I wish there is an option to turn it off. I avoid playing that area as much as possible. I have v-sync on. It's either around 60 or 30. There might be some other areas that I didn't notice. I only gone thru campaign mode one time.
My slowdown's aren't however just when spells are going off. It's a constant 1-2 second delay in responsiveness on all map areas with the exception of Mathael.
Pandemonium Fortress is by far the most egregious culprit.
I'm glad other Mac users are having similar concerns. Hopefully we can keep posting about this issue so it draws a Blue response and they can clarify if anything can be done.
Did bounties on act 5 with my friends today. The westmacrh height with the smoke also slow things down. On the bounty to kill Urzael. My screen turned grey as the fight starts, only task bar on the bottom and the over head map were visible. Of course I was killed, teleported back to town graphics went back to normal. They need to fixed optimize act 5 graphics.
Hope they fix the flashing graphics in field of graphics misery soon.
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Me too, was fine from act i to iv then the framerate drops and became unstable in avt v. The town area is laggy, other bigger maps are laggy as well. Sometimes it drops to like 20fps and this does not happen once in act i-iv as i was having smooth framerate between 40-60.
And i experienced once in the cemetery map(cant recall the name), the game became very spikey and theres an input lag of like 1 seconds and the game bacame very choppy with my character blinking as i move, and the framerate jumped back and forth between 15-20. It went on for a few minutes then its fine again
I have first generation i5 cpu with amd mobility radeon hd5650 if it helps.
Some other issues with this lack of optimization is rifts.
About 1/2 to 1/3rd of rifts probably have A5 maps, when i run rifts solo i have to leave the rift because i simply know i won't be able to finish the rift. When im in a multiplayer game i have to go to town and patiently wait for my group to clear the a5 level and progress to an a1-4 map before i can rejoin them.
Not only that but i cannot play campaign with any of my other characters as playing it through just once was an absolute nightmare that took probably over 10 hours. Guaranteed legendaries on Malthael's first kill isn't a thing i get to enjoy as a result.
The entire act is unplayable in campaign, bounties, and rifts. This is broken.
Same here. Act V and rifts run like !@#.
Westmarch Heights and Pandemonium Fortress are worst offenders.
Have gone from running 1920x1200 everything high to 960x600 everything low practically overnight.
It's seriously pissing me off that two weeks in, and Blizzard still isn't even remotely acknowledging the issue - even AFTER a patch.
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They don't give a crap, they got you money dude your !@#$ out of luck.
And still nothing.
There is bulls**t, and then there's this, Blizzard.
I think this deserves a response by now. Blue's are rather active on this forum but i think our issue is maybe the most severe of all. Minor bugs and the occasional crash don't compare to 1/5th of the game being unplayable.
LIke I said elsewhere, if I don't see even so much as an attempt at fixing this, I will be demanding my money back.
Act V (especially Westmarch Heights, Pandemonium Fortress) and rifts run like poop. The level of optimization is impressively poor.
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What's interesting to me is I went all the way through Act V on launch day without any problems. Since 2.0.3, I can't even run the game in anything other than window mode with lowered FPS and graphic settings. Plus I'm hard crashing all the time, but that's a different thread from this one.
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I seem to have lower frame rate on act 3, mainly the Stonefront and anywhere else on the wall, more so than act 5.
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Act V is also unplayable for me. Especially after 20-30 minutes, and the Urzael fight is nearly impossible because of how bad the lag is with all of the flame graphics.
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Same here. I've been silent on the forum due to optimizations on vanilla but ActV is horrid.
Side Not: not that the game requires super low MS, but I receive ~105ms whereas every other videogame ~33ms. It it normal to have such high MS on d3 servers?
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My late model MacBook Pro 13in 2013 version with 16gb ram never lags, crashes, or freezes and I have all settings on and medium resolution.
3/5 of the top posts right now have blue responses to much MUCH more insignificant issues than this
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I had some free time yesterday so I decided that while I was moving my vanilla porter to secondary I would throw together my amateur attempt at a sweet milk stout. Anyway, I had been reading about using yeast cakes and thought I'd try and reuse the one from my porter.
Since it was kinda spur of the moment I used the old ingredients from my original equipment that my wife bought me (4 years ago!) that I couldn't bear to get rid of (they were all sealed, but they were 4 years old).
I was very surprised that the fermentation started within ~45 min and the airlock is going crazy! There are a lot of fermentable sugars in there but I didn't expect to see activity that soon.
Anyway, has anyone used ingredients that old? It smelled pretty good so I'm thinking it will probably be ok. My main concern was the grains being that old and that I was using a pretty old liquid extract. If it turns out to taste bad then I'm really just out my time since I had all the ingredients anyway, but I'd be happy with "tolerable".
Here is the recipe I cobbled together from reading others who had done the same and using what I already had:
1 can JB Dark Malt Extract
1 can JB Light Malt Extract
12oz crushed crystal malt
4oz crushed black patent
4oz crushed roasted barley
10oz oatmeal
8oz Malto Dextrin
8oz Lactose
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2oz Northern Hop Pellets (Bittering)
1/2oz Fuggle Hop Pellets (Finishing)
Fermenting at ~70 Degrees F
Apparently I scorched something (either the malt extract or the brown sugar), I had no idea till I moved the wort into primary. It didn't smell scorched but there was a half-dollar sized black mark in my brew pot that I can't get off, which brings me to my next question. Will removing this with either vinegar or baking soda cause any potential issues with my next batch? I was planning to use baking soda but I've also heard of vinegar being used to clean scorched pans.
I made a stout from 6 year old unhopped extract. There weren't any specialty grains, so I purchased some along with new yeast and hops. It worked out fairly well.
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Baking soda or barkeepers friend will get that scorch mark off for you.
A quick update to this thread...I took this brew to the local homebrew club and it was met with pretty good praise (I got a "this is a really good milk stout" from at least one of the senior members; not bad for my first real meeting and first brew share). I was walking (more appropriately, stumbling) pretty tall that night. Everyone that tastes it says that it is better than Mackeson's XXX, which is what I was shooting for. This was easily my best brew to date (the cream ale may be better, dunno yet), and it was totally on a whim and used old as hell ingredients.


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The Mets' top prospect struck out nine and allowed a run on five hits over six innings but did not factor into the decision as Double-A Binghamton lost at Portland, 4-3.
Wheeler took a shutout into the sixth before running into some trouble, allowing a single to Juan Carlos Linares and a double to Dan Butler with one out. The Georgia native got Oscar Tejeda to hit a sacrifice fly and fanned Jonathan Hee to end the frame and his night after 81 pitches.
"My fastball was working and that's what helped me out," Wheeler said. "I had command of my fastball tonight and I worked my slider off that. It had good depth to it, there were a lot of swing-throughs and I got a lot of ground balls off it."
The 21-year-old right-hander fared better than he did in his Double-A debut a week ago, when he allowed two runs on four hits and three walks over three innings against Akron.
"I'm pleased, especially after my first outing," he said. "The first outing, I fell behind everybody and my pitch count was up early and I had to come out. It's always nice to go deep into a game so your bullpen doesn't have to work early. Pound the zone and let your pitches do your work and you can go a little deeper."
The nine strikeouts are the most for Wheeler since he was acquired from the Giants on July 28, 2011 in the deal for outfielder Carlos Beltran. He fanned a career-high 12 batters on May 29, 2011 for Class A Advanced San Jose.
Wheeler has a very simple goal for his first full season in the organization.
"Just commanding my off-speed pitches a little better," he said. "I worked hard on that this offseason and when I have my fastball like it is, it can make my off-speed stuff better."
Red Sox No. 2 prospect Bryce Brentz came off the bench in the fourth inning and slugged his first Double-A homer, helping Portland erase an early 3-0 deficit.
Linares, Boston's No. 20 prospect, capped the Sea Dogs' comeback in the eighth with a two-run homer off reliever Erik Turgeon.
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BOSTON—The sidewalk, once charred and stained with blood, was long ago replaced with fresh concrete. The blasted-out storefronts have been rebuilt. Along Boylston Street, one of the busiest shopping stretches in town, the only physical reminder of the two bombs detonated here during the April 2013 Boston Marathon is a small, wooden sign leaning against a tree near the site of the first blast bearing the names of those killed.
"We will never forget," it reads.
Not that people here ever could. Nearly two years after the attacks, which paralyzed the city and shocked the world, many in Boston are still recovering from the bombs which killed three people and injured nearly 300, including 16 who lost limbs. Now the city is preparing to relive the gruesome horror all over again.
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The biggest motivating factor for students was meeting generations of successful individuals
'Excellence, creativity and enterprise', so reads the alumni logo and the achievements of its alumni prove that to the hilt.
The alumni association of the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) department of Osmania University College of Engineering (OUCE) is celebrating the golden jubilee of the first batch passing out from the department this year.
It has produced academics, administrations, professionals and entrepreneurs who are spread across the globe. Originally started as Telecommunications Engineering Department, it was renamed the ECE department in 1968.
Some of the stalwarts it produced include D.C. Reddy, former Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University; JNTUH Vice-Chancellor, Rameshwar Rao; Prof. Alladi Prabhakar; Prof. D.V.R. Vittal; Venugopal of STPI Hyderabad; Ramachandru Tejavath, IAS officer with Government of Odisha; Sudhakar Gande of Karnataka State Council and A. Raghottam Rao who retired recently as Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
At the reunion of the ECE department held on Sunday at Osmania University, the alumni gathered to discuss and share ideas about improving the department and strengthening the students with academic lectures and also helping its recent alumni in the industry. The biggest motivating factor for the students was meeting several generations of highly successful individuals.
"The Alumni Association has been actively conducting various programmes for the benefit of the students of BE and ME courses. Especially for the third year and final year students of BE on their graduation and seeking careers in industry, academic and research sectors," said P. Chandrasekhar, Head of the Department, ECE. He said the department had been endorsed with the high grade of A+ by the National Board of Accreditation.
The alumni has also instituted distinguished Alumni Awards in five categories – education, entrepreneurship, industry, public services and social service and founders awards for students for outstanding volunteer work in alumni activities. It is an effort to bring together the alumni and students to work for paying back the alma mater.
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La Ferme de La Tour is an ensemble of beautiful old farm buildings dating back to the 16th century. Overlooking 2 1/2 acres of parkland, are four impeccably presented cottages / barn conversions, and a large chlorine free heated swimming pool. High on a hill, at the top of a valley, we are surrounded by magnificent countryside, a network of pretty footpaths and a neighbouring historical château. The breathtaking valley views, gardens and huge skies will overwhelm you with a feeling of peace and tranquillity disturbed only by the abundance of wildlife and the occasional distant tractor. The pool, which is bathed in sunshine from dawn to dusk, is perfectly sited to maximise the views enabling you to watch the ever changing colours of the Dordogne valley. Each gite has excellent WIFI reception. To visit our personal website scroll down and click on the link at the bottom of the facilities page.
WIFI is available throughout, with boosters in each gite, ensuring a good reception no matter where you are..........
On site activities include table tennis, boules, badminton, football net and swings..
We welcome families and couples alike, however our premises are not suitable for children under five years of age.
Friendly but unobtrusive owners live on site...
We are an average family of four that originate from the village of Wroxham in Norfolk in the east of England.
Why did we move to France ? Why not...... We are, or should I say were, the same as most working families in the western world, devoted parents, but having to give ourselves and far too much time to careers which involve long hours and stress. So we looked for an alternative and France seemed like the right choice. The choice provided us with more stress and longer hours than you can imagine and for the first three or four years it was extremely hard work, both physically and mentally. However we are now reaping the benefits and enjoying our new life to the full, in one of the most beautiful areas we could have dreamed of living.
Chris and Kate Waters purchased this cottage in 2004
We moved lock stock and barrel to the Sarlat area in 2004, buying a set of empty farm buildings that needed far too much work. But the position and the views had us hooked and nothing came anywhere near a close second. So here we are nine years on and the renovation complete, but not without some real highs and lows and a vast collection of stories and experiences.
The position is magical and just not possible to capture in a picture.
We have been extremely lucky to find a property with such a formula of character, views and location. We are close to Sarlat, which is the jewel of the Dordogne, yet in a truly rural setting in stunning countryside.
This is the third time we have stayed at La Ferme de la Tour and each time it has been a great holiday from the moment we arrived with a four month old until now having a 7 and 5 year old. We have visited in May, end of June and mid August and each time the weather has been wonderful with warmth spilling late into the evening.
Chris and Kate are friendly and excellent hosts, making you feel welcome from the minute you arrive. Their information folder is thorough and filled with recommendations for day trips, restaurants and much, much more. If you require more information on anything Chris was always available and happy to help further. He was especially helpful to us this last visit as we were house hunting in the area.
The property itself is lovely, everything is exactly as advertised. The view, in particular, is second to none. We spent almost every evening bbqing and enjoying the local wine whilst admiring the magnificent views from our terrace.
We have stayed in The Cottage and La Grange and both properties are lovely with clean and modern facilities yet they have still managed to maintain their rustic charm.
The boys especially enjoyed their large gardens, the trampoline and the swimming pool, all of which are meticulously maintained.
There is so much to do in the area for all ages and energy levels. My parents loved the nearby Medieval town of Sarlat, the Gabarre trip along the Dordogne River (from Beynac) and the Jardins de Marqueyssac whereas the boys enjoyed the tree climbing experience at La Forêt des Ecureuils and The Réserve Zoologique de Calviac, both of which are very close to the gîte.
We would highly recommend this property and certainly know that it will not be our last visit there. Thank you Chris and Kate and "à bientôt!"
My husband and I have just returned from a fantastic 8 days in The Cottage. We last visited in April 2012,, and know that the autumn is also a lovely time of year in the Dordogne. The temperatures ranged from 25* to 2* at night, and we were able to barbecue 6 evenings out of 8. We even used the pool (very bracing but wonderful after a hot journey).
We have stayed in gites and campsites in France for many years with our family and this is a perfect property for a peaceful holiday. We spent our days walking, reading sitting outside and occasionally driving to the supermarket to stock up on dinner and wine. The countryside is stunning. From our chairs outside the cottage door, we could see deer leaping at the bottom of the field, many birds and we were lucky to sample the farm eggs.
Chris and Kate are always on hand if you need anything, but are very discreet and you hardly ever see them or the other visitors unless they are returning from trips.
Everything you need is in the cottage: WIFI , cleaning products and equipment , TV central heating and the wood burning stove, which is very efficient and extra linen if required and even books in case you run out!
In France it is usual to take your rubbish to the local area bins, which was easy to do on a trip out.
La Ferme is perfect for a relaxing holiday particularly now that we are able to trancelike without the family's e we will certainly be returning.
Lovely area to visit, lots to do irrespective of weather. Need at least a fortnight to discover even the highlights of the Sarlat area.
The accommodation in The Cottage is excellent - clean, comfortable, well maintained, beautifully appointed and well equipped. The views from the Cottage are lovely, rolling countryside and woodland out towards the Dordogne valley and beyond. A very peaceful and relaxing spot.
We received a warm welcome from Chris who directed us to a nearby restaurant which fitted the bill nicely after arriving travel weary and hungry. Discreet and friendly help was offered when needed during our stay.
The welcome pack was very informative and helpful in suggesting places to visit and dine, along with other helpful tips for making the most of our visit.
In summary, highly recommended.
The cottage was lovely, providing everything you could possibly need. The views were beautiful and the pool was open from arrival to departure. We swam at night for most of our stay and Chris, the owner, was more than happy to put on the pool lights whenever we wanted. Everything was clean and well looked after. Although the owners lived next door, we had privacy during our stay. Chris provided a brilliant information book which suggested places to eat and visit as well as everything we needed to know about the accomodation. The kitchen was well equipped and we even had matches, washing up liquid, salt/pepper, candles and wiping clothes (very unusual). We will definitely recommend the cottage to our friends and return ourselves.
Really can't fault what was a fantastic holiday. Aside from the a beatufull location which we last visited 10 years ago and immediately wondered why we had left it so long , the gite was superb. Kate & Chris ( And Toffee the dog ) are lovely hosts and it is very obvious they take great pride in the gites and gardens.
Always on hand to offer advice on days out , rectify any minor issues or just chat !
Our cottage was spotless and had all the equipment that you would need. Combined with a lovely pool , rolling lawns and enough play equipment to keep the children entertained ( table tennis , badminton , trampoline etc ) it ticked all the boxes.
(Plus the view is truly breathtaking. )
If you are planning to visit the Dordogne and need a great base camp then i could not recommend these gites enough.
We have just returned from our second consecutive year staying at The Cottage. We'll be back in the future too!
With our two daughters, aged 9 and 7, we enjoyed another blissful fortnight amidst the tranquil surroundings of La Ferme de la Tour.
The Cottage is superbly maintained and the stunning view from the very private terrace means you will be eating outside at every opportunity!
The spacious pool is very clean and enjoyed by all guests, especially the weekly night-time swim, which was a huge treat for our girls, meaning they could stay up late...
The huge garden provides a terrific space for children and grown-ups alike, and the trampoline had an awful lot of use from our two.
Chris and Kate are wonderful hosts, with a very much 'in-the-background, hands-off' approach, but they are always there if you need them. We were immensely grateful to them last year especially, as our car broke down at the end of week one and Chris very kindly took us shopping and to a night market.
The picturesque medieval town of Sarlat is about a 10-minute drive away, and the market days there are highly recommended. We also enjoyed canoeing trips down the Dordogne, trips to the plenteous chateaux lining the river cliffs, the bustling night market at Belves, the quiet, prehistoric Vezere valley, the excellent Quercyland water-park at Souilliac, the Gouffre de Padirac caves and the beautiful town of Rocamadour, carved out of the sheer rock-face. There are some lovely circular walks from La Ferme itself too, where you're likely not to bump into another soul as you wander past walnut groves and into leafy glades.
Highly recommend La Ferme de la Tour as a perfect base for the delights of the region and also for a quiet and restful retreat where you can truly unwind and relax. We'll be back soon!
Situated within the hamlet of La Tour we are two minutes from the pretty village of Sainte Nathalene with a bar, hotel, restaurants and small shop. Just 7 miles from the historical town of Sarlat-la-Caneda with more listed buildings than any other town in Europe and a twice weekly market, it is perfectly placed for access to all of the most beautiful sites in Dordogne and Lot. There are numerous chateaux to visit, caves to explore and pretty market towns to meander through. There is also a wide range of outdoor activities for all ages close by. The Perigord region is famous for it's quality food and wine (of which Sarlat with an array of street entertainment is arguably the capital) available at very affordable rates. For the even more serious wine lover then Bergerac and it's fine wine region is only an hour away. For those that want to sample the local wine then transport can be arranged locally. Please contact us for details of our website and further internal and external pictures.
All accommodation has satellite television with a large choice of English speaking channels available and DVD players..........
The gites have been converted to a high standard in which we ( the owners ) take great pride. We have stayed in many gites in France and have taken our experiences and put together a range of accommodation that would exceed our own expectations and hope that it helps to make your holiday something special..........
All accommodation is well insulated helping you stay comfortable throughout both the summer and winter seasons. The Cottage and La Grange both have wood burning stoves and logs are provided...........
All bed linen, bath towels, hand towels, tea clothes, gas and electricity are included............
The pool is shared with the owners and guests staying at the accommodation within La Ferme de La Tour............
A library of DVD's is available on request.................
All properties are available all year..................
Other Activities in the area include: canoeing, ballooning, karting, wine tasting, paint ball, air parks, quad biking,
Golf: There are some great golf courses in the area with four courses being within a 30 kilometer distance.
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The letting period for the cottage is based on a Friday to Friday rental during high and peak season and we are happy to be flexible with dates outside of these periods.
Our rental prices include: ... all bed linen, hand and bath towels, heating, electricity, gas, local taxes and cleaning charges.
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Microsoft (MSFT) is close to naming a new CEO to replace retiring Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. Media reports indicate that the software giant is likely to pick an insider for the role, possibly within the next week.
Satya Nadella, executive vice president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, is the front-runner, tech news website Re/code reported Thursday.
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Investors hoping for a big-name outsider to lead Microsoft were disappointed by the latest rumors. Microsoft stock was flat in midday trading on the stock market today.
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Microsoft's search for a new CEO has dragged on for more than five months, since Ballmer announced his planned retirement on Aug. 23. Ballmer said he'd step down within 12 months.
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This case is available in only hard copy format (HBP does not have digital distribution rights to the content). As a result, a digital Educator Copy of the case is not available through this web site.
This case examines analysts' claim that Maxwell's stock was undervalued.
Learning objective:
To expose students to security analysis and valuation techniques.
Subjects Covered:
Financial analysis; Valuation
- Geographic:United States
- Industry: Footwear
- Company Revenue:$166 million revenues
- Event Year Begin:1998
- Event Year End:1998
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Turner FieldAtlanta Braves
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Turner Field is the home of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. The park was built as a centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics and originally called Centennial Olympic Stadium. Because of the need for a track to fit inside the stadium for Olympic competition, foul territory is larger than most MLB stadiums. Turner Field has hosted numerous playoff games, as the Braves experienced baseball dominance over the years, winning eleven division titles. Although the stadium is just 18 years old, the Braves have announced plans to vacate Turner Field for a new stadium in Atlanta's northwest suburbs. Team officials cite traffic and parking difficulties and lack of control over development around the stadium as key reasons for moving the team out of the city.
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A system and method for reducing peak to average power ratio (PAR) in single and multi-carrier transmitters while accounting for the effect of the transmit filters without significantly affecting a requisite transmission Power Spectral Density (PSD) mask. To this end, in a multicarrier communication system, a DSL transmitter is provided that transmits a multicarrier symbol having a controlled peak-to-average power ratio (PAR) and which is a function of a plurality of information signals. The transmitter has a power reducer that reduces the PAR of the multicarrier symbol by modifying a selected information signal of a plurality of information signals, the modified signal including an information component, a peak reduction component, and a transmission channel response component.
1. A transmitter for use in a multicarrier communication system where a symbol transmitted by a transmitter has peak to average power ratio as a function of a plurality of signals, each one of the plurality of signals being centered at one of plurality of frequencies wherein a subset of the plurality of signals are configured to reduce the PAR before the symbol is transmitted along a transmission channel and where the subset of signals are further configured to include a response of the transmission channel, said transmitter comprising:
(a) an encoder for encoding a first set of data into a plurality of sets of data;
(b) a modulator coupled to the encoder for receiving the plurality of sets of data and (c) modulating each set of data of the plurality of the sets of data to produce the plurality of signals which are combined;
(c) a first inverse Fourier transformer coupled to the modulator, the inverse Fourier transformer operative to perform an inverse Fourier transform on the combined plurality of signals producing a transformed signal;
(d) a first power reducer coupled to the inverse transformer, wherein the power reducer is operative to analyze the transformed signal and to detect any peaks in the transformed signal, and if a peak is detected, the power reducer being operative to apply a kernel to the peak of the transformed signal by adjusting the kernel, wherein the kernel is an approximation of an impulse response generated from the subset of the plurality of signals such that the kernel is adjusted by scaling and time shifting; and
(e) a second power reducer coupled to receive a weighted transformed signal and a weighted kernel for analyzing the weighted transformed signal and for detecting any peaks therein if a peak is detected, the second power reducer being operative to apply the weighted kernel to the weighted transformed signal by applying scale and shift values to the weighted kernel such that said scale and shift values are used by said first power reducer for respectively scaling and time shifting said kernel, such that said weighed kernel includes the effects of said transmission channel.
2. A transmitter as defined in
3. A transmitter for use in a multicarrier communication system where a symbol transmitted by a transmitter has peak to average power ratio as a function of a plurality of signals, each one of the plurality of signals being centered at one of plurality of frequencies wherein a subset of the plurality of signals are configured to reduce the PAR before the symbol is transmitted along a transmission channel and where the subset of signals are further configured to include a response of the transmission channel, said transmitter comprising:
(f) a cyclic prefix insertion module coupled to said inverse Fourier transformer;
(g) a filter for receiving an output from said cyclic prefix insertion module; and
(h) a power reducer coupled to the output of said filter, wherein the power reducer is operative to analyze the output from said cyclic prefix insertion module to detect peaks in the signal, and if a peak is detected, the power reducer is operative to apply a modified kernel to the peak of the signal by adjusting the modified kernel wherein the kernel is an approximation of an impulse response generated from the subset of the plurality of signals such that the kernel is adjusted by modifying the subset of plurality of signals and wherein the kernel is further modified using the impulse response of the filter to produce the modified kernel whereby the effect of the filter is included in the reduced PAR of the symbol.
4. A transmitter as defined in
The present invention relates generally to single carrier and multi-carrier communication systems, and particularly to reducing Peak to Average power Ratios (�PAR�) in such systems.
Multi-carrier transmission systems have evolved out of a need to provide increased transmission rates for information via existing communication channels. In its broadest aspect, multi-carrier systems transmit a number of independent signals on a common channel. Each modulated signal is centered on a different frequency, the frequencies being normally equally spaced within a predetermined transmission bandwidth of the channel. These frequencies are commonly termed carrier frequencies.
Transmission channels are fundamentally analog and thus may exhibit a variety of transmission effects. In particular, telephone lines, as for example Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Systems (DSLs) use some form of modulation.
A transmitter system normally converts each successive group of b bits from a digital bit stream into one of 2b data symbols xm via a mapping (generally one-to-one) using an encoder. Each group of b bits constitutes a message m, with M=2b possible values. The data symbols are N-dimensional vectors xm and the set of M vectors form a signal constellation. Modulation is the process of converting each successive data symbol vector into a continuous-time analog signal xm(t) that represents the message corresponding to each successive group of b bits.
A particular implementation of a multi-carrier system is a Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) scheme that partitions the available transmission bandwidth into many narrow-band subchannels over which parallel data streams are modulated. The DMT technique has been adopted for use in Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology. In ADSL, DMT is used to generate 224 separate subchannels (that is �tones�) that are 4.3125 kHz wide and that are located between 138 kHz to 1.104 MHz for downstream transmission to an end user, and 26 separate subchannels that are located between 26 kHz to 138 kHz for upstream transmission from the end user.
The discrete time signal is passed through the digital filter 110 before being processed by the DAC 112. The DAC 112 converts the discrete time signal into a continuous time signal. The continuous time signal is applied via the analog filters 114, to the line driver 116. The line driver 116 drives the signal onto the communication line 118, which may take the form of a twisted pair phone line. The discrete multi-tone encoded signal with its cyclic prefix is then transmitted over the communication line to a remote location (not shown).
The transmission capability of the individual channels is evaluated for each connection, and data is allocated to the subchannels according to their transmission capabilities (the number of bits each channel can support). The bit distribution is determined adaptively in discrete multi-tone systems. To facilitate this, the transmitter also includes a line monitor (not shown) that monitors the communication line to determine the line quality of each of the available subchannels. The determination of what subchannels to transmit the encoded data over as well as how much data to transmit over each subchannel is dynamically determined on the basis of several factors. The factors include the detected line quality parameters, subchannel gain parameters, a permissible power mask, and the desired maximum subcarrier bit-error rates. Subchannels that are not capable of supporting data transmission are not used, whereas the bit-carrying capacity of subchannels that can support transmission is maximized. Thus, by using DMT in an ADSL system, the transmission capability of each twisted pair connection is maximized.
As mentioned with reference to
Many PAR reduction methods have been proposed as exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 5,623,513, U.S. Pat. No. 5,787,113, U.S. Pat. No. 5,768,318, U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,536, and in a document by J. Tellado, J. Cioffi, entitled �Further Results on Peak-to-Average Ratio Reduction�, ANSI contribution T1E1.4/98-252, August 1998. The methods disclosed therein modify the DMT transmitter in such way that the PAR of the signal immediately output from the modulator 104 is reduced. PAR reduction ranging between 2 and 6 dB from the 14.5 dB figure has been achieved in these systems.
Another method of achieving PAR reduction is described in �PAR Reduction in Multicarrier Transmission Systems�, ANSI contribution T1E1.4/97-367, December 1997 and in PCT Application No. PCT/US99/08682. This method consists of adding a waveform, or peak reducing kernels, to the DMT symbol such that the peak of the kernel cancels the peaks of the signal. In
Since the kernel is not necessarily zero outside of its peak, a signal peak that has been reduced below a threshold may rise above the threshold while reducing other signal peaks. Therefore, the kernel, k(n), is chosen to be impulse-like for minimizing the probability of regenerating peaks.
Furthermore, in order not to interfere with the data transmission, the kernel is chosen such that in the frequency domain, it is orthogonal to the data carriers and satisfies the property:
Although the above techniques are successful in reducing the PAR, it has been recognized by J. Tellado and J. Cioffi, in ANSI contribution T1E1.4/98-252, August 1998 entitled �Further Results on Peak-to-Average Ratio Reduction,� that the digital filters 110 and analog filters 114 regenerate the PAR that was reduced at the output of the IFFT 106 and leads to negligible benefits at the DAC 112 or line driver 116. Since the transmit filters (digital 110 and/or analog 114) are essential for meeting the transmission Power Spectral Density (PSD) mask, they cannot be eliminated to avoid PAR losses.
Referring to
The PAR reducer 302 performs a PAR reduction on x(n) by applying peak reducing kernels to x(n). More specifically, the PAR reducer 302 adds peak reduction signals k to x(n) in order to reduce the PAR of x(n). Selection of the peak reduction frequencies is made in advance. Generally those frequencies in the channel that have a great deal of noise and are capable of only carrying low bit rate signals are used as peak reduction frequencies. The particular kernel may also be computed beforehand based upon the selection of the peak reduction frequencies. It is assumed that the receiver is informed of which frequencies are peak reduction frequencies. This information may be transmitted to the receiver just before a new set of peak reduction frequencies is used.
The values of the peak reduction signals may be represented as a vector c in the time domain and the vector C in the frequency domain. Thus
As mentioned above, the peaks in the time domain signal x(t) can be scaled by adding or subtracting an appropriately scaled impulse function at those peak time values. The impulse function is normally constructed from the selected peak reduction frequencies and can be used to create the approximate impulse function k(t) or kernel. Since K has non-zero values only at the peak reduction frequencies, C may be represented as a linear combination of K. The linear combinations of K correspond to the scaled and shifted versions of the kernel k such that scaled and shifted versions of k negate the peaks of x.
A scaled and cyclically shifted replica of the kernel is added to the output of the modulated signal x(n) to cancel its largest peak. If only one peak is minimized during a single iteration of applying the kernel k then y=x+Aik(n−ni)modN in the discrete time domain, where A is a scaling factor and n, is a time shift. This procedure is repeated for the next largest peak and continues for a fixed number of iterations or until all the peaks larger than a given threshold have been reduced. Therefore, the final waveform of the kernel added to the signal x(n) is of the form:
The sequence y(n) is filtered by digital filter 110, to produce a sequence w(n)=y(n){circumflex over (x)}h(n) where {circumflex over (x)} denotes convolution and h(n) is the response of the digital filter, before being passed through to DAC 112 and the filter 114 to get the continuous time signal for transmission. (A detailed description of this process is described in PCT Application No. PCT/US99/08682.)
The above scheme does not take into consideration the effect of the filters 110 and 114 in reducing the PAR. Accordingly, there is needed a PAR reduction mechanism capable of addressing the effect of the digital and analog filters to reduce the PAR after filtering at various points in the transmitter.
According to the invention, a system and method are provided for reducing peak to average power ratio (PAR) in single and multi-carrier transmitters while accounting for the effect of the transmit filters without significantly affecting a requisite transmission Power Spectral Density (PSD) mask. To this end, in a multicarrier communication system, a DSL transmitter is provided that transmits a multicarrier symbol having a controlled peak-to-average power ratio (PAR) and which is a function of a plurality of information signals. The transmitter has a power reducer that reduces the PAR of the multicarrier symbol by modifying a selected information signal of a plurality of information signals, the modified signal including an information component, a peak reduction component, and a transmission channel response component.
In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, a method is provided for reducing the peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of a multicarrier communication system, employing a multicarrier symbol as a function of a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals centered at each one of a plurality of frequencies, the method comprising:
The invention will be better understood upon reference to the following detailed description.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGS. 2(a) and (b) illustrate a frequency domain representation of X and K;
In the following description, like numeral refer to like structures in all of the drawings. Referring to
The PAR reduction in this embodiment is implemented as follows. The modulator 104 outputs the frequency domain DMT symbols X. The symbol X is combined 404 with a complex weighting vector W representing the frequency and phase response for the transmit filters 110 and 114 for each channel. The resulting signal is transformed by an IFFT 406 to {overscore (x)}(n). Similarly, peak reduction kernel K (as described with reference to
The amplitudes Āi and shifts {overscore (n)}i of the weighted kernel {overscore (k)}(n) are stored in memory. Therefore, the weighted DMT symbol {overscore (x)}(n) is a model of the filtered non-weighted DMT symbol x(n), which is the DMT symbol to be transmitted. The stored amplitudes Āi and shifts {overscore (n)}i of the weighted kernel {overscore (k)}(n) are applied to the non-weighted kernel k(n), which is added to the non-weighted DMT symbol x(n). The result
More specifically, if the weighting vector Wk includes only the digital filters, then PAR reduction occurs after the digital filters. On the other hand if Wk includes the response of the digital 110 and analog 114 filters, then PAR reduction occurs after the analog filters (i.e. immediately preceding the line driver).
This method may cause an error due to the effective circular time-domain convolution, which is inherent to frequency-domain weighting (the dot-product of two frequency-domain sequences Wk and Xk corresponds to the circular convolution of their respective time series equivalents, wi and xi (where {wi}=IFFT({Wk}) and {xi}=IFFT({Xk})). This error will be small since the impulse response of the filters contains most of its energy in a fraction of a DMT symbol.
In another embodiment of the invention, the effect of the filters on the PAR may be compensated for in the time domain. As shown in
Since the kernel is shifted after a prefix has been added and it has passed through the filters 110 and 112, the shift is no longer circular. The loss of shifting circularity does, however, complicate the PAR reduction process. The increase in complexity requires either pre-computing or storing the shifted kernels or re-computing the shifted kernels each time it is required. Storing the kernels comes at the expense of extra memory, whereas re-computing the kernels comes at the expense of more processing power.
Furthermore, the loss of shifting circularity causes the kernels added for symbol i to extend into symbol (i+1). Hence PAR reduction is operating on the sum of the tail of those kernels and the next symbol. Therefore, the tail of the kernel, or that part of the kernel which extends into symbol (i+1), must be included in sum of the next symbol prior to determination of the Ai+1 and ki+1 for this �i+1�th symbol.
The detailed description of specific embodiments above refers to power reduction as it relates to transmitters. However, power reduction of the present invention may also be applied to a receiver for reducing its dynamic range and resolution requirements of the AFE and analog-to-digital converter at the receiver. In particular, the transmission channel from the transmitter to the receiver could be modeled as a filter. PAR is then performed by weighting the peak reduction kernels in a manner as described earlier. Alternatively, power reduction could be performed on a signal using kernels which have been already compensated for the filter effects of the transmission channel.
Furthermore, although the invention has been described with reference to a DMT communication system, the invention may be applied to any type of communication system including orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), discrete wave multitone (DWT), vector coding modulation, or any single-carrier or multicarrier communication system.
Although the invention has been described with reference to certain specific embodiments, various modifications thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as outlined in the claims appended hereto.
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