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Sold 4 paintings todayPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
So, today, I sold four paintings. Not the big ones, but nevertheless, a good day.
Nov 22 2014
Sold 4 paintings todayPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
So, today, I sold four paintings. Not the big ones, but nevertheless, a good day.
Nov 15 2014
Novel edits donePosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
Finished my novel edits. Now just one more read-through before I submit to my critique group. I am so happy with it so far!
Nov 08 2014
WFC is Awesome!Posted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
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Nov 01 2014
Novel edits almost complete–this roundPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
I'm on the last chapter of novel edits (this round) and hope to be done tomorrow. A few more things to check, then a read-through and it goes to my crit group!
Oct 26 2014
Write Off the WeekendPosted by: Susan Forest in IFWA, Novels, Writing Retreats
So this weekend is IFWA's Write-Off. Went Friday night and most of yesterday and got tons done on my novel, and am going again today. Nothing like concentrated time to really get your teeth into the novel edits.
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Oct 18 2014
Author Event at Pandora's BooxPosted by: Susan Forest in Sales, Uncategorized
Thanks to Randy McCharles and Lesley Winfield for organizing a wonderful multi-author signing at Pandora's Boox in Olds today! We had about 12- 15 authors out, and every one of them sold at least a book or two–I sold three! The book store did very well, and everyone had fun. I met some new authors, and had a great time.
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Oct 12 2014
Re-wrote a short storyPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
Got some good writing done on my novel. A scene that was just not working was whipped into shape, and I rewrote the ending to a short story and submitted it to my critique group. It got an excellent rejection from F&SF, so with some tweaks, it might still be good for another market.
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Oct 06 2014
V-Con Is GreatPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
Didn't win the Aurora for Best Short Fiction, but the convention was really well run and interesting. I attended a couple of sessions on medieval and renaissance warfare and a demonstration on sword fighting, and the SFC Canada party was great. The hotel was lovely and had a few meals with good friends.
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Sep 30 2014
Second retreat was even more fabulous!Posted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
Just spent 5 days at the Rocky Mountain Writers' Retreat with 14 other writers and wrote almost 13,000 words. Not a record, though: Randy wrote 30,000. Planned out 22 scenes to finish the rough draft, and accomplished 15 of them. Very productive!
This weekend: off to V-con in Vancouver. A couple of weeks and I get another 3-day writers' retreat. Hope to have the edits done, then!
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Sep 23 2014
Retreat was fabulousPosted by: Susan Forest in Uncategorized
Just spent 4 days writing and did 12 scenes following a secondary character through the novel to give context to his integral actions at the end of the book. Very satisfying! Now off to a 5-day retreat to do more!
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel lost on Thursday its challenge against a record 1.06 billion euro ($1.44 billion) European Union fine handed down five years ago, as Europe's second highest court said regulators did not act too harshly.
The European Commission in its 2009 decision said Intel tried to thwart rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) by giving rebates to PC makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard Co, NEC and Lenovo for buying most of their computer chips from Intel. The EU competition authority said Intel also paid German retail chain Media Saturn Holding to stock only computers with its chips.
Judges at the Luxembourg-based General Court said on Thursday they backed the Commission's decision.
"The Commission demonstrated to the requisite legal standard that Intel attempted to conceal the anti-competitive nature of its practices and implemented a long term comprehensive strategy to foreclose AMD from the strategically most important sales channels," the court said in a near 300-page decision.
Judges said the EU watchdog had not been heavy-handed with the level of the fine, equal to 4.15 percent of Intel's 2008 turnover, versus a possible maximum of 10 percent. While Commission penalties rarely hit the top figure, the rising level of fines is a source of worry for many companies.
"The General Court considers that none of the arguments raised by Intel supports the conclusion that the fine imposed is disproportionate. On the contrary, it must be considered that that fine is appropriate in the light of the facts of the case," judges said.
Intel, which can take its case further to the Court of Justice of the European Union but only on points of law, declined to say whether it would do so.
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5.0 out of 5 stars DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY,
Mr. Richard J. Carter "urbanecowboy_uk" - See all my reviews
Like the band, who make no secret of their contempt for the Nashville-music industry, controversy surrounds whether this album is country or pop. Certainly this record, with a fully fledged orchestra including the 'Havana Horns' and the 'Nashville String Machine' has a big sound which falls outside the strict definition of traditional country.
I've always been a big admirer of the Mavericks during their early country days and was not surprised when their last album, 'Music For All Occassions', was well received by critics. This album represents a natural progression from their earlier work but retains the Maverick latin-american influenced (Tex-Mex) sound.
The sleeve notes are refreshingly different. Each of the four Mavericks are depicted on the front cover, one dressed as a clown, the others holding a megaphone, a meat cleaver and a doll respectively. Old-style photos cover two-thirds of the inlays (with song-titles overlaid along with lyric excerpts from the songs), with modern day pics of the band at work/play on the remaining third.
After seeing them give an impressive live promotion of this album it appears musically the Mavericks can do no wrong. The best track, 'Dance The Night Away' went on to become a top-ten cross-over pop hit. The slow burner, 'Tell Me Why', and frenetic 'Save A Prayer' were also blasted out, leaving the assembled audience with ringing eardrums and a feelgood factor times 10. Apparently the album was recorded live, with musical arrangements worked up in advance before going into the studio.
Listen out for the upright bass western-swing on 'Fool #1', the instrumental on 'Melbourne Mambo', the hauntingly touching vocals of 'Moon River', the deliciously ironic lyrics of 'Someone Should Tell Her'. Give lead singer, Rao Malo, a mega-phone and what do you get? 'Dolores', with the memorable opening lyric 'Dolores from the silver-screen, A bigger star than Charlie Sheen , With Quite A Knack For Being Mean'. Then there's 'I Don't Even Know Your Name', which has echoes of the Travelling Willberries sound. 'All I Get' and the closing track 'La Mucara' round off a truly brilliant album.
'I've Got This Feeling' that the best is yet to come from the Mavericks. This offering was thoroughly enjoyable, await their next album with anticipation.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 5.1 give the Trampoline that extra bounce,
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Trampoline is easily my favorite Mavericks album and this 5.1 surround sound version gives it that extra bounce. As soon as the hit 'Dance the night away' comes dancing out of all five speakers the album just pick you up and carries you along. A masterclass demonstration on just how a well mixed 5.1 DTS version of an album just blows the conventional stereo version away. Why aren't more albums given the 5.1 treatment especially when it's done this well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Music to make you feel like dancing,
Annabel Gaskell "gaskella2" (Nr Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
This is that jackpot album the Mavericks were waiting for. You'd be forgiven for not having heard of them, as until Trampoline, they used to be filed under Country & Western. Actually the band is from Miami, they just do their thing in Nashville!
With each successive album (and since I discovered Trampoline, I've bought the rest!) they've gone less C&W, and more mainstream. On this one they've added a great horn section to give a latin flavour, and boy do they have fun!
Raul Malo, their lead singer has one of those voices that's clear as a bell, and soars effortlessly into falsetto as Roy Orbison's did, and Chris Isaak's does now. The musicianship from all is absolutely top class on ballads, and the foot tappers.
You must have heard the hit `Dance the night away' on the radio or TV ... it's the first track on the album, and it gets you within the first few seconds. I just have to dance every time I hear it - and it's definitely one of my desert island discs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nashville but not Nashville,
Dangerous Dave (Berkhamsted, UK) - See all my reviews
The Mavericks certainly don't make it easy for those people who want to fit everyone and everything into neat categories. From the evidence of this set they're not Nashville country though it was recorded there and the expertise of their pickers isn't a million miles away from the more famous ones from that city (as observed by the Loving Spoonful). Nor are they to be considered Alt-country - somehow they've always seemed either too flash or maybe too frivolous, to get into that grouping. Nor are they straight retro though Raoul Malo's respect for Orbison and earlier vocal heroes is worn on his sleeve. Nor are they tex-mex as is sometimes claimed: their sound is totally unlike tejano music - compare it with the Texas Tornadoes for example - but their use of Mexican flourishes bring more to mind a thousand filmic memories of a romantic Mexico which probably never existed. You wouldn't call them a latin band but there are very pronounced latino touches in this set. What the band do, and they do it very well, is entertain with a whole lot of skill and knowledge of a whole range of musical forms that they obviously enjoy playing.
Initial listening suggests that they have moved a bit further away from their early country influences but I'm inclined to see the country aspects as still there but more deeply absorbed into Malo's songs.
"Dance the night away" gets us off to a great start with all the mariachi horns - this one's an absolute pop classic. Track 2, "Tell me Why" has Raoul in pleading mode backed with an even bigger brass section. Then it's more mex with "I should know" with nice pedal steel as well as the horns. A rumbling bass guitar line introduces a bouncy country inflected, "Someone should tell her". Track 5, "To be with you" brings on those memories of the big "O" - its almost a tribute to the man with the glasses. The same mood continues with "I've got this feeling" but the drama quotient is up a notch. It's all calm down a bit for the lightly brushed track 7, and we can all guess who's "Fool no 1". Nice drifting guitar on this one. And so it goes. Tracks 9 & 10 introduce some latin into the mix - touches of the Buena Vista Social Club!
Track 12, "Save a Prayer" has a slow gospel intro with choir giving way to an out and out, hot gospelling rocker with country guitar licks that you can imagine fitting neatly into their stage show. "Dream River" a slowie with acoustic guitar has me scratching my head - what does this remind me of - no matter, Raoul emotes nicely. The closer "La Mucara" has more traditional instrumentation - upbeat and swings along very nicely in Spanish - Raoul obviously loves this stuff and it reminds me of his work with Los Super Seven.
A good set. Four and a half stars but I'm feeling generous so I'll make it five.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Revisited,
G. Gensbygel "Arthur Teak" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
I loved this album when it came out and bought a copy. From there I realised that The Mavericks, whom I had not previously heard of, had a long recording pedigree. Sadly I got into the band shortly before they decided to go their separate ways. Nevertheless, The Mavericks have left us a fine volume of work.
My original copy of Trampoline disappeared somewhere, I know not where; as a result I had not heard the songs for a long while. On a whim, I decided to buy another copy via Amazon and I am so glad that I did as it was like listening to all that music anew!
If you haven heard Trampoline, buy this album, you will love it.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Country music with horns,
Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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Ostensibly this is country music but, despite the inclusion of a steel guitar, a banjo and some acoustic guitars, this album cannot really be described as country - even using contemporary definitions. Along with the aforementioned instruments, there are electric guitars, organs, pianos, drums, strings and a full horn section including trumpet, trombone, saxophone, flute and clarinet. Of all the instruments, the horn section is the most important but what makes the album so successful is that, despite the plethora of musicians, the overall fell of the album is relaxing and the musicians never get in the way of the outstanding voice of Raul Malo.
The album didn't fit easily into any popular category, which may explain why it became far more popular in Britain (where radio stations generally play a broad range of music) than America (where radio stations cater for specific audiences). The first single (Dance the night away) made the top five in the UK pop charts, much to my surprise and delight. There are many other great songs here, all originals except the final track, which is a traditional song (La Mucara) whose origin is unknown to me (it sounds Latin) but it definitely isn't country.
This is an outstanding album, very different from their previous album (Music for all occasions) or indeed anything else they've recorded. Country fans may not appreciate it (unless they have eclectic tastes, like me) but if you enjoy high quality, easy listening music, you might enjoy this album.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Maverick Travel,
G. Cooper (Chester UK) - See all my reviews
I found the Mavericks almost by mistake some years ago and I just love them and their music.
I had this title on audio tape which I played endlessly in the car - wonderful to drive to. Changed my car - boo hoo! no tape player so no Mavericks. Easy answer was to get the CD version. I'm happy again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Maverick,
Victoria E Courage "Vicki" (Leighton Buzzard) - See all my reviews
Ex got custody of the original - had to have replacement to sing and dance round the kitchen to while cooking!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars classic mavericks,
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the first album of the mavericks I'd heard and always been a favourite since. Original owned on cassette!
5.0 out of 5 stars The oldies are the best!,
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Some people get overwhelmed with something that they tend to overlook at basic and more important things. For instance in making embroidered patches, people get really fascinated with the design or too preoccupied with the event, that they do not give enough to think about the basics.
There are three important things to consider before getting the embroidered patches done. Whether you are the consumer or the maker, think about these three important things: thread, border and backing style.
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Second, take note of the border of the patch. Basically, if the embroidered patch has 100% embroidery coverage, it can use the satin stitch border. It is just a normal satin stitch and costs less. However, if the patch has less than 100% embroidery coverage, the merrowed border is needed. It means the patch will be sewn onto a twill. The merrowed border adds a cap over the patch and the twill will not fray and a neater border is created around the patch. However, merrowed borders can also add up to the expenses. Usually, the laser cut machine is used to cut the border of the patch as neatly as possible. It is also important, that the client selects the border that matches the color of the twill.
Then there's the backing style. After the patch is all done with the thread of choice and clean borders, now the next question will be, how will it be attached to the other material? Say a jacket or cap? Traditionally, embroidered patches are attached with a pin or directly sewn. Now, we have more modern methods for the backing styles. We have the heat and seal or iron-on method. We can use the heat-press or simply the iron. This backing style easily attaches the embroidered patch on any other material and will not more likely to fall off. Thus, if the user wants a more permanent touch, this backing style is the best. Next is the peel and stick backing which uses the double-sided tape. It gives the clients more choices to stick it to any material or any type of surface even metal, glass or wood. The last is the Velcro backing. It can be easily removed and reapplied any time the client wants. Both the peel and stick backing and Velcro backing give more flexibility for the embroidered patches.
The next time, you want an embroidered patch done, always remember these three basic but important things. With these things in mind, you'll never go wrong with the embroidered patches!


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One group of supporters opposed selection of Amarnath Patil for the post Senior party leaders were heckled and not allowed to make speeches
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The factions supporting Mr. Namoshi and Mr. Telkur were upset with the decision of the district-level coordination committee of senior leaders that selected Mr. Patil as president.
The trouble started immediately after the meeting began with supporters of Mr. Namoshi and Mr. Telkur not allowing leaders to deliver their speeches in the meeting by raising slogans against party observers and Mr. Revu Naik and Mr. Amarnath Patil. Later, the supporters of Mr. Patil joined the din raising slogans supporting Mr. Patil and Mr. Naik.
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The coordination committee, which had met at the residence of Mr. Maski in the morning, after prolonged discussions decided to nominate Mr. Patil as the district president, since a majority of those present in the committee had expressed their support for him. Mr. Telkur and Mr. Mahantagowda Patil failed to secure the requisite support from the committee members. Even during the coordination committee meeting there was commotion with supporters of Mr. Namoshi and Mr. Telkur opposing the decision of the party to con
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Comments on blind beamforming for multiple non-Gaussian signals and the constant-modulus algorithmPage(s): 3248 - 3250| | Quick Abstract | PDF (108 KB)
For original paper see Sheinvald (IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol.46, p.1878-85 July 1998). Sheinvald compared a cumulant matching criterion to three simplified criteria that he claimed to be equivalent. We show that two simplified criteria can be viewed as direct consequences of a result already published and that their equivalence must be revised. We also give additional references of closely related works that have been omitted, some of them presenting Jacobi-like source separation algorithms, presented as original by Sheinvald. View full abstract»
Comments on "Self-adaptive source separation. I. Convergence analysis of direct linear network controlled by the Herault-Jutten algorithm" [with reply]Page(s): 3255 - 3257| | Quick Abstract | PDF (72 KB)
In the comment, Chen shows that the main results obtained in the paper by Macchi and Moreau (IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol.45, p.918-26, Apr. 1997) have been addressed in Chen and Chen (1994). In a reply Macchi and Moreau discuss the points mentioned by Chen. View full abstract»
Reply to "Comments on 'self-adaptive source separation, part I: convergence analysis of a direct linear network controled by the Herault-Jutten algorithm"Page(s): 3257| | Quick Abstract | PDF (13 KB)First Page of the ArticleView full abstract»
Two-dimensional DCT/DST universal computational structure for 2m×2n block sizesPage(s): 3250 - 3255| | Quick Abstract | PDF (304 KB)
A refined generalized signal flow graph for the direct two-dimensional discrete cosine transform (2-D DCT) and discrete sine transform (2-D DST) computation (the so-called 2-D DCT/DST universal computational structure) is described. It represents a generalized unified approach to the fast 2-D DCT and 2-D DST computation for any 2 m×2n block sizes, i.e., both square and rectangular blocks, including the one-dimensional (1-D) case. The regular structure, moderate arithmetic complexity, numerical stability, and multiple block size capability makes it suitable for VLSI or parallel implementation View full abstract»
Convergence analysis of the binormalized data-reusing LMS algorithmPage(s): 3235 - 3242| | Quick Abstract | PDF (232 KB)
Normalized least mean squares algorithms for FIR adaptive filtering with or without the reuse of past information are known to converge often faster than the conventional least mean squares (LMS) algorithm. This correspondence analyzes an LMS-like algorithm: the binormalized data-reusing least mean squares (BNDR-LMS) algorithm. This algorithm, which corresponds to the affine projection algorithm for the case of two projections, compares favorably with other normalized LMS-like algorithms when the input signal is correlated. Convergence analyses in the mean and in the mean-squared are presented, and a closed-form formula for the mean squared error is provided for white input signals as well as its extension to the case of a colored input signal. A simple model for the input-signal vector that imparts simplicity and tractability to the analysis of second-order statistics is fully described. The methodology is readily applicable to other adaptation algorithms of difficult analysis. Simulation results validate the analysis and ensuing assumptions View full abstract»
A class of subspace tracking algorithms based on approximation of the noise-subspacePage(s): 3231 - 3235| | Quick Abstract | PDF (184 KB)
This correspondence introduces a novel class of so-called subspace tracking algorithms applicable to, for example, sensor array signal processing. The basic idea pursued in this correspondence is to reduce the amount of computations required for an exact SVD update, applying a perturbation-like strategy, which is interpreted as an approximation of a noise subspace. An interesting property of the derived algorithms is that they can be applied to SVD updating of both auto- and cross-covariance matrices View full abstract»
Multiresolution circular harmonic decompositionPage(s): 3242 - 3247| | Quick Abstract | PDF (2108 KB)
A dictionary of complex waveforms suited for multiresolution analysis and individually steerable by multiplication by a complex factor is presented. It is based on circular harmonic wavelets (CHW) and is useful for pattern analysis under rotations. The main theoretical aspects of CHWs are illustrated, and an example of application to motion estimation is provided View full abstract»
A new approach to spectral estimation: a tunable high-resolution spectral estimatorPage(s): 3189 - 3205| | Quick Abstract | PDF (380 KB)
Traditional maximum entropy spectral estimation determines a power spectrum from covariance estimates. Here, we present a new approach to spectral estimation, which is based on the use of filter banks as a means of obtaining spectral interpolation data. Such data replaces standard covariance estimates. A computational procedure for obtaining suitable pole-zero (ARMA) models from such data is presented. The choice of the zeros (MA-part) of the model is completely arbitrary. By suitable choices of filter bank poles and spectral zeros, the estimator can be tuned to exhibit high resolution in targeted regions of the spectrum View full abstract»
On the existence of efficient estimatorsPage(s): 3028 - 3031| | Quick Abstract | PDF (104 KB)
The common signal processing problem of estimating some nonrandom parameters of a signal in additive noise is considered. The problem investigated in this paper is under what conditions an efficient estimator exists, i.e., an unbiased estimator with a variance equal to the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRB). It is well known that if the signal is linear or, more generally, affine in the parameters and the noise Gaussian, an efficient estimator does exist. This paper shows that under some conditions, this is the only case where an efficient estimator exists View full abstract»
Square-root QR inverse iteration for tracking the minor subspacePage(s): 2994 - 2999| | Quick Abstract | PDF (188 KB)
A new algorithm for tracking the eigenvectors associated with the r smallest eigenvalues of an N×N covariance matrix is introduced. The method is sequential inverse iteration based on a recursive square-root QR factor updating of the covariance matrix with O(N2 r) operations per time update. The principal operations count of this new tracker is justified by a significantly better performance compared with the fast O(Nr2) minor subspace tracker of Douglas et al. (1998) View full abstract»
MIMO system identification: state-space and subspace approximations versus transfer function and instrumental variablesPage(s): 3087 - 3099| | Quick Abstract | PDF (472 KB)
The identification of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) linear systems has previously received a new impetus with the introduction of the state-space (SS) approach based on subspace approximations. This approach has immediately gained popularity, owing to the fact that it avoids the use of canonical forms, requires the determination of only one structural parameter, and has been empirically shown to yield MIMO models with good accuracy in many cases, However, the SS approach suffers from several drawbacks: there is no well-established rule tied to this approach for determining the structural parameter, and, perhaps more important the SS parameter estimates depend on the data in a rather complicated way, which renders almost futile any attempt to analyze and optimize the performance of the estimator. In this paper, we consider a transfer function (TF) approach based on instrumental variables (IV), as an alternative to the SS approach. We use the simplest canonical TF parameterization in which the denominator is equal to a scalar polynomial times the identity matrix. The analysis and optimization of the statistical accuracy of the TF approach is straightforward. Additionally, a simple test tailored to this approach is devised for estimating the single structural parameter needed. A simulation study, in which we compare the performances of the SS and the TF approaches, shows that the latter can provide more accurate models than the former at a lower computational cost View full abstract»
QR-factorization method for computing the greatest common divisor of polynomials with inexact coefficientsPage(s): 3042 - 3051| | Quick Abstract | PDF (228 KB)
This paper presents a novel means of computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two polynomials with real-valued coefficients that have been perturbed by noise. The method involves the QR-factorization of a near-to-Toeplitz matrix derived from the Sylvester matrix of the two polynomials. It turns out that the GCD to within a constant factor is contained in the last nonzero row of the upper triangular matrix R in the QR-factorization of the near-to-Toeplitz matrix. The QR-factorization is efficiently performed by an algorithm due to Chun et al. (1987). A condition number estimator due to Bischof (1990) and an algorithm for rank estimation due to Zarowski (1998) are employed to account for the effects of noise View full abstract»
Linear prediction approach for joint blind equalization and blind multiuser detection in CDMA systemsPage(s): 3134 - 3145| | Quick Abstract | PDF (284 KB)
For high-speed code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, interchip interference that is caused by multipath propagation becomes severe and cannot be ignored. Together with the multiple access interference due to nonideal conditions in CDMA, they become major obstacles to overall system performance. In this paper, both batch and adaptive algorithms based on linear prediction are proposed for joint blind equalization and multiuser detection for asynchronous CDMA systems. It is shown that the new methods are insensitive to estimation error of propagation delay or chip timing. In addition, the adaptive algorithm is computationally efficient. Simulation results show that the proposed methods are also near-far resistant and compare favorably to many existing methods View full abstract»
Structures, factorizations, and design criteria for oversampled paraunitary filterbanks yielding linear-phase filtersPage(s): 3062 - 3071| | Quick Abstract | PDF (308 KB)
We present here a special class of oversampled filterbanks (FBs), namely, paraunitary FBs with linear-phase filters. We propose some necessary conditions for the existence of such banks, based on the repartition between type I/II and type II/IV linear-phase filters in the bank. For a subset of these FBs, we develop a factorization that leads to a minimal implementation, as well as a direct parameterization of the FBs in terms of elementary rotation angles. This factorization is applied to some design examples, with two different optimization criteria: coding gain and reconstructibility of lost coefficients View full abstract»
Order-recursive RLS Laguerre adaptive filteringPage(s): 3000 - 3010| | Quick Abstract | PDF (308 KB)
This paper solves the problem of designing recursive-least-squares (RLS) lattice (or order-recursive) algorithms for adaptive filters that do not involve tapped-delay-line structures. In particular, an RLS-Laguerre lattice filter is obtained View full abstract»
α-repetition/modulation and blind second-order identificationPage(s): 3153 - 3161| | Quick Abstract | PDF (336 KB)
In the context of redundant filter-bank precoders for blind second-order equalization, we consider the α-repetition/modulation scheme. Although it is theoretically possible, the identification of a bandlimited communication channel suffers from numerical problems if α is beyond a bound. If α is below this bound, simulation examples illustrate the robustness of the channel estimate View full abstract»
Acoustic vector-sensor processing in the presence of a reflecting boundaryPage(s): 2981 - 2993| | Quick Abstract | PDF (260 KB)
We consider the passive direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation problem using arrays of acoustic vector sensors located in a fluid at or near a reflecting boundary. We formulate a general measurement model applicable to any planar surface, derive an expression for the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) on the azimuth and elevation of a single source, and obtain a bound on the mean-square angular error (MSAE). We then examine two applications of great practical interest: hull-mounted and seabed arrays. For the former, we use three models for the hull: an ideal rigid surface for high frequency, an ideal pressure-release surface for low frequency, and a more complex, realistic layered model. For the seabed scenario, we model the ocean floor as an absorptive liquid layer. For each application, we use the CRB, MSAE bound, and beam patterns to quantify the advantages of using velocity and/or vector sensors instead of pressure sensors. For the hull-mounted application, we show that normal component velocity sensors overcome the well-known, low-frequency problem of small pressure signals without the need for an undesirable "stand-off" distance. For the seabed scenario, we also derive a fast wideband estimator of the source location using a single vector sensor View full abstract»
MUI-free receiver for a synchronous DS-CDMA system based on block spreading in the presence of frequency-selective fadingPage(s): 3175 - 3188| | Quick Abstract | PDF (348 KB)
We discuss a synchronous direct-sequence code division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) system based on block spreading in the presence of frequency-selective fading. Note that block spreading, which is also known as chip interleaving, refers to a spreading of a data block sequence, which is obtained by dividing a data symbol sequence into consecutive blocks. For such a system, we develop a simple new receiver that completely removes the multiuser interference (MUI) without using any channel information. The MUI-free operation is obtained by the use of a shift-orthogonal set of code sequences on which this receiver is based. Within the framework of the MUI-free receiver, we further present a subspace deterministic blind single-user channel estimation algorithm. As a benchmark for the MUI-free receiver and the corresponding subspace deterministic blind single-user channel estimation algorithm, we consider the linear multiuser equalizer and the corresponding subspace deterministic blind multiuser channel estimation algorithm developed by Liu and Xu (1996) for a standard synchronous DS-CDMA system in the presence of frequency-selective fading. We show that the complexity of the MUI-free receiver using the corresponding subspace deterministic blind single-user channel estimation algorithm is much smaller than the complexity of the linear multiuser equalizer using the corresponding subspace deterministic blind multiuser channel estimation algorithm. We further show that the performance of the MUI-free receiver is comparable with the performance of the linear multiuser equalizer. This is for the case in which the channels are known as well as for the case in which the channels are estimated with the corresponding subspace deterministic blind channel estimation algorithm View full abstract»
Support vector machine techniques for nonlinear equalizationPage(s): 3217 - 3226| | Quick Abstract | PDF (788 KB)
The emerging machine learning technique called support vector machines is proposed as a method for performing nonlinear equalization in communication systems. The support vector machine has the advantage that a smaller number of parameters for the model can be identified in a manner that does not require the extent of prior information or heuristic assumptions that some previous techniques require. Furthermore, the optimization method of a support vector machine is quadratic programming, which is a well-studied and understood mathematical programming technique. Support vector machine simulations are carried out on nonlinear problems previously studied by other researchers using neural networks. This allows initial comparison against other techniques to determine the feasibility of using the proposed method for nonlinear detection. Results show that support vector machines perform as well as neural networks on the nonlinear problems investigated. A method is then proposed to introduce decision feedback processing to support vector machines to address the fact that intersymbol interference (ISI) data generates input vectors having temporal correlation, whereas a standard support vector machine assumes independent input vectors. Presenting the problem from the viewpoint of the pattern space illustrates the utility of a bank of support vector machines. This approach yields a nonlinear processing method that is somewhat different than the nonlinear decision feedback method whereby the linear feedback filter of the decision feedback equalizer is replaced by a Volterra filter. A simulation using a linear system shows that the proposed method performs equally to a conventional decision feedback equalizer for this problem View full abstract»
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In this paper, we propose two new VLSI architectures for computing the N-point discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and its inverse (IDFT) based on a radix-2 fast algorithm, where N is a power of two. The first part of this work presents a linear systolic array that requires log2 N complex multipliers and is able to provide a throughput of one transform sample per clock cycle. Compared with other related systolic designs based on direct computation or a radix-2 fast algorithm, the proposed one has the same throughput performance but involves less hardware complexity. This design is suitable for high-speed real-time applications, but it would not be easily realized in a single chip when N gets large. To balance the chip area and the processing speed, we further present a new reduced-complexity design for the DFT/IDFT computation. The alternative design is a memory-based architecture that consists of one complex multiplier, two complex adders, and some special memory units. The new design has the capability of computing one transform sample every log2 N+1 clock cycles on average. In comparison with the first design, the second design reaches a lower throughput with less hardware complexity. As N=512, the chip area required for the memory-based design is about 5742×5222 μm2, and the corresponding throughput can attain a rate as high as 4M transform samples per second under 0.6 μm CMOS technology. Such area-time performance makes this design very competitive for use in long-length DFT applications, such as asymmetric digital subscriber lines (ADSL) and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems View full abstract»
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The problem of identifying an autoregressive (AR) system with arbitrary driven noise is considered here. Using an abstract dynamical system to represent both chaotic and stochastic processes in a unified framework, a dynamic-based complexity measure called phase space volume (PSV), which has its origins in chaos theory, can be applied to identify an AR model in chaotic as well as stochastic noise environments. It is shown that the PSV of the output signal of an inverse filter applied to identify an AR model is always larger than the PSV of the input signal of the AR model. Therefore, by minimizing the PSV of the inverse filter output, one can estimate the coefficients and the order of the AR system. A major advantage of this minimum-phase space volume (MPSV) identification technique is that it works like a universal estimator that does not require precise statistical information about the AR input signal. Because the theoretical PSV is so difficult to compute, two approximations of PSV are also considered: the e-PSV and nearest neighbor PSV. Both approximations are shown to approach the ideal PSV asymptotically. The identification performance based on these two approximations are evaluated using Monte Carlo simulations. Both approximations are found to generate relatively good results in identifying an AR system in various noise environments, including chaotic, non-Gaussian, and colored noise View full abstract»
Blind digital signal separation using successive interference cancellation iterative least squaresPage(s): 3146 - 3152| | Quick Abstract | PDF (240 KB)
Blind separation of instantaneous linear mixtures of digital signals is a basic problem in communications. When little or nothing can be assumed about the mixing matrix, signal separation may be achieved by exploiting structural properties of the transmitted signals, e.g., finite alphabet or coding constraints. We propose a monotonically convergent and computationally efficient iterative least squares (ILS) blind separation algorithm based on an optimal scaling lemma. The signal estimation step of the proposed algorithm is reminiscent of successive interference cancellation (SIC) ideas. For well-conditioned data and moderate SNR, the proposed SIC-ILS algorithm provides a better performance/complexity tradeoff than competing ILS algorithms. Coupled with blind algebraic digital signal separation methods, SIC-ILS offers a computationally inexpensive true least squares refinement option. We also point out that a widely used ILS finite alphabet blind separation algorithm can exhibit limit cycle behavior View full abstract»
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Subspace methods such as MUSIC, minimum norm, and ESPRIT have gained considerable attention due to their superior performance in sinusoidal and direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation, but they are also known to be of high computational cost. In this paper, new fast algorithms for approximating signal and noise subspaces and that do not require exact eigendecomposition are presented. These algorithms approximate the required subspace using rational and power-like methods applied to the direct data or the sample covariance matrix. Several ESPRIT- as well as MUSIC-type methods are developed based on these approximations. A substantial computational saving can be gained comparing with those associated with the eigendecomposition-based methods. These methods are demonstrated to have performance comparable to that of MUSIC yet will require fewer computations to obtain the signal subspace matrix View full abstract»
Cosine-modulated filterbanks based on extended Gaussian functionsPage(s): 3052 - 3061| | Quick Abstract | PDF (328 KB)
A new family of cosine-modulated filterbanks based on functions called extended Gaussian functions (EGFs) is obtained. The design is particularly simple since it is mainly based on a closed-form expression. Nearly perfect reconstruction cosine-modulated filterbanks are obtained as well as guidelines to estimate the filterbank parameters. This analytical design method can be used to produce, with a controlled accuracy, filterbanks with practically no upper limitations in the number of coefficients and subbands. Furthermore, a slight modification of the prototype filter coefficients is sufficient to satisfy exactly the perfect reconstruction constraints. An analysis of the time-frequency localization of the discrete prototype filters also shows that under certain conditions, EGF prototypes are at less than 0.3% from the optimal upper bound View full abstract»
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Let {Dk,Xk} be jointly stationary symmetric α-stable processes with index 1<α<2. We first consider the problem of optimal FIR linear and regression filters. We then consider the signed-error and sign-sign adaptive filtering algorithms for the estimation of the desired signal Dj on the basis of the input vector Xj. Various convergence results are established for the signal and tap weights estimation errors View full abstract»
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"When you're nothing, there's no problem," says the subject of the haunting documentary "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction."
One of the most familiar character actors around — with more than 100 film and 50 television credits spanning some 60 years — the 87-year-old Stanton isn't referring to feelings of insignificance in the above quote. He's speaking, rather, of a yearning — late in life — for non-attachment to a world that saw him rise from obscurity to cherished movie icon of brooding intensity in such features as "Repo Man," "Alien," "Cool Hand Luke" and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."
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BEREA, Ohio -- Trent Richardson didn't fit into the Browns' plans. They're pushing forward without him.
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Like Richardson, Weeden's days could be numbered in Cleveland, where the Browns have started 19 quarterbacks since 1999 and are still looking for the right one. Next year's draft class includes several top-flight QBs and the Browns could be loading up on picks to make sure they get one.
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