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Edinburgh Instruments Ltd
based in Livingston, UNITED KINGDOM
Edinburgh Sensors are proud to be global providers of high quality Gas Sensor solutions. Our diverse range of gas sensors use the latest technology to enable reliable, accurate and continuous gas detection. Established for over 20 years, Edinburgh Sensors use proven technology to deliver OEM Gas Sensors and Gas Monitors / Indoor Air Quality Monitors that are smart, ...
Göteborg Energi AB
based in Goteborg, SWEDEN
As Western Sweden`s leading energy company, we provide our customers with energy services, broadband, district heating, cooling, natural gas and the electricity supply network. We aim to create energy solutions that are sustainable in the long term.
based in BB Geleen, NETHERLANDS
The EM Group merged from Energie en Milieutechniek B.V. and other interested parties and was originally established in 1985.Main activities are the development and supply of thermal process equipment for our customers and partners and to explore and engineer the interesting opportunities of applying Pulse Combustion equipment in industry.It made us the market leader in ...
German Pellets GmbH
based in Wismar, GERMANY
German Pellets are one of Europe`s leading producers of wood pellets. On our website you will find all the information you need about our company and our wood pellets.Pellets are the fuel of the future - environmentally friendly, renewable and inexpensive. You will be surprised to find what advantages there are to wood pellets. If you want to heat with wood pellets, heat ...
Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
based in Vadodara, INDIA
we are manufacturer of Biomass Gasifier which is useful in thermal application as well as power sector.
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
based in Houston, TEXAS (USA)
At Synthesis Energy Systems, we are focused on realizing the potential of our U-GAS clean energy technology to create high-value products from low cost feedstocks such as low rank coals and biomass. We create value for our partners, customers and shareholders through the application of our advanced gasification technology and services to address the growing worldwide ...
LandTech Enterpises
based in Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM
LandTech was the first company to apply passive seismic services to the oil industry since its establishment in 1998 and has become the leader in High Resolution 3-D Passive Seismic Tomography surveys worldwide.Specifically, LandTech employs new, high-tech methods for oil and gas exploration and oil field development under service contracts with oil producing companies, ...
GN Decanter Centrifuge Ltd
based in Hebei, CHINA
GN Centrifuge, a GN Solids Control website specilized in offering one-stop Decanter Centrifuge (Horizontal Centrifuge) and Cuttings Dryer (Vertical Centrifuge) to process drilling fluids/mud and other industial slurries to the highest environmental standards. Hebei GN Solids Control Co., Ltd (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TANGSHAN GUANNENG MACHINERY EQUIPMENT CO., LTD ). (Brand ...
based in Ashkelon, ISRAEL
YWCT has been planning and manufacturing cooling towers and degasifiers for more than 44 years. During this period, YWCT has established its reputation as a credible professional supplier for the industrial market. At YWCT, one will find a combination of theoretical engineering and practical know-how. YWCT's flexibility and credibility made it the perfect supplier for ...
Redragon Oil & Gas Systems International
based in Brantford, ONTARIO (CANADA)
Redragon Oil & Gas Systems International Inc. is an ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of custom-engineered solutions for the utility and recycling industrial sectors. Products include clay polishing systems for recycled lube oil and other fluids, transformer oil regeneration systems, high vacuum degasifier and oil purification systems, waste oil reclamation systems ...


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35 states that offer more in welfare than minimum wage earnings
Mike Groll, Associated Press
Does welfare rob Americans of their incentive to work?
That seems to be the conclusion some are drawing from a study published earlier this month by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based out of Washington, D.C.
According to the study, 34 states and the District of Columbia provide more in welfare than a minimum wage job in that same state would.
According to a post on Foxnews.com, such a revelation shows that many American welfare programs are "creating little incentive for Americans to take entry-level work and likely increasing their long-term dependency on government help."
When writing about the study for the Los Angeles Times, senior fellow at the Cato Institute Michael Tanner expressed outrage at the fact that less than 42 percent of adult welfare recipients participate in work activities.
"Perhaps it's because, while poor people are not lazy, they are not stupid either." Tanner wrote last week. "If you pay people more not to work than they can earn at a job, many won't work."
But not everyone believes the study is truly representative of how the welfare system works.
The most prominent criticism of the study is that it assumes, for the purposes of the research, that the sample families in each state receive the benefits of eight different welfare programs, namely: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, Housing Assistance, Utilities Assistance, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
"Very few people actually qualify for all eight of the programs Cato looks at," writes Josh Barro at Business Insider. "So, the typical welfare benefit is much lower than Cato makes out, making staying on welfare less appealing."
Barro also takes issue with the fact that the study doesn't factor in the lower welfare benefits for single adults, which he says are much less generous than those for women with children.
"That said, poverty traps are real," Barro concludes. "This is the phenomenon of people losing benefits as they earn more income of their own. It's a problem that welfare programs need to be designed around."
Either way, the Cato Institute's report has opened up a whole new discussion on the role of welfare, and the minimum wage, in the country.
Find out which states possibly offer more in welfare than minimum wage earnings.
JJ Feinauer is a graduate of Southern Virginia University and a content writer for the Moneywise page on DeseretNews.com. Email: email@example.com, Twitter: @jjfeinauer.
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It's a slow day in the Hall of Justice. What better time for Batman to teach his young ward how to save someone's life?
I sadly confess that my younger self's television viewing consisted of regular doses of the live action Captain Marvel series, Shazam!. It's mostly fallen from my memory. Thank goodness for YouTube. I guess.
Here's a PSA with Lee "The Six Million Dollar Man" Majors reminding seniors to get a flu shot. Good advice! And now they don't have to do another one with Bob Newhart! (He does remind you guys of Bob Newhart, too, right?)
In this PSA, Spider-man picks fruit over money.
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How Sony, Intel, and Unix Made Apple's Mac a PC Competitor
Short Article (296 comments)
I kept looking for a "next page" link. That article didn't go into any depth whatsoever.
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
Short Article (296 comments)
I kept looking for a "next page" link. That article didn't go into any depth whatsoever.
Re:I disagree with the article's author (62 comments)
I wish I had mod points right now. The GigaOm article explain the issue much clearer. I originally thought the Like button just shared the video watched, not the entire viewing history. That makes a big difference
Re:Why all the fuss about Common Core? (273 comments)
Also, most states only have one of these evaluative tests a year, so you're not comparing students to their own scores, you're comparing them to the scores of the previous year's class.
If that's how the test is being interpreted, the administrators are idiots. You have test results for each class from last year, look at the difference between those results and the results from this year. That gives you the change in test results as affected by the teacher under scrutiny.
This isn't quantum loop gravity, if your only argument against holding teachers to a standard is that the administration is too stupid to apply one correctly, then it's time to nuke the whole district and start over.
It's harder than it seems. First of all, it's the states who administer these exams, not the schools. The public schools have no choice as to how or when these exams are administered. Students are held to different standards during each school year so comparing them to their scores from the previous year doesn't make sense since the material isn't the same. Also, how do you evaluate teachers who teach non-core subjects such as music, PE, or computer science? The whole data driven movement in schools is fine, but not everything in education can be quantified. Teaching is more of an art than it is a science.
Re:Why all the fuss about Common Core? (273 comments)
"First off, getting stuck with a class of crappy students can cost you your job . .
No, that's not how the evaluations would work. The improvement of individual students could be tracked and evaluated against the standard.
"Once they receive tenure, they should no longer be subject to evaluation . .
That should not be true of anyone.
Is it really fair to judge a teacher on a test that doesn't mean anything to the students? Also, most states only have one of these evaluative tests a year, so you're not comparing students to their own scores, you're comparing them to the scores of the previous year's class. So the class of crappy students certainly could cost a teacher their job if their previous class was much better.
Re:On Education (161 comments)
2 when they hit K5 1 separate the boys from the girls (outside of Dance Class and Recess)
This has been tried before and it's been found to not work. It's one of the few things in education that has been pretty much proven not to work. I just read an article the other day about seperating by gender, and it just serves to reinforce sterotypes when the genders are not together. Boys are allowed more freedom to move around since "boys will be boys" when there are girls who could use freedom of movement as well. If you were going to break up classes, break them up by the way they learn.
Re: why not? (303 comments)
I don't know if Microsoft paid them, but GoDaddy did move all of their parked sites to IIS by default instead of Apache, which caused a major percentage change for Microsoft.
Re:the real reason (325 comments)
Most high schools don't force you to take the exam. The exam itself has no affect on your high school grade. It only determines if you get college credit or not.
Re:the real reason (325 comments)
Almost no colleges offer credit for taking AP tests regardless of score so high schoolers have absolutely no reason whatsoever to take those tests. You can either study for just your real final exams that actually go into your grades or you can add in an even harder test that benefits you in no way. Hmm, tough one. Oh and they typically charge money to take the tests as well.
That's not true at all. You can go to the College Board website and search by school to find what they offer credit for. I got half a semester of credit from AP exams when I was in high school.
Re:Do all schools even offer CS classes? (325 comments)
Most colleges accept APCS for credit. Of the top 5 CS schools (Stanford, Cal Berkley, Carnegie Mellon, U of I, and MIT) only MIT doesn't accept APCS, but MIT doesn't accept any AP exams.
Warranty Shouldn't Matter (359 comments)
If it's truly faulty hardware Apple will typically own up to it and offer repairs free of charge. I have the 2008 MBP that had a logic board issue and Apple replaced it for free even though I was well past the warranty and didn't have AppleCare.
Re:Yeah, like the present school system is working (715 comments)
When I emailed the teacher (they don't answer the phone)
Do you expect a teacher to answer the phone during the school day? Elementary teachers typically only have about 30 - 45 minutes of prep time during the day when they aren't directly working with kids. Even if you called after school, that is usually the time teachers are using to make copies, work with other teachers, etc. It isn't like a desk job where you can answer the phone the moment it rings. However, you do have an argument if teachers are not returning your calls. My school district tells us we should return calls within 24 hours, and that's something I try to stick too. Most parents find email easier themselves, but I understand a phone call can sometimes clarify the situation quicker.
Re:Stanley Cup on cable (261 comments)
Actually, the NHL streamed the Stanley Cup finals for free on their website this past season. I don't know if they did it during the entire playoffs, but I was very happily surprised to see at least one of the major sports getting with the modern times. I'd be more than willing to pay for a streaming sports package, but they all seem to blackout local teams, which defeats the purpose for me.
Re:PC-free households (236 comments)
I teach CS and my students never have homework. One of the benefits of a CS class is the flipped model that allows most, if not all, of the work to be completed in class.
Hershey Bars Are Better (194 comments)
It's much easier to get the concept of a whole with an entire Hershey bar than with an arbitrary number of Tootsie Rolls.
Re:Oh, the ironies... (342 comments)
This clearly indicates how out of touch your expectations of the public school system are. Even in the early 90s, I never dealt with the Bill of Rights or the Constitution as a whole in school. Not even in civics class. The only time we ever discussed it was in third grade, when we each had to remember one paragraph of the pre-amble in class and repeat it. One paragraph.. of the preamble...
Not sure what state you went to school in, but in Illinois we have a required class on government in high school where the study of the Bill of Rights and Constitution are a big part of the curriculum. We also had to pass a state test on the Constitution to pass 8th grade. It's surprising, and disappointing, to hear that isn't the norm in other parts of the country.
Re:Are universities teaching concurrency? (509 comments)
I graduated from a large state university 10 years ago and there was an entire course on concurrent programming. It wasn't required at the time for CS, but I believe it is now.
Re:Wrong (347 comments)
I can't agree with this any more. I had some similar thoughts when I was getting my CS degree, but I now consider the things I learned in college invaluable. Most online tutorials don't teach you about reliability and efficiency and it's good to have the theory you learned in college to back up the programming you'll do as a web developer.
Re:Watch your local team (479 comments)
My only gripe is not having sports access. This year missed NBA completely.
You could always buy a season ticket to watch your local college or D-League team. Yes, I know that's not for everybody, such as someone with a family or someone who follows multiple sports.
The only issue with this is that many of the professional leagues have blackout restrictions that prevent you from getting their service if you are in the team's local market.
Re:Vague question, please be more specific... (268 comments)
I am sorry to say but the question is vague. When you talk of ideal, what do you mean?
Could these options help focus your mind to what you need?
Please be more specific and make up your mind. This is (I am sure you know), Slashdot.
A lab that facilitates learning is definitely the #1 requirement. I mainly teach web design and programming so exploring hardware isn't quite as important. I do have a "play" computer and several computer parts in my current room, though.
Re:Ask the students (268 comments)
xkcd posters, of course.
Funny you brought that up since my current room is covered with XKCD comics. That will definitely be a part of my future room.
Javascript Cons
I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on this change, but I worry that some of Javascript's pitfalls will affect my students when they move on to AP Computer Science or a college computer science course. Does anyone have any thoughts to add, or is there any point I made that's entirely off base?"


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Silanis Wins Mercuriades Technical Innovation Award for ApproveIt Web Server.
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2002
Silanis Technology Inc., the leading developer of electronic signature solutions, walked away first-place winner in the Technical Innovation Research and Development, PME category during Thursday night's Les Mercuriades 2002 dinner gala. The award was granted based on the company's development and launch of ApproveIt(R) Web Server, the industry's first consumer-based e-signing solution that enables high-value legal transactions, such as mortgage and car loans, to be quickly and securely signed by consumers over the Web using no additional software other than a Web browser.
Only four months after its launch, the solution has already begun to trigger the much-awaited growth of B2C e-signing applications. Quicken Loans, a top five online mortgage provider, is integrating ApproveIt Web Server into its online services to eliminate the shipping delays and reduce the fall-out that occurs while applicants wait for loan documents to arrive at their home for signing. Over 13,000 car dealers across the U.S. are being supplied with the solution as part of Dealer Track's aggregator services to provide 24-hour turnaround on dealer funding. Silanis is also working closely with other top financial institutions in the U.S.
Although electronic signatures were passed into law almost two years ago by former President Bill Clinton, organizations have not - until now - adopted e-signatures for consumer applications because they lacked the ease-of-use needed for mass market adoption. ApproveIt Web Server's innovative new "Electronic Process Signature(TM)" technology is the first solution to balance consumer ease-of-use with the level of security and IT compatibility required by organizations, thus creating a new industry standard.
About Silanis
Silanis Technology Inc. is a leading developer and provider of electronic signature and approval management software to over 900 organizations within the financial, government, manufacturing, aerospace, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Hundreds of thousands of people are signing their documents electronically using Silanis' solutions, including the entire U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 40,000 U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) personnel, and General Motors Acceptance Corporation Commercial Mortgage Division (GMACCM). A privately held company, Silanis was founded in 1992.
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Robin Roberts, co-host of ABC News' "Good Morning America," who shared the stories of her battles with breast cancer and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with the public, shared another fact about her personal life in a post on Facebook, coming out and mentioning her "longtime girlfriend, Amber."
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This morning's big announcement by Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on ABC News' "Good Morning America" involves organ donation.
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Just wanted to put this in. I was hoping to do a social gathering in December for the holidays, but I ran out of time, so I decided to pick a date in January instead! I am going to look around for someplace to get together and have snacks and drinks, and will let you know where. If anyone has ideas, please email me, and I can make the arrangements!
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Another late game collapse brings heart break to many Islanders fan. The Islanders held a 3 goal lead with just over a period left in the game and still managed to lose in the game in a shoot out. (Photo Credit Flickr/ Clydeorama)
There's John Tavares with 66 points, just one goal/point shy of tying his career high from last season; there's Matt Moulson with 58 points, continuing his increased season output this season so far by five points; and of course there is P.A. Parenteau with 61 points, having the best season of his NHL career being tied for fifth in the league for assists (46) with Evgeni Malkin. And after that?
Well there's Mark Streit with 36 points, likely to finish 10 points less than he did two years ago. Streit has had his most disappointing season in an Islanders uniform. He's a -23 and only has two power play goals this year. He had nine and ten in his previous two seasons, respectively.
There lies your biggest problem heading into the end of the season. The Islanders offense was expected to be one of the team's bright sides going into 2012. To the contrary, they have the third worst offense in the NHL and have suffered a major drought when it's come to secondary scoring.
It's still a long shot, but the Islanders have pulled themselves back into playoff conversations with a 1-0 win yesterday over the New Jersey Devils that has put them within five points of the last spot in the Eastern Conference. But even so, there are plenty of questions that surround the New York Islanders hockey club, ranging from the uncertain future of the arena to whether or not Tim Horton's will ever return to the concession stands. The most important questions, the ones that impact the immediate future, are the ones that need to be answered first; GM Garth Snow has to figure out where certain players will fit on his roster as the rebuild pushes forward.
I've already talked about the possibility of Evgeni Nabokov re-signing with the Islanders, as well as teammate P.A. Parenteau returning in an orange and blue sweater. But Snow will have to take a long look at some of his current regulars and decide where they fit with the team long term as some young, fresh faces are pushing for NHL jobs.
It is still a long shot, but the Islanders have once again pulled themselves into playoff conversation with a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. Kyle Okposo scored the lone goal for the Isles while Anders Nilsson earned his first NHL win with a 24-save shutout performance that earned him first star honors on the night.
"Today I think all the guys out there put up a great job for me," said Nilsson. "The first two periods, I only had 12 shots and they blocked a lot of shots and when they got a shot through it was from the boards. They made it real easy for me to play out there today. They helped me out a lot."
Okposo concurred with Nilsson's belief that the Islanders played one of their best defensive games of the year, rivaling their previous defensive win over the Boston Bruins the night before.
The Islanders gave up a late two goal lead and lose to the Capitals in overtime. The game was mostly back and forth but in the end the Islanders didn't finish the game the way they needed to in order to win.
The new lines seemed to be working out as the Islanders were first to strike in the first period when Josh Bailey made a few great moves to get to the net and bury a shot. The goal was Bailey's 7th of the season and was assisted by Frans Nielsen and Andrew MacDonald. This gave the Islanders an early lead and the hope that they could take the Capitals off their game early. A sore spot of the Islanders coming into this game was their penalty kill, which was only 12-20 in their last six games. It was tested twice in the first period when Kyle Okposo took two-minutes for high sticking at 5:21 and not too much later at 10:23 Steve Staios got two-minutes for hooking. The Islanders were able to withstand the pressure from the Capitals and kill off both penalties. The first period was largely dominated by the Capitals as they outshot the Islanders 13-3.
A lot of Islanders fans are upset that Garth Snow didn't do more for the Islanders during the Trade Deadline yesterday and I am here just to give you my opinion on the moves that were and weren't made. Garth Snow stayed rather quiet throughout the day before moving Rolston and Mottau just at the deadline. I have seen a lot fans on twitter and message boards screaming at Garth because he didn't do more to help the team at the deadline. I just want to look at a few possible deals that could have been made at the deadline and how they could have affected the Islanders.
One of the Islanders biggest needs is a solid young D-man. The closest one moved at the deadline was Quincey to Detroit for a 1st. Not a bad move for Detroit since their first pick will most likely be at the bottom of the round. Now if the Islanders did that it would have been an AWFUL move because despite our hopes that pick still has a very big chance to be a lottery pick and Quincey isn't worth that!
In this installment I discuss my take on why the Islanders should look to trade Kyle Okposo to the L.A. Kings for Dustin Brown. And with the trade deadline less than 48 hours away, what should GM Garth Snow do with P.A. Parenteau and Evgeni Nabokov? All that and more in this week's edition of On The Couch!
The Islanders could not have rebounded from their 5-1 loss on Thursday night better than they did last night. The Hurricanes came to the Island 22-24-11, and they would start goaltender Cam Ward for the 51st time this season.
The LA Kings travel to Long Island this afternoon for their only match up of the season against the Islanders. Both teams are looking to rebound from losses in their last games. Last season these teams met twice splitting the series. Both teams seem to be making a strong late season push which makes for a good match up.
The Islanders need to rebound from a bad performance last time out against the Canadians and pull out a win. The Islanders will still be short on defense with Hamonic and Reese still out. Capuano also said to expect some changes to the D pairings from the last game. Capuano also stated that he might change the line-up spots for Parenteau and Okposo. This would re-unite the line of Moulson, Tavares, and Parenteau which had such strong success earlier in the season. The starting goalie is also being kept under wraps until closer to game time, I would expect Montoya to get a start but you never know with Capuano. The Islanders do play another game tomorrow so I would expect Nabokov and Montoya to split the two games.
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The New York Islanders officially announced today that they have signed two-way center Frans Nielsen to a four-year contract extension with their hockey team. According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, as the story leaked throughout the Twitter world last night during the Islanders game vs. the Philadelphia Flyers, the contract is worth an affordable $11 million.
Kudos to GM Garth Snow who has done an excellent job of locking up the organization's youngest and brightest talent. Nielsen now joins a crew of players that includes Michael Grabner, Kyle Okposo and John Tavares; these four will be wearing an Islanders jersey, at the minimum, for the next four years.
Now if only Garth could get some UFA's in the summer time to help his club take the next step...but that's for another day.


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A multi-mode communication device (100) uses a quadrature transmitter (102) for transmitting both amplitude and constant envelope angle-modulated signals. For angle modulation, a separate feedback path is used from that used for amplitude modulated signal transmission. An FM receiver (136) is used to produce error signals (214, 216) used in correcting the I and Q quadrature signals (206, 208).
1. A multi-mode communication device, comprising:
a multi-mode transceiver including a quadrature modulator, the multi-mode transceiver capable of transmitting both amplitude modulated signals and constant envelope angle modulated signals alternatively;
a Cartesian feedback path selectably coupled between transmitter output and a back end module of the multi-mode transceiver for providing quadrature feedback when the multi-mode transceiver is transmitting the amplitude modulated signals; and
an FM receiver selectably coupled between the transmitter output of the multi-mode transceiver and the back end module of the multi-mode transceiver for providing quadrature feedback when the multi-mode transceiver is transmitting the constant envelope angle modulated signals.
2. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
3. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
4. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
an IQ signal source which generates an I baseband signal and a Q baseband signal from a circular IQ constellation;
a summing junction which sums the I baseband signal with an I error signal to produce a corrected I signal, and which sums the Q baseband signal with an Q error signal to produce a corrected Q signal;
an IQ modulator which modulates a carrier wave with the corrected I and Q signals to produce a constant envelope IQ modulated carrier;
an amplifier which amplifies the constant envelope IQ modulated carrier to produce an output signal; and
a directional coupler which samples the output signal to produce a sampled signal,
wherein the FM receiver is selectively coupled to the directional coupler to receive the sampled signal and produce the I error and Q error signals.
5. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
6. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
an FM demodulator for demodulating the sampled signal and producing a demodulated signal;
a low frequency FM modulator for modulating the demodulated signal with a low frequency carrier signal and producing a low frequency modulated signal; and
a low frequency IQ demodulator for producing the I error and Q error signals from the low frequency modulated signal.
7. A multi-mode communication device as defined in
an FM demodulator for producing a demodulated signal from the sampled channel;
an analog to digital converter for converting the demodulated signal to a digitized baseband signal;
an FM modulator for modulating the digitized baseband signal to produce a modulated digitized baseband signal; and
a digit to analog IQ converter for converting the modulated digitized baseband signal to the I error and Q error signals.
The invention relates generally to communications transmitters, and more particularly to transmitters in multi-mode communication devices having on-board quadrature modulators and which communicate using modes requiring constant envelope angle modulation.
Mobile communication devices are increasingly common, particularly in metropolitan regions of the world. These devices have evolved from simple radio telephones to complex, multi-mode devices that may incorporate computing ability for executing applications and programs. Manufacturers have endeavored to include increased functionality in smaller volume while reducing power consumption to increase operation time for a given battery capacity.
The communications landscape has evolved as well, and there are now a variety of competing communications systems, protocols, and air interfaces offered in the marketplace. There are also different modes of communication and services available. Some manufacturers, rather than design mobile communication devices that only operate with one type of air interface and only offer one communication mode, are designing multi-mode communication devices that can access more than one type of communication system and communicate using more than one mode of communication.
In order to keep with goals of small size, weight, and low power consumption, however, manufacturers have had to design circuitry such that it can be used in as many of the different modes as possible. The fact that communication is now almost entirely digital allows much of the signal processing to be performed by processors, such as digital signal processor, according to instruction code. However, certain elements are difficult to share across different communication schemes. For example, a transmitter designed for amplitude modulation may not be a likely candidate for use with a communication protocol calling for angle modulation with a constant envelope. Typically for multi-mode devices using such diverse communication protocols manufactures have been forced to use separate transmitters for each modulation form. This is undesirable because transmitter components may be among the more costly components in the design of a communications device. Therefore there is a need for transmitter that can support multiple communication schemes having diverse modulations schemes.
The present invention discloses in a first embodiment a constant envelope IQ transmitter. The transmitter is comprised of an IQ signal source which generates an I baseband signal and a Q baseband signal from a circular IQ constellation. A summing junction is used to sum the I and Q baseband signals with I and Q error signals to produce corrected I and Q signals. An IQ modulator is used for modulating a carrier wave with the corrected I and Q signals to produce a substantially constant envelope IQ modulated carrier. An amplifier is then used for amplifying the constant envelope IQ modulated carrier to produce an output signal. The output signal is fed back through a directional coupler in the form of a sampled signal produced by the coupler. Feedback is accomplished through a frequency modulated (FM) receiver which is coupled to the directional coupler to receive the sampled signal and produce the I error and Q error signals.
In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of generating an IQ modulated constant envelope signal in a transmitter, which commences by generating an I baseband signal and a Q baseband signal. The I and Q baseband signals are produced by mapping an input signal to a circular IQ constellation. The method commences further by summing the I and Q baseband signals with I and Q error signals to produce corrected I and Q signals. The I and Q error signals are produced by feedback through an FM receiver. The method further commences by modulating a carrier wave with the corrected I and Q signals to produce a constant envelope IQ modulated carrier. The IQ modulated carrier is then amplified at a power amplifier to produce an output signal. The output signal is an RF signal that is transmitted via an antenna. The feedback is accomplished by sampling the output signal to produce a sampled signal, and demodulating the sampled signal with an FM receiver to produce the I and Q error signals.
In another embodiment, the invention provides multi-mode communication device using a quadrature transmitter for both AM and constant envelope modulation transmission. The device includes a multi-mode transceiver. The multi-mode transceiver includes a quadrature modulator. The multi-mode transceiver is capable of transmitting both amplitude modulated and constant envelope angle modulated signals, alternatively, depending on a present mode of communication. The device further includes a Cartesian feed back path selectably coupled between an output and a back end module of the of the multi-mode communication device for providing quadrature feedback when the multi-mode transceiver is transmitting amplitude modulated signals. When operating in the constant envelope modulation mode, an FM receiver is selectably coupled between the output of the multi-mode transceiver and the back end module of the of the multi-mode transceiver and provides quadrature feedback in that mode. When operating in the constant envelope mode, the transmitter uses a circular IQ constellation for producing I and Q baseband signals, which are summed with I and Q error signals obtained from the FM receiver feedback path.
There are shown in the drawings, embodiments which are presently preferred, it being understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
While the specification concludes with claims defining features of the invention that are regarded as novel, it is believed that the invention will be better understood from a consideration of the description in conjunction with the drawings. As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, which can be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure. Further, the terms and phrases used herein are not intended to be limiting but rather to provide an understandable description of the invention. It should further be noted that the acronym �FM� refers to angle modulation, more commonly called frequency modulation, and demodulation. It is generally absent of any intentional amplitude modulation.
Referring now to
To suppress distortion and non-linearity in the amplified signal, the transmitter may employ one of at least two feedback paths. More particularly, a Cartesian feedback path 122 for quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) signals, may be selectively used when the device is operating in a communications mode requiring quadrature amplitude modulation and where the envelope of the transmitted signal exhibits amplitude variation. Cartesian feedback is well known for linearizing amplitude modulated quadrature signals.
The back end module is further coupled to a processor 124 which is responsible for controlling operation of the device in accordance with instruction code it instantiates and executes. The processor and back end module are coupled to a memory 126. The memory as shown here represents an aggregate memory, and includes a variety of memory elements including storage memory, execution memory, re-programmable memory, read only memory, and so on, as is well known. The processor operates a user interface 128 which may include well known user interface elements such as a graphical display, keypad and other buttons, a tactile alert generator, for example. These elements allow the user to interact with the device, receive information from the device, and enter information and commands into the device so that the device can carry out tasks desired by the user.
To facilitate voice and audio communication, the device further includes an audio processor 130. The audio processor is coupled to the processor 124 and back end module 116, and receives digital audio signals from the back end module or processor, or both, converts them to analog audio signals and plays the analog audio signals over a speaker 132 or other audio transducer. The audio processor may, for example, receive volume information from the processor and adjust the volume of the audio signals being played accordingly. Similarly, the audio processor may receive analog audio signals from a microphone 134 and convert them to digital form to be processed by the back end module for transmission, voice recognition, or other audio processing.
The device, in accordance with the invention, further comprises an FM receiver 136. The FM receiver may be integrated with Cartesian feedback circuitry 122 and multi-mode transceiver, dedicated for feedback operation, or it may be used for other FM receiving operations, such as, for example, receiving frequency modulated commercial broadcast radio signals, or communication signals transmitted in accordance with the Global Specification for Mobile communications (GSM). Accordingly, the FM receiver may operate in a frequency band that is substantially different than the band or bands used by the multi-mode transceiver communications 102.
IQ modulation, as employed in the multi-mode communications transceiver 102, is not conventionally used for constant envelope modulation because of the distortion and non-linearity introduced by the transmitter components. However, according to the invention, the FM receiver may be used to provide corrective feedback such that the IQ modulator can be used for constant envelope communications, such as GSM communication. The FM receiver is therefore coupled to the output of the power amplifier of multi-mode transceiver, as indicated by line 138. The coupling is through a directional coupler 142 or other coupling means, and is preferably switchable so that the FM receiver may be selectively coupled to the output of the power amplifier. The FM receiver demodulates the output of the power amplifier, and generates error signals I′ and Q′ which are fed back to the back end module 116 as indicated by line 140. These error signals are summed with the I and Q signals, respectively, generated at the back end module.
Referring now to
The output signal 224 is sampled, such as by a directional coupler 142 to provide a sampled signal 226. The sampled signal is a low level duplicate of the output signal 224. The sampled signal is fed back to the FM receiver 136. It is preferred that the sampled signal is switchably connectable to the FM receiver so that a different feedback path may be used with quadrature amplitude modulation signals.
It is contemplated that the output signal 224 may be at a frequency outside of the frequency band in which the FM receiver can receive. When the output signal is not within the band of operation of the FM receiver, a frequency converter 228 may be used to shift the frequency of the sampled signal to a frequency at which the FM receiver can receive. In one embodiment the frequency converter is a harmonic generator to shift the frequency of the sampled signal to a multiple of the carrier frequency. A diode may be used to generate the harmonic, for example. If the FM receiver is a dedicated FM receiver, and not used for other purposes, it may operate on the same carrier oscillator 221 as used by the IQ modulator 118.
The sampled signal is fed, after frequency shifting, if necessary, to FM demodulator 230. The FM demodulator produces a demodulated signal 232 that is fed, according to the present embodiment, to a low frequency FM modulator 234. The low frequency FM modulator uses a carrier that is at a significantly lower frequency than that used by the FM demodulator, and may be, for example, on the order of 100-500 KHz. The low frequency FM modulator produces a low frequency modulated FM signal 236 which is fed to a low frequency IQ demodulator 238, which performs quadrature demodulation to produce the error I and Q signals 214, 216.
Thus, the transmitter as configured in
Referring now to
This invention can be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. Accordingly, reference should be made to the following claims, rather than to the foregoing specification, as indicating the scope of the invention.
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GOP wins. Obamacare will staySubmitted by BZQ on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 10:06
With GOP controlling the House and the Senate be sure to remember that it was not about who controls the house or the senate.
Obamacare will stay. It is an additional tax on working people and taxes are rescinded very slowly.
Where is Ted Cruz, where are others including Rand who filibustered.
Since I did not watch TV, can anybody even tell us if Obamacare has even been brought as an election issue?
Midterm Election Minimum WageSubmitted by davekpghpa on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 01:54
If raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour is a good idea, why not raise it to $30 or even $50 dollars per hour?
VIDEO: Philly cop threatens to 'Beat The Sh*t' out of teen for looking him in the 'F*cking Eye'Submitted by emalvini on Mon, 10/27/2014 - 22:25
VIDEO: Philly cop threatens to 'Beat The Sh*t' out of teen for looking him in the 'F*cking Eye'
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Here's a great cop...Submitted by MMJ Ministry on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 21:27
Sanity Check Radio Show: September 27, 2014 episode now onlineSubmitted by muckraker on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 04:33
Mike boasts of the Texas highway system's top-ten rating, to which Frank Sorick responds that Pennsylvania's potholes function as speed bumps to enhance traffic safety. Lou wants to talk about the Pennsylvania State Police's police state actions in the Poconos in their manhunt for the alleged killer of one of their own recently. Will conservatives champion the US Constitution in light of the PSPs many Fourth Amendment violations, to say nothing of their violations of the PA Constitution.
Oral thrush and candidaSubmitted by apple466 on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 23:16
Did anybody have to deal with oral thrush, or candida in mouth?
I have it for more than 3 weeks, but started treating it for 8 days. It doesn't seem to go away. I also have a very dry mouth. It started at the same time as candida.
Any advise?
Sanity Check Radio Show: September 13, 2014 episode now onlineSubmitted by muckraker on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 15:22
What was Lou's involvement in a recent bank robbery in his neck of the woods? Mike wants to know. Lou introduces the thrust of this broadcast: how do we change a broken system? He wants to see the "good ol' boy" network tossed, especially PA Senators Smucker and Greenleaf.
Segment II
State Police: 1 trooper dead, 1 injured in barracks shooting in Pa. (Video)Submitted by meekandmild on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 11:39
State police say one trooper is dead and another is injured after a shooting at a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania. A search is underway for the suspect.
Newest Video: 1526 9/13/14
PA State Senator Mike Folmer: PA Dept of Edu has been corrupt for yearsSubmitted by muckraker on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 11:52
When I became chair of the [Pennsylvania] Senate Education Committee, I decided to focus on students and their parents. If education is truly about children, they should always be the focus.
However, most of my time as Chair has very little to do with students or parents. Rather, it's mostly about money. And, it's often about the employment of adults.
The Forfeiture Machine Turns Cops into Robbers (Video)Submitted by MMJ Ministry on Thu, 09/11/2014 - 22:29
Civil forfeiture is a little-known legal device that allows law enforcement officials to take your property, sell it and pocket the proceeds—even if you have done nothing wrong.
The most terrifying place in Philadelphia is Courtroom 478 in City Hall. This is where property owners enter Philadelphia's Civil Forfeiture Machine.
Chaka Fattah (D-PA) told the truth ?Submitted by Sovereign Forever on Wed, 09/10/2014 - 09:18
2) We're well into the President's second term. Do you sense the President is able to be more candid now he doesn't have to run for re-election?
All second term Presidents have an opportunity to focus on challenges irrespective of the politics, because they don't have to face the electorate.
Propaganda Warning !!!
Millionaire to welfare: A case of the accuser judged by the accusedSubmitted by muckraker on Tue, 09/09/2014 - 21:54
As the Independent Gazette delves further into the Custody for Cash saga, it seems the scope of contamination extends further and further across Pennsylvania.
An investigation into a case in Montgomery County (just north of Philadelphia) has uncovered a judge who continued to write orders after recusing himself and an apparent conflict of interest involving a former chair of the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board whose firm, Lamb McErlane, includes a former justice of the PA Supreme Court.
Lawsuits filed against Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Entire Pennsylvania judicial system alleged to be unconstitutionalSubmitted by muckraker on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 13:17
Two separate lawsuits were leveled against the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and other defendants Thursday, September 4.
Congressional candidate for Pennsylvania's Eleventh District, Andy Ostrowski, was the first to file against the courts, in the United States Middle District of the Third Circuit. The second to file is Ed Bogan, who submitted his case in the United States Eastern District Court. He also named the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel as defendants, among others.
An Innocent Idea Turned Into a Global BusinessSubmitted by nbutler777 on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 13:36
I have lived in the borough of South Williamsport for my entire life. There isn't necessarily anything special about South Williamsport except for one thing. The eyes of the world turn upon South Williamsport to watch the Little League World Series every year and I despise it. Just a couple miles from where I live, tens of thousands of people are flocking to watch the championship game today. A lot of people consider it a privilege to live in a place that attracts this many people each year, but I am not one of them.


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If you have a ration card with the age, Voter ID Card, Identity Card from Govt , Passport etc. these documents are enough to prove you that you are a senior citizen. If not you may contact collector of your district for the same.Answered by ajay, 27 Jan '10 05:08 pm
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Chimneysweepers aren't like Bert from Mary Poppins.
The world's largest "rock" isn't the Hope Diamond.
Ernie's Food & Spirits has built a reputation as one of the finest dining experiences in all the Central Valley, but the best seat in the house may not be in the building at all.
MODESTO – You don't have to be Abe Froman to get a table at Concetta.
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BIG OAK FLAT – There's no pot of gold at the end of the climb up winding Old Priest Grade in Tuolumne County.
RIPON – Every inch of the Canal Street Grille is spiced with its own charm and elegance, from the wine cellar to its formal dining room to the frosted glass.
Since 1980, El Jardin has been a favorite destination for patio dining and great Mexican cuisine in Turlock. Although diners can opt to eat inside, it is what is on the outside that attracts customers to El Jardin time and time again.
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Do you enjoy a challenge? What if that challenge also raises funds for an environmentally friendly cause? If you answered yes, then Tuolumne River Trust's Paddle to the Sea paddle-a-thon is for you.
STOCKTON – I've gotten to know the Calaveras River quite well over the years.
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PATTERSON – Whether kids like to skate, bike, or even rollerblade, the skate park in Patterson is the only place to go according to local skateboarders Abraham Garcia-Ramos and Joel Becerril.
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Its been called California's Main Street. It splits from Interstate 5 some 90 miles south of Mt. Shasta – the state's most imposing volcano – and remerges with Interstate 5 at the base of the Grapevine that takes you over the Tehachapi Mountains and dumps you into the Southland.
Forget about the Norman Rockwell touchy feely approach to pumpkins.
Since 2007, RAM Farms in Turlock has provided the community with a perfect fall destination filled with pumpkins and a challenging corn maze. Now into their 7th year, the farm proves that it is better than ever by offering even more pumpkins and hours of family fun.
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Hi everyone! Just a reminder that I'm doing a pair of free canning demos at the Central Farm Markets in Maryland's DC suburbs this weekend. On Saturday, I'll be at the Pike Central Market from 10 am to 12 noon, making plum jam and demonstrating my small batch canning technique (I'll also have books to sell and sign). On Sunday, I'll be at the Bethesda Central Market from 10 am to 12 noon, doing the very same thing. Hope some of you can come.
Canning Demos at the Central Farm Markets this Saturday and Sunday!
Honey-Sweetened Peach Vanilla Jam
A couple weeks back, I was on something of a peach tear (thanks to the folks at Sweet Preservation). I wrote about my Lazy Peach Preserves and my Honey-Sweetened Peach Chutney. I promised that I'd have one final peach jam for you and then I went and fell off the recipe map. However, I'm here to make good. Without further delay, my recipe for Honey-Sweetened Peach Vanilla Jam.
This is one of those preserves that has just a few ingredients and so depends on you getting the best-tasting players as you possibly can. Search out those super sweet end-of-season peaches. Find a light honey that won't demand center stage. And please, please, use a real vanilla bean. I know they're pricy at grocery stores and gourmet markets, but if you buy them online, they are quite affordable. Go in with a friend or two. The flavor just can't compare.
Giveaway: Roma by Weston Electric Tomato Strainer and Sauce Maker
For years now, the bulk of my tomato canning has been in the form of the whole peeled tomato. It's quick to prep, is hugely versatile, and always felt like the best use of my time. I'd make a few jars of basic puree each season, but I never found as easy a groove with sauce. However, a new appliance has come into my life that has made me rethink my preserved tomato allegiances.
This year, I've been a puree making machine thanks to the Roma by Weston Electric Tomato Strainer. It operates much like the hand crank tomato presses (one of which I've had for years, but never managed to fit it comfortably into my work flow), only instead of using your own brute force, the 200 watt motor gets things moving.
You cut your tomatoes into manageable bits and then pile them into the hopper. Using a tamper, you press them into the machine's shaft, where they meet the auger, which pushes them through a screen (it comes with three different sizes, so you can also use it for fruit sauces).
The tomato pulp then comes pouring down the chute and the skin and seeds are ejected out the end of the screen. It's incredibly effective and makes it possible to do things like break 20 pounds of tomatoes down into pulp in just 15 minutes. Once the tomatoes have been milled, you can cook them down into sauce or take them further into paste or conserva.
One thing I particularly like about making sauce with a strainer is that the tomatoes go in raw and then you cook down the resulting puree. So often, sauce recipes have you simmer your tomatoes to soften, then press them through a food mill and then return them to the pot.
It's a good technique (and one that I advocate in my cookbook), except that if you take too long in milling your tomatoes and they cool down considerably, you risk ending up with sauce that separates (more on separation, fruit float, and liquid loss here). It's not the end of the world if it separates (just give it a good shake to reintegrate), but it sure does look prettier when your finished product is uniformly integrated.
The only issue I have with this tomato strainer is that motor portion is a little too light. It means that as you're pressing the tomatoes into the shaft, you need to rest your elbow on the top of the motor to keep it stable. Otherwise, you're liable to flip the machine.
It's not hard to hold it in place once you realize that it's necessary, but a metal body would have given it a little more weight and heft. But metal is heavier and more costly, so I understand why it's been made as it is.
I got this tomato strainer from the nice folks at Weston Products. They're a company devoted to tools for those of us who like to make our food from scratch and carry an extensive collection of food mills, pasta makers, dehydrators, and sausage makers. Want to press your own wine or cider? They've got you covered. Because they're awesome, they've given me a second Roma by Weston Electric Tomato Strainer to give away to one lucky Food in Jars reader. Here's how to enter.
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite canning helper (animal, vegetable, or mineral).
- Comments will close at 5 pm east coast time on Sunday, September 8, 2013. Winners will be chosen at random (using random.org) and will be posted to the blog later that day.
- Giveaway is open to US residents.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left on the blog, I cannot accept submissions via email.
Disclosure: Weston Products gave me a tomato strainer for review and photography purposes and are also providing the unit for giveaway. No money changed hands and all opinions expresses are exclusively mine.
September Sponsors: Cuppow, Fillmore Container, and Preserving Now
It's a new month and that means it's time to mention and thank the current Food in Jars sponsors. These are the companies make it possible for me to spent time testing recipes, writing tutorials, and answering canning questions.
First up is Cuppow. They are the maker of the original mason jar travel mug topper and, more recently, of the BNTO (they sponsored last week's awesome giveaway). Best of all, Cuppow is having a 10% of sale on all their products today (and if you buy four or more items, your shipping is free). If you want to get in on the action, use the code SUMMER2013 at check-out.
The second sponsor is Fillmore Container. They sell all manner of canning jars and lids, as well as a handful of books and jar accessories. They're a family-owned business based in Lancaster, PA and they happily work with home canners and commercial producers alike. Look for another Fillmore Container-sponsored canning tutorial in this space soon!
My newest sponsor is Preserving Now. Operated by Lyn Deardorff, Preserving Now is both a website and school dedicated to helping people expand their canning and preserving skills. If you're in the Atlanta area, make sure to check out her schedule of upcoming classes and events!
I am always delighted to welcome new sponsors to the site. Ads start at $75 a month. More information can be found here.
Links: Crabapples, Salsa, and Winners
Scott and I are back home after a lovely week away. We started our trip in Brooklyn (where I was teaching a trio of classes), and then spent the rest of our time road tripping around Pennsylvania (Lancaster! Jim Thorpe! Milford!). It was a really good break from regular life and I'm feeling entirely refreshed and ready to dive back into work. But first, links!
- For the last couple weeks, Camille at Wayward Spark has been documenting her 2013 canning and preserving. It's a fabulous series and you should check it out. So far, she's featured fruit leather, cherry plum sauce, fridge pickles, and corn relish. Also, if you're swimming in beets, make sure to cook up a batch of her honey pickled beets.
- While I'm not entirely ready for autumn fruit, these juicy pears in maple syrup are speaking to me.
- A much-tested recipe for homemade ketchup.
- A technique for water bath canned grape leaves.
- Glorious white peach and vanilla jam.
- Take care of all your winter-time enchilada cravings with homemade salsa verde.
- Dolgo crabapples. I'd never heard of them before reading this post, but now I want some desperately.
- The guys at The Bitten Word have done their annual tomato canning and the pictures are really fun.
- Hate watery salsa? Then this might be the recipe for you. And while you're over at 6512 and Growing, read this too.
Time for winners! I just loved reading all your stories of your lunch boxes, packed lunches, and the many of you who had notes from your parents tucked in next to your sandwiches. We had ten winners and so here they are:
- #15 – Linn
- #42 – Angela Walters
- #315 – Karen
- #350 – Jamie
- #379 – Sue
- #423 – Lynne
- #448 – Meagan
- #576 – Kiki
- #711 – Robyn
- #720 – Sara
Stay tuned, because I'll have another great giveaway up tomorrow afternoon!
Savory Jams, Fruit-based Ketchups, and a Podcast
I've been on vacation for the last few days and it has been ridiculously nice. We've slept late, wandered around small towns, and even discovered a store devoted to homemade jams and pickles. Still, I didn't want to leave this space unloved for too long and so am dropping in to tell you about a few of my recipes that have recently appeared elsewhere and a podcast on which I recently appeared.
The first is a story I did for Table Matters about savory jams. It contains a spicy yellow tomato jam, a sweet onion and roasted red pepper butter (this one isn't safe for canning), and an apricot chutney with shallots and sage (this could also be made with peaches if apricots are done where you are). They are all the kinds of things that are great for serving with cheeses, slathering on homemade pizza dough, and spreading into sandwiches.
The second is a piece on fruit ketchups for Saveur's website that's been many months in the making. I wrote a short piece on the history of ketchup (did you know that the earliest ketchups were made with mushrooms and fermented oysters?) and then developed an array of homemade ketchup recipes. The four that made the final cut were blueberry chipotle, tomatillo and roasted green chile, sweet cherry, and beet. I love them all, but am particularly obsessed with the tomatillo version. I need to make a second batch before their season is over.
The last thing is that I was recently a guest on a podcast called The New Disruptors. I had such a good time chatting with host Glenn Fleishman and I'm delighted by how well the whole thing turned out.


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