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Definition of far be it from me to in English:
Used to express reluctance, especially to do something that one thinks may be resented: far be it from me to speculate on his reasons
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- And if the bosses - far be it for me to make a decision on behalf of the bosses - found it in their heart to actually donate all of the advertising revenue, I reckon that'd be sensational.
- Now far be it for me to advise people with huge reputations in fitness and team preparation, but proper man management and different training methods must come into play for different players and players of varied ages.
- Well, they've done their security assessment and they've come to their judgments and far be it for me to second guess them.
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Christine Elliott sat back in her chair next to Tim Hudak in the legislature Tuesday. This is the first time the Deputy Progressive Conservative leader has been back to Queen's Park since the death of her husband, former federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, almost three weeks ago.MPPs welcomed her back with a standing ovation at the start of Question Period. Premier Kathleen Wynne says Elliott's strength is remarkable. She says it's wonderful to have her back. Flaherty died suddenly at his Ottawa home. He was 64.
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Withdrawal of Transport License Demanded
02.03.2015: In February 2010, Spanish animal welfare organization ANDA and Animals' Angels had demanded the transport license of a Spanish... [more]
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Info Booth at VeggieWorld Rhein-Main 2015
01.03.2015: Animals' Angels runs an info booth at this year's VeggieWorld Rhein-Main 2015. On three days we inform numerous visitors about... [more]
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Inspection of Skaryszew Horse Market
23.02.2015: Skaryszew horse market, held once a year, is said to be the biggest horse market in Europe. Animals' Angels and Viva! Interwencje are there... [more]
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ALPA Produces Animal Welfare Course
13.02.2015: Last year in response to the many welfare issues in saleyards identified by Animals' Angels the Australian Livestock Property Agents... [more]
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Verdict Against Traction Tests Expected in March
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09.12.2014: Animals' Angels attends the Access to Justice Conference organized at the EU Parliamentary building by Compassion in World Farming... [more]
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10.11.2014: In October, ANDA and Animals' Angels visited Melilla for the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, Eid El Kebir. Around 6.000 sheep and... [Watch the short film]
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Cyclon Hudhud Hits India's Eastern Shores
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Inspection of Animal Market
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Our documentation Australia's Contradiction - Farmed Animal Welfare has been listed at the Australian National Library.
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PlantFiles: Houseleek, Hen-and-Chickens, Old Man and Woman, Roof House Leek
Sempervivum 'Lilac Time'
Family: Crassulaceae (krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Sempervivum (sem-per-VEE-vum) (Info) Cultivar: Lilac Time 9 members have or want this plant for trade. Category: Height: Spacing: Hardiness: Sun Exposure: Danger: Bloom Color: Bloom Time: Foliage: Other details: Soil pH requirements: Patent Information: Propagation Methods: Seed Collecting: | Click thumbnail to view: By Todd_Boland By Sally_Denver By Sally_Denver By Sally_Denver By Sally_Denver By palmbob By Calif_Sue There are a total of 8 photos. |
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This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
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I am asked to implement the security in campus Network. i.e. In this network we want to block some websites, We don't want to use any 3rd party software or proxy server to block theset.
How to block the website in a Cisco 2600 series router by using the command. What is the access list we need to use to block.
Assume we want to restrict www.orkut.com
Kindly explain and command to block for above website.
Here we are using Cisco 2600 series router and 2900 series switch. In router we are using the BGP because for multiple ISP.
Vishu Kumar.N
Hello Friends,
Please give the solution for this.
Here's a guide. (a well written one imho)
Basically you need to setup an Access List and deny any traffic that is destined for www.orkut.com
If you have a dns server properly configured on the router, Cisco IOS will resolve orkut.com into an IP Address on the fly.
IOS resolves the DNS name when you create the ACL and stores the IP address in the running and startup config. The router would have to send a DNS request for every single packet being processed by the ACL in order to do "on the fly" DNS resolution.
The article you posted mentions that behavior and that is why they suggest using nslookup to see all of the IPs in use at any given time for a domain name. The downside to doing this is that IP addresses to change sometimes so the ACL's can become out of date.
Dear Alex,
I have followed the instrction as you have given, i configured on my cisco 2600 router but it blocks all the other websites also, internet did not work.So i would request you please suggest me a right way with the command details.
Please see this below command which i had give in to my router,
# ip name- server 220.127.116.11 188.8.131.52 (we have given our isp dns)
#access-list 101 deny tcp any host www.orkut.com eq www
#access-list 101 permit tcp any any eq www
#interface fasteethernt 0/1 (My primary link interface)
#ip access-group 101 out (we had tried both OUT and IN )
Did we make any mistake, pl reply soon.
Thank you.
change your ACL to the bellow:
access-list 101 deny tcp any host www.orkut.com eq www
access-list 101 permit ip any any
Your previous ACL denyies all UDP traffic and allowing only TCP port 80. You need DNS, the DNS required tcp and udp port 53 as well.
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Dual phase eye make-up remover. Gently and quickly removes all traces of eye make-up, even waterproof formulas. The "oil" phase dissolves eye make-up and mascara while the "water" phase soothes the delicate skin of the eye area.
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Strengths: Some good cleansers, cleansing cloths, and makeup removers; decent (but could be lots better) moisturizers, particularly for dry skin; every sunscreen includes the right UVA-protecting ingredients (though some products that contain sunscreen ingredients have no SPF rating, so they can't be trusted); the vitamin C and retinol capsules; mostly elegant yet functional packaging that keeps sensitive ingredients stable; the oil-blotting papers.
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The name and personality behind the line, Lise Watier, is definitely the most interesting facet of these products. Watier began her career in the 1960s by hosting Canadian television shows aimed at women. As she became more popular and recognized for her outspoken nature (and some would say feminist viewpoint), women started writing to her for advice on a wide variety of topics. Her desire to help women find their uniqueness led to her opening a namesake institute that offered women lessons on personal growth … and makeup. It was pop psychology mixed with pops of color. Now that's a unique way to begin a cosmetics line!
Without question, personal growth and personal appearance are linked together by self-esteem, and Watier enhanced this with personal style and makeup application. Given the success of her institute, it wasn't long before Watier launched her own makeup products, along with a message that coincided with the times, and that still resonates today—beauty without rules or limitations. Watier's Montreal-based business continues to thrive in Canada, and the line has expanded beyond color to offer a range of skin-care and fragrance products.
If you're looking to support Watier and her "movement," she offers some viable skin-care products, including some good cleansers, sunscreens, and moisturizers. What's troublesome is twofold: First, the claims for many of the products make false promises that relate more to fantasy than to personal growth (it's one thing to encourage self-confidence in a woman; it's another to send her down a rose garden path that's lined with bogus information and deceptive twists and turns). Second, there are also several omissions that make is impossible to assemble a complete skin-care routine. For example, you won't find gentle exfoliants, there are no products to lighten skin discolorations, and if you're dealing with acne or you need soothing products for rosacea, you're out of luck.
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Rawal Lake Transportation
if u want to came here from pindi then take a bus from sadiqabd or rahmanabad or other stops in a same root so for example take a van for fazibad when you reached there cross the road and go straight you will se shuzuki pickup stand if u not find ask some one there go to this stand and take a pickup for rawal lake
Rawal Lake Warnings and Dangers
Dont go near water too close u may be drown the dam is very deep dam is very depp from edges so never go near to edges and there are large stones in water so you cnnot save your self it's my adivice to all that come to this place
Rawal Lake What to Pack
Luggage and bags: take a travel bag with u and in this bag or if u want fishing always take weat and landworms from soil
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: wear what u want to wear
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: alwys take first aid kit with u because some time u are cathing fish the fork may pined in your figure and injiure u
Photo Equipment: take a godd camera with u
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Fondest memory: The 9th SAF Games were probably the first time Afghan sportspersons were competing at an international meet, after many many years...
That generated was some added interest in the media too. While chatting up some of the Rowers, i came upon a pretty interesting story... I asked them where they trained, back in Afghanistan. I know from my two trips, that water is an acute problem there, and could hardly imagine there would be lakes for these guys.
It turned out that almost the entire lot, had got into a boat- for the first time ever-- just about two months ago!! Since there were hardly any lakes to be found back home, this was an unlikely sport to take part in, and the whole team had been practising- for the past few weeks - in a corner of Rawal lake itself!Related to:- Sailing and Boating
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Newcastle reflected via the Sage building on the Gateshead side of the Tyne.
The Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the North East of England. It opened in 2004. It is tenanted by the North Music Trust.
The centre occupies a curved glass and stainless steel building designed by Foster and Partners, Buro Happold (structural engineering), Mott MacDonald (building services) and Arup (acoustics), with views of Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides, the Tyne Bridge, and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Foster and Partners were selected following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions.
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Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters
By Meredith Zeitlin
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Publication Date: March 7, 2013
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So far this year isn't going the way she planned but it is undeniably memorable.
Kelsey Finkelstein is starting her freshman year of high school and she's determined to begin with a clean slate. Her arch-nemesis moved away this summer, finally giving her the chance to stand out on the soccer team and possibly catch the eye of her long-time crush. But things don't go as smoothly as Kelsey hopes and she finds herself navigating a series of increasingly hilarious situations. From mortifying pictures in the school paper to an unconventional lead role in the musical, all while avoiding her soccer captain's bad temper, Kelsey has her work cut out for her if she's going to survive freshman year.
Meredith Zeitlin is a writer and voice-over artist who lives in Brooklyn with two adorable feline roommates. She also writes a column for Ladygunn Magazine, changes her hair color every few months, and has many fancy pairs of spectacles.
In case you're wondering whether any of Kelsey's experiences are based on Meredith's own, the answer is NO WAY. When she was fourteen, Meredith looked and behaved perfectly at all times, was never in a single embarrassing situation, and always rode to school on her very own unicorn.


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Legendary Mexican Actor's Son Can Attend Movie Premiere Without Threat of Jail Time
Mario Moreno Ivanova was held in contempt after losing a trial to Columbia Pictures
The son of legendary Mexican actor "Cantinflas" (Mario Moreno) will get to watch his father's accomplishments being celebrated on the silver screen.
Cantinflas was the Robin Williams of his time -- at least in Mexico, where he starred in dozens of films in the middle of the 20th Century. Charlie Chaplin once called him the best comedian alive. He's best known to American audiences for his Golden Globe-nominated role in the 1956 film, Around the World in 80 Days.
Around the turn of the century, though, a major rights war erupted between Cantinflas' heirs and Columbia Pictures over rights to 34 pictures. As is often the case when it comes to international cinema, the dispute involved chain-of-title and complicated right transfers. After a trial held in 2001 -- eight years after Cantinflas passed away -- a California judge ruled that Columbia was the true owner of the films. (For those interested in the nitty gritty.)
Mario Moreno Ivanova -- Cantinflas' son -- wasn't happy at the decision nor an order requiring that he permanently refrain from distributing the movies and turn over all film elements to the studio. After he authorized another company to release two films, El Patrullero 777 and El Barrendero, on DVD in return for a $10,000 advance, Columbia asked the judge to find him in contempt and sanction him.
The judge ordered that he be imprisoned until he complied with the terms of the order, but since Ivanova resides in Mexico, the result meant that he'd be unable to come to the United States.
Until now.
In July, upon the forthcoming release of Cantinflas, which stars Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli among others, Ivanova asked U.S. District Judge Ronald Lew to purge the contempt order and quash a bench warrant. The late actor's son told the court that he had since settled with Columbia and was doing everything he could to obey the judge's old order. He wanted to attend the August 27 Los Angeles premiere of the bio-pic of his father.
Columbia didn't oppose.
"Because it appears that Ivanova has complied with the Contempt Orders, and the Parties have stipulated to the same, the Court finds that there is no longer any need to encourage compliance," writes the judge in a ruling on Thursday. "As such, the contempt sanctions, including the monetary sanctions, should be terminated."
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The panacea, named for a Greek goddess of healing, is a mythical substance able to cure any illness or poison and even prolong one's life. This basic form of wish-fulfillment, a medicine that instantly fixes everything, is an [[OlderThanFeudalism old idea]] and takes many forms in various mythologies and subsequent fiction.
The strength of its effect varies. A weak panacea will work on natural diseases but might be useless against certain ailments, especially if they are of a magical or evil nature. It might elongate one's lifespan, but must be taken regularly to do so and it may not work forever. A strong panacea, on the other hand, is proof against anything you can think of and might well [[ImmortalityInducer bestow endless life]] with one sip, making its user TheAgeless.
It takes many forms as well. Classically it's a [[HealingPotion liquid]], but common substances also include mystical [[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables fruits]], [[HealingHerb herbs]], flowers, or [[EyeOfNewt the body part]] of some mythical creature. It might even be some kind of jewel.
This is not the same as a HealingPotion, though there is a lot of overlap, especially since both are most often liquids. The distinction is that the HealingPotion is geared towards fixing physical injuries rather than invisible and silent ailments. Nevertheless, many cases of one will work as the other, though this is not always so.
A SisterTrope to HealingPotion (restoring a LifeMeter), ManaPotion (restoring a ManaMeter).
Compare HealingSpring, ImmortalityInducer, PhilosophersStone, SpiceRackPanacea (an advertising trope).
!! Examples:
[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]
* The Grand Panacea from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''. Its perfect form also [[ImmortalityInducer grants immunity to aging]].
* Chopper's dream in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is to become a living Panacea, capable of curing any illness.
[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* Subverted in the first ''SquadronSupreme'' miniseries. Science hero Tom Thumb knows that a "panacea potion" exists in the future one of the team's foes comes from, so when a person important to him gets a fatal illness, he goes there to obtain it. Turns out that in the future, people are so healthy that they only need penicillin and a few vitamin supplements to beat any illness....
* In ''CreatureTech'', the staff at RTI realize they're dealing with the ''real'' Shroud of Turin when they realize the blood on the shroud can heal any wound and raise the dead.
[[folder: Film ]]
* Rapunzel's hair in ''{{Disney/Tangled}}'', and the flower that she got her magic from.
* The father in ''MyBigFatGreekWedding'' pulls out Windex anytime someone has an ailment and in the film it seems to cure everything from poison ivy to pimples.
[[folder: Literature ]]
* Literature/TheRadix: The eponymous MacGuffin is an ancient plant that, if cooked properly, can heal any illness and even raise the dead. Supposedly, it belonged to Jesus himself. [[TreasureChestCavity Stored in a mummy's chest]] for ages, it made its dead tissues regenerate and bleed.
* In the first ([[AnachronicOrder plotwise]]) book in ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: TheMagiciansNephew'', the apples of a particular [[WorldTree tree]] in a special garden have the power to cure disease. The scenario was written to reference [[Literature/TheBible the garden of Eden]], and the fruit enfolded a SecretTestOfCharacter: after taking one, Diggory is told that had he eaten it for his own gain, he'd have been {{curse}}d, but because he wanted it for his terminally sick mother and waited for permission rather than stole it, he was able to bring it back home and cure her.
* The Athelas weed, aka Kingsfoil, in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has unspecified medicinal properties; it may not be good for everything, but it is able to cure several ailments, most notably the Black Breath, a curse brought on by contact with the corruption of Sauron. The process of preparing the remedy suggests that magic is involved. The same plant is used in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''.
* In the ''{{Belgariad}}'', Garion makes one of these ''by accident''. When asked to make a [[FillItWithFlowers rosebush bloom]] with sorcery for his cousin, he refuses because it'd hurt the plant but compromises by creating a new flower from some twigs. This seems to be the end of the matter until well into the ''Malloreon'', when it turns out to be the "sovereign specific", capable of curing any poison, even one previously believed to have no antidote and resist magic curing. Its further medicinal properties are explored by Polgara but never specified on the page.
* Similarly, in ''TheElenium'' by the same author, TheHighQueen has been administered a poison believed to have no remedy, and her champion must find an object of power to cure her. As it happens, none will suffice but the Bhelliom, a CosmicKeystone of practically unlimited power. Although the story initially serves up the Bhelliom as a cure to this specific predicament, it quickly becomes a greater MacGuffin by dint of the desire of the BigBad to possess it by any means.
* In ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', a bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and can resolve most, though not all, poisons. Despite the seeming mundanity of the origin, bezoars seem to be quite rare as they are mentioned to be expensive, and the school's potion ingredients store contains only a few.
** As well, phoenix tears, in addition to mending flesh, are strong enough to be the only cure for basilisk venom.
** Finally, drinking unicorn blood can sustain one's life no matter how serious the affliction, but the drinker is {{curse}}d thereafter because of how evil it is to hurt a unicorn.
* On ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' the Caste of Physicians have created a pretty good panacea in the "Stabilization Serums," a series of shots which effectively make you immortal and stop aging. You can still die due to injuries of course, and it doesn't work 100% of the time; more like 98%. In book 27 there's a newer version which de-ages you 10 years per treatment. And the Priest-Kings - the InsectoidAliens PowersThatBe of Gor - have perfected them even more: Misk the Priest-King is over 6,000,000 years old. The physicians have also cured almost all diseases except "the Holy Disease" which is believed to be a punishment by the Priest-Kings.
* Lansip fruits in ''Literature/TalesOfKolmar'' can cure just about anything, and can even reverse aging. However, they're extremely hard to come by, as lansip only grows on an island that is protected by strong storms - ships can only get through about once every hundred years.
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has the mushroom called the Blessing of Night, which grows in only one place and can heal injuries, poisoning and [[spoiler: also infertility]].
* ''Literature/KateDaniels'' has panacea be a miracle drug that helps shapeshifters to not go full loup. It's incredibly hard to get a hold of. [[spoiler: Until Kate rescues a guy who knows how to make it and brings him home with her, anyway.]]
* In ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain'', when a rubber seal fails and one of the main characters is exposed to the virus, he volunteers to take Kalocin, a top-secret antibiotic that destroys all unicellular life - bacteria, fungi, viruses, you name it - and even causes remission in cancer. One of the other scientists absolutely refuses to allow it. A expository paragraph then explains that when tested on humans, the drug wiped out all the symbiotic microorganisms living inside and on them; when the doses stopped, harmful microbes moved into the now-empty biological niches and killed all the subjects in various grotesque ways within six hours.
* Among its many other functions, the titular energy of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' can heal just about anything, including cuts, broken bones, bad eyes, missing limbs, damaged souls, and under the exact right circumstances, ''death itself''. It is as yet unclear whether it will stop aging.
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* Some versions of the Holy Grail myth had it that the Grail could cure anything, grant immortality, etc. This idea was relished by treasure-seekers for whom a relic of unrivaled holiness just wasn't good enough. The same kind of powers have been attributed to any number of other Christian relics.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the PhilosophersStone item, which can be broken open and used to make a potion which can heal anything up to and including death.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' also has this item. In addition the Alchemist class can (at high levels, and if they take the relevent skill) make one.
** The 3rd Edition supplement ''Creature Collection'': The ewe of the Amalthean Ram gives milk that neutralizes non-magical poisons and diseases in anyone who drinks it.
** There is also Keoghtum's Ointment which can cure various things.
* Warhammer 40,000's background lore features an STC, Standard Template Construct, known as the Panacea which would have led to medical breakthroughs that would save billions of Imperial citizens across the galaxy... if the Dark Eldar Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue hadn't stolen it because Asdrubael Vect dared Lady Aurelia Malys to do it.
[[folder: Video Games ]]
* '''General''': The panacea is one of the StandardRPGItems, and comes in a few flavours. The weakest and most common is a standard "antidote" item that cures UniversalPoison. The rarest is a "cure" item that works against a specific "disease" condition. There is also a "panacea" item in most games that fixes ''all'' StandardStatusEffects.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' Yuri, Karol, and Estelle try to use a panacea bottle to heal the big cherry blossom tree in Halure and, from then on, it becomes a regular item that cures both physical and magical ailments.
* Panacea is a summonable item in ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' ([[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything along with everything else]]). In the sequel it heals any sick or diseased creature, and renders an already healthy one invincible.
* The goal of one subplot in ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' is to make a perfect medicine in order to cure a terminally ill girl.
* In ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', you retrieve a "cure-all" pill from the abandoned hospital in the labyrinth. The full curative abilities of this medicine are unknown, but it heals Curly Brace (who is a ''{{r|idiculouslyHumanRobots}}obot'') from unspecified debilitating injuries.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has disease curing potions than are easy to make or buy, raw ingredinces such as hawk feathers and charred rat skin that cure diseases on their own and if that's too much bother praying at a local shrine will have the same effect, plus a deity specific blessing. Curing vampirism and lycanthropy is a different story however.
[[folder: Web Original ]]
* Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-500 SCP-500]], pills that cure any disease, but there's just about fifty of them and they're impossible to replicate perfectly (though knockoffs ''can'' work if you're lucky).
** Later, [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-427 SCP-427: the Lovecraftian Locket]] was developed that has eclipsed it in use. It has its own problems like overexposure, though.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' has a character named Panacea who is capable of healing any injury or disease.
** [[LethalHarmlessPowers Even]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes non-obesity, virility, lack of allergic reaction to air, and a host of other "ailments"]]. [[spoiler: Just ask Glory Girl.]]
[[folder: Web Comics ]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Solstoria}}'' has a character who is searching for a panacea for her mom.


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Hi chowhounders!
I'm helping a friend plan her daughter's bat mitzvah (big party for 13 year old and parents combined.) we are looking for a venue in greater boston that could hold about 150- 200 people, and I'd be soooooo thrilled if we could keep the cost under $25,000
Any ideas from you guys, whom I know are the experts would be extremely appreciated!!!
Thanks soo much,
You'll want to call the State House and ask for their list of historic venues for event rental. If you go to a hotel, they take care of everyhing, but if you just rent an event space, you'll need to bring in caterer,table and chairs, china etc.; florist, music etc. I don't know current rental rates, but for lower cost venues,look into:
Camb. Multicultural Center
Museum of Industry in Waltham
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In 2014, most people use the internet rather than call the State House.
Additional research also can be conducted online. At the end of the day, though, I'm not sure this is going to be the OP's cheapest option.
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I recently threw a party for 300 at an Elks club. The room was HUGE and really nice and it was in the $200-300 range for 6 hours.. AND that included all tables/chairs AND bartenders for a cash bar.. (they make most of their money on the booze but drinks were still cheaper than restaurants/clubs. Saves a ton of money that way as you dont have to buy lots of bottles of booze that dont get finished.
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The one i used was in leominster which isnt in the OP area but Elks and similar halls are all over the place.
Places like Spinelli's on Route 1 or Montvale Plaza on Montvale Ave in Stoneham are an all in one function spaces large enough for 200 people and where you can most likely get the entire food/hall for well under 25K. There are also places you can rent, such at 2 Seaport Lane (2 level lobby area very pretty and unusual for an event) where you may be able to get it also for well under 25K. What area of Greater Boston are you looking at? Check out a few catering websites and see what venue's they cater at and go from there.
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Four Million Rural Kenyans to Get Safe Drinking Water Thanks to New LifeStraw® 'Carbon For Water(TM)' Program
KAKAMEGA, Kenya, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Close to one million LifeStraw(®) Family water filters will be donated and installed in households in the Western Province of Kenya beginning on 26 April 2011. The province-wide, door-to-door, free distribution program will last five weeks and will reach about 90 percent of all homes without access to safe municipal water sources. It will provide at least ten years worth of safe drinking water for Kenyan residents and do so without any cost to local residents, governmental agencies or donor groups.
Vestergaard Frandsen fully funded the "Carbon For Water(TM)" program (see www.carbonforwater.com), which will be reimbursed with carbon financing. This unique funding model gives companies in developed countries potential revenue, in the form of carbon credits, for sponsoring programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. Carbon credits can then be sold to carbon credit buyers that want to reduce their carbon footprint or improve their environmental stewardship. The revenue generated will largely be reinvested into the project to make it sustainable for at least ten years.
Putting Carbon Financing to Work
Each LifeStraw(®) Family water filter delivers at least 18,000 liters of U.S. EPA-quality drinking water, enough to supply a family of four with safe drinking water for at least three years. Kenyans who receive them will no longer have to treat water by boiling it using wood fuel, which generates greenhouse gasses. This behavioral change is expected to produce more than two million tons of carbon emission reductions annually.
Vestergaard Frandsen is making the initial investment of more than USD$25 million needed to launch the program. "Start-up costs are especially steep considering the need to manufacture and transport 900,000 LifeStraw(®) Family water filters to a rural community hundreds of miles from a major port, and to hire and train more than 4,000 community health workers and 4,000 drivers to distribute and educate residents on proper usage of the water filters," explained Mr. Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO of Vestergaard Frandsen. "Longer term, the company will employ hundreds of Kenyans for at least ten years to maintain more than 30 repair and replacement centers that will be set up throughout Western Province, and to provide ongoing community education."
The "Carbon For Water(TM)" program holds the potential for long-term sustainability of a point-of-use water purifiers program. "This is one of the largest water treatment projects ever done without government or public sector funding. It will also be the first that directly links carbon credits with safe drinking water," observed Dr. Evan Thomas of Manna Energy Limited which partnered with Vestergaard Frandsen to develop the carbon finance architecture and smartphone informed database. The "Carbon For Water(TM)" program will be coordinated in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation.
While Africa is considered among the most at-risk areas for climate change, less than 5% of carbon projects are based there. The "Carbon For Water"(TM) program makes a very important correction to the imbalance that exists in the global carbon market. This is important because environmental experts believe that it's preferable to encourage a country to build environmental protection into long-term development plans, rather than force them to clean up after industrialization has occurred and negatively impacted the health and environment. The program can combat disease and insure environmental sustainability by reducing the use of wood and other fuels for cooking fires and removing tons of carbon from the atmosphere. This should make the "Carbon For Water"(TM) program a key element in achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal #7 on sustainability and access to safe drinking water.
As the supplier of the water filters, Vestergaard Frandsen will earn the carbon credits. Since the company only gets paid for the performance of the water filters in reducing emissions, it has a strong incentive to invest the revenue it earns back into the program – to maintain and replenish the LifeStraw(®) Family water filters and to educate residents on proper and consistent usage.
Vestergaard Frandsen has received ongoing collaborative support for the "Carbon For Water Program(TM)" from the United Nations Development Programme. In February 2011, after a rigorous validation process, the program was approved as a voluntary project under the prestigious Gold Standard certification scheme.
Once the program is operational, monitoring by an accredited independent auditing agency will take place every six months. The auditor will verify that the emission reductions are accurate, and carbon credits will only be issued after each verification.
The Worldwide Water Crisis
"Innovative and sustainable solutions to the global water crisis are critically important," explained Mr. Vestergaard Frandsen. According to 2010 World Health Organization data, almost 1 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing 1.5 million children every year. Children who are malnourished or have impaired immunity are most at risk of life-threatening diarrhea. "We are hopeful that the "Carbon For Water(TM)" program will also have a positive impact not only on diarrhea disease but also reducing respiratory disease by reducing particulate matter in the homes, a major killer of children in Kenya and the developing world," added Mr. Vestergaard Frandsen. According to the WHO, pneumonia is the single largest cause of death in children worldwide.
"The use of the LifeStraw® Family water filter can reduce child mortality and improve maternal health by providing access to safe drinking water. When considered in these terms, access to safe drinking water from LifeStraw® Family can effectively address Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, and 6."
Every year, pneumonia kills an estimated 1.6 million children under the age of five years, accounting for 18% of all deaths of children under five years old worldwide. Environmental factors, including indoor air pollution caused by cooking and heating with biomass fuels such as wood, increase a child's susceptibility to pneumonia.
"If the "Carbon For Water(TM)" program can become a model for significantly reducing diarrhea and respiratory diseases it will be a home run for the people of Kenya and many other developing countries for achieving MDGs 4,5,6," concluded Mr. Vestergaard Frandsen.
"Point-of-source solutions are often not completed because of bureaucratic gridlock or break down due to a lack of maintenance. Point-of-use solutions, such as LifeStraw(®) Family, are widely seen by academic researchers as the most effective intervention to deliver safe drinking water," Mr. Vestergaard Frandsen added.
Program Impact
The program targets four of the eight UN Millennium Goals including: Goal 4: Reduce child mortality; Goal 5: Improve maternal health; Goal 6: Combat diseases; and Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability. It is also aligned with the U.S. Strategy for Meeting the MDGs which states that successful programs must address the need for sustainable development and create a strong link between cost-effective investment and measurable impact.
Vestergaard Frandsen (VF) is a European company specializing in disease control products. VF operates under a unique Humanitarian Entrepreneurship business model. This "profit for a purpose" approach has turned corporate social responsibility into its core business of creating life-saving products for the developing world. Strong support of the MDGs is a defining characteristic of the company. Its products are designed to prevent waterborne, vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases. For more information about the company please visit www.vestergaard-frandsen.com.
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This year's Thunchan Literary Festival will begin at Thunchan Paramba, Tirur, on Februrary 1.
Kendra Sahithya Akademi president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari will inaugurate the festival on February 1 morning. Jnanpith laureate and Thunchan Memorial Trust chairman M.T. Vasudevan Nair will preside.
Writer M.K. Sanoo will inaugurate a book festival. M.P. Abdussamad Samadani, MLA, will deliver the keynote address. Writer B. Rajeevan will deliver the Thunchan Memorial Lecture.
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Writer Amiya Dev will inaugurate a seminar on 'Indian literature: the changing concept of family and kinship' jointly sponsored by Kerala Sahithya Akademi and the Thunchan Memorial Trust on February 2 morning. Writer C. Radhakrishnan will preside. Jnanpith laureate Chandrasekhar Kambara will be the chief guest.
Swami Agnivesh will inaugurate a seminar on 'Democracy, secularism, and communalism' on February 4. On February 5, writer Satchidanandan will inaugurate the South Indian poets' conference. Several South Indian poets will present their poems at the meet. Malayalam University Vice-Chancellor K. Jayakumar will inaugurate the valedictory session on February 5.
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US 7889782 B2 Abstract A correlator (140) for de-spreading a spread-spectrum signal includes a state machine (205), a frequency correction look-up table (207), a pseudorandom code generator (209), and a correlator structure (301 and 801). The spread-spectrum signal includes symbols, and each symbol includes a plurality of chips. The correlator structure includes a plurality of taps (309 and 809) at which a coordinate rotation digital computer (CORDIC) operation is performed to determine an offset from a nominal carrier frequency of the spread-spectrum signal and to change a phase of each chip of a received symbol, in order to correct a carrier frequency of the spread-spectrum signal while de-spreading the spread-spectrum signal.
Claims(20) 1. A correlator for de-spreading a digitally-modulated signal including a plurality of symbols, each symbol spread among a plurality of chips, the digitally-modulated signal having a nominal carrier frequency, the correlator comprising:
a tapped delay line including a plurality of registers, each register for holding a chip of a symbol of the digitally-modulated signal as a function of time;
a frequency correction generator for outputting a plurality of sets of phase rotation tap weights to the tapped delay line, each set of phase rotation tap weights corresponding to a frequency offset of an actual carrier frequency of the digitally-modulated signal from the nominal carrier frequency; and
taps operatively coupled to registers for performing a tap weight operation on each chip to rotate a phase of each chip to correct the frequency offset from the nominal carrier frequency and for performing another tap weight operation on each chip to de-spread the digitally-modulated signal.
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7. A method of operating a correlator in a receiver, the receiver receiving a coded-modulation spread spectrum signal including a plurality of symbols, the coded-modulation spread spectrum signal having a nominal carrier frequency and a packet structure comprising a preamble followed by a payload, comprising the steps of:
during reception of a preamble, correlating a received symbol with a same de-spreading code a plurality of times, each correlation performed at a different frequency offset from the nominal carrier frequency, to determine an indication of an actual carrier frequency of the received coded-modulation spread spectrum signal; and
based upon the actual carrier frequency determined, selecting a plurality of tap weights for the correlator to compensate for the actual carrier frequency of the coded-modulation spread spectrum signal.
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during reception of a payload, correlating each received symbol with both a plurality of de-spreading codes and the plurality of tap weights, to de-spread and correct the frequency of the coded-modulation spread spectrum signal.
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13. A correlator for de-spreading a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) signal, the DSSS signal including symbols, the DSSS signal having a nominal carrier frequency, the correlator comprising:
a correlator structure having a plurality of taps, each tap having a tap weight;
a frequency correction generator for outputting a plurality of sets of phase rotation tap weights, each set of phase rotation tap weights corresponding to a pre-determined offset of an actual carrier frequency of the DSSS signal from the nominal carrier frequency;
a pseudorandom code generator for outputting a plurality of sets of de-spreading tap weights, each set of de-spreading tap weights corresponding to a pre-determined pseudorandom code for de-spreading the DSSS signal; and
a controller for selectively controlling application of the sets of de-spreading tap weights and the phase rotation tap weights to the taps.
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Description 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to radio frequency receivers, and more specifically to a correlator used for de-spreading a spread spectrum radio signal. 2. Related Art Direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) is used in many communication systems, such as in the global positioning system (GPS); cellular protocols such as IS-95, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) and CDMA2000; and wireless local area network (LAN) and personal area network (PAN) protocols such as IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi�) and IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee�). The term �DSSS� used herein refers to any digital modulation scheme in which a group of M information bits is mapped at a transmitter to one N-chip codeword of a set of N-chip codewords prior to modulation using, for example, phase modulation, then de-mapped at a receiver from a received N-chip codeword to a group of M information bits during demodulation. Because the N-chip codeword has more chips than there are bits in the associated group of M information bits (i.e., N>M), the mapping and de-mapping are referred to as spreading and de-spreading, respectively. A radio receiver typically uses a correlator to de-spread a received DSSS signal. The correlator structure is a tapped delay line, or a first-in, first-out buffer, for storing DSSS chips. A known complex correlator implementation is an N-tap correlator, with each tap having an associated tap weight, or coefficient, of C0 through CN−1. Typically, each chip of a received noisy signal is inputted to the delay line. Each chip represents a complex sample I+jQ of a received DSSS signal. The correlator receives noisy samples that are complex in general, but are sometimes real valued. The building block of a complex correlator is a tap weight operation. The tap weight operation is a quadrant rotation (i.e., a multiplication by +1, −1, +j or −j) that is applied at each tap of a correlator for de-spreading a pseudorandom (PN) code of the DSSS signal. The correlator has two adder trees, one for the real part and one for the imaginary part. In most DSSS systems, the correlator coefficients, C0 through CN−1 are binary real (�1) or binary complex (�1, �j) valued that can also be represented using binary logical (0, 1) values. Correlator de-spreaders that are used in DSSS receivers require a low frequency error. In complex de-spreading implementations, the correlator output is degraded if the received signal has a frequency offset. For the simple case of no frequency error and no additive receiver noise, an expected value at the output of each tap is a complex vector with magnitude Ec*ejφ, where Ec is the received energy per chip and φ is an arbitrary phase rotation of the received signal. In a simple case with no frequency error, the sum of all N taps is N*Ec*exp(jφ). Expanding this simple case to include a frequency offset for the received signal, the output of each tap has a phase error represented by ejθ(n). For a constant frequency error, the phase error per tap, θ, is a linear function of the tap index:
When Δθ approaches 0, the correlator output magnitude approaches N*Ec. However, as Δθ increases, the sin(kN)/sin(k) term decreases resulting in a loss in correlator output magnitude. When additive receiver noise is present, the loss in correlator output magnitude equates to a loss of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the correlator output. To limit this loss in SNR, some type of frequency correction is often used prior to the correlator to reduce the frequency error. The frequency correction prior to the correlator is accomplished using any of a variety of known methods depending on the system protocol. Accordingly, a complex correlator structure is typically preceded by a frequency correction stage. The frequency correction stage usually includes a digital oscillator (e−j2π*fe*n) and a complex mixer to correct a frequency offset fe. There are at least two known methods of performing frequency estimation and correction prior to de-spreading. Most DSSS system protocols include one of a dedicated synchronization (sync) channel that is used to acquire a frequency estimate, and a packet preamble of sufficient duration to allow frequency estimation. Then, using either method, the frequency can be corrected at a frequency correction stage prior to the correlator. The first known method of performing frequency estimation and correction prior to de-spreading, which uses a dedicated sync channel or has sync packets that are independent of the data packet, is used with the CDMA and GSM protocols. These dedicated sync channel/packets are used to estimate the frequency error, sometimes including averaging. The second known method of performing frequency estimation and correction prior to de-spreading, which uses a long preamble during which the receiver has sufficient signal processing time to estimate the frequency error, is used with the 802.11b protocol. In both methods, a frequency correction term is applied to the received data channel/packet before the packet header and payload arrive at the correlator. The packet structure of the 802.15.4 protocol comprises a preamble of eight (8) symbols followed by a payload of up to 256 symbols. Each symbol comprises four (4) bits. Each bit comprises eight (8) DSSS chips. Each chip has a duration of 16 μsec. The 802.15.4 standard allows for a maximum clock drift of 40 ppm in a transmitter and 40 ppm in a receiver. With the 802.15.4 protocol, frequency error estimation is particularly challenging because of a large frequency error permitted by the protocol (�80 ppm or FreqError/ChipRate=�0.0975), which is random from one received packet to the next, and because of the shortness of the preamble that is available for acquiring chip sync, detecting the preamble and estimating the frequency offset. A short preamble of the 802.15.4 protocol, combined with low SNR and low inter-symbol interference (ISI), does not provide enough time for a receiver to perform reliable frequency estimation prior to the correlator. Therefore, traditional techniques for frequency estimation and correction do not work well for a receiver receiving signals transmitted according to the 802.15.4 protocol. The low frequency error at the correlator is typically accomplished via a frequency correction operation such as an automatic frequency control (AFC) prior to the de-spreading operation. However, AFC cannot be used with 802.15.4 receivers because the preamble of the protocol is too short. Although the preamble of the 802.15.4 protocol consists of eight (8) symbols, the first four (4) codewords of which are typically distorted during a settling period of an automatic gain control of the receiver; therefore, only the last four symbols are available for AFC, which are an insufficient number of symbols. Known techniques for frequency correction for 802.15.4 receivers require performing either differentially-coherent detection or some method of frequency correction prior to de-spreading (i.e., prior to the correlator). In some known 802.15.4 integrated circuits, frequency error effects are mitigated using differentially-coherent detection, which comprises passing the original codes through a differential detector prior to the correlator to produce a modified set of de-spreading codes, then using the modified set of de-spreading codes at the correlator. Although the differentially-coherent detection technique tolerates the �80 ppm frequency error permitted by the 802.15.4 protocol without any frequency correction, it does so at the expense of a reduction in receive sensitivity and a reduction in multipath delay spread tolerance. Still other known 802.15.4 receivers do not perform frequency correction at all, and, consequently, have poor link performance. All known correlator structures in spread-spectrum receiver demodulators are used only for the sole purpose of de-spreading. The present invention is illustrated by way of example and is not limited by the accompanying figures, in which like references indicate similar elements. Elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. The set of phase correction coefficients 224 and the PN code 226 are used within the correlator structure 201 to operate on the received I and Q samples. An output 237 from the correlator structure 201 is presented back to the state machine 205. The state machine 205 then determines a symbol 241 from the magnitude of the output 237 and from a current value of one of the frequency index 211 and the code index 213. The state machine 205 keeps the output 237 of the correlator structure 201 synchronized to a corresponding frequency index 211 and code index 213. During preamble detection, the state machine 205 performs a peak detection of the output of the correlator across all frequency indexes 211 and determines a maximum correlator peak for a particular frequency index. A best frequency index is selected based on the maximum correlator peaks over a span of symbols. After the preamble is detected and a best frequency index 211 has been determined, the best frequency index 211 is maintained constant during a remainder of the packet. During data demodulation, while the best frequency index 211 is maintained, the state machine 205 then cycles through the different code indexes 213 and selects the code index corresponding to the maximum correlator output magnitude. A received noisy signal is inputted to the tapped delay line 306 at two samples per chip. The I and Q discrete samples are first stored in registers of the tapped delay line 306. The content of each register represents a complex sample I+jQ. The output of the tapped delay line is then manipulated to perform joint de-spreading and frequency correction. This frequency-corrected output is then used to perform M-ary symbol decisions. In the exemplary embodiment, M=16. In the exemplary embodiment, the correlator operates at 48 MHz. In the exemplary embodiment, each tap has three stages. The CORDIC coefficients produce a quadrant phase rotation to 0�, 90�, 180� or 270� in the first stage. The CORDIC coefficients also produce a phase rotation of �26� and �14�, in the second and third stages, respectively. An approach to improving frequency error estimation is found by recognizing that correcting a frequency error is equivalent to performing a time-varying phase correction, which needs to be phase continuous only over the length of the correlator structure 201. Frequency correction is accomplished by applying a time-varying periodic phase shift to a received complex signal, where the frequency index 211 determines a rate of change of the phase shift per sample. This approach is illustrated in A complex multiplier requires four real multiplications and two additions. A same result can be obtained using the CORDIC operation. Also, when implemented in limited bit-precision, a quantization error of the x and y components results in noise in both the phase and the magnitude terms of Ae−jθ. The quantization error in the magnitude term will degrade the SNR at the correlator output decibel for decibel. The quantization error in the phase term has a much smaller impact that is proportional to the sin(*) of the phase error. Although the correlator structure 201 may be sensitive to amplitude errors, advantageously the CORDIC operation, by its nature, does not contribute any amplitude errors to the output of the correlator. This is because the complex phase rotation only changes the angle, and not the magnitude, of the output of the correlator structure 201. The CORDIC operation has many forms, and the most general form is an iterative form, described as follows: Step one, quadrant rotation: Rotate by 0, π/2, π, or 3π/2, so that remaining angle is within quadrant arc of +π/4 to −π/4, that is,
Step two, CORDIC rotation: The basic CORDIC phase rotation rotates a complex number by angle θi=atan(2−i), where �i� is a positive integer. The CORDIC operation is a simplification of a generic angle rotation formula:
By performing K successive CORDIC operations with increasing �i�, any phase rotation can be approximated, with desired accuracy determined by K.
The CORDIC operation is well known to persons skilled in the art of digital signal processing as a way to implement a phase rotation of a complex number; therefore, it will not be described in further detail herein. The addition of the CORDIC stages to each tap 309 allows the correlator structure 201 to be time-shared to de-spread one signal with multiple frequency offsets, or to de-spread one signal with one frequency offset and multiple codes. The correlator structure 201 adds CORDIC phase rotation operations to the tap weight operations performed in a traditional correlator (not shown). The correlator structure 201 provides frequency estimation and correction with minimal impact to hardware size/area, and enables the correlator structure to be used for joint frequency estimation, frequency correction, and de-spreading. The correlator 140 performs frequency estimation and correction simultaneously with de-spreading, and, therefore, it may overcome a known problem of producing a poor quality frequency estimate caused by the brevity of the 802.15.4 preamble. The receiver 102, which includes the correlator 140, has a 4 dB better sensitivity, a 4 dB better co-channel rejection, and two-times better multipath delay spread performance. For the correlator approach shown in A CORDIC rotation requires fewer coefficients and less die area than a generic complex multiply. In addition, the magnitude of the rotated sample is scaled by a product of 1/cos(θi), for i=1 to K, and this will be a constant that is fixed with K. Therefore, there is no quantization noise for the magnitude component of the rotation. There is quantization noise only with the phase component of the rotation, which is weighted by sin(phase error), and, therefore, contributes significantly less noise. In general, for M-ary symbol detection, during preamble detection, the PN index is fixed at �0� and the frequency index 211 is varied from p=0 to p=P−1, where P is the total number of frequency corrections, to determine the optimum value to compensate for the frequency error. Then, during payload detection, the frequency index 211 is held constant at the optimum value, while the PN code index 213 is varied from m=0 to m=M−1, where M is the total number of PN codes, to determine which of the M codewords, or symbols, of the protocol is being received. In the exemplary embodiment, during the preamble portion of the received packet, the correlator 140 is configured to de-spread only codeword �0�, but at eleven (11) different frequency offsets. The preamble detection logic searches for peaks in the output of the correlator 140 that are separated at time intervals equal to the length of a codeword and that are all occurring at a same frequency offset. The frequency error estimate is calculated from the frequency correction corresponding to a strongest correlator peak. Then, during data detection, only one set of phase correction coefficients is used (corresponding to the frequency correction selected during preamble detection), and the correlator is configured to de-spread a set of received samples using all sixteen (16) possible de-spreading codes. The exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 operates at a chip rate of 2Mchips/sec. The chip rate, Rchip, is calculated as follows. The symbol rate for the 802.15.4 protocol is 62.5 ksymbols/sec, and
The correlator 140 can perform frequency estimation and correction using only two symbols in the preamble. In an alternative exemplary embodiment, the correlator 140 performs frequency estimation and correction using four symbols in the preamble, for additional accuracy. The exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 (i.e., with a K=2 design) is implemented with approximately 24,000 gates of logic. The correlator 140 provides a benefit of approximately twice an increase in radio coverage area. Alternatively, a tradeoff could be made to give up 0.25 to 0.5 dB of performance with an embodiment that has only one CORDIC stage (i.e., K=1), which can be implemented with approximately 19,000 gates of logic. It was found that two CORDIC stages were sufficient for 802.15.4 receiver applications. For applications other than in an 802.15.4 receiver, it is possible that only one, or even zero, CORDIC stages are required, and the frequency correction can still be applied with a corresponding coarse quadrant phase error. The correlator 140 provides an area/cost efficient method to perform joint de-spreading and frequency correction, which improves sensitivity and multipath performance. Utilizing the exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 in an integrated circuit for an 802.15.4 radio re-claims the 4 dB sensitivity, and improves delay spread performance by two times. An additional benefit of the CORDIC operation is that quantization noise caused by a small number of CORDIC stages only adds phase noise, and not magnitude noise, to the output of the correlator 140. Although the CORDIC operation can produce phase rotations of up to 180�, the exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 uses the CORDIC operation to produce phase rotations of only up to 90�. However, in an alternative exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 that has real PN codes, as opposed to imaginary PN codes, the CORDIC operation is used to produce 180� phase rotations. For embodiments having real PN codes (wherein de-spreading involves a multiplication by �1, which is equivalent to a rotation by 0� or 180�), the frequency correction phase rotation is divided into two stages. One stage is a 0� or a 180� rotation, and the other stage is a <180� CORDIC rotation. In this case, the �1 real PN code is combined with the first stage �1 code of the frequency-correction phase rotation. The first stage can be implemented by adding an i=0 stage CORDIC phase rotation to equation [10]. An alternative approach to performing frequency estimation and correction is to implement a bank of correlators structures (not shown) where the frequency into each correlator structure is corrected to one of a set of frequencies separated by 2�7.5=15 ppm. This alternative approach uses eleven (11) FIFO buffers and correlator structures, each with a different frequency correction block in front (−75, −60, −45, −30, −15, 0, +15, +30, +45, +60 and +75 ppm). Eleven (11) different correlator structures allow simultaneous preamble detection on eleven (11) different frequencies, and the correlator structure with the highest magnitude output indicates a frequency offset estimate. In this alternative approach, one correlator structure cannot be time-shared because each has a different frequency correction feeding it. A second alternative approach is to duplicate the entire correlator (memory, quadrant rotator, and adder trees) and add a frequency correction block (not shown) at the input to the correlator. This requires an increase in hardware and power consumption. A third alternative approach is to use a conventional complex multiplier (not shown) to accomplish the phase correction at each tap. This requires four (4) real multiplies, more hardware than the CORDIC approach, and quantization noise is added to both magnitude and phase of the correlator output. It should be understood that all circuitry described herein may be implemented either in silicon or another semiconductor material or alternatively by software code representation of silicon or another semiconductor material. Although the invention is described herein with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. For instance, although the exemplary embodiments show that the quadrant rotation for de-spreading occurs prior to the CORDIC rotations for frequency correction, these operations could take place in a reverse order. Also, although the exemplary embodiments show that the larger CORDIC rotation occurs prior to the smaller CORDIC rotation, these rotations could occur in a reverse order. Although the exemplary embodiment of the receiver 102 operates in the 2.44 GHz band, the invention is applicable with a receiver that operates at other frequency bands. Although the exemplary embodiment of the correlator 140 de-spreads a DSSS signal, the invention is applicable to other types of spread-spectrum signals. Although the exemplary embodiment is for use in an 802.15.4 system, which does not have a dedicated synchronization channel, the invention could also be used to improve receiver performance in a system where there is a dedicated synchronization channel (e.g. cellular). Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. Any benefits, advantages, or solutions to problems that are described herein with regard to specific embodiments are not intended to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or element of any or all the claims. Unless stated otherwise, terms such as �first� and �second� are used to arbitrarily distinguish between the elements such terms describe. Thus, these terms are not necessarily intended to indicate temporal or other prioritization of such elements. Patent Citations
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