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US 6515777 B1 Abstract A signal transmission system has a number of wave division multiplex optical carriers linking a number of switching units arranged in a closed ring network. The carriers are amplified to compensate for loss and attenuation, but the ring gain of each carrier must be less than unity to prevent unwanted signal oscillation. An automatic gain control arrangement is operative for each optical carrier which is detected as being present at a switching unit, and the gain control is disabled for each carrier which is detected as being absent.
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Description This invention relates to a signal transmission system, and more particularly to systems in which an optical carrier is used to carry data traffic. A number of optical carriers, each having a different wavelength, can be sent from an optical transmitter to an optical receiver via a light guide�such a technique is termed wavelength division multiplex (WDM), and each optical carrier able to carry traffic is commonly termed a channel. Optical Add/drop Multiplexers (OADMs) and Optical Cross-connect Switches (OXCs), both of which comprise an optical switching unit, carry multiple traffic signals on the optical channels which are transmitted or received each on a different wavelength via one or a pair of optical fibres. Each OADM and OXC has at least two such wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) ports which can be configured to insert and extract signals from and to tributary ports or to pass signals straight through from one WDM port to another. A common configuration for a network of OADMs or OXCs is a closed ring because it offers an alternative path for every connection allowing protection against failure of the optical fibre. In order to compensate for the loss of the interconnecting fibres and of the optical components within the OADM or OXC, it contains optical amplifiers. In a system containing amplification and a feedback path, the loop gain must be maintained at less than unity as otherwise unwanted oscillation will occur. Under fault conditions, the loop gain of the ring may rise above unity, causing instability and malfunction of the ring. The present invention seeks to provide a signal transmission system in which this difficulty is reduced. According to this invention, a signal transmission system having a plurality of WDM optical carriers, includes a plurality of optical switching units connected in a ring, means present at an optical switching unit for detecting the presence or absence of each individual optical carrier; and means responsive to the detection of the absence of an optical carrier for controlling the ring gain of that optical carrier to be less than unity. Oscillation in one optical channel, which can be induced by automatic gain control in the absence of an optical carrier, can adversely affect other optical channels due to non-linear effects, power hogging in the amplifiers and crosstalk from the possibly high power oscillation. Even if the loop gain of the ring is less than unity Amplifier Spontaneous Emission (ASE) can accumulate in channels not carrying a normal optical signal to a level which can interfere with adjacent channels. The optical switching unit may be an OADM or an OXC or other equivalent, and the following discussion of OADMs is applicable to such equivalents. In OADMs which may be reconfigured (i.e. changes in the channels added, dropped and passed through) some degree of automatic gain control (AGC) is advisable to maintain the power of individual optical channels at a substantially fixed level. Precautions should be taken to ensure that operation of the AGC does not raise the overall gain of any optical channel to a value where oscillation or a disruptive level of ASE accumulation occurs under any conditions. Transient effects can also be a significant problem in linear and ring networks of OADMs resulting from both deliberate changes in the number of channels being carried and during fault conditions. Consider the case when a channel has no optical signal present on it. The AGC function on that channel at each OADM would set itself to maximum gain/minimum loss in an attempt to maintain the power level. When a signal is turned on for that channel the gain at each OADM will be higher than required until the AGC control loops have time to respond. During this transient this signal at each OADM will be raised to an increasingly high level at which it will hog the available power of the optical amplifiers, reducing the signal levels of pre-existing channels and adversely affecting the traffic on them. The transient exists until the AGC control loops settle to their target output powers and optical amplifier control loops accommodate to the increased total output power. While this effect can be partially alleviated by slowly ramping up the power of the new optical signal source this places constraints on the time constants of the various amplifier and AGC control loops. Under fault conditions ramping up the power of the source may not be possible. These difficulties are reduced by the present invention. The invention is further described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 shows part of a signal transmission system in accordance with the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 show alternative configurations of part of the system in greater detail. Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown therein just part of a signal transmission system in which a plurality of optical switching units comprising OADMs and OXCs are connected in a bidirectional closed ring. Only a single optical switching unit is shown. The figure illustrates just one unidirectional signal path for a WDM optical signal from one input WDM port 1 to one WDM output port 2 via an optical switch 3, which can be part of an OADM or an OXC as the case may be. In practice, an OADM would usually have the same configuration repeated so as to also carry signals in the opposite direction to that illustrated. OXCs will usually have a multiplicity of input and output ports interconnected by a more complicated optical switch. The system is first described assuming that it operates under fault-free conditions. The input port 1 is connected to an AGC arrangement 4 which maintains a constant power per channel (i.e. optical wavelength) at point 5 independently of the input power per channel at port 1. Typically the input signal at port 1 contains at least eight optical channels, each at a different optical wavelength. An optical amplifier 6 operates in a gain controlled regime having a flat frequency response so as to amplify each optical channel equally, thereby giving a constant power per channel at point 7. An optical demultiplexer 8 separates the optical channels by wavelength onto individual optical waveguides 9 for cross connection by means of the optical switch 3. Input and output ports 16 of the optical switch allow channels to be added or dropped. The outputs of the optical switch 3 will be from different inputs depending on configuration so that the optical power per channel point 10 has some variation. A further AGC arrangement 11 maintains a constant power per channel at points 12. These channels are combined into a WDM signal by optical multiplexer 13. The loss, or signal attenuation introduced by the multiplexer 13 is substantially constant for each optical channel and optical amplifier 14 operates in a gain-controlled regime so that the optical power per channel at the output port 2 is maintained substantially constant. The combined effect of the AGC arrangements 4 and 11 and gain-controlled amplifiers 6 and 14 ensures that the gain from the output of one OADM (one OADM being shown in FIG. 1) through a section of interconnecting fibre 15 to the output of the next OADM is nominally unity with a small spread. Where traffic is carried in a ring there must be at least two nodes (the nodes sourcing and sinking the traffic) where the optical switches are in the add/drop configuration. The through loss of the switch in the add/drop configuration is large, typically 30 dB, which, for both nodes means that the loop gain is reduced by 60 dB. This is very much greater than the worst case sum of gain spread above nominal for all hops in the ring. The loop gain of the ring is therefore guaranteed to be much less than unity. Port 1 also receives a supervisory optical channel which does not carry traffic, and is used for signalling and management purposes. This is extracted by the supervisory channel extract unit 17, and its signalling information routed to control logic 18, which is linked to the operation of the optical switch 3, and the AGC arrangements 11. One function of the control logic is described in connection with FIG. 3. The control logic 18 reformats the supervisory channel and inserts it by a supervisory channel insert unit 19 onto the output port 2. Considering fault conditions, should the source of an optical signal fail, AGC arrangement 11 forming part of that channel would increase its gain in an attempt to maintain a constant power at point 12. This would happen at each OADM in the ring subsequent to the failure so that the through gain for this failed channel would be substantially increased, say by X dB. The overall loop gain in a ring of N OADMs would be increased by N�X dB. As an example, take X=10 dB and N=8, then the loop gain would increase by 80 dB which is more than the loss of the optical switches at the source and sink nodes. The loop gain around the ring would be far greater than unity so oscillation would then occur at the wavelength of this optical channel. In order to avoid this difficulty, the AGC arrangement 11 includes means of detecting that its input optical signal is absent, and in response to that overrides the gain control mechanism to set it to minimum gain. FIGS. 2 and 3 show alternative arrangements for achieving this condition. Referring to FIG. 2, the input port 10 is connected to the output port 12 via a variable gain/loss device 20. The port 12 is also connected via an optical power detector 21 to a control unit 22 which adjusts the gain or loss of the device 20, so as to comprise a feedback loop. An additional optical power detector 23 at the input port 10 feeds a threshold detector 24, such that when the optical power level at port 10 falls below a threshold value (the fail condition) the output of a comparator 24 changes state. The threshold value is set by the reference input 25 and it is this threshold which determines the level at which an input channel is present or absent. If necessary, the threshold can be adjusted to determine an optimum level for reliability of operation. The comparator 24 provides an additional input to the control unit 22 to disable the feedback loop, and to force the variable gain/loss device 20 to its lowest gain or maximum loss. In practice, the device 20 may be a variable gain amplifier having a gain characteristic which is flat across the wavelength band of interest, or alternatively it can be a variable attenuator followed by a preset-gain amplifier. Referring to FIG. 3, an alternative arrangement is shown which avoids the need for the second optical detector 23 of FIG. 2. In addition to illustrating the AGC arrangement 11, it shows modifications to the optical switching unit of FIG. 1. A feedback loop comprises a variable gain/loss device 30, an optical power detector 31, and a control unit 32, in a manner similar to FIG. 2. The optical detector 31 is coupled to one input of a comparator 33 whose output changes state to the fail condition if the optical power at point 12 is less than the value the AGC loop is attempting to be maintain. This mechanism cannot be used directly to set the AGC loop to minimum gain/max loss because recovery from this condition would not be possible. The fail condition is signalled to the next OADM in the ring via a supervisory channel transmitter 34. The supervisory channel may be carried on an optical channel additional to those carrying traffic, known as an optical supervisory channel, or by other means. The next OADM on the ring extracts the signalled condition of the optical channels by means of the supervisory channel receiver 17 and by knowledge of the configuration of the optical switch can determine in control logic 18 whether the failed optical channel is connected to one of its variable gain/loss devices 30. If it is, the control logic 18 overrides the AGC loss forcing it to set the variable gain/loss device 30 to lowest gain/maximum loss. The fault condition is signalled on to the next OADM as before on the supervisory channel via the supervisory channel insert unit 34. The result is that the AGC arrangement 11 in the first OADM which detects the fail condition sets to highest gain/minimum loss but all AGC arrangements 11 for this failed channel in subsequent OADMs are set to lowest gain/maximum loss. The overall gain around the ring is therefore held substantially less than unity. In both FIGS. 2 and 3 the variable gain/loss element may be an optical amplifier (Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, or Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier) or an electrically controlled optical attenuator. Both of these solutions also greatly reduce the effect of transient power changes since at most one OADM, or other optical switching unit, is operating at maximum gain and all subsequent OADMs operate at maximum loss until after the new signal is applied. The speed of the AGC control loop is designed so that when the new signal is detected it ramps up the amplitude sufficiently slowly to allow the optical amplifiers to accommodate to the increasing output power required without affecting the pre-existing channels. Patent Citations
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Seraiki Sindh Punjab pakistan districts[edit]
Which districts of Sindh speak Seraiki and which districts of Punjab speak Seraiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 02:30, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- There are no majority Saraiki districts in Sindh. In Punjab, the Saraiki-majority districts are Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah, and pretty much most of the area south of that. It is also the dominant language of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. saɪm duʃan Talk|Contribs 16:44, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Water Tankering[edit]
can i get more details about this word "water tankering"? we are using this word during emergency response. but still its not available in english language. we need to include this word to be part of language. how can we do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 11:13, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- The fact that you've used it shows that it is part of the English language. What would you like to see happen? --TammyMoet (talk) 11:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, the fact that he's used it doesn't show any such thing. I could use the phrase "My flubducket is beeshed", but it wouldn't help those words become English. In this case, there is not currently any such word as "tankering", since "to tanker" is not a verb. What we have here, therefore, is a neologism. I think the OP is asking how a neologism – a word invented out of necessity – can become a generally accepted term. And the answer is, only through widespread usage. You can't make it an English word on your own. --Viennese Waltz 12:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Well, "tankering" (meaning to convey by tanker) does seem to have quite wide use, at least in the UK haulage industry. A Google search for "tankering" brings up pages of results. Andidrain, Watling Hope, Harpers Environmental Services and many others appear to have no need to explain the meaning of the word to their customers. There was a bit of a row a few years ago because the BBC said that the Queen had been "helicoptered" to Northern Ireland. The concensus seemed to be that if nobody used new words, then the language would stagnate. Alansplodge (talk) 12:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah but the problem with that is that there was no need for the BBC to say that she had been "helicoptered", since they could just as well have said "taken by helicopter". It's just a silly and needless attempt to make the sentence sound more snappy and dramatic. The same goes for "tankering". If I was a haulier I would only ever say "brought/conveyed by tanker". --Viennese Waltz 13:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Such a haulier than thou attitude...for shame!Matt Deres (talk) 14:24, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- "It's a silly[citation needed] and needless[citation needed] attempt to make the sentence sound more snappy and dramatic[citation needed]". --ColinFine (talk) 15:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- In both those examples, the new word replaces a series of words. This seems like a valid reason to create a new word, provided the word would be often used. By contrast, coining a new word which is rarely used or longer than what it replaces would be a poor reason. StuRat (talk) 18:25, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Exactly why "transition" will never, ever be a better choice of verb than "move", "go", "change" etc. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 21:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- It may be a neologism, but it's already in use in Wikipedia. Nestlé Waters North America#Regional brands tells us that a product contains "spring water tankered in from Cedar Valley Spring". As an Australian I'm certain I've heard folks who live out of town tell me they'd had "water tankered in" during drought periods, so I Googled that expression, and got 1740 hits from all over the place. The meaning is clear. It saves words. My old English teachers would turn in their graves, but hey, it's a living language. HiLo48 (talk) 18:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- I see potential confusion between "tankered" and "tankard". StuRat (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
- Not as much confusion as Winston Churchill, who used the verb "to train" meaning "to convey by train". When, in his The Second World War, he wrote about training troops, he sometimes meant that they were moved by train, rather than undergoing training. The standard military jargon of the day was "entrain". Alansplodge (talk) 16:39, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- I see potential confusion between "tankered" and "tankard". StuRat (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Ramayana etymologies[edit]
Hi, I am looking for the etymologies of the principal places mentioned in the Ramayana. I have found some on Wikipedia but not others. Can anyone help me fill in the list. Thanks, 22.214.171.124 (talk) 12:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Ayodhya - invincible
- Kosala -
- Kaikeya/Kekaya -
- Mithila -
- Videha - bodiless or dead
- Chitrakoot - hill of wonders
- Dandaka -
- Kishkindha -
- Lanka - island
- Patala -
- Kailash - crystal
Some of the names might well be Dravidian rather than having Sanskrit (or in general Indo-Aryan) roots. —Tamfang (talk) 21:29, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hmm that's interesting, but I would still want the etymologies. Have changed the title. 18.104.22.168 (talk) 22:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Grammar dispute[edit]
Top of the mornin', all. A friend and I just had a rather nasty grammar dispute (laughable as it might seem). The sentence in question was: "Giant pandas are by nature extremely solitary animals." and the dispute was whether parenthetical commas were required to surround "by nature." It was my opinion that they are not needed but optional, as "by nature" is merely an adverbial phrase that modifies "are," and if replaced by a one-word adverb (such as "naturally") no commas would be needed; moreover it was my stylistic opinion that they ought to be omitted to avoid disrupting the flow of the sentence. My friend argued that they are mandatory as "by nature" must be treated as a parenthetical and that my substitution of "naturally" was fallacious. Now, I know no normal person would care and this is straight-up prescriptivist pedantry, but who is right in this case? Thanks. 220.127.116.11 (talk) 21:24, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- You are. Requiring commas would be extremely silly prescriptivism. I'm quite sure you can find thousands of cases of respected writers using adverbial phrases after verbs without commas, so the English language as it actually exists allows this. Incidentally, I would say that the effect of using commas is to draw more of the reader's attention to the adverbial phrase. Duoduoduo (talk) 21:51, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- (ec) Tne usual test of whether a phrase is parenthetical is to remove it and see if what's left makes sense (and not just any sense but the same sense as before): "Giant pandas are extremely solitary animals" makes the original sense, so "by nature" is officially parenthetical. The pedant in me is wanting to agree with your friend, but I know in my heart that, if I were writing the full sentence, I would not use commas.
- Now, if it had been "by their very nature", rather than just "by nature", the commas would definitely have been there. The only difference seems to be the length of the phrase. They're both parenthetical, and the comma rules should apply equally regardless of their length. But maybe that's taking pedantry too far. I think there are cases where a pedant would be completely justified in their position, but we can quite validly choose to override the official rules for reasons of stylistic or aesthetic preference. The rules are there to help and guide, but we are not their slaves.
- So, let your friend write it his way if he's writing it, and you write it your way if you're writing it. There's room for both versions in this crazy mixed-up world, and thank God people have different preferences about things. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 21:54, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Wtgpr, I can't see how that's a useful contribution, Stu. All you're saying is you're on the side of the OP's friend, but you don't say why. The OP wants to know why. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 22:37, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- This being the language desk, perhaps the Aussies here could inform us approximately what "wtgpr" stands for? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:15, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- It's not an Aussie thing. Seems I just made it up, but I did so assuming it already had a life. It means "With the greatest possible respect". -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 09:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Kudos. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
- It's not an Aussie thing. Seems I just made it up, but I did so assuming it already had a life. It means "With the greatest possible respect". -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 09:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- This being the language desk, perhaps the Aussies here could inform us approximately what "wtgpr" stands for? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:15, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- ...man is by nature a political animal... etc. etc.--Luboslov Yezykin (talk) 22:17, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- To my eye, it isn't that even the commas are optional -- they actually degrade the readability of the sentence and ought to be omitted. Certainly if I were copy-editing a text with that sentence and the commas were there, I would remove them. You wouldn't pause there when speaking, so you shouldn't put commas in when writing. Angr (talk) 22:53, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Mind you, that's not always a reliable rule of thumb. There are many cases where there's no pause when speaking but a comma is absolutely mandatory. Also, how people speak is very individual and is not always a reliable guide to anything. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 23:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- To my eye, it isn't that even the commas are optional -- they actually degrade the readability of the sentence and ought to be omitted. Certainly if I were copy-editing a text with that sentence and the commas were there, I would remove them. You wouldn't pause there when speaking, so you shouldn't put commas in when writing. Angr (talk) 22:53, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- I don't even think the by nature is a parenthetical phrase here. I'm pretty comma happy myself, but here the "by nature" is an explanation as to why they are extremely solitary, if not a satisfying one. In my mind, the by nature shouldn't be in commas because it's an important part of the sentence. Mingmingla (talk) 00:51, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- I disagree with that, Mingmingla. It can safely be removed without doing any damage to the sense of the sentence. It's virtually tautological, because to what else could the solitariness of pandas be attributed if not their nature? The underlying question is, Why is it their nature to be that way?. Just saying it's their nature is already obvious, and answers nothing. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 09:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)


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(CBS Boston) Neighbors are on the offensive in Brookline after what some residents are describing as aggressive turkeys.
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"I looked back and three of them charged me," she explained.
She moved to the center of the street to avoid the animals, but it wasn't enough.
"The turkey flew in my face and scratched my neck," she said.
Halvorson refuses to give up her walks so she has taken precautions.
"I went down to the hiking store and I got a hiking stick with a big ball on top of it. I walk with it all the time and now I never go without my phone," she said.
The Halvorson's are stockpiling sticks around the house to beat off the turkey attacks. People on the way to work have been chased by turkeys. They're using tennis rackets to fight them away from the high school. Complaints to the police about these hoodlum turkeys have doubled over the past 2 months. It's recommended that if you see one of these turkey gangbangers, move to the other side of the street.
You see how bad it is in the graphic, with that sweet lady trying to fend of the crazed turkey. When they start tattooing themselves, especially with tear drops, 3 dots in a triangle, or spider webs, well, people best start arming themselves.
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How the Party Treats Jeb and Hillary Tells You Everything
Permalink +Thu, Feb 26, 2015, 9:39 am // Riley Sweeney
I try to shy away from national politics but with the presidential campaigns beginning to heat up, I wanted to share these thoughts about Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.
First, let's start with the assumption that Hillary and Jeb are running parallel campaigns. Both are well-funded insiders with close connections to previous presidents and are viewed suspiciously by their own base for their moderate positions (Bush on Common Core and immigration, Clinton on siding with Wall Street). Both have a close inner circle of advisors and are planning elaborate campaign roll-outs with the best that staff money can buy.
On the surface, they seem to be very similar candidates. However, they will be received completely differently because of how the parties interact with their base.
In politics, the "base" is the group of people who form your most ardent supporters. They are the die-hard volunteers, the passionate doorbellers, small donors and that one guy who shares EVERY SINGLE environmental petition on his facebook page (thanks, Jerry).
A presidential candidate needs support from their base to win – without it, they can only limp along, struggling to generate enthusiasm. John Kerry was not beloved by the Democratic base. John McCain was not popular with the base until he brought on Sarah Palin, then he was able to pack arenas with cheering supporters.
However, while the people at the top need the base, they do not necessarily love them – and this is where the political parties differ. It also explains why Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee and Jeb Bush will not be nominated by the Republicans.
The Democratic leadership disdains their most passionate supporters, the Republicans are actually afraid of their base.
I'm not talking about local parties, I'm talking about the upper echelons of power. The Democrats view their base as dirty, loud hippies that make unreasonable demands: "$15/hr minimum wage? Are you kidding me?" At their cocktail parties they say, "What's next, legalizing marijuana and free housing for the homeless?" The Democratic party leadership knows that even if they ignore, insult or marginalize their supporters, they will still show up to vote for the centrist Democrat because the Republican is scarier.
On the other side of fence, the Republicans fear their base. After several prominent incumbents were defeated in the primary by Tea Party upstarts, the GOP leadership has been in a defensive crouch (see: Boehner, John), constantly afraid that the rabid hordes will storm their gates and throw them out.
This is why Hillary can remain comfortable in her centrist positions while Jeb will go through Romney-esque contortions trying to persuade his base that he is the second coming of Ted Cruz. As a result, Hillary will be seen from a position of strength because the national media always likes it when politicians stand up to their friends. Meanwhile, Jeb will be seen as caving to the Tea Party right, a position of weakness.
Does this mean that progressives are doomed to irrelevance? Absolutely not. One of the other key differences between the two parties is that the Democrats are actually interested in legislating, while the Republicans haven't brought any serious legislative proposals to the national stage since President Bush tried to privatize Social Security in 2005.
As a result, the Democrats have passed some strong legislation in the last decade. While they are unable to push a truly progressive candidate to forefront, they have passed a strong financial consumer protection agency and a stimulus package which included the largest single investment in education and green energy in a generation. On the state level, they have legalized marijuana in a handful of states and passed marriage equality in all but thirteen.
There is still plenty to be done. For instance, progressives lost ground on women's health issues nationwide, and I strongly doubt we will ever see a true progressive from the Democratic base as the presidential nominee. However, the Republicans will be able to bend their eventual nominee to their will. Will that give them electoral success in 2016? I don't think so, but it will be revealing about the continual evolution of our political parties.
John Servais // Fri, Feb 27, 2015, 2:01 am
Nice original thinking, Riley. And it certainly reflects what we are seeing and reading these days as the campaigns kick in. Appreciate your objective attitude towards the two parties, without going soft on the Democrats, even though you are one.
No need for you to shy away from national politics. This writing is another example of why you deserve the recognition of the Paul deArmond award. And thanks for sharing this article on NWCitizen.
Scott Wicklund // Fri, Feb 27, 2015, 8:22 am
Neither the Jackass or the Elephant offer anything but bipartisan support for the 1%. That explains why recent elections have had the lowest turnout since post Civil War reconstruction. Let's start a poll here to see how many support Riley's thesis of optimism amid Obama's push for more war, secret trade and arbitration pacts/scams, extensive offshoring of all types of work/jobs, throwing Single Payer affordable health care for all under the bus…. Etc…
Step up here and show us what you got!
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Dick Conoboy // Fri, Feb 27, 2015, 9:15 am
The sad truth is that this discussion only has validity insofar as it demonstrates the bankrupt system. Who does what to whom within or between parties is theater and the American public responds to theater be it MSNBC, Fox, Limbaugh, Colmes, Maddow, NY Times, Washington Post, etc. This can only be understood by grasping the fact that our government at all levels now marches to the beat of the oligarchic drum. We even see that played out here on the local level when the developers get the pass and the tax breaks and play off one jurisdiction against another for favors. And the money wins.
Chris Hedges writes, "Corporations have captured every major institution, including the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government, and deformed them to exclusively serve the demands of the market. They have, in the process, demolished civil society. Karl Polanyi in "The Great Transformation" warned that without heavy government regulation and oversight, unfettered and unregulated capitalism degenerates into a Mafia capitalism and a Mafia political system. A self-regulating market, Polanyi writes, turns human beings and the natural environment into commodities. This ensures the destruction of both society and the natural environment. The ecosystem and human beings become objects whose worth is determined solely by the market. They are exploited until exhaustion or collapse occurs. A society that no longer recognizes that the natural world and life have a sacred dimension, an intrinsic value beyond monetary value, commits collective suicide. Such societies cannibalize themselves. This is what we are undergoing. Literally." + Link
Therefore, these analyses of inter or intra party workings divert our attention from the reality of our situation and prevent us from focusing on the massive problem that confronts us. I would direct readers here to your blog version of this article where in the comments Rick LaFave speaks to some of the reality. + Link
We drift along thinking that some miracle, be it by prayer or audacious hope (how is that working for you?) or technology or some political savior, will wrest us from doom. Not bloody likely.
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Why again can I not use 2 x torpedo abilities of equal tier?
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No hes right number of tubes don't matter...
You can preload... any copies of HY that are not the same rank...
So 2 HY 2s... can't be preloads... or 2 HY 1....
However you Can preload HY 1 and HY 2... and fire 1 after the other assuming the pattern doesn't expire before you have another (or the same) tube ready to go again.
You can also preload different types of patterns... meaning
Any Torp Spread... with Any Hy pattern can be loaded at the same time and they will not expire each other.
This is a limitation of the system... it has existed since the game has launched... They are not going to do anything about it ... and frankly nothing is broken... adjust your build... Run High Yield 3 and High Yield 2... or Run Spread 2 and High Yield 2... and you will be fine.
Thanks for the clarifications. :)


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Villa | 4 bedrooms | sleeps 25
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Villa Dolmar is situated only 600m from the beautiful beach of Vodice and 800m from the city centre. Around the villa there is private parking space and a playground for children. It is a really quite area. It is possible to rent the whole villa or just one of the four apartments. Each apartment has a surface of 60m2 and has it's own bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom and luxurious terrace with wooden furniture. The apartments have a double bed in the bedroom and a sofa bed in the living room. There is a grill available and if you like, you can rent a bike at Villa Dolmar to discover the area. This year we will also be offering yoga retreats at Villa Dolmar! If you have children and you would like a day or evening just for the two of you, we can offer you babysitters with more then 10 years experience!
Size | Sleeps up to 25, 4 bedrooms |
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Nancy Collins appears at Atlantis Games & Comics on Saturday, December 6th JANUARY 10, 2015 from noon till 3:00 pm to sign comics, including her new graphic novel Sunglasses After Dark!
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Artist Luccio Parillo signs at Graham Crackers Comics on Wednesday July 31st from noon till 2:00 pm!
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Dynamite illustrator Luccio Parillo is coming to Chicago thanks to the International School of Comics located right here in Chicago!
A top notch illustrator, Lucio has worked on Death's Head, Vampirella, Tarzan, Red Sonja, Grimm, Warlord of Mars and more!
Also known for his stunning illustrations on the popular MAGIC the GATHERING cards, as well as illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons!
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Scott Hampton signs on Saturday, February 12, from 1pm until 3pm, as Hell comes to Chapel Hill Comics!
Chapel Hill Comics is proud to announce a signing event featuring local artist Scott Hampton, the artist of the new two-issue Hellboy series, Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead, published by Dark Horse Comics. We will have stock on hand of both issues of the series, including separate covers of issue #1 by Scott Hampton and series creator Mike Mignola.
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Author(s): | Thomas Gerrits; Pavol Krivosik; Michael Schneider; C E. Patton; Thomas J. Silva; |
Title: | Direct Detection of Nonlinear Ferromagnetic Resonance in Thin Films by the Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect |
Published: | May 16, 2007 |
Abstract: | The longitudinal magneto-optical Kerr effect is used to obtain a calibrated measure of the dynamic magnetization response over the ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) profile for in-plane magnetized Permalloy films excited with high power in-plane transverse microwave fields at 1.25 to 3.75 GHz and in-plane precession angles up to about 20°. The data provide a profound demonstration of the Suhl threshold effect for parametric spin wave generation for angles above about 14°, the magnetization precession lock-up just above threshold, and the complicated response over the full FMR profile at very high powers. |
Citation: | Physical Review Letters |
Volume: | 98 |
Issue: | 207602 |
Pages: | pp. 207602-1 - 207602-4 |
Keywords: | ferromagnetic resonance;instability threshold;Magneto Optical Kerr Effect;Suhl instability |
Research Areas: | Electromagnetics |
PDF version: | Click here to retrieve PDF version of paper (587KB) |


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Michael Huffington
This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. (November 2011) |
Michael Huffington | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 22nd district |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Preceded by | Robert J. Lagomarsino |
Succeeded by | Andrea H. Seastrand |
Personal details | |
Born | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
September 3, 1947
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Arianna Huffington (m.1986–div.1997) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Harvard Business School Stanford University |
Religion | Greek Orthodox[1] |
Michael Huffington (born September 3, 1947) is an American politician, LGBT activist,[2] and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party, and a congressman for one term, 1993–1995, from California. Huffington was married to Arianna Huffington, the Greek-born co-founder of The Huffington Post, from 1986 to 1997.
Early years[edit]
Born in Dallas, Texas, Huffington's parents are Celeste Phyllis (Gough) and Roy Michael Huffington, the founder of the natural gas exploration company, Roy M. Huffington, Inc. (HUFFCO).
Huffington graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, in 1965 where he received the Central States Amateur Rowing Association Medal when he rowed on the light weight crew. After graduation he was elected to the Culver Chapter of the Cum Laude Society. He received a BS degree in engineering and a BA degree in economics concurrently from Stanford University in 1970. Huffington was a member of the varsity crew, student senator, and co-president of his senior class. After Stanford, he received an MBA in finance from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972.
In 1972, Huffington started work for The First National Bank of Chicago, and in 1974 he co-founded Simmons & Huffington, Inc. From 1976 to 1990, he served as vice chairman of Huffco, the family-owned energy business founded by his father Roy M. Huffington.
Huffington's interest in politics began in 1968, when he was a summer intern for freshman Congressman George H. W. Bush in Washington, D.C.
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed Huffington as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy with responsibility for conventional arms control negotiations. He was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
In 1992, Huffington was elected to the House of Representatives from California's 22nd District (Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties). He spent $5.4 million on his campaign.[3] He defeated veteran incumbent Robert J. Lagomarsino in the Republican primary election, then Santa Barbara County Supervisor Gloria Ochoa in the general election. Huffington donated his entire congressional salary to the Partnership for Children of Santa Barbara County in 1993 and to the Partnership for Children of San Luis Obispo County in 1994.
After one term in the House, Huffington spent $28 million in a bid for a seat in the United States Senate in 1994. In the Republican primary, he defeated William E. Dannemeyer. At the time, Huffington's was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Huffington lost in the general election by 1.9 percent of the vote to Dianne Feinstein.[4]
During 1998, Huffington was co-chairman (along with actor and director Rob Reiner) of Proposition 10 in California, which increased the state excise tax on cigarettes by 50 cents per pack. The resulting multi-hundred million dollars of tax revenue is being used for prenatal care and for the health care and education of children under six years of age.
In the 2003 California recall election, Huffington endorsed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. His ex-wife, Arianna Huffington, was an opposing candidate. She withdrew before the election even though her name remained on the ballot.
In 2013, Huffington was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[5]
Personal life[edit]
On April 12, 1986, Huffington married Arianna Huffington, a Greek-born writer and lecturer.[6] They had two daughters[7] and divorced in 1997.[8] In 1998 Huffington disclosed that he is bisexual.[9]
In 1998, Huffington provided the initial grant that launched SOIN (Sexual Orientation Issues in the News)[10] at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.
In 2005, Huffington helped to establish a summer fellowship program for LGBT students at Stanford University.[11]
In 2006, Huffington co-chaired the Log Cabin Republicans "The Courage To Lead: An Evening With The Governor" dinner that honored California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 29, 2006. Huffington also personally contributed $1 for every $2 contributed to the Log Cabin Republicans (a 501(c)(4) tax designated organization) for that dinner.
In 2006, Huffington became the director of It's My Party Too.[12] The group was founded by former Governor Christine Todd Whitman. A moderate Republican organization with libertarian leanings, it advocated fiscal conservatism, social progressivism, environmental protection and limited government interference in personal matters. In 2007, It's My Party Too evolved into the Republican Leadership Council.[13]
In December 2006, he became a blogger on the Huffington Post[14] on a variety of subjects.
On October 11, 2009, he spoke at the National Equality March rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.[15]
Film production[edit]
Huffington found a post-political career as a film producer.[16] From 1991 to 2000, he was co-owner of Crest Films Limited.
Among his other production credits:
- Huffington was a financial contributor to Out of the Past,[17] a documentary that won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.
- Huffington executive produced three short films at the University of Southern California: "The Promise" in 1998,[18] "Lost and Found" in 1999, and "Nuclear Family" in 2000.[19]
- He was an executive producer of the 2000 television series, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.[20]
- He was an executive producer of the 2007 AFI film Santa Croce,[21] which was distributed worldwide on through the iTunes Store and Shorts International.
- He was an executive producer of For the Bible Tells Me So,[22] a documentary that premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
- He was an executive producer of A Jihad for Love,[23] a documentary that premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival.
- He was executive producer of We're All Angels,[24] a 2007 documentary about gay Christian pop singers Jason and deMarco which premiered on Showtime on June 12, 2008.[25]
- He was an executive producer of Bi the Way,[26] a documentary about bisexuality in America which premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival.
- He was an executive producer of American Primitive [27] which premiered at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
- He was a producer of Father vs. Son,[28] a comedy which premiered at WorldFest 2010 and won The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best World Premiere - Feature Films.
- He was a producer of Dissolution[29] which premiered at the 2010 Jerusalem International Film Festival and won the Best Drama Award.
- He was a producer of After The Fire[30] directed by Gudio Verweyen, inspired by the Pulitzer Prize story and New York Times bestseller After The Fire by Robin G. Fisher.
Electoral history[edit]
California United States Senate election, 1994 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 3,979,152 | 46.7 | -7.6 | |
Republican | Michael Huffington | 3,817,025 | 44.8 | +6.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 255,301 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard Benjamin Boddie | 179,100 | 2.1 | -0.6 | |
American Independent | Paul Meeuwenberg | 142,771 | 1.7 | -0.9 | |
Green | Barbara Blong | 140,567 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total votes | 8,513,916 | ||||
Majority | 162,127 | 1.9 | -14.4 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -14.4 |
United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[31] | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Michael Huffington | 131,242 | 52.5% | |
Democratic | Gloria Ochoa | 87,328 | 34.9% | |
Green | Mindy Lorenz | 23,699 | 9.5% | |
Libertarian | William Howard Dilbeck | 7,553 | 3.0% | |
No party | Bialosky (write-in) | 104 | 0.1% | |
Totals | 249,926 | 100.0% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
- ^ "Michael Huffington". Huffington Post.
- ^ King, Ryan James. "Michael Huffington: The long-awaited Advocate interview". Advocate. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "What Money Can Buy". Time. June 20, 1994. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ United States Senate election in California, 1994
- ^ John Avlon (February 28, 2013). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay-Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Arianna Stassinopoulos, Author, Wed to R. Michael Huffington, Executive", The New York Times, April 13, 1986, retrieved 2009-10-25
- ^ Wilson, Rita (July 15, 2012 captions to pictures 17 and 18). "Arianna Huffington Turns 62". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved September 2, 2012. Check date values in:
(help) - ^ Michael Huffington in The Huffington Post: My Road to Damascus Led to the Sundance Film Festival. January 16, 2007
- ^ King, Ryan James. "Michael Huffington: The long-awaited Advocate interview". Advocate. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ Sexual Orientation Issues in the News - Gay Issues Media Press Coverage Journalism Education Lesbian Homosexual LGBT Annenberg USC
- ^ Stanford Pride
- ^ "Advisory Board - Michael Huffington". It's My Party Too. Archived from the original on 2006-11-17.
- ^ Welcome to the Republican Leadership Council! | Republican Leadership Council
- ^ "Michael Huffington". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Gay Rights Rally Washington DC October 11, 2009 pt.21". YouTube. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ Michael Huffington at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Out of the Past (1998)
- ^ The Promise (1998) - Full cast and crew
- ^ "Главная страница". Minimovie.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Jules Verne: Secret Adventures of Jules Verne - Andrew Nash". Julesverne.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ "iTunes - Movies - Santa Croce". Phobos.apple.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ "For the Bible Tells Me So (official website)".
- ^ A JIHAD FOR LOVE:::A FIlm by Parvez Sharma
- ^ We're All Angels at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Showtime : Schedules : Daily Schedule
- ^ "Bi the Way (official website)".
- ^ American Primitive at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Father vs. Son at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Dissolution - Movie info: cast, reviews, trailer on". Mubi.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ "After the Fire: Official Movie Site".
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992". U.S. Government Printing Office. 1993.
External links[edit]
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Michael Huffington at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Huffington at the Notable Names Database
- Works by or about Michael Huffington in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
United States House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by Robert J. Lagomarsino |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 22nd congressional district 1993–1995 |
Succeeded by Andrea H. Seastrand |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by John F. Seymour |
Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from California (Class 1) 1994 |
Succeeded by Tom Campbell |
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- Bisexual men
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