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A laser communication system includes a first laser to generate a laser signal with femtosecond pulses. A first grating spectrally disperses the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal. A modulator converts the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal into coded words. A second grating spectrally recombines the coded words of the laser signal. A first telescope launches the laser signal. A second telescope receives the laser signal. A second laser generates a set of reference pulses. A non-linear crystal combines the set of reference pulses and the laser signal so as to create an output signal only when the laser signal and the reference pulses temporally coincide. A detector records the output.
1. A laser communication apparatus, comprising:
a first laser to generate a laser signal with femtosecond pulses;
a first grating to spectrally disperse said femtosecond pulses of said laser signal;
a modulator including a plurality of electrodes, wherein each one of said plurality of electrodes is coupled to a respective contact pad for receiving a data signal, and a plurality of waveguides formed in a waveguide substrate to convert said femtosecond pulses of said laser signal into coded words, wherein each one of said plurality of waveguides is proximate to at least a different one of said electrodes;
a second grating to spectrally recombine said coded words of said laser signal; and
a telescope to launch said laser signal.
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a receiving telescope to receive said laser signal;
a second laser to generate a set of reference pulses;
a non-linear crystal to combine said set of reference pulses and said laser signal so as to create an output signal only when said laser signal and said reference pulses temporally coincide; and
a detector to record said output signal.
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18. A method of laser-based data communication, said method comprising the steps of:
generating a laser signal with femtosecond pulses;
spectrally dispersing said femtosecond pulses of said laser signal;
transmitting a data signal to a contact pad coupled to at least one of a plurality of electrodes;
converting said femtosecond pulses of said laser signal into coded words in an array of waveguides formed in a waveguide substrate, wherein each waveguide in said array is proximate to at least a different one of said plurality of electrodes;
spectrally recombining said coded words of said laser signal; and
launching said laser signal from a home location to a remote destination.
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receiving said laser signal at said remote destination;
generating a set of reference pulses;
combining said set of reference pulses and said laser signal so as to create an output signal only when said laser signal and said reference pulses temporally coincide; and
recording said output signal.
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/215,352, filed Dec. 18, 1998.
This invention claims priority to the provisional patent application entitled, �Apparatus and Method for Line of Sight Laser Communications�, serial No. 60/068,184, filed Dec. 19, 1997.
This invention relates generally to data communications. More particularly, this invention relates to a technique for high bandwidth laser-based data communications.
Solid state fiber lasers have been developed for commercial communication applications. Picosecond pulses (ca 50 ps) are currently being used for fiberoptic based long distance (transpacific) soliton communication. Much shorter pulses (<100 Fs) have been generated with fiber sources, pumped by diode lasers. Such systems have the advantages that they are being tailored for communications, the bandwidth that is used is at an �eye safe� wavelength, and fast modulation techniques have been or are being developed. There is still work to be done, but the fact that the light is confined to a narrow waveguide helps improve the speed of modulation. The disadvantages of such systems is that they have a lossy transition from fiber to air, they have a larger diffraction angle at longer wavelengths, the minimum size beam at 20 km is about 10 m, there is a low average and peak power (pJ/pulse), and a low repetition rate (1 to 10 MHz) exists.
Solid state Nd vanadate lasers (Nd:YVO�4) could also be used in communication systems. These diode pumped lasers produce a train of pulses of about 5 ps duration (which could be compressed externally to the laser to 100 fs). The repetition rate is typically 100 MHz. The advantage of systems of this type are high efficiency, high average power-up to 100 W in an infrared beam, 20 W in the green, which can be frequency-tripled to a wavelength of 355 nm. The typical pulse energy in the green is 0.2 uJ/pulse. Pump diodes for this type of laser have a long lifetime; they are actively under development and they are relatively cost effective. In addition, these systems can provide diffraction limited beams in the green and UV. For the green, the minimum spot size at 20 km is about 2 m. For the V, the minimum spot size at 20 km is about 1.5 m.
Solid state Cr:LiSAF Lasers (also Cr:LiSGAF and Cr:LiCAF) are another option for communication systems. Tunable pulse generation in the range of 820 nm to 880 nm has been demonstrated. Pulse duration as short as 20 fs has been obtained, but at very low average power. A maximum average power has been demonstrated at 1.1 W, for continuous operation, while short pulse operation is only 0.5 W. Advantageously, these systems have shorter pulses directly out of the laser, without compression. In addition, they have a shorter wavelength. The disadvantages of these systems is that they have less efficient pump diodes and less average power.
Existing laser-based communication systems rely upon light modulation through electronic control techniques. Thus, the speeds of such systems are inherently limited to the speeds of the electronic control systems. It would be highly desirable to to eliminate the speed limitation of electronic control systems. In particular, it would be highly advantageous to substitute an electronic control system with an optical control system to enhance the performance of a laser-based communication system.
Existing laser-based communication systems use fiber optic channels to communicate information. It would be desirable to reduce the expense and complexity of a laser-based communication system by eliminating the fiber optic channel. The absence of a fiber optic channel would allow more flexibility in developing communication system infrastructures.
A laser communication system includes a first laser to generate a laser signal with femtosecond pulses. A first grating spectrally disperses the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal. A modulator converts the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal into a string of pulses representative of coded words. A second grating spectrally recombines the coded words of the laser signal. A first telescope launches the laser signal. A second telescope receives the laser signal. A second laser generates a set of reference pulses. A non-linear crystal combines the set of reference pulses and the laser signal so as to create an output signal only when the laser signal and the reference pulses temporally coincide. A detector senses and records the output. The first laser also generates a synchronization signal. The second laser is synchronized by the synchronization signal.
For a better understanding of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a laser communication emitter in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a laser communication receiver in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates an apparatus to perform amplitude modulation in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 is a more detailed illustration of selected components of the apparatus of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a more detailed illustration, drawn to scale, of selected components of the apparatus of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 illustrates a one-dimensional phase modulator array in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a more detailed illustration of the apparatus of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a more detailed illustration, drawn to scale, of selected components of the apparatus of FIG. 6.
FIG. 9 illustrates an apparatus for detecting an amplitude modulated signal at a remote destination.
FIG. 10 illustrates a spectral component that is processed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 11 illustrates a cross-correlation apparatus utilized in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 12 illustrates a two-photon detector utilized in conjunction with the apparatus of FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 illustrates a multiplexing apparatus utilized in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 14 illustrates the time combination of various channels into a single light beam in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
Like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates a laser communication emitter 20 constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The apparatus 20 includes a laser source 22 that emits a laser beam 23 as a train of femtosecond (1�10−15 sec) pulses at a rate of 100 MHz (10 ns between pulses). The pulses are redirected by a mirror 24 and then spectrally dispersed by a first grating 26. Preferably, the mirror 24 is implemented in the form of an �echelon reflector�, which consists of a �staircase� of mirrors. At each successive level, the reflecting surface is receded, giving the corresponding part of the beam a different delay. The mirror displacement should be equal to the delay between each channel times the speed of light. For an inter-channel delay of 10 ps, this corresponds to 3 mm. At each level, the beam is sent to a grating, which separates the various spectral components in the plane of the figure.
The spectral components then pass through a lens 28 and enter a modulator 30, which converts the pulses into �words� or coded sequence of pulses. The pulses are routed through a lens 32 and are then spectrally recombined by a second grating 34 before being reflected through a mirror 36 and being launched by a telescope 38. A synchronization beam (not shown) from the same laser source 22 is simultaneously sent through the telescope 38.
Systems similar to the system of FIG. 1 are known in the art. However, such prior art systems do not utilize a laser source 22 with femtosecond pulses and they do not utilize the modulator 30 of the invention, which is discussed in detail below. Thus, the prior art systems that otherwise appear to be similar, do not achieve the high bandwidth and other advantages associated with the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a laser communication receiver 40 constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The apparatus 40 includes a receiving telescope 41 to receive the laser signal from emitter 20. The input signal is reflected with a mirror 42 into a polarizing beam splitter 44. The signal is then routed to a non-linear crystal 46, where it is combined with a signal from laser 48. Laser 48 applies a laser beam 49 to grating 50. The signal is then reflected by mirror 52 into the non-linear crystal 46. The signal from the laser 48 is a set of pulses that operate at the same repetition rate as the input signal from the telescope 41. The grating 50 or prisms are used to spatially delay the reference pulses from the reference laser 48. The non-linear crystal 46 only generates light when the reference light and the signal temporally coincide. Since the time of arrival of the reference light is �sloped� in the plane of the figure, the temporal sequence of the signal is transformed in a transverse pattern recorded by a fast camera or imaging array 54.
Thus, the invention provides femtosecond laser technology for very high speed and secure point-to-point communications. The technique of the invention provides more than a magnitude greater bandwidth than existing point-to-point communications technologies. This performance improvement is largely attributable to the fact that the control of the laser signal is achieved through optical means, not electronic means. The optical-based modulator of the invention facilitates a large increase in processing speed over prior art systems.
An array of microlenses may be used to focus portions of the beam into microelectro-optic modulators, then back to microlenses and the main beam. The �length� of the word that can be carried at every period is determined by the spectral resolution of the system. The word is refreshed every period (10 ns). An alternative approach is to use successive periods for multiplexing.
The most obvious method of detection is to repeat at the receiving end what is being done at the emitter. If amplitude modulation is used, it is sufficient to display and read the spectrum of each word. It is also necessary to use single shot cross-correlations to isolate every 50 ps pulse sequence that is to be read. The detection end requires a similar source as the emitter, which is synchronized with the emitter.
To perform the synchronization, some signal is required to identify the beginning of each �word�. If the basic period is the pulse repetition rate of 100 MHz, the infrared pulse may be used for synchronization, and the visible and UV pulses may be used for the signal to be transmitted.
There are a number of benefits associated with the invention. First, the invention provides a method of creating any wireless optical (laser) based communications link, using pulse code modulation with trains of femtoseconds pulses unaffected by atmospheric diffraction (such as line-of-sight).
The invention is also advantageous because it uses optical amplifiers as repeaters. The invention can be advantageously used along (above and below ground) the rights-of-way currently managed and/or owned by the utilities around the world. For example, laser signals may be passed through underground ducts or between powerline transmission towers. The communications bandwidth, limited only by the bandwidth of the laser and the femtosecond pulses, is several orders of magnitude greater bandwidth than conventional microwave communications systems.
The laser communications systems are extremely secure, virtually impossible to �tap� into because of the unique nature of the laser signal and the narrowness of the laser beam. The laser system can be made inherently safe. When the emitter pulses are interrupted by any obstacle, the system is preferably designed to shut down.
The invention and its benefits have now been fully described. Attention presently turns to a more detailed discussion of various components of the invention. Pulses transmitted from the laser 22 are shaped by the modulator 30 of the invention. The modulator 30 may be configured to perform amplitude modulation or phase modulation. In the case of amplitude modulation, information is sent as a set of dark-bright lines imposed on the pulse spectrum. Preferably, the voltage to drive the modulator does not exceed 5V (TTL standard pulse). The modulator preferably responds in less than 10 ns (the time between successive pulses of the main train). Modulators are positioned to form a three dimensional stack. Each successive plane corresponds to one of the channels to be multiplexed.
An array of Mach Zehnder modulators may be used to establish amplitude modulation in accordance with the invention. A Mach Zehnder modulator array in accordance with the invention is shown in FIG. 3. Fresnel lenses 60 are used to receive each spectral component and focus each component onto an optical waveguide 62. The waveguide 62 is split into two equal arms 62A and 62B. One arm (e.g., 62B) is surrounded by electrodes 64. If an electric field is applied to one of the arms of the Mach Zehnder interferometer using the electrodes 64, the radiation from the two arms interfere destructively. The two arms of the waveguide 62A and 62B converge into a single waveguide, forming a Mach Zehnder interferometer. Lenses 66 are used to focus the output light from the interferometer. Using state of the art lithographic techniques, the Fresnel lenses can be manufactured directly on the edge of the crystal (e.g., LiNbO3) used as a modulator. This eliminates the need for complex alignment systems, and makes it possible to stack modulators on top of one another.
FIG. 4 is a more detailed sketch of the device of FIG. 3 with accompanying dimensions. Contact pods 70 are located at the sides of the sample. The ratio of the waveguide width to the spacing is chosen for 50 Ohm impedance of the electrical waveguide. Rather than connecting on one end all electrodes to a common ground, each is individually connected to a bias control in order to adjust each waveguide for maximum transmission in the absence of a pulsed signal.
The optical waveguide of FIG. 4 is 5 microns wide and approximately 3 microns deep. The portion of the waveguide between electrodes is chosen for a π phase shift, for a TTL pulse. FIG. 4 is not to scale and therefore does not give a sense of the proportions of the device.
FIG. 5 more accurately represents the scale of the device. As with FIG. 4, only a few of the waveguides are represented in FIG. 5. The last two waveguides (32 and 31) are shown in FIG. 5. Thereafter, only every fourth waveguide is shown. One series (low side) of electrodes connect to contact pods 70 at the upper edge of the sample. The corresponding high side of the electrodes connects to contact pods 70 at the lower edge (not shown). The median in both directions is indicated by a dot-dashed line. Microlenses can be made by lithography on the entrance and exit edges of the crystal, with the optic axis of the lens along the waveguide.
An amplitude modulation device to implement the modulator 30 has now been described in connection with FIGS. 3-5. Attention now turns to a phase modulation device that may be used to implement the modulator 30. In the case of phase modulation, the information is sent as a set of phase shifts imposed on each spectral component.
A phase modulator that may be used in accordance with the invention is shown in FIG. 6. Once again, an array of microlenses 80 is used to launch the light into an array of waveguides 82. The microlenses 80 may be positioned on the same substrate as the waveguides 82. The waveguides are formed of lithium niobate. Each entering spectral component is represented by lines 84. Depending on the voltage applied to the electrode 86 on the waveguide on which the light is launched, the corresponding radiation may be shifted in phase. Phase shifted spectral components at the output side of lenses 87 are shown with lines 88.
Details of the design of the 1-dimensional array of phase modulators in LiNbO3 are shown in FIG. 7. Thirty-two channels (waveguides separated by 150 microns) are designed on a 1�1 cm2 substrate. In the case of a pulse of 100 fs (10 nm bandwidth) pulses at 100 Mhz centered around 800 nm result in a bandwidth per channel of ({fraction (10/64)})=0.15 nm.
Two of the 32 waveguides are shown in FIG. 7 as 82A and 82B. The width and spacing (d) of each electrode pair 86 is chosen to correspond to a 50 Ohm transmission line. The length L of the electrode is such as to induce a π phase shift on the waveguide upon application of 5 Volts.
Design considerations for the waveguide include a single mode, polarization preserving device and optimized fabrication parameters. The electrode design considerations include consideration of the length of the electrodes �L� and the separation �d� for 0-π phase change (0-10 Volts). Preferably, the leads are sufficiently separated from the pads to avoid crosstalk. A scaled sketch of the electrode design is shown in FIG. 8.
As in the case of the amplitude modulator, light has to be launched simultaneously in all waveguides, which requires a very accurate microlens array design, and also extremely accurate positioning. Positioning may be achieved by piezoelectric micromanipulators. These can be avoided if microlenses are made directly on the edge of the crystal. That is, the microlenses may be fabricated on the same substrate as the interferometers.
The foregoing discussion related to individual components of the system of FIG. 1. Attention presently turns to individual components of the system of FIG. 2. In particular, attention turns to different techniques for detecting the laser signals sent from the system of FIG. 1.
The detection of the amplitude modulated signal is the simplest, because it amounts to measuring the spectrum of the light, as gated by a 10 ps pulse to select the appropriate channel. One approach is depicted in FIG. 9, where parametric gain is used to simultaneously amplify the signal to be detected, and select the appropriate channel. The laser used at the reception for this particular amplitude modulation detection is emitting a synchronized train of 10 ps pulses at a wavelength shorter than that of the signal, and at the repetition rate corresponding to that of the emission (the period of emission of each channel). The method of synchronization can simply be injection mode-locking�the emitter is made to send a strong pulse at that particular wavelength. A very weak signal is needed to force another laser to operate synchronously, and at the same wavelength (injection mode locking). The 10 ps pulse serves as a pump in a parametric amplifier crystal, in which the signal detected by the telescope is seeded. The parametric crystal amplifies the signal only during the time gate of 10 ps. It should be remembered that in the case of �amplitude modulation� the sequence of electronic pulses that constitutes the useful signal of a particular channel has been �imprinted� onto the spectrum of a fs pulse. Therefore, one has to read and decode the original message by measuring, with a detector array, the spectrum of the gated, amplified signal, as shown in FIG. 9. Many of the components of FIG. 9 correspond to components of FIG. 2, as reflected with identical reference numerals. In FIG. 9, the non-linear crystal 46 is a parametric amplifier crystal. The Fourier transform of the amplified output signal has the same pattern as the original pulse signal at the transmitter. The fast camera 54 of FIG. 2 is replaced with a simple detector array in FIG. 9.
The delay element 49 of FIG. 9 is a layered structure, for instance a stack of glass plates of different lengths, such that beams in successive planes are delayed with respect to each other by the time separation between successive channels (typically 10 ps). The signal received by the telescope contains all channels. The channel selection is made by ampliing the relevant part of the main signal in a parametric amplifier. The energy to the amplification is provided by the synchronizing laser, which is of a shorter wavelength than the laser beam containing the modulation. In the case of amplitude modulation, detection is made simply by reading the spectrum of the light at each level with a detector array 54.
Phase modulation detection techniques may also be used in accordance with the invention. In the case of phase modulation, it is the relative delay between each spectral component that has to be detected. The product of a �line of delta functions� extracted from the reference laser is made with the signal to be detected, in a crystal of ZnSe in which a photocurrent proportional to the product of the reference times the received signal is produced. The particular signal amplified is a replica of the signal sent into the particular channel.
As in the case of amplitude modulation, the Fourier transform of the fs pulse sequence corresponding to an individual channel has to be derived. The phase of each spectral component has to be measured, which is a more difficult challenge than just measuring the amplitude. However, since digital signals are being processed, there are only two values of the phase to record. In the time domain, the phase of an individual frequency component corresponds to its delay, or time of arrival. Take, for example, 32-bit communication. At the emission, the spectrum of the 100 fs pulse has been divided into 32 spikes. The frequency spacing between adjacent spectral components is δ=1013 s−1/32=0.3 1012 s−1.
If a spectral component is given a phase shift of π, its time correspondent (which is a 3 ps pulse) will have a delay of one half wavelength. The most sensitive detection is to detect the product of the pulse corresponding to the spectral component with a 100 fs reference signal, positioning the reference pulse at the leading edge of the spectral component, as shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 10 illustrates one spectral component of the train of fs (ps) pulses that contain the signal plotted as a function of time. Assume that the spectral component has been assigned the phase π. Its inverse Fourier transform is therefore delayed by one half wavelength. Next, a reference pulse is sent, timed to appear at some time during the leading edge of the signal. On the right, the result of the nonlinear correlation between the reference and either signal spectrum is shown. The contrast is maximum if the reference is chosen along the greatest slope of the signal.
The correlator has to be a sensitive detector, and at the same time nonlinear. Such a correlator has been designed based upon two-photon photoconductivity in ZnSe. The sample is 100 μm thick, and of high mobility (600 cm2/volt-sec). A voltage close to breakdown voltage will be able to sweep the photoelectrons to one electrode, before recombination occurs. The light is sent normal to a thin edge (0.1 mm�10 mm) of the crystal, focused by a linear array of microlenses. The light has a centimeter to penetrate and create carriers by two-photon absorption. The reference pulses and signal are sent collinear into the detector.
The grating compressor and the reference delay must be designed such that the energy front of the reference pulses and the spectral component pulses (corresponding to zero phase) are parallel. The overall detection technique is shown in FIG. 11. In particular, FIG. 11 illustrates a detection cross-correlator 100 and an associated two-photon detector array 102. The two-levels of output of the array correspond to the two values of the spectral phase. A phase shift of a spectral component of the incoming signal implies that the corresponding time signal is delayed. A reference pulse is cross-correlated with the rising edge of each spectral component. The result of the cross-correlation is an indication as to whether the spectral component has been phase shifted or not.
The two-photon detector array 102 has been fabricated on a 100 micron thick sample of single crystal ZnSe, as shown in FIG. 12. Each spectral component is focused onto the edge face of the ZnSe crystal 110. That is, lenses 112 are used to focus the spectral components onto electrodes 114. The electrodes 114 are separated by etched trenches 116. The focusing is chosen such that the confocal parameter of the beam is within the crystal length. An electric field closest to the breakdown voltage is applied between each upper electrode and the corresponding bottom electrode, in order to �sweep away� the two-photon photocarriers.
Beams from each channel are focused into the waveguide detector by a lens array similar to that used at the modulation end. The two-photon induced photocurrent from each channel is preamplified and stored. Microlenses can be cut directly in the edge face of the ZnSe.
Attention presently turns to multiplexing operations performed in accordance with the invention. FIG. 13 illustrates the overall architecture of a femtosecond time-of-flight communication system in accordance with the invention. The synchronization beam, indicating with a short pulse the beginning of each string of fs signals, can be derived from the same femtosecond laser used to provide the fs pulses into each pulse shaper. Typically, a shorter wavelength is used for synchronization.
The system of FIG. 13 assumes several channels with digital pulse coded modulation at 10 Ghz. A femtosecond laser is providing a train of pulses at, for example, 100 MHz. Each femtosecond pulse is split into a large number (as many as there are channels; up to 1,000 in this example) of pulses, and given an incremental delay of 10 ps. Each of these pulses is used to make a compressed version of the original word (spanning 10 ps instead of 10 ns). To this effect, the multiplexer consists of a stack of modulators of the type shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 6. All the various signals are then recombined together into the beam to be emitted. The clock laser at 100 MHz is operated at two simultaneous wavelengths. The shorter wavelength train of pulses is sent directly through the same telescope as used for sending out the modulated signal to the receiver.
In the multiplexer 120 of FIG. 13, each of the mutually delayed pulses is combined with an element or word of the appropriate channel to produce a replica of the information (or data) contained in that channel, but compressed in a time span of a few picoseconds (less than 10). The information of each channel, compressed to less than 10 ps, is put into a temporal succession in the main beam to be sent for detection. When detected, the 10 ns between two successive pulses is divided into as many 10 ps channels as was sent from the emitter. The information contained in each 10 ps segment is thereafter decoded to reproduce the original electronic information that was contained in the channel.
The shorter wavelength train is used at the reception as an injection to the local oscillator laser at the reception. Its fluction is mainly that of a synchronizer pulse used to demultiplex the successive channels at the reception.
FIG. 14 illustrates the combination of various channels into a single light beam. The compression of a nanosecond time sequence of pulses (the original �word� in each channel) into a fs pulse train is established using either the amplitude modulation or phase modulation techniques described above.
At the emitter, either in the amplitude or phase modulator mode, the LiNbO3 modulators are stacked on top of each other, and the linear microlens arrays become 2-D lens arrays. The successive delays of the reference pulses that define the channel can be realized with �echelon� reflectors of the type described above.
The reception demultiplexing is the same tri-dimensional structure as the emission. In the case of phase modulation, the successive detector arrays made of 100 μm thick ZnSe plates are stacked on top of each other. An echelon reflector is used for the reference pulses used in the parametric amplifier and in the cross-correlation.
The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, used specific nomenclature to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. Well known circuits and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid unnecessary distraction from the underlying invention. Thus, the foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention are presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed, obviously many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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On poll eve, candidates visited churches and temples in their constituency.
Even while they all remained extremely confident of winning the public mandate to represent Ernakulam in Lok Sabha, prominent candidates in the coastal constituency spent the eve of polling mainly seeking divine intervention to turn the tide in their favour.
While Congress candidate K.V. Thomas, LDF supported independent candidate Christy Fernandez and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Anita Pratap chose to offer prayer at churches of their choice, BJP candidate A.N. Radhakrishnan visited temples across the constituency.
Four-time MP and Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr. Thomas began the day by attending holy mass at Our Lady's Convent in Njarakkal.
Talking to The Hindu later, Mr Thomas said he already won mandate of the God and the people. After the prayers, he met residents of the convent and recalled his long association with the spiritual movement.
Then Mr. Thomas visited various religious and charity institutions in Mulavukad panchayat, where he began political activism after leaving the teaching job at Thevara College. Then he visited convents at Maradu and Edappally and sought blessings of nuns there. In the afternoon, he visited some old friends in Panampilly Nagar. During lunch break, KPCC office bearers and MLAs under his constituency thronged Mr. Thomas's house to review the campaign and finalized strategies for monitoring polling on Thursday. Mr Thomas also telephoned many key persons in the constituency urging them to vote for him.
He would vote at Our Lady's Convent School on Thursday at 9 a.m. after offering prayers at a local church.
On his part, Mr. Christy also offered prayers at the church close to his house in Kaloor on Wednesday morning. Then he spent the day at home in the company of CPI(M) leaders, who arrived to review the campaign and to plug the loopholes. Mr Christy telephoned many key persons and sought their votes. In the afternoon, he went to CPI(M) district committee office and addressed party leaders entrusted with the task of observing booths. Mr. Christy said he would offer prayers at the church in Pottakuzhy before exercising his franchise at Pottakuzhy Little Flower UP School.
BJP candidate A.N. Radhakrishnan began the day on Wednesday at Thuravoor by offering prayers at the temple there. Then he visited Vennala temple. After that, he moved to Paravoor to hold discussions with Viswakarma Community leaders. Then he had free food served at Thripunithura and Njarakkal temples as part of mass feeding. He will visit the family shrine at Edappally on Thursady morning before voting at Cheranallur.
Though AAP candidate Anita Pratap visited the church in Panampilly Nagar, the prayer was more personal than political. "Wednesday was the birthday of my beloved father, who died four years ago. It was he who inspired me to venture into both journalism and politics. So I prayed for him and also used the occasion to seek god's grace in favour of AAP,'' she said.
As her vote is in South Delhi, Anita Pratap will use Thursday to visit three key spots of people's struggle in the constituency. "I wish to make the visit a token of my resolve to stand with the people here unmindful of my winning or losing of the battle. I will continue to be with the people here," she said.
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Membership in the MWC offers the Aggies some real advantages. With 13 games to play next year and only 8 conference games they are able to schedule a couple of high profile non-conference games with Wake Forest (Home), Tennessee and BYU. In addition they have meaningful games in November ie. Air Force (home) and Boise State. Good Luck, Aggies, go win a conference championship!
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Wish we had more than one bye week, though.
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How did we miss playing San Diego State and Fresno State again this year? That is quite surprising.
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I can only see one non conference game the aggies can win. Who agrees with me? The only non conference team the aggies will beat is Idaho State.
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There is a schedule rotation between the Mountain and West divisions. Each rotation lasts four years, I think. So that means we'll face SJSU, UNLV, and Hawaii three more times before we trade out for Fresno, SDSU, and Nevada. Then that cycle will last four years. Rinse and repeat.
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It is a 2-year rotation, not a 4-year rotation. The Aggies will face SDSU, Fresno State, and Nevada in conference play in 2015 and 2016 (home & home series).
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A new 55-plus complex in North Kildonan will provide more options for seniors.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony with local dignitaries to officially open a new show suite took place at The Edison at 455, located at 455 Edison Ave., last week.
Mayor Sam Katz, River East MLA Bonnie Mitchelson, and Coun. Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan) were all in attendance
The $40-million development will provide 131 new suites, with 65 being built in phase 1, and 66 units in phases 2 and 3. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year.
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Kolkata: Senior CPI(M) leader Anisur Rahman has triggered a controversy by allegedly making derogatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her cabinet colleagues, drawing angry reaction from Trinamool Congress leaders on Sunday.
Targeting Banerjee, Rahman, who had earlier also made disparaging remarks against the Chief Minister, told a rally in Birbhum district that "All ministers in West Bengal are lambs. They cannot even marry without her permission".
Rahman, who was a cabinet-ranked minister in the erstwhile Left Front government, made the remarks at the rally yesterday.
The senior CPI(M) leader had in December, 2012 attacked Banerjee over her government`s decision to provide Rs 20,000 as compensation to rape victims asking what would be her compensation if she faced such an assault.
Rahman had also slammed TMC`s all India general secretary Mukul Roy for being instrumental in getting several opposition MLAs to join the ruling party.
The State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said a privilege notice would be slapped on Rahman tomorrow.
"He (Rahman) has made filthy comments against the Chief Minister earlier also and following his apology, we let him go. But this time around we will take the matter to its logical end," Chatterjee said.
"What sort of decorum or education a former minister has is evident from his comments," Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said, adding, "such comments are absurd, people of Bengal will give a fitting reply".
"The language he has used will make Marx and Lenin turn in their graves," state Labour minister Purnendu Chatterjee said.
The state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said, "It is regretful that he has made the comments on International Women`s Day".
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wow nice bro.............
Boy needs to learn his "their"s from his "there"s, but otherwise it just sounds like a shitty situation.
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What kind of band doesn't want to write music?
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The only direct note I have ever read.
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Yeah I would leave if I was him too.
Never heard of them.
It's fucking hard enough finding people who like the same music, let alone have the same musical aspirations and motivation. Kinda feel sorry for the guy but he already has a foot in so he'll be fine
Was trying to get twitter followers prob.
No one writing music. Bunch of hacks.
He did say something but without tantrum and with a a gentlemanly approach to the matter. I appreciate it, while I hardly believe that the guys aren't committed to the band (they played two new songs in their last tour) and they toured almost continuously in the past few months..
Shame, they were starting to look really good with this guy
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I'm not going to lie I have been in bands like this and I completely understand his bitterness towards his departure. The only fucked up thing is that he said "I certainly will not miss the band" , thats kind of a punch in the dick because being in a band is more than just a work ethic. You become a family. And he pretty much just spit in their face saying he won't miss them. I can't wait to hear his new project though.
You become a family. And he pretty much just spit in their face saying he won't miss them. I can't wait to hear his new project though.
Do we have to remember that the dude deleted both the Youtube and e-mail account of the band? The statement honestly doesn't fit that much, of course there was bad blood involved.
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My daughter loves this place and so do I! Meat eater would never realize they were missing anything. Some of the sushi items leave a bit to be desired but I the rest of the food is awesome, well priced and served in portions that totally allow for left overs and late night snacking. Many choices and substitutions are allowed. The vegan dessert absolutely blow your socks off. The Banana cake with coconut cream is my daughter's fav but I tried their new vegan raspberry cheese cake...I'd rather have that then the real thing!
The food was great and you can change most dishes with whichever meat substitute you want--"chicken," "beef," or tofu--I had spicy ginger tofu (not spicy, but I was happy for that), spring rolls, and a piece of chocolate cake (the desserts that are vegan are clearly marked so). The cake was a little weird in texture, but it wound up being delicious, especially with the sweet, buttercream-like frosting. Prices were reasonable.
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Winterizing- 6 anyone ever try...................???
Its becoming difficultto winterize. We live inland CT., and I have done the burlap treatment with some success.
Now, we have some hydrangea that getting huge,, heighth and wide..wise..
Has anyone tried, and/or had luck with just using one of those large green, blue tarps you see in the box stores,, and just laying over the top of them??,, or maybe two tarps??
Any thoughts??
I have a cluster of 3 together, and jusy curious if it might work??
I'm no expert, so I hope someone else will chime in; but FWIW.... I'm in zone 5b/6 in Eastern Washington and I have 5 paniculata hydrangeas that have been in the ground anywhere from 2-3 years. Other than mulching I don't do any type of winterizing. Sometimes their covered in snow and sometimes their not. The only damage they incur is an ocassional broken branch from a snow load.
By just laying the tarp on them you run the risk of too much temperature variation. Cold at night, possibly much higher temperatures under the tarp (like an oven) during the day. Burlap still allows for air movement in and around the plant, tarps won't. During the day, even if it's relatively cold, the sun will heat up the tarp and also heat up (significantly) the air under the tarp possibly "cooking" your plants.
I know there is someone out there who can explain this much better. Hayseedman?
If you want to use tarp, I would wrap it around the plant, but not on top, for reasons mentioned above.
I would place some wooden stakes around the plant, then attach the tarp to the stakes - this will block the wind.
I don't think I would "stuff" the set-up (e.g. straw, leaves), because as mentioned, the tarp might make it just too warm. If you want to loosely stuff screening in there, go with burlap - air can still get through there, much better choice. Or just surround with chicken wire and stuff the chicken wire.
Hi jimrac - here's how I overwinter my 12 garden Divas. I have 4 lesser Divas that I only protect lightly w/ just cage dumped w/ collected leaves. These are the steps I take as shown in pics. I am just now wrapping their cages as our temps have just dropped below freezing & wind-chill is even lower!
I agree with mxk3 if you choose to use tarp.
FWIW - hope it heps ... good luck!
Here is a link that might be useful: Overwintering Hydrangeas
Thanks ditas.
I bet you spend just as much time wrapping your as i do mine.
I have over 25 hydr. shrubs in my yard.
I havent used the landscaping fabric as of yet on any of mine, I may soon try it. I have had reasonable luck with wrapping in just burlap, until last year when the winter was pretty bitter for inland CT.
I am goin gto experiment with the tarp on just 3 of them, and see how it turns out.
Time will tell, I and look forward to nwxt spring..
Thanks for eberyones input.
Hi again Jim - I have communicated with a gardener, who posted in this forum 2 years ago, his style of over-wintering using PVC tubing as frame & mill-felt. I couldn't help but think of how neat & wonderful looking it was, the foundation beds all around his home.
With all the Hydrangeas you have to protect & your plans to use tarp on the group of 3, you might like to create your cage w/ PVC tubing, corner joints & wire pins to hold them down ... very easy to create, he said & easy to store as well (plant will be protected but not suffocated) ... a few gardeners would find his system truly great ... neither he nor I knew how to post pix at that time ... just Emailed me 10 step-by-step pix directly!!! Â;) If my collection of marginal bloomers, were not so scattered around, I wouldn't hesitate to copy his system.
I think using tarp would be no different than using shower curtain as wind-breaker ... a gardener from Michigan used successfully!
Be sure to check back with your results in Spring, OK?
Thanks for the follow-up Ditas.
Very intersting to say the least. I will se how it goes this year with the tarp.
I will most certaintly will post back come May 2010, hopefully with positive results.
Hope everyone has a healthy, peaceful holiday season and a flourishing, big blooming 2010 for all of your hydrangeas!


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- Number of floors - 3
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Cristal Restaurant - This fine-dining restaurant serves dinner only.
Il Posto Ristorante - Overlooking the golf course, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
Spike Bar - Onsite bar.
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Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course. An indoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a steam room.
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New Year Moon Garden
This is my first post this forum. Our moon garden is an island in the front yard where an ancient cedar blew down in a storm several years ago. It's approximately 12'x18'. Here is a photo I made of it late yesterday afternoon in our unseasonably warm weather for southern Tennessee.
Two August Beauty gardenias have survived the 10°F nights we had earlier in December. This fall I added 100 Thalia daffodils and transplanted my white ginger lily. When I dug the ginger, the clump of roots was large enough to divide into 7 or 8 new plants. Other new additions were Fragrant Angel echinacea and The Pearl tuberose. These joined pale yellow daylilies, Crinum x herbertii (Milk & Wine lilies that I dug up from my great-grandmother's old home about 15 years ago), David phlox, and Peruvian daffodils.
The garden is a work in progress. It is situated so that it gets moonlight until the wee hours of the morning. When the weather warms up, I will add some annuals - white nicotiana, Dusty Miller and white petunias. Maybe some others. We will see.
Oh, I do have moonflower vine, too. :) It grows on the east end of the deck, rather than in the moon garden.