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The video is disturbing.
As the Democrat & Chronicle says, it shows "10 minutes of profane taunting endured on Monday by bus monitor Karen Klein," who was riding along with some obviously nasty kids from Greece (N.Y.) Athena Middle School in the Rochester suburbs.
We're embedding it, profanities and cruelty included, because it's central to the story. Fair warning: You'll likely get very angry. Police, by the way, are investigating.
The only good thing to come of this is that the video inspired an online "let's give Karen Klein a vacation" campaign, and nearly $140,000 has been raised as of this hour.
For her part, the 69-year-old Klein tells the Rochester newspaper that as the abuse was happening "I was trying to ignore it ... to black it out, big time." She didn't report the incident, she says, "because it was almost the last day of school. ... Why bother? What good's it going to do?'
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And will she return to bus monitoring next year?
"Yes. ... Because all kids aren't bad."
Well said, Mrs. Klein.
The D&C has also posted video from its interview with her.
Update at 2:45 p.m. ET. The Latest Headline:
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As with the other rubbers from the ACUDA series, ACUDA S3 produces excellent spin. The very soft sponge increases feel and sound, and offers sufficient speed for powerful spin and a positive block game. Playing with DONIC ACUDA S3 will guarantee success and pleasure. It has a unique sound!Sponge hardness: softPlaying characteristics: spin-optimized, fast, paired with perfect sound.
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This is my current backhand rubber, and I think it is quite fast, and very spinny. Topspinning on an underspin ball comes with ease. When you start off using this rubber, you will find that it is a bit hard to control, but eventually you get used to it. Overall it is better for matches than for training, but if you want to be able to control it easily, you should also train with it.
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A system includes a programmable transmitter device (e.g., a PLD) connected to a programmable receiver device (e.g., another PLD) via a transmission medium for transmitting a high-speed data signal from the transmitter to the receiver. During a test mode of operation a low-speed communication link between the transmitter and receiver allows those devices to work together to transmit test signals having known characteristics from the transmitter to the receiver via the transmission medium, to analyze the test signals as received by the receiver, and to adjust at least some aspect of the system (e.g., equalizer circuitry in the receiver) to at least partly compensate for losses in the test signals as received by the receiver.
1. A method of compensating for loss in a transmitted data signal at a receiver, the method comprising:
measuring amplitude of each of a plurality of transmitted test signals having respective different frequencies;
storing, for each of the plurality of transmitted test signals, a value associated with the test signal frequency indicative of a predetermined threshold and whether the measured amplitude of the test signal is less than the predetermined threshold, wherein unacceptable loss is identified based on the measured amplitude of the test signal;
analyzing the value stored for each of the plurality of transmitted test signals to identify a frequency corresponding to the test signal value where the predetermined threshold indicated by the test signal value is smaller than the predetermined threshold indicated by another test signal value; and
when the frequency is identified:
generating a transfer function based on the value stored for each of the plurality of test signals; and
determining compensation for the receiver based on the generated transfer function that would have at least partly reduced the unacceptable loss.
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3. The method of
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implementing the compensation determined based on the generated transfer function;
receiving a further transmitted test signal;
thereafter, measuring amplitude of the further transmitted test signal; and
determining whether the further transmitted test signal as received by the receiver is under-compensated, over-compensated, or properly compensated.
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13. A method of compensating for loss in a transmitted data signal, the method comprising:
transmitting to a receiver a first test signal having a known amplitude and first frequency;
receiving a control signal from the receiver when the receiver measures and stores a first value for the first test signal;
in response to receiving the control signal, transmitting a second test signal having the known amplitude and a different second frequency; and
receiving the control signal from the receiver when the receiver measures and stores a second value for the second test signal, wherein:
the first and second values stored in the receiver are associated with the respective first and second test signals and are indicative of a predetermined threshold and whether the measured amplitude of the respective test signal is less than the predetermined threshold, wherein unacceptable loss is identified based on the measured amplitudes of the test signals;
the first and second values stored in the receiver are analyzed to identify a frequency corresponding to the test signal value where the predetermined threshold indicated by the test signal value is smaller than the predetermined threshold indicated by another test signal value;
a transfer function is generated based on the values stored for the first and second test signals; and
compensation is determined based on the generated transfer function that would have at least partly reduced the unacceptable loss.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application No. 10/853,987, filed May 25, 2004 which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
This invention relates to digital data communication, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for automatically adjusting the circuitry involved in such communication to compensate for losses in a digital data signal transmitted from transmitter circuitry to receiver circuitry.
Different signal transmission media tend to have different signal transmission characteristics. For example, a cable may have a different transmission characteristic than a printed circuit board backplane. In addition, each instance of any given type of transmission medium may have somewhat different characteristics, within a range that is typical for that type of transmission medium. It is also possible for a transmission medium to change over time or as a result of other environmental factors.
Among the characteristics that can adversely affect the performance of a transmission medium are attenuation and phase shift. It is common for the amount of attenuation and phase shift to be frequency-dependent. Typically, both attenuation and phase shift tend to increase with increasing frequency. For convenience herein, attenuation, phase shift, and other forms of signal degradation are sometimes referred to generically as �losses.�
In order to have satisfactory transmission of a digital data signal, especially at high data rates or high frequencies, it may be necessary to compensate for losses in the signal being transmitted. Moreover, because such losses can vary from instance to instance and from time to time, it can be desirable for such compensation to be at least partly automatic or adaptive. A term that is often used for such compensation is equalization. The term pre-emphasis is also sometimes used for compensation or equalization that is performed at the transmitter, i.e., anticipating losses that will occur and compensating for them by modifying the signal before it is transmitted. When the term pre-emphasis is used, equalization may then be used as the term for compensation performed at the receiver. The present inventors tend to prefer equalization performed at the receiver, but aspects of this invention may also be applied to equalization (pre-emphasis) performed at the transmitter.
Programmable circuitry such as programmable logic device (�PLD�) circuitry has capabilities that can be useful in supporting adaptive equalization. For example, a PLD or PLD circuitry may be one of the components involved in transmitting or receiving a signal needing adaptive equalization, or such circuitry may be used for controlling certain aspects of the circuitry that transmits and/or receives such a signal. Such programmable circuitry (e.g., PLD circuitry) can be especially useful in implementations of this invention because programmability aids in providing different parameters and/or procedures for addressing different transmission loss characteristics that may be encountered.
A system in accordance with the invention typically includes a programmable transmitter device (e.g., a PLD) connected to a programmable receiver device (e.g., another PLD) via a transmission medium (e.g., a printed circuit board backplane or a cable) for transmitting a high-speed data signal from the transmitter to the receiver. A low-speed communication link is also provided between the transmitter and the receiver. During a test mode of operation, the transmitter and receiver communicate with one another via the low-speed link to cause the transmitter to transmit test signals having known characteristics via the high-speed transmission medium. For example, these test signals may have known amplitude and successively different frequencies. The receiver analyzes the test signals as received. For example, the receiver may subject each test signal (having a particular frequency) to a series of different amplitude tests (using a series of different amplitude threshold levels) to determine the approximate amplitude of each test signal frequency as received by the receiver. The resulting amplitude vs. frequency information can be used in any of several ways to determine what steps should be taken to at least partly compensate for any signal losses that have been detected. For example, an approximate transfer function can be deduced from this amplitude vs. frequency information. That transfer function (and/or the amplitude vs. frequency information itself) can be used to calculate one or more compensation-control parameters that, when used in the transmitter and/or receiver circuitry, should allow the system to at least partly compensate for losses of the kind that have been detected. As another example, the amplitude vs. frequency information may be compared to several reference sets of such information to find the most nearly matching reference set. One or more compensation-control parameters stored in association with the most nearly matching reference set are retrieved to control the provision of compensation for losses of the kind detected. However they are determined, use of the compensation-control parameter(s) preferably includes at least control of one or more aspects of equalizer circuit components of the receiver. It may also include control of one or more aspects of the transmitter (e.g., pre-emphasis capability of the transmitter).
After initial compensation measures have been taken, the effectiveness of those measures may be determined by transmitting further test signals via the high-speed transmission medium. These further test signals may include any or all of (1) more test signals like those used initially and described above, (2) a data signal having a known data eye width, and/or (3) a known data signal. Further test signals (1) above can be subjected to analysis similar to at least a portion of the analysis described earlier. Further test signals (2) above can be subjected to a received data eye width measurement. Further test signals (3) above can be subjected to a bit error rate (�BER�) analysis. If any of these further tests indicate that the compensation measures already taken are not appropriately effective, compensation can be further adjusted.
Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages, will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.
An illustrative system 10 that can be constructed in accordance with the invention is shown in
System 10 also includes a transmission medium 30 by which data is transmitted from device 20 to device 40. Transmission medium 30 is shown in
Device 20 is shown in
Output driver 24 converts a single-ended data signal output by control element 22 to a pair of differential output signals applied to transmission medium 30. Although differential data signalling between devices 20 and 40 is shown in
Device 40 is shown in
Input driver 42 applies the differential data signal received from device 20 via transmission medium 30 to equalizer 44. Equalizer 44 is controllable by processor 50 to give the output signals of driver 42 a controllable amount of extra energy (e.g., extra voltage change) immediately adjacent to (but following) each transition in the data signal output by driver 42 and/or to perform any other signal conditioning that is covered by the general term equalization. For example (and as in the case of pre-emphasis), equalizer 44 may control such aspects as the amount, duration, and/or shape of the extra energy imparted after each data signal transition. Also as in the case of pre-emphasis, voltage control is primarily referred to herein in connection with equalization. But energy or current control are possible alternatives. Although elements 42 and 44 are shown as separate in
An amplitude-indicating output signal of equalizer 44 is applied to peak detector 46. (Other output signals 48 of equalizer 44 are applied to other circuitry (e.g., as in
The output signal of peak detector 46 is applied to processor 50. In addition to making use of the output signal of peak detector 46, processor 50 may make use of information it retrieves from memory 60. Processor 50 can send signals to device 20 via communication link 70 for controlling or partly controlling operation of control element 22. Communication link 70 can be a relatively low-speed link for which signal attenuation (typically greater at higher frequencies) is not a problem.
A typical, generalized transmission characteristic (�transfer function�) of transmission medium 30 may be given by the equation shown in
In order to determine and implement the appropriate compensation for transmission losses, system 10 may be operated as shown in
In step 112 processor 50 causes control 22 to output a succession of test signals that simulate waveforms having different frequencies. This can be done by having control 22 output a data signal having different numbers of alternating 1s and 0s. The table below shows examples of this for an illustrative system having a maximum data rate of 3.2 Gbps (gigabits per second).
In step 114, during the transmission of each simulated frequency, processor 50 causes the threshold level used by peak detector 46 to change until it is possible to discriminate between a threshold that is just below the high (peak) voltage in the signal output by equalizer 44 and a threshold that is just above that high (peak) voltage.
In step 116 the results of step 114 are tabulated, e.g., as shown in
Once a transfer function characteristic has been determined as in step 116, step 120 (
Step 120 may be performed based on either empirical data or calculations. In either case, processor 50 may perform the analysis. If step 120 is performed on the basis of empirical data, data for several different possible transfer functions may have been previously stored in memory 60 in association with compensation settings that are appropriate for counteracting the attenuation characteristics of each transfer function. In step 120 processor 50 finds the stored empirical data set that best matches the data collected from the performance of steps 110-116, and the processor retrieves from memory the compensation settings stored in association with that empirical data set. In step 122 processor implements those compensation settings. For example, in step 120 processor 50 may look for the empirical data set having approximately the same roll-off characteristics at a desired data rate. The associated compensation settings that are retrieved from memory 60 as part of step 120 and then implemented in step 122 may include one or more of the following: (1) a pre-emphasis setting for control 22, (2) an equalization setting for equalizer 44, and/or (3) a Vod setting for control 22. The presently most preferred embodiments use at least control of equalizer 44 (item 2 in the preceding sentence). Heavy reliance on pre-emphasis (item 1 above) may have the disadvantage of increasing crosstalk between adjacent communication channels like 30. High Vod (item 3 above) may have a similar disadvantage, and also tends to increase power consumption.
As an alternative to reliance on empirical data, processor 50 may perform step 120 by performing one or more calculations. As just one example of such possible calculations, processor 50 may calculate a setting for the first post tap of pre-emphasis (in control 22) and/or equalization (in equalizer 44) by trying to compensate for the amount of attenuation measured in
After step 122 has been performed, and assuming that optional steps 130 (described later) are not performed, transmission of actual data can begin as shown by step 140.
One or more of several optional steps 130 may be performed between steps 122 and 140. These optional steps may be for such purposes as further refining the compensation settings initially implemented in step 122 and/or testing to make sure that data is being received with satisfactory reliability.
An illustrative step 130 for possibly refining compensation settings initially implemented in step 122 is shown in more detail in
It may not be necessary to perform steps 210-214 if data like that shown in the second column of
Continuing with
The four right-hand columns in
The degree of precision that can be achieved in accordance with
Another example of an optional step 130 (
Illustrative capability that may be included in PLD 40 to determine the width of the data eye is shown in
As transmitter 20 transmits the test data, slicer 310 attempts to recover it using a clock signal phase from circuitry 320 determined by processor 50. Comparator circuitry 330 compares the serial data signal 312 output by slicer 310 to the replica of the test data concurrently and synchronously output by memory 60. Any bits that comparator 330 receives that do not match one another indicate that slicer 310 is not sampling the received data signal at the time required to correctly capture a bit in that signal. Processor 50 periodically changes the phase employed by circuitry 320 in small increments. Accordingly, after enough of these incremental changes to the phase of circuitry 320 have been made, the sampling time of slicer 310 will have been effectively swept across the received data eye. The number of phase increments for which data capture remains error-free (or substantially error-free) is a measure of the width of the received data eye. If processor 50 finds that the received data eye is too narrow (e.g., as compared to the known data eye at transmitter 20), processor 50 can adjust the compensation settings (e.g., from step 122 in
Illustrative steps for using capability of the type shown in
If a first performance of steps 410 and 420 does not indicate that the received data signal has an eye of acceptable width, then step 430 is performed to repeat steps 410 and 420 with another set of compensation settings that it may be desired to test. Step 430 can be repeated as many times as desired. Then step 440 is performed to pick the compensation settings that gave the best results from the various performances of step 430.
From the foregoing it will be seen that
Still another example of an optional step 130 (
At the conclusion of the BER test, step 530 is performed to determine whether the test results were satisfactory (i.e., whether or not the bit error rate was acceptably low). If so, control passes to step 540 to exit from this series of steps without need for any change in previously established compensation settings. If not, step 550 may be performed to try some further adjustment to the compensation settings. For example, if the optional steps illustrated by
It will be understood that the foregoing is only illustrative of the principles of the invention, and that various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, although processor 50 is shown in receiver PLD 40, some or all of that component could instead be in transmitter PLD 20, with communication via link 70 being bi-directional or reversed from the direction shown in
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Recent Rate: $35 3/2014
Latitude: 34.7428996555278
Longitude: -83.3961224555969
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Date of Stay: October, 2014
We camped just down the road at the Tallulah Gorge State Park and drove past this campground in Oct. 2014 - Tallulah River Walk was closed - boarded up with a For Sale sign on it. I guess the previous reviewer's comment about it being in forclosure was correct. Their website is still online but that's probably because their hosting hasn't expired. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: March, 2014 - $35.00
This has to be the worst campground we ever stayed at. Narrow roads, rowdy campers, road noise, sites not maintained. Price was steep for what you get. From what I've read online the place is in foreclosure. Stay far away from this place. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: October, 2013 - $10.00
Hard to find. Very hard to maneuver through park and back in your site. Narrow, steep roads with low-hanging tree branches. Restrooms were dirty and rundown. Workers are rude if you can find one. This was a nice place years ago. Now it is awful. Cannot believe it is still in business. There was a kid walking around with a gun shooting near our RV. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Date of Stay: May, 2011 - $10.00
I am giving a 1 for the rating only because the setting is beautiful. Unless you are extremely capable and confident in operating any RV, no matter the size, you will lose 5 years off your life getting in and out of this park. We made a reservation with Coast to Coast to stay 5 nights. Arriving on Monday and leaving Saturday morning. The directions in the CTC book said "9 miles south of Clayton on Hwy 441". The GPS did not have the address 32 Resort Dr, Lakemont, GA. We could not find the place so I called the phone number listed. The office is closed on Sundays and Mondays. We went about 15 miles south of Clayton and turned around heading back north. Pulled in to the only RV park looking place and there on a little building, up under the eave was a little sign that said "Tallulah River Walk". There is a big aerial sign but it is totally blank. Pulled in the driveway and there is not a soul around. Closed sign on the office door with two phone numbers, one for the maintenance man and one for a camp host. Got a hold of the camp host and he told me to look in the little black mailbox by the door and our info should be in there. Would have been nice if there was a sign telling us to do that. To get to our space you have to make a sharp turn down into the park then travel along the river on a narrow dirt trail. Only the park members can camp along the river. CTC and AOR members have to park in section C (full hookups). To get to section C, you go up a steep narrow paved road and turn off the steep road. The place is a mess. Huge ruts, dead leaves and foliage all over. Our assigned site was not even distinguishable as a parking spot plus the power box was at the front of the site so our cord would not reach. The camp host lives up there and he told us to pick another spot. The only one usable had a picnic table that was smashed into the ground and has obviously been that way for awhile. The next day was Tuesday and the office was open. We went to tell them we were in another spot and asked if we could move down to the river. Nope, no CTC on the river. The boss lady was extremely rude. I asked her when was the last time she had been up to the C section and she told me she just works in the office and to talk to the maintenance man that was upstairs in the office. I suppose he hasn't been to the C section in some time either. Anyway asked if we could change our check out date to that day and leave. They didn't have a problem with that so we packed up and went to the state park down the road. The trip out of that park is up another hill and down a very steep, twisty road. Actually there are switchback turns to get out. No way will we ever go back to that park and you shouldn't either. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: March, 2011 - $18.00
What a h#** hole! We stayed here and were given a sales presentation on becoming members. Sounded too much like a timeshare scam. From the looks of the place, cannot see why they are still in business. Roads are in disrepair, our site had electricity outages. The grass was tall, and it was far from the river. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $8.00
The best thing I can say about this park is the electrical voltage was good. Maybe because we were almost the only ones using it. When we checked in we were told that there were no sewer hookups available: repairs underway. The swimming pool was not open, don't know why. The most significant feature of the park was the roads. When you enter you go down a very steep, but short, hill to the "A" section. This may have been where the unusable sewer hookups were. Then you proceed into a .4 mile one-way drive along the river. Rough and very narrow with a significant scar about roof level on one tree. The "B" section is fairly flat and not too crowded. Restrooms aren't bad, but non-working electrical outlets in the men's. The real eye-opener was the continuation of the one-way road up to the "C" section. I would guess it was about a 15% grade. It continued upward past "C", around curves, to the crest, then downward at what I would estimate to be a 15-20% grade which included a 90 degree corner followed by about a 110 degree corner. This part of the road is blacktop but very narrow with large chunks broken from the edges. I can't recommend this park. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2009 - $8.00
In spite of the poor reviews I had read about this park, I stayed here 33 foot pull-behind travel trailer because I thought being on the river (and across the highway and north about one-half mile from a GA state park) the view would offset the negative reviews. I also wanted to see the Tallulah River Gorge – one of the largest in the eastern US. I was wrong. In a word this park is a "dump". This is a private members only park. It is part of the Coast to Coast (C2C) and Adventure Outdoors Resort (AOR) systems. I stayed as an AOR member for $8.00 a night for full hook ups. To start with, there is no place to park while you register. The road from the highway to the office is one way – one lane so while you are registering you are blocking the entrances. The entrance sign on the highway was being repaired the day I arrived and therefore there was no highway sign to mark the park. I suggest you phone for directions. The AOR book gives almost no directions. The GPS is N34 46.103 W83 23.789 but that could be off by a few 100 feet. The park is a very large park. The narrow one-way dirt road that is poorly maintained along the river is almost a mile long. Watch out for the overhanging tree limbs. It appears, but I am not sure, that the river sites are for the local members. The AOR & C2C guest are assigned to the "mountain" (C section) sites up a VERY steep road which is also the way out of the park for everyone since the roads are one-way. The C section is almost one-half a mile from the river. Since I was on the mountain site, hiking was a problem because no matter which way one went it was a steep walk. The sites are VERY poorly maintained and difficult to back into. Some sites are large, most are small. There is a camp host at the C section. It appears that they live here full time. There was a number of empty RVs stored (?) on the sites. I was the only camper I saw (in the whole park) when I arrived. Maybe that was because school had started. There was some, but not very bad, highway noise in spite of being in the woods. No TV, no cable, no Wi-Fi. Satellite may be a problem due to the trees. The office is closed on Sunday and Monday – No CHECK INS. I will not stay there again, in spite of the low nightly rate. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Date of Stay: July, 2009 - $8.00
What a wonderful place to camp: right on the river, rustic mountain setting, putt-putt golf. We enjoyed the setting and the "no pressure" environment. Will stay here again. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Motorhome.Undo
We currently hold a membership to this resort. Since we joined 2 years ago, it has gone
downhill. The resort is currently under new management but doesn't seem to be making any improvements. The bath houses are gross and management is not helpful. The river flooded in 2004 which destroyed part of the resort. This didn't help the already downward spiral of the facilities. This resort could be wonderful if the right management was in place and money was spent on improvements. The lots are spacious and there are lots of trees. The river is beautiful and fires are allowed on the campsites. If you are tempted to buy into this resort JUST SAY NO! We have one more year to pay off our membership and we will sell our deed. We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: July, 2004
We currently hold a membership in this resort and have since 2001. The first 2 years of camping here was great, since that time management has changed and it has gotten terrible, they are unfriendly and hateful. We only camped once in 2004 and have not camped there any this year. If you are invited to this campground to view it, take the gifts and maybe a free night camping and talk to other campers there to see for yourself, but do not buy into this resort you will be dissappointed in the long run. Ask if the taxes are paid up to date (not since 2001). We camped at Tallulah River Walk (Closed) in a Tent Trailer.Undo
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Traded my 2004 Impala with 90.000 miles for the civic lx-s, with 134 miles on I had a little (or big) problem, the engine stopped responding to the accelerator, I kept on pumping the pedal and downshifting (just in case) on the way down to 1st gear and it got going again, took to the dealer and did not find any problems, I just have to learn to trust again, but, I love the sporty feel of the car as a whole, steering wheel, dash, outside, don�t care for the wheel covers (will probably fit some nice alloys). Love the happy revving engine and the Goodyears are just ok, but for what the car was design for, it is fitting. Over 300 miles now, loving it.
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I've owned a 2000 civic before this one and also an accord 2008 right now. This car is smaller than the Accord, but the quality is no less. This car is a great little 4 cylinder, very easy on gas, very quiet high quality Honda engine and nice handling. As I said on my accord review, I have own them all dodge, ford, chevy, toyota and Hyundai and where the Honda leaves the rest behind is time. After 3 or 4 years, the Honda still feels and runs like the day you purchased it. The others slowly show their age with squeaks, garage visits and part replacements. If you want a little car, easy on gas, top notch quality that will be trouble free for many years to come and hold its value - this is it.
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Hondas just seem to get better and better. I do however have two minor comments regarding my new Civic. First, the accelerator's new throttle-by wire technology performs well, yet the feel of the accelerator is awkward to me. The pedal is hinged from the floor and I find it a little uncomfortable situating my foot at times. The other item relates to the transmission. The automatic tranny seems confused at times whether to stay in second gear or revert to first when executing slow turns or "California stops". This confusion can at times result in an abrupt shift of the gears. Other than that, not much to complain about. Hats off to Honda for building yet another great car!
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My chief priority in my purchase this time was fuel economy. I was a little nervous going from my large sedan (Ford 500) to a smaller economy type car. After driving several makes and models, I decided to go with the Civic. I am not disappointed at all. I went with the LX-S because I liked the black interior and some of the extras it came with. The car handles great and the 4 cylinder has surprising power. The fuel economy is better than expected. 4 fill ups and I have been getting 30 + mpg with over 70% being city driving. The interior is very roomy even for my 6'3 frame. The car feels very solid and just a lot better quality then all the competition I looked at. New Honda convert.
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I test drove just about every competitor with the idea I did not want a Civic. After 5 weeks and numerous test drives there was only one choice; the Civic. Handling, MPG, styling and the track record of the Civic's reliability won out. The only car that came close was the Mazda 3. The LX-S comes standard with 16" alloy wheels, small spoiler and "SI like" seats. The fit and finish are excellent. I got 34.1 mpg on my first tank (2/3 highway). The car handles like a dream and the manual trans is typical Honda, smooth as silk. My Civic replaces my sporty 1994 Ford Probe (Mazda mechanicals) after 201,000 miles. Trust me, all things considered, the Civic is the best car in its class.
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It's official: book #2 of the Homefront Trilogy, Alive Day, has hit digital shelves near you! Full purchase links are on the Books page, and you can stop by the Contemporary Romance Cafe to read a steamy excerpt!
'born free'
This morning I had my 32-week appointment with the midwives who'll be attending the birth of my first baby. They're in a private practice, which my employer-subsidized medical insurance pays for. My appointment was at the private Genesis Clinic, nicknamed the "birthing hotel" due to its luxurious facilities, however for the birth I'm booked into Park Lane Hospital, which also boasts a private maternity ward that you couldn't be faulted for mistaking with an upscale hotel.
On my way home from the appointment I stopped into Woolworths, South Africa's high-end grocery store modeled on Marks & Spencer in the UK. The only necessity I had to buy was toilet paper, the rest was middle-class frivolity: cranberry juice, brie, Diet Coke, a single-serving bag of chips, a bar of Cadbury chocolate.
I was debating whether to buy the 18- (slightly cheaper per roll) or 9-roll pack of toilet paper (easier to carry to the car) when an African man tapped me on the shoulder. He wanted to know whether the box of baby cereal (labelled for babies six months and older) and a bottle of full-cream cow's milk would be okay for his two-month-old child, because the infant formula was too expensive.
I tried to use, simple, sympathetic language to compare the prices, pointing out that when it came to price per gram, the (age-appropriate) infant formula really wasn't much more expensive than the (inappropriate) baby cereal. I talked about babies' sensitive tummies, and how the wrong food might make its tummy sore and cause it to cry even more. I asked if he had any way to get to Makro (South African Costco/Wal-Mart), where there would be more brands available in cheaper, bulk quantities (he didn't).
Now, why wasn't his wife breastfeeding? I didn't ask, but I can guess. Maybe she has HIV/AIDS. Maybe she struggled to make breastfeeding work, and had no guidance on how to do it or support to keep at it. Maybe she had to go back to work, probably as a maid in a private home, shortly after the baby was born, so isn't available to feed the baby, can't afford pumping supplies and/or has no education on how to use them.
In the end I couldn't persuade him – and really, maybe it wasn't a question of persuasion. Maybe there was no way he could afford the R146 ($12) infant formula over the R30 ($2.50) baby cereal and he just wanted assurance that he wouldn't kill the baby (a question he asked me repeatedly).
South Africans optimistically refer to the 'born free' generation, children born after 1994 who've never known the oppression of apartheid. Nelson Mandela was a huge advocate for children's rights, and famously declared, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." Yet 20+ years after the first round of 'born free' babies came screaming into the world, South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and this is especially evident in models of maternity care and childbirth.
A few months ago the Guardian published an article that confirmed what I'd gleaned anecdotally: inequality starts even before the moment of birth, in the very means by which South African babies emerge into the world. Babies born in the private healthcare system (which consumes 60% of total health spend yet serves only 15% of the population) are overwhelmingly more likely to be born by c-section, many of which are elective.
From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I've planned for a minimal-intervention birth. My fantastic obstetrician is a renowned champion of natural birth, and I've hired the midwives in order to have low-intervention advocates with me during the birthing process. Whether I'll be able to deliver naturally remains to be seen, but I've been amazed by what's felt like the need to defend my preference, both informally and in terms of literally building a medical team I can trust. The South African (private) obstetric community seems so ready to encourage women to 'simply book in for a caesar,' how do you find the line where your doctor's medical expertise ends and profit-hunting begins?
It's easy to feel self-righteous and skeptically alert to the 'business of childbirth' as I thumb through my imported copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy Edition, or enjoy a workout in my immaculate, brand-new gym, or buy calcium supplements without looking at the price, or tip the Zimbabwean painters who're doing up the baby's room (in the house that I own, in an affluent neighborhood, on a quiet street).
The truth is, I'm so privileged. I can choose to have a low-intervention birth. I have access to whatever medical care might be necessary to facilitate that birth. And if it all goes pear-shaped, I can have an epidural and a c-section and a private room to recover in at a moment's notice, without a thought for how much it's going to cost.
I've spent the whole afternoon thinking about the two-month-old baby who'll be fed cereal and cow's milk tonight, and wishing I'd just given the man R100 to buy the infant formula. That baby will have so many more obstacles in its life, I wish I'd had the presence of mind to give it a little bit of a head start.
Instead I'm reminded to check my privilege, to be grateful, to see my house/work/traffic stresses as great luxuries. My baby will be born into the South Africa with world-class medical care, spacious homes and brand-name strollers. I won't sacrifice to keep it fed, I won't worry about access to clean water, I won't have to choose between a tin of formula and taxi fare for a trip to the doctor. I'm on the right side of this hopelessly imbalanced scale, and for that I'm unbelievably, undeservedly lucky.
shoes, ships, ceiling wax
Oh dear, I've taken my time updating this poor old blog, hey? Well, there's plenty to discuss today, so let's get on with it!
This past weekend was the inaugural South African romance writers' conference, nicknamed ROSACon, held over a day in a half in Johannesburg. I think all of the attendees would agree it was a complete success! (Full disclosure: I was on the organizing committee.)
We had about 30 delegates, and the activities ranged from Skype pitches to editors at Mills & Boon and Harper Impulse, to a first-page critique session by a panel of authors, to a fabulous talk on category romance writing from our local celebrity Joss Wood. Other than the massive highveld storm during Saturday night's gala dinner, the weekend went without a hitch and it was a fantastic opportunity not only to meet so much of the South African romance writing community, but to be energized and enlightened by a variety of experts on a whole range of writing-related topics. On that note…
Having learned during Tristan Banha's social media talk at #ROSACon2014 that Facebook is the most popular and fastest-growing social media outlet in South Africa, I've created my very own Facebook fan page: facebook.com/rebeccacrowleywrites Will I be better at updating it than this blog? Doubtful! But in the meantime feel free to cruise on over and check out the gorgeous banner the Samhain marketing team made for my next release. Which brings me to…
The Homefront Trilogy
This set of military-themed novellas is steaming ahead! I'm currently working on edits for the third installation (Thunder Running) and have just posted the cover for the second book (Alive Day) on the Books page. Meanwhile, tomorrow is release day for Homefront #1, Boots on the Ground!
Sexy Sergeant Grady Reid and his erstwhile heroine Laurel Hayes are already garnering some lovely reviews, most notably from USA Today, Desere at Romance Book Haven and Nanee from Up All Night. If you haven't already pre-ordered, you can one-click your copy tomorrow wherever ebooks are sold.
Last But Not Least
In case you didn't spot my subtle announcement on Contemporary Romance Cafe (cleverly tucked in after the gratuitous photo of Jensen Ackles), the biggest news of all is that Baby Crowley will be having his or her own release day somewhere in between Alive Day and Thunder Running (March 3rd, to be precise). The good news is there's no need to book a blog tour or organize a release-day blitz. The bad news, well… ;-)
copa mundial 2014
Ah, the World Cup: full of patriotism and passion, dramas and controversies, the ecstasy of victory and the agony of defeat. For one month every four years the world comes together in celebration of this truly global, egalitarian sport.
I've been reflecting on the last few World Cups as we approach Sunday's final, and I realized how perfectly memories of this tournament illustrate different stages of my life. There's always one standout moment, and these are some of mine:
South Korea 2002: Ireland vs. Spain
I know I'm not the only football fan for whom this was a momentous match. 2002 was the first time I watched the World Cup, having only really gotten into football over the previous 18 months (a fledgling Manchester City fan in the Stuart Pearce era!). I had finished my first year at college in New York City, and was back in Kansas for the summer. It would be the last time I would spend more than a couple of weeks in my hometown, and was my last real goof-off student summer, as the following year I stayed in NYC and worked full-time. Underdog Ireland played with so much heart, and after spending the whole match 1-0 down, Robbie Keane scored in the 90th minute. I remember sitting bolt upright in my little desk chair, pulled right up to the TV in my bedroom, as the match progressed to penalties. Spain defeated Ireland 3-2, and in that instant I understood the tribal, soul-deep love that football seems to inspire in its fans. I was so invested, so devastated, yet so proud of Ireland's effort. I was hooked.
Germany 2006: England vs. Ecuador
I supported England in the 2006 World Cup, during which I was living and working in New York City, having graduated from college a year earlier. The time difference meant many of the matches were on in the morning or at midday, and England vs. Ecuador started at around 10 AM on a Saturday. I remember this match not for Beckham's winning goal, but for the venue where I watched it: 11th Street Pub in the East Village, a small, innocuous-looking bar that is in fact the meeting place for a rabid bunch of Liverpool FC fans. They showed the match on a big screen at the back and a half-and-half mix of Brits and Americans gathered around communal tables, making friends, sharing snacks, cheering and booing in unison. The atmosphere was awesome, and illustrated one of the great things about the World Cup: the way the sport brings together complete strangers, who for two hours have nothing more in common than the ferocious desire for a ball to find its way into a net.
South Africa 2010: Spain vs. Netherlands
I know, choosing a final seems like a cop-out, but it's nonetheless the most memorable match, for me, of 2010. By this time I'd been living in England for almost three years, and experiencing a World Cup in Europe, where everyone lives and breathes football all year long, made a brilliant contrast to the relatively niche fandom one finds in the US. We were in the process of moving from Camden Town to Belsize Park during the tournament, and were lucky to have a slight overlap in our lease because, in typical British fashion, it took ages to get our internet up and running in the new flat. On the Sunday night my now-husband and I trekked back down to our empty Camden Town flat armed with a laptop so we could watch the match. We sat on the floor, cheering on Spain via an occasionally stuttering web broadcast. It was on a couple seconds' delay so we would hear huge cheers or groans from the pub down the road before we saw the goal/foul/chance that prompted them. The match finished, Spain were the victors, and we took the Tube two stops back up to Belsize Park…where we rode the lift with a handful of depressed-looking Dutchmen in orange jerseys.
Brazil 2014: USA vs. Belgium
In the 12 years I've been able to truly call myself a soccer fan, I've loved watching the sport evolve in my home country. I love seeing more American players in the Premier League, I love the constantly improving quality of MLS games, and I loved all the news reports of the fan support for USMNT this year (and tried to ignore the pang at being 9,000 miles away!). I won't remember USA vs. Belgium because it's the game that knocked the US out of the World Cup – I'll remember it for the unparalleled commitment, ferocity, and determination with which USMNT played. I was emotionally prepared for it being the USA's last match of the tournament, but I had no idea it would be so hard-won. Every year the USA creeps that little bit further through the stages, and I can't wait to see them in a quarter-final in 2018.
I'm excited for the 2014 World Cup final on Sunday night, but I'm also a little sad that come Monday, this sporting whirlwind will be over for another four years. I'm going to miss tuning in almost every night and arbitrarily picking a country to root for, and I'm going to miss the morning-after dissection of attempts, chances, and dives. I'm even going to miss the crazy stories, like the Black Stars' cash-filled plane and Suarez's bite marks. But I suppose much of the romance of football is down to its fugaciousness: today you're a champion, but tomorrow someone'll be doing everything they can to take that title away. Winners and losers, dreams and failures, it really is the beautiful game.
Considering my dad concluded his brief stint in the army way before I was born, my fascination with military heroes in romance is maybe a little odd. I can't get enough of the transient lifestyle, the lethal prowess beneath an ordinary exterior, the distinctive combination of remarkable bravery and vulnerability. The late photojournalist Tim Hetherington did a series of portraits of sleeping soldiers that beautifully illustrates this stunning intersection of impenetrable strength and totally susceptible humanity.
The space I particularly wanted to explore – and which I've struggled to find satisfyingly interrogated in what romance I've read (and I'd love recommendations on this front!) – is the Stateside reality of life in the military. I'm not talking about superhuman Navy SEALS and Airborne Rangers and elite intelligence operatives. I want to read about your garden-variety infantry, guys without college degrees, who can't kill you seventeen ways in six seconds, who don't have super-stealth training or high-tech equipment, who enlisted because they weren't sure what else to do and never quite got out. What happens when an unremarkable, working-class guy is thrust into remarkable circumstances? And what happens when the dust settles and it's back to life in the barracks?
With that, I'm truly delighted to announce the forthcoming release of The Homefront Trilogy from Samhain Publishing. A stone's throw from the gates of Fort Preston, the small Kansas town of Meridian has seen soldiers come and go since the Civil War. But when the 13th Infantry's Echo Company rotates home from a catastrophic nine-month tour in Afghanistan, the men in its ranks carry much heavier burdens than the packs they left with – and they'll need a lot of help to ease them off their shoulders. This series of novellas explores duty, honor, and sacrifice as returning soldiers find love, rediscover life, and redefine what it means to be home.
The first novella in the series, Boots on the Ground, will release from Samhain in October, followed by Alive Day in January and Thunder Running at some point after that. Now I know what you're thinking – will all the serious, analytical chat above be redeemed by a super-sexy cover reveal? You know it will!
Behold, possibly my favorite cover ever for any of my books thus far:
With a life that started in foster care and nearly ended in the mountains of Afghanistan, Grady Reid is more than ready to hang up his sergeant's stripes when his Army contract expires. Small-town Meridian, Kansas seems as good a place as any to finally put down roots. He's dumped his savings into a ramshackle farmhouse and is on his way to trading bullets for bull breeding when an exquisitely beautiful, totally unattainable blonde turns his head faster than a pivoting cutting horse.
Dr. Laurel Hayes longs to escape the confines of stuffy, small-town life for an adrenaline-
fueled, transient lifestyle delivering medical aid in unstable regions around the world. Then she meets Grady, a man with enticing eyes, a slow smile—and not an ounce of the wanderlust that tugs at her soul.
Their lives are headed in opposite directions. But as something more powerful than attraction, desire, or even lust draws them together, something's got to give…or their hearts could break under the strain.
Expect more details and even more gorgeous cover reveals in the months to come (I've seen the mock-up for the second cover and…y'all…let me just say the word muscles) as I endure months of excitement waiting to introduce these characters I love so much to the world of romance readers!
harper harlequin
The internet is abuzz with the news that Torstar has agreed to sell Harlequin to Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corporation, where it will become a division of Harper Collins. Though not normally one to get embroiled in romance industry happenings, I thought I might as well share my $0.02 – or R2 in South Africa – this once.
Putting on my management consulting hat for a moment, I can't say I'm totally surprised. Torstar reported a 7% loss in revenue at the end of 2013 and book publishing – especially in the US market – was one of the segments that decreased. When the COO was swiftly appointed to replace the retiring CEO (rather than finding and appointing a big-name external with an editorial background) I did wonder about what felt like a playing-it-safe hire given the degree of flux in the industry at the moment. Surely this was the time to bring in fresh blood and big vision? But executive moves are my bread and butter and I tend to consider them far more than most people, who probably couldn't really care less.
With today's announcement, the recent C-suite reshuffle leapt immediately to mind. Retrospectively it makes sense – who better to steer a company through a merger than the tried-and-tested operations guy? Equally it's not hard to see how a shift in the top brass could open the way for a merger; without the advocacy of a long-serving CEO, a newer executive may struggle to influence the relevant stakeholders. At the end of the day Torstar needed the money, and Murdoch was willing to pay it.
From an industry perspective I think it's a bit sad. It's certainly the end of an era, plus it's almost never good for a company to be subsumed into a huge corporate as that almost always means cost-cutting and big compromises. News Corp will see value in the Harlequin brand but not necessarily its culture or identity. Harlequin as we know it may eventually go the way of Silhouette, now not much more than a logo.
As an author published by Harlequin's Carina Press, it's hard to see the positive side. Harlequin's existing value is in its distribution and readership, so it's unlikely authors will see either of those increase. It also already has a large, well developed marketing and publicity department so it's unlikely authors will feel anything there, although if HC decides to run HQN's marketing on its own, I'm the sure the job losses in the HQN department will be palpable! From an administrative angle I wonder whether, as happened to Lyrical Press authors when it was acquired by Kensington, existing books will be temporarily pulled from sale while authors sign new contracts. And what will the terms of those contracts be?
So much remains to be seen here, but as a slightly tangential aside I wanted to take this moment to acknowledge how much I love my other publisher, Samhain. I don't know whether it's down to Samhain being a genuinely independent, private company or simply its culture, but my author experience has been that of a small, intimate start-up while the sales numbers comfortably compete with Carina's despite its much greater resources. Soon I'll have some exciting news to share about an upcoming project over in Samhain's corner, but in the meantime I'll settle for feeling grateful I'm one of their authors.
game, set, match!
It's April 14th, which means two things: only one day left for US citizens to file their taxes, and release day for LOVE IN STRAIGHT SETS! Its release is part of Carina Press's Sports Week, spotlighting sexy athletes and the men and women who love them.
In addition to being in Kansas on vacation – where the state has kindly decided to make up for nine months of tropical South Africa by going through three seasons in four days, topping it off with a dusting of snow this morning – I'm all over the web like a zombie plague.
You can win stuff by commenting at Give Me Books and Fresh Fiction and later today at RT, and you can read an excerpt at the Contemporary Romance Cafe.
If you want to see whether this one's worth the money, there have been some great reviews from the Dirty Girls and my personal intellectual hero, Jackie Horne from Romance Novels for Feminists.
That's it for now, but watch this space for even more surprise appearances from my tempestuous tennis player Regan and her sexy Zimbabwean super coach!


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plans to launch a subscription-based music streaming service to
challenge companies such as Spotify Ltd. that offer a similar
kind of service to music lovers.
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service provider with about 20 million users, a quarter of which
are paid users with monthly subscriptions of $4.99-$9.99. Spotify
Ltd. offers music from major record labels such as
Sony Corp.
), EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal.
As reported, Google's subscription services will be connected
to Google Play, its online media hub that lets users upload as
many as 20,000 songs to the cloud and listen to them on their
Android devices or online. Additionally, Google has signed
licensing agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony Music
Entertainment and Warner Music Group to give people unlimited
access to their songs for a yet-undisclosed fee.
With this move, Google appears to be tapping the potential in
the music streaming market, which is expected to be one of the
fastest-growing markets over the next few years. According to
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services are set for rapid expansion over the next five years due
to the increasing use of mobile phones. The report states that
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The competition in the music streaming market is getting
fierce. The market is already crowded with companies like
Spotify, Deezer and Rdio whose streaming services are quite
According to the NPD Group, 39% of the listeners in the age
group of 13-35 years use Pandora's streaming music service in the
fourth quarter of 2012, 11% use iHeartRadio streaming service, 9%
are Spotify users whereas the remaining users tune into other
services. Also,
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In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, Google reported solid
earnings of $10.07per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus
Estimate by $1.24. Google's gross revenue (including total
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patent infringements remain an overhang. Google has a Zacks Rank
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