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I recently read that contractions of the uterus (in labor) are really no different than when you contract any other muscle in your body (such as your bicep) and that doesn't hurt. So then, my assumption, based on research, is that contractions would only be painful if there is fear involved. BUT, what about my menstrual cramps? I'm not afraid of them, but they hurt like crazy. What's the difference?
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There are different thoughts on this, and IMO really no one "right" answer.
It is true that the uterus contracting is just the same as any other muscle contracting and thus isn't necessary painful. Part of why women experience pain with childbirth may be the very fact that they/we have an expectation of it being painful.
However, here is something else to consider -- any muscle when used more than usual or pushed beyond it's normal activity level can cramp/burn/hurt. The uterus during labor is certainly doing more than it normally does, even though it is designed to contract/push a baby out. So, IMO, the pain associated with labor has a physical cause. However, contractions can be made more painful by fighting the work the uterus is doing, by tensing up other abdominal/back/leg muscles in response to the contractions, etc.
I agree with the above. Also take into account that the contractions are causing your ligaments to pull hard on other bones and muscles in your body that are certainly not used to being pulled. I used to get terrible cramps before my period, they hurt more than my contractions did. But I felt them in my lower back and thighs- not my uterus. Same principle, I imagine. And baby moving through your pelvis is putting pressure in places there has never been pressure before. Yes, I definitely think there is a physical cause.
BUT I also think that changing your mindset to accept the pain as a positive, good thing that is bringing you closer to your baby can do absolute wonders in allowing you to feel the pain without the negative associations that usually come with it. I felt pain during my son's birth, but (for me) it was not something I was afraid of or trying to make stop (except by getting the baby out). I was so happy to be feeling contractions (because of never feeling them during my previous birth experience) that I wanted them to come, I welcomed each one. Every time I had a contraction I felt a little more relieved that my body was actually working. I really think that's why the pain didn't really get to me. I was very surprised later that it hurt less than I expected it to.
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My contractions felt like my menstrual cramps, just 100 times more intense. I feel my menstrual cramps in my thighs, and that's where I felt my contractions.
Your contractions may feel like your menstrual cramps. The difference, however, is that, when you are having your labor contractions, your body is going to be pumped full of oxytocin and endorphins, enabling you to endure your contractions in a different way than you do your menstrual cramps.
my menstrual cramps made me cry, they kept me home for a week from school, and i woukd miss work from it sometimes. they make me not sleep, they make me throw up...and trust me, i have a high pain tolerance. So i am really interested in what others have to say about this.
Well, I can say that my BH, which everyone says is "practice labor" and not really doing anything, and which I've had for months, are more like a muscle, say the bicep, painlessly contracting.
But I've also been having menstrual-type cramping for the past month, and that's somewhat painful and achy. It's not a timeable contraction though.
I'm sure my body's doing something, but I'm overdue and still no sign of baby coming. Hoping that means I'm dilating at least!
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Goodluck MVP1511 !! I'm a FTM and I have no clue as to what I can expect from the contractions but I can't wait. I want to feel them, I want to know how I will react to them, I want to go through it all and I'm hoping my attitude will help me some. Just remember, every contraction you have, the closer you are to your baby. Goodluck!
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I agree with **lovenmyboys. My contractions felt like menstrual cramps up until my water broke, then got my painful.
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i wouldnt say they feel like menstrual cramps so much... its coming from the same area though.. i dont have intense cramps, and i thought ctx were like very weak cramps---but then again, they were different, ctx only last a short while, whereas i've delt with cramps that stay for 20+ min.
for me, the "worst" part about labor, the only part that i could say remotely 'hurt' was the pressure of ds being so low that it felt like he was falling out(i couldn't/didn't want to walkat this point) i wish i would have learned techniques for managing that!
oh, the most excuciating part of labor was getting the iv abx. that hurt!!! it stung through my entire arm for a very long time. i will never again do that, unless something makes me very high risk of passing it on to future DCs. (they didn't dilute it in enough saline, because i wanted it to go quicker, and they never go to a comfortable dilution for me) my friend, who also had abx(but had a saline drip), was really surprised when i was telling her how much that part hurt.
you can do this! peice of cake! :)
Yeah the abx hurt me too. The nurse said it gets some women more than others.
My contractions were very different from my menstrual cramps. My PMS cramps would just hurt constantly, were at the same pain level the whole time, and were in my lower back and thighs. Obviously the labor contractions came and went but the pain also moved. For me, they'd start really low down behind my pelvic bone and spread upward along the sides of my belly and wrap over the top and hold for the duration, then it would let go...and then do it all over again a few minutes later. That was in the begining, much later in labor my whole belly would just seize up for the whole contraction.
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I'm not a huge PJ fan, but always heard they were amazing live. I saw them Saturday in Mansfield, and I agree, they are amazing live. Is there really a need for 3 encores? "Love Reign O'er Me" is a cover from the Who, not just Pete Townshend The absence of 'black' would upset me, but the inclusion of 'crazy mary' would almost make up for it. I've been following Pearl Jam for a long time, and they're fucking amazing. Love them. i saw ted the other night in richmond too. it was the shit. I love how Pearl Jam mixes up their setlists and acknowledges their whole back catalogue when they play live. You never know what songs you're going to hear when you see them live. Aw shit. I misread the first post... You didnt even mention all the guests that Pearl Jam had play with them during this set Dude, do you think Ted had anything to do with the ticket prices?? Pearl Jam's the one headlining--not him and the Pharmacists. I doubt he had much say in the matter. Dude, do you think Ted had anything to do with the ticket prices?? Pearl Jam's the one headlining--not him and the Pharmacists. I doubt he had much say in the matter. "spin the black circle" is a good song. lulz, $77??!??!?!! i saw ted leo two nights before this in richmond at the gallery five with the max levine ensemble: No Jeremy Score is for the free Ted Leo and the Pharmacists show in Battery Park in a few weeks. You'd be correct. Fixed, and tank ya. Isn't "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In A Small Town" all one song/song title? Sweet jesus, Pearl Jam's main set lasted as long as their triple encore. Something's not right about that. Three encores is pretty intense. I think that's maybe something I (and most of the people here) miss by going to smaller shows. You know, you show up late, watch the band for 45 minutes to an hour and then it's over. Those shows are good for different reasons. Everytime I've seen one of these older acts play, they go for hours and it's totally awesome. I love Pearl Jam. |
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WITH GROWTH as a theme, Brazilian singer/songwriter Celia Malheiros paints a fascinating musical portrait of herself on her debut CD, Sempre Crescendo (Always Growing). Original songs that speak to love, spirituality, saudade (Portuguese blues) and her native Rio de Janeiro are the brush strokes she uses to pay homage to the masters who have influenced and mentored her: Antonio Carlos Jobim, samba-song innovator Cartola and the grand wizard of Brazilian jazz, Hermeto Pascoal. Based in the Bay Area since 1982, she has been an important bridge to the musical culture of Brazil.
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Fusing organic samba beats with contemporary jazz, the album showcases the passionate delivery and supple elasticity of her voice as well as her provocative sambista energy. With help from nearby friends like pianist Jovino Santos-Neto and guitarist Jose Neto, the release is artistically rich. A good example is "Amazon," a wordless vocalese melody sung by Celia that floats over a lush string quartet and flute arrangement by Santos-Neto. The piece was part of a multimedia show she did two years ago about the beauty of and destruction going on in the Amazon rain forests.
As a child in Rio de Janeiro, her Afro-Brazilian nanny introduced her to the tradition of carnaval. She would take her to rehearsals and to the gigantic street parade in the heart of the city. Malheiros fell in love with rhythm and percussion. By age 12, she had picked up the folkloric cavaquinho guitar; by age 18, she was supporting herself with an array of musical activities that included performing in nightclubs and on radio and television. But the 1970s were hard for Brazilians, who endured a strict military dictatorship that censored artists. So she left with her husband-to-be Alex Popovics, who went to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music.
"We first went to Boston but moved to the Bay Area because I couldn't stand the cold," she says. "When I arrived, all I had was my cavaquinho and the music inside of me. Right away, I met José Lorenzo, who invited me to join his samba troupe, Batucaje. We did a lot of great gigs and traveled a lot. We performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, at New Year's Eve with the Grateful Dead and in New York several times, and did big carnaval balls around the United States. Then I became the musical director for the San Francisco Carnaval Ball and did that for 13 years."
Malheiros shows her many sides on the 10 selections she features on Sempre Crescendo. Most intriguing are the two that showcase the legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal. Together, they make spirited music. The duet "Sempre Crescendo com o Mestre," with Hermeto on acoustic piano, explores the harmonic edges of the piece with soulful spontaneous improvisation.
"I fell in love with Hermeto's music when I was very young," she says. "I wrote a song for him called 'Fremeto (Frevo).' Frevo is a dance that is done in the northeast around Recife, where he is from. I got Jovino to arrange the song and invited him to do a solo on it. He came in and, in one take, did the piece on melodica. Then he looked at me and said, 'Let's make some music.' I sat near the piano with him and was totally taken by his music.
"Then he said, 'That's beautiful what you're singing.' I said 'I'm not singing, Hermeto.' He said, 'Yes, you are.' He could actually hear the music that I was thinking. The rest is history as we took this journey of eight minutes."
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US 7362283 B2 Abstract An antenna system includes one or more conductive elements acting as radiating elements, and a multilevel or space-filling ground-plane, wherein said ground-plane has a particular geometry which affects the operating characteristics of the antenna. The return loss, bandwidth, gain, radiation efficiency, and frequency performance can be controlled through multilevel and space-filling ground-plane design. Also, said ground-plane can be reduced compared to those of antennas with solid ground-planes.
Claims(36) 1. An antenna system comprising:
an antenna element; and
a ground plane comprising:
at least two conducting surfaces each having a plurality of sides defined by at least one edge;
at least one conducting strip connecting the at least two conducting surfaces for allowing current to flow between the at least two conducting surfaces;
the at least one conducting strip being narrower than the width of any of the at least two conducting surfaces;
the ground plane being disposed in a plane substantially parallel to a plane of the antenna element;
the ground-plane further comprising at least one of a space-filling-curve shape and a multilevel structure, wherein the multilevel structure includes:
a set of conducting polygons, the polygons each having the same number of sides;
the polygons are electromagnetically coupled by means of either a capacitive coupling or ohmic contact; and
a contact region between directly connected polygons is narrower than half of the perimeter of said polygons in at least seventy-five percent of said polygons defining the conducting ground plane.
2. The antenna system according to
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two edges of the at least two conducting surfaces are substantially parallel to each other, and the at least one conducting strip connecting the at least two conducting surfaces is placed substantially centered with respect to the gap defined by the two substantially parallel edges.
4. The antenna system according to
the ground plane includes at least three conducting surfaces, in which one pair of any of two adjacent conducting surfaces is connected by means of at least one conducting strip; and
remaining pairs of adjacent conducting surfaces are electromagnetically connected by means of a capacitive effect or by direct contact provided by the at least a conducting strip.
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all of the at least two conducting surfaces defining the ground plane have the same horizontal width and are sequentially aligned along a straight vertical axis;
each pair of adjacent conducting surfaces of the at least two conducting surfaces define a gap therebetween;
each pair of adjacent conducting surfaces of the at least two conducting surfaces are connected across the gap by a conducting strip of the at least one conducting strip;
the strip is aligned along an edge of the external perimeter of the ground plane, the edge of the external perimeter is alternatively and sequentially chosen at the right and left sides with respect to a vertical axis crossing the center of the ground plane.
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29. An antenna system comprising:
an antenna element; and
a ground plane comprising:
at least two conducting surfaces each having a plurality of sides defined by at least one edge;
at least one conducting strip connecting the at least two conducting surfaces for allowing current to flow between the at least two conducting surfaces;
the at least one conducting strip being narrower than the width of any of the at least two conducting surfaces;
the ground plane being disposed in a plane substantially parallel to a plane of the antenna element;
the ground-plane further comprising at least one of a space-filling-curve shape and a multilevel structure, the multilevel structure comprising a set of conducting polygons, the polygons each having the same number of sides;
at least one of the conducting surfaces or at least one of the conducting strips of the ground plane is shaped as a space filling curve (SFC), the SFC including at least ten connected straight segments; and
the at least ten connected straight segments are smaller than a tenth of the operating free-space wave length and are spatially arranged in such a way that no two adjacent and connected segments form another longer straight segment.
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Description The present invention relates generally to a new family of antenna ground-planes of reduced size and enhanced performance based on an innovative set of geometries. These new geometries are known as multilevel and space-filling structures, which had been previously used in the design of multiband and miniature antennas. A throughout description of such multilevel or space-filling structures can be found in �Multilevel Antennas� (Patent Publication No. WO01/22528) and �Space-Filling Miniature Antennas� (Patent Publication No. WO01/54225). The current invention relates to the use of such geometries in the ground-plane of miniature and multiband antennas. In many applications, such as for instance mobile terminals and handheld devices, it is well known that the size of the device restricts the size of the antenna and its ground-plane, which has a major effect on the overall antenna performance. In general terms, the bandwidth and efficiency of the antenna are affected by the overall size, geometry, and dimensions of the antenna and the ground-plane. A report on the influence of the ground-plane size in the bandwidth of terminal antennas can be found in the publication �Investigation on Integrated Antennas for GSM Mobile Phones�, by D. Manteuffel, A. Bahr, I. Wolff, Millennium Conference on Antennas & Propagation, ESA, AP2000, Davos, Switzerland, April 2000. In the prior art, most of the effort in the design of antennas including ground-planes (for instance microstrip, planar inverted-F or monopole antennas) has been oriented to the design of the radiating element (that is, the microstrip patch, the PIFA element, or the monopole arm for the examples described above), yet providing a ground-plane with a size and geometry that were mainly dictated by the size or aesthetics criteria according to every particular application. One of the key issues of the present invention is considering the ground-plane of an antenna as an integral part of the antenna that mainly contributes to its radiation and impedance performance (impedance level, resonant frequency, bandwidth). A new set of geometries are disclosed here, such a set allowing to adapt the geometry and size of the ground-plane to the ones required by any application (base station antennas, handheld terminals, cars, and other motor-vehicles and so on), yet improving the performance in terms of, for instance, bandwidth, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (hereafter VSWR), or multiband behaviour. The use of multilevel and space-filling structures to enhance the frequency range an antenna can work within was well described in patent publication numbers WO01/22528 and WO01/54225. Such an increased range is obtained either through an enhancement of the antenna bandwidth, with an increase in the number of frequency bands, or with a combination of both effects. In the present invention, said multilevel and space-filling structures are advantageously used in the ground-plane of the antenna obtaining this way either a better return loss or VSWR, a better bandwidth, a multiband behaviour, or a combination of all these effects. The technique can be seen as well as a means of reducing the size of the ground-plane and therefore the size of the overall antenna. A first attempt to improve the bandwidth of microstrip antennas using the ground-plane was described by T. Chiou, K. Wong, �Designs of Compact Microstrip Antennas with a Slotted Ground Plane�. IEEE-APS Symposium, Boston, 8-12 Jul., 2001. The skilled in the art will notice that even though the authors claim the improved performance is obtained by means of some slots on the antenna ground-plane, those were unintentionally using a very simple case of multilevel structure to modify the resonating properties of said ground-plane. In particular, a set of two rectangles connected through three contact points and a set of four rectangles connected through five contact points were described there. Another example of an unintentional use of a multilevel ground structure in an antenna ground-plane is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,703,600. There, a particular case of a ground-plane composed by three rectangles with a capacitive electromagnetic coupling between them was used. It should be stressed that neither in the paper by Chiou and Wong, nor in patent U.S. Pat. No. 5,703,600, the general configuration for space-filling or multilevel structures were disclosed or claimed, so the authors were not attempting to use the benefits of said multilevel or space-filling structures to improve the antenna behaviour. Some of the geometries described in the present invention are inspired in the geometries already studied in the 19th century by several mathematicians such as Giusepe Peano and David Hilbert. In all said cases the curves were studied from the mathematical point of view but were never used for any practical engineering application. Such mathematical abstractions can be approached in a practical design by means of the general space-filling curves described in the present invention. Other geometries, such as the so called SZ, ZZ, HilbertZZ, Peanoinc, Peanodec or PeanoZZ curves described in patent publication WO01/54225 are included in the set of space-filling curves used in an innovative way in the present invention. It is interesting to notice that in some cases, such space-filling curves can be used to approach ideal fractal shapes as well. The dimension (D) is often used to characterize highly complex geometrical curves and structures such as those described in the present invention. There exists many different mathematical definitions of dimension but in the present document the box-counting dimension (which is well-known to those skilled in mathematics theory) is used to characterize a family of designs. Again, the advantage of using such curves in the novel configuration disclosed in the present invention is mainly the overall antenna miniaturization together with and enhancement of its bandwidth, impedance, or multiband behaviour. Although usually not as efficient as the general space-filling curves disclosed in the present invention, other well-known geometries such as meandering and zigzag curves can also be used in a novel configuration according to the spirit and scope of the present invention. Some descriptions of using zigzag or meandering curves in antennas can be found for instance in patent publication WO96/27219, but it should be noticed that in the prior-art such geometries were used mainly in the design of the radiating element rather than in the design of the ground-plane as it is the purpose and basis of several embodiments in the present invention. It is known the European Patent EP-688.040 which discloses a bidirectional antenna including a substrate having a first and second surfaces. On a second surface are arranged respectively, a ground conductor formed by a single surface, a strip conductor and a patch conductor. The key point of the present invention is shaping the ground-plane of an antenna in such a way that the combined effect of the ground-plane and the radiating element enhances the performance and characteristics of the whole antenna device, either in terms of bandwidth, VSWR, multiband behaviour, efficiency, size, or gain. Instead of using the conventional solid geometry for ground-planes as commonly described in the prior art, the invention disclosed here introduces a new set of geometries that forces the currents on the ground-plane to flow and radiate in a way that enhances the whole antenna behaviour. The basis of the invention consists of breaking the solid surface of a conventional ground-plane into a number of conducting surfaces (at least two of them) said surfaces being electromagnetically coupled either by the capacitive effect between the edges of the several conducting surfaces, or by a direct contact provided by a conducting strip, or a combination of both effects. The resulting geometry is no longer a solid, conventional ground-plane, but a ground-plane with a multilevel or space-filling geometry, at least in a portion of said ground-plane. A Multilevel geometry for a ground-plane consists of a conducting structure including a set of polygons, all of said polygons featuring the same number of sides, wherein said polygons are electromagnetically coupled either by means of a capacitive coupling or ohmic contact, wherein the contact region between directly connected polygons is narrower than 50% of the perimeter of said polygons in at least 75% of said polygons defining said conducting ground-plane. In this definition of multilevel geometry, circles and ellipses are included as well, since they can be understood as polygons with infinite number of sides. On the other hand, an Space-Filling Curve (hereafter SFC) is a curve that is large in terms of physical length but small in terms of the area in which the curve can be included. More precisely, the following definition is taken in this document for a space-filling curve: a curve composed by at least ten segments which are connected in such a way that each segment forms an angle with their neighbours, that is, no pair of adjacent segments define a larger straight segment, and wherein the curve can be optionally periodic along a fixed straight direction of space if, and only if, the period is defined by a non-periodic curve composed by at least ten connected segments and no pair of said adjacent and connected segments defines a straight longer segment. Also, whatever the design of such SFC is, it can never intersect with itself at any point except the initial and final point (that is, the whole curve can be arranged as a closed curve or loop, but none of the parts of the curve can become a closed loop). A space-filling curve can be fitted over a flat or curved surface, and due to the angles between segments, the physical length of the curve is always larger than that of any straight line that can be fitted in the same area (surface) as said space-filling curve. Additionally, to properly shape the ground-plane according to the present invention, the segments of the SFC curves included in said ground-plane must be shorter than a tenth of the free-space operating wavelength. Depending on the shaping procedure and curve geometry, some infinite length SFC can be theoretically designed to feature a Haussdorf dimension larger than their topological-dimension. That is, in terms of the classical Euclidean geometry, it is usually understood that a curve is always a one-dimension object; however when the curve is highly convoluted and its physical length is very large, the curve tends to fill parts of the surface which supports it; in that case, the Haussdorf dimension can be computed over the curve (or at least an approximation of it by means of the box-counting algorithm) resulting in a number larger than unity. The curves described in Depending on the application, there are several ways for establishing the required multilevel and space-filling metallic pattern according to the present invention. Due to the special geometry of said multilevel and space-filling structures, the current distributes over the ground-plane in such a way that it enhances the antenna performance and features in terms of:
It will be clear that any of the general and newly described ground-planes of the present invention can be advantageously used in any of the prior-art antenna configurations that require a ground-plane, for instance: antennas for handheld terminals (cellular or cordless telephones, PDAs, electronic pagers, electronic games, or remote controls), base station antennas (for instance for coverage in micro-cells or pico-cells for systems such as AMPS, GSM900, GSM1800, UMTS, PCS1900, DCS, DECT, WLAN, . . . ), car antennas, and so on. Such antennas can usually take the form of microstrip patch antennas, slot-antennas, Planar Inverted-F (PIFA) antennas, monopoles and so on, and in all those cases where the antenna requires a ground-plane, the present invention can be used in an advantageous way. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the aforementioned antennas. The antenna could be of any other type as long as a ground-plane is included. For a better understanding of the present invention, reference will now be made to the appended drawings in which: In order to construct an antenna assembly according to embodiments of our invention, a suitable antenna design is required. Any number of possible configurations exists, and the actual choice of antenna is dependent, for instance, on the operating frequency and bandwidth, among other antenna parameters. Several possible examples of embodiments are listed hereinafter. However, in view of the foregoing description it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that various modifications may be made within the scope of the invention. In particular, different materials and fabrication processes for producing the antenna system may be selected, which still achieve the desired effects. Also, it would be clear that other multilevel and space-filling geometries could be used within the spirit of the present invention. Unlike the prior art PIFA ground-planes illustrated in For this preferred embodiment, the edges between coupled rectangles are either parallel or orthogonal, but they do not need to be so. Also, to provide the ohmic contact between polygons several conducting strips can be used according to the present invention. The position of said strips connecting the several polygons can be placed at the center of the gaps as in In some preferred embodiments, larger rectangles have the same width (for instance Some embodiments like 59 and 61, where several conducting surfaces are coupled by means of more than one strip or conducting polygon, are preferred when a multiband or broadband behaviour is to be enhanced. Said multiple strip arrangement allows multiple resonant frequencies which can be used as separate bands or as a broad-band if they are properly coupled together. Also, said multiband or broad-band behaviour can be obtained by shaping said strips with different lengths within the same gap. In other preferred embodiments, conducting surfaces are connected by means of strips with SFC shapes, as in the examples shown in Another preferred embodiment of multilevel and space-filling ground-plane is the monopole configuration as shown in To illustrate that several modifications of the antenna can be done based on the same principle and spirit of the present invention, another preferred embodiment example is shown in It is interesting to notice that the advantage of the ground-plane geometry can be used in shaping the radiating element in a substantially similar way. This way, a symmetrical or quasymmetrical configuration is obtained where the combined effect of the resonances of the ground-plane and radiating element is used to enhance the antenna behaviour. A particular example of a microstrip (127) and monopole (128) antennas using said configuration and design in drawing 61 is shown in Patent Citations
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Lijun said officials are monitoring in coastal cities the possible influence of nuclear leaks from Japan and the tests showed China had not been affected so far.
However, he made it clear that China will not change its plan for developing nuclear power projects but will learn a lesson after a massive earthquake in Japan that resulted in a radioactive leakage.
"Some lessons we learn from Japan, will be considered in the making of China's nuclear power plans," Lijun told a press conference on the sidelines of the national parliamentary session in the capital.
He said China has 13 sets of nuclear power installations in operation and "tests have shown all of them are safe," Lijun said.
A radioactive substances leak was detected on Saturday at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., after Japan's largest-ever earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Friday, according to Japanese nuclear safety agency.
The reactors in the Japanese nuclear power plants, which have been affected by the massive quake, are Generation II reactors and have to rely on back-up electricity to power its cooling system in times of emergency, according to Lu
Qizhou, general manager of the China Power Investment Corporation.
But the AP1000 nuclear power reactors, currently under construction in China's coastal areas and set to be promoted in its vast hinterland, are Generation III reactors and have built in safety features to overcome such a problem, as they have a non-powered cooling system, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Lu as saying.


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Classic love songs for Valentine's Day playlist
CORPUS CHRISTI - With the arrival of Valentine's Day on Sunday, the holiday that is all about love brings with it a fair amount of stress, anxiety and fear for many. What restaurant should you and your sweetheart go for dinner? What flowers would make the day perfect? It's hard to remember her favorite brand of candy. And in the face of overwhelming choices, picking out a card can be a highly daunting experience. But this year, why not choose to create a specialized playlist that expresses those romantic feelings? What would your love song playlist include? There may be a million ways to say "I love you," but these tracks narrow it down to at least 10.
"Fly Me to the Moon," Frank Sinatra
Ol' Blue Eyes sings of a willingness to surrender in that unmistakable voice that is as classy as it is effortless. It's a great metaphor for that airborne feeling that romantic love can cause, and it's a superb opening track that begins a romantically tuneful trip.
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life," Stevie Wonder
A song beaming with metaphoric brilliance, Wonder likens his lover's presence as one that gives both light and life to his world. The track came from his "Talking Book" album, a disc that Wonder fought to make, since he was taking more control in the studio by playing most of the instruments himself and producing his own music in an attempt to break away from Motown's traditional hit factory mentality. At the time, the song was a gamble. Happily, it not only paid off for Stevie artistically, it stands as one of the most complete and satisfying love songs written.
"Your Song," Elton John
Elton wrote the music but writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics about a girl he was infatuated with at the time. Even though the song was released 40 years ago, the sentiment is timeless and the track isn't mawkish or trite, but instead becomes a heartfelt reflection of how someone can truly inspire hope and happiness in another person's life.
"You Are So Beautiful," Joe Cocker
A song originally written by Billy Preston and done on his "The Kids and Me" album, Cocker, a gravelly-voiced Englishman with a penchant for having hits with versions of other people's songs, managed to be both tender and tough in his hit version that landed in the Top Ten in 1975. Despite the overly simplistic lyric, Cocker sung like his life depended on it, and his raspy edginess drives home the song's longing, almost primal message.
"My Girl," the Temptations
This is a textbook example of the vintage Motown sound that only gets better with time. An irresistible bass line intertwined with a somewhat jazzy guitar phrase pave the way for the song's gorgeously arranged vocals. Written by William "Smokey" Robinson, the Tempts made the song their calling card, and set the gold standard for what a quintessential Motown smash should sound like.
"She's Got A Way," Billy Joel
This song appeared on Joel's first solo album, "Cold Spring Harbor." It resurfaced on 1981's "Songs in the Attic" live set and this version is the one with which fans are the most familiar. A simple sentiment that quietly celebrates all of his partner's subtleties, it was written as a Valentine's Day present for Joel's first wife, Elizabeth. The marriage didn't survive, but the track's glowing tenderness still radiates.
"Here There and Everywhere," The Beatles
Paul McCartney often has cited the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" as the inspiration for this meticulously arranged song from the "Revolver" LP. John Lennon and George Harrison contribute Beach Boys-style background vocals behind McCartney's double-tracked lead. Lyrically, the song's clever use of the words in the title make it plain that the singer wants his love with him wherever he goes, marveling that the object of his affection is "Changing my life/With a wave of her hand."
"Let's Stay Together," Al Green
Green has admitted that the intention of this 1972 chart-topper was to send a love letter to the world, pleading for unity despite racial and political divisions. But the song works just as well as a romantic plea for oneness. Rev. Al sings with a falsetto like no other, hinting that any obstacle can be cleared only if a true connection exists, one that is strong enough to help build the kind of trust and solidarity that a lasting union needs to survive and flourish.
"Wonderful Tonight," Eric Clapton
The British guitar virtuoso slowed it down a bit for this candlelit ballad. Old Slowhand sings about an evening out with his love, and how he marvels at her every little nuance. As uncharacteristic as this song was for Clapton when he released it as a single in 1978, it has proven to be one of his most enduring compositions that couples continue to slow dance to.
"At Last," Etta James
Back in the spotlight after Barack and Michelle Obama shared their first dance as president and first lady to this classic, Etta's voice is filled with a nearly palpable sense of relief and thankfulness that the one she has waited for has finally turned up. A wash of strings and James' percolating build up and confident big finish on the last line of the tune are a perfect way to wrap up this melodic bouquet of songs that will still be spinning long after the chocolates have been eaten and the flowers have wilted.
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This week's episode of Supernatural, "Taxi Driver," was written by the team of Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner and directed by Guy Bee. As usual, Bee gets some spectacular performances from the entire cast.This episode finally sees the brothers faced with the second trial. More importantly, it features the return of one of the most missed and beloved characters of the series, Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver). It will also be remembered for the episode during which the Supernatural version of the Harlem Shake was shot.
This episode had a number of wonderful scenes and will also be remembered as having a high body count, even by Supernatural standards. We lost Bobby – again – and also lost Mrs. Tran (Lauren Tom) and Benny (Ty Olsson). But this is Supernatural and there were obvious loopholes left for each character. Bobby promises to try to come back to help, we don't see Mrs Tran's body, and Dean (Jensen Ackles) didn't burn Benny's bones. I'm sure there will be much debate over Mrs Tran's death in particular. If like me, you were confused by Ajay (Assaf Cohen) being called a coyote, the term is a slang term for people who smuggle people out of Mexico.
The VFX team of Mark Meloche, Grant Lindsay, Ryan Curtis and Adam Williams deserve particular praise for this episode. Really, they've been killing it all season, and I've been remiss in commenting on how spectacular the effects have been all season. This episode featured a number of great effects, but my favorite was the graffiti morphing into Purgatory. No doubt the art department is also due some high praise for that as well. Bobby's ascent to Heaven, which is interrupted by Crowley, was also a spectacular effect – it looked great, but it also evoked a real emotional response.
Having commented on some of what I really liked about this episode, I also have to say that the episode also suffered from a number of very large plot holes. One example that really jarred for me was that suddenly it is really easy to get into Purgatory. What happened to Crowley (Mark Sheppard) not even knowing where it was and how difficult it was to get in and out? It suddenly makes Sam not even trying to free Dean even more problematic. Also, it took Benny, Cas, and Dean a very long time to get to the portal, but Benny is able to take Bobby and Sam there immediately? There is a rabbit hole into and out of Hell that Crowley didn't even know about? It took an army of angels to free Dean from Hell, and now a mere mortal can simply walk in and walk out with a soul? What are the odds that that portal into Hell is right where Bobby is being held? Really? Hell consists of four hallways? And why wasn't Bobby's cell locked? Don't get me wrong, Hell looked great and the inmates were spectacularly creepy, but I was distracted by the logic problems.
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, a word about the really great performances in this episode. Osric Chau as a very tormented Kevin Tran delivers his best performance yet. It's almost impossible to tell if Kevin is just losing his mind due to the pressure of translating the tablet and being hunted by Crowley or whether Crowley really has managed to get in his head. I'm going to assume that we, as the audience, aren't supposed to be entirely sure by the end of the episode to continue the suspense. Tran's performance is excellent, and if we are supposed to know more than Dean and Sam at the end of the episode, I would be more likely to find fault with the script not giving us enough clues. Regardless, we see Kevin falling apart in this episode. Kevin, of course, is a lot more like Sam (Jared Padalecki) than he is like Dean, so it makes sense that Dean's pep talk to just suck it up and accept that it's never going to be over isn't as effective as the ones Sam gives him that reassure him that at some point he'll be able to get out and have a normal life. As per usual, Dean doesn't get to eat his pie. I also noticed that the food he brings Kevin is from Biggerson's.
Sam's reunion with Bobby is poignant. Padalecki and Beaver give great performances. I was not a fan of the Bobby as a ghost storyline at all. I felt that it cheapened his death in the first place. Bobby of all people would have known to go with his reaper. I still think it was a misstep to have him stay as a ghost. This felt like a much better send off for the character. I loved how Sam used facts we only found out about Bobby in "You Can't Handle the Truth" to convince him he was really Sam. Of course, these were all confidences he shared with Dean. I was disappointed that Dean had no meaningful final moment with Bobby. Singer gave us vintage Bobby, and I feel the character has finally been put to rest. When he tells Sam he'll likely see him again, it's seems more a promise that he'll see them when they make it up to Heaven themselves. Padalecki and Singer nail it in the scene where Bobby has to knife demon!Sam – the looks on both their faces are priceless.
We finally get to see Amanda Tapping really get some meaty scenes. Naomi comes to Dean, playing good cop. But she also knows all the buttons to push. She offers him help and says she wants to help Cas. Then she tells Dean that Sam and Bobby are in Purgatory – she knows that will freak him out and spur him on to get them out. Her best moment is squaring off against Crowley, however. I loved how offended she got at being called a bureaucrat.
She certainly seems to be on the right side and seems genuinely pleased to be able to release Bobby's soul to heaven. Of course, maybe once he's there, she has plans for him too. Maybe we'll get to see Ash (Chad Lindberg) come to Bobby's rescue to hide him from Naomi the way he hid Dean and Sam from Zachariah (Kurt Fuller). If we hadn't seen her torture Cas and Samandriel, I'd believe that Naomi was actually a good angel.
Mark Sheppard as Crowley was also terrific in this episode. It's really great to see Crowley actually becoming a sinister, evil enemy again and not simply comic relief. His final scene with Kevin is particularly chilling. I'm really looking forward to getting more information on his past with Naomi.
Finally, we see the end – at least for now – of the Benny and Dean storyline. Benny quickly agrees to sacrifice himself so Dean can get Sam back. Dean is feeling guilty for having abandoned his friend, and he's determined that once he gets back from Purgatory, he's going to be a better friend to Benny. Benny, however, knows that Sam is always going to come first for Dean, and it was clear to me that Benny had no intention of coming back from Purgatory. Both Ackles and Olsson deliver spectacular performances in this scene, and Ackles, in particular, gives arguably his best performance so far this season. Benny finally seems happy and at peace as he sends Sam back, and it felt like a fitting send off for the character. I think a lot more could have been made of the friendship between he and Dean, however.
The brothers manage to finish the second trial, and Sam is obviously hurt again by it. Now that Kevin has hidden the tablet and either Crowley has taken him or he's run away, it's hard to see how they are going to complete the third trial even if Sam is physically able to do it. Dean is convinced that Kevin has simply bolted, and that will make finding him even harder if Crowley does have him. I hope that we will see Dean have a more active role to play then simply gripping Sam's shoulder and looking worried. While I want them to finish the trials, I don't want to lose Crowley as their adversary. It's going to be interesting to see what role Naomi plays going forward. I'm happy to see Felicia Day back next episode, but it looks like a filler episode again, and it feels like we've had too many of those already. What did you think of the episode? Were you happy to see Bobby again or just sad to see him go again? Do you think we'll see Mrs Tran or Benny again? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.


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San Jose State's new floor features characters from '300'? (PHOTO)
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The latest trend in college basketball has been to create a new and unique court designs to garner some attention and get some free publicity for the school and the program.
Florida International turned their court into a beach, Central Florida turned their court into a blacktop and George Washington turned their floor into the national mall.
But San Jose State?
Well, they take the cake, as the Spartans look like they put Gerard Butler's King Leonidas and four of his cronies from 300 on their floor:
Since the internet hates everything, it will probably hate this. But I'm not going to lie: I kind of love it. If only they had more arrows sticking out of him.
Here are the rest of the courts that have been changed this season:
George Washington
Colorado State
Florida International
Old Dominion
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The UpTake: Vivek Wadhwa has been making waves about Twitter's all-male board. Here, the professor and entrepreneur puts up some names of the women he'd like to see take a seat at the microblogging site's board table.
Entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa is attracting a lot of press these days for criticizing Twitter's lack of women on its board. So I asked if he had a short list of stand-out women who would help balance things out.
He offered up three options. First pick - Lynn Tilton, CEO and sole principal of Patriarch Partners LLC a New York-based private equity and holding company. Tilton is a veteran of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs and has helped restructure many leveraged buyouts throughout her career at various investment banks. She's also a single mother.
"She's the most powerful woman in manufacturing. She's turned around major companies, she's tough as nails and sharp as a razor," Wadhwa said. "She really understands business and she can reign in any boys' club."
Another option? Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox's CTO. Vandebroek oversees Xerox's research centers in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States as well as the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC Inc.). She was previously chief engineer of the company, and holds 14 U.S. patents.
"She's also tough as nails. She can go into a male dominated tech environment and really lead," Wadhwa told me.
Finally, Wadhwa suggested Julissa Reynoso, the United States Ambassador to Uruguay. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department. She is also a fellow at New York University's School of Law and Columbia Law School.
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Carroll County's Sydney Haynes qualified for the 4A State Track Meet and a broke a school record in the 3200 meter run Friday with a time of 11:42.4 in the All-American Relays at Radford.
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Having found a new home at Emory & Henry College, Carroll County native Brandon Lineberry is tearing up the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) in his first season with the Wasps.
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