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A system and method for enhancing the data rate of a WLAN. Through the deployment of a MIMO system, the data rate ordinarily expected of a SISO type system can be doubled. Yet, the MIMO system of the present invention can remain backward compatible with conventional WLAN standards implemented by typical SISO type system. In particular, the packet preamble of the MIMO packet of the present invention is similar to that of a conventional SISO system so as to be backward compatible with conventional SISO receivers. Additionally, the data model of the MIMO system can be configured to support the detection of symbols in the MIMO packet of the present invention. Importantly, the present invention can include a least squares soft-detector for use in a wireless LAN compatible MIMO system.
1. A method of wirelessly conveying data comprising the steps of:
digitally encoding said data into a plurality of data packets using at least one encoder, each data packet having a MIMO preamble;
simultaneously transmitting said packets using a plurality of transmission antennas;
based upon said MIMO preamble, sequentially estimating a carrier frequency offset (CFO), symbol timing, and channel response, wherein the estimated CFO refines a coarse CFO, and the estimated symbol timing refines a course symbol timing; and
based upon said transmitted packets, generating said data at a receiving location.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
introducing temporal and spatial correlation into signals transmitted from different ones of said plurality of transmission antennas using a spacetime coding technique.
5. The method of
scattering data bits of selective ones of said packets across a plurality of said antennas using a spatial interleaving technique.
6. The method of
receiving said packets using a plurality of receiving antennas; and
digitally decoding said packets using a soft decoder.
7. The method of
8. The method of
computing a signal to noise ratio of received signals that is used during said decoding process.
9. The method of
10. The method of
11. A method of wirelessly conveying data comprising the steps of:
digitally encoding said data into a plurality of data packets using at least one encoder, each data packet having a MIMO preamble;
simultaneously transmitting said packets using a plurality of transmission antennas;
generating soft-information for improving the performance of a convolutional decoding process, the soft-information comprising (a) a set of unstructured least squares estimates based upon channel gain between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas and (b) a variance of error terms, the error terms corresponding to noise generated in a MIMO channel; and
based upon said transmitted packets, generating said data at a receiving location.
12. The method of
13. The method of
14. The method of
introducing temporal and spatial correlation into signals transmitted from different ones of said plurality of transmission antennas using a space-time coding technique.
15. The method of
scattering data bits of selective ones of said packets across a plurality of said antennas using a spatial interleaving technique.
16. The method of
receiving said packets using a plurality of receiving antennas; and digitally decoding said packets using a soft decoder.
17. The method of
18. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for soft-detecting soft-information required by a convolutional decoder in a wireless multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system, said computer program comprising a set of instructions executable within a computing machine which when executed cause the machine to perform the steps of:
producing an unstructured least squares estimate for a time-varying channel in the MIMO system, said unstructured least square estimate being based upon channel gains between a plurality of transmitting antennae and receiving antennae of the MIMO system;
computing a SNR based on said produced unstructured least squares estimate; and
providing to the convolutional decoder as the soft-information said unstructured least squares estimate and a variance of error terms, each of the error terms based upon the channel gains and noise generated in a MIMO channel.
19. A system for wireless conveying digital information comprising:
a transmitting source having a plurality of transmitting antennas, wherein data is transmitted from said plurality of transmitting antennas simultaneously;
a channel encoder communicatively linked to said transmitting source, said channel encoder configured to encode electronic documents into a plurality of packets, each packet having a MIMO preamble;
a receiving mechanism having a plurality of receiving antennas; and
a soft decoder communicatively linked to said receiving mechanism for receiving a soft information comprising a set of unstructured least squares estimates and a variance of error terms based upon MIMO channel noise.
20. The system of
21. The system of
22. The system of
23. The system of
24. The system of
25. The system of
an interleaver communicatively linked to said transmitting source; and
a deinterleaver communicatively linked to said receiving mechanism.
26. A method of wirelessly conveying data comprising the steps of:
digitally encoding the data into a plurality of data packets using at least one encoder, each data packet having a MIMO preamble that includes a first training symbol block and a second training symbol block, wherein the second training symbol block comprises a first training sequence associated with a first antenna and a second training sequence associated with a second antenna;
simultaneously transmitting said packets using a plurality of transmission antennas; and
based upon the MIMO preamble, performing at least one of estimating a carrier frequency offset, determining a symbol timing, and generating a MIMO channel estimate.
27. The method of
28. A method of wirelessly conveying data, the method comprising:
estimating comparative gain for each of a plurality of pairs of transmitting and receiving antennas;
generating a MIMO fat-fading channel representation;
computing a plurality of unstructured least squares estimates and variance of error terms based on MIMO channel noise; and
supplying the unstructured least squares estimates and variance to a decoder for performing a convolutional decoding process based upon the supplying unstructured least squares estimates and variance.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/452,513, filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Jun. 18, 2003, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention was made with U.S. government support under grant number CCR-0097114 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The U.S. government may have certain rights in the invention.
The present invention relates to a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system and more particularly to a MIMO system which is configured with backward compatibility with wireless LAN (WLAN) technology.
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) serves as the basis for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a high-speed WLAN standard as well as the IEEE 802.11g and HIPERLAN/2 standards. The OFDM based WLAN system, as specified by IEEE 802.11a (the IEEE 802.11g and HIPERLAN/2 standards are similar to the IEEE 802.11a standard in the sense that they have the same signal format and generation; we use IEEE 802.11a to exemplify our presentation in the sequel) utilizes packet-based data transmission techniques. In that regard, as shown in
Notably, the preamble configuration specified by the 802.11a standard has been designed specifically for a single-input single-output (SISO) system in which both the transmitter and receiver manage merely a single signal. In a SISO system configuration, then, the 802.11a standard supports a data rate of at most fifty-four (54) mega-bits per second (Mbps). Yet, transmission data rates which exceed 54 Mbps can be of particular importance with respect to future WLAN implementations.
Deploying multiple antennae at both the transmitter and receiver has been proven to be a promising way to achieve higher data transmission rates for wireless communication systems over multipath-rich wireless channels, all the while without increasing the total transmission power or bandwidth consumed by the system. In a system which incorporates multiple transmit and receive antennae, referred to in the art as a MIMO wireless communications system, a set of M transmit antennae, and a set of N receive antennae can be provided, wherein N and M are not necessarily equal. Among the various popular MIMO systems known in the art, the Bell Labs Layered Space-Time (BLAST) system is a popular implementation.
The BLAST system has been proven successful in achieving a potentially large channel capacity offered by the MIMO system. In the BLAST system, the data stream can be de-multiplexed into multiple independent sub-streams referred to as layers. Each layer can be transmitted simultaneously with other layers, for instance, using one antenna per layer. At the receiver, the multiple layers can be detected. The detection function can be provided through successive detection via an interference cancellation and nulling algorithm (ICNA), or possibly through a sphere decoding (SPD) algorithm.
Notably, in a system which conforms to the IEEE 802.11a standard, it can be preferable to incorporate within the system the use of a channel coding technique to provide the advantages of forward error correction (FEC), where channel coding is the process of adding redundant information to a digital signal conveyed through a channel. Two forms of channel coding include convolutional coding and block coding, with convolutional coding being preferred. The IEEE 802.11a standard uses FEC codes so as to dramatically lower the Bit-Error-Rate (BER). Consequently, a convolutional decoder can be deployed within the receiver of the BLAST system in satisfaction of this preference.
Importantly, it has been recognized by those skilled artisans that a convolutional decoder with soft-information can outperform its counterpart with hard-information. To that end, the Viterbi convolutional decoder, a popular convolutional decoder, requires soft-information in order to improve decoding performance. Yet, both the ICNA and SPD schemes, in addition to the numerous variations thereof, can be characterized merely as "hard" detectors. Consequently, neither the ICNA scheme, nor the SPD scheme can provide the soft information required by the Viterbi decoder.
Though attempts have been made to design soft-detectors based on the ICNA and SPD schemes, the known designs have been characterized as complicated and not suitable for wide-spread use. Similarly, while space-time bit interleaved coded modulation (STBICM) technology can deliver the soft-output required by the Viterbi decoder, this can be done only at a tremendous computational cost when using large symbol constellations, such as 64-QAM, even when the number of transmitting antennas or M is as small as 2. Finally, a list SPD (LSPD) algorithm has been proposed for reducing the computational cost of STBICM with a price of only a small performance degradation. Yet, LSPD technology is still complicated to implement, particularly in reference to real-time implementations involving large constellations.
The present invention is a system and method for enhancing the data rate of a WLAN. In particular, through the deployment of a MIMO system, the data rate ordinarily expected of a SISO type system can be doubled. Yet, the MIMO system of the present invention can remain backward compatible with conventional WLAN standards implemented by typical SISO type system. In particular, the packet preamble, referred to as a MIMO preamble, of the MIMO packet of the present invention is similar to that of a conventional SISO system so as to be backward compatible with the conventional SISO packet preamble. Additionally, the data model of the MIMO system can be configured to support the detection of symbols in the MIMO packet of the present invention.
Importantly, the present invention can include a least squares soft-detector for use in a wireless LAN compatible MIMO system. In accordance with the inventive arrangements, an unstructured least squares estimate can be produced for a MIMO time-invariant flat Rayleigh-fading channel. Additionally, a marginal probability density function can be computed for the unstructured least squares estimate. Based upon the marginal probability density function, the variance can be computed for the channel. Finally, both the unstructured least squares estimate and the variance collectively can be used to provide a Viterbi convolutional decoder the required soft-information.
There are, shown in the drawings, embodiments which are presently preferred; it is understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown, wherein:
The present invention is a system and method for enhancing the data rate of a WLAN. Specifically, in the present invention, two or more crossed dipole antennas can be disposed both at the transmit and receive ends of the MIMO system. A MIMO transmission packet further can be provided which can include a MIMO preamble, SIGNAL field and OFDM DATA field in the same regard as a conventional SISO system transmission packet like the IEEE 802.11a transmission packet. Similarly, a carrier frequency offset estimation method, symbol timing method, and channel response method can be provided for the MIMO preamble. Finally, a MIMO soft-detector can be provided for bit-level detection.
Notably, the present invention can include a novel and non-obvious soft-detector for use in the MIMO system described herein. In the soft-detector of the present invention, unstructured least square estimates can be produced for received symbols in a MIMO system receiver. Additionally, signal-to-noise ratio can be computed for the received symbols. Subsequently, the produced unstructured least square estimates and the computed SNR are collectively used to provide soft-information to the decoder portion of the MIMO system receiver so that the decoder portion can decode the received signal while permitting only a minimum bit error rate.
Importantly, the decoder portion can be a Vitirbi convolutional decoder configured for use with soft-information rather than hard-information produced by a hard detector such as an ICNA or SPD scheme. Consequently, in the MIMO system described herein, hard information produced by a hard-detector will not be required.
The wirelessly transmitted packets can be formatted for backward compatibility with conventional WLAN packet formatting protocols. Though the preamble design can be used with two transmission antennae 140 and an unlimited number of receiving antennae 150, two pairs of each antennae type can be suitable. In this regard, the packets can be transmitted simultaneously from the transmit antennae 140, each packet having a SISO-like preamble. Referring to
In the interest of backward compatibility, both T1 and T2 can remain the same as in the case of the conventional SISO system, (as well as GI2) for both of the MIMO system transmit antennae before the SIGNAL field, as shown in
The long training symbols shown in
Importantly, one skilled in the art will recognize that many other MIMO preamble designs can ensure backward compatibility with conventional SISO systems and the foregoing description of a specific MIMO packet structure is not to be taken as the exclusive manner in which a MIMO packet can be configured for backward compatibility. For example, by exploiting the transmit/receive diversities, one can attain improved symbol timing or CFO correction. However, these improvements do not necessarily result in improved packet error rate (PER). Hence, at least in a preferred embodiment, the straightforward MIMO preamble design of
To stay as close to the IEEE 802.11a standard as possible, each of a scrambler, convolutional encoder, puncturer, FD (frequency domain) interleaver, symbol mapper, pilot sequence, and CP (cyclic prefix) can be included in the MIMO system in the same way as specified in a conventional SISO system such as IEEE 802.11a. To improve diversity, a simple spatial interleaver can be added to scatter every two consecutive bits across the two transmit antennas. In particular, the spatial interleaving can be performed before the FD interleaving.
Mathematically, then, consider the ns th subcarrier (for notational convenience, we drop the notational dependence on ns below). Consider the case of N receive antennas. (Note that considering the general case of N receive antennas does not add extra difficulties for the discussions below.) Let H denote the MIMO channel matrix for the ns th subcarrier:
Notably, applying the MIMO preamble packet structure of
Let zn(l)=zn ne(l)+en(l), n=1, . . . , N denote the lth time sample of the signal received from the nth receive antenna, starting from the moment that the receiver AGC has become stationary (the receiver AGC is assumed to become stationary at least before receiving the last two short OFDM training symbols and remain stationary while receiving the remainder of the packet).
In the presence of CFO, ε, we have zn ne(l+NC)=zn ne(l)ej2N
The course CFO can be corrected using the computed {circumflex over (ε)}C to obtain data samples zn (C)(l), n=1,2, . . . , N, using the equation zn (C)(l)=zn(l)ej2lπ{circumflex over (ε)}
As it will be recognized by the skilled artisan, symbol timing has been defined as the starting time sample due to the input being the long OFDM training symbol T1 (before the SIGNAL field). Once the starting time sample due to the long OFDM training symbol T1 is determined, the starting time sample due to every OFDM symbol thereafter can be determined, as it is specified in conventional WLAN specifications such as the IEEE 802.11a standard. In any case, the coarse symbol timing can be computed in iterative fashion according to:
When some of the data samples of the sliding data blocks are taken from the received data due to the input being GI2 or the long training symbols following the short OFDM training symbol, PR(k) will drop. This dropping property can be used to obtain the coarse symbol timing.
Let TP denote the first time sample when PR(k) drops to below half of its peak value. The coarse symbol timing can be expressed as
For each receive antenna output, a correlation between the two long training symbols before the SIGNAL field can be computed. The correlations subsequently can be summed for all receiving antennas as follows:
Consequently, the fine CFO estimate can be computed as
Once the CFO has been corrected with the fine CFO estimate, the fine symbol timing can be obtained through the use of N data blocks of length NS corresponding to the N receive antennas, starting from the time sample TC. In this regard, let yn denote the NS-point FFT of the data block from the nth receive antenna. Furthermore, let hn,m (t) be the equivalent FIR channel in the time-domain between the mth transmit antenna and the nth receive antenna, n=1, 2, . . . , N, and m=1, 2. Then, by neglecting the existence of the residual CFO, yn can be written as
After TF has been obtained, the MIMO channel response can be estimated. Specifically, yn,1 can be allowed to denote the NS-point FFT of the average of the two consecutive blocks, each of which is of length NS, associated with the two long training symbols before the SIGNAL field, from the nth receive antenna. Correspondingly, yn,2 can be allowed to denote the counterpart of yn,1 after the SIGNAL field. Thus, for the nS th sub-carrier, the following can hold true:
Returning now to
In addition, a SNR determination process 180 can produce the SNR on each subcarrier. The combined output of the unstructured least squares estimation process 170 and the SNR determination process 180 can be collectively used to obtain the "soft-information" necessary for the effective operation of the convolutional decoding process 190.
Once punctured, the output v of the convolutional coder 210 can be forwarded to the interleaver 220. The interleaver can produce the output
Each modulator 240 can map each layer of the binary bits into data OFDM symbols in the same way as a conventional SISO OFDM modulator.
Significantly, the demodulator 310 can map the soft-information to obtain the bit metric: {{circumflex over (v)}m (1),{circumflex over (v)}m (2), . . . , {circumflex over (v)}m (B)} for the binary bits x mapped to the QAM symbol xm. More particularly, as the real and imaginary portions of the QAM symbol are orthogonal to each other and the real and imaginary portions of the additive complex Gaussian noise are shown to be independent of each other, the soft-decision statistic can be mathematically divided into real and imaginary parts corresponding to the soft-decision statistic of two real valued pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) symbols. The variance of the noise additive to the PAM symbols can be halved as compared to the QAM symbols. Consequently, the bit metric can be calculated for each symbol in a PAM constellation.
In this regard, where Dij={s: sε
The occurrence of each symbol in
Returning now to
Subsequently, in block 430, the unstructured least squared estimate can be established as {circumflex over (x)}us=x+(HHH)−1HHn=x+e. By ignoring the dependence among the elements of e, we can consider only the marginal probability density function for the unstructured least squares estimate {circumflex over (x)}us(m), m=1,2, . . . , M
The method of the present invention can be realized in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. An implementation of the method of the present invention can be realized in a centralized fashion in one computer system, or in a distributed fashion where different elements are spread across several interconnected computer systems. Any kind of computer system, or other apparatus adapted for carrying out the methods described herein, is suited to perform the functions described herein.
A typical combination of hardware and software could be a general purpose computer system with a computer program that, when being loaded and executed, controls the computer system such that it carries out the methods described herein. The present invention can also be embedded in a computer program product, which comprises all the features enabling the implementation of the methods described herein, and which, when loaded in a computer system is able to carry out these methods.
Computer program or application in the present context means any expression, in any language, code or notation, of a set of instructions intended to cause a system having an information processing capability to perform a particular function either directly or after either or both of the following a) conversion to another language, code or notation; b) reproduction in a different material form. Significantly, this invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and accordingly, reference should be had to the following claims, rather than to the foregoing specification, as indicating the scope of the invention.
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Politico's Ben Smith periodically tracks "right-of-center conventional wisdom about Obama" with a device known as the Brooks-O-Meter (invented, it should be noted and disclosed, by Friend-of-The-Scroll Avi Zenilman). In extremely severe debt to that, we inaugurate the Friedmometer, which tracks left-of-center conventional wisdom about the state of peace in the land between the river and the sea.
The line in today's column that's caused the largest
brouhaha controversy, with Elliott Abrams weighing in and then having to fight in his own comments, is, "That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby." But more to the point is Friedman's vidui-like litany of Israel's sins:
It confuses them to read that Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia last Wednesday, was quoted as saying that the recent Russian elections were "absolutely fair, free and democratic." …
It confuses them to read that right-wing Jewish settlers attacked an Israeli army base on Tuesday in the West Bank, stoning Israeli soldiers in retaliation for the army removing "illegal" settlements that Jewish extremists establish wherever they want.
It confuses them to read, as the New Israel Fund reports on its Website, that "more than 10 years ago, the ultra-Orthodox community asked Israel's public bus company, Egged, to provide segregated buses in their neighborhoods. By early 2009, more than 55 such lines were operating around Israel. Typically, women are required to enter through the bus back doors and sit in the back of the bus, as well as 'dress modestly.' "
It confuses them to read a Financial Times article from Israel on Monday, that said: "In recent weeks, the country has been consumed by an anguished debate over a series of new laws and proposals that many fear are designed to stifle dissent, weaken minority rights, restrict freedom of speech and emasculate the judiciary. They include a law that in effect allows Israeli communities to exclude Arab families; another that imposes penalties on Israelis advocating a boycott of products made in West Bank Jewish settlements; and proposals that would subject the supreme court to greater political oversight."
And it confuses them to read Gideon Levy, a powerful liberal voice, writing in Haaretz, the Israeli daily, this week that "anyone who says this is a matter of a few inconsequential laws is leading others astray. … What we are witnessing is w-a-r. This fall a culture war, no less, broke out in Israel, and it is being waged on many more, and deeper, fronts than are apparent. It is not only the government, as important as that is, that hangs in the balance, but also the very character of the state."
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Education: Bachelor's degree, political science, University of Tennessee; law degree, University of Memphis
Professional service: Tennessee Bar Association; TBA Leadership Law graduate; Knoxville Bar Association; Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women board of directors; East Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women past president; Tennessee Bar Association's IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts) grant committee
Community service: Board of directors, Sertoma Center and YWCA; Volunteer, Childhelp's Oysterfest, Greyhound Pets of America, Zion United Methodist Church volunteer
What she likes to do in her free time: Take flying trapeze lessons; travel; spend time at local parks and downtown with her husband, James, and their son, Charlie.
Young professionals looking for ways to give back to their communities need only look to attorney Heather Anderson for inspiration."I'm amazed sometimes at how one woman can make such a difference because she does so much for so many," says attorney Esther Bell, chief executive officer of Global IP. "I think she is an example for young women to emulate no matter what their profession."
Anderson's father, also a lawyer, inspired her to pursue a legal career and was her earliest mentor.
"I was with him a lot and watched him helping people and saw the genuine appreciation on their part and the satisfaction he got from it and I knew I wanted to do something along those lines — I wanted to do something that helped people," says Anderson, an attorney with Reeves, Herbert and Anderson.
Her practice focuses on general litigation, employment law, entertainment law and real estate.
"I hope I'm helping to make this community a better place by easing people's worries about their legal problems," Anderson says. "I hope I'm shattering the expectation of what a normal attorney-client relationship is."
Outside the firm, she serves on the board of directors for the Sertoma Center, which supports individuals with intellectual disabilities. Through her service on the YWCA board of directors, she supports women in need.
Anderson, who lost a close friend to domestic violence, says she volunteers with the YWCA so that women know they have options.
"It's important that women support other women," she says. "Professionally, I've been supported by women throughout my career and I think we have unique challenges."
Anderson served as president of the East Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women for two years, and is a past board member of the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women.
Both organizations, she says, are composed of women dedicated to leaving the legal profession better than they found it, thereby making it easier for future female lawyers to be successful.
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moreEthnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new writing in the field from the last 15-20 years. Many instructors supplement textbook readings and listening assignments with scholarly articles that provide more in-depth information on geographic regions and topics and introduce issues that can facilitate class or small group discussion. These sources serve other purposes as well: they exemplify research technique and format and serve as models for the use of academic language, and collectively they can also illustrate the range of ethnographic method and analytical style in the discipline of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader serves as a basic introduction to the best writing in the field for students, professors, and music professionals. It is perfect for both introductory and upper level courses in world music. less
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NEW ORLEANS - Gladys Willis says her prayers have been answered.
'Thank you God, you helped me one more time,' she said. 'You're getting me ready for the new year.'
For Willis, the new year will come with a new roof. Her old roof failed during Hurricane Isaac, collapsing in her kitchen and threatening to cave in her bedroom.
Willis, an 80-year-old diabetic, lost both of her legs after Hurricane Katrina. They were infected while she evacuated in flood water.
She had no money for repairs.
That's where Charlie Barnes comes in. The AmeriCorps alumni spearheaded an effort this summer to give Willis a safe roof over her head.
On Saturday, volunteers finished painting Willis' ceiling, the final step in the repair process.
'I wasn't about to let an elder in my community who lives blocks down the street from me suffer a ceiling caving in on her in her sleep,' said Barnes. 'The satisfaction in having it finally fixed and having this woman safely back into her home after the storm is repayment enough.'
Willis said none of this would have been possible without help from the entire community. Friends, neighbors, and nearby businesses donated money, non-profits donated tools, and volunteers donated their time.
Michael Collins, contractor and owner of The Other Bar, replaced her roof at cost.
'I say people are so wonderful, you know what I mean. I never been this happy in my life, you hear me,' Willis said. 'After losing my legs, I was sad. But now, I'm back on top again, thanks to everybody who helped me.'
But there's one person who couldn't be here to help. A black shroud in front of Willis' home marks the spot where volunteers will dedicate a plaque for Joseph Massenberg, 18. The AmeriCorps volunteer was gunned down in April, one month after moving to New Orleans.
'This service project is in his memory and in memoriam to him,' said Barnes.
It's a loss to which Gladys can relate. Two of her sons were murdered, too, at ages 19 and 22.
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China has sentenced dozens of followers of Quannengshen, or
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fastfood restaurant by suspected members of the group in June
sparked a national outcry.
Among those arrested were 100 "high-level organizers and
backbone members", state news agency Xinhua said, citing a
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The murder trial is set to open on Thursday, Xinhua said.
The Quannengshen group, which originated in central Henan
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Xiangbin, wife of the sect's founder, Zhao Weishan, Xinhua
said. Zhao is also known as Xu Wenshan, Xinhua said, adding
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In 2012, China launched a crackdown on the group after it
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Communist Party, and preached that the world would end that
The party brooks no challenge to its rule and is obsessed
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have multiplied across the country in recent years.
Demonstrations have been put down with force and some sect
leaders executed.
Former President Jiang Zemin launched a campaign in 1999 to
crush the Falun Gong religious group, banning it as an "evil
cult" after thousands of practitioners staged a surprise but
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This color-enhanced view of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the satellite flew overhead. Colors have been enhanced to show the subtle color variations near the rover, which result from different types of materials. The descent stage blast pattern around the rover is clearly seen as relatively blue colors (true colors would be more gray). Curiosity landed within Gale Crater, a portion of which is pictured here. The mountain at the center of the crater, called Mount Sharp, is located out of frame to the southeast. North is up. This image was acquired at an angle of 30 degrees from straight down, looking west. Another image looking more directly down will be acquired in five days, completing a stereo pair along with this image. The scale of this image cutout is about 12 inches (31 centimeters) per pixel. HiRISE is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the orbiter's HiRISE camera, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Image credit: NASNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) respects the jurisdiction of Health Canada to protect the health and safety of Canadians with respect to the use of consumer products. Canadian families should expect no less from their government.
Consistent with the safety evaluations conducted by many other scientific and government bodies, the draft assessment released today by Health Canada confirms that health risks to the general population in Canada from exposure to bisphenol A are negligible. The assessment also confirms that the Canadian population is exposed to only very low levels of bisphenol A from use of consumer products.
"The weight of scientific evidence, as assessed by Health Canada and other agencies around the world, provides reassurance that consumers can continue to safely use products made from bisphenol A," stated Steven G. Hentges, Ph.D., of the American Chemistry Council's Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group. "Consumer products made from polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, including products for infants and children, are accepted as safe for use, and used, around the world."
While the safety of consumer products for all age groups, in particular for adults, is reaffirmed by Health Canada's scientific assessment of bisphenol A, ACC supports Health Canada's goal to further minimize any potential risks to infants and children. However, consumer product bans are not supported by science and are inconsistent with Health Canada's assessment, which found that infants are not exposed to bisphenol A at harmful levels.
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(5 May 2012) --- A close-up view of the galley in the Unity node photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the International Space Station. A long spoon, stuck to double-sided tape is visible in the foreground. This image was used during a Saturday Morning Science session with NASA astronaut Don Pettit, flight engineer.
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Denise Johnston, a self-described former drug addict, was doing more than simply taking an evening stroll as she pushed a stroller with her 18-month-old son Christian Armbrister through Old Southwest on Friday.
With the same bright blond hair and big blue eyes, the mother and son duo weaved through Highland Park as part of Bethany Hall's "Out of the Darkness" recovery walk.
Organizers started the walk three years ago to raise awareness about substance abuse and planned it for September, the national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month.
Last year, Johnston walked while enrolled at the residential treatment center for women. This year, she did so to show her support for other women undergoing the program.
When she entered Bethany Hall in Roanoke, Johnston said she was a wreck. She said she was strung out and had just served six weeks in jail on drug distribution charges. Her son was 11 days old when she went to jail and 10 weeks old when they both entered Bethany Hall.
She described how Bethany Hall changed her life by teaching her simple things such as breathing and how to be mindful. It showed her the importance of thinking about your actions.
When she finished after nine months, Johnston got a job at McDonald's and a place to live in Old Southwest.
Bethany Hall's executive director, Vickie Price, says more people suffer from substance abuse than cancer, Alzheimer's and coronary heart disease put together.
Started in 1970, Bethany Hall is one of only two long-term facilities in Virginia that accept pregnant women and women with children. Fourteen women live inside the house at 1109 Franklin Road while 12 live next door in an apartment building.
The program lasts from six to nine months depending on the individual, and each woman has a big sister to encourage support in her journey to sobriety.
Program director Denise Yopp described how they organized the walk "to make a statement in a quiet, powerful sort of way" and to show that substance abuse is treatable.
As the women returned from their walk last week, they stood on the lawn in front of Bethany Hall. They then lit candles and recited the Serenity Prayer.
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India Kawasaki Motors launched two new superbikes, ZX10R and ZX14R in Pune today. Priced from Rs 15.7 lakh and Rs 16.9 lakh respectively, bookings of both these supersport bikes will begin from tomorrow, while deliveries will start from September end.
Powered by 1441 cc liquid cooled inline 4 engine, ZX14R delivers 200 PS power and 162.5 Nm torque, with Ram Air, it delivers 210 PS. Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R is the flagship motorcycle of the Japanese company. It is also their fastest and most powerful till date. Accelerating from 0-100 kmph in less than 3 seconds, this monster has electronically limited top speed of 299 kmph.
Both these supersport category bikes from Kawasaki features state of the art technology, where performance and safety is concerned. This include traction control system, called KTRC (Kawasaki Traction Control), which lets you select from 3 modes, according to road condition and your driving mood. Same goes for power delivery. There are three modes, one which gives you full power, second gives you about 75% power and third gives you about 50% of power output. This is incredible, considering if you are new to riding such a powerful machine. This feature will let you understand your bike in stages.
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Triathletes, duathletes, swimmers, cyclists and even beach soccer players will converge on Bantayan Island today as the Bantayan Beach Games 2012 comes off wraps.
First up this afternoon is the off-road duathlon wherein participants will try to conquer three kilometers of running, 15km biking and another 2km run.
To be contested alongside the off-road duathlon is the Dua-Kids wherein kids aged 10-and-under up to 14 years old will negotiate 1.2km of running, 5km biking and end the race with another 1.2km run.
These two events are the two newest additions to the annual sporting event held on the island every Holy Week.
The Bantayan Island Nature Park & Resort where the race will start and end is also a new venue which has been tapped by the organizers for the first time this year.
Benjoe Gimenez of Sugbu Triathlon said the venue is being prepped for adventure races that are being mulled on the island.
To be held tomorrow morning is the cycling Individual Time Trial (ITT) and the open water swim in the afternoon. The ITT will cover 14km while the open water swim will cover 5km at the Sugar Beach Resort.
The beach run and the oceanman will be held on Saturday.
The 5km beach run will start at 6 a.m. while the oceanman will have 200m run and 400m swim to be done in four loops.
The Bantayan Beach Games will be capped by the third and final leg of the Summit Triathlon Team Championship Series on Sunday.
An exciting race is in the offing with just a point separating current leader Team Summit and Rueben Team.
Team Summit manned by Jose Merdino Lim, Kristian Cabahug, and Loveleinell Casidsid has 115 points after the 2nd leg in Siquijor while new entry Rueben Team comprised of Noy Jopson, Joseph Miller, Tyrone Tan and Rochelle Tan has 114 point despite missing the 1st leg.
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Good morning. Wall Street's reputation for savvy and innovative use of IT has been sullied by a series of errors — compounded by many firms' reluctance to describe what went wrong and, more importantly, how they plan to prevent similar problems in the future. Fixing these issues is critical: Exchanges and brokers rely on IT at every step of the trading process, from executing buy and sell orders to settling prices in milliseconds. Thursday, the CBOE, the largest U.S. options trading market, suffered its second tech-related issue in a week. Parent company CBOE Holdings said it would hire independent consultants to review its technology practices, reports the Journal's Jacob Bunge.
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Having a CIO might not solve every software issue known to man, but an expert notes, "the complexity and criticality of the exchanges begs for a more proactive approach to these IT risks."
The biggest IT flops of the year included the botched Facebook IPO by Nasdaq OMX, the trading problems at Knight Capital and United Continental's struggles with its reservations systems.
Knight Capital is an example of a company that fails to fail over. Its backup generator running low on fuel as Sandy did its damage, it decided on Wednesday not to switch its operations to a backup data center. That sort of thing happens more often than you might think.
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16x10 string pattern, textured poly and smooth poly, a whole lot of fun this week.
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How badly did your hoop distort? The total cross string tension is much less than the mains. Some ofvus have dealt with this by using kevlar mains at 40 pounds and poly crosses at 60-65. Even at 35 pounds the kevlar mains are stiffer than copoly at 60, so you still get good snapback and avoid excessive Normal force offset and attendant high rebound angle. Easier to just get a Steam at this point though.
Believe it or not there was no distortion when comparing it to my other sticks. I only used a 5lb difference with the crosses being the tighter one, I guess because I used a very stiff string it didn't allow my frame to distort?
Also, my frame is very flexy so it should have distorted but it didn't.
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Older legends made themselves available when I finally got my waxen ass into Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Squareas a patronand schmoozed it up with multiple generations of famous stiffs. The replicas are so lifelike that I conscientiously skirted around a tourist taking a picture, only to realize it was just another dummy. (As for the real tourists, feel free to knock them over.) You can quibble with some of the details: Diana Ross's nose and Madonna's eyes seem a bit off; who the fuck is Huey from the "popular band" Fun Lovin' Criminals?; and how did Barbra Streisand end up looking like a bad drag queen? But who cares? There's tons of artistry on parade, with special fun coming via the (unintentionally) gay section, with Leonard Bernstein, Quentin Crisp, and Annie Leibovitz camping it up in the ghetto. Most enjoyable of all is the way you're totally allowed to touch the figures. (I'm not proud to say this, but I fingered Golda Meir's privates through her dress and am now mentally decorating what will certainly be an entire floor in hell.) Well, actually, you can touch most of the figuresLady Di is off-limits, carefully surrounded as she is by velvet ropes. Now they protect her!
Meanwhile, there's no rope that a rabid partygoer can't traverse, especially when there are some free medallions of beef on the other side of itand they're out there, honey. With the NASDAQ going up and down, nightspots have been aptly serving up the chow like there's no tomorrow, and the party crowd's sucking it down like wild boars on the verge of eternal hibernation. I got comped and fed at Divas Get Down at Studio 54, a benefit for the New York City Opera where a trio of opera starsAmy Burton, Elizabeth Futral, and Marquita Listerwas scheduled to switch genres and raise eyebrows over dessert. Everyone assumed this meant they were going to barrel into some Limp Bizkit tunes and maybe a little gangsta rap, but their idea of getting down actually involved numbers from My Fair Lady, Pal Joey, and The Wiz! Still, their throbbing voices applied to show tunes made for a culture clash as unexpectedly appetizing as the chicken potpie entrée applied to my exquisitely unaccustomed palate.
And there was some offstage entertainment when a fundraiser begged me to come see La Bohéme and chirped, "That's the show Rent is based on." How darling that he thought he had to invoke a current Broadway pop hit in order to discuss a serious opera with me. Please! I've heard of La Bohéme and even saw itwith Linda Ronstadt as Mimi! Even more dangerously, a TV crew was patronizing people with questions like "Don't you find it interesting that now even opera stars are considered divas?" As if VH1 coined the term and somehow it all started with Faith Hill. Oy! It started with Golda Meir!
But let's calm down and suck in some more food, two-three-four, shall we? I love Paris in the springtime, but I'll settle for the annual Gabriel's luncheon celebrating the "Rendez-Vous With French Cinema" series. The event always has a foreign feel for meit's above 59th Streetand authentically teems with Frenchies nibbling striped bass and waxing profound about Gallic moviemaking. But this time around, quirky director Chantal Akerman didn't feel like playing the glad game. When I asked Akermanwhose new film is La Captiveabout the state of French cinema, she cringed and said, "Don't ask me that kind of question. I'm not a sociologist!" I graciously reminded her that this was a press luncheon and Akerman suddenly put on a big smile and cooed, "Oh! French cinema is totally great! I have the feeling it's OK. A lot of women are doing movies there!"
Now that it was clear we were both put-ons who couldn't care less about the state of French cinema, Akerman and I were able to stop being held la captive by cross-purposes. Relaxing out of her mannequin mode for a second, the director admitted she only saw four films last year"otherwise I sit home and watch TV. What do you want me to say? I only hear Jewish jokes." She told one and it was way less offensive than the Cahiers du Cinéma talk across the room. Alas, when the conversation at the table turned to tabloid dish, Akerman got agitated again, saying, "You Americans are so loud! And you're talking about things I don't know!" By that point I was so entranced by the rambunctious auteur I would gladly even see one of her films.
But can we put that on hold for just le minute? More pressing was the chance to check out the state of American theater with Starmites 2001, the Off-Broadway revisal of the 1989 Broadway musical that became famous as a giant flop that somehow nabbed six Tony nominations. The millions of people who missed the culty comic-book pastiche the first time around have been desperate to catch the new version in order to restore their theater-queen credentials. The verdict? It still feels inconsequential and a bit lame, though it's generally good-natured, well sung, and even has a new Napster joke. But don't ask meI'm not a sociologist.
That other sci-fi toe-tapper, Bat Boy: The Musical, is feisty but rather bloodless, though at the opening night party at the W last week, guests like Monica Lewinsky and Woody Allen (separate) definitely brought my fangs out. I asked Woody if he was there because it's a scandal show and he's a scandal star. No, he said, "I'm a friend of Jean Doumanian [hisand Bat Boy'sproducer]. I had to speak against the building of a building tonight, but I'll see the show this weekend." Building a kinship with moi, actress J. Smith-Cameron murmured, "When Woody squints in the paparazzi's glare, he looks a little like Bat Boy." Her equally esteemed hubby, You Can Count On Me author Kenneth Lonergan, admitted he wasn't worried about Gladiator as a screenplay competitor for the Oscar (alas, they both lost) and also advised me on how to watch the awards show: "Throw balled socks at the screen when there's a moment you don't like." Honey, there aren't that many socks in the world!
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Families First/TANF
Families First is a temporary assistance program for needy families living in Tennessee. Families who qualify for Families First benefits receive monthly cash payments.
To find out more about Families First/TANF, visit http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/adfam/afs_tanf.html or call 1-866-311-4287.
TennCare is Tennessee's Medicaid program for health care. Some of the groups TennCare covers are: children, pregnant women, parents under certain conditions, people who get SSI, and people in nursing homes or getting long term care in their homes. Each group has different income limits. Some of the groups also have limits on how much you own – your "resources" or assets.
To find out more about TennCare eligibility, visit http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/members.shtml.
QMB (or Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) pays the Medicare premium, coinsurance and deductibles for eligible individuals. You must have Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and meet income limits.
To find out more about the QMB program, visit http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/mem-categories.shtml#QMB.
The QI (Qualified Individual) and SLMB (Special Low Income Medicare Beneficiary) programs pay the Medicare Part B premiums for eligible individuals. You must have Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and meet income limits.
To find out more about the QI and SLMB programs, visit http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/mem-categories.shtml#QI1.
Food Stamps/SNAP
The Food Stamp program helps low-income families buy nutritious food they otherwise could not afford. Food stamp benefits are also available to qualifying families, elderly people, and single adults. Food stamp benefits are issued with a debit-card called an EBT card that can be used to buy food items.
To find out more about Food Stamps/SNAP, visit http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/adfam/afs_fsp.html or call 1-866-311-4287.
CoverKids provides free, comprehensive health coverage for eligible pregnant women and children age 18 and younger.
To find out more about CoverKids, visit www.coverkids.com or call 1-866-620-8864.
Note: Even if your child is over-income for CoverKids, you still may be able to "buy in" and purchase coverage for a monthly premium. Call 1-866-620-8864 to find out more.
CoverRx offers affordable prescription drugs to Tennesseans who do not have pharmacy coverage. The program covers more than 250 generic medications in addition to some name brands of insulin and of mental health medications.
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SSI means Supplemental Security Income. The SSI program makes payments to people with low income who are age 65 or older or are blind or have a disability. For 2009, SSI checks are $674 ($1,011 for couples) , but payments increase a little each year.
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) announced today that, following the completion of a Phase 1 clinical trial program for APD597 (JNJ-38431055) under its collaboration with Arena, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has decided not to advance APD597 and has notified Arena that it is terminating the collaboration, effective December 28, 2010. APD597 is a GPR119 agonist intended for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, which, along with other compounds and intellectual property, will revert to Arena upon termination of the collaboration. Arena owns a patent portfolio covering a broad array of internally discovered, oral GPR119 agonists, including next generation compounds that were not part of the collaboration.
The Phase 1 program evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of APD597, and included single and multi-ascending studies in healthy volunteers and in subjects with type 2 diabetes. APD597 was well tolerated and showed dose-proportional pharmacokinetics with a half-life of six to seven hours in solution and approximately 13 hours in suspension in healthy volunteers. The Phase 1 program also provided evidence for incretin stimulation (GLP-1, GIP and PYY) and reductions in post-meal glucose increases with APD597 treatment in both overweight and obese non-diabetic volunteers and in subjects with type 2 diabetes. In general, reductions in post-meal glucose increases were greater with APD597 in combination with sitagliptin, a DPP-4 inhibitor, compared to sitagliptin alone.
"Results of the Phase 1 program suggest that APD597 may have utility both alone and in combination with a DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes," said Jack Lief, Arena's President and Chief Executive Officer. "With our existing GPR119 patent portfolio, internally discovered next generation compounds a
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