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Malnutrition, illness and abject poverty have taken a severe toll on children in Mumbai's Rafiq Nagar slum. Situated in a vast dumping ground, swarming with flies, and packed with garbage heaps at every step, the destitute colony has seen a series of child deaths since April this year, even as authorities scramble to ascertain their causes.
The infant, Asif Sheikh, from Rafiq Nagar slum died on Tuesday. His death comes less than a week after one-and-a-half-year-old Sahil Sheikh lost his life in the same slum. Sahil was not able to digest his food properly, officials of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) told The Hindu.
The ICDS ward office has asked for data from the organisation Apna Le, which has been keeping a record of child deaths and malnutrition in 650 houses in the area for the past five years.
The Apna Le volunteers have recorded 18 deaths since April of which 10 have been due to malnutrition, said Pushpa Adhikari. There are 429 children in the age group of zero to 5. Of those who have been weighed so far, 25 were found to be in the acute stage, 80 fell in the moderately underweight stage and 143 were normal.
Najmunisa's four children are in varying stages of malnutrition. Her two-year-old son Mohammad Ahmed falls in the acute stage, weighing only 6 kg instead of the required 8 kg. Her six-day-old daughter weighs 2.5 kg, about 1/2 kg less than the average weight.
The pale Najmunisa is herself has a low blood count of 9.5, due to which she cannot undergo family planning operation.
It's the same story in Asma Sheik's house and practically every other house in Rafiq Nagar. Many of the residents here are migrants, eking out a living as garbage-pickers for which they erratically earn around Rs.3,000 a month.
"During the monsoon there is no work, so we have to take loans to survive," said Najmunisa. Of the meagre earnings, a large amount is spent on water, which costs about Rs.40 a drum. Large families subsist on one drum for two days. Asma's house of five children, for instance, uses the same water for drinking and cooking.
"There are times when for eight days there is no water tanker. So there is no water to cook food," said an ICDS staff. The extreme squalor gives rise to a host of diseases against which the children of Rafiq Nagar completely lack immunity.
Mothers reported that municipal schools refused to admit their wards either without birth certificates or summarily. Due to this, many cannot avail of the mid-day meals they are entitled to.
The Apna Le, which provides food for 250 children daily, hit out at the lackadaisical approach of government agencies. "We cannot blame the anganwadi teachers; they simply don't have the tools – the weighing scales, the cards to track malnutrition. Workers don't come to weigh the children every month. Two years ago, in reply to an RTI application, the ICDS said, there was not a single malnourished child in this area. In anganwadis, no record of beneficiaries is kept. The ICDS is a good scheme, but its implementation is poor," said Ms. Adhikari.
According to the ICDS data, in Shivajinagar area, in which Rafiq Nagar falls, 915 children between zero to five years had severe underweight problem in the month of October this year. A climb down from 1,113 children in the same category in September.
The number of children who are moderately underweight rose from 1,982 in September to 2,122 in October. The ICDS has recorded 12 deaths in Shivajinagar, of which two were due to malnutrition, six still births and the rest were due to illness, ICDS staff said.
"Migration and demolitions [severely affect the growth of the children]. Their immunity is very low. There is no gap between the children. Anganwadi gives only one meal, but that is not enough," the ICDS workers said.
Rafiq Nagar is part of a 900-acre dumping ground, which stretches over many other slum colonies. "It's an encroached property. How can the civic body provide any services? Do they pay taxes? They come here because in Mumbai they can at least get two square meals," said a civic official.
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Of course, Brown had plenty of good reasons not to run. He caught lightning in a bottle in the 2010 special to fill Ted Kennedy's seat, when conservatives were convinced his election would block passage of Obamacare. Not only did that turn out to be badly wrong, but there's no defining issue fueling tea party rage right now that Brown could use to replicate his unlikely first run for office.
On top of that, he got turfed by eight points last year while running against a first-time candidate in the form of Elizabeth Warren. Warren certainly benefited from increased presidential-year turnout, but new polling from PPP showed Brown under 50 percent, with most undecideds saying they'd voted for Warren just a few months earlier. Those types of numbers painted a very difficult picture for Brown, who, after all, just endured a very bruising race. Though if he wants to run for something else, many Republicans have pushed him for next year's gubernatorial contest, a potentially easier affair in which he may well engage.
For now, though, the GOP has to turn to its various Plan B's, none of whom look particularly attractive. Former state Sen. Richard Tisei may be their best bet, but he blew what appeared to be a sure thing against wounded Dem Rep. John Tierney in MA-06 last year—and it's worth pointing out that Massachusetts as a whole is considerably bluer than the 6th. There's ex-Gov. Bill Weld, who has sounded very uninterested ... and also tried running for governor of New York (!) in 2006. Mitt Romney's former Lt. Gov Kerry Healey is a possibility, but she's an unknown, and anyway, would you want to run for office in the Bay State with a Romney anvil hanging around your neck?
Someone will run, though, and I wouldn't be surprised if this race winds up much closer than we'd like. Indeed, we absolute cannot get complacent and allow the mistakes our candidate made in the last special here to be repeated. It's why I've harped repeatedly on Rep. Ed Markey for failing to put up a legitimate campaign website. He may be the frontrunner, according to PPP, but he can't take anything for granted.
That's particularly true for the Democratic primary coming up on April 30, where conservative Rep. Stephen Lynch just entered the race. Lynch's campaign will be fueled by his tight union connections, but no one doubts that Markey is the only progressive running. PPP also had Markey up big in the primary, but again, we can afford no laurel-resting. Markey needs to really hit the ground running here, lock up liberal support, win the primary, and intimidate the GOP into realizing they shouldn't bother trying to compete.
The general election is June 25, and for progressives, this news changes nothing: It's still all hands on deck.


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Of course people won't actually buy the VW Passat Alltrack. Not when they could have a Land Rover Evoque for similar money instead - we can understand that.
But what about the people who buy other SUVs? What's their excuse, come the time when they will inevitably overlook the Alltrack in favour of something taller? You know the answer. Buying an SUV is not about ability. It's about status.
This is a shame, as the Alltrack does a bang-up job of linking the best bits of a family estate with the necessary bits of an SUV. It has a Haldex 4WD system that sends 90 per cent of torque to the front wheels normally (helps efficiency), but can switch and send almost all to the rear wheels. It's proven, reliable, seamless technology.
It's placed under a Passat body that's been lifted by 30mm, raising clearance to 165mm. That's enough for the Alltrack to keep its belly clean in most circumstances, and, if it isn't, Volkswagen has equipped the underside of the engine with a proper metal skid plate.
That's the one you can't see. The ones you can - front and rear - are made of plastic, as are the new sills. It's perfectly good plastic, but it is the only bodywork change, so making the Alltrack short of any extra kudos.
In the UK (where it arrives this July), it'll only be available with a 2.0-litre diesel engine. The entry-level model is a 138bhp manual; the other, a 168bhp DSG twin-clutch. Both are smooth, quiet and thoroughly capable (if slightly high on CO2) engines, and there's nothing intrinsically wrong with the manual gearbox. It's just that the DSG makes life easier and has that bit more overtaking punch.
What impressed me more was the supple ride and handling. The suspension has been toughened up to cope with the supposed extra workload, and simply feels like it's been constructed from more expensive components. The Alltrack doesn't wallow and generally feels relaxed and quietly professional.
It's also spacious, nicely finished inside and good to live with. But a likely price of £30,500 (or £28,500 for the lesser model) is just too much. That's a £3,000 markup on the standard Passat and puts the Alltrack smack in the SUV firing line. Right where it doesn't want to be.
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The verdict
Do you value status and image? Clearly this car isn't for you. But, for everyone else, the Alltrack is a perfectly handy do-it-all family car


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Teams out of the playoff race still have a lot to play for, including calling up the likes of Cubs prospect Kris Bryant.
July 17, 2014
Mound Musings: Looking into the Future
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June 9, 2014
Minor League Barometer: Smokin' Smokie
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As teams near their season openers, the final cuts are being made and job battles have been decided. Brian Pelowski takes one last look around the league as spring training comes to an end.
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Spring Training Job Battles: Opportunity Knocks
The rash of injuries in the Braves' rotation has opened up an unexpected competition this spring.
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Spring Training Job Battles: An Early Look
Now that spring training is in full swing, Brian Pelowski looks around the league at jobs that are up for grabs. Can Miguel Sano become the Opening Day starter at third base in Minnesota?
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With a group of young stars and surprising acquisitions, the Rays are betting big for 2014. With David Price leading the rotation and sluggers Evan Longoria and Wil Myers on offense, is this the year Joe Maddon's bunch can break through?
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August 3, 2013
The Wheelhouse: So You Want to Be a GM?
After criticizing Royals general manager Dayton Moore's only trade at Wednesday's non-waiver deadline, Derek VanRiper retraces his steps over the past 18 months and questions some of his own decisions.
July 18, 2013
Mound Musings: Futures Game Fallout
Noah Syndergaard pitches older than his young age and, as he showed at the Futures Game, gives the Mets a lot to like.
July 12, 2013
Top 200 Prospects: A New No. 1
With the addition of the 2013 draft class, Byron Buxton tops the latest Top 200 list from Nick Shlain and Jesse Siegel.
June 28, 2013
House of Shlain: The Future is Here
RotoWire's Nick Shlain breaks down a group of players he'll be watching closely during the upcoming Futures Game including Yankees farmhand Rafael De Paula.
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Minor League Barometer: We're Here to Motivate
Matt Davidson needs no motivation as he's making a case for a call-up to Arizona, but that's not true of all of his brethren in his week's Barometer.
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Along with an examination of pitching in general, RotoWire's Man on the Scene Bernie Pleskoff breaks down the current crop of left-handed pitching prospects.
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On the eve of his 2013 season debut with the Rangers, Jurickson Profar tops the list for Jesse Siegel and Nick Shlain in their latest Top 200 prospect rankings.
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Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
Friday - 3/29/2013, 3:12am EDT
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up.
In less than two weeks, seven senators -- all from moderate or Republican-leaning states -- announced their support, dropping one by one like dominos. Taken together, their proclamations reflected a profound change in the American political calculus: For the first time, elected officials from traditionally conservative states are starting to feel it's safer to back gay marriage than risk being the last to join the cause.
"As far as I can tell, political leaders are falling all over themselves to endorse your side of the case," Chief Justice John Roberts told lawyers urging the Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a law barring legally married gay couples from receiving federal benefits or recognition.
It was the second of two landmark gay marriage cases the justices heard this week, the high court's first major examination of gay rights in a decade. But the focus on the court cases -- replete with colorful, camera-ready protests outside the court building -- obscured the sudden emergence of a critical mass across the street in the Capitol as one by one, senators took to Facebook or quietly issued a statement to say that they, too, now support gay marriage.
For some Democrats, like Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Montana Sen. Jon Tester, the reversal would have been almost unfathomable just a few months ago as they fought for re-election. The potential risks were even greater for other Democrats like North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan and Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, already top GOP targets when they face voters next year in states that President Barack Obama lost in November. After all, it was less than a year ago that voters in Hagan's state approved a ban on gay marriage.
Those four Democrats and two others -- Mark Warner of Virginia and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia -- were swept up in a shifting tide that began to take shape last year, when Obama, in the heat of his re-election campaign, became the first sitting president to endorse gay marriage. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential contender in the next presidential election, followed suit in mid-March. As support among party leaders builds, rank-and-file Democrats appear wary of being perceived as hold-outs in what both parties are increasingly describing as a civil-rights issue.
"They're reflecting what they're seeing in the polls -- except the most extreme of the Republican base," former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican who supports gay marriage, said in an interview. "From a purely political perspective, if you want to be a leader of the future, you look at the next generation. They are overwhelmingly in favor of this."
Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party, cautioned in a USA Today interview that the GOP should not "act like Old Testament heretics."
Among Republicans, whose party platform opposes gay marriage, the shift in position has mostly been limited to former lawmakers and prominent strategists. Still, a distinct change in tone was palpable this month when Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican whom presidential candidate Mitt Romney vetted last year as a potential running mate, declared his support, citing a personal conversion stemming from his son coming out to him as gay.
Rather than blast Portman for flouting party dogma or failing an ideological litmus test, Republican leaders shrugged, indicating that even if Republicans, as a party, aren't prepared back gay marriage, they won't hold it against those in their ranks who do.
In the Republican-controlled House, where most members come from lopsided districts heavily skewed to one party or the other, GOP leaders are not wavering publicly from their staunch opposition. In fact, when the Obama administration stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court, it was House Republicans who took up the mantle. Democrats said Thursday that Republicans have spent as much as $3 million in taxpayer funds to defend the law, now before the Supreme Court.
"It's like immigration. The party realizes they are on the losing side of some of these issues," said former Rep. Jim Kolbe, an Arizona Republican. Kolbe came out as gay in 1996 while in office and will mark another milestone in May when he and his longtime partner get married in Washington.
"They want to make the shift, but you have got to do it in a politic and strategic way," Kolbe said. "It's a matter of how and when you take down one flag and run up the other."


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A communications system and method performs centralized signal processing on received audio signals. A plurality of terminals are coupled to a processing switch via links. The terminals can be, for example, dedicated speakerphones, desktop handsets, or personal computers with audio capabilities. The links can be wired or wireless, can carry analog or digital signals, and can be shared with other users in a network. The switch receives the audio data from the terminals, processes the data according to desired acoustical procedures, creates one or more output mixes, and provides the output mixes to the appropriate terminals. The operation of the processing switch is controlled by a communications support module (CSM) which can receive, process, and send data to/from multiple terminals simultaneously. The CSM receives audio signals from the terminals. The CSM uses stored room models holding room model information including data and/or filters representing the acoustic properties of the terminal and/or the environment surrounding the terminal to produce the audio signals. Signal processing (SP) modules provide a pool of SP power from which the CSM can draw to process audio signals received from or being sent to the terminals. The CSM uses the SP modules to perform signal processing including acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control, noise reduction. The CSM also uses a mixing module to perform signal mixing.
1. A method for supporting communication among a plurality of terminals, the method comprising steps of:
receiving an audio signal at a centralized switch to result in a received signal, wherein the centralized switch receives the audio signal from a terminal over a communications medium, wherein the terminal has a microphone located proximate to not more than one active speaker mechanism, wherein the terminal lacks mechanisms for removing an audio feedback portion of the audio signal, wherein the audio feedback portion is caused by the microphone reacting to sound energy from the not more than one active speaker mechanism;
processing by a signal processor the received audio signal to remove the audio feedback portion resulting in a first filtered signal;
mixing the first filtered signal with a second filtered signal to result in a mixed signal; and
transmitting the mixed signal to the terminal over the communications medium.
2. The method of
3. The method of
extracting room model information from the received signal, wherein the room model information contains characteristics of the acoustic qualities surrounding the terminal.
4. The method of
5. The method of
6. The method of
7. The method of
extracting room data from the received signal, where in the room data contains characteristics of acoustic properties surrounding the terminal;
storing portions of the room data in a first room model.
8. The method of
9. The method of
identifying a second terminal engaged in a communications session to result in an identified terminal; and
retrieving a second room model for the identified terminal.
10. The method of
determining an amount of processing power available to process the received signal; and
allocating processing power to the received signal based on the availability of processing power.
11. The method of
determining whether each of a plurality of received signals has human voice content; and
assigning processing resources to each of the plurality of received signals based on whether each has human voice content.
12. The method of
determining a plurality of estimations of processing resources needed by individual terminals of the plurality of terminals, wherein the individual terminals are engaged in communications sessions,
allocating processing resources to the individual terminals based on the plurality of estimations.
13. The method of
14. The method of
performing acoustic echo cancellation on the received signal.
15. The method of
performing automatic gain control on the received signal.
16. The method of
performing noise reduction on the received signal.
17. The method of
sending a time tag, wherein the time tag includes sequencing information for the mixed signal.
18. The method of
receiving a time tag with the audio signal, wherein the processing step aligns the audio signal responsive to the received time tag.
19. A communications system comprising:
a processing switch coupled to a plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals has a microphone and a speaker proximate to the microphone, wherein the processing switch receives a first audio signal from a first terminal of the plurality of terminals resulting in a first received audio signal, wherein upon receipt, the first received audio has not been processed to reduce acoustic feedback;
a communications support module (CSM) coupled to the processing switch;
a signal processing (SP) module coupled to the CSM, wherein the SP module has digital signal processing resources to reduce acoustic feedback in the first received audio signal to result in a first processed signal, wherein the SP module operates under the control of the CSM,
a room module coupled to the SP module, wherein the room module accesses a plurality of room models, wherein each room model contains acoustic information specific to one of the plurality of terminals, wherein each room model contains data related to the acoustic properties surrounding its respective terminal;
a mixing module coupled to the processing switch and directed by the CSM, wherein the mixing module mixes the first processed signal with a second processed signal to produce an output mix, wherein the output mix is associated with the first terminal; and
a module for sending the output mix to the first terminal for output on the first terminal's speaker, wherein the first terminal has less than two speakers active simultaneously.
20. The communications system of
21. The communications system of
22. The communications system of
23. The communications system of
a decoding module for decoding the first received audio signal; and
an encoding module for encoding the output mix prior to the output mix being sent to the first terminal.
24. The communications system of
25. The communications system of
26. The communications system of
27. The communications system of
28. A system for supporting a communications session among a plurality of terminals, the system comprising:
a communications support module (CSM) for determining whether a first terminal of the plurality of terminals is active, wherein responsive to determining that the first terminal is active, the CSM allocates pooled feedback-reducing resources to the first terminal, wherein responsive to determining that the first terminal is not active, the CSM deallocates pooled feedback-reducing resources from the first terminal;
a receiving module for receiving a first audio signal from the first terminal, wherein the first audio signal has a feedback component caused by the proximity of a first terminal's speaker to a first terminal's microphone, wherein the first terminal has less than two speakers active simultaneously;
a room module for storing a first room model associated with the first terminal, wherein the first room model contains information relates to acoustic properties influenced by the environment surrounding the first terminal's microphone and speaker; and
a centralized signal processing (SP) module for performing SP on the first audio signal to compensate for the feedback component, wherein performing SP on the first audio signal results in a first processed signal, the wherein performing SP on the first audio signal is responsive to the first room model; and
a sending module for sending the first processed signal to the first terminal.
29. The system of
a mixing module for mixing the first processed signal with a second processed signal to result in a first mixed signal, wherein the sending module sends the first mixed signal to the first terminal.
30. The system of
31. The system of
32. The system of
33. The system of
an encoding/decoding module for decoding the first audio signal and for encoding the first mixed signal.
34. The system of
35. The system of
36. The method of
analyzing a plurality of received data packets to determine whether the plurality of data packets originate from the first terminal.
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/660,205, filed on Sep. 12, 2000 now abandoned, entitled COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING CENTRALIZED SIGNAL PROCESSING, by inventors James H. Parry and Peter Hsiang, currently pending.
This invention pertains in general to telephony and in particular to performing centralized acoustic signal processing on audio signals received from terminals engaged in communications sessions.
Hands-free two-way audio communications systems, such as speakerphones, utilize both a microphone and a speaker. The microphone transmits speech and other sounds from the local terminal to remote terminals while the speaker emits sounds received from remote terminals. In a typical speakerphone system, the speaker and microphone are located in close proximity and sounds produced by the speaker are picked up by the microphone. Without signal processing, therefore, a feedback loop is easily created between the speaker and microphone. This feedback can cause the speaker to emit an undesirable "howling" noise and cause the remote terminals to hear echoes.
One simple technique for eliminating feedback is to provide half-duplex switching where only the microphone or the speaker is active at any given instant. In a typical half-duplex system, the speaker is active until a sound is detected at the microphone. Then, the speaker becomes inactive and the microphone becomes active for the duration of the sound. Half-duplex systems have many inherent problems, not the least of which is that a slight noise may unintentionally cause the speaker to cut out. As a result, it is often difficult to conduct a normal conversation using a speakerphone with a half-duplex switching system.
More sophisticated audio communications systems use complicated adaptive techniques to reduce background noises as well as to regulate gain in the audio channel and eliminate feedback. These techniques identify selected acoustical situations, such as "doubletalk" or "voice not present," and use these identifications to control the rate of adaptation of the signal conditioning methods. Adaptive acoustic echo cancellation (AEC), for example, is performed at the speakerphone and utilizes a sample-by-sample copy of the signal going to the speaker as the basis for an estimate of the echo returning through the microphone. The estimated echo is subtracted on a sample-by-sample basis in an attempt to separate out only that portion of the microphone signal due to sounds coming from sources other than the speaker.
Other signal processing techniques may also be performed at the terminal to improve the quality of the audio signal. For example, frequency shifting is sometimes used to further attenuate loop gain at a particular frequency and thus avoid howling. In addition, a noise reduction algorithm can be used to estimate a frequency dependent profile of the noise floor and attenuate sounds which are temporarily near or below that noise floor. A voice-gated automatic gain control (AGC) can also be used to isolate times during which local speech is thought to be present and then adjust the signal gain so that the speech is near a predetermined level when considered on average.
These solutions can work reasonably well, but the software and hardware for implementing these solutions is integrated into the speakerphone. Thus, the software and hardware must be replicated for each speakerphone and the total cost of the solution depends upon the number of speakerphones in existence. In addition, each speakerphone must be designed and built to some pre-selected level of quality and can not be easily tuned to a particular use or environment. Similarly, it is not easy to change or upgrade the solution implemented by the speakerphone.
Therefore, there is a need in the art for a solution that provides effective signal processing to an audio communications system but does not have costs that scale with the number of speakerphones. Preferably, this solution would also allow the signal processing performed for each speakerphone to be easily tuned or upgraded for a particular use or environment.
The above needs are met by an audio communications system and method that performs centralized digital signal processing. Since there is no need to provide digital signal processors in the terminals, the cost of the terminals is reduced. Moreover, the present invention allows easy tailoring and upgrading of the capabilities of the communications system.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of terminals are coupled to a processing switch. The terminals can be, for example, dedicated speakerphones, desktop handsets, or personal computers with audio capabilities. The terminals can be coupled to the switch via wired and/or wireless links.
The processing switch provides support for audio communications. The centralized signal processing capabilities of the switch are provided by a communications support module (CSM). Under direction of the CSM, the switch can receive, process, and send data to/from multiple terminals simultaneously. In addition, the switch can support multiple simultaneous communication sessions, where each session contains two or more terminals engaged in communications.
In one embodiment, the CSM develops and stores room models having data sets representing the acoustic properties of the terminals and/or the terminals' environments. A room model can also hold state information reflecting signals previously sent to the associated terminal.
The CSM is also supported by one or more signal processor (SP) modules. The SP modules provide a pool of processing resources from which the CSM can draw to process audio signals received from or sent to the terminals. In one embodiment, the CSM can dynamically allocate and deallocate SP resources in response to the overall system load on the processing switch or the characteristics of the particular audio signals received from the terminals. Thus, if relatively few communications sessions are being conducted on the switch, more processing power can be allocated to particular signals than if many sessions are occurring simultaneously.
In operation, the processing switch receives audio signals from one or more of the communications terminals. If necessary, the CSM decodes the received audio signals into a formal suitable for further processing. Then, the CSM processes the decoded signals according to desired acoustical procedures.
The CSM uses the SP modules to perform signal processing on the received audio signals. The types of signal processing available include acoustic echo cancellation (AEC), automatic gain control, noise reduction, and signal mixing. Preferably, the CSM uses the room models to determine the optimal signal processing to perform on the audio signals. In one embodiment, the CSM can dynamically allocate SP power to particular audio signals in response to difficult room environments such as rooms having long reverberation times or high noise levels.
The CSM is also preferably supported by a mixing module. The mixing module formulates an output mix for each of the terminals. In general, each terminal's output mix is comprised of a mix of the received audio signals from the other terminals. If only one terminal is producing an audio signal, then the formulated output mix merely contains the processed audio signal from the SP module and the terminal producing the audio signal does not receive the output mix.
The terminal 110 contains a signal processor (SP) 120 with which the terminal performs acoustic echo cancellation (AEC). The AEC removes the speaker 118 sounds that are picked up by the microphone 116. The switch 112 performs switching and routing of audio signals by determining from which terminal an audio signal is being received and to which terminal(s) the audio signal should be sent.
The communications links 214 carry audio data representative of sounds picked up by the microphone 216 and to be played by the speaker 218 to/from the processing switch 212. The communications link 214 may be wired or wireless. Moreover, the links 214 may include dedicated private links, shared links utilizing a publicly-accessible telephone network, and/or links using a public or private data communications network such as the Internet. Data traveling over the links 214 may pass through one or more switches or link types before reaching the processing switch 212 or terminal 210, although a preferred embodiment of the present invention treats a link passing through multiple links and switches as a single logical link. The data carried by the communications links 214 can be digital and/or analog. If the data is digital, it is preferably transmitted as a series of discrete data packets, such as Internet protocol (IP) packets. In one embodiment, the digital data is encoded into a compressed format.
The processing switch 212 switches and routes communications among the terminals 210 and provides signal processing as described herein. The switch 212 can be, for example, a private branch exchange (PBX) located at a business or other entity, a publicly-accessible switch operated by a telephone company or other entity providing audio communications, or an Internet server supporting Internet telephony. Thus, the term "processing switch" includes any device capable of providing the switching and processing functionality attributed to the processing switch 212 described herein.
In one embodiment, the processing switch 212 comprises a dedicated computer system having one or more central processing units (CPUs), a random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), a storage device such as a hard drive, switching hardware and software, and other hardware and software components for providing switch functionality as is known in the art.
Aggregations of machine-executable code, data, circuitry, and/or data storage areas in the processing switch 212 for performing a specific purpose or purposes are referred to as "modules." Different modules may share common code, data, and/or circuitry. The modules include, for example, modules for receiving and sending data, a digital to analog converter (DAC) module, and an analog to digital converter (ADC) module. The switch 212 can perform multiple tasks simultaneously by allocating a subject of available modules, processors, processing time, or other resources to particular tasks.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing switch 212 has a communications support module (CSM) 220 for supporting communications utilizing shared and centralized signal processing. Under direction of the CSM 220, the switch 212 receives the data provided by the communications links 214, processes the data using centralized resources and modules, and provides the data to the appropriate terminals.
In one embodiment, the CSM 220 associates a room model 222 with each terminal engaged in a communications session. The room model 222 holds room model information including data and/or filters representing the acoustic properties of the terminal 210 and/or the environment surrounding the terminal. For example, in one embodiment the room model 222 holds data representing the reverberation characteristics of the room in which the terminal 210 is located. The room model 222 can also hold data representing an amount of background noise present at the terminal, an amount of automatic gain control (ACG) to be applied to audio data received from the terminal, types of noise reduction to be applied to signals received from or sent to the terminal, or any other information useful for supporting signal processing to be performed on data received from or sent to the associated terminal 210. Room model information held in the room model 222 can also include state information indicating signals previously sent to the associated terminal 210. In one embodiment of the present invention, the resources utilized by the room model 222, such as memory and processing power, are dynamically allocated. For example, if a room is found to have a long reverberation time, a larger memory is allocated to the room model 222 in order to store the sequencing information.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the room model 222 is adaptively developed while the terminal 210 is used in a communications session. This technique is preferred because the room model 222 may change during the course of the communications session. For example, a participant may switch the terminal 210 from a handset to a speakerphone midway through a conversation. Alternatively, the room model can be generated by sending a series of test signals to the terminal at different points during the session.
In one embodiment, room models 222 are persistently stored in the processing switch 212 and retrieved from storage each time an associated terminal 210 is used in a communications session. For example, if the set of terminals interacting with the switch 212 is finite, known, and has relatively constant acoustic properties, it may be more efficient to store a persistent room model for each terminal 210. In contrast, if the switch 212 is a server on the Internet and the set of terminals is unknown and practically infinite, it may be more efficient to generate a new room model each time a terminal establishes a connection with the switch.
The CSM 220 is supported by one or more SP modules 224. The SP modules 224 preferably operate in the digital domain, but may also provide analog processing. Taken together, the SP modules 224 provide a pool of processing resources from which the CSM can draw. During times when the system load is light (i.e., relatively few terminals are engaged in audio communications), correspondingly greater processing resources are available for use with each supported terminal 210. Likewise, when the system load is heavy (i.e., a relatively large number of terminals 210 are engaged in audio communications), the processing resources available for each terminal are diminished.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the CSM 220 monitors the received audio signals and the processing needs of the switch 212 and dynamically allocates and deallocates the processing resources of the SP modules 224 to the signals in order to provide maximum benefit to the active terminals (i.e., terminals having microphones generating audio signals). In one embodiment, this monitoring is performed by analyzing the digital packets received from the terminal 210 over the communications links 214. If the data in the packets forming the signal are determined to represent audio data generated by a person speaking, SP resources allocated to that signal. The amount of resources allocated depends on the amount of SP resources available in the pool. If, on the other hand, the CSM 220 determines from the packets that no one is speaking at the terminal, the CSM preferably digitally mutes the signal and allocates relatively few SP resources to it.
The CSM 220 is preferably supported by a mixing module 226. The mixing module 226 formulates an output mix for each of the terminals 210. In general, each terminal's output mix is comprised of a mix of the received audio signals from the other terminals. If only one terminal is producing an audio signal, then the formulated output mix merely contains the processed audio signal from the SP module 224 and no output mix is sent to the terminal producing the audio signal. In one embodiment, the mixing module 226 is merely a logical construct formed when the CMS 220 uses the SP modules 224 to perform mixing.
At step 310, the processing switch 212 receives audio signals from one of the terminals 210 via the communications links 214. At any given time, one or more of the terminals 210 can produce audio signals and send the signals to the switch 212. Thus, the switch 212 can simultaneously receive audio signals from multiple terminals. Audio signals received by the switch 212 are made available to the CSM 220 and SP modules 224 in the switch.
Next, the CSM 220 uses the SP modules 224 to decode 312 the signals received via the communications links 214, if necessary. As mentioned above, the audio signals can be digitally encoded to compress the signal, detect errors, and/or provide other benefits. The CSM 220 decodes and/or decompresses the audio signals and stores the signals in a format suitable for performing further processing. Since different terminals 210 may use different encoding/decoding methods, the CSM 220 preferably simultaneously supports multiple encoding/decoding methods.
The CSM 220 uses the SP modules 224 to process 314 the decoded signals according to desired acoustic procedures. The types of processing 314 that can be performed on the decoded audio signals include: AEC, AGC, noise reduction, and mixing. Of course, this list is not exclusive and any type of desired processing can be performed on the signals. This processing may utilize the room models 222 and, in addition, may update the room models 222.
For adaptive AEC, the CSM 220 determines which terminals are active. Then, the CSM 220 uses the associated room model 222 to process the signal from that terminal and remove the echo caused by the microphone 216 picking up sounds from the speaker 218. In one embodiment, digital sample values of the audio signals previously sent to the terminal 210 are stored in the associated room model 222. The stored digital sample values are used to estimate the echo returning through the microphone 216 of that terminal and the estimated echo is subtracted on a sample-by-sample basis from the received audio signal. In one embodiment, the outgoing packets bear sequencing information, such as time sequence tags, which is used to determine a correlated time sequence on the returned packets of audio information. In other words, the time sequence tags are used to maintain alignment between the samples delivered to the terminal's speaker 218 and the samples received from the terminal's microphone 216.
For ACG, the CSM 220 isolates times during which local speech at a terminal 210 is thought to be present and then adjusts the signal gain so that the speech is near a predetermined level when considered on average. In one embodiment, the CSM 220 stores data in the room model 222 indicating the amount of signal gain to apply to the associated microphone 216.
For noise reduction, the CSM 220 estimates a frequency dependent profile of the noise floor and attenuates sounds which are temporarily near or below that noise floor. In one embodiment, the CSM 220 stores the estimated frequency dependent profile of a noise floor for a terminal in the associated room model 222.
Once the signal processing is performed 314, the CSM 220 uses the mixing module 226 to formulate 316 output mixes of the signal. If only one terminal 210 is producing an audio signal, and N is the number of terminals 210 engaged in the communications session, then the mixing module 226 formulates N−1 output mixes, where each audio mix is associated with a terminal other than the terminal from which the audio signal was received. In this case, the output mix merely contains the processed signal produced by the SP modules 224. If more than one terminal 210 is simultaneously producing an audio signal, then the mixing module 226 formulates N output mixes—one mix for each terminal. In this latter case, each terminal's mix contains all of the received audio signals except for any audio signal received from the terminal for which the mix was formulated. Since a preferred embodiment of the present invention digitally mutes those terminals at which the CSM 220 determines no one is currently speaking, no processing power is required to mix signals from those terminals. In addition, the output mixes can optionally be further processed according to the room model 222 for the associated terminal 210.
Next, the CSM 220 uses the SP modules 224 to encode 318 each mix into the appropriate format for its associated terminal 210. Since the encoding process can introduce noise or other artifacts into the signal, a preferred embodiment of the present invention decodes 320 each encoded mix and provides decoded mix samples to the associated room model 222. These samples become the sample values used to estimate the echo returning through the microphone 216 of that terminal when performing AEC. Alternative embodiments of the present invention, however, use samples made before the mix is encoded. The CSM 220 sends 322 each mix to its associated terminal via the communications links 214. The terminal 210 plays the mix out of the terminal's speaker 218.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention supports easy upgrades of the processing switch 212 modules. The CSM 220, room models 222, and SP processing 224 modules are preferably software-upgradeable. In addition, one embodiment of the switch can be upgraded by replacing or adding modules. For example, the switch 212 can be upgraded by adding SP modules. In this manner, the performance of the switch 212 can be improved without altering the terminals 210 or otherwise incurring additional cost.
The above description is included to illustrate the operation of the preferred embodiments and is not meant to limit the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is to be limited only by the following claims. From the above discussion, many variations will be apparent to one skilled in the relevant art that would yet be encompassed by the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Here is an even simpler guide: A Guide to GIT using spatial analogies.
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Caveat: I have, literally, only been playing for 2 days....
1. Greater documentation; How th'heck do I turn off the *help* indicators? I've no idea and, at this point, it just keeps popping up the same one whenever I click it. Yes, I know, I can just decide not to click it but it's there and bothers me. Also, how do I change *zones*? I happened across it yesterday, but I've slept since then and will have to re-discover it now. By the way: I shouldn't have to buy a "Strategy Guide" just to get the basics of the interface down.
2. Get K7 back.
3. Fix the triggered quest content.
3a. Quest Step #1 = Go to this area and beat up on the Klingons there; Quest Step #2 = beam-down to the planet and do something else. It *should* be that the beam-bown trigger doesn't happen until you've actually sufficiently beat up on the Klingons in the area. Instead, if you fly too close to the planet, the beam-down part of the quest will trigger and *potentially* make it so that you will have to restart the quest in order to complete it.
3b. Communications from triggered quest content (also affects comm. from StarFleet): Make a *communications incoming* indicator come up so that I have the option to ignore an incoming transmission until I've finished whatever it is I'm doing at the moment. The *last* thing I need is some window popping up smack-dab in the middle of my screen while I'm trying to fend off a buncha enemies.
3. Yes, I realize the benefits of Fleets, now quit with the constant communication(s) about it; need an option on the communications like these that will allow for "deal with it later" and no longer have this guy listed in my StarFleet communications.
4. Why do I have to close out my current communication and re-open the listing? Shouldn't there be a *Back* button?
5. Why did I *seemingly randomly*, and suddenly, warp into some battle? Yes, I now know, I got too close to an enemy contact in the form of a ship. He flew toward me and engaged me...I get it. However, I still have the option to disengage from the fight, so why do I *have* to engage at all? Especially considering I'm in a group and my teammates aren't anywhere near me.
6. Instancing in groups = not cool. You don't always end up in the same instance; usually, just not *always*... Now you're stuck on the planet/base with no way to get off until you've gone far enough along to trigger the "beam back to ship" option.
7. I don't care that I'm in the middle of a battle! Don't you see that I'm getting my a** kicked and I need to get th'heck outta here? Fine, I'll take a bit of extra damage while my shields are down (as the warp-drive engages); just to get the chance to run away....
8. Auto-holster your weapons when docking.
Mid-Term: Haven't really been in the game long enough to think of anything mid-tem-ish.
1. Why do I have to fly all the way across the map to be able to warp across a line? Yes, I know, that line actually represents the massive distances needed to get from one sector to another, but....what's the point of having warp-drive if you can't use it to make distances seem shorter. We should be able to warp directly to any adjacent sector, IMO.
2. OMG, the chat! C-L-U-N-K-Y! "/send <character name>@<account name> Hi." Really?...Really?!?!? I'm sure this is to allow for duplicate character names, but c'mon! Who, seriously, needs to know anyone's account name? And, who really wants everyone in the frikkin game to know theirs? They're half-way to hacking my account w/that info...


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I could just eat Christmas dinner right now.
I like the frog - frogs are cute!
Next trip - Bali! (March 2015)
Is it Friday already
I have not clicked the link, however I will say this much...
JOSH!!!! On the STEP!!! NO WHACKING THE SIOBHAN WOMAN!!!! G'wan now!!!
A scabby dog, Brit? That is SO disgusting!!!
Thank you, Helly. *sniff*
Siobhan is here but i will now hand over to my lawyer...................
"Siobhan would like to say she never knowingly crossed any line, she would like this "alleged" line defined. We are advising her on her rights and would like to know why she is now represented in this forum by a frog!!!!. She seeks forgiveness for her crossing of the line ,but would like something taken into consideration./ She was wearing her beautiful new uggs when she crossed the line and feels as her feet were so wrapped up in sheer gorgeousness they were not acting in a normal rule abiding manner.
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Student Opportunities
Undergraduate Opportunities
Internship opportunity at the Center for Latino Community
Apply to become an intern at the CSULB Center for Latino Community. Download the fillable PDF application today and email: completed application form, Unofficial transcripts, personal statement and resume to email@example.com.
Undergrad Mentee Opportunities
Mentee Description:
As a first generation-educated Latino undergraduate student, mentees will be assigned to a graduate mentor fellow in order to develop a mutual partnership to enhance their readiness for graduate or professional level degrees and research opportunities addressing health disparities.
Mentee Benefits:
- 10 hrs/week of one-on-one mentoring & tutoring for undergraduate courses specific to major
- Monthly health disparities research seminars and training
- Support for abstract submission and graduate admissions
- Participation in annual CSULB "Latino Health Equity" conference
- Semester stipend (contingent on active participation)
H2OLA Mentee application is available for download or at the Foundation Building 125, or by emailing Angel Torres at: email@example.com
Graduate Opportunities
Graduate Research Assistant – ¡Salud a la Vida! Cheers to Life! HIV, Hepatitis C, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention
The Graduate Research Assistants will gain experience in many different settings within health, evaluation, and leadership. The CSULB Center provides GRAs with a unique, dynamic applied learning opportunity. GRAs will receive training and supervision to conduct a large needs assessment including literature reviews and focus groups. GRAs will also have the opportunity to develop culturally tailored health education curriculum to reach Latino young adults. We are seeking two (2) CSULB graduate students in Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, or a related discipline.
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2015 Spring Semester Graduate Student Research Skills Training
Space is limited. Unless noted, workshops are open to graduate students only. First come, first served. RSVP to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration closes at 5pm 2 days prior to each workshop.
|Friday 1/23/2015
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|Friday 1/30/2015
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|Friday 2/27/2015
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|Friday 4/24/2015
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|Responsible Conduct of Research Spring Workshop. Please RSVP via email to Nancy Lewis at firstname.lastname@example.com no later than Monday, April 20th
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Nancy Lewis & Tracy Dolan
Dr. Kelly Young
Dr. James Sauceda
|Friday 6/12/2015
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|Data III – Qualitative Analysis
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|Friday 6/26/2015
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Graduate Certificate in Latino Health and Nutrition Studies
Valuable Training for Health Professionals
As health care costs continue to rise and the need to address preventable chronic diseases becomes increasingly important, the U.S. has a dire shortage of well-trained, culturally competent, health and human service professionals who can meet the needs of our underserved Latino populations. Already at alarming proportions, obesity rates continue to skyrocket – as does the incidence of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Health professionals and community organizations need strategies to promote the creation of healthy environments and obesity-related chronic diseases. This includes access to fresh and healthy foods, safe spaces for physical activity, advocacy and training, and involvement in research that honors and appreciates community resilience and values.
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation, and Leadership Training has responded to First Lady Michelle Obama's call to action by creating an opportunity for graduate students to receive specialized training in Latino-specific nutrition and health promotion. The Graduate Certificate in Latino Health and Nutrition Studies will prepare students with skills in community-based participatory research, intervention development, and advocacy to create effective strategies for sustained and positive health outcomes.
California State University Long Beach is the second largest university in California, and has a richly diverse student population. The College of Health & Human Services offers fully accredited master's degrees in public health, social work, physical therapy, health care administration, nutrition science, food science, gerontology, family and consumer sciences, health sciences, nursing, communicative disorders, criminal justice, public administration, recreation administration, and joint degree programs.
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Latino Health and Nutrition Studies is offered to all students currently enrolled in a CSULB graduate degree program. Graduates across diverse health and human service occupations will be prepared to meet the needs of California and the nation's growing Latino population.
The certificate includes:
- An overview of Latino-specific health from early childhood to the development of chronic diseases that impact Latinos across their lifespan
- The development of culturally and linguistically relevant interventions
- Strategies for implementation of best practices in chronic disease prevention
- Experience and development of skills in community-based participatory research
Program Courses
|Health Equity and Health Disparities Research in the U.S. (3 Units)
|Factors Explored:
|Structural-environmental factors associated with health issues and disease, evidence-based research and programs affecting access to healthcare, and positive health outcomes among underserved populations.
|Advanced Latino Community Health (3 Units)
|Factors Explored:
|Current policies, epidemiology, and cultural & linguistic factors that influence the etiologies of disease, health status, and access.
|Latino Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Focus on the Child (3 Units)
|Factors Explored:
|Cultural, structural-enviromental, and genetic factors that impact the well-being of the Latino child at different development stages.
Demand for well-trained practitioners in health care disciplines – including health education, nursing, physical therapy, and nutrition – is projected to increase over the next 25 years. With Latinos soon to be the majority in the state of California, there is a need for specialized training to work with this population. The Graduate Certificate in Latino Health and Nutrition Studies provides the essential foundation practitioners need to address the health of Latino families and communities.
This certificate enhances the academic experience of CSULB graduate students by increasing scientific knowledge, cultural expertise, and ability to implement effective community health programs for the most underserved Latino populations. Graduates with this specialized training have obtained positions at some of Southern California's largest health care employers, community-based organizations, and hospitals throughout the region.
For admission to the Graduate Certificate in Latino Health and Nutrition Studies program, applicants must:
- Be accepted to a CSULB graduate program;
- Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 in their graduate program;
- Have completed (with a grade of B or better) the following undergraduate courses OR equivalents (as determined by the certificate directors);
- HSC 401 Community Health Education
- HSC 403 Community Health
- NUTR 132 Introductory Nutrition
- Complete the Certificate program application (available for download at our website);
- Provide one letter of reference; and
- Submit copies of academic transcripts (or have them already on file at CSULB)
While enrolled in the Certificate program, students must:
- Complete a minimum of 6 units in Certificate coursework per academic year;
- Maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 in Certificate coursework; and
- Complete a minimum of 18 units of required courses in the Certificate program.
Download Graduate Certificate Application | Download Graduate Certificate Reference
For more information, you may contact Toni Espinoza-Ferrel at firstname.lastname@example.com | (562) 985-4014 or Maryan Santa Cruz at email@example.com | (562) 985-5312
Graduate Fellowship Opportunities
The Hispanic Health Opportunity Learning Alliance (H2OLA). is currently seeking 6 graduate students to fill the positions as Graduate Mentor Fellows (GMFs) for the Hispanic Health Opportunity Learning Alliance (H2OLA). GMFs will receive:
- Partial scholarships for their graduate program,
- Travel opportunities for local and national conferences, and mentorship from CSULB HSC/CNSM faculty.
- Hourly wage between $12-15/hr. GMFs must be available to work at least 10 hours per week.
The H2OLA project aims to increase the number of highly qualified first generation-educated Latino graduates prepared to engage in health disparities research in both biomedical and health science-related disciplines.
H2OLA provides health disparities research training and tutoring in science and public health disciplines to first generation-educated Latino undergraduate students at CSULB to widen the pool of minority applicants with the academic potential to compete for admission to advanced degrees.
The GMFs will be trained to mentor first generation-educated Latino undergraduate students to enhance undergraduate readiness for graduate or professional level degrees and research opportunities addressing health disparities. H2OLA will also provide GMFs with career development opportunities designed to facilitate careers in health disparities research through the delivery of: health disparities seminars highlighting population-specific issues; and an annual health disparities conference.
Prospective GMFs must be: 1) enrolled in, or admitted to, a graduate program within either the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM) or the Department of Health Sciences (HSC) at CSULB; 2) bilingual, bicultural in Spanish and English (written and oral); AND/OR, 3) the first generation in your family to attend college in the U.S.
Download H2OLA Graduate Mentor Fellow Application
Sanos y Fuertes (USDA)
The CSULB Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation, and Leadership Training in collaboration with The Dietetic Internship at CSULB has been awarded funding for a five year project by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Project goals are to
- Strengthen institutional capacity by developing new curricula and training faculty;
- Increase student experiential learning and provide financial support;
- Develop a culturally and linguistically relevant Sanos y Fuertes (Healthy & Strong) curriculum and toolkit to improve nutrition and reduce obesity among Latino families and children
Required Qualifications
- First generation-educated Latino graduate student
- Must be enrolled/admitted in a health and human services – related graduate program at CSULB (i.e. Master of Science in Nutrition, Public Health, Social Work or Health Science)
- Bilingual Spanish/English (written and oral)
- Be able to enroll in a 3 unit course Fall 2014 or Spring 2015
Time Commitment
- Must commit to a one year fellowship
- Ability to participate in research activities approximately 20 hours per week
- Flexible hours, including availability in the evenings & weekends as well as travel out-of-state
- Scholarship for graduate program (tuition/books)
- Monthly monetary stipends for participation
- Gain experience in community-based participatory research & health education in the Latino community
- Training


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[ syll. ho-pie, hop-ie ] The baby girl name Hopie is pronounced as HHOWPIY- †. Hopie's origin and use are both in the English language. Hopie is a derivative of the English name Hope.
Hopie is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2012, out of the family of girl names directly related to Hopie, Hope was the most regularly used.
Baby names that sound like Hopie include Hopi (English), Habbae, Habbai, Haeba, Haebah, Haefa, Haefah, Haibah, Haifa (Arabic), Haifah, Happey, Happi, Happie, Happy (English), Hava (Hebrew), Havi, Havva (Turkish), Hayba, Haybah, and Hayfa (Arabic).
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Confessions of a Rebel Debutante
By Anna Fields
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A delicious, laugh-out-loud funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a "proper young lady"...or not.
A strict regimen of Southern-belle grooming should have prepared Anna Fields for a lifetime of ladylike behavior.
But it didn't.
As it turned out, Anna-a smart, outspoken, bookish girl- was a dud at debbing. After being kicked out of cotillion classes, the "Rebel Deb" left North Carolina to seek her fortune. Her first stop was Brown University-right in the heart of Yankee-land-and then the crazy world of Hollywood talent agencies and celebrity-packed restaurants. After a disastrous stint as Diana Ross's personal assistant, Anna headed off to the Big Apple, where she worked for one of Bravo's Real Housewives. It's a rollicking, unlikely success story from a natural-born storyteller.
Sharp, sweet, and sassy, Confessions of a Rebel Debutante proves you can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl!
Anna Fields was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A scriptwriter for "As The World Turns," she is also a successful playwright and stand-up comedian. She now lives in New York City.


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UWRF Hosts International Education Week Nov. 17-21
OCT. 13, 2008--The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will host International Education Week from Nov. 17-21 to highlight the international expertise of the UWRF faculty and staff, regional high school and middle school teachers, and students from the campus and surrounding communities.
International Education Week is important to the campus and the broader community as Americans struggle to understand the significance and implications of international change and how to best engage in and direct it, according to Jackie Brux, UWRF professor of economics and director of the UWRF Association for International Development.
Events of the past month in the financial market here and abroad illustration how globalization creates winners and losers, those who benefit and those who suffer, says Brux. International Education Week will provide the opportunity to understand these issues, frame them in terms of economics and social justice, and prepare students and citizens alike to develop opinions and actions that may well improve our world.
"All participants will learn more about our international environment by engaging with others in discussion and confrontation of the global challenges of the 21st century that impact our lives and the lives of citizens of the world," Brux said.
Brian Schultz, interim dean of the UWRF College of Business and Economics and director of the UWRF Center for Economic Education says the events is important for educators and students alike. "The world is changing rapidly, and it is vital that students of all ages be educated about these changes," he says. "That happens when their professors and teachers are knowledgeable of global events."
Key activities during International Education Week that will appeal to community members include the following:
·10:30 a.m., Nov. 17: Opening welcome, UWRF Chancellor Connie Foster followed by a tour of Global Connections in 102 Hagestad Hall, led by Global Connections Director Brent Greene, who will speak about their programs. International arts, handicrafts, tapestries, clothing will be on display and food samples will be served.
·4-5 p.m., Nov. 17: Keynote speaker Kevin Winge, a Twin Cities and South African HIV/AIDS activist.
·10:30 a.m., Nov. 18: Opening welcome by Brux, followed by River Falls retailers with fair-trade food samples and products for sale, Global Connections office, 102 Hagestad Hall.
·11:30 a.m., Nov. 18: Film "Slavery: The Poverty Triangle Trade" and discussion: 'How do We Respond Today?,' Kinnickinnic Theatre, University Center.
·10:30 a.m., Nov. 19: Opening by Kelly Cain, director of the UWRF St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, followed by a discussion of the implications of slavery in Africa and the U.S. today; and micro lending, poverty, and AIDS in a slum of Nairobi, Kenya, University Center. 10:30 a.m., Nov. 20: Opening welcome by River Falls Mayor Don Richards in Global Connections, 102 Hagestad Hall, followed by presentations on Africa and China during the day.
4 p.m., Nov. 20: World class ballet dancer Marius Andahazy, who studied with Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, will present his students in a performance, Falcon's Nest of the University Center. UWRF dance students will perform the "Danses de Caractere," which is a mixture of dance styles from around the world.
·Time TBA, Nov. 21: Globally-minded nongovernment organizations will share the stage in a roundtable with regional high school and middle school teachers and their students as they in the University Center.
·Lunch/dinner, Nov. 17-21, Foods from around the world will be served in the University Center all week including Russian cuisine (Monday), Vietnamese cuisine (Tuesday), Grecian cuisine (Wednesday), Indian cuisine (Thursday), and Caribbean Cuisine (Friday).
·6 p.m., Nov. 17-21, University Center, evening showings of international films, along with discussions led by faculty and staff, including: Monday: "The War on Democracy" (Latin America), Tuesday: "Black Gold" (fair trade), Wednesday: "The Global Banquet" (world hunger), and Thursday: "War is Business" (African blood diamonds and other resources).
International Education Week 2008 is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State. UWRF's participation in International Education Week is sponsored by UWRF Global Connections, the UWRF Association for International Development, and the UWRF Center for Economic Education. Partial support for this program was provided to the UWRF Center for Economic Education by the National Council on Economic Education as part of the Cooperative Education Exchange Program (CEEP), funded by USDOE.
Complete schedules with times and room numbers are available at the main desk in the University Center and in Global Connections. For more information, please contact Brux, email@example.com or Connie Simpson, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Triplet Convention has Inner Harbor visitors seeing in triplicate and moreComment
Don't be alarmed if you're seeing triple in Baltimore. The 22nd annual Triplet Convention is being held this weekend and will feature a group photo and parade at the Inner Harbor Saturday afternoon.
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Spring Meltdown
Join us Friday, April 24th for our 9th annual Spring Meltdown. This is a high energy fun event, and all of the proceeds from the live and silent auctions go to support the hiring of a VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) for the FODC office. The silent auction begins at 6:30 and the live auction will begin around 8:30. We will have early music by Greg Short, and after the live auction the Josh Arthurs Band will play. Come out and support a healthy and happy Deckers Creek watershed.
Click the link above to see a full listing of this years auction items!!
What is YAB?
FODC Youth Action Board
What is YAB?
The FODC Youth Action Board (YAB) is a group of dedicated youth ages 12 to 18 that are interested in clean water and helping the community. Their mission is to increase youth participation in the restoration and conservation of the Deckers Creek watershed.
Service-learning projects
YAB members do hands-on activities benefiting local streams, watersheds, and community members. Examples include stream monitoring for water quality and invertebrate and fish communities, litter clean-ups, raising funds to install recycling containers at Morgantown's skate park, environmental education and outreach for younger youth, making rain barrels as a fundraiser, and hosting annual fundraising events. YAB members generate service project ideas and write grants to see them through.
Members meet twice a month: On the first Sunday and the third Monday. Mondays we devote to planning our projects and research, and Sundays we try to get out into the watershed! The YAB chair serves as a junior FODC board member and reports on the progress of this award-winning, fun, enthusiastic, committed group of young people.
About Friends of Deckers Creek
Deckers Creek is a scenic tributary to the Monongahela River in north central West Virginia. From its headwaters outside the historic town of Arthurdale, Deckers Creek meanders through Preston County into Monongalia County where it descends through a steep scenic gorge. This beautiful section of Deckers Creek is filled with waterfalls, boulders, and rock slides, contains world class kayaking, and is frequented by kayakers, rock climbers, bikers, and swimmers. From here, Deckers Creek passes through several communities and into Morgantown, where it empties into the Monongahela River.
Over the years, Deckers creek has been degraded by numerous pollutants. These pollutants include, but are not limited to, acid mine drainage (AMD), bacteria from combined sewage overflows, heavy metals, sediment, trash, and general abandonment, which negatively impact the 64-square mile watershed. The biggest threat to the watershed is AMD. This product, of abandoned coal mines, destroys the environmental quality of Deckers Creek and its tributaries, turns the waters red-orange, and creates acid conditions in which fish and macroinvertebrates cannot live.
FODC Mission: To improve the natural qualities of, increase the public concern for, and promote the enjoyment of the Deckers Creek Watershed


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Add factory dimming review mirror
I want to add the auto dimming mirror that comes on the trucks. I find it funny that my Big Horn did not come with it. Thoughts on how to add it?
The main reason I want this is for the dimming and (correct me if I am wrong) but isnt the uconnect mic int he mirror? I plan on adding the uconnect this week to my RBZ
The mirror does come with the mic, but you'd have to make an adaptor harness to plug into the Uconnect module. To be honest, you'd be much better off using the external mic that comes in the 82212159 Mopar kit. You'd want to install it on the drivers "A" trim panel near the visor. The mirror mic picks up a lot of road noise as well as the defroster air rushing up the windshield.
If this was me, I'd get a universal dimming mirror (it takes12 volts accessory power, ground and a reverse power connection) very simple install. Use the mic that comes in the kit.
What if I install the mic in the overhead console where the in cabin temperature piece would be or where the sun roof controls would be?
That should be ok. You want it to be close to your speaking zone.
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