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Google (GOOG -1.1%) roundup: 1) Oppenheimer throws some cold water on the Google bandwagon, slashing 2013 estimates on concerns Google's search toolbar policy changes will lead to traffic loss. 2) Google has reportedly signed up Target (TGT) and Babies 'R' Us as test partners for its same-day delivery service. 3) Motorola's X Phone will reportedly feature a feature a 4.7" 1080p display, an Nvidia (NVDA) Tegra 4i processor, and a 16MP camera - 4i-based devices aren't expected until Q1 '14. 4) The first apps for Google Glass: Gmail, Path, Evernote, and the New York Times.
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Top Bathtub Toys! Getting wet (and clean) has never been so much fun as with these top bathtub toys.
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Bubbles the Learning Whale
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Engage babies 12–36 months with music and bubbles during bathtime with this tub toy that suction cups to your tub wall.
Sing & Squeak Bath Book
from VTech
Kids 6 months–3 years can actually bring this vinyl book into the tub with them to hear music and phrases as they bathe and play.
My First Disney Princess Under the Sea Surprise Ariel
from Tollytots
Kids 3+ can hear The Little Mermaid sing and talk to them with this musical, light-up doll that can be activated by pressing a button or dipping the doll's fin in water.
This playset lets kids 4+ bring racing fun to bathtime.
Water Works
from Reeve & Jones
Make bathtime fun for kids 3+ by building a water cascade with the suction cup pieces in this set.
My First Disney Princess Secret Reveal Ariel
from Tollytots
Kids 2+ can have "under the sea" fun with this color-change Ariel baby doll.
Octopals Squirters
from TOMY
Kids 12 months+ can count, match, and play in the bath with this cute, floating bath toy.
Mike the Knight Mike & Squirt Bath Buddies
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Kids 2+ can have bath time fun with Mike the Knight and this three-piece bath toys set.
Ferry Boat
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Kids 3+ will engage in lots of imaginative play with this toy boat that is made from recycled plastic.
Thomas & Friends Bath Buddies
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This bath toys set includes a water squirter, water scooper, and water strainer in favorite Thomas characters to help make bathtime fun for kids 1.5+.

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The technical quality is the easy part. Buy a good camera, read and follow the instructions.
Once you've become comfortable with the gear, you are free to work on your vision. It really is that simple.
I know what you're saying; I meant more like I wish my images were so fabulous that their technical quality would be considered relatively irrelevant. (Ideally by those paying me large sums to own them.) I've seen this in action.
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Boutaris : The Skopjan Case is Extremely Laughable
Giannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki, the greatest Macedonian city and second more populous in Greece, blasts FYROM's attempt to usurp Greek history. Mr Boutaris stated during the exhibition about ancient Macedonia in Louvre:
"This case is extremely laughable, that is you can't prove you're not an elephant. Skopjans, for some reason that only they know [deny their history], and I have also said that in interviews with Skopjan magazines.
I wonder how a people of Slavic origin, and with a very long history in the area, how they deny their history, and usurp the history of another people; that doesn't hang together.
Let us not forget that Slavs came to the area after the 6th century AD. Alexander the Great lived in the 3rd century BC. Well, we're talking about a difference of 1,000 years. This is truly unbelievable, what they're doing, and more or less the people have realized everything about this story.
Especially with all the latest absurdities they're doing, the huge kitsch statue of Alexander the Great that they erected in their square and so on, these sooner or later will be exposed.
We have nothing to do, we have nothing to prove. We are what we are. This exhibition is not a testament; it doesn't take place in order to prove the Greekness, but to display the history of the area.. "
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The Greek people delivered a resounding "No" to current creditor demands in the much anticipated referendum yesterday
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As the assault of the rain continued, so did the assault of underdogs upon many of the leading women. Avoiding the fangs of grass snake Pironkova by the narrowest of margins, at least for now, Sharapova bent but refused to break even when she faced triple set point. Less fortunate were Wozniacki, Stosur, and Li, a talented trio who followed Venus, Kuznetsova, and others to the exit barely after the tournament began. For players like the former Roland Garros titlist from China, of course, an early-round loss at a major hardly comes as a surprise. We start our Day 4 preview with the player who ambushed Li this year at the scene of her greatest triumph.
Bertens vs. Shvedova: Bursting from nowhere to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, the former Wimbledon (and US Open) doubles champion completed a stunning resurgence when she ousted defending champion Li Na there. The worthy recipient of a wildcard here, Shvedova justified that honor by battling through her first match in two tiebreaks. Often struggling with consistency before, she will need to summon it more often in her effort to reaffirm herself in singles. While the grass reduces the reaction time that aided her cause at Roland Garros, her ability to strike every corner of the service box will keep her less experienced opponents off guard. The six-foot teenager from the Netherlands poses an intriguing test for Shvedova, having won 11 straight matches in April and May before losing her next two. And the first of those losses, a three-setter against McHale at Roland Garros, showcased a competitor buoyed by the momentum of her first title in Fes a month before. If Bertens continues to bask in the glow of that startling accomplishment, Shvedova could find herself confronted with a foe who knows little fear.
Pavlyuchenkova vs. Lepchenko: A proud American despite her surname, Lepchenko reveled in the honor of participating in her nation's Olympic team, announced this week. Such a distinction should have come as no surprise to the suddenly surging 26-year-old, a quarterfinalist in Madrid who reached the second week of a major for the first time at Roland Garros. Defeating Schiavone in a taut three-setter there, Lepchenko has neared the fringes of the top 50, moving in the opposite direction from her next adversary. Mired in a season-long slump, Pavlyuchenkova trudged to a 9-16 record that nearly caused her to enter Wimbledon unseeded. But an Eastbourne quarterfinal cast a ray of hope upon her gloomy year, and she won consecutive matches at each of her last two tournaments. Not lacking for groundstroke power, she has struggled mightily with her serve for most of her still-budding career and cannot find much consistent confidence until she improves that stroke, the bane of so many Russian women. Pavlyuchenkova can outhit Lepchenko on this fast surface, however, and she may feel especially motivated to atone for her arid spell if her form has returned.
Baltacha vs. Kvitova: As much as the British spectators pillory its local players, they likely will take pride in the fact that their home hopes have survived longer at Wimbledon than anyone from their former penal colony. Among the Brits who have outlasted Australians like Stosur and Gajdosova is the Ukrainian-born Baltacha, who wept after a tense victory over Kerber four years ago on these lawns. Despite that match and a triumph over Barthel last year, she has created few uplifting memories from her eleven previous appearances at Wimbledon, from which she has extracted just six total victories. In just one campaign here, Kvitova won one more match than that total. The defending champion suffered an understandable bout of nerves early in the opening salvo of her defense, which nonetheless ended on a generally positive note under the anxious gaze of her parents. With that first step taken, perhaps Kvitova can unwind her own tension a little. Not often this year has she resembled the fearless free swinger who swept to the Venus Rosewater Dish in such electrifying fashion. On the other hand, the Czech has survived early-round threats at majors in 2012 (albeit not always convincingly), and Baltacha's straightforward style should not fluster her.
Ivanovic vs. Kateryna Bondarenko: Surviving an uneven three-setter against Martinez Sanchez, the former #1 continues to build her consistency in opening rounds under Nigel Sears. A small step in the larger picture, no doubt, improvement in this area will build her confidence more generally, as will that success in a third set. At the 2009 US Open, Ivanovic lost such a final stanza to Kateryna Bondarenko in a ghastly tragicomedy of errors, which each woman could have won more than once before its anticlimax. Winning both of her previous clashes with the Serb, the younger Bondarenko sister stunned Errani at the Dutch Open in her first match since the Roland Garros final. Among her other victims are Pennetta and Radwanska's sister, Urszula, opponents well below Ivanovic's level but still credible foes. On the other hand, Kateryna came close to breaking Sharapova's double-fault record from the 2009 US Open in a loss to Hantuchova at Miami. If Ana continues to struggle on her own serve, a cascade of breaks could unfold in a most atypical match for the grass. Having avenged her loss to Martinez Sanchez in a Rome semifinal, Ivanovic hopes to continue the theme of revenge against an adversary who inflicted an even more stinging defeat upon her. As the smiling Serb has grown fond of saying, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Cilic vs. Kubot: A fine doubles player with plenty of first-strike power, Kubot has ruffled more familiar opponents by returning aggressively and with depth. Combined with sturdy technique around the net, his uncanny reflexes on return led to a victory over Karlovic and nearly a victory over Roddick in Miami this year. More studied than spontaneous, by contrast, Cilic conveys a methodical air less imposing than the presence of other players who tower so tall. Winning his first title of 2012 at Queens Club, he exploited a draw pockmarked with the craters of upsets and might well have finished runner-up if not for Nalbandian's implosion. At his best on hard courts, Cilic sometimes recalls Del Potro in his reduced effectiveness on a surface where he earns fewer free points from his serve than he could and where the low bounce challenges his lanky limbs. Unlike the more enigmatic Kubot, though, the unassuming Croat invariably competes with a commitment born perhaps more of duty than of joy, but creditable all the same. In a relatively open section filled with giants (see below), this giant carries the most momentum of all.
Querrey vs. Raonic: Two savants of the serve, these North Americans take their talents to the lawns best suited to their games. Many have crowned Raonic a future Wimbledon champion, if and when one of the top three men deigns to relinquish the throne. Even through clay thunder the deliveries of the Tour's ace leader, while Querrey combined with another Canadian, Vasek Pospisil, on 115 unreturnable serves in the first round. Once considered the likely heir to the generation of Roddick, Blake, and Fish, the Southern California native relinquished that position to Isner and perhaps Harrison shortly after a glass table failed to support his elongated frame. The implacable foe of furniture also has raised eyebrows at times over the level of his competitive desire (or lack thereof), wandering back and forth across the line between confident insouciance and complacent carelessness. As he matures through adversity, Querrey may acquire the quiet resolve that Raonic already seems to emanate. Despite his cherubic face and relative inexperience, rarely does the Canadian not compete with the poise of a veteran.
Dimitrov vs. Baghdatis: A quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2006 and 2007, the ebullient Cypriot bears some resemblance to fellow surprise Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez. Both men never quite reproduced their Melbourne performance as lingering injuries and questions about their commitment hovered around their ensuing slide to the edge of relevance, but their fiercely proud national fan bases supported them just as vociferously in decline. But Baghdatis became a fan favorite worldwide much more than Gonzalez ever did, entertaining audiences even with temper tantrums such as his racket-smashing outburst at the Australian Open this year. Aptly designed for grass are his flat, low groundstrokes, which some American viewers have likened to line drives. Barely skimming over the net, these shots dart through the court with an acceleration undiminished by spin. Among the Cypriot's shortcomings is his lack of a consistently overpowering serve, something that Dimitrov found during his impressive four-set victory over Kevin Anderson. Never has the Federer facsimile reached the third round at a major, but the stage where he won a junior title in 2008 would offer a fitting setting for a milestone in the next Olympic year. His Swisstastic slice should bite viciously on the grass, and his self-belief must have soared following his first ATP semifinal appearance at Queens Club.
Karlovic vs. Murray: In one of the most striking contrasts of styles that men's tennis can showcase in the current era, one of the game's premier servers meets one of its premier returners. When we attended their first meeting, a final on the indoor hard courts of San Jose, Karlovic and Murray probably represented the twin pinnacles of each shot. Each man dropped serve just once across the course of three sets, two of which ended in tiebreaks, and several games ended in a minute or less. A quarterfinalist at Wimbledon before, Karlovic has defeated such superior overall talents there as Hewitt (then the defending champion) and Tsonga, keeping alive the tradition of serve-volley tennis that has become an endangered species. Nagged by injuries throughout his career, he still poses essentially the same challenge as he did a decade ago. For most of his own career, Murray has specialized in defusing the serving power of one-dimensional opponents like Karlovic, yet so formidable is the Croat's serve that he has won sets from the Scot in two of their three previous meetings. To avoid a costly marathon in the first week, the home hope will need to vigilantly guard his serve while looking for patterns in his opponent's placement and ensuring that he capitalizes on second-serve opportunities. Look for Murray to position himself closer to the baseline than he typically would in order to cut off the angle before the serve veers outside his reach.


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"This surprise wedding music video was created for my husband," the star of this video, Jacquelyn, explains on YouTube. It's called "I Just Want to Ride Bikes With You" — and you just have to watch it.
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This surprise wedding music video was created for my husband Todd Evan Krieger in Venice Beach, California and unveiled for him at our wedding reception in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Other shots shown are in Malibu, Laguna Beach, Tahoe, Ixtapa, Burning Man, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Topanga Canyon, Taos, Vancouver, Peru, and the Galapagos Islands.
I'd like to give a major shout out to Panos Stoumpos whom hit the pavement with me capturing shots; he's a creative rock star. Steve McCormick is super talented and was uber helpful in the studio when recording, and John David Heeg buttoned everything up with his rad editing skills.
Hats off to our beautiful cat Balka…and of course my amazing husband Todd whose love inspired this video!!! Everything's okay-o when I'm with Tadeo.
- The U.S. and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in Washington and Havana as they restore diplomatic ties after more than 50 years.
- Kids in California schools can no longer be opted out of vaccination on religious or personal grounds under a new law.
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Happy Birthday, Prince George! The little prince that captivated the world last year turns 1 today (July 22) and Kensington Palace celebrated by releasing a few adorable photos of the heir to the crown.
Earlier this month (July 2), George headed over to the Sensational Butterflies exhibit at London's Natural History Museum with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and posed for a darling photo shoot with John Stillwell.
Given the name, most people assume the Tour De France starts on the opposite side of the English Channel from England. But Prince William and Prince Harry actually launched the big cycling race in London on Saturday (July 5).
Kicking off another day of world class tennis action, the Wimbledon Lawn Championship welcomed Prince William and Kate Middleton to watch the final match between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on Sunday (July 6).
It's important to take time to relax and enjoy the finer things in life, and Kate Middleton and Prince William took advantage of their Royal status at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships in London today (July 2).
Dressed to impress, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge caught all the Day Nine action from their very own seats in the luxury box at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Always up for a chance to mingle with the common folk, Kate Middleton showed up at Blessed Sacrament School in London, England for a special event today (July 1).
As usual, the Duchess of Cambridge looked gorgeous in a pretty pink dress by Goat teamed with nude heels as she helped introduce the M-PACT initiative, designed to "move parents and children together."
We can't wait to see Pippa Middleton's interview with Matt Lauer next week, but in the meantime we snagged a few quotes from her one-on-one regarding her royal sister Kate.
She just keeps getting more amazing, as Kate Middleton paid a visit to a medical facility for seriously ill children on Thursday morning (June 19).
The Duchess of Cambridge showed up at Treehouse Hospice in Ipswitch, England as part of the UK's Children's Hospice Week event, sporting a pink paisley Diane von Furstenberg dress.
She's always up for a Royal visit, and Kate Middleton showed up at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England on Wednesday morning (June 18).
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Nomzamo informal settlement residents would have been relocated to new land years ago had the City of Cape Town not withdrawn from negotiations in 2011, attorneys for the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) told the Lwandle Inquiry yesterday.
"On the morning of 30 August SANRAL was still under the impression they would be providing the additional land as a contribution to the City. This after the City started cooperating with SANRAL to relocate the people to Macassar. Later that evening, we received a letter to say the City couldn't go ahead with negotiations until the intergovernmental dispute over road tolling was resolved," SANRAL's property service provider attorney, Shaun Hornby told the ministerial inquiry.
Chaired by advocate, Denzil Potgieter, the inquiry was appointed by Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu after hundreds of shacks were demolished on land owned by SANRAL last month.
The public hearings for the inquiry, which started last week, are being held at the GoodHope Sub-council Building.
Members of the inquiry will later today visit community members in the Nomzamo Community Hall to collect several statements.
This is to prepare for the second round of the public hearings which will be held at a venue closer to Strand where residents will give their submissions to the inquiry.
During yesterday's proceedings, submissions were heard from Hornby along with Fiona Bester, the attorney representing SANRAL and Strand sheriff Deon Burger.
The hearings are expected to be completed by 5 August.
More than 200 new informal homes have since been erected on the land with more under construction to accommodate all the families still being housed in the Nomzamo community hall.
Yesterday, Hornby described the history of SANRAL's negotiations with the municipality and private land owners since 2000, in a bid to relocate communities that had settled on their land in the Strand area.
Attorney Fiona Bester said the interdict was granted following a large scale invasion on their land on 19 January.
"We went to the High Court for the interdict dated 24 January, after it became apparent that we couldn't prevent an invasion on a large scale like that without it. The rule nisi to remove the people was extended three times by different judges between 3 February and 2 June. This was granted with the consent of the community's legal representative from Xulu Incorporated. Unfortunately they withdrew from the matter in June," she said.
Bester said the City had alerted them of the invasions and the complaints sent by residents living in neighbouring Strand Ridge to premier Helen Zille's office.
"The number of structures on the land was increasing over night. We received quite a few emails from the City advising us to ensure that SANRAL protect their land from invasions. They also said residents from a neighboring property complained in a letter to the premier about the issue. We got a letter from the City on 21 January informing us that a further 400 sites were pegged for structures," she said.
She added that 100 security guards that had been employed to patrol the property during the day and night and local police could not stop people from settling on the SANRAL property.
"The people became violent. They even torched the security's structure." She said that a 200m long fence was being built until they were instructed to stop the process on 4 June (after the evictions at the beginning of June).
Bester said the contractors who were paid per structure gave them the number of 233 shacks demolished in June.
Potgieter said SANRAL's decision to remove residents in winter was unnecessary.
"We visited the land and it is difficult for us to see where the rerouting road will be developed. There was no reason for SANRAL to throw them out on the streets. It seems totally unnecessary," he said.
In response, Bester said the situation had become "out of control" without the cooperation from the City.
"If we left it any longer, it could've been much worse if the removal was done at a later stage," she said.
Bester said SANRAL conducted their own investigation into the 448 names given to them by the community's legal representative. It found that 11 of those names were duplicated, 43 people were employed with a few of them listed as directors of companies and other were registered home owners.
However, when questioned on their findings, Bester said they had difficulty verifying the information and couldn't state it as fact.
Earlier, Deon Burger, the Strand sheriff who executed the court order, said several meetings were held with key role players to prepare for both evictions.
"In those meetings was the head of police, Lwandle police, public order policing, metro police, traffic services, the City's anti-land invasion and the SANRAL attorney. The dates for both of the evictions were decided based on the availability of police," he said.
When asked if he had notified residents of the court order, Burger said that an announcement was made in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa and eight notice boards were erected for the first eviction of 3 February. He said however that he was not required to give notice for the eviction that took place on 2 and 3 June because it was the same piece of land for the same community as the February eviction.
Burger said that he and the officials were concerned about the weather and the safety of the community.
"We had a seven day weather forecast and according to that it wasn't going to rain. Eskom officials also came to see me to ask when we would be removing the people because the structures were right under one of the main power lines," he said.
Burger told the inquiry that while the document was titled as a "court order" he understood it to be more of an "on-going" interdict.
"I was instructed three times by our attorney to go back and remove the people. It was the first time I took on a task of this magnitude and at the time, my main priority was to execute the interdict to the best of my ability. I didn't foresee that it would have such a big impact," he said.


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A communication system is dynamically configured to use some or all of the communication channel bandwidth. Regions of the communication channel are prioritized, and bandwidth is allocated in accordance with priorities and requested data rate.
1. In a communication system, a remote terminal comprising:
a transceiver for communicating with a communication channel; and
a system controller coupled to the transceiver for controlling the transceiver, the transceiver using geographic location of circuits connected to the communication channel to configure data transmission along the communication channel in one of a first mode wherein upstream data transmission and downstream data transmission are sent in substantially non-overlapping frequency domains, and a second mode wherein upstream data transmission and downstream data transmission are sent in substantially overlapping frequency domains, the communication channel communicating data via a plurality of frequency bins wherein the bins are segmented into a plurality of groups, the groups being selectively prioritized so that bins associated with the first mode are utilized before the bins associated with the second mode.
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4. In the communication system of
5. The communication system of
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8. The communication system of
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10. The communication system of
11. An apparatus comprising:
a processing unit, the processing unit determining a channel characteristic of a communication channel for communicating data via a plurality of frequency bins wherein the frequency bins are segmented into a plurality of groups, the groups being prioritized between predetermined frequency regions so that frequency bins associated with a first frequency region are used before frequency bins associated with a second frequency region, the channel characteristic being a geographic location of circuits connected to the communication channel;
a filter responsive to the processing unit; and
a line driver in communication with the communication channel;
wherein the filter and the line driver are dynamically configured by the processing unit to communicate over a particular set of frequency regions of the communication channel in response to the channel characteristic determined by the processing unit.
12. The apparatus of
13. The apparatus of
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/379,081, filed on Aug. 23, 1999 now abandoned.
A related application entitled "Method For Allocating Data And Power In A Discrete Multi-Tone Communication System" by Howard E. Levin et. al, with Ser. No. 09/007,218, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,259,746, was filed on Jan. 14, 1998, and is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
This invention relates generally to communication systems and more specifically to methods and apparatus for use with overlap-enabled communication systems.
In order to make high data rate interactive services such as video conferencing and internet access available to more residential and small business customers, high speed data communication paths are required. Although fiber optic cable is one preferred transmission media for such high data rate services, it is not readily available in existing communications networks, and the expense of installing fiber optic cable is prohibitive. Current telephone wiring connections, which consist of twisted pair media, were not designed to support the high data rates required for interactive services such as video on demand or even high speed interconnects. In response, Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology has been developed to increase the transmission capabilities within the fixed bandwidth of existing twisted pair connections, allowing interactive services to be provided without requiring the installation of new fiber optic cable.
Discrete Multi-Toned (DMT) is a multi-carrier technique that divides the available bandwidth of a communications channel such as a twisted pair connection into a number of frequency sub-channels. These sub-channels are also referred to as frequency bins or carriers. The DMT technique has been adopted by the ANSI T1E1.4 (ADSL) committee for use in ADSL systems. In ADSL, DMT is used to generate 250 separate 4.3125 kHz sub-channels from 26 kHz to 1.1 MHz for downstream transmission to the end user, and 25 sub-channels from 26 kHz to 138 kHz for upstream transmission by the end user. Each bin is allocated a number of bits to send with each transmission. The number of bits allocated to an ADSL system are 0, and 2-15 bits.
Prior to transmitting real-time data with an ADSL system, an initialization process occurs. During a first portion of the initialization process, an activation and acknowledgment step occurs. It is during this step that a transmit activation tone is generated following power-up of the ADSL system. Transceiver training is the next step of the initialization process. During transceiver training, the equalization filters of the ADSL system are trained and system synchronization is achieved. Next, channel analysis and exchange are performed as part of the initialization processes. During the channel analysis and exchange, the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the channels is determined, and bit loading configuration of the bins and other configuration information is transferred.
Subsequent to the initialization process, real-time data transmission begins. During real-time data transmission, proposed implementations of the ANSI standard require that each carrier be transmitted with a nominal amount of power. The nominal amount of power is proposed to be a full amount of power that is approximately the same across all bins, as only a fine power gain adjustment variation occurs between carriers. However, there are disadvantages to assigning the nominal amount of transmit power to each carrier. For example, one problem is that there is unnecessary power consumption associated with assigning a nominal amount of power to a carrier that is not transmitting any data. This occurs when the requested data rate is less than the maximum data rate achievable on the line. This additional power results in additional system costs in terms of power consumption. Another issue of transmitting power on unused bins is that as a carrier's signal is attenuated over long line distances, there is a point where data cannot be transmitted with a desired certainty. When this occurs, the bit allocation capacity of the bad bin is set to zero, however, under proposed implementations of the specification, its transmit power remains allocated to the now unused bin. Therefore, there is a high cost in power even when there is not a high data rate. Another issue with the ADSL specification is that crosstalk interference occurs when signals are being transmitted at similar frequencies on adjacent line.
Generally, over one-half of the power consumed by a typical DMT system is consumed by the line drivers. In addition to the thermal issues associated with increased power, there is an additional problem that crosstalk from adjacent phone lines can increase line noise levels as much as 40 dB. Therefore, it would be beneficial to optimize power consumption of a DMT system, and reduce cross-talk between adjacent twisted pair wires.
In addition, many communication systems, such as ADSL systems, have a capability of transmitting data over a frequency overlapped region that may be used by the uplink and downlink. Using the overlapped region in certain applications may improve performance, such as improved capacity and loop length coverage. However, communicating over the overlapped region may have certain side effects, such as cross-talk. Thus, there is a need for an improved method and apparatus for using an overlap-enabled communication system.
There is herein provided an apparatus having a processing unit. The processing unit determines a channel characteristic of a communication channel. In one form the channel characteristic is a geographic location of circuits connected to the communication channel. A filter is responsive to the processing unit. A line driver is in communication with a communication channel. The filter and the line driver are dynamically configured by the processing unit to communicate over a particular set of frequency regions of the communication channel in response to the channel characteristic determined by the processing unit.
Certain embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the following figures:
At step 312, the data capacity of each bin is calculated. In one embodiment, the data capacity is calculated based upon the SNR of a carrier, as determined in step 311, and the SNR reference table of
Next, at step 313, the carriers or bins are sorted from greatest capacity to least capacity. Next, at step 314, the data rate to be transmitted is allocated beginning with the carrier(s) with the greatest capacity and proceeding to the carrier(s) with the least capacity. The data capacity is allocated until the specified data rate is achieved. By allocating to those bins with the greatest data rate first, it is possible to minimize the number of carriers used (used carriers) to transmit data at the desired data rate. At step 315, the power on the unused carriers is reduced in order to minimize the power used to transmit a specified amount of information. Generally, the power will be reduced by at least an order of magnitude of the power of a used bin. This is advantageous over the prior art which has required each channel to maintain a nominal amount of power whether it is used or unused. By reducing power to unused bins, an optimal amount of power dissipation is possible.
At step 412, a channel analysis is performed on each carrier of set N. The channel analysis of step 412 is performed in the same manner as the channel analysis of step 311 of
At step 414, the carriers of set N that are not in set X are sorted from greatest bit loading capacity to least bit loading capacity to form a sorted set of carriers. This step is analogous in function to step 313 of
At step 419, the carriers in set X are also sorted from greatest bit loading capacity to least bit loading capacity to for another sorted set. In an alternative embodiment, the set X need not be sorted.
At step 415, the bins associated with carrier subset X are inserted or excluded from the sorted set of carriers. In one embodiment, where the bins of set X are implicitly heavily weighted, the set would be positioned in the sorted set before, or after, bins meeting some predefined criteria. For example, heavily weighted bins could be positioned before the bins with the greatest capacity. In another embodiment, the heavily weighted bins could be positioned between bins having a capacity of ten bits, and bins having a capacity of nine bits. Generally, a heavily weighted set is inserted with bins having significant bit allocation capacity. In one embodiment, where 15 bits is the maximum loading for a bin, a heavily weighted set would generally be inserted at or above the 7 bit allocation level.
In a similar manner, where the bins of set X are implicitly lightly weighted, they could be excluded from the sorted list entirely, inserted after the bins with the least bit loading capacity, or inserted between bins having a specified loading level. Generally, a lightly weighted set is inserted with bins having low bit allocation capacity. In one embodiment, where 15 bits is the maximum loading for a bin, a heavily weighted set would generally be inserted at or above the 7 bit allocation level.
In an embodiment where a numerical weighting is applied the exact placement of the bins of set X would be placed, or excluded, based upon the value of the weighting.
At step 416, the number of bits needed to support a specified data rate are allocated to the bins based upon the sorted order of the set. For example, assuming the set X is inserted between bins having loading capacity of 13 and 14 bits. The allocation would begin with a bin, not in set X, having 15 bits of loading capacity. Once the first bin was assigned 15 bits, another bin, not in set X, having 15 bits of capacity would be assigned 15 bits, and so on until all 15 bit bins are fully assigned. Next, all 14 bit bins, not in set X would be filled in a similar manner. Next, the bits of set X would be filled prior to the loading of any 13 bit capacity bin which is not in set X. Subsequent to each bin of set X being filled, the filling process would continue with the 13 bit capacity bins.
At step 503, a subset of substantially non-overlapping carriers X2 is specified for a first line card. In one embodiment, the sets X1 and X2 would be mutually exclusive in that they would attempt to allocate the data capacity to bins operating at different frequencies. In yet another embodiment, the sets X1 and X2 would be chosen to buffer used bins in separate line cards from each other. For example, if set X1 specified bins 1-10 as bins to be filled first, set X2 would indicate bins 12-21 as bins to be filled first. To the extent the bit loading capacity could be allocated within the specified bins, there would be an unused bin, bin 11, buffering the frequency range of set X1 and X2. This buffering allows for greater immunity to cross talk.
Once set X2 is defined, the method of
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By dynamically selecting and configuring various frequency modes, data may be more efficiently allocated and communicated over an ADSL system. In addition, the priority scheme for allocating data for different regions is useful for customizing training sequences based on user input, channel characteristics or other desired parameters.
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The foregoing specification has identified a preferred method for improving performance of an ADSL system. The invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. For example, the specific embodiment has been discussed in terms of using the SNRref table of
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I know you looked both ways,but SUV's arent invisible even at 40mph.
Cars and bikes run redlights all day long,stopping is for the most part an option. I ride my road bicycle through town and I can hear them coming better then I can on my 1250 Suzuki,Ive sat at greenlights and watched cagers drafting each other through redlights one after the other.
The theory being if the guy ahead of me made it then I can to.
If a biker even suspects these drivers are watching out for him,hes dead meat.
Sitting at a greenlight for a beat or two while watching behind,to the right,to the left is a good way to stay alive in a car or bike.
Ive been riding on the street since about 1974 and have yet to be killed,but could be anytime as in or on any motor vehicle,but,the close encounters with maniacs in cars has gone down to nearly 0,the first couple years I rode on the street it happened pretty regular.
Every intersection is a death zone and should be treated as such.
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I've hiked across and rafted the length of the Grand Canyon; I've dived with sharks in Tahiti; I've stood atop Mt. Whitney and stepped across bottomless crevasses while traversing the Vallee Blanche of Mont Blanc; I've scanned the surface of Loch Ness for its mythical monster; at the Cafe des Magots, I've watched the people come and go among the streets of St. Germain; I've crossed paths with bears, rattlesnakes, coyotes and feral kittens and have so far lived to tell the tale. I once stampeded a herd of cattle (but not on purpose); I've studied the mysteries of the universe. I still don't live with my parents and still have my own car (as well as a motorcycle), but no longer have a job; that, however, is by choice. It was time for a change, and part of that involves departing for Asia and Africa in a few months time: life is an adventure, and I for one, think it's time to make life more adventurous! I've lived with fear for too long and look forward to living life instead :) I may be the most interesting man in the world who is not in a Dos Equis commercial. On the other hand, I may be the most interesting man in the world even if you include the fellow from the Dos Equis commercial. Still, I can be a little shy at first, but once I open up I love witty and intelligent conversation, especially teasing give and take. And while I'm serious about serious things, I can be downright silly about non-serious things. I'm moderately well-traveled, working on very well-traveled. Live for experiencing and learning new things and visiting new places. I'm also trustworthy, a good listener, affectionate and my friends adore me. I love to make people laugh, and making others happy makes me very happy. I am very attracted to confident, intelligent women with a great sense of humor. Put on a slinky black dress, add some flirting and witty banter and I'm yours... I enjoy the company and conversation of a woman that likes to have fun; if you can't have fun together, what's the point? I also happen to think that women are interesting, smell good and are nice to look at. First date? So many possibilities... A. A cozy candlelit dinner for two? B. A refreshing cocktail overlooking the ocean at sunset? C. Lynryd Skynrd and a six pack in the back of a pick up truck? D. A bottle of Thunderbird at the corner liquor store? E. All of the above.
Book club , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing , Wine tasting
Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Cycling, Dancing, Football, Running, Skiing, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I don't believe in astrology
I like Cats, Dogs, Horses
Enjoy cats and dogs. Appreciate horses, but not a natural rider. Not a fan of birds. Love the idea of a saltwater aquarium (but in all honesty, as long as someone else maintained it).
Very Liberal
Love to travel. So far: Australia, Iceland, Rome, Sicily, rafting the Grand Canyon, Scotland, Paris, London, Tahiti, Southern France, Mammoth, Barcelona, skiing the Alps, Amsterdam, Chicago. Next: ??? I tend to be pretty spontaneous!
Travel, photography, Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" backed by the pitter patter of rain drops on a cool evening. Twisty mountain roads in my car or on my motorcycle, city skylines at night, and the deep pale blue sky at twilight. Cheese, Grommit!
Amuse my neighbors during the weekend jog: you haven't lived, laughed or loved until you've seen me running around Lake Hollywood, arms flapping akimbo like the broken wings of a gangly bird... Movies at the Arclight, browsing Amoeba records, LACMA.
"Infinite Jest", finally! Still feel buried beneath my New Yorker subscription. Someday I'll finish "War and Peace" Until then, I always come back to Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, P. G. Wodehouse and "Catch 22.
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Southern gentleman, literally.
|Agnostic, Atheist, Spiritual but not religious
Highway to hell.
|English, French, Spanish
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Too educated for my own good... Physics and English Lit at the University of Virginia, physics PhD from UCLA.


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Tel: (919)286-5517
Welcome to the Lerner Jewish Community Day School.
Established in 1995, The Lerner School sits on a beautiful 8 ½ acre wooded campus in Durham, North Carolina, and serves over 140 children from throughout the Triangle area.
We offer an integrated and enriched General Studies and Judaic curriculum in our 5-star rated Early Childhood Division and our SACS/SAIS Accredited Elementary Division.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Other religious school association(s)
National Coalition of Girls
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten - 5
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|146 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 18%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|26 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|Elementary Tuition: $11,800 Early Childhood Tuition: $3,600-$12,350, depending on # of days and hours
|% on Financial Aid
|Admissions Director
|Jordana Brown
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Welcome to the Lerner Jewish Community Day School. Established in 1995, The Lerner School sits on a beautiful 8 ½ acre wooded campus in Durham, North Carolina, and serves over 140 children from throughout the Triangle area. We offer an integrated and enriched General Studies and Judaic curriculum in our 5-star rated Early Childhood Division and our SACS/SAIS Accredited Elementary Division. Our school's mission is to educate "one child at a time." Our low 9-1 student-to- teacher ratio allows us to individualize instruction and challenge each student at his or her own level. Our community-oriented approach encourages students to work towards their highest potential in a hands-on, integrated learning environment. We teach our students to be successful, self-motivated and ethical members of our 21st century society. Our focus on "Seeing the World Through Jewish Eyes" helps to ensure that each student will cherish their Jewish identity while at the same time receive the very best education in the community. In fact, our students score on average in the 93rd percentile on standardized tests as compared to both public and private school students throughout the country. Our enrichment programs in Art, Music and Physical Education round out our students' education and enjoyment of their time at school. We believe that a Lerner School education is a gift that lasts a lifetime for your child. Please give us a call to set up a time to tour our school, and see for yourself the wonders that are achieved each day at the Lerner Jewish Community Day School.
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TIFTON _ The quality and quantity of Georgia's 2013 pecan crop is in worse shape than originally feared.
Due in large part to pecan scab, a fungal disease that thrives in wet conditions, Georgia's pecan crop is expected to total between 50 million and 60 million pounds, instead of the normal 90 million. University of Georgia pecan horticulturist Lenny Wells had — in early fall — predicted a poor harvest of between 65 million and 70 million pounds, but in reality, the harvest fell short of even the most pessimistic predictions.
"There's kind of an old saying in the pecan business that a short crop gets shorter. That has definitely held true this year," Wells said. "Most growers that looked like they had a good crop are getting about a third less than what they thought was there."
Not only is the quantity lacking for one of the state's biggest commodities, but the international demand that drove high prices in previous seasons has also slackened. During the height of harvest season when China was buying its bulk of pecans, commercial producers were averaging about $2.90 per pound for Desirable pecans, the state's most popular variety. However, according to Wells, that price has dropped to between $1.80 and $2.
"For some reason, the law of supply and demand doesn't seem to apply to pecans this year" Wells said. "I'm told there's a lot of nuts in storage in China, still and there doesn't seem to have been much of a demand for the 2013 crop domestically. It's been a very odd year."
Wells added that China's mass import of Georgia's pecans is due in large part to its celebration of the new year, which falls earlier in 2014 than it has in recent years. China bought more pecans earlier this year, and thus, has not been buying later in the harvest season.
In addition to producing fewer nuts, farmers are reporting that individual nuts are packing less of a punch. What was predicted to be a smaller crop is also much lighter than originally thought. Wells reported that the lighter pecan nuts are being blown out at cleaning plants, reinforcing the belief that the weight of individual pecans is down.
Many of this year's pecan problems can also be blamed on wetter than usual weather this summer and part of this fall. Rain led to higher than normal incidences of the fungal disease pecan scab, interrupted harvest activities and deteriorated the quality of the nut.
Clint Thompson is public relations coordinator with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia's Tifton campus.
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LinkedIn announced on its blog [1] today its news Classmates feature. I like the idea behind this, but I don't think it is working completely. The blog post talks about being able to change the year or years shown but I can't find that anywhere. It also keeps showing the same people.
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Rubio and the zombiesFebruary 16,2013The State of the Union address was not, Im sorry to say, very interesting. True, the president offered many good ideas. But we already know that almost none of those ideas will make it past a hostile House of Representatives.
On the other hand, the GOP reply, delivered by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, was both interesting and revelatory. And I mean that in the worst way. For Rubio is a rising star, to such an extent that Time magazine put him on its cover, calling him The Republican Savior. What we learned Tuesday, however, was that zombie economic ideas have eaten his brain.
In case youre wondering, a zombie idea is a proposition that has been thoroughly refuted by analysis and evidence, and should be dead but wont stay dead because it serves a political purpose, appeals to prejudices, or both. The classic zombie idea in U.S. political discourse is the notion that tax cuts for the wealthy pay for themselves, but there are many more. And, as I said, when it comes to economics it appears that Rubios mind is zombie-infested.
Start with the big question: How did we get into the mess were in?
The financial crisis of 2008 and its painful aftermath, which were still dealing with, were a huge slap in the face for free-market fundamentalists. Circa 2005, the usual suspects conservative publications, analysts at right-wing think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute, and so on insisted that deregulated financial markets were doing just fine, and dismissed warnings about a housing bubble as liberal whining. Then the nonexistent bubble burst, and the financial system proved dangerously fragile; only huge government bailouts prevented a total collapse.
Instead of learning from this experience, however, many on the right have chosen to rewrite history. Back then, they thought things were great, and their only complaint was that the government was getting in the way of even more mortgage lending; now they claim that government policies, somehow dictated by liberals even though the GOP controlled both Congress and the White House, were promoting excessive borrowing and causing all the problems.
Every piece of this revisionist history has been refuted in detail. No, the government didnt force banks to lend to Those People; no, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didnt cause the housing bubble (they were doing relatively little lending during the peak bubble years); no, government-sponsored lenders werent responsible for the surge in risky mortgages (private mortgage issuers accounted for the vast majority of the riskiest loans).
But the zombie keeps shambling on and heres Rubio on Tuesday night: This idea that our problems were caused by a government that was too small its just not true. In fact, a major cause of our recent downturn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies. Yep, its the full zombie.
What about responding to the crisis? Four years ago, right-wing economic analysts insisted that deficit spending would destroy jobs, because government borrowing would divert funds that would otherwise have gone into business investment, and also insisted that this borrowing would send interest rates soaring. The right thing, they claimed, was to balance the budget, even in a depressed economy.
Now, this argument was obviously fallacious from the beginning. As people like me tried to point out, the whole reason our economy was depressed was that businesses werent willing to invest as much as consumers were trying to save. So government borrowing would not, in fact, drive up interest rates and trying to balance the budget would simply deepen the depression.
Sure enough, interest rates, far from soaring, are at historic lows and countries that slashed spending have also seen sharp job losses. You rarely get this clear a test of competing economic ideas, and the rights ideas failed.
But the zombie still shambles on. And heres Rubio: Every dollar our government borrows is money that isnt being invested to create jobs. And the uncertainty created by the debt is one reason why many businesses arent hiring. Zombies 2, Reality 0.
In fairness to Rubio, what hes saying isnt any different from what everyone else in his party is saying. But that, of course, is whats so scary.
For here we are, more than five years into the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, and one of our two great political parties has seen its economic doctrine crash and burn twice: first in the run-up to crisis, then again in the aftermath. Yet that party has learned nothing; it apparently believes that all will be well if it just keeps repeating the old slogans, but louder.
Its a disturbing picture, and one that bodes ill for our nations future.
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Authentic Italian fare, an open kitchen, and festive, family-style seating make this trattoria equally popular with celebrities from Hollywood and ranchers from the Santa Ynez Valley. Thin-crust pizza, homemade ravioli, risottos, and seafood linguine are among the menu favorites. The noise level tends to rise in the evening, so this isn't the best spot for a romantic getaway.
3687-C Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, California, 93460, United States
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Trattoria Grappolo The Santa Ynez valley has a thriving Italian community, being wine country, you'll find fine Italian vino from the vine, Sicilian donkey farms and just about everything else Italian, which means that if there is going to be a premiere Italian joint, it's got a lot to live up to, to survive and the Grappolo is all that. We were introduced to this authentic Italian cuisine by local poet and author, Richard Jerrett, who
doesn't mess around when it comes to food. We sat outside to talk, had bread and olive oil the Caesar Salad was fresh and crisp. I ordered the big Porter House Steak rare, as always on my first outing. It was AMAZING! Meat so tender, I almost screamed and ripped my clothes off while I sipped my Peligrino Water. Our waitress was awesome. I want to call her Randy, but I honestly can't remember. People seemed to know each other. It was definitely a local staple and popular hang out for good reason. The owners dropped by to say hi, and were incredibly friendly. On my second visit, we hit lunch and I had the spaghetti and Meatballs. If you ever shamed your family name by saying that one meatball was as good as the next, this dish will rip your theory to shreds. Incredible presentation. The spaghetti came in a well organized pile of pasta, heaped in a bowl over 6 immense meatballs and mint leaves. It knocked me under the table! The chef came out to get my animated reaction, and we exchange a high 5 if I can recount correctly! Now, the Grappolo is what crosses my mind when I plan my trips to Santa Ynez.
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We had a hard time finding a parking space at this spot --- for good reason. The wine list (Wine Spectator rated) was amazing and the food spectacular. We had calamari stuffed with smoked mozarella, poached halibut with lemon and capers, and ahi tuna in penne. It was difficult to choose which desserts we wanted as well...the flourless chocolate torte with mocha creme anglaise and coconut ice cream in a coconut shell were a great conclusion to
the evening. Our server was adorable, telling us about the area as well as the history of the restaurant and its offerings. Don't miss it.
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I came here with really high expectations based upon reviews I've read of this restaurants. It didn't reach those lofty heights although I am a pretty tough critic. You will find good but not great Italian food here. The decor is nice and the serivce is attentive. Mattei's Tavern is the best restaurant in the area in my opinion.
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