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Deaths and funerals (05/23/13)
Genevieve "BB" Alderete
Genevieve "BB" Alderete, age 85, a resident of Los Lunas, passed away on Sunday, May 19.
She was a great cook and enjoyed going to the casino. She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Neddy Alderete; children, Bernadette Alderete McKissick, Danny and Juan Alderete; grandson, Christopher McKissick; and many other beloved relatives.
Genevieve is survived by her children, Helen Gallegos, David Alderete, Neddy Alderete Jr., and wife, Theresa, Kathie Parras and husband, Michael, and special son and friend, Rick Moya; 17 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren; brothers, Charlie and Georgie Ramirez; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at Church of the Ascension, 2150 Raymac Rd., SW Albuquerque. A final visitation will be held at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 23, followed by a Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will follow services at Pajarito Cemetery, Central Ave., Albuquerque.
Serving as pallbearers will be Phillip Gallegos, Steven Alderete, Rick Moya, Orlando Alderete, Salomon Alderete and Johnny Alderete. Honorary pallbearers will be Antone Parras, Michael Gallegos, Eric Alderete, Michael Parras Jr. and Daniel Alderete.
Arrangements are being handled by the caring professionals at the Noblin Funeral Service Los Lunas Chapel, 866-9992, 2211-D Main St., where an online guest register is available at www.noblinfuneralservice.com.
Joe A. Baldonado
Joe A. Baldonado, age 41, a resident of Belen, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 12.
He had a love for people and life. Joe enjoyed the outdoors gardening, growing green chile and his job at Walmart Distribution Center, and was a big Dallas Cowboys fan, and just loved his wife, Monica, very much.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jose E. Baldonado.
Joe is survived by his wife, Monica; children, Joseph and Nathan Baldonado, and Jessica and Joseph Barfield; grandchildren, Selena, Isaac, Madison and Little Joseph; mother, Renee Baldonado; sisters, Geraldine and husband, Joseph Gabaldon, and Joan Baldonado; and many uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
Services will be held on Friday, May 24, at Calvary Chapel Rio Grande, beginning with a visitation at 8 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 8:30 a.m. The burial to follow will be private, but there will be a reception open to all at the Elks Lodge for family and friends at noon.
Arrangements are being handled by the caring professionals at the Noblin Funeral Service Belen Chapel, 418 W. Reinken Ave., 864-4448, where an online guest register is available at www.noblinfuneralservice.com.
Jose "Doro" Dolores Bustamante
Jose "Doro" Dolores Bustamante, age 67, a resident of Belen, passed away on Tuesday, May 14.
Starting out of high school, Joe became a very skilled tinsmith. He took pride working in Los Alamos for 18 years, and in Farmington at the power plant, where he raised his three boys. He also worked for Sisneros Bros. Manufacturing for 10 years. Joe ended his career retiring from Romero Heating and Cooling after 10 years of outstanding service.
He was always doing things for people. He felt bad if you had nothing for him to work on. Joe always helped family and friends. Other than working in his skilled profession and helping others, he enjoyed spending time at the casino.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dorothy Bustamante; parents, Jose Antonio and Adela Castillo Bustamante; brothers, Manuel and Leo Bustamante; and brother-in-law, Porfirio Chavira.
Joe is survived by his three sons, Joseph, Michael and wife, Corina, and Thomas and wife, Sarah; seven grandchildren, Georgina, Kai, Kirk, Stephen, Hayden, Jacob and Dominic; brothers, George and wife, Linda Bustamante, Ruben and wife, Yolanda Sanchez, Gene and wife, Helen Bustamante, Raymond and wife, Kathy Bustamante; and sisters, Sarah Chavira, Ernestina and husband, Eliseo Sisneros, Rosie and husband, Abenicio Sisneros, Josie Garcia and Teresa and husband, Tom Maupin. He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Joe will be dearly missed by all especially by his very close sister, Josie Garcia.
All services were held at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church, on Monday, May 20, with Father Scott McKee presiding. Interment followed at Abo Catholic Cemetery.
Sign Joe's online register book at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen.
Blanche R. Moss
Blanche R. Moss, age 90, a resident of Los Lunas, passed away on Thursday, May 16.
She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Blanche is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Sandy Moss; grandsons, Wes and his wife, Katie, and Justin and his wife, Christie; nine great-grandchildren, Jeb, Lane, Saydie, Samantha, Logan, Audrey, Levi, Lori and Cole; her two little buddies, Buster and Scooter; a nephew, Jack Porch and his wife, Deana of Cuchillo, N.M; and a cousin, Vivian Merritt of Canyon Lake, Texas.
No services are planned. Interment will take place at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by the caring professionals at the Noblin Funeral Service Belen Chapel, 418 W. Reinken Ave., 864-4448, where an online guest register is available at www.noblinfuneralservice.com.
Moises A. Silva
Moises A. Silva, age 36, a resident of Los Lunas, passed away on Monday, May 20.
All services will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church on Thursday, May 23, beginning with a visitation at 10 a.m., a Rosary to be recited at 10:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. with Father Hoi Tran presiding. Interment will follow at Valencia Catholic Cemetery.
Sign Moises' online register book at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen.
Leonard Charles Torres
Leonard Charles Torres, a former Belen resident and resident of Chandler, Ariz., passed away peacefully on May 8 after a courageous battle with a year-long illness.
Leonard was born on July 3, 1954, in Belen. He was the third of seven children born to Tom and Martha Torres. He had a happy childhood growing up in a neighborhood with many children.
He made lifelong friends and remained close to his family throughout his life. Leonard accomplished much during his life. He attended St. Mary's Catholic School, Belen Jr. High and Belen High School, graduating in 1972.
In high school, Leonard was a member of the Varsity Club, played offensive tackle for the Eagles for three years, along with his older brothers, Tom and Michael. He also was a pitcher for the Eagle baseball team for two years and played basketball for one year.
After graduating from Belen High in 1972, Leonard was awarded an athletic scholarship at Western New Mexico University in Silver City. He played for the Mustangs for four years. In his first years with the Mustangs, Leonard played offensive tackle. After he was red-shirted that first year due to a knee injury, he came back to play offensive guard.
He graduated with a degree in marketing-management and economics, continuing his education he also earned a master's of business administration. While working on his masters, he was a graduate assistant.
After receiving his MBA, Leonard was recruited by Valley National Bank at a WNMU job fair. Immediately after graduation, he moved to the Phoenix area and began a successful banking career.
Leonard also taught economics and statistics for South Mountain Community College. His boss described him as the reason many students were inspired to continue their education — they didn't want to miss a single class because of his unique teaching techniques.
Leonard served five years on the board of directors for East Valley Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He received awards for the 2008 National Service to Youth Award, 2004-2007 Vice-President Business & Finance, and 2004-2006 Fundraising Excellence.
Leonard's favorite hobby was playing golf. He remained athletic his entire life becoming an avid golfer in 1997, he played many famous courses. He worked at perfecting his game alongside his wife, Peggy.
Above all, Leonard's greatest love was the Lord and his family.
His father, Tom, passed away in 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Ann; daughter, Dara Lynn and her children, David, Anthony and Angel; stepsons, Jeff and wife, Kara, and their son, Tyler, Gabe and wife, Taira, and their children, Dylon and Kora, Brent and wife, Audrey, and their daughter, Vivieanne; mother, Martha Torres; brothers, Tom and wife, Paulette, Michael and Raymond; sisters, Anna Martinez and husband, Joe, Frances, Margaret Ann Espinoza and husband, Gilbert. He is also survived and loved by many loving nieces, nephews and friends.
All services were held in Chandler, Ariz.


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Below is the poem entitled Dirty Birdies which was written by poet
Eastman. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
Read Poems by
Carol Eastman
They might be dirty birdies… but of course I love them so.
Even with the birdseed scatters far across the floor.
But I doubt they're really dirty since they crowd my birdbath so.
And with the drought outside my door I let their water flow.
They flutter around the bowl with ease as it empties twice a day.
And I enjoy watching them play in a wonderful display.
Nowhere will you find such an intensely flowing water storm.
And 12 stick close together as they show they're many charms.
I authorize their playfulness for my many tiny friends.
Even a tiny hummingbird comes to my window in the end.
Now that is most surprising, as I have nothing for him to eat.
We both just like admiring the view for it is such a treat.
Of course he's really telling me to turn on the sprinkler hose.
For he loves to travel back and forth as the water travels so.
As a child my mother took care of the chicken coup and began to
Despise those Dirty Birds… but when I was young her comment turned
Into a name for those I loved… I was too young to realize her true meaning
At the time… Later it stayed with me as a memory of how different were our
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Britney Spears Gossip
Britney Spears gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Britney Day in Vegas
Wenn, Denise Truscello/ Ethan Miller/ Getty
Las Vegas celebrated Britney Spears yesterday. It's supposed to be an honour... If you're over 50! Britney is 32 years old. Just two years older than Miranda Lambert. So, no. Don't ask me to be congratulatory about this. It's not how it was all supposed to go down. But here we are, pop's former princess, dressed like Liza Minelli (don't tell me you can't see this outfit in Liza's closet), and her face tighter than it was when she was dancing around in a red leather catsuit, her cheekbones fuller and higher, at her Vegas day presentation so, basically, she's Marie Osmond now. Full Story
Britney's new boyfriend
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There is one record that Taylor Swift did not break last week. The female artist with the most albums sold in a week? Britney Spears. Still. Oops!... I Did It Again. Almost. But Britney's 1.319 million copies remains the one. Oh, and she has a new boyfriend. E! News Full Story
Did Britney invade Zoe's privacy?
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Remember when Zoe Saldana shat on the media for invading her privacy? Britney Spears confirmed to ET yesterday that Zoe's having twins. You think she's going to cuss out Britney too? I couldn't cuss out Britney. It's like swearing at a helpless child. Late in Dan Marino's career, and even Mario Lemieux, the defence would go easy on them, because they were fragile and senior statesmen of the game. Full Story
My dad told me to break up with you
Jamie Spears, father of Britney, who is 32 years old, is his daughter court-appointed conservator. So, basically, he's legally authorised to handle her sh-t…because she's not capable of handling her own sh-t.. And not just in business. TMZ Full Story
Dear Gossips,
It's MTV VMA weekend. Which is why everyone seems to be running a retrospective – the VMAs often deliver gossip that lasts the entire year. Look what happened with Miley in 2013. We talked about it for months. Lara sent me this look-back this morning – click here to see the slideshow. Read Full Intro
Britney Jean's first week
I read an article yesterday on the LA Times website. The title: Why isn't Britney Spears' latest album a hit? Britney Jean was released last week and came in at #4, the weakest first week of sales of her career. The article notes that the releases from Katy Perry, Gaga, and Miley Cyrus all did better. Full Story
Beyonce in Vancouver
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Beyonce played Vancouver on Saturday night. Some of these costumes are different from when I saw her in Toronto in the summer. A few people I know who were at the show say that some of her faces seemed different too. That there is a little Kanye West's fiancée in there now. But maybe it's the other way around. Full Story
How Britney describes her boyfriend
Britney Spears gave an interview to Entertainment Tonight and talked about her boyfriend David Lucado denying that her dad was the one who set them up. OK. We still don't know exactly what this man does. It's always just been, like, something at a law firm. Apparently they have mutual friends. Full Story
Britney kissing in bad hair
Pacific Coast News
Britney Spears was at work yesterday on a new music video, presumably Perfume? Her hair was totally fried chicken. But there was a model hired to make out with her. Did she enjoy it? Looks that way to me. It looks to me like we've just pressed rewind on 10 years. She used to love making out with random hot guys in her videos. Full Story
Britney's Perfume
It's her new song. It's the first new song in a long time that isn't a dance track. Which, even though I don't love it, and I certainly don't feel about it the way I feel about Everytime, is a refreshing change. For the last few years, they've just hidden her behind the beat and all kinds of computer sounds. Full Story
Britney's sexy problem
From Britney to Miley and back again… Britney Spears called into a radio show yesterday to talk about Work Bitch. At one point, the conversation became about how "sexy" the video is – "sexy" highlighted because that it's up for interpretation. Anyway, apparently Britney is uncomfortable with it. Full Story
Work, sort of
Better…? Hear it the way I'm saying it. Which is drawn out and cracking in the middle: behhhhhhhh-tter? It depends on what we're comparing it to. If we're comparing it to, say, Ooh La La, sure, it's better. If we're comparing it to Hit Me Baby One More Time, celebrating its 15th anniversary this week, no, no, it's still not the same. Full Story
JT is sick
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Justin Timberlake's new album The 20/20 Experience Pt 2 drops today. His movie, Runner, Runner, opens on Friday. So he's right up in your face, breathing his sick germs all over you. JT is sick. He has the flu or some sinus issue. He was supposed to perform on The Tonight Show last night but couldn't, or he was saving himself for tonight, when he's scheduled to sing on Hollywood Boulevard. Full Story
Work B**tch, one a week
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There was a big ass Britney deal in Vegas this morning to formally announce her Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood. Work B**tch, her new song, is blowing up. It's a dope track, non? With every listen I love it more. But it's a song that requires badass choreography. And I suppose we'll be seeing some of that in Vegas. Full Story


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As expected, Hollywood's war on our wallets has resulted in another record-destroying year for box-office receipts: Studios extracted an incredible $10.6 billion from film goers — the most ever, again — owed in large part to inflation and premium-priced tickets for 3-D movies. That total, heroically tallied up by Vulture buddy Paul Dergarabedian (pictured), includes tonight's predicted grosses for Avatar and Sherlock Holmes (presumably Nine's wouldn't have made a difference). Congrats, Hollywood!
A $10.6 Billion Year for Hollywood [ArtsBeat/NYT]


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A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of manslaughter for stabbing a teenager to death.
A judge found Devonte Moorer guilty in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Calvin Reid on the corner of Avenue D and Hudson Avenue in June 2011.
Prosecutors say the crime happened in front of over a dozen witnesses, some of whom they say refused to come forward. It was also captured on surveillance video from a nearby store.
Moorer faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced March 13.


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Office 365 ProPlus is now available to all Queen's students. It is now possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications - for free!
Office 365 ProPlus is a subscription service for the current version of Microsoft Office that includes all of the same applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, Access and Lync. But its main advantage over the traditional, "desktop" version of Office, is that it isn't limited to a single computer. ProPlus can be installed on up to five different devices - even Macs and mobile devices!
Microsoft recently launched a program called "Student Advantage" that provides students with free access to Office for the duration of their time at school. This is a tremendous gain for students because they now have the opportunity to learn with industry-standard programs regularly used in the business world. It means no longer having to find workarounds using web-based applications like Google Docs or Open Office; and because ProPlus is integrated with Office 365 email and calendaring, sharing and collaboration will be even easier!
Visit http://aka.ms/myofficeeverywhere and log in using your "email@example.com" email address. This will take you directly to the software downloads area in Office 365.
You can find full instructions for downloading and installing in the Office 365 ProPlus Tutorials.
The Campus Computer Store has been offering Office 365 University to students for $79 for a four-year subscription. This has certain advantages if you are planning to leave Queen's within the next four years, because it allows you to continue using Office for the full subscription term, while Office 365 ProPlus is only free while you are enrolled at Queen's.
If you have already bought a version of Office, you can keep using it after you graduate from Queen's, so the investment will not go to waste.
For an explanation of these differences, please see: Microsoft Office Versions
Queen's University qualifies for the Student Advantage program because we have purchased Microsoft Office for all faculty and staff. Also, since moving the majority of our students to Office 365, it is now easier for us to take advantage of new service offerings like this. And with the campus-wide release of Microsoft Lync last September, there are now even more ways for students to collaborate with their peers and their instructors.
This is the latest in a series of new service enhancements from Microsoft that are being planned in the near future. Adopting cloud technology has allowed us to provide the Queen's community, both on and off campus, with a more seamless experience for interaction and collaboration within a virtual environment. Initiatives such as these help us to support innovation and keep pace with change in the years ahead.
If you have any questions, please contact the IT Support Centre by calling 613.533.6666 during regular business hours, or by filling out the online help form.


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Fun with executable extensions in viewvc
A few years ago I wrote up silly little perl script (let's call it script.pl) that would fetch a page from a site that returns a "random URL off the internet". I needed a range of URLs for a test program of mine and just making up a thousand or so URLs is tricky. Thus I wrote this script that I would run and allow to get a range of URLs on each invoke and then run it again later and append to the log file. It wasn't a fancy script, but it solved my task.
The script was part of a project I got funded to work on, that was improving libcurl back in 2005/2006 so I thought adding and committing the script to CVS felt only natural and served a good purpose. To allow others to repeat what I did.
Fast forward to late 2008. The script is now browsable via viewvc on a site that… eh, doesn't have ".pl" disabled as a cgi extension in its config! The result of course is that each time someone tries to view the script using the web interface, the web server invokes the script locally!
All of a sudden I get a mail from someone, who apparently is admin or something of the site this old script was using, and he mentions that a machine on our network is hammering his site with many requests per second (38 requests/second apparently) and asked me to stop this. It turns out a search engine crawler has indexed the viewvc output several times, and now some 8 processes or so were running this script.pl and they were all looping around getting a page, outputting the URL, getting another page…
While I think 38 requests second is a bit low to even be considered a DOS, it certainly wasn't intended nor friendly and I was greatly surprised when I slowly realized how it all came to end up like this! Man I suck! It reminds me of my other extension mess from just a few months ago…
Maybe I'll learn how to do things right in the future when I grow up!


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UNC looks to regroup after scoring drought
When North Carolina went to a smaller starting lineup, the Tar Heels weren't putting in their top five rebounders or their top five defenders – they were going with their top five scorers.
Through seven games, the Tar Heels scored enough to make up for deficiencies caused by being undersized, and they won six straight games to clinch a No. 3 seed in the ACC Tournament. But the points stopped coming at the worst possible time – senior night against Duke – and a national audience witnessed the embarrassing results.
UNC's four regular starting perimeter players – Marcus Paige, Dexter Strickland, Reggie Bullock and P.J. Hairston – shot just 1 of 16 in the first half en route to a 69-53 loss at the Smith Center. It had been 65 years since the Tar Heels scored fewer points at home against Duke.
Forward James Michael McAdoo's nine first-half points weren't nearly enough as Duke led by 18 at the break and never trailed by less than 14 in the second half.
"I felt like every shot we took we were hesitant or tight," UNC coach Roy Williams said. "You can make up whatever it is, but I didn't like the way we looked every shot we took."
UNC (22-9) shot just 27.3 percent in the game, including a season-low 7.1 percent (1 of 14) from behind the arc.
The Blue Devils had no such problems, shooting 69.2 percent in the first half and 55.1 percent for the game – the first time in 21 games that Duke made more than half its shots against UNC under Williams.
"One of the characteristics of this team the last three weeks was that we made shots," Williams said. "Duke's defense was stronger than our offense was and Duke's offense was stronger than our defense was. We just have to congratulate them."
Going in, UNC was shooting 44.9 percent from the field and 40.5 percent from behind the arc since taking a traditional center out of the starting lineup seven games ago.
UNC did force 15 turnovers, but wasn't able to convert them into transition baskets – neither team had a fast-break point Saturday night. That forced the Tar Heels into a half-court offense, and not much worked other than putbacks off of 18 offensive rebounds and McAdoo's mid-range jumpers.
For now, it remains to be seen if UNC's poor long-range shooting was just a one-game anomaly or a serious cause for concern. The Tar Heels don't play again until an ACC Tournament quarterfinal Friday at 9:30 p.m., when it faces the winner of Thursday night's first-round game between No. 6 Florida State and No. 11 Clemson.
"I feel like we're going to come out more hungry," Bullock said. "The end of the season is coming, so this will add fuel to the fire for us to come out with more motivation and more of a sense of urgency and be able to get it done."
Roy Williams had never lost on senior night in 25 years as a head coach at Kansas and UNC and as an assistant under Dean Smith. So this was the first time he had to deal with fans leaving in droves before the seniors could be honored in the post-game ceremony.
"I was really proud of our students and fans that stayed around till the end. I'm a little disappointed in those that left," Williams said. "I thought that they would have stayed around and listened to our seniors. You can't really complain about those people, but I am really pleased with those students that did stay. It was tough. I know it's not easy to sit there after someone kicks you in the rear end like that."
Strickland, the only scholarship senior on the roster, was a three-year starter who leads the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio. He said he didn't feel disrespected by fans leaving early.
"I don't pay attention to that," Strickland said. "Certain fans, if you're doing good they praise you if you're doing bad you suck. So I don't get into the fans and stuff like that. It's the least of my worries."


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This adolescent water rescue manikin is made of durable plastic with a rust-resistant skeleton and articulating joints. As the manikin fills with water, the manikin will sink up to the neck simulating the weight and size 22 lbs (10 kg) 49" x 16" x 9" (124.5 x 40.6 x 23 cm) of actual adolescent. Used by Lifeguard training agencies, U.S. Coast Guard, and other rescue and emergency agencies.
This manikin is excellent for surface or underwater rescue training evolutions, including aquatic spinal injury management training. Water Rescue Adolescent is ideal for a variety of water rescue training including Man Over-Board Training, Top and Bottom Water Rescue & Retrieval, as well as Swift Water Rescue.
Rescue Adolescent is made of durable vinyl plastic with a rust-resistant steel skeleton, articulating joints, and optional CPR capabilities. This mannequin includes a sealable chest cavity, a lower abdomen compartment, and fill-able extremities that allow it to maintain neutral buoyancy if necessary.
The mannequin takes on weight by filling up with water through the small holes drilled in the legs and arms. The mannequin's torso may be filled with water by opening the valve in the shoulder. When filled with water, the mannequin will sink to its neck or mouth level providing an ideal training aid for surface CPR or rescue techniques. The water rescue mannequin can be fully submerged by removing the vinyl cover panel located in the abdomen of the mannequin and adding a 10 lbs (4.5 kg) weight which makes t a candidate for bottom recovery.


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AUBURN, Mass. – If you're looking to make business contacts while brightening the holidays for a family in need, attend the Auburn Chamber of Commerce's holiday networking event Wednesday, Dec. 12.
The Auburn chamber will again partner with the Webster/Dudley/Oxford Chamber of Commerce for Holiday Celebration Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Pakachoag Church, 203 Pakachoag St.
The Auburn Chamber is asking guests to bring an unwrapped toy that will go to Auburn Youth and Family Services for distribution to needy children in the area. The Auburn Chamber will also accept cash donations for the toy drive.
In addition, the Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester will perform a mini-concert and food and cocktails will be available.
"This event will bring together two very strong and unique chambers for an evening of cross networking," according to an event flier. "Join us for an evening of great food, friends and colleagues, and you might walk away with a few new business contacts."
The evening is $10 for chamber members and $15 for non-members. Those registering at the door will be charged an additional $5.
To register, visit www.auburnchamberma.org. For more information, contact Eleanor Houbre, director of chamber services, at 508-753-2924, ext. 224, or at email@example.com.
Auburn residents, businesses and organizations can also adopt a child or family for the holidays through Auburn Youth and Family Services. Donors can give money, gifts or a food basket to families in need. All gifts are $25 and under.
Donors are given a coded list of individual needs. Last year, Auburn Youth and Family Services helped hundreds of families through this program.
Contact Sheryl Spafford at email@example.com for more information on adopting a child or family this holiday season.


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The modern historian has a great advantage over those whose purview lies more than a hundred years ago: much of what he studies has actually happened in front of the type of witness who cannot be mistaken. By this I mean radio, television and film. We can hear once again FDR's fireside chats; we can see Joseph McCarthy raging at communism; we can see, too, what Allied Forces found in Nazi concentration camps. Much of the physical evidence is also still in existence, and we can pick up a paper from 1912 and read an account of the Titanic tragedy, or hold a WWII-era revolver in our hands.
Of course, even what we see with our own eyes is open to interpretation, and the modern historian has no easy task. Research and investigation is always called for; no historian worth his salt can simply accept what an earlier historian has set down without checking facts for himself. Then, too, it's important not to let the truth get lost in "revisionist history."
Imagine, then, how difficult it is for medieval and renaissance historians. How can we possibly know what did and didn't happen? To find the truth, the historian must use a variety of tools.
The first step is often to examine what other historians have written. But when we do this, we must also examine the historian. What do we know about the author of any given chronicle? Is he a contemporary witness? If so, did he actually see the events he reports? Had he any reason to twist the facts? If he did not live during the time the events were taking place, how and from where did he get his information? If the story is hard to believe or contradicts other contemporary works (such as Procopius of Caesarea's Secret History), does he tell it persuasively, and back it up with verifiable facts?
Next we should look at any documents available from the period being studied. Legal records are of course excellent sources, but letters and account books also provide helpful clues. It is most often events mentioned in passing that can solve a mystery or settle a historical question. If Lord Knobbly writes in a letter dated February 14th, 1340, to his beloved lady, "The bestowal of your favor last May at the Chumley Tourney is a moment I shall long remember," then we can assume a Tournament took place at Chumley in May of 1339, and that Lord Knobbly participated (because he was given his lady's favor or won it as a prize). Since the letter is not about the tourney but about private matters he expected no one but his lady-love to read, it's extremely unlikely that he would deliberately misstate the date -- although he could have been in error. Such clues are the kind of evidence on which a chronicle can stand or break apart: For example, any account that states there was never a tourney in Chumley would be called into question by Lord Knobbly's letter.
Literature of the times can be surprisingly instructive. While the stories cannot be accepted as absolute truth, many clues to life at that time can be found in casual descriptions. The Alliterative Morte Arthure contains a passage describing a magnificent feast the king has prepared for the Roman dignitaries; check it out to see what foods were considered delicacies. Beowulf often mentions items in passing, such as mail armor and other military paraphernalia, that were used in the eighth century when the poem was most likely composed. And let's not forget Chaucer's portraits of the many different people sharing a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Of course we must take all descriptions and narratives with a grain (and sometimes a whole shaker) of salt; but by careful study of many different works, a general picture of the times will become clear.
Archaeological evidence is another important tool, and our best source for discovering what life was really like in the past. The study of something so apparently mundane as a garbage dump can tell us volumes about the people who used it, such as what foods were popular and what materials were common and considered "disposable." Skeletal remains -- when examined across a spectrum of samples -- can tell us the general health of the people in question and their average height. Dendrochronological examination can date the construction of a house; dated coins found in a particular building can give a general idea of when that building was used. And, of course, artifacts such as mugs, plates and cutlery, jewelry, clothing and shoes, and other household items can tell us a great deal about how people lived.
Living history in its various forms is an excellent way to understand the past. Try a medieval recipe using only medieval utensils, and you can begin to understand a day in the life of a medieval woman. Put on a suit of chainmail and pick up a sword (even a reproduction), and you're on your way to discovering what it must have been like to be a knight preparing for battle.
Finally, the most important tool a historian must use is his mind. We not only need to question the evidence we see but use our judgment, deductive reasoning, and imaginations in forming sensible conclusions. The truth about our past will always remain an incomplete puzzle, and our picture of that puzzle is constantly changing as new evidence is discovered and new theories emerge.
That's one of the many reasons that I find history so fascinating.
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If you are new to PHP or are thinking of moving to PHP form other language then the following list of books will provide you with the required knowledge to become a seasoned PHP programmer. Of course, the list is subjective and you may have a different list of books in mind.
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I am talking about the book "Advanced PHP by George Schlossnagle", which I mean must be in top 6.
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"Advanced PHP" is one of my favorite books; not only in PHP but also in the general programming category. But it is a tad bit advanced for the newbie programmer moving to PHP – as the above list is supposed to be.
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Graduating senior and magazine editor Clarissa León, 23, sets down her camera to sign the Reynolds School ethics pledge.
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León's conducted more than a few interviews as a Sagebrush reporter, a freelance writer and editor of UNR's student magazine, Insight. Saturday, León joins 70 graduating Reynolds School of Journalism majors.
Her dad's flying in from Colombia, South America, for the ceremony.
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transmitting multiple satellite television signal beams having overlapping frequency bands to different respective earth target areas so that only peripheral portions of at least one pair of said beams spatially overlap to cause cross-beam interference between said beams within said spatial overlap, and
adjusting the power level of at least one of the interfering beams, while leaving their target areas substantially unchanged, to produce a desired substantially non-zero cross-beam interference level within said spatial overlap, while leaving both of said interfering beams with substantially non-zero power levels.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signals for each of said beams are amplified by respective amplifiers prior to transmission, and said power level adjustment is accomplished by varying the amplification drives to the amplifiers for the beams whose power is adjusted.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of said amplifiers is initially operated at less than its maximum rated power level prior to said adjustment.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said power level adjustment is accomplished by increasing the amplification drive to at least one of said amplifiers initially operated at less than its maximum rated power level.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the signals provided to said amplifiers are automatic level controlled prior to amplification.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said beam power level adjustment is initiated in response to power control commanding signals transmitted to the satellite from a ground location.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said interfering beams have substantially equal frequency bands.
8. The method of claim 1, said beams having respective maximum power levels, wherein at least one of said beams is initially operated at less than its maximum power level and said adjustment is accomplished by increasing the power level of that beam.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said adjustment is further accomplished by reducing the power level of a beam which interferes with the beam whose power level is increased.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said adjustment is accomplished by reducing the power level of an interfering beam.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said beams are transmitted to cause interference within multiple target areas and the power levels of multiple beams are adjusted to adjust the interference levels within said multiple target areas.
12. A frequency reuse television signal broadcast method, comprising:
establishing desired cross-beam interference levels within specified earth target areas for television signal beams to be broadcast to respective ones of said target areas with overlapping frequency bands,
transmitting said beams by satellite to said target areas with a common polarization and so that the beams spatially overlap to produce a substantially non-zero frequency based cross-beam interference within said overlapping bands,
comparing the actual cross-beam interference levels resulting from said transmissions to said desired levels, and
adjusting the power level of at least one of said beams to reduce a difference between an actual and a desired cross-beam interference level, the power levels of at least some of said beams being substantially different from each other prior to and/or after said power level adjustment so that the cross-beam interference level relative to beam power is greater for a lower power beam than for its interfering higher power beam.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the signals for each of said beams are amplified by respective variable amplifiers prior to transmission, and said power level adjustment is accomplished by varying the amplification drives to the amplifiers for the beams whose power is adjusted.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of said amplifiers is initially operated at less than its maximum rated power level prior to said adjustment.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said power level adjustment is accomplished by increasing the amplification level of at least one of said amplifiers initially operated at less than its maximum rated power level.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the signals provided to said amplifiers are automatic level controlled prior to amplification.
17. The method of claim 12, wherein said beam power level adjustment is initiated in response to power control signals transmitted to the satellite from a ground location.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein said interfering beams have substantially equal frequency bands.
19. The method of claim 12, said beams having respective maximum power levels, wherein at least one of said beams is initially operated at less than its maximum power level and said adjustment is accomplished by increasing the power level of that beam.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein said adjustment is further accomplished by reducing the power level of a beam which interferes with the beam whose power level is increased.
21. The method of claim 12, wherein said adjustment is accomplished by reducing the power level of an interfering beam.
22. The method of claim 12, wherein said beams are transmitted to cause interference within multiple target areas and the power levels of multiple beams are adjusted to adjust the interference levels within said multiple target areas.
This application is a regular application of provisional application Ser. No. 06/062,003, filed on Oct. 17, 1997.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to satellite broadcast methods, and more particularly to multi-beam satellite transmission in which different beams use the same co-polarized frequency spectrum and can interfere with each other.
2. Description of the Related Art
A satellite broadcast system has been developed that is particularly useful for direct television broadcast to relatively small local service areas, as well as to larger regional areas. The system, described in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/160,681 filed on the same day as this application and entitled "Non-uniform Multi-beam Satellite Communications System and Method", employs a series of relatively small "spot" beams to provide local service to higher population markets. A frequency re-use scheme is used in which at least some of the separate beams are broadcast re-using the same frequency spectrum in a non-uniform beam pattern. The target areas for beams which use the same frequencies must not overlap, thereby avoiding excessive interference. Priories are established among different target areas by assigning different sizes and powers to their respective transmission beams, with the higher power beams accommodating a larger number of station signals and also resulting in a lower interference level from other beams. The priorities among different target areas can also be set by the selection of antenna reflector sizes to produce different roll-off characteristics for different beams, and by varying the illumination tapers of different antenna feedhorns to establish different peak-to-edge power differentials for different beams.
To optimize the system's frequency re-use efficiency, some amount of interference is permitted between nearby beams using overlapping or equal frequency bands. For satellite signal transmissions that,are performed digitally, cross-beam interference and thermal noise are generally not perceived as a constant degradation in the signal quality when the system is operating according to design. Rather, higher noise and interference levels can increase the duration and frequency of total signal outages during rain, thunderstorms or other bad weather conditions. The problem for a properly operating system is not one of signal quality, which is always high for a digital system when the signal is received, but of the number and duration of outages. In the past this has been addressed by spacing beams with different signals in the same frequency band so far apart that there is essentially no overlap between them, even in their peripheral areas.
With the system described in co-pending Ser. No. 09/160,681, some degree of cross-beam interference is permitted but it is kept to tolerable levels within each target area (relative to the importance of the market served in that area). However, if the satellite's worse case performance for a given target area is slightly worse than expected, the transmission may not work at all in the peripheral portions of the target area, where the ratio of the beam's carrier power C to the cross-beam interference I is dropping rapidly. The C/I ratio increases towards the center of the beam, where the transmission is limited only by weather conditions which can produce temporary outages, as opposed to the more remote areas where there can be no successful transmission at all if interference is worse than expected.
Even if a satellite broadcast system conforms exactly to the original design, circumstances can change in a way that would obsolete the originally designed interference levels. For example, a higher outage rate will generally be tolerated for an area that has both a low overall population and a low population density. A greater loss of service to this type of area would be a reasonable trade-off if it resulted in a commensurate enhancement of service to an adjacent area with a much higher population. However, if the sparsely populated area is growing rapidly, over time its population may increase to a level at which a relatively high outage rate is no longer acceptable. In this situation the original design will be self-defeating, since it will ultimately result in the assignment of outage rates to different areas on a basis other than the relative importance of the current markets in those areas. Furthermore, as the population within a particular market area increases there is a tendency to enlarge the number of different station signals within its channel. This reduces the power available for each individual station signal and leads to an absolute increase in interference effects from adjacent beams, which is exactly the opposite of what is normally desirable for an area with a rapidly growing population.
The present invention seeks to provide a frequency reuse signal broadcast method that is particularly useful for direct television satellite broadcasts and can be used to maintain a desirable correlation between the service quality for different areas and the market importance of those areas, despite variances between the designed and actual system performances, changes in the relative importance of adjacent target areas through population shifts or otherwise, and reductions in the power of individual station signals resulting from increases in the total number of stations per channel for a given target area.
These goals are achieved with a dynamic system that adjusts the power level of at least one of multiple interfering beams when the beam interference levels within their respective target areas do not satisfy present desired levels. High power amplifiers are used to amplify the channels prior to transmission, and the power level adjustment is accomplished by varying the drives to the amplifiers for the beams whose power is to be adjusted. Despite the fact that it is normally desirable to operate high power amplifiers at close to their maximum power ratings, at least one of the satellite amplifiers is preferably deliberately operated (at least initially) at significantly less than this level to leave room for a later adjustment.
Power adjustments can be made to either one or more beams by increasing the power level (except for beams already operating at maximum power), reducing power levels, and/or increasing the power levels of some beams while reducing the power levels of others. An adjustment to a given beam's output power is preferably made by varying the operating point on its final high power amplifier. For highly stable and controlled situations, the operating point may be adjusted from the ground using only linear gain control on the satellite. However, in most applications an automatic level control (ALC) function on the satellite is used to maintain a stable operating point during rain fade and uplink antenna pattern fluctuations.
These and further features and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken together with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an illustrative diagram of a multi-beam satellite system to which the invention is applicable;
FIG. 2a is a projection of beam contours on the ground;
FIG. 2b is a graph of individual beam powers for the beams shown in FIG. 2a, before and after adjustment;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of three satellite channel circuits used to produce the beams illustrated in FIG. 2; and
FIGS. 4a and 4 b are block diagram of two possible power amplifier drive control circuits.
FIG. 1 illustrates the primary application for the invention, which is the satellite broadcast of local service direct television programming, preferably together with larger regional broadcasts. However, the invention is not limited to television signals, and is applicable to spacecraft communications in general.
An uplink beam 2 is transmitted from a ground station 4 on the earth's surface 6 to an uplink antenna 8 on an orbiting satellite 10. The uplink signal is processed by the satellite circuitry and transformed to a series of downlink signals, which are transmitted back to earth as broadcast beams 12 a, 12 b, 12 c from respective downlink antennas 14 a, 14 b, 14 c. More than one beam will normally be transmitted from each antenna, with the beam directionalities determined by the positions of the antenna feedhorns which are excited by each channel, relative to the antenna reflectors. Some of the beams can be smaller "spot" beams for local direct television service, while other beams can be for larger regional service areas. The type of feedhorn employed and the size of the antenna reflector determine the size of each beam.
The principles of the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 2a and 2 b. FIG. 2a is a plan view of the projection of three representative downlink beams A, B and C, all of which are assumed to carry broadcast signals within the same channel (frequency spectrum), on the ground. The service area for each beam is indicated by the inner circle marked with the letter of that beam. The peripheral beam portions outside of their intended service areas are indicated by the same letter, with the addition of a prime. Thus, the target areas for beams A, B and C are all spaced apart from each other, but the peripheral portion of one beam may extend up to and into the target area for an adjacent beam.
FIG. 2b is an exemplary graph of possible power levels for the three beams as a function of distance along the ground. The power distribution for each beam corresponds to a generally sinusoidal lobe, peaking at or near the center of the target area and decreasing at a progressively greater rate further away from the target area center. The three beam power profiles when the system is first established are indicated by solid curves 16A, 16B and 16C, corresponding to beams A, B and C, respectively. In the figure the beams are shown close enough together so that each one extends into the target area of the next adjacent beam, but at a much reduced power level. The location at which beam B extends into the target area for beam A is indicated by A/B′, the location at which beam A extends into the target area for beam B is indicated by B/A′ etc.
If the actual beam power profiles match the design levels, the amount of interference between adjacent beams will be within design tolerances. However, if it turns out that the power of one beam is significantly higher than the design level where it crosses into the target area for another beam, it can produce excessive interference with the other beam and disturb reception in the other beam's target area beyond planned levels. Conversely, if the power of a given beam is lower near its peripheral area than originally designed, it can suffer excessive interference from adjacent beams. Even if the cross-beam interference levels initially satisfy design requirements, changes in population or in the number of station signals to be broadcast to a given area may over time cause these interference levels to no longer be satisfactory.
The invention takes a dynamic approach to these problems by providing a mechanism to adjust and balance the various beam powers, either upon the initial establishment of the satellite broadcast system or years later when the operating environment has changed. Assume, for example, that beam B is causing too high a level of interference in the beam A target area, either initially or after conditions have changed. In response, the power level for beam A is increased as indicated by dashed line 18A, or the power level of beam B can be reduced as indicated by dashed line 18B, or beam A can be strengthened and beam B weakened concurrently. An increase in a beam's carrier level not only reduces the relative amounts of interference from adjacent beams, but also increases the beam's carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N), which in turn further enhances service.
The choice of which type of adjustment to make will depend upon its effect on other beams and upon the initial operating levels of the high power amplifiers on board the satellite. For example, if increasing beam A's power level would result in too high an increase in its interference with a third beam, the power of beam B might be lowered instead of increasing the beam A power. However, if lowering the beam B power would cause it to suffer undue interference from beam C, the solution could be to increase the beam A power and reduce the beam B power, but both by amounts less than if only one beam were adjusted.
It is generally desirable to operate the high power amplifiers for the downlink beams at levels close to maximum rated capacity for greatest efficiency (absolute maximum power levels are normally avoided for non-linear amplifiers because of inefficiencies associated with absolute peak power). However, to most successfully implement the invention at least some of the downlink beam high power amplifiers are set at initial operating points further below their maximum power ratings to allow room for upward adjustments of the power levels for these beams. In FIG. 2b, beam A is initially operated at significantly less than its amplifier's maximum power rating, since there is room left to increase this beam's power upward to curve 18A.
The adjustment of a given beam's output power is made by varying the operating point on its final high power amplifier, which is generally a traveling wave tube or a solid state power amplifier for commercial satellites. For highly stable and controlled situations, the operating point may be adjusted from the ground using only linear gain control on the satellite. However, most broadcast applications will require the use of an ALC function on the satellite to maintain a stable operating point during rain fade and uplink antenna pattern fluctuations.
FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram illustrating the basic satellite repeater circuitry used to generate three beams such as A, B and C in FIG. 2a. The same basic circuit architecture can be used for each beam. An uplink antenna 20A receives an uplink signal from the ground station and delivers it to a conventional receiver 22A, which includes a broadband low noise amplifier and a frequency converter that converts the signal from its uplink to its downlink frequency band. From the receiver the signal is channelized by an input channel filter 24A and sent to an ALC/amplifier drive circuit 26A that provides the beam power adjustment capability, as explained in more detail below. The signal is then processed by a high power amplifier 28A and an output channel filter 30A, and transmitted back to earth as a downlink beam from downlink antenna 32A. Similar circuitry is provided for other uplink beams B and C, which re-use the same frequency spectrum as beam A, and the same reference numbers are used in FIG. 3 as for beam A, with the reference number suffixes changed to B and C.
FIG. 4a shows one embodiment of a beam amplification adjustment circuit. Once it is determined that a power adjustment is needed, a command signal is transmitted from the ground station to a receive antenna 34 on the satellite, which can be either a dedicated command antenna or a more general communications antenna coupled with a signal router to route command signals to a command receiver (not shown). The received command signal is applied to an RF-to-DC converter 36 which outputs a corresponding DC command signal to a distribution circuit 38 for routing to the specific beam circuit identified in the command signal.
The ALC/amplifier drive circuit 26 is preferably designed to optimize performance in marginal C/I environments. A known system to accomplish this includes a control loop with a voltage controlled attenuator 40 that receives a filtered input signal (from bandpass filter 24A, 24B or 24C in FIG. 3) and delivers an output to a pre-amplifier 42. The pre-amplified signal is sampled by a directional coupler 44, with the sample delivered to a sense/ALC circuit 46 that senses the power level of the sampled RF signal, converts it to DC, and provides an ALC function. The output of sense/ALC circuit 46 is delivered as a DC control signal back to voltage controlled attenuator 40 to complete a control loop consisting of elements 40, 42, 44 and 46. The control loop has a time constant that prevents it from oscillating, with the sense/ALC circuit 46 damping the sampled signal to prevent instantaneous feedback, yielding a response time on the order of milliseconds. As a result the control loop responds to the average power in the input signal, not to the carrier itself.
The output of pre-amplifier 42 is delivered through directional coupler 44 as an input to a commandable output level attenuator 48, which receives the power adjust command signal from the command signal distribution circuit 38. The output level attenuator 48 preferably includes inputs to increment (I), decrement (D) or reset (R) the degree of attenuation; the reset input can be dispensed with if desired. The output of the level attenuator 48 is delivered to the corresponding high power amplifier 28A, 28B or 28C. Reductions in the output power level are achieved with a command signal that increments the level attenuator circuit to increase its signal attenuation, whereas increases in output power are achieved by decrementing the level attenuator circuit to reduce the amount of signal attenuation.
An alternate circuit which responds to power level command signals in an opposite fashion, by increasing the output power in response to an increment command and reducing the output power in response to a decrement command, is shown in block diagram form in FIG. 4b. This circuit is similar to that shown in FIG. 4a, but the commandable out-put level attenuator 48 is moved into the control loop to receive an input from the directional coupler 44 and deliver an output to the sense/ALC circuit 46. The level attenuator circuit 48 receives command signals in the same manner as in FIG. 4a. However, moving it into the control loop causes the output to the high power amplifier to vary with the command signal in a fashion opposite to FIG. 4a. In both embodiments the drive level steps adjusting the high power amplifier's operating point should be designed to achieve the anticipated output level granularity required for adjustments to the beam C/I ratio.
While particular embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, numerous variations and alternate embodiments will occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention be limited only in terms of the appended claims.
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