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Drawing, Design for Streamline Sleeper Car with Two Seat Compartment, January 16, 1935
Airbrush and watercolor, gouache, brush and metallic paint, graphite on paperboard.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2012-1-2
Some of the people involved with this object include
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Client) and
- Raymond Loewy (Designer)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Client) and
- Raymond Loewy (Designer)
What is this?
Sleeper car with blue chair in reclined position, white pillow, cream curtains.
Why is this in our collection?
This is one of two drawings proposed for acquisition that reveal Raymond Loewy's ideas for passenger car interior for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR). Loewy worked for the railroad from 1934 through 1952. Like his competitor, Henry Dreyfuss, who was hired by the New York Central Railroad, Loewy designed everything from locomotives (K4 class, S-1, GG-1, and T-1) and car interiors to dinnerware, napkins, and menus. The earlier drawing (2012-1-2), dated 1935, represents a concept—radical for its time—for a streamline sleeper car and compartment with a double seat that partially unfolds to form a bed. The rolled seats, porthole windows, and speed lines on the walls are all characteristic elements... more


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The Nolan County Board of Realtors is offering to all interested Nolan County graduating seniors, of the Class of 2012, an opportunity to apply for the NCBR annual scholarship. If you are planning to continue your educational experience beyond high school, the NCBR is offering four $500 college scholarships to help you with your expenses.
Many enjoyed the street dance in Roscoe "on the bricks" this past Saturday, April 21, 2012, with Eleven Hundred Springs (shown) providing the entertainment. The 1st Annual Screw Terlinquin Chili Cook-off took place earlier that day at The Lumberyard. All proceeds went toward the Open Door Child Development at the First United Methodist Church in Roscoe, a non-profit organization. A fireworks show was also displayed at the event.
Come show off your singing ability at this year's Relay For Life event, planned for Friday, May 18, 2012, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. at Sweetwater High School track.
Relay Idol will be held the night of the event (be prepared to stay all night) and will consist of three judges and three heats. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded. The event must have a minimum of 10 sign up to take place. All ages are welcome to enter the event.
Registration will be $10 and all proceeds will be given to the American Cancer Society.
In a three-to-one vote, the burn ban in Nolan County was reinstated for the next two weeks during the county commissioners' meeting on Monday morning, April 23, 2012 at the Nolan County Courthouse.
The burn ban was just one of several action items presented at the meeting. Approval was also given on the architect's plan for the sheriff's office and jail pending the overall costs of the project.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 127 calls for service, issued 25 citations and made 13 arrests from April 20-22, 2012.
The SPD received 68, 911 calls.
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Calls for service:
ŌĆó Criminal mischief ŌĆö 2000 block of E. Broadway.
ŌĆó Sexual assault ŌĆö 100 block of Oak.
ŌĆó Information only ŌĆö 800 block of Bowie.
ŌĆó Assault ŌĆö 200 block of Frank Williams.
ŌĆó Burglary of a habitation ŌĆö 1300 block of Grand.
ŌĆó Forgery ŌĆö 400 block of NE Georgia.
ŌĆó Burglary of a habitation ŌĆö 1200 block of Hickory.
ŌĆó Burglary of a vehicle ŌĆö Coral Cove.
The Sweetwater High School softball teamŌĆÖs first playoff game in 15 years has been moved up a couple of days.
Its one-game, Class 3A bi-district playoff con-test with Iowa Park will now be played Saturday, April 28 in Graham start-ing at 7:30 p.m. It had originally been set Mon-day, April 30 in Graham.
Sweetwater, which has a 14-9 season record, was the third-place team in District 5-3A with a 4-4 record while Iowa Park was the No. 2 team in District 6-3A.
This is just the third time Sweetwater has made the softball playoffs since it became a UIL sport here.
The Sweetwater High School girls golf team shot 408-409 for an 817 total to place fourth at the recent Region I-3A tournament in San Angelo. Members of the team were, from left, Molly Fincher, Alex Gomez, Haylee Stewart, Elise Lawrence, Amy Witt and Rachel Hunt.
Campers, trailers, tents and barbecue pits could be seen all around the camp grounds at Lake Sweetwater this past weekend, April 20-22, 2012, for the 11th Annual Jaycee Roosters Motorcycle Rally and Cook-Off.
Cooks entered in several different categories including brisket, pork spare ribs, chicken and beans.
The results are as follows:
1. Justin Jones
2. Gary Watson
3. Dana Reed
4. Mike Calvio
5. Bobby McMorris
6. Riley Sawyers
7. Tony Terry
8. Dewayne Bowen
9. Michael Jones
10. Stewart Williams
Pork Spare Ribs
1. Riley Sawyers
2. Wayne Jones, Jr.
3. Jim Bailey
The Abilene Campus of Texas State Technical College West Texas will host a College Preview and Open House on Tuesday, April 24. The event, held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., is open to the public. TSTC West Texas advisors will lead participants on a campus tour where they will meet top-notch faculty and have the opportunity to check out first-hand the wind turbine mobile trainer the Wind Technology students train on. "Here at TSTC West Texas, we are proud to provide our students with more hands-on training than any other college in the area," said event coordinators.
On Wednesday, middle school bands from across West Texas participated in UIL Concert and Sight Reading Competition. The Sweetwater Middle School Band earned a first division plaque on their prepared music event, which was performed at Abilene Cooper High School.
ŌĆ£I was really pleased with how they did,ŌĆØ commented SMS band director Ross Grant. ŌĆ£The kids really rose to the challenge. One of our pieces, ŌĆśAdrenaline Engines,ŌĆÖ was also performed by 5A Abilene High SchoolŌĆÖs second band. It is actually a high school piece. Our students really pulled it off.ŌĆØ

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Home construction in Juneau is up.
The city and borough reports an increase in number of building permits for single family homes as well as multiple-family units during the first six months of this year.
CBJ Community Development Director Hal Hart said the city has issued 43 construction permits since January for a total of 89 residences.
"The best news is that we're seeing housing on both sides of that. We have single family home investments occurring and we're hoping we'll see more. And we're also seeing manufactured home investment occurring as well," Hart told the Juneau Assembly Monday night.
The current figures include 28 single-family homes, some with attached apartments, as well as an increase in the number of duplexes, and units with three and four individual homes."We've had a manufactured home park that's pulled off 12 old units and put 12 brand new units in, so there's 12 more brand new manufactured units," he said. In addition, two separate permits have been approved for a total of 25 multiple-family units.
Six residences have been added to Juneau's housing inventory through what Hart calls conversions to existing single family homes.
Hart said he expects a couple of proposed large apartment or condominium projects to qualify for building permits later this year.
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The overall benefits of this system continue to be overwhelmingly in the favor of the United States. Even those who do return to their home countries go back with a much deeper understanding of the US, not to mention greater English fluency.
The restrictions on foreign students in the aftermath of 9/11 stood out among the other security-theater policies for their active harmfulness.
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Also, you're aware that this not some hindsight Bush-bashing here, right? I mean, they actually had Senate hearings on the Tether/DARPA mess back in 2005.
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Google did maps, it was okay but not #1, they bought Keyhole(now google earth) and advanced their tech to become #1
They hired the guys who made the Google Maps precursor, but it was a separate acquisition (and technology) from Keyhole / Google Earth. They only recently got the two systems to use the same imagery data, I think.
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I recommend Windows System Programming by Hart if you want to get a feeling for it. It's arguably a better (and certainly more modern) API than the classic UNIX set. I mean, fork() is a pretty weird way to create a new process, if you think about it.
This is _not_ an endorsement of the entire Windows OS, which has miles-deep layers of cruft and crap on top -- just talking about the kernel and core system services.
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Just to be pedantic: QAM is used on cable, Freeview uses COFDM.
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Just to be pedantic: QAM is used on cable, Freeview uses COFDM.
The sabre fight in A New Hope did look a lethargic it has to be said. Empire's duel was breathtaking though and much better than the over-choreographed rubbish seen in the prequels. Maybe it was Prowse in the suit for ANH, with Bob taking over for the next two?
The redo of the Greedo scene just looks fake and horrible, that's my main issue with it. Han gets cut 'n' pasted over to one side, then a quick cut later and he's back in his original pose. Even if I'd never seen the film before, it would still look "wrong".
Lucas should take a leaf out of Ridley Scott's book by providing the originals alongside any changed versions, then everybody would be happy.
Given the marked improvement in contrast shown on the pictures, the lower battery life is a small price to pay. The old PSP screen was pretty damn good already, so the new one should be fantastic.
The linked pdf describing detection techniques is downright scary! Are people actually going to end up in court based on indirect detection? Legally it sounds like a shakey basis to do anything as you're assigning guilt based on a list held by a 3rd party, rather than proving participation.
It'll be interesting to see if studios go after downloads of first run versions of shows, i.e. not DVD rips. Those probably increase DVD sales in the UK, as folks get hooked on shows that would otherwise only be seen by the minority who pay through the nose for $ky.
Okay, in my commment above I got my US/UK gallons back to front. I therefore humbly accept a "Golden Cock" award. :-)
If Clive whatisname can really get an equivalent of 66 UK MPG out of a Prius in normal driving, I will eat my own left leg. Several people I know who own a Prius typically see a figure in the 40s.
Hmmm, well Mr Prius owning bod...
It sounds like you're from the US, which means your gallon is about 1.2 x bigger than the unit we use in the UK. 55.79 MPG is actually around 46.5 MPG for comparison with UK cars.
I own a Seat Toledo mk 2 Diesel which easily does 50 MPG and can do 60+ if driven carefully. In US gallons, those figures equate to 60-72 MPG. The Toledo looks better than a Prius, goes a heck of a lot faster (0-60 in 8.6 seconds) and, it seems, consumes a great deal less fuel. Same would go for the Volkswagon Golf and other derivatives.
Apart from fuel efficiency issues, there's also the horendous impact of building the Prius in the first place. Have a read up on this - it's very scary!
Whenever I see a Prius, my only thought is "you c*ck". Envy doesn't come into the equation at any point.
Ha, seasoned crackers used to do this back in the early 80s to lift code from protected Spectrum games. :-)
A few years ago there were rumours that TVonics had licensed an embedded version of the old Sparcade emulator and were set to start putting arcade games on their boxes. A mate of mine claims to have seen a demo and said it was pretty damn spiffy.
Sounded great... what happened?
The irony of Amstrads "big empty box" stereos was the missed opportunity. If the case had been designed to fit the innards, Amstrad probably would've had a huge head start in the field of micro hi-fis.
Trying to emulate everyone else rather than finding a new market. Bad decision - you're fired!
Paris, because she has a big empty space (though not a big empty box).
The CPC was quite possibly the only Amstrad product I've ever owned which wasn't tat. Build quality was pretty good and the keyboard was arguably the best of the home micros of the time. Don't forget these things also came with a fairly high quality monitor, giving a crisp RGB picture at a time when the C64 and Speccy were still spewing out nasty composite pictures.
The one big problem it had was with its design rather than quality of implementation. The nice graphics meant there was about twice as much video RAM as the CPU could reasonably be expected to chuck around and this crippled the performance of its games. A shame, because even the simplest of blitters would have helped it keep pace with the Speccy whilst providing better visuals.
Looking back over a history of tat, it's actually quite hard to believe Amstrad was responsible for the CPC at all!
"Actually even if its only 5 positions, thats still signed half bytes."
5 positions gives you 5 values, not 2^5(!!)
You'd need 255 positions to represent a byte, with the 256th being "no pit".
It'll be an horrendous copout of some sort no doubt. All of RTD's season enders have involved one, so why would he change now?
My money's on the two Tennants theory with one of them going off to live happily ever after with Rose. That'll be the point where I vomit.
@ The guy who referred to "intricate" plots on par with Lost and Heroes
Are you insane or just 10 years old? That anyone could think RTD's story structures are intricate really beggars belief. If you look up intricate in the dictonary, you will not find the description "a big loud mess".
If I have my dog chipped, will I be able to start using imported food?
Given that it's impossible to perfectly interpolate video, how can this ever look anything other than horrible?
Smoother movement is easy: somebody tell the friggin TV companies to stop filmising video and at least broadcast at the 50/60Hz rates we have available.
Any remake absolutely must involve Chris Boucher. Terry Nation might've got things going with a good concept, but the writing was yawn-inducing until CB came onboard.
Team him up with Joss Whedon and you'd have the potential for something really special.
[Sarcasm] Well at least this technology allows drives to be RMAed without giving Hitachi sensitive info. If their drives still have a propensity to suffer from "click of death", this could prove invaluable. [/Sarcasm]
I found these reviews completely pointless as no real effort was made to say how well the sets performed with different types of material. For instance, how does each set cope with interlaced input when compared to a CRT (the majority of LCDs are laughably bad at this), what is the colour perfomance, how do the sets cope with shadow detail, etc?
Really, all LCD tests should also run up the set next to a decent quality CRT and comment on the differences - without exception, a CRT will wipe the floor with any current generation LCD, we just need to know how big a quality drop we're in for!


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Living conditions at apartment complex 'deplorable'
PHOENIX -- Residents of the Woodbridge Apartments near 19th and Glendale avenues in Phoenix are looking to the city for help.
The rundown property is an eyesore and the living conditions are described as deplorable.
Resident Jerry Bradley claims that in a short period of time he's had to deal with bedbugs, roaches and flooding.
Another resident, Thomas Mullins, said he can hear rats crawling in the walls and ceilings of his unit.
"I had sugar waffles sitting on my microwave in two plastic bags. They chewed through that and ate my food. Oh, yeah, they eat my food," said Mullins.
Earlier this week the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services obtained an administrative search warrant. Police and teams of Phoenix officials spent hours inspecting the property located at 6635 N. 19th Avenue.
"They found well over 300 violations per team," said Officer James Holmes.
Holmes said that after they documented the findings, which include lack of running water and no air conditioning, some of the buildings are fit to be condemned.
"It's absolutely horrible that we're back to the slumlord issues of a few years ago," said Holmes.
"A lot of the tenants are actually refugees and so what makes it difficult for us, even under those conditions, they are still better, than the conditions they may have left," he added.
Police officials said they hope this will empower these refugees to speak with their sponsors and hopefully start a conversation about their tenant rights in America.
The Woodbridge Apartments Complex is owned by H.K. Realty and J.K. Residential. Attorneys for the owners have not been cooperating with the investigation, according to city officials.
"We wanted to identify health, safety and welfare violations, which we found, and documented all this information. Staff is going to meet with the prosecutors office to determine the next step," said Stephanie Ribodal Romero, spokeswoman for the City of Phoenix.
Both police and city officials said if anyone is living in unhealthy, unsafe conditions tenants have rights. Find more information here.


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Modern name of uncertain origin, probably a variant of the less common Melville. The variant Melvyn is associated particularly with the film star Melvyn Douglas (1901–81).
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English: habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as 'long ford', from lang, long 'long' + ford 'ford', except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as 'boundary' or 'district', with the same second element.
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Melvyn, Melvina, Melven, Melvon, Melvena, Melvine, Melvenia, Melvinia, Melvene, Melvan
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You're one smart cookie - you hit the books, ace your tests and still find time to look cute. After all, you are the biggest VaTech fan (and fashionista) around. All the girls on campus try to copy your trendy fashion sense. Sassy style certainly won't be sidelined with this Graphic Blended tee by Nike. This super soft tri-blend, heathered, slim fit Hokies tee features your school's logo surrounded by "Virginia Tech Hokies" lettering and a Nike swoosh in screen print graphics. This super cute look is sure to be a hit in the library or on game day!
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The vehicles of The Classic Car Show will be showcased by country of origin, featuring pre and post war vehicles from France, England, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
Come celebrate with us the innovations over time of design, speed, engineering, safety, and artistry. Select manufacturers will be on hand with a display of their latest offerings.
Best of American Class - 1st Place
1923 Duesenberg Model A, Eric Killorin
Best of American Class - 2nd Place
1957 Nash Rambler Wagon, Rick Turner
Best of Italian Class - 1st Place
1955 Moretti 1200S Barchetta, Manny Dragone
Best of Italian Class - 2nd Place
1954 Osca MT4 1500, Ven Fonte
Best of German Class - 1st Place
1988 Porsche 959, Robert Kurtz
Best of German Class - 2nd Place
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300b Cabriolet, Jim Jones
Best of British Class - 1st Place
1958 Jaguar 150S, Ken Loring
Best of British Class - 2nd Place
2002 Bentley Continental R, John Kilbourne
Best of Made in Massachusetts - 1st Place
1930 Packard 745 Waterhouse Victoria, Mike Dufresne
Best of Made in Massachusetts - 2nd Place
1956 Oldsmobile Rocket 88, Bob Brignoli
Best of Pre-War
1909 Pierce Arrow, Dick Chappy
Best of Show - American
1932 Packard 904 Victoria, Rare Precious Metals, Allston, MA
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Mercedes-Benz 300SL, Ray Ayers, Gardiner, ME
Best of American Class Presented by DePrisco Jewelers
1967 Corvette Coupe, Arthur Gutierrez
Best of Italian Class Presented by Copley Motorcars
1949 Maserati A6Gcs, Nick Fonte
Best of German Class Presented by European Auto Solutions
1966 Porsche 906, Robert Kurtz
Best of British Class Presented by Admirals Bank
1959 Rolls Royce Shooting Brake, Larz Anderson Museum
Best of French Class Presented by Intercity Lines
1948 Delahaye 135M, Bruce Male
Best Pre-War Presented by Larz Anderson Museum
1912 Speedwell, Dick Shappy
City of Boston Commissioner's Cup Presented by Toni Pollak
1948 Chrysler Town & Country, Mark Bruce
The Boston Cup Best of Show – European
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB 4 cam, Elliott Hillback
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| Courtney
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Courtney in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
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|Team Magma
Courtney (Japanese: カガリ Kagari) is one of the Admins of Team Magma.
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Courtney is a Team Magma Admin in the Generation III games, as well as their remakes, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in Generation VI.
In Pokémon Ruby, the player confronts Courtney twice: the first time she raids the Weather Institute to steal a Castform, and later she assists Maxie at the Seafloor Cavern. Aqua Admin Shelly fulfills Courtney's role in Sapphire and Emerald.
In Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald, Courtney makes only one cameo at Seafloor Cavern, alongside Maxie and Tabitha. She does not have an active role in the storyline and cannot be battled or talked to during the game.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby, Courtney sends a recon team, including Zinnia, to investigate and steal the Devon Parts for Team Magma; upon failing, the recon team warns her about the player. She eventually discovers the location of the Red Orb and informs Maxie, causing the him to cancel the operation at Mt. Chimney. Courtney is next seen at Southern Island, trying to steal Latios and the Latiosite for Team Magma, but is stopped by the player and Steven Stone, summoned by Latias to help. She later accompanies Maxie to Mt. Pyre, where they retrieve the Red Orb. When the player arrives and tries to stop them, Maxie has Courtney battle him/her while he departs to steal the Submarine Explorer 1 at Slateport City. When the player invades the Team Magma Hideout, Courtney once again battles him/her in order to buy time for Maxie to leave for Seafloor Cavern unobstructed. She later watches on as the Desolate Land dispels upon Groudon's defeat or capture.
In Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Aqua Admin Matt fulfills Courtney's roles.
In these games, Courtney is shown to be a rather bizarre character. She is most notable for her bizarre speech patterns, which often involves pauses between words and often speaks in a way that sounds robotic. She appears to be emotionless several times, but she looks up to Maxie.
Pokémon Ruby
First battle
Second battle
Pokémon Omega Ruby
First battle
Second battle
Third battle
Fourth battle
Fifth battle
Pokémon Ruby
Weather Institute
- Before battle
- "Ahahahaha! You're going to meddle in Team Magma's affairs? You're either absolutely fearless, simply ignorant, or both! You're so cute, you're disgusting! I'll put you down, kiddy!"
- Being defeated
- "Ahahahaha! You're disgustingly strong!"
- After being defeated
- "Ahahahaha! We got meddled with unexpectedly! We're out of options. We'll have to pull out. But this isn't the last you'll see of Team Magma! We have other plans! Don't you forget it!"
Seafloor Cavern
- Before battle
- "Ahahahaha! How did you manage to get here without a submarine? What an impressive child! But... It won't do to have you meddling about here. And, I do want payback for what happened at the Weather Institute... I'm going to give you a little taste of pain! Resign yourself to it!"
- Being defeated
- "Ahahahaha! Ouch!"
- After being defeated
- "Ahahahaha! You're so darn strong. It's terribly disappointing that you're not a Team Magma member. You could have enjoyed the fabulous world our Boss has promised to one of our own..."
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Southern Island
- Before battle
- "... Who are you?"
- "Yes. For the time being...get away from me. The Pokémon behind you... Its Mega Stone... No more...no less. That is what... That's what we of Team Magma seek. How about it? Will you get away from me... or not?"
- "... Well then..."
- "Deleting..."
- Being defeated
- "... Slurp. ♪"
- After being defeated
- "As anticipated. Unanticipated. You. Target lock...completed. Commencing...experiment. You. Forever. Aha... ♪"
- "Returning home."
Mt. Pyre
- Before battle
- "...Ha."
- "... ...Analyzing."
- "...Hah. ♪"
- Being defeated
- "...Funny. ♪"
- After being defeated
- "...Again? That's unanticipated. ...I knew it. You...are interesting! ...Haha. ♪"
- "I'm looking forward to... I'm looking forward to... When we...can meet again."
Team Magma Hideout
- Before battle
- "... ... ...I knew you would come."
- "...Too bad, though. ...It's all over now. ♪ ...The submarine has been upgraded."
- "...Look. ♪ ...At that drill. ...With that...even the seal on the Seafloor Cavern is in for a walloping! ♪"
- "... ...There's still more...work for me to do. ...I must...stop you. ...Until Leader Maxie...departs... ...But... ...Now...I just...want to... ...With you... ...I want to...engage... ...You... ...I want to...analyze. Ahahaha. ♪"
- Being defeated
- "Hah hah... Uhn...hah hah..."
- After being defeated
- "... ...Change...the world."
- "...Leader Maxie... ... ...Mission... ...Complete. ...Leader Maxie...has departed. ...For the development...of humanity. ...For our...dreams... ...To you...whom I had not foreseen. ...I will give a hint. ...So that you...may dream...the same dream as us. ...Leader Maxie...is headed for...the sea stretching out from Lilycove. ...In the depths of the sea...lies the Seafloor Cavern. ...What are you...going to do? ...Looking around...in seaside towns. ...That might work. ...Ahaha. ♪"
- "...I don't know...what you could do to get there. ...Even if I knew...I wouldn't tell. ...Ahaha. ♪"
Delta Episode
Petalburg City
- Before battle
- "Tedious...bothersome...child...You should...just be quiet...and give me...the Key Stone!"
- "I already know...that you can...use...Mega Evolution!"
- "...?!"
- "...You."
- "Aha. ♪ Nice timing...maybe. ♪ I'll be taking...yours first! Give me...the Key Stone!"
- Being defeated
- "Just barely..."
- After being defeated
- "Huh..."
- "...No! You're always meddling! If that's...how it is...at Meteor Falls...the Leader's...Key Stone..."
Mossdeep Space Center
- "...Last...hope...?"
- "...Ha ha. ♪ Ahahaha! ♪ Ahahahaha haha! ♪ ♪ ♪ Ahahahaha hahahahahahaha! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ... My team...The team I put all hope into...Leader Maxie...was broken. He was broken! He was broken by this brat!"
- "Grr...Shut up! Enough! I've have enough of this world!"
- "Aha! ♪ I know... ♪ Inside that rocket is the same amount-no, even more Pokémon life energy than what powered the ultimate weapon in the war 3,000 years ago."
- "Ahaha! ♪ I think we're in for an impact so big it will surpass the massive explosion that ended the war! I don't know what all this talk of a meteoroid is, but I have no need of it. Here, by my own hand... I'll make this rocket explode...And bring an end to this world..."
- "I will...fix...Project AZOTH! Of course, I'll also destroy this dimensional shifter that's supposed to warp the asteroid away someplace, too. ♪"
- Before battle
- "Don't. Get. In. My. Way."
- Being defeated
- "...Just barely!"
- After being defeated
- "Why? Why must...you always...Always, always, always, always...Get in my way!"
- "Darn! Dang it..."
- "Huh?!"
- "Wha...What..."
- "Wha...Errgh!"
- "Our...leader...Leader Maxie's...Key Stone. Is she trying...to steal it?! No...no...
Team Magma Hideout
- "..."
- "..."
- "..."
- "Y-yes?!"
- "Hu-huh?! Ow...ch..."
- "I'm sorry! Leader Maxie, I'm sorry! I won't do it...anymore! I'll never do anything...like that...again! So please...Forgive...Forgive me."
- "Wah...wah...Sniffle..."
- "Sniff...sniffle...Ohh...ooh..."
- "Huh?"
- "Wahh... Uwahh... Waahhh! Waahhh... Of course I will!"
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
- "...Fight!"
- "...Ma'am?!"
- "I'll...make him cry..."
- "Might be...nice..."
- "...Yes?"
- "You...seem fun. ♪ Target...locked... Aha. ♪"
| Sprite from
| Overworld sprite from
Ruby and Emerald
| VS portrait from
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Courtney, known as Marge in the Chuang Yi translation, is one of the Three Fires—Admins of Team Magma—along with Tabitha and Blaise. Like all of the Three Fires, Courtney has a special lighter that can transmit and record images by burning them on paper. In addition to her lighter, her gloves usually contain mixture of certain Berry juices that carries different properties, including spicy (volume 16), cohesive (volume 18) and corrosive (volume 20). Courtney's specialty is direct Fire-type attacks.
She first appears in Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II, when Ruby and Sapphire were traveling along Route 107 and encountered Courtney and Tabitha. The two Magma Admins were trying to steal a deep sea scanner from the wreckage of the Abandoned Ship. In Going to Eleven with Loudred & Exploud II, Courtney attacked Rusturf Tunnel, looking for the Red Orb. She encountered Ruby again there, and offered the boy a position on Team Magma. Ruby refused and was able to defeat Courtney, leaving her badly burned. Later, when the Three Fires took off with three Gym Leaders to face off in battle, Courtney's opponent was Roxanne.
In It All Ends Now I, when Ruby went alone to defeat Groudon and Kyogre with the Red and Blue Orbs, Courtney joins forces with him. After saving him from both Groudon and Kyogre, she was snatched into the Cave of Origin by Archie's Tentacruel. She managed to pass him her lighter with her bubblegum and a mixture of Berry juice. On the lighter was information about Ruby's own father Norman, and an admission that she had wanted to be friends with Ruby ever since they met at Rusturf Tunnel. It is revealed through a flashback that when she was younger, Courtney was friends with Daisy Oak and participated in Pokémon Contests.
Courtney was killed when the Cave of Origin collapsed on her but was later brought back to life by Celebi. She is last seen cultivating Berries as she did when she was younger.
The following are Courtney's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
| Courtney's Ninetales is her main Pokémon. It first appeared when Sapphire was found by Tabitha. It was able to defeat Sapphire's Rono and Chic. Later on, it went up against Roxanne. Even though Roxanne gained the upper hand, Ninetales was able to defeat her Nosepass after forcing her to surrender.
In a flashback shown in It All Ends Now III, it was revealed that she owned Ninetales since it was a Vulpix as it participated in a Contest with Daisy's Clefairy.
Ninetales's known moves are Flamethrower, Ember, Fire Spin, Hyper Beam, Sunny Day, and Tail Whip, and its Ability is Flash Fire.
|Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II
| Similar to the other members of Team Magma, Courtney owns a Swellow. It is mostly relied on for flight transportation.
Swellow's Ability is Guts.
|Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II
- Courtney is the only notable Generation III villainous team member who cannot be battled in Pokémon Emerald.
|カガリ Kagari
|From 篝火 kagaribi, bonfire
|From country, an area of land
|Marge (Chuang Yi)
|From magma and possibly match
|Same as English name
|From Jörð, personification of Earth in Norse mythology
|From rosso, red
|From calor, heat
|구열 Guyeol
|From 구화 (篝火) guhwa (bonfire), 열 (熱) yeol (heat), and 열 (烈) yeol (fiery)
|Chinese (Taiwan)
|篝火 Gōuhuǒ
|Literally means bonfire
|Chinese (Mainland China)
| 篝火 Gōuhuǒ*
火雁 Huǒyàn*
| Literally means bonfire.
Alternate reading of かがり kagari. Also a homophone to 火焰 huǒyàn (flame).
See also
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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The Ukrainian side have yet to reveal the fee or contract handed to the Morocco international, who will wear shirt number 90 - the year of his birth.
Belhanda had been linked with a host of sides throughout Europe and earlier this week president Louis Nicollin confirmed on the club's official Twitter feed that they had accepted two bids.
Belhanda had been linked with Arsenal and Aston Villa after his creativity helped Montpellier to the Ligue 1 title in the 2011-12 season.
The 23-year-old made 38 appearances last season, scoring 13 goals.


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A novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface is described. A transmit system provides an in-phase channel set and a quadrature-phase channel set. The in-phase channel set is used to provide a complete set of orthogonal medium rate control and traffic channels. The quadrature-phase channel set is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of medium rate channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original medium rate channels. The high-rate supplemental channel is generated over a set of medium rate channels using a short channel code. The medium rate channel is generated using a set of long channel codes.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
first means for generating a complex data source having a multichannel term and a high-rate term;
second means for generating the complex spreading code having an in-phase term and quadrature-phase term;
third means for complex multiplying a complex data source and said complex spreading code yielding a real term and an imaginary term, wherein the complex data source comprises the multichannel term and the high rate term;
fourth means for modulating said real term with an in-phase carrier; and
fifth means for modulating said imaginary term with a quadrature-phase carrier.
2. An apparatus, comprising:
means for generating a set of medium rate in-phase channels; and
means for generating a set of high speed quadrature channels that is orthogonal to the in-phase channels; and
means for combining the in-phase channel set and the quadrature channel set to form an in-phase term and a quadrature phase term.
3. An apparatus, comprising:
means for generating a set of channels using a set of long Walsh codes;
means for generating a high-rate channel using a short Walsh code;
means for transmitting the set of channels via a first carrier; and
means for transmitting the high-rate channel via a second carrier that is orthogonal to the first carrier.
4. An apparatus, comprising:
first means for generating a set of medium rate channels; and
second means for generating a high-speed channel that is orthogonal to the set of medium rate channels, wherein said second means comprises a means for transmitting data via a set of evenly distributed long code channels.
The present Application for Patent is a Continuation and claims priority to U.S. Pat. No. 6,501,787, entitled "HIGH-DATA-RATE SUPPLEMENTAL CHANNEL FOR CDMA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM" issued on Dec. 31, 2002, which is a Continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 6,173,007, "HIGH-DATA-RATE SUPPLEMENTAL CHANNEL FOR CDMA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM" issued Jan. 9, 2001, both assigned to the assignee hereof.
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to wireless telecommunications. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface.
II. Description of the Related Art
The IS-95 standard from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and its derivatives such as IS-95A and ANSI J-STD-008 (referred to herein collectively as IS-95), define an over-the-air interface suitable for implementing a bandwidth-efficient digital cellular telephone system. To this end, IS-95 provides a method for establishing multiple radio frequency (RF) traffic channels, each having a data transmission rate of up to 14.4 kilobits per second. The traffic channels can be used for conducting voice telephony or for conducting digital data communications including small file transfer, electronic mail, and facsimile.
While 14.4 kilobits per second is adequate for these types of lower data rate applications, the increasing popularity of more data intensive applications such as World Wide Web and video conferencing has created a demand for much higher transmission rates. To satisfy this new demand, the present invention is directed toward providing an over-the-air interface capable of higher transmission rates.
In an IS-95 compliant system, the RF signals exchanged between subscriber units 10 and base stations 12 are processed in accordance with code division multiple access (CDMA) signal processing techniques. The use of CDMA signal processing techniques allows adjacent base stations 12 to use the same RF bandwidth which, when combined with the use of transmit power control, makes IS-95 more bandwidth efficient than other cellular telephone systems.
CDMA processing is considered a "spread spectrum" technology because the CDMA signal is spread over a wider amount of RF bandwidth than is generally used for non-spread spectrum systems. The spreading bandwidth for an IS-95 system is 1.2288 MHz. A CDMA-based digital wireless telecommunications system configured substantially in accordance with the use of IS-95 is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,103,450 entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL WAVEFORMS IN A CDMA CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM," assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.
It is anticipated that the demand for higher transmission rates will be greater for the forward link than for the reverse link because a typical user is expected to receive more data than he or she generates. The forward link signal is the RF signal transmitted from a base station 12 to one or more subscriber units 10. The reverse link signal is the RF signal transmitted from subscriber unit 10 to a base station 12.
As shown in
For rate set two the amount of data contained in the largest, or "full-rate," frame corresponds to a transmission rate of 13.35 kilobits per second. For rate set one the amount of data contained in the full rate frame corresponds to a transmission rate of 8.6 kilobits per second. The smaller sized frames are referred to as half-rate, quarter-rate, and eighth-rate frames. The various frame rates are used to adjust for the changes in voice activity experienced during a normal conversation.
CRC generator 36 adds CRC data with the amount of CRC data generated dependent on the frame size and rate set. Tail byte generator 40 adds eight tail bits of known logic state to each frame to assist during the decoding process. For full-rate frames, the number of tail bits and CRC bits brings the transmission rate up to 9.6 and 14.4 kilobits per second for rate set one and rate set two.
The data from tail byte generator 40 is convolutionally encoded by encoder 42 to generate code symbols 44. Rate ˝, constraint length (K) 9, encoding is performed.
Puncture 48 removes 2 of every 6 code symbols for rate set two frames, which effectively reduces the encoding performed to rate ⅔. Thus, at the output of puncture 48 code symbols are generated at 19.2 kilosymbols per second (ksps) for both rate set one and rate set two full-rate frames.
Block interleaver 50 performs block interleaving on each frame, and the interleaved code symbols are modulated with a Walsh channel code from Walsh code generator 54 generating sixty-four Walsh symbols for each code symbol. A particular Walsh channel code Wi is selected from a set of sixty-four Walsh channel codes and typically used for the duration of an interface between a particular subscriber unit 10 and a base station 12.
The Walsh symbols are then duplicated, and one copy is modulated with an in-phase PN spreading code (PNI) from spreading code generator 52, and the other copy is modulated with a quadrature-phase PN spreading code (PNQ) from spreading code generator 53. The in-phase data is then low-pass filtered by LPF 58 and modulated with an in-phase sinusoidal carrier signal. Similarly, the quadrature-phase data is low-pass filtered by LPF 60 and modulated with a quadrature-phase sinusoidal carrier. The two modulated carrier signals are then summed to form signal s(t) and transmitted as the forward link signal.
The present invention is a novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface. A transmit system provides an in-phase channel set and a quadrature-phase channel set. The in-phase channel set is used to provide a complete set of orthogonal medium rate control and traffic channels. The quadrature-phase channel set is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of medium rate channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original medium rate channels. The high-rate supplemental channel is generated over a set of medium rate channels using a short channel code. The medium rate channel are generated using a set of long channel codes.
The features, objects, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings in which like reference characters identify correspondingly throughout and wherein:
In the exemplary embodiment, the transmit system provides an in-phase channel set 90 and a quadrature-phase channel set 92. The in-phase channel set 90 is used to provide the complete set of orthogonal IS-95 control and traffic channels. Orthogonal channels do not interfere with one another when transmitted via the same path. The quadrature-phase channel set 92 is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of IS-95 channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original IS-95 channels. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, all the signals and data shown in
For the in-phase channel set 90, IS-95 control channel system 100 performs various functions associated with one of the standard IS-95 control channels including encoding and interleaving, the processing of which is described in IS-95 incorporated herein by reference. In this case, since the Walsh1 channel code is used, the processing will be in accordance with the use of a paging channel. The resulting code symbols from IS-95 control channel system 100 are modulated with a Walsh code from Walsh1 generator 102 by multiplier 104. The Walsh generators 102 are used to generate the orthogonal in-phase channels.
Walsh generator 102 repeatedly generates a Walsh code of index 1 (Walsh1) from a set of Walsh codes of indexes 0 to 63 (Walsh0-63).
The pilot channel is generated by gain adjusting a positive 1 value using channel gain 108(1). No encoding is performed for the pilot channel in accordance with IS-95, as the Walsh0 code used for the pilot channel is all plus 1 values, and therefore equivalent to no modulation at all.
Additional control channels are generated in similar fashion using additional IS-95 control channel systems, additional Walsh generators, and additional channel gains (all not shown). Such control channels include a synchronization channel, which is modulated with the Walsh32 code. The processing associated with each type of IS-95 control channel is described in IS-95.
The processing associated with one of the IS-95 traffic channels in the in-phase channel set is illustrated with IS-95 traffic channel system 110, which performs various functions associated with an IS-95 traffic channel including convolutional encoding and interleaving as described above to generate a sequence of symbols at 19.2 kilosymbols per second. The code symbols from IS-95 traffic channel system 110 are modulated with the 64-symbol Walsh63 code from Walsh63 generator 112 by multiplier 114 to generate a sequence of symbols at 1.2288 Megasymbols per second. The Walsh symbols from multiplier 114 are gain adjusted by gain adjust 108(64).
The outputs of all gain adjusts including gain adjusts 108(1)-(64) are summed by summer 120 generating in-phase data DI. Each gain adjust 108 increases or decreases the gain of the particular channel with which it is associated. The gain adjust can be performed in response to a variety of factors including power control commands from the subscriber unit 10 processing the associated channel, or to differences in the type of data being transmitted over the channel. By keeping the transmit power of each channel at the minimum necessary for proper communication, interference is reduced and the total transmit capacity increased. In one embodiment of the invention, gain adjusts 108 are configured by a control system (not shown) which could take the form of a microprocessor.
Within quadrature-phase channel set 92, an extended set of 64-2N IS-95 traffic channels are provided using IS-95 channel systems 124. N is a integer value based on the number of Walsh channels allocated for the supplemental channel and is described in greater detail below. Each code symbols from the IS-95 channel systems 124(2)-(64-2N) is modulated with a Walsh code from Walsh generators 126 by multipliers 128, except for IS-95 traffic channel system 124(1), which is placed on Walsh0 channel, and therefore does not require modulation.
To provide the high-rate supplemental channel, supplemental channel system 132 generates code symbols at a rate RS, which is 2N times that of a full-rate IS-95 traffic channel. Each code symbol is modulated with a supplemental Walsh code (WalshS) from supplemental Walsh code generator 134 using multiplier 140. The output of multiplier 140 is gain adjusted by gain adjust 130. The outputs of the set of gain adjusts 130 are summed by summer 150 yielding quadrature-phase data DQ. It should be understood that the extended set of IS-95 traffic channel could be completely or partially replaced with one or more additional supplemental channels.
The processing performed by supplemental channel system 132 is described in greater detail below. The WalshS code generated by supplemental Walsh code generator 134 depends on the number of Walsh codes allocated for the high-rate supplemental channel in quadrature-phase channel set 92. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the number of Walsh channels allocated for the high-rate supplemental channel can be any value 2N where N={2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. The WalshS codes are 64/2N symbols long, rather than the 64 symbols used with the IS-95 Walsh codes. In order for the high-rate supplemental channel to be orthogonal to the other quadrature-phase channels with 64-symbol Walsh codes, 2N of the possible 64 quadrature-phase channels with 64-symbol Walsh codes cannot be used for the other quadrature-phase channels. Table I provides a list of the possible WalshS codes for each value of N and the corresponding sets of allocated 64-symbol Walsh codes.
The + and − indicate a positive or negative integer value, where the preferred integer is 1. As is apparent, the number of Walsh symbols in each Walshs code varies as N varies, and in all instances is less than the number of symbols in the IS-95 Walsh channel codes. Thus, the supplemental channel is formed using a short Walsh channel code and the IS-95 channels are formed using longer Walsh channel codes. Regardless of the length of the WalshS code, in the described embodiment of the invention the symbols are applied at a rate of 1.2288 Megachips per second (Mcps). Thus, shorter length WalshS codes are repeated more often.
Data channels DI and DQ are complex multiplied, as the first real and imaginary terms respectively, with spreading codes PNI and PNQ, as the second real and imaginary terms respectively, yielding in-phase (or real) term XI and quadrature-phase (or imaginary) term XQ. Spreading codes PNI and PNQ are generated by spreading code generators 152 and 154. Spreading codes PNI and PNQ are applied at 1.2288 Mcps. Equation (1) illustrates the complex multiplication performed.
In-phase term XI is then low-pass filtered to a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth (not shown) and upconverted by multiplication with in-phase carrier COS(ωct). Similarly, quadrature-phase term XQ is low-pass filtered to a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth (not shown) and upconverted by multiplication with quadrature-phase carrier SIN(ωct). The upconverted XI and XQ terms are summed yielding forward link signal s(t).
The complex multiplication allows quadrature-phase channel set 92 to remain orthogonal to the in-phase channel set 90, and therefore to be provided without adding additional interference to the other channels transmitted over the same path with perfect receiver phase recovery. Thus, a complete set of sixty-four Walshi channels is added in an orthogonal manner to the original IS-95 channel set, and this channel set can be used for the supplemental channel. Additionally, by implementing the supplemental channel in the orthogonal quadrature-phase channel set 92, a subscriber unit 10 configured to process the normal IS-95 forward link signal will still be able to processes the IS-95 channels within in-phase channel set 90 thus providing the high-transmission-rate channel while maintaining backwards compatibility with previously existing systems.
While the embodiment of the invention shown in
The use of the Walshs channels as set forth in Table I, also allows simplified implementation of the supplemental channel within quadrature-phase channel set 92. In particular, the use of the WalshS codes listed in Table I allows the supplemental channel to use whole subsets of 64 symbol Walshi codes without the need to generate each and everyone of those Walsh codes.
For example, when N=5 the Walshs codes specified by Table I allocate a set of 32 64-symbol Walshi codes for the supplemental channel. That is, all the even-indexed 64-symbol Walsh codes or all of the odd-indexed 64-symbol Walsh codes are allocated for the supplemental channel. This leaves the odd-indexed or even-index channels, respectively, for implementing the extended IS-95 traffic channel set. In
In another example, when N=4, the associated Walshs codes allocate a set of sixteen 64-symbol Walshi codes. This leaves a set of forty-eight remaining Walshi codes for implementing the extended IS-95 traffic channels or for implementing additional supplemental channels. In general, the use of the Walshs code that corresponds to a particular value N allocates 2N 64-symbol Walshi codes for the supplemental channel using only a single, and shorter, Walshs code.
The allocation of whole subsets of Walshi codes using a single Walshs code is facilitated by even distribution the 64-symbol Walshi codes within the subset. For example, when N=5 the Walshi codes are separated by 2, and when N=4 the Walshi codes are separated by 4. Only by providing a complete set of quadrature-phase channels 92 for implementing the supplemental channel can the allocation of large set of evenly spaced Walshi channels be performed, and therefore implemented using a single Walshs code.
Also, allocating a subset of 64-symbol Walshi codes using a single shorter Walshs code reduces the complexity associated with providing a high-rate supplemental channel. For example, performing actual modulation using the set of 64-symbol Walshi codes, and summing of the resulting modulated data would require a substantial increase in signal processing resources when compared with the use of the single Walshs generator used in the implementation of the invention described herein.
Sets of evenly spaces Walshi channels could not be allocated as easily if the supplemental channel were placed in the in-phase channel set 90 of the previously existing IS-95 forward link, or in the in-phase and quadrature-phase channels with QPSK modulation. This is because certain sixty-four symbol Walshi channels are already allocated for control functions such as the paging, pilot, and sync channels on the in-phase channel. Thus, using a new quadrature-phase Walsh code space allows for simplified implementation of the supplemental channel.
Also, the use of the a single Walshs code improves the performance of the high-rate supplemental channel because the variance in the amplitude of the supplemental channel is minimized. In the embodiment described herein, the amplitude is simply based on the positive or negative integer associated with the Walshs code. This is in contrast to performing the modulation with a set of 2N 64-symbol Walshi codes, which would result in the set of amplitudes 0, +2, −2, +4, −4, . . . , 2N, and −2N.
Among other improvements, reducing the variance in the amplitude reduces the peak-to-average power ratio, which increases the range at which the forward link signal can be received for a given maximum transmit power of the base station 12, or other forward link transmit system.
Block interleaver 206 interleaves the code symbols from convolutional encoder 204 and repeater 208 repeats the code symbol sequence from interleaver 206 by a repeat amount M. The repeat amount M varies in different embodiments of the invention, and will typically depend on the coding rate Rc and the supplemental channel rate Rs (see FIG. 3). The repeat amount is discussed further below. Mapper 210 receives the code symbols from repeater 208 and converts the logic zeros and logic ones into positive and negative integer values which are output at the supplemental channel rate Rs.
Table II provides a list of data input rates D, encoding rates Rc, repeat amounts M, and supplemental channel rates Rs that can be used in different embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments multiple rates are used.
Three encoder input rates D for the supplemental channel are shown: 38.4, 76.8, and 153.6 kilobits per second. For each of these encoder input rates D, a set of encoder rates Rc, N values, and repeat amounts M are provided which achieve the desired encoder input rate D. Additionally, the ratio of Walshs symbols to code symbols is provided, which corresponds to the length of the Walshs code. Also, the number of encoder input bits per 20 frame is provided, as is the number of code symbols transmitted per 20 ms frame. The actual data transmission rate will be equal to the encoder input rate D, less the overhead necessary for the CRC bits and tail bits and any other control information provided. The use of Reed-Soloman encoding in addition to, or instead of, CRC checksum encoding is also contemplated.
In general, it is desirable to use the largest value of N possible for the supplemental channel in order to spread the supplemental channel over the greatest number of Walshi channels. Spreading the supplemental channel out over a larger set of Walshi channels minimizes the effect of inter-channel interference between the two corresponding Walshi channels on the in-phase channel set 90 and the quadrature-phase channel set 92. This inter-channel interference is created by imperfect phase alignment experienced during receive processing. By spreading out the supplemental channel over a larger set of Walshi channels, the amount of inter-channel interference experience for any particular Walshi channel in the in-phase channel set 90 is minimized, because the portion of the supplemental channel in that Walshi channel is small. Also, spreading the supplemental channel over a larger set of Walshi channels with a larger total channel symbol rate allows for a higher symbol diversity, which improves performance in fading channel conditions.
When the number of Walsh channels needed for the desired encoder input rate D using rate ˝ encoding is less than the number of available Walsh channels by at least a factor of two, performance is improved by spreading the signal over more Walsh channels. The higher channel symbol rate for the larger number of Walsh channels is obtained by using a rate Ľ, rather than a rate ˝, code, or by sequence repetition, or both. The rate Ľ code provides additional coding gain over that of a rate ˝ code in benign and fading channel conditions and the sequence repetition provides improved performance in fading channel conditions due to the increased diversity.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a supplemental channel having an encoder input rate of 76.8 kilobits per second is provided using N=5, an encoder rate Rc of Ľ, and a repetition amount of M=2. Such an implementation provides data transfer rates on the order of an ISDN channel including sufficient bandwidth for signaling. Also, using N=5 maintains 32 additional Walshi channels for providing extended IS-95 channels.
The actual sustainable transmission rate of the supplemental channel will vary depending on a variety of environmental conditions including the amount of multipath experienced by the forward link transmission. The supplemental transmission rate depends of the amount of multipath because forward link signals that arrive via different paths are no longer orthogonal and therefore interfere with one another. This interference increases with increased transmission rates because of the additional transmit power necessary. Thus, the more multipath interference experienced, the less the sustainable transmission rate of the supplemental channel. Therefore, a lower transmission rate for the supplemental channel is preferred for high multipath environments.
In one embodiment of the invention, a control system that measures the various environmental factors and which selects the optimal supplemental channel processing characteristics is contemplated. Also, the use of signal cancellation is contemplated for removing noise due to multipath transmissions. A method and apparatus for performing such noise cancellation is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,978,413 entitled "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF MULTIPLE ACCESS TRANSMISSIONS," assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.
During operation, RF signals received by antenna system 300 are downconverted with in-phase carrier 302 and quadrature-phase carrier 304 generating digitized in-phase receive samples RI and quadrature-phase receive samples RQ. These receive samples are provided to the finger processor module shown and to other finger processors (not shown) in accordance with the use of a rake receiver. Each finger processor processes one instance of the supplemental forward link signal received, with each instance generated by multipath phenomena.
The in-phase and quadrature-phase receive samples RI and RQ are multiplied with the complex conjugate of the PN spreading codes generated by in-phase spreading code generator 306 and quadrature-phase spreading code generator 308 yielding receive terms YI and YQ. The receive terms YI and YQ are modulated with the Walshs code generated by Walsh generator 310, and the resulting modulated data is summed over the number of Walsh symbols in the Walshs code by summers 312. Additionally, the receive terms YI and YQ are summed and filtered (averaged) by pilot filters 316.
The outputs of summers 312 are then multiplied with the complex conjugate of the filter pilot data, and the resulting quadrature-phase term is used at the supplemental channel soft-decision data 320. Supplemental soft-decision data 320 can then be combined with soft-decision data from other finger processors (not shown) and the combined soft-decision data decoded.
The user data in the hard-decision data from trellis decoder 404 is then checked with the CRC checksum data by CRC check system 406, and the resulting user data is output along with check results indicating whether the user data was consistent with the check sum data. The receive processing system or user can then determine whether to use the user data based on the CRC checksum results.
Thus, a high data rate transmission system particularly suited for use in conjunction with the IS-95 forward link has been described. The invention can be incorporated into both terrestrial as well as satellite based wireless communication systems, as well as wire based communication systems over which sinusoidal signals are transmitted such as coaxial cable systems. Also, while the invention is described in the context of a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth signal, the use of other bandwidths is consistent with the operation of the invention including 2.5 MHz and 5.0 MHz systems. Similarly, while the invention is described using transmission rates on the order of 10 kbps and 70 kbps, the use of other channel rates may be employed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the various systems described herein are implemented using semiconductor integrated circuits coupled via conduct, inductive, and capacitive connections, the use of which is well known in the art.
The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. The various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the inventive faculty. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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That ordinary bottle of aspirin in your medicine cabinet not only treats pain and fever, it can help prevent a heart attack. Aspirin can help save your life, but it is not safe for everyone.
How Does Aspirin Prevent a Heart Attack?
Most heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that plugs up an artery—a coronary artery—in your heart. Blood clots are more likely to form when you have atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. A blood clot can block blood flow to your heart muscle, depriving your heart cells of oxygen. Without immediate treatment, heart muscle begins to die, causing a heart attack (myocardial infarction). Myocardial means heart muscle and infarction means that live tissue is dying.
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Platelets are cell-like substances in your blood that help your blood form a clot. Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication. It is also an antiplatelet drug that prevents platelets from sticking together and clumping. Aspirin can prevent a heart attack by making it harder for blood clots to form.
Aspirin can help treat a heart attack in progress and can greatly improve your chance of surviving a heart attack if it is taken as soon as symptoms begin.
Who Should Take Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack?
Aspirin therapy has been shown to reduce the frequency of nonfatal heart attacks by 30% and fatal heart attacks by 15% in high-risk populations, according to a review on antiplatelet drugs from the American College of Chest Physicians (Source: ACCP).Your doctor may recommend aspirin therapy if you have coronary heart disease (CHD), angina (a type of chest pain caused by CHD), or if you've had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
You may want to consider aspirin therapy if you smoke or if you have risk factors for CHD (and heart attack) such as:
High cholesterol
High blood pressure
Family history of heart attack or stroke
What Are the Side Effects of Aspirin?
Aspirin is generally safe to take occasionally for pain or fever. However, daily use of aspirin, even in low doses, can have serious side effects because it is a general inhibitor of blood clotting all over your body. Daily use of aspirin is known to cause the following side effects:
Hearing problems, such as ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and even hearing loss. Aspirin appears to affect the mechanics of hearing. The hearing loss is reversible.
Stomach ulcer, which can bleed heavily and be difficult to stop
Stroke caused by bleeding in the brain. This type of stroke is a hemorrhagic stroke, which is different than a stroke caused by a blood clot.
In addition, if you are allergic to aspirin, an allergic reaction can be serious or life threatening, even after a small dose of aspirin. If you are prone to allergies, particularly medication allergies or sensitivities, you may want to take your first aspirin in your doctor's office in case of complications.
Who Should Not Take Aspirin?
It's best to delay a daily aspirin regimen for heart attack prevention until you've talked with your doctor. Your doctor may tell you not to take aspirin or to stop your aspirin therapy for the following reasons:
Ulcer in your stomach or small intestine
Heavy drinking. This means more than two drinks per day if you are a man or one if you are a woman. Alcohol increases your risk of stomach bleeding when you take aspirin.
Liver disease or a bleeding disorder
Risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke
Upcoming medical or dental procedures
Younger than 21 years of age (due to the risk of Reye syndrome)
How Should I Take Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack?
To prevent a heart attack, you need a smaller dose of aspirin than the amount you take for a fever or headache. For fever or headache you take about 650 mg, or two adult-size aspirin. In general, a smaller dose of aspirin is considered 75mg to 325 mg a day, or one adult-size aspirin. If you have already had a heart attack your daily dose may be larger. Sometimes doctors recommend using enteric-coated aspirin. The coating can help prevent bleeding in your digestive tract. Your specific dose and form of aspirin depend on your particular risk factors and underlying medical conditions.
If you are having chest pain or other symptoms of a heart attack, such as dizziness or shortness of breath, call 911 immediately. The operator will most likely tell you to chew one non-coated 325 mg tablet. An enteric-coated tablet will act slowly even if chewed.


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Kaylon Dunn- Edmond North
Hunter Strickland- Westmoore
Hailee Milburn- Mustang
Brooke Raines- Washington
Kaylie Upton- Pauls Valley
Jacye Grimm- Ponca City
Brook Hendrickson- Muskogee
Kalee King- Oktaha
Jaden Hawkins- Ponca City
Nicole Jarvis- Luther
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The Lady Jets painted pumpkins to celebrate and show their Halloween spirit!
1st Annual Halloween costume practice was a BIG HIT! Thanks to Coach Leaton and the baseball team for letting us join in on the fun and the rag-ball tournament. Great day and memories made!!
Coach Roberts and members of the Jets softball team get involved with little league softball players in the community for a 2 day instructional camp at Government Springs Park. There was a huge turnout and truly was a fun event for all the participants and camp instructors.
NOC Softball takes the idea of community service serious... but they know how to have fun while doing it! On Tuesdays FIVE80 Coffee House feeds many families in the Enid community at Don Haskins park. The Lady Jets helped to serve food and provide clothing to all those in attendance. They too provided a little entertainment dancing for everyone. This is a very special group of young student-athletes and it was obvious they thoroughly enjoyed their time at the park and reaching out to help those less fortunate in the community.


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Bard College and the Longy School of Music to Merge
Institutions celebrate partnership that will change the landscape of music education and performance in the United States
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CAMBRIDGE, MA—Longy School of Music President Karen Zorn and Bard College President Leon Botstein announced today that their institutions plan to merge.
"The Longy School of Music of Bard College is excited about this compelling moment in the institution's history. Longy had been looking for a partner for several years and found an ideal match in mission and institutional direction in Bard College," Zorn said. "Bard is a bold leader in liberal arts education with a rich and broad curriculum, enhanced by an active and forward thinking community. Being part of the Bard family enables Longy to open our house to a wider community of musicians, scholars and world leaders."
"Longy's commitment to rigorous music education programs and preparing musicians to make a difference in the world is to be applauded," said Botstein. "It is Bard's firm belief that training artists to perfect their craft is only the first step. We must reach beyond mechanics and teach students how their art can positively impact communities. As individual institutions, Longy and Bard have done that. As merged institutions, our impact will be expansive. The intellectual and musical exchange will result in opportunities to boldly change the direction of music education in this country."
Since its founding in 1915, Longy has been a leading degree-granting conservatory and school of continuing and preparatory studies for nearly a century. Within the last several years, Longy graduates have gone directly into the ranks of major performing organizations, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, San Francisco Orchestra and the Zurich Opera House Orchestra.
Bard College is internationally renowned as a highly selective independent coeducation college of the liberal arts and sciences dedicated to promoting a rigorous education through innovative programs and high academic standards. The College, founded in 1860 and located 90 miles north of New York City, offers undergraduate degrees in the arts, languages and literature, social studies, and natural sciences and mathematics, as well as graduate degrees in the studio and performing arts, environmental policy, curatorial studies, and the decorative arts and material culture.
The Longy School of Music was founded in 1915 by renowned oboist Georges Longy. A degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies, Longy is located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Longy is led by Karen Zorn, who became the School's 10th President in 2007. The school serves 225 undergraduate and graduate students from 37 states and 21 countries, and nearly 1,000 children and adults from the Greater Boston area. For all students, Longy provides a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters inquiry about the role of music and the musician in the larger world. With a curriculum rooted in the traditions of Western music, Longy's mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the world. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Music.
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English / Professor Kevin Dettmar
When James Joyce Meets Bob Dylan
By Adam Conner-Simons '08
Newly hired English Professor and department chair Kevin
Dettmar is busy editing the Cambridge Companion to Bob
Dylan, one of the series' first excursions into pop-culture analysis.
Dettmar, though, is a veteran of voyaging beyond disciplinary
boundaries and smack dab into rock 'n' roll.
At Pomona this year, Dettmar is teaching courses on James
Joyce and Anglo-Irish literature, as well as a freshman seminar
called Flashpoints in Rock History that will analyze controversial
pop music moments. "Why did people get pissed off at Dylan
when he went electric? What did he do to violate their expectations?"
Dettmar asks. "We often learn most about the values of
rock when its taboos are violated."
The manner in which Dettmar infuses his classes with music
is, he hopes, interesting but also organic. "I would hate it if it
seemed calculated," says Dettmar, who has previously taught at
Clemson University and Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale. "You don't want students to think, 'Look, here's
this 50-year-old guy trying to be cool.' You have to realize that
your examples are already dated and be willing to have students
offer their own examples, too."
Dettmar has written extensively about rock within and outside
of the realm of academia. In addition to contributing regularly
to the music section of The Chronicle Review, he also
explored the cultural logic behind the question "Is rock dead?"
in his 2005 book of the same name. "It seems like there is a
whole generation of rock writers who say that music used to be
interesting and important when they were teen-agers, and now
it's dead," says Dettmar, who recently became editor of the
Journal of Popular Music Studies. "But that's pretty suspicious,
since people have been saying it for 50 years."
Even as he explores popular music, Dettmar remains firmly
anchored in his chosen field. He is editing a book series on
modernism with Vanderbilt University English Professor Mark
Wollaeger that published its first two volumes in November.
And the music-literature influence goes in both directions. Case
in point: On the first page of Is Rock Dead?, Dettmar makes
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Should You Be Considering Andre Holmes For Your Fantasy Playoffs?
UPDATE: Denarius Moore missed practice on Wednesday for the Oakland Raiders via Scott Bair on twitter.
The short answer to that question is yes. But only if you are in a deep league should you consider picking up and playing Andre Holmes. There is also the not-so-small problem of watching how Oakland Raiders' starting receiver Denarius Moore progresses through his shoulder injury this week. He was targeting week 14 for his return and has missed the past two games. Practice reports have not been released for the Raiders yet, so keep an eye on them for Wednesday.
Holmes has prototypical size and speed to make a difference in the NFL. He stands at 6'4″, is listed at 210 LBS and was clocked at 4.51 in the forty-yard dash at the combine in 2011. He graduated from Hillsdale College (of the GLIAC) with virtually every receiving record in tow.
Last week, the second year receiver broke out for a 7 catch, 136 yard performance on Thanksgiving Day against the Dallas Cowboys. He had time to work with fellow backup Matt McGloin earlier in the season and it could now be paying dividends. Also helping Holmes' case is his upcoming schedule. Week 14 Oakland is taking on the New York Jets who rank 25th against the pass, giving up over 255 yards per game. And not only are the Jets terrible against the pass, they are stout against the rush. The Raiders will need to air it out if they want to win. And if Moore needs to miss even more time, for week 15 the Raiders take on the Kansas City Chiefs who rank a surprising 21st against the pass giving up 249 YPG. Things only get better for Holmes in week 16 if Moore has a setback when Oakland takes on San Diego who rank near the bottom at 28th.
There is a lot to like about Andre Holmes' opportunity in the coming weeks but it all hinges on Denarius Moore's availability. Owned in just a few leagues, more than likely you can wait till the end of the week to pick him up but we should know Moore's status by the end of the week.


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I'm on the scrounge again. Does anyone know of software (preferably free or low cost) which will run an application when the CPU level and/or disk activity falls below a certain limit or when the keyboard /mouse is idle (but able to set idle time in seconds rather than minutes.
Thanks, Jeff


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View blog entries, recommended readings and more from our University Chaplain.
Ohio Dominican students and staff traveled to Guatemala during spring break 2015 for a service immersion trip (photos below). Learn more about ODU study abroad and service trips.


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Mandala Airlines will increase flights between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur and between Jakarta and Medan in response to rising demand, the Indonesian airline announced on Wednesday.
"To meet the rising needs of businessmen and tourists on these routes,
the Indonesian airline is launching a new daily schedule between
Jakarta and the Malaysian capital with two flights," a Mandala statement
The airline used to fly between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur once a day.
Flights connecting Jakarta and Medan will also double, to 14 flights a week, the press released said.
A one way ticket from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur starts at Rp 249,900 ($26). Fights between Jakarta and Medan start at Rp 199,000, the company said.


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Bath Iron Works marks start of destroyer with visit by admiral; shipyard faces OSHA fines
BATH — With the push of a button Wednesday, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations launched the construction process for Bath Iron Works' latest destroyer.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert visited both the shipyard and BIW's Hardings Steel Fabrication Facility in Brunswick on Wednesday, accompanied by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who had invited him.
The visit came days after news that BIW was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for "alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards," which could result in fines of $171,300, according to a Monday news release.
Greenert's timing allowed him to likely be the first chief of Naval operations to attend a start-of-fabrication ceremony at BIW.
"What a special privilege," BIW President Jeff Geiger said.
A button the admiral pressed activated a plasma burning machine that cut the first piece of steel for the DDG-1002, the third in a line of Zumwalt-class destroyers being constructed at the shipyard. The ship is to be delivered to the Navy in 2018, while the first and second ships are to be delivered in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
DDG-1002 marks the 429th ship whose construction started at BIW since the shipyard's 1884 inception.
Geiger told Greenert at a press conference later in the morning that "every one of us at BIW takes very personally our responsibility to provide your sailors with the finest ships afloat, and we look forward to doing so for many years to come."
Collins, who praised the work already completed on the first Zumwalt-class destroyer, said she was encouraged that the U.S. Department of Defense "appears to recognize the importance of the cruiser-destroyer fleet to the Navy, even in this time of lean budgets."
She added that President Obama's "new strategy of focusing on the Asia Pacific region is ideal for the kind of ships that BIW builds."
"It is a marvel of engineering, looking at the DDG-1000," Greenert said. "I live in a world, frequently, of PowerPoint and small models, and to go out and see the three-dimension, the steel ... (and) the pride of the workers in this yard, it was really, really encouraging."
OSHA violations
BIW was cited by OSHA for "alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards" after a safety inspection by OSHA's Augusta office found multiple mechanical, fall and electrical hazards.
The shipyard faces $171,300 in proposed fines.
OSHA reported "workers were exposed to falls from a lack of fall protection as well as unguarded roof edges and floor holes and openings; tripping and fall hazards from walkways obstructed by materials, equipment, hoses and service cords; an unqualified employee operating an overhead crane; defective and uninspected lifting slings; uninspected lift trucks; unguarded electrical equipment; exposed and damaged electrical sheathing; and the improper storage of flammable chemicals."
BIW was cited for three alleged repeat violations, incurring $93,500 in fines, and 15 serious violations, totalling fines of $77,800. The repeat violations were similar to fall and tripping hazards cited in 2008, according to OSHA.
"We've focused on this industry because establishments primarily engaged in ship- and boat-building and repair in the state of Maine have higher-than-average injury and illness rates," William Coffin, OSHA's area director for Maine, said in the news release. "A proactive, sustained, effective and ongoing effort by employers to identify and eliminate hazards such as these is necessary for employees' safety and well-being."
But Coffin said on Tuesday that in this most recent inspection, OSHA found BIW had violated fewer standards than before, and that concerning "the standards that were violated, we found less incidences of violation."
BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini said OSHA's inspection of the shipyard occurred over 17 days in October and November 2011. BIW took "immediate action to correct items pointed out in the inspection, and all items have since been abated," he said in a statement.
DeMartini added that the shipyard is reviewing the report details and plans to ask for an informal conference with OSHA officials to talk further about the results of the inspection.
"The safety of our employees is a top priority at BIW and programs instituted over the last several years have enabled us to make good progress in reducing workplace injuries and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations," DeMartini said. "We will continue to emphasize safety in all aspects of our business and work with OSHA to further enhance the effectiveness of these programs."
Greenert's visit also followed a fire that occurred at the shipyard Tuesday evening.
DeMartini said the fire was reported at 5:15 p.m. in boxes containing ventilation hoses outside a storage facility at the south end of the yard. Bath and BIW firefighters extinguished the fire, which damaged a wall of the building, but did not injure anyone.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation, DeMartini said.


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|Meet "Clifford - The Big Red Dog"-Austintown
Event Type: Story Time
Age Group(s): Preschoolers
Date: 4/16/2014
Start Time: 11:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
To help us celebrate National Library Week, "Clifford-The Big Red Dog" will make an appearance at a special storytime! Parents: bring your cameras to take pictures of your children with lovable Clifford. For children of all ages.Library: Austintown Library
Location: Children's Activity Room
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E-books Outsell Printed BooksDecember 31st, 2010
E-books are now the preferred choice of book buyers. This conversion from print to digital is changing the business models of the book publisher and of the book retailer. And, dare I say, the authors must change with them.
Just this week book retailer Barnes & Noble sold more e-books than printed books. In fact, people bought or downloaded nearly 1 million e-books from Barnes and Noble on Christmas Day 2010. It is interesting to note that Barnes & Noble reports a 20% e-book market share; however, the company reported a loss in the quarter ending Oct. 30, 2010.
This story actually speaks to two mega trends in the book world. One, e-books sell for less which means that total book sales are decreasing; 2009 book sales were down 5% depending on which category of book that you count. The true book numbers are hard to determine but the general consensus is that the downward trend for book sales continued in 2010, while e-book sales grew in the double digit range.
The second and bigger trend may actually be that fewer and fewer people read books. Steve Jobs recently complained that, "40% of people in the US don't read books anymore." Instead, many of them read blogs, watch video, or scan e-newspapers. Book makers also report that more than half of the books that get bought don't get read. This may explain the fast growing used book market on Amazon.
There is an argument that online content, whether it is text or is video, does provide a superior delivery system than the printed page and that we are just witnessing a shift in how people read. That may be true but our new online and e-book reading culture seems to have the attention span of a gnat. So what is the big deal if we stop reading the printed page? What if we skip the classics and replace it with a video on YouTube?
The jury is out and we don't know the real impact of this overall shift. While I lean toward the argument that we are just moving to a superior delivery mechanism for literature and non-fiction, a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that the average level of empathy for Americans has dropped significantly. In fact, 75 percent of today's students have less empathy than students 30 years ago. The researchers suggest that there exists a correlation with reading books. While that may sound like a bit of a theoretical reach, I also sense callousness in our culture that did not exist a few years ago. Could it be that we now read less and, thus, we care less about how others feel?
Let me conclude that books have been a constant companion in my life and a primary tool for continued learning. Yet, as I write this blog I have authorized my publisher to create e-book versions for both my two previous books. My customer has changed and so must I.
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