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We received orders to Kings Bay, GA and will be leaving Northern VA next year (sad sigh). For several reasons we are going to live in Jacksonville, FL (about an hour from the Naval base) so I'm sure we'll go to DW!Cyndihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615183379648731236.post-13043221728079348792008-04-08T22:14:00.000-07:002008-04-08T22:14:00.000-07:00Hi!The book is called "PassPorter's Open Mouse for...Hi!

The book is called "PassPorter's Open Mouse for Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line." You can read more about it at www.openmouse.com. Thanks for the interest!debhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615183379648731236.post-10745417286245069722008-04-08T07:46:00.000-07:002008-04-08T07:46:00.000-07:00Deb, what is the name of your book?Deb, what is the name of your book?GFCF Mommyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615183379648731236.post-21358899981723743182008-04-07T21:20:00.000-07:002008-04-07T21:20:00.000-07:00Katherine,Thanks for sharing your trip - it sounds...Katherine,

Thanks for sharing your trip - it sounds like, all in all, you had a great time.

And Happy Birthday to the Prince!!! It's great to have a six year old in the family, isn't it??Thomas Dzombahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615183379648731236.post-18246278532091817262008-04-07T18:43:00.000-07:002008-04-07T18:43:00.000-07:00As the co-author of a book that deals with visitin...As the co-author of a book that deals with visiting Disney World with have special challenges, like special diets or autism, it's always interesting to me to read about others' first-hand experiences. Sounds like you managed very well and had a mostly magical time!debhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615183379648731236.post-71858556622233166492008-04-06T19:38:00.000-07:002008-04-06T19:38:00.000-07:00I'm so very, very glad it went so well! Sounds lik...I'm so very, very glad it went so well! Sounds like a pretty unmitigated success, but for that one dinner, and from the looks of the photos (Sorry to leave you out, Interwebs, but I had family access to additional pics!), it appears that you guys had an absolute blast. So glad you did it, and so glad it was worth all the planning. Plus, your "lessons learned" are so great for other parents in your shoes!inadvertentgardenerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Marina (Beccari) Moscioni, 87, of Sandusky, died unexpectedly late Wednesday evening, Jan. 23, 2008, in Firelands Regional Medical Center, Main Campus, Sandusky.
She was born in the Republic of San Marino, Italy, April 9, 1920, to Gelasio and Adele (Putti) Beccari. She moved to the United States Dec. 29, 1948. She worked as a seamstress for 17 years at Providence Hospital before retiring. She enjoyed being with her family, gardening, especially growing her roses, playing cards, bocci, and cooking with her family. She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church where she was involved with the Bereavement Luncheon Committee; La Comunita Sammarinese di Detroit, Senior Citizens Bowling League, I.A.B. Bocci League for many years and, later, Club Amer-Ital in Bellevue.
Survived by her family, Louise and Joe Kennedy of Sandusky, Marino and Connie Moscioni of Independence, Ohio, Frank and Nanette Moscioni of Phoenix, Ariz.; grandchildren, David Will, Lisa and Kurt Fitzthum, Marina and Joe Williford, Joseph and Elizabeth Will, Carl and Jennifer Will, Michael and Allison Will, Edward Will, Anna Moscioni and Dennis Butcher, Amy and Matthew Schmidt, Sarah and Emily Moscioni. Lovingly remembered as "Nonna" by her great-grandchildren, Shannon, Gage, Chase, Molly, Dominic, Hayley, Jacob, Lucas, Hanna, Trevor, Syler, Cassidy, Katherine, Vincenzo, Reece, Ryann, Alex, Jacob, & Nicholas; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Giuseppe "Joseph" Moscioni, in 1978; parents; brothers, Aldo & Dominico Beccari; and sisters, Maria Garnoroli, Filomena Conjonti and Julia Casadie.
Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Sunday in David F. Koch Funeral Home, 520 Columbus Ave., Sandusky; rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Prayers will be recited at 9:40 a.m., Monday, in the funeral home, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church; the Rev. Marty Nassr will officiate. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Sandusky.
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Carroll Community College Announces Adult Education June Events
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Carroll Community College Announces Adult Education Events for June
Westminster, Md., Carroll Community College Adult Education will offer an orientation for high school diploma programs for adults. The orientation will cover daytime and evening high school diploma programs for adults, including both GED preparation classes and the National External Diploma Program.
The orientation is a two-day commitment. The first sessions will be on Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Another class will take place on Tuesday, June 26 and Wednesday, Jun 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Classes will be held again on Thursday, June 28 and Friday, June 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be held at the Adult Education offices at 224 North Center Street, Westminster, Md. 21157.
Orientation for family literacy classes for those who are interested in obtaining a high school diploma will be held on Monday, July 9 and on Tuesday, July 10 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The classes will take place at the Carroll County Family Center at 10 Distillery Drive, Westminster, Md., 21157. Early childhood education is available for children of participating parents.
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The governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have pressured news organizations connected to the Edward Snowden stories to STFU. That doesn't seem to be accomplishing what the intelligence community and its overseers hoped.
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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama poses for a photo prior to an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington four days into a partial shutdown of the government. Obama, who successfully ran for president as a first-term senator, spoke critically about first-term Republican senators, such as Ted Cruz of Texas, who have been leading efforts to shut the government if Republicans can't extract concessions from the White House. He said that when he was in the Senate, he "didn't go around courting the media. And I certainly didn't go around trying to shut down the government." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Q: Well, the tea party has really stood in the way of a lot of those objectives that you're seeking. Do you think the tea party has been good or bad for America? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I don't want to paint anybody with a broad brush. And I think one of the great things about our democracy is, is that we've always had a whole bunch of different regional attitudes and philosophies about government and ideologies, and the tea party is just the latest expression of probably some very real fears and anxieties on the part of certain Americans. And I get that. So there's nothing objectionable to having strong principled positions on issues, even if I completely disagree with many of their positions. But there are certain rules to make sure that everybody is participating, everybody is respected, the process moves forward in an orderly way, and we don't create chaos. So my concern has less to do with the tea party, per se, or the particular positions that they take on issues, but rather it's this idea that if they don't get 100 percent of their way, they'll shut down the government or they'll threaten economic chaos. That has to stop.


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The Larry Kemp Cycling Camp is a weekend of summer fun on bikes for kids, ages 10 to 14. Participants stay at the Flying Horseshoe Ranch just outside of Cle Elum. Campers will enjoy sharing bunkhouses with 7 of their new best friends! [Read More]
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Judging an Corporate Identity by the logo
I love identities – I've designed several big ones and love most the "system" aspect of it. A corporate identity is not only a logo, but the combination of typography, logo and graphical elements applied to many different media and form factors. Most of the time you don't even know all the applications of the identity when you start or deploy it.
I find it ridiculous to judge an identity by only seeing the logo and maybe one more application – whatever application might be. But it's often done – like in this article on creative review where close to 200 "designers" mock an advertising agency and their work without knowing the background or the briefing for the redesign and by seeing only one tiny little piece of the work.
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I didn't think about that. But unfortunately the main reason I setup USB loader was because I have a young daughter. Some of the discs are in rough shape, not sure if they're going to work, but I'm sure I can give the good ones a shot.
I'll try that out tomorrow and post my results.
My local video store will fix scratched DVD's and games for $2. Not sure where u r, but u might want to check and see if someone will do that for you. The one by my house is Family Video.
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@digitalwhiskey, does your wii have a mod chip inside? as I had the same problem, 1 game crashed then no usb loaders would work until i pulled out the chip and booooom all singing all dancing , good luck.
@rmjoker69: Nope, no modchip. Softmod only.
Okay, I figured it out, and feel rather silly about it now.
It was indeed a bad rip. But, what's really got me scratching my head now, is how would the rip just go bad all of a sudden. These games, I've played multiple times with no problems, then all of a sudden, I turn the Wii on, and they don't work properly. Nothing was changed? How would the data just go bad like that?
Thank you so much for all your help guys, I really appreciate it.
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One of the most meaningful ways for alumni and friends of Moravian to help students is by providing them with internship opportunities and real life experiences that support their career development. There are two main ways for you to support internships: creating an internship opportunity and funding an internship stipend.
Working with a member of the Career Development office or the Institutional Advancement office of Moravian, you can make an internship opportunity at your business or company known to the student body. Hiring a Moravian intern reconnects you with your alma mater and, most importantly, supports the hands-on approach of a Moravian education. Internships help Moravian students and graduates distinguish themselves in the job market with practical, real-world experience.
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The Iron Gate Hotel & Suites, located in the 14th century building which was carefully renovated with all modern upscale facilities and comfort, while retaining its original works of art, charm and ambiance. This project was nominated and awarded as one of the best historical renovations in Prague for year 2003.
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Complete Acoustic Blues Guitar Method: Beginning (book/CD)
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This starting volume of the Complete Acoustic Blues Method covers basic blues theory, left-hand techniques, call and response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, endings, and improvisation. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. This is the perfect method for beginning acoustic blues guitarists.
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12 Best Delmar Loop Restaurants To Visit During This Weekend's Loop Ice Carnival
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|Fork & Stix.
Fork & Stix is a hidden gem: a terrific, unique Thai restaurant tucked behind an unassuming storefront on a dead-end side street at the eastern edge of the Delmar Loop. Unlike most Thai eateries here and elsewhere, the menu features dishes from the country's north. Khao soi is a curry-noodle soup with egg noodles and steak (or chicken) in a deeply, complexly flavorful broth. Add red onion, pickled cabbage and lime juice for one of the best soups you'll ever taste. Hung lay curry is another standout, a sweet-and-sour pork dish that's almost certainly unlike from any other curry you've tried. Classic Thai favorites such as red and green curries and pad Thai are also available (and excellent).
Snarf's (6301 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-725-4800)
Snarf's is a Boulder, Colorado-based chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in toasted sandwiches. The menu isn't especially eye-grabbing - mostly the expected array of cold cuts - but Snarf's distinguishes itself with above-average ingredients and preparations, especially in its "speciality" sandwiches. These include a provolone and steak sandwich made with chunks of actual steak for a truly meaty flavor, and an eggplant-Parmesan sub as good as the eggplant Parmesan served at most area Italian joints.
Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-4444)
The home base for local impresario extraordinaire Joe Edwards and his many, many collections of pop-culture artifacts, Blueberry Hill is a favorite of locals and tourists alike. The building spans an entire block, housing a dart room as well as two separate downstairs venues: the Elvis Room and the Duck Room, which many a local and national touring act has packed. Rock 'n' roll godfather and St. Louis native Chuck Berry even makes monthly appearances. (The venue is named for his famous duck walk.) As for the food, burgers are king here. These are relatively restrained by today's Thickburger standards, simply grilled and, with a cold beer and a side of fried onion rings or spicy Buffalo fries, close to the perfect meal. The menu also includes many sandwiches, fish and chips and several vegetarian and vegan dishes. The Gentry, a cup of soup served with a grilled-cheese sandwich, is one of the restaurant's best-kept secrets.
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92612924912561581832235420 i mailed this on 02/12/2015 and it still says that it is in ANAHEIM, CA 92899 Why would it still be their i need to know if this has been delivered as i cant get my money back untill it is could you please let me know the status of this item Please See Belowe thank you
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The package is delayed and will not be delivered by the expected delivery date. An updated delivery date will be provided when available. Your item departed our USPS facility in ANAHEIM, CA 92899 on February 16, 2015 at 7:39 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
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Reply to: Network Consolidation: It Takes Two … Phases
First off degrading service standard in effect is charging money for first class and providing third class service. That's called fraud! The consolidations are needed no doubt. But USPS is not laying employees off of shuting down Plants. The savings are questionable at best and again fraud at worse.
USPS continues to procure processing equipment while volumes (demand) continues to decline. The entire company is being managed poorly. If you want to be treated like a "real" company you need to act like one.
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The Philipsburg Mail newspaper uses the Exceptional Dispatch service to deliver papers to the Anaconda Montana 59711 zip code, a Post Office 30 miles away. This stop eliminates an 81 mile journey west to Missoula, Montana plus a return trip 350 miles east to Billing, Montana before delivery can be made 250 miles west to Anaconda, Montana, a final destination only 30 miles east of Philipsburg.
This effort shortens delivery time regularly by four days. It would be beneficial to the newspaper and the Post Office if the Philipsburg Mail could drop off all papers that are heading east instead of delivering them to the Philipsburg, Montana PO where they would travel to Missoula, Montana and potentially Spokane, Washington before heading east.
As noted, the journey west regularly adds four days to the delivery time of this weekly newspaper. This delay is unacceptable to our readership and advertisers. It is costing us business.
The Post Office is an essential part of our delivery system. To date 60 percent of our papers are delivered via the P.O.
Reply to: Network Consolidation: It Takes Two … Phases
Network consolidation has already and will continue to cause massive delays. I am circulation manager of a rural newspaper in the midwest and service has tremendously slowed for us. We try to DDU drop our newspaper everywhere we can, but due to the shortening of hours the local post offices are actual open to accept mail, we have to mail some in sacks. Unfortunately, this means that some subscribers who live just 15 miles away from our office do not receive their newspapers for 5-7 days! Needless to say, those subscribers are (although mostly were, as most of them have stopped subscribing due to late news) very upset about the delay, and it gets increasingly hard to explain to them that it is not our fault that the delivery takes so long. At some point, the loss of subscribers is going to force us to deliver ourselves I guess.
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As I read this article the smoke started coming out of my ears! Then I read the comments posted and realized that I am one of many publishers who are infuriated at the complacency that resonates within the administration of the postal system. Instead of trying to clean up your act and provide the best service possible all you do is require more and more of your mailing customers to ease your load and on top of that, reduce the level of service! Unbelievable!! Any other privately owned business would have had to shut their doors a very long time ago!
Our small weekly newspapers are located in the Central Valley of California. We take our paper to the local post office every Wednesday before noon. Thank goodness for the local postmaster who has instructed his employees to keep all of the papers that are delivered locally and in two other surrounding communities and they make sure that they are delivered the very next day. For any of our subscribers who are are of the area, the papers are now taken to West Sacramento Sectional Center, which I fondly refer to as "Never, Never Land." As other publishers have stated, many of the surrounding communities are not receiving their papers for 5-7 days, sometimes not at all and sometimes two or three editions are delivered together. This is unacceptable. And then I have to try and explain to my subscribers that it is out of my hands and I really can't do anything to solve the problem except send them another paper which in turn takes more money out of my bottom line. When it comes time to renew their subscription, it doesn't happen so again, more money out of my bottom line.
There is not one person who takes responsibility for this lack of service! Lots of voice recordings, transfers to other departments but not a solution to the problem. Could it be that there are too many chiefs and not enough indians in the postal service? Who knows....because they aren't held accountable to anyone!
Reply to: A Penny for Your Thoughts?
Ms. Brooks,
Please contact your local Post Office regarding this matter and they can advise you what to do.
Thank you,
Office of Inspector General
Reply to: Network Consolidation: It Takes Two … Phases
We are losing newspaper subscribers from out of the local area because of higher postage costs and slow delivery. People 12 miles down the road complain that they don't get their paper until Saturday, and we mail it on Wednesday. Email and online bill paying are certainly hurting your volume. The answer is not to increase rates, as it simply drives more people to electronic communications. Perhaps you should have sales on first class postage from time to time to encourage use. Buy four and get one free, for example. We now pay for software to fit postal service requirements. We used to use an Addressograph that imprinted the address on the front page, and we put them into the proper order by hand. The papers in the northern half of Minnesota were all in mailboxes the next day. Now we have Intelligent Mail, and it takes longer. Another idea: Have a contest to boost productivity. Give rewards like an extra week of vacation to workers at the most efficient sorttation facility, for example.
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Our business has experienced a noticeable decline in service on delivery of first class mail to Lexington, VA. For the past few months, we will receive a large volume on one day, often a Monday, and then virtually no first class mail for several days, then another large volume day. Heretofore, our mail receipt volume was fairly steady, with predictable peaks around our billing cycle.
This has affected our ability manage cash flow, and for our customers to remit payments promptly to us. If this continues, our business will have an incentive to explore more electronic payment options, further reducing our dependence on First Class mail.
I believe you will find that may rural mail customers have experienced similar delays.
Reply to: A Penny for Your Thoughts?
I have been trying to find out how to return some free boxes to the USPS for two days , I called the 800 275 8777 number and someone was supposed to call me back that never happened. I have searched the USPS web sites to get info to no avail. I am trying to do the right thing. These boxes are still in the plastic wrap. Why can't I get a pick-up to return
Reply to: Network Consolidation: It Takes Two … Phases
We need an accurate rural score that is not buoyed by urban centers. You'll find satisfaction stats are much lower.
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Newspapers send millions of items through post offices across the United States on a daily basis. Further degradation to the already impaired service provided by the Post Office will impact not only our customers, but the customers of many of the businesses both of our organizations serve.
To state "postal officials said they are confident consumers will not notice the service standard changes," seems at least disingenuous.
Customers not knowing what the service standards are does not equate to customers not caring when the service is cut.
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Thank you for the feedback regarding Postal Service delivery performance. The USPS OIG will be conducting several upcoming local mail processing facility consolidation reviews this year as well as a national review of the Postal Service's mail processing operational and transportation changes.
These audits will look at delayed mail and Postal Service delivery performance.
OIG Blog Moderator
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We write a rather large check to the USPS every week, 52 times a year. (USPS demands that we give them the check BEFORE they provide the service.) With the check is the week's mailing report, completed to the level of detail that USPS requires. We prepare our mailings to USPS specifications -- exactly. We label, sort, stack, bundle, sack and hod our mailings in delivery order, as required. We put those bags and hods directly on the loading docks of specific post offices. We do this every single week, exactly the way that USPS wants us to. All we ask is that they then take all these mailings carefully prepared to the postal service's exactly standards and deliver them to the addresses on the labels, as we have paid for. We do not think this is too much to ask. Yet nearly every single week, and sometimes for months at a time, USPS fails to deliver one or more pieces of mail as promised. We have endless delivery problems. And that's not the worst of it. The worst of it is that you cannot get a single human being at USPS to care or take responsibility for the problem or even to attempt to resolve it. What we get instead is endless rounds of kicking the can down the road, or passing the complaint on to someone else, or being told to call a certain phone number ... which usually goes to voice mail and from which a return call is never received. We have to tell our customers to file complaints at their local post office. Unfortunately, that never seems to do any good either. In short, the USPS does not do what we pay it to do and does not respond to complaints when it fails to do the job which it has been prepaid to do. The USPS is NOT a business partner, it is a business problem. It is like bad roads or a slow payer ... it is a problem that has to be managed. If we had a reasonable alternative, we would be gone in an instant.
Reply to: Should the Postal Service Monitor Packaging Supplies?
Thank you for taking the time to notify our offices of this occurrence.
The role of the USPS Office of Inspector General is to investigate waste, theft, fraud and abuse within the Postal Service (USPS). Unfortunately, this issue falls outside of the jurisdiction of this office.
However, please contact your local Postal Service Consumer Affairs Office at 1-800-275-8777, so they can look further into this matter for you.
Reply to: Should the Postal Service Monitor Packaging Supplies?
There is a local private postal/shipping store in my city. If I bring USPS flat rate packages to their location, is it legal for them to ship at a higher rate? They told me flat rate is not a service that they offer. That may be legal, but is it legal for them to then charge by weight, as if it were not a flat rate package, even though I'm using the flat rate packaging? How do I report this if it's not legal?
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Correction to previous comment (added 'increase' in 2nd paragraph):
"Corporate commissioned an independent research company to study network rationalization and RAOI (Post-Plan) and were told in no uncertain terms, upon completion of the study, that these would cost us business and money in the long term. The decline in 1st class mail has flattened and should be on the rise by year's end. There was this little thing called the recession in 2009 as well as PCSRSFRA in 2003 and PAEA in 2006 which have cost us, the last two unnecessarily, BILLIONS. The one thing you and everybody else are either ignorant of or conveniently forget to mention is that 1st Class letter mail remains, as always, our number 1 source of income.
The main problem I see with all of this is US Code Title 39 Section 101. Besides that fact that a combination of the destruction in 1st Class delivery standards in January and Phase 1 of consolidation have degraded our capabilities well beyond what was predicted by Corporate, and that Phase 2 is now not only unnecessary but will render us incapable of processing the enormous increase in parcel business everybody is counting on, is the FACT that everything that has and is being done to effectively 'privatize' us is against the law.
Short version is that we're making billions and you should really stop trying to fix something that isn't broken..."
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Corporate commissioned an independent research company to study network rationalization and RAOI (Post-Plan) and were told in no uncertain terms, upon completion of the study, that these would cost us business and money in the long term. The decline in 1st class mail has flattened and should be on the rise by year's end. There was this little thing called the recession in 2009 as well as PCSRSFRA in 2003 and PAEA in 2006 which have cost us, the last two unnecessarily, BILLIONS. The one thing you and everybody else are either ignorant of or conveniently forget to mention is that 1st Class letter mail remains, as always, our number 1 source of income.
The main problem I see with all of this is US Code Title 39 Section 101. Besides that fact that a combination of the destruction in 1st Class delivery standards in January and Phase 1 of consolidation have degraded our capabilities well beyond what was predicted by Corporate, and that Phase 2 is now not only unnecessary but will render us incapable of processing the enormous in parcel business everybody is counting on, is the FACT that everything that has and is being done to effectively 'privatize' us is against the law.
Short version is that we're making billions and you should really stop trying to fix something that isn't broken...
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It is taking as long as five or six days for an in-county paper to reach us. Our Chelsea Reporter mailed March 19 arrived today, March 25. I'm getting my Wall Street Journals sometimes two or three daily issues at a time. That used to happen perhaps once ot twice a year. Now it is every week and sometimes twice. FIRST class mail in this town is taking up to 6 days according to the Postmark--in onje case, from the home of an elderly woman four blocks away (in town delivery pickup is handled by rural carriers); the other was from across the street (literally) but contained a check so it was mailed instead of put in his drop box. We are rapidly switching to electronic issuance and payment of bills, and are getting more and more out of town renewals for the electronic version vs. USPS--citing delivery delays. A paper from Galena day sorted to 9-digit ZIP code by a former president of the Illinois Press Association took 19 days to get here.
Priority mail works fine, but is totally impractical financially to send or pay a bill or distribute a newspaper by mail.
Many readers want an ink and paper product for a variety of reasons. The Warren Buffets (with whom I have college ties) and Rupert Murdochs of this world aren't going to put up with this kind of damage to a major part of this business, and publishers--a notoriously independent lot--are totally united on this issue. Please don't give us this cost v. service nonsense--you have a Constitutional duty and the anger from both publishers and average citizens are growing.
I have discussed the issue with our local postmaster and the service centers. They say there is nothing they can do. Mailing a letter in Oologah which is sent and postmarked and processed in Oklahoma City and then returned for delivery in Oologah? Does anyone in your office know how to calculate mileages and vehicle speeds on a map??? More and more local mail is delivered by hand or email.
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Au contraire on that "people will not notice". Renters are finding that their choice is between a $75 late fee from building managers, or posting their rent checks before their paychecks are deposited, risking a bank fee. I noticed the change in service standards when my payment to the postal credit union was received late, attracting a $25 fee.
A complaint about poky delivery sent to the Board of Governors of the post office was returned to me; they sent me to the local consumer affairs office, which told me national management is responsible for these decisions (of course). I ashamed of the Board of Governors for giving citizens the run-around when the Board receives a complaint.
Meantime the consolidation is burning up employees, according to the people I know who are in the USPS workforce and are being punished with extra workload.
Shame on the privatizers in Congress and on the management of USPS for destroying the people's post office.
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I publish a small weekly newspaper. Delivery failures occur on a regular basis. In the past year, I have filled a folder with complaints from subscribers. I send replacements to all of them. The most common complaint is that these subscribers are waiting up to 3 weeks for 1 single issue. This is all over the U.S. -- not in any particular state or region. It concerns me that I am losing subscribers because of the failure in mail delivery. It concerns me terribly that I cannot get answers from any postal representatives -- I don't care how high or how low on the customer service spectrum. On occasion, I will get the listening ear of a seemingly sincere postal representative who wants to get to the bottom of the delivery issues. Most of the time, I have actually had postal reps comment that they have no clue what the problem is or where it originates. I am totally concerned that many of my subscribers' newspapers NEVER reach their mail boxes. NEVER. It is as if the papers evaporated in thin air. I have postal approved software. I follow all guidelines in mailing out the papers. My office has been inspected more than once for the way papers are handled and prepared for mailing with no apparent problem. Some of my subscribers are asking questions of their local postmasters. Most of the time the answer from them is, "The problem is with the post office that sends the papers out." I disagree in my case. The bags and tubs are put on a mail truck and transferred to other areas. The local postmaster is not responsible for what happens after the papers leave that office. HOWEVER, there should be a way to trace them BESIDES publication watches which I find to be busy work for me, yet they provide no viable solutions. I feel helpless to improve this situation, and I see my business losing a lot of revenue. I have faithful subscribers -- mostly retired folks -- who actually DOCUMENT the day that they receive each issue. It is taking three weeks or more for each paper to arrive. Sometimes, that subscriber will get 3 issues at once. What other explanation is there for that kind of delivery other than the papers are laying over somewhere for long periods of time? Yet, nobody will admit to it. After reading many of these comments from other newspaper publishers today, I realize even more what a truly serious problem this is....and has been for months and months!
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We are a small daily newspaper that switched to mail delivery a few years back. Since then, we have seen a rapid decline of our subscription base that directly coincides with the rapid decline in service from USPS. Like just about every other comment I've read, we have customers that call us on a daily basis who are upset because they did not receive their paper in the mail. We even have the problem of several postal carriers who like to hold delivery of the paper until the customer has other mail to deliver. This results in our readers getting three or four papers at a time. Of course, when this happens, our readers call us not the post office. As far as they are concerned, it is our fault they didn't get their paper. They do not want to hear any excuses and quite frankly, get tired of hearing the same response.
Bad delivery or lack of delivery results in a bad reputation for our paper and ultimately the loss of a subscriber. I can't tell you how many times a day I hear "I want to cancel my subscription. I can just go buy my paper from the rack. At least I will get it on time." Of course, we explain all the added benefits of being a subscriber, but that doesn't always help.
Less subscribers for us means less revenue for USPS.
Yet, every time I contact our post master, I get nowhere. Out of pure frustration, in my last communication with him, I reminded him that we are a fairly large customer. And suggested that as a customer that pays for a service, if the service is not fulfilled as agreed upon, we would expect a credit to our account. I then expanded on that by saying we should be able bill the post office for the cost of every missed paper we end up delivering ourselves in an attempt to keep our subscriber. And that if we lost the subscriber due to their poor service, we should be able to collect that lost revenue from them as well. The only response I got to any of this was, "I will look into it and get back with you." That was in September of 2014. I am still waiting on that response even after multiple follow-ups on my part.
What is interesting is that when we first decided to switch to mail, the Post Master was so thankful. He said it kept him from having to lay-off two employees. So you would think the gratitude and customer service would be outstanding? What I do know is this: if we could have foreseen the amount of problems we would have with USPS, especially the amount of lost subscribers as a result, we never would have made the choice to rely on USPS to deliver our paper DAILY. I wonder what the state of USPS would be today, if they didn't have any newspapers as customers…
On a personal note, I have sent out mail on many occasions that never arrive at its destination. I also paid extra to have a package delivered by a certain date. After two weeks, I received a notice that I had a package I had to sign for. It turned out to be the package I mailed. The post office returned it to me saying the address was invalid. After much frustration and insisting they look into it, they sent the package again (for another fee) and it arrived with no problems. The kicker is, in all these cases, I NEVER got a refund for the money I paid them to get something from Point A to Point B. What other company can get away with customer service (or lack thereof) like that?
If USPS does not address the decline in their service, they are going to quickly make themselves obsolete. There are too many other options for consumers. I know I would choose to pay a little more using another company to handle my packages, if I was assured it would arrive and arrive on time.
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I am the circulation manager of the Watertown Public Opinion in Watertown, SD. We have several subscribers from small towns who receive our paper on a daily basis. We have had issues recently with the delivery time of our paper. They papers have been 2 to 3 days late instead of the one day delivery service. We have several small towns (Henry, Bruce, Britton, Gary and Canby to name a few) who have unhappy subscribers because they now received the paper 2-3 days late instead of one day which they are used to. We at the Public Opinion are trying hard to maintain or increase our subscriptions in these areas along with several cities in South Dakota. We would appreciate your help to keep the subscribers by providing consistent delivery schedules. Thanks for your help.
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I have lived in the same house for 25 years. I have seen our local service deteriote. There used to be 3 windows open in our post office now there is ONE. We are a growing office hub and there are many many thousands of businesses that use this zip code and post office. Last Saturday I was dropping off pre posted mail and again there was only ONE window open and a line of about 25 people. The woman at the window said she was the ONLY one in the whole building and that the postmaster was suppose to come to lock the door so that people would not continue to arrive after the 12 noon closing tims, but that the postmaster had not shown up. All the employees are disgruntled and no employee lasts in the post office for more than 6 months. My mail went from arriving by 11:30 am to "i'm lucky " is I get it delivered by 6:30 pm Whatever the USPS is doing you are degrading it further and doing it WRONG!
Conshohocken PA 19428
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It is taking consistently longer than two weeks to get our papers from southwestern North Carolina to our subscribers in Florida. They sometimes arrive out of sequence; sometimes several in one day. Calls to Florida postmasters indicate that the papers go out the day their post offices get them. Our local postmaster sends them out the day our local post office gets them. I called the help line and a "resolution agent" called me back, took my information and said he would check it out. I haven't heard from him in a week and a half. My understanding is that there is no longer a publication watch so we can trace a paper. Getting our newspapers to Florida has always been a problem, but it is getting worse. I handle several calls a week concerning poor delivery. Our subscribers are frustrated and are beginning to go to our E-edition only which of course hurts the post office bottom line even more.
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We are having issue after issue in Sealy TX. Our newspapers that we mail out in our small town on Wednesdays get to the customers (if lucky) the following Thursday. This is one week late! USPS needs to see that they are hurting all businesses by letting their customer service go down the drain.


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A bill to restore full military retirement benefits by closing corporate tax loopholes.
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Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs that are used to help curb insomnia and anxiety.
Where Benzodiazepines Fit In
Medication is an important part of most treatment plans for bipolar disorder. Benzodiazepines are used as a sleep aid and anti-anxiety medicine. But there is a risk of addiction, so use of these medications is usually limited to short-term.
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These class of drugs slow the nervous system down, helping to ease feelings of anxiousness and nervousness. They are often prescribed for short-term use for people with bipolar disorder. These drugs have the advantage of taking effect quickly.
Benzodiazepines affect the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutryic acid (GABA). By increasing GABA in the brain, it has a relaxing, sedative effect that works to combat anxiety.
See how benzodiazepines and other medications affect brain chemistry using Healthline's Bodies in Motion.
Who Benzodiazepines Are For
These are widely prescribed drugs, but are usually only recommended for short-term use as long-term use can lead to dependence and resistance. The elderly are at a higher risk of these effects, and pregnant women should avoid benzodiazepines as they may lead to possible birth defects such as a cleft palate.
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Benzodiazepines can be very addictive, and their use must be carefully regulated to avoid addiction and the potential of withdrawal. Their use is usually limited to short periods of time.
They can have an adverse affect on coordination, cause sleepiness and amnesia.
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They are highly addictive, and their uses are normally limited to the short-term and carefully restricted.
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Dr. Soroya Bacchus, a psychiatrist practicing in Los Angeles, said she does not prescribe benzodiazepines for more than a few weeks.
According to Dr. Bacchus, "These drugs are addictive and because of tolerance always (precipitate) bipolar events, not to mention drugs like these can easily be overdosed in a suicidal depressed episode of (bipolar disorder) and be lethal. Sadly I see this too often."


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The third annual Chinook Music Festival kicks off tonight at Jim Sprick Community Park in Naches.
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A few years ago I received an email from someone introducing themselves and said they were hoping to film a movie in the Yakima Valley. I told them I'd help however I could. It turns out that the movie, "Cement Suitcase," was not only filmed in the Yakima Valley and features several famous landmarks (the 'Palms Springs sign, Zillah's Teapot Dome Gas Station, etc.), it also includes many people from the Yakima Valley.
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Tierra del Fuego National Park is Argentina\'s southernmost protected natural area as well as its first coastal national park. The land comprises 240 square miles of extreme geography matched by wild weather, and a juxtaposition of native and introduced animal life.
Over thousands of years, two tectonic plates pushing against each other have slowly uplifted magnificent mountains that rise to extreme points above the nearby sea. Low plunging valleys, where you can find glacial lakes and flowing rivers, separate high-reaching peaks. The plant life in this area contrasts between beech forests with boggy under-stories of moss and fern, and fragile high-alpine glacial terrain, both of which are affected by the weather patterns found here.
Both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans border the archipelago on which the Tierra del Fuego National Park is located. Being uniquely nestled between these two huge bodies of water creates a dynamic weather system. Wind whipping in from the seas constantly brings in clouds and heavy coastal rainstorms. As a result, resilient plants such as thorny bushes, tough shrubs and even trees grow at 45-degree angles, finding no refuge from the persistent wind. The best time to visit this national park is mid-November through the end of March, though even during these months wild winds bring out a sense of adventure in the park\'s visitors. They will tell you though, that the sights and experiences you\'ll find on this frontier-like setting are well worth it.
Travelers most commonly come to Patagonia for hiking, fishing, wildlife watching or beachcombing. For people looking for an easy trek, wonderful winding trails provide a spectacular show of diverse beech forests and panoramic views that are sure to forever be treasured memories. For the wildlife enthusiast the Tierra del Fuego is a great place to spot many different species of animals, both native, such as the Magellenic woodpecker, Black Chested Buzzard eagle, albatross, Steamer ducks, and Red fox as well as introduced species such as the North American beaver and European rabbit. These introduced species, originally brought to the area for cash crop production, now cause immense ecological damage and pose great challenges to finding a solution for their removal or eradication. People touring will not have a difficult time spotting skittering rabbits, as their numbers are abundant, and evidence of the beaver\'s beech tree lumbering is not hard to miss.
Visitors can experience Tierra del Fuego on a number of Adventure Life\'s journeys, including the 9-day Awesome Argentina tour, 11-day End of the World combination cruise and hiking trip, and 5-day and 8-day cruises aboard the newly constructed Mare Australis.
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A method and system for communication in a real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning system by paging. An RTK positioning system having a reference station and a rover utilizes a paging system for data transfer. A single satellite positioning system (SATPS) reference station may be coupled to the paging system to provide RTK correction data, or multiple networked reference stations may be coupled to the paging system to provide data. Paging systems using allocated paging bands having fixed width channels (e.g. 20 kHz) such as those between 35 MHz and 36 MHz or 43 MHz and 44 MHz may be used.
1. A method for broadcasting correction data for a positioning system comprising:
accessing said correction data, wherein said correction data comprises real-time kinematic (RTK) correction data; and
broadcasting said correction data in a signal complying with a statutory paging mode.
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formatting said correction data to add an identifier of a source of said correction data.
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formatting said correction data to add a subscriber address or a multicast address.
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11. A system for broadcasting correction data for a positioning system comprising:
a reference station for generating correction data, wherein said correction data comprises real-time kinematic (RTK) correction data;
a paging control terminal for formatting said correction data into a signal complying with a statutory paging mode, wherein said paging control terminal is coupled to said reference station and to a public telecommunications network; and
a paging radio transmitter coupled to said paging control terminal, for broadcasting said signal.
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21. A method for broadcasting correction data for a positioning system comprising:
receiving satellite signals at a satellite positioning system (SATPS) reference station;
generating carrier phase data, wherein said carrier phase data comprises real-time kinematic (RTK) correction data;
formatting said carrier phase data as a paging message;
forwarding said paging message to a paging transmitter; and
transmitting said paging message.
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The present claimed invention relates to the field of satellite positioning systems. More particularly, the present claimed invention relates to a system and method for communication between elements of an RTK satellite positioning system.
In general, positioning techniques fall into two main categories, navigation and surveying. Traditionally, surveying has required greater precision and thus used differential techniques requiring long periods of observation, whereas navigation has required less precision and emphasized real-time position determination. The development of real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning has resulted in systems that are widely applied to both surveying and navigation.
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For purposes of this disclosure, a satellite refers to any fundamental source of raw position data such as that transmitted by the GPS, GLONASS, or planned Galileo orbiting satellites, or an earthbound source (e.g., pseudolite). A satellite positioning system (SATPS) refers to a system using either extra-terrestrial satellites or terrestrial satellites (pseudolites) or a combination as sources of raw position data.
In RTK positioning, centimeter level accuracy is obtained by having both the reference station 110 and the rover 115 track the carrier phases of the same satellite(s) at the same time, using antenna 111 and 117, respectively. High accuracy position determination is achieved by applying a mathematical model for relative positioning (e.g., double-difference model) to the simultaneous measurements of the reference station 110 and rover 115. The double differences essentially eliminate common mode errors (e.g. clock errors), and can be processed to produce a precise baseline (dx, dy, dz) between the reference station and rover.
When the reference station position is accurately known in a given coordinate frame, the rover position can also be determined in the same frame. Even if the reference station position is not accurately known, precise relative positioning can still be carried out.
The key to the real-time aspect of RTK positioning is communication between the reference station and the rover. The data collected by the reference station and the data collected by the rover is combined at a single location for processing and position determination. For RTK, this data combination is usually done by wireless communication, and the data may be combined at the reference station, rover, or other location for processing.
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Historically, the link between a reference station and a rover has been made using a transmitter at the reference station and a receiver at the rover. Correction data from a reference station may be formatted according to various proprietary or published formats, e.g., the Radio Technical Commission Marine (RTCM) format or the Trimble CMR/CMR+. For RTK using double differencing and the RTCM format messages 18 and 19, data is updated about every 0.5 to 2.0 seconds. For RTK, data rates of between 2,400 bps and 9,600 bps are commonly used.
Since the accuracy and reliability of integer ambiguity resolution degrades with increasing separation between the reference station 110 and the rover 115 of
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To aid in minimizing the amount of data that must be transmitted, one of the reference stations may be designated as a master reference station. The transmitted data to the rover would include the correction data for the master reference and the correction differences for each of the other reference stations in the network.
The preparation and formatting of the transmitted data is performed by the control center 215, and the formatted data is forwarded to the transmitter 220 for broadcast to the rover. A discussion of correction data transmission in a networked RTK positioning system may be found in "A Novel Approach for the Use of Information from Reference Station Networks Conforming to RTCM V2.3 and Future V3.0.," Zebhauser, B. E., H.-J., Euler, C. R. Keenan, G. Wübbena; presented at the National Technical Meeting, ION NTM-02, Jan. 29-30, 2002, San Diego, Calif.
Current RTK systems often have a dedicated wireless link. Frequencies from 150 to 174 MHz in the VHF band, and from 450 to 470 MHz in the UHF band may be licensed for RTK radio links, as are other frequencies that must be shared with other uses. Narrow-band FM is typically used.
Due to the typical data rate requirements for the transmission of RTK data, low-band VHF (frequencies between 30 MHz and 88 MHz) has been ignored for data transmission in RTK systems, and the trend has been to move to higher frequencies as wireless technology has advanced. However, the higher frequencies are becoming more congested as wireless communications usage increases.
Although the low-band VHF frequencies have been ignored for use in RTK positioning systems communications, they have long been used for other applications such as paging services.
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The paging terminal 325 is the entry point to the paging system. The paging terminal 325 connects callers to the system, accepts and validates messages, and manages the information flow to the system controller 330. The paging terminal 325 also translates subscriber IDs into capcodes and may provide accounting functions.
The system controller 330 handles the queuing, batching, encoding and scheduling of messages received from the paging terminal 325 for delivery to the link network 335. The link network 335 couples the system controller 330 to the transmitter/receiver sites 340 and 350. The link network 335 may be either wired or wireless, and may be switched or packet based.
Since RF bandwidth is a limited resource, the system controller 330 must schedule and route the incoming messages in order to maximize the information flow while minimizing latency.
The messages received from the link network 335 are transmitted by transmitter sites 340 and 350. In general, one-way paging systems will have only a transmitter for communication with a pager device, whereas two-way paging systems will have both a transmitter and receiver.
The transmitter power for the transmitter/receiver sites 340 and 350 may range from less than 100 watts to several hundred watts, depending upon the service area coverage requirements and the regulations applicable to the transmitter.
In the United States, Title 47 of the Federal Code of Regulations (47 CFR) provides the requirements and conditions for commercial mobile radio service providers. Specifically, 47 CFR, Chapter I, parts 20 and 22 provide regulations applicable to paging at low-band VHF. 47 CFR, Chapter I, parts 20 and 22 (Oct. 1, 1999 Edition) are incorporated herein by reference. Paging performed by a system that meets the requirements of 47 CFR, Chapter I, parts 20 and 22 (Oct. 1, 1999 Edition) is defined as statutory paging. A broadcast mode that conforms to the requirements of 47 CFR, Chapter I, parts 20 and 22 (Oct. 1, 1999 Edition) is defined as a statutory paging mode.
In addition to embodiments of the present invention that fall into the scope of statutory paging systems, or paging systems that may be operated in a statutory paging mode, a subset of the statutory parameters (e.g. transmitted power, channel bandwidth, and channel center frequency) may be changed to provide a modified statutory paging system or modified statutory paging mode.
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Each pager has a unique address (capcode) that is used to select the specific device that is to receive a directed message. A pager may also share a multicast address with one or more other pagers, allowing a single message to be received by several pagers.
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In the first time period used for local service area users, messages are transmitted independently in each of the zones as is done in the system of FIG. 4. In the second time period used for wide area users, the same message is transmitted simultaneously in all three zones. Depending upon the balance of messages between local and wide area users, the transmission time dedicated to the first and second periods can be dynamically adjusted.
RTK positioning systems have been accustomed to using dedicated wireless links for communication between reference stations and rovers. The frequencies at which these links have traditionally been operated are becoming increasingly congested, reducing the areas and times in which the systems can be used freely.
Low-band VHF frequencies that have previously been reserved for applications such as paging have seen a declining utilization as the demand for increased data rate has caused users to migrate to higher frequencies.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a system and method for data transmission in an RTK positioning system using paging frequencies. Under-utilized existing paging infrastructure is adapted to meet the requirements for communication between a reference station and a rover.
A real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning system having one or more reference stations and one or more rovers utilizes a paging system for data transfer. A single satellite positioning system (SATPS) reference station may be coupled to the paging system to provide RTK correction data, or multiple networked reference stations may be coupled to the paging system.
In one embodiment, a paging system using allocated paging bands is used. Paging bands as defined in 47 CFR, Chapter I, having fixed width channels (e.g. 20 kHz) in the 35-36 MHz, 43-44 MHz, and 931 MHz bands may be used. Modern digital signal processing algorithms and hardware enable the narrow channels to provide sufficient data rate.
In a further embodiment, a low-band VHF paging system operating between 30 MHz and 88 MHz is adapted to provide an RTK positioning capability by establishing a reference station at a transmitter site, thereby providing accurate positioning that is essentially coincident with the transmission range of the transmitter.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention:
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Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Furthermore, in the following detailed description of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances well known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present invention.
The exciter may use digital modulation techniques that allow 10,000 to 16,000 bits per second to be broadcast within a 20 kHz paging channel while using a fully-saturated nonlinear amplifier. The paging facility 760 may be configured as a statutory paging system using one-way paging.
The lowband paging facility amplifies the RF signal and transmits it through an antenna. Data may be transmitted on multiple RF carriers (either sequentially or simultaneously) to improve immunity to interference. The RF signal is received by the low band pager 765 and decoded to provide the rover 770 with the RTK correction data.
A network control center 701 is coupled to the paging system controller 705 and to reference stations 712. Satellite signals received by the reference stations 712 are provided to the network control center 701 for developing correction data. The network control center 701 may provide correction data for an individual reference station, or it may provide data for multiple reference stations.
The correction data is provided to the paging system controller, and may be formatted by the network control center, the paging system controller, or both. Formatting may include encryption, compression, and error control coding as prescribed by various SATPS data and paging protocols.
The paging system controller 705 schedules and routes the correction data (e.g., DGPS or RTK) and passes it to a transmitter site over the link network 710. The area for which a set of correction data is applicable is dependent upon the set of reference stations used to generate the data. Depending upon the correspondence between the transmission coverage area and the area for which a set of correction data is applicable, a set of data may be sent to a single fixed transmitter site, or it may be sent to multiple transmitter sites for simultaneous transmission.
The paging system controller 705 may combine messages from traditional sources WAN 750, PSTN 755, and Internet 760, with DGPS or RTK correction data for transmission to a user. The paging system controller may manage the information flow to each pager/rover (728, 729) based upon user account specifications for data type, coverage area, update frequency and other parameters.
In general, a given reference station 712 will have a working radius limit that is set by the desired accuracy for the position determination made by the rover. In most cases, the working area of a reference station will not be the same as the coverage area of a transmitter site (715, 725, or 740). Also, there may be two or more reference stations having working areas that overlap a coverage area. For example, rover 728 could establish proximity to any of the reference stations 712 by circling transmitter site 725.
For paging systems operating in low-band VHF with narrow broadcast channels (e.g., 20 kHz bandwidth), digital signal processing may be used to improve the effective data rate. The digital processing techniques may include filtering and modulation, and adaptive noise cancellation. Synchronized data communications and multiple frequency operation may also be used to enhance the data rate. Such improvements may be implemented on a systematic basis in both transmitter and receiver.
Examples of hardware that may be used to implement digital signal processing are the Texas Instruments TMS320VC5509 processor, Analog Devices AD9235 A/D converter, Analog Devices AD9857 upconverter, and Analog Devices AD6624 processor.
For rovers using one-way paging and a single reference station, the user is provided a priori with the information needed to select a paging channel based upon location. A single transmitter site may broadcast over several channels with each reference station having a dedicated channel, or a single frequency may be used to transmit data from different reference stations alternatively (time multiplexed). In the latter case, the data may be tagged to indicate the reference station with which it is associated, or scheduled by the SATPS clock, thereby helping to conserve bandwidth.
For example, transmitter sites associated allocated paging channels between 35 MHz and 36 MHz (20 kHz width, maximum effective radiated power=600 watts), and between 43 MHz and 44 MHz (20 kHz width, maximum effective radiated power=500 watts) could be used with collocated reference stations.
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The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
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By Angela Rieck-Hinz and Rachel Klein, Department of Agronomy
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, has scheduled manure applicator certification training for 2014.
Commercial manure applicators can meet annual certification requirements by attending a training workshop at one of 76 locations in Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the workshops start at 9 a.m. and end at noon. Commercial applicators planning to attend one of these workshops should register by Dec. 30 at the location where they plan to attend. The law requires commercial manure applicators to be certified prior to handling, hauling or land-applying manure. A complete list of Iowa locations, including one location in Minnesota and two locations in Wisconsin, is available. For those commercial applicators who can't attend on Jan. 7, other options for certification include: 1) contacting your county extension office to determine dates available for training throughout the year, or 2) contacting you local DNR field office to schedule an appointment to take the certification exam.
Confinement site manure applicators can attend training at one of 63 different locations in Iowa in January and February. These workshops are each two hours long to meet certification requirements. A complete list of training workshops is available. Confinement site applicators are reminded that if they choose to attend training to meet certification requirements, they must attend a two-hour workshop each year of their three-year license, or they will need to take and pass the remedial exam to be eligible to recertify during the next three-year certification cycle. Confinement site applicators can also choose to take the certification exam at the local DNR field office to complete certification requirements.
ISU Extension and Outreach is offering eight workshops for applicators that deal primarily with dry or solid manure. These eight workshops meet certification requirements for both commercial and confinement site applicators. The only difference between this series of meetings and the regular commercial or confinement site applicator workshops is this series is geared more at solid manure handling and research. A list of these workshops is available.
Angela Rieck-Hinz is an extension program specialist and Rachel Klein is a program coordinator, both with responsibilities in manure management education for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Rieck-Hinz can be reached at email@example.com or 515-294-9590 and Klein can be reached at email@example.com or 515-294-6685.
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I would have loved to see your first panel, and I'm definitely going to have to check out that book. It really sort of surprises me that MEN use "we" more than women do. Women tend to be more driven by the concept of the group mentality (the "we") then men, so it seems counterintuitive.ReplyDelete
Sad to hear you missed the graveyard event. From what I read from Sheri and Maya, it was pretty great. Unique, for sure.
I wish when I was in Texas, I'd taken better advantage of such a fantastic event. I went in 2007 as a volunteer but never went again.
Kelly - That's why Pennebaker brought it up, because most people would have said the opposite. His explanation was that a lot of times when people use the word "we," they don't really mean "we." Like telling your kid, "We need to take out the trash."ReplyDelete
Sounds like an outstanding few days, thanks for sharing them with us. Very cool on Kenneth Oppel's story and yikes on the late arrival question. On the other hand, I guess he asked cause he didn't know, lol. Loved, This Dark Endeavour...especially the twists and turns the plot took.ReplyDelete
Despite some of the blah and annoying moments it sounds like you had a really enjoyable time. I'll never understand why people feel the need to ask useless questions. Though, being honest, I imagine I've asked a few myself. But, really know a little bit about the presenters before walking in and making an ass of yourself!ReplyDelete


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FORISTELL, Mo. (KSDK) - No one hates these winter storms more than over the road truckers. It can keep them from making their deliveries on time.
Less than a week after a winter storm snarled much of St. Louis, the forecast calls for snow a little too close to home for many.
They won't be out if full force, but the Missouri Department of Transportation does have crews working overnight Monday into Tuesday, tracking pavement temperatures with truck sensors, salting ramps and bridges where needed and hoping the worst stays to the west.
It's already bad on the other side of the state. And that has truck drivers refueling in St. Charles County, rethinking routes west on I-70. Some near Columbia others stopping just outside of Wentzville until this latest storm passes.
With signs of the last storm, rain snow, points west has some that has some of the professionals deciding not to drive.
On the other side of the river, IDOT is hoping most of its counties in the metro east will dodge this storm all together plus with the rain in the forecast they say there's not much they can do in the way of pre-treating before the storm hits because it will likely get washed away before the snow comes.