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Fighting Falling Margins
Written By: Mary Sedor
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Copyright(C) 2008 Associated Equipment Distributors. All Rights Reserved.
Team Equipment has found used equipment sales generate highter margins than new.
While used equipment
is part of almost every new equipment dealer's business, most dealers don't dedicate a lot of resources to used. But Team Equipment, a new equipment dealer in Warwick, R.I., has found a way to reap more benefits from their used equipment sales.
Team began selling construction equipment in 1998 and is an authorized dealer for Geith, AIM Attachments, Towmaster Trailer and Italdem Breakers. After many customers came to the company requesting alternatives to purchasing new equipment and alternatives to long-term rentals, Team began to place more emphasis on finding and selling quality used equipment to better serve their customers.
After trial and error, Team discovered that they had better luck selling used earthmoving, material-handling and aggregate equipment. The company has been so successful at selling used equipment, it now has customers that come to them specifically for the used equipment it offers.
"Our customers are able to significantly reduce their overall equipment costs," says Sean Raimbeault, president of Team, "by purchasing quality used equipment. They realize true equity and depreciation benefits in
the process."
To get the used equipment the company sells into quality condition, a dedicated staff at the dealership refurbishes the equipment. According to Raimbeault, many dealers use Team to provide scheduled and non-scheduled fleet rebuilding services.
"Many times a dealer's service department is at or near capacity servicing their customers," says Raimbeault. "Purchasing quality used equipment allows them to extend their product offerings without depleting their operating resources.
The Learning Curve
According to Raimbeault, many AED dealers could easily place a greater emphasis on used, because they already have the equipment, the necessary facilities, and the raw materials to develop this segment within their existing markets. But he warns, dealers should be cautious.
"With long lead times on some types of new equipment and, in some cases, product shortages, this may be one of the areas dealers can leverage their market presence and develop a high margin profit center," he says.
Selling both new and used equipment in the same dealership, says Raimbeault, should be separate endeavors. Although used equipment sales look similar to new equipment sales, they are an entirely different species. The sales process, customer profiles and strategies are different. The key, he says, is to carefully and clearly develop a unique business process for used equipment sales.
"Ultimately, the potential cash flow and synergistic benefits can be enormous for the right dealers,"
says Raimbeault. "There is no question that customers are out there, and they are demanding the products. They would much prefer to source them from their trusted OEM dealers."
Used Equipment Sales
Team breaks its used equipment sales into three parts - lead generation, lead conversion and client fulfillment.
When generating leads for used equipment sales, Team's trade area is larger than for their new equipment sales. In other words, their customers come from much farther distances to purchase Team's used
When a customer is looking for used equipment, their focus is more product specific than focused on product specifications and options, says Raimbeault.
The company purchases the used equipment it sells from a variety of sources, and it also includes trade-ins from retail customers. Once the used equipment is obtained, Team's staff inspects the equipment and performs any necessary repairs.
Team's used equipment staff is trained to handle a variety of different brands and types of equipment, and the company invests heavily in training technicians.
"Product knowledge is only part of the equation," says Raimbeault. "Market expertise, forecasting acumen, and fulfillment systems are all pivotal factors in being successful."
Why The Focus On Used?
By tuning in to the used equipment market, Team has been able to continuously document and refine its processes.
"The driver for us is margin," says Raimbeault. "The margins are much higher on our used equipment than on our new equipment, and there is much less competition."
Customers that are choosing between new and used equipment purchases are given a dollar-cost average analysis, and all of Team's used equipment has a competitive warranty.
Raimbeault says, "When a customer balances the costs of owning a new piece vs. a refurbished piece, sometimes the dollars will weigh out in the direction of the used piece. We want to provide that extra level of service to our customers by providing both used and new equipment options."
As with new equipment, one of the keys to being able to sell used equipment is building relationships.
"We take an attentive and careful approach to building relationships with our used equipment prospects," he says. "Choosing the right product partner is paramount to building customer relationships and, ultimately, to having long-term market presence.
"Obviously, whether the equipment is new or used, the customers are not only expecting a support-driven solution, they're demanding one. We're coming to them from the support."
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Mass Effect 3 Video Game Details
Genre: Action Role-Playing/Third-Person Shooter
Developed by: BioWare
Published by: Electronic Arts
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U
Release date(s): March 6, 2012 (NA)/March 9, 2012 (EU)
In Mass Effect 3, Dekuuna: Elcor Extraction is a side-quest similar to Dekuuna: Code of the Ancients
To start this quest, go to the Citadel Embassies and locate the Elcor Ambassador.
To find him, when you exit the elevator, turn right, and you will see him near a red couch.
The Elcor is wearing a red outfit with black stripes.
After you get the quest from him, return to Normandy.
When to start
Before Priority: Horizon
"The Elcor have requested an emergency extraction for warriors and civilians trapped on their homeworld of Dekuuna.
Search for survivors on Dekuuna, rescue them if possible, and return to the Elcor ambassador."
5 Reputation Points
Using the Galaxy map, travel to Silean Nebula and to Phontes System.
Your target is a very small planet, named Oltan, near Planet Dekuuna.
Scan Oltan, and after you find the Elcor Flotilla, return to the Citadel.
Talk to the ambassador to complete Dekuuna: Elcor Extraction.
NOTE: If you saved the civilians from Dekuuna before talking to the Elcor Ambassador, then you will have to exit the Embassies area, and return to him, to finish the quest.
First side-mission: Shrike Abyssal: Prothean Obelisk
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|14. Nov. 1995
|17. Mai 1994
|30. Sept. 1993
|Auch veröffentlicht unter
|Douglas E. Lankford
|Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter
|Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
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|Patentzitate (3), Referenziert von (97), Klassifizierungen (36), Juristische Ereignisse (5)
|Externe Links: USPTO, USPTO-Zuordnung, Espacenet
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/129,974, filed 30 Sep. 1993. This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling muting of audio and/or video components in a compressed audio/video (A/V) signal receiver.
MPEG is a compressed video signal protocol established by the Moving Pictures Experts Group of the International Standardization Organization. This protocol defines a versatile signal format which includes both intraframe coding and motion compensated predictive coding. Due to variations in coding format frame to frame, and variations in image content, different frames have widely divergent quantities of compressed data. As a consequence of different frames being compressed with different quantities of data etc., frames of data tend to be transmitted asynchronously.
Audio signals may also be compressed according to an MPEG protocol. Compressed audio may be associated with video but transmitted independently. For transmission the compressed audio is segmented into packets which are then time division multiplexed with the compressed video signal in a non synchronous manner.
Associated compressed audio and video components are not only independently asynchronous, but their mutual temporal relationships or synchronism is nonexistent in transmission.
MPEG compressed audio and video component signals may include presentation time stamps (PTS) to establish a reference between particular compressed signal segments and a system reference clock signal. The audio and video PTS's are utilized by receiver apparatus to both resynchronize respective decompressed components and to restore their temporal interrelationship.
A particularly annoying feature of reproduced A/V material is a loss of lip-sync which is the loss of synchronization between lip or mouth movement and the associated spoken word or audio. One of the objects of this invention is the elimination of annoyances of loss of lip-sync.
An A/V receiver according to the present invention provides A/V component timing reference signals (PTS's) coincident with reproduction of associated decompressed component signals. Synchronization apparatus generates a function of the difference of occurring component audio and video PTS's. This function, which is indicative of relative audio and video synchronization, is compared with a predetermined threshold value, and a mute control signal is generated when the threshold is exceeded. Muting circuitry, responsive to the control signal disables audio reproduction when the reproduced audio and video component signal timing deviate from mutual synchronization.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of audio/video compression apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a audio/video decompression apparatus embodying the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of apparatus for providing the receiver system clock signal having substantially the same rate as the system clock of the compression apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the operation of the FIG. 2 apparatus.
FIGS. 5 is a block diagram of alternative muting circuitry which may be implemented in the FIG. 2 apparatus.
FIG. 1 illustrates a typical system in which the invention may be practiced, which system is a compressed digital video signal transmission arrangement. In this system, video signal from a source 10 is applied to a video signal compression element 11 which may include a motion compensated predictive encoder utilizing discrete cosine transforms. Compressed video signal from the element 11 is coupled to a formatter 12. The formatter arranges the compressed video signal and other ancillary data according to some signal protocol such as MPEG, a standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (Organization Internationale De Normalisation). The standardized signal is applied to a transport processor 13, which divides the signal into packets of data and adds certain overhead to provide some noise immunity for the transmission purposes. The transport packets, which normally occur at a non-uniform rate are applied to a rate buffer 14 which provides output data at a relatively constant rate conducive to efficient use of a relatively narrow bandwidth transmission channel. The buffered data is coupled to a modem 15 which performs the signal transmission.
A system clock 22 provides clocking signal to operate much of the apparatus, at least including the transport processor. This clock will operate at a fixed frequency such as 27 MHz for example. As shown herein, however, it is used to generate timing information. The system clock is coupled to the clock input of a counter 23 which may be arranged to count modulo 230, for example. The count values output by the counter are applied to two latches 24 and 25. The latch 24 is conditioned by the video source to latch count values on the occurrence of respective frame intervals. These count values are denoted presentation time stamps, PTS's, and are included in the compressed video signal stream by the formatter 12, and are used by the receiver to provide lip-synchronization of associated audio and video information. The latch 25 is conditioned by the transport processor 13 (or the system controller 21) to latch count values according to a predetermined schedule. These count values are denoted system clock references, SCR's, and are embedded as auxiliary data within respective auxiliary transport packets.
Audio signal associated with the video signal from source 10 is applied to an audio signal compressor 18. The compressor 18 provides frame sampling pulses (independent of video frames) to control a latch 19. Responsive to the sampling pulses, the latch 19 captures count values provided by the counter 23. These latched values correspond to audio presentation time stamps PTSaud. The PTSaud are incorporated in the compressed audio signal provided by the compressor 18. The compressed audio signal is coupled to a transport processor 17 which divides the signal into packets of data and adds certain overhead to provide some noise immunity for transmission purposes. The audio transport packets provided by the processor 17 are coupled to a multiplexor 16 which time division multiplexes the audio and video transport packets. In the figure, separate transport processors are shown in the audio and video signal processing channels. For systems wherein the data rate is moderate, the functions of the two transport processors and the multiplexor 16 may be subsumed in a single transport processor.
The system controller 21 is a variable state machine programmed to coordinate the various processing elements. Note that the controller 21, the compressors 11 and 18, the transport processors 13 and 17, and the rate buffer 14 may or may not operate synchronously via a common clocking arrangement as long as proper handshaking is provided between processing elements. However, the two compressors both derive PTS values from the same reference counter 23, thus a precise timing relationship between the two compressed signals is provided in the compressed output signal.
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary receiver apparatus embodying the invention wherein the modem 200 performs the inverse function of the modem 15 and the rate buffer 206 performs, in effect, the inverse function of the rate buffer 14. An inverse transport processor 202, divides respective transport packets by service and allocates the respective packet payloads differing memory blocks in the rate buffer 206. In so doing the respective transport packet signal payloads are separated from the auxiliary data, with the auxiliary data applied to the system controller 210. In an alternative arrangement a separate transport processor may be included in each processing channel and arranged to recognize and process only data associated with the respective channels.
Compressed video data from the rate buffer 206, is passed to the video decompressor 214. The rate buffer 206 accepts compressed video data at a bursty or inconsistent rate, and provides data on demand to the decompressor 214. The decompressor, responsive to the compressed video signal, generates non-compressed video signal for display or for storage etc., in appropriate display or storage devices (not shown).
Compressed audio data from the inverse transport processor 202 is applied to the rate buffer 206, which provides compressed audio signal according to the system protocol to the audio decompressor 212. The decompressor, 212, responsive to the compressed audio signal generates non-compressed audio signal for reproduction or for storage etc., in appropriate speakers or storage devices (not shown).
The inverse processor 202 also provides SCR's from the auxiliary transport data, and control signals to a system clock generator 208. The clock generator responsive to these signals generates a system clock signal synchronous with at least the transport processor operation. This system clock signal is applied to the receiver system controller 210 to control the timing of appropriate processing elements.
FIG. 3 illustrates details of an exemplary clock regenerator 208. Data from the receiver modem 200 is coupled to the inverse transport processor 202', including an auxiliary packet detector 31. The inverse transport processor 202' separates transport header data from the respective transport packet payloads. Responsive to the transport header data, the processor 202' demultiplexes payloads of the desired associated audio and video program components and payloads of associated auxiliary data. The audio video and auxiliary payloads are written to separate memory blocks of the rate buffer 208. The respective memory blocks are each operated as first-in-first out memories or FIFO's, writing data when it is available from the modem and reading data when it is demanded by the corresponding component signal processor (not shown). SCR's present in particular auxiliary packets are routed and stored in a memory element, 34.
An auxiliary packet detector 31, which may be a matched filter arranged to recognize the code words designating an auxiliary transport packet containing a SCR, produces a control pulse on the occurrence of transport packets containing such data. The control pulse is utilized to capture and store within a latch 35, the count value currently exhibited by the local counter 36 at a time precisely related to the time of detection. The local counter 36 is arranged to count pulses provided by a voltage controlled oscillator 37. The counter 36 is arranged to count modulo M which may be, but is not necessarily, the same number as its counterpart counter in the encoder (counter 23). If M differs from N the difference may be accommodated in the error equation.
The voltage controlled oscillator 37 is controlled by a low pass filtered error signal provided by a clock controller 39. The error signal is generated in the following fashion. Let the SCR arriving at time n be designated SCRn and the local count value concurrently captured in the latch 35 be designated LCRn. The clock controller reads the successive values of SCR's and LCR's and forms an error signal E proportional to the differences
E→|SCRn -SCRn-1 |-|LCRn -LCRn-1 |
The error signal E, is utilized to condition the voltage controlled oscillator 37 to a frequency tending to equalize the differences. As indicated previously, negative differences exhibited due to modulo counter wrap around, may be ignored. The error signal produced by the clock controller 39 may be in the form of a pulse width modulated signal, which may be rendered into an analog error signal by implementing the low pass filter 38 in analog components.
The constraints on this system are that the counters at the two ends of the system count the same frequency or even multiples thereof. This requires that the nominal frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator be fairly close to the frequency of the system clock at the encoder.
The foregoing approach provides rather rapid synchronization but may introduce a long term error. Long term error LTE is proportional to the difference
LTE→|LCRn -LCR0 |-|SCRn -SCR0 |
where SCR0 and LCR0 are for example the first occurring SCR and the corresponding latched value of the receiver counter. Nominally the error signals E and LTE will vary in discrete steps. As such, once the system is "synchronized" the error signal will dither one unit about the null point. The preferred method of synchronization is to initiate control of the voltage controlled oscillator using the error signal E until a one unit dither occurs in the error signal E, and then to switch to the use of the long term error signal LTE to control the voltage controlled oscillator.
The system clock signal provided by the VCXO 37 may be utilized to operate at least the transport processor and rate buffers. Since it is synchronized at least in frequency with the encoder system clock, the possibility of rate buffer overflow or underflow due to clock timing errors is substantially non-existent.
Refer again to FIG. 2 for an explanation of audio/video synchronization. Recall that a presentation time stamp PTSvid, is included in the compressed video signal associated with predetermined video data. The PTSvid is indicative of the relative time that the associated video is to be displayed. Similarly the compressed audio signal includes presentation time stamps PTSaud associated with audio to be reproduced at times related to the respective PTSaud. At the receiver the PTSaud and PTSvid may not be compared directly to provide A/V synchronization because the respective samples were determined at different instants. The respective PTS values are compared to a continuous time base which is the receiver clock provided by the VCXO 37. This is done by sampling local count values LCR generated by the system clock 208 to capture local time stamps.
When data associated with an associated PTS is presented, The LCR is sampled. For example, The audio decompressor 212 issues a PTSaud when a respective audio frame is output for reproduction. At these times a control signal conditions the latch 220 to sample the LCR, the values of which will be designated LAS, for local audio stamp. Similarly when the video decompressor provides a video frame for display, it provides a PTSvid and a control pulse to condition a latch 222 to store the current value of the LCR. These LCR values are designated LVS for local video stamps.
The LAS and the corresponding PTSaud are coupled to respective input terminals of a subtracter 218 which develops the signal ΔA-PTS according to the relation;
ΔA-PTS =PTSaud -LAS
The LVS and the corresponding PTSvid are coupled to respective input terminals of the subtracter 217 which develops the signal ΔV-PTS according to the relation;
ΔV-PTS =PTSvid -LVS.
The signals ΔV-PTS and ΔA-PTS are coupled to respective input terminals of a further subtracter, 219, which develops an A/V synchronization error signal ERRPTS according to the relation;
Synchronization of the audio and video requires that the A/V synchronization error be driven to zero. Thus, when the difference in the values of the corresponding audio and video PTS's equals the time, in units of the local reference, between the occurrence of the corresponding PTS's, the audio and video signal will be in synchronization.
Two mechanisms may be used to adjust the A/V synchronization based upon the error signal ERRPTS ; skips and repeats of data sections and conversion clock deviation. Skipping fixed intervals or "frames" of audio advances the audio data stream by a fixed interval relative to the video signal. Repeating (or muting without consuming data) delays the audio data stream by fixed intervals relative to the video signal. Skipping and repeating audio frames is audible under many conditions, and therefore is only utilized for coarse adjustment of synchronization. Even so, brief skipping or repeating may be preferable to discernible audio/video synchronization errors. If the audio frames are less than 40 msec, coarse adjustment by skipping/repeating may result in synchronization errors within ±20 msec., which is within industry standards for A/V synchronization. However, this synchronization will degrade if the audio conversion time base does not match that of the source. Once synchronization is coarsely adjusted, variations of the audio conversion clock frequency are arranged to further refine the A/V synchronization.
The error signal ERRPTS is applied to a filter and processing element 216. A filter function therein smoothes the signal ERRPTS to minimize aberrant effects that might otherwise be generated by signal noise. The processing function in the element 216 then examines the smoothed error signal and determines whether a skip/repeat of audio should be utilized to effect coarse synchronization of the audio and video signals and/or whether an adjustment to the audio processing frequency should be utilized to effect fine synchronization. If a coarse synchronization adjustment is determined to be necessary, the processor 216 provides a control signal (S/R) to the audio decompressor 212 to condition the decompressor to skip or repeat the current decompressed audio frame. Alternatively, or in addition to the coarse adjustment, if a fine adjustment is determined to be necessary, the processor 216 provides a control signal to the audio time base 215 to adjust the frequency of the audio processing clock signal.
The processing algorithm is detailed in the flow chart of FIG. 4. After initialization 400 of the system, which is designated START, the system monitors 401 the audio decompressor for the occurrence of a PTSaud and if a PTSaud is detected it is read 403 and a local clock reference LAS is captured and stored. If a PTSaud has not occurred, the system monitors the video compressor for a PTSvid 402. If a PTSvid has occurred, the PTSvid is read and a local clock reference LVS is captured and stored. When both a PTSaud and a PTSvid have been read the ERRPTS is calculated 405 according to the equation;
The magnitude of the error signal is examined 406 to determine if it is greater than one half an audio frame interval. If it is greater than one half an audio frame interval, the error signal is checked for polarity 407. If the polarity is positive, the current audio frame is repeated 409. If it is negative the current audio frame is skipped 408. After skipping or repeating a frame the system iterates back to the start position to wait for the next occurrence of PTS's.
At step 406, if the magnitude of the error signal is less than one half an audio frame interval, the error is examined to determine if it is greater than zero 410. If the error is greater than zero, the error is checked 412 to determine if it is less than the previous error signal. If it is less than the previous error signal, this is an indication that the system is converging toward synchronization, and the synchronization control parameters are not changed. The system returns to the start position to wait for the next PTS's. Conversely, if the error has increased over the previous error signal, the audio system processing clock is adjusted to lessen its frequency 414.
At step 410, if the error is less than zero (negative), it is checked 411 to determine whether it is greater than the previous error signal. If it is greater than the previous error signal, this is also an indication that the system is converging toward synchronization, and the synchronization control parameters are not changed. Alternatively if the current error signal is less than the previous error signal the system is moving further out of synchronization and the audio processing clock frequency is increased 413. After processing steps 412 and 413 the system returns to wait for the next occurrence of PTS's. It will be noted in this example, that the system performs only coarse adjustments via skipping or repeating audio frames until the A/V synchronization error is reduced to less than one half an audio frame interval.
In an alternative embodiment, the filtered error signal is compared against a predetermined threshold related to the size of respective audio frames. If the error signal is less than the threshold, indicative that the audio-video timing error is less than an audio frame, the error signal is coupled to the audio time base circuit 215, wherein it is utilized to adjust the frequency of the audio signal processing (decompression) clock. Alternatively, if the error signal is greater than the threshold, the error signal may be divided by the audio frame interval to determine the number of audio frames that the audio and video signal are misaligned. The integer portion of the quotient is applied to the audio decompressor to condition the audio decompressor to skip or repeat that number of audio frames. The polarity of the error signal will determine whether audio frames should be skipped or repeated. Nominally the compressed data is arranged in a buffer memory prior to being decoded, hence skipping or repeating audio frames is a simple matter of controllably enabling the memory read/write commands.
The fractional portion of the quotient is coupled to the audio time base circuit 215, where it is utilized to adjust the audio processing clock to fine tune the A/V synchronization.
The rate of production of audio PTS's is proportional to the processing speed of the audio decompressor. The processing speed of the audio decompressor is directly proportional to the frequency of the clock signal used to operate the audio decompressor. If the clock frequency of the audio decompressor is independent of the clock used to operate the video decompressor, and is finely adjustable, then the relative rate of occurrence of the audio and video PTS's can be adjusted and the A/V finely synchronized.
Decompressed audio signal is coupled to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 227. Analog output signal from the DAC 227 is coupled to further analog processing circuitry (not shown) via a resistor 228. The conduction path of a muting transistor 229 is coupled between the resistor 228 and ground potential. The control electrode of the transistor is coupled to an output connection of a threshold detector 225. A positive control voltage of greater than one Vbe will condition the transistor 229 to clamp the audio output signal from DAC 227 to ground potential, thereby muting the audio signal.
Typically a compressed audio signal will include a plurality of components such as a left signal, a right signal, etc. FIG. 2 shows only one audio output for simplicity, however each audio channel will include a muting-circuit controlled by a common muting control signal.
Muting the audio signal may be performed for various reasons, not the least of which is loss of lip-sync. The current apparatus is unique in that it mutes audio based on lip-sync error.
A human viewer can notice lip-sync errors of -20 ms or +40 ms. In the illustrated exemplary system, audio is muted if the lip-sync error exceeds approximately 13 ms. The 13 ms threshold was chosen to be less than 20 ms but greater than one-half an MPEG1, layer II audio frame (which is 24 ms). The threshold was selected to be slightly greater than one half the audio frame because with A/V synchronizing frame skips and repeats, an initial synchronizing state at a half frame (12 ms) is possible, and a threshold of approximately 12 ms or less could result in synchronized, but muted audio. In addition, a threshold equivalent to one half frame produces intermittent muting due to minor fluctuation in calculated lip-sync errors due to clock and PTS strobe sampling uncertainties.
The muting control signal is generated by the threshold detector 225, which monitors the A/V synchronization error signal available from the subtracter 219. When the error signal exceeds a value corresponding to 13 ms, a muting control value is generated. To preclude noise or other impulsive conditions from causing generation of false muting signals, the error signals from the subtracter 219 may be low pass filtered before application to the threshold detector 225.
Dashed arrows emanating from the detector 225 and terminating on the DAC 227 and the audio decompressor 212 indicate alternative muting possibilities. For example, the muting control signal may be designed for disabling the output of the DAC 227 or the output of the decompressor 212. In either instance the disabling function should be arranged to condition the respective processing element to output a signal amplitude value midway between the output signal dynamic range. The FIG. 2 arrangement also indicates that video muting (or blanking) may be implemented via control of the video DAC 224.
FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative muting arrangement. In this embodiment the skip/repeat (S/R) signal generated by the filter 216 is used as the primary muting control. This signal is coupled to the muting circuitry via an OR gate 230. If in a particular system the fine control used to adjust the audio time base spans a range encompassing at least one half an audio frame, a threshold detector, 231, may be included to monitor the audio time base fine control signal and generate a secondary muting control signal. This secondary control signal is also coupled to the muting circuitry via the OR gate 230.
The apparatus of FIG. 5 illustrates a further possible muting circuit, consisting of an AND gate, 226, to selectively couple the decompressed audio signal from the decompressor 212 to the DAC 227. Nominally audio signals are bipolar (AC) and swing about zero value. The AND gate when in the decoupled state, desirably outputs zero value which is the middle of the signal dynamic range.
Currently, compressed A/V direct broadcast satellite systems are evolving in which a plurality of packeted programs are time division multiplexed and conveyed via a single transponder. A particular program may include only an audio signal, obviating lip-sync problems. However, undesirable audio may be reproduced if the system clock has not synchronized. Therefore, a further threshold detector, 232, may be included to monitor the error signal generated by the clock controller 39 shown in FIG. 3. The threshold detector, 232, generates a muting control signal when the error signal produced by the controller represents a frequency deviation from the locked condition by, for example, 0.2. This muting control signal is coupled to the OR gate 230 to effect audio muting until the system clock is substantially synchronized with the corresponding encoding system clock. Similarly, detection apparatus may be coupled to measure the frequency deviation of the audio time base 215 for generating a further muting signal which may be ORed in the gate 230.
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PEORIA — Almost 60 years after his playing career ended, Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre remains one of the three best players in Bradley University basketball history. But he will not be accorded what the university considers its highest honor for an athlete, because of his involvement in a national point-shaving scandal.
PEORIA — Almost 60 years after his playing career ended, Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre remains one of the three best players in Bradley University basketball history. But he will not be accorded what the university considers its highest honor for an athlete, because of his involvement in a national point-shaving scandal.
In a decision that disappointed and outraged Melchiorre supporters, including a number of prominent Peorians, Bradley president Joanne Glasser on Friday morning called the former all-American to tell him a replica of his No. 23 jersey will not join those of seven other former Braves greats, displayed on the wall high above the playing floor at Carver Arena.
Glasser declined to be interviewed. According to a statement issued by the school, at the Journal Star's request, the decision was "based on the expectations that we place on our student-athletes and our institution, and the consistency of those expectations in the days and years ahead."
An informal committee of Melchiorre supporters is now 0-for-5 in its efforts to have their man's jersey retired, striking out with four presidents and one interim president over the past two decades.
Nine members of that group met with Glasser on Friday morning, at her request, to hear the decision and her reasoning. Among them was former Peoria Mayor Jim Maloof, who said he walked out of the meeting after telling Glasser he was renouncing support for Bradley.
"I told her this was a question of right or wrong, and she's wrong," Maloof said. "I didn't go to Bradley, but I was made an honorary alumni. I have been a strong supporter for 65 years, maybe 70, from finding them housing for new students to helping them build a dorm to helping resurrect the Chiefs Club. In my 12 years as mayor, one thing I never forgot was to talk about Bradley and what it means to this community.
"But as of this moment, I am disassociating myself from Bradley, except for one thing: Bradley basketball. I'm taking Bradley out of my will. I don't want to be part of anything on that campus."
Besides Maloof, other advocates at the meeting were former all-American Bob Carney, whose jersey is one of the seven retired; former Melchiorre teammate Mike Chianakas; retired athletics director Ron Ferguson; former player and faculty member Ed King; 1950 team manager Glen McCullough, who heads Bradley's game operations crew; Aaron Preece, another Melchiorre teammate; longtime Peoria entrepreneur and former BU trustee Pete Vonachen; and retired coach, teacher, principal and District 150 schools superintendent Harry Whitaker.
Glasser met with members of the committee early last summer, then spent the past year studying the case. She met with Melchiorre last month at his home in suburban Chicago. Committee members said Glasser told them she also met with people who opposed the honor; an acknowledgement that rankled some, especially when she refused to provide them names.
Page 2 of 2 - One, however, was current BU basketball coach Jim Les, who said he attended the Friday meeting of his own volition, to support Glasser.
"I have strong feelings about the young men I have to mentor and stand before on a daily basis," Les said. "There can't be anything worse happen to a program than to have gambling influence the outcome of a game. This honor is about what you did when you wore the jersey. If you took part in that (point-shaving) action when you wore the jersey, that's not what we are trying to exemplify."
Les said he told Glasser if she decided to retire Melchiorre's jersey: "You'll need to talk to my players about that, because of the message it sends."
Melchiorre played for the Braves from 1947-51 and earned all-America honors as a junior and senior. In 1950, he helped lead BU to a No. 1 national ranking and second place in the NCAA and National Invitation Tournament. Melchiorre was the No. 1 pick in the 1951 NBA draft, but he would be banned because of his involvement in the scandal.
Nationwide, 32 players from seven schools were arrested. Four served jail time. Melchiorre and six Bradley teammates were implicated, including Chianakas and Preece. Melchiorre, Chianakas and the late Billy Mann pled guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy.
Teammates steadfastly maintain Chianakas was railroaded by authorities and did nothing but provide an unwitting introduction of gamblers to Melchiorre and Mann. Melchiorre acknowledged receiving more than $3,000 from fixers but has maintained he never did their bidding.
Melchiorre has never pursued the honor sought for him by friends. He has been inducted into Bradley's Hall of Fame.
Among the criteria for retirement of a jersey number, the key one calls for honorees to "embody in their personal, academic and athletic activities the highest ideal and standards of behavior ..."
Melchiorre supporters interviewed Friday indicated they would like to press on, but King acknowledged that could be difficult, as Glasser reaffirmed the decisions of her predecessors. King struck a softer tone than some of his colleagues.
"I appreciate this is a sensitive issue, and I still have a great deal of respect for the president," King said. "I think she tried hard. She went up and met (Melchiorre). I haven't given up, but I think eventually, one has to accept a decision, even if you don't like it."
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@Kivan Zia - We haven't "done this" at all. it's only just now that we're beginning to cross the threshold with trans that we crossed with blacks in the 80s or women in the 60s and 70s - that it isn't cool to make fun of them. Now is the moment where we're just beginning to have the social awareness and sensitivity necessary to "do this".
Attempting to live, even in this time, as transgender is a nightmare. We are orders of magnitude more likely to be victims of violent crime or police brutality. We face persistent and pervasive discrimintation in housing, employment, and basic social services you take for granted (such as going to the bathroom in public). Our murder and suicide rates are nothing less than genocidal in scope.
What's the statute of limitations on dehumanizing people for not fitting into a preferred social class? When do we "do this"?


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'Duffy's a Real Discovery' A Road Movie Set in Both Patagonia and Wales Marks Duffy's Acting Debut. Rob Driscoll Finds out How She Got into Character and What Director Marc Evans, below, Thinks of His New Film Star
FOR her film acting debut, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Duffy may not have had to travel far from her North Wales roots - but she did have to play the ukulele, speak Spanish and play almost all of her scenes opposite two Argentinean actors.
"I can't play an instrument, so I had to teach myself to play the ukulele," reveals the 26-year-old star about her first acting role. "Music is part of our culture in Wales, we're very musical, so it didn't feel as if I was going back to my roots as a singer.
"It just feels like a kid from Wales would be able to sing a hymn and play the ukulele, so I happily took that on."
The film is Patagonia, director Marc Evans' eagerly-awaited exploration of the cultures and mythical bonds shared by Wales and the eponymous South American region, the "promised land" where 163 Welsh people emigrated to in 1865, fleeing the poverty of their hill farms and low wages of the coalfields.
Yet Patagonia the movie is no stodgy history lesson, but a vibrant, contemporary road movie, taking in the parallel journeys of two women thousands of miles apart - one looking for her past, the other for her future.
Duffy takes on the supporting yet vital role of Sissy, a free-spirited Welsh student who seduces a young Argentinean boy travelling through Wales with his elderly aunt, herself on a secret pilgrimage to visit her ancestral homeland before she dies.
"I feel as though Sissy's character was very close to who I used to be," says the Bangor-born, Nefyn-raised singer, who became the first Welsh female in 25 years to achieve number one in the UK singles chart with Mercy.
"I'm not saying I've changed dramatically, but there are elements of her that I think I've left behind, so that's also what made me feel compelled to do this film. The little girl lost looking slightly out of place, I remember being that person. She resembled something that I had experienced growing up in Nefyn."
As far as director Evans is concerned, Duffy is a natural in her first acting role.
"Duffy is a real discovery as an actress - she looks comfortable and she does amazingly well in the film," says the Cardiff-born film-maker whose previous successes include My Little Eye, Trauma, House of America and Snow Cake.
"She was keen not to be 'Duffy the singer' in something. She's very busy, as she's so successful, so we thought it was far better for her to take a smaller part in something where the whole film doesn't rest on her being in it, than to expose herself in something bigger.
"Welsh is her first language, but most of her lines are in Spanish, she can act and be herself on camera - and I think we captured that girl from a small town in Wales."
As well as Duffy, Patagonia's cast also features established Welsh actors Matthew Rhys (of The Edge of Love and Brothers & Sisters fame) and Nia Roberts (Solomon & Gaenor). Incorporating the culture and countryside of both Wales and Patagonia, Evans' truly original film - with dialogue spoken in both Spanish and Welsh - is a lyrical exploration of the parallel journeys of two women at very different stages of their lives.
Cutting between their stories, in which one travels South to North through the Welsh springtime and the other East to West through the Argentine autumn, Patagonia is a film of intimate moments played out against sweeping panoramic landscapes, complemented by a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack.
In Cardiff, Gwen (Nia Roberts) and her boyfriend Rhys (Matthew Gravelle) are feeling a significant strain on their relationship since discovering they are unable to conceive. …


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Pretoria - Murder suspect and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has no plans to start training again in the near future, Beeld reported on Monday.
Lunice Johnston, who has been appointed as the family's official spokeswoman, said on Tuesday that Pistorius still found himself "in a very senstitive time" after he was charged with the murder of his law graduate girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
"Oscar is still in a state of deep mourning and will absolutely not be able to train at any time again soon," Johnston said.
"He will also not train as a measure of respect for Reeva's family, friends and parents, who are also mourning."
She said Pistorius planned to use the time between his release on bail last Friday and his next court appearance in June to strengthen his ties with his relatives. - Sapa
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Two Memphis Police officers and a suspect have been shot in a residential neighborhood.
Sgt. Karen Rudolph says the shooting occurred around 1 a.m. Monday after two officers from the Tillman Station responded to a call about an armed mental patient. Rudolph says the officers were ambushed and shot. They returned fire, striking the suspect.
Police say the suspect was critically wounded and was taken to the Regional Medical Center. The officers received less serious wounds and were taken to Baptist East Hospital.
Neighbors said they heard shooting early Monday.
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190 reviews
79% would repurchase
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Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$
INGREDIENTSWater, Potassium Hydroxide, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10 30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Juice, Chamomilla Recutita (Chamomile) Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Licorice Root)
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
This just didn't work for me. I've left it on my nails for up to 10 minutes (and it's supposed to do the job in 15 seconds!) and it softened my cuticle a bit, but nowhere near removed them. I gave it quite a few tries and actually did better removing cuticle after a shower with just a wet washcloth. Maybe I just had a bad bottle? Don't know--fail for me.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I've been using this for years, I use it maybe 2 or 3 times a week and it works really well to help keep my cuticles neat and trim looking. I've almost completely eliminated the need to trim my cuticles with a cuticle clipper and risk cutting my cuticles due to weekly use of this product!
The packaging says it "dissolves cuticles in 15 seconds" but I've found I need to keep it on a bit longer than that* for it to work really effectively, more like 30 seconds to a minute or so. I also make sure my cuticles are nice and soft before applying, plus I push back cuticles and scrape the cuticle bed and sides of my nails with a metal cuticle pusher while the product is on my nails, that also helps. I follow up with an apricot scrub and nail brush to eliminate any lingering cuticle excess and that's pretty much all I need. This is an HG product for me for sure!
*This product really is strong, follow the instructions and don't leave it on by itself for longer than a minute or two or it will dissolve your nails too!!!!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
A bottle of this has lasted 2 years so far. I still have lots left, and use it weekly. No offensive smell, sturdy packaging. It is stronger than the high street products available in the UK. It works really quickly. I have really thick cuticles and this is the only remover that has worked. I use it with a metal cuticle pusher.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I've tried a lot of cuticle products and this one is really nice. It's cheap and will last you a while because you only need a little bit. If I get busy and my nails get neglected, this stuff is great for getting my cuticles back in shape fast. It is a little strong for my tastes so I only use it every other week.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Dark, Cool
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've been using the same bottle of Sally Hansen's Instant Cuticle Remover for over a year now and I'm just getting to the bottom of the bottle lol. It gets the job done, and is in a convenient squeeze bottle that's perfect for application, however, I don't think it's the best cuticle remover around. It removes a good portion of the cuticle but I would prefer a cuticle remover that dissolves all of the excess cuticle without me having to always cut them afterwards. It lasts for quite awhile but I can't wait to be done with it so I can try the Blue Cross one.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Well this stuff won't dissolve your cuticles like they've never existed(if you want your cuticles to magically vanish you have to cut them, ouch!).
It will (only) make them behave! Which is a nice thing, I guess, my nails look polished, clean, I have no more dry, overgrown, cracked, disgusting cuticles.
The packaging is good, it makes easy to use this product. I don't think the ingredients are that bad either. I love this product, will buy it again!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This did nothing but soften my cuticles. It did not dissolve them off. The same effect can be gotten by simply soaking nails in warm water for a few minutes. Even after leaving this on for 3 minutes and then vigorous scrubbing with a toothbrush, my cuticles that I pushed back were still attached to my nail. Even after a second application of this.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
This product didn't really help remove my cuticles; it did nothing. I would have gotten the same results simply pushing back my cuticles.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I've tried many on my dry, thick cuticles, this one is by far the best. Works quickly to soften and loosen the excess skin around nails for me. I use a rough washcloth after wards to literally wipe away dead skin. Nail have never been better.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am still amazed by the speed at which this cuticle remover works, is this stuff magic?! Before I bought this my cuticles were pretty bad. Not only were they out of control, but they were dry and cracking and trimming them just left rough edges. I'll admit it, I bought this because it was the first one that caught my eye, so good on you, Sally Hansen for great marketing! Honestly I didn't know what to expect but when I applied it I was amazed at how fast it worked. I imagine anything that could dissolve skin cells like that could corrode your nails with too much use, so I try to apply it only where needed and twice a week maximum. This bottle is pretty large too, you get a lot for the price so chances are I'll be hanging onto this for a while.
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After my brief conversation with Flug, Kennedy's press office said the aide was too busy to talk to me. Over five days of repeated questions about his role in the Pryor confirmation fight, I received no answer. As to why he returned to Kennedy's staff, the senator's press aide referred me to a flattering profile of Flug in the Aug. 19, 2003, edition of The Hill newspaper. "It was an extraordinary opportunity to maybe repeat history," Flug was quoted as saying.
The Hill interview did not indicate Flug's repetition of history when he returned earlier to help Kennedy battle a stiff 1994 re-election challenge by current Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Flug hired private investigator Terry Lenzner to research Romney, an arrangement that was kept off official campaign reports.
That record is why Flug is mentioned prominently in the memo sent out this week by Leonard Leo (Federalist Society), Jay Sekulow (American Center for Law and Justice) and Edwin Meese (Heritage Foundation). It cites the bitter Clarence Thomas confirmation when Democrats said they had no chance to win before beginning the real assault, warning the same can happen with Roberts.
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Those bangs have got to go…
She and Katy Perry fall into the same category of boring as fuck singers the media keeps pushing on us with their milktoast, extremely average "music"
The difference is I want to show Katy my man-parts.
I can already hear the next song she releases. "Wahh! My boyfriend dumped me after I bought a house next to him like the stalker I am!"
How about you stop dating assholes and being a crazy bitch?
It's odd that she will go to so much trouble to insure that you never through her shirt, but we all have the exact shape of her vagina memorized.
Her right hand is scary.
With all this talk of this chick who writes songs to slam her boyfriend when she breaks up, should the comment be that this chick is a ho unless the reason why she breaks up with them is that she doesn't put out and is a bigger tease than Katy Perry? But let's ask John Mayer, he dated this chick before and now he's dating Katy Perry.
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