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Pasquale Pistorio, CEO of STMicroelectronics, agrees with him: "When we reported our Q3 results, we said we see a strong Q4 – growing on Q3 – and we see 2001 as another strong growth year with growth of 25 to 30 per cent and for us – we'll grow faster. We said that one month ago, and we see no reason to change our forecast for a strong Q4 and a strong 2001."
"We made capital investments of $950m in 1998, $1.5bn in 1999 and $3.2bn in 2000 – the third largest after Intel and TSMC," adds Pistorio, "there are two reasons why we have confidence: demand is very strong and will be strong for the next ten years – we are just at the beginning of the e-commerce era; secondly, supply. The normal capital expenditure level of the industry is 23-27 per cent of sales. If we spend below that – there's shortages; if we spend above that – there's over-supply."
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'Fred Shlapak, president and CEO of Motorola Semiconductor, agrees. "The fundamental issue is that the semiconductor market will grow 40 per cent this year. Some people have too much inventory which affects the market temporarily, but re-sales are strong through distribution. We have to be cautious for a few weeks".
'Shlapak projected a 2000 semiconductor market worth $212bn and a 2001 market worth $250bn. He pointed out that Moore's Law remains a formidable driver of decreasing cost per function. "O.13µm gives us 200,000 gates per square centimetre of silicon; in 18 months time that's 350,000 to 400,000 gates and, eighteen months later, it's 600,000 to 800,000," adds Shlapak.'
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"We used to get $2 of revenue for every $1 of investment in capacity. Now we're getting $4 to $5 for every $1 of investment in capacity," says Grant, "we've doubled in size in the last two years, we've paid off all our debt, we have $800m in cash and we expect to grow at 40 to 45 per cent next year."
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Don't know. Just be sure to use the LOW expandable foam, not the HIGH expandable foam. ANd if there's anything 'around the hole, like a window or a door, be sure you don't over-do the spraying. If you do, neither may open, or close due to the expansion.
If they eat through the foam, go to plan B. You didn't say what material the hole was made in.
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MANILA, Philippines - 'Pamela,' the 19-year old alleged rape victim of Panamanian Erick Bairnals Shcks went to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, aided by women's party list Gabriela, to seek help.
She expressed dismay that the suspect cannot be charged criminally on the basis of his diplomatic immunity.
'Pamela' said the Panamanian government should cooperate with the Philippine government and allow Shcks to be brought to justice.
"Nakakalungkot kasi we expected na kung meron talagang face yung government na yun, we expected them to fight with us and not hide behind some technicality in the legal convention. It's very distressing," she said.
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Justice Sec. Leila De Lima, however, told reporters the Panamanian, while a technical officer of the Panama Maritime Authority, does enjoy diplomatic immunity under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
De Lima further said Shcks may leave the Philippines anytime, and there is no legal basis to hold him here.
The justice chief, however, pointed out that he may be tried for the alleged rape once the Panamanian government waives his diplomatic immunity. She stressed, though, that the waiver is only voluntary.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has no record of Schks leaving the country since his last entry to the Philippines last Dec. 11, 2011.
"We were able to confirm with our readings and study of the pertinent provisions of the Vienna Convention... wala na kami (DOJ) magagawa," De Lima said.
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For her part, Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan, said 'Pamela's' supporters are not about to give up and will continue to prod the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to secure a waiver of Schk's immunity from criminal suit.
Gabriela will also move for Schks to be declared persona non grata. Filing a civil case against the Panamanian is also an option, she said.
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The criminal information against Schks was dismissed by Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 57, and the Panamanian released from police custody, upon the court's receipt of the DFA certification.
The 19-year old alleged victim claimed that the rape occurred around 11 p.m. on April 23 in Shcks' place. She claimed the Panamanian national made her sniff marijuana, and then raped her.
Atty. DJ Jimenez, 'Pamela's' lawyer, said it's possible they will elevate their case to the Supreme Court and file a civil case against Schks.
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After much hunting across Sinnoh, I tracked down Mesprit and Cresselia. Mesprit I opted to capture quickly, using the Master Ball I obtained earlier to get it without a fight. Cresselia proved a more annoying challenge; even at minimum HP, it continued to escape capture attempts and flee.
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Should my husband and I take a trip without our baby?
My husband won a five-night island vacation recently at a charity auction. It would be wonderful and romantic to get away as a couple, but we've never spent the night away from our 7-month-old, and I'm worried it would be damaging to him to be away from us for so long. And I might feel so guilty and miss him so much that it would ruin the trip. What should we do?
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Few years ago I was on counseling with my psychologist because of low-worth-syndrom and low self-esteem. Now I`m ok, but one of the capital reasons that we came to through the counseling was that my mother left me with her sister when she went on a 10-days-vacation. I was 7 months, too. I don`t think anyone could know would it harm your baby or not, because all the babies are different and some babies really ARE sensitive and couldn`t separate for so long time without any bad effect. So, watch out, this IS a great opportunity, but without a baby... - maybe you should wait few more months.posted 04/13/2006 by harunkerimmom
I think your baby is way to young to leave him!! I'm sure you and your husband had a lot of fun before you had a baby, now is the time to be parents and devote yourself to your baby. God knows babies aren't babies for long. That's not to say you can't enjoy some time with your husband. Get a sitter and go on dates with your husband. Your baby will benefit from seeing you and your husband spending quality time together. If you'd like to go on this trip, take a nanny, but don't leave your baby. Remember, it's about what is best for your baby, not what is best for you now.posted 04/11/2006 by dlevine2
no dear u should not go. recentally i go to a trip along with baby and all three of us enjoy a lot. Baby has also right to enjoy a new place. Please don't go.posted 04/11/2005 by guddu123
You people are absolutely infuriating! The longest I have been away from my 15 month old son is about 4 hours! I can not even imagine having spent a whole night away from him! When I was pregnant, my husband was constantly talking about going on a weekend trip when our son would be one. I told him when I was pregnant that I would almost certainly NOT go! I was crushed that at the thought that he would make me leave our son at such a young age. The first weekend trip that we will be taking without our children will be when the youngest is at least 3 or 4 (years that is)! My husband is going on a weekend church trip by himself in a month, and I know he is going to miss our son. It will be longest that either of us have spent without him, but at least my son will still have his mommy. Of course if you all were breastfeeding, chances are you wouldn't be leaving your babies for 5 days. Welcome to detached America!posted 12/08/2004 by jmaet28
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|Rohit Agarwal
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|Intel Corporation
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/268,961 filed on Jun. 30, 1994 now abandoned.
This invention relates to digital video transmission systems, and, more particularly, to techniques for accomplishing increased efficiency of digital video image transmissions.
The original analog technique used for video image transmission and display comprised sweeping an amplitude-modulated electron beam across a video screen at a standard repetition rate and doing a fixed number of such sweeps per image frame using a "roster scanning" approach. In order to accomplish such roster scanning on a screen of moderate size (e.g. 14" wide by 12" high) using a standards 525 horizontal lines per frame, while "refreshing" the screen at a rate of 60 frames per second it would have required an excessive frequency bandwidth for the video signal. In order to deal with this problem the technique of "interlacing" was introduced. Using this approach, the even and odd horizontal lines are alternately refreshed as even and odd frames, each at a rate of 30 frames per second. The human eye effectively integrates the overlap in a manner that "tricks" the human viewer into apparently seeing the entire screen being refreshed 60 times per second. Actually, though, the eye is seeing only 30 even frames and 30 odd frames alternately each second. This allows for a reduction of the required video signal bandwidth by a factor of two.
The digital video industry in North America and Japan currently has a standard for "Full Motion Video" of 30 frames per second. This rate gives moderately good results except for fast movement of the subject. In digital video, the entire screen is normally refreshed at this rate, and the frame is not broken up into separate fields.
Applicant has discovered a novel technique for producing a sequence of digital video images at the standard full motion video refresh rate which results in an acceptable moving image on a video screen for a relatively slow-moving subject, while at the same time reducing the amount of digital data that must be processed. The technique employs "pseudo-interlacing" of the digital video data as follows: all even horizontal lines of pixel data of a first full original frame of displayed digital data are combined with all odd horizontal lines of pixel data intended for displaying a second full original frame of pixel data immediately following the first full frame to create a first new pseudo-interlaced frame for processing and subsequent display. A second new pseudo-interlaced frame is produced similarly by combining the above-mentioned odd horizontal lines with the even horizontal lines of pixel data intended for display of a third full original frame. This process is continued in an even-odd, odd-even sequence throughout the entire set of original digital video data.
Use of the above-described pseudo-interlacing reduces by almost half the amount of digital video data that must be processed and transmitted or stored. This due to the fact that for any given full original frame of pixel data only one-half of the data (i.e. either the odd or even lines thereof) are encoded for transmission. Upon reception the data is reconstructed into full frames wherein each frame gets one-half of its data (i.e. either the odd or even lines) from its immediately-preceding frame. The reconstructed data is then displayed as full frames at the full motion video refresh rate. The resulting video image is not significantly degraded as long as the motion of the subject is relatively slow (as, for instance, is normally the case in digital video teleconferencing).
FIG. 1 shows a typical digital video frame.
FIG. 2 depicts the systematic scheme used for discarding partial frames.
FIG. 3(a) shows the preferred pattern for encoding a "half-and half" implementation of the invention.
FIG. 3(b) clarifies one way to synthesize a displayable video image using pseudo-interlacing.
FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of apparatus suitable for implementing the invention.
FIG. 5 depicts a flow chart for implementation of the "discarding" encoding technique of the instant invention.
FIG. 6 depicts a flow chart for implementation of the pseudo-interlacing synthesis technique of this invention.
In a preferred embodiment of the digital video transmission system of the instant invention, each full frame of original digital video data is divided into two separate fields of data as depicted in FIG. 1. The "even" field consists of even-numbered lines 2 through 480, and the "odd" field consists of odd numbered lines 1 through 479. Each line is divided into 640 separate pixels as shown, yielding a total of 307,200 total pixels per frame. Each full-sampled color-encoded YUV pixel requires 24 binary bits of information, yielding a total of 7,372,800 binary bits per frame. At a frame refresh rate of 30 frames per second, this amounts to a mind-boggling real-time processing rate of 221,184,000 binary bits per second| This is prohibitively high, even with the most-advanced Intel Inside� systems currently available. There exist many approximation or "compression" techniques for reducing this rate in practical applications, such as truncation, run-length ("RL") coding, color subsampling, color lookup tables ("CLUT"), and discrete transforms.
The instant invention comprises a novel approach to reduce the above-mentioned real-time processing rate by approximately a factor of two. When used in conjunction with some or all of the currently-available compression techniques, very large reductions in the required processing rate can be accomplished while at the same time maintaining good picture quality. These various techniques, used to extreme, tend to produce distinctive corresponding characteristic "artifacts" (i.e. picture degradations) such as pixelation, contouring, and blurring. But, if each is used in moderation and in combination with the others, they can produce a good quality picture which is substantially free of humanly-visible artifacts. The instant invention, for instance, results in a moving image that is apparently free of artifacts unless the subject moves quickly. A sudden motion by the subject can result in a perceptible jaggedness of non-horizontal transition lines in the video image. But, for a slow-moving subject, no such artifacts are observed. So, at least for certain applications, the technique of this invention provides a major benefit with little or no perceptible tradeoff in image quality.
By referring again to FIG. 1, in conjunction with FIGS. 2, 3(a), and 3(b), basic concept of this invention can be readily gleaned. The odd and even fields of the sequential video frames are alternately digitally encoded. This entails encoding one-half as much pixel data as is available from the original video source. As shown in FIG. 2, half of the originally-available video data is discarded in a regular sequential pattern before the digital encoding is implemented. This concept is also depicted in FIG. 3(a) wherein the information in the dotted-line odd and even half frames is not encoded for transmission. One might be inclined to conclude that such a drastic elimination of information would result in serious degradation of the received image. But, on the contrary, Applicant has discovered that by a suitable synthesis of this incomplete data, a quite acceptable good quality video image can be created (if the subject does not make sudden movements).
Applicant's new-found technique for accomplishing a suitable synthesis of the incomplete data is shown schematically in FIG. 3(b), wherein F1 * corresponds, in time sequence, to the original frame of video data F1 (in FIG. 2), F2 * corresponds to F2, and so on. The thus newly-interleaved (i.e. pseudo-interlaced) frames each have a full frame's worth of digital data, albeit not quite the original data. The human eye has difficulty, however, detecting any significant difference in the resulting displayed image vis-a-vis the image that would have resulted if the entire originally-available video data had been transmitted. It is not important whether the first half frame discarded is an even half frame or odd half frame, as long as from that point on the opposite type of half frame is discarded alternately in sequence. Hence, for example, F1 * could just as well be composed of F12 combined with F21, and F2 * could be composed of F32 combined with F21 and so on. The resulting displayed pseudo-interlaced video image would be substantially indistinguishable from the pseudo-interlaced image previously described above.
It is, of course, possible to carry this idea further by, for example, discarding two out of three lines in ordered sequence from each of the originally-available video data frames, and then synthesizing pseudo-interlaced frames from parts of three sequential originally-available frames in a manner similar to that described above. Or, alternatively, one could discard less than one half of the originally-available data (one-third or one-fourth, for instance) and similarly synthesize frames for display comprised of parts of two sequential originally-available frames. So Applicant's idea of pseudo-interlacing is not limited just to the "half and half" preferred embodiment described originally above, but rather extends to any like arrangement involving the discarding of lines (or columns) or partial-lines (or partial-columns) combined with subsequent systematic synthesis of a full video frame from the remaining data actually transmitted. The usefulness of any particular variation of Applicant's pseudo-interlacing invention herein described will be determined by the particular requirements of the practical application for which it is employed. Appropriate empirical testing may be needed to determine suitabilities for various applications, as will be apparent to those skilled in the digital video art area.
Referring now to FIG. 4, therein depicted is a system block diagram that describes a typical digital video system within which the technique of the instant invention can be used. Therein, a frame buffer 402 receives full-frame digital video data either from a digitizer 401 or an alternate digital video source. Encoding video processor 403 receives sequential frames of digital video data and applies the pseudo-interlacing odd-half-frame-even-half-frame alternate discarding method described previously herein to the digital video data, and then sends the retained data as an encoded bit stream either to storage device 404 or along communications channel 405. The thus-encoded bitstream received at the opposite end of communications channel 405 is then directed to decoding video processor 406 which receives the encoded data and applies the full-frame pseudo-interlacing synthesizing technique described hereinabove to the received bitstream, creating a full-frame pseudo-interlace video data stream for application to the display frame buffer 407. The output of frame buffer 407 is then transmitted to a display or storage device (neither shown) capable of direct reception of sequential digital video frame data, or, alternatively, is transmitted to a digital-to-analog encoder that provides an analog video output for display on an analog display device (not shown).
The encoding video processor 403 implements the alternating digital video data discard process described above and depicted in the flow diagram of FIG. 5. The decoding video processor 406 implements the generation of sequential full frames of pseudo-interlaced digital video data also as described above and depicted in the flow diagram of FIG. 6. Those skilled in the art of digital video processing will recognize that implementing these disclosed processes on any particular video processor is a simple matter of programming. It is to be understood that the instant invention is not limited in scope to the embodiments described above, but rather is defined by the appended claims and fair equivalents thereof.
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I was yesterday flattered to be asked to appear as a guest on Hardeep Singh Kohli's Chat Masala, in which the genial host interviews Edinburgh stars (or, if they are unavailable, the likes of me) and cooks for them at the same time. In the dressing-room I met Sean Hughes, and rather than being all flustered and blurting out "you worked with Eileen Way, she was in the first ever Doctor Who story, not to mention the infamous Tom Baker aberration The Creature From the Pit" I managed to be pretty unfazed, cool and showbiz. "I'm doing this chat-show thing" I said casually. "With Abi Titmuss" I added, my voice laden with sarcasm. What I intended to suggest with my tone was that it was an amusing juxtaposition – a befuddled, apologetic, middle class man like me sharing a sofa in public with someone so glamorous and sexy. Someone eavesdropping on the conversation who didn't know me might have mistaken it for a suggestion of superiority on my part and mockery of Miss Titmuss. Fortunately there was only one eavesdropper in the room that didn't know me. Unfortunately it was Abi Titmuss. "Hello" she said kindly. I think I used some words as I tried to rescue the situation but frankly have no idea.
Anyway, Hardeep made the show itself easy. He's a great interviewer and his off the cuff barbs are witty and sharp. And he makes a mean pickle. His show was a lot of fun and as the evening progressed Abi and I bantered and I gradually got my confidence back thinking that, yes, I could hold my own with this glamorous lady. She had forgiven my faux pas and at least I couldn't embarrass myself in front of her or anyone else any more than I already had. Then I realised I had my jumper on inside out.
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The coalition government of the centre-right Democratic Party (DP) and two left-of-centre parties, the Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and the Green Party, is expected to serve out its full parliamentary term to 2018.
The coalition entered office in October 2013 after a snap general election, in a seminal event that ejected the dominant Christian Social Party (CSV) from power. The government has since seen a dip in support, but appears united.
The outcome of a consultative referendum on June 7th 2015 could lead to significant constitutional reform, lowering the voting age to 16 and extending voting rights to the large number of foreign residents in Luxembourg.
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The loan that they will take out will benefit small micro-companies such as Marisol's. She indicates that this is the first time that she has joined Pro Mujer, becoming a member through an invitation from her sister, who is a member of the institution. Currently, she has a business sewing and selling t-shirts. She learned this business many years ago from her aunts and cousins. Later, she decided to establish her own workshop, beginning with little savings and later installing more equipment.
The loan that she will now take out is for the increase of resources (the purchase of cloth) that she will acquire in the wholesale stores of the city of El Alto. Later, she will commercialize production in her sale space. This form of work allows her to generate resources to maintain her home as much as possible. She lives in an open relationship, and has a child.
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El crédito que ahora sacará es para el aumento de capital (compra de telas) que adquirirá de las tiendas mayoristas de la ciudad de El Alto y posteriormente a la elaboración lo comercializará en su espacio de venta. Esta forma de trabajo le permite generar recursos para mantener en lo posible a su hogar pues ella vive en unión libre y tiene un hijo.
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Oklahoman Blake Shelton brings family, friends — and a bit of off-color — to Christmas special
Don't let the title fool you: Blake Shelton is inviting his famous wife and his mama, as well as some of his closest celebrity pals, to partake in his first holiday TV special, "Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas."
The star-studded hourlong special will air at 9 p.m. Monday on NBC after "The Voice," the reality TV show that established the Oklahoma country singer as a popular television personality. The seasonal celebration also will air at 7 p.m. Dec. 7.
"Some of my earliest memories are memories of Christmases, 'cause it's such a big deal to me, everything from just the event to the music to the Christmas specials that used to come on TV when I was kid," Shelton says in a behind-the-scenes clip provided by NBC.
"I always knew that I wanted to make a Christmas album if I ever could. Now, the Christmas special is the icing on the cake. And to be able to do it the way that we wanted to do it, which is have fun with it and goof around and try to make people laugh but still do the best we can as far as making some great music along the way ... this has been a blast."
The TV special will include many of the family and friends featured on the Ada native's first yuletide album, "Cheers, It's Christmas," released earlier this fall. Fellow Oklahoman Reba McEntire and "American Idol" Kelly Clarkson will join Shelton for duets on the show.
Shelton's wife and fellow Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert also will sing with him on a special seasonal version of his hit ballad "Home." (Michael Buble, the Canadian crooner who co-wrote and initially topped the charts with "Home," is hosting his own "Home for the Holidays" special Dec. 10 on NBC, and Shelton will be a guest on the program.)
But the newly crowned Country Music Association entertainer and male vocalist of the year considers the highlight of the special his duet with his mother, Dorothy Shackleford, on the Christmas song they co-wrote, "Time for Me to Come Home."
"A lot of dreams came true on this thing," Shelton says.
While the show will feature Shelton and his guests crooning new and classic Christmas tunes, the humor apparently will come closer to Shelton's notoriously bawdy Twitter posts than the family-friendly gags of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." From the looks of the previews, though, he will have a clay-animated moment in the special — when he isn't donning tights, frolicking with elves and getting beaten up by a giant cooked turkey.
Shelton's "The Voice" co-star Christina Aguilera, Larry the Cable Guy and Jay Leno will join the country music superstar in some of the comedy bits.
"It says it all in the title of this show, you know, 'Not-So-Family Christmas.' You know, me as an artist isn't exactly me as a television personality, and I like to kick and push the limits as much as I can. I'm not an actor or a comedian, but I'm also not somebody that's ever serious," Shelton says.
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I would like to bring you some developments happening in our parish. The Living Our Mission Capital Campaign in the Diocese has been on going since 2013. This is the first Capital Campaign in the Diocese of Richmond. This was launched to establish endowment funds needed for the future mission in the entire diocese and for the support of the parishes. We are now on the last wave of the campaign. Some of you may already have heard or read about this effort.
Few months ago, the Pastoral Council and the Finance Council had a joint meeting and discussed how the parish could participate in the Diocesan Living our Mission Capital Campaign. I had initial conversations with some of our parish leaders and parishioners and they are very enthusiastic about it.
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I feel very lucky to race in Oregon, especially the Portland area. We have races nearly every day in the summer and many have races for new riders, often with clinics/assisted cat 5 races that make for a much easier entry into the sport. Pack racing is not easy for those who just jump in with no idea what they are doing.
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