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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 232909, 8 pages
On the Efficiency of Capacitively Loaded Frequency Reconfigurable Antennas
Section of Antennas, Propagation and Radio Networking (APNet), Department of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Received 27 February 2013; Accepted 10 June 2013
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Copyright © 2013 Samantha Caporal Del Barrio and Gert F. Pedersen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The design of a reconfigurable antenna that can be fine tuned to address future communication systems is proposed. The design consists of a capacitively loaded patch antenna for nowadays smartphone platforms. The antenna is narrowband and can be fine tuned over the range (700 MHz–960 MHz). Measurements at 700 MHz with fixed capacitors raise the challenge of the component insertion loss. Distribution of the tuning capacitance is investigated and shows 1 dB improvement in the antenna radiation efficiency.
1. Introduction
The need for bandwidth has been dramatically increased with the standardization of the 4th Generation (4G) of mobile communication systems. Handset devices need to cover an ever-increasing frequency spectrum. Today's specifications fill the spectrum from 700 MHz to 2.6 GHz [1]. The trend shows that further widening of the spectrum towards 600 MHz is likely. Therefore, the need for frequency coverage is urgent and essential to future communication systems. However, electrically small antennas respond to fundamental laws that limit their possibility to increase their bandwidth while simultaneously preserve a small size and a good radiation efficiency. The trade-off between antenna radiation efficiency, size and bandwidth is detailed in [2]. The antenna bandwidth issue is mostly challenging at the low frequencies (below 1 GHz) as the radiating structure is the whole handset, which becomes electrically smaller.
In order to cover the required bandwidth, Frequency Reconfigurable Antennas (FRA) are a promising solution. An FRA is a small and efficient antenna that covers only one band at a time. This element is made reconfigurable in order to choose which band to operate in. In that way, FRA can cover an effectively wide bandwdith—while covering instantaneous narrow bandwidths—and preserve its small size. Further, one can see that the complexity of the RF chain increases with the number of bands to cover, and an optimal solution is having an antenna pair (separate and flexible transmitting and receiving chains). In that case, one FRA only needs to cover a channel, which decreases even further its bandwidth requirement, highlighting FRA potential for 4G communication systems.
The reconfigurability mechanism can be implemented with various techniques such as switches, p-i-n or varactor diodes [3], or MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) capacitors. MEMS components are regarded as the best candidates for FRA application as they exhibit a high Quality factor and excellent linearity. They add little insertion loss in Radio Frequency (RF). For example, RF MEMS tunable capacitors have been successfully implemented in tunable filters, as described in [4–6]. Their implementation on mobile phone antenna designs has been investigated in [7] and in [8] for the UHF band (510 MHz–800 MHz) and in [9] for the PCS and IMT bands. RF MEMS appeared for the first time on the phone market with the release of Samsung Omnia [10].
The first study on the antenna pair front-end design [11] shows the importance of the of the tuning capacitor as it severely affects the FRA radiation efficiency. Further studies on FRA confirm that the limiting criteria to achieve highly efficient systems are the tunable component. In [8], MEMS variable capacitors are used to tune a low-profile antenna in the Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting (DTB) band. The efficiency decreases from −1 dB to −4 dB between 800 MHz and 500 MHz. This study is relevant as the investigated frequencies can be foreseen as the next ones and most challenging ones to be covered with 4G.
The losses in FRA are mainly coming from the tuner and need to be overcome eventhough better components are not yet available. This paper investigates the loss mechanism of the FRA at the low-band and proposes a distributed tuning mechanism in order to reduce the loss due to the tuner. The paper will be organized in 5 sections. Section 2 presents the problem of high-loss for fine-tuned narrowband antennas. Section 3 details the distributed-tuning design, and Section 4 concludes on the improvements such design brings on the antenna performance. Finally, Section 5 describes the future implementation of the presented findings.
2. Problem Formulation
The FRA must have the ability to be fine-tuned over the bands to cover. This study focuses on the low-band for 4G from 960 MHz to 700 MHz. As detailed in [12], in order to achieve fine-tuning, the capacitance steps of the tuner will determine the position of the tuner on the antenna structure. The total tuning range will then be determined by the maximum capacitance the tuner can provide. Moreover, the position of the tuner will determine the loss it will cause on the total antenna system. It is important to understand that the optimal position of the tuner—that is determined by its capacitance steps—is not the optimal position from an efficiency point of view [13]. The closer to the antenna feed point, the higher the currents delivered to the tuner and the greater the loss. Indeed, the tuner has resistive losses; they are modeled with the Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) and are proportional to the square of the current delivered to it. As a result, the measured loss becomes greater as the antenna is tuned further away from its original resonance frequency. This loss issue is a specific problem of fine-tuned narrowband antennas and it has been documented in [8, 12, 14–17] with different tuning components. Additionally, the work in [18] uses high- discrete components instead of a packaged tuner and shows that the same phenomenon happens. The total loss drops from −2.2 dB to −3.6 dB between 960 MHz and 800 MHz. As documented in the literature, the greatest loss happens at the furthest frequency the antenna is tuned to, compared to its natural resonance frequency. Therefore, the investigation presented in this paper will focus on the lowest frequency of the tuning range, here 700 MHz. This section will present two antenna mock-ups and measure their efficiency. The first mock-up includes a discrete high- capacitor and the second mock-up includes a built-in air capacitor. This study will quantify the loss due to the fixed capacitor. The next section will propose a distributed tuning system in order to reduce that loss.
2.1. Antenna Design
The presented antenna design aims at being assembled with an MEMS tunable capacitor to become an FRA. For that reason the design is made to originally resonate at 960 MHz. Simulations were performed with the transient solver of CST MWS, a Finite-Element-Method- (FEM-) based solver [19]. The chosen design is a Planar-Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) as it is a low-cost and easy to manufacture antenna. The dimensions of the PIFA are shown in Figure 1. The ground plane of the structure has dimensions 120 55 mm in order to represent nowadays smartphones. The PIFA is placed 2 mm above the ground plane. The port 1 represents the feeding point of the antenna and the port 2 represents the tuning capacitor. Port 1 and Port 2 are spaced by 14 mm. The short of the PIFA is placed 2 mm below the feeding point. Simulations can determine the position of the tuner in order to achieve fine tuning with capacitance steps of 1/8 pF—as provided by the tuner in [20]. Key information in the design of an FRA is that the capacitance steps of the tuner will determine the position of the tuner on the antenna structure in order to achieve fine-tuning. To continuously tune the resonance frequency of the proposed antenna to 700 MHz, a total capacitance of 5.1 pF is needed, at the position 14 mm away from the source. Simulations of the tunability of the antenna design are shown in Figure 2. In lossless simulations the matching of the antenna varies as more capacitance is added to the structure. In measurements, the tuning loss helps preserving the matching [12]. This phenomenon will also be shown in the next subsection.
2.2. Discrete-Capacitor-Based FRA
The design previously described is built with a discrete capacitor for resonating at 700 MHz and it is shown in Figure 3. The mock-up is made out of pure copper and minimum tin is used in order to isolate the loss due to the ESR of the capacitor only. The high- Murata [21] fixed capacitor is inserted between the PIFA and the GP. The ESR and of the capacitor () are summarized in Table 1. is calculated according to (1) where is the angular frequency and is the capacitance:
Frequency responses of the mock-up are measured with and without fixed capacitor. Figure 4 shows that the matching is preserved throughout tuning. Additionally, the bandwidth (at −6 dB) is reduced from 25 MHz to 10 MHz. This is a result of the Antenna () that dramatically increases as the resonance frequency is tuned further away from its natural one, as explained in [22]. The measured is depicted in Figure 5 and shows an increase from without tuning capacitor to with tuning component. The mock-up is further measured in anechoic chamber and its peak efficiency at resonance is computed with 3D pattern integration technique. The measured radiation efficiency () is dB. reflects only the thermal loss and the ESR loss. Mismatch and cable losses have been taken out hereafter.
2.3. Air-Capacitor-Based FRA
Narrowband antennas have a loss mechanism that is more complex than only the loss due to the ESR of the tuning capacitor, as shown in [12]. In order to isolate the thermal loss due to the narrowband antenna design itself, the previous mock-up is rebuilt with an integrated air capacitor made out of the same copper piece as the rest of the antennas. The efficiency measurement will show the loss exclusively due to the copper. Figure 6 shows the pure copper mock-up. The two relatively small metal plates forming the air capacitor have the dimensions 20 10 mm. The size of the built-in air capacitor is calculated with (2) where is the permittivity, is the area, and is the distance separating the two plates. The capacitor is supported with additional polystyrene in order to have a stable distance . Expanded polystyrene foam is commonly used in antenna mock-ups because its effect on measured antenna properties is known to be very low. The relative permittivity of the material used in the following is about 1.03 [23, 24]:
The air capacitor adds radiation surface to the mock-up and raises the question of comparability between the air-capacitor and the fixed capacitor mock-ups. In order to verify whether the air-capacitor alters the radiation characteristics of the antenna, the envelope correlation () is computed, as defined in [25]. It compares the measured pattern of the mock-up with the fixed capacitor and the measured pattern of the mock-up with the built-in air-capacitor. The anechoic chamber measurement is performed with angular steps of 15 degrees and . It is concluded that both mock-ups are comparable. The air capacitor acts as the discrete component-storing energy-and not as a radiator. Additionally, it is located at the top of the mock-up, where the fields are minimum according to dipole radiation mode. The measured radiation efficiency of the air-capacitor-based mock-up is dB.
2.4. Mock-Up Resonating at 700 MHz
In order to confirm the existence of high thermal loss for pure-copper-narrowband antennas, a third mock-up resonating at 700 MHz is built. The modification made to the design shown in Figure 1 is lengthening the bottom arm of the PIFA from 26 mm to 56 mm. The new antenna exhibits similar complex antenna impedance and the radiation efficiency measurement shows dB.
2.5. Interpretation of the Results
Antenna thermal loss due to the copper conductivity exists and plays a nonnegligible role in narrowband antenna designs. It cannot be easily simulated as shown in [26]. However, it can be isolated and measured. Once this loss is taken out of the FRA radiation efficiency, the loss due to the fixed component only can be evaluated. Comparing the discrete component measurement and the air capacitor measurement leads to the conclusion that the loss due to the ESR of the tuning capacitor is equal to dB (). This result matches simulated loss due to the ESR. Indeed, the currents delivered to the tuning capacitor () can be computed in the simulator, and according to (3) it can be calculated that the dissipated Power due to the ESR () equals dB. The estimated loss matches well the measurement as the difference between them is within the chamber accuracy:
The following section of this paper addresses the possibility of reducing with a distributed capacitance design.
3. Distributed Tuning
It is well understood that by distributing the tuning mechanism along the antenna plate the current delivered to each capacitor would be reduced, and so the loss. However, how the distribution should be designed is not an obvious choice. This section presents how to place the tuners and investigates the loss reduction with simulations and measurements.
3.1. Design
Two tuning capacitors are used instead of one. They are both placed between the antenna element plate and the GP plate. Their location is chosen according to the capacitance steps the tuners can provide. According to the previous sections, a capacitor providing steps of 1/8 pF needs to be placed 14 mm away from the source on the investigated PIFA design in order to achieve fine-tuning over the targeted bands. With a distributed design, one of the capacitors also needs to be placed at 14 mm in order to ensure fine-tuning, given that it provides steps of 1/8 pF as well. The other capacitor can be placed further away from the source. The additional capacitor will then tune with larger frequency shifts. In that way, the first tuner (placed the closest from the source) will use smaller amounts of capacitance compared to a single tuner design. This will result in less loss due to its ESR. The second tuner (placed the furthest from the source) will also exhibit low loss, as it is placed far from the high-current concentration.
Figure 7 illustrates the distributed-tuning design that is implemented on the investigated PIFA design. The results obtained with the distributed capacitance design shown in Figure 7(a) will be compared to the case where only one tuning capacitor is used at 14 mm from the source ( mm) as shown in Figure 7(b). This comparison will lead to a fair evaluation of the improvement a distributed-tuning mechanism brings to an FRA. From a reflection coefficient point of view, performances are unchanged with a distributed system compared to a single-capacitor tuning system.
3.2. Simulations
The investigation on the distributed capacitance is first conducted with simulations. The ESR of the simulated capacitors is taken according to the bank of Murata 0402 capacitors from the GRM 15 collection [21], values for the MEMS [20] not being available. All the simulations are normalized to 1 W input power.
3.2.1. Capacitance
Tables 2 and 3 summarize the capacitance and ESR data that will be used throughout the simulations, in order to tune the investigated PIFA design from 960 MHz to 700 MHz. For more clarity, the simulated results are only displayed every 50 MHz. Tables 2 and 3 also show that by using the distributed design, the amount of capacitance that is needed per capacitor is considerably smaller than that with using only one tuning capacitor. Indeed, if only one capacitor was used for tuning at the position mm, the amount of required capacitance at this location would be at least twice larger than that with the proposed distributed design.
3.2.2. Normalized Currents
The surface currents in the case of single-capacitor tuning and of distributed tuning are shown in Figure 8 for 700 MHz. In the case of the distributed tuning, the currents are spread on a larger section. Figure 9 depicts the magnitude of the peak current at each capacitor. It compares the distributed system to the single-capacitor tuning system. At 700 MHz in the case of the distributed tuning, the currents delivered to are reduced by 65% compared to the case of the single-capacitor tuning. The additional capacitor receives currents that are 50% reduced compared to the single-capacitor case. This significant current reduction will lead to a significant loss reduction.
3.2.3. Dissipated Power in the ESR
The amount each capacitor needs to provide to tune the antenna to a certain frequency is minimized with the use of a distributed-tuning system. Consequently, the energy stored in each capacitor is considerably reduced by using a distributed system. This result is plotted in Figure 10. Hence, the dissipated power in the ESR of each capacitor is also reduced using a distributed system, as depicted in Figure 11. At 700 MHz, the power dissipated by the capacitor placed at 14 mm is divided by a factor 4 for the distributed tuning compared to the single-capacitor tuning mechanism. The simulated can be computed with the ESR values from Tables 2 and 3 and the simulated conductive loss. The conductive loss is a difficult task to model, requiring an extremely fine mesh in the transient simulator [26]. It is often under-estimated. The Figure 12 plots the simulation results of over frequency. For the single-capacitor tuning system, an improvement of 1.5 dB happens due to the ESR loss alone, simulated radiation loss being identical for both mock-ups.
3.3. Interpretation of the Results
Distributed tuning has been compared to single-capacitor tuning with simulations. Given a capacitance step of the tuner, there is only one position (measured in distance to the antenna feed point) that will provide fine tuning. The same position must be taken by one of the capacitors used for distributed tuning. The second capacitor can be placed further away from the feed, at an arbitrarily chosen position. The main advantage that distributing the tuning provides to FRA is that the loss reduction increases as the antenna is tuned further away from its natural resonance (here 960 MHz). The further the antenna is tuned, the more relevant the distribution is. At 700 MHz, the dissipated power by the ESR is already reduced by a factor 4, and the radiation efficiency is enhanced by 1.5 dB using distributed tuning. With a trend towards extending the frequency spectrum to even lower frequencies, distributing the tuning will bring significant efficiency improvements. Using more than two capacitors to even further distribute the tuning could be considered. Nevertheless, one must keep in mind that the ESR increases as the capacitance decreases. Therefore, it is a trade-off between the reduction of the current density by distributing the tuning and the increase of the ESR by using smaller amounts of capacitance. Further investigations on the proposed design have shown that distribution with two capacitors is the optimal design.
3.4. Measurement
The mock-up shown in Figure 3 is modified for the distributed-tuning measurement. Instead of one capacitor of 5.1 pF placed at 14 mm from the feed, two capacitors are used as shown in Figure 13. According to the Table 2, the capacitor placed at 14 mm takes the value 2.0 pF and the capacitor placed at 30 mm takes the value 1.7 pF. The frequency response of the mock-up is comparable to the one of the single-capacitor mock-up in terms of resonance frequency and bandwidth. The unloaded is not affected by having one or two capacitors on the mock-up. However, the measured loaded is increased by 20%, due to ESR adding in parallel. This increase corresponds to a bandwidth reduction of less than 1 MHz; therefore, it is considered negligible. The mock-up is further measured in anechoic chamber and the radiation efficiency equals dB. With only one capacitor, the measured radiation efficiency is dB. This measurement shows an improvement of 1.3 dB on the antenna efficiency when two capacitors are used instead of one. This result is consistent with the simulated improvement.
4. Conclusion
This work has highlighted the issue of tuning loss for narrowband FRA. This type of antennas can provide continuous tuning over a large frequency range. They have a great potential for 4G communications as only one small element can cover all frequencies in the low band (700 MHz to 960 MHz), by being tuned to the desired band (or channel if one considers an antenna pair). However, the tuning component cannot be placed in the best location from an efficiency point of view. That is because the position of the tuner ensures the fine tuning. As the loss it causes on the antenna radiation efficiency is significant—due to high fields in narrowband antennas—it is crucial to understand and reduce its impact. This work is specific to fine-tuned narrowband antennas, as for a 2-stage frequency reconfigurability there is more flexibility in the choice of the tuner position. Tuning has been considered to be performed with an MEMS variable capacitor in simulations. For more practicality, measurements have been performed with high- fixed components.
The conclusion of this paper is twofold: firstly, it shows the existence of thermal losses for narrowband antennas; secondly the loss due to the ESR of the tuner is quantified and reduced using a distributed-tuning mechanism. The antenna thermal loss (due to conductivity of the copper plate) is nonnegligible for narrowband antennas. This phenomenon happens because narrowband antennas exhibit higher and more confined fields than typical antennas. Additionally, the higher thermal loss needs to be measured, as its estimation using simulators cannot be achieved in reasonable computational time. This paper compares a built-in air capacitor to a fixed high- component in order to quantify the loss due to the ESR of the capacitor and the thermal loss. In this way, the measured loss due to the ESR matches the simulated one. The ESR loss was estimated to be dB when the antenna was tuned from 960 MHz to 700 MHz. In order to reduce this loss, a distributed-tuning design is proposed. It uses two capacitors placed at two different locations on the antenna. At 700 MHz, the distributed tuning shows dB improvement on the total loss compared to the single-tuning mechanism. The loss due to the tuner increases as the operating frequency is tuned towards lower values. Similarly, the loss reduction improves as the frequency is tuned further away from the natural resonance frequency of the design. The wider the tuning range is, the greater the improvement by distributing the tuning.
5. Future Work
Distributing the capacitance reduces the current in each tuner. The voltage will be increased and one needs to ensure that it remains below the breakdown voltage of the tuner. However, with MEMS technology the breakdown voltage and the maximum capacitance are a trade-off. As distributing the tuning involves lowering the maximum capacitance, simultaneously increasing the maximum handled voltage should not be an issue. Moreover, designing a distributed-tuning mechanism increases the degree of complexity of the antenna, as two tuners are needed instead of one. Therefore, the authors suggest to co-design the antenna and the tuner so that only one tuner with two parallel and independent tracks can be used, instead of two tuners. Cost and complexity reduction can then be achieved and an efficient FRA can be manufactured for 4G. In the future work, the authors will build an FRA with a specifically designed tuner in order to efficiently cover the low band of the 4G spectrum with a single and small antenna.
The work is supported by the Smart Antenna Front End (SAFE) Project within the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, High Technology Platform.
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New York, NY — August 5, 2010. In the first year of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, foundation funding declined across five of 10 major subject areas, among a matched set of funders. According to Foundation Giving Trends (2010 Edition), released by the Foundation Center, human services experienced the largest decline in 2008 — down 12.7 percent — followed by science and technology. During the same period, overall grant dollars managed to grow 5.4 percent, and support for the environment and international affairs each jumped by more than half from the prior year.
Among the nearly 1,500 foundations whose 2008 grantmaking was analyzed for the report:
Foundation Giving Trends provides a comprehensive analysis of all of the grants of $10,000 or more awarded by nearly 1,500 of the largest private and community foundations in the United States and tracks changes in funding priorities since 1998. Grant dollars awarded by these funders in the 2008 sample totaled $25.3 billion and represented roughly half of overall giving by U.S. foundations. The report also examines changes in actual grant dollars and number of grants between 2007 and 2008 by a matched subset of 493 foundations.
The report can be purchased ($45) at the Gain Knowledge area of the Foundation Center's web site. "Highlights" of the study can be accessed at no charge.
About the Foundation Center
Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance knowledge of philanthropy at every level. Thousands of people visit the Center's web site each day and are served in its five regional library/learning centers and its network of more than 400 funding information centers located in public libraries, community foundations, and educational institutions in every U.S. state and beyond. For more information, please visit foundationcenter.org or call (212) 620-4230.
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The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train doesn't officially open to the public until May 28, but some lucky members of the media had a chance to sample it early. Walt Disney World held a special party on May 1 to introduce them to the new ride and let them sample the interactive queue line elements and, of course, the ride itself.
I was among that group, and I took full advantage of the opportunity to ride the roller coaster several times after I'd explored the queue line fun. I also enjoyed meeting many characters, including Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, and even a special guest. You can see highlights of the festivities in the photos below.
If you're planning to ride the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train on your next visit to the park, I highly recommend grabbing a FastPass+ time if you can manage to get one. It will slash your wait time, and it's also available for a huge number of other rides, shows, and attractions in all four parks, as you'll see in this list. If you'd like to see the full dedication ceremony for the mine train, go to this article.
Want to meet all seven dwarfs and Snow White, too? Check out this article, which has my photos with all of them.
Gem Barrels
These gem barrels are just one of the interactive queue elements for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. One of the highlights of the party was getting a chance to explore the queue. Spin the barrels, make music in a waterfall, and use your finger to "capture" gems as you wait for the ride.
Mine Train Ride
The queue is fun, but the ride is the big experience. I've been looking forward to it for a long time now as I've watched the construction, and I wasn't disappointed. It's not a thrill ride, but rather a fun family experience that combines a dark ride in the dwarfs' mine with a bit of speed.
The Dwarfs' Mine
Part of the ride takes you inside the dwarfs' mine, where you can see them digging for sparkling gemstones and listen to their rollicking tune. Look for their shadows on the wall as you head up the lift hill.
The Seven Dwarfs
Dopey was out for the party, along with his six comrades. I loved getting a photo with all seven of the dwarfs and Snow White, too. Luckily the witch wasn't lurking around, although she would have been a fun picture.
More Characters
The Seven Dwarfs were the hit of the party, but there were other fun characters to meet. They wandered around the festivities, enticing guests to sing and make merry to celebrate the evening.
Grumpy Cat
There was a celebrity of another sort at the party: Grumpy Cat! Everyone's favorite feline meme paid a visit, no doubt to touch base with her favorite namesake dwarf and to greet her fans.
Yum! This bowl of shrimp is only a tiny sampling of the delicious food and dessert spread at the mine train party. There was something to please everyone, from sliced turkey to meatballs to macaroni and cheese.
It's rare to get alcohol in the Magic Kingdom unless you're having dinner at Be Our Guest, but there was an exception at the mine train party. These colorful adult beverages are actually red wine, white wine, and tasty Pickaxe Punch.


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Multi-Objective Hybrid Controller Synthesis
J. Lygeros, C. Tomlin and S. Shankar Sastry
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/ERL M97/59
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@techreport{Lygeros:M97/59, Author = {Lygeros, J. and Tomlin, C. and Sastry, S. Shankar}, Title = {Multi-Objective Hybrid Controller Synthesis}, Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley}, Year = {1997}, URL = {http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1997/3280.html}, Number = {UCB/ERL M97/59} }
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%0 Report %A Lygeros, J. %A Tomlin, C. %A Sastry, S. Shankar %T Multi-Objective Hybrid Controller Synthesis %I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley %D 1997 %@ UCB/ERL M97/59 %U http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1997/3280.html %F Lygeros:M97/59


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By Rob Moseley
Editor, GoDucks.com
Venue: Outdoor practice fields
Format: Full pads
Midway through Wednesday's practice, the fifth of 15 during spring drills for Oregon this year, the offensive and defensive linemen got together for pass-rush drills while the rest of the team ran 7-on-7.
On one of the first reps of the day, newly bulked up nose guard Sam Kamp shot off the ball, got into center Jake Pisarcik and drove the redshirt freshman backward several yards.
For Pisarcik, new to the center position this spring, it was probably a humbling few seconds. But the two went head-to-head a few reps later, and that time Pisarcik got off the line, set his field and held his ground, fighting Kamp to a stalemate. Moments later, Pisarcik faced off with the Ducks' projected starting nose guard, Alex Balducci, and again held his own.
Within the space of just a few minutes, Pisarcik had shown tangible improvements.
"Every day I'm learning," Pisarcik said after practice. "Every rep I listen to the coaches, see what I did wrong and fix it, try to get better."
When starting quarterback Marcus Mariota opted to return for his junior season, it put off for at least another year the need to replace him, but the battle between Jeff Lockie and Jake Rodrigues to be the backup remains an important storyline this offseason. Similarly, the decision by Hroniss Grasu to return for his senior season solidified the starting center spot for 2014. But with last year's backup, Karrington Armstrong, having graduated, the Ducks need to identify a new No. 2.
The natural first option is Doug Brenner, a redshirt freshman who snapped on the scout team throughout last fall. To further provide depth at center, the coaching staff has tasked Pisarcik with learning the position this spring.
Last week, Brenner and Pisarcik asked Grasu to stay late and work with them. Pisarcik picked up tips on his stance, and how much pressure to apply to the ball before the snap, nuanced techniques he'll need to apply at the new position.
"It's tough having someone right in your face," Brenner said. "You have to snap the ball; it has to be a good snap; you have someone hitting you before you can even get your hands up."
"It's different than guard, but I like the challenge," said Pisarcik, who was good enough last season to make the travel squad as an emergency backup at guard. "I'm up to the new position. I've got good support from the coaches and other guys. They're making the change a lot easier for me."
Pisarcik has been a resource, too, as Brenner expands his own skill set by getting reps at guard this spring. But for now Brenner looks like the next best option at center behind Grasu, while Pisarcik gets up to speed with things like the consistency of his snaps.
Brenner has even worked with the ones at times this spring, getting familiar with a different group of teammates and working against the first-string defensive line.
"I have a lot of improvement to do, especially just as far as recognizing the defense and getting the right calls out," Brenner said. "But I'm learning so much, trying to learn everything I can from my guards and from Hroniss. I can't speak enough to how much the reps and experience with them is helping."
Highlights: The were a couple of game-like scenarios today, a late-game clutch situation and an overtime drill, both of which went to the defense. During clutch, Mariota drove the offense into position for a field-goal attempt that was blocked by Kamp. When the twos got on the field, T.J. Daniel was a one-man wrecking crew, recording two sacks and finally a fumble recovery to end the scenario.
In the overtime drill, the offense finished with a flourish, as Ayele Forde made it into the end zone for a touchdown. Until then, though, the defense forced the offense to settle for several field-goal attempts. Reggie Daniels broke up a Rodrigues pass intended for Keanon Lowe early in the drills, and Stephen Amoako broke up a later Rodrigues-to-Lowe attempt. Juwaan Williams was in the spotlight a couple times at safety, absorbing some serious contact but making a tackle of Byron Marshall just short of the goal line, and later giving as good as he got in a collision with Forde.
Other observations: In his post-practice comments to the team, Mark Helfrich made note of a couple players showing more leadership through their practice habits,Marshall and outside linebacker Torrodney Prevot. … Johnathan Loyd fielded punts as well as catching passes today. He has "a long way to go," Helfrich said, but clearly has some raw skills. … For the second practice in a row, Jalen Brown had some nice moments. He went up and plucked a deep ball from Rodrigues out of the air despite tight coverage at one point. … New JC transfer Haniteli Lousi was the last guy off the practice field, after spending some extra time working on individual technique.


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John Duggan was born in 1970 in Liverpool (a gift from Aunty Betty when I was born). He was my first love and the first man I ever shared my bed with. He was a welcome bit of security in a poverty stricken and turbulent childhood.
In his youth John shared many adventures with Blue Ted, Yellow Ted, Brown Ted, Perkins, Penguin and the Wombles (made from toilet rolls and bought from a jumble sale) and myself. Sadly, at some point in the early 80s, there was a massive cull when my mum thought me and my sister wouldn`t notice if the majority of these much loved teddies would be left out for the bin men. Years of heartbreak followed.
John was one of the lucky few but not a day goes by when he doesn`t think about his much loved friends who didn`t survive that terrible genocide. He is one life`s survivors.
John even visited Sydney, Australia in the late 1980s but that`s another long story he`d prefer to tell Alan Measles in person. By the mid-90s John was literally falling apart at the seams. A talented female friend, who designed clothing for clubbers, took him under her wing and gave him a complete makeover. John couldn`t have been more thrilled with his new blue pvc outfit and hasn`t taken it off since.
John was given a whole new lease of life and became the life and soul of the party. During those hedonistic times he witnessed the highs and lows of club life, he even witnessed a fist fight between two feuding transvestites in his own home. John is not easily shocked.
Tragically, in recent years John has lost the sight in one eye but is hoping to have an operation at some point in the future. These days he spends the majority of his time sleeping in the spare room. Sometimes I worry he may be a little lonely and depressed.
I think after 41 years of loyal companionship he deserves his fifteen minutes of fame and a final adventure. John has always been a lovely and open minded teddy bear. Never one to judge. I know he would be absolutely thrilled to meet Grayson and Alan.


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WASHINGTON, DC – Today's announcement that former Iowa Governor, Tom Vilsack, has been selected as the new Secretary of Agriculture sent a chill through the sustainable food and farming community who have been lobbying for a champion in the new administration.
"Vilsack's nomination sends the message that dangerous, untested, unlabeled genetically engineered crops will be the norm in the Obama Administration," said Ronnie Cummins, Executive Director of Organic Consumers Association. "Our nation's future depends on crafting a forward-thinking strategy to promote organic and sustainable food and farming, and address the related crises of climate change, diminishing energy supplies, deteriorating public health, and economic depression."
The Department of Agriculture during the Bush Administration failed to promote a sustainable vision for food and farming and did not protect consumers from the chemical-intensive toxic practices inherent to industrial agriculture. While factory farms and junk food have been subsidized with billions of tax dollars, the US industrial farm system has released massive amounts of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and increased our dependence on foreign oil.
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How Sickle-Cell Anaemia Protects From Severe Malaria
by VR Sreeraman on November 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM Research News - G J E 4
Scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital have finally solved the mystery - why people with a hereditary mutation of the red blood pigment haemoglobin - as is the case with sickle-cell anaemia prevalent in Africa - do not contract severe malaria?
A degradation product of the altered hemoglobin provides protection from severe malaria.
AdvertisementWithin the red blood cells infected by the malaria parasite, it blocks the establishment of a trafficking system used by the parasite's special adhesive proteins - adhesins - to access the exterior of the blood cells.
As a result, the infected blood cells do not adhere to the vessel walls, as is usually the case for this type of malaria.
In the 1940s, researchers already discovered that sickle-cell anemia with its characteristic blood mutation was particularly prevalent in certain population groups in Africa. They also survived malaria tropica, whose course is usually especially virulent.
The scientists team headed by Prof. Michael Lanzer of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital compared the blood cells with normal haemoglobin and two haemoglobin variants (haemoglobin S and haemoglobin C), which occur in around one-fifth of the African population in malaria-infected areas.
In doing so, the scientists used high-resolution microscopy techniques such as cryoelectron tomography to discover a new transport mechanism.
The parasite uses a certain protein (actin) from the cytoskeleton (cellular skeleton) of the erythrocytes for its own trafficking network.
"It forms a completely new structure that has nothing in common with the rest of the cytoskeleton," explained Dr. Marek Cyrklaff, group leader at the Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology.
"The vesicles with the adhesins reach the cell surface of the red blood cells directly via these actin filaments," he said.n contrast to erythrocytes with the two haemoglobin variants, here only short pieces of actin filaments are found. Targeted transport to the surface is not possible.
"With these results, we have now described a molecular mechanism for the first time that explains this haemoglobin variant's protective effect against malaria," Lanzer added.
The research study has been published in the journal Science, appearing initially online.
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In a Monte Carlo simulation i have encountered the following problem: given a unity vector u defining a point A on the surface of a unity sphere, i must randomly determine a new vector forming an angle θ in [0,max) with the initial vector. In other words, i need an algorithm that randomly chooses, out of a uniform distribution, a point on the surface of the sphere inside a circle on the sphere with predefined radius centered at the initial point A.
I was thinking of making a coordinates rotation from (x,y,z) to (X,Y,Z) using Euler angles (θ,Ψ,φ), such that Z=u. Then, a transformation from Cartesian coordinates to spherical coordinates (r,θ,φ) where u=(1,0,0) and uniformly choose cosθ and φ. Last, make the transformation to (X,Y,Z) and then to (x,y,z). But, trigonometric functions are too slow, is there any faster way?
Could Marsaglia method for uniformly distributed points on the surface of a sphere be modified so as to choose points in the vicinity of a point?
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Against those that are damned.
We show no mercy.
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Our enemy shall fall.
As we apprise.
To claim our fate.
Now and forever.
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Edwin T. Karem, 47, of 3111 Bank Street in Louisville, was arrested Feb. 5 at 220 Frankfort Road and charged with DUI under aggravating circumstances, third offense, driving on a DUI suspended license, first offense and possession of an open alcoholic beverage container in a vehicle.
Nadia Lozpez, 22, of unknown address, was arrested Feb. 5 at Main and Ashland and charged with no operator's license and no insurance.
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BUCKNER -- When it really mattered, the Rockets were able to play smart basketball Friday night.
Consider the final minutes of Shelby's 61-58 victory at Oldham County a template for closing out games.
The Rockets went 6-for-7 from the line in the final two minutes. They didn't make any silly turnovers. And neither did they give up an open 3-point shot.
Anti-bullying, school violence program set for Feb. 12
As we were heading out the door for a meeting at church one recent Sunday evening, I overheard our 10-year-old daughter telling her 9-year-old brother (in her best parental tone), "Chase, put the football back!"
In no uncertain certain terms, she wanted to make it clear to her brother that he shouldn't bring his football along to the meeting.
"He was one heck of a nice guy!"
Donald Farabee died Wednesday at his home after a battle with cancer, and Bruce Langley, his friend and former co-worker, cheerfully remembered Farabee's personality.
Farabee, 59, was known as a man of many roles, but those who knew him said his unifying characteristic in all roles was his kindness and easy-going nature.
Kiser named top realtor
Wesley Kiser with Coldwell Banker Larry K. Rogers Realty was named Realtor of the Year by the Shelbyville Board of Realtors at its luncheon last week. Kiser has been licensed since 2001 and a full-time agent since 2003.
Seven Counties earns accreditation
Frank Page said he decided it's time for him to give a little back.
"Shelbyville has been very, very good to me," he said. "I always felt that if I had the chance, my duty would be to give something back. City council is something I've always wanted to do."
Page, a Republican, has lived in Shelbyville for most of his life, graduating from Shelby County High in 1984 and then Brescia College in 1989. He has helped serve the community in a number of ways, from committees to campaigns.
Despite the housing market's crash at the beginning of our ongoing recession, real estate has remained a major player on the economic field in Shelby County.
And with stimulation from the federal government, that market seems to be climbing back.
Compared to 2008, the final six months of 2009 saw a substantial increase in sales, and the county's real estate market was up about $8.4 million.
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History stirs in Camp Floyd letters
Rare find reveals soldier's view of Utah in 1860
Joseph C. Clark wiped the dust of Emigration Canyon off his brow under a hot August sun 148 years ago as the stagecoach he rode in passed a train of oxen and Mormon women wearing rags for shoes.
Not too long after, he sat in a tent on a Virginia battlefield, weary from the Civil War and the loss of 10,000 men.
What Clark saw among pioneers and soldiers is being relived through 95 letters he penned to his wife, Mary — letters rediscovered by history detectives after they had been tucked away in a box stuffed in a closet of a Pennsylvania home.
By reading those letters, it has now become Vern DeLong's turn to be carried along on Clark's same journeys, to travel by stagecoach to Camp Floyd for the so-called Mormon Rebellion, to camp by the Weber River and to gaze at the valley of the Great Salt Lake after cresting the mountains of the Wasatch Range.
DeLong's father and brother purchased the contents of a woman's home earlier this year. Calling the woman a pack rat would be an understatement, DeLong said. "We've been collectors for a long time. You call and you walk through and you don't know what is in there. But that is part of the treasure in doing this stuff."
DeLong, an admitted Civil War history buff who lives in Johnsonburg, Pa., was dumbstruck when his brother told him about the nondescript metal box of letters and documents that had been found.
"My brother called and wanted to know how I had missed the box. And I don't know how I did. I should have been able to smell those letters. I went and looked at them before I went to work that day because I just had to see them."
Since then, DeLong has embarked on the painstaking process of getting the letters scanned into a computer, organizing the computer files and dissecting the words scrawled in fancy penmanship across the pages.
As he did, the lives of Joseph and Mary. Clark and their children began to unfold again so many years later.
"This man was an avid writer," DeLong said. "He wrote letters two or three times a week back to his wife. You basically know the family after reading these letters."
Aug. 16, 1860, Great Salt Lake City:
Dear Mary,
"…We reached the highest point of the South Pass about dark and rested at the Pacific Springs, the water of which flows toward the Pacific Ocean. We passed two or three Mormon ox trains with emigrants for their 'land of promise'; most of them appeared to come from England, Wales and Switzerland. They were from the lower walks of life and not at all attractive in their appearance, but when they get the dust of travel washed off them they may look somewhat better."
Clark, an 1848 West Point graduate, was among nearly 3,500 troops dispatched to Utah by President James Buchanan, who believed the Mormons were rebelling against U.S. law.
They established Camp Floyd in western Utah County to suppress the alleged rebellion. For a time, Camp Floyd was the largest military installation in the United States.
The rebellion never happened, but it was a period of ill feelings and mistrust between the military and Mormons, said Ephriam Dickson, curator of the Fort Douglas Museum.
Aug. 16, 1860, Great Salt Lake City, continued:
"About 3 or 4 miles from the lower end of Echo Canyon, the Mormons were stationed to dispute the pass with the Army, during the difficulties with them. The side of the canyon on the north is in some places about 200 feet high and nearly perpendicular; on top, they were stationed to hurl rocks on the troops below..."
Earlier, Clark described in the same letter seeing a Mormon handcart train and described the sight to Mary, concluding, "It seems strange to see women well in the decline of life on such a pilgrimage."
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Its going to take more than a toilet-water attempt before people will stop playing Gears of War to try something like this.
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This shooting game looks a lot like, and play a lot like, Gears of War. All the main buttons, like the reload button, the roll button, the run button, and the cover button, are all the same. Since the third-person cover-oriented shooter has become so popular, you would think that this version would be able to pull off imitating that great game rather well, but it doesn't.
The reason it doesn't is because the missions don't seem to be made for that style of game. Despite cover being about the only thing your character has to help him in his quest to annihilate all these numerous bad guys (and I would explain about the story, which has something to do with human evolution, but the game does an abysmal job of trying to explain it itself), there are numerous missions that provide no cover at all. For a cover-oriented shooter, that is pretty much sacrilege. The only way to get through them seemed to be to roll repeatedly with your enormous bruiser of a character, and pray that you don't die.
There are a few times where the map layout has potentially interesting battles set up, but once you get into them you realize that you're fighting an AI that is nowhere near your competency. Enemies will either run straight at you, or take a cover position that a portion of their body will repeatedly stick out from. Either way results in a quick kill. Despite the kills being easy to get individually, the game sends wave after wave of enemies at you, making it difficult to kill the sheer numbers of enemies you'll fight.
There are also a few choice encounters that are either perform perfect, or die. These don't even get to be right after save spots, but instead they're a distance from the last save spot, which means when you fail the first few times, you'll have to gun your way through the same ridiculous battles to get back there and try it again. These portions of the game don't just make you want to give up, they make you want to throw your remote into the television screen. Don't do it.
While Quantum Theory has admittedly stepped into an arena against a few other games that have done exceptionally well in this genre, that doesn't mean that it can step in with an incomprehensible story and broken gameplay and people will jump on the bandwagon. It's going to take more than a toilet-water attempt before people will stop playing Gears of War to try something like this.
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As we continue our journey through Lent, Christians throughout Columbia will be sharing their own beautifully written 'letters from the heart.' Each will be accompanied by corresponding relevant scripture verse(s), and linked to sources for further study. If you would like to join us on Columbia's Lenten journey, please send us your 'letter from the heart' by email. Especially meaningful submissions will be printed. Let us continue our Lenten journey of repentance, meditation, and anticipation day-by-day, to its glorious culmination on Easter morning.
Today's scripture reading is from 1 Corinthians 12:27 and 13:3.
These verses include one of St. Paul's listings of gifts that believers are given for the common good of the church (for our parish too). Paul teaches here that the Corinthians (and we) are members of Christ's body. Just as our bodies have many parts, with each part having a unique, vital function, so too do church members have unique, vital functions as parts of Christ's body, the church. When each body part functions as it's designed to, the body is powerful and productive, enjoying the experience of a well-made mechanism, like an accurately functioning watch. What this looks like in a church is that all the various activities and programs are done by those who are given the gifts and talents for them. Some gifts are easily recognized and others need help, perhaps "gifts workshops," so that each of us functions in the area of our calling, our enthusiasm, and our energy. We are told that using these gifts without love amounts to nothing. We become "clanging cymbals."
I wish I had identified my gifts early in my life, because I would have been more effective instead of just dutifully taking my turn filling needed positions when asked, positions that I sometimes wasn't equipped to perform well.
Many Trinity members know their gifts and are being wonderfully effective in the life of our parish. Have you found whether you're a teacher, miracle worker, conveyor of God's healing love? Are you a helper? Do you have administrative gifts? A book that may be helpful is Discerning Your Spiritual Gifts by the Reverend Lloyd Edwards.
The Holy Spirit is living within us and we can appreciate that power to direct us and utilize our gifts.
Come, Holy Spirit, and guide our thoughts, our prayers, out witness, and our actions in such a way that people would see Jesus in us and we would do the works that You would have us do.. Amen.
Ellen Wright
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Samsung Galaxy Gio will be available at SaskTel starting at $29.99
In Canada, SaskTel is getting ready to add yet another Android-powered device to its roster. This time, it's the Samsung Galaxy Gio, which is part of Samsung's current midrange lineup.
SaskTel has already listed the Galaxy Gio as coming soon, and it's made the pricing information available. The Galaxy Gio will cost $29.99 if you sign a new three-year contract and get a data plan as well. Without a data plan, the price jumps to $99.99.
With a two-year contract, the price is $149.99 if you go with data, or $199.99 without. For a one-year term, you'll pay $199.99 if you choose both voice and data, and $229.99 for voice only. Finally, if you choose a monthly contract, the device will cost you $249.99.
Unfortunately, SaskTel hasn't yet said when exactly the Galaxy Gio will be available to purchase, but since it's already on the carrier's website, it can't be long now.
The Samsung Galaxy Gio has an 800 MHz processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 3 MP camera, Wi-Fi, '4G', GPS, Bluetooth, 158 MB of internal storage space, microSD card support, and a 1350 mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy Gio will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
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MEDINA — Coaching golf is one of the things that make Mickey McGrath feel whole.
Combine passion with opportunity and Medina found its new girls coach.
The 57-year-old was hired last month to replace the popular Lori Hawkins, who resigned for personal reasons after leading the Bees to their first Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division championship.
"I resigned in December from FirstMerit (Bank) and my family said, 'What do you want to do?' and I said, 'I want to coach again," McGrath said. "So this came about. It was a great opportunity and it's something that I love. It's in my blood."
McGrath hails from the Chicago suburbs and spent the last two years working as a personal banker at FirstMerit's River Styx branch following her husband's job transfer to Berea.
Her previous coaching experience came as an assistant at St. Viator High in Illinois. In McGrath's eight years, the Lions won five conference championships, qualified for the state tournament twice and sent an individual to state in five other seasons.
McGrath also is an accomplished player with nine club championships and four holes-in-one.
Medina recorded an 11-1 dual record in 2012 and was four strokes off a district berth. The Bees are slated to return starters Amanda Rom (43.0 average), McKenzie Debnar (46.3), Madison Loftis (46.5) and Angie Dick (48.8) — the former three were honorable mention All-Gazette, while Dick's par putt clinched the division title — and touted incoming freshman Mindy Herrick could replace graduated All-Gazette selection Allie Snyder.
"From what I'm hearing and seeing — I've been going to quite a few of their events in the summer — we have the talent," McGrath said. "My goal is to see us thrive on that talent. It's up to me to motivate them and bring out of best in each of them."
While McGrath stopped short of boisterous dreams like winning a state title, she believes Medina is in position to contend for a long time.
"Of course the ultimate goal is to take the team down to state, but the goal right now is to build the team," she said. "I'm trying to build the team for the school and build on what they had."
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Dell Venue Pro will finally be available in the UK in a few days
The Dell Venue Pro is Dell's first Windows Phone 7 device and the only smartphone powered by Microsoft's latest mobile operating system to have a portrait-sliding full QWERTY keyboard. And, even not taking the OS into account, it's one of the very few devices on the market to sport this form factor.
Its availability in the UK has been plagued with delays. The Venue Pro was first supposed to be sold in the UK in November, but that didn't happen. Last month, we found out that the delay would end mid-February, but good news has surfaced today.
If you're after a Dell Venue Pro in the UK, you only have five more days to wait. In five days, the device will be in stock at Expansys, one of the major online retailers in the UK. It will set you back £439.99, and will come unlocked and contract-free.
That will buy you a smartphone that has a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, and a 5-megapixel camera.
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The Salvation Army's heritage is one of innovation and dedication in sharing the love of God with people through word and deed. That's well known around the world, but there might be a lot you don't know about us. Here's a few fascinating facts …
Since its inception, The Salvation Army has shown practical Christianity in its service to others during emergencies.
Wesleyan Methodism strongly influenced both William and Catherine Booth and the movement they founded, The Salvation Army.
Over the years, Salvation Army officer training has changed dramatically, from virtually no training to an intensive two-year diploma.
Salvationists wear uniforms to signify their availability to anyone in need, and their commitment to their Christian faith.
Captain Wright held Auckland's first Salvation Army meeting on Friday 13th in their first hall in Albert Street.
'Promoted to Glory' is the term used in The Salvation Army to describe the death of a Salvationist.
The Salvation Army allowed women not only to preach but also to hold office in a time when this was frowned upon.
In keeping with its military style, Salvation Army prayer meetings, often held early on Sunday morning, are called kneedrills.
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Dogfish Head Bricolage
Formerly brewed at Dogfish Head Brewery
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Style: Saison | Ratings: 7 | Special Seasonal | Alcohol: 6%
When you Google the definition of Bricolage, the first thing that pops up is this: (in art or literature) Construction or creation from a diverse range of available things. This style-defying ale lives up to this definition. When our pub brewery Ben arrived at Dogfish there were LOTS of various grains and ingredients left over from numerous off-centered ales brewed before him. So, he set out to brew a dark saison-ish styled beer utilizing many of the various available things that he had to work with. Coincidentally, this also corresponds with the true spirit of the saison style during the 19th century and earlier, every harvest season the farmers of Belgium would take all of the left over grain from the previous seasons harvest sometimes barley, rye, wheat, spelt, or whatever else the farmer happened to grow - and would brew beers to make way for the fresh grain that would be hauled in from the fields. This complex yet easily drinkable ale was brewed with 9 different types of malt and grain: pilsner, wheat, rye, oats, rauch (smoked), munich, Special B, caramunich, and aromatic. Along with those, Buckwheat honey, sorghum syrup, dark Belgian candi syrup, and molasses were added in the kettle along with Grains of Paradise, Long Pepper, and Rosea root powder, and a special unnamed variety of hops from the Pacific Northwest, which are yet to be put into production. It was then fermented with two types of yeast, including one from Belgiums most popular Saison brewery. The marriage of all of these various ingredients resulted in Bricolage, a delicately nuanced ale that leaves one discovering new flavors with each and every sip.
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Sparked by freshman Bronte Law's eight-under par second round, top-ranked UCLA was within striking distance of its third team title of the season at the Pac-12 Preview in Hawai'i on Monday.
UCLA was in second place, two strokes behind first-place Washington. The Bruins were at 14-under par 570 and the Huskies were leading the 12-team field at 16-under 568. USC, winner of seven straight tournaments over two seasons, was lurking in third place at 12-under 572. In fourth was Arizona at 580 (-4), followed by Stanford at 581 (-3).
This week, the Nanea Golf Club is playing to a par of 73 over 6,112 yards.
Individually for the Bruins, Law made eight birdies and no bogeys on her way to a second round score of 65 (-8). Combined with an opening round 70 (-3), she was at 135 (-11) and leading by four shots entering the final round.
Tied for 13th at two-under par 144 was junior Erynne Lee, who posted consecutive rounds of 72 (-1). Sophomore Louise Ridderstrom was tied for 17th at 145 (-1) following scores of 70-75 and freshman Alison Lee was tied for 19th at even par 146 after carding scores of 71-75. Senior Ani Gulugian was tied for 26th at 148 (+2) after recording scores of 72-76.
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homescreen 3D (free version)
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A fluid, minimalistic 3D Home Screen replacement app using OpenGL ES.
- Fluid 3D motion
Selectable 3D cubes float in space in a vertically scrolling layout.
- Fluid 3D motion
- Fully customizable
- 2, 3, and 4 column mode
- Honeycomb/tablet friendly (with up to 6 columns)
- Accelerometer effects
- Texture quality settings
- Various interesting visual settings
Free version is fully functional.
Wouldn't work I tried this app, seemed like a great idea. The launcher didn't work, the main screens wouldn't work even after reinstalling and fixing permissions. CM7 powered HTC Glacier.
As a home replacement this is a fail. As a launchable app to use for app drawer replacement it would be 5 stars.
Don't force me to use by default I used to just be able to tap the icon and impress people with the amazing 3D app icons, sadly now I need to faff around in settings before I can show it off... :-\
Makes ur home screen an app drawer... I can't even get to my dial pad without scrolling threw a bunch on apps pretty lame
OK This was funky at first but can't get the app icons to stray like on the picture :(
Edward It would be nice as an app drawer add-on for launchers like ADW or SPD shell but not as a home screen substitute.
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We are a group of life-long Methodists, former Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc. seeking ways to better know and serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our Sunday services are at 8:00 am, which is a contemporary service held in the Fellowship Hall; 9:30 am, also a contemporary service but held in the sanctuary; and 11:00 am, which is a blended traditional and contemporary service held in the Sanctuary. Our mission at Chapel Hill is to make disciples for Jesus Christ. You will feel right at home during any of our sunday services. Come see for yourself and experience the fellowship.
We describe God in three persons. Father,Son, and Holy Spirit are commonly used to refer to the threefold nature of God. Sometimes we use other terms such as Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Everyone is welcome at Chapel Hill. Have a past? Never been to church? You are welcome here. Formerly churched but now for some reason you don't go? Think you're too "bad" to go to church? You are always welcome at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church here in Henderson, Kentucky.
Chapel Hill is one of the fastest growing churches in the State of Kentucky. Why? Because we love the Lord and care about our community. So, what are you waiting for? An invitation? You got it. Please join us for one of our 3 unique services. I know you will be blessed. For more information on all the exciting Happenings at Chapel Hill, through our website or call: 270-826-3593.
Looking to Serve? Chapel Hill United Methodist Church of Henderson, Kentucky has many areas in which you can serve. We have opportunities in Children and Teen Ministries to working with inmates through our Jail Ministry. From Driving Ministry to singing in the choir or playing in the Praise Band. There are so many ways to serve at Chapel Hill that we dare not list them here for fear of leaving something out, but you get the idea. It's easy to share at Chapel Hill.
The United Methodist Church is an 11-million-strong global church that opens hearts, opens doors and opens minds through active engagement with our world.
John Wesley and the early Methodists placed primary emphasis on Christian living, on putting faith and love into action. This emphasis on what Wesley referred to as "practical divinity" has continued to be a hallmark of United Methodism today.
We invite you to learn more about our rich theological heritage. See you Sunday.
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