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can anybody please help me solve a huge RSS problem?
I am running a bilingual website via the QTranslate plugin, and one RSS feed just won't work.
website.com/it/feed - works perfectly (and it is the non-base language!)
website.com/feed - doesn't work
When I run the feed through a validator, it is apparent that the problem is a non-closing <category> tag, as in the following example.
Instead of:
Now an explanation: QTranslate defines post tags as
[:en]English tag[:it]Italian tag
and in fact the website/it/feed version correctly displays them as:
<category><![CDATA[[:en]English tag[:it]Italian tag]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[[:en]English tag2[:it]Italian tag2]]></category>
However, the website/feed version mangles them as:
<category><![CDATA[[:en]English tag1English tag2
I have already submitted this question to the QTranslate support forum, but got no response.
I have not customized the plugin and I am using it by the book, so I suspect something else might cause the error.
Can anybody suggest a possible solution?
Thank you in advance for your help!


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Has food ever looked so perfectly beautiful? Forsman & Bodenfors' Ikea baking book makes ingredients into works of art
Hembakat Är Bäst, or Homebaked Is Best, is a 140 page coffee-table baking book promting Ikea's kitchens.
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|Mar 13, 2007
|Filing date
|Feb 28, 2002
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|Feb 28, 2002
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|Edward Harrison Teague, Messay Amerga, Jeremy Lin, Da-shan Shiu
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|Qualcomm Incorporated
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|Patent Citations (6), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (8), Classifications (7), Legal Events (3)
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The present invention relates generally to communications, and more specifically to a novel and improved method and apparatus for tracking closely spaced multipath.
Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication such as voice and data. These systems may be based on code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), or some other modulation techniques. A CDMA system provides certain advantages over other types of systems, including increased system capacity.
A CDMA system may be designed to support one or more CDMA standards such as (1) the "TIA/EIA-95-B Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular System" (the IS-95 standard), (2) the standard offered by a consortium named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP) and embodied in a set of documents including Document Nos. 3G TS 25.211, 3G TS 25.212, 3G TS 25.213, and 3G TS 25.214 (the W-CDMA standard), (3) the standard offered by a consortium named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2) and embodied in a set of documents including "C.S0002-A Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems," the "C.S0005-A Upper Layer (Layer 3) Signaling Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems," and the "C.S0024 cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification" (the cdma2000 standard), and (4) some other standards.
In CDMA systems, mobile stations often differentiate various base stations based on their respective scrambling codes. A base station transmits a signal, which may reflect off of or be attenuated by various obstacles and surrounding objects. As a result, various copies of the transmitted signal, at various power levels, are received at the mobile station with various time offsets introduced. The plurality of signals received from a base station is often referred to as multipath. Rake receivers are commonly deployed to demodulate multipath signals, with each of a plurality of fingers assigned to track and demodulate one component of the multipath signal. The output of the fingers is then combined and further demodulated and decoded. The fingers are deployed so as to receive and process as much of the received energy as practicable.
The scrambling codes comprise a sequence of values referred to as chips, with each chip transmitted for a chip time. The channel, defined by the various objects and obstacles encountered by signals transmitted by the base station to the mobile station, will introduce various attenuations and delays, which may be spread over a varying period of time, sometimes referred to as a delay spread. In a low rate or narrower band CDMA system, the delay spread may be less than a chip time. In such a case, the various multipath components may not be distinguishable, and one finger can be assigned to receive and demodulate the energy in the multipath components. As the chip rate, or bandwidth, increases in relation to the delay spread of the channel, the multipath components become spread into distinguishable time offsets from each other, each of which can be tracked by a finger in a Rake receiver. For example, in a WCDMA system, the delay spread in a channel may be significant, perhaps as many as 20 chips. Even a more common delay spread of approximately 10 chips can have significant power spread over 4 chips.
The overall performance of the system, including capacity, voice quality, data transmission rates and throughput, is dependant upon mobile stations capturing a significant portion of the received energy. Assigning only a single finger to one of the multipath components may leave a relatively large portion of the received signal energy from a base station unused. Instead, a plurality of fingers can be assigned to components of the multipath, perhaps spaced closely together in terms of relative time offset, so as to capture more energy.
In general, fingers in a Rake receiver are configured to time-track the signal component to which they are assigned. Thus, as the time offset in a multipath component advances or retards with respect to a reference offset, the finger advances or retards the reference offset to track it. Such multipath offset shifting may be due to movement of the mobile station or the obstacles creating the channel. It is possible for the fingers assigned to closely spaced multipath to merge as the multipath components move, or when the energy in a neighboring offset is greater than the offset being tracked. When two or more fingers have merged, they will be tracking the same offset, and thus the output of each of the merged fingers will be identical.
Finger merge has negative implications for system performance for a variety of reasons. The assignment of more than one finger to a single offset is a waste of system resources; the additional finger or fingers would be better deployed receiving additional energy from another multipath component or another base station. Also, the combined power of the various fingers is often used to control various system parameters, such as power control; without accounting for finger merge, a system may over-estimate the received power from the duplication of energy in the combiner, and thus over-compensate by lowering transmit power below a threshold required for adequate communication. Moreover, combining the output of merged fingers with the output of non-merged fingers weights both the signal and noise of the merged finger output too heavily in relation to the non-merged finger output, which may result in increased bit error rate.
Previous solutions to the problem include attempting to identify finger merge after it has occurred and compensating for it a posteriori. In the alternative, hardware solutions have been developed which monitor the respective offsets between each pairing of a plurality of fingers and arbitrate time-tracking commands that would lead to finger merge between any two fingers in a pair. Post-merge detection may reduce, but does not eliminate, the problem. Special purpose hardware solutions, which monitor the relative positions between each pair of fingers, can be complex and costly, and the complexity expands dramatically as more fingers are supported. It may also be desirable to prevent finger merge in existing designs with a firmware upgrade—in such a case the special purpose hardware may not be available.
There is therefore a need in the art for a Rake receiver for tracking closely spaced multipath that prevents finger merge without monitoring relative positions between each of a plurality of fingers.
Embodiments disclosed herein address the need for a Rake receiver for tracking closely spaced multipath that prevents finger merge without monitoring relative positions between each of a plurality of fingers. In one aspect, motion limits are determined for each finger. Time-tracking commands that would move the position of a finger outside its respective motion limits are suppressed. In another aspect, motion limits are updated dynamically, the motion limits of each finger determined in accordance with the motion limits of fingers adjacent to it. Various other aspects are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of preventing finger merge, which allows the allocation of multiple fingers to closely spaced multipath, thus increasing performance and system capacity, and mitigating misallocation of system resources.
The invention provides methods and system elements that implement various aspects, embodiments, and features of the invention, as described in further detail below.
The features, nature, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings in which like reference characters identify correspondingly throughout and wherein:
Depending on the CDMA system being implemented, each mobile station 106 may communicate with one (or possibly more) base stations 104 on the forward link at any given moment, and may communicate with one or more base stations on the reverse link depending on whether or not the mobile station is in soft handoff. The forward link (i.e., downlink) refers to transmission from the base station to the mobile station, and the reverse link (i.e., uplink) refers to transmission from the mobile station to the base station. The communication links shown between base stations 104 and mobile stations 106 may include direct paths as well as paths introduced due to reflections off various obstacles (not shown). In addition, obstacles may block the direct path and a mobile station 106 may communicate with a base station using only reflected signals. The combination of direct and reflected communication signals transmitted between a base station and a mobile station are referred to as a multipath signal, with the multipath signal comprised of various multipath components. The multipath components arrive at the mobile station or base station, on the forward or reverse link, respectively, with various time, phase and amplitude adjustments introduced.
For clarity, the examples used in describing this invention may assume base stations as the originator of signals and mobile stations as receivers and acquirers of those signals, i.e. signals on the forward link. Those skilled in the art will understand that mobile stations as well as base stations can be equipped to transmit data as described herein and the aspects of the present invention apply in those situations as well. The word "exemplary" is used exclusively herein to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration." Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
Signals are received at antenna 210 and delivered for conversion from radio frequency (RF) to baseband, amplification, filtering, demodulation, decoding, and the like in RF downconvert block 220, techniques for which are known in the art. Searcher 230 can be configured to detect scrambling codes in the baseband signals. Some systems, such as IS-95 and cdma2000 systems, use a common scrambling code for all the base stations, with a unique offset in the code for each base station used to differentiate them. Other systems, such as W-CDMA systems, use unique scrambling codes to differentiate the various base stations. Searcher 230 may comprise a single searcher, or a plurality of search elements, or a single element shared for producing a plurality of search results. The search results are delivered to digital signal processor (DSP) 250. In alternate embodiments, DSP 250 may be any general-purpose processor. Those of skill in the art will recognize that the methods and functions described herein with respect to DSP 250 can also be performed using special purpose hardware, or a general-purpose processor, or a combination of both. DSP 250 will commonly contain, or be connected with, a memory for storing instructions to carry out the various tasks and processes described herein (memory not shown).
In one embodiment, the search results are a list of codes, offsets and energy values corresponding to energy peaks, which may be sorted in the searcher 230. Other embodiments may utilize DSP 250 for part of the search process, including partial accumulation, peak detection, and sorting. For systems using a common scrambling code, naturally, the code need not be specified in the search results, as the offset/energy value pairs will be sufficient. Any search method or apparatus can be deployed within the scope of the present invention.
DSP 250 uses the search results to perform finger assignment. A communication device, such as mobile station 106, may be deployed with a plurality of fingers 240A–240N, labeled Finger 1 through Finger N in
Finger 1 through finger N, 240A–240N, respectively, may perform the chip-rate processing of the incoming signals at the allocated offsets, returning pilot and data symbols to DSP 250 for symbol rate demodulation. The demodulated symbols may be further combined, de-interleaved, decoded, etc., using techniques well known in the art (details not shown). An alternate embodiment may deploy special purpose hardware in conjunction with or in lieu of DSP 250 for symbol rate processing.
Following finger assignment, it is common in Rake receivers for each finger to independently track the signal they are demodulating. So, during demodulation, if the energy peak moves earlier or later in time from the offset initially assigned to a finger, the finger advances or retards to compensate. Advance or retard commands or signals are commonly generated to advance or retard a sequence generator used to produce a reference sequence for use in correlation with the incoming sequence. One method for time tracking is for the finger to generate symbol data at an early offset and a late offset with respect to the demodulated offset (or on-time offset). The energy in the early and late offsets can be compared to determine if the finger should be advanced or retarded. Time-tracking techniques are well known in the art. In the embodiment of
In the exemplary embodiment, DSP 250 is connected to motion limit table 260. Motion limits are used to prevent two or more fingers, each tracking a multipath component from a common source, to merge and begin tracking the same offset. In various embodiments, described in further detail below, DSP 250 may suppress advance or retard commands for one or more fingers based on motion limits, stored in motion limit table 260, corresponding to the various fingers 240A–240N. DSP 250 may determine the appropriate motion limits for each finger during finger assignment, or at other times, depending on whether static or dynamic motion limits are deployed. Motion limits can be updated rapidly, or can remain relatively stable, depending on the desired responsiveness to changes in the channel and resources available to track them. Motion limit table 260 can be deployed in any storage medium. Motion limit table 260 may be contained in a memory within DSP 250, or within a memory external to DSP 250 (not shown).
This method prevents one finger from advancing or retarding too close to an adjacent finger. A channel may change due to relative motion between base and remote station, or motion of an object contributing to multipath within the channel. As this happens, the spacing of separately trackable multipath components may diminish, eventually disappearing, leaving only a single path to track. The motion limits will allow one finger to continue tracking the multipath component, since it will be within the allowable movement of one finger. However, a second finger will be prevented from tracking into an adjacent space (as will be described in further detail below). The energy collected by the finger unable to track the moving component will diminish, perhaps dropping below a threshold for inclusion in the combining procedure. Therefore, finger merge will be prevented, and the corresponding distortions in the combining and further demodulation, outlined above, will be mitigated.
The guardband can be as small as the minimum increment with which fingers can advance and retard. In this embodiment, it is possible for F2 to retard as far as r2, and to advance as far as a2. Similarly, F1 can advance as far as a1, and F3 can retard as far as r3. Therefore, it is conceivable that two fingers could be tracking and demodulating incoming signals with offsets spaced apart by the amount in the specified guardband. In an exemplary embodiment, this minimum increment is ⅛ of a chip. Other values for the guardband can be contemplated. Greater values may be useful to restrict the spacing between adjacent fingers such that the noise tracked by the fingers is subject to an expected maximum correlation. It may be that allowing fingers to track within the minimum differentiated increment, such as ⅛ of a chip, may distort the output of the combiner due to noise correlation. Any value of guardband is within the scope of the present invention, and the guardband between various pairs of motion limits need not be identical.
In this example, the motion limits are determined such that two adjacent limits, an advance and retard, with the associated guardband, are centered between the offsets of two adjacent fingers. Thus, the advance limit and retard limit for F2 are not symmetric. Various other methods for determining motion limits, such as in block 310, are anticipated.
Static motion limits may be determined once for each finger assignment. Dynamic motion limits may be updated as often as every time a finger advances or retards, although they need not be updated so frequently. One advantage of the motion limit approach to preventing finger merge is that it does not require a relatively high level of processing power. Once a finger's motion limits are determined, it is not necessary to know the relative distance between any two fingers. It is sufficient to check one limit when an advance is called for, or another limit when a retard is called for. Thus the overhead for finger merge protection is proportional to the rate of time tracking, with a nominal amount of additional processing required. By contrast, a solution requiring knowledge of relative spacing of N fingers requires processing proportional to N(N−1) each time a finger requires an advance or retard. Special purpose hardware could be deployed to monitor the interrelationship between all the fingers, but the embodiments disclosed herein do not require this. Furthermore, in some instances, such as shown in
The advantage of dynamically updating motion limits is that it may be desirable to allow group wide shifts of closely spaced multipath to be tracked. It is the merging and crossing of multipath components that causes finger merge, not movements in offset that affect all the tracked multipath components. So, depending on the relative frequency of channel changes to finger assignment, it may be useful to re-determine motion limits at a higher frequency than that of finger assignment. Dynamically assigned motion limits are allowed to "breathe". So, as one finger advances, the adjacent fingers behind are given more room to advance, and as one finger retards, the adjacent fingers ahead are given more room to retard. In this manner, the motion limits can be used to prevent finger merge while allowing the group of fingers to continue tracking a cluster of multipath components as it varies over time.
In one embodiment deploying dynamic motion limits, a plurality of fingers is assigned to track one so-called "fat" path. The width of the path is allocated among the plurality of fingers, with the motion limits surrounding each finger abutted to those of the adjacent finger, with appropriate guardband. One finger, perhaps the one assigned to the center of the path, or alternately assigned to the peak of the path, is designated as the master. When time-tracking commands are sent to the master, the motion limits of the master may be updated. This may occur subsequent to each time-tracking command, or after a pre-determined number of commands, or some other period. The motion limits of the fingers surrounding the master will be advanced or retarded in accordance with advances or retards of the motion limits of the master finger. The details of this alternate embodiment are not shown. Those of skill in the art will recognize how to combine this technique with the various others described herein to produce alternate embodiments.
The expiration of motion limits, shown in decision block 320 of
The motion limits can be stored in a table, such as motion limit table 260. Table 1 is an example. The motion limits can be determined for each finger with respect to those fingers adjacent to it. It may be convenient to store the motion limits in order of ascending or descending offset. Or, the motion limits may be stored in a data structure related to other finger parameters, and the table values may thus be distributed among other memory locations.
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Note that, in the example given with respect to FIG. 4, there was no limit r1 or a3. In table 1, a special value may be stored in a motion limit entry to indicate that no limit exists, such as a null value.
In an alternative embodiment, motion limit table 260, or Table 1, can have a single entry for the limit between two adjacent fingers. Thus, factoring in guardband, if any, the motion limit table may include a1 but omit r2. Then, r2 can be calculated by adding the appropriate guardband to a1. Similarly, r2 could be stored in the motion limit table, omitting a1. Then, a1 can be calculated by subtracting the guardband from r2. (Details of this alternate embodiment are not shown.)
In yet another alternative embodiment, motion limit table 260 comprises a single entry corresponding to the advance limit of one finger and the retard limit of another. The table entry is a value indicating available room for the advance or retard, respectively. The entries can be initially calculated to be the separation between two adjacent fingers minus the guardband, or minimum allowable separation. If a finger moves, it moves toward one adjacent finger, and away from another. Thus, if a finger advances, the corresponding advance limit entry is decremented. Similarly, if a finger retards, the corresponding retard limit is decremented. In a similar fashion, increasing separation allows the appropriate table value to be incremented. Thus, if a finger advances, its corresponding retard limit table entry can be incremented. If it retards, its corresponding advance limit can be incremented.
Prior to issuance of an advance or retard, the appropriate motion limit table entry is accessed. When the table entry is zero, the desired advance or retard must be suppressed, because the adjacent fingers are at the minimum separation. When the table entry is greater than zero, the advance or retard is issued, and the appropriate motion limit table entries are modified, as just described.
To facilitate assignment and deassignment of fingers, a level of indirection can be added to access the motion limit table 260 just described. For example, a second table, consisting of a pair of pointers for each finger can be deployed. The pair of pointers includes an advance limit pointer and a retard limit pointer. Each pointer points to a table entry in motion limit table 260. Thus, the advance pointer for one finger points to the same entry as the retard pointer for an adjacent finger.
In decision block 520, if the early energy is greater than the late energy, (perhaps with a difference exceeding a pre-determined threshold), signifying the offset is currently ahead of the optimal location for demodulation, proceed to decision block 530 to determine if the retard motion limit has been reached. If not, proceed to block 540 and issue a retard command, thus moving the offset tracked to an earlier offset, as appropriate. If the retard motion limit has been reached in decision block 530, the retard command will be suppressed. Proceed directly to stop block 580 to end the procedure without updating the tracked offset for the current finger.
In decision block 520, if the early energy is not greater than the late energy by the required threshold, proceed to decision block 550. In decision block 550, if the late energy exceeds the early energy (perhaps by a pre-determined threshold), signifying the offset is currently behind the optimal location for demodulation, proceed to decision block 560 to determine if the advance limit has been reached. If not, proceed to block 570 to issue an advance command to move the tracked offset forward. If the advance motion limit has been reached in decision block 560, the advance command will be suppressed. Proceed directly to stop block 580 to end the procedure without updating the tracked offset for the current finger.
Note that the current location of each finger may need to be stored to determine if an advance or retard would exceed an advance or retard motion limit, respectively. This would be useful if the motion limits were stored as offsets. In the alternative, a relative movement value could be stored, which would be incremented for an advance and decremented for a retard, for example. This method would be useful if the motion limits are stored as distances relative to the original offset of the finger.
Keeping track of the finger position may be useful in some embodiments deploying dynamic motion limit updating, examples of which are detailed further below. Procedures using the location of adjacent fingers in addition to motion limits may require somewhat more processing power. However, updating motion limits according to the location of adjacent fingers can be less complex than the N(N−1) order of complexity, described above, and the required processing can be scaled back further by increasing the time between dynamic updates.
For example, F1 is surrounded by a0 and r2, both distance x away. Note that, in contrast to
These examples indicate how motion limits can be adapted to "breathe" with group wide movement of a plurality of fingers, while preventing finger merge due to individual finger movement within the group. This method, an exemplary embodiment of which is detailed in
The possible motion of fingers and motion limit updates described with respect to
Proceed to decision block 1005, where, if the command is an advance, proceed to decision block 1010. In decision block 1010, if the finger position is advanced past the center point, the motion limits have previously advanced as far as currently possible. This is the condition in which an advance of motion limits would be most desirable, although the position of the adjacent finger ahead must have advanced in the interim to make an advance possible. (Retarding the motion limits would merely exacerbate the condition of the finger nearing its advance limit.) Referring to
When the finger is not centered or advanced past the center, it has retarded from the center point. An advance of such a finger is desirable to increase the space between the finger and its limits. Advancing the limits (which would include the relatively nearer retard limit) may not be desirable. In this case, proceed from decision block 1010 to stop block 1070 and terminate the motion limit update procedure without adjusting any motion limits.
In decision block 1015, determine if the motion limits around the centered or advanced finger can be advanced to either keep the finger centered subsequent to the advance or to minimize the distance between the finger and the advance limit. To do so, the advance limit of the finger, plus any guardband, must be less than the retard limit of the adjacent finger ahead. If this is so, then a motion limit advance is available. Proceed to block 1020 and advance the current finger's motion limits. If the condition in block 1015 is not met, although a motion limit advance may be desirable, it is not presently available. Proceed to stop block 1070.
Once step 1020 has transpired, that is, the motion limits of the current finger have been advanced, there may have been space created to advance the motion limits of the finger behind. This can be determined, as shown in decision block 1025, by testing if the adjacent finger behind is advanced past its center. If so, then advancing the motion limits will ease the distance from the finger to its advance limit. If the adjacent finger behind is centered, no adjustment is necessary. If the adjacent finger behind is retarded past the center, it may be undesirable to exacerbate the relatively smaller distance between that finger and its retard limit, which would occur if those motion limits were advanced. If, in decision block 1025, the adjacent finger behind is not determined to benefit from a motion limit advance, proceed to stop block 1070. If an advance is desirable, proceed to step 1030 and advance the motion limits of the adjacent finger behind. Then proceed to stop block 1070 to terminate the procedure.
The foregoing description of steps 1010—1030 applied when the time-tracking command was an advance, as determined in decision block 1005. When the time-tracking command is a retard, a similar procedure to steps 1010–1030 is carried out in steps 1040–1060, with the modifications described below. When, in decision block 1005, the time-tracking command is a retard command, proceed to decision block 1040.
In decision block 1040, the finger will benefit from a retard of its motion limits if it has retarded past its center, thus reducing the space between it and its retard limit. Referring to
In decision block 1055, if the adjacent finger ahead is retarded past its center, then the motion limits of the adjacent finger ahead can be retarded subsequent to the retard of the current finger's motion limits. If this is the case, proceed to block 1060. If not, proceed to stop block 1070. In block 1060, retard the motion limits of the adjacent finger ahead. Then proceed to block 1070 to terminate the procedure.
Note that the procedure of
Various embodiments may alter the order in which the procedure is called for the various fingers within a plurality. One example is to start with the smallest offset and proceed to each adjacent finger ahead. Another may be to start at the greatest offset and proceed to each adjacent finger behind. (In both these examples, those of skill in the art will recognize how to account for modifications of "smallest" and "greatest" to account for the fact that the PN space is circular, thus a small offset may be slightly "advanced" with respect to an offset with a nominally large number that is near the end of the PN sequence.) Yet another may be to begin in the middle, and so forth.
It should be noted that in all the embodiments described above, method steps can be interchanged without departing from the scope of the invention.
Those of skill in the art will understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
Those of skill will further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.
The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC may reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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I am in love with this city. I spent two weeks at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, researching/studying global media policy with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy and I fell in love with this city. The people, the buildings, the pubs, the bars, the library, the bookstores, the cafes, the parks, the punts...
The two weeks I spent researching at Oxford were two of the best weeks of my life. I met people from around the globe, all interested in global media policy, changes in technology and its application to regulation and legislation. Besides sitting in conference session from 9-6, Monday-Friday for two weeks, we also spent a great deal of times perusing the pubs, drinking constantly, whether it was a wine and cheese party in the park, or strawberries and champagne in a punt, or beer tasting in a pub, we were forever giddy. :-) Playing football in University Park, walking through Port Meadow to the Trout Inn, picnicking in cemeteries and church yards, 2am visits to the kebab vans, so many amazing memories with some really amazing people.
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Great Oxford tips. Happy Birthday!
Believe or not, I haven't been to this city yet (and I've visited the UK many times before........)
Have to argue the toss about the kebabs - If a kebab sounds like a good idea then any dicky stomach must have been the beer. Almost poetic?
Every day you learn something. Today I learned about Marie Stopes, HGV's and queues in English pubs. Cheers.
Hi I getting off in St clements and i want to know if there i can found a taxi station??? My homestay is in Tree Line 0x4 and the st clements stop is the nearest.
have been to Oxford twice. Thanks for telling about new places to vidit.- Nice photos and informative tips.
Glad to hear that Oxford is such a great cycling city! I see you have signed up for EuroMeet 2008 in Karlsruhe, so I look forward to meeting you there.
These Trout reviews are way out of date. The place was changed in 2007 into a gastropub. The chain now running it have "modernised" the inside in keeping with their standard look. Look at the "Daily Information" Oxford site for up to date comments.
Readers should be warned - the Trout was taken over and re-vamped in March 2007 by a new chain. It has been "modernised." The creepers stripped off the building, and fittings stripped internally also. The food is much dearer but there is quicker service.
Very good tips for college students and tourists alike. Interesting info and your photos were very good...cheers
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The apartment is situated in the most enviable position, just 5 minutes walk from Princes Street and with breathtaking views of the castle.
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Scotland has so much to offer, from culture, history to the friendly people, it makes for a great holiday destination.Edinburgh is a wonderful city to visit. It is truly beautiful and as Scotland's capital, there are lots to see and do. In August 2009, Edinburgh topped a poll of 'British Cities to see before you die' confirming its status as the ultimate British tourist destination.From the historic cobbled streets, wynds and courtyards of the medieval old town to the elegant Georgian New town, Edinburgh is not only beautiful but also steeped in history - making it a top destination. Wonder the streets by foot to soak up the atmosphere or take a guided tour and learn more about the fascinating history of Scotland's capital.Edinburgh's weather can be unpredictable and during the summer it is advisable to bring a waterproof jacket. However it can be reasonably warm - up to about 24 degrees so pack that T-shirt too!
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BEIJING—Two recent surveys, one of Chinese college students and the other of Chinese teenagers, indicate that a high percentage of young people in the country learn about sex from watching pornography. The latest survey—conducted Oct. 9-15 by the Guangdong provincial population and family planning commission and Guangdong provincial sexology association—has led to the added suggestion by the government that the manner in which young people are learning about sex is leading to increasingly liberal attitudes and unsafe practices.
"Students are becoming more open to sex because they have more knowledge of sexual freedom," said Zhang Feng, director of the Guangdong provincial population and family planning commission, about the survey, which engaged 1,000 students at 10 universities in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province.
According to xinhuanet.com, about 49 percent of the college students polled approve of premarital sex, 34 percent said they used condoms, and nearly 30 percent said they did not think it was necessary to use condoms. The statistic that is being used by Feng as well as others to suggest that young people remain ignorant about sex because of where they are getting information is the approximately 40 percent of respondents who said they have accessed porn on the internet.
"My knowledge about sex would be totally empty if I had not watched porn movies," said a Guangzhou University student who declined to be named.
Feng added that such attitudes are leading to an equally problematic ignorance among China's youth about safe sex methods, and noted that about 17 percent of respondents had suffered from sex-related diseases.
The survey was released in conjunction with the eighth annual Guangzhou Sex Festival, which took place Oct. 29-31. The festival, which includes a lingerie show and forums on subjects such as birth control, is intended to address sexual issues and awareness of safe sex. Considering the size of its population, China's rate of HIV infection is relatively low (0.057 percent), but in 2009 approximately 42 percent of new cases were through heterosexual sex, and an estimated 740,000 people were living with the virus, according to Avert.org.
The second recent survey that addressed attitudes about sex among young people was conducted in August by The China Youth Daily newspaper, which surveyed 3,000 teenagers, three-quarters of whom also said that the internet is their prime source for information about sex. School and parents ranked last as important resources for sex education, a result that was not a surprise to one Chinese academic.
"There is a severe lack of formal sex education in the country. Most teachers, from primary schools to universities, do not have knowledge about sex. So how can they teach students?" Qiu Hongzhong, a professor of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, observed.
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Mumbai: Youth arrested for attempting to rape, murder 23-year-old girl
Initial reports suggest that the accused tried to kill the girl after a failed rape attempt.
Mumbai: A 17-year-old youth was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly attempting to rape and murder a 23-year-old girl in Mumbai.
According to reports, the accused works as a pizza deliveryman. Worli Police said that the girl had placed an order for a pizza with Chovisan Pizza Center in the area on Wednesday evening.
The accused brought the pizza to her residence, and after noticing that she was alone, he allegedly barged in and tried to rape her, police said.
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LanierWorld at Lanier Islands
Lanier Islands, GA 30518
LanierWorld is open daily starting Thursday, May 26, 2016, to Saturday, August 13, 2016.
Located within our 1,500-acre resort in Georgia, LanierWorld is home to a variety of attractions, restaurants, activities, and a beach and water park sure to thrill adventure seekers and beach bums alike. Comprised of the Family Fun Park, Big Beach, and Sunset Cove areas, LanierWorld encompasses all that you seek in a vacation and more.
Whether you are looking for the coolest lakeside spot for day play and nightlife, a sandy area to bask in the sun, or a place to let loose and let your inner child out, LanierWorld has it all.
Truly Georgia's summer vacation destination, LanierWorld has activities for every taste and age range. Featuring a diverse selection of accommodations ranging from Lake Houses to Villas, to the Legacy Lodge, your experience here with us at Lanier Islands will be as unique as you choose.
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It's movie night on #Throwback Thursday! We're playing classic movies, like Grease, That Thing You Do, Ghostbusters, Field of Dreams, and more! Come to Big Beach at Lanier Islands to watch these favorite movies on our brand new 50×80 Spectacular Screen!
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05/25/2016 - 08/10/2016
Every Wednesday at Sunset Cove, check out Wine Wednesdays!
Each Wednesday, from May 11 to August 10, we will be pairing a specific wine with a delicious food pairing to highlight the flavor and complexity of each wine.
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Celebrate Educator Tuesday at LanierWater Park. Teachers/educators receive half off admission to LanierWorld on Tuesdays for up to 4 people. Must show ID or other credentials and corresponding photo ID.read more
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08/21/2016 - 08/21/2016
Back after a successful 2015 season is our Beer & BBQ Cruise. Enjoy delicious BBQ paired with craft brews that are sure to delight! Join us for a three-hour cruise aboard the Island Princess complete with BBQ and beer samples and uniquely conceived dining fare that pair with each beer and BBQ.
For more information, contact us at (770) 945-8787.read more
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09/17/2016 - 09/17/2016
Join us for food, drinks, live entertainment, and family fun at the Fall Party. The event will be held at Hideaway Bay Marina on September 17, 2016, from 6-10 p.m.
Food will be catered by Fish Tales Lakeside Grille. Pick up your wristbands in the marina office. (Maximum 4 adults per slip. Drink tickets will be given out at the party – bring your ID! Also remember to bring your chairs / blankets!)read more
Dam Sail- Windsong Sailing Academy
10/15/2016 - 10/15/2016
Discover Lanier's dam during this historic cruise filled with facts and stories about the making of Lake Lanier. Bring your own brown bag lunch or dinner and we'll provide the adventure and beverage!
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Cloud.com Releases CloudStack 2.2
Cloud.com today announced the release of CloudStack 2.2, the latest version of its open source cloud computing platform.
CloudStack, a comprehensive, open source software solution designed to accelerate the deployment, management and configuration of highly-scalable public and private infrastructure as a service(IaaS) clouds, is now available.
Features include hypervisor independence, advanced networking configuration, borderless scalability, streamlined administration, hybrid cloud ready, and overall stability and usability improvements.
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SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
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GOP blogger Jon Fleischman took to Facebook recently to rail against the passage of the latest Farm Bill. And before uttering his opposition to this bill, Fleischman should probably look at his own blogroll for those who directly benefit from this bill. He wrote: "I have walked precincts, made phone calls, and devoted over a…
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Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen has been cleared by county prosecutors of violating state conflict of interest laws when she voted on contracts valued at $300,000 awarded to a campaign contributor. But just because her actions are legal they are not necessarily ethical.
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A recent scathing federal audit of Orange County's, once showcase, provider of medical care for low-income residents found major problems with the agencies management of those services. Read the history of CalOPTIMA's struggles here. All of this occurred on the heels of the Supervisor's granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen unfettered control over the agency
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On Wednesday, a new website was launched detailing the influence of campaign contributions on Orange County Supervisors and highlighting the corruption that has been the subject of investigations by the Orange County Grand Jury. The new website is TheRealOCSupervisors.com.
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Striker Golf GPS is a golf tournament software app that allows users to play and organize golf outings, tournaments, and leagues using their smartphones. Users can create their events through the website or mobile app. They can then score and play their event using the Live Scorecard and GPS maps.
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One of the many great ways to make money at your Charity Golf Tournament is to set up an auction for goods and services. The auction can either take the form of a silent auction or a live auction. Auctions, along with the various forms of sponsorships are one of the major ways of raising money from your event. And if the auction is done correctly, … [Read More...]
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The difference between hosting an average tournament and the greatest tourney the green has ever seen all comes down to the right format. There are many variations on how you can play the game, and some play better than others. Several factors to take into consideration when choosing the right format include: Team Size– The format you choose … [Read More...]
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Wussy: Portraits Of Unlikely 'Happiness'
Happiness Bleeds
The Cincinnati band Wussy's self-titled third album is a song cycle about a fictional couple, written by a real one: Lisa Walker and Chuck Cleaver, who don't likely suffer the same troubles as their counterparts. On Wussy, the two take snapshots of infidelity, seething anger and other problems, replete with everyday details and rough-hewn melodies that are catchier than they initially appear. It's one of the best indie-rock albums of the year.
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- Song: "Happiness Bleeds"
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In the standout "Happiness Bleeds," Cleaver warbles over a thin sheet of guitar fuzz, sounding like a spooked Neil Young as he sets the song's opening scene: "I remember puking down the side of a car / the cost of drinking liquor from the mouth of a jar." This man is not doing well, but at least he's thinking about the big picture. After puking, he goes hunting for "a bag of mildewy porn" and pauses to consider the meaning of life.
Then the killer chorus kicks in, with Cleaver spitting the song title while dropping his register, as if he were impersonating a mescaline-addled Elvis. Along the way, Walker joins him for some buoyant "la la las" and "baby-I-love-yous." If this is happiness, it's not a conventional portrait. But this one features both a signature sound and a healthy dose of Middle American weirdness, so it'll do.
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Hamster Roll - Fall Down Platform Game iOS
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Summary: You've never seen hamsters in such a roll! Lead Honey and friends through unexplored depths in this irresistible, cute and challenging platform game. Use touch or accelerometer controls in this fast-paced adventure to go as further as possible without going off the top of the screen.? "An addictive game for people of all ages! A must have!" -- Best iPhone Games? "One of the best and most entertaining fall down games we've played so far." -- iOS Arcade? "4/4 - Fall down revisited! You won't regret this download." -- MobiAddictionHIGHLIGHTS? 13 unique pet hamsters: Honey, Cake, Sugar, Cinnamon, Pudding, Cookie, Mousse, Coffee, Cream, Bubblegum, Smoky, Lucky and Cosmo. Get them all!? Special power-ups to aid your journey!? Two control modes: touch and accelerometer!? Fabulous illustrations!Like our page on Facebook and be the first to know about our upcoming games and updates! http://fb.com/tappshq
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The CB-30 is a new mini balun from Comelit which allows transmission of standard composite video signals to be run over Cat5 UTP cable. The CB-30 has a slim form factor which makes it nonobtrusive for use with DVRs and CCTV Cameras. These come in a 2 pack and are an exceptional value. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS: • Quick and cost effective way to connect CCTV cameras via UTPCAT5 / 6 wires • B/W video signal up to 1,800ft, Color up to 1,200ft • Surge protection with Ground connection • Quick and secure connection via pressure tab • Passive, no power required • Compact size, fits multiple Baluns directly on the back of DVR • Must be used in pairs, one for transmitting and one for receiving.


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2014 (sophomore): Appeared in 15 game; earning the start in nine of them ... five goals; which was second on the team ... scored game winning goal in season finale vs. Fresno Pacific (Nov. 6) in the final minute ... season high seven shots - five on goal - against Holy Names on Oct. 16
2013 (freshman): Appeared in all 20 matches, starting 10 times as a true freshman ... Ranked third on the team with five goals and 11 points ... Scored two game-winning goals ... Tabbed the game-winner in a 2-1 season-opening win over Lee on Sept. 5 ...Finished with 57 shots, placing a team-high 30 on goal.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons of varsity soccer for head coach Matt Sanger at La Habra High School in La Habra, Calif. ... Was the Highlanders' captain as a junior and senior ... As a senior, named Freeway League Offensive Player of the Year ... Received first-team all-league honors and was team MVP in each of her four seasons ... Helped La Habra to a CIF appearance as a junior ... Ran two seasons of cross country for head coach Mark Gonzales ... Won two team league championships, and was the Freeway League individual champion as a freshman ... Set the course record at the league meet and qualified for the CIF championship ... Was a four-year member of the varsity track and field team under head coach Jason Wallis ... Qualified for CIF as a freshman, winning the league title in the mile and 400 ... As a junior finished in first place in the 400 at the league meet, and took second in the high jump ... As a senior was the second place finisher in the high jump and 400 ... Received scholar-athlete recognition.
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Lottery Tickets for Staying HIV-Free Cut Infections 25%
Offering lottery tickets as an incentive to practice safer sex reduced the number of HIV infections by 25 percent in a World Bank study in Africa.
In a trial among 3,426 HIV-negative people in Lesotho, about 2,000 were given a lottery ticket every four months if they stayed free of the virus and other sexually transmitted maladies. After two years, there were 25 percent fewer infections among those offered tickets than those who weren't, according to results presented today at the International AIDS Society's meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
The finding adds to evidence from earlier World Bank studies that showed financial incentives can reduce infections with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. A study in Tanzania showed cash payments to people who tested negative for diseases including gonorrhea and chlamydia reduced infections by 27 percent over a year. In Malawi, payments to schoolgirls lowered HIV infections by 60 percent.
"The results indicate that short-term financial incentives to engage in safe sex can lead to a measurable decline in HIV incidence," the researchers, led by Damien de Walque of the World Bank, wrote in a summary of the study on the conference website. "It would however be advisable to replicate and potentially scale-up such an intervention in other settings."
Some participants were eligible to receive tickets for a lottery offering prize money of either 1,000 South African rand ($101) or 500 rand if they tested negative for HIV, syphilis and trichomonas vaginalis, an infection that can make women more susceptible to HIV infection. Lotteries were held every four months in the villages in which the participants lived, with two male and two female winners in each village.
All the participants received free testing, counseling and treatment every four months during the trial, including if they tested positive for HIV.
While the overall risk reduction was 25 percent, it was 33 percent for women and 31 percent for those who received the higher-value tickets.
About 23.3 percent of people 15 to 49 years old in Lesotho are infected with HIV, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS. Only Botswana, with a rate of 23.4 percent, and Swaziland with 26 percent, have higher prevalence rates.


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What Makes a Good Graduation Speech?
With all the anxiety and relief associated with graduation day, it can be hard to remember what was said during the ceremony. In an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jay Parini, a professor at Middlebury College, distills the qualities of a memorable speech.
Jay Parini, novelist; poet; professor of English, Middlebury College
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(July 7, 2010)--The executive director of LaDainian Tomlinson's foundation confirmed to KWTX that LT has become a father.
Tomlinson's wife gave birth to a baby boy named Daylen (7lb, 1oz, 20in) on Wednesday. This is their first child.
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Catalogue By The Find Unites Favorite Retail Catalogs In One Shopping Experience
Catalogue by The Find is a free app that brings over 40 catalogs together in one app. Many of the catalogs are quite popular, such as: Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, Sephora, Nordstrom, Saks 5th Avenue, Sierra Trading Post and more. This presents a whole new way to browse and shop from your favorite catalog.
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Catalog Spree Brings The Mall To Your iPad
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Almost 10 year old stuff. A collection of the units, models, UI elements I made for the computer RTS game: Codename: Panzers Phase I and some for II.
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SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a possibly impaired driver crashed into three bicyclists in Sand Springs - killing two and injuring the third.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 30-year-old Angela Voss of Owasso was dead at the scene and 34-year-old Matthew Edmonds of
Tulsa died later at a Tulsa hospital. The third cyclist was treated and released at a Tulsa hospital.
Troopers say the three were cycling on the shoulder of Oklahoma 51 when a sport utility vehicle driven by Tausha Borland of Sand Springs swerved onto the shoulder and hit them.
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Page 141 - Vitis vinifera, we cannot imagine that the citizens of the United States will be longer indebted to Europe for the luxury of wine. It is not, however, in the wilds of uncultivated nature that we are to obtain vines worthy of cultivation ; were this the case, Europe would to the present have known no other...
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Page iv - ... every writer should follow this example, no improvement would ever be adopted in science, and knowledge would remain stationary. We are greatly surprised to find the following passage in Mr. N.'s preface. •'The great plan of natural affinities, sublin-.e and extensive, eludes the arrogance of solitary individuals, and requires the concert of every botanist, and the exploration of every country towards its completion.
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