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|Mar 13, 1990
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|Jul 24, 1987
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|Jul 24, 1987
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|Mikhail Tsinberg, Carlo Basile, Alan P. Cavallerano
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|North American Philips Corporation
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(1) U.S. Application Ser. No. 856,622, filed Apr. 5, 1986, issue fee paid June 29, 1987, and incorporated by reference herein.
(2) U.S. Application Ser. No. 931,756, filed Nov. 17, 1986, assigned to the same assignee and incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to the transmission of high definition television signals and, more specifically, to transmission of high definition television signals in a multiplex analog component (MAC) format.
The required bandwidth of a television signal is a function of the spatial (horizontal, vertical) and temporal resolution to be contained in the signal. As increased resolution is desired in either the vertical, horizontal or temporal directions the bandwidth of the signal must be increased. HDTV signals contain considerably more resolution than, for example, NTSC encoded signals. They therefore require significantly more bandwidth than the 9.5 MHz video bandwidth allowed per channel of satellite transmission. It is thus necessary to employ bandwidth reduction techniques in order to reduce the original bandwidth of an HDTV signal for transmission.
In the N.H.K. developed MUSE system, a lower bandwidth is achieved by trading off spatial resolution for temporal resolution. Other systems utilizing spatial-temporal exchange include the system described in the article "HDTV Colorimetry" by W.E. Glenn and K.G. Glenn, High Definition Television 1985 Colloquium Proceedings, and the system proposed in U.S. Application Ser. No. 856,622, filed Apr. 25, 1986 of Mikhail Tsinberg, assigned to the same assignee as the present invention and incorporated by reference herein.
The exact means by which this trade-off is accomplished varies among these systems and is not restricted to only these methods. However all spatial-temporal exchange techniques result in some type of motion artifacts. One example of such artifacts is smear or seemingly further reduced spatial resolution when there is motion in the display.
Studies by B. Wendland, e.g. "High Definition Studies on a Compatible Basis with Present Standards" Television Technology in the 80's, Scarsdale, N.Y., SMPTE, 1981, pp. 151-165 have shown that the two dimensional spatial response of the human visual system is not circular but somewhat diamond shaped. It is therefore concluded that the visual system has more capability to resolve truly horizontal and vertical frequencies rather than diagonal frequencies.
It is an object of the present invention to devise a system and method for transmitting/receiving or recording/playing back a high definition television signal. It is probable that the video signal will be frequency modulated for transmission over a satellite link. A system is described which exploits the psycho visual characteristic of the human visual system, thereby reducing the bandwidth of the source high definition television signal. That is, the human visual system is less sensitive to diagonal spatial frequencies than purely horizontal or vertical spatial frequencies. Therefore, the high definition signal is subsampled spatially in the diagonal direction, providing a technique of bandwidth reduction.
In accordance with the present invention, packets of luminance and chrominance signals are encoded in a time division multiplexed line format. The unique line format encompasses the duration of four sequential lines. This scheme provides for variant compression ratios and line decimation sequences.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the high definition television signal encoder according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a two dimensional bandstop filter;
FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c illustrate three possible sequences for vertical 4:1 decimation of the color difference signals;
FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram showing one line of a high definition television signal encoded for transmission in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 4b is a diagram of the two dimensional spectra of the color components of the high definition television signal as encoded;
FIG. 4c shows the two dimensional spectra of the luminance signal encoded in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the high definition television signal decoder according to the present invention.
In the embodiment to be described, the high definition television (HDTV) signal to be encoded for transmission has a 525 line 59.94 frame/second sequential scan and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The HDTV bandwidth at the source is wideband RGB, nominally 16.8 MHz for each component, while its line duration is nominally 31.78 μsec. However, the system and method of the present invention are not to be limited to the processing of such a signal, since both are equally applicable to other high definition television signals which are to be encoded for transmission over a channel having a narrower bandwidth than the bandwidth created by the HDTV source.
For the preferred embodiment to be disclosed herein, the channel is assumed to be a satellite or recording channel having a bandwidth limitation of 9.5 MHz.
For convenience, instead of 59.94, the frame frequency will herein be referred to as 60 frames per second. Finally, it should be noted that the high definition television signal format selected herein is particularly favorable for encoding the received MAC signal into a two channel signal, one channel of which is compatible with the present NTSC standard. (See U.S. Application Ser. No. 856,622, cross-referenced above.)
Referring now to FIG. 1, the high definition television signal is supplied in the form of R, G, and B signals to a matrix 1. At the output of matrix 1 are the luminance signal Y, and the chrominance signals U, V. Other forms of color difference (chrominance) signals could be used equally well; the U and V signals are illustrative only. It should further be noted that throughout this application the luminance and chrominance signals associated with a particular line of the HDTV signal will have the line designation appended thereto. For example, a luminance signal associated with line 1 of the HDTV signal will be denoted by Y1, etc.
The U, V, and Y signals are low pass filtered in filters 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The color difference signals U, V at the outputs of low pass filters 2 and 3 have bandwidths of 4.75 MHz, while the luminance signal Y at the output of filter 4 has a bandwidth of 16.8 MHz.
The filtered U, V, and Y signals are applied to respective analog/digital converters 4a, 4b, and 4c. The digitized signals are converted back to analog signals either at their respective inputs to multiplexer 19 or after multiplexing, for example in digital to analog converter (D/A) 40a. Although this analog to digital conversion takes place in the preferred embodiment, the system could also be implemented on a completely analog basis.
Taking first the color signals, the outputs of respective analog low pass filters 2 and 3, after A/D conversion in respective A/D converters 4a and 4b, are applied to respective vertical low pass filters 5 and 6. Each of these is, for example, a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, constituted by a delay line having a plurality of taps, adjacent taps being separated by one horizontal line interval delays. The signal at each tap is multiplied by a constant and the so-multiplied tap signals are added together to form the filter output signals. Such filters are well known and will therefore not be described in detail herein. It suffices to say that filters 5 and 6 are each designed to reduce the vertical spectrum above 120 television lines (TVL). These filters, as well as two dimensional bandstop filters 7 and 8, can have coefficients which are not balanced, for example 1/8, 1/2, 1/8, resulting in attenuation rather than elimination of certain frequencies as discussed herein.
The outputs of the vertical low pass filters are processed in respective two dimensional bandstop filters 7 and 8. Each two dimensional bandstop is created by cascading a vertical high pass filter with a horizontal high pass filter and subtracting the output signal of the filtered path from the input (See FIG. 2). For the preferred embodiment, the output of the two dimensional bandstop has attenuated diagonal frequencies above 2.375 MHz horizontally and between 60 TVL and 240 TVL vertically.
The outputs of two dimensional bandstops 7 and 8 are applied to vertical 4:1 decimators 9 and 10, respectively. Each vertical decimator passes one out of every four lines of the respective U or V signal, under control of a vertical sequence controller 18. For the remaining three lines, the output signal of the respective vertical decimator is set to zero. This results in many possible four frame sequences, some of which are illustrated in FIGS. 3a, 3b, or 3c. All operate under control of a vertical sequence controller 18.
In FIG. 3a, in the first field, F1, a first line, e.g. U1 is transmitted, while U2, U3 and U4 are dropped. The same pattern is continued throughout the first field, U5, U9, etc. being maintained up to the last line, line U525. The pattern continues through the subsequent field, field F2. Here the U component of lines 1, 2 and 3 is dropped, that of line 4 being maintained. This results in the maintaining of U4, U8, etc. down to line U524.
Similarly, the U components of lines 1 and 2 of field F3 are dropped, those of lines 3, 7,...523 being maintained. Finally, in field F4, U1 is dropped, U2 is maintained, U3, U4, and U5 are dropped, while U6 is maintained, etc. The four field sequence repeats with field F5.
The above sequencing could be changed by periodic resetting of a counter in vertical sequence controller 18. The sequence resulting from a reset after two frames, i.e. a f/2 frame reset, is illustrated in FIG. 3b. The sequence for frames F1 and F2 is as described above. It then repeats for frames F3, F4, and all subsequent pairs of frames.
As a last illustration, reference is made to FIG. 3c. There, reset takes place every frame, but, alternately, to different sets of retained lines. During odd frames, U1, U5, etc. are retained; during even frames, U3, U7, U11, etc. This is the preferred embodiment.
The V component is decimated in a similar manner. Preferably, sequences are so chosen that the U and V components of the same line are not retained during the same field.
The vertical sequence controller may have an external switch (not shown) allowing selection of the desired type of sequence at the encoding end. A control signal signifying the selection must then be included in the transmitted signal, e.g. in the vertical interval.
The filtered, decimated U and V components are simultaneously applied to a two position cross-point switch 11 also operating under control of vertical sequence controller 18. The switch alternates position every MAC line, i.e. every four lines of the HDTV signal, as will be discussed below, so that at first U appears at output (a), while V appears at output (b). Thereafter, U appears at output (b) and V appears at output (a). The signal at output (a) is applied to a 2:1 compressor 12 which acts to time-compress the input line by a factor of 2. Therefore an input line of 26 microsecond duration will be compressed to 13 microseconds. Similarly, the signal at output (b) of cross-point switch 11 will be compressed by a ratio of 4:1 in a time compressor 13. Time compressors, as is well known, may be implemented by a storage, read-in taking place at the lower rate, while read-out takes place more rapidly, at a rate designed to effect the proper time compression.
The outputs of time compressors 12 and 13 are applied to a second cross-point switch 14. This switch operates in synchronism with cross-point switch 11 so that the signal U is always present at output 14a, while the signal V is present at output 14b. Due to the alternating sequence, the U components follow a sequence of 2:1 compression on a given MAC line followed by 4:1 compression on the next MAC line. The V components follow the same sequence, but are 180� out of phase with the U sequence.
The signal U is applied to a preemphasis network 15 and an adaptive delay 16. Similarly, the signal V is applied to a preemphasis 17 and an adaptive delay 18. The U and V signals at the outputs of the above-mentioned adaptive delays are applied to a multiplexer 19. Multiplexer 19 operates under control of a timing/scrambler circuit 20. Timing circuit 20 also controls a digital data, sync and audio encoder 21 and other adaptive delay units to be described below. By varying the time slots in which the various signals are transmitted under control of timing circuit 20, the signal can be scrambled. Of course codes signifying the particular scrambling scheme have to be transmitted to the receiver. This can be accomplished, for example, in the vertical retrace intervals. If no scrambling is desired, delays 16, 18a need not be adaptive. They then only serve to equalize the processing delays in the various parallel paths terminating at multiplexer 19.
Turning now to luminance signal processing, the digitized luminance signal Y at the output of low-pass filter 4 is digitized in A/D converter 4c and applied to a two-dimensional bandstop 20a and to a horizontal low-pass filter 21a. Taking the latter path first, filter 21a attenuates horizontal frequencies above 4.75 MHz. The signal at the output of filter 21a is applied to a vertical high-pass filter 22. Filter 22 implements the equation:
LD = b - (a + c)/2
for each pixel in each line, where b is the value of a pixel in the then-present line, and a and c are the corresponding pixels vertically above and below pixel b, respectively.
The line output signals of vertical high-pass filter 22 are vertically decimated by a 2:1 ratio under control of vertical sequence controller 18. The output signals of the decimator are line differential signals, namely signals which allow reconstruction at the receiver of the dropped luminance signals Y2 and Y4. Line differential signals are discussed in greater detail in the cross-referenced U.S. patent applications. The signal at the output of vertical decimator 23 consists of an active line of line differential signals followed by a blank line, followed by a line of line differential signals, etc. Specifically, in packets of four lines, the first line is dropped, the second line contains line differential signals, the third line is dropped and the fourth line contains line differential signals. The line differential signals are then time compressed by a 2:1 ratio in time compressor 24. The signal at the output of the time compressor 24 is applied to a sequential delay unit 25. Sequential delay 25 operates under control of the vertical sequence controller 18 to reorder the line sequence so that the signal at the output of delay 25 will contain one line of line differential signals, followed by the next line of line differential signals, followed by two blank lines. Sequential delay 25 is preferably constituted by two line storages storing the line differential signals of the second and fourth line, respectively. Under control of the vertical sequence controller 18, the signals from the output of decimator stage 23 are read into these line storages, and subsequently read out.
The line differential signals at the output of sequential delay 25 are applied to a preemphasis stage 26 whose output is, in turn, applied to delay stage 27. The latter, if adaptive, also operates under control of the timing/scrambler unit 20. Finally, the output of delay unit 27, namely the processed line differential signals, are applied to multiplexer 19.
Finally, luminance signal Y at the output of low-pass filter 4 is digitized in A/D converter 4c and applied to a two-dimensional bandstop 20a. The latter is a horizontal high-pass filter cascaded with a vertical high-pass filter (see FIG. 2), the output of the cascaded units being subtracted from the input Y signal, thus creating the two-dimensional bandstop. Coefficients are selected such that diagonal frequencies above 9.5 MHz horizontally and above 240 TVL vertically are attenuated. The output of two dimensional bandstop 20a is applied simultaneously to two vertical decimator stages 28, 29. The control of decimator stages 28 and 29 by vertical sequence controller 18 is such that, for each group of four lines, line Y3 is passed by decimator 28, while Y1 is passed by decimator 29. The decimators are well-known circuits. For example, a preferred decimator is an AND gate having one input receiving the signal to be decimated and another input receiving a timing signal controlling transmission through the gate.
The output of decimator 28, herein also referred to as the wideband luminance signal, YWB, is applied to a 9:16 expanding circuit 30 whose output is, in turn, connected to a preemphasis network 32. The output of vertical decimator 29, luminance signal Y1, is directly applied to the input of a preemphasis stage 34. The outputs of preemphasis stages 32 and 34 are applied to respective adaptive delays 36, 35. Again, the adaptive delays operate under control of timing/scrambler circuit 20. Expanded signal Y3 and signal Y1 are then transmitted through multiplexer 19 under control of timing circuit 20.
Finally, digital data, sync and digital audio signals are applied to the last input of multiplexer 19.
The output of multiplexer 19 consists of one line for every four lines of input signal. Each of the lines therefore takes four times the time of line of input signal, or 127.1 microseconds. The output of multiplexer 19 is low pass filtered in a filter 40 to cut off any frequencies above the allowable channel bandwidth of 9.5 MHz.
The line structure of one of the multiplexer 19 output lines is illustrated in FIG. 4a. Changes can of course be made in the illustrated structure of the line, not only for different embodiments, but within one embodiment to effect scrambling. In FIG. 4a, the signal component, the time compression to which it has been subjected, the bandwidth to which it can be reconstructed at the receiving end, and the time duration are indicated for each time slot.
Referring now to FIG. 4a, the Y1 component is transmitted in the first 26 microseconds of each line, i.e. with a 1:1 time compression relative to the input HDTV line. The associated bandwidth, 9.5 MHz, is determined by the allowable channel bandwidth, i.e. is the cutoff frequency of filter 40.
Next, the Y3 component, expanded in expansion stage 30 by a 9/16 ratio, is transmitted in a 46.2 microsecond time slot. Since the 16.8 MHz bandwidth was associated with the signal before expansion, after expansion the bandwidth is 9.5 MHz, the widest band accommodated on the transmission channel. At the receiver, Y3 can be reconstructed to 16.8 MHz by compression.
In the next two time slots, the signals U1 and V2 are transmitted. Reference to the encoder diagram, FIG. 1, shows that U and V were filtered to 4.75 MHz in filters 2, 3 respectively. For the illustrated line, the signal U1 is subjected to 4:1 time compression, while V2 is subjected to a 2:1 time compression. The time duration for U1 is therefore 6.5 microseconds, while that of V2 is 13 microseconds. For the next subsequent MAC line, i.e. after the particular four line packet, the time slots of V2 and U1 will reverse, as will the compression ratios. The 4.75 MHz filtered bandwidth for U1 is increased to 16.8 MHz by the 4.1 compression. This will be filtered to 9.5 MHz by output filter 40, therefore allowing reconstruction at the receiver to 2.37 MHz. V2 on the other hand can be reconstructed to 4.74 MHz, since its compression ratio was only 2:1.
In the next time slot, the two line differential signals are transmitted. Specifically, LD2 is transmitted in the first slot, while LD4 is transmitted in the second slot. Both LD signals were filtered to a horizontal limiting frequency of 4.75 MHz and can be reconstructed to that frequency.
The remaining time slots on each line are occupied by digital synchronization signals and digital sound signals. There is also a 0.8 microsecond time slot for a digital clamping signal. The clamping signal is a fixed digital level.
The two dimensional spectra for the U, V signals are summarized in FIG. 4b, while the luminance and LD signal bandwidths are shown in FIG. 4c.
The horizontal axis is calibrated in MHz while the vertical axis is in TVL.
The following refers to FIG. 4b, based on the decimation pattern of FIG. 3c. It is assumed that the total number of active television lines per sequentially scanned frame is 480 TVL. The color difference signals U, V were vertically low pass filtered in filters 5 and 6 to reduce the vertical spectrum above 120 TVL and in 2 dimensional bandstops 7 and 8 to reduce the diagonal frequencies between 60 and 240 TVL and above 2.375 MHz. In addition, filter 40 cuts half the bandwidth of one of the components during each line. Thus 120 TVL are supported between 0-2.375 MHz, while 60 TVL are supported between 2.375 MHz and 4.75 MHz.
Referring now to FIG. 4c, using signals LD2, LD4, Y1 and Y3 allows reconstruction of all four lines, i.e. 480 TVL, up to 4.75 MHz. The latter limitation is introduced by the filtering of the LD signals. In addition, the region between 0 and 9.5 MHz is supported every other line, i.e. 240 TVL. Finally, one line in four (Y3) has a horizontal bandwidth between 0 and 16.8 MHz. Thus 120 TVL is supported in the region 0-16.8 MHz.
The temporal update rate for the region above 240 TVL vertically and from 4.75 MHz to 9.5 Mhz horizontally for the two-dimensional video spectrum is 30 Hz. This region is supported from the luminance, Y, (Y1 and Y3) components, which are generated to conform to true interlace scanning. The decimation of Y from the original sequential source follows a one line shift for each 60 Hz frame, thereby generating an interlaced field of Y, which extends out to 9.5 MHz horizontally. The resulting interlaced structure of Y results in 240 active source lines to be available at a 60 Hz rate, and all 480 active source lines to be available at a 30 Hz rate. That is the source provides for 480 TVL at 60 Hz, but the lines are decimated vertically 2:1 (generating a Y sequence). Thus, at a 60 Hz rate no more than 240 TVL are available. Because the lines are decimated with a one line shift from source frame to source frame (conforming to interlaced scanning), the region from 240 TVL to 480 TVL is updated at a 30 Hz rate. LD deinterlaces the picture for horizontal frequencies below 4.75 MHz.
The temporal update rate for the region above 120 TVL vertically and from 9.5 MHz to 16.8 MHz horizontally for the two-dimensional video spectrum is dependent upon the decimation sequence selected for Y1 and Y3. Consider the case where there is no frame reset, as shown in FIG. 3a. The wideband Y3 lines, which extend horizontally to 16.8 MHz, are available for 120 of the original 480 TV lines for any decimation sequence. Therefore, the region below 120 TVL vertically is available at a 60 Hz rate, which is the rate of the original source signal. For the region above 120 TVL vertically that is covered by Y3 and not Y1 (that is, from 9.5 Mhz to 16.8 Mhz horizontally), the update rate is 15 Hz for the decimation sequence in FIG. 3a. The Y3 lines conforming to this decimation sequence cover all 480 TVL vertically, but this is true over four original source frames. Thus, the effective temporal update rate for this region is 60 Hz/ 4, or 15 Hz. That is, all 480 TVL vertically are available to build up the original source image, but they are available over the course of four source frames, for an update rate of 15 Hz.
The above-described lines are transmitted from the encoder to the receiving station, or alternatively, are recorded for later playback.
It should be noted in particular that the line structure and signals transmitted in each frame are the same as those transmitted in all other frames. The only difference may be in the particular lines selected in the 4:1 vertical decimation process.
The decoder will be now described with reference to FIG. 5. In FIG. 5, a clamp circuit 102 provides absolute DC restoration as is normally done in television receivers, and its output is applied to four separate processing paths A through D. All processing is controlled by a horizontal and vertical sequence controller (HVSC) 103.
Each path will now be described individually.
The signal is applied to a multiplier 104 which in this case is preferably realized as a gate, since the signal will be multiplied either by unity or zero. The multiplying signal is supplied by the HVSC 103 and is equal to one during the time when the video signal contains the Y1 component and equal to zero at all other times. Thus the output of the multiplier 104 contains only the Y1 signal. This is applied to a deemphasis circuit 106 which is a filter that has the inverse characteristic of the preemphasis circuit 35 in the MAC-60 encoder. The de-emphasized Yl signal is processed in an equalizing delay 108 so that it arrives the appropriate instant relative to other inputs at an adder 110.
The clamped video signal is applied to a deemphasis circuit 112 which has the inverse characteristic of preemphasis circuit 34 used for the Y3 component in the encoder. Its output is applied to a 16:9 compressor 114. The 16:9 compressor 114 also receives a timing signal from HVSC 103 so as to window out all other signals on the line and process only the Y3 component. The output of the 16:9 compressor thus contains only the Y3 component, time compressed to 26 μsec from the received 46.2 μsec. This signal is next filtered in a horizontal low-pass filter 116 to attenuate frequencies above 4.75 MHz. The filtered signal is applied to a vertical interpolator 118. The vertical interpolator also receives an input from an equalizing delay 120, i.e. the Y1 signal output from deemphasis circuit 106, appropriately delayed. Vertical interpolator 118 also receives a timing signal input from HVSC 103 and performs the function of taking the average of its two input signals (i.e., (Y1 + Y3)/2). Its output is properly delayed in a further equalizing delay 122.
The output of the 16:9 compressor is also applied to a horizontal high pass filter 124, whose output is applied to an input of a vertical interpolator 126. This vertical interpolator also receives a timing signal from HVSC 103 denoting the time when its video input is active.
It should be noted that, at the encoder, out of four consecutive lines, only the luminance signals of the third line, Y3, were transmitted in expanded form. Since the limiting bandwidth in the final filter of the encoder was 9.5 MHz, the output of horizontal high pass filter 124 extends to 16.8 MHz. However, this extended frequency range is only available in one out of four HDTV lines. The 1:4 interpolator 126 interpolates according to a predetermined formula (e.g. linearly) or, in the simplest case, maintains the output of horizontal high pass filter 124 until the next update is received. This high frequency component, after processing delay time equalization by and equalizing delay 128, is added to the other component of the various luminance signals in adder 110.
The output of the horizontal low pass filter 116 is also sent through an equalizing delay 130 to adder 110.
The output of clamp 102 is applied to a 1:2 expander 132 which also receives a timing signal input from HVSC 103. The timing signal indicates the presence of the two LD components, LD2 and LD4, on the MAC-60 line so that only these portions of the signal are expanded, all other MAC 60 line components being set to zero. The output is filtered in a deemphasis filter 134 which has the inverse characteristic of the preemphasis filter 36 used to process the LD components in the MAC-60 encoder.
The original LD components (LD2 and LD4) were generated from lines which were not adjacent, but were separated by a one line interval (32 μsec). It is the function of a sequential delay 136 to delay the LD4 component but not the LD2 component, by 32 μsec, thus restoring the original separation. Sequential delay 36 may be constituted by a random access memory (RAM) into which LD2 and LD4 are entered. Read-out then takes place with a 32 μsec delay between the read-out of LD2 and LD4.
The LD2 and LD4 signals are then appropriately delayed in an equalizing delay circuit 138 and applied to adder 110. Adding the LD2 component to the correctly timed output of equalizing delay 30, namely (Y1 + Y3)/2, yields the luminance signal Y2. Similarly, adding LD4 to the output (Y3 + Y1)/2, where Y1 is the luminance component associated with the first line of the next subsequent four line signal packet, yields the reconstruction of luminance signal Y4.
The outputs of adder 110 are thus signals Y1, Y3, Y2 and Y4, i.e. the luminance components associated with the four HDTV input lines which were processed at the encoder to constitute one MAC-60 line.
The decoding of the U and V components will now be discussed with reference to path D.
The clamped incoming signal is applied to a 1:4 expander 140 and a 1:2 expander 142. Both expanders receive timing signal inputs from HVSC 103. As discussed with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4, the incoming U and V components are alternately compressed by 2:1 and 4:1 ratios. The timing signals applied to the respective expanders window out the 2:1 and 4:1 compressed components, respectively. The outputs of these expanders are sent to deemphasis circuits 144 and 146, respectively. These have the inverse characteristic of preemphasis filters 15 and 17, which processed the U and V components in the MAC-60 encoder.
The output of deemphasis filter 146 is low pass filtered in a filter 148 and sent to a cross-point switch 150 along with the output of deemphasis filter 144. Due to this low-pass filtering, both inputs to the cross-point switch have the same bandwidth. Before low pass filtering, the signal at the output of deemphasis filter 146 had twice the bandwidth of the signal at the output of deemphasis filter 144.
In order to recover the high frequency information carried in the 2:1 compressed component, the output of deemphasis network 146 is horizontally high pass filtered in a filter 152. The output of horizontal high pass filter 152 is high frequency information which alternates MAC line by MAC line between the U and V components. A switch 154 operating under control of the horizontal and vertical sequence controller 103 switches the output of horizontal high pass filter 152 alternately on a MAC line by MAC line basis to a 1:2 vertical interpolator 156 and a second 1:2 vertical interpolator 158. Again, the interpolators can operate in accordance with any desired interpolation scheme. In the simplest case, each interpolator is a storage in which information is maintained until new information is received. The outputs of interpolators 156 and 158 are then each maintained for two scanning line intervals.
If it is assumed that the U1 components are furnished at the upper output of switches 154 and 150, while the V2 components are furnished at the lower outputs, then U1, after passing through an equalizing delay 160, is applied to one input of a summing circuit 162, the other input of summing circuit 162 being connected to the output of interpolator 156. Similarly, the V2 output at the lower output of switch 150 is applied to an equalizing delay 164. The delayed V2 component is then applied to one input of an adder 166, the other input of adder 166 receiving the output of interpolator 158.
The output of adder 162, for example U, is applied to a 1:4 interpolator 168. At the output of interpolator 168, four U signals, one for each line of the group of four lines constituting the MAC line are furnished. Similarly, the output of adder 166 is applied to a 1:4 vertical interpolator 170. At the output of interpolator 170, four V signals, again one for each scanning line constituting the MAC line, will be found. The signals at the outputs of interpolators 168 and 170 are, respectively, applied to equalizing delays 172 and 174. The outputs of the equalizing delays are applied to inputs of a matrix 176. Matrix 176 also receives the outputs of adder 110, namely the luminance signals for lines corresponding to the lines for which the chrominance signals are furnished. The output of matrix 176 are RGB signals with a 525 line, 60 frames per second, 1:1 (sequential) scan and a 16:9 aspect ratio. This RGB output can therefore be displayed on a monitor which accepts this scanning format.
Although the present invention has been described in a specific embodiment, it is not to be limited thereto. Many variations will occur to one skilled in the art and these are intended to be encompassed in the following claims.
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Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled Tuesday that last year's pension plan that would effectively reduce public employees' salaries by 3 percent was unconstitutional.
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, and other legislators are calling this an issue of activist judging - when a court ignores the law in favor of personal interest. Yet this is not the case.
A mandatory pension plan in 1974 required employers, not employees, to contribute to pensions for state employees. According to the ruling, the plan was meant to adjust for increases in the state's cost of living. Though a 1981 Florida Supreme Court ruling allows the state Legislature to use employees' money for future projects, it does not allow them to overhaul employee contracts to cover holes in the budget.
Fulford's ruling that money collected under the new plan be returned to employees now leaves a $1 billion hole in the 2011 budget, another $1 billion for 2012 and has a $600 million impact for counties whose employees are in the Florida Retirement System, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
While using employee money to fill in budget gaps may offer a temporary solution, it may cause problems later on when the time comes to provide these same employees with their retirement pensions. If the Legislature cannot compensate for returning these benefits, the budget will continue to fall short when it comes to retirement.
In contrast to the 1974 plan, which was created in reaction to the increased cost of living, the 2011 plan eliminated cost of living adjustments, according to the Times.
Considering the plan was instated to compensate for gaps in the budget, the failure lies not in the courts, but in the 2011-12 budget itself. Had legislators used better management in designing the budget, they would have considered options that do not violate employee contracts for the state's financial interest.
Gov. Rick Scott called the decision "another example of a court substituting its own policy preferences for those of the Legislature." Yet it appears that the opposite is true in this case. The Legislature substituted the interests of its citizens and employees - the very people they work to protect - for those of the Legislature.
Though other states have pension plans, the attempt to balance the budget on the backs of state employees does not benefit those who need it most because it is hurting both their finances and their constitutional right to "collectively bargain over conditions of their employment," as Fulford put it.
While Fulford's decision may create a temporary issue in serving Florida's retired employees, the budget needs to better address how to handle the costs of retirement, and this should encourage legislators to consider honest ways of serving this population.
Creating new laws to compensate for temporary distress is unconstitutional in this instance. The court decision was right in that it served the people and upheld the law.
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GSK has been granted a nonexclusive license to use Adimab's antibody platform for discovery and optimization of all antibody formats, including bispecific antibodies. In return, GSK agreed to pay Adimab undisclosed "significant" up-front payments, as well as annual licensing fees, payments tied to R&D and commercial milestones, and royalties on a number of resulting commercialized therapeutic products.
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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56904269151565374192016-09-21T02:38:04.055-04:00Motherhood is PainlessTripping the mom fantastic since 2007.Diane firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-9955690436651331182016-05-26T09:38:00.000-04:002016-05-26T09:38:47.241-04:00Zoo-topia? Zoo-mazing! Sometimes we get the chance to do something as a family that is memory-making. Sure, we're supposed to strive for that all the time, but how often is it that we're just trying to occupy the hours of a weekend, keeping the kids from whining the whole time. This weekend was one of those special weekends. A while back I signed us up for the Bronx Zoo Family Overnight Safari. It's one of my Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-75060372710890055252016-05-12T12:41:00.001-04:002016-05-12T12:41:32.900-04:00Back in the habit I started something, a while ago. I'd come to our friendly neighborhood indie coffee shop once a week - sit here with my laptop and write. I worked through some stuff, and I was able to put my thoughts about Ben and his ADHD into order here on the page, and ultimately on the blog. It worked, for a long time. Sit. Think. Coffee. Write. But then the coffee shop closed down for a whileDiane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-15767686766198572812016-02-21T10:09:00.000-05:002016-02-21T10:09:21.065-05:00Catching UpNow that the holidays are well and far behind us, I can start to think about other things. I could tell you so much - but where to begin? I'm reeling. It's been a long, nutty of a month. Both kids had lice, and I spent days and days, washing things, vacuuming other things and generally being a boss about it. Thanks be to God that we've seen the end of that. I could tell you about the uptick inDiane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-38901132924185005462015-12-17T13:25:00.001-05:002015-12-17T13:25:39.117-05:00Back in the swingNow that we've settled all of that, I needed some space. I needed to get the words I wrote out into the universe. Ben is still Ben. Some days are great, and some are downright awful. And that will always be there. Winter has been slow in coming. It's warm and rainy today. A year ago, there was snow, and cold. On the one hand, it doesn't feel like Christmas is a a week away. But, on the other, Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-40113945638153598122015-11-16T10:54:00.000-05:002015-11-16T10:54:58.589-05:00The Boy - Part Five, or The End of the Beginning Thank you all so much for sticking through this. I promise, after today we will be up to date. (In case you're new here: One, Two Three, Four.) First Grade. We made it. When the year started, I wanted things to start off on the right foot with Ben's new teacher. I wrote a long letter to Mrs. P, and let her know the issues that we were facing with him. I explained about the ADD diagnoses,Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-6481455051760810552015-11-09T13:00:00.000-05:002015-11-09T13:00:06.112-05:00The Boy - Part Four Read Part One, Two, Three So, there we were managing the best we could with the tools we had. A great deal of what we did was based on the fact that boys are still fundamentally different than girls, and that Ben is relatively young. His birthday is in September, which puts him behind the curve when compared to kids that were born in January and the rest of the first half of the year. As Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-78302195810336417352015-11-02T14:00:00.000-05:002015-11-02T14:00:01.953-05:00The Boy - Part Three Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here I've been writing a series of posts about our son, Ben. In the last year, we've been taking steps to get him diagnosed with ADD with hyperactivity, or ADHD, as well as with some sensory issues. I've wanted to get this narrative down on paper, for my own memory's sake, and so that in the future, someone else can see what it takes. I was lucky, I have Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-2331047754492970382015-10-26T14:00:00.000-04:002015-10-26T16:04:43.391-04:00The Boy - Part Two Read Part One here So there we were - Ben was starting school. For a September baby, who wasn't really even potty trained before he started, he was amazing. For three hours a day, five days a week, he played, did art projects and sang songs. He was charming, smart and capable. We loved his preschool teachers, and he found friends among the kids in his class. Things were going well. Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-32589142483782554042015-10-19T14:00:00.000-04:002015-10-19T22:05:24.959-04:00The Boy - Part OneI'm not sure how to write about this yet. Some of it seems so simple, that there are answers to the questions that we've had for a while. But it's my kid, and my heart; and it's not simple. Even when it is. And by talking about what's going on with my kids, I'm doing only that. Not passing judgement on what you do with your kid, or comparing them to anyone else. Ben was a sweet baby. He was Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-24611657554714935512015-10-12T13:02:00.002-04:002015-10-12T14:27:57.396-04:00Re-Entry I went away. I went away to learn, to reconnect with friends and to figure out why I keep at this, even as intermittently as I do. It was an amazing five days. I felt wonderful as I stepped out of my regular role as Mommy-in-Chief and acted like a 100-percent adult for a few days. I didn't raise my voice in anger or frustration; didn't have to supervise homework or bath time: and I ate Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-63042977039542219792015-10-05T09:09:00.000-04:002015-10-05T09:09:05.872-04:00Something to sayIt's been quiet around here. I haven't had much to say, so I have been avoiding this place. The weather is turning, and the leaves are putting on their fall colors, slowly. We're creeping towards winter again. But I am, as ever preparing for it. I have medication, warm blankets, and a sweet kitty to sit on my knees while I work The kids are settling into school at last. The first three weeks Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-24983498846586677272015-07-31T10:46:00.000-04:002015-07-31T10:46:47.666-04:00Looking backLast week was a week. Dave was traveling - and it was a beastly trip - Denver, San Jose and Portland over five days. I was here, holding the rest of it together. Tuesday morning. Both kids, awake early, complaining of stomach aches, headaches. It was going to be a quiet day anyhow. So I tucked them in on the couches, turned on Netflix and checked temperatures. Fevers. Plans were cancelled. We Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-8149628431272839852015-07-15T08:14:00.002-04:002015-07-15T08:14:50.291-04:00Not all who wander...It's high summer. The middle of July, when the streets of New York City reek with smells I can't even begin to name. I walk down the street, my clothes sticking to me and counting the steps until I am inside in the AC again - drinking something cool and fresh. There is nothing else - the kids vacillate wildly between an almost cloying closeness and dire hatred of one another. I am separating Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-26612381357499691032015-06-18T11:15:00.001-04:002015-06-18T11:15:56.406-04:00Summer Looms LargeToday, Ben moves up from Kindergarten. He's made it - struggling, learning and growing. I am incredibly proud of him. Saying goodbye to small-kid time (as Bonnie would say) and moving on to greater and greater things. Here's to the future. Love you, sweetest of boys. Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-29942706428551442942015-05-30T08:08:00.001-04:002015-05-31T20:27:03.442-04:00Eight is Great Eight years old. Sweetness and light one minute - storming off in a huff the next. Equal parts "I love you mama!" and "Don't look at me right now." And I love her, every exasperating inch. Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-2783435255362607252015-04-22T09:53:00.001-04:002015-04-22T09:53:48.856-04:00A Promise - Or a List. Last time, I told myself that I wasn't going to sit and let this space linger. Even if I think I have nothig to say. Especially if I think I have nothing to say. It has to be better than letting these little feelings build up inside me until I'm full to bursting. So here is a summary of what's on my plate these days: My knee is troubled - I've been seeing an orthopedic specializing in Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-6255887663921463572015-03-30T09:07:00.000-04:002015-03-30T09:07:01.833-04:00Another day older and deeper in debtIt's Monday. Here I am, sitting at the kitchen table with the laptop at the ready. A fresh screen. And the words are stuck. Life is quiet for the moment. I have nothing to say. Or, I worry that I have too much brewing underneath the surface and fear that if I start to talk, it will all come pouring out. And I'm not ready for that yet. So I think I'll be quiet for a little while longer.Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-7829906266676024392015-03-08T23:21:00.001-04:002015-03-08T23:21:20.372-04:00Follow me!Follow my blog with Bloglovin Like planting a wee flag on the tippy top of the mountain that's the internet... Or somethingDiane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-75921825027437626132015-03-01T17:04:00.000-05:002015-03-01T17:04:15.950-05:00Marching OnwardIt's March 1, a significant date here. Seventeen years ago, I went out on a date. In fact, it was the last first date I ever went on. We ate Spanish food, played skeeball and other games, ate sorbet for dessert and we talked late into the night. Today, he got up with the kids, got Sunday breakfast, and helped the kids with their homework. We cleaned our bedroom and hugged each other tightly. WeDiane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-65791630338983410892015-02-09T08:43:00.000-05:002015-02-09T08:43:43.925-05:00Mid Winter BluesHere it is another Monday morning. Freezing rain is falling (again) and the kids are off at school. I'm sitting here, basking in the artificial glow of a sun lamp - it's very bright - meant to simulate morning light, and counter the grim and dark days of February. I'm not sure that it works, honestly. But we live in a basement, and there's a large part of our apartment that doesn't get any Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-86014815083280981812015-01-29T17:58:00.000-05:002015-01-29T17:58:05.966-05:00Fresh With No Mistakes, or How I Challenged Myself with the #typeachallengeI've done the first month of #typeachallenge assignments. You can see one of them above - write a mission statement for your blog. Harder than you'd think, really. But, it dovetails so nicely with the other two assignments for the month that it came to me fairly easily. First, I had to think of something I wanted to focus on for the coming year. Ever since I started on this Type-A journey last Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-41934034114081060462015-01-05T17:16:00.001-05:002015-01-05T17:16:35.479-05:00Kick back and enjoyI thought I was doing well there for a while. I was writing, chugging along. But here it is, January. A whole new year stands bright and shiny ahead of us, and I haven't actually written anything substantial here in months. What has been going on - well, the kids are enjoying school, and we've finally sorted out all the nonsense that comes along with that. After school activities are well in Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-55303587314732045072014-12-23T11:23:00.001-05:002014-12-23T11:23:12.002-05:00 Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year from all of us, to all of you. Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-54666280218345738302014-11-27T10:03:00.001-05:002014-11-28T21:47:59.206-05:00Make Me an InstrumentI wish I had better words today. Words to resonate, reflect and teach, but I am weak. I am scared and sad for the world. So much hatred, so much hurt and sadness. He said it so much more eloquently than I ever could. May your hearts find lightness and love today, and all days. Diane Stengleinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690426915156537419.post-34094812481772681532014-11-01T09:18:00.000-04:002014-11-08T08:32:50.411-05:00Falling Further InAfter the last year, it seems almost wrong to admit to loving the autumn this time around. I feel like a Pollyanna to admit to wanting to embrace the brightly colored leaves and cooling weather. I don't remember how old I was when my dad would start these speeches about the turning of the seasons, "The leaves start turning colors, and the air gets crisp. Fall is a wonderful time of the year...."Diane Stengleinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Red Sox Looking For Third Base Upgrade
Will Middlebrooks is hurt, but even when he wasn?t hurt, he hasn't performed at the level the Red Sox had hoped he would.
Now, the Red Sox are looking to make an upgrade at third base, writes WEEI?s Rob Bradford.
An easy solution might be to put back together the left side of the infield that helped the Sox win the World Series: Xander Bogaerts at third base and Stephen Drew at shortstop.
However, the Sox don?t want to move Bogaerts off short and don't appear all that interested in Drew at the moment either.
For the moment third base is Brock Holt?s job, who the Red Sox, with possibly the best depth in all of baseball, need just to plug a hole for the time being.


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Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014
Opera Browser Debuts on Nokia X Software Platform
Opera and Nokia have announced that the Opera browser will come pre-installed on the Nokia X software platform.
Monday, 24 Feb 2014
Windows 8.1 Update Coming in Spring; Windows Phone Sees Nine New Hardware Partners
At Mobile World Congress, Microsoft has revealed that an update to Windows 8.1 will arrive this spring. And Windows Phone has gained several new hardware partners.
EyeVerify's Eye Scanning Technology to Integrate with AirWatch's Secure Content Locker App
Security company EyeVerify announced today at Mobile World Congress 2014 that it is integrating its Eyeprint verification technology with AirWatch's mobile content management solution app, Secure Content Locker.
Friday, 21 Feb 2014
Android 4.4 KitKat Upgrade for LG G2 Happening in Mid-March
The latest Android OS update for the 5.2-inch LG G2 smartphone will roll out from mid-March onwards, while the upgrade package for G Pro, G Tablet, and G Flex is likely to be released in the later part of Q2 2014.
Office Web Apps Is Now Office Online
Office Web Apps was launched three years ago as a companion to Office desktop applications, letting you access and share Office files from anywhere. Now, Microsoft is officially renaming Office Web Apps to Office Online.
Thursday, 20 Feb 2014
Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp for US$19 Billion
Facebook just announced on its blog that it will be acquiring WhatsApp for US$19 billion.
Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014
OneDrive Launches Worldwide; 100,000 Users to Get 100GB Free for a Year
Microsoft OneDrive is now available worldwide. Like its predecessor SkyDrive, it lets you store all your files, including photos, videos, and documents, in the cloud, and have them available across any device you use, be it running Windows, iOS, or Android.
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2014
PSA: New Mac Trojan Steals Your Bitcoins
A new trojan horse virus has been discovered that affects Macs and steals your Bitcoins by monitoring your web traffic.
Sunday, 9 Feb 2014
Success Turns to Hatred: Flappy Bird Developer to Take Down App Very Soon
If you haven't downloaded Flappy Bird, you may want to do so by the end of today as Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen has decided to take down the app. Read on to find out why.
Friday, 7 Feb 2014
Steve Wozniak: Apple Should Make Android Phones, Criticizes Samsung's TouchWiz
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak feels that the company can benefit by making Android smartphones. Wozniak also shares his thoughts on Samsung's TouchWiz interface and innovation.


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Skip to comments.Just the Facts: Disease kills more people every year than guns,cars,knives combined.
Posted on 05/26/2014 10:10:21 AM PDT by Dallas59
Q: How many people die every year?
In 2012, an estimated 56 million people died worldwide. Q: What kills more people: infectious diseases or noncommunicable diseases?
Noncommunicable diseases were responsible for 68% of all deaths globally in 2012, up from 60% in 2000. The 4 main NCDs are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. Communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutrition conditions collectively were responsible for 23% of global deaths, and injuries caused 9% of all deaths.
Q: Are cardiovascular diseases the number 1 cause of death throughout the world?
Yes, cardiovascular diseases killed 17.5 million people in 2012, that is 3 in every 10 deaths. Of these, 7.4 million people died of ischaemic heart disease and 6.7 million from stroke.
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Life sucks.
and then you die.
We need stricter laws on living.../s
Well then this should be simple for the libs. They should put forward a class action lawsuit against the Grim Reaper. Of course that's a lawsuit the libs will never be able to win let alone collect from.
Perhaps if we spend trillions of dollars on a Single-Payer health care system, we can stop this from happening. [/s]
And if anti-vaxxers have their way, it may kill even more. Just my opinion.
Ban ALL Assault Diseases NOW!!!
How about abortion?
No one gets out alive. Which is why on this Memorial Day, in addition to remembering our fallen heroes, we would probably do well to reflect on what we're doing with our own lives, and whether we're truly living. A friend told me that life is like a roll of toilet paper - the closer to the end you get the faster it goes.
The death rate is currently at 100%. Somebody needs to do something.
I'm a big fan of hashtag inactivism.
The number of deaths varies slightly from year to year but the death rate has hovered around 100% since recorded history with no signs of abatement.
Life is a disease that always proves fatal.
No, governments kill the most people. And, they always have.
You might save the world that way
Or not
LOL! Sorry Jack. Got a fractured frame. Maybe it's just my computer.
The pic is still showing up for me.
And of course, every single one of those is really due to second-hand smoke.
Must be me.
The pic is found here.
Now that's just plain weird. All the other pics showed up except death04. Maybe somebody doesn't want me to see it. LOL! I get the gist though.
This IS weird!
swimming pools kill more children than guns every year.
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Jack White Performs 'Sugar Never Tasted So Good,' 'Just One Drink'White started with The White Stripes' "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" and then performed the rollicking "Just One Drink."
Jack White Praises Beyonce, Teases Fallon & Releases New VideoJack White is a man of many talents. The singer/songwriter recently released his unplugged collection Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 and while promoting the new album he took some time to praise Beyoncé and poke fun at Jimmy Fallon.
Watch Jack White Perform White Stripes' 'We're Going to be Friends'Jack White played "We're Going to be Friends" and shared air time with Jimmy Page, who was there to promote Led Zeppelin's 'BBC Sessions' reissue.
Jack White Praises Beyonce, Teases Fallon & Releases New VideoJack White recently released his unplugged collection, and while promoting the new album took some time to praise Beyoncé and poke fun at Jimmy Fallon.
Jack White Launches Interactive Music TimelineFans can travel all the way back to 1998 for rare content.
Jack White to Release 26 Acoustic RecordingsWhite also revealed an unreleased White Stripes track, "City Lights."
Jack White Wants to Play First Record in SpaceThird Man teamed with engineers to create the Icarus Craft, a custom-built "space proof" turntable theoretically able to spin vinyl from a spaceship.
Jack White Selected for Gender Equality Council"Now wouldn't it be just as ridiculous to pay two fiddle players a different wage because one of them is male and one of them is female? I think so."
Chris Rock Photo Sparks New Andre 3000 Album RumorsStudio collaboration or wishful thinking?
Watch Jack White Perform 'You Are My Sunshine' on The MuppetsJack White played matchmaker for Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog tonight as he covered Stevie Wonder's 1972 classic.
Watch Jack White Duet with Kermit the FrogFell in love with a pig.
5 Great Guitar Rock Heroes Since Van HalenGuitar based rock music has surely had its ups and downs in the past three plus decades since Van Halen hit the scene with their 1978 self-titled debut.


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Hearing loss can result from too much exposure to sound from any source that is above 85 decibels.
Many new and popular technologies such as personal stereo systems, cell phones, and laptop computers can produce sound far above that level. Since these technologies can store more music than ever before, they are likely to be used for long and extended periods of time.
The "ear buds" (earphones) that come with some devices are not made for maximum safety. They must be inserted into the listener's ears, closer to hair cells that are vital to hearing and that can be damaged by overexposure to high decibel sound. These earphones do not block out unwanted sound. As a result, many listeners choose to increase the volume in order to better hear the desired sound.
ASHA encourages everyone to enjoy these devices safely by taking three basic steps:
Maximize Social Media for Your Career Transition: Tap into social media connections and resources when you change work settings or specialties.
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Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) is celebrated as the first European composer to have secured an international reputation based solely on instrumental music, through the circulation of his publications and the work of his disciples and devotees. Corelli's fame spread far beyond Western Europe: by 1800, his music had been played in India, China, North America, the jungles of South America, and the Islamic Sultanate of Aceh, Sumatra. This workshop brings together leading specialists in baroque music and cultural history from Australia and abroad to present fresh perspectives on the global cultural legacy of Corelli, and to critique the cultural meanings of musical fame and its construction in the early modern world. It will include academic papers, recitals, and orchestral performances, and will feature a special lecture-recital by Professor Joyce Lindorff (harpsichord) and Nancy Wilson (baroque violin) in a live webcast from Temple University, Philadelphia. http://www.music.anu.edu.au/events/global-corelli