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Utah's disheartening 103-85 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night put the Jazz's playoff hopes on life support.
With only 11 games left in this bizarre season, the Jazz (36-35) trail the Grizzlies (39-32) for the Western Conference's eighth and final playoff spot by a full three games.
From losing Devin Harris with a re-strained right hamstring three minutes into the game to an especially difficult night inside to a lack of cohesiveness and execution, nothing seemed to go the Jazz's way in this critical contest.
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This is my first built from back in January and chose the ALZRC 480 Devil Fast but never got any good photos up. Early on I decided to remove the $80 Goblin looking fiberglass and get used to flying, and crashing, this guy. I couldn't justify damaging it so I've been using a $10 no name canopy, my crash canopy, until the paint started flaking off. Yesterday my ALZRC ridged canopy showed up with other 480 parts from HK. Flat black looking like it came from the original 1982 Tron movie. So before I crash it again I figured to get some shots posted.
Looking back after my recent Align 250 Pro DFC built the ALZRC is a very well designed and quality kit. Parts went together very well. Drawings and tolerances going to CNC fabrication resulted in parts requiring no filing or correction. I think kdean mentioned about the soft gears and I agree. They didnt last long and currently are all Align. Ive also been landing in snow so that didnt help. The only downfall has nothing to do with ALZRC but the 480 parts availability. Blades, boom, TT and rudder rod are unavailable in the US. Tarot is the only other manufacturer producing a 480 so you might find a rudder rod in the US if youre lucky. Align parts fit perfect so far.
Currently Im using the Align head with the ALZRC as a backup now that parts have arrived. I made a CF boom using an Align 450 horizontal stabilizer mount and 500 boom supports. I pulled out an old heat shrink repaired landing gear last night because they matched the new colors with a new one on order. Main blades are 360mm and the tails are 64.5mm. I need to pick up some new tails so Im going to try Fusuno 62mm hoping they will work ok. Otherwise its another HK order. The 500 blades are too thick.
I went with an Align 450 1700KV, Hobbywing Platinum 40 Pro and stock 450 gearing. The nano-tech 1300mAhs are holding up fine after a couple of dozen or so flights. I had a Devo RX802 which came with my Devo 10 so I paired it up with a µBeast. Ive been flying using the Sport behavior mode and thinking about trying the transmitter mode. The servos are Turnigy S306G-HVs. Replacement gears for the MS95s do fit but the ID needs to be drilled out a little for 3 of the gears. The output shaft is the same OD but the numbers of splines differ.
This thing still scares the crap out of me. Pitch pumps are sick and does great in the wind. If I were to do it all over again I would have mounted the ESC under the battery and put the RX802 inside using the gyro mount. I like having the µBeast out in the open for changes. I probably should have gone with the 250 build first but oh well
Just the boom, tt , tail push rods and canopy pins are different. If you want to use the bigger canopy on a standard frame youll have to move the holes on the canopy. And if you want to use the complete canopy and fg b9om cover, you either have to change the frame, or cut it down to fit the battery and keep the asthetics the same.
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I picked up this kit a few months back. I've been flying my 450x and 180cfx so it's been sitting for a while. Just as I was about to start building this, I see that Align put out the 470LP. I only paid $75 for this kit so I'm wondering if it's even worth my time to mess wi it. The Align can be bought < $200 with an esc and motor. Is this a decent heli? Any info on it seems pretty scarce.
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Are the staff all sober today or what?
Gratz davepm
Another promotion today to bring davepm to the rank of full Moderator.
Davepm has donned the Moderator hat to great effect, helping to keep an orderly forum and bringing a slice of homour with it.
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Just before my summer holiday in 2008 I bought this digital camera, the Samsung S860. I bought a new camera because the battery of my old camera was getting worse and I was never really happy with the quality of the pictures. On the Internet I discovered the Samsung D860 which was then around 70 pounds. Cheap for a digital camera and after reading some reviews I was convinced that this was a good enough camera for me.
The Samsung S860 came in a handy little box with of course the camera itself, a USB cable, strap, two AA alkaline batteries, manual and product warranty and CD-ROM (with software for transferring images on the computer). The camera internal memory is 11 MB which is really nothing so you absolutely need a memory card.
The camera is silver but probably also available in other colors and is by design rather than simple. The dimensions are 93 x 62 x 26.5 mm, slightly larg and doesn't fit so easily into a pocket or jacket pocket. The front of the camera - as it should be too - is mainly dominated by the lens. Beside it is the product name and company logo. Moreover there is still a small circular self-timer lamp and the flash. If you rotate the camera around, you look at the 2.4-inch LCD display. In addition to the display there are three small buttons to each other, the face detection button, the delete button and more standard buttons like on/off button. At the bottom of the camera is where you can place the memory card and battery. The first time I opened it I was a bit doubtful because the cover is of plastic and not very difficult to open and is very thin. I was afraid that it was going to break easily but luckily that's not the case.
The S860 has a 4.2 inch color LCD display with 230,000 pixels which produces very clear and sharp pictures. Unfortunately it can be difficult in bright sunlight using the display to photograph and there is no button where you turn off the display and look through a window as before. If the camera is turned on, the display will give some basic information for example about how many pictures you already took. The screen is not filled with 100's of symbols which is very pleasant.
When you take a photo the image appears for half a second on the screen before the camera is again ready to make a new photo, but unfortunately you still have to wait a good two seconds, so multiple shots are hardly possible in a short time. You can increase the time the picture is displayed. When you want to see more previous pictures you simply press the Play button and here you can also zoom in on the pictures. With the display I am largely satisfied.
The S680 has a lens with a 3x optical zoom, which is sufficient for a small digital camera in my opinion. In addition a 3-fold digital zoom, which is not recommended, however, because the images are very slightly out of focus or grainy when the camera is not absolutely hold still. In front of the lens is a cap that opens automatically by switching on the camera and closes automatically. The face detection the camera works quite well. Usually the camera automatically sets the focus to the face.
The S860 has 8 different modes which I wont all explain but you do have the Automatic mode which I always use and for me it works the best. The camera has a resolution of 8.2 megapixels enough for normal photos that you can print out later. The picture quality is not as good as expected. The images are partially blurred in places where they should be sharp. Of course since it's a digital camera you can delete the picture and quickly take another one, but it's a bit annoying.
The operation of the menu is really very easy. I have not read the instructions but still easily figured out how to work it. The symbols and lettering on the camera are clear and do not differ from other cameras. The first time you turn the camera on you can select the language and a date and time. Overall there are no complaints on the operation.
The photos can be transferred using the USB cable and software. Whether the software is simple to understand and whether the transfer goes quickly, I can not tell because I transfer my pictures differently. I just pop the memory card into my laptop, it is the quickest and I don't need to install anything. I'm assuming that the transfer is simple.
The Samsung S860 was for me in short not a bad buy because it meets my expectations but could have been slightly better. Some of the pictures turn out blurry which is always a shame and a hassle when you have to take the picture again. For 70 pounds I think can't really complain about it and the operation is great and the batteries last long enough for me. Overall a great buy and four stars.
Recently I bought a Samsung S860 on a sale! It is really worth every single penny. I am so happy about the heavy discount as well as the picture quality. It is an 8.1 mega pixel camera and the photo quality is just great.
Though I did not have much of an option to choose the camera based on its color, the silver grey is just fine with me. It also has a 3x optical zoom but one problem with it is that as you zoom the picture quality diminishes. The video recording is yet another feature that is worth all the money. My Samsung S860 came with two batteries, a battery charger and a pouch absolutely free. The face detection feature is good too. I really love the night effect that the camera provides as you can capture pictures of good resolution even in darkness. Samsung S860 is a good and inexpensive camera! Go for it!


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Three Survival Strategies for Young Companies (Plus a Stock Tip) from the Startup Predictor
Thomas Thurston usually charges big bucks for a consultation like the one he gave me this week. But you're getting it for free here. Of course, maybe it's a freebie that will make you seek him out for more information. Either way, consider yourself lucky. I do.
Thurston is the founder of Growth Science International, a research and consultancy firm in Portland, OR. If you're an entrepreneur, startup investor, or just like to play the stock market, you'll want to know about his work. Thurston has developed a sophisticated mathematical model of "disruptive innovation," based on principles put forth by Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School (who spoke in Seattle earlier this week). Using his model, Thurston claims to be able to predict, with 85 percent accuracy, the fates of companies.
Whether or not you believe his model, you might want to listen to his advice. Most of it hinges on the key idea of "disruption" coming from cheaper, lower-performing products that work their way up-market.
"The biggest mistake startups make is assuming the competition will leave them alone when they're better-performing," says Thurston, who previously worked at Intel Capital. "Startups always want to be better than their competitors. It's so ingrained in their fiber. They're with disruption theory until they have to be worse—but you can't just be cheaper. Cheaper and better is 'sustaining,' not disruptive. Startups want to raise capital, so they want to talk about why they're better."
Without further ado, here are a few tips from the startup predictor. Ignore them at your peril:
1. Go non-mainstream.
Of course, there's an art to pitching a "disruptive" startup to customers and investors. "You don't go out and say, 'I'm worse.' You find non-mainstream customers who value what you're good at, even though you're worse at what the mainstream customers want," Thurston says. "But if you're making better margins in your competitors' market, they're going to want to take your business." (What's interesting here is that venture-backed startups usually target the biggest possible market; not so, disruptive startups.)
2. Study failures.
Thurston built his predictive model in part by studying which companies failed and why. "Most people look at companies who survived and try to learn why. Usually it's random, it's hard to see. What people don't do enough is look at failures, because the data is harder to get," he says. "When you study a lot of failures, you see patterns much more strongly. Startups aren't spending enough time studying failures." (This also ties into an interesting cultural discussion about the tolerance for failure in the Seattle innovation community.)
3. Pay attention to narrative—especially when it comes to your competitors.
Surprisingly, Thurston's research suggests the valuation companies get from investors can vary by about a factor of three based solely on how they tell their story. Assuming a company has real substance, he says, employing the right narrative arc can triple its valuation—whether it's in capital markets (stocks), the IPO market, or startups.
"There is a narrative structure for startups," Thurston says, but he wouldn't share too many specifics. He did say the arc of the story should be like a classic hero's journey in literature or Hollywood. I took this to mean it should have a protagonist, an inciting incident (or a call to adventure), a goal, antagonists, and successive challenges and conflicts.
Thurston also says that "about one-third of your pitch [should be] about the competitors." Most entrepreneurs' pitches show just one slide and marginalize their competition, he says.
"It pays to say, 'There are competitors, and they're better at what they do. But we're doing something else.' You've got to spend a lot of time on the truth, and no time on the spin," he says. "Entrepreneurs think that if investors really understand the competitors, they'll never invest. But the way it comes across to investors is they're being shifty. I know, I've sat on both sides of the table." (Note to startups: it might help to be more upfront with the media about your competitors as well. We at Xconomy always ask this question of companies, and often find them to be evasive.)
On a separate note, I asked Thurston about what specific fields he's seeing a lot of interesting startups enter these days. He mentioned healthcare, software as a service, ("not every one is disruptive, but there's huge potential there"), and "crowdsourcing" applications.
"I like to look at industries with really big incumbents, almost monopoly situations. Then you look down at the ground and see who might be disruptive," he says. Take the airline industry. Small airlines operating out of second- or third-tier airports could disrupt the big airlines, he says.
Which brings us to his stock tip: check out Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ: ALGT), a company led by former ValuJet execs, which is trading at more than $50 a share.
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june 20th was the interesting day! thanks to russell, i got a 3-min talk slot in exchange for the ticket to the event. the day was full of inspiring and interesting talks, thanks to all speakers and participants who made the day shine bright. some video clips seem to be available through the Guardian, if you want to taste the flavour of the day. personally i was glad to get a chance to push myself to poke at some old piles of photos i randomly collected on toilets for the past couple of years.
why am i interested in toilets? my banal explanation is that toilets are the mirrors of culture with their prominence for everyone's life in the society. the design of toilets can be a powerful element in providing anyone's happiness, a sense of wellbeing, or even a feeling of small everyday achievement.
i am always shy about putting any work related slideshow on my weblog but as this is my hobby – the slideset from the day is downloadable in this page for anyone who's interested in the topic & promises not to get offended by any part of the content. it's a powerpoint file with brief explanation on each slide found in the 'notes' window.


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Glamorous Feather Bridal Head Pieces
January 3, 2011
Feathers are a soft, feminine and glamorous look for your wedding day.
One of the new bridal trends is the use of feathers. Our latest feather collections from Laura Jayne, Lori London& Elen Henderson are simply beautiful. Feathers can be worn with a bird-cage or a traditional veil. It all depends on the statement or look for your wedding gown.
The Black Swan Headpiece worn by Natalie Portman will send this trend even further.
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" Movie
Lori London Feather comb with Swarvoski center
Left Lori London Smaller Feather comb & Erin Cole Flower with feather wisps
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text: Tom Kalin, whose 1992 Swoon was a key film in the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s, is making a long-awaited return to the director's chair, reports Variety. Killer Films has announced that Savage Grace, which Kalin will direct from a screenplay by Howard A. Rodman (Joe Gould's Secret), will begin shooting in July with Julianne Moore in the lead role of an underprivileged woman whose life goes awry after marrying into a rich and powerful family. The film is based on the true story of the Baekeland family--the inventors of Bakelite--and Rodman's script is an adaptation of the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson. Savage Grace, which will be produced by Killer head honchos Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, will film in the United Kingdom, Spain, and France with a budget of $12 million.


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The 7th-ranked Georgia softball team (5-5) battled back from a 5-0 deficit in the first inning to claim the Second Annual Georgia Classic tournament championship with a 13-5 win in five innings over Jacksonville State (4-1) on Sunday.
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Kim Wendland and Megan McAllister hit a pair of back-to-back home runs, marking their third such feat in the last two games.
Wendland's two-run blast in the fourth inning moved her into first place in the Georgia record book for career home runs with 28.
Michelle Green (2-0) earned the win in relief for starter Katie Griffith, allowing two hits in 42/3 innings of shutout work.
Wendland finished the weekend with a tournament-best .588 batting average after going 10-for-17 with a triple, five home runs and 12 RBIs. Charvi Greer concluded the tournament at a .556 clip after going 10-for-18 with three stolen bases. Sojourner Moody collected eight hits in 18 at-bats while McAllister tallied three home runs and four RBIs.
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TONY MOWBRAY will allow Justin Hoyte decide whether he is in the right frame of mind to play for Middlesbrough tonight as his best friend in football continues to fight for his life.
Hoyte was on the Boro team coach travelling back from a defeat at Birmingham City on Saturday night watching Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final with Tottenham when it had to be abandoned.
Like everyone else on the bus that night, the Middlesbrough defender was distressed by the events at White Hart Lane, where Fabrice Muamba collapsed after suffering heart failure.
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Mowbray has since realised the extent of the pair's friendship and has given Hoyte, who described his affection for the player on Twitter over the weekend, time to reflect.
The manager also had a discussion with the right-back yesterday to see how he was feeling before he travelled with the squad to London ahead of tonight's Championship date with West Ham United.
In times like this, Mowbray thinks there are more important things to worry about than football.
He said: "I have every respect for Justin. He is a very good professional and I will gauge his frame of mind and what he is thinking. I left him alone at the weekend to deal with it. It will be down to the boy really. He trained with us on Monday.
"Joe Bennett and Jason Steele probably know Fabrice as well from the Under-21s. Football is a big family. You do play against each other. The players, the managers, tend to go and have a drink together after a match, so it has hit us all. As you could see in the stadium that night, you could feel the supporters of Tottenham were respectful of the situation. Everyone is conscious of that."
Mowbray described how everyone on the team coach on Saturday night were left almost in silence, watching events unfold.
Muamba remains in intensive care after medical staff took two hours to get the 23-year-old's heart beating on its own following his collapse on the field of play and messages of support have flowed ever since.
"It was on live feed on our TV on the team coach. We all sat and waited for news basically. It was so shocking," said Mowbray.
"Have we seen something like that on such a stage? Have we seen it in front of 30,000 or whatever, in front of the TV cameras, live? However millions were watching at home. It was awful."
Mowbray has been trying to get Hoyte and the rest of the his Boro squad to focus on tonight's trip to Upton Park, getting them back on the training ground yesterday morning.
Boro slipped ten points shy of the automatic promotion places after losing at Birmingham, a second defeat in a row that has left them with just a point's grace to seventh place.
Mowbray, who fears Rhys Williams will miss the rest of the season with ankle ligament damage, is trying not to be too concerned with ten matches remaining.
"I don't see any reason why it will slip away," he said. "When you break down the whole season, if you colour code it as I do, then there are red games where we have lost but there are plenty of yellow games and green games. Probably too many yellows, draws.
"Yet when you look at that season long map, there's a lot of positivity so we have to keep going and believing. If we do finish in the play-offs then you have to go into them full of positivity.
"We have raised the expectation of the support base this season, but the reality is that why should we - having lost a dozen players last summer - get away from being a team struggling to be in the top six this season? I think we are doing fine and the players can find the results to make sure that we finish strongly and make sure it happens."
Mowbray is still working on bringing in a new face or two before Thursday's deadline for emergency loans in the Football League.
He is expecting to lose out to Blackpool for Jonjo Shelvey, who prefers to stay in the Liverpool area. He is not, though, overly-confident of bringing anyone in.
Mowbray, whose squad have a few fresh knocks from the weekend, said: "You only want the loans you want. It is important they fit in to our club.
"The loans we have asked about have not come to fruition for whatever reason. The clubs don't feel like they can let players out. We will ask a few more questions in the next few days but we will only bring in players who we feel can impact on our run-in. Hopefully we will finish the season strong."
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'I ask myself every winter why I do this'
Sitting in Ben Harris' warmed, worn fish house, you can almost forget you are on the frozen Mississippi River - except for the fact that you can watch the river calmly flow by 300 feet ahead.
"I ask myself every winter why I do this," Harris said with laugh.
Still, he said a 20-year fascination with ice fishing has given him something to do during the cold months. He's a regular in the Upper Harbor, which freezes while the main channel stays fluid courtesy of current combined with warmed water released from the Prairie Island nuclear plant upstream.
The Red Wing native shares his fish house with a friend. They built the shanty about seven years ago, dragging it onto the ice around New Year's every season.
Harris said he usually spends four to five nights a week enjoying quiet time with fish-crazed black Labrador, Star, and, on this particular day Jan. 13, three crappies.
Although he prefers summer fishing to the winter sport, the weather extremes aren't an issue, he said. Harris works outdoors as a lineman for Xcel Energy during the day.
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A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that forms after an injury to the skin. It can result after a cut, scrape, burn, or ulcer. The appearance of a scar can vary depending on various factors, including the depth of the wound, the location of the wound, genetics, and age. Most scars will tend to fade over time but may never go away completely.Some patients are more prone to developed raised, or hypertrophic/keloid scars. These are scars where the tissue extends past the original wound. These scars do not tend to regress over time, and often will return even with excision.
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- Carsten W. Mueller *a,
- Svetlana Schlunda,
- Jörg Prietzela,
- Ingrid Kögel-Knabnerb and
- Martin Gutschc
- a Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde Technische Universität München 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan Germany
b Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde Technische Universität München 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan Germany and Institute for Advanced Studyn Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstrasse 2a D-85748 Garching Germany
c Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegrafenberg 31 14473 Potsdam Germany
Ultrasonication is widely used in soil organic matter (SOM) fractionation studies to break up soil aggregates to disperse the soil into its primary particles. An increasing number of studies also aim to incubate SOM fractions obtained by physical soil fractionation to study the bioavailability of different soil organic C (SOC) pools. To evaluate possible influences of ultrasonic soil disruption on short-term SOM bioavailability as well as the content and composition of water-extractable organic matter (WEOM) and salt-extractable (10 mM K2SO4) organic matter (SEOM), we conducted a laboratory incubation experiment with aggregated soil material from an Ap horizon of a cropland soil. Bulk soil and subsamples in which aggregates had been disrupted by ultrasonication were incubated in triplicate for 18 d at 20°C. During the incubation, CO2 production was measured continuously. At the beginning and at the end of the experiment, the chemical composition of SEOM was analyzed for the different experimental variants by ultraviolet (UV)-absorbance and solid state 13C cross polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-CPMAS NMR) spectroscopy. Additionally, we studied the effects of WEOM removal on heterotrophic soil respiration to assess artifacts by unavoidable WEOM removal during soil wet sieving, which is an important step in soil fractionation. After repeated leaching of unsonicated and sonicated soil samples, 0.5 to 1.0% of the total organic C (OC) pool was associated with the WEOM fraction. Ultrasonic disruption of soil aggregates resulted in increased amounts and changed composition of SEOM as well as in a 27% increase in CO2 production compared with intact soils. Incubation of ultrasonicated samples resulted in decreased O/N alkyl C and increased aromatic C contents in SEOM, indicating mineralization of potentially mobile organic matter (OM). Ultrasonic treatment during soil fractionation leads to enhanced dissolved OM (DOM) leaching and increased SOM bioavailability, which may bias results from incubation experiments on separated SOM fractions.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Northern Marianas goes to the polls
Voters in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas are going to the polls to elect members to the state's legislature, including governor and lieutenant governor.
There are more than 15,000 eligible voters.
Police officers are deployed at polling places and drinking alcoholic is prohibited throughout the day.
Director of the election commission in Saipan, Gregorio Sablan, says preparations have gone well.
"We have a system that actually detects individuals with the same names, so that there are no duplicate registrations, it is not possible for a person to register twice," he said.
"At the same time, before an election one of the Commission staff compares names from different angles.
"They compare names through date of birth and they compare names through the use of social security numbers, so there's just no way for duplicate registration."
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Principles of Electronic Communication Systems, Third Edition contains greatly expanded and updated material on the Internet, cell phones, and wireless technologies. Practical skills like testing and troubleshooting are integrated throughout. The book lays emphasis on the system level understanding of wireless, networking and other communication technologies. Comprehensive coverage and strong pedagogical features are some of its key features. The text is readable with easy-to-understand line drawings and photographs.
This Online Learning Center is designed to enhance your learning experience. It provides a broad array of resources that will benefit both the instructors and students. Visit the Information Center to unravel the book's features.
The Student's Center contains the Glossary, Industry Web Links, MultiSim Circuit Files, Chapter Overview, Chapter Outline, Chapter Objectives, Interactive Fill in the Blanks, Multiple Choice Quiz, True or False and two sample chapters on Communication Tests & Measurements and Television. This will give you the flavor of the published book.
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New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Indian telecom watchdog feels that mobile towers do not have an unlimited capacity for handling the current network load and there is an urgent need to increase the number of towers.
It feels that it is needed to cater to the demands of a growing subscriber base, which in turn will reduce call rates.
"There is an urgent need to increase the number of the towers so as to cater to the demands of a growing subscriber base. At the same time, problems like removal of towers from certain areas by authorities should be adequately addressed," said the Technical Paper on Call drop in Cellular Networks released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) here on Tuesday.
"Moreover, with the increase in the usage of 3G networks, the growth rate of mobile towers supporting 2G networks has reduced. This must be addressed," it further said.
Last month, the TRAI issued a notification, which said mobile phone operators have to compensate subscribers on call drops from January 1 next year at the rate of a rupee for each such failure.
Some important countermeasures at telecom service providers' (TSP) end have also been discussed in the paper.
Measures like dynamic channel allocation, multiple call routing and optimised resource management can be employed by the TSP's besides, usage of mobile signal boosters through the TSPs at users' buildings or premises, it said.
"Some prioritization schemes like measurement-based prioritization scheme, Call Admission Control Protocol, Guard Channels, Handoff Queuing and Auxiliary Stations essentially need to be incorporated by TSPs to reduce call drops," the telecom regulator said.
The report said while the subscriber base in the country is growing very fast, the mobile telecom infrastructure is not growing at the same pace and immense pressure is being put on to the existing facilities, leading to a dip in the quality of services (QoS) provided.
Call drop, affecting the quality of experience of the subscribers, can take place due to a variety of technical issues, including inadequate coverage; problems with the quality of signal; interference; network congestion; and network failure.
The TRAI monitored a few network-related quality of service (QoS) parameters in a cellular mobile telephone service network before it arrived at the conclusion. The parameters are – network availability, connection establishment, connection maintenance and points of interconnection.
An analysis of the traffic channel (TCH) call drop rate was carried out for various TSPs in Delhi circle reveals the operators are generally meeting the TRAI benchmark of TCH call drop less than 2 percent. But a drill down of the values at cell level shows that there are several cells that have much higher TCH call drop rate, the sector regulator said.
"The TCH call drop does not reveal the extent of number of areas or localities with worst call drop rate. Therefore benchmarks are prescribed for another parameter, 'worst affected cells'," the regulator said.
Regarding voice quality the report said: "Though the operators are generally meeting the benchmark of 95 percent, a drill down of the values at cell level shows that there are around 15 percent cells not meeting the benchmark."


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As the only veteran in camp still on a two-way contract, you'd think Dustin Boyd would be a little nervous.
Quite the opposite, actually. The 22-year-old Calgary Flames forward is more calm than ever.
"I'm definitely more relaxed. I'm not as jittery as I was maybe a couple of years ago or even last year," said Boyd, who has 61 NHL games under his belt over two seasons.
"I think if I play well that they're going to keep me regardless. I've just got to go out there and play well, play hard. Definitely, in the pre-season, I've got to score some goals."
With 13 forwards in camp on one-way deals -- 14 if you include the soon-to-be off the books Marcus Nilson -- it stands to reason that barring injuries or a decision to carry a full 23-man roster into the regular-season, something would have to give for the cap-strapped Flames.
Part of the reason Boyd isn't overly concerned is the fact the team told him to start looking at housing in Calgary last Christmas.
He knows that came with no guarantees, though, and is looking forward to making an impact when their exhibition schedule kicks off against the Florida Panthers tomorrow night at the Saddledome.
"I think everyone's in the same boat. Those pre-season games are huge," said Boyd. "You want to go out there and impress. You want to show them you belong here and that you can play, and play lots."
The Winnipegger hasn't played much in the league so far, averaging fewer than 10 minutes per appearance last year, mostly as a part-time checker.
At least one top-six spot is legitimately up for grabs, and Boyd will be competing with the likes of newcomers Rene Bourque and Curtis Glencross, and current camp linemate David Moss for the role, not to mention some of the hungry young kids.
Drawing from his past experience, breaking into the Western Hockey League, Boyd says he's dying to make the same progression in the NHL.
"I think anyone would love to be a top-six player. Me, I'd love to be there, too. I've just got to work at it. That's my whole goal is to be an impact player in this league," said Boyd.
"It reminds me a lot of when I came into junior. I didn't play much. I played fourth line for my first two years and I was a checker then, too.
"My role got increased and, by the end, it was awesome.
"Hopefully, I can progress the same here and look for a little bigger role this year -- more goals, more points."
Coming into camp at around 196 lb., a good five or six pounds of muscle tacked onto his 6-foot frame since last season, Boyd is maturing on and off the ice.
If the progression at this level in any way resembles his leaps forward with the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Flames will one day have a steal of a third-round pick from the 2004 draft.
Boyd climbed from 11 goals as a WHL rookie to 18, 26 and then a whopping 48 in his final junior season. His point totals also jumped every year, from 28 to 38, 61 and 90.
Admitting it's not nearly as easy to score in the pros, it's what he's aiming to do.
"I've had a taste the last two years and I know what it takes now.
"For me, I just have to put it all together," said Boyd.
"I've always been able to score goals, it's just the next step to do it at this level on a consistent basis."


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"The heroes who emerged first from the rubble of the September 11 attacks were not politicians or generals and they didn't become household names in the months that followed. They were, instead, public servants who continued to work day in and day out to protect our communities and ensure 'hometown security.'"
"Heroism is all about discovering our purpose of life, exercising the Power of ONE and affirming the Power of Intent which we are all blessed with. The Seriousness of intent and Honesty of Purpose can help each individual awaken the hero within."
"I am assisting United States veterans, heroes. People who put on our uniform, defended our country in time of war, who have been abandoned by their government."
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"I judge my country not by what it offers me but by how it treats our warriors when they return from wars."
"Hollywood has a love affair with heroes' stories right now. It depends on people being motivated to make the movies, because first and foremost they have to make a good movie."


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Once a year, the WWE takes fifteen wrestlers
from Raw and fifteen from SmackDown! and throws 'em in the ring together in,
what is usually, one slobberknocker of a match.
Since the very first Royal Rumble back in 17 years ago, the Royal
Rumble has been pretty entertaining match. In case you don't know, it starts off
with two men entering the ring to kick things off, and every 90 seconds a new
superstar joins them in the ring. A wrestler is eliminated when they're thrown
over the top rope and both feet touch the ground. The wrestler left standing in
the ring wins a title match at WrestleMania. However, since the match itself
only runs close to an hour, the rest of the card is filled with some matches
that don't come anywhere close to matching that excitement.
The Royal Rumble took place on January 30th in Fresno,
California. It runs 2 hours and 55 minutes, which goes by pretty quickly. Here's
the card:
Shawn Michaels vs. Edge - I
don't care much for Edge [especially in light of current events], but this wasn't that bad of a match. Shawn
Michaels is still kickin' [pardon the pun] and he gives Edge a good workin'
over. However, as I said earlier, since both gentlemen will be a part of the main event, this
spot should've been filled with two wrestlers who weren't.
Casket Match [Undertaker vs. Heidenreich] - Heidenreich really, really annoys
me. Undertaker isn't that much better. I thought this was a really lame match
that only popped once two unannounced participants got involved. Surprising even
me, since I really don't care for them either.
World Heavyweight Championship Match [Triple H vs. Randy
- This was a good match. While there were some weak spots, they both put on a
heck of a show. Most importantly, since HHH wrestled here it means he won't be winning
the Rumble. However, that doesn't bode well for Orton, now does it?
Triple-Threat WWE Championship Match [JBL vs. Kurt Angle
vs. Big Show] - This was another good match. Just not as good as it
should've been. Show's size prevents him from doing anything too athletic,
but I like him as a personality. JBL has drastically improved since his
"Bradshaw/APA" days, but Kurt owned this match.
Royal Rumble Match
- I gotta say I marked out heavily for this match. Part of the appeal for me
was the combining of the brands and getting to see wrestlers who don't normally
interact form alliances, however temporary. There are occasional "dead
spots" where the wrestlers just seem to stand around, but this was a
pretty damn entertaining match. And the best thing about this match? If you
don't like the wrestlers in the ring, wait 90 seconds and you might get one
you do like.
The following wrestlers are in the Royal Rumble
match and the numbers in parenthesis are the position that they entered the
Raw Superstars
They've also included promos that were previously seen on the weekly
broadcasts to hype this event:
Listed as "DVD
Exclusives" are:
As usual with WWE discs, for the amount of content on the disc, this was an
pretty attractive transfer. It's
presented in the full frame 1.33:1 ratio and the picture is pretty sharp. Colors
are bright and there were only slight instances of compression artifacts.
Audio: The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound was crystal clear and enveloped my
living room while I was watching it. You're also given the option of watching
the disc in Spanish.
Conclusion: The highlight of this disc, hands down, is the Royal
Rumble match. It's a shame they didn't cut out some of the individual matches
and expand the Rumble, but I thoroughly enjoyed what I saw. It was weird that
there wasn't a women's match, but considering the way Vince has essentially
fired every single Diva that can do anything even slightly resembling wrestling,
I wasn't terribly surprised. While it's slightly skimpy where extras are
concerned [thanks to the lengthy running time], this disc gets an enthusiastic Highly
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Founded by Linda Steiner in London, UK, Elemis
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First of all, thank you to all who responded to my question about LA'ing batting along with polar fleece. I ended up taking the suggestion to use a thin white muslin in the middle. This prevented the blue dotted fleece on the back from showing through the pale yellow gingham strip on the front.
As I was nearly finished FM stippling on the quilt, it started to skip a stitch here and there. It's nothing so horrible that it can't be fixed, but I'm not sure the best way to do it. My plan as it was happening was to just hand stitch from the back to catch the top thread where the holes are. Unfortunately, that wasn't quite as easy or, more importantly, as neat and tidy as I'd hoped.
I'm sure there are youtube videos or tutorials or something out there that can show me how to do this, but because I'm so tech challenged I can never find anything without a link (even cute baby or kitten videos), but I do know how to post here so I'm coming to you once again asking for help.
If someone can explain to me or provide a link to an explanation about how to hand stitch to pick up missed stitches I would really appreciate it. I just hope my question even makes sense because I definitely have no idea how to post a picture!
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- Biography
- Hello I am Quackyla My favorate color is blue ,animal is penguin and food is spam musibi and i live in the USA I also get colds and chapped lips often (idk know why) I also hope to have a great time with everyone!
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- My hobbies are drawing,going on the computer,and collecting stuffed animals(im not immature)I usually draw anime like naruto,pokemon and others.When I go on the computer I go on my favorite websites which are (im not telling you)also when I collect stuffed animals I collect are mostly penguins I have about more than 30 stuffed animals and my penguins are about 16!
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