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Monday, 19 August 2013
Stop Press!! My Video Loaded!!! {Off-The-Page Altered Suitcase for My Creative Scrapbook August 2013 Limited Edition Kit}
19 comments:
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
Loved it!!!!!! You are AMAZING!!!!
- 19 August 2013 at 01:37
- carlies said...
so amazing ,love it to
- 19 August 2013 at 01:58
- paperpapier said...
wow, really beautiful altered cosmetic case! Thank you for sharing the tutorial, I have subscribed to your channel and looking forward to your layout tutorial in the future!~
Heaney xx
- 19 August 2013 at 02:41
- Debbie said...
Beautiful Helen! Enjoyed watching your video and seeing your creative process!
- 19 August 2013 at 03:15
- Lizzy Hill said...
Got half way through then the internet decided to quit! I'll have to catch the rest later:):) I like how you used the script stamp:):)
- 19 August 2013 at 03:23
- Gayle Price said...
Great job Helen. Beautiful project, fantastic video...well done. xx
- 19 August 2013 at 03:29
- Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy said...
Whooo Hooo! Way to persevere... it was well worth it. Great video tutorial! You have it all going on now, my friend.;)
- 19 August 2013 at 08:14
- Adriana B said...
fantastic video...your rock :)
- 19 August 2013 at 09:17
- Val Thorpe said...
Another great video Helen. I watched it early this morning as I was drinking my first cup of tea of the day. I can't think of any better way to start my day :D
- 19 August 2013 at 11:47
- yyam said...
So pretty! Love the script stamping on the edges!
P/s: Getting good at the videos eh? :)
- 19 August 2013 at 13:09
- Linda Eggleton said...
Wooohooo...well done Helen for persisting with the video! Loved watching your tutorial and Cami's little case is gorgeous!
- 19 August 2013 at 13:25
- Ava Gavloski said...
perfecto helen!!! love it, now i know who to call when its my turn to work thru my 1st video...
lovely off the page project
- 19 August 2013 at 14:21
- sandi said...
LOVE this soooooooooooooo much! A real beauty!
- 19 August 2013 at 16:19
- Riikka Kovasin said...
Wonderful video! :)
- 19 August 2013 at 20:45
- Sandi Clarkson said...
Girl, you are amazing! Is there anything you cannot do? Kudos!
- 20 August 2013 at 04:19
- Sandie Edwards said...
For some reason I can't see the video link ... our internet provider has been having issues.. lets hope they sort it out soon.... Love your little bag though, and will be back to check the video out.
- 22 August 2013 at 07:00
- Camila Borssoi said...
Thank you for sharing this video, gorgeous suitcase!
- 22 August 2013 at 15:01
- Eila Sandberg said...
Yohoo! you go girl getting that video up! love listening to your voice and looking at your creating this little gem. Thank you so much darling! xoxo
- 30 August 2013 at 15:07
- Svjetlana said...
Wow Helen, this is so beautiful, thanks for sharing. I am trying to catch up with your posts, not sure how long is going to take :)
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We just purchased Ottolenghi's Plenty and have been cooking out of it almost every night since we got back from Zanzibar.
I admit I do not cook middle eastern foods often enough (though it's my favorite region of cuisine) and there was a bit of a learning curve. I'm just not that knowledgeable about how to properly season an eggplant or how much lemon zest to replace sumac with.
My favorite dish so far was the roasted aubergine with buttermilk sauce and pomegranate.
It tasted even more delicious the next day.
Aubergine with buttermilk sauce by Yottam Ottolenghi
2 large and long aubergines
75ml olive oil
Coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pomegranate
1 tsp za'atar
A few sprigs fresh lemon thyme
For the sauce
140ml buttermilk
100g Greek yogurt
1½ tbsp olive oil, plus a drizzle to finish off
1 small garlic clove, crushed
Pinch salt
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Wash the aubergines and cut them in two lengthways through the green stalk (it looks better like this, even though you don't eat the stalk). Make three or four deep parallel incisions in the cut side of the aubergine, taking care not to cut as far as the skin. Then, at a 45-degree angle to these cuts, make four more, to create a diamond pattern.
Put the aubergines, cut side up, on an oven tray lined with baking parchment and brush with the oil. Keep on brushing until all the oil has soaked into the flesh. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper, and roast for 35-40 minutes, at which point the flesh should be soft, flavoursome and well browned. Remove and leave to cool.
While the aubergines are in the oven, cut the pomegranate in two horizontally. Hold one half over a bowl, the cut side facing your palm, and with the back of a wooden spoon gently knock on the skin. Continue beating with increasing power until the seeds start falling into the bowl. Once all are out, sift through the seeds to remove any white skin bits. For the sauce, simply whisk together all the ingredients, taste for seasoning and keep cold until needed.
To serve, put an aubergine half on a plate, flesh side up. Spoon over lots of sauce without covering the stalk, sprinkle on lots of pomegranate seeds and some za'atar, garnish with lemon thyme and finish with a drizzle of oil.

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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
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|Aug 24, 2004
|Filing date
|Sep 25, 2002
|Priority date
|Jul 24, 1998
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|Kyeongho Lee, Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Joonbae Park, Wonchan Kim
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|Gct Semiconductor, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (38), Referenced by (44), Classifications (29), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/709,637, filed Nov. 13, 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6,483,335, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/121,863 filed Jul. 24, 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 6,194,947, and U.S. Pat. No. 09/121,601 filed Jul. 24, 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 6,335,952, and claims priority to Provisional Application No. 60/164,874 filed Nov. 12, 1999, the contents of which are incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a communication system, and in particular, to a CMOS radio frequency (RF) communication system.
2. Background of the Related Art
Presently, a radio frequency (RF) communications system has a variety of applications including PCS communication and IMT systems. As such, a CMOS chip integration of the system has been pursued to reduce the cost, size and power consumption.
Generally, the RF communication system is composed of RF front-end block and base-band digital signal processing (DSP) block or baseband modem block. Currently, the base-band DSP block can be implemented with low cost and low power CMOS technology. However, the RF front-end cannot be implemented by CMOS technology because of limitations in speed, bandwidth and noise characteristics, which are below the speed, the frequency and noise specifications of popular RF communication systems.
For example, the PCS hand-phone systems operate at a frequency over 2.0 GHz, but current CMOS technology reliably operates only up to approximately 1.0 GHz in terms of speed and noise. Hence, the RF front-end block is implemented using bipolar, bi-CMOS or GaAs technology that has better speed, bandwidth and noise characteristics than CMOS technology but is more expensive and consumes more power.
Currently, two different types of RF architecture called "direct conversion" and super-heterodyne (double conversion) are used for CMOS RF communication systems. Both architectures have advantages and disadvantages in terms of CMOS implementations.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a related art direct conversion RF system 100. A related art direct conversion CMOS RF communication system 100 includes an antenna 105, a RF filter 110, a low noise amplifier (LNA) 120, a phase-locked loop (PLL) 130, a first mixer 140, a second mixer 142, first and second amplifiers 150, 152, a first low pass filter (LPF) 160, a second LPF 162, first and second variable gain amplifiers (VGA) 170, 172 each including automatic gain control (AGC) loops, a first analog/digital (A/D) converter 180, a second A/D converter 182, a third mixer 190 and a power amplifier 192.
The antenna 105 receives RF signals. The received RF signal is composed of various RF bands. Selected RF signals are then filtered at the RF filter 110. That is, out-of-band RF signals (e.g., irrelevant RF bands) are removed by the RF filter 110. The filtered in-band RF signals are amplified with a gain at the LNA 120. However, the in-band RF signal is composed of in-band channels and possible image bands, which is shown as A in FIGS. 1 and 2. The in-band RF signals passing through the LNA 120 are directly demodulated into base band signals by quadrature multiplication at the first and second mixers 140 and 142 because the LO frequency is equal to the carrier frequency. The PLL 130 preferably generates two types of clock signals, I clock signals and Q clock signals using a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The I clock signals and the Q clock signals are the same excepting a phase difference. The I signals preferably have a phase difference of 90 degrees from the Q signals. That is, Q signals are phase shifted with respect to quadrature phase shift I signals. The two sets of signals I and Q are preferably used to increase the ability of the RF system to identify or maintain received information regardless of noise and interference. Sending two types of signals having different phases reduces the probability of information loss or change.
As shown at B in FIGS. 1 and 2, the down converted signal includes the desired channel, adjacent channels and an up-converted signal. The down-converted signal is amplified by amplifiers 150, 152 before passing through corresponding low-pass filters (LPF) 160, 162 to prevent drastic signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) degradation by noise injection from the LPFs 160, 162, which is shown as C in FIGS. 1 and 2. The signals from the LPFs 160, 162 are amplified by variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) 170, 172, respectively, and become respective signals required for A/D conversion at first and second A/D converters 180, 182. However, the desired channel cannot be amplified to a maximum level allowed by the linearity limit because the adjacent channel can reach the linearity limit before the desired channel is amplified to the required level. Thus, in the related art direct conversion architecture 100, amplification of the entire channel is reduced as the adjacent channel power increases, which also results in SNR degradation. As shown at D in FIGS. 1 and 2, the LPFs 160, 162 output a large noise floor that is added to the desired channel by the LPFs 160, 162. Accordingly, both the desired channel and the noise floor are amplified when the desired channel is amplified to the required level before the A/D conversion as shown at E in FIGS. 1 and 2.
The digital signals are then transferred to a base-band discrete-time signal processing (DSP) block (not shown). Channel selection is performed by changing frequency f0 in at the phase-locked loop (PLL) 130.
As described above, the related art direct conversion RF system 100 has advantages for CMOS RF integration because of its simplicity. In the related art direct conversion RF system only a single PLL is required. Further, in the related art direct conversion RF system high-quality filters are not required. However, the related art direct conversion architecture has disadvantages that make single chip integration difficult or impossible. As shown in FIG. 3A, clock signals cos ωLOt from a local oscillator (LO) such as the VCO may leak to either the mixer input or to the antenna where radiations can occur because the local oscillator (LO) is at the same frequency as the RF carriers. The unintentionally transmitted clock signals Δ(t) cos ωLOt can reflect off nearby objects and be "re-received" by the mixer again. The low pass filter outputs a signal M(t)+Δ(t) because of leakages of clock signals. As shown in FIG. 3B, self-mixing with the local oscillator results in problems such as time variations or "wandering" DC-offsets at the output of the mixer. The time-varying DC-offset together with inherent circuit offsets significantly reduce the dynamic range of the receiver portion. Further, as discussed above, a related art direct conversion RF system requires a high-frequency, low-phase-noise PLL for channel selection, which is difficult to achieve with an integrated CMOS voltage controlled oscillator (VCO).
FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a related art RF communication system 400 according to a double conversion architecture that considers all of the potential channels and frequency translates them first from RF to IF and then from IF to baseband using a tunable channel select PLL. As shown in FIG. 4, the RF communication system 400 includes antenna 405, a RF filter 410, a LNA 420, IR filter 425, a phase lock loop (PLL) PLL1 430, a first mixer 435, a IF filter 440, IF VGA 450, a PLL2 460, a second mixer 465, a LPF 470, an A/D converter 480, a third mixer 490 and a power amplifier 492.
The mixers 435, 465 are all for demodulation while the mixer 490 is for modulation. The mixer 435 is for a selected RF frequency and the mixer 465 is for an intermediate frequency (IF). The PLL1 430 generates clock signals at a high frequency or the RF frequency, the PLL2 460 generates clock signals having a low frequency or the intermediate frequency (IF).
Transmission data are multiplied with the clock signals having the high frequency from the PLL 430 to have an original transmission data frequency by the mixer 490. The output signals of the mixer 490 are amplified with a gain at the power amplifier 492 and then radiated through the antenna 405 for transmission.
Operations of the related art super-heterodyne receiver will now be described. Initially, an RF signal is received by the antenna 405. The received RF signal includes various RF bands. The RF filter 410 filters out out-of-band RF signals and the LNA 420 amplifies the in-band RF signal composed of in-band signals and possible image bands as shown at A in FIGS. 4-5. Image bands are filtered out by the image rejection (IR) filter 425 as shown at B in FIGS. 4-5. Otherwise, the image bands are mixed with the in-band RF signal after a first down conversion by the mixer 435 and PLL1 430 combination. Thus, the in-band RF channels are down converted into an IF frequency by a first down conversion at mixer 435 using a local oscillator signal LO1 as shown at C in FIGS. 4-5. The PLL1 430 generates the local oscillator signals for I signals of the RF signals and for Q signals of the RF signals.
The band-pass IF filter 440 rejects adjacent channels so that only the desired or dedicated channel has a dominant power level at the IF frequency as shown at D in FIGS. 4-5. The IF VGA 450 that includes an AGC loop amplifies the dedicated channel at the IF frequency to get an amplitude sufficiently large to overcome a large noise floor of the downstream LPF 470. The AGC loop continuously detects the amplitude of the IF VGA 450 output and controls its VGA gain so that a maximum amplitude allowed by the linearity limit can be obtained. As a result, the dual-conversion receiver can achieve the required SNR by the IF-filtering and amplification as shown at E in FIGS. 4-5. An adjacent channel is not a bottleneck or problem of IF amplification because of filtering by IF filter 440 before the IF amplification is performed by the IF VGA 450. However, if the adjacent channel is not eliminated before the IF amplification, the dedicated channels cannot be amplified to a maximum value because the adjacent channel can reach the linearity limit before the dedicated channel is amplified to the maximum level.
The amplified RF signal is down-converted again into the baseband by the second down-converting mixer 465 and using a local oscillator signal LO2 from the PLL2 460 as shown at F in FIGS. 4-5. The low-pass filter 470 filters out the up-converted signal and remaining adjacent channels as shown at G in FIGS. 4-5, which indicates the noise floor added by the LPF 470. The A/D converter 480 converts the signals into digital data, which is then transferred into a baseband discrete-time signal processing (DSP) block (not shown). All of the channels at the IF stage are frequency-translated directly to baseband frequency by the tunable PLL2 460 for channel selection.
As described above, the related art super-heterodyne RF system 400 has various advantages. The related art double conversion RF system 400 performs the channel tuning using the lower-frequency (i.e., IF) second PLL 460, but not the high-frequency, (i.e., RF) first PLL 430. Consequently, the high-frequency RF PLL 430 can be a fixed-frequency PLL that can be more effectively optimized. Further, since channel tuning is performed with the IF PLL 460, which operates at a lower frequency, the contribution of phase noise into channel selection can be reduced. However, the related art double conversion RF system 400 has various disadvantages to overcome for single chip integration. The related art double conversion RF system 300 uses two PLLs, which are difficult to integrate in a single chip. Further, the frequency of first PLL remains too high to be implemented with CMOS technology, and in particular, with a CMOS VCO. In addition, self-mixing problem still occurs because the second PLL is at the same frequency of the IF desired carrier. The output signals of the second mixer may leak to a substrate or may leak to the second mixer again. The time-varying DC-offset, together with inherent circuit offsets significantly reduces the dynamic range of the receiver portion. In addition, CMOS integration of an IR filter and an IF filter is very difficult or impossible.
The above references are incorporated by reference herein where appropriate for appropriate teachings of additional or alternative details, features and/or technical background.
An object of the invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.
An object of the present invention is to provide a single chip CMOS transmitter/receiver and method that substantially obviates one or more problems and disadvantages of the related art.
A further object of the present invention is to fabricate a CMOS RF front end and method for using same that allows one chip integration of an RF communication system.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an RF communication system and method with reduced cost and power requirements.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a reliable high speed, low noise CMOS RF communication system and method for using same.
Another object of the present invention is to increase a frequency range of a RF front end of an RF communication system.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a direct conversion RF communication system and method that provides a prescribed SNR regardless of an adjacent channel power level.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a baseband structure for a CMOS RF receiver on a single chip using selective two step amplification to meet desired gain for a selected RF channel and remove a larger adjacent channel.
To achieve at least the above objects and advantages in whole or in part, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, there is provided a direct conversion communication system that includes a receiver unit that receives signals including selected signals having a carrier frequency, a demodulation-mixer that mixes the received carrier frequency selected signals and that outputs baseband selected signals, and a baseband amplification circuit that includes first and second stage AGC amplifiers that receive the baseband selected signals and that selectively amplify in-channel signals to a prescribed amplitude.
To further achieve the objects in whole or in part, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, there is provided a single chip RF communication system, that includes a transceiver that receives and transmits RF signals, a PLL for generating a plurality of 2N-phase clock signals having a substantially identical frequency 2*f0/N, wherein f0 is the carrier frequency, and wherein N is a positive integer, a demodulation mixer that mixes the RF signals from the transceiver with the plurality of 2N-phase clock signals from the PLL to output RF signals having a frequency reduced relative to the carrier frequency f0, wherein the demodulation mixer comprises a plurality of two input mixers, an AGC loop coupled to the demodulation-mixer, a gain-merged filter coupled to the AGC loop, and an A/D converting unit coupled to the gain-merged filter that converts the RF signals from the demodulation mixer into digital signals.
To further achieve the objects of the invention, in whole or in part, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a RF communication system that includes receiving signals including selected signals having a carrier frequency, generating mote than two multi-phase clock signals having a substantially identical frequency different from the carrier frequency, mixing the received selected signals with the more than two multi-phase clock signals to output demodulated selected signals having a frequency reduced from the carrier frequency, wherein several of the more than two multi-phase clock signals are mixed to demodulate one of a first carrier frequency signal and a second carrier frequency signal, amplifying the demodulated selected signals until one of a selected channel and an adjacent channel reach a linearity limit and amplifying and filtering the adjacent channel and amplifying the selected channel to a desired dynamic range.
To further achieve the objects of the invention, in whole or in part, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, there is provided a system for demodulating communications signals including a mixer which mixes a received signal with an oscillator signal, a first amplifier which amplifies first and second signals output from the mixer, the first signal lying within a desired channel and the second signal lying within another channel, and a filter which suppresses the second signal without suppressing the first signal, the filter being positioned after the first amplifier along a signal path.
To further achieve the objects of the invention, in whole or in part, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, there is provided a method for demodulating communications signals including mixing a received signal with an oscillator signal, amplifying first and second signals output from the mixer in a first amplifier, the first signal lying within a desired channel and said second signal lying within another channel, and suppressing the second signal without suppressing the first signal, the suppressing step being performed after the amplifying step.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained as particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a related art RF communication system;
FIGS. 2A-2E are diagrams showing signal propagation in the system of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing clock signal leakage in the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing another related art RF communication system;
FIGS. 5A-5G are diagrams showing signal propagation in the system of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a multi-phase, reduced frequency (MPRF) RF communication system according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a receiver of a RF communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing signal flow of the RF communication system of FIG. 7; and
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a receiver of a RF communication system according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
A single chip radio frequency (RF) communication system formed using CMOS techniques should satisfy the following operative requirements. A CMOS voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) has poor noise characteristics. Accordingly, a CMOS phase-locked loop (PLL) integration is required. However, the number of PLL should be small and the center frequency of a PLL preferably differs sufficiently from a transmitting RF frequency (e.g., is preferably low enough) to control a phase noise result using the CMOS VCO. High-quality filters are preferably eliminated because of associated disadvantageous area and power specifications in CMOS configurations. Also, a number of components in the CMOS RF system should be small or reduced without performance degradation.
A first preferred embodiment of a "multi-phase reduced frequency" (MPRF) conversion RF communication system 600 is shown in FIG. 6 and can preferably be formed on a single CMOS chip. The first preferred embodiment can operate at frequencies well above 1 GHz such as 1.8-2.4 GHz. The phrase "multi-phase reduced frequency conversion" is used because a single-phase periodic signal having a high frequency is preferably obtained by combining or multiplying multi-phase low-frequency periodic signals together. The first preferred embodiment of the MPRF conversion RF communication system 600 includes a front-end MPRF RF block 602 and a digital signal processing (DSP) block 604, which is preferably base-band. As discussed above, related art DSP blocks can be formed using CMOS techniques. Accordingly, a detailed explanation of the DSP block 604 including a digital signal processor 650 will be omitted.
The MPRF conversion RF block 602 includes an antenna 605, an RF receiver portion 640, analog/digital (A/D) converter 690, D/A converter 695, a power amplifier 670 coupled between a mixer 660 and the antenna 605. The receiver portion 640 generates a modulating and de-modulating clock, i.e., local oscillator (LO), whose frequency f0 is determined by a reference clock.
FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a first preferred embodiment of a receiver 700, which can operate as the receiver portion 640. As shown in FIG. 7, the receiver 700 includes a full-CMOS low noise amplifier 710, a N-phase mixer 720A, 720B, a PLL generating multi-phase (e.g., 800 MHz) LO signals (e.g., LO[0:11]) 730, a variable gain amplifier (VGA) with a first automatic gain control (AGC) loop 740A, 740B, a gain-merged (e.g., four 3rd order Gm-C elliptic filter) filter with a second AGC loop 750A, 750B, a Gm-C tuning circuit with a poly-phase filter configuration 760. Each of an I-channel and a Q-channel signal is coupled to analog-to-digital converter (e.g., 4-bit flash ADC) 770A, 770B, respectively.
The PLL 730 preferably includes a N-phase voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 732, a phase frequency detector (PFD) and charge pump 736, a loop filter 738 and a prescaler 734. The VCO 732 is preferably a multiple feedback loop VCO where each VCO cell of the VCO 732 preferably includes short rise/fall times and a large swing to obtain a phase noise reduced sufficiently for a wideband 2.4 GHz CDMA application. The prescaler 734 is preferably a multi-phase sampling fractional-N prescaler that performs fractional-N operations while preventing a fractional spur inside the channel bandwidth. Thus, the PLL 730 incorporates a bandwidth sufficient for a low phase noise 2.4 GHz W-CDMA without the fractional spur inside the channel bandwidth.
As shown in FIG. 7, the PLL 730 generates 12-phase LO signals (LO[0:11]) for seven different channel frequencies. The N-phase mixer is preferably a quadrature down converter and as shown in FIG. 7 includes two six-phase single-balanced mixers 720A, 720B where one is for the I-channel and the other is for the Q-channel. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the six-phase mixer 720A receives 800 MHz six-phase LO signals (LO[0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]) for the I-channel and the six-phase mixer 720B receives 800 MHz six-phase LO signals (LO[1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]) for the Q-channel. Accordingly, the 12-phase quadrature down converter 720 provides the function of a single-balanced mixer that receives a single-phase 2.4 GHz LO signal. In this example, the mixers 720A, 720B permit the CMOS VCO to provide multi-phase clock signals at a frequency 2f0/N (e.g., one-third) of the carrier frequency f0. Accordingly, a dominant power of the LO and its associated leakage is not at 2.4 GHz (the carrier frequency) because the VCO 732 is operating at 800 MHz. Thus, in the first preferred embodiment of the receiver 700, an amount of DC-offset can be drastically reduced due to the 2*f0/N frequency of the VCO 732.
As shown in FIG. 7, the mixers 720A, 720B output baseband RF signals. A baseband structure of the receiver 700 includes the first AGC loop 740A and the second AGC loop 750A. The AGC loop 740A includes—VGA stages (e.g., n=7) 742 a, 742 b, . . . , 742 n, a cascaded DC-offset canceling loop 744 having—DC-offset canceling loops 744 a, 744 b, . . . , 744 n (e.g., n−7) and a first feedback loop 746. Additional description of the automatic gain loop control apparatus is provided in co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/705,696, filed Nov. 6, 2000, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. The second AGC loop 750A includes a gain-merged four 3rd order Gm-C elliptic filter 752, a DC-offset canceling loop 754 and a second feedback loop 756. The first AGC loop preferably enables the desired channel to achieve the maximum gain before the channel selection filter in a case where there is a large adjacent channel condition. The second AGC loop preferably compensates gain lost for the desired channel because of the large adjacent channel blocker. The baseband structure first AGC loop 740B and the second AGC loop (with filter) 750B of the receiver 700 for the Q channel have a similar configuration to the I channel. Each of the feedback loops include a peak detector 746 a, 756 a, a charge pump 746 b, 756 b and a loop filter 746 c, 756 c.
FIG. 8 is a diagram that illustrates signal flow of the baseband structure of the receiver 700. As shown in FIG. 8, two different conditions are illustrated. In a first condition, an input RF signal 805 is received from the mixer 720 where the adjacent channel power 820 is smaller than or equal to power of the desired channel 810. Preferably, according to the first preferred embodiment of the receiver 700, the desired channel obtains the required gain primarily from the first AGC loop 740. In a second condition, an input RF signal 825 is received from the mixer 720 where the adjacent channel power 840 is greater than (e.g., substantially larger) than the desired channel 830. When the RF signal 825 is received, the first AGC loop 740 amplifies the desired channel 830 until the adjacent channel power 840 reaches the allowed linearity limit. In the second AGC loop 750, the AGC loop is merged in a Gm-C channel selection filter that amplifies the desired channel to the desired level limited by the allowed linearity limit. By selectively controlling the conditions and operations of the first and second (e.g., cascaded) AGC loops 740, 750, an RF signal in the desired channel can still receive a maximum gain available to the RF signal 805 even when the RF signal 825 is received. Thus, the first preferred embodiment of the baseband structure of the receiver 700 obtains a gain provided by a dual-conversion receiver.
In addition, the output signal outputted from the last VGA of the VGA loop in the first AGC loop, is inputted back to VGA 3 as shown in FIG. 8. However, the present invention is not intended to be so limited. For example, the output signal could also be looped back to a different one of the previous VGAs in the VGA loop such as VGA 1 or all the VGA stages.
FIG. 9 is a diagram that illustrates gain distribution of the receiver 700. As shown in FIG. 9, case I illustrates the conditions where the amplitude of an adjacent channel blocker is equal (e.g., or less than) to the in-band signal. As shown in FIG. 9, a received in-band signal 910 has a value being a minimum detectable signal (MDS). Similarly, an adjacent channel blocker 920 has an initial value being the MDS. As shown in case I of FIG. 9, both of the in-band signal 910 and the out-of-band signal 920 receive a gain of GRF dB (decibels) by an RF stage 930. In a preferred embodiment, the RF stage 930 includes the LNA 710 and N-phase mixer 720. Thus, as shown at point B of case I in FIG. 9, the in-band and out-of-band signals 910, 920 are signals having (MDS+GRF) dB at an output terminal of the mixer 720. GRF is defined as an RF gain provided by an RF section 930.
The AGC 940 is a first stage AGC that amplifies both the in-band signal 910 and the out-of-band signal 920 until the dedicated linearity limit 932. In case I, the adjacent channel blocker (e.g., out-of-band signal 920) cannot prohibit the in-band signal 910 from receiving sufficient amplification. Thus, both the in-band and out-of-band signals 910, 920 are amplified up to (MDS+GRF+GAGC) dBm at an output terminal of the first AGC loop stage 940. GAGC is the AGC gain by the first AGC loop 940. Accordingly, in the second AGC loop 950 in case I shown in FIG. 9, the in-band signal is preferably not amplified because a sufficient amplification was previously achieved to meet the dedicated signal level for the receiver 700. Preferably, the first AGC loop stage 940 achieves the amplification. However, in the second AGC loop 950, the adjacent channel blocker 920 is partially filtered to be reduced in amplitude. As shown in FIG. 9, in the second AGC loop 950, the adjacent channel blocker 920 is rejected preferably by a filter rejection ratio (e.g., 4�RF) in the filter stage without amplification because GF is set to 0 by the second AGC loop 950. GF is the merged gain of a 3rd order elliptic filter of the second AGC loop 950 and RF is the rejection ratio of 3rd order elliptic filter. In summary, in case I as shown in FIG. 9, the gain of the VGA preferably included in the first AGC loop sufficiently covers the required dynamic range GAGC=DALL. In the single chip CMOS RF receiver, DALL is a required dynamic range to transfer the in-band signal. Thus, in case I of FIG. 9, GAGC and equal DALL.
As shown in case II in FIG. 9, the amplitude of the adjacent channel blocker 980 is larger than the in-band signal 970 by BdB, which is the required adjacent channel blocking ratio. As shown in case II of FIG. 9, the MDS dBm of in-band signal 970 and the (MDS+B) dBm of the out-of-band signal 980 are applied to the RF stage 930. Accordingly, at an output terminal of the RF stage 930 (e.g., mixer output), the in-band signal 970 has a gain of (MDS+GRF) dBm and the out-of-band signal 980 has a gain of (MDS+B+GRF) dBm. In case II, the VGA of the first AGC loop 940 preferably amplifies both signals 970, 980 until the amplitude of the adjacent channel blocker 980 reaches the linearity limit 932. As a result, at the output of the first AGC loop 940 (e.g., VGA output terminal), the in-band signal 970 has a gain of (MDS+GRF+GAGC) dBm and the out-of-band signal 980 has a gain of (MDS+GRF+GAGC+B) dBm. Relative to the case I of FIG. 9, the VGA gain VAGC (case II) is smaller than the VGA gain VAGC (case I) by B dB. In the second AGC loop 950 for case II of FIG. 9, the gain-merged-filter stage 954 preferably amplifies the in-band signal 970 by (4�GF), which is preferably equal to the required blocking ratio, B dB. The out-of-band signal 980 is amplified by (4�GF) and simultaneously rejected by (4�RF) by the gain-merged-filter in the second AGC loop 950, which results in a total or net (4�(RF−GF)) rejection. Accordingly, in a second preferred embodiment of the receiver baseband structure shown in FIG. 9, the required dynamic range is shared by the first AGC loop 940 (VGA) and the second AGC loop 950 (the gain-merged-filter) to provide the required dynamic range DALL=GAGC+4�GF=GAGC+B.
Although the second preferred embodiment of the baseband structure shown in FIG. 9 indicates a first AGC loop followed by a second AGC loop 950, the present invention is not intended to be so limited. Thus, the second AGC loop 950 could be sequentially provided after a mixer of the RF section 930 prior to the first AGC loop 940. In such a case, the in-band RF signal would be first processed by preferably the Gm-C filter to block an adjacent channel prior to the gain from the first AGC loop 940 using preferably the VGA amplifiers.
As described above, the preferred embodiments of the CMOS receiver architecture and methods for using same have various advantages. In the preferred embodiments, a direct conversion receiver is provided having a SNR comparable to a super-heterodyne receiver. Further, in preferred embodiments of baseband structure and methods of using same according to the present invention a sufficient SNR is provided for an input signal regardless of an adjacent channel power level.
The foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. The present teaching can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. The description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In the claims, means-plus-function clauses are intended to cover the structures described herein as performing the recited function and not only structural equivalents but also equivalent structures.
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I found this one dental place. I wasn't too sure of it. I was right. When I got the main Dentist he was a little crabby. Plus he hurt my mouth and I was numb.
Well, I went out in serch of a Denturist and found the dentist of my dreams. He makes sure everything is numb before he starts working on you, he's fast and you don't even know he's done before he flies out of the room onto the next patient. It helps that he's cute to.


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A Beginner's Guide to Dried Beans
Steve Peters
There are many unique items growing here in Vermont. There is the widest array of heirloom tomatoes, the freshest artichokes, and my favorite discovery of the summer - husk cherries. But when it comes to nutritional value, the best plant-based food out there is not as exotic. In fact, for ages these have been enjoyed among cultures throughout the world. And when you combine them with grains, you make a complete protein - that is, you fulfill all nine of the essential amino acids necessary in the human diet. I'm talking about beans. Beans are an ideal taco filling, which is why I bring them up. The tortilla (the grain) when filled with beans, gives you that complete protein all in one delicious, hand-held meal. Although not widely for sale among farmers right now (which in some ways actually does make them unique for us) there are a few options for dried beans in the Rutland region. Yoder Farm in Danby is one grower in particular that often carries them at the Rutland farmers' market - more so going into the fall, winter and spring months. The Rutland Co-op also has a nice selection - some local, some not. Take a look at our Locally Grown Guide for more sources in the area. Of course, the dried beans that come in a bag in the grocery store will do as well. It is important to know that older beans take longer to cook. And you really have no way of knowing how old those beans in the grocery store truly are. However, when you can chat with the farmer who grew them, you can get a clear notion of the freshness of your food.
Before you can use dried beans you must bring them to a state which is suitable for cooking. That's right, using dried beans more often than not requires a two-step process. First, the soaking and then the cooking. But the good news is that this is 98% unattended! There are a few approaches you can take, but regardless of which you choose, the first real step is to give the beans a rinse to remove any dust or dirt. Then, pick out any damaged beans. Old beans will float to the top when placed in water and can be removed.
Note: As they absorb water, dried beans expand! One cup dried beans will result in about 2 1/2 cups after cooking.
Method #1: The Quick Soak
With the quick soak approach you place your beans in a pot and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil and simmer for two minutes. Turn off the heat, cover, and let sit for one hour. Drain. They are now ready for cooking. See below.
Method #2: The Long Soak
Like the name implies, this is the longer of the two methods. However, all you have to do is cover the beans with water and let sit for six to eight hours - overnight or while at work for the day - are ideal, convenient periods of time. Afterwards, drain and cook. See below.
Cooking After Soaking
In a pot, cover the beans with plenty of water - much more than seems necessary. Dried beans absorb water and expand up to one to two times their original size. Bring to a boil and simmer until tender. The amount of time varies greatly depending upon the age, as noted above, and size of the bean. Smaller and fresher will result in less time. Lentils could be ready in twenty minutes, for instance, without even soaking, whereas chickpeas, on the other hand, can take up to three hours. But, in general, aim for one to two hours, or longer. To impart some really great flavor into your beans, try adding in a variety of fresh herbs, onions, and garlic. Avoid acids (like lemon or tomato) and salt until after cooking. These tend to break down the beans too quickly. Be sure that the water always remains in the pot as the beans cook.
When done, remove any aromatics, add salt and use however you prefer. The beans can be stored in their cooking liquid for several days in the fridge or several weeks in the freezer. Why not soak and cook a month's worth of beans all in one shot?
Three Alternatives (if the above two options for some reason sound terrible to you)
Cooking Without Soaking
Soaking too much of a bother for you? Fine. Just cook the beans anyway. But be aware cooking times will double compared to if you had soaked. And unlike soaking time, this time requires some minor degree of your attention.
Cooking in a Pressure Cooker or Slow Cooker
Since I've never tried either of these methods, I'm going to redirect you. Just wanted to let you know these are options as well, both of which seem to still require soaking.
For cooking beans in a pressure cooker: go here. Seems like a really quick method.
For cooking beans in a slow cooker: go here. With just about all things cooked in slow cookers - this will probably make your house smell great.


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OnePlus 5T review: Hands-on
Maxtor 6 L200P0 External Hard Disk Problem HELP!
Product Contents
USB 2.0 3.5" HDD Aluminum External Mobile Enclosure
USB A to B Type Cable
Installation Driver CD
5V/2A & 12V/2A Switching Power Adaptor
AC Input: 100~240V
AC Power Cable
Plastic Stand
Product Features
Supports USB 2.0 Transfer Rates Of 12 MBPS & 480 MBPS
USB 2.0/IDE Compliant
Supports ATA PIO Modes 0-4 & UDMA Modes 0-4 Of Operation
High Speed (480 MB) & Full Speed (12MB) Support
Allows Device Hot Swapping (Plug & Play)
Support Ultra DMA66 & Compatible With Ultra DMA 100
Support HDD Over 250GB
CE/FCC Approval
Self Power (Power Consumption 5V/1.5A & 12V/1.5A)
Product Dimension (W:122 mm x H: 33mm x L:216 mm)
I bought this item on eBay via buy it now from Envizage Solutions Ltd for £90.00. It's been 2 ½ months since I bought the item and it has worked perfectly fine till now. I am currently abroad in Sri-Lanka and took the drive to my friends house so I could copy some of his files and as in Sri-Lanka they use a three pin connection I used an adapter for the square pin plug provided with the drive at his house. The hard drive was recognized and we were able to access the files and he was copying the hard drive's files to his pc when all of a sudden an error message was displayed saying that the files cannot be copied stating something to the effect of 'The data source is corrupted'. We thought it was just some random error and disconnected the hard drive and tried reconnecting but the computer would seem to try to access it but be unable to.
What exactly happens is when the device is turned on that the blue light in front of the external enclosure which is I think equivalent to the hard disk light on a normal CPU flashes but then goes off immediately, then maybe after a minute the light comes back on and goes off again immediately. As a result the hard disk does not appear on the computer as normal, as soon as the drive is turned on the sound which Windows plays when a USB device is connected is heard, however it is not accompanied by the usual auto play of the drive asking me what I want to do. Going to 'My Computer' does not even show the drive. I tried restarting the computer with the device on and Windows was stuck on the 'Windows Is Starting Up Screen'.
I tried using device manager and through it, it insists the device is working properly. I even tried the USB troubleshooter Windows help but it did not help
If I go to 'Safely Remove Hardware' option the drive is listed as mass storage device Maxtor 6 L200P0 USB Device. When I try to stop it at first it says that it cannot allow the action as the computer is accessing it, but later it will allow me to remove the device safely from the computer.
Then after the device has been turned off the following message is displayed
"Windows was unable to save all the data for the file I: The data has been lost. This error has been caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save the file elsewhere."
I felt the hard disk drive and it is not hot as usual, please bear in mind I have tried it at both my friends and my own computer.
I appreciate any help provided which can help identify what the exact problem is, I sincerely hope that the 200gb hard drive isn't fried as I used this as my backup and all my photos,music,video and important university stuff is stored on it. Please help!
hi thanks for getting back to me, its an external so im not sure how to do that, and i dont want to risk loosing my guarantee by opening it,ive emailed them theyve asked if i can send it for insepection, what do u guys advise i should do cos i could get someone over in srilanka where i am at the moment to do so ut i guess that would void my guarantee
I am currently abroad in Sri-Lanka and took the drive to my friends house so I could copy some of his files and as in Sri-Lanka they use a three pin connection I used an adapter for the square pin plug provided with the drive at his house.
Voltage supply in Sri-Lanka is?
Sounds like power supply in external HDD is defunct.
hi I'm pretty sure its 250v, theyve suggested i take the drive out and plug it in to my tower although I'm not sure how to do that I would appreciate some help on how i can assign it to slave and the pluggin in bit
When you open the enclosure (powered off )the HDD will be held in by 4 screws. There will be a IDE cable(ribbon) and a powercable (D plug 4 wires) in the back of the drive, these run from a small circuit board at the rear of the enclosure.
Carefully undo the cables from the drive and remove the screws. the drive can now be lifted clear.
At the rear of the drive, between where the cables plugged in, will be a nother set of pins with maybe a couple short together by a little plastic plug. This is the master slave jumper setting, should be shown where the plug fits on a label on the drive. It will be set to master for use in the enclosure. You need to change to slave for use in your tower.
With tower switched off. Remove cover from tower you will see same arrangement for your HDD but the ribbon cable should have a spare connector halfway along its length.
Plug the drive into this connect a spare (D) power plug.
boot your PC and it should detect the drive as slave on the POST screen and it should show up in My computer or Explorer.
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my hard disk isnt even detected when i plug it internally and it has been put to the jumper setting, system is really slow when the drive is plugged in and my computer shows it as local disk but cant access it :(
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I have successfully installed the part but when I try to add the web part, I get this error;
Unable to add selected Web Part(s).
ChartPart: A Web Part or Web Form Control on this Page cannot be displayed or imported. The type could not be found or it is not registered as safe.
Please help.
Hi Peneplope,
have you installed all the prequisities, like the Microsoft Chart Controls?
Please check your SharePoint log files (12-hive/LOGS) and search for ChartPart, please post any errors here.
Hi, I have the same problem and realized that I did not have the .NET 3.5 Chart Controls installed. Install the Chart Controls fixed the problem.
I also am having problems loading the webpart after deployment. Is the WSP file safe? Also is it because the wsp file is not in the GAC? it is in the Inetpub. Here is my log error.
Error importing WebPart. Assembly ChartPart, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b674fbef227b83bb, TypeName. ChartPart.ChartPartWebPart
Failed to add webpart https%253A%252F%252Fsharepoint%252Etrusant%252Ecom%252F%255Fcatalogs%252Fwp%252FChartPart%252Ewebpart;ChartPart.
Exception Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationRuntime.SafeControls+UnsafeControlException:
A Web Part or Web Form Control on this Page cannot be displayed or imported.
The type could not be found or it is not registered as safe.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartImporter.CreateWebPart(Boolean clearConnections)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartImporter.Import(SPWebPartManager manager, XmlReader reader, Boolean clearConnections, Uri webPartPageUri, SPWeb spWeb)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartImporter.Import(SPWebPartManager manager, XmlReader reader, Boolean clearConnections, SPWeb spWeb)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartQuickAdd.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
I also used the following when deploying chartpart2.0
First off make sure you have
MSChartControl installed on the server (Sharepoint Server)
Secondly, make sure your .Net 3.5 is up to date. Install the MSChartControl.wsp to make the MS Chart Controls available from within Sharepoint 2007.
Third, Install the ChartPart install package (ChartPart 2.0.wsp), do the necessary addsolution and deploysolutions necessary. including going to the site(s) to have the control used and activating the feature there for posterity sake.
Lastly, keep your eye on the Event Viewer while doing this deployment to see if anything pops up.
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Why you have cellphone Addiction
Online game addiction is the most common form of internet addiction. It happens when gamers spend hours online, resulting in them neglecting important areas of their lives, including their health, eduaction, work and family. An accident generally spends over four hours at a time gaming and will most likely become pissed off when this isn't possible.
Play online games every day
Play online games when you know should be doing something else.
Play online games instead of socialising or talking to your family or friends.
Think a lot about your game when you are away from it.
Feel nervous or uptight when you are not playing.
Often hear your family or friends complaining that you are always online?
In a new world, anything is possible, distance, space and time are non-issues
Strong sense of community
the allure of gaming is more than just for the fun
Give players a sense of achievement and satisfaction-psychological benefits for players.
What is cellphone Addiction
An abbreviation of "no-mobile-phone-phobia"
Is also called "cell phone addiction."
Check yourselves
You use your phone in the bathroom.
You feel a brief moment of panic when you touch your pocket and it's gone.
When you meet people with same phone, you can only talk about the phone.
You broke it, and it feels like you lost a friend.
A full battery charge barely costs the day
You have alarms telling you when to do everything in your life.
Individuals suffering from Internet addiction spend more time in solitary seclusion, spend less time with real people in their lives, and are often viewed as socially awkward
Being addicted to the Internet can also cause physical discomfort or medical problems such as: dry eyes, backaches, severe headaches, eating irregularities
The detriment of other aspects of their life, such as school, work, and most importantly, real-life relationships, may then lead to introverted behaviours.
Poor work performance
Connected with daily life
Phone games are attractive
Easily to contact with your friends instead talking face to face
Begin by setting up a plan which stops you from buying video games.
Change your mentality
Limit weekly online game time and start phasing out
Reward yourself if you reduce your playing time.
Find something else to do
What kind of problem will causing
Car Accidents resulting
Tunnel Vision
Less conversation between people
Distractions in school classes and job environments
Pick up germs.
High levels stress for eyes
Lead to cancer
Long term effects on brain, hearing, vision and heart.
Swithcing off your phone might cause anxiety, imatablilty or sleep-lessness.
Feeling loneliness or emptiness when there are no calls or messages even for a short while.
Change in sleep cycle
Poor family interaction
Reference List
People are more addicted to phones
ONLINE GAMING & VIRTUAL WORLDS - AM I ADDICTED, n.d., Available from: <http://www.counsellingsydney.com.au/addiction/internet/gaming>. [21 March 2014】].
internet, n.d. Available from: <http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/index.aspx?AID=43>. [21 March 2014].
What's the reason ?
Spiritual emptiness
Bad character
Environmental impact
Academic pressure
Spiritual emptiness
Can't enrich inner world
No life goals
Lack of care
Such as personality lonely, introverted, unwilling to relate to people. When they hearts with contradictions, distressed, they can't resolve. They go to the internet to vent, because they found that the internet is a good confidant. Keyboard manipulation in their own hands on, they can see anything and talk everything.
Bad Character
The Enviromental impact
even a kindergarten child or a retired oldman, also can use the computer expertly. more and more internet cafes coming to our life. For profit, the operators open the convenient door to the children who have not enough ability to distinguish between right and wrong. It is easily to make children loss himself in a dazzling virtual world.
Academic pressure
Under the enormous pressure, most of children loss the curious desire, learning mechanically. It is easy to produce weariness for study, thereby they might be find some intrest on the phone
Nowadays, many people use personal computer or smartphone, they frequently use these digital staff to play online games, they are afflicted to the games. Lots of bad effects are exposed by psychologist and other related organizations. So there is, in terms of psychological benefits, maybe good for gamers. However , in terms of their future, it maybe damage their hapiness or success. So we should advocate that it spends less time on sitting before computer screen to play online games and takes some time to accompy your family or does some meaningful things.
In now society, more and more modern technology becomes to our life, at the same time, life pressure are steadily on the increase, people are prefer to use the phones and laptops to contact with each other. Even to use the games to relieve pressure. But it is very easy to addicted to games and internet, unduly use the phones and internets will takes extremely disadvantage.
In mordern society, with techology developing, more and more advanced techological products comeing into our lives
Although those advanced products have provided lots of conveniences, but in actual fact, people, especilly young teenagers can easily addicated to them. such as cell phones and video games
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Sheikh Mohammed will be honored along with other Eclipse Award winners at the 31st annual Eclipse Awards dinner on Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort in Miami Beach, Fla.
"In recognition of his extraordinary contributions and accomplishments in both racing and philanthropy," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been selected to receive a Special Eclipse Award, according to an announcement Friday from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.Sheikh Mohammed, who was attending the Keeneland sales when the Sept. 11 attacks hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, made a $5 million personal contribution to the disaster relief fund organized by Keeneland. He later pledged 100% of Godolphin Racing stable's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships day earnings to the NTRA Charities-New York Heroes Fund, established by the NTRA, Breeders' Cup Limited and the New York Racing Association.With four Godolphin horses finished in the money, including Tempera's win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Fantastic Light's win in the Breeders' Cup Turf, Sheikh Mohammed's Breeders' Cup pledge resulted in approximately $2 million for the Heroes Fund. According to the NTRA, Sheikh Mohammed's total contribution of $7 million made up more than half of all aid monies raised by the Thoroughbred racing industry worldwide.The Crown Prince of Dubai and Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed purchased his first Thoroughbred in 1976 with his brothers, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Godolphin Racing, operated by Sheikh Mohammed and his brothers, has dominated the owner championships in Britain for much of the last decade. Godolphin finished fifth on the list of North America's top owners by earnings for 2001. Three Godolphin horses -- Fantastic Light, Sakhee and Tempera -- are finalists for 2001 Eclipse Awards.The winner of the Special Eclipse Award is determined by a committee composed of representatives from the Eclipse Award-presenting organizations: the NTRA, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association.


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Ghana's local Black Stars take on Congo DR on Sunday in one of four quarter-final matches at the ongoing African Nations Championships in South Africa.
The two nations contested the finale of the competition's maiden edition, hosted by Cote D'Ivoire in 2009, with the Leopards running out comfortable 2-0 winners and the central Africans would seek to draw some inspiration from that bit of favourable history.
Earlier in that tournament, Ghana had beaten Congo 3-0, implying tomorrow's meeting between the pair would be their third at this level.
On current form, though, Ghana seem slightly capable of overpowering their opponents.
Both teams scored thrice in the group rounds, but Ghana conceded just a goal - one less than the Congolese, in fact - en route to topping Group C with two wins and a draw.
Congo, in Group D, only finished as runner-up to Gabon on six points but do seem strong enough to obstruct Maxwell Konadu's Ghana, a team dominated by players from domestic league champions Asante Kotoko.
With both countries clearly aiming for the title and players on either side boosted by the added impetus of potentially swaying the attentions of watchful scouts from Europe, a great show is set to be served at the Free State Stadium, Mangaung, when Ghana and Congo DR clash.


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I am currently testing the lastest AdMob plugin of sdkbox.Everything works like a charm on ios.But on Android i have a very strange issue. When a call sdkbox::PluginAdMob::init(), it opens the following web page :
com.mistwalkercorp.guardians is not the package name of my game. By entering that package name on google, it leads me to Terra Battle app...
Anyone has an idea about this issue ? Is it a bug in the last Admob plugin or anything else ?
That's really strange, can you double check if your app id was configured correctly ?
It could be you have some virus on your Android device. Also it could be that admob was trying to show ads to that package name and something went worng - what happening if you disable usb debug? or maybe some malware asking for it:)
My app id is ok. I already integrated admob mediation in another project (with firebase) by myself and everything is ok. But not in a cross plateforme way, that's why i wanted to try out the sdkbox plugin. So i don't think it's a virus. If i disable debuging, the web page won't show but ads still won't work (can't cache or show).
The strange thing is that this web page will only be shown once, on the first launch of the app only, after installation.
Maybe my project is broken on android. I'll try to integrate admob on a fresh project and will tell you if it works.
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(Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it's sort of ironic that today we're going to bring up a budget, the Republican budget, that would end Medicare as we know it, but at the same time seek to repeal the health care reform legislation, or at least defund it.
I don't understand how my Republican colleagues keep talking about repealing or defunding health care reform and yet have nothing to replace it with, and in this case are trying to gut or end as we know it the existing health care programs that we have for senior citizens and the disabled in the case of Medicare, and in the case of Medicaid for low-income people.
They would tell seniors, in their budget, that they're supposed to go out and buy their own health insurance, and somehow they're going to give them some help. They call it premium support from the Federal Government. But they're now going to have to pay out of pocket to just buy their insurance more and more. So they have to pay out of pocket for the premium, they have to pay out of pocket for a deductible, and they have to pay out of pocket for the copay. Where does it end?
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Why will you win everytime with this compo ?
The goal of this team is to take advantage of ennemy team weakness : their mind.
Early game
The early game would be pretty normal :
- shaco is a very good ganker
- renekton has a lot of sustain and may be able to own his opponent toplane
- botlane is quite safe : the heal from Nidalee, the E of Ezreal to escape. Besides, it's an agrressive duo so they might own their opponents too.
- teemo mid can handle lots of champs mid
Mid Game
The mid game doesn't change a lot.
However, you will get some advantages :
- teemo will be able to put lots of mushrooms on the map so your team will gain map control and this will annoy ennemy team
- renekton is very good in mid game
- botlane would have bought their tear of the goddess so they will be able to spam their spells a bit
- shaco is now able to push some lanes and then annoy the ennemy team
Late Game
The Late Game : if you reach it, then you will win :
- Shaco can backdoor a lot with his attack speed and also is safe because of Shurelya plus his spells. Besides, with all the farming he would have earned, he would be able to own almost all 1v1 fight so ennemy team must send many men to stop him.
- Teemo, Nidalee and Ezreal are now able to slow down ennemy team, preventing them to fight in normal conditions : poke from Nidalee (nice domages witout risk), poke from Ezreal (so much slow)
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I come to the Fishhopper Restaurant often and when I do I always get great service and great food. Sam the General Manager always comes and greets us. My server was so nice and attentive. We thoroughly enjoyed the Poke nachos as a recommendation and the Hawaiian Opakapaka is so flavorful and fresh with an awesome citrus sauce. For dessert we had the Pumpkin Cheesecake. Wow! I asked and found out that they actually make it at the Restaurant. Very impressive and delicious. We love this place!
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I'll be in Manhattan for the James Beard Awards May 2nd and 3rd, as well as lunch on the 4th. Since i'll be by myself I don't want to do anything such as Adour, Eleven Madison Park, etc. so i'd like to stay within a reasonable budget. I'd love to get some great dim sum and Chinese, brasserie fare, as well as DBGB. This is what I had in mind but i'd love some suggestions!
In no particular order....
Momofuku Ssam
Oriental Garden
Jean George (lunch)
Balthazar or Pastis (both favorites)
Bouchon Bakery (macaroooooons)
Katz Deli (gotta have pastrami...)
Crif Dog/PDT late night
Tailor Bar
Spotted Pig
Papaya King
I love french food, comfort food, and asian cuisine. I frequent NYC but usually its with a group so dining isn't always up to me. I've been to many of the 'big named' restaurant but i'd like to go to places that are more reasonable and fun - especially easy for someone to go by themselves.
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To mark Darwin Day on February 12th, 2013, the resident scientists taking part in our current Inquiry on Evolution & Human Nature have issued a joint statement on the value of their dialogue with theology for their work on the evolutionary study of religion. Their statement has been posted on a leading website on evolution, This View of Life: Anything and Everything from an Evolutionary Perspective. Here are the opening paragraphs of their article, with a link to the full text:
Rarely do scientists and theologians have the opportunity to work together over a sustained period of time. But sustained effort is essential if we are to move beyond re-runs of decades old points of disagreement. At CTI, we have been given precisely this opportunity, and though it has been hard we have begun to identify questions of mutual interest as well as some areas of consensus. The next task is to work out how to share the fruits of this enterprise beyond our own group. Darwin Day offered an ideal opportunity for our team of scientists to co-author a statement on the benefits of this sustained, cross-disciplinary dialogue. We have found that we are not just talking anymore, but our research is changing in novel and unexpected ways.
One of the greatest challenges of our time is reconciling the seemingly opposing worldviews of religion and science. The "science-religion" debate has, however, become one of animosity, misunderstanding and misrepresentation. Darwin Day, on February 12, offers an opportunity to move beyond polarized debate to a more constructive dialogue. Charles Darwin himself recognized that religiosity is part of human nature. More than 150 years after he published his theory of evolution, an explosion of research has begun to advance Darwin's initial observations, in order to develop accounts of how not just humans, but religion, evolved.
We are a group of evolutionary scientists who have contributed to this research. Yet as the evolutionary study of religion has taken off, we have come to believe that a dialogue with theology is increasingly necessary. We have joined a group of theologians on a year-long residential research project on evolution and human nature at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ. This conversation moves beyond the stale discourse of New Atheists versus Creationists in order to generate hypotheses-based understandings of religion—one of the last great puzzles of evolutionary biology. Religion, even God, is no longer a taboo subject of study among evolutionary scientists, and evolutionary theory is becoming a part of the toolkit for modern theologians.
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Home » Movies by Year of Release » 2003
List of movies released in 2003
The following is a list of telugu movies released during the year. Click on the movie title to access movie information.
- Aadanthe Ado Type - Aryan Rajesh (as Surya), Anitha (as Bindra), Shiva
- Aatma Bandham - Kiran, Vidya
- Aayudham - Rajasekhar, Sangeetha, Gurlin Chopra
- Abhimanyu - Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (as Abhimanyu), Spandana, Suhasini
- Adante Ado Typeu
- Aite - Sashank, Abhishek, Janardhan
- Aithe - Abhishek (as Vivek), Mohit Chadha (as Ramu), Veerendra Chauhan (as Musharraf)
- Amma, Naanna, O Tamil Ammayi - Ravi Teja (as Chandu), Asin, Prakash Raj
- Andhra Vaala - Junior NTR, Rakshita
- Appudappudu - Raja, Shriya Saran, Bhagawan
- Back Pocket - Suman, Vijay, Sonali Raj
- Bangaru Mogudu - Suman, Malasri, Bhanupriya
- Bheemudu - R Narayana Murthy, Nayani
- Bramhacharulu
- Chantigadu - Baladitya (as Chantigadu), Suhasini, Saranya
- Coolie - Srihari
- Dharma - Sriman, Keerthi Chawla, Sivareddy
- Dil - Nitin, Prakash Raj, Venu Madhav
- Donga Ramudu And Party - Srikanth, Laya, Bhuvaneswari
- Dongodu - Ravi Teja (as Thief), Kalyani, Madhavasri
- Ee Abbayi Chaala Manchodu - Ravi Teja, Sangeeta, Vani
- Ela Cheppanu - Tarun (as Sekhar), Shriya Saran, Sunil (as Sunil)
- Enjoy - Jackie, Kavitha
- Evidence
- Fools - Srinath, Gajala, Jayasudha
- Gangothri
- Gollmall - J D Chakravarthi (as Ameer Khan), Neha (as Mumtaz, daughter of Abdul), Ramesh Arvind (as Amar Sastry)
- Harivillu - Master Subhakar, Baby Nitya, Bhanu Chandar
- Hero (New) - Surya, Baby Sindhu, Master Anil
- Ika Antaa Subhame.. Pelli Jaripinchande.. - Srinath, Sana, Madhurima
- Indiramma - Vijaya Shanti, Seeta, Adarsh
- Inspector - Bramhaji (as Chandra Sekhar Azad, Inspector), Sindhu (as Lawyer), Ananda Raj
- Janaki weds Sreeram - Rohit (as Sita Ram), Gajala (as Sita, Janaki), Rekha (as Anjali)
- Johnny - Pawan Kalyan (as Johnny), Renuka Desai, Geetha
- Juniors - Allari Naresh, Shareen
- Kabbadi Kabbadi - Jagapati Babu (as Rambabu), Kalyani (as Cauvery), Surya (as Village head)
- Kalyana Ramudu - Venu Madhav, Nikhita, Prabhudeva
- Khadgam - Srikanth (as a Cop, DCP Radha Krishna), Prakash Raj (as Amjad Bhai, Muslim Auto Driver), Safi
- Maa Alludu Very Good - Allari Naresh, Mounika, Rajendra Prasad
- Maa Baapu Bommaku Pellanta - Ajay Raghavendra, Gayatri Raghuram, Sujatha
- Manmadudu - Akkineni Nagarjuna (as Abhi, Abhiram, son of a businessman/industralist), Sonali Bendre (as head of advertising agency), Anshu
- Manthrikudu Maharaju - Mohit, Namitha, Steven Kapoor
- Missamma (2003) - Bhumika Chawla (as Meghana , MD, Boss), Sivaji (as Nanda Gopal, Employee under Bhumika), Laya (as Ratna Mala, wife of Nanda Gopal)
- Naaga - Junior NTR, Sada, Raghuvaran
- Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu - Tarun, Trisha (as Lover of Tarun), Siva Reddy (as Tarun's friend)
- Neeli Meghalu
- Neenu Seetamahalakshmi - Rohit, Sravya
- Neeto Vastha
- Nenu Pelliki Ready - Srikanth (as Gopi), Sangeetha, Laya (as Bhavana)
- Nijam - Mahesh Babu (as Sitaram), Rakshita (as Meera), Tuluri Rameswari (as Sitaram's mother)
- Ninne Ishtapaddaanu - Tarun, Natassha, Sridevi Vijaykumar
- O Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli - Meka Srikanth (as Eashwar), Bhairavi, Prabhu Deva (as Muruga)
- Oka Raaju Oka Raani - Ravi Teja, Namitha (as Preethi), Tanikella Bharani
- Okariki Okaru - Sri Ram, Arthi Chabria, Balayya
- Oke Raadha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli
- Okkadu - Mahesh Babu (as Ajay), Bhumika (as Swapna), Prakash Raj (as Obul Reddy, Factionist)
- Okkatavudam - Anjana Vikas, Sangeeta Kapoor, SP Balasubrahmanyam
- Ore Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu - Rakesh, Sangeetha, Ali
- Ottesi Chebutunna - Srikanth, Sravanthi, Sivaji
- Ottu E Ammayevaro Teleedu
- Palanati Brahmanaidu - Nandamuri Balakrishna (as SSS Bhavani Prasad), Sonali Bendre (Siva Nageswari), Arthi Agarwal
- Pellamto Panenti - Srikanth, Venu Madhav, Laya
- Pilla Pillodu
- Police Bandh - Sai Kumar, Sangeetha
- Police Karthavyam - Arjun
- Praanam - Allari Naresh (as Sivudu), Seetha, Sadha
- Puttintiki Ra Chelli - Arjun, Meena, Swathi
- Raghavendra - Prabhas (as Raghavendra), Anshu, Murali Mohan
- Road No 24 - Duleep, Reethi, Raghunadha Reddy
- Run - Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Raghuvaran
- Sambaram - Nitin (as Ravi), Nikitha (as Gita), Seeta
- Satyam - Sumanth, Genelia, Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Kamal Haasan
- Seetayya - Nandamuri Harikrishna (as Seetayya, Police), Simran (as Bangaram), Soundarya
- Shambu - Aryan Rajesh, Ravi, Prakash
- Simhachalam - Srihari (as Cop), Prakash Raj, Meena
- Simhadri - Junior NTR, Bhoomika, Ankita
- Sivamani - Akkineni Nagarjuna (as Sivamani, Police Officer), Asin (Vasantha), Rakshita (as Journalist for Andhra Jyoti)
- Sri Rama Chandrulu - Rajendra Prasad (as Sriram), Bramhanandam (as Rambabu), Sivaji (as Chandu)
- Sunday - Sanjay, Mamata, Suhasini
- Swetha Naagu - Abbas, Soundarya
- Tagore - Chiranjeevi (as Tagore, College Professor), Shriya (as a College going bubly girl), Jyothika (as wife of Tagore)
- Tarak - Nandamuri Tarakaratna, Rekha, Shermili
- Tiger Harischandra Prasad - Ramya Krishna, Nandamuri Harikrishna, Brahmanandam
- Toli Choopulone - Nandamui Kalyan Ram (as Raju), Akanksha
- Vasantham - Venkatesh, Kalyani, Aarti Agarwal
- Veede - Ravi Teja (as Yedukodalu), Aarthi Agarwal, Reema Sen
- Vijayam - Raja (as a student hailing from Araku tribal region), Gajala (as student / daughter of a businessman), Murali Mohan (as a Tribal Welfare Officer)
- Vishnu - Vishnu Vardhan, Vedika, Murali Mohan
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Section 8.4. Connectivity. Paths. In an undirected graph, a path of length n from u to v, where n is a positive integer, is a sequence of edges e 1 , … , e n of the graph such that f(e 1 )={x 0 ,x 1 }, f(e 2 )={x 1 ,x 2 }, … , f(e n )={x n-1 ,x n } where x 0 = u and x n = v
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In the simple graph at the left, the path:
u1,u2,u4,u5 is a simple
path of length 3 since
{u1,u2}, {u2,u4}, {u4,u5} all exist as edges
The path:
u1,u2,u5,u4 is not a path, because no edge exists between u2 and u5
The path:
u1,u2,u6,u5,u1 is a circuit of length 4
Find the cut vertices and cut edges in the graph below:
Original graph:
Vertex c is a cut vertex:
Vertex b is a cut vertex:
Vertex e is a cut vertex:
Cut edges are:
{a, b}
{c, e}


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