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MPs have debated plans to "put forward time by one hour", according to the official Parliament website.
In the introduction to a news article about the second reading of the daylight saving bill, it was claimed that MPs had considered "measures contained in the Bill to put forward time by one hour".
The article itself read: "The bill would require the government to conduct a cross-departmental analysis of the potential costs and benefits of advancing time by one hour for all, or part of, the year."
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Hi Everyone... and Welcome to my
2016 Christmas Home Tour
I know there will be many new visitors besides my own readers this Season
so I hope you'll feel welcome, as I show you around.
Today, I'll be sharing from several areas of our home on the main level. We have a newer walkout basement Open Concept home that we've lived in 2 years, but this is our 3rd Christmas here. The Entry, Dining Room and Living Room are basically in one large space. It's easy to decorate, but at the same time, it's important that I have a theme and a plan!
One of the ways that I keep a look going is to use wired ribbon to coordinate through all the rooms. This year I found a fun metallic gold polka-dot on a burlap/linen look background, that I paired with my favorite Christmas accent, Stewart Red Tartan Plaid. Here in the Entry, I kept things in neutrals with just the gold polka-dot. I used it to hang the Boxwood Wreath and to adorn the vintage look tree in an iron urn. I found the "Merry and Bright" wooden plaque at Hobby Lobby. It really stated the message I wanted to share this Christmas.
When you come through the Front Door, the Formal Dining Room is to your left. It's not a large space and all my big furniture really fills it up. I love antiques and vintage decor, (if you hadn't guessed) and I feel most at home with using old and new pieces alongside one another. Decorating with the seasons keeps things fresh and interesting for me, and part of that is changing out the
table runner and decor here in the Dining Room.
My first plan when thinking about Christmas Decorating, was to find a Red Tartan Plaid fabric piece to use as a base for my burlap printed Holly table runner. I found a large tablecloth instead, and just folded it in two lengthwise. This year I used a large white lantern from Pottery Barn and Holly Topiaries that I made many years ago, in Restoration Hardware pottery by Guy Wolff. I love the high ceilings in this house, but anything that's used as decor on this table has to be good sized, otherwise it's lost.
An antique market basket on wheels holds seasonal faux floral stems.
I use Hydrangeas for every season, and here they are paired with Red Winterberries.
I didn't use the large white tree this year, so this smaller Entry tree is standing in.
It's wrapped in a White Printed Burlap Ribbon sitting in my galvanized olive bucket.
This is a view looking back from the fireplace toward the Dining Room;
that's the staircase as the room divider.
I have a love/hate relationship with this fireplace. I love having a fireplace, but this is a little bigger than I would have designed. I'm a small person, so whatever I do up here has to be done on a step ladder. And like the Dining Room, it has to have some "heft", otherwise you can't see it. This year I wanted to use my Antique Rocking Horse as the focal point. He's adorned with the Tartan Plaid Ribbon, as are the smaller Pottery Barn Lanterns.
I really do LOVE Plaid, and what's better than just Plaid for Christmas?
A Gold Metallic Reindeer ON Plaid, of course!
The main Living Area moves into the Kitchen Sitting Area,
that has become my favorite spot in the house for decorating.
I have a Christmas Morning Tablescape set here on the old oak table,
that I'll be sharing right before Christmas.
A Baker's Rack that I've had for years,
holds my seasonal vintage decorating odds and ends.
Each Season and Holiday finds it's way to the Baker's Rack for display.
My Kitchen China Cupboard holds my Brown and Red Transferware dishware.
I don't have "sets", just orphaned bits and pieces of various patterns.
A few of my Vintage Shiny Brite ornaments are displayed alongside
some of my collection of old Putz Houses and Churches.
Our previous home had a small Sunporch that held my wicker settee, chair and Baker's Rack, but since I don't have one at this home, I'm enjoying them here in the Sitting Area. My love for Plaid is right at home here on the wicker, and I use this old cobbler's bench as a small coffee table/foot stool.
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The concept trailer for The Leviathan, created by Academy Award-nominee Ruairi Robinson. You-must-watch-this!
"By the early 22nd century mankind had colonized many worlds. Faster than light travel was made possible by harvesting exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen. Those that take part in the hunt are mostly involuntary labor."


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Located in Allentown, Hilton Garden Inn Allentown Bethlehem Airport is in the business district and close to Coca-Cola Park and Bethlehem Golf Club. This hotel is within close proximity of Colonial Industrial Quarter and Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 106 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 37-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and shopping on site. If you're ready for some gaming fun, you can hop on the casino shuttle (surcharge).
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, where you can enjoy drinks at a bar and dine alfresco (weather permitting). Or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and a computer station. Planning an event in Allentown? This hotel has facilities measuring 1400 square feet (130 square meters), including a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
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- Free newspapers in lobby
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by Le0_Br4zUc4, Jul 15, 2010.
If you have your Dinc rooted, what is the best flashlight app available?
i really like incredilight lol
And here I went and duct taped a mini maglite to the back of my phone.
(I use IncrediLight)
lamppu for the widget
lamppu bc it has a better widget
I saw this on another forum (for dimming the home/menu/back/search bar lights) but couldn't find it on the market
Personally I use the Superuser app the most. In my opinion, it is the flagship app for any rooted phone
In all seriousness, the most theoretically useful IMO is wireless tether, with Indredilight coming in a close second. The flashlight is used more, but the utility of the wifi is greater. IMHO, of course.
hahahahahah I think the guy read it wrong and thought it was a topic about "the best app for root" not "best FLASHLIGHT app for root"
I like lamppu. As others have said it has a good widget
haha thats hilarious
I blame the topic subject the most here, why not make the topic include the actual topic instead of trying to bait people to read the thread? I'm not saying this is what the OP did, but it seems to be a growing trend on forums.
That is exactly what happened. My rushed reading skills make me look like a fool yet again.
Anyway, I did answer the question in my post, just with a lot of extraneous information.
sup /b/
havent tried any others...
To OP.
instead of making a thread..
how hard is it to just download all the apps and try them out yourself?
its not like our phones are slow and take forever to download an app. not hard to uninstall either.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1134?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12485341 ] Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-1134: -------------------------------------- > Yes, but in each of those 100 real data corruptions data can be salvaged by switching to a valid instance of the block Assuming the corruption happened after replication. > Data corruption before data reaches the Datanode would occur either in RAM or during network transmission, the likelihood of this happening is orders of magnitude lower than 1 out of 3 replicas on disk becoming corrupt. That's not the universal experience. Many if not most of the checksum errors I've heard of traced back to memory errors. Someone recently reported a non-reproducible checksum error from the InMemoryFileSystem, didn't they? > Block level CRCs in HDFS > ------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-1134 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1134 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: dfs > Reporter: Raghu Angadi > Assigned To: Raghu Angadi > > Currently CRCs are handled at FileSystem level and are transparent to core HDFS. See recent improvement HADOOP-928 ( that can add checksums to a given filesystem ) regd more about it. Though this served us well there a few disadvantages : > 1) This doubles namespace in HDFS ( or other filesystem implementations ). In many cases, it nearly doubles the number of blocks. Taking namenode out of CRCs would nearly double namespace performance both in terms of CPU and memory. > 2) Since CRCs are transparent to HDFS, it can not actively detect corrupted blocks. With block level CRCs, Datanode can periodically verify the checksums and report corruptions to namnode such that name replicas can be created. > We propose to have CRCs maintained for all HDFS data in much the same way as in GFS. I will update the jira with detailed requirements and design. This will include same guarantees provided by current implementation and will include a upgrade of current data. > -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common bacterium often found on the skin and in the nose of healthy people. This is called "colonisation" or "carriage".
Some strains of Staphylococcus aureus are resistant to certain antibiotics, particularly meticillin and are known as MRSA (Meticillicin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus).
The majority of people who are colonised with MRSA will never get an infection. Problems only begin to occur if MRSA gets into the body through cuts or wounds, or into a part of the body that is normally sterile, such as the bladder.
For those people who are vulnerable because they are already unwell or have injuries or surgical wounds, the risk of developing an infection is higher.
Organisms such as MRSA usually spread from person to person by direct contact. The easiest way to stop the spread is by practising good hand hygiene.
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rose creates a gallery of photographs with the very cheap raket frames.
rose says, "my raket frame collage is made of 56 4"x6" raket frames - 3 for $1.50. all i did was mount four 9-foot-long strips of 1" thick wood to my dining room wall, and slide in the frames. i like that the color and precise dimensions of each frame varies, and that i can switch out my pictures at any time because the frames aren't mounted to anything, they just rest between the strips of wood."
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allie's photo collage
she gles a bunch of ikea nyttja frames using superglue and then strips of duct tape as reinforcement. some frames are arranged next to each other and some layered on top. just remember to leave enough room to access the back of the frames so you can change the photos.
see more on her blog.
Updated! February 25, 2009
Amy wanted to created a wall collage like the ones using the Ram frames.
Amy says, "I painted them and mapped out their arrangement first with graph paper, then with painter's tape on the wall. If I had to do it again, I'd probably use a big sheet of butcher paper on the floor, mark the places for the frames on the paper, and then hang the paper on the wall and nail the hangers/hooks through the paper.
Using painter's tape to mark the placement of the frames on the wall took time, but it was worth it! I spent about $35 on frames instead of ten times that by buying a system of frames.
Click to see more of Amy's Ram frames wall collage.
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Article - Basic Overview of Various Strategic Planning Models
There is no one perfect strategic planning model for each organization. Each organization ends up developing its own nature and model of strategic planning, often by selecting a model and modifying it as they go along in developing their own planning process. The following models provide a range of alternatives from which organizations might select an approach and begin to develop their own strategic planning process. Note that an organization might choose to integrate the models, e.g., using a scenario model to creatively identify strategic issues and goals, and then an issues-based model to carefully strategize to address the issues and reach the goals. This article discusses: "basic" strategic planning, issue-based (or goal-based), alignment, scenario, and organic planning.
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The second article of this series explained how to gather strategically critical information via a comprehensive planning process. This installment will describe the process for taking that information and developing a high-level strategic plan. It begins with a brief overview of Orion's preferred method of strategic planning (called Hoshin) and continues with a step-by-step description of the process.
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Adam Sandler is Sad & Goofy in Second Trailer for 'The Cobbler'
by Ethan Anderton
February 18, 2015
Source: Yahoo
"You have not seen this before, trust me." As we wait for Adam Sandler to embark on the first film in his new deal with Netflix (it'll be the western comedy The Ridiculous Six), this spring brings The Cobbler. And while we previously hopes that director Thomas McCarthy would help Sandler deliver another worthy dramatic performance, instead, as the first trailer indicated last fall, this is a pretty broad, quirky comedy that just seems to miss the mark. Now another trailer has arrived, and Sandler doesn't even get to have that much fun since he inhabits other people (like Method Man and Dan Stevens) when he puts on their shoes. But this time we get a glimpse at what Melonie Diaz is doing in the film, and she might be the bright spot.
Here's the latest trailer for Thomas McCarthy's The Cobbler originally from Yahoo:
You can still watch a UK trailer for The Cobbler right here, and the first US trailer right here.
The Cobbler is directed by Thomas McCarthy (Win Win, The Station Agent, The Visitor) from a script he co-wrote with newcomer Paul Sado. Following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps, Max (Adam Sandler) runs a charming if rundown shoe repair shop on the Lower East Side of New York City. Happy being his own boss, Max nonetheless feels mired in his daily routine and yearns for something he can't name. One day, in the shop's dusty basement, he stumbles across a forgotten family heirloom with magical powers that allow him to literally step into the lives of his customers. Dustin Hoffman, Method Man, Melonie Diaz, Ellen Barkin, Dan Stevens and Steve Buscemi also star in the film arriving on March 13th.
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In this episode, Jo returns to the UK to visit the Horne Family, who lives in London. Jeff (38) and Kathryn (34) have three children that are running rings around them. Sam (13) is the worst-behaved. He has violent outbursts and often punches things with rage. He has been expelled from at least three schools for his behavior. Michaela (10) whines to get her parents' attention, will only spit at Allyson and is always hitting her siblings. But other than that she is well behaved. Allyson (8½) is the only well-behaved child and has an upcoming birthday in a few days. Can Jo teach Jeff and Kathryn to discipline their children correctly or will things get worse?
Discipline techniques used: One-Strike-and-You're-Out (for Sam), Reflection Room (for Michaela) and Lose What You Like Chart (for both Sam and Michaela)Other techniques used: Family Time, Essay Order and Chore Chart


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Major changes have been announced to the UK dairy industry's flagship award, the Gold Cup.
For 2017, the royal Association of British Dairy Farmers and National Milk Records have broadened the routes to entry to include the wider range of dairy units now more typical in today's UK dairy sector.
The changes have been made to ensure herds across the whole range of management systems can compete in the annual competition with equal footing.
The is the first major overhaul in almost 100 years of the popular contest, which has enjoyed six winners from the South West in the past 10 years.
While the traditional entry route focusing on milk production, somatic cell count and genetic merit data from official milk records remains, the Spring calving index that also appears on milk records will be considered where applicable.
In addition, herds can be nominated through regional and national discussion groups and specialised grazing groups.
While official milk recording will not be a prerequisite in these nominated herds, judges will expect to see recording protocols in place.
Herds that qualify or are nominated for entry will be invited to complete an online application form asking for background on the dairy business including production, management and financial details, environmental schemes and future plans.
These will be reviewed by a judging panel which includes producers with expertise in a range of dairy systems, as well as representatives from banking, education and consultancy.
A shortlist of finalists will be drawn up to go on to the next round, involving a farm inspection in September by three of the Gold Cup judges.
Mike King, from RABDF, said: "The award has been the most coveted in dairy farming since its beginnings in 1920 and these latest changes will ensure it remains the most prestigious accolade possible for a dairy business.
"We will continue to review the criteria for entry and judging to make sure it best reflects the UK dairy industry and showcases the top herds as examples of good management.
"These dairy businesses have always been, and will continue to be, an inspiration to other producers."
Jonathan Davies, NMR director, said: "The Gold Cup remit is to highlight producers who are achieving good performance within their farm parameters and under their particular management system, and who have commitment to the industry with a clear strategy for the future that maximises their skills and farm resources.
"These latest changes will ensure that more extensive grass and forage-based businesses can compete alongside the housed and higher input herds.
"But we will remain focused on herds, whatever their system, that demonstrate high standards in the parameters, which include herd health and fertility."
Neil Baker, 2015 Gold Cup winner, said: "It is positive to see the Gold Cup acknowledging the changing industry and recognising the wide range of dairy farming systems in use.
"It's vital to keep the competition fresh and relevant, and important to have a national award recognising best practice and success in our industry."
While criteria for the Gold Cup are changing, other awards associated, such as the Chris May Memorial Salver, will continue as before.
Qualifying and nominated herds will be invited to enter the 2017 Gold Cup by the end of April.
Entries must be received by June 26, and those short-listed will be notified by the end of July.
Judging of the finalists will take place during September 2017.
The NMR/RABDF Gold Cup and the NMR Silver Salver award to the runner up will be presented on February 7, at Dairy-Tech, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.


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napalm and fired 20mm's and machine guns at the enemy positions. Some of our
guys thought they were being hit when the empty 20mm casings fell on them.
We had yellow and red banners lying out on the barren area so they would
know where we were located. They flew so low they almost touched the tops of
the trees and we could see their heads like the size of a softball in the cockpit.
The jet fighters were not useful at low levels because hills, 3,000 feet high were
only six to eight hundred yards apart . . . When the jets were used, they would
drop their payload from a couple thousand feet up and were not very accurate at
hitting targets.25
Easy leapfrogged ahead with Dog Company providing cover and began receiving
enemy SA fire from both flanks at 0900. It then encountered mines at 0950. Dog
Company, too, took enemy fire and grenades from then until the end of the day. Another
airstrike, this one with "excellent results" hit the objective at 1045. A platoon from Dog
was dispatched to stop enemy fire that had been striking Easy and Dog Companies
from a draw. Fox moved separately at 1315 to "nose between Check Point 2 and Check
Point Three."26
Ralph Steele was with Fox Company that day:
... looked to me arbitrarily we depart from this path and we started up almost a
vertical hillside. Again, it's timber. And it was one of the toughest days of my time
in the service scaling that. . . almost vertical hill. You're grabbing at trees and
whatnot and . . . of course there's saliva and you're getting exhausted and
everybody's out of breath so nobody ahead of you says a word, but all of a
sudden ... I looked up and I'm looking at a Gook right in the face.... it was so
horrifying I couldn't understand what I was seeing because everything on his
head was in the wrong place. Well it turned out he had been shot just a few
minutes before and slid down upside down and his arms are stretched out ...
I'm [looking] at his face upside down. I remember he had a little mustache. His
eyes were open. I remember him being jaundice. Really yellow looking eyes. I
about crapped out when I saw that. But I didn't holler to the guys down the line,
hey, there's a body here because ... I didn't have any breath to spare.... I
knew it was getting close to combat now because a few more paces and there
was a Gook propped up against a tree with his jackets open and probably
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The present invention relates to the field of communications systems, and more particularly, to estimating the channel impulse response for reducing interference within communications systems.
Cellular networks are expanding as more users turn to mobile devices as their primary and secondary communications devices, thus requiring an increase in the amount of wireless infrastructure. The increased load demands on the infrastructure often causes network congestion. This mandates an increase to the capacity of the communications networks, such as the GSM/GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), to reduce interference. Different proposals to increase capacity and reduce interference include systems for frequency planning or quality of signal control, power control schemes, and mobile station performance enhancement systems.
Wireless and cellular networks also suffer from increased interference emanating from other users, such as neighboring cells on the same frequency, known as co-channel interference (CCI), or interference emanating from neighboring frequencies on the same cell, known as adjacent channel interference (ACI). A single-antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) system is sometimes used to counter CCI. The use of this type of system has been standardized by the 3G-partnership project (3GPP), as the technical specification group (TSG) for the GSM/EDGE radio-access network (GERAN).
SAIC can reduce interference using Downlink Advanced Receiver Performance (DARP) techniques, as adopted by the 3GPP. The 3GPP technical specification 05.05V8.11, entitled the Third Generation Partnership Project, Technical Specification Group GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network, Radio Transmission and Reception, is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. This specification describes the requirements for different components used in such communications systems, for example, the transceivers, base stations, and other components.
Different SAIC algorithms used as interference reduction systems have been proposed, including a constant modulus method and joint demodulation method (JDM), which uses the joint demodulation of the user and an interference sequence. These systems typically begin with a standard least-squares (LS) estimate of a propagation channel, and a static channel profile for an interferer. A joint branch metric can be minimized using modified Viterbi systems, and any estimated sequences for an interfering signal in a least mean squares (LMS) algorithm can update channel estimates for a desired interfering propagation channel.
Such systems are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,006,811, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004/0170234, and an article by the Nokia Research Center entitled Co-Channel Interference Suppression For Constant Modulus Signals. These systems describe an iterative method for improving channel impulse response (CIR) estimation. In such systems, the timing offset of a training sequence is presumed to be perfectly known. This assumption, however, cannot always be held, and a valid assumption could be that the timing offset is randomly distributed over a number of symbols. Thus, the CIR and timing offset could be jointly estimated.
Other objects, features and advantages will become apparent from the detailed description which follows, when considered in light of the accompanying drawings in which:
Different embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments are shown. Many different forms can be set forth and described embodiments should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
A receiver and associated method estimates a channel impulse response of a communications signal transmitted within a wireless communications system. A communications signal is received as a burst of transmitted symbols including a known training sequence. The timing offset is determined by peak cross-correlation between the received signal and the known training sequence. An initial channel impulse response is estimated based on the cross-correlations at the timing offset. A constant modulus interference removal iteration is applied to improve the initial channel impulse estimation.
In accordance with another aspect, channel parameters are estimated as channel impulse response components that are processed for estimating the initial channel impulse response. A least squares (LS) estimation can be applied in some cases for estimating channel parameters. The timing offset of the known training sequence of the transmitted symbols is randomly distributed over a number of symbols. At least about three iterations are applied and can be implemented using a digital signal processor (DSP). A communications signal is typically formed in accordance with a global system for mobile communications (GSM).
In yet another aspect, a channel estimator circuit and equalizer circuit are used. The equalizer circuit can be formed as a single antenna interference cancellation equalizer circuit, although it should be understood that conventional non-SAIC and SAIC receivers can be used.
As is known to those skilled in the art, the accuracy of the channel impulse response (CIR) estimation typically has a direct impact on the error rate performance of a GSM receiver, as specified by 3GPP, for example, in sensitivity and interference reference performance test cases. A least squares (LS) CIR estimator, however, does not always provide an appropriate margin for some test cases. The described embodiments explained below improve the CIR estimation to ensure that mobile wireless communications devices, for example, handhelds, pass test cases with a significant comfort margin.
In accordance with non-limiting examples of preferred embodiments, to reduce the computation in the case of joint timing and CIR estimation, it is possible to start with a cross-correlation based timing and CIR estimation, and apply the CMIR iterations to the initial CIR estimation from the cross correlations. The penalty for this process was found to be less than 1/5 dB in the SIR/SNR (Signal-to-Interference/Signal-to-Noise) region of interest. Furthermore, the required number of iterations can be substantially reduced by finding an appropriate step size for the iterations. By applying the iterative CMIR (Constant Modulus Interference Removal) to improving the CIR estimation, and leaving any Viterbi equalizer metrics unchanged, the performance in both interference and AWGN (Additive While Gaussian Noise) dominant cases can be improved. For example, the implementation in a 16-bit DSP showed that a 3-iteration CMIR costs 5808 DSP cycles, about 5 MIPs (million instructions per second) for four slots down and 1.25 MIPs for a single slot GSM. It improves the FER/REERib (Frame Error Rate/Residual Bit Error Rate) performance by 0.5.-1.5 dB (decibel) compared with the current LS CIR estimator.
The embodiments as described differentiate prior art solutions in several aspects, including but not limited to:
1) The process and receiver starts with the cross-correlation based timing and CIR estimation, which greatly reduces the computation while minimizing the performance loss. The cross-correlation is done by convolving the full length of the training sequence with the received signal, and a smoothing window, optimized with a length of three symbols, is applied to the cross-correlation to improve the timing estimation. The computation is further reduced by substantially reducing the number of required iterations; and
2) The overall solution is simplified by applying the iterative CMIR to improving CIR estimation and leaving the equalizer structure unchanged. It eliminates the performance loss in Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) cases.
For purposes of illustration, a known series of components and process are described relative to
Referring now to
The channel estimator 12 in the embodiment shown provides the channel impulse response components hi to an equalizer 14, which is a single antenna interference cancellation equalizer. Other kinds of equalizers may be used with the channel estimator 12, or combinations of different kinds of equalizers may be used, with criteria for selecting one or another of the equalizers depending on measurements indicating which of the equalizers would be most suitable under current operating conditions. For example, a receiver might include both a SAIC equalizer and a conventional (non-SAIC) equalizer, and the channel estimator might provide the channel impulse response components hi to a selector module, along with a measurement indicating whether or not a strong interfering signal is present. The selector module could select either the SAIC equalizer or the conventional equalizer, depending on the measurement provided by the channel estimator module. The decision is usually made by comparing the measurement value with a predetermined threshold. A conventional (non-SAIC) equalizer could minimize either the sequence error probability, in what is typically called a Maximum-Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE), or the symbol error probability, in what is typically called a Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) equalizer.
The SAIC equalizer 14 can use either a blind SAIC algorithm, or a joint detection SAIC algorithm. Further details of this algorithm are described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0170234 and article entitled, "Cochannel Interference Suppression for Constant Modulus Signals," identified above. The SAIC equalizer 14 in this example is followed by a deinterleaver circuit 15 and channel decoder 16 with output symbols.
Referring now to
The SAIC equalizer 14 determines values for a filter in case of a linear SAIC equalizer 14 (block 23), or performs a trellis search in case of a nonlinear equalizer structure. The SAIC equalizer 14 provides the equalizer output (symbols according to, for example, the equalization filter) to the deinterleaver 15, which then provides deinterleaved symbols to the channel decoder 16 (block 24).
As noted before, the channel impulse response (CIR) estimation has an impact on the error rate performance of a mobile GSM receiver. There now follows details of preferred embodiments as shown in the non-limiting examples of
As shown in
As will be explained below, the known training sequence of transmitted symbols is typically randomly distributed over a number of symbols. There now follows a description of basic CIR estimation followed by details of preferred embodiments. The basic algorithms, in accordance with non-limiting examples, will now be described.
It should be understood that the conventional Least Squares (LS) CIR estimation minimizes the following cost function:
where h=[h1, h2, . . . hL]T is the CIR vector of the desired signal and
and xk and sL+k−1 are the received samples and the known symbols of the training sequence. L is the number of taps the CIR and p=P−L+1, where P is the number of symbols in the training sequence.
In these systems, the cost function for CIR estimation is as follows:
The rationale behind (3) is that when noise is free and the interference has a constant modulus (envelope), the influence of the interference on CIR estimation is removed. Therefore, the cost function (3) is referred to as constant modulus interference removal (CMIR), although in reality the interference in the received signal hardly preserves the constant modulus property due to fading and multiple interferers. The cost function explained relative to (3) improves the CIR estimation for both interference and Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) dominant cases.
Instead of trying to find the closed form solution for the minimization of (3), an iterative numerical solution can use a gradient-based search:
h(k+1)=h(k)−μ∇h J(h) (5)
where μ is the step size and
The LS CIR estimation by (1) can be used as an initial value for the iteration, and a number of ten (10) iterations was used in various simulations.
It should be understood that the CMIR iteration can be applied if the timing offset of the burst is exactly known. Due to the time-varying nature of the GSM channel, the timing offset of the burst (and hence the offset of the training sequence) is assumed to be randomly distributed over a number of symbols. A straightforward extension of the CMIR to this case would be a joint timing offset and CIR estimation (assuming that the number of timing offsets is K):
This first algorithm (LS-CMIR) can be for joint timing and CIR estimation.
The performance of this LS-CMIR algorithm was evaluated for a half rate speech channel in a typical urban fading condition and a gain of 1.5 dB over the conventional LS was observed in terms of frame erasure rate (FER). A concern is the complexity. Initial complexity estimation showed that about 2,000 DSP cycles would be needed for each of the CMIR iterations. This could be exorbitant for some applications, even with a modest number of timing offsets (e.g. K=7).
To reduce the computation load, the Algorithm can be modified by taking the CMIR iteration out of the timing search loop. The timing search is done jointly by the conventional Least Squares (LS) CIR estimation and the CMIR is applied to the final LS CIR estimation.
This second algorithm (LS-CMIR1) can be for joint timing and CIR estimation.
While the computation load for CMIR is reduced by K-fold, the performance is degraded noticeably. Simulation for the same channel and fading conditions showed that about half of the gain in the first algorithm. LS-CMIR was lost in second algorithm, LS-CMIR1.
It was observed that the peak of the cross correlations between the known training sequence (TS) and the received samples provides a better timing offset estimation than the LS counterpart. This lead to a modification of the algorithm as indicated:
Compute the cross-correlations (xcs) between full TS and received samples covering the full timing offset range; Filter the |xcs|2 by a rectangular window with length XCINT; Find the maximum of the filtered |xcs|2. The corresponding timing offset txc can be calculated and the associated CR estimation hxc can be extracted from the xcs at the timing offset. Apply CMIR iterations on hxc by (4)-(9) to give an improved CIR hopt;
This third algorithm (XCF-CMIR1) can be used for joint timing and CIR estimation.
It was noted that XCINT=3 is an adequate choice for the timing offset estimation. A full training sequence, however, rather than a shortened training sequence, could be used. The simulation showed that the XCF-CMIR1 algorithm incurs very little loss comparing to the LS-CMIR algorithm in a low to medium carrier-to-interference (C/I) or signal-to-noise (S/N) region. The cross-correlation with a shortened TS (XCS-CMIR1) suffers loss similar to that of LS-CMIR1.
The number of iterations in the XCF-CMIR algorithm can be substantially reduced without significant loss if a proper step size is used. It is shown in the graphs of
The XCF-CMIR has been implemented in a 16-bit DSP, for example, and costs 5808 DSP cycles for the CMIR with 3 iterations (˜5 MIPS for 4 slots down or 1.5 MIPS for single slot GSM). The performance of the implementation was verified in
The XCF-CMIR also shows improvement in AWGN cases (as specified as reference sensitivity performance by 3GPP). This is shown by
In the simulations, the number of trials conducted was 20,000. The method along with the step size and the iterations (enclosed in parentheses) used in the method are shown as the legend in the figures.
The iterative CMIR can be used to improve the accuracy of the CIR estimation. When timing offset is unknown and needs to be jointly estimated, the three algorithms can be applied as described, for example, the LS-CMIR, LS-CMIR1 and XCF-CMIR1 algorithm. The XCF-CMIR1 algorithm reduces the computations greatly while achieving a similar performance as a least squares CMIR. Simulations showed that the XCF-CMIR1 algorithm improves the error rate performance by ˜0.5 to 1.5 dB in the interested SIR/SNR regions, comparing to the conventional LS CIR estimator.
Many modifications and other embodiments will come to the mind of one skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is understood that the specific embodiments disclosed are not limited, and that modifications and embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.
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The purpose of financial markets in an economy is to allocate savings efficiently during a period of time to parties who use funds for investment in real assets or for consumption. If those parties that saved were the same as those that engaged in capital formation the economy can prosper without financial markets. In modern economies, however, the economic units most responsible for capital formation—-non financial corporations—- use more than their total savings for investing in real assets. Household, on the other hand, have total savings in excess of total investment. The more diverse the pattern of desired savings and investment among economic units the greater the need for efficient financial markets to distribute savings to ultimate users. The investor in real assets and ultimate saver should be brought together at the least possible cost and inconvenience.
Efficient financial markets are essential to ensure adequate capital formation and economic growth in an economy. With financial intermediaries in an economy, the flow of savings from savers to users of funds can be indirect. Financial intermediaries include institutions such as commercial banks, life insurance companies and pension and profit sharing funds. These intermediates come between ultimate borrowers and lenders by transforming direct claims into indirect ones.
Financial intermediary transforms the funds in such a way as to make them more attractive. On one hand, the indirect security issued to ultimate lenders is more attractive than is a direct or primary security. In particular, these indirect claims are well suited to the small saver. On the other hand, the ultimate borrower is able to sell its primary securities to financial intermediary on more attractive terms than it could if the securities were sold directly to ultimate lenders.
Financial intermediaries provide a variety of services and economies that make them quite attractive.
• Transaction costs and costs associated with locating potential borrowers and savers are lowered
• The risk of unreliable information is reduced.
• Due to the pool of large of amount savings and investment opportunity it provides a flexible and divisible forum to both saver and borrower.
• By investing in different securities and an intermediary actually spreads the risk.
• Intermediary provides expert services to both saver and borrower.
Some times intermediation process becomes cumbersome and there is a reversion towards direct loans and security issues. This process is called disintermediation. In other words when financial intermediations no longer makes the market efficient than the process of disintermediation occurs.
Components of Financial Markets
There are two components of financial markets
Money market
Money market refers to a mechanism where short term securities mainly with maturity period of one year are traded. A large number of buyers and sellers run the market with securities relatively short term in nature and of small denominations. Trading in the money markets involves Treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, certificates of deposit, government funds, and short term mortgage- and asset-backed securities. It provides liquidity to the firms.
Capital Market
Capital market is a place where sale and purchase of shares and bonds take place aiming to invest or lend and borrow funds for the longer term use usually more than one year. A large number of investors provide funds to a large number of companies, corporations, and firms willing to raise funds. The capital market includes stock market (equity securities) and bond market (debt securities).


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Patriots season a loss as Panthers guaranteed to win the Super Bowl
Training camp begins tomorrow for the New England Patriots. But there's no hope. The Carolina Panthers are going to win the Super Bowl.
One can only imagine Bill Belichick's volcanic reaction if one of his players pulled what Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil did in today's editions of the Charlotte Observer.
Here's the full-page ad Kalil paid for:
One hundred percent.
According to the Observer, "Kalil did not tell anyone with the team about the ad, because he didn't want to be talked out of doing it."
Well, that was, um…smart?
Never mind the fact that the Panthers finished last season 6-10, albeit with the promise of Cam Newton entering his second season. Maybe what Kalil is doing is little different than any media member picking the Patriots to go 16-0, 13,-3, or whatever. If that kind of confident swagger spills into his teammates and the fans, so be it.
But if that happened here? You just know there would be an apocalyptic reaction in a certain office down on Route 1.


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The economy is still funky. Unemployment continues to rise. And, with Boomers entering their retirement years, some of those older laid-off employees are crying foul. In fact, the EEOC last year reported a shocking 29% rise in age discrimination claims. The good news: A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision made it more difficult for employees to win such cases, as the following case shows …
Case in Point: A large telecom company hired 54-year-old Guy Martino as a business solutions consultant. He worked there for 17 months and helped close a huge deal, earning "quite the commission" that generated nearly 85% of his sales revenue during his employment.
Beyond that sale, however, Martino failed to meet his quota for seven months before the deal was closed, and for two months afterwards. The one big transaction appeared to "the sole bright spot in an otherwise unremarkable tenure," the court said.
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Innovision Research & Technology is making its unique Gem(tm) Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductor intellectual property (IP) available under an evaluation licensing programme. This will enable semiconductor companies to develop NFC capability, either for stand-alone solutions or as part of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated NFC solutions.
The move to license NFC silicon IP in this way – the first of its kind in the market – will clear the way for semiconductor companies to move to the next stage of NFC integration in chipsets and devices. It will deliver significant unit cost benefits to implementers of NFC technology, and accelerate mass-market deployment of NFC. The IP is fully compliant with NFC standards and includes support for advanced features such as 'battery off.'
For the first time, developers will be able to create high-performance SoC designs that fully integrate NFC into other complementary technologies, including WiFi and other wireless or power chipsets. The benefits of this include a reduction in the silicon area, complexity and production cost of NFC-enabled devices.
Innovision's Gem(tm) IP will be offered to interested parties under an evaluation licence, with forthcoming test silicon. This will not only enable detailed evaluation of the NFC IP, but also enable the creation of demonstration systems to show to end-customers.
A key benefit of the Gem(tm) IP is its relative ease of transfer from one silicon foundry process or geometry to another, due primarily to the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) approach to much of the analogue design. Furthermore, the ability to customize its features, interface, performance, power requirements and, ultimately, die area, enables a market-leading NFC chip to be developed in months rather than years.
Marc Borrett, Innovision's business development director, says: "As NFC enters the next phase of volume deployment, manufacturers of handsets and other devices will require a competitive supply base to maintain innovation and reduce the cost of NFC technology. Making our advanced Gem(tm) IP available for evaluation now is a key step in realizing this vision. It will help many device and chipset designers to meet the growing demand for high-performance, lower-cost NFC-enabled devices and applications."
Innovision has also published several new application notes for NFC developers.
About Innovision Research & Technology plc
Innovision Research & Technology plc, is leading the next generation of NFC/RFID solutions. As the leading fabless developer of Short-Range Data Communication semiconductor and system solutions, with particular focus on NFC/RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and ultra low-cost Integrated Circuit (IC) and RF electronic design, IRT is pushing cost performance to enable clients to get maximum utility for minimum cost. The company develops innovative semiconductor technologies, ICs, RF systems (HF/UHF) and complete end product applications for mass volume commercialisation and then licenses customers for its incorporation into their own products. At the heart of the emerging Near Field Communication (NFC) market, Innovision R&T designs and develops NFC/RFID IC solutions for the global mobile handset and consumer device sectors. Products include Topaz, mandated by the NFC Forum as the NFC number one tag type format, Jewel for mass transit ticketing applications, and io, the world's smallest standards compatible Near-Field RFID reader. Headquartered in the UK, Innovision R&T was listed in 2001 on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol:INN).


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Unanswered: How to automate Emails to more than One User with DoCmd.SendObject ?
When I use this code, an Outlook Message Window appears, fills in some Address stuff and leaves it to the user to add text and eventually press SEND:
DoCmd.SendObject , , acFormatRTF, Me.strEmail.Value, , , "Email Subject", "", True
What can I do, to provoke some kind of Mass Mailing (Automating the SEND-Button?)? Is it possible to DoCmd.SendObject without any further User Action? To send several seperated Emails with one Click? (Not using the CC or BCC fields and ONE Email)
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I use the following code in excel to send a specific file to each person I am emailing based on a list of file names and email addresses in an excel spreadsheet.
Note the line myitem.send (simply sends the object myitem that happens to be the email message). You can also add details to the subject and the message of the email etc.
Let me know if you need more...
Sub statimsend()
Dim filesendpath, filesendname, filesendnamecell, filesendrecp, filesendrecpcell, filesendfullpathname As String
Dim counter
counter = 0
Do While counter < 136
counter = counter + 1
Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set myitem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
Set myAttachments = myitem.Attachments
filesendpath = ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Value
filesendnamecell = ("b" + CStr(counter))
filesendname = ActiveSheet.Range(filesendnamecell).Value
filesendrecpcell = ("c" + CStr(counter))
filesendrecp = ActiveSheet.Range(filesendrecpcell).Value
filesendfullpathname = (filesendpath) + (filesendname)
myAttachments.Add (filesendfullpathname)
Set myRecipient = myitem.Recipients.Add(filesendrecp)
myitem.Subject = ("STATIM DATA ATTACHED IN ZIP FORMAT")
MsgBox ("EMAIL CREATION AND SEND IS NOW COMPLETE")
End Sub
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Yes, you can send one email to several recipients. Just build your recipient list as a string separated by semicolon and it will work. If you change True to False, the mail message will be sent immediately, without opening for edit.
DoCmd.SendObject acSendReport, "ReportName", acFormatRTF, "email@example.com; email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com", , , "Subject", "Message body", True


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Diamox - My daughter just started taking Acetazolamide 250 mg today and she has a worse headache she
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Acetazolamide - How long do you feel the side effects of Diamox?
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My neurologist started me on Diamox for possible meniere's disease and dizziness. I have been dizzy for a year. I'm dizzy all the time (unless lying down) and I have dizzy spells. I have been out of work because of these issues. I feel like I'm on a tilt-a-whirl or standing on a ...
Pregnancy - I'm currently taking diamox 1,000 mg. A day. It's either this surgery or going blind.?
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Experiencing unusual side effect(crossed eyes)?
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I am a 22 year old female and I have been on Diamox Acetazolamide 1000mg/a day for two months now, apart from the usual known side effects like tingling in the face/fingertips and lost of appetite, Occasionally my eyes will become wobbly and it goes inward uncontrollably (crossed eye) and it will ...
I accidentally took one diamox 250mg. I take metformin, losartan & nexium. Will this hurt me?
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Diamox for menstrual migraines?
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My neurologist just prescribed Diamox for my severe menstrual migraines. I was told to take 250 mg a day, starting right before my cycle, and to continue to take this dose until the end of my cycle, each month. Has anyone heard of this treatment route, or know why Diamox would help alleviate my ...
How long does it take to get Diamox completely out of your system?
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I am having a shunt replacment
Does diamox cause cancer? My Dad took it for 30 years and got Leukemia cancer and past away. I?
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... refuse to take this drug
Diamox - will the side effects go away?
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I was diagnosed with IIH last year on diamox for few months 23 years old. Simide effects are still the same legs hand lips and nose tingle drinks taste nasty headaches regularly im on 1000g a day 2500g twice a day ive had 2 lumber puncture done im tired all the time feeling pretty low no energy for ...
Could I be pregnant?
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I have been on the nuvaring since june and I recently started diamox and was wondering if that could effect my birth control. Also due to me having to put the ring in on the january 1st the pharmacy was closed then I didnt have away intill the 3rd so I was 3 days late putting if in so what could be ...
Acetazolamide (Diamox):Does the ringing in the ears and muffled sound go away after taking the drug?
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My son is taking it as a conservative approach to reduce a subdural hygroma. He takes 250mg t.i.d. He experiences ringing in the airs and sometimes a muffled sound in his ear. Has anybody experienced this or know if it causes permanent hearing loss?
Taking diamox while pregnant?
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What can happen. I'm 14weeks pregnant
Acetazolamide - diagnosed with Intracranial hypertension started diamox today it INCREASED the?
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If you have mild high blood pressure, which would be the better choice for avoiding AMS, Diamox or?
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... Dexamethasone?
Any problem with Diamox and Fioricet?
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High altitude trekking trip. Diamox for altitude sickness and Fioricet for resultant headache from lowered oxygen levels.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Bucks Can't go to Tinseltown without Beanie
Gloria told Billy Hoyle at the End of White Men Cant Jump that "sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win." The Bucks won today against the Penguins of Youngstown State, but if Beanie is out, and anything less than 100% on September 13th, they really lost. A lot is being made about the depth of the USC backfield, and they do have a stable of backs. Today, against Virgina Four Different USC Running Backs ran for a Touchdown. One Running back that did not run for a TD today was Joe McNight, but he did have 60 yards, on 6 carries, and did catch a pass for a touchdown. No doubt the Trojans running game is deep, but there is also no doubt than when healthy, the Buckeyes have the Best Back of them all in Beanie Wells. Beanie might be the best back in the nation. However, after Beanie, USC has 5 running backs better than anything else the Buckeyes can put on the field. Expect Beanie to rest next week verse Ohio...no doubt Mo Wells and Brandon Saine can handle that one...but if your a Buckeye Honk, hope he is ready for Hollywood when it all goes down at the Rose Bowl in two weeks. The Trojans have a bye, as they prep for the game of the century.
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Mitt Romney isn't the only one getting app happy this summer. (He's supposedly announcing his Veep choice via Smartphone app). Several companies have recently launched apps to help Washingtonians traveling to Tampa and Charlotte for the conventions to make the experience more of a breeze. Here are some of the most exciting features each app includes:
The Ticket Master -- On Thursday night, Bloomberg Government and Event Farm hosted a small cocktail party on Capitol Hill to announce their joint venture -- convention apps My2012Tampa and My2012Charlotte. Event Farm co-founder Ryan Costello explained how at conventions past, the logistics of distributing and swapping tickets for the hundreds of parties, happy hours, lunches, etc., was often a logistical mess. "How do we get people to be able to distribute and transfer tickets in a more digital and electronic way?" he asked. The app does just that. Once folks are signed up with Event Farm, the app builds a schedule of users RSVPs, allowing the them to swap tickets, while also alerting them, using their Facebook or LinkedIn accounts, which of their friends is coming too. "The app actually gives you arrival alerts when people actually check in at events," Costello said.
The News and Transportation Wiz -- The folks at National Journal and the Atlantic debuted their convention app at the end of July, called RE:CON. This app provides users with scheduling information, breaking news and photos, but also -- for the ease of reporters and delegates alike -- it includes contact info for many of the key players and also lists where each state's delegates are staying in each city. The National Journal's 2012 Convention Director Ory Rinat also told Yeas & Nays that they plan to link up their app with Uber, the popular town car service that launched in D.C. last December, which will help convention attendees get from party to party. "What the app is going to let you do, even if you don't have the Uber app on your phone, you can open Uber through our app," Rinat explained.
The Welcome Wagon -- Lastly, Tampa Bay Online, or TBO.com, has launched an RNC 2012 Visitors Guide in app form. While it doesn't have many of the bells and whistles that the other apps have, it does have lists of things to do, maps of Tampa, news and, most importantly, weather.


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—San Diego-based Astute Medical, a diagnostics company focused on community and hospital-acquired acute infections and conditions, has raised $2 million in a combination of convertible loans, warrants, and securities, according to a recent regulatory filing. Astute Medical raised $39.5 million in a Series B financing that included Domain Associates, Delphi Ventures, De Novo Ventures, and Johnson & Johnson Development, according to VentureBeat.
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—Polynoma, a San Diego biotech developing new cancer therapies, named former Arana Therapeutics CEO John Chiplin as CEO. Polynoma, which is part of Hong Kong-based CK Life Sciences, recently began a late-stage clinical trial of POL 103A, a new vaccine for treating melanoma.
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