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Friday, 20 February 2015
pixels and paper feb. chalenge
Even though i have not or ever will get to Paris, My nephew, Greg has He has placed lots ( must take after his aunt ( me) in taking lots of snapshots ) on his facebook page He has said that if i require any photos for my layouts, that i can use them.
I have pink card stock, which i have distressed around the edges then added mint green paper is from, Crafters choice .
I found in my stash a piece of gold paper which happened to have paris and poodles on the paper, here made a doily & popped up the poodle in the centre of the doily.
The flowers are from the Kaiser - Bon Jour,paper collection
The bicycle, Paris word, the stamps and the Paris tower and the scallop edging are all from the collectables from the same collection
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Very pretty and delicate. love all your details.ReplyDelete
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This is such a soft, pretty layout. You were lucky to have found the perfect embellishments in your stash. They have enhanced your photos so well. Thank you for joining in at Pixels and Paper. Cheers, DiReplyDelete
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A fantastic take on the challenge. Thank you for playing with us at Pixels and Paper :)ReplyDelete
Lovely soft colours, and great photos. Thanks for joining us this month.ReplyDelete
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I hope you get the chance to travel to Paris some day :)


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It's been "breeze on" during the past week.
I have noticed a lot of wide-eyed sailors, race committee members and photographers coming in off the water with looks on their faces as though they had "cheated death one more time."
The Monday night American Legion "Sundowner Series" races have produced a good turnout to start the season. UC Irvine's J-22s are new to the scene and have five new boats racing in class. Could this be the start of a new fleet in town?
Rob "Big Rob" Wallenberg, my good friend from Sailsmile who sails on the Capri 30 "Good Rhythm," told me, "There has been a good turnout and plenty of wind, although we can't catch Violette."
"We need a few more larger boats to show up to slow her down," he said.
Twilights and Beercans take place Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Balboa Yacht Club.
With the big breeze the Laser fleet is coming off the water with large smiles while the Lido 14 fleet is just glad to still have a mast on their boat. The Harbor 20 fleet has 15 entries and is looking forward to another active season.

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Whether it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month or not, there's almost no end in sight to all the info about early detection and prevention of the disease. It's absolutely astounding and so heartening to see that we seem to be getting more and more well-versed about how we can guard ourselves against breast cancer. And yet, at the same time, we can't forget that there are many breast health issues women experience all the time that actually have nothing to do with cancer.
Board-certified gynecologist and regular women's health expert for The Dr. Oz Show Dr. Jennifer Ashton touched on some of the most common, non-cancerous concerns your breasts might be trying to clue you in on.
1. Breast pain, or mastalgia, often seems like cause for concern. In fact, this is "by far" most common complaint Dr. Ashton says she sees. "This typically occurs in the two weeks before a period, and usually involves the outer and/or lower half of the breasts, and affects both sides," she explains. Also worth noting: Experts say the interplay of caffeine, stress hormones, and reproductive hormones may play a role in premenstrual breast swelling and discomfort.
How to tell it's not cancer: The pain comes and goes randomly and affects women of all ages. But pain that persists or is associated with any lumps should be evaluated by a physician.
The Rx: "It can be treated with ibuprofen and some women find that sleeping in a looser jog bra or tank top offers some relief," Dr. Ashton recommends.
2. A benign breast cyst may mimic a lump. Also known as fibroadenomas, these cysts can sometimes grow to large sizes and need to be surgically removed, Dr. Ashton notes.
How to tell it's not cancer: "Benign cysts have a very smooth and regular appearance to them when they are studied with an ultrasound," Dr. Ashton explains. "If there is any doubt, the radiologist will usually insert a needle to drain the cyst content to be more sure."
The Rx: "For the majority of cysts, doing something called 'expectant management' is usually the best home remedy," says Ashton. "This involves letting a period of time pass in between being evaluated by a doctor -- usually with a breast ultrasound."
3. Breast rashes can seem worrisome, especially because itchy skin on the breast may signal an inflammatory form of breast cancer called Paget's disease.
How to tell it's not cancer: Paget's disease will affect one breast, while benign skin rashes (like eczema) usually affect both, explains Dr. Ashton.
The Rx: As Dr. Ashton tells her patients, "Nothing really bad or serious stays the same or gets better on its own," so if after two weeks, the rash is getting worse, not better, checking in with your doctor is always a good idea.
More from The Stir: 10 Secrets to a More Bearable Mammogram
4. Strange discharge, particularly that's thick, sticky, and gray to green in color.
How to tell it's not cancer: See your doctor, who may be able to tell you if you're dealing with mammary duct ecstasia. (Our risk of this goes up with age -- yippee!) Mammary duct ecstasia occurs when a milk duct beneath your nipple becomes wider (dilated), the duct walls thicken, and the duct fills with fluid. The milk duct can then become blocked or clogged with a thick, sticky substance. An ultrasound and mammography can confirm the diagnosis.
The Rx: According to Mayo Clinic, mammary duct ectasia often improves without treatment. If your symptoms are bothersome, you may be put on antibiotics for 10-14 days or, if worst comes to worst, the affected duct can be surgically removed.
5. A wonky mammogram result that requires a redo might cause you to freak out, but it might just be due to your age or dense breasts.
How to tell it's not cancer/the Rx: Dr. Ashton recommends that women under the age of 50 always ask their doctor about getting a breast ultrasound in addition to a mammogram. "Ultrasounds are very important for younger women and/or women with dense breasts and can help find cancer that even a mammogram can miss," she says. "Ultrasounds are painless, quick, inexpensive, and use no radiation. It's not the standard of care, so you definitely need to ask your doctor about having one."
6. Bleeding from the nipple.
How to tell it's not cancer: Obviously, this is a scary one, so you'll likely wanna see your doc, but this can be caused by an intraductal papilloma -- a small, wart-like growth near the nipple that may cause bleeding. It's most likely to occur in women in their 40s. Ultrasound, a biopsy, or even x-ray may be helpful.
The Rx: The involved duct is removed with surgery, and the cells are checked for cancer.
7. A warm, tender, lumpy, red breast.
How to tell it's not cancer: As long as you're breastfeeding, it's very likely that you may be dealing with mastitis, a breast infection usually caused by a common bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) found on normal skin. The bacteria enter through a break or crack in the skin, usually on the nipple. An exam can confirm the diagnosis and rule out complications, like an abscess.
The Rx: A doc will usually prescribe antibiotics and recommend self-care, which may include applying moist heat to the infected breast tissue for 15 to 20 minutes four times a day.
Have you ever grappled with a breast health concern that thankfully was not cancer?


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In this brief essay I will examine Felltham's "Of Puritans", and Evans' and Chevers' Cruel Sufferings, and compare the representations of spirituality, religion and religious difference. I chose these texts because the authors have such completely different opinions and perspectives regarding the same religious and spiritual ideologies.
Evans and Chevers are writing in the form of an autobiographical account of their imprisonment in Malta. Evan writes, "I told him I did not fear, the Lord was on our side, and he had no power but what he had received". This simple statement announces that they are protected as they know the true path to God, but more than that, it states their purpose and their mission in life. They know the path and must share it with others to fulfill their obligations to Him, regardless of personal safety.
While being questioned of their faith they answer honestly, though they will not swear to it.
Their beliefs are simple; they rigidly follow what is written in the Scriptures. They do not find the words "Catholic", "sacrament" or "purgatory" in the Scriptures and therefore did not acknowledge them. Their guidelines are very narrow, black and white with no gray areas. It is interesting to me that these women, who must have experienced persecution on English soil for their beliefs, would venture to strange lands to face worse possible fates.
Owen Felltham has different religious beliefs and makes them public in this commentary titled Of Puritans. Felltham is of the opinion that although many would like to be called Puritans but few if any can live up to the name. He states, "It imports a kind of excellency above another". He also contends that the term has yet to be properly defined, listing the dissenting...


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Epistemology joke
This is probably an old joke, but it does get to the heart of many kinds of debates in perception and (alleged) knowledge by induction.
An engineer, an experimental physicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher were hiking together through the hills of Scotland. They reached a hilltop. Looking over to the next hilltop, they saw a black sheep.The allusion here is to a well-known 1976 article by Alvin Goldman, which among other things warns against us allowing lucky circumstances into our concept of knowledge. One part of that article is well-summarized in an entry titled "Defeaters in Epistemology" in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
In delight, the engineer cried, "What do you know? The sheep in Scotland are black!"
"Well, some of the sheep in Scotland are black," replied the experimental physicist.
The theoretical physicist considered this a minute, then said, "Well, at least one of the sheep in Scotland is black."
The philosopher thought for a second, then responded, "Well, it's black on one side, anyway."
Suppose Henry is driving through a Wisconsin town, admiring the scenery. He sees a barn and believes "there's a barn." Unbeknownst to Henry, this Wisconsin town is full of papier-mâché barn facsimiles, which look like real barns when viewed from the road. However, the structure Henry happens to look at is a genuine barn. He just happens to glance in the direction where one of the few real barns is located. His belief is true since he's looking at a genuine barn. He also appears justified in holding this belief. Henry believes what seems to him to be the case. He has no reason to believe that anything is suspicious about his perceptions, much less that he's in a town mostly populated with fake barns. He also knows that barns are fairly common in this part of the state. Nonetheless, it seems that, however justified Henry may be in holding this belief, he doesn't know that there is a barn present. He is of course lucky to believe what is true in this circumstance, but it's precisely this feature of the situation that raises doubt about whether he knows there is a barn before him. Had he looked at any other time, his eyes would have landed on a fake barn and his resultant belief would have been false. Knowledge would seem to require that it not be a matter of epistemic serendipity that one's belief is true.
Ah, such is the life of philosophy, that even its jokes require analysis. But that's a good thing!
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text: Stretching after your ride helps maintain your flexibility and potentially reduce the chances of injury. The main muscles that are key in cycling are the quads, hamstrings and glutes, so they will naturally get tighter over the course of a long ride. Stretching them out eases the tension in those muscles and can help stop any soreness you might have the following day. Many cyclists will have problems with tight hamstrings - this is because the leg never fully extends at any point during the pedal stroke. Short hamstrings can also lead to lower back pain, so it's important to keep both these areas flexible to try and lessen the chances of those niggles stopping you from riding comfortably.


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Although the majority of health providers now are using electronic health records and are required to be certified for meaningful use, many providers are ignoring these standards. Interoperability remains a major hindrance to connecting all the systems of an accountable care organization
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- Define the 3 types of provider payment schemes.
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- Compare the compensation for US and international physicians as a multiple of gross domestic product per capita.
- Describe the methods by which Medicare determines physician payments.
- List the provider components of a healthcare delivery system.
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text: The upcoming indie kidnapping thriller "Trap" is written and directed by Jason Horton, who co-wrote and directed the horror anthology "Edges of Darkness" that's currently got some release buzz for later this year. The trailer for "Trap" below has been labeled a teaser, but any more of a trailer than this might spoil some of the inevitable twists and turns. I'd rather have as a surprise when watching the film. The acting and writing look pretty solid, and kidnapping thrillers are great character pieces when done right. The last scene of the trailer especially leaves me curious about this film - have a look:


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Not surprisingly, my granddaughter is just about the most amazing child who ever drew breath. Not that I take credit for that, of course – it's just a fact of life which any grandmother would understand. I guess I could lay claim to some credit for the fact that Zoe is doing an outstanding job of mothering. But that might be difficult to justify, given that I made a bit of a mess of some of my own early experience in that role.
Maybe that's why I am so revelling in the role of grandma. Of course, I have had good practice as one of several grandmothers to Sam and, in a smaller way, to Allen's other two grandchildren. But I'm still amazed at the joy I feel in being part of this little one's life. And I am already thinking ahead to all the things I hope to share with her and teach her.
My delight is probably greater because Z&B's decision to have a baby came as such a surprise to me. In recent years Zoe had begun to talk about the possibility. But years went by and so I really stopped thinking much about it. And now that it's actually happened, little Charlotte has worked that miracle that only babies can. She has brought hope and optimism for the future back into my life, where previously those things had been, if not exactly lacking, certainly a bit thin on the ground, given all that has gone on with us in the past few years.


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He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.


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How to Avoid Getting Lost on a College Campus
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In this Article:Navigating Around CampusGetting Around CampusFinding Important Places Around CampusSocializing Around CampusCommunity Q&AReferences
Stepping onto a college campus can be intimidating and scary. Campuses are vast, with lots of buildings, directions, and paths. One could easily get turned around while attempting to find their way. Fret not, navigating on a college campus, big or small, is possible once you've found your way, and there's no stopping your journey.
1Book a campus tour. Contact the college admissions office and request a date and time to tour the campus.[1]
- If you have already had a campus tour, perhaps before deciding to enroll, there's no harm in doing another. This tour would be more helpful in really getting to know the area and asking more specific questions of the staff, such as the best routes to take from the dorms or how long it takes to get to the cafeteria from the library.
2Download a map of the college or university. Once you've got the basics down from a formal campus tour, get a campus map. You can request one from the admissions office or download one from your school's main website. On the college's homepage, locate the search bar; it's usually at the top of the page. Inside the search bar, type the word "map." The search result should pull up a link to the campus map.[2]
3Explore the campus. When you have a free day, preferably before classes start, walk around campus and get to know the buildings and landmarks. Take a separate notebook to make notes of where all the main buildings are, such as the library, student common area, gym and cafeteria. These places will generally have a map of the campus located inside that can assist you in finding your way in the event you get lost.
4Write down key buildings and regular path. When you have your class schedule, take time to find each class and find the best path to get to and from each one. Note how long each route will take so you know how to prepare for each day.
- Campus maps are generally easy to read and navigate. They will display a guide on what symbols stand for, such as buildings and paths, and generally provide pictures.[3]
- For colleges or universities that have multiple campuses, search for the specific campus and then search for "map" in the search box. For example, Florida International University has two main campuses: The Modesto Maidique Campus and The Biscayne Bay Campus. A quick google search can provide the main page for each campus and there a quick search for the campus map should display exactly what you need.
5Retrace your steps. Practice makes perfect. After you have done your initial exploration and walk around notating key buildings and landmarks, retrace your steps back to your original spot, such as your dorm or from the parking lot. This will help with committing the buildings and paths to memory as well as fill in any gaps or holes you may have had on the initial journey.
6Ask for directions. In the event you get lost, (hey, maps can be tricky), ask someone for directions. Most people on a college campus are friendly and always willing to point you in the right direction if you ask for assistance.
Getting Around Campus
1Research the college's parking rules. If you plan on driving to the school, find out how parking works. Some colleges have designated parking lots for students and visitors, while others have limited or no parking for students. If parking is limited to students, find out the best way to better your chances at receiving it.
- Find out where you can obtain a parking pass if one is required. If your school allows parking on campus, most will charge a fee so find out how much parking costs. Most times, this fee will come directly out of your tuition costs.
2Research the college's inter-transportation system. Some schools have their very own transportation for students to get around either throughout campus, or from campus to campus, if they have multiple campuses that are located far from each other. Schools may have a system of buses, cars, or golf carts. While taking the campus tour, you could also inquire on the different means of how students get around the campus.
3Research the public transportation system. If you plan on taking public transportation to and from school, find out the appropriate bus (or train) route that will get you to school in the fastest and most efficient way.
Finding Important Places Around Campus
1Find the student center. Locate the main student center where lots of important information and resources can be found. Here, there is usually a help desk to assist students and visitors find the area they are looking for, or to provide other usual information. They may also provide you with a campus map.
2Find the bookstore. Locate the bookstore on the campus. The bookstore is a hub of resources available to students, especially first timers. Here, you are able to download a schedule of your classes, purchase all your required books and any school supplies you may need.
- Some campuses, depending on its size, have multiple bookstores. Locate the nearest one to you, such as the one closest to your residence hall or the parking lot that you park in to get to class.
- Prepare your schedule. Once you have all your classes, keep a calendar to help keep track of all the times and locations of them for each day. You can do a regular calendar (manual input) or keep one on your computer.
- If you need help deciding on a calendar, try Google Calendar. With Google Calendar, you can input your classes just once and it allows you to select a repeat option so you don't have to manually complete the calendar for the entire semester. You have the option of inputting the class start time, class location, and any other useful notes that you need. You can also synch the calendar with your phone to send you notifications of when class will begin.[4]
3Find the campus library. The library will be your home away from home. It has the benefit of providing you with a quiet and studious atmosphere while you study for classes and exams. Most libraries also have a little café shop where you can purchase coffee, snacks, or other energy snacks to keep you focused and awake as you study.
Socializing Around Campus
1Talk to your Resident Assistant. If you are living in student housing, your designated Resident Assistant is a great resource. The RA is an upperclassman and has been on the campus for at least one semester longer than you. Find your RA and ask them the best route to get to your class or any other building on the campus.
2Make a friend. Start befriending other students you see in your dorm and class. By making friends, you have less of a chance of getting lost because you'll most likely be heading to the same place. This is also advantageous because if you do get lost, you won't be by yourself.
3Introduce yourself to the professor. If you know beforehand who your professors will be, send them an email introducing yourself. This will make for a good impression with the professor and in the event you get lost and end up late to class on the first day, they will be much more understanding.
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- Practice your daily route until you feel comfortable enough to not need your map or notebook. But always have it handy just in case you need to reference it one day.
- Always be aware of your surroundings and any changes you notice around campus. Most campuses are constantly building and developing so don't let a new building get you frazzled and thrown off your memorized path.
- Don't practice at night. Getting lost on a campus can be a little scary and stressful, make sure you get acquainted with the campus during the day.
- It's okay to stop and ask someone for assistance, just be cautious and make sure they appear to be a student, faculty, or staff.
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Last year a team of us went to the local Community Centre and helped with their book fair. That went well and was good fun.
Today, a small team stayed home, and the "adventuring" team went out with Daddy. Esther didn't take the big camera due to the treacherous terrain she knew they would have to traverse. But she still managed to take some nice pictures on her little phone camera.
It was lovely and shady on this part of the walk.
Daddy needed to help the little guy up this steep bit.
Sibling support.
Nice bridge.
After the bush walk, the team went for a long, long beach walk.
Interesting finds.
Back again, and chatting to some people who were camping.
Very, very lovely morning, building memories.
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Shyama Perera is a weekly newspaper reviewer and social commentator on BBC London and also regularly reviews the newspaper front pages on the BBC News Channel. Shyama also contributes to programmes such as The Jeremy Vine Show and Woman's hour. On our televisions, we may have seen Shyama presenting such programmes as Eastern Eye and Behind The Headlines, as well as many others. Shyama has kindly agreed to take part in a short interview with Royal Central to give her opinion on the British Monarchy.
My big question is, what is your opinion of the British Monarchy and why?
I'm fairly sanguine on matters and people Royal. The monarchy neither excites nor incites me one way or another.
Have you ever met a member of the royal family, if so what were they like?
I've covered events with members of the royal family giving out awards and making speeches, and I've shaken the heir's hand on a couple of occasions, but never had a one-to-one conversation.
Which member of the royal family would you like to meet?
The Queen
Would the British political system work the same without a monarchy or would it make things easier or more complex?
I think it would make things joyless, and I like the tradition and the protocols of the Queen's Speech, the weekly debriefings etc.
Have you ever taken part in a big celebratory event such as the Diamond Jubilee or birth of Prince George?
Taken part, no, but I have celebrated all the weddings and jubilees with friends and food and a large TV screen.
Last week Charles became the oldest male heir in history – so one assumes he has the experience to make a great monarch, do you agree?
He is clearly familiar with the job spec. What he makes of the role will depend on age, fitness, levels of support and the political climate.
Do you think the head of the commonwealth should become hereditary?
I didn't know it wasn't, so I've learned something. I don't really have a view.
Shyama adds:
"There are some things the royal family excel at. For example, The Prince's Trust is an often underestimated organisation in its reach and success with thousands of dispossessed young people".
Many thanks to Shyama for taking part in this interview. You can follow her on twitter @PortfolioWoman
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This is a view from our 5th floor balcony. Not too much high buildings, since our town's land is pretty soft to withstand high rises.
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Roulette is undoubtedly one of the most-played casino games today. It's so simple and can be quite easy to win that it's pretty hard to imagine the roulette table as something that's left to gather dust in the corner. Indeed, the game's very existence is supported by its millions of players, almost every single one of which desires to make some profit from the game.
Online Casinos Brought In More Roulette Players
Online casinos have brought more roulette gamblers into the fray. These Web-based gambling establishments have all made roulette accessible to anyone who can connect to the World Wide Web and has the means to do financial transactions online. Thanks to online roulette, gamblers who have no access to casinos can now play the game from their homes or wherever they can find a decent Internet connection.
Just like live roulette players, those playing the game online are more inclined to making profit than having some plain old fun. The fact that online roulette is a program that can be potentially exploited, simply urged more players to find ways to make money out of it. People use a variety of methods to achieve this goal. This includes mere strategies or watching for patterns in the wheel's results. The most popular however, is the use of roulette systems, or programs that are meant to deliver profits by predicting which bet should win in the next spin.
Roulette Killer: A Short Review
One of these systems is the Roulette Killer. Like the Roulette Bandit which we have tackled a few articles back, this roulette system is also another one you'd be hearing a lot about if you're someone who loves to surf the Internet for roulette strategies, playing tips, and the like. So then, is Roulette Killer any different from Roulette Bandit? Does it work this time?
Before we answer these questions, let us first see how Roulette Killer works. Andy Veerhoven, the software's author and vendor, simply describes it as a program that shows on which particular combination of numbers the user should place his bets in the next spin. Specifically, the Roulette Killer gathers real time data from ten consecutive spins in a European roulette game, then generates a certain combination of bets, among which one is supposedly bound to win. If the software's instructions are followed, Veerhoven claims that you'll end up robbing the casino legally.
It's possible that the program merely takes statistics from the ten spins it gathers then bets on the opposite of the winning color. However, Veerhoven is obscure on this and as such, it's pretty hard to judge if it adheres to the Gambler's Fallacy like most roulette systems do. However, what killed this system for us before we could even download it are the numerous legitimate forums and reviews that say it simply does not guarantee big wins as all those walls of text on its website implies. The reviews are mixed of course, with some winning as much as some gamblers lose – this simply proves how random roulette truly is, even when a system is applied to it.
Andy Veerhoven certainly sounds honest with his claims in his site. It's either because his system works for him or he's just another smooth-talking salesman. Regardless, the experiences of the many roulette players simply don't match those testimonials in his site and simply validates the fact that roulette is unpredictable and cannot be beaten by any system or strategy.


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Can anyone substantiate any of these Seamus, Pienaar, Deulofeu rumours please? Just be nice to know there's some substance to it, before I get too happy.
Richard Buxton isn't credible in any way
there was a different one with Pienaar and Coleman but not sure where, it was off newsnow everton
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I'd take a draw, keeps us in the hunt.A defeat and I really can't see us making the points up
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Just in case anyone else needs it, here's my method for getting the millisecond offset of a server's local time to UTC time in milliseconds, for use in client-side JavaScript.
private int ServerSideJsUtcOffset
get {
DateTime epoch = new DateTime(1970,1,1);
int offset = (int)epoch.ToUniversalTime().Subtract(epoch).TotalMilliseconds;
return offset;
There's really not much to it, it's mainly so that I can handle converting serialized dates to a proper local time on the client. The DateTime objects in question are stored in a database as the UTC date-time, via an ORM tool, and sent to the client with System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer. All the server-side code uses the same ORM tool, and all the client-side JSON is processed via the same local parser. So it was simply easier adjusting the client-side parser than it was to adjust the server-side class hierarchy.
I should note that I could have set the initial date to DateTime.Now instead of implicitely using the JS epoch, as the difference would be the same for any localized DateTime, just felt the clarity was worth it.
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Seasons With Chorale: 1
Season Joined: 2016-17
Hometown: Woodinville, Washington
Pepperdine University B.A. Theater and Music; USC M.M. Vocal Arts from USC; G.C. Opera Wolf Trap Opera Studio, Aspen Opera Theater Center
Do you also have a non-singing "day job"? If so, what do you do?
Audiobook narrator
Where else do you teach/gig/conduct/sing/perform?
Los Angeles Opera Chorus, Pacific Opera Project, Fresno Grand Opera, Cabrillo Music Theater, Guest Soloist, Hollywood Master Chorale
Guest appearances:
Jud Fry - Oklahoma, Cabrillo Music Theater; Hollywood Master Chorale - 20th Anniversary Gala, Guest soloist; Courfeyrac - Les Misérables Fresno Grand Opera; Anthony - Sweeney Todd, Pacific Opera Project
The Count of Monte Cristo Concept Album - Alexandre Dumas; Close Encounters Cast recording - The President/George Washington; Megatrax Holiday 2014, 2015; Megatrax Movie Trailers, 2015
Highlights of your musical career:
Les Misérables at Fresno Grand Opera with the 25th Anniversary Tour/ New Broadway cast; Anthony in Sweeney Todd with Pacific Opera Project; Jud in Oklahoma with Cabrillo Music Theater; Ensemble in Candide at Wolf Trap, with the National Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven 9 with LA Phil; Billy Budd with LA Opera Chorus; Aida at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Phil
Favorite choral work(s):
Sea Symphony, Ralph Vaughan Williams
A defining moment of favorite LA Master Chorale onstage experience:
Singing Beethoven 9 with Dudamel conducting the LA Phil and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra from memory.
What are you listening to these days?
Britten Folk Songs, Led Zeppelin 1 and 4, Ella Fitzgerald, lots and lots of audiobooks
Anything you'd like to add about yourself?
Prolific audiobook narrator with over 135 titles
Where do you live in L.A.?
Sherman Oaks
What L.A. experience do you consider essential for visitors/newcomers?
Hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains, especially up in Malibu Creek State park. Going to the beach, eating some good sushi, driving Mulholland, driving up PCH to visit Point Dume


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My husband and I had brunch at the Bedford Post, in Bedford, NY.
I started the meal with a delicious cappuccino and warm cinnamon bun!
Last weekend was my birthday. I had a great day spending it with my family. Late in the afternoon it started to rain and storm pretty bad...however this weekend we are hunkering down in preparation for hurricane Irene to hit the East Coast, so I suppose last weekend's storm is not looking so awful after all. These photos captured my latest birthday as seen through my i-phone....
We took our dog Mel for a hike at Mountain Lakes Park in North Salem, NY
On our hike I stumbled upon a red toadstool with white spots!
I have never seen a real mushroom like this in person.
I really loved the vibrant red of these mushrooms too!
Seeing acorn caps scattered around reminded me I better get started on ornament making soon....
the craft sales and holidays will be here before you know it!
Mountain Lakes has a great sandy beach area where Mel took a little dip! Here I caught him mid-shake!
After a family dinner with my husband, parents, sister and her family...we ATE CAKE!
I love cake...all kinds of sweets really!
This year my sister made a "funfetti" cake and iced it with a swirly pattern that resembled tye dye.
Very fun and festive, not to mention delicious!
My niece Casidy and Mel watching the festivities.
Her birthday is 5 days later so we actually celebrated together and shared birthday wishes.
Till next year...


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By Kelley Chittenden
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority, Johannes Caspar, intends to "crack down" on three companies that allegedly still use the Safe Harbor framework as a legal basis for cross-border data transfers, according to Fortune. While company names have not yet been released, Caspar describes them as "large international companies." The U.S. and the EU announced an agreement on a new transatlantic data flow, called the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Although data protection regulators said they would temporarily delay enforcement actions, there is nothing stopping them from fining companies before Privacy Shield is finalized, should they choose to do so.


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Nowadays, lots of doctors and physicians are doing some medical certification courses for increasing their client base. Cosmetology is one of the most popular medical fields in which lots of certification courses are available. Even though a lot of universities and colleges are offering various medical certification courses, the International Academy of Aesthetics (IAA) is the only university which provides the online aesthetic medicine . The IAA University is solely dedicated to the field of aesthetic medicine, dental esthetics and cosmetic surgery training at affordable fees. All these courses are available in a single platform.
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It's the time of year where we look back and remember the great places we've been, things we've accomplished and plan ahead for the future.
It's also time when I select my favourite photos of the year. They come in all types: portraits, scenery, food, nature, abstract. I usually determine my very best photos by the degree of difficulty to shoot them and the personal significance of them.
I thought it would be great to share my favourite photos with all of my blog readers, as I have done in previous years (see right side-bar for my Top Tens). But I'd also love to see YOUR best photos of the year too.
Running from Jan 1st to Jan 20th right here on *The Kuantan Blog*, I'll be hosting a blog hop entitled "Top 20 Photos of 2013" and it's open for everyone to join!
If you have a blog/website and would like to share your best photos with more people, simply take a minute to join this blog hop by visiting the page at the top of the blog. Here's the link:
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I've settled on the novel project that most needs me right now, or at the least the one which won't let me go. It's Caudal Ballad, a title that might change later, but works for me at the moment.
I described the elevator pitch for it as "Neil Gaiman's American Gods, if it was about ghosts and women, and was written by the Illuminati," on Twitter and Facebook, and got several responses of, basically, "Take my money!" so I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Of course, an elevator pitch doesn't tell much more than how marketing might sell it, so here's the expanded version:
It's the story of several people who find themselves in the same small NY college town when weird and bad things happen.
The story is told mostly chronologically, but not quite.
Interspersed with the tale are quotes and information about printing and typesetting in early America. These bits are relevant to the story. Eventually.
It's about ghosts.
It's about physics.
It's about the astronomical theory of the multiverse.
It's about what it's like to be a woman trying to survive alone, at the margins of society, with no family or money or support.
It's about the way we move through the world when we're suffering from mental illness, or an excess of dead people, or both.
It's about the relationship between townies who are stuck in place, and well-funded grad students who are in town to attend an Ivy, and aren't limited by anything at all.
Some of the extra bits between chapters are architectural drawings, notes from town meetings a hundred years ago, or scribbles on the backs of postcards. Those bits are mostly relevant, too.
It's about the invisible city on the other side of your town that, if you can get to, you'll never come back from.
It's about memories and self-destructive behavior and how "self-defense" doesn't always look that way from the outside.
It's about the monster under the bed.
It's about sex and money and other kinds of power.
But mostly it's about ghosts.
I'm going to post excerpts to my Patreon over the next few months as I finish up my current draft, and share thoughts about the process. If you want to follow along, and throw a few dollars my way so I can keep writing, please consider joining me there.


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Every Grammy Awards Best Country Album Winner Ever
It's Grammy Awards time again, and to get country fans set, we're taking a look at every album that has won the Best Country Album category over the years, which includes some of the most iconic country albums of all time.
In 1965, the Grammy Awards began honoring country artists for their best vocal and instrumental records. The first-ever award, for a category then named Best Country & Western Album, was given to Roger Miller at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards, for Dang Me / Chug-a-Lug. Miller would go on to win the award a second time in 1966, for The Return of Roger Miller, before the category was discontinued. After a three-decade hiatus, the category was revived and renamed Best Country Album. It has remained a highlight of the Grammy Awards ever since.
Click through the photo gallery above to learn about all of those who have won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. It should come as no surprise that country stars such as Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown Band are among the winners, but there are a number of A-listers (Dierks Bentley, Eric Church and Little Big Town among others) who have surprisingly never won, despite many nominations. And then there are the Dixie Chicks, who have won the award a record number of times.
Most recently, Sturgill Simpson took home the 2017 Best Country Album Grammy for his debut album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth. Who will be next? On Jan. 28, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town will compete for the honor at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
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News Briefs
On November 15, two of Virginia Wesleyan's most devoted supporter, Susan and David Goode, were honored as Outstanding Philanthropists during a luncheon sponsored by the Hampton Roads chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. VWC President Scott Miller and his wife, Annie; Senior Vice President Mort Gamble; Associate Vice President for Advancement Suzanne Savage; Board of Trustees Chair David Kaufman; Trustee Henry Watts H'07 and his wife Eleanor; and Dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities Travis Malone attended the celebration, representing VWC. A number of other current and former trustees and special friends of the College were also in attendance. As part of the presentation, a special video was prepared as a tribute to the Goodes' wonderful record of philanthropy for numerous organizations and causes in our region. Highlighted was their strong commitment to Virginia Wesleyan; Susan remains an active member of our College's Board of Trustees.


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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Fambly Time
Nothing particularly interesting has been happening chez Ford in the past couple of weeks. I have been hitting 40 breaks per day. I have also been demolishing my bathroom.
I have been doing this:
With these:
And between all those breaks and swinging a hammer I will soon look like one of these:
Liz "Fiddler Crab" Ford
7 comments:
- chris said...
That's funny.., Enjoy your QT with the family. It would be nice if you had tore up that wall, practicing your break, while listening to the music from Rocky!!! It could be your version of punching hanging ribs in a meat locker.
- September 14, 2007 at 4:21 PM
- Liz Ford said...
ha..ha.. that's funny. I'm gonna need a montage!
- September 15, 2007 at 9:25 PM
- Liz Ford said...
And by that, I mean this:
- September 22, 2007 at 12:31 PM
- kokopelli said...
I suggest that you rearrage top ten.
#3 has to be #10
- October 1, 2007 at 11:11 PM
- chris said...
LOL I like the Montage..., That was funny. They cut off 'You Tube' at work, so I had to watch it from home.
By the way, "I'm feeling good for the Midwest Classic". Make me proud!!!
- October 2, 2007 at 10:29 AM
- Liz Ford said...
Thanks Chris. I have a goood feeling about the Midwest Classic.
Did you mean moving #3 to #1 as the most important or #10 as the least important? I only allow favorable comments about me butt:) My blog, my rules.
- October 3, 2007 at 11:53 AM
- chris said...
I vote it should be moved to #1. It's is cute!!!
- October 3, 2007 at 3:39 PM


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Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Volume 2013, Article ID 325746, 7 pages
Tunable Reflectarray Cell for Wide Angle Beam-Steering Radar Applications
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Modellistica, Elettronica e Sistemistica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
Received 10 May 2013; Accepted 1 July 2013
Academic Editor: Alvaro Rocha
Copyright © 2013 F. Venneri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An electronically tunable reflectarray element is proposed in this work to design beam-steering antennas useful for radar applications. A reduced size reflectarray unit cell is properly synthesized in order to extend the antenna beam scanning capabilities within a wider angular region. The radiating structure is accurately optimized to provide a full phase tuning range by adopting a single varactor load as phase shifter element. A 0.46λ-reflectarray cell is designed at the frequency of 11.5 GHz, obtaining a phase agility of about 330°. The cell is successfully adopted for the design of a reconfigurable reflectarray. The antenna is numerically tested for different configurations of the varactors capacitance values, and good beam-steering performances are demonstrated within a wide angular range.
1. Introduction
Modern radar systems usually adopt phased array antennas as transmission/reception modules. Phased arrays integrate the actual radiating structures, consisting of an array of elementary antennas, with phase shifter components, tunable power amplifiers, and switches [1]. These additional devices allow to control the input signal of each radiating element, thus offering the capabilities to electronically steer the radiated main beam. Phased arrays offer many advantages with respect to mechanically scanned antennas, such as low profile, agile beams, and scalability. Furthermore, electronically scanned antennas offer increased data rates, instantaneous positioning of the radar beam, avoiding also mechanical vibrations, and errors associated with mechanically scanned systems.
An attractive alternative to traditional phased array antennas is offered by the reflectarray antenna concept [2]. As a matter of fact, reflectarrays may be specifically designed also for applications requiring pattern reconfigurability or beam-scanning capabilities. Reconfigurable reflectarrays may offer many advantages over conventional phased arrays, such as reduced costs and volume, a simpler architecture due to the absence of complicated beam-forming networks, and increased efficiencies due to the adoption of spatial feeding. They consist of an array of microstrip elements illuminated by a feed antenna (Figure 1(a)). Each radiator is properly designed to compensate for the phase delay in the path coming from the feed and to introduce a phase contribution able to create a total reradiated field with some desired features, such as prescribed beam directions and/or shapes.
Many different reflectarray configurations have been proposed in the literature [2] also for mm waves applications [3], and recently, many efforts have been spent in the design of reconfigurable reflectarray elements, which are usually based on the use of tunable components and/or materials, such as MEMs, varactor diodes, and liquid crystal substrates [4–6].
Recently, the authors have proposed a novel tunable reflectarray element based on the use of an aperture-coupled patch electronically driven by a single varactor diode [7–10]. The radiating patch is coupled to a microstrip line printed onto a different substrate and loaded by a varactor (Figure 1(b)). By changing the bias voltage across the diode, the phase response of each element can be dynamically modified. A detailed description of the proposed phase control mechanism is reported in [10].
The phase tuning capabilities of the proposed reflectarray configuration have been already demonstrated in [7], while in [8–10] a reflectarray prototype composed by elements, with a unit cell with equal to , has been successful designed at the frequency of 11.5 GHz. The synthesis approach described in [11, 12] has been adopted in order to compute the desired voltages distributions across the diodes. The antenna has been tested into the Microwave Laboratory at the University of Calabria, equipped with both near-field [13, 14] and far-field facilities. Various measurements of its radiation pattern for different configurations of the varactors biasing voltages have been performed, thus demonstrating in [10] the reconfiguration capabilities of the fabricated reflectarray prototype. In particular, good beam-steering performances have been obtained within an angular region going from −25° up to 25°. In this work, the reflectarray cell proposed in [7–10] is properly redesigned in order to enlarge the allowable beam scanning area, so to give the opportunity for designing wide-angle beam-steering antennas, suitable for radar applications. Pointing out that a large scan angle requires a close element spacing, less than or equal to half wavelength at the operating frequency [15], a reflectarray unit cell with a reduced size equal to ( GHz) is proposed. In order to accommodate the phasing circuitries inside the reduced available area embedded in the unit cell, the antenna stratification layers are properly modified by choosing a higher permittivity for the phasing line substrate. According to the considerations reported in [10], the varactor loaded line is accurately resized in order to maximize the antenna phase agility. A phase tuning range of about 330° is numerically demonstrated, by varying the capacitance of the varactor diode within the values ranging from 0.2 pF up to 2 pF.
The designed cell is adopted to synthesize a reflectarray antenna able to steer the main beam up to 65°, as assessed numerically.
2. Design of a Reconfigurable Reflectarray Element Embedded into a Unit Cell with Reduced Size
2.1. Performance Limitations of Beam-Steering Arrays
The angular displacement of an electronically scanned radar beam is practically limited by two main factors, namely, the element pattern and the array elements spacing. As a matter of fact, the radiation pattern of an array of identical radiators is given by the product of the array factor and the element pattern. If the single array radiator is isotropic, that is, the array elements radiate an electric field quite uniform along those directions belonging to the scanning plane, only the array factor will affect the total radiation pattern.
However, practical array element patterns are not omnidirectional, showing an amplitude that decays when moving away from the broadside direction. In these cases, the single element will significantly reduce the amplitude of the scanned beam, except in the zone where it is nearly isotropic [15].
The second limitation, namely, the array elements spacing, is more relevant. As a matter of fact, it is well known that a large scan angle requires a close element spacing, in order to avoid grating lobes appearance. The maximum scan angle, that a linear phased array can achieve, may be derived from the well-known relation [15]: where is the maximum scan angle from broadside direction, is the spacing between two adjacent elements, and is the operating wavelength. Equation (1) is derived from the array factor expression of a linear array placed along the -axis or -axis, and its validity can be extended to the principal cuts of a planar array placed in the - plane [15]. If the array scan angle exceeds the value imposed by (1), grating lobes will appear along other directions. This last behavior is clearly illustrated in Figure 2, which shows the scanning limitations of a -spaced array. In this case, if the scan angle is greater than , as given by (1), the array factor will show a grating lobe having the same amplitude of the scanned main beam (Figure 2(c)).
Equation (1) also states that half wavelength spaced arrays will have a complete theoretical scan range of , as illustrated in Figure 3.
The maximum scan angle achievable by a phased array is also a function of the array length and the desired half-power beam width [15]; however, the condition imposed by (1) is necessary for the design of an array with prescribed beam-steering capabilities.
2.2. Reflectarray Element Design
In order to improve the scanning capabilities of the reconfigurable reflectarray configuration proposed in [7–10], the single reflectarray element is properly redesigned by reducing the unit cell size. In fact, as discussed in the previous paragraph, a closer array elements spacing assures a larger scanning region.
The unit cell dimension is fixed to a value less than half wavelength at the operating frequency GHz. In particular, the array grid size is set to . Furthermore, as demonstrated in [16–18], a reduced unit cell size allows to improve the bandwidth performances of reflectarray antennas. This last aspect is not considered in the present paper, but the relative analysis will be performed in a future work.
In order to allow the accommodation of the tuning circuitries in the smaller area embedded into the unit cell, the phasing line substrate adopted in [7] is properly substituted with a dielectric layer with and thickness mm (see Table 1). As a matter of fact, the use of a substrate with a higher permittivity allows to reduce the wavelength inside the printed lines, thus providing the possibility to design a shorter phase tuning line. As reported in Table 1, the other layers composing the antenna stratification are equal to those adopted in [7].
The reflectarray unit cell is synthesized through a full-wave simulation code (Ansoft Designer) based on the method of moments. The infinite array approach is adopted in order to take into account the mutual coupling effects, relevant for the assigned reduced interelement spacing.
The radiating structure design is performed by a proper tuning of patch and slot sizes, with the aim to satisfy the resonance condition as well as the matching between the patch and the phasing line, at the operating frequency of 11.5 GHz.
A varactor diode, with a tunable capacitance ranging from 0.2 pF to 2 pF, is integrated to the microstrip line in order to obtain the required reconfiguration capabilities. The varactor diode is modeled with the equivalent circuit illustrated in Figure 4, which takes into account the package parasitic effects () and the diode losses (). The varactor lumped parameters are fixed to the following values, derived by the Microsemi MV31011-89 diode datasheet: nH, pF, and .
As described in [10], the two line sections and (see Figure 1(b)) are optimized in order to maximize the phase agility of the element for the assigned varactor capacitance range. At this purpose, a parametric analysis of the reflectarray element is performed with respect to the lengths and , by assuming a normally incident plane wave. Figure 5 shows the reflection phase curves versus the varactor capacitance, computed for different values of the line length.
It can be observed that by increasing , for a fixed value of (Figure 5(a)), a higher phase tuning range is obtained. As accurately demonstrated in [10], this last result is due to the introduction of a proper inductive effect, which is directly related to the stub length. As a proof of this concept, the input impedance of the designed aperture coupled patch, evaluated at the slot center, is reported under Figure 6, for different values of the stub length ranging from 1.05 mm (the matched case) up to 5.2 mm. It can be observed that for an increased input reactance a wider phase tuning range is achieved (Figure 5(a)). In particular, a phase tuning of about 330° is obtained for mm. On the other hand the length is tuned in order to match the maximum phase variation with the available varactor capacitance range [10]. As a matter of fact, Figure 5(b) shows that for any fixed value of , the section can be chosen to shift the phase curve within the capacitance range with the aim to increase the allowable phase tuning range, so obtaining a phasing line acting as a 360° phase shifter.
The dimensions of the optimized reflectarray element are reported in Table 2.
Furthermore, the same table shows that the designed tuning line is shorter than the line controlling the reflectarray element described in [7]. In particular, a 35% length reduction is obtained, thus allowing the allocation of the tuning circuitries inside the smaller cell (12 mm 12 mm at 11.5 GHz).
The simulated element pattern of the designed unit cell is reported in Figure 7. The depicted diagrams refer to the reflectarray element with a phasing line having dimensions mm and mm. The radiation patterns computed in the two principal planes show a nearly isotropic behavior within the range from −45° up to 45°, as in the case of a typical source.
In conclusion, the proposed unit cell could be suitable for the design of reflectarray antennas with improved beam-steering capabilities, as the main beam could be scanned within a quite large angular region ranging from −45° up to 45°, without occurring in the grating lobes phenomena. Furthermore, within this scanning range the main lobe will have at most a 3 dB amplitude reduction, as demonstrated by the simulated element pattern (Figure 7).
3. Design of a Beam-Steering Reflectarray
In order to prove the effectiveness of the proposed cell, a reflectarray is designed at the frequency of 11.5 GHz. The array is illuminated by a broadside feed placed at a distance of 34 cm. A synthesis algorithm [11] is adopted in order to compute the varactor capacitance values which allow to steer the radiated main beam from 0° up to 65° in the H-plane. The computed radiation patterns depicted in Figure 8 show the validity of the proposed approach, as the main beam is successfully moved along the desired directions. As expected by the array theory, Figure 8 shows that the main beam amplitude decreases when moving away from the broadside direction. In particular, it can be observed that the scan loss increases away from broadside by following the cosine behavior of the element pattern. Thus, an acceptable 3 dB scan loss is obtained when the main lobe is pointed along the direction , while for a greater scan loss of about 7 dB is observed. Furthermore, Figure 8 shows a broader main lobe for greater scan angles. Despite limitations imposed by the array theory (i.e., scan losses and main lobe broadening), the obtained numerical results demonstrate wide angle beam-steering capabilities of the designed antenna, without occurring in grating lobes appearance.
4. Conclusion
The reflectarray concept has been applied in this work to design beam-steering antennas suitable for radar applications. A reflectarray unit cell based on the use of a single varactor diode has been proposed and optimized to provide wide angle steering capabilities. At this purpose, the antenna has been properly designed by reducing the unit cell size, in order to achieve a large angular scanning. As a specific numerical example, a varactor loaded reflectarray element, embedded into a cell at GHz, has been synthesized, obtaining a full phase tuning range of about 330°. The designed unit cell has been adopted to design a reconfigurable reflectarray. The antenna has been numerically tested showing good beam-steering performances within a wide angular range from −45° up to 45°.
This work has been carried out under the framework of PON 01_01503 National Italian Project "Landslides Early Warning," financed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
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