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Patent US20040107299 - Home gateway apparatus having in-home phone line switching function and ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsDisclosed is a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function, and an embodiment method thereof. The home gateway apparatus offers high-speed access to an access network using xDSL (�x� variety of Digital Subscriber Line) protocols such as ADSL or VDSL and an in-home...http://www.google.com/patents/US20040107299?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040107299 - Home gateway apparatus having in-home phone line switching function and embodiment method thereofAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20040107299 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 10/441,496Publication dateJun 3, 2004Filing dateMay 20, 2003Priority dateDec 3, 2002Publication number10441496, 441496, US 2004/0107299 A1, US 2004/107299 A1, US 20040107299 A1, US 20040107299A1, US 2004107299 A1, US 2004107299A1, US-A1-20040107299, US-A1-2004107299, US2004/0107299A1, US2004/107299A1, US20040107299 A1, US20040107299A1, US2004107299 A1, US2004107299A1InventorsSang-Jae Lee, Kwang-Roh Park, Young-Jun Song, Hyeong-Ho LeeOriginal AssigneeSang-Jae Lee, Kwang-Roh Park, Young-Jun Song, Hyeong-Ho LeeExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManReferenced by (20), Classifications (23), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetHome gateway apparatus having in-home phone line switching function and embodiment method thereofUS 20040107299 A1Abstract Disclosed is a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function, and an embodiment method thereof. The home gateway apparatus offers high-speed access to an access network using xDSL (�x� variety of Digital Subscriber Line) protocols such as ADSL or VDSL and an in-home network using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) functions and a variety of protocols, and has xDSL and VoIP interfaces with PSTN (Public Switching Telephone Network) and VoIP functions that enable easy installation and application in different in-home telephone network environments. Using this, in-home VoIP/POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) networks and high-speed HomePNA networks can be freely constructed through a single home gateway, bypassing the existing two-wire or four-wire in-home telephone lines. Images(7) Claims(11)
What is claimed is: 1. A home gateway apparatus, which provides a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the home gateway apparatus comprising: an XDSL (�x� variety of Digital Subscriber Line) central processor for providing access to the access network through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; a HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance) processor for providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) processor for providing POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and a telephone line switching processor for connecting at least one PSTN (Public Switching Telephone Network) channel transferred from the XDSL central processor to the HomePNA processor and the VoIP processor. 2. The home gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the xDSL central processor provides access to a two-wire and four-wire access networks. 3. The home gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the XDSL central processor uses high-pass and low-pass filters to separate XDSL and PSTN signals received from the connected two-wire and four-wire access networks, and sends the separated signals to an xDSL auxiliary processor and the telephone line switching processor. 4. The home gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone line switching processor is connected using a medium according to a change of the connected in-home network, and is changeable in setting by a user's simple manipulation of switches. 5. The home gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the medium includes a relay and a jumper wire. 6. The home gateway apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the HomePNA processor and the VoIP processor are connected to the in-home network using second and third connectors. 7. An embodiment method for a home gateway apparatus, which provides a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the embodiment method comprising: (a) providing access to a two-wire and four-wire access networks through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; (b) providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; (c) providing POTS/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and (d) connecting at least one PSTN channel transferred from the connected access network to a HomePNA processor processing the HomePNA signal and a VoIP processor processing the POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network. 8. The embodiment method as claimed in claim 7, wherein (a) comprises: separating XDSL and PSTN signals received from the connected two-wire and four-wire access networks using high-pass and low-pass filters. 9. The embodiment method as claimed in claim 7, wherein (b) and (c) comprise: providing access to the in-home network using second and third connectors. 10. The embodiment method as claimed in claim 7, wherein (d) comprises: providing a connection using a medium including a relay and a jumper wire according to a change of the connected in-home network; and allowing a user to change the setting by a simple manipulation of switches. 11. A recording medium with a built-in program, which includes an embodiment method for a home gateway apparatus providing a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the program comprising: providing access to the access network through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; providing POTS/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and connecting at least one PSTN channel transferred from the connected access network to a HomePNA processor processing the HomePNA signal and a VoIP processor processing the POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network. Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (a) Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a home gateway apparatus, and an embodiment method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a home gateway apparatus having an in-home phone line switching function and an embodiment method thereof that provides high-speed access to an access network and an in-home network. [0003] (b) Description of the Related Art [0004] With the rapid development of data communication technologies in recent years, there have been ceaseless attempts made to provide more rapid and accurate information. In addition, home gateway devices have been actively developed for receiving a variety of services as the use of in-home networks connecting various appliances to communication networks at home has increased. [0005] In general, a gateway device is a network point that plays a role as an entrance to another network, and it converts data communicated between two communication networks using different data communication protocols to a data format suitable for the individual communication networks. [0006] Because of the development of home gateway devices in recent years, in-home networks can now be connected to external access networks to avail of a variety of services in different integrated networks. [0007] With the recent development of the Internet, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone that provides voice call services as a general telephone as well as inexpensive international telephone services at a cost of the Internet service is being watched with keen interest as a new service. For that reason, the tendency is toward the development of a home gateway device with a built-in VoIP function or an Internet phone having a VoIP function. [0008]FIG. 1 is a schematic of a network construction according to an example of a home gateway apparatus with a VoIP function in an in-home network having an xDSL/PSTN split structure according to prior art. [0009] Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional home gateway apparatus in an in-home network using VoIP 103 or POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) 104 is required to have both a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) interface 102 and an Internet interface 103 for the purpose of gaining access to an external PSTN and the Internet network. [0010] In using a HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance) function, the POTS 104 in the in-home network is also necessary. However, in the home gateway apparatus, VoIP, POTS, and HomePNA cannot be used at the same time, or a separate VoIP telephone must be connected in order to use the VoIP. Moreover, at least three separate connectors are required for the VoIP function, causing a difficulty in installation. [0011]FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network construction according to an example of an ADSL modem or a home gateway apparatus having a single xDSL/PSTN structure according to prior art, in which the network is comprised of a home gateway device 203 having ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and VoIP functions. [0012] The home gateway apparatus includes, as shown in FIG. 2, a connector to an external access network providing an 8-Mbps ADSL access 201, and a connector to an in-home network providing VoIP access 206 and a network interface 207 such as a general Ethernet interface in addition to an access 202 to POTS 204 and general telephones 205. [0013] But the conventional home gateway apparatus requires a separate telephone for the VoIP function and provides neither a PSTN interruption function nor a HomePNA function. [0014] In addition, a variety of environments exist for the in-home network, and the conventional gateway apparatus has a difficulty in using VoIP, POTS, and HomePNA at the same time. Due to the fixed structure of the gateway apparatus, there is also a problem in that it is difficult for the gateway apparatus to match the different in-home network environments, such as two-wire or four-wire networks and a variety of users' demands for xDSL, HomePNA, VoIP, and so on. [0015] The related technology includes Patent Application No. 10-2002-1809 by Chang-Hak Kim et al., under the title �An Internet phone gateway system with a built-in PSTN and VoIP matching circuit�, which suggests a gateway system that provides automatic origination and termination of Internet and PSTN telephone calls according to the users' demand for Internet and PSTN telephone services, and thereby guarantees inexpensive and stable call services. [0016] However, this technology also has a limitation in that the gateway system can support the VoIP function solely in the in-home network. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0017] It is an advantage of the present invention to provide a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and an embodiment method thereof that provides access to an access network and an in-home network, and changes the internal connection structure of the home gateway according to the construction of the in-home network by using the in-home telephone network switching function, thereby allowing easy construction of in-home VoIP/POTS and high-speed HomePNA networks without regard to the existing telephone line. [0018] It is another advantage of the present invention to provide a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and an embodiment method thereof that enables the use of a VoIP function while using the existing POTS network at home. [0019] It is still another advantage of the present invention to provide a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and an embodiment method thereof that provides both voice call and HomePNA functions through a single connector, and enables the use of a VoIP function in an in-home network only through a single four-wire xDSL connector without connecting a telephone to the home gateway. [0020] It is still further another advantage of the present invention to provide a home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and an embodiment method thereof that delivers access to a variety of interface modules such as high-speed Ethernet, IEEE1394, or wireless LAN and allows the construction of a high-speed network at home. [0021] In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home gateway apparatus, which provides a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the home gateway apparatus including: an xDSL (�x� variety of Digital Subscriber Line) central processor for providing access to the access network through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; a HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance) processor for providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) processor for providing a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and a telephone line switching processor for connecting at least one PSTN (Public Switching Telephone Network) channel transferred from the XDSL central processor to the HomePNA processor and the VoIP processor. [0022] In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an embodiment method for a home gateway apparatus, which provides a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the embodiment method including: (a) providing access to a two-wire or four-wire access network through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; (b) providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; (c) providing POTS/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and (d) connecting at least one PSTN channel transferred from the connected access network to a HomePNA processor processing the HomePNA signal and a VoIP processor processing the POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network. [0023] In still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium with a built-in program, which includes an embodiment method for a home gateway apparatus providing a connection of an in-home network to an access network to offer a variety of services in an integrated network, the program including: providing access to the access network through a first connector, and processing a signal communicated with the connected access network; providing HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a HomePNA signal communicated with the connected in-home network; providing POTS/VoIP access to the in-home network through the first connector, and processing a POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network; and connecting at least one PSTN channel transferred from the connected access network to a HomePNA processor processing the HomePNA signal and a VoIP processor processing the POTS/VoIP signal communicated with the connected in-home network. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0024] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention, and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention: [0025]FIG. 1 is a schematic of an in-home network having an xDSL/PSTN split-type structure according to prior art; [0026]FIG. 2 is a schematic of an in-home network having a single xDSL/PSTN structure according to prior art; [0027]FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram showing the internal construction of a home gateway apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; [0028]FIG. 4 is a detailed diagram showing the internal construction of the telephone line switch shown in FIG. 3; [0029]FIG. 5 is a schematic of a split-type two-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [0030]FIG. 6 is a schematic of a non-split-type two-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; [0031]FIG. 7 is a schematic of a four-wire in-home network having a single xDSL/PSTN structure using the home gateway apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and [0032]FIG. 8 is a schematic of an xDSL/PSTN split-type four-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0033] In the following detailed description, only the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated by the inventor(s) of carrying out the invention. As will be realized, the invention is capable of modification in various obvious respects, all without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not restrictive. [0034]FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram showing the internal construction of a home gateway apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, known functions and components deviating from the scope of the present invention will not be described. [0035] The home gateway apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises, as shown in FIG. 3, a first connector 301, an xDSL central processor 302, a telephone line switch 303, a VoIP central processor 304, a second connector 305, a HomePNA processor 306, a third connector 307, an IEEE1394 308, a high-pass filter 309, a low-pass filter 310, an xDSL processor 311, a VoIP processor 312, and a home gateway processor 313. [0036] Although the description will be given as to the home gateway apparatus of the above construction in the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not specifically limited to the above construction and may further include other components. [0037] Hereinafter, among the components of the home gateway apparatus 300, the principal components for the in-home telephone network function will be primarily described in the present invention. [0038] First, the XDSL central processor 302 provides access to an access network through the first connector 301 providing a four-wire access with one port, and processes signals communicated with the connected access network. [0039] The VoIP processor 304 provides POTS/VoIP access to an in-home network through the first or third connector 301 or 307, and processes POTS/VoIP signals with the connected in-home network. [0040] The HomePNA processor 306 provides HomePNA access to the in-home network through the first or second connector 301 or 305, and processes HomePNA signals communicated with the connected in-home network. [0041] The telephone line switch 303 connects a variety of PSTN channels received from the xDSL central processor 302 to the HomePNA processor 306 and the VoIP processor 304. [0042] Namely, the home gateway apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the single first connector 301 for an access network connection to provide a two-wire or four-wire access to the xDSL/PSTN network, and to the telephone line switch 303 for in-home network access. The telephone line switch 303 provides a VoIP function while using the existing POTS network without a change, offers a general telephone function through a PSTN network using a general telephone in the in-home network when the home gateway apparatus 300 is in a power-off state due to service interruption, and connects a HomePNA function to the POTS/VoIP function of voice call and the xDSL function at the same time. [0043] In particular, the xDSL central processor 302 sends xDSL and PSTN signals received through the first connector 301 to the telephone line switch 303, separates the xDSL and PSTN signals using the high-pass filter 309 and the low-pass filter 310 during transmission, and forwards them to the xDSL processor 311 and the telephone line switch 303, respectively. [0044] The home gateway apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention also includes the second and third connectors 305 and 307 as auxiliary connectors so that if needed, the user can connect the second and third connectors 305 and 307 directly to the home gateway apparatus without a separate network construction. The VoIP central processor 304 switches the PSTN signal received from the telephone line switch 303 using a separate switching module, so that the user can alternatively use either the PSTN function or the VoIP function. [0045] In this manner, the home gateway apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention provides a two-wire or four-wire XDSL, i.e., 15 ADSLNDSL access, using the single first connector 301 according to the in-home network construction as access to an access network; and access to an in-home network using a VoIP function or a variety of protocols to process POTS/VoIP/HomePNA functions using the single first connector 301 or the auxiliary second and third connectors 305 and 307. [0046] Namely, the home gateway apparatus provides the XDSL interface and the VoIP and HomePNA interfaces by various topologies and thereby sequentially operates the access network and the in-home telephone network to offer ultrahigh-speed broadband services and VoIP services between the two networks. [0047]FIG. 4 is a detailed diagram showing the internal construction of the telephone line switch 303 shown in FIG. 3. [0048] As shown in FIG. 4, the telephone line switch 303 connects the PSTN signal lines received from the xDSL central processor 302 to the VoIP central processor 304 and the HomePNA processor 306. The switching functions can be enabled using a separate relay according to the user's desired setting of switches, or initially by using a jumper line according to the in-home environment during installation of the home gateway apparatus. [0049] When the in-home network environment changes, the in-home network can be constructed simply by changing the setting of the telephone line switch 303 without replacement of the home gateway. [0050] Now, first to fourth embodiments using the home gateway apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. [0051]FIG. 5 is a schematic of a split-type two-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. [0052] Referring to FIG. 5, the home gateway apparatus according to the first embodiment provides access to an external access network having both xDSL and PSTN signals, and to an in-home telephone network with VoIP and PSTN telephones connected to a HomePNA device. [0053] More specifically, the home gateway apparatus separates external access network channels connected to signal line (1) using the high-pass filter 309 and the low-pass filter 310. The PSTN signal is forwarded to the in-home network with low-pass filtered signal line (4) connected to signal line (6), and the HomePNA signal is connected to the in-home HomePNA network with signal line (5) connected to signal line (7). [0054] In the home gateway apparatus, the VoIP function can be used alternatively with the PSTN function using a general in-home telephone. If the user wants to use an existing PSTN telephone in the in-home network and connect the telephone to the home gateway for the VoIP function, the PSTN and HomePNA network can be constructed by connecting the signal line (4) to the signal line (7) and the in-home telephone network to the second connector RJ11 305 of the HomePNA processor 306. With the telephone connected to the third connector RJ11 307 of the VoIP central processor 304, and the signal line (4) connected to the signal line (6), a VoIP telephone with a general VoIP/PSTN switching function using �#� or �*� buttons can be separately used. [0055]FIG. 6 is a schematic of a non-split type two-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. [0056] Referring to FIG. 6, the home gateway apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment includes an external access network having both XDSL and PSTN signals, and an in-home telephone network having a HomePNA device directly connected to a PSTN telephone. [0057] More specifically, the home gateway apparatus 100 separates the access network channel connected to signal line (1) through the high-pass filter 309 and the low-pass filter 310, and a PSTN telephone can be used irrespective of the home gateway. [0058] With signal line (4) connected to signal line (7) as shown in FIG. 5, the HomePNA signal in the home gateway is subjected to low-pass filtering by the low-pass filter 310 and thereby cannot be connected to the HomePNA device in the in-home network. So, the HomePNA signal is connected to the in-home HomePNA network with the signal line (1) connected to the signal line (7). In this case, the VDSL service is unavailable because the HomePNA and xDSL signals are connected to the same signal line. For the VoIP function, a separate VoIP telephone with a general VoIP/PSTN switching function using �#� or �*� buttons can be used with the telephone connected directly to the home gateway and the signal line (4) connected to the signal line (6). [0059]FIG. 7 is a schematic of a four-wire in-home network of a single xDSL/PSTN structure using the home gateway apparatus in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention. [0060] Referring to FIG. 7, the home gateway apparatus according to the third embodiment includes an external access network having both xDSL and PSTN signals, and an in-home telephone network directly connected to a PSTN telephone. [0061] The other two wires are connected to a HomePNA device and a VoIP telephone, and VDSL and HomePNA can be used at the same time because the channels used for the VDSL and the HomePNA are separated from each other. The high-pass filter 309 and the low-pass filter 310 separate xDSL/PSTN channels connected to signal line (1), and the PSTN telephone can be used irrespective of the home gateway. [0062] The HomePNA channel is connected to the in-home HomePNA network with signal line (3) connected to signal line (7), and the VoIP channel is connected to the in-home VoIP network with signal line (3) connected to signal line (5). The switching from VoIP to PSTN is realized with signal line (4) connected to signal line (6). [0063] If switching the VoIP telephone to PSTN, the signal lines (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) are all connected but the HomePNA signal is separated from the xDSL signal through the low-pass filter 310. Power supply to the in-home PSTN telephone is externally provided for normal operation. [0064]FIG. 8 is a schematic of an xDSL/PSTN split-type four-wire in-home network using the home gateway apparatus in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention. [0065] Referring to FIG. 8, the home gateway apparatus according to the fourth embodiment includes, unlike the third embodiment, an external access network having xDSL and PSTN signals connected to two different wires. But this structure is also similar to that of the third embodiment in that the channels used for xDSL and HomePNA are separated from each other to enable the use of VDSL and HomePNA at the same time. [0066] Namely, the high-pass filter 309 and the low-pass filter 310 separate the xDSL channel connected to signal line (1), and the PSTN telephone connected to signal line (3) can be used irrespective of the home gateway. [0067] The HomePNA channel is connected to the in-home HomePNA network with signal line (3) connected to signal line (7), and the VoIP channel is connected to the in-home VoIP network with signal line (4) connected to signal line (5). The switching from VoIP to PSTN is realized with signal line (3) connected to signal line (6). [0068] The HomePNA signal is separated from the XDSL signal through the low-pass filter 310, and power supply to the in-home PSTN telephone is externally provided for a normal operation. [0069] In this manner, the home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to the embodiment of the present invention include an access network connector to provide xDSL access capable of four-wire access, and an in-home network connector to provide a single VoIP access and high-speed HomePNA access; and changes the internal connection structure of the home gateway according to the construction of the in-home network using the in-home telephone network switching function, thereby allowing easy construction of in-home VoIP/POTS and high-speed HomePNA networks by a single home gateway only without regard to the existing two-wire or four-wire in-home telephone line. [0070] While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. [0071] As described above, the home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to present invention includes an access network connector to provide xDSL access capable of four-wire access, and an in-home network connector for providing single VoIP access and high-speed HomePNA access; and changes the internal connection structure of the home gateway according to the construction of the in-home network using the in-home telephone network switching function, thereby allowing easy construction of in-home VoIP/POTS and high-speed HomePNA networks by a single home gateway only without regard to the existing two-wire or four-wire in-home telephone line. [0072] The home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to present invention enables the use of a VoIP function while using the existing POTS network at home, and provides both voice call and HomePNA functions using a single connector, and the VoIP functions freely in the in-home network using a single four-wire XDSL connector without connecting a telephone to the home gateway. [0073] The home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to the present invention uses the existing in-home and outdoor telephone lines with an advantage in the aspect of economy, and it enables construction of the in-home network simply by changing the internal setting of the home gateway without replacement of the home gateway even when the structure of the in-home telephone network is changed. [0074] The home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to the present invention offers xDSL-based ultrahigh-speed broadband services between a variety of data terminals connected to the in-home network through different network interfaces such as HomePNA, IEEE1394, high-speed Ethernet, or wireless LAN, and delivers ultrahigh-speed broadband services of more than 10 Mbps in gaining access to the access network from the in-home network. [0075] The home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to the present invention uses the same physical connector for XDSL, HomePNA, and VoIP signals, and it offers a HomePNA function as well as xDSL and VoIP/POTS functions using a single connector, thereby simplifying the installation of the home gateway. [0076] Furthermore, the home gateway apparatus having an in-home telephone network switching function and its embodiment method according to the present invention provides the HomePNA function by a connection to the in-home POTS network while VoIP or POTS is not being used, and it provides the HomePNA function by a connection of the in-home POTS network to the HomePNA connector when the VoIP function is solely used by a general telephone without a connection to the VoIP/POTS network. 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Life and Times of Team Whisner: The girl is back!
You get course maps in class? How cool is that?!
AND you had to write about your start-line stays and your weave poles. But that's okay. It's okay, really. I'm happy for you. And Finn. Really.
No, Nancy doesn't give us course maps. I drew this one up. I have that course design software from clean run. Helps me remember what we worked on :)
Here's what I'll tell you about start line stays and weaves. They'll come!! I've got a year on ya.
It must've been an interesting class, because I don't usually draw up course maps afterwards, but I did this week, too. I posted another variation on that course with some notes on my blog.

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oop - Encapsulation in a Composition Class C++ - Stack Overflow
Not sure if the title is worded correctly but here goes:
I have a map class, which contains a vector containing MapEntitys. MapEntity is a class of which Factory, Farm and 3 other classes are inherited from.
These 5 classes both should be "ticked" every few seconds, at which point they will all do a function individual to each class, but only the map class should be able to "tick" them. How would I support this type of encapsulation in C++? Friends? Should I just use public methods and not misuse the methods? (Although I would prefer proper encapsulation for good practice, even though this code will not be re-distributed)
Again, I realize this isn't worded very well, so please bare with me. Thanks in advance, ell.
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Syntactically you could use any of that.
However, if MapEntities are to be "ticked" from outside, the tick method should be part of their public methods. Actually, it should be a virtual public method of the MapEntity class.
And yes, public methods are proper encapsulation. They tell the user of your class what it can do. In this case, the user is the Map class and it can tick MapEntities.
You should consider other solutions (friends, anonymous namespaces etc.) only if MapEntities are designed to be used only by Map.
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thanks for the info :D. I'l use a virtual public method
You could use friend, but I think it's better to not put any restriction on what can 'tick' your MapEntity classes.
It's generally considered bad practice to put artificial limitations in your code. Even though you only want your map class to be able to call this function right now, this might change in the future.
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Thanks for this, I thought putting limits on code was the right thing to do :s
No, the reason for using encapsulation is protecting data, not putting limits on code. You normally use encapsulation when you want to protect data, usually to enforce side effects of the data changing.
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Using friend would actually lower the degree of encapsulation, since your map class would see any privates of MapEntities, not only the tick method.
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In my opinion your task looks like design-pattern visitor description.
class MapEntity
virtual void tick(Visitor &v) = 0;
class Factory: public MapEntity
void accept(Visitor &v);
class Farm: public MapEntity
void tick(Visitor &v);
class Mill: public MapEntity
virtual void visit(Factory *e) = 0;
virtual void visit(Farm *e) = 0;
virtual void visit(Mill *e) = 0;
void Factory::tick(Visitor &v) { v.visit(this); }
void Farm::tick(Visitor &v) { v.visit(this); }
void Mill::tick(Visitor &v) { v.visit(this); }
class SomeVisitor: public Visitor
void visit(Factory *e) { /* ... */ };
void visit(Farm *e) { /* ... */ };
void visit(Mill *e) { /* ... */ };
class OtherVisitor: public Visitor  { /* ... */ };
MapEntity *enities[];
SomeVisitor v1;
OtherVisitor v2;
entities[i].tick(v1);
entities[i].tick(v2);
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So my 2nd little boy, or not so little, is turning 9. As you all know I get very excited about planning themed parties and love to use my creative side to make them unforgettable. Well, no more Scooby-Doo or Elmo themed parties for this guy. He just wanted to have a sleep-over party. As I was making invitations, he says, "I have one request. I want everyone to come dressed as a zombie." Okay, there's our theme. A Zombie sleep-over party! So, I was googling some ideas for a zombie party and found out that there is actually a band called "Zombie Slumber Party". Oh perfect, I thought, we can play some songs at the party. Well I listened to some and well, no, we won't be playing any Zombie Slumber Party songs. What a terrible band IMO. These songs are inapproriate not only for a bunch of 9-year-olds, but inappropriate for any human being on the planet!
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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic overcame a second set resistance to beat Belgium's Kirsten and set up a WTA Auckland Classic final against former world number one Venus Williams.
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Yesterday the girls came home from the neighbors house where they'd been playing for a bit.
Very unusual for them to play over there, their daughter is here ALL the time. She eats here,(we buy McDonalds, BK, Taco Bell never asking for money for it ) sleeps here, watches t.v. here, plays here, etc.
They had asked to eat over there, and after making sure it was ok with the mom and dad, I said that'd be ok.
They come home and the oldest two are very quiet.
"C" says "oh well the mom was talking about us."
"Saying what ?" I asked.
"Well all I heard was her saying all mean that she'd feed us this time and that was it. "
I sat there for a second to calm down, because I was pretty pissed. Then just told the girls that they couldn't go there to play for a week, and after that they will not eat over there, and she won't eat here. So don't bother asking.
Late this evening the doorbell rings, and it's the mom. I know her well, and I like her, so I thought she came over to chat .
Well..she wanted to know what was going on because as soon as her daughter came home she began crying saying that the girls couldn't play over because they heard "Mom and Dad talking about them." She got a bit snippy with me, which was shocking...And, proceeds to say that the conversation they were having was about the dogs , because they are kenneled while my kids are there. (Three HUGE german shepards)
Sooo....after a breath she says that if there was a problem the girls should of asked her.
First off, the girls are hardly ever there, so them confronting an adult about an overheard conversation is just a bad idea in my book.
Second, I lied. Before she got everything out I interrupted and lied.
Yep, I did. I said that they were in trouble for something unrelated and that I don't know where her daughter got that story.
I came in the house, and ripped these two a new one.
Why in the hell would they tell HER that ?!?
Then ! Oh and then ! They are pissed because the girl told her mom !
Whose kids are these ?!? Really...I have to teach them better.
Which I know damn well, is a contradiction in terms considering I JUST LIED .
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Make America Good Again: Why I’m tired of DC’s Cool Kids | Desert Beacon
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Make America Good Again: Why I’m tired of DC’s Cool Kids
Press bashing is altogether too simple, and simplistic, but it is the way we get our information about politics in Nevada and America. Now that we’re a focal point for national interest in a senatorial race it’s hard to avoid the punditry and their continual blathering. However, we do need to avoid them. We do need to ignore the cool kids and their cocktail party conversations in print, at least most of them.
For the next two weeks — shut down the television machine and do something else. Why? Because they really can’t tell us much we don’t already know. Because they want to talk to us about what they want to talk about and not necessarily what we need to know.
The cool kids in front of the cameras and writing as columnists are opinionists. Each day it’s their job to grind out opinion pieces — some better than others, some more informed than others, but always written to be read by other opinion writers and commentators. The other cool kids will comment on what a member of their cohort has written or said, and the cycle continues until the next shiny object floats before their countenances and their off to another topic — because it’s not cool to keep writing about the same topic day after day.
Then the opinionists profess surprise that people, real people, are more interested in health care, than in the latest incident du jour or poll of the moment. Real people are more interested in policy than process; real people are more interested in issues than in the reflections and refractions from the myriad of shiny objects which distract the opinionists and bedazzle the punditry. This is likely because real people understand that health insurance policies which don’t cover pre-existing medical conditions, or only provide coverage at exorbitant premium rates, isn’t helpful. Real people understand, on a daily basis, that if they aren’t seeing their wages keep up with inflation, or they don’t have enough cash in reserve to meet a $500 emergency expense, the economy isn’t working for them.
Turn off the Sunday squawk shows. Why? Because these are more infotainment than substance; more about process and spin than information and analysis. Case in point: The cook kid’s obsession with “Democratic responses.” Let’s face it, we have a misogynistic, sexist, racist, elitist administration in the Oval Office and the Democrats have to come up with ways to respond to it — but with the cool kids there’s no way to win.
Senator Elizabeth Warren responds to at least two years worth of nasty racist taunting with a DNA test and what does she get from the cool kids? Oh, clutch pearls, she’s descending to “his level,” or she doesn’t meet tribal membership qualification standards (that was never the point in the first place.) Is she really announcing her interest in running for the presidency in 2020? The cool kids were ever so busy parsing her announcement for “clues,” and ever so dismissive about her “timing,” her “phrasing,” her “intentions.” Was it just me, or did this smack a bit of the Clinton Treatment? Secretary Clinton writes a book. It was “too soon.” It was “too late.” It was “too personal.” It was not “personal enough.” She should “go away.” She has a responsibility to stay and lead her party. She can’t win with the cool kids in DC, she never could, and now it appears Senator Warren has joined her.
How many members of the Cool Kids Club have noticed the propensity of the Republicans to attack a certain group of people — Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Maxine Waters, Fredericka Wilson, Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Stacey Abrams, Nancy Pelosi… seeing a pattern here? It’s time to tune out of the punditry’s process analysis parsing, and do some phone calling, door knocking, and talking to some of those people who are more concerned about whether they can afford a trip to the ER than with how the Cocktail Party Club will receive their well crafted and grammatically polished opinion pieces.
It’s also high time to stop listening to the false equivalency gamesmanship. I don’t much care how many times the buffoon in the Oval Office calls Democrats a “mob.” That’s a bull-horn talking point for his base of dead-ender deplorables. Yes, they are deplorable people. A person gets to be deplorable in my estimation when it’s acceptable to invite a self-anointed radical right wing racist thug to a Republican venue, and then offer no apology when he and his associates go out on a New York city street and start beating up people. What on earth could these “Proud Boys” be proud of? It
It is deplorable, in my estimation, when the Tiki Torch carrying, Nazi slogan chanting boys take to the streets of Charlottesville, VA, and then one of their number decides it’s a fine idea to deliberately drive a car into the crowd of anti-nazi demonstrators — killing one young woman. It is NOT a fine idea for Florida Republican leadership to invite White Supremacists to threaten House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Oh, but but but what about Mitch McConnell and some others being shouted at in restaurants? Excuse me… but when did driving into crowds, beating up people in the streets, chanting Nazi slogans within hearing distance of a synagogue, and threatening direct physical violence to the House Minority Leader become “equivalent” to getting shouted at in a restaurant? [I don’t advocate shouting at people in restaurants — I’m rather more the type to tell the management that the mere presence of those people has put me off my feed and I’m leaving — I’ll pay my bill if I’ve already been served (no reason to make the staff pay for my personal quirks) but I’d really rather spot the Deplorables before I order so I can walk out without making any financial contribution to the establishment serving them.]
I, for one, am tired of the false equivalency game, and there’s no reason to listen to it. I have a handy button on my TV remote control that fixes that.
So, please, for the next few days walk precincts if you can, make phone calls, talk to friends and neighbors, do whatever you can whenever you can to Get People Out To Vote. Somehow we need to overcome the gerrymandering, egregious vote suppression tactics, and false electoral information strategies to get to the polls, vote in the polling stations, and make a difference in the trajectory of this country. State by state, county by county, city and town by city and town, ward by ward, precinct by precinct.
There’s enough noise coming from the television sets and radios; but, what we do need to attend to are the needs of our neighbors, the interests of our friends, and the concerns of our cohorts. Vote like our right to vote depends on it. It does. Make America Good Again.
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Magagi's Crafty Bits: October 2012
Another week has flown by and it's time for another challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.
We are expecting a high amount of entries this time around as the theme is an easy peasy one.
Just create any project celebrating a birthday. Simples.
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I was able to use this image from our sponsor My Heart Pieces for my inspirational project. Decided to go all pink and girly for this one. The papers are from Papermania and I used one of my new Memory Box dies for the flourish at the side.
Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your super creations. Don't forget to check out the challenge blog for more inspiration from the design team.
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Back again with my 3rd post for today.
I am going to keep this short and sweet as it is getting late and still have a few things to do before work tomorrow.
I have a couple of birthdays coming up in the next month so thought I had better get them done before the mass christmas card making begins.
I used a sweet little stamp from the SWALK range at Crafters Companion. For a change I stamped the image onto watercolour card and coloured using my distress inks. I then added some glamour dust to the bows in her hair and the centre of the flowers. The papers are from Papermania and all the papers were matted onto kraft card. I do think kraft and pink goes so well together. I kept the embellishments quite simple with some ribbon, card candy and some little flowers that I made myself using card candy and pearls.
Thanks for popping by and hope to catch up with all your blogs in the next few days.
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Well, it is certainly turning colder here in the UK. I have actually had to give in and put the heating on. We had out cavity wall insulation done earlier in the year and it has certainly made a difference to the temperature in the house. If it does save us a bit on our heating bill in the winter it will certainly be worth it.
Anyway, another challenge starts over at Dream Valley Challenges today. A nice easy peasy theme for you all as we are looking for
So hunt out your sparkly, glittery bits and go for it. The more glitter and bling the better.
Our fab sponsor this time around is Sassy Studio Designs who are generously giving our winner 4 free digi images of your choice. So what are you waiting for?
I used a fab image from Sassy Studio to create a real pink and girly card. The image was coloured with promarkers and I did add some glossy accents to the glass. The fab corners are from creative expressions and I added some white acrylic paint to them. The large flower is a Tim Holtz die. After I put it together I sprayed it with Spray and Sparkle. Added lots of pearls for a real blingy look.
Hop over to Dream Valley to see the awesome work of the rest of the design team.
Ladybug Crafts Ink - I need a P (pink, pearls, pins)
Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your fab creations. You know you wanna enter.
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Another two weeks has flown by and it's time for another challenge over at Corrosive Challenges. Our sponsor for the month of October is the fab Sassy Studio Designs who are giving 4 free digital images to our monthly winner.
We want to see your finest fold work. As long as your creation has at least one fold it will qualify for this challenges.
I have used another of my stepper easel cards. I am now down to one blank left, just have to try and remember where I got them from so I can order some more.
The image and backing papers were out of a Debbi Moore magazine that I bought several months ago. So glad to be using some of my old stash. I used gold mirror card for the matting. I used a spellbinders die that I bought last week at the Sincerely Yours paper crafts show. Added some glamour dust for extra sparkle. I die cut the sentiment banner out of gold card using another spellbinders die that I received in some candy from the lovely Mina. Added some die cut flourishes and some pearls to finish it off.
For more inspiration just pop over to Corrosive Challenges and see what lovely projects the design team has come up with.
Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your creations for the challenge.
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Hope you are all well. Been a funny sort of week this week. Been busy at work again and after dinner in the evening have not had much time (if any) left for crafting.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day at work as I am on a training course all day. With the travelling to the course I will be leaving home at 7.00am and not getting home until after 6.00pm. This is a long day for me so not looking forward to it.
I used several punches on this card. Since I have been using die cuts my punches have been neglected so time to put that right. The black card at the side, the corners of the image and all the little flowers were done using a punch. I added some ribbon, lace and pearls to complete the look.
This card is for my daughters to give their Nan for her birthday in November. It also fits in nicely with the October challenge at Sir Stampalot which is to use punches.
I am now off to try and catch up with some commenting. Thanks for popping by and for all the lovely comments you leave. I apologise if I don't get to visit you all very often. Time always runs away from me in the evenings. But I do appreciate each and every one of you and thank you for taking the time out to pop by.
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Hope you are all well. What yucky horrid weather we have had the last couple of days. I can't say that it has been cold but it has been really grey and miserable. The forecast is for it to turn quite cold in the next few days. That is something to look forward to, not.
Anyway as it's Wednesday it's time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges. Our theme this week is a nice easy one for you all.
Just upload all your fab creations that contain either buttons, ribbon or both.
We have two fab sponsors for this week's challenge:
I used a fab image from Dustin Pike for my inspirational project this week.
This image is so cute and was a joy to colour. I used my promarkers and added some distress ink to the edges and a bit of faux stitching. The papers were all from my scraps box and were matted using green coredinations cardstock. I added some ribbon across the centre and some buttons to the corners. A cute little card for a boy. I will add a sentiment later when I have someone to give it to.
Thanks for stopping by and looking forward to seeing all your fab entries for the challenge. The design team have come up with some gorgeous projects so why not pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and check them out.
No challenge over at Dude Time Doodles this week but that doesn't mean I don't have something to share. The dudettes and dude have been joined by some of our previous designers and guest designers to showcase a couple of fab images from the store. Why not pop over to Dude Time Doodles and take a look.
I have used this fab image called The Great Pumpkin.
The image was coloured in promarkers. Not sure what is going on with the photo but the colours are much brighter and better in real life. The pumpkin looks like he has something seriously wrong with him lol.
The sentiment is also from Dude Time Doodles. Some netting, a cut out bat and spider and a bit of ribbon completed the card. Simples.
Next week we will be back with our October blog hop so don't forget to tune in next Wednesday.
Inky Impressions - Halloween or Fall
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Hope you are well and have had a good weekend.
Had a nice day out today with my Mum. We went to the Sincerely Yours paper craft show at Lincoln. I have never been before so was not sure what to expect. Obviously, it is a lot smaller than the likes of Ally Pally or the NEC but enjoyable none the less. Lots of lovely goodies to look at. I did get some new stash including some memory box dies that I just fell in love with, more card candy, stamps and card blanks. I also came away with 14, yes 14, reels of double sided tape. It was such a bargain and I use so much of it lol.
Anyway, I am now nursing some sore feet so thought I would post these two cards for you. This is another request from my sister - this time for her boys to give to their twin cousins for their birthday.
The stamp is from Lily of the Valley and is just perfect for all those young men out there who love gaming. The images were coloured in promarkers and matted onto kraft card. A bit of distress ink and some faux stitching added to the edges. The papers were from Wild Rose Studio and Echo Park. The sentiments were stamped and heat embossed and given the same treatment on the edges as the image. I added some ribbon, card candy and buttons to finish the card. Simple embellishments but boys don't want anything too fussy.
Forever Friends - Bingo (ribbon, buttons, blue)
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Well, I managed to make it till Friday unscathed at work. Now for a well earned weekend. Got my Mum coming over tomorrow for the weekend as we are going to Lincoln on Sunday for their Sincerely Yours Papercrafting show. I have never been to one before but any papercrafting show can't be bad. A good chance to increase my stocks ready for Christmas.
Anyway, I am managing to post a card quite early today. Miracles do happen lol.
I used a fab little image from Pink Gem designs called Butterfly Chloe for my card. She is so sweet with her little doggy. The papers are a combination of First Edition and Wild Rose Studio. I made some bunting and added the handwritten letters on it to spell the word Love. The sentiment was also from Pink Gem. Lots of flowers (including a couple of my own torn rolled roses), lace, ribbon, pearls and gems. The flowers were sprayed with Glimmer Mist and a bit of glamour dust added for sparkle. Although you can't see it very well I did glitter all the little butterflies on the image. The finishing touch was a couple of little mesh butterflies.
The colours don't look as vibrant in this photo. It is really pink and bright. But I suppose it has been a bit dull and grey the last few days.
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Pink and birthday for virtual birthday party
Thanks for popping by. Hope you all enjoy your weekend, whatever you are up to.
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Girls, girls, girls at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges
Our new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges is a nice easy one for you:
Upload your projects that are all girly - glitter, bling, lace, ribbon etc and contain at least one image of a girl/woman. You get the idea.
Kenny K - 5 digi images of the winners choice
Crafty Sentiments - 3 digi images of the winners choice
I used a fab image from Saturated Canary and created this girly christmas card.
The image was coloured with promarkers and I added some glamour dust to her wings and the bottom of her dress. The papers are from Papermania. The snowflakes were done with glitter paper using a punch. The fab corners are a die from Cheery Lynn and were also cut out of glitter paper. I stamped the sentiment and mounted it onto glitter paper. A few gems , some ribbon and a bow finished the card.
Do hope you will join in with the challenge. If you want more inspiration just pop over to Penny's and check out the design team creations. Stunners.
Hope you are all well on this fab Wednesday. Love Wednesdays as it marks the half way point of my working week. Only two more days to the weekend. Wednesday also sees the start of a new challenge over at Dude Time Doodles.
Create and upload any project that follows the theme. Remember that you can use humour, innuendo, be a little sarcastic, naughty just as long as your project is Masculine.
The winner of this weeks challenge will win a prize from our sponsor Patties Creations.
There are some fabulous images at the Dude Time Doodles store and I used Pumpkin Head Hal for my project.
I decided to make a twisted easel card. It is ages since I made one of these but do like them. The image was coloured in promarkers and I distressed inked the edges using my distress inks. The large pumpkin image on the base and both sentiments are also from Dude Time Doodles. I won the netting fabric in some candy from Sassy and thought it looked a bit cobwebby. The tiny pumpkins and spiders were some stickers from Tesco.
Thanks for popping by and don't forget to head over to Dude Time Doodles and upload your Halloween projects. Looking forward to seeing them.
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Sorry I'm a bit late posting this but time always seems to slip away from me in the evenings. By the time I have got home from work, had tea and cleared up it is nearly time for bed lol.
Hope you are all well. I had quite a productive weekend on the crafting front with several DT cards made. I did have a little break on Sunday afternoon when we went to see my daughters future in-laws new puppies. A couple of weeks ago they added two new bundles of joy to their household. They are Spanish Water dogs and are the cutest little puppies. When they get older their coat looks a bit like dreadlocks, all spirally and curly. Next time I see them I will have to get a photo to show you.
Anyway, I need to really get some christmas cards made as time is running away from me. Once a month I go to a cardmaking workshop at my local craft store. At the last workshop we played around with using christmas verse inserts on the front of your card.
Here is what I have come up with using that idea.
I tried to keep them all fairly simple using just black, white and one other colour. The verses are just a pack of christmas inserts that I bought. I used my spellbinders snowflake dies and spellbinders poinsettia dies. Lots of glitter card for christmas sparkle and various gems.
I really like the way these turned out. Simple but effective.
Sentimental Sundays - Black/white and one other colour
Thanks for popping by and look forward to reading all your comments.
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Back for my second post of the day.
Another two weeks has passed (where does the time go) and it's time for a new challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges.
Bugaboo Stamps - $21 to spend in the on line store
How fab is that? Just upload a project following our theme to be entered into the draw.
You can create anything you like, ATC, scrapbook page, card, altered item. Let your creativity run wild.
I used this fab pre coloured image from Fred She Said. These pre coloured images are fab when you need a quick card. Again all the papers and bits and bobs are from my stash.
Disdigidesigns - Too cute to spook
Look forward to seeing all your creations and please pop over to Dream Valley challenges to see the awesome work of the design team. You can also meet the new members of the team.
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We have a new challenge starting today over at Corrosive Challenges.
Our sponsor for the month of October is Sassy Studio who is generously offering our winner 4 free digis of their choice.
Just create and upload a sweet/candy holder. Any type of container will qualify - bag, box, cone, pouch, test tube - basically anything that can contain all those eerie edibles.
Now this challenge came hard to me because Halloween is not really an event that our family and friends celebrate. Of course, I do have some treats in for if we do get any little trick or treat visitors but we do not send cards or decorate the house.
That being said I made a little gift bag.
I used a pre coloured image from Fred She Said and teamed this up with purples and orange. All of the items used were from my stash box that I have had lying around for absolutely ages. I am trying to use old papers and scraps wherever possible at the moment.
For more inspiration pop over to Corrosive Challenges and check out what the rest of the design team has come up with. Very creative. I look forward to seeing all your creations.
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No cards allowed at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges
Welcome back. This is my second post for today.
A new challenge starts over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges today and our theme for this week is
So bring out those scrapbook pages, ATC, tags, altered items. Let your creativity run wild.
We have three fab sponsors for this week:
Limited Runs - 3 digi images of the winners choice
Stamping Dragon Designs - 5 digi images of the winners choice
Sassy Studio Designs - 4 digi images of the winners choice
For my inspirational project I have used an image from Limited runs called Holly Cupcake.
I printed out two copies of the image - one a mirror image of the other. The two images were then coloured with promarkers. For the topping of the cupcake and the holly I used lots of glitter, glamour dust and stickles. The two images were then glued together and a loop of ribbon attached to the top.
The finished result is a decoration to hang on my christmas tree.
For more inspiration and to meet some of our new DT members pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.
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This is another extremely late posting due to my internet issues.
On Wednesday a new challenge started over at Penny's Paper-Crafty challenges. Our theme for this week is DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES. We have two fab sponsors: Scrappers Delights who are giving one winner 3 free images of their choice and Fred She Said who are giving one winner a $15 gift certificate.
I used a delightful image from Fred She Said for my card. The image is coloured in promarkers and I added lots of glamour dust for sparkle. I also added some flower soft to the bottom of the image to make it appear that she is standing in snow. The papers are all from Papermania. I used a die cut to cut out a ribbon border for the bottom and threaded red ribbon through it. The snowflakes were a combination of die cuts and punches.
You still have a couple of days to enter the challenge. Just upload any project as long as it fits with the challenge theme.
Cutie Pie - Use a digi (prev challenges entered 7, 9,12,16,17,19,21,24,26,27 so quite a regular)
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Yippee, my internet is restored. It has been a tough week without it I can tell you. Now to just play catch up for the next couple of days.
Welcome to all my new followers. I will get round to visiting you all in the next few days.
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Hope you are all well. Just wanted to let you all know that I am currently experiencing internet issues at the moment. Well, to be more precise I have no internet. My internet provider is currently looking into it but no telling how long it is going to be before it is up and running.
I will certainly have a lot of catching up to do when I do get back online.
PS Don't forget to enter my candy. I believe over fifty of you have now entered. So I think a surprise package or two may be offered for 2nd and 3rd.
Bye for now and hope to be back with you all soon
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oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: If "Everybody Knows the Economy's Doing Better," What Is That Information Worth?
One investment truism holds that information known to everyone has no value.The reason is that there's no trading edge in information everyone knows. Trading edges result from information asymmetry, when a limited set of traders has information that is unavailable to other traders/ investors.
Insiders who know a company will report an unexpectedly disappointing earnings report, for example, could buy put options that will gain in value should the company's stock tank once the news becomes public.
Suspicions of insider trading rise when unusually large options positions are purchased before earnings reports are announced--and those options pay off handsomely.
Colas poses the question: what might they know that the rest of us don't?
The problem with what "everybody knows" is the world's central plannersmanage perceptions by gaming the statistics that supposedly reflect the economy's health. The goal of central planners is to manage what "everybody knows" so the supposedly factual metrics will stimulate confidence in the economy's progress (and thus confidence in central banking / planning).
This confidence in the "numbers" encourages investors and speculators to stay fully invested in stocks and bonds. This willingness to stay fully invested pushes stocks higher, a dynamic that generates the so-called wealth effect: as households and corporations see their net worth rise, they feel incentivized to invest and spend more than they would if their confidence in future returns was lower.
Central planners rely on the mainstream media to propagate a rosy interpretation of the heavily spun "numbers." Thus the low unemployment number is presented as solid proof that the economy is improving (or "recovering," much as alcoholics are in "recovery").
The mainstream financial media dutifully presented completely bogus earnings reports as legitimate "beats," despite the fact that even a cursory glance at the reports reveal the "profits"are largely or totally the result of "one-time charges" and other accounting gimmicks.
The success of central planners' rigged numbers and the credulous mainstream media's parroting of central planning spin is designed to manage "what everybody knows." Even skeptics of the rigged numbers must buy into the resulting stock rallies, lest they be left behind and end up being pink-slipped by investors or their employers.
In effect, central planners have turned the truism about information asymmetryon its head: the only thing a money manager or investor needs to know is what "everybody else knows," i.e. whatever the central planners are distributing.
The reason this has worked so well is the self-reinforcing nature of central planner's perception management: since "central banks have our back," bad economic news means central planners will redouble their stimulus efforts, guaranteeing higher stock valuations, and if the news is positive, well, stocks will respond by soaring higher: you see, central planning works! The economy is "recovering" nicely.
This suggests any information asymmetry would have to relate to forces that are beyond the control of the central planners' rigged-statistics / spin machines or a breakdown in the central planners' rigged-statistics / spin machines--in other words, a massive, sustained loss of confidence in the rigged stats and mainstream media spin.
Consider what these three charts are saying about central planners's supposed success. The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is pinned at a "permanently high plateau." Does this suggest confidence in future economic growth?
What could the most successful investors know that the rest of us don't? First, we have to factor in "talking their book," i.e. encouraging others to take actions that would profit their portfolio. If they are shorting the market, it behooves them to make their positions known so others might sell, pushing the market down.
But this doesn't answer why they have built short positions in the first place.
Perhaps they are betting on the collapse of confidence in rigged numbers and false media narratives about the strength of the "recovery." Perhaps they have access to the real numbers, and they are betting that the gap between reality and the central planners' rigged numbers is now so wide that a collapse of confidence in BS is baked in, regardless of how the mainstream media spins the resulting implosion.
It wouldn't surprise me if stocks hit a few more new highs and then cratered.Maybe the "smart money" knows that the real numbers are now so far from the central planners' rigged statistics that the carefully constructed narrative of "recovery" is doomed to an unwelcome intrusion of reality.
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