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|Nov 10, 1998
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|Aug 12, 1996
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|Aug 12, 1996
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|Sanjay Kumar
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|At&T Corp
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The present invention relates generally to the field of radio frequency transceivers and more particularly to a radio frequency transceiver incorporating self-testing capabilities.
One application for the use of Radio Frequency (RF) transceivers is to transmit and receive RF signals for radio ports used in wireless communications systems. Presently, these radio frequency transceivers adapted for radio port use within a wireless communication system are not integrated units with respect to the performance of certain important functions. For instance, vital functions, such as self-testing of the transceiver, are performed by various other external hardware components. Moreover, these other external components may be utilized to measure those radio channels in use by other nearby radio ports to assist in neighbor list construction of a radio port. This reliance on external components used in connection with present day transceivers leads to higher design costs due to the increased complexity of an interface between the transceiver and the external components and the inclusion of the external components themselves. Such a design may also increases the chances for radio port failure leading to higher maintenance costs.
Accordingly, there is a need for a fully integrated transceiver unit which performs vital transceiver functions such as self-testing and measuring active radio channels from other radio transceivers internally without reliance on other external components.
In accordance with the present invention, there is disclosed an integrated radio frequency transceiver comprising a diversity receiver and transmitter capable of performing a self test operation to determine if the receiver and transmitter paths are properly operational. The diversity receiver includes two receiver paths, a first path for receiving radio communications having a permitted bandpass, and a second receiver path for receiving radio signals from other radio frequency transceivers.
The transmitter includes a quadrature modulator adapted to receive local oscillator signals from a frequency synthesizer and an intermediate frequency synthesizer for generating proper transmission frequencies. The transmit path of the transmitter is duplexed via a bandpass filter with the second receiver path. A frequency synthesizer also supplies a local oscillator signal for a mixing process in the first receiver path. The first receiver path, which includes two parallel bandpass paths for receiving two frequency ranges, also receives a local oscillator signal from the frequency synthesizer for mixing with an incoming signal.
For self-testing purposes, the transmitter is adapted to transmit a test signal which is routed by an internal switch to each of the receiver paths. An accurate reception of the test signal indicates properly operational transmitter and receiver paths. The second alternate receiver path, permits the radio frequency transceiver to detect radio signals from other radio frequency transceivers in the wireless communications system to maintain a list of active radio frequency transceivers.
A more complete understanding of the present invention may be obtained from consideration of the following description in conjunction with the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing one exemplary embodiment of an intelligent radio port according to the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of one exemplary embodiment of an integrated transceiver module according to the present invention.
Referring now to FIG. 1 there is shown a schematic block diagram of an Intelligent Radio Port (IRP) unit 10 module 10 in accordance with the present invention. As shown, the IRP unit includes a transceiver module 12 which is coupled to a digital control module 14. As would be understood by a person skilled in the art, in the shown embodiment the transceiver module 12 is a single board transceiver that is a part of the Intelligent Radio Port (IRP) unit 10. The primary function of the transceiver module 10 is to transmit and receive digitally modulated radio frequency (RF) control signals and information signals to and from mobile wireless communications devices. As will be explained, the transceiver has built-in test circuitry in order to test itself in response to signals generated from the digital control module 14. In addition, the transceiver 12 is capable of detecting radio frequency interference signatures from other intelligent radio ports (IRPs) i.e., sniffing, to thereby construct a neighbor list of these nearby radio ports.
Referring to FIG. 2, the transceiver 12 is shown as an RF circuit module that is part of an intelligent radio port of a wireless communications system. In one preferred embodiment, the transceiver transmits in the 869 to 894 MHz and can receive in either the 824 to 849 MHz band or 869 to 894 MHz band, however as would be understood by a person skilled in the art, other bands may also be utilized. The operational capabilities of the transceiver enable the device to perform in the following functional modes: transmitter, diversity receiver, synthesizer, self-test, and sniffing mode, each of which modes will be discussed in greater detail herein.
As set forth herein, the present description addresses only the radio frequency signal processing aspect of the invention, as performed by the transceiver 12. The digital control portion of the transceiver is provided by the digital control module (shown in FIG. 1), which is adapted to interface with the transceiver module 12, as would be understood by a person skilled in the art. All signals except the two RF signals directly interface to the digital control module board.
Referring still to FIG. 2, the transmitter portion of the present invention transceiver includes a quadrature modulator 20 which operates for example at 5.0 volts and produces a power output of approximately -3 dBm (decibels below 1 milliwatt). Quadrature modulation, i.e., the modulation of two carrier components 90 degrees apart in phase by separate modulating functions, is well known to those skilled in the art. In the context of the present invention, such modulation signals are referred to as IIN and QIN signals for transmission operations and IOUT /I1OUT and QOUT /Q1OUT signals for receive operations. The quadrature modulator 20 of the present invention includes a built in power control wherein output power can be attenuated by approximately 50 dB. A complementary metal oxide semiconductor/transistor transistor logic (CMOS/TTL) compatible input allows the device to go into power down mode when less than 10 micro-amps supply current is consumed. The quadrature modulator of the present invention can be found, for example, in a single chip integrated circuit package model No. W2011 from AT&T Corp.
In the shown embodiment of FIG. 2, the quadrature modulator 20 is a direct conversion modulator with a built in offset mixer which prevents an external voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) from being pulled down by a large transmit signal. The transmitter requires low level local oscillator (LO) signals to eliminate the use of an amplifier on the synthesizers. The transmitter receives one LO signal at 82.2 MHz, via a 3-way splitter 22, from an intermediate frequency (IF) synthesizer 24. The transmitter also receives another LO signal at 745-770 MHz or 787-811 MHz from agile frequency synthesizers 26, 28 based on the transmit frequency thereby enabling outputs of the upper sideband to produce the desired frequency. As can be seen, the LO signals from the agile synthesizers 26, 28 arrive via resistive splitters 30, 32 a fixed attenuator 34, SPDT switch 36 and a low pass filter 38. The use of frequency synthesizers, which provide multiple frequency outputs, are well known to those skilled in the art. As would be understood, the agile frequency synthesizers 26, 28 utilized herein, may be programmed and controlled by a processor, for example, a microprocessor (not shown), to achieve the desired LO signals.
In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the output from the quadrature modulator 20 is input to the first stage of an amplifier 40 which boosts the output signal by a given amount, e.g., 18 dB. The output of this amplifier 40 enters a final power amplifier stage (not shown) which adds another 7 dB of gain to this signal. The output of the amplifier 40 next enters a -15 dB directional coupler 42 to monitor the power output to antenna 44. That is, after traveling through a bandpass filter (BPF) duplexer 46 and SPDT switch 48, the IIN /QIN processed power signal is directed out to the antenna 44 to be radiated. The SPDT switch 48 directs the RF power to the antenna 44 or other receiver paths for loopback tests as will be described.
The intelligent radio ports used with the present invention integrated transceiver 12 require the transmit power to be reduced in 4 dB steps from the maximum rated transmit power the transceiver can transmit. To achieve a flat characteristic independent of the gain spread in the amplifier stages, a power leveling loop, including power detector 50, external to the amplifier 40 is used. The output of the transmitter is adjusted by changing the control voltage to a gain control input of the transmitter. A pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, from a microcontroller within the power detector, is low pass filtered to produce such a DC control signal. The transmitter can then be calibrated by using an external power meter to find a corresponding PWM number for each power level. A problem, however, is that with small variations in gain or load impedance, the power output can fluctuate as well. Also if the antenna 44 is accidentally removed with the unit in operation, reverse power may damage the unit. To address this problem, the power feedback loop fed into the -15 dB directional coupler 42 is adapted to sense the reverse power and rectify it. This signal is, in effect, added to the DC control signal output from the microcontroller. Accordingly, the loop will settle such that the output of the detector diode in the directional coupler 42 will be equal to the reference level. The reference level is then derived directly from the microcontroller and is set according to the required output power.
As would be understood, one must be careful to recognize that for the self-test purposes the transmitter transmits at 824-896 MHz, but the input to the bandpass filter (BPF) duplexer 46 accepts frequencies only from 869-894 MHz, which causes a loss of signal that could be as high as 60 dB. Therefore, for each transceiver unit calibration the exact signal arriving at the receiver must be found. Also, the channel used for making the self-test should preferably be the channel not used by the mobile wireless communication devices.
Regarding the diversity receive function of the transceiver 12, it would be understood that the receiver is to receive digitally modulated RF control and information signals from mobile wireless communication devices and deliver baseband signals to a baseband processing unit. The receiver handles signals from -15 dBm to -102 dBm or 87 dBM of dynamic range. The receiver employs a double heterodyne approach in each of the receive channels, i.e. two mixing processes, one at mixer 51, 52 and another at the receiver IF subsystems 53, 54, respectively. Two intermediate frequencies are used, one at 82.2 MHz from the agile frequency synthesizers 26, 28 and the IF synthesizer 24, and another at 455 kHz. The intermediate frequencies from the agile frequency synthesizers follow paths through the resistive splitters 30, 32 to switch 21, to amplifier 23 to splitter 25 through amplifiers 27, 29 to either mixer 51 or mixer 52, respectively. The local oscillator source for the 455 kHz frequency is derived from a crystal oscillator 56 at 1.82 MHz, which is frequency divided by four at frequency divider 58 prior to input at the receiver IF subsystems.
The diversity receiver consists of two identical receivers, a first receiver RXO and second receiver RX1. Both RXO and RX1 include RF amplification, downconversion, IF bandpass filtering, IF amplification, gain control, demodulation and baseband circuits. As can be seen, both the RXO and RX1 receiver, include like components. The RXO path, specifically, includes antenna 60, BPF 61 to LNA 63 to BPF 65 or BPF 62 to LNA 64 to BPF 66, SPDT switch 68, MIXER 51, IF Filter 70 to Receiver IF Subsystem 53 in conjunction with IF filter 73, to provide IOUT and QOUT signals. The RX1 Path, specifically, includes antenna 44, SPDT switch 48, BPF duplexer 46, LNA 74, BPF 76, Mixer 52, IF Filter 78 to Receiver IF Subsystem 54 in conjunction with IF Filter 79, to provide I1OUT and Q1OUT signals.
Regarding the RXO receiver, the RF amplification circuit includes a 4-way switch 80 which can connect the received signal to the appropriate receive path bandpass filter (BPF), i.e. 869-894 (MHz) or 824-849 (MHz), respectively. The switch 80 can also route a self-test signal from the transmitter to the 869-894 MHz bandpass filter 61. These signals, amplified by the low noise amplifier (LNA) 64 which has a typical noise figure of about 3 dB, and the LNA 63 which has a noise figure of about 2.5 dB, are routed to the mixer 51 by the SPDT switch 68. The LNA 64 has a 1 dB compression point of 21 dBm to address high level band B signals without saturating the amplifier, as would be understood by a person skilled in the art.
The down converter circuit of the RXO receiver includes a double balanced mixer 51 which combines the incoming receive signals from the RF amplification circuit with an agile LO frequency to produce the first IF at 82.2 MHz. A second mixer in the IF subsystem 53 combines the first IF at 82.2 MHz with an 82.2 MHz LO frequency from IF Synthesizer 24 to produce a third IF at 455 kHz. Finally this 455 kHz signal is mixed with a fixed 455 kHz LO to produce Iout an Qout signals.
The IF bandpass filter 70 of the RXO receiver provides the channel separation function for the receiver. In the shown embodiment, the 3 dB bandwidth of the filter is 30 kHz. As would be understood by a person skilled in the art, the filter 70 passes the tuned channel and rejects all other channels. A first IF filter 70 is an 82.2 MHz surface acoustic wave filter and requires input/output matching to 50 ohms. The other IF bandpass filter 73 is at 455 kHz with a 3 dB bandwidth of 28 kHz and 20 kHz respectively. This filter 73 is preferably a ceramic filter with low group delay response, the nominal impedance being 1000 ohms to 1500 ohms.
The receiver IF subsystem 53 is a low power IF subsystem for operation at IF frequencies as high as 500 MHz and second IF frequencies as high as 22 MHz. The subsystem 53, preferably includes a mixer, IF amplifiers, I and Q demodulators, a phase locked quadrature oscillator, an automatic gain control (AGC) detector, and a biasing system with external power down, where in one preferred embodiment the subsystem is an AD607 single chip IC from Analog Devices, Inc. The IF subsystem includes a low noise high intercept input mixer that is a doubly balanced Gilbert-Cell type and operates linearly for RF inputs spanning -102 to -15 dBm. The mixer section also includes a local oscillator preamplifier, which lowers the drive to -16 dBm. The single sided IF output can directly drive a bandpass filter with an impedance of 200 ohm or greater. A gain control input can serve as either manual gain input or an automatic gain control voltage-based radio signal strength indicator (RSSI) output.
The diversity receiver path RX1 is similar to receive path RXO, except for the 2-way SPDT 48 switch that can route the transmit signal to either the antenna 44 or to the RXO receiver path for a self-test. The BPF based duplexer 46 provides isolation between the transmit and receive paths.
As shown in FIG. 1, the synthesizer functional group of the present invention transceiver 12 consists of an agile IF synthesizer 24 providing an 82.2 MHz LO source, a fixed 1.82 MHz crystal oscillator 56 which is divided by four to produce the 455 kHz signal and two frequency agile synthesizers 26 and 28. All three synthesizers 24, 26, and 28 (of FIG. 2) are programmed and controlled by a microprocessor (not shown), so that the outputs from the frequency synthesizers are coherently locked to a reference frequency of 15 MHz. The chip used for phase locked loop (PLL) operation is preferably an LMX 2332 from National Semiconductor Corp. which has dual synthesizers including prescalers. Each chip is used to generate one RF and one IF local oscillator signal. Since the transceiver has to transmit at two different bands and receive at two different bands. The number of PLLs required will be at least four if a direct upconversion transmitter is used. In the shown embodiment an offset transmitter is used so that only two RF LOs are required.
As has been discussed, transceiver 12 of the present invention may operate in a self-test mode, in which the receiver essentially tests itself on command from a central processing unit on the digital control module to find any failed components in the transmit or receive path. The transmitter transmits a test signal, for instance a specially encoded message, from 824-849 MHz which is routed by the SPDT switch 48 to both the receivers RXO and RX1. A detection by the processing unit of a successful reception of the test signal at a separate port of the digital control module for each receiver indicates proper operating transmit and receive paths in the transceiver 10. Although the duplexer filter 46 at the transmit output is from 869-894 MHz, the filter will still pass the test signal with about 60 dB of attenuation, sufficient for test purposes. Another unique feature of the present invention is that the transmit signal is generated from heterodyning the receive local oscillator with the 82.2 MHz IF signal which in turn eliminates the use of two synthesizers.
The present invention transceiver may also operate in a sniffing mode to detect radio interference signatures from other intelligent radio ports (IRPs). The SPDT switch 48 is operable to route RF transmissions received from other IRPs to the alternate receive path RX1. Based on this received signal at the control module each IRP maintains a list of active IRPs in the neighborhood which is stored in memory in the control module. Since the signals from the other IRPs are not going to be very large a low noise amplifier 74 used in this path can have a low 1 dB compression point, therefore, an appropriate low noise amplifier is used.
From the above, it should be understood that the embodiments described, in regard to the drawings, are merely exemplary and that a person skilled in the art may make variations and modifications to the shown embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. All such variations and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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September 29th: Confident Cycling for Families Class
Roosevelt Middle School, 9am-Noon
Class attendees will not only learn about basic traffic skills but also learn how to perform a bicycle safety check, how to properly fit a helmet, how to size a bicycle for a child, and how to properly carry things on a bicycle. Information will also be provided about gear and clothing, proper lighting, use of lights, and locking a bike. Half the course will be conducted indoors and the last portion will be held in the parking lot with skills & drills before a final ride on neighborhood streets.
This class is made for parents AND kids so all participants are asked to bring a bicycle and a helmet with them to class. Some reduced cost helmets will be available. Anyone requiring a loaner bicycle for the class is asked to state that in the comments section of the registration form. This class is geared towards children ages 5 – 13 and is free and open to all families but registration is required.
Location: Roosevelt Middle School
October 3rd: National Walk + Bike to School Day! At YOUR school- one day, one week, or all month
Register your school NOW and start planning for the signature encouragement event. It's a great way to kick off the school year and show our kids that we want them to be able to walk and bike to school safely and to have fun doing it!
There are some great resources on the National Walk to School website and for those who register on the Oregon Walk + Bike site we'll provide more information and resources over the coming weeks. So get active and register now!
And remember, no matter how you get yourself around town and your kids to school be safe (and have fun).

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A ruptured eardrum is an opening or hole in the eardrum. The eardrum is a thin piece of tissue that separates the outer and middle ear. Damage to the eardrum may harm hearing.
Tympanic membrane perforation; Eardrum - ruptured or perforated; Perforated eardrum
Ear infections may cause a ruptured eardrum. This occurs more often in children. The infection causes pus or fluid to build up behind the eardrum. As the pressure increases, the eardrum may break open (rupture).
Damage to the eardrum can also occur from:
Ear pain may suddenly decrease right after your eardrum ruptures.
After the rupture, you may have:
The health care provider will look in your ear with an instrument called an otoscope. If the eardrum is ruptured, the doctor will see an opening in it. The bones of the middle ear may also be visible.
Pus draining from the ear may make it harder for the doctor to see the eardrum.
Audiology testing can measure how much hearing has been lost.
You can take steps at home to treat ear pain.
The opening in the eardrum most often heals by itself within 2 months if it is a small hole. Keep the ear clean and dry while it is healing.
Your provider may prescribe antibiotics (oral or ear drops) to prevent or treat an infection.
Repair of the eardrum might be needed for larger holes or ruptures or if the eardrum does not heal on its own. This can be done either in the office or under anesthesia.
The opening in the eardrum most often heals by itself within 2 months if it is a small hole.
Hearing loss will be short-term if the rupture heals completely.
Rarely, other problems may occur, such as:
If your pain and symptoms improve after your eardrum ruptures, you may wait until the next day to see your provider.
Call your provider right away after your eardrum ruptures if you:
DO NOT insert objects into the ear canal, even to clean it. Objects stuck in the ear should only be removed by a provider. Have ear infections treated promptly.
Chole RA. Chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, and petrositis. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund V, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 139.
Kerschner JE, Preciado D. Otitis media. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 640.
Klein JO. Otitis externa, otitis media, and mastoiditis. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 62.
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Pyne By Sansiri Ratchathewi Duplex 2 Bedrooms For Rent 65,000 THB Per MonthRatchathewi, Bangkok
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2 Bedroom Duplex Unit at Pyne By Sansiri Luxury Condo now available for Rent at only 65,000 Baht/Month for a minimum one year contract. This Spacious Duplex Unit is 75 Sq.m and comes fully furnished to a high standard. Living room is on the lower floor and has a large 50 inch flat screen tv, dining area, built in kitchen and one bathroom. Higher floor consists of the 2 Bedroom and one bathroom. Master bedroom has a 32 inch flat screen tv and a spacious built in walk in closet. This Unit is located on a high floor and has a beautiful unblocked view of the city. Pyne By Sansiri is a condominium project, developed by Sansiri and has a prime location right beside BTS Ratchathewi. Construction of Pyne by Sansiri was completed in 2013. Condominium comprises of a single building, having 42 floors and includes 298 units. Facilities are excellent and well maintained, includes a outdoor infinity edge swimming pool with sundeck, gardens, fully equiped and modern fitness room, multi purpose area, sauna and steam rooms, wireless internet at facilities and lobby. Security is excellent with 24 hour guards, CCTV, and keycard system in place. Also as being a building from Sansiri there is also Siri Service. Located in a Prime location with BTS Ratchatewi right at the entrace giving quick and easy transportation to the rest of the city. Located close by are many restaurants, convenience stores, pubs, bars, and hotels. Just one BTS Stop away from MBK and the whole siam shopping area. A few minutes to Pantip Plaza and Platinum shopping mall. Also just one BTS Stop from the airport Link.
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TIMBERLINE LODGE, ORE. — The efforts of 30 rescuers paid off Thursday when they found at least three survivors among eight adults and teenagers missing since they climbed Mt. Hood on Monday and were caught in a surprise blizzard.
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236 S Alfred Avenue, Elgin IL, 60123
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3 beds , 2 Full baths
1,400 sqft
Status: Sold
Last Updated: 1/19/2018 12:59 AM
Description for 236 S Alfred Avenue Elgin, IL 60123
Superbly maintained large ranch with a monster fenced backyard and 150sqft cover deck. Updated bath upstairs looks fabulous. Floor to ceiling brick FP in great sized LR creates the open feel. New slider patio door in DR leads to the deck. Big 2nd & 3rd BRs have newer carpet. Ceiling fans in almost every room. Potential all over the partial finished basement with another floor to ceiling brick FP, Full bath,2nd kitchen &huge open space. Could become an in-law suite. Storage galore in basement as well garage. Upgraded washer/dryer in laundry. Newer HVAC has a remaining 14 yr transferable warranty. Side drive can fit 4+ cars along with oversized 1 car garage. 3 blocks from schools and close to Hwy 20 access. If you like lots of space, potential, and a good value come see this home.
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Bagel Bonanza
April 15th, 2010
I ate a lot of bagels yesterday. I'd prefer to just leave it at that — nice and vague — but blogging is about honesty and so I am forced to admit that it was three. I ate three bagels yesterday.
Okay, fine. Three and a half.
Look, it wasn't intentional. It's not like I woke up yesterday morning and said to myself — "Today I'm going to carb load on delectable round bread products." It just sort of happened.
A co-worker brought in a big box of Panera bagels to the office. I love Panera bagels. And so, at 8am, I helped myself to a plain one with sun-dried tomato cream cheese. And it was good.
Then, I respectfully restrained myself to allow others access to the bounty. By lunchtime, though, several lonely bagels remained and thus it was only natural that I munch on a cinnamon sugar bagel for dessert.
I thought that would be the end of the whole bagel affair. But I was wrong. An after work errand brought me past a local coffee shop whose signboard proclaimed the presence of hummus cucumber bagel sandwiches within. Oh dear me. A toasted everything bagel with hummus and cucumber? How could I say no to that? (Answer: I couldn't.)
Now thoroughly stuffed with carbohydrates, I staggered home. My offspring wanted a snack. I tried to offer her a bagel with hummus (which she frequently enjoys). No dice. Now I was faced with half a bagel that was going to go to waste…
I couldn't let it happen. It was a matter of civic duty to help that bagel fulfill its purpose in life. No need to thank me. Just doing my duty.


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A group of students from the Estonian Academy of Arts came together to design a floating pavilion for the waterway in the Soomaa forests. Mentored by professional architects and designers, the team was tasked to create an environment that responded to its context and the more basic needs of its users.
The triangular shelter protects occupants from the elements, an integrate fire pit enables them to cook and keep warm, while a sauna component was originally included to provide comfort on the coldest of days. The complete structure is perfectly crafted from timber planks in a characteristically Scandinavian style. The floating pavilion is open to the public as a natural installation, welcoming visitors to approach it by canoe or kayak from its flanking wooden docks.
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- Enables friction to be reduced between most surfaces.
- Eliminates noise and squeak.
- Leaves a bright gloss finish to vinyl.
- Multitude of uses in the mould making and mould release industries.
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Uh-oh... seems like someone has fallen asleep while on duty and is dropping in social relevance. The plot thickens when considering Twfeed's follower-to-following ratio, which is 1.17. That's a healthy ratio.
Over the past month, @twfeed's was hardly active on Twitter, with an average of 0 tweet(s) per day in the past 30 days. That's pretty consistent with a total of 5,409 since @twfeed joined Twitter.
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There are three effective ways for lower back pain relief at home and they are: modalities, exercises and stretches. When these three treatments are thoroughly put into practice, the pains in the lower back will be significantly reduced and flexibility and strength will return to the muscles. Lower back pain is a problem that is common to many people. The pain is normally caused by riding on two wheelers all the time, improper cushioning on the seats, lifting heavy weights, sitting in a wrong position, etc. The three treatments for lower back pain are explained in details below.
Modalities treatments involve all kinds of therapeutic treatment including heat and cold, medications, using massage equipment etc. The best home treatment for lower back pain relief is heat and cold. Hot and cold packs can be used for this treatment. When these two are combined together, it will provide a good relief from the pain and also heighten the healing process in the affected area. Applying heat pack to the lower back will enhance the flow of blood. It will also assist the muscle to relax and gets more flexible and as a result of that reduces the tightness at the lower back. On the other hand, applying cold pack will help to constrict the muscles and reduce the flow of blood to the affected area. When the cold pack is removed, fresh blood will move to the tightened muscles and create a good environment for the affected area to heal properly. Also, the cold pack will reduce swelling in the affected area.
The second treatment for lower back pain relief at home is exercise. This is required for total recovery. It is necessary to have an understanding of the benefits of exercises. There are strengthening exercises that will help the muscles to relax appropriately. Knowing the right strengthening exercises to engage in is a very important issue. An example of a good exercise is by lying on the stomach and raising the chest using the elbows. The hips should be rested on the ground. This exercise will stretch the back and also relaxes the lower back muscles.
The third and last treatment for lower back pain relief is stretching. Some kind of stretches work best for reducing and alleviating the lower back pain. Knowing the right stretches to use will work effectively in reducing the pain in no time. This is why back pain sufferers cannot just use any form of stretching to reduce the pain. It is important to know the muscle groups that are affected and causing pain at the lower back so that specific stretches will help in eliminating the pain.
People who have back pain need not suffer in silence any more as there are home treatments which will effectively provide lower back pain relief. The pain can be excessive at times making it difficult to perform daily activities. As explained above, therapeutic treatment can be used. Apart from that, hot and cold treatment can also be applied to the affected areas and last but not the least is the use of stretching to provide lower back pain relief.


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Never Forget That Roger Goodell Is a Dumb Human
It has been a relatively quiet off-season for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in the sense that this summer he failed to make a public spectacle of his own nincompoopery by, say, convening a kangaroo court to suspend one of the league's most visible stars for a scientifically implausible equipment modification, or by convening that same kangaroo court to investigate something that's actually bad but repeatedly tripping over his own dick in the process.
When the bar is this low, it is easy to speculate that Señor Commissioner and Lord of the Office Pizzas may actually be getting better at his job and growing into something of a functional executive. "Hey!" you may proclaim to your friends and colleagues, "The Ginger Hammer did not cause any easily-avoidable national scandals this year. Maybe he's edging on competence."
Well, let his remarks at the Erev Regular Season put the kibosh on that train of thought once and for all.
Now, you already know what topic Rog made a senseless comment on. It's inherently obvious. It's the thing that pundits, commentators, and hot-takers have been mindlessly babbling about for weeks.
So you know what? I'm not even gonna tell you. I'm just gonna copy-paste the quotation in chunks, and get in my sweet, sweet analysis on the fly.
"I support our players when they want to see change in society, and we don't live in a perfect society. We live in an imperfect society. On the other hand, we believe very strongly in patriotism in the NFL…."
What an inane fucking thing to say. "We believe very strongly in patriotism in the NFL," begs the question "As opposed to who?" Those other Commie sports leagues? With their low pants, players staging public protests at the ESPYs, and lack of lasting brain damage for their employees? No, only the NFL represents Real America. The NFL and the NFL alone.
"…I personally believe very strongly in that. I think it's important to have respect for our country, for our flag, for the people who make our country better; for law enforcement, and for our military who are out fighting for our freedoms and our ideals."
Kaep addressed this! He literally said he had respect for the military and our freedoms and ideals, and that's why he's staging this protest in the first place! He wants the homeland to uphold these notions! Fucking dammit.
"These are all important things for us, and that moment is a very important moment. So, I don't necessarily agree with what he is doing. We encourage our players to be respectful in that time and I like to think of it as a moment where we can unite as a country. And that's what we need more, and that's what I think football does – it unites our country. So I would like to see us focusing on our similarities and trying to bring people together."
Yes, because "unity" definitely means black players being cool with white fans who are totally chill with them being indiscriminately murdered by the law. Got it.
"Players have a platform, and it's his right to do that. We encourage them to be respectful and it's important for them to do that. I think it's important if they see things they want to change in society, and clearly we have things that can get better in society, and we should get better. But we have to choose respectful ways of doing that so that we can achieve the outcomes we ultimately want and do it with the values and ideals that make our country great."
Insert gif of me banging my cranium into a concrete wall.
To be completely honest, I can't tell if Roger is being intentionally obtuse here, or just incidentally obtuse.
Neither are good looks. Either he's trying to appeal to the people in the cheap seats, the uncomplicated thinkers that football fandom often gets associated with, the butt-chugging, Confederate-flag-waving, Make-Foobaw-Great-Again cretins that liberal-minded football fans frequently feel the need to answer for when they get a side-eye from the douche in the Jill Stein shirt for checking their ESPN alerts at the improv show. Or he actually hasn't been paying attention to the scandal at all. Either he thinks "protecting the shield" means appealing to the base instincts of those who say the NFL has gotten too soft for no longer allowing one 300 pound man to deliberately sever the spine of another 300 pound man on national television, or Roger Goodell has those base instincts himself.
I get a sports league's desire to stay "neutral". Yes, sports should unite us. But there aren't always two sides to every issue. There are complications, sure, but there aren't always two equally reasonable arguable sides.
Colin Kaepernick has been very clear on what this protest is and what isn't, and Roger Goodell is choosing to stick his fingers in his ears and parrot Ted Cruz's talking points. In his quest to alienate nobody, he proves himself to be a bigger and more obsequious dunce.
As the 2016 season of the National Football League dawns upon us, let us remember that it is run by perhaps the single worst sports commissioner of all time. Let us remember that it is run by a man devoid of critical thought or nuance or common sense. Let us remember that it is run by an unfathomable imbecile who has cause perhaps irreparable harm to the league he has devoted his entire life to.
Roger Goodell is dumb. Don't let him fool you. He is dumb and will continue to be dumb until the end of days. He is the worst of all possible representatives of this sport you and I hold so dear, and the sooner we can be rid of him the better.


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GPACKET - Looking at YEN trending up everyday like a mad with TAIWAN investor inside YEN, now GPACKET has gain 50+% after invest in YEN at 0.60 cent. GPACKET highly potentially suddenly spike up goreng .
Company says recent stake purchase in Yen Global is first of several more acquisitions in other firms
MOBILE broadband and networking solutions provider Green Packet Bhd is long forgotten as a gem amongst investors.
In its hey days, its stock was loved so much that it shot up more than 500% a little more than a year after it got listed in 2005, making it the highest valued firm among its peers.
But the company's decision to venture into the heavy-capex broadband business via the launch of Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd's (P1) service in 2008 saw its profits dragged down for the longest time.
The group's losses contributed by P1, now known as webe, had peaked to reach RM160mil in 2011.
Investors were quick to lose interest after that.
Putting the past behind, its chief executive officer Kay Tan says he hopes Green Packet can find favour with the market again as it focuses on building up the sustainability of what he calls the company's cash cow businesses, which are basically its original operations made up of its solutions and communications segments.
That's hardly a sexy story to be told and may even seem bland to a certain extent, but Tan who took over the reins as CEO from founder CC Puan two years ago believes that by going back to basics, Green Packet can get back on the radar again.
Additionally, Green Packet is also pursuing an investment strategy where this week it announced its first of many strategies, according to Tan - a 22% stake acquisition in loss-making Yen Global Bhd that is in the Internet of Things (IoT) space which sees electronic signals being sent and received from normal, everyday objects.
"We did not do a lot of outreach in the past two years but were very busy with initiatives to strengthen our financials and improve our business performance ," Tan tellsStarBizWeek in an interview.
These initiatives had started with the divestment of the firm's controlling stake in P1.
Recall in 2014 Green Packet had sold a 57% stake in the company to Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) for RM350mil. It now holds a remaining 19% stake.
"P1 has now become an investment portfolio for us and with TM in the driver's seat, we are confident that our investment will pay off in the long-term," Tan says.
Having said that, he points out that the telecoms industry is front-loaded with heavy capex requirements.
Hence, the company will periodically review if P1 continues to fit in with its investment profile and shareholder interest.
Organic growth
Meanwhile, growing its bread and butter businesses of solutions and communications which have been profitable for the past four years remains a priority.
Combined, these segments brought in an annual revenue of RM340mil last year.
"The solutions business which supplies 4G long-term evolution (LTE) connectivity devices to global telecom companies is enjoying a boom market with sustained accelerated growth of LTE network deployments globally," says Tan.
Year on year from March 2015 to March 2016, the company saw a 6.5 times increase in global LTE network deployments from 70 to 451, according to him.
"Correspondingly, the current split in our provision of LTE to WiMAX devices is 97% against 3%, compared with 20% against 80% in 2014.
"With an estimated 70% of the world's total telecoms investing in LTE networks, we think LTE is here to stay with the need for a constant supply and re-supply of LTE devices."
To ensure continued growth for the solution business, the company has identified specific high potential markets where it builds a direct sales presence and establishes partnerships that will help it penetrate these markets more effectively.
"Employing these strategies has allowed us to win seven new accounts in the European Union, North America and Middle East with a billing of RM19.5mil so far this year.
"Our next focus is the African and Latin American markets, with their huge population, significant digital divide coupled with aggressive government efforts to bridge the divide," adds Tan.
He also says that Green Packet continues to innovate.
While the company does not strive to be the first in the market, he says it follows trends promptly with "best-in-class" products that are better than the first generation and that's also when demand starts to pick up, according to him.
In this regard, the firm recently launched its CAT 6 product range, which will command a premium.
For its communications pillar, Tan claims that Green Packet is amongst the fastest growing in Southeast Asia with over 100 million minutes in monthly voice traffic and 250 clients in 30 countries.
"We are also interconnected to 350 quality suppliers.
"Quick wins on this front include adding data on top of wholesale voice to grow the business without expensing much additional resources."
He says that the company is also expanding its services for the migrant market, and has just launched VivoHub in Singapore which is a mobile platform that allows migrants to make calls and do things like their credit transfers and small financial transactions via the mobile.
Investment strategy
Tan says the company has learnt that participating in other businesses' proven successes is a better way to go than to diversify into new and unfamiliar territories which typically require much bigger investments.
"We are currently evaluating investment opportunities."
To say the least, the investee company will be in high growth sectors, and have contained risk being at the point in the 'S' curve of technology adoption with early majority traction, he explains.
Examples include the financial technology (FinTech) sector in areas such as payments and transfers, and IoT, particularly to connect vehicles and home hubs.
"We also like proven and profitable businesses, which are just looking for a backer to scale.
"And even better if they own valuable assets such as technology patents, platforms and licenses."
Case in point is our recent investment into Atilze Digital Sdn Bhd via share acquisition in its parent, Yen Global, says Tan.
"Atilze is the authorised distributor for Gemtek Technologies Ltd products, and Gemtek is a global Taiwanese giant for connectivity devices, which also contract manufactures close to 30% of Green Packet-branded products.
"Aside from softening the impact of Gemtek going directly to customers more aggressively, we are participating in the potential upside of Atilze's much broader product portfolio via Gemtek."
So far, Green Packet's business strategies appear to have shown some results.
Cash flow is improved as seen from the performance of its solutions and communications businesses, which are EBIDTA positive and growing.
"We also have minimal investment into capex and aim to maintain this level, moving forward," Tan adds.
"Clearly, we are in a much better financial position with barely any external debts aside from the exchangeable medium term notes (MTN) attributable to our investment in P1."
As part of the deal, TM had agreed to subscribe to RM210mil of Green Packet's issued redeemable exchangeable bonds.
Tan says the MTN loan structure is advantageous because the debt, cumulative of principal and interest costs are not payable until 2022 and are fully exchangeable for P1 shares held by the company.
Green Packet's war chest is also "sufficient" at the moment, he says with deposits, cash and bank balances of approximately RM88mil.
After the third quarter of this year, the company expects its financial performance and balance sheet to improve significantly as it prepares for the transition of the classification of its P1 investment from associate to simple investment.
"This will end the need for Green Packet to recognise its share of losses and further allows us a reversal of accumulated losses, thus enhancing our shareholders fund substantially."
Still, shareholders may have to wait a little longer for any dividends as there are currently no plans for payouts with the company choosing to focus on getting back on a sustainable growth track first.
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Regarding romantic relationships, fidelity and infidelity appear in the story with the characters of Tom, Daisy, Myrtle, Gatsby, and George Wilson.
Though George Wilson is faithful to his wife Myrtle, their relationship is marred by Myrtle's infidelity. She cheats on her husband with Tom.
Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle, but this affair is just one of many for Tom. The Buchanan marriage is marked early on by Tom's infidelity. This tendency might seem to excuse Daisy's dalliance with Gatsby. If an actual excuse is failing here, at least Daisy's choice to flirt with the idea of running off with Gatsby is explained by Tom's pattern of infidelity.
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Whether you're new into Vanderpump Rules or picking up from last season, it's not a sure thing you'll always have time to keep up with every premiere, even if you're a dedicated fan who likes to keep a schedule of their favorite Bravo shows, or if you try to remember to record anything you'll have to miss. Let's face it, the odds are good that between a family, a job, the house, and every other tempting show on TV, you're gonna end up missing at least one or two episodes and find yourself wanting a way to catch up fast before today's new season is next year's last. Whatever drama is going on in your life, it's a great time to get into streaming TV, so Vanderpump Rules can be ready at your fingertips whenever you are!
If you find yourself strapped for time and needing to catch up with previous episodes, a great place to begin is as Bravo's own website. There you can find an extensive list of what Bravo programs are available to watch online, provided by the network itself, Vanderpump Rules included. However, don't get too excited if you suddenly want to check out your whole backlog of Bravo programming, as Bravotv.com doesn't currently offer all of its shows there. Not to mention there's often a wait-period before new episodes are added to their listings. What are you to do then?
For the first problem, the solution may be Hulu. The lineup of Bravo programming featured on the site is extensive. This, for example, is only a sample:
However, in order to get the full experience, you'll need to be able to sign into the site via one of their participating TV companies. If you subscribe to Armstrong, BendBroadband, Consolidated Communications, DISH, Grande Communications, Mediacom, Optimum, Suddenlink, or Verizon, then you're in luck! If you have Comcast, a different provider, or no cable/satellite at all, you'll have to pay the fee in order to connect, or otherwise settle with watching the provided previews rather than full episodes.
Either way, with the enormous selection they have, I feel Hulu is a great service to check out at least once, even if they don't have the most recent episodes of your faves. Now, what to do about getting the latest Vanderpump eps ASAP? Don't despair!
Your next stop could be YouTube, which has taken a big step into the future of online TV by partnering with many cable and satellite stations to offer just about any episode of their shows at around $1.99 each. That includes Bravo TV, and Vanderpump Rules! Every episode from the previous seasons are currently uploaded to the Bravo's VR channel on YouTube, and so will those from the most recent one as they premiere. So if you miss one and don't mind spending a couple bucks to catch up, you know where to go!
But what if you don't know how often you'll even have access to your TV in the coming month? If you're sharing a place with a roommate, spouse or kids, it can be hard to argue over who gets to watch what, and when. If this sounds like your situation, iTunes might be the best choice for you. Like YouTube, iTunes offers most of Bravo's shows, including the latest from Vanderpump Rules, for a few dollars per episode. At first, it seems like the pricier option of the two, at $2.99 per episode. However, what iTunes offers is the opportunity to buy season passes to certain shows at a flat-rate of around $19.99 per season, which is a little cheaper than the possibility of wanting to catch up on only one or two missed episodes, and instead ending up having to pay for all but two online. Ugh. Check out the latest VR season on iTunes here, and keep your eyes peeled for the new one coming up any time now!
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Everyone's favorite Star Wars bounty hunter has arrived to illuminate your room with this sweet DIY Boba Fett lamp.
As far as DIY projects go, the Boba Fett lamp is pretty simple and straight forward, thanks to an easy-to-follow set of of instructions from Instructables and Mark Bongo of Major League Mods. Bongo makes a recommendation of a toy Boba Fett helmet that's easily available via eBay. After some rudimentary hollowing out of the helmet and some simple modifications on an existing lamp, you'll be ready to illuminate your life with a Boba Fett lamp to call your own.
A word of advice -- don't steal a lamp from your mother in law to make this project like Bongo did, you might get exiled to a galaxy far, far away for that indiscretion.
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David Motto's fresh and creative approach broke my old mind-set about how the best musicians got that way. I do more now in ten minutes of practice than I used to accomplish in weeks, if ever.
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David Motto delivers powerful tips designed to transform musicians by helping them make the right decisions with their limited practice time. When he first shared these strategies with me, I realized there was a whole new way for me to think about playing my instrument. My playing immediately changed for the better.
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Brisbane-based artist Michelle Knowles has invented her own symbolic world of iconography, combining everyday materials in a fantastical manner. The result: these bizarre headpieces and objects that look like something out of a tribal ceremony. I would be lying if I said I didn't want to put one on and wear it on a night out.
There has always been an intrinsic link between Religion and Art, something about expressing the divine, or translating the Godly into pictorial form for the masses. Knowles, in a similar way to the over-referenced Marcel Duchamp, celebrates the ordinary, elevating it not to the status of art, but of ritualistic totem. The skulls with pink feathers attached are a glam-headpiece, the teeth protruding along the models skull like a neolithic headband. The photographs themselves are reminiscent of the activist group The Guerilla Girls – particularly the advertising campaign involving a woman flexing her arm muscle, wearing a gorilla mask. Whilst not as aggressive, Knowles offers an escape from the mass-produced, fake jewelled, made-in-china accessories so popular in stores.
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In this humorous, slapstick adventure tale, Jojo and his younger sister Avila are left alone after a car accident injures their mother on the way to grandma's house. The two travelers must survive the treacherous journey alone in the woods with only Skittles and a pocketknife for supplies – encountering wolves, bear traps, cliffs, raging rivers and menacing hobos along the way (and they're out of clean diapers). Husband and wife directing team Brian Schmidt and Ann-Marie Plastino deliver a memorable movie that will make the overprotective parents in the audience squirm in their seats, much to the delight of their children.


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Any time I crimped my hair.
Least favorite Halloween? Any time I didn't crimp my hair.
The above photo is from middle school, which was arguably one of my favorite Halloweens. We were at that perfect age when we were still young enough to get candy trick or treating (or so we thought) but we were also old enough to run around the neighborhood like a huge pack of little heathens, flirting with all the cute middle school boys.
I remember I got to stay out until 10:00 p.m. (which was crazy late for a school night) and it was the best thing ever. That is until the one girl who had developed boobs decided to let all the cute middle school boys feel them, thus stealing all the attention for the night. Boobs > crimped hair (to a middle school boy anyway.)
Naturally I devoted an entire diary entry to her a few days later.
Just for the record "Meg" let the guys feel her boobs over the top of her sweatshirt. A very thick sweatshirt. And if I remember correctly, they were actually just poking her boobs like a child would poke… well someone's boobs.
However I sure thought I was the authority on who deserved to "suffer the consequences" and who didn't. Such a judgy little thing I was, most flat girls were.
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Kalbarri, Western Australia
Music and video by Dave Black & Cylvi Manthyng from a road trip north from Perth, Western Australia. Kalbarri is a small town of just over a thousand people, known for its rocky coastline, red landscape, spring flowers, and pounding surf.
The Road to Bogandoor
Happy New Year!
Here's the music video of a new track from our forthcoming 2015 Aussie album… enjoy!
Music by Nat da Hatt & Dave Black with Snake Beings, video by Dave Black and Cylvi Manthyng
See also – our first Australian album, After Maths & Sciences, and Dave Black & Nat da Hatt in Japan: ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes
Cylvi M: White Suit Walking
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"This is something that he has to do, that he will do, come fame or oblivion" –Chris Knox
The second volume of fiffdimension's best-of compilations, a sequel to Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 , sees increasingly wide-ranging experimentation and exploration both sonically and geographically, from New Zealand and beyond to Australia and East Asia.
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Ascension Band: Evolution (2005)
After Maths & Sciences (2006)
South Island Sessions (2006)
First Time Around: East Asia (2008)
The Winter: 2011 (2011)
The Winter: Flying Visit (2012)
+ previously unreleased tracks, and the help of these great musicians:
Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman, Nat da Hatt, Hayden Gifkins, Nigel Paterson, Ryan Prebble, Matthew Thornicroft, Cylvi M,
and field recordings from Australia, South Korea, Thailand and Japan.
If you enjoy this, try the first volume Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005
After Maths & Sciences
An Australian novel for the ear, recorded in Melbourne VIC and Gosford NSW in 2005 – by kiwis.
Here's the music video for The Greenhough (free mp3) The sounds were recorded in Victoria (and a few seconds in South Australia) but the video footage was taken in Queensland!
Music by Dave Black – banjo, dictaphone, laptop, acoustic guitar, harmonica, drums / Cylvi Manthyng – phat beatz, shaker, shakuhachi / Francesca Mountfort – cello / Mike Kingston – acoustic guitar / various Australians
2006 | Reviewed by Simon Sweetman
"After Maths & Sciences was recorded by Dave Black (some may know him as David A. Edwards, and if you don't, then check his website, or the compilation of earlier recordings,Gleefully Unknown 1997-2005) in two parts: From May-July of 2005 in Melbourne, during the winter….


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Free from Demons
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This book will help you make proper spiritual choices. The Body of Christ is facing the most horrendous, Satanic and demonic greater confrontation than at any other time in history. It will be a time of intensified spiritual warfare where demons will manifest themselves and will fight in direct confrontation with God's people. The Lord Jesus told us in Matthew 10:22, "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved." And then in Matthew 6:33, He said, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness . . "
The Spirit of God revealed to John in a vision that in the last days demon spirits would be released upon the earth which would go forth to deceive the world. Revelation 16:13-14: "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet."
These three spirits that John saw represent lying, deceiving, seducing demon spirits that are going to be released by Satan. Revelation 16:14: "For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."


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To start 2012 with good vibes and a great pace, log to DJ UNDERDOG Mixtape with drops from ?ustLove, Rich Medina & Les Nubians …
The GREAT NEWS of January 2012 is Les Nubians Nomination for The CAMEROON ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS as Most Outstanding Cameroonian Group of the Decade !!!!
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Hunter Ewen
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Hunter Ewen is a dynamic young composer whose music represents a quirky synergy between the virtuosic and the absurd. Originally trained in Mechanical Engineering, Ewen's music often explores new electroacoustic modalities of composition.
Heavily influenced by the "Augmented Reality" movement in science and visual art, Ewen often treats electronics as a mechanism to make live performers bigger, stronger, faster, and louder. Humor and sarcasm abound. His music is often accompanied by multimedia components of his own creation, usually video, visual art, photography, dance, or poetry.
Ewen's notable collaborations and commissions include Lina Bahn, Edward Dusinberre, the Greater Cleveland Flute Society, The Playground Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, GAMMA-UT, Case Western Educational Support Services, Gary Ciepluch, Anne Levy, Emmy nominated actor Bill Mooney, and Grammy nominated saxophonist Greg Banaszak with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
Ewen's music appears in publications from Alphonse Leduc, Ken Dorn, Theodore Presser, Centaur Records, Ouroboros Review, and Fujihara Publications.


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Saturday's Tumut rally saw a very positive result gained with a civil meeting of concerned people who do not accept the new draft Brumby management plan. Representatives of NSW National Parks management who fielded the questions and left with what seems a more in-depth appreciation of facts out weighing the science fiction they have been fed about our heritage wild horses.
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Tumut save the brumby rally
Does winter KNP closure opens gate for covert brumby culling
As the engineered agenda driven demise of our heritage wild horses from your Kosciuszko National Park moves into it's final stage, we have the spin doctors update to where the management plan is at the moment.
The total bias to remove brumbies from the Snowy by both public servants Rob Gibbs and Mick Pettitt have been disclosed
previously, however the mention in this update that threats and intimidation have been lodged on staff and their families is the lowest form of protest and is not condoned by this Snowy Brumby Support Group.
With the gates to KNP being closed to the public over winter opens the covert operations without fear of public interference.
It has been noted that a local trapper is starting to get his equipment ready for brumby capture.
Some 150+ wild horses spotted by our people in December 2015, who have never seen this many at the top end of Tandangara Dam before, being drawn by Nation Parks putting out salt lick block attracting these horses to one spot awaiting the winter closure.
Denial by Gibbs and Pettitt that aerial shooting of wild horses has not been undertaken, mention of shooting on the ground or from vehicles was not covered.
Mystery of the National Parks armoury of BAR automatic high caliber military assault riles are used for WHAT?
Information to hand is a small efficient team of American Mustang Watchers will be on hand over the winter with their $1.5m high tech very long range surveillance equipment will be of interest.


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Soerstokken(SRP), Stord, Norway (159.5km)
Vigra(AES), Alesund, Norway (183.9km)
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- Reynard,
Yeah the cable cars started in 1873, but the concept came out of a streetcar accident in the late 1860s. As I recall (from one of the Today in History posts from last year) the first SF streetcar was 1858.
As far as a Z scale horse-drawn streetcar, how about a motorized street car that pushes the horse on a stiff harness? A small wheel between the legs to simulate motion?
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> One liner violation:
> Yes, a monorail that floats on air pressure is a flying railway!
> Most stuff on the internet says that the SF cable-cars
> first ran in 1873 - but ye olde dates and times can become
> unproductive hairsplitting. Seeing John Dunno's reference
> to the pictures of LA horse-drawn streetcars has inspired
> a notion to design something usable for Z scale---
> But getting those tiny zinc-cast horses to pull the trolleys
> would be the real challenge...oats wont work.
> Reynard
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The Wirtgen Surface Miner 2200 SM:
- Has the option of being equipped for loading the mined material via a front-loading conveyor system with slewing and height-adjustable discharge conveyor or for working in windrowing mode.
- Has a cutting width of 2200 SM.
- Has a cutting depth of between 0 - 300 mm.
- Features engine power of 708 kW / 963 PS.
- Features an operating weight, CE, of max. 49,080 kg
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April 2017 - Carnival Miracle to Mexico
The amazing love of friends and family
It was an amazing cruise. We cruised with our friends, This was there first family cruise and they had an amazing time Our boys have cruised 3 times and my wife and I have cruised 5 times Wayne our cabin steward was amazing. He made the most amazing towel critters. Our waiter was great


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Range of chairs designed for highly professional environments with a classic design. The large volumes of the seat and of the backrest guarantee the maximum comfort. Senator is available in two different heights and two armrests: Full which is completely upholstered or Special which is chromed and partially upholstered. The base can be a 5 alluminium spokes on castors or cantilever for waiting areas.


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>Certainly. The connection with the Cirth seems a plausible one, although
> Måns Björkman wrote:
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> >No, but it's possible they would refrain from making an ómatehta-mode for
> >Sindarin. According to "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (Vinyar Tengwar
> >#39), someone -- and the context strongly suggests the Noldor -- thought
> >"the diacritic method of indicating vowels was inconvenient" for Sindarin
> >(p. 8).
> I would expect the people of that opinion, whoever they were, to be
> accustomed to writing Sindarin with Cirth, and hence to full writing of
> vowels. In any case the debate whether an ómatehta mode be suitable for
> Sindarin or not is likely to have been going on mainly among
> Lambengolmor. [...]
I get the feeling there was some stronger motivation behind this feeling
of "inconvenience". But I never meant that people in general would
refrain from using an ómatehta-mode for Sindarin, just that the some (I
still hold the Noldor to be the prime suspects) would refrain from
making one.
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