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Memorial Day Activities
Independence Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend
LMWD Officers for 2016:
President, Mike Sanford; Vice-Chair, Jess Vickery; Secretary, Tim
Beers; Treasurer, Dennis Nay; Tim Casillas, Member.
Gate Replacement: Gate
number 1 mechanism malfunctioned and was assessed by our gate company
and the Board as in need of complete replacement. After
approximately 25 years of service the gate and system were simply
worn out. The installation of a new gate, motor, and battery has
been completed.
Water Conservation: Lake
Madrone residents did a very good job of reducing water usage last
year. Unfortunately it looks like these restrictions will remain in
place for 2016. Please monitor you property for leaks and let Bodil
know if you find any problems with pipes on your property. Outdoor
watering restrictions will remain in place.
Replacement of Water Tanks.
LMWD Board is researching and planning on replacement of the two
aging redwood water tanks at our well site on Star Road. The tanks
are leaking and the County Health Department has made a
recommendation that these two tanks be replaced.
Grant Status for Repairs to Dam
Outlet Pipe. Lake Madrone Water District was awarded the
grant funds, which will be used to reimburse our expenses incurred
last year in the mandatory repair of the outlet pipe. The Board has
not yet received the funds from the government.
Inlet Cleanouts on Berry
Creek and Galen Creek will likely take place in the fall of 2016 due
to the amount of sediment washed down during the winter.Aquatic weeds: Treatment
for aquatic weeds and algae has been applied this month. Repeat
treatments will take place as needed.
Community Rules: For
many years Lake Madrone residents have agreed to abide by a set of
rules its members have identified as important in "getting along
with neighbors". Recently a group of volunteers were asked by the
Board to review these rules. The group of volunteers has revised
these rules in attempt to clarify and simplify them. The Proposed
revised Rules are included in this Newsletter for your review and
input. Comments will be considered at the next Board Meeting on May
Regarding Rules:
Lake Madrone does not have laws or a way to enforce the
rules other than everyone agreeing to abide by the rules put forth by
your community/neighbors as a means of insuring the peace, rights of
others, and safety for all of us at the Lake.
Please be willing to participate
in this process by offering your input and following the adopted
community rules.
No Bear Garbage Club:
The garbage dumpsters have been moved to the industrial yard
near the little white bridge. If you are a Club Member you are
contacted via email with the combination, which is changed
periodically. Contact Ron Sanford if you would like to join the group
(530)589-1034. This community solution to the problem of bears
breaking into garbage cans and littering the forest and roads with
trash has been very successful at limiting the bear problem.
Accounting issues
are frustrating for Ron as some folks pay and some don't. If you
use the Bear Club dumpster, please pay up!
Dumpster lids have
been changed to heavy duty plastic in order to minimize the previous
problems of "excessive weight" and "banging" steel lids.
In order to
minimize dust for nearby neighbors please park and walk your trash
bag to the dumpster for disposal.
Fire Safety: Be sure to
clear a 100 foot clearance around you home or to the boundary of your
property. This defensible space allows the fire department to take a
stand to protect your home.
Mosquito Abatement:
Treatment for mosquitos has begun at the lake and will continue
every 3 weeks throughout the summer season. Paula LaRose is the
contact person for vector control with the county. If you have
questions please contact her at 589-1033.
Landscape Committee:
Residents may notice a slight change in the tree landscape near the
boat ramp. Lower branches of some redwood and cedar trees have been
trimmed at their bases in order to open the view in this area and add
a park-like atmosphere. There are now shaded areas to enjoy under
the boughs of the beautiful trees.
Lake Madrone Cemetery Cleanup:
On May 14th volunteers from our community and surrounding
areas had a very successful brush and debris removal at the Berry
Creek Cemetery, (AKA Lake Madrone
Cemetery), on Hwy 162. The cemetery is located at the top of the
hill across from the mailboxes, located at gate #2, and can be
accessed by a road about 500 yards up hill from the mailboxes, on
your left.
Special thanks to several men from Cal
Fire, Station 61 and USFS Brush Creek station for their efforts with
this event. Locally Ron Sanford, Tim Beers and Dennis Nay added their
considerable efforts and completed the project. Thanks also go to Supervisor, Bill
Connelly, who was very kind in arranging a free 30 yard Recology
green waste bin for the project.
MEMORIAL CORNERJim Toland passed away last November. The Toland family was one of the very first families to settle at Lake Madrone. Jim spent many decades of his life vacationing at Lake Madrone acquiring many very fond memories of the mountains and local and regional history. Jim loved the lake and the Madrone community. As a licensed forester Mr. Toland was helpful offering information about problem trees and about tree management and plantings at the Lake. Our condolences go out to Jim's many family members.
Next LMWD Meeting:
Saturday, May 28th, 2016, at the Ski Beach, 9:30am. The
alternate location is the Nay residence, 380 Lakeside Way.
Lake Madrone Bark: Kathy
Burlington-Nay, (530) 570-1299.
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Abengoa Finance, S.A.U. has approved an issue of senior notes addressed to institutional and qualified investors in a principal amount of 375,000,000 and due April 2020 (the Notes) that will be guaranteed by the Company and several of the Company's subsidiaries. On the date hereof, upon completion of the bookbuilding process, the price of the issue has been successfully fixed. The Notes have been priced at 97.954% of their nominal amount. The Notes will accrue interest at an annual rate of 7% payable semi-annually. The closing of the issue is expected to take place on April 21, 2015, once the customary conditions precedent for this type of issue have been met. The Notes are expected to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of Luxembourg. The net proceeds from the Notes will be on-lent by Abengoa Finance, S.A.U. to the Company on a permanent basis, which the Company will set aside in the form of cash or readily marketable securities to repay part of the 500 million principal amount of its 8.50% senior notes due 2016 at or prior to their March 31, 2016 maturity date.
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The art critic was scathing in his review of a painting depicting a sunrise over water. "A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more highly finished than this seascape," Louis Leroy scoffed.
Not surprisingly, the French painter on the receiving end of this scorn was having trouble getting his work shown in official exhibits, and had to resort to something called the Exhibition of Rejects. Thomas Kinkade might have known how that felt. The American artist who died this month was, despite his commercial success, derided by the official art world as essentially a purveyor of kitsch. He had no presence in museums, most of which politely avoided comment on his death.
The comparisons end there. The French painter was Claude Monet. He would of course overcome initial skepticism of his work to become one of the most beloved artists of all time. In 2008, one of his Impressionist paintings sold for more than $80 million.
Not that a Kinkade canvas — or greeting card, or figurine set, or puzzle — will ever draw $80 million. But his death at age 54 has prompted fresh debate over just what defines art, anyway. Despite the critical dislike for Kinkade's inviting, light-bathed landscapes, he made many millions, and his works, or rather reproductions, were ubiquitous in American homes (10 million of them, he claimed.)
"It is clear that everyday people need an art they can enjoy, believe in and understand," he wrote.
But IS it art? If not, what is — and who gets to decide, anyway? In the same spirit of democracy in art that Kinkade spoke of, we asked people around the country to tackle those questions.
A mini-debate was not hard to find; at Kansas City's Country Club Plaza, friends Charline Ford and Pam Cavanaugh were discussing — and disagreeing.
"I love his paintings," said Ford, 68, a retired teacher from Willits, Calif. She noted the religious imagery often used by Kinkade, who called (and trademarked) himself the Painter of Light. "It's like, Jesus shines out. The light is just beautiful."
Ford owns a small Kinkade Christmas village set that she puts in her garden window at holiday time. Her friend, Cavanaugh, doesn't care for the stuff. She remembers when she first saw it.
"I thought, 'Who is this charlatan,' because it was mass-produced," said Cavanaugh, 69, "and selling for what I thought was an exorbitant price." But was it art? To Cavanaugh, that's the same as asking whether something is poetry. "It's to the beholder (to decide)," she said. "If Charline loves it, and you love it, I respect that. And if I never saw another Thomas Kinkade in this lifetime, I would feel fulfilled."
That's a polite way of saying something many art experts feel. "What does he represent? The successful marketing of kitsch," said Frank C. Lewis, director and curator at the Wriston Art Galleries at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. "Though museums don't like to use that word these days — it sounds too snobby."
Still, Lewis said, one needn't call Kinkade's work home décor, as some do. "To those who bought it, it was much more than that," Lewis said. "People wanted to participate in art. They could afford it, and would get affirmation from their friends: 'Oh, you have a Kinkade!'"
That's the point Margaret Scherer was making as she perused an exhibit of the artist James Vullo at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Though she feels Kinkade's work tends toward home décor, she noted that he'd "made art available to the masses. You can actually get a piece of his and say you have an original Thomas Kinkade painting or a print."
"Original" is a relative term, however; most Kinkade works were mass-produced, sometimes personally "highlighted" by a worker at a Kinkade gallery. That bothers Bari Yates Murdock, 45, of Ridgefield, Conn., who works in interior design.
"I always felt it was too mass-marketed, though I have an older sister who loves it," she said of Kinkade's work. "But I define art as something that is one of a kind."
Kinkade's business model made him, at his peak, one of the wealthiest artists in the world. Does being commercially oriented make you a lesser artist? Jim Graves doesn't think so. The lawyer from Brawley, Calif., visiting the National Gallery of Art in Washington, said Kinkade's work had always struck him as kitschy, but "I can see it appealing to other people. Simply because Picasso was popular even during his lifetime doesn't make him a bad artist."
And experts, no matter how they feel about Kinkade's art, point out that he was hardly the first artist to be overtly committed to making money.
"Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons are basically marketers, who don't even really make their art — they conceive it," said Henry Adams, a prominent national expert on American art, now a professor at Case Western Reserve University.
But, he says, Andy Warhol is the man who truly popularized the idea of art as a money machine — who said, among other things: "Big-time art is big-time money."
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|Publication number
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|Sep 26, 2000
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|Jun 10, 1998
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|Jun 10, 1998
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|Edward Liu
|Original Assignee
|Lsi Logic Corporation
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|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is related to the following U.S. patent application having Ser. Nos. 09/095,183 (now pending) and 09/095,182 (now pending), filed on the same day as the instant application, and entitled "Current Mode Ethernet Transmitter" and "On-Chip Tuning Method and Apparatus." These applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to network transmission systems of computer systems and, more particularly, to methods and apparatuses for optimizing transmitter performance.
2. Description of the Related Art
Many computer systems today are utilized in a networked configuration where each networked computer can transmit data to other computers on the same network. Various systems and related protocols have been developed over the years to implement such networks, such as Token Ring, Ethernet, and ATM. Depending upon which network is being used, certain requirements must be met, such as the types of hardware used and particular data characteristics.
The Ethernet local area network (LAN) is one of the most popular and widely used computer networks in the world. Since the beginnings of the Ethernet in the early 1970's, computer networking companies and engineering professionals have continually worked to improve Ethernet product versatility, reliability and transmission speeds. To ensure that new Ethernet products were compatible and reliable, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) formed a working group to define and promote industry LAN standards. Today, the IEEE has various Ethernet working groups that are responsible for standardizing the development of new Ethernet protocols and products under an internationally well known LAN standard called the "IEEE 802.3 standard."
Currently, there are a wide variety of standard compliant Ethernet products used for receiving, processing and transmitting data over Ethernet networks. By way of example, these networking products are typically integrated into networked computers, network interface cards (NICs), routers, switching hubs, bridges and repeaters. Until recently, common data transmission speeds over Ethernet networks were 10 megabits per second (Mbps). However, to meet the demand for faster data transmission speeds, in May 1995 the IEEE 802.3standards committee officially introduced another standard, the "IEEE 802.3u standard," for a 100BASE-T system capable of performing data transmissions at up to about 100 Mbps. When operating with unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable as a transmission medium, these networks are commonly referred to as 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T networks.
FIG. 1A is a diagrammatic representation of two computers 102 and 104, which are connected through a network 105. The network 105 can include, for example, other computers, network hubs, network routers, servers or the like. Of course, a single cable connecting the computers 102 and 104 can alternatively be used. Each computer 102 and 104 includes systems to facilitate exchange of information to and from the computer. These systems are diagramatically illustrated by an open systems interconnection (OSI) layered model 106 developed by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) for describing the exchange of information between layers. The OSI layered model 106 is particularly useful for separating the technological functions of each layer, and thereby facilitating the modification or update of a given layer without detrimentally impacting the functions of neighboring layers.
Multiple layers (not shown) defined in the OSI model 106 are responsible for various functions, such as providing reliable transmission of data over a network; routing data between nodes in a network; initiating, maintaining and terminating a communication link between users connected to the nodes; performing data transfers within a particular level of service quality; controlling when users are able to transmit and receive data depending on whether the user is capable of full-duplex or half-duplex transmission; translating, converting, compressing and decompressing data being transmitted across a medium; and providing users with suitable interfaces for accessing and connecting to a network. Further, the lower portion of the OSI model 106 includes a media access control layer (MAC) 107 which generally schedules and controls the access of data to a physical layer (PHY) 108.
At the lowermost portion of OSI model 106, PHY layer 108 is responsible for encoding and decoding data into signals that are transmitted across a particular medium, such as a cable 110. To enable transmission to a particular medium, the PHY layer 108 also includes a physical connector which is configured and operable to receive the cable 110. In addition, the cable 110 can take various forms, including that of an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable which is used for various types of Ethernet transmission, such as 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T.
When signals are passed through the cable 110 from the PHY layer 108, the potential exists for portions of the signal to emit from the cable 110 when it is an unshielded type of cable, such as a UTP. More specifically, the portions which may emit from the cable typically are high frequency components of the signal. Because such emissions may interfere with other electrical devices in the vicinity of the cable 110, the U.S. government has developed stringent emission standards (commonly known as FCC Class A Requirements) to avoid such interference. To comply with such standards, in the PHY layer the high frequency signal components are typically removed from the primary signal before transmission on the cable 110. As is known in the art, this is commonly referred to as transmit pulse shaping that is followed by reconstruction filtering.
Ethernet transmitters have typically utilized a configuration such as that shown in FIG. 1B to remove high frequency components from the signal before transmission through cable 110. FIG. 1B schematically depicts one application of an Ethernet device, specifically an Ethernet card 150. The Ethernet card 150 includes a PC board 152 on which a transmission system 153, formed by various components, is mounted. Included in these components can be a semiconductor chip 154, a filter 156, a transformer box 158, and a connector 160.
The semiconductor chip 154 is configured to convert the input binary data from the host (e.g., a computer into which the Ethernet card 150 is mounted) to a signal that can be transmitted to the cable 110. This typically is accomplished by a data converter such as a Manchester encoder 162 and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 164 formed on the silicon chip 154. These devices alternatively can be integrated on separate semiconductor chips that are each mounted onto the PC board 152.
The Manchester encoder 162 outputs a signal having voltage swings that correspond to the binary data. The DAC 164 then converts the digital signal voltage from the Manchester encoder 162 to an analog signal voltage utilizing a reference voltage, Vref 15. Unfortunately, due to power supply or manufacturing process variations, the reference voltage level that is internally generated can vary by as much as about 20%, which can lead to inaccurate and inconsistent signals. In an Ethernet system, this would result in not matching an "Ethernet eye" template, which is a desired Ethernet transmission characteristic.
In addition, the base voltage level is fixed in the hardware, and therefore cannot be changed to accommodate possible silicon variations in components of the transmission system, and different cable conditions. Due to both the voltage variability and lack of control, the transmission system may operate sub-optimally. For example, the transmitter eye diagram may not meet the transmission template required by the particular network system being used.
Electrically connected to the silicon chip 154, the filter 156 operates to remove the high frequency components from the signal passed from the silicon chip 154. Typically, the filter 156 is formed from discrete components located on the PC board 152, such as inductor components 166 and capacitor components 168 used to form an inductor-capacitor (LC) low pass filter as shown in FIG. 1B. Because discrete components are used, the filter 156 utilizes an area of the PC board 152 that is large relative to space utilized by the Manchester encoder 162 and DAC 164 on the silicon chip 154.
The filtered signal passes from the filter 156 through a transformer 170 in transformer box 158, and then to the connector 160 which is configured to receive the cable 110. Although some typical Ethernet systems are formed with a separate filter and a separate transformer, other systems include a single module (not shown) which physically incorporates both the filter 156 and transformer 170.
Unfortunately, typical systems do not adequately control the impedance of the signal transmitted to the cable 110 with on-chip resistors which are subject to fabrication variations. Without adequate impedance control, the output voltage levels, particularly the peak-to-peak voltage level (Vpp), may vary. For transmission over differential lines, such as a UTP cable, such variation may be undesirably, resulting in poor transmission characteristics.
In addition to the components depicted in FIG. 1B, the PC board 152 typically includes several other components. For example, the PC board 152 may further include a processor, terminal circuitry, wiring, routing, connectors to the host (e.g., a computer system), and other chips for performing the functions of other layers of the OSI model 106. Also, many of these components require their own routing and integration elements, which uses more space on the PC board 152. Further, as additional functions and components are developed, more space is needed on the PC board to accommodate those components.
In addition, the marketplace is driving the development of increasingly smaller computers, requiring corresponding decreases in various computer components. This includes a desire to decrease the size of Ethernet systems, such as Ethernet cards. However, any decrease in size of such systems is limited by the relatively large area necessary for the discrete components of the filter 156.
In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to have a method and apparatus that responds more robustly to power supply and manufacturing process variations that may cause the internally generated voltage to vary by up to about 20%. Also, a method and apparatus is desired for allowing user control of the transmission signal to accommodate hardware variations such as in the silicon of semiconductor chips or cable conditions.
Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing an apparatus and method for user control of the transmission signal to optimize transmitter performance. It should be appreciated that the present invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a device or a method. Several inventive embodiments of the present invention are described below.
In one embodiment, a transmission system for transmitting data from a host to a transmission medium, the data being propagated over a network through the transmission medium, includes a user control system configured to modify characteristics of a transmission signal that represents the data that is transmitted from the host and is passed onto a transmission medium, such that the user control system is configured to digitally control the transmission signal according to inputs from a user.
In another embodiment, a method, for making a transmission system for passing data from a computer system through a transmission medium, includes forming a user control system for modifying characteristics of a signal representing that data to be transmitted from the computer system. The forming of the user control system includes providing a voltage generator that is configured to generate a bias voltage and forming a digital controller that is connected to the voltage generator and to the computer system. The forming of the digital controller includes arranging a first array of pass-gate transistors to receive the bias voltage, and arranging a second array of pass-gate transistors to be electrically connected to the first array of pass-gate transistors, each of the second array of pass-gate transistors being configured to be set in an open state or in a closed state. The method also includes connecting each of the second array of pass-gate transistors to the computer system such that each of the second array of pass-gate transistors is set in the open state or the closed state in accordance with a series of data bits that can be set through the computer system by a user.
In yet another embodiment, a transmission system, for communicating data between a computer system and another computer system through a transmission medium, includes a digital current controller means for facilitating user control of a primary signal that is representative of the data from the computer system and that is passed onto the transmission medium. The digital current controller includes a plurality of CMOS transistors that are digitally turned on or off in response to a series of data bits that are custom set by a user through the computer system. The digital current controller is configured such that when selected ones of the plurality of CMOS transistors are digitally turned on or off, a current magnitude that is passed to a digital to analog converter is changed in order to facilitate the user control of the primary signal that is representative of the data from the computer system and that is passed onto the transmission medium.
One advantage of the present invention is that less PC board space is used by the Ethernet transmitter. More specifically, because the filter is integrated on-chip, the space typically used by discrete components for the filter is not needed. Thus, the unused space can either be used by additional components on the PC board, or the size of the PC board itself can be reduced. Also, by avoiding the use of discrete components, the cost of the device is correspondingly decreased. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cost of a system is dramatically reduced by integrating the entire transmitter system on-chip, which should be contrasted with the cost of a transmitter system that requires PC board integrated discrete components. In some cases, the total cost of the transmitter system can increase by more than 20 times when discrete components are conventionally used to perform the filtering functions.
An additional advantage of the present invention is that the signal transmission is more robust in response to variations in power supply and manufacturing processes because it operates in current mode. In particular, this results in more consistent transmission signal levels being output to the Ethernet cable, for example. As a further advantage of the present invention, the output impedance is controlled, while the current signal is converted to a voltage signal having the proper signal levels, including the proper peak-to-peak voltage (Vpp).
The present invention further advantageously facilitates user control of the transmission signal levels, thereby allowing optimization of the transmission signal despite hardware fabrication variations. Thus, the user can digitally control the adjustment of the signal to conform with requirements and provide higher reliability. As a result, the user can cause the transmit eye diagram of the signal to better conform to the signal transmission template required by the particular network system to be used.
Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example the principles of the invention.
The present invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. To facilitate this description, like reference numerals designate like structural elements.
FIG. 1A depicts a schematic of two computers connected through a network according to the prior art.
FIG. 1B depicts a schematic of a typical Ethernet transmission system.
FIG. 2 depicts a schematic of an Ethernet transmission system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3 depicts a schematic of a user control system, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 depicts a schematic of components forming a digital current controller of the user control system depicted in FIG. 3, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for user control of transmission signal levels, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
An invention for user control of transmission signal levels is disclosed. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be understood, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
FIG. 2 depicts an Ethernet card 200 incorporating an Ethernet transmission system 202. The Ethernet transmission system 202 includes a Manchester encoder 204 electrically connected to a mixed-signal block 205 and to a transformer 212. The mixed-signal block 205 includes a digital-to-analog converter 206, a user current controller 230, a filter 208, and a line driver 210. Also electrically connected to the mixed signal block 205 are a reference current (Iref) 216, and an external resistor (Rext) 218. In addition, pull-up resistors 220 are connected to lines 222 which connect the line driver 210 and the transformer 212. Resistors 220 are also connected to a rail voltage 224. In addition, to provide physical connection between Ethernet transmission system 202 and a cable (not shown), the Ethernet transmission system 202 includes a connector 226.
The Manchester encoder 204 is configured to receive binary data from a host, such as computer system 102, to which the Ethernet card 200 is coupled. The Manchester encoder 204 can receive binary data at various rates, such as 10 Mbps, which corresponds to a 10BASE-T Ethernet signal. The Manchester encoder 204 is further configured to encode the binary data into a digital signal voltage A (primary signal), which has a voltage that rises and falls in accordance with changes in the binary data.
Because there may be delays in the transmission of the signal at points where the signal is rising or falling, due to the particular electrical properties of the transmission cable which delay charging and discharging of the line, it is desired to increase the signal at these points of signal switching. To facilitate this increase, the Manchester encoder 204 is configured to generate a pre-emphasis signal E (secondary signal), which is set to be the inverse of the unit delay of A, for example,
Using the pre-emphasis signal E and an exclusive NOR gate (not shown) as a signal switch detector, the Ethernet transmission system 202 detects when the signal generated by the Manchester encoder 204 switches between levels. When a switch is detected, the digital-to-analog converter 206 can act as a signal enhancer to obtain the necessary signal level.
The digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 206 is a two-bit current-switched device. Thus, the DAC produces a digital current signal according to a particular control current and the output of the signal switch detector. The control current is internally converted to a voltage to properly operate the DAC 206, such that it generates a current. In the present invention, instead of using a fixed current generated externally to the DAC 206, the control current can be modified by the user. It should be noted that because the DAC operates in current-mode, the transmission signal does not suffer from any changes due to power supply or manufacturing process variations, as would an internally generated voltage.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the DAC 206 is formed on a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip. Thus, the use of current-mode advantageously avoids the substantial cost and effort that would be necessary to provide a precision bandgap reference for this digital CMOS process. Also, because power supply and manufacturing process variations may cause variations in an internally generated voltages of about up to about 20%, and such variance generally is not experienced by internally generated currents, the transmission system of the present invention is made more robust by operating in current-mode.
To modify the control current, a digital current controller 230 is also electrically connected to the DAC 206. Depending upon user selected data bits that may be programmed (i.e., custom set) through a host, the digital current controller 230 causes the signal passed by the DAC 206 to have higher or lower current levels. Thus, the current level of the transmission signal can be precisely controlled by the user, forming a custom current level, to accommodate variations in the hardware and meet transmission template requirements of the desired transmission system.
FIG. 3 depicts the user current control system 230 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The user current controller 230 includes a digital current controller 302, which is electrically connected to a host 304 and a bias generator 306. During operation of the user current controller 230, the host 304 provides an interface through which a user can set the digital current controller by setting a series of data bits which operate as control bits. At the same time, the bias generator (a current to voltage converter) 306 utilizes the reference current Iref 216 to generate a constant bias voltage VB input to the digital current controller 302. Based on the data bits and VB, a particular level of current is passed to the DAC 206.
To better understand the present invention, FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of the digital current controller 302. The digital current controller 302 includes a first array of transistor gates 404 connected to the bias voltage VB, which opens a path for current to flow between a rail 407 and a rail 409. Also included is a second array of transistor gates 406, which are individually connected to the host, and are configured to individually receive the data bits d0, d1, d2 and d3. Thus, the user can set a particular combination of data bits d0 through d3, which will determine which of the gates 406 will be switched on and therefore allow current to flow. Thus, based on the input bit settings, a user can set the actual total amount of output current lout that will be output to the DAC 206. Of course, the more transistor switches that are turned "on", the greater the current Iout.
While only four data bits are shown in FIG. 4, any number of control bits can be used to modify the signal currents generated for transmission. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention where an emphasis level is added to the signal to avoid transmission delays in the cable when the cable is charged and discharged, 16 control bits are used. These 16 control bits can be used to adjust various aspects of the signal to be transmitted, for example, four bits can be used to adjust the emphasis level while four other bits are used to adjust the non-emphasis level. In addition, four other bits can be used to adjust the common-mode level while the final four bits are used to adjust the positive and negative matching of the signal.
Because the user can modify the current levels and other signal characteristics during the installation or a particular use of the transmission system, appropriate signal levels can be produced depending on the particular combination of semiconductor fabrication variations or cable conditions. Thus, the above described digital controllability will provide users with much needed optimization flexibility in controlling the transmission signal eye pattern, even after the transmitter system design has been finalized, packaged and shipped for end use.
Again referring to FIG. 2, filter 208 is a low-pass filter that is configured to remove the high frequency components of an input signal while passing lower frequency components. In one embodiment of the present invention, filter 208 is formed on a CMOS chip and formed of a combination of semiconductor devices. By forming the filter 208 on-chip, the amount of space occupied by the filter is significantly decreased over a discrete filter. Accordingly, the cost of the transmission system can be reduced by about 95% by using the on-chip filter of the present invention.
The remaining signal is then passed to the line driver 210 which amplifies the signal to levels appropriate for the cable 110 that is used, and which launches the signal onto the cable. Before reaching the cable, however, the signal is passed through pull-up resistors 220 which are coupled to the rail voltage 224. The pull-up resistors 220 are therefore well suited to convert the signal from a current to a voltage, and to modify that voltage to levels appropriate for the transmission cable and transmission protocol being used. After passing through the transformer 212, the signal is then launched to the cable 110 through connector 226. It should be noted that, because the filtering is performed on-chip, a relatively inexpensive transformer-only module (not including an external filter) can be used.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart representing a method 500 for user controlled current generation in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In operation 502, a bias voltage is generated. In addition to generating a bias voltage, control bits are set by the user in operation 504. The control bits are set in accordance with the level of current desired by the user to be transmitted to the cable 110. After the control bits are set in operation 504, pass gates are adjusted according to the settings of the control bits in operation 506. Following the pass gate adjustment, the output current is set to flow in accordance with the adjusted pass gates in operation 508. Finally, in operation 510 the current is output to the DAC 206.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a voltage output DAC can be used to modify the signal to be transmitted over the transmission medium. In such a system, the DAC does not convert the voltage to a current, and a user modifiable voltage controller is used. The user modifiable voltage controller includes a digital voltage controller that is used to generate an output voltage having a level controlled by control bits set by the user. Here, the transmission system would also benefit from the ability to control the signal values, thus allowing optimization of the eye pattern by the end user after the design is completed.
The Manchester encoder 204, DAC 206, filter 208, and line driver 210 may each be formed on separate CMOS chips. Alternatively, however, other combinations of these devices can be integrated on a single chip or a single module that can be individually connected or removed from the PC board. For example, the DAC 206, filter 208, and line driver 210 can be formed in a single module, while the Manchester encoder is formed in a separate module.
Although one embodiment of the present invention is configured to transmit 10BASE-T Ethernet signals, the transmission system of the present invention can be used to transmit other types of Ethernet signals, with appropriate modification of the above described components. Also, the present invention can be configured to transmit other types of signals, such as ATM signals, by making appropriate modifications to the components of the present invention.
Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, it will be apparent that certain changes and modifications may be practiced within the scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims.
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Fittingly, the Seahawks end the regular season where they spent most of it, at the top of the WEEI NFL Power Rankings. The Pete Carroll-led Hawks have ensured that they'll be playing any and all NFC playoff games in Seattle, a place where they've lost just once over the last two years.
The Niners cling to the No. 2 seed as they prepare to take on a Packers team they've been successful against in their prior two meetings. The Panthers (3), Broncos (4) and Patriots (5) round out the top five playoff teams.
As wild card weekend approaches, keep in mind that the last three Super Bowl champions played in the first round of the playoffs. If history has taught us anything, any team that has reached the postseason has a shot at the title. We're in for another exciting year of postseason football. Let the games begin.
1. (1) Seahawks (13-3) — If defense wins championships, the Seahawks have the best shot at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in February. The Seahawks finished the regular season at the top of many defensive categories, including points allowed, passing yards and takeaways.
2. (2) 49ers (12-4) — A tough road lies ahead for the Niners, who look to return to the Super Bowl. They'll most likely have to travel to Green Bay, Carolina and Seattle to get to where they want to go.
3. (3) Panthers (12-4) — Carolina brings one of the league's best defenses into the playoffs. The Panthers' ferocious D sacked opposing QBs a league-high 60 times.
4. (4) Broncos (13-3) — The precision and methodical offensive attack Peyton Manning and the Broncos offense deliver makes them the favorite in the AFC. Denver set an NFL record with 606 points scored, averaging almost 40 points per game.
5. (5) Patriots (12-4) — The Patriots are the experienced veteran team in the AFC that no one wants to play. With the number of key injuries this team has suffered, Bill Belichick deserves to be named Coach of the Year.
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The fantasy football season has concluded, but as most of you know, fantasy football lives on with postseason leagues. We're here to help you stack the odds in your favor or at least to avoid doing the opposite.
Playoff leagues can be a lot of fun, and they are completely different than regular-season fantasy football. The key difference is that predicting game outcomes is perhaps the key factor in your team's success. In most situations, you'd rather have your player advance than have a big game and lose. That's because once your player's team is finished, so is the player. That means no more points and a big old dead spot in your lineup. For this reason, it is important to project the number of games each team will play.
You may think Philip Rivers is a better quarterback than Colin Kaepernick, but if you think the Chargers are a one-and-done team as I do, and if you think the 49ers have a chance to play four games (the maximum), as I do, then you'd be kooky to draft Rivers ahead of Kaepernick. This is true even if you project Rivers to outscore Kaepernick by a factor of two on a per-game basis. This is how you must think in a playoff draft. Get in that frame of mind — the same frame of mind that makes you want LeGarrette Blount over Jamaal Charles. Yes, really.
Since leagues are different sizes and many use different sets of rules, I am going to keep the rankings somewhat general. The first thing you need to do is to decide how you think the playoff games will go, then follow those predictions. I've laid out my current take below, but I won't lie to you, I could flip a few games this week as I continue to think about things and assess the injury situations. Some of these games are very close. Value players accordingly. For example, I think Kaepernick plays twice, but I also think he's the player with the best chance at playing four times. It will take an upset of the Seahawks in Seattle to make that happen, but Frisco probably is the best bet to pull that off at this point.
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Eagles, 2 games
Patriots, 2 games
Panthers, 2 games
Colts, 2 games
Bengals, 2 games
Saints, 1 game
Packers, 1 game
Chargers, 1 game
Chiefs, 1 game
If you look at the projections, you might assume that Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson are the players to own. And they certainly are players you'd like to have, but a few of the quarterbacks with two projected games played are potentially as or more valuable. I already mentioned Kaepernick, but Tom Brady will have a very good chance at a third game, and I see most of the early round games being competitive. For this, I suggest that you play your own hunches if you have strong ones and if you trust your instincts. That's really what make these postseason leagues so much fun. You get to do more prognostication.
Report: Browns will interview Josh McDaniels on Saturday
|01.02.14 at 12:39 am ET
The Browns will interview Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels for their vacant head coaching position on Saturday, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Cleveland will reportedly meet with McDaniels at an undisclosed location in the New England area. The Browns are looking to replace Rob Chudzinski, who was fired after one season where he led Cleveland to a 4-12 record.
According to Mortensen, the Browns have also requested permission to speak with three other candidates: Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase.
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Thoughts on Bill O'Brien, George Godsey and Josh McDaniels as NFL coaching carousel keeps spinning
|01.01.14 at 9:56 pm ET
1. Former Patriots offensive coordinator Billy O'Brien could end up dipping into the New England talent pool to help fill out his coaching staff in Houston. Jason LaCanfora of CBS Sports is reporting that O'Brien is interested in hiring Patriots tight ends coach George Godsey to work with him in Houston. Godsey was initially hired by New England as an offensive assistant in 2011, and became tight ends coach after Brian Ferentz left the Patriots for Iowa in 2012. It would be interesting to see what might happen to Godsey if New England also let Josh McDaniels leave — McDaniels has reportedly been given permission to interview with the Browns for their vacant head coaching job. Godsey could move into an opening in New England if he does decide to stick around.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked Wednesday on his thoughts regarding the news that O'Brien was set to take over in Houston.
"Well, I love Billy O'Brien," he said, "but right now really we're on the playoffs and our situation. I don't think it's appropriate for me to comment on another coach or another team. I don't even know what team we're talking about here."
2. There are no new updates regarding McDaniels' candidacy with the Browns, but Tom Brady weighed in Wednesday on the possibility of losing McDaniels. The quarterback, who has worked with McDaniels in various capacities for several years, called him "one of my best buds," and added that he was "glad [McDaniels is] my coach." He added that he wasn't surprised that McDaniels was getting recognition as a potential head coaching candidate.
"It's a credit to those guys and what they've accomplished, and it's a very flattering thing when other people are interested," Brady said. "But they'll make their decision based on whatever they make their decision based on, and I've still got to go out there and do my job, which is ultimately what I owe this team and what I signed up for and what I promised Mr. Kraft when I signed my contract, and what I commit to Belichick and all my teammates, that I'm going to try to do the best I can do. It doesn't matter who's coaching or who's running routes or who [I'm] handing the ball off to or who's blocking or who's playing defense. I've got to go do my job, so that's where my focus is."
3. The Bucs have hired former Bears coach Lovie Smith to take over in Tampa. Smith is set to replace Greg Schiano, who was let go after two seasons with the Buccaneers and an 11-21 mark. (Schiano is rumored to be in line as a candidate for the Penn State job which was recently left open by O'Brien's departure.) This won't be the first Florida stop for Smith, who spent five seasons in Tampa working for Tony Dungy before leaving for the head coaching gig in Chicago. While with the Bears, he had an 81-63 mark in eight seasons, and led Chicago to an NFC Championship in 2006. The news was first reported by Jay Glazer of Fox Sports.
Bill Belichick knows value of Tom Brady, a running game and the play-action pass
|01.01.14 at 8:36 pm ET
FOXBORO — For all the subtle things Tom Brady does well, selling the play fake is near the top of the list.
Now, he has a legitimately dangerous running game to go along with it.
Could the play-action be a big factor in the Patriots postseason plans?
"I think that's an interesting question," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Wednesday. "I would say, some defensive play-calling is just based on whether or not you think they're going to run, even if they don't run, if you think they're going to run, that makes you vulnerable to some aspects of the passing game. I would say that most defensive players get their keys from the offensive line and the tight end. Now, unless there's no fake at all, which sometimes you see a quarterback fake this way and the back go the other way and you're like, 'What's the point?' But if there's any kind of legitimate mesh at all, I would say that the bigger key to the play is the action of the offensive line and the tight end more so than the quarterback and the back."
Belichick went deep into the Xs and Os of a good play-action offense, and what goes into defending it.
"Although the quarterback and the back can certainly help the play, I'm not saying that, but no matter what they do, if it's not tied in with the line of scrimmage: the pad level of the offensive linemen, the aggressive nature like it would be in a running play then I think that the two just don't mesh and a good defensive player will be able to recognize that. It's a combination of all those things. Part of play-action is throwing the ball when you think they're going to run it, when they think you're going to run it. Part of it is the companion of the play-action to the running game. Part of it is the execution of the offensive line/tight ends with the run blocking and part of it is the quarterback-running back mesh, action, whatever you want to call it. I think all those things come into play. You could have the best run-action in the world on second-and-20 and I don't know how many defensive players are going to go flying up in there.
"You could have not very good action on fourth-and-inches and you probably get a lot of guys even if it isn't a great fake. I think there are a lot of different variables on that. I think one of the key things on play-action that's a critical part of the play is just who you're trying to fake. Who are you trying to fake? Are you trying to stop the pass rush? Or are you trying to get a particular player ' a safety or linebacker or a deep field player, like on a flea-flicker as an example ' are you trying to get somebody there to react and then you have a complementary part of the pattern that attacks that area of the defense. I think if you're trying to stop the pass rush by play-action then that's one thing. If you're trying to affect a linebacker or a safety to come up then you want to have maybe the type of fake that you think will get him to react based on what he's seen on film or based on a play that you're running that marries up with that action. Then you run some type of complementary route to try to take advantage of that reaction that you hope that you get.
"Then there's all the misdirection plays where you try to get everybody to go this way so somebody goes back the other way, whether that's an over-route or a crossing route or a fake crossing route that comes back the other way or some kind of bootleg or whatever it happens to be but it's kind of a little bit of the same. So, again, what it comes down to on play-action, I think for me and the game planning is, 'OK, what are we trying to do here? What's the purpose of the play? Are we trying to affect this guy, affect that guy, affect the pass rush, trying to get him to flow? What are we trying to get out of it?' Depending on what you're trying to get, I think that determines what type of play you want to design."
Aqib Talib on Pats secondary: 'I think we can play a lot better'
|01.01.14 at 8:03 pm ET
FOXBORO — Of all those most excited about the return Wednesday of safety Devin McCourty from a concussion, Aqib Talib might top the list.
Talib knows that a secondary that's been playing very well together just got its quarterback back. Combine that with a hip that Talib says is feeling better every day, and there's reason to think this bye could go a long way to proving very useful to the Patriots and their secondary.
'I think we're playing well, but I think we can get a lot better," Talib said. "We can get a lot better. We really break down the tape, so we see a lot more than you all. I don't know if you all break down the tape, but we see a little bit more than you all see. We've got a lot of work to do. We can get a lot better.
'It's collectively. Of course individually, but we just can get a lot better.'
What are the specific areas that the pass defense needs to improve?
'Being in the right spot," Talib added. "The way we do things, there's a certain way you want to play Cover-2 of man and stuff like that. So, being in the right spot, the correct depth on zone drops, stuff like that.
'We're going out there, practicing against each other and working on technique stuff; staying in shape, a lot of technique-work.'
While resting his hip and taking it easy this weekend, will Talib watch the playoff games and his next opponent?
'Sure, I'm a fan," Talib said. "I'm a football fan, I'm tuned in.'
Devin McCourty is 'just happy to be back on the field'
|01.01.14 at 7:43 pm ET
FOXBORO — Devin McCourty saw the replay of his nasty helmet-to-leg collision with Ed Dickson on Dec. 22 in Baltimore.
"You watch it and I don't know that much about concussions and all that but just watching it as a player, it was a weird hit but it is what it is," McCourty said Wednesday, after taking part in his first practice since that awkward, if not scary, looking hit that bent his neck.
But he assured everyone Wednesday that not only was he cleared from his concussion, he was good enough to be back on the practice field.
"I'm feeling alright, doing pretty good," McCourty said. 'I mean it's always good to be back on the field if you miss any time. I'm just happy to be back on the field."
McCourty sat out Sunday's win over the Bills but spoke like someone who figures to be ready to go when the Patriots get back to action Jan. 11 at Gillette Stadium.
"I think it's big for us just to get better during this week," McCourty said. "It's always different at this time of the year. You've already been through a full season and I think you've really got to kick in [and be] mentally tough to find the things that you've not done so well or the things that you've done well and just try to attack it this week. We've got a week where it's not so much about preparing for someone because we don't know who we're going to play yet. It's all about fixing the things we feel we need to fix and trying to get better this week."
McCourty acknowledged Wednesday that he had never dealt with a concussion before.
"No, but I mean a lot of injuries are usually first time [occurrences]," he added. "So, you just take it one day at a time."
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On May 27, 1937, 200,000 people thronged to the newly-completed Golden Gate bridge and walked, climbed, skated or cycled across. After 18 years of struggles to complete the bridge, San Francisco's jubilance was unrestrained.
Newspaper writer Annie Laurie was one of William Randolph Hearst's stars. Writing for the San Francisco Examiner, she covered some of the most sensational stories in turn-of-the-century America, including the murder trial of social lion Harry K. Thaw, and San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake.
On March 26, 1923, she gave bridge promoter Joseph Strauss a boost with this column in favor of his Golden Gate plan.
By Annie Laurie
Joseph B. Strauss, Chicago bridge engineer -- is here in San Francisco choosing the site for the city end of the great Golden Ga! te Bridge.
Now let us all Old-Timers get together and have a wailing festival. Let's throw our cloaks over our heads and moan!
Where's the sack-cloth? Who among us can best lead in a long cry of dolor and distress?
What, bridge the Golden Gate! Throw a net-work of wire and steel across the entrance to the most magnificent harbor in the world?
Spoil our sunsets -- kill all the romance and beauty and mystery of the Gate loved round the world just for the sake of getting us in and out of Marin County?
Oh, the blasphemy of it! The desecration! The sacrilege!
New Ideas Repelled
So they talked when we started the Great Highway to the top of Twin Peaks. So they spoke when we first had the idea of making an automobile road over the Santa Cruz Mountains, and there are today people in this State who think it is a crime to let an automobile get within fifty miles of the Yosemite Valley.
We have fought steadily foot by foot and inch by inch against every new idea and! every new plan for the growth and the betterment of this glorious old city of ours.
And when you know the city you can't blame the conservatives.
San Francisco has its own atmosphere, its own beauty, its own history, and its own romance. There's not a street that climbs our hills but carries with it some memory rich and fragrant and intriguing.
There's not a headland that juts into the ocean but is, or has been, the stage of some strange and moving drama.
Why Not a Bridge?
Yerba Buena they used to call it -- the old town when it was a little Spanish fishing village.
Can't you imagine the dismay and the indignation in the streets of Yerba Buena when somebody built the first wooden sidewalk, put up the first lamppost and vaguely hinted the name San Francisco was something to be considered?
But just because we are rich in legend and in story, just because San Francisco is different from any other city in America today -- shall we stand back and try to hold the city down -- or shall we, in our pride, and our faith and our loyalty t! hink nothing is too good or too fine or too expensive a jewel to hang about the neck of the city of our loving loyalty?
Bridge the Golden Gate -- why not?
The city is cramped and aching for space -- every Sunday the ferries are crowded to the very water's edge with eager pilgrims fairly thirsting to get out into the green hill.
Ghost's Protest
Why not give them every chance to go -- by boat, by automobile, and on foot?
Why not open up the great rich counties of Marin, and Napa and Sonoma -- why leave these gold mines at our gate -- half-mined and half-explored?
Brooklyn bridge is one of the most beautiful and picturesque things in New York -- when they started to build it half of New York rose in frenzied protest -- it was a wild dream, it was a chimerical scheme -- what would Peter Stuyvesant say if he could hear of such a thing? Why, he'd turn over in his grave, wooden leg and all, even at the whisper of it.
But the bridge was built and Brooklyn and New York! doubled in population.
What would the Argonauts of forty-nine say if they could rouse from their deep sleep and hear this talk of bridging the Golden Gate?
They'd be for it -- every man of them -- they were not stay-at-homes -- and "let well-enough-alone" men -- those Argonauts of ours.
Because a thing was new -- that was no reason that it was bound to be bad -- not to the mind of the bold men who left old times behind them and crossed the continent to build their hopes anew.
They left the "has-beens" and "never-can-bes" at home -- the forty-niners.
I'd like to call a convention of ghosts and put the matter to a vote -- can you imagine Hearst, Mackay, O'Brien, Phelan, or any of the rest of the men whose courage and determined optimism developed this California of ours -- voting "No" when it came to a question of a great plan for the benefit of a great multitude of Californians.
Besides -- it was Mrs. Partington, wasn't it, who tried to sweep back the ocean with her little household broom?
Are we going to be Mrs. Partingtons and attempt! to hold back by main strength the splendid sweep and rush of progress here in San Francisco?
What's the use -- what's the common sense -- what's the answer?
The impact of tuberculosis in America, once the deadliest killer in human history.
The international race to develop biological weapons during the 20th century.
While the U.N. debated strategies for control of atomic energy, the U.S. Navy was preparing for nuclear tests on Bikini Island.
A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
The remarkable story of mid-19th century ingenuity and perseverance during the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable between North America and Europe.
The Alaskan Highway stands today as one of the boldest homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.
In 1934, American polar explorer Richard Byrd became the first to experience winter in Antarctica's interior.
Engineer James Eads tamed the mighty Mississippi, turning New Orleans into the second largest port in the nation.


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Barefoot Bandit returns to Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — The alleged "Barefoot Bandit" is back in Washington state, where authorities say he began a two-year multistate crime spree.
Colton Harris-Moore arrived Wednesday afternoon from Miami on a U.S. Marshals plane and was promptly transferred to a federal detention facility in SeaTac, Wash., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Emily Langlie said the 19-year-old is scheduled to make his initial court appearance before Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida on Thursday, when he will be advised of the charge against him and possible penalties. He's been charged with stealing a plane in Bonners Ferry and crash-landing it in Granite Falls, Wash., last fall
Harris-Moore was arrested July 10 in the Bahamas a week after he reportedly crash-landed in a plane stolen from an Indiana airport.
Authorities in the sun-bathed Caribbean country launched an extensive manhunt for the teenager and arrested him as he tried to flee in a boat. His arrest ended a run from the law that started when he escaped from a halfway house in Washington state in April 2008.
The self-taught pilot is suspected of more than 70 crimes — including stealing several boats and five planes — across nine states.
Police dubbed Harris-Moore the "Barefoot Bandit" because he allegedly committed some of his crimes without shoes.
His spree turned him into a sort of folk hero, with more than 90,000 followers on a Facebook fan page.
Harris-Moore, who made an initial court appearances in Florida last week after returning to the country, faces a federal charge in the crash-landing of a plane stolen from Idaho last year.
The U.S. Attorney's Office last week declined to comment on how the prosecution will proceed, except to say it is reviewing crimes attributed to Harris-Moore to see which might be prosecuted in federal court.
Police suspect he took stolen cars, a boat and planes across state lines, and interstate transportation of stolen property is a federal offense with a 10-year maximum sentence.
Messages to his mother, Pam Kohler, and his attorney, John Henry Browne, were not immediately returned.
July 13: Barefoot Bandit's tale turns to tricky legalities
July 11: Barefoot Bandit arrested after boat chase in Bahamas
Oct. 7: Teen bandit becoming national sensation
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Marked is an imaginative take on vampyres, weaving "old" pagan religious themes throughout and incorporating ancient history into its background. I liked the idea of a society where vampyrism is openly known and accepted, and I liked the School of Night where fledgling vampyres are taken for further training. I loved Zoey's learning to accept herself and step up as a leader at the school, and even the cursing seems realistic. What I didn't like was the obvious prejudice against traditional religion, and the "mini-sermons" we receive early on against drugs, drinking, and oral sex from Zoey's point of view. I liked Zoey's friends but felt that her acceptance into such a tight group so immediately didn't ring true, and I had to wonder at just why Erik, the hot young vampyre, was so attracted so quickly to Zoey. There are also some very lucky coincidences, such as Zoey's Native American grandmother having taught her purification rites which come in very handy. Thankfully these annoyances were overcome by the general storytelling and the excitement of the last half of the book.
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The novel is okay - it's well written enough. The main character has some interesting ways of describing things. But it's not as good as it could be. Specifically:
- The main character is a Mary Sue. From the beginning, she's special, special, special - she's part Cherokee, she's beautiful, everybody loves her, she's got an awesome facial tattoo that fills itself in by magic, and she doesn't have a single negative trait that would spoil the impression that she's anything but perfect. She's also got a magic cat.
- Her friends are essentially the cast of the first season Real World. There's the Black Girl, the Gay Guy, and even the Okie Girl. They have no traits, but chirp at each other amusingly in order to seem like the world's most wonderful friends.
- There's some religious bigotry in that all of the pagans are absolutely perfect, handsome, Byron-spouting Goths - more of that wish fulfillment - and all of the people who belong to the Old Religion are a bunch of hypocritical, patriarchal jerks. This is the kind of simpleminded thinking that most writers outgrow around the age of sixteen or so; not so much here.
- The antagonists are simply evil without having any other personality traits. There's some vague mutterings about how the evil girl is "set up" towards the end, but nothing that makes her more a cartoon.
You could find better pagan fiction, better vampire fiction, better high school fiction - the writing is technically good, but I would say that the series needs to get seriously deep or it'll remain a layer of wish-fulfillment frosting over an empty cake.
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