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The Gyuto Monks are returning to Crystal Castle to continue preparations, with an emphasis on creating the stupa treasury. Activities will include the painting and writing mantras on the Tree of Life, centre piece for the 8 metre Stupa. The tree was found, blessed and felled in a dawn ceremony last May. The much maligned camphor laurel was chosen for its durability, strength and long lasting protective scent.
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Pagosa Springs resident Danna Gnazzo Laverty died of cancer Monday, March 4, 2013, at her home. She was 54.
Mrs. Laverty was born to Daniel John and Maxine Gnazzo on Jan. 26, 1959, in Minnesota. In 1963, her family moved to Aurora. She participated in sports, including track and volleyball. In the fifth grade, she set a record in the long jump with a leap of 13 feet 11 inches.
Mrs. Laverty graduated with the charter Class of 1977 from Smoky Hill High School in Aurora. She went on to graduate from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor�s degree in psychology and Adams State College with a master�s degree in family counseling and social work.
After graduation, she moved to Fort Collins and worked as a sheriff�s deputy. She moved to Pagosa Springs in 1984.
On March 19, 1988, she married Kurt Laverty in Pagosa Springs.
She stayed at home to home-school all six of her kids for more than 20 years. She was an active member of the local home-school group.
�Her greatest joys in life were found in her children, and she pushed them all to live their passions and dreams,� her family said. �She supported them in many of their international missions trips, sports ventures, drama and singing ventures and was always their biggest fan.�
From her earliest years, when Mrs. Laverty was confirmed at St. Mark�s Lutheran Church in Aurora, she was active in church activities.
�She had a passion for mission work and the local church, Restoration Fellowship, that she was a part of,� her family said. �Danna loved the Lord, and shared her faith and passion with everyone that she met. Her faith was strong, and she believed in the goodness of God and his faithfulness.�
One of Mrs. Laverty�s lifelong passions was fishing.
Mrs. Laverty was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Grace Laverty.
She is survived by her husband of almost 25 years, Kurt Laverty, of Pagosa Springs; children Benellen Laverty, Allison Laverty, Mason Laverty, Johannah Laverty, Jesse Laverty and Caleb Laverty, all of Pagosa Springs; mother, Maxine Gnazzo, of Edina, Minn.; brothers Paul Gnazzo of Aurora and John Gnazzo of Eden Prairie, Minn.; and numerous nephews and nieces.
A memorial service was held Monday, March 11, 2013, at Restoration Fellowship Church.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville fans and supporters will have the opportunity to watch live streaming action from Greenwood Field and the Justice Center this fall, as the Bulldogs have teamed up with the new BigSouthSports.com to broadcast 24 live events free of charge on the Big South Network presented by State Farm.
No longer a subscription service, fans can watch the Bulldogs without having to put in a username or password. Viewers can simply visit BigSouthSports.com and then select the "Schedule" link on the top of the page. Once there you can filter the upcoming events by school or by sport to see if a particular contest is being streamed live. Just click on the "BSN" logo and you can watch all the action live on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
The UNC Asheville Athletics Department will broadcast nine volleyball matches, eight women's soccer matches, six men's soccer matches and one women's swimming meet to kick off the 2013-14 season, beginning with a women's soccer match against Eastern Kentucky on Friday, Aug. 23, at 5 p.m.
Also fans will be able to watch the Bulldogs on the road in Big South contests, provided the host institution is providing a live stream of the game. However, all events, including home events, are subject to change.
The Big South Network was relaunched on Aug. 5 along with BigSouthSports.com as part of joint venture between the conference office and WebStream Sports.
The dynamic redesign of the site and video service offers all visitors a "one size fits all" experience, one that can be seen through the web browsers of phones, tablets, laptops or desktops that adapt to best fit the desired display -- all major platforms are supported. In addition to the new look, the site features simpler navigation as well as an instant click to launch the Big South Network's free live and on-demand offerings of the more than 900 events the Big South Conference and its member institutions have produced annually.
UNC Asheville will broadcast the following events:
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8/23/2013 5 p.m. WSOC - Eastern Kentucky Greenwood Field
8/29/2013 5 p.m. WSOC - USC Upstate Greenwood Field
9/1/2013 2 p.m. MSOC - Brevard Greenwood Field
9/3/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - NC Central Justice Center
9/11/2013 5 p.m. WSOC - Mars Hill Greenwood Field
9/20/2013 3:30 p.m. MSOC - Howard Greenwood Field
9/22/2013 2:30 p.m. MSOC - Georgia Southern Greenwood Field
9/25/2013 3:30 p.m. WSOC - Campbell Greenwood Field
9/27/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - Gardner-Webb Justice Center
10/1/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - USC Upstate Justice Center
10/2/2013 3:30 p.m. WSOC - Liberty Greenwood Field
10/5/2013 2 p.m. WSOC - Charleston Southern Greenwood Field
10/9/2013 4 p.m. MSOC - Presbyterian Greenwood Field
10/11/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - Winthrop Justice Center
10/12/2013 4 p.m. VBALL - Presbyterian Justice Center
10/16/2013 3 p.m. WSOC - High Point Greenwood Field
10/17/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - NC A&T Justice Center
10/19/2013 2 p.m. MSOC - Campbell Greenwood Field
10/26/2013 2 p.m. WSOC - Longwood Greenwood Field
10/30/2013 3 p.m. MSOC - Northern Kentucky Greenwood Field
11/1/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - High Point Justice Center
11/2/2013 4 p.m. VBALL - Campbell Justice Center
11/8/2013 5 p.m. SWIM - Radford Justice Center
11/15/2013 7 p.m. VBALL - Liberty Justice Center


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Tammy Condrey walked on the stage at Aiken Technical College on Tuesday, receiving an associate degree in accounting – an experience she had been waiting 25 years for.
"I started out of high school and stopped to be with my family," Condrey said. "Now my children are grown, and I decided to back to school, working and going to school full-time at night. It means a lot to me, a sense of accomplishment."
More than 500 students participated in two ceremonies on Tuesday. Health sciences graduates participated in an afternoon ceremony, followed by general education students that night.
So much has changed at Aiken Technical College since its first group of 20 graduates four decades ago, said ATC President Dr. Susan Winsor.
"Over our 40-year history," she said, "this college has served 217,000 students in more than 80 programs. Our core mission has remained."
ATC provides opportunities to move into the workforce or transfer to four-year colleges and universities, Winsor said. The campus offers a link to a community that seeks out and is in need of a strong workforce.
At the evening program, Winsor introduced Lynn Rickabaugh, the Faculty Member of the Year, and Don True, the Staffer of the Year. They had been formally recognized earlier in the day.
The guest speaker at both ceremonies was Jeffrey Archie, senior vice president and chief nuclear officer for the S.C. Electric and Gas Company. While a grade-point average is important, he advised the graduates that other factors can be just as essential or even more so.
Prospective employees should demonstrate their willingness to handle tasks as assigned and also show initiative. They must be able work with others as a team. Additional educational goals can also move them further in their careers, including leadership roles.
Courtney Wise, 24, attended college for the first time in 2010, and on Tuesday, received an associate degree in applied science.
"I just wanted to set a good example for my kids," Wise said. "Aiken Tech has provided me with a great education and also provided the funds for me. I'm taking summer off, and then I have a new job."
William Byers also received an associate degree – his in general technology with an emphasis in engineering graphics.
"I spent six years in the Marine Corps and then got a free education here," he said. "I finished in two years and have an interview tomorrow. The Marines grew me up a lot, but the biggest contribution came from my wife Amanda. She really inspired me."
STAFF PHOTO BY ROB NOVIT Cara Copeland, foreground, is grateful to Aiken Technical and is now headed to The Citadel to complete a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.×


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It was also right about the lack of events taking place today to mark the occasion, but that is really nothing new. At the present rate it seems likely that the idea of Sussex Day will be all but forgotten in a couple of years time.
I marked Sussex Day in my usual way, by going for a walk. I had many options for where to walk, the weather wasn't very promising and I am really out of practice for any long distance walking, but all in all it turned out to be a memorable walk, which I will tell you more about later.
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New evidence has been released in the George Zimmerman case.
WPBF 25 News sister station WESH 2 News in Orlando obtained a photograph (above) of the former neighborhood watch volunteer accused of shooting and killing teenager Trayvon Martin.
The picture was taken in February on the night of the shooting, WESH reported.
In it, Zimmerman is looking right at the camera with a bloody nose and mouth.
It's the first color photo that shows Zimmerman's face from the night of the shooting.
The image was released by investigators, and Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, posted it on his website Monday night.
O'Mara said the picture backs up his client's self-defense claim, and should have been released a long time ago.
"Quite honestly, I think it would have gone a long way to quelling a lot of the anger against George," he said.
The attorney for Martin's family is skeptical of the severity of Zimmerman's injuries shown in the picture, adding that allegations of a broken nose would be more believable if an X-ray was available.
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Upcoming Events
Pre-Concert Discussion: Boulez Legacy Series
October 30, 2016, 3:00 pm
Mixon Hall
Pre-concert Panel Discussion: Reflections on Boulez
Augusta Read Thomas, University of Chicago; Susan McClary, Case Western Reserve University; and Joshua Smith, principal flute, The Cleveland Orchestra; moderated by Keith Fitch.
Boulez Legacy Series
October 30, 2016, 4:00 pm
Mixon Hall
Boulez the Advocate and Mentor
CIM New Music Ensemble
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Augusta Read Thomas, guest composer
Joshua Smith, flute
The Women's Committee Luncheon
November 2, 2016, 11:30 am
Mayfield Sand Ridge Club, 1545 Sheridan Rd., South Euclid
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The state agency is using a revamped process to comply with federal requirements and has established formal letter grades for the first time.
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Silver Bluff High School, which along with Midland Valley High scored a B grade schoolwide, also exceeded the district and the state in the first attempt HSAP performance.
"Also, for Silver Bluff to have the highest passage rate for the math portion of HSAP is phenomenal," said Principal Collette Johnson.
District officials said that standardized testing results for grades 3-8 demonstrated increases in the number of students who met or exceeded grade-level standards. As in the state overall, math scores declined in all grades except the fifth grade. Some schools showed mixed results.
"Although our PASS scores were not as strong as past results," Everitt said in a press release, "we will use this information to pinpoint potential weaknesses in our curriculum."
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Thank you Fanny and Alex.
A: My Electric and Gas Usage. From home to the Utility Company. Don't have any control of it.
No LARGE AREA Applicatios
Hello from San Jose, CA
HW R&D Engineering
Thank you Fanny and Alex
It is good to know what technology is currently in use and how it is progressing
no large area apps
Thanks Fanny!
Thank you for another great presentation Fanny and Alex.
I think that I was mostly looking for a general introduction to wireless, but on a more technical level, so I think this serves me very well.
The area that I am focusing on primarily is a smaller, indoor area.
My focus is primarily on hardware, but I am branching out to software more as of late.
Hello all.
Thanks Fanny.
Thanks Alex and Fanny. The topic is very ineresting for me as a FAE for wireless product. HOwever, this audio archive is wrong. It stops in half way about 17 minutes only. Can you help to fix it?
Networking/Security area.
In response to Alex's question on supply, am not presently involved in supply to Uitlity.
In response to Alex's question on roles, my primary project role is HW design.
The bee keeping comments are very interesting also
as I also have kept bees in the past
I appreciate the passion but find your questions/interuptions break the flow of the presentation
Thanks Fanny
Picking up anothr missed episode
It's been a very long day for me. Now I've got to catch some ZZZs. Good night to all. Sleep tight to night, your Air Force is awake!
Thank you Fanny, and thank you too Alex.
I'd like to see some charts that include the ranges of various means of wireless standards. Do I choose Wifi, ZigBee, Bluetooth, etc. Some examples of what equipment that would be needed for developing would be good. Chart forms would be nice for these items. I know it would be large/extensive, but so is the wireless field.
Also, an acronym listing would be nice. It would have been nice to have such a listing on day one of this week.
Most definitely. Nearly everything is being connected via the Internet. Designing without knowing how to connect via the Internet will be the death of a design career. I realize that not everything will have connectivity, but not having the knowledge will lead to certain death of an otherwise career.
I don't think I would restrict my interests on any single specific protocol, but rather on a comparison of protocols. What protocols are used where and why they are chosen for their applications. What the pros and cons are for each that support their choice for a given application.
PLEASE ANSWER: WHAT ABOUT THE SMART GRID ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING? ALSO, WHERE ALONG THE SMART GRID IS YOUR MAIN POINT OF ENGAGEMENT, from power plant to home.
I'd be more interested in the development of the equipment used within the infrastructure of the smart grid.
I do not work on supplying the utilities or companies working on the smart grid, but I would enjoy working on the development of the various tools used by the utilities for the smart grid. Any of the HW/SW/FW would be a pleasant challenge.
@Alex - Large Area Applications: None at this time.
@Alex - Major area of focus: HW/SW/FW
Sorry I missed today. It couldn't be helped. I'm not sure if in addition to using the .ppt and listening to the presentation if I should be posting. I don't know if my posts will be archived and if anyone will read the posts, but I'll proceed as though I were here at the normal time.
Thank you!
Thanks great presentation
Thanks Alex, Fanny, and all! Although I learn RF and have used in some of my projects, this week program humbled me, with so much to know. I am glad that so far I have kept myself busy with wired infrastructure and software. There is so much out there to learn. :o)
@Fanny - Just to clarify, Re the clock rate reduction: the signal being sampled is the main carrier mixed down to baseband?
thank you!
for vehicle to vehicle networking the ITS industry is considering LTE and 802.11p
Fanny, which standards are being considered for vehicle-to-vehicle networking (such as along a highway). And similarly, what's being looked at for vehicle (cars, etc) trackig along streets and highways? Sorry if this is a double post.
nice presentation
www.octoscope.com has an Articles page where you can also find white papers and test reports. feel free to email me at email@example.com
Nice Presentation today. Is there anything that you can share about how the move to PTC (Positive Train Control) will fit in with the Smart Grid when it becomes fully deployed?
reducing the clock rate refers to reducing the sampling rate - the rate of actually generating the samples so narrower channels require no extra logic in the chipset
Thanks Fanny for the great introductory information. Today, and the past few days have given me a good start to understanding and preparing for the variety of wireless systems.
It also may have revieved an interest in RF again.
See you, Alex and all tomorrow.
lightweight security can be implemented at the PHY layer - non standard solutions exist
thank you fanny and alex
Thank you Alex and Fanny and DIGIKEY..very informative and helpful.
re data collection, please see lectue 3 slide 4:
LOTS OF INFO. thanks Fanny
Yes! THANK YOU DIGI-KEY!!
THanks Fanny, see you tomorrow!
Thx. Fanny and Alex
Thanks Fanny for the informative lecture.
Thank you Fanny and Alex (and again, Digi-Key)
Thank you Fanny. Can't wait for the implmentation presentation.
Thanks Fanny and Alex-I'm looking forward to tommorow's session!
@FANNY: On Slide 6, OFDM Considerations: "Narrow band operation is achieved by lowering clock speed (in the DSP, I think you said)": Are you talking about reducing both the sampling rate (I assume you are sampling the carrier baseband?), and the DSP processing rate, i.e. running the same processing code at a slower rate to match the sampling rate? Seems like there are some unstated assumptions about the processing mechanism. Thanks for a great course.
off-topic - Fanny - funny you mentioned bee keeping - my neighbor just told us he's getting some bee hives
see you tomorrow, cheers
Thank you fanny
FANNY: Is there any traffic data collection and analysis being done for the smart grid and Internet of things?
I currently have a list of 35,000 achronyms
Fanny are you a beekeeper? I am too..and that is my goal for with wireless monitoring
Thanks, very nice presentation.
security - ignoring data security - simple signal jammers
Thank you Fanny - interesting, new views.
Question for Fanny for tomorrow: Interest in techniques and low-cost test equipment to check for radio interference that could occur in 802.11 or other wireless standards. If Wi-Fi network is experiencing interference or impairment, how can we capture, observe, quantify this?
CyberAttack is possible from Communication as well as from High Power System. Are there any common strategy for security from so many directions?
thank you very much Fanny
@AJWeiner LOL
thank you Alex, till tomorrow
Thanks fanny for the clarification
thanks Fanny
thanks!! really enjoyed presentation.
@JM Ashcraft: 802.15.4g was appproved by IEEE on Mar 29th. 802.15.4k and 802.15.4m are WPANs currently at task group stage (http://www.ieee802.org/15/). 802.15.11ah and 11.ag sub-GHz WLAN
That is a very good question Alex!!!
Thanks for another great presentation.
Topic to cover Friday: Quick comparison of costs to sponsor organizations to use ZigBee, Bluetooth, NFC & other standards.
interested in developing small home projects using wireless technology. any suggestions on the best way to start, like development kits?
which technologies are most likely to end up on top in Fanny's opinion??
D block prison - well, there *are* Guard bands...
thanks fanny, another great presentation
Would like some comments on relative cost of using the various communications technologies.
Question for tomorrow: wireless standards for handset (mobile phone) compatibility? aside from the obvious wifi and bluetooth, any other standards poised for wide deployment (ex, ANT)?
Thank You Fanny
Fanny, that means Ps is also duplex
Thank you Fanny.
What are the companies make silicon for PS band radios?
Thanks a lot Fanny. Leart more from you.
Thanks for a great session!
which 802 standard is best to get involved in?
Thanks Fanny for your good and informative section
Fanny..plese recommand books on the subjects.
What makes 802.16/LTE have wider range than 802.11? Is it TX power?
Thank you Fanny!
Thanks much Fanny..you are really a great bank of knowledge.
Any organizations or bodies are there for standardization
side comment - valid8.com is working on test suites for P25 equipment
some public safety 911 centers had a problem tracking or determining the caller's location who are moving and using their cell phones, as they upgrade their equipment will this solve this problem?
It appears to me that the "heart" of the smartgrid from the perspective of an individual or business is their power meter. According to the smartgrid concept, the power company would be changing power rates dynamically and providing that information via the meter base for user-side devices to behave accordingly for. Is that true? Is there more to it? If so, the two critical pieces of information for design are how to get that information from the meter, and how to avoid colliding with your neighbor's information (sharing airspace as well as keeping all the devices in the correct network). Where do I find information about those two items.
What's the key to convince stable customers to switch from analog to digital network? cost? technoloy? base station?
@luizcosta - start here: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/21905.htm
Standardization seems so be a big challenge
why there is 2 C and D Block
just make sure you keep your bills paid
coast-coast LMR? There are utilities and sysytem integrators reusing 930 MHz paging band which provides for coast-coast coverage using mFSK modulation
what would be the best for instrumentation in a refinery or factory application?
interested in both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
How does RFID play in all this?
since the budget problem!
luiz - Newton's Telecom Dictionary
yes - internet of things, machine to machine communicatio
Smart frig would have to have everything rfid'd, something a lot of companies do not want to have the cost
700 MMhz is only for public saftey or any other dulex communication is possible
Are we still using LMR these days in US?
P25 is very interesting - came out of problems after 9/11 - allows intercommunication between first responders, as well as sub-groups within the radio
ACHRONYM DICTIONARY: I begining to look at developing an achronym dictionary in Telecom and IT. Any one intereste in contributing is welcome to send e-mail to email@example.com
sorry "generate" a shopping list
radio scanning was a fun way to spend weekend evenings, listening to police and the old analog cell phones.
I am interested in both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
think i remember seeing several years ago a refrigerator that would allow you to either scan a bar or enter information about its contents. you would then be able to generator a shopping list.
I don't want my appliances talking about me on the Internet "you should see the mess this guy left"
QoS: This is the biggest challenge, for the industry has abandoned solid telecom ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) technology, and embraced shared ethernet. What is your take on that?
I hope our power company is listening to this - would be good to have them repair outages faster!
Yes..Interested in the internet things.
slide 15 - especially interesting to see the mention of distributed power generation
time will help all things to integrate if we want them too.
IoT - How is your toaster feeling this morning ? How old is that milk in your refridgerator ? Hmmm, another solution looking for a problem.
it seems the "internet of things" is more immediately applicable to our infrastructors, i.e. utilties
I don't trust having all devices in my home/work/vehicle to be in constant communication and control to the outside environment. Too many ways for things to go wrong.
Yes,interested in internet of things
We will be looking at it to show status of fuel tanks or other devices
Internet of things for my personal usage initially: transmitting temperature and weather data. Maybe later for factory automation to transmit data.
yes, have a general interest in the Interet of Things. no direct apps yet.
are there tampering concerns with smart grid and/or AMI
(oops... spelling... * sense * )
Yes, IPv4 & IPv6
Yes interested in internet of things.
seems to me homeplug makes a lot of sence for a lot of this, rather than wireless
Sub GHz is going to be a better medium than 2.4 GHz for FAN / AMI and probably has advantages for HAN. Look at 802.15.4g and 802.15.4k for utility endpoint FAN / AMI.
Currently employing it.
General interest in Internet of Things at this point. No project plans at this point.
I see some of our potential customers needs access to their devices while away from the factory.
I don't see any alternative to be interested in the Internet of Things.
yes - internet of things, machine to machine communications, etc...
yeah we could use those super conducting wires we've been looking at for decades, right about now for better transmission lines. :-)
QUESTION: I don't see a wireless only communication world. Do you?
smart grid Goals, any plan to reduce the attenuation and transmission losess
wi fi, zig bee
Very nice slide on smart grid overview!
can bluetooth and zigbee use the same grid.
Wi-Fi and ZigBee
I am not sure. May be Zigbee for me? what protocol is suitable for low speed wireless sensor system?
Wireless CAN. Still looking for a good solution.
in learning mode so any protocol but like ip
6LoWPAN over 15.4 - look @IP500
can you compare PoE and homeplug?
protocols - those that apply to these technologies
Sorry, I'm a bit behind today... what is the best Smart Grid "general info" web site?
Interested in proprietary ZigBee-like protocols
IP and Bluetooth
ZigBee is high interest, but we may have to go smarter if the customer wants us to
Dash 7
wifi, zigbee
6LoWPAN over 802.15.4
8B/10B and parity bits
looking at 802.11 and 802.15.4
any certification programms are available for testing
i would imagine interoperability between all.
less interested in the application layer...
Slide #3EU ISM band is 863 - 870 MHz (Annex 1g of ERC 70-03)PRC ISM Bands 470 - 510 MHz, 702 - 787 MHz (15.4g targets 779 - 787 MHz of this upper band)Slide #8Si4432 is not a SiP / SoC
thanks for that information i always think power companies when i think smart grid. i will check out the other companies
Interoperatability between what, different grid or communication hub
Securing everything is what we do here.
sorry... safety critical
JM : Try different browser or restart browser/computer
Daniel is cool.
one point that we concentrate on here is failsafe operation in safty critical systems.
We do alot of work in the home power side, solar and wind mostly. Smart grid for that metering and extended aplications is what I am looking at.
Industrial applications eg. re-gen AC Drives
Home to multi-building environment for us.
More interested in smart metering than smart grid
no smart grid as yet
Why licence is not required?
I am looking a wirless solution for a multi-sensor project.
general understanding
Z-Wave can have big problems since it has only one possible narrowband channel. If it is blocked by interference, Z-Wave can't operate.
I don't know enough about smart grid to have a specific area of interest.
Mostly interested in home environment.
I'm implementing sensor networks with long range in harsh environments
interested in home applications
More towards the hom end.
I am interested in weighing the FTTH + wireless in the premisses versus Power Line Communications Wireless in the premisses.
What can be done to improve interference in these applications?
interested in sensor networks with a range of a couple of miles
echo problems...refresh didn't help. any suggestions?
"Home" end. (HAN)
QUESTION: Chip level of off the shelve choices mayl depend on the scale of deployment. If I have 5 years to deploy a smart grid application, would it be economical to go custom design for 55,000 homes?
Slide no.8
Noise and jamming technologies are the biggest issues we are fighting with
what slide are we on?
Is more than one Smart City in the USA?
narrower band operation is achieved by lowering clockspeed,what about the frequency changes
Probably using chipsets
We have our on design, since no one makes or uses the technology we use or require
no, maybe in the future
Last discussion about Smart Grid communication net was halted with security up to HV transmission system. Any new trends in this matter / security barriers?
I will be doing chipset too.
Yes, We have a group working on Smart Grid Tech
We are building consumer side ems using smart grid, remote environmental sensors and equipment consumption data
We probably will use something pre-assembled and set-up to match our sensors
Yes, would like to supply irrigation water level flow meters to irrigation company via periodic measuring devices. Long distances are involved with low accessibliity to power and maintenance.
No, no utility company smart grid products currently.
I will be buying the chip set.
no smart grid work at this time
No, not involved in smart grid
@luizcosta: Sorry, I missed what FTTH stand for?
not supplying
not doing any smart grid at this time
DO YOU SUPPLY UTILITIES OR COMPANIES WORKING ON SMART GRID? - no
I supply nothing to the Smart Grid. I'm just interrested in instrumentation to controller communtications.
no,maybe in the future
No "smart" grid..
not supplying to smart grid
I held a job as telecommunications engineer for the local BPW and may return to it in the near future.
Not involved with utilities.
no networking or RF products, yet...
Supply to smart grid: no
Not currently a supplier. Again, stopping at prototype stage
Don't work with smart grid suppliers
I do't now.
No - We are not suppliers to utilities for smart grid
@alex - can you post the question
no supply to smartgrid
no, not sure this will be in my future
Nothing to utilities for smart grid at this time.
Its in the plan.
No sorry
Interested in the blend of wireless FTTH in the public utility setting.
Long distance people --- (>2miles), how are you planning on doing that? WRT regulations and power consumption. Do some of those standards account for up to 25 mile transmissions?
QUESTION: Are there any traffic study for the smart grid?
I MAINTAIN hardware for outdoor control applications.
interested in learning more about wireless networks
@Laith, try browser refresh. it does that to me too.
How wide? Factory, Warehouse Management System.
Low traffic. 10+ APs. 20-50 clients/AP (range).
@Laith -- Reload the page.
no large area applications
Would Indoor applications include factory monitoring devices such as transducers?
I will listen to the class archived, Iall I can hear is blogtalkradio over and over
I'm a hardware system architect in area of commercial building automation.
Yes, doing up to 1 sq mile campus settings
My is long range 1- 25 mile, for remote robotic communications, passing controls, video, and audio signals, all being encrypted 256 bit rolling keys
Large area? It would depend on how large factory was.
Not yet
Im' hw/fw
wide area data transmission from moving vehicles
I am a graduate student. My interest in radio communications is for robotics communications and also home area networking. Currently no large area networks planned.
my apps stay indoors, be they wired or wireless. factory floor stuff
large area app - none
Smart grid- collection of communication hub or any other forms of grids
no immediate application, just building my problem solving toolbox and getting ready for anything that may move quickly.
No Large Area Apps
Not yet. Small design-proto shop. However, products may involve networked devices using 802.11ah or 802.11g standard. Plant automation...
Not presently
Yes - large area applications
Not yet.
HW. Large area - No.
I'm primarily software, some embedded in past - today just looking just for general information
large area no
Nope - not doing any large area apps
@JSP thanks you for clarifying :)
large area applications: not doing
we ARE not doing large grid applications, we are shooting for the factory applications
no large area apps, less than 100 meters radius
Hello Fanny
large area applications - no
Moron Points?
I'm Software/DSP
@Nancy - about 200m, 1km+ with Yagi.
I clicked PLAY on Design news radio, I am getting a repeated message
software, standars, specification, planning, design
embedded s/w
could you remind me of the difference between ah and 4g?
any paqrticular reason for selecting 900MHZ range
both Hardware and Software
Audio is loud and clear...
hardware & firmware development support
Hardware, firmware, software...
what is the operating rand or 915 MHz?
Mostly HW
Audio? Only "talk Radio pound"
hardware and software
Hello everyone!
mostly hardware, firmware support, lots of testing/debug for both
experience in both want to know about smart meterring
Hardware and firmware.
Hardware with some software used in remote robotic comm
Embedded systems design, both HW and SW.
Hardware industrail PLC systems
both hardware and software
What part do I play? I _am_ the dev team :-D
hardware and firmware
embedded software
Is the audio working? I all I hear is "last hope radio"
Primarily hardware.
Software motion control
Hello again. Let's see if I get audio today....
Hope to get into Smart Grid
hello wireless people
Good afternoon Alex & Fanny
Hello All.
I am looking forward to today's presentation.
Yes, Gene Wilder was funny.
@danlafleur - Young Frankenstein - hilareous
Good afternoon everyone
hallow everybody
Hello Fanny. Hello everyone. I am here.
The monster is alive? sounds like a great movie!
I'm looking forward to understanding using the 915 MHz band for smart metering and industrial controls!
Howdy folks! :)
@danlafleur - He's alive! He's alive! ; ^ ) - guess the movie
good morning
hello everyone, looking forward to todays presentation.
Hi all
Good morning all, I'm happy to be here live today.
hello from sunny MIAMI
Good morning from Modesto, CA
Good Day everyone from beautiful VA!
Hi All
hello everyone
Welcome back, everyone.
Hello Everyone!
Good afternoon!
Good day from Tucson... I have to admit, this has been the best presentation of data so far, thank you Digi-key, Alex and Fanny...
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Photo of wife carrying legless Marine goes viral
Picture posted to Facebook receives thousands of likes, hundreds of comments
A photo of a legless former U.S. Marine being carried on his wife's back is going viral and inspiring thousands.
Jesse Cottle joined the Marine Corps in August 2003, and lost his legs in Afghanistan while on patrol in 2009.
"About five hours into that patrol, into that mission, I was struck by an anti-personnel IED," Cottle told Boise, Idaho, TV station KTVB. "It was a pressure plate, I stepped on it and lost both legs right away."
One of his fellow Marines was wearing a helmet camera, and the explosion that injured Cottle was caught on tape.
"I remember most everything," he said "I was awake the whole time."
Cottle met his future bride, Kelly, during his recovery. She was a swimmer for Boise State and the pair met during a swim meet in San Diego.
"I just remember being very intrigued by him," Kelly Cottle said. "He was just very different and not just because of his legs, just who he was."
They were married last year and now make their home in San Diego.
Recently, while in Idaho visiting Kelly's family, they took family portraits, and the photographer suggested a photo in the water.
"So we said 'Well, you can just pop off your legs and get on one of our backs and we'll take you in' ... because that's just how we get around sometimes, like at the beach," Kelly Cottle told KTVB. "It's just pretty normal, so he hopped back on my back and then Sarah's like 'oh, we'll take some couples shots.'"
The photographer posted one of those shots on her Facebook page, and now it's blown up online.
The picture has received thousands of likes, and hundreds of shares and comments.
One comment reads: "God bless the both of you and thank you tremendously for your sacrifice for our freedom, you are a hero."
Jesse Cottle said the outpouring of support has been humbling.
"It's cool because we represent a lot of people, couples that are going through the same thing, and so it's just an honor to be able to represent that," his wife said.
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Last night's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Jason Donovan was an enjoyable and interesting programme, but not outstanding. For me this series has so far lacked any really memorable (for the right reason) episodes.
I was a little surprised to find Jason Donovan on the UK version of the show rather than the Australian version, but that didn't really matter as I was keen to learn a bit more about Australian family history. Whilst we learnt quite a bit about convicts (was anyone really surprised that he had at least one convict ancestor?), I would have liked to learnt more about everyday records, like those of birth, marriage and death.
That being said the stories uncovered were interesting, focusing mainly on three individuals, the two earliest ancestors being different sides of the same coin, convict and guard. It was the second of these, William Cox, that provided the most interesting story, travelling to Australia with his family and ending up as a pioneer paving the way for the growth of the Australian nation.
I was a bit confused by the preview of programme which said that they uncovered a miscarriage of justice, sure the punishment of transportation was harsh, but there was no indication why this should be seen as inappropriate for the time or any irregularities in the trial.
This episode did produce my favourite line of the series so far, when Jason told his first cousin once removed that he had been "too interested in myself for too long". I don't think it is just Jason that feels this, I think many people at one time or another realise this is case and wants to find out more about where they came from.


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Coleen Reed insists she was shy as a child and even in middle age, when she moved to Aiken around 1996.
There's nothing shy about her now.
With a vivid smile and shock of white hair in a ponytail, Reed is one of the most engaging, funniest people you're likely to meet.
You may have seen her as the leprechaun who walks around the downtown area on St. Patrick's Day or as an elf during the Night of 1,000 Lights.
At the Battle of Aiken, you may have seen Coleen dressed as a union lady — the mother of Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
She's enormously entertaining, but that's not why Reed is Aiken Standard's 2012 Person of the Year.
Since the late 1990s, Reed has thrown her passion for life and history into the community in many ways. Thanks to her initiatives, several facilities have found their way into historic registries.
Also, give Reed much of the credit for the revitalization of the Farmers' Market, as well as the key role of saving the historic Gaston Livery Stable farther down on Richland Avenue.
Over the past few years, Reed was instrumental with others in cleaning up Pine Lawn Cemetery off Hampton Avenue and documenting the hundreds of graves of blacks that date back more than 150 years.
Reed is an active board member for the Aiken Downtown Development Association and provided enormous assistance to the Aiken County Historical Museum's Horse Creek documentary and its Hickory-Shafted Golf Tournament. She has strongly supported a black history museum project and many other community efforts.
In a way, Reed has a kind of connection to novelist Jack Finney, author of the 1970 time-travel story, "Time and Again." Finney described how a downtown scene from one day to the next would have only the most minuscule changes, yet, if one went back 20, 50 or even 80 years, he might still find fabrics of the past still decorating the present.
That's how Reed looks at the world within her community.
"All of this goes together," she said. "Aiken is a tapestry and, even if you pull one thread, the story never stops. It's such a great place, and everybody's lines are tied together. You learn so much."
Reed spends much of her time taking care of her 85-year-old mother and her mom's twin sister. Yet, she still devotes endless hours on all her historical timetrips within Aiken.
She credits much of that to her parents, who lived the military life.
"My father found me under a Nebraska cornfield," Reed claimed with glee as she described their homes in Texas, Massachusetts and New Jersey. "We also had to have debates in the family," she said. "My dad would take one side, and then we have to switch sides one day to another. It was a great way to grow up, discussing things and seeing the different perspectives."
Reed went to nursing school but also appreciates how her father taught her about automotive mechanics. She could change tires and pull the engine from an Alfa Romeo, becoming her dad's right-hand person. Along the way, she learned how to be a potter's apprentice, too.
Long before the term "Women's Lib" came into existence, Reed was living it, not just through her skills in "men's work" but through her sense of history and her strong opinions. She was furious to hear about the camps that held Japanese-Americans during World War II. Her junior high school teacher told Reed that didn't happen, and she did the research to confirm that reality. Over time, she explored the stories about blacks and women and saw perspectives that were so different from the formal histories told in past eras.
Her mother and late father, Doris and Bill Reed, moved to Aiken in 1968. Reed loved the community during her visits here.
After moving to Aiken, she met longtime resident Rosamund McDuffie and soon learned about the Farmers Market. That building dated back to 1952 and was similar to the now-renovated train depot not far away. McDuffie was eager to preserve the market and get it designated it as a local landmark.
"The city was talking about tearing the market down," Reed said. "Rosamund said 'no' and sent me on a crusade."
She was so energetic and proved capable of managing and helping with the market, McDuffie said.
"The market has increased in value and with some needed restrictions on it," McDuffie said. "It's been such a good improvement, and now we feel very secure there. Coleen has been a great addition in so many ways. My daughter and I went to the market (Saturday), and we found the collard greens were already sold out."
More recently, Reed began to work just as diligently on the Gaston Livery Barn, just a few blocks from the market. It's one of just five all-brick barns in South Carolina and was constructed around 1893. Reed was worried that the barn, which needed extensive repairs, might be sold to a future owner and torn down.
Friends told her that she had to do something, and Reed contacted friends McDuffie, museum director Elliott Levy, historian Allen Riddick and construction firm owner Paul Sauerborn. Remarkably, they and others have brought the barn back to life.
"We raised $500 for a survey, because the building was not going to come down," Reed said. "Less than a year later, we negotiated with Southern Bank & Trust for $165,000 and two acres. The bank was awesome, and it's all been pretty cool."
Reed has served as the project's president and was thrilled to see the Gaston barn become part of the city's historic register.
Levy, too, has enjoyed Reed's dedication and courage, as well as her willingness to take on so many worthwhile projects while taking care of her mother and aunt.
"Coleen may not have a lot of wealth or power, but she puts in her energy, elbow grease and enthusiasm," said Levy.
For more than seven years, Reed brought an astonishing devotion to the Pine Lawn Cemetery. She, Hallie Holland and many others committed countless hours to cleaning up the site and recording many of blacks interred there. Reed also works on the board of the Center for African American History, Art and Culture.
At Pine Lawn, she has been determined to find the tombstone of the Rev. W.R. Cole, a Presbyterian minister who started the Immanuel Institute for black children's education in the late 1800s. The school is now the center on York Street.
Hallie Holland praised Reed as an astute historian; her work helped get Pine Lawn on the city's historic register.
"We can always depend on her," Holland said. "She has a responsibility for our register, which now has 1,300 graves. Thanks to her documentation and photos, it helps us locate all of them. Coleen takes the work she's doing very seriously."
That's what people may not recognize: The bubbly, friendly Reed also cares deeply about her adopted community and does far more for it than most people know.
But she does appreciate the fun opportunities. The documentary-drama "Edgewood – Stage of Southern History," was filmed a few years ago. It describes the Edgefield County plantation house that now serves as the Pickens-Salley House on USC Aiken's campus. Carla Cloud, the Aiken Downtown Development Association executive director, portrayed the second owner of the home, Eulalie Salley.
Reed was among five very amused women playing the parts of the "Tipsy Tea Ladies" in a scene with Cloud as Salley.
"She's like the energizer bunny," Cloud said of her friend. "Coleen is quite often like a kid in a candy store, and you can see her face light up as she giggles. But she is so valuable, bringing a huge passion for historic preservation."
AIKEN STANDARD FILE PHOTO Coleen Reed, seated third from left, brings her enthusiasm to the Tipsy Ladies scene from Edgewood: Stage of Southern History. Reed was named Aiken Standards Person of the Year for her wide-ranging contributions to the community.×


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