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AUSTEN submachine gun (machine carbine in contemporary terminology) was an urgent development, carried in Australia during earlier stages of World War 2 in the anticipation of possible Japanese invasion. It was based on British STEN submachine gun (the AUSTEN means Australian STEN), although some features (i.e. return spring guide, pistol grip and underfolding stock) were copied from the German MP40. About 20 thousands of AUSTEN Mk.1 submachine guns were manufactured during the WW2, but it was unable to achieve popularity of its main domestic rival, the Owen submachine gun, as the Owen was much more reliable, especially under the extreme environmental conditions of jungle warfare.
The AUSTEN submachine gun is a simple blowback weapon, firing from open bolt in semi-automatic or full automatic modes. The return spring is located insite the telescoping tubular guide, as in the German MP40. The fire mode selector is located on the right side of the trigger housing, above the trigger guard. The STEN-type box magazine is inserted horizontally from the left, ejection is to the right. AUSTEN submachine gun is equipped with two pistol grips and an underfolding metallic buttstock. The struts of the buttstock are hollow and hold inside a small screwdriver and a cleaning rod. The sights are of simple design, and not adjustable for range.


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April 22, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - This weekend a select group of Bulldogs will compete in the 115th Annual Penn Relays. Hosted by Penn, the three-day long Carnival takes place on Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. It is the largest and longest-running track meet in the world, and this year almost 250 colleges will send athletes, along with nearly 1,000 high schools and athletes from around the world, to total more than 22,000 entries. Yale will send three relay teams and several individual competitors.
The Penn Relays have their start in a 1895 meet to inaugurate the opening of Franklin Field. According to the official Penn Relays website, Penn first hosted a relay race in 1893 as a way to make its usual competition more exciting, with four men each running a quarter mile. Two years later they invited high schools and colleges to a day of nine events: four for collegiate runners, four for high schoolers and the collegiate championship race. The NCAA Championships were not held until 1921, so Penn Relays was the only place for competition from around the country for many years.
In 1910 "Carnival" was officially added to the event's name because of the tent camp that evolved from spectators and athletes coming together around Franklin Field. Until 1913, there were no passing zones and no batons involved; the athlete running a succeeding leg would stand on the starting line and wait to be tagged.
Women competed for the first time in 1962, though a broad range of events was not developed until 1968. The Relays switched to metric events in 1976.
The Penn Relays are responsible for making relays a central part of track and field competition. They set the standard for adding relays to the 1912 Olympic program. A more in-depth history of the meet can be found here.
This year Yale will send 4x100-meter, 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relay teams. All relay competitors compete first in heats, and the fastest eight teams in each heat compete the next day in the Championship of America final. The next eight teams in the ECAC compete in the ECAC Championship final, and then the closest eight teams following the above compete in the College final. For the 4x400-meter relay there is also a separate Heptagonal event.
Last year Yale's 4x800-meter relay team made it to the Championship of America final, and finished in 8:53.55 for seventh place amongst the best college teams in the country. The team included Meredith Leenhouts '08, sophomore Kate Grace, senior Kathryn Schleckser and junior Stephany Reaves.
Yale's distance medley relay team also finished well last year, as the team of Grace (1200m), Mary Kuder '08 (400m), Reaves (800m) and Leenhouts (1600m) finished in 11:30.34, which is one of the fastest times in the event in Yale history.
Bulldogs also ran in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays, finishing in times of 48.82 and 3:50.18, respectively.
In individual events, senior Jennifer Lin competed in the 400-meter hurdles. This year, Lin qualified for the ECAC Championships in the event with a time of 1:02.04 at the Harvard-Yale vs. Oxford-Cambridge meet over a week ago, and she may be trying to get close to the NCAA regional standard this weekend, which is about two seconds faster than her current time.
Other Bulldogs who have recently competed well individually include 3,000-meter steeplechase competitors Bevin Peters (senior) and Anne Lovelance (freshman). Peters also qualified for the ECAC Championships on April 10th in a personal best of 10:50.48. Lovelace won the steeplechase last weekend against Harvard in 11:02.50.
Sophomore Grace should be an outstanding athlete in whatever distance she competes in. She performs well in both sprints and middle to long-distance events: last weekend she both qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 1,500-meter run in a personal best of 4:30.31 and anchored Yale's 4x100-meter relay. Grace has already qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in her signature event, the 800-meter run.
Junior Claudia Duncan won the 400-meter dash at Harvard last weekend in 56.32 seconds, and has run it faster. She should also be a big help in the relays, which is what she has mostly been running.
The historic race is always a good place for personal records and late qualifying times for championships. The Bulldogs will all be testing themselves against the top athletes in the country, as well as against other Ivy League competitors. This year they will all be paying especially close attention because the Heptagonal Championships will also be hosted by Penn at Franklin Field on May 9 and 10.
Events start on Thursday and end Saturday. A complete schedule of events can be found here. Results will be posted live at ThePennRelays.com and will be posted on YaleBulldogs.com at the end of each day of competition.
On Sunday Yale will host the Springtime Invitational. Held every year on the Sunday after Penn Relays at the Cuyler-Dwyer track complex, this is the Bulldogs' last meet before Heptagonal Championships May 9-10.
Bulldogs who do not compete at Penn Relays will have fresh legs before the home crowd, while some of those who will travel to Philadelphia will take the day off.
Field events will start at 10 a.m. and running events at 12 p.m. There are no set times for the following events; the meet will run on an open schedule where each event will start as soon as the last one has cleared the track. Buses will be available to transport spectators between Payne Whitney Gym and the track complex every 15 minutes, starting at 8:00 a.m.
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Distribution of Active Volcanoes Exercise
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This worksheet is intended to direct students working independently in a 6-week volcano exercise within an online geology course. The exercise consists of a series of questions plus helpful links and a map. The students collect and plot data, then interpret the results and answer questions about the geologic causes and the human effects of volcanic eruption. The exercise includes role-playing (individual) and a virtual field trip.
Learning Goals
- Acquaint students with the distribution of volcanoes and its relationship to Earth's tectonic plates.
- Explain what hot spots are.
- Stress the different types of plate boundaries.
- Teach students about volcanoes as a geologic hazard.
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Teaching Materials
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Interactive approaches to role-playing that involve volcanoes are:
- The Sleeping Mountain: which includes some specific information and links on the dangers of living (or even investing) near a Cascades volcano
- Eruption


text: Do you remember those books? So many different versions of basically the same thing. I think I had the teenage version. I may have read like one story and the poems in the beginning of each chapter before getting bored with it. I do like the comforting words I read and hear from my friends, family, and other bloggers about success and striving to do well in life, but I do not need a book to read to remind me of that. I just need to learn the lessons of everyday life in everyday life. As I said before, live each day to its fullest and just live day by day. It will make you feel good that each new day is different and you just have to take it easy. I know that is so cliché, but it's the truth. You have to find what you love and make it your life. I feel that it is important to like the things you do each and every day. Stay true to yourself and believe in yourself. Since I've been sick for a few days now, I have had some time to think about life in this way. It's weird the way your brain works when you are sick. Anyway, this is my bit of advice and words of inspiration to you all. Have a great day!


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The writers over at US Pro Cycling News (myself included) will be doing daily recaps of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of California.
On the last day of the Tour of California, during a stage that was destined to end in a bunch sprint, Chris Horner's top podium spot was in no danger, but his team did not just sit back- they worked on the front for much of race. Their work contributed to the break being pulled back and the inevitable bunch sprint. While Sky started out the perfect lead out for their sprinter, Greg Henderson, Leigh Howard of HTC-Highroad was able to start his lead out for Matt Goss in front of them, and slow them down enough to allow Goss an uncontested sprint to the line. Check out Fitzalan's recap!
Top 5 Stage results
- Matt Goss AUS (HTC-Highroad)
- Peter Sagan SVK (Liquigas-Cannondale)
- Greg Henderson NZL (Sky)
- Oscar Freire SPA (Rabobank)
- Kevin Lacombe CAN (Team Spidertech)
- Chris Horner USA (RadioShack)
- Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack) at 38 sec
- Tom Danielson USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 2:45
- Christian Vande Velde USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 3:18
- Tejay Van Garderen USA (HTC-Highroad) at 3:23
- Peter Sagan
- Greg Henderson NZL (Sky)
- Ben Swift GBR (Sky)
- Matt Goss AUS (HTC-Highroad)
- Juan Jose Haedo ARG (Saxo Bank Sungard)
- Pat McCarty USA (Spidertech)
- Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack)
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A Los Angeles judge heard arguments Friday over her tentative ruling this week denying
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos took the case under submission following the morning hearing, which came three months after jurors decided AEG was not responsible for Jackson's death.
Palazuelos issued her tentative 44-page ruling Thursday. When the judge makes her final decision, the parties will have 30 days to file an appeal.
In their civil case, Katherine Jackson and her grandchildren claimed AEG negligently hired and controlled
The jurors had to answer yes to five questions on the form to find AEG liable in Jackson's death.
The Jackson family filed a motion seeking a new suit last month, after four of the jurors gave sworn statements saying they found the verdict form confusing.
"I believed that Mrs. Jackson had proven her case against AEG Live. Despite this fact, I had no way of voting in favor of the plaintiffs because of the way the verdict form was worded," one juror said in a declaration filed with the motion.
Attorneys representing the Jacksons focused much of their arguments Friday on that verdict form, saying it limited jurors from fully considering the evidence at hand. Rather, they said, the second question only allowed jurors to focus on Murray's competence and expectations when he was hired — not whether they changed after the fact.
Attorney Deborah Chang called it a "major, major problem" that "cut us off at the knees."
AEG's attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina kept her arguments brief, saying there was no need for a new trial. It was the Jackson team, she argued, who including the language of the disputed question in drafts of the verdict form and jury instructions.
Chang said there was no way to improve the question, arguing it should have been ignored because the case overall was "too complicated and too strange" for the verdict form used.
Both sides — along with the judge — acknowledged the difficulty of the trial, which stretched nearly six months. They made multiple references to the often-heated back-and-forth, with Chang calling the case a "fight to the bitter, bitter end."
"There will never be another case like this again," Chang said. "Maybe part of the reason why is there will never be someone like Michael Jackson and Dr. Murray, and the whole situation with AEG Live."
Times staff writer Jeff Gottlieb contributed to this report.


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I don't know if this is the correct place to post this, or if I should post it at all but it may be of interest.
Becoming fedup with Microsoft windows I decided to look at Linux, so 2 weeks ago I got a few distro ISO's to install in turn to see what goes on.
To sum up, I like Ubuntu's new release, 8.04.1, so I got a book on it and a few other things.
Then I heard of wine and Crossover, they are 2 programs that will allow some MSoft programs to run in Linux. Crossover is more stable than wine so I installed the demo of Crossover.
Pocomail is one of my favourite - and an essential - program in windows therefore it was the first one I tried in Crossover, after a few hiccups due to my great lack of knowledge of things Linux and making errors, I got it to work.
Yes, the "latest" version of PocoMail works in Linux in Crossover.


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Like all seemingly good ideas, the concept for the Titanic was conjured up over cocktails. In 1907, J. Bruce Ismay and Lord James Pierre decided to build the vast vessel along with two sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic, for a line of the largest luxury ships ever built.
We all know how that ended:
Join us to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in the most appropriate way possible – with a cocktail party.
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Also onboard? Captain Smith and the famous Mrs. Molly Brown. Be sure to chat up these two characters and ask them about their experience aboard – but be sensitive, and remember that Captain Smith went down with the ship.
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Proposed new Chapters are required to have a minimum number of Members (7), an Application for a new Chapter will only be processed where the minimal number of Members has been achieved. Members may be drawn from any existing Chapter or Chapter nominees to be made up after the Chapter is formed. During the probationary period they cannot mentor new Probationary Chapters. They must also prove that they can abide by the rules and ethos of the Club prior to being granted their Charter (Nat Constitution 15).
There has been keen interest from ex Military motorcyclists to re-establish the Tasmanian Chapter of PAMMC. If you are an Ex Patriot & had to resign when the old Chapter closed down, here is an opportunity to rejoin & experience the camaraderie you enjoyed before. Please contact the National Secretary at firstname.lastname@example.com for further details.
The Patriots are a motorcycle club for regular, reserve and ex-serving members of the defence force (Army, Navy and Air Force) Patriots Australia has been around since 1993 and were established because at one time or another, most of us would have liked to join an established club, but found that due to constant postings, this became difficult to achieve.


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Obama's Inauguration to Take Place One Day Later Than Normal
President Barack Obama is adding an asterisk to his name in the history books.
His inauguration will be only the seventh time that the constitutionally mandated date for a president's swearing-in -- Jan. 20 -- has fallen on a Sunday. So, following tradition, the inauguration will be on Monday, Jan. 21.
The adjustment puts Obama in league with President Ronald Reagan, whose second inauguration in 1985 also was changed from Sunday to Monday.
When the Constitution required a March 4 swearing-in, the first president to move his inauguration to Monday was James Monroe on March 5, 1821. After the 20th Amendment changed the inauguration to Jan. 20, Dwight Eisenhower and Reagan held private swearings-in on Sundays that fell on Jan. 20 and then held public ceremonies the following day.
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Set Your DVR: Weekend EditionPosted by bmulvihill on December 7th, 2012
Brendon Mulvihill is the head curator for @SportsGawker and an RTC contributor. You can find him @TheMulv on Twitter. See bottom of the post for the Official RTC Star System.
With a month to go in the non-conference season, we are starting to sort out the contenders from the pretenders. This weekend provides some additional match-ups that will give us a better indication of which teams we should watch out for come March. Let's get to the breakdowns.
Colorado at #10 Kansas – 2:00 PM EST, Saturday on ESPN2 (***)
- You might call this game a renewal of a Big 12 rivalry but the reality is that it has been far from a "rivalry." Kansas has not lost to Colorado since the 2002-03 season. While this will be the first time that CU plays Kansas as a member of the Pac-12, coach Tad Boyle is 0-3 against the Jayhawks since taking the helm in Boulder two seasons ago. The big question for the Buffaloes will be how they handle KU center Jeff Withey. A few weeks ago, CU was able to slow down another seven-footer in Isaiah Austin when they defeated Baylor. However, Withey is not a freshmen trying to fit himself into "The Pierre Jackson Show." He's a senior who has proven to be a dominant force on defense and a capable offensive threat. Withey also cleans up on the glass, particularly on the defensive end. Colorado needs to figure out how to grab some of those misses lest it become a long night. Keep an eye on the three-point shooting of Colorado guards Askia Booker and Spencer Dinwiddie. Both are threats from deep and both need to be on target to have a chance to win this one.
Temple vs. #1 Duke – 3:15 PM EST, Saturday on ESPN (****)
- Last season, Temple beat Duke in Philadelphia on the backs of Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson and Khalif Wyatt. Hollis-Jefferson and Wyatt combined to go 15-22 from the field in a somewhat surprising upset of the Blue Devils. The Owls also did it without this season's leading scorer, Scootie Penn. However, when you compare this Duke team to last season's team, they are more balanced and more patient without Austin Rivers dominating the ball. The Blue Devils have scoring threats all over the floor and point guard Quinn Cook is proving to be an excellent distributor. Additionally, Mason Plumlee has been superb. The key for the Owls will be figuring out a way to stop Plumlee in the paint. Unfortunately for Temple, scoring can come from anywhere when playing the Blue Devils. They are too balanced and too battle tested at this point to drop one to the Owls this year.


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is it authentic or not?5. Ten Non-Virtuous States of Mind (The Recitation on Self Discipline)
This is done individually. Contemplate:
Reflecting on my own life, I should abandon those heart-states in which bad actions accumulate, namely the realms of hells, animals, hungry ghosts, fighting entities, mundane life, heavens, evil spirits, hinayana followers, professional priests, and conflicting emotions.


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Peter and four friends challenged each other to wear the scariest costumes for Halloween this year. The only rule was that they had to make their own costume. Each one went as a creature of the night... and boy, did they come up with some good ones! They planned to meet, decide which one of them was scariest, and then go trick or treating together. Their meeting place, of course, was the graveyard after dark and they did a royally good job scaring each other before heading out to trick or treat. Determine the full name of each boy (one boy's first name was James), what kind of creature each dressed up as (one was a mummy), and the order in which they placed for their impromptu scary costume contest.
1. Don's costume was deemed the scariest so he got 1st place but he wasn't a ghost.
2. Harvey Parker wasn't the werewolf.
3. The vampire got third place. Peter Jones didn't wear the ghost costume.
4. The zombie costume was worn by the boy whose last name was Smith.
5. Martin's last name wasn't Hayes.
6. The boy whose last name was Elliot had a costume which placed one higher than the werewolf but two lower than Peter's costume.
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The About.com's Scottish Genealogy Resource page led me to a Gazetteer of Scotland which helped me find out the names for places in Scotland in various time periods.
About half-way in the article it lists this resource for finding parish names. Gazetteer for Scotland called Scottish Places. This is the source for this reference.
Ordnance Gazetteer
of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and
Historical, edited by
Francis H. Groome
and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works,
Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885.
I discovered that I can't always decipher the place names on the vital records or the census. My 2nd great grandfather, William Beveridge, master shoemaker was born in Fife, Scotland but what it says for the parish, I couldn't make sense of. It turns out to be Parish #16, ABDIE which translates to "abbey lands".
The 1881 census (LDS) that I paid to see via Scotland's People lists his birthplace as GIBDE in both the index at Ancestry.com and at the "index image" of this census at Scotland's People. According to books that I have here in my library, the 1881 census images are only available when you actually to to Scotland at the General Register Office.
Please notice that BEVERIDGE is spelled without the E in this "index image" despite the index at Ancestry.com where I found this family listed. The 1881 census was taken the night of 3/4 April 1881. At first, I thought, that is why there are two grandsons listed for this household. Maybe Annie's sister Margaret worked the night shift. She was the wife of James RITCHIE and he died in 1881, so there was no one to tend to William B. RITCHIE at night.
But, this is not the only problem to solve. Ann is unmarried and (yikes) her first born son is living with her at 52 Hadden St. in Woodside, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. She did not marry until November.
I hope you noticed that both grandson's were named for their grandfather.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Scottish Genealogy Overview
2 comments:
- Jo said...
You have 2 options for the 1881 Census on the ScotlandsPeople website, Midge. You can search the originals, as with the other Census years, or opt to see the LDS transcript, which is a little cheaper, but the indexing is not so good :-)
- Midge Frazel said...
I did see that but since the name was spelling incorrectly, I didn't find it right away so I moved to the LDS 1881 census. My credits are getting low. Sigh.
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Better than one?
Each years hundreds of thousands of sea turtle eggs hactch along Florida's beaches. Every once in a while, biologists come across unusual deformed turtles. Sadly, the turtle died after a few hours out of the nest. A CT Scan of this hatchling showed that the two heads were perfectly normal, but they shared a pair of lungs and a single heart.
Saying goodbye
Taking a peak
Loggerhead hatchling
Covering her nest
Nesting loggerhead
Green sea turtle
Hatchling green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) crawling into the surf on wet sand
Typical summer morning
Loggerhead sea turtle
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Hatchlings have a rough journey
Hawksbill hatchling
Exiting the nest
Loggerhead and hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings
Pair of hatchlings
Post hatchling Loggerhead
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) post hatchling in reha tank
Hatchling Loggerhead sea turtle
Loggerhead nesting at night
Army of turtles
Leave me alone! Crusty old girl
Juvenile Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Loggerhead with watersout
Newly hatched loggerhead
Crawling hatchling
Loggerhead - pretty eyes
finishing her nest
Loggerhead flipper radiograph showing PIT tag
Looking at you
Loggerheads crawling towards the ocean
Female loggerhead nesting
Loggerheads on Sargassum
Almost there
Nesting at night
Loggerhead nesting at Coral Cove
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America's financial system is based on fiat money- it has no intrinsic value, but has been merely declared to have value. It is not backed by any kind of asset (like silver or gold).
Worthless fiat money is accompanied by 'legal tender' laws. This means that there is law requiring everyone to accept the money in commerce, under the threat of fine or imprisonment.
The Federal Reserve System is a cartel; not a government ownd agency. A cartel is an agreement between parties to abstain from competition with each other. Like OPEC, no one owns "the Fed", it is merely an agreement between private parties.
The Federal Reserve creates money based on the promise of the government to repay the money created. It is a debt instrument.
Long ago, gold merchant bankers discovered that when they held gold for their clients, the clients retrieved their gold only 10% of the time, preferring to keep it in a safe warehouse. So the gold merchants began to create credit receipts based on their clients' gold deposits, and collected interest on it. Since that time, bankers have used "fractional reserves", retaining a percentage (fraction) of the gold or money deposited (reserves) with them and creating receipts for many times the amount of money deposited.
In modern times, the fractional reserve trick is used by commercial banks to create money out of thin air, usually at a 9:1 ratio. The deposit is kept at the bank as the "reserve" and new money is made through creative bookkeeping: 9 times the amount of the deposit is magically entered into the asset column and the bank then makes this new money available for loans.
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If legal tender laws were repealed, and silver, gold or other types of currencies or assets were allowed to be traded, that would create competing currencies and would be the gateway for a free market. Additionally, banks should be clearinghouses for transactions only, instead of having the power to create money.
GAMEPLAN: Collectivist bankers have engineered the financial meltdown in order to bankrupt individuals, cities, counties and states in order to make them dependent upon the federal government. The federal government is ever expanding, and contrary, in most cases, to the Constitution, which was designed to limit Congress. The federal government has deep ties with the United Nations and is moving us toward global government and loss of sovereignty.
But they need our help to do it. Power has been given up voluntarily.
The goal of the collectivists is total control over all resources, especially money and commerce/ trade. There is plenty of evidence, in their own words, calling for a one world currency. The model for this is the European Union's currency- the Euro.
There is additional evidence that the collectivists plan to use energy credits as currency. This scheme is based in debt: individuals would receive an allotment of credits to be used for energy every month. If the allotment is not used by the end of the month, the credits disappear (similar to cell phone minutes). The collectivists plan to control how many credits are allotted to each individual and business. The "Smart Growth" action plan is to install meters that measure electricity energy usage during the day, and can be controlled remotely, meaning that your energy could be cut off by the will of the collectivists.


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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Billionaire James Irsay, the 54-year-old owner of the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts, was jailed early on Monday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance, authorities said.
Police stopped Irsay on Sunday night for driving at a slow pace, halting in the roadway and failing to signal a turn. He was arrested after failing several roadside field-sobriety tests, police in Carmel, Indiana, said in a statement.
A search of his vehicle yielded multiple prescription drugs that didn't match the labels on any of the prescription-pill bottles found, police said.
"Deepest thx to family, friends, fans, colleagues for the messages of support, thoughts and prayers," Irsay said Monday afternoon on Twitter. "Impossible to tell u how much this means."
Irsay was arrested on the preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and four counts of possession of a controlled substance, the Hamilton County prosecuting attorney's office said in a statement.
"The state has not filed formal charges at this time," the prosecuting attorney's office said. "Unless or until charges are filed, no further comment will be made."
Irsay was booked into the Hamilton County jail early on Monday on those preliminary charges, according to Hamilton County jail records. Irsay posted a cash bond and was released from the jail Monday afternoon, the sheriff's office said.
His initial hearing is set for March 26 at the Hamilton County Judicial Center in Noblesville, prosecutors said.
Forbes magazine listed Irsay's net worth at about $1.6 billion as of March. The Colts team said in a statement on Monday they were still gathering information about the incident.
"The team will issue additional statements when the facts are sorted and we are aware of the next steps to this process," the Colts' statement said. "Many fans have reached out to express their concern and we appreciate their support."
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Very few people can claim to love BloodRayne as a franchise, and there's a reason for that. The original titles were critically derided, the series of Uwe Boll movies are particularly grotesque, and the comic books are obscure as Hell. However, when someone's looking for fans of BloodRayne, they need look no further than myself.
So, when news of a new BloodRayne game dropped, I was beyond excited. The fact that it appeared to be taking its cues from Castlevania was an added bonus, and the stage was set for a game that would finally make BloodRayne a respectable series as opposed to an eternally guilty pleasure.
However, this game's name -- Betrayal -- is stunningly appropriate, because I feel like I've been stabbed in the back.
BloodRayne: Betrayal (PlayStation 3 [reviewed], Xbox 360)
Developer: WayForward
Publisher: Majesco
Released: September 5, 2011
MSRP: $14.00, 1200 Microsoft Points
BloodRayne: Betrayal is a sidescrolling platform/beat 'em up game that aims to take the old school approach to difficulty in games. Unfortunately, the "old school approach" means taking gameplay from a time when challenge wasn't about tight design and strategy, but about using broken mechanics to artificially inflate the danger, while lazily throwing as much crap at the player as possible. If that was WayForward's goal, then it passed with flying colors.
The biggest problem with Betrayal is that its controls are entirely too sloppy for a game that requires very precise commands. A big part of this problem lies in the art style. Games that take a hand-drawn visual style often feel "floaty" due to the indulgently animated characters and lack of distinct attack boundaries. There's a lacking sense of tactility to the fighting when compared to something that uses sprites or polygons, and if Betrayal's combat was insistent on being such a chaotic mess, it really ought to have sacrificed the pretty comic book aesthetic in order to take a graphical approach that complimented, rather than directly hindered, the gameplay.
This problem is exacerbated due to the fact that Rayne controls like garbage. For a start, she can't simply walk, instead breaking into a full sprint the moment you nudge the D-Pad (and you have to use the D-Pad, because analog sticks confuse her). She also cannot stop running without a lengthy "skid" animation, which makes her utterly useless for the game's myriad, ridiculously punishing platform sections. To give us a character that can't move without sprinting and can't stop without skidding, then throwing her into platform sections where moving ledges are thinner than she is, seems almost to satirize the problems inherent in games that put style over substance.
Betrayal's awful lack of appreciable control is carried over into the combat, which can quite accurately be described as a cluster of the purest fuck. There's a fairly predictable formula to the game, with each level splitting itself evenly between platform sections and miniature "arena" areas where a pre-set number of enemies spawn. I'm having a hard time deciding which section is the least fun.
As stated earlier, WayForward took the Battletoads approach to game design, where a developer feels it can just throw a ton of enemies around and exploit broken design elements in order to call itself tough. For starters, Rayne can't block attacks, and her only means of defense is a worthless dash move that propels her a pathetically short distance and usually just throws her into fresh trouble. Whenever Rayne gets knocked down, she takes too long to get back up, allowing the half-dozen enemies on-screen to ready a new attack. It's not uncommon to get knocked down, then get knocked down again as soon as Rayne recovers. In fact, this can happen repeatedly, all because WayForward thought a lengthy recovery animation was more important than creating a protagonist that was halfway useful.
Rayne is laggy due to the extra hand-drawn animations, unresponsive for reasons unknown to me, and seems willing to fight the player's commands to her own detriment. Even something as simple as turning around to face an enemy behind you seems impossible to do in a swift and efficient manner. She has some contextual attacks that usually just get her hurt -- for instance, she'll stomp on a downed enemy, which is rather useless when you want to attack the opponent that's still standing up and happens to be stood next to the grounded one. Rayne can hit an enemy, then hold a button to suck its blood for health, but if the potential victim is stood next to a creature that cannot be drained, Rayne invariably attempts to grab the one that blocks her attacks, which opens her up to a counter-move from the foe player's really wanted. Don't even get me started on the random attacks that have forward moment even when Rayne's stood still, which is great for sending her off ledges and toward her doom.
There's not even a lot of depth to the game. Combat is only slightly more advanced than Streets of Rage (and half as tight), and despite taking some cues from Castlevania, it lacks anything that made Konami's games so great. There are no real upgrades or level gains (outside of the option to boost your gun ammo or health with every five hidden skulls collected), the expertly designed maps are replaced by dull left-to-right levels, and the precise controls are replaced by something far too watery to deserve a place among the sidescrolling greats.
The only things that Betrayal copies verbatim from Castlevania are a range of small, annoying enemies that bob up and down while traveling across the screen. Yes, of all the things to steal from Castlevania, BloodRayne: Betrayal decided to steal Medusa Head enemies -- universally considered among the worst enemies in gaming history. The fact that WayForward had such a rich variety of excellent games to draw from, and came away with only Medusa Heads under its arm, confirms to me that the developers were far more eager to create an unfair, frustrating trainwreck of a game above all else.
I will at least say that some of the boss fights, as hard as they are, actually approach something resembling conscious gameplay design. They're pretty tough, and often just as chaotic as regular combat, but the addition of appreciable patterns and worthwhile tactics make for a brief respite from the absolute garbage circus that makes up the rest of the game. Defeating the boss monsters actually manages to feel satisfying, which is about the only time BloodRayne ever deigns to encourage positive emotions.
The final straw came for me in Chapter 13 of 15, a level already considered by many to be the point where Betrayal crosses a very real line. Rayne has to fight ghosts while head-stomping on a bunch of respawning flies. One false move and she falls to her death. These ghosts can apparently attack without requiring attack animations, and the laggy controls means that it's incredibly difficult to transition from attacking the ghosts to stomping on the flies. Not to mention, you get hit just once and you'll die. Add that to the already worthless control scheme and it becomes the point where I decided Betrayal had thieved enough of my time, and I bid adieu to what is, without a doubt, one of the most deeply unpleasant and miserable experiences of my gaming life.
I have no regrets. I'm sure there'd be some twisted, prurient sense of pride in completing the game, but it's not worth it, especially with the brutal scoring system that docks points for everything and delights in slapping an "F" grade on anybody but the most practiced and perfect of players. It's quite fitting that an already mean spirited game would go out of its way to discourage players and tell them that, even though they just finally beat a difficult level and should rejoice, they still technically failed because they didn't beat it quick enough. Some gamers will celebrate such a harsh and punishing game, but the less perverse among us do not believe that fun is measured by how much of your time and energy is thoroughly wasted on busted, lazy gameplay.
All of this is punctuated by the complete lack of personality that BloodRayne features. The game certainly looks gorgeous and there's plenty of blood, but the gore seems a cynical and shallow mockery of the sassy silliness that made the series what it was. Rayne's original personality is completely gone, replaced by a flat and featureless character. The story barely exists and tells a rather boring story about a man who turns into a bird, and there's just no raunchy, ridiculous humor to any of it. It's a po-faced, bland affair, and the beautiful graphics only serve to contrast the ugliness apparent in everything else.
I've had my ass kicked by many games over the years. Sometimes, such as with Demon's Souls or Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, I loved it. Other times, as with many of those crippled "old school" games, I've not been a fan. However, BloodRayne: Betrayal is the only game I've played where I've actively been put in a lasting bad mood. Betrayal is a game that actively alters my disposition, to the point where I don't feel happy for quite some time afterwards. It's an obnoxious experience that goes out of its way to make players feel bad, proudly reveling in the kind of gameplay that's considered old fashioned for a very good reason.
There are those out there that will join Betrayal in its revelry -- the kind of people who claim Battletoads isn't difficult and expect adoration for their gaming prowess. The kind of people who think that members of their preferred gender will find them intensely attractive because they find Ninja Gaiden to be so easy. Those people are a dying breed, and BloodRayne: Betrayal is a vestigial relic from an ignorant age, despite its graphics attempting to make one think otherwise. Its gameplay is ripped straight from the NES era, and it's high time everybody recognized that 95% of the NES' games were shit. If Betrayal was released in the eighties, it would not be in the rarer 5%.
Awful design, a counter-intuitive art style, and an obscenely cheap approach to difficulty makes BloodRayne: Betrayal a game that should be avoided by all but the most masochistic and deranged of gamers. The deep revulsion that this game inspires within me cannot accurately be described, but it is measured only by the intense, burning disappointment I feel as a fan of the series. WayForward can do so much better, and better is what BloodRayne needed.
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Music icon Aretha Franklin is to be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
The Queen of Soul will receive the honor at a ceremony on August 14 in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and will be joined by her fellow inductees including bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs, The Hoppers, singer Dallas Holm and Christian rock band Love Song.
Late TV evangelist Rex Humbard will also be honored.
Franklin's Grammy-winning 1972 album Amazing Grace sold two million copies in the U.S. and remains one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time.
The Gospel Music Hall of Fame began in 1971 and previous inductees include Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley.


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The CCRI Lady Knights' soccer season ended last month with a dramatic 2-1 loss to the Mustangs of Monroe College in the District Championship. Though the Lady Knights' season ended before they would have liked with an 11-7-1 record but they did receive some good news this week with three of their players earning National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-North Region honors they were: Tri-Captain goalkeeper Alex Place (East Greenwich, RI), Tri-Captain midfielder Betti Worth (Bolton, England), and Tri-Captain forward Paige Oram (Burrillville, RI).
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As a sophomore Tri-Captain, Worth earned All-Region XXI honors for the second straight year. Now Worth has a NSCAA All-North Region honor to go with her two All-Region XXI honors. Betti was a key component in the Lady Knights' midfield with 22 points on eight goals and six assists. As a freshman Worth was undoubtedly the most physical, vocal and intense player on the 2012 Lady Knights' team she helped the Lady Knights with 16 total points with seven goals and two assists. Coach Grassini commented about his sophomore leader: "Betti was, hands down the best complete player to come out of this region in a long time. She is strong, physical, and very talented player and knows and reads the game as well as anyone. She is talking to a number of schools at this time to transfer to. Her opportunities will be plentiful! She managed to get eight goals and six assist this past season in only 13 games because of an injury. She will be extremely difficult to replace in our midfield next year."
Sophomore Tri-Captain Place also earned All-Region XXI honors for the second consecutive year, and along with Worth earned her NSCAA All-North Region honor to go along with it. In 2013 Alex authored six shutouts with an impressive 1.23 goals against average with 115 total saves to lead Region XXI. For her career Place had 12 shutouts which ranks her sixth all time at CCRI. As a freshman Place was a monster in net for the Lady Knights. Though she is small in stature Place plays each game as if it was her last. Place always attacks the ball and makes tremendous eye-popping diving and lunging stops in net for CCRI. Alex had a great freshman campaign with six shutouts and made over 100 saves during the 2012 season. Coach Grassini commented on his talented keeper: "Alex was just outstanding this season, once again leading the region in goals against. She is a quality goalkeeper that will be very difficult to replace. We will definitely miss her leadership as one of our team captains. She had a 1.23 GAA with six shutout victories this season against a very difficult game schedule."
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A year ago, we were talking fantasy baseball with Matt Bonner of the Spurs, and I recommended he pick up Red Sox reliever Bobby Jenks. Now if this were only a keeper league, and you earned points for "Getting Busted for DUI," that would be a helluva late-round pick. Extra points for leaving the scene of an accident? Jenks, on Boston's 60-man disabled list, was booked at 3:43 a.m. in Lee County, Fla., and released later this morning after paying bond. Property damage is among the multiple charges ... The Red Sox released a statement this afternoon: "We have been made aware of a situation regarding Bobby Jenks and take such matters seriously. We are gathering information and will refrain from further comment at this time."
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For the fourth consecutive year, the Northwest Herald has been named the best mid-size newspaper in Illinois, winning the sweepstakes award in the Illinois Press Association's annual Excellence in News contest.
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Painted and (Dare I Say?) Pretty Brick
I'll admit: I have never been a huge fan of brick walls, painted or otherwise. Left untouched, brick can overpower a small space and make decorating a challenge. Paint over it and you're stuck with the decision, or forced to add layer upon layer when your color palette changes. My feelings were something like: no, thank you. That was, until I saw this color blocked wall in a Paris oyster bar, and felt my opinion waver. Here are some other painted brick walls I could get behind:
- Le Mary Celeste, an oyster bar in Paris with a color blocked wall. Cheri Messerli via Heather Levine.
- A whitewashed loft bedroom from Mi Casa.
- A bold fuchsia brick bedroom. Jonny Valiant via Cococozy.
- Light blue brick, from Domino via Apartment Therapy.
- Vintage finds fill a white brick living room from 79 Ideas via Apartment Therapy.
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Liam Neeson swears live on air during sports show
Irish actor LIAM NEESON turned the air blue on Thursday (04Oct12) when he swore on U.S. TV after failing to realise he was shooting a live broadcast about sports.
The Taken star was booked for an interview on ESPN's SportsCenter show to promote the sequel to the kidnap thriller, days after attending Sunday's (30Sep12) American football clash between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets, which ended in a disastrous 34-0 loss at home for the Big Apple team.
However, Neeson, who lives in New York, appeared to have had no idea he was going to be asked about the football upset and was caught off guard when quizzed about the big game, prompting him to go completely blank for a few seconds before asking producers if he could start the segment again.
Letting slip the expletive, he said, "OK, we better start again, can I? Are we live? Oh s**t!"
Neeson then tried his best to smooth over the situation, admitting he knew very little about American football: "OK, I'll be very honest with you. It's only the second football game I've been at in my life, I still don't understand the rules, but on Sunday, yes I know the Jets got trounced, but it was great to just celebrate great athleticism in front of 82,000 people."


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Derek Jeter: Broken ankle still not healed, on 60-day DL. A-Rod: Hip surgery during off-season, on 60-day DL. Curtis Granderson, fractured forearm, on 15-day DL. Mark Teixeira, strained right wrist, 15-day DL. Francisco Cervelli, fractured right hand, playing it day-by-day. Ivan Nova, triceps inflammation, 60-day DL. Joba Chamberlain, strained right oblique, 15-day DL. David Robertson, sore left hamstring, day by day. Kevin YouKillUs (yes, the former Red Sox guy), lumbar spine strain, 15-day DL.
Bear in mind that most of these guys have been on the DL since before Opening Day, so they haven't played yet this year at all. More important, those 15 or 60 DL days are frequently extended once they're up. Jeter, for instance, spent most of the off-season with his ankle in a brace, riding around his mansion on a scooter. He was expected to play come April 1st but has yet to swing a bat other than in practice—and after seeing him hanging around the dugout, I think he'd best get himself on a weight reduction plan, stat!
Yesterday, May 4th, I watched a complete game for the first time this season. It took me a month to face the sight of my beloved team replaced by a former Red Sox player and a bunch of strangers. Yankee Stadium was half empty—unprecedented—so apparently I'm not alone. I knew precisely four of the guys in the lineup. It was like watching the A's—who in fact they were playing—at the start of every new season when they've invariably been overhauled. I knew just
two of their players–but that's not unusual. When Joe Torre managed the Yankees I could easily recite the rarely changed lineup. It isn't my aging brain cells at fault; it's the players' aging process. That and demented management.
Despite the Yankees' decimation-by-injury, they're doing all right. Except for Nova's recent injury, the pitching rotation seems to be in good shape. Yesterday Phil Hughes threw eight scoreless innings. The Yankees won 4-2, but the score leaped there from 4-0 as soon as a reliever came in. Joe Girardi did the right thing for once, and immediately called in Mariano Rivera. (He's got 11 saves so far in what he's declared will be his final season.) Robinson Cano is on the top ten MLB home run list with 8, and he has an OBP of 352 and a 309 average. They've won 17 games and lost 11, putting them in second place in AL East. The Red Sox are ahead with 20 wins, riding the wave of good will in the wake of the intense emotions swirling around Boston. (Not saying they're doing anything wrong, just that some of the love pouring over Boston after the marathon bombing spills naturally over the Sox, who are so closely identified with the city, state and just about all of New England.)
A few ranting words at management for dumping Nick Swisher and Raoul Ibanez are in order. Instead we now have Lyle Overbay and Travis Hafner, both baseball elders even though we constantly hear that the Yankees desperately
need young blood.
Still, if the guys can do as well as they are with a Red Sox and strangers, just imagine what'll happen when the Old Guard returns, well rested and ready to kick ass!
Related articles
- Oblique strain forces Joba to 15-day DL (mlb.mlb.com)
- Yankees place Youkilis on DL for ailing back (espn.go.com)
- Cashman: Yankees Captain Jeter Likely To Begin Season On DL (newyork.cbslocal.com)


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Let $\Omega$ be a non-empty, open subset of $\mathbb C$. Consider an holomorphic function $f:\Omega \setminus \{z_0\} \to \mathbb C$ and suppose we know $z_0$ is an essential singularity of $f$.
I am wondering what we can say about the function $\tilde{f}:=\frac{1}{f}$ and its singularity in $z_0$. Do you know any theorem that answers to this question?
Actually, I can't prove anything, since I do not know the answer: I've studied some examples. For instance, if you take $f(z)=e^{\frac{1}{z}}$ then $\tilde{f}$ will still have an essential singularity, hasn't it?
On the other side, if we take $f(z)=\sin(\frac{1}{z})$ then I think that $z_0=0$ becomes a limit point of poles for $\tilde{f}$ (so we can't classify it, because it isn't an isolated singularity).
Wha do you think? Do you know any useful theorem concerning this? Thank you in advance.


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Lake Trout With Nuoc Mam Gung and Broccoli Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 1 pound broccoli
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 6 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 (6-ounce) fish fillets (lake trout, salmon, or other firm-fleshed fish)
- Handful fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- For the Nuoc Mam Gung
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 hot fresh chilies (jalapeño, serrano, or Thai bird), stemmed, seeded, and minced
- 1-inch piece ginger, peeled, minced
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoon juice from 4 to 6 limes
- 4 tablespoons fish sauce
Adjust oven racks to upper middle and lower middle position. Use a vegetable peeler to peel the broccoli stems, then cut the broccoli lengthwise into 2-inch-wide pieces. Transfer broccoli pieces to a roasting pan large enough to fit them in a single layer.
Smash garlic and a teaspoon of salt in a mortar and pestle or with the back of a knife until it is a paste. Transfer to a small bowl and whisk in vinegar and 4 tablespoons canola oil. Pour this mixture over the broccoli, season with salt and pepper, and toss until evenly coated.
Transfer roasting pan to the bottom rack of oven and cook for 7 minutes. Flip the broccoli pieces with a pair of tongs and continue roasting until the broccoli is tender and a sharp knife easily pierces the stem, about 8 minutes longer. Set aside when done.
Meanwhile, season the fish fillets with salt and pepper. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons canola oil in an ovenproof skillet or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. When oil starts to shimmer, add the fillets skin-side down and cook until bottom starts to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Carefully use a spatula to move the fillets to make sure the skin isn't stuck to the pan, and then transfer pan to top rack in the oven to finish cooking the fish, 5 to 8 minutes.
For the nuoc mam gung: Combine garlic, chilies, ginger, sugar, lime juice, and fish sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
Serve the fish and broccoli with the sauce in a small container on the side, or spoon some of the sauce on top of the fish. If you'd like, garnish with some cilantro.
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Challenges - Positioning & NavigationChecking the weather forecast during breakfast or finding your way through rush hour traffic are just two examples of apps that allow smartphone users to benefit from location based services (LBS). How do these apps manage to find the phone's exact position so quickly?
LBS applications
- LBS schematic
LBS is a growing market segment involving determining the location of a mobile device for either emergency services applications (E911, eCall) or commercial applications (social media – RCS, mapping, geo-based advertising). Increasingly sophisticated smartphones, high-speed data rates via LTE and consumer demand for 'always-on' interaction means that the number and type of LBS applications will expand massively over the coming years. The growth of LBS as an industry increases the demand for a scalable LBS test solution that can address all LBS test segments (R&D, protocol conformance, RF minimum performance and OTA) and support the positioning techniques and protocols deployed by mobile network operators.
GNSS-based positioning
The primary method for determining location relies on satellites in space as part of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The most commonly known GNSS is GPS, which is operated and maintained by the US government. However modern devices simultaneously support multiple GNSS constellations (e.g. GPS and Glonass) to increase the number of visible space vehicles. Additional GNSS constellations such as Galileo and BeiDou are under development, further adding to the complexity of GNSS-based testing.
GNSS receiver tests can only be conclusive when they are performed under controlled, repeatable and realistic conditions. This is why positioning devices are typically tested and characterized using a GNSS simulator. A GNSS simulation must take into consideration the satellite constellation itself (in terms of proper simulation of the satellite orbits), the signal propagation characteristics, the characteristics of the receive antenna and the receiver environment. Realistic modeling of user movement, taking into consideration vehicle attitude, is also part of the simulation process. Interfering and jamming signals need to be generated to simulate an environment that is close to reality.
Positioning in critical environments: assisted GNSS (A-GNSS)
Assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) is used by mobile devices to enhance performance by providing a faster time to first fix (TTFF) and improved sensitivity. In A-GNSS, the cellular network assists the GNSS receiver by providing assistance data for the visible satellites. The assistance data can be exchanged between the wireless network and the device either over control plane (C-plane) using the control channels and signaling as defined by 3GPP (LPP, RRLP or RRC) or over user plane (U-plane) via an IP channel using SUPL (secure user plane location) defined by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). The assistance data also varies depending on the GNSS and the wireless standard being used, such as LTE, WCDMA or GSM.
To ensure that a mobile device with an A-GNSS receiver operates properly and is compliant with the relevant 3GPP and 3GPP2 specifications, the test solution must be capable of supporting all wireless and GNSS standards in one box.
Network-based positioning
LTE enhancements include the support of network-based positioning estimation; new reference signals known as positioning reference signals (PRS) have been introduced. The mobile device measures the observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) of PRSs from multiple eNBs and reports these measurements back to the network for position estimation. The technology behind LBS is complex and diverse due to the available position determination techniques: satellite-based, network-based or hybrid. Adding to this complexity is the number of available GNSS constellations (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, etc.) and protocols for A-GNSS data exchange (LPP, RRLP, RRC) over both the C-plane and the U-plane.
Hybrid positioning
Environments with restricted performance require a combination of different positioning techniques such as A-GNSS and OTDOA/eCID to calculate the position. Hybrid positioning can be used to combine satellite-based and network-based positioning methods to determine the position (first fix) if a single positioning method such as A-GPS, A-Glonass, A-BeiDou, OTDOA or eCID is not sufficient to get a position.
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Rohde & Schwarz offers a wide range of testing solutions for all aspects of LBS to ensure that all components used in positioning work together seamlessly.
For GNSS receiver characterization, the R&S®SMBV100A, a full-featured and flexible vector signal generator, is the ideal choice. The R&S®SMBV100A offers various GNSS options, including GPS, Glonass, Galileo and Beidou, which can be individually combined to fulfill required testing needs. This solution makes it easy to simulate realistic conditions like atmospheric influences, multipath propagation and signal obscuration due to buildings, antenna patterns and vehicle movement.
The R&S®TS-LBS test system provides complete test coverage of location based services, from R&D to conformance. It covers all major wireless 3GPP standards such as GSM, WCDMA and LTE and addresses each of the modern positioning technologies, including A-GNSS, OTDOA/eCID, hybrid, as well as control plane and user plane, field to lab and position calculation. The R&S®TS-LBS is a fully automated conformance test system supporting validated protocol conformance, minimum performance and carrier acceptance test cases in design, precertification and type approval environments. Based on the multistandard-capable R&S®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester and the R&S®SMBV100A GNSS simulator, the R&S®TS-LBS is a scalable solution that can be adapted to any LBS testing needs.
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Life in a city can be atomizing, isolating. And it certainly is for William G. and Neaera H., the strangers at the center of Russell Hoban's surprisingly heartwarming novel Turtle Diary. William, a clerk at a used-book store, lives in a rooming house after a divorce that has left him without home or family. Neaera is a successful writer of children's books, who, in her own estimation, "looks like the sort of spinster who doesn't keep cats and is not a vegetarian. Looks…like a man's woman who hasn't got a man." Entirely unknown to each other, they are both drawn to the turtle tank at the London zoo with "minds full of turtle thoughts," wondering how the turtles might be freed. And then comes the day when Neaera walks into William's bookstore, and together they form an unlikely partnership to make what seemed a crazy dream become a reality.