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Whenever I read about a Division I college football coach being fired, I question my career choices. What would have happened if I pursued coaching instead of writing sports? Would I have had what it takes to reach the top of the profession and demand the major bucks top coaches and assistants make?
Whenever I read about a Division I college football coach being fired, I question my career choices.
What would have happened if I pursued coaching instead of writing sports? Would I have had what it takes to reach the top of the profession and demand the major bucks top coaches and assistants make?
I asked myself those questions again over the weekend after the University of Florida head coach, Will Muschamp, fired Gator offensive coordinator Brent Pease. Pease reportedly was making $600,000 a year, had two years left on his contract and will be paid $1.2 million to leave the Florida program.
It amazes me that Pease � who in two seasons coached offenses that finished in the bottom quarter of big-time football programs � is still walking away with his pockets full of cash.
You could argue that Pease should return part of his salary to the university after the Gators finished dead last in total offense in the Southeastern Conference this season, and 112th in offense of a 123 Bowl Championship Series teams.
In the real world, if someone doesn't do their job, they get fired. In rare cases, they might get a month's severance pay.
In the world of college athletics, if a coach is fired, he gets the remainder of his contract.
Some coaches, such as former Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, can break the rules, be fired and still walk away with a nice check in their pocket.
It's not uncommon for football and men's basketball coaches at major universities to receive a seven-figure buyout when their teams underachieve.
Former Tennessee football Coach Derek Dooley � who never had a winning season in his three years in Knoxville � walked away with a settlement that paid him $5 million not to coach UT. Dooley is now an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys, making NFL money to supplement the money he's receiving from Tennessee.
Only about 30 or 40 of the elite athletic departments with powerful booster clubs can afford to throw away that kind of money.
Schools such as Troy or South Alabama pay their coaches well compared to the average salary most of us make. But those schools won't empty the bank to pay a coach not to come back.
Still, it's nice to think about what might have happened if I had gone into coaching, made it to the top of a big program and then been fired.
I think I could live off a multi-million dollar buyout.
But when you consider how few coaches make it to an elite program, you probably have a better chance of returning a missed Alabama field goal for a touchdown to win the Iron Bowl than you do landing one of the big jobs.
There are only about 40 elite programs with boosters in place to write a check, or series of checks, that equal $4-$5 million. Most college athletic programs struggle to stay above water financially, as the only teams that make money are usually football and men's basketball.
At some schools, such as Louisiana State, Florida State or South Carolina, baseball is a break-even or money-making sport. Some schools even make a little money off women's basketball, but those schools are the exception to the rule.
I know all the numbers and comprehend the realities, but it doesn't hurt to dream.
It's just too bad that dream check isn't real.
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.

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I can't stand it... the year I go it's a repacked vader with a talking base, the year I can't it's 3 new figures. Argh.
Funny thing this exclusive, Luke for C4 & they split the McQuarrie Luke & Vader up. Can ya smell a McQuarrie Vader for SDCC.
I can smell side by side artwork for Vader and Luke, on the cardbacks, for added display for the MOC collectors.
If Hasbro does not announce general availability of both the Luke and 3PO/R2 figures soon they can simply kiss my $1,000+ per year collecting their lines goodbye.These figures are pivotal to the collection of McQuarrie figures and I am going to be right pissed if they don't make these available (on single cards to match the other Concept figs and in reasonable quantities, no single day availability on a website that barely works and then is immediately sold out) to people who cannot attend C4.I feel extremely misled by Hasbro with these... I had planned on having an AFA certified collection of the concept figs as well as loose ones to display. But these figs could easily top $80+ if they are not available elsewhere.
All I smell is ass surrounding some of the exclusive decisions we get out of RI.
The article says the coins are VENUE exclusive, so maybe the figure isn't. Better not be. Grr.
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Last year, Right One took the Grade 3 Jaipur and Island Sun overnight stakes and was third in the Poker during the spring/summer meet. After finishing third in his 2012 debut, the Grade 2 Commonwealth on Keeneland's artificial surface in April, the Ghislaine Head color-bearer made a five-wide rally to finish second by a diminishing three-quarters of a length in the seven-furlong Jaipur on June 8.
Lorieul admitted that it will be important for jockey Julien Leparoux to time his move well in the Poker aboard Right One.
"The key with him is to track another horse for as long as possible and to make a move at the very last minute," said Lorieul. "He has a good turn of foot, but not a great turn of foot. Julien knows him by now, and he'll have to work it out."
Right One will leave from post position 9 as the 3-1 morning-line second choice.
Compliance Officer, a four-time stakes winner against New York-breds, will make his first start against open company in a black-type stakes since finishing last of 11 in the 2011 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile. Following the Breeders' Cup, the 2011 New York-bred turf male champion rebounded to take the Claiming Crown Emerald in December, then won his 2012 debut, Belmont's Kingston for state-breds, by three-quarters of a length on May 27.
Trainer Bruce Brown, who claimed Compliance Officer for $25,000 last year for owner La Marca Stable, says he will use the Poker to gauge whether Compliance Officer is capable of running in bigger graded stakes in the future.
"This is kind of a lull in the New York-bred races, so this seemed like a good opportunity to see how he stacks up in open company, especially coming into Saratoga," said Brown, noting the next New York-bred stake is the August 18 West Point presented by Trustco Bank at Saratoga Race Course. "He doesn't know he's a New York-bred. He had a rough go of it in the Breeders' Cup, then he ran against open horses in the Claiming Crown."
Javier Castellano will ride Compliance Officer, the 5-2 favorite on the morning line, from the rail.
Brown will also send out Our Sugar Bear Stable's long shot Gourmet Dinner, ninth in the Colonial Turf Cup on June 16, in the Poker.
"We were very surprised with how he ran at Colonial," said Brown. "He was very flat. He just wasn't himself; maybe it was from racing at night or from shipping. I wouldn't have thought about racing him back so quickly if the race had taken anything out of him."
Gourmet Dinner, 30-1, will have the services of Mike Luzzi from post 2.
Fox Ridge Farm's Yield Bogey seeks a breakthrough victory in the Poker, having placed in four graded stakes on turf, including a second and a third, respectively, in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the race. In his most recent start he was third in the Jaiupur, beaten 3 ¼ lengths. Overall, the gelding is 4-4-6 in 28 career starts.
"He's an 8-year-old, so I don't know if he can step up," said trainer Pat Kelly. "He almost won this race last year. We didn't get a prep race before [the 2012 Jaipur]. We had him in one, and then it rained, so we didn't get a prep to help us. He's completely fit now. He tries hard, and he's a neat horse. One of these days will be his day. I hope it will be Wednesday."
Hall of Famer Edgar Prado will ride Yield Bogey, 10-1, from post 5.
From post 3 out, the Poker field also includes Queen'splatekitten, fourth in the Grade 3 Eclipse on Woodbine's artificial surface on May 26; Monument Hill, fourth in Monmouth Park's Elkwood on May 19; Clear Attempt, runner-up by a nose in a Belmont optional claimer on May 18; Boots Ahead, fifth in the Jaipur; El Commodore, who took a Delaware Park optional claimer on May 26; and Voodoo Storm, second in a May 13 optional claimer at Belmont. Uncle T Seven and Isn't He Perfect will run if the race is transferred to the main track.


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Quedlinburg is a town in the Harz Mountains, of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Quedlinburg, located on the northern boundary of the Harz Mountains National Park, it was once at the centre of the German Empire. Today it is one of Europe's best preserved medieval renaissance towns. It features a rare combination of ancient and modern historical treasures. In 1992 it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Almost all of the buildings in the town centre are timber framed, some dating back to the 16th Century. It is a sight not to be missed, walking through the narrow alleys and streets around the town square and seeing all the colourful painted old houses. In the innermost parts of the town a wide selection of timber framed buildings from at least five different centuries are to be found, including a 14th century structure, one of Germany's oldest. Fortunately Quedlinburg did not suffer too much damage during WW2 and preservation orders were put on a large number of these properties. If you wish to learn more about the timber framed buildings of the region, a trip to the Fachwerkmuseum Standebau in one of Germanys oldest half timbered houses (1310) is a must.
A highlight of Quedlinburg is the castle (schlossberg) perched above the city, of which the centre piece is the recently restored baroque Blue Hall (blue Halle).
Get in
By plane
The nearest main airport is Hanover International Airport (HAJ) (57 km). Alternatively you could Berlin International Airport (BER) (216 km) and make your way to Quedlinburg by car or train.
By train
Quedlinburg can best be accessed by regional trains from Hanover or Berlin. From Hanover the train will go via Halberstadt, taking approximately 3 hr 20 mins. From Berlin you will go via Madgeburg, taking approximately 4 hrs. There are other routes with differing changes, but these are the simplest.
By road
Quedlinburg is located on the B6n dual carriageway that runs along the northern edge of the Harz from west to east. The B6n branches off the A7 motorway near Goslar and the A395 motorway (branches off the A2) from Braunschweig to Vienenburg.
By bus
The local bus services offer various routes around the local area.
Get around
Relatively untouched by World War Two, the old town and the castle mount and collegiate church in Quedlinburg are listed on UNESCO's register of World Heritage Sites, and the town itself is one of Germany's best-preserved medieval and Renaissance towns. The town's medieval buildings are worth a visit: its half-timbered buildings represent at least five different centuries (including one of Germany's oldest, from the 14th century). Around the edges of the old town are late 19th and 20th century examples of Jugendstil buildings.
In addition to the castle and collegiate church, Quedlinburg also has a cathedral, or Dom, which is an excellent example of the German Romanesque style. The Domschatz, the treasury containing ancient artefacts and books, is displayed here.
The Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Selketal branch of the historic steam narrow gauge railway was extended into Quedlinburg from Gernrode in 2006, giving access to Alexisbad and the high Harz plateau.
For further information on Quedlinburg go to www.thisisharz.com/quedlinburg
Get out
Quedlinburg is ideally situated on the edge of the Harz Mountains, with its dramatic gorges and mountainous landscapes, waiting to be explored by hikers and bikers alike. The 'Romanesque Road' http://www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de/xxl/en/Romanesque_Road/index.html recounts dynasties and events from German and European history going back over a thousand years. Many Romanesque edificies can be found in the immediate vicinity of Quedlinburg, which bear witness to this history.


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For the adventurous gardener, the herb garden goes well beyond basil. Anne-Marie Chaker reports on Lunch Break.
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Ask This Old House "Restoring Terrazzo Floors/Repairing a Cracked Floor Joist" Host Kevin O'Connor heads to Del Ray Beach, Florida, to restore terrazzo floors. Then, Kevin, along with landscape contractor Roger Cook, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Tom helps a homeowner repair a cracked floor joist. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Fried Chicken and Biscuits" Chris and Bridget visit Princes in Nashville to try their famous Nashville Hot Chicken. They return to the kitchen determined to replicate the top-secret recipe. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of whole kosher dill pickles. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Class "Brick-Cooked Chicken & Grilled Potato Salad" Joanne helps her student Yasu build her culinary repertoire by teaching her a unique way to cook chicken with a brick, and a new spin on potato salad. Recipes: (1) HERB-ROASTED CHICKEN COOKED UNDER A BRICK, (2) WARM GRILLED POTATO SALAD WITH OLIVES AND PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO. Student: Yasu Maskay - Public Relations Consultant. D
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| General References and Guides
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|Overview of Databases and Indexes
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This article originally appeared in "General References and Guides" by Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Another important tool for genealogists is dictionaries. Many genealogical records were created in time periods, places, or societies that researchers are not familiar with. Dictionaries are excellent tools to help understand such records. For many, a standard desk or library dictionary is sufficient. Major, unabridged dictionaries available at every library are also useful. Especially note the following specialized dictionaries that are useful for understanding older records:
- Black, Henry Campbell. Black's Law Dictionary. 8th ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 2004. This dictionary defines the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern, and is useful for understanding terms in court records and other legal records.
- Evans, Barbara Jean. A to Zax: A Comprehensive Genealogical Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians. 3rd ed. Alexan-dria, Va.: Hearthside Press, 1995. This is an excellent list of terms often encountered by genealogists and their definitions. It also includes a list of nicknames and their usual given names.
- Harris, Glen, and Maurine Harris. Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1989. This volume defines many out-of-use terms that are often overlooked in many dictionaries, yet frequently found in old documents and sources used by genealogists.
- Lederer, Richard. Colonial American English: A Glossary. Essex, Conn.: Verbatim Book, 1985. This dictionary explains words found in early American documents that are now archaic, obscure, obsolete, or have different meanings.
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Sunrise and sunset alarms
The sunrise/sunset alarms in your Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR Baro are adaptive alarms based on your location. Instead of setting a fixed time, you set the alarm for how much in advance you want to be alerted before the actual sunrise or sunset.
The sunrise and sunset times are determined via GPS, so your watch relies on the GPS data from the last time you used GPS.
To set sunset/sunrise alarms:
- Press the middle button to open the shortcut menu.
- Scroll down to Alarms and enter by pressing the middle button.
Scroll to the alarm that you want to set and select by pressing the middle button.
- Set the desired hours prior to sunrise/sunset by scrolling up/down with the upper and lower buttons and confirming with the middle button.
Set minutes in the same way.
- Press the middle button to confirm and exit.
A watch face is also availalbe that shows sunrise and sunset times.
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In its third season, the Columbus Academy bowling program continues to make big strides.
In its third season, the Columbus Academy bowling program continues to make big strides.
The boys team qualified for the Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference tournament for the first time and finished seventh (2,782) in the eight-team event behind champion Westerville North (3,378) on Feb. 2 at Sequoia Pro Bowl.
The top three teams from each of the conference's three divisions qualified, although Teays Valley did not attend because of bad weather.
Aaron Brown led the Vikings with a 546 series and was named third-team all-conference.
Max Smith had a 505 series.
Academy had a program-best score in defeating Haugland Learning Center 2,091-1,571 on Jan. 29 at Capri Lanes.
"I knew we could break 2,000. It doesn't surprise me," coach Dan Olexio said. "We've had success this year because we've had somebody on in every match. You know you're going to get a time when you get everybody on or at least two or three guys."
The previous high score came last season in a 2,014-1,490 win over Briggs.
The Vikings also surpassed 2,000 pins in a 2,087-1,698 win over Northland on Jan. 31 at Columbus Square Bowling Palace.
"This is impressive," Olexio said. "In our school we only have 360 people. That's a pretty small number and we're competing against basketball, swimming and wrestling (for participants), so it's exciting."
Academy closed the regular season by defeating Beechcroft 1,860-1,698 on Feb. 1 at HP Lanes. Smith had a 379 series, followed by Brown (336) and Victor Liu (301).
Smith leads the team with a 182.1 average, followed by Brown (165.5) and Liu (162).
Academy finished second (12-3) in the COHSBC-Central Division behind Ready (14-1).
The girls team finished fifth (6-4) in the COHSBC-Central behind champion Ready (10-0).
The Vikings defeated Beechcroft 1,547-1,027 on Feb. 1 as Rabia Khan had a 285 series and Emma Farrenkopf had a 273 series.
Alyssa Rock leads the team with a 131 average, followed by Khan (126.9), Farrenkopf (125.3) and Carolyn Vara (119.3).
"The girls didn't quite make the conference tournament, but we have a young team and we have a lot of strong girls coming up," Olexio said.
The teams will compete in the MSL tournament Saturday, Feb. 9, at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl. The sectional tournaments are Feb. 15 (girls) and Feb. 16 (boys) at Eastland Lanes and Columbus Western Bowl.Wrestling team to compete in league meet
The wrestling team will compete in the MSL-Ohio tournament Saturday, Feb. 9, at Heath.
The Vikings defeated Bexley 42-21 and Beechcroft 48-6 on Jan. 31 at Bexley.
Dan Jones is 25-4 at 195 pounds, Tim Leathery is 20-13 at 138/145, Johnston Allinder is 19-12 at 170, Calvin Wuorinen is 14-5 at 132/138, Jeremy Schroeder is 18-13 at 145, Sam Wittman is 17-12 at 120/126 and Taylor Smallridge is 15-12 at 126/132.
"The kids are doing a good job," coach Paul Bukky said. "We have marked improvement steadily. The kids just seem to be responding. I expect a lot out of them and they're rising to the occasion."
The Vikings have competed without sophomore Luke Albers (220), who will miss the remainder of the season because of a concussion sustained before the season.Boys basketball team defeats Lakewood
The boys basketball team rebounded from a 47-44 loss at Worthington Christian on Jan. 29 to defeat host Lakewood 60-41 on Feb. 1.
Against Worthington Christian, forward Daniel Aronowitz and post player Aakaash Paladugu each scored 12 points.
Paladugu scored 19 points and Aronowitz scored 12 against Lakewood.
"I thought we did a nice job switching defenses," coach Jeff Warstler said. "We got stops and we were patient offensively, which made Lakewood have to work for a longer time on defense. I thought we were able to wear them down some on both ends. (Reese) Dupler is a great player and we held him to 10 points. It was just great team defense."


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Jinjiang Liu, Chunhua Wang, Xiadong Cao, and Jun Xu
Current-mode signal-processing techniques offer some advantages compared to voltage-mode techniques. Some of these advantages include increased linearity, simpler circuits, wider bandwidth, lower power consumption, and simple implementation of basic signal operations, such as addition and subtraction.1 As a result, numerous active elements have been developed for current-mode use,2,3 such as a current conveyor, current operational amplifiers (COAs), operational transconductance amplifiers (OTRAs), and current differencing buffered amplifiers (CDBAs).
A CDBA can be constructed in a number of ways, provided that the current-mode components have been introduced. The benefits of using a CDBA in a signal-processing application include its high slew rate, freedom from parasitic capacitance, wide bandwidth, and relatively simple implementation. For example, the circuit in ref. 3 employed two commercial current-feedback amplifiers (CFAs), such as the model AD844 from Analog Devices, where the CFAs functioned as second-generation current conveyors and voltage buffers.
In this CDBA design, however, the CDBA characteristics were dominated by the CFA properties. In ref. 4, a design approach included bipolar-junction-transistor (BJT) technology, based on a current subtractor and voltage buffer amplifier. In ref. 5, the circuit was designed for implementation in silicon CMOS technology with the CDBA consisting of a differential current-controlled current source (DCCCS) followed by a voltage buffer. However, the operating frequency of this CDBA was under 1 MHz, and the terminal voltage (Vp, Vn) caused by the parasitic resistance can not be neglected compared to voltage Vz.
The technique in ref. 6 exploited improved active-feedback cascade current mirrors to obtain the high impedances at the output terminals as well as high accuracy of the current transfer ratio. But that design was also limited in bandwidth, at 37 MHz, and required a high supply voltage (about ±5 V). To overcome the high supply voltage, the author in ref. 7 employed a flipped voltage follower (FVF) technique to reduce the voltage as low as ±0.6 V. But again, the bandwidth was limited (about 25 MHz). To overcome the high-frequency limitations of PMOS transistors, the CDBA of ref. 8 was designed such that the signal has an all NMOS signal path, and this design achieved a 3-dB bandwidth as wide as 500 MHz. This CDBA circuit also enjoys good voltage and current gain accuracies, and low resistance at both the current-input terminals (p, n) and the output-voltage terminal (w). Still, it suffers from high power consumption.
The current report focuses on designing a high-performance CDBA using all NMOS mirrors, with a current subtraction circuit and a voltage follower, and using only a few transistors. The current subtraction circuit exploits a low-voltage current mirror followed by an improved Wilson mirror to decrease the supply voltage and increase the bandwidth, respectively.
Compared with other design work, this proposed CDBA offers a wider dynamic range and lower resistance at both current input (p and n) terminals. It also operates with lower supply voltage and power consumption than the designs of refs. 5, 6, and 8.
Figure 1(a) shows the proposed CDBA circuit, where p and n are input terminals and w and z are output terminals. It is equivalent to the circuit of Fig. 1(b), which uses dependent current and voltage sources. The current and voltage characteristics of the CDBA can be described by Eq. 1:
According to this matrix and the equivalent circuit of Fig. 1(b), a CDBA can be considered as a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) that converts the difference of the input currents Ip and In at terminals p and n, and hence Vz is named as the current output, respectively; the voltage of the w terminal follows the voltage of the z terminal. The input terminals, through which Ip and In flow, are internally grounded. Finally, it can be further inferred that the terminal impedances of the p and n terminals must be very low. A CDBA of this design can be implemented with bipolar and CMOS technologies.
Figure 2 provides a schematic diagram of the proposed CDBA circuit. It employs all NMOS mirrors, and also contains the current subtraction circuit and the voltage follower. The current subtraction circuit provides the difference currents Ip and In, which flow into the current subtraction circuit through its low-impedance inputs (p, n) and lead away from the high-impedance terminal z. The z terminal is internally connected to the input of the voltage follower. The voltage, induced on an external impedance, connected with the z terminal, is copied to the low-impedance w terminal of the follower output.
The current subtraction circuit is formed by transistors M1 through M10. The circuit exploits the flipped voltage follower current sensor (FVFCS). The FVFCS has been used in the past for different applications, including as part of a power amplifier. For example, the first and simplest use of the FVFCS is as the input stage of a low-voltage current mirror.9-14 High-performance current mirrors with low input and output voltage requirements are needed as building blocks in mixed-mode very-large-scale-integration (VLSI) systems that operate from a single supply of 1.5 V or less. High accuracy requires very high output resistance and low input resistance.
The basic implementation of a FVFCS is given in Fig. 3, which has the lowest input resistance—as well as the lowest input voltage requirements—reported to date. The input voltage required for such current mirror is in the order of Vds, which can be as small as 0.1 V, which is much smaller than the gate-source voltage (Vgs) drop required for a conventional low-voltage current mirror.
The input impedance is very low, on the order of 10 to 50 O, and can be expressed by Eq. 2:
rin = 1/(gm1gm2rol) (2)
The minimum voltage supply for the FVFCS can be found by Eq. 3:
VDDmin = |VTN + 2VDS (3)
From this, it can be seen that the mirror in Fig. 3 operates with a low voltage supply and low power consumption.
A high-performance current mirror also requires high output resistance and low voltage requirements at the output stage. A simple approach for realizing the output stage is by means of a simple or cascade current source. Normally, two of the low-voltage current mirror circuits can be used to accept input currents Ip and In. Then, the differential current between Ip and In can be achieved by the use of an improved Wilson mirror, constituted by NMOS transistors (Fig. 4).
More specifically, it is well known that a Wilson current mirror or an improved Wilson current mirror (Fig. 4) have better high-frequency behavior than a cascade current mirror without loss of the highoutput impedance and low static error features (having equal advantages with respect to the simple current mirror).1 Moreover, the improved Wilson mirror also provides an increase in the output resistance, as shown by Eq. 4:
For this reason:
gm2 = gmb2, rds2 + rds4 = rds2 rds4 gm2
ro = rds2 gm2 rds4 (5)
Consequently, the output impedance of a Wilson mirror is more than just a simple mirror.
The output stage of the proposed CDBA is based on the voltage follower. And the voltage follower also formed by a basic mirror and a Wilson mirror (Fig. 5). The impedance at mode w is very low and its voltage can be expressed by Eq. 6:
νw = ßvνz (7)
where Rw is the resistor connected to |terminal w, if:
gm1rob = 1
gm2(1 + gm3rob/2) = gw
νw ˜ νz.
The CDBA was designed for integrated-circuit (IC) fabrication in a CMOS process. It was simulated by PSPICE time-domain software based on a 0.18-µm CMOS process.
The aspect ratios of the current subtraction circuit elements (devices M1 through M10) are W/L = (30 µm)/(1 µm), and the voltage follower (devices M11 through M15) have an aspect ratio of W/L = (10 µm)/(1 µm). The supply voltages used are +VDD = -VSS = 0.8 V, and the constant bias current (Ib) of 30 µA was realized by employing basic current mirrors.
Figure 6 shows that the impedance of terminals p and n are equal to 12 Ω for a wide frequency range. It can be seen from Fig. 7 that terminal w has an impedance of 46 Ω. Figure 8 shows the variation of z terminal impedance with frequency, which yields an impedance of 276 kΩ.
The device characteristics given in Fig. 9 indicate that the CDBA circuit provides good performance and good potential for use in analog circuits. It has high linearity and accuracy over a wide dynamic range. As Fig. 9(a) shows, the maximum offset current on terminal z is equal to 0.23 µA. Figure 9(b) shows that the output voltage, Vw, follows voltage Vz. The power consumption for the CDBA circuit is 0.43 mW for Ip = In = 0 µA and 0.48 mW for Ip = In = 30 µA.
Figure 10 shows the CDBA's transfer characteristics. The current and voltage transfer ratios, ap, an, and ßv, were found to be 1.020, 1.020, and 0.988, respectively. The 3-dB frequencies for Iz/Ip, Iz/In, and Vw/Vz are approximately 376, 376, and 726 MHz, respectively. Table 1 summarizes the simulation results for the CDBA.
CDBA-based circuits offer excellent terminal characteristics and high common-mode rejection ratios for a variety of applications, including in oscillators,16 integrators,1 to simulate active inductance,17,18 for proportion integration differentiation,19 and for multiplier/divider circuits.20 CDBAs have also been applied in continuous-time current-mode filters such as single-input multi-output filters,6 multifunction filters, high-order filters,2,3 and universal filters. As an example, a five-order RLC Chebyshev lowpass filter was designed using CDBAs, grounded resistors, and capacitors. Figure 11 shows a current-mode, fifth-order RLC passive ladder prototype, and a CDBA-based normalized filter.
The fifth-order current transfer function can be expressed by Eq. 9:
Iin = the input current and
Iout = the output current.
The numerator is a polynomial with positive and negative real coefficients. In this filter, VDD = VSS = ±0.8 V; resistors RS = RL = R = 500 Ω; and capacitors C1 = C5 = 2.48 pF and C2 = C3 = C4 = 1.22 pF. Figure 12 shows the simulated amplitude response for the fifth-order CDBA-based lowpass filter. Based on the numerical simulations, a cutoff frequency, fc, of 120 MHz was determined for this filter. As the simulations show, its passband response exhibits excellent amplitude flatness.
The authors would like to thank the Open Fund Project of the Key Laboratory at Hunan University for financially supporting this research under grant No. 10K016.
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What job opportunities (and salary) are there for a PhD in economics or other business degree? My interest in business 'management' is waning, but am curious about the academic/theoretical application of an advanced business degree?Part of my interest in engineering was the theoretical nature, which is also th reason im looking into law. im guessing a doctorate in business would also hinge on the theoretical side, unlike a MBA which (in my ignorance) seems mundane
So glad to find some fellow Asian law students. I went to a Vietnamese wedding last weekend, where I announced that I was going to law school. The reaction was something along the lines of this:Parents' Friend: "So when are you getting married?"Me: "Uh...not any time soon. You see, I'm going to law school!" <beaming proud smile>Parents' Friend: <blank stare> "Law school? You mean med school, right?"Me: "No, law school. I start this fall in Chicago".Parents' Friend: "Oh. Chicago's cold".Not exactly the kind of congratulations I was expecting. I probably would've gotten a more excited reaction if I told them I was attending pharmacy school or mortuary school.


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One of the classic combinations in certain regions of France is Picon Biere, that is a Pilsener or Wheat beer with a splash of Amer Picon poured in.
Unfortunately, we don't get Amer Picon here in these United States.
However, we do get a lot of other Amaros…
With this series of posts we shall explore the possibilities we do have available.
First up!
Amaro Nardini and Anchor California Lager
Amaro Nardini is a strongly flavored rich Amaro. Strong flavors of chocolate and a little menthol. Not super bitter, it is super delicious.
DESCRIPTION Digestive after-dinner liqueur with a pleasant and distinctive liquorice finish. Can be served straight, chilled or with ice.
INGREDIENTS Grain alcohol, bitter orange aroma, peppermint and gentian.
APPEARANCE Intense color of dark chocolate.
NOSE Perfect balance of aromatic components, intense scent of liquorice and mint.
PALATE Bitter, with an excellent fruit and herbal balance. A fresh impact of mint, the gentian offers a pleasurable finish of liquorice.
Anchor California Lager is a relatively new beer for Anchor Brewing. Similar in character to their Liberty Ale, it is a little lighter than that beer with a slightly different hop character.
Anchor Steam's® roots go back to the Gold Rush, long before icehouses and modern refrigeration made traditional lagers a viable California option. In 1876, thanks to an ice pond in the mountains and a belief that anything is possible in the Golden State, a little brewery named Boca created California's first genuine lager. Anchor California Lager® is our re-creation of this historic beer.
Made in San Francisco with two-row California barley, Cluster hops (the premier hop in 19th-century California), and our own lager yeast, this all-malt brew is kräusened and lagered in our cellars. Its golden color, distinctive aroma, creamy head, balanced depth of flavor, and smooth finish make Anchor California Lager® a delicious celebration of California's unique brewing heritage.
Method: Pour a half a beer into the mason jar of your choosing. Pour in a half shot (2cl) of Amaro.
I was afraid the Amaro would be too strong for the beer, but this is actually quite a pleasant combination, with the sweetness of the Amaro complementing nicely the beer.


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for lisah in logo design - custom.
Would like edgy, fun, smart and energetic logo and header. Show the practice as leading edge and innovative, but friendly and fun. A place you want to go to and be a part of.
http://www.dothedrops.com or James T. Bishop MD
Client is a Stanford-trained physician who offers allergy drops (sublingual immunotherapy) which is an allergy treatment with no shots. Patient simply puts drops under their tongue every day at home. Easy, simple and great for everyone, especially kids.
Dr. Bishop takes a long time with his patients, loves to teach them about their allergy and asthma. We will be adding a lot of educational materials to the site.
You can see existing site at http://www.dothedrops.com and will see why it needs to be completely redesigned. More work will be forthcoming.
Please submit in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator.
Payment with PayPal, check or cc.
- please be creative and have fun with it
- start from scratch
- stodgy, stuffy or boring
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Concerns about Greece are returning to the euro zone agenda as the embattled Mediterranean country approaches key negotiations about changing the terms of its bailout by international lenders.
Greece is hoping for a two-year extension on its austerity package, but may have to accept stricter terms as a result. Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) added his voice to those calling for an extension in an interview with CNBC Tuesday.
French President Francois Hollande and other European leaders are reportedly preparing to warn German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Germany, the main opponent of the extension, may have to accept some form of debt relief.
A conference call of euro zone finance ministers to discuss Greece will take place Wednesday, and an additional Eurogroup meeting has been scheduled for November 8, signaling that negotiations are at a critical stage as the deadline for Greece to run out of money approaches.
(Read More: Confusion Over Greece's Bailout Extension)
"We do not have that much time to discuss this," Ewald Nowotny, head of Austria's central bank and member of the European Central Bank(ECB)'s governing council, warned in an interview with CNBC Tuesday.
There are still plenty who question the wisdom of the bailout itself.
"These bailout loans and the extension to them constitute not help but a poisonous remedy. It's like throwing petrol on the fire instead of water," Yanis Varoufakis, professor of economics at the University of Athens, told CNBC.
"Greece needs to be aided out of its Great Depression, but these loans and extensions are catastrophic not only for Greece but for the donors of that aid."
In recent months, the attitude of Greece's international creditors had appeared to be softening. Worries about the potential for contagion if Greece were to exit the euro zone, which had abated, returned to the agenda as it became increasingly likely that Spain would ask for a bailout.
"Now the anxiety is over a Greek default's precipitating a Spanish default and possibly defaults of other sovereign borrowers also," according to Stephen Lewis, chief economist at Monument Securities.
"The losses that banks would incur in such a process, long before the mechanisms of banking union were in place, would very likely destabilize the euro arrangements and spell the end for the single currency experiment."
However, the troika of the European Commission, ECB and International Monetary Fund has recently refused to make concessions on labor market reforms, which would be a stumbling block for the Democratic Left, one of the parties governing Greece.
Greece may be the worst-affected country in the euro zone, but it is not the only one which has been bailed out, and creditors may not want to grant too many concessions in case others use the excuse to renegotiate more favorable terms.
(Read More: The Cost of Greece's Recovery)
Varoufakis said he was confident that there would be "some fig leaf" to push the reforms through because Greece needed the bailout "like a heroin addict."
"We have a case of deep insolvency. Lending more money to the insolvent Greek state to lend to the insolvent Greek banks makes no sense," he argued.
He believes that Greece's problems should be fixed by recapitalizing the stronger Greek banks directly from bailout funds, rather than from the sovereign bailout, and that there should be a coupling between growth and the rate of repayment of loans. He also argued for the release of at least 12 billion euros ($15.5 billion) in structural investment funds from the European Investment Bank – not the Greek state – for direct investment projects in Greece private sector.
"If Greece exits the euro zone, very soon there will be no euro zone left. The whole house of cards will collapse," Varoufakis warned.
Written by Catherine Boyle, CNBC. Twitter: @cboylecnbc.


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Riding at the Pinnacle of the Naked bike craze is the MV Augusta Brutale. In typical MV fashion, very modest changes have occured for the 2009 line-up. Most obviously is the extra 169cc's, which bump the Brutale's displacement equal to that of the F4 (no surprise since they share so many common parts). Read more after the jump.
What do you get when you cross and MV Augusta F4 CC (the 1078cc MV F4 variant) with an MV Augusta F4 R 312 (the MV F4 312kph capable variant)? Well, and MV Augusta F4 with 1078cc's capable of doing over 312kph. Rated at 190hp, the 1078 is the "racing rules" be damned street bike with Italian flare. The F4 1000 (the current F4 R 312) will function as MV's race homologated Superbike, meeting all the requirements and specification set down for WSBK competition. Details on the changes, and more pictures after the jump.


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- Tell us your name. Kyle Habecker
- What is your position here at Performance and can you briefly sum up your job? Email Marketing Manager. I'm responsible for the planning, execution and delivery of all emails from Performance Inc.
- How long have you been working here? 6 years
- What (if any) other positions have you held here at Performance? Graphic Designer, Graphics Coordinator, Internet/Multimedia Designer.
- What bike(s) do you ride? Santa Cruz Chameleon, Turner 5 Spot, Giant TCR, Fuji Cross Pro, Fuji D6
- Where would you ride if you could ride anywhere? Anywhere… Anywhere is the answer. I love to ride Bikes. Any bike, anywhere, any time.
- What hobbies/interests do you enjoy other than cycling? Hobbies? Right now I don't have time for other hobbies. This year I am dedicating all my free time to training for the triathlon season. Balancing, family, work and triathlon takes all my time right now.
- What one question would you like me to ask the next person? Road or Trails today?
Question from Jill Lewis: Is it 5 o'clock yet? If you want it to be.


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Podcast 027 "100 minutes" (30.01.2012)
by Third Decade on Jan.30, 2012, under Podcast, 57 view(s)
This episode supposed to be here in July, I think. That's when most of singles included on tracklist were released. You are gonna hear 100 minutes of selected trance, house and progressive tracks from artists such as: Andy Duguid (this time Personal Favorite – I'm absolutely in love with JES vocals), Headstrong, BT, Simon Patterson (another really massive vocal track), JPL, Moonbeam (track from their latest album called The Secret – check this out, it's amazing), Trilucid, Dinka (nice, smooth remix that You would like for sure), Armin van Buuren, Soarsweep, Heatbeat, Fragma (very good refresh of good old dance classic made by SKJG Project) and many more.
Hope You'll enjoy it and be ready cause another two episodes of podcast are on the way. Stay tuned. ;)
PS. For the first time I uploaded Podcast preview on Youtube – new tradition? Will see.
01. Headstrong feat. Stine Grove – Tears (Third Decade Intro Edit)
02. meHiLove – Daylight (Original Mix)
03. Simon Patterson & Greg Downey feat. Bo Bruce – Come To Me
04. JES & Andy Duguid – Before You Go (Taxigirl Edit) [Personal Favorite]
05. Alex Larichev – Nikaretta (Original Mix)
06. G-Tek – New School FM (B.O.N.G. 'Adouken' Remix)
07. JPL – Chasing Embers (Original Mix)
08. BT feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw – A Million Stars (Jason van Wyk Remix)
09. Dune vs. Alesso – Heiress Of Valentina (Jean Elan Remix)
10. Moonbeam feat. Matvey Emerson – Wanderer (Original Mix)
11. Fast Distance – Abalone (Beach Mix)
12. Trilucid feat. Sophie Tusnelda – Bring You The Sun (D-Mad Remix)
13. Sezer Uysal feat. CHINAR – Baku (Dinka Remix)
14. Armin van Buuren feat. Nadia Ali – Feels So Good (Jerome Ima-Ae Remix)
15. Heatbeat – Megabootleg 500
16. Ad Brown – Singapore Sling (Magnetic Bros. pres. Spatree Remix)
17. Jonas Steur feat. Jennifer Rene – Still I Wait (Original Mix)
18. Peter Lesko pres. Spark7 – Beneath The Sand (Original Mix)
19. Super8 & Tab feat. Alyna – Perfect Day (Gareth Emery Remix)
20. Daiquiri – Lily (Original Mix)
21. Smart Apes feat. Elsa Hill – U-Turn
22. Soarsweep – Hidden In The Cave (Original Mix)
23. Fragma – Everytime You Need Me 2011 (SKJG Project Remix)
24. The 8th Note – Tiny Wings (Original Mix)
Total runtime: 100:00


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Cliffs, canal, and towpath along the C&O canal above Great Falls on the Potamac. Picture was taken at 640 x 480 pixel setting with my cell phone and sent as Picture Message to this blog. Right-click on image and then click "properties". Note that the image size is 328 x 248 pixels, 33 KB, as is all other images uploaded earlier to this blog. However, you can see larger sized image of this photo by left-clicking on image. The image properties then indicate an image of 640 x 480 pixels, 133.8 KB.
I also took the same landscape at camera settings of 1280 x 960 pixels (see above) and at 1600 x 1200 pixels. When I tried to send a picture message of the largest image, I received an error message, "Message size exceeds limit. Try another".
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2. If the uploaded image is 320 x 240 pixels, ie. smaller than 328 x 248, there will be very minor pixelation (fuzziness) of image.
3. Better to upload 1280 x 960 pixel size of complex landscapes, but close-ups of persons can be sufficiently taken and uploaded at 640 x 480 pixels.
4. The 1600 x 1200 pixel image taken by my cell phone can not be sent via picture messaging.
5. It is not necessary to resize all my digital images before posting to this blog, since they will not show up as huge, overwhelming images, but instead, be displayed within the margins of the blog column, that is 328 x 248 pixels.