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1 cup praline paste (we like Valrhona)
1 cup cookie crumbs
1/4 cup milk chocolate
1/4 cup brown butter*
Melt the butter into the milk chocolate. Stir in the praline paste, mix in the cookie crumbs, and let set in the refrigerator. Scoop or form into small balls (this is easily done if the mixture is cold). *To make brown butter, melt butter in a saucepan, and stir until the butter foams up and the milk solids just begin to turn brown. In order to yield 1/4c, you will have to start out with more – about 1/2 cup.
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg white
Whip egg white until it holds soft peaks; slowly add sugar, and whip until it is no longer grainy. Pipe onto the outside of the domes, and toast the meringue using a torch (or put it ever so briefly under the broiler).
Chocolate Mousse
3 1/4 cup Semisweet chocolate
1 yolk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
1 envelope granulated gelatin, bloomed
2 cups cream
Melt the chocolate; set aside. Whisk the yolk, sugar, milk, and first cream together over very low heat until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Whisk in the bloomed gelatin, and strain over the melted chocolate. Stir until the whole mixture is glossy, and let cool to room temperature. While the chocolate is cooling, whip the remaining cream to soft peaks. Fold the cream into the chocolate, and pour into half-dome molds, nestling a scoop of the praline mix and a Donsuemor Financier into the mousse.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 cup philly cream cheese
¼ cup sugar
1 each fresh vanilla bean ( scrap the insides)
1tsp almond extract
To make frosting: Place room temp cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and almond in mixing bowl and cream together.
Chocolate Glaze
1 cups chopped chocolate
¼ cup heavy cream
½ cup whipped cream
To make chocolate glaze: In a double boiler bring cream to temp, then slowly add chopped chocolate and incorporate till smooth. Remove from heat and let cool for 15 min, the fold in whip cream.
To assemble cookie cake
3 each almond cookies
1 chocolate Dipped Madeleine cookie
Cream cheese frosting
Chocolate glaze
½ strawberry
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup cold water 3 egg whites
Grease and flour one 9-inch and one 6-inch cake pans and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter or margarine. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Once creamed, beat in vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa and baking powder. Add 1/3 of the dry mixture to the cream followed by 1/3 of the water; alternate and beat after each addition until smooth. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gently fold into batter. Pour into prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Rest in pans 10 minutes and turn out on racks until completely cool.
Frosting 1/3 cup butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (plus extra for desired dark color)
1/3 cup milk (cold)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract 16 oz confectioners' sugar (1 standard package)
Beat butter and 1/4 cup cocoa powder together in a bowl with an electric mixer on low until consistently light and fluffy. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup cocoa powder including extra to achieve preferred color, and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Beat confectioners' sugar into the mixture 2 tablespoons at a time. Add in milk one teaspoon at a time until the desired smooth, rich consistency is reached
This recipe can be used throughout the year but adds beautiful elegance to your Thanksgiving table. You can make individual glasses of the tiramisu or make it in an 8×8 inch pan and serve as wedges. Garnish with whipped cream flavored with sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
1/4 cup rum
Serves: 4
2 tablespoons sugar
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Servings: makes 12 bite-sized tarts
12 Donsuemor French Almond Cakes (financiers)
2 cups whole milk
6 large egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch, sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into bits at room temperature
For Pastry Cream:
9-12 Servings
Option 1:
Preheat broiler to 360 degrees. Place cookies on a foil-lined cooking tray and top each cookie with chocolate and half a marshmallow. Broil ~2-3 minutes, or until chocolate is melted and marshmallow is toasted.
Option 2:
Toast marshmallows over a campfire or gas range, sandwich between cookies and chocolate.
Top with matcha mixture, and voila!
Option 1
Preheat broiler to 360 degrees. Place cookies on a foil-lined cooking tray and top each cookie with chocolate, caramel and half a marshmallow. Broil ~2-3 minutes, or until chocolate and caramel are melted and marshmallow is toasted.
Option 2
Toast marshmallows over a campfire or gas range, sandwich between cookies, caramel and chocolate.
Top with jam or raspberries, and voila!
Preheat broiler to 360 degrees. Place cookies on a foil lined tray and top with cheese, apple and marshmallow. Broil ~2-3 minutes, or until cheese is melted and marshmallow is toasted.
Toast marshmallows over a campfire or gas range, sandwich between cookies, cheese and apple.
Preheat broiler. Place cookies on a lightly greased cooking tray and top with marshmallow. Broil ~2-3 minutes, or until chocolate is melted and marshmallow is toasted. Coat other half of cookie with PB&J and chocolate. Sandwich together.
Toast marshmallows over a campfire or gas range. Coat other half of cookie with PB&J and chocolate. Sandwich together.
Preheat broiler to 360 degrees. Place cookies on a foil lined cooking tray and top with marshmallow. Broil ~2-3 minutes, or until chocolate is melted and marshmallow is toasted. Coat other half of cookie with Nutella and top with banana. Sandwich together.
Toast marshmallows over a campfire or gas range, sandwich between Nutella coated cookies and banana.
Donsuemor is committed to customer satisfaction. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your order, please contact us at 888-420-4441 or e-mail us at email@example.com. Our madeleines are a perishable product and cannot be returned.
Please enter your shipping information carefully. You are responsible for all costs related to undeliverable orders which result from incorrectly entered shipping information.
Prices include shipping and handling within the continental United States. Shipping to Alaska and Hawaii is available for an additional $30 charge. Simply place your order and we will contact you for payment of the additional charge to be billed to your credit card. All orders will be shipped by FedEx and will arrive within 10 business days from your order date. If you require your order to arrive on a specific delivery date or would like to place a future fulfill order, please call us at 888-420-4441 and we will gladly accommodate your request.
We can accommodate only one shipping address per order/transaction.
In order to process your transaction when ordering from our website, we ask that you enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, and credit card information.
Your information, whether public or private will not be sold, exchanged, transferred or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product.
Donsuemor implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, etc.) will not be kept on file for more than 60 days.
Donsuemor does not use cookies. We also do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.
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The longest i have travelled on a plane is an hour and a half My asthma always flares up after journey and i am recovering from shingles at the moment Its a working conference for a week (The flight is 8 hours long)
how much would travel insurance cost?
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Rapists peedophiles murderers and terrorists destroy lives and deserve to die . They are too dangerous to be released back into society and it will act as a deterrent so it will also stop future crimes. It should be mandatory. People have a right to seek justice and the death penalty is justice.
Life is worthless if we punish the taking of life with anything less than death. Lack of the death penalty shows that society is protecting the life of a murderer more than it protected the life of an innocent soul.
No, it doesn't bring the victim back to life. But neither does life in prison.
Yes, two wrongs sometimes do make a right. If you don't think so, why punish criminals at all?
There is a deterrent effect. This is worth any extra court costs.
Death penalty murderers cannot be "rehabilitated". They should be shot within a year of the verdict, after 12 months to get their appeals in order.


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21st Century Labels and Packaging Optimizes Production with HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Press release from the issuing company
In business for 20 years, Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based 21st Century Labels and Packaging has historically operated conventional printing equipment to produce prime pressure sensitive labels, shrink films, folding cartons, pouches and stick packs, with orders ranging from 1,000 to 10 million labels. In 2014, 21st Century Labels and Packaging installed the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press to address demand for shorter run lengths, recognizing that digital printing would provide a competitive advantage. In less than one year, digital printing has grown from zero to more than 20 percent of the company's revenue. 21st Century Labels and Packaging plans to upgrade its HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press with a Value Pack to add all the functionality of an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press. With the upgraded press, 21st Century Labels and Packaging will be able to move additional work from flexo to digital.
The Value Pack upgrade for the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press will help 21st Century Labels and Packaging improve productivity, simplify color management, and diversify application options to deliver more value to brands and end customers. The Value Pack enables a wider frame width that will increase the company's output with higher imposition efficiency and reduce costs, while providing quality comparable to or better than conventional printing technologies. With the upgraded HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press, 21st Century Labels and Packaging will also be able to reduce the time it spends preparing color profiles and meet its customers' strict color requirements in a variety of industries, including sports nutrition & wellness, health & beauty, pharmaceuticals & nutraceuticals, food & beverage and industrial products.
"We pride ourselves on new product development and innovation and are continually offering our customers new solutions to provide them greater value," said Michael Stephens, president, 21st Century Labels and Packaging. "Digital printing will enable us to better address market trends and customer demand for shorter run lengths, faster turnaround times and personalization, and the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press is our latest investment to offer customers exceptional performance and quality for high-value labels and packaging applications."
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Tips to Develop a Lead Scoring Framework that Drives B2C Conversion
Ask any successful B2B brand, and it will tell you that the golden thread between its sales and marketing teams is its lead scoring system. According to Marketo, only 25% of new leads are sales ready, and B2B marketers are pros at measuring consumer readiness to buy and nurturing them down the purchase funnel. On average, B2B companies using lead scoring systems increase close rates by 30%, revenue by 18% and revenue per deal by 17% (Eloqua).
Despite having the same ultimate goal – sales revenue – B2C companies' larger volume of customers and highly independent, often automated purchase processes have led them to skip traditional lead scoring all together. Instead, most B2C companies measure and track page-level and event data in attempt to herd consumers through checkout. However, without insight into consumer identity and the ability to pinpoint the behaviors driving performance, this tactic most often results in a game of cat and mouse.
Here are 3 tips B2C brands should use to develop a successful lead scoring strategy that builds consumer relationships and boosts shopping cart conversions.
1. Establish Identity
It may sound obvious, but many B2C brands fail to complete the first and most important step of lead scoring: authenticating consumer identity. One way to let your customers leave your site without verifying their identities is by asking for too much information; the other is by asking for none at all. Too many businesses allow consumers to anonymously peruse their pages or checkout as guest, while 12% of consumers admit to having abandoned a purchase because the site required too much information (Invesp).
Offering frictionless registration, login and checkout processes is key in increasing consumer identity capture while minimizing abandon. Social Login allows consumers to register for and login to your site or app with the click of a button using their existing social media accounts. It also enables brands to request permission-based access to specific data points housed in users' social profiles, which can then be used to create more tailored user experiences and pre-populate checkout fields.
2. Gamify Consumer Signals
In assigning "points" to "rank" potential customers based on particular actions and signals, B2B marketers are essentially unknowingly gamifying prospect interactions. This same "gamification mindset" can be leveraged by B2C marketers to gauge and influence consumers' intent to purchase.
Gamification allows brands to reward consumers for completing specific actions that ultimately impact KPIs, such as registering, sharing content, or making purchases. Rewards can take the form of badges, public recognition, coupons, gifts and more, and foster feelings of exclusivity, value and prestige that effectively drive desired behaviors. Not only does gamification foster valuable consumer conduct by assigning value to actions and events that lead to conversion, but it also gives brands the ability to identify brand advocates and where potential customers sit within the purchase funnel. These insights can then be used to shape future messaging and interactions.
The most successful gamification strategies bridge channels and devices to connect both virtual and real-world experiences. One brand with an exemplary gamification strategy is hotel and casino giant Boyd Gaming with its B Connected Social program. Participants can earn points by booking hotel rooms, sharing promotions with friends and checking in at any Boyd Casino. These virtual points can then be exchanged for real-world rewards like vacations and slot dollars. This gamified, cross-channel reward system has produced exceptional results, including over 35,000 social media shares at more than 3 social referrals per share.
3. Tailor Touchpoints
By successfully authenticating consumer identity and pinpointing users' place in the buying process, brands can create more personalized user experiences that help consumers "level up" within the purchase funnel. With the insights garnered via Social Login, including users' interests and media preferences, marketers are able to tailor content, product showcases, exclusive discounts and more to users' real-time wants and needs. In addition to prompting 40% of consumers to buy more (Monetate), personalized experiences develop authentic relationships that result in customer retention, trust and lifetime value.
To do this successfully, brands need a single view into consumer actions and behaviors across channels and devices. Implement a robust, dynamic-schema database that automatically gives you the power to collect and consolidate cross-channel consumer identity data. This database should also enable bi-directional synchronization with existing third-party marketing platforms to engage every channel in the lead scoring and nurturing process.
Modern B2C brands would greatly benefit from taking a page out of B2B marketers' playbook and putting lead scoring into place. However, the lead scoring process hardly ends once the first few customers clear checkout. A successful lead scoring strategy means constant optimization of social login options, gamified actions and data-driven campaigns to ensure that you are consistently reaching the right consumers with the right messages at the right moments.
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Published : Thu 10th May 2018 - Mon 11th Jun 2018
Arriva London team up with REME for June recruitment day
At Arriva, we are always looking for new ways to recruit high calibre applicants to fill roles in our every expanding business.
Driving Instructor - Classroom
Reporting to the driver recruitment and training manager, the successful applicant will deliver classroom-based training to new and existing drivers.
Duty Manager - Grays
We have a vacancy for a Duty Manager, reporting to the Deputy Operations Manager of Grays and Operations Manager of Barking / Grays Garage. The role includes supervising, controlling and co-coordinating services operating from the garage. The position will also include office-based tasks, including audit work, staff allocation and organising daily run-outs.
Trainer Specialist
Arriva London currently has a vacancy for a Training Specialist, reporting to the Engineering Training Manager. The position will primarily be based at the Arriva London training academy at Edmonton garage, but will involve working at various locations around London and the Home Counties.
Ferry Van Drivers - Dartford
Located at Dartford garage, this full-time shift-based role will primarily consist of ferrying bus drivers to various locations using nine-seater minibuses. Reporting to the Operations Manager, this is an essential role within the business and the successful applicants will be an integral part of the operation.
Apprentice Support & Welfare Administrator
Reporting to the Engineering Training Manager, the position will be based at the training academy at Edmonton garage, but will involve travelling and working at various locations around London and the Home Counties.


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Vogel Tractors, located between Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas, specializes in low hour, high quality tractors from 20-140 hp with loaders, tillage, landscaping, and other attachments. Financing is available and delivery can be arranged locally or nationwide. In addition, initial training on equipment usage and basic maintenance is part of the sale for on-site buyers. We want you to be happy with your tractor and implements from Vogel Tractors!
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The U.S. government lost $11.2 billion on its bailout of General Motors Co (GM.N), more than the $10.3 billion the Treasury Department estimated when it sold its remaining GM shares in December, according to a government report released on Wednesday.$11.2 billion dollar loss. Let me bust out my calculator here. Assuming a yearly salary of $50,000, that means the loss alone could have paid the salaries of 224,000 people. According to General Motors, they has 212,000 employees.
The $11.2 billion loss includes a write-off in March of the government's remaining $826 million investment in "old" GM, the quarterly report by a Treasury watchdog said.
So, basically, we would have SAVED money if the federal government had simply written a check for $50K to every single GM employee and then shuttered the damn buildings. If you factor in the $50 billion that was spent to save GM, we could have cut everyone a check for $200K - or paid them $50K a year for four years. Any of which would have been a gross misuse of taxpayer funds, mind you.
"But Jay!" you shriek. "GM was too big to fail!" You know something? If you need $50 billion from the government just to stay afloat - and you still can't handle a simple recall? Maybe we're thwarting natural selection by allowing your company to continue to exist? Ah, but then how would the union thugs get their kickback if the company had been allowed to expire?
I take it back - even if I did hit the lottery, I won't buy anything from GM...
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Our Master in Management includes several tracks, both traditional and alternative, with one fundamental objective: to offer you a curriculum that fits your career plan perfectly.Depending on your level of English, from the outset you can follow most of your courses in English.
Our traditional tracks
The Master years: transform your knowledge into skillsIn the second and third years, you will:
- Strengthen your ability by acquiring the fundamentals of genuine cross-functional management, so as to plan your career and give yourself a head start on your competitors in the employment market
- Take Business Outlook courses, applying the fundamentals of management to a specific sector or a "non-traditional" management function such as marketing… in a bank, or management control... in an opera house
- Continue to build upon and structure your knowledge during an international semester at one of our 300 partner universities
- Take the introductory courses to familiarise yourself with your final-year specialisation
- Acquire a specialisation that fascinates you and will make you eminently employable
Our specialisationsThese will prepare you to work in various current and future professions.
- Champagne & Wine Management
In English. Reims Campus.
- Law and Management
It trains you in the professions of: Director of legal affairs; company lawyer; Compliance officer; Legal risk manager; Contract manager; litigation management director; Lobbyist; Consultant, etc.
In French. Rouen Campus.
- Entrepreneurship
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Human Resources and Consulting
In English. Reims Campus.
- Performance Management and Consulting
In French. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Supply Chain Management and Purchasing
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Corporate Finance
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Financial Markets : Assets, Risk Management
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Real Estate & Wealth Management
In English. Reims Campus.
- Marketing
This specialisation is structured in core courses for functional and sectorial areas.
- Marketing, functional areas:
- Brand Management
Trains you in the professions of: Brand manager, product manager, services quality manager, market analyst, marketing manager, services network manager, etc.
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Leading market growth
Trains you in the professions of: Commercial director, sales manager, market manager, key account manager, customer relations manager, negotiations manager, online sales manager, sales forecast manager, sales analyst, etc.
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Media, Event & Communication
Trains you in the professions of: communication/e-communication manager, media research manager, strategic planner, e-marketing project manager, project manager, advertising manager, community manager, event manager, etc.
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Consulting & Marketing Intelligence
Trains you in the professions of: Consumer insight manager, consultant junior, marketing research director/manager, research project manager, client/market knowledge manager, customer intelligence manager, innovation manager, etc.
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Multichannel Retail & Distribution
Trains you in the professions of: Category manager, sector manager, distribution network development and promotion manager, cross-channel development manager, trade marketer, e-commerce site marketing manager, store manager, junior buyer, Private Label Product Manager, etc.
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Brand Management
- Marketing, sectorial areas:
- Tourism marketing
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- Wine Marketing
In English. Reims Campus.
- Services Marketing
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- High-Tech Marketing
In English. Reims Campus.
- Luxury Marketing
In English. Reims and Rouen Campuses.
- B2B Marketing
In English. Rouen Campus.
- Tourism marketing
Our specific tracks
Our Accounting/Consulting track/DSCG
Taught in French, the Accounting and consulting track will allow you to:
- Access professions in Auditing, Chartered Accounting, Management Control, etc.
- Complete the equivalent of 5 out of 7 units for the Advanced Management and Accounting Diploma (DSCG)
- Prepare for the two remaining units that you can complete once ha've graduated
- Carry out internships or an apprenticeship designed specifically in partnership with an auditing firm
Our Chartered Financial Analyst track (CFA)
This prestigious programme, offered on the Reims campus, allows you to:
- Pass two levels of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), professional qualification in financial expertise for the CFA Institute and prepare for level III
- Train successfully for the professions of financial analyst and portfolio manager
Our entrepreneurship track
Do you have an entrepreneurial project in mind ? Do you want to propose and develop projects for a student club or society ? The entrepreneurship track is made for you. Offered in your second year, this selective track allows you to manage one of the School's societies as a real micro-business or focus on your own entrepreneurial project.
Your specially adapted timetable enables you to follow courses in the morning and work for a student society or on your entrepreneurial project in our incubator in the afternoon.
By choosing this track, you can:
- Put your skills to everyday use
- Take on responsibility
- Participate actively in School life and promote inter-cohort links
This track is also offered to high-level athletes
Our dual-skill/double-diploma track
This part of the programme takes place outside the School at a partner institution and replaces the on-campus, end-of-curriculum specialisation. It offers you the opportunity to develop a specific skill, bringing exceptional added value to your CV. It is open to all our students.
Sports, engineering, project management, art… these programmes are set up around our partnerships with renowned establishments and our other programmes. We aim to : offer you the widest possible range of choices for your specialisation.
- Our Masters of Science and Specialised Masters:
- Masters and Specialised Masters at partner organisations:
› Specialised Masters in Technology and Management - CENTRALE PARIS
› Design Manager track – Reims' Ecole Supérieure des Arts et du Design (ESAD)
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I'm calling this fitness "plan" (or more like suggestions) "8 to Great!". I want this to be a collaborative effort so please email me any thought or suggestions on how we can make this initiative really work for everyone.
I will officially start 8 to Great in 2 weeks, March 1, mark it on your calendars! That will give us 2 months to get really fit before the weather starts to get nice and we want to put on those short skirts and bathing suits.
Here's how to get started, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3…
1) Follow my blog to get the weekly workouts, grocery lists and healthy recipes. I will also be creating challenges and contests where you will be entered to win prizes to help keep you motivated.
2) Like U Go Baby on Facebook for motivation and fit tips to keep you inspired. And feel free to post any fitness related comments, questions or pictures of your progress!
3) Join the U Go Baby Fitness Meetup.com group by clicking the icon below. I want to foster and grow more U Go Baby Fitness meetup communities in your area to help you achieve your goals! Meetup.com is a place where you can meet people with the same goals as you, you can create meeting times to either workout or just talk about your fitness goals. It's a great way to create a support system in your neck of the woods.
Please email me any thoughts, suggestions, workouts or recipes to help make this an effective fitness initiative. Thanks everyone and I look forward to working out with you!
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Seven virtues
This article possibly contains original research. (February 2013)
In the Catholic catechism, the seven Christian virtues or heavenly virtues refers to the union of two sets of virtues. The four cardinal virtues, from ancient Greek philosophy, are prudence, justice, temperance (meaning restriction or restraint), and courage (or fortitude). The three theological virtues, from the letters of Saint Paul of Tarsus, are faith, hope, and charity (or love). These were adopted by the Church Fathers as the seven virtues.
The first virtues were identified by the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato, who regarded temperance, wisdom, justice, and courage as the four most desirable character traits. After the New Testament was written, these four virtues became known as the cardinal virtues, while faith, hope and charity were referred to as the theological virtues. But Stalker, in his book The Seven Cardinal Virtues, says, "It is of distinct advantage to be reminded that the Christian character has a natural foundation... but certainly the latter are cardinal also--that is, hinge virtues; and it is convenient to have a single adjective for designating the whole seven".[1] However, such a perspective runs counter to the traditional understanding of the differences in the natures of Cardinal and Theological virtues, as the latter are not fully accessible to humans in their natural state without assistance from God. "All virtues have as their final scope to dispose man to acts conducive to his true happiness. The happiness, however, of which man is capable is twofold, namely, natural, which is attainable by man's natural powers, and supernatural, which exceeds the capacity of unaided human nature. Since, therefore, merely natural principles of human action are inadequate to a supernatural end, it is necessary that man be endowed with supernatural powers to enable him to attain his final destiny. Now these supernatural principles are nothing else than the theological virtues."[2]
Seven heavenly virtues
A list of seven heavenly virtues, to oppose the seven deadly sins, appeared later in an epic poem entitled Psychomachia, or Battle/Contest of the Soul. Written by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian governor who died around 410 A.D., it entails the battle between good virtues and evil vices. The enormous popularity of this work in the Middle Ages helped to spread the concept of holy virtue throughout Europe. The virtues are identified as chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. Practicing them is said to protect one against temptation from the seven deadly sins
|Virtue's Meaning
|Purity, knowledge, honesty, wisdom
|Discretion of sexual conduct according to one's state in life; the practice of courtly love. Cleanliness through cultivated good health and hygiene, and maintained by refraining from intoxicants. To be honest with oneself, one's family, one's friends, and to all of humanity. Embracing of moral wholesomeness and achieving purity of thought-through education and betterment. The ability to refrain from being distracted and influenced by hostility, temptation or corruption.[3]
|Humanism, justice, honour, abstinence
|Restraint, temperance, justice. Constant mindfulness of others and one's surroundings; practicing self-control, abstinence, moderation and deferred gratification. Prudence to judge between actions with regard to appropriate actions at a given time. Proper moderation between self-interest, versus public-interest, and against the rights and needs of others.
|Will, benevolence, generosity, sacrifice
|Generosity, charity, self-sacrifice; the term should not be confused with the more restricted modern use of the word charity to mean benevolent giving. In Christian theology, charity—or love (agäpé)—is the greatest of the three theological virtues.
Love, in the sense of an unlimited loving kindness towards all others, is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both glorify and reflect the nature of God. Such love is self-sacrificial. Confusion can arise from the multiple meanings of the English word "love". The love that is "caritas" is distinguished by its origin—being divinely infused into the soul—and by its residing in the will rather than emotions, regardless of what emotions it stirs up. This love is necessary for salvation, and with it no one can be lost.
|Persistence, fortitude, effort, ethics, rectitude
|A zealous and careful nature in one's actions and work; decisive work ethic, steadfastness in belief, fortitude, and the capability of not giving up. Budgeting one's time; monitoring one's own activities to guard against laziness. Upholding one's convictions at all times, especially when no one else is watching (integrity).
|mercy, sufferance
|Forbearance and endurance through moderation. Enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity. Resolving conflicts and injustice peacefully, as opposed to resorting to violence. Accepting the grace to forgive;[4] to show mercy to sinners. Creating a sense of peaceful stability and community rather than suffering, hostility, and antagonism.
|Satisfaction, loyalty, compassion, integrity
|Charity, compassion and friendship for its own sake. Empathy and trust without prejudice or resentment. Unselfish love and voluntary kindness without bias or spite. Having positive outlooks and cheerful demeanor; to inspire kindness in others.
|Bravery, modesty, reverence, altruism
|Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. It is a spirit of self-examination; a hermeneutic of suspicion toward yourself and charity toward people you disagree with. The courage of the heart necessary to undertake tasks which are difficult, tedious or unglamorous, and to graciously accept the sacrifices involved. Reverence for those who have wisdom and those who selflessly teach in love. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self. Being faithful to promises, no matter how big or small they may be. Refraining from despair. The ability to confront fear and uncertainty, or intimidation.[5]
Seven deadly virtues
In the Broadway musical Camelot, the character Mordred has a song in which he describes "The Seven Deadly Virtues", which differ slightly from the historic list given above.
The seven deadly virtues, those ghastly little traps
Oh no, my liege, they were not meant for me
Those seven deadly virtues were made for other chaps
Who love a life of failure and ennui
Take courage—now there's a sport
An invitation to the state of rigor mort
And purity—a noble yen
And very restful every now and then
I find humility means to be hurt
It's not the earth the meek inherit, it's the dirt
Honesty is fatal, it should be taboo
Diligence—a fate I would hate
If charity means giving, I give it to you
And fidelity is only for your mate
You'll never find a virtue unstatusing my quo or making my Beelzebubble burst
Let others take the high road, I will take the low
I cannot wait to rush in where angels fear to go
With all those seven deadly virtues free and happy little me has not been cursed
See also
- ↑ The Seven Cardinal Virtues, by James Stalker (1902) - p. 10
- ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15472a.htm
- ↑ Hoopes, Tom. "Seven Passion Sins and Virtues". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 17 May 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ http://www.presentationministries.com/brochures/BookOnForgiveness.asp
- ↑ Robert Grosseteste II Dicta
External links
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One of my most favoritist designers is Irina Poludnenko. She's been around the knitwear design world for about 20 years, before the interwebs and Ravelry, so I caught her in Vogue Knitting.
A few years ago I knit* her #07 Slant Rib Pullover from Fall 2002 (which I believe is one of the best issues they've ever published).
Rina—which is what I would call her if we toasted each other at the VK Christmas party in NYC—is now an in-house designer for the yarn company Tahki Stacy Charles, and while her designs for them are rather fabulous, she's been swinging for the bleachers since the beginning.
My love for her is infinite, but I've chosen a few stand-outs from her extraordinary body of work.
She took a mid-century funnel neck pullover and went Jetsons with the ridges and rips. (And is that Joan Severance?)
All. Those. Cables.
An homage to Pop Art that uses a mosaic(!) technique to create a fitted(!), shawl collar(!) cardigan.
A deep, deep, deep v-neck cabled pullover with a ribbed hem to hold it all together. (+1 for the magazine's styling of this design. The belt closes the deal.)
The upside-down horseshoe cables on the peplum and bell sleeves that flow into waist shaping with XO cables that flow into ribbing that flow into plaited cables on the yoke and fitted sleeves. And the horseshoe placket that easily accommodates the buttons.
Unusual construction of a standard tank top that looks like a weatherman's map of a cold front moving SE from the PNW.
A Nehru silhouette knit side-to-side with a zipper and semi-circle waist detail that forms a full circle when you sew everything together. It would be a great design without the circles, but that little detail… See? That's why Rina rocks. And the colors.
A poncho that uses two yarn weights to create texture. And sleeves! My absolute favorite design by her that I've never knit for the simple reason that I haven't ponied up $6 for the pattern.
I've been working on a similar design that has been submitted and rejected several times because I'm not Irina Poludnenko. Or more probably because—aha—I continued the lace pattern too far into the yoke. Also, mine has a better name than Ethel. (-1 for the magazine styling. Really? A collared shirt?)
If you can get past the Shrek colored yarn and obvious lack of blocking, this is a brilliant execution of multiple complex knitting and shaping techniques.
Cables that look like cousins, and without a heavy reliance on filler stitches.
First, the colors. And b) elongated entrelac in garter stitch.
A lot of Rina's designs don't have many projects on Ravelry, and I think it's because she's on an elevated plane. She's one of those people whose designs you knit because they're interesting or they're going to develop your skills, and with the price of yarn these days knitters tend to knit wardrobe staples.
She mostly lets her designs speak for her, but if you're interested in more about her or are curious about what she looks like when she travels to Europe with her family, you can read a rather serious interview she did in 2012 with another knitter named Robin.
*I didn't put this project on Ravelry because the armscyes were too tight. My knitting hubris, however, prevented me from trying on the sweater before I blocked the whole thing, and when I finally admitted defeat and tried to unpiece it, I had done such a good job of weaving in my ends** that I couldn't find the place to start unravelling***.
**Knitting hubris indeed.
***I can't go Gordian on this because I'm out of yarn and need to tink to save every centimeter of yarn.
To Ponder: Your circumstances aren't holding you back, your decisions are. |-John Assaraf-|


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Overview of Artist Profile
Art Exhibitions
Athenaeum Art Gallery
Sewing the Seeds of Culture" Exhibit
The Eastern Area Links, Inc.
40th Eastern Area Conference Silent Auction
Rochester Alumnae Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 2008 & 2010 "Jazz Brunch "
Eisenhart Gallery
The Knight Beat Club
Laura's Furniture Store
Rochester Junior League Holiday Event
Lightner Art Gallery
Link Art Gallery
Monroe Community College
Nazareth College Art Center
Pyramid Art Center
R.I.T. Bevier Art Gallery
R.I.T. Metro Center Campus
Rochester Contemporary Art Center "6X62017,6x62016,
6x62011 & 6X620O9"Art Exhibit/Fundraiser
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
St John Fisher College
Wayne County Council of the Arts
Former Affiliated Galleries
Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, New York
Gallery One Fine Arts, Rochester, New York
Special Commissions
Rochester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Inc
"Harlem Renaissance" and "Sights and Sounds of Jazz" 10th and 12th
Anniversary Jazz Brunch design
Rochester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Inc
5K for Education & Health t-shirt and poster design
Rochester Black Women Leadership Forum t-shirt design
Fifth and Eight commemorative poster artist for the Rochester Alumnae
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
City of Rochester, New York "Anti-Violence Rally " t-shirt design
Art show curator for the Rochester Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. "Art & Jazz" Event
Stage and program cover design for the Rochester Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. annual "Jabberwock" Event
Professional Lecture/Workshop Experience
Art Peace, Inc, "The Art of Collage" workshop
Rochester Institute of Technology, "What African Art Means To Me" lecture
University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, "The Life of Romare Bearden" lecture
Selected Awardes
Rochester, New York Chapter The Links Inc., "White Rose Friendship" Award
Buffalo, New York Chapter The Links Inc., "Fine Arts" Award
Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Rochester,"On My Own Time" Award
Featured Magazines
Essence Magazine, December 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
A Distinctive Style Magazine, Dallas,Texas. Fall 2009 & Jan/Feb 2009 issues
About Time Magazine, Rochester, New York. Feb/March 2003 & Feb 1991 issues
Education /Teaching Experience
Bachelors of Art Education, University of Maryland: Eastern Shore
Art Instructor, Rochester City School District
Business Ventures
VBartwork Mugs , custom designed mug and coaster sets of original fine artwork
"Soko Ya Sanaa"(Art Market) events, (Initially a joint venture with
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2 February 2013
The final two installments of our Fruit of the Spirit PDF Embroidery Patterns are here – and you can download them for free through February 8th!
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"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."
—Galatians 5:22-24
9 December 2012
Thank you to all who entered the give-away this week for the Rejoice in the Lord Embroidery Kit by Clementine Pattern Co.! It was delightful to read all of your comments and learn about what you decorate your walls with. After using Random.org to pick the winner…
The winner of the Rejoice in the Lord Embroidery Kit is:
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3 December 2012
Clementine Pattern Co. began just over a year ago. It has been a wonderful journey creating patterns, working on new product ideas, assembling orders, and shipping off packages to homes across the country and around the world!
With the Sew, Mama, Sew! Blog hosting Giveaway Day today, December 3rd, we're giving away one of our best selling embroidery kits: Rejoice in the Lord.
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22 November 2012
Breezy drew this lettering based on Psalm 111:1 with chalk on a framed chalkboard.
In the kitchen, near The Thankful Tree.
"Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord,
studied by all who delight in them.
Full of splendor and majesty is His work,
and His righteousness endures forever."
—Psalm 111:1-3
Have a most joyous and blessed Thanksgiving!
P.S. I would love to know what you are thankful for – feel free to share with me in a comment!
16 November 2012
Autumn is such a beautiful season – the colors, the weather, etc. More than that, though, it is beautiful to see people give thanks, counting how many ways God has blessed them. And for each and everyone of us living and breathing, that list is unending.
One way we display reminders to cultivate a thankful heart is with The Thankful Tree. This year instead of scrapbook paper we are using wooden chalkboard tags.
For assembling, all you need is:
• Sticks
• Wooden Chalkboard Tags (make your own with wood slices and chalk paint or buy them already made)
• Chalk (you can sharpen the chalk with a pencil sharpener)
• Scissors
• Glass Jar – gallon (shown) or half-gallon
• Assorted Nuts, for extra beauty
• Burlap and/or Ribbon, for extra beauty
• Thankful Heart ("I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart…")
"Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name;
make known His deeds among the peoples!
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
tell of all His wondrous works!"
—1 Chronicles 16:8-9
Are you building a Thankful Tree this year? What blessings will you be etching on the ornaments?
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6 September 2012
The embroidery kits are up in the shop!
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22 August 2012
We had a wonderful time designing and assembling embroidery kits for a wholesale order this past week. Now, we'll be assembling embroidery kits for the shop!
Look for them in the shop on September 1st!
1 August 2012
This month's free embroidery pattern from Clementine Patterns features several delightful graphics for Kindness.
Download the PDF pattern for free and embroider your own version! (For personal use only. This PDF pattern download is available for free through August 10th.) UPDATE: Now available here!
"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such things there is no law."
—Galatians 5:22-23
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11 July 2012
My sister is an artist. Her artwork is beautiful, wholesome, and truly delightful. Each piece tells a story, a story of adventure, joy, faithfulness, discovery, friendship, work, love, childhood, etc.
Last week, I had the great pleasure of setting up her online portfolio…
And now you can easily enjoy a closer look at her illustrations and sketchbook!
It has been such a blessing to watch her cultivate this gift, and develop an amazing God-given talent… but the best part is how she seeks to honor the Lord through the work of her hands.
You can visit her online portfolio at BreezyTulip.com!


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01 Sep 2015
How LTE is the enabling technology for new automotive systems
Stefano Moioli, Director Product Management Cellular at u-blox explains how LTE mobile communications are providing key communications for automotive applications
The rapid roll-out of LTE by cellular radio operators is not just about increasing the available bandwidth for data communications.
As the fastest growing telecommunications standard in history, it has already started to create hundreds of billions in new revenue streams through a better user experience and the delivery of multimedia-rich services and applications, while at the same time creating network management efficiencies that will go directly to the bottom line. Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Consumers are pressing for a seamless, high-speed connectivity experience from the home to the automobile, while fleet managers and public transportation officials are seeing both the revenue and savings potential of high-speed data combined with M2M-communications and accurate asset location tracking.
Clearly LTE is rewriting business and revenue models for companies and industries across the board, not just for the network providers. The next step is to focus on time-to-revenue, which is where it becomes important to understand not just what LTE means and where it is going, but also what are the solutions available to help get up and running quickly with reliable, globally acceptable, rugged and easy-to-implement solutions. Such solutions can help device and systems developers focus on current and rapidly unfolding next-generation applications, without having to continually reinvent the connectivity wheel.
Consistent growth figures, ± a few billion
The exponential growth in revenue from LTE services from the 380 fully commercial networks launched, is clear in the figures, with only slight deviations of a few billion dollars here or there. Recent figures from SNS Research earlier this year estimates that LTE service revenues will account for nearly US$170 billion in 2015, growing at a CAGR of 30% each year out to 2020.
Figures from ReportsnReports in May of 2014 show a similar pattern, predicting that global LTE service revenue will cross US$500 billion in 2018, up from $78 billion in 2013. It will exhibit a CAGR of 46% during this period. Geographically, North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific will account for 83% of the global LTE service revenue by 2018.
USA (primarily AT&T and Verizon), South Korea and Japan have established themselves as the early leaders in LTE. However, the developing and underdeveloped market in Asia and Africa hold huge business potential for LTE, according to the RnR. This is a classic case of leap-frogging: going right to the most advanced technologies in "greenfield development" areas where there may be little or no infrastructure that carriers may have already invested in.
"Good" infrastructure and services, can, in many ways get in the way of "great" infrastructure and services, so developing regions stand to benefit quickly.
Driven by these revenue prospects, operators are continuing to aggressively invest in LTE infrastructure, despite the enormous costs. They can ill afford to not invest: there's just too much services revenue at stake. Encompassing macrocell base stations (eNBs), small cells and EPC/mobile core equipment, SNS expects LTE infrastructure spending to account for nearly $33 billion by the end of 2020, while ReportsnReports expects that by 2018, the total capital expenditure globally on LTE will have reached $180 billion.
LTE differentiator
To explain why operators are so willing to spend billions on brand new LTE equipment that will over time be incompatible with the billions of dollars of 2G and 3G equipment already deployed, it helps to understand what LTE is and what provides in terms of services to users, as well long-term savings in total cost of ownership (TCO) for operators and carriers.
LTE stands for Long Term Evolution as defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project. The "Evolution" is toward a fully compliant 4G interface, with 4G being defined by the ITU-R in 2008 and now enshrined within the IMT-Advanced specification.
The IMT-Advanced 4G standard emphasizes media-rich applications and calls for a complete switch to higher-efficiency and lower-cost Internet protocol (IP) packet-switching networks for both voice and data. Current networks use a parallel arrangement whereby circuit-switched networks are used for voice and packet-switched networks for data. IMT-Advanced also calls for better use of equipment, mixing small cells and macro cells according to the user density and a number of other efficiencies.
For users, IMT-Advanced sets how spectrum should be used more efficiently using various modulation schemes, bandwidth settings, operating frequencies, latency requirements, and carrier formats. This spectrum usage means much higher mobile download rates of at least 100 Mbits/s, when in a car or public transport, for example, and stationary or nomadic download rates of 1 Gbit/s while at home or moving around in a public space.
At the time ITU-R made its recommendations in 2008, these capabilities were unheard of. The technology was not available and the operators were not in a position to deploy anything close to these capabilities. At that point it was agreed that technologies such as LTE could be called 4G – if they provided much-improved download rates over 3G networks such as W-CDMA, UMTS, EV-DO Rev. A, HSPA 3.6 and HSPA 7.2.
These 3G networks had theoretical download and upload rates that peaked at 14 Mbits/s and 5.7 Mbits/s, respectively.
As a 4G technology, LTE Category 4 (Cat. 4) goes much faster, now regularly reaching rates of up to 150 Mbits/s and continues to rapidly evolve toward full packet-switched networks using Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology.
LTE continues to evolve daily, with work now underway to roll out carrier aggregation and other techniques that will enable it to achieve 1-Gbit/s downloads. When it does so, LTE will step into and qualify as "true 4G" terrain as defined by IMT-Advanced. At that point it will become LTE-Advanced. Until then, the evolution and the excitement around LTE's journey and the revenue-generating services it increasingly enables, continues unabated.
In April this year, during the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 New York Auto Summit, General Motors announced that the company's OnStar 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot service in cars and trucks could generate $350 million in improved profits for the company over three years. The company's CFO called it, "an untapped under-appreciated opportunity."
Figure-1: GM was ahead of the curve when it announced LTE-based in-cabin video streaming services in 2011 and expanded it in 2014. Now it predicts $350 million extra in profit over the next three years: a solid services investment. Image Source: Motor Authority
OnStar was first introduced in 1996 for embedded telematics, including concierge, diagnostics and location tracking for emergencies. Now GM has launched 4G LTE in over 30 of its 2015-model vehicles in North America. Future plans call for its rollout in overseas markets.
GM's lead in this type of deployment is a true reflection of what's needed at the user level. With increased viewership of over-the-top (OTT) video services on mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets and notebooks, being able to achieve the same level of service quality, whether at home or on the road, is a must.
Analyst IDC put some numbers around the trend: In a smartphone survey, 54% of smartphone owners were streaming video content, while in the U.S., 27% of respondents said they purchased movies on their smartphones, "which was slightly ahead of worldwide respondents at 23%."
IDC also cited Vodaphone's note during a 2014 earnings call that video traffic in Europe grew almost 90%. 4G Americas expects mobile video traffic to increase by 70% by 2018.
While the trend is real, given the demand for IP-enabled high-quality media, navigation, voice and data communications, and seems intuitively simple, equipping every car with high-speed LTE capability isn't so easy. There are reasons GM is only doing it one country at a time, not least of which is being able to pass international wireless regulations.
Wireless is notoriously difficult. Interference, emissions, antenna placement, and regulations have slowed down many designs. When it comes to automotive, it has to be right and it has to be compliant.
This is the point at which designers face the "make or buy" decision point, and increasingly they are heading down the "buy" path. The return on investment on starting from scratch just isn't there, especially when ready-to-go modules such as are available.
Design process simplified
The use of these modules makes the design, implementation and regulatory compliance process a lot simpler. Some come with a PCIe interface, such as the MPCI-L2 LTE, which supports multiband LTE, along with HSPA+ and GPRS/EDGE.
The module is compliant with LTE Cat. 4, with rates up to 150 Mbits/s, with variants for America and Europe/Asia, making compliance easier. Another key feature to watch out for is temperature range, especially for automotive and remote monitoring and data aggregation applications. The MPCI-L2 is a good example of what to expect with a range of -40 to +85 °C.
The PCIe option is good where a system where there is plug-and-play access for relatively frequent upgrades, or where it may be required to interface directly to a computer system. However, in extremely space- and cost constrained applications where higher volumes are expected, a module may be a designers' better option.
An interesting tweak to the module concept comes in the form of the TOBY-L2 series. Also LTE/HSPA+/GPRS compliant, the module comes in an LGA package for easy manufacturing, but the twist is that it's part of a "nested" design approach whereby the customer's PC board is configured such that different module form factors supporting different technologies can be used over time as the requirements change.
Figure 2: Using a "nested" board layout approach, developers can upgrade LTE connectivity options over time without starting from scratch. It's an exciting alternative to classic size-constrained "pin-for-pin" compatibility.
Typically designers are presented with a pin-for-pin compatibility option, but this tends to constrain the form factor, and therefore the options, at a later point if upgrades are required.
Chances are, upgrades will be required. For now, the 150 Mbits/s download capability will serve router needs within a vehicle well. Vehicle-mounted LTE routers will enable high-speed downlink of up to 100 Mbit/s (LTE category 3) to the car. This is enough to support 5 parallel high-definition TV channels, and more than enough to support the more typical mix of video, voice, Internet access and social media applications used by passengers.
Used in conjunction with the vehicle navigation system, content will also be pushed to the vehicle depending on where it is, for example video-rich information about services or points of interest nearby.
This of course puts the onus upon carriers to spend on CAPEX in order to expand their capabilities, yet the streaming services revenue goes to OTT providers, not the carriers. That is a call-to-action for operators to revisit their business models.
LTE & vehicle fleet management
One enormous application which is literally screaming for service attention and which has huge upside for providers and independent companies is fleet management of automobiles, trucks or emergency vehicles.
In North America, Verizon is one of many operators that are already addressing the opportunity. Its Networkfleet solution uses GPS for accurate location tracking, while transmitting vehicle data over a secure wireless network to the Networkfleet Data Centre. The installed Networkfleet units monitor vehicle location, engine diagnostics, and other fleet performance metrics – 24/7.
Figure 3: Verizon's Networkfleet is an example of value-added services that uses a combination of GPS plus a secure cellular connection to the back-end system to enable fleet management. Customers have their own secure access to a custom dashboard.
Fleet operators access a secure Networkfleet website to receive vehicle alerts, track vehicle locations, and monitor driver behaviour. Using PCs, smart phones and tablets, managers monitor fleet tracking data to make real-time decisions that lower costs and improve fleet performance.
The Networkfleet model converges with the Internet of Things (IoT) where data is collected and analyzed continuously to achieve better business outcomes. For example, predictive maintenance based the analysis of data over time can prevent breakdowns. Devices that enable this include the ODIN-W2, a compact yet powerful stand-alone multi-radio module, designed for Internet-of-Things applications. The module is complete with embedded driver, stack and application for wireless data transfer and AT-command configuration. Wireless support includes dual-mode Bluetooth v4.0 (classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy), plus dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and full 5 GHz band). The module can be used as a point-to-point serial cable replacement.
ODIN-W2 supports multiple concurrent Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections that can operate in Wireless Multidrop or Extended Data Mode for advanced multipoint capabilities. The EMMY-W1 module adds NFC capability, while the ELLA-W1 module is an end-to-end Bluetooth, Wi-Fi solution with MAC/baseband and an SDIO interface to the host.
Note that IoT applies to drivers too: monitoring and analysis of driver patterns indicating sleepiness or carelessness can also prevent accidents.
LTE plus GPS = driverless cars
The application of fleet-management techniques is only the starting point. Driverless cars are "closer than they appear" thanks in part to the increasing availability of modules and systems that incorporate both GPS and LTE. For example, the NEO-M8L standalone module combines a high performance concurrent positioning engine with 3D Automotive Dead Reckoning (ADR) technology to provide providing 100% coverage and continuous 3D positioning for road vehicle applications.
The device is highly sensitive, has fast GNSS signal acquisition and tracking, integrates easily into a system. The module's on-board 3D accelerometer, 3D gyroscope sensors, and speed-pulse input (hardware or message-bus) deliver a complete solution for road vehicle ADR applications with continuous, accurate positioning.
Devices such as the NEO-M8L completely change the model for how transportation of goods and people is managed. For now, LTE and GPS give enormous insight but will soon allow drivers to be replaced in more and more situations where little or no human interaction is required.
In future, other business models will include remote video monitoring via LTE, with monitoring stations located anywhere in the world. Operators will be able to bill for security services based on equipment installation, equipment provisioning and leasing, management software, hours per day used (for example, only after shop closing times, or only when motion detected), and cloud-based storage of video streams.
For digital signage, LTE can enable rapid image updating, with associated service charges to the advertiser, while cloud storage and hosted applications benefit from faster access and downloads, all are access points for operators looking to benefit from the LTE tsunami to come.
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Stefano Moioli is Director Product Management Cellular, at u-blox AG. He has more than 10 years of international experience working in the wireless consumer and M2M telecom industry and has covered several positions in R&D, sales and marketing. Stefano holds a Bachelor in electronic engineering with a specialization in telecommunications from the University of Trieste and a MBA from the MIB school of management of Trieste. Stefano loves to spend his free time with his two children Iacopo and Elena and playing tennis.
u‑blox is a global leader in wireless communications and positioning semiconductors and modules for the industrial, automotive and consumer markets. a global leader in wireless communications and positioning semiconductors and modules for the industrial, automotive and consumer markets.
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"Riders to the Sea'' by John Millington Synge is a tragedy of the modern age but written in the light of Greek convention of tragedies. The play is a modern tragedy with a classical setting because it contains almost all the essential features of a tragedy as we find in the definition of tragedy given by Aristotle.
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