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MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google has grabbed two smaller office buildings in north Mountain View, a move that widens an already huge footprint for the search giant in its home town.
The tech titan bought the buildings from an affiliate of real estate firm Renault & Handley on May 14, according to Santa Clara County public documents.
Yet it’s possible that the land beneath the two buildings is what is really valuable to Google.
If the two buildings were to be bulldozed, a much larger and modern office building could someday sprout on the site and be big enough to accommodate several hundred workers.
Mountain View-based Google paid $76 million in cash for the buildings, county property records show.
Together, the two buildings total 47,000 square feet. The building at 1842 N. Shoreline Blvd. is 37,000 square feet in size and the one at 1890 N. Shoreline totals 10,000 square feet, according to the LoopNet property database.
The two parcels beneath the buildings total a combined 3.4 acres. That means if densities were significantly increased on the property, it might become possible to construct a building that could range in size from 103,000 square feet to 147,000 square feet.
Potentially, 500 to 700 people could work in a building of that size, depending on how the offices inside the structure were configured.
Through an array of methods, Google has increased its presence in Mountain View steadily in recent years.
On May 8, Google paid $26.1 million in cash for a small office building at 650 Clyde Court building, county documents show.
In April, Google paid a partnership of legendary developers John Arrillaga and Richard Peery $250.2 million in cash for three north Mountain View buildings.
The tech titan paid $138.6 million for a 92,000-square-foot building at 900 Alta Ave., and $111.6 million for a 61,000-square-foot building at 1053 Joaquin Road and a 14,000-square-foot building at 1489 Charleston Road.
November brought a stunning purchase by Google, which paid $1 billion for the 51.8-acre Shoreline Technology Park, an eye-popping deal that gives the company ownership of a 12-building complex with addresses ranging from 2011 to 2091 Stierlin Court.
That billion-dollar Mountain View transaction was also the second-largest property purchase in the United States in 2018, eclipsed only by another Google acquisition, the $2.4 billion the company paid for Chelsea Market in Manhattan.
The company has added multiple new development efforts to its property purchases and leasing activity in Mountain View.
Google is constructing an iconic “dome” campus that features canopies and tents near the corner of Amphitheatre Parkway and North Shoreline Boulevard, a project that is rising across the street from the site of the billion-dollar deal at Shoreline Technology Park.
The tech titan also has proposed a vast new neighborhood north of Highway 101 near the intersection of North Shoreline and Space Park Drive. This project would include 3.12 million square feet of new and redeveloped offices, up to 400,000 square feet of community retail, as many as 8,000 new homes and 35 acres of open spaces.

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ProTom fitness takes pride in designing training programmes specifically for ‘him’ and ‘her’. We have helped brides and grooms loose weight and tone up for their weddings for many years and understand that during this magical period, you ought to be looking and feeling incredible. Of course, this does require some graft on your part but you will enjoy the benefits of your toned body and new found confidence along the way and thereafter. Below is a review from Charlotte, a client that trained with us during her wedding period.
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As produced by young john Aka the wicker producer here comes another mind-blowing track, titled “Adura”.
Performed by talented Nigerian music sensation Terry G featuring Skiibii, the artist involved in this track ware at their optimal. Performance
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Designed to bring all day comfort from sleeping to playing, this cuddly and super soft 1-piece is perfect for playtime, tummy time or anytime! Plus, with the inverted zipper, The 2-way zip design will keep your baby warm and snuggly during diaper changes.
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text: ||Nine new complexes with camphor imine or camphor sulfonimine ligands were synthesized and analytically and spectroscopically characterized, aiming to identify the key parameters that drive the antibacterial activity of the complexes with metal cores and imine substituents with distinct electronic and steric characteristics. The antimicrobial activity of all complexes was evaluated by determining their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) against the Gram-negative Escherichia coli ATCC25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 477, and Burkholderia contaminans IST408, and the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus Newman. Camphor imine complexes based on the hydroxyl silver center (\Ag(OH)\) typically perform better than those based on the nitrate silver center (\Ag(NO3)\), while ligands prone to establish hydrogen bonding facilitate interactions with the bacterial cell surface structures. A different trend is observed for the silver camphor sulfonimine complexes that are almost non-sensitive to the nature of the metal cores \Ag(OH)\ or \Ag(NO3)\ and display low sensitivity to the Y substituent. The antibacterial activities of the Ag(I) camphor sulfonimine complexes are higher than those of the camphor imine analogues. All the complexes display higher activity towards Gram-negative strains than towards the Gram-positive strain.

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The full 2018 SFTOC festival line-up is out!!
Highlights include a triumphant return of Rough Trade’s white-hot hopes, Goat Girl, Warp Records’ trance-inducing ‘rave voyeur’ Lorenzo Senni, hip hop stalwart, Burgundy Blood, multi-instrumentalist Anni Rossi, former Spacemen 3 founder Pete Kember AKA Spectrum, local boys and Marc-Riley-favourites DUDS and MistaJam’s current hot ticket, the impressionistic soul artist, XamVolo, as well as the grime and hip-hop flecked sounds of Manchester trailblazer, Sleazy F, performing a very rare outing of his full live show DRIPSET.
Cardiff’s Boy Azooga (“a bit like Foals doing a conga.” –Q), and a full live band show from Tru Thoughts’ Werkha, nestle beside box-fresh new sounds from the chilled out guitar-fuzz of 20-year-old Amsterdamer Pip Blom and the must-see pop of Bolton biro basher, and Radio 1 favourite, Chrystal, while the heavier end of the noise spectrum is represented by psychedelic supergroup, Luminous Bodies, and dancing wall of sound, Cattle.
This year’s festival also features a specially-commissioned world premiere of a brand new audio-visual collaboration between contemporary composer Laura Bowler and visual artist Rachel Goodyear, performed with a chamber ensemble of musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the majestic Salford Cathedral.
With over 120 acts on the bill, audiences are sure to find a new favourite at this established proving ground for new artists. Take a look at our line up page for who is confirmed, many more names still to come…
Tickets are selling faster than ever before – get yours from Skiddle.com here: https://www.skiddle.com/festivals/sounds-from-the-other-city/ and also in person from Siop Shop, Common, Font Chorlton & Piccadilly Records

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Exercise helps the brain to recover movements after a stroke. Here is how it happens!
The brain is a highly adaptable organ. Even without help, the brain is doing its best. But, with right stimulation, it can do its job fast and better.
Exercise is one such form of stimulation.
Exercise stimulates the brain to create new neurons and new connections.
By engaging in physical activity, the brain is forced to make new connections and stimulate the growth of new neurons. This process, known as neuroplasticity, is essential for brain recovery after a stroke.
This is exciting news; this is how it happens, according to the researchers.
Exercise boosts BDNF production
First, physical activity stimulates the release of a vital protein known as “Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor” (BDNF)1 in neurons. This protein is only produced in response to exercise and has been shown to be present in response to aerobic exercise by researchers. It is also believed that resistance exercises may also stimulate the release of BDNF in neurons.
What does this protein (BDNF) do?
Second, this protein triggers a series of changes in many areas of the brain. It includes the sprouting of new dendrites and synapses1 (see Figure 1). With these structural changes, repair work begins. This is a sort of remodelling. These new neurons and connections are essential to take over the jobs earlier carried out by dead neurons.
(This remarkable ability of the brain to undergo structural changes to face changing realities is commonly called “neuroplasticity”).
However, there is a catch!
The exercise intensity level should cross a minimum threshold to release this protein.
The BDNF protein does not appear if the exercise attempts do not reach the required intensity threshold level. We have another important fact to remember: The intensity level and the BDNF level go hand-in-hand – the higher the intensity level more the release of BDNF level!
What is the minimum threshold?
Exercise is a key factor in regaining movements after a stroke, and the more you do, the better the results. Engage in consistent physical activity to achieve maximum progress in your recovery journey.
It should be moderate-to-high intensity.
What are the moderate-to-high intensity exercises?
Treadmill high-intensity interval training resulted in significantly high blood levels of BDNF at least 20 minutes when compared to treadmill moderate-intensity continuous exercise; that is what researchers have found out2.
Other benefits of exercise
Mang et al. (2013)1 describe other types of assistance aerobic exercises provide to the brain’s recovery attempts.
Releasing messenger proteins
Researchers have uncovered that exercises stimulate neighbouring neurons to release messenger proteins such as dopamine and serotonin. Neurons require these proteins to communicate with each other fast and efficiently.
These are urgent requirements! Because the brain has to adapt to face new challenges after the stroke attack.
How do we know this?
New technologies such as Functional MRI (fMRI) help researchers to view the changes while someone is carrying out activities or exercises.
Increasing the brain’s blood flow
Exercises increase the blood flow to the brain; This is necessary because the neurons require food and more oxygen for their extra-duty work at present.
Increasing muscle strength
This is again really necessary to restart activities of daily living as early as possible. More importantly, muscle non-use results in irreversible muscle wasting.
What types of exercises and activities should we promote?
One of the most effective forms of exercise for stroke recovery is aerobic exercise. This type of exercise helps to improve cardiovascular health, increases blood flow to the brain, and promotes neuroplasticity. Aerobic exercise can be performed in various forms, including walking, cycling, and swimming. These activities are typically performed for 30 to 60 minutes at a moderate intensity, several times per week.
Another type of exercise that can aid in stroke recovery is resistance training. This type of exercise involves using weights or resistance bands to strengthen the muscles. Resistance training helps to improve muscle strength, increase flexibility, and improve balance. By performing resistance training exercises, individuals who have had a stroke can work to rebuild their strength and regain the ability to perform activities of daily living.
Balance and coordination
Balance and coordination exercises are also important for stroke recovery. These exercises help to improve stability, balance, and coordination, all of which can be impacted by a stroke. Examples of balance and coordination exercises include tai chi, yoga, and balance boards. These exercises are performed slowly and deliberately, helping to improve balance and coordination over time.
Certain rules apply here in promoting post-stroke exercises and activities; following posts discuss what those rules are;
- Six rules to regain movements after a stroke
- Regaining arm movement after stroke
- Best practices to regain walking after stroke
- Cameron S. Mang, Kristin L. Campbell, Colin J.D. Ross, Lara A. Boyd, Promoting Neuroplasticity for Motor Rehabilitation After Stroke: Considering the Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Genetic Variation on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Physical Therapy, Volume 93, Issue 12, 1 December 2013, Pages 1707–1716, https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20130053
- Boyne, P., Meyrose, C., Westover, J., Whitesel, D., Hatter, K., Reisman, D. S., Cunningham, D., Carl, D., Jansen, C., Khoury, J. C., Gerson, M., Kissela, B., & Dunning, K. (2019). Exercise intensity affects acute neurotrophic and neurophysiological responses poststroke. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 126(2), 431–443. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00594.2018

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August 9, 2005 - An Israeli company has developed what it calls "a tactical miniature intelligence-gathering munition," a small unmanned camera that is fired from a grenade launcher to gather images of the battlefield ahead.
Equipped with two CCD-based cameras, the Firefly, as the unguided camera is called, is able to transmit real time images to a soldier operating a pocket PC. Images can then be used to make split-second combat decisions, or stored and shared with other soldiers later.
The tiny camera, only 3.8 centimeters in diameter and 15.5 centimeters long, has a range of about 600 meters and a maximum flight time of eight seconds, relying solely on the explosive charge in the grenade launcher to propel it.
Rafael Armament Development Authority, the manufacturer of the Firefly, has currently outfitted the Israeli Army with the camera and plans to pass the technology on to allies in 2006.


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Contact Zones: Sport and Race in the Northern Territory, 1869-1953
Contact Zones traces the extraordinary journey taken by the Northern Territory’s non-White sportsmen and women from sporting exclusion and segregation to integration and liberation. In the Territory sport is hotly contested social and political terrain, a form of public theatre where issues of race and identity continually collide. Palmerston (renamed Darwin in 1911) was established in February 1869, and rather precariously marked colonial Australia’s northern frontier. Its enervating tropical climate, diverse but deeply divided cultures, frontier attitude and proximity to Asia gave it a distinctive character. In a society dominated by a tight-knit White minority sport was one of the few sites where its diverse communities could come together. Sport was, and remains, an active and powerful social agent and an important barometer of changing values. From 1869, to the end of the South Australian administration in 1911, sport was strictly segregated excluding Aborigines, Chinese and other non-Whites. Then, from World War I to 1953, sport, particularly Australian football, played an important role in transforming the Northern Territory into a more representative and inclusive society. For many sport was a means of challenging the status quo and asserting their rights in the face of entrenched racism. Success in sport was a potent counter-narrative, a declaration of resistance and developed a strong sense of community identity. At the heart of this history is the struggle for human rights and recognition.
Matthew Stephen is a historian with deep and abiding interest in sport and the role it plays in understanding society. This book is based upon his Charles Darwin University PhD thesis.
This book was shortlisted for the 2011 Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award.
You may also be interested in:
Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography: A Revised Edition (PB)
David Carment, Christine Edward, Barbara James,
Robyn Maynard, Alan Powell & Helen J Wilson (eds)
ISBN 9780980457810 (PB)
Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory
The Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War (A revised edition)
Evolution of Darwin 1869 - 1911
Kathy de la Rue
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The yet to be titled film will see Ranbir and Shraddha share the screen for the first time.
Last Updated: 02.42 AM, May 19, 2022
Reports around Luv Ranjan’s upcoming directorial have been doing the rounds for quite a while. Even though details about the film are being kept under close wraps, the stellar cast and the fact that Ranjan is directing the film has already stoked the interest of fans. The film will star Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Boney Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in pivotal roles and it was reported recently that the team have started shooting the new schedule of the film.
According to a report in ETimes the whole team of the film, including Ranbir, Shraddha and Boney, have started filming in Andheri, Mumbai. A source told the portal that almost four sets have been built for this schedule, including one that resembled the interior of Mumbai International airport. The report stated that the film’s shoot had witnessed several snags, including a problem related to payments of workers, which is in the process of being resolved by the makers.
The upcoming film will see Ranbir and Shraddha share the screen together for the first time. Boney will essay the role of Ranbir’s father in the film, which has been produced by Ranjan and Ankur Garg. The film, which is presented by Gulshan Kumar and Bhushan Kumar, is slated to be released in theatres on March 8, 2023.
Meanwhile, Ranbir is awaiting the release of his films Shamshera and Brahmāstra, directed by Karan Malhotra and Ayan Mukerji respectively. The latter will see him share the screen with his wife and fellow actor, Alia Bhatt. He is also working on Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, in which he will share the screen with Rashmika Mandanna.
Shraddha also has a project in the pipeline helmed by Vishal Furia, which will see the actress take on the role of the iconic character of Naagin.

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How I Manage Stress Through Writing
Stress is something that I've struggled with my entire life. For me, managing it has been a difficult task that requires various methods depending on the source. There are times when all I need is a quiet hour to myself and the tension will melt away. Then there are weeks where the stress builds and builds until I pop like a balloon. Managing stress can be a difficult task, one that even seems like it is impossible at times. However, recently I've been trying a new stress management method that I never would have expected to work so well, writing!
I've never been a writer. I always leaned more towards reading what someone else has written rather than doing the writing something myself. I did a little bit of writing in college, but most of that was required work and didn't stray too far outside of an academic setting.
During the past few years, I've explored writing in various forms. Many attempts at a daily journal were made, I tried bullet journaling for several months, I even got a writing prompt book that had me write down a list each night. While these were all valiant attempts, I never found one that stuck. Then someone suggested I try writing poetry. This opened an amazing door to me that I had never thought to explore.
The freedom that poetry holds is an escape without limits from the challenges and confines that are held within my mind.
I am someone who tends to bottle up their difficult emotions, letting them linger until they boil over. While I wasn't sharing my work with anyone, just the act of putting everything down on paper and exploring the beauty or pain in what I was going through was a weight lifted off of me. I was able to take the poems wherever I wanted, whether that be a personally reflective work that was more specific or an exploration of the nature of the feelings themselves. I could connect the emotions to anything, be it myself, or the sky, or even a color. There was no judgment attached to my feelings.
Something that I have found very helpful specifically when it comes to writing to process difficult feelings has been the ambiguity that is possible through writing poetry. It is possible, even somewhat expected on some level, to remove yourself from whatever emotions you're writing about and place them onto a different subject. For example, I wrote about the feeling of being insecure by writing about a sea anemone that retracted when something came near it. I could still feel the emotion, but the act of taking a step back and experiencing it through something other than myself involved a sort of relief.
This, of course, isn't me saying that writing poetry is for everyone, but rather a gentle nudge in the direction of trying something new to work through emotions. Whether they be wonderful or difficult in nature, writing could be a new way to explore and process them. I'll end with a quote from one of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver.
"Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that." - Mary Oliver
Maddie Dauterman lives in Issaquah, WA
with her husband and cat. On most days you can find her reading, baking, or exploring in nature.

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Taking your dog for regular walks could protect it against dementia, a new study has found.
Pooches who have little physical activity are over six times as likely to develop canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD), a condition relating to the aging of the animal’s brain that leads to memory loss.
The University of Washington study examined 15,000 dogs between October and December 2020 and found that the odds of CCD were 6.47 times higher in active dogs compared to those who were very active.
The symptoms of CCD in dogs are similar to those experienced by humans with Alzheimer’s disease and include disorientation, confusion, disturbed sleep and changes in mood.
Study author Sarah Yarborough believes that the observations are the result of the positive effect exercise has on the brain.
The findings are also in line with previous tests conducted on rodents which found that exercise can have protective effects against the development of characteristics associated with Alzheimer’s.

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When it’s blazing hot outside, dairy is typically the last thing one wants to eat. Who craves a huge hunk of cheese when it’s 95 degrees in the shade? Yet, thanks to some mystical Italian alchemy, we rush to eat massive portions of full-fat gelato at places like Amorino in the Shops at Buckhead.
Any ice cream is good in Atlanta during the summer, simply because it’s served cold, but Amorino’s gelato stands out for its depth of flavor. There are summer specialties, like the organic blackcurrant sorbet, which is tart and refreshing in addition to being a beautiful color of purple that looks almost black.
Then, there’s L’Inimitabile, a rich gelato that expertly mimics the hazelnut and chocolate flavors of Nutella.
Getting yourself a cone of L’Inimitabile does have its challenges. First, it’s basically impossible for an American to pronounce. I must have said it to myself in line 10 different ways before chickening out and asking for, “uh, the Nutella flavor?” Second, it’s not cheap — a small cone at Amorino is $5.75, but the staff does skillfully sculpt your gelato into a flower shape.
But, personally, I’d jump through quite a few hoops to get another cone of L’Inimitabile gelato before the summer is over. The rich, decadent chocolate flavor is intense, but not overpowering, and it plays well with several of the other flavors at Amorino. It may not make sense to eat all that dairy in the middle of the summer, but who can think when it’s this hot anyway?
Amorino Gelato. 3035 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 404-228-3196, amorino.com.
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As stated by Detective Constable Scott Murphy:
Police are seeking information from the public following an aggravated robbery in Shirley.
Two men entered Burger King on Marshland Road at around 8:45pm on Wednesday 27 March. Both were armed, one with a knife and one with a hammer. After threatening staff they took a sum of money from cash registers. Nobody was injured in the robbery.
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I am delighted to announce that my book, ‘Building Anti-Fragile Organisations; Risk, Opportunity and Governance in a Turbulent World’ is now on sale!
The recent world crises should have taught us one thing; we can no longer just focus on organisational efficiency and effectiveness. For them to survive and flourish, we should design and manage our organisations to become stronger from being stressed, not just be robust against stress, since there is no level of robustness that is `safe enough`. This property, borrowed from biology, has been labelled by Nasem Taleb as Anti-Fragility. As well as being a new way of thinking about mitigating risk, Anti-Fragility also encompasses flexibility, agility and the exploitation of opportunities.
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Isaac is Gulf bound
Forecasts have the storm aimed at Florida, but uncertainty remains
Published: Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 8:30 p.m.
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Tropical Storm Isaac moved across Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and is forecast to make landfall east of Louisiana.
The storm drenched Haiti early Saturday, causing widespread flooding and reports of several deaths. As of Saturday night, the storm was steadily moving across Cuba with sustained winds of 60 mph and was heading northwest at about 21 mph, according to the National Weather Center.
The storm poses a threat to southern Florida this morning with a hurricane warning for the Florida Keys and areas along the state's southwestern coast. The National Weather Service also has a hurricane watch in effect for the southeastern part of the state.
National Weather Service forecasters predict the storm will strengthen into a hurricane on Sunday.
Forecasts Saturday night had the storm tracking further to the east, with the western Florida panhandle looking like the most likely landfall site.
The Weather Service is forecasting Isaac will make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane late Tuesday afternoon.
A sliver of Louisiana's extreme eastern border is in the National Weather Service's “cone of uncertainty” which plots potential path of the storm.
“The system is not really organized well at all now. It is encountering landmass, down in Puerto Rico and Cuba for the past few days, so when it moves into the Gulf we'll have a better idea of where it is going,” said Gavin Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Slidell.
Though Lafourche and Terrebonne lie outside that cone, forecasters stressed Isaac could be a large storm, so heavy wind and rain are still a possibility if a landfall east of Louisiana does occur.
Phillips said the storm's track is still too uncertain for people to let their guard down. He said most models have the storm heading east of south Louisiana, but there are others that have it coming to Louisiana.
“Until we get a better handle on the organization of this thing, we can definitely not rule out the area, but it appears it is going to be east of us,” Phillip said, “The key right now is to keep an eye on it at this point.”
Officials in Terrebonne Parish haven't mobilized any emergency action, but they are keeping close watch on the situation.
“We are still just monitoring the storm and participating in the conference calls with the National Weather Service and [Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness],” Terrebonne Parish Emergency Preparedness Director Earl Eues said.
Eues said it is too early to write off the storm.
“The track looks like it is going to go to Florida, but we are starting to see models that have it going to the west,” Eues said. “Due to the fact that some of the models are shifting more to the west, people should stay vigilant and prepare themselves.”
The Courier and Daily Comet post regular storm updates on their websites and offer preparation tips, an interactive tracking map and more at houmatoday.com/stormtracker or dailycomet.com/stormtracker.
Both Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish governments also post updates on their websites, lafourchegov.org and tpcg.org. Lafourche's site contains a link labeled “sign up and stay informed” that brings users to a page where they can add their email address to the mailing list.
Both parishes are posting updates via Facebook and Twitter.
In Lafourche, residents who lack computer access will be alerted of any evacuation orders through the Sheriff's Office's automated phone system, which calls all telephone landlines in the affected areas.
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The Second Amendment clearly states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;” and
The Supreme Court ruled in NYSRPA v. Bruen that “may issue” permit regimes like California’s violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, stating that “the Second Amendment is not a “second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.”; and
Pro-gun Americans like me strongly oppose ALL unconstitutional gun control schemes and restrictions on our right to self-defense, especially any efforts by state or local officials to unconstitutionally block the right to BEAR arms in defiance of both the Supreme Court and the Constitution; and
Regardless of party, I will vote against any politician who votes for any gun control.
As a law-abiding gun supporter, I insist you CEASE AND DESIST any and all efforts to block the right to BEAR arms in your state.

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Sex attacker's sentence reduced at Appeal Court
A man who was jailed indefinitely after filming himself sexually assaulting sleeping women has had his minimum prison term cut at the Court of Appeal.
Tim Faulkner, 25, of Little Lane, Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, attacked three women. The offences took place in Coventry and Northampton.
In October, he was jailed for at least six years at Coventry Crown Court.
Faulkner won a one-year cut in his minimum term, but failed in his bid to overturn the indefinite sentence.
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At Coventry Crown Court, he had admitted three sexual assaults. He was also convicted of rape.
Mr Justice Roderick Evans, sitting with Lord Justice Richards and Judge Nicholas Cooke QC, said the former Coventry University student would be able to apply for release after serving five years, but would only be freed if it was considered safe to do so.
Faulkner was caught when photographs and videos were found on his computer of sleeping women being abused.
One woman complained that she had woken to find him raping her. He claimed the sex was consensual, but was found guilty by the jury.
Mr Justice Roderick Evans said it was impossible to say when, if ever, Faulkner would be rehabilitated enough to safely be returned to the community.

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Economic Recovery Program and on Tax Reductions
My fellow Americans:
As a boy growing up in Illinois, swimming was an important part of my life. Pools weren't very common or affordable in those days, so my swimming was done in the Rock River.
I soon learned that swimming with the current downstream was a lot easier than swimming upstream. Nevertheless, today I'm going to swim against the current. The current I'm talking about is a riptide of criticism that claims this administration's economic policies impoverish the poor and bestow benefits on the rich. This distorted view was created by special interest demagoguery and political-year oratory, dutifully reported by a goodly portion of the press.
A week or so ago there was a report, complete with impressive figures, showing that our economic policy has punished people at the poverty level. The report was accurate that in 1978 an income of 6,662 was the poverty level. It is also accurate that inflation has now pushed the poverty level up to $10,180. In other words, it takes that much to buy what 6,662 would buy in 1978. Critics have concluded on the basis of this report that because of our economic program, those at that level were much poorer than they had been in 1978. Well, they're right that those at the poverty level have not kept up, but wrong as to what is to blame. It certainly isn't our tax cut, which is helping low-income earners keep more of their hard-earned dollars.
Part of it was caused by the biggest single tax increase in history, which had been passed back in 1977, calling for several successive increases in the social security payroll tax to take place between 1977 and 1990. During that same period, by the way, there will be increases in the amount of earnings subject to the tax up to more than 52,800.
But this is only part of the reason those people at the poverty level are having trouble keeping up, and it hasn't anything to do with our across-the-board, 25-percent cut in the income tax. The simple truth is the income tax does not take into account the value of your dollars. It's based on the number of dollars you earn. So, even though $10,180 is only worth as much in purchasing power as 6,662 was a few years ago, you have to pay income tax on those 3,500 additional dollars just as if you gained that much in purchasing power.
Now, let's take a look at that other drumbeat that our tax cut is designed to help the rich get richer and either does nothing for the low- or middle-income earners or, even worse, adds to their burden, and how they arrive at that conclusion. Well, it's true that if your tax burden is $100, your tax cut is only $25. But if your tax is $1,000, your saving is $250, 10 times as much. But the ratio stays the same. If your tax burden was 10 times as much before, you're still paying ten times as much tax.
There's a better test of whether one group benefits more than another: Did the tax cut increase or decrease the share of the total tax paid by the earners at various levels? In 1982, the last year for which we have complete figures, all those with incomes below $20,000 a year paid a 10-percent smaller share of total income tax revenue than they did in 1981. From $20,000 to $50,000, the share only dropped by 1 percent. From $50,000 and up, the share of total tax increased by 7 percent. And if you break that group down to those earning $500,000 and up, their share of the total income tax burden increased by 43 percent.
This, then, is the best kept secret about our tax cut. The wealthiest Americans are carrying a higher share of the total tax burden after our tax cut than they were before.
Next year, another part of our tax program will go into effect. It's called indexing and will begin on January 1st. Very simply, it means you will no longer pay an income tax on inflation, which you've done every time a raise or cost-of-living increase pushed you into a higher tax bracket. The greatest beneficiaries of indexing will be those in the lower and middle-income tax brackets. It will do little for the so-called rich, because they're already in top tax brackets.
Many of those who were the loudest in declaring our tax program unfair want to cancel indexing before it goes into effect. Canceling indexing would increase the tax burden for lower and middle-income earners by three times as large a percentage as it would for the rich.
And one last point—perhaps the most important. Our program is stimulating strong economic growth, creating more jobs and opportunity than ever before.
Well, so much for swimming upstream. Until next week, thanks for listening. God bless you.
Note: The President spoke at 9:06 a.m. from Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, CA.
Ronald Reagan, Radio Address to the Nation on the Economic Recovery Program and on Tax Reductions Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260657


“There are no quick fixes,” Nicolas Mackel of Luxembourg for Finance says of improving European financial market competitiveness. “But we can deepen our knowledge, we can work more closely together, we can say something as Luxembourg.” Mackel is speaking about plans for financial development agencies from across Europe to set aside their national priorities and to instead bolster financial services across the EU.
Following a memorandum of understanding signed on 9 November 2021, development agencies from Berlin Finance Initiative to Paris Europlace will meet twice a year in the EU Roundtable of Financial Centers to thrash out the issues affecting the capital markets union, but also digitalisation, sustainability, inflation and other challenges faced by financial markets.
According to Mackel, financial development agencies like Luxembourg for Finance have a unique insight on competitiveness. “We all advocate for our national markets. We go to Tokyo or Chicago, persuade firms to set up in our jurisdictions. Through this, we really get an understanding of what can make a jurisdiction attractive.”
The idea is to choose one or two topics and share them at each roundtable. “If we can come together as partners and see the issues with the same eyes, we can carry more weight,” he explains.
And the challenges are immense. On the matter of the CMU, policy makers and diplomats have been working for years to, as Mackel puts it, “get into the nooks and crannies of every country’s law, tug away at the resistances.” Some laws are mirror reflections of the national culture and changing them is tantamount to an invasion of identity. “If you take insolvency laws, for example, these are old laws, they reflect a historic business culture. Now imagine applying practices from other countries to this and then multiply that.”
The European Commission on 25 November published four new legislative proposals with a data focus, ensuring that investors have better access to company and trading data, encouraging long-term investment and making it easier and safer for investment funds to be sold cross-border. Mackel sees the roundtable’s role as a way of complementing the work that takes place at a diplomatic and federation level.
“The development institutions at the roundtable vary a great deal. Some lobby--we [Luxembourg for Finance] don’t. But what we all have in common is we can see what can be done to improve the framework in which the financial industry operates.”
Identifying problems in Luxembourg
Many of the European-wide financial market preoccupations are reflected in microcosm in Luxembourg. According to a recent survey carried out by Luxembourg for Finance, finance institutions are worried about the risk of market fragmentation and inflation, as well as more local concerns of the talent gap and housing prices. For the Luxembourg insurance industry in particular, market fragmentation is a big issue.
“Actions taken to curtail European business is a big concern of the Luxembourg insurance industry.”
Survey findings point to concerns about increasingly protectionist reactions at a national level, with almost 80% of respondents indicating concern over the growing fragmentation within the single market.
Survey participants stressed the need to overcome national action by member state authorities and rather to focus on an overall EU objective in order to overcome the loss of competitiveness currently perceived among EU financial actors on a global stage.
Asset bubbles and inflation are among the leading macroeconomic causes of concern.
“The advantage of a roundtable is that we can discuss these kinds of issues from the vantage point of different financial centres. For example, sustainable finance. Who does it well what are their plans and what more can be done?” says Mackel. “We have something to say as Luxembourg, we’re in a good position to get our partners to address the issues.”


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"You can find it at any Chinese grocery store." --Alan Harding, on his show Cookin' in Brooklyn.
I forget what ingredient he was referring to, but come on, guy. This show is on Discovery Home; it has a national audience. I grew up in Indiana. I don't think there's a Chinese grocery story in the entire state. It's entirely possible that the only Chinese grocery stores in all of the midwest are in Chicago, if any. And I'm sure most of the country is the same way.

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Ever wondered what would happen if a Sindhi aka Atul Khatri got hold of a calculator?
Quite simple, really. His fingers would fly over the buttons as he crunched the numbers; then he would quit his job (CEO of an IT company in Mumbai) to become a standup comic. What’s more, he will make this life-affirming decision at 45.
Midlife crisis or pure madness? who knows, but Atul Khatri, India’s famous comic, appears to be at peace having swapped the 9-to-5 rat race for the mic. And if his YouTube subscribers, Twitter, and Facebook followers are any indications, his calculated move has paid off.
“I am a Sindhi, so I had to calculate the risk of everything,” he deadpanned when asked about the switch in careers. “I realized I was making more money doing six months of standup than what I was earning at my job. The comedy scene is growing in India and I realized it would be foolish of me not to ride the wave.”
Today, Atul’s among the top 20 comics in India. And guess what? He’s coming to Toronto as part of his first-ever North American tour.
“Standup comedy is very personal and every comic has a unique voice,” Atul told Toronto Desi Diaries. “Making people cry is very easy, but making them laugh is difficult.”
After a couple of sold-out shows in the U.S., the “Horny Sindhi” as he refers to himself is coming to Canada.
Atul will be at Brampton’s Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Sunday, Aug. 19 at 5 p.m. Grab your tickets here or by visiting www.rosetheatre.ca or by calling the box office at 905-874-2800.
The Desi Family Guy
“I am Sindhi, married to a Punjabi, two of the hairiest communities in India,” he says in a hilarious sketch about meeting his wife. “It was a love marriage, we both had a common love for hair. We met a medical store while buying Gilette…”
And so it goes for the next hour with Atul poking fun at himself, his family and life as a middle-aged man.
In an exclusive chat with the Toronto Desi Diaries Atul gamely answered questions his upcoming visit to Canada and this and that.
Atul’s wife Shaguna, a professional hairstylist, traveled with him to lend him to lend him moral support during the U.S. leg of the tour.
He need not have worried. His packed shows in the U.S. brought the roof down.
Atul’s resolve to grab life (comedy) by its throat happened on Dec. 31, 2012, at the stroke of midnight.
“Everyone has this one friend that’s funny, so, growing up, I was that guy but I never imagined I would get into comedy,” Atul explains. “I think it was a mid-life crisis. That year (2012) my new year resolution was that I wanted to do something different with my life. I was 45-years-old. I signed up for an open mic, wrote a set, asked my wife to come along with me (in case I bombed terribly). But it went well and the audience voted me the winner of “CEO’s Got Talent,” I really enjoyed being on the stage and making people laugh. Within nine months I realized there was even money in it.”
In 2016, Atul quit his IT job to pursue comedy, but he tested the waters first. He was one of the early adopters of Facebook. His observations, wry sense of humour and apt take on the political happenings in India tickled people’s funny bone. Emboldened, he faced a live audience.
Is laughter the best medicine? Not to the Indian politicians
Atul’s routines are peppered with swear words and he’s unapologetic about the language.
“That’s the way I talk to my friends and I am who I am,” he says. “Yes, those words come out whenever they choose to, it’s not planned or rehearsed or written in the script. I think people laugh at the content, not the swear words.”
Taking offense to everything has become a national pastime in India. Anyone with a smartphone has an opinion, Atul observed.
The censorship has made Atul’s writing smarter and exciting because he’s able to deliver the message without stepping on the toes of the indignant netas (politicians and religious zealots).
If you are ready to be shocked, awed and entertained, you might want to buy those tickets, pronto.


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Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Little Nightmares starts with unknowns, just like any other standalone platform game.
As soon as the game begins, we find ourselves in a gloomy, eerie place. We dive into unknown darkness with slow music playing in the background.
Each room is a different puzzle, and we have no clue how to solve the puzzles. Mysterious sounds, strange little creatures that pop up suddenly, and more…
The first thing that strikes that the pessimism of the environment, dark atmosphere, and the smallness of our characters compared to other items.
The producers chose to add the minimalism called Little Nightmares to the playground.
Little Nightmares appears as a production with walking, jumping, and climbing mechanics as part of its tour.
Although there is a background depth seen in many other examples of its kind, it has brought a different perspective of the character to move only on a 2-dimensional plane.
Sometimes the checkpoint system deceives the players because of perspective.
As can be understood from the gameplay, this game is not exactly a stealth game. Despite all this, it is up to the player to find the right method to pass a place.
The harmony of colors, visuals, music, and sound effects is so successful and impressive.
It would be better to say that Tarsier Studios has officially created a “masterpiece” or a “Work of Art” rather than a game.
The game gives you everything that should be in a game. Such as suspense, excitement, visual show, and more.
Little Nightmares promises unique gameplay for players who love puzzle-platform game genres.
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What does it mean for someone to live? To lead a life that is beyond mere survival, to bring meaning to a moment of fleeting existence on Earth?
Yu Eun-jeong explores the existential question in her first feature film, the cleverly-directed and poignant “Ghost Walk,” through the eyes of someone who is no longer among the living.
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The film follows Hye-jeong (Han Hae-in), a factory worker whose provincial life is devoid of any fun, challenges, or emotional stimulation, shutting herself down to even dating. She finds herself approached by a little girl asking for help (Gam So-hyun), who mysteriously disappears when she looks back but keeps reappearing near her doorstep.
One day, Hye-jeong wakes up to find that she has become a ghost after a murder case she does not recall. Confused, Hye-jeong finds herself tracing her steps backward as her clock goes backward day-by-day, and encounters the little girl Soo-yang and another young woman Hyo-yeon (Jeon So-ni), who respectively face difficulties at home and with finances.
Although presented as a horror-mystery film, “Ghost Walk” is really a drama about the meaning of life. It dresses the protagonist in bland clothes that make her blend into the gloomy streets, depicting a lost soul left without a clear purpose in life in the heartless city.
Hye-jeong copes with her life, rejecting her co-worker’s gentle proposal to start dating with the excuse that she “has time for nothing else besides work,” not knowing what she wants out of the life she leads. Ironically, it is only after she has been reduced to a mere spirit that she craves meaning and purpose to life, remorseful of the choices she made and paths she had not taken.
“Ghost Walk” (Movement)
The predominantly female cast works like magic under Yu’s direction, both as individuals and with each other. Han’s performance conveys an emotional struggle along with ensuing pain and sense of loss, while child actor Gam exceeds expectations to provide a believable chemistry and story arc that serves as an emotional center for the film.
Jeon, who was the brightest spot in the underwhelming action flick “Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage,” once again brings ample energy and life to her character.
The movie’s message resonates within the viewers, particularly the youngsters, because it is an issue that ails many of the generation. While progress has led to technological advances and apparent abundance, more young people feel empty within the hectic and saturated lives they lead. Overwhelmed by challenges that befall them, they are left to be content with maintaining the status quo, with no aspiration for anything beyond.
As a member of that generation, 33-year-old Yu understands their struggles and asks: What is the difference between living and being alive? Is there such thing as a life that is expendable?
By telling a story of a woman who can never go back to how she was before, the movie brings out these issues and challenges the viewers to ponder them, all told through a beautiful relationship between a child and a woman who find purpose in the odd limbo that she is left in.
It is a story of a ghost who travels back in time, yet is firmly grounded in reality. The strong drama, quality acting and clever directing makes it a film worth checking out, and the audience will find themselves lost in thought well beyond the 90-minute runtime.
“Ghost Walk” opens in local theaters on Aug. 15.
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The impact of Haemophilus influenzae serotype B resurgence on the epidemiology of childhood invasive haemophilus influenzae disease in England and Wales
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His work turns waste from rubber plantations into diesel fuel and may help smallholders in Indonesia. ‘That is what I like about Chemical Technology: you produce useful products!’ Yusuf Abduh defended his PhD in Chemical Technology on 27 February.
He has only returned to Holland to defend his thesis. For two months now, Yusuf Abduh has been working as a lecturer at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, a university with a long history of partnership with the University of Groningen. Before moving back to Bandung, Abduh did his PhD research at the Department of Chemical Engineering in Groningen.
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You're not ready for me. I see that now. I'm not the one, though for a moment you believed that to be true. And, I hopelessly and lovingly believed you, too. But, I'm not you're one. And you're not ready for me. My one mistake was one too many.
But you… you, I was ready for. You, I spent nights dreaming of you. Then I found you. I found you for a reason. A lesson. But I found you, and I will keep finding you everywhere I look. I'll hopelessly and lovingly wait for you to realize what you had, what we are, what we've done. You, I will wait for you. I dreamt of you. And I will never stop dreaming.


|Publicatiedatum||20 mei 2014|
|Aanvraagdatum||15 jan 2009|
|Prioriteitsdatum||10 maart 2008|
|Ook gepubliceerd als||CN101971679A, EP2101518A1, US20110043406, WO2009112293A1|
|Publicatienummer||12921765, 921765, PCT/2009/50451, PCT/EP/2009/050451, PCT/EP/2009/50451, PCT/EP/9/050451, PCT/EP/9/50451, PCT/EP2009/050451, PCT/EP2009/50451, PCT/EP2009050451, PCT/EP200950451, PCT/EP9/050451, PCT/EP9/50451, PCT/EP9050451, PCT/EP950451, US 8730105 B2, US 8730105B2, US-B2-8730105, US8730105 B2, US8730105B2|
|Uitvinders||Peter James Duffett-Smith, Robert Willem Rowe, Murray Robert Jarvis|
|Oorspronkelijke patenteigenaar||Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited|
|Citatie exporteren||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patentcitaties (15), Classificaties (6), Juridische gebeurtenissen (1)|
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The invention relates to finding the position of a mobile terminal using the signals received by the mobile terminal from transmission sources such as the base-stations of a digital telecommunications network.
Technology for positioning mobile radio terminals using the signals received from one or more transmitters has been widely used for many years. Such systems include terrestrial networks of transmitters (e.g. LORAN-C) and networks of satellites (e.g. the Global Positioning System, GPS) deployed specifically for the purpose of locating the receiver, as well as methods that use general-purpose radio networks such as cellular mobile telephone networks (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 6,529,165) or TV and radio transmitter networks. (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,045,861).
Within a cellular mobile telephone network, for example, the position of the mobile terminal may be based on the identity of the serving cell, augmented by information such as the time delay between the serving transmitter and mobile terminal, the strengths of signals received from the serving and neighbouring transmitters, or angles of incidence of received signals. An improved position may be obtained using the observed time difference of arrival (OTDA) of signals received at the mobile terminal from two or more transmission sources.
OTDA methods give good position accuracy using only the signals available within a cellular radio network. However, in unsynchronised networks such as GSM and W-CDMA networks for example, they require the transmission time offsets of the transmitters to be determined in order to solve the positioning equations. This can be done using location measuring units (LMUs) having additional receivers. LMUs are placed at known locations so that their OTDA measurements can be converted directly into a network timing model (e.g. WO-A-00-73813).
Alternatively, a technique (U.S. Pat. No. 6,529,165) may be used in which measurements of signals from a number of geographically disparate transmitters at known positions made, for example, by two geographically disparate mobile terminals at unknown positions, may be used to compute simultaneously both the positions of the mobile terminals and all the timing offsets between the measured transmitters, without the need for LMUs.
A problem associated with these network-based positioning systems is the need to know the locations of the transmitters themselves. For example, the computing node at which the calculation of the position of the mobile terminal is made must have access to a database of the latitude, longitude, and height above a defined datum of every base station in the network. However, such information can be commercially sensitive, and therefore difficult to obtain, and even when it is available the database can contain errors. If the position calculation is carried out in the mobile terminal itself, the database (which may be substantial in size) must be sent to the mobile terminal thereby consuming communications bandwidth. Another problem is that the mobile terminal must be registered on the network in order to receive the information, and cannot therefore operate in an entirely autonomous mode.
The present invention is aimed at overcoming these problems by providing a method by which the position of a mobile terminal (such as one operating in a mobile communications network) may be found autonomously. The position of the mobile terminal can be calculated within the mobile terminal itself, albeit with reduced accuracy, without the need to have access to a database of base-station locations.
According to the invention there is provided a method of determining the position, or change in the position, of a mobile terminal having a receiver for receiving the signals from one or more transmission sources at unknown positions, the mobile terminal also having an independent positioning device able to find, when operative, the position of the mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of
using said independent positioning device, measuring the position of the mobile terminal at one or more first locations;
measuring in the mobile terminal, at each first location, a respective first set of time or phase offset values of signals received from the transmission sources relative to each other or to a reference in the mobile terminal;
measuring in the mobile terminal, at a second terminal location where said independent positioning device is not operative, a second set of time or phase offset values of the signals received from the transmission sources, relative to each other or to a reference in the mobile terminal; and
combining said values and said first measured terminal position or positions, and thereby calculating the position of the mobile terminal at the second location, or the change in position of the mobile terminal between a first location and the second location.
The alternative positioning system carried by the mobile terminal, such as GPS, is used, in effect, to calibrate the signals received from the transmission sources. Later, when the alternative system is not available, for example when the mobile terminal has moved inside a building so that the satellite signals are too weak to measure, the position of the mobile terminal may still be determined using the calibration data and new measurements of the signals received from the transmission sources.
The transmission sources may, in principle, be of any sort. For example, they may be independent public broadcast stations, or television stations, but in particular they may be the base stations of a communications network such as a GSM or W-CDMA digital network. The only requirement is that the signal transmitted by each transmission source supports the measurement of the time or phase of receipt of a characteristic of the signal. For example, an amplitude-modulated (AM) signal readily lends itself to the measurement of the phase of the carrier wave. In another example the signals from a GSM transmitter provide many ‘signatures’ within the modulation which may be used to mark the time of receipt, such as frame boundaries or synchronisation bursts. The locations of the transmission sources may or may not be known when the computation of the position of the mobile terminal is made, and it is a particular feature of the present invention that such information is not required (though it can be used if known).
The mobile terminal may be any terminal able to receive the signals from the transmission sources. It may have an antenna adapted to respond to the signals from the transmission sources, which is connected to a receiver able to carry out the required functions such as amplification, filtering, frequency changing, demodulation etc., in order to render the received signal into a form which is suitable for the measurement of the time or phase. The receiver may be a single-channel device able to switch between the signals radiated by the transmission sources (as in usually the case in a terminal of a GSM network), or it may have more than one channel so that it can receive multiple signals in parallel. In the case of a CDMA terminal, a single channel receiver is able to receive the signals from plural transmission sources simultaneously as the signals are all transmitted in a common radio-frequency channel but with orthogonal spreading codes, the separation between the signals from different base stations being carried out in digital signal-processing stages.
The independent positioning device may be any device able to measure the position of the mobile terminal independently of the transmission source signals. This may be a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), Galileo, Compass, or the Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) etc., although any alternative system may be used, e.g. the Long-Range Navigation system (LORAN-C). A particular feature of the present invention is that it is able to back up such a system when it fails, so that the position of the mobile terminal can be found without interruption. For example, it is well-known that GNSS systems fail when in sufficiently-challenging environments such as inside buildings, or under dense foliage, because the signals strengths of the satellite signals are then attenuated below a critical detection threshold.
The first terminal locations are those at which the independent positioning device is operational and able to find the position of the mobile terminal. There must be at least one such first terminal location but there may be many more. At each first terminal location the transmission source receiver receives the signals from one or more of the transmission sources, and the phase or time offset value of each signal is measured. The measurement of each signal may be made with respect to a signal generated within the mobile terminal from a reference source such as a crystal oscillator. Alternatively, the signal from one of the transmission sources may be taken as the reference and the measurements of the others made with respect to it.
The second terminal location is one at which the independent positioning device is inoperative, for example because the satellite signals it uses have been attenuated by building structures, but at which the position of the mobile terminal needs to be found nevertheless. The present invention shows how measurements of the values of the time or phase offsets of the signals received from the transmission sources can be used to calculate the position of the mobile terminal at the second location. Alternatively, in some applications, it may be desirable to find the vector joining a first terminal location to the second terminal location, in effect finding the change in the position of the mobile terminal.
Although it is a primary aim of the present invention to find the position of the mobile terminal using the signals from transmission sources at unknown positions, it can also be used to find the positions of the transmission sources themselves when enough position and time or phase offset values have been obtained at multiple first terminal locations. In this way, a mobile terminal operating according to the invention may eventually build up a database of transmission-source positions so that subsequent second terminal locations may be found using methods known in the art such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,529,165. Similarly, for a mobile terminal moving over a small-enough area, the relative bearings of the transmission sources may be obtained. In some applications, the ranges of the transmission sources from the mobile terminal may also be calculated.
When the position of the mobile terminal is calculated at the second terminal location, it may be possible to determine a region of uncertainty associated with the calculated position. Such a region of uncertainty may have the form of an ellipse, known as an ‘error ellipse’, the size, eccentricity, and orientation of which defines the region within which the uncertainty is less than a defined value such as one standard deviation. In a system having many mobile terminals, the error ellipses associated with each one may be used to select a subset of mobile terminals whose measurements are of good enough quality to be passed to a server and used to calculate a model of the transmission time offsets of the transmission sources.
The method of the invention will now be illustrated mathematically. The known position of the mobile terminal at the jth of N first terminal locations (j=1 . . . N) is denoted by the lower-case position vector rj. The time of receipt of the signal at that position from the kth of M base-station transmitters (k=1 . . . M) is denoted by tjk and is given by
υt jk =|r j −b k|+αk+εj, (1)
where bk is the position vector defining the position of the kth base station with respect to the same origin as used for rj, αk is the transmission time offset, εj/υ is the offset of the handset clock at the jth first position, and υ is the speed of the radio waves. The vertical bars denote the modulus of the enclosed vector. The values of tjk, αk/υ, and εj/υ are all measured with respect to a common clock. For simplicity, we confine our analysis to a plane. In equations (1), there are two unknown values associated with each base-station position (e.g. latitude and longitude), one unknown transmission time offset associated with each transmitter, and one unknown terminal clock offset associated with each first terminal position, making a total number of 3M+N unknown values over the ranges of j and k. On the other hand, M time-offset measurements are made at each of the N first positions, making a total of MN measurements. In principle, therefore, and provided that the first positions are spaced suitably, all of the unknown values may be deduced from the measurements provided that the inequality MN≧3M+N is satisfied. For example, five first positions (N=5) and three base stations (M=3) give 3M+N=14 whilst MN=15, so the inequality is satisfied in this case.
When the mobile terminal has moved to a second terminal location, denoted by the upper-case position vector R (with respect to the origin used for rj and bk), the mobile terminal makes M time offset measurements, Tk, of the base-station signals. The values of bk and αk have already been determined as described above with regard to Equation (1). The M equations (for k=1 . . . M) are given in the form:
υT k =|R−b k|+αk +E, (2)
where E is the mobile terminal clock offset at the second terminal location. In equations (2) there are just three unknown values, the latitude and longitude of the mobile terminal, and the terminal clock offset. Therefore measurements of the receive time offsets Tk of the signals from three or more base stations are sufficient to deduce the position of the mobile terminal.
In some applications, the mobile terminal may include means for measuring the terminal clock offset directly, so that the values of εj are determined with respect to a known time reference, such as GPS time. The effect of this is to decouple the equations (1) from each other, and to reduce, in effect, the number of unknown quantities to be determined.
One example of a method according to the invention and an example of the system in which it may be deployed will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The operation of one example of the present invention is illustrated with reference to
At a later time, the mobile terminal 106 moves to a second terminal location 2 at which the GPS receiver is inoperative because of excessive attenuation of the signals from the GPS satellites. The mobile terminal makes a set of timing measurements on the signals from a subset 103-105 of the BTSs, and these are combined according to equations (2) which are then solved to find the position of the mobile terminal. At the same time, an uncertainty ellipse 107 is estimated.
In another example, the step of calculating the positions and transmission time offsets of the BTSs 101-105 is not carried out explicitly and the measurements are all combined in one calculation step to find the mobile terminal's position at the second location.
The receiver 201 contains the amplifiers, filters, mixers, local oscillators etc. usually found in such devices, and therefore these are not shown separately in
The processor 204 stores the time offset values measured by receiver 201, and the mobile terminal positions measured by GPS receiver 208, in processor memory 205. When the mobile terminal has made measurements at sufficient first terminal locations 1 a-1 e, a software program is run by the processor which uses the data stored in memory 205 to calculate the positions and transmission time offsets of the BTSs using equations (1). These are stored in a second memory 210 of the processor 204.
In operation, when the mobile terminal is at a second location 2 and the GPS receiver 208 is unable to find the position of the mobile terminal, for example because the terminal has moved inside a building where the satellite signals are attenuated, the receiver 201 is still able to receive the signals from the BTSs 103-105 because the GSM signals are much stronger than the satellite signals. The mobile terminal measures a set of time offset values relative to the clock signals on link 207 and sends these to the processor 204 via link 203. The processor 204 runs a second software program which uses the data stored in second memory 210 together with the current set of timing offset values to calculate the position of the mobile terminal using equations (2). The error ellipse 107 may also be estimated if desired.
In another example of the method, the mobile terminal's reference clock offsets relative to a reference time are determined. The mobile terminal 106 makes measurements at first terminal locations as described above. However, it carries a timer unit 301 (see
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