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Kanye West Net Worth
Income Source: Professional Rapping
About Kanye West
Kanye West is a professional American rapper who is also a singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and record producer. He is married to Kim Kardashian and has four children. His net worth for 2020 is $250 million.
Kanye Omari West was born in Atlanta Georgia on 8th of June 1977. Kanye's father is Ray West, a former Black Panther who was a photojournalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution who later on became a Christian counsellor. His mother is Dr. Donda C. Williams who was a professor of English at the Chicago State University before she became Kanye's manager. Kanye's parents divorced when he was three and he moved with his mother to Chicago. He was raised in a middle-class family and attended Polaris School in Illinois during his high school years. When he was 10 years old, Kanye and his mother had to move to China where his mother was teaching in an exchange program at Nanjing University. Although a foreigner, Kanye blended well with this new community and even learned the language. He was also a good student getting mostly A's and B's.
At five years old, Kanye already started writing poetry. He also had passion for drawing and music, eventually starting rapping when he was in third grade. When he was in seventh grade, he had already composed musicals and sold them to other artists. Kanye eventually crossed paths with No I.D. who became his mentor. Kanye received College scholarship to study painting at the American Academy of Art in 1977. He shortly transferred to Chicago State University to study English. At the age of 20, he dropped out of school to pursue his musical career.
Kanye got his big break in the industry when he became the producer for artists on the Roc-A-Fella records. He became a successful producer but was certain that he wanted to do rapping. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 and sold 441,00 copies in the week the album was released. This cemented Kanye's rapping career. This was followed with his collaboration with the composer Jon Brion a year later. They released his second album entitled Late Registration. After two years, he again released another album, entitled Graduation which reached the top spot in the US Billboard 200. The album also sold 957,000 copies in the release week. Another chart-topping album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released in 2010, which was eventually certified as a platinum. Kanye continues to create chart-topping music and has already sold millions of his records worldwide. Kanye West is regarded as one of the best rappers in the world.
Kanye West has so far won 255 awards and has had 757 nominations. He has earned 21 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Song 2005 for Jesus Walks, Best Rap Album 2005 for The College Dropout, Best R&B Song 2005 for You Don't Know My Name, Best Rap Song 2006 for Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Best Rap Solo Performance 2006 for Gold Digger, Best Rap Album 2006 for Late Registration, Best Rap Album 2008 for Graduation, and Best Rap Performance y Duo or a Group 2008 for Southside, to name a few. His most recent Grammy Award was in 2013 for the category Best Rap. Sung Collaboration for the song No Church in the Wild with Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, and The-Dream.
Kanye West Quotes
"I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness." – Kanye West
"I still think I am the greatest." – Kanye West
"Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun." – Kanye West
"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed." – Kanye West
"I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it." – Kanye West
"I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in." – Kanye West
"Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them." – Kanye West
"We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it." – Kanye West
"My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure." – Kanye West
"If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world." – Kanye West
Kanye West gives high importance to creativity. He believes that he is very creative, and this is evident throughout his career. He mentioned in his tweeter posts that a creative person's strongest form of currency is his ideas. Thus, one has to "protect the ability to create at all cost" and not let contractual situations or obligations to hinder one from achieving his/her full potential. He also believes that distraction is the enemy of vision, which is very true for many of us. He also believes that it is necessary to remove all distractions sometimes and be focused on the visions. Most of all, everything that one does should always come from love, and never from fear.
Kanye West has just bought a second ranch in Wyoming, 100 miles away from his $14 million Monster Lake Ranch. This new ranch that spans 6,713 acres costs $14.495 million and is known locally as the Bighorn Mountain Ranch. It is located just outside of Greybull, Wyoming. The ranch consists of one area called The Lodge at Bald Ridge or also called as the Upper Hideout which consists of a log home with 5 bedrooms and four bathrooms. It also has three additional small cabins that can fit 4 to 6 people each. The area is also graced by an outdoor kitchen. Another area has what is called as the Snowshoe Lodge that has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Same with the Hide Out, it also has extra cabins that can accommodate 2 to 4 people each. Better than the Hide Out, this lodge is equipped with a wet bar in the basement along with a walk-in sauna.
Kanye West is an American rapper who gained fame due to his chart-topping albums. He is considered as one of the best rappers of all time. Kanye is also a talented songwriter and established producer.
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is a Japanese derogatory term for young Okinawan women who date male members of the United States Forces Japan stationed in Okinawa Prefecture. The other component of the term  (女 jo) means "female" or "girl".

There are scholars who note that amejo means someone who has an affinity for America and that the derogatory connotation was a result of a misunderstanding of the Okinawan language.

In her book Asian Mystique, author Sheridan Prasso explained the amejo in terms of the fetishizing that goes on between non-Asian males and Asian females:

Although Amejo is predominantly used for Okinawan women in relationships with white men, those who date primarily black American men are also included under the term, but are usually referred to as  or "black(loving) girl" instead.

Prasso explains the kokujo:

For Americans stationed in Okinawa, the term amejo came to mean American groupie or a "night owl". An account described how the term amejo was embraced by some who were given the pejorative, reappropriating the label as a source of pride, resistance, and social distinction as well as a demonstration of courage to be different.

See also
 Asian fetish
 Pinkerton Syndrome
 Sarong party girl
 Yellow cab (stereotype)

References

Race in Japan
Japanese sex terms
Dating
Intercultural and interracial relationships

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Bono: 'I've Grown Very Fond' of George W. Bush
U2 singer praises the former president's global health initiative on World AIDS Day
Bono with US President George W. Bush after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, February 6, 2006.
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Sixteen years ago, Bono paid a visit to the White House with the goal of getting then-president George W. Bush on board with the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS. The U2 frontman's powers of persuasion worked: Bush launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) the following year, and the program has gone on to bring lifesaving drugs to many millions of people (though not without running into some controversy along the way).
Tomorrow, December 1st, is World AIDS Day, and Bono stopped by The Today Show to reminisce about that partnership. The interview was conducted by co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the former president's daughter, which meant questions like "Do you remember the first time you met my dad?"
"Yeah, well, he didn't want to see me, which is fair enough," Bono recalled. "Different political views and whatever. I was the guy who had to come into the office and get him to look up from his big oak table, there in the Oval Office, to let his values tell him what to do."
Bono's close work with George W. Bush was surprising at the time to many who saw his presidency as an unmitigated humanitarian disaster. ("Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history," historian Sean Wilentz wrote in a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story that assessed the impact of Bush's disastrous choices in Iraq, New Orleans and elsewhere.)
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Yet Bono has never wavered in his praise of the former president for funding PEPFAR, and he continued to sound that note on the Today show. "I think we've got to cut through the shenanigans of political cartooning and see that some people can have different views and still be principled people," he told Hager, before sharing a comedic impression of her father's Texas drawl.
"I've become very fond of him," Bono added. "Underneath his armor, there's passion, compassion. He has it."
Bono is the real deal. He has a huge heart and a selfless soul, not to mention a decent voice. @laurawbush and I are grateful he came to the ranch to talk about the work of @thebushcenter, @onecampaign, @PEPFAR, and our shared commitment to saving lives in Africa.
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Earlier this year, Bush awarded Bono the first-ever George W. Bush Medal for Distinguished Leadership for his advocacy on AIDS and poverty. The current Republican president, meanwhile, has threatened to cut PEPFAR's funding.
"It's not like I do the art and then do the activism," Bono added. "It's all the same. I've been able to make my celebrity – I can't stand the word – useful."
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Emma Flukes arrived at the finish line in Yulara yesterday, and in doing so became the 4th and final rider to complete the 2018 edition of Race to the Rock. To complete a job that, while not obligatory to register a finish, a couple of riders have nonetheless felt the need to do, she rolled on past the finish line to touch the famous orange rock too.
As Emma's Instagram post below shows, her journey to Uluru has been as difficult as you'd imagine 3,500km off-road through the Australian outback to be. No doubt all riders experienced similarly difficult moments in their respective journeys, but Emma's honesty is a stark reminder of how tough it is out there!
Congratulations to her, and to the other three finishers, on a truly impressive ride.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the race.


Live each golden moment as if it were eternity – without fear, without hope, but with a sybaritic gusto.
I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
— Martin Luther King , In a letter on 16 April, 1963.
Integrity is an absolute virtue.
There is no such dichotomy as "human rights" versus "property rights." No human rights can exist without property rights.
Correct morality can only be derived from what man is – not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be.
Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
That which is outside the possibility of choice is also outside the province of morality.
Goodness in man can only grow in a climate of liberty.
In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.
A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pleasures and pains of his species must become his own.
Man-every man-is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life.
The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships.
Morals – all correct moral laws – derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.
Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse.
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers — and this is the basis of all human morality.
The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.
Man's motive power is his moral code.
A man who struggles not to acknowledge that evil is evil, finds it increasingly dangerous to acknowledge that the good is the good.
I have often thought that morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
There is … only one categorical imperative. Is is: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that is should become a universal law.
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Prince Andrew faces possible trial over Virginia Roberts Giuffre's sex abuse allegations
By Dan Neff	 On Jan 3, 2022
London — It's a critical week for Britain's Prince Andrew as he tries to avoid the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse scandal. Just days after the conviction of Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell, a New York judge was expected on Monday to unseal a confidential agreement that Andrew's lawyers say could shield him from a civil sexual abuse lawsuit.
The prince's attorneys call the lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre baseless.
Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the terms of a 2009 settlement between Epstein and Roberts Giuffre to be made public by Monday. Andrew's lawyers say that agreement shields the prince and others from lawsuits by Roberts Giuffre, and they hope the judge will take it as sufficient grounds to dismiss her suit against the royal.
The court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday over whether to throw out the suit.
As CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports, with the prospect of a legal battle hanging over him, Prince Andrew has kept an extremely low profile.
Royals Report: Prince Andrew fights lawsuit
On Christmas Day at Windsor Castle, as other members of Britain's royal family went to church, the queen's second son was nowhere to be seen. Tarnished by his friendship with convicted child sex offenders Epstein and Maxwell, a recent poll shows the prince is now liked by just 6% of the British public.
Andrew no longer performs royal duties. Former tabloid editor Kelvin McKenzie told CBS News that the prince has been "pushed right to the side" — essentially told by his family that he's no longer "representing anything."
McKenzie, the former editor of The Sun tabloid, said that if the lawsuit against Prince Andrew does go ahead, the media coverage will be a royal embarrassment.
"It will be beyond shocking," he told Williams. "He will be slaughtered."
Roberts Giuffre filed suit in August last year claiming sexual abuse at the hands of the British royal, saying she was trafficked to Prince Andrew for sex by Epstein and Maxwell when she was 17 years old — a minor under U.S. law.
She said last year that the prince "should be panicking. He knows he's guilty."
"He needs to be held accountable," she told CBS Mornings' co-host Gayle King in July 2020. "We need to show the world that the rich and the mighty can fall too."
Britain's Prince Andrew is seen in a file photo with Virginia Giuffre (center) and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The prince denies all the accusations against him and says he has no recollection of ever even meeting Roberts Giuffre. He has never been charged with any criminal offense.
But as legal analyst Joe Tamburino explained to CBS News, in the civil suit brought by Roberts Giuffre, demanding unspecified financial damages, the standard of proof would be lower than in a criminal case.
"If she proves more than 50%, she wins. If she doesn't prove more than 50% she loses," Tamburino said.
If the trial goes ahead, the prince faces having to give deposition for the U.S. court, meaning he would have to give sworn testimony in relation to the allegations against him for the first time. Ghislaine Maxwell could be called as a witness, and an attorney for Roberts Giuffre has said they also want to depose Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
"Does she [Meghan] have any factual information of being part of — even briefly — the royal family, and have any information on Prince Andrew; how he acted, what he was like, where he was at certain times, so on and so forth," said Tamburino.
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It all holds the prospect of a lot more dirty royal laundry to come.
The prince brought Epstein into the heart of the royal family. The New Yorker even appeared at Andrew's daughter's 18th birthday costume party, alongside Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein.
The prince tried to explain his behavior in a 2019 BBC interview, during which he offered justification for staying at Epstein's New York mansion after his friend had been imprisoned on child sex charges.
"You were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender," the interviewer put to him.
"It was a convenient place to stay," the prince replied.
Prince Andrew's BBC interview criticized
McKenzie, the former editor of The Sun, believes that regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit brought by Roberts Giuffre, the prince's reputation will never recover.
"If the tabloids were the jury, he'd be doing 10 years by now," McKenzie told CBS News. "That's the truth."
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In 2003 Tanzania established 16 pilot Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), with the aim of enhancing conservation and poverty alleviation through sustainable utilization of natural resources. This study examines the opportunities and challenges of this policy initiative with reference to the proposed WMAs. Data were collected mainly through consultation with government officials, local authorities, communities and investors. Semi-structured questionnaires and checklist were used to gather information. Findings show that WMAs have potential for poverty alleviation and sustainable conservation. However, the prolonged, time-consuming and costly establishment process, inequitable benefits, lack of entrepreneurial skills and poor governance are some of the serious challenges constraining WMAs. Also, areas with a large wildlife population are reluctant to form WMAs, and the increased wildlife population escalates human-wildlife conflicts.
Key words: wildlife management areas, poverty alleviation, opportunities, challenges, Africa, Tanzania.


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Tobermory, what's the story?
We followed the Morven coast for a further 1.5km north of Caisteal nan Con before we crossed the Sound of Mull to the Mull coast. The Sound carries a lot of shipping traffic so we chose to cross at its narrowest point in these parts. It was a relief to get out of the main shipping channel marked by the buoys. Several cruise ships had made their way up and down the channel just before we crossed. Fishing boats and speed boats don't stick to the channel though, so we still needed to be vigilant.
As we entered the NW part of the Sound, we could see Ben Hiant (528m) on the distant Ardnamurchan peninsula. Nearer at hand Calve Island partially blocks the entrance to Tobermory Bay.
We chose to enter the bay via the narrow channel between Calve Island and Mull.
The farmhouse on Calve Island is where the Canoe Boys stopped off (for some time) on their way north to Skye.
We were not the only visitors to visit Tobermory by sea. Fortunately the MV Marco Polo had just departed. She was built in East Germany in 1965 and launched as the MS Alexandr Pushkin. She is not the first foreign built ship to seek shelter in Tobermory Bay. In 1588 a Spanish Galleon (part of the Armada)escaping from the English Navy is reputed to have anchored here but later exploded in mysterious circumstances. Some say she was carrying gold, which lies in bottom of Tobermory Bay to this day.
The MV Lord of the Glens was docked at Tobermory pier. She takes 54 passengers and is small enough to negotiate the locks of the Caledonian Canal and big enough to ply the more sheltered waters of the west coast.
As we made our final approach , we slowed to let this whale watching boat pass in front of us. The black building is the Mishnish Hotel, which has an excellent pub! Tobermory caters well for tourists.
The tide was out and we landed on a strip of sand below the gaily painted houses. Tobermory is the biggest settlement on Mull and was built in the late 1700's as a fishing port. The name is derived from the Gaelic 'Tobar Mhoire' which means Mary's well. If you have never been but Tobermory looks familiar, you have probably seen it as the backdrop to the BBC children's TV series Balamory.
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LEGACY OF TIME
Reviewed By: Paul Gilchrist
VOLUNTEER GUEST REVIEWER
GAME TECH INFO
Computer Platform: PC
Produced by: Red Orb Entertainment
Price Range: $11-20
Learning curve time: under 30 min.
Age level: All Ages
ESRB Rating: Kids to Adults
Genre: Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Christian Rating: 4 of 5
(slightly offensive)
Gameplay: 5 of 5
(excellent)
Violence: 4 of 5
(barely present)
Adult Content: 4 of 5
"Legacy of Time" is a great game with an intricate storyline, awesome graphics, and almost no "questionable" material.
The premise behind "The Journeyman Project 3: The Legacy of Time" is simply that time travel has been harnessed by a man seeking to change the course of history. Through his experiences in various time periods, he has gained an intense distrust of the Cyrollans, a seemingly peaceful alien race who allied with Earth in 2038. In the previous title, Dr. Elliot Sinclair attempted to assassinate the Cyrollan ambassador, but you, being the protagonist, captured him in time and hauled him back to the Temporal Security Agency in the present to live out his days in a prison colony.
Also prior to this title, Gage Blackwood (yes, that's you) was framed by another agent of the TSA. Michelle Visard, aka Agent 3, was swayed by Sinclair's argument and tried to manipulate the balance of power once again. You caught up with her, however, and your Artificially Intelligent companion Arthur re-wrote himself into a virus and leapt into her timesuit. Both were lost and presumed dead. As I discovered, though, such is simply not true.
"JP3" begins just as the TSA is about to be shut down. The Symbiotry, a governmental institution cooperatively controlled by the humans and the Cyrollans, has seen to this. Right before it does, you learn of a temporal distortion which suggests that Agent 3 is alive. With the help of a friend, you hijack an experimental chameleonic time suit and leap into the past, searching her out. When you discover her abandoned timesuit, you are reunited with Arthur, who accompanies you with advice and commentary throughout your journey. Thus, the story begins.
The Good: As I said before; great gameplay, music, graphics, and storyline. If you like roleplaying games you are sure to love this one. It has extremely good graphics due to the fact that it isn't totally 3D--you can look in every direction but you can stand in only special spots you are allowed to walk to. Basically it feels 3D, only with better graphics.
The Bad: The aliens and some of the people you visit i.e.: Atlantis, El Dorado, Shangri La, have ancient forms of religion often contrary to Christianity (such as Buddhism). In conclusion, I would have to recommend this to absolutely everyone unless you find the presence of non-Christian religions offensive.
Year of Release—1998
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this Christian Spotlight review are those of the reviewer (both ratings and recommendations), and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Films for Christ or the Christian Answers Network.
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The 2013 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the first of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at Scotiabank Place (renamed July 2013 as Canadian Tire Centre) after the tournament was held in Halifax in 2011 and 2012. This was the fourth time Carleton University has hosted the tournament, with the most recent being in 2009. Carleton was joined by six other qualifiers and one wild card team. The Carleton Ravens won their ninth title in eleven years. In the process they set a new record for the most CIS Men's basketball championships.

List of participating teams

Championship Bracket

Bronze Medal Bracket

Consolation Bracket

Note: All records are against CIS competition only.

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It is about stuff they already know.
It is about stuff they don't care about (because it's not about them or doesn't apply to them).
Imagine you're on a plane. You get seated and put your earphones in just as the stewardess starts giving her pre-flight demonstration.
Have a quick look around the plane….no one cares. They are either like you listening to music, or asleep, or too busy reading….Letting the lady just do her thing. She is telling you how to survive a plane crash….but no one cares!
Maybe they are frequent flyers and have heard this info a million times before.
Maybe they don't care because it won't happen to them.
…..or maybe it's just PLAIN FRICKING BORING!!
You have to admit they are a little boring. Maybe flight companies should give the flight attendants free reign. Say whatever they like so long they get the point across.
I've heard some flight companies in the USA do this.
If you make your message INTERESTING AND EVEN FUNNY…people will be open to it. The main purpose is to be INFORMATIVE….but you can be entertaining as well!
Think about this the next time you're going to say or write something.
#1.) Is this message informative? Will it help the people listening or reading it?
#2.) Is this something the person actually cares about?
#3.) If this is a boring subject, is this at least SLIGHTLY entertaining?


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Background Stiff person symptoms is certainly a disabling highly, intensifying autoimmune disorder from the central anxious system seen as a muscle rigidity and spasms. improvement to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins, immunosuppressive and muscle mass relaxant medications, regaining impartial ambulation. Conclusions Diagnosis of stiff person syndrome remains WYE-125132 clinical, supported by electromyography and serology for glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies, facilitated by a high index of clinical suspicion. An autoimmune basis lends stiff person syndrome amenable to treatment highlighting the importance of diagnosis. This full case adds to map the WYE-125132 worldwide distribution of stiff person syndrome. Keywords: Stiff person symptoms, GAD antibodies, Autoimmune, CNS, Sri Lanka, Case survey Background Stiff person symptoms (SPS), initial defined by Woltman and Moersch in 1956, is a uncommon, highly disabling, intensifying autoimmune disorder from the central anxious system (CNS) seen as a muscles rigidity and spasms [1]. Rabbit Polyclonal to NDUFA4L2. Since its primary description, several variations of the symptoms including stiff limb symptoms, jerking SPS, paraneoplastic SPS and intensifying encephalomyelitis with myoclonus and rigidity have already been defined [2]. Great titres of autoantibodies to glutamic acidity decarboxylase (GAD), the rate-limiting enzyme in the formation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-amino butyric acidity (GABA), have already been reported in 60C80 around?% of sufferers with common SPS [3]. Nevertheless, SPS continues to be a clinical medical diagnosis facilitated by a higher index of suspicion. SPS comes with an approximated prevalence of 1/million people [4], but is certainly thought to be underdiagnosed [5]. Far Thus, only 14 situations have already been reported from South Asia, that includes a collective people of over 1.7 billion. We survey the initial authenticated case of traditional SPS from Sri Lanka. Case display A 55-year-old Sri Lankan feminine offered progressive problems in taking walks superimposed with muscles spasms since 2002. She acquired first observed intermittent rigidity in her correct lower limb which lasted about 5C10?min at the same time but gradually, more than months, elevated in duration and frequency to become persistent. She then observed the stiffness dispersing to involve her still left lower limb producing ambulation increasingly tough. From about 2009, the muscle tissues of her trunk and lower limbs would get into serious painful spasms in response to unforeseen sound, startle or psychological upset. These spasms occurred about 1C2/month and lasted about 30C60 initially? min but as time passes increased in both length of time and regularity. These episodes were connected with drenching fear and sweats. She's had several injuries and falls because of sudden muscle spasms. She also reported generalised stress and anxiety since the starting point of the condition in 2002 and particular phobias to open up spaces, strolling getting and unaided among a audience of individuals. She had sensed depressed sometimes which she related to the disabling character of the condition which acquired curtailed her self-reliance. In 2007, she was identified as having diabetes mellitus, which needed insulin to attain regular glycaemic control. In 2014, she was found to become hypothyroid and commenced on thyroxine replacement biochemically. She has acquired 3 repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the mind and spinal-cord since 2002, which had been reported as WYE-125132 regular. After WYE-125132 extensive analysis she had received a presumptive diagnosis of non-compressive myelopathy of unknown aetiology and treated with diazepam and baclofen. However, her condition continued to deteriorate with time. On examination in 2015 she experienced hyperlordosis of the lumbar spine (Fig.?1) due to rigid contraction of her thoracolumbar paraspinal muscle tissue associated with stony-hard, board-like rigidity of her anterior abdominal muscles, markedly increased firmness in both lower limbs, and more around the left with the.
AutoimmuneCase survey Background Stiff person symptoms SPS)CNSGAD antibodieshighly disablinginitial defined by Woltman and Moersch in 1956intensifying autoimmune disorder from the central anxious system CNS) seen as a muscles rigidity and spasms [1]. Rabbit Polyclonal to NDUFA4L2.is a uncommonKeywords: Stiff person symptomsSri LankaWYE-125132


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And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
From the tribe of Benjamin they gave: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its pastures, Geba and its pastures,
Out of the tribe of Binyamin: Giv'on with its surrounding open land, Geva with its surrounding open land,
The descendants of Aaron from the Kohath clans of Levi were priests, and they were chosen to receive towns first. They were given thirteen towns and the pastureland around them. Nine of these towns were from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and four from Benjamin. Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh were from Judah and Simeon. Hebron, located in the hill country of Judah, was earlier called Arba's Town. It had been named after Arba, the ancestor of the Anakim. Hebron's pasturelands went along with the town, but its farmlands and the villages around it had been given to Caleb. Hebron was also one of the Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon were from Benjamin.
and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
They also gave Aaron's descendants cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba,
From the tribe of Benjamin, they gave Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands,
then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
·They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to [L And from] the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
The tribe of Benjamin also gave them four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
They also gave the people of Aaron cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba,
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands,
The tribe of Benjamin gave them these four cities and their pasturelands: Gibeon, Gaba, Anathoth, and Almon.
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon, together with their pastures—four towns.
From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,
From the tribe of Benjamin they obtained Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
They also gave the people of Aaron these cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba,
The Israelites gave some towns from the tribe of Benjamin to the family groups of Kohath. The towns were Gibeon, Geba,
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,
From the family of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its fields, Geba with its fields,
From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
And out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giveon with its migrash, Geva with its migrash,
Then from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pastures, Geba with its pastures,
These cities were given by the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon, all with their villages—4 cities. So the cities granted to the descendants of Aaron—the priests—totaled 13, with their pastures and their villages.
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
And (out) of the lineage of the sons of Benjamin, he gave Gibeon, and Geba,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
Joshua 21:16Joshua 21:18
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Oklahoma Quarterback Kyler Murray Wins AP College Football Player Of The Year Award
December 7, 2018	Sports Daypop
The AP announced Thursday that Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has been named The Associated Press college football Player of the Year.
Murray is the second straight OU quarterback and fifth Sooner overall to win the award since it was established in 1998. He received 39 first-place votes and a total of 145 points, topping finalists Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama (117 points) and Dwayne Haskins of Ohio State (55 points) in voting among 56 AP college football poll voters who submitted player of the year ballots. It was also announced Thursday that Murray is a finalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. He is already a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Manning Award. The winner of the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award will be announced at an award banquet in Tyler, Texas on Jan. 9, 2019.
Murray leads the nation in total yards, points responsible for, passing efficiency rating, yards per pass attempt and yards per completion. He also ranks second in completion percentage.
Murray named AP college football player of year
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This is a special edition of Purrcast. Fatty back in February was diagnosed with a reoccurrence of Feline Vaccine Associated Sarcoma (an aggressive, cancerous tumor) 2 years after having surgically remove the tumor. With gofundme and your help we easily raised money for a second surgery to amputate the affected leg to prevent the tumor from spreading. Fatty is happily still here and purring away. He has adjusted very well to being a tripod and has found ways to snuggle deeper into the cat bed with out that leg getting in the way.
Purrcast isn't just a podcast, it is a multi platform experience. From our twitter page @purrcast we are going to be doing some Periscope popup recording sessions and showing how the podcast is edited and produced.
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Luther Village has three camping areas: The lower (main) campground has 22 sites; 14 seasonal and 8 daily rental sites. 21 lower campground sites have water and sewer hook ups and 30 amp service.
The upper campground has 7 sites, of which 3 are seasonal; water, 15 amp service and fire pits provided.
The waterfront has 2 daily rental sites with water and 15 amp power.
The ball field has two seasonal sites with no services.
The ball field is available for Group Camping.


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#pragma once

#include <folly/ExceptionWrapper.h>
#include <folly/io/IOBufQueue.h>
#include <folly/io/async/DelayedDestruction.h>

#include <quic/QuicConstants.h>
#include <quic/QuicException.h>
#include <quic/handshake/Aead.h>
#include <quic/handshake/HandshakeLayer.h>

namespace quic {

class CryptoFactory;
struct CachedServerTransportParameters;
struct ClientTransportParametersExtension;
struct QuicClientConnectionState;
struct ServerTransportParameters;

class ClientHandshake : public Handshake {
 public:
  enum class Phase { Initial, Handshake, OneRttKeysDerived, Established };

  explicit ClientHandshake(QuicClientConnectionState* conn);

  /**
   * Initiate the handshake with the supplied parameters.
   */
  void connect(
      folly::Optional<std::string> hostname,
      std::shared_ptr<ClientTransportParametersExtension> transportParams);

  /**
   * Takes input bytes from the network and processes then in the handshake.
   * This can change the state of the transport which may result in ciphers
   * being initialized, bytes written out, or the write phase changing.
   */
  virtual void doHandshake(
      std::unique_ptr<folly::IOBuf> data,
      EncryptionLevel encryptionLevel);

  /**
   * Provides facilities to get, put and remove a PSK from the cache in case the
   * handshake supports a PSK cache.
   */
  virtual void removePsk(const folly::Optional<std::string>& /* hostname */) {}

  /**
   * Returns a reference to the CryptoFactory used internaly.
   */
  virtual const CryptoFactory& getCryptoFactory() const = 0;

  /**
   * Triggered when we have received a handshake done frame from the server.
   */
  void handshakeConfirmed() override;

  Phase getPhase() const;

  /**
   * Was the TLS connection resumed or not.
   */
  virtual bool isTLSResumed() const = 0;

  /**
   * Edge triggered api to obtain whether or not zero rtt data was rejected.
   * If zero rtt was never attempted, then this will return folly::none. Once
   * the result is obtained, the result is cleared out.
   */
  folly::Optional<bool> getZeroRttRejected();

  /**
   * API used to verify that the integrity token present in the retry packet
   * matches what we would expect
   */
  virtual bool verifyRetryIntegrityTag(
      const ConnectionId& originalDstConnId,
      const RetryPacket& retryPacket) = 0;

  /**
   * Returns the negotiated transport parameters chosen by the server
   */
  virtual folly::Optional<ServerTransportParameters> getServerTransportParams();

  ~ClientHandshake() override = default;

 protected:
  enum class CipherKind {
    HandshakeWrite,
    HandshakeRead,
    OneRttWrite,
    OneRttRead,
    ZeroRttWrite,
  };

  void computeCiphers(CipherKind kind, folly::ByteRange secret);

  /**
   * Various utilities for concrete implementations to use.
   */
  void raiseError(folly::exception_wrapper error);
  void throwOnError();
  void waitForData();
  void writeDataToStream(EncryptionLevel encryptionLevel, Buf data);
  void handshakeInitiated();
  void computeZeroRttCipher();
  void computeOneRttCipher(bool earlyDataAccepted);

  /**
   * Accessor for the concrete implementation, so they can access data without
   * being able to rebind it.
   */
  QuicClientConnectionState* getClientConn();
  const QuicClientConnectionState* getClientConn() const;
  const std::shared_ptr<ClientTransportParametersExtension>&
  getClientTransportParameters() const;

  /**
   * Setters for the concrete implementation so that it can be tested.
   */
  void setZeroRttRejectedForTest(bool rejected);

 private:
  virtual folly::Optional<CachedServerTransportParameters> connectImpl(
      folly::Optional<std::string> hostname) = 0;

  virtual EncryptionLevel getReadRecordLayerEncryptionLevel() = 0;
  virtual void processSocketData(folly::IOBufQueue& queue) = 0;
  virtual bool matchEarlyParameters() = 0;
  virtual std::pair<std::unique_ptr<Aead>, std::unique_ptr<PacketNumberCipher>>
  buildCiphers(CipherKind kind, folly::ByteRange secret) = 0;

  // Represents the packet type that should be used to write the data currently
  // in the stream.
  Phase phase_{Phase::Initial};

  QuicClientConnectionState* conn_;
  std::shared_ptr<ClientTransportParametersExtension> transportParams_;

  folly::Optional<bool> zeroRttRejected_;

  bool waitForData_{false};
  bool earlyDataAttempted_{false};

  folly::IOBufQueue initialReadBuf_{folly::IOBufQueue::cacheChainLength()};
  folly::IOBufQueue handshakeReadBuf_{folly::IOBufQueue::cacheChainLength()};
  folly::IOBufQueue appDataReadBuf_{folly::IOBufQueue::cacheChainLength()};

  folly::exception_wrapper error_;
};

} // namespace quic

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Please remember to mention rescue groups for people looking for specific breeds. We love Newfoundlands, and are celebrating the one-year anniversary of our adoption of Terra, a brown Newfie we rescued.
Terra was very stressed by the move and I wasn't really planning on preparing another BARF (bones and raw food) diet. She doesn't like kibble, though, so here we are again. BARF diets are a little hard to get started, but once you get a system, they're not bad. The hardest thing for me is getting enough fresh chicken necks, since my usual grocery store doesn't stock them, so I have to make a special trip to a different store, but I think it's a lot cheaper than buying the prepared meat meals.
I started receiving WDJ when we had our first Newf. We got her as a pup and she soon became infected somehow with chronic Staph after her spaying or another operation. It was awful! Could you imagine bathing a Newfoundland with two different antiseptic shampoos every other week?
Being a holistic health nut myself, I just couldn't see having to give her antibiotics for the rest of her life. That's where your publication came in. I read WDJ's articles about BARF diets, and after more research, gradually switched her over to BARF when she was two or three years old. The Staph went away completely, never to be seen again! She did have problems with arthritis, even on the great diet. We tried chiropractic and acupuncture, and were finally able to manage the arthritis with Adequan injections. She lived to be almost 12.
Also, I wanted to write last winter and tell your readers how difficult it is to adopt a dog in winter in a cold climate. Here I was with my treat bag, bundled to the hilt, having to remove my mittens to reward this enormous dog who had never been trained to do anything (!) for nice walking! We had much fun, though, using Pat Miller's "run away" technique for training a dog to come to you. Terra invented her own variation: She would run several yards in front of me on the snowy path, and then turn around and look at me, wait for my signal and run back to get her treat. I wait for Pat's articles every month!
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La Paloma-Lost Creek és una concentració de població designada pel cens del Comtat de Nueces (Texas, Estats Units d'Amèrica).

Demografia
Segons el cens dels Estats Units del 2000 La Paloma-Lost Creek tenia una població de 323 habitants, 76 habitatges, i 65 famílies. La densitat de població era de 15 habitants/km².

Dels 76 habitatges en un 55,3% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 73,7% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 5,3% dones solteres, i en un 13,2% no eren unitats familiars. En el 9,2% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 3,9% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 3,88 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,8.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 47,4% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 8% entre 18 i 24, un 22,6% entre 25 i 44, un 17,6% de 45 a 60 i un 4,3% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 19 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 102,4 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 37.708 $ i la renda mediana per família de 39.167 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 40.833 $ mentre que les dones 25.893 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 9.955 $. Aproximadament el 22,2% de les famílies i el 34,7% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població de Texas


Can computer software programs be a solution to a lack of qualified teachers?
At Madison Area Memorial High School in Maine, administrators could not find a foreign language teacher to teach students French and Spanish. So instead of canceling the classes, they bought the computer program Rosetta Stone to serve as the teacher.
An education technician will supervise students and oversee the program's administration, the Morning Sentinel reported.
While Rosetta Stone is used in more than 4,000 schools across the country, according to the Morning Sentinel, it is usually used in conjunction with an actual teacher. School administrators praise the program for its flexibility and how it lets students work at their own pace or return to lessons they struggled with.
Still, educators say students can't ask a computer specific questions about word meaning and grammar, and a computer program can't help students understand the culture of the language and relate it to their own lives.
"It's hard to replace having a real person there to help students when they are struggling or to make the learning relevant to their lives," said Principal Jessica Ward. "Yes, they are learning the language with the Rosetta Stone program, but I worry that they are missing out on the cultural education and the personal touch of having a real teacher available."
The Morning Sentinel reported that Maine has faced a shortage of foreign language teachers since the mid-1990s, particularly in rural districts. This has also been an issue across the country, as teacher-preparation program enrollments have declined and certain areas are struggling to recruit teachers, particularly in math, science, and special education, and for English-language learners.
Just last week, the Learning Policy Institute released a report that said the United States had a shortage of 60,000 teachers, which could grow to 112,000 teachers by 2018. Also last week, the Center for American Progress released a data analysis of teacher-preparation programs, reporting that from the 2009-10 school year to 2013-14, there was a 36 percent decline in teacher preparation programs.
In Maine alone, teacher-preparation enrollment declined 33 percent in that time period.
Still, Ward told the Morning Sentinel that she hopes to hire a living, breathing foreign language teacher by next year, no matter how successful the Rosetta Stone program is. "This wasn't perfect, but it was the best option to move our students forward this year," she said.
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Apophis kan syfta på.

 Apophis – en farao av egyptens femtonde dynasti från det icke-egyptiska folket Hyksos, se Apopi I (Egyptens härskare)
 Apophis – en drake/ormgestalt i det antika Egyptens religion, se Apep
 99942 Apophis – en asteroid
 Apophis – en figur i science fiction-serien Stargate SG-1, se Systemherrarna


text:
Justia Patents Having A Self-contained Position Computing Mechanism (e.g., Dead-reckoning, Etc.)US Patent for Reception control device Patent (Patent # 10,852,442)
Reception control device
Dec 28, 2016 - Casio
A positioning position is corrected more efficiently. A reception control device, comprising: a processor, wherein the processor executes: a reception parameter acquisition process of acquiring reception parameters related to reception of positioning signals from a positioning signal receiver that receives the positioning signals from positioning satellites; a first reception environment determination process of determining a reception environment on the basis of a result of determining the acquired reception parameters in accordance with determination conditions; and a reception control process of controlling an error correction signal receiver that receives an error correction signal for correcting an error of a positioning result by the positioning signals from an error correction satellite on the basis of a determination result in the first reception environment determination process.
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The present invention relates to a reception control device.
BACKGROUND ART
Conventionally, as one of techniques for improving the positional accuracy of a global positioning system (GPS), a technique of receiving error correction information (for example, information of ionospheric correction or satellite clock error correction or the like) from a geostationary satellite (a stationary satellite in a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) or the like) or a quasi-zenith satellite (a satellite (Michibiki) in a quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS) or the like) and improving the position accuracy has been known. According to such a technique, a positional error of about 10 m is improved to about 2 m in a good environment. Further, a technique for performing positioning using a GPS is disclosed, for example, in JP 2009-075035 A.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reception control device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a processor, wherein the processor executes: a reception parameter acquisition process of acquiring reception parameters related to reception of positioning signals from a positioning signal receiver that receives the positioning signals from positioning satellites; a first reception environment determination process of determining a reception environment on the basis of a result of determining the acquired reception parameters in accordance with determination conditions; and a reception control process of controlling an error correction signal receiver that receives an error correction signal for correcting an error of a positioning result by the positioning signals from an error correction satellite on the basis of a determination result in the first reception environment determination process.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration for executing a signal reception process in the functional configuration of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart, illustrating a flow of a signal reception process executed by the mobile terminal of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2.
PREFERRED MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the appended drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a mobile terminal 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 1 is an information processing device with a current position logging function, and is configured as, for example, smartphone.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a read only memory (ROM) 12, a random access memory (RAM) 13, a bus 14, an input/output interface 15, a GPS reception unit 16, a sensor unit 17, an input unit 18, an output unit 19, a storage unit 20, a communication unit 21, and a drive 22.
The CPU 11 executes various kinds of processes in accordance with a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 20 onto the RAM 13. Data or the like necessary when the CPU 11 executes various kinds of processes are appropriately stored in the RAM 13 as well.
The CPU 11, the ROM 12, and the RAM 13 are connected to one another via the bus 14. The input/output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. The GPS reception unit 16, the sensor unit 17, the input unit 18, the output unit 19, the storage unit 20, the communication unit 21, and the drive 22 are connected to the input/output interface 15. The GPS reception unit 16 detects a position (latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the mobile terminal 1 and a current time indicated by the GPS on the basis of GPS signals received from GPS satellites via an antenna.
Further, the GPS reception unit 16 includes an SPAS reception unit 16A. The SPAS reception unit 16A receives the satellite signals from the geostationary satellites in the SPAS via the antenna and acquires error correction information for correcting the position of the mobile terminal 1 measured by the GPS. The current position detected by the GPS reception unit 16 is corrected to a more accurate position by executing a process for position correction in the CPU 11 or the GPS reception unit 16 by using the error correction information acquired by the SPAS reception unit 16A. In the present embodiment, the CPU 11 controls an activation and a stop of the operation of the SPAS reception unit 16A.
The sensor unit 17 includes various kinds of sensors such as a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor, and detects a posture of the mobile terminal 1 and movement, a direction, or the like of the mobile terminal 1. The input unit 18 includes various kinds of buttons, a touch panel, or the like, and receives various kinds of information in accordance with an instruction operation by a user.
The output unit 19 includes a display, a speaker, or the like, and outputs an image or a sound. The storage unit 20 includes a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like, and stores data of various kinds of images. The communication unit 21 controls communication performed with another apparatus (not illustrated) via a network including the Internet.
A removable medium 31 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately loaded onto the drive 22. A program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 22 is installed in the storage unit 20 if necessary. The removable medium 31 can store various kinds of data such as data of images stored in the storage unit 20, similarly to the storage unit 20.
Functional Configuration
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration for executing a signal reception process in the functional configuration of the mobile terminal 1 of FIG. 1. The signal reception process refers to a series of processes for receiving the satellite signals of the GPS satellites for positioning, controlling an operation of receiving the satellite signals in the SBAS in accordance with a reception environment, and acquiring the error correction information.
When the signal reception process is executed, a reception control unit 51, a reception parameter acquisition unit 52, and a reception environment determination unit 53 function in the CPU 11 as illustrated in FIG. 2. A determination condition storage unit 71 and a reception information storage unit 72 are set in an area of the storage unit 20.
Data of conditions related to various kinds of parameters for determining whether or not the reception environment for the satellite signals from the GPS satellite is good (hereinafter referred to appropriately as "good reception environment conditions") is stored in the determination condition storage unit 71. In the present embodiment, the following conditions are stored in the determination condition storage unit 71 as the good reception environment conditions.
(Determination condition 1) The number of receivable GPS satellites is greater than 7.
(Determination condition 2) An average of reception signal levels (C/N) of the respective GPS satellites is larger than 35 [dB-Hz].
(Determination condition 3) The satellite arrangement is in a good condition (DOP<3).
(Determination condition 4) An error indicated by position error information derived from a reception state of the GPS signals is small (a longitude/latitude error standard deviation (GST) in an NMEA format<4 [m]).
(Determination condition 5) An antenna posture is in a good condition (an antenna direction is less than zenith±30 degree).
(Determination condition 6) A duration of a state in which the determination conditions 1 to 5 are satisfied is longer than a certain period of time (longer than 5 minutes).
The numerical values in the determination conditions 1 to 6 are examples and can be appropriately changed in accordance with specifications of a positioning system, the mobile terminal 1, or the like to be used. Information (almanac data and ephemeris data) indicated by the satellite signals received from the GPS satellites and information (the error correction information) indicated by the satellite signals received from the geostationary satellites in the SBAS are stored in the reception information storage unit 72.
The reception control unit 51 controls an activation and a stop of each of the GPS reception unit 16 and the SBAS reception unit 16A. Specifically, the reception control unit 51 causes the GPS reception unit 16 to be activated as the signal reception process starts, and causes the GPS reception unit 16 to be stopped as the signal reception process ends. Further, the reception control unit 51 causes the SBAS reception unit 16A to be activated or stopped in accordance with a determination result of the reception environment determination unit 53. Specifically, when the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is good, the reception control unit 51 causes the SBAS reception unit 16A to be activated.
On the other hand, when the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is bad, the reception control unit 51 causes the SBAS reception unit 16A to be stopped. Further, when the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is a quasi-good state (to be described later), the reception control unit 51 switches the start and the stop of the SBAS reception unit 16A in accordance with a setting in the mobile terminal 1.
In the present embodiment, it is possible to set a power consumption priority mode in which a priority is given to power consumption reduction of the mobile terminal 1 and a positioning accuracy priority mode in which a priority is given to the improvement of the positioning accuracy, and any one of the power consumption priority mode and the positioning accuracy priority mode is set by the user. Then, when the power consumption priority mode is set, and it is determined that the reception environment is in the quasi-good state, the SBAS reception unit 16A is stopped. On the other hand, when the positioning accuracy priority mode is set, and it is determined that the reception environment is in the quasi-good state, the SBAS reception unit 16A is activated.
As described above, when the reception environment is in the quasi-good state, the start and the stop of the SBAS reception unit 16A is switched depending on the mode, and thus it is possible to realize the operation of the mobile terminal 1 matching the purpose of the user.
The reception parameter acquisition unit 52 acquires various kinds of parameters (reception parameters) related to signal reception on the basis of the reception result of the satellite signals by the GPS reception unit 16. Specifically, the reception parameter acquisition unit 52 acquires the number of receivable GPS satellites, the reception signal level of each GPS satellite, the satellite arrangement, the position error information derived from the reception states of the GPS signals, and the antenna posture detected from the detection result of the sensor unit 17.
The reception environment determination unit 53 determines whether or not the reception parameters acquired by the reception parameter acquisition unit 52 satisfy the good reception environment conditions stored in the determination condition storage unit 71. Specifically, the reception environment determination unit 53 determines whether or not the respective determination conditions are satisfied, that is, determines (determination condition 1) whether or not the number of receivable GPS satellites is greater than 7, (determination condition 2) whether or not the average of the reception signal levels (C/N) of each GPS satellites is larger than 35 [dBHz] (Determination condition 3) whether or not the satellite arrangement is in the good condition (DOP<3), (determination condition 4) whether or not the error indicated by the position error information derived from the reception states of the GPS signals is small (the longitude/latitude error standard deviation in the NMEA format (GST)<4 [m]), (determination condition 5) whether or not the antenna posture is in the good state (the antenna direction is less than zenith±30 degree), and (determination condition 6) whether or not a duration of a state in which the determination conditions 1 to 5 are satisfied is longer than a certain period of time (longer than 5 minutes).
In the present embodiment, a level corresponding to an importance indicating the state of the reception environment is set to the determination conditions determined by the reception environment determination unit 53. Specifically, "level 1" indicating that the importance indicating the state of the reception environment is high is set to the determination conditions 1 to 3, and a level 2 indicating that the importance indicating the state of the reception environment is relatively low is set to the determination conditions 4 and 5.
The reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is in the good state when all of the determination conditions 1 to 6 are satisfied. On the other hand, when the determination conditions 1 to 3 of the level 1 are satisfied, but any one of the determination conditions 4 and 5 of the level 2 is not satisfied, the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is in a state equivalent to the good state (hereinafter referred to as a "quasi-good state").
The determination condition 6 is not a determination condition directly indicating the state of the reception environment, but it is an important factor in determining whether or not the reception environment is good or bad, and thus in the present embodiment, even when the reception environment is determined to be in either the good state and the quasi-good state, a condition that it has to be satisfied consistently similarly to the determination condition of the level 1 is set to.
Further, when any one of the determination conditions 1 to 3 of the level 1 is not satisfied, the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is in the bad state.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a signal reception process executed by the mobile terminal 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2. The signal reception process is started when the user performs a manipulation of starting the signal reception process on the input unit 18 and ended when the user performs a manipulation of ending the signal reception process on the input unit 13.
In step S11, the reception control unit 51 (CPU 11) activates the GPS reception unit 16. At this time, the SBAS reception unit 16A is in a stop state. In step S12, the reception parameter acquisition unit 52 (CPU 11) acquires the reception parameters for determining the reception environment from the GPS reception unit 16 and the sensor unit 17. Specifically, the reception parameter acquisition unit 52 (the CPU 11) acquires the number of receivable GPS satellites, the reception signal level of each GPS satellite, the satellite arrangement, the position error information derived from the reception states of the GPS signals, and the antenna posture detected from the detection result of the sensor unit 17.
In step S13, the reception environment determination unit 53 (the CPU 11) determines whether or not the reception environment is good. Specifically, the reception environment determination unit 53 (the CPU 11) determines whether or not all of the determination conditions 1 to 6 in the good reception environment conditions are satisfied. When the reception environment is good, YES is determined in step S13, and the process proceeds to step S17. When the reception environment is not good, NO is determined in step S13, and the process proceeds to step S14.
In step S14, the reception environment determination unit 53 (the CPU 11) determines whether or not the reception environment is in the quasi-good state. Specifically, the reception environment determination unit 53 (the CPU 11) determines whether or not a state in which the determination conditions 1 to 3 are satisfied and one of the determination conditions 4 and 5 is not satisfied lasts longer than 5 minutes.
When the reception environment is in the quasi-good state, YES is determined in step S14, and the process proceeds to step S17. Here, if the mobile terminal 1 can be set to any one of the power consumption priority mode in which a priority is given to the power consumption reduction and the positioning accuracy priority mode in which a priority is given to the improvement of the positioning accuracy, the process may to step S16 when the mobile terminal 1 is set to the power consumption priority mode, and the process may proceed to step S17 when the mobile terminal 1 is set to the positioning accuracy priority mode.
When the reception environment is not in the quasi-good state, NO is determined in step S14, and the process proceeds to step S15. In step S15, the reception environment determination unit 53 (the CPU 11) determines whether or not the state in which the reception environment is bad is continued for a certain period of time (30 seconds in the present embodiment). When state in which the reception environment is bad is not continued for a certain period of time, NO is determined in step S15, and the process proceeds to step S17. When state in which the reception environment is had is continued for a certain period of time, YES is determined in step S15, and the process proceeds to step S16.
In step S16, the reception control unit 51 (the CPU 11) causes the SBAS reception unit 16A to be stopped. When the SBAS reception unit 16A is already in the stop state, the stop state is continued. After step S16, the process proceeds to step S13.
In step S17, the reception control unit 51 (the CPU 11) causes the SBAS reception unit 16A to be activated. When the SEAS reception unit 16A is already in an active state, the active state is continued. After step S17, the process proceeds to step S13.
With such a process, when the reception environment for the GPS signals is in the good state, the SBAS reception unit 16A is activated, and when the reception environment for the GPS signals is in the quasi-good state, the activation and the stop of the SBAS reception unit 16A is switched in accordance with the setting in the mobile terminal 1. Further, when the reception environment for the GPS signals is bad, the SBAS reception unit 16A is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a reduction in processing efficiency and unnecessary power consumption, and it is possible to correct the positioning position more efficiently.
In other words, in the conventional positioning device, although the SBAS reception function is provided, in most cases, a setting of whether the reception function of the SBAS is turned on or off is performed depending on an intended use at a stage of configuration of firmware software. For example, in devices such as smartphones, a setting in which the reception function of the SBAS is turned on in the case of an intended use in which an antenna is upward (for example, when used as a car navigation system), and the reception function of the SBAS is turned off in the case of an intended use in which the reception environment including the state of the antenna varies (for example, when used as a usual mobile terminal) is performed.
On the other hand, in the mobile terminal 1 of the present embodiment, the reception environment is determined in real time using the reception parameters, and when the reception environment is in the good state, the reception function of the SBAS is activated (ON), and when the reception environment is in the bad state, the reception function of the SBAS is stopped (OFF). Further, when the reception environment is in a quasi-good state, the activation or the stop of the reception function of SBAS is switched in accordance with the setting in the mobile terminal 1.
As a result, the mobile terminal 1 can suppress an operation current required for receiving the SBAS and a situation in which an unnecessary operation of a search engine of the SBAS occurs, and it is possible to improve the positioning accuracy in the mobile terminal 1 as the mobile device while increasing the battery duration or the lifespan of the battery.
First Modified Example
In the above embodiment, the example in which the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that the reception environment is in the bad state when any one of the determination conditions 1 to 3 of the level 1 is not satisfied has been described above. On the other hand, even when any one of the determination conditions 1 to 3 of the level 1 is not satisfied, it possible to analyze the reception environment, further determines whether or not it is useful to start the SBAS reception unit 16A (for example, whether or not the determination condition which is not satisfied can be supplemented to be satisfiable), and control the activation of the SBAS reception unit 16A.
Specifically, when the determination condition 1 is not satisfied, it is possible to determine the number of receivable satellites which is insufficient and activate the SBAS reception unit 16A in accordance with the number of satellites which is insufficient. In other words, when the determination condition 1 is not satisfied, if the number of receivable satellites is 7, the determination condition 1 is satisfied by adding one receivable satellite.
In this regard, when the reception environment determination unit 53 determines that one GPS satellite is missing to satisfy the determination condition 1, one of the GPS satellites is replaced with the stationary satellite of the SBAS, and the reception control unit 51 activates the SBAS reception unit 16A. Accordingly, the number of receivable satellites satisfies the determination condition 1, and the positioning accuracy using the GPS is improved. Further, since the GPS positioning result is corrected in accordance with the error correction information using the SBAS, the positioning accuracy can be further improved.
Similarly, even in a case in which the determination condition 3 is not satisfied, when the DOP when the geostationary satellite of the SBAS is added satisfies the determination condition 3, it is possible to activate the SBAS reception unit 16A. As described above, even when the determination condition of the level 1 is not satisfied by the GPS satellite, by using the SBAS satellite as one of GPS satellite and using the error correction information additionally, it is possible to improve the positioning accuracy significantly as compared with when positioning is performed using the GPS satellites only.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, and the like within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.
For example, as the system used for positioning, the same type of systems (GLONASS in Russia, GALILEO in EU, BeiDou in China (COMPASS), IRNSS in India, and the like) can be used in addition to the GPS. For the system for acquiring the error correction information, as the SBAS, WAAS in the United States, EGNOS in Europe, SDCM in Russia, MSAS or Sunflower in Japan, GAGAN in India, or the like can be used, and sub meter class reinforcement information L1S (L1-SAIF) or a centimeter class reinforcement information L6 (LEX) of the quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS or the like) can be used as well.
In the above embodiments, the example in which the reception environment determination unit 53 determines the determination conditions 1 to 6 in order to determine the state of the reception environment has been described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other words, in order to reduce the cost or the processing load, optimization may be performed by changing conditions, for example, by deleting the detection of the antenna posture (detection condition 5) or the like, by adding or deleting parameters appropriately, or by combining a logical sum and a logical product of the determination conditions.
Although in the embodiment described above, a tablet terminal is adopted as an example for explaining the mobile terminal 1 to which the present invention is applied, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, the present invention can be applied to electronic devices in general that include reconnection processing after disconnection of communication connection. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a digital camera, a notebook personal computer, a television receiver, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.
The processing sequence described above can be executed by hardware, and can also be executed by software. In other words, the hardware configuration of FIG. 2 is merely illustrative examples, and the present invention is not particularly limited thereto. More specifically, the types of functional blocks employed to realize the above-described functions are not particularly limited to the examples shown in FIG. 2, so long as the mobile terminal 1 can be provided with the functions enabling the aforementioned processing sequence to be executed in its entirety. A single functional block may be constituted by a single piece of hardware, a single installation of software, or a combination thereof.
The functional configurations of the present embodiment are realized by a processor executing arithmetic processing, and processors that, can be used for the present embodiment include a unit configured by a single unit of a variety of single processing devices such as a single processor, multi-processor, multi-core processor, etc., and a unit in which the variety of processing devices are combined with a processing circuit such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array).
In the case of having the series of processing executed by software, the program constituting this software is installed from a network or storage medium to a computer or the like. The computer may be a computer equipped with dedicated hardware. In addition, the computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions, e.g., a general purpose personal computer, by installing various programs.
The storage medium containing such a program can not only be constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the device main body for supplying the program to a user, but also can be constituted by a storage medium or the like supplied to the user in a state incorporated in the device main body in advance. The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magnetic optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), Blu-ray (Registered Trademark) or the like. The magnetic optical disk is composed of an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. The storage medium supplied to the user in a state incorporated in the device main body in advance is constituted by, for example, the ROM 12 of FIG. 1 in which the program is recorded, and a hard disk included in the storage unit 20 of FIG. 1, and the like.
It should be noted that, in the present specification, the steps defining the program recorded in the storage medium include not only the processing executed in a time series following this order, but also processing executed in parallel or individually, which is not necessarily executed in a time series. Further, in this specification, the term of the system shall mean an entire apparatus composed of a plurality of apparatuses, a plurality of means and the like.
The embodiments of the present invention described above are only illustrative, and are not to limit the technical scope of the present invention. The present invention can assume various other embodiments. Additionally, it is possible to make various modifications thereto such as omissions or replacements within a scope not departing from the spirit of the present invention. These embodiments or modifications thereof are within the scope and the spirit of the invention described in the present specification, and within the scope of the invention recited in the claims and equivalents thereof.
1. A reception control device, comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor executes:
a reception parameter acquisition process of acquiring a plurality of reception parameters related to reception of positioning signals from a positioning signal receiver that receives the positioning signals from positioning satellites;
a first reception environment determination process of determining a reception environment based on a result of determining the acquired reception parameters according to a plurality of determination conditions set in the plurality of reception parameters; and
a reception control process of controlling an error correction signal receiver that receives an error correction signal for correcting an error of a positioning result by the positioning signals from an error correction satellite based on whether the plurality of determination conditions are met,
wherein:
when some of the plurality of determination conditions are not met, the processor further executes a second reception environment determination process of determining whether the determination conditions that are not met are supplemented and satisfiable by the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver, and
the reception control process includes executing a process of receiving the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver when it is determined in the second reception environment determination process that the determination conditions that are not met are supplemented and satisfiable by the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver.
2. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the reception control process includes executing a process of receiving the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver when all of the plurality of determination conditions are met, and executing either a process of receiving the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver or a process of stopping the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver according to a previously set condition when some of the plurality of determination conditions are not met.
3. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the reception control process includes executing a process of stopping the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver when at least one of determination conditions selected in advance among the plurality of determination conditions are not met.
4. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further executes a positioning process of performing positioning based on the error correction signal received by the error correction signal receiver and correcting an error of the positioning result when it is determined in the second reception environment determination process that the determination conditions that are not met are supplemented and satisfiable by the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver.
5. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the reception parameters include one of:
(1) a number of receivable positioning satellites,
(2) reception signal levels of the respective positioning satellites,
(3) a value indicating a satellite arrangement of the positioning satellites,
(4) an error indicated by position error information derived from a reception state of the positioning signal, and
(5) a direction of an antenna.
6. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the determination conditions include one of:
(1) a number of receivable positioning satellites is larger than a predetermined number,
(2) an average of reception levels of the respective positioning satellites is larger than a predetermined value,
(3) a value indicating a satellite arrangement of the positioning satellites is smaller than a predetermined value,
(4) an error indicated by position error information derived from a reception state of the positioning signal is smaller than a predetermined value, and
(5) an antenna direction is less than zenith±a predetermined range.
7. The reception control device according to claim 1, wherein the determination conditions include:
a condition that a duration of a state in which the determination conditions are met is longer than a predetermined time.
8. The reception control device according to claim 6, wherein the reception control process includes executing a process of stopping the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver when it is determined in the first reception environment determination process that at least one of the determination conditions (1) to (3) among the plurality of determination conditions is not met.
9. A positioning control method used in a reception control device, comprising:
acquiring a plurality of reception parameters related to reception of positioning signals from a positioning signal receiver that receives the positioning signals from positioning satellites;
determining a reception environment based on a result of determining the acquired reception parameters according to a plurality of determination conditions set in the plurality of reception parameters;
controlling an error correction signal receiver that receives an error correction signal for correcting an error of a positioning result by the positioning signals from an error correction satellite based on whether the plurality of determination conditions are met;
determining, when some of the plurality of determination conditions are not met, whether the determination condition that are not met are supplemented and satisfiable by the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver; and
receiving the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver when it is determined that the determination conditions that are not met are supplemented and satisfiable by the reception of the error correction signal by the error correction signal receiver.
10. A computer readable, non-transitory recording medium having stored thereon a program that causes a computer of a reception control device to execute operations of:
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Filed: Dec 28, 2016
Date of Patent: Dec 1, 2020
Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. (Tokyo)
Inventor: Ryuji Shingyoji (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Harry K Liu
Current U.S. Class: Having A Self-contained Position Computing Mechanism (e.g., Dead-reckoning, Etc.) (701/472)
International Classification: G01S 19/25 (20100101); G01S 19/34 (20100101); G01S 19/40 (20100101);