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Food Cart Pages is a community built database of information about food carts and trucks in Portland, OR.

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A 'Rick and Morty' limited edition synth is on its way
Tom Skinner May 29, 2019 9:15 pm BST
Rick and Morty Credit: Adult Swim
Fans will be able to get hold of it later this summer
A Rick and Morty-inspired synth is being released, it has been announced.
Read More: Rick and Morty Season 4 – everything we know so far
Ahead of the hit cartoon returning to screens for its fourth season, Teenage Engineering has created a PO-137 model paying homage to the series. The limited edition piece is kit will feature voice samples from co-creator Justin Roiland, along with an animated LED screen.
The Swedish electronics company, which specialises in synthesised instruments, posted a teaser of their new product on Instagram. Check out the video below.
fart into this music box! we are so exited to reveal our latest collaboration with Rick and Morty. together, we created a limited-edition pocket operator (PO-137) available online in the beginning of july. #teenageengineering #pocketoperator #rickandmorty @rickandmorty
A post shared by teenage engineering (@teenageengineering) on May 28, 2019 at 6:39am PDT
"We are so excited to reveal our latest collaboration with Rick and Morty," Teenage Engineering captioned the post. "Together, we created a limited-edition pocket operator (PO-137)." They added that the synth will be available for fans to purchase online at the beginning of July.
Meanwhile, it was confirmed earlier this month that Rick and Morty season 4 will arrive in November. An exact date is yet to be announced.
In other news, Kanye West has been offered the chance to have an entire episode of Rick And Morty dedicated to him. In discussing the show's return, creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland talked about the rapper's love of the show – adding that he's "always welcome" to appear in an episode.
"Come hang out, write a Rick & Morty episode with us," Roiland said. "It'll be the Kanye episode. I'm so down. That would be fucking amazing actually."
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The Shiites Under Attack
Do The Shi'ite Muslims Say That The Qur'an Is Incomplete?
The Reporters Of The Incompleteness Of The Qur'an From The Sunnis Are Numerous
The Sahih Of Al-Bukhari
Sahih (Authentic) Of Muslim
'A'ishah
'Umar Said Chapter 33 Is Incomplete
Mustadrak Al-Sahihayn
Do the Shi'ite Muslims Say That the Revelation Came to Muhammad by Mistake, and That it Was Intended for Ali?
Are The Sunnites Clear of Exaggeration?
Do the Imams Have Any Authority on the Universe?
The Qur'an Informs Us Of Jesus
The Qur'an Informs Us Of Muhammad
A Tree Walked In Response To The Order Of Muhammad
Are The Imams Like The Prophets?
Did the Shi'ite Muslims Borrow Some Jewish Teachings?
The Return Of The Prophet Muhammad
The Doctrine Of Ali's Executorship
Hadith Al-Ghadir
The Mercenaries Try To Defame The Two Beloved Companions Of The Prophet, Abu Dharr And Ammar Ibn Yasir
Who is Sayf Ibn 'Umar?
Was Ibn Saba the Organizer of the Revolt Against 'Uthman in Basra, Kufa, and Egypt?
The Companions Of Medina Wrote To The Companions Outside Medina
Talhah
'Aishah
Amr Ibn Al-'As
Who Started The Battle Of Basra?
Did Muslims Other Than Shi'ites Borrow Religious Teachings from Jews?
The Muslims And Jews During The Days Of The Prophet Muhammad
Who Defeated The Jews In Khaybar?
The Conquering Commander Who Was Loved By Allah And His Messenger
The Muslims And The Jews During The Period Of The Three Caliphs
Ka'b Al-Ahbar
Ka'b Al-Ahbar Counts The Days Of The Caliph 'Umar
A Part of The Conspiracy
Imam Ali's Attitude Towards Ka'b
Ka'b Interfered In The Caliphate
Ka'b During The Reign Of The Third Caliph ('Uthman)
The Relationship Between Muslims and Jews in the Present Era
The Stand Of The Islamic State In Iran
The Shi'ite Muslims In South Lebanon
What Was The Attitude Of The Arab Governments?
Are The Shi'ites Negative Towards The Companions?
1. Who are the companions of the Prophet Muhammad?
2. Are all Companions of the Prophet Righteous?
Do The Hadiths Of The Prophet Substantiate The Righteousness Of The Companions
The Opinions Of The Selectionists
Qur'anic Verses Support The Selectionists
The Companions Who Shed The Blood Of The Muslims
The Messenger Of God Predicted The Deviation Of Many Of His Companions
Unity of the Muslims and the School of Ahl al-Bayt
The Disagreement About Islamic Rules
The School Of Ahl Al-Bayt
Muslim scholars differ in answering two questions pertaining to the companions of the Messenger of God:
Most of the Sunni scholars consider all those who adopted Islam during the time of the Prophet, saw the Prophet, and prayed with him to be of his companions. However, it seems that the Messenger himself did not agree with these scholars. Al-Tabari in his History part 3, page 68, reported that there was an argument between Khalid Ibn Al-Walid and Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf when Khalid killed some members of Banu Jadhimah.
The Messenger of God sent Khalid as a missionary for Islam (not as a fighter). Khalid exceeded the order of the Messenger and killed a number of men from Banu Jadhimah after he gave them the assurance of no-harm.
Some men from Banu Jadhimah had killed Al-Fakih Ibn Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi, uncle of Khalid, and Awf Ibn Abd-Awf, father of Abdul Rahman, before the conquest of Mecca. Now Khalid acted in revenge in spite of the Prophet's orders.
In their heated dialogue, Abdul Rahman said to Khalid: "You followed the method of the pre-Islamic era." Khalid said: "I only avenged the killing of your father." Abd Al-Rahman: "You lie. I already killed the killer of my father, but you avenged the killing of your uncle."
Their heated argument led to a verbal abuse on the part of Khalid. When the Prophet found out about it, he said to Khalid: "...Khalid, leave my companions alone. By God, should you have a piece of gold the size of Uhud Mountain, and you spend it in the path of God, your charity would not compare to a morning or evening trip in defense of Islam by any one of my companions." (Ibn Hisham, in his Sirat of the Prophet, part 2, page 421).
This statement of the Prophet indicates that Khalid was not considered a companion of the Prophet because he told him to leave his companions alone.
Thus, the Prophet clearly indicated that Khalid is not one of his companions. Yet, this statement was uttered by the Prophet after the conquest of Mecca (which took place two years after Khalid adopted Islam, shortly after the pact of Al-Hudaybiyyah).
The exclusion of Khalid from the community of the Prophet's companions means the exclusion of thousands of companions who adopted Islam during the time of the Prophet, who met the Prophet, and who prayed behind him.
The righteousness of all the companions and their worthiness of confidence are matters about which the Shi'ites and the Sunnis argue.
The majority of the Sunni scholars believe that all the companions are righteous and worthy of our confidence. The Shi'ite scholars are selective.
The Sunni scholars cite Qur'anic verses for substantiating their claim:
"Muhammad is the Apostle of God; and those who are with him are firm against unbelievers, compassionate towards one another. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking grace from God and His satisfaction ... The mark of prostration shows on their faces... Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great reward." (48: 29)
Thus, the Almighty described the companions of the Messenger as firm against the unbelievers, merciful among themselves; and that they bow and prostrate. The mark of their prostration shows on their foreheads; and that Allah promised those who believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness and a great reward.
All these descriptions substantiate the piety and virtue of the companions. The verse, however, does not include all the companions. It only includes the companions who were firm against the unbelievers, merciful among themselves.
Thus, the companions who were not firm against the unbelievers or were unmerciful to the believers would not be included by the verse.
It would be only logical to say that those who shed the blood of Muslims without justification in civil wars such as Talhah, Zubayr, and Mu'awiyah are not included in this Qur'anic statement, plus all companions who joined them in their unrighteous wars against Imam Ali, and those who divided the Muslims and destroyed their unity.
Furthermore, the end of the verse clearly indicates that the praise was not to include all the companions because it declares that only those who believed in Islam and did good deeds will be entitled to forgiveness and great rewards.
One of the verses which is offered as evidence of the righteousness of all the companions of the Prophet is the following:
"And the early Muslims from the Meccan migrants and the Medinite Ansar (the helpers) and those who followed them with their good deeds, Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him; and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever. That is the mighty achievement." (9: 100)
This verse, however, speaks of the virtue of the migrants and Medinites who adopted Islam at the early state of the Islamic era. Thus, it does not include the thousands of the companions who adopted Islam after the Hudaybiyyah truce or after the conquest of Mecca. These were not from the early Muslims. Their Islam took place about twenty years after the proclamation of Islam and about eight years after Hijrah.
Another verse which is cited for the righteousness of all companions is the following:
"Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance unto thee beneath the tree; He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down tranquility to them and rewarded them with a speedy victory..." ( 48: 18)
This verse also does not include all the companions who declared their Islam after signing the Hudaybiyyah pact which took place during the sixth year after Hijra. The declaration of the allegiance to the Prophet under the tree took place shortly before signing the pact.
The companions who gave allegiance under the tree at Hudaybiyyah were about fourteen hundred.
It is worthy to mention that a number of students of the companions (such as Sa'id Ibn Al-Musayyab and Al-Shi'abi and Ibn Sirin) said that the early migrants were those who prayed to the two Qiblas (Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and Al-Ka'bah). (Abu 'Umar Yusuf Ibn Abd-Barr, Al-Isti'ab part 1, pages 2-3)
Some scholars tried to substantiate the righteousness of the companions through a number of hadiths:
l. It is reported that the Messenger of God said, "None of those who attended the battle of Badr or the pact of Hudaybiyyah will enter Hell."
2. It is also reported that the Prophet said: "None of those who gave their allegiance under the tree (during the event of Hudaybiyyah) will enter the Fire." (Ibn Abd al-Barr, page 4)
The two hadiths do not substantiate the righteousness of any companions except the companions who were present at Badr and Hudaybiyyah. Putting them together, their number would not reach two thousand, while the number of the companions was much bigger. Those who attended the conquest of Mecca were ten thousand, and those who went with the Prophet to Tabuk were about twenty-five thousand.
Thus, the majority of the companions of the Prophet would not be included in these two hadiths.
The Shi'ite Muslim scholars did not put all the companions in one rank; nor did they say that all of them were righteous. Some of them were righteous to the highest degree. Some of them were truthful and worthy of confidence, but they were not entirely righteous. Some of them were not known to be righteous or unrighteous, and some of them were known to be devious.
These scholars who view that some of the companions were neither righteous nor in a place of confidence support their view with a number of Qur'anic verses:
"And they say: 'obedience'; but when they leave thee, some of them spend the night planning other than what they say to you. Allah records what they plan by night. Disregard them and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is Sufficient Trustee." (4: 81)
This verse declares that a number of those who were residents of Medina were Muslims, and they prayed with the Prophet and attended his gatherings and heard the Messenger commanding the Muslims to do some good deeds. They used to say to the Prophet: "We heard you and we will obey you;" but when they left him, they did not obey the Messenger.
We find in chapter nine of the Holy Qur'an many verses which indicate that some of the companions of the Messenger were people of hypocrisy, and the Messenger did not know their hypocrisy.
"And among those around you of the wandering Arabs are hypocrites and among the people of Medina there are some who persist in hypocrisy whom thou (0 Muhammad) know not. We know them and We shall chastise them twice; then they will be relegated to a painful doom." (9: 101)
"O Prophet! Combat the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be hard on them. Their abode is Hell, a hapless journey's end. They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief. They disbelieved after they declared their Islam, and they plotted that which they could not carry out, and they sought revenge only because Allah and His Messenger enriched them of His bounty..." (9: 73)
"Among them are men who made a covenant with Allah (saying): If He gives us of His bounty we will give alms and become of the righteous. Yet, when He gave them of His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away, averse. So He made a consequence (to be) hypocrisy in their hearts until the day when they shall meet Him, because they broke their word to Allah and because they lied." (9: 75-77)
We also find in chapter 33, "The Confederates":
"And when the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease say 'Allah and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusions.' And when a party of them said: 'Oh folk of Yathrib! there is no stand possible for you; therefore, go back.' And some of them even ask permission of the Prophet, saying: 'Our homes are exposed to the enemy, and they lay not exposed.' They only wished to flee." (33: 12-13)
The chapter of Al-Munafiqun is a clear evidence that a number of Muslims (who declared their Islam at the time of the Prophet, and lived with him in Medina, and prayed with him, were hypocrites. They came to the Prophet to defend themselves by taking an oath in the presence of the Prophet that they did not betray him, and they were liars. They had believed in Islam then deserted it and Allah sealed their hearts.
"When the hypocrites come to thee (O Muhammad), they say: 'We bear witness that thou art indeed Allah's Messenger. And Allah knows that thou art indeed His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites indeed are speaking falsely. They made their oaths a shield so that they may turn (men) from the way of Allah. Verily, evil is that which they wanted to do. That is because they believed and then disbelieved; therefore, their hearts were sealed so that they understand not.' " (63: 1-3)
These numerous verses which are in many of the Qur'anic chapters testify clearly that many of the people who declared Islam during the time of the Prophet, and who lived and prayed with him, were hypocrites. What testimony could be bigger than the testimony of the Qur'an?
These hypocrites were living with the rest of the companions, and their names were not known. Therefore, it is impossible to avoid taking hadiths from them or know how many they were. Historians, among them Al-Tabari in his History, part 2, page 504, and Ibn Hisham in his Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah, part 2, page 64, reported that when the Messenger went with his army to Uhud, he had with him one thousand companions. But Abdullah Ibn Abi Salul left the Prophet and went back to Medina accompanying three hundred from the Medinites. Islamic history did not inform us of the names of any of the three hundred except the name of their chief, Abdullah Ibn Abi Salul.
Knowing that the situation was so, how can we avoid taking hadiths from these hypocrites, who were not separated from the good companions through any mark of distinction?
We should not forget that there were among the companions some prominent men such as Talhah, Zubayr, Mu'awiyah, Amr Ibn Al-'As, Al-Nu'man Ibn Bashir, and Samurah Ibn Jundab who shed Muslim blood. These should not be considered in a place of confidence after they shed the blood of thousands of Muslims in order to reach their worldly goals.
Allah declared in His book the following:
"And whoever kills a believer deliberately, his reward is Hell forever, and the wrath of God is upon him, and He cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment." (4: 73)
Thus, if a person kills a believer, his abode will be the Fire and the wrath of Allah is upon him, and He curses him and prepares for him a great chastisement. This will be the fate of people such as Mu'awiyah, Amr Ibn Al-'As, Talhah, and Zubayr who shed the blood of more than forty-thousand Muslims.
It would be very illogical to consider people who committed so many sins righteous and their reports acceptable. There are people who say that these men who committed such sins are from the companions whom Allah likes, because they were from the early Meccan and Medinite Muslims, and they were among the ones who gave their allegiance to the Messenger under the tree of Hudaybiyyah. These are from among the ones whom Allah was pleased with; and whoever Allah was pleased with one time, He will never be angry with. This would be clear when we look at the end of the verse which gives the early Muslims of Mecca and the Medinite the good tidings that they will have gardens under which rivers flow, wherein they will dwell forever.
But this verse and the verse of allegiance under the tree of Hudaybiyyah did not include men such as Mu'awiyah and Amr Ibn Al-'As because they were not from the early Muslims nor from the early migrants from Mecca to Medina; nor were they from the people of the allegiance under the tree of Hudaybiyyah. Amr Ibn Al-'As adopted Islam after Hudaybiyyah and Mu'awiyah adopted Islam after the conquest of Mecca.
Furthermore, we cannot find in the Qur'an any verse that declares that whomever God has been pleased with, God will not be angry with.
It is inconceivable that Allah will give a permanent immunity against punishment to a person who did a good deed, such as being of the early Muslims or early migrants from Mecca to Medina, and that Allah will forgive his shedding the blood of thousands of believers without any justification. If it were so, it would mean that a companion could cancel all the Qur'anic rules and the instructions of the Prophet. Certainly, we can not believe this when we remember that Allah said to His own Messenger Muhammad:
"Say: surely I fear (if I disobey my Lord) the chastisement of a grievous day." (6: 15)
If a companion can interpret the Qur'anic verses and the Prophet's words the way he wants, he may be able to give a verdict that the five daily prayers are only desirable and not imperative. He may say "I understand from Aqimu Al-Salat (offer prayer) that the prayer is only desirable. Nor do I understand from the word "salat" that it has to contain bowing and prostrating, or reading from the Qur'an or the declaration of the Shahadah. It would be sufficient in the prayer to supplicate the Lord to forgive or to give sustenance or to prolong life because the word Salat used to mean supplication before Islam.
The Messenger informed the Muslims that many of his companions will deviate after him. Al-Bukhari in his Sahih, part 2, page 149, reported that the Prophet said:
"A number of my companions will come to drink from the basin. When I recognize them, they will be taken away from my sight. I would say: 'My Lord, these are my companions.' And Allah will say: 'You do not know what they innovated after you.' "
The same source, page 150, recorded that Abu Hazim reported that Sahl Ibn Sa'd reported that the Prophet said:
"I shall come to the Hawd (basin of water) before you. Whoever meets me there will drink water. And whoever drinks of it will never be thirsty afterwards. Groups will come to me, and I will recognize them and they will recognize me and they will be screened from me." Abu Hazim said: "Al-Nu'man Ibn Ayyash heard me and said: 'I testify that Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said and I heard him adding to it the following: I will say: "May God put away from me whoever deviated after me.' "
Similar to this is reported by Muslim in his Sahih, part 15, pages 53-54. Al-Bukhari reported in the section of Al-Hawd that Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of God said:
"On the Day of Judgement a group of my companions will come to the Hawd (Basin), and they will be prevented from drinking out of the basin. I will say: 'My Lord, these are my companions.' He will say: 'Certainly you do not know what they innovated after you. They deserted their religion.' "
Al-Bukhari reported in his Sahih, part 4, page 169, that one reporter quoted Ibn Abbas as saying that the Prophet said:
"You will be resurrected bare footed, unclothed, and uncircumcised." Then he read: 'As We started the first creation, We shall resurrect it, a promise on Our part. Certainly We shall fulfill it.' "
"Certainly a number of my companions will be taken to the left side, and I will say: 'My companions, my companions.' Allah will say: 'They continued deserting their faith after you left them.'"
I will say as the good servant of God (the Messiah) said: "And I was a witness on them as long as I was with them..."
Muslim in his Sahih, part 10, page 59, reported that the Messenger of God said: "I will be the first one to come to the Basin, and I shall be challenged about some people and I will lose them, then I will say: 'My Lord, these are my companions; these are my companions.' I will be told: 'You do not know what they innovated after you.' "
Muslim in his Sahih, part 10, page 64, recorded that Anas Ibn Malik reported that the Prophet said:
"Men from among the people who accompanied me shall come (on the Day of Judgement) to the Basin. When I see them and they are brought to me, they will be taken away from me. I will say: 'My Lord, these are my companions.' It will be said to me: 'You do not know what they innovated after you.' "
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The sausages also will be sold in the UK butcher shop in the basement of the W.P. Garrigus Building, 325 S. Cooper Drive, for $6 for a 1-pound pack of four. The butcher shop is open 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
■ Three Toads Farm is accepting advance orders for Mrs. Toad's Simply Divine Gourmet Jams & Jellies before the official launch in early November. Order your favorites (because early batches always run out) for $7 to $8 a jar. Menu is at Threetoadsfarm.com. Besides fruit, there is Ambrosia Conserve with Bourbon, Champagne Honey Pear Preserves, and Hot Pepper Jam.
■ This is one of the last weeks for the Lexington Farmers Market at Maxwell Street and Broadway. Many of the farmers are taking orders for Thanksgiving turkeys, whole chickens and other specialty large cuts of meat.
■ On Saturday, the Frankfort Kiwanis Annual Pancake Breakfast will be 7 a.m. to noon at First Christian Church, 316 Ann Street, Frankfort. For $5 you get breakfast — all-you-can-eat pancakes and pumpkin pancakes, sausage, biscuits, gravy, coffee, juice, milk — and a chance to win two lower-level tickets to a University of Kentucky basketball game, an Apple iPad Air and more.
Tickets are available at the door or from a member of Kiwanis, or e-mail tickets@frankfortkiwanis.org.
■ AVOL's Dining Out for Life in September raised $83,673 with meals bought at 26 local, independently owned Lexington restaurants. The proceeds will be used for housing for low-income Kentuckians living with HIV/AIDS, testing, education, and connections to medical care.
■ Winston's Restaurant and Sullivan University, 3101 Bardstown Road in Louisville, will host an evening of international food and wine pairings to benefit Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 6. Guests will navigate six rooms representing countries including Portugal, Italy and France to taste traditional dishes and drinks. Tickets are $50 a person and are partially tax deductible. Admission includes a bourbon cocktail, wines and more than a dozen tastings from several Sullivan University chefs, including John Castro from Winston's, and Jon Kell and chef Robin Richardson of The Bakery. For $15 more, guests can visit the VIP travel lounge to enjoy the flavors of Australia with a tasting of port and sparkling wines, served with a regional dish. To buy tickets, call (502) 456-0980 or go to Winstonsoflouisville.com.
■ Country ham dinner, take 2: Azur Restaurant & Patio has rescheduled a dining event featuring country ham for 7 p.m. Nov. 12. The four-course meal, inspired by author Steve Coomes' Country Ham: A Southern Tradition of Hogs, Salt & Smoke, is $45.95 a person, plus tax and gratuity. Guests can also buy a personalized copy of Coomes' book for $15. For more information or to make reservations, call (859) 296-1007.
The menu includes sautéed chicken livers with country ham, caramelized onions, Marsala wine and sage sauce, and crackling cornbread crostini; Nashville hot-style fried quail stuffed with country ham and cheddar with sweet and sour greens, tomato-pepper jelly and hot fries; butter-braised cabbage with smoked country ham hocks and kimchee over potato-Gruyere puree and caraway-dusted chicharron; and sweet and savory country ham-infused ice cream with sweet potato biscuits, sorghum and roasted apple caramel.
■ Wild Thyme Cooking is offering workshops to get you ready for the holidays. Among them are the Gingerbread Workshop, during which parent and child make a gingerbread house, Nov. 29, Dec. 13 and Dec. 17, $40 ($15 for additional siblings); Cookies for Santa with Mrs. Claus, Dec. 6 and 20, $35 for one adult-and-child pair; and Candy Making, Bourbon Balls and Homemade Gifts, Dec. 9 and 18, $50.
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The Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program is proud to host the 26th annual Governor's Forum on Colorado Agriculture, titled "Label it: Agriculture," and focusing on a future built by collaboration.
The event will take place Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at the Renaissance Hotel in Denver, located at 3801 Quebec St.
This innovative and informative program will bring together producers, consumers, experts and other ag stakeholders to peel back the polarizing rhetoric often found in today's society. Stories can create divisive boundaries in agriculture between organic and conventional; urban and rural; large-scale and small-scale.
The Forum will focus on the powerful history of collaboration and cooperation that has made agriculture in the state of Colorado the second largest driver of our economy. It will challenge and equip attendees to seek out novel alliances and ideas to benefit their own operations, the industry statewide, and beyond.


You've heard the notion that every person has some kind of natural talent, something that makes them special. Mr. Rodgers and Sesame St. both espoused these notions to me as a child. Though now I can see that my mistake was taking it too much to heart back then. In elementary school I sat back and waited for my awesome natural talent to emerge. One year I'd try soccer, that wasn't it. So then hockey, baseball, ninja training class, waterskiing--and none of it seemed to be my natural talent. It seemed like such a rip-off. It wouldn't be until much later that I realize you actually had to put in some degree of work to cultivate any talent.


Hewlett Packard (HP) is a company that develops PA-RISC and Itanium-based computer systems and the HP-UX operating system.
Most of Oracle's software products can run on the HP-UX operating system.
Oracle and HP also sells the HP Oracle Database Machine as part of their Exadata product family.
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Q: Presto-CLI java.net.SocketException: Connection refused in GCP I have created dataproc cluster using beta version of gcloud with optional component presto.
gcloud beta dataproc clusters create presto-test --optional-components=PRESTO --image-version=1.3-deb9

When I try to execute below command to access hive catalog it could successfully open the presto-cli.
./presto \
    --server presto-cluster-m-0:8080 \
    --socks-proxy localhost:1080 \
    --catalog hive \
    --schema default

But I am getting below error while querying through presto-cli.

presto:default> show tables;
Error running command: java.net.SocketException: Connection refused (Connection refused)

Any help in this will be appreciated

A: A couple of minor fixes to your connection settings may be necessary.

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*Presto runs on port 8060 when running as an optional component

*Your cluster creation command did not create your cluster in HA mode, so the hostname of the master is just -m, not -m-0

Assuming your cluster is named presto-test, then the command should look like
./presto \
--server presto-test-m:8060 \
--socks-proxy localhost:1080 \
--catalog hive \
--schema default

If that doesn't work, you might want to double check that the socks proxy and Presto are running correctly.

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*Run curl -I -x socks5h://localhost:1080 presto-test-m:8088 - it should return HTTP 302. If you get a connection refused error or host not found error, your socks proxy is not working correctly.

*Run gcloud beta dataproc clusters describe presto-test and check that the following lines appear in the output
softwareConfig:
  optionalComponents:
  - PRESTO

*Ssh into the master node of your Presto cluster and run which presto and sudo systemctl status presto to verify that Presto is installed and running.
There is a known issue where Presto may fail to be installed when specified as an optional component (in which case steps 2 and 3 above would show that Presto is not activated on the cluster). This should be fixed in the next Dataproc release - if you're running into this issue now, try using this command to create the cluster instead:
gcloud beta dataproc clusters create presto-test --properties dataproc:dataproc.components.activate=presto --image-version=1.3-deb9

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Intel won't enter too much into some details about how they translate those insights into innovation because it is a strategic added value.
However I do feel like it's a reality: it's tremendously difficult to turn research insights (about user's culture, context, psychology, needs, beliefs...) into a product. Anyway, it's not always the case that such research HAS TO BE turned into a product/application/product, I am a bit extreme here. The company's business process may include all this bunch of facts/ideas into something less formal as Bell says on here homepage: The goal of ethnographic research at Intel is to bring the human component into discussions about technology. Intel gains a lot of value from ethnographic studies. "It's not good enough to just keep producing technology with no notion of whether it's going to be useful to consumers. We need as many tools and as many ways of getting at who these people are as we can get, and ethnography is a powerful way of doing it," (...) Part of the challenge is to try and find those opportunity spaces, so you need to be out in the field a lot, doing research. And you need time back at Intel to try and make sense of what you've seen. (...) Ethnographic research can inform business decision-making at Intel with the rich textures of real-life experiences. It balances the traditional business model by embracing the human side of using technology and the Internet in everyday life.
Finally, another last thing: transforming research/R&D/marketing/... into "something" seem to be very discussed lately at a broader level (I mean not the company level but instead at the country level). Two books (in France and in Switzerland as I described here) dealt with that issue at the country level; accounting that France/Switzerland have a powerful R&D but it often failed at turning this into concrete outcome/experiences/products/success stories.
This fieldwork was prompted by an internal request from an Intel product group to determine the characteristics of chome life in Western Europe relevant to the design of consumer computing products and servicesc(...) People and Practices Research has been charged with the task of understanding people and their daily practices with an eye to finding new users and new uses for technology. (...) We attempt to translate insights about peoples' behavior into product concepts, technology innovations, and strategic long-range planning [are ethnographers taking part of the esign process? -nick] Knowing these stories, interests, and patterns makes it possible to design and develop products and services that fit (intuitively) into people's lives.
But in truth, the fieldwork was the easy part; making sense of all this material and conveying those insights back to product groups and other audiences within Intel was a much bigger challenge.


Two years and eight months of my life have been spent as an executive officer of the Waterloo Engineering Society. It's hard for me to remember a time when I didn't respond to EngSoc emails in class, or to imagine where I'm supposed to study if not the exec desks in the EngSoc office, and it is strange for me to picture what my next academic term will be like when I'm not planning the next council meeting, organizing logistics for an event, or preparing to meet with the faculty on behalf of 7000 students. My classmates can attest to how I've been in perpetual motion since I took the mantle of VP Operations and Finance in 2016, and as my 16 month Presidential term comes to an end, I look forward to taking the rest of 2019 at a slower pace.
As platform goals survive, http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/2017/09/23/43041/presidential-bio-katie-arnold/, I can tell you that we have since moved into E7. With much of the credit belonging to Mary Bland and our VPs Finance, our new C&D and Ridgidware have opened smoothly. A partnership has been established to bring Print and Retail Services together with the Sedra Student Design Center and the Engineering Society to give students more access to components but also to roll out our Tool Loan program.
The revitalization of POETS furniture, as established in the POETS Furniture Plan, is a project spanning several years, but is well underway. At this point all of the couches have been replaced (even if the old ones are still around) and we've moved on to securing funding for our chairs.
The UWaterloo EngiQueers is now a fully-fledged affiliate of the Engineering Society, and the groundwork for new partnerships within the University of Waterloo community and further support of our students has been well laid by Nonso, our new VP Communications, who worked with me for the past term in this area and will continue it in the future. I'm excited by developments in multi-faith prayer space in the engineering buildings that I have been pushing towards, and I'm also proud of the work VPSL Ashley and VPComm Grant have been doing for our event accessibility.
Other aspects of my student life plan included events with faculties and Upper Year Appreciation. While I do think that scheduling difficulties have led UYA to an untimely end, I believe our partnerships with the other faculty societies are stronger than ever, as I co-led an All-Societies-Assembly in January 2019, where we discussed issues faced by the campus at large, gave direction to Feds VP Education Matt in his advocacy efforts, and shared best practices. Our mental health directors are running an event with MathSoc (that I cannot take credit for) and our semi-formal is being jointly run with AHSUM.
Since September 2016, my executive team raised over $2700 for the Trevor Project. I have given 21 council updates, participated in 41 EngSoc council meetings, and spoken at 18 Board of Directors Meetings. I was given the honour of overseeing 4(.5) termly budgets, attending 12 conferences, and have been directly involved in delivering 19 awards to engineering students. I have sat on 11 faculty and student committees, and represented Waterloo Engineering on 5 tiers of academic or advocacy councils. I will have presented at 3 joint general meetings, two of which I orchestrated with the support of my executive and officer team. Within B-Society, I have had the honour of working with the endlessly supportive, focused, and accomplished Mary Bland, two amazing C&D Supervisors, Lily and Ashley, 34 dedicated commissioners and officers, 11 passionate executive, and more hardworking and caring directors and staff than I have the ability to count.
With 317 days until I receive my Iron Ring, I am excited for the next challenge.
For the last time, I am your On-Term Engineering Society President Katie Arnold, and you can reach me with any questions or concerns at president.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. If you reach out after April 2019, you'll find yourself in good hands with my successor, Ellen McGee.


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Tandberg RDX Quikstor Data Recovery: When a Tape is Not a Tape
Water Damaged HDDs: Recovering Your Data After a Flood
Synology RS3412xs Data Recovery Case Study: Deleted LUNs
In this data recovery case, the client had four deleted LUNs they needed recovered. These LUNs, or iSCSI targets, had lived on a Synology RackStation RS3412xs network-attached storage device.
We can recover deleted LUNs from a Synology RackStation RS3412xs (image source: zdnet)
RAID level: 6
Total Capacity: 32 TB
Operating System: Linux (Ext4)
Situation: 4 deleted LUN (logical unit number) files, or iSCSI targets
Data Recovered: Contents of LUNs
Binary Read: 100%
Gillware Data Recovery Case Rating: 9+
A network-attached storage device, or NAS device, is an external device that connects to other computers by a network. Instead of a USB port, it has an ethernet port, and connects to a router instead of an individual computer. People with the right permissions can access the storage device remotely.
NAS devices almost always contain RAID arrays. This is especially true when the users are small and medium-sized businesses. Single-drive NAS devices are only designed for personal use. This NAS device actually served as a storage area network. The Synology RAID provided multiple people in the client's organization with access to what looked like local disks, but were actually remote storage pools.
The ten four-terabyte hard drives in this data recovery client's NAS device were linked in a RAID-6 configuration. Their array had 32 terabytes of total disk space. RAID-6 provides fault tolerance for up to two hard drive failures. But one thing no RAID array can protect its users from is file deletion.
Intro to LUNs
A LUN is a "logical unit number". These numbers only see use when certain storage devices such as SANs use SCSI, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel protocols to transmit data. When using any of these protocols, a space on the storage volume gets assigned a unique iSCSI target number. "Logical unit number" literally refers to that unique number itself and nothing more. But "LUN" is also used as shorthand for the entire logical unit as well. A LUN can define a portion of a hard drive, an entire hard drive, or an entire RAID array. A single LUN is also known as an iSCSI target.
LUNs are a bit similar to virtual partitions. They are "soft" partitions. A soft partition will appear to a user and operating system as a discrete hard drive, but doesn't actually correspond to a "hard" physical partition on a disk or a separate data storage device. It's more like a single file that pretends to be its own hard drive. An administrator can create as many LUNs as needed out of the space on a network device. These LUNs can then be doled out to the users.
Challenges in Recovering Deleted LUNs
In most deleted file data recovery cases, data is not lost as soon as it is deleted. In Windows and Mac filesystems, for example, the data comprising a deleted file and the extents which point toward that file remain on the drive until they are overwritten by new data. If a Mac or PC does not see much use after data is deleted from its hard drive, it is relatively easy for our engineers to recover the deleted files.
This NAS device, however, was not using the Windows NTFS or Mac HFS+ filesystems. Rather, it used the Linux Ext4 filesystem. This is good for our engineers. Ext4 is an open-source, extremely well-documented filesystem. Many NAS devices will use their own proprietary filesystems. These filesystems have no documentation and are a pain and a half to unravel.
Ext4 does not automatically erase a deleted files. But Ext4 is particularly destructive with regards to its deleted files' metadata. When the user deletes a file from an Ext4 partition, the filesystem scrubs the file's directory entries from the its inodes. Ext4, unfortunately, destroys the information that tells us where the data for deleted files live by design.
Ext4 Deleted File Recovery
Sometimes, the old extents can be restored using the record Ext4 keeps of its journaling activities. The Ext4 filesystem has a feature called "filesystem journaling". When the user wants to make a change to the disk—for example, creating, modifying, or deleting a file—the filesystem first puts a record of the change into a log file before making the change. This feature is to ensure data resiliency. Normally, if a hard drive loses power or a computer crashes in the middle of a write operation, the newly-written data can become corrupted. But with journaling enabled, the filesystem can "roll back" to just before it executed its last command. It can then do it again without any danger of writing corrupted data to the drive.
But the deletion of the user's LUNs wasn't in the log file. One feature of the Ext4 filesystem's journaling capability that proved to be a drawback in this situation was that the log file is a set size. When the log file fills up, it loops around to the beginning. It starts writing the newest recorded changes at the beginning of the file, overwriting the oldest entries. The Synology NAS device had, unfortunately, seen continued use after the file deletion incident.
Most of the data from the deleted LUNs was still located somewhere on the hard drives. But without the directory entries, the data would prove difficult to find. These files were one terabyte in size each. In this filesystem, the LUN files were in no way contiguous. These deleted iSCSI targets were scattered in thousands of pieces all across the array.
Recovering the Data from Deleted LUNs
Our logical data recovery expert Greg Andrzejewski had one important lead he could follow to recover these deleted LUNs. For extremely large files such as these deleted LUNs, the extents pointing to these files must be stored in a tree structure. The inode for the file points to data blocks. These blocks in turn point to all of the extents that make up the file.
The directory entry for each file in an Ext4 filesystem provides the system with a file name and inode number. When the system has to find one of these files, it goes to the inode number. From there, it follows the tree all the way down. Upon deletion of these iSCSI targets, the exact inode numbers assigned to the deleted LUNs became impossible to find. When a user applies Ext4 to a volume, it creates tens of millions of inodes right at the start. Most of these inodes do not see use, because most users do not have tens of millions of files. Finding the inodes that pointed to the client's deleted LUNs would be next to impossible.
However, our data recovery expert Greg could find the extent trees for the deleted LUNs. Ext4 didn't wipe out these trees along with the directory entries. So it was merely a matter of finding all of the extent trees, then ruling out all of the ones connected to extant files. Greg was able to recover almost all of the 4 deleted LUNs. The filesystem had only overwritten a fraction of a percent of one deleted iSCSI target. Once Greg had combined the iSCSI targets into a single disk image, we could see all of the client's files within the deleted LUNs.
The total control we have over our own recovery tools made this deleted LUN recovery case possible. In order to recover the four deleted LUNs, we had to search for all of their pieces. We then had to cross-reference them and correlate them together. This would not be possible without a powerful forensic analysis tool like HOMBRE and its relational database. With the help of our own custom software, we could recover all of the client's files from their deleted LUNs. None of their critical files were missing or incomplete. Our data recovery technicians also found no evidence of file corruption. We rated this data recovery case a high 9 on our ten-point case rating scale.
Will Ascenzo
Will is the lead blogger, copywriter, and copy editor for Gillware Data Recovery and Digital Forensics, and a staunch advocate against the abuse of innocent semicolons.
July 2019 Small Business Review – Synology NAS DS218+
"This is a NAS data disk and cannot boot system" Error Message
A crashed Synology storage pool can be difficult to repair; you may need help from a professional lab to recover your data.
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Q: Snowflake Kafka Connect JMX configuration to get Snowflake connector metrics Could someone please help me with a sample JMX config file to get metrics from Kafka connect cluster that is running snowflake kafka connector. I am able to get most of the kafka connect specific metrics, however, couldnt get a solution to extracts metrics for snowflake.kafka.connector MBeab. I have gone through the snowflake and confluent documentation but couldnt find any solution for this issue.
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Once again, the fabulous Natalie Fikes opened up with a bang and had the planners up and moving with some quick selfies. After the photoshoot, she introduce our illustrious AARP panel.
We heard from different generations of women speaking on how to go about "Bossing Up" and providing tips through sharing their own personal journeys. Ashley Johnson, Angela Moore, Donna Ginn, and Felicia Brown gave us perspective and sass in order to spice up our morning.
Afterwards, Jon'll then took the stage again this year to answer everyone's burning questions with her "Ask Jon'll" cards. This year planners asked about finding their niche and establishing themselves within the industry. Afterwards, Jon'll revamped and decided that now was the time to unveil how people could truly get their questions answered. Usually we wait until the end to announce where TPS will be headed next - but TPS 2020 was just too big to wait until the end.
Jon'll Boyd announce The Planner's Suite Live would be coming to the DMV in 2020. This interactive conference would allow planners to not just take notes - but actually do the work that needs to be done so that they can leave TPS knowing that they have something tangible and substantial in their hands.
Just like day 1 - planners headed back to their Round Tables before heading to lunch. They came back to some wonderful goodies including a Business Planner from Daily Greatness Planner and sweet treats from Delmaes Catering.
They also came back to laughter and business talks when Brian Green told us how to "Underpromise and Over Deliver" and the importance of understanding your target client so you never have to step too far outside of your contract. He was followed up by Susan Southerland who told us how to be all about the benjamins by determining how to develop multiple streams of income.
Another highlight of the day was the transparency planners were met with when the multidisciplinary panel took the stage. This time, vendors (or "friendors" if you have them) had a chance to tell planners exactly why they would - or wouldn't - work with or refer certain planners. Venue owner Tamuel, Videographer Chip, Florist Bron, and DJ Kristin told planners like it is and spoke truthfully when doing so. An eye opening and mutually beneficial experience. We closed the day out with a poppingly, pink performance from Christy "Cece" Todd who reminded us that our humble beginnings are lessons, and that we don't have to cut them out of our lives - just out of our website and advertising. She said if you want to service a certain client - you must make the sacrifices to appeal to that market.
And with that - another conference came to an end! We closed out reminding everyone the importance of love and to be thankful for the love they have for themselves and for others and that others have for them. It is the driving force behind truly being able to BURN BRIGHT!
We want to thank every attendee, speaker, and creative partner that helped make the 4th Annual Planners Suite Conference such a huge success! We are because you continue to be! Though the Planners Suite is no more - we can't wait to bring you this next chapter!


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Синтезатор частот — устройство для генерации периодических сигналов (гармонических колебаний, или электрических тактовых сигналов) с определёнными частотами с помощью линейных повторений (умножением, суммированием, разностью) на основе одного или нескольких опорных генераторов. Синтезаторы частот служат источниками стабильных (по частоте) колебаний в радиоприёмниках, радиопередатчиках, частотомерах, испытательных генераторах сигналов и других устройствах, в которых требуется настройка на разные частоты в широком диапазоне и высокая стабильность выбранной частоты. Стабильность обычно достигается применением фазовой автоподстройки частоты или прямого цифрового синтеза (DDS) с использованием опорного генератора с кварцевой стабилизацией. Синтез частот обеспечивает намного более высокую точность и стабильность, чем традиционные электронные генераторы с перестройкой изменением индуктивности или ёмкости, очень широкий диапазон перестройки без каких-либо коммутаций и практически мгновенное переключение на любую заданную частоту.

Аналоговые синтезаторы

Основной функцией абсолютно любого синтезатора является преобразование опорного сигнала (reference) в требуемое количество выходных сигналов. Аналоговые синтезаторы (Direct Analog Synthesizers) реализуются путём смешения отдельных базовых частот с их последующей фильтрацией.  Базовые частоты могут быть получены на основе низкочастотных (кварцевые и ПАВ-резонаторы) или высокочастотных (диэлектрический, сапфировый, волноводный, керамический резонаторы) генераторов посредством умножения, деления или фазовой автоподстройки частоты.

Главным преимуществом аналоговых синтезаторов является чрезвычайно высокая скорость переключения, лежащая в микро или даже наносекундном диапазоне. Ещё одно преимущество: использование компонентов (например, смесителей) с исключительно малым уровнем собственных шумов по сравнению с источниками базовых частот. Т.е., шумы аналогового синтезатора определяются в основном шумами используемых базовых источников и могут быть весьма низкими.

Основной недостаток указанной топологии – ограниченные диапазон и разрешение по частоте. Количество генерируемых сигналов можно увеличить, введя большее число базовых частот и/или смесительных каскадов. Однако такой подход требует большего числа компонентов и, следовательно, усложняет систему.  Эффективным решением является использование цифрового синтезатора (Direct Digital Synthesizer – DDS) для увеличения минимального частотного шага, требуемого от аналоговой части.Еще одна серьезная проблема – множество нежелательных спектральных составляющих, которые генерируют смесительные каскады. Они должны быть тщательно отфильтрованы. Необходимо также обеспечить изоляцию переключаемых фильтров. Существует немало различных схем организации смесителей и фильтров, все они, как правило, требуют большого числа компонентов для обеспечения малого частотного шага и широкого диапазона частот. Таким образом, хотя аналоговые синтезаторы и предлагают исключительно высокую скорость перестройки и малые шумы, их использование ограничено из-за довольно высоких стоимостных характеристик.

Цифровые синтезаторы
В отличие от традиционных (аналоговых) решений, цифровые синтезаторы используют цифровую обработку для получения требуемой формы выходного сигнала из базового (тактового) сигнала. Сначала с помощью фазового аккумулятора создаётся цифровое представление сигнала, а затем генерируется и сам выходной сигнал (синусоидальной или любой другой желаемой формы) посредством цифро-аналогового преобразователя (ЦАП). Скорость генерации цифрового сигнала ограничена цифровым интерфейсом, но весьма высока и сопоставима с аналоговыми схемами. Цифровые синтезаторы также обеспечивают довольно малый уровень фазовых шумов. Однако основным достоинством цифрового синтезатора является исключительно высокое разрешение по частоте (ниже 1 Гц), определяемое длиной фазового аккумулятора. Главные недостатки – ограниченный частотный диапазон и большие искажения сигнала. В то время как нижняя граница рабочего диапазона частот цифрового синтезатора находится близко к нулю герц, его верхняя граница, в соответствии с теоремой Котельникова, не может превышать половины тактовой частоты. Кроме того, реконструкция выходного сигнала невозможна без фильтра нижних частот, ограничивающего диапазон выходного сигнала приблизительно до 40% тактовой частоты.

Другая серьезная проблема – высокое содержание нежелательных спектральных составляющих из-за ошибок преобразования в ЦАП. С этой точки зрения цифровой синтезатор ведёт себя как частотный смеситель, генерирующий побочные составляющие на комбинационных частотах. В то время как частотное местоположение этих составляющих можно легко вычислить, их амплитуда гораздо менее предсказуема. Как правило, искажения более низкого порядка имеют наиболее высокую амплитуду. Тем не менее, искажения высокого
порядка также приходится учитывать при разработке архитектуры конкретного синтезатора. Амплитуда паразитных спектральных составляющих увеличивается и с увеличением тактовой частоты, что также ограничивает диапазон генерируемых частот. Практические значения верхней границы диапазона находятся в районе от нескольких десятков до нескольких сотен мегагерц при уровне дискретных спектральных продуктов
-50…-60 дБн. Очевидно, прямое умножение выходного сигнала частотного синтезатора невозможно из-за дальнейшей деградации спектрального состава.

Существует много аппаратных и программных решений, призванных улучшить спектральный состав цифрового синтезатора. Аппаратные методы обычно основаны на переносе сигнала цифрового синтезатора вверх по частоте и его последующем делении.

Этот метод уменьшает содержание нежелательных спектральных продуктов на 20 дБ/октаву. К сожалению, при этом также уменьшается диапазон генерируемых частот. Для расширения диапазона частот на выходе синтезатора приходится увеличивать число базовых частот и фильтров – подобно тому, как это делается в аналоговых схемах.

Программные методы основываются на том, что частоты побочных искажений синтезатора являются функцией частоты дискретизации ЦАП. Таким образом, для каждой конкретной выходной частоты синтезатора побочные искажения могут быть сдвинуты по частоте (а в дальнейшем и отфильтрованы) путём изменения частоты дискретизации ЦАП. Этот метод особенно эффективен, если тактовые импульсы для ЦАП генерировать с использованием систем на основе ФАПЧ. Следует отметить, что программный метод работает достаточно эффективно для подавления искажений относительно малого порядка. К сожалению, плотность дискретных спектральных продуктов обычно увеличивается пропорционально их порядку. Поэтому программным методом удается отфильтровать искажения только до уровня -70…-80 дБн.

Таким образом, из-за ограниченного диапазона частот и высокого содержания нежелательных спектральных продуктов цифровые синтезаторы редко используются для непосредственного генерирования СВЧ сигнала. В то же время их широко применяют в более сложных аналоговых и ФАПЧ системах, чтобы обеспечить высокое разрешение по частоте.

Синтезаторы с ФАПЧ

Типичный однопетлевой синтезатор с ФАПЧ включает в себя перестраиваемый генератор, управляемый напряжением (ГУН), сигнал которого после требуемого (программируемого) деления по частоте доставляется ко входу фазового детектора (PD) Другой вход фазового детектора подключен к источнику опорного сигнала (reference), частота которого равна требуемому частотному шагу. Фазовый детектор сравнивает сигналы на обоих входах и генерирует сигнал ошибки, который после фильтрации и усиления (при необходимости) подстраивает частоту ГУН к

где
FREF – частота опорного сигнала на входе фазового детектора.

Главными преимуществами схем на основе ФАПЧ являются более чистый спектр выходного сигнала, обусловленный эффективным использованием фильтра нижних частот (ФНЧ), и значительно меньшая сложность устройства по сравнению с аналоговыми синтезаторами. Основной недостаток – большее время перестройки и значительно более высокий уровень фазового шума по сравнению с аналоговыми схемами. Фазовый шум синтезатора в пределах полосы пропускания фильтра ФАПЧ равен

где λPD – пересчитанный ко входу фазового детектора суммарный уровень фазовых шумов опорного сигнала, фазового детектора, фильтра и усилителя цепи обратной связи. Таким образом, фазовый шум зависит от коэффициента деления частотного делителя, который, чтобы обеспечить требуемое разрешение по частоте, может быть довольно большим. Так, для получения сигнала на частоте 10 ГГц с разрешением 1 МГц коэффициент деления должен быть равен 10000, что соответствует увеличению фазового шума на 80 дБ. Кроме того, программируемые делители используются на относительно низких частотах, что требует введения дополнительного высокочастотного делителя с фиксированным коэффициентом деления (prescaler – PS). В результате увеличивается суммарный коэффициент деления петли обратной связи и, как следствие, возрастает фазовый шум. Очевидно, такая простая схема не позволяет использовать шумовые возможности современных малошумящих генераторов опорного сигнала. В итоге однопетлевые схемы с ФАПЧ применяются редко, а именно, в системах с низкими требованиями к качеству генерируемого сигнала.

Основные характеристики синтезатора можно значительно улучшить, включив частотный преобразователь (смеситель) в цепь обратной связи.
При этом сигнал ГУН переносится вниз по частоте, что позволяет значительно уменьшить коэффициент деления цепи обратной связи. Опорный сигнал смесителя генерируется с помощью дополнительной петли ФАПЧ (многопетлевые схемы) или умножителя частоты. Удачным решением является применение смесителя гармоник, который использует многочисленные гармоники опорного сигнала, генерируемые встроенным в смеситель диодом. Смеситель гармоник позволяет значительно упростить конструкцию синтезатора. При этом следует отметить исключительно высокую чувствительность данного типа смесителя к параметрам отдельных элементов схемы, оптимизация которых – далеко не тривиальная задача.
В зависимости от конкретных требований к фазовым шумам и разрешению по частоте возможно введение большего числа смесительных каскадов, что, однако, усложняет конструкцию синтезатора. Другой проблемой, связанной с применением схем, основанных на частотном преобразовании, является ложный захват частоты (например, при использовании зеркального канала смесителя). Поэтому необходимо предварительно достаточно точно настроить частоту ГУН, например с помощью ЦАП. Это, в свою очередь, требует исключительно высокой линейности (и повторяемости) зависимости выходной частоты ГУН от управляющего напряжения в рабочем температурном диапазоне, а также точной калибровки ГУН для компенсации температурного дрейфа данной зависимости. Кроме того, цифро-аналоговые преобразователи обычно отличаются повышенным уровнем шумов, что влияет на шумовые характеристики синтезатора и требует выведения ЦАП из петли ФАПЧ после предварительной настройки на требуемую частоту.

Снизить суммарный коэффициент деления можно и путём использования дробных коэффициентов деления – делением частоты на N+1 каждые М периодов сигнала и делением на N в течение остального промежутка времени. В этом случае усредненный коэффициент деления равен

где N и М – целые числа. Для заданного размера частотного шага схемы с дробным коэффициентом деления позволяют использовать более высокую частоту сравнения на входе фазового детектора, что приводит к уменьшению фазового шума и увеличению скорости перестройки синтезатора. Основной недостаток техники дробного деления – повышенное содержание негармонических спектральных составляющих из-за фазовых ошибок, присущих механизму дробного деления.

Основные элементы цифрового синтезатора частот

Поясним, что под термином «цифровой синтезатор частот», применительно к системам импульсно-фазовой автоподстройки частоты (ИФАП) (или [Impulse] Phase Locked Loop — PLL), мы понимаем цифровые, использующие в основном цифровую схемотехнику, элементы кольца ИФАП:
 тракт формирования частоты опорного сигнала;
 тракт приведения частоты перестраиваемого генератора (ГУН) или Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO);
 частотно-фазовый детектор (ЧФД) или Phase Frequency Detector with Charge Pump.

Тракт формирования частоты опорного сигнала представляет собой делитель с фиксированным целочисленным коэффициентом деления (ДФКД) или Reference Divider, а его коэффициент деления  может устанавливаться внешним управляющим словом, например, от 1 до 16384.

Тракт приведения частоты перестраиваемого генератора — это делитель с переменным коэффициентом деления в  раз (ДПКД) или Divider with a float factor of division, integer-N Divider, его коэффициент деления также устанавливается внешним кодом и может изменяться с единичным шагом.

В низкочастотных синтезаторах (например, в ADF4001) тракт деления частоты ГУН в N раз выполнен на обычных счетчиковых делителях частоты ДПКД, поскольку используемая технология КМОП (CMOS) позволяет реализовывать триггеры счетчика со временем переключения до 4–6 нс.

Поэтому и тракт деления частоты опорного генератора ДФКД обеспечивает надёжную работу синтезатора до значений  МГц (например, в ADF4106). Следует отметить, что все синтезаторы серии ADF4000 обеспечивают минимальный коэффициент деления опорной частоты .

Введение «прескалера», или двухмодульного предварительного делителя частоты, позволило поднять рабочую частоту ДПКД до современных значений (например, до 4 ГГц у синтезатора ADF4113 и до 6 ГГц у синтезатора ADF4106). Минимальный модуль прескалера  позволяет обеспечить NMIN = 56.

Выходную частоту синтезатора можно определить по формуле:

где:
 — выходная частота синтезатора;
 — модуль прескалера;
 — коэффициент деления счётчика В;
 — коэффициент деления счётчика A (0 ≤ A < В);
 — частота опорного колебания;
 — коэффициент деления опорного делителя.

Любой прескалер состоит из поглощающего счетчика Swallowing Counter и схемы поглощения импульса . Суммарная задержка переключения этих узлов не должна быть кратной периоду входного колебания, то есть активные перепады входных и управляющих импульсов не должны совпадать. В противном случае возникает эффект «состязаний» и устройство начинает работать со сбоями. На практике стараются, чтобы величина суммарной задержки в прескалере не превышала минимального периода входного колебания. Иными словами, задержка в прескалере определяет максимальную рабочую частоту микросхемы.

Интересной особенностью работы прескалера в синтезаторах ADF4110(1/2/3) является так называемый режим ресинхронизации, или восстановления синхронизации входной радиочастоты на выходе прескалера — resynchronizing the prescaler output.

В режиме синхронизации работы прескалера моменты его переключения из режима «деление на » в режим «деление на » стробируются частотой входного сигнала RF. Стробирование уменьшает фазовый шум -делителя (джиттер), но предъявляет более жёсткие требования к величине и стабильности внутренних задержек микросхемы. Поэтому максимальная входная частота на входе RF, при которой синтезатор надёжно работает, может уменьшиться.

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One of those "treats" is a painting called "Healing Life" created by Arts Access artists T.J. Christian and Isabell Villacis. Christian is an adult medical day patient at Matheny. Villacis participates in Arts Access twice a month as part of the Self Directed Services program of the Lakeview School in Edison, NJ. Arts Access enables people with disabilities to create fine art, assisted by professional artist-facilitators.
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Located 5 miles north west of Thame, 10 miles from Aylesbury, and 9 miles from Bicester, means a less congested drive with most of the traffic heading into the towns.
M40 junctions 7 & 8 are within 10 miles, providing excellent communications from London and Birmingham.
The nearest mainline railway station is Haddenham and Thame Parkway, which is 6 miles and offers a regular service to London (Marylebone) with a travel time of under 1 hour. It also offers a regular service to High Wycombe, Banbury, Warwick, Birmingham and many other places.
Being located in the countryside gives easier parking for the Post Office and all of the courier services to deliver, usually twice per day.
See our location on Google map below.
You can click on the link to a larger map to get directions to our location.