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US7664996B2 - Diagnostic operations associated with wireless modem - Google Patents
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computing device
Kotaro Matsuo
Won Sik Kim
Eugene CHEKAL
Haribalaji Kumar
Kyocera Corp
2007-01-19 Application filed by Kyocera Corp filed Critical Kyocera Corp
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A visible diagnostic component for an electronic device having a form factor is described. The electronic component comprises a hardware interface component and a processor. The hardware interface component is configured to physically interface with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device having an operating system. The processor is configured to perform a first operation that tests the communications with a device driver that is related to the electronic device. The first operation generates a first signal that indicates the result of the first operation. The second operation performed by the processor tests the communications between the wireless device and the operating system of the computing device. The second operation is configured to generate a second signal that indicates the result of the second operation.
This invention relates to an electronic device having a diagnostic mechanism. More particularly, the invention relates to an electronic device with a self-diagnostic mechanism that communicates with a personal computer.
Carriers provide electronic devices such as wireless PC cards that interface with personal computers. The illustrative wireless PC card provides wireless network access. The download and upload speeds of the wireless PC cards depend on the capabilities of the network. Generally, these electronic devices such as wireless PC cards are inserted into a computing device having an interface that complies with a particular standard, e.g. the Person Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) standards. The computing device may be a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or any other such device configured to receive the electronic device.
With respect to wireless PC cards, it is common for the PC cards to fail to establish a network connection; however, it's a challenge to determine the cause for the failure. The cause of the failure may be at the PC card, at the computing device, or in the wireless network.
When the subscriber or user calls technical support to resolve a failed network connection, the challenge is to diagnose and resolve the problem quickly. With personal computers (PCs) this problem is compounded by the fact that PCs commonly freeze up or become inoperative.
PCs become inoperative for various reasons that include the PC not complying with established standards, registry problems, too many programs running, PC resources not being optimized, application-specific problems, driver problems, patches, operating system problems, and other such issues.
For example, PC standards may require a voltage of 3.3V be supplied to the PCMCIA bus, but the actual voltage supplied by the PC may decrease depending upon how much current draw exists. As a result, for higher power PCMCIA devices, actual voltage supplied may be only 2.7V. Additionally, there may be problems with the registry system caused by loading and removing software programs. Furthermore, too many programs may be running in the background. Further still, the PC settings and resources may no longer be optimized, and result in some type of computer failure. Yet another problem with personal computers is that applications may not be fully compatible with a PCs operating system. For example, a particular application may acquire direct control of a particular port and not let another application access the desired port setting. Further still, another problem could be that the drivers have not been properly loaded, or patches that are intended to resolve problems with the applications or OS fail to work properly.
PC cards are electronic devices having a form factor. The term "form factor" is used to describe the size and format of PC motherboards, hard drives, power supplies, cases, and add-in cards such as PC cards. The term "form factor" also refers to the shape of a housing or mechanical connection associated with a device or mechanism within the context of its interface with other devices or mechanisms. Electronic devices having a form factor share the same problem as PC cards interfacing with a personal computer.
Additionally, a diagnostic component for an electronic device that is configured to be received by a computing device is described. The electronic device comprises a means for physically interfacing with a computer hardware interface associated with the computing device wherein the computing device has an operating system. The electronic device also comprises a means for generating a first signal adapted to indicate the result of a first operation that tests communications with a device driver that is related to the electronic device. Also, the electronic device comprises a means for generating a second signal adapted to indicate the result of a second operation that tests the communication between the electronic device and the operating system of the computing device. Further still, the electronic device comprises a means for presenting the first signal and the second signal on the electronic device.
Furthermore, a method for diagnosing an electronic device having a form factor that physically interfaces with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device is described. The method comprises indicating the result of a first operation with a first signal, where the first operation tests communications with a device driver that is related to the electronic device. The method also comprises indicating the result of a second operation with a second signal where the second operations tests communications between the electronic device and the operating system of the computing device. The method then proceeds to generate diagnostic information with the first signal and said second signal.
The present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following drawings which are for illustrative, not limiting, purposes.
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an illustrative electronic device such as a wireless PC card modem with an integrated diagnostic mechanism.
FIG. 2 shows an illustrative personal computer receiving the illustrative wireless PC card modem.
FIG. 3 shows an illustrative flowchart of the communications performed between the electronic device and the personal computer.
FIG. 4A through 4C shows a block diagram the illustrative electronic device after receiving diagnostic information.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art will realize that the following description is illustrative and not in any way limiting. Other embodiments of the claimed subject matter will readily suggest themselves to such skilled persons having the benefit of this disclosure. It shall be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the systems and apparatus described hereinafter may vary as to configuration and as to details. Additionally, the method may vary as to details, order of the actions, or other variations without departing from the illustrative method disclosed herein.
The device and methods described herein allow a variety of different problems between an electronic device and a personal computer (PC) to be easily diagnosed. More particularly, devices and methods described herein are related to installing an illustrative wireless PC card modem in a PC, and generating diagnostic information about the communications between the illustrative wireless PC card modem and the PC. This diagnostic information is generated before initiating wireless communications with the network. The diagnostic information can be used by the owner of the PC or this diagnostic information may be provided to technical support. The diagnostic information can then be used to resolve problems associated with communication between the illustrative wireless PC card modem and the PC.
Although the illustrative embodiment is a wireless PC card modem, the device and methods described above can be applied to electronic devices having a form factor and which interfaces with a personal computer, a PDA device, an Internet appliance, a thin client or other appliance device. Additionally, the device and methods described provide a diagnostic component that can be easily integrated with an electronic device having a form factor and hardware interface that interfaces with a personal computer.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown an illustrative electronic device with an integrated diagnostic mechanism. The illustrative electronic is a wireless PC card modem 10. The PC card 10 has the form factor of a peripheral interface for a laptop computer or notebook computer, and conforms to the Peripheral Component MicroChannel Interconnect Architecture (PCMCIA) standard, and is also referred to as a PCMCIA card. There are different PC Card standards such as a Type II PC card. It will be appreciated that the interface of PC card 10 may conform to a different interface configuration or standard in other embodiments
The illustrative wireless PC card modem 10 comprises processor 12 coupled to memory 14 and to input/output hardware interface 16. A power source (not shown) supplies power to the wireless PC card modem 10. A Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) 18 is also communicatively coupled to the processor 12 and regulates the use of power by the wireless PC card modem 10. Additionally, an RF component 20 is configured to wirelessly communicate with an illustrative base station 22.
The wireless PC card modem communicates wirelessly by transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy in the radio frequency band via an antenna 24 coupled to the RF component 20. An RF communication link 26 is created with the base station 22 for exchanging voice and/or data communications. Although a single base station 22 is depicted, the wireless PC card modem 10 is capable of communication with one or more base stations, where each base station is generally responsible for managing cellular communications with defined geographic regions, such as cellular regions. The RF component may comprise a primary antenna and a receive diversity antenna design (not shown) for improved signal strength.
The illustrative base station 22 is further connected to a mobile switching center 28. By way of example and not of limitation, the mobile switching center 28 manages communications between the base station 22 and other voice and/or data networks (not shown) such as the Internet and the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
The processor 12 is configured to process computer executable code that provides a number of network services such as connecting services, firewall services, network address translation (NAT) services, proxy services, dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) services, and/or administration services. In operation, the processor assists in establishing a network connection such as a data connection with base station 22.
By way of example and not of limitation, in certain North American CDMA cellular network markets, a broadband data connection referred to as evolution data only (EVDO) may be established between the wireless PC card modem 10 and the base station 22. Other connection techniques such as dial-up Point-to-Point protocol (PPP) may also be used for establishing the connection between the PC card modem 10 and the base station 22. As part of negotiating an Internet data connection between the PC card modem 10 and base station 22, the PC card modem 10 is assigned a wide area network IP address. Other configuration parameters such as the default DNS server IP address and the gateway IP address are also typically defined during this process. Once the Internet connection between the PC card modem 10 and the base station is established, the PC card modem 10 is able to access resources on the Internet. The illustrative EVDO technology is a third generation (3G) technology, which supports both voice data and non-voice data. By way of example of not of limitation, other mobile technologies include W-CDMA, UMTS, 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA, EDGE, and WiMAX. These mobile technologies are wide area networks that cover a broad geographic area.
In another illustrative example, a second wireless connection may also be established using another wireless standard. For example, the RF link 26 may be a wireless link established using one more standards such as the IEEE 802.11 standard. Generally, the 802.11 networks are short range networks that are used for Internet access, while the wide area networks cover a much broader geographic area.
Although the wireless PC card modem 10 provides wireless network connectivity, various problems arise during the installation and use of wireless PC card modem 10. As described above, these problems occur before initiating wireless network communications and are associated with the communications between the wireless PC card modem 10 and PC 30. The diagnostic component described herein is integrated with the electronic device and provides diagnostic information related electrical and communications between the electric device, e.g. PC card modem 10, and the computing device, e.g. PC 30. The diagnostic information is provided before establishing a wireless network connection with a base stations or access points.
A physical interface between the electronic device and the computing device is required. In the illustrative embodiment, the hardware interface 16 supports having the wireless PC card modem 10 operatively coupled to the PC 30. An illustrative bus 32 permits data to be communicated between the illustrative PC 30 and the wireless PC card modem 10. Although the illustrative electronic device is a wireless PC card modem 10, any other electronic device having a means for physically interfacing with a computing device having an operating system (OS) can be used.
To assist in resolving PC related problems, a diagnostic component is integrated into the electronic device. In the illustrative embodiment, the diagnostic component 40 is integrated into the wireless PC card modem 10. The illustrative diagnostic component 40 comprises diagnostic elements 42, 44, 46 or any combination thereof having status indicators. In certain embodiments, diagnostic elements 42, 44 and 46 may be implanted by a single LED indicator having deferring illumination colors and/or illumination patterns. The status indicators can generate visual representations, audible representations, or any combination thereof.
The first diagnostic element 42 is a status indicator for a first operation, i.e. PC Detect, which tests communications with a device driver that is associated with the illustrative wireless PC card modem 10. A device driver, software driver, or "driver" is a software program that allows interaction between a hardware device and a computing device. The driver is a specialized hardware dependent computer program, which is also operating system specific and enables programs to interact transparently with the electronic device, e.g. wireless PC card modem 10. Depending on the specific computer architecture, drivers can be 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and more recently 64-bit, which corresponds to the architecture of the operating system for which the driver was developed. For example, most drivers for 32-bit Windows XP are, of course, 32-bit.
By way of example and not of limitations, drivers are used for interfacing with network cards, video adapters, printers, sound cards, local buses, different file systems, image scanners, digital cameras, and computer storage devices. Drivers are also used for I/O devices such as mice, keyboards and USB devices. Common levels of abstraction for device drivers are distinguished as either hardware or software. Generally, device drivers perform operations at a "low" software level that permits a computing device, e.g. personal computer, to communicate with the electronic device, e.g. PC card, with which there is a physical coupling.
The first "PC Detect" operation is performed by processor 12 and generates a first signal that indicates the result of the first operation, which test communications with a device driver. By way of example and not of limitation, the first diagnostic element 42 comprises a light source, e.g. LED, which visually indicates the resulting status of the first operation. Alternatively, the status indicator may be an audible sound, a combination of a visible representation and audible representation, or a means for presenting this first signal.
Although the illustrative embodiment teaches a processor 12 configured to generate the first signal that indicates the result of the first PC Detect operation, a means for generating the first signal that indicates the result of the first operation is only needed. Therefore, a controller, logic circuit, or any other similar means for generating the first signal may be used.
The second diagnostic element 44 is a status indicator for a second operation, i.e. OS Detect, which tests the communications between the electronic device and the operating system of the computing device. Additionally, the OS Detect operation may comprise determining whether the appropriate COM ports have been opened on both the PC card modem 10 and the personal computer, as described in further detail below. A means for presenting the second signal on the electronic device is also required. The means for presenting this second signal comprises a visible representation, an audible representation, or any combination thereof.
The second operation associated with the second diagnostic element 44 is performed by processor 12 and is configured to generate a second signal that indicates the result of the OS Detect operation. A means for presenting this second signal on the electronic device is required. The means for presenting this second signal includes a visible representation, an audible representation, or a combination thereof.
Although, the illustrative embodiment describes a processor configured to generate a second signal that indicates the status of the second OS Detect operation, a means for generating the second signal that indicates the status of the second operation is only needed. Therefore, a controller, logic controller, or any other means for generating the second signal that indicates the result of a second operation that tests the communications between the electronic device and the operating system of the computing device is needed.
Furthermore, an Application Detect operation may also be performed with a particular software application that is not associated with the illustrative wireless PC card modem 10. Thus, an Application Detect signal may be associated with communications between the illustrative electronic device and a software application running on the OS, which may be or may not be associated with the illustrative PC card modem 10.
The distinction between a software application program running on an OS and a device driver is significant. The device driver performs a relatively low level driver function, which is OS specific and supports hardware integration, but does not run on top of the operating system. The software application running on top of the OS performs a "high" level operation because, generally, the driver must be operating properly to enable the electronic device to communicate with the software application program.
A third diagnostic "Power" element 46 is associated with a third "Power" operation that detects whether the computing device is supplying the correct power to the electronic device, e.g. wireless PC card modem 10. The third operation generates a third signal that indicates the "Power" status. A means for presenting the third signal on the electronic device is shown in FIG. 1 and is referred to as the third diagnostic element 46. The means for presenting this third signal includes a visual representation, an audible representation, or a combination thereof.
The third operation determines if sufficient power is being supplied to the electronic device. The third operation may be performed by processor 12, a controller, a logic circuit, or any other means for performing the third operation or means for generating the third signal. If the proper power is not supplied, a third signal activates the status indicator. The third diagnostic element 46 is configured to indicate the result of the third operation.
Effective communications between the electronic device and the computing device requires that the correct type and amount of power be supplied to the electronic device from the PC 30. Without the correct power, the PC Detect test and OS Detect test will not be performed. Thus, ensuring that the correct amount of power is getting to the electronic device, e.g. wireless PC card modem 10, is critical to the proper installation of the electronic device.
In one illustrative embodiment the diagnostic elements 42, 44 and 46 provide a visual representation of the first signal, second signal, and third signal, respectively. Alternatively, an audible representation may be provided, or a combination of visual and audio representations may be provided
The diagnostic information provided by diagnostic elements 42, 44, and 46 is provided before enabling wireless communications with a network. The diagnostic information identifies three concerns: whether sufficient power is getting to the electronic device; whether the PC driver is working; whether the electronic device can communicate with an application running on the PC's operating system.
FIG. 2 shows an illustrative personal computer receiving the illustrative electronic device. The illustrative personal computer is a notebook computer 50. The wireless PC card modem 10 comprises an input/out hardware interface 16, which interfaces with PC card slot 52 on the notebook computer 50.
The illustrative wireless PC card modem 10 is slidably installed and/or removed from the PC card slot 52. The PC card modem 10 is not situated entirely within the notebook computer 50 so that diagnostic elements 42, 44 and 46 are visible to the user. The illustrative diagnostic elements are visible status indicators that help diagnose the notebook computer 50 when the computer "freezes up" or "hangs up" after the user attempts to enable wireless network communications. If the computer freezes up, it is difficult to diagnose whether the problem is: power getting to the PC card modem 10; drivers being properly installed on the notebook computer 50; unable to communicate with a software application running on the OS; or any combination thereof. By way of example and not of limitation, the status indicators are light emitting diodes (LEDs) having at least one color that can blink and/or remain a single solid color.
In an alternative embodiment, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface 54 having a PC card interface 56 is operatively coupled to the PC card hardware interface 16 and to a USB connection on the notebook computer 50. Thus, the PC card modem 16 is physical coupled to the notebook computer via the USB cable 58. A means for physically interfacing the electronic device with the computing device using computer hardware interface associated with the computing device can be shown by directly coupling the electronic device, e.g. PC card 10, to the computing device, e.g. notebook 50, or by indirectly coupling the electronic device, e.g. PC card, to the computing device, e.g. notebook, using one or more intermediary devices, e.g. USB cable 58.
System requirements for the personal computer 50 may include running Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP, a Standard Type II PC card slot on the PC and/or one or more USB connections. Software associated with the wireless PC card may have to be loaded onto the personal computer. The software may be embodied as computer instructions stored on a CD-ROM or other such media configured to store computer instructions. The illustrative personal computer 50 must have sufficient memory to run the software associated with the wireless PC card. The illustrative CD-ROM comprises device drivers and application software programs that run on the OS of the notebook computer 50.
By way of example and not of limitation, the illustrative wireless PC card 10 may be capable of data speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps on EV-DO services, with typical download speeds of 400-500 kbps. Additionally, the wireless PC card may provide CDMA2000 1X connections at 60-80 kbps, with bursts of up to 153 kbps.
FIG. 3 shows an illustrative flowchart of the communications performed between the electronic device and the personal computer. The method is initiated at block 102 where a physical interface between the electronic device and the computing device is performed. Generally, any electronic device having a means for physically interfacing with the computing device can be used. In one illustrative embodiment, the wireless PC card modem is slidably installed into the PC card slot of the PC 30. In an alternative embodiment, a USB cable 58 having a PC card interface 56 is operatively coupled to the PC card hardware interface 16 and to a USB connection on the notebook computer 50.
The method then proceeds to decision diamond 104 where the power supplied to the electronic device is detected or tested. A "Power Detect" operation is performed that determines whether the computing device is supplying satisfactory power to the electronic device. The correct type and amount of power and/or voltage must be supplied to the electronic device from the computing device for the electronic device to operate properly. The Power Detect operation generates a Power Detect signal that indicates the "power" status.
In the illustrative USB bus embodiment, power is applied to PCMCIA bus of the PC card modem 10 from the PC 30 or notebook 50. The Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) 18 boots a Mobile Station Module (MSM), which is associated with the processor 12. If signals are being generated by the MSM, and the method proceeds to block 106 where the diagnostic element 46 is updated to indicate that the PC card modem has obtained the necessary power. If the MSM is alive and the appropriate signals are being generated by the MSM, then the Power Detect signal is favorable and the method proceeds to decision diamond 108. However, if the MSM fails to operate properly then the user knows that it is at this point where the system has failed.
At decision diamond 108, the "PC Detect" operation is performed. The PC Detect operation tests communications with a device driver that is associated with the illustrative wireless PC card modem 12. The PC Detect operation generates a PC Detect signal that indicates the result of testing communications with the device driver. The PC Detect diagnostic element 42 receives the PC Detect signal and indicates the status associated with the PC Detect operation.
With respect to the illustrative notebook computer 50 embodiment, after the notebook's plug and play (PnP) feature on the Windows OS detects the PCMCIA insertion and identifies the USB bus, the USB driver on the illustrative PC card modem 10 becomes active. The USB driver then reports the Product ID (PID) and Vendor ID (VID) and the Windows OS identifies the PID and VID, and loads the USB driver associated with the illustrative wireless PC card modem 10.
In the illustrative embodiment, if communications between the wireless PC card modem 10 and the notebook computer 50 device driver succeed at decision diamond 108, the method proceeds to block 110 where the PC Detect signal updates the diagnostic element 42. However, if the device driver fails to communicate with one another, the diagnostic element 42 is not updated and the user knows that it is at this point where the system has failed.
At decision diamond 112, an OS Detect operation is performed that tests the communications between the electronic device and a first software application resident on the operating on the electronic device. In one embodiment, the OS Detect operation is associated with detecting if the appropriate COM ports have been opened. The OS Detect operation generates an OS Detect signal that is received by the diagnostic element 44, which indicates the status of the OS Detect operation.
In operation, the illustrative notebook 50 runs the PC card modem 10. The PC card modem 10 and notebook 50 open two COM ports, namely, a primary and secondary port. More particularly, the PC card modem 10 proceeds to open the primary Attention (AT) port and the secondary Debug Mode (DM) port. Meanwhile the notebook's primary port may now be used for AT commands and data communications, and the secondary port may perform reading and writing operations for the wireless PC card modem 10.
Thus, if at decision diamond 112 the OS Detect operation indicates that the communications between the electronic device and an application running on the computing device succeeds, the method proceeds to block 114 where OS Detect signals update the diagnostic element 42. However, if the OS Detect operation indicates that communications fail, the diagnostic element 44 is not updated and the user knows that it is at this point that the system failed.
At block 116 the connectivity Application may be detected, if this feature is available. The Applications is a software application running on the OS of the notebook 50. The Application is not necessary for the basic functionality of the wireless PC card modem. For example in Windows XP, a Dial Up Network (DUN) connection can be established without using an additional application. However, the application may enable additional features for the end user, which are not available through a modem protocol. These may include features such as signal strength display, battery level notification, or network type indication.
If the software application running on the OS of the illustrative notebook 50 is active, then the notebook 50 sends an instruction to the PC card modem 10 to switch to a proprietary protocol such as the Simple Modem Application and Reliable Transfer Protocol (SMART). After receiving this instruction, the PC card modem 10 proceeds to initialize the SMART subsystem resident on the PC card modem 10, and send an acknowledgement DM command. A SMART handshake follows between the PC card modem 10 and the notebook 50, and SMART commands are exchanged.
At block 118, wireless communications are enabled. As described above, the illustrative wireless PC card modem supports wireless communications across a wide area network or a local network. The multiple networking services performed by wireless PC card modem 10 are described above in further detail.
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C shows the illustrative electronic device after receiving diagnostic information. The diagnostic component 40 is associated with the wireless PC card 10. There are at least three states that are communicated to the diagnostic component 40. For the illustrative PC card 10, the illustrative diagnostic component 40 is visible to the user, and the remaining elements of the PC card may be housed within the computing device.
FIG. 4A shows an enabled Power Detect light 46 associated with the Power Detect operation. Additionally, FIG. 4B shows an activated PC Detect light 42 that is related to the PC Detect operation described above. Furthermore, FIG. 4C depicts the activated OS Detect light 44 associated with the OS Detect operation described throughout this Specification. Each of the activated lights associated may be a LED light that blinks and/or has one or more colors. Those skilled in the art shall appreciate that all three illustrative lights may be combined into at least one LED light having different colors, different blinking intervals, different sounds, different volumes, or any combination thereof.
The apparatus and methods described allow a variety of different problems associated with communications between an electronic device and a personal computer to be easily diagnosed. More particularly, problems associated with installing a wireless PC card in a personal computer can be quickly diagnosed before initiating wireless communications with the network. The diagnostic information can then be provided to technical support so that problems associated with communication between the wireless PC card and the PC can be resolved.
Although the illustrative embodiment is a wireless PC card, it shall be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure, that the apparatus and methods described above can be applied to electronic devices having a form factor. Since electronic devices having a form factor share the same problem that wireless PC cards have interfacing with a personal computer, the apparatus and methods described provide a diagnostic component that can be easily integrated with an electronic device. Additionally, the diagnostic component can be easily interpreted.
Thus, it is to be understood that the foregoing is a detailed description of illustrative embodiments, and the scope of the claims is not limited to these specific embodiments or examples. Therefore, various elements, details, execution of any methods, and uses can differ from those just described, or be expanded on or implemented using technologies not yet commercially viable, and yet still be within the inventive concepts of the present disclosure. The scope of the invention is determined by the following claims and their legal equivalents.
1. A plurality of diagnostic operations associated with a wireless modem, wherein the wireless modem comprises:
a hardware interface component configured to physically interface with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device, said computing device having an operating system and a device driver configured to communicate with the wireless modem;
a processor configured to perform the plurality of diagnostic operations,
a first diagnostic operation that tests communications with the device driver that is related to the wireless modem communicating with the computing device, the first diagnostic operation configured to generate a first diagnostic signal to indicate the result of the first diagnostic operation,
a second diagnostic operation performed by the processor that tests the communications between the wireless modem and the operating system of the computing device, the second operation configured to generate a second diagnostic signal to indicate the result of the second diagnostic operation; and
an RF component configured to communicate wirelessly with a base station, wherein if one of the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal indicates failed communications between the wireless modem and the computing device, then the RF component is unable to communicate wirelessly with the base station.
2. The wireless modem of claim 1, wherein the RF component is configured to communicate with a wide area network.
3. The wireless modem of claim 1 wherein the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal each provide diagnostic information associated with the wireless modem communicating with the computing device before enabling wireless communications.
4. The wireless modem of claim 3 wherein the wireless modem is a wireless PC card modem.
5. The wireless modem of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to perform a third diagnostic operation that detects the computing device supplying power to the wireless modem, the third diagnostic operation configured to generate a third diagnostic signal adapted to indicate the result of the third diagnostic operation.
6. The wireless modem of claim 1 further comprising at least one light source that provides a visual representation of the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal.
7. The wireless modem of claim 6 further comprising at least one audible sound source that provides an audible representation of the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal.
8. A plurality of diagnostic operations associated with a wireless modem that is configured to be received by a computing device, the wireless modem comprises:
a means for physically interfacing with a computer hardware interface associated with the computing device, said computing device having an operating system and a device driver configured to communicate with the wireless modem;
a means for generating a first diagnostic signal that indicates the result of a first diagnostic operation that tests communications with the device driver that is related to the wireless modem communicating with the device driver;
a means for generating a second diagnostic signal that indicates the result of a second diagnostic operation that tests the communications between the wireless modem and the operating system of the computing device;
a means for presenting the first diagnostic signal on the wireless modem
a means for presenting the second diagnostic signal on the wireless modem; and
10. The wireless modem electronic device of claim 8 wherein the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal each provide diagnostic information associated with the wireless modem communicating with the computing device before enabling wireless communications with the network.
11. The wireless modem of claim 10 wherein the RF component is configured to communicate with a wide area network.
12. The wireless modem of claim 11 further comprising a means for generating a third diagnostic signal that detects the computing device supplying power to the wireless modem.
13. The wireless modem of claim 11 wherein said means for presenting the first diagnostic signal comprises a first light source and the means for presenting the second diagnostic signal comprises a second light source.
14. The wireless modem of claim 11 wherein said means for presenting the first diagnostic signal and the means for presenting the second diagnostic signal comprises at least an audible sound source.
15. A method for diagnosing a wireless modem that physically interfaces with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device having an operating system and a device driver configured to communicate with the wireless modem, said method for diagnosing the wireless modem comprising:
indicating the result of a first diagnostic operation performed by the wireless modem with a first diagnostic signal wherein the first diagnostic operation tests communications with a device driver that is related to the wireless modem communicating with the computing device;
indicating the result of a second diagnostic operation performed by the wireless modem with a second diagnostic signal wherein the second diagnostic operation tests communications between the wireless modem and the operating system of the computing device; and
enabling an RF component associated with the wireless modem to communicate with a base station when the first diagnostic signal indicates that the wireless modem communications with the device driver are successful and when the second diagnostic signal indicates that the wireless modem communications with the operating system of the computing device are successful.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the RF component is configured to communicate with a wide area network.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising generating diagnostic information with the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal wherein the diagnostic information is generated before enabling wireless communications.
18. The method of claim 17 further comprising presenting the first diagnostic signal with a first light source and the second diagnostic signal with a second light source.
19. The method of claim 17 further comprising presenting the first diagnostic signal and the second diagnostic signal using at least one audible sound source.
20. The method of claim 17 further comprising indicating the result of a third diagnostic operation that detects the computing device supplying power to the wireless modem with a third diagnostic signal.
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1. When you can use this procedure
2. Notice to quit
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4. Serving a section 33 notice and notice to quit
4.1. Length of notice you must give
5. Applying for an order for possession
This section covers how to seek possession for a short assured tenancy that has reached or is approaching its end, including:
When and how to serve a 'notice to quit'
When and how to serve a section 33 notice on the tenant (called this because it's served under section 33 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988)
How to apply for an eviction order (if the tenant refuses to leave)
Before a tenant is required to move out, they must be served with legal notices; any court action for an order for eviction will fail if notices haven't been properly served.
When you can use this procedure
To seek possession using this procedure, the tenancy must be a short assured tenancy – for types of tenancy, see Types of tenancy (Scotland).
This procedure allows a landlord to serve notice on the tenant when the tenancy has reached or is approaching its end. There are two notices that you must give to the tenants that you can do at the same time – a notice to quit and a section 33 notice. If the tenant doesn't leave after a valid section 33 notice and notice to quit has been served, you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order for possession to evict the tenant. The order for possession will only be made to take effect after the end of the tenancy.
Notice to quit
The notice to quit needs to be written, but it does not otherwise need to be in a set form. It should be addressed to the tenant and contain the following information:
The property address
The date of expiry of the notice to quit i.e. the date of termination
The minimum notice period is 40 days, which must tie in with the end date (also called the ish date) of the tenancy. It is normal to serve the notice to quit along with the s. 33 notice thus giving two months' notice.
The notice to quit must also contain the following information:
1. Even after the notice to quit has run out, before the tenant can lawfully be evicted, the landlord must get an order for possession from the court.
2. If a landlord issues a notice to quit but does not seek to gain possession of the house in question the contractual assured tenancy which has been terminated will be replaced by a statutory assured tenancy. In such circumstances the landlord may propose new terms for the tenancy and may seek an adjustment in rent at annual intervals thereafter.
3. If a tenant does not know what kind of tenancy he has or is otherwise unsure of his rights he can obtain advice from a solicitor. Help with all or part of the cost of legal advice and assistance may be available under the Legal Aid legislation. A tenant can also seek help from a Citizens Advice Bureau or Housing Advisory Centre.
Section 33 notice
The section 33 notice must give the tenant at least 2 months' advance notice of the date the tenancy ends (which is stated in the tenancy agreement).
Serving a section 33 notice and notice to quit
You can serve a section 33 notice on the tenant at any time after the tenancy has started, to confirm that you intend to regain possession of the property when the tenancy agreement ends. You can also serve the notice after the end of the initial period of the tenancy. You can't serve a section 33 notice before the tenancy start date – it will be invalid.
You can serve the notice to quit at the same time as you serve a section 33 notice.
You can't deliver the section 33 notice and notice to quit by ordinary post or personally by hand – these aren't valid methods of service. For the notices to be validly served, they must be served by:
recorded delivery post; or
sheriff officers.
If the tenant doesn't leave the property at the end of the notice period stated in the section 33 notice, you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an eviction order. If you get an order and the tenant still refuses to leave, you'll have to enforce it.
You mustn't harass the tenant in any way. This is a criminal offence. You could incur severe penalties.
Length of notice you must give
For a section 33 notice, you must give at least 2 months' notice before the date that the tenancy ends.
For a notice to quit, it must be at least 40 days before the date the tenancy ends.
You must take care to correctly calculate the date you give in the notices of when the tenancy will come to an end, particularly if you're intending to give the notices:
After the initial period of the tenancy agreement ends
Just before 2 months/40 days of the date the tenancy agreement ends
Just after 2 months/40 days of the date the tenancy agreement ends
For service by recorded delivery, the day after posting is the first day of the 2-month period. You must make sure that the date given in the notice of when the tenancy will end is at least 2 months and one day from that date. The same applies when serving a notice to quit, you must make sure that the date given in the notice of when the tenancy will end is at least 40 plus one day from that date.
For service by sheriff officers, the date of service is the first day of the 2-month or 40-day period. You must make sure that the date of termination in the tenancy agreement is at least 2 months (or for a notice to quit, 40 and one day) from that date. You may need to find out when the sheriff officers will be able to serve the notices; this will help you to work out the 2-month/40-day period before you serve the notice. Or you could build a few extra days into the notice period to allow enough time for service of the notices.
Applying for an order for possession
If the tenant doesn't leave by the end of the period stated in the section 33 notice served on them, you must apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an eviction order before the tenant can be lawfully removed from the property.
To start court proceedings you should apply to the Tribunal. The administration centre is in Glasgow, but if a hearing is required, the Tribunal will arrange it as close as possible to the property address. See The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber)

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Q: Dynamic parameter passing through hyperlink in a DataGrid in asp.net(C#)       <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
        BackColor="White" BorderColor="#CC9966" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px"
        CellPadding="4">
    <Columns>
    <asp:BoundField DataField="FileID" HeaderText="FileID" />
    <asp:BoundField DataField="FilePath" HeaderText="FilePath" />
    <asp:BoundField DataField="UploadedBy" HeaderText="CreatedBy" />
    <asp:BoundField DataField="CreatedDate" HeaderText="CreatedDate" />

        <asp:HyperLinkField HeaderText="LINK" NavigateUrl="show.aspx" Text="SHOW" />

    </Columns>

      conn.Open();
             SqlDataReader rdr = comm.ExecuteReader();
             if (NAME.Equals("admin"))
             {
                 GridView1.DataSource = rdr;
                 GridView1.DataBind();
             }
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             {
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                 GridView2.DataBind();
             }
             rdr.Close();

I want to use the hyperlink in the Gridview to pass the values dynamically according to to the row it is clicked.As I'm new to this I'm not able to do that.Please anybody help me.

A: Set hyperlink NavigateUrl property like...NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("FileID", "show.aspx?ID={0}" %>'
NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("FileID", "show.aspx?ID={0}") + "&FilePath=" + Eval("FilePath") %>'

A: Check onRowCommand of GridView
Check the following link:
How to get the current row in GridView Row Command Event?
For information about row command: GridView.RowCommand Event

A: add onRowCommand Event in your grid
OnRowCommand="OnRowCommand_GridView1"

Then define link Button with the CommandName and CommandArgument
      <asp:LinkButton ID="lnk1" runat="server" Text="DoClick"  CommandName="Select" CommandArgument='<%#Eval("FileID") %>'></asp:LinkButton>

and than on code behind
protected void GridView1_OnRowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
    {

       if (e.CommandName == "Select")
        {
          int MyFileID = e.CommandArgument;
       //Now Perfrom here ur desired action
       }

Hope this will help you.

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Dethklok Announce 2012 Tour with Machine Head, All That Remains + Black Dahlia Murder
The awesome tour announcements just keep rolling in, and we couldn't be more pumped. Cartoon Network's 'Metalocalypse' death metal heroes Dethklok will be headlining a North American tour with some of the strongest supporting acts you'll see from any upcoming tour. Joining Dethklok will be Machine Head, All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder.
Dethklok were set to tour with Lamb of God and Gojira this summer, but the arrest and incarceration of LoG vocalist Randy Blythe forced the trek to be canceled. Despite the setback, Dethklok mastermind Brendon Small recently spoke to radio vixen Full Metal Jackie about returning to the road soon. "It was really not great news to hear that we couldn't do this," says Small. "Good news is, stay tuned because in the very, very near future we're going to have concert dates for this fall."
Small certainly kept his word, as the massive road trip will begin on Oct. 30 in Norfolk, Va. Check out the list of tour dates for this must-see lineup below and look out for Dethklok's 'Dethalbum III,' which will hit stores on Oct. 16.
Dethklok, Machine Head, All That Remains, Black Dahlia Murder 2012 Tour Dates
10/30 - Norfolk, Va. @ Norva
10/31 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory
11/02 - Silver Spring, Md. @ Fillmore
11/03 - New York, N.Y. @ Roseland Ballroom
11/04 - Worcester, Mass. @ Palladium
11/05 - Montreal, Quebec @ Metropolis
11/07 - Toronto, Ontario @ Sound Academy
11/08 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE
11/09 - Columbus, Ohio @ LC Pavilion
11/10 - Detroit, Mich. @ Fillmore
11/11 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Orbit Room
11/13 - Fargo, N.D. @ The Venue
11/14 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Myth
11/15 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ Rave / Eagles Club
11/16 - Chicago, Ill. @ Aragon Ballroom
11/17 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Midland
11/18 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Pageant
11/20 - Denver, Colo. @ Fillmore
11/21 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Great Salt Air
11/23 - Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox SODO
11/24 - Portland, Ore. @ Roseland Theater
11/26 - Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater
11/27 - Hollywood, Calif. @ Palladium
11/28 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Marquee
11/30 - Dallas, Texas @ House Of Blues
12/01 - Austin, Texas @ Stubbs
12/02 - Houston, Texas @ House of Blues
12/04 - Orlando, Fla. @ House Of Blues
12/06 - Chattanooga, Tenn. @ Track 29
12/07 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Fillmore
12/08 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Tabernacle
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Get Out Of Ukraine, Says Rishi Sunak As Zelenskyy Alleges 'Nuclear Blackmail': Russia Under Fire At G20 Summit
Updated: 2 months, 13 days, 22 hours, 58 minutes, 1 second ago
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is currently in Bali attending the G20 summit, said that Russian President Vladamir Putin should have come to the summit to face the world leaders as Russia leaving Ukraine would "make the single largest impact" on international relations.
The British Prime Minister condemned the Ukraine invasion and the targeting of civilians in his address at the opening session of the summit which was also attended by the Russian foreign minister. "One man has the power to change all of this," Sunak told the summit, which was also addressed by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"It is notable that Putin didn't feel able to join us here. Maybe if he had, we could get on with sorting things out. Because the single biggest difference that anyone could make is for Russia to get out of Ukraine and end this barbaric war," the British PM added.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his virtual address at the summit said that the time has come to end the war in Ukraine but also added that this was only possible if Russia affirmed the full territorial integrity of Ukraine.
"I am convinced now is the time when the Russian destructive war must and can be ended. It will save thousands of lives," he said while addressing the world leaders in Bali.
Zelensky further said, "There are and cannot be any excuses for nuclear blackmail" while speaking to China's Xi Jinping and US president Joe Biden, but not to the Russian leader. Zelensky accused Russia of trying to build a radioactive bomb at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that could explode at any moment.
Meanwhile, taking a dig at the countries like China and India that had chosen to remain neutral in the dispute, Sunak remarked that all countries were at greater risk because of the precedent that had been formed.
"Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine has profound implications for us all, because it has undermined the fundamental principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said.
"We all depend on these principles. They are the foundations of the international order. They must be upheld. It is very simple – countries should not invade their neighbours, they should not attack civilian infrastructure and civilian populations and they should not threaten nuclear escalation. Surely these are things on which we can all agree," he further added.
Speaking on the grain crisis due to the war as Ukraine is one of the world's top grain producers, the British PM said, "The weaponisation of energy and food is totally unacceptable."
"Two-thirds of Ukraine's grain goes to developing countries, yet Russia has destroyed grain stores and blocked shipments. It is harming the most vulnerable people around the world. And this has nothing to do with sanctions. All of us should support the secretary general's efforts to get the Black Sea grain initiative back on track," he added.
Urging its expansion to other ports, Ukrainian President Zelensky has demanded an expansion and indefinite continuation of the grain agreement, mediated by the UN and Turkey which will expire on Saturday. "I believe our export grain initiative deserves an indefinite extension, no matter when the war ends," he said.
Tag: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian President Vladamir Putin.
Rishi Sunak says Russia must 'get out of Ukraine and end barbaric war' as he confronts Putin's officials at G20 summit
Rishi Sunak says Russia must 'get out of Ukraine and end barbaric war' as he confronts Putin's officials at G20
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Sunak to 'call out Putin's regime' at G20 - and says summit 'will not be business as usual'
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Building a Strong Band Program Using a Balanced Approach with Thoughtful Expectations
Two directors of 2018 Midwest Clinic performing ensembles will present thoughts and strategies for building a strong band program using a balanced approach with thoughtful expectations. Students benefit from well-rounded and consistent plans for improvement. The clinicians will discuss how setting expectations, building relationships, implementing solid pedagogy and fundamental skills, and healthy leadership can facilitate a program where students can find a lasting connection with music.
Jed Maus - Biographical Information
Jedidiah Maus is entering his eleventh year of teaching and has been the Director of Bands at Keller Middle School and Bear Creek Intermediate since 2013. Prior to working in Keller ISD, he was the assistant band director at Byrd Middle School in Duncanville, Texas. In 2008, Mr. Maus earned both a Bachelor of Music Education degree, and a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. While at SMU, he studied music education under the direction of Lynne Jackson and Brian Merrill, and he studied trumpet with Tom Booth, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Symphony. He also earned a Master of Music Education degree from SMU in 2014. He oversees the Keller Middle School and Bear Creek Intermediate band programs, including two jazz bands and a colorguard, which consist of more than 320 students in grades six through eight. He also teaches beginning trumpet, horn, flute and oboe. Mr. Maus has been fortunate enough to direct bands that have received unanimous first-division ratings at the Texas UIL Concert and Sight-reading Contest for his entire career. Additionally, the Keller Middle School Wind Ensemble earned distinction as a National Wind Band Honors Class AA winner in 2017 and 2018. Mr. Maus is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He has guest conducted honor groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and is a faculty member at the Sam Houston State University Band Camp. He has presented clinics at TMEA, TBA and the SHSU Center for Music Education, both alone and alongside his co-workers from Keller ISD. He has previously served as the TMEA Region 20 Middle School Band Coordinator, and TMEA Region 30 Middle School Band Technology Coordinator. Mr. Maus loves teaching and considers himself to be a lifelong learner. He is grateful to his mentors, colleagues and students because they continue to teach him.
Chris Meredith - Biographical Information
Chris Meredith is in his twelfth year at Shadow Ridge and tenth as Director of Bands. His responsibilities include directing Honor Winds, Jazz Band, assisting Symphonic Band, and teaching the beginning brass classes. Ensembles at Shadow Ridge have consistently earned sweepstakes at UIL Concert & Sightreading contests, have been selected by the Foundation for Music Education as a National Winner in the National Wind Band Honors Project (2010-2018). The Shadow Ridge Band were official performers at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL in 2012 and 2018. Honor Winds has been a top 5 Finalist in the Texas CC Honor Band Contests multiple occasions and was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Cup in 2017. Meredith is an alum of the University of North Texas College of Music and Southern Methodist University. As an active trombonist, Meredith performed twice at the 2003 International Trombone Festival in Helsinki, Finland as a Finalist in both the ITA Solo and Quartet Competitions, has performed as principal bass trombonists of multiple groups including San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, North East Orchestra and at the Pierre Montuex School. Meredith has also been a multiple recipient of the Lewisville Education Foundation's "Foundation Award", honored with the Texas PTA Lifetime Member Award, and was the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year at Shadow Ridge Middle School. Mr. Meredith is an active adjudicator, guest clinician and lecturer, and is honored to have professional affiliations with Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and Phi Beta Mu. Current projects include the Musical Mastery Beginner Band series with Asa Burk, Alicia DeSoto, Kathy Johnson, and Dominic Talanca. Meredith resides in Highland Village, Texas with his wife Dr. Kimberly Meredith and their daughter, Charlotte.


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Lanrodec (en bretó Lanrodeg) és un municipi francès, situat a la regió de Bretanya, al departament de Costes del Nord. L'any 1999 tenia 843 habitants.

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The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited (NICEL) has submitted to the High Court that it is ready to pay the land owners the rate fixed by the price fixation committee (PFC) for the land acquired by it in Bidadi and other areas in Bangalore South Taluk for the project.
Hearing a petition by NICEL, which had moved the High Court challenging the PFC decision and methodology adopted in fixing the price for the land acquired in Gonipura, Tippur and Shigehalli in Bengaluru South taluk, the division bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice R B Budhihal disposed of the petition following the submission of the petitioners.
The petitioners had contended that they were not consulted while fixing the land price. However, when the petition was being heard by the division bench headed by the Chief Justice, NICEL made a submission agreeing upon the price fixed by the committee as per Section 29 (2) of KIAD Act, which envisages fixation of land price by consulting the land owners.
Accordingly NICEL in a release dated December 16, 2014, NICEL has said that it has submitted before the High Court that it never had any issue with the PFC headed by the then Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore rural district.
The release also said that Rs 41 lakh per acre of land and a site measuring 2,400 sq feet for the land losers as compensation fixed by the committee is acceptable considering larger interest of people and the land losers.
Considering this, the bench disposed of the matter. However, counsel for KIADB said NICEL has agreed to pay compensation as fixed by the committee, but this will only be for the Bidadi township. "The methodology adopted in fixing the price by the Committee is still being challenged by NICEL," he said.
About 18,000 acres of lands, were earmarked for acquisition for the BMIC project taken up by NICEL. With land price fixed between Rs 8 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, the project faced stiff opposition from the farmers and the project completed so far by the firm is the peripheral ring road around Bengaluru.


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What Years Does 'The Crown' Season 4 Cover? We Break Down The Timeline
ByTara Bitran Oct. 22, 2020
Netflix may tease Season 4 of The Crown as a "fairy tale," hinged upon the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana as the jewel in the period drama's *crown*.
But... the reality of the period between 1979 through 1990 in which we find the royal family in Season 4 is far from the idyll imagined for Great Britain. Rather, with the rise of Margaret Thatcher to power and her three terms as Prime Minister (how very FDR of her), the country faces immense strife from the Falklands War to the Miners' Strike, in addition to the joyous births of a few royal princes.
Ahead of the season premiere, I decided to crack open the history archives and dive into the 1980s era of the U.K. to gauge what we can anticipate this upcoming season.
Prince Charles dates Princess Diana's sister
OK to be fair this is more of a range of time than a certain lightning bolt event, but I figured it would be of keen interest to learn that when The Crown returns, we are likely to see Prince Charles dating a Spencer by a different name before Diana.
That's right, Prince Charles was involved with Diana's elder sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale. But that romance ended not too long after she reportedly said she wouldn't marry him "if he were the Dustman or the King of England." That certainly is not a welcome sound bite for royal pressers.


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Movie Review | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) released in May 2017. It was not received extremely well by the public. While general POTC fans loved the movie, with 89% of Google users approving it, Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 30% rotten score and IMDb scored it at a 6.9. The story is about an old enemy of Jack Sparrow named Salazar, a Spaniard known for his ruthless tactics to kill pirates, who was outmaneuvered by Jack when the pirate trapped Salazar into the Devil's Triangle. Salazar returns as an undead monster who vows to kill Jack Sparrow after his escape. Soon, Jack, Henry Turner (the son of Will Turner from the original trilogy), and Carina Smyth will work together to find the Trident of Poseidon, a mythical weapon that can be used to conquer the seas, to defeat Salazar and end his curse.
This installment is definitely full of fun and some cool mind-graphics; however, it lacks a true sense of adventure and thrill. The adventure aspect of it is somewhat forced on the viewer, but the movie itself is very funny, especially in the beginning. Johnny Depp's acting is flawless as always and Will Turner returns in the end because of what happens with the Trident of Poseidon. There are several discrepancies in the movie though, including one with the compass Jack had. He gave it away, but somehow, a witch in a sealed dungeon managed to acquire it. While this installment has its own plot problems, it's still a fun movie to watch if you're in the mood for a reckless, risk-taking hero that barely escapes death. I believe that this movie was interesting and incorporated historical details like aspects of ship handling and different lifestyles to make sense of the many events of the time. The British looked for the Trident of Poseidon in order to become the most powerful naval force on the planet, which they were in real life until the 19th century. This movie has a taste of its own, and while some may not like it, it still touches the hearts of many dreamers of fantasy and adventure.
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Альберт Аксель или Акселл ( род. в 1942 г.  в Новой Англии, США ) - американский журналист и писатель. Книги Акселя посвящены, в основном истории Второй мировой войне в России (1941 -1945). Наиболее известен биографией маршала Г.К. Жукова Работы Акселя часто цитируются российскими журналистами консервативного направления.

Биография

Изучал историю, философию и экономику в Висконсинском университете, работал журналистом в Соединенных Штатах и Японии, где работал журналистом британского еженедельника The Economist , затем в Москви  и  в Финляндии.

Литературное творчество
Наиболее известны книги Акселя о камикадзе и о Георгии Жукове.  Книга о Жукове получила невысокие оценки в обзорах.  Так, британский историк Джеффри Робертс, хотя и благодарит Акселя в предисловии к его собственной биографии Жукова, указывает на то, что книга Акселя всецело опирается на мемуары самого Жукова .

Работы
На финском
 Stalin sodanjohtajana (Stalin's war through the eyes of his commanders), suom. Vesa Yrjölä, Yliopistopaino, 1998. ISBN 951-570-403-0
 Kamikaze: Japanin itsemurhalentäjät  (Kamikaze: Japan's suicide gods), 2002. ISBN 951-0-30973-7

 На английском
 Russia's Heroes, 1941-45: An Epic Account of Struggle and Survival on the Eastern Front, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001 ISBN 978-0-7867-0856-7
 Marshall Zhukov, The Man Who Beat Hitler, Pearson, 2005
 Greatest Russian War Stories 1941—1945, Independent Publishing Platform, 2012 ISBN 978-1-4791-2905-8

Примечания

Википедия:Биографии современников
Родившиеся в 1942 году
Журналисты США


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New Gear: Canon PowerShot SX280 HS Advanced Compact With New Digic 6 Image Processor
Long zoom and lots of processing power make this a formidable little compact camera
By Stan Horaczek
Canon SX280 HS Compact Camera
You don't often see the big camera makers debut their new processing chips in compacts, but that's exactly that Canon has done with their new Digic 6 chip and the 20x optical zooming SX280 HS.
Because of that new processor, the SX280 HS is capable of pulling down full-res 12.1-megapixel images from the High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor at 14 fps. It can only keep up that pace for .5 seconds, though, which means you'll get a burst of seven images in a half-second. Video mode has also gotten a bump, maxing out the video capture resolution at 1080p with 60 fps.
Like many other compacts at the moment, the SX280 HS has built-in WiFi, allowing it to play nice with the iOS and Android apps, as well as send images directly to the web or to a compatible Canon printer.
The 20x optical zoom lens reaches from a full-frame equivalent of 25mm all the way out to 500mm. Of course, there's IS in the lens to help combat lens shake and the max ISO has been jacked up to 6400.
It's coming in April for $329. It still has a true compact-sized sensor, but with all the other features and the new processor, we're curious to see how it performs against similarly-priced competitors.
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MELVILLE, NY March 21, 2013– Fusing portability with high-quality image technology, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the new 12.1-megapixel PowerShot SX280 HS Digital Camera with built-in Wi-Fi® technology and an impressive 20x Optical Zoom lens. Amazingly compact, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is the first Canon camera to feature Canon's DIGIC 6 Image Processor, the most advanced processor to date, delivering incredible detail and fast continuous shooting performance.
"Canon recognizes the importance of capturing the highest quality images possible and sharing them instantly and easily," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies & Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "The PowerShot SX280 HS Digital Camera with its impressive features provides users the resources to shoot in almost any situation and the creative tools to help capture their vision."
**Share Great Images Wirelessly **
The PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera's Wi-Fi® connectivity offers users connectivity options to share their beautiful images. With the download of the free Canon CameraWindow app1 from an Android TM or IOS® store, users can connect to both iOS® or AndroidTM smartphones and tablets2 to wirelessly transfer photos and videos from their camera to their device. This camera also has the ability to connect directly to social networking sites and to Canon's iMAGE GATEWAY3, making photos easily accessible and ready to share. In addition, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera has the ability to connect wirelessly to computers, select PowerShot wireless cameras, and wireless PictBridge4 compatible printers, such as the PIXMA MG6320 and MG5420 Wireless Photo All-In-One printer models. 2
Powerful and Versatile 20x Optical Zoom Lens Providing users the ability to capture images with stunning quality, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera features a 25mm wide angle lens and impressive 20x optical zoom (up to 500mm) providing versatility in a pocket–sized camera. At wide angle, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is ideal for capturing lasting memories of family and friends at get-togethers as well as stunning landscapes. The lens' super telephoto reach allows photographers to bring subjects in close and is perfect for capturing images at sporting events, distant nature scenes and wildlife in their natural habitat.
**Exceptional Images and Fast Performance **
The PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is packed with a variety of impressive imaging features that help ensure moments are preserved in stunning quality. In conjunction with the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera's 12.1-megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS image sensor, the DIGIC 6 Image Processor creates the Canon HS SYSTEM. This system is responsible for the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera's improved low-light performance up to ISO 6400, with minimal noise and maximum detail.
In addition, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera features advancements in Canon's Auto Focus (AF) system with improved AF times and reduced lag over previous SX-series models. The responsive high-speed AF helps users to capture great shots as they happen, with reduced lag time. Adding to the camera's diverse feature-set is High-Speed Burst HQ which allows for continuous, fast-action, high-resolution shots at up to 14fps. With incredible zoom capabilities, fast and responsive AF, stunning resolution and easy-to-use features, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is the perfect camera for vacationing or capturing a morning soccer game.
Further advancements attributed to DIGIC 6 Image Processor can be experienced in movie mode, which records in MP4 format. For added flexibility, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera allows you to shoot video in a selectable frame rate of up to 60 fps or up to 30 fps resulting in smooth and rich 1080p Full HD video. Users will also notice improved image stabilization with Dynamic IS, which detects and can compensate for tilt and parallel movement (shift blur) to help create improved video clarity.
Simplicity and Convenience The PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera offers a variety of easy-to-use features that help take the guesswork out of capturing captivating, imaginative photos. With Smart AUTO, the camera identifies an ideal image setting by intelligently selecting from one of 58 pre-defined modes. To combat blurry images, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera utilizes its Intelligent IS system, which draws from six different stabilization modes to choose the best IS for the current shooting condition. The Intelligent IS system, combined with Smart AUTO creates the camera's Hybrid AUTO mode which helps create a beautiful and steady HD video clip (up to approximately 4 seconds) in Movie Digest mode every time a user shoots a still image while the Movie Digest mode is activated.
Adding to the camera's diverse feature set, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is also equipped with a built-in GPS receiver5, and when activated, data is recorded along with each image. Users can easily access the location where their photos were taken without depending on their often vague post-vacation memory. The built-in GPS receiver not only records the exact location of the shot, but users can create a visual log of their journeys on a map using the bundled Canon software.
To further help ensure that an image is never missed, the PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera comes equipped with ECO mode to assist with battery conservation. ECO Mode manages the 3.0 inch, 461k LCD screen brightness and turns off when the camera is inactive. ECO Mode can be activated for easy power preservation when an additional battery is out of reach or the moment is too exciting to put the camera down. 3
Pricing and Availability The PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera is expected to ship in April 2013 for an estimated retail price of $329.99.


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Can Loki Season 2 Bring Idris Elba's Heimdall Back To The MCU
Idris Elba thinks that Heimdall could show up in the MCU again. And it certainly seems that the gateway for that could be Loki season 2. Know that when Marvel started marketing Avengers: Infinity War, MCU boss Kevin Feige said that the deaths would be permanent.
After all, the MCU had back then become popular for its revolving-door approach to death. However, Feige suggested that this was going to be changed after Thanos came to the MCU.
Now, he was overstating of course. Even though Infinity War snapped multiple characters both after as well as before the snap, but some were permanent. But actually, as a result of time travel in Avengers: Endgame, there was only one permanent death, and that was Idris Elba's Heimdall.
He was killed by Thanos at the beginning of Infinity War. Heimdall sacrificed himself to send Hulk to Earth. Elba is aware that he is operating within a superhero universe where death is often just an inconvenience. As such, he believes that Heimdall could in fact pop up in the MCU. So let us explore what he said.
Idris Elba Thinks That Heimdall Can Return
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Idris Elba said in an interview that:
"I think the constraints of the sort of superhero universe are none. So everything is possible. I think that Heimdall is an amazing character and still exists."
Now, he's not wrong. His comments are especially true after the events of Loki season 1. The finale of the Disney+ Marvel show pretty much caused the birth of Marvel's "Multiverse of Madness" as the timeline wasn't in the control of He Who Remains anymore.
As such, currently, there are countless branched alternate realities. As such, it's very possible that there are timelines now where Heimdall never even interacted with Thanos. And also, there must be others where he survived Thanos' attack on the Asgardian refugees.
Also, we personally think that since there's a variant where Loki was an alligator, so there must be a timeline where Heimdall is a wise old owl too.
This means that Heimdall could, in fact, show up for future multiversal adventures. And the one show where he could show up easily is in Loki season 2.
How Can Loki Season 2 Incorporate Heimdall?
Loki variants
Now, season 1 of Loki pretty much unlocked the Multiverse, and as a result, we saw various variants of the God of Mischief come face-to-face with other Lokis.
Now, season 2 could definitely take things in a different direction. It's possible that Loki might see the alternate versions of people he knows like Thor, the Warriors Three, or even Heimdall.
As such, this would allow Marvel to easily bring Heimdall back. Also, if Loki meets a variant of Heimdall, then the creators can develop the character in any way they want. As such, it could be a totally different Heimdall. And as we said before, we might even get an owl Heimdall. Basically, anything is possible.
But, the interesting question isn't how or in what form he might appear. It's the question of if the variants of Heimdall are even aware of the existence of the multiverse?
The multiverse as seen in Loki
Now, Heimdall can look right through space and time. He can look across the Nine Realms and even beyond. As such, it's possible that this power could be even extended after the multiverse was created.
This means that every Heimdall can see what's going on in other timelines. So may even be able to peer into TVA's mysterious base too. If that ends up happening, then he could turn out to be an important ally in season 2 of Loki.
However, right now, this is all speculation. It remains to be seen what happens next in season 2 of the Disney+ Marvel show. But in the meantime, you can catch season 1 of Loki on Disney+.
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