Crystal radio receiver - Early years. People first built and used simple and inexpensive crystal radio sets without batteries or electrical power. Even though vacuum tube radios were common following World War I, crystal radios remained popular, especially among beginning amateur radio enthusiasts, Boy Scouts and school children, who built crystal radios to learn basic electronics and communication. Early wireless telegraphy used spark gap plasma arc transmitters powered by alternating current generators a ...

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Crystal radio receiver, Crystal radio receiver - History, Crystal radio receiver - Early years, Crystal radio receiver - 1920s and 1930s, Crystal radio receiver - 1940s, Crystal radio receiver - Later years, Crystal radio receiver - Composition, Crystal radio receiver - Espionage

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Glorification is, for all practical purposes, the protestant version of purgatory using purgatory as "the means by which the elect receive perfection before entering into the kingdom of heaven." While purgatory deals with the means by which the elect become perfect, glorification deals with the elect becoming perfect. For the most part, all protestant denominations believe in this for ...

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Glorification, Glorification - Receiving of Perfection, Glorification - Receiving of the Resurrection Bodies

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Bits have to be moved from one place to another using wires or some other medium. Over many miles, the expense of the wires becomes large. To reduce the expense of long communication links carrying several bits in parallel, data bits are sent sequentially, one after another, using a UART to convert the transmitted bits between sequential and parallel form at each end of the link. Each UART contains a shift register which is t ...

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Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Basics, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Error conditions, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Overrun Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Framing Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Parity Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Synchronous, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - History

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The word "asynchronous" indicates that UARTs recover character timing information from the data stream, using designated "start" and "stop" bits to indicate the framing of each character. In synchronous transmission, the clock data is recovered separately from the data stream and no start/stop bits are used. This improves the efficiency of transmission on suitable channels; more of the bits sent are data. An asynchronous transmission sends nothing over the interconnection when the transmitting device has nothing to send; but a synchro ...

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Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Basics, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Error conditions, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Overrun Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Framing Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Parity Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Synchronous, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - History

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The first UART-like devices were rotating mechanical commutators. These sent 5-bit baudot codes for mechanical teletypewriters, and replaced morse code. Later, ASCII required a seven bit code. When IBM rationalized computers in the early 1960s with 8-bit characters, it became customary to store the ASCII code in 8 bits. Gordon Bell designed the first UART for the PDP-1. An example of an early 1980s UART was the National Semiconductor 8250. In the 1990s, newer UARTs were developed with on-chip buffers. This allowed higher transm ...

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Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Basics, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Error conditions, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Overrun Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Framing Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Parity Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Synchronous, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - History

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Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Overrun Error. A possible failure of a UART occurs when it cannot process the byte that just came in before the next one arrives. Various UART devices have differing amounts of buffer space to hold received characters. The CPU must service the UART in order to remove characters from the buffer. If the CPU does not service the UART and the buffer becomes full, Overrun Error will occur. See also:

Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Basics, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Error conditions, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Overrun Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Framing Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Parity Error, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - Synchronous, Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter - History

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List of countries receiving snowfall - Europe. Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova

There are plays written to take advantage of a tight end's ability to catch. Tight ends are used to exploit a defense's coverage of a wide receiver. Specifically, if a team has a star wide receiver that usually gets double-coverage from the secondary, the coach will call plays for the quarterback to throw to the tight end, as he is usually the man left uncovered in a defense. For this reason the tight end is sometimes called the quarterback's safety valve, as he i ...

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Tight end, Tight end - Blocking, Tight end - Receiving, Tight end - Famous tight ends

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As of 2005, Sirius receivers are available for various new Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Mini, Nissan, Scion, Toyota, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Volvo vehicles, and the service plans on adding availability for portable use. They also make many receivers for aftermarket installs as well, including the Sportster Replay, Starmate Replay, Sirius S50 with built in 1GB MP3 player, and the Sirius One. Sirius' hardware lineup is available at Sirius.com Some popular radios from Sirius:See also:

Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio - Content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Howard Stern and other high profile content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sports, Sirius Satellite Radio - Other content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Receivers, Sirius Satellite Radio - Radio stations, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sirius in Canada

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As of 2005, Sirius receivers are available for various new Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Mini, Nissan, Scion, Toyota, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Volvo vehicles, and the service plans on adding availability for portable use. Starting in 2006, all Rolls-Royce vehicles sold in the United States will come with a Sirius ra ...

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Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio - Content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Howard Stern and other high profile content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sports, Sirius Satellite Radio - Other content, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sirius' Satellites, Sirius Satellite Radio - Receivers, Sirius Satellite Radio - Radio stations, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sirius in Canada

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In many religions it is believed that the God has revealed a message to a prophet or messenger. Some of these religions, such as some forms of Christianity and Islam, teach that their path is the only path to salvation. In other religions, like other forms of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Wicca, and Transcendentalism, it is believed that the followers of one's faith do not have an exclusive path to God. They hold tha ...

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Chosen people, Chosen people - Types of purposes, Chosen people - Chosen to receive a message, Chosen people - Superiority?, Chosen people - Judaism, Chosen people - Christianity, Chosen people - Roman Catholicism, Chosen people - Latter Day Saints, Chosen people - Christian Identity groups, Chosen people - The Unification Church Moonies, Chosen people - Islam, Chosen people - Hinduism

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When rumours of the defection first reached Medina, Ali refused to move against the malcontents so long as no overt act of rebellion threatened the unity of Islam. But shortly after, news arrived of the design on Basra. At first, Ali thought that the insurgents had not made Kufa, with its greater Bedawi population, their object. Ibn Abbas, however, pointed out that Basra was really the more dangerous, because fewer of the leading chiefs we ...

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Battle of Bassorah, Battle of Bassorah - Prelude, Battle of Bassorah - Massing support, Battle of Bassorah - Ali receives news, Battle of Bassorah - Dogs of Haw'ab, Battle of Bassorah - Basra, Battle of Bassorah - Envoy to Medina, Battle of Bassorah - Counquer of Basra, Battle of Bassorah - Hasan and Kufa, Battle of Bassorah - Negotiations, Battle of Bassorah - The recruited besiegers of Uthman in Ali's army, Battle of Bassorah - Further negotiations, Battle of Bassorah - Surprise attack, Battle of Bassorah - End of the battle, Battle of Bassorah - Losses in the battle, Battle of Bassorah - The booty, Battle of Bassorah - Aisha retires to Medina, Battle of Bassorah - External sites

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The Ship of Theseus problem is a question that is not receivable because of the mismatch between the domain of the question and the domain of the subject matter it is applied to. Let us review the three main knowledge domains of concern here: A, the real ontological universe that exists and happens by itself; B, our reality or how we experience the real universe ...

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Identity and change, Identity and change - Change, Identity and change - Problem of change, Identity and change - The Ship of Theseus, Identity and change - Leibniz's solution, Identity and change - Pragmatic solution, Identity and change - Identity and change in conscious beings, Identity and change - The ship of Theseus problem: a non-receivable question, Identity and change - Update

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This chapter tells of how the closest living person to the Artifact upon its arrival becomes the Living Receiver, a person Roberta believes is chosen to help guide the loop to its proper conclusion and avoid doomsday. It however escapes her how or why a particular Receiver is chosen, but she states that the person often ends up with supernatural abilities as an aid to help them in their task. Among the ones mentioned in the book, Donnie exhibits superhuman strength (being able to lodge an axe into a solid bronze statue), as well as two other powers being allegorical more than anything; the ability to conj ...

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Philosophy of Time Travel, Philosophy of Time Travel - Foreword, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter One: The Tangent Universe, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Two: Water and Metal, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Four: The Artifact and the Living, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Six: The Living Receiver, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Seven: The Manipulated Living, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Ten: The Manipulated Dead, Philosophy of Time Travel - Chapter Twelve: Dreams

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Internet Faxing requires signing up with an service provider that translates the email to and from a fax. See a partial list of vendors below. Other names for Internet Faxing include online fax, email to fax and e-faxing. The benefits of Web Faxing and Internet Faxing over traditional Fax machines are many: No Fax hardware to maintain (that's right, you do not need a Fax machine) No Ink to purchase (you'll still need printer ink to print faxes sometimes) You can send and receive multiple Faxes at the sam ...

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Internet fax, Internet fax - Internet fax allows you to receive and send traditional faxes over the internet via email and the web., Internet fax - How does Internet Faxing Work?, Internet fax - How do you receive a fax via Internet Fax?, Internet fax - What happens now?, Internet fax - See Also, Internet fax - Internet Fax Service Providers Not a complete list

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An enemy of Cortés, whom a writer of the time cites as "Alarcón", making a clear allusion to Las Sergas de Esplandián, a chivalric novel that was very popular at the time, facetiously named the inhospitable lands as California to hurt Cortés for having failed in his third journey of exploration, when Cortés tried unsuccessfully to establish a colony in La Paz on the recently discovered Baja California Peninsula. It was stated on a royal charter that this land belonged to Cortés. Today the name California is ...

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Origin of the name California, Origin of the name California - Song of Roland, Origin of the name California - Las Sergas de Esplandián, Origin of the name California - The legendary island fourth carta de relación of Hernán Cortés, Origin of the name California - The abandoned lands receive the name of California and Hernán Cortés enters history as their discoverer., Origin of the name California - Other origins

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To receive digital terrestrial television, a British viewer simply needs to buy a set-top box (prices start at under £30) or an interegrated digital television (IDTV). Some set-top boxes are also personal video recorders, allowing viewers to record programmes from digital terrestrial television onto a hard disk. All services apart from the Top Up TV channels and Red Hot TV are available for free to everyone with the ability to them (though not all services may be available to those with poor reception). The free ch ...

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Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Receiving digital terrestrial television in the UK, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Features, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - History, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - List of digital terrestrial channels, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Television channels, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Radio stations, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - The multiplexes, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex 1, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex 2, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex A, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex B, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex C, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Multiplex D, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Use of multiplexing technology, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - New compression technology, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - New channel launches, Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom - Future changes

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The criteria for the Lord Strathcona Medal are found in the Cadet Administrative and Training Order (CATO) 13-16. The criteria is the following: have a high level of physical fitness; have attended at least one summer training course: (1) of six weeks duration for Sea Cadets and Army Cadets; or (2) of three weeks duration for Air Cadets; have qualified to a training level not below: (1) Petty Officer 2nd Class in Sea Cadets; (2) Silver Star in the A ...

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Donald Alexander Smith 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Description, Donald Alexander Smith 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Norm to receive this medal, Donald Alexander Smith 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Presentation of the Lord Strathcona Medal

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Don Alonso made no serious effort to save his mother-in-law from the persecution she suffered at the hands of Philip II. His correspondence is full of whining complaints of poverty, and appeals to the king for pecuniary favors. In 1581 he was created a knight of the Golden Fleece, and was named captain-general of Lombardy. By pressing supplications to the king he got himself exempted on the ground of poverty and poor health. Don Alonso was also the patron of don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza who wrote the premier text on the ...

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Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia - Origins of the Guzmán Family, Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia - Betrothal and Marriage, Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia - Honors Received, Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia - In Command of the Armada, Alonso de Guzman El Bueno 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia - Later Years

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Ever since their inception in 1928, the Academy Awards (the "Oscars") have been seen as the most significant of the film award ceremonies. The first film to dominate an Oscars ceremony was Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1935. It was the first film to win five awards. Moreover it won the "Oscar grand slam" by winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay—a feat that has been r ...

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Films that have been considered the greatest ever, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Films acclaimed in audience polls, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Biggest box office successes, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Worldwide highest grossing films Not adjusted for inflation[4], Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Prior highest-grossing films, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Highest USA grossing film adjusted for inflation, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Films that have received the most Academy Awards, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Films that are considered the greatest in their particular genre, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Animation, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Comedy, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Concert, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Disaster, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Documentary, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Epic, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Film noir, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Horror/thriller, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Musical, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Propaganda, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Romance, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Science fiction, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Silent, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - War, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Western, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - In particular countries, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Australia, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Canada, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - China, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Finland, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - France, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Germany, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - India, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - Japan, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - United Kingdom, Films that have been considered the greatest ever - United States

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Regenerative circuits were employed in early radio receivers, offering selectivity and sensitivity far beyond that available from a crystal radio receiver. Regenerative circuits were a great milestone in radio history. The secret to the regenerative radio receiver operation was the carefully controlled positive feedback. This also allowed the receiver to oscillate, allowing CW (Morse code) to be heard as beeps. The regenerative receiver is theoretically as sensitive as any radio can be, however, the adjustments are critical, and must be continuously monitored during listening. If ...

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Regenerative circuit, Regenerative circuit - Description, Regenerative circuit - Regenerative receiver, Regenerative circuit - Operating limits, Regenerative circuit - Super-regenerative receiver, Regenerative circuit - Coils, Regenerative circuit - Patents

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