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Anyone in the world By Alex G. Smith If you wanted to plan the perfect stag party what would that party include? Ultimately the decision is really yours. However, you may consider a few ideas. In order to know what a stag party consists of you need to first understand why these parties typically take place. These parties are for the most part meant to signify the transition between single life and married life. Some grooms-to-be would think of it as their last hurrah, and it usually involves quite a bit of wine, dancing, laughter fun, and plenty of temptation. Traditionally a man who is about to get married is supposed to be able to withstand the pressures of singlehood and see past it, to a beautiful future with his new wife-to-be. It does not always happen in such a smooth manner, and some men do make mistakes. Nevertheless, the stag party is just that-a celebration of saying goodbye to the bachelor life and saying hello to the life of a married man. There are many ingredients of a stag party that can make it exceptional. Some of the most popular would include fine dining, wine, and perhaps a toast with champagne. Quite a few stag party groups will also rent limos so they can transport themselves from place to place in style. Furthermore, they often sleep in the finest hotel accommodations, enjoying room service, a scenic mountain view, or whatever fancies the group the most-especially the groom, for this is his special celebration. There are many different types of stage weekend celebrations, and some of these also include daytime activities. For example, some men prefer to take part in windsurfing, or they may enjoy waterskiing. Some men like a stag party to be casual and some like it to be formal. Some of the best stag parties have included both formal and informal activities. Stag parties are very much a European thing, but they are very similar celebrations as the American bachelor party celebration. They all include the most important stag weekend party ingredient of all-fun. Additional stag party activities that many people participate in include horseback riding (and horse racing), clay pigeon shooting, quad bike racing, go cart racing, or golfing. Stag party attendees can be participants of these events as well as spectators, whichever suits them more. Usually a stag weekend package includes everything that makes a stag celebration successful. Oh, one of the most important of all stag party ingredients is probably the beautiful women that a stag party group will talk to and even mingle with. This is where the temptation comes in and where the groom is allowed a little fun, within reason. Generally the groom is allowed to look but not touch-or at least not touch too much. Another very important ingredient of a stag party is that it is well-planned, and that the party-goers are flexible. A good best man or party planner will be able to create a tentative itinerary with some possible second activity choices in case of a change in plans, or in the event that someone does not go exactly as planned. Even if a grooms best man or other attendant is not exactly the best planner, they can still organize the whole event. Planning a stag party is incredibly easy with the use of the Internet. Stag party locations can be researched this way and reservations can be made. Entire pre-planned party packages are also available. Alex works for Stag Party organisers, Stag Party, who are european stag party specialists, who arrange tailored stag and hen party events around the UK and Europe. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Alex_G._Smith http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Perfect-Stag-Party-Ingredients&id=388268 sba loan guarantees
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Anyone in the world By Jonathan F. Barney What Do Mormons Believe? Do Mormons really believe that? Dont Mormons ? I have heard all these questions in all their infinite iterations. They both delight and exacerbate me. I enjoy it when someone sincerely and honestly asks to learn more about my faith. I enjoy it when they ask me to clarify a misunderstanding they have had about Mormons and Mormonism. It gives me the opportunity to explain what Mormons really believe and what we practice. Yet sometimes, I am both saddened and frustrated by the questioning because of the endless misinformation and concerted attacks that are made against Mormons. There are too few attempts made to understand honestly what Mormons believe or what the Mormon missionaries teach. There are too many patronizing dismissals of Mormon doctrine and theology as unworthy of serious consideration or beneath the rudest contempt. Finally, there are too many people content merely to categorize and reshuffle their preconceptions and prejudices and claim that they have seriously thought the matter over. What is needed are patience, understanding, and above all, a charitable outlook. Saint Augustine long ago noted that sometimes to understand, a person must first believe. I will allow something further: sometimes to understand, you must at minimum analyze the information as a believer. Read the Quran as a Muslim and the Book of Mormon as a Mormon, assuming you wish to understand what a Muslim or a Mormon thinks. To understand a religious outlook, it is best to understand and build from the assumptions a religious person would have. To do otherwise would be to attempt building an edifice on the wrong foundation. True, scholarly discourse allows for analyzing texts from multiple perspectives, but if the goal is to understand the faith and life of the believer, then you must undertake to read as a believer would. On no other basis can you begin to understand anothers point of view and hence begin a dialogue. Values, behavior, points of view, and so forth are dependent upon the assumptions, often a priori, of the individual. While certain values and behaviors, such as honesty and honor, are the logical outcomes of many possible foundations, some values, such as the practice of polygamy, are specific to certain worldviews. I see frequently in cross-cultural and cross-religious discourse such unamiable discourse. Mormonism, because of its unique and separate history, has developed its religious vocabulary with some independence and linguistic idiosyncrasy. As a Mormon missionary I frequently reflected how those with whom I discussed religious ideas often used the same vocabulary with different meanings or different vocabulary with similar meanings. These conversations often reminded me of the possibly apocryphal tale about the completion of the transcontinental railroad. As both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific were paid by the mile, both had incentive to build as much as possible and as they neared each other in northern Utah, they found that they were not going to meet. One of the two needed to tear up some of their track, eat the cost, and adjust so that the railroad could meet. Neither side would; and so they continued building parallel tracks in the desert, going slowly nowhere. Conversations are often similar. People have parallel conversations, completely and arrogantly unaware of the many linguistic misfires or the prosaic mondegreens. Some have tried to claim that Mormons have usurped or stolen Christian vocabulary, as if words could be proprietary. Instead, they read Mormon scriptures like the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants using their own definitions of grace, salvation, God, and so forth and then cry triumphantly that they have found a contradiction! They fail to realize or to understand that the written word is often slippery, referring to a multitude of ideas and forms, the quintessence of which one word can only scarcely begin to hint at. The Prophet Joseph Smith once remarked that words were insufficient to truly explain the things of God, but that they were all we really had. So, to compensate for such explicative dearth, we throw volumes of words hoping thereby that some passage will convey the ineffable truth or that somewhere in the mass and morass of detail, a truer image of the world we are trying to explain emerges. By delimiting artificial boundaries and freezing the conversation about what faith, grace, and salvation mean, ignorant or evil-designing critics hope to exclude what they never attempted to understand. That being said, it is important to understand the fundamentals about Mormon beliefs and worldviews, in order to understand the so-called deep doctrines, a phrase with which I personally disagree, at least as it is usually applied. For many people, deep doctrines, refers to arcane and futile questions such the origin of God, the nature of angels, or the process of the resurrection. I prefer to follow Jesus who taught that the deeply important doctrines, what he called the weightier matters of the law, are law, judgment, mercy, and faith (Matthew 23:23). Mercy and faith, and one might add hope and charity, are the true deep doctrines. Returning from that desultory discourse, we must discover what the fundamental teachings of Mormonism are and only then, with proper context being established, can an outsider begin to understand Mormon teachings on morality, family life, temples, and so forth. I will not here undertake a comprehensive overview of Mormon doctrine, but will rather establish what I believe to be its base. It is best to begin with the beginning (at least as far as we are concerned on this earth): God, the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. God, in Mormon doctrine, is the Father of the spirits of all humans. All mankind are the offspring of Eternal, Divine Parents who created our spirits before this earth was fashioned. Our relationship to them is that of children to parents. Man has therefore a literal divine heritage. We are eternal beings, existing before this life, and continuing after it pausing here merely to learn what we can. Our identities and personalities are eternal. A Mormon scripture teaches that, Man was also in the beginning with God (D&C 93:29). The Bible teaches that man was made in Gods image. In Mormonism this refers both to the physical and mental form, though God being exalted and perfect far surpasses man both physically and mentally. His knowledge and power are limitless and he exists outside of what we call time. God, perceiving that he was surrounded by spirits with infinite potential, proposed to them that an earth be made upon which mankind could obtain physical bodies and the necessary experience to grow and learn. The Book of Mormon teaches us that, it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things (2 Nephi 2:11). This opposition is didactic. Without contrast, man could not learn and thus could not choose. Darkness is meaningless without light. So an earth was created and man was placed upon it in an innocent state. Hence the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was placed in opposition to the Tree of Life that man might choose. In Mormonism, the Fall of Adam and Eve is really a step forward. The Book of Mormon further teaches that, Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy (2 Nephi 2:25). Man had to come to this fallen earth to see the contrast between happiness and sorrow, pain and pleasure, good and evil. This is mans agency and it is also his damnation for inevitably he chooses wrong and must face the consequences. Some have tried to say that agency, sometimes called free will, as mentioned in Mormon scriptures means that a person can do whatever he or she chooses, but that is not true. The Book of Mormon teaches clearly that the choice which lies before man is not absolute, unfettered freedom, but a choice between freedom and captivity. Following God is freedom, following Satan is captivity. Sin, which Jesus described as a master and its performers as slaves, robs a person of freedom. A person enmeshed in drugs, sexual sins, and lies is not free, but a slave to his or her appetites. True freedom, ironically, comes from learning to restrain oneself. An analogy may be made to a cliff. A person standing near the precipice is free to remain or jump, but having made the decision to jump, he relinquishes his power to determine his fate, for he has chosen and now the natural laws of the universe will determine his outcome. A person is free to take drugs, but once he begins that course, he slowly becomes an addict and loses his freedom. Thus, man is not absolutely free as some would have it, but must realize that actions have consequences that cannot be avoided. That is agency in Mormonism. Man is slow to learn, and while he has been placed on this earth created to be a probation for him, he has of course fallen. It is important to note that in Mormonism, man is not inherently evil; there is no original sin born in man. The sin, or error, which man has as part of his fallen nature is to be weak and susceptible to sin, but not inherently to be sinful. Man can become, through his choices, sinful over and beyond the normal human weakness, but this is not the same as being born sinful. Children are in Mormon belief born innocent, redeemed from the Fall and free to choose their own path as circumstances permit. However, poor choices are inevitable and they have their natural consequences. In Mormonism there are two deaths, which may be better understood as separations: Physical Death, the separation of the body and spirit; and Spiritual Death, the separation of the spirit from God. All mankind faces both because of our fallen, weak natures, but all these may be overcome by Jesus Christ through his Atonement, or vicarious sacrifice, which provides the means to overcome spiritual and physical death. Joseph Smith, the Prophet, said: The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols. 3:30). For Mormons, the Atonement comprises Jesus Christs vicarious sacrifice that reconciles mankind to God and overcomes physical death through the resurrection of the body. The body, it should be noted, is not something to be either ashamed of or to disparage, but is a gift and a necessary step in our eternal, spiritual development. Jesus Atonement comprises his suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane through his Crucifixion, to his eventual Resurrection three days later. This act is the central event in human history and is central to mans relationship to God. Jesus is mans mediator between justice and mercy, between the requirements of the law and the love of the Father. Earthly life, while isolated in some respects from our eternal existence, is really a part of it. Life here is a probationary state where man can learn about himself through his experience. All mankind will be resurrected through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and will be brought to stand before God for judgment. Only those who have exercised faith in Jesus Christ, repented of their sins and errors, and covenanted with God through baptism and endured to the end in righteousness trusting in Jesus Christ will inherit Eternal Life. This judgment does not look for a list of good deeds and performances, but at who we have become through our deeds. God is merciful and this Mercy balances out His Justice. Everyone will be judged on the basis of their opportunities to learn truth in this lifetime. They will be judged by what they did with what they had; hence the person with two talents has just as much chance as he who has five (to reference the parable). The ultimate realization of the faithful is that through Gods grace and mercy, mankind can obtain Eternal Life which means that we become like God and live with Him and His Christ. This is a gift to the faithful whose efforts, weak and insufficient though they may be, have demonstrated their desire and essential worthiness to inherit Eternal Life. These events, the Creation, the Fall, the Atonement, and the Resurrection and Judgment represent in Mormonism the Plan of Salvation, instituted by God and fulfilled by Jesus Christ to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man (Moses 1:39). Nothing else Mormons believe or do will make sense, unless this plan is understood. From it stems Mormon beliefs about pre-existence, temples and temple work, baptism for the dead, and eternal families. Most Mormons, however, do not spend their days wondering and worrying about the details of becoming like god, or how precisely the dead will be judged; most Mormons concern themselves, as do most people, with trying to become a better person, learning to serve others, and growing in their faith and dedication to God. Mormonism is a religion of praxis more than of orthodoxy and a Mormon is defined amongst his fellow Mormons more by what he does than by what he believes. This subtle shift in emphasis from doctrine to practice is very important for understanding Mormonism. Mormons do not speak of orthodox or pious Mormons, but of practicing or active Mormons. Within the world of Mormonism, there is much discussion and some disagreement about matters of doctrine and history, excepting certain basic concepts such as the divinity of Jesus Christ or the fatherhood of God. What defines Mormonism is the search for unity and love, and the goal to better oneself, ones neighbors and ones society by bringing all closer to God. The things of God, Joseph Smith once said, can only be understood as we experience them in our lives by following Gods commandments and serving ones fellow man. Gods work, according to Mormons, is to save all mankind, if they will let Him, and a person can grow closer to God by serving his fellow mankind and hence doing the work of God, than through any other way. I will conclude with one final exposition on an important Mormon theme: prophets and the spirit of prophecy. Towards the end of the Book of Mormon, the prophet Mormon, for whom the book is named, discourses on discerning good and evil. He asks pointedly: [H]ow is it possible that ye can lay hold upon every good thing? (Moroni 7:20) The answer, he says, begins with faith. God, being omniscient, sends his messengers, angels, to earth to teach and minister to men, but not all men and women can receive them because of lack of faith. Mormon says: God also declared unto prophets, by his own mouth, that Christ should come. And behold, there were divers ways that he did manifest things unto the children of men, which were good; and all things which are good cometh of Christ; otherwise men were fallen, and there could no good thing come unto them (Moroni 7:23-24). Through the words and revelations given to prophets such as Noah, Moses, Enoch, Isaiah, and so on, people began to have faith in God and through faith, which is gift of the Holy Spirit which constitutes that invigorating belief and trust in God, mankind began to have hope. Through hope, a person can endure any trial here on earth and as one Book of Mormon prophet wrote, hope becomes an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God (Ether 12:4). Prophets have the mission to teach the Plan of Salvation and hope that comes through faith in Christ. Through faith and hope, as Paul teaches, a person can obtain love or charity for others. Prophets have been called throughout human history to preach repentance and faith to mankind. While most people want to go straight to the so-called deep doctrines, doing so neglects faith, hope, charity, love, mercy, justice, and so on, the true deep doctrines and mysteries of God. It takes but a few minutes to read all that has been written about the supposed deep things like the nature of angels and the exaltation of mankind, but one can read eternally the inspired teachings about the true mysteries of godliness and even then only begin to understand them. Without love, the Book of Mormon teaches, a person is as nothing before God. So, it is the mission of the prophets to exemplify love, obedience to God, and to encourage and inspire faith and hope in others. For Mormons, the spirit of prophecy has not yet ceased as Paul foretold it would, for there are still many to teach and it will not cease until every creature God has created has heard and had a chance to believe. Then He who is perfect will come and faith and hope in God and in the future will no longer be needed, because knowledge and eternal peace will have come. Jonathan F. Barney is a graduate student at Princeton University where he hopes to finish a Master's Degree in Near Eastern Studies. 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Anyone in the world By Daniel Kitts Handmade copper candle shields, otherwise known as Luminaries, are an artistic and beautiful way of adding a rustic atmosphere to any home. This project is easy to do and looks great when you are finished. There are an endless amount of different tools you can use to decorate your copper foil luminary, but here are the necessities: Youll need copper foil about .005-.010 thick (30-40 gauge), metal-cutting scissors, a hole punch, and fasteners to keep the copper foil in a cylindrical shape. Some optional supplies can include needle-nose pliers, handheld lighter, an old ballpoint pen or stylus for embossing, permanent inkpad, rubber stamps, various stencils, paints suited for metals, decorative scissors and a soft pad or a magazine for embossing the copper foil. To start the project, you will need to cut a 6x12 inch section out of the copper foil. You can use decorative scissors to cut the top and bottom edges of the copper foil, as it will give the luminary an additional artistic touch. Next, place the copper foil on a flat surface and use some type of smoothing tool to iron out any unwanted wrinkles in the copper. An old credit card will work well. Now, it is time for the decoration. There are endless possibilities with this project, but Ill give you an option that you can follow if you like. You can use rubber stamps with permanent ink to imprint a design on the copper. Then, emboss the designs into the copper foil by making an indentation along the design with a stylus or an old ballpoint pen. You can color the copper foil by heating it with a common lighter or a candle. While heating the copper foil, avoid allowing the heat to concentrate on only one point. Keep the heat moving around the copper foil. It only takes a few seconds for the copper to change color; if you heat it for much longer, the copper will lose all its color and simply turn silver. Also, it is a good idea to use pliers to hold the copper foil over the heat source. Copper conducts heat very well and it will get very hot. You can also paint the copper foil with metal paints. However, NEVER paint before burning. Most paints are flammable and should not be exposed to open flame. Once the decoration is finished, you can start to punch holes in the copper foil to let the candlelight shine through. I suggest using an 1/8 inch diameter for these holes. Try to space the holes evenly throughout the copper foil. If you want more light to shine through your luminary, punch more holes in your design. Also, it adds a nice touch if you use decorative hole punches. Now you need to form the copper foil into a cylinder. First, punch three holes on one of the short sides (in this example the 6 side) about a quarter inch from the edge. The holes at the top and bottom should be about a half inch into the copper foil. Next, carefully form the cylinder and overlap the edges about a quarter of an inch. Using a permanent marker, mark where the next holes should be made. Then punch the copper foil where indicated. After the holes have been punched, use the fasteners to hold the copper foil in place, forming a cylinder. Now place the copper shield over a candle and enjoy watching the light dance across the room. In closing, here are some safety tips: never leave a flame unattended, wear gloves while handling copper foil to protect against the sharp edges, always heat the copper foil outside or in a well-ventilated room and always have a fire extinguisher handy as a precaution. Enjoy your handcrafted copper luminary! Daniel Kitts is VP of Sales and Marketing at Storm Copper Components Co. a distributor fabricated copper products. For more information on copper foil visit our website. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daniel_Kitts http://EzineArticles.com/?Copper-Foil-Luminaries---Making-Your-Own&id=525850 credit card cash advance
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Anyone in the world By Bonnie Moss We live in a society of gadgets and gizmos,
of toys and more toys, of things that evoke
feelings of luxury, style and class.This is
available to almost everyone, not just a
privileged few. Welcome to the 21st century. No other time of the year is it more prevalent,
conspicuous and aggressively promoted than
during the Christmas season. Thanks to advances in technology, the airwaves,
the print and electronic media are flooded with
advertisements that appeal to society in general,
to people from all walks of life. There is something
for everyone. After all, producers of all goods and
services have YOU in mind. Open any newspaper or magazine and indulge
yourself with endless advertisements, appealing,
titillating and surely tempting. You cant miss it.
Its almost in every page, it glares you in the face. Turn on the computer and you can access more
goods and services at the click of a mouse. Add to
this endless ads and banners meant to whet your
appetite for things you dont need and pay for with
money you dont have. The young generation is brought up in this era
of consumerism. They are introduced to a high
maintenance lifestyle at a very young age. Gone
are the days when shopping for children was
fun. A time when it did not take much to make
their young hearts happy. Life was simpler. Times have surely changed. The trappings of the
good life is no longer the sole privilege of the
wealthy. Comfort, travel, wheels, homes,luxury
items, name it,it is within the reach of anyone
who is willing to go into debt. Take a look at overstuffed closets, pantries,
shelves, garage and any space available for
storage. Take a closer look at your overfilled
refrigerator, half of the food is barely touched!
Yet, you keep buying more food that will probably
end up in the garbage. This is just the beginning of the practice of
conspicuous consumption of our society. In the name
of convenience, there are more and more gadgets for
the home introduced faster than one can pay off
existing debt. However, going into debt is
not a deterrent. It is no longer a matter of meeting a need, the
want list gets longer and longer. Each member of
a family has their own want list. Technology is wonderful. It allows man to take
great strides in all fields of endeavor, faster
and more accurate than our forbears. Technology
makes it possible for man to explore space, the
depths of the ocean, the untrodden parts of this
earth. Through technology,man has made incredible
advances in science and the medical field. Add to
this the revolution and globalization in communication.
Technology is of great benefit to mankind. It is very much a part of our daily lives. There is
a downside- man wants more of the convenience that
technology offers. It fuels the imagination of both
producers and consumers. It stimulates the need
for more. It encourages the desire to pamper
oneself, and loved ones with more goods. Having more than what one needs promotes a sense
of living the good life. For every season, for every
occasion, the market offers boundless ideas and
endless flow of material goods. Beware, quality is
slipping down fast, as production and advertisement
are cranked up, some of the quality is compromised. The convenience that technology offers is hard to
ignore. How did we manage before, when most of the
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Anyone in the world By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Dulaney]John Dulaney Key Issues Looking ahead of 1990's, one could observe a very rapid expansion of global market in satellite communication into personal communication and new mobile satellite services, such as Personal Communication System (PCS) and Mobile satellite Services (MSS) respectively, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems, Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation, and new direct broadcast satellite services. LEO satellite services were introduced towards the end of 1990's, and the growth depended on the competitive factors. The conventional Fixed Satellite services (FSS) and Maritime Mobile Satellite Services (MMSS) grew steadily but not as before. Optical fiber cables, now forming a greater part of this communication revolution through out the world, severely challenged the fixed satellite services. Very high data rates, similar to High Dynamic Range (HDR) graphics, which requires greater than 155Mb per second of data transfer, which required excellent signal conditioning, were being carried by the fiber optics cables. Fiber optic cables have a better performance than satellites, having much less time delay in transmission. It was a time when satellite services needed to prove its advantage on HDR applications and networking, having a more modest data rates, for example T1=1.5Mb per second. A T-1 line actually consists of 24 individual channels, each of which supports up-to 64Kbits per second data rate. The advantages include, wide area coverage, distance insensitivity, flexibility, multiple access and destination capabilities and economy. Although much of the HDR traffic, such as multi-channel telephone trunks, from satellites to cables, will be transmitted through fiber optics cables, new opportunities opened up for HDR satellites to carry HDTV picture signal distribution, and also support the emerging field of Distributed High Performance Computing (DHPC). To gain access to this application market, HDR satellites needed to be developed and deployed commercially. It was clear by now that the world of satellite communication was changing fast and threats existed for fixed satellite services, while new opportunities opened up in mobile, broadcast and personal services. Presently, the US leadership in satellite communication is being challenged, while it was undoubtedly the leader of such technology and was an agent of the changes in the past. There are reasons as to why there has been a bleak assessment of the future of US in satellite communication technology. The important reasons include, the governments reduced role, lagging R&D effort, lack of systems conceptualisation, non-focusing of effort in new applications, and lack of effective industrial liaison and co-operation. On record, the assessment shows that during 1970's and 1980's there was extremely limited activity in US in the area of satellite communications projects, while there were frequent diverse research programs that were going on in Europe and Japan. Although these projects are of a different technology and much less budgeted than the US ones, the overall impression of US losing ground in the area of satellite communication is essentially correct. The setting up of policy, planning, and supporting industrial development in different countries varies widely, with the governments of each country playing a key role in such activities. The policies and planning of the governments in Europe and Japan are far more aggressive than that of US, with the resources for such development being far more deployed. In-fact, in the last ten years, NASA has spent much less in satellite communication than its counterparts, the Japanese National Space Development Agency (NASDA) or the European Space Agency (ESA), although NASA's total budget is many times greater. Satellite Communication Technologies A brief discussion, relating to the assessment of satellite communication technology, is presented here. The Antenna System A component of active transmitter and receiver, the antenna is a transducer between electromagnetic waves in space and voltages or currents in a transmission line. The receiving antenna transforms the receiving radio waves into electrical signals which are processed for necessary information. 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Here there is a limitation on this power. A battery bank and solar cell panels, provide power to the onboard satellite systems. The solar panels are active during the sun-light times, as it powers the satellite systems and charges the battery bank as well. In dark the solar system cannot work and the battery bank starts to provide the generation. A dark situation occurs when the Earth comes in-between the satellite and the Sun, when the battery bank switches on to supply the power required. In order to know more about antenna, let us now look at some of the terms used in defining an antenna characteristic. First, the radio signals received or transmitted by an antenna is related as frequencies and expressed in Hertz (Hz). Frequency has been names as Hertz (Hz), after Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1847-1894), who was first to transmit and receive radio waves. Hertz is a measure of the frequency and denotes the number of cycles that a signal undergoes in a second. For example, if a signal makes a complete cycle in one second, that is measured as 1Hz. As for the term Bandwidth in the concept of radio communication, the difference between the highest frequency signal component and its lowest one, in terms of Hz, is the spectrum which is called the bandwidth of the signal. A typical voice signal has a bandwidth of 3 kHz, that is to say that the frequency of a voice lies within 3 kilo hertz bandwidth, where-as the TV signal has a bandwidth of 6MHz, some 2,000 times as wide as the voice. In here, k and M denote kilo and Mega respectively. For understanding, the table below provides the conversions: Table 1 I kHz 1000 Hz
1MHz 1000 kHz
1 GHz 1000 MHz Where, k = Kilo
M = Mega
G = Giga Staying in the subject of bandwidth, generally three types of bandwidths are utilised in satellite communication and these are, Ku-band, L-band and C-band. The Ku-band uses frequencies from 14 Giga Hertz to 14.5 Giga Hertz (see Table 1), for up-linking signals from the Earth stations to the satellite and 11.7GHz and 12.7GHz and for down-linking from the satellite to the Earth stations. It has been mentioned above, that receiving and transmitting frequencies, to and from the satellite are kept wide apart, to avoid any interference between the two. The higher frequencies, Ku-band frequencies are significantly more susceptible to signal quality problems caused by rainfalls. This is known as "rain-fading." L-band frequencies range from 390MHz to 1,55GHz. Satellite communication and terrestrial communications between satellite equipment uses this band of frequencies. L-band higher frequencies are less susceptible to rain-fading compared to Ku-band signals. The original frequency band allocated for satellite communication is the C-band frequency, which uses 3.7GHz to 4.2Ghz for down-linking signals to the Earth stations and 5.925GHz to 6.425Ghz for up-linking from the Earth stations. The lower frequency ranges in this band have a better performance under bad weather conditions than the Ku-band frequencies. Variations of C-band frequencies are being used in different parts of the world and these are classified as, Extended C-band, Super Extended C-Band, INSAT C-Band, etc. C-band requires a larger Earth station dish antenna, varying between 3 inches to 9 inches, depending on the design parameters. Reflector antennas are mostly used in traditional geostationary satellite, having applications in fixed satellite services (FSS) and maritime mobile satellite service (MMSS). These are used to link L-band, C-band and Ku-band, which require high gain antennas with parabolic dish structure. A reflector antenna is the one which has a spherical wave-front, which means that the radiations of the signals from the antenna are spherical in nature, one in which the energy spreads out in all directions away from the antenna and produces a pattern that is not very directional. A parabolic antenna is specifically used for high directivity. These antennas are illuminated by a set of "feed" antennas or indirectly through a system of sub-reflectors. A feed antenna will generally consist of a horn type structure, having electronics components for signal amplifications and signal conditioning circuitry. This feed antenna is mounted at the absolute center of the dish reflector antenna, with the horn facing the center of the dish. There could be multiple horns in such feed antenna. Most of the Low Earth Orbit satellites have space constraint to have any of the type of parabolic antennas. Instead they have antennas which are known as "Whip Antenna." 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