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Spätzle Template:IPA-de (Swabian diminutive plural of Spatz, thus literally "little sparrows", also Spätzli or Chnöpfli in Switzerland or Knöpfle or Hungarian nokedli or galuska) are a kind of soft egg noodle or dumpling found in the cuisines of southern Germany and Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Alsace and South Tyrol.
The linguistic origin[1] of Spätzle is debated. Literally translated, Spätzle means "little sparrows".
Before the invention and use of mechanical devices to make these noodles, they were shaped by hand or with a spoon and the results resembled Spatzen (plural of Spatz, meaning sparrows, sparrow is Spatz or Sperling in German; Spätzle is the diminutive of Spatz, unchanged in plural).
Knöpfle means "small buttons" and describes the compact form of this spätzle variety.
The geographic origin of spätzle is not precisely known; various regions claim to be the originators of this noodle. Written mention of Spätzle has been found in documents dating from 1725, although medieval illustrations are believed to place this noodle at an even earlier date.[2] Noodles more generally have a history extending back 4,000 years in East Asia and at least 2,000 years in Europe (see Noodle and Pasta).
Today, in Europe spätzle are largely considered a "Swabian speciality"[3] and are generally associated with the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The total estimated annual commercial production of spätzle in Germany is approximately 40,000 tons.[4] Pre-made spätzle are also available internationally from companies such as Maggi, a division of Nestlé.[5]
Spätzle dough typically consists of few ingredients, principally eggs, flour, and salt. The Swabian rule-of-thumb is to use one more egg than the number of persons who'll eat the spätzle. Often, water is added to produce a thinner dough,[6] but care needs to be taken. The flour traditionally used for spätzle is a coarse type known as Dunstmehl, similar to US "first clear" or Czech hrubá[verification needed] type, which gives a chewier texture but can produce a dough too crumbly for scraping if no water is added, particularly when cutting short on eggs for health reasons. If fine ("all-purpose") flour and the full complement of eggs are used, all fat and moisture in the dough is derived from these, and water is rarely necessary.
Traditionally, Spätzle are made by scraping long, thin strips of dough off a wooden (sometimes wet) chopping board (Spätzlebrett) into boiling salted water where they cook until they rise to the surface. Altogether, the dough should thus be as viscous as to slowly flow apart if cut into strips with a knife, yet hold the initial shape for some seconds. If dropped into boiling water, the albumen will congeal quickly in the boiling water, while the yolk will keep the dough succulent. After the noodles have become firm, they are skimmed and put aside.
Since this can be a cumbersome way to prepare spätzle, several devices were invented to facilitate cooking that resemble a strainer or colander, potato ricer (Spätzlepresse), food mill or coarse grater (Spätzlehobel). As with scraped Spätzle, the dough drops into the boiling water. Those instruments that use muscle pressure in addition to gravity can be used with a firmer dough; that for a Spätzlehobel should be as "runny" as the one for scraping.
Dough varieties
For certain specialty dishes, the dough may be enriched with minced pork liver (resulting in Leberspätzle), spinach, or finely grated cheese.
Commercial products
Commercially made noodles marketed as spätzle may bear little resemblance to handmade spätzle, being more or less regular in shape and more solid in mouthfeel. Most popular are dried spätzle that are cooked in boiling water like ordinary egg noodles. Pre-cooked Spätzle have become available as well in supermarket refrigerators.
Spätzle typically accompany meat dishes prepared with an abundant sauce or gravy, such as Zwiebelrostbraten, Sauerbraten or Rouladen. In Hungary spätzle often are used in soup. Spätzle also are used as a primary ingredient in dishes including:
- Savory
- Linsen, Spätzle und Saitenwürstle: Spätzle with lentils and fine-skinned, frankfurter-style sausages.
- Käsespätzle: Spätzle mixed with grated cheese (typically Emmenthaler) and fried onion.
- Gaisburger Marsch: Traditional Swabian beef stew.
- Krautspätzle: Spätzle mixed with sauerkraut, onion, butter and spices such as marjoram and/or caraway.
- Spätzle mit Käse überbacken – Spätzle mixed with cheese and topped with paprika.
- Leberspätzle
- Spinatspatzeln (Tyrolean dialect): Spätzle which also contain spinach as one of the ingredients; a speciality of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
- Sweet
- Kirschspätzle: Spätzle mixed with fresh cherries, dressed with clarified, browned butter, sugar and cinnamon and/or nutmeg. In Allgäu, this is served as a one-dish supper in late summer.
- Apfelspätzle: Spätzle with grated apples in the dough, dressed with clarified, browned butter, sugar, and cinnamon. In Allgäu, this is served as a one-dish supper in autumn.
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Home-made thin spätzle with lentils and sausage
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Käsespätzle (cheese Spätzle), Spaetzle with cheese and onions
- Spinatspatzeln.jpg
See also
- Schupfnudel
- Klöße, larger dumplings
- Halušky, eastern European equivalent of spätzle
- Gnocchi, similar Italian dumplings/noodles
- Passatelli, similar Italian noodles made with bread crumbs in place of flour
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spaetzle.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spaetzle makers.


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A program that enabled patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or other major cardiovascular risk factors to self-manage their hypertension reduced their systolic blood pressure, researchers found.
Those with baseline blood pressure of at least 130/80 mm Hg who were randomized to blood pressure self-monitoring and self-titration of hypertension medications had a significantly lower mean systolic blood pressure after one year compared with those randomized to usual care (9.2 mm Hg reduction, (95% CI 5.7-12.7), Richard J. McManus, PhD, from the University of Oxford, and colleagues, reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
They estimated that the reduction would be associated with about a 30% reduction in stroke risk, should it be sustained.
In an accompanying editorial, Peter M. Nilsson, MD, PhD, of Lund University in Sweden, stated that the findings represent "an important gain in knowledge about efficacy and safety of self-titration of antihypertensive drugs."
"What makes the study of particular clinical importance is the recruitment of patients who were at high risk of cardiovascular disease and the demonstration that the patient-centered technique was safe with no increase in adverse events compared with traditional treatment in a randomized setting," wrote Nilsson along with co-author Fredrik H. Nystrom, MD, PhD, of Linkoping University in Linkoping, Sweden.
'Give Patients More Control'
In a 2010 study, McManus and colleagues showed that the self-monitoring, self-titration strategy lowered blood pressure more than usual care in lower risk, mostly younger hypertension patients.
McManus said the new research demonstrated that patients with hypertension and significant cardiovascular comorbidity can greatly reduce their blood pressure by self-monitoring, and following a pre-specified algorithm developed in consultation with a primary care physician.
He pointed out that even when hypertensive patients pay frequent visits to their healthcare providers, medications often aren't adjusted when blood pressure readings are not at target goals.
"We know that even in the best studies, action is taken only about half the time when a raised blood pressure is recorded," he said. "So our idea was to have a plan in place, and give patients more control so they can make a change when blood pressure is above a certain level."
Study Details
At entry into the study, the intervention patients met with their primary care physician to formulate a specific plan for adjusting their antihypertension treatment if their blood pressure remained high, McManus explained to MedPage Today.
During the 1-year trial, these patients were asked to take two daily morning blood pressure measurements the first week of every month, and adjust their treatment as previously agreed if weekly readings remained above target for 2 consecutive months.
The unblinded, randomized study originally included 552 patients who were at least 35 years old with a history of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stage 3 chronic kidney disease or coronary heart disease in addition to the aforementioned blood pressure readings.
Patients were excluded from the trial if they could not self-monitor, had blood pressure greater than 180/100 mm Hg, or if they were taking more than three antihypertensive medications. Patients who had experienced an acute cardiovascular event in the previous 3 months, or if they were being cared for by a specialist instead of a primary care physician, also were excluded.
Eligible patients were randomized between March and December of 2011 and were followed for 1 year.
Patients randomized to usual care booked an appointment for a routine blood pressure check and medication review with their family physician. After this, blood pressure measurements, targets, follow-up visits, and medication adjustments were at the discretion of the physician.
Patients randomized to self-management were trained to take their blood pressure using a validated monitor with self-titration of medication following a predetermined plan in two to three sessions lasting approximately 1 hour each. After training, the patients went to their family physicians to formulate an individualized three-step plan to either increase or add hypertensive medications if target goals were not met.
Patients took their blood pressure twice each morning for the first week of each month using simple color-coded instructions developed for the trial.
"Four or more blood pressure readings recorded during the measurement week for two consecutive months that were higher than target necessitated a change in medication pursuant to the predetermined plan," the researchers wrote. "Very high or very low readings (>180/100 mm Hg or <100 mm Hg systolic) required the participant to contact his/her practice."
During the study period, the office visit blood pressure measurement target was 130/80 mm Hg and the home measurement target was 120/75 mm Hg.
The patients attended two follow-up research clinics 6 and 12 months after randomization, and serial blood pressure measurements were performed using an electronic automated sphygmomanometer.
Primary outcomes data were available for 81% of the patients with most of the dropout occurred between baseline and 6 months; dropout was more common in the intervention group, the authors noted.
More Meds for Intervention Arm
There was little difference between the adjusted and unadjusted results, McManus and colleagues reported. After 12 months, there was a mean unadjusted systolic blood pressure difference of 9.2 mm Hg, and after multiple imputation for missing values the mean difference was 8.8 mm Hg (95% CI 4.9-12.7).
The mean unadjusted difference at 6 months in systolic blood pressure was 6.1 mm Hg (95% CI 2.9-9.3). The mean between-group difference in diastolic pressure was 3.0 mm Hg (95% CI 1.4-4.7) at 6 months and 3.4 mm Hg (95% CI 1.8-5.1) at 12 months.
Prescription of antihypertensive medications increased in both groups, but the increase was significantly greater in the intervention group. The main changes seen were in the prescription of calcium channel blockers and thiazides, which significantly increased in the intervention group compared with the control group.
They added that there was no significant difference in adverse symptoms related to treatment between the two groups.
The researchers noted that more than double the number of patients randomized were agreeable to self-management, as measured by the number attending eligibility screening. Controlled blood pressure was the main reason these patients were not included in the trial.
"Taken together, for patients outside of a trial situation, we estimate that the intervention might be suitable for about 20% [of high-risk patients]," they wrote.
McManus said studies suggest that between 30% and 40% of high-risk patients on antihypertensive medications in the U.K. already monitor their own blood pressure, and at least a third of patients in the U.S. do.
In addition to the higher than hoped for loss to follow up, study limitations included the fact that patients in the study were mostly white (roughly 96% of both groups) and highly educated (roughly 67% of the usual care and 70% of the intervention group had a professional certification or college degree).
"No difference in blood pressure reduction from the intervention was seen between subgroups examined, but this may reflect inadequate statistical power," the authors wrote.
In their commentary, Nilsson and Nystrom noted that the failure to specifically address which medications are appropriate for self titration was a study limitation, as was the fact that less than 8% of the patients invited to participate in the study were randomized.
While the study "does not settle all questions regarding self-titration based on self-measurement, it is an important step toward adaption of treatment for patients who want to actively take part in their own risk-factor control," they wrote. "Future trials studying the effects of self-titration on cardiovascular events are needed."
The study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) National School of Primary Care Research and the University of Birmingham.
McManus disclosed an NIHR career development fellowship and relevant relationships with Omron and Lloyds Healthcare.
Two co-authors disclosed relevant relationships with Healthstats, Microlife, and BP TRU. Other co-authors disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
Nilsson and Nystrom disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
Primary Source
Journal of the American Medical Association
Source Reference: McManus RJ, et al. "Effect of self-monitoring and medication self-titration on systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: the TASMIN-SR randomized clinical trial" JAMA 2014; 312: 799-808.
Secondary Source
Journal of the American Medical Association
Source Reference: Nilsson PM and Nystrom FH "Self-titration of antihypertensive therapy in high-risk patients: bringing it home" JAMA 2014; 312: 795-796.


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Hi Teensy Community,
"Making a Twin Engine RC Airplane Safe" - a Teensy project called TwinAir
(RC means Remote Control for anyone unsure)
Some background information
A friend and I have been flying model airplanes for about 15 years. We have always been a member of a local RC club and over the years we have watched numerous twin engine aircraft come and inevitably go (in a trash bag) after sadly crashing and breaking into many pieces. In almost all cases it has been due to one engine failing and the remaining engine taking the plane to the scene of the crash. This may surprise you (or maybe not!) that flying a twin engine RC airplane on a single engine is a non trivial task when you are standing potentially hundreds of meters away, however, with correct use it not only results in a higher performance platform but one that has a significantly greater chance of being able to return to the field and land in the event of the loss of one engine.
The solution for most RC fliers with twin aircraft is to simply cut the remaining engine in the event of a failure and "dead stick" land. While benefiting from the performance gain, the reliability and return offering a twin gives is lost. This is understandable because a high performance airplane will rapidly become uncontrollable without prompt and correct use of rudder. It will most likely enter an uncontrollable spin and roll while the user is confused as to which engine and which input needs to be applied.
In summary for twin RC aircraft:
- It is hard to know which engine has failed from a distance, made even harder if you can't hear the model due to other RC planes in the circuit at the same time
- Recognition of an engine failure and prompt and use of rudder is essential, again difficult to reliably achieve from a distance
- Engine failures at low speed, just after lift off are particularly vicious with powerful RC aircraft due to lack of inertia and a lot of excess power
- It is very easy to confuse an engine failure (and the associated yaw induced roll) as simply a conventional 'wing drop' and the natural tenancy is to use aileron to 'pick up' the wing when really rudder needs to be used instead.
A couple of years back my friend suggested we build a twin engine airplane and this got me thinking... A human simply isn't reliable enough to deal with the inevitable loss of engine that will happen at some point (glow engines stop running for all sorts of reasons) for the aforementioned reasons. Followed by the conclusion.... this task has to be completely delegated to a computer. The rudder input doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be about 80-90% right and the plane will continue to fly in a perfectly manageable way (100% would be ideal, I'll mention about that later on!).
Building the Plane
It turns out that myself and my friend are a good combination in the RC hobby field. He's a great engineer and builder. I am a mediocre computer enthusiast and programmer. During the winter of 2016/17 he set about designing and building the airframe from scratch using SolidWorks, his CNC mill, hot wire cutter, 3D printer, lathe and various other machining equipment. The result was what we affectionately refer to as The Prototype
This post is about the Teensy project so I won't mention more about the physical build process, that is for another post on another forum.
Developing the Software
During the winter of 2016/17 I started work on a system to manage everything I wanted to achieve. Fortunately I already owned a Teensy 3.1 so I started by using that. The list of desired features was fairly long, but the essential ones were as follows:
- PWM edges from the 8 output channels of the RC receiver have to be accurately timed
- Output/control of all servos
- Engine RPM
- Airspeed
- Ground logic through the use of a proximity sensor (possibly in future we will use squat switches)
- RPM synchro using a PID loop to make the aircraft "sing" and not "wah wah wah"
- Telemetry downlink and voice annunciations on the FrSky X9D Taranis Plus transmitter we use (e.g. "Right engine fail")
- Execution flow is critical and must not block for any significant time, under any circumstances, even if a sensor fails or physically disconnects
- Fallback assumptions in the event that one or more sensors fail (e.g. ground proximity)
- Datalogging of all important data for subsequent analysis
So I got to work learning and programming as I went along. I fairly quickly transitioned to the Teensy 3.6 as it was becoming apparent we needed more inputs and outputs. I also moved the MicroSD datalogging over to a separate Teensy 3.6 because despite many hours of testing I wasn't able to satisfy myself that the SdFat library wouldn't block execution flow in the event of a card failure or loss of contact under extreme vibration scenarios (these engines produce a lot of vibration, even more if a prop gets damaged!). By early summer 2017 we had a working prototype ready for test flying which (yet untested) satisfied all of the goals above. Here are a couple of pictures of the two Teensy 3.6's shrink wrapped and installed next to the FrSky receiver:
Early 2017
Early 2018
With an open loop controller, the amount of rudder required for an engine failure in this context is a function of:
- The split in RPM between each engine
combined with
- The airspeed of the vehicle
The more throttle (and therefore RPM) on the live engine, the more rudder is required. However the faster you are going the less rudder you require roughly as a square magnitude. Engine RPM is computed by timing edges from a hall sensor on each side (we use Allegro MicroSystems A1120LUA wired in accordance with the datasheet typical wiring diagram). Airspeed is an analog input from a Freescale MP3V5004G attached to a pitot probe you can see on the end of the right wing in the first image. We selected the MP3V5004G for airspeed sensing because it is affordable, supports 3.3V and works up to 3.92kPa (the aircraft flies up to 125 knots).
By the end of the summer of 2017 we had reached a point where all of the initial design goals were complete. We could deliberately cut an engine in flight, the rudder was managed automatically and the aircraft was still easy to fly (albeit, from the perspective of an experienced RC'er).
Improvements and 'Feature Creep' - Winter of 2017/18
Over the winter of 2017/18 various improvements were made to the airframe and software. It turned out the VL6180X proximity sensor we were using for ground proximity logic wasn't reliable enough in bright sunlight so I wrote in support for the VL53L0X and then ultimately the LeddarOne as a long range solution.
Support was also added for a dynamically controlled Futaba GY401 gyro to soften up the roll in single-engine mode. You remember I mentioned about getting the rudder 90% right, the gyro takes care of the last 10% in yaw induced roll. It also helps to make the platform feel more stable and stress free when single-engine.
An MPU6050 accelerometer on the sensors I2C bus was added to record G-load and roll rates (currently just for interest, but useful for diagnosing problems, again - there is naturally a lot of vibration on a reciprocating engine platform)
Capacitive main tank fuel quantity sensing (sent via the telemetry datalink to the transmitter) using Teensy's Touch sensing
Various annunciations were added too, e.g. to remind you to put the gear up if you forgot after going around or after takeoff
As it stands today the pin connections are as follows:
Software and Downloads
Disclaimer first:
I'm not a professional programmer, just a hobbyist! I also know there are a lot of improvements I can make to the structure and code itself and this is an ongoing project. I'm writing this simply because this code controls an airborne vehicle (in my case) that flies at 140mph and weighs 5kg, it's not a toy and must be treated with respect at all times. I want to give this code in the hope it might be useful to the community. The comments in the header of all the code files reminds you this code is distributed under the GNU General Public License. There is no warranty or guarantee, if you want to use it in your twin engine RC plane it's at your own responsibility. Don't blame me if things go wrong :-)
Right that bit is out of the way, here it is!
TwinAir Code.zip
Edit: I forgot to mention which libraries the software uses:
- SdFat - for the Datalogger
- FrSky S-Port telemetry library - for FrSky telemetry
- Bolderflight SBUS - Not currently in use but it's an option to enable with the caveat that testing is required
Structure of the Code
Some brief mentions:
Uses a central dispatch model - tasks are dispatched at timed intervals (roughly between lines 470 to 660)
Most of the settings are defined here. Eventually I'll get around to reading this off an SD card and developing a Windows program to configure it with
This class handles most of the day-to-day flight tasks and interacts with most other classes to discover the state of sensors
This is a wrapper around actual sensors, it attempts to provide a common interface to I2CDatalink regardless of which physical sensor is in use, again work is required here
(Apologies for the wind noise and cellphone quality video, it should be available in 1080p60 at least)
The numbers you can hear being read out are the airspeed, in knots, from the telemetry.
The first one is a normal takeoff and a short clip of flight. This gives you an idea of the aircraft and the performance (yep that's me flying it)
The second video is a genuine engine failure (hence my friend's excitement). Most engine failures while testing we have had to induce manually, this one was genuine after a glow plug failed. The Teensy and software handle everything smoothly, there is no use input required other than to normally fly the plane and understand there is reduced performance available. You may notice the transmitter announces "right engine fail", this is from the telemetry downlink.
Example of telemetry data displayed on the receiver
Prox - millimetres from the ground
Prop Synchro PID loop
Here are two examples (taken from the datalogger) of the PID loop back in 2017 when it was somewhat more "un-tuned" than it currently is today!
If you take an interest to this project and you can identify any parts of the code I can improve upon I would be hugely appreciative. The PID loop in particular, specifically tuning it for the prop synchro. If there are any obvious bugs, issues or bad coding practices you can identify please let me know too.
Thanks for reading, I hope this was useful


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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/683,040 filed Oct. 14, 2003, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention broadly relates to pen-based computing systems and handwriting (digital ink) recognition systems, and in particular, to a method of estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink generated using a pen-based computing system, and to a pen-based computing system for estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink. The estimated orientation of the segment of digital ink can then be subsequently used in a digital ink line orientation normalization technique.
Various methods, systems and apparatus relating to the present invention are disclosed in the following co-pending applications filed by the applicant or assignee of the present invention. The disclosures of all of these co-pending applications are incorporated herein by cross-reference.
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15 Oct. 2002: PCT/AU02/01391, PCT/AU02/01392, PCT/AU02/01393, PCT/AU02/01394 and PCT/AU02/01395.
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Digital ink processing systems must deal with the huge variability in handwriting and drawing that occurs due to the differing styles of individual writers. As a result, most systems perform a number of pre-processing steps to limit this variation. Examples of such systems include handwriting recognition systems, digital signature verification systems, document analysis systems, and digital ink searching systems.
An instance of such a procedure is orientation normalization which is used to reduce the variance of the input by aligning the digital ink as if it was written using a standard orientation on the page (for example, written left-to-right on a horizontal line for Latin character based scripts). By aligning the digital ink in such away, the ink processing system can ignore the effects of variation in orientation, and as such can be made simpler, more robust, and more accurate.
Orientation normalization is usually performed as one of the first steps in a digital ink processing system, and is used to minimize error in later stages (for example, line, word, and character segmentation, feature extraction, etc.) Generally, the angle of a segment of digital ink relative to a standard reference angle (e.g. horizontal) is estimated and used to re-orient the digital ink such that the angle of digital ink matches the reference angle.
Orientation normalization for Latin character scripts is often performed using baseline correction; where the baseline of a line of text is defined as the imaginary natural line on which a user places characters that do not have descenders (e.g. "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "h", etc.). This is done by estimating the baseline of a segment of digital ink and then rotating the ink to be horizontal. Whilst most systems assume baselines are roughly linear, some systems attempt to model baseline drift using more sophisticated models such as splines [A. Hennig, N. Sherkat, and R. Whitrow, "Zone Estimation for Multiple Lines of Handwriting using Approximating Spline Functions", Fifth International. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR), pp. 325-328, September 1996].
A significant amount of research has been performed on orientation estimation and normalization for digital ink, with particular emphasis on techniques that are applicable to Optical Character Recognition systems. Early research systems relied on heuristics and empirical thresholds [W. Guerfali and R. Plamondon, "Normalization and restoring on-line handwriting", Pattern Recognition, 26 (3), pp. 419-431, 1993; S. Madhvanath and V. Govindaraju, "Using holistic features in handwritten word recognition", United States Postal Services (USPS), pp. 183-198, 1992], along with simple techniques such as linear regression through stroke minima [R. Bozinocic and S. Srihari, "Off-line cursive script word recognition"; IEEE Transactions of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 11, pp. 69-83, 1989]. Due to the brittle nature of these techniques, more sophisticated systems using projection profiles [A. Vinciarelli and J. Luettin, "A New Normalization Technique for Cursive Handwritten Words", Pattern Recognition Letters 22, pp. 1043-1050, 2001; M. Brown and S. Ganapathy, "Preprocessing Techniques for Cursive Script Word' Recognition", Pattern Recognition 16 (5), pp. 447-458, 1983] and generalized projections [G. Nicchiotti and C. Scagliola, "Generalised Projections: a Tool for Cursive Handwriting Normalisation", Fifth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), September 1999] were developed. Other techniques have since been developed, including: least squares and weighted least-squares [M. Morita, S. Games, J. Facon, F. Bortolozzi, and R. Sabourin, "Mathematical Morphology and Weighted Least Squares to Correct Handwriting Baseline Skew", Fifth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 430-433, September 1999; T. Breuel, "Robust least square baseline fording using a branch and bound algorithm", Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 20-27, 2002], geometric modelling and pseudo-convex hull [M. Morita, F. Bortolozzi, J. Facon, and R. Sabourin, "Morphological approach of handwritten word skew correction", SIBGRAPI'98, International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Vision, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 456-461, October 1998], techniques based on the Hough transform [A. Rosenthal, J. Hu and M. Brown, "Size and orientation normalization of on-line handwriting using Hough transform", ICASSP'97, Munich, Germany, April 1997], model based methods [Y. Bengio and Y. LeCun, "Word normalization for on-line handwritten word recognition", Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. 409-413, October 1994], skew detection using Principal Component Analysis [Steinherz, N., Intrator, and E. Rivlin. "Skew detection via principal components analysis", Proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 153-156, 1999], and baseline estimation using approximating spline functions [A. Hennig, N. Sherkat, and R. Whitrow, "Zone Estimation for Multiple Lines of Handwriting using Approximating Spline Functions", Fifth International. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR), pp. 325-328, September 1996].
Some orientation normalization techniques have been disclosed in prior art patent specifications, including the use of boundary projections combined with the Hough transform [T. Syeda-Mahmood, "Method of grouping handwritten word segments in handwritten document images", U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,444]; a system for digit normalization of scanned images that works by finding the bounds of a parallelogram that completely encloses the character image [R. Vogt, "Handwritten digit normalization method", U.S. Pat. No. 5,325,447; 3]; methods that use linear projection and a clustering algorithm to detect elements in a histogram that correspond to ascender, descender, and base lines [W. Bruce, et al, "Estimation of baseline, line spacing and character height: for handwriting recognition", U.S. Pat. No. 5,396,566; J. Kim, "Baseline Drift Correction of Handwritten Text", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin 25 (10), March 1983]; and a least squares calculation combined with rotation around a centroid for the normalization of signatures [F. Sinden and G. Wilfong, "Method of normalizing handwritten symbols", U.S. Pat. No. 5,537,489] in an online signature verification system.
Whilst the techniques described above are sometimes effective, they suffer from a number of significant limitations. For example, many assume that all lines of written text are oriented at the same angle on the page, and thus cannot handle pages of arbitrarily rotated text lines. Other limitations include the fact that the algorithms require significant processing resources (e.g. Hough transform), are quantised (e.g. Hough transform), do not work well for short segments of text (e.g. projection methods), are brittle due to empirically estimated thresholds (heuristic and rule-based techniques), or are sensitive to ascenders, descenders and outliers (e.g. least squares regression and projection techniques).
The azimuth of a writing implement is defined in [R. Poyner, "Wintab Interface Specification 1.1: 16- and 32-bit API Reference" LCS/Telegraphics] as the "clockwise rotation of the cursor about the z axis through a full circular range". In other words, if x and y define the horizontal and vertical axes of a sheet of paper, and z defines the axis that is normal to the paper, the azimuth is the rotation of the pen about the z axis. Some pen-based computing systems are able to measure the azimuth of a writing implement during the generation of digital ink, including Wacom graphics tablets and Netpage pens [K. Silverbrook et al, "Sensing Device", WO 02/42989].
In the preferred embodiment, the invention is configured to work with the Netpage networked computer system, a detailed description of which is given in our co-pending applications, including in particular PCT application WO0242989 entitled "Sensing Device" filed 30 May 2002, PCT application WO0242894 entitled "Interactive Printer" filed 30 May 2002, PCT application WO0214075 "Interface Surface Printer Using Invisible Ink" filed 21 Feb. 2002, PCT application WO0242950 "Apparatus For Interaction With A Network Computer System" filed 30 May 2002, and PCT application WO03034276 entitled "Digital Ink Database Searching Using Handwriting Feature Synthesis" filed 24 Apr. 2003. It will be appreciated that not every implementation will necessarily embody all or even most of the specific details and extensions described in these applications in relation to the basic system. However, the system is described in its most complete form to assist in understanding the context in which the preferred embodiments and aspects of the present invention operate.
In brief summary, the preferred form of the Netpage system provides an interactive paper-based interface to online information by utilizing pages of invisibly coded paper and an optically imaging pen. Each page generated by the Netpage system is uniquely identified and stored on a network server, and all user interaction with the paper using the Netpage pen is captured, interpreted, and stored. Digital printing technology facilitates the on-demand printing of Netpage documents, allowing interactive applications to be developed. The Netpage printer, pen, and network infrastructure provide a paper-based alternative to traditional screen-based applications and online publishing services, and supports user-interface functionality such as hypertext navigation and form input.
Typically, a printer receives a document from a publisher or application provider via a broadband connection, which is printed with an invisible pattern of infrared tags that each encodes the location of the tag on the page and a unique page identifier. As a user writes on the page, the imaging pen decodes these tags and converts the motion of the pen into digital ink. The digital ink is transmitted over a wireless channel to a relay base station, and then sent to the network for processing and storage. The system uses a stored description of the page to interpret the digital ink, and performs the requested actions by interacting with an application.
Applications provide content to the user by publishing documents, and process the digital ink interactions submitted by the user. Typically, an application generates one or more interactive pages in response to user input, which are transmitted to the network to be stored, rendered, and finally printed as output to the user. The Netpage system allows sophisticated applications to be developed by providing services for document publishing, rendering, and delivery, authenticated transactions and secure payments, handwriting recognition and digital ink searching, and user validation using biometric techniques such as signature verification.
Generally, the present invention seeks to provide a method for estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink using pen orientation information. In one form, the technique involves using training data to build a pen orientation model, which can be for an individual writer, which is used to estimate the orientation of subsequently written digital ink.
The digital ink orientation estimation technique described herein seeks to overcome or ameliorate the limitations described in the prior art, and improve on current techniques by utilizing pen orientation information that has been previously unavailable or ignored by other systems. Additionally, one form of the invention can use training data to generate a writer-dependent pen orientation model that is used during orientation estimation.
In a broad form the present invention provides a method of estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink, the method including the steps of: measuring the azimuth of the pen at a sampling rate during writer generation of the segment of digital ink; and estimating the orientation of the segment of digital ink using the measured azimuth of the pen at sampled points.
Preferably, the estimated orientation of the segment of digital ink is subsequently used in a digital ink line orientation normalization technique. In accordance with specific embodiments, a single, fixed orientation estimation is utilised for a line of digital ink, or, an orientation estimation that varies across a line of digital ink is utilised.
According to a further possible form of the invention, the orientation of the pen at sampled points is estimated by subtracting the mean azimuth of a digital ink training sample from the measured azimuth of the sampled points, and normalizing the estimated orientation to be within the range of 0° to 360°.
According to other specific embodiments, the segment of digital ink is more than one character of digital ink. Also, the segment of digital ink may be a line segment. In this form, line segmentation may be performed by measuring a change in azimuth value.
In yet further specific embodiments of the present invention, the orientation estimation uses a writer independent handwriting model; the orientation estimation uses a writer dependent handwriting model trained using sample digital ink input by the writer; or the writer dependent handwriting model is trained using sample digital ink input by the writer using a consistent baseline.
In a further broad form the present invention provides a pen-based computing system for estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink, the system including a pen-based computing pen to input digital ink, and a processor adapted to estimate the orientation of a segment of digital ink by measuring the azimuth of the pen at a sampling rate during writer generation of the segment of digital ink, and estimating the orientation of the segment of digital ink using the measured azimuth of the pen at sampled points.
In still yet a further broad form the present invention provides a pen-based computing system for estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink, the system including:
(1) a pen-based computing pen to input digital ink;
(2) a storage unit to store a handwriting model;
(3) a processor, the processor being adapted to:
The present invention should become apparent from the following description, which is given by way of example only, of a preferred but non-limiting embodiment thereof, described in connection with the accompanying figures.
FIG. 1 illustrates the average (bold), minimum, maximum, and standard deviation (dashed) azimuth measurements for left-handed and right-handed writers;
FIG. 2 illustrates the training and normalization procedure;
FIG. 3 illustrates measured azimuth vectors of the pen at a sampling rate during writer generation of the segment of digital ink; and
FIG. 4 illustrates the estimated orientation of the segment of digital ink shown in FIG. 3 after the handwriting model is applied.
FIG. 5 illustrates a pen-based computing system.
The following modes are described as applied to the description and claims in order to provide a more precise understanding of the subject matter of the present invention.
A digitising tablet was used to measure the azimuth of a pen during the generation of handwriting by five different writers. Digital ink was collected using a Wacom Intuos graphics tablet with a sampling rate of 100 Hz. The data collection application was developed using the Wintab Programmer Development Kit Version 1.26 [R. Poyner, "Wintab Interface Specification 1.1: 16- and 32-bit API Reference", LCS/Telegraphics, May 9, 1996].
Table 1 details the azimuth measurements for the sample data collected, where the angles are measured clockwise with 0° representing a vertical line pointing to the top of the page. Note that the azimuth measurements reveal that writer 2 is left-handed. Table 2 details the average, minimum, maximum, and standard deviation of the azimuth measurements for the sample data for both left- and right-handed writers, with this data illustrated in FIG. 1.
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As can be noted from the results the azimuth of a pen during handwriting is relatively stable for a particular writer (as can be seen by the small standard deviation and difference in the minimum and maximum values).
To estimate the orientation of digital ink using the azimuth measurements, a handwriting model is required to be available. Whilst the technique works with a small number of writer-independent models (e.g. one for left-handed writers and another for right-handed writers) that do not require training, more accurate results are achieved using a writer-dependent model that is trained using sample input from the writer. To do this, the system is trained using digital ink data that was written using a consistent, well-defined baseline. This data can be derived from normal input (for example, form input data that is constrained to be written horizontally) or from a separate training procedure. The training data is then used to generate a model for the writer as shown in FIG. 2.
Alternatively, training can occur using arbitrary handwritten input (i.e. without explicit training data) by using an alternative orientation estimation technique to truth the data from which the writer-dependent model is generated. Since the training data does not need to be large (a few letters can be sufficient), the technique used to truth the data can be very expensive (processor intensive) since it is only run once on a small segment of ink. In addition to this, algorithms that fail in some situations can be used, since a single successful orientation estimation is all that is required for the training procedure.
Once the model has been generated, it can be used for line segmentation and orientation estimation and normalization. When performing line segmentation, a large jump in the azimuth value (e.g. a value larger than the expected variance as given by the writer-specific model) is an indication of the start of a new line of text with an orientation different from that of the previous line. For orientation normalization, the model can be used to generate an estimate of the text orientation for the line segment, which is then used to perform baseline normalization.
As an example, FIG. 3 depicts the measured azimuth vectors for a stream of digital ink handwriting of "hello world". The vectors represent the orientation of the pen during the generation of the ink, and the angle of the pen relative to the page can be seen to change smoothly during the writing. To estimate the orientation of the digital ink in this example, a simple mean azimuth model was used, where the mean of the azimuth values in a set of training data (a single horizontal line of text written by the same writer) was calculated and stored:
where ai is the azimuth measurement in degrees at sample i, and n is the number of samples in the digital ink.
The mean value represents the normal azimuth that the writer holds the pen relative to the page when writing. To estimate the orientation at each sample point, the mean values were subtracted from the azimuth values of the digital ink example shown in FIG. 3, with the results normalized to ensure they are in the range 0°-360°:
where ai is the azimuth measurement in degrees at sample i, and ā is the mean azimuth value for the writer (as calculated previously).
The mean azimuth value derived from the training data, was approximately 130°. This value was subtracted from each of the measured azimuth values shown in FIG. 3 giving the normalized orientation estimates are shown in FIG. 4. As can be seen in FIG. 4, the estimated orientation vectors give a good indication of the curved baseline orientation for the text "hello world" at each point on the digital ink path. These orientation vectors can then be used for digital ink line orientation normalization.
Once the ink baseline orientation has been estimated, a number of digital ink line orientation normalization techniques are possible. A simple method for text written with a linear baseline is to find the mean estimated orientation of the samples in the digital ink segment, and rotate the ink to counter this orientation. More sophisticated techniques include using a smoothed running estimate of the orientation, or fitting a curve (e.g. spline) to the estimated orientation vectors and warping the digital ink segment to ensure the estimated baseline is horizontal and linear.
This demonstrates a specific, but non-limiting, example method for estimating the orientation of digital ink using the azimuth of the writing device and the use of this measurement to perform orientation normalization line segmentation
A further particular embodiment of the present invention can be realised using a pen-based processing system, an example of which is shown in FIG. 5. The processing system 10 generally includes at least a processor 11, a memory 12, a pen-based input device 13 and an output device 14, coupled together via a bus 15. An external interface 16 can also be provided for coupling the processing system 10 to a storage device 17 which houses a database 18. The memory 12 can be any form of memory device, for example, volatile or non-volatile memory, solid state storage devices, magnetic devices, etc. The output device 14 can include, for example, a display device, monitor, printer, etc. The storage device 17 can be any form of storage means, for example, volatile or non-volatile memory, solid state storage devices, magnetic devices, etc.
In use, the processing system 10 is adapted to allow data or information to be stored in and/or retrieved from the memory 12 and/or the database 17. The processor 11 receives instructions via the input device 13 and can display results to a user (or writer using the pen input device 13) via the output device 14. It should be appreciated that the processing system 10 may be any form of processing system, computer terminal, server, specialised hardware, or the like.
Thus, there has been provided in accordance with the present invention, a method and system for estimating the orientation of a segment of digital ink generated using a pen-based computing system.
The invention may also be said to broadly consist in the parts, elements and features referred to or indicated herein, individually or collectively, in any or all combinations of two or more of the parts, elements or features, and where specific integers are mentioned herein which have known equivalents in the art to which the invention relates, such known equivalents are deemed to be incorporated herein as if individually set forth.
Although the preferred embodiment has been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made herein by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.


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vellum | d / sk 2009
slices of a virtual sculpture, dimension 100 x 125 x 80 meters
video artist, sound design: robert seidel
comission: art center nabi, seoul
In a time of complete virtualization of knowledge, science and monetary flows the virtual sculpture vellum transfers the memory of one specific urban rhythm to another locality. The multiple LED screens (56,6 x 1 meters / 5,1 x 4,1 m / 35 x 1,2 m + 3 times 1 x 6 m) of the COMO at SKT Tower (Seoul, South Korea) provide several thinly sliced views into this gigantic translucent formation, revealing time and space within the otherwise invisible as well as impossible structure.
The perceived interpenetration of skeletal architecture and unrolled landscapes reveal textures of the man-made restructuring of nature. Their different granular perspectives create a fibrous volume of possibilities fusing past, present and future. In their flatness the visible sculptural slices are reminiscent to our accelerated life, shifting into technology and transcending the physical body. The perceived transformation is based on the sculpture wandering through the building seen from a fixed point of view. In vellum motion is form and form is motion...
The seismic refraction of the cities Jena (Germany), the hometown of the artist and Seoul, the first appearance of vellum will create a multi-dimensional alloy that will migrate after the exhibition at Art Center Nabi to other places. All future exhibitions will continuously accumulate into a memorization foam of different cities, a quasi-crystalline representation of our flattened world which is accompanied by a mosaic of field recordings of the artist capturing the genius loci.
Premiered at Blurring the Boundaries (Solo Exhibition)
COMO / Nabi Art Center (Seoul, South Korea)
Dimension 56,6 x 1 m; 5,1 x 4,1 m; 35 x 1,2 m; 3 times 1 x 6 m
Organized by Art Center Nabi and SK Telecom
Supported by Goethe-Institute Seoul
Sponsored by W Seoul-Walkerhill
Date 02/20/2009 - 03/31/2009
3 Screen Adaption at ROJO NOVA Exhibition
SESC Pompéia (São Paulo, Brazil)
Dimension 6,8 x 3,8 m; 6,8 x 3,8m; 12 x 6,8m
Date 08/12 08/14/2010
copyright robert seidel 1996 - eternity


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It wasn't just the George Clooneys or the Steven Spielbergs that had me buzzing with giddiness. Jostling elbows with politicians, journalists, authors, economists, was both humbling and empowering. These were the most influential people in the country making daily decisions with global implications and now here we were casually drinking wine while discussing our favorite iPhone apps.
We each have a story. We each have a voice. And although our stories are unique, our desires are the same. We all want to smile with our entire body. Using my personal journey,let's start a forum where we can all meet to raise awareness - about ourselves as individuals and as a society. Bringing light to our world and creating a safe place for each of us to connect. "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."~ Marcel Proust.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Fame, Power and Flashing Lights
It wasn't just the George Clooneys or the Steven Spielbergs that had me buzzing with giddiness. Jostling elbows with politicians, journalists, authors, economists, was both humbling and empowering. These were the most influential people in the country making daily decisions with global implications and now here we were casually drinking wine while discussing our favorite iPhone apps.
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- alexandra said...
Beautiful, Valerie. I hear you loud and clear. :)
- May 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM
it takes a special person to realize behind the all the temporary glamour lies the possibility to achieve something far greater than each of us could do individually. well put.
- May 6, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Val, the excitement you felt at this event is palpable, and thanks for reminding us that each of us has the potential to step into our own inner "limelight." Beautiful!
- May 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Vari Stunatu said...
"Everything that's wrong with America is here in this room."
That says it all. Now, allow me to raise this psycho-social question, albeit a gross change of subject (sorry about that).
Something like 1% to 3% of the population are sociopaths (a personality disorder). Narcissists (narcissistic personality disorder) are estimated to be somewhere in that ballpark, as well.
Do you think the rates of narcissism and sociopathy are higher in that room than that of the general public?
My gut tells me "YES!"
Sociopaths often rise to the highest levels of corporations and politics - and that scares the living crap out of me!!
- May 7, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Jim said...
I love how you drew such inspiration from an event so full of people that pretend for a living. You and Kimmel found the truth.
- May 10, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Hi Valerie,
The quote you attributed to Marianne Williamson was actually stated by one Nelson Mandela. She may have referenced it, but it's all him. I have it hanging on my wall here at work.
Love you,
- May 10, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Valerie Vendrame said...
Thanks for all the comments thus far - I appreciate the insight, perspective, and feedback.
CJ: Nelson Mandela - sounds like something he would say :) I've heard the quote practically a thousand times, read it in her book, and have never heard anyone say it was Nelson Mandela's original. So, of course, I looked it up immediately and this is what Wikiquote.org had to say about it:
The famous passage from Marianne Williamson's book is often erroneously attributed to the inaugural address of Nelson Mandela. About the misattribution Williamson said, "Several years ago, this paragraph from A Return to Love began popping up everywhere, attributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 inaugural address. As honored as I would be had President Mandela quoted my words, indeed he did not. I have no idea where that story came from, but I am gratified that the paragraph has come to mean so much to so many people."
Vari Stunatu: Your perspective is interesting, and also a bit dark. Very presumptuous of you to take such liberties and make an incredibly sweeping generalization. While I do agree that SOME at the event may be plagued with narcissism, an even smaller percent labeled as sociopath, but the majority most certainly are not. On the contrary, many appear to be profoundly grounded, connected, well-meaning individuals who have the deepest intent to better themselves and the world. People like Bob Rice, Arianna Huffington, Sandra Fluke,,,,and many, many others - i can send you a list of influential names that have personally affected me, if you'd like. The event, in itself is significant. A fundraiser for the education of Journalism - if you're interested in learning specifics visit: http://www.whca.net/history.htm.
Jim: How quick we are to judge what others do, when we rarely take a look at ourselves, and turn our focus inward. Who can say with certainty that everyone on that guest list pretends for a living? And to expand on a deeper level, don't we ALL pretend for a living? How many of us live our Truth? Step into our deepest self and recognize who we really are? What we really feel? Do we live from a genuine place of authenticity, recognizing within ourselves the dark and the light and everything in between? When we do is when we stop pointing fingers at those who don't. Thanks for the comment it sparked an interesting conversation.
- May 10, 2012 at 5:55 PM
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nice to see this ( We push Love aside to make room for needless, superficial, and selfish gain. History is replete with people in powerful positions abusing their role to fill the emptiness they themselves create. )
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Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Friday he is hopeful, though, that his election can be blocked through the challenges he made to the Government Accountability Board on Thursday.
Fitzgerald was the only one of the four who clearly challenged more than enough signatures to void an election.
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OBETZ, Ohio -- There was a buzz at the Crew's training session Monday, but it had nothing to do with the team's renewed spirit following an extended break.
Forward Steven Lenhart returned from California minus his famous golden afro that had morphed into a tangled mess by the time the Crew last played on June 5.
"It was gumming me up a little bit. It feels good," he said of his close-cropped look.
He went to the shears two years ago in a similar fashion after scoring his first goal against Los Angeles in the middle of his rookie season.
This time his friend, Keith Holmes, and Lenhart's brother, Daniel, did the cutting.
"I feel sleek, agile. I feel I have better dance moves now," Lenhart joked.
He said he's not trying to change his luck —he only has one goal— along with his hairstyle, but it might help.
"It was too high maintenance," midfielder Robbie Rogers said. "It was out of control in games. He was always trying to fix it. He's over it. He looks sharp [and] he looks younger, maybe 15."
Lenhart's new look was symbolic of the fresh start the Crew hopes to achieve by the time it takes to the field against D.C. United on June 26.
The Crew is bothered by the three-game winless streak it carried into the World Cup break.
"We set a high standard for ourselves [going] undefeated for so long then, in the last three games, take two losses and a tie," defender Frankie Hejduk said. "It was a couple of mistakes. We're not down. We know what we're capable of.
"We're going to come back after the break ready to go," he added. "It's a perfect opportunity to get reenergized and make sure everyone's totally fit and healthy and get ready for the second part of the season."
The Crew started 6-0-2 on the season before losing 2-0 at home to Los Angeles, tying 2-2 at San Jose and dropping a 1-0 decision at Colorado. The Crew and New York are tied for first in the Eastern Conference.
"I thought the attitude was great today," Rogers said after practice. "Everyone seemed really happy and energized with a new outlook. We got to get away from Columbus and each other to see our family and friends and regroup and refocus. It's positive for us."
While the players scattered around the country, coach Robert Warzycha and his staff studied videos. He was not pleased that in the last two matches the Crew conceded late goals off set pieces.
"We don't have to change much. The one thing is we have to have a good mixture on the field at the end of the game," he said. "If you remember, at the beginning of the season we were scoring late. Now we're allowing the goals late. That goes in circles."
The team will get a boost with the expected return of injured defenders Frankie Hejduk (hamstring) and Danny O'Rourke (quadriceps). Their absences were noticeable on the recent trip, but both trained on Monday.
"There's no rush to go crazy," Hejduk said. "We still have two weeks before we play. I ran today and felt good so we'll take it day-to-day. It's a great time to get more recovery time."
The extra time before the D.C. United match will also give newcomer Leandre Griffit a chance to win a spot in the midfield. The creative French player was signed May 13 but has yet to appear in a match as he worked on getting fit. That's no longer an excuse.
"Sooner or later he will get on the field," Warzycha said. "It's up to him. It's not up to me. If he wins the battle against Adam Moffat or BC (Brian Carroll) and Duncan (Oughton), I'm going to put him on the field. He has to be better to get on the field."

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McClendon defends Cano in wake of Long's barb
Yankees hitting coach criticizes second baseman's effort running out grounders
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Robinson Cano arrived in Mariners camp Tuesday, and it didn't take long for things to heat up in his wake.
New Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon reacted strongly to comments Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long made in a New York Daily News article Sunday concerning Cano's unwillingness to run hard to first on routine ground balls, a long-standing criticism of the five-time All-Star second baseman.
"If somebody told me I was a dog, I'd have to fix that," Long told the Daily News. "When you choose not to, you leave yourself open to taking heat, and that's your fault. For whatever reason, Robbie chose not to."
Cano brushed off the comments in a news conference following his first workout with his new team, but McClendon left little doubt as to his feelings.
"I was very disappointed," McClendon said. "I've been in this game a long time, particularly at the Major League level. And one thing I was taught, you worry about your players and getting them ready. Not players on other teams. Disappointed, surprised. I didn't know he was the spokesman for the New York Yankees. But it is what it is.
"My concern is Robinson Cano in a Seattle Mariners uniform and what he does going forward," said McClendon. "I don't [care] what he did for the Yankees. I have no concern whatsoever. We had a great talk this morning, and he's looking forward to being very productive in a Seattle Mariner uniform, being a very good teammate. And that's what's important as we move forward."
McClendon, the hitting coach for the Tigers under Jim Leyland the previous seven years, has yet to manage the Mariners in a game, but he's setting a strong tone early.
"One of the messages I'm trying to send to my players is we don't have to take a backseat to anybody," he said. "That includes the New York Yankees or anybody else. We're the Seattle Mariners. My concern is my players and the family atmosphere we build here. Anytime anybody attacks one of my players, I'm going to defend them. And if you don't like it, tough."
Cano talked at length about his excitement over joining his new team, but didn't bite when asked about Long's comments.
"I don't really pay attention to that," he said. "I just want to talk about Seattle. I'm here now. Whatever they said, I'm not going to pay attention to that."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters covering his team in Tampa, Fla., that he was surprised by Long's comments.
"I know I've been asked about Robbie," Cashman said. "I know our fans have had issues. I know you'd write something in the course of time, and in the comments section people would blow you up or whatever about it. I've spoken to it.
"Robbie was an incredible Yankee. I never had an issue with Robbie. He played every day, he played practically every inning, and he performed. I know for anybody that has addressed it with me, the answer is the same today as it was then: It's not an issue. I was surprised by what Kevin said. It surprised me."
Other than the criticism of his failure to run hard to first at times, Cano is known as a hard worker who keeps himself in excellent shape and is one of the most durable and dependable players in the Majors with 159 or more games his last seven seasons.
McClendon said he expects Cano to give "fair effort" like any of his players.
"My talk with Robbie is very simple. I expect all my players, including Robinson, to give me a fair effort down the line," McClendon said. "I'm not too far removed from playing. I'm old, but I'm not that far. I remember the days when I'd hit a pop up and I'm ticked off and you don't run to first. Is that dogging it? I don't think so.
"There's a human element that comes with this game. You roll over and hit a ground ball to second base, your head drops, you're a little disappointed. In the big scheme of things, would I rather have a guy out there for 160 games hitting .300 and driving in over 100? I'll take that.
"Don't get me wrong and my players understand. I expect a good, fair effort every time out. But my concern is to make sure I keep my players on the field."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who benched Cano briefly at the end of 2008 for what he perceived as lack of hustle, declined to get into how he dealt with that situation.
"I have discussions with all of our players about how we expect them to play the game," Girardi said. "Robbie was a guy that we ran out there every day and we expected him to be a leader and do certain things. We all know what happened in 2008 when I approached him. As far as exact discussions that I have with my players, I'm not going to divulge them."
Cashman said he understood McClendon defending his player and has no plans to talk to Long about it.
"No. It's too late," Cashman said. "Robbie was great. They got a great player. Will we miss him? Yeah, we'll miss him. Ain't a lie."


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