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AFI's Final Score30 Sep, 2005 By: John Latchem
The American Film Institute (AFI) unveiled its list of the top 25 film musical scores of all time during a special concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Sept. 23.
A jury of more than 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians was empaneled to recognize the significant role music contributes toward the success of a film.
The good news for film fans is that most of the honorees are currently available on DVD, almost all in deluxe special edition sets.
John Williams' score for the original "Star Wars," and indeed the entire series, was recognized as the most memorable score of all time. Williams won an Academy Award, among a slew of honors, for his work on George Lucas' space epic in 1977.
Punctuated by its memorable main theme and brilliant use of sub-themes (known as leitmotif), Star Wars' bombastic Wagnerian chords reinvigorated the concept of the orchestral movie score and set a tone that would be emulated for the next 30 years. While Episode IV earned the specific honor from AFI, all the "Star Wars" films are available on DVD, with the saga's concluding chapter, Episode III, arriving Nov. 1 from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a DVD containing music videos and clips from all six "Star Wars" movies, is available with the Sony Classical release of the Episode III soundtrack.
Williams was the most honored composer of the night, landing three scores on the list, two in the top 10. Jaws, recently released as a 30th Anniversary Edition DVD from Universal, placed sixth, while E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, also from Universal, earned the 14th spot.
Max Steiner's score for Gone With the Wind, highlighted by its triumphant "Tara's Theme," came in second. Warner Home Video released a four-DVD collector's set of the film last year.
Other films on the list to receive the recent special edition DVD treatment are No. 17, Universal's To Kill a Mockingbird, and No. 21, Warner's Ben-Hur.
The only film on the list not to have been released on DVD is No. 13, the 1933 original version of King Kong, which Warner is bringing to shelves in special collector's sets Nov. 22.
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Steven Milne has ended an unhappy spell at Plymouth by signing for St Johnstone.Steven Milne has ended an unhappy spell at Plymouth Argyle by signing for St Johnstone.
The Scottish striker joined The Pilgrims on a free transfer from Dundee last summer but failed to make an impact in The Championship.
During his time at Home Park, Milne made 13 appearances for Bobby Williamson's (pictured) side - all as a substitute.
He did not score once for Plymouth and the West Country outfit have not blocked his return to Scotland.
Milne has signed a three-year contract with St Johnstone and the First Division club's manager Owen Coyle has been buoyed by the acquisition.
Coyle told the club's official website: "This signing came about as a result of a chance conversation I had last week during which I learned Steven might be available.
"We've done all in our power as a club to move quickly and bring Steven to Perth and I am delighted to have succeeded.
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Mat is rebuffed in his attempt to meet with Egwene. Elayne and Aviendha have disappeared, Nynaeve runs away every time she sees him and Thom and Juilin are nowhere to be found either. So Mat just enjoys himself by dancing in the celebration for a new Amyrlin. He dances with Halima, who tries to lead most of the time but isn't a very good dancer. Shortly after he leaves her he feels channeling affecting him by his medallion going cold. Myrelle approaches him about becoming her Warder, which he declines. He asks Siuan to dance before finding out who she is and she tells him to get lost. He does dance with Leane who is not like the Keeper he remembers.
The next morning Vanin is back and Olver has come along too. That day he receives five offers to become a Warder. The next day he is finally summoned to meet with Egwene. He is told that either he can go with Elayne and Nynaeve to Ebou Dar or be on his way with his army. He decides Ebou Dar is his only choice because of the promise he made to Rand. Before he leaves he tells Talmanes to shadow the Aes Sedai if they decide to start moving.
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I was asked recently to answer 5 questions about agile project management for a feature on PM Boulevard. I thought you might appreciate seeing them here too…
1. How has the Agile practice evolved over the last two years?
I don't personally think that agile practices have particularly changed in the last two years, however there is clearly a stronger emphasis on some elements more than others now.
Scrum certainly seems to have crossed into the mainstream since I started my blog. Even though it was less than 3 years ago, Scrum still felt quite new and innovative in the UK at that time. I work in the web development sector and now every company I meet seems to be doing Scrum.
Another change is the interest in agile from the project management community. This seems significant as people start to think more about how best to apply agile on larger projects. Looking at Google Trends, which shows search volumes over time, the graph below shows that search demand for 'agile project management' started relatively late in terms of agile adoption, and interest is still growing strongly now.
The other thing that seems to be a clear trend during 2009 is a much stronger emphasis on Lean software development from the agile community. It seems to have really gathered pace in the last year or so.
2. What would you tell someone who thinks Agile is just another fad?
I don't think agile can be called a fad now! Admittedly it may not be for everyone, but it's certainly not a small minority any more. Again using Google Trends to gauge search demand and therefore people's interest in a topic, 'agile software development' has been in high demand on Google as far back as 2005 (although it's obviously been around a lot longer than that), and has remained high ever since. I don't think something can be called a fad when the buzz has been going for over 5 years already and is continuing to grow strongly. For anyone that hates the idea of agile and is secretly hoping it might just go away, you'd better get used to it because I think it's here to stay!
3. What are some tools that you use?
I know this might sound like it isn't much help to others, but we don't actually use any project management tools or any specific agile tools. Those who read my blog will know I'm a big fan of Excel and the whiteboard, although clearly agile project management tools would be a useful addition in some circumstances, particularly where teams or stakeholders are distributed across multiple locations or projects are particularly large.
In my experience, I've had several development teams practicing agile web development using Scrum, and they have been able to operate Scrum on a team-by-team basis without the need for any specialist tools to help manage. Instead we have placed a much stronger emphasis on face-to-face communication and collaboration, using Excel to manage product backlogs, user stories to convey requirements, and whiteboards to provide visibility.
4. Do you think that Agile and the PMBOK can coexist?
I definitely think agile and PMBOK can coexist, although some elements of PMBOK would be irrelevant to apply on an agile project. However there are plenty of elements of PMBOK that are not addressed at all within agile methodologies, for instance project initiation, cost management, risk management and various other aspects too.
I think the problem here is that a project manager must know PMBOK-style project management methods like PRINCE2 and agile methods such as Scrum very well to be able to choose the right techniques for the right situation. This obviously demands a lot of skill and experience from the project manager and is potentially very difficult for anyone new to either method. This is where experienced project managers that have successfully transitioned to agile have a really strong advantage over others who have only really managed projects with one approach or the other. It gives them the ability to blend the methods based on the unique characteristics of their particular situation, which along with leadership skills might be the thing that differentiates a good project manager from a great one.
I have blogged about this topic before here: Agile Project Management Is Not Enough!
5. Can you recommend a book, blog, podcast, Web site, or other information source to our readers that you find interesting or intriguing right now?
Apart from my own, I would recommend various other blogs, some of which you'll find in the sidebar of my blog. My personal favourites at the moment are Leading Agile by Mike Cottmeyer, Succeeding with Agile by Mike Cohn, and Agile Techniques on InfoQ. In terms of books, you'll also find some books I can recommend on my blog; they're on an Amazon affiliate widget in the middle of each page. 'Agile Project Management with Scrum' by Ken Schwaber and 'Agile Estimating and Planning' by Mike Cohn are particularly recommended.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made progress in improving LGBT health, according to an HHS statement. The department's list of achievements includes: creating a National HIV/AIDS Strategy; adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the HHS nondiscrimination policy; affirming that all hospitals accepting Medicaid and Medicare must respect the rights of patients to choose their visitors, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity; and creating initiatives targeted at LGBT people in such areas as tobacco cessation, suicide prevention, foster care, homeless and runaway youth, and services for the elderly.
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England rattled as Kiwis steady ship and fight back
England could only rue missed chances as New Zealand's batsmen took control on day two of the first Investec Test at Lord's.
The Kiwis are ideally placed to move into a big first-innings lead after a dominant performance from their top four as openers Martin Guptill and Tom Latham and then third-wicket pair Kane Williamson (92no) and Ross Taylor shared stands of 148 and an unbroken 155.
The upshot was a stumps total of 303 for two in reply to 389 all out.
England's bowlers kept their discipline for the most part but failed to find the swing which had helped their opposite numbers reduce the hosts to 30 for four at one stage 24 hours earlier.
They therefore needed to take their opportunities, but passed up three - Guptill (70) edging a no-ball to slip and Latham (59) dropped in the cordon, both in the 20s, while Stuart Broad missed a throw at the stumps in his follow-through which would have run out Taylor on nought.
Moeen Ali admitted cause for regret.
"We're obviously a little bit disappointed," said the off-spinner. "Maybe (we could have bowled) a little bit better. (But) we didn't field very well.
"If we took those chances... it would have been a different game.
"But they played really well. It's a flat pitch when the sun's out, and it's difficult to bowl at good players."
England can only hope therefore that, with the second new ball available after just three more overs, they make the most of it. Moeen added: "It's going to be flat again tomorrow, so the new ball will be key.
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'Skyrim Special Edition' Update 1.3 for PS4, PC Launches: Makes Slow Time Effects Function Properly
Update 1.3 is now live and ready to download for PC and PlayStation 4 players, and it contains some gameplay fixes, including ones that specifically address Slow Time effects.
In a recent post on Bethesda.net, developers revealed that Update 1.3 should help ensure that Slow Time effects will now work as originally intended inside the open world role-playing game, which is very important.
Certain character types inside the game need to have these Slow Time effects to work as intended or else they may find themselves in situations surrounded by enemies with no clear way out of their conundrum.
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Stability and performance enhancements are also included in the latest "Skyrim Special Edition" update.
Notably, while the new update does get rid of some lingering issues that have presented problems to players before, there are still some of them remaining in the game that some fans really want to have eliminated.
Over on Twitter, some players have voiced out concerns about some quest bugs that could prevent further progression and thus lead to them remaining unresolved.
Beyond that, it appears that some players are also dealing with the problematic "0KB bug" that can produce problems when it comes to creating save files. Obviously, with a game as massive as "Skyrim," players will need to have the save function working properly at all times, or else they may have to risk losing hours and hours of progress if they cannot save their game when they want to.
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David Arnold's hot start to the Harley-Davidson of Ocala Classic got cooled off quickly.
David Arnold's hot start to the Harley-Davidson of Ocala Classic got cooled off quickly.
Water hazards have a way of doing that to a golfer.
Arnold began Thursday's opening round at Golden Hills with back-to-back birdies, but left his tee shot at the fifth hole on the short side of a bank below the green. He could only watch as it trickled slowly back down and disappeared into the water.
"I needed one more club," Arnold said. "I hit a good shot, it just landed on the bank and rolled back."
The double-bogey that followed left Arnold at even par, but then the first-year Ocala pro held steady to the turn. That's when darkness halted his day after nine holes with his score at 1-over 37.
Arnold trails clubhouse co-leaders Matt Harmon and Tyler Brewington — who each shot 67s — by six strokes. Arnold was one of golfers still playing when Hooters Tour officials sounded a horn to stop play at 6:30 p.m. The start of the tournament was delayed three hours Thursday morning due to heavy rains overnight.
Arnold will resume his first round this morning, as will Ted Potter Jr. of Silver Springs, who was even-par through 11 holes when play was stopped.
Potter, one of three Marion County golfers in the field, also got off to a quick start and was 2-under through three holes. The two-time Hooters Tour player of the year ran into trouble at the end of his day, though, with bogeys at both the 10th and 11th holes.
Ocala's Grant Waite, playing in his first event of the season, had a morning tee time and was able to complete his round. Waite, a former PGA Tour winner, shot a 2-over 74.
Harmon, the reigning Hooters Tour player of the year, began his day on the more-difficult back nine and made the turn at even-par 36. The former Big Ten player of the year out of Michigan State caught fire on the front nine and picked up five strokes to grab a share of the lead.
"I started making a few more putts," Harmon said. "I didn't play bad on the front, I just didn't score very well."
Harmon shared the day's top billing with Brewington, a former Rider (N.J.) University player out of Jonestown, Pa.
Harmon, a four-time Hooters Tour winner, said holding the lead so early in the week won't change his approach heading into the weekend.
"You just keep going," Harmon said. "I start at zero (today) and try to make as many birdies as I can."
A group of four golfers sit one stroke back at 4-under, including former Auburn University All-American Lee Williams and Brandon Brown of Franfort, Ky., who played on the PGA Tour in 2009.
Four more golfers are stalking at 3-under, including former PGA Tour winner David Gossett of Austin, Texas.
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I know I saw in the Kickstarter that mobile ports were in the pipeline. I was wondering if we were still on board to have those happen?
Yes, iOS is happening, and we actually confirmed the Android port in a Kickstarter update:
In fact, we've already did some tests to support mobile VR like Daydream and Gear. It's quite impressive
i love that it's running on a samsung galaxy s5 in that image. at least i'm pretty sure that is an s5. i was a little concerned about running it on my tablet (which is running similar architecture)
Yes, it's very lightweight and should run on most (fairly) modern tablets/cellphones!
As far as I am concerned games like this and Scratches are best while immersed.So there are opposing elements in this thread:VR is currently the ultimate in immersive experiences.And yet a little device in your palm is the opposite.
Have you ideas about navigation with the VR ports?(ironically this needs a palm-sized device).
I will probably play this on a normal screen. VR hardware is just not good enough or comfortable enough to do justice to games of this quality.
It actually looks quite better than what you would expect. Obviously, it depends on how large the device is and what kind of pixel density it offers. But it's immersive enough and fun to play. The kind of control scheme we have in mind is a sort of hands-free approach -- we call it Look And Interact™
And it really is just like that: you look at a hotspot for 1-2 seconds until you trigger the interaction. It makes the gameplay more slowly but the comfortable and immersive approach makes up for it. Definitely works well!
That may be true, but the fact of the matter is that VR is such a tiny portion of the marketplace that it doesn't make sense to focus on it ahead of the Steam/GOG/whatever release. Personally I would prefer to play it on my tablet but I really don't think Android is going to make up a significant number of sales of a game like this. Yes, I'll personally buy it on that platform, but I can understand entirely if Senscape decides to wait to launch it on iOS/Android.
Aside from that fact, most VR headsets sold in 2016 were designed with cellphones in mind. 98% of the market. Because the fact of the matter is that the Vive, Rift & PS VR are still all very expensive to get into. In fact, the opposite is kind of true. It's clearly the kind of platform for people with money to burn and now I'm kind of talking down my own argument now.
I don't know. Looking at the content available for the VR marketplace, maybe now is the best time to put something of really high quality out there. Most of the games available for VR seem to be...not low quality, but experiences that don't offer much in the way of depth. I can see something like Asylum really making a mark on Steam where there really doesn't seem to be much quality content available for VR.
I believe there's a big opportunity for narrative-driven games like Asylum to make a dent in the VR market. It's a different kind of game that plays well enough with a headset. It remains to be seen how much time players are willing to spend on VR -- most current titles right now are really short, whereas we'd be talking about well above a dozen hours in the case of Asylum.
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| kdarnell2 chapter 3 . 4/21/2015
Damn this is good, I wish you hadn't stopped writing it. I'll follow the story just in case you start writing again.
| Guest chapter 3 . 8/19/2014
Well whats gonna happen next?! I gotta know! Great story, wonder why Tony, Vance and Fornell are all working together on... What are they hiding? I must know! Please update soon!
| Leonora Chris chapter 3 . 6/15/2013
whyyy...you should finish your stories...moments like these are painful...
| Long Live BRUCAS chapter 3 . 11/16/2011
Tony and Vance and Fornell know about Riptide Directive' or Project Antigua. I made McGee's computer crash when he found a copy of the Riptide Directive." Wow Tony know's about computers.
Tony and Fornell are working together.
Very interesting so far.
| karlii chapter 3 . 10/20/2011
I really hope you plan on working this story some more! It is a very intriguing premise.
| Madances chapter 1 . 6/27/2011
Thank you for the new chapter. Good work and I hope that the next one follows soon. Tracy
| bananacupcakes chapter 3 . 4/27/2011
please update soon :)
| Dreamer22 chapter 3 . 4/2/2011
this is a very intriguing story and I greatly look forward to finding out what is going on! please please please update soon!
| Madances chapter 2 . 4/1/2011
I do hope that you complete this story. Thanks, Tracy
| Madances chapter 3 . 3/21/2011
Interesting so far. good work. Tracy
| visions2share chapter 3 . 1/5/2011
Wow! You've really made me curious for the next update. I don't using go for any story that is classified as Sci-Fi - but so far I'm enjoying this one.
Thanks for the good read,
| katesari chapter 3 . 12/7/2010
Interesting! like it! hope to read more soon! bye
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Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle
(For the romanisation of Chinese and Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. For word order notes, see Word Order)
Where a Vietnamese word has been borrowed from Chinese, the original Chinese character is shown in parentheses.
|Chinese (Mainland)
Shénmì de Lǐdé'ěr
shénmì = 'mysterious'.
的 de = connecting particle
里德尔 Lǐdé'ěr = 'Riddle'.
|The mysterious Riddle
|Chinese (Taiwan)
Ruìdǒu de mìmì
|瑞斗 Ruìdǒu = 'Riddle'.
的 de = connecting particle
祕密 mìmì = 'secret'.
|The Riddle secret
Ridoru no nazo
|リドル Ridoru = 'Riddle'.
の no = connecting particle
謎 nazo = 'puzzle, enigma'.
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|Riddle = 'Riddle'.
bí ẩn (秘隱) = 'secret, covert, veiled, hidden'.
|The secret Riddle.
As in the Riddle House (Book 4 Chapter 1), 'riddle' here can have two meanings: a puzzle or riddle, or the name 'Riddle', which was Voldemort's surname at birth.
Since the chapter deals with a person known as 'Riddle', the translators choose the name (里德尔 Lǐdé'ěr / 瑞斗 Ruìdǒu / Riddle).
Interestingly, the Taiwanese and Japanese translators change the order to mean 'The secret of the Riddles' or 'The Riddle secret'.
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Too good!!!!Awesome!!!!
Abhi loves Sherry and is sad to be away from her!!!!!
Abhi kehta hai usse zyada Sherry se koi pyaar nahi kar sakta!!!!! So toh hai!!!!
Abhi kehta hai ke Sherry toh karti hi nahi hai usse pyaar!!!!!
I wish Sherry would also love Abhi as much as he loves her!!!!!
Abhi aa raha hai ab dekhte hai kya hota hai??
Woh driver banke rahega mazza aayega!!!!!!
Pooja wanted to go shoping with Ali but he refused and now she is going shopping with Sherry!!!!!
Sherry ne beech mein toka yeh soch kar ke Raj Naina ko apne saath hi jaane ko kahega!!!!!
Magar aisa toh Raj bhool se bhi na kehta!!!!!
Woh toh Naina ko sabke saath bhej raha tha!!!!! Thank God aisa nahi huya!!!!!
Raj ka pata nahi kya hoga?? Akhir uski problem kya hai??
Na woh khud kuch karta hai aur jab Sherry uski help karne jaati hai toh woh uspe gussa karta hai!!!!
Raj ko lagta hai ke Naina sab bhul chuki hai!!!!!
Huda is missing Komal so much!!!!! Magar kya kare bechara duty jo hai!!!!!
Komal is also missing him very much!!!!!! She was surprised that he had cooked the breakfast so well!!!!
Their convo was very sweet!!!!!
Raj ko lagta tha Naina ko khana banana nahi aata and Naina understood that!!!!!
Raj ki condition wakai buri hai usse Naina chahiye bhi aur nahi bhi!!!!!
Raj ne kaha ke Naina kuch nahi samajhti na uske pyaar ko na uske dil ko!!!!!
The last line was very sweet when he said kitna pyaar hai tumse!!!!!
Finally we have the dialogue of the story!!!!
Raj bade conveniently apne hisaab se Naina ki baato ka matlab nikalta hai!!!!!
Raj se kuch nahi honewaala!!!! Ab toh ek hi raasta hai ke kisi tarah se Naina ko Raj ki diary mil jaaye!!!!
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Too good!!!!!Awesome!!!!!
Raj, like a good husband, goes to pay the bill but Naina insisted on paying it herself!!!!
But Naina had forgotten her bag and so Raj paid for the stuff!!!!
Aww Raj is so sweet and I like the answer he gives the shopkeeper!!!!!
Naina shouldn't have offered to pay back Raj!!!!!
Raj was hurt but accha huya that Naina realized it and apologized!!!!!
Raj will make such a sweet hubby as he says he will never get tired of Naina's shopping!!!!!
Naina wishes that it had been real and longs for Raj to be with her always!!!!!
Huda has gone to Komal's room to romance with her and they are indeed cute!!!!!
Aalekh leaves no chance to pull Huda's leg and the way he teased Huda was hilarious!!!!
Huda says the excuse of bringing in tea but there is no tea!!!!!
He should atleast take care to think of a good excuse if someone asks!!!!!
Like Raj, even I love it when Naina calls him by his name!!!!!
At the party, Aalekh is happy to see Naina happy and wants her to take care of herself!!!!
Yudi and Aalekh want to tease Huda but Naina and Shalini forbid them from doing so!!!!!
Like Sherry, even I would have liked it more if Raj had complimented Naina!!!!
Sherry is the best and tried to make Raj understand but Raj is just not ready to listen!!!!!
Sherry is too much and poor Raj had to go and dance with her instead of Naina!!!!!
As usual Pooja wants to dance with Ali and Ali is shy, but it was cute the way Pooja told him to ask her for a dance!!!!!
Yeh Raj bas Naina ko dekhne ke alawa aur kuch kar bhi nahi sakta hai!!!!
The song is very nice and perfect for Raj and Naina!!!!!
No wonder it is Naina's favourite as it describes her story!!!!!
Sherry's comment about Ranbeer's choice of work was hilarious!!!!!
Ranbeer took Naina away for a dance and Raj missed the chance to dance with Naina!!!!
Serves him right as uske saath yehi hona chahiye!!!!
Usse Naina ki qadar hi nahi hai aur itni der karega toh koi aur le hi jayega na!!!!
I liked what Sherry said to Raj and I hope Raj realizes in time before it is too late!!!!
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1. The Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to computer related searches and dynamic links. More specifically, the present invention relates to performing user defined searches and to creating user defined links from existing text.
2. Prior State of the Art
The primary problem addressed by this invention relates to how searches are currently performed on the Internet, an Intranet or other computer network. For example, when a user desires to perform a search while working within an application such as a word processor, the user must first exit the word processor and initiate a Internet browser. Once the Internet browser is opened, the user first opens a particular search engine or other database. Next, the user inputs the search terms into the selected search engine. The search engine then returns the search results to the user. Finally, the user must extract the information returned in the search result and input that information into the current application.
This can become a tedious and very unproductive process as the user spends time going between an application and a browser in order to perform various searches. In addition, the user often must perform the additional step of accessing the particular web site which may be returned in the search results. This additional step extends the process of searching the Internet for information or other data. What is needed are systems and methods for simplifying this process by allowing a user to search the Internet or other network from within an application more quickly and more easily.
The present invention provides systems and methods for automating a search over a network such as the Internet. A user selects data such as text from within an application. The selected data is activated and a search is performed without the user having to leave the application. The search is performed while the user is continuing within the application. When the search is complete, the search results are made available to the user within the application from which the search was initiated. In one embodiment, the data is pre-searched and the results are cached such that the results are already available should the user desire. The present invention is particularly suited to integration with an operating system such that the methods of the present invention are thereby available to all applications. Alternatively, the present invention can be specific to a particular application.
In order that the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
One embodiment of the present invention relates to allowing a user to perform searches on the Internet without having to leave the particular application within which the user is operating. A preferred method is to allow the user to dynamically create a hyperlink or a link within the application. Once this link is created, the present invention provides for selecting search terms, executing the search request and returning the results to the user without the user having to leave the context of the application. For example, if the user is operating within a word processing program and desires to perform a search relating to some of the words within the document that is being created, the first step that the user must perform is to select the words or the text that correspond to the search terms. The creation of the link, in one embodiment, is an inherent part of the selection of text. In other embodiments, no link is created and the search terms are simply executed. The selection of this text can be done by methods currently known in the art such as highlighting the text with the mouse or keyboard commands.
Once the text has been selected, the user activates the selected text, which is an example of causing the search to be initiated. Frequently this can be done using a drop down menu, a right click of a mouse, a keyboard command, or a voice command or other method. A search is then performed based on the terms that have been selected. In one embodiment, after the text has been selected and activated, the search is performed in the background and the user may continue to operate within the application. Once the search has been performed, the search results are returned to the user. In some instances, those results can be input directly into the word processing application or other application, or the user has the option of previewing the results or viewing the results. The user can also store the results to a hard drive or other storage medium for later review. The present invention also has the ability to take into account the context of the document that is being created by the user. For example, the present invention may examine the sentence that contains the selected word to focus the search terms that have been selected.
While the present invention has been described herein with regards to word processing applications, the presentation may also be used in other situations. The present invention may be used to search documents that are saved or files that are saved in other locations. For instance, a user may designate one or more files that are stored on a network storage medium to serve as the search parameters. Alternatively, a user may initiate a search on a computer network for all files that contain particular words and then cause the present invention to search the Internet for information relating to those terms that have been identified by a user. The present invention may be used with text recognition applications, database applications, spreadsheet applications, and the like.
The user may designate which search engine or Internet site is to be used for the search. Alternatively, a user may designate that the search be performed on more than one search engine or that a metasearch engine be used. In other words, the present invention is highly configurable by the user. The user can specify which terms are to be searched. The user is also able to specify how the search is to be performed, whether it be a context based search or strictly limited to the terms or words that have been selected by the user. The user is able to indicate how the search is to be performed and where the search is to be performed. The user is also able to indicate how many results are to be returned. More simply, the user is able to configure, in a variety of ways, how the present invention is to be utilized. User preferences may be pre-set, but the present invention has the ability to learn a user's preferences.
The present invention also has a look-ahead feature. This look-ahead feature allows the present invention to search for terms that exist in a document, for example, and perform a search before the user actually indicates that a search is to be performed on those terms. For instance, when a brief is written, various cases are cited. When the present invention is able to detect a case citation, the search is automatically performed and the search results of that case citation may be provided through use of the present invention. This feature is particularly useful in a variety of situations including but not limited to: attorney's writing legal documents; doctors writing medical histories; accountants performing numerical analysis; journalists writing articles; and academicians researching projects.
The present invention is not limited, however, to searching for text. The present invention is capable of searching for image files, sound files, MPEG files, or other type of files that may exist and contain information that is accessible over the Internet or other networks. In one embodiment, these types of searches are performed using the metadata that accompanies these types of files. For example, graphic files typically have metadata that describes what the image is and these terms are able to be searched.
The present invention extends to both methods and systems for automating Internet searches. The embodiments of the present invention may comprise a special purpose or general purpose computer including various computer hardware, as discussed in greater detail below.
Embodiments within the scope of the present invention also include computer-readable media for carrying or having computer-executable instructions or data structures stored thereon. Such computer-readable media can be any available media which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of computer-executable instructions or data structures and which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. When information is transferred or provided over a network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or a combination of hardwired or wireless) to a computer, the computer properly views the connection as a computer-readable medium. Thus, any such a connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. Computer-executable instructions comprise, for example, instructions and data which cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention may be practiced in network computing environments with many types of computer system configurations, including personal computers, hand-held devices, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by local and remote processing devices that are linked (either by hardwired links, wireless links, or by a combination of hardwired or wireless links) through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
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The computer 20 may also include a magnetic hard disk drive 27 for reading from and writing to a magnetic hard disk 39, a magnetic disk drive 28 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 29, and an optical disk drive 30 for reading from or writing to removable optical disk 31 such as a CD-ROM or other optical media. The magnetic hard disk drive 27, magnetic disk drive 28, and optical disk drive 30 are connected to the system bus 23 by a hard disk drive interface 32, a magnetic disk drive-interface 33, and an optical drive interface 34, respectively. The drives and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer-executable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the computer 20. Although the exemplary environment described herein employs a magnetic hard disk 39, a removable magnetic disk 29 and a removable optical disk 31, other types of computer readable media for storing data can be used, including magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, Bernoulli cartridges, RAMs, ROMs, and the like.
Program code means comprising one or more program modules may be stored on the hard disk 39, magnetic disk 29, optical disk 31, ROM 24 or RAM 25, including an operating system 35, one or more application programs 36, other program modules 37, and program data 38. A user may enter commands and information into the computer 20 through keyboard 40, pointing device 42, or other input devices (not shown), such as a microphone, joy stick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 21 through a serial port interface 46 coupled to system bus 23. Alternatively, the input devices may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, a game port or a universal serial bus (USB). A monitor 47 or another display device is also connected to system bus 23 via an interface, such as video adapter 48. In addition to the monitor, personal computers typically include other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers and printers.
The computer 20 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computers 49 a and 49 b. Remote computers 49 a and 49 b may each be another personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically include many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 20, although only memory storage devices 50 a and 50 b and their associated application programs 36 a and 36 b have been illustrated in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 20 is connected to the local network 51 through a network interface or adapter 53. When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 20 may include a modem 54, a wireless link, or other means for establishing communications over the wide area network 52, such as the Internet. The modem 54, which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 23 via the serial port interface 46. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the computer 20, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing communications over wide area network 52 may be used.
Referring to
In another embodiment of the present invention, it is understood that it is possible to perform the search based on the link that has been created and store the results for future access by a user. This enables the user to have instant access to the search results without having to perform the search again at a later date. The results of the search may be simply stored on the users local storage medium such as a local hard drive or RAM. In step 104, after the text has been selected and activated, the search is typically performed as indicated by the configuration settings or by the user. The search may be performed on an Internet search engine or over the Internet or through various other types of databases or networks, including but not limited to, intranets and extranets.
In step 106, the results of the search are returned to the user and can be displayed in a variety of manners. In other words, a user or the application is capable of manipulating the results. Manipulating the search results includes, but is not limited to, copying at least a portion of the search results, pasting at least a portion of the search results, deleting at least a portion the search results, saving at least a portion of the results, using the search results in accordance with pre-defined rules or procedures, and the like. For example, the results of the search may be displayed when the user mouses over the text that was previously selected. When that mouse crosses over the activated text the results can be displayed in a pop up window to a user and the user then has the ability to select which of the search results the user desires to place in the document or to read. In another embodiment, the present invention may simply place the first result of the search into the document without further user input. For example, if the search result is a court case citation, then the citation may be placed within the text. The user then has the ability to edit this result as if it were text that the user had created. These methods are intended to be exemplary descriptions of how search results can be returned to a user and used in a document or other application. Additionally, more than one portion of the text or other data may be activated. Also, linked and unlinked text and data displayed by a browser are included within preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Essentially, hyperlinks or links are being created where hyperlinks or links do not already exist. Links are dynamically created based on the data that is selected as well as the context of the selected data. For example, the search engine that is used to perform the search for a selected word (sentence, paragraph, image) may be determined based on the context of the word. If the word "aspirin" is selected in a sentence (page, etc.) that also has the word "interaction" in it, a medical drug interaction database may be searched instead of a generic search engine.
Basically, a user indicates what text is to be used in a search. This may be done in a number of ways depending on the application being executed by the user. In many instances, both the operating system and a particular application are involved in the selection of text or other data. Depending on the application, for example, a user may highlight the text (with mouse, keyboard, or some other way); hover the cursor over the text; and wherever the cursor is in some document (like while doing word processing).
Once the text to search for is indicated in some fashion, the user will trigger the search or activate the text. Again, this can happen in several ways, such as click the mouse (right, left, middle, etc.); key sequence (F12, etc.); menu item; main application menu; context menu (which usually comes up when the user right clicks in an application); toolbar button; voice command, dedicated keyboard or mouse button, and the like.
When the search action is initiated, the search may occur immediately based on the selected text and bring up the results in a web browser, or it may bring up a user interface to prompt the user for more information to fine tune the search actions being performed. For example, the user may: highlight a word; right click to bring up the context menu; or select the menu item. Once this action is performed, a dialog window is displayed asking the user if they want to search based on the word, the sentence the word is contained in, or the paragraph the word is contained in. The user will also be presented with a list of search engines they want to use to perform the search. The list of engines to use may come from a list the user configured ahead of time, a global list, or a list based on the selected terms. The search may be based on the context of the selected terms. For example, if the selected text or other data is a recognized medical term, then a list of medical related sites are displayed. If the search terms are the name of a car, then various car related web sites may be searched.
The search may be performed based on what other users with a similar profile to the current user may have used for similar terms in the past. For example, using the term "metal," a search for users in the manufacturing industry may be performed in a metallurgical database, while other a search for other users may be performed in a music database. The determination of which search engines will be displayed or used may be driven by the term and a user. Often a user ID may also be utilized in determining how the search is to be performed. One embodiment of the present invention is capable of determining how the search is to be performed while other embodiments leave the determination to other applications on the user's computer or on a remote computer.
Once the search engine(s) are determined or selected, the search is passed into the various search engines through their standard HTML or XTML form based method of searching. In addition, for search engines that may not be HTML or XTML based, other methods of triggering the search can be used. For example, searching for the term may occur in a company's glossary that resides in some database.
The results of the search can be displayed in the user's web browser, in an embedded browser window in the triggering application, or in some other custom interface that is used for displaying that search engine's results.
The present invention will interface with existing applications or operating systems via that application's API (application programming interface) to provide the user activated search functionality. A new set of context menu items may be added to each application. The fewer actions the user has to take to select the search term, and perform the search the better. This process depends on both the application and the application's application programming interfaces (APIs). One application may involve simply hovering the mouse point over a term and pressing the middle mouse button, other applications may involve highlighting the search terms and then right clicking to bring up a context menu such that the appropriate menu item may be selected.
Ideally, the present invention would be integrated with an operating system to provide this capability to every application on the system (similar to how most applications supports cut/copy/paste). But, the present invention may also be application specific.
Some of the applications that obviously fit this functionality are web browsers, e-mail clients, word processors, spreadsheets, PDF viewers and the like, chat clients, voice recognition systems, operating systems and the like. Note that an operating system is also considered to be an application.
Searching the worldwide web need not be limited to HTML links pre-defined and embedded in web pages. Instead, any text can be immediately linked to a search engine or engines and, effectively, become a hypertext link through the present invention. The searchable text not only includes plain text in web pages but also encompasses text in any word processing program, spreadsheet, office suite or any other type of text.
The text to be searched can either be selected with a left double-click in most applications, or by dragging an inserted cursor (in HTML), or by shift/arrows in some programs. Depending on the language, structure, and API of the document containing the desired text, the text could be selected for searching by just hovering over the desired search terms.
For example, once the text is selected, a single right click brings up either a drop down menu listing search options or, depending upon the API for the underlying page, a detailed GUI. Either way, the options available for searching are configurable. For example, the default search could be on the word with a particular search engine over the entire web. Options could modify the default (e.g., search the entire sentence in context, search for graphic files, use a metasearch engine, search only news/information sites, search only an intra- or extranet) or allow complete customization on a per search basis.
The program is also intelligent in many ways. First, it can read the terms to be searched in the context of either the surrounding text or of the URL from whence it came. For example, if "cardinal" were selected as the text to be searched, the intelligence would provide different search results if the text were on a sports page than it would if the text came from a bird-watching page. A second type of intelligence will be learning the user's search preferences (e.g., shopping v. information v. entertainment, etc.). This intelligence can be both programmed in at the initial log-on or learned from repeated uses of the present invention.
A third type of intelligence would be a "look-ahead" feature. On a HTML page or in another application the program would identify non-hypertext terms likely to be searched (e.g., proper nouns or, depending on the users learned or entered preferences, terms of art in a particular field or fields), search the terms, and cache the results. The results of the search could be set to appear, for example as a pop-up when the cursor hovered over the text.
Specialized uses include a lawyer working on a brief typing a case, selecting the text and immediately being transported to a legal search engine such a Lexis or Westlaw. With the "look-ahead" feature operational and enabled the search results would already be resident and thus the search would be instantaneous. A doctor reviewing a patient report emailed by a colleague could instantly search medical journals and/or drug manufacturers for the latest information on a condition, procedure, or medication. On an intranet, a manager doing personnel evaluations could access all information about a particular employee without leaving the word-processing screen. An author writing or editing a story or book could search specialized databases for background information or details.
The present invention is not, as previously described, limited to text. The present invention can be used in conjunction with scanned data, text recognition devices and files, image files, MPEG files, voice commands and other user input and available data. The data may be selected, activated and searched. The user is relieved of leaving an application to externally and manually execute a search. The results of the search can be stored, incorporated into the specific application, viewed, pre-viewed or otherwise handled as specified by a user.
The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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The adoration for this player by some of our members (you included). We get it, Zlatan is sooooooooooo good. We got that about 2 months ago already, as countless dudes on this forum hail his achievements on a daily basis (he's 35! omgomgomg!!!!). This thread has more replies than the ones for Santi, Hector, Mustafi or Cech, and more than Per's and Kos' combined. What more needs to be said on the topic of Zlatan fucking Ibrahimovic, a Manchester United player?
Because it's a separate section of the forum which allows us to discuss non-Arsenal related matters.
TBF some of that is a pushback against the people who have been detractors, people who have been trying to unreasonably talk him down.
No causality here whatsoever. Because it's a seperate section of the forum, this thread has so many replies?This thread has so many replies because a lot of people feel the need to engage in a nerverending match of "told you so". While this is certainly justified to some extent, given how this all started, it's gotten to a point were Arsenal fans are posting memes celebrating the quality of a United player and updating his goal tally (14!!!), which is - in my humble opinion - embarrassing.
Zlatan isn't the first non Arsenal player this forum has jizzed over and wont be the last.
Some of the comments made against him are ludicrous and deserve to be shot down whether he is an Arsenal player or not.
IMO Ibra deserves all the praise he gets from fans all over, not just United scum. The guy is remarkable and people have been anticipating his Premier League arrival for years.
So sorry if we talk about him a bit as he mugs off defenders at the age of 35. They are the ones who should be embarrassed
There's no mandate that forces you to enter the thread though so if it upsets you so much then there's nothing we can do about that. I'll continue to spend the rest of the season updating his tally and adopting the told you so approach towards certain members who've spent the last few months doing everything in their power to undermine his obvious quality.
That's because despite his association with United, he's one of the most celebrated football players of his generation and therefore will always be a strong topic of discussion on any football forum irrespective of the club in question.
According to this logic, the Messi thread on this forum (any football related forum for that matter) should be bursting. Alas, there isn't even one. It just so happens that this particular forum has a lot more dedicated Zlatan fanboys than it has Messi fanboys. And just like you're entitled to continue your endeavours in promotion of the god of the Swedes, I might occasionally step by and voice my opinion, too. No need to "do anything about that". As this is the internet, it matters fuck all anyway.
@CunningLinguist Been thinking the exact same every time this thread blows up every week...
I get what started it was reasonably understandable, but the fact that the same thing is still being repeated after weeks and months by the same heads just displays pure unadulterated dick riding there's no two ways about it.
How many times do you even have to say Ibra proved his doubters wrong? Especially how he barely had any doubters in the first place. I don't think any other player got this kind of backing when they shut up arguably more doubters than Ibra has. Ibra's supposed doubters are such a minority that they're basically a way to justify displaying Ibra fan boy behaviour.
As we can see around the internet, the media outlets and the football fandom, people were eagerly anticipating to whip em out the very first moment this popular world class footballer got into any kind of form.
Indeed nauseating but this thread and generally football discourse online will probably still be popping with the same shit until the end of the season.
I'll be one of those "pure unadulterated dick riders" for the rest of the season and I'll quite enjoy doing it too. And in the meantime people such as yourself and @CunningLinguist can either continue to be bothered about it or just not waste your time coming into a thread about an individual player in a non-Arsenal related section of the forum.
And as nauseating as you seem to find it you still had ample time to come in and ramble on with your own two cents yourself with a reply which could easily have been condensed into a sentence or two. So save yourself the hassle and just don't entertain it.
It's probably a bit much for you to lament the state of online football discourse when you start your post with a phrase like "pure unadulterated dick riding"
Unique descriptions should not be frowned upon
That's not really a fair comparsion considering we started from scratch in the Summer, losing everything as a result. The Messi thread on the old Forum had tons of posts and activity.
Not that it matters, but how isn't it a fair comparison, if both started from scratch?
Playing in a different league hence not so many watch his games + Messi talk in the La Liga thread
I think that if Messi had moved to the Premier League and to one of our rivals this summer he'd have a thread dedicated to him specifically, and it would be very busy if two or three posters had decided to trash him simply because he played for one of our rivals. This is why I think it's a bit of an unfair comparison. We reset the forums and lost a fair bit of activity along the way, which is why there isn't a Messi thread anymore. Also because at this stage there isn't much that needs saying about Messi, there's next to no debate to be had, he is basically the greatest and that's all there is to it.
Also, to put it lazily, Ibrahimovic is box office. He's a larger than life character who often says outrageously arrogant things, that seem to amuse and alienate people in equal measure. Lots of people think he's hilarious and the man, whereas others think that he's an arrogant bellend. He provokes discussion.
He's an astounding footballer but as a character i think he's a twat, and I think his arrogance is now too self aware and artificial and is all about maintaining "Brand Zlatan", but even though I don't like him at all it's still tempting to come to come to this thread to laugh at those who needlessly tried to talk him down.
Nothing really, but I think a lot of the people praising him are really just responding to the people trashing him.
While I agree with everything you wrote, you've totally missed the point.
I see plenty of proactive posts.Even when he scores a mundane goal, the thread is bumped.
It is indeed quite embarrassing.
also @CunningLinguist
I believe Giroud got a lot of praise (including myself) this season, rather than pure bashing in the past.


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You never know what you're going to get when you put Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in front of a camera. Well, that's not entirely true. You know it's going to be R-rated, generally insane and utterly hilarious. And therein lies the charming genius of these two, who star in this summer's action/comedy "The Other Guys."
Ferrell and Wahlberg were on hand Thursday afternoon (June 3) at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, for a rehearsal of their top-secret shenanigans at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Afterward, they stopped by for a chat with MTV News, and things got weird fast.
To begin, Wahlberg announced his presence with a furious series of curses that was both out-of-nowhere and infectious, as Ferrell quickly joined in the barrage of swears far too child-unfriendly to reprint here. The tone for the rest of the interview was set. Talk (you might call it smack talk, in fact) ranged from their favorite "Jersey Shore" castmembers to their irrepressible love of Zac Efron. Don't ask us — we're as confused as anyone. But damn, we're pretty amused too.
Take their training regime to prepare for their Movie Awards appearance:
"Hitting the gym, getting tanned, doing some laundry," Wahlberg said.
"I just gave Mark a ride home in my helicopter," Ferrell added. "We do 15 rounds on the heavy bag and then HGH."
"And then we watch Zac Efron," Wahlberg finished.
Whatever you guys say.
Lucky for both of them, Efron will be in the house at Sunday night's show. He'll be one of the night's presenters, along with Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Biel, Steve Carell, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. Fan voting is currently under way at MovieAwards.MTV.com and will stay open through Saturday. Voting for Best Movie, however, will stay open throughout the awards show itself, which means you'll have a chance to affect the night's biggest prize until the very last minute.
Don't miss the live red-carpet coverage, exclusive movie clips and fist-pumping action on MTV News' "Jersey Shore Blow-Out at the MTV Movie Awards," airing live from Los Angeles this Sunday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Then stay tuned for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at 9 p.m. ET/PT.


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