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Clemson's offensive playbook. I've now had a few different sources send me Clemson's offensive playbook from 2013 under then-offensive coordinator (and current SMU head coach) Chad Morris. From 2012 to 2013, the Tigers — led by quarterback Tajh Boyd and featuring weapons like DeAndre Hopkins, Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd and Martavis Bryant — averaged over 41 points per game while compiling a 23-4 record, which included bowl wins over LSU and Ohio State. More relevant to now, Clemson's current co-offensive coordinators, Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott, were both on Clemson's staff going back to 2011 and they have largely kept the offense the same, with the primary wrinkles being additional window dressing as well as a few additional passing concepts to play to quarterback Deshaun Watson's strengths. As a result, the offense found in the the 2013 playbook is essentially the same one Ohio State will see on New Year's Eve as they face off in the College Football Playoff.
You can download the part one of the playbook here and part two here.
The first things that should jump out to you about this playbook are:
- All of the terminology is built around being run from the no-huddle, so playcalls are limited and primarily use word concepts for play names, as Clemson will often use related words such as NFL team names, cities and mascots to all refer to the same concept;
- If you are familiar with Gus Malzahn's offense it's exceptionally similar to what Gus Malzahn has run — and not just the play concepts, but in how the offense itself is constructed, called and designed, right down to referring to receivers as numbers ("2", "5" and "9" being the names for receivers, rather than X, Y and Z) — which should be no surprise given the long history between Morris and Malzahn; and
- It's extremely simple to the point where there's really just not that much there, as the whole philosophy is to keep it simple so it can all be run extremely fast.
I will admit to my biases in that, while I am always a proponent of simplicity, the sophistication of the passing game in this playbook — or, frankly, from much of Clemson's film — leaves me a bit cold. Now, as I mentioned, Clemson's staff has done a nice job adding more to the passing game to better feature Deshaun Watson's skills, and there's no reason for Clemson to drop in 500 of Bill Walsh's favorite pass plays into the middle of a very streamlined, tightly organized offense, but it's clear that the goal of Clemson's offense is to make you defend Clemson's tempo, formations, runs, "shot play" play-action passes behind your secondary and individual one-on-one matchups in the passing game, and only then do you worry about specific pass game concepts.
That said, there is some cool stuff in there in terms of the running game itself as well as packaged plays/run-pass options, such as the below play which combines inside zone with a simplified form of the "Levels" pass play that Peyton Manning made famous:
But in terms of the passing game the most sophisticated things I notice — again, both from watching Clemson and from the playbook — involve staple concepts like Snag where the QB can either read the three playside receivers or make a pre-snap decision to work the backside receiver one-on-one, as shown in the below diagram from the playbook.
There are also a limited number of "coverage reads" in Clemson's offense, such as the below which combines a slant/flat concept (good against single safety coverages like Cover 1 man and Cover 3 zone) and double slants (good against 2 deep coverages like Cover 2 and Cover 2 man).
If I sound overly critical I don't mean to be; if anything it's a testament to the job Dabo Swinney has done building a program over a playbook, and ultimately wins and losses being about players over plays. That said, when you play against the best teams, players and coaches you need to bring your best stuff — and have the right answers when your opponent brings theirs.
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– Lamar Jackson's passing. Louisville quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Lamar Jackson is electric, tough, and just plain exciting, but no one is going to confuse him just yet for Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. But he's also not Tim Tebow, as he has a tremendous amount of raw passing talent and fabulous arm strength (seriously, watch this throw), and he's been growing and improving by leaps in bounds not only in his accuracy but also his footwork and reads. Jackson has at least one more year at Louisville to learn and develop in Bobby Petrino's offense — as well as a matchup against LSU's excellent defense to show his stuff — and I'm looking forward to seeing how another offseason and fall camp benefits him in terms of continuing to improve how he reads defenses, identifies blitzes and coverages and finds secondary and tertiary receivers. I put together a short clip on the Smart Football Instagram page earlier this season showing the early signs of his development; hopefully these trends continue.
– The psychology of trick plays. Washington head coach Chris Petersen is — somewhat rightly, somewhat unfairly — branded as a "trick play coach," largely because of his Boise State team's amazing last second heroics against Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. The New York Times (with a slight assist from some blogger) delves into the psychology of trick plays, when to use them and how they really benefit a team. Also, Lindsay Schnell at SI did a great piece on the history of that Boise State/Oklahoma game, and it's also never a bad time to revisit those three crazy plays that led to a Boise win.
– So you want to work for Bill Belichick? Here is a great article on the rigors — and long-term benefits — of being a junior grunt working for Bill Belichick. The subtext of this is that football knowledge isn't necessarily esoteric or even difficult, but learning its intricacies is a grind, and there is really no substitute for that grind.
– Belichick on Navy. Speaking of Belichick, here is a great video of Belichick drawing up a play from Navy's 1959 offense, when Belichick's father was on the staff. The best part is when Lesley Visser asks, "How well would this play work today?" "Football is football."
– Match Quarters. One of my favorite discoveries of this football season is the Match Quarters site, run by a current high school coach and former Baylor graduate assistant under Phil Bennett detailing a methodical, philosophical approach to 4-3/4-2-5 Quarters coverage in the age of the spread offense. This page is a great place to start.
– Offensive line intricacies. Former NFL offensive linemen Geoff Schwartz has been moonlighting for SBNation, and he has a couple of great pieces out. The first is about how defensive linemen frequently get away with holding, and the second is about how teams use their runningbacks and tight-ends to help their tackles in pass protection.
– Chop runningback screen. One of the keys to any good runningback screen is for the runningback to sell that he is blocking, which both helps the concept of the screen play — as it effectively makes two players responsible for the runningback, the rushing defender and a dropping defender — and it ensures the runningback can actually get out there for the screen. The below is a nifty wrinkle I hadn't seen before, where a fullback executes a backside cut block obefore releasing for a screen.
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"The only way we can expedite is if your son was an illegal."
But I'm sure the kids were just on a substandard bad apple plan. Isn't that the robotic liberal response to every criticism of ObamaCare.
A Gainesville family is fighting for their childrens' lives. Ronald and Krista Alford's two children, Hunter and Mikayla, were born with extremely rare types of cancer. Now, seven years into fighting that battle, they've been hit with a new one: their children's insurance has been cancelled, affecting Hunter's chemotherapy. News 12's Allison Harris brings us their story of struggle and strength. Hunter Alford is due for his next round of chemo. As of right now, his mom Krista says, he's unlikely to get it.
"Since his insurance was dropped, we're thinking about cancelling his chemotherapy," Krista Alford said.
The 7-year-old, who loves playing games on his iPad, is reportedly the youngest person to have his type of cancer. Hunter has Plexiform Hishocyne Neoplasm. The Alford's are in a battle with children's medicaid -- or CHIP -- Hunter's insurance. Krista says, despite receiving a new, renewed insurance card, the agency told her they dropped his insurance. "I called them and they said we were dropped October 31st," Krista said. Krista says an insurance agent told her that Hunter's information got lost when they made changes under the new Affordable Care Act. Now, Krista is on a mission to re-gain that insurance, but they're running out of time before his next chemo treatment, and the agent says they can't expedite.
"The lady's like, the only way we can expedite is if your son was pregnant and in labor, or if he was an illegal," Krista said.
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Gangster saved Kangana from an adult film
Kangana is known as Bollywood 'Queen' ever since she got a National Award as best actress for her role the movie 'Queen'. Apart from her acting capabilities, Kangana is known for her outspoken attitude. She has revealed a shocking thing in a recent interview that she could have started her career with an adult film if Gangster did not come her way. Don't be confused that a real gangster saved her. It is 'Gangster' movie which was released in 2006.
'Gangster' starring Imran Hashmi and Shiney Ahuja is her debut film in Bollywood. Revealing about her debut film, she told that she got an offer before Gangster film. "It's not a good film but I got ready to do it. I've done photo shoot also. They have given me the costume robe later. There are no clothes in that robe. Then I felt that it's a blue film. After that I thought of not doing the film. Meanwhile I got an offer in the Gangster luckily. I really liked Gangster script and skipped the other film".
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It's been a crazy week for new Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich. He took a few minutes to chat with the Pac-12 blog about his vision for Oregon, the state of recruiting and how hands-on he'll be in all three phases of the game.
What have these last four or five days been like for you?
Mark Helfrich: A whirlwind. We've been out recruiting in full force. We were joking a week ago that everything was flipped upside down. Our coaches have done an incredible job recruiting this class. The reception on the road has been great. Our players are all working hard. We're full-speed ahead.
What about you personally? What have these last few days been like?
MH: It's been great. What has transpired has been a dream come true. But at some point, you have to wake up from the dream and you have to go back to work and that's what we started to do after the press conference Sunday. We hit the road and there is just a lot of stuff going on and we're all coming together for the same goal.
I assume you've addressed the team since the transition. What's the pulse of the team right now?
MH: I had a chance to address the team on Saturday night and that's the weird part about this time of year, you don't see your players as much as you'd like with two weeks of recruiting left. But they were great. They have a lot of affection for this staff. Eight of the 10 coaches from last year are here and it shows their level of commitment and our level of commitment to each other is strong.
I know a lot has been made about the play-calling. For you, is it more important to establish the play-calling pecking order, so to speak, or is it more about the collaboration and process?
MH: It's definitely a process. That's the neat deal about all of this. Our program, whether it's the strength side of it, the academic side of it, our practices, all the way down, our guys get that it's all about our process. It's all about working hard. It's all about having fun. It's all about working with great people and they all understand that. Everything is a process from offense to defense to special teams. Our offensive staff has done a great job game-planning and preparing all the way up to game day. We have a couple of plans in place for how we're going to call plays. We'll try to get in there really fast.
How hands-on do you plan on being with the defense?
MH: To be determined; all of that stuff, as far as how much with the offense, how much with the defense, how much with the special teams. We obviously have a very veteran staff on both sides of the ball, all three phases, really, and I have a tremendous amount of trust in those guys. It's more about reaffirming that process and reaffirming how we do things and letting those guys coach and letting those guys go and me just learning about the minutia of stuff.
I'm sure during your time there you learned a million different things from Chip Kelly. Is there one thing that stands out?
MH: The biggest thing that stands out is evaluation. We don't want to compromise on character. We have such a great group of guys on our team right now. It's such a great culture. If we bring in a character guy, an attitude guy, a tough guy, he's going to push this whole thing forward. We're not a reform school. We're not in the business of rehabilitating guys. We're in the business of excellence. For our guys to move forward and for our program to move forward, we want to bring in guys that have that rock-solid foundation. And the next step is we want bigger, faster character guys and putting that all together and never compromising on that. We won't compromise on that.
How do you go about tempering expectations, which are certainly going to be high next year?
MH: We don't really talk about that. We all want to win championships. We want to lift the crystal ball. But that's a long way down the road. As long as everybody begins with the end in mind, but starts at the beginning, and then you work your tail off. You work our system academically. You work our system from a character standpoint. You work the system from a football standpoint and all of that takes care of itself.
The quicker the transition to a new head coach, the better it is. What's the response been -- without going into specifics -- from the guys you are recruiting?
MH: Our reception has been outstanding. Our staff has done a tremendous job in recruiting and getting the right type of guys for Oregon. They realize they are part of a great program that has had success for a long time. The reception has been very, very good.


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The garden's multiple purposes are also important. Is it going to provide cut flowers to bring inside? Is it providing herbs or vegetables? Is it all about supporting pollinators? Is it a "beauty spot" in a green swath of lawn?
Another consideration is whether we are going to save seeds produced in this year's garden to use in growing plants for next year's garden. Planning for seed saving will help a gardener choose good varieties for that purpose, and also help the gardener know how many plants to grow.
Seed Savers Exchange keeps information about seed saving online, to help gardeners get started. I also, though, will be giving a presentation about Planning for Seed Saving next week, on Wednesday, January
The group is a kind of "advisory committee," that meets four times each year. Its members are community garden leaders, members, and supporters who work together to keep Cobb County's community gardens vibrant, productive, and fun.
At the meetings, we (I am a member; can you tell?) share notes about what is going well in our gardens and gardening communities, and we help each other with problems that may have arisen. It is a great group!
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., at the Cobb Water System Training Lab classroom, at 662 South Cobb Drive, Marietta. You don't have to be a member to come to the presentation, and it is always educational to hear what is going on in other people's gardens.


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I'm talking 2-3 DIFFERENT crazy dreams per night. It's definitely entertaining, but should I be worried...? Tell me what you think!
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I LOVE dreams! Many people would be envious of you but I do have to admit- there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Is this exhausting you? There is a physical purpose for why we forget dreams. You seem to be retaining a bit more than the average person.
I would not be worried-- it is more harmful not to dream.
If this is disrupting anything for you, you may want to consider what you are eating before bed, what you are eating throughout the day, if you are going to bed too late, if you are taking any medication with side effects, etc. If you have repetitive dreams, I would suggest writing them down and attempting to analyze them. Our dreams often get crazier when we are ignoring an important message or issue we need to address.
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It really depends on what you are dreaming. So since I don't have any examples I'll give it a shot and try to answer to the best of my knowledge.
If you are having nightmares- than no it's not normal or something you have to keep. I would pray over my sleep- and pray for sweet sleep, and at the same time bind up all night attacks,terrors in Jesus name.This worked for my daughter who was having really really bad dreams- plus we had to get out anything linked to the occult because it really invites those spirits into one's house.
Now if you are having like dreams/visions of like warnings of up coming events than you will need to pray against all calamity in Jesus name. God gives us dreams, visions and such to warn his people.
Now satan can cause bad terrifying dreams that will induce extreme fear and panic.
Lately the body of Christ have been getting dreams and visions so we can pray for those involved in the tragic upcoming events to be saved, and for God to have mercy on them and save them from the coming destruction & etc- what so interesting about this is all the dreams and visions line up and agree with each other even though they came from different people at different places and such.
So is it an attack or a warning?
Well this is all that I can think of- so if you can clarify on what is happening and how long it's been going on I would love to know & help in whatever way.Also I will pray for you in Jesus name.
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That would be fun. Everyone dreams many times per night. I rarely remember my dreams unless I am interrupted. Consider yourself lucky. I think there is some kind of 6th sense that comes with dreams
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A radio DJ who breaks all the rules takes to the sea as a pirate of the airwaves -- both figuratively and literally. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the DJ who, during the 1960s, infuriates the British government with his musical rebellion, blasting pop music to the U.K. Sex, drugs, rock'n roll, and boats are what this comedy is all about. Check it out after the jump.
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The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act was enacted in 1979 by Assembly Bill 1312, authored by Assemblyman Howard Berman. Since it became law, it has provided the means to preserve over 60,000 acres of parkland in both wilderness and urban settings, and improve more than 114 public recreational facilities in the Santa Monica Mountains.
When development threatened Franklin Canyon, Congressman Howard Berman teamed up with conservationist Sooky Goldman to get the DWP and the National Park Service (NPS) to make Franklin Canyon a park. Now there is a Berman Trail and a Sooky Goldman Nature Center. He also led a successful fight to prevent the building of 26 luxury homes in Fryman Canyon.
Howard works every year with the Los Angeles County Congressional delegation to secure federal funding for the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan including priority areas of Tujunga Wash and Sun Valley Watershed, and to secure drinking water supply, recreational access, and economic opportunities relating to the Los Angeles River and watershed.
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In the early 1990′s, Howard initiated the creation of CALSTART, a California non-profit that encourages growth in Southern California's clean transportation technology industry. CALSTART focuses on transportation solutions that address urban air quality, energy security, and climate change and has been instrumental in advancing technologies that include electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, biofuels, and hydrogen fuel cells.
He is a cosponsor of legislation to establish rigorous new requirements for corporate average fuel economy standards, renewable energy standards for utility company portfolios, and other proven methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on dirty fuels.
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He authored a law which eliminates the tariff on reusable polypropylene grocery and shopping bags, which was enacted as part of the Miscellaneous Tariffs Bill of 2009 (the material is not produced by a domestic supplier). The Berman provision has contributed to keeping costs low on this commonly-found type of reusable bag.
Howard supports robust enforcement of the country's key environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and Superfund.
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After the Boston Marathon bombing last year, the Boston Athletic Association is not taking any chances, banning a wide range of items from this year's race.
Official participants are not allowed to have bags at all, personal hydration systems like CamelBaks are prohibited, and any container capable of carrying more than one liter of liquid is also not allowed. Just to name a few. (Via Boston Athletic Association)
But along with some of the practical things a runner might want, the BAA has taken a little fun out of its marathon. No costumes will be allowed, nor anything that covers a runner's face. (Via Twitter / @Milnes123 / @itvnews / @EnjoyTheViewEU)
Spectators will also feel the security overhaul. While bags haven't been outlawed for people coming to watch, those bags will be subject to search at any time.
"We know it's intrusive but unfortunately in this day and age, it's a necessary evil." (Via WBZ-TV)
"We don't enjoy searching anybody but if the safety of the public is in danger they're gonna be subject to it." (Via WHDH)
Now along with all the "do not's" there are a few things that will be allowed on the track.
Fanny packs are OK for runners, fuel belts are fine as long as the bottle is less than one liter and headphones are allowed on the track.
Runners who want to have clothes to change into when they finish can drop them off before the race and they will be kept in clear bags about half a mile after the finish line. (Via WCVB)
But according to the Boston Globe, those involved in the race "seemed more concerned with traffic and potential damage to grassy walkways than they did about security."
The Boston Marathon is expecting record numbers this year — more than 36,000 runners compared to last year's 27,000 and at least 1 million spectators lining the streets to watch. (Via Flickr / Kinchan1)


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I agree that a free ride can be fun but some people look like they don't care about their life.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
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|Jun 29, 2010
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|Mar 1, 2002
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|John P. Ruckart
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|At&T Intellectual Property, I,L.P.
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|Patent Citations (39), Referenced by (6), Classifications (11), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Telephones and other telecommunications devices have become pervasive in modern society. When a call is placed to a device, it may not always be convenient for the user of the device to answer the call immediately, even though the user desires to communicate with the calling party. For example, a user of a cellular telephone may receive a call while the user is in a place in which it is inconvenient to talk without disturbing others (e.g. in a business meeting or in a public theatre). The user may then either ignore the call or answer the call and ask the calling party to hold the line while the user retreats to a place where the user can take the call without disturbing others.
In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to telecommunications device. The device includes a receiver for receiving an incoming call and a processor in communication with the receiver. The processor has a call hold module for placing the call on hold prior to the call being answered by a user of the telecommunications device.
In another embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method of placing an incoming call to a telecommunications device from a calling party on hold prior to being answered by a called party. The method includes automatically answering the call and playing a message to the calling party. The method also includes connecting the called party to the calling party when the called party answers the call.
Further advantages of the present invention may be better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
It is to be understood that the figures and descriptions of the present invention have been simplified to illustrate elements that are relevant for a clear understanding of the present invention, while eliminating, for purposes of clarity, other elements of a conventional telecommunications network. For example, certain operating system details and modules of certain of the intelligent platforms of the network are not described herein. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize, however, that these and other elements may be desirable in a typical telecommunications network. However, because such elements are well known in the art, and because they do not facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, a discussion of such elements is not provided herein.
The term "calling party" is used herein generally to refer to the person or unit that initiates a telecommunication. The calling party may also be referred to herein as "caller." In some cases, the calling party may not be a person, but may be a device such as a facsimile machine, an answering service, a modem, etc. The terms "called party" and "user" are used herein generally to refer to the person or unit that answers or responds to the call or communication. The term "communication" is used herein to include all messages or calls that may be exchanged between a calling party and a called party, including voice, data and video messages. The term "communication" is used synonymously herein with the term "call" unless a distinction is noted. The term "subscriber" is used herein to generally refer to a subscriber of the described telecommunications service.
The present invention allows a user (i.e. a called party) of a telecommunications device to place an incoming call on hold prior to the user answering the call. The call may be placed on hold by the user pressing a key or button on the device or the call may be placed on hold automatically according to a pre-defined user setup. The hold function of the present invention may be performed partially or wholly by the device itself or partially or wholly by the telecommunications network to which the device is in communication therewith.
According to one embodiment, the system of the present invention utilizes the intelligent functionality of an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). The AIN is a network used in conjunction with a conventional telephone network, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN), to provide enhanced voice and data services and dynamic routing capabilities using two different networks. The actual voice call is transmitted over a circuit-switched network, but the signaling is done on a separate packet-switched network. Before describing details of the system of the present invention, a description of the AIN is provided.
A typical LEC includes a number of central office (CO) switches for interconnecting customer premises terminating equipment with the PSTN. For an LEC including the AIN 10 as illustrated in
Each SSP switch 12 and non-SSP switch 16 has a number of subscriber lines 20 connected thereto. The subscriber lines 20 may be, for example, conventional twisted pair loop circuits connected between the switches 12, 16 and the telephone drops for the customer premises, or the subscriber lines 20 may be trunk circuits, such as T-1 trunk circuits. Typically, the number of subscriber lines 20 connected to each switch 12, 16 is on the order of ten thousand to one hundred thousand lines. Each of the subscriber lines 20 is connected to a terminating piece of customer premises equipment, represented in
For the AIN 10 illustrated in
One of the intended destinations of the data packets from the STP 24 is a service control point (SCP) 28. The STP 24 is in communication with the SCP 28 via a communication link 30, which may also employ the SS7 switching protocol. The SCP 28 may be an intelligent database server such as, for example, an Intelligent Network Service Control Point available from Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., and may have associated with it a network database 32 for storing network data. The intelligent functionality of the SCP 28 may be realized by application programs, such as programmable Service Program Applications (SPA), which are run by the SCP 28. The SCP 28 is normally employed to implement high volume routing services, such as call forwarding and number portability translation and routing. In addition, another of the functions of the SCP 28 is hosting of the network database 32, which may store subscriber information, such as subscriber call management profiles, used in providing enhanced calling services.
The AIN 10 illustrated in
The SN 34 may include an enunciator and may be used when some enhanced feature or service is needed that requires an audio connection to the call such as, for example, the call return and calling name services. Similar to the SCP 28, the intelligent functionality of the SN 34 may be realized by programmable applications executable by the SN 34.
In order to keep the processing of data and calls as simple as possible at the switches, such as at the SSP switches 12, a set of triggers may be defined at the SSP switches 12 for each call. A trigger in an AIN is an event associated with a particular subscriber line 20 that generates a data packet to be sent from the SSP switch 12 servicing the particular subscriber line 20 to the SCP 28 via the STP 24. The triggers may be originating triggers for calls originating from the subscriber premises or terminating triggers for calls terminating at the subscriber premises. A trigger causes a message in the form of a query to be sent from the SSP switch 12 to the SCP 28.
The SCP 28 in turn interrogates the database 32 to determine whether some customized call feature or enhanced service should be implemented for the particular call, or whether conventional dial-up telephone service should be provided. The results of the database inquiry are sent back from the SCP 28 to the SSP switch 12 via the STP 24. The return packet includes instructions to the SSP switch 12 as to how to process the call. The instructions may be to take some special action as a result of a customized calling service or enhanced feature. For example, for an enhanced calling feature requiring the capabilities of the SN 34, the return message from the SCP 28 may include instructions for the SSP switch 12 to route the call to the SN 34. In addition, the return message from the SCP 28 may simply be an indication that there is no entry in the database 32 that indicates anything other than conventional telephone service should be provided for the call. The query and return messages may be formatted, for example, according to conventional SS7 TCAP (Transaction Capabilities Application Part) formats. U.S. Pat. No. 5,438,568, which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses additional details regarding the functioning of an AIN.
The AIN 10 illustrated in
The present invention is directed, according to one embodiment, to a system for allowing a telecommunications device user to have an incoming call placed on hold prior to answering the call.
The wireless network 44 includes a mobile switching center (MSC) 46, a base transceiver station (BTS) 48, and a home location register 50. The MSC 46 is in communication with a wireless telecommunications device 52, such as a wireless telephone as illustrated in
The MSC 46 may be in communication with the HLR 50 via a communications link 56 which may, for example, be an SS7 signaling protocol link. The HLR 50 is a location register to which the user identity of a wireless telecommunications unit, such as the wireless telephone 52, is assigned for record purposes. The HLR 50 may register subscriber information relating to wireless telecommunications devices such as, for example, profile information, current location, and authorization period. When the MSC 46 detects a wireless telecommunications unit entering the MSC's service area, the MSC 46 performs a registration process that includes requesting subscriber profile information from either the HLR 50 or a visitor location register (VLR) (not shown), depending upon whether the wireless telephone 52 is within its home location or within a visitor location. Typically for integrated wireless networks, the VLR assigned to the service area of a visiting wireless subscriber is updated with information from the HLR associated with the wireless subscriber's wireless service provider (WSP). Accordingly, the MSC 46 servicing a particular area has access to information regarding each of the wireless users presently in its service area.
The landline network 42 additionally includes a tandem office 60, which provides a switching interface between the landline network 42 and the wireless network 44. The tandem office 60 may be in communication with the MSC 46 via a communications link 62, which may be, for example, a trunk circuit or an ISDN. In addition, the tandem office 54 may be in communication with the CO switches (such as the CO switches 12 b,c as illustrated in
In addition, the SCP 28 may be in communication with the HLR 50 of the wireless network 44 via a communications link 68 employing, for example, the IS-41 signaling protocol.
For clarity in
The DWT 110 illustrated in
The RF transceiver unit 112 may include an RF antenna 138, an RF receiver amplifier 140, and an RF transmitter amplifier 142. The RF transceiver unit 112 may also include a pair of band pass filters, a receiver filter 144 and a transmitter filter 146, to filter out signals outside of the receive and transmit frequency ranges, respectively. The RF transceiver unit 112 may establish a telephone communication over one or more RF channels.
The modulator-demodulator unit 114 may include a data modulator 148 and a data demodulator 150. The data demodulator 150 may demodulate voice and control channel bits received by the RF transceiver unit 112, as described further hereinbelow. The data modulator 148 may modulate voice and control channel bits to be transmitted by the RF transceiver unit 114, as discussed further hereinbelow.
The microcontroller 118 may include a number of logic units or circuit elements (not shown) such as a bus control logic unit and a control information processing unit, as well as one or more temporary storage registers or buffers. Among other things, the microcontroller 118 may interpret keyboard entries entered on the keyboard 126 and received via the I/O interface 130. Further, the microcontroller 118 may control the display of information on the display 128 via the I/O interface 130.
The DSP 116 may include a number of modules, such as a speech decoder module 152, a control decoder module 154, a speech encoder module 156, a control encoder module 158, and a call hold module 160. The modules 152, 154, 156, 158, 160 may be implemented using any type of computer instruction type, such as microcode, and may be stored in, for example, one of the memory units 134, 136, or can be configured into the logic of the DSP 116.
The decoder units, i.e., the speech decoder module 152 and the control decoder module 154, may receive demodulated bit streams from the data demodulator 150. The speech decoder module 152 may supply its output to the CODEC unit 124, and the control decoder module 154 may supply its output to the microcontroller 118 for further processing. The encoder units, i.e., the speech encoder module 156 and the control encoder module 158 may supply their respective outputs to the data modulator unit 148. The speech encoder module 156 may receive encoded speech from the CODEC unit 124, and the control encoder unit 158 may receive transmit control information from the microcontroller 118.
The operation of the call hold module 160 is described in more detail hereinbelow in connection with
The DWT 110 enters into a conversation mode when a voice channel is assigned to it by a base station 48 of the wireless network 44. The analog speech signal from the microphone 112 is first converted into a digital format, e.g., a PCM (pulse code modulation) format, by the CODEC unit 124. The speech encoder module 156 of the DSP 116 may then divide the digital output from the CODEC unit 124 into appropriate time slots and then encode each group of bits. The encoding by the speech encoder 156 may also compress the size of each group of data bits. The DSP 116 may encode via the control encoder 158 any control channel information (including any DTMF audio signaling tones to be transmitted over the digital voice channel) received from the microcontroller 118, and add the encoded control bits to the appropriate group of encoded data bits from the speech encoder 156. The DSP 110 (for example, through the speech encoder module 156) may also add error protection to some of the voice data bits. The combined digital control and voice data bits may then be modulated by the data modulator 148. According to one embodiment, the data modulator 148 is a differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) modulator. The modulated digital voice and control channel bits may then be transmitted via the RF transceiver unit 112 after amplification by the RF transmitted amplifier 142 and filtering by the transmitter filter 146.
Digital voice and control channel information received by the RF antenna 138 may first be filtered by the receiver filter 144 and amplified by the RF receiver amplifier 140. Thereafter, the data demodulator 150 of the modulator-demodulator unit 114 may demodulate the received voice and control channel bits using, for example, DQPSK demodulation. The DSP 116 receives the demodulated digital voice and control channel bits from the data demodulator 150 and removes the encoding present therein with the speech decoder module 152 and the control decoder module 154 respectively. The decoded control bits may be sent to the microcontroller 118 for further processing. However, the decoded voice bits may be sent to the CODEC unit 124 to reconstruct the analog audio information received through the digital voice bits. The user of the DWT 110 may then listen to the received audio through the speaker 120.
The present invention may also be implemented in a wireline telephone, such as the telephone 22.
The WLT 200 may include a transmit unit 206 and a receive unit 208. The transmit unit 206 is connected to the telephone line 202 via the hybrid 204, and may include a pulse/tone dialer (not shown) to transmit digits (and/or symbols) dialed by the user with a keyboard 207. The WLT 200 may also include a DTMF (dual tone multi-frequency) encoder 210 to encode digits (and/or symbols) dialed by the user into corresponding DTMF audio tones before they are sent over the telephone line 202 by the tone dialer of the transmit unit 206. The transmit unit 206 may transmit voice received by a microphone 211 over the outgoing telephone line 202. The receiver unit 208 may also be connected to the telephone line 202 via the hybrid 204. A speaker 212 may be connected to the receive unit 208 to provide the user a means to listen to the conversation.
A display 216 provides a visual interface for the user of the WLT 200. Both the keyboard 207 and the display 216 are in communication with a bi-directional bus 218 via an interface 220. the WLT 200 also includes a non-volatile storage 222 and a volatile storage, such as a RAM 224. According to one embodiment, a microcontroller 214 may include the call hold module 160.
If the hold function is not enabled as determined at step 302, the device alerts the user that a call is incoming at step 308 by, for example, an audible ring, a vibration, and/or a message or flashing light generated on the device's display. After alerting the user of the incoming call, the device determines, at step 310 whether the user desires to place the call on hold prior to answering. The device may do so by determining whether a button or a key on the device is depressed by the user during a specified period of time. The period of time may be, for example, the period between the first and second times (e.g. rings) that the device alerts the user of the incoming call. The button or key that the user may press to place the call on hold may be, for example, a predetermined key on the keyboard of the device or a dedicated call hold button. If the user does not press a button or a key to place the call on hold, the call is processed normally starting at step 312.
If a button depression is detected at step 310 within the prescribed time period, the process continues to step 304 where the device answers the call and plays a message at step 306. At step 314, the device determines if the call has been answered by the user (i.e. the device goes off-hook or the connection button is depressed). If the call is answered, the call is continued normally at step 312. If the call has not been answered, the device determines if a predetermined button or a key on the device is depressed by the user at step 316. The button or key is depressed if the user desires to send the calling party to voicemail. If the predetermined button or key is depressed, the call is routed to voicemail at step 318 using conventional techniques.
If the predetermined button or key is not depressed, the device determines if the calling party has been placed on hold for more than a predetermined period of time (e.g. 30 seconds) at step 320. If the calling party has been on hold for more than the predetermined time, the call is routed to voicemail using conventional techniques at step 318. If the calling party has not been on hold for more than the predetermined time period, the process continues until the call is answered at step 314, the user places the calling party in voicemail at step 316, or the wait period times out at step 320.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the user of the device enables the call hold function using a menu that is displayed to the user of the device. The menu may enable the user to, for example, select the message that is to be played to the calling party at step 306, the keyboard button that is to be used to place a call on hold and/or direct a held call into voicemail (steps 310 and 316), a predetermined time period during which the hold function is enabled, and the maximum amount of time that the calling party can be placed on hold prior to the call being directed to voicemail (step 320).
In one embodiment of the invention, the user of the device may enable the hold function by instructing the SN 34 to place all incoming calls on hold and play a message to the calling party while alerting the user of the device that the device has an incoming call. The user may enable the hold function by, for example, using DTMF codes (e.g. dialing a star (*) code), telephoning an integrated voice response system (IVRS) and enabling the function and defining its parameters, enabling the function and defining its parameters via a computer web interface, or by communicating the times for the hold function to be active by interfacing with a scheduling program such as, for example, Microsoft Outlook�. The hold function and the handling of the call can be thus directed by the SN 34 (i.e. the process of
It can be understood by those skilled in the art that there are many variations of the process illustrated in
While several embodiments of the invention have been described, it should be apparent, however, that various modifications, alterations and adaptations to those embodiments may occur to persons skilled in the art with the attainment of some or all of the advantages of the present invention. It is therefore intended to cover all such modifications, alterations and adaptations without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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After trying W3 Total Cache for a few days I managed to speed up my site. One of the option, using FTP self hosted as CDN however caused a caching loop.
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With the Model 3 still all the excitement in the automotive world, Tesla's soon-to-be leading competitor in the affordable EV space is lashing out in a bid for attention. Per USA Today, GM Vice President of Global Propulsion Systems Dan Nicholson told the SAE World Congress (an annual confab of automotive engineers, designers, and executives) that Chevy doesn't need your money to make the Bolt:
I am very proud of the Chevrolet Bolt that's coming out, which will be the first to market as a long-range affordable battery electric vehicle. It will have more than 200 miles of range and it will be in production by the end of 2016, so it's not necessary to put down $1,000 and wait until 2018 or sometime after that.
Of course, there's more to it than the shallow argument of "ours will be made sooner so we don't need your money." Tesla and Chevy operate very different business models — the vast majority of Tesla vehicles are produced-to-order and only when ordered, while Chevy's dealership stock-centric delivery system relies on building a larger inventory so dealerships can have multiple cars on the lot. There's a bit of crossover between the two (Tesla is stocking a few cars at their stores for off-the-lot purchases and Chevy is more than willing to let you order the exact car you want), but by-and-large they're vastly different approaches to getting customers into cars.
Just in case the industry misunderstanding of Tesla wasn't deep enough, Nicholson decided to add a layer of irony on top:
GM's balance sheet is in pretty strong shape, so we don't need to take $1,000 of your money just to hold a spot.
Excuse me? GM is a company that just seven years ago was bailed out by the US federal government to the tune of $51 billion. And while it is true that GM has been a profitable company since, one of the most profitable in the nation, in fact, that comes on the face of having gone through a massive bankruptcy and restructuring, shuttering or selling several brands, closing 15% of their dealerships and a quarter of their factories, and shedding tens of billions of dollars in debt.
Tesla is, yes, a smaller company with a smaller balance sheet. They have roughly $1.2 billion in cash on hand and significant long term debt and liabilities to contend with (roughly $6.5 billion). And that's about what we'd expect from a young and growing automaker — they have enormous costs in their Fremont Factory and the Gigafactory and ramping up production to meet demand for the Model 3.
Which gets to the whole point of the $1000 reservations for the Model 3. It's not about raising money (though putting $325 million in the bank without selling a product is impressive), it's about securing interest. Chevy has an email sign-up for the Bolt, whereas Tesla wants you financially and emotionally invested in the Model 3. Sure, you can get your money back by asking, but people are legitimately excited for the Model 3 in a way that few are for the Chevy Bolt.
For comparison's sake, the 200-mile-range Chevy Bolt is set to start at $37,500 with production starting at the end of 2016, while the 215-mile-base-range Tesla Model 3 will start at $35,000 and start production at the end of 2017.


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Just read a piece in the Huffington Post written by a self-identified feminist who endeavors to explain feminism to a purported audience of feminists who don't want feminists to explain feminism to them.
Author Kat George's article is titled "Six Things That Definitely Don't Make You a Bad Feminist." Like everything published on the internet these days, it is a list.
The gist of her list is that performance of femininity does not conflict with feminist activism. It includes permission for feminists to change their name when they get married, to get waxed, and to let dudes pick up the tab. Also on the list: it's no skin of George's nose if you like to watch "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." But just so you know, she'll think you're an idiot if you do. Not a bad feminist, but an idiot.
She also opines that "you don't have to be a hairy, unwashed vegan to promote feminist belief."
Good to know that even non-clichéd non-stereotypes can take up the mantle.
Re: Kardashians et al: it is the duty of the spinster aunt to note that passive mainstream TV consumption is so politically neutral it can barely be construed as an "act." Watching TV is a bodily function regulated by the autonomic nervous system, like digestion, or sucking down a pitcher of margs. But I digress.
"One thing that really irks me about feminism," complains George in an effort to tell other feminists how to do feminism correctly, "is that sometimes, feminists try to tell other feminists how to do feminism correctly."
Well, of course she's irked. That's because she isn't doing feminism correctly. Someone who, without compunction, suggests that vegans with body hair practice questionable hygiene is probably on the receiving end of stern feminism lectures more or less constantly. Anyone would find that irksome. But see here: if feminists who do understand feminism keep their traps shut when feminists who don't understand feminism go around explaining feminism wrong, everybody loses.
Good thing I'm on the case!
For the public good it will be necessary to tweak Ms George's definition of feminism just a smidge. Rather than a lifestyle accessory in the shape of some passive, nebulous, and capriciously applied "belief in gender equality," feminism is in fact a political movement the goal of which is the liberation of women from patriarchal oppression.
It's not just Ms George, either. So many of these ladies are flitting about the countryside with the idea that feminism is about believing in equality. Often they embellish the concept with vague notions of "empowerment" and the psuedofeminist mandate to "choose" "choices." Suggests George, when you've got feminism onboard, "you can be whoever you want to be." Particularly, it seems, when who you want to be is a woman who performs femininity, a set of behaviors specifically engineered to ensure the dehumanization and subjugation of half the global population.
Now that identifying as a feminist is the trendy fad of sexay celebs, "choice" feminism — the bane of all 7 radfems the world over — has never been hotter. Where on earth did this idea come from, the idea that feminism is a "belief" that one can process, through fashion and TV preferences, into some sort of persona?
From patriarchal forces of misogynist hegemony, that's where. What we have here is a failure on the part of feminism to penetrate the monster force field that protects the dominant culture from incursions of reason and justice. Patriarchy is so insidious and invisible and impenetrable that feminism has failed, despite its best efforts, to sufficiently disseminate amongst the oppressed the actual gist of actual feminist ideology. The result is that megarich, hypersexualized entertainers can position themselves as feminist role models and swiftly neutralize the revolution by "empowering" the masses to view hypersexualization as a rewarding philosophical pursuit.
Sadly, making the simple assertion that "you can be whoever you want to be" in no way alters the reality that you cannot even remotely be whoever you want to be. Because, as the kids today say, patriarchy. All women are obliged by social pressure, the state, religion, pop culture and whatnot to practice femininity. It's not a choice, at least not one that can be made freely and without consequence. Often it is a matter of survival. Women who acquiesce, who embrace the strictures imposed by femininity, are rewarded. Those who decline to or cannot comply are punished. No person whose fundamental agency has been stripped can choose choices.
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Editor's message: If, following an investigation into alleged misconduct or a capability issue, you decide that a hearing is required, it is important that the arrangements meet the required standards of procedural fairness, for example in relation to who chairs the meeting, the employee's right to be accompanied and the way you deal with any new information.
At the hearing, each side should have the opportunity to explain its case, so that the person or panel making the decision has heard all the relevant evidence.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 753634
F15->F16 via preupgrade with two disks -> incorrect disk being mounted
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Description of problem: Laptop has two disk drives (sda and sdb). sda was the working drive in F15, and sdb was used for backup. After the preupgrade from F15 to F16,sdb is used for the /boot, / and /home partitions, but the grub screen which comes up is that from sda1 (grub2). The /boot and /home still exist on sda, but the / partition (sda3) appears to be gone. As far as I can tell, the system is running F15 from the partition on sdb.
Here are the relevant lines from the current /etc/mtab:
/dev/sdb3 / ext4 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /home ext4 rw 0 0
The last backed up /etc/mtab from F15:
/dev/sda3 / ext4 rw 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda2 /home ext4 rw 0 0
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F16
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Additional info: The disk arrangement was not a RAID setup. Also, part of my problem in correcting the disk drive issue is the new grub2 - something I'm not yet familiar with.
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The Baseball Writers' Association of America has released its 2013 Hall of Fame ballot, and the group of newcomers includes former Orioles Jeff Conine, Steve Finley and Jose Mesa.
Other former Orioles on the ballot include Rafael Palmeiro, Tim Raines (Sr., not Jr.), Curt Schilling, Lee Smith, Sammy Sosa and David Wells.
Sosa, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are counted among 24 newcomers to the ballot. So is Craig Biggio, a member of the 3,000-hit club who has a much better chance of being inducted.
Palmeiro was named on only 12.6 percent of the ballots last year, well short of the necessary 75 percent for enshrinement. So much for being in the 500/3,000 club. One failed drug test erases that achievement in the eyes of the voters.
Players may remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote in the previous year. The only first-year candidate in 2012 who received sufficient support to remain was outfielder Bernie Williams with 55 votes (9.6 percent).
Results will be announced Jan. 9.
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Tim Raines
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Curt Schilling
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Mike Stanton
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David Wells
Rondell White
Bernie Williams
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This Build is designed to get a lot of crit chance early on. while giving some Life steal through your masteries and through the bloodthirster. you also get nice armor pen. from last whisper. the attack speed,movement speed, and crit chance from the 2 Phantom Dancers helps. lastly you have a **** ton of movement speed from your 2 phantoms and your E's passive and boots allowing you to chase down most opponents.
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