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An improved hierarchical user interface for a handheld media player is disclosed, which classifies media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user as hidden files. The files are invisible to a user without a user's intended and persistent interaction with a user input device of the player. The media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user are stored in the unused storage capacity of the player and are organized in a single structure as those media assets owned by the user. A method includes a means that a user actuates a user input device until the hidden files are displayed. Furthermore, a method is disclosed to utilize a file storage system of a portable media player more effectively and efficiently. The unused storage capacity is then used by the on-line merchandiser to store media assets, which have not been purchased by the user at the moment when they are received by the media player. The capacity occupied by the media assets from the merchandiser is adjusted dynamically based upon the required capacity by the user at a specific time. The media assets stored are managed based on their assigned priorities.
1. A hierarchical user interface of a media player for accessing media assets in a hierarchically ordered manner controlled by a processor of the media player, said interface comprising a data structure that classifies said media assets into two following groups:
a. a first group of media assets that a user owns a right to consume, wherein said hierarchical user interface displays a first list of user selectable items on a first display screen after a plurality of user's input actions on a input device of the media player, wherein said items represent a subgroup of said first group of media assets, wherein said items are displayed in a sequentially ordered manner; and
b. a second group of media assets that the user does not own a right to consume, wherein said hierarchical user interface displays a second list of user selectable items on a second display screen after a user's persist actuation of an input device in exceeding of a predetermined period of time while an optical mark controlled by an input device is being pointed to the last displayed item of said first list, wherein said second list of user selectable items represent a subgroup of said second group of media assets,
wherein said interface further comprises a means of receiving the user's selection of one of said second list of displayed items through the input device and paying for owning the right to consume the selected media asset,
wherein said interface further comprises a means of exiting the second display screen and returning to said first display screen after receiving a user's input action, and
wherein actuation time is measured by the processor of the media player and said predetermined period of time is preset in between 1 to 10 seconds.
2. The hierarchical user interface as recited in
a. applying a force to a rotational user input device for a period of time in between 1 and 10 seconds;
b. pressing an input button by the user for a period of time in between 1 and 10 seconds; and
c. touching a touch sensitive screen or a touchpad for a period time in between 1 and 10 seconds.
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1. Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to multimedia devices. More specifically, the invention describes an improved hierarchical categorization of media assets and user interface for use in a portable media player.
2. Description of Prior Art
A portable media player stores media assets such as songs and video clips, which can be played on the device. Examples of media players are the iPod from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., the Zen from Creative Technology Ltd, Singapore and the Zune from Microsoft Inc of Redmond, Wash. The portable media players have gained popularity because of its capability to store large number of media assets in a device, which can be put into a user's pocket when one travels.
In order to achieve portability, many portable media players use minimalist displays that allow the user access to the media assets via simple graphical user interfaces. The large number of media assets are organized in a way of automatic hierarchical categorization by metadata as disclosed in a U.S. Pat. No. 6,928,433 to Goodman and Egan (2005). Robbin et al further disclosed a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface in US patent application 2004/0055446. A user, guided progressively by a user interface from the higher order to the lower order, can select a desired media asset.
A media player acquires typically its media assets from a computer with media management applications, such as the iTunes software, which is a product from Apple. In prior art, the portable media players are stored with the media assets transferred from a computer. The management of media database, including selection and purchasing of media assets from an on-line merchandiser, is performed with the use of the computer connected to the internet. The on-line merchandisers have developed methods, such as iTunes from Apple, to display, on a computer display screen, recommended media assets to a user while the user is performing a task related to a specific media item. The recommended media assets are related closely to the item. For example, they may be other albums from the same artist.
A user typically spends more time with portable media players than with computers for multimedia entertainment experiences. It is desirable that the recommended media assets from an on-line merchandiser are stored in the portable media players rather than in much less portable computers. There are two key issues associated with the actions for pushing recommended media assets to a user's portable device. First, a user may not like the practice that an on-line merchandiser to use one's storage capacity in a portable device to help the merchandiser to sell a commercial media product. Second, a user may not prefer to be disturbed by such advertisement type of messages in an already small display for a pocket sized device.
Accordingly, it is a purpose of the present invention to provide an improved hierarchical user interface in a handheld media player, which classifies media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user as hidden files. The files are invisible to the user without the user's intended and persistent interaction with the player.
It is a further purpose of the present invention to provide an improved hierarchical user interface in a handheld media player, wherein the media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell are organized in a single hierarchical structure as those media assets owned by the user.
It is still a further purpose of the present invention to provide a method to manage effectively a file storage system of a handheld media device. The storage capacity used by storing hidden media files is changed in accordance with the variation of the required capacity by the user.
The invention described herein pertains to a user interface that provides for a user friendly and efficient retrieval of media assets including assets that belong to an on-line merchandiser. The assets are pushed to a user's handheld media player for a potential revenue generating objective for the merchandiser.
In one embodiment, each media asset is associated with a metadata of the asset. The metadata is descriptive for the file and includes a format with multiple fields for holding data indicating the name of the album the track is from, the name of the asset, the genre of the asset and the type of track. There are two added fields in the present invention in comparison to conventional ones. One of them indicates the type of asset that can be taken as �normal� or �hidden� asset. Another indicates the priority of the asset with regards to the use of the storage capacity.
For media assets that a user owns, they may be presented to a user in a conventional way as implemented in an iPod from Apple. For media assets pushed by an on-line merchandiser to the user's media player, they can be organized similarly as those assets owned by the user. However, the playlists of the hidden assets are invisible to a user without an intended and persistent user interaction with the user input device. When a user is scrolling through a list of albums of an artist, those albums related to the same artist will not be displayed on the screen when their filed indicators indicating that they are hidden ones. If the user continues to actuate the user input device as if there were more albums in the list while the last album has been displayed on the screen, a message is then displayed on the screen to alert the user that he or she is entering into a hidden category of the media assets. The hidden assets are the ones that have not been purchased by the user. If the user continues to actuate the input device after viewing the message, the hidden albums will be displayed. The user may then select a media asset from the album in a conventional way and decide to purchase the asset from the merchandiser. The user may go back to the original playlist by actuating continuously the input device in a reverse manner The operation of actuation includes a means that user interacting with a rotational input device by a finger along a predetermined direction. The operation of actuation in a reverse manner includes another means that the user interacting with the rotational input device by a finger along the opposite direction of the predetermined one. Similar operations can be applied to view a hidden playlist associated with artist or genre or any other valid fields.
To effectively utilize the storage system of a handheld media player, the storage system can be divided into three zones. Zone-user is used to store media assets or any other data files owned by the user. Zone-buffer is a buffered storage capacity and Zone-hidden is used to store hidden media assets from an on-line merchandiser. Zone-user has the higher priority than zone-hidden whenever there is a competing requirement on the storage capacity. The size of zone-user is decided by media assets stored. The size of zone-buffer is decided by a system designer to provide a buffered storage capacity between zone-user and zone-hidden. As long as the storage size of zone-user and zone-buffer are known, the remaining part of the storage capacity can be identified and be used to store the hidden media assets. The storage capacity of zone-hidden changes as the media assets stored in zone-user varies. All media assets have a field indicator indicating their priorities. When it is necessary that the zone-hidden capacity is reduced to give a room to the zone-user, the hidden assets stored are removed sequentially according to their priorities. The lower priority files are removed first. The processor in the media player has a software module to manage different zones of the storage system. The use of zone-hidden becomes invisible to the user because the storage capacity in the player is always available to the user whenever it is required.
In one embodiment, the hidden media assets are transferred to the media player when the player is hooked up to a media server that is connected to an on-line merchandiser. The available capacity of the storage space for hidden assets is determined based upon the required capacity from the user and the buffered capacity required by the system. The media assets that fit a user's personal interests are selected by the on-line merchandiser based upon the media asset database of the user. According to one aspect the present invention, the hidden media assets can be selected based upon the user's list of the most played artists. The other albums from the same group of the artists are selected and pushed to zone-hidden of the media player. The priority of each asset can be decided by the ranking of the most played artists from the recorded media interaction history by the user, which is stored in the handheld media player. The storage capacity taken by the selected hidden media assets must be equal or less than the capacity in the zone-hidden of the storage system.
A user as a customer of an on-line merchandiser may have a credit limit associated with media asset purchasing. When a hidden asset is selected by a user, one can pay the merchandiser by deducting from the user's existing credits, which are assigned by the merchandiser. The user can pay the on-line merchandiser next time when the media player is hooked up with a server connected to the internet. One will get the credit replenished after the on-line payment for the previously selected media assets. In an alternative way, a user can pay the on-line merchandiser directly if the media player is connected to the internet wirelessly.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention and its various embodiments, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
References will now be made in detail to a few embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the particular embodiments, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. To the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of invention as defined by the appended claims.
The term �media player� used in this disclosure generally refers to computing devices that are dedicated to processing media such as audio, video or other images. In one implementation, the media player is a portable computing device. Examples of media players include music players, game players, video players, video recorders, cameras, and the like. These computing devices are generally portable so as to allow a user to listen to music, play games or video, record video or take pictures wherever the user travels. The media player is a handheld device that is sized for placement into a pocket of the user. By being pocket sized, the user does not have to directly carry the device and therefore the device can be taken almost anywhere the user travels.
The media player typically has connection capabilities that allow a user to upload and download data to and from a host device such as a general purpose computer. With regard to music player, songs and playlists stored on the general purpose computer may be downloaded into the music player. In our description of the invention, a music player is taken as an exemplary case for the purpose of the illustration but not limit the scope of the invention.
The basic operation of a media player (music player) is described as follows. A portable media player comprises a processor and a file storage system that is typically a flash memory or a plurality of flash memories. It further comprises user interface unit such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen and a user input device such as a rotational user input device used in an iPod from Apple. The file system stores media assets. A user selects a media asset from the user interface. The processor receives the selection and controls the operation of sending the selected media asset to coder/decoder (CODEC) for the signal processing to generate analog signal for further delivering to speakers for an audio experience in case of a music player. The media player has a data link for connecting to a computer. A battery, more particularly, a rechargeable battery is used to provide power for the player.
The media player includes a user input device that allows a user to interact with the device. For example, the user input device can take a variety of forms, such as a button, keypad, dial, etc. A rotational user interface as implemented by Apple in iPod has gained significant popularity. The rotational input device can be continuously actuated by a circular motion of the finger. The finger may rotate relative to an imaginary axis. In particularly, the finger can be rotated through 360 degree of rotation without stopping. This form of motion may produce continuous or incremental scrolling through the list of songs being displayed on the display screen.
Since the display screen associated with a handheld media player is typically small, an efficient user interface is required to allow a user intuitively navigate among, and select, songs to be played. The operation typically includes an overlapping hierarchy of categories. Categories include items that can also be included in other categories so that the categories overlap with each other. Thus, a song title can be accessed in multiple different ways by starting with different categories. For example, the top-level categories �Album�, �Artists�, �Genres� and �Playlists� are presented to a user first. Within the Albums category are names of different albums of songs stored in the device. Within each album are album tracks, or songs, associated with that album. Similarly, the Artists category includes names of artists which are, in turn, associated with their albums and songs. The Genre category includes types of categories of music such as �Rock�, �Classical�, �Pop�, etc. Within these sub-categories are found associated songs. Finally, the �Playlists� category includes collections of albums and/or songs which are typically defined by the user.
After viewing the text message, the user may make a decision to move forward to view the hidden albums or to return to the original interface by reversely rotating the input device by the finger. If the user indeed decides to view the hidden albums, one can further actuate the rotational user input device in the same predetermined direction as indicated in 316 and the list of hidden albums 310 are then displayed on the screen. A user can scroll further through the list and move into the next level of the hierarchical interface and make a selection of songs to listen to. A user can move back to the original interface anytime he decides by rotating the input devices reversely. It should be noted that additional hidden albums might not always be included in the media player associated with a specific artist. In such a circumstance, a message window will be displayed showing a message such as �no more albums to be viewed�. A user's action of actuating further the user input device in the predetermined direction will not yield any more result in such as case. Similar methods for viewing hidden media files can be applied to other sub-categories as �Artists�, �Genre� and �Playlists� etc. For example, when a user navigates into a list of songs by a specific artist, the persistently rotating of the input device will lead the user to view all hidden songs by the artist.
If the measured accumulated time exceeds the predetermined value, an alerting message is displayed on the screen and indicates that the user is entering into a hidden category in a step 336. The message may further indicate that a user needs to pay for the selection of media assets from the list of media assets to be displayed. The message will be displayed for a defined short period of time, for example, a period of time sufficient for an average user to read through the message. Afterwards, in a step 338, if the processor detects further user input actions along the same predetermined direction, the second list of media assets (hidden one) is then displayed on the screen and the user may make a selection of one preferred media item after reviewing the list in a step 340. Otherwise, the processor sends a control signal and the display screen goes back to the first list of media assets if the further user actions on the input device are not detected.
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Alexis is always my go-to place for Greek on Cambie. I have been coming here for years but never really got around to writing a review for it. Yes, there may be better places for Greek food like Stephos but Alexis is not bad and does not have a line up. The food here is consistently good and the service is great. The owner is a friendly person who is always checking up on everyone. Their roast lamb is really delicious but what I really like is their pizzas. They are a special style (deep dish) and you can choose between two sizes. Portions are huge so if you pick this prepare to share or take home. My favorite is the theos special with lamb and green peppers. If you dont know what to order, go for the three course menu. It is a safe bet and you get an app, main and dessert for $20.
Given the lukewarm reviews here, I am surprised that this place is still in business. Anyway, I and a friend went there for lunch because it happened to be close by, and I was also intrigued by the rave reviews its washrooms (yes, washrooms) have received.
The decor is very nice, and the washroom is really worth a visit. Service was excellent, and the menu looks very attractive. I had the Prime Rib Yorkies for appetizer. It is really 3 small buns with prime rib meat in the middle. Taste is excellent, and the portion is huge for an appetizer, but the beef is overcooked (I wonder if it is the leftover beef from their prime rib roast the previous evening).
Main course was the Halibut, and it was fine in terms of portion and taste.
I was intrigued by the name of their cheesecake dessert - called "9 Hour Cheesecake". The waiter explained that they baked it for 8 hours then let it cool for 1 hour, hence the name. He also gave an interesting description of the crust, which I have forgotten now, but which made me want to try it, so I ordered it. I found the texture overly thick, and the taste just average.
While there was nothing particularly bad in terms of the overall experience, at the prices they want, this place is too expensive to be worth it. I don't think I'll be back.
We went for a family birthday dinner tonight, there were seven of us on a Tuesday evening. Had made a reservation, but the restaurant was quite quiet. I was a bit hesitant due to some of the other reviews, but my socks were knocked off.
The decor is a bit cliched, but it was very clean and well taken care of. The waitress was really friendly and gave us very good service. There is a lot of traditional greek items on the menu that you don't find at most of the "greek" restaurants, something there to please anyone.
Four of us had the four course meal for $19 with purchase of a beverage, the other three ordered their own starters and mains. The greek salad starter was nice, not too oily and a nice portion of feta. The pitas were whole wheat and were warm and fluffy, perfectly heated. Those of us doing the meal deal all had the calamari appetizer, which was perfectly cooked, crispy and tender. There was also taramasolata and the marinated artichokes ordered by others. Starters were very good.
Entrees were well timed, coming about five minutes after we finished our starters. I had the spanokapita and grilled artichokes, delicious. The roast potatoes were lovely and the rice pilaf had a bit of arugula tossed in with plenty of carrots and celery, was a nice fresh touch. The calamari and souvlaki had by others looked very nice. One friend had the lamb and said it was by far the best lamb he's ever had, and was a good sized portion. Dessert was bougatsa, lemon custard wrapped in phyllo, again delicious.
I was so pleasantly surprised by dinner tonight I can't stop talking about it. I'm already planning on going back to try some of the other menu items. We had a really enjoyable birthday dinner, thank you Kalamata.
I was told to check out this restaurant by a friend, who claimed it had some of the best, real Mexican food he had ever tried in the city. With so many Mexican places in Vancouver, I was not sure this was going to be true. With such high expectations, I was afraid I might be disappointed, but thankfully I wasn't. They serve generous portions and the prices were good. The tamale was served in typical Mexican fashion and had great taste. I would've ordered one more but the size of the serving was large and I was very satisfied. I had also ordered a burrito and it was DELICIOUS! It was also quite large, and came with some rice, but that was great as it tasted so good. All the staff was nice. Vallarta's is the restaurant to visit not only if you want Mexican food, but good quality delicious food in general!
If you are looking for a place that is vegan friendly and gluten-free, but do not really care to pay a lot, then this is the place for you. The chopped leaf on Robson does fit the bill. Even if you I am not a vegetarian or have any allergic reaction to gluten, I thought this would be a good place to "eat healthy". Boy was I wrong. The food is expensive for the tiny portions served and always has me thinking I should have gone somewhere else. The brown rice from my no.1 was hard and the chicken was hardly visible. I thought I would be a little more successful with the salads (you can make your own) but it was a disappointment as well. What got me was that they even charge for tap water...
Not only is the food overpriced, but the service is clearly lacking here. The couple of times I have been here, I have had to wait ridiculously long to get attended. The place is small and seats a few, and the staff are all over the place and cannot handle take-out orders or working fast.
Every thing is delicious especially the spicy peanut wonton's! Its consistently good food & fair portions. Very pleased with this restaurant & will return & recommend this place! ! The service was very friendly and fast with out feeling like they were too attentive. The food is sooo yummy my friends and I crave it! Esp the general tso chicken, ginger beef & spicy wontons! ! The lunch deal is so incredibly cheap tasty & we had left overs!!! Will def be going back!
Every thing is delicious especially the spicy peanut wonton's! Its consistently good food & fair portions. Very pleased with this restaurant & will return & recommend this place! ! The restaurant decor & atmosphere is meh....nothing smashing but is worth it for the food. The service is ok. A little detached....
Burnt pita & 2 tiny containers of tzaziki for $8. 00?????? from MINERVAS in KERRISDALE IS A FUCKING JOKE! I will NEVER ORDER FROM THIS SCAM OF A RESTAURANT EVER AGAIN! Also my order was over $50 & The advertised 10% off on on line orders was NOT applied.....yep very disappointed.
I did love this places pizza but am shocked at this current order & called to give feedback on order & was placed on hold 2x??
They do have amazing Mexican food, I thoroughly enjoyed my meal, when it came time to pay I went through the process and added a tip and then after thought that was a lot higher than expected to pay and took a look at the menu and they have the wrong prices on the menu. I ordered Nauchos with chicken and on the menu it specifically states Naucho's with Bean, cheese and chicken 10.00, I showed the gal there and she said nothing when I asked her why did she charge me 15.00 for it she just looked at me and turned around and left, it was a bit awkward. I asked her when she came back and she said sorry it is 15.00 now. So yes I am very disappointed that they made no effort to refund the difference, so needless to say for a 5.00 rip off, I will NOT be returning to this restaurant just for the pure principal of their disappointing customer service.
They lost a great customer over 5.00 dollars.
so buyer beware.....make sure you check with them first and the prices to avoid disappointment in the end.
If I had to sum up this place in a short phrase, it would be this: it's alright. Don't expect anything special, and everything will be fine. Servers were quick and nice, but our table was not very clean. I had to clean it myself with a napkin. The food and drinks were okay, I liked the milk strawberry mango slush. I didn't like the noodle soup I ordered, but my friend said the egg fried rice she had was good. One positive aspect is definitely the great location. Heard the other Bubble World locations are better, maybe I will visit those next time instead of this one.
This place really deserves 4 stars. Handi is a pretty good restaurant, but lacks a bit in drinks...but that is alright as the service made up for it. The service is good. As soon as we stepped in, the staff greeted us and took us to the bar while we waited for a table. Here is where I found out that drinks aren't their finest point! The service was extremely courteous. Our waiter offered to help at all times and checked on us regularly (not going overboard either, which can be equally annoying). He gave us recommendations of food. We ordered four dishes to share: butter chicken, chicken vindaloo, aloo gobi recommended by our waiter and some lamb. The food tasted authentic, I really liked the way the lamb was seasoned. Surely worth a visit.
I spend half of the year in Osaka and I eat in a lot of restaurants in Vancouver as well as Japan, and I can truly say that James' little hole in the wall Thai food restaurant on Canada Way is excellent value and always a good dining experience. I live too far away for delivery, so I can't comment on that, but there is always room in the place when I go after 7 PM for dining in. My son loves the chicken and beef satay with peanut sauce, and my daughter is crazy about the lettuce wrap dish that is so good. My wife and I usually share 3 or 4 curry dishes and a stir fry between us. We never finish everything, but that's OK, we love left-overs! Give it a try, you'll like it.
My husband, Aunt and myself stopped in there for lunch after shopping at Lougheed Mall. I ordered the grilled chicken, bacon burger and my husband and Aunt got the double BLT sandwich. All of the meals had bacon that was sloppy and undercooked. The lettuce on all three was wilted and gross and the bread on the sandwich and bun on the burger (which was supposed to be grilled and wasn`t) were soggy. We were tight for time so suffered through what we could eat. We told the waiter that the food wasn`t that great and all he offered was ``sorry but I`ll still have to bill you``. We paid and left very unsatisfied with the experience. Don`t think we`ll every waste our time trying that location again.
The French woman at the counter is extremely rude. When I was about to purchase a drink I politely asked how much the bottled apple juice cost as there were no prices listed. She said very rudely that she didn't have time and that she's very busy. She then rung in 5 dollars in the cash register (almost as if she had just made up the price on the spot)! Save yourself the rudeness and overpriced items and stop at the IGA across the street...where juice is 2 dollars. Normally I like to support local cafes but this one is simply not worth it.
I don't get the meh reviews here. I think this place is awesome!...They use higher quality ingredients than most Greek places, keep the prices in check by making the portions sightly smaller, a winner formula. Their Roast shoulder is fantastic as well as the calamari. Don't get me wrong, you will not leave here hungry....it's just that you probably won't have a doggy bag like a lot of places. Ambiance and decor are nice clean and modern but it is in PoCo after all. Good service, family run, would recommend with no hesitation.
I like my pie. thin crust brick oven its marcello's for me. Old school, thick, delicious, slightly crispy on top ........ then its Troc's for me. I really enjoy the food at this place, and, I have taken more than one well travelled, used-to-good-food client here ( along with friends), and every one has been back or asked that I take them back.
the calamari is great ...especially for deep fried which I dont really like, and i'm dying to try their steak and lobster, as back i the day.... it was pretty damn good.
the place is family owned, slower paced, and downright enjoyable with a group of friends.... and a few pitchers of beer. I may be biased as i'm from the hood, but I do NOT eat crappy food, and this place has got the mojo...
and, if you get a pie, try their special as they've had the damn thing on the menu since I was a kid, but if you dont... its still going to be good.
after 20 +/- years of eating here, and comparing it to others on the drive or elsewhere, I can wholeheartedly say that this still is the best brick oven pizza in town... by a mile....
the reviews here are humorous to say the least, as i do not believe most of them due to my consistently good treatment at this place, and my penchant for fine foods...
the mista or chefs salad? fantastic. their brick oven calamari and prawns? mouthwatering... the various pasta's, of which the clam or mixed seafood is my fave, delicious.
and the pie..... that splendid, thin crust, eat it as soon as it gets out of the oven taste .... to die for.
compared to the new joint on Victoria drive, its still better.... but the the new place has got mojo and I like it cuz its different.
Formosa is not even a contender .....
and yes, their service used to be questionable, but I'm also divorced so I enjoy having women treat me badly on occasion.
I have been coming here for years for the all-you-can-eat menu. The food is always fresh and compared to other AYCE the value for the quality is amazing.
Don't be intimidated by the small space. The menu is limited but the quality is good. I always bring different people here and am never disappointed.
If you like sushi, this is the place. Don't expect and of the fancy, complicated rolls in the AYCE menu but it will be fresh and you won't be sorry.
We went early on a Friday evening and found the restaurant to be quite crowded. Many of the Patrons were young families. Pho seemed to be the most popular choice, but we ordered Salt and Pepper Sea Food and a Chicken Vermicelli Bowl. Both were nicely presented and hot, and we shared some vermicelli and salad to augment the mixed seafood bowl. The decor is modern and pleasing on the eye.
I've walked pass this place many times and decided I wanted to try this place and their burgers. This place wasn't busy on a Friday lunch time and understood why the burger took awhile to get to me.
I've never seen a burger bigger than my hands, stood tall and came with its on Knife. The actual burger was large topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onion rings with a nice fresh bun and side of fries. I decided to tackle this burger, but my mouth wasn't big enough and found it hard to get a good grasp without getting sauce on you, so dig in and use lots of napkins.
What took me so long to try this place, is beyond me, the meal was enourmous and had lots of flavour. When I want a burger I'm going there to have it, perfection to art and I'm still full after 5 hours.
I didn't have any room to eat dessert, being that full and content over a burger was super delicious.
Go there with an empty stomach. Hugh portions. I'll be back soon.
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Comic artist Chris Weston unilaterally declares it Kurt Russell week and produces a triptych of posters for Escape from New York, The Thing and Big Trouble in little China. These are just the roughs.
Not pictured: British people
This year's BAFTA Awards are promoting themselves with gorgeous original illustrated posters.
Anything above 110th St can't be said to actually exist
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The Color of Top Grossing Movies.
The Color of Top Grossing Movies. A movie's theatrical poster is only a very small part of the larger marketing and hype machine that turns movies into spectacular blockbusters, but as part of a whole, they are fairly representative of the "image" of any given movie. So, as an exercise in color trends, and to see if any significant pattern emerged, I decided to break down the colors of 25 posters — the top 5 of each MPAA category.
Using fine-art images to promote movies
Using fine-art images to promote movies: "But it was Mr. Kessell's "Florilegium" (or "collection of floral images") daguerrotypes that caught Mr. Palen's eye: each image is close-up of a surgical instrument, so poetically rendered that it seems almost organic. Some of the macabre implements resemble exotic flowers. One, from a distance, could be mistaken for the horns of a gazelle. "We were sort of blocked, and all the pieces fell into place once I saw that image," Mr. Palen explained. A deal was made to use that daguerreotype [to promote the upcoming Tarantino-produced film "Hostel"], which actually shows a surgical clamp. [The poster] now appears in theaters and on widespread promotions. [Side: direct WMV link of Tarantino spazing out while introducing "Hostel's" director Eli Roth at a festival.]
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KITCHHOCK 3rd anniversary SHOWREEL
Belgian Motion designer & director 'Kitchhock' updates with a slick new showreel for his 3rd anniversary. His complete portfolio can be found here
Waxeye Ident 2014
Ident for Design/Animation studio Waxeye.
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3D animation and character design – Showreel 2014
New showreel 2014 from Inetdesign – Digital design straight outta Denmark and Bosnia.
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Squirrels! Penguins! Falafel!
How can we talk about a culture that is not our own? This animated film lightheartedly explores the pitfalls we goyim face when talking about Jewish culture and the elephant in the room that is the Israel Palestine conflict.
Made in 2011 by Jens Blank and Anna Benner, aka Jens & Anna, the full film is now being released online for the first time after doing the international festival rounds.
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LightSpin Documentary Film – Motion Graphics Inspiration
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LightSpin or Twirl was the trial Photography art project to finds its basis in a sole light painting technique. The movie has made of thousands pictures that are exclusively set on fire by hand with broken flashlight in which artists are in action to perform contemporary dance by the center of a ring where 24 cameras are fixed.
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Romain Laurent's Absurd and Laugh-Out-Loud Animated Portraits will Make Your Day
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These ironic, hilarious, and surreal animated portraits are part of commercial photographer Romain Laurent's photography challenge. Laurent's desire to break the routine (of working on commercial photography) ended up on a quest to create silly-looking looped animated portrait each week since last September. He says the bizarre and often laugh-out-loud experiments are a low-pressure way to experiment and be creative without expectations.
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"The butterfly effect" BBC World Service
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Thierno Bah Reel 2013
Thierno Bah Reel 2013 from Thierno Bah. Hey there, this is my latest reel. Thanks for watching.
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Premier Inn's Great British Stories Campaign – Spotlight on Exeter, Lincoln and Shewsbury
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Raytheon Co. (NYSE:RTN) has launched a new improvised explosive detection (IED) technology to be used to protect troops and vehicles.
Raytheon UK, a division of the Waltham, Mass. -based defense giant has developed the stand-off IED, dubbed Soteria, with Laser Optical Engineering Ltd., a Loughborough University spinoff specializing in the development of innovative and laser-based imaging products and services.
According to the company, the vehicle mounted system uses optical processing technology that gives the user an extremely high definition IED detection, confirmation and diagnosing capability, without giving off a high number of false alarms. The system determines the shape, size and exact location of hidden IEDs and other components. In the manned vehicle configuration, Soteria can confirm and diagnose threats from a safe distance to ensure maximum protection of troops and vehicles.
Raytheon UK, a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence, said the technology was created to detect the most sophisticated IEDs and during field tests was able to detect and classify IEDs with low and zero metal content. IEDs with low and zero metal content pose the biggest challenge for existing technology such as ground penetrating radar.
According to Bob Delorge, chief executive of Raytheon UK, "the system can be applied to a wide range of scenarios including minefield clearance, which remains a significant menace in various world regions, as well as in other operations such as disaster relief."
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New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (Newspaper) - May 18, 1983, New Braunfels, Texas 4A New Braunfels May Opinions Dave General Manager Robert Editor Guest viewpoint Panel will examine problems caused by peso woes ByTOMLOEFFLER 21 IxTst Tcxans at home and in our nations capltol watched with concern the events signaling that our neighbor to the south was confronted with even deeper and more critical economic problems than had previously been As a result there were not one but two devaluations of the with the second devaluation necessitating an immediate trip to Washington by Mexicos foreign minister to report that his country did not have enough foreign currency to pay for a months The ramifications of the Mexican report were abundantly The worlds thirteenth largest economy was in and immediate action would be necessary to address its economic In our Department of Energy and Agriculture joined together to help avert economic catastrophe for Within the wheels were set in The peso was successfully defended and Mexico given time to work out her own solutions both in ternally and with regard to her foreign President Reagan has now called for an equally dramatic response to the problems the peso devaluations caused on our of the In my the economic crisis confronting our border states in cluding Texas calls for the same coordinated it gave me great satisfaction to prior to his trip to Texas for the Cinco de Mayo that the President would be announcing the establishment of the Working Group on Southwestern Border To be chaired by Robert Under for Economic Af fairs in the Department of this border task force will be com posed of representatives of the Departments of Health and Human Housing and Urban the Office of Management and and the Small Business as well as the White Within 45 days the border task force is to report to the President con cerning the magnitude of the problems which exist in the border what state and local govern ments can do at the present and what action the Federal Government should The choice of San Antonio for this important announcement was highly while the impact of the peso devaluations have been felt most severly along the Mexican border where unemployment ranges from 20 to 30 percent and where retail and wholesale trade are down as much as 60 percent in truth our entire state is adversely affected and could be for years to These sharp Increases in unem coupled with falling business are causing local tax bases to erode rapidly at the same time that local government entities are being required to shoulder the additional burden of educating alien children in Texas public Illegal as we all is up 50 percent over last year and some are estimating that fully onethird or more of the 2 million illegal entrants will become permanent Many are expected to find their way to which will exacerbate state and local While we all share in the hope that the Mexican economy fully there is no question that the recovery will be a long and extended those areas within the United States along the border simply can wait no We must turn with the same commitment and coordination to help those in our own country through no fault of their have been suf fering due to the devaluation of the The Presidents border task force is an important first step a step which must be followed by prompt Jack Anderson Oil company faces charge of bribery Ashland Oil one of the biggest independents in the has been accused by one of its own senior executives of having made possibly illegal payments to officials close to the Sultan of The accusations were made by Ashland executive Bill McKay in secret communications with several members of the companys board of McKay took part in several of the dubious transactions Fearing that he and other Ashland executives could be liable to crimainal prosectiori for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices McKay prevailed on the board to launch an internal The law forbids bribes to foreign officials to gain advantage over My associate Indy Badhwar has obtained internal company documents that detail some of the questionable One is a memo to the board of directors from the Washington law firm of Cutler and which McKay retained to represent The memo gives these specifics Ashland invested million in a Zimbabwe chromium mine after Orin then chairman of the advised the board that the purchase of this property might improve Ashlands prospects for obtaining crude oil from The memo explains The principal sellers were a family one of whose mem bers is a principal advisor to the Sultan of A small percentage of the mine was also controlled by Ychia who was until recently Omans am He was the principal Omani offical with whom Ashland conducted the tran In September Ashland paid million for a halfinterest in a Joint venture to produce reusable Teflon cuated sausage Owners of the enterprise included Omars son and Omars to the processs has failed tests of I reported Ashland paid million to Mont a 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Planescape: Torment Cheats for PC - WindowsHome / PC - Windows /
This page contains Cheats for Planescape: Torment organized by sections for PC - Windows. Planescape: Torment is a Role-Playing General game, made by Black Isle Studios, released on Nov 30, 1999 and published by Interplay. If you can't find a hint or secret in our list, then please check this page periodically for the latest updates.
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Planescape: Torment PC - Windows CheatsBlack Isle Studios
- Publisher: Interplay
- Genre: Role-Playing General
- Release Date: Nov 30, 1999
- ESRB: Teen
First make a backup copy of the file torment.ini. Then open up the original with any text editor and look for the (Movies) section. Edit to something similar to the following: (Movies) BISLOGO=1 TSRLOGO=1 OPENING=1 SS_MSLAB=1 SIGIL=1 TIME=1 SS_PHARD=1 SS_ADETH=1 ALYBIRTH=1 DEATH=1 MAZE1=1 CURSTD=1 O...From: rachitiwari
Go to the Smoldering Corpse bar, then go to Moachi inside the eastern part of the bar. Keep on telling her about how she is not a dustie and ask for some money. Repeat this as many times as needed to get 50 gold with each request....From: lordofthegout
Go to the inn (Dorm) at the Sensate place in the clerks ward. Save your game and try to steal from the lady who gives you a room until you get a key. Go into the eastern room and search the cabinets on the north wall. There are also several charms that may come in handy later in the game....From: eddyrockstar
You must be a sensate for this code. In the private sensorium activate the green stone where you talk to Ravel (make sure youve already talked to her once) then activate it again and answer in this order 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1 for 6000 xp repeat as necessary...From: Casemiister
Go to the imposter in the right hand side of the smoldering corpse bar. She is dressed like a dustman. Choose the dialog that makes her give you 50 gold coins. (Threaten that you will give up her identity). You can choose this dialog tree over and over again. This cheat wont work if you've downloade...From: zeek freek910
I've found that if you talk to the coffin-maker in the southeast corner of the Lower Ward and complete his quest for the warehouse (thereby gaining a map of your underground tomb), that you can keep talking to him again and again afterwards to gain 2000 experience points repeatedly. It worked well e...From: squeakital
Talk to the Auctioneer outside the market in the lower ward. Perform the tasks he will ask you to do. The second task will be to deliver a message to a Godsman, therefore granting you passage to the northern gate (in the lower ward). You will eventually meet a man in a room surrounded by other peopl...From: Steiner-DAvion
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