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Matthew Lloyd | |||
Lloyd playing for Essendon during 2007 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Matthew James Lloyd | ||
Nickname(s) | Lloydy[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | 16 April 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team | Western Jets (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | 1995 Pre-Season Draft, Essendon | ||
Height/Weight | 192 cm / 96 kg | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Essendon | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1995–2009 | Essendon | 270 (926) | |
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2001 | Australia | 2 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2009 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Matthew Lloyd | |||
Lloyd playing for Essendon during 2007 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Matthew James Lloyd | ||
Nickname(s) | Lloydy[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | 16 April 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team | Western Jets (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | 1995 Pre-Season Draft, Essendon | ||
Height/Weight | 192 cm / 96 kg | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Essendon | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1995–2009 | Essendon | 270 (926) | |
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2001 | Australia | 2 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2009 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's Australian Football League honours include seventh highest goalkicker in VFL/AFL history, Coleman Medals as leading goalkicker for three seasons, life membership[3] as well as winning both the Mark of the Year[4] and Goal of the Year awards.[5] Lloyd also belongs to the small group of players whose first kick in the AFL resulted in a goal as well as players to have kicked the "ton" – over 100 goals in a season – twice.[6] Among his representative honours are five All-Australian selections, twice representing Australia in International rules football and a member of the Victorian state team.
Matthew Lloyd was born in Melbourne in 1978 to parents John (a former VFL footballer who played 29 games for the Carlton Football Club from 1965–1967) and Bev Lloyd. The Lloyds moved to Scotland for three years because of John's work, and it was there that Matthew picked up rugby and soccer playing for his Currie club.
Lloyd attended St Martin De Porres Parish Primary School in Avondale Heights before moving to St Bernards College, Essendon.[7]
He supported the Fitzroy Football Club when he was young because in the first game he attended, Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked nine goals.[8]
Lloyd was drafted into the AFL as a 16 year old in the 1995 Pre-season Draft as a "compensatory selection" that was awarded to Essendon by the AFL in return for losing Todd Ridley to the newly formed Fremantle Football Club. The Bombers picked up what would be one of their all-time greats for a relative pittance in the draft. Lloyd was heralded as a future football star after his AFL debut in Round 14, 1995, where he scored a goal with his first kick in league football and three for the match.
The key features of Lloyd's game were his powerful marks on the lead (particularly overhead), his use of his body in a defensive capacity and accurate goal kicking, particularly from set shots on his left foot. He converted a large majority of set shots inside the 50-metre arc and kicked further than 50 metres on a regular basis.
Lloyd was known for his ritual when taking set shots at goal. Almost every time he took time to go far back on the mark, pull both his socks up, then grab some grass and throw it into the air to measure the wind and take a very long run up before kicking. In 2006, the AFL introduced a "shot clock" to limit the amount of time that players had to take set shots; although Lloyd's ritual was not the longest in the league its quirks made it so well known that the rule became commonly known as the "Lloyd Rule".[9] Lloyd adjusted his ritual to fit into the new rule, and still retained the most famous aspect (throwing grass) until the end of his career.
Lloyd's goalscoring ability enabled him to top the Essendon goal scoring every year from 1997 to 2009, except for 2006 when he only played three games due to a serious hamstring injury.
Lloyd was selected in the All Australian Team on five occasions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), won the Coleman Medal for kicking the most goals in the regular season three times (2000, 2001 and 2003)[10] and twice kicked more than 100 goals in a completed season (109 in 2000 and 105 in 2001; on both occasions he reached the milestone during the finals).
Lloyd was a member of Essendon's 2000 premiership team and was captain of Essendon from 2006 to 2009. He was recognised for his achievements at Essendon in 2002 when he was ranked the 22nd greatest player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.[11]
Lloyd was appointed Essendon captain ahead of the 2006 season, after James Hird elected to stand down following the side's disappointing 2005 season.[12] Lloyd's first match as Essendon captain resulted in a 27-point win over the defending premiers Sydney, where he kicked eight goals (six of them in the first quarter alone). It would be the only win that Essendon would enjoy under Lloyd's captaincy until exactly a year later.[13]
As well as being the top all-time goal scorer,[14] captain[15] and life member[16] at Essendon, Lloyd's club honours include a premiership medallion in 2000.
In 2013 Lloyd was inducted as a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame[17] and as a Legend in the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame.[18]
During Essendon's 1996 preliminary final against the Sydney Swans in Sydney, Lloyd ruptured his spleen. He suffered a large amount of blood loss and spent 10 days in intensive care in a Sydney hospital.[19]
In Round 6, 2002 against Fremantle, Lloyd ruptured a tendon in his right ring finger when it was caught in his opponents guernsey. It required surgery to be reattached and he was out for eight weeks.
Lloyd returned in Round 14 against the Western Bulldogs when Steven Kretiuk controversially targeted his injured hand.[20]
Midway through the third quarter of the Essendon vs Bulldogs match on 16 April 2006 (which happened to be Lloyd's 28th birthday), opponent Brian Harris accidentally fell on Lloyd as he tried to mark the ball. Lloyd walked off the ground with the aid of trainers and did not return for the rest of the match. Following scans, a week later it was revealed that the hamstring tendon had been snapped off the bone. Surgery to repair the career-threatening injury took place which ruled him out for the rest of the season.[21][22] Lloyd's absence from the team was felt hard, as the Bombers finished near the foot of the ladder at season's end. As Lloyd was captain of Essendon and was unable to play for the remainder of the season (his first year in fact), David Hille was promoted to team captain in Lloyd's absence.
Lloyd made a successful comeback against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 1, 2007. He kicked two goals while working further up the ground, putting to rest any concerns about his injured hamstring. Essendon beat Adelaide by 31 points.
In Round 20, 2007, Lloyd kicked a backheel goal whilst surrounded by opponents and was awarded the 2007 Goal of the Year.[23]
In Round 18 against the Melbourne Demons, Lloyd took a specky of a mark above five players to win the 2008 Mark of the Year. A haul of eight goals in that match gave Lloyd his best return since Round 1, 2006.
In Round 3, 1999, Lloyd, aged just 21 at the time, kicked a record 13 goals against the Sydney Swans at the MCG, kicking the first goal of the game and breaking John Coleman's record for most goals kicked by an Essendon player against the Swans.[24]
In his first game as Essendon captain, Lloyd kicked eight goals (six in the first quarter against his opponent, Leo Barry),[24] also playing against the Sydney Swans.[13] He kicked a total of 69 goals playing against the Swans, including the aforementioned 13 in 1999 and eight in the first round of the 2006 season.[25]
In Round 22, 2009 Lloyd hit Hawthorn's Brad Sewell with a heavy bump that left Sewell unconscious and with facial injuries, and led to a brawl between the two teams.[26][27] In the bitter aftermath of the match, Hawthorn's Campbell Brown called Lloyd "one of the biggest snipers in the game" and said that "his time is coming",.[28] Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson threatened Lloyd and abused an interchange steward and had to be restrained by Hawthorn football manager Mark Evans as the teams left the field.[29] AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou defended Lloyd's reputation,[30] Clarkson was fined for his comments[31] and later apologised for the outburst.[32]
Lloyd was given a six-match suspension by the match review panel for the hit on Sewell, but was suspended for four matches after deciding not to appeal the sanction.[33] Lloyd only served one match of his suspension, Essendons Elimination final loss to Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, before announcing his retirement.
On 23 September 2009, Lloyd announced his retirement to a packed media conference at the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame. Although he had been offered another contract,[34] Lloyd said that "now is my time from a physical and mental point of view" and that he would "...prefer to go a year too early than a year too late."[35]
To celebrate Lloyd's career, the Coventry End of Docklands Stadium has been renamed the Lloyd End for Essendon home games.[36]
In 2009, Lloyd was appointed assistant coach at the AIS-AFL Academy[37] however he ruled out applying for an AFL coaching position.[38]
Lloyd co-hosted children's AFL show Auskick'n Around on Fox Footy Channel with Brad Johnson from the Western Bulldogs from 2003 until it was cancelled at the end of 2005.
In 2006 Lloyd had a weekly spot as a panelist on Fox Footy's White Line Fever and after being forced to spend extended time off the field because of injury, he became recognised for his informative views on all things football – his roles included being a special comments commentator on Triple M's football coverage as well as more regular appearances on The AFL Footy Show, as a panelist.
In 2009 Lloyd appeared as a regular panelist on a new show, One Week at a Time, as well as doing special comments on Network Ten and writing a regular column for The Age newspaper. Following his retirement Lloyd has been heavily involved in the media.
Lloyd signed with the Network Ten[39] AFL team as an expert commentator for the 2010 and 2011 AFL seasons on Channel Ten and One HD (he had already provided special commentary during various matches of the 2009 AFL season for the network), until Ten Sport lost the rights at the end of the 2011 AFL season. He also worked for radio station SEN, was a co-host of The Game Plan on One HD during 2011 and continued working for The Age.[40]
Lloyd's autobiography (co-authored with Andrew Clarke), Straight Shooter, was released in July 2011.[41][42]
After Network Ten lost the AFL broadcasting rights, Lloyd joined the Nine Network for 2012 to be a panelist on The Footy Show and The Sunday Footy Show.[43] He also left SEN to join 3AW's AFL special comments team.
In 2013, he joined Footy Classified as a panelist alongside Gary Lyon, Craig Hutchison and Caroline Wilson; as well as continuing his regular roles on The Sunday Footy Show and 3AW Football. Lloyd is also a recurring panelist on The Footy Show.
Lloyd's parents are John and Bev Lloyd. John Lloyd played 29 games for Carlton from 1965–1967 and coached the Braybrook Football Club to three premierships. The family moved to Scotland for three years because of John Lloyd's work and it was there that Lloyd played rugby and soccer his Currie club.
Lloyd has two older brothers, Simon, who is an assistant coach at the Fremantle Football Club,[44] and Brad, who is a former Hawthorn player (and former captain of the Williamstown Football Club) and now national recruiting manager for the Fremantle Football Club,[45] as well as one older sister, Kylie, who is the Unit Manager at The Footy Show.
On 9 November 2002, Lloyd married his childhood sweetheart, Lisa-Marie Caparello, usually known as "Lisa", at Xavier College Chapel. Their wedding was covered by New Idea magazine and a documentary of the day, titled One Day In November, was also aired on Fox Footy Channel. Lisa Lloyd appeared on The Footy Show's singing competition, Screamers, in 2005[46] and was also a regular presenter on Fox Footy's Living With Footballers.[47]
The Lloyds have three children; Jaeda Ruby (born December 2006),[48] Kira Grace (born September 2009)[49] and Jacob Matthew (born November 2012).[50]
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by David Hille | Essendon Football Club captain 2007–2009 | Succeeded by Jobe Watson |
Awards | ||
Preceded by Scott Cummings David Neitz | Coleman Medal 2000–2001 2003 | Succeeded by David Neitz Fraser Gehrig |
Preceded by Michael Newton | AFL Mark of the Year 2008 | Succeeded by Brett Burton |


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As personalized medicine has evolved, so too has the system of record to support its massive data requirements. Clinical laboratory information management systems (Clinical LIMS) combine the patient management capabilities of LIS with the lab process-focused approach and data capacity of LIMS, which are used throughout life science research laboratories. The new, more powerful Clinical LIMS enable physicians to apply valuable genetic data to patient care, paving the way for diagnosis and treatment that is truly personalized. The convergent technology found in a Clinical LIMS is unifying the distinct functionality required of physicians in hospital settings, as well as that required by researchers in clinical testing labs.
According to the American Cancer Society, early detection of cancer has been proven to "reduce mortality from cancers of the colon and rectum, breast, uterine cervix, and lung." In breast cancer, for example, if a patient is diagnosed while the cancer is at a localized stage, the five-year survival rate is 98%. That number drops to 15% if the disease is diagnosed at stage IV.
Earlier diagnosis leads to better outcomes for patients—that much is clear. But with an aging U.S. population putting increased pressure on the health-care system, better diagnosis and treatment of costly diseases such as cancer is critical. Improved analytical instrumentation and research developments have done much to advance medicine, but there is still much work to be done at the patient level—on a personalized basis.
The potential for personalized medicine goes far beyond cancer alone. Markers for heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, for example, are also discoverable in a person's genetic code. Early diagnosis of these conditions is crucial, because it enables patients to make lifestyle changes or undergo treatments that can significantly prolong their lives and reduce the burden on the health-care system as a whole.
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But again, a doctor's ability to personalize treatment is only as good as his or her ability to access well-managed data. The wealth of genetic information cannot improve care without a system to track samples, collate information, and store data for later retrieval.
Today, personalized medicine creates demand for a system that combines features of both a LIMS and an LIS. Clinical laboratories require an end-to-end system that manages all information related to patients, from point-of-care testing and diagnostics to treatment. This often includes execution of complex, sample-oriented work flows (including data from sophisticated, automated instruments) while ensuring good laboratory practices, regulatory compliance, and the security of patient information. A true Clinical LIMS meets these requirements by delivering the best of both worlds—a convergence of functionality between a traditional LIS, which manages patient care, and a LIMS, which manages dynamic work flows across a lab, including everything from sample tracking to results reporting.
A Clinical LIMS does not simply improve the data management capabilities of an LIS—it does so much more by bringing in a fundamental understanding of lab processes. This is clear with traceability, for example, which was not a traditional focus for LIS but is now mission critical in personalized medicine sample work flows, where volumes are so much greater. Because Clinical LIMS evolved from high-throughput, highly regulated environments, they are more than capable of tracing samples as they travel through various testing and storage checkpoints.
The combination of LIMS and LIS may sound like an excellent idea, but how does it work in practice? Foundation Medicine, a Cambridge, MA-based cancer diagnostics company at the forefront of bringing comprehensive genomic analysis to routine cancer care, is already successfully using a Clinical LIMS as a personalized medicine enabler. FoundationOne, a clinical diagnostic test developed by Foundation Medicine, performs next-generation sequencing on a very small amount of genomic material. The test is used to develop a "molecular" blueprint of a patient's tumor; the blueprint is then shared with the patient's physician, who in turn uses it to outline relevant therapies, treatments, and clinical trials.
Developing a molecular blueprint suitable for diagnostics and treatment requires a highly scaleable information technology infrastructure built for this specific purpose. While research labs are complex environments, a clinical setting adds another set of onerous requirements, from logical, patient-centered ways to order tests to administrative and business rules common in health-care organizations and regulations concerning data security and patient privacy. Further complexity comes from electronic medical records (EMRs), which not only contain all information associated with a patient, from a doctor's notes about a medical visit and medication history to medical test results, but also serve as the physician's main interface into the LIS.
With a presence in both the clinical and laboratory environments, Foundation Medicine required the best of both worlds, and a Clinical LIMS was the answer. A Clinical LIMS also ensured that patient data would be managed securely and with the appropriate privacy settings to keep a facility in compliance with HIPAA and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) regulations.
Foundation Medicine chose the Thermo Fisher Scientific (Philadelphia, PA) Clinical LIMS solution (see Figure 1). It not only meets Foundation Medicine's sample- and patient-centric requirements today, but is also able to evolve as the organization's needs change. As personalized medicine advances, so too will Foundation Medicine's LIMS.
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Physicians and researchers throughout clinical, research, and academic laboratories are helping usher in a new era in patient care: the age of personalized medicine. They are tapping into a wealth of information, including electronic records and genetic information, and placing it as close to the point of care as possible. Without new systems to collect, manage, and interpret this information, all of these "big data" would have limited value.
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A $1,000 scholarship, sponsored by the Norwegian Canadian Club of Winnipeg "under the auspices of the bicentenary committee," will be given to "a Manitoba student of Norwegian ancestry/descent who will graduate from Grade 12 in June 2014 and who has been accepted in a first year programme at a post-secondary institution. The winner will be announced on May 17."
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The Manitoba bicentenary committee has been working for months to make this year-round event as successful as possible. The committee consists of seven dedicated Manitobans of Norwegian descent:
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• Jim Ingebrigtsen has worked in radio, TV and advertising for more than three decades;
• Trygve John Ringereide has worked with many noted conductors and has performed various genres of music;
• Lanny Knutson is president of the Norwegian Canadian Club. A retired Lutheran pastor, he has served parishes in Regina, Calgary, Erickson (Manitoba) and Winnipeg;
• Sandra Benum is the daughter of Martin Benum, who was the Norwegian consul for 17 years;
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• Carena Roller is a judge with the Provincial Court of Manitoba.
The Norwegian community first came together in 1912 to form the Norwegian Glee Club and evolved from there. When the present Scandinavian Centre at 764 Erin St .was purchased, the previous Nordlyset (Northern Lights) Club founded in 1967 became the Norwegian Canadian Club in 1985. Membership stands at about 75.
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Edgar Allan Poe, the happy author (a portrait)
Here's a view of the macabre mastermind Edgar Allan Poe like you've never seen him before:
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Literary Haiti with Edwidge Danticat
Haiti is on everybody's mind, and the terrible ongoing catastrophe has sent me looking for what one of the best writers in the U.S. today, Edwidge Danticat, has had to say. Here, she's interviewed on NPR. Meanwhile, in the NYTimes, Madison Smart Bell has compiled writings on Haiti, including an excerpt from an essay by […]
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The importance of reading and writing stories
In the Buffalo News, an interesting piece on the importance of reading and writing stories in education (as opposed to teaching to the test). Check it out: http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/925618.html
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi to pen memoir
Publisher's Weekly notes that De Capo Press has a deal for heavy metal god and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's memoir, "Iron Man." Read about it here Deals: 1/4/2010 – 1/4/2010 – Publishers Weekly. One question: Of course, Iommi can rock, but he can also writer?
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A book of note: Growing up Filipino 2
Here's an interesting book that probably deserves a wider audience: "Growing up Filipino 2." Among the literature of the United States, a recognition of writers telling stories from a Filipino or Filipino-American point of view is often sorely lacking. So here's one book that aims to expand the understanding of what it means to be […]
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On David Levine (1926–2009)
Garry Wills has a wonderful remembrance of David Levine at the NY Review of Books blog. Read it here: NYRblog – On David Levine (1926–2009) – The New York Review of Books. There is also a slide show of Levine's work here: http://blogs.nybooks.com/post/324002771/slide-show-david-levine
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The Scripter Award Nominations, where literature and film meet
For the last 22 years, the Scripter Award has gone to the best adaptation of a literary work as determined by a committee of writers, film industry figures, and members of the University of Southern California faculty. Past winners of the Scripter Award include Slumdog Millionaire, No Country for Old Men, Children of Men, Capote, […]
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Audio book review: The Year of the Flood
"The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood, read by Bernadette Dunne, Katie MacNichol and Mark Bramhall. Unabridged. 11 CDs; 14 hours. $45. Random House Audio. Margaret Atwood, the revered novelist, became one of my favorite authors to follow on Twitter during her book tour of "The Year of the Flood, her latest novel, a […]
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New York State Writers Hall of Fame
The New York Library Association (which is headquartered in Guilderland) has named the first 12 inductees into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. The authors are: James Baldwin Elizabeth Bishop Robert Caro Frederick Douglas Mary Gordon Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Edna St. Vincent Millay Isaac B. Singer Edith Wharton E.B White Walt […]
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So it has become more and more the case that publishers are axing book tours from their budgets, leaving authors to find new and creative ways to get the word out about their near books. Capital Region thriller writer Vincent Zandri is doing just that, with a two-month virtual book tour in February and March. […]
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As detailed in my report, the emails and contemporary documents from 2001 show that, despite Mr. Paternos knowledge and McQuearys observations, four of the most powerful officials at Penn State agreed not to report Sanduskys activity to public officials, Freeh said in a statement issued through his website, Hard to not see what went on no matter how the Paterno family wants to spin it. My statement wasnt directed at anyone it was just to point out only penn state alumni would even try to defend anything about it. Personally i hope everyone that knew about it and did nothing rots in hell.
Mcqueary went to Joe Paterno back in 2001 thats not contested and really never has been. That one sentence and fact is enough in my book.
The clearest evidence of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's understanding of a child-sex abuse allegation against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky does not appear anywhere in the 238-page report released Sunday by a panel of experts enlisted in his family's burgeoning campaign to restore his legacy.The inclusion of Paterno's admission to a grand jury in January 2011 that he understood a witness had seen Sandusky engaging in activity of a "sexual nature" with a young boy would have run counter to the experts' portrayal of Paterno as a naïve grandfather who had little understanding of sexual abuse between men and boys.In its place, a former FBI profiler hired by the Paterno team offered an analysis that excused the former coach's lack of immediate action as the byproduct of a preconceived notion of Sandusky's character and poor communication from the witness, former graduate assistant Mike McQueary.


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In the gutter
Help, I just got done digging enough fiberglass and cloth out of and under the rain gutter on my 55 to build a Vette. Above the windshield is pretty bad. I have seen effies with the gutter removed. What do you all think? I had thought about removing the front part and leaving on over the doors. Any feed back is welcome.:-jammin
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The entire passenger side gutter is filled with silicone or body filler. So I take a look inside and find a ton of cloth type fabric. Left it alone for some other lifetime.
Here's the thing though, my dad never did work, and the previous owner never did any work... ...so that means all of that rust damage was done by at least the early 80's.....how can all of that happen in only 2X years? That's insane. Espcially since it appears to not have changed since it was "fixed". Ehh, here in CA it'll last my lifetime so I'm leaving it alone. Good luck getting yours back to new(or better!). :) |
1) It never rains here. Ever. :-X0A6 2) I have no clue how a substantial amount of dust/dirt can accumulate there since nothing is up there now and I DD the darn truck! 3) The truck was built in Long Beach, CA, and had CA plates from '63 with tags on that plate to the early 80's--this truck has spent a good amount if not it's entire life in dry as heck CA......where would snow come from to rust it? Rust on this truck has got me boggled. :-huh As for guys like bob55 trying to fix these drip moldings, man what a heartache. :( |
Here is an excellent thread on drip rail removal.
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/98...l-removal.html Fortunately I don't have to worry about that problem. If you post some pictures, the experts here might be able to give some better advice. Welcome to FTE. |
dust/dirt will find every nook and cranny. add to that the condensation, which will have salt content from the beach, and there it is. rust! snow, (basically frozen rain) alone won't rust through the steel, unless truck is sitting in it knee deep for a very long time.
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ADELANTO, Calif. - Tyler Heineman hit his second home run of the game in the eighth inning to put the JetHawks ahead in a 7-5 victory over the High Desert Mavericks in a rubber game at Mavericks Stadium on Tuesday night.
Heineman lined a 3-1 pitch from reliever Grady Wood over the right-centerfield fence with two outs to give Lancaster a 6-5 lead. The home run was Heineman's seventh of the season and gave him his second multi-homer game of the year.
The JetHawks got some insurance courtesy of Delino DeShields in the ninth inning. DeShields walked with one out, moved to second on a pick-off throwing error and then stole third. With two outs and DeShields at third base and Nolan Fontana at second, the Mavs planned to intentionally walk M.P. Cokinos to load the bases. DeShields broke for home as reliever Jeremy Dobbs delivered one of the pitches and slid in safely, just under the tag of catcher Steven Baron.
High Desert put the tying runs aboard in the bottom of the ninth but Travis Ballew struck out Dan Paolini and Jabari Blash to end the game and pick up his 15th save.
Michael Dimock (2-0) picked up the victory, tossing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He came on to pitch in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs and induced an inning-ending fly ball out at the wall off the bat of Kevin Rivers.
High Desert had tied the game in the seventh inning after a Nolan Fontana error loaded the bases with two outs and extended the inning. Jonas Dufek proceeded to allow a three-run double to Patrick Brady to tie the game.
Lancaster built a 5-2 lead with an unearned run in he sixth and a two-run double for Cokinos in the fifth.
Heineman's first homer, a two-run shot, gave the JetHawks a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.
David Rollins allowed two runs on three hits over six innings. He struck out eight batters and walked three.
The JetHawks (15-5, 54-36) will head home after winning four of six games on the road. They take on the Inland Empire 66ers on Wednesday night to begin a six-game homestand at The Hangar. Luis Cruz (6-4, 4.28) will make the start for Lancaster.
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We stayed at the hotel to celebrate the wedding anniversary of friends. Whilst we knew Lavenham and the Swan Hotel we had never stayed there, what a wonderful experience. A very friendly welcome, a good sized room, tastefully decorated and well appointed. The food, both the snacks and the main menu, all of excellent quality and so well presented. The bar, particularly interesting because of the WWll USAF and RAF memorabilia is very relaxing and so very "British" with all the oak beams. The bar is very well stocked especially if you like Scotch Whisky! There are so many places you can sit quietly or spread out with friends. All the staff are friendly and attentive providing the highest level of service but very much from the background. To those that have read any of my other reviews will know that we do not like over attentive, pretentious fussy service but nevertheless like quality and good service. The Swan provides everything that we seek from an hotel, they certainly made our short stay a very relaxing, happy and memorable one and would definitely return.
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US 20020073182 A1 Abstract A Smart DHCP Relay server is formed for receiving all IP address requests, to determine the ISP to which the request should be forwarded, and then to forward the request to the ISP. Accordingly, when the ISP responds, the Smart DHCP Relay generates an IP address for delivery to the user terminal that initiated the request. The user terminal, upon receiving the one response, automatically loads the IP address for use whenever access to the Internet by way of the ISP equipment is desired. The system includes a gateway device that forwards all address requests (DHCPDISCOVER). The Smart DHCP Relay includes a database that maps MAC addresses with corresponding selected IP addresses from a number of ISPs offering a service to the subscribers. The duration that the MAC address is assigned to the IP address provided by the selected ISP is variable. It may be made to last only for a specified session or period. Alternatively, it can be made to last indefinitely.
Claims(20) 1. A method for auto-loading an IP address into a user terminal, comprising:
transmitting an IP address request signal from the user terminal to a gateway device; transmitting the IP address request signal from the gateway device to a network operations center (NOC); determining a corresponding ISP selected for assigning an IP address for the user terminal; transmitting the IP address request signal from NOC to the ISP; transmitting, from the ISP to the gateway device, a response signal comprising an IP address for usage by the user terminal; and transmitting, from the gateway device, the response signal to the user terminal. 2. The method of
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10. A method in a Network Operations Center (NOC) for auto-loading an IP address form the selected ISP into a user's terminal, comprising:
receiving a DHCPDISCOVER signal from the user's terminal; determining a corresponding ISP for the IP address to be assigned to the user terminal; informing the ISP of the DHCPDISCOVER signal; receiving a DHCPOFFER signal from the ISP; and transmitting the ISP's IP address to the user's computer terminal so that its software can automatically load the IP address. 11. The method of
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a processor; an internal bus; and a memory for storing computer instructions, which computer instructions define the logical operation of the proxy server, the logical operation including logic to prompt the Smart DHCP Relay to:
receive address request signals generated by user terminals;
for each address request signal, determine a corresponding ISP; and
prompt the corresponding ISP to respond to the address request signal.
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Description [0001] 1. Technical Field [0002] The present invention relates to computer networks and, more particularly, to a system and method for facilitating the provisioning of an Internet service provider Internet Protocol (IP) V4 address into a terminal or other computer equipment. [0003] 2. Related Art [0004] Internet Service Provider (ISP) Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) specifies how IP addresses are entered into a specific register of a terminal's networking software driver, so the terminal can properly create and maintain a connection between the terminal and the ISP whenever a user of the terminal seeks access to the Internet through the equipment of the ISP. Accordingly, a traditional part of establishing service with a selected ISP is to enter, usually with the help of an ISP's technical support personnel, the settings and parameters required for the terminal to connect properly with the ISP equipment each time the user chooses to �surf the web.� [0005] While this approach does not seem, in theory, too onerous, it often is a frustrating process as technical support technicians are overwhelmed with calls. It is not uncommon for one to have to wait hours while enduring annoying music and constant reminders that the call is important and will be picked as soon as possible. The problem becomes much worse when the end user decides to change an ISP or multiple users, subscribed to the different ISP use the same terminal one after another. [0006] This is where DHCP protocol was defined in the IETF to facilitate a process that reduces the likelihood that a user will require the assistance of a technical support technician thereby reducing using frustration and enabling technical support personnel to lend their efforts to real problems. [0007] Along these lines, software companies have created the capability (DHCP client) in their software for the terminal to automatically store the IP address and the associated parameters in the specified registers. The issue, however, includes delivering the IP address for the ISP of choice for automatic installation into the user terminal. [0008] One solution that is being considered and, perhaps, tried is to forward an address request signal (DHCP Request) to all ISPs connected to the access network equipment communicating with the user terminal. One problem with this approach, however, is that most of the ISP equipment is programmed to automatically respond with an IP address whenever it detects such a request. Thus, a user terminal would be inundated with multiple responses to the issued DHCP single DHCP request. Accordingly, there is no guarantee that the proper IP address would be loaded into the computer terminal memory registers. [0009] One solution to this problem would be to create a database within the equipment of each ISP to only respond to address requests from its own ISP account holders (customers). A problem with this approach, however, is that it is inefficient and would require significant maintenance effort by the ISPs. For these reasons, ISPs are not too eager to implement this solution. Also this method ties user terminal profile with a single ISP, which doesn't work in case of a shared terminal or change of a terminal by the user. [0010] Another proffered solution is to create one very large database including DHCP addresses of all ISP service subscribers at a network operations center (NOC). Thus, the database includes a mapping between user terminals and all of the corresponding ISP information including the IP addresses of the ISP. This approach is not desirable because of the significant maintenance requirements. Not only would user ISP preferences be stored, but also all of the corresponding ISP information. Accordingly, updates are required when ISP information or user preferences change. [0011] What is needed, therefore, is a method and apparatus that supports automatic generation of a user selected ISP IP address and delivery of the same to the user's terminal for automatic loading/installation. [0012] A Smart DHCP Relay proxy server is placed between the user terminal and the ISP formed forto receiving receive all IP address requests, and more particularly, DHCP address requests, to determine the ISP to which the request should be forwarded, based on the user preferences and supplied credentials and then to forward the request to the ISP. Accordingly, the ISP equipment responds, upon receiving the forwarded request, and generates an IP address for delivery to the user terminal that generated the request. The user terminal, upon receiving the one response, automatically loads the IP address for use whenever access to the Internet by way of the ISP equipment is desired. [0013] More particularly, the system includes a gateway device that forwards all IP address requests to the Smart DHCP Relay regardless of what system is requesting an address. The gateway device further receives and forwards a DHCP response to the system that previously requested the address. In one embodiment of the present invention, a temporary address is assigned to the system requesting the address for identifying the system and for delivering the address to it. [0014] A Smart DHCP Relay includes a database that maps user equipment (terminal) identity or user account information with a select Internet Service Provider. In one embodiment, whenever an end user (or a subscriber) selects an ISP, the ISP updates the Smart DHCP Relay proxy server. Accordingly, the first time the subscriber equipment is initialized and connected to the network, the Smart DHCP Relay receives an IP address request from the gateway device, which address request was generated by the subscriber equipment. The IP address request includes an identifier that uniquely identifies the subscriber and/or the subscriber equipment. Accordingly, the Smart DHCP Relay identifies the select ISP and forwards the address request to it. The ISP then responds by generating and transmitting an IP address to the subscriber equipment. [0015] A better understanding of the present invention can be obtained when the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment is considered with the following drawings, in which: [0016]FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a prior art communication network. [0017]FIG. 2 is a signal sequence diagram illustrating system operation in a network formed according to one embodiment of the present invention. [0018]FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a system for automatically loading an IP address in a user terminal. [0019]FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method for automatically loading an IP address into a user computer terminal. [0020]FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a Smart DHCP Relay formed according to one embodiment of the present invention. [0021]FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a prior art communication network. In particular, FIG. 1 illustrates a shortcoming of prior art network that may be used to attempt to automatically load an IP address into a user terminal. As may be seen, an address request is transmitted from the user computer terminal 104 to a gateway system 108 by way of a local access network 112. The gateway system then forwards the address request in a broadcast mode through a data network 116 to each of a plurality of N ISP servers 120-128. [0022] Responsive to receiving an IP address request, each of the ISP servers 120-128 respond to the user terminal with an ISP address for automatic loading and storage at the user terminal. Accordingly, as may be seen, N ISP addresses are transmitted to the user computer terminal, if ISPs choose to automatically respond to the address request. [0023] How the user terminal responds may vary. For example, it may accept only the first address received. Alternatively, it may replace each stored address with each new address received. Accordingly, the one certain aspect of this approach is that the user computer terminal may receive and store an IP address, but, more than likely, it will not be the one, desired by the user. [0024]FIG. 2 is a signal sequence diagram illustrating system operation in a network formed according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring now to FIG. 2, a user terminal 204 initially transmits an IP address request to a gateway device 208. In the described embodiment of the present invention, the address request is a signal referred to a DHCPDISCOVER signal as defined in the Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments (IETF RFC) standard. One purpose of the DHCDISCOVER signal is to request an IP address of the ISP that is to provide Internet access service to the user. Typically, the DHCPDISCOVER signal is a broadcast signal that is automatically generated by a user terminal network interface card (NIC). The NIC card transmits its Media Access Control (MAC) address as a part of the DHCPDISCOVER signal or other IP address request signal. [0025] The gateway device 208, upon receiving the address request or DHCPDISCOVER signal, analyzes it to determine that it is a DHCPDISCOVER signal, and responsive thereto, forwards the received DHCPDISCOVER signal to a Smart DHCP Relay 212. In one embodiment of the present invention, the Smart DHCP Relay 212 is formed as a part of a Network Operations Center (NOC) as is suggested by the dashed box around relay 212. In alternate embodiment, relay 212 may be formed as a separate entity or as a part of a different system. [0026] The Smart DHCP Relay 212, upon receiving the DHCPDISCOVER signal, analyzes it to discover one of a user ID, a user terminal ID or a terminal MAC address to determine the IP address of the DHCP Server of a the corresponding ISP. Once the Smart DHCP Relay 212 determines the IP address of the corresponding ISP, it forwards the DHCPDISCOVER signal to the corresponding ISP 216. [0027] The corresponding ISP 216, upon receiving the DHCPDISCOVER signal, generates a DHCPOFFER signal that is transmitted back to the Smart DHCP Relay 212. The Smart DHCP Relay 212, upon receiving the DHCPOFFER signal, stores (maps) an IP address for the ISP server 216 to a subscriber MAC address. Thereafter, the IP address 216 is forwarded to the user computer terminal 204 for automatic loading. [0028] In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the ISP DHCP server 216 generates a response signal containing its own IP address that the user terminal 204 is to use when seeking renewal of the assigned (or �leased�) IP address. This response signal is transmitted directly to the user terminal by way of gateway device 208. In this embodiment of the present invention, the response signal is a DHCPOFFER signal, but unlike before, it is transmitted directly to the user terminal. The DHCPOFFER signal, here, also includes the IP address of the ISP DHCP server. [0029] In one embodiment of the present invention, the mapping between the MAC address and the ISP 216 identified in the DHCPOFFER signal lasts until changed meaning that the allocation is reserved for the particular user until the relationship between the ISP and the user is terminated. [0030] In an alternative embodiment, the mapping occurs only for a given session. In yet another alternative embodiment, the mapping occurs only for a specified period or number of sessions. Thereafter, the IP address is released for use by another user computer terminal. [0031]FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a network that includes a system for automatically loading an IP address in a user terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. A network 300 includes a Network Operations Center (NOC) 304 for controlling network operations as is suggested by its name. NOC 304 includes a database 308 for mapping user IDs with selected Internet service providers. The user ID may be in the form of an account number, a terminal ID or MAC address or an ID of any other form. The ISP is, in one embodiment of the invention, identified by its IP address at a minimum. [0032] A gateway device 312 is coupled to communicate with NOC 304 by way of a data packet network 314 as well as with a plurality of user terminals by way of a plurality of networks. For example, gateway device 312 is coupled to communicate with user terminal 316 by way of a private network 320. Private network 320 may comprise, for example, a corporate local area network. [0033] Gateway device 312 also is coupled to a wireless terminal 324 by way of a wireless network 328. A wireless link 332 carries the communication signals between wireless user terminal 324 and wireless network 328. Finally, gateway device 312 is coupled to a user terminal 336 by way of a telephone network 340. Telephone network 340 includes conventional public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) as well as SS7 and other similar intelligent networks (IN). [0034] As may also be seen, gateway device 312 also is coupled to communicate with a plurality of ISPs 344, 348 and 352 representing up to N ISPs by way of data packet network 314. Each of the users of user terminals typically selects one of the ISPs 344, 348 and 352 to provide Internet access service. The issue, therefore, is to create a system for automatically loading an ISP's IP address utilizing the auto-loading capability of the user's user terminal. [0035] In operation, a user terminal generates an address request that is transmitted to a gateway device. By way of example, user terminal 324 generates an address request signal through the local access network 328 to the gateway device 312. The gateway device 312 analyzes the signal and identifies it as an IP address request signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, the address request signal is a DHCPDISCOVER signal. [0036] Upon identifying the IP address request signal, gateway device 312 forwards the signal to the NOC 304. NOC 304, upon receiving the address request signal, examines the contents of database 308 to determine a selected ISP for the user terminal 324. Upon determining the selected ISP, for example, ISP 344, NOC 304 forwards the address request signal to the ISP 344. If the address request signal is a DHCPDISCOVER signal, then the DHCPDISCOVER signal is forwarded to ISP 344. [0037] Upon receiving the DHCPDISCOVER signal or the address request signal, ISP 344 responds with a DHCPOFFER signal. In the described embodiment of the invention, the DHCPOFFER signal is transmitted to NOC 304 where the ISP's IP address is mapped with the user terminal's MAC address. Thereafter, the ISP's IP address is transmitted to user terminal 324 by way of gateway device 312 and local access network 328. It is understood, of course, that alternatives exist to the ways of transmitting a DHCPOFFER signal from the ISP DHCP server 344. [0038] In general, a signal is transmitted by the ISP DHCP server 344 that indicates a willingness (ability) to provide service to the user terminal 324. One advantage of the system and network of FIG. 3 is that only the selected ISP server 344 receives the DHCPDISOCOVER signal. In the present example of the invention shown in FIG. 3, ISP DHCP servers 348 and 352 do not receive the DHCPDISOCOVER signal. [0039] While the network of FIG. 3 illustrates one gateway device 312, many other gateway devices 312 may be included. For example, each of the networks 320, 328 and 340 may have a dedicated gateway device. Additionally, private networks such as network 320 may include a firewall between the gateway device 312 and the private network. Alternatively, the gateway device and firewall may be combined as one system. Only one gateway device 312 is shown herein for simplicity. [0040] The operation of the network of FIG. 3 is illustrated by the sequentially numbered signals transmitted through the network. As may be seen, an IP address request signal 1 is transmitted by the user terminal 324 to the local access network 328. From there, address request signal 2 is transmitted to the gateway device 312. Gateway device 312 forwards the address request signal 3 to data network 314 which in turn forwards address request signal 4 to NOC 304. NOC 304 then transmits the address request signal 5 to data network 314 where address request signal 6 is then routed to the ISP 344. [0041] ISP 344 responds with a DHCPOFFER signal 7 that is transmitted to data network 314. Because of the aforementioned alternatives, only a DHCPOFFER signal 8 is shown being transmitted from data network 314 to gateway device 312. As was explained already, the DHCPOFFER signal may be sent directly to the user terminal or it may be send to NOC 304 first. If it is sent to NOC 304 first, NOC 304 then transmits the DHCPOFFER signal to indicate that resources are allocated to the user terminal as identified by its MAC address. [0042] The DHCPOFFER signal 8 is then received by gateway device 312 and is forwarded to the wireless network as DHCPOFFER signal 9 and then to the user terminal 324 as DHCPOFFER signal 10. [0043]FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method for automatically loading an IP address into a user computer terminal. Initially, a terminal ID (or MAC address) is transmitted to a gateway device by a user terminal along with a request for the IP address from its ISP (step 404). In one embodiment of the invention, the transmitted signal is a DHCPDISCOVER signal. Thereafter, the gateway device, upon receiving the signal, identifies it and forwards it to a network operations center (NOC) for processing (step 408). The NOC, in turn, determines the identity (IP address) of a select (assigned) ISP (step 412). In the described embodiment, the NOC includes a database that maps MAC addresses to the selected IP addresses. [0044] Thereafter, the NOC transmits the DHCPDISCOVER signal to the selected ISP to prompt the ISP to respond with an IP address for the user terminal (step 416). Accordingly, the ISP responds with IP address information for use by the user terminal to enable it to access the Internet using the assigned IP address. More specifically, the ISP sends IP address information to the user terminal by way of the gateway device (step 420). The gateway device, in turn, receives the transmission from the ISP and forwards the ISP's IP address to the user terminal (step 424). In the described embodiment of the invention the response is a DHCPOFFER signal. [0045]FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the DHCP Relay formed according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring now to FIG. 5, the DHCP Relay 500 includes a processor 504 that is coupled to receive computer instructions stored in a memory 508 by way of a bus 512. Bus 512 further is coupled and is controlled by a bus controller 516. Bus controller 516 also is coupled to a network port 520. Accordingly, processor 504 also is able to transmit and to receive transmissions for processing through network port 520 by way of bus 512 and bus controller 516. [0046] The computer instructions stored within memory 508 define the operational logic of the Smart DHCP Relay including the logic for creating a database for mapping user terminal MAC addresses with the ISPs' IP addresses. The computer instructions further define logic for communication protocols for communicating over the network port 520. Finally, the computer instructions also define all other operational logic of the Smart DHCP Relay 500. With respect to the operational logic of Smart DHCP Relay 500, the computer instructions define logic that, among other tasks, enable a system to perform the methods and processes described herein this application. [0047] The inventive method and apparatus disclosed herein are particularly advantageous in that they provide a capability for automatically loading IP addresses into a user's terminal. Thus, the process of establishing a new account with a new ISP is facilitated reducing the number of problems that may be encountered and the amount of time required to achieve the same. Additionally, technical support resources are freed for use in tackling other and perhaps more significant problems. [0048] While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the claims. As may be seen, the described embodiments may be modified in many different ways without departing from the scope or teachings of the invention. For example, any combination of the described methods may be combined to create an inventive system that supports auto-loading of an IP addresses into a user's terminal. Referenced by
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For Peruvian style, we really like Inca's Cafe in Carrollton.
I will second the recommendation fro Inca's
For take out, there's some great ceviche at the seafood counter at El Rancho. Several kinds. I favor the mixed ceviche with octopus. Delish.
Had some at La Calle Dolce in Lakewood this weekend and it was very good.
Stephan Pyles. Bronzini with fennel and vanilla. Plus you get to sit in front of the kitchen at the ceviche bar and chat up the chefs.
I'd also second Calle Doce for a traditional ceviche.
-----Stephan Pyles1807 Ross Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75201
Steven Pyles, end of story. Go for the ceviche tastingn and you will thank me!
Can I nominate the worst ceviche in Dallas?
The tuna ceviche at Iron cactus. It was a heap of tuna sliced thick, and hadnt been marinated adequately in citrus. Lots of meat but poor quality.
Wont be going back.
One place with an authentic Peruvian style ceviche that I thought was a good value was Gran Machu Picchu on NW Highway in Garland.
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