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Social media: A force to reckon with in the Middle East
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Soccer-Xavi close to deal with Al Sadd, says Qatari club
Abu Dhabi Airports CEO leaving to take up U.K. defence ministry role
Kuwait February inflation edges up to 2.9 pct
MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets sink after Yemen intervention; Dubai worst hit
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A Saudi court has sentenced Mazen Abdul-Jawad…
October 7, 2009 5:05 by kippreport
A Saudi court has sentenced Mazen Abdul-Jawad to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for discussing about his sexual exploits on television, reports Reuters. Abdul-Jawad was arrested in August after he spoke about his premarital sexual encounters on an interview on LBC. Three other men who appeared along with him were sentenced to two years in jail and 300 lashes each.
Abdul-Jawad's lawyer has said that they will appeal against the ruling.
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C'est incroyable
you get what you ask for!! its Saudi for God's sake!! you dont go bragging about your sex life!!
this will show guys how to be 'gentlemen'!!!!!!
Saudi is known for extreme laws and orders, ironically most of the dirtiest things are happening also there because of unnecessarily enforced laws! There people are making toddy at home, girls been distributed at client's premises, drugs are been sold widely. I feel sad to hear all this happening in a country where all the Muslims including me turning to pray 5 times a day.
Talking premarital sex openly on live TV is just not acceptable by any standards. But I have different opinion on the sentence the culprit got. It is too harsh to be honest!
If you are a "kiss and tell guy" You ain't no gentleman
Haw! Haw!
he deserved that coz he was playing his dirty game with all the young girls and he was proud to say it in the National TV !
I hope the others can learn .
OFiroz this is for you ( we are praying five times a day and if one or two had mistake it doesn't mean that all the Saudis do it
we are raising our kids to be good Muslims and to be honest , complaisant and to support our country in the future .
Abu Dhabi F1 circuit gets final approval
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I have a HP Compaq 610 on Windows XP, 64bit, and I decided to wipe the hard drive clean before reinstalling Windows. However, after cleaning the drive, I am booting from the CD and after installing the first part, it stops at the point where Windows would have to start installing and I get the blue screen, and the common error message "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer." 0x0000007B(0xF7A2652C, C0000034). I have run a test on the hard drive and the memory, and it's all in perfect order, so any ideas what might go wrong here?????
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That would seem to be XP not having the drivers for SATA harddrive.
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thanks, so how do i find them?????? i have used this installation disk before, and it had all the drivers somehow
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You could try this, seems to work for most people:
In the bios: Go to "SATA Operation"
Change this from "RAID Auto/AHCI" to "RAID Auto/ATA"
Changing this from "RAID Auto/AHCI" to "RAID Auto/ATA" will turn off the high-performance features of the controller and put it into compatibility mode.
-or if it had previously worked no prob, it possibly could be a speck of dirt on your XP install CD so try cleaning it gently.
fingers crossed ;-) (not while you are cleaning the cd ;-))
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thanks, but I have got into bios but have no option for SATA or RAID....not sure why????????????
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What version bios do you have? Just google for:
bios: Go to "SATA Operation"
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On every tenth of June
The sea waves splash upon the moors for years
and shadows draw along the walls festoons
unspoken verse, conceived on silent piers,
the advent of our loneliness attunes.
That day of June remained our only fair
and minds' ascension to the astral reign,
blooms' multitude and fragrances' affair
a purple thistle on the field and rain.
Remember me, a windy song and laugh,
our holding hands and young, the Summer's call,
we celebrated then, upon the wharf
and acanthine of solitude's dance hall.
On every tenth of June my eyes embrace,
above the summer moors, your lines of face.
© G. Venetopoulos, 06-14-2013, All rights reserved
(English Sonnet)
"Once upon a midnight Poe"
Underneath my midnight mask, I remove, the makeup at last,
The moon is anvil to my mood, mooring along the vacant vast
I lay the Gin and Tonic, by my bedside, asking for more,
I hear a noise, a lost voice, the echoes of no rejoice,
I could not ignore the light coming from the cracks in the open door
Giving it some thought,
My eyes twinkle, towards the tinsel tiles on the floor
Seemingly the light seems to be deeming, a distance, of resistance
Curiosity came a crawling and caressing,
To feel and taste, sinful skin,
Everything then grew thinner than thin,
Suddenly, I hear a whisper, my love is near
"Darkness there, and nothing more."
A nerve impulse hits the wall, of nothing nary, nevertheless
I sadistically, stagger a sullen movement, notwithstanding
Is this, a moment, Edgar Whispered, "nothing more."
Many nights, I dream of demonic demons, demanding answers for
A sad --sadder voice, sits and whines, with the wind
"Only this, and nothing more!"
A notary, nauseate moment, sea sick, shipwrecked floor
Secular suicide spreading like gossip, sailing through my veins
Evilly and twisted, "This it is, and nothing more" - that remains
Tweaking, and repeating, the speeding, of needing
My drugs, of pain and passion, to end the illusion
Of the self-inflicted - bruising, from the voices of my choices
I hear the whisper, a selfish whisper, asking for Lenore
How many nights, he comes into my room, dress like A Raven
Painted, and tainted, like the midnight dreary
Reciting, the exciting, like The Bells, of Annabel Lee, in a hurry
Never, never, nameless here forevermore, in my dreams
Under my evil doing skin, like the sum of sin, is how it seems
On the nights, my soul mate does not appear,
The anchor drowns and torments me with tears
I ravel up in fear, of the fear, when my ghost is not near
Rattling and trembling, by the bedside,
On the dark side of the mental moon, when in gloom
I scratch my room, screaming to the bleeding,
From my heart, who needs a killing,
From a feeding and the feeling of letting Poe, go!
Inspired by The Raven
As we watch the girl stumble inside of her cage.
We wait, from without, and we shout out directions.
Answers opposing, our voices clang together --
As useful as banging of pots to the floor.
Enslaved, she carries the weight of his weakness.
Pulled to bloody knees, she dare not cry out.
While around us were blue skies and grasses so green,
Her sky was obsidian, with dust at her feet.
Filled with remorse, bruises deepen and spread
Into scars and disease she thinks cannot heal.
The patchwork girl, with no shroud for cover,
Lay broken and hollowed in chains of defeat.
~JSLambert does not (currently:) use, or encourage hallucinogenic drug use.
Telepathic psilocybin prescription erasing elastic depression. Competition
wanes, just when nocturnal emission drains. Lifted poetic wing clipping. This
party only makes sense to those encrypted with unconsciousness. Scalpel in
hand, methodical break and entering, break dancing meninges remove
portions of brain doin' the bitchin'. Ah, this immaculate incision!
Lucid dreams vacating turnstile vibrations, deteriorating horrific screams
douching eardrums. Ultraviolet eyes fortified by THREES---Mind-Body-Soul,
rolled up into one huge trinity.
I'm moving asses fantastic. Call me the "Proctologist of Poetry".
Electrify words, regurgitate, choke and vomit the crock of crap-ola. Venture
down butter slides until the sky goes red.
Still too uptight to listen? (don't pretend in comments that you read this
entire poem if ya' didn't) glisten, be kind, rewind, let liquid swords chop away
fat weighing upon your forces. Once doors of perception swing eyes wide
open. Devour the false to magnify hate. I love you the same. I love you, never
in vain. Hearing your verse lifts a heavy curse carried in shame.
As a child, I had no fear of apocalypse, or world hunger. No, phobia meant
running out of words to give, to receive, from lips. It haunts me to this day.
Tho' the bliss of poetic language's kiss, soothes the cries. Altruistic sighs! Now
we dance! Dancing Harmony times three equals harmonize! Tour your Third
Eye, yir' Karma-eyes!
To the heads that said, "NO CAN DO!"- We've weaved advice for you. File
illicit deeds away, for in dreams we are connected, Siamese twins, at the
wrist, spellbound paradise! Let go of doubt, negativity= below zero. Work it
out! Crash whiplash angles 'till friggin' rectangles dangle through
kaleidoscopes of style. Poet trees smear the cosmos. Let go! THREE will never
be alone. Bestow the glow, thorazine vapors escape secret tombs where
peroxide cleans wounds. Fusing two Toots in common with Nefertiti. THREES.
Elicit illicit lucid dreams gushing ejaculatory melodic screams. Orgasmic
spasms...vas deferens between actual sacks and Staff of Ra polluted sticky
streams. Peddle the bicycle high, annihilate attrition, like motivated Mormons,
door to door men, on a worldwide mission. I love you, I miss you...witness the
vision...alive in the schism!
*credit A.Horovitz, A.Yauch, M.Diamond, Billy Corgan
As he slept in tranquil dream,
Suddenly he flew, it seemed.
Thrown and landing on the floor,
Shaking walls and splintered doors.
Just as quick, the room grew still.
Distant tremors he could feel.
Out the door, and up the rock,
There he stood in sleepy shock.
How could oceans disappear.
Then a hissing he could hear
And a trembling, heavy roar
Headed for an empty shore.
Sunrise turned a greenish hue,
As he climbed, a better view.
Seeming far too large, he saw
What must be a water wall.
Thought of ancient stories told
Of a wrath that could unfold;
Sucking oceans with a breath,
Spewing endless waves of death.
Instinct quickly cleared his mind.
Panic now, he clawed and climbed.
Up, despite the screams he hears,
As a village disappears.
Once an evil came to call,
Scooped them up and took them all.
Now he's old, his stories wane,
Of the morning Satan came.
Gene Bourne
If sorrow cloaks the surface of your soul
And chills the warmth that turns your wishes cold,
Unchain the hidden anguish in your hold,
Releasing tethered truths that must be told.
Your clever wisdom, once conceived as real,
So blinded you to feelings kept concealed.
Inducement starts when you at last repeal
The law you self imposed, a false ideal.
Beginning chapter one you sense a start.
Ahead we veer, adjust and reembark.
In time the doubts will pass, from our concern,
Devotion grows in knowledge two must learn.
A flaming passion, uncontrolled, will die.
Insightful ones will dodge the seering light.
The quantity is not where truth abides,
The quality is where forever lies.
Gene Bourne
A strong drink sits idle in my glass. Two doves sit on the porch and watch me. They warble with great enthusiasm, puffy sirens of the hills. Their language hides the meaning of their words, like the elegant attire worn by common folk. They have everything they need, each other and a nest. A perfect wordless marriage. Communication only through song, and songs for all of nature to enjoy. The grandest love story ever told.
From Pinnacle to Cynical
When we were young
We had our dreams
But, in our future we would find
That many times along the way
There were mountains, we must climb
But with the strength
That comes with youth
We foiled every peril
And hiked the broadways to the top
Until the path got narrow
Yes, in our way, we reached the top
And then became quite cynical
For our decline, we could not stop
In descending from that pinnacle
It matters not, how far we reached
Upon life's twisted routes and bends
It's knowing that we've seen the summit
And that our journey, must slow, then end
By JTCurtis
I'm sure this hill is where it stood.
Amazing shapes of stuccoed wood.
A glass-brick, neon stream-lined place.
As if it flew from outer space,
A swing band auditorium,
An Art Deco emporium,
When romance, innocent in pace,
From dancing to a teasing chase.
The town grew west in modern haste
And down it came, without a trace.
The war and culture's change in taste,
Predestined doom, the past erased.
The future sighs, with solemn face
The wrecking ball, the glittered waste
No plaque to read "Historic Sight".
The swirling dust, a dance goodnight.
Gene Bourne
Your wishes can't regain,
A thrill so long ago.
To once again reclaim
A past you wouldn't know.
You view a different dance,
With unfamiliar tune
You pine for lost romance,
Yet treasure not the Moon.
Meter - Iambic Trimeter (Cataletic).
A-B, A-B Rhyme.
Gene Bourne.
Angry acts begin.
Harmful words would never flare,
Count to ten then once again.
Wildfire spreading fast,
With mistaken, muddled acts.
Smokey aftertaste will last.
Then finessed assaults,
Vainly exit, pride intact,
Casting blame, the other's fault.
Friendships fall head-long,
Disarrayed in stumbled steps.
Puzzled reasons blurred then gone.
Gene Bourne.
Peace again rules My Day
Comforting.... in a pleasant light hearted way
Nature draws me near
Banishing all my fear
Thank You Lord
For giving me Light
Holding me Dear through the Night
It is a Choice that we make
A Dream this Love must not forsake
Take my hand and come with me
There is nothing if you follow the dark
Eventually you become the mark
It is never to late to swallow your pride
Humble is a lasting stride.....
by Mel Eyas Dicdican
In the days of my sorrow
I am wandering like a sparrow.
Happy days have passed
But my love for you will ever last.
Thinking of you for a moment
Could at least minimize my torment.
Neither my love can reach you
Nor my hands can touch you.
Even if you are gone
But I cannot forget everything you've done.
I love you with all my heart
And nobody could tear it apart.
If only I could turn back time
I would make sure to make it sublime.
But I am only human to change the world
And my strength cannot afford.
All I know now is to cherish the past
And wait until my days last.
If in this world we are not meant to be
Hope in the next would be you and me.
According to my neighborhood,
(All experts on the topic),
Opinions vary, none too good,
One called it "Catastrophic".
Exterminators sigh, refrain
Condolences, I'm sorry.
At City Hall, they're shocked, exclaim
They have no such Department
To know that squirrels are running wild,
I hear them as they scamper.
An attic is a sacred place,
Secure, not meant to tamper.
Their next move, chewing all the wire
And gnawing through the rafters.
I hear them squeak a vermin's choir
And hear my own crazed laughter.
That life dare heave this final ho,
But agents know thier timelines.
The hours when the house is shown,
Their outdoor play, the best time.
I also left the scheduled due
When freight train horns will pass through.
Gene Bourne
She is, exactly what he wanted to see
His erotic fantasy
Every teenage boys playboy bunny dream
Look at how you come onto me
Lost, destroyed soul is all i will ever see
U disgust the innermost,
deepest feelings in me
She is the beauty queen
The one from your dreams
She doesn't even look like she bleeds
Imagine how she screams...
Perfect without a flaw
Take her on the wall
Have her spread all over the floor
Dont even close the door
Look at what you all came here for
Destroy her pride
Till shes got nowhere left to hide
Give her your might once more
Until she cannot take it anymore
Look into the eyes of all your lies
Realize every hurt you've given in your life
This is your whore
& now shes all bloody and sore
The same girl next door,
that u begged for more
You've burnt your soul to the core
A deed done
With blood on your hands
Listen, to your screaming fans
Shes just one of those,
that you used to love
You stole all her fairy dust
and turned it into lust.
Fate rewarded some who came,
Daily problems quickly solved.
Wisdom thrived in their domain,
Joyful as their lives evolved.
You distorted what you saw,
Public minutes, private years.
Never witness to the flaws,
Hidden turmoil, muted tears.
Eyes, reflecting wrong side up,
Squint through nickelodeans.
Brilliant microscopic dust
Floating through what might have been.
All delusions bring the same,
Different versions of yourself.
Time can't alter what remains,
Single bookend, empty shelf.
Gene Bourne.
Desert days they stretch beyond, beyond the human frail
Like the heat of its haze, that waves goodbye to sanity's hallucinations, to
A horizon of fans farewelling lost ridicule
Where only creatures dare hide in a place devoid of belief
Yet desert nights will mock the unaware, for beware the shivering thief
That slithers under sheets, stealing sips from thirsty dreams
Where logic conjures images poisoned by the drowned
But if your dreams could see, they would show you colours and wonderment
A sky full of diamonds dripping with a vastness so pure
All watched by a moon; bone white against the night
In a cathedral of dimensions and contrast known only to God
Nette Onclaud's Poetry Contest: In the Desert
Mark Trichet
14 September 2014
My clone, all day it follows me.
The person that I want to be.
It always says that it is me
But never really is.
My clone, it knows another way
to see the world I'm in today.
But it is different in one way,
it has nothing within.
My clone, it wants to find out now
who is the better one somehow.
It acts and talks just like me now
but still is just a version.
My clone is gone forever now.
no more life left inside now
because I fought it and just now
I slowly watched it die.
A stranger passing Gail Gilbride
A stranger passing would never notice
the colour of fynbos
and wild raw woundedness of grief
foaming in a back corner.
By Sandra Hill
Curled up
hugging my body
huge well of grief.
The bubble protects me
with its golden light.
Swirling body of pain
heart-wrenching wrongs
unspeakable accusations
from a feverish jealous godless mind.
A stranger passing would never notice
my escape. The shy deer treads softly.
Gentle eyes make careful contact
as I turn swiftly follow him
my gipsy skirt flimsy
my body firm intact.
In nature untamed
colours glisten
the colour of fynbos.
Words fly in the ether
still find their way to my ears
thrust the unspeakable upon me
wielding evil power against me
wounding fatally.
Every fibre rebels.
I reach up snatch those words
try to assuage
the wild raw woundedness of grief.
And even here
where the shy deer treads
and all is snow covered
pristine innocent-seeming
I wait.
I know they will find me.
There is no escape when
a veneer of civilization covers
barbaric cruel hearts
foaming in a back corner.
Venus's light grew ever brighter as discovery marked its territory
On new faces—old ones brought to the light of sudden love-falls
I grew wary of the feelings surpassing my entire being
Wavelengths of caution holding their hands up in dominance
"Do not pass as to succumb to the charm of your desires,
Yet pause in the epiphanies that blind you"
This voice had the authority over the stars and planets,
Over the birds and beasts, and could be heard by all rebellious men
Its anger was subtly piercing, with no trace of mortal malice
Erupting for the greater good of my confused soul,
Trapped in the sentiments that have swayed me into some false conviction
"Stay here and forget the voice," says another oh so softly,
"Take wing into heavens none have traveled before
Do not pause at the discretion of your reasoning—
Instead ride upon the back of revolution's stride
Taste the inner cravings that have molded you together
Crunch on the sustenance of those around you
Eat it all—for the morsels are both tasty and satisfying
Be fattened in the comfort that everyone around you…FALLS"…
And then my guard was cut clean off…
By the most gorgeous face I have ever set eyes upon
I had seen this face, many a time…
Yet now it pierced me sharper than ever before
I longed to taste the lips that spoke to me
I faltered in the sound of the laughter escaping the mouth
The heart of this being was so fixated in its own reality
And the despair of my desire grew uncomfortably under boulders of Never-
Oh voice, loud as thunderous fire…
Why can I not desire what I will never have?
Will I crumble to dust by this new feeling,
Or shall I forget it all and assemble my thoughts upon new and greater
"Oh beautiful soul, take a look at your heart of gold,
Remember your time is ever so short—and though all fall short,
These desires inside you will stretch your time into success
All bottled up in alerted misery,
Why burden yourself in cold sobriety?
Embark upon the passions like the waves of the sea—
Give that heart that you so long for what it deserves…
Give it the truth—your truth
And if you fall, you fall…"
I silenced the thought with terrible thrashing tears
Wanting to listen, yet too stiff to absorb it all
I begged the voice to strengthen me,
And all I could hear was the assurance of my desires
Yet the echo of the Almighty was clearer than the sorrows I possess even
"Do not pass as to succumb to the charm of your desires,
Yet pause in the epiphanies that blind you"
Words like blood
pulse through paper veins.
Injected with emotion,
they spill from the page,
Staining the reader's hands
with crimson fervor.
Vibrant and living,
it seeps through skin
And into mangled hearts --
a sharing of love and torment.
Whether the tremor of sorrow
or the rage of deepest passion,
The words remain to bind us.
First things first you have to understand the last time I opened up, I left feeling burnt. I have let my secrets surround and protect me; I have let its vines grow into thick foliage. I could peer between the leaves and still feel like I remain in your same world. Four years ago, I had many tactics and relentlessly tried them all. I have tried to escape this plane in hopes to escape myself. The moment of dealing and processing I have found does not occur in a wonderful symbiotic nature. I struggle to process what I am now. I have danced with my demons, and seduced the devil twice, what does that say about who I am? I used to live in a fear of jumping into dark waters with an unknown depth, but after walking in the darkest nights far along the abyss I wrestle living with the knowledge of knowing the height of it all, and the depth of the fall. I don't know for how much longer I can keep pretending I'm safe in these waters.
Bury your living
in shrouds curtain-crafted
Deep in the earth
beneath yellowed gardens
seed and soil as dust
stalks brittle as eggshell
in bare-naked forests
stumps for funeral seats
bones for decoration
Replenish, restore, return
Reunite with this forsaken goddess
before she cannot rise again.
Epigram #42:
Be kind to all
Everyone is doing
The best they can
Leon Enriquez
20 March 2015
Call me
Call me now
Let me hear your voice
As I fade from the site of you
Let your words dance over my heart
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Blind questions
I'm still not thrilled about it, but the UV is causing issues so we're finally going to put blinds on these windows. I know there are films and so on, but we're going this direction.
I want 2", white, faux wood blinds with a wand for adjusting the slats.
I was going to use three separate blinds for this area. Am I correct that they really should all be on one long header?
Is it really a crime to have the three separate blinds and headers? I'm having a hard time of finding photos of similar windows. If I bought something off the shelf, the height I need is 55" so I'd shorten the length.
With one header, I'm assuming I'm going to need to go custom and I really don't think I want to invest that much money on blinds. Quick glance at Lowes was $260ish for one blind. Um, no. Maybe that had special features or something I missed.
Where would be the best choice for blinds if I went the custom direction? JCP does custom, but I'm not sure about the single header. I'd have to go back and look.
The other thing I'm not sure about is where should the blinds meet up?
Here's the window with my lovely mock up.
Should they meet somewhere in the middle here? (Obviously the other side would mirror this one.)
Or should each come to the edge of their window with the space in between?
I have a similar window with three individual blinds for each window but with one long valance. You can kind of get the idea from the pic, although I don't have the entire window in the pic. I got mine at a blinds store, so yes, they came and measured; couldn't afford Hunter Douglas. But I like the three individual blinds. I can manipulate them as I like, i.e.: raise the two outside to let air in and keep the center down, where there is no raising window.
I think it all the depends on if you open any of those windows and what type of privacy you require. I have a similar window in our master bedroom. All 3 of our windows open. I went with 3 blinds because it allows for the most privacy when one window is open while we sleep. Even though we don't have neighbors behind our house, there is a private property that attaches to a county owned nature walk by a creek. Mine are on 3 separate headers that match up closely.
Thanks for the photo Tibbrix. Pretty room!
Jerseygirl - We do open the windows and 3 blinds I think is definitely the way to go.
We don't need them for privacy, but light control. I was so anti put anything over the windows because I love the light, but our other rooms with 2" white blinds are still bright just not the harsh beams fading everything in site.
For now I think I'm going to go with store bought ones from BH&G. The reviews are good. If it turns out the three separate header thing bothers me I can return them and go custom. I actually think the store ones will work just fine though.
Sheesh, the only problem you might have with three store bought blinds is the slats may not all line up perfectly. If that would bother you, make sure you can return them in that case.
I agree that having three separate blinds is best for your window situation if you like opening the side windows for fresh air, but still want to control the light in the larger, center window.
I can't tell if you have screens at all, but if so you might also want to look into Solar Screens to protect your furnishings.
Shee JCP has their 2" wood and faux wood blinds on sale as well as their 1" basswood blinds.
My daughter has a house full of the 2" faux wood blinds and loves them. She has two windows similar to yours and uses three blinds on each window. My SIL has the stained wood look ones also. I have the 1" basswood because my windows don't have enough inset for two inch....love my blinds.
I keep them slightly tilted upwards, which blocks the sunlight, but still allows light in and we can see out.
I could not afford to go custom; they have a size that fits most windows in width, and it only takes a few minutes to remove the little buttons on the bottom to remove slats and shorten them to the size you need.
Your question interests me (3 vs individual) as I'm going to do blinds throughout the house also.
I can tell you I see a lot of people struggling on CL to sell their 3 in 1 long blinds.
How did you choose 2" slats, if you don't mind answering. I was looking at NDB and of course they are pushing 3" slats for more light in but they are so big.
Also, don't the faux woods, or at least some manufacturers come with UV treatment protection built in? I don't imagine yellowing occurs.
Thank you and good luck.
Tibbrix, lovely bedroom paint color.
Justgotabeme - I thought about that. Hopefully they line up because that might push me to head custom.
I was looking at EZ Snap solar screens, but DH didn't like the look for some reason. I still might look into some for the patio doors. If I was going to spend on the money on those I wanted it to totally take care of the UV issue, but it doesn't block it all with me still being able to see out. That helped me go the blind direction. I still might look into the screens for the patio doors.
Tuesday - I saw JCP had their blinds on sale, but I didn't see any white ones. They all seemed to be pearl white, etc. I'll have to check it out again. I'm glad to hear your daughter is pleased with them, thanks! Your daughter's blinds are on three separate headers as well?
SparklingWater - I was sure I wanted to do the three separate blinds (can't imagine trying to lift one blind that long), but wasn't sure if I should have them under one header or three.
My biggest deciding factor was that I don't care for the look of cellular shades or romans on that size of window; especially when down. I'll probably open the slats more than I'll bother to raise them up. I also like the look of the 2" white blinds over 1 size", they're easily accessible, if not going custom, and I think the size will work well on my windows.
Yes, some have the UV protection built in. I have a few other 2" white, faux wood blinds that don't and so far they haven't yellowed (6ish years). Matter of fact, the two with cords to open and close the slats broke not long after which is why I want wands this time.
Sheesh, the reason I mentioned that they may not line up, is that happened to me years ago. I only have two sets of double windows in this home and they both have full blinds. Neither are in "public" spaces though and are on the back side of our home that doesn't get the direct sunlight as they would were they on the front of our home.
We actually have some wood and a bamboo mesh two inch horizontal, non-custom, blinds on seven windows in the front of our home along with the solar shade screens. I really like the convenience of directing the sunlight with blinds. I have roman shades in the five windows and french doors in the sunroom and really like them there, but for rooms at the front of the house I prefer the blinds.
I thought IâÂÂd update.
The new blinds went up the other week and IâÂÂm pretty surprised how much I actually like them. I feel they added another layer to the room and with that brought a cozier feel. I did trade off some light, but I feel it was worth it. - And also the point since the harsh, direct light was fading everything.
I did go with the BH&G 2â faux wood blinds and IâÂÂm very pleased with them. All the slats line up darn close. And IâÂÂm not bothered by the valance having three separations along the top since theyâÂÂre pretty tight together.
The largest blind ended up being on sale and the total was a little under $50. They probably wonâÂÂt out live me, but thatâÂÂs alright for various reasons. I plan to purchase more of these blinds for other rooms.
Not the best photo, but gives you an idea.
I have a window like this so I am loving this thread! One last question---did you have enough window depth for an inside mount? Unfortunately, my windows are skimpy and to switch to a 2 inch blind will require an outside mount.
Sheesharee, they look great! I'm glad you did an update.
I love wood slat blinds, esp. white (unless not appropriate!). They give a room some architectural oomph and are also crisp and fresh looking, airy and beachy. Needless to say, they are a mainstay here on Cape Cod.
So glad you love them.
Sparklingwater, just now saw your compliment of my bedroom color. Thank you! It's SW Languid Blue. I chose it because of the white blinds and my rustic, dark brown barn-y furniture. Chocolate brown goes great with the Languid Blue. It's a smidge technicolor for me, and I kind of wish I"d stuck with BM and gone with Van Courtland Blue, but the Languid is really nice at night and first thing in the morning, which of course is when a BR is used! So, perfect!
Ratherbesewing, rather than do an outside mount, can you build out the trim between the windows, giving you room for an inside mount? MO is that it's worth it if you can do it to get an inside mount. I had to have my front door built out in order to accommodate a storm door. You'd never know it.
Ratherbesewing - They are mounted inside. My casing depth is 6". I wanted them flush with the trim, but the directions stated the bracket needed to be so many inches back. I'm assuming because of weight. There's about 1/2" space in front of the blind to the front of the window. Surprisingly it doesn't bother me.
Tibbrix - Thanks! Yes, they feel very clean and fresh looking.
Lizbeth-gardener - Thanks! Yes it's Better Homes & Gardens. This probably won't be popular but I bought them from Walmart. These are the ones I originally wanted to buy. See link. The ratings are high and some people posted photos.
Now the blind I linked to, they didn't have the sizes I needed. At my store they did. I discovered they're actually two different blinds. I believe the ones I bought are In Store Only, but the description was the same - 2" white, pvc, won't crack, wood look texture, etc. I'm not sure what the difference is.
The two small blinds are 13x64 and the and the middle is 47x64 and they were shortened to 55". The small ones were $16 something a piece and the large one was originally $38 and rang up $15. I called them a few days later to mention and they said it must not have been marked on sale yet. I checked the next time I was there and still no price change. Hey, I'll take it! Even without the sale I think they were still well worth it.
I originally was looking at JCP, but they didn't have white blinds in the size I needed. I considered going custom with them, but the reviews weren't persuading me and I couldn't go full on custom at this point.
Hope this helps!
Here is a link that might be useful: blind link
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By Craig Haley, FCS Executive Director
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, when a Football Championship Subdivision team upsets a major-conference team, it deserves to be in the spotlight as much as any other team across the nation.
Think a No. 14 team upsetting a three seed in the early rounds of March Madness. That always gets your attention when your bracket starts to fall apart.
Jacksonville State? Yes, the Gamecocks were all over any highlight show that you might have watched this weekend following their thrilling, 49-48, double- overtime rally past Ole Miss and a stunned Houston Nutt, who won the Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS coach of the year back at Murray State in 1995. Murray State, of course, now plays in the same Ohio Valley Conference as Jacksonville State.
North Dakota State? Well, the Bison's 6-3 win at Kansas was the polar opposite of Jacksonville State's on the scoreboard, but it left an FBS coach as equally stunned, first-year Jayhawks skipper Turner Gill. Maybe his squad should have taken even a closer look at North Dakota State than they did beforehand because since the Bison moved to the FCS in 2006 they are an impressive 4-3 against Football Bowl Subdivision teams, beating Minnesota, Ball State, Central Michigan, and, now, Kansas (Turner, this certainly isn't the University of Buffalo anymore).
The reality, though, is that FCS teams aren't supposed to beat FBS teams. It's tougher to do in football than in most other collegiate sports.
So the 2-38 record that FCS teams posted against the big boys this weekend can be filed away with the guaranteed paychecks that come with playing these games.
There will be plenty more FCS-FBS matchups next weekend before the two divisions basically go their own ways.
What shouldn't be lost amid the deserved hoopla for Jacksonville State and North Dakota State is that plenty of FCS-versus-FCS games started to shape the season.
William & Mary, the No. 4 team in the country and an FCS semifinalist last season, has already lost a conference game. Now that should get your attention.
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Jordan Tripp (22 yards), Erik Stoll (34) and Trumaine Johnson (18) scored on short returns in the first quarter, then Sean Murray had the shortest one of all, 14 yards in the fourth quarter.
"We didn't have a lot of sustained drives, and that was disappointing. But thanks to the return team, we didn't need to," Montana coach Robin Pflugrad said after winning his first game in Missoula.
Overall, the Griz defense allowed only 94 yards on 59 plays.
Pflugrad was one of the small handful of winners among FCS coaches who made their debuts this weekend. The new coaches were 6-11.
Besides Pflugrad, the winners were Bethune-Cookman's Brian Jenkins (70-10 over Edward Waters), Georgia Southern's Jeff Monken (48-3 over Savannah State and debuting coach Julius Dixon), Southern's Stump Mitchell (37-27 over Delaware State), Tennessee State's Rod Reed (27-14 over Alabama A&M) and Western Illinois' Mark Hendrickson (45-0 over Valparaiso and debuting coach Dale Carlsson).
Few players in the FCS entered the season under the microscope as much as Appalachian State quarterback DeAndre Presley, who has replaced two-time Walter Payton Award winner Armanti Edwards.
App State played it a little too close for comfort, but Presley got the thumb's up by rallying the Mountaineers from a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 42-41 win at Chattanooga.
Presley, a junior, completed 22-of-29 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 25 yards and two other touchdowns, and scored a TD on a "reception" that was the oddest play of the game.
With the game tied 35-35 in the fourth quarter, Chattanooga jumped offsides on 3rd-and-1 from the Mocs' 29 yard line, giving Presley and the Mountaineers a free play. Presley threw a quick pass to wide receiver Matt Cline, who was drilled by defender Chris Lewis-Harris and fumbled the ball. Presley picked up the loose ball and followed blocked into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown from 33 yards out.
Statistically, Cline collected the reception and Presley the 33 receiving yards.
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The key FCS game next weekend is No. 9 South Dakota State's trip across the country to No. 16 Delaware. Coach John Stiegelmeier's Jackrabbits were one of only three Top 25 teams not to open their season this weekend (No. 14 Northern Iowa and No. 23 Penn were the other two). Delaware and All-America quarterback Pat Devlin tuned up by coasting past Division II West Chester, 31-0.
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i've honestly see only that match.
Probably a lot of italian serie A players are underrated in terms of speed.
I think Serie A players are generally quite underrated in certain areas. It's just seemingly impossible to get things changed in that section.
And you're right on the Speed front. It just becomes confusing when you read the descriptions of the players and find contrasting stats. I remember reading in Bovo's thread that he's a very pacy player, yet he only had green values. Either the stats are wrong or the description is wrong.


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bickering politicians to act. If a new budget was not agreed by the end
of 2012 automatic spending cuts and tax rises would be triggered.
So has there been an agreement?
President Obama held a press conference putting a brave face on hopes
of averting tax hikes for middle class families. But he admitted the
'grand bargain' he had hoped for to deal with America's debt and deficit
has not been struck. Instead, he claimed the problems would be solved
'in several steps'.
well as tax hikes, there also needs to be an agreement over deep cuts to
government spending on areas such as defence, changes to allowances for
medical care for the elderly, and the end of tax breaks for the poor.
What's the worst that could happen?
Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, said failure to strike a
deal would send the country over a 'fiscal cliff' and the economy
'toppling back into recession'.
Congressional Budget Office reckons the US economy would shrink by 0.5
per cent in 2013 and unemployment would rise above 9 per cent.
That would be a huge blow to the rest of the world including Britain.
agency Fitch said the fiscal cliff was 'the single biggest near-term
threat to a global economic recovery' – worse even than the crisis in
the eurozone. Markets could go into meltdown and the US could suffer a
further credit downgrade.
How did the US get into such a mess?
The US government has been living beyond its means for years and debt levels are now dangerously high after an unprecedented borrowing binge.
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A system, business methodology and apparatus for facilitating controlled dissemination of digital works is disclosed. An audio and video organizer, entertainment, and communication unit that plays back audio and video media content received from a central storage server. The unit relies on a smartcard, which has a personalized key that unlocks encrypted content. Using the unit, a user can purchase music or other types of media using a appropriate ordering method. The central storage server then transmits a double-encrypted, compressed audio file to the unit, where it is decrypted based on the smartcard key, and available for listening.
1. A system for facilitating the usage of digital media files, said system comprising:
a player unit having a memory therein for storing a plurality of digital media files thereon, said player unit only outputs analog representations of said digital media files stored in said memory; and
a modem for connecting said player unit to a network and for downloading said digital media files to said player unit.
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a stereo component connected to said player unit for playing said digital media files.
10. The system according to
a transmitter for selectively transmitting said analog representations of said digital media files over a wireless channel.
11. The system according to
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a digital video interface for capturing digital video images.
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16. A player unit for facilitating digital media files playback, said player unit comprising:
a storage unit for storing downloaded digital media files;
a media processing element for generating only analog versions of selected media files of the stored digital media files and outputting only said analog versions; and
a card reader for retrieving an electronic value from a card inserted in said card reader, said electronic value being used to generate said analog versions of said digital media files.
17. The player unit according to
navigation means for navigating through said digital media files on said storage unit; and
user-manipulated control devices for controlling said navigation means by a user.
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28. A method for controlling the playback of digital media files on a player unit, said method comprising the steps of:
selecting an encrypted digital media file from a plurality of encrypted digital media files;
retrieving a decrypting key;
decrypting the selected encrypted digital media file based upon the retrieved decrypting key; and
generating only an analog audio signal from the decrypted digital media file.
29. The method according to
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searching said encrypted digital media files.
32. The method according to
downloading at least one of said encrypted digital media files; and
storing said at least one of said encrypted digital media files.
33. The method according to
browsing digital media files on a network; and
choosing the digital media files to be downloaded from said network.
34. The method according to
transmitting said analog audio signal over an air interface.
35. The method according to
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decoding said digital media file.
37. A method for providing digital media files, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving from a user two encryption keys;
double encrypting digital media files based on said two encryption keys; and
transmitting to said user the encrypted digital media files,
wherein a first of said encryption keys is associated with said user and the second of said encryption keys is associated with a user device to which said encrypted digital media files are transmitted.
38. The method according to
receiving identification of said digital media files.
39. The method according to
storing said encrypted digital media files in a staging server, said digital media files awaiting a connection by said user to be transmitted.
40. The method according to
encoding said digital media files; and
compressing said digital media files.
41. The method according to
performing a first encryption operation on said digital media files based upon a first of said encryption keys; and
performing a second encryption operation on said digital media files based upon a second of said encryption keys.
42. (canceled)
43. A system for providing digital media files, said system comprising:
a receiver for receiving from a user at least two encryption keys:
an encrypter for double encrypting a digital media file based on said at least two encryption keys and
a transmitter for transmitting to said user the encrypted digital media file,
wherein a first of said at least one encryption key is associated with said user and a second of said at least one encryption key is associated with a user device to which said encrypted digital media file is transmitted.
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an encoder for encoding said digital media file; and
a compressor for compressing said digital media file.
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a staging server for storing said encrypted digital media file until a connection is available to transmit said encrypted digital media file.
46. The system according to
a digital media file library containing a plurality of said digital media files.
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49. A player unit for facilitating digital media files playback, said player unit comprising:
a storage unit, said storage unit storing downloaded digital media files;
a media processing element, said media processing element generating only analog versions of said downloaded digital media files; and
an output port, said output port outputting only said analog versions of said downloaded digital media files.
50. The player unit according to
a display, said display providing a visual indication of files on the player unit.
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a navigator, said navigator providing a user a way to navigate on the display through the files on the player unit.
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a decryptor for decrypting said downloaded digital media files.
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a connector, said connector connecting said player unit to a content provider.
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This patent application is related to and claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/810,957, which in turn is related to and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/190,268, filed Mar. 17, 2000.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to improvements in home entertainment systems, particularly, to a system, method and apparatus for facilitating the usage of digital works.
2. Description of the Related Art
The growth of the Internet as a communication tool has been phenomenal. With the increasing usage of the Internet as a platform for business, staid industries are having to reinvent themselves to keep ahead of or keep pace with this technological wave.
The music industry has had to cope with advances in technology impinging upon artists' royalties and controlled dissemination. Prior to the invention of the Internet and its rise in massive popularity, digital music was distributed in fairly traditional ways. Music was recorded and then mastered and pressed to compact disc, which then acted as the physical medium that consumers purchased. Compact discs, by their nature, are limited to reproducing original mastered music at 44.1 kHz, but this reproduction offered the closest digital copy of the master that had ever been previously possible. To copy this music to another format for use on another unit besides a compact disc player, such as a cassette player, a person would have to make an analog recording of the music, usually on a cassette recorder that is physically attached to the audio out ports on the compact disc player. Digital Analog Tape and the MiniDisc faced similar limitations, namely the digital audio from the source had to be converted, at some point, to an analog signal for transfer to these mechanisms.
Personal computers offered a solution to this archival problem. Computers are able to read the music off a compact disc and then, using various software, can extract or �rip� the audio content from the CD for storage on the computer's hard drive. The majority of these ripping techniques still transferred the audio through a digital to analog to digital method, but some extractors kept the digital signal from beginning of extract to the end of archiving. This meant that a computer could save a large amount of compact disc content on a storage unit that allowed almost instantaneous access to individual songs from separate compact discs. Unfortunately, the file sizes of these songs were very large; a single song could easily require 50 megabytes of hard drive space. An entire CD could occupy 650 megabytes.
To ease this storage problem, several compression mechanisms and formulations were quickly introduced, the most popular being MPEG II layer III, commonly known as MP3. Audio content compressed using the mp3 format could shrink in size to a tenth of its original with arguably little or no loss in quality from the compact disc master. At the same time, the Internet's progression and connection to millions of personal computers enabled people to share their music files with each other, although this was at first a difficult exercise since one computer would need the physical address of another computer to transfer files. Services such as public anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites, digital bulletin board services, and client-based server programs such as Hotline, acted as conduits and repositories for this compressed music, but most of these services were underground and difficult for the average user to find, much less operate.
The advent of peer-to-peer file sharing made transferring digital music files between disparate computers on the Internet a trivial matter. Peer-to-peer technology allows one computer to broadcast its list of music files to either a centralized computer that maintains an index of files or broadcast its ability to share files, which other computers on the network, or node of the network, recognize and then build their own index. Peer-to-peer file sharing avoids placing the physical media on one central server or bank of computer servers, but rather allows each computer on the file sharing network to act as its own server, limited by its own connection to the Internet and its own computer processing power. Since peer-to-peer file sharing basically allows for an anonymous transfer of files from one computer to another with no layer in between and, regardless of the software facilitating the service and creating the index, makes it a very simple matter to find and exchange files, the technology by its very existence aids copyright infringement by its population of users, which in turn undermines the financial incentive for artists to continue creating original works of art.
The Internet and file sharing, however, are now technologies embraced by millions and millions of users and the thought of reverting to a closed technological system of recording compact discs to analog recordings is most certainly unacceptable. Conflicting with this methodology of sharing files are the artists and music labels who have a great interest in protecting their work from illegal copying and distribution. At the same time sharing video content, which is still in its infancy because of compression techniques, requires a method that will protect the original content yet retain the simplicity of peer-to-peer sharing.
The ease of copying digital works has resulted in a dilemma to copyright owners in a work, such as music encoded per MP3 , i.e., how to utilize this new digital medium but maintain control over the work? In other words, the music industry and the artists are trying to prevent unlicensed dissemination of the work.
There is, therefore, a need for a system, method and apparatus that facilitates the dissemination of a protected digital work while at the same time maintaining control over its dissemination.
Embodiments of the present invention overcome shortcomings of prior systems and satisfy a need for providing a method and system for distributing digital audio and video content to users that supersede the aforementioned peer-to-peer file sharing technique and also ensures that each distributed digital file is protected from rampant copying or illicit distribution.
The present invention is directed to a system, business methodology and apparatus for facilitating controlled dissemination of digital works. An audio and video unit (hereinafter �unit�) plays back audio and video media content received from a central storage server. The unit includes a storage unit for storing downloaded digital media files, and a media processing element for generating only analog versions of selected media files of the stored digital media files and outputting only the analog versions. In this way, exact duplicates of downloaded media files stored in the unit are not available for widespread distribution.
The unit further includes a card reader for retrieving an electronic value from a card, such as a smartcard, inserted in the card reader. The electronic value is used to generate the analog versions of the digital media files, such as by decrypting the digital files based upon the electronic value. As a result, only units having the appropriate card inserted therein are able to output analog versions of the digital media
A more complete understanding of the system, method and apparatus of the present invention may be obtained by reference to the following Detailed Description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying Drawings wherein:
The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
The unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention contains digital media in a local, closed system that can receive a digital file and then playback the file through analog connections. The unit, sometimes referred to as player unit, is controlled by a central microprocessor and has networking connections. It also has an audio and video output connections and an interface for digital cameras. All media is stored in the unit on an internal hard drive.
With reference now to
Preferably, the sole source of digital communication with player unit 105 is via a modem 115, which may also be a separate component or integral to the player unit 105. As shown in
With the growing convergence of appliances and computers, it should be apparent that player unit 105 need not connect to a computer to access the network 120 and a consumer may instead connect to the network 120 directly from unit 105. For example, the consumer may download digital files stored on the network 120 directly into the player unit 105 via the modem 115. In particular, the consumer may use player unit 105 to access a music website or other Internet repository to obtain copyrighted digital works, e.g., from an Internet music club. It is understood that even though unit 105 is not a conventional web browser used by a general purpose computer to access the Internet, it is nonetheless capable of navigating a web site and downloading media therefrom. The consumer could control the downloading via a keypad 130 attached or integral with the player unit 105 or a remote 135. e.g., typing or keying-in an identifier corresponding to a desired selection, which could be identified in a club booklet of available titles. The desired music/audio files would then be downloaded from the music seller to the player unit 105.
Player unit 105 preferably has enough memory storage therein to hold a considerable amount of audio and/or media files, e.g., five hundred CD's worth. By way of the video link to the television 125, the consumer may catalog and navigate through the one or more databases and/or libraries of music and/or audio files stored within the user's player unit 105, i.e., on a memory therein. Since no digital copies can be made from the downloaded file, e.g., backup memory storage within the player unit 105 is fixed, meaning that deletion of stored songs may be needed to store a current selection, thereby making music a commodity rather than a collectible.
As should be understood, hard drive space is finite, which necessities a user to delete music or video files from their personal catalog. This does not mean that the media is no longer available. It simply is a way to clear up more space on their local unit. The user does not need to re-purchase the songs, since the entire catalog of purchased music is always stored safely at the central media server.
Unit 105 gives a user the ability to download audio and video content from a central server in network 120 to a unit. The media is protected from relatively simple mass duplication by a double-encryption methodology on the player unit that is keyed to the media, as will be explained in detail hereinafter.
The player unit 105, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, may include a processing element, such as a microprocessor, that runs a media-centric operating system whose function is to decode and play back audio and video content, which is stored on an internal hard drive within unit 105.
The unit has several interfaces to connect to other equipment. The unit, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention has both a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet connection 220 and a modem connection 225 to link to the network 120 and download files therefrom. Audio is played back through RCA audio out port 230 or a headphone jack 235. Video, which is either video content or menu navigation screens, is played back through the RCA video out connection 240. An IEEE-1394 (245) interface allows the connection of digital video cameras to the unit 200. A smartcard interface 250 reads the smartcard that will unlock the encrypted music and video content for the particular user and unit.
The portable unit communicates to the server in the network by using a docking station 375. When the user wishes the unit to download new media, the unit is inserted into docking station 375 by pushing the unit therein so that the docking station interface 380 of the unit attaches solidly to the docking station. The docking station 375 may include both a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet connection 385 and a modem connection 390 as well as an A/C power supply 395 to recharge the battery 365 in the portable unit.
The user can navigate audio and video content using a television attached to the video out connection. Here users can search their own catalogs, make play lists, read biographical information, view artwork, and customize their jukeboxes according to their preference. The television is the control hub for the unit, although a user can easily navigate their music and video collection without it. The television, however, provides a more entertaining and easy navigating experience.
The unit also allows an easily accessible catalog of media on a server that the user can access and download simply and quickly. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention a user has three alternative ways to find and retrieve media from a server: by using a web browser on a personal computer to search through a web-based media, find and then order the media using the same environment, by using a physical catalog mailed to the user, and by navigating the central media server library from the unit.
Once the central media web server 430 receives the user's request, the media web server pulls the necessary media from a media library at 435 and sends the files through a real-time encoding and compression system 440. The encoding and compression specifications are flexible. A variety of encoding and compression techniques may be supported. Once the media is encoded, it is sent to a staging server at 445 to connect directly to the specified unit for downloading or to wait for a request from the unit for downloading. If the unit is attached to a high-speed, broadband line to the Internet attached to the unit's Ethernet connection, the unit will have its own Internet Protocol address (IP address). The staging server can then immediately associate the unit's IP address with that same unit's unique ID number and begin transferring the media files at 450. However, if the unit uses its modem connection at 460, the unit will then automatically dial into the local, proprietary connection at a later time, such as at night (or, if forced by the user, it will dial up when commanded) and pull the files from the staging server 445.
For example, if a user is in another city and uses the web to make an order for some digital music, the staging server will know if the user's unit has its own IP address or if it uses a modem (the unit will be inaccessible by the staging server if the unit uses a modem). If the unit has an IP address, the staging server will send the media files directly to the unit. If the unit uses the modem, the staging server knows to wait for the unit's call. Later, the unit will automatically connect to the staging server and see whether any new media files are available for downloading. Since there is in this example, the unit will begin downloading the previously ordered, presently available media files.
As should be understood, a physical catalog is limited in its breadth and depth of material, thus another method of downloading media files is illustrated to
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, media is double-encrypted at the staging server 445 before being transmitted to the unit. The encryption used is preferably 128 bit, although this, like compression and encoding of media assets, is flexible depending on the security level.
The music or video content that someone owns is not necessarily tied to their specific unit but rather is tied to the user's smartcard. For example, a user who has a library of 500 songs on one particular unit can remove the smartcard and then attach that smartcard to another unit. The new unit, consequently, has privileges and decryption abilities to play all 500 songs in the library. This will, of course, probably demand downloading the files from the central server for this new machine. In this example, the old machine, without the smartcard, is unable to play any of the 500 songs.
Once the media is downloaded to the unit, the user can listen, view, and control it in various ways.
A digital video camera or other video source that supports IEEE-1394 (850) connects to the IEEE-1394 connection on the media player to supply video signals and compress digital video, as will be explained with respect to the embodiments of
If the portable unit is removed from the docking station, it uses a wireless network to broadcast its content to various receivers 990. The receivers 990 are modular attachments that connect to the analog audio inputs on a variety of units, mainly television 940, stereo components 930, portable miniature audio units 970, and car stereos 980. For example, when a user is listening to his portable unit through headphones 935 and he walks within range of a receiver attached to his stereo system and unplugs his headphones. The portable unit immediately senses the modular wireless receiver 990 attached to the stereo 930 and begins transmitting the media to that receiver. The wireless attachment receives the signal and sends the analog audio in to the stereo system where the user begins to hear the music over the external speakers in the room. If the user moves from his stereo to his car, and if the car has a wireless receiver 990 attached to its car stereo system 980, the car speakers will begin to play the music as soon as the user enters the range of that car's wireless receiver.
As is described hereinabove, the unit's main functionality is for audio. However, as will be shown hereinafter with reference to
When the video is on the unit, the user is asked for the video's destination 1115, as shown in
If the original video creator has requested that the video be delivered to another unit instead of a web page, the Central Master Server 1220 either waits for a summons from the destination unit (this will happen during the nightly dial-up 1265) or, if the destination unit has a unique IP address and is on a broadband line 1275, the server will send the file immediately to the receiving unit 1230. The destination unit now has a video waiting on the Central Server, the server then sends a message to the unit informing it of the awaiting video. As soon as the destination unit receives the message, an alert light glows on the receiving unit, indicating to the user that a new video message is waiting. The user can then request the video message to be downloaded to their unit immediately or wait to download the message later, as described above. The user can then watch the video message on the unit's screen or, as will most certainly be the case with console units, watch the video message directly on the television through the video out connection. The user then has the option, much like e-mail, to respond to the video message with a new message, to delete the message from the unit, or catalog the message, depending on hard drive space.
As should be clear, video message content is temporal and transitory and requires server-side hard drive space for a limited amount of time. Users can easily save these video messages to a video tape or other archival system. 100061] According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the unit may be flexible in its development and operation and have the capability for upgrades. Moreover, the user interface such as the television navigation screens and the on-screen look and feel should also be flexible. For instance, semi-customizable user interfaces �Skins� can be implemented in the player unit.
It should be understood that although the MP3 standard has been illustrated, the present invention offers a methodology applicable to other digital standards.
The unit enables secure and simple digital distribution of media and relieves the control of these types of digital assets from personal computers, thus as described hereinabove controlling the reproduction of digital copyrighted works. The unit can be seen as a dedicated entertainment, digital delivery consumer unit. The unit is flexible in construction and simple in use.
The unit, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is flexible to read various types of audio and video which allows the compressed files sent from the central server to be in different formats. The unit is able to play the music or video using a variety of techniques.
The unit may, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, include a CD-player for audio playback from regular CDs or from custom MP3 CDs that are recorded and encrypted according to the techniques set forth in the present invention. Thus, the custom MP3 CD can be played only using a unit containing the user's smartcard.
It is understood that cards other than smartcards may be used by the unit for storing the personalized key used in performing the encryption and decryption operations. A smartcard may be a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card, Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA), etc.
As will be recognized by those skilled in the art, the innovative concepts described in the present application can be modified and varied over a wide range of applications. Accordingly, the scope of patented subject matter should not be limited to any of the specific exemplary teachings discussed, but is instead defined by the following claims.
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Hear War Cry, the latest project from Alley Boy, released on Monday, June 3rd, 2013. Alley Boy continues to impress with each new leak, and War Cry is no exception. It's strengthens Alley Boy's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Alley Boy's next offering.
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