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An visual interface for a graphic display including a plurality of scales with respective points having values showing a graph, waveform, or chart. A user may interactively move throughout the graph, waveform, or graph with an indicator line that is connected from a point on each graph, chart, or waveform to a respective scale. A digital numeric value associated with each point and having greater resolution than the scale is displayed in a respective window. Windows are simultaneously displayed and the numeric values are updated dynamically with interactive movement from the user. Data shown in the graph, waveform, or chart may involve traffic displays of a telephone switch.
1. A visual display interface, said visual display interface presenting for simultaneous user viewing a plurality of graphical pictures, each presented graphical picture exhibiting a relationship between two sets of numbers as a chart, graph or waveform defined by a plurality of points, said visual display interface comprising:
a plurality of presented scales, each scale presented for user viewing in association with one of the presented graphical pictures, each of said plurality of points having a numerical value with respect to at least one of the presented scales;
an indicator line presented for user viewing and manipulation, said indicator line movable along each of the presented scales to visually indicate on the scales the numerical value of a selected point in each of the graphical pictures by interconnecting the selected point on the picture and at least one of said scales; and
a plurality of windows corresponding in number to the plurality of scales, each window presented for user viewing at a location on the visual display interface different from a location for the scales, each of said windows displaying, in addition to any visual indication provided by the scales themselves, the numerical value of the selected point on a corresponding one of the graphical pictures with a greater resolution than that visually indicated by the value indicator line on the scales.
2. The visual display interface as in claim 1 wherein the chart, graph or waveform of each of the graphical pictures is displayed in relation to a Cartesian Coordinate system having an x-axis defined by one set of the two sets of numbers and a y-axis defined by another set of the two sets of numbers, with each one of said presented scales oriented parallel to either the x- or y-axis of said system.
3. The visual display interface as in claim 1 further including means responsive to user input for moving the value indicator line along the scales to identify, both on the scales and in the windows, and further updated and identified as the value indicator line moves in response to user input, the numerical value of any of the points of the graphical pictures.
4. The visual display interface as in claim 1 further including:
means for connecting the visual display interface to a telephone switch; and
means for monitoring communications traffic in the telephone switch, wherein the chart, graph or waveform presents data relating to the monitored communications traffic being handled by the telephone switch.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/107,337, filed Aug. 16, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/545,419, filed Jun. 27, 1990, now abandoned.
This application is related to the following U.S. patent applications:
______________________________________TITLE INVENTOR(S) SERIAL NO.______________________________________Communications Protocol Clary et al. 07/544,839for Switching SystemsCommunications System Lee et al. 07/544,675; nowUsing a Fault Tolerant U.S. Pat. No.Protocol 5,163,055Language Independent Self- Lee 07/544,679Centering Menu Handling ofTraffic RecordingPresentationMethod and Apparatus for Kasman 07/544,413Error Tracking in aMultitasking Environment______________________________________
All cross referenced applications have been filed on even date herewith and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. All of these related applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to screen displayed graphics and, more particularly, to measurement and value display arrangements therefor.
2. Description of Related Art
The prior art is replete with various systems in which information is at some point displayed graphically on a computer screen. Often the displayed information relates to events occurring over time. In such cases it has been found convenient to display the information in the form of a bar graph or waveform placed on a x-y coordinate system with the x-axis indicating time and the y-axis indicating number of events. Based upon the abscissa (horizontal coordinate obtained by measuring parallel to the x-axis) and ordinate (vertical coordinate obtained by measuring parallel to the y-axis) values of any displayed point on a bar graph or waveform, and based upon the scale of the x- and y- axes, meaningful information relating to number of events at a particular time is communicated by such displays.
Heretofore, programs presenting graphical information have generally been designed so that the user has to estimate abscissa and ordinate values of a point by "eyeballing" from the point to the x- and y- axis scales. Some programs have attempted to improve the accuracy of such readings by displaying a fixed rule (i.e., graph paper-like background) on the screen.
Both of these approaches are clumsy and time consuming to use and both produce inaccurate results. Although the "fixed rule" approach can help a user extract estimated values off of a distant scale, not infrequently it is troublesome to use in that the proper rule (of a number of rules) is "lost" as one attempts to "follow" it from a point to a scale.
In addition to the above-described general approaches, some programs heretofore have included more advanced arrangements for facilitating the determination of the value of a point, or the relationship between points, as indicated on, or could be determined with reference to, a distant scale.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,751,504 to Slavin, for example, two cursors are used to determine the difference in positions of points on a waveform. According to the teachings of Slavin, a cursor interface for a waveform display provides for movement of a waveform relative to a first cursor. When the first cursor overlies a desired point on the waveform, the cursor can be "locked" to the waveform. Then, the first cursor and the waveform can be moved together relative to a second cursor. When the second cursor overlies another desired value on the waveform a measurement value can be displayed indicating the difference in positions on the waveform of the cursors.
Another approach may be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 4,730,262 to Watanabe et al. which teaches a scanning display including a plurality of bar graphs. The plurality of bar graphs have associated scanning and margin times, which are digitally displayed in conjunction with the graphical display of the bar graphs.
Notwithstanding the voluminous teachings of the prior art, nowhere is there disclosed or suggested a graphic value indicating system that uses a rule to facilitate determining information about a point in a coordinate system with reference to a distant scale, and which also uses a digital display to locate the rule. The absence of such a value indicating system is a shortcoming and deficiency of the prior art.
The present invention overcomes the shortcoming and deficiency of the prior art by providing a graphic value indicating system that uses a moveable rule and various other means to facilitate determining information about points on a display screen. More specifically, the present invention provides an interface for a graphic screen display including a scale and a plurality of points having values with reference to the scale. This interface includes at least one operator moveable indicator line that assumes various values throughout its range of movement. Embodiments of the present invention also include at least one direct value subdisplay presenting the value assumed by the at least one line at any particular instant. A preferred embodiment of the present invention involves displays of data relating to traffic in a switch.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a means for facilitating extraction of data from a graphic screen display.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a means for quickly and accurately determining the abscissa and/or ordinate values of a point on a Cartesian coordinate system display, which means is particularly useful when the points fall at the top of a bar graph or on a waveform on the display.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a value display system that provides at least two presentations of an indicated value, one presentation involving location of a line against a scale and the other involving a direct value display.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and for further objects and advantages thereof, reference may now be had to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a switch traffic measurement recording system in which the present invention has been usefully incorporated;
FIG. 2 is a sample screen display according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is another sample screen display according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is yet another sample screen display according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is still yet another sample screen display according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of indicator line movement logic according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a flow chart of scale change logic according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a sample printout that can be produced by a switch such as that shown in FIG. 1; and FIG. 9 (consisting of FIGS. 9a and 9b) presents pertinent parts of a computer program that can effect an embodiment of the present invention in a presentation PC.
Although the present invention is hereinafter described with reference to a particular environment and application, those skilled in the art will recognize and appreciate that the display interface of the present invention has wide applicability to situations other than that specifically described. In fact, the display system of the present invention may be incorporated into any number of graphic computer screen displays and is especially useful in circumstances in which bar graphs, curves, waveforms or other such visual representations of data are employed.
With the above understanding, referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a Traffic Recording Presentation system generally designated by reference numeral 10. The term "traffic" with reference to system 10 refers to traffic in a switch 12, such as the model MD-110 network switch manufactured by the assignee of the present invention. Connected to the switch 10 is a collection personal computer (PC) 14. A presentation PC 20 is connected to the collection PC via modems 16 and 18. Associated with both PC's 14, 20 are printers 22, 24. Further details regarding the operation of the collection PC 14 and presentation PC are set forth below.
Before considering the collection PC 14 and presentation PC 20 further, however, it is helpful to have a more complete understanding of the traffic in switch 12. There is a multitude of pieces of information about traffic through a switch that can be usefully collected and analyzed. For example, total number of calls handled over a particular time period can be monitored to ensure that switch capacity is economically used but not overused. Information regarding traffic intensity over trunks associated with the switch 12 can be used by systems engineers to ensure that the relevant portion of the communication system is appropriately designed. There are a multitude of other such pieces of information that can be usefully collected and analyzed. Although those skilled in the art should be well aware of the types of information that may be collected regarding a switch, for convenience in understanding both the types of information and extent thereof that may be collected, there is set forth below is partial list of usefully collected information about switch operation:
With regard to Operators:
number of calls
number of abandoned calls
number of on-line operators
average response time
average handling time
With regard to Voice and Data Stations:
number of stations
number of call attempts
number of blocked stations
traffic intensity
With regard to Trunk Lines:
number of trunk lines
number of blocked trunk lines
number of call attempts
traffic intensity
With regard to Incoming and Outgoing Routes:
number of trunk lines
number of blocked trunk lines
number of incoming call attempts
traffic intensity
With regard to Dial Tone Delay:
number of call attempts requiring dial tone
number of abandoned calls without dial tone
number of calls w/dial tone delay greater than 1 second
number of calls w/dial tone delay greater than 3 second
number of calls w/dial tone delay greater than 10 second
With regard to MFC Sender and Receivers:
number of tone sender ports
number of blocked MFC sender ports
number of seizure attempts
number of seizure attempts that overflow
number of seizure attempts that overflow and fail
number of overflow attempts that fail due to PCM congestion
traffic intensity
With regard to Key Code Senders and Receivers:
number of key code sender ports
number of blocked key code sender ports
number of seizure attempts
number of seizure attempts that overflow
number of seizure attempts that overflow and fail
number of overflow attempts that fail due to PCM congestion
traffic intensity
With regard to Tone Receiver
number of tone receiver ports
number of blocked tone receiver ports
number of seizure attempts
number of seizure attempts that overflow
number of seizure attempts that overflow and fail
number of overflow attempts that fail due to PCM congestion
traffic intensity
With regard to PBX Groups
number of present members
number of absent marked members
number of call attempts
number of queued call attempts
number of rejected calls due to queue congestion
average queueing time
average queueing length
number of calls in the queue that are abandoned
traffic intensity
With regard to Common Bell Group
number of call attempts
number of rejected calls due to queue congestion
average queueing time
traffic intensity
With regard to MODEM Groups
number of MODEMS in the group
number of blocked MODEMS
number of attempts to seize a MODEM
number of failed attempts to seize a MODEM
traffic intensity
With regard to Paging
number of total calls
number of congested calls
average search time
number of searched calls
average queue time
number of queued calls
traffic intensity
It should be appreciated that the list set forth above is only a partial test of information that system engineers or operators or others may wish to collect about switch traffic. It should also be appreciated that much of the above-listed data is most usefully collected over time, e.g., from hour to hour during a day, from day to day over a week, and so on.
Recognizing now that there is a multitude of pieces of information that may be useful collected regarding switches, it may now be noted that systems presently exist for displaying that information. Such presently used systems generally involve printouts that are produced by a subcomponent of the switch 12. These printouts are formulated based upon operator input paraments and generally look something like that which is presented in FIG. 8.
Needless to say, the presentation of information in printouts such as that reproduced above is confusing on its face. The reported information is difficult to read and, thus, only readily useful to someone extremely skilled in reading such printouts.
Referring now to FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5, shown therein are actual screen displays of a presentation PC in a system including use of the present invention. The information presented in the screen displays of those FIGS. is generally the same type of information presented in the printout above; however, being presented in bar graph form, it is much clearer what values are presented and their significance.
Although the precise content of the information displayed in the screen displays of FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 is not especially significant, certain aspects of those screen displays are significant. First, as should be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, the screen displays generally employ a Cartesian coordinate system, with one axis (the x-axis, typically) representing some period of time and the other axis representing a number [of, for example, calls, erlangs (a unit of traffic intensity, measured in number of arrivals per mean service time), seconds, or members]. Imposed upon the Cartesian coordinate system are bar graphs, effectively representing some value on one axis (e.g., number) to a value on a second axis (e.g., time).
With the above understandings, the roles of the collection PC and presentation PC may now be understood. In effect, data regarding traffic in switch 12 (formerly printed out by the switch) is in system 10 (shown in FIG. 1) extracted or otherwise retrieved from the switch by a computer (the collection PC) and subsequentially forwarded to another computer (the presentation PC) for graphical display. Further, data may be printed out in various predetermined forms from either PC 14 or PC 20 via printers 22 or 24, respectively. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that while two computers are shown in FIG. 1, the functions of both of the computers may be performed by a single computer. Other variations and configurations are possible, but not being directly relevant to the present invention, they are not discussed further herein. What is very significant with respect to the present invention is a graphic interface or computer display screen portion (i.e., on the screen of computer 20 in the system of FIG. 1), which may arise in any number of systems, as mentioned above in the description of related art section.
One extremely important aspect of the present invention is rule or line 26 shown on the display of all FIGS. Please note that for clarity and convenience, identical or similar elements, e.g., line 26, are designated by the same reference numeral throughout the several views. Line 26 is operator moveable, e.g., by moving an up or down arrow key. Referring to FIG. 2, it may be seen that the line 26, as it moves up or down, moves along one of the axes, specifically, axis 28. Further with reference to FIG. 2 it may be noted that on Mar. 22, 1990, from 12 noon to 12 midnight (i.e., a time), total call/congestion level was 13 (i.e., a number). It will be noted that this value (13) was extremely easily and accurately extracted off the display shown in FIG. 2; this aspect and reasons for this aspect are discussed further below.
Comparing the display shown in FIG. 2 to the ones shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and further to the one shown in FIG. 5, it may be noted that different time scales are shown. More specifically, the display shown in FIG. 2 shows time for a day, the displays shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 show time over a week period, and the display shown in FIG. 5 shows a twenty-eight day period, extending over into two different calendar months. This difference of time scale is for convenience in tracking trends over various time periods over which plotted values may vary significantly. This difference of time scale plays some roles in embodiments of the present invention discussed further below.
Referring back to line 26, as line 26 can move along an axis (e.g., one or more y axes as shown in the various FIGS.), it should be appreciated that a screen display viewer/operator can move the line 26 to a predetermined height on the screen, that height corresponding to some point of a series of points having values the viewer/operator would like to determine. With the line 26 positioned to overlay a point (e.g., point 32 in FIG. 4) the point where the line 26 contacts the scale gives the value associated with the point. With continued reference to FIG. 4, this latter point is point 34.
Combined with the above it may be noted that certain screen displays according to the teachings of the present invention, including all of those shown in FIGS. 2-5, include a direct, window type, value display. In that window, e.g. , window 36 in FIG. 5, the value on which line 26 rests is displayed, i.e., zero in that case. Needless to say this aspect of various embodiments of the present invention greatly facilitates determining values. For example, in FIG. 2 it can be generally recognized by the point of contact of line 26 with scale 28 that the indicated value is about 15, but the display 36 more accurately shows it to be 13. Likewise, in FIG. 4, the value 463 is most quickly and accurately determined by referring to the window display 36.
Yet another aspect of the present invention may be noted with respect to FIG. 4. In the display shown in that FIG., it may be noted that there are two scales, a left scale for number of seconds and a right scale for number of calls, and two windows, each window associated with a different one of the two scales. From this example, it should be understood that embodiments of the present invention may include a number of windows and/or indicator lines with the important point being the inclusion of appropriate means for facilitating operator "reading" of graphically presented data.
As has been previously indicated, an embodiment of the present invention has actually been constructed for a traffic measurement recording application as generally discussed with reference to FIG. 1. For the convenience of those skilled in the art in understanding how to effect the present invention, and by way of example only, set forth in FIG. 9 are pertinent parts of a computer program that can effect an embodiment of the present invention in a presentation PC.
To facilitate understanding the program portions depicted in FIG. 9 for those not skilled in the programming art, set forth as FIGS. 6 and 7 are flow charts of the logic used in an embodiment of the present invention. The logic depicted in the chart of FIG. 6 specifically relates to line movement while the logic depicted in the chart of FIG. 7 relates to scale change.
Based on the foregoing, those skilled in the art should appreciate that the display or interface of the present invention greatly facilitates review and analysis of data presented in a bar graph, wave form, or similar form. Embodiments of the present invention can include multiple means, interacting to display selected values associated with a particular point or points on a screen. One embodiment of the present invention, a traffic measurement recording system, has been discussed in great detail herein, including detailed instructions for practice of that system, in an effort, in part, to show the wide utility of the present invention and to illustrate the improvements it constitutes over the prior art.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. Accordingly, within the scope of the appended claims, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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"Technically, I think it may be a violation of the Constitution," Senator Gringo Honasan said in a text message on Friday.
"But if our national interest and security are at stake, we have limited choices because we are still a developing country at the mercy of and dependent on powers like the US and China," he said.
Honasan said the "temporary access" might be a violation of the 1987 Constitution, which prohibits foreign military bases in the country.
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"For practical purposes, our national security is an urgent matter given the fact that China is not moving away. It's only with the US that China could be cowed," Honasan said in Filipino in a phone interview.
Senator Panfilo Lacson said the Department of National Defense should exercise prudence by consulting first the Senate.
"There is a wide gray of area of interpreting the planned move of allowing temporary access to our military bases by the US and other allies. Having said that, the DND should exercise prudence by at least consulting the senators on the matter," Lacson said in a separate text message.
"After all, the Senate is mandated by the Constitution to ratify bilateral agreements between our country and another and using temporary access as technicality to go around that constitutional does not speak well of the defense department," he further said.
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Personal, job woes dogged pastor before shooting
Sunday - 1/27/2013, 12:09pm EST
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) - Church members and friends knew the Rev. Terry Greer as a joyful fellow with thick white hair and a quick smile.
"Hello, you beautiful people!" he often told his congregation at the start of a sermon.
For years, Greer, 53, seemed to be a model pastor. He landed a prime job with one of north Alabama's largest United Methodist congregations. Colleagues praised him as a preacher. Congregants called his marriage to wife Lisa loving.
But health problems forced him from the pulpit, and he was haunted by what his lawyer calls personal, psychological and professional struggles.
Now, friends and colleagues are struggling to understand how Greer ended up charged with killing his wife and wounding their daughter during a shooting in their church-owned home Jan. 10.
Greer arrived at Gardendale-Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in suburban Birmingham last June. Within three months, he suffered heart problems, a traffic wreck and a bad fall, and friends say his public life was deteriorating. Since his health problems began, few people had seen Greer until his photo flashed on TV screens when he was charged with murder in the slaying of Lisa Greer, 52, and attempted murder in the shooting of Suzanna Greer, 18.
Police say that moments after shooting his wife and daughter, Greer tried to kill himself with a kitchen knife. He is now hospitalized and under police guard in Birmingham.
A lawyer representing Greer said health problems were key in the pastor's downward spiral.
"It was a perfect storm of personal and professional problems," said Henry Lagman, lawyer for Greer. Medications could have played a role in his mental collapse, Lagman said, and Greer had an appointment to see a psychiatrist the day after the killing.
"He's in a very dark place," Lagman said. "I think the real question is how he got there."
Police haven't disclosed a possible motive, but those who know Greer say it was clear something made him snap.
"We all know what happened was not done by the Terry Greer that we knew when he came," said Kenny Clemons, a friend and lifelong member of Gardendale-Mt. Vernon Methodist.
A native of Elizabethton, Tenn., Greer served in the Army for nine years, then became a pastor. He was assigned to a church in the north Alabama town of Scottsboro, where he met Lisa Eidson. A Scottsboro native who attended Birmingham-Southern College, she dated Greer for a year, and they married.
Lisa was an elementary school teacher, and her husband was on the staff of the deputy commanding general at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville before following a calling to preach. He earned theology degrees from Emory University in Atlanta and Drew University in Madison, N.J.
Greer was at First United Methodist Church in Decatur for eight years, then was assigned last June to Gardendale-Mt. Vernon, with an average attendance of about 670.
Clemons said everything seemed fine for a time after the Greers arrived in Gardendale with daughter Suzanna, a student at the University of South Alabama.
"He was a nice person _ a very vibrant, easy-to-talk-to kind of individual," said Clemons, a former Gardendale mayor who got to know Greer through church and the Rotary Club. "He was recognized among other preachers as a real quality person and a real quality preacher."
In July, Greer wished his wife a happy 27th anniversary on Facebook.
"She is my love, my helpmate and my enabler," he wrote. "She is as pretty and sweet as ever!"
On Oct. 17, Greer was injured in an automobile accident after he blacked out while driving. Tests revealed cardiac problems, and he underwent a heart procedure the next day, according to Facebook posts and messages from Greer and his wife.
"Need some time to rest and heal," he wrote Oct. 19. "Sore from the wreck and the surgery. Thanks for the offers but, I really do not need visitors. I know you understand. Thank you ALL for the prayers. God bless."
Days after the wreck, Greer was again injured when he fell 15 feet off the deck of their home. Lisa Greer, in a Facebook message to a friend, said he broke a rib, had an irregular heartbeat and suffered bleeding on his brain.
"This is a bad dream!!! I want them to get to the bottom of this. (I'm) scared to bring him home again!" Lisa Greer wrote.
Greer was feeling better by Nov. 4, when he posted an update on Facebook: "I am slowing healing. The broken rib and cracked tail bone hurt the most. I am noticing daily improvement and will see three doctors this week for follow up. I am looking forward to getting back to work with God's beautiful people soon."


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University for Development Studies
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Arms of the University for Development Studies
|Knowledge for Service[1]
|Prof. Haruna Yakubu
|Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana
|Suburban area
(Tamale, Nyankpala, Wa, Navrongo)
The University for Development Studies, Tamale was established in 1992 as a multi-campus institution. It is the fifth public university to be established in Ghana. This deviates from the usual practice of having universities with central campuses and administrations. It was created with the three northern regions of North Ghana in mind. These are the Northern Region, Upper East Region and the Upper West Region.
- 1 Faculties
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- 3 Third Trimester Field Practical Programme
- 4 List of Vice Chancellors
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 Sources
Faculty of Planning and Land Management[edit]
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- Department of Planning and Management
- Department of Real Estate and Land management
Faculty of Agriculture[edit]
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- Department of Agricultural Extension and Farm Management
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Home Sciences
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Renewable Natural Resources
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences[edit]
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Faculty of Applied Sciences[edit]
- Department of Applied Biology
- Department of Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Department of Applied Physics
- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences[edit]
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Statistics
Faculty of Integrated Development[edit]
- Department of Economics & Entrepreneurship Development
- Department of Environmental & Resource Studies
- Department of Social, Political & Historical Studies
- Department of Planning, Land Economy and Rural Development
- Department of Communication studies
- Department of Business Studies
School of Medicine and Health Sciences (faculty)[edit]
(The first batch of students were admitted in 1997)
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
- Department of Community Nutrition
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Community Health and Family Medicine
- Department of Physiology & Surgery
Faculty of Horticulture[edit]
(To be established at the University for Development Studies)
- Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region – This campus is earmarked to house the Allied Health Sciences.
- Nyankpala, Northern Region, Ghana – Houses the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources and Faculty of Consumer Science and Communication
- Navrongo, Upper East Region – Location of the campus which houses the Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
- Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana – This campus houses the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
- Wa, Upper West Region – This campus houses the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies.
Third Trimester Field Practical Programme[edit]
One of the unique features of the University is the fact that it has successfully blended it's academic programmes with intensive community –based field practical training, dubbed the Third Trimester Practical Programme (TTFPP). A whole of the third Trimester is devoted solely to practical field work in the local communities. Students of a given year group identify a specific region, and in smaller groups live and interact with the people in the local communities during each third trimester for a period of three years. Since its inception in 1993, the programme quality has improved over the years to the extent that in the 2002/2003 academic year, the University embarked on an integrated approach to the field practical training.
This significant modification entails the combination of students from all the faculties: Agriculture, Integrated Development Studies; Applied Science and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. This integrated approach is informed by the growing awareness of the holistic approach to the solution of development problems of the deprived communities, which the School has positioned itself to serve. This Integrated approach would therefore enable students to appreciate community problems and opportunities in a holistic manner through the perception and appreciation of such problems from various angles, secondly, the integration will help broaden the knowledge and experience of students, as they would have the opportunity to interact and learn from each other. It will also foster in them the spirit of team work, which is very essential for work in a world that is becoming increasingly complex and requiring collective efforts to overcome challenges.
In consonance with the vision of the university, the integrated TTFPP will continue to be a community-centered and entails a three year active and constructive interaction between the University and the communities to work towards the solution of their development problems.
General Objectives[edit]
This community-technical interface is aimed at:
- Promoting active and constructive interactions of both students and staff with the local communities to facilitate socio-economic transformation;
- Exposing both students and lecturers, practically, to the nexus of development problems of deprived communities in Ghana and particularly in Northern Ghana;
- Fostering favorable attitudes in students towards working in Deprived communities;
- Supporting the District Assemblies, Local communities and other development actors to implement and sustain the government's decentralization and other pro-poor programmes;
- Placing the University in a better position to provide useful services through the exchange of knowledge and its application to address the intractable development needs and aspirations of these communities;
- Informing the ongoing research, teaching and learning activities of the University, which are designed to meet the development needs of local communities.
List of Vice Chancellors[edit]
- Prof. R.B Bening Pioneer Vice Chancellor (1992 – 2001)
- Prof G.W.K Mensah (Acting Vice Chancellor) (2001 – 2002)
- Prof. John Bonaventure Kubongpwa Kaburise (April 8, 2002 – April 7, 2007)
- Prof. Nokoe (Acting Vice Chancellor) (April 2007 – 30 June 2010)[2]
- Prof. Haruna Yakubu (June 1, 2010 – Present)[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Mission & Vision". Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "UDS improved tremendously - Kaburise". General News of Friday, 6 July 2007 (Ghana Home Page). Retrieved 2007-07-07.
- ^ "WHO'LL BE KNUST V.C.?". General News of Thursday, 6 July 2007 (The Ghanaian Times Home Page). Retrieved 2010-04-15.


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There's nothing wrong with wanting to make a character that isn't old, ugly, or the stereotypical rough and gruff beefcake type. Personally one of the (many) things I dislike about WoW is that its impossible to make a male character that isn't either butt-ugly or old-looking. Sometimes I like playing the hulking brute (Galka from FFXI); other times I opt for the pretty-boy type (Kelari from Rift, which are really just dark elves with a different name). It's always nice to have choices.
I'm more bothered by the lack of differentiation between races in MMOs these days. I miss the days of classic EQ where the race you chose actually had an impact on how you would play your class.
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Not Sure. The topic itself has been repeated ad nauseum. People still enjoy high fantasy games. But developers who seem to never watch the trends unless it's something about raiding or PVP. Should spend sometime questioning if they really want to make their MMORPG in to the high fantasy genre.
For example:
High elves with cybernetic enhancements? A bionic elf who lost his ability to remain eternal due to the dying or disbelief in magic. or maybe the elves are dying and nanobots are needed to help regenerate them. any kind of twist would be clearly needed to try and extend the shelf life of high fantasy races.
Also maybe it's time to re-think monster races in the fantasy genre. after all the old D20 dice AD&D had a monster compendium that allowed many of the fantasy races to have something to battle. in essene they need to start dipping in to the vast amout of possibilitys that high fantasy dares not make a playable race.
The truth of it is really, most development companys beleive a solid formula based on tolkien races seems to be the way to pull those that enjoy that genre. but they lack any real attempts and re-inventing them becuase they can just whip out pointy ears and they can make orcs the bad guys.
Clealry somebodys needs to get developers some D20 dice and training in the endless amount of options D&D holds.
They lack the imgination to properly enjoy it, then they will never get a clue.
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Eh, The genre of fantasy is fine even elves, it will long live, it has sense the creation of them to be main stream sense Tolken, but alas the issue is game play. You want a good fantasy? Build a game based on the defense concept. Let players control a town and it's defenses. Have epic seiges, destructable walls. Make the world chaotic as a real world would be. Give AI it's own goals in your world. If the orcs take over the lands because the A.I. dominates due to birth population so be it. It's up to the players to take control of the area. That would be epic.
Need to fill quest needs? Script your game to affliate senarios within certain random outcomes. Alas, it takes brains to do a game like this and creativity, but the right team could do it and have WoW 2.0 easy. Personally players (I beleive) want to have a real tie to the world and be able to change things., One can argue that if a full time player does all the work, what can others do? In my mind, the design of the world would be large enough, that no matter how many times the players gather togather to fight off the hordes of (insert mobs here), there are always some that come from other places (underground, sky, water) that take their place.
This comes into the concept of an open world enviorment which most developer today don't want to do, but rather do theme parks, but if this world was done correctly. It would be the best out there. DAOC seige was by far the best seiging/pvp system to date. Take that, with the emphases of ownership when guilds held keeps and it was a great combination. Build upon this and add what I mentioned above and you have the new doac/wow combo in my eyes and I think it would be just as popular if not more so then any game released. See minecraft in why people would enjoy such a game. See WoW in why people would enjoy the game. See Dark Age Of Camelot in why people would enjoy the game. Combined this and wala, game of the gods :)
Edit; Just to clerify, this article is basicly about hating fantasy because it's been done over and over and elves just happen to be just as bad as gnomes in this regard. I argue, that it isn't the theme, but the world these character exist in, you make the game I described above and elves would be loved by the most hated elf player, they will love to squish them as they seige their cities. Some can say this game is already out, sorry but it is not. You can have seige and the town concept I describe, but what would make this game succeed, would be the AI doing what I noted. Such as if the orcs did infest the land, at a point they would seige towns players own because the town/city is the last thing in their way. Alas, a title sometime ago said it would do all of what I describe. However, due to it's misirable fail and well, lying to it's fan base, I won't even mention the name.
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You might very well enjoy a game such as that, but that doesn't mean it would necessarily be "epic". I, personally, could care less about standing around in a fort all day trying to defend it from a never-ending onslaught of enemies. I play MMOs for that sense of adventure, exploration, and treasure hunting. Others prefer PvP and just prefer to fight other players. There will never be any one MMO to rule them all (I made a Tolkein reference, big whoop, wanna fight about it?) because everyone wants something different from their MMOs.
The unfortunate part is that no one is picking an audience and sticking with it. If a developer wants to make a high fantasy MMO, make it high fantasy! Leave out the guns and the robots. "Their helicopters are steam powered!" is not an excuse. High fantasy is not the same as steampunk.
How about an MMO that caters to the PvP enthusiast? Dont force people to fight through endless AI monsters that are more A than I, and repetitive insignificant errands disguised as quests.
Trying to please everyone with one game is exactly why so many MMOs fall short.
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No Elves in an MMO is like Christmas without Santa Claus or the 4th of July without fireworks.
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To the OP, nice article and you raise a number of fair points. I'm an avid Eve Online player myself, sick of the mindless repetition of MMOs and elves. On the Eve note, in your article you mentioned this:
"EVE Online is also the only game I know of griefing can be downright epic. Google will attest to my claims. Heck, don't believe me? Look at this article from Destructoid. An estimated $5,645 USD was lost thanks to espionage and clever maneuvering. And you know what the most mind-blowing thing is? None of it was scripted. None of it originated from NPCs rooted to the floor. It was all about the people."
That value you mentioned on the worth of items lost is far too low. If you read the article carefully, that number was the estimated worth for one, single Titan class ship at the time. Going at a conversion rate for that time of $1 USD = 10 million ISK (the in game currency), at least $5000 USD in completed capital ships and raw cash was stolen outright, an "unknown" number of smaller ships as well as various equipment and hardware was stolen, and then there were the supercapital ships currently under construction at the time who's assembly lines were halted dead and the incomplete ships lost, plus all of their territory became open to attack so they quickly lost territory, space stations, etc...in USD, in sum total from all the sources, the amount that the BoB alliance lost from that leader defecting is bare minimum ten times as much as you mentioned, and quite possibly in the six figure range.
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Screw that..
Give me Shadowrun with trolls, elves, dwarves, dragons, AK47s, super computers, magic using AI.
I used to play MMOs like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
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Although I'm not completely anti-elves or anti-fantasy, I am ready for new types of games, especially some like TSW, SWTOR and I know it will be awhile but the new CCP games to be released.
The high fantasy genre has just over-saturated the market, IMO, and though at some point it will be fun again for me, I'm just kind of tired of it at the moment.
Oh and at the moment I might add I'm enjoying DCUO too so that rounds out my new game types :) Good article. I'll be sure to follow this MMORPG.com feature.
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Dragon trapped in human body
Ok, no Elves...
But why the hell, no dragons?
I'd be so glad to find a game (other than Istaria), offering to play something else than just bipeds! Something that teaches you other abilities than just how to wield a weapon and use spells, like in the game before and the game before and the game before. This kind of Fantasy is soooo dead, just because you just do not need any fantasy for it anymore.
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Originally posted by Blasphim
Because it seems to me that Blizzard's elves, starting with WarCraft III but especially apparent in WoW, were a direct reactionary response to the dominating 'criticisms' of elves on teh innerwebz at the time. Complaints which are not Cassandra's, but very common nonetheless, and often fundamentally homophobic, or leastwise focused on a perceived lack of 'masculinity' in anything with limbs narrower than its head.
Remember what happened with the Blood Elves? For a decade, people like that have been keeping us from elf-like elves, and we've been flooded with these rugby-shouldered, antler-eared orcs instead, for fear of not being 'intimidating' enough.
Notable exception: Warhammer Online. Shame it was otherwise terrible.


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Australian forward Joe Ingles has received some interest from the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told Sportando. Ingles is currently playing in the FIBA World Cup with Australian NT. Brett Brown, coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, worked with Ingles during 2012 Olympic Games in London and he's a big fan of him. Ingles is a free-agent after spent the last season with Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Sportando
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The Nets' preseason schedule: Oct. 7: vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Barclays Center); Oct. 12: at Sacramento (Shanghai, China); Oct. 15: vs. Sacramento (Beijing, China); Oct. 19: vs. Boston (Barclays Center); Oct. 20: vs. Philadelphia (Barclays Center); Oct. 22: at Boston (TD Garden). NBA.com
David 'Dubi' Pick: Contrary to reports, Dwight Buycks was NOT mulling over Maccabi or Milan. He examined Oly and Valencia - went with Spaniards. Twitter @IAmDPick
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I watched the press conference you held after you guys won the Euroleague this year. You said something that surprised me: that the team you beat in the final game, Real Madrid, would have beaten you in a longer series. Do you think NBA playoff series should be shorter, so that there would be more upsets? No. I think the seven-game series is great. I love the history of it. I love the tradition of it. [John] Havlicek stole the ball in the seventh game, man! He didn't even steal it, either. He deflected it. And Johnny Most goes crazy: "Havlicek stole the ball! Havlicek stole the ball!" But that's the beauty of it. It's a moment that's frozen in time, and it can't be in the fifth game. It has to be in the seventh game. Now, in Europe, the final four is how you determine the Euroleague champion. And that's fine. And what I said was true. The teams we beat in the final four were much stronger than us on paper. If we had to play them in a seven-game series, I don't believe we would have won. Grantland
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Asked if there's room in the NBA for U.S.-born Euro-coach David Blatt who recently led underdog Maccabi Tel Aviv to its first Euroleague title over the last decade Gasol said, "Blatt could coach in the NBA but it's a matter of getting the right opportunity. The NBA is a different league and system. (Italian legendary coach) Ettore Messina is another coach who'd like to try coaching in the NBA and he has experience as assistant for the Lakers. It depends mostly on the teams." Eurobasket.com
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In the hours after Maccabi Tel Aviv stunned Real Madrid for the Euroleague basketball championship, Maccabi coach David Blatt told USA TODAY Sports in an e-mail he is "very interested" in a head coaching job in the NBA. "No doubt in my mind I could do the job," he said. The American-born 54-year-old, who played at Princeton for Pete Carril, has spent his entire career overseas, coaching in pro leagues in Israel, Russia, Italy, Turkey and Greece. Blatt also coached the Russian national team to the 2007 Eurobasket championship, 2011 Eurobasket bronze medal and 2012 London Olympics bronze medal. USA Today Sports
Blatt's e-mail indicated he hasn't had the opportunity yet. "Obviously someone has to want you," Blatt wrote. "A lot of great coaches in the States." USA Today Sports
Maccabi Tel Aviv will play against Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers on American soil, according to Sport5. The Israeli powerhouse will play the Cavaliers on October 5 and the Nets on October 7. Sportando
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