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Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said Department of Posts and state-run BSNL should waive-off fees charged on money transfers by people in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category, under the Mobile Money Transfer Service launched on Thursday.
"I would urge the two departments, as a first step before revising the transaction cost... to ensure that BPL category people, when they send money, do not pay transaction cost at all," Sibal said while inaugurating the service.
Department of Posts with BSNL announced launch of Mobile Money Transfer scheme in Delhi, Bihar, Punjab and Kerala.
Under this service, anyone can transfer money among these states instantly. A sender of money under it will have to fill a form in Post Office while depositing cash and provide mobile number of the person to whom the money is to be sent.
After completion of this process, the system will generate a transaction ID code that will be sent through SMS to the sender, beneficiary and the post office. The system will also generate a secret code that will be only for sender of money.
The sender of money will have to provide the code to beneficiary who will present it along with transaction ID to the destination Post Office to take the money within 7 days from the cash deposit date.
Users of this scheme will be charged Rs 45 for sending money in the range of Rs 1000-Rs 1500, Rs 79 for funds ranging between Rs 1501-Rs 5000 and Rs 112 for money transfer in the range of Rs 5001- Rs 10,000.
Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said one of the objectives of the scheme should be to lower the cost of transaction to enable transaction of even very small amounts.
He said aim should be to make profit through volumes rather than charging high transaction cost.

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Since I cover the restaurant beat for The Register, I am more than happy to join my husband in his quest for finding the perfect cookie. We've tried many over the past year, and ironically, the cookies we love the most don't come from a bake shop.
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Monday - 2/4/2013, 3:29am EST
By TIM DAHLBERG
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It ended another lifetime after it began, with the Baltimore Ravens gladly surrendering two points that meant nothing except to some lucky bettors in Vegas. One brother patted the other on the cheek and, just like that, the strangest Super Bowl you will ever see was finally over.
If football is a game of momentum, the San Francisco 49ers probably deserved a better fate. It took a blackout to get them going, only to have some pedestrian play calling with the game on the line finally finish them off.
This wasn't two coaching geniuses at their best, not even close. Their father, Jack, surely saw that from the stands, where he and his wife, Jackie, spent more than four hours trying their hardest not to root either way as their sons went up against each other on the biggest stage in football.
One, though, was better than the other, and in the end that was why the Ravens were holding the Lombardi trophy aloft in celebration while the 49ers filed quietly off the field.
Advantage, John.
Not that either coaching Harbaugh could be totally at fault in a game that went a whopping 4 hours and 14 minutes. Watch all the film you want, do all the planning you can, but nothing could prepare them for a 34-minute power outage that turned what was becoming a Ravens blowout into a thrilling game that could have lit up the Superdome just by the sheer energy of everyone involved.
Conspiracy theorists can rest easy, even if the Ravens couldn't rest until Ted Ginn Jr. was tackled on the final desperation play of the game. The investigation is ongoing, but the guess is there will be no evidence that panicked San Francisco fans somehow found their way into the bowels of the dome and flipped the lights off with their team trailing 28-6 in a third quarter unlike any in Super Bowl history.
The team that should have won did, mostly because the Ravens played with only a few mistakes while the 49ers kept making a ton of them.
"How could it be any other way?" Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "We talk to our guys all the time: It's never pretty, it's never perfect, but it is us, and that was us today."
Just a few weeks ago the Ravens were dead in the water, the seconds running out when a miracle play helped them beat Denver. They went on to become the first team to win two straight playoff games as an underdog on the road, then followed it with a win as underdogs in the biggest game they'll ever play.
That Ray Lewis went out as a champion seemed merely a side note, even if he was on the field for the last goal line stand that sealed the 34-31 win. Lewis was such a non-factor in this game that, if he did spend money for deer antler spray, he should ask for it back.
"Baltimore!!!" Lewis screamed as the confetti fell inside the now very bright Superdome, and for once he made some sense. This was a working man's win for a working class city, and most of the credit for that can go to a quarterback who always seemed overlooked when the conversation turned to the NFL's elite.
Joe Flacco will get that recognition now as well as the big contract that comes along with it. He deserves it after throwing for three touchdowns, winning the MVP and going in the record books alongside Kurt Warner and Joe Montana as the only quarterbacks with 11 touchdown passes in one postseason.
But this was always going to be more about the brothers who faced off on opposing sidelines than anything else. They spent two weeks trying to prepare to beat their sibling, something neither of them really wanted. But it was the only way for either to win his first Super Bowl, even if the postgame handshake was always going to be painfully awkward no matter which brother won.
"Congratulations," Jim said, patting his brother on the cheek.
"I love you," John said.
They are both very different even if they are both very much the same. Jim coached this game with an intense scowl, while John was so relaxed that he draped an arm around his daughter on the sidelines before the game in a touching moment while the Newtown children's choir sang "America the Beautiful."


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Samuel Gung, Son of Chinese Migrants (1920-1993)
Image: Drivers Licence - Victoria, Issued to Samuel L Gung, 18 May 1951
Source: Museum Victoria
Samuel Gung was born in Carlton, Melbourne, in 1920, and is the son of Chinese migrants, Yun Ping and Sydney Louey Gung. At a young age, Samuel left his family and travelled to China to live with relatives and complete his education.
During World War II, Samuel served with the US Forces in Fiji and China until he was captured by the Japanese and imprisoned in a camp, from which he later escaped. Following the War, Samuel married Mary Louey Gung (Mark Wai Kuen) and had two children, Ling Po (Phyllis) and Wing Young (Jeff). In 1947, the young family decided make the long voyage to Australia: during the journey, Jeff contracted whooping cough and was threatened with being thrown overboard by the Captain who feared contagion among the rest of the passengers. Fortunately, Jeff made a full recovery and the family arrived safely in Melbourne. Samuel went on to work with his father, Sydney, at The Geraldton Fruit Company and became the proud father of four more children, David Leslie, Martin and Colin (all born in East Melbourne).Years later Samuel and Mary became friends with the Honourable Arthur A. Calwell, Australia's first Minister for Immigration (1945-49) and author of 'I Stand by White Australia' (1949), an article defending the deportation of non-European refugees granted temporary residency during World War II. Over the years, Calwell was to become a good friend of the family and advised them on how to apply for Australian citizenship.
Samuel died in 1993 and is buried next to his parents in the Melbourne General Cemetery.
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employing environmental or contextual information to facilitate in determining an apparent intent.
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dynamically detecting an apparent intent related to a task while monitoring a human communication session between a user and a second party over a communication network by performing phrase recognition of spoken or textual content, the dynamic detecting assisted by the contextual or environmental information of time of day, day of the week, and device used by the user for the human communication session;
prompting the user with the candidate task following the trigger event of termination of the communication session for confirmation of a candidate task associated with the detected intent; and
storing a confirmed task referenced to context of the human communication session in a computer-readable storage medium for execution by an application on a computer for the user.
35. The computer-implemented method of
36. A computer-implemented system that is responsive to human communications, comprising:
means for dynamically extracting an apparent intent related to a task from visual or aural communications discussed by a user during a communication session with a human second party;
means for associating the extracted apparent intent to an existing task to create a candidate task;
means for interacting with the user to indicate that a candidate task was obtained from the communications and to allow user selections of candidate tasks for execution; and
a computer readable storage medium comprising data structures and sets of codes for causing a computer to execute the recognition and task components.
With the introduction of mobile communication devices, people have become quite accustomed to communicating with others at any place and time. Thus, a user can discuss activities that are scheduled for a future time but not be in a position to take note of the activity or its date. For example, an employee can be on their way to work when they receive an important call on their mobile phone from their boss. The boss can inform them that there are several meetings today and during the week. The employee agrees to support these meetings, but due to a desire not to keep their boss online too long, they do not inform him that they need to stop, find a pen and paper and write down the times and dates of the meetings.
Instead, the employee attempts to memorize the meeting schedules and write them down when they arrive at the office. Depending on the number of meetings and dates, this can likely lead to a forgotten meeting and associated ramifications. In other scenarios, people are often pre-occupied with other interests while communicating and do not even realize that they have agreed to perform a task. For example, a teenager, while listening to music, attempts to hold a conversation with their parent and agrees to take out the garbage and clean up their room. This part of the conversation is typically quickly forgotten unless reminded by the parent after the fact. Thus, often, especially in casual conversations, people forget or remember incorrectly tasks that they have mentioned or agreed to do. The ramifications of forgetting these tasks can range from a minor inconvenience (teenager yelled at by their parents) to a major impact (employee forgets client meeting and loses large client for business).
Communications are monitored for user intentions related to user tasks. When an intention is determined from the communications, candidate task actions are initiated and/or stored. A user can also be cued that a candidate task action has occurred. At an appropriate event trigger, a user can be prompted with a list of candidate task actions and can select which actions to perform. Other instances can automatically perform candidate task actions without user intervention. Action profiles can also be incorporated to allow customization of how task actions are performed. These profiles can be called at the time of task action execution to guide the action fulfillment. The profiles can be user and/or system generated and/or provided by third parties and the like. The task actions typically employ task related applications to fully execute the task action so that additional user input is not required. In other instances, communications details are attached to an executed task as a reminder to a user why the task was performed.
The above represents a simplified summary of the subject matter in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of subject matter embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview of the subject matter. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements of the embodiments or to delineate the scope of the subject matter. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the subject matter in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects of embodiments are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the subject matter may be employed, and the subject matter is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. Other advantages and novel features of the subject matter may become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
The subject matter is now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the subject matter. It may be evident, however, that subject matter embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the embodiments.
As used in this application, the term "component" is intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a server and the server can be a computer component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
Communication devices that allow extreme mobility are becoming very commonplace. While this allows for complete freedom of movement for users, it can also encumber the user's ability to adequately take notes during the communications. Tasks that are mentioned during communications are soon forgotten or incorrectly remembered. For example, a business person can call a client and discuss meeting dates, purchases, and information requests (i.e., tasks) during the call. However, if the business person is not able to take notes during the call, they might not fully remember all of the tasks discussed. Instances provided herein monitor communications to dynamically recognize intentions of a user related to tasks mentioned in communications. By utilizing intentions related to a task, an instance can provide a candidate task action list for tasks in which the user desires to participate. In some instances, a determination can be made during the communications as to whether a user wants to participate in a task. This information can then be used to automatically exclude that task from the candidate task action list.
Recognizing tasks alone in the communications 104 does not necessarily yield the true intentions of a user. It is possible that a user can say, "please schedule a meeting at 10 am today," and another user can reply, "no, I will not do that." In that case, the intent of the second user is not to schedule a meeting (the task). By incorporating task intent into the dynamic monitoring, the task assistant component 102 can more accurately accumulate desirable candidate tasks 106. These candidate tasks 106 can then be presented to a user as a reminder of mentioned tasks during the communications 104. The user then can have the option of dismissing the task prompts and/or selecting which tasks can be executed.
Instances of the task recognition system 100 can reside on a communication device and/or reside in disparate locations from the communication device in distributed implementations. Considerations for the location of components of a distributed system can include, but are not limited to, available processing power (e.g., a cell phone might not have enough processing power to perform natural language processing), communication device independent operation (e.g., monitoring performed as a service at a wireless cell provider rather than on a particular cell phone-avoiding device unique applications, etc.), and/or communication device functionality limitations (e.g., a dumb communication terminal without any significant processing capabilities and/or not supportable with applications) and the like. This type of flexibility allows easy introduction of the task recognition system 100 into existing communication systems. By offering it to users as a service first, users can become accustomed to its use without buying new communication devices and/or downloading additional applications and the like. As newer and better communication devices evolve, more and more related components could be moved to individual communication devices.
It can also be appreciated that users can exploit instances provided herein to involve other parties not privy to the original communications. For example, a traveling salesperson can take orders, promise product support, and/or offer to provide additional information while communicating with a customer. Tasks associated with ordering can be forwarded to an order processing department at the salesperson's headquarters so that it can be fulfilled quickly, tasks associated with product support can be forwarded to a technical support team so they can contact the customer immediately, and/or tasks associated with supplying additional product information can be forwarded to the salesperson's personal assistant at headquarters so that it can be mailed out immediately. This substantially increases the efficiency of the user (salesperson) and drastically reduces subsequent errors in remembering and/or relaying the information to the appropriate recipient. The salesperson can also choose to review candidate tasks 106 before they are forwarded to eliminate any undesired tasks.
The candidate tasks 106 can also be utilized to fully perform a desired task selected by a user. These instances, discussed in detail infra, allow execution and/or guidance of the task rather than just calling up an application and then requiring the user to enter the information. Additional information can also be incorporated with the executed task to allow a user to quickly ascertain why a task was performed. For example, a hyperlink can be provided in a calendar entry that brings up the date and time and who the call was placed with for that particular meeting scheduling. This eliminates unnecessary guessing as to the origination of, for example, a meeting request. Thus, the task recognition system 100 can be employed to substantially reduce the amount of time and effort in fulfilling tasks mentioned during communications while substantially reducing errors as well by reducing reliance on a user's memory of events.
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The recognition of the task intent can be assisted with artificial intelligence techniques such as, for example, natural language processing techniques and the like. The intent recognition component 208 determines if a task has been referred to and the intent, if any, regarding accomplishment of the task. The intent is generally construed for a user who employs the task recognition system 200, but the intent recognition component 208 can also be utilized to determine intent for one or multiple parties in the communications 204. Thus, the task recognition system 200 can be utilized to provide candidate tasks 206 to multiple users based on their individual intents and/or tasks.
As an example, the intent recognition component 208 can dynamically recognize a phrase such as "schedule a meeting on Wednesday" and can determine, for example, if user A is the party that will do the scheduling (e.g. user A states "yes, I'll schedule that"). Thus, user A can be presented with a candidate task for scheduling the meeting. The intent recognition component 208 can also employ contextual and/or environmental information to assist in assessing tasks and/or intent. For example, time-of-day can be utilized to determine when a user intends to do a task. Thus, if the time is 11 am and the user refers to completing the task "by 10," they are most likely referring to 10 pm and not 10 am. Similarly, environmental information such as whether the user is on the phone, on the computer, in the office or in a car, etc., can be utilized to facilitate determination of the intention of the user associated with a task. This substantially increases the accuracy of the intent recognition component 208.
Although the intent recognition component 208 is illustrated within the task assistant component 202, other instances can employ external and/or pre-existing recognition components as well. This increases the flexibility of the task recognition system 200 and allows for easy integration into existing communication devices and/or systems and the like. The intent recognition component 208 can employ simplistic recognizers such as, for example, key phrase recognizers (e.g., using key phrase catalogs, etc.) in text and/or voice communications and the like and/or sophisticated artificial intelligence recognizers. This allows the task assistant system 200 to be scaled appropriately based on available resources. For example, a PDA device might have very limited resources and, therefore, a resource efficient recognizer can be employed by the intent recognition component 208. If the intent recognition component 208 is located with abundant resources, a substantially more powerful recognizer can be utilized (e.g., the intent recognition component 208 is located at a communication service provider such as a wireless provider with substantially unlimited processing power that provides the recognition function to an end user, etc.).
The candidate task component 210 receives the task intent from the intent recognition component 208 and associates it with a task. Thus, for example, if the intent recognition component 208 determined that a user intends to schedule a meeting, the candidate task component 210 determines what task and/or tasks need to be performed to accomplish it. The tasks for scheduling a meeting can include opening up a calendar and inserting meeting titles, parties to the meeting, times of the meeting, and/or adding additional information such as, for example, a link to why the meeting was input into the calendar, etc. It can also include a task to remind the user of the meeting and/or a task to follow-up with another party to obtain additional information such as their contact information to allow completion of the meeting scheduling. Another task can include notification of others that a meeting is to take place. Thus, the candidate task component 210 determines what tasks are associated with the user's intent and provides them as the candidate tasks 206. The candidate tasks 206 can contain, for example, one or multiple task suggestions that the user can either accept or reject after a follow-up prompting.
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The action manager component 312 receives candidate tasks 306 directly from the candidate task component 310 and/or indirectly from the candidate task component 310 via the stored candidate tasks 314. The action manager component 312 utilizes an event trigger to determine when to prompt a user 316 with candidate tasks 306. The event trigger can include, but is not limited to, the completion of the communications 304 and the like. Thus, for example, when a phone call ends, the action manager component 312 can prompt the user 316 with the candidate tasks 306 that were determined during the communications 304. The user 316 can then provide user input 318 to the action manager component 312 regarding whether to complete any of the candidate tasks 306. The user input 318 can also include additional information on how and/or when to complete a task and the like. In some instances, the action manager component 312 can act as a guide (e.g., as if it is a real life assistant sitting next to a user) and query the user 316 as to how to proceed and/or to supply missing/additional information that can be required to fulfill a task.
The action manager component 312 receives the user input 318 and acts upon any desired tasks. To accomplish this, the action manager component 312 can employ action profiles 320. The action profiles 320 represent, for example, templates on how to accomplish various tasks. The action profiles 320 can be provided by users, systems, and/or third parties and, thus, allow for additional flexibility and control over task completion. For example, the action profiles 320 can contain an address book profile that indicates how contact information is to be stored in a user's address book (e.g., which software program to use, formatting of the name information—last name first, etc., font size, color, etc.). The action manager component 312 then carries out a task utilizing an appropriate program from task related applications 322 based on an action profile if provided. This interaction with the user 316, allows the user 316 to maintain control over what, how and/or when the tasks are accomplished.
In another instance, the action manager component 312 can prompt the user 316 that an intent and/or candidate task has been detected during the communications 304. Thus, the action manager component 312 can receive direct input from the intent recognition component 308 regarding intent if necessary. This can enable the user 316 to monitor the progress of the task recognition system 300 dynamically. The user 316 could select and/or delete the intents and/or candidate tasks in substantially real time as well.
It can be appreciated that although the components 308-312 of the task assistant component 302 are illustrated in a co-located manner, they can also be remotely located and communicate via a variety of communication means. Thus, each component 308-312 can reside in a location that best supports its resource requirements and/or user interfaces and the like. Traditionally, complex recognition algorithms have required powerful processing resources. Thus, the intent recognition component 308 can be located at a service provider and/or on a desk top computing device and the like while the candidate task component 310 and/or the action manager component 312 can reside on, for example, a mobile device and the like. Likewise, the stored candidate tasks 314 can be stored locally and/or remotely to facilitate processing of the tasks. Communications means can include, but are not limited to, global communication systems such as the Internet, intranet systems, wireless systems, wired systems (e.g., landlines), fiber-optic systems, and/or satellite-based systems and the like.
Because of the substantial flexibility of the task recognition system 300, it can be completely performed by service providers at their facilities, partially performed at their facilities, and/or totally performed on a communication device and the like. Revenue based schemes can be employed at any point to allow income based on individual portions of the task recognition system 300. For example, charges can occur for completed tasks, for providing candidate task lists, and/or for just recognizing intent in the communications 304 and the like. This can allow a service provider to provide various levels of capabilities for their users and charge accordingly.
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Given that communication devices are often used in mobile contexts (transit, walking, between meetings, etc.), it is easy for a user to tell someone on a phone that they will follow-up by scheduling a meeting or some other action and then forget to do so after they hang up. Instances disclosed herein can allow such a communication device to "listen" for the intent of users regarding a mentioned task during their conversation, and after the call completes, prompt for further action based on those task intents. Phrases like "follow-up," "schedule a meeting," "call you tomorrow," etc. can be construed as an intent by a user to actually commit to performing a certain task. For example, if a user was talking to "Bob" and said "I'll follow up on this tomorrow." After the call, the communication device can speak the prompt "Would you like to add a task to follow-up with Bob?" If the user, for example, replies "yes," a task can be added, perhaps containing a reference to the call history with the date and time of the just ended call with Bob.
In the example architecture 400 of an example implementation utilizing voice-based communications, an audio in 402 (from a microphone, headset, etc.) is routed through a task assistant component 404 during a call. The audio stream is forwarded to a regular phone subsystem 418 on a communication device. In this example, the task assistant component 404 employs an external recognizer 408. This allows the task assistant component 404 to utilize existing recognizers and the like without requiring them to be integrated into the task assistant component 404. Thus, the task assistant component 404 channels the audio stream through the recognizer 408 as well. The recognizer 408, in this example, utilizes a set of action intentions 410 to facilitate recognition of a user's intent with regard to a task during in-call recognition.
When an action intent is recognized, a subtle audio cue can be given over an audio out 406 channel to confirm to a user that an action intention has been recognized. Also, when an action intention is recognized, an item is added to the action stack 412 by the task assistant component 404. Typically, upon completion of the call, the call information is written to a call log 420. In this example, a call completion signal is also sent to an action manager component 414 (external to the task assistant component 404) when the call is completed. The action manager component 414, in this example, pulls items from the action stack 412 on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis. The action manager component 414 then passes the action item to a profile in an action profile collection 416 corresponding to the current action item (in this example, it is "meeting"). The item artifact is then written to an appropriate store 422 on the communication device based on the appropriate action profile. The action manager component 414 can do additional prompting by voice and/or other means for information needed for the action item. A reference, copy, or link to the call log information can also be added to the action item.
In another instance, upon completion of a call and hang up, the task assistant component 404 actually "calls" a user back. It can be all local to the communication device and, in that case, the phone rings itself and when the user answers, the task assistant component 404 and/or action manager component 414 guides the user through handling some or all of the action items. This experience can be fully verbal and/or a mix of verbal and other interactions.
In view of the exemplary systems shown and described above, methodologies that may be implemented in accordance with the embodiments will be better appreciated with reference to the flow charts of
The embodiments may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, executed by one or more components. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, data structures, etc., that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Typically, the functionality of the program modules may be combined or distributed as desired in various instances of the embodiments.
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The action profiles can also be supplied by a user to allow personalization of how and/or when various tasks are performed and the like. The action profiles allow substantial flexibility to be easily incorporated into the process. The user is then provided with a visualization of the executed task that includes information relating to an origin of the task 608, ending the flow 610. For example, a user is presented with a completed calendar entry with a hyperlink linking to when a communication occurred, who the communication was with, and/or the length of the communication. This can assist a user in remembering why the calendar entry was made.
It can be appreciated that although visualization of the executed task is commonly performed, other means of relaying task related information can be employed as well in other instances. These can include, but are not limited to, audible means such as calling a user and indicating when and where a meeting will take place and the like. Likewise, a user can be prompted with a candidate task selection list via a voice call where the user can accept and/or deny various tasks via voice responses and the like.
It is to be appreciated that the systems and/or methods of the embodiments can be utilized in task recognition facilitating computer components and non-computer related components alike. Further, those skilled in the art will recognize that the systems and/or methods of the embodiments are employable in a vast array of electronic related technologies, including, but not limited to, computers, servers and/or handheld electronic devices, and the like.
What has been described above includes examples of the embodiments. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the embodiments, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the subject matter is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the term "includes" is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term "comprising" as "comprising" is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.
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St. Louis - The intrinsic value of having at least one good big man in the middle of a 3-4 defense was never more apparent than last Sunday night at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
Playing without injured B.J. Raji, the Green Bay Packers relied on the massive torso of Ryan Pickett to prevent a devilish zone running game from establishing the tempo if not determining the outcome.
Arian Foster, the Texans' excellent running back, went nowhere. Clay Matthews was phenomenal early and the entire defense played in unison, but in his understated fashion Pickett probably was the single most important factor why Foster's longest gain in 17 carries was just 5 yards.
On a few power plays, Pickett was an immovable force. Most of the time, Foster looked for seams and displacement as the Packers shuffled sideways with him on stretch plays.
Pickett moved under control without giving ground as Chris Myers, a highly rated center, tried to reach-block him while one of the back-side linemen worked to cut him at the knees. Because Pickett wouldn't go where the Texans wanted, the schematic integrity at the point of attack held until the pursuit arrived to make the tackle.
Pickett generally has been doing this in Green Bay for nearly 6½ seasons. Now, with the Packers down to their No. 3 option at weak inside linebacker for the remainder of the season, it will be even more incumbent on Pickett to win his gap when the ball's there or make sure that against double teams both blockers stay blocking him.
The need for Pickett goes beyond 2012. The Packers also will need him next season, and really for as long as his body cooperates.
Pickett, who turned 33 earlier in the month, was just 21 when he went to training camp with the St. Louis Rams in 2001 as a third-year junior from Ohio State. This is his 12th season, and the last time he was able to play all 16 games was 2008.
Calf, shoulder and knee injuries already have nagged Pickett this season. It's probably 50-50 if the Packers can get another strong year from Pickett in 2013, which is the final year of his contract.
If Pickett can go longer, look for Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy to be more than pleased. He means the world to the organization as an underappreciated performer and glue guy in the locker room.
"Pick's got a lot of heart," said Mike Trgovac, who has been his position coach since 2009. "There are plenty of instances where I tell the guys, 'Look at Pick run to the ball, and he's the oldest of you all.' It's just in his DNA that he's going to turn and run to the ball. Where some of those fat guys don't do that."
On the eve of free agency in 2010, the Packers signed Pickett to a four-year, $24.95 million contract. It seemed like a ton of money for a 30-year-old nose tackle with minimal pass rush, but it was the proper move and the Packers never looked back.
When the Packers still had Johnny Jolly alongside Pickett in 2009, they led the league for the first time ever in run defense (83.3), setting a franchise record in the process.
Since then, with Jolly suspended and B.J. Raji becoming a full-time player, the Packers have ranked 28th, 26th and 19th (currently) in average yards allowed per rush.
In most ways, Raji has been a solid addition. Not only is Raji much younger than Pickett at 26, he has more quick twitch and explosiveness.
But according to many scouts and opposing coaches over the last three years, Pickett has been more consistent than Raji in the primary aspect of their employment.
"B.J. will try to run around it (double teams) at times," one personnel man said last week. "Pickett will stay square and fight through it."
The Packers' desire to prolong Pickett's career is made more critical by Raji's contract status. Although his deal actually runs through the 2014 season, the final year easily can and will be voided.
So Raji will be up after 2013, and the Packers are hoping to sign him to a long-term contract in late winter or spring.
Presently, Raji ranks 21st among big inside players in average salary per year at $5.21 million. Pickett ranks 16th at $6.23 million.
There's little doubt that agent David Dunn, who also represents Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews, will be trying to land top dollar for all three players no later than the start of training camp next summer.
Barring injury, the Packers have no choice but to break the bank for their quarterback and their best player on defense. As for Raji, it depends on what he wants.
Let's say Raji shoots for the $12.2M annual compensation that Baltimore's Haloti Ngata earns. Expect that to be a problem.
Raji was a great player in 2010 and made the Pro Bowl in 2011 off his showing the year before. He was playing well, not spectacularly, this season before suffering an ankle injury in Indianapolis.
It will be interesting to see what Raji's role is upon his return.
Of course, he will remain a fixture in the 3-4 base defense with Pickett and C.J. Wilson. But his role as one of the two defensive linemen in the sub packages could be reduced now that Mike Neal is back from suspension and Jerel Worthy seems to have earned the confidence of the coaches.
Pickett has played 201 snaps in six games, or an average of 33.5. He has 26 tackles, or one every 7.73 snaps, and one-half of a pressure.
Statistics for big men don't hold much significance, but for the record Raji, in 198 snaps (39 per game), has averaged one tackle every 12.38 snaps to go with two pressures.
"Raji is a very average pass rusher," said an offensive line coach for a team that played Green Bay this season. "He's a good, solid run guy. He's not a complete player.
"Pickett's good, but he's not somebody I'm afraid of. He can look really good at times, and other times not. I think he gets wore down a little bit. They all do."
An executive in personnel was asked to assess Pickett by deciding if he'd rather have him compared to the other 30 or so space eaters in the league.
The scout took Pickett over all but these 11 players: Detroit's Corey Williams, San Francisco's Isaac Sopoaga, Arizona's Dan Williams, St. Louis' Michael Brockers, New England's Vince Wilfork, Miami's Paul Soliai, Buffalo's Marcell Dareus, Pittsburgh's Casey Hampton, Cincinnati's Domata Peko, Seattle's Brandon Mebane and Ngata.
Another scout preferred just three players to Pickett: Wilfork, Ngata and Cleveland's Ahtyba Rubin. He rated Pickett and Sopoaga even.
"Pickett's one of the smarter defensive lineman you will play against," Packers center Jeff Saturday said. "He looks through the line to see what's happening behind the line. And, he's a big man. Physically, once he gets that edge, he can push through the line and make plays."
In addition to Pickett, the Packers have had two other outstanding fire hydrants in the last 30 years.
When Green Bay won the Super Bowl after the 1996 season, Gilbert Brown was the load of loads. In shape and on task, Brown enabled the defense to get by with inside linebackers George Koonce and Brian Williams, who were undersized for the position at the time.
Remember Brown's emphatic shovel stroke after big plays? The distinctive way he would cock his head just before the snap?
Plus, the "Gravedigger" was a superior athlete.
Unfortunately for Brown, his career petered out after 10 seasons amid a torrent of injuries and awful conditioning/eating habits.
In November 2003, Mike Sherman had the good sense to claim Grady Jackson off New Orleans waivers. Based on that 10-game window, I'd have to say it was the most impressive season by a Packers' wide body that I've seen.
Forget the fact the roly-poly Jackson looked horrendous. All that mattered was how sudden he was off the ball, how stunning his burst in a small area and how impossible he was to move.
By 2005, his final season in Green Bay, Big Grady was tipping the scales at 370 and beginning to wallow around. He didn't want to re-sign, tried in free agency to get what Pat Williams signed for from Minnesota and ended up taking $1.2M per year from Atlanta in late August 2006.
Still, Jackson played through 2009, when he was 36. Williams, the fulcrum of those hard-to-dent Vikings defenses for six seasons, went until he was 38. Ted Washington, the man mountain for seven teams from 1991-2007, cashed paychecks until he was 39.
Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers fondly remembered the contributions of 340-pound Keith Traylor, who was 38 when his 17-year career closed with two strong seasons under Capers in Miami.
Some other large ones had extended careers, too. Curley Culp, Jerry Ball and Hollis Thomas went to 35, and Jamal Williams and Sam Adams called it a career at 34. Others, however, ate themselves out of the league long before 30.
Among active players, the 345-pound Hampton, 35, is about the oldest.
"When you start getting up in age that's a tough (expletive) position," said Trgovac, whose calling as a D-line coach began almost 30 years ago. "You get hit on every play, no matter what. Guys who declined at Pick's age are those who have lost that little bit of fire. The will.
"It's tough to get up in the morning and say, 'Son of a (expletive), I gotta take on both these guys?'
"But Pick hasn't lost that."
Trgovac says it's his job to make sure Pickett doesn't leave his game on the practice field.
Now the Packers need to cross their fingers and hope Pickett's genes are something like Washington's. A 3-4 defense without "Big Grease," or someone with a comparable anchor, just wouldn't be an effective 3-4 defense.
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Djokovic Has Words Of Advice For Young Serb Lajovic
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World No. 2 Novak Djokovic had words of advice for countryman Dusan Lajovic, ahead of the 23 year old's fourth round encounter with top seed Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros on Monday.
Lajovic has advanced to his first Round of 16 at a major without dropping a set, capped by an impressive victory over American young gun Jack Sock in the third round. Serbia's No. 2, who is competing in just his second Grand Slam main draw, turned to his Davis Cup teammate for some tips on how to topple Nadal.
"Of course we talk," said Djokovic. "He is [the same] generation of my younger brother. I know he's very talented and he's showing his full potential right now. I'm really glad that Serbia has a new up-and-coming tennis star that obviously is performing now at his best on the Grand Slam [level], which is great to see.
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"In the end of the day, one thing is to talk and the other is to do it on the court. We all know how Rafa is dominant on these courts and on this surface. It's going to be a new experience for him. I wish him all the best. I wish for him to enjoy it first, to really go out and enjoy the moment and try to do his best."
Lajovic is bidding to become the lowest-ranked player to defeat Nadal on clay since Olivier Mutis did so in Palermo, in 2004, as the World No. 113. He would also become the first man to reach the Roland Garros quarter-finals in his debut since Nadal in 2005.
The Belgrade native is in the midst of a career-year, having qualified for his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open and his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Indian Wells. He earned a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 76 after advancing to the Sony Open Tennis second round, where he nearly upset 23rd-ranked Alexandr Dolgopolov in a third-set tie-break.
Toppling Nadal in his playground is a tall order, but Lajovic remains focused on the task at hand. "I will try to ask everybody for some tips against Rafa," he said jokingly. "You need to have a lot of tips and confidence to beat him, but I hope to enjoy the match if he wins and to give my best."
So, what was Djokovic's specific advice? Well, that remains classified. "I talked with him. That's all I'm going to say."
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For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
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The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
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The last time I reported on Smith Street, home to many boutiques and restaurants and squeezed between Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, it was January. It was cold. And store managers complained that there was very little foot traffic. This time, I spent some time with one of the street's anchor retailers, $14 million clothing chain Brooklyn Industries, to investigate one company's adaptations to the recession.
Temperatures are Rising, But What About Sales? May 7, 2009
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Seeing a big drop in sales, Brooklyn Industries has cut factory orders, laid off three workers, and co-founders, couple Funk and Vahap Avsar, took a $1 salary last quarter.
Brooklyn Industries manufactures globally and prints its T-shirts locally in Red Hook. Interestingly, the U.S. consumer spending slump has presented the company with an opportunity: the ability to make better clothes closer to home. Big retailers, including The Gap, The Limited, and Abercrombie and Fitch, are scaling back their orders. In turn, factories in Peru, known for high-quality cotton, are scrambling to find new business and reducing their minimum order requirements, giving Brooklyn Industries a chance to shift some of its manufacturing from China to Peru. This week, Funk and her production manager Lisa Lazarus are in Lima, Peru, touring factories.
Funk, 38, started her career as a photographer. To cut company expenses, she's now doing the photo shoots for her Brooklyn Industries stores' poster displays.
Funk, her husband, and two sons lived above the Smith Street store from 2005 to 2007. The space came with the store, as part of the lease. The family now lives in Prospect Heights but is considering moving back to that space on Smith Street. It's just one more saving-money strategy.
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Why don't they rename it Beijing Industries? All their products are made in China. As soon as they created this faux made in Brooklyn cool image, they switched to China sweat shops. It's phony and it's annoying.
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Missa solemnis in C composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Bernhard Janz. Arranged by Eberhard Kraus. For SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinos/trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, basso continuo, [3 trombones]. This edition: Paperbound. C-Dur (C major). Stuttgart Urtext Edition. German title: Missa solemnis in C KV 337 rev.2003. Latin Masses. Level 3. Vocal score. Language: Latin. Composed 1780. KV 337. 48 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4061903).
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Vault Breaker : Full & Free logic puzzle game
By Brie I. Alexandru-Horia "Informatica" Persoana Fizica Autorizata
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Guess the secret code using your logic and memory! Logic puzzle with over 1.5 million downloads, a modern version of the classic guessing game of Bulls and Cows.
Similar to classics such as Mastermind, Jotto or Crack the Code, it is played with numbers instead of colors.
An easy yet challenging brain-training game in the style of logic thinking made popular by Sudoku, it will exercise your brain and logic and improve your deductive reasoning if played daily.
How to play:
Try to guess the secret code for the "vault" in as few attempts as possible. The code has only unique digits.
For each attempt entered, the computer gives out some clues:
* blue squares, one for each digit that belongs to the code, but was placed on a wrong position
* red squares, one for each digit that was guessed on the correct position
* if no square was lit, it means that none of the digits you entered belongs to the secret code (not even on the wrong position)
There is no connection between locations of the blue/red squares and the locations of the secret digits - that's the challenge, you'll need to guess not only the digits but also their correct locations.
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Changes have made this worse
This WAS my favorite time killing game app. Changes have just about made me delete. I don't play but 10% of what I used to. Ads have taken over the screen and the color changes and animation are terrible. Used to be green & black boxes. Green was good... Now red and blue with Red correct? May need to revisit the red pen principle. Boxes aren't even on one line anymore. New updates lack any true feel in the game, may as well be a check out register. So disappointed in the game developer... Sold out to ads with crappy updates and even worse attempted improvements.
Great game!
One review mention ads ... I haven't seen any.
My one suggested improvement would be to provide an area for keeping notes about various combinations identified or eliminated. I have to use paper, or keep switching to the Notes app.
Fun, Time killing.
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