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The Grayson County Chamber of Commerce recognized several community members for their unmatched service and commitment at the annual awards banquet on Thursday, September 12.
Chamber President Wes Basham spoke to a packed house at the Center on Main to kick off the ceremony, announcing that these award recipients have made our community "stronger, bolder and much brighter."
Grayson County Schools Superintendent Barry Anderson presented the first award of the evening, the Education Award, to a woman who has "handled every situation as near perfectly as possible," and whose "high character and great sense of humor" have made her an invaluable member of the Grayson County High School staff for 39 years.
The 2013 Education Award was awarded to the newly retired Linda Baxter.
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center CEO Wayne Meriwether took to the podium to extol the efforts of a man who has become a pillar of the community since arriving here 12 years ago. Serving on the Chamber Board, Planning and Zoning Committee, Health Department Board, TLRMC Board, as a two-time Lion's Club president, and a member of many other state boards and organizations, he has given what "seems like a lifetime of servicing since arriving in 2001."
The Spark Plug Award was presented to local business-owner and optometrist Dr. Brett Abney.
Chief of Leitchfield Police Department Kevin Henderson was pleased to present the next award to a lifelong friend and fellow civil servant who achieved his childhood dream of becoming a police officer and working his way up to Master Trooper with the Kentucky State Police, receiving multiple medals of valor and instituting drug prevention programs for children as well as the KSP Explorer program for youngsters interested in law enforcement.
The Community Service Award was given to Norman Chaffins, who is following up his retirement from KSP as the new School Resource Officer at Grayson County High School.
Kevin Brooks, owner of Future Designs, introduced the crowd to the next award winner by saying, "businesses pass through our community all the time, but this one has been a pillar of our community for over 30 years," adding that in addition to being a part of Leitchfield's commerce, they have volunteered "countless hours" toward community service.
The 2013 Small Business Award was presented to the partners at Buckles, Travis, VanMeter and Hart, PLLC.
Basham again took the stage to present the President's Award to a man who has saved countless lives and kept the local hospital running for years as the "only practicing surgeon for over a decade," adding that he is "known throughout the state for his expertise" and cutting-edge knowledge.
The President's Award went to Dr. Joseph Petrocelli, who was also recently honored by having TLRMC's new Critical Care Unit named after him.
The final award of the evening was handed out by Darrell Moll, Chairman of Leitchfield-Grayson County Industrial Development Corp. Moll explained that this year's recipient "had a hand in virtually every major endeavor in Grayson County over the past 50 years." He explained that this man is known for saying "those who dare, win" and Moll added, "he has definitely dared in his life, and thanks to that, Grayson County has won."
The Twin Lakes Award was proudly presented to former judge and continued community supporter Kenneth H. Goff, Sr.

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Alright - this rocks - thanks to everyone for contributing. :)
I recently threw a leg over an 800gs as I'm considering buying one in a couple months.
My main concern was the pain I felt on the inside of my thighs after bein gon a bike in the showroom!
Sitting (on the center stand) was no biggie), but when feet-down (like at a stop light), the seat cushion dug inot my thighs - it was painful for about 20 minutes after I got off the bike...LOL
So, has anyone else noticed this? I'm running a 30" inseam here, so not really expecting to flat-foot on this bike, BUT, I'm also unwilling to spend $11k without a remedy for this issue. ;) The 800 will be my primary mode of transport in Sunny Seattle in a couple months, so furry sheep derrier's won't cut it for me... ;)
The DL1000 is much more comfortable in this regard, though it's not an 800GS now, is it?
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As you know, outtakes always kick-arse on published pictures, so when we finally got a look at the outtakes from boobtastic blonde bombshell Danica Thrall and her latest Nuts photoshoot, we got more than tickled pink, we got tickled… well, let's just say we giggled.
Danica Thrall may have been prematurely thrown out of the Celebrity Big Brother House this past season, but there's no way we would ever ask Danica to leave our presence, not with the presence of that ridiculously hot body of hers, flaunted her in several glorious lingerie dropping positions.
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Thanks for posting that match. Great one to watch.
I'm impressed with both guys -
First, I like Fittery he has been fun to watch for years. He is not exactly a full-sized 174 pounder but he still held up well to the pounding that Brown puts on his opponent. Fit did look tired and a little beat up at the end - something you don't often see from the winning wrestler.
As for Brown, well, imagine how good he'll be when he gets...good. He's not quite one full season of college competition back from 2 years of no wrestling. I would not want to wrestle him.
Fit's probably isn't in a wrestling room 7 days per week. He actually looked a but chubby to me from that video.
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Letters to the editor for July 15, 2013, backing Mayor Bob Filner
Without in any way trying to denigrate or diminish the sincerity of those making the allegations, there is another perspective that needs to be factored into the equation. Most of those presenting the allegations stand to benefit greatly by doing so.
Political careers require publicity. Filner provided these political activists the chance of a lifetime to take the moral high ground and posture themselves above the rough and tumble of everyday politics. Here, bathed in the bright lights of TV news coverage and clad in the trappings of pristine ethicists, they took our mayor to the woodshed. It was a brilliant and opportunistic political stroke
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Just posting my thoughts
I've been googling FPV turorials, preparing for my quad build, but most don't actually teach you how to fly. Most are focused on explaining the electronics and build logs, but i only get bits and pieces on how to actually pilot.
I suppose in helicopter terms, these are mostly people explaining helicopter theory, and peoples build videos for their T-rex's. There doesn't seem to be much of anything on how to actually pilot FPV. There are a lot of tutorials on how to fly helicopters and they're so detailed they're usually spread across several articles or videos, and they're staggered in such a way that you get minimal damage from mistakes as long as you follow their training regime and not suddenly fly off randomly (Two weeks of hover practice si boring but it's better than flying off and crashing). MikeysRC and helicoptersarefun are probably the most famous.
The most obvious training for someone coming from a helicopter background, is to redo those helicopter exercises in first person. But most of those are meant to teach you to fly in *third* person. Ascended's post, even tho he probably just wrote it off the top of his head, is probably the first training regime i've come across that's specifically for FPV. And i will be doing them. Most FPV build videos end with the guy flying off with the plane/quad, there's nothing else after that. But Ascended's the first one that suggested making a flight plan on google earth, which now is pretty obvious.
Maybe someone can use this and make a how to fly FPV video series?
It'll be a couple of months before i put together my FPV gear (Quad->FPV->Telemetry) so i'm not even a newcomer yet, i'm just researching right now while i get a shopping list together So i've got time to gather all the little hints from all those FPV builds when i finally get the gear.
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I put my X wifes phone number on mine.
Hey guys, I've recently taken the plunge and ordered a skywalker 1680 and am looking to get into a full fpv setup over the coming months. One thing I've picked up from this thread in various posts that alarms me somewhat us the misconception that because the airframes are foam, and don't travel overly fast, that they can't cause much damage!
I'll tell you a little story from first hand experience...
I was flying at a local park about a year ago with a few mates. A bloke came up and had a chat to us as his ortistic son he had along with him was mesmerised by the planes. Obviously we had a good chat with him and did some low passes for the kid. I just touched down on the footpath with my parkzone spitty, doing maybe 25-30kph? This kid jumped out in front of it as I was rolling down the path! I jumped in front of him and dug my heel into the ground and tried to stop the plane with the ball of my foot. I wasn't quite fast enough and the leading edge just cleared my toes and hit me in the shin. It was a bit more painful that I would have thought, seeing that it was only a 960g piece of 'foam'.
The next day I had to call in sick for work as my ankle had puffed up so much I couldn't get my work shoes on and my shin looked like I'd been hit with a baseball bat! I went to the doctor and he immediately sent me for X-rays. Nothing was broken, but there was epic swelling and bruising that lasted for nearly two weeks!
Now you tell me that a 2-3kg loaded fpv foamie falling out of the sky from 1500ft (after an altercation with an angry eagle, or a servo failure, etc) won't seriously mess up the roof of a house if you hit it? Or plough through the back window of a Maserati parked at the shops? If you're silly enough to fly over populated areas, you have the potential to have a reaaaaally bad day!
And as for proving negligence? I'm not sure about the USA, but in Australia, if you damage my stuff you pay up negligent or not! For eg, say I own a Porsche (in a perfect world) and you fly into it, lipo goes up and my car is now toast. "I'm awfully sorry sir, a servo burnt out and I lost it. It isn't my fault!" isn't going to save you when my insurance company bends you over and rapes you for 10 years worth of wages to pay for a car you'll never get to drive! lol
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Dave, I fly with an A9 and with the 6ch minima rx I had my radian out do far I needed help of someone who bought binoculars out with them to guide me back!
*lesson learnt, don't try chase pelicans you get very far very quickly! lol
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Can anybody reccomend a good first fpv plane. I am a competent pilot already and I'm looking for something in the 100 dollar range pnp from the US. So far I have seen a few that I liked I'm just curious whats the best,
Tech one Popwing
FPV Raptor
Sky Surfer
AXN Floater Jet.
Can anybody reccomend any of these over the others or make a better reccomendation
I haven't taken the plunge fully with fpv yet, that was just a casual thermal outing and I got a bit carried away! I've just ordered a SW 1680 so when that arrives (stupid Chinese new year *shakes fist, lol) I'll start figuring what exactly to run in terms of video tx/rx and osd systems. The choices are somewhat overwhelming at the moment! And every system I'm looking into having a 500+ page thread on here isn't making the choices any easier :/
If you are flying a multi rotor on the other hand battery capacity will limit distance.
I emailed Hitec yesterday to ask them what the range was on their A9 and Oprima Rx's. Mike M. from Hitec responded with:
A recent independent test showed our system to have over 50% more range than our closest competitor up to 6 miles with unobstructed line of sight!"
so if i can get 1-2 miles out of it i will be thrilled!
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Hideyoshi(Toyotomi Hideyoshi) was a very famous Japanese samurai in the
Sengoku period.
But, in this "Samurai dogs Wallpaper", he is a lovely dog(Shiba Inu puppy).
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Ok, so, i downloaded this app - i mean, it is a toyotomi shibe and i have a massive interest in that era- and i started playing around with it, and i thought it was kinda cute, AND THEN IT GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD. WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD MAKE AN APP WHERE A DOG GETS SHOT IN THE F**KING HEAD??? THAT'S AWFUL!
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It glitches, it's of poor quality and the "cool effects" include making the dog fall down, get shot in the head and...I don't know, I got rid of it. I wanted something that reps Shibas, but this could have only come from a mind with a crayon inches from it, jammed into a nostril. It's both weird and lame, but in new ways.
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I have 3 shiba inus and I thought this would be cute...but it's not in any way, shape, or form. Why would I want an app/wallpaper that shoots a dog in the head with an arrow, dumps water on him, and sets him on fire among other things??


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TICKER TAPEDFans celebrate at the New York Giants Super Bowl victory parade.
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has decided against entering the rough-and-tumble world of pro wrestling.
Robert Bailey, the president of Rosenhaus Sports, told FOXSports.com that Pierre-Paul will not be appearing Monday night for TNA Wrestling.
TNA and Spike TV officials thought a deal was finalized earlier this weekend for Pierre-Paul to have an in-ring confrontation with Kurt Angle at a TNA television taping in Orlando. Bailey, though, said Pierre-Paul had not signed off on the deal before it was reported Saturday by FOXSports.com.
"He declined because he is exhausted," Bailey told FOXSports.com in a text message.
TNA was hoping to garner additional mainstream media attention by using Paul, a star player for the Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants. Paul wouldn't have wrestled but would have gotten into at least a verbal altercation with Angle, a U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic wrestler who performed a similar stunt last year with New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott.
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Name of Product: Dishwashers
Units: Approximately 160,000 in Canada
Manufacturer: Maytag Corp. of Newton, Iowa or Maytag Corp. of Benton Harbor, Mich.
Hazard: An electrical failure in the dishwasher's heating element can pose a serious fire hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: Maytag has received 12 reports of dishwasher heating element failures that resulted in fires and dishwasher damage, including one report of extensive kitchen damage from a fire. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The recall includes Maytag®, Amana®, Jenn-Air®, Admiral®, Magic Chef®, Performa by Maytag® and Crosley® brand dishwashers with plastic tubs and certain serial numbers. The affected dishwashers were manufactured with black, bisque, white, silver and stainless steel front panels. The brand name is printed on the front of the dishwasher. The model and serial numbers are printed on a label located inside the plastic tub on a tag near the left side of the door opening. Serial numbers will start or end with one of the following sequences:
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Sold at: Department and appliance stores and by homebuilders nationwide from February 2006 through April 2010 for between $250 and $900.
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Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dishwashers, disconnect the electric supply by shutting off the fuse or circuit breaker controlling it, inform all users of the dishwasher about the risk of fire and contact Maytag to verify if their dishwasher is included in the recall. If the dishwasher is included in the recall, consumers can either schedule a free in-home repair or receive a rebate following the purchase of certain new Maytag brand stainless-steel tub dishwashers. The rebate is $150 if the consumer purchases new dishwasher model MDB7609, or $250 if the consumer purchases new dishwasher models MDB8959 or MDB7809. Consumers should not return the recalled dishwashers to the retailer where purchased as retailers are not prepared to take the units back.
Consumer Contact: : For additional information, contact Maytag at 1-800-544-5513 anytime, or visit the firm's website at www.repair.maytag.com.
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Group works to bring surfing sculpture to Cardiff
Maassen said he hopes to deliver a presentation at the City Council's meeting Aug. 18.
Also at City Hall, the seven-member Commission for the Arts is developing a public arts policy to bring to the City Council for adoption.
Christina Chacon, the city's arts coordinator, said last week she expects commissioners will need a year to complete the policy.
Commissioners have examined policies at other coastal cities and are working to cobble together guidelines specific to Encinitas.
"A public arts policy is like a shoe," Chacon said. "It has to fit the city."
Ron Ranson, city arts commissioner, said the panel will facilitate the dialogue between the sculpture committee and City Council.
Although Encinitas lacks public sculpture, Ranson pointed out how touches of inspiration enliven much of the city. A downtown beautification program in 2001 brought colorful tile inlays to sidewalks. Trees grow from the sidewalks through custom steel grates. Banners painted by local artists often hang from streetlights.
City Hall awards grants to artists, and various nonprofit groups in the city focus on the arts.
Public art, Ranson said, is an extension of the community and what it values.
"We are a society that places a lot of emphasis on design," he said. "The color of our car, the shape of our car, the way food looks on the plate at a restaurant, the design of our clothes -- we design our costume every day."
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It is ironic that while the Congress vice-president has highlighted the issues of corruption and discretionary powers as the hurdles to good governance (Dec. 22), the Maharashtra Cabinet has rejected the report of the Adarsh Commission of Enquiry and the State Chief Minister has called it "a difficult and unhappy episode." It appears that the Congress is now intent on losing Maharashtra!
If the party wants to have another shot at power in 2014, it should cancel all benami transactions, sell these flats at market rates through a transparent and electronic tender, and use the money to ensure "affordable" housing to some among Mumbai's innumerable slum-dwellers. This will at least demonstrate that the Congress "will walk the talk."
A.D. Vasudorairaj,
The report indicting senior politicians in power and senior administrators shows that integrity and fair play will always be sidelined. It is a sad reflection especially on the bureaucracy that is not expected to yield to any political pressure, all the more when there is a disbursal of undue benefits. There has to be a greater cleansing of the system.
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Methods, media, and components are provided for presenting advertising content in an offline setting. In one embodiment, the method includes presenting on a user interface (UI) an advertisement in an electronic form that is associated with selectable options that are also presented on the UI. The selectable options lead to a presentation of supplemental advertising information that is related to the advertisement. The method also includes receiving user input via one the selectable options, and while not communicatively coupled to a source-delivery network, presenting supplemental advertising information that is related to the advertisement.
1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of presenting advertising content on a first presentation device that is not communicatively coupled to a source-delivery network that provides the advertising content at a time when consumers observe the advertising content, the method comprising:
periodically establishing a temporary link to the source-delivery network;
when the link is established, receiving the advertising content via the source-delivery network;
storing the advertising content, wherein advertisements are stored with predetermined associations to supplemental advertising information;
during a session with a user and while not communicatively coupled to the source-delivery network, presenting on a user interface of the first presentation device the advertisement in an electronic form that is associated with one or more selectable options that are also presented on the user interface, wherein the one or more selectable options, if selected, leads to a presentation of the supplemental advertising information that is associated with the advertisement;
receiving user input via one of the one or more selectable options of the first presentation device;
incident to receiving the user input, and while still not communicatively coupled to the source-delivery network, presenting the supplemental advertising information that is associated with the advertisement; and
from the first presentation device, communicating to a mobile device via a short-range wireless communication link session data associated with the session, wherein the session data is configured to be reloaded from the mobile device onto a second presentation device, wherein the second presentation device is enabled to continue the session.
2. The media of
3. The media of
a digital picture;
a digital picture that consumes a majority of the user interface;
a ticker-type presentation that consumes less than a majority of the user interface and that is simultaneously viewable with other advertisement content;
a digital depiction of a status of a real-world situation; wherein the real-world situation can include one or more of a weather situation, a news reporting, a business aspect including an asset-valuation depiction;
a digital depiction of a map;
a digital depiction of information related to a product or service;
a digital game; and
a digital coupon.
4. The media of
5. The media of
a digital-picture;
a digital picture that consumes a majority of the user interface;
a ticker-type presentation that consumes less than a majority of the user interface and that is simultaneously viewable with other advertisement content;
a digital depiction of a status of a real-world situation; wherein the real-world situation can include one or more of a weather situation, a news reporting, a business aspect including an asset-valuation depiction;
a digital depiction of a map;
a digital depiction of information related to a product or service;
a digital game; and
a digital depiction of a coupon.
6. The media of
determining selection data associated with the user input; and
storing the selection data in a memory of the presentation device.
7. The media of
data about a current advertisement that was being displayed when the user input was received; and
data about supplemental advertising that was presented.
8. The media of
9. The media of
10. The media of
logging a set of usage statistics that describe an extent to which the first presentation device has been used by various users;
communicatively coupling the first presentation device to a target destination; and
communicating the usage statistics to the target destination, wherein the usage statistics can be utilized by a party in connection with determining pricing associated with presenting advertisements.
Embodiments of the present invention are defined by the claims below, not this summary. Described herein is a device, method, and media that facilitates presenting advertising content to users in an interactive setting. Users can interact with the device when it is in an offline state. Being offline, it does not need to rely on persistent internet or other connections and is always ready to present information (advertising content, media content, etc.). By allowing interaction with users, the device can tailor what ads are presented based on the interactions (buttons selected, information sought, etc.). User interactions are tracked and periodically uploaded to a remote location (e.g., a server that can deliver more content, or interested vendors). Accordingly, embodiments of the instant invention have several practical applications in the technical arts, including (among other things) providing immediate access to advertising content irrespective of the location of the presentation device, tailoring advertisements and media content based on user interactions, enabling sharing of the advertisement content with nearby devices, and enabling remote gathering of interaction data, which can be used for a variety of purposes, such as providing a basis to deliver specific additional advertising data, and setting pricing information associated with presenting the advertising content.
Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawing figures, which form a part of this discourse, and are incorporated by reference herein, and wherein:
Illustrative aspects of the invention will be described in greater detail below. Listing some aspects should not be construed as an indication that other aspects do not exist. But a select listing is provided for illustrative purposes.
An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a presentation device that operates in a fixed location to present advertisement and other data in a self-contained format. That is, a presentation device does not present real time advertisement data from a remote site because it is not persistently connected to a communications network through which it would otherwise receive the content to present in real time. Rather, an aspect of the invention takes advantage of an interactive model of receiving feedback from users who interact with the device, whose feedback controls the presentation of various content, such as news, weather, sports, health, financial, and other information.
As can be seen in
Turning to
Turning now to
Presentation device 210 allows a viewer to select content categories of interest. As mentioned, illustrative content categories include news, weather, sports, stocks, music, and the like. The advertising content can be customized to different settings as well as to different demographic traits of users. For example, in a doctor's waiting room, presentation device 210 may initially present advertising content related to common sicknesses such as the cold, the flu, sore throats, and the like. As will be explained in greater detail below, content categories can be created, and advertising can be further customized based on things such as seasons. In such an embodiment, "cold" and "flu" might be potential categories to choose from in the winter months, whereas "sunburns" and "allergies" might be options that can be selected during the summer months.
Presentation device 210 is installed in locations where people generally spend at least some time waiting, such as in taxi cabs, buses, airplanes, doctors' offices, and the like. As will be clear from this disclosure, presentation device 210 can also become part of a viewer's daily lifestyle. A resident of a certain city, for example, no longer will need to turn on a television to listen to the morning news and obtain a weather report prior to departing. Given an embodiment of the present invention, that same user could receive the daily weather report during a cab ride to the office. Although at first blush this sounds as though it might be similar to receiving content directly from a connected mobile device such as a smart phone or PDA, advantages are offered by embodiments of the present invention because it is always ready to go and to present content to a user. There is no waiting for the device to start up or for content to download. Moreover, presentation device 210 can function in environments where connected devices cannot; namely, any environment that presents issues associated with wirelessly receiving content from a distant source would not pose problems to presentation device 210; such environments would pose problems with mobile devices that rely on presenting data in real time.
The data that is presented on presentation device 210 is also different than the type of media that is presented in real time via a connected device. To accommodate its offline working environment, presentation device 210 includes content that is preassociated with other content that is presentable to a user based on the user interacting with the device. For example, a remote database 212 includes advertising content 214 that can be communicated through a server 216 to presentation device 210 by way of, for example, a wireless link 218. At least one novel aspect of the way that data is presented on presentation device 210 is the way in which it is stored.
Data can be stored in device 210 with predetermined associations so that as a user clicks through various content screens, certain other impressions are presented in a deliberate fashion. Thus, advertisement information 214 can be preassociated with other advertisement content before being communicated to device 210, or the information can be associated subsequent to downloading. In one embodiment, the preassociation of advertising or other media content relates general content to progressively more detailed or specific content.
Communications link 218 is a wireless communications link in one embodiment, but is not a persistent link by which advertisement data can be presented in real time through presentation device 210. Rather, communications link 218 is periodically established to provide advertisement content to presentation device 210, which then presents the advertisement content in an offline environment on a display such as display 220. In some embodiments, communications link 218 is established on a periodic basis, such as nightly or weekly so that presentation device 210 can receive at least a portion of advertisement content 214.
As will be explained in greater detail below, indications of user interaction with presentation device 210 can be recorded. In one embodiment, indicia of user interaction may be stored in a file such as file 222, which is shown as being a file or other data structure that is stored locally in presentation device 210. In some embodiments, the contents or the complete data structure 222 is communicated to server 216 by way of communications link 218 at the same time that communications link 218 is established to deliver advertisement content 214 to presentation device 210.
Presentation device 210 does include the capability to operate in highly localized, or personal area network ("PAN") environments. Thus, presentation device 210 can establish a short-range wireless communications link 224 with a mobile device such as the mobile device illustratively shown and referenced by the numeral 226. Illustrative short-range wireless protocols include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Infrared. Thus, while presentation device 210 can wirelessly interact in real time with mobile devices such as smart phones, personal data assistants, email devices, and portable media players, it does not maintain or enjoy a persistent connection to a network such as the Internet that would give it access to remote content on demand.
In one embodiment, presentation device 210 takes the form of a mobile computing device with a small form factor.
Presentation device 300 typically includes a variety of computer-readable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable media may comprise Random Access Memory (RAM); Read Only Memory (ROM); Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM); flash memory or other memory technologies; CDROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical or holographic media; magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired information and be accessed by computing device 300.
Memory 312 includes computer-storage media in the form of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory. The memory may be removable, nonremovable, or a combination thereof. Exemplary hardware devices include solid-state memory (flash memory), hard drives, optical-disc drives, etc. Computing device 300 includes one or more processors that read data from various entities such as memory 312 or I/O components 320. Presentation component(s) 316 present data indications to a user or other device. Exemplary presentation components include a display, a touch screen, a speaker, a printing component, a vibrating component, etc. I/O ports 318 allow computing device 300 to be logically coupled to other devices including I/O components 320, some of which may be built in. Illustrative components include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, printer, wireless device, etc. Illustrative I/O ports include USB ports, IEEE 1394 ports, wireless-interfaces (infrared, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth-compatible transceivers), serial ports, parallel ports, and/or video ports, and the like.
Turning now to
Four illustrative selectable options are shown: news 414, weather 416, sports 418, stocks 420. In one embodiment, these selectable options take the form of buttons on a touch screen that a user can select by touching. In other embodiments, hardware buttons such as button 422 (the other three are not numbered) can be used to receive an indication of a selection from the user. In still other embodiments, hardware buttons facilitate the use of soft keys, such that the hardware button 422 is mapped to the corresponding button that is being presented on user interface 410. For example, button 422 would be associated with news 414. So as to not obscure the present invention, we will generally reference "controls" by a numeral, but do not mean to exclude the fact that the controls include software buttons, hardware buttons, or combinations of the same.
One of the purposes of presenting content on interface 410 is to draw the user's attention to the device. By presenting content of interest, the device 400 draws a user to interact with it. Thus, any type of media content can be initially presented by presentation device 400. In some embodiments, this initial presentation of content is visual (textual, pictorial, video, etc.), and in other embodiments it is also, or only, audio.
In some embodiments, data is audio only so that individuals with visual impairments can still interact with presentation device 400. In such an embodiment, hardware buttons such as button 422 can be used to receive additional information associated with content that was initially presented. In other embodiments, the buttons may be fixed as associated with certain categories. In still other embodiments, the buttons may not have predefined categories, but relate to media content that is presently being presented on presentation device 400.
In some embodiments, presentation device 400 operates in one of various modes, although the term "mode" is not the best term because there are not clear delineations between the three functional environments. But for purposes of explaining various aspects of the invention, we explain that presentation device 400 (which is meant to refer to any of the aforementioned presentation devices such as those referenced by numerals 110, 120, 210, as well as others that will be mentioned later) can present an advertiser ticker, a content ticker, a static display, and combinations thereof.
Note, when we refer to a "static" display, we do not mean to refer to a stagnant display. By "static" we mean to convey that an impression (video, picture, etc.) may persist on presentation device 400 for a time, as opposed to a component such as a ticker that may persistently scroll or be in motion. We do not mean to convey by the term "static" that the items presented are fixed. To the contrary, various static displays can be dynamically presented. Thus, the displays are not stagnant. For example, a first static display may depict representation of a weather map, the next static display may present a depiction of a digital coupon, another static display may present a video, another static display may present an audio rendering, etc.
Turning now to
In the embodiment shown, ticker 512 could be an advertisement ticker or a content ticker. Clearly, these tickers may be roses that are referred to by other names. A "content" ticker need not be limited to presenting only content. An "advertisement" ticker need be limited to presenting only advertisement data. A content ticker may display information relative to the content that is branded by an advertiser. When displaying weather content, for example, the ticker may contain an ad image for sunscreen along with an expected daily high temperature for the region. If a user presses any button below the ticker, they are taken to a video ad or presented with additional information related to the advertiser in one embodiment.
An advertisement ticker allows an advertiser to purchase an entire ticker for whatever ad information they choose to display. An example of this includes scrolling a vendor's logo etc., followed by information associated with the vendor, such as information indicating that a new shop is being opened. The advertiser has the option of enabling the buttons below the display in various ways. For example, the vendor may provide options to play a video ad, print a coupon, send more information, or to call the advertiser. Building on this example, assume that a user selects the "see more info" control 516.
Incident to a user selecting the "see more info" control 516, the presentation device presents additional information associated with the vendor at the time of selection, as seen in
User events are logged as they happen in one embodiment of the invention. Here, when the user selected the "see more info" control 610, that action was logged. In one embodiment, all user interaction with a presentation device is logged, and stored in a file such as data structure 222 (see
If presentation device 210 regularly logs several indications that users are interested in sports, then it will tend to present more sports-related content in one embodiment. If users tend to be selecting the news option more often, then more static images associated with news items will be presented in one embodiment. These are examples of presentation device 210 using all of, or a collective set of, user interactions to determine what type of content to present to users. In still other embodiments, specific content is much more related to selections that occur close in time to one another, or by some other means. Another means may include an express indication of a viewing session. For example, presentation device 210 could include a way to receive an indication that a certain user is using the device, as well as an indication that that user has stopped using the device, wherein it is prepared for a new user. In the former example, advertisements or media will be presented based on that specific user's session, but not necessarily carried over to another user-interaction session.
Returning now to
Turning now to
Now assume that a user is getting ready to leave the proximity of presentation device 700. In such a situation, the user may wish to receive additional information associated with a given vendor. This can be accomplished by acting on the "send more info" control 714, which presents a screen similar to the one shown in
Under certain conditions, the presentation device may facilitate contacting a vendor. Turning now to
Turning now to
In one embodiment, presentation device 210 is fully extensible, capable of running a conventional operating system including applications associated therewith, such as media-player applications and the like. Thus, a wide range of applications can be run on presentation device 210. For example, a ticketing application could be offered inside a taxi cab that would allow a user to purchase tickets for a venue while in transit. Still further, multiple-language support could allow a viewer to select content in a native language. Further still, infomercials may be designed specifically for presentation device 210 to take advantage of video hyperlinking (linking something to a video presentation). Further, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities would enable presentation device 210 to convey information to other presentation devices (not shown for clarity) in a peer-to-peer environment. Further still, for the purposes of completing a purchase, an credit-card reader 240 could allow the user to directly swipe/insert their card.
Turning now to
At a step 1112, user input is received that conveys interest in a presented advertisement. As previously mentioned, a user can provide input in a variety of ways. We previously described several, such as clicking via a touch screen one of the controls such as those referenced by numeral 412, selecting a hardware button such as 422, and also by providing an audible form of input, or input from a device such as mobile device 226 of
Many others types of input mechanisms and the like can be used in connection with different embodiments of the present invention. For example, a scale could be outfitted underneath a car or plane seat to determine a weight of a passenger. This information could then be used, alone or in connection with other information, in connection with the presentation device determining which ads from a set of ads to present. One illustrative way that this could used is to gather information of a relatively light weight, and presume that the passenger might be a child, and thus present appropriate advertising.
At a step 1114, the presentation device presents supplemental advertising information based on the advertisement and on the input. This, for example, could include presenting advertisement data 614 in response to receiving user input indicating that a user desires to see more information than that which was presented on another screen or a ticker.
At a step 1116, additional user input is received that relates to other advertisements. Thus a user may indicate other types of information of interest that are or are not related to the first advertisements. The additional user input can be inputted in the different ways mentioned, and could relate to areas different than the previously acted upon advertisements.
At a step 1118, still subsequent advertisements that are based on the totality of the user input received can be presented. Thus, even the static advertisements that are presented via the home screen can be presented based on a totality of user input received. In some embodiments, this can include the user input of a specific user during a specific session, and in other embodiments it can include user input received by a collective set of users from disparate sessions.
Turning now to
At a step 1212, presentation device 210 receives an indication that an option has been acted on. At a step 1214 selection data associated with acting on that option is stored in, for example, a memory component such as memory 312 for example.
At a step 1216, presentation device 210 presents preassociated additional information that is related to the advertisement. In one embodiment, this information is presented in response to acting on indication of options that were available to be acted on to cause the additional information to be displayed. The additional information that is stored may be of the same type as the original media information that was presented in step 1210.
At a step 1218, future advertisements are presented that are based on decisions of the selection data. In one embodiment, these future advertisements are advertisements that are associated with the advertiser originally presented. In other embodiments the future advertisements are associated with different vendors, but share some trait or quality that might make them of interest to a user based on the interactions that the user has had with presentation device 210.
At a step 1220, advertising-related information is communicated to a mobile device in one embodiment. As previously mentioned, there are a variety of types of information that can be communicated to a mobile device such as device 226 of
At a step 1222, usage data is communicated to a remote location, such as to server 216 or to vendors 232. In one embodiment, the usage data is data that describes interactions between the device and users. It can be usage statistics that indicate how often and what times the device is interacted with as well as indications of button presses and mappings to advertisements associated with those button presses. These usage statistics can then be utilized by a vendor in connection with determining pricing associated with making available the potential advertisements. The more that a user interacts with a device, the more it can be determined that consumers are seeing advertisements presented on the device, and thus the more valuable an advertisement package becomes.
Many different arrangements of the various components depicted, as well as components not shown, are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
For example, device 210 could provide directory functionality. For example, passengers cab 112 could search for a local restaurant based on cuisine, price, rating, etc. in a current location.
Further, device 210 could send information to another computer in cab 112. In this embodiment, a patron may find a desired restaurant, and wish to change destinations. Address information from the currently displayed ad could be sent to the cab's navigation system 114.
Further still, session information could be saved device 110 onto a mobile device (such as 226) and then reloaded a different device (such as 120 of
A video camera 242 could be incorporated into device 210 so that users could take a picture of themselves and send a digital postcard to friends and family members in some embodiments. The postcard could carry an advertiser message.
Advertisements could be provided via flash memory instead of wireless connection 218.
Embodiments of the present invention have been described with the intent to be illustrative rather than restrictive. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art that do not depart from its scope. A skilled artisan may develop alternative means of implementing the aforementioned improvements without departing from the scope of the present invention.
It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations and are contemplated within the scope of the claims. Not all steps listed in the various figures need be carried out in the specific order described.
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Tuesday 26 May 2015 (other days)
Saint Philip Neri, Priest
(Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time)
(Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time)
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
Lux iucúnda, lux insígnis,
qua de throno missus ignis
in Christi discípulos,
Corda replet, linguas ditat,
ad concórdes nos invítat
cordis, linguæ módulos.
Consolátor alme, veni,
linguas rege, corda leni:
nihil fellis aut venéni
sub tua præséntia.
Nova facti creatúra,
te laudámus mente pura,
grátiæ nunc, sed natúra
prius iræ fílii.
Tu qui dator es et donum,
nostri cordis omne bonum,
cor ad laudem redde pronum,
nostræ linguæ formans sonum
in tua præcónia.
Tu nos purges a peccátis,
auctor ipse pietátis,
et in Christo renovátis
da perféctæ novitátis
plena nobis gáudia. Amen.
When God of old came down from heaven,
In power and wrath he came.
Before his feet the clouds were riven,
Half darkness and half flame;
But when he came the second time,
He came in power and love.
Softer than gale at morning prime
Hovered his holy Dove.
The fires that rushed on Sinai down
In sudden torrents dread,
Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.
And when the Spirit of our God
Came down his flock to find,
A voice from heaven was heard abroad,
A rushing, mighty wind.
It fills the Church of God, it fills
The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.
Come Lord, come Wisdom, Love and Power,
Open our ears to hear.
Let us not miss the accepted hour!
Save, Lord, by love or fear.
"Consolatur nos Deus in omni tribulatione nostra" (2 Cor 1, 4).
Clamor meus, Dómine, ad te pervéniat; non abscóndas fáciem tuam a me.
2Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam,*
et clamor meus ad te véniat.
3Non abscóndas fáciem tuam a me;†
in quacúmque die tríbulor,*
inclína ad me aurem tuam.
In quacúmque die invocávero te,*
velóciter exáudi me.
4Quia defecérunt sicut fumus dies mei,*
et ossa mea sicut crémium aruérunt.
5Percússum est ut fenum et áruit cor meum,*
étenim oblítus sum comédere panem meum.
6A voce gémitus mei*
adhǽsit os meum carni meæ.
7Símilis factus sum pellicáno solitúdinis,*
factus sum sicut nyctícorax in ruínis.
et factus sum sicut passer solitárius in tecto.
9Tota die exprobrábant mihi inimíci mei,*
exardescéntes in me per me iurábant.
10Quia cínerem tamquam panem manducábam*
et potum meum cum fletu miscébam,
11a fácie iræ et increpatiónis tuæ,*
quia élevans allisísti me.
12Dies mei sicut umbra declinavérunt,*
et ego sicut fenum árui.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Clamor meus, Dómine, ad te pervéniat; non abscóndas fáciem tuam a me.
Let my cry come to you, Lord: do not hide your face from me.
Lord, listen to my prayer
and let my cry come to you.
Do not hide your face from me:
whenever I am troubled,
turn to me and hear me.
Whenever I call on you,
hurry to answer me.
For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones are dry as tinder.
My heart is cut down like grass, it is dry –
I cannot remember to eat.
The sound of my groaning
makes my bones stick to my flesh.
I am lonely as a pelican in the wilderness,
as an owl in the ruins,
as a sparrow alone on a rooftop:
I do not sleep.
All day long my enemies taunt me,
they burn with anger and use my name as a curse.
I make ashes my bread,
I mix tears with my drink,
because of your anger and reproach –
you, who raised me up, have dashed me to the ground.
My days fade away like a shadow:
I wither like grass.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Let my cry come to you, Lord: do not hide your face from me.
Réspice, Dómine, in oratiónem humílium.
13Tu autem, Dómine, in ætérnum pérmanes,*
et memoriále tuum in generatiónem et generatiónem.
14Tu exsúrgens miseréberis Sion,†
quia tempus miseréndi eius,*
quia venit tempus,
15quóniam placuérunt servis tuis lápides eius*
et púlveris eius miseréntur.
16Et timébunt gentes nomen tuum, Dómine,*
et omnes reges terræ glóriam tuam,
17quia ædificávit Dóminus Sion*
et appáruit in glória sua.
18Respéxit in oratiónem ínopum*
et non sprevit precem eórum.
19Scribántur hæc pro generatióne áltera,*
et pópulus, qui creábitur, laudábit Dóminum.
20Quia prospéxit de excélso sanctuário suo,*
Dóminus de cælo in terram aspéxit,
21ut audíret gémitus compeditórum,*
ut sólveret fílios mortis;
22ut annúntient in Sion nomen Dómini*
et laudem eius in Ierúsalem,
23cum congregáti fúerint pópuli in unum*
et regna, ut sérviant Dómino.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Réspice, Dómine, in oratiónem humílium.
Turn, Lord, to the prayers of the helpless.
But you, Lord, remain for ever
and your name lasts from generation to generation.
You will rise up and take pity on Zion,
for it is time that you pitied it,
indeed it is time:
for your servants love its very stones
and pity even its dust.
Then, Lord, the peoples will fear your name.
All the kings of the earth will fear your glory,
when the Lord has rebuilt Zion
and appeared there in his glory;
when he has listened to the prayer of the destitute
and not rejected their pleading.
These things shall be written for the next generation
and a people yet to be born shall praise the Lord:
because he has looked down from his high sanctuary,
– the Lord has looked down from heaven to earth –
and heard the groans of prisoners
and freed the children of death
so that they could proclaim the Lord's name in Zion
and sing his praises in Jerusalem,
where people and kingdoms gather together
to serve the Lord.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Turn, Lord, to the prayers of the helpless.
Tu, Dómine, terram fundásti et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
24Humiliávit in via virtútem meam,*
abbreviávit dies meos.
Dicam: «Deus meus,†
25ne áuferas me in dimídio diérum meórum;*
in generatiónem et generatiónem sunt anni tui.
26Inítio terram fundásti;*
et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
27Ipsi períbunt, tu autem pérmanes;†
et omnes sicut vestiméntum veteráscent,*
et sicut opertórium mutábis eos, et mutabúntur.
28Tu autem idem ipse es,*
et anni tui non defícient.
29Fílii servórum tuórum habitábunt,*
et semen eórum in conspéctu tuo firmábitur».
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Tu, Dómine, terram fundásti et ópera mánuum tuárum sunt cæli.
You founded the earth, Lord, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
He has brought down my strength in the midst of my journey;
he has shortened my days.
I will say, "My God, do not take me away
half way through the days of my life.
Your years last from generation to generation:
in the beginning you founded the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will pass away but you will remain;
all will grow old, like clothing,
and like a cloak you will change them, and they will be changed.
"But you are always the same,
your years will never run out.
The children of your servants shall live in peace,
their descendants will endure in your sight."
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
You founded the earth, Lord, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
℣. Atténdite, pópule meus, doctrínam meam.
℟. Inclináte aurem vestram in verba oris mei.
Listen, my people, to my teaching;
– open your ears to the words of my mouth.
1Apéruit Iob os suum et maledíxit diéi suo 2et locútus est:
3«Péreat dies, in qua natus sum,
et nox, in qua dictum est: "Concéptus est homo".
4Dies ille vertátur in ténebras;
non requírat eum Deus désuper,
et non illustrétur lúmine.
5Obscúrent eum ténebræ et umbra mortis;
óccupet eum calígo,
et involvátur amaritúdine.
6Noctem illam tenebrósus turbo possídeat;
non computétur in diébus anni
nec numerétur in ménsibus.
7Sit nox illa solitária nec laude digna;
8maledícant ei, qui maledícunt diéi,
qui paráti sunt suscitáre Levíathan.
9Obtenebréntur stellæ crepúsculi eius;
exspéctet lucem et non sit,
nec vídeat pálpebras auróræ,
10quia non conclúsit óstia ventris, qui portávit me,
nec ábstulit mala ab óculis meis.
11Quare non in vulva mórtuus sum?
Egréssus ex útero non statim périi?
12Quare excéptus génibus?
Cur lactátus ubéribus?
13Nunc enim dórmiens silérem
et somno meo requiéscerem
14cum régibus et consúlibus terræ,
qui ædíficant sibi solitúdines,
15aut cum princípibus, qui póssident aurum
et replent domos suas argénto.
16Aut sicut abortívum abscónditum non subsísterem,
vel qui concépti non vidérunt lucem.
17Ibi ímpii cessavérunt a tumúltu,
et ibi requievérunt fessi róbore.
18Et quondam vincti páriter sine moléstia
non audiérunt vocem exactóris.
19Parvus et magnus ibi sunt,
et servus liber a dómino suo.
20Quare mísero data est lux
et vita his, qui in amaritúdine ánimæ sunt?
21Qui exspéctant mortem, et non venit,
et effódiunt quæréntes illam magis quam thesáuros;
22gaudéntque veheménter
et lætántur sepúlcro.
23Viro, cuius abscóndita est via,
et circúmdedit eum Deus ténebris.
24Antequam cómedam, suspíro,
et quasi inundántes aquæ sic rugítus meus.
25Quia timor, quem timébam, evénit mihi,
et, quod verébar, áccidit.
26Non dissimulávi, non sílui, non quiévi,
et venit super me indignátio».
In the end it was Job who broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. This is what he said:
May the day perish when I was born,
and the night that told of a boy conceived.
May that day be darkness,
may God on high have no thought for it,
may no light shine on it.
May murk and deep shadow claim it for their own,
clouds hang over it,
eclipse swoop down on it.
Yes, let the dark lay hold of it,
to the days of the year let it not be joined,
into the reckoning of months not find its way.
May that night be dismal,
no shout of joy come near it.
Let them curse it who curse the day,
who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Dark be the stars of its morning,
let it wait in vain for light
and never see the opening eyes of dawn.
Since it would not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide sorrow from my eyes.
Why did I not die new-born,
not perish as I left the womb?
Why were there two knees to receive me,
two breasts for me to suck?
Had there not been, I should now be lying in peace,
wrapped in a restful slumber,
with the kings and high viziers of earth
who build themselves vast vaults,
or with princes who have gold and to spare
and houses crammed with silver.
Or put away like a still-born child that never came to be,
like unborn babes that never see the light.
Down there, bad men bustle no more,
there the weary rest.
Prisoners, all left in peace,
hear no more the shouts of the gaoler.
Down there, high and low are all one,
and the slave is free of his master.
Why give light to a man of grief?
Why give life to those bitter of heart,
who long for a death that never comes,
and hunt for it more than for a buried treasure?
They would be glad to see the grave-mound
and shout with joy if they reached the tomb.
Why make this gift of light to a man who does not see his way,
whom God baulks on every side?
My only food is sighs,
and my groans pour out like water.
Whatever I fear comes true,
whatever I dread befalls me.
For me, there is no calm, no peace;
my torments banish rest.
℟. Antequam cómedam suspíro et quasi inundántes aquæ sic rugítus meus. Quia timor quem timébam evénit mihi et quod verébar áccidit.* Et venit super me indignátio tua, Dómine.
℣. An non est auxílium mihi in me et virtus quoque remóta est a me?* Et venit.
My only food is sighs, and my groans pour out like water. Whatever I fear comes true, whatever I dread befalls me. Nothing but turmoil is my lot, O Lord.
Can any power be found within myself, has not all help deserted me? Nothing but turmoil is my lot, O Lord.
Gaudére nos Apóstolus prǽcipit, sed in Dómino, non in sǽculo. Quicúmque enim volúerit amícus esse huius mundi, sicut Scriptúra dicit, inimícus Dei reputábitur. Sicut autem non potest homo duóbus dóminis servíre, sic nemo potest gaudére et in sǽculo et in Dómino.
Vincat ergo gáudium in Dómino, donec finiátur gáudium in sǽculo. Gáudium in Dómino semper augeátur; gáudium in sǽculo semper minuátur, donec finiátur. Non ídeo ista dicúntur, quóniam, in hoc sǽculo cum sumus, gaudére non debémus: sed ut, étiam in hoc sǽculo constitúti, iam in Dómino gaudeámus.
Sed ait áliquis: In sǽculo sum; útique, si gáudeo, ibi gáudeo ubi sum. Quid enim? quia es in sǽculo, in Dómino non es? Audi eúndem Apóstolum ad Atheniénses loquéntem, et in Actibus Apostolórum dicéntem de Deo et de Dómino creatóre nostro: In illo vívimus et movémur et sumus. Qui enim ubíque est, ubi non est? Nonne ad hoc nos exhortabátur? Dóminus in próximo est, nihil sollíciti fuéritis.
Magnum est hoc, quod ascéndit super omnes cælos et próximus est eis qui versántur in terris. Quis est iste longínquus et próximus, nisi qui nobis misericórdia factus est próximus?
Totum enim genus humánum est homo ille, qui iacébat in via semivívus a latrónibus relíctus, quem contémpsit tránsiens sacérdos et levítes, et accéssit ad eum curándum eíque opitulándum tránsiens Samaritánus. Cum ergo longe a nobis esset immortális et iustus, tamquam a mortálibus et peccatóribus, descéndit ad nos, ut fíeret nobis próximus ille longínquus.
Non enim secúndum peccáta nostra fecit nobis. Fílii enim sumus. Unde hoc probámus? Mórtuus est pro nobis Unicus, ne remanéret unus. Nóluit esse unus, qui mórtuus est unus. Multos enim fílios Dei fecit únicus Fílius Dei. Emit sibi fratres sánguine suo, probávit reprobátus, redémit vénditus, honorávit iniuriátus, vivificávit occísus.
Ergo, fratres, gaudéte in Dómino, non in sǽculo: id est, gaudéte in veritáte, non in iniquitáte; gaudéte in spe æternitátis, non in flore vanitátis. Ita gaudéte: et ubicúmque et quamdiucúmque hic fuéritis, Dóminus in próximo est, nihil sollíciti fuéritis.
The Apostle commands us to rejoice, but in the Lord, not in the world. For, you see, as Scripture says, whoever wishes to be a friend of this world will be counted as God's enemy. Just as a man cannot serve two masters, so too no-one can rejoice both in the world and in the Lord.
Let joy in the Lord win and go on winning, until people take no more joy in the world. Let joy in the Lord always go on growing, and joy in the world always go on shrinking until it is reduced to nothing. I do not mean that we should not rejoice as long as we are in this world, but that even while we do find ourselves in this world, we should already be rejoicing in the Lord.
Someone may argue, "I am in the world; so obviously, if I rejoice, I rejoice where I am". What of it? Because you are in the world, does it mean that you are not in the Lord? Listen to the same Apostle in the Acts of the Apostles, speaking to the Athenians, and saying about God and about the Lord, our Creator, In him we live, and move, and are. Since he is everywhere, there is nowhere that he is not. Is it not precisely this that he is emphasising to encourage us? The Lord is very near; do not be anxious about anything.
This is something tremendous, that he ascended above all the heavens but is still very near to those who dwell on earth, wherever they may be. Who can this be that is both far away and close at hand, except the one who became our near neighbour out of mercy?
The whole of the human race, you see, is that man who was lying in the road, left there by robbers, half dead, who was ignored by the passing priest and Levite, while the passing Samaritan stopped by him to take care of him and help him; and when the Immortal, the Just, was far away from us mortals and sinners, he came down to us to become – that far distant being – our near neighbour.
He has not treated us according to our sins. For we are his children. How do we prove this? The only Son died for us so that he would not remain the only child. He did not want to be alone, who died alone. The only Son of God made many children for God. He bought himself brothers and sisters with his blood; rejected, he accepted us; sold, he bought us back; dishonoured, he honoured us; killed, he brought us life.
So then, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord, not in the world; that is, rejoice in faithfulness and not in iniquity; rejoice in the hope of eternity and not the brief flower of vanity. Rejoice thus, and wherever you are here, as long as you are here, the Lord is very near: do not be anxious about anything.
℟. Fratres, gaudéte, perfécti estóte, exhortámini, idem sápite, pacem habéte;* Et Deus dilectiónis et pacis erit vobíscum.
℣. Deus autem spei répleat vos omni gáudio et pace in credéndo.* Et Deus.
Rejoice, my brothers. Strive for perfection; listen to my appeals; agree with one another, and live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Deus, qui fidéles tibi servos sanctitátis glória sublimáre non desístis, concéde propítius, ut illo nos igne Spíritus Sanctus inflámmet, quo beáti Philíppi cor mirabíliter penetrávit. Per Dóminum.
Let us pray.
God our Father, you are continually raising to the glory of holiness
those who serve you faithfully.
In your love, hear our prayer:
let the Holy Spirit inflame us with that fire with which, in so admirable a way,
he took possession of Saint Philip's heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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Q: Right now, do
you rank the Mountain West over the Pac 10?
I'd call it dead-even.
I know BYU had to work way too hard to beat Washington, probably the No.
8 team in the Pac 10, but that seemed more like an aberration. USC is
better than anyone in the Mountain West, but after the Pac 10 lost yet
another big game against a non-BCS league, with Oregon losing to Boise
State, it's not like anyone else is stepping up to show much.
I think Cal is better than BYU, Utah and TCU, but in a head-to-head with
all three, the Bears would lose one of those games. What else is there
for the Pac 10 to hang its hat on? Yes, the 0-5 record against the
Mountain West matters, and so do games like Utah over Michigan and
Colorado State over a high-powered Houston.
Alright, so Wyoming, San Diego State, Colorado State and now, without QB
Donovan Porterie, the bottom half of the Mountain West isn't anything
special, UNLV's win over Arizona State and New Mexico's win over Arizona
were huge for the league.
However, the Pac 10 has had its moments. UCLA might look awful now, but
it did beat Tennessee. Cal's win over Michigan State was nice, Oregon
showed heart in the comeback over Purdue, and of course you have to
throw USC's win over Ohio State into the equation.
Eventually the Pac 10 should be better, but right now, that 0-5 Mountain
West matzo ball is hanging out there, and it won't go away.
While it's tempting to do so, especially after what happened two weeks
ago between the two leagues, I'm not quite ready to declare the Mountain
West the better conference. The Pac-10, for all of its problems this
month, still has more depth in terms of personnel and members. I realize
this theory is being tested in 2008, but I'll still take Washington over
San Diego State and a healthy Oregon over TCU. Oh, and don't
underestimate the power of Troy. It ought to count for something that
the Pac-10 houses the nation's top-rated team, right? The Mountain
West's superiority over the Pac-10 this fall has been a wee bit
overhyped, considering USC hasn't had a crack at BYU, Utah, or TCU. The
Mountain West and its members deserve all of the pub they've been
getting over the last couple of weeks for outplaying bigger schools and
overshooting expectations. If this was annual head-to-head tournament,
it would already be putting the hardware in Craig Thompson's trophy
case. One month, however, isn't enough of a sampling to give the league
the nod over the Pac-10. Although the gap between the two is a whole lot
closer than any of us could have imagined in August.
Yes. Not just because of the head-to-head wins (New Mexico over
Arizona, TCU over Stanford, BYU over UCLA, BYU over Washington, UNLV
over Arizona State), but because some of those head-to-heads
involved lower- or middle-division MWC teams beating middle- or
upper-division Pac-10 teams.
Sometimes, the low end of one conference proves to be superior to
the low end of another conference. But in the case of the Mountain
West and the Pac-10, some of this season's results (not all, but at
least some) indicate that the MWC's lower-tier clubs can beat
middle-tier teams from the Pac. That's alarming... and also the best
justification for ranking the Mountain West higher at this point in
Steve Silverman
Steve Silverman
At first, this seems like a question designed to get a
knee-jerk reaction like, "Of course the Mountain West is
better than the Pac-10. Look at what happened two weeks ago.
The Mountain West was 4-0 vs. the Pac-10. Brigham Young 59,
UCLA 0. Need I say more?"
Or perhaps
the Pac-10 people might say something like: "Yes, you had a
couple of good weeks in September. Come talk to me in
January when USC is playing for the national championship
and Oregon is playing on New Year's Day. Talk to me then."
instead of getting our noses out of joint, we will look at
the situation as objectively as possible. The Mountain West
has some good teams in Tulsa, UNLV and Utah and a
potentially great team in Brigham Young. In the Pac-10, Cal,
Arizona and Oregon should be competitive all season long.
Oregon has an excellent chance to play on New Year's Day.
And then there's USC. Pete Carroll's team is once again a
juggernaut. Mark Sanchez is a top quarterback and the
Trojans have a defense to be reckoned with. As the season
moves along, the Trojans will get better.
Even the
most ardent Mountain West rooter would have to give an
objective nod to USC. Say Brigham Young continues to roll
the rest of the year and managed to go undefeated. And the
SEC and Big 12 cooperated by having their best teams lose
once or twice. Would the Cougars really want any part of the
Trojans in the National Championship game? I think not.
I'm not
talking about what they would say publicly and how they
might bluster in front of the cameras and their fans. But
when the players and coaches are alone with their thoughts,
Brigham Young wants nothing to do with USC.
So in a
very round-about and long-winded way, the Mountain West is
simply not in the same class as the Pac-10. Put the best
from each conference on the field and it would be a route.


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Buford O'Neal Furrow Jr., who stormed a JCC in the Los Angeles suburb of Granada Hills a decade ago, has now apologized, and claims he's broken with his white supremacist past. In a letter responding to a request for an interview from the Los Angeles Daily News, Furrow, who is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole, wrote that he has thrown away his "racist books, literature, etc." At the time of the shootings, he insisted that the attack—in which he wounded five people, including three children, and killed a Filipino postal worker—was intended as "a wakeup call to America to kill Jews." Today, Furrow, an Olympia, Washington, native who had a long involvement with the Aryan Nation extremist group, claims "a life based on hate is no life at all." "I now publicly renounce all bias toward anyone based on race, creed, color, sexual orientation and am a much happier person," he wrote.
Which is nice for him, but maybe not enough for the victims. One refused to be interviewed by the paper, and the father of Josh Stepakoff, then a 6-year-old camper who was shot in the thigh and back, said he didn't think the apology was sincere. "This doesn't change what he did," Alan Stepakoff said. Relatives of the postal worker, Joseph Ileto, agreed, but were more magnanimous. "It still hurts that our brother and son was taken from us, and a letter won't make up for that," Ismael Ileto told the paper. But, he added, "It gives us some type of hope that people are able to rehabilitate themselves."
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The first thing we do when we wake up is to check our emails. The last we do before going to bed is to check our emails. In the middle of the night we check our emails. Yes, sleep checking is the 21st century's sleep walking. Funny how you don't remember responding to that particular call to action. Sorry, but it's too late now. T
I'm 59, the eldest of four siblings, but have no partner and no children. A sense of inadequacy grows: what can I leave my nephews and nieces, and their children? I don't mean memories; I mean, what that is tangible and lasting, that I can equitably share among them? It's like feeling a phantom limb, a shadowy disconnect with future generations that I so ache to put right.
Firstly, congratulations on making it this far, what with your little sister hurling a metal bin at your head when you mocked her dolls and your even littler brother spending most of his time crawling about at the bottom of stairs, meaning that you've tripped over him and smashed your head on the marble floor more often than advisable.
In the aftermath of the Second World War Tom had to return to his family after spending the duration in Polly's tiny rural village. Circumstances and parents didn't allow the young couple to meet for a year. It was their daily love letters on cheap lined paper torn from exercise books that kept their love alive.
In today's world everything is recorded. Every little thing is captured, monitored, kept and stored, but none of it is special, none of it is treasured and kept for a reason. So instead of traipsing through conversation and email histories to find those moments that matter just write a letter, and you will say more and it will mean more to the person that you are saying it to.
I put aside one Sunday every month to write letters to loved ones. Yup you read that right. I pick up a pen (usually a fountain pen or a very nice biro) and put said pen to paper and write full English sentences on said paper with the aforementioned pen. There isn't a piece of technology in sight. Well ok, when I Instagram what I'm doing to show off the fact that I still write letters to people.
In what has been labelled as a step to encourage those from poorer backgrounds to attempt to attain places at highly ranked universities; it seems to me that the Conservative Government are effectively saying congratulations for achieving something that has been made considerably easier for the wealthy.
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One thing is for sure - saying thank you is a nice thing to do. It makes you feel good, and makes the receiver feel valued. We may not subscribe to the hand written parchments of old, with ruler straight lines and wafty words of gratitude penned from inky quills, but we do still subscribe to basics of liking to give and liking to be thanked.
When I imagine my own kids one day going through my "box" of memories I realise that there is no box. Even my inbox they won't have access to. Emails have replaced letters, pictures on facebook have replaced photographs, iTunes downloads have replaced CDs which in turn have replaced tapes and records - and then there's the Kindle.