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A protected dual purpose power/enter switch for an integrated receiver/decoder has a first relay and a second relay adapted for operative communication with a motherboard and with each other. A switch and a processor are in operative communication with the first relay. When the device is off, said switch is configured to activate the first and second relay to power up the device, and when said device is on, the first relay connects the switch to the processor as an enter switch. The switch may power off said device by entering a power off menu item displayed by said processor.
1. A protected power switch for an integrated receiver/decoder comprising:
a first relay adapted for operative communication with a motherboard;
a second relay adapted for operative communication with a motherboard, and in operative communication with said first relay;
a switch in operative communication with said first relay;
a processor in operative communication with said first relay;
whereby, when a device is off, said switch is configured to activate said first and second relay to power up the device, and when said device is on, said first relay connects said switch to operatively communicate with said processor as an enter switch.
2. The protected power switch of
3. The protected power switch of
4. A dual purpose power/entry switch for a device such as an integrated receiver/decoder comprising;
a first relay having a first position connecting a switch to a second relay and having a second position connecting said switch to a processor, said first relay being in said first position when said device is off and being in said second position when said device is on;
said second relay being adapted to operatively communicate with a motherboard and being in operative communication with said switch such that when said first relay is in said first position, pressing said switch signals a power up for said device through said second relay; and
said processor being configured to receive signals from said switch as collections of indicated menu items controlled by said processor when said first relay is in said second position.
5. The dual purpose power/entry switch of
6. The dual purpose power/entry switch of
7. A method of controlling power to an integrated receiver/decoder comprising:
completing a circuit with a push button to power up;
opening said circuit with a transistor controlled by a processor to continue operation of said device, said processor being in operative communication with said push button and with said transistor;
entering with said push button a menu item displayed by said processor to power down.
8. An apparatus for power control of a device having a motherboard configured to power up on momentary closure of a circuit and to operate with said circuit open and to power down upon closure of said circuit, comprising;
a button in operative communication with said circuit such that operating said button when said device is off closes said circuit;
a processor in operative communication with said button such that when said button is operated when said device is off, said processor activates a transistor to open said circuit at a preconfigured time;
said processor being further configured to present a plurality of menu choices to a user, said menu choices being selectable by a connection established between said button and said processor when said device is on; and
one of said menu choices being a power down choice, said power down choice being selectable by operation of said button and said processor being configured to deactivate said transistor to close said circuit when said power down choice is selected.
9. The apparatus of
10. The apparatus of
11. The apparatus of
12. The apparatus of
13. The apparatus of the preceding claim wherein said operative communication between said button and said processor and said circuit is via a single relay.
14. The apparatus of the preceding claim wherein said button is a two pole button.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is in the field of receivers and decoders for broadcast transmissions of data such as audiovisual data.
2. Related Art
Hardware for the receipt of data transmissions such as audio and video increasingly receive the data in higher volumes and at faster speeds. This is particularly true of broadcast transmissions of audio and video data such as that transmitted according to MPEG protocols, and by streaming audio and video. Accordingly, the consequences of any inadvertent power shut down and resulting interruption of service becomes increasingly burdensome. The detrimental effect of such an interruption in services multiplies when the receiver/decoder equipment in question serves multiple end users, as for example, an integrated receiver decoder operated by a cable television service with many subscribers. Locating power switches on the rear of the hardware unit to prevent accidental shut down is cumbersome and inconvenient. There is a need in the field of high volume data transmission and processing hardware for a protected power switch that helps prevent mistaken shut downs.
Additionally, it is advantageous to conserve space on an operator interface panel for such hardware. Accordingly, it is desirable to construct buttons that may be used for dual purposes.
It is in light of the stated problems and needs that the present invention was developed. The present invention is a dual purpose, power protected switch for data receiving and processing hardware such as an integrated receiver decoder for receipt of broadcast digital data transmission.
In one embodiment, the apparatus of the invention is comprised of a switch, two relays, and a microprocessor all of which are adapted to interact with a motherboard for any device, particularly an integrated receiver decoder for digital data transmission. When the device is off, a first relay maintains a connection between the switch and a second relay and keeps the switch disconnected from the processor. Thus, when the device is off, pressing the button or switch directly activates the second relay, which is a power relay, to turn on the device, or more particularly the motherboard within the device.
When the device is powered up, its microprocesor engages the relay, which may be considered to be a first or control relay, energizing it in order to change the connection of the switch. Upon power up, the switch is disconnected from the second, power relay and connected to the microprocessor. The first relay will maintain this status for the switch for so long as the device is on.
When connected with the microprocessor, the signal sent by pushing the switch or the button will be received by the processor as an enter or selection signal. The microprocessor controls a LCD or other display for operator interface. The microprocessor is further connected with the motherboard or other computational components of the device such that menu items selected are forwarded to the motherboard of the device for execution.
One of the menu items that may be selected by pushing the button or switch is a power down or "off" selection. Power down is then executed by software control.
Further features and advantages of the present invention, as well as the structure and operation of various embodiments of the present invention, are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like components,
A first relay 10 serves as a control relay. A second relay 20 serves as a power relay. Solid state components may be substituted for the relays described herein without departing from the scope of the present invention. Those of skill in the art will recognize that the functionality of solid state components is adequately represented in a clear graphical depiction by the relays shown in the figures.
A microprocessor 30 is programmed with firmware configured to operate a user interface, which may include any display, such as the LCD 34 depicted. Microprocessor 30 also has a direct connection to motherboard 40 through circuit 36.
In the depicted embodiment, the device is an integrated receiver-decoder for satellite broadcast of digitized data such as audio and video. However, the invention is applicable to any device containing a motherboard provided that the motherboard powers on and powers off according to a standard technique herein described. The motherboard type to which the present invention is adapted powers on from off, and also off from on, by a momentary but not continuous closure of its circuit across terminals 41 and 42. For a variety of reasons, motherboards maintain the power terminals with an open circuit when the PCs for which they are primarily designed are either off or on. They change the power status when the circuit is momentarily closed. The normally preconfigured "momentary" time is typically about 2 seconds. Holding the ordinary PC power button in maintains a closure for longer than the allotted time, and causes the motherboard to power down again and turn the device off. This time is typically four seconds or longer.
In many PCs, and in possible alternative embodiments of the present invention, the 'power up' terminals of the motherboard are maintained in an open state when the device is off. In the hereinafter depicted embodiments of the invention, the circuit is maintained in a closed state. In the depicted embodiment, in its inactive state, terminals 41 and 42 of motherboard 40 connect through the inactive closed circuit which proceeds through terminals 17 and 16 of relay 10 and terminals 27 and 26 of relay 20.
Operation of button or switch 4 includes both depressing it and releasing it. When the operator releases switch 4, terminal 26 returns to its closed position with terminal 27, again completing the circuit across motherboard terminals 41 and 42. To allow for further operation, the circuit must be opened a second time, before the defined time period passes. Accordingly, the firmware in processor 30, upon proper operating voltages having been established, signals the transistor 38 to activate, which energizes relay 10 and opens the circuit to terminals 41 and 42. Thereby, the preconfigured motherboard power up sequence is executed in full, and this is sufficient to turn on the device being controlled.
At this point, energized control relay 10 switches the connection of terminal 13 from contact with terminal 12 to contact with terminal 14. Terminal 14 is directly wired to processor 30 through entry terminal 31. Thus, push button or switch 4 is put in line with processor 30.
During operation, microprocessor 30 is programmed to control a user interface panel and a menu of control options displayable to the user, as for example on LCD 34 in the depicted embodiment. A button, mouse, or other known operator interface device may be used by an operator to navigate a series of screens and a series of menus at least some of which have multiple menu items for selection, and all of which are controlled by processor 30. When a menu selection is indicated, again according to known software control and other means, button 4 is pressed to select or enter the indicated menu item. Through the connection of button 4 with microprocessor 30 that is maintained by first relay 10, the microprocessor 30 will receive the enter signal selecting the menu item indicated, and microprocessor 30 will forward that instruction to the motherboard 40 via circuit 36 for execution.
Energizing first, control relay 10 also turns terminal 16 from its connection with terminal 17 to a connection with open terminal 15. Accordingly, first relay 10 is disconnected from a power on or power off circuit while it maintains the selection entry circuit between switch 4 and microprocessor 30.
According to the method of the present invention, shut down is a multi step task. Creating a multi step task prevents accidental shut down by inadvertently pressing button 4. The multi step shut down of the present invention requires navigating to a menu that includes a menu item for powering down. When microprocessor 30 displays this menu item on display 34, button 4 is used in its capacity as an enter button to select the power down. According to the software method depicted below, microprocessor 30 signals from terminal 32 that transistor 38 should be deactivated and signal through its connection at terminal 11 that relay 10 be deactivated and returned to its inactive configuration. Terminal 16 reconnects with terminal 17 closing and maintaining a closed circuit between motherboard terminals 41 and 42, prompting shut down after the allotted time, 4 seconds, has passed. Terminal 13 returns to its connection with terminal 12, and through it returns to its connection with the power up relay 20. In alternative embodiments considered to be within the scope of the present invention, mother board software may control transistor 38, or software or processor firmware may otherwise control relay 10 to open and close its circuit.
Software control of energizing or powering on a device, module, relay or other hardware associated with a motherboard are known to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, software control of the procedure at power on for energizing relay 10 is not shown.
Thereafter, in the "on" state, the button simply connects with the processor 130 as a simple enter button, until shut down is selected. The repeated openings of pole 106 while the unit is on are irrelevant because the circuit is open between terminals 116 and 117 anyway.
In view of the foregoing, it will be seen that the several advantages of the invention are achieved and attained.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
As various modifications could be made in the constructions and methods herein described and illustrated without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative rather than limiting. Thus, the breadth and scope of the present invention should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with the following claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
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The junior forward scored a game-high 29 points and had two 3-pointers in the state-ranked Class 3A Panthers' 50-14 win over 2A Odem. Cribb is a big reason Aransas Pass has won five straight games and is ranked fourth by the Texas Girls Coaches Association and 15th by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Here's a little info behind the person with all the stats:
Q: If you could only eat one thing everyday for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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A: Loud
Q: To get pumped up before a big game you listen to ...
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Q: Who is the person who inspires you the most?
A: My Grandma
Q: If you were given the opportunity to meet one famous person (dead or alive) it would be ...
A: Skylar Diggins
Q: Would you rather be rich and ugly or pretty and poor?
A: Neither
Q: My favorite sports memory has been ...
A: When I played at the AT&T Center for an AAU Championship
Q: After high school I want to....
A: Play college basketball and study Pre-med
Q: One thing people don't know about me is ...
A: That i have asthma
Q: If I could invite any three people dead or alive to dinner, I'd invite...
A: Martin Luther King Jr., Candace Parker, John F. Kennedy
Q: My favorite sports teams to root for are...
A: North Carolina, Duke, UNLV and Notre Dame
Q: Which cartoon super hero would you be if you could be one and why?
A: Wonder Woman
Q: If you could change one physical thing about you what would you change?
A: More tone
Q: Are you superstitious and if so, what is one of your superstitions?
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HoopsHype Arron Afflalo rumors
Alex Kennedy: Remember, Arron Afflalo was being mentioned as a piece that Denver wanted to acquire to improve their Kevin Love offer. This could be big. Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA
Adrian Wojnarowski: Orlando has agreed to send Arron Afflalo to Denver for Evan Fournier and 56th pick in 2014 Draft, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
The Clippers' discussions about making a run at James or Anthony have been internal thus far; however, sources said the team has engaged in trade discussions this spring with the Orlando Magic regarding shooting guard Arron Afflalo. Those conversations were initially rebuffed by the Magic, who didn't like the package of assets the Clippers could offer, sources said. However, there was some sense the clubs could revisit those talks later if they morphed into a three-team discussion. ESPN.com
The Clippers' discussions about making a run at James or Anthony have been internal thus far; however, sources said the team has engaged in trade discussions this spring with the Orlando Magic regarding shooting guard Arron Afflalo. Those conversations were initially rebuffed by the Magic, who didn't like the package of assets the Clippers could offer, sources said. However, there was some sense the clubs could revisit those talks later if they morphed into a three-team discussion. The Clippers have coveted former UCLA star Afflalo for several years, coming close to trading for him last summer before the deal -- which included Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler -- was shut down by owner Donald Sterling, sources said. Sterling has since been banned for life from the NBA for racist comments. ESPN.com
Of the offers they've received, a source says the Cavs aren't enamored by either the Sixers' offer (Thaddeus Young and the No. 3 pick) nor the Jazz's offer (Derrick Favors and the No. 5 pick). However, the Cavs do have some interest in the Magic's offer of Arron Afflalo, the No. 4 pick and the No. 12 pick. ESPN.com
Sources say there really is not much that's off limits in talks and that Orlando is willing to listen to overtures on their own picks in trade down scenarios too. The Chicago Bulls have been linked most prominently to a deal with Orlando involving shooting guard Arron Afflalo, although sources say that's not likely happening on draft night, but it's still very much in play. Basketball Insiders
The dark horse to obtain Afflalo still remains the Charlotte Hornets, who have long coveted him and are willing to give up the ninth pick and a roster player to do it. Basketball Insiders
The Magic have also been trying to both move up and get another lottery pick. They've offered Nos. 4 and 12 and Afflalo to the Cavs and Bucks, but so far, no takers. They've also used Afflalo as bait to get a pick from the Kings at No. 8 and the Nuggets at 11, but so far, no deal. ESPN.com
Even before the chase of Carmelo Anthony begins, the Bulls are actively seeking ways to bolster their offense and could move into the upper part of the draft in search of more shooting. Chicago has had multiple talks with Orlando, both about the No. 12 pick and shooting guard Arron Afflalo, and with Denver about No. 11, but a source told Sporting News that the Bulls have also engaged with the Kings in a potential deal for the No. 8 pick. Sporting News
Joe Kotoch: The Orlando Magic also have expressed interest in Cleveland's pick but Cavs holding out for 4 & 12 as they don't feel Afflalo is enough. Twitter @Probballdraft
Saturday's news that the Bulls have engaged the Magic in trade talks for veteran swingman Arron Afflalo did little to change their goal of aggressively trying to overhaul the roster. League sources said targeting Afflalo, who averaged a career-high 18.2 points on 45.9 percent shooting last season, serves two purposes. It signals to primary target Carmelo Anthony the win-now mentality the Bulls must have with Joakim Noah turning 30 next February and Derrick Rose coming off back-to-back knee surgeries. Chicago Tribune
Chicago is open to moving one of its first-round picks, and a league source confirmed the club has had conversations with Orlando about a trade for Arron Afflalo. It would take a major shakeup -- amnestying or trading Carlos Boozer and trading Taj Gibson -- but the Bulls are well-positioned to make room for a much bigger catch: Knicks free agent Carmelo Anthony. CBSSports.com
The Chicago Bulls are pursuing a trade for Orlando Magic swingman Arron Afflalo, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Yahoo! Sports
The Bulls have shown a strong interest in moving one of their top picks in a deal and have been open to trading the 19th overall pick for a future first-round selection, league sources said. The Bulls are trying to be careful to preserve salary cap space for July free agency and are leery of two rookie-scale first-round picks on the roster, sources said. Yahoo! Sports
The Bulls have had preliminary trade discussions with the Orlando Magic regarding swingman Arron Afflalo, a league source confirmed. Yahoo Sports first reported the talks. Chicago Tribune
Magic executives like what Afflalo brings to the team, and a league source told the Orlando Sentinel that Afflalo and his agent have not asked for a trade, but it may make sense for the Magic to trade Afflalo sooner rather than later. Orlando Sentinel
(Afflalo) wouldn't mind being moved to a playoff team. The clock is ticking loudly on his career as he'll turn 29 in October. The Magic can select a point guard at No. 4 this month, perhaps a signal that Victor Oladipo would move to Arron's position full-time. Afflalo could be in play at the June 26 draft. Chicago, Charlotte, Phoenix and Oklahoma City could use two-guards and have multiple first-round picks. Orlando Sentinel
The buzz around the soon-to-be-resurrected Hornets is that a dependable small forward will surely be their top target in free agency ... and MJ will again have money to spend, if he can find a willing taker. Or Charlotte could certainly opt for trades to fill its nagging holes at both small forward and backup point guard if it fears the usual chilly summer chasing players on the open market. The rumbles have already begun that two players Clifford is said to regard with real fondness after working with them in Orlando as an assistant -- swingman Arron Afflalo and backup point guard Jameer Nelson -- will be among the Bobcats' trade targets. ESPN.com
Arron Afflalo, 28, is due to earn $7.5 million next season and has a player option for 2015-16, also valued at $7.5 million. ESPN.com
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Virtual Superpowers Encourage Real-World Altruism
January 31, 2013
Researchers at Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Laboratory gave test subjects Superman-like flight in a virtual reality simulator. Afterward, the participants were more likely to engage in altruistic behavior. The finding could help design video games that subliminally encourage people to be more helpful in real life.
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APCLC seeks steps by managements to implement safety measures
HYDERABAD: The city unit of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) on Tuesday demanded that the government order a high level inquiry committee to look into recent fire accidents at the Hyderabad Waste Management Project at Dundigal and at S.V.Organics, Jeedimetla.
On the accident at the project managed by Ramky Enviro, a fact-finding committee of the APCLC said the fire broke out in a shed where chemicals were kept and it took the Fire Department around 48 hours to douse the same.
Action against the management and free medical check-up and treatment facilities for local residents apart, the committee wanted initiatives to contain the pollution.
The incident at Jeedimetla which involved a reactor and led to the death of two workers was blamed on neglect of government and the management.
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Among others, the fact-finding by the committee cited lack of safety measures, employment of untrained workers at lower wages and corruption on part of various departments.
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we haz been having some nice weather the last couple of days. that means moms opens the windows and the sliding door. i love to lay by that and feel the breeze and watch all the birds and squirrels and such. i wish it could be like this all year round. i dont miss living outside. my life wasnt so great then but i do likes it when we can bring some of the outside inside. even if i do get a little snuffly it is worth it. hope all are having good weather where ever they are at.
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I never missed out side living either sweetie it was so great to be inside where it is safe . but s little out side to the inside is good.
Congratulations on your diary honor.
You are a very lucky kitty to have your forever home and now get to live inside, it is so much safer and getting to be by open windows and sit in front of screen doors it great...I love sticking my nose up in the air to smell all of those wonderful smells from outside, watch the birdies and buggies....
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"Incident" by Amiri Baraka read by Rachel Eliza Griffiths]]>
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Viewing of artwork being published in Lux Volume II
Prints of artwork featured in Lux & copies of LUX will be available for purchase.
Cost: Free and open to the public. Snacks provided. Beer & wine available.
LUMINA, established in 2000, is the annual print publication of the SLC graduate writing program. The journal operates independently of the graduate faculty, and is produced and edited by a staff of graduate students. LUX: II is the multimedia counterpart to LUMINA: XIV, which will be released in Spring 2015.
Lighting the Shadow will be available for purchase at http://fourwaybooks.com/; more information will be posted closer to the book release date.
Praise for Lighting the Shadow:
""I shine you with my leather rag of syllables. It's all I am," Rachel Eliza Griffiths tells the shadows, herself and us in these striking new poems. She addresses the silence and silenced: "the rows of women who will be opened & burned like letters" and the letters themselves comprising the language of loss, love and transformation. Lighting The Shadow is by turns surreal and heart achingly real– it is, at every turn, a book of spellbinding radiance." – Terrance Hayes
"These poems are searing and ecstatic, peering into all manner of experience and peeling back layer after unexpected layer. They get to the quick, but first they run their eyes across the world's many splendid and pain-strewn surfaces. Griffiths deciphers "the deep slurs of silence," "the astonishing promise of oblivion," and "light like a relic on a master's shelf." Then, at the turn of a page, she conjures lines as plain-faced and unabashed as: "Why are you still not afraid of me?" and "I wish I were like Johnny Cash / & thought my heart was mine." Lighting the Shadow is rare and revelatory." – Tracy K. Smith
"Lighting the Shadow is a unique embodiment of the unseen space between language and spirit. In bristling eloquence, Griffiths has written about history as the embodiment of personal loss, about the soul's traveled landscape in the inner breath of what constitutes gender and humanity. The imagery in these poems rips through to the reader with a freshness that comes only from a poet who knows the terrain of the subconscious, the place where speech and gesture, word and act, water and stone form the invisible reality. The figure of the mystic in the body of mythos, these poems are astonishing and tangible as Johnny Cash's black suit. This is the brand of a sincerity in suffering that has made of itself the deepest compassion. Lighting the Shadow is as much about the truer definition of art as it is about the subjects that live inside it. Bravo." – Afaa Michael Weaver
Dubbed "a conversation in poems," each poet in the project wrote an original poem in response to the preceding poem, with just one parameter: writers must be respectful of the poets who precede them. The sequence's two threads begin with the same poem, which is a response to translations of two fragments from Sappho.
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Poet/performer/librettist Douglas Kearney's first full-length collection of poems, Fear, Some, was published in 2006 by Red Hen Press. His second, The Black Automaton (Fence Books, 2009), was Catherine Wagner's selection for the National Poetry Series. It was also a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award in 2010. His third collection is Patter (Red Hen Press, 2014). He has received a Whiting Writers' Award, a Coat Hanger award, and fellowships at Idyllwild and Cave Canem. Raised in Altadena, CA, he lives with his family in California's Santa Clarita Valley. He teaches at CalArts.
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs works with words, sound, video and bodies. She has been published in Ploughshares, Jubilat, Fence, LA Review, Palabra, and Black Renaissance Noir among others. Her performance work has been featured at The Kitchen, Exit Art, Recess Activities Inc, The Whitney and MoMa. As a curator and artistic director, she has staged events at El Museo del Barrio, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Brecht Forum, Symphony Space, Dixon Place, and BAM Café. She is the recipient of several awards; of them include Cave Canem, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Laundromat Project, and Millay Colony. She along with Greg Tate, are the editors of yoYO/SO4 Magazine. Her poetry collection, TwERK, was recently published by Belladonna.
Andrea Scarpino received an MFA in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in numerous journals, including The Cincinnati Review, Connecticut Review, Los Angeles Review, PANK, and Prairie Schooner. Her first full length collection is Once, Then (Red Hen Press, 2014). She is the author of the chapbook The Grove Behind (Finishing Line Press, 2009), is a faculty member with Union Institute and University's Cohort Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and is a weekly contributor for the blog Planet of the Blind. She lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet and a photographer. She is the author of three collections of poetry, including Miracle Arrhythmia (Willow Books), The Requited Distance (Sheep Meadow Press), and Mule & Pear (New Issues Poetry & Prose), which was selected for the Inaugural Poetry Award by the BCALA in 2012. A Cave Canem Fellow and the recipient of numerous fellowships, Griffiths's literary and visual work has been widely published. Currently, she teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn.]]>
Featured Poet: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
I'm pleased to share that my labor of love & imagination, P.O.P (Poets on Poetry), has found a wonderful home within the Academy of American Poets! Thank you Academy of American Poets!
Check out the introductory essay here: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poets-poetry-virtual-village-discovery-and-poetics
More soon! Such gratitude in finding the best home for this visual and literary project!
***I would like to thank the Academy of American Poets, especially Jen Benka, Mary Gannon, and Jeff Simpson. Their eyes listened first. I would also like to thank Gerald Stern, Anne Marie Macari, and the spirit of Muriel Rukeyser. I would also like to thank Joseph A. W. Quintela, my gifted assistant, who braved the noise with me. And, finally, a persisting gratitude to every poet who made the effort to meet me under the bridge.


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29th January 2013
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Comment: The power of online activism & social media in the fight for LGBT equality 12
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24th January 2013
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Ke$ha: I want to kiss Obama for supporting gay rights which are an issue 'close to my heart'
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22nd January 2013
US: Petition calls on White House to include LGBT questions in school survey 1
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21st January 2013
Obama: 'Our journey is not complete until gay people are given equal rights' 25
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16th January 2013
US: Pro-gay pastor to give blessing at President Obama's inauguration 2
5:50 PM — The pro-gay pastor of the Episcopal parish closest to the White House will give the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration next week.
Chuck Hagel supports equal benefits for same-sex military couples
12:37 AM — The all but appointed defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, has said that he supports equal benefits for same-sex military couples in a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer who questioned his previous stance on LGBT rights, before she would endorse him for the post.
15th January 2013
US Radio Host compares homosexuality to Sandy Hook shooting and alcoholism 18
6:29 PM — The host of a Christian information radio station, and the president of an anti-gay organisation in the US, likened homosexuality to alcoholism before comparing homosexual "behaviour" to that of the shooter in the Sandy Hook shooting.
11th January 2013
Survey: Big drop in Americans who say being gay is a sin 17
10:33 AM — Americans who believe being gay is a sin are now a minority, according to new research, which links the trend to President Obama's decision to support equal marriage.
10th January 2013
US: Gay former ambassador forgives Chuck Hagel for anti-gay remarks 2
6:21 PM — Former US ambassador James Hormel has forgiven Chuck Hagel for previously describing him as "aggressively gay" and is now supporting his defence secretary nomination.
US: Anti-gay pastor pulls out of Obama inauguration 10
5:21 PM — Reverend Louie Giglio, who had been announced as the pastor to give the benediction at President Obama's second inauguration, has now pulled out of the ceremony, after criticism of his previous anti-gay comments.
9th January 2013
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6:42 PM — President Barack Obama has chosen an openly gay Cuban American poet, whose work focusses on his homosexual awakening, to deliver a poem at his inauguration this month.


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MANILA, Philippines — Sir Cliff Richard OBE, with over 250 million records sold worldwide and a ceaseless performance schedule spanning 54 years of his career, is set to return to Manila with his greatest hits-packed concert tour, Cliff Richard: Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' – Live in Manila on February 28 at the Araneta Coliseum.
Celebrating his 54th anniversary in the music business this year, Cliff Richard is indisputably Britain's all-time greatest hit-maker – the ultimate pop star. No other UK band or solo artist is even close to equaling his 123 single hits.
As the sixties got underway Richard was dominating the airwaves with such indelible hits as Constantly, Living Doll, Please Don't Tease, Bachelor Boy, Lucky Lips, When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart, Don't Talk To Him, Do You Want To Dance, On The Beach, I Could Easily Fall, The Day I Met Marie, The Minute You're Gone, All My Love and Congratulations, his constant presence in our lives bolstered by smash box office films The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Wonderful Life.
In the seventies he continued as a primary chart force with hits such as Devil Woman, We Don't Talk Anymore and Carrie then into the eighties with Ocean Deep, Dreamin', Wired For Sound, Daddy's Home, Living Doll (with the Young Ones TV cast) and Some People.
There reaches a point where the recounting of the man's achievements is too towering a task to attempt.
So let it be said that the singer born Harry Rodger Webb in Lucknow, India on Oct. 14, 1940:
* recorded Britain's first real rock'n'roll record (Move It) and has gone on to lodge more than 130 other releases in the UK charts,
* that he holds with Elvis Presley the honour of having made the UK singles chart in every one of its first six decades,
* that he is the biggest selling singles artist in the UK ever, spent 21 years in the British charts,
* that he has notched up almost two score British number one hits,
* that he has been included on the new century listing of the 100 Greatest Britons,
* that he conceived and starred in the stage musical Heathcliff (written by Sir Tim Rice and Australian John Farrar) which played to audiences of more than half a million, that he has had eight top forty America hits, including the million-selling Devil Woman and We Don't Talk Anymore, and
* that he has been in the Australian Top 10 on 25 occasions.
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UK: Britain's foreign EU residents disenfranchised in Brexit vote
Iraq: IS seize Iraqi border crossing with Syria
Palestine: Israeli forces open fire on fishermen, farmers in Gaza
US judge acquits white officer of killing black couple
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Three people were killed & 15 injured when terrorists targeted convoy carrying President Hussain's son.
Israeli troops detained 4 minors from a boys' school in village of Farun near Tulkarem.
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Israeli settlers in Hebron blocked entrance to Hashem Azzeh's house & attacked his family with large rocks.
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VELLORE: The State government has introduced Activity-Based Learning (ABL) and Active Learning Methodology (ALM) in Standards I to V in elementary schools for improving the quality of education in government schools gradually and bringing them on a par with Central Board of Secondary Education schools in places such as Chennai, Minister for School Education Thangam Thennarasu has said.
He was inaugurating the 'Support The Advancement of Rural Students' (STAR) project at a function got up under the auspices of the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development & Research Studies on the VIT campus here on Thursday.
Under the project, the VIT University would provide free admission, free hostel accommodation and free boarding to 14 students, a boy and a girl each who stood first in Plus-Two public examinations among the candidates in rural government schools in the districts of Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Kancheepuram from 2008-09.
Mr. Thennarasu said that in the last two-and-a-half years, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government had taken steps to ensure that there was one elementary school for every one km, one middle school for every three km, one high school for every five km and one higher secondary school for every seven km.
To make more higher education opportunities available for the students within the State, the government had succeeded in persuading the Centre to start an Indian Institute of Management and a Central university in Tamil Nadu.
Despite the quantitative expansion of school education, the government was concerned about the lack of equality between the quality of education available for the urban rich students and for the rural poor students.
"Changes in the syllabus have to be introduced gradually from standard I," he said, adding that the government proposed to introduce reforms in the syllabus on the basis of the National Curriculum Framework 2005.
Congratulating VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan on having introduced the STARS scheme aimed at providing opportunities to pursue quality higher education to the rural students, Mr. Thennarasu appealed to him to extend the scheme to all districts in the State. (Responding immediately to the appeal, Mr. Viswanathan announced that the university would extend the scheme to all the districts from 2009-10).
Mr. Thennarasu thanked Mr. Viswanathan and said that the chancellor was truly following the dictum of his mentor, former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai . He lauded the VIT for not only providing quality education but also involving itself in social causes by helping in the economic development of the neighbouring villages and undertaking confidence-building activities among the youth. He lauded the efforts at encouraging budding entrepreneurs through the VIT Technology Business Incubator.
Mr. Viswanathan, who presided, suggested that the Plus-Two system should be shifted from the schools to the colleges, through the Junior College concept as prevailing in the neighbouring States in order to give a higher education status to the Plus-Two and improve the quality of its syllabus.
Under the present dispensation, the Plus Two course was not given the importance that the two-year Intermediate and the one-year Pre-University Course enjoyed in the olden days.
Though they have good buildings, many government schools did not have quality laboratories for the Plus-Two students. The existing Plus-Two did not prepare the students for the university education to follow after that.
Mr. Viswanathan said that STARS was born out of VIT's desire to provide to the rural students the same higher education opportunities available to the urban students. While Tamil Nadu was in the forefront in the enrolment of children of school-going age, with 92 per cent of the children below the age of 14 being enrolled in schools, only 46 per cent of those in the 14-18 age group went to school.
Out of the five lakh students who wrote Plus Two examinations, only 50 per cent passed, and of them, only one-third went to colleges. "All the Plus Two-passed candidates desirous of pursuing higher education should be assured seats in colleges," he said.
Mr. Viswanathan called upon the teachers to maintain discipline among themselves so that they remained as good role models to the students.
Regretting that teachers' associations had turned into trade unions resorting to road blockades, he said lack of discipline was not democracy. One could reach great heights only through discipline.
M. Kutralingam, Secretary, Department of School Education, said that the government provided laptops to 1,110 students from all districts who got the highest marks in the SSLC this year. C. Rajendran, Collector of Vellore, called upon the teachers and the students to work hard to improve the results in the school final examinations.
Vellore district stood 25th in the percentage of passes in Plus Two among the various districts, he said.
Sekar Viswanathan, Pro-Chancellor, stressed the importance of English medium education in schools to prepare the students for higher education, especially in engineering colleges, where the technical books were in English. G.V. Selvam, Pro-Chancellor, and Thazhuthavakuzhandhai of Villupuram district and Bhuvaneswari of Dharmapuri district, both STARS beneficiaries spoke. Chidambaram, dean. Student Affairs, VIT welcomed the gathering.
The Minister later felicitated the students who got the first 50 places among the candidates from Tamil Nadu and the first 50 places among the candidates from other States in the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination-2008.
Thamizhmaran, Project Officer, STARS, explained the project details. Muthuveeran, project coordinator, proposed a vote of thanks.


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The main team have been travelling from Oblast to Oblast all over Ukraine to promote boxing ever since the Olympics so they haven't had much time to train. Doesn't sound like they'll fight for at least another month. In the LW division Ukraine literally has five 1st rate boxers or Kazakhstan with their 4 HW's which kind of sucks because alot of them won't get to fight very much.
I'm suprised Khytrov is listed on their team. After his getting robbed at the Olympics he was never mentioned with all the WSB talk and i assumed he didn't want any part of AIBA run boxing. To make things worse in week 1 Ukraine's MW Mytrofanov got robbed
Khytrov looks to have very good one punch power though and got alot of stoppages even with headgear on so hopefully he'll be KPTFO and the judges won't be an issue.
We could get the Lomachenko vs Selimov rubbermatch finally or them against Nevin or Taylor with Vasyl and Taylor being 2 Olympic Gold medallists. Usyk fighting at SHW against giants like Medzhidov, Hrgovic, Dychko. There's some awesome fights that will take place this season.
How do you think Usyk's chin will hold up against the bigger guys? I think Beterbiev's power really shook Usyk in the fights they've had...
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Per the Rangers Twitter feed, Derek Dorsett will be out tonight with a lingering wrist issue. Taylor Pyatt will return to the lineup in Dorsett's place. Also, AV noted an unspecified defenseman is banged up and the defensemen will be a game time decision. We can speculate all we want, but we know it isn't John Moore that is banged up, since AV confirmed he will return tonight. If the unspecified defenseman is good to go, then I assume Justin Falk, who barely played in the third period last game, will be the healthy scratch.
Yup.. I believe its Falk. Didn't see Pouliot on any practice lines either.