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A portable media playing device incorporating a database-driven menu structure that comprises a display mechanism, navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, an action database, including an action record with an action description, wherein the action database is customizable in accordance with a field of the navigation record. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
1. A method of operating a portable device, comprising:
populating on a portable device a database-driven navigation menu with navigation descriptions of navigation records stored in a navigation database on said portable device;
obtaining on said portable device a navigation selection of one of the navigation descriptions, where said navigation selection is input into said portable device;
determining on said portable device that the navigation selection is associated with a media file;
constructing on said portable device a database-driven action menu with action descriptions of action records stored in an action database on said portable device, where each action record is customizable by downloading data based on a user selection to said portable device from an external computing device;
accepting on said portable device an action selection of one of the action descriptions; and
initiating on said portable device an action associated with the action selection.
2. The method of
downloading an action script, including action data, from a remote source; and
storing the action data in an action record in the action database.
3. The method of
deciding whether to display an action description for an action record of the action records by comparing an action field of the action record to a requisite value.
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11. A portable device, comprising:
a processor;
a display mechanism;
a navigation database containing navigation records, where each navigation record has a navigation description;
a customizable action database containing action records, where each action record has an action description and an associated action, and where each action record is customizable by downloading data based on user selection to said portable device from a external computing device;
a display driver that displays on the display mechanism a database-driven menu combining the navigation descriptions and the action descriptions;
an input mechanism that is used to select a navigation description of the navigation records and an action description of the action records, wherein the processor initiates an action when the action description is selected.
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23. A portable device, comprising:
a processor;
a display;
a navigation database containing navigation records having a plurality of navigation fields;
an action database containing action records having a plurality of customizable action fields, where each action field is customizable by downloading additional action records based on user selection to said portable device from an external computing device;
a display driver that displays on the display in a database-driven menu structure navigation descriptions associated with the navigation records and action descriptions associated with the action records;
a four-direction input mechanism for selecting the navigation descriptions and the action descriptions;
an interface through which the additional action records are received from the external computing device and the action database updated; and
a digital synchronization system (DSS) that initiates an action when an action description is selected.
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28. A portable device, comprising:
a navigation database containing a navigation record with a plurality of navigation fields, wherein a field of the plurality of navigation fields comprises a navigation description;
a customizable action database containing an action record, with an action field having an action description, that is associated with the navigation record, where each action field is customizable by downloading data based on user selection to said portable device from an external computing device;
a display driver to display a portion of a database-driven menu structure, where the database-driven menu structure includes the navigation description, and to display the action description in a dynamic action menu after the navigation description is selected when the action record includes a field with a requisite value;
an input mechanism for traversing the database-driven menu structure to the navigation description and for selecting the navigation description, and for traversing the dynamic action menu to the action description and for selecting the action description;
an extra action request (EAR) database containing at least one EAR record with a plurality of EAR fields, wherein an action identifier field of the plurality of EAR fields comprises an action identifier and an action data field of the plurality of EAR fields comprises data necessary to execute an action identified by the action identifier, and wherein the EAR record contains a user initiated action request to download data to the portable device from an external computing device;
a digital synchronization system (DSS) that updates the EAR database with a new EAR record when the action description is selected, wherein the action identifier field is associated with the action description and the action data field includes data from the navigation record; and
an interface through which action data is received from the external computing device, wherein the customizable action database is customized with the action data, and through which the external computing device has access to the EAR record.
29. A method of operating a portable device, comprising:
populating on a portable device a database-driven navigation menu with navigation descriptions of navigation records stored in a navigation database on said portable device;
obtaining on said portable device a navigation selection of one of the navigation descriptions;
determining on said portable device that the navigation selection is associated with a media file;
constructing on said portable device a database-driven action menu with action descriptions of action records stored in an action database on said portable device, where each action record is customizable;
accepting on said portable device an action selection of one of the action descriptions;
storing an extra action request (EAR) record in an EAR database on the portable device based on the action selection, where the EAR record contains a user initiated request to download an additional action record to the portable device from an external computing device;
downloading the additional action record from the external computing device when the portable device establishes communication with the external computing device; and
storing the additional action record in the action database.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for operating a portable multimedia device. More particularly, the invention is directed to an apparatus and method for providing a customizable database-driven menu on a portable media device, such as a portable MP3 player.
2. Description of Related Art
Portable consumer electronics devices (portable devices), such as cell phones, were initially created with the goal of providing as many options as possible in a menu structure without including too much overhead, such as executable programs or complex operating systems (OSs). A portable device, as used herein, is a device that can be conveniently carried and used by a human. These menu structures are generally installed once, at the time of manufacture. For example, portable MP3 players such as the IPOD™ and the NOMAD JUKEBOX 3™ have menu options such as "delete" and "add to playlist" hard-coded into the device's firmware. While these devices maintain a database of audio files, the database is typically only used to view song information. In the case of the IPOD™, the database is also used to view contact or calendar information, which can be modified via a personal computer (PC) only. Also, current portable MP3 players do not allow functions to be initiated on the portable device that will later be executed on the PC or some other remote computer. For example, the user of a portable device is unable to select a remotely stored audio file for future download by a synchronizing computer. A remote source is a source of a file or data that must be accessed via an external port, such as a wireless or wireline port.
To make up for the inflexibility of simple non-customizable menu structures, some mobile devices, such as personal data assistants (PDAs), include more complex portable OSs such as the PALM™ OS, the WINDOWS™ CE OS, or the LINUX™ OS. These portable OSs typically have complex menu structures that mirror those of full PC non-portable OSs, such as the various WINDOWS™ desktop OSs.
In addition, while being flexible, these portable OSs require input mechanisms such as keyboards and/or styluses with handwriting recognition. No modern PDA allows interactivity with only a simple input mechanism, such as keys or a four position joystick. Such OSs also require full graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that have relatively large display areas and high resolution requirements.
The complexity of such OSs also demands additional resources, such as memory and processor power. Furthermore, the complexity and size of input and output mechanisms and their portable OSs makes modem PDAs expensive, heavy, cumbersome, and unsuitable for certain uses, such as use while exercising.
Such OSs have an additional drawback; their OS architectures require that applications be developed using tools similar to those used for PC applications. Developing these applications is a complex process that requires a great deal of skill. Moreover, these applications are typically free-standing or independent such that a database in one application is not easily accessible by another application. Furthermore, updates to the basic menu application structure or GUI typically involve either reinstalling or updating the OS.
In light of the above, there is a need for a menu structure for a portable media device that is simple to operate and customize.
The present invention provides a database-driven portable device menu support system comprising a database-driven menu tree or hierarchical menu structure, an action menu, a dynamic synchronization system (DSS), and an extra action request (EAR) subsystem, to implement an expandable and customizable menu system. In this invention, the menu tree is defined by database files, the action menu provides extra descriptions or actions for a currently selected menu item, and the DSS and EAR subsystem provide two-way communication between a portable device and a computer. The database-driven menu structure is less complex than a GUI of a full-fledged OS, thereby being simpler to operate and customize.
In a preferred embodiment, a portable media player incorporates a database-driven menu structure. The portable device includes a navigation database and a display driver that displays a navigation menu with navigation descriptions of navigation records in the navigation database. The portable device also includes an input mechanism used to select a navigation description that is associated with a media file. Then, the display driver displays an action menu with action descriptions of action records in an action database, where the action descriptions are associated with the media file. The input mechanism is used to select an action description, which initiates an action associated with the action selection. As an alternative, the navigation description is associated with an item other than a media file, such as a playlist.
In another preferred embodiment, when the navigation description is selected, the action menu structure generated from the action database is dynamic. In this embodiment, when the action menu is generated, some action descriptions are displayed only if a field of the associated action record has a requisite value. This requisite value may be determined from a field of the navigation record associated with the selected navigation description. Alternatively, the action menu structure is dynamically generated based on the menu tree traverse history such that certain action menus are brought up only when the menu is traversed along a certain path.
In yet another preferred embodiment, the invention is a portable media device synchronization system, including a portable media player and a computer with which the portable media player be synchronized. The computer is preferably coupled to a network (either directly or indirectly (through a dial-up connection to example). In this embodiment, the action database is customizable. The computer is coupled to the portable media player through an interface. Action data on the computer is used to update the action database of the portable media player. The action data may be obtained from a script written by the user or downloaded from the Internet or from some other location. Alternatively, the portable media player has a wireless interface and may obtain action data from a wireless-accessible network and update the action database accordingly.
In still another preferred embodiment, an extra action request (EAR) database contains EAR records that preferably have multiple fields with one EAR field having an action identifier. An EAR record is generated and stored in the EAR database when an action description is selected. When the portable device is synchronized with the computer, the computer has access to the EAR database. In this way, the computer acquires the action identifier and performs an action in accordance with the action identifier. The EAR record will preferably also include data from the navigation database that is necessary for executing the action. The EAR record can also include menu position information, such as which item is selected from which menu since the DSS has full access to the menu tree traversal history.
The benefit of the customizable action database is that it facilitates the inexpensive production of additional menu scripts that are easily implemented on a portable device. Also, since the menu structure is database-driven, storing the data does not require much space or processing and updating the menu structure does not require reinstalling or updating the OS. This makes the invention ideal for implementation on a portable device. In addition, whereas a customizable action database may still have static action menus that are associated with a navigation description, the use of dynamic action menus reduces redundancy in the database because the action menu items may be selected "on the fly" for any selected navigation description.
A benefit of using an EAR database is that actions can be identified immediately at the synchronization layer when a portable device and computer are synchronized. The information is available from the EAR database itself, so an executable program need not be transferred from the portable device to the computer or vice versa.
Another benefit of using the customizable database is that it provides expedited querying from the user's perspective. As compared with the prior art, because the EAR file is populated with detailed information from the position on the menu where the action was initiated, a query that sends a significant amount of information to a server can be initiated with just a few clicks of a four-position joystick as compared to entering information using the prior art stylus or full keyboard, as would be the case with a typical Web interaction.
For a better understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
A portable device 120 that has a database-driven menu structure will have a database. The database includes a plurality of records where each record is associated with a menu item in the menu structure. Since the menu structure must normally be displayed to a user of the portable device, one of the fields of each record is typically a description field. A display driver displays the contents of the description field as a menu item. Other fields in the record may contain additional, conveniently accessible data.
The portable device 120 is preferably a media player, such as an MP3 player. The portable device 120 preferably comprises a digital synchronization system (DSS) 101, a display driver 102, a display mechanism 104, an input mechanism 106, a media file database 108, a navigation database 110, an action database 112, an extra action request (EAR) database 114, an interface mechanism 116, and an (optional) wireless interface mechanism 118. It should be noted that the databases 108, 110, and 112 may be implemented in one or more databases, and are only illustrated in
The DSS 101 preferably includes a processor. One function of the DSS 101 is to run a database-driven menu structure system. A database-driven menu structure is a menu structure wherein each menu item is a field of a record in a database and wherein a display driver 102 displays the menu item in accordance with a pre-defined menu structure. The menu structure is hierarchical such that a user may "drill down" to a leaf node (the lowest level) of the menu structure or back up towards the root (the highest level) of the menu structure. A hierarchically higher node is referred to as a "parent" and a hierarchically lower node beneath the parent is referred to as a "child." A database-driven menu is one "level" of a database-driven menu structure, where each menu item is typically the child of a common parent. Additional menu items that do not have common parents are possible, such as a "power off" menu item selection, which might have neither a child nor a parent. A database-driven menu may be referred to as a displayed database-driven menu structure. When there are many menu items associated with a given level of the menu structure, the menu structure may be larger than can be displayed on a display device. Accordingly, an optional "scrolling" function is desirable for use in conjunction with the menu.
The display driver 102 drives the display mechanism 104, which is preferably a monochrome or color display. A user of the portable device 120 provides input through the input mechanism 106, which is preferably a four-point joystick or a touchpad. In addition, the portable device 120 preferably stores a plurality of media files, or a list of media files, in a media file database 108. Media files preferably contain media content (as opposed to pure text) such as audio or video content. In a preferred embodiment, the media files are in a compressed format, such as MPEG or MP3.
The navigation database 110 contains navigation records having navigation fields. A navigation record is a record that has a navigation description field and one or more other fields that are associated with the navigation description field. Each navigation record corresponds to a navigation menu item that is displayed by the display driver 102. In other words, the navigation description is a menu item that is associated with a navigation menu. A navigation description field of each navigation record includes a navigation description. The navigation description is the text or icon that is the navigation menu item as displayed. The navigation record includes other navigation fields that are associated with the navigation menu item, as well.
The action database 112 contains action records with action fields. An action record is a record that has an action description field and one or more other fields that are associated with the action description field. An action description field includes an action description that is the action menu item as displayed by the display driver 102. In other words, the action description is a menu item that is associated with an action menu. The action menu contains action menu items. The action record includes other action fields that are associated with the action menu item, such as an action identifier field. Further details of the action records are described below in relation to
The EAR database 114 contains EAR records with EAR fields. One or more action data fields in the EAR database comprise data necessary to execute an action. An action identifier field includes an action identifier. Further details of the EAR records are described below in relation to
The interface mechanism 116 enables coupling the portable device 120 to the computer 140. In one embodiment, the interface mechanism 116 is a universal serial bus (USB) port. The (optional) wireless interface 118 enables coupling the portable device 120 to the computer 140 via a wireless network 130.
The computer 140 preferably comprises a portable device interface 142, a CPU 144, a network interface 146, a user interface 148, memory 168, and a bus 166 that connects the aforesaid components. The memory 168 further preferably comprises a browser 150, an operating system 152, a synchronization manager 154, application programs 156, a media file database 158, a navigation database 160, an action database 162, and an EAR database 164. It should be noted that the databases 158–162 are optional. In an embodiment these databases are used to facilitate synchronizing with the portable device 120. Accordingly, after synchronizing with the portable device 120, the databases 158–162 contain the same data as the databases 108–112 on the portable device 120.
The portable interface 142 enables coupling the computer 140 to the portable device 120. In one embodiment, the portable interface 142 is a USB port. The network interface 146 enables coupling the computer 140 to the network 130. The user interface 148 preferably includes one or more input devices, such as a mouse or keyboard, and one or more output devices, such as a monitor. The synchronization manager 154, which may include an XML database, provides functions including caching content, setting of configuration and preferences at the computer 140, signing up for subscriptions and such through, for example, the browser 150, as well as inbox database management of the portable device 120 at the computer 140. Inbox database management may include procedures for conflict resolution, prioritization, overwriting old content, etc. When the portable device 120 is coupled to the computer 140 to perform synchronization, the synchronization is preferably automatic and transparent. During synchronization, the synchronization manager 154 accesses the databases 108–114 of the portable device 120 through the portable interface 142 and interface mechanism 116. In an alternative embodiment, the synchronization manager 154 accesses the databases 108–114 through the network interface 146, the network 130, and the wireless interface 118.
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If the selection is not a leaf node (208-No) and if the selection is not a power off selection (210-No), then the DSS 101 (
If the selection is not a leaf node (208-No), but is a power off selection (210-No), the portable device 120 (
When a leaf node is selected (208-Yes), the DSS 101 (
In a preferred embodiment, the display driver 102 (
The display driver 102 (
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If the action description is for an action that requires additional user input (220-yes), the DSS 101 (
For example, with reference to
The DSS 101 (
If the action description is for an action that does not require additional user input (220-No) and that action is cancel (228-yes), then the DSS 101 (
If the action description is for an action that does not require additional user input (220-No) and that action is not canceled (228-No), then the DSS 101 (
After an action has been acted upon, at step 232, the DSS 101 (
If the DSS 101 (
For action requests that are to be acted upon later, an EAR record is stored in the EAR database 114 (
An exemplary EAR data structure 700 is illustrated in
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A trigger (not illustrated) may also be associated with an action record. The trigger can be activated by scanning databases for specific field values. When activated, the action record is displayed in an action menu for a selected navigation description. For example, if an artist field of the navigation record associated with a selected navigation description has the value "Santana," then an action item "get Santana's latest album" would be triggered and included in the action menu. The portable device 120 (
The second word 504 comprises a reserved entry, a dspTmplt entry, and an itemNum entry. The dspTmplt entry is the designation of the display template used to display the action menu. For example, a value of 0000 indicates a simple text list display template and a value of 0001 indicates a composite text and icon list display template. The itemNum entry is the number of items in the action menu.
The word groups 506 (0) to 506 (N) are headerOfItemX entries, where "X" is a whole number designation from 0 to N. Each word group comprises six words that are arranged as illustrated in
The first and second pair of words 516 and 518 are pointers. The first pair of words 516 is a pointer to action display data and the second pair of words 518 is a pointer to data supporting an action. The display data is illustrated in
The first word 522 comprises a display data type and dataLength. In an exemplary embodiment, a value of 00 indicates a display data type of pure text, a value of 01 indicates a display data type of graphical, and a value of 10 indicates a display data type of composite (i.e., both text and graphical). The dataLength entry is the length of the display data in 16-bit words.
The additional words 524 comprise a data array. The data array includes display data for the action menu.
Note that in an alternative embodiment, the action menu does not have a data format 500 per se. Rather, each action record has a data format 510 and the action menu is generated "on the fly" when a navigation description is selected.
In a preferred embodiment, the action database 112 (
One of the application programs 156 (
In another alternative embodiment, the synchronization manager 154 (
After or during synchronization, the computer 140 (
During synchronization, the synchronization manager 154 (
In an alternative embodiment, the EAR entry is an EAR record stored in the EAR database 114 (
At the synchronization layer, or on the portable device 120 (
It should be appreciated that the above described Examples may be used in combination with one another. For example, Examples 2 and 6, when combined, might yield an alternative method for browsing for subsequent downloads. Namely, a particular media file is associated with its particular database segment and presents browsing that segment as an action menu entry. For example, when highlighting a media file that belongs to the "alternative country" genre of music_co.com the action menu could present an entry "browse alt. Ctry. mp3" which would send the user to that segment of that particular database, and once there, the user could employ the action menu to specify any relevant media files for download.
It should also be appreciated that an action script need not be downloaded if the action menu associated with the script is already available. For example, in a preferred embodiment, "get this file" is pre-installed on the portable device as an action menu description. Accordingly, steps 1–6 of Example 6, above, are not necessary in a preferred embodiment.
It should further be appreciated, that although an off-line synchronization embodiment is described above, a real-time connection (e.g., wireless) embodiment may also be employed. The primary difference between the two is found in the caching of information on the portable device 120, including the caching of EAR files 118, and the role of the computer 140, is not necessarily required if connected in real-time.
The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention are presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obviously many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. For example, any of the aforementioned embodiments or methods, may be combined with one another. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best use the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Furthermore, the order of steps in the method are not necessarily intended to occur in the sequence laid out. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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The lower league sides saw off Everton and Liverpool respectively (both on penalties) to progress to the fourth round draw this Saturday. Joining them will be Newcastle who saw off Chelsea in a thriller, West Bromwich Albion who came from a goal down to beat Manchester City, and Manchester United who saw off the brave challenge from Scunthorpe.
Aston Villa, Wigan, Birmingham, Stoke, West Ham and Wolves also remain of the Premier League sides. Then, of course, there is Arsenal who saw off bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby to make it to the next round.
It is not certain why Arsene Wenger put out such a strong side on Tuesday evening. Perhaps it was to reclaim the bragging rights from Tottenham after last season's Premier League defeat, or maybe its because Wenger is finally taking the Carling Cup as a serious trophy to aim for, or maybe its because he has a stronger squad than usual to pick from?
A mix of all three could well be the answer.
In season's past, Wenger has picked a squad predominately based on youth, but not this time.
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is the regular number two, with EPL, FA Cup, European and International experience. The back four of Emmanuel Eboue, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou and Kieran Gibbs was the strongest and most experienced available. In midfield, Wenger opted for Tomas Rosicky, Samir Nasri, Denilson and Jack Wilshere, all including Wilshere are first-teamers. Up front Wenger opted for Carlos Vela and Henri Lansbury. Out of the whole starting XI only Lansbury would be in any way considered a youth player - and at that, he has played for the Arsenal first team on many occasions and has spent many a month on loan.
Even when things were tense at 1-1, instead of looking at the youth of Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on the bench, Wenger opted to bring on Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh and Gael Clichy. Make no doubt, Wenger wanted to win and that he did.
Perhaps this year, all those seasons of playing the youth teams will pay off in the Carling Cup. Gibbs, Wilshere, Ramsey, Lansbury, Vela et al. have all learned their trade in this competition in previous seasons to such an extent they could be considered veterans of the cup. If Wenger can continue to mix the available experience with these younger players, Arsenal could well be strolling out in Wembley on final day.
Of course a lot depends on the draw, Stoke and Manchester United would like to be avoided. But with Nicklas Bendtner, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Thomas Vermaelen, Aaron Ramsey and Cesc Fabregas all to come back from injury, Wenger has a stronger squad than in previous seasons to call upon.
There will be of course a balance to be struck as Arsenal challenge on four fronts (once the FA Cup starts) but with some big names making their exit, Arsenal will have to fancy their chances of bringing home a prize this season.
Even if Wenger resorts to playing more younger players in the next round, who will fancy playing a team comprising of Gibbs, Wilshere, Vela et al? I dare say, not too many at all.


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By ELAINE DONG
Another British brand arrives to bring newness and excitement to their customers.
TUCKED away in a corner in Pavilion KL is British brand Reiss, brainchild of David Reiss.
Reiss (pronounced "reece") started as a menswear company in 1975, with the women's range launched 25 years later in 2000.
From running a small gentleman's outfitters store tucked away in a corner at Bishopgate, London, in the early 1970s, Reiss has taken the legacy left by his father and turned the brand into a high street staple in his home country.
And, of course, what is considered high street a few continents away usually becomes semi-high-end when it reaches our shores, thanks to our relatively weaker currency. The price for both men's and women's lines start from RM200 for basic tops and shirts.
Dresses range from a few hundred ringgit to over a thousand. A quick browse through the store puts Reiss roughly in the same league as Karen Millen, BCBG and DKNY, in terms of design and pricing.
Like all brand owners proud of their heritage, Reiss claims there are no direct competitors to his brand. He simply thinks of everyone as a competitor.
"The retail and fashion industry is a challenging environment, with customers constantly demanding more," says Reiss.
Reiss offers the customer a total look, whether for work, weekend or special occasions. A team of 20 designs the clothes, and Reiss has the final word on all collections.
Although Reiss is first and foremost a retailer, (the brand was named Fashion Retailer of the Year in 2003 at the British Style Awards), he emphasises that one cannot be a good retailer without being a good designer as "product is paramount ... most of the time should be spent on (the design) of the product."
Reiss's look for the women's range is predominantly feminine, with flirty dresses, flattering blouses and form-fitting skirts. For Spring/ Summer 2008, black and white dominate, with washes of pink and canary yellow.
The accessories range is quite extensive, offering bags, clutches, shoes and small leather goods. Prices start from RM59.
Their men's range offers shirts, suits and t-shirts with sportswear and utility influences. Pants are relaxed and casual.
"Our goal is to give our customers beautifully designed clothes, a contemporary and refined collection at affordable luxury prices," says Reiss.
"Customers now know the trends months ahead of the clothes hitting the stores, thanks to media like the World Wide Web and fashion magazines. They have much more fashion knowledge. Retail has to be reactive to that change. That's how we stay relevant and continue to capture our audience."
Last year has been the year of the great entry – the entry of all brands, that is – to our shores. There were brands that we had been wishing for, brands that no one had ever heard of, and brands that might have passed its heyday, but they were all coming.
This might just be the year of reckoning, the year when all the brands compete for the customers' ringgit. At the end of 2008, we may see who manages to break even, or even make a profit and retain their plum positions in the malls.
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The costs were identified by collecting service use and other data from 309 women who had left an abusive male partner within the previous three years. From B.C., Ontario and New Brunswick, the women were interviewed every year for five years.
To determine how much of the costs were due to violence, the researchers compared the women's use of services to that by women of a similar age in the general population. To arrive at the number of women in Canada impacted by intimate partner violence, the study used raw Statistics Canada data. The 2006 Census confirmed there were 10.3 million women in Canada aged 19-65. About one in ten 1.3 million women were legally separated or divorced, and not living with a partner.
The researchers then cross-referenced these statistics against findings from the 1993 "Violence Against Women Survey" (VAWS), the largest population-based survey focused on violence in Canada. The VAWS data show that 50.7 per cent of women reported physical assault from a former partner, 22.8 per cent in the three years preceding interview. The team then applied these percentages to 1.3 million women.
This allowed the investigators to make conservative estimates of $6.9 billion if including women have left abusive partners in Canada, and $3.1 billion if only including women who experienced violence in the past three years.
Varcoe says the study signals an urgent need for better coordination of responses that integrate health, social services, justice, education, and corporate sectors, and services oriented long beyond the immediate crisis of "leaving."
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I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Strip away the three monsters that begin, end, and shore up the middle of Yo La Tengo's dumbly (excuse me, "hilariously") titled new release, and you might be tempted to call this the band's "Sixties album." Without those tracks, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass would be the band's most concise album in ages: a dozen songs (and I mean songs, not jams or soundscapes) in 46 minutes, many of them rooted somewhere in Beatles-era verities. "Watch Out for Me Ronnie" is tightly frenzied surf-punk with an unexpected but precisely right horn part; "Mr. Tough" pays homage to pre-disco R&B (à la "You Can Have It All" from 2000's And Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out). "The Room Got Heavy" features a dirty two-finger organ that sounds like it should be playing during the frugging scene from a Mystery Science Theater 3000 selection.
But maybe that's why the aforementioned epics are so necessary. The psych-rock explosion of opener "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind," the ambient-plus palate-cleanser "Daphnia" (like a longer version of Radiohead's "Treefingers" from Kid A), and closer "The Story of Yo La Tango [sic]," are welcome not just because they muscle things up, but because Yo La Tengo are expert pastiche artists who sound best doing what at this point is best referred to as classic Yo La Tengo.
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|Yet another unsigned band joining the ranks of artists making names for themselves by self-promotion on the Internet via the MySpace website, Enter Shikari released their debut album, Take to the Skies, which featured several of the band's singles and EP tracks, albeit in re-recorded versions. Enter Shikari were not afraid to test their music on a live audience, however, managing to sell out London's Astoria Theatre, and prior to the release of Take to the Skies they had built up a loyal-enough following to ensure a high chart entry when the album was finally released. Imagine an album that was a mixture of hardcore trance and nu metal and you would have an idea of Take to the Skies. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..." was one of the download-only singles, and featured Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' throaty vocals, screaming a lyric that is total incomprehensible. Perhaps just as well, for when one could understand the lyrics, as on "No Sssweat," there was rather a lot of swearing -- along with threats of violence, too, and you might just believe this band would actually carry out such threats. "Today Won't Go Down in History" was considerably softer, beginning almost melodically, and "Return to Energiser" had an almost danceable trance backing track -- although yet again Reynolds' vocals drowned out almost everything else. Meanwhile, the track "Adieu" was a gentle acoustic ballad with the volume turned right down; it actually made a pleasant change and finally altered the pace. ~ Sharon Mawer
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Florida families looking to see if they are eligible for Medicaid will have to put their plans on hold. The website that determines eligibility will be down for repairs starting Friday.
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Pointing to a new managed-care system and changes stemming from the Affordable Care Act, attorneys for the state are asking a federal judge to dig back into whether Florida properly provides care to children in the Medicaid program.
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In a move to privatize the Medicaid program, at least three million recipients are transitioning to managed care.
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Past, Present, Futurism
For years I've been hearing it said that young artists think art began with Andy Warhol. It's never been true. But now what I hear is art historians complaining that none of their students want to study anything but contemporary art. Among young art historians, it seems, to delve as far back as the 1960s is to be considered an antiquarian. "They only take my courses because they think they need some 'background,'" one Renaissance specialist told me. "We have to accept almost anyone who applies saying that they want to study anything before the present, just to give our current faculty something to do." What a time, when the art historians have less historical consciousness than the artists—and no wonder that the former, these days, show so little interest in what the latter actually do.
When I was a grad student (in a different field), the budding art historians I knew were studying medieval, they were studying mannerism, they were studying the Maya. No one thought of studying living artists. The most adventurous ones might be investigating Italian Futurism. Now the Futurists seem as distant as the Maya. But might this be their own fault? They were the artists, after all, who vowed to "destroy the museums, libraries, academies of every kind"—to unburden themselves of the dead weight of culture and history. The Futurists meant to be men of action; and, following Nietzsche (who warned in his Untimely Meditations that the knowledge of history presented more disadvantages than advantages for life), they believed forgetting to be its inescapable prerequisite. "As the active person, according to what Goethe said, is always without conscience, so he is also always without knowledge," the philosopher taught. "He forgets most things in order to do one thing; he is unjust towards what lies behind him and knows only one right, the right of what is to come into being now." Filippo Tommaso Marinetti made the point more succinctly in a 1909 manifesto, already waving away the objection that his belligerent posture was nothing new: "Who cares? We don't want to understand!"
The museums, the libraries and the academies are still with us, but their keepers are increasingly beguiled by the present and would like to become its curators, librarians and scholars. They are no longer "passatists," but neither are they Futurists, for Futurism was still beset by historical consciousness; the Futurists' fear and hatred of the past—a fear and hatred of their own potential weakness in its face—is another thing altogether from the indifference of today's presentists, for whom it really might be true, as the Futurists vainly boasted, that "Time and Space died yesterday. We already live in the absolute, because we have created eternal, omnipresent speed."
Would the Futurists have recognized the eternal speed of the Internet as the future they had envisioned? I doubt it. The galaxy of eyeballs glued to smartphones has little in common with the "great crowds excited by work, by pleasure, and by riot" of whom Marinetti promised to sing. Only our data—and not we ourselves, it would appear—stream forth in the "polyphonic tides" of fervent commotion that he dreamed of, and that Umberto Boccioni evoked in early masterpieces of Futurist painting like Riot in the Galleria (1910), The City Rises (1910–11) and Simultaneous Visions (1911), or that Carlo Carrà summoned in his astonishing Funeral of the Anarchist Galli (1910–11). On the other hand, perhaps Marinetti's knack for creating buzz truly was ahead of its time. He proclaimed the birth of a movement, in advance of the production of any of its works, with a burst of propaganda; one senses he would have instinctively understood the ways and means of viral marketing. And the Futurists would surely have taken satisfaction in today's cult of youth and the feeling that the velocity of change has rendered experience worthless. Largo ai giovani! the Futurists demanded: "Make way for the young!" And then, Marinetti predicted, "When we are forty, other younger and stronger men will probably throw us in the wastebasket like useless manuscripts—we want it to happen!"
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Whatever one's doubts regarding the relevance of Futurism to art today, the present exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, "Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe"—on view through September 1—is the largest and most comprehensive presentation of the movement ever held in this country and, as such, is indispensable for anyone interested in artistic modernism. The irony involved in the museum's embrace of the putative museum-wreckers has long been noted and is almost too obvious to mention. Even by 1929, as exhibition curator Vivien Greene points out, "the movement that had despised the academy saw its leader, Marinetti, become a member of the Academy of Italy." But it should be added that Futurism might seem a bit less like just another tombstone in history's cemetery were it not presented, as it is here, as mainly an affair of painting (and a bit of sculpture). Even the best work of the Futurist painters (Boccioni and Giacomo Balla among the early adherents, Fortunato Depero among the second wave of recruits) is pretty thin stuff compared with the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Mondrian, Malevich and a dozen others among their contemporaries working elsewhere in Europe. Putting Futurism's animating literary and political ideas aside, the paintings, for the most part, simply lack body; they don't live on the canvas. Despite their modernist styling, most are still really conceived of as old-fashioned pictures, depicting great events taking place elsewhere rather than embodying events in themselves.


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OAS votes to readmit Cuba
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras The Organization of American States announced Wednesday it has revoked a 1962 measure suspending communist Cuba, reversing a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere.
The action was taken "without conditions," Ecuador's Foreign Minister, Fander Falconi, but it does set mechanisms for Cuba's return -- including its agreement to comply with OAS conventions on human rights and other issues.
"This is a moment of rejoicing for all of Latin America," he told reporters after the general assembly session.
Many countries pushed to readmit Cuba without preconditions, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had urged the OAS to require that Cuba made democratic reforms and improve respect for human rights.
The compromise decision sets up a mechanism for Cuba to follow if it wants to return to the 34-nation OAS, the diplomats said.
Cuba's government, however, has repeatedly said it has no interest in returning to what it calls a tool of the United States.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro wrote in state newspapers on Wednesday that OAS should not exist and historically has "opened the doors to the Trojan horse" -- the U.S. -- to wreak havoc in Latin America.
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Honduras and other countries demanded Cuba's return to the OAS during a summit in Honduras. The body failed to reach a consensus.
The U.S. had sought an agreement rescinding the 1962 suspension of communist Cuba but tying its return to democratic reform.
The U.S. won expulsion of Cuba in 1962 as Cuba's government veered into the Socialist bloc. But in recent years, every country in the hemisphere except for the United States has re-established relations with Cuba.
Clinton left Honduras before the final vote, saying that the organization had been unable to reach consensus on Cuba. The meetings dragged on so long she did not even have time to deliver a prepared speech of 1,500 words before lying out of Honduras to join U.S. President Barack Obama in Egypt.
The Obama administration has hoped its recent overtures to the Cuban government would overcome widespread resentment in the Americas over Washington's long history of isolating Havana.
Clinton spent much of Tuesday pressing OAS members to agree to a formula under which the organization would rescind its 1962 suspension of Cuba but tie its return to democratic reform.
"A number of countries were pushing hard for a simple resolution that would lift the suspension and nothing else, (but) we have been making the case that that is not in the best interests of the OAS," Clinton said.
In doing so, Clinton highlighted the administration's outreach to Cuba over the last four months, noting it had lifted restrictions on money transfers and travel to the island by Americans with family there and was resuming long-stalled immigration and postal service talks.
In her prepared statement for Tuesday's closed session, she acknowledged that "in the past, the U.S. has sometimes taken a counterproductive approach to domestic affairs within the hemisphere that created mistrust and suspicion," according to a copy given to reporters.


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The first-half story lines we can't forget
Updated: January 22, 2009, 5:52 PM ETBy Damien Cox | Special to ESPN.com
Think of an NHL season as a rolled-up national flag you've never seen before.
Slowly it unfurls, and gradually you come to see the colors and the design, and by the end you decide whether it's to your liking or not.
Dates To Remember
There were story lines, and then there were moments. Here are some key dates from the season's first half.
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"Half the failures of this world in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping" – Julius and Augustus Hare
When we are shifting and growing we often are challenging ourselves to make a leap of faith. As I read the above quote this morning the visual I conjured up was of the old Warner Brothers "Roadrunner" cartoons where Wiley E. Coyote relentlessly chases the Roadrunner all over the desert and often at some point in the cartoon the Coyote is running so fast after the Roadrunner that he finds himself out in the air over a chasm between two cliffs. Upon his realization that he has no ground beneath his feet he makes a futile attempt to turn back to the cliff which he inadvertently made the leap from. Of course, he can't return and because he has stopped in the middle he predictably plummets to the bottom of the deep chasm and crashes to the ground.
For me this is a great illustration of how we sometimes approach the leaps of faith that we take. There are times in our journey where we know that we want/need to make a change, we need to make a shift and that change/shift often means that we take a leap of faith. We summon up the courage to take a leap of faith that we need to make the change in our life because we believe that this change is needed for our continued growth.
When we make the leap we are rarely if ever 100% sure that we are making the right move. There are usually some doubts that pull at us and there is often an uneasy feeling as we move out of what is comfortable to us to that which is new and usually at first uncomfortable. Many people fall back on the old adage "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know" and therefore will stay in a paradigm or situation that they recognize as toxic or holding them back from the growth they desire because they are comfortable in their current discomfort and they are not ready to take a leap of faith and make a change that will take them out of what is familiar and comfortable even when what is comfortable is not serving them.
Many people do make a leap, often times though it is a half hearted attempt and when they realize they are "out there" without a net, they allow ego and fear to drive them to back peddle. When they attempt to back peddle they either go right back to where they were or they fall deep within the chasm and curse the change that they tried to make rationalizing that the change was not the right one to make.
Making a leap of faith does often take courage, it does take an awareness that there will be moments of doubt, however you do it anyway, that there is a chance that you will get hurt, yet you do it anyway, that there is a chance that you will fail on the first try or the first one hundred tries, yet you do it anyway!
The danger does not lie within the leap itself; the danger lies within allowing are fear to pull us back in the middle of the leap!
Trust in your authentic self, your true voice and make the changes, make the shifts and experience the true joy which is you!
I will close with one of my favorite poems:
Do It Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical, And self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you Of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some False friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank; People may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God It was never between you and them anyway
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Product DescriptionMavic 517 & Hugi Mavic 517 & Hugi
Review Options: Sorted by Latest Review | Sort by Best Rating
|Reviews 1 - 7 (7 Reviews Total)
User Reviews
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2004
Strengths: Durability, easy maintenance, stiffness.
Weaknesses: unglamorous appearance
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: SpeedGoat
Similar Products Used: Many hub/rim combinations, Mavic proprietary spoked wheels
Bike Setup: Hammerhead
Date Reviewed: February 3, 2004
Strengths: Indestructible
Weaknesses: Havn't found one yet
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: River CIty Bicycles
Similar Products Used: Most any lightweight racing wheelset
Bike Setup: 00 Specialized S-Works FSR XC
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2003
Strengths: These wheels are the best! after I rode em' off a 5-footer to flat, they were not bent at all.(And I have a HARDTAIL)
Nice and light too, they also look pretty.
Weaknesses: Price.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: Another Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: Zip.
Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Chameleon w/ five inch Marzocchi. XT.
Date Reviewed: January 13, 2000
Strengths: These wheels are dynamite strong. If you can bend them, they true easily. Extremely lite especially with lightweight tubes and tires. Can really lower over all weight of bike. Hugi hubs are flawless. Indestructible. Run em through rain, mud, snow, they never need adjusting or messing with.
Weaknesses: Pricey. The hubs are expensive and if you do the full DT Revolution spokes and 517s, it gets very expensive. But it is worth it if you want to really feel a big difference.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: Mavic 217/DT14/15G/GaryFisher hubs, Sun 0 lites with DT 14/14G/STX-RC hubs.
Bike Setup: Full XTR except for hubs and front Magura Raceline brake
Date Reviewed: July 21, 1999
the Hugi
the rest
Bottom Line:
Anyway, the friend gave me several rims that were split in half just after 2 month. He refused to sell me any of their rims except the old ones. I myself have old Mavics on my bike and they work just fine. The new ones forget them. For the Hugi. It is a great hub. A little expensive and noisy but otherwise smooth and indestructible. The Hugi gets 5 chilies and the Mavic 517 zero. All in all I have to give the set one since it is only as strong as its weekest component.
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tested or demo'ed only
Date Reviewed: May 5, 1999
loved the click of the hub, but have to replace the 517 at least once a year. This time the eyelits cracked.
rear hub gave out only after two years, for a bomb proof hub not very good
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used:
1 Year
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xt still works fine
Bike Setup:
Wheels were used on a Trek 8900, and a Klein Pulse
Date Reviewed: March 14, 1999
Bottom Line:
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less than 1 month
Bike Setup:
Proflex 856 w/ Girvin Vector II / AL Fork
|Reviews 1 - 7 (7 Reviews Total)
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The 317 comes in a disc-specific option and i use disc brakes. it's a little heavier and has a pinned joint. it's cheaper. the 517 has a machined sidewall, so if i ever go back to rim brakes, i have that option. it's lighter. it has a welded seam. it's more expensive. both have eyelets for the spo ... Read More »
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Fantastic Four reboot-- Casting, Rumors, Pix, ect;
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The Fantastic Four reboot directed by Josh Trank has a release date!
March 15, 2015!
The summer of 2015 is going to be top-heavy with genre blockbusters.
It's official. We have a new Fantastic Four movie from director Josh Trank.
Fox Studios has named March 6, 2015 to be the release date for the Fantastic Four reboot.
Mark Millar, consultant on the movie, recently said that the reboot will stick close to what Jack Kirby and Stan Lee did with the Fantastic Four and won't be "grim and gritty."
Fox Studios previously released two Fantastic Four movies, which starred Chris Evans who went on to play Captain America in
The Avengers
The first movie was better received than the second, "Rise of the Silver Surfer," but both still weren't up to par.
We'll have to wait and see what Fox and Trank do for the Fantastic Four reboot, but the story and casting should be improved.
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smells and complex terminology is used. Dental patients may experience a range of emotions from mild apprehension to dread.
Bailey summarized some of the actions being taken by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with regard to health literacy, specifically those focusing on oral health literacy. He said that much has been accomplished across HHS in this area in just the past 2 years. The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, addresses oral health literacy by incorporating health literacy into professional training, facilitating the movement of clients into Medicaid and CHIP programs, and establishing state-based insurance exchanges. Participating health plans and insurers are required to use clear, consistent, and comparable health information using a standardized template to describe plan coverage and benefits.
Bailey described how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) provisions of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) call for adoption of electronic health records to provide health information that is meaningful and useful to consumers.
He then discussed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 that requires federal agencies to write documents clearly so that the public can understand and use them. This requirement does not just apply to health. It applies across the federal government to any information that the federal government is providing on federal benefits or services, or how to comply with federal regulations. Federal agencies are required by law to report on this requirement beginning in 2012. These reports will serve as the baseline for measuring future progress.
The HHS 2010 National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy involved more than 700 individuals and organizations. The seven goals of the plan focus on
Bailey noted that the Affordable Care Act, the Plain Language Act, the HITECH provisions, and the HHS National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy provide a unified way to address health literacy goals and strategies. Bailey felt that these accomplishments provide a roadmap for progress. He stated that it is remarkable that these initiatives have all occurred within the past 2 years.


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Pentecost Sunday
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.
At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd,
but they were confused
because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
They were astounded, and in amazement they asked,
"Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Then how does each of us hear them in his native language?
We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,
Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,
Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene,
as well as travelers from Rome,
both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs,
yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues
of the mighty acts of God."
-Acts 2:1-11
The Mission of the Holy Spirit in the Church
When the Son completed the work with which the Father had entrusted him on earth, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church unceasingly, and thus enable believers to have access to the Father through Christ in the one Spirit. He is the Spirit of life, the fountain of water welling up to give eternal life. Through him the Father gives life to men, dead because of sin, until he raises up their mortal bodies in Christ.
The Spirit dwells in the Church and in the hearts of the faithful as in a temple. He prays in them and bears witness in them to their adoption as sons. He leads the Church into all truth and gives it unity in communion and in service. He endows it with different hierarchical and charismatic gifts, directs it by their means, and enriches it with his fruits.
By the power of the Gospel he enables the Church to grow young, perpetually renews it, and leads it to complete union with its Bridegroom. For the Spirit and the Bride say to the Lord Jesus: "Come!"
In this way the Church reveals itself as a people whose unity has its source in the unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The whole company of the faithful, who have an anointing by the Holy Spirit, cannot err in faith. They manifest this distinctive characteristic of theirs in the supernatural instinct of faith (sensus fidei) of the whole people when, from the bishops to the most ordinary lay person among the faithful, they display a universal agreement on matters of faith and morals.
This instinct of faith is awakened and kept in being by the Spirit of truth. Through it the people of God hold indefectibly to the faith once delivered to the saints, penetrate it more deeply by means of right judgment, and apply it more perfectly in their lives. They do all this under the guidance of the sacred teaching office: by faithful obedience to it they receive, not the word of men but in truth the word of God.
Moreover, the Holy Spirit not only sanctifies and guides God's people by the sacraments and the ministries, and enriches it with virtues, he also distributes special graces among the faithful of every state of life, assigning his gifts to each as he chooses. By means of these special gifts he equips them and makes them eager for various activities and responsibilities that benefit the Church in its renewal or its increase, in accordance with the text: To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for a good purpose.
These charisms, the simpler and more widespread as well as the most outstanding, should be accepted with a sense of gratitude and consolation, since in a very special way they answer and serve the needs of the Church.
-From the dogmatic constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council. This selection was found in the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours.
To read the complete dogmatic constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), please click on this link on the Vatican's website.
Corpus Christi Procession Sunday June 7 – Following 10:45am Mass – St. Mary Star of the Sea Church
An outdoor Eucharistic Procession will follow the 10:45am Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church on Sunday June 7, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, otherwise known as Corpus Christi.
Reception to follow in Lower Church of St. Mary's.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of the whole Christian life. The feast of Corpus Christi is a celebration of Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist. It parallels the celebration on Holy Thursday in commemoration of the institution of this sacrament. When the Eucharist is carried through the streets in a solemn procession, the Christian people give public witness of their faith and devotion toward the sacrament of the Eucharist.
The Sacrament of the Eucharist is a sign and cause of the unity of Christ's Mystical Body, because it stirs up an active "ecclesial" spirit in those who are more fervent in their Eucharistic devotion. Eucharistic adoration cannot be detached from the liturgical and communal celebration of the sacrament or from the commitment to the poor and to justice. One draws strength and justification from the other.
From "Celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi" by Deacon Michael Joens. Deacon Michael's complete article can be found at this link.
Save the date – June 8th 6:30pm Our Lady of Guadalupe – St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish
2015 Saint Mary School Golf Days
For more information contact Evangeline Egizi at Saint Mary School, firstname.lastname@example.com or 978-998-6848.
Summer Beverly Youth Ministry Schedule
High School Ministry
Middle School Ministry
|May 17th Youth Night 6-8pm
|May 21st Youth Night 6:30-8pm
|May 31st Youth Night 6-8pm
|June 4th Evening Beach Day 5-7pm @ Singing Beach (Manchester)
|June 4th Evening Beach Day 5-7pm @ Singing Beach (Manchester)
|June 18th Youth Night 6:30pm-8pm
|June 14th Youth Night 6-8pm
|June 27th Canoe Trip 10-2:30pm @ Footebros Canoe (Ipswich)
|June 27th Canoe Trip 10-2:30pm @ Footebros Canoe (Ipswich)
|July 9th Youth Night 6:30-8pm
|July 12th Lynch Park Picnic 12-4pm @ Lynch Park (Beverly)
|July 12th Lynch Park Picnic 12-4pm @ Lynch Park (Beverly)
|July 26th Campfire Night 6-9pm location TBA
|July 26th Campfire Night 6-9pm location TBA
Youth Nights held at St. Mary's Convent.
For Information regarding Youth Ministry Events, Permission Slips, etc. please contact Stephanie O'Connell at firstname.lastname@example.com or 978-998-1084.
Pentecost Sunday
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, "Peace be with you."
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
"Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained."
-John 20:19-23
Pentecost Novena
The "Novena to the Holy Spirit" is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit on the First Pentecost. "He commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promises of the Father, which you have heard (saith he) by my mouth. For John indeed baptized with
water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence…But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth." (John 1:4-5, 8) It is still the only novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, it is a
powerful plea for the light, strength and love so sorely needed by every Christian.
This Novena begins on the Friday after Ascension Thursday…
The Text of the Novena for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit can be found on the website of the Association of the Precious Blood here.


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Kent State v Bowling Green
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- Doyt L. Perry Stadium,
- Full Length,
- Kent State Golden Flashes,
- Kent State University,
- Match - Sport,
- NCAA College Conference Team,
- NCAA College Football,
- Ohio,
- Passing - Sport,
- Sport,
- Stadium,
- Touchdown,
- Vertical,
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