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Ismail: I'm sorry, are you videotaping this for Al Maghrib? I would appreciate it if you would turn that off. Thank you. Allah sent his prophet with the guidance and religion of truth. And what is the ultimate destiny of Islam? It is quite clear from (UI word) that Allah will make His religion victorious; not only victorious but it will be the preeminent way of life in the entire world.
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This book traces the unique history of Bob Marley and his contribution to popular music from his mother's perspective, a singer on her own right. It begins with her shock at hearing about her son's illness and then goes on to recount his fight for survival together with his music, and tumultuous life.
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Crash Course Pathology, 4th Edition
The new series of Crash Course continues to provide readers with complete coverage of the MBBS curriculum in an easy-to-read, user-friendly manner. Building on the success of previous editions, the new Crash Courses retain the popular and unique features that so characterised the earlier volumes. All Crash Courses have been fully updated throughout.Table of Contents
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- Self-assessment section fully updated to reflect current exam requirements
- Contains 'common exam pitfalls' as advised by faculty
- Crash Courses also available electronically!
- Online self-assessment bank also available - content edited by Dan Horton-Szar!
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- More than 130 illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
- Friendly and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- Written by students for students - authors who understand exam pressures
- Contains 'Hints and Tips' boxes, and other useful aide-mémoires
- Succinct coverage of the subject enables 'sharp focus' and efficient use of time during exam preparation
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This is another fine text from the successful 'Crash Course' series. It is presented in a different format to the other preclinical 'Crash Course' titles. Part I takes the reader through the principles of the subject, with topics such as inflammation, tissue damage/repair, neoplasia, infection and inherited disease. Part II examines the pathological disorders involving each organ system, whilst also incorporating important clinical aspects. Part III is a self-assessment section that provides a good range of multiple-choice, short-answer and essay questions.
The text is concise and clear, whilst also readable and easy to understand throughout. There are numerous diagrams and summary tables, which help to commit the facts to memory and allow quick access to information. Hints and tips boxes highlight key facts and common exam questions.
One useful addition would have been some macroscopic or microscopic photographic images of the processes and disorders discussed, which are often a key part in understanding the pathology involved.
Nonetheless, it provides a succinct, simple, affordable introduction and revision aid to the subject of pathology.
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I wanted a concise book that gave me most of the things that could go wrong with the human body in as little detail as possible but still easy to understand and this is it. Even though it is aimed at medical students its still an excellent resource book for other medical staff.
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This book covers the essentials of the pathology. While in no way a complete text on pathology this book sorts the wheat from the chaff and gives you all the facts you need in a simple format that doesn't involve double negatives or a degree in Latin. It's easy to use and great for refreshing your memory or revising, because it is written by students for students. One of my favourite features is the multiple choice questions in the back, which you can use to test your knowledge and understanding. So it's a nice and handy book to help you study for an exam, but it's not a complete textbook so if you are looking for that look further.
All the Crash Course texts present their subjects in a sharp, concise and easy to follow manner. The text is well spaced, and complemented with illustrations wherever appropriate. The layout is clear and logical. The language is simple and the facts are being presented almost in note form, which is a key feature of this series, enabling the student to absorb facts more easily without overwhelming the reader. And when you think you are ready for the exam you can test your knowledge by filling in multiple choice, short answers and extended matching questions which are in every crash course title. This series is the best way to prepare for an exam and I would recommend it to everyone.
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Excellent book that is essential for easy pathology revision. Simplifies pathology lectures and has summaries in tables. A must for exam time!
Donna McCartan, Medical Student, 2009
I bought this book because to be perfectly honest pathology is hard, not exactly taxing on the intellect, but hard in a 'oh my gosh I need to memorise this' kind of way. Exams looming I needed a good list of key facts to know- and this book delivers. It appears to be very concise yet at the same time comprehensive (!) being able to cover, even if just in lip-service every disease known. All in all, this is a really good book for the time-starved medical student.
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Forcing Microsoft, Google, et al to spy for the NSA, using secret orders from a secret court, seems rather more problematic.
A government spying on another government = okay
A government spying on another country's people = not okay
A government spying on its own people = OMGWTFBBQ
The other big problem is that the NSA is destroying US company's credibility. No-one wants to buy Cisco networking gear because the NSA systematically infects their products with malware and even physically modifies them before they leave the country. No-one wants to store their data in Microsoft's cloud because the NSA has their grubby little fingers all over it. The entire US infosec industry is basically a joke now.
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Nestled in the Village of Stowe, this exceptional property is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. In the past, it was operated as a Bed & Breakfast Inn. Built in 1860, the home has been tastefully renovated and still maintains the charm of wide-plank floors and 12 panel windows.
There are five guest rooms, each with private bath, a formal dining room, a large living room area with warm winter fire, a laundry room and spacious/well equipped kitchen. Three bedrooms are located on the upper level, and two bedrooms are located on the lower level. Bedrooms include 1 king-sized bed, 2 queen beds, 2 rooms with two extra-long twins that can also be set up as a king bed, and two roll away beds. A trundle bed also provides some additional sleeping space. Walk to shops, restaurants, winter shuttle at your doorstep. Off street parking. Golf, lakes and skiing nearby.
All guest rooms have firm mattresses, are air-conditioned and decorated with Vermont style quilts and matching dust-ruffles.
The living room has a classic wood-burning stove that opens to view the fire and closes for extra warmth, television w/ VCR & cable TV, sofa, love seat, wing-back chairs, two Martha Washington chairs, a reading area and game table. The formal dining room seats up to 15 comfortably. Large deck and barbecue grill, workshop for tuning skis or bikes, mudroom entrance from the parking lot are all extra features. The property is located in the center of Stowe Village, near the Stowe Community Church (likely the most photographed location in town) -a perfect spot for wedding parties or for the special guests of the bride or groom.
Golf: During summer and fall, enjoy hiking or mountain biking on the numerous Green Mountain trails and the Long Trail, an extension of the Appalachian trail. The Stowe Country Club is an exceptional golf course just minutes from the Inn, and there are 3 other courses nearby. Late September and early October brings some of the best fall foliage viewing in all of New England. Visit the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, the Trapp Family Lodge (still run by the Trapp Family from The Sound of Music), Cabot Cheese Shop, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, Vermont Cider Mill and many other local attractions.
Skiing activities: Mt. Mansfield at Stowe has a variety of terrain from beginning to expert skiing. Rated best ski resort in the East for multiple years, the ski terrain and charming village atmosphere make for a wonderful winter vacation. Alpine and cross country trails are minutes from the Inn. Local trolley/bus transportation provides easy access to the trails, ski entertainment is available. Combine your ski vacation with a spa treatment at one of the three exceptional spas in Stowe.
I'm recently retired from my work as CEO of a national public health associatoin in Washington DC. I've owned this charming Vermont home since 1979 and in additional to vacation rentals, use in as a B&B part of the year. I love to travel and try to spend the winter months in a warm climate. I've been divorced for 16 years.
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This is a home on the national register of historic places. I've enjoyed renovating it and preserving the integrity of the property. The Village location is ideal for me. I can enjoy all shops and restaurants and never have to get in the car. It is really convenient and a pleasure to walk to the recreation path, and hiking and biking trails. Stowe is a unique little village with an international flare. It was used by the British vacation company, Crystal Holidays for multiple years to bring Europeans to the ski area in the winter months.
Experience the charm of a 200 year old town at this center village location. Enjoy walking to village shops and restaurants, or sitting in front of the warm fire with a good book. During the winter months, take the trolley that starts nearby to the Stowe Mountain Resort for Vermont's best skiing and snowboarding at Mt Mansfield or Spruce Peak. Stowe Mountain Resort is rated Best in the East by Skiing Magazine in 2003! There are also four cross country ski centers within 7 miles of the Inn. The Stowe area also has extensive trails for snow shoeing. For a change of pace visit one of Stowe's three exceptional spas, visit the world renown Trapp Family Lodge, home of the Von Trapps from the Sound of Music, tour the art exhibit at the Library/Art Center across from the property, and enjoy the 50+ exceptional restaurants in the area.
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Final Score: Utah State 35, Hawaii 31
Honolulu, HI (Sports Network) - Trailing by 21 point at halftime, Utah State
tailback Robert Turbin scored the go-ahead touchdown with just 14 seconds
remaining in the game, leading the Aggies to a thrilling 35-31 come-from-
behind win over the Hawaii Warriors in Western Athletic Conference play at
Aloha Stadium.
Utah State (3-5, 1-2 WAC) fell behind 28-7 at the half, but outscored the
hometown Warriors 28-3 after the break to earn its first league win of the
season. Quarterback Adam Kennedy led the rally, as he completed 8-of-12
passes, for 163 yards and two scores in the win. Turbin finished with 96 yards
and two TDs on just 15 carries, while wide receiver Stanley Morrison caught
two passes for 105 yards and one TD. The Aggies finished the game with 433
yards of total offense, including 194 yards on the ground.
Hawaii (5-4, 3-2) amassed 407 yards on the night, but couldn't hold off the
Aggies. Quarterback Bryant Moniz accounted for four first half touchdowns,
completing 27-of-43 passes on the evening, for 227 yards and two touchdowns.
He added 75 yards rushing and two TDs on the ground as well. Running back Joey
Iosefa chipped in with 74 yards on 14 carries, while wideout Jeremiah
Ostrowski led all receivers with eight catches, going for 76 yards and one
The Aggies got on the scoreboard early, as quarterback Chuckie Keeton hit Matt
Austin with a nine-yard TD pass, capping off a six-play, 64-yard drive, just
under six minutes into the game.
It was all Hawaii in the second quarter though, as the Warriors scored 28
unanswered points in the frame to take a 28-7 lead into intermission. Minoz
was responsible for all four scores.
Hawaii tied things up at 7-7 with an 18-yard TD pass from Moniz to Justin
Clapp just four seconds into the second quarter. Moniz added a one-yard TD run
just over four minutes later to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead. That was
followed by an eight-yard TD scamper by Moniz and another 18-yard TD pass,
this one to Ostrowski, with just 12 seconds remaining in the half.
Turbin turned things around for the Aggies in the third quarter when he broke
off a 48-yard TD run at the 9:00 minute mark to make it 28-14.
Hawaii's Tyler Hadden made it 31-14 with just under five and a half minutes to
go in the third quarter with a 24-yard field goal.
Utah State wrestled the momentum back after that.
The Aggies cut the lead to 31-21 late in the third quarter with a 37-yard
touchdown pass from Kennedy to Chuck Jacobs and then pulled within 31-28 early
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An automatic vending machine having a front door with at least one opening. A translucent image carrier bears two or more images cut into information strips and arranged on the image carrier by an intercalation process. The image carrier is mounted behind an array of cylindrical lenses. At least one light source is disposed behind the image carrier. A relative, linearly reciprocating movement is produced between the array of lenses and the image carrier in a direction perpendicular to an axial extent of the lenses. In the course of the relative movement, the array of cylindrical lenses provides, in succession enlarged views of the images borne by the image carrier, thereby producing an animated effect.
1. An automatic vending machine having a front door, comprising;
at least one opening in said front door;
a translucent image carrier, bearing two or more images cut into information strips and arranged on said image carrier by an intercalation process, said image carrier being mounted behind an array of cylindrical lenses;
at least one light source disposed behind said image carrier; and
means for producing a relative, linearly reciprocating movement between said array of lenses and said image carrier in a direction perpendicular to an axial extent of said lenses;
wherein, in the course of said relative movement, said array of cylindrical lenses provides, in succession enlarged views of the images borne by said image carrier, thereby producing an animal animated effect.
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The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine which provides a dynamic display of its merchandise.
Automatic vending machines are located in public places and offer a variety of merchandise such as hot and cold drinks, pastry, sweets, etc. Capturing the attention of passersby, that is, of potential customers, has a decisive effect on the sales volume of these machines. The operators of the machines therefore make every effort to catch the eye, e.g., by colorful graphic representations of their wares. Here, however, they must overcome the resistance developed, perhaps in self-defense, by the over-stimulated eyes of a public inundated with advertisements, posters, fliers, etc., and who is thus less and less attracted by static pictures. However, as research has shown, whenever advertisers realized that "motion sells" and switched from static to dynamic representation, sales increased by 10-15%.
It is thus one of the objects of the present invention to provide, at very little additional expense, an automatic vending machine that provides a dynamic, attractive display of the merchandise offered on its front face, is largely vandal-proof, and can be disposed in public places without a need to watch over it.
According to the invention, the above object is achieved by providing an automatic vending machine having a front door, comprising at least one window-like opening in said front door; a panel consisting of an array of cylindrical lenses located and fixedly mounted in said window-like opening; a translucent image carrier bearing a computer-processed image of at least one object to be shown in dynamic display, said image carrier being mounted behind said array of lenses; at least one light source disposed behind said image-carrying panel, and means for producing a relative, linearly reciprocating movement between said array of lenses and said image carrier in a direction perpendicular to the axial extent of said lenses; wherein, in the course of said relative movement, said array of cylindrical lenses provides a succession of compound, virtual, enlarged images, producing an animated effect.
The invention will now be described in connection with certain preferred embodiments with reference to the following illustrative figures so that it may be more fully understood.
With specific reference now to the figures in detail, it is stressed that the particulars shown are by way of example and for purposes of illustrative discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, and are presented in the cause of providing what is believed to be the most useful and readily understood description of the principles and conceptual aspects of the invention. In this regard, no attempt is made to show structural details of the invention in more detail than is necessary for a fundamental understanding of the invention, the description taken with the drawings making apparent to those skilled in the art how the several forms of the invention may be embodied in practice.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the machine of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of detail A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along plane IV—IV of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the inside of the door of the embodiment of FIG. 1, with part of the door's rear wall and the image carrier partly removed;
FIG. 6 is a diagram relating to the problem of parallax;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the inside of the door of the embodiment of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a partial, perspective view, at a larger scale, of the embodiment of FIG. 7;
FIG. 10 is an embodiment of a vending machine having a flat lens array and image carrier that are accessible without opening the vending machine's door;
FIG. 11 represents an embodiment with a combination of static and dynamic displays;
FIG. 12 shows an embodiment of the invention having a general display and a number of specific displays;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the lens array, image carrier and mechanism of the embodiment of FIG. 13, and
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the mechanism of FIG. 11.
Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1 a first embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention, comprising a housing 2, a door 4, a control panel 6 comprising the coin slots, coin tester mechanism, selector keys, coin return key, etc., all of which are per se known and will not be described here. Also shown is the outlet window 8 of a delivery chute 10.
The front face of door 4 consists of a convex panel constituted by a coherent array 12 formed of cylindrical lenses 14 extending in a horizontal direction. It is this lens array that, in a way to be explained further below, produces the above-mentioned dynamic display having an animated appearance.
FIG. 2, a cross-sectional view of the vending machine of FIG. 1, shows outlet windows 8 and chute 10, the array 12 of lenses 14, compartments 16 storing the merchandise, in this case, soft drink cans 18, an image carrier 20 which can be either a film, a plastic panel, or the like, and the display mechanism 22, shown to better advantage in FIG. 3. Also shown is one of two or more fluorescent tubes 24 which serve as light sources.
FIG. 3 is an enlargement of detail A of FIG. 2. Shown is an electric motor 26 mounted on a bracket 28 and having a shaft 30 carrying an eccentric 32. The active part of eccentric 32 is constituted by the outer race of a ball bearing 34 slidingly seated in an elongated recess 36 (seen to better effect in FIG. 4) that is part of a guide rail 38. Image carrier 20 is attached to guide rail 38 by means of a number of pins 40 (also see FIG. 5). The image carrier 20 can be easily replaced with a carrier bearing different images by lifting it off pins 40, thus detaching it from guide rail 38.
When motor 26 rotates, eccentric 32 obviously rotates as well and, via ball bearing 34, whose only function is to reduce friction, causes guide rail 38 to move vertically upwards and downwards. The total stroke of image carrier 20 equals the dimension M of a cylindrical lens 14, as shown in FIG. 3.
Guide rail 38 is constrained by two symmetrically positioned guide slots 42 (only one of which is shown) and two pins 44, to move only in a straight vertical line. The proper distance of image carrier 20 from lens array 12 is maintained with the aid of U-shaped guide profiles 46 (FIG. 5) arranged on both lateral edges of image carrier 20 and fixedly attached to elements of door 4. Also shown in FIG. 3 is a vertical slot 48 in guide rail 38, which permits rail 38 to move vertically relative to shaft 30, but supports it against lateral forces.
While from the purely mechanical point of view, the ideal orientation of the elongated recess 36 would be horizontal, this would result in a substantial reduction of the speed of movement of image carrier 20 towards its extreme positions, which would seriously interfere with the desired animation effect imparted to the display. The slant of elongated recess 36, seen in FIG. 4, enhances the uniformity of that speed, thereby promoting the animation effect. For the sake of simplicity, the curved shape of guide rail 39 has been disregarded in FIG. 4.
FIG. 5 illustrates the inside of door 4 of the embodiment of FIG. 1, clearly indicating the curved shapes of lens array 12, image carrier 20 and guide rail 38. Also shown is part of guide profile 46.
The basics of the dynamic display will now be briefly explained with reference to the upper portion of FIG. 3. Using a computer program, images of three objects A, B, C, or of one object in three different stages of movement, are cut into information strips, each strip of a width W=M/3, where M is the modular distance between adjacent lenses 14. By a process of intercalation, these information strips are then arranged in successive groups A, B, C, A, B, C . . . and applied to image carrier 20. In the stage shown in FIG. 3, all information strips B are located exactly opposite lenses 14 of array 12. Given the optics of the arrangement, strips B will be magnified and, as seen by an observer, will completely fill all lenses 14, in their totality representing object B. Moving image carrier 20 upwards will reveal object C, all lenses 14 now being filled with the enlarged images of strips C. Continuing to move image carrier 20 further upwards will fill all of the lenses with the enlarged images of strips A, revealing object A.
A problem that needs addressing is the problem of parallax. As long as displays are of postcard size, one may assume that they are viewed in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the image carrier and that the problem of parallax does not, therefore, arise. However, with displays of a height larger than 40 cm, parallax is already felt.
In order to better explain, reference is now made to FIG. 6, which represents a display device having an array of lenses 12 and an image carrier 20 carrying three images, similar to the schematic drawing of FIG. 3. The eye of an observer is located at a distance D from image carrier 20 and looks at point P1 of a given image, e.g., that of strip A, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the device. However, the higher the observer raises his eyes, or the more he lowers his eyes, the more is what he sees affected by parallax; in other words, the more the observer is likely to see strips of a different basic image, e.g., the images of strip B or strip C. If the distance from carrier 20 to the rear surface of the lens array is f; and the height of carrier 20 after the intercalation step is 20 (assuming that the center of image carrier 20 is at eye level), the parallactic shift is
As f is mostly rather small relative to the distance D, it can be neglected, resulting in a definitely useful approximation
A second permissible approximation is based on the assumption that the parallactic shift increases linearly from point P1 to point P2, while strictly speaking, this shift is a trigonometric function of the angle included between the ray from a given lens 14 to the observer's eye, and the horizontal. However, even for the uppermost point P2, this angle rarely exceeds 15�, at which magnitude the tangent curve still approximates a straight line.
Feeding the computer the numerical values of distances D and f as well as H, ΔH for H=50 cm, D=200 cm and f=8 cm, is computed as
The stretching required to turn H into H+ΔH, is then computed as
that is, for the entire height 2H, a stretch of 8%, to be carried out by the computer program.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is represented in FIGS. 7-10. The distinctive features of this embodiment are three: (1) the cylindrical lenses 14 extend in the vertical, rather than in the horizontal, direction; (2) as seen from the outside, the lens array 12, as well as the image carrier 20, are concave rather than convex, and (3) the image carrier 20 is in direct contact with the rear surface of lens array 12, rather than a small, predetermined distance away.
FIG. 8 shows the inside of door 4 of the embodiment of FIG. 7. Apart from lens array 12 and image carrier 20, there are shown electric motor 26 in its bracket 28, as well as one of two guide rails 38, the second rail on the left being partly hidden by the curvature of image carrier 20. These details are seen to better advantage and at a larger scale in FIG. 9, which also shows elongated recess 36, guide slots 42 and pins 44. Motor bracket 28 is mounted by means of screws on part 50 of the door body.
As mentioned above, in the embodiment of FIG. 7 the image carrier 20 is in direct contact with the rear side of lens array 12. Provision is therefore made for elements that are connected to guide rails 38 and, by spreading them apart, pull image carrier 20 tightly against the curved rear of lens array 12. This is achieved by means of two flat springs 52 (FIG. 8), of which only the lower one is seen in FIG. 9.
The effect of springs 52 is best understood from FIG. 10. Springs 52 have holes 53 at both of their ends, which holes fit over pins 54 that are fixedly attached to guide rails 54. The distance between holes 53 is larger than the peripheral distance between pins 54, and thus, in order to attach both ends of each spring 52 to its respective pins 54, the spring must be elastically flexed to assume a curvature larger than that of image carrier 20, until both holes 53 will slip over pins 54. The required elastic deformation provides the spreading force required to ensure good contact. FIG. 10 clearly shows that the curvature of spring 52 is larger than that of image carrier 20. Also shown is a window-like, transparent cover portion 55 which serves to protect the lens array against vandalism.
FIG. 11 represents an embodiment having both a static display 56 showing a can pouring out a drink, and a dynamic display 58 showing ice cubes bobbing up and down.
FIG. 12 represents a further embodiment having a general display representing a soft-drink can 56 and a number of specific, small displays 60 showing different types of soft drinks, each small display also including a push-button 62 for ordering a specific drink.
The embodiment of FIG. 13 has a flat lens array 12 and a removable cover plate 64, facilitating access to the display for maintenance and replacement of image carriers, without the need to open door 4. This is of importance in cases where the front of the vending machine is to be rented out to a firm not directly connected to its owners.
FIG. 14 represents the lens array 12, image carrier 20 and mechanism of the display unit of FIG. 13. Also shown are electric motor 26, guide rail 38, elongated recess 36, eccentric 32, all of which are known from FIG. 3. The mechanism is mounted on a panel 66. The position of image carrier 20 relative to lens array 12 is maintained by two small ball bearings 68 mounted on shafts 70 in grooves 72 passing along lens array 12 and panel 66.
While in all embodiments referred to, the relative motion required between lens array 12 and image carrier 20 is produced by moving the latter, the same effect could obviously be attained also by moving the lens array 12.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrated embodiments and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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The old Wagoner: Daniel Morgan, a rugged frontiersman who earned the nickname "the Old Wagoner" while working as a teamster, helped turn the tide in America's War for Independence.
Metal smacked against cheekbone with enough force to drop any ordinary man in his tracks. But his unkempt antagonist was unmoved. The wagon driver raised his left hand and rubbed his cheek, the corners of his mouth working into a slow smile.
Too late the effete English lieutenant saw the blow coming, distracted as he was by his opponent's left hand. A massive right fist slammed into his head, lifting his body slightly off the ground and then hurling him backward into a tree, where he fell limp to the ground.
Military justice was swift. The young wagon driver from Virginia with the iron fists was sentenced to 500 lashes, which he bore without a whimper, later contending that the British officer overseeing the punishment had miscounted, leaving the lashing incomplete by a single stripe.
The year Daniel Morgan received his 499 lashes was 1756. Young Daniel, just 20 years old, already had a fearsome reputation as a fighter with a gun, knife, or his fists. Ever guarded about his family background, the hulking young man with a seemingly limitless capacity for hard work, hard drink, and brawling had quickly risen to prominence in frontier Virginia. By the age of 19, Daniel had already saved enough money to purchase his own wagon and team. His occupation as teamster earned him the affectionate nickname, in later years, of "the Old Wagoner."
With the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754, Daniel Morgan hired out his team for transporting military supplies. It was during this time that an altercation with a British officer led to his legendary flogging, a punishment that would have killed many men but left Morgan with a back crisscrossed with many ugly scars.
After the war, Morgan returned to Virginia and settled near Winchester where, it may be supposed, he anticipated a long and prosperous life of steady work, hunting, and occasional brawls.
True to his wild and apparently less than ideal upbringing, Morgan set up housekeeping with one Abigail Curry "without benefit of clergy," who bore him two daughters before finally marrying him in 1774. By that time, the eve of the American Revolution, Morgan had become a well-to-do and respected businessman in northern Virginia. Abigail, meanwhile, probably taught him to read and write and in general to conduct himself in a more civilized fashion than had formerly been his way.
War Again
In the spring of 1775, the American colonies were electrified by the news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Continental Congress soon ordered the formation of 10 rifle companies from the middle colonies, including Virginia, to support the Siege of Boston, where the British forces had holed up after the retreat from Lexington and were kept hemmed in by American troops. Virginia agreed to contribute two rifle companies, and Daniel Morgan was picked to lead one of them. He quickly recruited 96 men and marched them 600 miles to Boston, where they arrived in early August.
In the early years of the Revolutionary War, the rifle, the frontiersman's weapon of choice, was the one American asset that cowed the seemingly invincible British military. Outclassing the amateurish Continental Army and its supporting militia in heavy weaponry, field tactics, and strategy, the British had no answers for American sharpshooters from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and elsewhere, whose rifles could devastate battlefield chains of command, picking off officers from beyond the range of British muskets. Daniel Morgan's Virginia Riflemen (nicknamed "Morgan's Sharpshooters") soon earned a reputation for lethal accuracy and attracted the attention of George Washington himself.
Later in 1775, after Congress authorized the invasion of Canada, Daniel Morgan and his men found themselves in the vanguard of a task force led by General Benedict Arnold, bound for the city of Quebec.
The Battle of Quebec, launched on December 31, 1775, began auspiciously with the American forces penetrating the city. But the American fortunes took a disastrous turn, with the British regrouping and trapping the Americans inside the city. Daniel Morgan himself refused to surrender his weapon to a British soldier, finally handing it instead to a Catholic priest. Along with nearly 400 others, Morgan was taken prisoner, languishing in captivity before finally being freed in an exchange in January 1777.
In spite of missing more than a year of the war, Daniel Morgan re-entered the conflict without even breaking stride. He learned that, owing to his courage at the Battle of Quebec, he had been promoted to colonel during his imprisonment. He was assigned to create a new regiment, the 11th Virginia, which he would command personally.
Losing no time, the energetic Morgan swiftly recruited 400 men. Each new rifle man was supposedly tested by being asked to fire at a picture of a British officer from 100 yards; if he hit the picture with his first shot, Morgan signed him up.
Daniel Morgan had no illusions about the role his men were to play. During his imprisonment, American victories had been few and far between. The thoroughly professional British Army, after initial setbacks in the Boston area, had rolled through much of the south and retaken New York and Philadelphia with relative ease. Everywhere the Americans took on the British in a stand-up fight, it seemed, British tactics and flawless organization, honed by centuries of experience, carried the day. If the Americans were to have any hope of success, they would have to do what they could to disrupt the British chain of command.
The deliberate killing of officers on the battlefield was regarded as a war crime by the standards of 18th-century European warfare. Daniel Morgan and other commanders who encouraged the practice were considered war criminals by the British public. But before long, Morgan's tactics were vindicated spectacularly.
Winning Tactic
After seeing action in New Jersey, Morgan's regiment was reassigned to the Northern Command. In August of 1777, they marched north into eastern New York, to help General Horatio Gates resist the relentless advance of British General Burgoyne towards Albany.
"Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne, so nicknamed for his foppish demeanor, was a capable general who had the Americans in full retreat from the loss of Fort Ticonderoga. The American army withdrew in haste to the southwest, the rear guard skirmishing with Burgoyne's forces. American engineers, under the capable direction of Polish-born Tadeusz Kosciuszko, felled trees, diverted watercourses, flooded fields, and in general did everything they could to hedge up the progress of the British.
Burgoyne's forces, encumbered by heavy cannon and well-laden supply wagons, were unable to overtake the Americans, giving American forces time to regroup near the village of Saratoga. Sometime before the first of two engagements that were eventually dubbed the Battle of Saratoga, Morgan's regiment joined General Gates' army. When the British and American armies collided at Freeman's Farm (the "first battle of Sara toga") on September 19, 1777, Morgan's Virginia regiment was in the vanguard. Morgan's men clashed with the British advance guard under General Simon Fraser. In the very first exchange of fire, Morgan's riflemen killed every officer in the British regiment, and the latter retreated. A subsequent charge by the Virginians proved ineffective, since the main column of Burgoyne's forces had arrived.
Morgan's men took up positions in the woods as more American forces arrived from their nearby encampment at Bemis Heights, and the resulting battle was something of a stalemate. The Virginians inflicted horrific damage on the British forces, especially the brass, but the redcoats kept coming until the Americans, low on ammunition, withdrew from the field. Inasmuch as the British held the field at day's end, the Redcoats could claim a victory of sorts. But it was a Pyrrhic victory: their casualty rate was double that of the Americans'.
On October 7, the second and decisive battle, known as Bemis Heights, took place. Morgan was assigned to command the American left wing, once again confronting the capable General Fraser. As before, his riflemen prevailed against the British light infantry. When the British attempted to rally under General Fraser's generalship, Morgan ordered him shot, and one of his sharpshooters promptly did the deed.
A British surge in the middle was repulsed, and General Burgoyne had no choice but to retreat into his redoubt, having lost hundreds of men. After withdrawing to the village of Saratoga itself, Burgoyne, running out of supplies and hopelessly bogged down, surrendered his army on October 17.
The American victory at Saratoga had a galvanizing effect on both sides of the Atlantic. For the first time, the young Continental Army had won a decisive set-piece battlefield victory against one of Britain's top generals. To Saratoga is usually attributed the French decision to ally themselves with the Americans, a turn of events with fateful con sequences at Yorktown a few years later.
Unschooled Hero
Saratoga also cemented Daniel Morgan's reputation, at least in the eyes of the American public. Unfortunately, his relationship with Congress was less secure. Still undereducated and rough around the edges, Morgan possessed none of the polish and finesse of many of his better-connected associates. After Saratoga, Morgan found himself assigned mostly to skirmish with the British around New Jersey, taking no part in larger military maneuvers and battles, and being repeatedly passed over for promotion. Moreover, Morgan had begun to suffer from back pains and gout, in no small measure as a result of the privations of the Quebec campaign and his long captivity.
Finally, exasperated with the lack of recognition for his exertions and sapped by severe back pain, Morgan resigned from the military in June of 1779 and returned to his home in Winchester, Virginia.
His retirement, however, was short-lived. The following June, his old friend from Saratoga, General Horatio Gates, visited him at his home and urged him to reenlist. Morgan declined, citing his persistent health problems and resentment of the political games Congress was playing with military appointments.
Two months later, however, Morgan changed his mind. On August 16, 1780, General Gates' army was routed by the British under Cornwallis at Camden, South Carolina. The American side suffered more than a thousand casualties, with another thousand or so taken prisoner. As a result of the catastrophe, General Gates was relieved of command and replaced by George Washington's pick, Nathanael Greene. Daniel Morgan, upon hearing of the debacle, reenlisted and was soon promoted to the long-sought rank of brigadier general.
With Cornwallis seeking to administer the coup de grace on the remnant of the southern army, General Greene decided to split his forces in two. Late in 1780, he assigned to Daniel Morgan roughly 700 able-bodied men, including a small cavalry unit under William Washington, with instructions to forage and to harass the British, while avoiding the risks of a head-to-head conflict. General Greene then retreated north with the other half of the army, and Daniel Morgan led his men west along the Broad River into northwestern South Carolina.
Before long, the depredations of Morgan's army provoked Cornwallis into sending a force under the leadership of Banastre Tarleton to eliminate the nuisance. Tarleton, nicknamed "Bloody Ban" for his supposed massacre of surrendering American soldiers at the Battle of Waxhaws, was at once the most detested and effective commander on the British side. Ruthless and at times inhumane, Tarleton commanded an elite cavalry unit, the so-called Green Dragoons, who plunged fearlessly into battle and sowed panic and confusion among American forces wherever they appeared. Tarleton set to the task of hunting down Daniel Morgan with typical single-mindedness of purpose, and by mid-January of 1781, had nearly caught up with his quarry.
Daniel Morgan, his men exhausted from the pursuit, had little choice but to disobey orders and prepare for battle with Tarleton's forces. He chose a hilly open pastureland known as Cowpens to make his stand and, with Tarleton's forces closing in, hastily drew up battle plans.
Well aware of Tarleton's penchant for charging impetuously into battle, Morgan decided to exploit his adversary's overconfidence. His forces enlarged by a steady influx of militia, Morgan now fielded over 1,000 men, but many of the added forces were unseasoned recruits, whom he knew from experience would break and run at the first onset by seasoned British regulars. Accordingly, he deployed on his first two battle lines skirmishers and militia, with instructions to fire two volleys and then feign a panicked retreat. Once out of sight behind the third line, which was composed of seasoned regulars, the militia were to reform and renew the attack.
The night before the battle, Daniel Morgan displayed the energy for which he was renowned, going from campfire to campfire delivering rousing pep talks to his men. As a motivational device, he bared his back repeatedly, putting on display the scars he had received decades earlier from the British lash, and telling the men he intended to be the one giving the whipping this time around.
Tarleton roused his men before dawn, and arrived at Cowpens around seven o'clock. As anticipated, he marched directly toward the American positions, confident his dragoons, along with the 71st Highlanders regiment held in reserve, would easily carry the day.
The first American line, 150 skirmishers from North Carolina, poured fire into the British ranks, killing fifteen dragoons, and then retreated. The 300 militiamen in the second line discharged two volleys as instructed, inflicting heavy casualties, and then ran for cover, leaving the third line of more than 500 regulars occupying a hill to contend with the advancing British.
Tarleton advanced stubbornly, but the seasoned American regulars held fast, mowing down the British as they attempted again and again to close with their adversaries. Tarleton ordered the Highlanders into battle, to try to flank the American position, while his infantry launched another determined assault on the American position.
At this juncture, the uncertain fortunes of war took an unexpected turn. Someone on the American side ordered a retreat in the confusion, and the Continentals began to withdraw from their positions. Daniel Morgan, taken by surprise at this turn of events, decided to turn the circumstances in his favor. He hastily ordered his men to feign retreat and then wheel and fire a close-range volley into the British, who were now pursuing the Americans, confident of victory.
The Continentals followed Morgan's orders, with devastating results. As the British wavered, the Americans followed up on the unexpected about-face with a charge, and William Washington's cavalry, which had been held in reserve, now appeared from behind the hill and dashed into the fray. In the confusion, many of the remaining dragoons fled the field, leaving the fight and rear flanks of the enemy bare to the attacks of Washington's cavalry. At that precise moment, the militia, having reformed behind the lines, reappeared on the left flank. Like Hannibal at Cannae 2,000 years earlier, Daniel Morgan now had his enemy in that most perfect of military outcomes, the double envelopment.
Total victory was not long in following, Tarleton, seeing the catastrophe unfolding, tried to lead the rest of his dragoons back into battle, but was repulsed by William Washington's cavalry. Washington engaged in a brief sabre duel with Tarleton, before the latter shot the former's horse and managed to escape. Most of the rest of the surviving dragoons, along with hundreds of other British and Loyalist troops, were taken prisoner. Most importantly, Tarleton's vaunted brigade was destroyed.
To Daniel Morgan must be given all credit for the stunning victory of Cowpens, the first in a series of successes against the British that whittled down Cornwallis' army in the months leading up to the Battle of Yorktown. Cowpens has been called the tactical masterpiece of the American Revolution, and was certainly one of the war's most critical episodes.
For Daniel Morgan it was also the last. His back pains (caused by acute sciatica) and his gout had been aggravated by the damp, chilly weather and by the rigors of the long pursuit. A few days after Cowpens, he requested and was granted a discharge, and returned to his home to convalesce.
The postwar years were kind to Daniel Morgan. A grateful Virginia legislature gifted to him a large estate abandoned by a Tory. Congress awarded him a gold medal in 1790 in recognition of his actions at Cowpens, and in 1794, he returned briefly to military service under President Washington, who appointed him to command certain militia units tasked with suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Daniel Morgan's final act of service to his country was a single term in Congress, from 1797 to 1799, as a Federalist. He died in 1802 on his 66th birthday.
Daniel Morgan, not an educated man like many of the better-known Founding Fathers, embodied the spirit of the men who actually fought the Revolution. Straightforward, courageous, hardworking, and a skilled woodsman, Morgan typified the rugged, heroic frontiersman who so proliferated in 18th- and 19th-century America. Cut out of the same mold as Daniel Boone, Israel Putnam, and Davy Crockett, the Old Wagoner, at Saratoga and at Cowpens, helped to turn the tide, first in the north, and then in the south, of the Revolutionary War.
Charles Scaliger is a teacher and freelance writer.
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Deputy Commissioner Shalini Rajneesh said the responsibility of running these schools would be entrusted to voluntary organisations. All the schools would be opened in the next 15 days, she said while presiding over a meeting here on Monday. Each school would have two teachers and other staff. Even doctors would be appointed on a honorary basis to extend healthcare to the child of the schools.


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Janice Kay Greer Swafford Ekrut
Born 9/23/47 — Died 12/30/08
A small-town girl with incredibly big ideas — not of wealth or power — but of revitalizing her hometown even though she lived hundreds of miles away, Jan Ekrut died in Austin of lung cancer on December 30, 2008. She had visions of her hometown of Electra, Texas, becoming as welcoming and interesting small town as she experienced as she was growing up there.
Born September 23, 1947, in Electra, Texas, to Velma Lou Callander Greer and H.C. "Bud" Greer, Jan grew up in a home where service to others and volunteerism were watchwords. Her late father served as County Commissioner for Wichita County for many years; her mother is still a treasured community volunteer. Jan graduated from Electra High School in 1966 and began her career with IBM corporation in 1969 in Austin where she retired in 1999.
Even having lived in Austin for over 40 years, after retirement Jan and her husband Bob Ekrut directed their energies toward Electra. They spent time as well as money to create opportunities for the community's young people to learn about the town's history and to love and respect that history. The Youth Work Program Jan created resulted in the publication of a monthly newsletter about the history of Electra. It also produced an historic cookbook of local recipes and took on the task of making a sidewalk "museum" in the windows of empty storefronts in the downtown area.
A faithful supporter of the Electra Main Street program, she worked tirelessly toward the renovation of the Grand Theatre in the heart of town.
Her many, many honors include being named a finalist for the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Community Service in 2006 for the Wichita Falls, Texas, area and most recently, named as "Grand Marshal" for the Pump Jack Association Holiday of Lights Parade on November 29, 2008, in Electra. Too ill to attend the event, Jan cherished this recognition especially because her father had been named "Grand Marshal" for the parade a number of years ago.
Jan Ekrut was preceded in death by her father, H.C. "Bud" Greer; and her sister, Marie Greer Migura.
Survivors are her mother, Velma Greer of Electra; husband, Robert Edwin "Bob" Ekrut of Austin/Electra; children, Daron and Tina Swafford of Austin, Texas, Shelley and Lane Reed of Austin, Texas, Mark and Darla Ekrut of Georgetown, Texas, Kerry and Maureen Ekrut of Shady Shores, Texas, Gwen and Gary Krause of Leaky, Texas, Mischel Baldwin of Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, Cassidy and Joey Swafford, Nash Reed, Matt, Andrew and Kara Andel, Savannah, Abby and Ethan Ekrut; special family members, Gayle and Vicki Swafford of Richmond, Texas; and brother-in-law, Carroll Migura, San Antonio, Texas.
In Electra, services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 5, 2009, at First Baptist Church. Burial will be at New Electra Cemetery under direction of Dutton Funeral Home of Iowa Park, Texas.
Services were held in Austin, Texas, at 4 p.m. Friday, January 2, 2009, at Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, 9700 Anderson Mill Road.
The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, January 4, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Electra.
Jan's special request is for each person to bring one flower to the funeral which will then be placed in a vase to represent the beauty she saw in all of her family and friends. In lieu of other flowers, please consider memorials in honor of Jan Ekrut directed to Electra Heritage Society, c/o Paul Hayers, 109 North Main, Electra, Texas, 76360; or Electra Grand Theatre, c/o Jannis Hayers, 101 North Main, Electra, Texas, 76360.
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When we think of pets that need exercise and play time, cats do not automatically spring to mind.
They should.
Our domestic cats don't need to hunt for a living, but they still have those natural instincts to chase, climb and hide. Toys, games and other forms of entertainment enrich your cat's life and burn calories, keeping it happy and healthy.
And kitty playtime takes only two or three minutes several times each day. Here are some of our favorite ways to keep cats active, both physically and mentally.
Get a move on! Cats are attracted by motion. Even the laziest of cats gets excited by the bouncing beam of a flashlight or laser pointer. Following the fast, erratic motion enhances a cat's ability to think and move quickly. To give your cat a real workout, direct the light beam up and down stairs or walls, encouraging the cat to run and jump.
Be careful not to shine a laser pointer in your cat's eyes. Chasing a pingpong ball down the hall will also get your cat moving. Some cats will even bring it back to you.
Gone fishin': Other toys that arouse a cat's desire to chase are fishing-pole toys, which have flexible handles attached to lines with furry or feathery lures at the end. Dangle it over your cat's head or drag it in front of the cat and watch it become a silent stalker: ears forward, rear twitching, then pouncing on the prey, rolling and kicking to "kill" it. The amazing flips and spins in pursuit of the lure will keep your kitten – and you – entertained for hours, or at least until your cat is ready for another nap.
Just remember to put the toy away when you're not around to supervise: You don't want your cat swallowing the string and developing a dangerous intestinal obstruction.
Live-action entertainment: A peaceful way to give your cat a taste of the hunt is to set a bird feeder just outside the window.
The birds stay safely outdoors and get a meal out of the deal, while your cat's life is made more interesting on its side of the window. This is a great way to encourage your cat to do a little jumping – onto the windowsill – and to appeal to its birder nature.
Kitty brain candy: The rapid movements of birds, aquarium fish and other prey animals are like crack for cats. Feed your cat's hunger for prey in a nonviolent way by turning on a nature show or popping in a DVD made especially for cats. Make sure your TV is securely placed so it won't fall over if your cat decides to leap at the screen in a vain attempt to score a meal.
Will play for food: Pet stores have a variety of food puzzles – toys you put food into for your cat to work out.
If you can't find a food puzzle your cat likes, try a homemade version. Put dry food inside an empty paper towel roll, and let your cat figure out how to get at it. Or get a Wiffle ball and insert pieces of kibble. They'll fall out when your cat bats the ball around.
Hide and seek: Put an empty paper sack or a cardboard box with a little packing paper inside it on the floor and let your cat explore. It'll love the dark interiors and crinkly noises. Boxes are extra fun when you have two cats, providing the perfect way to play hide-and-seek.
Use your imagination to keep your cat busy. So many cats these days live mostly or entirely indoors, which is good for them, the neighbors and the wildlife.
But when you close the door on your cat, you need to make the indoors more interesting. Fortunately, doing so strengthens the bond between you and your pet.


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A manwhore is an excellent word to describe my fellow classmates and such.
A manwhore is a man who's rather slutty.
A manwhore is a man who's rather slutty.
Gah! He broke up with me to go out with this other chick. Hes such a manwhore.
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the female version of a whore who thinks about having sex constantly
Rod is such a man-whore. He slept with Scarlet down at the football field.
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someone who has sex with people for money.
"Lee mans is such a manhore"
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One who tells weman what thay want to here to get in there pants
Charles H is the biggest man-whore who loves fucking for food
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Miranda!...ugly dirty slore
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A gigalo, player, or ladies man.
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