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ISSUE DATE: April 1, 2002
What's New?
New Paltz unveils fund raising priorities
Interim President Steven Poskanzer outlined New Paltz' fund raising priorities recently, noting they are the result of consultation with faculty, deans and staff members. The priorities define a specific goal in each of four categories:
Poskanzer notes that these are not one-year fundraising goals, but represent "stretch" targets that if achieved will transform the campus.
Experts online Public Affairs launched the SUNY New Paltz Expert Database March 26. To access the site, go to the Public Affairs home page at www.newpaltz.edu/news and click on "experts." Since January, Public Affairs and deans have solicited full-time faculty and staff to submit expert profiles to build the database. Reporters and groups looking for speakers will now be able to quickly identify and contact experts on specific topics. Sharing expertise with the media, business groups and the community will not only build an individual's own scholarly credibility, but enhance the reputation of the entire university. Full-time faculty and staff can join the Expert Database at any time by completing the online input form at www.newpaltz.edu/experts/form.cfm. Any questions can be directed to the Public Affairs office x3245 or, by e-mail to Nancy Zellner Fenichel at email@example.com.
Accepted Students Day
On Saturday April 6, more than 500 prospective freshman will converge on the SUNY New Paltz campus for a last look as they prepare to make their decision on which college they will attend. After reviewing more than 10,000 freshman applications, New Paltz accepted fewer than 4,000, and anticipates 900 of those students will enroll at New Paltz. Accepted Student's Day is a full day, of tours, briefings and panel discussions to help potential students and parents decide where New Paltz fits on their list of schools that have accepted them. "We look forward to welcoming our prospective students and helping them to get to know the people here…to get to know the campus beyond the rankings and program descriptions," said Kimberly Lavoie, director of Freshman Admissions.
Faculty and Staff Campaign
The official kick-off to the 2001-2202 Faculty and Staff Campaign began March 18 with a PayDay candy bar to "sweeten" the incentive to give. The campaign provides campus community members the opportunity to make donations to support scholarships, faculty support, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Endowment, or to designate another specific campus program or area. Last fiscal year, 12 percent of faculty and staff participated in the internal campaign, raising nearly $32,000. annual giving coordinator Lucia Mallardi says a primary goal this year is to increase the level of participation, noting that strong internal commitment is viewed favorably by foundations and grant makers who consider proposals from campuses. The campaign includes several prize incentives donated by various businesses in the community. Examples include: an overnight stay for two at Mohonk Mountain house, a gift certificate for a one-hour massage at the Center for Therapeutic Massage and a wine-tasting party at Brimstone Hill Vineyard for 12 people. Raffle tickets will be earned based on participation allowing the chance to win prizes. For additional information, contact Mallardi x3240.
Building Blocks
... On Friday April 26, the Center for Peace and Social Justice will sponsor a Diversity Conference and faculty and staff members are invited to share their area of expertise. Some topics for workshops may include racism, sexism, homophobia and lookism. Faculty and staff interested in presenting at the conference should contact John Agnelli by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or at x4601 by April 4.
... On Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, April 3 from 1-2 p.m. the Writing Center, located on the main floor of the library, will hold a workshop titled "How to Paraphrase and Summarize Effectively" for writers doing research papers. For more information, contact the Center for Academic Development and Learning at x3583.
... A workshop titled "Aggression in the Workplace Brown Bag Workshop" will be held Tuesday, April 2 from 12-1 p.m. in the College Terrace. The event is sponsored by the EAP Committee, University Police and Administration. Coffee, tea and dessert will be provided. Please contact Bethanne DelGaudio (EAP Committee Chairperson) at x2805 to reserve a seat.
... The Office of the Registrar has revised the format of Excess Credit Request Forms. Any previous Excess Credit Forms should be destroyed. New forms will be mailed to Academic Departments and will be available at Records and Registration. Felicia Aman (Records and Registration) can be contacted at x3044 with any questions concerning the new format.
... The Writing Board will sponsor a student writing seminar to be led by award winning author Robert Polito, Director of the Writing Program at The New School, on April 18. Polito will host the closed-session workshop for about 10 outstanding New Paltz undergraduates. Faculty are asked to identify talented writers, from across all disciplines, who might benefit from the seminar. Faculty should ask students to contact Jan Schmidt (English), by e-mail at email@example.com or at x2724, or Pauline Uchmanowicz, (English) by e-mail at email@example.com or at x2725. Students should provide Schmidt or Uchmanowicz with a writing sample by Tuesday, April 9.
Joe DuFour (Nursing) recently published an article titled "Cardiovascular Disease and Exercise Stress Testing" in ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners. His article reviews the role of the nurse practitioner in assessing and implementing the use of the exercise stress tests.
Howard Good (Communication and Media) has two poems, "At the New England Holocaust Memorial" and "Evening, Copp's Hill Cemetery," in the spring 2002 issue of the literary journal and e-zine 2River. The issue can be viewed on the Web at www.2River.org.
Chih-Yang Tsai (Business) published an article titled "A Branch-and-Cut Approach for Minimum Cost Multi-Level Network Design," in the journal Discrete Mathematics (Vol. 242/1-3, 2002, pp. 65-92). Tsai worked on this article with Sunil Chopra, IBM distinguished professor of operations management and information systems at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
President Emeritus John J. Neumaier, in collaboration with his daughter, Diane Leonore Neumaier, created an exhibition to honor the memory of Leonore Schwarz Neumaier and the millions of victims of Nazi brutality and war. It will debut at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art April 6 and run though May 19. For more information please visit www.newpaltz.edu/artsnews/release.cfm?id=165.
Alumni in the news
MTV's Road Rules cast members Sophia and Blair will visit SUNY New Paltz in an event titled "Road Rules Invades New Paltz: An Evening with Sophia and Blair" on Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Sophia is a 24-year-old alumna from Elmont, N.Y. who attended New Paltz from 1995-1998. Blair is 21 years old and originally from Louisiana. The two Road Rulers will speak about how the show changed their lives and about issues that affect young people today, such as drugs and alcohol, conflict management and diversity. The event is sponsored by Alumni Affairs and will take place at the Julien J. Studley Theatre. Seating is first come first serve and tickets will be available at the door. Tickets are $5 for all students with ID, $8 for alumni and $10 for all others. For additional information about the event, contact Alumni Affairs at x3230.
|News Pulse is published for the faculty and staff of SUNY New Paltz by the Office of Public Affairs, Division of Advancement. It is printed in house on recycled paper and is also available online. To submit information to the newsletter, please complete the online submission form. If you are requesting inclusion in a particular issue, your submission must be received by noon on Tuesday of the prior week. Contact editor Nancy Zellner Fenichel at x3187 with any additional questions.


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Today marks our 4th Anniversary of business as CrossFit Mission Gorge. We are beyond proud and humbled at how far we have come, and how much we have grown in the past 4 years. We thank each and every one of our members, from those who started their CrossFit journey with us recently, to those "OG" members, who believed in us from the very beginning. You are the backbone of our gym and our community, as well as the reason why our gym is known as one of the most welcoming and friendliest in San Diego. We also thank our coaches, all of whom started out as members. Your professionalism, passion for CrossFit, and constant motivation are integral to the successes we have had, as a business and as athletes. We are truly thankful for all of you, and we are looking forward to celebrating many more PRs and accomplishments with you, both inside and outside of the gym.
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Sambal is becoming more common, a spicy Malaysian chile paste that is widely used for a lot of Asian cuisine. You can find it in the Asian food aisle of any well-stocked grocery store. A generally straightforward mix of chiles, salt and vinegar (some have garlic and/or sugar), sambal can best be described as an Asian harrissa. It's different from Sriracha in that it is nice and chunky with lots of seeds and bits of chile. It makes for a great shortcut to Arrabbiata and here's the simple way to do it.
Read more about spicy pasta in Dave Mau's article here.
This recipe is part of a five-part series devoted to chipotles--those many varieties of smoked chiles. You can go here to start reading--and cooking with--chipotles of all kinds.
The word chutney comes from the Sanskrit word chatni, and in India, refers to relishes that are used to accent other dishes. They can be sweet, sour, hot, or mild. This is a hot and sweet version. Serve with curries or other Indian foods.
From the article "Perfectly Pungent Peaches" by Dave DeWitt here.
Here is the classic hot sauce of Chile, one that is served with grilled
This is not the commercial sauce from Jamaica but rather a specialty
This universal salsa, also known as salsa fria, salsa cruda, salsa
This is a Memphis-style sweet sauce that works well on ribs, pulled pork and chicken.
This recipe appeared in the article Slow Burn: St. Louis Spare Ribs with Chipotle Rub on the Burn! Blog. By Mike Stines.
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blood and chocolate 2 Vivian laid in bed stairing at the ceiling,it had been a year since she movedbut the events that occured in Maryland still haunted her mind. She still thought the night that she saved Aiden from Axel. Vivian chuckled,"I can't believe I had feelings for that jerk!" Then she decided to take a nap before shewent out for her evening run with Gabriel. As for the rest of the pack, the five were still causing mischief but nothing to harmful. All they did was cause scenes during the day and scared the crap out of humans at night when they were in their true form. Wolves were normal in Vermont so no one reported their run ins with them.Esme` no longer ot into fights with Astrid since Vivian became leader. All the others just ate and slept during the day and ran throughout the nights.The pack was finally able to relax now that they didn't have to worry about gossip and news reports of "werewolves" killing innocent people.blood and chocolate 28 years ago in General Fiction More Like This
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Yoshi's San Francisco
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Cuba's hottest band returns to Yoshi's for one night only!
Saturday, Nov 24
8pm $30
10pm $30
Open Dance Floor!
There were a good 20 excellent albums in the first 8 years of the 21st Century, but very few people would deny that the amazing creative momentum of the 1990s ran into a brick wall in early 2001. Attesting to the decline in the Havana scene is the staggering list of brilliant musicians who have left the island: Manolín, Issac Delgado, Danny Lozada, Yoel Páez, Joel Domínguez, Juan Carlos González, etc. etc.
Havana d'Primera was formed by a collective of the best musicians of the 1990s -- those who refused to throw in the towel -- in an attempt to rekindle the magic of timba and create a better working environment for musicians. Their debut album, Haciendo historia, and a string of riveting performances, have caused more buzz than any new band since Pupy y Los Que Son Son.
Havana D'Primera - Alexander Abreu
The band is directed by Alexander Abreu, widely recognized as the greatest trumpeter of his generation -- a key part of Paulito FG's Élite during its glory years and the first call studio trumpeter for everyone from Juan Ceruto to Juan Formell to Issac Delgado. There had always been rumors of Alexander's behind-the-scenes creative contributions in the form of coros and mambos, but he's now come front and center as a dominating lead vocalist and songwriter. His voice is reminiscent of Robertón but with the added melodic sophistication of a skilled instrumentalist. His writing and arranging are brilliant.
Every musician is an all-star -- from pianist Antonio Rodriguez to conguero "El Toro" Castillo to corista Enrique "El Gordo" Pérez to trombonist Carlos Álvarez.
To put it simply, if I were arriving at Havana Airport tonight, this would be the first band I'd be searching for.
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Did anyone see this on TV last night? It was truly one of the best, most spiritual, and moving films I've ever seen. Mitch Albom, considered one of the very finest sportswriters in the country, and also a non-sports author (e.g., Tuesdays With Morrie, which also was made into a movie, starring Jack Lemmon), is based in the Detroit area. I used to take airline tickets to his house every week, in the early 90s, as part of my delivery responsibilities, and met him briefly (Jeff Daniels is also a Michigander, from Chelsea, about 50-60 miles to the southwest of Detroit).
I had thought that Albom was Jewish (he is). The movie seemed so Catholic to me (to the extent of even being "sacramental" and suggesting purgatorial suffering after death in some ways), that I wondered whether I was mistaken, and that he might indeed be a Catholic. This just goes to show yet again a point where I readily agreed with my agnostic friend Ed Babinski, in the second round of our debate: basic morality is a thing held in common by the human race (men being made in God's image; thus intrinsically possessing these sensibilities and longings and a sense of justice and right and wrong).
Accordingly, Catholics and other Christians are not in the least surprised when a well-done artistic statement such as this one, on the meaning of life and the deeper wellsprings of spirituality and existential longing, offers a powerful message in the medium of drama (or fiction, as the case may be) that can profoundly affect those of any religious background. I am reminded of The Song of Bernadette, about the Marian apparitions at Lourdes: a book which was also made into a popular movie. The author, Franz Werfel (1890-1945), was a Jew who resided for a time in Lourdes, while fleeing from the Nazis.
Here are some articles about the movie. If you missed it and ever see it on a DVD at a movie rental place or in a store, by all means, I strongly urge you to watch it (and don't ever deny again -- if you have done this -- that the days of great moviemaking, and great messages in movies, are over):
SurfWax -- News and Articles On Mitch Albom
Catholic Online: A Companion Guide to the Albom Movie (Steve Kellmeyer)
Beliefnet: Paradise Is in the People: Mitch Albom Interviewed by Rebecca Phillips
Bookideas.com: Review of the book by John Hoh
Amazon.com book page (with over 1000 reviews and ranked at #3 for sales!)
ABC.com - Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet In Heaven
imdb page: Five People You Meet in Heaven, The (2004) (TV)
Review by Hagen Baye
Many more entries in a Google search
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Extraordinary "Catholic" Movie: "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
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In a recent interview, legendary LA ska-punkers, Goldfinger announced Less than Jake to be "baloney-sandwich-eating buffons", as well as "a bunch of two-faced, shit-talking girls". In what seemed like a call to arms, they also asked that a tape be played to Less than Jake telling them that Goldfinger's patience has run out! How would LTJ react when they heard this? Vinnie's answer was simple "Goldfinger, we love you too and we'll see you soon."
The Voodoo Glow Skulls and Reel Big Fish are also bands who Goldfinger reported to have a 'strong dislike' for Less than Jake. Frenzal Rhomb, however, joined the feud on the side of the Jakesters giving this message to Goldfinger: "If you fucking asshole Americans ever come to Australia, you'll fuckin' get raped by kangaroos and wombats'll crawl up your ass! You can fuck off you cunts!!!" Fellow countrymen, 28 Days, who recently toured with Goldfinger apparently have nothing good to say about the band and so the battle lines have been drawn. It's Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish and the Voodoo Glow Skulls VS Less than Jake, Frenzal Rhomb and 28 Days! Who shall win? For now, cast your votes for your favourite team on the message board and tune in soon for the next installment of 'ska wars'!!!


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Star Trek: The Next Generation: S4 Blu-rayPosted by T'Bonz - 26/04/13 at 10:04 am
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CBS Home Entertainment has made a preview of the Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4 Blu-ray release available on YouTube.
Season Four of The Next Generation will be released on Blu-ray this summer.
The six-disc set will include all twenty-six episodes in hi-def, bonus material from the DVD release, and new bonus material, including:
- Audio commentaries by Rob Bowman, Brannon Braga, Mike and Denise Okuda and Ronald D. Moore
- Gag reel
- Episode promos
- Relativity: The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- In Conversation: The Art Department
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'GMA': Jennifer Hudson talks playing a heroin addict in Alicia Keys' new movieAdd to Favorites | American Idol
The new Alicia Keys-produced movie "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete" will give audiences the chance to see a new side of Jennifer Hudson. The "American Idol" alum, who has gone on to star in a number of feature films, plays a heroin addict in new flick.
In speaking with Manhattan magazine, Hudson recently revealed that she had a tough time connecting to her character Gloria because she's lived her life sober. "I had no reference point. I'm 31 and I've never, ever, ever had a drink or done a drug in my entire life," she told the magazine.
When Hudson and Keys came on "Good Morning America" to promote "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," Hudson opened up about how she did get into the mindset of a heroin addict. She says she spent a lot of time talking with an addict named Lisa, and channeled that woman into the character of Gloria.
"If I don't have anything to connect from, why don't I find someone to connect to," she says of her mindset on the subject.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete" hits theaters on Oct. 11.


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Marijuana Candy and Lollipop Recipe
December 1, 2010 by admin
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Everybody loves candy! It's sweet, sugary, and always a pick-me-up when your day starts to drag. Now, combine your two favorite things for a treat you (probably) won't ever forget: marijuana and candy!
This recipe requires Marijuana Alcohol Tincture.
Marijuana Candy and Lollipops Recipe
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
1-2 ounces Marijuana Tincture
Molds for Candy and Lollipops (you can buy these at any bakery shop and sometimes at grocery stores, or you can try using ice cube trays for simple shapes)
Your favorite food coloring and/or flavoring
1. Add the first three ingredients together in a pot on the stove at medium heat. Stir until all ingredients dissolve and then bring the liquid into a boil.
2. Bring the temperature of the liquid up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, then slowly stir in the color and/or flavorings.
3. Turn off heat and then QUICKLY stir in Marijuana Tincture (if you're too slow, the liquid will solidify).
4. Pour into the candy molds. Let harden before removing.
Now you have your favorite flavors and colors in a delicious form: Marijuana Candy!


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Once upon a time, there lived near the capital city of a large kingdom a very worthy gentleman and his beautiful and amiable young wife. They loved each other tenderly, and they had not been wedded long before there was a pretty little girl baby in the nursery. For a time, both parents were very happy, but their joy did not last forever. Just as the daughter was growing up into a fair and lovely girl, the mother fell ill and died.
After a while, the father married again. Unhappily, the choice he made this time was not a good one. The lady he married was very rich, but proud and ill-tempered, and she had two grown-up daughters of exactly her own disposition.
Chapter 2
The marriage was no sooner over than the new wife began to be very harsh toward her step-child, whose gentle and loving disposition caused the behavior of her own daughters to appear even more detestable than before. She made her do all the hard work of the house; scrub the floor, polish the grates, answer the door, wait at table, and wash up the plates and dishes.
But the poor child would not complain, even to her father, who always showed the most anxious affection for her. She knew how unhappy he, too, was in this second marriage, and how powerless to help her. When her work was done, she would sit for warmth in a corner of the chimney, among the cinders; and for this reason, and to show how much they despised her, the unkind sisters gave her the name of Cinderella.
Chapter 3
One day the two sisters received an invitation to a ball that was to be given at the palace of the King, in honor of his son, the Prince, who had just come of age. An invitation to this ball being a great honor, the sisters were in high glee, and at once began making preparations to appear there in grand style.
This meant a great deal more work for Cinderella. She had to do all the sewing and ironing, to starch and plait the ruffles, to run out three or four times a day to make purchases, and, when the day of the ball came, to help her proud sisters dress, even to the arranging of their hair; for they knew she had excellent taste in all these matters, although they would not deign to admit it openly.
Chapter 4
Suddenly she heard a tap at the door, and when she opened it there walked in an odd-looking little woman, who carried a wand in her hand. She was a Fairy who had been a great friend of Cinderella's mother while she was alive, and had been chosen as godmother for Cinderella when she was born. After telling Cinderella who she was, she asked her why she had been weeping.
"I--I--should so much have--have liked--" sobbed the broken-hearted girl, but could say no more.
"Do you mean, you would like to go with your sisters?"
"Oh! yes, I should," cried Cinderella.
"Well, well!" said her godmother, "be a good girl, and you shall go."
Cinderella soon dried her tears; and when her godmother said, "Fetch me a pumpkin, she ran and got the largest she could find. The Fairy scooped it hollow, touched it with her wand, and immediately changed it into a magnificent carriage.
Then seeing a mouse-trap in which were six live mice, she told Cinderella to open the door of it; and as each mouse ran out, she touched it with her wand; and so got as handsome a team of mouse- colored horses as were ever harnessed together.
Then she made a coachman out of a rat, and six tall footmen out of six lizards from the garden. Another touch from the wand changed Cinderella's dingy clothing into a beautiful ball-dress, that sparkled with diamonds. Last of all, the Fairy gave her a pair of slippers made of gl***, the smallest and prettiest ever seen.Cinderella was now quite ready. Just as she was stepping into the carriage, the good Fairy said, "Mind, whatever you do, don't be later than twelve;" and warned her, that if she did not leave in time, her carriage would turn back to a pumpkin, her horses to mice, her coachman to a rat, her footmen to lizards, and her dress to rags.
Chapter 5
There was a great stir at the palace when the splendid carriage drove up, and great was the interest displayed when Cinderella alighted. The Lord High Chamberlain himself escorted her to the ball-room, and introduced her to the Prince, who immediately claimed her hand for the next dance. Cinderella was in a whirl of delight, the envy and admiration of all the ladies and gentlemen. The hours flew all too fast. At supper Cinderella was seated next her sisters, and even conversed with them, they little thinking who she was.
When the hands of the clock pointed to a quarter of twelve, Cinderella, mindful of her godmother's warning, arose and hastened to her carriage. The Prince hurried after her, expressed his regret that she must leave so soon, and invited her to come to the palace the next evening, when a second ball was to be given.
Chapter 6
The following night the two sisters went again to the ball, and Cinderella's godmother let her also go; but in a much handsomer dress than before.
The Prince waited for her at the door, at least three-quarters of an hour, and when she arrived, led her into the ball-room. He danced with her every time, and kept by her side the whole evening.
Cinderella was so happy, she entirely forgot her godmother's warning, and the time had p***ed so quickly she did not think it was more than eleven when the first stroke of midnight sounded.
She jumped up from her seat by the side of the Prince, rushed across the room, and flew down stairs.
The Prince ran after her; but was too late. The only trace of her was a gl*** slipper, which had fallen off in her flight. The Prince picked it up, and would not part with it.
Poor Cinderella got home frightened and out of breath. She had none of her finery now, except the other gl*** slipper.
The Prince made the strictest inquiries, but could get no in ation from the servants of the palace, or the soldiers on guard. The only person that had p***ed them, was a poorly clad girl, who certainly could not have been at the ball.
Chapter 7
The next day heralds were sent through all the kingdom, proclaiming that the Prince would marry the lady who could wear the slipper that he had picked up.
The rivalry among the ladies was very great, but as the slipper was a magic shoe, it fitted no one. When the herald called on the two sisters, although they squeezed their feet terribly, they fared no better than the others. When they were quite tired out with trying, Cinderella asked, "May I see if it will fit me?"
The sisters began to laugh and sneer, but the herald said, "Everybody has a right to try."
Cinderella sat down, and no sooner was the slipper tried, than it fitted like a glove. Then she drew the other slipper her pocket and put it on, and at that moment the Fairy appeared, and touching Cinderella's clothes with her wand, made them more splendid than ever. The sisters knew then that she was the beautiful Princess of the ball, and they begged her forgiveness.
Chapter 8
Cinderella soon married the Prince; and afterward, the sisters, whose pride had become subdued, married two noblemen of the Court.
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by Annette Hinkle
We all take money for granted. Not in the "haves" vs "haves not" sense, but in the fact it exists. Even in this age of ATMs and credit cards, U.S. currency in the form of the greenbacks and coinage in our wallets still plays a big role in how we get through our day — be it picking up groceries after work or paying the kids' weekly allowance.
Historically speaking, the first US coins were minted in 1793 — but a lot of commerce went on in this country before then. So what did colonists do when they needed a pound of coffee or a new work shirt?
That question first piqued the interest of East Hampton's Frank Sorrentino while on a trip to Colonial Williamsburg with his children years ago.
"We were in a general store where the merchant had a ledger and a journal of what they sold," he says. "I started to think. This is not a very simple economy."
It was those ledgers — a tally of debits and credits along with a separate journal of the going rate for goods and services — that functioned as a barter economy for early Americans.
"If you were a farmer with a bushel of corn, that was worth something and you could trade it for something else," says Sorrentino. "The barter system was the only way to buy or sell commodities. What made it very interesting, people would agree on prices, but after while, in commerce they had to keep track of who owed what. Commodity money came about."
And when those accounts were finally settled, debtors would pull out the change purse to make good — but it wouldn't be with American money.
"I bought a book about Colonial Williamsburg while I was there and they had a list of all the coins they found from excavation — Dutch, Spanish, German, French and some they couldn't recognize," he says. "All these foreign coins were in this economy. How did they do it?"
How they did it will be the focus of "Foreign Coins and Money Substitutes in Colonial America" a talk by Sorrentino this Saturday at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum. Offered in conjunction with the museum, the Custom House, the Sag Harbor Historical Society and the Eastville Community Historical Society in his presentation, Sorrentino will explain how foreign coins influenced trade, how merchants kept track of customer accounts and show examples of currency from the colonial period.
Sorrentino has become something of a local expert on this topic, having further indulged his Williamsburg curiosity by delving into the local merchant and whaling ledgers in the Long Island Collection at the East Hampton Library. In his research, he discovered a key reason for the barter system in the 17th and 18th century America was a severe shortage of coinage.
"It was illegal to take English silver or gold coins out of England. They wanted to keep them in the country," says Sorrentino. "So when the British took over New Amsterdam from the Dutch and had colonies from Maine to South Carolina, it wasn't British coins, but Spanish American coins that made the world turn. Over two billion coins were made in central and South America — Bolivia, Peru and Mexico City – starting in the late 1500s."
Though Spanish American coins were the dominate currency, they weren't the only coinage in circulation and complicating matters was the fact that the agreed upon value of the coins varied from colony to colony.
"I started studying the ledgers to find what the value of these coins were," says Sorrentino. "A lot of them were silver, some gold and copper. Merchants weighed them — because they were silver they had a specific value. Weight and what percent fine silver could put a value on a coin."
"That's a nice simple story," he adds. "But I ran into some complexities."
Those complexities included the value the British mint placed on the most popular coin — the Spanish milled dollar — in its own system of pounds, pence and shillings, compounded by the fact that colonies were independently setting their own values for the coin based upon how desperately they needed coinage.
"Every colony had a different value for that Spanish coin which complicated the commerce," explains Sorrentino. "New York said there are very few coins, how do we get more? The British said it's worth 54 pence. We're going to say it's worth 96 pence, we'll gear the whole economy to overvalued coins."
"Then, New England would raise the value of the same coin. You had five different systems of value," he says. "A New Yorker in New Jersey has the same coin but it's a different value. How do you deal with that as a merchant? How can one person go from one colony to another and buy something to eat?"
That's why commodities played such a huge role in the early American economy. In his research, Sorrentino also explored the nature of money substitutes — from tobacco and nails, to locally manufactured Native American wampum (another highly valued currency) made from qhohog shells and periwinkle which was formed into hollow beads and strung together.
"The Dutch were big promoters of wampum," he explains. "Wampum started with Native Americans, but because of the success, towns started saying you could pay taxes in wampum. Then there was inflation when the Dutch brought in mechanical drills that could greatly increase the production of wampum."
Some things, it seems never changes.
"The hardest concept to understand is how the colonies operated on imaginary money," says Sorrentino, who adds that despite the tracking of wampum, shillings or pounds, money rarely actually changed hands. "Everybody had an account book. The merchants were the first bankers."
And because Sag Harbor had New York State's first Custom House, Sorrentino naturally spent time going through the ledger books there to see how it all worked.
"In the enactment of the first laws in Congress, there was a big section on the custom houses – this is where the U.S. got money to pay off its debts by charging fees on imports into the country," says Sorrentino. "A director of the custom house had to know the value of all currency, whether it was from the Levant, the Middle East or London. All these coins had to be understood and known."
While local colonies in Massachusetts began printing paper money as early as the 1690s, it wasn't backed by real silver. It wasn't until 1792 that the US passed the first law to create a mint in Philadelphia and the first US coins followed in 1793. But foreign currency continued to play a crucial role in the country's economy and remained legal tender well into the 19th century.
"By 1795, we were minting some silver dollars. But foreign coins were used in circulation until 1857," says Sorrentino. "That's when they got demonitized."
Sorrentino admits there's now a lot of research behind that initial curiosity which got him started on all this in the first place. While the history of commerce and currency in this country is complicated — he promises to keep Saturday's talk to an hour or so.
"People will at least get the feel for how things were in that day and how ingenious they were," says Sorrentino. "It was a very difficult arrangement and an interesting time in our history."
"Foreign Coins and Money Substitutes in Colonial America" begins at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 6 at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, 200 Main Street, Sag Harbor. The presentation is co-sponsored by the Custom House, the Sag Harbor Historical Society and the Eastville Community Historical Society.


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'19 Kids and Counting': Check out Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard's wedding websiteAdd to Favorites | 17 Kids and Counting
We're getting ready for Tuesday's (June 3) Season 8 finale of "19 Kids and Counting," where we've been teased with Derick's proposal to Jill. But television is always a few months behind real life, and it turns out Jill and Derick are only a few days away from their wedding.
Derick tweeted a link to their wedding website, which lists the happy date as Saturday, June 21. Of course, some areas are just for family and guests, but it does link to their registries (Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon and WalMart) just in case you'd like to buy the adorable couple a juicer or a stainless steel trash can.
We're excited to see the season finale, and look forward to the wedding on TV sometime in Season 9.
"19 Kids and Counting" airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT Tuesdays on TLC.
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A method and system for communicating insurance related services between an insured and an insurer through an Internet communication scheme includes a processing system for processing acquired event and sensored data to compute the cost of insurance for the same period as the data is acquired. An enhanced Internet communication scheme provides an insured access to the acquired data and its processing through enhanced presentation systems (e.g., maps with usage, service or special event processing or even automobile service diagnostics.) In addition, communication packages can provide estimates based upon user-supplied information identifying projected usages.
1. A method of communicating a cost of insuring a unit of risk and corresponding operating characteristics for the unit monitored for a selected period, comprising steps of:
providing a Web site system for communicating data between an insurer and an insured relative to the unit of risk;
monitoring the operating characteristics during the selected period;
deciding the cost of insuring for the period based upon the operating characteristics monitored in that period; and
selectively communicating the monitored operating characteristics and decided cost to the insured through the Web site system.
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10. A system for Internet on-line communicating between an insurer and insured, of detected operating characteristics of a unit of risk for a selected period, and a cost of insuring the unit for the selected period, as decided by the insurer in consideration of the detected operating characteristics, the system comprising:
a Web site system for selectively communicating the operating characteristics and the cost from the insurer to the insured;
a monitoring system for monitoring the operating characteristics;
a storage system for storing the operating characteristics, the storage system being accessible to the Web site system; and,
a processing system for deciding the cost of insuring the unit for the period based upon the monitored operating characteristics, the processing system being accessible to the Web site system.
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This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/135,034, filed Aug. 17, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,064,970 which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/592,958, filed Jan. 29, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,797,134. A related application is U.S. Ser. No. 09/364,803 filed Jul. 30, 1999.
The present invention relates to data acquisition, processing and communicating systems, and particularly to a system for acquiring and handling relevant data for an insured unit of risk for purposes of providing a more accurate determination of cost of insurance for the unit of risk and for communicating or quoting the so determined cost to an owner of the unit of risk. Although the invention has its principal applicability to motor vehicles such as automobiles, the invention is equally applicable to other units of risk such as, without limitation, motorcycles, motor homes, trucks, tractors, vans, buses, boats and other water craft and aircraft. The invention especially relates to a system for monitoring and communicating units of risk operational characteristics and operator actions for implementing the operational characteristics, to obtain increased amounts of data relating to the safety or risk of use for a subject unit, for purposes of providing a more accurate determination of the cost of insurance corresponding to a real time usage of the risk unit, and for making such data and computed costs accessible to a customer or insured or others on hardcopy, over the Internet or by other electronic means for convenient communication. The invention relates to electronic commerce, particularly where insurance and related information is marketed, sold or communicated via the Internet or other interactive network.
Conventional methods for determining costs of motor vehicle insurance involve gathering relevant historical data from a personal interview with the applicant for the insurance and by referencing the applicant's public motor vehicle driving record that is maintained by a governmental agency, such as a Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Such data results in a classification of the applicant to a broad actuarial class for which insurance rates are assigned based upon the empirical experience of the insurer. Many factors are relevant to such classification in a particular actuarial class, such as age, sex, marital status, location of residence and driving record.
The current system of insurance creates groupings of vehicles and drivers (actuarial classes) based on the following types of classifications.
The classifications, such as age, are further broken into actuarial classes, such as 21 to 24, to develop a unique vehicle insurance cost based on the specific combination of actuarial classes for a particular risk. For example, the following information would produce a unique vehicle insurance cost.
A change to any of this information would result in a different premium being charged, if the change resulted in a different actuarial class for that variable. For instance, a change in the drivers' age from 38 to 39 may not result in a different actuarial class, because 38 and 39 year old people may be in the same actuarial class. However, a change in driver age from 38 to 45 may result in a different premium because of the change in actuarial class.
Current insurance rating systems also provide discounts and surcharges for some types of use of the vehicle, equipment on the vehicle and type of driver. Common surcharges and discounts include:
A principal problem with such conventional insurance determination systems is that much of the data gathered from the applicant in the interview is not verifiable, and even existing public records contain only minimal information, much of which has little relevance towards an assessment of the likelihood of a claim subsequently occurring. In other words, current rating systems are primarily based on past realized losses. None of the data obtained through conventional systems necessarily reliably predicts the manner or safety of future operation of the vehicle. Accordingly, the limited amount of accumulated relevant data and its minimal evidential value towards computation of a fair cost of insurance has generated a long-felt need for an improved system for more reliably and accurately accumulating data having a highly relevant evidential value towards predicting the actual manner of a vehicle's future operation.
Many types of vehicle operating data recording systems have heretofore been suggested for purposes of maintaining an accurate record of certain elements of vehicle operation. Some are suggested for identifying the cause for an accident, others are for more accurately assessing the efficiency of operation. Such systems disclose a variety of conventional techniques for recording vehicle operation data elements in a variety of data recording systems. In addition, it has also been suggested to provide a radio communication link for such information via systems such as a cellular telephone to provide immediate communication of certain types of data elements or to allow a more immediate response in cases such as theft, accident, break-down or emergency. It has even been suggested to detect and record seatbelt usage to assist in determination of the vehicle insurance costs (U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,336).
The various forms and types of vehicle operating data acquisition and recordal systems that have heretofore been suggested and employed have met with varying degrees of success for their express limited purposes. All possess substantial defects such that they have only limited economical and practical value for a system intended to provide an enhanced acquisition, recordal and communication system of data which would be both comprehensive and reliable in predicting an accurate and adequate cost of insurance for the vehicle. Since the type of operating information acquired and recorded in prior art systems was generally never intended to be used for determining the cost of vehicle insurance, the data elements that were monitored and recorded therein were not directly related to predetermined safety standards or the determining of an actuarial class for the vehicle operator. For example, recording data characteristics relevant to the vehicle's operating efficiency may be completely unrelated to the safety of operation of the vehicle. Further, there is the problem of recording and subsequently compiling the relevant data for an accurate determination of an actuarial profile and an appropriate insurance cost therefor.
Current motor vehicle control and operating systems comprise electronic systems readily adaptable for modification to obtain the desired types of information relevant to determination of the cost of insurance. Vehicle tracking systems have been suggested which use communication links with satellite navigation systems for providing information describing a vehicle's location based upon navigation signals. When such positioning information is combined with roadmaps in an expert system, vehicle location is ascertainable. Mere vehicle location, though, will not provide data particularly relevant to safety of operation unless the data is combined with other relevant data in an expert system which is capable of assessing whether the roads being driven are high-risk or low-risk with regard to vehicle safety.
On-line Web sites for marketing and selling goods have become common place. Many insurers offer communication services to customers via Web sites relevant to an insured profile and account status. Commonly assigned application U.S. Ser. No. 09/135,034, filed Aug. 17, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,064,970 discloses one such system. Customer comfort with such Web site communication has generated the need for systems which can provide even more useful information to customers relative to a customer's contract with the insurer. Such enhanced communications can be particularly useful to an insured when the subject of the communications relates to real time cost determination, or when the subject relates to prospective reoccurring insurable events wherein the system can relate in the existing insured's profile with some insurer provided estimates of a future event for deciding an estimated cost of insuring the event.
The present invention contemplates a new and improved monitoring, recording and communicating system for an insured unit of risk, which primarily overcomes the problem of determining cost of vehicle insurance based upon data which does not take into consideration how a specific unit of risk is operated. The subject invention will base insurance charges with regard to current material data representative of actual operating characteristics to provide a classification rating of an operator or the unit in an actuarial class which has a vastly reduced rating error over conventional insurance cost systems. Additionally, the present invention allows for frequent (monthly) adjustment to the cost of coverage because of the changes in operating behavior patterns. This can result in insurance charges that are readily controllable by individual operators. The system is adaptable to current electronic operating systems, tracking systems and communicating systems for the improved extraction of selected insurance related data. In addition, the system provides for enhanced and improved communication of the relevant acquired data, cost estimates of insuring events and customer insured profiles through an Internet/Web site.
In accordance with the present invention, there is disclosed a method of determining a cost of automobile insurance based upon monitoring, recording and communicating data representative of operator and vehicle driving characteristics, whereby the cost is adjustable by relating the driving characteristics to predetermined safety standards. The method is comprised of steps of monitoring a plurality of raw data elements representative of an operating state of a vehicle or an action of the operator. Selected ones of the plurality of raw data elements are recorded when they are determined to have an identified relationship to the safety standards. The recorded elements are consolidated for processing against an insured profile and for identifying a surcharge or discount to be applied to a base cost of automobile insurance. The total cost of insurance obtained from combining the base cost and surcharges or discounts is produced as a final cost to the operator.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the recording comprises identifying a trigger event associated with the raw data elements which has an identified relationship to the safety standards so that trigger information representative of the event is recorded.
In accordance with a more limited aspect of the present invention, the method comprises a step of immediately communicating to a central control station via an uplink, information representative of the trigger event and recording response information generated by the control station.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, the method comprises steps of generating calculated data elements and derived data elements from the raw data elements, and accumulating the calculated and derived data elements in a recording device.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method and system for Internet on-line communicating, between an insurer and an insured, of detected operating characteristics of a unit of risk, (e.g., a vehicle) for a selected period, and the cost of insuring the unit for the selected period, as decided by the insurer in consideration of the detected operating characteristics. A Web site system is provided for selectively communicating the operating characteristics and the cost between the insurer and the insured. A monitoring system monitors the operating characteristics. A storage system stores the operating characteristics and is accessible to the Web site system. A processing system decides the cost of insuring the unit for a period based upon the operating characteristics monitored during that period. The processing system is also accessible to the Web site system.
One benefit obtained by use of the present invention is a system that will provide precise and timely information about the current operation of an insured motor vehicle that will enable an accurate determination of operating characteristics, including such features as miles driven, time of use and speed of the vehicle. This information can be used to establish actual usage based insurance charges, eliminating rating errors that are prevalent in traditional systems and will result in vehicle insurance charges that can be directly controlled by individual operators.
It is another benefit of the subject invention that conventional motor vehicle electronics are easily supplemented by system components comprising a data recording process, a navigation system and a communications device to extract selected insurance relevant data from the motor vehicle.
It is another object of the present invention to generate actuarial classes and operator profiles relative thereto based upon actual driving characteristics of the vehicle and driver, as represented by the monitored and recorded data elements for providing a more knowledgeable, enhanced insurance rating precision.
It is another aspect of the present invention that an on-line Web site is provided for communicating data, services, and estimates to customers via an Internet Web Site, including estimated costs for expected operating usage for a particular unit of risk. Accordingly, the real time cost determination and communication through the Web site provides the type of enhanced communications between a customer and an insurer that can be particularly useful in limiting costs, and enhancing safety.
It is another benefit of the invention that a user of a unit of risk may be authenticated as a proper user of the unit, and a more accurate rating for the authenticated user may be implemented for the computation of insurance costs.
The subject new insurance rating system retrospectively adjusts and prospectively sets premiums based on data derived from motor vehicle operational characteristics and driver behavior through the generation of new actuarial classes determined from such characteristics and behavior, which classes heretofore have been unknown in the insurance industry. The invention comprises an integrated system to extract via multiple sensors, screen, aggregate and apply for insurance rating purposes, data generated by the actual operation of the specific vehicle and the insured user/driver.
The invention may take physical form in certain parts and steps and arrangements of parts and steps, the preferred embodiments of which will be described in detail in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and wherein:
The following terms and acronyms are used throughout the detailed description:
Internet. A collection of interconnected (public and/or private) networks that are linked together by a set of standard protocols (such as TCP/IP and HTTP) to form a global, distributed network. While this term is intended to refer to what is now commonly known as the Internet, it is also intended to encompass variations which may be made in the future, including changes and additions to existing standard protocols.
World Wide Web ("Web"). Used herein to refer generally to both (i) a distributed collection of interlined, user-viewable hypertext documents (commonly referred to as Web documents or Web pages) that are accessible via the Internet, and (ii) the client and server software components which provide user access to such documents using standardized Internet protocols. Currently, the primary standard protocol for allowing applications to locate and acquire Web documents is HTTP, and the Web pages are encoded using HTML. However, the terms "Web" and "World Wide Web" are intended to encompass future markup languages and transport protocols which may be used in place of (or in addition to) HTML and HTTP.
Web Site. A computer system that serves informational content over a network using the standard protocols of the World Wide Web. Typically, a Web site corresponds to a particular Internet domain name, such as "progressive.com," and includes the content associated with a particular organization. As used herein, the term is generally intended to encompass both (i) the hardware/software server components that serve the informational content over the network, and (ii) the "back end" hardware/software components including any non-standard or specialized components, that interact with the server components to perform services for Web site users.
Referring now to the drawings, wherein the showings are for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the invention only and not for purposes of limiting same, the FIGURES show an apparatus and method for monitoring, recording and communicating insurance related data for determination of an accurate cost of insurance based upon evidence relevant to the actual operation and in particular the relative safety of that operation. Generally, a unit of risk, e.g., vehicle, user is charged for insurance based upon statistical averages related to the safety of operation based upon the insurer's experience with other users who drive similar vehicles in a similar geographic area. The invention allows for the measure of the actual data while the motor vehicle is being driven. Such data measurement will allow the vehicle user to directly control his/her insurance costs by operating the vehicle in a manner which he/she will know will evidence superior safety of operation and a minimal risk of generation of an insurance claim. Examples of data which can be monitored and recorded include:
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For example, a driver authentication system is intended, such as where several individual drivers (same family, etc.) may properly use the vehicle but each may have different ratings for insurance computations.
The physical operation of the vehicle is monitored through various sensors 412 in operative connection with the vehicle data bus, while additional sensors 414 not normally connected to the data bus can be in direct communication with the computer 300 as will hereinafter be more fully explained.
The vehicle is linked to an operation control center 416 by a communications link 418, preferably comprising a conventional cellular telephone interconnection, but also comprising satellite transmission, magnetic or optical media, radio frequency or other known communication technology. A navigation sub-system 420 receives radio navigation signals from a positioning device 422 which may include, but is not limited to GPS, radio frequency tags, or other known locating technology.
The type of elements monitored and recorded by the subject invention comprise raw data elements, calculated data elements and derived data elements. These can be broken down as follows:
Raw Data Elements:
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Trigger event processing 104 essentially comprises three elements, a flow process for contacting a central control 106, contacting a claims dispatch, and/or recording trigger event data 110. If the trigger event is one that does not require contacting central control or contacting a claims dispatch, then processing proceeds to merely record the event as trigger event data 110. Trigger event processing can include, but is not limited to:
If trigger event processing comprises contact central control, the inquiry is made, and if affirmative, the central control is contacted 112, the central control can take appropriate action 114, and a record is made of the action taken by the central control 116. For the process of claims dispatch 108, the system first contacts 120 the claims dispatch service department of the insurer, the claims dispatch takes appropriate action 122 and a recording 124 of the claims dispatch action information is made.
The recording of trigger event data can include, but is not limited to:
The recording thus comprises monitoring a plurality of raw data elements, calculated data elements and derived data elements as identified above. Each of these is representative of an operating state of the vehicle or an action of the operator. Select ones of the plurality of data elements are recorded when the ones are determined to have an identified relationship to the safety standards. For example, vehicle speed in excess of a predetermined speed limit will need to be recorded but speeds below the limit need only be monitored and stored on a periodic basis. The recording may be made in combination with date, time and location. Other examples of data needed to be recorded are excessive rates of acceleration or frequent hard braking.
The recording process would be practically implemented by monitoring and storing the data in a buffer for a selected period of time, e.g., thirty seconds. Periodically, such as every two minutes, the status of all monitored sensors for the data elements is written to a file which is stored in the vehicle data storage within the computer 300. The raw, calculated and derived data elements listed above comprise some of the data elements to be so stored.
"Trigger events" should be appreciated as a combination of sensor data possibly requiring additional action or which may result in a surcharge or discount during the insurance billing process. Certain trigger events may require immediate upload 106 to a central control which will then be required to take appropriate action 114. For example, a trigger event would be rapid deceleration in combination with airbag deployment indicating a collision, in which case the system could notify the central control of the vehicle location. Alternatively, if the operator were to trigger on an emergency light, similarly the system could notify the central control of the vehicle location indicating that an emergency is occurring.
Trigger events are divided into two groups: those requiring immediate action and those not requiring immediate action, but necessary for proper billing of insurance. Those required for proper billing of insurance will be recorded in the same file with all the other recorded vehicle sensor information. Those trigger events requiring action will be uploaded to a central control center which can take action depending on the trigger event. Some trigger events will require dispatch of emergency services, such as police or EMS, and others will require the dispatch of claims representatives from the insurance company.
The following comprises an exemplary of some, but not all, trigger events:
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These events would require immediate notification of the central control center.
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Another important feature of
With particular reference to
The process flowchart starting at Begin 506 more generally describes the communication activity between the insurer and the unit of risk. The insurer will acquire event data 508, sensor data 510, may update 512 the data process logic and then process 514 the raw data elements to generate either the calculated or derived data elements. All relevant data is stored 516 in a conventional data storage device 518. If the stored item is an event 524, then the insurer needs to cause some sort of response to the event. For example, if there is an airbag deployment, the insurer may actually try to communicate with the vehicle, and upon failure of communication, may initiate deployment of emergency medical or police service. If this specific event processing and/or alerts 526 occurs, the system may have to initiate a charge per use event. For instance, charges can also include immediate response claims, EMS contact charges or police dispatch charges. The data or events which are stored in stored device 518 are accessed by a billing algorithm 530 to generate a cost for the unit of risk in consideration of all the relevant data and events occurring in that period. It is a special feature of the subject invention that the cost of insurance is based upon the real time data occurring contemporaneously with the billing so that the system provides an insurance use cost, as opposed to an estimation based upon historical data. After a relevant cost is computed, periodic bills are produced 532 and typically mailed to a customer as an account statement 534.
Another important feature of the subject invention illustrated in
Two different types of on-line services interfaces are illustrated; a prospective on-line services interface 550, or an interface 552 for reporting acquired data. The data reports through the acquired service interface may comprise all of the stored event and sensor data, along with enhanced processing maps showing travel routes during the billing period, or even a map showing current location of the unit of risk. By Geofencing is meant to identify when the unit travels outside of a certain geographical area. It is even possible to determine whether automobile maintenance service is appropriate by diagnostic analysis of the sensor and event data.
The prospective interface relates to "what if" gaming where a customer can project certain usages of the unit of risk, and the system can, in combination with similar occurring usage in the past or, based upon the overall customer profile or matrix, project a estimated cost for such usage. In effect, a user can determine in advance what particular usage of the unit will incur as insurance cost with a very reliable associated insurance estimate.
Lastly, enhanced on-line account statements 554 can also be communicated on-line wherein maps with usage, or service usage details can be provided as a more detailed explanation of the resulting costs of an account statement.
With particular reference to
The subject invention is also applicable as a process for collecting data to be used for the following non-insurance related purposes: advertising and marketing, site selection, transportation services, land use planning, determining road design, surface or composition, traffic planning and design, and road conditions.
The invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. Obviously modifications and alterations will occur to others upon a reading and understanding of this specification. The present invention is intended to include all such modifications and alterations in so far as they come within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.
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Vodafone, Telmap and Multimap launch "Find and Go"
Vodafone and Telmap have teamed up with Multimap to introduce the new "Find & Go" service.
Converging PC location based services with the mobile phone, Vodafone customers can for the first time search for a destination on their PCs on the multimap website and send the search result to their mobile phone free of charge.
Using this info, customers can then obtain driving directions from Multimap's Driving Direction Service or receive directions for turn-by-turn pedestrian or driving navigation using the Find & Go service.
Vodafone's Find & Go uses mobile network positioning that claims to make it much faster for customers with GPS handsets to identify their location and search for places or landmarks immediately, without the need to wait for their phone to pick up the satellite signal.
This means searching for locations is now possible even when a customer is indoors or out of the GPS signal range.
Find & Go will suggest route alternatives based on traffic conditions and estimated times of arrival. Designed for both in-car and pedestrian navigation, maps are 3D, the spoken instructions includes street names and there are POIs too.
Available on 14 handsets in total, (6 GPS embedded and additional 8 using the Bluetooth GPS key ring) Find & Go's maps, local search, and driving directions are free of charge while the "turn-by-turn" navigation service costs £5 per month.
Customers can purchase the service from any Vodafone retail store, through telesales or directly from Vodafone live!, or three months subscription is included on the Nokia N78, 6120 and N95 8GB and one month with other Find & Go compatible handsets.


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I was very disappointed to read the article about the pedestrian bridge on U.S. Highway 78. It is a another typical example of government spending that sickens me every day I drive by and see absolutely no one walking on it. Who in their right mind is going to walk from Park Place to Snellville as the article suggested? I have almost never seen anyone walking down the sidewalks as there is no bus stop, and I'll be shocked to ever see someone sitting on the bench across the street under the lamppost.The people at Evermore, Charlotte Nash and the mayor of Snellville are clueless about what our country needs. When I discovered that $357,000 of federal money was used to build the bridge, I thought about how disconnected these people are to real-life budgets. I understand it was the CID that voted for and paid a large part of it, but when it comes to my federal/county taxes being used, can we please stop? We do not need any more walking trails and bike paths when our country is broke. When a family is trying to reduce debt, they don't go on vacation. We can walk in our neighborhoods, local parks, Stone Mountain Park for goodness sake or whatever. But please stop spending my money on things that are not necessary. My daughter and her children will have to pay for it! I wonder how many other projects have been done, or are being planned, while we are trillions of dollars in debt. Absolutely ridiculous. — Jennifer Smith Lilburn
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Producer: Melanie Amaro The "Next Mariah Carey"
Kuk Harrell has made a career out of producing hits for superstars. The man behind Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and the late Whitney Houston is currently working with The X Factor Season 1 winner Melanie Amaro, who Kuk calls "a massive talent." Melanie, who got a $5 million recording contract with Epic Records as part of her winnings, is currently in the studio working on her debut album.
Kuk tells Hollywood Life Melanie's already finished two songs for the record, which Melanie has previously insisted will include more than just ballads. "We have cut two songs so far," Kuk spills. "Melanie's team is really smart. They are just picking great records for her."
Kuk has nothing but praise for the 19-year-old singer, gushing, "She's a great spirit and a great singer. She's just a joy to be around. Melanie has what it takes to be the next Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston. She's a massive talent."
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Vertebrates used to be so simple. They came in five common-sense categories: amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles. Birds were the winged and feathered ones, reptiles the scaly, cold-blooded ones. And so on. A place for everything and everything in its place.
That was before cladistics, a more rational system of taxonomy initiated by the German entomologist Willi Hennig in the 1960s. It analyses shared characteristics and genetic relationships to group species according to their evolutionary ancestry. That sounds fair enough - but strict rationality, it turns out, plays havoc with those familiar groupings.
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Stoke striker Peter Crouch has told Michael Owen he should join the Potteries outfit if he wants to enjoy playing regular football again.
Crouch has not looked back since leaving Tottenham to sign for Stoke for a club record £10million deal 12 months ago, scoring 14 goals in 40 appearances. The 31-year-old feels Owen would enjoy a similar lease of life if he signed up to manager Tony Pulis' squad.
Owen was released by Manchester United earlier this summer, but Crouch told The Sun: "I know Michael has a big decision to make after leaving a club the size of Manchester United, but I had a similar decision to make last summer. If you want to play regular football and enjoy playing again, this is a great place to be."
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In the past, we've considered the question of whether the current crop of mega-monitors actually work to enhance productivity. But there's another option that web workers, at least those with a relatively stable desk, ought to look seriously at: multiple monitors. Instead of buying one single 30-inch (or larger) behemoth, equip your computer with two, three, or even more reasonably-sized monitors.
Software developers in particular have discussed the benefits of multiple monitors for some time now. Those of us who work with them – I have four monitors on my own desk right now – are happily convinced of these benefits. It's really pretty simple: overlapping window and taskbars and docks and virtual windows are all poor substitutes for actually being able to see your work. With multiple monitors, I can have an email client open in one, an application I'm writing about in another, and a word-processing program in a third, without constantly shuffling windows back and forth and trying to remember what I was doing.
Fortunately, for reasonable numbers of monitors and modern hardware, the effort and expense of adding a second monitor is often trivial. Just about any Mac you can buy today will support a second monitor; Windows XP and Windows Vista offer good dual-monitor support out of the box, requiring only that you make sure you have a dual-port video card. As you move up to more monitors, you'll need to invest correspondingly more in hardware (and learn about more esoteric options), but three- and four-monitor setups are not particularly difficult to manage. With decent 19- and 20-inch flat-screen monitors available for under $200, even the cost of the pixels themselves is reasonable.
Another option, particularly attractive if you've recently upgraded hardware, is to use a second computer for your second monitor. In this plan, you keep two monitors connected to different computers (or park your laptop next to your desktop monitor) and use specialized networking software to allow one keyboard and mouse to control both. You lose the ability to drag applications from screen to screen, but can still work fluidly with windows spread across the wider workspace. Free software such as Win2VNC (for Windows) or Synergy (for Windows, OS X, or Unix) makes it easy to set this up. On Windows, the commercial MaxiVista will actually allow you to treat a laptop as a legitimate second monitor, with full drag and drop. ScreenRecycler provides similar functionality for OS X.
Whatever your field, unless you're a road warrior 100% of the time I urge you to consider a multiple monitor setup. Look at it this way: would you use a desk that only gave you room for a single sheet of paper at a time? If you're not prepared for that sort of productivity compromise in atoms, you shouldn't force yourself to make it in bits either.


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MLS Players To Drunken Rival Fan: Suck One, Suck Two, Suck Three, Suck…
A reader emailed us to tell us about a Twitter exchange he had with some members of the Columbus Crew last night. I'll let him explain: »
A reader emailed us to tell us about a Twitter exchange he had with some members of the Columbus Crew last night. I'll let him explain: »
In the most MLS injury ever, Jimmy Neilsen, the Danish goalkeeper for Sporting Kansas City, was hit in the eye with a flying Omar Bravo bobblehead last night. He laid on the pitch for about four minutes, got stitched up, and returned to play in a 3-1 win over Portland. »
More precisely, a streaker in a cow costume. That's how the rebranded SKC opened Livestrong Park. It was to be the only goal on a rainy night, so we don't think the fans are booing as the cowman is dragged off the field. We think they're mooing. [h/t Kyle, others] »
We honestly love Chad Ochocinco without reserve. He's like if a little kid wished to the Big fortune teller machine to be a pro athlete, and got it. His actions seem genuine, so we weren't as turned off as a lot of people by his experiment with Sporting KC, to see if he still had his soccer skills from high school. »
Sporting Kansas City received more single-day publicity today than it has in possibly eternity by inviting publicity provocateur and soccer hobbyist Chad Ochocinco to audition for the team. Does Ochocinco have a realistic shot at making the team? Psssh. Will he be faster than Omar Bravo, the gifted Mexican striker… »
Goodbye, Kansas City Wizards. Hello, Sporting Kansas City. Or as we will refer to them hereafter, The Fightin' Gerunds. »