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Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson addressed the media on Saturday afternoon and talked about the payroll, how he feels this season has gone, and Citi Field.
On free agents he brought in, Alderson said, "Well, coming into this season we did have money to spend. It was money that had come off the books and reallocated. So we signed Curtis Granderson, Bartolo Colon. We brought in Chris [Young]. We did some other things. So our payroll this year is roughly the same as it was last year, but we reinvested quite a bit of that money.
"Look, what I have said on many occasions is it's not up to you to come and create a situation where we can improve our payroll. We need to play better with what we have. And I don't define that in terms of payroll, but with the players that we have. We're two months into this season. As I said, I think we're close. And I think we have the capacity to play better. Statistically, we've got to get back to ... average with respect to wins with one-run leads and that sort of thing.
Alderson said of the payroll heading into 2015, "So are we going to increase the payroll next year? I think that's something that we deal with after this season is over. If we're in a position [where] we're competing, we're vying for a wild-card spot or a division championship on July 31, I think we have the capacity to make a move. There's no question about that.
Alderson said of how this season has gone, "Look, with all of the frustration and disappointment that some of us feel, No. 1, it's a fairly recent phenomenon. You know, 10 days ago we were a game under .500. And we had a tough road trip. And I'm not trying to make excuses for me or the team or the players. We went into Philadelphia and won four out of five. That was an exhausting series. There's no question about that. And I think we got to Chicago and were maybe a little bit tired. Not an excuse. A lot of close games. We didn't win them. We played a better-than-Chicago-Cub team in San Francisco. All of those games were close. That was a six-day shutout. And that's what got us to where we are right now."
Alderson always sees positives, as he tries to sell the fans on his plan. "But, as I said before, we have some strengths. The pitching is a strength. We're getting there offensively. We're finding where we can fit the pieces in that lineup. I really do believe that we are close. So let's focus on what we have between now and the trade deadline. Let's see where we are. And then in the offseason, that's another question you can ask me and I'll have to answer again, for sure," said Alderson.
On the unending question of Citi Field, Alderson said, "This is our ballpark. We have to build a team that can be successful here. We may have some difference of opinion as to how to do that, but that's obviously what we're trying to do. As I said earlier, when we improved our outfield defense last year, we got much better in this ballpark. And so I think that was one example of how we have adapted. And I think those are the kinds of things we need to continue to do.
"At the same time, look, changing the ballpark is not a panacea for not hitting with men in scoring position. It's not going to change our rate of singles that we hit with a man at second base. So when I suggest that we look at the dimensions of the ballpark, that doesn't mean that I think that's the solution. It's just part of the equation. We're not trying to degrade the ballpark or shift the focus to the ballpark from other things as to why we don't win at home. But hopefully we'll take all of these things into account as we continue to try to get better at home," said Alderson.
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Ex-NHLers Whitmore, Quintal, Kamensky named to Olympic disciplinary panel
Jan 30, 2014, 11:26 AM EDT
The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced the four-man panel that'll be in charge of discipline at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Former NHLers Kay Whitmore, Stephane Quintal and Valeri Kamensky will serve under panel chairman Franz Reindl, who normally serves as the general secretary of the German Ice Hockey Association.
Quintal has extensive experience in the disciplinary field, having served in the NHL's Department of Player Safety since the 2011-12 campaign. Whitmore has been working as a senior manager in the NHL's hockey operations department for years, focusing primarily on goalie equipment rules and regulations. He's also served as a playoff series manager on a number of occasions.
Kamensky is a high-ranking KHL official that serves as both the vice president of development and chairman of the league's disciplinary committee.
According to the IIHF site, this panel "shall automatically review all violations sanctioned with a game misconduct or match penalty," and "will conduct an official Disciplinary Review" in the case of any disciplinary issue. The hockey portion of the Winter Games gets underway on Feb. 12.
- davebabychreturns - Jan 30, 2014 at 11:52 AM
As a non-Bruins fan who watches CBC hockey, my opinion of Stephane Quintal just went up a bit.
- missthemexpos - Jan 30, 2014 at 12:48 PM
Montreal needs a couple of Stephane Quintals on defense right now, a little nastiness on their D-line would be good.
- dropthepuckeh - Jan 30, 2014 at 2:01 PM
This picture the only nod PHT is giving to actual Rivalry Night with the Bruins hosting Montreal? What gives.
- killerpgh - Jan 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM
Kind of a slap in the face to Shanny. The IIHF takes a member of his player safety department but not him for the same position during the Olympics.
- charastein - Jan 30, 2014 at 3:05 PM
Chara very excited to see the Smurfs come to Boston tonight!
Just so Montreal feels safer, a direct line to 9-1-1 has been set up on the vistor's bench in case of any "Chara emergencies."
Got Stanchion?
- bsaures - Jan 30, 2014 at 3:25 PM
By Chara emergencies you mean illegal attacks where a bruins player makes a dirty play on the other team? There should be a direct line considering how often they intentionally try to injure players
- dropthepuckeh - Jan 30, 2014 at 4:59 PM
Habsman? greentmttoy? Another one?
- charastein - Jan 30, 2014 at 3:56 PM
Aside from Shawn Thornton (who was punished), who is another Bruin that can be blamed for an injury this season?
Stamkos wasn't injured by a Bruin, he slid into the goalpost…
- bsaures - Jan 30, 2014 at 4:48 PM
Wow they have gone half a season since their last attempt at ending a players career congratulations you must be so proud!
- charastein - Jan 30, 2014 at 5:20 PM
What player's career has been ended by a Bruin?
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By Justin BoronAmy Farris is still overcome by the loss of her husband to a drunken driver who smashed into their car over a year and a half ago. Through tears of loss and frustration, she told a story of how her life was almost perfect. She and her husband Keith had a child together named Christopher, now 3. Keith had just started an information technology job, she said. But Farris' world collapsed when she said a van struck the family's car and she looked over at her husband's lifeless body. Keith would have been 28 this year. After serving 18 months, the driver of the car left prison two days ago. "He gets to spend Christmas with his family," she said. "We will never have another Christmas with Keith." Farris, 27, gave her emotional account to highway safety officials, state patrol officers, and a group of reporters at the Atlanta Motor Speedway Friday to exemplify the consequences of driving under the influence. While organizers and officers said they take the crime seriously, they brought several Atlanta regional celebrities to further illustrate the effects of even slight inebriation in an event called the "Holiday Sobriety Challenge." WSB-AM Traffic Reporter Herb Emory was one of the celebrities that gulped down just enough Icehouse beer to reach a Blood Alcohol Content of .04. The level to be considered legally drunk is .08. When asked by State Patrol Officer Larry Schnall how he felt, Emory responded saying, "I feel good, like I knew I would." Out on the road, other local celebrities and dignitaries like Jonathan Hyla of Star 94, rapper Da Brat, DJ Nab of Hot 107.9, and U.S. Congressman-elect Lynn Westmoreland drove through an obstacle course with evaluators from Extreme Measures Teen Driving School. "It's going to be hard [for them] to take the corners, especially after a few drinks," said Daniel Bell, 38, of McDonough. When Westmoreland's alcohol level reached close to .04, he took his turn behind the wheel. In a portion of the course that tested reaction time, Westmoreland exceeded the recommended speed of 20 mph and got up to around 40, slamming into the cones which represented a vehicle or a pedestrian. Both the evaluator and Westmoreland laughed. "We almost made it," Westmoreland said. "That don't count though." When the results came in, four out of the five drivers failed at least one portion of the driving course and the same number failed at least one portion of the field sobriety test administered by highway patrol officers. "Being in the legislature for the past 12 years, we've worked to get the legal limit lowered from .10 to .08," Westmoreland said. "But for those of us who haven't had a breathalyzer test before, it's hard to imagine just what that .08 feels like. After today, I can tell you that no one who's at .08 needs to be driving. I was obviously not at my best even though I was well below that."
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If brevity doesn't necessarily make a big-game, play-by-play call special, it does make it appropriate.
Jim Nantz has figured that out.
Nantz, 53, is the voice of CBS Sports and as such will be calling Super Bowl XLVII for his network, his third time announcing a Super Bowl game.
Nantz was asked on Wednesday during a conference call with reporters how he approaches this work as opposed to a typical regular-season game.
"If anything, we do less," Nantz said.
Nantz, who now lives in Pebble Beach, Calif., went on to say he had dinner Saturday with Dick Enberg, who told Nantz the same story Enberg told to an audience last year when he visited Marquette University to make his Axthelm Lecture address.
At Super Bowl XVII, while working with Merlin Olsen, the feedback in their headsets was so bad in the first quarter of the game that their words began to echo back to them after a few words.
To fight the problem, they both talked in clipped sentences, in the three- or four-word range. They used that cadence until the problem was cleared up at the end of the quarter. Afterward, Enberg was convinced he had messed up the broadcast. But in fact the first quarter sounded terrific when he heard it in replay.
"He passed that along to me as a wonderful little teaching point," Nantz said. "You do in a game like this, you want it to breathe. It's one of those games where the old phrase 'less is more' is very appropriate."
But no matter how wonderfully concise, spare or Ray Scott-ish Nantz manages to be during the Ravens-49ers telecast, it's hard to imagine his work on NFL games becoming the chief identifier of his work, even if he calls several more Super Bowls.
Nantz has been the lead play-by-play announcer for "The NFL on CBS," since 2004, when he took over that slot from Greg Gumbel, who had been partnered with Phil Simms. Gumbel and Simms called the Super Bowls in 2001 and '04. Six years before joining with Simms on games, Nantz had anchored the network's pre-game show, "The NFL Today."
Even though Nantz has worked NFL games since 1991, his voice, at least to these ears, belongs first to golf and particularly the Masters, then second to college basketball, particularly the NCAA Tournament and more particularly to the Final Four.
That is not to say Nantz's NFL work is not big-game worthy, that it is insufficient or that it is somehow unsuited to the rhythms of America's favorite sport.
But it is to say when his voice comes knocking on these eardrums, it's Masters first, then NCAA basketball second and then NFL.
That wasn't the case, for example, with Pat Summerall, who also handled a myriad of announcing assignments apart from NFL games for CBS and later for Fox.
When you heard Summerall's voice, you thought NFL first because Summerall's broadcasting history reached so far back with football.
Because of his broadcasting experience, Nantz's voice became welded early on to golf and college basketball. He has been a Masters broadcaster since 1986. This will be his 27th year covering the men's NCAA Tournament. He has been his network's lead announcer for college basketball since 1990.
So it's hard to put NFL announcing first on the list of what most identifies the Jim Nantz brand.
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Sports reporter and anchor Dario Melendez of WISN-TV (Channel 12) has been hired by ESPN in Bristol, Conn., and will begin there on Feb. 25.
Melendez said his last day at Channel 12 is Feb. 17.
"It's very exciting," Melendez said about joining ESPN.
Melendez said there is an orientation period of a week tor 10 days, referred to as "rookie boot camp," after which he begins work.
"I was hired as a news anchor, so I'll be likely starting on 'Highlight Express' on ESPNews, then hopefully the goal is always to work up to 'SportsCenter.' "
Melendez, 28, has been at Channel 12 for over two years.
Before coming to Milwaukee, he worked at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., where he began in October 2008. He is from Boca Raton, Fla., and attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.
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The pleasant surprise of the new congressional budget deal is that it covers two years, through September 2015. It is the first time congressional budget negotiators have agreed to look that far ahead in four years.
While the agreement increases spending in 2014 and 2015 by $63 billion, including much-needed relief for the Defense Department, it raises enough money through fees and changes in federal pension plans to make a small contribution to deficit reduction over the next decade.
Both liberal and conservative lobbies have plenty of reasons to object to the deal, which passed the House by a 332-94 margin Thursday.
And as of Friday afternoon, despite heated warnings of a filibuster threat from many conservatives, the Democratic Senate majority appeared to have enough Republican votes to pass the bill next week.
That's good news. Precipitating another shutdown blocking the agreement would be another serious setback for a Congress that already has historically low public approval ratings.
And many liberals don't like the deal, either, in large part because it leaves out a continuation of extended unemployment benefits.
From the right, the Heritage Foundation, headed by former South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, denounces it for raising spending and revenues - and for failing "to make substantive reforms to the real drivers of spending and debt: the entitlement programs."
We share Mr. DeMint's distaste for more spending and taxes and his disappointment with Congress for ducking long-overdue entitlement overhauls.
Still, given the current balance of political power in Washington, the only alternative to the deal on the table is more deadlock and another government shutdown.
That is a losing proposition that would damage not just Congress' credibility but the American economy.
If another shutdown occurs, the world's financial markets - which buy the bonds that fund our deficit spending - could be motivated to unload U.S. bonds, thereby forcing up the already mammoth cost of our debt.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., hardly see eye to eye on most issues. But the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs, and their committee members, are to be praised, not condemned, for setting aside differences and finding common ground in this modest budget accord.
Moreover, the agreement itself is not the last word on the budget. Congress still has to go through the annual appropriation process each year, with lots of room for disagreement on detail.
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A potential upside of the deal is the possibility that Congress will use the time it buys to refocus on the tax-and-spending issues that must be resolved for a viable long-term solution to the nation's financial problems.
Under the circumstances, that makes this agreement the only reasonable way forward.
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AboutThe course is designed to widen and deepen the practice of drawing using practical and theoretical approaches of the conceptual frameworks utilised by the exhibitors in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013. These works represent a cross-section of contemporary practice across the UK art scene, and this enables an in-depth appreciation of current issues in drawing. Delivered by Charles Williams, this is a three-day course which will take place in the Sidney Cooper Drawing Studios and will include a guided tour of the exhibition. All sessions 10am - 4pm, with a one hour lunch break.
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New York Times on No-Till Farming and Cover Crops
The New York Times recently published another article praising no-till and cover crops, citing climate severity, costs, environmental concerns and soil health as prime reasons we're seeing a "paradigm shift" in agricultural practices. Here's an excerpt, talking about how cover … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Videos – Basics and Advanced Information
Perhaps you've already seen these dozen videos about annual ryegrass, both about how to plant and manage it, but also the benefits of having a cover crop on your soil. Click here if you want to review them…the link here … Continue reading
1st Year Cover Cropper Doubles Down on Annual Ryegrass
The advice about using cover crops for the first time is almost written in stone: "Start with a small parcel." John Werries, a third generation farmer from Chapin, Illinois, had a few things going for him that allowed him to … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass – When to Plant and How Much is Enough?
If you use a no-till drill to plant annual ryegrass, you get better seed to soil contact, but the timing becomes crucial because of crop harvest variability. In the past few years, corn and bean harvests have been later and, … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Roots…"Go Dig!"
"My cover crop wasn't green this spring!" Don Wirth's answer to what sounded to him like a complaint was, "Go dig!" His point: when annual ryegrass is established in the fall, it quickly sends roots down below a foot, even … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Touted in SARE Cover Crop Videos
In a series of videos produced by Sustainable Ag Research & Education (SARE): called Cover Crop Innovators, Midwest farmers talk about their experience with annual ryegrass and other cover crops.Click here for the whole series: Or, click here to see … Continue reading
SARE Ties with DuPont-Pioneer on Cover Crops
In February, a select group of 300 cover crop experts gathered in Omaha to discuss the prospect of massively enlarging the number of cover crop acres in the Midwest. At present, there's an estimated 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 acres of corn … Continue reading
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Annual Ryegrass Helps Soil Microbiology Helps Soil Health
"Many times during a drought, plants are not as much water stressed as they are nutrient stressed," said USDA soil microbiologist Kris Nichols. Cover crops feed a whole web of soil organisms…much more than mere crop residue. Those organisms seek … Continue reading
Dupont Pioneer Looks at Cover Crops – Annual Ryegrass
Managing Winter Cover Crops in Corn and Soybean Cropping Systems DuPont Pioneer Agronomy Research Summary – 2014 (Click here for full report) Table 1. Potential benefits of cover crops. Potential Benefit Description Retain Soil Nutrients Cover crops scavenge soil nutrients as … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass at Commodity Classic – Feb 28
Annual ryegrass is among the most popular cover crops. As such, it will be among the key elements in a Cover Crop learning session at the Commodity Classic this year, in San Antonio, TX. The session will cover both the … Continue reading
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SEC: Indiana State shocks No. 25 Vanderbilt
NASHVILLE -- The Vanderbilt Commodores keep insisting they're the same team as a season ago, with more experience. They're getting much more practice at losing on their own floor, however, and the latest loss is likely to drop them back out of the Top 25.
Jeffery Taylor scored 21 points, but 25th-ranked Vanderbilt scored only once in the final 6:31 in blowing an eight-point lead during a 61-55 loss to Indiana State. It was the Commodores' third non-conference loss at Memorial Gym this season, the most since the 1977-78 season when they lost to St. John's, Kansas State and Virginia Tech.
"Just untimely for us to go cold in stretches," Taylor said. "I can't really put my finger on it. I felt this was a game we should've won. It's really frustrating right now."
That's because these Commodores opened the season ranked seventh nationally, their highest preseason ranking since 1965. Home losses to Cleveland State and Xavier helped knock them out of the Top 25, and they had just gotten back into the rankings at No. 25 with the return of center Festus Ezeli from a sprained right knee that cost him the first eight games.
This time, they were coming off a 10-day break for finals with exams so scattered coach Kevin Stallings had trouble scheduling practices or having all his players available to hit the floor. Now they are 6-4, with the Southeastern Conference slate still ahead.
"It was not a very good performance," Stallings said. "It was not a very good week of practice. It was not a very good week overall."
Reserve RJ Mahurin scored 14 points, Carl Richard and Jordan Printy each had 11 and Jake Odum added 10 with seven assists as the Sycamores got their first win over a ranked team since 2006.
Steve McWhorter held John Jenkins, the Southeastern Conference's top scorer, to a season-low 11 points, and the sophomore guard hit two free throws with 3:32 left to put Indiana State ahead for good.
"It's not rocket science to look in there as much as possible and scout the best you can," Indiana State coach Greg Lansing said.
Indiana State (8-2) earned its fifth win in 12 games against SEC teams and first since beating Vanderbilt on Dec. 22, 1984, in Terre Haute. The Sycamores are off to their best start since opening 8-1 in 2005-06, and Lansing called this a big win for his program.
(2) Ohio State 74, South Carolina 66 at Columbia, S.C.: Deshaun Thomas scored a career high 30 points and No. 2 Ohio State overcame the loss of star Jared Sullinger to give Thad Matta his 200th win as Buckeyes coach.
Sullinger left in the first half after getting kicked in the left foot. X-rays showed no fracture, although it wasn't known if Sullinger would play against Lamar on Tuesday night in Ohio State's next game.
Even if he can't, Thomas showed he's more than ready to lead Ohio State (10-1). The 6-foot-7 sophomore hit 13 of 16 shots and surpassed his previous high of 24 points set last season against North Carolina A&T. William Buford added 17 points for Ohio State.
Malik Cooke led South Carolina (4-6) with 21 points.
(13) Florida 84, (23) Texas A&M 64 at Sunrise, Fla.: Kenny Boynton sank six 3-pointers and the Gators built an early 16-point lead, then coasted past the Aggies.
Boynton finished with 22 points. Erving Walker had 16 points and six assists, and Bradley Beal added 16 points for Florida.
The Gators (8-2) won for the first time in three games this season against teams that are in the Top 25. Texas A&M (8-2) had a six-game winning streak snapped.
(3) Kentucky 87, Chattanooga 62 at Lexington, Ky.: Doron Lamb scored 24 points and Wildcats bounced back from their first loss of the season, beating the Mocs despite an injury to forward Terrence Jones.
Voted preseason All-America, Jones spent much of the game on the bench after hurting a finger on his left hand early in the first half. He checked back in but played only 10 minutes. He finished with no points and one rebound.
Still, the Wildcats (9-1) opened with 13 unanswered points in their first game since a 73-72 defeat at Indiana last Saturday knocked them from the nation's top ranking. The Mocs (3-8) never came within single digits after that.
Zlovaric Drazen finished with 15 points and nine rebounds for Chattanooga.
Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis had 14 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks. The Wildcats shot 49.3 percent from the floor, including 12 of 33 from 3-point range.
Auburn 84, North Florida 71 at Auburn, Ala.: Varez Ward scored 17 points and Kenny Gabriel had Auburn's first double-double of the season as the Tigers pulled away at the end.
Auburn (6-1) is off to its best start since the 2003-04 team opened 7-1.
The Tigers led 71-69 with 3:42 to go when Josh Wallace hit a layup and Frankie Sullivan knocked down all three free throws after being fouled on a 3-pointer with 2:33 left.
Gabriel finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds, Chris Denson scored 14 and Sullivan had 13.
Travis Wallace led the Ospreys (5-6) with 13 points.
Foul trouble was a theme throughout the evening, as the teams combined to commit 56 fouls and shoot 68 free throws.
Neither had much success from the line, though, as Auburn hit 28 of 43 (65.1 percent) and North Florida was 11 of 25 (44.0 percent).
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However, despite confessing to having had doubts himself over his move to West Bromwich Albion, Hibernian's newest recruit is adamant he is back to prove any sceptics wrong.
The 22-year-old left Tannadice in 2012 after just nine first-team games amid suggestions he was putting pound ahead of his future. Some, possibly none more so than then-United manager Peter Houston, will view his failure to play at the Hawthorns as a chance to say 'I told you so'. Allan is unequivocal that the experience has improved him as a player and as an individual.
"There are fans who will have the opinion that I left Dundee United too soon," he said. "I have thought about it myself: 'Was that the right move?' But I look back and think I did get good experience in the Championship, at a higher level than the SPFL. I want to show people who think things haven't worked out that they're wrong."
Allan was bought when Roy Hodgson was at West Brom and his leaving for England was a blow. However, although the Glaswegian refused to divulge whether an offer Ally McCoist and Rangers had materialised following ongoing interest, he is convinced he has made the right move.
"The manager showed faith in me when I spoke to him and I think he's the right man to develop my career," said Allan, of his new head coach Alan Stubbs. "I want to get back on track and play football, hopefully week-in, week-out. He persuaded me with the style of play he is going to play. That was a big thing. He had a lot of faith in me and that's why I wanted to come here. It's definitely important for me to be playing regularly. Off the pitch, I wasn't happy when I wasn't playing; it was hard. I've learned a lot from that."
Meanwhile, Stubbs has urged Jason Cummings to stay grounded after 12 months in which he has gone from working as a gardener to attracting interest from Barclays Premier League club Swansea City.
"To get Jason signed up is great," said Stubbs of Cummings, who yesterday agreed a new contract. "We need to make sure he keeps his feet on the ground, because it can be easy for young players to lose their way."


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The eventual arrival of Bentley's upcoming SUV in 2016 will likely prove the most pivotal new product to come from Crewe since the debut of the Continental GT in 2003. And Bentley isn't messing around.
The British automaker is taking aim directly at the Range Rover, saying that it will be just as capable off-road. That's a mighty big claim for a company that has never made an off-roader before, but comes with good reason: Bentley estimates that nearly 30 percent of its customers have a Range Rover as well, and the company is keen to take a slice of that pie.
There are, however, several elements that will elevate the Bentley Falcon (as it's expected to be called) above Range Rover territory. For starters, according to Automotive News Europe, which spoke to Bentley marketing chief Kevin Rose at the Frankfurt show, the Falcon will be more expensive. The sticker price in Europe is expected to hover around 180,000 euros – double the flagship Range Rover's starting price. It'll also be available with four-, five- and seven-seat configurations. And it'll offer more power. A lot more power.
While Bentley was previously said to be evaluating V8 and even hybrid options – which could potentially come later – the latest intel has the Falcon boasting twelve cylinders (likely in W form) in two states of tune: 575 or 650 horsepower. That'd make the base model more powerful than the 510-hp Range Rover or even the 550-horse flagship Turbo S version of the Porsche Cayenne, the replacement for which will share its platform, along with the next Audi Q7 and Lamborghini Urus.
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We attended church at BYU's Jerusalem Center today for the first time in many years. (Although I've been in the Center numerous times since we lived here in 1993, I can't remember our finding ourselves in Jerusalem on a sabbath since then.)
It was a very good experience.
Today was district conference, and an American Area Authority Seventy, a convert and former Switzerland Geneva mission president based in Abu Dhabi, was on hand to reorganize the district presidency. As one might expect under the circumstances here (proselyting being prohibited), local leadership changes frequently as people, mostly expatriates, come and go. The two counselors in the presidency had already left, and, now, the district president is being transferred by his very large corporation from Tel Aviv to Shanghai.
The opening prayer was given in a Slavic tongue that I didn't recognize. One testimony was given in Spanish, with a translation into English. Another was given by a Palestinian woman, the district Relief Society president, who lives in Bethlehem. (I remember her from her graduate-student days at BYU; she ultimately went on elsewhere to receive a doctorate in something or other.) She was very grateful to have gotten past the Israeli checkpoint for this meeting, as the guards at the border between the West Bank and Jerusalem often prohibit entry to Palestinians on fairly whimsical and arbitrary grounds. She thought perhaps the heat today made them lax and indifferent. She related a dream that she had had some time ago, in which she saw temples in both Jerusalem and the Palestinian city of Nablus to the north. (What a wonderful thing that would be!)
The new second counselor in the new district presidency is a recent Arab convert from Catholicism who lives in Nazareth. He first learned of the Church by working with a Latter-day Saint foreign service officer whom I know, who carefully refrained from answering his questions about Mormonism but opened up very effectively when this Palestinian man visited him where he is now retired in Utah.
I ran into several former students and a number of present and former University colleagues. It was great to be there.
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Johnny Weir Comes Out Against Antifur Activists
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How has training been going? Did [coach] Galina [Zmievskaya] yell at you today?
No [laughs], she was happy with me today. We had a weigh-in and I'm on target. [Weir told us his weight off the record; needless to say, it's what you'd expect of an elite athlete one week from the Olympics.] I feel really good, training is going excellent, and all this drama has actually helped me focus. Galina didn't know about all the drama until she heard about it on Russian radio station. She thought it was funny, because in Russia fur is such a natural thing.
You've allowed a camera crew into your life for some time now, and we've seen you from many angles. Has the endless attention on your sexuality and your decision not to directly discuss it died down at all?
The gay-or-not-gay question has died down — people got over it. I still feel the same way about it. It doesn't matter to me if someone is gay, and it doesn't matter to me as a person what sexuality I put out there. I don't want them to look of me as white or gay or Whoopi Goldberg or whatever. I want them to see Johnny Weir. Anyway, all the gossip has been all about the fur issue at this point.
Before we let you go, who are you picks for the ladies competition in Vancouver?
I train with Russian national champion Ksenia Makarova, and I'm very supportive of her because she's my training buddy. I love her and want her to do well. But of course Yuna [Kim] is amazing, as is Miki Ando of Japan.
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"2013 was a year with lots of drama, but not a whole lot movement (forward)," Mayland said during a talk Thursday at Kalahari Resort. His presentation, "As The World Turns, in 2014," was part of the ninth annual Economic Forecast sponsored by the Erie County Chamber of Commerce.
Mayland forecasts the U.S. economy could grow up to 3 percent this year, compared to the sluggish 1.9 percent rate last year. That was also down from the 2.8 percent growth in 2012.
Last year's drama included a litany of events — the fiscal cliff, the uncertainty over the Bush tax cuts, the government shutdown, and the European economy pulling back from a feared implosion, Mayland said.
The dominant theme for 2013 was the Universal Health Care plan, or Obamacare, which Mayland contends acted as a wet blanket of uncertainty, keeping businesses from hiring or spending any money on capital projects.
It's still playing out in 2014, with the Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday releasing a report on the possible impact on Obamacare. The budget office, which produces independent analyses of budget and economic issues, states the plan amounted to a tax on work.
According to the budget office, Obamacare could reduce employment by an estimated 2.5 million jobs over 10 years, Mayland said.
But even with that, 2014 should be a better year.
Here's why:
•Less fiscal drag on the economy: "If the economy grew to 1.9 percent in 2013 with these new big tax increases, it should grow even faster in 2014 with much smaller tax increases" Mayland said.
•Less uncertainty: Tax laws are more detailed, the government is less likely to see a shutdown and there's less likelihood of a financial crisis in the U.S and worldwide, Mayland said.
•Industry performance: All signs indicate the housing and auto industries will perform well this year, as should the aerospace and energy industries. "Boeing has enough orders to produce great quantities past this decade," Mayland said.
•Inventory increase: Businesses are flip-flopping from decreased inventory to increasing inventory holdings. "When inventory flips, we see that as rebuilding and as a boost to the economy" Mayland said.


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New to this site as of 11/18/11. Just a young, fun, kind, outgoing, driven guy and own a Design and Build company in Southern California. We design/ build custom residential and commercial houses/structures/projects. I am also a licensed General Contractor. I love what I do and if you have any interest/appreciation of architecture and design that's a big plus :) Might even ask for your design input, if your so inclined. lol I enjoy creating and building new projects and structures because it satisfies my creative/artistic side while allowing me to be a guy and get my hands dirty sometimes. I try to strive for that balance with all things in life. I spent time managing restaurants in LA and working in the corporate world as well, so I have refined tastes, but I don't flaunt it. What I do now, works for me :) I also have other plans in the works, I would happy to share. I appreciate great food and wine and worked in some amazing restaurants in LA when I was younger. (I'm a pretty good cook as well) I love quality things in life but I am not a "consumer". I prefer to spend money on experiences and not just stuff. I have alot to give and looking to get the most out of this life as well :) I am equally happy going out for a fantastic dinner or staying in and watching my St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers when they are in town. ( born and raised in MO) Love to work hard and take care of my friends, family, company and clients. I want to share and grow my life with someone similar. I am a very positive person and surround myself with good, uplifting people and projects, but I can be sucker for a friend in need. I love to smile, laugh hard, have a very sarcastic side, and can engage deeply in most any conversation. Try me ;) Looking for a beautiful girl on the inside and out. Someone who is kind,honest, compassionate, loving and caring. Someone who knows who they are and what they want. Which I'm sure you all do :) lol. Or is headed that way. Chemistry is very key and we either have it or we don't. No worries if not, but it is a connection that attracts and binds. It's way more exciting when two people really want each other, as opposed to needing If you understand that, then you are just my type. (not to be confused with a genuinely true deep need you might have for your partner. That grows and is a given in every great relationship) I will always be there for those I love, through anything. And traveling is going to be big for me in 2012 so if your in the mood then pack a bag and lets go! will add more a lil later........ photos too (i just don't take alot of myself)
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Heat (a culinary tale), Anything by Bukowski, Architectural Digest, paper, Newsweek, Mens Health
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The University at Albany Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized for the purpose of encouraging philanthropic contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other organizations in support of activities and programs of the University at Albany. Responsibility for governance of the Foundation is vested in a Board of Directors, comprised of alumni, community and University representatives. The Executive Director of the Foundation reports regularly to the Board of Directors and is responsible for the management of all funds in its accounts and is committed to ensuring their proper stewardship.
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At the June 11, 2015 University at Albany Foundation Board of Directors meeting, Morris Massry and Daniel Hogarty were honored and thanked for their many years of service on the board and to the University. Foundation President George R. Hearst III presented Mr. Massry and Mr. Hogarty with resolutions commending their service.
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When the U.S. did intervene militarily, such as in the Balkans, air power was the only real approach considered palatable.
It is a familiar truism that air power alone can never win a war, no matter how devastating it is.
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Beacon Hill, Ottawa
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|9.29 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
|Population (2011)
Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood located in Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beacon Hill was a part of the City of Gloucester until it was amalgamated with the new city of Ottawa in 2001.
Beacon Hill is a primarily residential area, built in the 1960s and '70s. It consists of two parts, Beacon Hill North and Beacon Hill South, divided by Montreal Road. It includes the Robert O. Pickard sewage treatment plant and three high schools, Colonel By, Gloucester HS, and Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School. It is bounded on the east by the Greenbelt, including Ruisseau Green's Creek ravine area, to the south by Highway 174, and on the west by the older neighbourhoods of Cardinal Heights (south of Montreal Road) and Rothwell Heights (north of Montreal Road).
Beacon Hill North had a population of 10,693[1][2][3] while Beacon Hill South had a population of 7,312[4][5] (18,005 total) according to the Canada 2011 Census.
Sub neighbourhoods[edit]
- Beacon Heights
- Beacon Hill North
- Beacon Hill South
- Beaconwood
- Cardinal Heights
- Rothwell Heights
- Rothwell Village
It is most likely that the community drew its name from a lighthouse in the Ottawa River, downstream from Duck Island. It is thought that the light from the river could be seen from Naskapi Dr. (the top of the hill), hence Beacon Hill. Though the lighthouse is no longer in use, its foundation is still visible from the bike path. One of the key hangouts among young people in Beacon Hill is secret park or 'seeks' which is located behind T.D McGee Catholic School.
The 'Hill' the name refers to is actually a ridge running roughly parallel to the Ottawa River. A large, open area of the ridge is a municipal park (Ski Hill Park) and is located behind the Beacon Hill Mall on Ogilvie Road. Ski Hill Park is generally referred to as 'Zeller's Hill' by residents who lived in the community in the early 1990s when a Zellers department store occupied the Beacon Hill Mall. For the newer residents, it has been renamed 'Shoppers' Hill'.[citation needed]
Community Association[edit]
In the mid- to late 1970s the Beacon Hill Community Association was formed. It was disbanded for lack of interest in the late 1980s. It was later revived as the Beacon Hill North Community Association (with borders to match the name) in 2009 by a group of residents, with the main goal to rally residents to help save local High School Colonel By from being closed.
In 2010 it was returned to the Beacon Hill Community Association, again with the expanded borders to include Beacon Hills North and South.
- Le Phare Elementary School (French Immersion Public)
- Robert Hopkins Elementary School (English/French Immersion Public)
- Henry Munro Middle School (English/French Immersion Public)
- Colonel By Secondary School (English/French Immersion Public, with International Baccalaureate Program)
- École élémentaire catholique La Vérendrye (French Catholic)
- École élémentaire publique Séraphin-Marion (French Public) now in the building of the former Lamira Dow Billings Public School which closed following the 2000-2001 school year.
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee Catholic School (English Catholic)
- Gloucester High School
- Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School
- Brother Andre Catholic School (former Elmridge Catholic)
Toboggan Hills[edit]
From largest to smallest:
Notable Beacon Hill Residents, Past and Present[edit]
- Grant Clitsome ( NHL hockey player)
- Tom Cruise (who was known as Thomas Mapother then) attended Henry Munro Middle School in the early 1970s
- Tom Green, comedian
- Bryan Adams attended Henry Munro Middle School[6] and Colonel By Secondary School in the early 1970s
- Manuel Smeu, Faraz Ahmed, and Paul Radford, founding members of the 1990s pop/rap group "fYMf".
- Norm MacDonald, comedian
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- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=2531&Geo2=CMA&Code2=505&Data=Count&SearchText=5050120.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=3213&Geo2=CMA&Code2=505&Data=Count&SearchText=K1J8M5&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=3212&Geo2=CMA&Code2=505&Data=Count&SearchText=K1J6R8&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ @bryanadams twitpic


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Giveaway: Win professional family photos
How do you get that perfect holiday photo of the family where everyone is looking at the camera – even the dog — and no one is crying, eye-rolling or picking their nose? We say get someone to do it for you. Enter our Christmas card outtakes photo contest by sending us the worst examples […] [Read More]
FF: The best stocking gift — ever
I love a good stocking. In fact, when R and I were engaged and started doing the whole stocking thing, I suggested a 20 present minimum for the stocking. For me, the tiny, less-expensive gifts are exciting, and they are the treasures that show someone really knows you (ex: a mini bottle of Purell says […] [Read More]
OTE on the FMR: Social media and the Shen/Shaker Northway accident
[podcast]http://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/files/2012/12/12-6-12SocialMediaImpact.mp3[/podcast]Social media is often criticized for being an environment where people bully one another, post passive-aggressive updates or harass others based on their political or religious beliefs. Then there are times when social media brings people together, joins a community in a way no other means of communication ever could. That was the case this […] [Read More]
The worst music of 2012?
We're winding down 2012 tonight with the Grammy nomination show. Artists like Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga will surely be hoping to make the list of nominees. In the meantime,we have our own list (via the Houston Chronicle) of the worst songs and albums of 2012. Choose your single most-hated song or album from the […] [Read More]
Vote in the OTE Awards
It's time to vote in the annual OTE Awards. And, remember, even if you don't think you fit one of these categories, everyone is eligible to win something. Once again, I will be drawing random winners from the list of everyone who votes. So, as long as you send in a voting "form," you will […] [Read More]
Matt Baumgartner's clothing line featured in InStyle
I've been meaning to blog this Matt B. news for a week, but (clearly) haven't been blogging much. Anyway, here it is now. A sweatshirt from Matt's Howe's & Baum line was featured in this month's InStyle. Pret-ty cool. Check the page out here. [Read More]
A pot leaf in my house?
Ever since I almost bought that marijuana box in Jamaica, I've been uber aware of the loopy leaf. Now I can't stop thinking the etching on the vase I bought at Pottery Barn (my all-time favorite store, if Santa is reading this) looks like a pot leaf. I stared at it all last night, after […] [Read More]
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Mabel B. Roebuck, 94, formerly of Columbia City, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at East Lake Nursing & Rehab in Elkhart where she had been a resident since May 1, 2012.
She was born Aug. 24, 1918, in Huntington a daughter of John and Ida (Sell) Voght.
Her formative years were spent in Huntington. She graduated from Clear Creek High School.
In 1935, she was united in marriage to Richard S. Roebuck. They made their home Huntington.
Mr. Roebuck died in October 1972. In 2005, she moved to Columbia City.
Kay L. Kyler, 68, of North Webster Lake, died at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at her home following an extended battle with cancer.
She was born Feb. 9, 1945, in Fort Wayne the only child of Leon E. "Bud" and "Mary I. (Lenox) Hamman. A native of South Whitley, she graduated from South Whitley High School. She continued her education at Indiana Institute of Technology.
On Nov. 29, 1985, she was united in marriage to Harry M. Kyler. They made their home in rural South Whitley until moving to their home on North Webster Lake 14 years ago.


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A method and apparatus for a novel cursor control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of manipulating a cursor on a tv screen utilizing a wireless remote control. The method includes detecting a location on the screen pointed to by the remote control. The method also includes Transmitting the location to a set-top box.
1. A remote control device comprising:
a housing having an aperture:
a sensor within the housing, coupled to the housing at a location within an optical path from the aperture;
a microcontroller electrically coupled to the sensor and coupled to the housing;
a transmitter electrically coupled to the microcontroller and coupled to the housing;
a semi-mirror coupled to the housing and disposed within the optical path from the aperture between the aperture and the sensor; and
a light source coupled to the housing and disposed in a position relative to the semi-mirror suitable for emitting a light beam targeted at the semi-mirror which, upon reflection by the semi-mirror, follows the optical path from the semi-mirror to the aperture.
2. The remote control device of
a first focus element disposed in the optical path between the semi-mirror and the aperture.
3. The remote control device of
a second focus element disposed in the optical path between the semi-mirror and the first focus element.
4. The remote control device of
the light source is a laser LED;
the first focus element is a blind; and
the second focus element is a blind.
This application claims priority to provisional application No. 60/200,817, filed Apr. 27, 2000, entitled "Novel Cursor System" which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to interaction with televisions and more specifically to control of a cursor on a television utilizing a wireless remote control device.
2. Description of the Related Art
An electronic programming guide on a television can behave in many ways similar to applications on a personal computer. However, televisions do not have cursors and cursor control devices built in as do personal computers. Moreover, the typical user on a couch is not in a position to efficiently use a conventional mouse or trackball. One alternative currently in use is a tiny black ball, integrated as a trackball into an infrared remote control, but this arrangement can be hard to handle. Also, to untrained users, such a device may seem awkward because it lacks the intuitive nature of pointing to an object with the remote control.
Another alternative in current use utilizes selection control arrow keys, which allow a selection highlight in a program to be moved in one of four directions depending on which arrow key is pressed. Again, this lacks the intuitive nature of pointing to an object. Furthermore, objects on the screen may not simply be left, right, up or down from adjacent objects, leading to unexpected jumps in the selection highlight.
Therefore, what may be advantageous is a remote control device that allows a user to point to an object on a television screen and then allows the user to choose the selected object on the television screen.
A method and apparatus for a novel cursor control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of manipulating a cursor on a tv screen utilizing a wireless remote control. The method includes detecting a location on the screen pointed to by the remote control. The method also includes Transmitting the location to a set-top box.
The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the accompanying figures.
A method and apparatus for a novel cursor control system is described. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the invention can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the invention.
Reference in the specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments.
A method and apparatus for controlling a cursor using a wireless remote control is described. This method and apparatus uses a detector in the remote control and a processor in a set-top box to determine what the remote control is pointing at, and the set-top box then processes this information to determine where or how to display a cursor on a tv screen or similar display. In one embodiment, a method or apparatus involves a tracking cursor on a screen which moves around as the user moves the remote control. An alternative embodiment employs a method or apparatus which includes a light source allowing a user to grab a cursor from its current location and move it to a desired location. Note that a wireless remote control may take any number of forms, using technology such as infrared, radio, modulated radio frequency, laser, for example. Also, devices such as PDAs using software and possibly utilizing add-on hardware that collectively allow for remote control of a television system may be referred to as wireless remote control devices.
Instead of using wires, the pulse is processed by microcontroller 123 and sent as infrared signal 130 by infrared transmitter 124 to set-top box 199. Set-top box 199 receives the infrared signal in receiver 150 and then uses special controller 180, which may be implemented in either hardware, software, or some combination thereof, to compare the infrared signal 130 to video signal(s) 171. Calculations based on this comparison provide a location 181 which is furnished to a processor 198 (or similar device) to position the cursor as would a normal cursor-positioning signal. Thus, the system controller 198 (processor) can make the cursor visible by programming video chip 160, which may be a 2-D or 3-D video chip and which supplies video signals 170 to screen 100.
In one embodiment, the tracking cursor moves around the screen in response to the movements of the remote control 125 as detected by the detector 121 (sensor) and processed by the remote control 125 and set-top box 199. In an alternative embodiment, light source 127, for example a laser LED or other light source, is included in the remote control 125. Light source 127 is aimed at semi-mirror 126 which is interposed in the line of sight beam 120 between an aperture in the remote control 125 housing and sensor 121. Blinds 122 a and 122 b may be included to generate a narrow focus for line of sight beam 120, resulting in greater accuracy both in picking up a signal and in sending a light spot. The light spot may be a red light as used in laser pointers for example. The blinds 122 a and 122 b are focus elements, and may be implemented with other devices, such as lenses for example. In other embodiments, conventional lens systems may be utilized to accomplish a function similar to that of the focus elements 122 a and 122 b, such as but not limited to plastic lenses and lens arrays for example.
With LCD screens and/or projector screens, the user may have to grab the cursor (such as with a light spot) and move the cursor, with transitions across sector boundaries detected to track motion for example. The implied track of motion may be displayed based on which sector boundaries are crossed. The processing involved in such a system may be accomplished in controller 180 for example. As will be appreciated, controller 180 may be a piece of software used with processor 198, specialized hardware, or some combination of the two. Furthermore, as will be appreciated, the infrared system including elements 124, 130 and 150 may alternatively be implemented as a wireless system using radio-frequency transmission or inductive transmission for example.
Some portions of the detailed description are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the art to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm as described here is generally conceived to be a self consistent sequence of acts or operations leading to a desired result. The acts are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times principally for reasons of common usage to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, data or the like.
It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these in similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities. Unless specifically stated otherwise as apparent from the following discussion it is appreciated that throughout the description discussions utilizing terms such as "processing" or "computing" or "calculating" or "determining" or "displaying" or the like refer to the action and processes of a computer system or similar electronic computing device that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer systems registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage transmission or display devices. The present invention can be implemented by an apparatus for performing the operations herein. This apparatus may be specially constructed for the required purposes or it may comprise a machine such as a general purpose computer selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in the computer. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium such as but not limited to any type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, CD roms and magnetic optical disks, read only memories, random access memories, EPROMS, EEPROMS, magnetic or optical cards or any type of media suitable for storing electronic constructions and each coupled to a computer system bus. Each of these media may be coupled to a computer system bus through use of an appropriate device for reading and or writing the media in question. Specialty apparatus may include a collection of readily available pieces or an application specific integrated circuit including a series of logic blocks for example. The blocks of
The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may be used with programs in accordance with the teachings herein or it may prove convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required method. For example, any of the methods according to the present invention can be implemented in hard wired circuitry by programming a general purpose processor or by any combination of hardware and software. One of skill in the art will immediately appreciate that the invention can be practiced with computer system configuration. Configurations other than those described below including hand held devices, multi processor systems, microprocessor based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, mini computers, main frame computers and the like. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments or tasks or performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. The required structure for a variety of these systems will appear from the description below.
The methods of the invention may be implemented using computer software. If written in a programming language conforming to a recognized standard sequences of instructions designed to implement the methods can be compiled for execution on a variety of hardware platforms or machines and for interface to a variety of operating systems. In addition the present invention is not described with reference to any particular programming language. It will be appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of invention as described herein. Furthermore, it is common in the art to speak of software in one form or another (for example program procedure application etc . . . ) as taken in action or causing a result. Such expressions are merely a shorthand way of saying that execution of the software by a computer causes the processor of the computer to perform an action or produce a result.
In the foregoing detailed description, the method and apparatus of the present invention has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments thereof. It will, however, be evident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the present invention. In particular, the separate blocks of the various block diagrams represent functional blocks of methods or apparatuses and are not necessarily indicative of physical or logical separations or of an order of operation inherent in the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the various blocks of
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