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1863 25C Quarter Dollar, Judd-336, Pollock-408, R.7, PR63 ...
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Elusive (R.7) 1863 Pattern Seated Quarter, Judd-3361863 25C Quarter Dollar, Judd-336, Pollock-408, R.7, PR63 Brown PCGS. Identical to the regular issue 1863 Seated Liberty Quarter save for the addition of the motto IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll in the upper reverse field, as adopted in 1866. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. Richly toned in antique-gold and brown shades, the surfaces are sharply struck in all areas with no outwardly distracting handling marks. The obverse appears to be a bit too subdued to warrant a higher grade. A thin thread has been encapsulated with the coin, and it overlays the upper left obverse. (PCGS# 60498)
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A visual response to Carl Sagan's famed 'Pale Blue Dot' monologue, where he muses on our planet's appearance in a photograph taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. The most distant photograph ever taken of Earth.
This was a personal project, designed and created in After Effects with extensive sound work created to sit along side the music from 'Cosmos' and the spoken word from Sagan.
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Derrick Disney Ripping A Single Fin
At first look of this clip my hipster propaganda radar went through the roof. But after a moment I let my guard down and realized that Mr. Disney is shredding hard at Lowers and an undisclosed beach break—and that's what separates this from the million other clips where average surfing and low-fi rock passes as a good web clip. Thanks for making me see the light Derrick…
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The Da Vinci Code stirred up a lot of controversy over its claims that Jesus was merely human, that Jesus fathered a child by Mary Magdalene - and that the Catholic church has been engaged in a centuries-old cover-up to hide these facts. The sequel, Angels & Demons, has a narrower focus, and is rooted in the notion that church and science have been at war since the Renaissance. A man claiming to represent the Illuminati has threatened to blow up Vatican City and all of the church's cardinals with it - so the Vatican reluctantly asks skeptical symbologist Robert Langdon to follow the clues and find the bomb before it's too late.
This guide will help you discuss some of the questions raised by this film. When is tradition essential to our well-being, and when might it be harmful? Are there limits to our knowledge, and how should we define them? And how do we discern God's will and our role in its unfolding?
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Final episode of Black Rock Shooter titled 'Beyond This World'. Enjoy!
Continuing on from last episode, Yuu continues to pummel Black Rock to the point that Strength decides to kill herself. Of course, Mato was able to intervene though one of the cheesiest way of preventing Strengths death. As much as it was cheesy, I still enjoyed it (even if I did laugh a bit when I first saw it). I continue to find myself feeling attached to Mato more and more because I've been in that situation where I don't have the courage to hurt others and prefer to be hurt myself for the sake of others yet I would hurt others in order to protect those close to me and that's the exact development we see in Mato as she realizes she must fight Black Rock in order to protect those dear to her.
I know some of you might think Yomi is quite selfish for wanting to "share her pain and sadness with others" but that's what friends are for. We all stand beside each other, help each other stand up when they are lost in despair and share the pain and burden if we could in order to see those closest to us smile once more. This is most likely why I loved seeing the 'other selves' all praying and finally standing side-by-side as friends instead of enemies. Of course, as cheesy and funny as it is, the HUGE MEGA RAINBOW CANNON was a nice touch in order to reach Black Rock's heart and also destroy the world of isolation to create a wasteland where all the 'other selves' can live together.
I found Strength's death really saddening seeing how much development and importance she is to Mato. Yeah I know, I'm a sucker for tears and sad scenes like these but I can't help it. It was a powerful scene and lead to a happy ending which I absolutely loved to bits. I'm not a fan of the yuri suspicion but it's always nice to see friends make up and move on. It's really all part of life when you think about it – we laugh, we love, we cry, we fight and like Mato said, the world is full of many different colours, different emotions which isn't all good but isn't all bad as well. It's this balance of good and evil which helps us learn the beauty of this world and I do believe this is what the series wanted to express using the Little Bird book as a symbol. Even if the world can be so negative, there's always something we can continue fighting for, whatever it is.
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Many parents whose babies aren't developing as fast as most spend countless hours worrying that their children aren't "normal." But the truth is that the developmental achievements in parenting books are just loose guidelines, and there's actually a large window of time for babies to develop each particular skill.
According to experts, most kids have caught up with one another by age 3, leaving little distinction between the early birds and the late bloomers. Once they're 5, you probably couldn't spot a late bloomer if you tripped over one. In fact, studies of older children who were late bloomers show that almost all go on to do just as well as their peers in school and in organized sports.
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Illustrator can be used to accomplish many different design tasks. For this reason, Illustrator CS4 Essential Training teaches core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow for print, the web, or assets that will find their way into other applications. Mordy Golding explains the elements that make up vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use each of Illustrator's drawing tools. He demonstrates how to combine and clean up paths, and organize them into groups and layers. Mordy also covers text editing, working with color, expressive brush drawing, effects, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.
So we're starting to understand what these vector objects are. We know that paths themselves are made up with anchor points. They are connected with paths. Some paths, which are curves, also have control handles, which define those curves. But all of that has to do with the actual geometry of the shape itself, not how that particular path may visually appear. Let me explain. All the things that we've been seeing so far as far as anchor points and the paths and these control handles, those don't actually print down on a piece of paper. That would be pretty silly, right? What the paths actually do is those particular control handles and those anchor points are there for us to interface with those paths when we are working with them inside of Illustrator.
However, when we print a particular path, what we need to do is we need to apply an appearance to that particular path. Think of a path on its own with just the anchor points and the paths itself as naked, and we need to get them dressed with something. So we get them dressed with two types of attributes, something called Fills and then something called Strokes. The Fills refer to the part of a path, which is the enclosed area and there are different types of fills. The Strokes themselves refer to the appearance of the physical path itself, and again there are different types of attributes of those strokes as well. Let's take a quick look at what those are. Later on in the video titles we'll talk more about what each of those settings are.
I'll start off with something simple, which is the Fill. I'll move over to the rectangle here on the bottom and I'll use my regular Selection tool to click on the shape. If you want to follow along, you'll find this file called fills_and_strokes in the first chapter folder in the exercise files, or you can just sit back and watch as I go through these concepts. Now this particular file is selected, again we'll talk more about details about how to select objects and what that means. But for now I've selected this particular object right here. If I go to my Control panel here, I have two buttons. One on the left here refers to the Fill Setting for that particular shape.
So I'm going to go ahead and click on that. I'm going to see a range of colors or swatches that I can choose from. For now, I'm just going to click on yellow, by the way yellow is my favorite color, I'm sure that you will find that out as you go through the rest of the title here. I now have this box that's filled with yellow. I just want to show you by the way, I'm going to go my Layers panel here and I actually have a layer here called Path Appearance and Path Geometry. I'm going to hide the Path Geometry layer. I'm just going to turn off the eyeball there, because Path Geometry itself and those anchor points are things that we see when we work inside of Illustrator. For example, when I click on this rectangle right now, you see the little anchor points that are right here. But those don't print down when I print this on a printer or even when I save them to be viewed on a web page.
They are there for me to interact with the object when I need to, but the way the artwork will look is just this. It's got a yellow fill and it's got that shape of that rectangle. So that is the Fill Attribute, and like I say there are other Fill attributes as well, this is a basic idea, you have something called Gradient Fills, which are fills that start off with one color and then gradually go to another color. Then you also have Pattern Fills, which are fills that have other kinds of artwork that repeat itself over- and-over again inside of that. So you have these particular types of fills that apply to an object. Remember, the important thing is that the past geometry in this stuff that we've been talking about till now is stuff for us to see on our screen. However, we don't really see that when we print that out in the file. Let me go ahead and just actually hide the Path Geometry.
I'm going to select this circle that appears here. You see now when I select the path, I see those control handles, and I see the anchor points; but remember, those don't print at all. But what I can do is take this particular circle right here, click on it, go over here to my Fill, and maybe we'll fill that with like this gradient, it's called the Radio Gradient; we'll talk more about this later as well. So now I have these two shapes, and again I've applied that particular Fill to it. Remember, when I print it out I don't see any of those paths or anchor points or control handles as well. Let me go back over here now, for example, to this shape. Let me turn the Path Geometry back on again. I'm going to select this part of the path that's right here. Now, the other attributes that I have besides a Fill is something called the Stroke Attribute, and the Stroke Attribute, if I go over here to my Control panel here, I can see the word Stroke, it opens up the Stroke panel that's right here.
I can apply what's called the Stroke Weight. Now the Stroke Weight is basically the thickness of that particular stroke. Let's say I choose something really thick, I really have like 10 points, for example. Do you see now I have a very fat appearance of that particular stroke that's right there? I can control that thickness, I can make let's say 40 points, or I can make it very thin and narrow and make it just 1 point, for example. Again, if I turn off the Path Geometry here, I see the way it is going to look when it prints is this way. Now I mentioned before there were different settings for strokes, for example, strokes have what we call a Dash Setting. If I click on this setting, it allows me to have -- now instead of a solid line just kind of a broken line. Again, I'm just going to click and drag here to select this particular curve path as well.
I can apply a stroke as well here, maybe a 5-point stroke, and I can also change the color of that stroke. Maybe we'll do some cyan here. And again, I also have the ability to control some of the ways that stroke looks. For example, if I change the Stroke Weight here to maybe 20 points. See how it kind of ends in a very square edge right here. What I can do is from the Stroke panel choose to define how the cap or the end of that stroke appears. For example, a Round Cap would make the stroke appear as such. So these are the settings that you have basically, the way that you 'get a path dressed,' you give it an appearance, and we'll talk more about appearances as we go through into the title. But now we have the basic premises or ideas of what vector graphics are.
Vector Graphics are basically made up of these anchor points. There are different types of anchor points. Smooth anchor points have control handles that help define the paths that connect to these particular anchor points and then what I can do is I can define how my path looks by applying Fill and Stroke attributes to that.
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Marinated Flank Steak
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Devour this delicious and easy to prepare Marinated Flank Steak. It is pretty good enough to be served as a side dish for parties and get together!
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Apply a mixture of the mustard, pepper and onion salt to both sides.
Chill, covered, for 1 to 2 hours.
Grill over hot coals to desired doneness.
Cut steak diagonally into slices no more than 1/4 inch thick.
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Crab-Stuffed Artichoke Appetizer
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To Prepare Artichokes: Pour about 3 inches water into saucepan (not aluminum or cast-iron) that is just large enough to hold artichokes snugly; add lemon juice and salt and stand artichokes upright in pan.
Cover pan and let simmer until bases of artichokes can be pierced easily with a fork, about 35 minutes.
Remove artichokes from liquid and stand upside down to drain.
When artichokes have drained thoroughly, cut each in half lengthwise; remove and discard choke and tough outer leaves.
To Prepare Filling: In medium bowl combine all ingredients for filling except crab meat; stir in crab meat, stirring until thoroughly coated with dressing.
Stuff each artichoke half with 1/4 of the filling; transfer to serving plate, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until well chilled.
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Bethenny Frankel Looks Frail At Skinnygirl Event (Photos)
Fame and success doesn't always equal happiness.
For Bethenny Ever After star Bethenny Frankel, her appearances are suffering due to her heavy workload!
Frankel was spotted at a "Skinnygirl Cocktails" bottle signing held at The Philadelphia International Flower Show at The Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday (March 10).
Unfortunately, Frankel looked eerily frail as she signed autographed bottles of Skinnygirl drinks. And either it was really early in the morning or Bethenny may have to look into getting rid of those wrinkles!
Take a look at the photos below!
Bethenny Frankel 1 of 10Bethenny Frankel at the "Skinnygirl Cocktails" Bottle Signing at The Philadelphia International Flower Show at The Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on March 10, 2012.
Attire 2 of 10For the event, Bethenny wore a white top with a pink skirt that a black silk belt separated.
Strike a Pose 3 of 10Bethenny pulled off an infamous lady-pose with her hand resting on her hip.
Ladylike 4 of 10Bethenny has definitely learned a thing or two about fame. Always cross your legs when being photographed!
Skinnygirl 5 of 10Bethenny poses with her Skinnygirl product.
A Bit Thin 6 of 10While Bethenny has always been on the skinny side, it looks as though she's aging quite a bit. Could it be the stress of her work?
Signing Autographs 7 of 10Bethenny loves to give back to her fans and she's doing this by signing autographs on bottles of her product.
Million Dollar Woman 8 of 10Thanks to Skinnygirl, Bethenny is a multi-millionaire!
Brand New Life 9 of 10With her success, she has moved into a new apartment in NYC, landed a talk show on FOX, and her brand continues to flourish!
What a Heel! 10 of 10Bethenny showed off her gorgeous shoes at the event as well.
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This 2005 UNICEF Commerical Featuring "The Smurfs" Will Destroy Your Childhood
It was all for a very good cause, but it was just so dark.
1. Every kid remembers The Smurfs, the smurfing '80s cartoon about a commune of blue woodland creature-hippies that lived in mushrooms.
2. They were a happy bunch, that for the most part lived a peaceful existence.
3. But in a 2005 commercial for UNCIEF, things got dark for our beloved Smurfs.
4. The commercial starts off with the familiar peaceful forrest setting, just like the intro to the series.
5. We then cut to a typical Smurf scene, were they are celebrating like usual.
6. But then, out nowhere, bombs drop on the Smurfs!
7. And the Smurf Village is completly destroyed — along with several smurfing casualties.
8. The ad that accompanied the commercial wasn't much better:
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Nice view cottageIndonesia, Bali, Ubud
About This Listing
Nice view cottage on Bisma street ,near monkey forest and Ubud centre,with nice paddy view ,free WIFI,AC,private terrace,daily breakfast offer breathtaking atmosphere,very comfortable centrally located on Ubud city
In the building, free or for a fee
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Central heating or a heater in the listing
In the building, free or for a fee
In the building, free or for a fee
Continuous access in the listing
Breakfast is provided.
The listing can accommodate a gathering of 25 or more attendees
Easy access to the building and listing for guests in wheelchairs
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Free, in the building or nearby
Posted emergency information and resources
The Space
Nice view cottage on Bisma street ,near monkey forest and Ubud centre,with nice paddy view,free WIFI,AC,private terrace,daily breakfast offer breathtaking atmosphere,very comfortable centrally located ,outskirts of Ubud centre,relax place to enjoy with paddy and garden view,free WIFI
Our facilities and services are :
- Airport transfer service
- Motorbike or car rental available on site
- Cycling Tour,Rafting and trekking service
- close to the Museum ratna warta
- shopping area
- Laundry services
Guest Access
Bisma street,Museum ratna warta Ubud
Interaction with Guests
Our friendly staff will assist for every guest inquiries
The Neighborhood
Bisma street with nice rice paddy view,Monkey forest,Ubud market and Museum Ratna Warta
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It take around 1 hours from Airport by Car to Nice View Cottage,with 55 km
We provide Taxi service
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I can't recommend this Homestay!
We booked 'Nice View Cottage' for two nights. But what we experienced was everything else than a pleasant stay in a nice homestay. For many reasons:
The organization of the management and the staff is more than unorganized. A couple hours before our arrival we've got an e-mail that the homestay is overbooked. At our arrival the staff tould us we have to move to another homestay for the first Night. To excuse for that they assured us to transfer back a 'discount' what we never got.
After our first night at the neighbous homestay we came across a disaster when we changed to Nice View Cottage:
- on our bed we had many death ants which came out of the ceilling. during the night there came out more and more.
- the linens in the bed were damp.
- the bathroom was not really cleaned
- the seat pads at the balcony were mouldy
- the staff didn't really care about our angriness with the ants in bed
- for the breakfast the next morning they could offer just one meal out of two because the eggs were empty ;-)
- another confusing thing: 'Nice View Cottage' doesen't really exist. It is 'Pondok Sari' which is offered extra in Air B&B. But it ist one homestay. We were walking up and down the street to find a sign with 'Nice View Cottage', but this house doesen't exist.
Ok, we know that we are in Asia where standards are diferent like at home, but for this money i do expect a little more perfection.
This was a nice hotel. The bathroom was amazing and the facilities were good. It was in a nice quiet area but not too far from the town centre. Would recommend it.
The rooms were very spacious , it was seconds away from great restaurants , mins away from great shopping , the rooms were clean and well kept , there was a bit of noise due to construction but it never bothered as we were out early and back late , the breakfast could be upgraded , their fresh juice was amazing , bathrooms are huge and we really enjoyed our stay . lots of tours available and very central ! The only thing they could use is a pool and they are planning on getting one :) staff were very helpful .
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from unnoticed rounding errors in reports is after all a huge issue in the minds of the vast majority of users (casual empiricism after providing training to 100000s of business professionals).
Even if this is a programming nightmare, the warning could at least be revised to be useful. After all, the only assumptions that are negatively impacted are digits entered without the benefit of being proceed by the =
sign. Is there any other issue. I don't believe so. Formula are never adversely impacted (if you don't believe this then provide an example). VBA people are welcome to comment (I hope that is an acceptable way to address this audience).
Even more importantly, the feature is never promoted by Microsoft and virtually unknown to the vast majority of users who simply see calculations that use un-displayed precision as errors that must be corrected by using the
=round() function. (If someone would just tell them that there it is toggle switch that as been in the product for 20 years.)
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A process and system is disclosed for determining automatically and dynamically the correct time segment during which a switch or components of a switch receive peak traffic from a communications network. The process collects traffic data regarding the usage of a selected switch or selected switch components. The traffic data is collected over a selected journalling period (e.g., 30 days), which is periodically updated with new traffic data to maintain a journal of the most recent 30 days of collected traffic data. Collected traffic data is filtered to remove aberrant or corrupting data. An average peak usage segment for all of the segments of the journalling period is selected from the remaining filtered traffic data. By regularly adding new data to and removing old data from the journal, the resulting moving window will reflect recent changes in peak usage. Regularly (e.g., daily) selecting the average peak usage segment detects such changes quickly, with the result that the process of the present invention dynamically reacts to and determines changes in the peak usage segment for particular switch components. Peak usage segments and associated traffic data determined and collected by the present invention result in improved network traffic engineering. A system is disclosed for collecting, processing and evaluating traffic data in order to engineer network elements for optimal traffic flow.
1. A process for monitoring and improving management of communications network traffic handled by at least one switch having a plurality of components, the process comprising the steps of:
a) generating, at selected components of the switch, traffic data describing network communications traffic handled by each of the switch components;
b) periodically collecting traffic data from the selected switch components to form segments describing traffic data during different time periods;
c) automatically selecting at least one segment for each switch component that describes average peak usage of each switch component; and
d) analyzing traffic data describing communications traffic handled by a particular switch component during at least the selected segment of the particular switch component.
2. The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of filtering the traffic data to eliminate aberrant traffic data.
3. The process of claim 1 in which the selecting step further comprises the steps of:
a) collecting segments describing traffic during a single day;
b) storing a set of segments to form a journal comprising a preselected number of days of traffic data;
c) averaging the traffic data of common segments across the journal that share common time periods on different days; and
d) identifying the segment during which the highest average peak usage occurred.
4. The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of dynamically detecting a shift in the segment that describes average peak usage.
5. The process of claim 4 in which the detecting step further comprises the steps of:
a) automatically and periodically updating the journal to include segments for the most recent preselected number of days; and
b) repeating the automatic selecting step.
6. The process of claim 1 in which the analyzing step further comprises the steps of:
a) determining an actual load handled by the particular component during the selected segment; and
b) comparing the actual load to an operating load of the component to determine whether the component is under-utilized or over-utilized.
7. A method for monitoring selected components of multiple telecommunications switches in order to better manage communications traffic within a communications network having a number of network elements, the method comprising the steps of:
a) generating and buffering at a selected switch component segments of traffic data describing telecommunications traffic handled by the component over a discrete time period;
b) interfacing with the component to periodically retrieve the segments;
c) storing the segments in order to create a journal that comprises a moving window of communications traffic handled by the component;
d) selecting from the segments a peak usage time period during which peak usage of the component occurred;
e) dynamically detecting changes in peak usage of a component by periodically and automatically updating the journal with new segments and repeating the selecting step; and
f) comparing an average load of the component during the peak usage time period with an operational load of the component in order to manage the load on the component.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of filtering the segments to remove aberrant traffic data before performing the selecting step.
9. The method of claim 7 in which each of steps a through f are performed for each of the selected components of multiple switches.
10. The method of claim 7 in which the comparing step includes the step of determining the average load of the component by averaging the traffic data of segments within the journal that describe telecommunications handled by the component over the peak usage time period.
11. A system for mechanically managing communications traffic by automatically and dynamically selecting a time period during which a network element for a communications network handles peak communications traffic and analyzing the amount of traffic handled by the network element, the system comprising:
a) a collector for periodically recording traffic data comprising information about the communications traffic passing through at least one component of the network element;
b) a database for receiving and storing recorded traffic data;
c) a processor, coupled to the database, and programmed to: (i) select from the traffic data a first busy hour that describes the average peak usage of the at least one component of the network element; and
(ii) use updated traffic data in the database to automatically detect a shift in average peak usage of the at least one component of the network element to a second busy hour.
12. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for filtering the traffic data to remove traffic data that does not conform to acceptable, pre-selected parameters.
13. The system of claim 11 in which the network element comprises a component of a switch selected from the group consisting of analog line units, digital loop line units, 3-way call line units, switch processors and ISDN line units.
14. The system of claim 11 further comprising an administration network for determining an operational capacity of the switch component and comparing the operational capacity with the traffic handled by the switch component during the average peak usage time period.
15. A communications network comprising:
a) a plurality of network elements, each with multiple components adapted to generate traffic data describing traffic handled by each of selected components for a preset segment of time;
b) a collector, coupled to the network elements, for periodically collecting traffic data from selected components of each network element;
c) a database that receives from the collector sufficient traffic data to create a journal that describes traffic handled by the selected components over a period of days; and
d) a processor programmed to automatically and dynamically select, based on the journal, a segment describing the average peak usage of each of the selected components.
16. The network according to claim 14 further comprising means for determining the actual load on each of the selected components during their respective average peak usage segments.
17. The network according to claim 15 further comprising means, coupled to the selecting means, for determining an operational capacity of each switch component and comparing the operational capacity of each switch component with the actual load.
18. The network according to claim 15 further comprising a plurality of data sources, coupled to the receiving and storing means, for providing data describing characteristics of the network elements and the components.
19. A method for dynamically monitoring traffic handled by multiple network elements disposed within a communication network, the process comprising:
a) collecting from a selected network element traffic data describing network communications traffic handled thereby over a selected period to form a journal;
b) analyzing the journal of traffic data to identify a first time slot during which traffic handled by the selected network element peaks; and
c) regularly adding new traffic data to the journal to form a moving window of traffic data, whereby the analyzing step is repeated on the moving window in order dynamically to detect any shift to a second time slot of peak traffic handled by the selected network element.
20. The method of claim 19 in which steps a through c are performed on at least two components of the network element.
21. The method of claim 20 in which traffic data is collected by coupling a traffic data collector to the at least two components of the network element and further comprising the step of averaging the traffic data for each of a plurality of time slots across the entire journal.
This invention relates to a process and system for dynamically and automatically measuring traffic across a communication network in order to ensure efficient allocation of network resources.
Network traffic management aims to cost-effectively minimize the number of unsuccessful communication attempts caused by network congestion or failure, while also ensuring that expensive network equipment is not over- or under-used. The ultimate goal is to provide a given grade of service with the least amount of equipment. To do this, one must determine the amount of traffic handled by the network, particularly by switches in the network. Traffic data describes the amount and features of the communications (voice, video or data) traffic through the network. It is collected to help operators of communication networks determine how efficiently those networks are operating and, if necessary, to plan network reductions, repairs or upgrades. By way of example, determining that congestion generated "fast busy" signals for over 2% of communications attempted through a particular switch at selected time periods tells network engineers (a) to expect customer complaints about poor service and (b) that the network may need a repair or an upgrade if the problem persists.
Traffic data also is helpful to large customers who rent or lease network facilities. The owner of this invention also owns a patent that describes a "Telephone System Adapted to Report to Customers Telephone Facility Traffic Data." That U.S. Pat. No. 5,410,589, which describes the advantages of and procedures for collecting and reporting traffic data, is hereby incorporated in its entirety by this reference.
Typically, the enormous volume and types of traffic across network switches allowed collection and analysis of only statistically significant samples of traffic data, rather than collecting and analyzing traffic in real time. Thus, prior methods of analyzing switch traffic use the "average peak usage hour" for the entire switch. Peak usage or busy hour refers to the hour of the day in which traffic across the switch hits a peak (although the phrase uses the term "hour," the peak usage can be determined over any time period). The "average" refers to the fact that the average peak usage hour is selected by averaging the traffic across many days and then determining the hour of the day during which peak usage of the network switch occurs. Generally, the average peak usage hour has been determined once per year by manually analyzing the switch traffic usage. The selected "average peak usage hour" is then used for network traffic engineering for the remainder of the year, with switches engineered to handle the volume and type of traffic that occurs during their average peak usage hour.
For example, commercial systems like the COER system marketed by Lucent Technologies, Inc. (formerly part of AT&T) take traffic data from a particular switch and then organize and report that data to allow engineers manually to determine whether switch limits have been reached. This required that the traffic analysis process involve only a small subset of the available data. Also, the COER system determined busy hour only once a year and only for the whole switch.
Other efforts at traffic monitoring have been made. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 4,456,788 to Kline, et al. describes a "Telecommunication Trunk Circuit Reporter and Advisor" system and method that analyses trunk circuit data. The Kline, et al. patent mentions determining busy hours, but does not describe doing so on a switch component or continuous basis. U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,649 describes systems for "Congestion Tuning of Telecommunications Networks" that monitor network elements and routes to identify congested routes and repair them or reroute traffic.
These prior processes and systems do not address several problems, however. First, a certain number of switch components are engineered beyond (or below) their capacity. That is because traffic data has been collected only for the average peak usage hour of the entire switch, which means that traffic data for this hour is the only data analyzed in engineering the network. But many switch components will have a different average peak usage hour; the same components may also have levels of traffic significantly different during their actual peak usage hour. This results in overburdened or under used switch components that may fail or be more expensive to operate.
Also, the average peak usage hour normally is determined only once a year. This was fine, in the past, when the relative stability of traffic usage across switches required determination of the average peak usage hour only yearly in order to support traffic engineering. The network equipment and customer assignment procedures used when prior traffic usage processes and systems were developed resulted in relatively homogeneous traffic usage across switch components, which also allowed infrequent selection of an average peak usage hour.
Recently, however, numerous changes in technology and the industry have occurred. Those changes have drastically and negatively impacted the effectiveness of current processes in analyzing switching capacities.
For instance, two separate causes have resulted in non-homogenous assignment on switch components. First, subscriber carrier delivery systems have reduced the random spreading of the customer assignment process. Most subscriber carrier systems typically handle about 96 lines each and serve a very small geographic area. Because of this, systems often serve primarily only residential customers or only business customers. For example, new subdivisions may have all of the residences therein assigned to a new switch component. Thus, a switch component handling customers located in a high-end residential area with many second lines and computer modems may handle significantly more and different traffic than components of the rest of the switch. Customers with different usage characteristics are concentrated on different switch components, leading to wildly different busy hours among the components.
A second reason for increasingly non-homogenous assignment is the practice of reusing previously assigned facilities when service to a new customer at an old location was introduced (e.g., when an old customer moves, the connection to the residence remains and service is simply restored when someone else reoccupies the residence). That significantly reduces labor associated with establishing new service at previously occupied locations, but results in less homogeneous traffic because new customers end up being served in a specific, new switch component.
Finally, there has been a constant and increasing proliferation of high use lines for internet service providers, telecommuting host computer connections, and the like. These new, numerous and high use lines also have increased the traffic load differences between various switch components.
Overall, these changes have reduced the homogeneous nature of the traffic load across switch components. Growing numbers of switch components accordingly have average peak usage hours that are different from the average peak usage hour for the whole switch and other components. Also, not only are the average peak usage hours different among components, but the "peak" traffic handled by a particular component may be significantly different from the "peak" traffic handled by other components or the entire switch. This is especially exacerbated by grouping of new subscribers, who may use newer technologies, onto a single switch component, as described above.
Numerous components are accordingly not being engineered for proper traffic load. Further, rapid growth in telecommunications has resulted in dynamically changing average peak usage hours. For example, as businesses increasingly provide internet access for their employees, switch traffic during the previously little used lunch hour has greatly increased as employees make use of a "free" internet connection during lunch breaks.
In short, there is a need for traffic analysis systems and processes that dynamically respond to changes in average peak usage hour and that take account of loads across switch components when analyzing traffic usage. That information is then used to (a) adjust the load on a particular switch or its components or (b) reengineer the network to a more optimal configuration for its actual load.
The present invention is an automated process and system that dynamically and automatically determines the correct peak hour and average usage at that hour (or other time period) for selected components of network elements like a switch. The method involves the steps of periodically collecting and storing segments of traffic data on each switch component over a selected time period; averaging the traffic data of each switch component for each segment across the selected time period; and selecting the peak usage segment. Aberrant or statistically corrupting traffic data can be filtered from the collected traffic data. The process may be repeated continuously in order to take account of changes in the network load and factor those changes into selection of the peak segment.
Traffic data describing traffic across the switch component at the selected peak usage segment is collected and analyzed. Depending on the results, the load on the selected component may be adjusted or the network otherwise reconfigured. A system is disclosed that performs these processes automatically.
The dynamic and automatic process and system of the present invention quickly recognizes volatile traffic usage changes that take place in the communications network in order to increase the accuracy of traffic analysis. Using this process should increase service results, increase capital dollar savings, and reduce manpower requirements. For instance, more accurate usage data informs traffic engineers to take proactive measures to prevent new conditions from impacting service. Equipment can be deployed in more correct quantities in order to save capitalization costs. Replacing a manual process with an automatic one will reduce the manpower--and related operational costs--required to perform the analysis.
In one embodiment of the invention, selected switch components generate and buffer traffic data. A collector periodically retrieves that traffic data, which describes use of the component over a selected time segment or period, such as 30 minutes. The collector provides the traffic data to a database and processor. Because the collector and processor can monitor numerous (e.g., hundreds of) switches with multiple components, the database is helpful for maintaining the large volume of traffic data needed for selecting each component's average peak segment.
The database contains at least enough traffic data to create a journal describing a representative period of usage of the component. Generally, the journal should be long enough to minimize the impact of a grouping of higher-than-normal daily average peak usage segments, while short enough to respond to a fundamental change in usage of a particular switch or component. The journal acts like a moving window that analyzes the most recent, adjustable number of daily average peak segments to select the average peak usage segment for the journalling period. If a new day's data is added to the journal, any day earlier than the previous 30 days (or other time frame that comprises the journalling period) can be ignored. Selecting an average peak usage segment from a rolling journalling period prevents a spike in a particular component's busy hour from affecting selection of the average peak usage hour. In any event, collecting a journal full of traffic data ensures sufficient data to allow determination of an average peak usage segment that appropriately reflects average peak traffic across various switches and switch components.
The processor averages collected, filtered traffic data on each switch component for each segment across an entire journalling period. This process repeats until successive segments in a single day have been averaged with the corresponding 29 (for a 30 day journal) other segments. This determines the average usage of the component during each time segment. The result is an entire day comprising multiple segments with each showing the average usage. The segment at which peak traffic occurred on the component may then be selected. One selection method involves selecting from the traffic data the peak average use of two consecutive segments; this gives the switch component's busy hour (or other time period).
Traffic data measurements for the selected peak hour are stored for each day in the database. The traffic data can be automatically filtered to eliminate aberrant data, i.e., data that embodies errors or that should be excluded from traffic usage engineering analysis because it falls outside of statistically acceptable bounds. Then, the processor averages the non-flagged traffic data in order to determine the average usage of a particular component at its busy hour.
This selection of a peak segment and determination of average usage during the peak segment may be performed daily upon the segments recorded in the journal, which is updated routinely so as to keep only the segments describing traffic over the most recent selected number of days. Because the process selects the average peak usage segment over a rolling, updated journal, changes in traffic patterns for particular switch components or switches during that time period will be dynamically and automatically detected. Generally, by the time the shift in peak usage has repeated for one-half of the journalling period, the data indicating a new average peak usage segment overcomes data supporting the old average peak usage segment. For example, if particular switch components have been handling traffic from a prison that allows inmates to make calls during the 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. period, that period likely will be the average peak segment. However, if prison officials permanently change the calling time to 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., the average peak segment would shift to this later period. Assuming a journalling period of 30 days, the present process would detect the shift within about 15 days. Accordingly, a temporary change of less than 15 days would not change the average peak segment.
The database stores the average usage for a busy hour. Such traffic data may include busy hour usage, call attempts or call blocking. The average usage traffic data may then be compared to the component's threshold capacities in order to manage the load on the component. Components that are at, near or over their load capacity can have their loads adjusted. An administration network may be provided that can access the stored traffic data and generate reports in order to determine whether objective service levels are being met by the communications network. For instance, various network managers may connect to a network information warehouse holding the collected traffic data for the selected average peak segments of various switch components. Network managers may then run reports to obtain service level measurements, like determinations of a particular component's (or switch's): percent dial tone delay; percent capacity; percent occupancy; percent blocking or any other measurements desired by network engineering.
The process of the present invention may be implemented on a computer platform in communication with a particular or numerous switches. For instance, in one embodiment, a personal computer may be coupled to selected switch components. In another embodiment, a warehouse computer platform may be coupled to a collector that polls multiple components of multiple switches in order to collect traffic data describing traffic handled by those switch components. For instance, the warehouse platform may couple to the collector that monitors traffic across switches located within a regional communications network, such as a Local Access and Transport Area ("LATA"), or multiple switches in regional networks. The warehouse platform stores collected traffic data and processes it as described above in order to select the average peak usage segment for a particular switch component.
The present invention accordingly aims to achieve at least one, more or combinations of the following objectives:
To automatically select an average peak usage segment useful for allocating resources within a communications network and thereby make more efficient use of network resources and decrease network operating costs;
To collect and analyze traffic data from switch components in order to select the average peak usage segment of at least selected switch components;
To dynamically determine shifts in a particular component's average peak usage segment;
To monitor traffic across selected switch components during that component's selected average peak usage segment and compare traffic at that time to the component's capacity in order to adjust loads across selected switch components;
To support traffic engineering by analyzing traffic data collected during switch components' average peak usage segments in order to generate various reports on switch components' service levels.
To provide a system for implementing the methods of the present invention that achieve the above objectives.
Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the rest of this document, including the Figures.
FIG. 1A shows a system according to the present invention for processing traffic data collected from a representative communications network.
FIG. 1B shows the components of a switch from which traffic data is collected and processed via the system shown in FIG. 1A.
FIG. 2A shows traffic data collected for various segments over multiple days and averaged.
FIG. 2B shows a collection of averaged segments of FIG. 2A that each reflect the average peak traffic for each segment of an entire day.
FIG. 2C shows the process of updating a journal to create a moving window whose contents reflect the most recent 30 days worth of averaged traffic data.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for collecting and processing traffic data according to the method of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a traffic engineering system for monitoring the load on switch components during their selected average peak segments, comparing the actual load to thresholds and reconfiguring the network to optimize switch component use.
FIG. 1A shows a communications network 10, which in the embodiment shown is a telecommunications network provided with Advanced Intelligent Network ("AIN") and Signalling System 7 ("SS7") capabilities. Network 10 illustrates one type of network with which the present invention operates. Network 10 has service switching points ("SSPs") 20, 22 and a signal transfer point ("STP") 26, which also couples to a mobile switching center ("MSC") 24. SSPs 20, 22 can be any telecommunications switch: such as a 1AESS, 5ESS, DMS-100/200, EWS2, DC0, DMS10 or comparable switches (including packet switches). Service control point ("SCP") 28 couples to the STP 26 (as well as other STPs not shown in FIG. 1A).
By way of example, any of phones 30, 32 may originate a call through SSP 20 by dialing a terminating number to, for instance, wireless phone 34. Originating SSP 20 launches a query containing the dialed destination digits; the query is switched through the SS7 network 10 via STP 26 to a SCP 28 that comprises routing and customer feature databases. SCP 28 provides a route by which the call from phone 30, 32 can travel to wireless phone 34. One such routing may be from originating SSP 20 through tandem SSP 22, which, in turn, terminates the communication to MSC 24. MSC 24 communicates with wireless phone 34 through well-known base stations located at various cell sites.
Network 10 also includes a traffic data collector 40, traffic data processor 42 and network information warehouse ("NIW") 44, which has a database 41. Collector 40 can be a TDMS ("Traffic Data Monitoring System"), sold by Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T) or a DCOS 200, sold by Bell Communications Research (also called "BellCore"), deployed, for instance, on a UNIX 3B2/600 platform. Collector 40 couples to the SSPs 20, 22, which it periodically polls for buffered traffic data.
Generally, switch manufacturers have standardized SSPs 20, 22 to measure and then buffer traffic data every 30 minutes, although SSPs 20, 22 could be modified to measure traffic data more or less frequently. These unprocessed traffic data measurements include measurements on a component level of total usage, maintenance usage, terminating calls and terminating concentrator calls. Total usage measures, usually in hundred call seconds ("CCS"), the time the component is in use during the segment. Total usage includes regular use (e.g., by customers) and maintenance usage, which measures the time the component is unavailable to handle regular customer traffic. Terminating calls refers to the number of calls terminated to the line unit ("LU") (or if a 3-way LU, the number of 3-way calls handled by that component). Terminating concentrator calls are the number of failed events occurring because all equipment was in use (e.g., blocked calls). Link data may also be measured, or, if the component is a switch processor, its usage level may similarly be measured. (In other words, traffic data includes measurements of the use of switch processors).
Collector 40 provides a traffic data stream to the processor 42 and NIW 44. (Alternatively, for older networks 10, collector 40 may provide its traffic data stream first to a network data system that supports traffic engineering processor 42 and NIW 44 may then obtain traffic data from the network data system). Collector 40 and processor 42 can be deployed on various separate or single computer platforms. For example, a personal computer or work station platform can host both the processor 42 and NIW 44 in order to collect and process traffic data from selected components of multiple SSPs 20 or 22. Alternatively, processor 42 and NIW 44 can be deployed on a warehouse platform such as an NCR 5100 Unix-based server running the Teradata Relational DBMS and sold by NCR.
Database 41 may include traffic data records collected by collector 40 and including: (1) detailed traffic data for each monitored switch component for the most recent 90 days (or longer) and (2) historical summary data in the form of a journal of the average busy hour for each of the most recent 30 days used to determine the rolling 30 day average and historical data showing snapshots of daily summary data for the first of each month for a selected time period (e.g., 3 years). Database 41 also maintains various descriptor and reference files. Additionally, various auxiliary sources 45 of data may couple to NIW 44 and provide various types of information to database 41 in order to assist in traffic engineering functions. For example, switch cross-reference tables (to help correlate switch location codes that differ among administrative systems), traffic tables (Poisson distribution tables used in determining component capacities), ODF (Office Data File with manual configuration or working line data), SCM (Switch Capacity Manager who is the traffic engineer and the network planner), LSD&F (Line Switch Demand and Facility, which is a planning system), MR7 (Management Report 7 that produces statistical monthly reports counting working quantities of customers using certain switch features), LNA (Line and Number Administration that assigns lines and carrier systems on switches) or COSMOS (a system that mechanically assigns lines to line units) data may be provided. These auxiliary sources 45 generally describe characteristics of SSPs 20, 22 or their components.
FIG. 1B shows a detailed view of a particular SSP 20, 22. Generally, regardless of the manufacturer or type of SSP 20, 22, each will have at least the following components from which the collector 40 obtains traffic data: (1) line units that terminate Copper lines (Analog LUs); (2) line units that terminate integrated digital loop carrier lines (DL LUs); (3) line units that terminate ISDN ("Integrated Services Digital Network") lines (ISDN LUs); (4) 3-way conference call or bridging line units (3-Way LUs); and (5) switch processors that run various switch software processes and which the present invention likewise monitors to determine if the processor is over-burdened and needs an upgrade (Switch Processors). FIG. 1B shows that each of these components interfaces to collector 40, which periodically retrieves buffered traffic data. Different switch vendors may provide operator service or other switch components from which traffic data can be collected if desired. Also, as new technologies are deployed within the network 10, SSPs 20, 22 are upgraded to handle the physical line connections required by those technologies. For example, if ADSL becomes a viable technology option, SSPs 20, 22 will be fitted with components to handle customers having those particular types of lines and traffic data may be collected and analyzed from those ADSL line units in accordance with this invention.
Generally, traffic data is periodically collected throughout an entire 24 hours (or other time period). A "segment" refers to a single traffic data measurement of a single switch or switch component taken during a selected time period, typically, every 30 minutes. The collector 42 takes enough segments to describe the traffic handled by the particular switch component for a working day--which can be an entire 24-hour period or a shorter period (e.g., like the 12 or 18 most active hours of the day).
FIG. 3 is a flow chart that shows the steps involved in collecting and processing traffic data from one or multiple switch components. Step 100 begins the process by having the switch component generate and buffer usage information for 30-minute (or other) time periods through the day. Collector 40 retrieves this buffered data. This may involve collector 40 determining at step 102 from which components of SSP 20, 22 traffic data is to be collected. Alternatively, collector 40 can be configured to collect traffic data from a pre-selected set of switch components. For example, collector 40 may periodically poll SSPs 20, 22 to obtain data from each of the components shown in FIG. 1B.
Filtering and Processing Traffic Data Step 102 averages the last 30 days of collected data in the first time period. Step 104 repeats step 102 for each successive time period across the entire 30 days until all of the traffic data for each time period has been averaged. FIG. 2A shows representative sets of segment traffic data collected from a selected switch component over several days and averaged. The present invention may be configured so that the collector 42 collects similar traffic data from each component of each SSP 20, 22 within network 10.
Step 104 results in a number of average component usages for each time slot, as shown in FIG. 2B. Step 106 then selects from the averaged traffic data the 2 highest consecutive 30 minute average measurements (e.g., time 2000). This is the selected peak usage segment or "busy" hour, as step 108 indicates.
Step 109 waits for an additional day of measurements and then automatically repeats steps 100 through 108 using the last 30 days of collected data. Thus, a journal of the 30 most current days is continuously maintained, as shown in FIG. 2C.
After selection of a particular busy hour, step 110 stores the traffic data for that busy hour. Such data, stored by processor 40 in database 41, may be used to determine usage limitations.
Step 112 effectively filters the stored usage data by flagging days with abnormally high or low and non-repetitive usages. That data is excluded from the averaging process. For example, the segments collected over 24 hours may be filtered to remove data describing the highest single instantaneous peak segment for a particular component or switch. Thus, the segment for day May 8, 1997, time 2300 shown in FIG. 2A would be deleted from the traffic data. Or, the traffic data for that period can be analyzed to determine the standard deviation among segments. Then, segments that fall outside of a selected number, like two or more, of standard deviations may be discarded. Additionally, traffic engineers may access traffic data to eliminate manually data that should not be used in dynamic busy segment selection. All of this filtering removes non-repetitive peaks so that they do not adversely effect determination of an average peak segment for a selected journalling period.
FIG. 3 shows that step 114 averages the non-flagged busy hour measurements recorded for the last 30 days to determine the component average usage during the busy hour. Step 116 repeats the process for determining a switch component's busy hour average usage by using the latest 30 days of non-flagged busy-hour data. Step 118 uses the average usage of the component in the busy hour to compare with thresholds, like the component's computed usage capacity, that describe the component's capacity. Such comparisons are used for load management.
FIG. 4 shows a traffic engineering system 60 for monitoring and adjusting loads upon the components of SSPs 20, 22 within a network 10 and based upon selection of the average peak segment for each component of SSPs 20, 22. Generally, traffic engineering system 60 aims to: (1) monitor the load on each component during the average peak segment selected according to this invention; (2) compare the actual load determined from such monitoring with a threshold that is the determined or pre-selected capacity of that component; and (3) alert network engineers to particular components' under- or over-utilization so that the network 10 can be more optimally configured. Processor 42 (or a separate monitoring processor) may couple to database 41 and NIW 44 to perform these functions.
Processor 42 generally performs the following steps in order to determine whether particular switch components are under- or over-utilized. First, the average peak usage segment or average peak busy hour is selected for the component, as described above. Processor 42 ensures that traffic data describing component usage during that time period is collected and stored in database 41. Processor 42 determines the average usage of switch components at that average peak segment. Next, processor 42 identifies the particular component's theoretical load using Poisson tables and calculations. (Telephone traffic is often assumed to have Poisson arrival and exponential holding times, allowing the theoretical load to be calculated using the cumulative Poisson distribution function). Theoretical load must be adjusted to an operating load that ensures the component does not block an unacceptable percentage of calls. Network Information Warehouse ("NIW") 44 stores and manages the enormous amount of data needed to determine average peak load and theoretical load of the many components of multiple SSPs within network 10.
Percentage capacity of the component may then be determined by the processor 42 comparing the average peak load at the average peak busy hour with the operating load. Capacity is then compared to thresholds within database 41. If capacity is at, near or above the threshold, processor 42 may flag the component as potentially over-loaded.
Display/Terminal 64 and query server 66 allow network 10 traffic managers to run queries and reports against NIW 44 data. Queries may be launched through an administration network 62, which can be a wide area network providing intranet connections within a carrier's region. A single or multiple display/terminals 64 allow for report submission and viewing, ad hoc queries, and descriptor and reference file maintenance. Query server 66 schedules reports and also allows for report viewing and printing.
Persons skilled in this art will recognize that the present invention may be used with various types of communication networks in addition to network 10. Such persons will also recognize the configuration and method of operation of the particular, illustrative network 10 shown in FIG. 1. Similarly, skilled persons will recognize that the methods of the present invention may be applied to other network elements, like STPs or packet switches, for which similar traffic data may be collected. Additionally, the type of traffic data collected from such network elements may include the traffic data discussed herein or other data such as the traffic data described in tables set forth in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,359,649 and 5,333,183, each of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety by this reference.
The foregoing is provided for purposes of illustrating, explaining and describing several embodiments of the present invention. Modifications and adaptations to these embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art and may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention and the following claims. For instance, the illustrative time periods, switches or networks described in this document in no way limit the scope of the below claims as persons skilled in this art recognize that the present invention can be easily modified for use with interchangeable time periods, switches or networks.
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Girlfriend too distant?
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wow, good question. Thank you for the detail. Sounds like you want her to be as proud of having you as boyfriend as you are to have her (though it does not say if you are technically bf/gf. Does her profile on facebook say that she is "in a relationship" or "in a relationship with you"? That is the first question. Why are you looking at the interactions between her and her friends? I know it pops up on your "quick view' when you log in, but you should avoid "checking up on her". You do sound like you need to let go a little though. Make sure you give her enough space to actually "miss you". When you crowd someone in a relationship, they will seek any opportunity to get away from you for a little bit. If you are ALWAYS around, she may feel smothered (in which case, you won't have a girlfriend for long). Relax, make more "guys nights out" and post your pics on your facebook. Let her see the good time you can have without her, and she may start wanting to do more things with you. If she feels that you always latch on to her good times, she may seek more alone time. Does this make sense?
We are marked as in a relationship with each other on FB, but I initiated it. I know that with my ex, I was being too clingy because she wanted me to be around and it was my first relationship, so I started being always around and it became too much I guess. I'm trying to give my new girlfriend some space but like you said, I would just like her to show more signs that she is proud to be with me. I do not have that many guy friends, I pretty much have one best friend and that's all lol
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Yeah but I hate playing games lol. I'm a guy who usually focus way more attention on his couple than his friendships, I don't need to see my friends all the time, but I do need to see my girlfriend as often as possible. That's the way I am, and I would like us to be comfortable enough that I can be that way without her thinking that I'm a loser just because she's my priority. I kind of trusted my ex on this and in the end when she broke up I felt like I wasn't worth anything so I hate this...
Let me put it this way. would you be happier to see her if she hung out with you once week than you would be if she never left? The answer is yes, because you would FINALLY be spending time with her. You are not playing games by making yourself scarce, you're increasing the demand. No one wants to pet a dog that never leaves them alone. in a nut shell: if she feels you're too clingy, she won't even be your girlfriend for long. Everyone loves some space, you may need less than others, but she is not you
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It's definitely not your fault for wanting to spend time with her, but it sounds like she wants some distance. You should watch out for that, though. While it's a good thing that she wants to maintain her life outside of a relationship with you (that's really important for any relationship in the long run), if she doesn't include you in everything or even tell you about what's going on, there's seems to be something going on. For now, though, I would say go with the flow and don't worry too much about it. Give her and yourself a little bit of space. Your relationship is still fresh, and there's plenty of room for it to grow.
It sounds to me like she's playing hard to get or she's being a bitch lol do you really want to be with someone who makes you feel like this? Be a bit more tough and tell her that your unhappy with the situation because you don't want to end up with someone who isn't affectionate and loving. I feel really sorry for you but you have to be brave :)
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I am in a similar situation -- obviously we can all agree that something like this is universal. It's the typical push/pull theory. The more you pull her close to you, the more she'll push bad. It's having too much of anything -- you can put the best tasting food in the world in front of anyone, but if they eat it too much, they'll under value it and crave other foods down the line. You have to know when to give and when to take.
I've in a long distant relationship right now. I'm the type of guy that has 95% girls as friends and I think it's bugging her out some. That's my assumption. In no way would I cheat and infact I've recently paid for half her ticket to come see me. So, yeah I'm a good guy -- doesn't change the laws of human nature -- jealous. She's got this pride thing I'm assuming and he's not telling me it bothers her when a girl writes "XOXOXOX" on my fb wall -- that's stuff I can't help and in no way do I initiate it. I won't lie to you -- she's been playing "busy" and hasn't contacted me as much in the last week. So I have two options, to keep up her and make her feel better while at the same time shrinking my own value or give her space and let her come to me. It's not easy man -- we want to fix things that are broken ... even for a guy like myself, I want to send her all the lovey dovey stuff and try to make it be, but quite frankly, I've done this before to little to no success.
You must just let her do her thing whatever that is. Don't get upset. Don't get jealous. Don't hound her. Be a reflection of her. She gives you love, give it back. She ignores you, do the same up to a point. Don't over do it. You don't want this to become more of a game than it already is, that won't help you or the relationship at all. Just be busy -- like my little dove says she is ;-)
That's fine, fact is she has a luggage to lose if she plays too hard and honestly, as sh*tty as you may feel, it's natural and you're not the only guy to feel this anchor on your heart. She is not the only woman in the world -- seriously now.
Dude trust me, I've done it all -- besides the ticket, I just sent her a big winnie the pooh because she got hurt two weeks ago. But you know, I can't keep pushing. Learn from me and listen to what I say -- I hope it works out for you and if not -- it was a valuable lesson.
Great advice, yeah I'll try and do that, be a reflection of her without overdoing it. Thanks a lot ;)
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What a mature and understanding approach. she's so lucky. you make the life sound so beautiful
"Be a reflection of her." This is the best advice for relationships that anyone could ever give.
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Crave a late-night kebab but also a des res close to Crouch End? Time Out ascends the Harringay ladder
This bustling thoroughfare goes all the way from Turnpike Lane tube station to Newington Green (it's touted as one of the longest roads in London), but it's the top end that we'll focus on here. If you're looking for greenery, you'd be better off south of the river. If, however, you're yearning for a lively mix of Greek, Turkish, Cypriot and Kurdish communities, this is ideal; a place where you can buy offal, electrical equipment, exotic fruits and elaborate wedding cakes, often in the one shop.
To the west is the Harringay ladder (Harringay is an area in the Borough of Haringey), a lattice of streets between Green Lanes and the traffic-heavy Wightman Road. Crouch End is just the other side of the railway line from the ladder, and the overspill from that middle-class enclave has had a knock-on effect for prices. However, at the time of writing, the market has stuttered slightly, leaving entry-level one- and two-bed flats ripe for offers from first-time buyers. The east of Green Lanes, towards Seven Sisters, is slightly cheaper, with similar Victorian conversions and proximity to the tube (Manor House to the south and Turnpike Lane to the north).
If you are looking for green spaces, Finsbury Park at the Manor House end has had a commendable facelift over the past few years, and is now home to a children's playground and café, a British Military Fitness class, a gridiron team, a dog-training school, a duck and swan pond and numerous games of basketball and football. Duckett's Common nearer Turnpike Lane is more pleasant than it used to be but it's more for dog-walking than picnics.
But for a genuine, rough-around-the-edges taste of north London, this area can't be beaten.
A South Haringey School B Salisbury Pub C Parkview Academy D Sainsbury's E Old Ale Emporium
Going outThe Salisbury (1 Grand Parade; 020 8800 9617), on the corner of Green Lanes and St Anne's Road, is an excellently converted, cavernous former hotel with a restaurant in the back. Also worth a visit is the Old Ale Emporium (405 Green Lanes; 020 8348 6200), which, as the name suggests, usually has decent ales on tap. And, at the end of the night, you have to sample one of the area's legendary kebabs.
Local shopsGreen Lanes is predominantly food focused. There are several purveyors of elaborate cakes and pastries such as Halepi (24 Grand Parade; 020 8800 9272). And you can't go wrong for fruit and veg; the street is lined with quality Greek and Turkish grocers' shops. Ditto with halal butchers, where you can also pick up offal. The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's (Williamson Rd ; 020 8809 6065) near Manor House tube. For more shops, Wood Green High Road and shopping centre are up the road.
SchoolsSouth Haringey Junior School (Mattison Rd; 020 8340 2757) on the ladder performs well and is much sought after by local parents. For secondary schools, Park View (Langham Rd; 020 8888 1722) is a non-denominational city academy near Turnpike Lane station, rated as 'good and improving' by Ofsted.
TransportManor House and Turnpike Lane tube stations are on the Piccadilly Line, in Zones 2 and 3 respectively. Hornsey rail has trains to King's Cross and Moorgate during the week. The 29 bus goes to Trafalgar Square via Camden.
Estate agentsCastles, 5 Turnpike Lane, N8 (020 8341 6262/castles.uk.com).Paul Simon, 38 Grand Parade, N8 (020 8800 1155).Winkworth, 10-11 Grand Parade, N8 (020 8800 4949/winkworth.co.uk).
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