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- Cobblestone Farm (1.3 mi / 2.1 km)
- Michigan Stadium (2 mi / 3.2 km)
- University of Michigan Museum of Art (2 mi / 3.3 km)
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- This hotel has 55 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-10 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
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- Cable TV channels
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- Free local calls
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- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Access via exterior corridors
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This property does not have elevators.
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Wimbledon tips: Day four
After a 5/2 winner on Wednesday, Andy Schooler brings you his best bets for day four of Wimbledon 2015.
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After a 5/2 winner on Wednesday, Andy Schooler brings you his best bets for day four of Wimbledon 2015.
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Heather Watson beat Daniel Hantuchova then branded online trolls "cowards" for sending her death threats on Twitter.
Maria Sharapova strolled into the third round of Wimbledon with a routine 6-3 6-1 win over debutant Richel Hogenkamp.
Wimbledon's Centre Court was evacuated after the close of play on Wednesday evening.
Novak Djokovic cruised into the Wimbledon third round with a straight sets win over Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.
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Jamie Hood claims in recently filed court documents that he heard his dead brother's voice just before he shot two Athens-Clarke County police officers more than three years ago.
"Don't let them do you like they done me," Hood claims he heard his brother tell him just prior to shooting Senior Police Officer Tony Howard and SPO Elmer "Buddy" Christian" on March 22, 2011.
Howard was shot multiple times and survived his injuries. Authorities said Christian was killed instantly.
Timothy Hood was shot and killed 10 years earlier when authorities said he pulled a gun on an Athens-Clarke County police officer and threatened to shoot. The officer grabbed the gun and shot Timothy Hood with his own weapon in self-defense, police said. Authorities determined the shooting was justified.
Last week, Jamie Hood filed a motion in Clarke County Superior Court that requests funds to hire experts, including a psychiatrist, to perform an evaluation.
The indigent defendant is representing himself in his own death penalty case.
Prior to acting as his own attorney, Hood repeatedly sparred with his attorneys as they attempted to have him declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
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"(My) mental state at the time of the offense is a significant factor to be considered by (the) trial jury in the guilt innocence phase and to develop mitigating evidence," Hood states in the motion.
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The Croatian "Grammys" will be held on March 6th and the organisers already announced a rich music program and numerous top-Croatian artists an musicians that will attend the ceremony.
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Nina Badrić - Vjetrenjače (author: Aleksandra Kovač) - best female vocal performance nominee
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British Breakthrough: Sam Smith
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Johnsburg The Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation has partnered with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to bring free books monthly to preschoolers throughout the Adirondacks.
"It is time we bring this successful program to the Adirondacks and our foundation is committed to help make that happen," said Glenn L. Pearsall, President of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was established in 1995 in Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee as a way to improve preschool literacy. It is now available to all preschool children in the state of Tennessee and is expanding throughout the United States. The program sends a new book each month to each registered child, in the child's name, free of charge from birth until they turn five. A book a month is now mailed to over 900,000 children in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and most recently Australia.
"The Dollywood Foundation is honored to be partnering with the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation," said Christy Crouse, NYS Regional Director of Imagination Library. "This partnership will ensure that children all across the Adirondack region experience the joy of owning his or her library of books at no cost to their families. Dolly's greatest wish for children is to help turn their dreams into the promise of a bright future. We cannot thank the Pearsall Foundation enough for helping make their dream a reality."
Studies have shown that children who are read to and appreciate books before they enter kindergarten are more likely to do well throughout all of their years of schooling. The Dollywood Foundation administers the program and its special book committee of renowned authors and children's book experts selects the books.
The trustees of the Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have committed up to $100,000 over a four year period to support this effort in the Adirondacks by picking up half the cost of the program for all enrolled children living within the "blue line" of the Adirondack Park. The Pearsall Foundation was established and funded by Glenn and Carol Pearsall in 2000 and is dedicated to "improving the quality of life for year round residents of the Adirondack Park".
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Thinking about the Super Bowl Ad Previews – Gender ConstructsSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/30/2015 - 22:07
I've just watched the 2015 Super Bowl Ads as listed in Variety and thought I'd look for a moment on the social constructs they are built around.
One of the biggest constructs is around gender and sex, and there are several interesting ads. At the top of the list is the Kim Kardashian cellphone carrier ad with the idea that the reason we need as much online data as we do is to look at her. Um, not.
The second ad focuses on Marcia and Jan Brady; how Marcia gets grumpy if she's hungry and Jan gets grumpy when it's not about her. A traditional idea. It does make sense that people get grumpy when they're hungry, but there are probably better ways of dealing with hunger than eating a candy bar.
The car ad featuring Pierce Bronson does a great job of tweaking ideas of the suave male spy, yet another gender construct. The ad for a television show about royalty doesn't do a good job of exploring the constructs and is fairly forgettable.
The lingerie ad is fairly predictable, and the only thing memorable is the tag line, let the real games begin.
Yet the most compelling ads in the gender construct category are Dove's #RealStrength and Always' #LikeAGirl
They challenge traditional constructs and present emerging constructs that are more positive.
Protecting and Promoting the Open InternetSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 09:37
Today, I submitted a comment on the FCC website concerning proceeding 14-28, Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet.
I wrote
To the extent that the FCC is accepting comments on Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet via the Internet itself, it would seem that the Internet is a core part of our democratic process that should be protected against discrimination or allowing one group of persons perferred access above and beyond another group of persons. As such, it seems obvious that the Internet must be considered a common carrier and any efforts to give one group of persons perferred access such as faster delivery of packets, is determinental to our democracy.
For more information about submitting comments, see How To Tell The FCC Exactly What You Think About The Proposed Net Neutrality Rule.
The FCC has extended the filing deadline since the amount of comments they were receiving crashed their website.
Diversity of StoriesSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 07/01/2014 - 04:52
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit. Another busy, rocky month comes to an end and we roll full force into summer mode. Last night, I stopped at the town pool to swim laps. So far this summer, I've swum over five miles in the town pool. On the way home, I stopped at the library and picked up a collection of short stories by Chimamanda Adichie. I mentioned her in my previous post.
She gave a TED Talk, The danger of a single story about misconceptions that can arise from hearing a single story, or single type of story. While she focused on literature, it just as easily apply to any medium. Perhaps the simplest example is the warped view people get from a diet of one cable talk news show or another. To some, this is old news as people promote studies showing that viewers of specific cable news channels are more misinformed than others.
Other's criticize older institutions of journalism that tell us telling us "That's the way it is" and that they print "all the news that's fit to print". That's the way it is, from a particular cultural framework, it's all the news that a certain set of editors embedded in their cultural constructs found was fit to print.
Yesterday, Google News and Facebook, using their algorithms to find things I'd be most interested in, showed me stories about the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision. Being interested in media, I've often looked at how different outlets select what stories get covered and none of this is new.
Thirty two years ago, I went to the big anti-nuclear rally in Central Park. Afterwards, I walked home to my apartment in Little Italy. In my mind, the rally was the top news story of the day. Then, I walked past a hearse outside of an East Village funeral home, with the hearse outside and the family mourning. For them, there was much bigger news.
With this in mind, I read one of Chimamanda Adichie's short stories last night. It was about a young woman whose brother was arrested. This morning, I glanced at the headlines in Global Voices.
One of the stories that repeatedly showed up on my computer yesterday was about Facebook manipulating news feeds to study the effects on users' emotions. It appears to have been completely legal, within the terms of service, but people question the ethics. Most of this has been around the ideas of tests on human subjects, something that is done more and more online. Yet it ties back to the larger story of how information is selected for us to view.
Recently, on Facebook, a friend posted a card which said something like, "Being creative is like having 2847 tabs open in your browser 24/7". I had just written about closing tabs in my browser, and strongly related to this. A friend shared a link he had written a few years ago about this, The Great Media Garbage Patch.
Content is King—for a day. But eventually it takes its place among the flotsam and jetsam. Today's treasure is tomorrow's trash.
Kind of like Life…and Death. And new birth. The circle of life. Every new campaign (or book or poem or blog) is a challenge and a dare—to make a mark, however brief, in the face of unplanned obsolescence.
And so, another month begins. The big stories of last month are rapidly becoming the flotsam and jetsam of this month. Perhaps I'll view this month from the vantage point of the town pool, mingled with thoughts of Nigerian short stories and see who Facebook shows this story to.
Little BrotherSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 08:40
Recently, a friend posted on Facebook a link to Cory Doctorow's post on BoingBoing, Why I'm sending 200 copies of Little Brother to a high-school in Pensacola, FL.
The principal of Booker T Washington High in Pensacola FL cancelled the school's One School/One Book summer reading program rather than letting all the kids go through with the previously approved assignment to read Little Brother, the bestselling young adult novel by Cory Doctorow. With Cory and Tor Books' help, the teachers are fighting back.
Before I learned that I'm supposed to be embarrassed to read young adult novels, I downloaded it for free.
At the top, Cory has "THE COPYRIGHT THING". It is chock full of great quotes:
Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.
As to why he gives away his ebooks, he says,
For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity… I'm more interested in getting more of that wider audience into the tent than making sure that everyone who's in the tent bought a ticket to be there.
Well, I'm glad to help with that. Perhaps this blog post will encourage a few more people to check out Cory's writing.
Yet the quote that has particularly jumped out at me is this:
If you're not making art with the intention of having it copied, you're not really making art for the twenty-first century.
Of course, I wonder what people who advocate not making art, just making something think about this final quote.
From Punch Cards to Cat VideosSubmitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 20:34
"Do Not Fold, Bend, Mutilate or Spindle" The old phrase about computer punch cards in the sixties came to my mind Thursday as I attended OMMA Video as part of Internet Week in New York City. As experts talked about buying online video advertisements, based on increasingly sophisticated demographic information and programmatic buying, I had to wonder if the concern about being reduced to a number had far surpassed the greatest fears of those fifty years ago who protested the depersonalization that computers with their punch cards had brought.
Now, I understand the argument that improved targeting doesn't depersonalize advertising, instead it makes it more specific, more personalized, but my mind drifts to the work of Martin Buber's "I and Thou". Increasingly, our interactions have become transactional. They are losing the personal touch, the "I and thou", the chance for transformation.
Perhaps that is because everything is becoming more and more about the numbers. We focus on ROIs, KPIs and how all of this ultimately relates to our "net worth". At one point, I tweeted, "The talk about data, measurement and automation makes me think of Wittgenstein: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
In contrast to all of this, the keynote speakers touched on something else, creativity. The first speaker, Mike Monello, CCO of Campfire, referenced Spreadable Media, Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture, by Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green. It sounds like I book I need to get.
Monello spoke about the reason people share content, to elevate their status, to define their community, and to strengthen bonds. It seems like this returns us closer to Buber. He spoke about putting the audience in the middle of the story, breaking down the fourth wall between the advertiser and the consumer and noted that people look for experiences, not content.
All of this comes to mind as I think about my campaign for State Representative. People are tired of politics, of the strategists that carefully run the numbers and craft messages to appeal to the largest demographic. I've been getting into discussions about this on Facebook recently.
For example, Whitney Hoffman, whom I met through Podcamp years ago, is running for State Representative. Recently, she wrote,
there seems to be a big gap between what politicians think folks need to know and what's effective, and how voters feel about it. For example, direct mail is a staple of politics, and data typically shows direct mail has a 1% conversion rate in retail, but very few people I talk to pay much attention to the glossy information that comes in the mail, and often toss it right away.
I had a great discussion with Whitney about this. It does seem like things like yard signs, bumper stickers, campaign websites, and direct mail, have little impact, other than showing that you're a credible candidate. It is the same old politics by the numbers. But what we really need is politics that people will want to share, to define our communities and strengthen our bonds.
When people talk about content that gets shared online, they typically talk about cat videos. Cat videos make us feel good. Jane McGonigal talks about looking at pictures of cute animals in terms of building emotional resilience. It seems like there is an ever increasing need for emotional resilience, especially if you are at all politically active. So, the question that I asked of Whitney, and that I ask here is, how do we build emotional resilience into political discourse? Instead of sending out glossy direct mail, how can candidates reach out with messages that makes us emotionally stronger and builds our communities? What are the cat videos of your campaign?


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When you are trying to build a young team, you need veteran guys who can play like Reggie Bush to help the younger players out. Bush has been very productive when given the opportunity by the Dolphins, but in a classic Dolphins move they are thinking about letting him test the free agent waters. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports has reported that it's "highly unlikely" that Bush will be back for Joe Philbin's club in 2013. The perfect place for Reggie Bush? Green Bay Packers.
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We supposedly are a nation of gracious losers.
After every hard-fought contest - even pro hockey games in which hulking skaters have spent the previous couple of hours slamming opponents into the boards and trying to knock their teeth out - second-place finishers typically shake hands and congratulate the victors.
Evidently, though, Mitt Romney and his vanquished GOP minions - Fox News commentators, talk-radio troglodytes and other disenfranchised banner-wavers for the far right - subscribe to the sour grapes school of politics. They continue to talk trash about President Obama as if the election were tomorrow instead of more than two weeks ago, and just can't choke down the fact that the majority of voters don't agree with them.
It's like the scene in the 1941 classic "Citizen Kane," when fictional gubernatorial candidate Charles Foster Kane, as played by Orson Welles, holds up a prematurely printed newspaper with the headline he hoped would run, "Kane Elected," and then selects the alternative version, "Fraud at Polls."
A photograph supposedly snapped of Mr. Romney the other day pumping gas for his SUV at a Shell station in La Jolla, Calif., shows him in uncharacteristically rumpled attire and with an expression suggesting he has been infected by an acute case of post-election stress disorder.
The authenticity of the picture, now circulating widely on the Internet, hasn't been verified. In fact, aside from a brief concession speech in the early morning hours of Nov. 7 we've seen or heard little from the former Massachusetts governor.
Mr. Romney's only other comments after the election, made via a telephone conference call to wealthy campaign donors that was later leaked to the media, blamed his loss on "gifts" President Obama gave to African-Americans, Hispanics, women and young voters.
He was quoted as saying, "With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift. Free contraceptives were very big with young, college-aged women. And then, finally, Obamacare also made a difference for them, because as you know, anybody now 26 years of age and younger was now going to be part of their parents' plan, and that was a big gift to young people. They turned out in large numbers, a larger share in this election even than in 2008."
Meanwhile, distraught voters in a number of red states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, are circulating petitions calling for secession from the union.
Even though the United States just re-elected its first African-American president, it's as if we're getting ready to fight the Civil War again.
This nation already faces far too many immediate challenges - solving the debt crisis to avoid plunging off the fiscal cliff; trying to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians; the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - to remain so sharply divided.
It's time for Mr. Romney and his followers to show some leadership and some class.
Extend a hand, if not in friendship, at least in acknowledgement that we are all Americans, and we can either stand as one or all fall together.
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Contrary to popular belief, women before Queen Victoria had worn white on their wedding day, but when the British royal chose the colour for her nuptials, she sparked a tradition that many Western cultures know today.
Queen Victoria's gown was designed by Scottish artist William Dyce and made by her personal dressmaker Mary Bettans. Recognising her duty to the nation, Victoria helped revive the cottage industries by choosing English fabrics for her gown, including Spitalfields silk and Honiton lace.
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The present subject matter relates to methods of high-speed analysis of product samples. Light is directed to a portion of a product under analysis and reflected from or transmitted through the product toward a plurality of optical detectors. Signals from the detectors are compared with a reference signal based on a portion of the illuminating light passing through a reference element to determine characteristics of the product under analysis. The products under analysis may be stationary, moved by an inspection point by conveyor or other means, or may be contained within a container, the container including a window portion through which the product illuminating light may pass.
1. A method for high-speed analysis of product samples, comprising:
illuminating at least a portion of a sample with light at an inspection point;
providing a plurality of light sensitive detectors, the detectors producing outputs based on received light, wherein the detectors are coupled to receive light from the same sample portion and to receive a reference light;
directing light from the sample portion toward a selected one of the plurality of light sensitive detectors through at least one multivariate optical element, the light from the sample portion carrying information about the sample portion;
directing at least a portion of the sample illuminating light toward one of the plurality of light sensitive detectors through a reference optical element to form a reference light, the reference light carrying information about the sample illuminating light;
detecting the reference light in the one of the plurality of light sensitive detectors separately from the light from the sample portion; and
analyzing the signals produced by the detectors, the analysis being based on a comparison of the signals produced from light passing through the at least one multivariate optical element and the signal produced from the reference light.
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The present application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/856,191 filed Nov. 2, 2006, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 60/921,217 filed Mar. 30, 2007.
The present subject matter relates to improvements related to system design, fabrication and operation of multivariate optical elements. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to methodologies of using multivariate optical computing systems to illuminate a sample in which information about the sample can be analyzed from the reflected or transmitted light in real time or near real time.
Light conveys information through data. When light interacts with matter, for example, it carries away information about the physical and chemical properties of the matter. A property of the light, for example, its intensity, may be measured and interpreted to provide information about the matter with which it interacted. That is, the data carried by the light through its intensity may be measured to derive information about the matter. Similarly, in optical communications systems, light data is manipulated to convey information over an optical transmission medium, for example fiber optic cable. The data is measured when the light signal is received to derive information.
In general, a simple measurement of light intensity is difficult to convert to information because it likely contains interfering data. That is, several factors may contribute to the intensity of light, even in a relatively restricted wavelength range. It is often impossible to adequately measure the data relating to one of these factors since the contribution of the other factors is unknown.
It is possible, however, to derive information from light. An estimate may be obtained, for example, by separating light from several samples into wavelength bands and performing a multiple linear regression of the intensity of these bands against the results of conventional measurements of the desired information for each sample. For example, a polymer sample may be illuminated so that light from the polymer carries information such as the sample's ethylene content. Light from each of several samples may be directed to a series of bandpass filters which separate predetermined wavelength bands from the light. Light detectors following the bandpass filters measure the intensity of each light band. If the ethylene content of each polymer sample is measured using conventional means, a multiple linear regression of ten measured bandpass intensities against the measured ethylene content for each sample may produce an equation such as:
Equation 1 may be used to estimate ethylene content of subsequent samples of the same polymer type. Depending on the circumstances, however, the estimate may be unacceptably inaccurate since factors other than ethylene may affect the intensity of the wavelength bands. These other factors may not change from one sample to the next in a manner consistent with ethylene.
A more accurate estimate may be obtained by compressing the data carried by the light into principal components. To obtain the principal components, spectroscopic data is collected for a variety of samples of the same type of light, for example from illuminated samples of the same type of polymer. For example, the light samples may be spread into their wavelength spectra by a spectrograph so that the magnitude of each light sample at each wavelength may be measured. This data is then pooled and subjected to a linear-algebraic process known as singular value decomposition (SVD). SVD is at the heart of principal component analysis, which should be well understood in this art. Briefly, principal component analysis is a dimension reduction technique, which takes m spectra with n independent variables and constructs a new set of eigenvectors that are linear combinations of the original variables. The eigenvectors may be considered a new set of plotting axes. The primary axis, termed the first principal component, is the vector, which describes most of the data variability. Subsequent principal components describe successively less sample variability, until only noise is described by the higher order principal components.
Typically, the principal components are determined as normalized vectors. Thus, each component of a light sample may be expressed as xn zn, where xn is a scalar multiplier and zn is the normalized component vector for the nth component. That is, zn is a vector in a multi-dimensional space where each wavelength is a dimension. As should be well understood, normalization determines values for a component at each wavelength so that the component maintains it shape and so that the length of the principal component vector is equal to one. Thus, each normalized component vector has a shape and a magnitude so that the components may be used as the basic building blocks of all light samples having those principal components. Accordingly, each light sample may be described in the following format by the combination of the normalized principal components multiplied by the appropriate scalar multipliers:
The scalar multipliers xn may be considered the "magnitudes" of the principal components in a given light sample when the principal components are understood to have a standardized magnitude as provided by normalization.
Because the principal components are orthogonal, they may be used in a relatively straightforward mathematical procedure to decompose a light sample into the component magnitudes, which accurately describe the data in the original sample. Since the original light sample may also be considered a vector in the multi-dimensional wavelength space, the dot product of the original signal vector with a principal component vector is the magnitude of the original signal in the direction of the normalized component vector. That is, it is the magnitude of the normalized principal component present in the original signal. This is analogous to breaking a vector in a three dimensional Cartesian space into its X, Y and Z components. The dot product of the three-dimensional vector with each axis vector, assuming each axis vector has a magnitude of 1, gives the magnitude of the three dimensional vector in each of the three directions. The dot product of the original signal and some other vector that is not perpendicular to the other three dimensions provides redundant data, since this magnitude is already contributed by two or more of the orthogonal axes.
Because the principal components are orthogonal, or perpendicular, to each other, the dot, or direct, product of any principal component with any other principal component is zero. Physically, this means that the components do not interfere with each other. If data is altered to change the magnitude of one component in the original light signal, the other components remain unchanged. In the analogous Cartesian example, reduction of the X component of the three dimensional vector does not affect the magnitudes of the Y and Z components.
Principal component analysis provides the fewest orthogonal components that can accurately describe the data carried by the light samples. Thus, in a mathematical sense, the principal components are components of the original light that do not interfere with each other and that represent the most compact description of the entire data carried by the light. Physically, each principal component is a light signal that forms a part of the original light signal. Each has a shape over some wavelength range within the original wavelength range. Summing the principal components produces the original signal, provided each component has the proper magnitude.
The principal components comprise a compression of the data carried by the total light signal. In a physical sense, the shape and wavelength range of the principal components describe what data is in the total light signal while the magnitude of each component describes how much of that data is there. If several light samples contain the same types of data, but in differing amounts, then a single set of principal components may be used to exactly describe (except for noise) each light sample by applying appropriate magnitudes to the components.
The principal components may be used to accurately estimate information carried by the light. For example, suppose samples of a certain brand of gasoline, when illuminated, produce light having the same principal components. Spreading each light sample with a spectrograph may produce wavelength spectra having shapes that vary from one gasoline sample to another. The differences may be due to any of several factors, for example differences in octane rating or lead content.
The differences in the sample spectra may be described as differences in the magnitudes of the principal components. For example, the gasoline samples might have four principal components. The magnitudes xn of these components in one sample might be J, K, L, and M, whereas in the next sample the magnitudes may be 0.94 J, 1.07K, 1.13 L and 0.86M. As noted above, once the principal components are determined, these magnitudes exactly describe their respective light samples.
Refineries desiring to periodically measure octane rating in their product may derive the octane information from the component magnitudes. Octane rating may be dependent upon data in more than one of the components. Octane rating may also be determined through conventional chemical analysis. Thus, if the component magnitudes and octane rating for each of several gasoline samples are measured, a multiple linear regression analysis may be performed for the component magnitudes against octane rating to provide an equation such as:
Using Equation 2, which may be referred to as a regression vector, refineries may accurately estimate octane rating of subsequent gasoline samples. Conventional systems perform regression vector calculations by computer, based on spectrograph measurements of the light sample by wavelength. The spectrograph system spreads the light sample into its spectrum and measures the intensity of the light at each wavelength over the spectrum wavelength range. If the regression vector in the Equation 2 form is used, the computer reads the intensity data and decomposes the light sample into the principal component magnitudes xn by determining the dot product of the total signal with each component. The component magnitudes are then applied to the regression equation to determine octane rating.
To simplify the procedure, however, the regression vector is typically converted to a form that is a function of wavelength so that only one dot product is performed. Each normalized principal component vector zn has a value over all or part of the total wavelength range. If each wavelength value of each component vector is multiplied by the regression constant an corresponding to the component vector, and if the resulting weighted principal components are summed by wavelength, the regression vector takes the following form:
Normalization of the principal components provides the components with an arbitrary value for use during the regression analysis. Accordingly, it is very unlikely that the dot product result produced by the regression vector will be equal to the actual octane rating. The number will, however, be proportional to the octane rating. The proportionality factor may be determined by measuring octane rating of one or more samples by conventional means and comparing the result to the number produced by the regression vector. Thereafter, the computer can simply scale the dot product of the regression vector and spectrum to produce a number approximately equal to the octane rating.
In a conventional spectroscopy analysis system, a laser directs light to a sample by a bandpass filter, a beam splitter, a lens and a fiber optic cable. Light is reflected back through the cable and the beam splitter to another lens to a spectrograph. The spectrograph separates light from the illuminated sample by wavelength so that a detection device such as a charge couple detector can measure the intensity of the light at each wavelength. The charge couple detector is controlled by controller and cooled by a cooler.
The detection device measures the light intensity of light from the spectrograph at each wavelength and outputs this data digitally to a computer, which stores the light intensity over the wavelength range. The computer also stores a previously derived regression vector for the desired sample property, for example octane, and sums the multiple of the light intensity and the regression vector intensity at each wavelength over the sampled wavelength range, thereby obtaining the dot product of the light from the substance and the regression vector. Since this number is proportional to octane rating, the octane rating of the sample is identified.
Since the spectrograph separates the sample light into its wavelengths, a detector is needed that can detect and distinguish the relatively small amounts of light at each wavelength. Charge couple devices provide high sensitivity throughout the visible spectral region and into the near infrared with extremely low noise. These devices also provide high quantum efficiency, long lifetime, imaging capability and solid-state characteristics. Unfortunately, however, charge couple devices and their required operational instrumentation are very expensive. Furthermore, the devices are sensitive to environmental conditions. In a refinery, for example, they must be protected from explosion, vibration and temperature fluctuations and are often placed in protective housings approximately the size of a refrigerator. The power requirements, cooling requirements, cost, complexity and maintenance requirements of these systems have made them impractical in many applications.
Multivariate optical computing (MOC) is a powerful predictive spectroscopic technique that incorporates a multi-wavelength spectral weighting directly into analytical instrumentation. This is in contrast to traditional data collection routines where digitized spectral data is post processed with a computer to correlate spectral signal with analyte concentration. Previous work has focused on performing such spectral weightings by employing interference filters called Multivariate Optical Elements (MOEs). Other researchers have realized comparable results by controlling the staring or integration time for each wavelength during the data collection process. All-optical computing methods have been shown to produce similar multivariate calibration models, but the measurement precision via an optical computation is superior to a traditional digital regression.
MOC has been demonstrated to simplify the instrumentation and data analysis requirements of a traditional multivariate calibration. Specifically, the MOE utilizes a thin film interference filter to sense the magnitude of a spectral pattern. A no-moving parts spectrometer highly selective to a particular analyte may be constructed by designing simple calculations based on the filter transmission and reflection spectra. Other research groups have also performed optical computations through the use of weighted integration intervals and acousto-optical tunable filters digital mirror arrays and holographic gratings.
The measurement precision of digital regression has been compared to various optical computing techniques including MOEs, positive/negative interference filters and weighted-integration scanning optical computing. In a high signal condition where the noise of the instrument is limited by photon counting, optical computing offers a higher measurement precision when compared to its digital regression counterpart. The enhancement in measurement precision for scanning instruments is related to the fraction of the total experiment time spent on the most important wavelengths. While the detector integrates or co-adds measurements at these important wavelengths, the signal increases linearly while the noise increases as a square root of the signal. Another contribution to this measurement precision enhancement is a combination of the Felgott's and Jacquinot's advantage, which is possessed by MOE optical computing.
While various methodologies have been developed to enhance measurement accuracy in Optical Analysis Systems, the industry requires a system in which the spectral range of the illumination source can be controlled; in which light can be shined directly onto a sample with or without fiber optic probes; and in which the reflected or transmitted light can be analyzed in real time or near real time.
In view of the recognized features encountered in the prior art and addressed by the present subject matter, an improved methodology for high-speed processing and monitoring of a plurality of sample portions of products has been developed. In accordance with an exemplary configuration of the present subject matter, products may be moved past an inspection point while illuminating at least one portion of the sample product with a spectral-specific light through an optic window. The optical window may be configured to focus the spectral-specific light onto a sample portion at the inspection point. In an exemplary embodiment, the sample products may include pharmaceutical products.
In one representative configuration, light reflecting from the sample, which contains information about the sample, passes through a chopper wheel and onto a detector. As the chopper wheel rotates, the light passes through different elements depending on the orientation of the wheel at a given time. Hence the signal at the detector changes sequentially as light passes through the different multivariate optical elements or reference elements or the light is blocked (where the spokes on the chopper wheel block the light). A different signal is produced for each element. These signals are used to determine at high speed one or more selected properties of the portion as it moves past the inspection point based upon the detector output.
In an exemplary arrangement, the sample portions may comprise pharmaceutical tablets, trays or other containers of powders, or partially- or fully-enclosed sample containers at least partially transparent to light focused onto the sample portion. In an exemplary configuration, sample portions may be moved past the inspection point at a rate between about one portion per second and about five portions per second, with monitoring occurring in real-time at high speed.
In accordance with aspects of certain other embodiments of the present subject matter, a method of high-speed processing and monitoring includes moving a product past an inspection point and illuminating at least a portion of the product with a light. Light reflecting from the sample, which contains information about the sample, passes through a chopper wheel and onto a detector. As the chopper wheel rotates, the light passes through different elements depending on the orientation of the wheel at a given time. Hence the signal at the detector changes sequentially as light passes through the different multivariate optical elements or reference elements or the light is blocked where the spokes on the chopper wheel block the light. A different signal is produced for each element. These signals are used to determine, at high speed, one or more selected properties of the sample portion as it moves past the inspection point based upon the detector output. The product in this aspect may be, for example, a pharmaceutical tablet or powder, a food material, a chemical, a liquid, a gas, an emulsion, a solution, and/or a mixture.
Additional objects and advantages of the present subject matter are set forth in, or will be apparent to, those of ordinary skill in the art from the detailed description herein. Also, it should be further appreciated that modifications and variations to the specifically illustrated, referred and discussed features and elements hereof may be practiced in various embodiments and uses of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter. Variations may include, but are not limited to, substitution of equivalent means, features, or steps for those illustrated, referenced, or discussed, and the functional, operational, or positional reversal of various parts, features, steps, or the like.
Still further, it is to be understood that different embodiments, as well as different presently preferred embodiments, of the present subject matter may include various combinations or configurations of presently disclosed features, steps, or elements, or their equivalents (including combinations of features, parts, or steps or configurations thereof not expressly shown in the figures or stated in the detailed description of such figures). Additional embodiments of the present subject matter, not necessarily expressed in the summarized section, may include and incorporate various combinations of aspects of features, components, or steps referenced in the summarized objects above, and/or other features, components, or steps as otherwise discussed in this application. Those of ordinary skill in the art will better appreciate the features and aspects of such embodiments, and others, upon review of the remainder of the specification.
A full and enabling disclosure of the present invention, including the best mode thereof to one skilled in the art, is set forth more particularly in the remainder of the specification, including reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
Repeat use of reference characters throughout the present specification and appended drawings is intended to represent same or analogous features or elements of the present subject matter.
Detailed reference will now be made to the drawings in which examples embodying the present subject matter are shown. The drawings and detailed description provide a full and written description of the present subject matter, and of the manner and process of making and using it, so as to enable one skilled in the pertinent art to make and use it, as well as the best mode of carrying out the invention. However, the examples set forth in the drawings and detailed description are provided by way of explanation only and are not meant as limitations of the present subject matter.
As used herein, the term "light" is broadly used to mean any form of radiation or radiative energy including, for instance, visible light or light in the infrared region. "Light" is also referred to herein as a light signal, a light beam, a light ray and the like to mean any form of radiative energy in the electromagnetic spectrum. Similarly, the term "transmission" can mean transmission of radiative energy onto a surface of a sample; penetration, however slight, into a sample such as a particulate sample or opaque fluid sample; or passage through a sample.
As used herein, the sample being evaluated can be a solid or a fluid including but not limited to a powder, a pharmaceutical powder mixed with lactose and other excipient materials, a chemical, a polymer, a food product, a petroleum product, a solution, a dispersion, an emulsion and combinations of these solids and fluids.
With more particular reference to
As further shown in
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An alternative embodiment of the optical computational method shown in
The alternative embodiments shown in
Using the single detector system disclosed herein, the A and B signals for each multivariate optical element are collected in sequence. The sequence of signals using the chopper wheel shown in
Additional exemplary embodiments of the illumination, chopper, collection and detection elements in accordance with the present technology are illustrated in
The functionality of the MOC system 110 and alternate embodiments as described herein allows for the collection of the entire spectral range of testing simultaneously. This fact is notably different than either a system based on either a scanning lamp or detector system or a discrete diode array detection system. The ability to monitor over the complete spectral range of interest opens up a re-definition of the term "real-time" measurement and analysis.
For instance, true real-time process measurements are possible. "Real time" refers to obtaining data without delays attendant to collecting samples or delays due to lengthy computer processing of measurement signals. In the subject matter described herein, process data can be obtained in an instantaneous or near-instantaneous manner through using the disclosed measurement techniques to directly monitor materials of interest while such materials are undergoing process steps. Long delays due to processing of measurement signals are avoided by optically processing the light as it is reflected from the material(s) of interest.
Although specific examples disclosed herein present monitoring the blending of a powdered material and examining solid tablets, the general concept can be extended to other phases. The present system can be utilized in analyzing solids, solutions, emulsions, gases, and dispersions, for example. In addition, while exemplary embodiments discussed herein use reflectance measurements, measurements in a transmission or transflectance mode would also be appropriate.
One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that differing applications may require modifications and alterations to certain components in order to take full advantage of the presently-disclosed systems. For instance, more diffusion of light has been observed in solid powders relative to liquids; accordingly, different lenses may be needed when a liquid is monitored in order to account for such variations and achieve more accurate measurements.
The presently-disclosed technology can be applied to real-time measurements for a range of industrial applications. These include, but are not limited to monitoring of the blending of pharmaceutical powders, including excipients, additives, and active pharmaceutical materials; blending of other powders, including food and chemicals; monitoring dispersions and bi-phasic mixtures (such as insulin, emulsions); and oil and gas applications, including analyzing water content in oil, or oil content in water.
Inclusion of a transmissive window provides physical separation between the measuring device and the process or material being tested. Therefore, this window allows for in-line measurement and/or non-invasive measurement of parameters such as chemical functionality, including alcohol content of petroleum fractions or tackifier resins. Environmental applications are also conceivable, such as stack gas analysis, including measurement of NOx, SOx, CO, CO2, or other gases in a gas stream; wastewater analysis and treatment monitoring; and hazardous substance monitoring applications such as mercury vapor detection.
As noted above, MOC technology can be used to monitor a wide variety of materials as the materials are subjected to different processes. For instance, the mixing of powders can be monitored. As materials are blended, the existing art does not allow for continuous, real-time, in-line measurement. Current limitations are the result of several factors including: moving of the powders being measured during the course of data acquisition and the need to connect analytical equipment to the measurement point using fiber optic cables. This optical analysis system is designed to allow for instantaneous measurement using a measurement point located on the vessel.
Other embodiments of the present subject matter include real time measurement of flowing materials. In such embodiments, the sampling window(s) may be located on a pipe or vessel such that interrogating illumination can be applied to the material. For instance, a port could be included on a pipe to allow for sampling of the material inside the pipe. The window may be positioned directly on the pipe, or on a small diversion away from the main flow path, as appropriate under the circumstances. Such embodiments could also include sampling of vapor systems within a stack to monitor combustion gases or flowing process stream such as water containing other materials. A further embodiment would be interrogating a moving stream of material from inside the flow path.
Still further embodiments of the present subject matter include the real time measurement of materials in containers, such as vials or bins where the container is either at least partially open to the outside environment or transmissive to the sampling illumination. Such containers could be stationary or in motion. A container could also include a conveyor or trough carrying material. Typical applications could include the monitoring the progress of a chemical reaction or the content of samples moving past a measurement location.
The present subject matter may be better understood from the following tests and examples.
System I: A first breadboard system was constructed and used to test a mixture of powders. System I components included:
Illumination: 20 W Gilway lamp
Spectral elements: 5 mm deuterium oxide (D2O), 5 mm Germanium
Optical window: fiber optic probe
Detector: InAr detector from Judson
MOE: specific to test
Procedure and Results of static testing using System I: A powdered sample with a known composition was placed in a dish and the fiber optic probe was placed in contact with the powder. The output of the detectors was monitored and recorded.
System II: A system similar to the optical analysis system 110 shown in the figures was constructed and used to make static measurements on aspirin/lactose. System II components included:
Illumination: 20 W Gilway lamp
Spectral elements: 5 mm D2O, 5 mm Germanium
Optical window: none
Detector: PbS detector from New England Photoconductor
MOE: specific to test conditions.
Procedure and Results of static testing using System II: A powdered sample with a known composition was placed in a dish and the system light beam was focused on the powder. The output of the detectors was monitored and recorded. Aspirin/lactose samples covering the range of 100% aspirin to 100% lactose were tested.
System III: A system similar to the optical analysis system 110 shown in the figures was constructed and used to make dynamic measurements on aspirin/lactose. System III components included:
Illumination: 20 W Gilway lamp
Spectral elements: 5 mm D2O, 5 mm Germanium
Optical window: sapphire window
Detector: PbS detector from New England Photoconductor
MOE: specific to test conditions.
Procedure and Results of dynamic testing using System III: The Aspirin/Lactose testing was made on a mixer bowl containing lactose and the system measured as aspirin was added to the system and mixed. Specifically, lactose powder was placed in the bowl of a mixer and the measurement system was attached the bowl using a Swagelok� brand fitting. A sapphire window was used to contain the powder in the bowl and allow the system to interrogate the powder. With the mixer turning, known amounts of aspirin were added and the system output signal was monitored and recorded. Aspirin was added in several allotments to about 37% final aspirin concentration.
System IV: A system similar to the optical analysis system 110 shown in the figures was constructed and used to make static measurements on aspirin/lactose. System IV components included:
Illumination: 5 W Gilway lamp
Spectral elements: 5 mm D2O, 5 mm Germanium
Optical window: none
Detector: PbS detector from New England Photoconductor
MOE: specific to test conditions.
Procedure and Results of dynamic testing using System III were similar to the examples above.
Although the present subject matter has been described in such a way as to provide an enabling disclosure for one skilled in the art to make and use the invention, it should be understood that the descriptive examples of the present subject matter are not intended to limit the present invention to use only as shown in the figures. For instance, the housing can be shaped as a square, an oval, or in a variety of other shapes.
Further, a variety of light sources can be substituted for those described above. It is intended to claim all such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. Thus, while exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes and modifications may be made to the foregoing examples without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
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So strong… Mila's time capsule
I'm laying down on the warm sand looking over at Jaxon and Mila playing in the waves of the still-frigid lake Michigan. Mila runs into the water and comes out with a concerned look "no mas!! achachai" (no more, too cold) she says and turns around and does it again. My smile is evident as I just melt away with love. There are about 305 other families surrounding me, the beach looks like a big mess. People of all sizes, … read the rest...0
Pequeña Ella
It was a Friday morning at 7am when I laid in our living room's couch to see you for the very first time. The ultrasound technician, Tom, plugged in his $60,000 device and set it on a chair. Your sister Mila was wearing her pijamas running around the room offering Tom "tea". Dad had the camera in his hand and we nervously looked at each other, knowing that in a few minutes our life would once again change completely depending … read the rest...0
Cruising the Caribbean
My body rests in a soft feathery bed as it gets carried up and dropped back down with every passing wave. The swaying motion of the ocean soothes any discomfort from my mind or body. I can for a second imagine that I am laying in my sailboat in some remote anchorage dreaming away. But we are not. Mila, Jax, my mom, Tommy, his mom, my sister, her boyfriend and Tommy's daughter, her husband, two kids and I are being … read the rest...0
Here for 36 hours…
Last week, we were honored with my dad's presence for 36 hours! He came to Chicago on his way to Amsterdam, followed by Marrakesh, where he will be representing the most amazing eco-resort in the world, Hacienda Zuleta (yes, I'm a bit biased). In Morocco, he will meet top representatives from different high-end tourism destinations, network and attend exclusive parties.
Very few people are invited to this event and for the second year in a row, my dad has been … read the rest...0
So much love… wedding take 2
I have never been to a more beautiful, fun and relaxing wedding, ever. During the weeks leading up to the event, ourselves and a bunch of our friends migrated to central Wisconsin to help with the all the to-dos leading up to Saturday. By Thursday, the list was almost completely clear and the majority of us were hanging out, talking, drinking beer and chasing Mila. Morgan and Jena, the protagonists of the week, were so chill that it was a … read the rest...0
Wedding take #1
We spent this week surrounded by some of our bestests of friends. They arrived from New York, Jordan, Vancouver and all around the Midwest to witness two of our pack-mates hold hands, say their vows and make (at least me) cry.
When Jaxon and I started talking about having kids he was adamant about having either one child or five (knowing I would not go for five) – we settled on two. The reason behind wanting a single child was … read the rest...0
Mastitis in any other situation
For the past three days I have held a steady fever of 99 – 100 F, which this afternoon started to fade. Not feeling too awful, yet not quite alive either, I run up and down to our daughter's desire. I can feel a small bump in my left breast, which hurts and stinging burning sensation when milk rushes through. Thanks to Google I know that what I have is called mastitis and that with some heat, massaging and pumping … read the rest...0
Photo Drop
It is always a pleasure to go back home, speak my native language, savor the flavors I grew up with and admire the mountains. This time around it was very hard to leave, yet I felt content to have found so many of my loved ones smiling about their lives.
My mom and her husband Tommy laugh as they correct each other about insignificant details about je ne sais quoi, no one wins, they laugh, hold hands and move on. … read the rest...0
Personal Space – Ecuador +photodrop
The hugs, kisses, smiles, the touching and the handholding is what makes me homesick the most. The casual personal conversations, the slang, smell, diversity, the music, mess and the mountains. It is easy to forget, when back in the US, that I indeed come from a different culture, a different part of the world and a contrasting reality to the one I now live in. I am blessed and endlessly thankful that I often get to come back to my … read the rest...0
9 months
18 months ago you were merely a bunch of cells defining and dividing. Now, you love broccoli, think crawling is a complete waste of your time, babble papa all day and mama when sad and consider Yana, our dog, pretty much your best friend – the love is mutual. In those 18 months, mom and dad's hair has grown some inches, we have put on and shed some pounds and have cut our nails various times. You dear, have gone … read the rest...0
My first mother's day
My first mother's day was absolutely perfect! We celebrated a day early, for the forecast was suppose to be much better Saturday than Sunday. It started out with the most incredible surprise ever (actually two)! Mila, while we were sleeping, logged into Amazon and bought me a Canon 5d Mark II (the best camera in the world! And one that I've been salivating over for more than 3 years – how she knew that is a mystery). She made sure … read the rest...0
To my mom
In my life my mom, Maria Margarita de todas la más bonita, has taught me –
How to look at any object, wall and space like an open canvas craving to be made beautiful.
How to sit in a table lined up with complex layers of dishware and not get sweaty palms.
How to make orchids survive indoors.
She has shown me –
That any food can be made into an unforgettable meal with just a little tasting and … read the rest...0
Once upon a time
There is really nothing quite like the smell of summer. The lightness of the air carries away any concerns that occupy my mind, the breeze is so gentle, it embraces my body and for a moment it feels like my skin and the air are one. In this silky world, I can't help to be swept away into memories of the Dominican Republic when I was a kid. The sound of leaves dancing in the wind, turn into waves splashing … read the rest...0
My Parents in Law
I can truly say I have the coolest parents in law. Although bragging about ones in-laws is not common a thing, I have a lot to say about mine. For starters, they raised up Jaxon. So with no further corniness, you can all assume they did the most incredible job raising my husband. I can also go on about what incredible in-laws they are, but I am not here to write about that. I have gathered my thoughts today to … read the rest...0
Baba, mama, papa, dada are some of the babbles Mila shared with my sister, mom, uncle Soki and I during our time in Miami. If you were to ask my sister, she also taught her how to miau like a cat, neigh like a horse and do ojitos. Mila and I had the pleasure of spending three days with my mom at the beach, eating amazing food, shopping, cuddling and laughing lots. Since Mila was born, the three of us … read the rest...0


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Dec 19, 2012, 11:36 AM EDT
In what has become a favorite holiday tradition for sneakerheads, Nike unveiled the colorways for the shoes that LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant will be wearing on Christmas Day.
There's a story behind the choices for each. From the official release:
"In keeping with the snake-inspired design of Kobe Bryant's latest signature shoe, the KOBE 8 SYSTEM draws inspiration from the rhinoceros viper. The perfect snake skin for a holiday colorway, its bright red and yellow scales mimic a Christmas tree garland – but don't get too close."
"Furthering the diamond inspiration of the LEBRON X, the design team unearths the rarest of diamond colors, red, to serve as the creative muse for this colorway. Highlighted by a sun-washed green, the shoe also features a metallic-like reflection on the vibrant red upper."
"As a kid, Kevin Durant recalls getting a video game system one Christmas. Inspired by video game graphics, Nike designers created the upper design, sockliner graphic and tongue tab logo for Durant's special Christmas Day shoe."
These will drop at selected retailers on December 26. Let us know your favorite and if you plan on copping any of these in the comments.
- shaner329 - Dec 19, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Why would they start to sell Christmas edition shoes the day after Christmas?
- fanofevilempire - Dec 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM
so they can hype them up on TV………..
create a stir………
Jordan Retro 11's-(bred) is selling for $350.00 in NYC……………………
and they get scooped up………………
I passed, never really liked the red on the bottom.
- acdc363 - Dec 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM
LOL shaner my thoughts exactly
- miamatt - Dec 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM
I'm pretty sure that these are the shoes worn by those aliens on Lambda V in that old star trek episode…
- fanofevilempire - Dec 19, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I personally think they are too bright for me, looks like a carnival shoe.
I will pass.
- manchestermiracle - Dec 19, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Maybe it's just because I'm old, but those things are butt-ugly.
- moseskkim - Dec 20, 2012 at 7:00 AM
What are they doing? Those shoes are horrible. Lebrons at least has some Christmas color goin on. Kobe's grinch shoes made Sense and looked cool. These Kobe's and durants are absolutely stupid. Anything to get some more shoe sales?
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