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ALBANY -- Shelby Ann Barfield Bennett, 57, of Panama City, FL, died Friday, November 16, 2012 at Bay Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye officiated. Interment followed in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
A native of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Bennett lived in Albany most of her life before moving to Panama City, FL seven years ago. She was a homemaker and a Baptist by faith.
Survivors include her husband, Victor E. Bennett of Panama City, FL, her children, Barbara Richey Mullis and her husband, Wendell of Leesburg, GA, David T. Richey, Jr. of Crossville, AL, Jamie Davis of Americus, GA, Chris Davis of Cordele, GA and Misty Bennett of Newton, GA, her mother, Shirley Rowland Barfield of Albany, GA, her siblings, Peggy Brown and her husband, Wayne of Aransas Pass, TX, Sandra McDonald and her husband, Mike of Leesburg, GA, Mary Butcher and her husband, George of Shelby, NC, Elton O. Barfield and his wife, Tina of Albany, GA and JoAnn Ruffin and her husband, Stan of Leesburg, GA, her grandchildren, Heather, Michael, Katelin, Cameron, Jayden, Jordan, and Ethan. She was preceded in death by her father, Elton Barfield, her sister Glenda Littleton and a grandson, Tyler.
The family received friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday at Mathews Funeral Home.
The family will be at the residence of Barbara and Wendell Mullis, 100 Travis Lane, Leesburg, GA 31763.
To sign our online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit Mathews' website at www.mathewsfuneralhome.com
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A composite data stream is stored on a data storage medium. The composite data stream comprises a plurality of program channels to provide services such as satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS), among others. The program channels are multiplexed into the composite data stream, which also comprises control data for indicating where services are located in the composite data stream. A playback device is configured to access the composite data stream on the data storage medium, to demultiplex at least the program channels and to retrieve selected services from the data storage medium in response to user inputs by using the control data.
1. A method of using a composite data stream, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining a data storage medium having a portion of a composite data stream stored thereon, said composite data stream comprising a plurality of programs, said programs supporting services selected from the group consisting of audio, video and data information and providing different categories of information, said programs being divided into a plurality of program channels that are multiplexed at least in part with other said program channels to intersperse said categories of information within said composite data stream, said data storage medium allowing playback of any of said program channels for a selected period of time, said programs being selected by a provider prior to a user request and communicated to a user; and
operating a playback device for said composite data stream, said composite data stream comprising control data for demultiplexing said composite data stream to allow extraction of a selected one of said categories therefrom, said playback device being programmable to receive a user input, and to process said control data in response to said user input by locally accessing said composite data stream on said local data storage medium to demultiplex and playback the selected one of said categories requested via said user input using said control data.
2. A method as claimed in
generating a user indication using said program channel information and said playback device to allow a user to determine which one of said categories stored on said local data storage medium to playback;
receiving a selection signal indicating which one of said categories has been selected by said user; and
demultiplexing at least one of said services corresponding to the selected one of said categories from said composite data signal that is indicated in said selection signal.
3. A playback device for a composite data stream, the playback device comprising:
an access device operable to access a local storage medium having a composite data stream stored thereon, said composite data stream comprising a plurality of programs and program data, said plurality of programs providing respective categories of information and being divided into program channels that are multiplexed with said program channels of other said programs to intersperse said categories of information within said composite data stream, said program data being used to demultiplex said program channels to their corresponding said programs, said programs being selected by a provider prior to a user request and communicated to a user via said local storage device, said local storage device having a portion of said composite data stream stored thereon to allow playback of any of said programs for a selected period of time;
a processing device connected to said access device;
a user input device connected to said processing device for indicating a selected one of said categories to be played back from said composite data signal, said processing device generating control signals in response to said user input device, said access device being operable to access said local storage device and retrieve selected said program channels therefrom in response to said control signals; and
an output device to playback said selected one of said categories of information.
4. A playback device as claimed in
5. A playback device as claimed in
6. A playback device as claimed in
7. A computer-readable data structure stored in a computer-readable medium, the data structure comprising a composite data stream having a plurality of time division multiplexed program channels corresponding to a plurality of programs, said plurality of programs providing different categories of information and being interspersed in said composite data stream, each of said program channels comprising one or more service components, said service components being generated by encoding at least one of analog and digital content, said composite data stream being provided with control information to identify the location of said program channels corresponding to each of said categories of information in said composite data stream, said control information being useful to demultiplex each of said plurality of programs from said composite data stream stored on said computer-readable medium, said programs being selected by a provider prior to a user request and communicated to a user via a computer-readable medium, said computer-readable medium using said control information to locally access and playback any of said categories of information for a selected period of time in response to user selection of the corresponding said program.
Related subject matter is disclosed and claimed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/435,315, filed by Paul Marko et al on Nov. 4, 1999; in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/318,938, filed by Paul D. Marko et al on May 26, 1999; and in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/433,861, filed by Paul D. Marko on even date herewith; all of said applications being expressly incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for digitally recording and playing back a composite data stream. More particularly, the invention relates to digitally recording a composite data stream containing a plurality of multiplexed channels onto a recording media, retrieving the recording from the medium, and selecting one of the channels and outputting the selected channel.
Satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS), a satellite broadcast service established by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has been proposed using satellite transmission of digital audio programs to radio receivers. The radio receivers can be stationary receivers, in which case a receiver antenna can be pointed for optimal line of sight (LOS) reception from a satellite. In contrast, the position of the receiver antenna relative to the satellite changes with mobile receivers (e.g., a receiver that is hand-carried by a user or is mounted in a vehicle), and LOS reception from one satellite is not always available. Accordingly, mobile receivers are generally configured to receive broadcast signals from more than one satellite.
Service outages can occur in proposed systems which broadcast data, video, audio and other information using radio frequencies. These outages can prevent receivers, and particularly mobile receivers, from receiving the broadcast service altogether, or cause them to receive a signal so degraded that the service is rendered unacceptable. These outages are generally due to physical blockage of transmission paths between the transmitter and receiver (e.g., due to mountainous terrain or long tunnels) and multipath fading and reflection of the transmission path. Satellite broadcast systems can therefore use two transmission channels to provide diversity for mitigating service outages due to multipath, physical blockages and interference in mobile broadcast receivers. Terrestrial repeaters can also be provided to repeat satellite signals in geographic areas where LOS reception is obscured by tall buildings, hills and other obstructions.
Nevertheless, for some users, adequate satellite or terrestrial broadcast coverage may not be available (e.g., users traveling by airplane or residing in apartment buildings). On the other hand, some users may desire SDARS broadcast programming, and be in an area having coverage from at least one of a satellite or terrestrial repeater, but may not wish to purchase a radio receiver or a service that includes ongoing reception of broadcast signals. For example, a retail store may wish to have several hours of music programs intended for satellite broadcast but stored on a storage medium for continuous and repeated playback in the store. The owner/operator of the retail store may not perceive the need for receiving additional broadcast data when a stored composite data stream, which can have plural channels comprising several hours of music, for example, satisfies the desire to provide customers with background music. A need therefore exists for storage of composite data streams (e.g., programs intended for satellite broadcast) on a memory device that can be played back on a playback device, whereby the playback device need not be equipped to receive radio frequency broadcast signals.
A number of methods exist for digitally recording information onto a recording medium, and retrieving or otherwise playing back the recorded information using, for example, a compact disc (CD) or a digital video disc (DVD). The recording techniques used with these types of recording media, however, only record a single information channel. The information channel can contain a number of content segments such as songs on a music CD, for example, or a film and related information such as the soundtrack for the film and director/actor interviews about the making of the film. The content segments of the information channel are demarcated on the recording media during the recording process.
These playback devices (e.g., CD or DVD players), however, are not equipped to retrieve information from a composite data stream stored on recording media. As will be described in more detail below, a composite data stream such as an SDARS signal comprises multiplexed program channels. Each of the program channels can comprise multiple service components. The number of frames of multiplexed channels required to transmit or playback the different program channels can vary. Accordingly, headers having information for demultiplexing and decoding the multiplexed program channels and service components therein are provided. Conventional playback devices such as CD and DVD players are not configured to decode such header information in a composite data stream to locate program channels selected by a user for playback, but rather simply rely on content segment demarcation information provided on the recording media at the time of recording. A need therefore exists for an apparatus for and method of recording a composite data stream and retrieving selected content therefrom for playback.
Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, system and method for increasing the diversity of information that can be recorded on and retrieved from a recording medium.
Another aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, system and method for recording a composite data stream on a storage medium and playing back selected content in the recorded composite data stream.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus, system and method are provided for recording a composite data stream representing a plurality of broadcast channels in a time division multiplex format for later playback and simulation of a digital audio or video program received from a satellite broadcast.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for storing a composite signal includes a number of encoders which encode both analog and digital content to create service components. The apparatus generates payload channels having plural service components. A multiplexed composite data stream is then created which comprises at least a portion of the payload channels and header information to identify where in the composite data stream the portions of each payload channel therein reside. The composite signal is sent to a recorder for recording a selected duration of the data stream onto a memory storage device or recording medium.
In accordance with still yet another aspect of the invention, the storage medium containing a recorded composite digital signal is played, emulating a broadcast signal carrying at least two channels of information. During playback, the played composite signal is demultiplexed and the service components of a selected channel can be decoded. Playback of the composite signal can also involve additional decoding if an outer layer of decoding is used with the composite data stream, as well as deinterleaving and/or forward error correcting (FEC) when interleaving and/or FEC techniques are also used. The demultiplexed signals are provided to a source or service layer decoder for further processing to extract a user-selected channel for output.
In this manner, a composite data stream that is generated to carry a plurality of SDARS program channels can be recorded onto a disc or other recording medium for playback at another time without having to be broadcast and received at a receiver. A user can insert the recorded medium into a player, such as a portable radio/cassette/CD portable stereo unit equipped with suitable playback electronics, and play the recorded medium as if it had received an SDARS broadcast. The user selects a program channel or content segment in a program channel for retrieval and playback in a manner similar to the selection of a program content from a received signal using a satellite reciever. The playback electronics decode and output selected content from the composite data stream on the storage media using the header information for digital-to-analog conversion and output to speakers, for example, for display on a display device, or annunication via other output devices.
The various aspects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will be more readily comprehended from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates an SDARS system constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram depicting the conversion of input information into a composite data stream for recording onto a storage medium in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram depicting the conversion of input information into a payload channel in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 illustrates a payload channel frame in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 illustrates assembly of an exemplary composite data stream in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrates demultiplexing, decoding and playback of selected content in a composite data stream at a satellite receiver segment in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram depicting the demultiplexing, decoding and playback of selected content in a composite data stream stored on a storage media in response to selection of a single channel or content segment in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a multi-point distribution system for playback of a composite data stream on a storage medium in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Throughout the drawing figures, like reference numerals will be understood to refer to like parts and components.
FIG. 1 depicts a satellite broadcast system 10 which comprises at least one geostationary satellite 12, for example, for line of sight (LOS) satellite signal reception at receiver units indicated generally at 14. The satellite broadcast system 10 can be used for SDARS, for example. Another geostationary satellite 16 at a different orbital position is provided for diversity purposes. One or more terrestrial repeaters 17 can be provided to repeat satellite signals from one of the satellites in geographic areas where LOS reception is obscured by tall buildings, hills and other obstructions. It is to be understood that different numbers of satellites can be used, and that satellites in other types of orbits can be used.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, a receiver unit 14 can be configured for stationary use (e.g., on a subscriber's premises), or mobile use (e.g., portable use or mobile use in a vehicle), or both. A control center 18 is provided for telemetry, tracking and control of the satellites 12 and 16. A programming center 20 is provided to generate and transmit a composite data stream via the satellites 12 and 16 which comprises a plurality of payload channels, as will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 through 5.
With reference to FIG. 2, the programming center 20 is configured to obtain content from different information sources and providers and to provide the content to corresponding encoders, as indicated at 30 a and 30 b. The content can comprise both analog and digital information such as audio, video, data, program label information, auxiliary information, and so on. For example, the programming center 20 can provide SDARS having on the order of 100 different program channels to transmit different types of music programs (e.g., jazz, classical, rock, religious, country, and so on) and news programs (e.g., regional, national, political, financial, sports). The SDARS can also provide emergency information, travel advisory information, educational programs, and the like.
With continued reference to FIG. 2, the types of content to be provided in a payload channel is determined manually, or automatically via a computer, based on contractual and financial arrangements with information providers, and demographic and financial decisions determining the types of programming to be provided via the programming center 20. In addition, a payload channel can comprise plural service components to provide a plurality of different services, as indicated at 32 a and 32 b. Further, a number of service components in a payload channel can be related to the same service. For example, service components related to the same service can include an audio component, a video component, and a digital data stream comprising auxiliary information or another audio channel to insert advertising information relating to the audio and video program. The programming center is operable to allocate bandwidth for services 32 to different payload channels 34 a, 34 b, . . . , 34 n which are configured to transmit the content. As will be described below, the programming center is also operable to allocate bandwidth in a multiplexed data stream among payload channels 34 for broadcast or distribution.
With reference to FIG. 3, a payload channel 34 is assembled using a payload channel multiplexer (MUX) 36. Inputs to the MUX 36 preferably comprise the service components 38 a, . . . ,38 n of each service 32 a, . . . ,32 n designated by the programming center 20 for transmission via that particular payload channel 34. In addition, the MUX 36 receives preambles and other control information, as indicated at 40. A payload channel bit stream is preferably organized as frames of a predetermined duration. As shown in FIG. 4, each payload channel frame 42 is preferably a time multiplex of preambles 44, a service control header (SCH) 46, and data 48 from service components 38. The preambles 44 are preferably 8 bits and repeated every selected number of bits throughout a payload channel frame 42. The SCH comprises bits indicated at 50 which are combined with a preamble 44 to demarcate the beginning of the payload channel frame 42.
The remaining portion 52 of the SCH in FIG. 4 comprises data 45 such as the following data: frame identification number or frame ID, the number of service components 38 in the frame, a service component control field (SCCF) for each service component 38 contributing data 48 in the frame 42 and an auxiliary data field. The auxiliary data field can be used for various purposes such as for providing a dynamic label to be displayed at the receiver 14 or other playback device, or for control information related to a service 32 or service component 38 (i.e., narrowcast control). The SCCFs can be used, for example, to dynamically change the bit rates of service components in a payload channel and therefore to dynamically increase or decrease the overall service rate in a payload channel.
With continued reference to FIG. 2, the generation of payload channels, as described above in connection with FIGS. 3 and 4, is one of a class of functions performed by the programming center 20 which are hereinafter collectively referred to as the service layer 54. In addition to generating payload channels 34, the programming center 20 multiplexes messages in a broadcast information channel (BIC) 56 in the service layer. The BIC 56 includes auxiliary information useful for services selection and non-real-time control. For example, the BIC 56 can be used control a receiver 14 to switch to a selected channel to receive emergency information. The BIC 56 can also be used to define the relationship of a display channel (e.g., a channel number to be displayed at a receiver 14 or other playback device) to the location of the corresponding program in the composite data stream. The BIC 56 can also be used to display the station name of available services, a directory to the contents of the composite data stream, as well as the artist name, song title and program type of the services available in the composite data stream.
In accordance the present invention, the programming center 20 generates a composite data stream, which comprises a multiplex of payload channels and information for demultiplexing the payload channels, using a number of operations that are collectively referred to as the transport layer 58 in FIG. 2. The transport layer will now be described with reference to FIG. 5. Each payload channel 34 comprising a series of frames 42 is preferably divided into prime rate channels (PRCs) 60, as indicated at 64. Each PRC 60 comprises a selected number of bits. The programming center 20 uses PRCs 60 from different payload channels 34 to generate a composite data stream 66. The number of PRCs provided to the data stream 66 depends on the desired bit rate of the service to which the PRCs belong.
With continued reference to FIG. 5, the payload channels 34 are so named since they are broadcast via satellite in the illustrated embodiment. It is to be understood that the payload channels can be distributed by other methods such as other signal transmission methods and, as described below in accordance with the present invention, via the distribution of storage media having payload channels 34 stored thereon or a multi-point network. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the composite data stream 66 is a time division multiplexed (TDM) ensemble comprising parts of different payload channels 34 (e.g., PRCs 60 or PRC symbols), as indicated at 62, arranged in time slots 74, a time slot control channel (TSCC) 68, and a master frame preamble (MFP) 70. As will be described below, the TSCC 68 is useful to demultiplex the PRCs 60 to their respective payload channels 34 at a satellite receiver 14, or at a playback device (FIG. 7) configured in accordance with the present invention to extract and playback selected information from a composite data stream 66 stored on a storage medium 72, as shown in FIG. 2. It is to be understood, however, that PRCs 60 from different payload channels 34 can be multiplexed using different techniques such as frequency division multiplexing.
The MFP 70 in the composite signal 66 allows for synchronization at the receiver 14. The TSCC 68 comprises TDM structure information (e.g., a payload channel-to-PRC-to-time slot assignment table) to indicate which time slots 74 in the composite signal 66 comprise symbols from which PRCs 60 and from which payload channels 34. The TDM structure information can be arranged in the TSCC as a number of time slot control words (TSCWs) corresponding to each PRC in the composite data stream 66. Each TSCW can consist of a selected number of bits to provide such data as a broadcast channel identification number (BCID), which identifies the location of a payload channel in the composite data stream 66. The TSCC can also comprises time and date fields and the BIC 56 described above.
With continued reference to FIGS. 2 and 5, the transport layer 58 can also employ additional processing of the TDM data stream such as inner forward error correction (FEC) encoding (e.g., convolutional encoding and puncturing) and interleaving. The physical layers 76 in FIG. 2 for the satellite and terrestrial signals comprises programming center 20 functions such as modulating the composite data stream (e.g., QPSK modulation) and otherwise preparing the data stream for signal transmission.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a recording device 80 is provided at the programming center 20 which is programmable via its processor 82 to store a selected portion of the composite data stream 66 in a memory device 72. The stored composite data stream 66 can then be used by playback devices that are not necessarily equipped to receive a satellite or terrestrial broadcast. The recording device 80 can be any device capable of recording a digital data stream onto a device memory 72 such as a compact disc read and write device (CD-RW) or a digital audio tape recorder. The recorder 80 can be implemented on a programmed general purpose computer, special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated Circuit elements, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or other integrated circuit, a digital signal processor, and the like. The memory device 72 can be any memory device that can store information in a digital format, and can include a floppy disk, a hard disk, a compact disc (CD), a digital video disc (DVD), an optical disc, RAM, ROM, a disk pack, digital audio tape, or any other medium for the storage and retrieval of digital information.
An exemplary receiver 14 is depicted in FIG. 6. The processing will be described to allow comparison thereof with a playback device that is not equipped to receive satellite or terrestrial signals. The receiver 14 comprises radio frequency/intermediate frequency or RF/IF components 84 to receive a satellite or terrestrial broadcast. The received signal is then demodulated (e.g., QPSK demodulation), as indicated at 86. A TDM synchronization and demultiplexer device 88 locates PRCs 60 in the respective time slots 74 of the composite signal 66 using the TSCC. PRCs of the respective payload channels 34 in the composite data stream 66 are then demultiplexed, as indicated at 90. FEC decoding and de-interleaving can then be performed, as indicated at 92, if FEC and interleaving were employed by the programming center 20. Finally, a particular payload channel or service component is decoded in response to a user selection, as indicated at 94.
When the composite data stream is available via a storage medium 72, a receiver having an RF/IF front end 84 and a demodulation device 86 is not necessary, instead a playback device for a stored a composite data stream can be used such as the exemplary playback device 96 depicted in FIG. 7. The playback device has an input with which to retrieve data from the storage media 72. The input is configured to accommodate the type of memory device 72 that is used. The input can be an optical disc drawer or tape carousel for receiving, respectively, a CD or DAT having a composite data stream 66 stored thereon, and include corresponding laser circuitry or tape heads to read the stored data stream therefrom.
With continued reference to FIG. 7, the playback device 96 comprises a composite data stream demultiplexer 98 which employs the MFP 70 and the TSCC 68 to demultiplex the PRC symbols in the stored data stream 66 to their respective payload channels 34. A service/source decoder digital signal processor (DSP) 100 is provided to decode the demultipexed payload channels 34 to extract and playback selected services therein in response to user inputs, for example. A system controller 102 can receive user inputs via an input device such as a keyboard or keypad 104. The system controller 102 can be programmed in accordance with an application program interface (API) to provide users with one or more screens or messages on a display device 106 (e.g., an LCD or CRT monitor) to guide users when making selections regarding which channels and programs to retrieve from the stored data stream for playback purposes. For example, the display device 106 can provide a directory to all of the channels which is provided by the BIC 56 in the composite data stream 66. The display device 106 can also provide the user with the number of the channel that is currently being played back, the type of program or service provided by that channel, artist and song title, among other information.
In response to user inputs, the system controller 102 communicates with a controller 108 in the decoder DSP 100 and the demultiplexer 98 via a serial bus 110, for example, to indicate which service is desired. A service layer decoder 112 in the decoder DSP 100 uses transport layer information (e.g., TSCC), as indicated at 114 in the decoder DSP 100, as well as the demultiplexer 98, to locate the PRCs 60 corresponding to the payload channel 34 that provides the service selected by the user. The selected paylaod channel can then be decrypted, as indicated at 116 and 118. A broadcast authorization channel decoder 120 is provided which can be used in the system 10 to prevent unauthorized use of the composite data stream 66. It is to be understood, however, that encryption of any payload channel is optional. The selected service components are then source decoded, as indicated at 122, and any auxiliary data can be provided to a data port 124 for display on the display device 106, for example. Audio signals from the source decoding device 122 can be provided to a loudspeaker.
The playback device can be configured, for example, as a boom box with loudspeakers, or in a audio/video component chassis for user with an auxiliary input on a stereo tuner/receiver. In addition to a playback device 96, the memory device 72 having the stored composite data stream 66 can be used in a multi-point network, as shown in FIG. 8. This type of network is useful in an airplane or apartment complex where satellite or terrestrial signal reception is impaired. The multi-point network is described in the above-referenced co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/435,315 incorporated by reference herein.
While advantageous embodiments have been chosen to illustrate the invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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After several years of study at the École des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Gaudens declared in 1870, "I am heart and soul in the French cause." He said this as Prussian troops were advancing on Paris, and a decision about his future was imminent. He could go with his "heart and soul" and enlist in the French army, like his wrestling-partner Alfred Garnier and fellow-sculptor Olin Warner, or he could join the thousands of other Americans who saw the dire short-term future for the French capital.
Saint-Gaudens wrote to Garnier (in French), "I feel persuaded you think me a coward, and I don't blame you!" But he quickly answered this self-accusation by stating that if it were not for his parents, he would enlist. "But they are getting old, and love me. They have worked all their lives, are poor, and are still working. What would happen if they should lose me now?"
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Letter: Nutrition is key to good health
A recent edition of this newspaper included a special insert "The Picture of Health," which featured comments by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton.
Health and doctors are two entirely different things. I speak as an 84-year-old ex-GI who hasn't seen a doctor in 16 years. I am in as good health as I've been all my life; I take nutrition in my food and supplements, and I've taken control of my life.
Doctors in general (though there are many good ones) are not paid to keep you healthy, for the most part. Seeing doctors for health is like going to car insurers to keep your car running well. If one wants real advice about keeping one's body well, see a nutritionist. Go to doctors only after you get a life-threatening disease, have a bad accident, or if your self-administered and nutritionist-advised nutrition program isn't working for you.
The only time I have been to a doctor recently was to get an appointment at the hospital for a bone-density test. It's a shame general hospitals will do nothing for you without a doctor making the appointment. But, this is one more good reason to have as little to do with the medical profession as possible; it's all about how much money they can take from you.
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Brady is in talks with Calvin Klein to follow in David Beckham's footsteps as an underwear model.
LA private eye Paul Barresi says the company is "confident that Brady will blow the competition out of the water."
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Study identifies factors to help decide how aggressive therapy should be
FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers claim to have found a way to better customize the treatment of prostate cancer.
Four risk factors that can help predict how long men could survive with metastatic prostate cancer have been identified by researchers from the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, who say such information would help doctors individualize treatments.
"There is a need for identification of accurate and simple-to-use prognostic factors for men with prostate cancer that has spread beyond the prostate," Andrew Armstrong, a medical oncologist at Duke and the lead investigator for the study, said in a university news release. "Our study was aimed at developing accurate predictors which may be used to assist in clinical decision making and also in planning clinical trials for men whose disease has stopped responding to hormone therapy."
By studying the records of more than 1,000 men who were taking part in a study of the chemotherapeutic drug docetaxel and its effect on metastatic prostate cancer, the researchers found four risk factors that predicted how well someone would respond to treatment:
"Using these predictors, we were able to assign patients to risk groups of good -- indicating an average survival of about two years; intermediate -- with survival of about 1.5 years; and poor -- with survival of less than a year," Armstrong said.
"By knowing a patient's prognosis and expected responses to chemotherapy, we are better able to discuss and determine whether a more- or less-aggressive treatment plan might be advisable," he said.
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J.P.Morgan analyst Stuart Jackson reckons Archer Daniels Midland Co. could lift its already sweetened offer for GrainCorp Ltd. to as much as A$13.05 a share, or 3 billion Australian dollars (US$3.1 billion).
ADM's current A$12.20 a share offer, which valued GrainCorp at A$2.8 billion, has been rejected on the basis that it materially undervalued the company.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. may have sweetened its takeover bid for Australia's GrainCorp Ltd. by 3.8% in a deal that values the wheat exporter at about 2.8 billion Australian dollars (US$2.9 billion), but analysts are split on whether it's good enough.
"[It's] still not enough for the irreplaceable nature of GrainCorp's assets," RBS Morgans analyst Belinda Moore told clients in a note. "We note the Board recently stated that ADM's offer of A$11.75 materially undervalued the company [and] don't view the increased offer as a material uplift in valuation," she added.
Russian privately-owned investment and trading company Summa Group is unlikely to bid for Australia's GrainCorp Ltd., which it has considered for acquisition, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Summa, the co-owner of Russian grain trader United Grain Company was asking Russian state development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) to finance the deal, the person said.
Bunge Ltd.'s chief executive expects more consolidation in the grain industry, but said Thursday that the company won't pursue opportunities if they are too expensive.
"We are part of it, but at the same time we have shown we are disciplined operators," Alberto Weisser said of industry consolidation.
Mr. Weisser, speaking in a conference call with investors following third-quarter earnings, didn't specifically reference the latest activity–rival Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s (ADM) bid for Australian grain-handler GrainCorp Ltd. for about $2.8 billion, which was announced this week.
GrainCorp has taken another bite out of the Australian agriculture sector after it announced a new foray into the oilseeds market in two deals worth a combined 472 million Australian dollars (US$489 million).
The Sydney-based company said on Tuesday it has agreed to pay A$170 million to buy Goodman Fielder's commercial oils business, Integro Foods, which it will merge with crusher Gardner Smith to create what would become the second-largest oilseed player in Australia.
As reported by Deal Journal Australia colleague Ben Dummett overnight, Viterra Inc. said Thursday that it has established a formal process to consider possible takeover offers, a week after the Canadian grain handler said it had been approached by third parties.
The announcement and stock-price rally came as one of Viterra's biggest shareholders said it was holding out for a price in the "high teens." Amit Wadhwaney, a portfolio manager at Third Avenue Management LLC, said that would be the range for an acceptable minimum bid.
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I have a new mix out in support of my DC residency, Tropic of Bass! The mix is featured at the Athena Collective:
And here is the Soundcloud stream/download:
And our party this Friday!
I have a new mix out with the Armory podcast from the Bay Area! Check it out, it's breaky yet unique.
Here are my sets at Burning Man! Please check back, this list is still growing and morphing and tweaking.
(You can listen to my BMIR radio slots from the comfort of your non-dusty home! at http://bmir.org/ — all times Pacific)
-Tuesday 1-2pm @ Funky Town (10:00 & H)
-Tuesday 2:30-4pm @ BMIR (6:00 & Esplanade)
-Weds 2-4pm @ Black Rock Boutique (Center Camp Plaza near A)
-Weds evening sometime for Brooklyn Block Party art car corral [https://www.facebook.com/events/652817978148067/]
-Thurs 3pm-? @ Sweaty Bettys spa party (7:15 & E) [https://www.facebook.com/events/335048649986683/]
-Thurs/Fri 2-3am @ Basshenge (2:00 & G)
-Friday 1:30-3pm @ BMIR (6:00 & Esplanade)
-Friday 6pm-? @ Gender Blender smoothie happy hour (7:15 & E) [https://www.facebook.com/events/416778415127832/]
-Friday 10-11pm @ Steampunk Saloon (5:00 & Esplanade)
Friday 1-2am @ A Cavallo (open playa)
-Friday/Saturday 3:00-4:30am @ Icarus (open playa)
-Saturday/Sunday 12-1am @ Brulee (7:45 & Esplanade)
-Saturday/Sunday 1:30-3am @ the Blackbird (open playa)
I'm also playing before and after the burn:
-8/23 in Fuzzy Nights in Caspar, CA — https://www.facebook.com/events/1439235236365342/
-9/2 at the Sands Regency in Reno — https://www.facebook.com/events/1443194622565931/
My new mix from the zaniest happiest happy hour you could imagine. There was a twerk tower on a raft in a lake. There was a 20-foot forrealforreal not-tripping-balls snake. There were piña coladas. There was chili. There was all gold everything.
My brand new mix is featured on RVA MAGAZINE with an interview, check it out!
My first new mix is finally here! I'm very very proud to offer to you 2 hours of global mass mayhem. Presented by the exciting new label and podcast series, Brousse FM.
Brousse FM #02: illexxandra by La Brousse Records on Mixcloud
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Watch the Vesperal Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great from Holy Saturday morning at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Across the world, Christians are suffering for their faith. Attacked by ISIS and harangued by extremism, Christianity is in danger of being eradicated in the lands of its birth. Yet very few people in the West seem to care — or even know!
That's why we at OCN believe it's time to speak out. We've covered this issue for a long time, but want to dedicate even more resources to raising awareness and spurring action, using our massive social media following. We reach MILLIONS of people per week, and it's time for collective action.
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– A blindfolded Chinese acrobat attempting to walk backwards on a tightrope for 2,300 feet across a 650-feet-deep gorge with no safety harness fell just short of his goal—and survived with just minor injuries, reports the
. The tightrope walker, Aisikaier, fell when he was only 130 feel short of his goal, but apparently dropped into some trees and bushes on the side of the slope, which helped to break his fall. He can be seen walking out of the ravine on the video afterward. The acrobat, a sixth-generation performer from the Uighur Dawa Zi tradition, later said that strong winds had made him dizzy.
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Photograph - Women in Burkha, Cairo, Egypt, 1915-1916 Reg. No: MM 067684
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- Small photograph of four women wearing Muslim dress. The woman on the left has her arms and face exposed but the other three have their bodies and faces covered. The photograph is part of a collection of photographs belonging to Alfred Galbraith. Sapper Galbraith was in Egypt with the 2nd and 5th Division from December 1915 to June 1916, when the 5th Division sailed to France.
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- Sepia toned photograph.
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- Small photograph of four women wearing Muslim dress, posing in a street. The woman on the left has her arms and face exposed but the other three have their bodies and faces covered. The woman on the right holds a child, and a man in the background can be seen walking down the street toward them.
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- Donation & Subsequent Transfer from Mrs M. Jamieson, 1985
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|Photograph: Sepia
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The Ones That Got Away: Should These Ex-Bucs Now in the Super Bowl Have Been Let Go?
We take a look at former Tampa Bay Buccaneers who will be playing in the Super Bowl this week to determine if the right move was made in in their departures
One-on-One: Bucs' Keith Tandy Talks Safety Changes, Being 'Mr. Versatility' and CSI
Bucs safety Keith Tandy talks about his ever-changing role on the Bucs defense and his unique interest in forensics and crime scene investigations
Assessing the Bucs' Trades of Jonathan Casillas and Mark Barron (Video)
Sports Talk Florida Insider Jenna Laine talks about the impact of the Bucs trade moves, along with the ones they didn't make, plus an update on Charles Sims
Mark Barron and Darrelle Revis: Two Stars Who Didn't Fit In
NFL NEWS: Mark Barron Former Buccaneers safety Mark Barron and cornerback Darrelle Revis were both high round talents who found themselves not compatible with Lovie Smith's system. ICYMI, #Bucs trade Mark Barron to Rams; Jonathan Casillas to Patriots: http://t.co/CfBVjjae89
Bucs Trade LB Jonathan Casillas to Patriots – What Led to the Move?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded LB Jonathan Casillas to the Patriots. Sports Talk Florida Bucs Insider Jenna Laine looks at what led to the move
Bucs Trade Mark Barron to Rams, Ending a Disappointing Time in Tampa
The Bucs have traded safety Mark Barron to the Rams in exchange for fourth and sixth-round draft picks, ending his disappointing time in Tampa
Bucs LB Jonathan Casillas Getting Back to His Old Self (Video)
Bucs LB Jonathan Casillas says he's feeling much better after using the bye to rest his injured hamstring. He also raves about new KR Trindon Holliday
Trindon Holliday Practices, Reaction to Da'Quan Bowers Suspension (Video)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith talks about the Bucs' new acquisition Trindon Holliday and about the suspension of Da'Quan Bowers for PEDs
Bucs WR Mike Evans Returns, LB Mason Foster Full-Go at Practice
Bucs WR Mike Evans returned to practice for the first time Wednesday since suffering a groin injury while middle LB Mason Foster was 'full-go' in pads
Bucs' Casillas: Losing at Home and Going on The Road for Three Weeks is a Curse
Buccaneers' linebacker Jonathan Casillas, like many players, weren't happy after Sunday's loss to the St. Louis Rams. Casillas says that the team is lucky that they got to start their season with two home games. However, losing both of


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Missy, Lilly and Trent Tougas - Six degrees of separation
When ocean conservationist Sylvia Earle, TIME Magazine's first-named "Hero for the Planet" (1998), gave her presentation last September at Juno Beach's Loggerhead Marine's Center's 2011 Go Blue Awards banquet, she included in her visual presentation a photo of a cupcake.
"This might look like a cupcake to you," she told the crowd, "but this cupcake means hope for the future because Lilly Tougas makes them for the planet and sells them for conservation."
Missy and Lilly Tougas were finalists for the Blue Ambassador Award at the awards banquet. Sylvia Earle first heard about Lilly through internationally-famous conservation artist Wyland.
Lilly, a friend of Wyland, has spoken to Congress, traveled to China, raised funds to bring Wyland's Mobile Learning Center to the Treasure Coast - the list goes on.
Oh! And Lilly is 11 years old.
"I just really always liked the earth and had compassion for everybody for as long as I can remember." she says confidently.
Lilly's mother Missy grew up just a mile from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. "As a child I was given a world ocean education, learning about aquaculture and ocean science. It was what we did for fun."
Missy now volunteers with a number of groups including Ocean Rehab, Marine Clean-up Initiative and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. When Wyland came to Harbor Branch in 2007 for a youth art event, daughter Lilly met him and forged a friendship.
Missy says, "Lilly told him 'I am with you on this mission!' He then invited her to Sea World for a project. Next he invited her and only three other children from the United States to Beijing, China for his 100th Whaling Wall Project during the 2008 Olympics. He gave her a medal and said she is a Youth Ambassador for the Planet and told her to go home and take action."
And so she did.
"You have to encourage children," she says. "If they have ideas, you need to listen and empower their ideas."
She decided to open a lemonade stand outside a grocery store, and as she made money, she would go in and buy the reusable grocery bags and then give them to her lemonade customers. Next, she designed art for the bags and sold them to raise money to go to Beijing. Then she started her Cupcakes for the Planet campaign to bring in Wyland's Mobile Learning Center.
Wyland invited Lilly to Washington DC for a FOCUS event (Forests, Ocean, Climate and Us), a nationwide campaign in partnership with the U.S. Forestry Service, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and the Wyland Foundation. There she spoke in front of Congress.
Lilly's six-year old brother Trent is also involved. For his birthday party he held a beach clean-up. In fact, the family has organized numerous beach clean-ups including 'The Mayor's Beach Cleanups' all along the Treasure Coast.
Involved with Vero Classical Ballet, Lilly's new idea is "Dancing for the Planet." With her connections, she plans to make it an international event.
You go, girl!
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AMES, Iowa – If you bought firewood at a Menards store recently, burn it as soon as possible. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), the wood may be infested with emerald ash borer (EAB). (See entire announcement at http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/press/press2807.htm )
The emerald ash borer was first discovered in the U.S. in 2002 and since then has killed millions of ash trees in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. It is a serious threat to the 70 million ash trees in Iowa.
"For the past four years, staff from ISU Extension has been working with IDALS State Entomologist's Office, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to determine if the EAB is in Iowa," said Mark Shour, ISU Extension entomologist. "Visual surveys, setting up sentinel trees, reaching out to groups across the state and information activities are just some of the things we are doing to determine if EAB is in Iowa and to educate the public about EAB."
There are four ways EAB could enter Iowa: insect flight, nursery stock, logs and branches for wood products industries, and firewood. Although the beetles can fly up to five miles, the nearest known infestation is Kane County, Illinois, still far away from our eastern border.
The Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association implemented a voluntary moratorium on purchase of ash (Fraxinus) species for the past three years. This, combined with IDALS State Entomologist's Office nursery stock inspections and nursery sales data, has essentially shut down this avenue for EAB movement into Iowa. Movement of ash logs and branches has been limited by the high price of petroleum fuels and the negligible demand for this wood in Iowa. Thus, the most likely way EAB will enter Iowa is through infested firewood.
ISU Extension will continue to monitor the situation and work with its partners to prevent the movement of EAB across the state. To learn more about EAB, visit ISU Extension's Pest Management and the Environment program Website at www.extension.iastate.edu/pme