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It's not easy being a dog-lover and a word-lover.
Though dogs have contributed almost as much to human language as they have to human society, many dog-related words and expressions are just not very fair to Fido. There seems to be a metric buttload of "dog-faced liars" in the world, though I've never heard of a dishonest dog, and though some country is always unleashing "the dog of war," I've yet to see any pooch drop a missile or sever diplomatic relations. More ...
We are living in 4704, the Chinese Year of the Dog, a good time to explore the presence of dogs in our language and our lives.
The word dog trots, prances, and scampers through our marvelous English language. We call a tenacious person a bulldog, a showoff a hot dog, a fortunate person a lucky dog, a man with an active social life a gay dog who puts on the dog ("makes a flashy display"), and a rapscallion or cur a dirty dog. A dominant person is a top dog who can run with the big dogs, while his counterpart is an underdog. More ...
Book ExcerptThe Question of Change in Language
We know, of course, that it is not the English language which does something when it changes. We know that this has something to do with the people who use it. But what? Rudi Keller
The educated speaker of English today, especially one "fascinated by words," is almost certain to hold the view that language is and must always be changing, and that change of any kind is a Good Thing. There may be particular changes he is not happy about, but he is not likely to try to oppose them; he is persuaded that resistance to lexical changes is both futile and something close to politically reactionary. And he will have gotten that idea, directly or indirectly, from the professional academic students of language called linguists. There are many schools of linguists, and they can be quite sharp in criticizing each other, but they are as one in holding and propagating a view of language change of which the layman's version is a somewhat degraded copy. (By "language change" and similar expressions I will mean, unless otherwise stated, changes in the English vocabulary: newly coined or imported words, or old words in new senses.) Linguists indiscriminately accept the idea of change, seeing it as springing from "the genius of the language" expressing itself through the speech of the common people. They see resistance to any particular change as springing from ignorance and old-fogeyism, if not elitism and racism, and as in any case futile, since change will always prevail. But even while enthusiastically embracing change in their role as linguists, they are not always so welcoming of it in their private capacities; they often refuse to adopt in their own writings changes they have defended in that of others more on this later. The standard response that one hears when any such change is questioned is some variant of Language is a living, growing thing, and all living things change. Don't interfere with life! More ...
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When you learn that Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 had the effect of making Maria Theresa his successor on the Austrian throne, you feel that your store of knowledge has been increased. On the other hand, when you learn the difference between the words insidious and invidious (the former means "lying in wait to ensnare," the latter means "placing one in a position that tempts to envy"), you feel instead that you have gained a certain measure of wisdom. (The reason for the sensation is this: after learning the distinction, you feel a little better equipped to soldier on in your daily moral skirmishes.) My question is: what if there was a book that explained all the important distinctions between almost all the most important words in English a book that was not a dictionary, but was written by a moral taxonomist of the very first order? How much would you spend on such a liber? But wait! There's more. More ...
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Where there is much laughter, there is little wit. Portuguese proverb
I'm not a huge fan of jokes. Every time some cut-up at the office or the corner saloon shifts into why-do-blondes-wear-panties mode, I begin to cringe. Or perhaps that's a grimace. If the joker is a friend, I'll simply reply, "Yeah, I don't care." If he's not a friend, or if he's my boss (same thing), I'll grin and bear it and pray it doesn't start a chain reaction. The worst part of a joke is right after the punchline when the recipient of this priceless gift of humor is expected to show his appreciation with a hearty, phony guffaw. Haw, haw! There is a reason we remove the joker from the deck. More ...
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "It means just what I choose it to mean neither more nor less." Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
I knew my surefire, revolutionary cure for grade inflation was in for some tough sledding when I first began to run it past my colleagues here at Soybean State University. Somehow they just couldn't seem to focus. "Grade inflation," I would begin confidently, "as is well known, has reached crisis proportions everywhere." Encouraged by an eager light in my colleague's eyes, I would take a big breath, and that would be my undoing. "Oh, grades," my colleague would say, rushing into the breach, "Well, what I do, is " More ...
Wagner called him "the greatest musical genius who ever lived."
Not too shabby kudos-wise.
Many music lovers agree with Wagner's possibly intemperate encomium. In general when doling out praise, the common superlative ought to be viewed as a fool's label, but in the case of Mozart, I am one among millions of music listeners who concurs.
In his thirty-five years on earth, Mozart composed more than 600 works, including 21 stage and opera works, 15 Masses, 41 symphonies, 25 piano concertos, 12 violin concertos, 27 concert arias, 17 piano sonatas, and 26 string quartets. Many are masterpieces never surpassed. One of the compendia of his scores runs to 23,000 pages of notated music.
Again, not too shabby oeuvre-wise.
This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Already hundreds of Internet pages sing of Wolfgang Amadeus, Salzburg's most famous resident. Some of these fond scribblings compose the most flocculent passages of musicological piffle ever tapped into a word processor. Other sites are eager to explain his given names. But not one website has tackled the complex origin of Mozart's last name. So, with all due lack of humility, let Uncle Billy be the first on the web. But before I analyze the surname Mozart, I'll look briefly at his given names. More ...
Just as dictionaries for young native speakers can also be used by young learners of English, the reverse may be something to consider: using learner's dictionaries for young native speakers. Definitions in learner's dictionaries normally use words that students know or should know, whereas standard dictionaries use higher level vocabulary in defining simple words. Definitions in learner's dictionaries usually include examples and several related words for further reference. And learner's dictionaries have additional syntactic and usage information that is not found in standard dictionaries for young students of English and this may be the real benefit of integrating the use of learner's dictionaries in the education of young native English speakers. It is not right to broadly state that native speakers of a language instinctively know if they are using the right word. Learner's dictionaries may be very helpful to them. Learner's dictionaries can be used by educators to help in this manner and online dictionary providers have a unique opportunity to present both types of dictionary together for young native speakers.
Few things, if any, can be all things to all men or women and this is particularly true of dictionaries. It is impossible for any one dictionary to satisfy the needs of everyone especially the wide-ranging and diverse needs of young native speakers. Those of us who work in the field are in no doubt about the differences between one dictionary and another. There are different genres of dictionaries, and we should make it part of our jobs to make people more aware of that, especially young native speakers, ages 7 to 14, reading age to the end of middle school or junior high school. These students use a dictionary to find meaning, to find spelling, to help in pronunciation, to check the history of a word, and, most important, to find out how to use a word or ascertain if they are using the "right" word. More ...
The Common ReaderChapter Two: A Call for a Punctuation Reformation
Marie Rycker, a character in Graham Greene's novel A Burnt-Out Case, believes that an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence indicates that the sentence should not be taken too seriously. A convent-school graduate, Marie tells Greene's antihero, Querry, that the nuns who taught her English were apt to overlook an impertinent statement such as "Mother Superior in a tearing rage" provided it was followed by an exclamation mark. "They always called it the 'exaggeration mark,'" Marie tells Querry. More ...
Although few people can complain of another's grammatical mistakes with impunity, that is, without revealing their own, we are hopeful that "Grumbling About Grammar" will encourage us all to pay more heed to how the language is used — by ourselves as well as by others — while bettering our ability to speak and write it.
escortment escort; escorting. Police officers should have not only been there for escortment, but actually for the forensic interviewing of the child. USE escorting. An escortment of ten guards circled around them in an intricate pattern. USE escort. Examples are the deployment of troops for protection from attacks or military escortment of food and medicine transports. USE escorts. They can also probably argue it was safer for him to be stuck in the port-a-potty until the workers had halted what work they needed to to ensure his proper escortment from the premises. USE escort.
Though the OED gives a 1775 example of escortment ("One of the warriors was sent to accompany me, by way of escortment"), the word has fallen into desuetude. Escort or escorting effectively says what the less pronounceable, the more alveolar escortment only used to. More ...
We all know far too well how to write everyday English, but few of us know how to write elegant English — English that is expressed with music as well as meaning, style as well as substance. The point of this feature is not to suggest that people should try to emulate these examples of elegant English but to show that the language can be written with grace and polish — qualities that much contemporary writing is bereft of and could benefit from.
Frustrated as his own hopes had been, Nelson had yet the high satisfaction of knowing that his judgment had never been more conspicuously approved, and that he had rendered essential service to his country, by driving the enemy from those Islands where they expected there could be no force capable of opposing them. The West India merchants in London, as men whose interests were more immediately benefited, appointed a deputation to express their thanks for his great and judicious exertions. It was now his intention to rest awhile from his labours, and recruit himself, after all his fatigues and cares, in the society of those whom he loved. All his stores were brought up from the VICTORY; and he found in his house at Merton the enjoyment which he had anticipated. Many days had not elapsed before Captain Blackwood, on his way to London with despatches, called on him at five in the morning. Nelson, who was already dressed, exclaimed, the moment he saw him: "I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish fleets! I think I shall yet have to beat them!" They had refitted at Vigo, after the indecisive action with Sir Robert Calder; then proceeded to Ferrol, brought out the squadron from thence, and with it entered Cadiz in safety. "Depend on it, Blackwood:" he repeatedly said, "I shall yet give M. Villeneuve a drubbing." But when Blackwood had left him, he wanted resolution to declare his wishes to Lady Hamilton and his sisters, and endeavoured to drive away the thought. He had done enough, he said: "Let the man trudge it who has lost his budget!" His countenance belied his lips; and as he was pacing one of the walks in the garden, which he used to call the quarter-deck, Lady Hamilton came up to him, and told him she saw he was uneasy. He smiled, and said: "No, he was as happy as possible; he was surrounded by his family, his health was better since he had been an shore, and he would not give sixpence to call the king his uncle." She replied, that she did not believe him, that she knew that he was longing to get at the combined fleets, that he considered them as his own property, that he would be miserable if any man but himself did the business; and that he ought to have them, as the price and reward of his two years' long watching, and his hard chase. "Nelson," said she, "however we may lament your absence, offer your services; they will be accepted, and you will gain a quiet heart by it: you will have a glorious victory, and then you may return here, and be happy." He looked at her with tears in his eyes: "Brave Emma! Good Emma! If there were more Emmas there would be more Nelsons." Robert Southey, The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson More ...
Whereas a witticism is a clever remark or phrase — indeed, the height of expression — a "dimwitticism" is the converse; it is a commonplace remark or phrase. Dimwitticisms are worn-out words and phrases; they are expressions that dull our reason and dim our insight, formulas that we rely on when we are too lazy to express what we think or even to discover how we feel. The more we use them, the more we conform — in thought and feeling — to everyone else who uses them.
let me tell you (something) Of course the people who use this phrase seldom enunciate let me; they mutter lemme, an inauspicious sign, we might reasonably believe, of what is to come. Let me tell you (something) is a vulgarity, very nearly an insult. It unveils a person, only crudely consciousness of what he utters, who has as much respect for the language as he does for his listeners.
This is really class, let me tell you. DELETE let me tell you. It's been one of those days, let me tell you. DELETE let me tell you. Let me tell you, there is nothing scarier than being in hurricane force winds and hearing huge clangs and thumps and shattering of glass or metal. DELETE Let me tell you. More ...
Words often ill serve their purpose. When they do their work badly, words militate against us. Poor grammar, sloppy syntax, misused words, misspelled words, and other infelicities of style impede communication and advance only misunderstanding. But there is another, perhaps less well-known, obstacle to effective communication: too many words.
in the fullness of time at length; before long; eventually; in time; later; one day; over time; presently; quickly; shortly; someday; sometime; soon; ultimately; with time; yet; delete. These slip-ups on the part of most of the teams ahead of Arsenal in the table could in the fullness of time come to be crucial. These slip-ups on the part of most of the teams ahead of Arsenal in the table could in time come to be crucial. It has the potential to evolve in the fullness of time into a Family Code for Muslim Indians. It has the potential to evolve into a Family Code for Muslim Indians. It is at once a celebratory, elegiac, profoundly inspired, and at the very end troublingly flawed triptych which in the fullness of time will be compared fairly and favorably to Carl Sandburg's meditations on Abraham Lincoln. It is at once a celebratory, elegiac, profoundly inspired, and at the very end troublingly flawed triptych which one day will be compared fairly and favorably to Carl Sandburg's meditations on Abraham Lincoln. More ...
Inadequate though they may be, words distinguish us from all other living things. Indeed, our worth is partly in our words. Effective use of language — clear writing and speaking — is a measure of our humanness. What's more, the more words we know and can correctly use, the broader will be our understanding of self, the keener our acquaintance with humankind.
collop (KOL-op) n. 1. a slice of meat. 2. a piece of flesh. 3. a small piece or slice; a cantle. 4. a thick fold of flesh on the body as evidence of a well-fed condition. 5. a clot of mucous from the nose or throat. More ...
Among the best written, if least read, books are those that we will be featuring each month in "On the Bookshelf." No book club selections, no best-selling authors are likely to be spoken of here. Best-selling authors, of course, are often responsible for the worst written books.
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Left tackle Jared Gaither didn't practice Thursday, so maybe having a long week will aid the Chargers. San Diego's game against the Denver Broncos isn't until Monday night, and coach Norv Turner said Wednesday that he was confident Gaither would play. Gaither strained his groin in the later stages of Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints. Considering his track record of required healing time, it's not outlandish to speculate he'll be challenged to return by Monday. If he can't go, the Chargers would turn back to Mike Harris, an undrafted free agent. That was their situation the first three games, when Gaither was out with a back injury, and the results were mixed. The Broncos' pass rush, led by Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil, combined with Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers' fondness of holding the ball late could make the play at left tackle critical come Monday. "I certainly think the more game experience you have, the more you improve on feeling the rush and feeling ho...
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An input device having a movable puck and display screen is disclosed. The puck is confined to move on a puck surface having a puck field of motion defined thereon. The puck field of motion is divided into a pointing region and a function region. A controller determines a position for the puck within the field of motion. The display screen displays a two-dimensional scene and a cursor that moves within the scene in a manner controlled by the position of the puck when the puck is in the pointing region. The controller causes the scene to change when the puck is in the function region. A deformable barrier that inhibits the movement of the puck into the function region can be used to prevent inadvertent changing of the display scene. The inhibition is overcome by a user applying additional force to the puck in a direction parallel to the surface.
1. A pointing device, comprising:
a first surface having a puck field of motion defined thereon, said puck field of motion being divided into a pointing region and a function region;
a moveable puck that moves on said first surface;
a controller that determines a position of said puck within said field of motion; and
a display screen that displays a two-dimensional scene and a cursor that moves within said scene in a manner controlled by said position of said puck when said puck is in said pointing region, wherein said controller causes said scene to change according to a scrolling function when said puck is in said function region;
a deformable barrier for inhibiting the movement of said puck into said function region, said inhibition being overcome by a user applying a force to said puck in a direction parallel to said first surface.
2. The pointing device of
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12. A method for inputting data to a device having a display screen thereon, said method comprising:
providing a moveable puck that moves within a field of motion on a surface;
dividing said field of motion into a pointing region and a function region;
providing a moveable puck confined to move on said first surface;
displaying a two-dimensional scene and a cursor that moves within said scene in a manner controlled by said position of said puck when said puck is in said pointing region; and
changing said scene according to a scrolling function in response to said puck being moved into said function region;
a different magnitude of force to move said puck in said function region than in said pointing region.
13. The method of
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16. The method of
moving a viewing window relative to a surface of a graphical desktop according to the scrolling function; and
displaying a scrolling representation of the graphical desktop.
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Modern computer operating systems and graphics programs require a pointing device for controlling the position of a cursor on the computer display. Likewise, handheld devices such as personal information managers and cell phones would also benefit from the inclusion of such a pointing device. For desktop PCs, the most successful pointing device is the "mouse". A mouse is a hand held object that is moved over a flat surface near the keyboard to control the motion of a cursor on the computer display. The direction and distance over which the mouse is moved determines the direction and distance the cursor moves on the display. A conventional mouse provides a rigid object that a user can move with great precision. For a desktop computer, the mouse provides a satisfactory solution to the pointing problem. On the occasion when the workspace is not large enough to provide a path over which the mouse can move and accommodate a desired cursor movement on the screen, the user simply picks up the mouse and recenters the mouse in the workspace.
While the mouse has provided a satisfactory solution to the pointing device problem in the desktop PC market, a similarly successful device is not available for hand-held devices such as cellular telephones. These devices lack a sufficiently large flat surface near the keypad or screen over which a mouse can be moved. In addition, the need to carry a separate pointing device makes the mouse less than ideal for these applications. Hence, some other form of pointing device is needed when using these devices.
A pointing device for use in these environments must solve the problem of moving a cursor quickly and accurately. In addition, the device must operate in an intuitive fashion that a novice user can comprehend without extensive instruction. In addition, the pointing device must operate in a limited workspace and fit within the form factor of the hand held device. Finally, the usual constraints of low cost, low power consumption and high reliability must also be met.
In the case of laptop computers, there are two dominant solutions to the pointing device problem in the marketplace, the Synaptics capacitive TouchPad™ and the IBM TrackPoint™. Other companies make versions of these devices with similar functionality. Both of these devices fall far short of satisfying the above requirements. The TrackPoint™ is a small button that is typically placed in the center of the laptop keyboard. The button may be moved in a manner analogous to a "joy stick" by applying a lateral force to the top of the button with a finger. Unfortunately, the button can only move a small amount; hence, the displacement of the button cannot be mapped directly into a displacement in the cursor position on the computer display. Instead, the button displacement controls the direction and speed with which the cursor moves. The accuracy with which a user can position the cursor using this type of velocity control is significantly less than that achieved with a conventional mouse. This limitation is particularly evident in tasks that require small, precise movements such as drawing in a computer graphics program. In addition, this type of pointing device does not provide the button functionality.
The TouchPad™ is a blank rectangular pad, 50 to 100 mm on a side, typically placed below the keyboard of most laptops. The device senses the position of a finger on the surface of the rectangle relative to the edges of the device. This sensing is accomplished by measuring the capacitance changes introduced by a user finger on a series of electrodes beneath an insulating, low-friction material.
Like the TrackPoint™, the TouchPad™ also suffers from lack of precision. It is inherently difficult to measure the capacitive changes introduced by the user, who is at an unknown potential relative to the circuit. Furthermore, the contact area of the user's finger is relatively large. Hence, to provide an accurate measurement of the finger position, the device must determine some parameter such as the center of the contact area between the finger and the pad. Unfortunately, the contact area varies in size and shape with the pressure applied by the user. Therefore, such determinations are, at best, of limited precision. In practice, users are unable to repeatably execute precise movements.
There are also difficulties arising from false signals when the user inadvertently touches the pad with a finger or a wrist. In some devices, the "clicking" function of a conventional mouse is implemented by tapping on the pad. As a result, such inadvertent activation during typing causes the cursor to jump to a new location in the middle of the typing operation and the text being inserted at the new location.
In previously filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/723,957, which is hereby incorporated by reference, a puck-based pointing device that overcomes many of the problems described above is taught. The pointing device utilizes a puck that moves in a defined field of motion when a user applies pressure to the puck via the user's finger. When the user releases the puck, a set of springs returns the puck to its centered position within the field of motion. The position of the puck and the pressure on the puck are determined by electrodes in the device. The position information is used to position a cursor on the display screen. Software on the attached device translates the motion of the puck during the time the user's finger is pressing on the puck into the appropriate cursor motion on the device's display. When the user releases the puck, the coupling between the puck and the cursor position is broken by the software, and hence, the cursor does not move backwards while the puck is being recentered.
While the device taught in the above-described patent application provides significant advantages over the dominant prior art solutions to the pointing device problem in the laptop marketplace, the device is less than optimum when used with a cell phone or other device with a relatively small screen. On a small screen, the ability to reposition the puck and then continue the motion in a manner analogous to that of mouse on a desktop computer is of limited value, since the amount of information available in the display is relatively limited, and hence, can be adequately accessed by a one-to-one mapping of the puck position to the position of the cursor on the screen.
On the other hand, the limited screen size places a premium on other operations such as scrolling. The small screen of a handheld device such as a cell phone can emulate a small window through which a much larger desktop is viewed. By moving the window in various directions, the desired portion of the desktop can be positioned under the window. Objects on the desktop under the window can then be selected by moving the cursor within the window. Hence, a pointing device for use in such an environment would benefit from having both a pointing function and a two-dimensional scrolling function.
The present invention includes a pointing device having a movable puck and a display screen. The puck is confined to move on a puck surface having a puck field of motion defined thereon. The puck field of motion is divided into a pointing region and a function region. A controller determines a position for the puck within the field of motion. The display screen displays a two-dimensional scene and a cursor that moves within the scene in a manner controlled by the position of the puck when the puck is in the pointing region. The controller causes the scene to change when the puck is in the function region. In one embodiment, a deformable barrier inhibits the movement of the puck into the function region. The inhibition is overcome by a user applying additional force to the puck in a direction parallel to the surface. In one embodiment, the deformable barrier includes a resilient member disposed between the puck and a non-deformable barrier on the periphery of the field of motion. In one embodiment, the deformable barrier includes a spring.
In one embodiment, the scene represents a view of a portion of a surface as seen through a window movable over the surface. The controller causes the portion of the surface so viewed to change to an adjacent portion of the surface when the puck moves into the function region. The window moves at a speed that depends on the position of the puck in the function region in one embodiment.
The manner in which the present invention provides its advantages can be more easily understood with reference to
When the user releases puck 11 by removing the user's finger 16, puck 11 is returned to its centered position by the springs shown at 13 that connect the puck to the side 14 of the puck field of motion. Since the user's finger is not applying a vertical force to puck 11 during its return, the change in position associated with that return motion is not reported to the host device. That is, the cursor remains at its previous location. This provides a convenient "re-centering" capability, typically achieved on a mouse by lifting and replacing the mouse at the center of the field of motion. Re-centering is particularly necessary in laptop computers, hand-held devices and other miniature applications in which the field of motion is constrained.
The above-described patent application teaches a number of mechanisms for measuring the pressure exerted by the user on the puck, and hence, these mechanisms will not be discussed in detail here. For the purposes of this discussion, it is sufficient to note that a puck having a top surface that can move vertically relative to the bottom surface can be utilized. The top surface is held in place by a spring mechanism. When the user applies pressure to the top surface, the top surface moves toward the bottom surface by an amount that depends on the applied pressure. The distance between the top and bottom surfaces of the puck is measured utilizing one of a number of methods. For example, the top and bottom surfaces of the puck can include conducting layers that form a parallel plate capacitor. The capacitance of this capacitor depends on the distance between the plates, and hence, a measurement of the capacitance provides a measurement of the pressure applied by the user.
The manner in which the position of the puck is sensed in one embodiment is described in detail in the above-identified patent application, and hence, will not be discussed in detail here. For the purposes of this discussion, it will be assumed that a capacitive sensing scheme can be utilized to determine the puck's position. Such a scheme is illustrated in
Refer now to
To implement a "click" for selecting an item at the current cursor location, a dome-shaped clicker can be incorporated in the puck. Refer now to
The clicker shown in
One embodiment of the present invention can be more easily understood in terms of an analogy in which the contents of a large desktop are accessed through a small viewing window that is positioned over the top of the desktop. Refer now to
Viewing window 62 corresponds to the display on the handheld device. The portion of desktop 61 under viewing window 62 is displayed to the user on the display of the handheld device. In the example shown in
Handheld device 88 includes a pointing device 80 that operates in a manner analogous to that discussed above with respect to the devices shown in
When puck 81 is within region 84 of field of motion 82, the controller moves cursor 63 within view screen 87. The position of cursor 63 within view screen 87 is determined by the position of puck 81 within region 84. Controller 83 includes a one-to-one mapping that specifies the position of cursor 63 for each location of puck 81 in region 84. This mapping is preferably linear.
When the user moves puck 81 to a position outside of region 84, the coupling between the puck position and the position of cursor 63 is broken. In this region, window 62 is caused to move in a direction determined by the position of puck 81. For example, controller 83 can be programmed to implement a scroll function in which window 62 moves in the direction shown at 68 on the desktop when the puck is moved to position 86. In this embodiment, the window will continue to move in this direction until the user moves puck 81 back into region 84. In one embodiment, the window moves at a predetermined constant speed. In another embodiment, the speed is increased as a function of the distance between the puck and wall 89. Similarly, if the puck is moved to position 85, window 62 would move in the direction shown by arrow 67, and so on. A diagonal motion of the window can be implemented when the puck is in the corresponding corner of field of view 82.
Since the functions implemented by the pointing device change abruptly when the puck moves outside of region 84, a mechanism that reduces the probability that the user will change the function inadvertently is desirable. Refer now to
The field of motion is divided into two regions: the region shown at 105 and an annular region shown at 104 surrounding region 105. The area of the field of motion nearest to wall 102 is used for selecting functions such as the scroll operation discussed above. The region 105 in the center of the field of motion is used for the conventional pointing operation in which the cursor is mapped to a location that is determined by the puck position in this area. To prevent the user from inadvertently moving the puck into region 104, a deformable boundary is placed at the junction of regions 104 and 105 as shown schematically by springs 106 and 107. To move the puck into region 104, the user must apply sufficient lateral pressure on puck 101 to compress the springs so that the puck can enter region 104. In normal pointing mode, the lateral force applied by the user to move the puck is much less than that needed to compress the springs, and hence, the user is less likely to switch pointing functions without making a conscious effort.
While the above-described embodiment utilizes springs attached to wall 102 to change the lateral force that must be applied to the puck to move the puck into region 104, other mechanisms can be utilized. Refer now to
The prior art systems discussed above with reference to
As noted above, this type of prior art pointing device provides an incremental mapping between the puck position and the cursor position that provides fine control of the cursor position on the screen. In contrast to desktop and laptop computers, the screen areas utilized by many handheld devices are relatively small. Accordingly, the accuracy with which the puck is moved in the field of motion is sufficient to provide adequate control of the cursor on the screen. In such embodiments, the restoring springs discussed above with reference to the prior art embodiments shown in
Eliminating the restoring springs reduces the pointing device cost and increases the reliability of the pointing device. Accordingly, embodiments that lack such springs are preferred, provided an alternative mechanism for confining the puck to the field of motion is provided. In addition, embodiments that inhibit debris from entering the field of motion are also desirable, since such debris can inhibit the smooth motion of the puck over the surface of the field of motion. Shroud 115 shown in
In embodiments in which the restoring springs are no longer available to conduct signals to and from the puck, an alternate signal path must be provided. A resilient set of conductors such as cable 117 can be used for this purpose. Alternatively, conducting traces can be provided on the surface of puck 112 that connect to corresponding traces on shroud 115 via an appropriate "wiper". For example, the wiper may be included in sealing ring 116.
In the embodiments discussed above, the field of motion is divided into a pointing region 105 and a function region 104. In the pointing region, the position of the puck determines the position of the cursor on the display screen of the device. When the puck is in the function region, the screen display is scrolled to present other regions of a virtual desktop. However, other functions can be implemented in the function region. For example, specific menus could be displayed on the screen of the handheld device when the puck is moved into one of these regions. The cursor can then be used to make selections from these menus. In principle, any function that alters the material being displayed, as opposed to the cursor position, can be implemented in the function regions.
In the above-described embodiments of the present invention the puck is confined to a rectangular field of motion. However, it is to be understood that the field of motion can have an arbitrary boundary shape. For example, the field of motion can be circular or oval shape.
Various modifications to the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. Accordingly, the present invention is to be limited solely by the scope of the following claims.
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A lazy person is, well, lazy. There is not much else I can say. We know that they generally live a sedentary lifestyle and are always taking life nice and slow. The active person is the exact opposite. I'm sure you already have your own definition of what being active means.
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Who is more likely to have a better relationship with their spouse, the active or the lazy person?
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Who will generally live a healthier lifestyle than the other and live much longer?
That's an easy answer. It would be the lazy fellow, duh!
Who is more likely to achieve their goals in life?
These questions are becoming too easy to answer. Without a doubt it would be the lazy person. Lazy people have been given a bad wrap over the years and are often seen as "slow." This couldn't be farther from the truth. In reality, lazy people are only slow when it comes to non-important matters such as getting out of bed or eating breakfast but this is not the case when it comes to their goals and aspirations. They will take action to accomplish whatever it is that needs to be accomplished.
Who wakes up the later than the other?
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I know there are quite a few glove fanatics here like myself so I thought I would pass this story along
My Fair Leather Friend
A Rawlings Designer Restores
One Man's Childhood Mitt
By STEFAN FATSIS
March 28, 2008; Page W4
"I'll tell you what," Bob Clevenhagen said. "It's sure broken in perfect."
I smiled hard. Mr. Clevenhagen is a baseball-glove legend, only the third person in the 121-year history of Rawlings Sporting Goods to hold the esteemed title of "Glove Designer." For the past three decades, he has designed, constructed and repaired gloves for scores of major-league stars. Now he studied my own beloved glove. "Yours looks like, well, look in the Hall of Fame," he said. "Same color, same shape, same faded-out look. It's just a nice-looking glove."
Rawlings glove designer Bob Clevenhagen
Since a Cincinnati Red Stockings catcher named Doug Allison donned a pair of buckskin mittens in 1870, no piece of baseball equipment has been more personal than the glove, a fact that applies equally to pros and regular Joes. I bought mine in the spring of 1977, before I turned 14. I wanted a Rawlings, because that's what big-leaguers wore.
My choice, the XPG6 model, was expensive. I remember the price as $90, though old Rawlings catalogs put it at $70. It was stamped with the company's famous trademarks: HEART OF THE HIDE, "DEEP WELL" POCKET, EDGE-U-CATED HEEL. It was autographed by Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who threw left-handed and played first base. I threw right-handed and played second base. I loved the anomaly.
I broke in the XPG6 with baseballs, string, the underside of my mattress and ceaseless play. It carried me through my last two years of organized baseball, intramural softball championships, adult leagues, thousands of grounders and fly balls. As I got older -- knee surgeries, work, family -- it lay dormant. But I always kept it within sight.
On the far side of 40, I decided to research my glove's history. I wanted to validate my opinion of it as something not just "broken in perfect" but empirically flawless, from its shape to its feel to its smell: leather, dirt, grass, saliva, sun, spring, childhood, summer, hope, ability, achievement, memory, joy, love.
My glove, I learned, was manufactured in 1976 in Willow Springs, Mo. It is made of tanned steer hide, specifically Code 5 Horween-X Catcher's Mitt Glove Leather from the Horween Leather Co. in Chicago. The exterior leather is 0.075 inch thick and cut from a durable two-foot stretch along the steer's backbone, the heart of the hide. The separate interior, a glove within the glove known as the lining, is 0.050 inch thick and hails from the softer belly. The web comes from the butt, the toughest part of the hide. Rawlings doesn't have a slogan for that.
The XPG6 and its progenitors were Rawlings's first fully functional modern gloves, created in response to Wilson Sporting Goods' A2000, which revolutionized baseball when it was introduced in 1957. The A2000 had a larger web, a broader pocket, a hinged heel and flatter fingers and thumb than the puffy models of the time. As Noah Liberman explains in his book "Glove Affairs," the A2000 recognized that a glove should reflect "how a hand moves to catch a ball, not how it looks when you stare at it."
Rawlings began making XPG prototypes -- the initials stood for "experimental glove" -- for big-league players in 1958. Thanks to its Mickey Mantle autograph, the XPG6 was an instant hit when it was introduced in 1962. Mantle's name remained for a decade. Willie Stargell's signature was inserted in 1975 and shifted to a first-baseman's glove in 1977, after which the XPG6 model name was soon retired.
The glove was designed by Rollie Latina, Rawlings's second Glove Designer after his father, Harry, who joined the company in 1922. The model's U-shaped heel, deep pocket and understated padding made it easy to manipulate and versatile. Tom Seaver, Hank Aaron and Mike Schmidt wore it on the pitcher's mound, in the outfield and at third base, respectively. Dennis Esken, a collector and historian of vintage gloves, says that while the A2000 is no longer a usable glove, the XPG6 "has been synonymous with baseball for 50 years."
To gauge its contemporary appeal, I tracked down Houston Astros pitcher Russ Springer, the only major leaguer wearing a direct descendant of the XPG6, the Pro 6XBC. Mr. Springer's 13-year-old "gamer" -- the glove players reserve for use in games -- was broken in flatter and had a few small design differences, but our gloves were otherwise identical, and equally aged. "That's personality," he said approvingly.
Across the locker room, center fielder Craig Biggio, a four-time Gold Glove award winner, studied my glove. "It's got a story to it," he said, holding my floppy, frayed and desiccated gem. Send it to Mr. Clevenhagen, he advised. "He'll fix it up for you."
In 1977, when Mr. Clevenhagen joined Rawlings, a work force of 200 in Willow Springs made about 170,000 gloves, including about 15,000 XPG6s. But Rawlings and other manufacturers shifted production to Asia, and the factory closed in 1982. Today, Mr. Clevenhagen, 63, runs a four-person operation in Washington, Mo., making gloves for a couple dozen major leaguers and a custom catalog.
I was reluctant to let even a Glove Designer alter my XPG6. But when Mr. Clevenhagen described a process akin to an archeologist restoring the Parthenon, I agreed. He would replace the glove's interior lining with the same tough Horween leather as in the original. He would replace the laces and the trim around the wrist and fingers, and install fresh wool-blend padding under the three middle fingers. The exterior would remain unchanged.
The XPG6 that arrived a few weeks later was my glove, but it wasn't. It stayed open of its own accord, rather than flopping shut on release, the thumb kissing the pinkie. The spot on the exterior where I rested my index finger no longer pancaked to the lining. I slid my hand in. The XPG6 was snug and stiff. The insides were a bright, burnt sienna. Two red Rawlings patches shimmered garishly. I could never play enough to return the XPG6 to its old state. I felt as if I'd committed an unpardonable betrayal.
Slowly, though, I began to accept that what made the XPG6 special was its artistry and its history, which remained unchanged. In fact, the glove's shape and form were truer, stronger and more confident. Propped upright, resting on its wrist strap, the XPG6 reminded me of the Gold Glove trophy itself. The contrast of new and old was beautiful: I. M. Pei's glass pyramid at the Louvre.
In the box containing my rehabbed glove, Mr. Clevenhagen returned the decayed core of the XPG6. I peeked beneath the index-finger slot. The leather was smooth, dark, unblemished, my glove in 1977. Still with me today, still perfect.


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Castle's Simmons named to junior all-state team by basketball coaches
Blake Simmons did a little bit of everything for Castle High School's boys' basketball team.
On some occasions, the 6-foot-5 junior brought the ball up the floor and basically played the point. He could hit the 3-pointer and loved driving to the basket. In addition, Simmons nearly always guarded the other team's leading scorer, regardless of position.
As a result, Simmons was named Friday to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Underclass all-state first team. Fifteen seniors and 15 underclassmen were chosen first-team all-state by the IBCA. No other Evansville-area player besides Simmons was named first team.
He averaged 19.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range and 50 percent overall in leading Castle to the second Class 4A semistate berth in school history and a 20-5 record.
"I think Blake is an outstanding player who continues to get better," said Castle coach Brian Gibson. "He is a great example of talent and hard work that have come together. We asked Blake to do a little bit of everything. We need him to use all his tools in order for us to be successful. He's more than willing to do that for us, whether it's playing defense or rebounding, and he's a very good passer."
Gibson said Simmons understands the game and understands how to use his length to his advantage.
"As I like to tell a lot of people, he's always a couple of steps ahead of everybody else," Gibson said. "He knows what most kids are going to do before they do."
Gibson was a bit surprised that Bosse's Jalen Pendleton was not named to the Senior first team.
"He's a tremendous player and has a great deal of heart," Gibson said. "Every time I talked to him I told him what a warrior he is. I absolutely thought he should have been on that team, but my opinion doesn't count."
Coaches vote on the top players, and a representative from each of 16 regional areas, plus six at-large representatives, meet to review those votes and finalize the selections.
Area players joining Pendleton as Senior honorable mention selections were Kevin Brown and Shane Seniour of Castle, Bryant Ackerman of Loogootee, Alphonso Baity of Memorial, Caleb Begle of Jasper, Ethan Black of Day School, Dylan Ervin of Washington, Jace Gordon of Northeast Dubois, Chris Kohnert of Tell City, Brienne Miles of Central, Ty Pauley of North and Ashton Wagler of Barr-Reeve.
Area players who received Underclass honorable mention included Ernie and Everett Duncan of Harrison, Brandon Cook of Cannelton, JaQuan Lyle of Bosse, Addison Wagler of Barr-Reeve, Kyle Whitmore of New Harmony and Conner Wittmer of Loogootee.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs respects and understands President Barack Obama's opinion about the dangers of football - and hesitation about having a child play.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) Tiger Woods is a winner again at Torrey Pines, and the only question Monday was how long it would take him to finish.
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Students of history tell us that something like the American Revolution was bound to happen in the social and political climate of the 1700s. The amazing fact ŌĆō which we still celebrate ŌĆō is that it was successful to the extent of creating a world power.
Well, that was certainly interesting. As someone who is seriously ŌĆ£intoŌĆØ how government finances, or doesnŌĆÖt, various things, especially fixing potholes, IŌĆÖm always interested in what other people have to say about such subjects. Or at least IŌĆÖm interested as long as they make some kind of sense. Unfortunately for me, sometimes I have to read through a fair amount of a piece before I can tell which is which. Then again, some of those pieces are pretty interesting, in a train wreck kind of way, because they reveal more about the author than perhaps the author intended - or maybe not.
JŌĆÖever notice? If itŌĆÖs hunting, fishing, or penning wild cows, the first storyteller doesnŌĆÖt have a chance since everyone within hearing distance will have a better story. This is a reversal of the roles, but since IŌĆÖm writinŌĆÖ the writinŌĆÖ, I am going to tell the best one first and then declare me the winner: This old cowboy was showing a young cowboy around the ranch where he had just been hired on. The old cowboy said, ŌĆ£These cattle in this big pasture are real wild. TheyŌĆÖre so wild, thereŌĆÖs just three or four in a bunch and in some bunches thereŌĆÖs not any.ŌĆØ
As regular readers of my columns will be well aware, a topic that I feel very strongly about is the so-called ŌĆ£minimum wageŌĆØ. Recently, someone had asked me what my feelings are about employee pay, and I responded that I wanted to see everybody get the pay they deserved and a chance to make a decent living. I personally think that by inserting itself between employers and employees through such methods as the minimum wage law, the federal government greatly slows, or even sometimes prevents, the ability of businesses to financially reward people who have earned better pay.
Remember the days when the refrigerator was always full, but you never went to the store? Clean clothing appeared as though by magic, and the house was normally clean, without your effort? Despite having to bow to the authority of a parent, and live by the rules of the house, which was, at times, frustrating, those appear to have been halcyon days ŌĆō at least from the perspective of several years!
JŌĆÖever notice? Certain times of the year trigger certain memories. This time of year is about the time when farming spring-planted crops is fixing to be in full swing. By now, most farmers have patched washes and ends and plowed up terraces. I remember my earliest farming experiences. The terraces were usually plowed up with a two-bottom moleboard (covering twenty-eight inches at a time) or a two-disc plow. The land that was going to be bedded was already finished. When the weeds and Johnson grass started growing, farmers would start plowing beds.
We got a lot of things out of the social and civil unrest of the sixties and seventies, and thankfully a lot of those ŌĆ£thingsŌĆØ havenŌĆÖt really stuck with us. On the other hand, some of the language has, which means a few of the concepts, or ways of thinking about things have become part of the landscape.
It has not been many years ago that persons thought of ŌĆ£dog showsŌĆØ as some rare, exotic pastime indulged in by the wealthy folk back east or on the west coast. When I would mention spending my weekends in Dallas, Amarillo or San Antonio showing my pets, few folk had any comprehension of what I was doing. Times have certainly changed, to the point that most people know when Westminster will be televised, the AKC national (December) and the National Dog Show which always follows the MacyŌĆÖs Parade on Thanksgiving Day.
JŌĆÖever notice? Sometimes when things change unexpectedly it changes our whole way of doing. I remember about forty years ago when Uncle Herbert told me the absolutely unbelievable news that he couldnŌĆÖt find any gooseneck maize seed. This would be like not being able to find any hay grazer seed today. A major part of Uncle HerbertŌĆÖs farming livestock operation had been dependent on gooseneck maize every since he could remember. It was a lot of hard work from start to finish, but it produced a major portion of the feed for the horses, mules, cows, hogs, and chickens.
Following the recent storm that passed through the area on Wednesday April 22, the question has been asked about the outdoor warning sirens that are in the city and why they were not activated. We at the Sweetwater Fire Department would like the citizens of Sweetwater to know that we take the activation of the sirens very seriously. The National Weather Service in San Angelo has helped us come up with a protocol for activating them that we follow. This is in place to prevent complacency and have the public aware that they are only sounded when danger is imminent.


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On a quiet side street near Gran Via, surrounded by shops
The location of the Petit Palace San Bernardo is steps south of the bustling Gran Via. The Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace, La Almudena Cathedral, the Royal Theater, and Sabatini Gardens are all within walking distance of the property. Arenal is a pedestrian street running from Puerta del Sol to Opera, where the Royal Theater is located. Hordes of tourists and locals alike flock to this area day and night. There's a popular nightclub and concert hall across the street from the hotel (noise and crowds can get annoying).
Great shopping around Sol and Gran Via are an easy walk away, as is young nightlife in the Huertas neighborhood. La Latina, a tapas and al fresco dining and drinking hot spot, is a quick stroll away (cross beautiful Plaza Mayor to get there), and the Austrias area, with lovely 17th-century architecture and cobblestone streets is just a few blocks down Arenal Street.
Sol is the heart of Madrid, both geographically speaking and in a figurative sense. "Kilometer Zero" (where all roads in Spain are said to start), shopping, dining, nightlife, and major tourist attractions are all here. This means many tourists in Madrid may never leave the neighborhood. Its central location is ideal for those who like to explore the city on foot. But those who prefer taking public transportation, Sol is one of the major transportation hubs in Madrid, with trains, buses, and several subway lines converging on the same spot.
The Petit Palace San Bernardo is part of a value chain in the heart of Madrid. Spacious, modern rooms have laptops, flat-screen TVs, and hydro-massage showers. Family rooms, with additional bunk beds, are a solid economy option for travelers on a budget. Beyond the clean, simple rooms, offerings here are slim. The business center is just two laptops and the breakfast room is on the small side. While the hotel does have free Wi-Fi and the lobby offers plenty of lounge seating, some guests complain about the lack of privacy from frosted glass doors to the bathroom. A nearby sister property with a little more charm is the Petit Palace Puerta Del Sol.
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Designed to hold and/or pull the testicles, this ball splitter is easy to use and made from top quality leather. Slip both testicles through the upper ring and then pass a single testicle through the loops for a firm hold and comfortable fit.
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Designed to hold and/or pull the testicles, this ball splitter is easy to use and made from top quality leather. Slip both testicles through the upper ring and then pass a single testicle through the loops for a firm hold and comfortable fit.
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Simple but effective
Reviewed: 03 April 2014 by SD-CJ, a Straight Engaged Male
I got this ball splitter to try out something new as I had never used a ball splitter before.
I couldn't wait to give it a go and loved how easy it was to use.
Firstly, the leather is of great quality and soft enough that it doesn't dig in or hurt.
Secondly, the poppers offer a secure adjusted fit with no fear of them popping open but yet they're not so tough that you struggle to get it back off once finished.
The feeling of having your balls separated by black leather is a great turn-on. It feels great and my OH loves seeing me wearing it.
Overall, a nice and simple toy and I would highly recommend it to any guy.
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- The sensations, quality and design.
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- Nothing.
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- A great simple toy to provide lots of fun.
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Reviewed: 15 June 2012 by Wikkid
I wasn't expecting much when I ordered. I'd been impressed by both rubber and metal cock rings in the past, so was half expecting this to be similar and it would be joining the failed toy pile.
When it arrived I took it out and thought let's try it now even though it was mid-afternoon. Having read the other reviews I knew I needed to take a bit of care but it was soon on. I turned around to show my other half and she was immediately impressed and was immediately in the mood for some afternoon fun. The tightness is really good, it increases staying power and the strength of the orgasm.
We did find that if it wasn't on the tightest setting the balls were liable to slip out when she was playing with them, however the tightest setting gave more pleasure.
This will definitely get some usage. If you've no luck with things like cock rings in the past then this gives both the feelings I'd expected from the cock ring as well as doing its actual job of a ball splitter.
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Me and OH chose this product as neither me or he had tried or been with someone who has tried one. It was a new experience for the both of us, and we couldn't wait to give it a try.
The leather is of great quality, it didn't hurt or pull at my OH's junk, and can I just say, when he turned around to show me, I was immediately turned on and was definitely in the mood for a bit of fun. My partner said that it made his orgasm seem stronger, and more powerful. He was definitely just as impressed as I was. Being on the tightest setting, he said, he absolutely loved the amount of pleasure he got from it.
This one will definitely be coming out to play with us in the future. I guarantee it, another great buy from Lovehoney.
An amazing value for money and we highly recommend it.
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- A good quality buy.
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