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Traditional, server-oriented architectures have focused on providing location-based services by using publish-subscribe, efficient message buses, and filtering mechanisms. However, given an enterprise's unique requirements, these techniques have offered mixed results when used in an enterprise context. The present invention enables an efficient way to provide location-based services to an enterprise, as well as to integrate those location-based services into the enterprise's communications platform. A platform for supporting converged, location-based communications comprises one or more application servers such as a transactional server, a Session Initiation Protocol server, and so forth. In addition, the platform advantageously comprises an event processor for managing arriving location streams that are generated by targets being monitored. Such targets include the cell phones and WiFi handsets of the enterprise users, but can also include location data from various users arriving from multiple, fixed points such as credit card readers in stores.
1. A method for providing a location-based service, the method comprising:
receiving, at a data-processing system, a request that pertains to an event of interest;
receiving a plurality of location streams, each location stream corresponding to a location of a different user of a plurality of users, and each location stream comprising a location event that is generated by or on behalf of its corresponding user;
deriving the event of interest from among at least one location event that exists within at least one of the location streams, the derivating being based on the request;
generating a derived event stream that comprises the event of interest; and
generating a notification to call an user agent, based on the generating of the derived event stream.
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11. A system for providing a location-based service, the system comprising:
an application server configured to receive a request that pertains to an event of interest;
an event processor configured to i) receive a plurality of location streams, each location stream corresponding to a location of a different person of a plurality of persons, and each location stream comprising a location event that is generated by or on behalf of its corresponding person, ii) derive the event of interest from among one location event that exists within at least one of the location streams, the derivation being based on the request, and iii) generate a derived event stream that comprises the event of interest; and
generating a notification to call an user agent, based on the generating of the derived event stream.
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The present invention relates to telecommunications in general, and, more particularly, to geo-location event processing.
Location-based services are information services that are accessible by or are, at least, enabled by mobile devices. These services are capable of utilizing the geographical position of one or more mobile devices—that is, the "geo-location" of each device. Location-based services include services for identifying a location-relevant person, asset or resource, or other object, and include determining the nearest automated teller machine or the whereabouts of a friend.
Initially, location-based services (LBS) were offered mainly by cellular telephony service providers to their subscribers. The cell phones themselves had much of the LBS functionality embedded. Over time, however, more and more of the LBS functionality was off-loaded into application servers present in the service providers' network infrastructure.
Location-based services are not only applicable to cellular networks. Indeed, enterprises such as businesses, schools, hospitals, and so forth can use these services to enhance the customer experience and improve workforce operational efficiency. The function of location integration in enterprise communications includes the use of both real-time and historical location information of mobile users in telecommunications services. The potential participants include an organization's customers, employees, vendors, and partners.
There are a number of possible benefits to an enterprise's operations if location information can be incorporated into the communications context. Additionally, the organization can provide better service to its customers if location can be automatically incorporated into a customer's service context. In general, beneficial enterprise applications that can use location-based services are both diverse and many.
There are various considerations in providing location-based services that are somewhat unique to enterprises. A first consideration is the large number of location "targets" such as customers and employees. A second consideration is the large number of sources of location information such as cell phones, WiFi-enabled devices, credit card readers, and so forth. And a third consideration is the type of processing required for certain enterprise-specific applications that require comparing the geo-locations of multiple targets, such as event correlation. These and other considerations pose significant obstacles to providing location-based services within an enterprise context. Traditional, server-oriented architectures have focused on providing location-based services by using publish-subscribe, efficient message buses, and filtering mechanisms. However, given the unique requirements of an enterprise, these traditional techniques have offered mixed results when used in an enterprise context.
The present invention enables a more efficient, scalable way to provide location-based services to an enterprise, as well as to integrate those location-based services into the enterprise's communications platform. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a platform for supporting converged, location-based communications comprises one or more application servers such as a transactional server, a Session Initiation Protocol server, and so forth. In addition, the platform advantageously comprises an event processor for managing arriving location streams that are generated by targets being monitored. Such targets include the cell phones and WiFi handsets of the enterprise users, but can also include location data from various users arriving from multiple, fixed points such as credit card readers in stores.
Event processing is an emerging technology that is helping enterprise organizations build and manage responsive information systems. Event processing enables an enterprise to discover the events flowing through the organization, understand the impact of the events on the enterprise, and act on events in an appropriate and timely manner. Event processing enhances enterprise process management in many ways that traditional, static systems cannot. Traditional enterprise process management tools often rely on simple rules triggered from databases or data warehouses, in accordance with a server-oriented architecture (SOA), in which updates take place daily or less frequently. Event processing's real-time processing interface, in contrast, is geared toward an event driven architecture (EDA), and provides an organization with dynamic tools to better manage its enterprise processes and make decisions more quickly, based on the immediate availability of information.
The primary difference between i) a database management system based on server-oriented architecture in the prior art and ii) an event processing system is that, while database management systems intermittently execute queries on static data in order to produce result sets, an event processing server evaluates persistent event conditions on streaming data in order to detect events as they occur. In other words, an event processing system is designed to handle real-time, continually changing data. Another critical difference between a database management system and an event processing system is the fact that a database management system is limited to the data that it contains at a given moment; by contrast, an event processing system can correlate data from different sources to create an event.
Where event correlation has been integrated into an enterprise system in the past, it has generally been a customized, embedded component as in a network management system, rather than a generic programmable component. By featuring an event processor to provide location-based services in an enterprise context, instead of a database management system running on an application server, the platform of the illustrative embodiment off-loads the low-level location stream processing from the application server.
Certain location-based services are particularly well-suited to the platform of the illustrative embodiment. Those services include real-time asset monitoring, location-based push advertising, location-based service delivery, and location-based reminders. Furthermore, more efficient dispatching or routing of mobile employees for sales, delivery, and customer support can be achieved. In addition, there are interesting applications in specific vertical markets such as health care, travel, retail, real estate, and social networking. As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, after reading this specification, additional services can be advantageously based on the event-processor-equipped platform of the illustrative embodiment.
The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is particularly well-suited for an enterprise environment. However, it will be clear to those skilled in the art, after reading this specification, how to make and use alternative embodiments which are well-suited for non-enterprise applications as well.
The illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises a method for providing a location-based service at a data-processing system that comprises at least one event processor, the method comprising: receiving, at the data-processing system, a request that pertains to an event of interest; receiving, at the at least one event processor, a plurality of location streams, each location stream corresponding to a different target in a plurality of targets, and each location stream comprising one or more location events that are generated by or on behalf of its corresponding target; and deriving, at the at least one event processor, the event of interest from among at least one location event that exists within at least one of the location streams, the derivation being based on the request; and generating a derived event stream that comprises the event of interest.
Location target 101-m, for m=1 through M, is an object that is capable of reporting its location, or of having its location ascertained and reported, on an ongoing basis via a location event stream. For example, target 101-m can be a mobile, telecommunications device such as a cell phone or a WiFi-capable device. Location target 101-m can be representative of a person such as a worker of an enterprise, of a thing such as an asset of an enterprise, or of another type of object. Location data for location target 101-m can also arrive from a fixed source such as a credit card reader that reports on purchases made by each shopper target at a store.
Location stream collection infrastructure 102 provides for the collection of location data from targets, in which each target provides location objects as a function of time in a location event stream, or simply "location stream." As depicted in
Infrastructure 102 provides the collected location streams to location service platform 103, as well as the timestamps that correspond to the location data being collected.
Various mechanisms exist within enterprise system 100 to request and receive location streams. A first mechanism is subscription, in which a subscriber sends a request to the target, or to its location generator such as in a cellular network, in order to receive location objects. If the request is accepted by the target, then the target will publish location objects at some mutually agreed upon rate and/or resolution to the subscriber, subject to privacy and other constraints, until the subscription is terminated or the subscription lifetime expires. The publisher maintains some state for each active subscription, such as the identity of the subscriber, network address, and type of subscription. An advantage of publish-subscribe is that it supports dynamic associations between sources and recipients of information.
A second mechanism is polling. For example, a recipient could periodically send a request to the target for the latest location object or objects. An advantage of polling is that the recipient can directly control the rate of location object delivery.
A third mechanism is configuration, whereby some control point or points in the system determine which targets deliver their location to which recipients. For example, in an enterprise, all field service personnel could have their company-issued equipment configured to publish location objects to specified recipients.
A fourth mechanism is broadcast, whereby a target sends location objects to all other devices attached to the network. Variations of broadcast include multicast and restricted area broadcast. An advantage of broadcast is its simplicity of operation.
Publish-subscribe, already described above, is a common enterprise mechanism that is referred to throughout this specification, as part of the illustrative embodiment of the present invention. It will be clear, however, to those who are skilled in the art how to make and use embodiments of the invention that use other mechanisms to connect targets and recipients, including mechanisms already described such as polling, configuration, and broadcast. In addition, as those who are skilled in the art will further appreciate, these different embodiments can co-exist in a given domain for different targets and/or recipients, and there can be hybrid combinations where location objects are delivered via intermediary nodes.
Location service platform 103, which comprises one or more data-processing systems, provides one or more location-based telecommunications services to location recipients 104-1 through 104-N through an interface that receives requests from the location recipients. A web services interface is used in the illustrative embodiment, but as those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, in some alternative embodiments, other types of interfaces can be used to interconnect different applications and information systems. Those other types of interfaces include TCP connection, message bus, remote procedure call, shared database, CORBA, peer-to-peer overlay, and so forth.
Each location service processed by platform 103 subscribes, or otherwise gains access, to real-time location streams received from collection infrastructure 102. Each location recipient 104-n, for n=1 through N, is an application that performs a location-dependent service such as targeted advertising, sales alerting, nearest sales call handling, customer routing, and other use cases that are described below.
Platform 103 is also able to call SIP user agent 105-p, for p=1 through P. As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, each "call" (or session) can be uni-modal (i.e., one of audio, video, and so forth) or multi-modal (i.e., two or more media types transported). User agent 105-p can represent target 101-m or can represent another entity within enterprise system 100. Each user agent can also publish and subscribe to SIP events and user presence, and can exchange instant messages with platform 103.
The salient components of platform 103 are described below and with respect to
In the illustrative embodiment, event processors 301-1 through 301-Q, transaction application server 302, and SIP application server 303, and database server 304 are software modules that execute at platform 103. However, it will be clear to those who are skilled in the art, after reading this specification, how to make and use alternative embodiments in which some or all of the software modules identified are instead physically-distinct, data-processing systems that execute the functionalities that correspond to the modules identified.
Event processor 301-q, for q=1 through Q, is an event filtering and correlation engine. A function of processor 301-q is to detect events on data streams. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, processor 301-q operates on the location data streams arriving from various targets, as described in more detail below. Geographic and/or temporal constraints are provided to event processor 301-q for the purpose of deriving events from the location streams being subscribed to.
In some embodiments, event processor 301-q is programmable and uses an SQL-like programming language. Written in Java, event processor 301-q handles events by pre-compiling SQL-like scripts into Java byte code, and then applying the rules of those scripts to the data streams that flow into its memory. When matches are detected, output events are triggered. An example event handler is shown below in Table 1, which handler tests for user proximity to a specific position. As reflected in the example below, when the test succeeds a notification event is sent to interested subscribers.
Processor 301-q is used as part of platform 103 of the illustrative embodiment in the following manner. Location events in location streams arrive at processor 301-q from various targets. Transaction application server 302 responds to incoming application requests by subscribing to specific location events or by performing queries for historical location information stored at database server 304. When an event of interest is triggered at event processor 301-q, the event processor forwards a notification event to server 302.
Server 302 then may use the event to trigger a callback to the subscribing application represented by one of location recipients 104-1 through 104-N; initiate telephone calls to users or update rich presence attributes via SIP application server 303, which users and attributes are represented by user agents 105-1 through 105-P; or update user location history, time stamps, and so forth that are stored at database server 304.
SIP application server 303 is able to create connections between two or more of user agents 105-1 through 105-P. For example, with respect to initiating telephone calls (sessions), server 303 can connect a user agent that represents a particular target to a user agent of a customer service representative, a buddy's SIP user agent, and so forth. In addition, server 303 can create multi-party calls and conference calls that involve connecting user agents that might or might not include the target.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, application server 303 interworks with user agents 105-1 through 105-P in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, in some alternative embodiments, server 303 can interwork with the user agents in accordance with a different communication protocol such as H.323 or WSIP, which is a SIP-like protocol that uses web services.
Platform 103 of the illustrative embodiment further comprises an application programming interface (API) for supporting a variety of use cases, as shown below in Table 2. These location-service methods allow applications to specify communication agents according to their positions rather than uniform resource identifiers (URI). The particular location service executing at transaction processor 302, in turn, invokes services on event processor 301-q and on SIP application server 303, in order to subscribe to location events and to signal communications to user agents, respectively. The location service may also access historical location information in database 304.
In performing the tasks of the illustrative embodiment, event processor 301-q offloads transactional server 302 and SIP application server 303 from the processing of the location streams and provides a powerful programming environment including event windows, filters, and event persistence. In particular, in an enterprise environment, the number of targets (i.e., customers and employees) can be especially high (e.g., 100,000 concurrent targets, etc.). At the same time, each type of location service that is particularly applicable to an enterprise environment often requires multiple location streams to be simultaneously processed, in order to generate the subscribed-to events. These location-based services constitute i) monitoring of one or more assets of the enterprise, ii) pushing advertisements based on location, iii) delivering services or resources based on location, iv) transmitting reminders based on location, and v) tracking the density of one or more targets within a geographic area that is based on location, for one or more geographic areas. Given the high number of targets combined with the need to process multiple location data streams, the illustrative embodiment is well-suited for this combination.
The combined rate of the incoming location event streams may exceed the capacity of a single event processor. In some embodiments of the present invention, platform 103 utilizes a scalable, multi-tiered configuration to divide the raw streams across multiple event processors (i.e., processor 301-1 through 301-Q), such that any pair of streams can still be correlated. The multi-tiered configuration is depicted in
Subscriptions and application requests that can be handled at a single event processor go directly to the first tier. Such requests include proximity of a target to a fixed object or position, proximity of two targets that are handled by the same event processor, and sub-sampling of a location stream. In contrast, a request that cannot be handled by a tier 1 event processor is forwarded within platform 103 to a tier 2 event processor. The selection of the tier 2 event processor can be based on capacity, previous assignments, geographic proximity to the associated tier 1 event processors, or some other criteria. The tier 2 event processor issues a subscription to the tier 1 event processors for the necessary streams to process. It processes these streams and generates the necessary events or calls to subscribers or applications.
As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, the tiering of event processors benefits from various enterprise-centric scenarios, in that i) only a fraction of the total number of raw streams will need to be correlated at any time and ii) the streams forwarded to tier 2 will usually be at a reduced resolution from those received at tier 1. As those who are skilled in the art will further appreciate, additional tiers of event processors can be added to the event-processor configuration, in order to perform further derivations between larger sets of streams. Moreover, the set of event processors 301-1 through 301-Q can be divided up between two or more tiers according to a hierarchy other than that implied by
In some embodiments, scaling of the event processors can be combined with failover and redundancy for fault tolerance. For example, two event processors may be operated in a redundant mode such that each receives the same streams and performs the same processing. One of the two would act as the primary and deliver the results to the subscribers and applications. If the primary were to fail or be taken offline, then the secondary would be switched into the primary role.
Another capability that exists among multiple event processors 301-1 through 301-Q is the persisting of location information at each event processor. This enables queries to be conveniently performed without consideration as to which specific event processor was responsible for a given stream at a given time.
The particular configuration of components that constitute platform 103, as depicted in
In the illustrative example, event processor 301-q is embedded within location service platform 103, a data-processing system, and is one of possibly multiple, embedded event processors. However, it will be clear to those who are skilled in the art, after reading this specification, how to make and use embodiments in which some or all of the event processors are instead standalone systems.
Additionally in the illustrative example provided, location service platform 103 receives a single request that pertains to a single event of interest. As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, however, platform 103 is capable of handling concurrently multiple requests from multiple subscribers, for multiple events of interest.
At task 501, platform 103 receives from a requesting node, in this case location recipient 104-n, a request that pertains to an event of interest. In some embodiments, application server 302 performs this task. The request, which can for example be a subscription request, might comprise a geographic and/or temporal constraint.
At task 502, event processor 301-q of platform 103 receives a plurality of location streams that correspond to the plurality of targets 101-1 through 101-M. Each location stream corresponds to a different target of the plurality of targets. Additionally, each location stream comprises one or more location events that are generated by its corresponding target. As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, in some embodiments, the location events in some or all of the location streams might be generated by another network node, such as a position-determining entity in a cellular network, on behalf of the target.
At task 503, event processor 301-q of platform 103 derives the event of interest from among at least one location event that exists within one or more of the location streams that are being received. The derivation is based on the request received at task 501. The derived event of interest can be one of the location events, or it can be inferred from a combination of location events. For example, if a request is "target density in geographic area of interest >10," when the number of targets in the specified area exceeds 10, then event processor 301-q generates a new event with the indicated information, such as "density threshold exceeded in the area of interest."
In some embodiments, platform 103 provides for the integration of real-time information other than location events and/or historical location information (e.g., stored in database server 304, etc.) into the logic of one or more event processors that are processing the events, as well as persistent or contextual information beyond location information.
At task 504, platform 103 generates a derived event stream that comprises one or more events of interest as derived at task 503. In some embodiments, application server 302 performs this task. Platform 103 provides the derived event stream to the requesting node, in some embodiments.
At task 505, in some embodiments, platform 103 generates a notification to call a SIP user agent, based on the generating of the derived event stream at task 504. In some embodiments, transaction application server 302 notifies SIP application server 303 to call the user agent. The user agent, for example, can represent one of targets 101-1 through 101-M or can represent another person or telecommunications device within enterprise system 100.
In some embodiments, the SIP user agent to be called can be selected based on a customer profile that is associated with a target, or can be selected based on customer service rep workload, locale, product line, service tier, or other information, as used in customer care routing.
At task 506, platform 103 calls the SIP user agent, based on the notification generated at task 505.
Platform 103 continues to event-process the request for the event of interest while location events continue to arrive in the location streams. As those who are skilled in the art will appreciate, at some point the requesting node, if a subscribing node, might elect to unsubscribe from the event of interest.
It is to be understood that the disclosure teaches just one example of the illustrative embodiment and that many variations of the invention can easily be devised by those skilled in the art after reading this disclosure and that the scope of the present invention is to be determined by the following claims.
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Abdifatah Yusuf Isse also told jurors he saw Mahamud Said Omar at the cramped safe house where he stayed once he got to Somalia, where he was forced to take a new name and give up his travel documents. He said the purpose of his trip was "to wage jihad" against Ethiopians in Somalia.
Omar, 46, is charged with five terror-related counts in a federal trial that is part of a broader investigation into recruiting by al-Shabab, a U.S.-designated terror group linked to al-Qaida that is at the center of much of the violence in Somalia.
Authorities say that since 2007, more than 20 young men went to the East African nation from Minnesota, home to the largest Somali population in the U.S. At least six of those men have died and others are presumed dead, according to family members and the FBI.
Prosecutors say Omar helped acquire airline tickets and helped pay for weapons. But Omar has maintained his innocence. His attorneys and family members have said he was too poor to finance terrorism, and never acted or spoke against the U.S.
Isse's testimony revealed the most detailed account to date about how the men were recruited and what happened once they arrived in Somalia.
On one occasion, Isse testified, he saw Omar hand $500 in cash to another al-Shabab recruit at a Minneapolis restaurant. Isse said the cash was "pocket money" and said Omar also gave them flashlights.
"He said, 'Good luck on the trip and if you guys need anything, call me,'" Isse testified.
Isse said he knew Omar as the janitor at Abubakar as-Saddique mosque, where Isse spent a lot of time after moving to Minnesota from Seattle in 2007. It was there where he also met other men who would eventually travel to Somalia.
Under questioning from Assistant U.S. Attorney John Docherty, Isse testified that someone at the mosque named Farhan began talking to him about going to Somalia for a "jihad" against Ethiopians, which many Somalis viewed as invaders.
The men began making plans to travel — meeting in private rooms at the mosque, or at restaurants and in cars. Three other men, two of whom have been identified as travelers by prosecutors, led the discussions because they knew more about traveling and had contacts in Somalia, Isse said.
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Naya Rivera 'Gets Schooled' in South Los Angeles
Award winning actress and recording artist, Naya Rivera celebrated with the students and staff at Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School in Los Angeles for winning the 2014 College Challenge. She was joined by E! News' Terrence Jenkins as they discussed the connection between learning and success in front of a school-wide assembly.
The California College Challenge, sponsored by Get Schooled and the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), inspired 100% of Alliance Collins' seniors to apply to and be accepted into college for this fall. The friendly competition saw a 5 percent increase in FAFSA completion rates in the 44 participating schools, and was supported by the California Endowment and USA Funds.
Naya Rivera, a native of Los Angeles, applauded the students' commitment to their success despite obstacles and challenges that stand in students' paths. Naya said, "I'm proud to have the chance to celebrate with the Alliance Collins community and the investment they have made in themselves and their futures."
Get Schooled, a national non-profit, and CSAC, the California agency administering state-authorized financial aid programs for students, designed the Challenge to offer schools and students across the State highly engaging ways to explore college options, understand key requirements, and complete critical steps to accessing financial aid. According to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United States has dropped from first to 11th in the world of college completion rates over the last decade. Educators have noted that a key driver in improving college completion rates is ensuring students are prepared academically and financially for college when they graduate from high school.
"Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School is an example of what can happen when an entire community comes together to support students in reaching their goals," said Marie Groark, Executive Director of the Get Schooled Foundation. "Get Schooled and CSAC are excited to show the school community that their hard work and commitment to creating positive futures did not go unnoticed."
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No Slowing Down For Shatner
Although seventy-seven, William Shatner shows no signs of heading for the rocking chair just yet.
As reported by The Dallas News, Shatner wants to make the most of the time that he has left. "I don't have much time left," he said. "So if I'm hustling at all it's because...It's the football hustle. 'Let's move at a double pace because the yards are giving out. Double time now because there isn't that much time.' You may interpret it as a hustle. I'm thinking, 'Let's get some stuff, let's get it all done.'"
But Shatner realizes what is important in life, family and friends. He wrote his latest book for his family. "This is a good opportunity to write something that was in effect a legacy for my children and grandchildren and give them a taste of what my life was about," he said.
But not everyone appreciates his new book. As reported at monstersandcritics.com , the family of Nerine Shatner feels that Up Till Now is "riddled with discrepancies about the fateful night of August 9, 1999," when Shatner found his wife in their pool at their home. According to Nerine's brother William Kidd, "they're fed up that Shatner's exploiting her death to sell his recently released memoirs."
Kidd feels that Shatner didn't do all that he could have on the fateful night. "The natural reaction of a loving husband would be to start CPR," he said. "But Shatner didn't do that, and he hosted Rescue 911 for years!
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Shatner hosted Rescue 911, yes. That doesn't make him a bloody paramedic though! Why should anyone expect him to know CPR just because he was host of some TV show?
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On the other hand, one tends to pick up a few facts when doing a theme-oriented TV show. One of the most obvious is when to start CPR. Most people would do that without having done a TV show about paramedics. I think Nerine's family are deeply suspicious of The Shat.
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One of Shatner's points in going over that painful episode again is that until you're staring a situation like that in the face, you never really know how you'll react. Over the years, he's asked himself over and over again the same question, why didn't he dive in after her? Why did he call 911 first?
Putting aside the fact that, as anyone who's heard the tape of his call can easily confirm, he was in full-on freak out mode, one thing that stuck in his mind, but really didn't pick up on consciously for a long time, was that the water in the pool was perfectly still.
In other words, she'd been down there long enough that there were no remaining waves from her falling in.
In other words, in the back of his mind, he already knew she was dead and had been for quite a while, and diving in after her wasn't going to make a lick of difference. Which probably goes along ways towards explaining his total freak-out; not only was his beloved wife dead, but he was completely and utterly powerless to do anything about it.
When faced with that kind of conflict, it is a perfectly normal reaction to freeze up.
If anything, he should be credited with having at least enough rational capacity to call 911.
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Besides, Shatner should have known how and when to administer CPR without being on Rescue 911. He could have at least tried. Perhaps he did. I wasn't there. And yet, Narine's family is suspicious. I don't think we'll ever know the whole story. Same as Natalie Wood, and Nichole Brown Simpson. OK, I was just kidding about that last one! :lol:
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Being an actor reading a script for a television show doesn't automatically mean the actor should know CPR. He's an actor not a rescue professional.:rolleyes: Not everyone knows CPR, even though we wish they did.
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Shatner's job on Rescue 911 was to host. That's all. Introduce and link the segments. Did he do that? Yes. Then he's done all he was asked to do - and all that anyone has any right to expect from him.
Just because one hosts a show does not mean they should be expected to know everything about its subject matter. No one seriously thinks Robert Patrick is a cop just because he narrates Disorderly Conduct, or that Liam Neeson is a mountain climber because he narrated the IMAX Everest film, or that Morgan Freeman is a NASA scientist because of his work on Cosmic Voyage, etc. etc.
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Aaron Hernandez Found Guilty Of 1st-Degree Murder
The former New England Patriots tight end will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The former New England Patriots tight end will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.
With the St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers exploring a move to the Los Angeles area, pro football fever is building again in L.A. Reporter Saul Gonzalez talks to fans from the different sides.
Former NFL tight end Ben Utecht knows all about concussions, suffering at least five of them during his playing days. He joins Bill Littlefield to weigh in on the newest NFL effort to promote player safety.
The wives of 26 NFL Hall of Famers sent a letter to the league and its players' association stating that both organizations have neglected the needs of players whose careers ended in 1993 or earlier. Gerri DeLamielleure, whose husband Joe was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003, joins Bill Littlefield.
Citing health risks, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired on Monday after just one season in the NFL. New York Giants running back Andre Williams was also a rookie this past season and he joined Bill Littlefield to share his thoughts on Borland's decision.
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Former Australian rugby star Jarryd Hayne signed a futures contract with the San Francisco 49ers and hopes to earn a roster spot in 2015.
It's hard enough for pro athletes to avoid on-the-field injuries. But what happens when real world injuries affect playing time?
The 2015 NFL scouting combine takes place this week in Indianapolis. New York Giants offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz was once among the hundreds of prospects trying to impress NFL scouts, and he joins Bill Littlefield to offer a behind-the-scenes look.
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The NFDA is to investigate the level of pre-registrations in the new car market, following comments from several senior auto retail industry figures over the past few weeks.
Sue Robinson, director of the NFDA said: "In light of speculation about the new car market the NFDA, is carrying out an review of the registration figures to a ascertain a more transparent view of the market."
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He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had, and three hundred years after his death it was said that his kingship was perhaps the greatest that the world had ever known. In this first full study of the man's character and life, Ian Mortimer shows how Edward personally provided the impetus for much of the drama of his fifty-year reign. Under him the feudal kingdom of England became a highly organised nation and experienced its longest period of domestic peace in the middle ages. Nineteenth century historians saw in Edward the opportunity to decry a warmonger, and painted him as a self-seeking, rapacious, tax-gathering conqueror. Yet as this book shows, beneath the strong warrior king was a compassionate, conscientious and often merciful man - resolute yet devoted to his wife, friends and family. He emerges as a strikingly modern figure, to whom many will be able to relate - the father of both the English nation and the English people.
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Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of the bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England and Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, eight other books and many peer-reviewed articles on English history between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine in seventeenth-century England. In June 2011, the University of Exeter awarded him a higher doctorate (D.Litt.) by examination, on the strength of his historical work. He also writes historical fiction, published under his middle names (James Forrester). He lives with his wife and three children on the edge of Dartmoor, in Devon. For further information about him and a full bibliography, see his website: www.ianmortimer.com.
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The season of youth ministry, from 2007 – 2012, has been an extremely difficult time for those in vocational youth ministry. There have been a couple of major forces at play which have left our tribe discouraged, shell-shocked, and struggling to dream about what's next for their ministry.
- Going into the recession there was a lot of re-thinking of youth ministry going on, both from those who were in youth ministry and [more importantly] those who were making decisions about continuing to fund it. As thousands learned… this meant that many churches were ready to pull the plug and try something else.
- Many churches were unprepared to handle the economic downturn. They had expanded their budgets during good times and been slow to respond when the recession hit. I can't tell you how many youth workers got sucker punched by a budget cut that included their salary and their ministry. Too many wonderful youth workers are left sitting on the sidelines and asking God, "Um, what happened?"
If you've made it. If you're still in this thing. And if you know in your gut that God has called you to youth ministry (even if you don't have a job in a church anymore) than you are probably like Marko and I… ready for the next season to begin.
Dreamers Wanted
We are hopeful. We believe that the best days of youth ministry are yet ahead. And we think it's time to come together and dream, celebrate, get refreshed, ideate, and ask God to reveal to us what this next season of youth ministry should look like for each of us.
We don't pretend to have all the answers. In fact, we're more convinced than ever that there isn't "an answer" but instead "many answers" to leadership in this new season.
The Summit is a celebration of this hopefulness.
We're bringing together 18 presenters– all high quality leaders, some of whom you know and some of whom you don't know, and asking them to present a series of short 15 minute-ish talks as we look at where we've been as a tribe, where we are at today, and what's possible in this amazing life calling.
But it's not just talking heads. There will be time to interact with people like you. There will be time to interact with the presenters. And there will be time to interact with the Holy Spirit as you get out of your normal routine and ask God to help you dream new dreams about your ministry.
Why Am I Talking About This?
The Summit is on my mind a lot right now because our early bird deadline for registration is this Friday at midnight. Since we announced it in the Spring we've heard from lots and lots of people that they love it and want to be a part of it. Well… it's time to be a part of it!
We've got some great incentives for you to register by Friday.
- Registration prices go up by $20 on Saturday, so you save money by registering early.
- You're automatically entered to win an iPad from The Youth Culture Report. (This is a different contest than the one on our Facebook page.)
- You'll get MP3's of all the presentations for free after The Summit.
Yes, I'm asking you to attend. Yes, I may be asking you to rearrange your schedule a little. Yes, I might be asking you to spend money you hadn't planned on spending.
Yes to all of that. And thank you.


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Our location guide for Arizzano provides some basic essentials for the more adventurous visitor. A simple location map is provided but also a detailed topography map that shows the location of the nearest places where you can surf, ski or mountain climb (if they are close by). Of course some of these will be at long distances from Arizzano and those far flung spots are provided on the 'nearest' tables. If you are traveling to other cities or towns near Arizzano you will also find weather forecasts for those locations below.
|Other places close to Arizzano:
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|1–3 Day Summary
|4–6 Day Summary
|7–9 Day Summary
5 km
|Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night
|Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night
|Heavy rain (total 56mm), heaviest during Thu morning
23 km
|Mostly dry
|Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night
|Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu morning
37 km
|Mostly dry
|Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night
|Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu morning
Malpensa International Airport
39 km
|Mostly dry
|Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night
|Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu morning
42 km
|Mostly dry
|Mostly dry
|Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu morning
Outdoor Activities near Arizzano
If you are in Arizzano and would like to go mountain climbing, hiking, skiing or surfing, click below for detailed forecasts.
Ski Resorts close to Arizzano:
|Closest ski resort1
|Pian Di Sole Premeno (Italy)
|1 km N
|Second closest ski resort2
|Mottarone (Italy)
|13 km SSW
|Third closest ski resort3
|Valle Vigezzo (Italy)
|21 km NW
|Fourth closest ski resort4
|Monte Tamaro (Switzerland)
|27 km NE
|Fifth closest ski resort5
|Bosco Gurin (Switzerland)
|41 km N
Mountains close to Arizzano:
|Closest mountain peak1
|Monte Nudo (Switzerland)
|9 km ESE
|Second closest mountain peak2
|Monte Zeda (Italy)
|11 km NW
|Third closest mountain peak3
|Mottarone (Italy)
|13 km SSW
|Fourth closest mountain peak4
|Pedum (Italy)
|14 km WNW
|Fifth closest mountain peak5
|Gridone (Switzerland)
|19 km NNE
The above topographic map of Arizzano and the surrounding area has been derived from satellite mapping. The topographic data has been illuminated by a light source corresponding to the position of the sun at mid afternoon in summer. Major roads, railways rivers and other water features are derived from global GIS data.