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The history of digital technology is full of innovations that are praised for having changed the world: the Mac, Microsoft Windows, the Netscape Navigator browser, the iPod and countless others. Then there are the many products that changed the world and were suddenly overtaken by some newer, supposedly better thing: the Mac, Microsoft Windows, Netscape Navigator, the iPod and countless others.
What's rarer in tech is the product that causes major changes, hits turbulence and then, after some nimble adjustment, finds a surprising new audience.
This week is the 25th birthday of one such aging chameleon, Adobe Photoshop, an image-editing program that was created when we snapped pictures on film and displayed them on paper. It has not just survived but thrived through every major technological transition in its lifetime: the rise of the web, the decline of print publishing, the rise and fall of home printing and the supernova of digital photography.
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Wrokman's comp the rates depend on the description you give for jobs tree workers is around 50% of pay landscape construction or hardscaping is also high close to 20% we do lawn-care and enjoy the low rate of 4.5% and we get a .3% rate for office. It is based on total income so when an employee is at time and half so is your insurance!
Motor vehicle on the trucks we have full coverage there's little difference in cost from our 25 year old truck to our 6 month old ram 4500 its about 1000 a year here per truck for commercial insurance. This covers trailers and all thats carried by the truck and we keep 500k/1000k on each truck.
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A dual threat kicker that shines both on field goals and as a punter. Has the leg strength and range to kick well beyond 50 yards, with the potential that he might be able to hit from 60 on some of his kicks. Shows good accuracy inside 40 yards. Shows nice ability on onsides kicks, able to get a good bounce off the turf to allow hands team to recovery. Shows good leg strength as a punter, able to kick his team out of trouble. Gets good hangtime. Shows good directional potential, able to work the sideline and get good hangtime on the short field.
Will line drive some punts and outkick his coverage. Will shank a punt on occasion. Doesn't always wow you with his hangtime and distance as a punter.
He is the best kicking prospect i've seen since Nate Kaeding, way back in 2004. Henery probably jumped to the national stage last year in Nebraska's Big 12 championship loss to Texas. He was the Nebraska offense in that game, making 4 field goals including a go-ahead 42-yarder with less than 2 minutes on the clock. He was very accurate and consistent during his career at Nebraska, making 89.5% of his 76 career field goals. Only missed 1 of 43 attempts inside the 40, and 26 of 33 from beyond 40, including 5 of 11 from beyond 50. Career long was a 57-yarder as a sophomore. Worked as a punter the past two seasons and showed improvement as a senior, averaging 43.2 yards on 69 punts, up from 41.4 on 77 punts as a junior. His touchbacks reduced (7 to 5), forced fair catches increased (8 to 14) and had roughly the same kicks inside the 20 (30 as a junior, 26 as a senior). Didn't have to handle kickoffs (only 7 career kickoffs) because of Adi Kunalic, a dynamic kickoff specialist. But he at least has the leg strength to potentially handle it.
Henery has the potential to work either as a kicker or punter in the pros, which is a rarity. Usually most dual threats excel in one and are decent enough in the other. But Henery excels in both. I think his upside is slightly higher as a kicker because having quality there is a much more premium position. But I do think that in time, with more development he could be one of the premer punters in the league as well. But it's hard to see as accurate, consistent, and strong-legged kicker like him go to waste on punts. After the Michael Koenen experiment here in Atlanta, I don't think it's really possible for a dual threat guy to exist in this day and age in the league, but if anybody could be the exception to that rule, Henery is probably it. Kicking at Nebraska isn't a walk in the park, since there are elements that come into play there, so I think he can play anywhere. BUt if a team was going to try and make him a dual threat, then I think it would have to be a dome team to try and minimize that aspect. The only real question mark about him is his ability to kick off. Leg strength doesn't always translate to kicking off, but considering that Henery has such a good leg both as a kicker and punter, it's hard to imagine that he wouldn't at least have above average leg strength as a kickoff specialist.
Henery could work in Atlanta either as a punter or kicker. But his best immediate value is probably to develop him as a kicker and potential replacement for Bryant. But if the Falcons did lose Koenen, he would be a good candidate to replace him as well, since he should shine in a dome. He has the potentail to be a top kicker or punter in Atlanta because of the environment. And is good enough in terms of his potential that he could beat either Bryant or Koenen in a straight-up competition as a rookie.
I think the fact that Henery kicks and punts so well actually might hurt his value a bit because I'm not completely convinced of where he sticks in the pros. I don't think it would be crazy for a kicker-needy team to take him in latter half of the third round. But it's hard to justify such a high pick because of the question marks about his kickoff ability. As a punter, he would also probably a nice fourth or fifth round candidate.
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The portfolio comprises European loans used to fund leveraged buyouts across a range of industries, RBS and Intermediate said in separate statements. Intermediate, based in London, said it will fund the acquisition with equity and debt. The price paid for the portfolio wasn't disclosed.
RBS is shrinking its balance sheet after requiring the world's biggest bank bailout during the financial crisis. The bank's assets ballooned 2,914 percent to more than 2.2 trillion pounds in the 10 years through 2008 as it made acquisitions, boosted trading and increased lending. The bank agreed this month to sell its credit-card payment processing unit to private equity firms Advent International Corp. and Bain Capital LLC for 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion). It disposed of 318 branches to Banco Santander SA and must sell its insurance division.
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i've never asked for a raise, fortunately they have always been given to me annually either the once, or sometimes twice!!
i think you stand a good chance of getting one, just present your findings i guess and clearly explain why you think you deserve it and what you think you deserve.
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If you don't get at least a 4% raise automatically each year, you are effectively earning less that what you did last year in terms of inflation.
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Nope, methinks someone pulled that figure out of their err "hat"...
Inflation is really at 4% in England? sheesh, I think in the USA this year it was a whole 1.6%
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I have a situation at work that I feel like I need to address but would like to hear the opinion of others. So I will give a little background of my employment at this company.
I started almost 4 years ago working under a man with 40+ years experience he held the position for the 5 years before I arrived. After the first year he retired and I obtained the Service Manager title. This is an Electrical Contracting co. with 25 -35 total employees with a new construction and service dept. In the almost 3 years I have been running this department we have gone from 1 tech to 7 techs as of Jan. 2013. I am constantly thanked by the owners for what the department has become. I know that the previous manager was paid 20.60/hr, had 2 wk off paid per year and drove a company truck. I have all the same but Im paid 21/hr. the new construction side has been in a slow state for about a year now and slowing building back up.... the service dept has been carrying the company... so Im told by the owners. I have been handing out raises to techs in the service dept but I have not asked for a raise myself....
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Bruce Davis
Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our conference call. Mike McConnell, our CFO, is with me. The objectives of this call are to review and discuss second quarter financial results, talk about significant business developments and market conditions and provide an update on our strategy and operations. The webcast will be archived in the Investor Relations section of our website.
Please note that during the course of the call, we will be making certain forward-looking statements including those regarding revenue recognition matters, results of operations, investments, initiatives and growth strategies.
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For more information about risk factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please see the company's filings with the SEC, including our latest Form 10-Q.
Mike will begin by commenting on our financial results. I will then discuss our outlook and execution of strategy. Mike?
Michael McConnell
Thanks, Bruce, and good afternoon, everyone. Our quarterly profits grew by $4.5 million over last year on significantly higher revenues. Our balance sheet remains in excellent shape, with more than $30 million of cash and securities and no debt.
We purchased -- repurchased approximately 66,000 shares during the quarter, and we continue investing significantly in growth, including marketing of our intellectual property with Intellectual Ventures, building-out our joint ventures with Nielsen, developing the second wave of retained patents and beginning commercialization of Digimarc Discover, all in support of our vision of enabling computers, networks and other digital devices to see, hear, understand and respond to their surroundings.
Q2 financial highlights included revenues of $9.5 million, 81% higher than the prior year, reflecting increases in our new relationship with Intellectual Ventures and strong growth in some of our long-term licensees.
Our gross margins of 82%, which were 11 points higher than the prior year, reflect a greater mix of license revenues to the total while gross margins on service revenues were consistent with the prior year.
Higher operating expenses reflect the increased investments in our new product initiatives and some ongoing litigation costs, an operating profit of $2.3 million or 25% of revenues. $700,000 capital contribution to our joint ventures with Nielsen, where our share of the net loss for the quarter was about $700,000. And $1.9 million net income tax benefit, primarily related to recovery of net deferred tax assets that were previously fully reserved. We'd expect our effective tax rate for the balance of the year to be in the neighborhood of 30%, subject to changes and are currently estimated at tax credits.
Bruce will now provide his comments on our outlook and execution of strategy. Bruce?
Bruce Davis
Thanks, Mike. As I'd noted on our last call, we got off to a nice start to the year. Our overall operating performance continues in line with our expectations. Market conditions are robust. Signs continue to indicate to us that the dawn of the era of pervasive intuitive computing is upon us. As sensors proliferate and networks gain intelligence, [indiscernible] identification of what's being processed becomes less necessary. In this world, simple, reliable identification of media objects is increasingly commonplace. From security for digital images, band notes and movies to music discovery and synchronized television, the common theme is an increasing capability of digital devices to recognize what they are processing. To see and hear, largely as humans do.
This growing capability will change the world, simplifying access to the benefits of computing throughout everyday lives for everyone. We think that Digimarc has an important role to play in this new world order.
Given we are at the midpoint of what is proving to be a very busy and complex year of development for us, I will spend more time than usual today commenting on our execution strategy and market conditions across the range of our business and our plans to grow profits from these markets.
Back to our level, these are remarkable times. Much of what we do is related to a concept referred to by many as the Internet of Things. At a recent industry conference, the VP of the European Commission for Digital Incentive for the EU commented that the Internet of Things is expected to connect 50 billion devices by 2020. That's about 6 for each man, woman and child on the planet. The shift from an Internet of People to an Internet of Things will create unprecedented market opportunities. We are seeking to play an important role in this new era. Now let's begin more specifically how things are going in execution strategy for doing so.
First, in the Government area. I'm pleased to note that we have an approved plan on budget for 2012 with our Central Bank customers. The budget was recently consistent with the growth trends of the last few years. In other government work, revenues blurred [ph] our expectations during the first half of the year. However, some recent contract awards in cyber security defense lead us to believe that this servicing [ph] will begin to improve in the second half of the year.
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So, here's where I'm at right now. CD1 of last cycle was 3/10 and my cycles have been slightly variable but they're approx. 32-34 days long. I still haven't gotten AF, which is of course a good sign.
I haven't tested yet. I guess I'm actually really afraid to. Some of you already know my history, which is that I've had insanely irregular periods since going off BC almost 2 years ago, but that lately they've finally become regular (probably the last 3 or 4 cycles have been normal.) I'm going to POAS tomorrow morning but it's really freaking me out. I'm really afraid of the possible BFN, because that would probably mean my cycles are screwed up again. I never thought that at 28 I'd have as much difficulty with TTC as I have and I swear I wish I had never gotten on BC! It's so frustrating.
Anyhow, I guess I just needed to vent. Any thoughts? What do I do if I get a BFN tomorrow? I really don't even want to think about what comes next if that's the case. I feel ridiculous for having so much anxiety over POAS but this is so not what I expected TTC to be like.


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In a mesh communication network, a poll request protocol (PRP) is provided in which a special packet is broadcast by the congested node when it is ready to provide services. The controlling node (usually the more congested node) broadcasts a packet to request poll signals from nodes desiring resources of the controlling node. The contending nodes then have equal chances to request the services of the controlling node by sending poll signals. The controlling node can then arbitrate the requests, determine the most fair and efficient use of its resources, and broadcast a scheduling packet to inform the contending nodes when to inform the contending nodes of controlling node scheduling. The contending nodes then send their packets to the controlling node without lost packets caused by congestion collisions. The controlling node can then send data to the contending nodes also without lost packets.
1. A method for accessing a controlling communication node by contending communication nodes in a wireless mesh network, the mesh network having one or more communication nodes that may be either a controlling node or a contending node, the method comprising:
accessing the controlling node in a non-PRP mode where multiple nodes are not contending for access to the controlling node; and
accessing the controlling node in a PRP mode where multiple nodes are contending for access to the controlling node, the PRP mode comprising:
withholding, at a contending node, requests for access to a controlling node until receipt, at the contending node, of a poll request packet broadcast from the controlling node, the poll request packet containing information indicating availability of a communication slot;
broadcasting from the controlling node to a plurality of contending nodes the poll request packet when the controlling node is ready to provide services;
directing from the contending node a poll packet to request access to the controlling node;
broadcasting from the controlling node to the plurality of contending nodes a contention resolution packet, the contention resolution packet containing rules information for each contending node requesting access to follow in order to send data to the controlling node;
in response to the contention resolution packet, causing each contending node requesting access to transmit data to the controlling node in accordance with the rules information; and
broadcasting from the controlling node a broadcast acknowledgement for data received by the controlling node, the broadcast acknowledgement received by all of the plurality of contending nodes, including both winner contending nodes having requested access granted by the controlling node and loser contending nodes not having requested access granted by the controlling node.
2. The method of
broadcasting from each contending node requesting access to the controlling node, an acknowledgement for data received by the contending node from the controlling node.
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4. The method of
purging data at any contending node upon receipt of the controlling node broadcast acknowledgement, wherein such acknowledgement verifies successful transmission of the data from that contending node.
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providing poll minislots following the broadcasted poll request packet, the minislots establishing times during which contending nodes may direct poll packets for requesting access to the controlling node.
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reserved minislots that are reserved for contending nodes already assigned minislots for requesting access to the controlling node; and
contention minislots for contending nodes not already assigned minislots for requesting access.
7. The method of
8. In a mesh network having a plurality of client nodes that access a controlling node for sending data through the mesh network, a method for the client nodes to access the controlling node, comprising:
each client node accessing the controlling node in a non-PRP mode where multiple client nodes are not contending for access to the controlling node; and
each client node accessing the controlling node in a PRP mode where multiple client nodes are contending for access to the controlling node, the PRP mode comprising:
withholding, at a contending node, requests for access to a controlling node until receipt, at the contending node, of a poll request packet broadcast from the controlling node, the poll request packet containing information indicating availability of a communication slot;
broadcasting from the controlling node to a plurality of contending nodes the poll request packet when the controlling node is ready to provide services;
directing from the contending node a poll packet to request access to the controlling node;
broadcasting from the controlling node to the plurality of contending nodes a contention resolution packet, the contention resolution packet containing rules information for each contending node requesting access to follow in order to send data to the controlling node;
in response to the contention resolution packet, causing each contending node requesting access to transmit data to the controlling node in accordance with the rules information; and
broadcasting from the controlling node a broadcast acknowledgement for data received by the controlling node, the broadcast acknowledgement received by the plurality of contending nodes, including both winner contending nodes having requested access granted by the controlling node and loser contending nodes not having requested access granted by the controlling node.
This invention relates methods and apparatus for regulating traffic among contending nodes, being particularly advantageous in a wireless mesh packet radio network system.
In a meshed communication system, packets will favor routes which historically have provided the best performance. As traffic increases, previously acceptable paths will provide degraded performance because of congestion unless alternate, normally slower paths are used or unless communication protocols provide dynamic relief at the affected nodes by changing their characteristics to be more efficient under load.
Meshed packet networks are one of several types of data communication network architectures that support packet communication. Other major types are star (e.g., cellular or 10-base T) and bus (e.g., computer backplane). Mesh networks have several advantages over other architectures for providing high-capacity, high reliability data communication over a large area and to a large number of users.
In a radio-based packet mesh network, an interconnected mesh of data packet sending and receiving nodes collectively captures, routes and delivers data packets in a shared medium. The sharing of this medium results in mutual interference and loss of some packets due to collisions caused by congestion. When a packet is lost, it must be retransmitted, which causes further congestion in the network and causes further packet loss. The packet loss and retransmission consume the limited bandwidth that is used to provide the communication services the network was installed for. It is desirable to minimize this loss of packets so that the network can provide a greater level of performance to the greatest number of users of the network.
Any transmissions or packets that are sent that do not deliver data to the users of the network decrease the efficiency of the network. The higher the efficiency of the network, the more useful work it is performing and the higher its intrinsic value. It is desirable therefore to minimize the overhead packets and transmissions that the protocol uses to communicate to other nodes and to maximize the number of packets that actually deliver data to the users of the network.
As a network becomes more congested and it attempts to deliver more packets than it is capable of, it is desirous that a user get their fair share of the resources. In typical packet networks some users will be favored over others because of the topology of the network or the time distribution of the traffic that they are sending. The network protocols should be designed so that the bandwidth is allocated in a fair and equitable manner regardless of these circumstances.
In a network with intelligent nodes, each node works to manage the traffic through itself. There are several known methods by which this might be done, each has disadvantages, as described below, over the invention described in this patent:
Polling: The controlling or contended node may poll each of the nodes contending for services. The controlling node has imperfect information regarding the servicing needs of the contending (or slave) nodes. Bandwidth used by the controlling node determining if demand exists is overhead which should be minimized. Particularly in a meshed radio network, the extra transmissions can cause further degradation of services because they can increase congestion for multiple nodes.
CSMA/CD: With the Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect protocol each node contending for the services transmits (polls) and awaits a response. If the expected acknowledgment is not forthcoming, each of the contending nodes "backs off" or delays an algorithmic amount of time and then retries the poll transmission. This technique is commonly used in wired LAN topologies where all nodes are in reliable communication with each other and thus can reliably hear the acknowledgment to the poll and know when not to transmit. Unfortunately, in many topologies, because of unreliable communication channels, each node has only imperfect information about the state of the targeted node. In this case, only the successful contender (if there was one) is guaranteed to know exactly when the contended node will be free to receive another packet (after the successful node has finished transmitting its packet.)
CDMA: With Code Division Multiple Access, contending nodes transmit by means of a limited set of orthogonal codes. These codes can be selectively detected by decoding each transmission with its own coding sequence. This technique can be used for sending packets from multiple simultaneously transmitting mobile units on the same frequency channel where relative timing can be maintained. However, the frequency channel bandwidth must be increased to handle the additional transmissions. The limitations of this technique are manifold: the processing gain of the coding used limits the number of simultaneously transmitting mobile units. For greatest capacity, the power level of the mobile units must be controlled to be nearly uniform when received at each multiple-station receiving node such as a mobile telephone cellsite. This requires additional protocol overhead which reduces the efficiency of the network.
It is well known that CSMA/CD does not work efficiently as a congestion-limiting scheme for meshed radio networks because of the nature of radio where all nodes cannot 'see', or simultaneously communicate with, each other and thus are not able to reliably avoid burst transmissions which block each other. This is a particularly severe problem when the applied load of traffic is large relative to congested node capacity.
Other, more sophisticated protocols (such as GAMA-PS as described by Andrew Muir and J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, "An Efficient Packet Sensing MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks", MONET 3(2):221–234 (1998)) work better as a congestion-limiting scheme for radio based systems communicating with each other on a single frequency channel (analogous to a wire.) They are; however, unable to handle multiple channels and thus take advantage of the inherent efficiencies available in a meshed network where multiple packets can be sent between different pairs of nodes simultaneously. Protocols designed to handle multiple channels, such as those used for optical networks, have not been designed to efficiently handle unreliable channels, such as those typical in radio networks. Other protocols (such as PRMA as described by D. J. Goodman, R. A. Valenzuela, K. T. Gayliard and B. Ramamurthy, "Packet Reservation Multiple Access for Local Wireless Communications," IEEE Transactions on Communications, (August 1989) require even more complicated collision detection that is not cost effective or is not available with current radio technology.
The following patents and publications provide further background information:
U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,777 Ahmadi, et. al. Jan. 24, 1995, entitled "Adaptive Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless LAN"; Ahmadi, Hamid; Bantz, David F.; Bauchot, Frederic J.; Krishna, Arvind; La Maire, Richard O.; Natarajan, Kadathur S.; assigned to IBM Corporation filed Apr. 19, 1993. It discloses an evidently inflexible fixed slot master (base)/slave contention reduction scheme. Access is random access, but there is no teaching of mini-slot categories.
ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.11, 1999 Edition. "IEEE Standards for information technology; Telecommunications and information exchange between systems; Local and metropolitan area networks; specific requirements; Part II: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Specifications. It teaches a time-based scheme dependent on a single base-station with which all nodes must be in contact.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,471,469: Nov. 28, 1995, entitled. "Method of resolving media contention in radio communication links"; George Flammer and Brett Galloway, assigned to Metricom of Los Gatos, Calif. This disclosure teaches a novel way of reducing contention in a frequency hopped packet radio network but under load (heavy contention) is an inefficient and unfair protocol.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,297,144: "Reservation-based polling protocol for a wireless data communications network"; Gilbert; Sheldon L., Heide; Carolyn L., Director; Dennis L., assigned to Spectrix Corporation of Evanston, Ill. This teaches an inefficient polling mechanism that does not take advantage of the broadcast nature of wireless and requires multiple handshakes between each data transfer.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,818,828: Oct. 6, 1998 entitled "Hybrid multiple access protocol for wireless frequency hopping microcells with adaptive backhaul and heartbeat"; Packer; Robert L., Xu; Milton Y., Bettendorff; John, assigned to Metricom, Inc., Los Gatos, Calif. This disclosure teaches a polling system that requires a Master/Slave relationship to be set up and is inefficient in requiring a poll for every data packet sent and a poll to determine if there is any data available to send.
What is needed is an improvement in communication protocols for mesh networks with multiple channels that can perform efficiently with imperfect channels and provide increased throughput and fair allocation of resources, even under load, with minimal increase in control overhead.
According to the invention, in a mesh communication network such as a radio-based packet network, a poll request protocol (PRP) is implemented in which a special packet or datum of information is broadcast by the congested node when it is ready to provide services. Specifically, the controlling node (usually the more congested node) broadcasts a packet requesting poll signals from nodes desiring resources of the controlling node. The contending nodes then have equal chances to request the services of the controlling node by sending poll signals. The controlling node can then arbitrate the requests, determine the most fair and efficient use of its resources, and broadcast a scheduling packet to inform the contending nodes of when to send their packets and inform the contending nodes that the controlling node will send data to them. The contending nodes then send their packets as scheduled to the controlling node without lost packets caused by congestion collisions, the controlling node can then send data to the contending nodes also without lost packets caused by random access collisions with the receiving nodes.
The present invention is an advance on the typical method and apparatus utilized in a mesh network among communicating nodes that experience congestion due to unavoidably high traffic levels. The invention also provides advantages in efficiency and fairness, particularly in a meshed packet radio network system where broadcast must be used and bandwidth is a very limited resource.
This technique is particularly advantageous when coordinating the resource demands of an indeterminate number of nodes, each generating such demand asynchronously. In this case (which is typical of packet radio networks) the broadcast packet from the contended node provides identical information to all of the potential client nodes; such as timing, load, and availability, thereby giving each contending node an equal view of the controlling node's state. This allows each contending node an equal chance of using the controlling node's resources, thus preventing resource capture by lucky or favored nodes.
Widespread implementation of PRP increases the network carrying capacity by substantially reducing poll packets over the prior art and limiting them to the active clients of the contended node, the PRP master.
Unlike prior art polling methods, which operate within the master/slave paradigm, where the master polls the slave units, asking them if they have data for transfer and/or whether they are present to receive a data transfer to them; PRP limits the number of polls sent and received. In the prior art, the slave units either respond to polling whether or not they have data or decline to respond if they have none. It is worthwhile to note that the master interrogates the slaves through the polling. Polls unheard or which fall upon slaves with no data to send are examples of expensive spectrum wasted. Since the master (being the contended resource) is typically in a propagationally favored location or configuration, wasted packet from the master radio node are maximally deleterious to the network as a whole.
Since the PRP packet is broadcast, and thus available to a large number of interested and affected nodes, the number of Polls and the number of wasted packets in the media is minimized, leaving greater network capacity for message traffic. Since the radios responding to the single broadcast PRP packet, i.e., doing the polling, are often subscriber devices with a smaller radius of interference, their polls are less deleterious to the network, thus leaving greater network capacity for communicating.
Since all requested polls are received in the same phase, prioritization of the traffic around and through the contended node is optimizable so multiple levels of service are possible. This is an advance over prior art in polling which did not allow for scheduling or priority.
Since a PRP master can easily listen for another PRP master, and the PRP system operates asynchronously, all nodes in the network, even portable nodes, can use PRP to control their own congestion. In particular, network software code is more manageable since all nodes can run the same algorithm and all nodes react similarly.
The invention will be better understood upon reference to the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Once it is determined that the PRP mode is appropriate, the congested node goes into the StartPRP state 2 and advertises its changed state via any mechanisms it has available to do so (transition Step B). These means include:
Broadcast packets that indicate state, timing, and traffic level.
Bits set in the header of packets exchanged in the course of 'normal' communication.
"Assumptions" made by other nodes in response to local failures generated and tabulated in the course of data traffic handling.
Thereupon, the node is in the PRP state 3 and the PRP mechanism is used to resolve contention and manage client radios in the vicinity (transition Step C).
When a node determines that it is no longer under contention, e.g., it receives no polls after a poll request or it determines that the requested services can be handled more efficiently without PRP, it exits the PRP state and returns to the NonPRP state 1 (via transition Step D).
The contending nodes that have not been scheduled to send data in the PRP packet send Polls to the master node requesting to send a data packet. The Polls are targeted to fall into one of several mini-slots in time after the end of the PRP packet according to the algorithms dynamically specified in the PRP packet. Several mini-slots may be assigned to a particular class of clients by the PRP master to reduce contention for that class of clients. The clients randomly target the polls into one of the designated minislots. (Step C2).
The PRP packet and, after receipt of the polls, the Contention Resolution Packet (CRP), lay out the rules of transmission among nodes desiring to transmit to the PRP master (Step C3). These are heard by all and provide useful client-client transmission information. [Note that a PRP master may be (and usually will be) a client to another PRP master.]
This mechanism has many advantages. By this means the client/master communications are synchronized, communication in the affected community of radios is freed of collisions, and priorities can be directly enforced so that high priority exchanges are completed before lower priority traffic is started.
Specifically, transmit/receive phases are enabled (Step C4). In this mode, all traffic to be sent to the master can be consecutively sent before the master radio node transmits data back. This mode permits reduction or elimination of "turn around time" as the clients and master radios switch back and forth between transmit and receive.
During this mode, availability and traffic load are announced, as well as acknowledgments for correctly received data packets (Step C5). Thereby, the "losers" of the polling competition for the attention of the master radio have useful knowledge by which they can decide whether to select another node for forwarding their traffic.
The clients that received data packets as schedule in the CR Packet, transmit their scheduled acknowledgments of the received data packets back to the controlling node (Step C6). Thus a complete PRP cycle is completed and data is transferred between a controlling node under contention to a plurality of requesting nodes in a fair and efficient manner.
The node then determines if it is still in poll-request mode. If not, it proceeds to transition Step D, if it is still under contention. For instance, multiple clients have just requested to transmit data to it in this PRP cycle, then the node stays in PRP mode. Before starting a new PRP cycle, the node can attempt to send data that it has that was not destined to any of the requesting clients. (This data would have been sent in Step C4). For instance, some of the data that a requesting client has just sent may be forwarded further along in the network.
The whole PRP cycle then repeats, starting at step C1.
The Poll Request Protocol (PRP) has been designed with a number of optional fields:
The PRP packet itself can be sent upon return from completion of off-channel traffic carrying (sent as an "I'm back" packet).
The PRP master allocates its resources by specifying the number and permitted occupants of the (smaller) poll minislots. These minislots are short periods in time where specific nodes or classes of nodes are permitted to poll the PRP master. By specifying the number of these slots and their possible occupants, the PRP master can arbitrarily refine the performance of the radios by using it as a forwarding or terminus link.
The client radios receive the results of their polls in a subsequent contention resolution packet. This form of contention resolution packet has timing and frequency information in it that the contending clients must follow if they are to utilize the PRP master.
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Until the timer expires, the client listens for the Broadcast Poll Request Packet (6A-5) and if it doesn't hear it, continues with other work (6A-1O). When it hears the Broadcast Poll Request Packet, it checks for a reserved contention minislot for itself (6A-7). Upon finding none it sends a Poll Packet in any random contention minislot (6A-8) and continues. Otherwise it sends a Poll Packet in the specified reserved minislot (6A-9) and continues.
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Referring to 6C, if Data Packets are heard, it prepares a Receive Acknowledgment Packet (6C-1) and listens for a broadcast acknowledgment from the server (6C-2). Continuing it checks for whether it heard the Broadcast Acknowledgment of the sent packets (6C-3) and. if heard, deletes the acknowledged packets from its own send queue (6C-4) and sends the receive acknowledgment packet (6C-5). Checking to see if any packets are left to be sent to the server (6C-6), if yes it reverts to the timer setup (6A-2) to repeat the process. If not, it checks for any further expected data to transfer (6C-7) and either reverts as above or if nothing further is expected, leaves the PRPstate with the server (6C-8).
The invention has now been explained with respect to specific embodiments. Other embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is therefor not intended that the invention be limited, except as indicated by the appended claims.
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Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
A 'British Accent' is a catch-all term for one who speaks with an English, Scottish or Welsh accent. Though it is most commonly associated with English accents.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Someone who investigates unsolved crimes and other mysterious happenings, either for a living, as a hobby, or simply by chance.
Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more. Chainsaws usually produce the best excessive violence, while guns simply provide more blood spray.
An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
A Prodigy is typically a young character who posses skills or intelligence far beyond their age. Some prodigies were born with this talent, while others had to work for it.
Games with cartoony, colourful, happy art styles that involve a lot of bloodshed, violence and killing. Examples would be Castle Crashers, Team Fortress 2, Battlefield Heroes, Alien Hominid, Conker's Bad Fur Day...
A plot device where innocent characters are killed. Sometimes players forced to watch it happen and can do nothing to prevent it.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after a first mission or prologue.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the original game.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
A red herring is a plot device used to mislead or distract someone from what's really going on in the story. It could be a false clue or over-emphasis of another character. Red herrings can add a surprise or make a challenge tougher.
Often found in either very violent games, or games taking place in or around water, Screen Splatter is a visual representation of blood, water, strawberry jam, or other liquids temporarily obscuring the player's field of vision.
One who murders three or more people within a relatively short time span.
An important game mechanic in the Persona series. Social links represent the people you meet, and each are associated with a single Arcana. It is called Community in the Japanese versions.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
The event of a character's flesh and organs disappearing so rapidly that they are fully skeletonized in a matter of seconds. Usually done for comedic effect.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, dialogue trees, decision-making, and branching narratives, as well as artwork, cutscenes, voice acting, and music.
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Thread: the curator
October 14th, 2004 #1
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|10 Ounce, finely chopped
|2 1⁄2 Ounce
|5 Ounce
|1⁄2 Pint
|Finely chopped onion
|1 Teaspoon
|Canned sweetcorn
|3 Ounce
|2 Teaspoon
|Lemon juice
|1 Teaspoon
|1 Pinch
|1 Teaspoon
|Dried white breadcrumbs
|6 Ounce
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (For deep frying)
To make a thick cream sauce :
1. In a pan melt 2 oz butter and stir in 2 oz flour and blend blend smoothly adding milk.
2. Bring to boil, cook for several minutes to reduce quantity slightly, empty to a bowl and keep aside.
3. Clean the pan, melt 1/2 oz butter and cook onion and sweetcorn for 3-4 minutes.
4. Mix well adding chicken meat, chopped parsley, lemon juice and mace.
5. Add 6 liquid oz of sauce, season well, let it cool and then add 1 egg yolk.
6. On a plate spread out mixture to cool and thicken.
7. Divide into 8 equal portions and form into rolls and turn in 3 oz flour seasoned with salt and pepper until completely covered.
8. Brush all over with egg beaten with oil and coat completely with breadcrumbs.
9. Leave for up to 1 hour before cooking.
10. In a deep fry pan heat oil or fat until gently smoking, then lower 3-4 croquettes at a time into hot fat, cook until golden brown and crisp and drain on paper towel.
11. Serve at once with lemon quarters and a salad or green vegetables.


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An account director ensures that clients who have account with their business stay satisfied and current with payments. Account directors manage all existing accounts, taking payments and entering them into their system correctly. They send out bills, process payments, and make sure that their clients' accounts are in order. They also must attract new customers by visiting them in person or talking with them on the telephone. Handling paperwork and analyzing reports about competitors is also important, as are filing monthly inventory reports and ensuring that anything needed for the account is readily available.Read More...
It is important for an accounts director to have excellent communication skills, as they are responsible for maintaining good relationships between their business and clients. They also must be able to handle any complaints or problems in a timely and respectable manner. Most employers require directors to have a bachelor's degree in advertising, public relations, or another business-related field. Professional certification is also available. It is important for account directors to have good organizational skills and writing ability.
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For Account Directors, progressing to a Marketing VP role may result in a significant raise. On average, a Marketing VP can earn $148K annually. Many Account Directors advance into roles as Marketing Directors or Advertising Account Directors, but the median salaries are $20K lower and $2K lower, respectively.
Dominating the field, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, TMP Worldwide, Weber Shandwick, Havas, and GMR Marketing, LLC are top firms with a reputation for hiring a great number of Account Directors. Weber Shandwick offers the largest salaries in town — $98K on average.
Survey respondents exploit a significant toolbox of skills in their work. Most notably, skills in Business Development, Sales, Marketing Communications, and Advertising are correlated to pay that is above average. At the other end of the pay range are skills like Media / Public Relations, Social Media Marketing, and Online Marketing. Those familiar with Account Management also tend to know Strategic Marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
Median of all compensation (including tips, bonus, and overtime) by years of experience.
Experience is an important factor influencing the compensation of Account Directors. Salaries of relatively inexperienced workers fall in the neighborhood of $74K, but folks who have racked up five to 10 years see a notably higher median of $94K. After 10 to 20 years, professionals can make it pretty big; the median salary sits in the six-figure neighborhood of $109K. Respondents who claim more than 20 years of experience may encounter pay that doesn't quite reflect their extensive experience; these veterans report a median income of around $121K.
For Account Directors, working in the bustling city of New York has its advantages, including an above-average pay rate. Account Directors will also find cushy salaries in San Francisco (+12 percent), Washington (+11 percent), Austin (+9 percent), and Seattle (+5 percent). In St. Louis, salaries are 17 percent below the national average and represent the lowest-paying market. Not at the bottom but still paying below the median are employers in Portland and Philadelphia (16 percent lower and 12 percent lower, respectively).
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Hey, I'm Daniel. I love good conversation and learning from other people. Family and good friends are usually what makes me happiest. I'm always into learning new things. Traveling is probably my favorite thing to do. I'm not into the snobby, the world is all about me types. I appreciate all that I have and always try to stay positive. I'm always trying to find something new to learn. I hate being stagnant, I try to always be progressing in my career and education.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Religion/Spiritual , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Dancing, Football, Golf, Hockey, Running, Skiing, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, VolleyBall, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I like Dogs, Exotic Pets, Fish
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I really enjoyed Medellin, Colombia and Hong Kong. Grand Canyon, Chicago, New York and anywhere I haven't been before.
My music taste is all over the spectrum. Depends on what I'm in the mood for. I like funny tv shows and all types of movies. Basketball shows and anything about the Miami heat :). Cuban food is probably my favorite but I like all kinds.
When I go out I'm probably with my friends and/or family. Miami heat game. Some where I haven't been before. Depends on my mood though, sometimes I like to just hang out at home and watch a movie
Usually whatever class I'm taking is the book I'm reading. If not, self improvement books or just whatever I'm trying to learn about next.
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:D So glad you liked it, George. If only photographs could record the noise of their little piggie snores.
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:D So glad you liked it, George. If only photographs could record the noise of their little piggie snores.
Hi Folks,
OK, first off I'd like to thank a couple folks for their prints.
Heather, my parents and I chuckled and chuckled when we opened your package and saw your image! Fantastic little piggies. Well, I guess they're pretty BIG piggies. Anyway, this was a treat to get.
Now George sends me this sequence of voyeuristic colour street scenes. I really like this set George. You've outdone yourself.
As for me, I have * finally * selected my image(s) <-- yes you all may be getting more than one ... shhh. I promise it will be out soon.
Regards, Art.
Hi People,
So sorry! I have finally sent my prints! Yeah! Mounted and matted. Sent a little extra Polaroid one too.
Regards, Art.
Woohoo! I got Art's beautiful print today. Best Christmas Eve present ever :D It's really nice and the polaroid is cool too. I'm quite amazed you got such a nice print out of a walmart 1hour lab - I thought you had started doing your own RA4 at home!
Hi Heather,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the two prints arrived safe and sound and that you liked it. As for doing my own RA-4, I have the "technology" at home, just not the time! Now that I have the time, I'm at my parent's place and don't have the technology ... argh!
Regards, Art.
Just got Art's print today. Funny that it's New Years Eve...
They're both great, the Frontier Print and the Pola. The first looks like a print from Cross-processed Tungsten Slide film, although it's not. I like the colour. Great matting, too. Do you do it yourself ?
Thank you, Art. Have a nice time tonight.
Yesterday the postman brought me Cathy's print. It's a wonderful Holgagraph of a Brussels statue... funny, but I spent 6 years in Brussels and never paid any attention to that statue...
Thank you Cathy...
Ah I knew I was forgetting things. I forgot to mention I also received fluffypenguin's print and it's beautiful :) I think I received mine on Monday... I remember watching the postie from my kitchen window and seeing him bend it to shove it through the post slot! :mad: But it actually was unharmed after all.
I too got Catherine's print of the statue. Very nicely printed. I also like the flare thing happening on the side - looks like a ghostly flag he's (the statue) proudly carrying. Serendipity happens!
Regards, Art.


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San Diegans strive to help, hinder, migrants
In preparation for the waves of Central American migrants who may be sent to San Diego for asylum or deportation processing, federal agencies on Thursday reached out to local social service and advocacy groups to coordinate assistance efforts.
"San Diego does not have a large Central American community here, so most of the folks will be moving on to other parts of the country," said Andrea Guerrero, executive director of Alliance San Diego, one of those groups. "But while they are here, which could be a couple days, a couple of weeks — in some cases it could be a couple of months — we want to make sure that they have clothing, that they have toiletries, things like that."
The request came as the U.S. Border Patrol planned to bring another planeload of migrants to San Diego today from Texas. The flights, expected to happen every three days, are a response to a surge of Central Americans who have arrived at the U.S. border in South Texas and asked for asylum, overburdening border and immigration facilities there.
The transport of the migrants for processing has sparked protests among groups both opposed to and in support of President Barack Obama's immigration policies. Anti-immigration groups organized a protest Tuesday that blocked the three buses taking migrants to the Border Patrol processing facility in Murrieta.
They plan another protest today, if the migrants are transported from San Diego to Murrieta.
"These protests are against the Obama Administration's reckless immigration policies which harm children and families, and entice impoverished people from south of the border to make the long, dangerous trip to America in search of Obama's de facto amnesty for most illegal immigrants," Rob Luton, a spokesman for the San Diegans for Secure Borders Coalition, said in a statement.
In an interview, he added that there's no clear plan yet for how long protests might continue, but that opponents hope officials stop trying to bring migrants to the area.
The efforts to help and hinder the transfers of these migrants to the San Diego region from Texas are a response to the hundreds of adults and children who have arrived from Central America through Mexico. Given that San Diego branches of federal agencies have begun coordinating with local nonprofits, it appears authorities are bracing for a stream of migrants to be processed here. After processing, many will be released, pending hearings at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in around two weeks.
Enrique Morones, executive director of the human rights group Border Angels, said his group and others are collecting items that children and their adult guardians might need, including diapers and clothes. People can also offer shelter to anybody who ends up staying in San Diego for a period, he said.
Legal aid organizations will offer services to incoming migrants who qualify for free assistance with asylum petitions. Carmen Chavez, the nonprofit's executive director, said it is too soon for anybody to know how many asylum claims will be valid.
Gabe Pacheco, spokesman for the Border Patrol union and a San Diego agent, expressed the concerns shared by many others who oppose bringing the migrants into the United States for processing in general, and to San Diego specifically.


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Families Displaced By Solano County Fire That Burns 8 Houses Near Birds Landing
A four-alarm fire that damaged eight homes in Collinsville near Birds Landing in Solano County is estimated to have caused millions of dollars in damage.
Butts Fire Forces Middletown Couple To Evacuate Their Dream Home
Aaron and Angela Wiebe were drawn to the Berryessa Heights subdivision now ravaged by the Butts fire because of Pope Valley's natural beauty and solitude.
Grass Fire In South San Jose Scorches 125 Acres, 2 Firefighters Injured
Two firefighters were taken to a hospital with heat injuries Monday in a 125-acre vegetation fire southeast of San Jose that stood at about 50 percent contained by late afternoon, a fire official said.
Firefighters Battle Grass Fire Near South San Jose Golf Course
Firefighters were battling a one-alarm vegetation fire next to the Los Lagos Golf Course in South San Jose Monday afternoon, a dispatcher said.
5-Alarm Fire Contained In Fairfield Area After Evacuations, Buildings Burned
A 5-alarm grass fire in the Cordelia area west of Fairfield was contained Friday evening at around 5 acres, after several structures were burned and numerous homes were evacuated.
Series Of 5 Oakland Hills Brush Fires Deemed Suspicious
A series of five brush fires that broke out in the Oakland hills Tuesday afternoon have been deemed suspicious, a fire battalion chief said.
2-Alarm Grass Fire Burns 1 Acre In Suisun City
Fire crews got control of a two-alarm fire that burned about an acre of grass in Suisun City Sunday afternoon.
Wildfire In Marin County Samuel P. Taylor State Park 50 Percent Contained
A 35-acre wildfire burning in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in west Marin County is 50 percent contained as of Thursday afternoon, a Marin County Fire Department battalion chief said.
Heat In Contra Costa Co. Leads To Downed Power Line, Grass Fires, Outage
High temperatures led to an equipment failure and downed power line that sparked two small grass fires and an outage affecting some 2,400 PG&E customers near the Walnut Creek-Lafayette border on Sunday night
Fremont Fire Crews Put Out Grass Fire After 1-Hour Battle
Fire crews have extinguished a one-alarm grass fire in Fremont, according to an Alameda County Fire Department dispatcher.