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A method and system for wireless ECG monitoring is provided. An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. The transmitter transmits the signals from the electrodes to the receiver. The receiver passes the electrode signals to the ECG monitor for processing. ECG monitors used with an electrical conductor, for example wire connections to electrodes, are connected with the receiver, avoiding the purchase of a new monitor. Any legacy ECG monitor, including different ECG monitors, connects with the receiver using the ECG monitor's lead-wires. The ECG monitor operates as if directly connected to the electrodes without the problems discussed above associated with wires running from the ECG monitor to the patient.
1. An electrode connector for physiological monitoring of a patient, the connector comprising:
material operable to interconnect a plurality of electrodes; and
a plurality of electrode connectors provided on the material, the connectors being releasable and rejoinable;
wherein the material comprises a plurality of arms, each of the plurality of arms corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of electrode connectors and wherein the plurality of arms are configured relative to each other to aid in positioning the plurality of electrode connectors on the patient.
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12. A method for connecting electrodes for ECG monitoring, the method comprising the acts of:
(a) placing a plurality of electrodes onto a patient in preselected positions;
(b) positioning a plurality of arms, one arm provided for each of the plurality of electrodes, the plurality of arms connected or connectable relative to each other to align with the preselected position of each of the plurality of electrodes;
(c) connecting the plurality of arms to the plurality of electrodes, respectively; and
(d) connecting a precordial-lead arm with a hexaxial-lead expandable arm.
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(d) transmitting signals from the plurality of electrodes with a radio.
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(d) connecting at least one of the plurality of arms to a belt.
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/908,509, filed Jul. 17, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,611,705 which claims the benefit of the filing date pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/219,082, filed Jul. 18, 2000, for a WIRELESS EKG, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to medical monitoring systems and methods. In particular, a biomedical system and method for monitoring a patient is provided.
Biomedical monitoring systems include bedside, transportable, ambulatory and discrete vital sign monitors. In vital signs monitors, electrocardiograph (ECG), temperature, blood pressure or other characteristics of a patient are monitored.
ECG systems are used for monitoring activity of a patient's heart. For example, three electrodes are positioned on the patient. The signal from one electrode is used as a reference signal for a difference between the signals of two other electrodes (e.g. ECG vector). By using this reference signal, and a differential amplifier configuration, common mode interference can be essentially eliminated or reduced. As another example, nine electrodes are positioned on the patient for a "12-lead" analysis of electrical activity of the heart.
Wires are connected from the electrodes to an ECG monitor. The ECG monitor processes the signals and outputs ECG data, such as a plurality of traces representing activity of the heart by measuring electrical signals at different positions on the patient. However, the wires inhibit movement by and around the patient. The wires will stress the electrodes, resulting in malfunction or disconnection from the patient. A caregiver's time is then required to reconnect or replace the electrodes. Patients are often moved during a day, requiring disconnecting one ECG monitor and reconnecting another ECG monitor. Often the electrodes also need to be removed and replaced. If not replaced in exactly the same position, the patient's ECG will be different from ECG monitor to ECG monitor, creating an artifact in the ECG.
Wireless ECG systems connect the electrodes to a transmitter to avoid wires from the patient to a monitor. In the example described in WO 94/01039, a microchip is positioned proximate the electrodes on the patient. The microchip analyzes the signals from the electrodes and transmits the results (see page 42). The results are received and provided to a printer or monitor (see page 26). However, a complete system including a monitor, printer or recorder operable to receive the signals as processed by the microchip on the patient is required.
Holter monitors record a patient's vital signs over a time period. The patient carries the complete monitor and recorder. The information can be downloaded or otherwise obtained for subsequent analysis. However, many of these systems limit the bandwidth of signals to suppress artifacts associated with patient movement, so information can be lost. Special monitors or other devices may be required for obtaining the stored data for analysis, preventing maximum use of other equipment.
Wireless ECG systems often use patches or strips for positioning electrodes. The strip is fabricated with a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to the transmitter. If one electrode fails, the entire strip is replaced.
The present invention is defined by the following claims, and nothing in this section should be taken as a limitation on those claims. By way of introduction, the preferred embodiment described below includes a method and system for wireless ECG monitoring.
An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. The transmitter transmits the signals from the electrodes to the receiver. The receiver passes the electrode signals to the ECG monitor for processing. ECG monitors used with an electrical conductor, for example wire connections to electrodes, are connected with the receiver, avoiding the purchase of a new monitor. Any legacy ECG monitor, including different ECG monitors, connects with the receiver using the ECG monitor's lead-wires. The ECG monitor operates as if directly connected to the electrodes without the problems discussed above associated with wires running from the ECG monitor to the patient.
In a first aspect of the invention, an electrode connector for ECG monitoring of a patient is provided. Material is operable to interconnect a plurality of electrodes. The material includes a plurality of electrode releasable connectors.
In a second aspect, a method for connecting electrodes for ECG monitoring is provided. A plurality of electrodes are placed. A plurality of expandable arms, one expandable arm provided for each of the plurality of electrodes, are expanded. The plurality of expandable arms are connected to the plurality of electrodes.
In a third aspect, a system for monitoring electrical signals generated by a patient is provided. A transmitter is operable to transmit electrode signals. A receiver is responsive to the transmitter to generate the electrode signals. The receiver has an output connector operable to connect with electrode wires of an ECG monitor.
In a fourth aspect, a method for monitoring electrical signals generated by a patient is provided. Signals are received from electrodes. Information representing the signals received from electrodes is transmitted. The information is received. The signals received from the electrodes are reconstructed. Existing wires from an ECG monitor are connected. The reconstructed signals are received at the ECG monitor.
In a fifth aspect, a wireless ECG monitoring system for reconstructing signals at a plurality of electrodes is provided. An electrode connector is operable to connect with the plurality of electrodes. A single transmitter is operable to connect with the electrode connector. The single transmitter is operable to transmit signals from the plurality of electrodes. A receiver is operable to reconstruct the signals from the plurality of electrodes.
In a sixth aspect, a method for wireless ECG monitoring with reconstructed signals from a plurality of electrodes is provided. The plurality of electrodes are connected with an electrode connector. Signals from the plurality of electrodes are transmitted with a single transmitter. The signals transmitted by the transmitter are received. The signals from the plurality of electrodes are reconstructed.
Further aspects and advantages of the invention are discussed below in conjunction with the preferred embodiments.
A wireless ECG system uses existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The wireless ECG system wirelessly bridges between conventional electrodes on a patient and a conventional ECG monitor. The wireless ECG system is an accessory that augments the capability of conventional, or legacy, ECG monitors or systems. The wireless ECG system functions as a wireless extension cord that physically un-tethers a patient from a conventional lead-wire cable connected to a conventional ECG monitor.
The wireless ECG system includes three components: an electrode connector (e.g. sensor array), a transmitter (e.g. ECG-radio) and a receiver (e.g. base station). These components interpose between conventional electrodes worn by a patient and a conventional lead-wire cable of a conventional ECG monitor without requiring any additional changes to the conventional electrodes, the conventional lead-wire cables, or the conventional ECG monitoring systems. An electrode connector with releasable connections, such as snap terminals, and expandable arms electrically connects with existing electrodes, such as snap terminal type electrodes. A transmitter provides signals received from the electrodes to the receiver. The receiver connects to the ECG monitor via conventional lead-wires or electrode wires of the ECG monitor. Signals representing the electrode signals measured or sampled on a patient are provided to the ECG monitor. The existing ECG monitor processes the signal to output ECG data, such as ECG vector data. Consequently, physical coupling between the patient and the electrocardiograph or vital signs monitor is eliminated. This enables the patient to freely ambulate while being monitored by the ECG.
The electrode connector 22 includes a plurality of expandable arms 32 and a transmitter 24. The expandable arms 32 comprise polypropylene or polyethylene fabric with an electrically conductive element such as a wire 36 and an electrode joiner 38 as shown in
The expandable arm 32 of one embodiment comprises memoryless material, such as the materials discussed above. The expandable arm 32 is die cut in a serpentine pattern as shown in
The electrical conductor or wire 36 in the expandable arm 32 preferably comprises a conductor printed on the Mylar, Kapton or other flexible dielectric material. The printed conductor is flexible, providing electrical connection between the electrode 30 and the transmitter 24 whether expanded or unexpanded. In alternative embodiments, the wire 36 comprises a thread of copper or another conductive material. In yet other embodiments, the wire comprises a coaxial cable. One or more wires 36 are provided for each electrode 30. For some expandable arms 32, one wire 36 electrically connects from one electrode 30 to the transmitter 24 or another expandable arm 32. For other expandable arms 32, a plurality of wires 36 connect from a respective plurality of electrodes 30 on the same and/or another expandable arm 32.
The electrode joiner 38 comprises a clip (e.g. alligator clip), snap terminal, or connector (male, female or both), adhesive tab or other device for electrically and physically joining the electrode 30 to the expandable arm 32. As shown in
The other end of the expandable arm 32 connects with other expandable arms 32 or the transmitter 24. The plurality of expandable arms 32 are connected in any of various configurations, such as a spiral configuration shown in
The hub 40 comprises the same material as the expandable arms 40, such as from using a continuous sheet to form the hub 40 and expandable arms 32. In other embodiments, the hub 40 comprises the same or different material with releasable connectors for electrically and physically connecting with the expandable arms 32. For example, the hub 40 comprises plastic or other material with plurality of conductive snap terminals for connecting with the expandable arms.
Another configuration is a "7" or "L" configuration, such as the embodiment shown in
Yet another configuration is shown in
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The configuration is associated with the desired ECG monitoring.
The hubs 40 and expandable arms 32 may include connectors 44 for adding additional expandable arms 32 or electrodes 30. For example, two or more expandable arms 32 are positioned for hexaxial-lead monitoring as shown in
The transmitter 24 receives the signals from the electrodes 30. The transmitter 24 comprises a wireless transmitter or transceiver, such as a radio, ultrasound, infrared or other transmitter. For example, a transceiver operable according to Bluetooth specifications (i.e. a Bluetooth transceiver) is used. In one embodiment, the transmitter 24 comprises an application specific integrated circuit, a processor or other circuit.
In one embodiment, nine electrode signal channels 80 corresponding to the typical nine electrodes used for hexaxial-lead and precordial-lead monitoring are provided. Fewer or additional electrode signal channels 80 can be provided. The electrode signal channels 80 each comprise a connector 92, a filter 94, an amplifier 96, a Nyquist filter 98 and a track and hold circuit 100. The connector 92 comprises snaps, plugs or other electrical connectors for connecting with the wires 36. The filter 94 comprises a low pass filter, such as for removing electromagnetic interference signals. The amplifier 96 amplifies the signals from the electrodes 30. The Nyquist filter 98 comprises a low pass filter for removing high frequency content of the amplified signals to avoid sampling error. The track and hold circuit 100 enables the system to sample all 9 channels of signals at a same or relative times so that there is no differential error created when these signals are combined later in a legacy ECG monitor.
The multiplexer 82 sequentially selects signals from the electrode signal channels 80 using time division multiplexing, but other combination functions can be used. The ADC 84 converts the combined analog signals to digital signals for transmission. The controller 86 controls operation of the various components and may further process the digital signals, such as diagnosing operation, controlling any user interface (e.g. input and/or output devices), and detecting connection to electrodes. Preferably the controller comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) that decimates the digitized signals so as to lessen the bandwith required to transmit the signals. The radio 88 modulates the digital signals with a carrier signal for transmission. In one embodiment, the radio 88 includes a demodulator for receiving information. The controller 86 processes the received information.
In one embodiment, the transmitter 24 is operable to minimize introducing undesired noise or signals. For example, components are matched such that later application to a differential amplifier in a legacy ECG monitor for determining a heart vector is accurate. In one embodiment, the ECG vectors are not formed by the ECG system 20, but rather by the legacy ECG monitor. Because the ECG system 20 is essentially "in-series" with the legacy ECG monitor, any error may produce undesirable results. One potential source of error is differential error. This differential error can be observed on the legacy ECG monitor when the ECG monitor forms the ECG lead signals by combining the individual electrode signals in the ECG monitor input stage. This input stage comprises a difference, or differential, amplifier to eliminate common mode interference from the signals produced at the electrodes 30. If there is any difference in how each of the electrode signals are processed, when the legacy ECG's differential amplifier forms the ECG lead signals or ECG vectors an artifact will be present. For example, in the transmitter 24 if there is a difference in the gain of the amplifiers, a difference in the phase shift associated with the anti-aliasing (Nyquist) filters, a difference in how the respective track and hold circuits treat the electrode signals, this differential error creates an artifact on the legacy ECG monitor. One important technique to minimize this potential source of differential error, is to choose a Nyquist filter 98 cutoff frequency that is very high. This is because each individual filter will have differing group delay performance, and to mitigate that difference the frequency that this group delay will affect is much higher than the frequency of the ECG signals, which are about 0.05 Hz to 150 Hz. By choosing a high cutoff frequency for the Nyquist filters 98, any mismatch in the Nyquist filter 98 components will not affect accuracy of the individual electrode ECG signals. For example picking a filter cutoff frequency of 1,200 Hz mitigates this source of error. With this approach, the individual electrode ECG signals are oversampled at about 3,000 Hz in order to not introduce aliasing. Of course higher filter cutoff frequencies and correspondingly higher sampling rates may further reduce error. Lower cutoff frequencies and/or sampling rate may be used.
Because the electrode signals are now sampled at such a high rate, these signals may be decimated to minimize the required transmission bandwidth. For example the digital samples are decimated by a factor of 8 in the controller 86. Greater or lesser rates of decimation can be used, such as decimation as a function of the bandwidth available for transmission, the number of electrode signals to be represented, and the Nyquist sampling rate. In alternative embodiments, the digital data is compressed, the electrode signals are not oversampled, or no decimation is provided.
The selected signals are transmitted as radio or other signals modulated with a carrier signal. Various formats for transmission can be used, such as Bluetooth, TCP/IP, or other formats. The controller 86 controls the acquisition and transmission of the electrode signals. The transmitted signals comprise data representing the signals received from the electrodes 30. In alternative embodiments, the controller 86 may also processes the signals prior to transmission, so the transmitted signals comprise ECG vector data. In one embodiment, the transmitter 24 also receives control information from the receiver 26, such as instructions to resend signals.
The transmitter 24 is positioned near the patient. In the embodiment shown in
In one embodiment, the transmitter 24 is removable. For example, clips, screws, bolts, latches or other devices releasably hold the transmitter 24 in contact with the electrode connector 22. Electrical contact is provided by connectors operable to withstand electrical energy produced by a defibrillator. These connectors may also provide the physical connection. The transmitter 24 is removed for recharging the battery or a plug is provided on the electrode connector 22 or the transmitter 24 for recharging the battery without removal. The battery or the transmitter 24, like the electrode connector 22, can be used for multiple days or multiple times and is separately disposable to avoid costly replacement of the entire system 20.
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The radio 110 demodulates the received signals for identifying digital data representing the combined electrode signals. In one embodiment, the radio 10 also includes a modulator for transmitting control information. The controller 112 controls operation of the various components and may further process the signals from the radio 110, such as interpolating data, converting the signals to digital information, generating control signals for the transmitter 24, operating any user interface, operating any user output or input devices, and diagnosing operation of the system 20. Preferably, the controller 112 in the receiver 26 interpolates the electrode signals to return the effective sample rate to about 3 kHz or another frequency. This enables the reconstruction filters to have a cutoff frequency many times the bandwidth of the electrode signals, thus minimizing any differences in group delay at the frequencies of interest, i.e. less than 150 Hz. The DAC 114 converts the digital signals to analog signals. The demultiplexer 116 separates the individual regenerated electrode signals onto the separate electrode signal channels 118.
In one embodiment, nine electrode signal channels 118 corresponding to the typical nine electrodes used for hexaxial-lead and precordial-lead monitoring. Fewer or additional electrode signal channels 118 can be provided. The electrode signal channels 118 each comprise a sample and hold circuit 120, a filter 122, an attenuator 124 and a connector 126. The sample and hold circuit 120 is controlled by the controller 112 so that the converted electrode signals appear simultaneously on each electrode signal channel 188. Differential error may be mitigated. Other embodiments may include individual DAC's that provide the signals substantially simultaneously. The filter 122 comprises a low pass reconstruction filter for removing high frequency signals associated with the DAC conversion process. The attenuator 124 comprises an amplifier for decreasing the amplitude to a level associated with signals at the electrodes 30, that were earlier amplified in the amplifiers 96 of the transmitter 24. This results in a unity system gain so as not to introduce error between the electrodes and the legacy ECG monitor. Other gains may be used. The connector 126 comprises posts, snaps, plugs, tabs or other electrical connectors for connecting with the lead wire set 70.
The controller 112 sets the demodulation frequency in response to input from the user input device or memory, or the demodulation frequency is fixed. In one embodiment, the user input comprises buttons associated with manual frequency control, with preprogrammed channels, with numbers or characters, with possible transmitters 24 or other input devices for selecting a demodulation frequency. The receiver 26 electrically connects to the ECG monitor 28.
In one embodiment, the receiver 26 physically connects to the ECG monitor 28. For example, latches, clips or straps on the receiver 26 connect the receiver 26 to the ECG monitor 28. In alternative embodiments, the receiver 26 connects to an equipment pole or wall or is free standing. The receiver 26 may be releasably attached. When a patient is moved, the receiver 26 may be detached and moved adjacent a different ECG monitor. Alternatively, different receivers 26 operate with the same transmitter 24, so another receiver 26 is programmed to receive signals from the transmitter 24 on the patient.
The ECG monitor 28 comprises one or more of a bedside monitor, a transport monitor or a discrete (i.e. diagnostic) monitor. Bedside and transport monitors are used for continuous monitoring, such as associated with hexaxial-lead monitoring. A discrete monitor typically is used periodically for analysis, such as associated with "12-lead" monitoring or obtaining multiple vectors associated with precordial and/or hexaxial leads. The ECG monitor 28 processes the electrode signals as if the signals where received directly from the electrodes 30. Neither of the transmitter 24 or receiver 26 includes differential amplifiers for determining a heart vector associated with two electrodes.
Some ECG monitors 28 test for failure or malfunction of electrodes 30. For example, a signal is output on the lead wire to the electrode 30 or a direct current level associated with the signal from the electrode 30 is monitored. To continue to provide this functionality, the wireless ECG system 20 tests for electrode failure or malfunction and indicates the results to the ECG monitor 28. For example, the transmitter 24 performs the same or similar tests as the ECG monitor 28. In other embodiments, the transmitter 24 or receiver 26 determines whether the ECG signal is within an expected range. For example, the controller 112 (
The ECG monitoring system 20 is used for continuous hexaxial-lead or occasional precordial-lead or both hexaxial-lead and precordial-lead monitoring.
In act 50, the electrodes 30 are positioned on the patient. For example, electrodes 30 are positioned in hexaxial positions, precordial positions or combinations thereof.
In act 52, the electrode connector 22 and transmitter are positioned. The expandable arms 32 are expanded, such as expanding a portion or all of the expandable arms 32. Another portion of the expandable arms 32 may remain folded or unexpanded. The expandable arms 32 are expanded to reach one or more electrodes.
In act 54, the electrode connector 22 is connected with the electrodes 30. For example, the expandable arms 32 are releasably connected with one or more electrodes 30, such as snapping or clipping to the electrodes 30. Expandable arms 32 may also be connected with other expandable arms 32, hubs 40, the transmitter 24, and/or the belt 42. In an alternative embodiment, the electrodes 30 are connected with the electrode connector 22 prior to positioning the electrodes 30 and expanding the expandable arms 32.
In act 56, the transmitter 24 is operated or turned-on. In one embodiment, a switch on the transmitter 24 activates the transmitter. In alternative embodiments, connection to one or more of the wires 36, expandable arms 32, electrode connecter 22 and/or electrodes 30 activates the transmitter 24. In response, the transmitter 24 radiates a signal representing the electrode signals.
In act 58, the receiver 26 is programmed. A code corresponding to the transmitter 24 is entered, or a channel (i.e. frequency) is selected. In an alternative embodiment, the receiver 26 searches a plurality of frequencies for an appropriate signal, such as a signal in an expected format or with a particular code. If more than one signal is identified, an output may be provided for user selection of the appropriate signal. A visual or audible output indicating reception of a signal may be provided.
In act 60, wires or electrode connectors from the ECG monitor 28 are connected to the receiver 26. In alternative embodiments, act 60 occurs before any of acts 50, 52, 54, 56 or 58.
In act 62, the ECG device, such as a monitor, printer or memory, is activated. Analog or digital signals corresponding to signals at the electrodes 30 are received by the ECG device from the receiver 26. The ECG device processes the signals to generate ECG data, such as one or more heart vectors.
In one embodiment, a light emitting diode, a light pipe or multiple light emitting diodes, or other output device is provided on the transmitter 24 and/or one or more of the expandable arms 32. The output device indicates electrical operation of the transmitter or conductance of signals by the wire 36. Different output devices may represent improper operation. In one embodiment, extending the expandable arm 32 activates operation of the output device or devices.
The wireless ECG system 20 provides for fewer artifacts due to wire movement, allows the patient to wear clothing without interfering with wires, and provides less psychological intimidation of the patient due to wire connections to a machine. The electrodes 30 are less likely to disconnect because of lower mass or force due to wires connected to the ECG monitor 28. The wireless ECG system 20 is usable with many different ECG monitors 28 and electrodes 30. Faster setup when a patient is transferred and connected to a different ECG monitor 28 is provided since the same electrodes 30 already positioned on the patient can be used. Since the electrodes 30 are not repositioned due to a transfer, the ECG monitor output is more comparable to the output of previous ECG monitors. If an electrode 30 fails because of patient movement or perspiration, the electrode can be replaced without replacing the electrode connector 22 or other electrodes 30.
While the invention has been described above by reference to various embodiments, it will be understood that many changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the transmitter and receiver may each comprise transceivers for two-way communication and control. Various aspects can be used with or without other aspects, such as using the electrode connector 22 with a transmitter that processes the electrode signals into ECG vector data rather than transmitted signals representing the electrode signals. Another example is transmitting the electrode signals but using a different electrode connector, strip, patch or mere wires. Other biomedical systems, such as temperature or blood pressure, can be additionally or alternatively monitored using the systems and methods discussed above.
It is therefore intended that the foregoing detailed description be understood as an illustration of the presently preferred embodiments of the invention, and not as a definition of the invention. It is only the following claims, including all equivalents that are intended to define the scope of this invention.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Library Loot: 01.05.10
16 comments:
- bermudaonion said...
I saw Julie and Dawn's posts raving about the bread book too. I can't wait to see how you do with it. I laughed when you said you're hoping for a snow day. As a kid, you can't imagine a teacher doing that.
- January 5, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Julie P. said...
Get the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes book and make the 100% whole grain. It is do-able as the healthy carb.
- January 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Sandy Nawrot said...
That was a post chock-full of fun! What a bountiful trip to the library! The kids and I absolutely love the Harry Potters on audio. We just started the 5th one. And now you've caused me to have a hankering to make bread! Too bad I can't gorge myself on it!
- January 5, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Michelle said...
Great stash!
You still have plenty of time for the Harry Potter Reading Challenge. Keep up the good work :)
- January 5, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Madeleine said...
Hi! I've given your blog the "One Lovely Blog Award" on my blog!
- January 5, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- JoAnn said...
Great loot! I recently bought A Moveable Feast and hope to read it soon... now that I'm not buying any more books ;-)
- January 5, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Vivienne said...
I wanted to go to the library today, to pick up some books I have waiting there for me, but we ended up being snowed in! I can only walk, I wouldn't dare get the car out. I shall have to wait impatiently.
- January 6, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- Margot at Joyfully Retired said...
You have an excellent library system to get you all those wonderful books. I'm looking forward to hearing about them, especially the Artisan Bread.
- January 6, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- StephTheBookworm said...
Awesome loot. I love the library too. I am a library addict.
- January 6, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Table Talk said...
I think I must be a library junky. I just can't stop myself from ordering far more books than I could ever possibly hope to read. Is there any cure or do I have to go cold turkey?
- January 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Creations by Laurel-Rain Snow said...
One of my resolutions for this year is to go to the library more!
I see a couple of books on your list that I want to get...A Moveable Feast, and The Housekeeper and the Professor.
- January 6, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Paperback Reader said...
Loitering With Intent is my favourite Spark novel so far, Molly, and I hope that you enjoy it!
I have a copy of The Housekeeper and the Professor to collect from the library for Tanabata's book group; I'm pleased to read that you are finding it beautiful from the outset.
- January 6, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- fleurfisher said...
What a wonderful selection of books. Aren't library trips wonderful therapy?!
- January 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- Caroline Starr Rose said...
Stop by my blog sometime tomorrow. I have a little something for you there...
- January 6, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- caite said...
I went to the library today to pick up a book I had requested. But I have been sick and waited too long and they returned it.
So of course, while they were reentering my request I had to find some other books to take out. Can't waste a trip after all!!!
- January 6, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Iliana said...
Lots of great library loot! I also have The Housekeeper and the Professor waiting for me at the library so I'm glad to hear you are really enjoying that one. I'm planning to go this weekend and pick up that book and I'm sure a few others :)
Enjoy your books!
- January 8, 2010 at 12:15 PM


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Cabin Fever Follies, the Mad River Valley's 27th annual community variety show organized by the Valley Players, runs one weekend only on April 5, 6 and 7, Friday through Sunday. A few of the lighthearted acts brought by friends and neighbors have, in the past, included singing, juggling, dancing, instrumentals, standup and sit-down comics, joke tellers and maybe even a large chicken. Directed by Doug Bergstein, this is an evening designed to chase away the mud (or cold) season blues and help break that cabin fever.
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The Wings & Wheels launch got off to a flying start as two Hawks swooped in to help the team with their Guinness World Record attempt.
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Harwood Union High School's Speak Out for Understanding group has been selected by the National Youth Leadership Council and the State Farm Companies Foundation to receive the 2009 State Farm Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Award.
This year's award was presented to project advisor Maureen Charron-Shea and youth participants Emma Wade, Tanner Skilton, Tucker Sargent, Grace Kirpan and Trevor Cook on March 20 at the 20th annual National Service-Learning Conference in Nashville, TN. The group received $1,000 to support its future work.
The award recognizes kindergarten through 12th-grade service-learning programs and projects that demonstrate outstanding youth leadership. Projects that demonstrate a high level of youth initiative in all areas of planning, including identifying community needs, planning the service, and putting that plan into action, are eligible.
Speak Out for Understanding involves a group of high school students with varying abilities in learning to speak out for themselves and others. After exploring some of the challenges facing students with disabilities, the students discovered that a lack of understanding is critical.
The students created a documentary film to raise awareness by telling their own stories about the challenges they face as students who have been identified with attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, Down syndrome and other disabilities. The film illuminates issues such as discrimination, stereotyping, learning difficulties and social isolation as students suggest actions to overcome these challenges. The goals of the project parallel students' curricular and individual education goals of communication, self-advocacy and self-determination.
The students have presented their film widely, engaging audiences at local and regional conferences, colleges, schools, service clubs, and on Vermont Public Television in discussions about these issues.
Recently, the students also were honored at the Vermont State House with the Deborah Lisi-Baker Leader of Tomorrow Award "in recognition of successful leadership and advocacy skills promoting the civil rights of people with disabilities." The program has received support from the KIDS Consortium, Teaching Tolerance, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council, the Vermont FolkLife Center and Vanguard Productions.
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No. 1 Serena Williams was dealt her worst upset in nearly two years in a 6-4, 6-4 straight-set loss to No. 78 Jana Cepelova in the second round of the Family Circle Cup Tuesday on Daniel Island.
It was the first loss in 28 clay-court matches for the two-time defending Family Circle Cup champion. It's just the third time in her career Williams has lost to a player ranked lower than No. 75 on clay.
"Nothing was really going right," Williams said. "It wasn't my day. It wasn't meant to be, I don't think."
Williams fell behind 5-0 less than 20 minutes into the opening set before rallying back to win four straight games. Cepelova halted the charge there and finished the set off serve in the final game.
Down 2-1 in the second set, Williams called a medical timeout to have her left thigh taped. Out of the timeout, Williams regained serve and took three straight games but couldn't sustain long enough to force a third set.
"I don't think I was able to lift my game as much as I'd like," Williams said. "I tried, but I really couldn't do any more. I tried today, but physically I couldn't give any more."
Williams finished with a 58 first serve percentage against Cepelova's 81 percent. Cepelova also led in second service won and break points saved.
Williams has seen an increased workload the past two seasons with a full schedule and admitted to being exhausted both physically and mentally after Tuesday's loss.
"I'm really just dead," she said. "I need some weeks off, which I don't think about tennis and kind of regroup. I've had a long couple years and I'm really a little fatigued."
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Hometown favorite Shelby Rogers turned in a spirited performance but fell 7-5, 7-5 to Daniela Hantuchova Tuesday.
The 21-year-old Daniel Island native led No. 32 Hantuchova, 5-4, in the opening set before stumbling with errors through the end of the set.
"(Hantuchova's) experience showed," Rogers said. "She was aggressive. She knew exactly what to do on the big points."
Rogers fell behind 2-0 in the second set but reeled off five straight games and looked to be in prime position to force a tiebreaker set before Hantuchova regained control to take the win.
"I'm glad I put on a good show for the crowd and I'm glad they were here to see how I've improved," Rogers said. "I try to treat it just like any other match but in reality it's not. Everybody has kind of a hometown tournament and I'm so thankful that this is mine."
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iWatch dreams: What iMore would like to see in a wearable iOS device from Apple
2007 wasn't the introduction of the iPhone. It was the introduction of iOS. Apple didn't so much re-invent the phone as they did the idea of computing That's why the iPod touch was "just" an iPhone without a phone, and the iPad was "just" a big iPhone, and the Apple TV "just" iPad guts in a box. The instances can and will change and multiply, but for the foreseeable future, it will be iOS that drives them.
Enter the "iWatch". While iMore and others have heard Apple is going ahead with their wearable iOS device project, the crux here is that they're also continuing to push the future of mobile. Of what's next. Trying to predict what or how exactly that will manifest is difficult, just like trying to predict the iPhone before January 2007. You get iPods with click-wheel dialers. The iWatch could be to existing watches what the iPhone was to existing phones, and the iPad was to existing tablets. Just like Steve Jobs took the stage and made the case as to why the iPhone was better, and where the iPad fit, Tim Cook or Phil Schiller will prove the iWatch deserves a place in our lives.
Or, instead of a product, the iWatch could be an extension. Instead of an iPhone or iPad, it could be an Apple TV. It could be a hobby meant to expand the overall value of the Apple ecosystem, rather than a new business meant to further expand Apple's mainstream market.
Given Apple's recent work on Siri, Notification Center, Passbook, and other secondary interfaces to Springboard, and telephony like iMessage and FaceTime, it's easy to see why projecting those things from iPhone or iPad to iWatch is so tempting, as is the idea of Apple continuing the fitness-related partnership they began with Nike.
Mostly, however, an iWatch might just be a glimpse at what's next for iOS. There are very few phones in sci-fi, after all, and Apple's just exactly the kind of company that likes the will the future into the present.
To round out the discussion and get some idea of what the current expectations are, to delve into more diverse flights of fancy, I asked the iMore and Mobile Nations community just what exactly they want in an iWatch.
Here are their answers...
Georgia, senior editor, iMore
I want an iWatch with Siri built in. I want Notification Center on it. I want to be able to answer my phone with it, like it was a Bluetooth speaker. I want to be able to read/hear messages and dictate/reply back. I want videos and music to stream and play on it. That would be awesome. I want GPS and maps, and Reminders with location. I want it to be insanely great.
James Falconer, community manager, Mobile Nations
When I think of an iWatch, a few things come to mind. The ability to make and take phone calls would be a must. Seems super-convenient to me to tap on my watch to answer or initiate calls. Built-in GPS as well. Having a GPS strapped to your wrist would be the ultimate in portable navigation solutions. I like to explore on bike and foot a lot, so this would be handy.
An exercise-friendly iWatch would be great too. I do a lot of running, and having the ability to run the Nike Running app, or other fitness tracking apps while out on a long run would be amazing.
Killer battery life. Needs to have… best… battery… life… evar. I don't want to add another device to my charging 'pile'.
As for style… I'm honestly not too sure how I'd like to see the thing look… I would like to see multiple styles available for purchase. I'm not talking colors here. Perhaps a men's collection, a lady's collection and a smaller collection for kids.
Anthony, videographer, iMore
Since Tim Cook took the helm at Apple, people have questioned their ability to innovate. If Apple goes ahead with an iWatch, they'll need to show they can dent even a post Steve Jobs universe. It would have to be more than a simple Bluetooth interface to your existing devices. As much as the original iPhone made even the original Star Trek communicators seem sated, an iWatch would have to make the Next Generation ones look last gen.
Given the current size of radio chips and the current capacities of batteries, I'll understand if the first iWatch is severely limited. More of a companion device. But it'll have to be evident that one day, and one day soon, it could become a self-contained iPhone replacement.
I'd like to see complete Siri messaging/email interaction. Reading, listening to,and creating messages via your watch. Complete phone interaction as well, answering, calling, and talking to people through the iWatch has to be an option. This means a decent speaker as well. Also, it will need easy to switch from the iWatch to the iPhone and back, as needed. Native apps are the end goal, but a good beginning would be second-screen functionality. Apps on the iPhone or iPad should just be able to use it to show extra information or as an extra, extended interface. All that would require some hefty batter life as well, and in a small package, that won't be easy. But, we already need to charge our phones almost daily, adding another device would be annoying. The dream would be 1 month per charge, but the reality is they'd probably need to overcome low battery capacity with high convenience. A wireless charging solution for all Apple devices would be ideal. And, of course, an SDK so third-party apps could run on, and use the iWatch and enhance the feature set.
If the iWatch can aspire towards these goals, I think it will be a slam dunk.
Ally Kazmucha, how-to editor, iMore
I've always got a phone or another device in my vicinity that shows the time. In order for an iWatch to sway me, it'd need to be able to add some kind of value I don't already have in the devices I currently use. I wear a Nike+ FuelBand on a regular basis to track steps and calories. It also doubles as a watch. The iWatch would have to do at least those things.
I'd probably have to see more than step counting and calories, however. If it pairs with my devices and provides me information in a more meaningful way than what I already use on a regular basis, I'd consider it. If it's just a watch with some additional features with an Apple logo, I'd probably pass.
Chris Oldroyd, news editor, iMore
I never wear a normal watch. My iPhone is always with me wherever I go so it would be surplus to requirements. Added to that, my wrists seem to be allergic to every imaginable watch strap material ever used so the prospect of an iWatch is not something that excites me at all to be honest.
I have toyed with the idea of getting one of those fitness bands that can record your movements and sleep patterns; so if the iWatch included some of this technology it may make it slightly more appealing to me. Having said that, I just can't see how looking at your watch to read a text message or email is much easier than looking at your phone. It would just be another thing that needed charging and another expensive item that you need to look after.
As it stands today with the rumors that we have heard, the iWatch wouldn't be something that I would want or need for that matter. Of course Apple has a great knack of releasing a product and soon enough you realize you just have to have it and can't find a reason not too. If Apple wants to produce that level of want again, it will need to offer something a bit different than a wrist mounted notification system and audio controls for your iPhone.
Kevin Michaluk, founder, CrackBerry
I love watches. Always have. Always will. It actually kind of annoys me how smartphones have for many people replaced wearing a wristwatch. Watches have always meant so much more to me than just telling the time. For men especially, we don't have a lot of jewellery we can wear, so a nice watch is a must! I have several watches - I like to change them up based on my mood or the occasion. Like most watch aficionados, these days I'm a fan of Swiss-made mechanical timepieces. I love that the brands I wear are in some cases from companies that have been around since before the automobile was invented. That said, I'm not a watch snob - I embrace all watches - cheap or expensive, mechanical or digital. A cool watch is a cool watch.
I do love the fact that the watches I typically wear don't have a battery -- there's something I don't like about the notion of wearing acid on my wrist. And when it comes to the automatic self-winding mechanical watches I wear, I like that they are powered by my movements. I don't need to worry about changing batteries or charging them once I'm wearing one on a regular basis.
And this is what I want to see Apple address in an iWatch. I'm sure whatever Apple comes up with will be cool on the software and functionality front and will have a trendy design as we'd expect from Jony Ive. Where I really want to see innovation though is on the hardware / power supply front. Can they build a smart watch that I don't have to plug in and charge up every day or week? If I need to charge it up on a regular basis, it's still less of a watch and more of a gadget in my eyes. Either way, I'll definitely buy one and give it a solid go!
Derek Kessler, editor-in-chief, webOS Nation
I've worn an analog wristwatch every day for the past fifteen years. It's both a way to tell time and something of a fashion statement. I like to think of the analog nature of my watch as keeping my tech side grounded. Plus, analog watches by their very nature just look better than digital. Any iWatch will have to not just be useful, but it will need to be visually clean, simple, and unobtrusive. In short, if I'm wearing an iWatch I don't want it to be obvious that I am.
Apart from that, an iWatch has to be useful. It needs to show me all of my notifications, it has to let me read texts and emails and tweets, control music playback, and -- most importantly -- show me the time at a glance without constantly glowing in my face. Throw in a slim profile, conservative design, a classy watch band or the option to swap out my own, multi-day battery life, and easy, rapid recharging and Apple just might end up on my wrist. Until then, that spot is occupied by Skagen and Nike.
Ashley Esqueda, host, Monday Brief and Techfoolery
Unlike Derek, I've actually never owned a watch I've wanted on my wrist for longer than a couple of hours -- I have small wrists and get annoyed by a watch's tendency to loosely flop around my carpal bones as the day drags on. At the present moment, it's definitely more of a hassle than a boon to wear a watch. So what would Apple need to do to get me to buy an iWatch? Well, it would probably have to be E-Paper, for one. I know that's sacrilege in some areas of techdom, but after seeing how Pebble looks in bright daylight, it feels like Apple will either need to adopt similar screen technology, or create something similar to provide a matte, easily viewable screen.
Notifications are key with an iWatch, but I think I'd want ones designed specifically for the device as opposed to just "here are your phone's notifications, go read them." Heart rate notifications, a pedometer, reminders, and VIP texts (all set by an iOS app with a full docket of choices) would be the kind of things I'd want to know on my iWatch. Basically, I want the iWatch to tell me the things my phone can't (or can, but with more granular control over it). The at-a-glance nature of a watch is what Apple should keep in mind while designing it, and if Apple can do that with the iWatch, it might have a place on my wrist.
Joe Keller, writer, iMore
I'm still skeptical about an iWatch because I don't really understand its purpose. I don't find taking my iPhone out of my pocket to be a hassle. But if I were to use it, it would have to provide more than just notifications and music playback controls. What I'd like to see is something that would replace my iPhone for things that need to be done quickly: a text message, a short email, sending a tweet, that sort of thing. Navigation would be nice. Siri is a must. Again, I don't know if I would actually use this device, but with these features, I'll definitely consider it.
Leanna Lofte, app editor, iMore
In today's world, where we carry a smartphone with us at all times, I've always viewed wristwatches as a fashion accessory, not an necessary one. Because of this, if Apple were to make a watch, it would need to be more than a simple fashion statement to be desirable.
To appeal to me, an iWatch would need to be a companion to an iPhone and look amazing at the same time. The biggest thing I want is for it to send me color-coded notifications and even snippets of text from Messages and Email. As a mom who carries around a huge purse with her everywhere, it would be nice to be able to leave my iPhone in my purse as I go about my day without the fear of missing an important call or text message. With an iWatch, it would simply vibrate to let me know that there is activity on my phone. And if I have a bluetooth headset, I want to be able to answer the phone with my watch so that my phone can continue to remain in my purse.
Sure, other features like being a pedometer would also be nice, but to be a compelling buy for me, an Apple iWatch needs to improve the experience of my already existent iPhone that I would grow to be unable to live without.
We've had our say, now it's your turn. What do you want to see in an iWatch-type device? What would make it compelling enough for you to add it to your digital life?
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iWatch dreams: What iMore would like to see in a wearable iOS device from Apple
I really do agree with Kevin, (and most of you guys!) an iWatch will have to be very innovative on the hardware side. I would not use a watch that will have to be charged every day, or other day in fact. I would also need features that would give me something more, enhance my iOS experience, not just extend it. To me, the watch will have to be useful on its own, Not always remain glued to my iPod / iPhone because if that is the case, the iWatch becomes obsolete.
I dont think it has to really be "innovative", but rather has to do a number of obvious things very well.
My question is "what exactly is an iWatch supposed to be?"
- The iPod was a music player.
- The iPhone was a evolutionary shift in the way people looked at and used Smart Phones.
- The iPod Touch is the evolution of the iPod into the "hand-held computer" portion of a Smart Phone.
- The iPad was the first mass consumer acceptable tablet.
- The AppleTV is a affordable media set-top box.
Most peoples thoughts on an iWatch sound more like an accessory to all of the above rather than an independent device, other than a watch function.
My thoughts on possible features...
- A watch: duh
- Music Player: This would only really be useful if you also included a bluetooth headset, as a wired headset tethered between your wrist and your head seems very uncomfortable. And with Bluetooth 4.0 High Speed (which is based on Wifi according to Wikipedia) overall audio quality is not an issue.
- A notification display: very obvious, but only makes sense when tethered to a device that is already connected to the internet, either via Wifi or more importantly via 3G/4G/LTE.
- An app platform: with the size of screen that the square iPod Nano had, i find it difficult for an iWatch to be a platform for dedicated apps. Instead, Apps from Apple's other real platforms (OSX and iOS) would be able to AirPlay to the iWatch, and the watch could relay back multitouch input. This could also make it a very small AppleTV remote-on-your-wrist. Another remote feature would be Siri, but that again is obvious.
Expanding on the "App Over Airplay" idea, we already can do this with the AppleTV, but that is just for display (since a TV has little "involved" input). The iWatch, obviously, would have full two-way communication with your other devices, much like how AirDisplay allows touch input via an iPhone or iPad being used as a monitor. A Photos "app" on your watch would connect to your iDevice's (or desktop's) photo library. Music & movies would be the same (and yes, i believe, depending on the situation, people WOULD watch videos on an iWatch). Skype could implement this features as well, sending a user interface to the iWatch with relevant information and the possibility of pulling audio from the iWatch's microphone.
I am not sure how small Passbook codes can be to still get scanned reliably, but that could be a possibility as well for quicker checkouts. Tap the Passbook icon, it shows you the codes for the store you are in (based on GPS, if enabled, via your iPhone), then just wave your wrist in front of the scanner.
To me, these are all obvious features that make use of the current infrastructure Apple has. There could be some memory inside of it so it had dedicated features to make it stand-alone, but keep in mind the more flash storage, battery and processing power you put inside of it, the larger the device will need to be. Instead, keeping it streamlined, almost like an "AppleTV on your wrist", and farming out the more advanced features (app streaming) to the more capable iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad, Apple could make this the "must have accessory". On its own it would be little more than a device in between the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano.
One feature that just came to me that I would find highly useful would be the ability to see the current battery percentage of my iPhone (in my pocket) simply by looking at my wrist. And not in the sense of "hmm, i wonder how much power my iPhone has left", but rather, "I casually look at my iWatch... its 4:30pm, no calls received. Hmm, my iPhone has 25% power left. i should charge it soon."
As a happy Pebble backer, I'd like to see something really new. Answers calls from my watch? Reading messages display on my watch? Other products already do that.
If Apple launch a watch, it must be awesome. It must come with something anyone ever thought about, like the iPhone and iPad.
like i suggested above, i dont think an iWatch has to do anything amazingly different or new, but rather just has to do the most obvious things (especially the "its so obvious why didnt I think of it first" things), and do them well.
First of all iPhones come with Bluetooth 4 now so an IWatch could connect through Bluetooth and still leave room for your headset. So I would want that. I don't need many features but caller ID and notifications with vibration so it's not chiming all the time and Siri already works with Bluetooth so it wouldn't need anything extra there. But a must would need to be nice looking and not bulky. Some watches are to big.
This is why I believe the iWatch will be more of an accessory that extends iDevice functionality, as opposed to a full-fledged independent device. It would still have independent features of its own that would not require an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or AppleTV, but the real power and usage would come from a constant connection to those other devices.
This is so stupid. One of the most stupid things I heard in my life. Ipad is a big iPhone ? Really? Don't make me laugh. Ipad can do 100 things that iphone can't. The iPhone can do 100 things that any shitsung phone can't. But really ipad is a big iPhone is a joke. Here is example:can you plug camera,keyboard,flashdrive,headphones into iPhone ? No. You can on ipad with camera connection kit. You can also plug sd card in ipad. You can't on iPhone. So please don't tell stupid things. Imore was my favorite. Now I will never open it. Ipad is not a big iPhone. Apple the best.
You either misunderstand, or are a troll.
Um... Chimichanga. So anyways, I think an iWatch only really has to be an extension (or accessory) to the iPhone. Cuz really, do you wanna be reading your messages and surfing the web on that tiny screen?? *bleep* no!! At best, they should extend the functionality of the iPod Nano to become a close friend to the iPhone with a strap to put it on your wrist.
just a phone that you can wear on your wrist: call and receive voice and FaceTime calls and text.... Eventually interact with all other services via Siri. Have emails read to you.. Get travel directions read to you. Not an accessory to the iphone... A replacement where the primary means of interaction is voice.
Basically pare down the concept of the phone further by ridding it of most of the display.
An iWatch would be useful to me. I stopped wearing a watch when I bought my fist mobile phone as it had the added benefit of showing me the time and haven't worn one since. As with most things Apple do there would be a progression with each device adding more features. The first iteration may be nothing more than a small remote second screen and possibly limited to notifications and the ability to read messages / emails / tweets only. It's becoming socially unacceptable (like smoking) to be glued to your smartphone screen, the iWatch would provide a discreet solution to stay up to date with your communications and as with the initial decline in watch wearing due to mobile phones there would be the added benefit that it would showing you the time of day.
I wear a watch on a daily basis and am very excited about the prospects of an iwatch. While I can see its use in limited situations, I'm really not looking for it answer calls. There's nothing more annoying then then when Nextels were the rage and people would have conversations held out in the open for all to hear.
I'm looking for something that can deliver glanceable information such as texts, notifications and emails. Siri would be a must so i could respond with short messages. I'd be excited with some health type applications such as nike plus etc. GPS would be really cool also.
The only thing that would kill an iwatch for me is if they put a cell chip in it and required another data package. This must act as a 2nd screen using your existing phones data. I will not sign another contract or pay another monthly fee.
I think an iWatch is a fascinating idea that is the precursor to wearable tech. I'm excited about it, and I'm sure as soon as people start to wear and use it, it will prove more an more popular. When u look back at the original iphone it changed the way phones were used and considered in our daily lives. Maybe the iWatch won't do this straight away but I'm sure it'll be the start of a new era in technology.
For the life of me I don't understand this hatred of charging a phone or now perhaps a watch. I own a Pebble and an iPhone and each night I just plug them in on my bedside table. What is so horrible about that? This is a deal breaker for some of you people? Seriously? Are you even really interested in tech stuff?
I agree with you. A watch has to last the day but much beyond that I don't have much expectations. I can understand the argument if you're going out of town for a week and you don't want to carry an extra charger, assuming there would be a slight challenge trying to keep a phone and watch charged off of one lightening charger. In normal use though, a good day would be all that I'd expect. For mass adoption though, they'll have to do better and probably make sure it can last a weekend on a single charge. Maybe they can make it to where the rest of the features shut off but the actual time telling part of it can go for a very long time. That way you always have an effective watch available.
Why not make the iWatch; a complete and total iPhone; with all your apps; except that it is curved around your wrist. It will replace the iphone. However; with one slide of the screen face; you create a gorgeous stunning watch. One more slide; and you reveal your entire iPhone app desktop! Its all there. You "hide" your iphone by simply sliding down your preferred customized watch face; digital or swiss; ... naturally; there are sensors underneath the interior "band back" for things like heartrate... and NFC. So ONE DEVICE; as Steve would say; why would you want to carry an iPhone AND a watch. ONE DEVICE. "These are not two separate devices"....
Hmmm... An e-paper band that alternates between time, weather, next appointment, patterns, etc. A remote for an enhanced Apple TV that enables me to control any device – TiVo or whatever. Secondary display for other iOS devices. Secure login that has to be re-authenticated if I take it off, but replaces all passwords for my Mac and idevices once I have authenticated as long as it stays on my wrist. Love the passbook idea – gimme coupons wherever I shop, and let me compare prices of what I'm buying.
It should be focused on shopping, as well as on personal monitoring. Using an iPhone to read a list at the grocery or home improvement center has the risk of dropping it, getting it dirty or wet, or forgetting it. An iWatch takes no hand space and can tie a shopping list to a location so it just shows up when I walk into the market.
I'd also like to have a clip-on external battery that I can attach to recharge the internal battery while I'm on the go or sleeping without having to take the iWatch off my wrist.
I don't understand why people want to be able to take phone calls directly on the watch. I get the bluetooth pairing with a headset, or even having a 3.5 mm output; but why would you want to have a conversation with someone holding your wrist up to your mouth? Maybe I'm missing something..
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I'd be happy enough if the iWatch was just a Bluetooth extension for the iPhone, providing a remote camera, audio streaming and phone use, even a touchpad. But, I don't think I'd want a tiny screen for apps nor a replacement for my iPhone.
All of the above (GPS, step counting, notifications, second-screening for fitness apps while biking or running, waterproofing/sweatproofing, silent alarm), plus wireless charging.
I had a MotoACTV until a week ago, and it did most of these well, right up to the point of being a truly useful watch (had to press a button to see the time), but Moto gave up on it after gen 1. I think it had a lot of promise, and Apple's ability to integrate it with iCloud and direct connections to the iPhone would make it that much better.
I'm with newmac. What's the purpose of having an additional device that does the same thing? Is your phone that inconvenient? I'm sure it is for some. But is inconvenient enough to where Apple sees a need for yet another device that does all the same things? Unless of course, it was meant to be a total replacement. I think it sort of goes hand-in-hand with the idea of an Apple TV that can replace my cable box, Xbox, DVD player, etc. If Apple is aiming for an accessory to the iPhone, it's a terrible idea. Let third parties handle those projects.
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In the penultimate episode of this season of Louie, we're given a 90-minute flashback into Louie becoming a stoner in middle school. There's a scene in which his science teacher demonstrates to the class that if you fall asleep through loud noise, its absence can work the same way as an alarm clock to wake you up. This—waking up thanks to a sudden silence—was how I felt watching the fourth season of the show, which ended last night.
Like most progressive white late 20somethings, I've been a fan of Louis CK's comedy before even his show's already-legendary on FX. Even when he's working hard against the grain—his n-word bit, the "feminist" rape joke—I think he's coming from a place where he's really trying to point out just how awful people—mainly white—can be, forcing self-examination and, ideally, change. That's what stand-up comedy should be. Most comedians don't get a pass the same way that Louis CK does; then again, most people are not as funny. But this season of Louie has done damage to my perception that CK is using brutality to make us think. There are instances of sexual and sex-related violence where Louie either faces no recourse or benefits from them and this runs counter to how I've seen him thus far.
There are the cute comedy club waitresses who pay him no mind until he comes home from a Hamptons benefit, having had the shit beat out of him after he accidentally breaks his one-night stand's eye socket. That sex was consensual; the elbow incident felt shocking but truly unintentional. It was the smarmy smirk when he realized the waitress who had previously denied his advances was going to hang out with him, touch his face, feel pity, that made me think: This is not the same Louie anymore.
We saw plotlines guided by typical Louie fare: perfecting his masturbation techniques, dealing with his ex-wife's constant disappointment in his behavior. But he had a lot more sexual tenacity this season after his random Hamptons encounter. A six-episode arc where Louie has a dopey romance with his Hungarian neighbor's non-English-speaking niece Amia is consummated via coercion. Louie's clumsiness has always been part of his charm and the twitterpated beginnings of his relationship with Amia should have remained just that. When, the morning after, she delivers a speech that only people who speak Hungarian (and probably some dark corner of Reddit) know the meat of. The only English she says to him: "No good." In the context of Louie's world, I am sure many viewers took this as a tragically funny comment on Louie's sexual prowess. I took her to be expressing her discomfort by how the situation shook out.
I hoped that the next week they'd confront the scene. Instead, Amia wrote him a letter about how much she loved their time together, but that she had to return to her home country. Louie's neighbor, Dr. Bigelow (played with gruff brilliance by Charles Grodin), instructs him to embrace the pain. Heartbreak is a benefit of loving someone, Bigelow tells him: "You're so lucky. You're like a walking poem." This is the part that fucks me: As a viewer, and as a person who has recently been dumped and moved by Grodin's missives, I sympathize. I think, Oh, maybe he didn't know what he was doing. But I'm also a person who has written before about rape on this show. In season three, Louie is sodomized by a blind date (played by Melissa Leo). If you can recall, after performing oral sex on Louie in her car, she expects reciprocity. When he says he doesn't want to, she cold-cocks him in the face hard enough to shatter the glass of her passenger side window and then climbs on top of his face. I loved CK for writing this into the show. I thought that he could elicit empathy from men over sexual pressure by seeing it happen to someone like them. But I didn't share that experience this season in the same Grodin-featuring episode when Louie chased Pamela Adlon's eponymous character around his apartment, grabbing her and trying to force her into his bedroom. It's too real.
That's this season's biggest problem. The show is always littered with the maudlin or the unfortunate, but it's usually counteracted with the outrageous. We like him because he's a family man, he struggles with his career, he believes in the right thing. When we see him in an episode like season three's "Dad" where he finally gets the gumption to visit his father, with whom he has a rocky past, but ultimately becomes so frightened that he runs away only to steal a motorcycle to drive across town to then steal a motor boat, so he can find sanctuary in the middle of the water. No one is ever going to do that, but that kind of desire exists in everyone: Doing the fantastical to get away from the upsetting. With Amia and Pamela, Louie hasn't divined himself a Don Juan; he's reached into the shitty annals of power to get what he wants. We rely on Louie to retrieve himself from darkness using the absurd. But in season four, Louie dispenses darkness onto others.
So, with her back pressed to the wall, Adlon's fear becomes palpable. It's a disturbing scene because probably every woman you know has been in a similar situation—when the power dynamic shifts so that physicality reigns and the smaller person has to fight with insurmountable strength or submit without will. Pamela's best defense is screaming at him, "This would be rape if you weren't so stupid." It doesn't stop Louie, however, from backing her into a corner to steal a painful kiss before allowing her to leave. It is awful. On Morning After, Jacob Clifton wrote, "It's quite possible there is a dance happening here that I'm not equipped to notice, because I never had to learn the steps." For anyone who has never been in this situation before, the steps to that dance go like this: Do everything you can to get the fuck out of there before this moment ruins your life.
For two weeks, I waited for the Pamela plotline to continue. The thing about Louie is that almost everything that happens on that show exists in a vacuum: He suffers no PTSD from seeing a homeless person have his head knocked off by a truck; he still has a pretty fine relationship with his brother, even though he's sexually propositioned him; we're supposed to be shocked when his daughter Lily wears blackface for her Frederick Douglass Halloween costume only to find out two seasons later, despite being white-looking, she is half-black. The one thing that has been constant? Pamela. And he's pretty much been nagging her to ameliorate his unrequited love since they met at a PTA meeting. His mom comes out of the closet, a date abandons him by hopping on a helicopter—we're supposed to forget about all of these things, but we're never supposed to forget about Pamela.
And how could I? Adlon's characters tend to be brash. She's a firecracker as Marcy Runkle on the increasingly unfortunate Californication and maintained a perfect sarcastic malaise when she played CK's wife on his short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie. But Louie's Pamela? The toughest. During last night's finale, when Louie asks her what she's doing, she tells him, "Searching for elephants in your mother's vagina." Her coldness, her potty-humor, her penchant for berating him: I get it. She's perfect for him. Except for one major thing, she repeatedly, repeatedly tells him that she is not attracted to him. And, yet, by the end of the two-part episode, they are sharing a bath, a nod to the one time in a past season where she considered acquiescing to his interest.
In "Pamela Pt. 1," before the attempted rape scene, Louie does a lengthy stand-up bit about how he believes that women should be the dominant sex (because mothers are the first people who take care of you) and theorizes that at some point ("when we walked around naked") they were. But to him, women spent too much time making fun of and "flicking" penises, so that when men took over, their fear of women turned them into monsters. "We're so scared of [women]," he says. "We punch a woman and she is like, 'Wahhh' and [we react], 'We can hit them!' We're so afraid of women." But in parts 2 and 3, Pamela only acknowledges the awkward kiss when Louie asks her on a proper date, as if the rest of the incident was not totally terrifying—and especially for the viewer, for people like myself who have been in that kind of situation before. There is no learning moment. There is no example to be made. What we learn in this season of Louie is that if you press a woman hard enough, she will eventually be romantic with you in the capacity that you want.
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Robert Finfrock, Chair
Finfrock Industries
Michel Champagne, Vice Chair
Bright House Networks
John Slot, Treasurer
SAS Institute Inc.
Jeff Buhler, Secretary
Massey Service Inc.
Samual A. Miller, Esq., Board Counsel
Akerman Senterfitt
Scott Wilson, Immediate Past Chair
McGladrey, LLP
Dennis M. Lind, P.E., Development Chair
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Min Cho, Esq., Board Governance Chair
Holland & Knight
Joe Durso, Advocacy Chair
Community Based Care of Central Florida (CBCCFL)
Debbie Totten, At Large
Starwood Vacation Ownership
Brig. General Stephen M. Seay, At Large
Seay Business Solutions
Voting Trustees
Patrick Aliu
PSA Constructors, Inc.
Waymon Armstrong
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James B. Cross
Cross, Fernandez & Riley, LLP
Robert Gunning
Lockheed Martin
Catriona Harris
Uproar PR
Gaby N. Hawat, Ph.D.
Valencia College
Daryl Holt
Electronic Arts (EA Studios)
Karen Lane
Siemens Wind Power
Matthew Levine
Nabil May
Regions Bank
Steve Nakagawa
Jon Nally
Tupperware Brands
Dennis Nolte
Capital Guardian, LLC
Jerry Sullivan
OUC – The Reliable One
Marc Swanson
SeaWorld Parks & Resorts
Rick Tomb
Luke Widmer
American Management Specialists
Suzanne Worthington, MEd.
Orlando Health Women's Institute
Nelson Ying Jr.
China Pavilion Operating Corporation
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There are some who thought the change on the select board was due to the town's purchase of land by the covered bridge. These members had served for many years and have done some excellent work; some think it was more than that. Perhaps the voters were angry with what is going on with our town, our expenses, our selection process for a town office and this was the only way to be heard.
I sat on the last committee that was trying to find the will of the people via survey. Committee members would not allow any other choice other than the Farm Stand. Brian Shupe called my survey a "junk box survey," but it appears to be more accurate than what the task force has put on. I've given this to the select board and The Valley Reporter. I was told that we couldn't give another far less expensive option, because, of course, they would vote for something less expensive – well, aren't we supposed to give them another option?
There are some great ideas out there; too bad we don't listen. The new select board asked some very pertinent hard-hitting questions. They asked for executive session to discuss some matters and were rebuffed twice. Why?
Perhaps the townspeople are feeling a bit rebuffed? There is a real grassroots effort; perhaps we should ask them what they are thinking; we have all their names. Some are frustrated, because they think a select few will bring their version of a town hall up again and again until it passes, so there is no reason to vote. Is there a fix in? Perhaps the select board could bring about a wind of change? It's beginning to smell like Washington.
Neil Johnson
P.S. On an aside, the original town hall will have a new septic, will be flood-proofed, the only other thing it needs is a bigger safe and some renovations, maybe $150,000? But why would we want to save $1,150,000? There are real options; some people don't want you to see them. N.J.


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