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At GoGrid, our technology stack is not simply around infrastructure devices like servers, firewalls, storage and load balancers. We also view Operating System choice, horizontal & vertical scalability, CPU and I/O performance, our partner ecosystem, our image management and deployment systems, and yes, network management, availability and performance as well. By doing just a bit of research, you will see that cloud providers vary greatly in what they can or cannot offer and how well they do it.
It is significant to note that this performance study ranks all types of cloud service providers juxtaposed together — PaaS, IaaS and even VMware shops. We call this out because there are definite distinctions between types of cloud (see Cloud Pyramid below). As we use this important data to better educate our customers and prospects, there was an interesting fact that bubbled up – if you segment and categorize the results, GoGrid's network led the IaaS category.
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In one embodiment, informational messages about the program or channel to which a television receiver is tuned and advertising messages are displayed simultaneously with the current television program.
In another embodiment, an EPG is displayed in a composite with an advertising message. Before such display, the microprocessor substitutes a transparency value for the stored background color value used to display the EPG alone in the conventional fashion on a background of a solid color or colors.
1. A television system comprising:
a television program schedule database comprising television program schedule information, informational messages, and information links that link the informational messages to the television program schedule information;
an advertising database comprising advertising messages and advertisement links that link the advertising messages to the television program schedule information; and
television equipment configured to:
display a television program on a substantially full portion of a display monitor;
select a first informational message for a first program from the television program schedule database that is linked to the television program schedule information by a first information link;
select a first advertising message from the advertising database that is linked to the displayed television program by a first advertisement link;
display a pop up window overlaid on the displayed television program, the pop up window including the selected first advertising message and the selected first informational message, wherein the television program is simultaneously displayed with both the first informational message and the first advertising message;
receive a user indication to display an informational message for a second program;
in response to receiving the user indication, select a second informational message for the second program from the television program schedule database that is linked to the television program schedule information by a second information link;
independent of the user indication, select a second advertising message from the advertising database that is linked to the displayed television program by a second advertisement link; and
update the pop up window, the updated pop up window including the selected second informational message and the selected second advertising message, wherein the television program is simultaneously displayed with both the second informational message and the second advertising message.
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displaying a television program on a substantially full portion of a display monitor;
storing television program schedule information, informational messages, and information links that link the informational messages to the television program schedule information in a television program schedule database;
storing advertising messages and advertisement links that link the advertising messages to the television program schedule information in a advertising database;
selecting a first informational message for a first program from the television program schedule database that is linked to the television program schedule information by a first information link;
selecting a second advertising message from the advertising database that is linked to the displayed television program by a second advertisement link;
displaying a pop up window overlaid on the displayed television program, the pop up window including the selected first advertising message and the selected first informational message, wherein the television program is simultaneously displayed with both the first informational message and the first advertising message;
receiving a user indication to display an informational message for a second program;
in response to receiving the user indication, selecting a second informational message for the second program from the television program schedule database that is linked to the television program schedule information by a second information link;
independent of the user indication, selecting a second advertising message from the advertising database that is linked to the displayed television program by a second advertisement link; and
updating the pop up window, the updated pop up window including the selected second informational message and the selected second advertising message, wherein the television program is simultaneously displayed with both the second informational message and the second advertising message.
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The present invention generally relates to television schedule information displayed on a TV screen as an electronic programming guide, and more particularly to a system and method for accessing guide reformatting functions without leaving the guide.
As the number of television stations in a metropolitan area or on a cable network has increased, the number of programs of potential interest that are presented to a viewer has risen dramatically. With the use of dish antennas capable of receiving direct satellite signals, the multitude of programs available to the viewer has further increased.
Additionally, television faces a digital future that will see the merger of television and PC technology. The television set of the future will include a micro-computer, a modem for interconnectivity with other computers over networks, intranets, and the internet, and be connectable to computer peripherals such as printers. Such capabilities as near "video on demand" (NVOD), "video on demand", "access to the world wide web", "audio on demand", etc. will present the viewer with a plethora of information and bandwidth.
As has become increasingly evident, information overload can actually reduce the usefulness of the information delivered. Accordingly, a great challenge exists to provide an interface that manages and provides an intelligent, user-friendly interface to the information available.
Consequently, television schedule systems that are provided directly on the viewer's television screen have been developed to assist the viewer in sorting through these various programs and determining which programs to watch or record. One such television schedule system is disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,353,121 (Young et al.), the complete disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In one embodiment of Young, the television schedule includes a series of menu screens having an array of cells corresponding to different television programs. The viewer may scroll through the cells to view which television programs are being presented on various channels at various times. In addition, the viewer may select certain cells to obtain more information on the associated program or to pull up other submenus with additional options.
The recent development of television schedule systems, such as the above described patent to Young, have created many new challenges. One such challenge is utilizing the EPG to present advertising and other information to the viewer when the EPG is activated.
Typically, advertisements are displayed in small rectangular areas of the EPG. However, for EPG systems including browsing and grazing features the viewer often doesn't activate the EPG when casually surfing through available channels. Accordingly, new techniques for displaying advertising and other information utilizing an EPG display are being actively pursued.
According to one aspect of the present invention, an advertising/message window is provided in browsing and grazing pop-ups to provide messages when the viewer is browsing or grazing.
According to another aspect of the invention, the content of the messages displayed in the browsing or grazing pop-up windows is controlled by the EPG generating system.
Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent in view of the following detailed description and appended drawings.
Overview of an EPG System
Advertising images may be stored in EPG database or received from an external source. The grazing/browsing pop-up format includes graphics objects stored in memory with constant areas generated by data stored in ROM and variable areas for depicting text and graphics based on updatable data stored in database or provided in realtime.
The pop-up includes a variable area for displaying advertising, or other messages, having content stored in the ad list data structure described in detail below.
In a preferred embodiment, the electronic program guide of the invention may be implemented either on a personal computer, a PCTV, a television connected to a set-top box, or a television including a custom board. However, the invention is not limited to any particular hardware configuration and will have increased utility as new combinations of computers and television systems are developed. In the following any of the above will sometimes be referred to as a "TV system". Block diagrams of representative TV systems are depicted in
As is well known, the picture to be displayed may be transmitted as an analog signal, for example according to the NTSC standard utilized in the United States, or as a digital signal modulated onto an analog carrier. The signals may be received over a cable or via an antenna or satellite dish. Typically, television sets are designed to receive analog signals and computer display devices are designed to display pictures encoded in a digital format. However, the decoder system converts the digital data to an analog signal for display on a television set and TV modems can format analog TV signals for display on a monitor.
A PCTV 90 includes a TV card 92, connected to either live video, baseband video, or channel 3/4 output, digitizes the video image and displays the video image in a resizable window on the computer monitor. The PCTV includes an input device, such as a keyboard 94 and is also coupled to land telephone lines by a modem.
If the received signal is an analog TV signal the TV card of the PCTV digitizes the analog signal and extracts included information from the vertical blanking intervals. On the other hand, if the signal is a digital signal separate audio, video, VBI (vertical blanking information such as closed caption, teletext, and program related information), program guide, and conditional access information are provided as separate bitstreams. The video and audio bitstreams for programs are converted to a format for display and the program guide information is processed to form a program guide database. The processor, executing software stored in memory, generates interactive electronic program guide images and images of received programs. The guide can be used to interact with and control programs displayed in the window.
A television system configured to display an electronic program guide such as a guide provided by StarSight Telecast includes an on-screen display controller and other hardware described below. If a standard analog broadcast signal is received, program guide data is extracted from the VBI by a VBI data slicer and processed to form a program database. If a DBS digital signal is received, either from a satellite or cable, VBI and program data are provided in separate bit streams. The program guide images are either generated locally or remotely and provided to an on-screen display controller. Interactivity is provided via a remote control.
Alternatively, the program guide can be displayed on a computer monitor that interactively controls the television set through, for example, an IR interface, including an IR blaster, to generate IR codes to control the television and/or a VCR.
If the electronic guide database is generated locally, the system for creating the electronic programming guide must receive television schedule information and process the received information to create a database. Thus, the system requires a data reception unit, a processor, memory to store program code and a database, an on-screen display generator (OSD), and a control interface for tuning to selected channels.
In one preferred embodiment, the schedule information is transmitted as a set of short commands of specified formats. Different commands communicate information such as a show schedule for a given channel, the title of each show in the schedule, descriptions and information attributes about each show in the channel. Thus, information for a show to be broadcast at a particular time is transmitted in several commands. ID numbers in the commands facilitate organizing the information into a relational database utilizing database engine (DBE) software stored in memory and executed by the processor.
In a preferred embodiment, a board is included at a viewer's television set and the database is stored locally and commands are transmitted in the VBIs of programming on a designated channel, for example PBS. An example of a board for receiving program guide information, generating program guide database, displaying the program guide, and interactively controlling the program guide is depicted in
Alternatively, the commands could be transmitted to the local unit over land telephone lines. Additionally, as described below, in some systems the database is built remotely and the guide itself is transmitted to the local unit.
The database engine builds a hierarchical database in the RAM. The hierarchical structure of the database is depicted in
In another embodiment, for example a DSS system, program guide data is transmitted as a bit stream that is processed by the database engine.
Additionally, a N.E.W.S. (news, entertainment, weather, and sports) database has been developed. Commands including story text and story IDs are transmitted. Links from the program guide to stories related to a program can be created and the related stories can be accessed from the guide.
An advertisement database is also created from commands including advertising text and logos including IDs for linking the ads to shows displayed in the EPG. The user may access the advertising information directly from the guide.
An internet database is also created from commands including URLs to internet sites related to programs displayed on the EPG. If the viewer is viewing the EPG on a platform that is Web enabled, e.g., WebTV, a PC, or PCTV, then a linked site can be accessed directly from the EPG.
Additionally, a graphics program module builds various displays utilizing schedule, show title, and other information from the database. If the OSD controller operates in the character mode the display is a grid of character codes which are transferred to the OSD controller which generates the on-screen display.
An input-response user interface program module responds to user input to generate new displays responsive to the particular input. In one preferred embodiment, the user utilizes an input device, e.g., a remote control, mouse, or keyboard, to place a pointer over a part of the current display and click. The input-response module responds to the position of the pointer and the particular display currently displayed to generate a responsive display or take a particular action. In another preferred embodiment the user interface responds to function buttons on a remote control. Specific examples will be described below.
Detailed Description of the EPG System
Board Description
The on-screen display controller and formatter (OSDCF) 124 functions as an I/O controller, an on-screen display controller (OSD), and also as a closed-caption data (CCD) VBI data slicer. The VBI (vertical blanking interval) is a dead space in a TV signal that allows a television signal to reposition the scanning electron beam from the bottom to the top of the screen. Digital data, for example close-captioned data, is modulated onto the carrier signal during the VBI.
The OSDCF 124 includes an analog-to-digital convertor (ADC) which digitizes the incoming baseband video and extracts digital information transmitted in the VBIs. As explained more fully below, messages for transmission to the database are transmitted in the VBIs. These messages are transferred to the processor 100 which executes a data base engine process to build or update the database.
The OSD part of the OSDCF 124 includes cache memory, character memory, timing functions, and an external RAM. The OSD reads high level graphic commands sent from the processor 100 and stores graphic information in the RAM. The OSD outputs red (R), green (G), blue (B), graphic data which is used to generate a local video signal. Depending on the state of the user input interface, described below, the OSD local video output or the incoming live video will be displayed.
Accordingly, screen display graphic data generated by the database engine is transferred to the RAM of the OSD which the generates a local video signal that causes the display screen to be displayed on the television screen.
Scheduling Data Structures
The DBE builds a hierarchical database in the RAM. The hierarchical structure of the database is depicted in
The hierarchy for the schedule data structures, in descending order, is:
A channel data table, depicted in
The next data structure in the hierarchy is the show list depicted in
The database, when fully constructed, holds a week's worth of show lists for each channel. The days of the week are accessed by incrementing the show list handle by two bytes. The show lists are updated each day at midnight GMT, with the show list for the day just completed being deleted and the show list for same day next week being added to the database.
The next data structures in the schedule hierarchy are the show title entries, depicted in
Each show title entry includes a theme index ID and the text of the show title. Typically, a single show title entry will be referenced by many show lists for different channels, days, and times. Thus, by utilizing handles in the show lists all show lists reference a single show title entry in memory so that memory is efficiently used. Many show title entries have a long life because the show titles may be for series that are broadcast over long periods of time and may be referenced by many show lists since many shows are broadcast by multiple channels.
Each show description entry includes a theme index ID, critic's rating, MPAA rating for the show, traits mask bits, year produced, and show description text. Show description entries tend to have a shorter life than show title entries because a description is only valid for a particular episode of a series.
Schedule Search
To obtain schedule information for a particular time and to display the schedule information in the programming grid requires the following steps. For each channel in the channel list, the show list for the day is accessed and scanned. Horizontal blocks for the channel are sized according to the duration of the show slots including and following the selected time. The show title entry referenced by each show slot is accessed and the show title is displayed in the horizontal block corresponding to the show slot.
Favorite Channel Lists
Referring back to
The user interface and database engine provide screens to facilitate the ordering and selection of channels to be displayed in the guide. A link to the first channel in an ordered channel list is stored in memory. This link is utilized to access the channel table entry for the most favorite channel. The FAVORITE LINK in that channel is accessed and utilized to access the channel table entry for the next favorite channel and so on until a designated delimiter value, e.g., 0x00, indicates the end of the favorite channel list.
The capability of having more than one favorites list can be supported by having multiple FAVORITE LINK fields stored in each channel table entry.
Theme Data Structures
A powerful feature of the database is the ability to group shows by theme. The theme IDs stored in the show title and show description entries are utilized to match particular shows to particular themes. For example, a viewer may want to see a listing of all comedy movies.
Each primary category, movies in the example above, has a theme category entry included in a theme category table, depicted in
There is a theme sub category table, depicted in
Theme Search
When the viewer initiates a search for a particular type of show, for example a comedy movie, each channel is inspected and theme IDs of each show listed are compared to theme IDs stored in the comedy entry of the theme sub-category table corresponding to the movie primary category entry. Information about shows with matching theme IDs is stored in a theme search data structure in a user interface local buffer.
The theme search function requires two calls to the database. The first of these calls initializes the theme search data structure to the first show that matches the theme category for a specific channel entry, including the shows time offset from the search time. The second call will then find the next matching show after a particular offset time, updating the theme search data structure and returning the offset to the next show.
The basic algorithm for theme user interface access is:
The shows for the selected category are then displayed in time order.
Ad and N.E.W.S. Data Structures
An ad list data structure is similar to the show list. It includes a start time and 24 hours of ad scheduling. The ad list is regionalized and includes an ad slot for each ad to be broadcast for a given day. The ad slot includes a duration and an Ad ID utilized to access an ad entry.
Each add entry includes an ad banner text field, an ad text field, and a pointer to an ad logo, if appropriate. The ad logo includes a graphics file to be displayed with the ad.
The ad entries, include the ad banner text and ad text.
Similarly, a N.E.W.S. (news, entertainment, weather, and sports) database can be stored. The structure is similar to above described databases with text entries updated to reflect the various topics.
Building the Database
The data base is built by a data base engine software module operating on the processor. Messages comprising discrete commands are received by the database engine. Examples of commands include a Region Command which specifies channels available for a particular subscriber unit to be included in the Channel Data Table; a Channel Data command including information utilized to form the entries in the Channel Data Table; and Showlist, Show Title, and Show Description commands including SIDs and DIDs referencing areas in memory. The database engine selects only Showlist Commands relevant to channels included in the Channel Table for further processing.
The data base engine creates storage locations in memory for all SIDs and DIDs included in any Showlist. Information included in commands having matching SIDs or DIDs is written to the referenced memory area. In practice the SIDs and DIDs are processed by a hashing system for more efficient searching.
The messages may be transmitted to a subscriber unit in various ways. A system for receiving messages in the VBIs of broadcast programming has been described above. In a DBS system the messages may be transmitted in a dedicated bit stream.
In a DBS system video baseband signals are digitized, compressed, and modulated onto analog carrier signals. Because of advances in the art of compression, a carrier once used to transmit a single program can now transmit four programs. Typically, in addition to video signals other bitstreams encoding information such as audio, VBI (vertical blanking information data such as closed caption and teletext), program guide information, and conditional access information, are provided as separate bitstreams, multiplexed into a composite bit stream, and modulated onto a carrier signal.
Alternatively, the database itself may be transmitted in a digital data stream. For example, in DSS the program guide information is transmitted in blocks of 3 hours of programming for 36 channels. Programming is digitally modulated onto different bands. As depicted in
A decoder at the viewer's location receives 16 carriers and controls a tuner/demodulator to select one carrier. The carrier is sampled, decoded, error-corrected, and demultiplexed to separate the various bit streams. The decoder includes video decoder chips which decompress compressed video to reconstruct pictures of virtually any size.
When the viewer accesses the guide the block for that time period is loaded into memory so that the user can interact with the guide. For a future time and different channel there may be a time delay. For example, if the current programming block were B1 and the block currently received is B4 the user must wait for blocks B5, B6, and B7, to be transmitted before the current programming can be received and displayed. The viewer would wait for a time delay equal to the sum of time durations for transmitting each block, i.e., d5+d6+d7. If the program guide block is modulated onto a different band the cable box must tune to the band and wait until the desired block is transmitted on the carousel, so if the guide is accessed for future programming there could be a delay.
For cable the database is built at the SST head end and sent over land-lines to the cable head end. The cable company sends data any way it wants, e.g. VBIs, satellite, digital, etc.
User Interface
The user interface takes remote control commands from an input device, preferably a remote controller, as its primary input. In one embodiment a user requests various functions by pressing function keys on a remote controller. In another embodiment, the GUI is utilized with different interactive regions on a displayed screen corresponding to different functions. The user moves the cursor over the interactive region corresponding to a desired function and selects the function to generate a command. The particular form of entering a command is not critical and technology for utilizing voice commands may soon be available.
The user interface receives commands and responds with a requested display screen and by performing the function requested by the command. The function performed may be to perform an action such as recording a program, tuning to a channel, accessing a related internet site, purchasing a pay-per-view program, or purchasing merchandise. The data and format of each screen is dependent on the previous screen, time of day, the contents of the data base, the command received, and other parameters. A state table is used to define the screen flow.
For every defined screen, there is an entrance function, an exit function, an update function, and an array of request-handling functions. The entrance function is called when a state is first entered to collect all necessary data and format the screen. The exit function is called to release memory and data for the screen. The update function is called once per minute to update the screen time and to re-draw the screen if any information displayed on the screen needs to be updated.
Once in a particular state, the table contains a reference to another software function corresponding to each key on the remote control or to each interactive region on the screen. These referenced functions will be executed whenever an associated remote control button is pressed or interactive region is selected.
For example, if the user wishes to record a program, in the GUI embodiment, the viewer moves the cursor over the record interactive region which is then selected to request that the recording function be performed. A confirmation screen will then be generated. Once the user confirms the recording request, an entry is made in a recording queue. A record daemon is then called from the real-time executive to examine the queue and manage recording functions.
The screens are displayed by the on-screen display (OSD) controller based on graphic display commands issued by the database engine. Among the primitive commands needed to draw system display screens are the Erase Screen Command; Draw Rectangle Command; Save Rectangle Command; Restore Rectangle Command; Move Rectangle Commands; Write ASCII String Command; and Draw Channel Icon Command.
Each screen includes areas that are constant and based on code and data stored in non-volatile memory and variable areas such as show titles and descriptions which utilize data stored in the database. As described-above in the description of the database engine, the database is structured to facilitate efficient searching for information, generally in the form of ASCII text strings, stored in the database. Additionally, graphics files are also being stored in the database to be displayed in windows of the display screen.
Detailed Description of Pop-Up Messaging System
In the channel space browse mode, as a viewer uses the remote controller to surf through channels the current television program and a rectangular pop-up are simultaneously displayed on the screen. The pop-up includes informational messages about the program or channel currently selected by the remote controller. In the time space browse mode, the pop-up includes informational messages about later programming for the currently viewed channel instead. In the graze mode, the pop-up includes informational messages about the program or channel currently selected. For example, grazing overlays are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,353,121 at col. 10, line 66. The pop-up is preferably invoked by a channel change command; when the television viewer keys in a new channel to the remote controller, the pop-up appears without more and remains on the screen for a predetermined fixed period of time, e.g., 10 seconds. Alternatively, the pop-up could be invoked by a dedicated key on the remote controller—when the key is pressed, the pop-up appears, and when the key is pressed again, the pop-up disappears. In addition to information about the program or channel, advertising messages are also displayed simultaneously with the current television program. The advertising messages could promote the products or services of the television program sponsor and thus reinforce the advertising message displayed during commercial breaks. Alternatively, the advertising messages could promote the products or services of other sponsors. As another alternative, the advertising messages could promote an upcoming television program or event. As yet another alternative, the advertising messages could be contextually sensitive in that they depend upon the subject of the current television program being displayed; e.g., the advertising messages are selected to appeal to the interests of someone who normally watches that type of television program, such as an advertising message about golf resorts displayed with a television program of a golf match or an advertising message about an airline displayed with a television travelogue. In short, advertising messages are delivered in a pop-up together with informational messages about television programming.
In another embodiment, the pop-up could be an advertising message contextually related to the television program being displayed without any informational message.
Different advertisements can be assigned to different channels by including handles to the ad list data structure in the channel table or according to particular shows by including handles in show table entries.
The content of the advertisements is changed by sending commands to update the text or graphic entries in the list data structure.
Detailed Description of Composite EPG and Advertising System
It is well known to display alternatively in different modes, images, such as a received television program or video clips, and an EPG. In such case, the EPG is displayed on a background of one or more solid colors. This aspect of the invention involves another way to display the EPG in a composite with an advertising message contained in such an image.
As is known in the art, portions of an overlying foreground graphic image can be made transparent so that an underlying background image shows through. For example, for an image in the GIF format, the transparency value can be set to the background color so that pixels in the foreground image having a selected palette number will be replaced by pixels in the background image.
The format of an EPG is depicted in
Thus, to display an EPG as depicted in
As exemplified in
Alternatively, the foreground image could be a second transparent advertisement. If the background portion of the foreground is made transparent and the background image is laid out so that the advertising message is located within the background of the foreground image then two advertisements can be simultaneously displayed.
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I hate this. We have satellite internet at our house which means we're on limited data (we have no other options currently in our subdivision). We only get 15 gigs a month. I'll have to stay off Facebook while at home or just be hyper vigilant that a video isn't streaming in the background eating my data.
How to disable auto-play for videos in Facebook for iOS, at least when you aren't on WiFi
Some people don't like when videos auto-play as they scroll past them. Back when Instagram started doing this, I had a feeling Facebook and other social networks wouldn't be far behind and I was right. While Facebook doesn't let you completely disable auto-play for videos, you can at least stop it if you're using cellular data instead of WiFi. Here's how:
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and tap on Facebook.
- Now tap on Settings.
- Under the Video section, turn On the option for Auto-play on WiFi only.
That's all there is to it. At least this can stop Facebook for iOS from eating your data in order to auto-play videos.
Do you like the auto-play feature for videos, even if they're muted by default? I personally don't as I feel it's very distracting when scrolling. I'm interested to know how you guys feel about it too so let me know in the comments!
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How to disable auto-play for videos in Facebook for iOS, at least when you aren't on WiFi
Holy crap, 15gb?? Can you even OWN an Apple TV.. well i guess you can, you'd just have to look at it, not actually use it :(
Haha, thanks for everyone's pity :-). It is a struggle and a monthly issue for us. No, no Apple TV, no netflix. We have to be very careful with our usage. Before we moved I had "normal" internet and this was quite the wake up call. Satellite internet is an option for those of us that have absolutely no other options. The cable company does run just outside of our subdivision so hopefully one day they'll expand to include us. That would be my true Christmas miracle lol.
I'm not liking it either. I only get 5Gb a month via wifi, and the sneaky muting means I have no clue half the time that ANYTHING is playing. I just want the auto play OFF 100% of the time, regardless of how I am connected (at home via wifi or on the move with prepaid data).
You can turn it completely off with ios 7.1.2. I have unlimited data for both cell and home usage, BUT it slows down on cellular data after 2gb :( (stupid sprint!) I was super happy to find this article and for the option to be able to shut it off completely!
Simply hate it.
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I dislike the auto play. I uninstalled the Facebook app after the upgrade.
Stop using Facebook months ago.
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Thank you for the tip Ally!
The thing I can't stand the most was how it ate up my mobile data. Not to mention that I don't like being forced into watching someone's video! I think it should be at our discretion (the FB user that is).
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Yeah that's the idea. Ads, ads, and more ads. I know they need to make money but they're latest attempts have really been turning me off of Facebook. The constant ads on my wall, now auto playing videos.....I've been using Facebook less and less these days.
Very helpful, thanks! Mine was already on by default, but glad to know that was an option!
Autoplay is terrible. It gives a video fake plays and just annoys users. If I want to watch a video I'll click on it and hit play. Every time I scroll by I have to click on the video that's autoplaying to stop it so I can continue browsing. I've disabled it in my desktop browsers and now it will be disabled on my mobile device iphone. They should at least give the user an option to disable or enable it easily. It's not productive and only pisses people off. If people are interested in watching something, they will watch it. Don't force someone to watch something they don't want to watch.
Stupid idea, if i want to play a video i press play , not have it play for me, hate it hate it hate it
In the latest update of Facebook there's now a setting to completely disable autoplay of video's. Follow the instructions mentioned in this article, and you'll find three options: 'on', 'only on wifi', 'off'
As an iOS 8 developer, the current betas (Beta 4) show that iOS 8 will bring the ability to completely turn the "feature" off. I hope for the sake of facebook that Apple leaves this feature in place for the official iOS 8 release. So, for the rest of you, you are stuck with WiFi only until this fall. At which point, follow the same steps as mentioned above, but instead of a toggle, find Auto-play and tap on it. Then select "off" and this so called "feature" will be disabled completely.
Can not disable on my Iphone 6 I just purchased. Followed directions but on Facebook Settings under Video...all I have is upload HD. Auto-play on WiFi only does not appear on my phone? Is it my phone or am I doing something wrong?


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Sonny prepares to tell Justin the truth, EJ tries to figure out what Sami's hiding, and Jennifer has a date.
Abby arrives home and tattles on JJ hanging out with Rory and Bev. She explains to Jenn that he told her he developed a reputation at school and they're his only friends. JJ arrives and flashes back to Theresa blackmailing him. He texts Rory to meet. "That bitch goes down today." He goes in and is confronted. He tells his sister and mother that Rory and Bev can be funny and cool but he's not using or selling and has no interest in doing so. They believe him but Abby vows to wring his neck if he breaks their hearts. Everyone leaves and JJ calls Rory, saying it's crucial they meet.
Theresa's shocked to find Maggie at the door. Since Theresa couldn't make the AA meeting, Maggie brought it to her. Maggie introduces Theresa's new sponsor, Juanita. Theresa tries making excuses but they make themselves at home. Later, they end the meeting with the Serenity Prayer and everyone files out but Maggie. She tells Theresa not to ask Daniel to another meeting. It's not appropriate since he's not in the program. She leaves and Theresa says she won't keep her from Daniel. She wonders where JJ is with her weed and starts typing about her "epiphany" about addiction.
At the Brady's Pub, EJ finishes a business call. Kate was eavesdropping and considers his 'psycho sister' left him another mess to deal with. This makes her positively happy and she gloats.
At Will's, he tells Sami he knows about the surprise party. Sonny was eavesdropping. Sami's floored. She calls it devious and underhanded and Will scoffs at how hypocritical she's being. She promises there'll be no surprise party and rushes off with Allie. Sami texts Kate to meet.
At the Horton Square, Gabi realizes Sonny knows about Nick but it's clear she doesn't know Sonny knows about the murder. Sonny runs to see his dad and Gabi gets a text from Sami to meet. She meets Kate and Sami at the park and Sami tells them about Sonny eavesdropping and that he knows they murdered Nick. Gabi tells them about her exchange with Sonny. "He's going to see his father!" They run to stop him.
Justin meets Sonny at Club TBD for legal advice. He asks vague questions about what could happen to someone who heard about a crime after the fact. Justin says it could be seen as hearsay. Kate, Gabi, and Sami bustle in and break things up. Justin heads back to court and they beg him not to tell anyone the truth about murdering Nick. They decide to take the conversation somewhere more private.
Adrienne visits Jenn in her office at the hospital. She ran into Liam Fraiser, the pharmaceutical rep. They agree he's really sweet and Adrienne tries fixing her up. Liam arrives and Adrienne leaves them alone. Liam asks Jenn out and she readily accepts. Meanwhile, Adrienne bumps into Abby by the hub and tells her about Liam. Abby agrees there's no reason her mother should be living like a nun. "Neither should you," Adrienne says. Abby's pretty cynical. She learned you should never trust men. Jenn and Liam head to the hub and Maggie arrives. She sees the exchange and Jenn admits yes, she's going on a date. Maggie tries to butt in but Jenn tells her off.
At the Horton Square, EJ makes another business call. Will overhears him angrily talking to Sami's assistant Rosemary. EJ says Sami's been distracted and Will says he knows it's because of the surprise party. EJ acts as if he knows about it and learns Sami ran off earlier to find Kate and Gabi 'before it's too late'.
JJ meets Bev and Rory at the park. He tells them he doesn't want to smoke pot anymore but wants to be their friend. He needs pot for a friend and asks them to help test something for him.
JJ turns up at Theresa's with a little grass. She bitches that it's not enough. He pretends to make a call but records their conversation. She tells him she wants weed and he thanks her. Now he has dirt on her. The blackmail is over.
Kate, Sami, Gabi, and Sonny arrive at his place. He calls Gabi hitting Nick with the rock self-defense but throwing him in the water after realizing he was alive was murder. He tells them to call the cops and asks if there were witnesses. Kate tells him people heard Nick and Gabi arguing loudly. They worry it'll seem premeditated. Sonny's disgusted. "Nick was a creep but he didn't deserve to die." Kate calls it an "ugly chain of events" they regret. They use the baby card but he still wants to tell Will. Justin calls and Sonny says he's ready to talk candidly.
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Case: RTB Enterprises, Inc.
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Announcing transition of service
This summer, poster printing services are being moved from the Libraries to Academic Support staff, and the submission form is being moved to GrinnellShare. Please be patient during this transition, which we plan to have complete before the fall semester.
How to get your poster printed during the transition
- To have a College-sponsored poster printed, please call the Academic Support staff in the science division office, ext. 3172. Summer hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-F.
- To have a personal poster printed, please call Premier Printing at 236-7800.
Quick Links
- Poster Printing Request form - Ready to print? Save a copy of your file in the PosterDropBox folder at \Storage\Projects\PosterDropBox, use our webform to notify us.
- Need to schedule print time for a group of posters? Use our scheduling form to let us know in advance.
Quick Tips
- PowerPoint and Adobe PDF are preferred formats.
- Complete the entire poster on a single platform. Switching from PC to Mac or Mac to PC invites disaster, sometimes in the form of lost image files, distorted graphs or printing problems. To help minimize errors, Mac users are encouraged to insert pictures via the 'Insert' menu (not copy/paste). Mac users are also encouraged to save their posters as PDFs.
- 1st Set Page/slide size on Design Tab.
- Grinnell Logo files located in Dropbox for your use.
- Avoid using text copied from other documents as it may not enlarge well.
- Make sure all content is within boundaries of page and/or text boxes. Resize text boxes as needed.
- Consider the purpose of hyperlinks and how they will print. Try removing the hyperlinks and using underlined text instead.
- There is now a folder of Grinnell Logo files in the PosterDropBox to help insure accuracy of content and color. \\storage\PROJECTS\PosterDropBox\Grinnell Logo files
- Colored backgrounds require additional resources and are discouraged. Consider how important it is to the quality of your poster. Posters with cream colored and light gray backgrounds use more ink than white backgrounds.
- Save poster to your computer and then place a copy in PosterDropBox (or drag and drop). Do not use 'Save As' to save to this location.
- Full instructions, sample templates, and printing costs are below.
- Departmental Academic Support Assistants may be available to help with poster creation and requesting.
Making Posters: Printing Large-Formats On The GIS_PLOTTER
The Grinnell College Libraries' DesignJet 1050C plotter is great for making large-format posters. Since the plotter was acquired in the fall of 2001, it has been used to print posters for students, faculty and nearly every department for poster sessions and other presentations. Demand for academic posters increased by 40% in the 09-10 academic year. The plotter can be selected from only a few computers on campus and can be released from its paused state from only three computers. The reason for this is to avoid mistakes resulting in unwanted posters. Staff with experience creating and printing posters are available to help you. To help ensure that you have your poster when you need it, let staff know a couple days in advance that you want to print a poster. If you have a large batch of posters to print (more than 2 or 3) please give us at least one week's notice. Staff are available to print posters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Posters for academic projects have highest priority. Following are instructions to help you use the GIS_Plotter.
Posters are limited to 36 inches on one dimension [the width of the paper feed on the plotter] and between 10 inches to approximately 8 feet on the other dimension. Currently the library stocks two choices of 36-inch paper-- coated ["regular"] or glossy ["photo-like"].
Basic charges for posters are:
- $10 coated 36" paper, up to 48" in length
- $15 glossy 36" paper, up to 48" in length, with $5 extra for colored backgrounds/multiple images.
- $3 per additional foot of length, either paper
Provide an account number, or you may pay by cash or check when you pick up your posters. Pick them up at the Burling Circulation Desk. Patrons printing posters for personal use will pay an extra $5 per poster and 7% sales tax.
Making a Poster
Posters can be created in a variety of software packages, but need to be submitted as PowerPoint or PDF files. Publication software, such as Microsoft Publisher, is not suitable for poster printing. The science department has developed a recommended PowerPoint template (instructions below) for its students and faculty to use. Basics for anyone using PowerPoint include the following: A poster is made from a single slide. In PowerPoint, choose "blank presentation" for the greatest flexibility.
- Select an auto-layout; the blank choice offers greatest flexibility.
- Go to "Page Setup (on the Design tab in Windows, PowerPoint 2007; or in the File drop-down menu on a Mac, PowerPoint 2008).
- From the drop-down menu for "Slides sized for," select "Custom."
- Choose portrait or landscape orientation.
- Set the dimensions of your poster, remembering that one dimension must be limited to 36 inches.
- After closing the page setup box, your layout space will be shown as white on the gray background. Rulers at the top and left show the dimensions you've chosen. Make sure all the elements on your poster are within the layout dimensions before you print; anything outside these dimensions will not appear on your poster.
- From the "Insert" menu, you can add to your layout text boxes and pictures from files..
- A white box on the lower right status bar (Windows) or upper right toolbar (Mac) shows either a percentage or a description of current zoom level. As you are working, you should check how your poster elements will look at 100% (the actual size on the printed poster). This is especially important for images that could be unacceptable when enlarged. Before you print, zoom to "fit" to see the entire poster in the layout.
How you design your poster will affect the ease with which you can print it, how long printing will take, and the cost. High-resolution photos and detailed graphs can add substantially to the size of your file. Large files will be slow to print. Colored backgrounds take longer to print and may cost extra because they use a lot of ink. Generic Poster Template
Printing To The Plotter
- Academic Support Assistants can help you with the process.
- Save a copy of your file to \\Storage\Projects\PosterDropBox, then use our Poster Printing Webform to let us know it is there.
- Files are deleted from this folder after being printed.
- The webform will ask what size you want your poster to be. One dimension is limited to 36" (the width of the paper). Include the account number to be charged, if applicable, and your choice of coated [regular] or glossy [photo] paper. Posters printed on the glossy paper fade faster, if that is a concern.
- You will be notified when your poster has been printed. Posters can be picked up at the Burling Library circulation desk.
Scheduling Your Posters
- Single posters: We print posters when we can, so allow at least 2 days for printing.
- Groups of posters: If you have more than 2 or 3 posters to print, please use our Poster Scheduling Webform to notify us so we can determine whether printer time is available when you need it. Mid-semester, end-of-semester, and Family Weekend are particularly busy times!
- Printing services are not available on evenings or weekends.
Generic Poster Template
Creating a Poster Using Science Template [Powerpoint]
Following are instructions from the Science Division for students using its poster template. Included are some tips that could be helpful to all who are designing posters using PowerPoint. Email Allison Vosburg with problems or questions or call her at x3169. Your poster will be created on a single slide in PowerPoint. A template is available at \\Storage\Projects\Bio\Bio 150; open the file and "save as" to your computer or network account. Students creating a poster for class or Science Division poster session please do not alter the Page Setup size unless your instructor has asked you to. The templates are set up for the correct poster size (36x46) for our display boards.
Zooming In and Out While Working On Your Poster File
- Zoom out (SMALLER %) for placing larger items,
- Zoom in (LARGER %) for viewing smaller text.
- (Windows, PowerPoint 2007) Find the Zoom display at the bottom of the PowerPoint window (displayed as %). Use the slider to change the zoom level; the line in the center is 100%. Or you can quickly change the zoom level to see the entire poster by clicking on the four-arrowed icon ("Fit slide to current window") to the right of the zoom slider bar.
- (Mac, PowerPoint 2008) Find the zoom display on the standard toolbar (displayed as %). Use the pull-down menu from the small arrow just to the right of the zoom display to choose a different percentage; you can also choose "Fit" from the list to see the entire file.
Recommended Sizes For Poster Text
- Title: 90-120 pt
- Author & adviser: 72-90 pt
- Headers: around 60 pt
- Text: 18-24 pt
Inserting Images
From the Insert menu, choose Picture. You can then browse and select the image to insert. Common types of images you can insert: JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF, and EPS. One may also Copy images from other sources, then Paste into your open poster file. Mac Users: please do not drag image files into your PowerPoint slide; please Insert or Copy instead. Dragging may cause printing problems – the file must be sent to the printer from a PC. Inserting a graph from Excel: Select a graph in Excel and Copy it. There are two ways to Paste the graph in PowerPoint: either Paste, or Paste Special (as a picture). The differences are: 1) you can edit a pasted graph by double-clicking on it, but occasionally the graph does not print correctly on the plotter; 2) you cannot edit the picture of your graph (Paste Special), but it may print better, especially if you need to resize it very much within PowerPoint.
Making Tables
Tables created in Word
- straight-forward - just Copy from Word and Paste into PowerPoint.
Data from Excel
- First Copy the cells, then do one of the following:
- Click in an empty area of your poster so nothing is selected, and Paste. A table with your data will be created. (It will probably appear in the center of the poster; so if it looks like nothing was pasted, zoom out or scroll around!) You can still edit and format the data, though it is no longer an Excel object.
- Paste Special, as an Excel object.
- Paste Special, as a picture. Becomes a non-editable image; easily resized.
- Place your cursor in an area of text, and paste. Data becomes a single line of text, with a SPACE between the contents of each cell. This is probably the least useful method.
Table from scratch:
From the Insert menu, choose Table. You will be able to specify the numbers of rows and columns. You will have to resize the table, because PowerPoint makes it very large! If it is not resizing easily, you can decrease the font size while the table is selected, and try the resizing handles again. Alternately, you can create the table in Word, Copy the table, and Paste it into PowerPoint and it will retain a more reasonable size and most formatting.
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Join the ONU Men's and Women's choruses at 7:00 pm on Sunday, November 10 for their fall concert in Snyder Recital Hall of the Presser Music Building at Ohio Northern University. The ONU Men's Chorus, directed by Dr. Ben Ayling, will be performing a varied selection of pieces including works by Joseph M. Martin, Ethan Sperry, and a barbershop piece arranged by Jay Giallombardo featuring the quartet "Half and Half." The choir is accompanied by Theresa Blowers. The director of the ONU Women's Chorus, Marilyn Roth Basinger, is in her second year at ONU. The chorus of more than 70 women will present selections by Joseph M. Martin as well as Eric Whitacre and Moses Hogan. The Women's Chorus is accompanied by Kristen Topham. The concert is free and open to the public.


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Saturday, February 15, 2014
As of 5:15 p.m., Santee Electric Cooperative had 7,351 customers in Georgetown County still without power. They had 23,754 system-wide without electricity.
The company released the following statement today:
Santee Electric Cooperative has restored electricity to about 20,000 of the 44,226 members affected by winter storm Pax. We are continuing to work diligently and will not stop until every last member is restored.
Please dont be discouraged if you see other people get their power restored before you do.
Customers in the same neighborhood may be served from different phases on the same feeder. One phase may be less severely damaged than another, which serves the neighbors homes.
Members who remain without power may have an individual outage due to a downed tap line or other reason that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Crews are working to address these situations on a home by home basis.
Not seeing a crew in your area does not mean a members situation is not being addressed. In outage situations, crews are diligently working to cut trees and restore lines, and it is sometimes the case that power can be restored to areas without members actually seeing a crew.
It is also possible that an individual members breaker needs to be reset. Customers are urged to examine this possibility and, if necessary, customers should reset the breakers inside the homes breaker panel.
We cannot give an estimate of when power will be back on because every outage is different. Please call 888-239-2300 to report your outage. ?
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Sister Gretchen Kunz is retiring. Sister Gretchen served as St. Joseph's CEO for 24 years and a senior development officer for five years. Her inspirational leadership has helped this healing ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis grow from a small community hospital into a regional health system serving 13 counties and some 300,000 Brazos Valley residents. Her vision has brought major regional medical services to the community including heart, cancer, rehabilitation, surgical services, maternal/child care and emergency services.
During the 80s and 90s, Sister Gretchen led many growth initiatives and projects, culminating with the dedication and opening of the patient tower in 2004. During the mid '90s St. Joseph Health System continued to grow to meet the community needs of the rural counties in the Brazos Valley and to expand into managed care, long-term care, development and properties management.
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Dear national media: Arizona and Arizona State are two completely different schools
You had one job!
All too often it seems like national media types get the Arizona State Sun Devils and University of Arizona Wildcats mixed up.
Be it logos, conversations or whatever, members of the national media seem to mix the schools up quite a bit.
It's offensive to anyone who attended either school, as most have a disdain for the other.
So, imagine the reaction when, on Twitter, @MarchMadnessTV sent out the following tweet:
Oh boy.
As we all know, it will be the Arizona Wildcats taking on San Diego State, not the ASU Sun Devils. And when we say "we" we mean everyone but the folks over at @MarchMadnessTV, apparently.
Then their tweet led to this:
I think national media sees Arizona schools like this. In fairness, Sparkycat would be terrifying. #ForkDown pic.twitter.com/sBvtfMCaac— Josh Kelman (@JoshKelman) March 24, 2014
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Click here to access full coverage of Mills & Reeve in The Lawyer UK 200 2014. Featuring the UK's leading law firms ranked by turnover, as well as extensive benchmarking data, the report is a comprehensive market intelligence resource for the UK legal sector.
Mills & Reeve's merger with Manchester's George Davies on 1 June 2013 boosts the firm's presence to 870 staff and creates a full-service law firm in northern England, according to Mills & Reeve managing partner Guy Hinchley.
Combined revenue is expected to reach £77m, increasing the 2011–12 turnover of £69.4m. The financial integration pushes the total number of partners to 112 in six offices across Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich.
'We are very excited about the potential that our increased scale gives us in the north and the further career opportunities that it creates for the talented lawyers and business support professionals,' Hinchley said. The firm will be branded Mills & Reeve in all its offices.
Mark Hovell, George Davies' managing partner, said the Manchester firm chose Mills & Reeve because of their synergy, culture and ability to offer specialist advice to a larger client base.
'This merger will enable us to offer our clients access to a wider range of legal services and specialist sector advice from the Mills & Reeve national practice and international networks and also to pursue new clients who have previously been beyond our reach,' he said.
Mills & Reeve has worked on several high-profile deals in the past year, including management of the Weetabix Food Company on a major investment from Bright Food. Bright Food acquired 60 per cent of the share capital of Weetabix for an enterprise value of £1.2bn. Mills & Reeve's corporate finance partner Stephen Hamilton advised on a £6.15m institutional fundraising for Bango, a leading mobile technology company that counts BlackBerry, Facebook, CNN and Thomson Reuters among its clients, while George Davies partner Chris Ross led the team advising Barleymow Ltd on the sale of its Ormskirk-based caravan park for an undisclosed sum.
George Davies celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2013, a year of change for both firms, with Mills & Reeve making six new internal partner appointments on 1 June. In March, Vince Cable, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, visited Cambridge to mark the opening of a new Mills & Reeve office. Dr Cable described Cambridge as the 'Silicon Valley of Britain'.
In the past year, much of Mills & Reeve's financial growth has been led by corporates — including finance and litigation but not PFI — contributing the most to turnover at 38 per cent (£26.3m). Property (including PFI and agriculture) at 28 per cent (£19.4m) of total revenue and 'other' (covering insurance and private client) made up 34 per cent (£23.5m) of total income.
The firm has also been 'managing the margin' by using its lowest overheads base in Norwich as a paralegal support unit, mainly for documentation discovery in large litigation matters. This is in response to its public sector clients putting pressure on rates.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Frankly I did not think I could see one more thing. After four days, 280 miles and 11 attractions I was done. It was supposed to be easy taking advantage of the Be a Tourist in Your Own Town pass but like an all-you-can-eat buffet, I had made one visit too many.
Well, there is always room for dessert so on day five I headed for my last attraction, Middleton Place.
Be a Tourist in Your Own Town is a promotion through the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau giving locals the opportunity to visit 37 local attractions using one pass during the month of January.
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The Aiken County Planning Commission tabled a proposed construction of a Verizon Wireless telecommunication tower on Fox Pond Road in Aiken during Thursday's meeting, requesting the property owner to revisit with the company to try to find a better location.
Eight individuals approached the Commission during the public hearing portion of Thursday's meeting, including Ann Ritger, owner of the property where the proposed tower would be located, and David Kirk, a legal representative for Verizon.
Six nearby property owners offered criticisms toward constructing the new tower, largely indicating the location was rural and undeveloped and that the proposed 250-foot tower would be an "eyesore" to the neighborhood.
The Commission's decision was ultimately reached on a 4-1 vote with Commissioners George Turner and Terri Turner absent from the meeting and Commission member Camille Furgiuele voting against tabling the proposal. Chairman Tom Biddle did not vote since the decision was not met with a tie.
Furgiuele said she believed no matter where the tower was placed, neighbors would still find it objectionable. She added that the proposal appeared to meet all the necessary requirements outlined in Aiken County's zoning code.
Ritger explained to the Commission that she requested the tower be built in order to increase the availability of cell phone service in the area. She said a recent fire in her husband's workshop prompted her to explore the possibility of a new tower since the fire knocked out her landline phone and she was unable to acquire adequate cell service near her home.
The Commission is set to reconsider the proposal during a meeting scheduled for April 18.
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