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Muscle Milk Protein Crunch Bars come with a satisfying crunch that's loaded with protein' including whey isolate. Since they don't require preparation or refrigeration' they're easy to eat anywhere. The result is lots of protein with tons of flavor that you can take on the go.
Product Highlights:
30 Grams of Protein.
350 - 360 Calories (Depending on flavor)
Gluten Free.
Naturally Flavored.
Multi Source Protein
We've developed a unique blend of complete multi-source proteins. These include whey protein isolate' soy protein isolate' and milk protein isolate' which provide amino acids - the building blocks of muscle tissue. Translation? High quality protein to help you recover from exercise and build muscle.
30 – 31 Grams of Carbohydrates (Depending on flavor)
The carbohydrates in this bar can be used by the body for energy. One bar also provides 5 grams or 20% of the Daily Value for dietary fiber. What does this mean? Muscle Milk Protein Crunch Bars are an excellent source of dietary fiber.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not meant to diagnose' treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please consult your doctor before starting any exercise or nutritional supplement program or before using these or any product during pregnancy or if you have a serious medical condition.
Serving Size: 1 Bar 2.9 oz (82 g)
Servings Per Container: 12
Amount Per Serving / % Daily Value
Calories 350
Calories from Fat 110
Total Fat 12 g / 18 %
Saturated Fat 3 g / 15 %
Trans Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3 g
Monounsaturated Fat 5 g
Cholesterol 10 mg / 3 %
Sodium 300 mg / 13 %
Potassium 120 mg / 3 %
Total Carbohydrates 30 g / 10 %
Dietary Fiber 5 g / 20 %
Sugars 15 g
Protein 30 g / 60 %
Vitamin A 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 15 %
Iron 15 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2'000 calorie diet.
Other Ingredients: Protein blend (whey protein isolate' soy protein isolate' milk protein isolate)' soy protein crisps (soy protein isolate' tapioca starch' salt)' cream layer (fructose' milk protein isolate' corn syrup solids' water' cocoa butter' soy lecithin' vanilla extract)' almonds' agave syrup' yogurt coating (sugar' fractionated palm kernel oil' whey protein' nonfat dry milk powder' cultured whey' soy lecithin' vanilla extract)' vegetable glycerin' tapioca and/or corn vegetable fiber' isomaltulose' canola oil' inulin' natural flavors' soy lecithin' yogurt powder (whey protein concentrate' nonfat dry milk' yogurt cultures)' sea salt' stevia extract' monk fruit extract.
Contains Milk' Soy and Almonds
Manufactured in a facility that processes other products' which may contain peanuts' tree nuts' wheat' milk' soy' and eggs.
Pre-workout' post-workout' or as a protein-rich snack.
Manufactured in a facility that processes other products' which may contain peanuts' tree nuts' wheat' milk' soy' and eggs.
Allergy / Dietary Needs
- Gluten Free
- Made in the USA
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Overall Rating for Muscle Milk Crunch Bar Vanilla Almond Yogurt - Box of 12 Bars
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By Annette Lega
from Atlanta, Georgia
Muscle Milk Bar
Very Tasty Bar. They are sweet and crunchy. lOve the Vanilla ,Yoghurt flavor.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Rebecca Kelly
from MI
Beyond awesome!
These are my favorite bars from muscle milk. I'm beyond addicted!
Tastes great
Wish there was more in a box, lol
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Scott
from Kentucky
Great Bar!
I use Muscle Milk Crunch Bar by CytoSport as meal a replacement when I'm on the go. 350 calories is satisfying enough to get you to your next meal.
Lower saturated fat than many other protein bars.
Nothing......they are great!
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Caro
from Miami
I like these
Very good taste and filling.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Giovanni
from Coral Gables, FL
Vanilla Almond yogurt
Good tasty bars. They are sweet and crunchy. I love these bars.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
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The major focus of my research activities has been the epidemiology and prevention of health care-associated infections, particularly those caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). Recent projects have included studies of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in patients with end-stage renal disease, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae, influenza, vascular access-associated bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients, and surgical site infections in liver transplant recipients. The hospital's Infection Prevention and Control Program provides a wide variety of opportunities in clinical research and quality improvement initiatives for residents with interests in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and patient safety.
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Research areas of interest include HIV/AIDS prevention and therapeutic clinical trials, tuberculosis clinical trials, and evaluations of HIV and TB service programs in Haiti and Tanzania.
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Research projects that might be amenable to resident involvement include multiplex detection of pathogens and bioterror agents. Existing detection systems have a limited ability to simultaneously screen a single sample for multiple agents. To meet this need, we are using the ligase detection reaction (LDR) combined with PCR and Universal Array detection. Multiplexed detection of food and waterborne pathogens will be validated using samples obtained from the NYPH/Weill Cornell as well as collaborators in Haiti and Ghana; multiplexed detection of bioterror agents will involve viral pathogens (Dengue, West Nile) obtained from the CDC, NYC Department of Health and sites of endemic disease.
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Working with our residents has been a gratifying experience. Research focus is on HIV and viral hepatitis coinfection liver disease primarily related to hepatitis B and C coinfection. Clinical research aims to understand risk factors for disease progression and strategies to optimize treatment outcomes in coinfected patients.
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The mission of the Transplantation-Oncology Infectious Diseases Program is to develop new strategies for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. We accomplish this mission through translational laboratory and clinical research focusing on (1) antimicrobial pharmacology; (2) augmentation of innate host defenses; (3) molecular detection of emerging pathogens. The advances achieved through laboratory investigations are translated through carefully designed clinical protocols in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, solid organ transplant recipients and patients with hematological malignancies.
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Research interests are in the epidemiology and treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) related anal dysplasia in HIV-infected men and women. Ongoing and planned projects include determining the predictors of persistent anal infection with HPV, describing outcomes for patients treated for high grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (HGAIN) and topical therapies for HGAIN.
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The 'Mistletoe' singer becomes the first male artist to debut a Christmas album at No. 1, and the first soloist, under 18 years old, to score three chart toppers.
Not only is Justin Bieber celebrating his latest No. 1 album "Under the Mistletoe" but he is also joyous over the fact that he breaks records on Billboard Hot 200. In the chart's 55-year history, he becomes the first male artist to place a holiday album at the penthouse of the weekly rundown in its first week.
Bieber soars to the first position on the U.S. Album chart by selling a total of 210,000 copies of the album in its opening week. Upon learning the sale figure, he tweets, "Thank u 4 loving the new album...4 supporting it and me...and 4 helping me make my dreams a reality. I wouldnt be here without u. #MUCHLOVE."
He joins a few artists who had scored No. 1 Christmas albums on Hot 200. Prior to him, there were Susan Boyle's 2010 "The Gift", Josh Groban's 1997 "Noel", Kenny G's 1994 "Miracles: The Holiday Album", Mitch Miller's 1962 "Holiday Sing Along" and 1958 "Christmas Sing Along", Bing Crosby's 1957 "Merry Christmas", and Elvis Presley's 1957 "Elvis' Christmas Album".
Coming out in the United States on November 1, "Under the Mistletoe" marks 17-year-old Bieber's third chart topper. It makes him the first soloist to earn three No. 1s before 18th birthday. He surpassed LeAnn Rimes' record of two No. 1s which she got before she turned 16.
Regardless the record-breaking achievement, this newly-released holiday album actually doesn't give Bieber his best sale weeks. In fact, the sale number is lower than his two previous efforts. His 2010 "My World" bowed at No. 1 with 283,000, while its follow-up "My World 2.0" entered the top spot with 291,000 copies.
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Flags are used to mark portions of content in a digital work to permit marking or demarcation of portions of the document. The demarcated portions can be handled in various ways. For example, different usage rights can be applied to demarcated portions, the demarcated portionis can be culled for use as a summary, or the like. The flags can be used to demarcate portions of content that has been downloaded to keep track of payment and download status and thus add flexibility to electronic distribution of content. A flag usage rights element can be attached to limit and control access to flags in a desired manner.
1. A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions embedded therein for effecting a method for distributing digital works for use in a digital rights management system, said instructions comprising:
instructions for receiving a request from a requesting device for downloading digital content data;
instructions for associating a flag element with said digital content data, said flag element having at least one memory register;
instructions for downloading a portion of said digital content data;
instructions for manipulating said flag element to store at least one demarcation flag in at least one of said at least one memory register, said at least one demarcation flag being stored at specific locations within said at least one memory register to demarcate the downloaded portion of said digital content data; and
instructions for associating at least one respective usage right with said at least one demarcation flag, said at least one respective usage right specifying a permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data,
wherein said at least one memory register corresponds to memory addresses on an addressable memory indicating the downloaded portion of said digital content data, whereby the downloaded portion of the digital content data can be determined with said at least one demarcation flag without accessing the digital content data for enforcing said permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data.
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wherein said instructions for manipulating said flag element comprises instructions for storing at least one of said demarcation flags in at least one of said memory registers corresponding to memory addresses demarcating a portion of said digital content data, said demarcated portion corresponding to said available memory of said device receiving said digital content data, and
wherein said instructions for downloading a portion of said digital content data comprises instructions for downloading a portion of said digital content data in memory addresses corresponding to said demarcated portion.
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16. A method for distributing digital works to a computing device for use in a digital rights management system, said method comprising:
receiving a request, from a first computing device, at a second computing device, for downloading digital content data;
associating a flag element with said digital content data, said flag element having at least one memory register;
downloading a portion of said digital content data to said first computing device; and
manipulating said flag element to store at least one demarcation flag in at least one of said at least one memory register, said at least one demarcation flag being stored at specific locations within said at least one memory register to demarcate the downloaded portion of said digital content data, and
associating at least one respective usage right with said at least one demarcation flag, said at least one respective usage right specifying a permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data,
wherein said at least one memory register corresponds to memory addresses on an addressable memory indicating the downloaded portion of said digital content data, whereby the downloaded portion of the digital content data can be determined with said at least one demarcation flag without accessing the digital content data for enforcing said permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data.
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wherein said manipulating step comprises storing at least one of said demarcation flags in at least one of said memory registers corresponding to memory addresses demarcating a portion of said digital content data, said demarcated portion corresponding to said available memory of said first computing device, and
wherein said downloading step comprises downloading a portion of said digital content data in memory addresses corresponding to said demarcated portion.
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31. A computer program product including one or more computer readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more processors to perform the steps recited in
32. A computer system including one or more computer hardware and/or software devices configured to perform the steps recited in
This application is related to Applicants' patent applications entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING USAGE RIGHTS AND DIGITAL WORK HAVING TRANSFERRABLE USAGE RIGHTS (Ser. No. 09/867,740), METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING USAGE RIGHTS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT TO BE CREATED IN THE FUTURE (Ser. No. 09/867,747), METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNING USAGE RIGHTS TO DIGITAL WORKS (Ser. No. 09/867,745), METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING CONDITIONAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL RIGHTS TO DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS HAVING SUCH RIGHTS (Ser. No. 09/867,749), and METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIERARCHICAL ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS TO DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS HAVING SUCH RIGHTS (Ser. No. 09/867,748), which are being filed concurrently herewith, and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The subject invention relates generally to management of digital works and more specifically to demarcated digital content and a method for demarcating the content of digital works and processing the digital works.
One of the most important issues impeding the widespread distribution of digital works or documents (i.e. documents in forms readable by computers), via electronic means, and the Internet in particular, is the current lack of ability to enforce the intellectual property rights of content owners during the distribution and use of digital works. Efforts to resolve this problem have been termed "Intellectual Property Rights Management" ("IPRM"), "Digital Property Rights Management" ("DPRM"), "Intellectual Property Management" ("IPM"), "Rights Management" ("RM"), and "Electronic Copyright Management" ("ECM"), collectively referred to as "Digital rights management (DRM)" herein. There are a number of issues to be considered in digital rights management: authentication, authorization, accounting, payment and financial clearing, rights specification, rights verification, rights enforcement, and document protection for example. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,530,235, 5,634,012, 5,715,403, 5,638,443, and 5,629,980 disclose DRM concepts addressing these issues and are incorporated herein by reference.
In the world of printed documents, a work created by an author is usually provided to a publisher, which formats and prints numerous copies of the work. The copies are then sent by a distributor to bookstores or other retail outlets, from which the copies are purchased by end users. While the low quality of copying and the high cost of distributing printed material have served as deterrents to unauthorized copying of most printed documents, it is far too easy to copy, modify, and redistribute unprotected digital works. Accordingly, some method of protecting digital works is necessary to make it more difficult to copy them without authorization.
Unfortunately, it has been widely recognized that it is difficult to prevent, or even deter people from making unauthorized distributions of electronic works within current general-purpose computing and communications systems such as personal computers, workstations, and other devices connected over communications networks, such as local area networks (LANs), intranets, and the Internet. Many attempts to provide hardware-based solutions to prevent unauthorized copying have proven to be unsuccessful. The proliferation of high band-width "broadband" communications technologies will render it even more convenient to distribute large documents electronically, including video files such as full length motion pictures, and thus will remove any remaining deterrents to unauthorized distribution of digital works. Accordingly, DRM technologies are becoming a high priority.
Two basic DRM schemes have been employed to attempt to solve the document protection problem: secure containers and trusted systems. A "secure container" (or simply an encrypted document) offers a way to keep document contents encrypted until a set of authorization conditions are met and some copyright terms are honored (e.g., payment for use). After the various conditions and terms are verified with the document provider, the document is released to the user in clear form. Commercial products such as IBM's CRYPTOLOPES™ and InterTrust's DIGIBOXES™ fall into this category. Clearly, the secure container approach provides a solution to protecting the document during delivery over insecure channels, but does not provide any mechanism to prevent legitimate users from obtaining the clear document and then using and redistributing it in violation of content owners' intellectual property.
Cryptographic mechanisms are typically used to encrypt (or "encipher") documents that are then distributed and stored publicly, and ultimately privately deciphered by authorized users. This provides a basic form of protection during document delivery from a document distributor to an intended user over a public network, as well as during document storage on an insecure medium.
In the "trusted system" approach, the entire system is responsible for preventing unauthorized use and distribution of the document. Building a trusted system usually entails introducing new hardware such as a secure processor, secure storage and secure rendering devices. This also requires that all software applications that run on trusted systems be certified to be trusted. While building tamper-proof trusted systems is a real challenge to existing technologies, current market trends suggest that open and untrusted systems such as PC's and workstations using browsers to access the Web, will be the dominant systems used to access digital works. In this sense, existing computing environments such as PC's and workstations equipped with popular operating systems (e.g., Windows™, Linux™, and UNIX) and rendering applications such as browsers are not trusted systems and cannot be made trusted without significantly altering their architectures. Of course, alteration of the architecture defeats a primary purpose of the Web, i.e. flexibility and compatibility.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a system for controlling the distribution of digital documents. Each rendering device has a repository associated therewith. A predetermined set of usage transaction steps define a protocol used by the repositories for carrying out usage rights associated with a document. Usage rights are encapsulated with the document content or otherwise associated with the document to travel with the document. The usage rights can permit various types of use such as, viewing only, use once, distribution, and the like. Rights can be granted based on payment or other conditions.
Payment for the work is passed from user 130 to distributor 120 by way of clearinghouse 150 which collects requests from user 130 and from other users who wish to sue a particular content. Clearinghouse 150 also collects payment information, such as debit transactions, credit card transactions, or other known electronic payment schemes, and forwards the collected payments as a payment batch to distributor 120. Of course, clearinghouse 150 may retain a share of the payment as a fee for the above-noted services. Distributor 120 may retain a portion of the batch payment from clearinghouse 150 for distribution services and forward a payment (for example royalties) to author 110. Distributor 120 may compile a bundle or batch of user requests for a single work before distributing the work. In such a case, a single instance of the encrypted work can be generated for unencryption by all of the requesting users 130.
Each time user 130 requests (or uses) content of a work, an accounting message is sent to audit server 140 which ensures that each request by user 130 matches with a document sent to user 130 by distributor 120. Accounting information is received by audit server 140 directly from distributor 120. Any inconsistencies are transmitted via a report to clearinghouse 150, which can then adjust the payment batches made to distributor 120 accordingly. This accounting scheme is operative to reduce the possibility of fraud in electronic distribution and to handle any time-dependent usage permissions that may result in charges that vary, depending on the duration or other extent of use.
A first aspect of the invention is a digital work recorded on computer readable media comprising a content element including content data to be utilized by an end user, a content usage rights element associated with the content element and including data stored in addressable memory and specifying usage rights for the content element, and a flag element associated with the content element and having memory registers for saving demarcation flags.
A second aspect of the invention is a method of marking portions of content data of a digital work stored in addressable memory comprising, associating a flag element with the content data, the flag element having memory registers for saving demarcation flags, selecting a portion of the content to be marked, and manipulating the flag element to indicate the marked portion of the content.
The invention will be described through a preferred embodiment and the attached drawing in which:
DRM techniques and systems permit digital works to be distributed electronically while allowing the content owner, such as the copyright holder, to control use of the content and receive remuneration for the content. However, there are still several factors that tend to prohibit widespread electronic distribution of many works, such as works having a large amount of content, valuable content, and the like. For example, many devices, such as pagers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), have limited memory and communications bandwidth. Therefore, in many cases it is not practical, or even possible to download a work in its entirety to such devices. Of course, the publisher could divide the intended work into plural documents of a smaller size. However, in such a case, the user would have to go through the purchasing and download procedure plural times to receive the entire intended work. Also, different devices have different memory sizes and communications bandwidth. Accordingly, the publisher would have to divide the document into documents of a size corresponding to the smallest memory and lowest bandwidth, i.e. the lowest common denominator, to ensure compatibility with all devices.
Consider a hypothetical situation in which a consumer orders a book or other digital work. If the digital work is too large to fit into the available memory of the user's device, then the download of the digital document will fail. Alternatively, if the work takes too long to download, the user may terminate the download. In either case, a sale may be lost, or the user may be charged for a work not received, depending on the fault tolerance of the distributor's system.
Applicant has discovered that portions of a work can be demarcated from the other portions thereof in a flexible and dynamic manner to be downloaded and used independently of other portions. Markers, i.e. flags, can be used to mark portions of the document that were downloaded and portions that were not downloaded. The flags and the content can be stored in the same memory device or in different memory device at different locations. Further, the flags can be stored in the user's device or stored in a remote central server, for example the distributor's server. A file containing the flags can be associated with the content of the work in any way. The flags (as the markers of the content) can inform the server that only certain portions of the document have been downloaded, and thus can be used to keep track of downloaded portions, to save memory space or transmission time. The flags can be used as a basis for the fee required from user 130 to be paid to the distributor 120 or clearing house 152. For example fees can be based on the amount of the content requested for download, or actually downloaded, during a download session. The invention can be adapted for use with the conventional distribution system illustrated in
Accordingly, upon download of a portion of content file 210, flag file 220 can be created, changed, or otherwise manipulated, to include one or more flags indicating which portions of content file 210 have been downloaded. If flag file 220 is updated whenever portions of content file 210 are downloaded, distributor 120 or clearing house 150 can monitor how much, and which portions, of content file 210 have been downloaded. This permits user 130 to be charged only for downloaded portions of content file 210 or to be charged only once for the entire content of content file 210 and permitted to download remaining portions of content file 210 at subsequent times. In such cases, flag usage rights 230 might only let distributor 120, clearing house 150, or another authorized party, manipulate flags 300 so that user 130 or others cannot tamper with the download record.
In the preferred embodiment, the usage rights, in the form of content usage rights 240, are attached to content file 210 and are part of the digital work corresponding to content file 210. As the digital work is distributed, the scope of the granted usage rights will remain the same or may be narrowed. For example, when a digital work is transferred from a document server to another device, the usage rights may include the right to loan a copy for a predetermined period of time (called the original rights). When the device loans out a copy of the digital work, the usage rights in the loaner copy (called the next set of rights) could be set to prohibit any further rights to loan out the copy. The basic idea is that one entity or device cannot grant rights that are greater than the rights that the entity has.
The attachment of content usage rights 240 to content file 210 may be accomplished in a variety of ways as described in detail in the patents noted above and incorporated herein by reference. If the usage rights will be the same for all content in a digital work, content usage rights 240 can be attached when the digital work is processed for deposit in the server of distributor 120. An authoring tool or digital rights assembling tool can be utilized to create and attach the usage rights. For example, the XrML™ rights language and related tools can be used.
Assuming the content in digital form, or a portion thereof, has been downloaded to a device, such as the user's personal computer, PDA, or the like, user 130 may begin reading the content, for example a book. However, user 130 most likely will not finish the book in one reading session. Accordingly, after the reading session, user 130 can manipulate flag file 220 to create flag 300 (serving as a digital bookmark) to mark the unread portion of the text. The manipulation can be accomplished by the user through the device standard interface using software running on the device or another coupled device or manipulation can be automatic. For example, when the user closes the application running the book or closes the file corresponding to the downloaded book content, flag file 220 can be manipulated accordingly. The newly created flag 300 is then saved in flag file 220 for the future use of user 130, or the use of other parties having authorization to access flag file 220 as specified by flag usage rights 230. User 130 can specify multiple flags for different locations in the book. The user can specify who will have authorization for access to flags 300, or the authorization can be supplied from a predetermined source, such as a database or directory.
User 130 can be more than one entity, in which case the multiple entities can have joint authorization for manipulation of flags 300 through flag usage rights 230. A multiple signature scheme or a voting scheme can be used to ensure proper authorization by joint users. Some users may be able exercise veto power. All such rights and rules can be implemented through flag usage rights 230 in a known manner. Access to flag usage rights 230, i.e. the ability to change the usage rights for flag file 220 can be granted in a similar manner.
Further, flags 300 can be in the form of calls, links, or other references to additional digital works 250 and thus can be used to permit the user to attach additional content data, such as one or more text documents, reminder notes, music, or multimedia pieces, to the content data in content file 210. Usage rights and flags can be assigned to a content file of the additional work 250 in a manner similar to content file 210. Accordingly, a hierarchical access scheme can be established. In other words, content is attached to other content via flags 300, which are attached to some other content via flags 300, in a pyramid or tree structure.
As, discussed above, one or more flags 300 can be used to demarcate a specific portion or portions of the content data in content file 210 to be selected, separated, cut, copied, printed, or otherwise processed in a desired manner. For example, in the case of the content of content file 210 being music, the frequency or volume of a portion of the music could be changed by demarcating that portion with flags 300. Further, the demarcated content portion can be filtered or compressed using an adaptive filtering or compression scheme. The demarcated portion also could be watermarked or encrypted selectively. A demarcated portion of content corresponding to a textbook or a speech can be marked for translation to another language, using a translation engine or a human translator. Furthermore, the default currency used for payment for the content can automatically be changed in accordance with the translation language requested by the user.
Memory devices, specifically those in portable devices, are not always reliable. Therefore, a loss of data may occur, such as when the device operating system crashes, or when the device is subject to mechanical or electrical shock. In such a case, user 130 may desire to download the same content data or portions of content data to replace the content lost from memory. Of course, user 130 may have already paid for the content data. Flags 300 in flag file 220 can be used for aggregation and maintaining records of downloads and payments by user 130. For example, flag file 220 can be stored on the server of distributor 120 or clearinghouse 150 and flags 300 can demarcate portions downloaded and/or paid for by user 130. In such a case, flags 300 can be used for aggregating micropayments, i.e. plural relatively small payments, and charging the user at a future time, monthly or after downloading the entire content for example. Billing can be based on the credit limit user 130 applied for and obtained from distributor 120, clearinghouse 150, a credit card company, or other party financing the transaction. Also, flags 300 permit billing to be based on the portions of the content data purchased by user 130. Flags 300 can also be inserted automatically and be used to keep track of the reading habits (speed, frequency, and overall statistics) of user 130, based on the information gathered from many flags 300 during many sessions over a period of time.
In addition, flags 300 can be used to demarcate portions of a book or other content (by marking at least the beginning and the end of a portion of the content), from which a summary or abstract can be obtained automatically. Further usage rights and/or fees can be separately assigned to the abstract or summary as well. For example, flags 300 can demarcate specific sentences or passages that convey the essence or a preview of the content for viewing as a summary. The demarcated portions can be merely parsed out of the content and presented as the summary. Alternatively, a neural network with fuzzy logic capability, or any other artificial intelligence engine, can be applied for proper organization and classification of the demarcated portions. Such an engine can be trained or tuned to organize the demarcated portions based on keywords or relevant topics. Examples of training algorithms for artificial intelligence are the iterative algorithm for obtaining a solution weight vector for linearly separable classes, and the training by back propagation method. In general, in a successful training session, the network error decreases with the number of iterations, and the procedure converges to a stable set of weights that exhibit only small fluctuations with additional training. Fuzzy logic engines (using membership functions and fuzzy set theory) provide more flexibility to the decision process. The decisions are not merely binary but can include fuzzy terms, such as "Low", "High", "Many", and "Approximately". This is useful for classification purposes. The obtained summary can be used for review purposes, for a database searched by a search engine, to direct the other users to the original book for further information. Demarcated words or other portions of the content data can be used for indexing a search engine using keywords/phrases selected by author 110 or publisher 120 as opposed to keywords determined by the search engine.
Furthermore, flags 300 can be used for the collection of educational course materials or assignments by a course instructor or other person setting curriculum. In particular, portions of the content can be demarcated, parsed out, and saved by distributor 120 (or given directly to students), for automatic collection and transmission of portions from different works, and for keeping track of charges to the students for those portions, according to the prices assigned for those portions. Flag file 220 can be customized for Teaching Assistants, students, or the like. For example, the Teaching Assistant's flag file 220 may include demarcated portions having quiz answers and teaching aids. Of course such portions would not be demarcated by flag file 220 for students. It can be seen that one content file 210 can have plural flag files 220 or one flag file 220 can be associated with plural content files 210.
In addition, when traveling, the user can access a large amount of content stored on their home computer or elsewhere on their behalf using a hand-held device or a wireless device. Flags 300 can be used during unfinished downloads for large files to mark parts of the content for future downloads. The determination of required memory can be done automatically before a download procedure to streamline and optimize the downloading process by placing flags 300 in registers of flag file 220 demarcating content file 210 into portions of the desired size. Further, the system, such as a content server owned by distributor 120, can be configured to auto download the demarcated portions on a periodic basis.
Generally, flags 300 can be used for customization of content for each user by demarcating and keeping track of various portions of content. For example, each user can have one or more private and public libraries (a collection of books, book chapters, articles, or other works, selected by user 130), to which others can be granted access, based on the user's assignment of content usage rights 240. There may be more than one library, one for each subject (for example, one for a history collection and one for a scientific literature collection), in which case an automatic classification based on key words or neural networks can facilitate the selection of the appropriate default library. Personal libraries are folders for flag files 220 and can be distributed to others to mark and/or link content from various locations, such as various Web sties. The content of a library can be of any type or of any combination of types. The library allows the marked works to be easily correlated and retrieved for sale or other distribution.
User 130 can demarcate the name of books in a library (or alternatively, a small portion, a sample, or summary) by manipulating flags 300 and limiting content usage rights 240 by time, copies, or the like to encourage purchase of the content by peers for super distribution, i.e. redistribution by users 130. Group discounts referral points or monetary compensation can be given to the user for any redistribution.
Once the authorization granted by content usage rights 240 to use the content has expired, the content data can be automatically erased, or modified. For example, a the content data can be changed so a watermark or an intrusive message can appear on a rendered image, making the image useless or inconvenient. Or, for music, the frequency of demarcated ranges can be increased or silenced, making it unpleasant to listen to.
When content data is accessed from or stored on multiple servers or other devices, flags 300 can be used to keep track of servers for an optimized accessing scheme. For example, flags 300 can be used for identification and referral to a specific server for edge delivery of content over the Internet or any other network (as opposed to centralized content delivery), to solve the first-mile-bottleneck problem (related to traffic on the network and speed of delivery). Flag file 230 can be stored on or accessed by a central server which keeps track of flags 300 to allow various portions of content data to be demarcated for downloading from different servers based on load on each server or other characteristics and variables.
Another application of the preferred embodiment is in record keeping, such as laboratory notebooks or other notes kept by engineers, laboratory scientists and others. Conventionally, a laboratory scientist or engineer records test results, observations, and comments on a conventional paper lab notebook for future reference. The "lab notebook" is continuous, cannot easily be altered, is initialed and dated by the user, witnessed by others, and often is stored in a physically secure place. Such procedures render laboratory notebooks valuable as reliable evidence in legal proceedings, such as for establishing the date of recorded activity. Because of the ability to tamper with digital records, digital records have not been utilized to a great extent as laboratory notebooks or other legal records.
To provide a comparable level of protection and integrity in a digital work, an electronic lab notebook can be provided, in which the text, figures, tables, or data can only be inserted at the end of the file. The text, figures, tables, or data can be changed, However, in such a case, all of the previous versions remain intact in the file for future inspection or auditing. The content data of the electronic lab notebook can be stored in content file 210 and previous versions can be demarcated by flags 300 to be hidden as a default for convenience and ease of review. The time and dates for each session can be recorded according to a secure and centralized clock, i.e. all entries are time-stamped, together with the electronic signatures, i.e. a code that can be attached to a document to uniquely identify an individual creating or modifying the document of the users and witnesses. Each session can be marked clearly by flags 300 and indexed in a database using an automatic search engine. The contents of the electronic laboratory notebook can be stored in content file 210 and the sessions, entries or previous versions are demarcated by flags 300 stored in flag file 220 and rights thereto are specified by content usage rights 240.
The overall work, or just content file 210, can be encrypted, or hash functions can be applied thereto, to insure the integrity of the data. A "hash value" is a number generated from a string of binary value. The hash is substantially smaller than the original data itself, and is generated by a formula in such a way that it is extremely unlikely that some other data will produce the same hash value. Hash values thus can be used to ensure that content has not been tampered with. The creator generates a hash value of the content, encrypts it, and stores the hash value with the content in content file 210. An authorized user can subsequently decrypt both the content and the hash value and produce another hash value from the content. The original and the new hash value can then be compared. If they're the same, there is a very high probability that the content has not been tampered with.
The right to inspect or audit the electronic laboratory notebook can be different from the right to use the same and can be effected through content usage rights 240. For example, the right to inspect may be granted only to a judge or an attorney. A copy of content file 210, content usage rights 240, flag file 220, and flag usage rights file 230 corresponding to the electronic lab notebook can be transmitted to a neutral, trusted third party for safe and redundant storage. The third party preferably will not have the right to inspect the content. Plural electronic lab notebooks can be linked together or merged, in which case the encryption or hash functions should be employed again to get the resultant or total of the contents secured as a whole. The order of the changes or mergers can be recorded and demarcated by flags 300 for future auditing purposes.
The preferred embodiment can be applied to all types of the digital works having any content, such as magazines, movies, multimedia, speech, software, and music. Further, the preferred embodiment can be used in any type of distribution model such as those based on subscriptions, club membership, pay-per-view, set-top-boxes, quantity of usage, usage period of time, expiration date, number of printouts, number of copies, purchase, view, try-before-you-buy, or rental.
As noted above, different parties may have different usage rights. Accordingly, the identity of a party can be ascertained through the use biometrics (such as face recognition, iris recognition, eye recognition, fingerprint recognition, voice recognition, knuckle recognition, or hand recognition), signature analysis, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology, password, device ID, smart cards, magnetic ID cards, and DRM schemes. Further, the usage rights can be granted only upon payment of a fee or other event. The content and flags of the preferred embodiment are separate files. However, the content and flags can be stored in any element and need not be separate files.
The distribution, accounting, and other functions of the distributor and clearinghouse can be accomplished by any party on any device. For example, the content can be rendered on an ebook reader or PDA in response to entry of a code or insertion of a smartcard into a reader and accounting can be accomplished when the digital work or accounting data is returned to a specific source. The division of tasks disclosed herein is only an example. Usage rights and or accounting data can be encapsulated with the digital work or can be stored separately. Code for rendering, decrypting, or otherwise permitting or limiting use of the content can be stored on any device or can be encapsulated with the digital work. Any distribution arrangement can be used with the invention and such arrangements can include any combination of devices, such as personal computers, servers, PDAs, and the like communicating with one another in any manner as is necessary to transfer the desired information.
The invention has been described through a preferred embodiment. However, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and legal equivalents.
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In his Swampland posting today, Joe Klein, reacting to a New York Times story that reports that the Shiite-dominated government in Iraq is driving out many leaders of Sunni citizen patrols–groups of former insurgents who joined the American side and have been a major reason for the decline in violence around the nation–writes this:
This, of course, was the fallacy of McCain's "We're winning" argument from the start: Who are "we" at this point? It's the reason why David Petraeus has never been as sanguine as the neocons about the situation on the ground. Without true political reconciliation, the success of the Surge is, by definition, temporary and ephemeral. So now there are three possible scenarios:
–the Maliki government comes to its senses and makes a major effort to reconcile with the Sunnis.
–there is renewed ethnic cleansing of Sunnis by Shi'ites.
–the Sunnis return to the insurgency (if not to the arms of the jihadis).
Options two and three are not mutually exclusive, of course, and the smart betting in Iraq has always been on the side of pessimism.
Fine. But just last month–not last year, but last month–Joe wrote this:
The reality is that neither Barack Obama nor Nouri al-Maliki nor most anybody else believes that the Iraq war can be 'lost' at this point.
This is what I mean about pundits who write with absolute certitude in The Moment. They take snapshots in time and assume what is shall ever be, and draw sweeping conclusions from it. This kind of thing happens a lot among the pundit class, though it rarely happens as often and with such glaring contradictions as we see with Klein. His analytical pendulum swings very widely and very quickly. That's fine, if sometimes embarrassing, for a political commentator. But it's exactly the kind of thing you don't want in people who must actually govern a nation or run a war. Equanimity is an admirable trait, particularly in those who bear important responsibilities.


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Police arrived at the Spring Roll Restaurant, 381 King St., at 9:30 p.m. in response to an altercation between a man and the business staff, an incident report states.
Jonathan Darling, 35, of Stockton Drive in Mount Pleasant, yelled, You dont know who youre messing with and claimed to be a combat ranger while arguing with staff and police, the report states.
Police said Darling smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes.
Darling fought off attempts to place him under arrest, and positioned his arms and body in a fighting stance, the report states.
Police forced Darling against a wall and onto the ground to place handcuffs on him, the report states.
Afterward, police noticed a cut above Darlings eyebrow, according to the report.
Darling refused help from paramedics to treat the wound, but he complained of neck pains, the report states.
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An ambush-style stabbing left a Santa Fe man fighting for his life. It happened outside a smoke shop on Cerillos. Little did his attackers know, a surveillance camera was rolling as the attack unfolded.
Police are now hoping someone will be able to tell them who the suspects are.
In the surveillance video, a 22-year-old man, identified as an employee at Santa Fe Smoke Works, is seen outside behind the shop for no more than a few seconds when he is thrown to the ground.
With no visible hesitation, a man in a white shirt pulls out a knife and stabs the man in the stomach. The attacker's accomplice appears to be watching his back.
Both are oblivious to the visible surveillance camera directly above them.
The victim tries to fend off the attacker, kicking him several times in the face until finally, the two assailants take off and the victim gets up and goes inside for help.
"We don't believe there was a robbery motivation or theft motivation behind this specific incident, but we are concerned somebody would have such little hesitation to strike somebody and potentially kill them," Captain Aric Wheeler, Santa Fe Police Department, said.
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Jamie Madrid is a frequent customer and had only good things to say about the injured worker.
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North High School FBLA Students to Advance to National Conference
The Sheboygan North High School FBLA chapter placed 3rd as "Outstanding State Chapter" out of 161 chapters at the 55th Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference hosted in Milwaukee, on April 2 and 3, 2009. The advisers are Linda Bolgert and Thomas Gross.
The State Leadership Conference brought outstanding young adults together for an unforgettable experience of FBLA enthusiasm. This year, over 2,300 students, advisers, and guests participated in this conference.
FBLA members from all areas of the state gathered in Milwaukee at the Midwest Center to attend workshops and three delegate assemblies, elect their new State Executive Board members, and compete in competitive events such as Accounting, Desktop Publishing, Banking & Financial Systems, 3-Business, Website Development, Cyber Security, Network Design, Database Applications, and Entrepreneurship at the state level.
The keynote speaker this year was Todd Gehrmann. He is a founding partner of FOCUS Training. He has been a professional leadership trainer and speaker for 16 years. His message, "Achieving Excellence through Understanding and Action," was both educational and motivational. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
Our local chapter at North High School, sent 45 members to represent our school. Local members who placed in the "Top 10 at State" are:
Bai Xiong, third place in Database Design and Applications; Jim Cila, Josh Doro, and Stewart Leis, third place in Network Design; Bradley Heckner, fourth place in Introduction to Technology Concepts; Derick Adams, fifth place in Accounting II; Anne Wiesman, fifth place in FBLA Principles and Procedures; Alice Zhao, seventh place in Business Calculations; Taylor Waibel, seventh place in Cyber Security; Andrew Bayliss, Nicole Green, Kelly Lamb, and Hayley Norris, seventh place in Parliamentary Procedure; Matt Guelig, seventh place in Spreadsheet Applications.
The following first- and second-place winners will be advancing to the FBLA National Leadership Conference that will be hosted in Anaheim, California from June 25-28, 2009:
Sam Gilbertson, first place in Client Service; Matt Griffith, first place in Internet Application Design Programming; Kevin Chen, second place in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure; Alex Liebl and Amanda Senkbeil, second place in Management Decision Making.
Members of the North FBLA chapter from left to right are Sam Gilbertson, Bradley Heckner, Kevin Chen,
Derick Adams, Jim Cila, Josh Doro, Stewart Leis, Alex Liebl, Amanda Senkbeil, Bai Xiong, and Matt
Griffith. Anne Wiesman not pictured.
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Brig.Gen. Patricia Anslow of the Arkansas National Guard
Even as she entered West Point in 1985, Patricia Anslow wasn't sure if she wanted to spend her entire working life in a full-time career in the military. After a three-year active duty service – including platoon leader duties during the Persian Gulf War – Anslow turned to UALR to help transition into a citizen soldier's life.
Today, Brig. Gen. Anslow is the Arkansas National Guard's first female general officer, overseeing the land and facilities at the guard's 38,000-acre Camp Robinson. She also works for the Little Rock District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the chief of the Planning and Environmental Division.
A native of Troy, N.Y., Anslow left active duty and took what she thought would be a temporary job in Northwest Arkansas. An avid outdoorswoman, she fell in love with the Natural State, enrolling at UALR.
"I wanted to study environmental water and resources. I had done field work regarding military operations on land and studied vegetation analysis," she said. The general earned a B.S. degree from UALR in 1997.
She took mostly night courses, enjoying all of them and fondly remembers classes with Dr. Janet Lanza, who was chair at the time; Dr. Alvan Karlin, and Dr. James A. Peck.
"Dr. Peck would take the class all around campus, identifying different types of vegetation," she said. "Coleman Creek was a wonderful resource for the class and the campus."


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Andy Roddick eased through his second match last night versus qualie Grega Zemlja to start his run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic title.
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Nikolay Davydenko: Broken Wrist, Broken Racquet Deal?
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Despite the controversies and suggestions about changing Davis Cup, I've always enjoyed the unique features Davis Cup brings to tennis.
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Rafael Nadal has healed and he's ready for the fall season.
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ATP/WTA Previews: Roddick Dissed by NYT; Federer Davis Cup
Seeds: Andy Roddick, Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, Robin Soderling, Marin Cilic, Tommy Robredo, Tomas Berdych, Mardy Fish, Tommy Haas, Ivo Karlovic, Viktor Troicki, Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov, Dudi Sela, Sam Querrey
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dez Bryant says he left the field with time remaining in Dallas' crushing loss to the Packers because he "couldn't watch Green Bay kneel that ball down" and that he cried when he got to the locker room.
The Dallas receiver who had a well-publicized sideline rant in another deflating defeat at Detroit this season told reporters during a hospital visit Monday that he doesn't think about media attention in such moments.
The Cowboys blew a 26-3 halftime lead and lost 37-36 Sunday after Tony Romo threw an interception with a chance to run out most of the clock following a first-down throw to Bryant with a 36-31 lead.
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Monthly Archive for September, 2009
Experience key for youthful Rangers
Smithson Valley coach Larry Hill couldn't credit any specific player or area for his team's turnaround from Week 0's 23-6 drubbing by Wagner to Week 1's 28-13 conquest of Judson. Instead, for a team breaking in 16 new starters, it was probably a simple matter of experience. "Every time you go out there, you're a […] [Read More]
East Central RB says he's ready to play
East Central running back Chris Johnson said he's "100 percent sure" he'll play this Friday against Seguin after sitting out last week's loss to Boerne Champion with a concussion. "I'm playing this week," Johnson said. "It was a mild concussion, but they wanted to keep me out for safety reasons. I feel great, ready to […] [Read More]
New Braunfels coach pleased with defense — so far
Dominant in two victories, New Braunfels' defense will face its biggest challenge yet — and probably of the entire season — when the Unicorns take on high-powered Madison this Friday. The Unicorns have outscored Seguin and New Braunfels Canyon by a combined score of 101-5. They're allowing only 237 yards with seven takeaways, and have […] [Read More]
Stevens' Bridges keeps open mind about QBs
Stevens coach Lee Bridges still isn't sure if he's got a clear-cut starter at quarterback. And to him, that might be a very, very good thing. Given alternating starts in the Falcons' first two games, senior Brandon Pratt and junior Mykkele Thompson have both taken advantage of their opportunities. Pratt, who started Stevens' opener against […] [Read More]
Inside the stats Week 1: If it's raining, it must be Friday
Go figure! No rain for month after month after month, and in the first two weeks of high school football season, the thunderstorms arrive – but only on Friday, of course. [Read More]
Roosevelt 31, Wagner 14, final
Impressive victory for the Rough Riders, who outscored the Thunderbirds 25-0 after falling behind 14-6 in the first quarter. Considering both of Wagner's TDs resulted from correctable errors (muffed punt, defensive breakdown), the Rough Riders should feel very good about themselves going into next week's District 26-5A opener. For the Thunderbirds, it was a big […] [Read More]
Final: Churchill 35, Marshall 8
We're about five minutes away from game time here at Comalander Stadium, where the Marshall Rams and Churchill Chargers will face off in a contest featuring a pair of 0-1 squads. [Read More]
Final: Reagan 35, Warren 3
Reagan tacks on one final touchdown with about three minutes left to win 35-3. Be sure to check out tomorrow's Express-News (or read this here site later this evening) for extended coverage. — I'll be heading down to the field momentarily for interviews so there will be a lag before the next update is posted. […] [Read More]
Steele 42, Stevens 27, final
The Falcons made things interesting with a late charge, but their inability to contain Brown cost them. His 46-yard score with 1:06 run accounted for the final score and finally put the pesky Falcons away for good. He finished with 215 yards and four scores on 24 carries in another stellar performance. Still, we'll bet […] [Read More]
Madison at Kerrville Tivy – 09/04/09
This game has been called off after a delay of almost two hours. No. 300 will have to wait. — Just talked to Madison coach Jim Streety and Kerrville Tivy coach Mark Smith. They both think they're getting the game in tonight. Because there's 2:23 remaining in the second quarter, they're treating this like halftime. […] [Read More]
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Unreal 'optimization' a non-issue?
HardOCP just did an in depth filtering comparison of the 5900Ultra 44.03 vs. 9800PRO in UT, and came up with the following conclusion:
"In-Game Still Screenshot No AF = 5900 Ultra SLIGHTLY Sharper Textures with no mipmap transitions that are distracting.
In-Game Still Screenshot 8XAF = 9800 Pro SLIGHTLY Sharper Textures with no mipmap transitions that are distracting.
In-Game Movement No AF = Cant tell any difference.
In-Game Movement 8XAF = Cant tell any difference."
So, basically, it appears the optimization many have been complaining about is a non-issue.
What Unreal optimization issue? Nevermind, it's a non-issue being discussed in countless threads across the internet.
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ahh barons post just went away
I thought we had 60 bajillion posts about this. And we probably do.
Oh well.
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HardOCP has been very pro ATI in the past so I wouldn't say it's an nvidia biased site, though they seem to be approaching it in a sensible way - compare the games to each other while you are actually playing, as opposed to studying photoshopped screencaps...
And yeh there are a lot of posts but I thought this was a pretty cool article because its a brand new article done by one of the 'big' sites, and is very in depth. Plus, it specifically addressed the filtering issue and optimizations everyone has been talking about recently. I know I read in many threads people were stating that Nvidia was 'cheating' in UT and/or offering inferior filtering, but this article is a good counter for that point, since their direct A/B comparisons of actual gameplay found no noticable differences, and direct A/B comparisons of screenshots they studied went one way w/o AF and the other with AF.
In other words, both cards play Unreal just as good regardless of how the drivers work.
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have a read @ www.amdmb.com for their version of events.. even kyle linked to it in the thread started concernig this topic on [H]
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You can kind of draw a (somewhat faulty but what the heck) analogy to DVD. DVD uses MPEG2 compression, and if you pause a frame of a DVD, you can often study it and find some sort of artifacting, be it edge enhancement, haloing, mpeg blocking, etc... However, when played back, you generally don't notice such things (unless the DVD is mastered very poorly). So, although you aren't getting the full uncompressed perfect image quality, and although when you pause the DVD you might be able to find flaws in particular frames, when you are actually watching the movie you don't notice these things, so they are irrelevant. What I'm saying is, if it takes studying a zoomed in still frame to find a difference in an in-game image, its rather irrelevant since you would never be doing that when actually playing the game.
I demand absolute fidelity in audio or video. I don't compromise it.
Most people who buy high-end cards agree with me. If they're going to do it, they should at least give me a choice.
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Actually im surpzied we havent seen any threads about ATi pushing for HardOCP to change their review.
Isnt nvidia handleing that waaaaaay better than ATi?
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By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2004 Good weather, good music and great food combined for one picnic full of thanks and appreciation from Walter Reed Army Medical Center patients.
The Military Appreciation Picnic, sponsored by Wal-Mart on Sept. 25, was the result of a company official's visit with a Walter Reed patient and former Wal- Mart employee.
Ray Bracy, Wal-Mart's vice president for federal and international public affairs, had stopped to chat with Henry "Austin" Reed and asked what he'd like most while he were in town. Bracy said Reed's request was simple: He wanted to go out and have lunch somewhere other than the cafeteria.
"Somewhere" turned out to be a civilian restaurant near Walter Reed, which made Reed start thinking. He wanted to give fellow patients a new dining experience too.
That spurred Bracy and Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's chief executive officer, who was also on that visit, into action. Three months later they had the food, the music and servicemembers at the picnic held in the Mologne House courtyard at Walter Reed.
And that brought excitement from patients like Sgt. Dawn Adamson, with the 157th MP Company, West Virginia National Guard, who has been at Walter Reed for a little over a year. "I think it's awesome (and) the food is excellent," she said.
Adamson, a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, thinks the recreational events, like the picnic, are important to remind the patients that the "outside" world hasn't forgotten them.
"There are soldiers here, including myself, that are stuck here," she said. Adamson added that "people do appreciate what we've done, that they do recognize that we are here."
"It gets you out of your 'poor me,' you know, 'all my problems' mode," she said. "It gives a chance to meet with other soldiers and other people, civilians, that really do appreciate you. It makes you feel good."
Others said such events are good from the "something different" aspect too. Army Staff Sgt. Ron Lawler, 660th Transportation Company, said the recreational events are big morale boosts to those who have been at Walter Reed for a while.
"If you're here day in and day out, you get so bored yeah it helps," Lawler said, whose wife usually drives six-and-a-half hours from Ohio to visit him on the weekends.
Servicemembers who attended the picnic to show their support emphasized another importance to events like the appreciation picnic.
"It's important to keep supporting our soldiers when they come back from Iraq and Afghanistan -- show them that we're still with them even after they return," said Kye Allen, who works in aviation systems at Army National Guard offices in Arlington, Va.
Wal-Mart's Bracy said the picnic feedback was positive. The one thing that surprised him was an echo from the Vietnam era.
"As a veteran myself during the days of the Vietnam War, I found it interesting that some of the feelings that some of these folks have are similar to those days, that they're worried that people here don't appreciate them," Bracy said.
"(They) sort of all said that they realize through events like this one, and others, there's a lot of people doing nice things for them."
One person who did nice things for the wounded servicemembers at the picnic was songwriter Chuck Cannon. He performed a brief concert for the crowd, including "American Soldier," which he wrote for country music star Toby Keith.
Those working at the event were there to show their appreciation too. And in return people like Jerry "Chef Bubba" Womble received thanks from troops for preparing the feast.
Womble, who said he's fed the Dallas Cowboys, three presidents and a prince and princess, noted that "nothing has felt as good to me as coming here today to do this." He is new products director for Club Marketing Services.
"It's just been a wonderful experience," he said. "I'm just one old fat boy from Texas that represents millions and millions of people out there, and man, we love you guys," he told the patients.
Chef Bubba worked with his team, including Club Marketing Services CEO, Dalton Lott, to cook enough food for 1,000 people. By the end, most serving dishes were empty.
Lott's company provided food for the picnic, and he provided the words of appreciation directly to the servicemembers.
"People across America appreciate what you're doing and back you 100 percent. Mainland America - the people in the heart of America - love, appreciate you and thank you for what you've done."


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On March 16, 2013, the America Invents Act (AIA) changes U.S. patent law from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, which moves U.S. patent law into closer harmony with most industrialized nations throughout the world. Among other practical consequences, this change will (1) expand the scope of what constitutes prior art and (2) phase out interference proceedings used to resolve disputes regarding who first invented a technology.
In the new first-inventor-to-file system, a U.S. application will have an "effective filing date," which is either the earliest priority date or the actual filing date of the application, depending on whether the application properly claims priority to an earlier-filed application. The effective filing date affects what art (e.g., patents, publications, etc.) are considered to be prior art with respect to the application. Under current U.S. patent law, an applicant can possibly overcome art based on an inventor's pre-filing activities that antedate the effective date of art. This process is known as "swearing behind" art. The United States is the only major industrialized country to recognize this exception, which the AIA eliminates.
Unlike some strict first-to-file systems in foreign jurisdictions, the AIA will continue to permit certain exceptions to what constitutes prior art based on a one-year grace period. For example, an inventor's own public disclosures within one year of the effective filing date, as well as public disclosures by individuals who derive the disclosed subject matter from the inventor, will continue to be excluded from the prior art.
The AIA broadens the scope of prior art that can be used against patent applications and patents. Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) of the AIA, a person shall be entitled to a patent unless:
Section 102 under the AIA defines prior art based on the effective filing date of the application (i.e., the filing date of the earliest application to which the current application can claim a priority benefit or the actual date of filing of the application) and on a worldwide scope. The chart below shows the broadened scope of prior art under the AIA.
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Section 102 under the AIA fails to state whether on-sale activity has to be public to constitute prior art. The safest course of action is to assume that non-public sales and non-public offers for sale, whether in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, constitute prior art activities under § 102(a).
Prior art under § 102(a) is available as prior art for an obviousness analysis under § 103 of the AIA. As a result, the scope of prior art available for obviousness determinations under the AIA is different (often broader) than the scope of prior art available in some foreign jurisdictions. For example, "secret" prior art (e.g., an earlier filed application by another that publishes after an applicant's effective filing date) can be used in obviousness determinations under the AIA but cannot be used in obviousness determinations by the European Patent Office.
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The AIA provides a one-year grace period for certain disclosures. An inventor's disclosure within one year of the inventor's effective filing date does not constitute prior art under the AIA's 35 U.S.C. § 102. Such disclosure includes either a disclosure by the inventor or a disclosure by another who obtained the subject matter of the disclosure indirectly or directly from the inventor. An inventor can also remove another's earlier filed application as prior art under § 102(a)(2) if (1) the subject matter in the earlier filed application was obtained directly or indirectly from inventor, (2) the inventor publicly disclosed the invention prior to the filing date of the earlier filed application and within one year of filing of the inventor's application, or (3) the inventor's application and the earlier filed unpublished application are commonly owned or subject to an obligation to be assigned to the same entity.
The grace period under the AIA has some significant limitations. According to the U.S. Patent Office's newly promulgated examination guidelines, another's prior disclosure or earlier filed application is prior art under the AIA unless its disclosure is identical to the inventor's disclosure. Consider the following examples:
Example 1: Inventor A makes her invention public (e.g., by publishing it in a scientific journal). Author B then independently publishes an article about the same invention. Inventor A then files a patent application. Result: No patent for A because the publication by B is prior art against A.
Example 2: Same facts as Example 1 but that Author B merely reworks A's publication, adds his own trivial additional content, and then publishes it as his own original work. Result: A may get a patent but only after facing the difficult and complex task of proving derivation by B. Consequently, relying on the grace period is very risky.
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Pre-AIA law applies to all applications filed before March 16, 2013. The AIA's prior art provisions apply to (1) an application or patent that contains, or contained at any time, a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date that is on or after March 16, 2013 and (2) an application or patent claiming the benefit of any application or patent that contains, or contained at any time, a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date that is on or after March 16, 2013.
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There whereabouts of the little dinosaur are still unknown. Mexico police are investigating, but for now the show must go on. The creators of the program changed the first scene since the dinosaur that was stolen was an essential part of the act.
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