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DeSoto briefs: Department of Justice OKs Southaven redistricting plan
Feds approve redistricting plan
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Southaven's redistricting plan to balance the six voting wards in the city to address population growth in the last decade.
During Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting, Mayor Greg Davis announced that the justice department approved the plan that the city submitted in September.
The plan reduces the city's largest ward, Ward 6, to 8,000 people, and brings the other five wards up to 7,000 to 8,000 in each ward.
"This is some good news," Davis said about the Department of Justice approval. "If anyone wants to appeal the plan to the DOJ, they do have 60 days to do that."
He added that in the meantime, the city plans to ask the county to send out new voting cards to residents to let them know their voting district. The city elections are next summer.
In other business:
The board agreed to hire Hernando accounting firm Williams, Pitts & Beard to do its annual financial review. The Hernando firm submitted a proposal that was $13,500 less than a proposal from the Soutahven firm F.O. Givens & Co.
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Anti-poverty posts available with Vista
People committed to fighting poverty through education are encouraged to apply for full-time, yearlong posts with the North Mississippi Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) project of the University of Mississippi.
"VISTA will be filling 11 positions, with one of them being here in Hernando, working with DeSoto County Youth Court," said Anna Dickerson, director of Volunteer Northwest Mississippi, a program of the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. The placements, also at Oxford, Okolona, Tupelo, Corinth and Columbus, are supported by AmeriCorps with a living allowance, health benefits and an education award.
The North Mississippi VISTA Project works in 23 counties to build sustainable systems that connect Ole Miss and its resources to low-income communities. Members of the VISTA team help nonprofit organizations and schools seeking to develop or expand educational programs that serve children and adults.
Selections are to by made by Dec. 21. To apply, visit the AmeriCorps website at my.americorps.gov. Be sure to create a profile and specifically apply to the North Mississippi VISTA Project. For more information, e-mail Sharon Levine at Ole Miss at email@example.com or call 662-915-1905, or e-mail Daniel Ward at email@example.com or call 662-915-2397.
Planning panel member gets kudos
Hernando aldermen at Tuesday night's meeting lauded longtime Planning Commission member Marjorie Williams, whose service since 1995 was noted in an award from the state chapter of the American Planning Association.
Former city planning director Bob Barber, chapter president, said Williams was cited for guiding Hernando with "smart growth, environmental stewardship and quality of life" always in mind. Williams said she was pleased to be a part of helping the city excel "rather than just exist" and added she looked forward to seeing the long-awaited, upscale Hernando West development become a reality.
In other matters, aldermen authorized advertising for bids for closure, primarily earth work, involving the city's old North and South lagoons. The reclaimed sites are eyed for recreation projects under the city's master parks plan.
In personnel actions, the panel OK'd the promotion of part-time communications officer Danielle Little to full-time status and the hiring of Stacey Bethay as a full-time receptionist and Robert Allison and Nicholas Campbell as full-time communications officers.
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Happier at Home
Go Shelf By Shelf and Snack By Snack: "Happier at Home" Week 2, in the Pantry
Sunday, September 16th, 2012 | Connecting the Dots | 9 Comments
I am, indeed, happier.
Saturday morning, our pantry looked like this:
You may think that that is not so bad, and in some ways it is not. Certainly it could be worse. But in addition to general crudiness (and do, please, examine this close-up, below), there were other problems. The children couldn't reach the crackers and cookies they typically snack on after school (or on Saturday morning while their father and I sleep). The microwave (no counter space) could only be used by moving a basket of nuts and bars and coffee filters (because there's a grouping that makes sense) out of the way. And we had lots of stuff I had no idea we had. Note to self and husband: we simply don't need to buy any more ketchup. For years.
It was ugly, it was unpleasant, it was a constant annoyance. Every time I opened the doors, my heart sank. And you know, I open those doors a lot.
For months, I've been spending quality time with pantry porn in the form of Williams Sonoma and the kinds of magazines with headlines like "control your clutter" and "10 clutter-busting strategies!" And we've been distantly planning a kitchen remodel, so I like to draw my new pantry, which will have room for dishes and appliances and, I dunno, mops or something. Also, laundry, which is right now in my bathroom.
But distant plans and colored pencils are no substitute for immediate action. So Saturday, I opened the pantry doors, and I took everything out.
I had to get a folding table. I had to use the stairs, and the floor, and the counter. It was astonishing, the amount of stuff that fit in those two cabinets.
And once it was out, I sorted. I tossed (after the third time, the nearest available child began to refuse to taste-test any more crackers for staleness. It's been a very, very damp summer.) I collected for a food pantry (no, not the stale stuff! I briefly had a babysitter who would grocery shop for me, and the food pantry will benefit from the continual misunderstandings that led to my not having a babysitter who would grocery shop for me any more. Grits; they're getting lots of non-instant grits. Also, spaghettini, which is not at all the same thing as spaghetti. Actually, I don't have a regular sitter at all anymore, but that's another post.)
And then I replaced. Gently, slowly, with labels for the backs of the too-deep shelves. I moved shelves. I wiped, I vacuumed, I moved shelves again. I tried things out in a few places that didn't work; I finally used a set of matching containers I bought ages ago in the hopes of doing just this; I scrounged baskets that were being misused in other rooms; I labeled, I thought, I dumped.
The result is beautiful. I didn't spend one penny. (I'm not going to count those three extra plastic containers because I bought them months ago.) I didn't order anything new from the Container Store. I didn't do anything except what I should have done in the first place: think about the best place for stuff and put it there, and not shove anything into the back without making sure there was a way to find it again.
When I open the pantry doors now, I still want to cry … with happiness. I'm delighted, I'm relaxed, I'm happy to cook and happy to put away the groceries.
Will it stay this way? I think so, in part because I used another "Gretchen-ism:" I left empty spaces. (She says "Leave an empty shelf.") We're not always going to have exactly four boxes of crackers or two boxes of spaghetti (although we will always have exactly no boxes of spaghettini). Things will get used and replaced and bought–but in addition to going shelf by shelf in the pantry, I found myself thinking about a new resolution: the resolution not to stock up.
No more buying in bulk, no more getting five cans of coffee to save grabbing another on the next trip to the store. We don't have room for ten boxes of macaroni and cheese no matter how much it's on sale, and I pay a price in coping with all the excess, not to mention the price of losing it in the back of the cabinet, or watching it expire. It's false economy, and false security. We need two boxes of macaroni and cheese. When one is eaten–or even, should we decide to live life to the fullest, when BOTH get eaten, we can go to the store and buy another.
Doesn't that sound profligate? But we can. Should the apocalypse arrive, a stock of macaroni will not save us (I'm going for a stock of bourbon, actually). Should a flu epidemic prevent our shopping for weeks, some system will surely arise to allow us to get food. If it doesn't: if systems fail and bourbon proves useless in the zombie economy, well, we have bigger problems than a few boxes of macaroni would have solved, and at least I got to enjoy my clean pantry in the meantime.
"Happier at Home:" Gretchen's Project, KJ's Clutter
Sunday, September 9th, 2012 | Connecting the Dots, Motherlode | 9 CommentsMotherlode sneak peek: Next week, I'm going to Boston to meet up with Gretchen Rubin and record a video introduction to a series of posts she'll be writing for Motherlode starting 9/17. Like so many of us, I found a friend when I first opened Gretchen's book "The Happiness Project," and when that words-only friend turned into an actual live friend (at the ASJA conference) a while ago, that was even better—especially now that it means Gretchen will be writing a weekly Motherlode post this fall. (About what? That's the only part I'm not going to tell you here.)
Since Gretchen's writing for me, I thought I'd turn the tables and write, well, not "for" her but "inspired by" her. I know plenty of people started their own "happiness projects" after Gretchen's first book. I did nothing so official, but this time, perhaps instigated by the fact that her very first topic in "Happier at Home" is something I know would make me much happier if I could just get a grip on it: clutter.
Ok, Gretchen doesn't call it clutter. She calls it, rightly, "Possessions," and that just puts a much happier spin on the whole thing, or at least it would, if my "possessions" weren't so buried in my clutter that it's become very hard to tell the difference.
I'll blog my own "Happier at Home" project, which conveniently enough Gretchen began one September, every Sunday night along with my now-weekly Motherlode sneak peaks (and probably the occasional mid-week picture update of my, um, progress).
Gretchen started her latest project with "Possessions" because she's smart enough to know that the clutter isn't all there is to her relationship to her stuff. "My possessions had a powerful influence over the atmosphere of my home, and they contributed to, and reflected, my sense of identity," she wrote.
I know what she means. I battle the clutter and mess of two adults and four children with an abundance of identity in the form of books, toys, magazines, newspapers and small, indeterminate but invariably important plastic objects (whose importance rarely becomes clear before they're thrown away) daily, but the clutter isn't all I'm dissatisfied with as I survey my domain. We just don't live, physically, they way I want to live, or even the way we want to live. It's pretty depressingly Tobacco Road around here, and I suspect the friend who just sent me an email about her new no-filter fish tank may have been commenting on our tank, which has been fish-free and filled with evaporating water for months. (Ok, maybe longer.)Gretchen's goal was to "Find a True Simplicity." Mine is to Cultivate an Ordered Calm. "Simplicity" will never reign here; I like clear surfaces but I also like books and magazines and easy access to things we love and use, and a few toys here and there don't bother me as long as, if the spirit moves the child to put the toy away (and my "spirit" I mean "allowance" or possibly "threat"), there is a clear place to put it.
I'm adopting Gretchen's second resolution, "Go shelf by shelf" as my first. My goal is to remove and clear, and to keep only what I "know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful," with an eye towards finding a place for everything that remains, even if not everything is in its place.
It's not at all realistic to expect that I'll have gone "shelf by shelf" in our 4 bedroom house by next Sunday, but I'll at least write about where we stand, and whether the bookshelf I took out of the guest room upstairs and then couldn't find anywhere to put except the hall floor is gone, next Sunday. Beyond that lie two more resolutions for September: Make it right, and Put it back.
I want to do more than clear the clutter. I want to get what stays behind right: to finally replace the kitchen soap dispenser and repair the broken dresser drawer and put all the pieces in the Monopoly game. That, to me, is "make it right."
And then I want to learn to keep it that way. "Put it back," means more than that. It means embracing David Allen's requirement that if it takes less than 2 minutes, you do it now by putting the tape back after wrapping a present, or picking up the clump of hairbands and replacing them in the box instead of dropping them in the nearest bowl. If I'm going to be happy with my possessions, each thing needs a place, and I need to make a habit of resecting those places.
Honestly, I go into this discouraged and overwhelmed. We've been letting things pile up for the five years since we moved into this house, and we have both had to accept of late that the children never put anything away because we rarely do: yep, there are six plastic spaceships and a half-built lego on the coffee table, but then, there's a Sunday times and an open notepad (mine) next to them, and the bag I brought out yesterday to dig out hand-me-down soccer cleats on the floor next to it, unreturned to its place, and next to me on the end table is the squirt bottle Rob used to squirt the dog for barking at the UPS man on Friday.I set out to clean the hall today, and mostly just stood gazing miserably, knowing that I can't really clean out the shoe cubbies unless I pull out all the outgrown shoes, and I can't pull out the outgrown shoes without something to put them in, and then I will need to take the ones that aren't handed down somewhere and put the ones that are somewhere else, with a label and the hope of finding them in two years (girls) or four (boys). And that's just the shoes; there are jackets and rackets and swimsuits and kites and backpacks and hats…
I finally managed to open the four elfa drawers that store up the projects children bring home from school all year; in a happy, ideal family, one goes through these at the end of the year, pulls out treasures, tucks some away, frames a few pictures and talks to each child about his or her school year. Instead, I dumped last year's contents into the four bins I keep their artwork in in the basement without a word while three were out with various friends and the fourth played Minecraft. Now they're empty and ready for 2012-2013, filled only with my intent to do better next year and the near certainty that I won't.
I'd hoped for before and after pictures of a hallway transformed, but instead, I realized I needed the bins I keep Sam's clothes in upstairs for mittens, etc., which meant taking Lily's doll clothes out of his old dresser and giving it back to him and then switching the bins currently in the hallway for swimsuits up for doll clothes and…well, long story short, all the bins and the dresser are empty; the swimsuits and Sam's entire wardrobe are in various piles, and it is all much, much worse than it was when I started.
What is it Gretchen always says? Happiness doesn't always make me feel happy. But it really, really will feel so good when it's done—and making the mess guarantees that one way or another, I'm going to have to pick it up!
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- Life in a Northern Town
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Pretty Little Liars
Who Is "A"? Our Top 3 Suspects From Pretty Little Liars Season 5, Episode 8
Who is "A"? It's the question that's always on our minds, and each week Pretty Little Liars seems to point in a different direction. So, who are we finding extra suspicious after Season 5, Episode 8 ("Scream For Me")?
Here are the top three people we have our eyes on right now.
Alison DiLaurentis
Why she might be "A": Alison (Sasha Pieterse) proved this week that she's still not above totally manipulating everyone around her — and she has the acting skills to pull it off. She seemed genuinely scared during the fake attack that she set up. If that was an act, it calls everything else we've seen from her into question, too.
Why she might not be "A": Well, she claims to be doing all of these bad things to help protect herself from "A". If that's a lie, why would she be doing them at all?
Wren Kingston
Why he might be "A": The more the clues point to everything that happened at Radley being key, the more we start to suspect Wren. We've always found his interest in the Liars suspicious; is he interested because he's after them? Is it because of things he learned at Radley? Is he the reason Eddie is gone?
Why he might not be "A": We still don't have a solid motive for him. He seems to be connected to some sort of cover up at Radley, but that still doesn't seem like enough to motivate him going after the Liars like "A" has.
Melissa Hastings
Why she might be "A": Why was Melissa's helmet at the same barn Bethany Young used to go riding at? That's totally suspicious if you ask us.
Why she might not be "A": As Spencer pointed out, that could also be a false lead planted by "A". There are so many possibilities!
Who do you think "A" is? Let us know in the comments below!
Catch the next episode of Pretty Little Liars Season on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC Family.


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Appleton police say the shooting happened just before 2 o'clock this morning at the Luna Lounge on the 300 block College avenue.
Officers say the victim was found just inside the Luna Lounge.
They say he was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
Appleton Police Sergeant Dave Lund says investigators have not identified a suspect.
"Right now we do have our going through the video and also video from the traffic cams that are in downtown Appleton for that intersection," he says.
Investigators say their efforts are complicated by the panic that ensued after the shooting.
"The investigators kind of have to look through the video to see that prior to the shooting, where were these people" Lund says. "Were they in the entry way, were they in the main part of the establishment."
Investigators say a motive isn't clear, but this was not a random act.
"This was targeted against one individual, Lund say "that this wasn't someone that came into the establishment and fired multiple rounds in a general area."
The victim's name has not been released, and the investigation is still ongoing.
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Donald Trump Admits That He's Not A Hands-On Dad
Real estate mogul and Celebrity Apprentice boss Donald Trump admits that unfortunately he's not the best hands-on dad out there who will go play catch at the park with his 6-year-old son. He tells the ladies on the mid-morning chat fest, The View:
"I'll kiss him, tell him I love him, hug him. And then after four minutes, I go back to my phone call. I'm not really a father that will go to the park and play catch. I'm not a father that's totally hands on."
Donald adds that while he might not be the greatest dad right now to his 6-year-old son Baron, that will definitely change when the boy is 21-years-old and looking for his first job. He added:
"I'm a good father at 21. At 21, I'm the greatest of all fathers."


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Reva discovers the truth about Josh and her sister Cassie. Lizzie continues to scheme for more attention from Jonathan. Coop confronts Buzz about Olivia.
Alan looks at Tammy thanking her for the present in his suitcase, telling her leaving a meat cleaver in it was hardly a joke. Especially when airport security stopped him. Tammy shakes her head telling him she doesn't know what he's talking about.
Alan grabs Tammy and attacks her. Throwing her agains the wall, he tells her not to mess with him. Desperately trying to hold her composure, she slips under his arms telling him she knows he'll never relly hurt her.
Entering the bar, Alan throws her money saying he'll get the drinks. Tammy snidely reminds him it's HER bar so it's ON ME.
Alan goes on to tell Tammy how he deeply admires her courage. He knows how things will end up with Lizzie. ...Elizabeth will wear out her welcome as she always does... he reminds Tammy.
But Tammy snaps at Alan to give it a rest, insisting on defending the scheming little Lizze, telling him the selfish Lizzie we all know is gone. Alan laughs and continues to remind Tammy how Lizzie holds all the pieces right now and it will just get worse when the baby is finally here. He discusses about the amazing bond between parent and child. How Lizzie will control all the holidays and much of his spare time getting him to be with his daughter. At the doctors, dentists, school trips, Alan smugly tells Tammy how Jonathan will pull further away from her.
Tammy insists that a close intimate bond between Jonathan and his daughter is what she wants for him.
Jonathan then storms in yelling at Alan to get the hell away from her! After getting Alan out of the bar, Tammy snuggles up to Jonathan reminding him that they have everything they want and need!
Cassie chides Josh for buying her flowers ...if they're too expensive.... But Josh scoffs at the comment saying nothing is too expensive when it's not expected. As Cassie takes the flowers, she strokes Josh's hand. They flirt back and forth as Reva looks on wondering what's going on between the two. Confused, Reva ducks into the background trying to sort out what she thought she just saw between her husband and sister. Still not wanting to admit it, she continues to look on as Josh pulls Cassie into a Greek dance circle shouting how they sure make a great pair! Reva hides once again, determining that it can't be all in her head. Whispering to herself how it's too much for her to deal with, it can't be happening she tries to tell herself over and over. Josh and Cassie are not at the fair for business. They met up to have fun. A wore down beaten Reva swears on revenge. Calling Billy she demands answers and tells him the best thing about a dying person is that they cannot be held responsible for their actions and hangs up. But Billy rushes down to the fair and finds Reva. Billy encourages Reva to leave with him.
Back in Reva's room she discusses the possibility of Josh and Cassie asking Billy if he knew about this. Billy hesitates, not knowing what to say or how to say it. She screams at him for dragging her back here to see this and to find out this way about her own husband and sister. Reva picks up whatever is loose in the room and starts throwing it as Billy ducks trying all the while to calm her down. Yelling that she must have died and is now in Hell. But Billy gets ahold of her and yells back telling Reva how they both know who's at fault for this. Chiding Reva that she did this, not anyone else!
Billy's comment seems to break Reva into despair and pity. Reva begins to tell him how she knows, she knows leaving Josh wasn't the best thing. But in her mind she was trying to protect everyone from the treatments, the sickness, the chemo. Starting to cry and laugh hysterically, Reva goes on and on how she did this for Josh. How leaving him would give him the opportunity to make a difference with his business! Still wallowing in self pity, Reva justifies her decision by saying she sacrificed it all for Josh but Josh didn't focus on his business, he focused on Cassie. Wild eyed, Reva turns to Billy asking him if it was the last day of his life, what would he do?? Nervous, Billy questions her motives...� but Reva assures him that she's going to see her kids and only her kids but that she won't see Josh right now because she wouldn't be responsible for what she did to him if she saw him.
Back at the fair, Buzz questions Coop about dating Lizzie. But that's not why Coop came to talk with his dad. He first tells Buzz how he felt so close to him trying to rescue people from the fire, how proud he felt that they did this together. Buzz agrees.
But then Coop changes his tone with Buzz and starts questioning the fire and explaining what Ava said happened. How Olivia saw her under the beam but still walked away leaving her to die in the fire. Buzz scoffs at the thought, denying it. But Coop angrily insists this is what happened.
Still back at their house, Jonathan laughs at Lizzie. I'm on to you he tells her. I know what you're doing. She rolls her eyes, I'm going to be late for my appointment. Jonathan shakes his head, don't lie Lizzie, he scolds. You knew all along about your appointment and wanted me to be late to see Tammy.
In the hospital, Lizzie approaches the nurse who has her chart. She asks if the nurse can change the fathers name to Jonathan Randall please. As the nurse rolls her eyes and scratches out Coops name, Lizzie goes on explaining how things sometimes get confused and all. Nurse just walks away. Then Lizzie plots how to get Jonathan to the hospital, calls someone on her cell phone for help.
Next on the Guiding Light:
Reva breaks down and tells Jonathan about the change her condition. Cassie prepares to leave Springfield for a job in San Cristobel. Jeffrey blackmails Dinah - but what is his price?


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Naomi nominated at the AACTA International Awards
The nominees for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards were announced earlier this week, and Naomi is nominated! She is of course up for Best Actress for The Impossible. The winners announcement event will take place in Los Angeles in late January. Find the full list of nominees here.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards recognise film excellence regardless of geography, as determined by a jury of eminent Australian screen practitioners from a cross-section of crafts, and with a wealth of local and international experience.
Jessica Chastain. Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard. Rust and Bone
Nicole Kidman. The Paperboy
Jennifer Lawrence. Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva. Amour
Naomi Watts. The Impossible


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The 2012-13 NFL season was a good one for young quarterbacks in general. The league saw 4 teams with first time QBs lead their respective teams to the playoffs — 3 of which were rookies in Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, and Andrew Luck (Colin Kaepernick was a 2nd year player). Even more specifically speaking, this was a great year for the athletic, dual threat quarterback who can hurt your through the air and on the ground. All four of the aforementioned quarterbacks, including Luck who doesn't have as big a reputation as a runner, were able to find success by keeping defenses guessing with their rushing ability.
So while all four of these players had varying levels of success this season, I am going to be looking at Kaepernick vs. Griffin for the purpose of the article. Colin Kaepernick went on to lead his team to the Super Bowl, eventually losing to the Ravens last night. Robert Griffin busted out of the playoffs in round one, leaving with a busted up knee, but went on to win the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. The two were often compared to each other toward the end of the regular season, as they are both accurate passers and can change the game on a dime with their running ability. The 49ers were also employing the read option offense that Washington had been running all year to take advantage of Kaepernick's abilities.
You can not just lay out their numbers side by side to get a fair comparison. Robert Griffin III started 15 regular season games for Washington, while Kaepernick started 7 for San Francisco. Kaepernick took over for a concussed Alex Smith during the Rams game on 9/11/12, so for all intents and purposes he saw significant action in 8 games this year. I am throwing out the playoff numbers and going to try and show their numbers based on regular season play. Since Kaep played 8 games and Griffin played 15, we will be basing these numbers off of doubling Kaepernick's regular season stats (throwing out the 2 games he made quick appearances) and then taking Griffin's stats and adding in the averages for 1 more game to bring both totals to 16. I am sure there may be an easier or better way of doing this, but for the purpose of this article, this is how it goes. If you want to look at their full season stats, go to ESPN StatsLab.
Numbers adjusted based on 16 games:
QB Rating (not adjusted):
Kaepernick: 98.45
Griffin III: 102.4
Passing Yards:
Kaepernick: 3,628
Griffin III: 3,413.3
Touchdown Passes:
Kaepernick: 20
Griffin III: 21.3
Kaepernick: 6
Griffin III: 5.3
Completion Percentage:
Kaepernick: 262/418 = 62.7%
Griffin III: 275.2/419.2 = 65.6%
Rushing Yards:
Kaepernick: 608
Griffin III: 869.3
Rushing Touchdowns:
Kaepernick: 6
Griffin III: 7.4
So as you can tell, the comparisons are very much warranted. Both players have some real similarities when looking at the numbers. It would be great to get a full season of both quarterback's starting so you can look at the numbers line by line. Obviously there are some factors that can not be accounted for such as Griffin having essentially a full season to learn on the job among many others (such as Kaepernick running for 181 yards in the divisional game), but this is the best I could come up with for now.
Griffin edges out Kaepernick slightly in most categories except the passing yards category (and don't forget playoff victories). The numbers are pretty similar, and you can count on Kaepernick possibly raising his based on a full season of experience. Rounding the numbers off, Griffin throws 1 more touchdown, one less interception, completes 2.9% more of his passes, rushes for 261 more yards and 1 touchdown more than Kaepernick. Again, I would expect to see Kaep's rushing numbers come up a bit more in a full season if they continue to run the same offense, and possibly see Griffin's drop with less rushing attempts in an attempt to maintain health.
Either way, these team's futures are extremely bright behind their multi-talented quarterbacks. As a Redskins fan, I will forever support Robert Griffin III and be overjoyed that he is my quarterback. And I am sure all 49ers fans will be saying the exact same thing about Colin Kaepernick.


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Details Released on Capture of Accused Okawville Bank RobberA 33-year-old Mascoutah man has been charged in Federal Court at East St. Louis with the bank robbery Wednesday morning at the Okawville First National Bank.
Okawville Police Chief Steve Millikin was able to arrest Micheal Dawson following a vehicle and foot chase. Milikin began his pursuit after seeing the suspect running from the bank. A vehicle chase followed after the man got into a vehicle, drove to Interstate 64, and headed eastbound.
Dawson abandoned the vehicle at the 43 mile marker three miles east of Okawville and ran back west bound on the interstate. Minutes later, after a short foot chase, Dawson was taken into custody at the 42.5 mile marker.
Millikin reports Dawson was not armed and there were no injuries to anyone at the bank. The Police Chief also reports all U.S. Currency taken from the bank was recovered. Dawson was taken to the Washington County Jail following his arrest and later transported by FBI agents to the Federal Courthouse where the bank robbery charge was filed.
The charge claims Dawson by the use of force, violence and intimidation, took money in the care and possession of the First National Bank of Okawville. The U.S. Attorney's office reports bankrobbery carries a potential term of not more than 20 years in prison, a fine up to $250,000, or both, and a supervised release term of five years.
Dawson was remanded to the U.S. Marshals to await trial.
Nashville Police and Illinois State Police also responded to the bank robbery after it was reported around 8:30 Wednesday morning.
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Industrial designer Paul Backett to speak at Western Nov. 14
Western Washington University's Department of Design will host industrial designer Paul Backett at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Fraser Hall room 4.
The talk is free and open to the public.
Paul Backett is an industrial design director at Ziba Design, a strategic design consultancy headquartered in Portland, Ore. He has more than 10 years of design experience in numerous categories, but mostly in consumer electronics, medical, telecommunications, home goods, and person care products ranging in complexity from tactical product design to complex design strategies.
At Ziba, Backett is responsible for the creative output of product design projects, as well as guiding and mentoring the industrial design group as they progress in their careers. His diverse experience, couple with his desire to immerse himself fully in the target consumers' world, has helped Backett deliver innovative brand building solutions for clients such as Nike, P&G, Respironics, and Dell.
Prior to joining Ziba, Backett was a designer at Seymour Powell in London, where he worked on programs for Nokia, Unilever, and Mission Speakers. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Backett holds an Honors degree in Product Design from the Glasgow School of Art.
For more information please contact the WWU Department of Design at 360-650-3660.


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Systems and methods that manage financial market data with hidden information. The systems and methods may receive market data about a plurality of financial instruments. The plurality of financial instruments comprises at least two different kinds of financial instruments. Hidden information is generated, based on the market data. The hidden information is viewable only after scrolling a cursor over a graphical element. The systems and methods also generate, based on the market data, a first graphical element that is embedded with hidden information. The first graphical element is displayed on a display. An indication is received indicating that the cursor has scrolled over the first graphical element. In response to the indication, the hidden information that is embedded in the first graphical element is displayed on the display.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a remote device, market data about a plurality of financial instruments;
generating, via a processor, hidden information, based on the market data, in which the hidden information is viewable after scrolling a cursor over a multi-dimensional object, in which the processor and the remote device are in communication over a network;
generating, via the processor, based on the market data, a plurality of first graphical elements,
wherein each of the plurality of first graphical elements comprises one or more first multi-dimensional objects that are embedded with the hidden information,
wherein the plurality of first graphical elements comprise a first type;
generating, via the processor, based on the market data, a plurality of second graphical elements, in which each one of the plurality of second graphical elements corresponds with one of the plurality of first graphical elements,
wherein each of the plurality of second graphical elements comprises one or more second multi-dimensional objects that are embedded with the hidden information,
wherein the plurality of second graphical elements comprise a second type;
displaying, via the processor, the plurality of first graphical elements that comprise the first multi-dimensional objects, and the plurality of second graphical elements that comprise the second multi-dimensional objects on a single display;
receiving, via the processor, an indication that the cursor has scrolled over at least one of the first multi-dimensional objects or the second multidimensional objects; and
displaying, via the processor, in response to the indication, the hidden information that is embedded in the at least one respective multidimensional object on the single display.
2. The method of
3. The method of
receiving, via the processor, a second indication that the cursor has scrolled over at least one of the second multi-dimensional objects; and
displaying, in response to the second indication, the hidden information that is embedded in the at least one of the second multi-dimensional objects on the single display.
4. The method of
5. The method of
an instrument type;
a bid price;
a yield; and
a volume.
6. The method of
causing a box to appear on the display, in which the box contains the hidden information.
7. The method of
causing a pop-up window to appear on the display, in which the pop-window contains the hidden information.
8. The method of
causing a scroll bar to appear on the display, in which the scroll bar contains the hidden information.
9. The method of
causing an audio file to be downloaded, in which the audio file provides the hidden information in a sound format.
10. The method of
11. The method of
12. The method of
receiving an indication to re-hide the hidden information;
causing, in response to the indication to re-hide, the hidden information to disappear from the display.
13. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, in which the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to perform the method of
14. The apparatus of
15. The apparatus of
16. The apparatus of
17. The apparatus of
18. The apparatus of
19. The apparatus of
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/146,663, filed Jun. 7, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,801,784 which claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. �119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/577,666 filed Jun. 7, 2004, both of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
This invention relates generally to financial market information systems and, more particularly, to a system and method for providing, manipulating, viewing and acting upon financial market information.
In recent years, electronic financial market information and trading systems have gained a widespread acceptance. For example, electronic trading systems have been created which facilitate the trading of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, currency, futures, or other suitable financial instruments. Many of these electronic trading systems use a bid/offer process in which bids and offers are submitted to the systems by a passive side. These bids and offers are hit and lifted (or taken) by an aggressive side. For example, a passive trader may submit a "bid" to buy a particular number of thirty-year U.S. Treasury Bonds at a given price. In response to such a bid, an aggressive trader may submit a "hit" in order to indicate a willingness to sell bonds to the first trader at the given price. Alternatively, a passive side trader may submit an "offer" to sell a particular number of the bonds at the given price, and then the aggressive side trader may submit a "lift" (or "take") in response to the offer to indicate a willingness to buy bonds from the passive side trader at the given price. In such trading systems, the bid, the offer, the hit, and the lift (or take) may be collectively known as "orders." Thus, when a trader submits a bit, the trader is said to be submitting an order.
In general, financial market information systems typically display various pieces of information related to a particular financial market. The pieces of information are usually displayed in separate windows or screens on a monitor. Comparative information, to the extent it is provided, is offered in one or two dimensions. For example, it is common for financial information systems to display two-dimensional graphs of information relating to the market for a single financial instrument. Further, if a user of the system wishes to conduct electronic trading based on the information, the trading activity is typically initiated in a trading application separate from the application providing the financial market information.
This invention relates generally to financial market information systems and, more particularly, to a system and method for providing, manipulating, viewing and acting upon financial market information. Some embodiments relate to systems, software, and/or graphical user interfaces for the display of market information and options that allow a user to make transactions based on that market information.
In at least one embodiment, a system is provided for displaying financial market information. The system includes a computer having a memory to receive and store financial market information. The computer also has a display and a processor operable to process the financial market information and to execute software to generate a graphical depiction of the financial market information on the display. The graphical depiction has a multidimensional representation, in at least three dimensions, of market information for at least two financial instruments. The graphical depiction resides in a single window on the display, and at least a portion of the displayed financial market information is dynamically updated in real-time.
In another embodiment, software is provided, which is executable by a processor and operable to generate a graphical depiction of financial market information on a display. The graphical depiction includes a multidimensional representation, in at least three dimensions, of market information for at least two financial instruments. The graphical depiction resides in a single window on the display, and at least a portion of the displayed financial market information is dynamically updated in real-time.
In another embodiment, software is provided, which is executable by a processor and operable to generate a graphical depiction of financial market information on a display. The graphical depiction includes a three-dimensional representation of market information for at least two financial instruments. The graphical depiction includes a first component of dynamic, real-time market information in one dimension, and a second component of market information in a second dimension. Representations of the at least two financial instruments are arranged along a third dimension.
The invention has several important technical advantages. Various embodiments of the invention may have none, some, or all of these advantages. Among other things, certain embodiments of the invention provide real-time information for financial instruments (e.g., fixed income securities) in a manner and presentation such that the viewer of the display receives an integrated and easily-understood view of currently updated prices, yields, transactions types and sizes, bid and offer prices, market direction, prevalence of buying and selling interest, price trends and key security relationships and interrelationships. The viewer is provided with the ability to focus on an aggregate measure and retrieve its specific underlying numeric components. This is accomplished in a single display or window in such a way that the single display may give access to a broad array of information that might otherwise require numerous contiguous display windows. Additional information not previously available is provided in a comprehensive graphical format. This simultaneously facilitates the capability to submit a bid to purchase, offer to sell, or to execute a transaction in, each of the securities. The invention also supports display of raw market information with simultaneous mathematical calculations, sophisticated quantitative analytical studies, and 24-hour worldwide transaction capability. The invention facilitates the presentation of financial market information to a user and enables the user to improve the level and speed of understanding that information as compared with known systems. The invention also increases the efficiency of managing the financial market information, as well as the speed and efficiency of transactional activity relating to the financial instruments associated with the information.
Viewing the real-time characteristics of a group of financial instruments in a comprehensive and interactive visual display permits market participants to understand numerous variable and quantitative market dynamics instantly and with precision, including relationships both within the market for a single one of the financial instruments, relationships between the markets for any two or several of the instruments, and comprehensively for the entire group of instruments. The system enables market participants to more effectively execute transactions in any of the instruments through interaction with the same display that is depicting the market information. In addition to facilitating the reading of the quantitative information, the display format and other tools summarize and characterize key market dynamics, providing a simplified framework for a substantially enhanced comprehension of real-time market characteristics and complexities simultaneously with the ability to execute transactions electronically in the respective instruments.
Certain embodiments provide a user interface that is easier and more efficient to use. Certain embodiments facilitate the rapid selection and retrieval of information by presenting a graphical multidimensional representation of market information for financial instruments in a single window. Certain embodiments provide a graphical user interface that enables users to execute information associated with financial instruments represented by the multidimensional representation. Such embodiments are providing a new input tool. Certain embodiments of the invention relate to the manufacture and/or production of a display or a report, such a display or report having a graphical multidimensional representation of market information for two or more financial instruments. The report is a product that may be a printed document or an electronic document.
In certain embodiments there is provided a graphical depiction that includes a first portion representing completed trading activity and a second portion representing current market conditions, such as potential market activity. By displaying such a graphical depiction in a single window a user is able to simultaneously view both completed and current market conditions. This is achieved without the user taking further action (such as opening further windows). In this way the mental and operational burdens on the user are reduced and the user can act more quickly since he is required to take fewer steps to view the information he requires.
In certain embodiments, the invention provides for the display of a multidimensional representation of market information for at least two financial instruments. By doing so, the current invention provides for a technically more reliable system compared to the prior art. This is because the number of queries that are necessary by a user and the number subsequent replies supplied by the system will be reduced. Since data is provided as a multidimensional representation there is more data available to the user in a single display and there will be less of a need for the user and system to perform further operations to obtain required data or to complete an order. Fewer required operations results in a smaller the risk of a failure or delay in an operation. Such failures or delays may be caused by peaks in data traffic over a network.
An embodiment of the invention provides a default base combination of displays designed to answer all the immediate questions of a user such as current prices, volumes etc. The provision of such a default that predicts a user's questions has a number of technical advantages. The default makes efficient use of the display space available on a GUI (so called display "real-estate"). Since the answers to the most likely questions are made readily available, then there is a reduction in the use of the available telecommunications bandwidth because the user is required to interrogate the system less frequently to obtain the answers he needs.
Other technical advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention and for further features and advantages, reference is now made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In general, certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to presenting financial market information to market participants. According to some embodiments, the invention provides, among other things, electronic displays, which seamlessly integrate the combination of raw data, value-added calculated data, real-time analytical values, graphical displays, and transactional capability, permitting the rapid comprehension and related decision making, market action and decision support required by the market participants. A system provides a means to view the most current and best available raw market data, reliable value-added calculations and analytical and statistical measurements within a framework utilizing various visual display techniques to provide a presentation of current market conditions and dynamics for the securities that a trader or other market participant may be interested in either buying, selling, or assigning a price to for purposes of valuing securities currently held in portfolios. In some embodiments, the system further permits the user to execute transactions in such securities directly and instantly by way of interactivity with the display providing the market information.
Certain embodiments of the invention provide, among other thing, a system for providing, to a market participant, a set of information and transaction displays that depict the current price and yield for one or more financial instruments. Preferably, at least two financial instruments may be represented. Financial instruments include any instrument that may be traded. Although certain embodiments described herein refer to securities, the invention is not limited as such. By way of example only, financial instruments may include securities, treasuries, currency, fixed-income assets, or other similar financial instrument or assets that have a value that changes in response to market conditions. A market participant may include a trader, market maker, analyst, investor, or any other user that views the information. The system also depicts the volume of buy and sell orders including individually-aggregated buy and sell orders that compose the gross volume of securities currently available to buy and sell at the highest currently bid price, and lowest currently offered price, respectively described as the best-bid and the best-offer price. Preferably, this information is provided by a secure worldwide real-time electronic transaction network which aggregates active bids and offers for multiple securities and facilitates the display of the most current and frequently updated best-bid and best-offer prices, as well as current transaction prices for such securities.
Brief identifying information for each security identifies that security at each incidence of its location within the display. Preferably, all instances of the information displayed for that security are real-time, simultaneous, and actionable through user interaction with an interactive transaction inquiry, submission, and execution dialogue window.
The aggregated current best-bid and best-offer orders may be referred to, collectively, as the Active Market Stack™ or simply the order stack. The order stack indicates stacked orders to execute at the current active market, or best prices. Orders comprising the order stack are preferably revealed by shading and highlighting layers in multidimensional (preferably three-dimensional) graphical depiction in a window on an electronic display, such is the monitor of a computer. The graphical depiction may be, for example, in the form of vertical bars. Although certain embodiments described herein refer to particular types and configurations of graphical displays, the invention is not so limited. Any suitable type of representation may be utilized to convey the subject financial market information including, without limitation, pie charts, bar charts, graphs, boxes, colors, gray scales, points, curves, lines, or any other geometric, textual, or pictorial representation of information. Further, certain embodiments may provide certain market information in multiple dimensions (e.g., in at least two dimensions), while other embodiments may provide market information in three, four, or more dimensions.
With respect to the referenced vertical bars, the cumulative height reflects the total aggregate size of the layers within the stacks. Similar vertical bars preferably will be arrayed horizontally and may denote the aggregate volume of current buy and sell orders at specific increments below the current best-bid price and above the current best-offer price. This collection may be referred to as a limit order book. Individually and collectively, the horizontally arrayed vertical bars preferably will give an immediate impression of the prevalence of buying and selling interest on a real-time, continual basis both at and surrounding the current active market price.
Also provided are captions for each of the vertical bars, and cumulative tags for each horizontal line of vertical bars, indicating the real-time data. Current market prices, transaction prices, yields and volumes, and underlying prices at each increment of the limit order book are preferably provided so that all visually presented market characteristics are clearly labeled and numerically defined.
Also provided in horizontal alignment are charts denoting the price histories for a given time period (preferably for a trading day) so as to provide a continually-updated context for current market levels, and a visual display indicating price direction for a predetermined number of transactions in each financial instrument. The charts and the trade direction histories, in one embodiment, are presented in a terrace-step format so as to clearly separate the information for each security, whether separated by sector or maturity.
The interactive visual displays presenting specific security information are further surrounded by tabular and graphical display summaries of execution prices, calculated yields, high and low transaction prices including their times and associated yields, and a real-time updated display of the yield curve in graphical form and superimposed on prior days' histories.
A default base combination of these displays is designed to answer all immediate questions of the market participant as to current prices, volumes, prevalence of buying or selling interest, context within a given time period, current price direction within each maturity and across all securities as a group, price direction and a sense of coming short-term market direction. In addition, each visual display element is further constituted as an aggregate container for underlying values that can be retrieved by scrolling a cursor over the respective element. As this is done, the respective element's individual characteristics, whether components or a summary of its current state, can be viewed as the information is dynamically updated.
In addition, individual displays for each security component of the display are available to permit the market participant to focus on the dynamics of the particular security or maturity sector. In these subordinate individual security displays, visual elements are preferably similarly highlighted to reveal their underlying components either in detailed numeric or status-summary form.
Preferably, any element of the display can be enlarged to highlight the element in greater detail. Also, the entire display can be rotated to permit optimal viewing of the multidimensional elements. At any time, the rotated and enlarged displays can be toggled back to their original default position.
Clicking on any portion of the price, yield or volume listed for a given security preferably will open a transaction window permitting the trader or other qualified user to submit a bid to purchase, or an offer to sell, that security, or to execute a transaction in the security by accepting one of the existing bids or offers, or through the electronic matching of the bid or offer submitted by the trader to the fixed income transaction network with the bid to purchase or offer to sell of another trader or other authorized and qualified user of the financial transaction platform.
Also provided are security and authorization tools necessary to acquire and maintain access to associated secure subscription services, financial credit management services, and transaction management services.
An example embodiment is illustrated in
For example, system 100 may comprise a market system that compiles U.S. Treasury benchmark and non-benchmark instrument data, automatically presents the compiled instrument data to a trader via display 116, and dynamically processes any appropriate changes in market information 118. The term "automatically," as used herein, generally means that the appropriate processing is substantially performed by at least part of system 100. It should be understood that "automatically" further contemplates any suitable user interaction with system 100 without departing from the scope of this disclosure. The term "dynamically," as used herein, generally means that certain processing is determined, at least in part, at run-time based on one or more variables.
Server 104 comprises any computer including a central repository 110 and communicably connected to at least one client 102 and/or one data provider 106. For example, server 104 may be a general-purpose personal computer (PC), a Macintosh, a workstation, a Unix-based computer, a server computer, or any other suitable device.
Central repository 110 includes a variety of market information 118 from one or more data providers 106. Central repository 110 comprises any physical or logical description of data storage operable to be defined, processed, or retrieved by externally-implemented code. For example, central repository 110 may comprise one or more extensible Markup Language (XML) tables or documents. In another example, central repository 110 may comprise a relational database described in terms of SQL statements or scripts, flat files, Btrieve files, or comma-separated-value (CSV) files. Central repository 110 may comprise a plurality of tables stored on one server 104 or across a plurality of servers 104. Moreover, central repository 110 may be local or remote without departing from the scope of this disclosure. In short, central repository 110 is any data storage comprising at least a subset of market data 118 that is communicably connected to at least one client 102.
Additionally, the present invention contemplates any suitable configuration for the storage of market information. For example, although
Each client 102 is preferably a trading workstation or device operable to present a market participant with display 116 via a graphical user interface (GUI). At a high level, illustrated client 102 includes GUI 112, memory 120 and processor 125 and comprises an electronic computing device operable to receive, transmit, process and store any appropriate data associated with system 100. It will be understood that there may be any number of clients 102 coupled to server 104, as illustrated by client 102 a and client 102 b. Further, "client 102" and "user of client 102" may be used interchangeably without departing from the scope of this disclosure. As used herein, client 102 is intended to encompass a personal computer, workstation, network computer, kiosk, wireless data port, personal data assistant (PDA), one or more processors within these or other devices, or any other suitable processing device. For example, client 102 may comprise a computer that includes an input device, such as a keypad, touch screen, mouse, or other device that can accept information, and an output device that conveys information associated with the operation of server 104 or clients 102, including digital data, visual information, or display 116. Moreover, client 102 may comprise a keyboard customized to match display 116, with each key mapped to a particular component, view, or functionality of display 116. Both the input device and output device may include fixed or removable storage media such as a magnetic computer disk, CD-ROM, or other suitable media to both receive input from and provide output to users of clients 102 through the display 116 by way of, for example, the GUI
The GUI may comprise a graphical user interface operable to allow the user of client 102 to interface with system 100 to receive one or more sets of market information from data provider 106. Generally, the GUI provides the user of client 102 with an efficient and user-friendly presentation of data provided by system 100. The GUI may comprise a plurality of frames or views having interactive fields, pull-down lists, and buttons operated by the user. In one embodiment, the GUI presents, in a single window, a graphical depiction of the various market information 118 and receives commands from the user of client 102 via one of the input devices. As illustrated in more detail in
Display 116 may also be associated with a configuration file, module, or dynamic link library (DLL) operable to store various dynamically configurable or selectable options and parameters. This configuration component may be a distributed file that is managed by an administrator or manager, thereby providing centralized and consistent configuration for a plurality of market participants. It will be understood that "administrator" as used herein is any user with permissions or rights to dynamically configure options for display 116. In other words, each market participant may also be an administrator without departing from the scope of this disclosure. These parameters may be configured during run-time to allow for swift responses to changing trading, regulatory, or other industry conditions. In short, display 116 contemplates any graphical user interface, such as a generic web browser, that processes information in system 100 and efficiently presents the information to the user. Server 104 can accept data from client 102 via the web browser (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and return the appropriate HTML or XML responses using network 108.
Network 108 facilitates wireless or wireline communication between computer server 104 and any other computer. Network 108 may communicate, for example, Internet Protocol (IP) packets, Frame Relay frames, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cells, voice, video, data, and other suitable information between network addresses. Network 108 may include one or more local area networks (LANs), radio access networks (RANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), wide area networks (WANs), all or a portion of the global computer network known as the Internet, and/or any other communication system or systems at one or more locations. Client 102 includes interface 112 for communicating with other computer systems, such as server 104, over network 108 in a client-server or other distributed environment. In certain embodiments, client 102 receives market information 118 from network 108 for storage in memory 120. Generally, interface 112 comprises logic encoded in software and/or hardware in a suitable combination and operable to communicate with network 108 via link 114. More specifically, interface 112 may comprise software supporting one or more communications protocols associated with communications network 108 or hardware operable to communicate physical signals.
Memory 120 may include any memory or database module and may take the form of volatile or non-volatile memory including, without limitation, magnetic media, optical media, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), removable media, or any other suitable local or remote memory component. In the illustrated embodiment, memory 120 includes at least a market information management application 130, local market data 132, and a transaction application 134, but may also include any other appropriate applications and data, such as a configuration file for use by display 116 and application 130 and 134.
Applications 130 and 134 may include any hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof operable to receive and process market information 118, present it to market participants through display 116, and enable users to execute transactions associated with the financial instruments represented by the information presented on display 116. When loading or configuring display 116, application 130, for example, may first process the configuration file, whether local or remote, to determine the initial or default parameters of the graphical depiction(s) presented on display 116. Further, application 130 may receive and process requests from the market participant using client 102 via display 116. Trade application 130 may deny, ignore, or communicate an error in response to certain requests based on the configuration file. It will be understood that while applications 130 and 134 are illustrated as single multi-tasked modules, the features and functionality performed by these applications may be performed by multiple modules such as, for example, a data retrieval module and a presentation engine. Moreover, applications 130 and 134 may comprise a child or sub-module of another software module without departing from the scope of this disclosure. In short, application 130 and 134 comprises one or more software modules operable to provide any appropriate processing for presenting, manipulating, and acting upon market information 118 as described herein.
Local market data 132 stores one or more subsets of remote market data 118, such as benchmark and non-benchmark instruments. Local market data 132 may receive a copy of market data 118 through interface 112 or from another process running on client 102 as appropriate. As appropriate, local market data 132 may automatically, dynamically, or manually retrieve or receive market data 118 from central repository 110 at any appropriate time. For example, management application 130 may automatically retrieve a copy of market data 118 in central repository 110 upon initial execution. Further, local market data 132 may be of any suitable format including XML documents, flat files, comma-separated-value (CSV) files, SQL tables, relational database tables, and any other format operable to store at least one subset of market data 118. It will be understood that local market data 132 may be in a format different from the data in central repository 110 or communicated market data 118 so long as it is compatible with display 116 and may be processed by applications 130 and 134.
Display 116 includes a window or windows, as appropriate, to present market information to the user. In one embodiment, market information is presented to the user in a graphical depiction displayed in a single window. In another embodiment, a user may execute transactions in the depicted financial instruments by interacting with elements or objects displayed in the same window as the market information, including interaction with components of the graphical depiction of the information. However, the invention is not so limited and contemplates the use of multiple windows for displaying market information and/or executing transactions corresponding to, or based on, the information.
Client 102 also includes processor 125. Processor 125 executes instructions and manipulates data to perform the operations of client 102 such as, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Although
Data provider 106 typically comprises a third party web server or an enterprise agent residing on a machine operable to communicate at least a portion of market data 118 for storage in central repository 110. It will be understood that data provider 106 may be remote or local. Further, data provider 106 may represent a separate process running on server 104 or client 102 without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Generally, data provider 106 is any hardware, software, or logic operable to provide system 100 with at least a subset of any appropriate market data 118. System 100 may comprise any number of data providers 106, as illustrated by data providers 106 a and 106 b. For example, a plurality of data providers 106 may be communicably daisy-chained off a master provider 106. Master data provider 106 may compile and verify substantially all of market data 118 and communicate the compiled market data 118 to server 104 upon request or at a scheduled time.
In one aspect of operation, applications 130 and 134 are executed and initialized either automatically, such as when client 102 is powered up, or in response to a command from the user. Application 130 and 134 may determines a default configuration and layout for display 116, retrieves the appropriate market data for the benchmark and non-benchmark instruments from central repository 110 and/or local market data 132, and generates the graphical depiction(s) presented in display 116 based on the default configuration and retrieved data. Application 130 and 134 processes the information presented in display 116 and/or the actions initiated by the user as appropriate.
As illustrated in
More specifically, market presentation 200 preferably includes a graphical depiction 201, which comprises a first portion 210 and a second portion 220. First portion 210 represents information regarding completed transactions, bids, offers, or any other activity in connection with the market(s) represented. As shown in
First portion 210 includes a multidimensional object representing completed, intraday, trading activity. First portion 210 is presented as a terraced, or stepped, three-dimensional object. Each step 211 represents a different financial instrument. In the example illustrated in
Each horizontal section 212 comprises various information displayed in the form of a graph 214 superimposed on a grid 215. The grid 215 represents transaction price in z direction and time in the z direction. The graph 214 is a depiction of connected data points on the grid over a period of time. The example in
Each vertical section 213 also represents completed trading information as well. In
Therefore, as shown, a graph 214 represents completed trading information over a first period of time and a tick strip 216 represents completed trading information over a second period of time. The second period of time is shorter than the first period of time and is a subset of the first period of time. Also, as discussed, the graph 214 represents price-amount information and the tick strip 216 represents price-direction information. Thus, the graph and tick strips represent different information over different time periods.
Second portion 220 includes a plurality of multidimensional objects representing the entire current market for the five benchmark treasuries. Second portion 220 comprises a plurality of instrument slabs 221. Each slab 221 represents a financial instrument. As shown in
Each slab 221 has disposed thereon a series of 3D vertical bars 222. Each of the vertical bars is known as a stack. The stack represents a volume of security orders (either for sale or for purchase) at a given price. A series of stack along a given slab is known as a limit order book for the particular security. Each slab has a center point 223. The stack immediately to one side of center point (e.g., stack 224) represents the best-bid price, or the best price for which users are willing to pay for the security. The stack immediately to other side of center point 223 (e.g., stack 225) represents the best ask price, or the best price for which users are willing to sell the security. The center point may be known, therefore, as the best bid/ask, or BBA point. The pair of stacks straddling the BBA point may be known as the BBA stacks. Preferably, the BBA stacks illustrate additional information in the form of layers. The layers indicate different order volumes in a queue at the best bid/ask prices, respectively. However, any vertical bar 222 may be configured in this manner.
Thus, second portion 220 includes a plurality of slabs 221, each of which comprises a plurality of vertical bars or stacks 222 arranged along a given dimension. In
Market presentation 201 may also include certain collateral information. As shown in
Trade status indicators include trade state indicators 205 and BBA instrument quotes 206. Trade state indicators 205 are displayed when the particular security is in a trade state. The trade state indicator provides information such as price information, volume information, and hit/take information. Hit/take information indicates whether the trade was a hit or take (i.e., a sale at a best-offer price, or purchase at a best-bid price, respectively).
Quote board 204 displays current market quote information. In other words, board 204 displays instrument type information (such as 2Y or 3Y treasury), last price information (including a hit/take indication), price change information, yield information, high price/yield/time information, and low price/yield/time information.
Scrolling the cursor over best-bid/ask stacks produces boxes such as box 303. Box 303 includes information such as instrument type, offer price, yield, aggregate volume, and incremental volumes. The incremental volumes represent the respective volumes of each order within the queue of the stack for a single price. For example, in box 303, the incremental volumes are 10, 8, 5, 5, and 2 respectively. The aggregate volume is the sum of the incremental volumes. For example, in box 303, the aggregate volume is 30. Similar information would be displayed in a box corresponding to a best bid stack, except that the bid price instead of the offer, or ask, would be displayed.
Another example of an information box is box 304, which corresponds to a stack while the instrument is in a trade state. Box 304 displays information such as instrument type, hit/take, price, yield, volume, and price direction. Similar information is displayed in box 305 except the hit/take indication is "take," because the trade-state stack that corresponds to box 305 is among the offer orders of the respective limit order book as opposed to the bid orders.
It should be noted that hidden information may be provided in varying levels as desired. Multiple layers may be accessed by "drilling down," for example, to more and more detailed layers. Hidden information may be viewed in any number of configurations such as the illustrated boxes. Other possible configurations include such things as pop-up windows, scroll bars (at the bottom of the screen for example), and audio files. Hidden information, once accessed, may remain on the screen until affirmatively re-hidden, may remain for a predetermined period of time, or may return to a hidden status as the cursor leaves the object associate with the hidden information. The disclosure contemplates any routine by which hidden information is at least initially accessed to be made viewable, and any routine by which the information returns to a hidden state.
Any portion of the graphical depiction and collateral information shown in a market presentation may be zoomed, enlarged, broken out, rotated, another otherwise manipulated in order to provide the user with different views of the various pieces of information being illustrated in the respective market presentation.
According to an aspect of certain embodiments, transactions in the financial instruments are enabled. A transaction is accomplished by taking an appropriate step or steps to execute transaction application 134 shown in
Although embodiments of the invention and their advantages are described in detail, a person skilled in the art could make various alterations, additions, and omissions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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I wish the ladies looked like that when I used to go to Seaside.
I wish I had waited. I would've saved a fortune on court fees, fines and attorney costs.
Notre Dame in Big East Football?? I don't think so.
Give up rivalries with USC, Michigan, Michigan State and Stanford for UCONN, RU, Cincinnati and Pitt...The alumni and NBC would love that.
I don't see more than a two game swing between 1st and 5th place. It is going to be pretty competitive, so many teams are evenly matched but Pitt is the most experienced with starters, which is why the media gave them 1st place.
With a weak conference (compared to other BCS Conferences) having so many evenly matched teams, this is the best year that RU has at a BCS bid, even more than 2006-07. I think next year RU's year of a consistent top 10 ranking, a Big East Title and a BCS bid. This will be a fun year for the alumni and students and even just football fans in NJ.
Was he driving a car? Did he rape someone? Did he get into a fight?
Why didn't the reporter tag his/her name to the column? Did it take the entire staff to write it?
Are there not any football stories to write about? Has the Star Ledger become TMZ?
ND wanted to play at the Meadowlands last year, don't you remember? We said no. It would've been great for recruiting and a win even greater. A 2pm National Televised game on NBC. Instead, RU will be playing on SNY vs.Buffalo, pending if the Mets post game show is over.
RU didn't want to cause a mess with season ticket holders paying more money for a game and playing in front of a NJ crowd of 50% Irish fans.
Lesson to be learned, when Notre Dame, USC or Florida offer to play in your state, you take it. If Duke wants to play hoops in your state on a neutral court, you take it. Period. As for the Meadowands and RU, both are operated by the State of NJ. This should've happened. It also would've given RU to opportunity to play in South Bend the following year.....great for recruiting.
We still have a lot to learn as a state as we are new to Big Time College Football.
As for the Notre Dame debate, ND wanted the RU game at Giants Stadium; ND usually has 17-25,000 fans of their own that travel to road games. ND has alumni all over the country and when they play on the road, they have banquets and alumni fundraisers for the entire weekend. When RU could only offer less than 7,000 seats in Piscataway for ND Alumni, ND nixed it. Even AIR FORCE gives 1/3 of their seats to ND. It is a business and RU doesn't have the stadium. RU should've agreed to the Meadowlands game vs ND, it would have been great to see 77,000 at an RU Game in New Jersey.
If this guy were in the deep south, he never would've gotten past the gators and the quicksand in the swamp surrounding the jail.
Why are you so shocked NJ?????? Didn't you know this was going to happen when ya'll elected him? I hate to say "I told you so" but I vote so here it is: "I told you so!".
Why are you so shocked NJ?????? Didn't you know this was going to happen when ya'll elected him? I hate to say "I told you so" but I vote so here it is: "I told you so!".
Great Decision!!! Too much taxpayer money going overseas. If the students want to go to school in another country, they should but not at our cost. They should go to a private university and then go to Israel, Guatamala or Nepal.
I can't wait to view the construction web-cams zooming in on the Route 66 EZ-Pass toll plazas.
I am surprised that this game was televised at all. RU should be happy that it was even considered for TV. Why not just appreciate Collins on the radio. Another point....20,000 no shows yesterday and can someone please tell me why all of the RU alumni in my neighborhood have taken down their R flags from their porches?
I were in the SNY control room, I would've stayed with the Mets for the entire afternoon. However an RU Big East game, i would've split the screen with the sound going to the Mets locker room. (Kinda like CBS NCAA Tournament)
Coach Hob,
I read your post a few times because I noticed the same thing. I believe the answer to this is that Teel doesn't have the time he used to have with this new Off. line. Once he drops, he has only a second or two before he has to scramble.
That drive in the second quarter he was reading the D and making the plays.
I think Teel is a good QB but he doesn't have the protection that he is used to which is why he most likely has the receiver already picked before he snaps the ball.
Param01 Autograph signing at grease trucks?
I have them picked to finish 7th, ahead of Syracuse. I posted this prediction on the RU Forum last week and it got deleted. I think Pitt may shock the entire Big East and win the title.
I have them picked to finish 7th, ahead of Syracuse. I posted this prediction on the RU Forum last week and it got deleted. I think Pitt may shock the entire Big East and win the title.
Alright I just did the math.
.09% of the state budget goes to state college funding. I paid over $7,000 in state taxes last year (2007) which doesn't include tolls, property tax or nj sales tax. On just the $7,000 in payroll state tax, .09% is $6.30 for state college funding. Only got .88 cents in my couch.
I am glad that they are cutting funding to colleges. Over 1/3 of all college students in New Jersey fail out 1st year yet I don't get a refund on my taxes wasted on these students. Another 1/4 remaining don't even graduate. Make the students pay up front and get a rebate with their degree; this will act as an incentive to work harder in school and focus more on studies in lieu of frats/sors, football games and drugs. Fred has spoken.


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All Jordan Chrobak was hoping for was the chance to make something happen.
All it took was the football bouncing his way.
When it did, Chrobak did the rest.
"All I needed was a chance, a hope and a prayer," Chrobak said Saturday, shortly after his 70-yard punt return with 14.6 seconds remaining had given Utica's Notre Dame Jugglers a stunning 14-8 Homecoming victory over Class C East rival Frankfort-Schuyler.
"I just can't believe I even got a shot to return it. I just got lucky it stayed in bounds, and when it didn't make the sidelines, I figured I might as well make the best of it."
From there, Chrobak zig-zagged his way through a couple of defenders, found daylight near midfield, and was gone, shocking a Frankfort-Schuyler team that had controlled the football and for the most part, the game.
"They beat us the whole game, but all we needed was a chance to win it — just like at Ilion," Chrobak said, referring to the Jugglers winning their season opener 31-30 on Zane Smith's last-second field goal. "I just found some space, broke some tackles, found a seam and then hit it."
Even the speedy Chrobak, a Section III champion sprinter from Clinton who was averaging 26 yards per carry and 140 rushing yards per game, had been held in check — nine yards on four carries — before shaking free for 25 yards and a first down at the Frankfort-Schuyler 12.
A holding penalty helped foil Notre Dame's only drive of the day, and Smith missed a 28-yard field goal attempt with 8:23 remaining. But a high punt snap gave the ball back to the Jugglers at the Frankfort 17, and Kevin Warmack's seven-yard touchdown pass to Smith with 1:40 left to play cut the deficit to 8-6.
Warmack was sacked by John Biagini and Ralph Walker while trying to throw for the tying two-point conversion, and Frankfort-Schuyler's Mike Irons recovered Smith's onsides kick with just 1:38 remaining.
Notre Dame, however, used its final two timeouts, forcing a punt Biagini seemed to steer clear of Chrobak.
"I didn't know what (Chrobak) was going to do — we didn't even have a return on, we were trying to block the punt," said Notre Dame coach Byron Abraham. "But the boy has got a will. He just broke tackles, ran through some arms, and then once he started running vertically, we said, 'He's got it!'
"I've said it before — when Chrobak has the ball, anything can happen. You can't script it any better."
Chrobak's touchdown gave Notre Dame (4-2, 4-1 C East) its first lead, Warmack added a conversion pass to Smith, and the Jugglers had tied state-ranked Herkimer — beaten 20-12 by Little Falls — for the Class C East title.
Page 2 of 2 - "We tried to kick it away from (Chrobak)," Frankfort-Schuyler coach Jeff LaGase said. "We know the kid's fast. We had him corralled, too, but he made a couple of shifty moves and then it was off to the races.
"I can't fault our effort. We just made a couple of mistakes. We fought and we battled. We just didn't finish it."
Joe DeSarro's 32-yard touchdown pass to Mitchel Shortt on third-and-14 and his conversion toss to Justin Kiesow gave Frankfort-Schuyler an early 8-0 lead. Aided by Josh Roberts' two fumble recoveries and the running of Shortt (17 carries-74 yards), DeSarro (17 carries-44 yards) and Brandon Longo (11 carries-36 yards), the Maroon Knights (4-2, 3-2 C East) put together first-half drives of nine, 14 and 13 plays.
But in the closing seconds, Notre Dame's defense stiffened at the Jugglers' 14, and despite a decided advantage in total yards (174-62), first downs (10-3) and time of possession (16:14-7:46), Frankfort's halftime lead was just 8-0.
"We had them in third-and-long and they'd convert; we just couldn't get their offense off the field," said Abraham. "The key was we never broke."
Notre Dame finished with 152 total yards. Warmack rushed for 52 yards on 14 carries and Alex Kondzielawa added 44 yards on 11 carries.
DeSarro was 7 of 18 passing for 114 yards.
Frankfort-Schuyler 8 0 0 0 — 8
Notre Dame 0 0 0 14 — 14
First Quarter
F-S — Mitchel Shortt 32 pass from Joe DeSarro (Justin Kiesow pass from DeSarro).
Fourth Quarter
ND — Zane Smith 7 pass from Kevin Warmack (pass failed).
ND — Jordan Chrobak 70 punt return (Smith pass from Warmack).
Records — Frankfort-Schuyler 4-2, 3-2 C East; Notre Dame 4-2, 4-1 C East.
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He is a recipient of the Sears Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to undergraduate education, student learning, and campus life" and an American Council on Education Fellowship for Leadership in Higher Education, a nationally competitive year-long fellowship preparing senior faculty and administrators to assume major leadership roles in higher education administration.
He has served on the Executive Committees and the Boards of Trustees of the University of San Francisco, Fordham University, and Santa Clara University. He currently serves on the Loyola Marymount Board of Trustees.
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