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A cursor control device having particular application to a computer display system is disclosed. The cursor control includes a unitary frame, having a domed portion substantially surrounding and retaining a ball which is free to rotate. X-Y position indicating means are provided, such that rotation of the ball provides signals indicative of X-Y positions on the display system. The ball is free to "float" in the vertical direction within the dome, and thereby maintain good surface contact. X-Y positions are established by movement of the control device over a surface. A display system and method is disclosed for use in conjunction with the cursor control device, which permits a user to select command options simply by movement of the displayed cursor over a "pull-down" menu bar.
.Iadd.This application is a divisional reissue of application Ser. No. 06/399704, filed Jul. 19, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,464,652..Iaddend.
1. Field
The present invention relates to the field of display systems, and more particularly to devices which can position a cursor over selected locations on a computer controlled display.
2. Art Background
In many computer controlled display systems, it is desirable to allow the user to control the position of a cursor or the like by means which are external from the main computer keyboard. For example, a user may be required to repetitively choose software options displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT), or may desire to input data in a diagram format into the computer system. In such situations traditional keyboard input systems are not as effective as a cursor control device commonly referred to as a "mouse".
In a typical "mouse" system, a hand-held transducer provides positional movement signals to the display system. Traditionally, the movement of wheels within the cursor control device are coupled to potentiometers to provide signals indicative of an X-Y position on the display screen (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,541,541; 3,269,190; and 3,835,464). Other mouse systems utilize rotating balls on wheels which are in turn coupled to rotate apertures interrupting beams of light, thereby providing positional signals to the display system (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,892,963 and 3,541,521).
One common disadvantage of cursor control devices found in the prior art is their cost. Typically, prior art cursor controls include costly mechanical parts which require precise alignment for proper operation. Moreover, it is not uncommon for these devices to exhibit a loss in accuracy over time as the mechanism wears. As computer display capabilities have become more advanced in terms of user real-time graphic interaction, cursor control devices have become a necessity in many computer systems. Accordingly, there exists a need to provide a cost effective, simple and highly reliable cursor control device for providing signals indicative of X-Y positions on a computer display system.
As will be disclosed below, the present invention provides an improved cursor control device which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by utilizing a unitary frame structure for accurate alignment of all elements and simple assembly, as well as photo-optics to provide the required positional signals. In addition, a display system and method is disclosed for use in association with the cursor control device which permits a user to select command options simply by movement of the cursor over a "pull-down" menu bar.
A cursor control device having particular application to computer display systems is disclosed. The cursor control includes a unitary frame having a domed portion which houses a ball which is free to rotate. Two encoder disc assemblies are provided, which include roller shafts disposed substantially 90 degrees relative to one another and in contact with the ball. Each roller shaft is coupled to an encoder disc having a plurality of slots disposed radially around the disc periphery. These slots interrupt light beams which are provided by photo-emitters and directed at photo-detectors. Each slotted disc interrupts two light beams which are arranged such that when one beam is fully transmitted, the other is partially blocked. Beam interruptions produce signal pulses representing increments of motion, while the order in which the light beams are interrupted indicates the direction of motion, thereby resulting in an X-Y position on a display system. The ball is maintained in contact with the roller shafts by a spring biased idler wheel. The ball is free to "float" in the vertical direction within the dome, and thereby maintain good surface contact. Moreover, the ball may be easily removed for cleaning to insure that any build up of lint or the like does not prevent the ball from rotating smoothly. A switch is provided within the cursor control housing in order to signal the display system that a desired X-Y location on the display screen has been selected. In operation, a user may selectively position a cursor or the like on a display system by simply moving the cursor control device over a surface, such as a desk, until the desired cursor position is shown on the display device. A display system and method is disclosed for use in conjunction with the cursor control device, which permits user to select command options simply by movement of the displayed cursor over a "menu bar".
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective of the present invention illustrating the cursor control device as it appears without the housing cover.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the unitary frame of the present invention coupled to the printed circuit board base, illustrating the placement of photo-detectors and the coupling connector.
FIG. 4 is a further perspective view of the unitary frame and circuit boad of FIG. 3 illustrating the position of a roller shaft and encoder wheel.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the unitary frame and printed circuit board of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a partial view of the unitary frame in FIG. 3, illustrating the insertion of a detector aperture.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the unitary frame of FIG. 3, illustrating the placement of resistors on the printed circuit board.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the coupling of the unitary frame cage and printed circuit board combination to the housing base of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating the placement of the control switch within the housing base.
FIG. 10 is the perspective view of the final assembly of the present invention illustrating the coupling of the cover and base portions of the housing.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating the insertion or removal of the floating and rotating ball.
FIG. 12 is a diagrammatical illustration of the alignment of the photo-emitters in relation to each encoder disc.
FIG. 13 is a diagrammatical illustration of a sample quadrature output of the present invention indicative of X-Y locations on display system.
FIG. 14 is a diagrammatical illustration of a "pull down" menu bar display.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating the sequence of steps utilized by the present invention to display options and associated commands on a "pull-down" menu bar display.
A cursor control device having particular application for use in conjunction with a computer display system is disclosed. In the following description for purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well known systems are shown in diagrammatical or block diagram form in order not to obscure the present invention unnecessarily.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the present invention includes a hand held cursor control unit 20 which is coupled to a plug 22 by means of a cable 24. As best illustrated in FIG. 2, cursor control unit 20 includes a cover 25 and a base 26 upon which the internal workings of the present invention are disposed. As will be apparent from the discussion which follows, cursor control unit 20 is designed with ease of assembly in mind, while providing very close tolerances and high X-Y position location accuracy.
With reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, a premolded unitary frame 28 is provided which includes a domed housing 30 presently having three cut-out locations 31, 32 and 33. As illustrated, cut-outs 31 and 32 are disposed substantially at 90 degrees with respect to one another, with cut-out 33 being oriented generally symmetrically opposite the other cut-outs. In addition, frame 28 includes a plurality of bosses, slots and shaped stems of material which when pertinent will be discussed in this specification. In the presently preferred embodiment, the frame 28 is comprised of a plastic material (e.g. polycarbonate) which is impregnated with a lubricant (e.g. teflon). Thus, during operation and throughout its useful life, cursor control unit 20 does not require the addition of either wet or dry lubricants. Frame 28 is mounted on a printed circuit board 34 to facilitate electrical connection between the various electrical elements within the unit. Electrical connector header 36 is mounted as shown (see FIG. 3) to the unitary frame 28 such that connector pins 38 pass through a rectangular slot 39 through the frame to the circuit board below. As will be discussed, cable 24 is electrically coupled to the cursor control unit 20 through connector 36.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, photo-emitters 40 are inserted into slots 42 such that the emitter portion is facing away from the dome 30 (note that one emitter 40 is shown in FIG. 3 partially inserted). Upwardly extending clips 43 are snapped over portions of each emitter 40, as shown, to prevent them from being dislodged. Similarly, two photo-detectors 46 are inserted facing the emitters 40 into slots 47 in each of two detector apertures 50. As shown in FIG. 6, an outwardly extending portion 48 of each detector aperture 50 is aligned with guides 49 formed integrally with the frame 28, and the aperture is then snapped downward into place. Thus, each detector aperture 50 houses two detectors 46 which face two emitters 40, respectively. In the presently preferred embodiment, the emitter/detector combination operates within the infrared region. However, it will be appreciated that any suitable wavelength may be used in a particular application. In addition, presently, the detectors 46 incorporate integral Schmitt triggers to provide detector outputs which more closely approximate a digital signal.
Two encoder disc assemblies are provided to convert, as will be described, the movement of the cursor control unit 20 into signals indicative of X-Y locations defined on the display system. Each encoder assembly 52 includes an encoder disc 54 axially coupled to a roller shaft 56. In addition, each encoder disc 54 is provided with a plurality of radially disposed slots 57 which interrupt the light beams generated by the photo-emitters 40. A cylindrical contact member 58 surrounds each roller shaft 56 at each respective cut out location, as illustrated. Each encoder disc assembly 52 is mounted on the unitary frame 28 by inserting the encoder disc 54 between the detector aperture 50 and emitters 40 and snapping an end clip 60 over the opposite end of the roller shaft 56 (see FIGS. 4, 5 and 7), thereby allowing rotation of the roller shaft and encoder disc with a minimum of friction. As illustrated, each shaft 56 is slipped into and carried by a "U" shaped guide 59 formed from upwardly extending alignment bosses 53 to maintain each roller shaft 56 in proper orientation. End 51 of the shaft 56 is carried for rotation within a hollow portion of the detector aperture 50, such that encoder disk 54 is disposed in close proximity to the aperture 50. The present invention's use of integral lubrication within the frame material, permits each shaft 56 to freely rotate about its longitudinal axis.
As a result of the above described configuration, the radially disposed slots 57 of each encoder disc interrupt two light beams from photo-emitters 40. The position of the emitter/detector combination and encoder disc is such that when one beam is fully transmitted, the other is partially blocked by a slit on the encoder disc. As will be discussed, in operation a ball 62 is disposed within the dome 30 of the frame, and retained such that it is maintained in contact with both cylindrical contact members 58. The rotation of the ball 62 within the dome 30 in turn causes the rotation of each roller shaft 56 and its respective encoder disc. As will be discussed, the beam interruptions from the rotation of each encoder disc 54 produce signal pulses representing increments of motion, while the order in which the light beams are interrupted indicates the direction of motion of the cursor control unit.
Ball 62 is retained against the cylindrical contact members 58 by an idler wheel for rotation on a fixed shaft 66, as best shown in FIG. 5. The idler wheel 64 and shaft 66 are inserted within a slot 68 formed by rectangular bosses 69 and 70 extending upwardly from the frame's base. Wheel 64 extends through cut-out 33 into the interior of the dome 30. The legs of a staple shaped idler spring 72 are inserted through passages 73 passing perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the frame 28 and circuit board 34, thereby retaining the shaft 66 within the slot 68.
Referring now to FIG. 7, resistors 76, which are required by the specific electronics of the emitter/detector combination of the present invention, are inserted into the printed circuit board 34. The resistors 76 and associated leads from the connector 36, photo-emitters 40, and photo-detectors 46 are then electrically connected and soldered in place as is conventionally done in the art.
With reference now to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10, the assembled frame 28 and circuit assembly is mounted on the base 26 by means of a screw 78. As illustrated, base 26 includes an upwardly extending switch retaining portion 80 and a generally circular cut-out orifice 82. As best shown in FIGS. 8, 10 and 11, circular orifice 82 is disposed substantially below the opening of dome 30, and includes outwardly extending locking ridges 84 which are designed to accommodate a lock cap 86 (See FIG. 11), such that ball 62 may be retained within the dome 30. Lock cap 86 includes outwardly extending tabs 88 arranged to interleaf with ridges 84. In operation, a user desiring to insert or remove ball 62 from the cursor control unit 20, may unlock and remove the lock cap 86 from the orifice 82 by simply rotating the cap such that the tabs 88 and ridges 84 no longer interleaf.
As illustrated, lock cap 86 generally has a toroidal form having a central orifice 87 of smaller diameter than cutout orifice 82. It will be apparent, that once ball 62 is inserted and retained by lock cap 86, Thus, ball 62 contacts the surface below the cursor control unit 20 and rotates in response to the movement of the unit on the surface.
As shown in FIG. 9, cable 24 is coupled to cursor control 20 through a female connector 94 which is inserted over pins 38. A switch 90 is coupled to the cable 24 through electrical connector 36, and is inserted within the retaining portion 80. A switch cap 91 forms part of the cover 25 (see FIG. 1), and is disposed above switch 90 such that the depression of the switch cap 91 forces switch 90 to electrically close, and thereby signal the computer display system that an appropriate X-Y location has been selected. As shown in FIG. 10, base 26 and cover 25 are coupled by securing both sections to one another using screws 92. Once the cover and base have been joined, ball 62 is inserted and lock cap 86 is attached as discussed above to retain the ball within the dome portion 30.
With reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, a sample quadrature output of the cursor control unit 20 is illustrated. As previously described, photo-detectors 46 are disposed such that if one detector is fully exposed by a slot of the encoder disc 54, the other detector is only partially exposed. Thus, in addition to the increments of motion of the cursor control over a surface, the direction of motion may also be determined. Assume for sake of example that the cursor control 20 is moved. As illustrated in FIG. 13, a substantially digital output signal is generated by each photo-emitter/detector combination associated with each encoder assembly. In the example shown, cursor control 20 would provide a regularly spaced output from the X channel detectors if the control 20 is moved over a surface at a constant speed along the X-axis. Similarly, if there is little movement of the control unit along the Y axis, little change will occur on the Y channels inasmuch as the Y encoder disk is not being rotated significantly (see FIG. 13). The computer display system is provided with appropriate software or hardware, for example edge detectors, to detect signal state transitions. Thus, the signals from each pair of channels may be decoded such that the X-Y direction of motion may be determined for the particular order of transition changes from each channel along an axis. Inasmuch as the particular circiutry and software used for decoding the various signals and positioning the cursor or the like on a display system will be apparent to one skilled in the art, the details of such will not be recited herein.
Referring now to FIGS. 14 and 15, a display system and method for use in conjunction with the cursor control device 20 will be described. As previously discussed, control 20 is coupled to a display system which is controlled by a computer or other equivalent circuitry. Appropriate programming of the computer is provided such that a "menu" bar 100 comprising a variety of command options indicated by titles (for example, T1, T2, T3. . . Tn), is displayed across the CRT screen or the like as shown in FIG. 14. If a particular title (for example T1) is selected, one or more sub-command items 104 are displayed by the computer system below the primary menu title. As illustrated, the sub-command items appear to the user to be "pulled down" from the main menu bar 100. The user then selects a desired item for execution by the computer by appropriate movement of a cursor control, as will be described. Although the list of items 104 are shown for illustration below menu title options T1, T2, and T3, in the present embodiment only one menu option may be pulled down and displayed at a time.
The sequence of operations executed by the computer system to permit the user to select a particular menu title and sub-command item is shown in FIG. 15. The computer initially displays menu bar 100 on the display system as shown in FIG. 14. A user desiring to select a particular title moves cursor control unit 20 over a surface, thereby rotating ball 62 within dome 30 and sending signals indicative of X-Y locations to the display system for corresponding movement of a cursor or the like on the display screen. Once the cursor is positioned over (or in proximity with) the chosen menu title selection, the user depresses switch cap 91 on cursor control 20, thereby activating switch 90, and signaling the computer system that the particular title has been selected. The computer display system then either executes the menu title if it is an immediate command, or displays a set of sub-command items for user selection. If items are displayed, the user continues to depress switch cap 91, and once again moves the cursor control over the surface until the displayed cursor lies over or in proximity with the item to be executed. The user then removes pressure from the switch cap 91 thereby deactivating switch 90, and indicating to the computer which item is to be executed.
The computer system then determines if further parameters are required to be specified by the user. If no further data is required, the computer executes the item indicated by the cursor position on the display screen. However, if parameters must be specified by the user prior to execution a "dialogue box" is defined on the display system which displays the various data selections which are required. For example, a user may be required to select page formats, specify numerical values, etc. In the present embodiment, a user inputs the desired data selections by positioning the cursor over the selection, in for example a multiple choice format, and momentarily activates the switch 90 on the cursor control unit. Once the required selections are made, the computer proceeds to execute the chosen menu item.
Accordingly, it is possible for a user to select and execute a variety of commands without the necessity of inputting characters on a keyboard, as is commonly required in the art. Rather, the present invention permits fast entry and execution of commands, such as for example in a word processing system or the like, wherein large blocks of text or other data may be manipulated or operated upon simply by movement of the cursor control 20 over a surface and the appropriate depression of switch 90.
Thus, an improved cursor control and display system has been described. The present invention permits a user to select desired menu titles on a menu bar by movement of a cursor control over a surface. Sub-command items may be specified for execution by the computer control display system in the same manner, such that the operator need not enter command characters on a keyboard or the like in order to access and execute most system functions.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 1-15 and with emphasis on a "pull down" type display system, it should be understood that the figures are for illustration only and should not be taken as limitations upon the invention. It is contemplated that many changes and modifications may be made, by one of ordinary skill in the art, to the materials and arrangements of the elements of the invention without department from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed above.
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No one except Groupie fellow countrymen like Tumbo believe MargaCheato had any kind of tremendous Punching power.. we all know and witnessed that without his Tijuana Cement Wraps in his Gloves he's a toothless Chihuahua getting his Cheating ASS Beaten from Pillar to Pillar by much smaller fighters like Mosley, Paquiao and Cotto… once those wraps were taken away his power magically dissapeared?? :lol: The guy is a disgrace to Boxing and an embarrasment to his country… Thank God Cotto Retired his Cheating ass and turned him into a one eyed Cripple… God is Great!! :twisted:Posted September 29, 2012 8:53 am
It will be a good experience for Trout to fight Cotto, Cotto will definitely win this fight and will most definitely outclass Trout. Remember Trout is no Mayweather !!Posted September 29, 2012 6:51 am
B Red
whats up my man, i meantPosted September 28, 2012 4:41 pm
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Te Tumbo, whats my man. I see you hating on Cotto because he's from PR, hahahaha. On a serious note i dont think Alvarez can beat Cotto, but would love to see the fight. Canelo needs to step up his comp, because right now he reminds me of Lucian ButePosted September 28, 2012 4:37 pm
He should,trout is solid but another paper champ take him out cotto.Posted September 28, 2012 2:42 pm
muggsy bogues
yeah ok all boxing fans are naive, if you think state commisions failed to catch margarito in all his bouts SMHPosted September 28, 2012 12:04 pm
Trout is a good boxer and should have a good engine at his age whereas Cotto seems to run out of steam as rounds go by. Trout also seems to have the hunger to get to the top – I think this could be a really tough fight for Cotto and I certainly wouldn't be surprised if Trout pulled off a win. Hope it's gunna be on uk tv.Posted September 28, 2012 8:56 am
To any real boxing fan Margarito does not and never did exist as all of his fights have to be questioned Cotto has proved his superiority man vs man just not man vs man with bricks.Posted September 28, 2012 8:06 am
Trout must have a huge height/reach advantage here. If he boxes smart from the outside he might just pull this one off. I'll still be cheering for Cotto though.Posted September 28, 2012 4:22 am
Trout and his awkward style will win this as much as it pains me to say.Posted September 28, 2012 4:11 am
TeTumbo- How is fighting for a belt a tune up?Posted September 27, 2012 11:40 pm
Unlike up and coming Mexican superstars Canelo, who's blazing his name into the sport by fighting the toughest opposition in the game, and swift footed legend Chavez Jr., who with just one punch cemented his legacy and became the hero in Mariachi songs forever…Posted September 27, 2012 11:30 pm
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i think it's pathetic that Cotto opted for gatekeeper duties rather than confirm another PPV payday v. the likes of Alvarez. how many more tune-ups does this guy think he's got left in his gas tank? he's hiding behind this facade of civilized "class" to avoid another beatdown like the one he caught at the Punishing fists of Margarito.Posted September 27, 2012 11:26 pm
te tumbo
the 154lb gatekeeper guaranteeing a win v. the young prospect Trout? how "bold" of Cotto (yeh right). this ring-diva has been all about promotional spectacle since he moved beyond 147lbs.Posted September 27, 2012 11:14 pm
Every time I see or hear Cotto ..I just think pure CLASSPosted September 27, 2012 10:03 pm
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I just don't see trout getting a w on this one 7 of his 8 last fights have been by decision over bums.Posted September 27, 2012 9:12 pm


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A sell-off is erasing all of the year's gains in the stock market.
The Standard & Poor's 500 lost 2.6 percent Tuesday as investors grew increasingly concerned about the economy. The benchmark index is now at its lowest point of the year.
A report that consumers cut their spending in June for the first time in two years added to a series of weak economic indicators have pushed stocks lower for seven straight days.
The S&P is closing down 33 points to 1,254. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 266, or 2.2 percent, to 11,867. The Nasdaq is down 75, or 2.8 percent, to 2,669.
Four stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was higher than average at 5.3 billion shares.
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America's Decline?
A conversation between media mogul Mort Zuckerman and Harvard's Niall Ferguson and David Gergen
A conversation between media mogul Mort Zuckerman and Harvard's Niall Ferguson and David Gergen
The Vermont senator's revolutionary zeal has met its moment.
There's no way this man could be president, right? Just look at him: rumpled and scowling, bald pate topped by an entropic nimbus of white hair. Just listen to him: ranting, in his gravelly Brooklyn accent, about socialism. Socialism!
And yet here we are: In the biggest surprise of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, this thoroughly implausible man, Bernie Sanders, is a sensation.
He is drawing enormous crowds—11,000 in Phoenix, 8,000 in Dallas, 2,500 in Council Bluffs, Iowa—the largest turnout of any candidate from any party in the first-to-vote primary state. He has raised $15 million in mostly small donations, to Hillary Clinton's $45 million—and unlike her, he did it without holding a single fundraiser. Shocking the political establishment, it is Sanders—not Martin O'Malley, the fresh-faced former two-term governor of Maryland; not Joe Biden, the sitting vice president—to whom discontented Democratic voters looking for an alternative to Clinton have turned.
The paper of record's inaccurate reporting on a nonexistent criminal investigation was a failure that should entail more serious consequences.
I have read The New York Times since I was a teenager as the newspaper to be trusted, the paper of record, the definitive account. But the huge embarrassment over the story claiming a criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton for her emails—leading the webpage, prominent on the front page, before being corrected in the usual, cringeworthy fashion of journalists who stonewall any alleged errors and then downplay the real ones—is a direct challenge to its fundamental credibility. And the paper's response since the initial huge error was uncovered has not been adequate or acceptable.
This is not some minor mistake. Stories, once published, take on a life of their own. If they reinforce existing views or stereotypes, they fit perfectly into Mark Twain's observation, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." (Or perhaps Twain never said it, in which case the ubiquity of that attribution serves to validate the point.) And a distorted and inaccurate story about a prominent political figure running for president is especially damaging and unconscionable.
A newly discovered artifact buried with one of Jamestown's most prominent leaders suggests he could have been a crypto-Catholic.
After 400 years in the Virginia dirt, the box came out of the ground looking like it had been plucked from the ocean. A tiny silver brick, now encrusted with a green patina and rough as sandpaper. Buried beneath it was a human skeleton. The remains would later be identified as those of Captain Gabriel Archer, one of the most prominent leaders at Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America. But it was the box, which appeared to be an ancient Catholic reliquary, that had archaeologists bewildered and astonished.
"One of the major surprises was the discovery of this mysterious small silver box," said James Horn, the president of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. "I have to say, we're still trying to figure this out. You have the very strange situation of a Catholic reliquary being found with the leader of the first Protestant church in the country."
The new version of Apple's signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do?
When the developer Erik Kemp designed the first metadata system for MP3s in 1996, he provided only three options for attaching text to the music. Every audio file could be labeled with only an artist, song name, and album title.
Kemp's system has since been augmented and improved upon, but never replaced. Which makes sense: Like the web itself, his schema was shipped, good enough, and an improvement on the vacuum which preceded it. Those three big tags, as they're called, work well with pop and rock written between 1960 and 1995. This didn't prevent rampant mislabeling in the early days of the web, though, as anyone who remembers Napster can tell you. His system stumbles even more, though, when it needs to capture hip hop's tradition of guest MCs or jazz's vibrant culture of studio musicianship.
Abandon expectations, appreciate everything.
When you abandon all expectations of human decency, you appreciate the little things.
More on the F-16 and Cessna crash, and whether the collision of a military and a civilian aircraft was also a collision of cultures
Early this month an Air Force F-16, under the command of an experienced Air Force pilot, rammed into a small-civilian Cessna 150 propeller plane, not far from Charleston, South Carolina. The Air Force pilot ejected to safety; both people aboard the Cessna were killed.
The next three paragraphs are background for the pointed and interesting reader-messages I am about to quote. If you're already up to speed with previous installments (one, two, three), you can skip ahead to the messages. They highlight an aspect of the modern military-civilian divide I had not considered before this episode.
In an original item on the crash, I noted some of the perils civilians could face when flying near designated military areas—even though this crash happened in ordinary uncontrolled airspace. That is, it occurred when neither plane was within a Military Operations Area (MOA), where civilian pilots are warned about risks from high-speed military aircraft, nor inside the controlled "Class C" airspace that surrounds Charleston's airport. (Medium-sized commercial airports like Charleston's typically are ringed by Class C airspace, so the controllers can sequence in the airline, cargo, civilian, military, and other traffic headed toward their runways. The very busiest airports, like LAX or JFK, are surrounded by larger zones of Class B airspace for their more complex traffic-control jobs. In case you're wondering, Class A airspace is the realm above 18,000 feet where most jet travel occurs.)
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
What is the Islamic State?
Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
Even when they're adopted, the children of the wealthy grow up to be just as well-off as their parents.
Lately, it seems that every new study about social mobility further corrodes the story Americans tell themselves about meritocracy; each one provides more evidence that comfortable lives are reserved for the winners of what sociologists call the birth lottery. But, recently, there have been suggestions that the birth lottery's outcomes can be manipulated even after the fluttering ping-pong balls of inequality have been drawn.
What appears to matter—a lot—is environment, and that's something that can be controlled. For example, one study out of Harvard found that moving poor families into better neighborhoods greatly increased the chances that children would escape poverty when they grew up.
While it's well documented that the children of the wealthy tend to grow up to be wealthy, researchers are still at work on how and why that happens. Perhaps they grow up to be rich because they genetically inherit certain skills and preferences, such as a tendency to tuck away money into savings. Or perhaps it's mostly because wealthier parents invest more in their children's education and help them get well-paid jobs. Is it more nature, or more nurture?
An off-duty Medford, Massachusetts cop threatened a motorist during a traffic stop. His colleagues seemed unperturbed by his behavior.
Three years ago in Medford, Massachusetts, narcotics detective Stephen LeBert calmly told the brother of a man he was arresting, "He's selling drugs illegally. What they should do is just take him up to the railroad tracks and tell him to lay down." He knew he was being recorded as he made the comment, as moments earlier, the footage shows him licking his finger and wiping saliva on the citizen's lens. Medford Police Chief Leo Sacco says that he was counseled after the incident.
After watching that video, it comes as no great surprise that Detective LeBert was suspended earlier this week for another instance of misbehavior recorded by a citizen:
The footage, captured by the dashcam on a motorist's vehicle, begins shortly after the driver got confused at a roundabout in an unfamiliar neighborhood and wound up briefly driving on the wrong side of the road (an error for which he would repeatedly apologize). At first, the motorist is terrified and starts to flee because Detective LeBert, who is driving an unmarked pickup truck and plainclothes, does not identify himself as a police officer, even as he is upset that the motorist doesn't defer to him. "I'll put a hole right through your fucking head,'' LeBert says. "Pull your car over. I'll put a hole right in your fucking head. I'll put a hole right through your head.'' The motorist begins to cooperate as soon as a badge is produced.
What our music tastes say about our personalities
For anyone who has ever caught some treacly adult contemporary on the radio and wondered "Who on earth likes this stuff?" while twisting the dial, a new study might have an answer. A bunch of softies, that's who.
In the paper, published recently in the online journal PLoS One, Cambridge psychologist David Greenberg theorized that music tastes are determined in part by peoples' tendency to fall into one of two rough personality categories: empathizers or systemizers. Empathizers are people who are very attuned to others' emotions and mental states. Systemizers are more focused on patterns that govern the natural and physical worlds.
Over the course of multiple experiments that included 4,000 participants, listeners took personality questionnaires and then listened to and rated 50 pieces of music.
In a StoryCorps animation, Alex Landau recalls his harrowing experience being pulled over by Denver police.
A rock monster tries to save a village from destruction.
In Kennesaw, since 1982, each head of household must own a working firearm with ammunition.


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A few months ago you might recall I posted this lovely fabric necklace DIY. Since then I've only listed a few necklaces on my Etsy and have mostly focused on my terrariums. Within the next month or so I will be amping up my store with tons of jewelry and home decor that I think you will all fall in love with (if I do say so myself!). To get the ball rolling, I've started taking custom fabric necklace requests. My good friend Tammy had mentioned she'd love a purple or red necklace, nothing too shiny, and with a chunkier design. Here's what I created:
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New series.
Mark Gordon, the executive producer at "Grey's Anatomy," has signed on to executive produce the new series, "Ray Donovan," for Showtime, according to Seattle pi . The show will star Liev Schrieber ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Scream," "The Omen," "X Men Origins: Wolverine") as a professional troubleshooter. Gordon's co-executive producers will be Ann Biderman ("Southland") and Bryan Zuriff. Gordon will continue... » Read More


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Early Evening, Deep South
Slyer than birds with throats
more rare to touch than rubies are,
the small bronze tone slips through
a haze of bacon smoke
and troubles silence over fields of grass.
The bell is nowhere, yet it always is;
just there, out of sight; the far slope of the
perhaps a long mile by some indolent road.
You never know where it is, but always
it rocks in a scarry whitewashed tower
you could thump a pebble to
if somehow you could ever come to it.
Women with sweet black faces
and kind, motherly bosoms rounded deep
in flowered cotton
move through sand-paths you shall never
They speak words blurry as tufts
of wool;
and tall men hear and mumble licoriced
in their cheeks.
The earth turns a little, a little,
and a cloud drifts, deeper pink,
and a double pine door closes,
and. . .
All these the bell is for.
It is nowhere, yet it is.
Listen, you hear it.
Sound gives the heart its most invisible
most gentle and bloodless, most unsuturable
and deep.
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Clothes Closet aids hundreds of needy Corpus Christi families
CORPUS CHRISTI - A project that began a decade ago in a closet has since added to closets and wardrobes of hundreds of needy Corpus Christi residents.
The Clothes Closet, located in the Corpus Christi Independent School District's Adult Learning Center at 2212 Morris St., is a place where clothing can be donated by those who don't need it and taken for free by those who do. Non-clothing donations are also welcome.
"We ask people for household items, and those fly," said Betty Trigo, the school's principal. "Toys fly. Purses and tote bags go fast too."
Other items become seasonally popular. When the school year begins, backpacks, polo shirts, and jeans are in high demand. In winter, blankets and socks are hot items.
Shoes are perennially popular.
"When kids' shoes are pinching, we bring them up to look for a pair that fits," Trigo said.
When nursing students from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi began collecting more clothing donations than could fit into a closet, Trigo moved everything into a vacant classroom.
The donations fill a pressing need. By October, the Corpus Christi ISD Homeless Education Office reported 982 homeless students in the district, with paperwork on an additional 50 who had not yet been recorded. Many more are not homeless but are needy.
"This year has been the hardest one," said Susana Majors, a case manager for the district. "The shelters are full. We visit the closet at least once a day, sometimes three times, and it's been heaven sent."
New needy students come to the district's attention all the time, Majors said. Some are children whose single parent died. Some newly-relocated families had housing plans fall through. Some are victims of domestic violence, such as one mother and child who recently fled from their home to a shelter.
"When the police department brought her, that's literally all she had, her purse and the clothing on their backs," Majors said.
The Clothes Closet is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and provides for anyone from infants through adults. Donations are always welcome.
"As long as its not broken or torn, we'll take it," Trigo said.
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Albert Plum is a character created by Danny Morgan (Big Ed Dunkel in On the Road) and he has a series of videos on his Youtube Channel. These were just posted today and Garrett makes a hilarious appearance in them (thanks for the link, Stefana!)
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Leggings and Boots
Corrie Style Alloy, boots, Cornelia Guest, Denim, handbag, jacket, JustFab, leggings, leopard, Levi's, moto, Outfit, Outfits, Style, sweater, Tightsplease 0 Comments
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Vegan Versions / Leather Leggings
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Source: google.com via Corrie on PinterestThere is something about leather leggings that is so chic to me. I love how they have the comfort of a standard legging, but make even a sweatshirt and chucks look super polished and put together. Most leather leggings are really expensive, but nowadays there are so many great vegan ones on the market that are much less expensive as well as cruelty free. Here's a few of my picks. I was fortunate enough to pick up the Express pair, albeit a size too large at a local thrift store.
Typical New Yorker
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{Jacket: Target (similar one here); Tunic: Thrifted H&M (similar one here); Leggings: Forever21; Boots: MIA; Camera Bag: THEIT}I actually took these photos a few weeks ago and never got around to posting them. I threw this together in a hurry on a Saturday morning. I realized I had overslept and I was running late to my CSA driver shift. In order to participate in our local CSA, each member has to volunteer three times over the course of the season. You have to either volunteer handing out the farm shares or if you have a car, drive the unclaimed shares to the local soup kitchen. I was driving this morning and didn't want to be late. I've learned that when you're in a rush with no time to think, an all black ensemble is the way to go. Well, technically I'm wearing gray leggings here but you catch my drift. Wearing all black is such a typical, New Yorker look and considering we're always in such a rush, I now understand why. It looks great every time. This particular outfit was ridiculously comfortable. It was basically like wearing a sweats but way more presentable. What's your go-to outfit when you have five minutes to get out the door?
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{Chambray Shirt: Old Navy; Striped Dress (worn as tunic): H&M; Leggings: Forever21: Boots: MIA via After 6; Camera Bag: THEIT; Sunglasses: thrifted}I wore this last weekend to go to yoga and brunch with Tracy. I knew we were going to head out to eat immediately after class, so I needed to wear something comfortable, yet put together for going to a restaurant. For yoga, I obviously left the boots in my locker along with the chambray shirt and put them on again when class was done. It worked perfectly! Now I'm on the hunt for more work out gear I can wear immediately after a workout without looking like a gym rat/slob after. If anyone has any suggestions, throw them my way!
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2011-2012 Catalog
2011-2012 Catalog / Curriculum and Degree Requirements / Course Descriptions / Biology Courses (BIO) / BIO4091 Biology Seminar [1].
BIO4091 Biology Seminar [1].
A discussion of current topics in biology from a Christian perspective. The course is graded on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
Prerequisite: Senior classification with a major in biology.
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I'm reading Mallory on the move. It is about a girl that is moving away from her best friend. And she pinky sweared she won't be friends with any boy next door. She didn't promise too. She didn't promise her but, they were still friends. they had a play date when left she hid in a box and hid in the trunk and waited 3 hours. they were home but her parents couden't find her. She was sad she left they wrote notes and that solved the problom. she was happy but her brother max wasent. He called mallorys friend. "Birdbrain". she was happy at her house.
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Prostitution. The selling of sexual favors in a direct exchange for cash. The majority of people find the entire concept distasteful, but as it's often referred to as the world's oldest profession, it's clearly an acquired taste. Yes, people have been using hoes for pleasure longer than they have used them for agriculture, and so it's certainly a strange thing to see that this most basic exchange of goods and services for currency is largely illegal in the capitalistic consumer society in which we live today.
Now, before I say any of what I have to say, please realize that this is not for me. I'm somewhat happily committed (and thereby fulfilled in that area, as is requisite), so I have no need of their services. I just think it's a little strange that some people can't ply their trade in the only career field they're good at. I also believe we're squandering a chance to boost our economy. What better way to stimulate it than by stimulating those who stimulate it...using a domestically produced, recession-proof, infinitely renewable resource? It's common sense to me, but others may need the benefits outlined in more detail...and so:
-Safety. If there's one thing we should know after the last civilization or so, it's that people are going to do it anyway. How do you stop someone from selling an item that's theirs to begin with, that they take everywhere they go, and that nobody can prove they sold unless they caught them in the act of doing so? That's right, you don't. So what do you do instead? Harm reduction...and a lot of that is done simply through legalization.
In Nevada, the only state where it's currently legal, there is a licensing process, disease screening, and regular health checkups mandated for all sex workers. Anyone who's ever taken a ride home from a shady part of town smelling like sweat, shame and chlamydia knows why those things are good ideas. By standardizing the requirements to legally sell sex, you create a better class of hoe.
Also, by making it a legal enterprise, you destroy (or at least cripple) the black market, the seedy underbelly, and all the other dangerous cliches of the business...who's going to wander down alleys looking for loving in all the wrong places when they could just go to an official facility, check the hoefax, make the transaction, and keep their life moving? This also makes the sex slave trade less attractive, as getting illegal immigrants licensed for anything is somewhat difficult.
-Taxes. Pretty much anything purchased legally requires a tax be paid, and this would be no different. As mentioned, this is one of the few areas of commerce that are pretty much unaffected by the financial flux of an unstable economy, since it has been successfully running since there was no word for "economy". The tax revenue made from the sale of consensual sex would be significant...too much so to be ignored for reasons of universal palatability. Nobody can say our schools, social programs, and infrastructure couldn't use the money. If people laying on their backs can help our country move forward, I'm all for it.
-Romance. Stay with me here. In our modern world, love has a number of skewed interpretations, many having directly to do with the crotch. People will tell grandiose lies, make vast investments of time and capital, and make all manner of false commitments under the banner of "affection", purely to get into the pants of their target. I'm betting there would be somewhat less of that if one could shell out a couple hundreds bucks and satisfy their carnal desires and not have to be worried about being thrown in jail with rapists and murderers.Besides, in a time when one could simply pay a set amount to buy someone to play with for a while, would anyone play the dating game unless they were looking for companionship beyond the night?
As I so often say, people will get into relationships solely for good sex and leave one purely because of bad. Why would they get into one at all if that's really all they want and they could get it with way less hassle than actually getting to know somebody? It would sure cut down on the number of marriages stemming from purely physical reasons. Nobody can tell me that's not a good thing to be more confident that when somebody shows interest in you, they're showing it in all of you. (Better, now you're no longer a gold-digger, you're career-oriented!)
I realize most of that sounds like my argument on another issue, but that doesn't make it any less true. Besides the fact that prostitution is done on a regular basis regardless of its' legal status, those are 3 pretty good reasons why it should be as legal to sell orgasms as it is to sell Snuggies (and we all know how I despise those). People are promiscuous for absolutely free, who's to say one can't be an entreprewhore? For that matter, what else is being paid to do pornography but prostitution?
Of course, I realize there would be the question of advertising, and I'll certainly agree that sex probably shouldn't be plastered all over the media as a result of this potential new legalization...but then again, it is anyway. (Even more interesting, open the back pages of a big-city independent newspaper sometime.) It seems that it's already legal as long as you know to call it something else. All that typed, I'm really not sure why prostitution is still illegal...are you?


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Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden where they find independence, solace and companionship.
A stunning debut feature from renowned photographer Shirin Neshat.
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Reitz Football, led by Andy Hape, looks to improve on a nine-win season. In 2012, the Panthers were led by Tony Lewis, who ironically enough, now coaches Henderson County. Friday Night at the Bowl, Lewis and the Colonels make their season debut on the road, facing one of the tradition-rich programs in Indiana Class 4A. It's a border battle, and it's our Home Team Friday Game of the Week.
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Big opportunity lost for Canada basketball
Jamal Murray walked alone, slowly, hunched over, towards the Canadian bench, not really looking up, not really looking at anyone.
Nicholson must keep emotions in check
When they look back on these Pan Am Games, basketball fans will have plenty of memories on which to look back.
Not this time for Canada's men's basketball team
Canada's golden aspirations fell short, despite a furious comeback attempt from 25 points down and the men's basketball squad had to settle for a Pan Am Games silver medal after being dropped 86-71 by Brazil on Saturday.
Canadian hoopsters shock U.S., head to gold-medal game
It took a decade, but Canada finally got its second-ever win over the United States in a senior men's basketball competition.
Canada's Jamal Murray shines on big stage
It was always going to be a matter of when — not if — Jamal Murray would make his debut for Canada's senior national team.
LeBron James scores TV, movie deal with Warner Bros.
LeBron James is setting his sights beyond the basketball court.
Glue guys doing a good job for Team Canada
The stars might get the attention, but Canada, like any team, relies heavily on its "glue" guys, the players that bring an edge and contribute by doing all of the little things that lead to success.
Raptors off to England
The Toronto Raptors are heading back to Jolly Olde England this season.
Richard Jefferson agrees to contract with Cavaliers
Richard Jefferson has experience, deep knowledge of the NBA and a deft shooting touch.
Jordan discusses decision to return to Clippers
DeAndre Jordan was the biggest story of NBA free agency, backing out of a verbal commitment to sign a four-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks to return to the Los Angeles Clippers.


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Beyonce and Kings of Leon to headline V Festival
Posted: February 25, 2013|
Beyonce and Kings of Leon to headline V Festival
Pop superstar Beyonce and US rockers Kings of Leon will be coming to Hylands Park, Chelmsford this summer, having been announced as the main stage headline acts for this year's V Festival of August 17-18.
It will be Beyonce's only European festival appearance of 2013 and, with tickets for her own UK tour having sold out within hours of being announced, this could be your best chance of seeing the queen of pop in concert this year.
For Kings Of Leon it will be a return to Chelmsford for the band that last headlined the V Festival in 2010 and have made regular appearances at Hylands Park in the last decade.
Joining them will be Brits award winner Emeli Sande, Stereophonics, The Script, Beady Eye, Essex's own Jessie J and Olly Murs, Rita Ora, Paloma Faith, The Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club, Bassment Jaxx, Calvin Harris, The Courteeners, Jason Mraz, FUN, Labrinth, Ellie Goulding, James, Kendrick Lamar, Of Monsters And Men, Maverick Sabre, Travis, Jessie Ware, Maximo Park, Rudimental, The X Factor's James Arthur, Deacon Blue, Little Mix, Ocean Colour Scene, The Fratellis, Gabrielle Aplin and Laura Mvula.
Tickets for the festival go on sale to the general public this Friday (March 1) but Essex residents can get tickets a day earlier this Thursday, February 28 - see details here.
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The European Union has spent half of its total grant designated to environmental projects in Indonesia aimed at reducing carbon emissions, according to Julian Wilson Head of EU Delegation to Indonesia.
"Actually, half of the 500 million euro ($612. million) grant that came from European Union member states in 2010 has been used for environmental purposes. So, it is quite a big area of cooperation between EU and Indonesia," he said at the launch of Blue Book 2012 Report on EU-Indonesia Development Cooperation in Jakarta on Thursday.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged to cut carbon emissions in Indonesia by 26 percent by 2020, with the possibility of further reducing emissions by up to 41 percent if the country received international support, prompting the EU to engage in a joint commitment with Indonesia.
The EU has accordingly stepped up its climate change cooperation efforts over the past years to work towards the common targets.
In 2010, eight European countries (France, Germany, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Finland) and the EU allocated over 291 million euros for cooperation programs aimed at supporting environmental issues in Indonesia.
Further, in 2011, the EU and Indonesia conducted several negotiations on environmental issues by creating the Voluntary Partnership
Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT).
The voluntary agreement was aimed at contributing to sustainable forest management by addressing issues such as illegal logging and enabling the access of legally harvested timber products to European markets.
In response to comments that expenditure on environment provided no returns, Julian said low carbon investment would benefit Indonesia in the long run.
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One of our best young chefs has taken a bold step, writes Tony Love.
Every year has them. The moment when the most anticipated, most watched, restaurant opens, highly fancied credentials behind it and the city's hungriest patrons keen to put it to the test or the sword.
The opening of Celsius in the former Fig Restaurant site, which was formerly Escobar, is that moment in 2010.
With former Manse chef Ayhan Erkoc at the helm, his brother in partnership, expectation has been high, fuelled by stories of the well regarded cook foraging for ingredients in the parklands and working snails, roots, leaves and touches of food science lab invention into what has been spruiked as a "new experiential eatery".
We have learned, too, that Ayhan spent varying amounts of time in kitchens as far and wide as Copenhagen's Noma, voted the world's number one restaurant by respected international critics, as well as Sydney's Pier and Marque, and the Manse, where The Advertiser selected him and the venue as the chef and restaurant of the year in 2008.
All of this, of course, can only help to put bums on seats and lift the city's dining spirits.
After a month or so, he's established a pretty solid word of mouth that there's lots to be excited about, even if there have already been some changes to the total package and more work about to begin on the wine list.
All that's under way can only improve the temperature at Celsius, though what can be done about the dining room space is a whole other matter.
It is a tad bland to say the least, grey tones dominate and there's a sense you're in a slightly tarted up Beaumont Tiles showroom. It needs a design lift and personality transplant - which may come, one hopes, when the Celsius team hits middle distance.
The menu starts with tapas, including little gems of bacon crumbles and 62C egg, ceviche, scallops and jamon, pieces of pork belly, and a rabbit terrine which comes as three slices of rolled paprika-redolent sausage, tasting very much of a full Spanish flamenco twirl.
Those tried are fine, but perhaps would be experienced better in their right context, sipping a beer or rustic red.
The entrees are very promising on the first reading, simple mixes of ingredients that showcase Erkoc's now well-documented foraging and farming passions.
There are roots, tendrils, weeds and flowers across many dishes, none more so than his "Vegetable Patch", a derivation of a similar creation at the beloved Noma.
The patch is a fabulous first dip, unquestionably the most colourful dish in the city with bright flowers and leaves, the often discarded tiny tendrils of beetroot and parsnip used for little towers and earthy crunch, all hiding cute little fried, lightly battered snails, found we hear in our parklands and cleaned properly. They barely contribute any gastronomic excitement, but are an essential part of the chef's narrative.
A quail dish defines the art of fine dining in this new venture. Small discs of moist meat, wrapped in jamon, sauced by a light and foamy foie gras cream is a joy to taste and almost demands a more rustic approach with a fuller, more traditional liver addition, but Erkoc's more sophisticated styling turns this to a delicate, Michelin star-like plate that rates exceptional value given all the work in its creation.
It also sets a level of where the chef integrates aspects of modern molecular cooking with more recogniseable French cuisine. This is perhaps the signature we are seeing emerge and one worth staying with as Erkoc's dishes evolve.
Rounds of superb chicken breast match it with blood sausage in one dish, lamb comes in both rustic double-cooked shreds as well as pink discs, boosted by an extraordinary skid mark smear of black garlic paste. The flavour is stunning.
It's worth reporting other colleagues' experiences as well with different dishes: blue swimmer crab meat in an almond gazpacho with almond ice; and a skate, brandade, squid and asparagus dish that were both raved about.
Desserts were a hit and miss - an apple sorbet and botrytis jelly presented over a beaker of smoking cinnamon which reeked almost of cigarette smoke and imparted no joy into the ingredients. A disaster of design that should be rethought. Another was a star anise custard, caramelised pineapple and pain d'epice (spiced bread) that was a bit messy on the plate and monodimensional on the palate. But we have heard about a strawberry plate, including a roll of strawberry leather filled with yoghurt, that is one of the prettiest sweet dishes in town.
There's plenty to love about Celsius, and the joy is the restaurant offers wonderful value - profiteering is not the purpose. A friendly, democratic approach to the cost of dishes is a heartfelt pleasure - sure it's fine dining territory, but you'll never leave broke.
How it rated
The food: 17/20
The staff: 8/10
The drink: 3/5
The X-factor: 3/5
The value: 8/10
Total out of 50 - 39
Celsius Restaurant and Bar's details:
Address: 95 Gouger St, city; ph 8231 6023
Food: Modern Australian, French, molecular touches
Drink: Limited winelist is a work in progress. BYO corkage $20
Hours: Lunch: Wed-Fri, noon-2.30pm; Dinner: Tues-Sat, 6pm-10pm; Late night tapas: Fri-Sat, until 1am
Head chef: Ayhan Erkoc
Owner: Ayhan and Kasan Erkoc
Wheelchair access: Yes
Prices: Tapas: $6-$20; Entree: $17.50-$22; Mains: $27.90-$38; Desserts: $9-$16
Snapshot: One of Adelaide's most exciting chefs goes out on his own creating high-level contemporary fine dining dishes, some challenging moments and a future all ahead of him and his fortunate diners.
Information in this article is correct as of 29th September 2010
Taste.com.au - The Advertiser - September 2010
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To mark the launch of the new Munster alternate shirt from adidas, we were given the opportunity to chat to their captain Paul O'Connell about all things rugby.
O'Connell is Munster through and through and has made over 150 appearances for the province. He has picked up two Heineken Cup winners medals along the way as well. On the international scene, he is closing in on the landmark 100 caps for Ireland and has picked up a number of honours, which include two Six Nations titles – one of which being the elusive Grand Slam in 2009. He skippered the British & Irish Lions on their tour of South Africa that same year and currently has 7 caps for the touring side.
Did you enjoy the recent tour to Argentina?
I did. It was very intense in that we only came together as a squad 6 days before the first test. We had to travel to Argentina in this time, acclimatise, shake off the journey and be ready for a test match. Since some front line players didn't travel we also had to bring a lot of guys up to speed. So the workload was heavy but we played some good rugby and it was nice to be in a country that I had not toured before.
Do you enjoy pre-season?
Yes. I like training and seeing the gradual improvements week by week. Weekends off allow me to take part in my other hobby, golf, which I really enjoy.
Are you looking forward to the new season with Munster?
I am. We made 2 Semi-finals last year so we are making progress. The important thing is to move on again. We were very inconsistent last year. It's a great feeling to feel you are improving every week. If we can produce some of the big performances we did last year and be more consistent in between it could be a great year.
Are you looking forward to working with the new Munster coaching team?
Yes. I know most of the coaches having played with 3 of them in my time with Munster. Ian Costelloe has been involved in Munster for a long time so I know him well as well. I don't know Brian Walsh but he is very highly rated. They are all local guys also which is an interesting move for Munster. We have always had a foreign influence somewhere in the past.
What are your thoughts on the new Munster away kit?
I really like it. Maybe it is because we wear the red kit a lot but I do love those 2 or 3 games where we pull on the away gear. This year it's very different and I really like it.
How long have you been wearing adidas boots?
I reckon about 10 years but I always wore them when I was young as well.
Why did you choose the Kakari boot?
Scrummaging is a massive part of the game now. I feel the Kakari gives me real stability to generate as much power as I can. I have a wide foot as well and I just feel really comfortable when I pull them on.
Do you ever give feedback to adidas on their boots?
I do. I have been to the factory in Germany twice to be fitted and to give the guys some feedback. Comfort, stability and lightness is something I always look for and which the Kakari always delivers.
What are the most important things you look for in a pair of boots?
Sorry, I answered that one above. First and foremost they have to be comfortable. I want to pull them on and feel good in them. Also as I scrummage and line-out, jump stability is important. If they can deliver that and be light that's the perfect formula. It helps that that they look great too.
Do you prefer black based boots?
I'm old school and definitely prefer black boots! The black World Cups were always my favourite when I was young and playing Gaelic football at home.
What age did you start playing the game?
Best advice for young players?
Work on your skills all the time and don't be afraid to try things. If you want the confidence to do things on a big stage it needs to be ingrained in your skill set. This comes from practice.
Best advice given to you?
Practice makes perfect. Don't expect to be good at something unless you have put the work in.
How do you relax away from rugby?
I play golf. I played a lot when I was young and don't get to play as much as I would like now but I love it.
Looking forward to the upcoming World Cup?
I am 34 now so I tend not to look too far ahead. I am in the thick of pre-season now so I am focused on getting as much as I can out of that. If I can accumulate a lot of good work this pre-season and next I should be in a good place for the World Cup. It's really exciting that it is on in England which is so close to home. It will most certainly be my last so I hope it's a good one.


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For many of the almost 3 million people in the state of Arkansas, access to an attorney, and therefore to the justice system, is hard to come by.
There are 5.3 attorneys for each 10,000 residents in Arkansas. This rate is the second lowest in the country; only North Dakota residents have fewer attorneys per capita. As a contrast there are 20.4 attorneys per 10,000 residents in the state of New York. That means that individuals who desperately need help from attorneys, like small-business owners or battered spouses, may not be able to find adequate representation.
Inability to find representation is a problem for rural areas and small towns in Arkansas, according to Dean John DiPippa.
ãMany of our graduates choose to enter solo practice in small towns and rural areas where the need for legal services is great,ã DiPippa said. ãWe offer a course in practice management, but we also feel our students need more help when they begin their individual legal careers.ã
For 2010 law school graduates in the United States, about 5.7 percent went solo. These graduates may have made that decision because legal positions in firms are on the decline. Since May 2008, legal employers have witnessed the loss of about 54,000 jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Because of these statistics, the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law has partnered with Solo Practice University (SPU), an online educational and professional networking community for lawyers and law students. The partnership features 10 full scholarships for SPU (five each for the classes of 2011 and 2012) as well as a discounted rate for any Bowen student or graduate who wishes to enroll in the program.
ãStudents and recent graduates can apply for these scholarships with a 750-word essay outlining their thoughts and plans for starting a law practice,ã said Assistant Dean of Career Services Dianna Kinsey. ãHowever, all our students and graduates will have the ability to access the tools provided through the Bridges Access interface.ã
SPU provides online classes, tools, and other services to help law students and lawyers who intend to pursue an independent legal career. Comprised of more than 560 online individual classes presented by more than 45 faculty members, SPU provides access to expert advice, mentorship, tools, information, technology, and the professional network lawyers need to succeed in the current marketplace.
ãOur ãBridgesã initiative is the next stage in the evolution of legal education,ã said Susan Cartier Liebel, SPU founder. ãThere is a gap between the knowledge law schools provide their students and the skills required by new lawyers; SPUãs mission is to bridge that gap. The ãBridgesã initiative expands that mission and gives law schools a way to supplement their studentsã legal education with practical, skills-based learning opportunities.ã
SPU not only enables access to justice for the residents of Arkansas and beyond, it provides real education in professionalism.
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This document is intended to provide a troubleshooting methodology which incorporates publically available utilities (http://www.ibm.com/software/data/support/cognos_sdk.html) to diagnose and resolve an issue identified within a specific use case.
Although the troubleshooting approach outlined is not IBM Cognos version specific, some of the diagnostic utilities used are. The version of the utility to be downloaded will be specific to the IBM Cognos version that is experiencing the issue.
Use Case Description
In this particular scenario, a support analyst is presented with a situation where all IBM Cognos Power cube data sources are failing after the IBM Cognos BI application was migrated from one physical server to another.
Troubleshooting the Use Case
As with troubleshooting any use case, a set of basic information needs to be collected in order to further clarify the environment and the issue at hand. In this particular case the client's IBM Cognos Administrator who did the server migration is able to provide the support analyst with the following details within the PMR.
The original environment consisted of a single server install with the following details:
- IBM Cognos version: 8.4.1
- Operating System: Windows 2003
- Query Data Source: IBM Cognos Power Cubes
This environment was migrated to another single server install on a different server with the following details:
- IBM Cognos version: 8.4.1
- Operating System: Windows 2008
- Query Data Source: IBM Cognos Power Cubes
During further conversations with the client's IBM Cognos Administrator, it is discovered that everything else within the environment works as it did prior to the migration, only the IBM Cognos Power Cube data sources are affected.
Further Clarifying the IBM Cognos Power Cube Connection Issue Details
Since the support analyst does not have the actual error message, the client's IBM Cognos Administrator is guided through the connection test of several IBM Cognos Power Cube connections. Each test results in the following error message:
DS-PCT-0020 Unable to open the PowerCube: (Open Data Cache). Cube path/name may be incorrect; cube may be corrupt or may not be a PowerCube.
Analyzing the IBM Cognos Cogserver.log Log File
By itself, the above error is not very helpful. The client's IBM Cognos Administrator has access to physical logs directory on the BM Cognos Report Server.
The support analyst decides to use the "IBM Cognos From Log Errors to Technotes Utility" located at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24028415
This tool individually loads the cogserver.log file and displays all the errors within a given date range. The client is then able to double click any of the error messages to automatically search the online IBM Technotes for a solution.
The support analyst steps the client through the loading and filtering of the cogserver.log file. After loading the log within the utility, the support analyst discovers that the cogserver.log file reveals no further hints beyond the original error message. The support analyst double checks the IBM Cognos Power Cube name and location as defined in the data source connection. The support analyst suddenly realizes that although the cube name and folder locations are correct, the corresponding root drive is not. The previous server had the cubes on the E:\ drive. The new server does not have an E:\ and all cubes are located in the identical folder structure on D:\.
The client's IBM Cognos Administrator mentions that they have over 100 cubes and each data source connection requires multiple manual clicks to update.
Delivering the Findings
The support analyst searches for any approach that would speed up the update to 100 connection definitions.
The support analyst finds the "Update IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerCube DataSources Utility" located at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24021276
This tool has the ability to mass changed IBM Cognos Power Cube connection strings.
The support analyst steps the client though the use of this utility automatically updating all 100 data source connection definitions. The support analyst instructs the client's IBM Administrator to re-test the connections that previously failed. The client's IBM Cognos Administrator agrees and requests that the PMR be closed at the end of the day.
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An unnamed White House official, presumably with a straight face, assured us that Khamanei's speech wouldn't change the White House language because Obama is "pursuing a 'foreign policy that advances our interests rather than a foreign policy that makes us feel good about what we're saying'." (Which explains why he went to Cairo to give a speech which his spinners said would make all the difference in the world? Which is why he filmed an apology valentine for the mullahs shortly after taking office? )
Later in the day the president's stuck to his playbook:
And I'm very concerned based on some of the tenor — and tone of the statements that have been made — that the government of Iran recognize that the world is watching. And how they approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard will, I think, send a pretty clear signal to the international community about what Iran is and — and is not.
Try diagramming those sentences. Well, it's not what Congress said, certainly. No condemnation, no forceful statement of support for democracy. He's still "very concerned" mind you, but if you'd be hard pressed to figure out what he is "very concerned" about. If you tried to come up with a less precise, less fulsome message of support for the demonstrators you'd be hard pressed to do so. In a cycle of weak comments this is one of the weakest.


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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:28:59 +0200, Gabriel Ambuehl <gaml@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hummel Tom wrote: > > >I've recently and frequently experienced data loss in ext3 and reiserfs > >produces many warnings when under load however less dataloss than ext3, > >and xfs is IMHO the only choice Linux users have. > >I don't know why... but that's my personal experience. > > > I second that. Trip over the powercord, lose data with reiser or ext3 up > to the point where the system won't boot anymore. > XFS just reboots, doesn't even need fsck and goes on. Reiserfs and ext3 don't need fsck either though do they? Perhaps you were running early/unstable versions of either ext3 or reiserfs? I used to use XFS on Debian. I had a nasty problem once when lilo blew away wrong partition (where XFS had some information) - sorry I don't remember the details. It took ages to find out the necessary command but then everything was fine. Other than that everything was fine. Now I use reiserfs on Gentoo (comes recommended in Gentoo Handbook). I've not had any problems. This is not very serious use - just my laptop but it gets daily use - don't have any problems kicking out the power cord though :). Can anyone provide more concrete evidence to feed the filesystem decision - particularly XFS v JFS v Reiserfs v Ext3 v BSD fs (? sorry I'm a *BSD newbie). Cheers, Steve.