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New owners of Bray Wanderers make home ground commitment
- Soccer
- July 24, 2015, 06:00
Company says it will not acquire Carlisle Grounds unless another location is found
Owners of Bray Wanderers pursue club's recovery against run of play
- Commercial Property
- July 24, 2015, 06:00
Co Wicklow soccer club's new owners say they have invested €50,000, with a further €200,000 needed to put it on a sound footing
All loans in Nama will be repaid, Joe O'Reilly tells banking inquiry
- Financial Services
- July 24, 2015, 01:00
Property developer expects his loans of more than €2bn to be sold in Project Jewel sale
Concerns recede as Greek banks reopen
- Markets
- July 20, 2015, 21:30
S&P upgrade nudges Bank of Ireland into territory not achieved since financial crisis
Irish banks upgraded by Standard & Poor's
- Financial Services
- July 20, 2015, 19:27
BoI becomes first Irish bank to be raised to investment grade since financial crisis
Ian Coulter left after dispute over 'diverted' fees, says Tughans
- Commercial Property
- July 4, 2015, 01:00
Former managing partner departed law firm in January amid surprise but little explanation
Cerberus denies improper payments or fees linked to Nama deal
- Commercial Property
- July 4, 2015, 01:00
Private equity firm 'deeply troubled' over allegations made in Dáil by Mick Wallace
Ian Coulter named over disputed fees linked to Nama sale
- Commercial Property
- July 4, 2015, 01:00
Leading NI business figure left law firm in dispute over fees related to portfolio sale
Profile: Who are Nama NI appointees named by Wallace?
- Commercial Property
- July 3, 2015, 16:09
Brian Rowntree and Frank Cushnahan have held important public positions in the North
Project Eagle: US firm says no improper fees in Nama deal
- Oireachtas
- July 2, 2015, 14:20
Ian Coulter named as partner who left Belfast law firm after 'diverted' fees were found
Irish sovereign fund to invest up to €1 billion
- Economy
- July 2, 2015, 13:45
Investment this year could bring total committed to €2.5 bn in bid to boost economy
US wants to seize allegedly corrupt funds in Irish banks
- Retail & Services
- July 1, 2015, 01:02
Money sought amid wider investigation into $500m Russian payments in Uzbekistan
Markets badly affected by Greek crisis
- Markets
- June 30, 2015, 01:00
Travel and leisure stocks hit hard by events in holiday destinations Greece and Tunisia
Secret crisis developed over possible O'Brien, Lowry payments
- Technology
- June 29, 2015, 06:30
Planned Digicel IPO not O'Brien's first
Development of nursing homes needs a helping hand as banks fail to fund sector
- Health & Pharma
- June 26, 2015, 01:56
The cost of not looking after our ageing population properly will ultimately cost the State even more
Owner to reassure unions on future of Arnotts
- Retail & Services
- June 26, 2015, 01:00
Fitzwilliam Finance Partners took control of store earlier this year
Poolbeg incinerator funding coming from Luxembourg
- Energy & Resources
- June 23, 2015, 01:00
Company backing project similar in structure to Luxleaks firms
DCC has entities in Luxembourg with assets of more than €1bn
- Companies
- June 22, 2015, 01:00
Companies appear similar in structure to those firms in the 'Luxleaks' controversy
Life after Clerys: how will Dublin's premier street survive its closure?
- Retail & Services
- June 19, 2015, 02:00
The loss of the store is a blow to O'Connell Street, but things have been improving
Quinns hopeful mediation will bring IBRC deal
- Financial Services
- June 19, 2015, 01:00
High Court mediation will 'depoliticise' multibillion-euro dispute
Profile: the Clerys buyer: Natrium Ltd
- Retail & Services
- June 16, 2015, 01:00
Company a joint venture between Foley and London investment and hedge fund business
Airline staff supplier Crewlink shows 10% rise in turnover
- Transport & Tourism
- June 15, 2015, 01:00
Wicklow-based recruitment agency mostly provides cabin crew staff to Ryanair
Struggle continues for Irish soccer clubs both on and off the pitch
- Soccer
- June 12, 2015, 02:02
Many in the game feel that the FAI should be doing a lot more to help indebted teams
Tax proposals for multinationals will have 'massive impact'
- Economy
- June 8, 2015, 18:09
OECD propose country-by-country reports on their financial affairs
Delaney says €5m not directly related to handball
- Soccer
- June 5, 2015, 23:30
Legal claim based on seedings and Blatter's mockery, says FAI chief executive
IBRC's deals to come under intense scrutiny
- Financial Services
- June 5, 2015, 01:00
Denis O'Brien incident has impacted debate over how much the public is entitled to know
Hopes for Greek deal spurs Wall Street
- Markets
- June 4, 2015, 01:00
Strong day for CRH, Datalex, Ryanair and ICG, while Aryzta and Smurfit Kappa fall
Irish address tops US tax fraud list
- Crime & Law
- June 2, 2015, 01:00
Kilkenny address used for 580 returns, which led to almost $219,000 in 'refunds'
Luxembourg key to EU debate on multinational tax systems
- Economy
- June 2, 2015, 01:00
Parliament's tax committee will have suggestions ready by the end of the year
Circle Oil reports revenue fall for 2014
- Energy & Resources
- June 1, 2015, 15:37
Limerick plc to drill three new wells in Egypt
Markets held back by Greek uncertainty
- Markets
- May 29, 2015, 01:00
Aer Lingus and Ryanair both up while Iseq index records slight fall of 0.12 per cent
R&D tax credits and 12.5% tax rate red-line issues - Noonan
- Economy
- May 29, 2015, 01:00
Taxation committee chair Lamassoure says 'double Irish' tax arrangement is not transparent
Kel-Tech confident of return to profitability after €190,066 pretax loss
- Manufacturing
- May 25, 2015, 01:00
Waterford-based engineering firm expects growth to continue
CRH deal on Holcim and Lafarge dominates M&A increase in first quarter
- Economy
- May 25, 2015, 01:00
M&A upwards trend in first quarter to continue, says Investec
Celestial Green Ventures expects to win €1.9m row
- Financial Services
- May 25, 2015, 01:00
Company posts profit of €1.6m in 2013, after €1m loss in 2012
Firm linked to Goodman increased in size to €262m
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 23, 2015, 06:45
Luxembourg firm Silverbirch Investments has posted accounts up from €159m
Iseq and European stocks hold steady
- Markets
- May 22, 2015, 01:00
Move from Emirates National Oil to buy out minority shareholders lifts Dragon Oil
Greek bond yields up over debt concern
- Markets
- May 19, 2015, 01:00
Dollar bounces back from four-month low while S&P 500 reaches new all-time high
Little has changed in banking, says UK whistleblower
- Financial Services
- May 18, 2015, 01:00
Former HBOS risk expert says 'wrong' people often at top in corporations
Goodman Trust investment Shalco was to invest $85m in shale-drilling project
- Energy & Resources
- May 11, 2015, 01:00
Project ended up in US court over dispute with exploration partner West Star
Revenue to review Goodman group structure
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 8, 2015, 01:00
Review to look at international structure for possible tax implications
Goodman empire is built on good tax planning, privacy and international trade
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 8, 2015, 01:00
Luxembourg decisions the latest key chapter in the beef baron's portfolio
Dropbox to bill more than 200m users via Ireland
- Technology
- May 7, 2015, 01:00
Income from many clients will be booked in Ireland where corporation tax is much lower
Greek low growth forecast hits markets
- Markets
- May 6, 2015, 01:00
EU slashes growth predictions for Greece from 2.5 per cent to 0.5 per cent
Polish embassy rejects claims of hostility towards foreign investors in Poland
- Economy
- April 27, 2015, 01:20
Irish businessman Michael Holland accuses Warsaw authorities of 'conspiring to confiscate' investment property
Goodman company owner paid little tax on €52m profit
- Business
- April 24, 2015, 01:00
Luxembourg-based part-owner of ABP paid almost no tax on €52.6m in year to end of March 2013
Goodman Luxembourg firm paid 0.4% tax on profit of €52.6m
- Agribusiness & Food
- April 24, 2015, 01:00
Company accounts provide insight into Parlesse Investments
Bank seeks €7.5m judgment against developer and wife
- Financial Services
- April 14, 2015, 01:00
Court told a judge is among 45 investors in Dundrum development
Irish economic growth outpacing rest of Europe, says Ibec
- Economy
- April 13, 2015, 01:00
Quantitative easing, exchange rates and oil prices are behind boost for the economy
Smurfit Kappa downplays talk of takeover
- Markets
- April 13, 2015, 01:00
Directors said to be frustrated by rumours of €8.3bn approach from International Paper
Luxembourg-based firm's 2013 accounts show €40m income from €560m assets
- Manufacturing
- April 8, 2015, 01:00
Multinational warns shareholders OECD tax base erosion project may hit profit
Hynes involved in €12.7m loan buying
- Financial Services
- April 6, 2015, 01:00
Wexford accountant attempting to buy loans from US investor group Lone Star
Quinns 'will not get foreign assets' from liquidators
- Financial Services
- April 4, 2015, 01:00
Political factors not to influence Quinn talks with IBRC liquidators, according to source
Councillor in Quinn deal may run for Fine Gael Dáil seat
- Financial Services
- April 3, 2015, 01:00
John McCartin says he has not made up his mind yet
B of I down 0.28% amid variable rates debate
- Markets
- April 3, 2015, 01:00
Exchequer returns show tax payments in first quarter 5.5% ahead of target
Shape of possible deal between IBRC and Quinns emerges
- Financial Services
- April 3, 2015, 01:00
Noonan aware of discussions between Quinn and liquidators
IBRC liquidators to continue legal action against Fingleton
- Financial Services
- April 2, 2015, 01:01
Bank has settled its action against former directors of the building society
Banking inquiry must expose populism for what it is
- Financial Services
- April 1, 2015, 01:00
Cause of crisis lies as much in psychological phenomena as in bankers' behaviour
IBRC settles action against former Nationwide directors
- Financial Services
- March 31, 2015, 22:56
Resolution involves financial settlement being paid to corporation
Myhome.ie data shows house 'price growth slowing'
- Economy
- March 31, 2015, 02:02
Moderation in prices does not mark period of sustained decline, says Conall MacCoille
IBRC settlement in Quinn case 'not on the agenda'
- Financial Services
- March 31, 2015, 01:00
Report of talks at 'advanced stage' with Quinn family denied
Wexford accountant Alan Hynes acted in 'self-interest'
- Financial Services
- March 30, 2015, 01:00
Hynes failed to co-operate with liquidator and €3.1m in funds not fully accounted for
Misconduct findings made against accountant Alan Hynes
- Financial Services
- March 28, 2015, 01:00
Alan Hynes found to be involved in multiple breaches of codes of ethics and principles
Multiple findings of professional misconduct against Alan Hynes
- Financial Services
- March 27, 2015, 13:55
Tribunal found Wexford accountant had been in breach of codes of ethics
State may end up paying for building faults
- Construction
- March 27, 2015, 01:00
Third parties may be pursued over major defects found in McNamara schemes
Sale of building to U2 was not a 'secret deal' - DDDA
- Commercial Property
- March 26, 2015, 13:36
Dublin Docklands Development Authority sold 18 Hanover Quay to U2 for €450K
HSBC declines Public Accounts Committee request
- Financial Services
- March 26, 2015, 11:11
Committee wanted to hear from bank in wake of the so-called Swiss Leaks disclosures
Drop of more than €280,000 in car park losses at St Vincent's
- Health & Pharma
- March 24, 2015, 01:00
Group made €3.2 million profit in 2013, up from €10.8 million loss in 2012
MetLife enters Irish market with €131m Kennedy Wilson funding
- Financial Services
- March 18, 2015, 01:00
Loans were issued to global real estate investment business Kennedy Wilson
Economy primed for sustained growth, says Goldman Sachs
- Economy
- March 18, 2015, 01:00
Sinn Féin cited as main risk to domestic recovery, says firm's top European economist
Rise of Sinn Féin represents main threat to growth, says economist
- Politics
- March 18, 2015, 01:00
Top Goldman Sachs expert: Biggest risk in our view provided by political events in State
Tullow recovery extends FTSE rebound
- Markets
- March 17, 2015, 20:18
In Dublin, concern CRH purchase of Holcim-Lefarge assets might not happen
Irish company's Qatari branch involved in catering dispute
- Middle East
- March 7, 2015, 01:01
Sepam Qatar, criticised for its visa regime, is in a row with a food supplier
Sepam: Clonmel company has operations worldwide
- Middle East
- March 7, 2015, 01:00
Firm founded by Gus Kearney in 1976 and is an engineering and construction business
Jim Mansfield jnr wrote to Taoiseach to complain about 'terrorising' Garda raid
- Business
- February 28, 2015, 01:00
Irish authorities involved in 'dark games', according to late property developer's son
Jim Mansfield jnr: Hard times for the 'white haired boy' of a late billionaire
- Business
- February 28, 2015, 01:00
In the past 13 months he has experienced the death of his father – the Citywest developer – alleged security scares, and court app(...)
Microsoft Ireland warns on European Union tax audits
- Technology
- February 27, 2015, 01:00
Irish headquarters of company records$17.9bn 'administrative expenses' in 2014
Swiss refused request for help to pursue HSBC prosecutions
- Financial Services
- February 26, 2015, 01:00
Revenue sought assistance to bring some of those named in leaked bank files before Irish courts
US Fed and buoyant Chinese lift markets
- Markets
- February 25, 2015, 22:20
Glanbia results please markets after fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth
Bank of Ireland accused of increasing costs for small businesses
- Retail & Services
- February 19, 2015, 01:00
New regime includes 50% increase in coin-handling charges
Swiss Leaks: Make it easier for bankers to pay for criminality
- Opinion
- February 11, 2015, 00:02
Opinion: 'When the EU introduced the European Savings Directive in 2005, in an effort to clamp down on tax evasion by EU citizens,(...)
Total of HSBC funds linked to State inflated by IFSC
- Financial Services
- February 10, 2015, 06:00
$3.5bn held in accounts linked to Republic, analysis of HSBC files finds
Belgium may use arrest warrants against HSBC directors
- Financial Services
- February 10, 2015, 06:00
Prosecutors may step up part in global inquiry if request for information fails to yield results
Leaks increase pressure on Swiss to break from culture of banking secrecy
- Financial Services
- February 10, 2015, 06:00
Governments worldwide found it increasingly difficult to justify not taking firmer action against tax evasion
Swiss Leaks: US may scrap prosecution deal with HSBC
- Financial Services
- February 10, 2015, 01:00
FTSE 100 list slides eight points as HSBC controversy takes toll
Swiss leaks: Donegal jeweller John Crossan held HSBC account
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Retired Crumlin man John Hall also mentioned in leaked HSBC data
'I paid Revenue what was due, and that was it', says Dr Michael Cuddy
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Galway economist had account with HSBC in Geneva after working abroad
HSBC's Swiss deposits drop by almost half
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Bank comes close to admitting its Swiss branch was used to facilitate tax evasion and money laundering, and says its deposits hav(...)
Swiss leaks: Geneva bank assured client that Revenue would not be given details
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Businessman John Cashell was worried that his account data would make it to Ireland
Swiss leaks: Mail not sent to HSBC account holder Aidan O'Brien
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Racehorse trainer says matter is now resolved and company fully tax-compliant
Withholding tax: What is it?
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
From 2009-2013, Switzerland paid €3.6m to Ireland in withholding tax
Revenue Commissioners advised not to pursue HSBC tax case
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Evidence was deemed insufficient for criminal charges against bank, says ex-tax chairman
Former senior executives at HSBC later went on to take up positions in Ireland
- Financial Services
- February 9, 2015, 06:00
Data on thousands of accounts were taken from Geneva-based bank
Irish names in HSBC bank's secret files
- Financial Services
- February 8, 2015, 21:00
International clients include those involved in arms trade and blood diamonds
Pensions Authority begins investigation into Source Pensions
- Financial Services
- January 24, 2015, 01:01
Firm was set up in 2009 by its principal shareholder and chief executive, Adrian Daly
Seán Quinn jnr's role as head of Russian firm highlighted at hearing
- Financial Services
- January 23, 2015, 01:00
Employment tribunal hears Quinn jnr deny he was in possession of Blackberry phone
Seán Quinn jnr claims administrator feared firing him
- Financial Services
- January 23, 2015, 01:00
Employment Appeals Tribunal reserves judgment
Quinn family hoped one day 'to return as shareholders' to firm
- Financial Services
- January 22, 2015, 12:25
Sean Quinn jr tells employment appeals tribunal he felt victimised
Schoolhouse Hotel company profits increase to almost €1m
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Lately it seems rare to read a technology section and not see a story about a targeted online security attack. With Stuxnet, Duqu and now Flamer making big headlines, targeted attacks have become
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File sharing is also risk sharing in the new bring-your-own-device SMB landscape, a Symantec Corp. study concludes.More than a fifth (22 per cent) of Canadian SMBs surveyed by thesecurity software vendor have no
Canada's small and medium sized businesses may be underestimating the need to plan for IT disasters compared to SMBs in other countries around the world, a new survey shows. Symantec surveyed 2,053 businesses
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Torpoint's 'very special' GCSE group rose to every challenge
Posted: September 14, 2012|
TORPOINT Community College is looking forward to welcoming students to its GCSE awards evening in December after they achieved the best results in the school's history.
Ninety-nine per cent of students attained five or more A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent, an improvement of 34 per cent within a two-year period.
Deputy head teacher Jeremy Plumb, said: "This significant improvement is the reflection of each and every inspired individual learner.
"The college is looking forward to welcoming a significant number of these students into the sixth form at the college which again this year also celebrates excellent results."
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Students who studied with partner schools and colleges and on vocational programmes also did exceptionally well achieving distinctions and merits from their courses.
Out of 154 students, more than 90 gained a minimum of 5 or more GCSE grades A* to C including English and maths.
Those doing exceptionally well included Kirsty McBain with five A* and five A grades, Simone Steenhagen with four A*s, four As and two Bs, Matthew Allen with five A*s, two As and three Bs and Matthew House with four A*, one A and five B grades.
Mr Plumb said: "It was clear that the class of 2012 was a very special group, rising to every challenge.
"For example, collectively they increased the number of A* to C grades in GCSE mathematics by a massive 14 per cent from the previous year.
"Individual subject areas celebrated student successes with above average pass rates in over ten different curriculum areas."


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On another forum, by accident I pressed Ctrl+B, and lo and behold - a <B></B> pair was inserted (of course with square brackets, but I dunno how to do square brackets in a post without it acting as bbcode). For longer posts, I compose my stuff in notepad++, but for shorter (and thus quick) posts, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I and Ctrl+U shortcuts could be pretty decent... (also, if a selection is detected, wrap the selection in tags, just like the icons work currently).


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Missouri's athletic director said Oklahoma's interest in switching conferences only reinforces the notion of instability in the Big 12.
Mike Alden said Saturday that Missouri remains focused on
keeping the conference intact while continuing to strengthen the
school's profile. Though Missouri is more concerned than a few days
ago, he said the school will do well whatever happens.
Oklahoma president David Boren said Friday that the Sooners
expect to decide whether to leave in three weeks. He said he flew
to Missouri to confer with chancellor Brady Deaton, the chairman of
the Big 12 board of directors, and to College Station, Texas, to
try to prevent Texas A&M from leaving for the SEC.
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The life cycle of a local music community goes something like this: Bands form, play out, record music, play out more and (eventually) break up. There's plenty of variation in this sequence of events, of course, but in St. Louis, the local-band turnover tends to be rather high. Keeping track of the new faces around town can be difficult, so we decided to compile a list of up-and-coming artists poised to have a breakout year in 2011. The RFT's freelance music writers shared what new acts they've been digging lately, and the results vary from those groups who stick to punk houses to those ready to open for a major-label powerhouse.Black Fast
Sounds Like: A greatest-hits package of '80s thrash metal repackaged and remastered for fans of Dethklok
What It's About: The name celebrates metal's official color and tempo; its music follows suit. Black Fast pushes the familiar to its extremes. Blistering cascades of guitar leads, whiplash tempo changes and subversive sidesteps into major keys give an epic context to its lengthy shred-fests. Meanwhile, assertive vocalist/guitarist Aaron Akin gives the kids in the pit a reason to scream along — as soon as they learn the words. At the moment, Black Fast can only be heard on YouTube bootlegs. The band is hibernating in preparation of recording its debut, obsessively rehearsing to make their hypertechnical sagas bigger, blacker and faster.
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Listen: "Chaos Orb"
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Sounds Like: The ancient soul/dream-folk warblings of a medium channeling Dock Boggs
What It's About: The American Gothic leanings of Black James, a.k.a. Jennifer McDaniel, creep from a dark, cavernous basement in south city. A St. Louis transplant by way of Knoxville, Tennessee, McDaniel transcends traditional folk and blues, on the strength of ancient ballads laced with eccentric narratives. Black James' songs unfold in a playful marriage of cotton-picked banjo, ghostly soundscapes and broken electronics; McDaniel's Southern drawl pairs with her impeccably sharp wit. Be on the lookout for a self-released cassette in 2011.
Listen: "Jacked Up to Jesus"
— Josh Levi
Sounds Like: A chopped and screwed apocalypse: Blood-soaked guitars match wits with faded vocal howls and twitching synth spasms.
What It's About: Britches formed in mid-2009 and recently released a demo called, er, Demo. The death sweats of early Sonic Youth and Xiu Xiu's skeletal noise sculptures are a starting touchstone, but the trio skillfully uses silence and restraint to magnify the dread of its chaotic moments. The best of the new songs is "White Noise," a grayscale pastiche of beauty and horror: Chiming melodies and grandfather-clock percussion devolve into marching stomps, macabre chants and gravel-embedded-in-knee riffs.
Listen: A five-song demo can be streamed/downloaded at: britchesbritches.bandcamp .com/album/demo — Annie ZaleskiDubb Nubb
Sounds Like: If Kimya Dawson had a twin sister — or if she joined forces with Julia Nunes
What It's About: Dubb Nubb is an upbeat, eccentric duo that uses whistling, erratic hollerin' and woo-hoos to its full advantage on poppy, attention-grabbing folk songs. Dubb Nubb recently played at Foam for the first St. Louis Secret Sound Festival, and on January 14, the twins will be releasing a split seven-inch with Cory Taylor Cox called "Shiny Mountain." (A release show with Cox is taking place at Foam that night at 8 p.m.) Additionally, the duo is currently scheduling a recording session with Daytrotter, which will take place in January.
Listen: Dubb Nubb's debut album, The Best Game Ever, was released in March of 2009, and the New Bones EP came out last May. Both releases are available through Special Passenger Records.
— Chrissy Wilmes
Sounds Like: The best bits of classic rock and '80s-era rock and metal; its music hints at Queen's pristine vocal and harmonic layering, Cheap Trick's driving power-pop and every KSHE riff hero.
What It's About: Formed in May 2009, the band's profile has continued to rise in 2010 on the strength of hard-to-pigeonhole tunes and strong songwriting. Greek Fire has a three-song sampler EP for sale at shows and is currently writing new music; new snippets on MySpace reveal more piano flourishes and keyboards. The band recently opened My Chemical Romance's Chicago show.
Listen: "Doesn't Matter Anyway"
— Annie Zaleski
Sounds Like: Deconstructed analog house music from the future with tornadic drums and synths
What It's About: After donning some massive and insane headdresses made by Stasny, the duo (and sometimes trio) creates...well, deconstructed house music from the future. Seriously, this is probably what popular music will become in 30 to 40 years, complete with costumes and accompanying dizzy-making laser lights. Our grandchildren will love it. It's loud, erratic and danceable, with punishing rhythms and an abrasive charm. You get the sense they're grinning wickedly under those masks.
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(ABC 6 News) -- Two Rochester men have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges.
The U.S. attorneys office says 27-year-old Quentin Graham plead guilty to one count of distributing while 26-year-old Jimmy Barker plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute.
Authorities say the charges stem from the sale of more than a half pound of crack cocaine.
Graham faces a potential maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison while Barker faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.


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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open the fifth annual meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at Penn on Monday, April 4, with a public address on empowering women.
The Colloquium, a select group of 29 university presidents from around the world convened annually to discuss a topic of immediate concern to the secretary-general, will address the challenge of "Empowering Women to Change the World: What the UN and Universities Can Do" from April 4 to 5 at Penn.
In addition to the secretary-general, Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, and Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, will participate in the Colloquium.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has prioritized empowerment of women and gender equity. "Only through women's full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter," he said on International Women's Day in March. "Universities can help in this effort by nurturing their own role models and enabling women's empowerment through all their research, outreach and appointments."
Penn President Amy Gutmann helped found the Colloquium in 2004, along with fellow university presidents from Columbia, NYU, Princeton and Yale, in response to the secretary-general's request for greater involvement of the global academic community in exploring international public policy concerns.
"The world will realize its full potential only when we address gender inequality and empower women. Universities have an important role to play in empowering women through education, research, and community service, and in serving as institutional exemplars of gender equality, diversity, and inclusive participation in leadership. We also look forward to exploring the possibilities of collaborating with the mission of UN Women," Gutmann says.
The United Nations General Assembly created UN Women in 2010 to pull together the U.N.'s many activities in support of women and girls. The secretary-general named Bachelet under-secretary-general of the U.N. and the first executive director of the newly created entity in September 2010.
Jarrett says President Obama is committed to empowering the world's women in a wide variety of areas. "I'm looking forward to speaking with the Global Colloquium about his commitment, sharing ideas, and working together to realize our common dream of a world where all things are possible for all women," she says.
As university host of this year's Colloquium, Gutmann is joined by academic partners Deborah A. Driscoll, chair of Penn's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Afaf Meleis, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the Penn School of Nursing. The University will welcome the 29 presidents and their faculty partners from research universities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin and South America, as well as Europe and North America. A full list of participants is available at www.upenn.edu/president/global_colloquium/participating-universities.
During the Colloquium, the presidents will discuss the best ways for universities to address the empowerment of women and gender equity, and identify additional steps universities can take in their home countries to further these goals. The faculty experts on women's issues and international affairs will consider what more the U.N. can do to advance women and girls around the world. Key areas of discussion will include educational access and equity, creating paths and pipelines to leadership roles for women, empirical research on the myriad social and cultural factors that perpetuate women's inequality, and access to health care for women and girls.
Previous Colloquia have addressed such important topics as academic freedom, international migration, innovative sources of funding global goods, the social benefits of the research university in the 21st century, sustainability and global climate change, and the role of science in meeting global challenges. A full list is available: www.upenn.edu/president/global_colloquium/previous.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's address is open to the public and will be held at 5 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St. No tickets are required but attendees are asked to RSVP to email@example.com.
All other Colloquium sessions are closed, but participants will issue a report on the proceedings later this year.
More information on the Colloquium is available at www.upenn.edu/president/global_colloquium/home.
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The role of Wee1 in preventing Mitotic Catastrophe:
If a cell tries to divide before DNA replication is completed, chromosome segregation defects trigger a lethal response called mitotic catastrophe that prevents aneuploid cells from surviving and becoming cancer. We study the mechanisms by which Wee1 kinases prevent mitotic catastrophe during early Drosophila development, as an experimental model for this essential regulatory mechanism. My students and other research colleagues use transgenic expression of Wee1 and Cdk1 (its target), as well as wee1 mutants made by our laboratory for this research. Wee1 and its co-factors are also promising new drug targets for treating checkpoint-compromised cancer cells, adding further biomedical relevance to this project.
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Spermatocytes are very large meiotic cells that arrest in G2 phase for several days before undergoing cell division (M1 and MII), making it easy to visualize cell structures. We are studying the role of a cell cycle regulatory kinase called Myt1 in organizing cytoplasmic structures and coordinating their behavior with cell cycle progression, using fluorescent reporter genes and myt1 mutants made by our laboratory. Besides implications for treatment of human male infertility, the project also relates to outstanding questions about how cell cycle progression is coordinated with cell growth and differentiation, during development.
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This Sunday morning event is free and open to the public by reserving your space here online. The event begins at 8:30am and should conclude around 11:30am and includes the Marian Crowning, Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Eucharistic Procession and a light brunch reception afterwards.
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When the Economist created the Big Mac Index in an effort to compare the purchasing power parity (PPP) between countries, many in the business world laughed. When they realized that the commodity is one that is universally consumed (literally) and offered great insights into the state of the various economies across the globe, most stopped laughing and started paying attention.
The most recent comparison below comes at a time just before the downgrade of credit status for the United States. How will it look in the near future? For Americans, probably worse. At least for now, our Big Mac still holds its own versus other Big Macs around the world.
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We would like to start off with a joke about how hard it is to fill Carrie Bradshaw's Manolo Blahniks.
But we won't. You're welcome. On with it, then.
Sarah Jessica Parker's Sex and The City protagonist, Carrie Bradshaw, is one of the most iconic characters of the 21st century. So, it's just a tiny bit of pressure to reprise the role, wouldn't you agree? Well, darling blondie AnnaSophia Robb isn't afraid of the challenge.
"It's a wonderful role for me, and I feel so honored to be able to play a young Carrie," the 18-year-old tells Life & Style. She will play the 1980s version of the soon-to-be fabulous Carrie.
Candace Bushnell, who penned the novel that started the movement, says that AnnaSophia has "done the role beautifully." She also tells Wetpaint Entertainment exclusively that "viewers will fall in love with her the same way they fell in love with Sarah Jessica Parker."
So, what does SJP think of all this? All good things, as it turns out. "She sent me a really lovely note of encouragement," AnnaSophia tells L&S, "just congratulating me, giving me her approval. It was very sweet of her, and I did not expect that at all."
That's a sweet stamp, but we got to wondering: when it comes to breakout roles on the small screen, can you make a life from someone else's memory?
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The 21-year-old is currently a free agent after leaving Uruguayan side Centro Atletico Fenix.
Mezquida, who began his career with Penarol, has experience of playing in Europe before after spells on loan in Norway with Brann and Lillestrom.
The former Uruguay youth international has now linked up with Celtic for training at the club's Lennoxtown base so Lennon and his coaching staff can cast an eye over him.
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You may be getting a group together over the next weeks to watch basketball, but that doesn't mean your diet has to suffer.
Doctors recommend going with nachos over potato chips or pork rinds. When you're thinking about the dip, the tomatoes from salsa are better than cheese dip.
There's also an alternative for making your own wings.
"Take some chicken breast, cut it into strips and pour your own hot sauce on it," Registered Dietitian Amy Jamieson-Petonic says. "Hot sauce is a great source of capsaicin, and what we see through research studies is that capsaicin, which gives the heat to the wings, actually increases your metabolism and helps you burn fat."
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The Defense Department marks the start of prime motorcycle riding weather by designating each May as Motorcycle Safety Month. This special report highlights DOD and service-related efforts to enhance the safety and overall riding experience for service members and veterans through training, mentorship and education.
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Some motorcyclists only go through safety training to get their license and drive on post. However, once off the installation, they seem to forget the rules and fail to practice the skills that might save their lives. When riding a motorcycle, even the smallest mistakes can be life threatening, so risk management and situational awareness are crucial.
It was the first warm weekend of spring during my senior year in high school. The northern Virginia winter was bad that year, and the heavy snows we'd been getting had only recently disappeared. With winter behind us, my best friend, Seth, was eager to get his Kawasaki Ninja sport bike on the road again.
The year before, Seth taught me how to ride it in the school parking lot, but we only covered the basics — how to shift, what brakes are where and how to use the blinker. I had only driven it on the road once, and I remember being both very nervous and excited at the same time. I thought that bike was the coolest thing in the world and wanted to learn to ride.
As Seth and I were making plans for the day, my brother called and told me he had just bought a new Honda scooter. He'd wanted a motorcycle but did not know how to ride one. The scooter was more comfortable for him because he didn't need to shift gears, it was street legal and could get up to 55 mph. Seth suggested my brother stop by so we could all go for a ride.
Within an hour, we were all together on a cul-de-sac near another friend's house. My brother and Seth took off first, and I could hear them laughing as they drove down the street. About 30 minutes later, they returned so I could have a turn. I was nervous, but being 17 and having my peers around, I didn't take the time to consider the risks involved.
I hopped on the motorcycle, and my brother and I took off down the street. About 100 yards down the road, there was a sharp turn and, before I knew it, I was sliding on the ground. Even though I was only going about 30 mph, I slid for what seemed like 20 yards, barely missing a mailbox. The Bermuda shorts, tennis shoes with no socks and T-shirt I was wearing didn't do much to protect me from the road rash that took off most of the skin on my elbows, forearms, hands and knees. Oddly enough, the helmet — the only appropriate personal protective equipment I was wearing — never hit the ground.
With the adrenaline pumping, I immediately hopped to my feet and picked up the Kawasaki like it was a Huffy. I then rolled it back to the cul-de-sac and apologized to Seth profusely for totaling his prized possession. Like a good friend, he was more concerned about my condition. I told them I felt fine and didn't need to go to the ER. They then pointed out the thick stream of blood running down the driveway from my right shoe. I decided I might need to get that checked out.
The injury was extensive. The brake pedal had scooped a chunk of flesh out of my leg and scraped the bone. Because it wasn't a cut, the doctors couldn't sew it together. I had to spend nearly a month in Walter Reed Army Medical Center undergoing skin grafts and preventive infection procedures due to the scraped bone.
There are several lessons I learned from my accident — the first being proper training is an absolute must. Had I taken the time to get trained and licensed, I likely could have avoided this accident. Without proper training, you only have a license to fail. Proper PPE is also important and probably would have kept me out of the hospital. A long-sleeved shirt or jacket, pants and gloves would have helped prevent the road rash, and heavy leather boots would have helped me avoid the most painful injury I have suffered in my life. Finally, I should have considered the environment I was riding in before I got on the bike. Because the snows had only recently ended, there was still an abundance of sand and salt on the street. When I drove through that sand in the curve, it was a millisecond ride to the asphalt. That's a ride I hope to never take again.


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An electrical pickup for a stringed musical instrument includes a permanent magnet having one field polarity intersected by the string, a pair of coils, and each coil having a pole piece so arranged that the pole pieces are magnetically neutral and are thus not loaded magnetically but serve merely as inductors.
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United States Patent Stich 14 1 Sept. 2, 1975 [54] ELECTRICAL PICKUP FOR A STRINGED 3,588,311 6/1971 Zoller 84/1.15 MUSICAL INSTRUNIENT 3,657,461 4/1972 Freeman..... 84/1.15 3,668,295 6/1972 Broussard 84/1.15 Inventor: Willi Lorenz Stich, Antioch, Tenn- 3,711,619 1/1973 Jones et a1..... 84/1.15 Assigneez Norlin Music, Inc. Lincolnwood In 3,715,446 2/1973 Kosinski 84/1.15
[22] Filed: Aug 5 1974 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 451,658 91949 Ital 84 1.15 21 Appl. NOJ 494,823 I y Primary Examiner-Stephen J. Tomsky U-S. Assistant Examiner stanley Witkowski [51] Int. Cl. GlOH 3/08 Attorney, A ent, or FirmHill, Gross, Simpson, Van [58] Field Of Search 84/1.141.16; Santen Steadman Chiara & Simpson [56] References Cited [57] ABSTRACT UNITED STATES PATENTS An electrical pickup for a stringed musical instrument 2 263 973 11 /1941 OBrien 84/1.15 includes 6 Permanent magnet having one field Polarity 2,896,491 7/1959 Lover 1 1 84 1.15 intersected y the String, a P Of coils, and each Coil 3,236,930 2/1966 Fender 84/l.15 having a pole piece so arranged that the pole pieces 3,249,677 5/1966 Burns et a1 84/1.l6 are magnetically neutral and are thus not loaded mag- 3,483,303 12/1969 Warner 84/1.l5 netically but serve merely as inductors,
3,535,968 10/1970 Rickard 84/1.l5 3,571,483 3/1971 Davidson 84/1.16 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures ELECTRICAL PICKUP FOR A STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In this invention, the pole pieces of the pickup coils are disposed so as to be located in a neutral part of the magnetic field of the permanent magnet so that such pole pieces are not loaded magnetically.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simplified construction for a good quality guitar pickup.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a guitar pickup that can be produced with virtually no additional tooling other than that which the manufacturerin this field already has.
Many other advantages, features and additional objects of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheet of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
ON THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an electrical pickup shown adjacent to the string of a musical instrument; and
FIG. 2 is a wiring diagram thereof.
AS SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS The principles of the present invention are particu- I larly useful when embodied in an electrical pickup for a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, such as shown in FIG. 1, the pickup being generally indicated by the numeral 10. The pickup is shown mounted on a guitar body, schematically shown at 11 in proximity to a steel string 12. The pickup 10 includes a perma nent magnet 13 which is so magnetized that one pole face 14 is directed toward the string 12, while the other pole face 15 at the opposite side thereof is directed away from the string 12. The magnet 13 has a magnetic field which, except for the string, is disposed in the ambient, and the string 12 intersects such magnetic field at a portion having a single polarity. for example, north.
The pickup 10 further includes a pair of coils l6, 17. Each of the coils l6, 17 comprises a bobbin or coil form 18 on which there is randomly wound a selected number of turns of a selected wire size. These are normally so constructed that they have the same number of turns and the same wire size in each coil, thus rendering the coils l6, 17 to be interchangeable. In FIG. 2, the left end of each coil represents the end of the wire that is against the center of the bobbin when winding of the coil begins. Although the coils are connected in series as shown, they are in fact connected in out-ofphase relationship to each other so that the one coil bucks or cancels signals in the other coil which are induced by interfering sources nearby, such as an amplifier transfonner. Thus, the present pickup is of the hum-bucking type.
Each of the coils 16, 17 has within its bobbin 18 an iron pole piece 19, 20 which are also alike. The pole pieces 19, 20 are so arranged that the end face of each which is directed toward the permanent magnet 13 is so disposed that it is proximate to the permanent magnet 13 at a point intermediate the poles thereof, thus making the pole pieces magnetically neutral, namely neither north nor south.
To assemble the device, each of the coils 16, 17 with its pole piece 19, 20 is disposed against the permanent magnet 13 and placed into a plastic cover 21, and any space left inside the cover is filled with an encapsulation compound 22, such as of the epoxy resin type.
The axes of the coils thus extend coaxially with each other in the direction of the length of the string 12 and parallel thereto.
The pickup 10 is normally constructed to have an extent in a direction transverse to all the strings so as to underlie all the strings 12 of a guitar.
Such assembly is greatly simplified by the fact that there are only four different components that need to be stocked, namely, a number of identical coil assemblies. a number of identical pole pieces, a number of unitary magnets, and a number of covers. The plastic covers can be those that are now in use in production. The molded bobbins 18 are commercially available as are the permanent magnets 13 which are of the ceramic type. The pole pieces are easy to construct without use of specialized tooling. It is thus shown that a particularly simple type of construction is provided wherein labor, materials and tooling for the manufacture thereof are truly minimized.
Notwithstanding such simplification, and for reasons not known, this particular pickup construction works fantastically well. A representative number of turns is 4,250 of No. 42 wire per coil. The number of turns does not particularly affect performance, but it does affect the impedance of the coil, and that number of turns stated for that size of wire produces an impedance which is good or usable for the average present commercial guitar amplifier. For amplifiers having less impedance than is now conventional, the number of turns would be correspondingly reduced as desired. Although it is not understood why this particular pickup construction works fantastically well, it is evident that the iron pole pieces are not loaded magnetically with the field from the permanent magnet, and yet they act as inductors for the coils, being disposed in a magnetically neutral location in the field.
Although various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that I wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted hereon, all such embodiments as reasonably and properly come within the scope of my contribution to the art.
I claim as my invention:
1. An electrical pickup for a stringed musical instrument having ferromagnetic strings, said pickup comprising:
a. a pair of axially spaced coils arranged to have their axes extend along the length of an instrument string;
b. a permanent magnet disposed between said coils,
said magnet having a pole face of one polarity arranged to be directed toward the string, and a second pole face of opposite polarity arranged to be I directed away from the string; and
c. a pair of magnetic pole pieces respectively dis posed in said coils, each having an end face directed toward a magnetically neutral portion of said permanent magnet.
2. A pickup according to claim 1 in which said coils are connected in series in out-of-phase relationship to each other.
3. A pickup according to claim 1 in which said coils are-respectively disposed on a pair of bobbins, said bobbins, said magnet and said pole pieces being held together as a unit by encapsulating material.
4. A pickup according to claim 1 in which said coils,
said magnet. and said pole pieces are elongated in a direction transverse to the string length so as to be responsive to a plurality of parallel strings.
5. An electrical pickup for a stringed musical instrument having ferromagnetic strings, said pickup comprising:
a. a permanent magnet arranged to be supported with one pole directed toward an instrument string and the other pole directed away from the string so that only one polarity of its field is intersected by the instrument string;
b. a pair of coils connected in series in out-of-phase relationship; and
c. a pair of pole pieces respectively disposed in said coils and located so that the coils are disposed to be influenced by the magnetic field, each of said pole pieces being disposed against a central portion of said magnet between its poles so that said pole pieces are magnetically neutral.
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Actual images of actual objects in an object space, taken from a moving perspective of a viewer in the object space and in registration with the actual objects, are provided with retrieved images imitative of stationary or moving "virtual" objects in the object space for providing both actual and retrieved images to the viewer as if the retrieved images were also actual and integrated into the object space. The viewer may move about in the actual object space and physically navigate among the actual objects therein, by means of their images. The viewer may touch and move the objects and may perceive the integrated virtual objects as if real, albeit without substance.
1. Apparatus for providing a virtual reality environment with images of virtual objects provided in response to sensed actions of a viewer wherein the images of virtual objects lag after the sensed actions of the viewer, comprising:
a head mounted camera (10) for mounting on a head (12) of the viewer acting as a cameraman for gathering images of real objects from a moving perspective of the viewer, said camera responsive to reflected light from the real objects in an object space, for providing a real object image signal (14) indicative of the real objects;
an image store (22), responsive to a selection signal (20), for providing a prestored virtual object image signal (24) indicative of moving virtual objects;
a computer and image processor (16) having positions and geometric features of said real objects prestored in a computer spatial model of the object space, responsive to a plurality of monitor signals for providing the selection signal (20) and responsive to the real object image signal (14) and the virtual object image signal (24), for providing an integrated image signal (26) indicative of both said real objects and said virtual objects;
one or more monitors (18), responsive to one or more corresponding actions of the viewer acting as a cameraman in the object space, for providing the plurality of monitor signals; and
a head mounted display (28) for mounting on the head of the viewer, responsive to the integrated image signal (26), for providing integrated images of the object space with real and virtual objects for viewing by the viewer with the images of the real objects in registration with the real objects from the moving point of view of the viewer and for viewing by the viewer with the images of the virtual objects integrated therewith, wherein the moving virtual objects move with respect to the real objects positioned in the spatial model for interacting with the viewer and whereby the lag of the images of virtual objects after the sensed actions of the viewer is reduced.
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a head mounted camera for mounting on a viewer's head, for acquiring images of actual objects in an object space;
display means for mounting on the viewer's head for providing the images of actual objects in the object space, taken from a moving perspective of the viewer in the object space, wherein the display means is for providing the images of the actual objects for viewing by the viewer, from the viewer's point of view, in registration with the actual objects and in substitution therefor; and
an image processor, having positions and geometric features of said actual objects prestored in a spatial model of the object space, for combining the images of actual objects with retrieved images selected from among a plurality of prestored virtual objects in the object space according to monitored head movements of the viewer, for providing the combined images to the viewer for enabling the viewer to perceive the object space with both actual and virtual objects by means of the combined images and wherein the virtual objects move with respect to the actual objects for interacting with the viewer.
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monitoring position and attitude of a head of a viewer as the viewer moves about in an object space;
acquiring images, taken from a moving point of view of the head of the viewer in the object space, of actual objects in the object space, said actual objects having positions and geometric features prestored in a computer model of the object space;
providing the images of actual objects in the object space, in registration, from the moving point of view of the viewer, with the actual objects for viewing by the viewer as substitutes for viewing the real objects;
retrieving from among a plurality of prestored images of virtual objects, selected prestored images of virtual objects imitative of actual objects moving in the object space, said selected prestored images selected according to the monitored position and attitude of the head of the viewer; and
combining the retrieved images of virtual objects imitative of actual objects moving in the object space with respect to the positions and geometric features of the actual objects as substituted by the images of actual objects in the object space, for providing combined images for viewing by the viewer for enabling the viewer to perceive the object space by means of the combined images as if the retrieved images were also actual and integrated within the object space.
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18. The method of
monitoring direction of a visual axis of an eye of the viewer, for providing the combined images having nonuniform resolution with a highly detailed portion of each image coinciding with the visual axis of the eye of the viewer.
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monitoring direction of a visual axis of an eye of the viewer, for providing the combined images having nonuniform resolution with a highly detailed portion of each image coinciding with the visual axis of the eye of the viewer.
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This application is a continuation of application(s) Ser. No. 08/109,919 filed on Aug. 23, 1993, now abandoned which designated the U.S.
The present invention relates to the presentation of images and, more particularly, to the presentation of successive images.
Still photography, motion pictures and television were influenced by the way artists represented physical reality in paintings, as if through a window. A highly detailed perspective image is provided, typically within a rectangular frame. All provide highly detailed images which induce the viewer to cooperate with the cameraman's "vision" by assuming the artificial perspective of the representation. The viewer is to some extent enabled to deliberately suspend disbelief that the images themselves are not a real object space. The degree to which the viewer is thus enabled is influenced not only by the image resolution but by the field of view. It is usually thought desirable to increase both. For example, very high resolution commercial television standards have been formulated for increasing image quality. Such approaches typically increase the number of horizontal lines scanned to a number significantly greater than present standards. Larger format movie film such as 70 mm has been used to increase detail. Also, panoramic movies, e.g., "Cinerama" increased the field of view to increase realism. Various stereoscopic television approaches have also been conceived or developed to increase realism.
All of these traditional media take a rather objective view of the physical world. The image is framed by a window through which the viewer can gaze in any direction "into" a representation of an object space. Events are presented in both movies and television in a series of different action scenes in a story line which the viewer can observe from a seemingly quasi-omniscient point of view. The viewer is led to take what appears to be a view of the world as it really is. Yet the choice of image and its perspective is picked by the creator of the image and the viewer actually assumes a passive role.
A sensorama simulator was disclosed by Heilig in U.S. Pat. No. 3,050,870. The senses of an individual were stimulated to simulate an actual experience realistically with images, a breeze, odors, binaural sound and even motion. Heilig also disclosed a stereoscopic television in U.S. Pat. No. 2,955,156. This also was passive.
"Virtual reality," in an electronic image context, goes even further in the direction of increased realism but enables the viewer to take a much more active role in selecting the image and even the perspective. It means allowing a viewer's natural gestures, i.e., head and body movements, by means of a computer, to control the imaged surroundings, as if the viewer were seeing and even moving about in a real environment of seeing, hearing and touching. The object space needs to be modelled in its entirety and the position and gestures of the viewer monitored. As the viewer moves about in the virtual object space, the perspective for viewing the virtual objects must be changed by tranformation of coordinates to correspond to the viewer's position and perspective. This would represent the ultimate in artificial experience if the objects were touchable. The "objects" in such a virtual environment are not real, however, since they are "created" as "virtual objects" in the database or "reality engine."
Due to the myriad of possible actions of the viewer, a corresponding multiplicity of virtual scenarios needs to be available from the reality engine for viewer choice. The creation of many possible scenarios for viewer selection creates a problem of massive demand for image storage space.
There is also the problem of a disconcerting time lag between the viewer's action and the response of the imaging system. These problems make this emerging technology hard to achieve using presently available hardware.
A contact-analog headup display disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,072,218 showed symbolic images superimposed at selected points on a pilot's view of the earth as the aircraft overflies the earth. The position and attitude of the aircraft with respect to the earth and the attitude of the helmet with respect to the aircraft are monitored in order to convert a plurality of stored earth position signals into helmet coordinates. Selected points on earth, such as flightplan waypoints, viewable through the visor of the headup display by the pilot, have symbolic flags planted thereon by means of the display, i.e., the waypoint symbols remain "stuck" on the earth, in the eyes of the pilot, regardless of the attitude of the aircraft and regardless of the attitude of the helmet. The pilot of course can distinguish the unreal symbolic images from the real environment, i.e., the earth.
The object of the present invention is to provide a new method and means of presenting images in succession.
According to the present invention, "actual" images of actual objects in an object space, taken from a moving perspective of a viewer in the object space, are combined with retrieved images imitative of stationary or moving "virtual" objects in the object space for providing the combined images to the viewer as if the retrieved images were also actual.
The idea is to provide images of the virtual objects such that they are indistinguishable from the images of the actual objects. In other words, the idea is to make it hard to tell the difference or make it difficult to distinguish the real environment from the unreal. Since actual objects in the object space are just re-imaged, from the point of view of the viewer, i.e., the images of the actual objects are in registration with the actual objects, they may be touched, used, navigated around, over and under and even moved about by the viewer without difficulty. Virtual objects may "enter" the imaged object space as if part of the scene and the viewer may interact with these virtual objects according to various alternatives in preprogrammed scenarios.
In further accord with the first aspect of the present invention, an imaging system is provided for use in an object space equipped with prearranged real objects which have their positions and geometric features prestored in a computer spatial model of the object space; the system includes a head mounted display having at least one camera or, alternatively, two cameras for stereoscopic display of images the real objects for a viewer in the object space, wherein the system also includes means for monitoring the position of the head mounted display in the object space and its attitude on the viewer's head with respect to the object space, and wherein, the system further includes virtual object image strorage means for providing images thereof retrieved from an image storage medium and provided on the display, depending on the viewer's movements within the object space, and wherein the retrieved virtual object images are combined with the real object images so as to present an integrated whole. To reduce the imaging burden on the reality engine, most of the image content of the scenario may represent real objects and be obtained from the camera or cameras mounted on the viewer's head. Since the viewer's position and the helmet's attitude in the object space are monitored, the virtual object images may be provided in registrated relation to the object space. A seamless integration may be achieved by occluding the portion of the real object images taken up by the virtual object image part retrieved from storage.
The position of the viewer in the object space may be tracked in any number of known methods from the highly sophisticated, such as inertial navigation, to the relatively crude, such as an altimeter in conjunction with floor pressure sensors. The attitude of the head of the viewer may be monitored in a sophisticated manner by means of three-axis gyros or relatively crudely by means of 3-axis inclinometers, for example. It will be understood that other equivalent methods are within the skill of the art.
In still further accord with the present invention, in addition to monitoring the attitude of the head of the viewer with its three rotational degrees of freedom, at least one and preferably two of the three rotational degrees of freedom of at least one of the viewer's eyes are monitored for the purpose of increasing realism by directing most of the computational power of the imaging system at the portion of the image to which the viewer's gaze is directed, which may be in the area of imaging of actual objects or persons or virtual objects or persons.
The present invention, by permitting the reality engine to focus almost exclusively on the imaging of virtual objects, permits a virtual reality that greatly reduces the image storage burden on the reality engine. Furthermore, by imaging a real object space directly, images can be provided almost instantaneously, without the burdensome object space image creation processing and the disconcerting time lag of the prior art disappears. Only the images of virtual objects need to be processed, and since they take up a relatively small role in the total image space, the computational power of the image processing system can be fully utilized to speed up the imaging of the virtual objects. And the real objects may be touched.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent in light of the detailed description of a best mode embodiment thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
FIG. 1 shows an image processing system, according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows three separate coordinate systems associated with an object space, a viewer's head and the viewer's eye, according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows a side view of a head mounted screen for being mounted on the head of the viewer of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 illustrates a method, according to the present invention, for providing combined images of real and virtual objects to a viewer in a real object space.
FIG. 1 shows an image processing system, according to the present invention, for integrating images of real objects in an object space with images of virtual objects. A pair of head mounted cameras 10, which may be miniature cameras mounted on either side of a viewer's head 12, provide video signals on a line 14 to a computer and image processor 16. The video signals contain image information relating to the real objects imaged by the cameras in the object space.
The computer and image processor 16 has stored within a computer model of the object space and the objects therein. The object space might be a room in a house, for example, and the model might include furniture fixed at various points within the room. Various viewer monitors 18 provide sensed signals indicative of viewer movements within the object space to the computer and image processor 16. The various types of monitors illustrated will be described below but it should be realized that the monitors 18 may include others not shown and may exclude one or more of those shown. In response to the sensed signals, the computer and image processor 16 provides virtual object selection signals on a line 20 to a virtual object image store 22.
The image store 22 contains a large plurality of scenarios, any one or more of which may be selected by the signal on the line 20. Each scenario contains images of one or more virtual objects. The selected scenario is output on a line 24 to the computer and image processor where images of the virtual objects are integrated with the images of the real objects provided on the line 14. The integration process may be carried out, for example, by deliberately failing to image real objects in those portions of the integrated image where virtual objects are to be imaged. This approch is preferred since, otherwise, a superimposition of the two images would result in the viewer perceiving a ghostlike quality for the virtual objects. The integration process may be carried out by software, hardware or a combination thereof, as the case may be. Examples of prior art devices capable of insetting one image into a portion of another image may be found, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,576,945, 4,823,271, 4,283,177, 4,246,605, 3,746,782, among others. These are mere examples and many other similar devices capable of the same function can be made by those of ordinary skill in the art of image processing.
An integrated image signal is provided on a line 26 to a head-mounted display worn by the viewer in the object space. The viewer views the integrated images of real and virtual objects as an integrated whole, as if viewing the object space through his own eyes, with the virtual objects appearing equally as real as the real objects, which can be touched and felt,
The viewer monitors 18 may include a horizontal position monitor 30 for providing a horizontal position signal on a line 32 to the computer and image processor 16. It may comprise pressure sensors in the floor for sensing the viewer's position on the floor.
A vertical position monitor 34 such as an altimeter may be used to monitor the height of the viewer's head above the floor. A vertical position signal is provided on a line 36 to the computer and image processor.
The functions of the horizontal and vertical position monitors 30, 34 may be carried out by an inertial position sensing system based on accelerometers, gyros, or the like.
A viewer head attitude monitor 38 is provided for monitoring the attitude of the viewer's head. By "attitude" is meant the same concept used in regard to aircraft pitch, roll and yaw. Whereas the monitors 30, 34 monitor translational movements of the viewer in the object space, the head attitude monitor 38 monitors the three rotational degrees of freedom of the viewer's head. A head attitude signal is provided on a line 40 from the head attitude monitor 38 to the computer and image processor 16. The head attitude monitor may be comprised of gyros, inclinometers, or the like.
An attitude monitor 42 for the viewer's eyes may be used to indicate one or more of the three rotational degrees of freedom, i.e., ductions, versions and torsions, of each of the viewer's eyes. Such may include an oculometer or the like. An eye attitude signal is provided on a line 44 to the computer and image processor 16 where it may be used to concentrate the computational power of the image processing system in an area of the integrated imagery currently gazed upon by the viewer.
This may be carried out by means of nonuniform resolution images with a highly detailed portion of the image coinciding with the viewer's visual axis and a lesser detailed portion at the periphery for the viewers peripheral visual field, it may also be carried out by using nonuniform dynamic range. In other words, instead of using more detail for the image portion cast on the viewer's fovea, more gradations of intensity, greyscale, or the like can be dedicated to that portion of the image. Or, for superior results, a combination of increased resolution and dynamic range can be used together in a central image area that tracks the visual axis of the viewer.
One or more viewer body part monitors 46 provide a body part signal on a line 48 to the computer and image processor 16. Such may be a gloves or similar devices such as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,097,252, 4,988,981, 4,937,444, 4,542,291. The computer and image processor 16 uses the signal on the line 48 to select or help to select, along with the other sensors 18, the scenario selected from the image store 22.
FIG. 2 shows three rectangular coordinate systems in an object space, although other types of coordinate systems may be used as well. A viewer's head 50 is illustrated having a three dimensional x, y, z coordinate system having an origin 52 in relation to a cross-hatched surface 54 having a three dimensional X*, y*, z* coordinate system having an origin 56 and representative of a surface of an object space having actual objects 58, 60 therein wherein a plurality of parallel lines 62 are parallel to an ordinate (y*-axis) 63 of the coordinate system 54 and a plurality of parallel lines 64 are parallel to an abscissa (x*-axis) 65 of the coordinate system 54. A z*-axis 66 is perpendicular to the x*-y* plane and the objects 58, 60 as well as the viewer's head 50 may each be located at different z*-axis heights above the x*-y* plane. The coordinate system 54 represents a ready coordinate reference system by which objects 58, 60, the viewer's head 50, as well as virtual objects may be referenced to each other.
FIG. 2 further illustrates a second coordinate system (x, y, z) fixed in the viewer's head 50 with the origin 52. FIG. 2 also illustrates a third coordinate system (x′, y′, z′) having an origin 67 fixed in an eye 68 of the viewer's head 50. For stereoscopic embodiments of the present invention, two such eye coordinate systems may be used, although only one is shown. The x, y, z head coordinate system is used as a reference for measurements of the attitude of the viewer's head. The x′, y′, z′ eye coordinate system is used as a reference for measurements of the attitude of the viewer's eye.
The viewer 12 of FIG. 1 views the object space of FIG. 2 by means of the head-mounted display 28 of FIG. 1 mounted on the viewer's head 50 as shown in FIG. 2. The display is positioned so that the images of objects 58, 60 provided to the viewer's eye 68 are, from the point of view of the viewer (i.e., from the origin 67), in registration with the objects. Unlike the display of U.S. Pat. No. 5,072,218, where the pilot views the earth with his own eyes and the symbology is superimposed, the viewer of FIG. 1 preferably views the object space by means of images only. Thus, the display apparatus is preferably setup so that the real world is not visible directly but only by means of images. A helmet may be used to mount the display and the camera(s) 10. The camera(s) is(are) positioned as close to the viewer's eyes as possible to reduce parallex effects.
In order to properly position the object space's coordinate system 54 with respect to viewer's head coordinate system as utilized by the head mounted display, according to the present invention, it is useful to conceive of the three separate coordinate systems having the separate origins 56, 52, 67 as freely translating and freely rotating with respect to each other. In fact, the origins 52, 67 will be approximately fixed with regard to translations but viewing them as freely translatable does not complicate the mathematical transformations of coordinates.
With regard to translation, as known in the art of analytic geometry, two coordinate systems having their origins translating out of coincidence can be brought into coincidence by means of a parallel shift.
I.e., if the origin 56 of the object space has coordinates a1, a2, a3 with respect to the origin 52 of the coordinate system in the head 50, then the relations
hold between the coordinates x, y, z of a point 70 of space with respect to the head of the viewer and the coordinates x*, y*, z* of point 70 with respect to the object space.
Similarly, as is also known, with regard to rotation, two systems having the same origin, or having their origins brought into coincidence by the above transformation, but having their axes nonaligned, can be brought into alignment using direction cosines or using Euler angles or similar techniques which are or may be equally valid approaches.
In the case of direction cosines, each axis of one system is thought of as making an angle with each axis of the other system. The cosines of these angles are denoted by aik, where i and k run through the values 1, 2 and 3. In the following example, the first index refers to the x, y, z system and the second index to the x*, y*, z* system. The index 1 corresponds to the x- or x*- axis, 2 to the y- or y*-axis and 3 to the z- or z*-axis; that is,
where the arguments refer to the angles in the planes formed by the specified axes.
The coordinates of an arbitrary point then transform according to the following equations:
The aik are called "direction cosines." The Euler angle or the Euler theorem approach would be similar and will not be described in detail as it will be evident to one skilled in the art of analytic geometry as to how to proceed. Similarly, other methods of transformation are known, including more general methods, and by describing one such method it is certainly not intended to exclude others.
For the special case of the present invention, the head and object space coordinate systems may be viewed as being both translated and rotated with respect to each other at the same time. This case is a combination of the two cases considered above and leads to the following equations of transformation:
The above equations may be used for a simple head mounted display 28 of FIG. 1 without eye monitoring. However, if it is desired to concentrate the imaging power of the computer and image processor 16 in a small area that tracks the viewer's visual axis, it is necessary to make an additional set of transformations. I.e., if point 52 is the origin of the head and it is desired to further transform to eye coordinates the same point 70 transformed above from object space to head coordinates. If the head's origin is translated to that of the eye by distances b1, b2, b3, and the eye coordinate system is rotated with respect to the head coordinate system as defined by nine direction cosines bik (defined in a manner similar to that in which the aik direction cosines were defined), then the coordinates of the point 70 in eye coordinates are:
and the designer is then able to provide highly detailed images in a small area, a greater dynamic image range in a small area of the overall image, or both, according to the present invention.
The object space coordinate system expressed in head coordinates may be projected or transformed from the three dimensions of the object space to the two dimensions of the display 28 screen, i.e., a decrease in dimensionality (a dimensionality reduction is not a requirement or limitation, since a projection, for example onto a curved surface might be needed for some applications). This can be thought of as a shadow projection except being a contracted "shadow" rather than the expanded type of everyday experience.
For example, as shown by an edge-on view of a screen 72 in FIG. 3, and not by way of limitation, we can consider an origin 74 of the screen coordinate system to be in the center of the screen 72 with the screen Xs- and ys-axes in the plane of the screen parallel to the respective x′- and y′-axes of the eye coordinate system, for example. In that case, the eye z′-axis perpendicularly intersects the screen at its origin 74. The eye's point of view 67 lies on this axis at a distance D behind the screen at a point which may be translated with respect to the origin 52 of the head coordinate system.
Now, consider a point 76 with eye coordinates x′,y′,z′. (These coordinates may have been generated from object space coordinates using the transformations previously described). FIG. 3 represents the components of this point in the eye system's x′-z′-plane. Applying the well-known laws of similar triangles, it can be seen that if xs designates the x-component of the point in screen coordinates,
or, solving for xs,
Similarly, in the eye y′-z′-plane (not shown),
where ys is the y-component of the point in screen coordinates. As in all of the other coordinate transformations described previously, there are other methods of projection and corresponding methods for accomplishing such transformations. In this case, a particular transformation from three-dimensional space to two-dimensional space is illustrated, but it is not by any means intended to exclude such other transformations, projections or methods.
A refinement to the above illustrated approach is to modify the value of D for points near the edges of the screen, to maintain a constant or approximately constant relationship between the linear separation between the two points, in screen coordinates, and their angular separation at the viewer's eye. This may be desirable when the angles subtended at the eye by the screen edges are large.
One may desire to express the screen coordinates in a coordinate system having its origin in the top left corner of the screen, as is usual in the art of computer graphics. This may be effected by a simple translation between the screen coordinate system described above and the corner-originated screen system.
FIG. 4 illustrates a method, according to the present invention, for providing virtual reality in a real object space. After entering in a step 80, images of an actual object space, from the point of view of a moving viewer, are acquired in a step 82. Acts of the viewer are monitored, for example by means of the monitors of FIG. 1, in a step 84. The acquired images are provided, in a step 86, to the viewer in registration with the objects in the object space. In a step 88, images of virtual objects are retrieved, according to the acts of the viewer and integrated, in a step 90, with the acquired images for providing the combined images to the viewer. A return is then made in a step 92.
Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to a best mode embodiment thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and various other changes, omissions, and additions in the form and detail thereof may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Tortorella on Thornton: "Joe hasn't won a g–damn thing in this league"
Nov 1, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT
You knew this was coming.
A day after Joe Thornton called the Rangers "probably the softest team we played against" following San Jose's 5-2 loss at MSG, New York head coach John Tortorella went on the offensive.
It surprised me, and I've never heard a player say that. Joe's a heck of a player, but here's a player popping off about our team, and Joe hasn't won a g–damn thing in this league. He could go down as a player, being one of the better players in our league never to win anything. So what he should do is just shut up. It was uncalled for, it was classless, and I've never had it happen like that before.
It's still unclear why Thornton started this flame war — San Jose had an otherwise successful road trip, winning five of six, and the Rangers really aren't a soft team. (As Greg Wyshynski pointed out last night, the Rangers average 24.3 hits per game to San Jose's 17.7.) Jumbo also had to know saying something about a Tortorella-coached team is like waving a red flag at a bull. Then poking the bull with a hot iron. Then saying something derogatory about the bull's mother.
[NB: Thornton has since backed off the comments, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.]
Torts was obviously going to respond, but maybe that's the whole point. It's November, the season is young, the games don't mean as much (especially against non-conference opponents) and let's be real — boredom occasionally slips in. You're more at liberty to speak your mind than you would be later in the year or the playoffs. It's not like the comments are going to come back and bite Thornton, either. The Sharks don't play the Rangers again this year, unless they meet in the Stanley Cup final (stop laughing.) Jumbo Joe blows off some steam, Torts blows it right back. There's gotta be a better way to say that.
And hey, who doesn't love a good soundbite war? Everybody knows hockey can always use a good ol' fashioned war of words. Remember when Sean Avery tried to start one with Dion Phaneuf?
Okay, bad example.
UPDATE: Here's video of NHL on NBC analysts Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick breaking down the Torts-Thornton feud. Enjoy!This video is no longer available. Click here to watch more NBC Sports videos!
- sunking1 - Nov 1, 2011 at 4:11 PM
I gotta agree with Torts on this one, classless is right. Hey Joe-the team you're calling soft just smacked you down 5-2. Whether they're soft or not, making this comment right after they kicked you to the curb is NOT the time do it.
- kiopta1 - Nov 1, 2011 at 4:53 PM
I have to agree with Tortilla Chip.
- danphipps01 - Nov 1, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Let's be honest – everyone both hoped for and saw this one coming. <3 the Wrath of Torts.
- gbiscottagecheesefatties - Nov 1, 2011 at 6:16 PM
my hatred for San Jose grows and love for Torts with each day that passes. I am a fan of neither team or rival.
- nogoodtomedead - Nov 1, 2011 at 7:36 PM
Thornton has won an MVP. I don't know why this is becoming such a story. Thornton is allowed to express his opinion about opponents- and rather then everyone taking it as an insult to the Rangers why can't it be a captain sending a message to his own team. If the Rangers weren't soft it seems like they could laugh it off and move on- but for this level of response maybe he really hit the nail on the head! But well played by Tortorella, maybe his rant will bring Gaborik's 'gritty' game to a whole new level.
- icelovinbrotha215 - Nov 1, 2011 at 10:58 PM
MVP < Stanley Cup.
- nogoodtomedead - Nov 1, 2011 at 7:38 PM
P.S.- Isn't saying 'god-damn' and 'shut-up' to the media in a description of an individual just as classless as calling an opponent 'soft'?
- ferrytales1 - Nov 2, 2011 at 1:53 AM
He's won the MVP, Art Ross, an Olympic Gold Medal. That's not nothing.
- hanktheking - Nov 2, 2011 at 2:04 AM
An Olympic gold medal isn't won in the NHL. Torts clearly says "this league".
And Torts is correct..Joe Thornton is actually known as one of the softest big men in the league which is why I thought his comments were so amazingly ironic and injustified.
- cshearing - Nov 2, 2011 at 8:13 AM
I agree with both guys.
- schnaidt20 - Nov 4, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Joe Thorton and the San Jose Sharks are the old Ottawa Sens
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