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Chris Kluwe is best known for his role as a punter for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFC), but in October of last year, Kluwe sent an eloquently-written letter to Deadspin in response to Emmett C. Burns, Jr.'s opposition against Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Brendon Ayanbajedo's support for same-sex marriage.
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Chris Kluwe is best known for his role as a punter for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the most surprising pickups for the Vikings in 2005, finishing the season with an average of 44.1 yards per punt; consequently placing him second in the NFC and sixth in the league. Having also broken nearly every team record in his field, he is quietly one of the most valuable players the Vikings has ever had. But in 2012, Chris Kluwe made headlines for a completely different reason.
In October of last year, Kluwe sent an eloquently-written letter to Deadspin in response to Emmett C. Burns, Jr.'s opposition against Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Brendon Ayanbajedo's support for same-sex marriage. Maryland State Delegate, Burns' urged the Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti that Ayanbajedo's endorsement "would step into this controversial divide" and "has no place in a sport that is strictly for pride, entertainment and excitement." Outraged, in the letter, Kluwe wrote:
Did you seriously just say that, as someone who is, according to your Wikipedia page, "deeply involved in government task forces on the legacy of slavery in Maryland"? Have you not heard of Kenny Washington? Jackie Robinson? As recently as 1962 the NFL still had segregation, which was only done away with by brave athletes and coaches daring to speak their mind and do the right thing, and you're going to say that political views have "no place in a sport"? I can't even begin to fathom the cognitive dissonance that must be coursing through your rapidly addled mind right now; the mental gymnastics your brain has to tortuously contort itself through to make such a preposterous statement are surely worthy of an Olympic gold medal (the Russian judge gives you a 10 for "beautiful oppressionism").
This is more a personal quibble of mine, but why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate the fact that other people want a chance to live their lives and be happy, even though they may believe in something different from what you believe, or act differently from you? How does gay marriage affect your life in any way, shape, or form?
In a recent interview with Ian Gordon from Mother Jones, Kluwe stated that Del. Burns' letter kept him up after reading it. "I had practice in the morning, but I literally could not sleep because I kept thinking about this letter and I knew I had to counter it." Kluwe also said that: "As athletes, we are encouraged to not say a whole lot because that can hurt the team… you run the risk of becoming a distraction." But his strong belief for equality motivated him to persist against the issue.
Despite the league's masculine culture, Kluwe said: "I had quite a few teammates come up to me and say: 'We appreciate you speaking out in support of Brendon. We may not agree with you on that marriage issue, but at the same time everybody has got the right to speak.' And then I've had a couple teammates come up and say, 'We agree with you, we think you did the right thing, and that was a great letter you wrote.'"
According to family, teammates and coaches, Kluwe is known for having "no filter" and has always had a way with words. His writing style can allegedly be attributed to the storied history of World of Warcraft, and his participation in forum boards. "And in that context, the letter was actually really tame. I toned it down quite a few notches."
In the end, what I appreciate about Kluwe's story is the fact that he spoke up and showed support for same-sex marriage in spite being part of a "macho" environment. By doing so he is helping society transgress forward, and opening minds of young people who support the sport. What he said during the Colbert Report Show should hold true for everyone. "People are people and deserve to be treated the same as everyone else." We should all be entitled to the same rights, in spite of race, educational background, or gender.


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In a communications network (130), call divert, for calls directed to a local telephone (100), from the local telephone (100) to a remote telephone (150) is initiated by a computer system (160) after the user has had no interaction with the computer system for a predetermined period of time. Thus, a user need not remember to initialize call divert manually before leaving the vicinity of the local telephone (100).
1. Call control apparatus comprising:
inference means for inferring an absence of a user from the vicinity of user equipment, said inference means including a timer and being arranged to infer user absence by a lack of user direct interaction with the user equipment for longer than a pre-determined period of time; and
control means being responsive to said inference means such that inference of user absence from the vicinity of said user equipment causes a call subsequently made to a first communications terminal after the absence of a user has been inferred to be re-directed to a second communications terminal.
2. Call control apparatus as claimed in
3. Call control apparatus as claimed in
4. Call control apparatus as claimed in
5. A method of re-directing calls comprising:
inferring the absence of a user from an area by detecting a lack of user direct interaction with user equipment; and
re-directing calls subsequently made after the absence of said user direct interaction has been inferred to a first communications terminal situated in or near said area, in response to an inferred absence, from the first communications terminal to a second communications terminal.
6. A data transfer system comprising:
inference means to infer an absence of a user from an area, said inference means including timer means and being arranged to infer user absence by a lack of user direct interaction with user equipment for longer than a pre-determined period of time; and
control means being responsive to the inference means such that inference of user absence from a vicinity of said user equipment causes, in use, a transfer of data subsequently directed after the absence of a user has been inferred to a first communications terminal in or near said area to be re-directed to a second communications terminal.
7. A data transfer system as claimed in
8. A data transfer system as claimed in
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for controlling communications networks, and routing therefor. Particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention can be employed to control call divert or data transfer in a communications network.
Call divert, also known as call forward or call re-direct, is a facility available in most modern telephone networks and on most modern PABXs Iprivate automatic branch exchanges) which allows a party to re-direct calls, directed to a first telephone, to a second telephone or other type of communications terminal. In the BT public switched telephone network (PSTN), for example, call divert can be initiated from a telephone by lifting the receiver and entering "*21*" followed by the telephone number to which the calls are to be diverted and then "#". This series of key strokes has the effect of diverting all calls directed to the telephone to a different telephone having the telephone number provided. To remove the call divert, it is a simple case of lifting the receiver of the diverted telephone and entering "#21#". Other telephone operators and communications networks offer similar services.
For the purposes of the present description, first or "local" telephone will be used as a convenient description for any telephone, or other communications terminal for which incoming calls can be diverted to a second or "remote" telephone (or other communications terminal). An example of another type of communications terminal is a facsimile machine. Typically, but not always, "local" would imply equipment located at a party's home or in his normal, immediate office environment.
Originally, call divert was typically controlled in a PSTN, at a local exchange to which the local telephone was connected, by 'looping' calls received for the local telephone to a remote telephone connected to a remote exchange. Thus, a re-directed call would in fact comprise two calls: one to the local exchange and one from the local exchange to the remote exchange. More recently, some telephone networks incorporate a level of intelligence which detects that a call is to be re-directed and instructs the originating exchange to connect with the remote exchange directly, thus bypassing the local exchange completely. Such 'intelligent networks' employ various techniques to control calls in this way which have been widely reported and are thus not described in more detail in the present description.
Obviously, call divert is a useful service to enable a party to redirect his calls in the event the party is away from the telephone. To take advantage of the service, the party will need both to know the telephone number of a remote telephone (fixed or mobile), available for use away from the local telephone, and to remember to initiate call divert at the local telephone.
A problem therefore arises if the party forgets to initiate call divert before leaving his local working area.
Some telephone systems provide a function, sometimes know as "follow-me", which allows a party to control call divert for his local telephone from a remote telephone. This overcomes the problem of forgetting to initiate call divert in the first place, but does not solve the problem of when the party forgets entirely to initiate call divert.
In accordance with a first aspect, the present invention provides a call control apparatus comprising: inference means for inferring the absence of a party from the vicinity of a piece of user equipment, said inference means including a timer and being arranged to infer user absence by the lack of user interaction with the piece of user equipment for longer than a pre-determined period of time; and control means being responsive to said inference means such that inference of user absence from the vicinity of said piece of user equipment causes a call made to a first communications terminal to be re-directed to a second communications terminal.
One advantage of the invention is that a party need not remember to initiate call divert when the party leaves, for example, his desk.
Advantageously, the user equipment may be a computer system and the inference means may include a screen-saver process performed by said computer system. That is to say, when the computer is idle for the pre-determined period of time, the process infers that the party is absent and initiates call divert irrespective of whether in fact the party is present or absent.
This arrangement would be particularly advantageous, for example, for a party who works predominantly at the computer whilst in his local environment, but who also may be called away from his local environment on occasion. Such a party might be, for example, a computer network support specialist who is able to control most network functions from his own computer terminal but who needs at times to visit remote terminals or equipment to investigate certain other network problems which might arise.
In some embodiments, the second communications terminal might be, for example, a mobile telephone. Advantageously, a party will receive his redirected calls substantially wherever the party is, whenever the party is away from his normal working environment and is carrying the mobile telephone.
In accordance with a second aspect, the present invention provides a method of re-directing calls comprising: inferring the absence of a user from an area by detecting the lack of user interaction with a piece of user equipment; and re-directing calls made to a first communications terminal situated in or near said area, in response to an inferred absence, from the first communications terminal to a second communications terminal.
In accordance with a third aspect, the present invention provides a data transfer system comprising: inference means to infer the absence of a user from an area, said inference means including timer means and being arranged to infer user absence by the lack of user interaction with a piece of user equipment for longer than a pre-determined period of time; and control means being responsive to the inference means such that inference of user absence from the vicinity of said piece of user equipment causes, in use, a transfer of data previously directed to a first communication& terminal in or near said area to be redirected to a second communications terminal.
Whereas the first aspect of the invention relates typically to conditions where an end-to-end call is established to provide, for example, a speech path, the third aspect relates in general to conditions where data transfer from one location to another does not necessarily use an end-to-end connection. For example, the third aspect might relate to packet-switched data, or to store and forward type data such as electronic mail (email) which might only be delivered to the intended destination minutes or hours after being sent.
For the use of email, the owner of an email address can typically manually re-direct incoming mail by signalling to a respective email server, or email post office, that incoming emails should be sent elsewhere. This facility might be used to re-direct emails when the said owner is on holiday, for example, and wants emails read and acted on by someone else if necessary. Such a facility can be controlled in accordance with embodiments of the invention, to re-direct email to another party's email system when the owner is away from his office, using the detection and control methods described above.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram which illustrates apparatus arranged to carry out an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram which represents concurrent processes running in a computer system;
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a process to initiate call divert;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a process to enact call divert;
FIG. 5 is a diagram which illustrates apparatus arranged to carry out an alternative embodiment of the present invention, employing the Internet to carry control signals;
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of a process to enact call divert for the embodiment of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a diagram which illustrates apparatus arranged to carry out a further embodiment of the present invention.
According to FIG. 1, a scenario incorporating an embodiment of the present invention includes a local telephone 100 connected to a telephone network 130 via a wall socket 120. The configuration of the communications network 130 is not shown since it is not relevant to the operation of the present invention. This representation of the network 130 is intended to depict any type of communications network including, for example, a local, private, national, or even an international network, which provides a call divert facility. For the present embodiment, however, the network is assumed to be a PSTN.
Also shown connected to the communications network 130 is a telephone 140, designated as a caller telephone, and a mobile telephone 150, designated as a remote telephone.
Connected in parallel with the local telephone 100, to the wall socket 120, is a computer system 160. The computer system 160 comprises the standard features of: a computer 161; a keyboard 162; a mouse 164; a VDU 166; and a modem 170 which connects the computer to the wall socket 120 and thus to the network 130. The computer system 160 is, for example, an IBM-compatible Personal Computer (PC).
The computer system 160 might alternatively initiate call divert via one or more other devices having a connection with the communication network. In this case the computer system 160 might not have its own direct communications network connection. The computer system 160 may be networked in a local area network (LAN) and be connected to the communications network via, for example, a server which is connected by an appropriate means to the communications network.
The present embodiment is enacted as a process, or processes, running on the computer 161. Conveniently, since typically computer systems offer multi-processing operating environments (for example in the form of a Windows (TM) graphical user environment), the present embodiment can operate as a background, or transparent, process which is substantially hidden from a user of the system, who may be running and using one or more other process concurrently.
FIG. 2a illustrates a logical process flow for the processes 200 running on the computer system 160 in FIG. 1. The processes are each in turn allocated periods of time, for example 20 ms long, during which time the computer system 160 carries out any operations required by the process. This provides the effect to a user of the computer system 160 of the computer system being a multi-processing system.
In FIG. 2b the processes 200 are illustrated as running under the control of a windowing graphical user environment. The processes 200 comprises a window manager process 210 and other processes 215 to 255 which run under the control of the window manager process. The window manager process 210, among other things, makes available to the other process information concerning user interactions with the computer system 160, including keyboard and mouse interactions. Thus, a word processing process, for example, obtains the information which it needs about which keys a user types from the window manager process 210.
Process 1, process 2 and process 3 represent foreground processes running on the computer system 160. "Foreground" typically implies that a user has initiated the process at some time and can interact with it. For example, process 1 might be a word processing package, process 2 might be a drawing package and process 3 might be an Internet browser.
Process 4, process 5 and process 6 are background processes which are substantially transparent to a user. For example, process 4 may be a print-server, which controls all printing processes from any other process, process 5 might be a screen-saver, which turns the display screen blank when the system has been unused for a period of time (for example, ten minutes), and process 6 might be an email system for receiving incoming email. Under normal circumstances, these processes do not require user interaction, and are transparent to the user, apart from maybe providing an 'icon' representing each process. However, typically, user-configurable interfaces are provided to enable the user to interact with the processes for configuration purposes, for example, to change the screen-saver time period.
In the present embodiment, process 7, which is substantially a background process, controls call divert. The process is a software routine written, for example, in the Visual C++ (version 1.51, 16-bit) programming language, running under Windows NT version 4.0.
A simple flow diagram representing process 7 is shown in FIG. 3. In step 300, a timer is reset to zero. In step 310, a check is carried out to determine whether user interaction with the computer system 160, for example via detection of keyboard or mouse activity, has occurred since the timer was reset.
If an interaction has occurred, then the process branches back and the timer is reset again, in step 300. If no user interaction is detected then in step 320 the value of the timer is compared with a predetermined value x. If the time is not greater than the value x (for example 2 minutes) then the process branches back and in doing so, in step 330, the timer value is incremented. In this embodiment, the timer values are incremented in line with the computer system clock.
If the counter time is greater than the value x, then a signal is provided to indicate to the next process, process 8, that call divert should be initiated, in step 340.
Process 8, for initiating call divert, will now be described with reference to FIG. 4. According to FIG. 4, the process awaits a signal from process 7 to initiate call divert, in step 400. When a signal is received, the process issues a command, in step 410, to the modem 170 to seize the telephone line. Then, in step 420, the modem is commanded to dial the code appropriate to initiate call divert, for example "*21*1234567#". Then, in step 430, the modem is commanded to drop the telephone line. In this embodiment, the number to divert to, 1234567, is that of the remote, mobile telephone 150. Finally, in step 440, process 8 signals to process 7 that the operation has been completed.
In addition to the processes described above, when the computer 161 has been idle for a time longer than x and call divert has been initiated accordingly, a further process is arranged to remove call divert as soon as the user interacts with the computer 161 by, for example, typing at the keyboard 162 or moving the mouse 164.
The modem described above, of course, could be replaced by any other means for generating DTMF (dual-tone, multi-frequency) tones, which would typically be necessary to control call divert in an analogue communications access network, for example a PSTN.
In the event the communications network supports digital access, for example ISDN access in a PABX network, call divert might be controlled using digital signals passed across the D, or signalling, channel of the 2B+D (two bearer+signalling) capability. Thus, call divert control would not require a modem per se but, instead, would require a suitable ISDN interface in the computer. Modem and ISDN control processes and software therefor are commercially available products and, as a such, will not be discussed in detail in this description. Indeed, some computer operating systems, for example Windows NT (TM), include the functionality required to control many different types of communications interface. If required, modem control processes could be written in software using, for example, the CrossTalk (TM) modem script language, or the Procomm (TM) script language.
In the present embodiment, which relates particularly to a Windows (TM)-based system, call divert is triggered by a response to an application programming interface (API) call, which is normally used by screen-saver processes. The appropriate API call, including a specified inactivity time, from a software process, generates a return signal to the software process when there has been no user activity for the specified inactivity time. Thus, a single API call in effect enacts steps 300 to 330 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, components which are equivalent to components shown in FIG. 1 are indicated by the same reference numeral increased by 400. The main difference between the embodiment in FIG. 1 and the embodiment in FIG. 5 is that the computer system 560 in FIG. 5 is connected, via a modem (not shown) to the Internet 535. Although the Internet 535 and the communications network 530 are represented as two separate networks, this representation is for the purposes of clarity only, the skilled person appreciating that an Internet connection, in practice, is usually made across a normal communications network. Also, whilst in this example the Internet is used, it is clear that other network types could be used. Again, however, the communications network in this embodiment is assumed to be a PSTN.
The computer system 560 is able to connect, via the Internet 535, to an Internet server 580. The Internet server in turn is connected by an appropriate communications link to a network control platform (NCP) 590. The NCP 590 is a computer system connected to the communications network 530 which is provided with network management functionality. In particular, the NCP 590 has functionality to control call divert for telephone apparatus connected to the network.
The call divert procedure for this embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. 6, which is an alternative call divert control procedure to that described above and illustrated in FIG. 4.
When call divert is initiated (for example, by step 340 in FIG. 3) the computer system 560 connects to the Internet in step 600 (if it is not already connected). The connection is made via a dial-up link with a computer system (not shown) connected to the Internet. Alternatively, the computer system 560 itself may be connected directly to the Internet.
Next, a message, including the name of a control process 585 accessible on the Internet server 580, is transmitted to the Internet server in step 610. The message is transmitted in standard TCP/IP format to a port on the server 580 which recognises World Wide Web (Web) Internet service requests. The message is sent as an HTTP (HyperText transfer protocol) POST method. The message, which for the purposes of the present embodiment includes as parameters the telephone numbers of the local telephone 500 and of the remote mobile telephone 550, activates the process 585. The process 585 is embodied as a CGI (common gateway interface) script written in the C programming language which is stored on the server 580 and which controls communications with the NCP 590 appropriately.
In step 620, the Internet server 580 receives the message and initiates the control process 585. The process 585, in step 630, transmits the telephone number information to the NCP 590, in a pre-determined format.
Subsequently, in step 640, the NCP 590 receives the formatted information and controls the communications network 530 to initiate call divert to re-direct all calls intended for the local telephone 500 to the remote telephone 550.
Of course, different Internet, or indeed other services and protocols could be employed to achieve the same effect.
Further information relating to the Internet, Internet services and protocols is provided in "Managing Internet Information Services", by Cricket Liu et al, published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. (ISBN 1-56592-062-7).
The skilled person will appreciate that the present invention relies neither on the type of communications network nor on the type of computer system used. The computer may be connected, via a modem, to the network itself to initiate call divert. Alternatively, the computer may be connected to another network controlling means, for example via the Internet, which controlling means is itself connected to the communications network and can initiate call divert. Indeed, the present invention may be implemented directly or indirectly, within the scope of the present invention, with any communications network which provides the facility for calls to be re-directed.
Although the embodiments described above concentrate on telephone call divert, it is envisaged that the same principles may be applied to other forms of communications network service. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the invention may in some embodiments be applied to electronic mail delivery, where electronic mail from a sending terminal 940 is automatically re-directed to a secondary terminal 950 from a primary terminal 900. One scenario where this might be appropriate is when a manager is out of the office and electronic mail messages are diverted to an assistant.
As illustrated in FIG. 7, an email server 935 is attached to a network 930 and receives emails sent by the sending terminal 940. The communications network in this case comprises an ethernet local area network supporting the TCP/IP protocol for accessing devices attached thereto.
The email server 935 itself is a Unix-based computing platform running appropriate email server software. The primary 900, secondary 950 and sender 940 terminals are all IBM-based PCs running appropriate email software such as Microsoft MS-mail modified appropriately to support mail forwarding.
The email diverting process is substantially the same as that described in relation to FIG. 1. The difference lies mainly in the fact that the PCs each have an ethernet interface and communicate directly with the ethernet communications network 930.
Also, the control process which runs on the primary terminal 900, on detecting a presence or absence, generates a message for the email server 935 to route any emails intended for the primary terminal 900, for example from the sending terminal 940, to the secondary terminal 950. Software to operate call forwarding in this way is commercially available.
It will be appreciated that the invention may also be embodied in control means of the PSTN such that in the absence of calls from a particular telephone number for a pre-determined period control means of the network causes call diversion to an alternative pre-determined destination.
Alternatively or additionally, in the absence of a call answer on an incoming call offered to the local telephone, call divert until next use of the local telephone may be applied.
A simplified divert procedure can also be used such that more complex arrangements (such as time of day, day of week dependent duration) can be effected. In such cases, a predetermined control signal from the telephone or connected computer or detected system may be transmitted to control means of the network, the network effecting call diversion in accordance with pre-programmed arrangements.
In a more complex divert arrangement, the network or PBX control means may take account of other call diversions already in operation such that if a remote telephone to which divert would normally be effected is itself already diverted on fall-back to an alternative divert destination may be made.
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The father of a Cornell University freshman who committed suicide by jumping from a high bridge spanning a gorge is suing the college for $180 million in damages.
The lawsuit filed this week in federal court in upstate New York alleges Cornell and city of Ithaca officials knew the bridges over Fall Creek were a magnet for distressed people considering suicide but did not take adequate precautions to make them safe.
Bradley Ginsburg, 18, a 2009 graduate of West Boca High and an economics major at the university, jumped to his death in February 2010. Two other students jumped to their deaths in the weeks following his death.
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Posted by Anonymous on 12/31/2012
I live in Florida but when I visit my family in Chicago, once or twice a year; I MUST have the Vegetarian Gourmet Pizza from Father and Son. I've tried to explain it to pizza makers down here in FL but no one comes close. Do you ship!
Posted by JJ on 06/10/2011
They're thin crust pizza is absolutey addicting. I order from here about once a week. I think they use narcotics in their pizza sauce because if I go a while without this pizza, I get withdrawl.
Posted by Keith on 11/05/2010
I no longer live in the Chicago area but it is mandatory whenever I visit the city that I go to this restaraunt. The first time I had this pizza was in 1967 and it is and remains the best. Today I buy one to have at the restaraunt and buy another to take home with me (on the plane).
Posted by Fat Boy on 06/05/2010
Not sure about the other reviews. It is not expensive at all. Pizza prices are the same give or take a few bucks no matter where you go. The pizza is worth any price. Deep dish is some of the best in the Chicago area. I've been eating here for years and have always left fully satisfied. Great service, food at this family establishment.
Posted by Amy on 10/23/2007
My father's side of the family was one of the first customers Father & Son had when they opened. My grandfather ordered a pizza there the day they opened. Great food then, great food now. However, the price is outrageous! There's no reason that a pizza should cost 25 bucks. I've worked for other pizza places, and it doesn't cost them even 3 dollars to make a pizza. I love the food here, I just don't get it too often. There's a place by me that has fantastic pizza for a much cheaper price.
Posted by Priscilla on 06/15/2007
I think the neighborhood needs more work, but the food and service was great. Definately a family place, very kid friendly. Old fashion place that every family would love.
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A greasy pizza but at a cost to your pocketbook still not horrible price but they need to lower it drastically


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Overall: 3-4-1 (0-0-0 PL); Last Week: 1-1-0
Scoreboard: Hartford 4, Holy Cross 0, West Hartford, Conn., 9/13
Holy Cross 3, Delaware State 0, Worcester, Mass., 9/16
Schedule: Wednesday, Sept. 19 vs. New Hampshire, Worcester, Mass., 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 at Manhattan, Riverdale, N.Y., 4:00 p.m.
- The Holy Cross women's soccer team (3-4-1 overall) will continue its season this week with one home and one road match. First, the Crusaders will host New Hampshire on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7:00 p.m. at the Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium. That game will also be broadcast live on Crusader Vision. The team will then travel to Riverdale, N.Y. to take on Manhattan on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 4:00 p.m.
- New Hampshire holds an overall record of 1-6-1. The Wildcats opened the season with a 2-0 victory over Fairfield at the TD Bank Vermont Classic (8/24), but dropped five of their next six contests. New Hampshire tied Rhode Island, 2-2 (2OT) on Sept. 7. Most recently, the Wildcats faced UMass on Sept. 16 but lost by a score of 2-0. Freshman Kirstyn Corder has played in all eight games, starting six, and is the statistical leader of the team having scored two goals and recorded two assists for six points. In goal, junior Erica Correa has made 37 saves in 757:12 of action and holds a goals against average of 2.02 and a save percentage of .685.
- Manhattan enters the game with a record of 3-4-0 on the season. The Jaspers are coming off a 1-0 overtime victory versus Wagner (9/12) and 1-0 loss at Stony Brook (9/14). Junior Martine Diamond leads the team with two goals and four points. Senior Kara Davis has started all seven games in goal for the Jaspers and has allowed just three goals in 450:00 minutes of action.
- The Crusaders hold an all-time record of 8-21-1 versus New Hampshire and 2-2-0 against Manhattan. Holy Cross last defeated New Hampshire in Durham on Sept. 24, 2009 by a score of 2-1. The Crusaders have not faced Manhattan since the 2009 season, when it recorded a 2-1 victory on the road on Sept. 4.
- Freshman Megan Greineder (East Greenwich, R.I.) tallied her first collegiate points in Holy Cross' 3-0 victory over Delaware State. The newcomer recorded assists on the first two Crusader goals of the game.
- Freshman Annie Galvin (Attleboro, Mass.) now leads the team in points with six. Galvin scored the game-winning goal versus Delaware State for her third goal of the season. The Crusaders have come out strong early in games this season, outscoring its opponents in the first half by a tally of 7-4.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Carly McCabe (Barrington, R.I.) earned her second shutout of the season and fourth of her career versus Delaware State. She now ranks first in the Patriot League and fifth in the nation with a .921 save percentage.


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|Marshall County Meetings November 2013
1. The Marshall County Nominating Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, November 7th, at 5:30 pm in the Courthouse Annex, Room 2209.
2. There will be a Marshall County Emergency Management Services meeting held Wednesday, November 13th, at 5:30 p.m. located at the EMS building, 728 South Ellington Parkway, Lewisburg.
3. The Marshall County Law Enforcement Committee will meet Wednesday, November 13th, at the Marshall County Sheriff's Department, 209 1st Ave N., Lewisburg, at 6:00 p.m.
4. There will be an EMA Committee meeting on Thursday, November 14th, at 5:30 p.m. in the Emergency Management Office at the Hardison Office Annex, 230 College St. Suite 100.
5. The Marshall County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting will be held on Monday, November 25th, at 6:00 p.m. following the public hearing at 5:30 p.m. in the Marshall County Courthouse Annex, Room 2202, Lewisburg.
6. The Marshall County Board of Public Utilities will hold it's Regula Monthly Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 19th, at 9:00 a.m. at 624 West Commerce Street, Lewisburg, in the conference room. The public is invited to attend.
7. The Marshall County Budget Committee will meet Thursday, November 21st, at 5:30 p.m. at the Marshall County Courthouse Annex, Room 2209.
8. The Marshall County Employee Benefits Committee will meet on Monday, November 25th, at the Marshall County Courthouse Annex in Room 2204, directly following the 6:00 p.m. County Commission meeting.
9. The Marshall County Emergency Communications District Board of Directors will have their regular scheduled monthly meeting Wednesday, November 27th beginning at 9:00 a.m. Immediatley following this meeting, the Marshall County Emergency Communications District Consolidation Committee will meet, both meetings will be at the Marshall County EOC office located at 230 College St., Lewisburg, TN.


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Kentucky and Indiana started playing regularly in the 1970 season and between that game and the one in 1999, there were 19 contests that were decided by five or fewer points.
But since then, only once has the margin been five or fewer (a 59-54 UK win in 2006) and only twice has the margin been under 14 points. In the last four years, the average margin of victory (three wins for the Cats, one for the Hooisers) has been just over 18 points per game.
With both teams going into tomorrow's matchup undefeated, most believe there's a better chance of one of those good ol' UK-IU barnburners.
My broadcast partner, Mike Pratt, was a senior when this series became an annual deal in December, 1969 so he knows well the rich history of this rivalry. But current players only know how the Indiana program has struggled in the wake of the Kelvin Sampson fiasco.
"Youngsters nowadays, it's a three or four-year window and (during that time), Indiana has not been very good. But you have a responsibility as a number one-ranked team to come to play every game. Fear no one, respect everyone--if you take that approach, you'll be fine," said Pratt.
Indiana's best win to this point is a road victory over NC State but the 8-0 start has the Hooiser Nation dreaming of a return to the glory days. Calipari knows that the Hooisers will look at this game as a chance to make a "statement" to the nation and Pratt says the UK players better not to expect to say the same ol' Indiana.
"I've watched them a couple of times and I'm really impressed. His (Tom Crean's )young players have really matured and this kid, (Cody) Zeller, is going to be a terrific player," Pratt observed. "He (Zeller) has tremendous upside. He's more athletic (than his brother, Tyler, at North Carolina). He seems to find himself on the perimeter more than his brother. He'll set that high pick-and-roll, he'll pick-and-pop (back for the jumper). He's very agile. And he runs the floor like his brother."
Pratt anticipates a "tempo game," with Indiana trying to keep the game in the 60's while Kentucky will be looking to score in the 80's. And he says it'll be important for Kentucky's defense to clamp down early, because a flurry of early three's would "ignite that crowd."
Each season, Calipari invites his longtime friend and noted sports psychologist Bob Rotella to visit with the team. That happened last week, prior to the matchup with St. John's.
"One of the things Bob does better than anybody is create a picture of what you want to be and then (you) go chase it. (He) told them you have to do it for each other, be selfless. Just do the mundane things well and you become unbeatable," Calipari explained in his pregame interview on the UK radio network.
"He said 'you're all stars but do you want to be champions?' I think that got their attention," Calipari added. "The only thing you have to worry about is the day-to-day grind of getting better."
That reminds of a great line that former Kentucky football Hal Mumme had about "the monotony of greatness." He asked me to imagine how many times the Eagles had to play Hotel California so that it sounded great the one time I heard it in a concert. Athletes, too, have to work on the same drills and skills day after day in practice so that they can become great.
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How to Really Learn Video
Rob Adams – "Forget about audio…."
Random Photographer – "Okay. Wait, what?"
Rob Adams – "You're not good enough for audio yet."
Random Photographer – *blinks*
I don't pull punches. This is what I tell every photographer venturing into the arena of HDSLR video for the first time. I also tell this to photographers who have been shooting (messing around) with their video functions for some time now. Why? Well, imagine WPPI, Imaging USA, After Dark, PDN and InFocus. These are all conventions dealing with photography, or nowadays imaging to be more precise.
Now imagine just about the same amount of conventions that are similar in size and attendance and that are geared towards only audio. That's why.
Audio is its own beast and it's the mitigating factor as to why I hear so many photographers say "I want to shoot video, but I just can't get the audio to sound any good. I just gave up on it." This is not uncommon. It's a hurdle and it can suck the passion right out of you. It's not necessary to focus on audio when learning to shoot quality video. But you will get there.
You are image artists. Stick with that for now. Audio will come in time once you've mastered the basics of video. It will come when you are no longer staring at your 27" screen wondering why the heck your video looks so bad.
Want to start shooting video? Good video? Here's what you do:
Turn off the audio (for the time-being).
It's a distraction and will only frustrate you. If you can tell your story visually, you're on the right track.
Do NOT try to hand hold your camera like a news cameraman. It may look cool in Breaking Bad, but shaky footage is not professional when trying to please your wedding or portrait clients. They expect your photos to look clean and polished and so should your video. Get this monopod.
Yes, that one exactly. It's industry standard and the best in the world use it. You won't find a better one cheaper and the more expensive ones are just not necessary. This is perfect for shooting high-quality, steady video. It comes with a quick release plate that you keep on your camera for fast, easy mounting.
Shoot SHORT clips.
Rolling on something for more than 10 seconds is only going to frustrate you in the editing process. If you are trying to capture an entire wedding ceremony, you are probably biting off more than you can chew at this stage in your video education. That's also a common problem. Trying to take on too much too soon.
When you first started photographing did you immediately start shooting weddings by yourself without watching someone do it first? Perhaps you were a second shooter or an apprentice for a while. If you answered "yes," I'm pretty certain you made some big mistakes and lost some sleep or hair over it. Maybe both. Keep your clips short and simple. Period.
For goodness sake, don't zoom.
Let me ask you this: When was the last time your eye zoomed? It doesn't. It's not natural. Zooming is for 90's wedding video (although I see it far too often today) and it is a telltale sign of amateur video. It's the equivalent of using a pop-up flash for professional portraits. You just don't do it. When you see the camera moving towards or away from something in a movie it's called a "truck." It's when the camera and the lens move together relative to a subject on a Z-axis. It mimics the natural movement of your body in any one direction. Your eyeball doesn't have glass elements that magnify light to make an object appear closer and with video, the lens should mimic the eye.
Don't move the camera, yet.
Random Photographer – "But Rob, isn't that what shooting video is all about? Movement?"
Rob – "No. It's about storytelling"
Watch movies. Unless it's some wild chase, a fight scene or some dialogue where the director is intentionally trying to impart a sense of drama on the viewer, camera movements are almost ALWAYS purposeful and controlled. Those camera operators on shows like Breaking Bad and The Wire didn't shake because they were bad shooters. They meant to do that. This observation is especially prevalent in many romantic movies or romantic comedies. These types of films tend to be what our wedding films mimic the most.
Study the way the camera moves the next time you watch a chick-flick. From establishing shots to over-the-shoulder dialogue, street walking and car-scenes the camera doesn't move unless it's stabilized on some sort of motion control device. I just ruined movie watching for you forever. Welcome to my world.
Let the subjects be your "motion."
So now that you have your camera steady and still the movement should come from what you are filming. Filming people standing in front of a camera taking a portrait is boring. Have them do something to make motion. It's as simple as that. Then creatively, the sky is the limit. Sometimes the sky is no limit at all. Take the Mars rover for example. It shoots video.
One of the hardest things to do while shooting video with a large format sensor camera like a DSLR is to follow-focus. This means trying to keep a subject in focus as they move around, especially if your aperture is set to f/2.0 or some other shallow depth-of-field. Sure, f/2.0 looks great, but it's going to take much practice and great damage to your vision trying to follow-focus on that tiny LCD screen. Instead, pre-focus. It's the same as capturing a bride walking down the aisle in the good old days of film. You'd expose at f/8.0 somewhere on the aisle and when the bride walked into that area…pop. Try that with video. It's actually pretty cool looking when something or someone moves into your focus range. Just make sure you are rolling before the subject hits the focused area.
Don't change exposure while filming.
This will create a great deal of frustration when editing. If your light changes and blows out a dress or a skin stop filming, change the exposure, and resume. Trying to edit around exposure clicks in video can be a real challenge for a beginner. It looks unprofessional and amateur if they are left in there too.
Keep your aperture deep, for now.
Shooting video will be far less frustrating when you look at it later and it's not completely out of focus. What you see on that 3" LCD screen is NOT representative of what you are actually filming focus-wise. You'll understand this the second you look at your video clip full-size on your monitor later on. Trying to shoot subjects far away at f/2.0 is not easy, or wise. Especially when they are moving.
Keep your depth-of-field deep for long shots (f/8 or higher) and shallower (around f/4) for tighter, more intimate shots. I know that shallow apertures look amazing, but think of it like choosing the right golf club for the situation. Beginning video shooters shouldn't stop down below f/3.5…ever. Trust me, it will build your confidence seeing shots that are in focus when viewed at full resolution and then you can build upon your shallow-depth-of-field shooting skill from there.
So turn off your audio and try these simple techniques. Practice makes better. Even the best cinematographers in the world have been chasing perfection for decades. Continued improvement is what keeps filmmaking fun.
Random Photographer – "So what can I do with video clips that don't have audio?"
Rob Adams – "Good question."
How about making a fusion slideshow? I bet there aren't many photographers in your market doing them. It will set you apart, especially when you get good at it. Using web-based Animoto makes it easy. Or, how about having your subject(s) talk for a bit "on mic" about something or each other (if it's a couple?). It doesn't take much to add that in with music after, but that's another article for a later time. With either of these you can also offer a "movie poster." My clients freak over them and you can use one of your awesome photos with my pre-made movie poster template packs.
What you should know is that you already understand a great deal about being a good cinematographer. The lighting principles are basically the same, composition still rests on the rule-of-thirds and shutter speed relates directly to blur and crispness. They are all variables. It's how you equate them that will determine the desired look.
Below is one of the film trailers that I show to the many photographers that I teach. Notice the camera movements, the audio, and the storytelling. That's my goal when I shoot and edit. Polished=professional. Before you watch it mute the audio. Can you still follow the story? That's the idea.
(You can watch full-screen HD here)
Rob Adams is a New York City area based wedding filmmaker with more than 15 years experience in the wedding industry. Rob speaks all over the world on cinema techniques and holds workshops regularly. Rob's next appearance will be at PDN in New York City on October 25th. Rob is also holding a comprehensive wedding cinema workshop on November 6th in the New York City area.
To view more of Rob's short videos and trailers visit RobAdamsFilms.com
To purchase a DVD of Rob's full length feature wedding films click here.
Rob is holding a comprehensive Wedding Cinema Workshop on November 6th in the New York City area.
Rob and his wife (photographer Vanessa Joy) will also be holding a Photo/Video Fusion Workshop on November 7th in the New York City area.


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Sujo John was working on the 81st floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001. At 8:04 a.m., he wrote an e-mail about his fear of becoming a mediocre Christian. At 8:46 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into his building between the 94th and 98th floors. At 10:03 a.m. John cleared the building just before it imploded. In the midst of this, John exercised freedom to shout: "Call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved!" Mediocrity ended.
In "Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done," Ron Ashkenas tells managers to avoid whitewashing expectations and failing to establish consequences. In plain words: Tell them what you want and what will happen if they don't give it to you. Hardline advice? Maybe, but God set the precedent.
Herman Melville wrote in "Moby Dick" (1851): "All the things that God would have us do are hard for us to do, remember that, and hence, He oftener commands us than endeavors to persuade. And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists." That's not the run-of-the-mill fish story.
Whether we believe our lives are called to serve God or not, no one escapes having to do something they would rather not do. We put ourselves in danger when uncontrolled emotions override will and intellect. Angry, fearful people surround us, many as outraged and hate-filled as Captain Ahab pursuing his whale. In February 2009 the Journal of the American College of Cardiology published research showing that even recalling an infuriating situation caused spikes in the EKGs of certain patients.
Having the good sense either to embrace or reject the job description handed us by the business manager or Universe Director is prudent. Entering covenant is one thing; being controlled is another. Atheists of Florida launched a Web site in mid-2009 to do things like discuss current events and offer volunteer opportunities sans religion. A larger national group of atheists and agnostics, however, overstepped their bounds when they filed a lawsuit in July 2009 to block an architect from engraving "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
September has been designated National Preparedness Month by the Department of Homeland Security. The state of Kentucky referenced "dependence on Almighty God" in the law that created the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. That phrase has been challenged. Judge Thomas Wingate has ruled that it is one thing to trust God but quite another to be ordered to rely on His protection during an emergency.
If disaster strikes, I'd rather follow Sujo John out of the building. He has been tested and his words regarding 9/11 bear weight: "God didn't cause it to happen, but He allowed it to happen. He wanted to get America's attention" (Charisma, September 2009). He did not question the God who said: "And I am come down to deliver them..." (Exodus 3:8). Those running across the bridge out of New York City that day were not chasing stuff, whether possessions or philosophies. They sought deliverance.
Finding truth requires the right starting point. That is the quest of this column. If you are a seeker of simple truth, we can find it together - side-by-side.


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Last October, the Innovation and Research Office at UWS asked if PhD students would like to give seminars to the research community based on their specialism. I offered to do a few sessions around social media and events (The first I wrote about here) and yesterday I delivered the rescheduled "Amplified Events" workshop for PhD students. The purpose of the session was to introduce some of the concepts behind academic conferences which might not be touched upon or indeed offered as part of a PhDs training process. Much in line with the Digital Researcher event at the British Library a few weeks ago, I wanted to be able to introduce some ideas and some tools – rather than offer the definitive package or 'how to' for such seminars. I have to admit, taking on a PGCert in Higher Education/working on education research projects has helped me be critical about methods that are often used to teach or disseminate information – but it is actually quite difficult to introduce such ideas to your peers in specific set contexts with specific expectations (I blogged my thoughts about this last night on my PhD posterous notebook.)
The session itself (which was designed after discussions with Martin Weller and Brian Kelly who offered some invaluable advise) introduced the concept of Amplified Events from the perspective of the participant, the speaker and the potential organiser (because organising events which incorporate the madness of a backchannel is something EVERYONE should have a go at ;-))
The slides are self explanatory – but essentially I just wanted to introduce a flavour of what could be done to enhance a presentation; for multiple benefits for the speaker, audience and the institution that the person is from. Furthermore, by offering different solutions to participating in an event, such as through online participation or presentation tools, there are a variety of ways in which busy PhD students can engage with their research community beyond the traditional academic event. It always surprises me that academia can feel so behind when it comes to capturing, sharing, reusing and remixing content generated from such events (which often need to be recorded just to go back through at a later date in order to pick out idea.) It's not hard to do of course, that's the main thing – so even using your mobile phone as a voice recorder – or sharing digital notes in public is the beginnings of increasing awareness for particular subject areas.
Overall, it was a good session and I was happy with the discussions that we had around the subject area. I guess my hidden agenda is two fold – as well as gathering experience around presenting my work to different levels, but also I genuinely would like to see and encourage UWS to excel in this area (especially embracing in-house expertise of which there are many). One of the reasons why I returned to do a PhD there was because there were opportunities to try, explore and lead new things -that isn't always possible when you are in a larger, 'more established' institution.
The fact that these workshops can happen makes me very happy indeed – but there is always room for improvement in delivery, context and style. By being given the opportunity has already lay the foundation to explore even more areas (rather than just revisiting the typical web 2.0/social media tool-time courses) but instead incorporating digital literacy into existing and new modules as a skill, rather than an optional extra. That would be a nice goal point to work towards – rather than delegating the internet work to the internet work (and much of it isn't really internet work but so much more), everybody feels comfortable approaching these areas as part of their daily practice.


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Bugger it I hate to make a post of this, but I can't relate to you guys. Or rather you can't relate to me.
I have finally begun my memoirs. But here is a very basic draft. Hopefully you will understand why I have felt so alien and quit this thing I love so often. Only to come back time and time again.
I came into the world in Melbourne Australia in 64. By 72 I had left a hugely dysfunctional family and was working or a crop dusting pilot in country Victoria. By 1973 is was a fisherman working out of Lakes Entrance. 1974 I was a hunter armed with a 303 shooting roos and pigs. 1975 saw me living as a farm hand in Victoria. Then I was sexually assaulted by 2 farm hands (unsuccessfully) and I hitched to Cape Tribulation in northern Queenslend. I lived for 4 months as a kind of cast away. When the rainny season was due and I was freaked out by sharks and crocodiles I crawled out of the rain forrest. Was arrested for looking feral, and eventually made it back to Melbourne to my dying mother.
I had no money so began fighting and joined martial arts clubs. I worked full time, fought and studied drumming. I also realised how little education I had and began to read copius amounts of books. I became a minister but was not a true believer. Studied too much philosophy and became dedicated to the Academy.
Went on to play with a few high profile artists. But at heart was that child looking out for croc's and sharks. I had no person to raise me and my sociual skills are terrible. I am who I am.
when did you ever find time to learn to play drums ?
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