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Welcome to Alchemy Incorporated!
Rordan a posted Feb 29, 12
The guild Alchemy Incorporated formed in Tyria during a long, cold, harsh winter.
The snow was often stained with blood, screams filled the air ... "Oh my God, they killed Kenny" ...
The guildhall opened in the spring directly following that season of frostbitten, icy, burning hell. The first members of the guild were often mercenary figures. They profited mightily from the deaths of their foes. It could honestly be said that they picked even the bones from their dead. They witnessed (and often gleefully participated in) the destruction of millions of red dots, hundreds of bosses, an entire race, a prince (twice), a god, and a continent. In the process legends formed and heroes sometimes emerged.
It should come as no surprise that these people have managed to endure, and even thrive, in the intervening 250 years.
'People' - more like cockroaches when you think about it ... or parasites sucking the blood ...
The descendants and torch bearers of those long dead heroes and miscreants throw open the massive doors of the guildhall to welcome you - the intrepid young adventurer. Come, walk the hallowed corridors, visit the extensive and finely appointed library, troll the chat room and enjoy the camaraderie of the guild Alchemy Incorporated.
Ha - Walk very softly and keep your hand on your money belt. You can't trust them as far as you can throw a Stone Summit Herder ...
~ Guild Historian
(with help from the House Elf)
Rordan a What? What do you mean? I wasn't there that day. I was home ... I think I had a cold that day. You went without me....
Trial Dude Slurp I still blame Ror. I remember her being pretty skittish when me and Wulf brought up the topic
Aye a Poor Dead Kenny. I still blame Sly.


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|Publication type
|Application number
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|May 23, 1995
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|Oct 26, 1993
|Priority date
|Oct 26, 1992
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|Gerardus M. J. Havermans, Joannes P. M. Van Kleef
|Original Assignee
|U.S. Philips Corporation
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|Patent Citations (2), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (70), Classifications (7), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The invention relates to a cordless telephony system comprising at least one switching exchange coupled to a plurality of cluster controllers by which clusters of base stations are coupled for radio communication with mobile transceiver stations.
The invention further relates to a such a system comprising a plurality of line cards which permit coupling to clusters of subscriber sets.
The invention likewise relates to a switching exchange coupled to a plurality of cluster controllers by which clusters of base stations can be coupled for radio communication with mobile transceiver stations.
The invention further relates to a line card.
A cordless telephony system of this type may be a digital system according to the commonly termed Digital European Cordless Telephone (DECT) DECT standard, in which the group controllers are DECT Cluster Controllers and the base stations are Radio Fixed Parts, but may also be a different communications system in which mobile stations communicate with fixed stations. The switching exchange may be a private branch exchange (Private Automatic Branch Exchange PABX) but also a rural concentrator, a public switch or concentrator.
A cordless telephone system of this type is known from the handbook "Cordless Telecommunications in Europe", by W.H. Tuttlebee, Springer-Verlag, 1990, page 274. Such a system as described on page 274 in Appendix 3 of said handbook, in which a description of DECT is given, which comprises a private branch exchange, or PABX, as a switching exchange which comprises an extension for cordless telephony for realising calls with mobile stations via base stations in one or more cells. The handbook states that the extension is then to support, for example, a commonly termed call handover function. In addition to mobile stations, such a system may also comprise fixed stations such as business telephones, PCs and so on. No further details are given with respect to the extension and functions such as handover and it is to be assumed that the extension, with regard to said Appendix 3, comprises a plurality of DECT cluster controllers and the handover function is performed via the PABX. In an extensive radio telephony system having a large traffic density, a central controller in the PABX will be heavily loaded when functions such as handover are to be carried out. As a result, the capacity of the PABX will diminish and hence the price per line rises considerably.
It is an object of the invention to provide a radio telephony system to which said disadvantages are not attached.
A cordless telephony system according to the invention is characterized, in that the cluster controllers are intercoupled by a backbone coupling network. This provides that in a highly efficient manner, for example, roaming of a mobile transceiver station with associated handover function can be supported without central controllers, which primarily control call switching, being loaded. The backbone coupling network may also be used for exchanging signalling and control messages and for communication among cluster controllers. The backbone coupling network may then also support the switch function of the switching exchange for calls to and from mobile transceiver stations and is therefore to be considered a switch shared by the cluster controllers, with all the information arriving at a cluster controller-from a PCM switch or from base stations or RFPs (Radio Fixed Pans)-being transferred to the backbone coupling network. In this fashion commonly termed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connections may be simply realised. The communications system may be a system based on the DECT standard (Digital European Cordless Telecommunications), which may have a microcellular structure, for example, within a business. Various private branch exchanges coupled to the public network may act as switching exchanges and roaming and handover functions within the business is possible by call routing of mobile transceiver stations to and from a fixed point of attachment to the switching exchange. The backbone coupling network leads to a modular system which is flexible as regards system extensions.
A simple embodiment of a cordless telephony system according to the invention is characterized in that the backbone coupling network comprises at least one communication path for exchanging speech and/or messages between the cluster controllers. The most simple embodiment, in which the communication path consists of at least one bus, provides a modular system structure supporting, for example, DECT handover functions of mobile transceiver stations between line cards. The system may be simply and flexibly adjusted to a given traffic volume in terms of numbers of users and to covering a larger area by simply linking up additional switching exchanges and/or cluster controllers to the one communication path.
A further embodiment of a cordless telephony system according to the invention is characterized, in that the at least one communication path comprises at least one primary backbone bus by which groups of cluster controllers are coupled and at least one secondary backbone bus which is coupled to the primary backbone bus. Consequently, a large number of cluster controllers may be coupled in modular fashion. Such a structure may be considered a hi-hierarchical structure. According to the same principle this structure may be expanded to a structure having more than two hierarchies.
A further embodiment of a cordless telephony system according to the invention is characterized, in that the cluster controllers comprise backbone switches coupled to the backbone coupling network for information routing to the at least one switching exchange and/or the fixed transceiver stations. The backbone switches provide a uniform coupling of the cluster controllers and the switching exchanges to the backbone bus structure.
A further embodiment of a cordless telephony system according to the invention is characterized in that the backbone switches provide speech transfer in the synchronous mode and message transfer in the asynchronous or synchronous mode. As a result, a highly flexible switching network is obtained which may be controlled decentrally i.e. from line card to line card. The backbone coupling network may be used for frame switching, cell switching and circuit switching.
The backbone coupling network may especially be used for handovers of connections between mobile transceiver stations, for which purpose the communications system is characterized in that a communication which is in progress between a cluster controller and a mobile transceiver station when the mobile transceiver station roams from one cluster controller to another cluster controller is transferred to the other cluster controller via the backbone coupling network.
A special embodiment of a radio telephony system according to the invention is characterized in that the cluster controllers and the backbone coupling network form part of the switching exchange. The switching exchange according to the invention is then a conventional private branch exchange comprising a conventional switch, extended by cluster controllers in the form of, for example, DCC line cards (DECT Cluster Controller) for coupling to base stations, and having a backbone bus structure, that is to say, on the basis of an existing PABX structure a modular and flexible extension to a PABX is effected which supports cordless telephony.
An embodiment of a radio telephony system according to the invention is characterized in that the cluster controllers are DECT cluster controllers in which DECT multiframe timing is distributed via the backbone coupling network. This achieves that all the DECT radio cells are synchronized and, therefore, do not disturb one another.
Another embodiment of a radio telephony system according to the invention is characterized, in that the line cards comprise backbone switches coupled to a backbone coupling network over which the line cards communicate with each other, speech being transferred in the synchronous mode and messages being transferred in the synchronous or asynchronous mode. As a result, a highly flexible decentrally controlled system is obtained which substitutes for prior-art private branch exchanges having a central controller, i.e. a system in which line cards are capable of communicating with one another without the intervention of a central controller.
The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 schematically shows a radio telephony system according to the invention,
FIG. 2 shows a cluster controller for a radio telephony system according to the invention,
FIG. 3 shows a backbone switch in a radio telephony system according to the invention,
FIG. 4 shows a structure of a backbone coupling network comprising primary and secondary backbone buses according to the invention,
FIG. 5 shows timing of and signals on the backbone bus according to the invention, and
FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a radio telephony system according to the invention.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a radio telephony system 1 according to the invention, comprising a switching exchange 2 which may be coupled to a public network 3. Conventional telephone sets such as telephone set 4 or other conventional communications equipment may be coupled directly or via the public network 3 to the switching exchange 2. The switching exchange 2 comprises a conventional switch section, a switch 5 controlled by a controller 6 comprising a RAM and ROM 6. The controller 6 is coupled to switch 5 via a control bus 7 and a data bus 8. The conventional switch 5 may be digital switch, of an ISDN type (Integrated Services Digital Networks) which supports a Primary Rate Access of 30 B-channels and 1 D-channel. The B-channels may comprise PCM-speech or, alternatively, transparent data. The switch 5 is coupled to the telephone set 4 via a line interface 9 either or not via the public network 3, which may be a PSTN network (Public Switched Telephone Network). According to the invention, a plurality of cluster controllers are coupled to switch 5. In FIG. 1 the cluster controllers 10 and 11 are represented by which clusters of base stations are coupled for radio communication with mobile transceiver stations. In FIG. 1 the base stations 12 and 13 are shown for the cluster controller 10 and the base stations 14 and 15 for the cluster controller 11. Furthermore, the mobile stations 16, 17 and 18 are shown which have a duplex link to the respective base stations 12, 13 and 15. Roaming of the mobile station 17 in the radio telephony system 1 is indicated by means of a broken line mobile station 17'. The mobile station 17 is first located within range of the base station 13 coupled to the cluster controller 10 and then comes within range of the base station 14 coupled to the cluster controller 11. If the mobile station 17 is assumed to have already built up a communication link with the conventional telephone set 4, a handover of this link will be necessary in that case. According to the invention, such a handover is effected completely without the intervention of switch 5, that is to say, via a backbone coupling network 19 which is coupled to all the cluster controllers. FIG. 1 shows a simple embodiment of a backbone coupling network comprising a backbone bus 20. Handover of the link between the telephone set 4 which has a fixed location on the switch 5 during the connection, and the mobile station 17 is effected over the backbone bus 20 from the cluster controller 10 to the cluster controller 11 is denoted by respective switching paths I and II. Communication over the backbone bus is effected at a considerably higher transmission rate than communication between the cluster controllers 10 and 11 and the base stations 12, 13, 14 and 15 and the switch 5. That is, the backbone bus 20 has a considerably higher bandwidth than the transmission paths 21 and 22 between the switch 5 and the cluster controllers 10 and 11. In an ISDN structure of the switch 5 the transmission paths 21 and 22 may be Primary Rate Access channels, which for Europe is according to the commonly termed ISDN standard for 30B+D multiplexed ISDN channels. Cluster controllers 10 and 11 may then be considered to be in the form of DECT line cards. In addition to the handover function being carried out directly via the backbone coupling network 19, such network may also be used to advantage for different kinds of communication, e.g. speech traffic and message traffic. FIG. 1 shows the cluster controllers 10 and 11 and the backbone coupling network 19 as parts of the switching exchange 2, but these extensions of a conventional private branch exchange into a switching exchange may also be separate system components.
FIG. 2 shows a cluster controller for a cordless telephony system 1 according to the invention and system components corresponding to those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by like reference characters. The cluster controller 10 comprises a system interface circuit 23 for coupling the cluster controller 10 to switch 5, which circuit is further coupled to a backbone switch 25 via a speech processor 24. The backbone switch 25, which is also coupled to the backbone bus 20, provides a mutual coupling of cluster controllers via the backbone bus 20 and the coupling of the cluster controllers to the switch 5. Furthermore, the cluster controller 10 comprises a RAM and ROM memory 26 coupled, on the one hand, to the system interface circuit 23 and, on the other hand, to a microcomputer bus 27. A microcomputer (not shown) coupled to the microcomputer bus 27 controls various system components in the cluster controller 10, such as the backbone switch 25, the RAM and ROM memory 26, the control circuits 28 and 29 for controlling the base stations 12 and 13. The backbone swish 25 is coupled to a transmission link 30 to which are also coupled the control circuits 28 and 29. The transmission link 30 is also capable of transporting 30 or 60 ADPCM channels at a 2 Mbit/sec transmission rate. The cordless telephony system 1 may operate on the basis of FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and TDD, or a combination or selection thereof. The control circuits 28 and 29 comprise baseband controllers 31 and 32, local line controllers 33 and 34 and transceiver interface circuits 35 and 36 respectively.
FIG. 3, which comprises elements designated by reference characters corresponding to those of FIGS. 1 and 2, gives a more detailed representation of a backbone switch 25 in a system according to the invention, coupled to the backbone bus 20. The backbone switch 25 comprises a multiplex circuit 37 and a switch 38 for transferring all the ADPCM time slots from the cluster controller 10 to the backbone bus 20, and for transferring specific time slots from the backbone bus 20 to the cluster controller 10 respectively. For mutually transferring ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) messages among cluster controllers via the backbone bus 20, the backbone switch 25 an ATM receiving buffers 39 and an ATM sending buffer 40. For control purposes there is a microprocessor 41 comprising a memory, which is coupled to the backbone switch 25 by means of an address bus 42, a data bus 43 and a control bus 44. All the ATM traffic then completely bypasses switch 5. The backbone switch 25 thus supports two 2 Mbit/sec transmission paths and one ATM channel and comprises four 20 Mbit/sec backbone receiving interfaces and one sending interface and, furthermore, a microprocessor bus.
In FIG. 4 a structure is shown of a backbone coupling network 19 according to the invention, comprising a primary backbone bus 45 and a secondary backbone bus 46. To the primary backbone bus 45 may be connected, for example, a maximum of 16 cluster controllers, whereas a maximum of 4 groups of 16 cluster controllers can be connected to the secondary backbone bus 46. The cluster controllers are intercoupled via backbone switches as described with reference to FIG. 3, over the buses 45 and 46. FIG. 4 represents backbone switches 47 to 52 and 47A for coupling a group 53 and a group 54 of cluster controllers to the secondary bus 46. In the group 53 the cluster controllers 55 and 56 comprising the backbone switches 57 and 58 are shown. Such a structure is modular and highly flexible with respect to system extensions. With 4 groups of 16 cluster controllers having 80 connections per cluster controller the capacity of the backbone coupling network 19 is about 4�16�80=5,120 connections. The primary bus 45 comprises a pair of sub-buses 59 and 60 for transporting information from the primary bus 45 to the secondary bus 46 and a pair of sub-buses 61 and 61A for transporting information from the secondary bus 46 to the primary bus 45. For reasons of error tolerance the secondary bus 46 comprises at least two sub-buses 62 and 63. In addition to the described bus structure comprising two hierarchical levels it is alternatively possible to realise a structure comprising an even larger number of hierarchical levels.
FIG. 5 shows timing of and signals on the backbone bus 20 according to the invention. A multiframe signal S1 is shown of 160 msec, which comprises 16 10 μsec frames S2 having 80 125 μsec subframes S3, comprising 8 synchronous slots S30 to S37 of 32 data octets and one ATM slot or A-slot S38 of 4 octets header/CRC+48 data octets. The synchronous or S slots S30 to S37 comprise a sync pattern SY1, a common backbone header HD1 of 3 bits and 32 data octets DT1, followed by a guard time G1, and the A-slot 38 comprises a sync pattern SY2, an ATM backbone header AHD 1 and 4+48 data octets DT2. Thus there are sub-frames S3 which comprise 8 synchronous 2 Mbit/sec channels with the same structure as a customary 2 Mbit PCM channel or which may also be used for frame switching, and a single 3.5 Mbit/sec ATM channel, for message transfer starting from a maximum bit rate of 20 MHz. Since the PCM frame sync signal forms part of the frame and the overall frame length is 125 μsec, the backbone frames are synchronous and in phase with the 2 Mbit ISDN fines. A request for the ATM channel is made via a bit in the header HD1 of the synchronous channel. The remaining bandwidth is for other sync patterns and the like. Data transport is thus effected with a relatively high bit rate and without utilizing a separate clock signal. In the common backbone header HD 1 the access is arranged for dynamically multiplexed frame switching connections.
FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a cordless telephony system 1 according to the invention, in which the private branch exchange 2 comprises a plurality of line cards 70 and 71 coupled to the backbone coupling network 19 which has already been extensively described with respect to the previous embodiment. The line cards 70 and 71 are coupled to clusters 72 and 73 of subscriber sets 74, 75, 76 and 77. Furthermore, the public network (PSTN) may be incorporated in the communications system 1. The line cards 70 and 71 further include a microcontroller 78 and 79 respectively, for decentralized control of the cordless telephony system 1. There is further a central controller (not shown). The backbone coupling network 19 together with the decentralized controller takes the pan of a centrally controllable conventional switching arrangement in a private branch exchange by means of microcontrollers 78 and 79. The line cards 70 and 71 may thus decentrally communicate with each other without the intermediary of a central controller. Communication over the backbone coupling network is effected in the synchronous mode for speech and in the asynchronous or synchronous mode for messages, as has been described in the foregoing. The communication among subscriber sets via the line cards cannot be blocked. For speech communication between, for example, the sets 75 and 76, set 75 having a call for set 76, the line card 70 has 32 synchronous transmission paths on the backbone coupling network 19 at its disposal. The address of the set 75 claims an up-path 80 on the network 19. The microcontroller 78 sends in the asynchronous mode an ATM message to the set 76 over the network 19 with the address of set 76. Then the microcontroller 78, belonging to the set 75 (the A subscriber), knows on which line card the set 76 (the B subscriber) is located. The set 76 then links up to the up-path 80 claimed by the set 75. In reverse order the microcontroller 79 then claims return path 81 in similar fashion. A connection to the public network PSTN may then be effected by means of a trunk card (not shown) coupled to the network 19.
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|European Classification
|Feb 28, 1994
Owner name: U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION, NEW YORK
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With presidential elections coming up, it is important for animal advocates to know where the candidates stand on animal issues. Using the Humane Society Legislative Fund's Humane Scorecard (a score of 0 to 100, with 100 being the most animal-friendly which applies to members of Congress only), Michael Markarian has written a detailed summary of each GOP candidate's stance on animal issues.
According to the scorecard and a review of the candidate's actions, the most animal-friendly GOP candidate for the 2012 presidential election look to be Rick Santorum (score: 80 during the 109th congress). Jon Huntsman and to a lesser-degree, Rick Perry, neither of whom have scores as they're not in congress, have both signed several animal-friendly bills into law in their states and therefore are both considered to be animal-friendly as well.
The rest of the GOP candidates are not as animal-friendly or are downright non-committal on the issues. Michelle Bachmann's most recent score (though she has now dropped out of the race) was a dismal 13 out of 100 while Ron Paul scored a whopping ZERO in the 110th congressional session, though he may manage to get a 25 for 2011. Newt Gingrich, the last time he was scored, got a measly 21. Mitt Romney, who has not been scored, has come under fire from animal advocates numerous times, not only for his public record with animal issues, but his horrible treatment of a family pet during a vacation. Even though he has recently signed some animal protection bills into law, let me just say: would you like to ride on top of a car in a carrier for twelve hours?
The Humane Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, gave President Obama a C minus in his blog. This negative score is highly due to stalling, indifference, and inaction on the part of the President, particularly in issues regarding horses, subsidies, and the protection of sensitive species. The few positives were in the President's push to increase funding for the Animal Welfare Act and his stance against puppy mills. Pacelle summed it perfectly by saying, "Despite campaign promises that he'd be strong on humane issues, the President has failed to pull together a coherent animal welfare strategy or to deliver any kind of message to our community of 20,000 animal protection organizations and millions of animal-loving Americans throughout the country."
So, as the 2012 elections draw near, let's make sure to do our research and get a candidate in office, no matter what party they may be from, that cares about protecting the welfare of animals as much as we do!


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Recently I was asked about a specific scenario when some code was being converted into using TAP and this was code that already used tasks. Since the existing code used the "IsFaulted" property a lot I came up with this little extension method making it easy to see if a task failed or not using the await keyword but without adding a lot of exception handling.
1: public static Task<bool> WaitAsync(this Task task)
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So why avoid exceptions? Well I think that is a separate topic but a few short observations; exceptions have some performance penalties so you don't want to use them for common errors and some people think exceptions make it harder to follow the flow of the code. Whatever you think about all that I think you'll find the WaitAsync method useful more or less often.
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However, this will still have a penalty, while a non-throwing await will not have any. An odd tradeoff you're making here that makes me wonder -- are exceptions not being used only for truly exception cases?
@Cory; I've seen projects that did use Exceptions for general error handling. There are also plenty of cases where you use a library that throws but you consider it to be a non-exceptional case. File.Open is probably the most famous example since I might be using it in a scenario where FileNotFound is pretty common and not an exceptional case.


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Then I found out today's Dark Knight saving the Watchmen was featured and I09, and from there linked to Yahoo News.
So... a LOT of people saw the one Line submission where I did not catch a typo
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Have you seen the film they made of him? Andy Serkis (Gollum) is great as him. Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll its called, named after the song.
Yeah ..doesn't the guy kinda look like Frankenstien? My ex=brother in law had an album of Ian Dury about 25-30 yrs ago and his picture on the back was of an ugly dude. Don't know the name of it. The only song I remember was "Wake up and make love to me" :)
They were good 30 years ago. 1 hit. Try using English instead of numbers.
No, it doesn't. Mixing text with English and bad spelling indicates you are an idiot. Or unable to use the language. You must have been hit with Durys stick, on the head, and hard.
What you write is goddledegook.And I suspect you've forgotten that writing must be to the audience level, ie a common kanguage understandable by all. You choose to write half and half. You're an idiot. Repeated to stress the point. SO how long has your life been that forces you to misuse a language, Surely as you age to become better at it, not worse.
And what of this album you boiught, by men maybe 60 years old?
i used to love them as a little kid when dad played them - that cockney accent made me smile
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Police said her death is being treated as "unexplained," though they said they didn't find anything suspicious. A coroner will make a determination on the cause next week.
I have read about this too.. I have a feeling it was not suicide or obviously not murder.. I am thinking it could be her heart giving in? I am just guessing.. I have heard of people dropping with heart failure after being under stress or grief stricken. It's hard to say what caused her death, but I doubt it was suicide .. In saying that, no one confirmed it was suicide and as your article reads, they will confirm more info in regards to her cause of death next week..
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Brian Schottenheimer is interviewing today with Nick Saban about the offensive coordinator job at Alabama. But it looks like Schottenheimer will have another job opportunity in St. Louis.
Multiple league sources told the Post-Dispatch on Saturday that Jeff Fisher is interested in hiring Schottenheimer as his offensive coordinator with the Rams.
Fisher informed the Rams on Friday he wanted to coach in St. Louis; contract details between Fisher and the Rams still must be finalized, but that's expected to happen no later than Sunday evening.
In the meantime, Fisher has been given the green light by the Rams to "officially" talk to potential members of his coaching staff. Fisher has been informally working on his staff over the past week or so as he contemplated whether to coach for St. Louis or Miami.
Schottenheimer, 38, and the New York Jets had a mutual parting of the ways earlier in the week after a season in which the Jets finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs, and their offense finished 25th in the league.
Schottenheimer, the son of longtime NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, also interviewed for the Jacksonville head-coaching job which went to Mike Mularkey. Marty Schottenheimer is a candidate for the head-coaching job in Tampa Bay, but indications are that Brian wants to cast his own lot in the NFL rather than joining his father if Marty gets the Bucs' job.
For Brian Schootenheimer, the obvious attraction to working with the Rams rather than the college ranks with Alabama is the chance to work with Sam Bradford at quarterback. Brian's first NFL coaching job was as an offensive assistant in St. Louis in 1997 on Dick Vermeil's first Rams staff.
For more detail response by me here's something I put out 4 days ago about my opinion of schottenheimer as the Rams OC:
This would be a huge hire for us. Say what you will, but the man coached an offense to back-back AFC championships in spite of an overrated QB. This would be an amazing hire.
Our staff if we got Gregg Williams would consist of a HC who came 1 yard from tying a super bowl; an OC who coached an offense to back-back AFC championships; and a DC who coached a super bowl defense....
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Guitarist Andy Reiss left his hometown of San Francisco and moved to Nashville in 1981 after having played in a variety of less-than-stellar rock, show and casino bands. One of his first contacts in Nashville was legendary producer and steel guitarist Pete Drake, who introduced and oriented Reiss to the inner workings of the local studio scene. Reiss first Nashville session was an album for the actor Slim Pickens, a session that also involved such A-Team pickers as Drake, Charlie McCoy, Bob Moore, Pete Wade, Pig Robbins and the Jordanaires. "Talk about an education!" Reiss exclaims regarding that breakthrough experience. He has been a studio mainstay ever since and has played on hundreds of hit records, including two that went on to win Grammy awards: B. J. Thomas' "Amazing Grace" and the Reba McEntire-Linda Davis No. 1 duet, "Does He Love You." Reiss has recorded with many jazz greats as well, including Pete Christlieb, Beegee Adair, Benny Golson and as a member of the Lori Mechem Quartet
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And recommended "Count Basie – Live at the Sands" to me – one of the absolute best albums ever!
Met Andy last night playing with Cris Scruggs
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Up until this point, Cloudkicker's reputation has rested some pretty righteous slabs of instrumental and technical post-metal. 2010's Beacons earned wide praise for its combination of furious polymetric riffing and unsettling, claustrophobic atmospheres. It was a breakout album whose quality gave some real weight to the Cloudkicker name and raised expectations for what the man behind the moniker, Ben Sharp, was going to deliver next.
It's doubtful whether many of Mr. Sharp's adoring legion of internet fans were expecting something like Let Yourself Be Huge. The relentless, disorientating technicality of Cloudkicker 1.0 has been traded for a relaxed and patient expansiveness. The dark, suffocating undercurrents of Beacons have been edged out in favour of sepia-toned and nostalgic melancholy. There are barely even any distorted guitars left; indeed, when the overdrive finally appears in earnest on the excellent "You and yours", it's filtered through waves of druggy chorus that gives the song a unique and pleasantly unexpected vibe akin to ISIS jamming some Cocteau Twins covers. But otherwise, the album cruises along unhurried, quite content among a web of acoustic guitar, chill grooves and slow-burning buildups.
The annals of rock history are littered with artists who have attempted these kind of drastic stylistic shifts and failed dismally. New sonic territory contains musical quicksand that will punish those who wander blithely into unknown terrain. But this is not the case with Let Yourself Be Huge. Sharp sounds incredibly comfortable in this new mode and brings care and detail to his songs, having clearly considered how his new musical preoccupations can be best explored. He patiently unfurls melodic tendrils all the way through the stunning and aptly-named "Explore, be curious", the piece culminating in a simultaneously euphoric and quizzical trance reminiscent of Tortoise's post-rock masterpiece "Djed".
Conversely, "It's inside me, and I'm inside it" starts off with some down-to-earth, folksy acoustic strumming, evoking a long-lost Red House Painters song that maybe Mark Kozelek never got around to writing lyrics for. It continues along like this until slowly-creeping layers of rhythm, ambience and glitchiness send it heading into space.
Such experimentation on this album never feels forced or self-conscious, as each new stylistic homage shines with authenticity and passion. The bold success of the record can be summed up in the final, titual track; a song of immense, unpretentious beauty that marks the affecting vocal debut of a man that had, up until this point, always worked instrumentally. This kind of courage and daring is what gives life to Let Yourself Be Huge.
The one major criticism to be made of the album is that while Sharp's lengthier compositions are mightily impressive, he peppers Let Yourself be Huge with a number of shorter interlude tracks. More often than not, these tracks feel underdeveloped. This is not due to a dearth of good musical ideas, but more that these brief sketches are so tantalizing that they feel like they could have justified more development. Sharp seems to work best when given the space to stretch out and these tracks, while not impeding the pacing of the album in any way, feel frustratingly truncated.
The inclusion of these shorter tracks on Let Yourself Be Huge is even more confusing given simultaneously released Loop, a collection of sixteen short yet potent loop-based compositions. Singling out any particular track from Loop would be an exercise in fultility; each sonic vignette flits by unobtrusively, giving the album a feel of pleasantly scenic ambience. It works well as a companion piece to it's big brother yet also succeeds on its own merits, a testament to the deep creativity and generosity of Cloudkicker.
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Michael David Barrett appeared in a Chicago court this morning "looking tan and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit."
After a brief, five minute appearance, a judge will now decide on Monday if Barrett will be released on bond that day to travel alone to Los Angeles to face charges in a U.S. District Court, where he's accused of trying to sell naked videos of Erin Andrews to TMZ.
Characterized as a "stocky insurance company employee", Barrett's lawyer, who described himself as a longtime friend of the suspect, expressed profound surprise over Barrett's alleged actions.
Defense attorney Rick Beuke told reporters after court that he had known Barrett for about 10 years and never known him to be in trouble.
"I don't think he's even had a traffic ticket," Beuke said. "He's as regular a guy as you'll ever meet — a great friend. I must have calls from 30 people wanting to know what they could do to help."
Beuke also said that he "assumed the charges weren't true."
Andrews released a statement today expressing relief. Andrews' lawyer, Marshall Grossman, added, "I think she's probably sleeping more soundly tonight than she has since these videos surfaced."
Andrews is working the Auburn-Tennessee game tonight for ESPN in Knoxville.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association released a statement Wednesday afternoon denouncing the passage of a bill in the Florida House that would reshape how high school athletics are regulated while also changing the structure of the FHSAA. [More]
Bill proposing major changes to Florida's high school sports to be heard by House Education Committee
- 11:22 am Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 by Anthony Chiang
The high school sports landscape in Florida could look very different in a few years.
The House Education Committee is scheduled to hear a proposed committee bill on high school athletics on Thursday. The bill, which spans 61 pages, would give the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, the power to designate a nonprofit association to govern interscholastic athletic competition in Florida in place of the Florida High School Athletic Association by July 1, 2017.
"I think it would cause a lot of chaos," John I. Leonard athletic director Scott Siegel said. "It would make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." [More]
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The Florida High School Athletic Association released new tentative district assignments for girls volleyball on Friday.
It's important to keep in mind that the new district assignments will be for the next four seasons. Appeals from schools are due to the FHSAA by Feb. 11.
Here's a full list of the new tentative district assignments: [More]
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The Florida High School Athletic Association released new tentative district assignments for girls basketball on Friday.
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The state championship usually marks the end of the season for high school football teams.
But that might change very soon. The Florida High School Athletic Association board of directors approved a State Champions Bowl Series proposal this week. [More]
Basketball: State tournament to stay in Lakeland
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Lakeland will remain the host of the boys and girls state high school basketball championships for at least the next three years, Florida High School Athletic Association spokesman Corey Sobers said Friday. [More]
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The state football championship games are staying in Orlando for now. [More]
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After building an 18-4 record, Lake Worth's boys soccer team has learned that it won't be playing in the postseason. [More]
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Boca Raton, St. Andrew's, Benjamin, Pahokee, American Heritage, Grandview Prep and Lake Worth Christian finished in the top 10 of their respective classifications in the FHSAA's annual all-sports competition.
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I will have to say that this was the only game, this weekend, that I was satisfied with the officiating. They weren't perfect by any means, but they were consistant, and didn't make any bad game breaking calls. They missed a LOT of easy penalties, but you only heard about the ones that were to the Cardinals' advantage, and the announcers sounded like a couple of complaining Packer fans. The missed some that weould be game breakers, but they missed the same type of penalty on both sides of the ball. While I prefer that the officials call as perfect as they expect the players to play, I can live with equal imperfection. I even told my wife that the Packers won the game on the coin flip, and I would have been satisfied if it ended that way.
I am happy for Kurt Warner, and I expect another shootout next week in NO.
The officiating was ok but they did rob the packers on the last play. Adams blatantly grabbed rodgers facemask and twisted.
Warner 29/33 379 5TD. Unbelievable!
Just think about that for a second. 4 incomplete passes in the whole game. 4!
1024 total yards, 62 first downs, 96 points. I've never seen such poor defense in my life :D
anyone who doesn't think that Warner is a HOF'er is way off base,I am not saying first ballot, it may take a few times but he is deserving of that honor without question.
What on earth happened to Carson Palmer,for eg? Looked like he was channeling Kyle Boller out there. I didn't have anything emotionally or financially invested in The Bungles but I hated seeing that lardbutt loudmouth Ryan getting a win.
I heard a lot of talk on the non-call facemask penalty today. From what I've heard, the facemask was after the ball was out of Rodger's hands, so it was a loose ball foul and therefor the Cards would have kept the ball anyway, but been penalized 15 yards.
Not sure if that's the true rule or not, it's just what I've been hearing/reading today. If Rodgers doesn't fumble, I bet you a million bucks the refs call that penalty.
One other thought. There is one ref whose sole job is to watch the QB. When Rodgers fumbled, he had to watch the ball. He probably never saw it
Warner's game Vs. Packers yesterday, Warner's game alone overshadow's any dispute about that potential no-call of the last GW play. As mentioned above in other posts, the Cards were bound to take this historic battle -- even with that incredible FG miss by Rackers, even by Rogers' excellent efforts and performance, as well as by the GB receivers.
To me, that was not a face mask grab. It seemed to me that CB Michael Adams jammed Rodgers' face mask into his face, more than 'grabbing' it; like a stiff arm to the head. Also, as I see the replay, Rodgers himself turns his head instinctively in search of the ball, and not because Adams was twisting the helmet in that direction (to Rodgers' right).
IMO, it was a tough hit by the little man that made the biggest play in Cardinals playoff history. What a finale!


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That quote is Jimi Hendrix... And it goes " When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"
يا أخي انت مبدع و ابداعك يلهمني
مبروك المليون و عقبال المية مليون
مبروك المليون و عقبال المية مليون
nether until one gives up there going nowhere. This brings us back to the old question of who wins when a unstoppable force metes an unmovable object. The answers are infentit. Only the other way around.
at first i didnt get it then i looked at the quote i thought it showed the balance between the power of love and the love of power and i think the two balloons are pulling against each other but still not completely sure :S
For those who dont get it it's a balloon walking his balloon doggeh
I think the balloon animal is pulling the balloon, cos if it were to be the other way around, the animal's legs would be lifted from the ground! ..actually idk lol. i guess it can go both ways.
I think it's the balloon. The balloon is like a human, and the string is a leash. Poodle=dog. The balloon is pulling the poodle. Like if you walk your dog!
At first glance it looked like the balloon animal was pulling the other balloon, keeping it grounded and what-not :3
Thought this was SO cute!
Ugh, this is as frustrating as a paradox that is also a palendrome with the 'who is pulling whom' thing... but this is amazing. They should make all of your art into a T-Shirt and sell it in every store in the world.
Loving the quote.
haha nice xD
And who's going to blow up the rest of those balloons?
lol, funny funny
haha this is so cute
haha this is so cute
Ahhhhh! adorbs!
XD .. love it
clearly the poodle will win!
Love it, so cute
OH I'm so gonna use this on twitter for my avatar, if it's OK with you. (I hope it is. )
xD So cute, love it
So true... I wish people could just love; anything would work as long as it stopped the fighting.
But I love your style it is so cute.
But I love your style it is so cute.
i want a bunny!>_<
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I have to say this. "I love the power of the power of love."
There. Said it. Done.
There. Said it. Done.
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I really like the idea behind this. Very cool.
*scratches head*
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this is about love I thought it was a ballon dog being walked by a human (head) ballon


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look like your typical computer store. Located on the second floor of an Arts and Crafts style house in the Marina District, it feels more like the sort of place you'd buy antique glassware than a retail zone for custom computers. But for owner Shaun Smith, an inventor who is fascinated by devices that are "efficient, clean, and environmentally friendly," the beautiful little shop is the perfect spot to grow his unusual business.
Specializing in custom-built computers for small businesses and home users, Immaculate Computers, which opened just a few months ago on a popular stretch of Union Street (1782 Union, S.F. 415-593-0451), offers more than really fast boxes (although it stocks those too). The store's signature system, the Green Machine computer, is made with parts that contain far less lead and halogen than comparable products from other vendors. "Everybody benefits from something that's good for the environment," says Erik Braa, the company's system integrator and designer. "Plus, [the video game] Unreal plays really well on it."
Naturally I have to see for myself, so Braa and Smith take me to inspect the first Green Machine they built in their "game room" soon to be packed with Xboxes for a demonstration. After shutting the door, they turn off all the computers in the room except the Green Machine and instruct me to listen carefully. I can't hear anything. "That's the sound of the Green Machine!" Braa enthuses. "It's totally quiet!" And it's true: the thing is not only low in lead, but it also doesn't put out any noise pollution.
Packed with excellent components, including an AMD Athalon XP chip that runs at a superfast 3.2 gigahertz, the $1,500 Green Machine will appeal to business owners who need affordable high-end machines, or video game nerds who just want a really excellent game box. Also, Smith adds, "We can create a custom machine with whatever you want in it." So how do they remove the computer's typical whining hum? "It's all about good fans and insulation," Braa says, pulling off one side of the box to show me its large, quiet fans and noise-absorbing foam.
A former Web designer and teacher, Smith opened the shop with money he got from refinancing his house. "I'm living a little bit on the edge," he admits. But he's convinced his green geek business model can work. "We like the little guys, the small-business owners, and we want them to have technology that's geared to them," he says. That's why his shop offers support and service as well as computers. "We have people dropping in off the street asking about repairs." Braa adds that they'll tackle any repair or setup job, however big or small. The company can set up a computer network for a business or help a family get its PC running again.
And Smith and Braa say they want their business to become more than just a store. They imagine Immaculate Computers as a place where locals can come hang out in the game room or the "local-music area," where bands can make their CDs and MP3s available for downloading. They're also "setting up free WiFi for the whole block," Smith says, so neighbors can surf the Web too. "We're more concerned about the social effects of our work, rather than making huge profits," he explains.
Friendly and neighborhood-focused, the shop is a perfect antidote to the CompUSA brand of retail for anyone who wants a little individualized attention while buying a computer or getting one serviced. And if Immaculate Computers can succeed, it stands to become one of the first examples of a new geek business: the mom-and-pop computer store.


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The famous "Crack" in Zion National Park, Utah. I swear, those leaves fell that way all by themselves . . .
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The famous "Crack" in Zion National Park, Utah. I swear, those leaves fell that way all by themselves . . .
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That has happened to me too with both pictures and comments. It's wierd... (Those posting things you know)
What kind of lens did you use for this shot?
Love the crack! I mean the snap
stunning work
I love the leaves in the picture, too. Really nice.
That's amazing. My mind is still trying to figure out whether it's vertical or horizontal.
time of the day? filter?
Ian, Zion is my territory - I would love for you to let me know when you're down some time.
Wonderful image.
Wonderful image.
really nice shot, would love to see the exif if possible.
Simple but beautiful one.
Wonderful capture!
Sweet photo! Love the colours.
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I love it! I love the movement of the water and stillness of the leaves and stone. Amazing
Very beautiful!
WOW. Simply WOW.
Color is excellent.
Is this on the ground or on some hill/mountain with a gradient flowing down?
nice capture!!
nice capture!!
I'm sure I seen this in your gallery before as well. Awesome crack, so many puns could be said... haha
No need to say that again, lovely work as always!
Great Shot well done
Beautiful color and very clean shot!
Beautiful work.
this crack is very moreish...
Impressive !
Surreal, beautiful, vivid, the colors pop. Beauty!
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I think a version of that was on your blog with the story of how you busted a 17-40. This particular image is better. The smearing of the water is just right and the contrast between the cold blue water and the warm earthy tones of the rock is wonderful.
So amazing photo!!!!!!! Wooonderfuul!!!!!
what part of Zion is that in? My boyfriend and went there earlier this year, and we didn't see that. Then again, we weren't able to hike around that much
I've never seen such thing before. JUST AMAZING PHOTO AND BEAUTY OF NATURE
Those colors are incredible!
Fantastic photo!..
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