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"I love Shenzhen but i scare of the Kid Begger" Shenzhen by hash09
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On my first arrival here actually from Hong Kong and i wanted to get to Guangzhou, i had to cross the boarder and get the train from shenzhen to Guangzhou. I was chicken out to cross the boarder but i was lucky to meet a guy from Taiwan, we met at Victoria harbor on new year eve in Hong Kong, the night before i leave for Mainland, China. It was him also to one who notice that i was separated from my friends and cant get to the harbor for new year celebration, so he help me out with calling my friends and tells that i was stuck at harbor barrier. (Limited crowd to be at the harbor), so i thank to Ryan for helping me out and i am so happy that i met Ryan, even the communication between us aren't that good, but we talk and we communicate as he speak a little of english. It so sad that the last note was actually the last talk i had with him. I wish to meet him again and return the favor someday
The Actual visit or shall i say the official visit to shenzhen was 2 days after i visited Guangzhou, in north of guangdong territory. From Guangzhou to Shenzhen take about 2 hours by speed train. and on that train people looking at me differently and some just smiling at me and try to communicate with me, i guess it because i look asian but i am not chinese, it was nice when the local seems to welcome you but sometimes the language barrier always making people different in another perspective of understanding with one another. They dont speak english and they dont speak my language either but i still love the fact that they try to help and communicate with you.
Soon when i arrived to Shenzhen terminal, i straight get to the information counter and tell them where i wanted to go for hotel stay, so they tell me the direction. I was expecting the place was close by from shenzhen town and lots of crowd where i will be feel save from being alone or anything like that but, it was beyond my expectation. The "youth Hostel" i am looking for was actually about 20 mins ride by town train, and walk about 10mins from the train (thats not including lost and taking taxi) so more or less it took me almost an hour to find the hostel. I was tired, but im happy to get to the hostel before dark.
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Just wondering how and where everyone rides.
I try to get on the bike each evening for 45 minutes to an hour and ride at a leisurely pace for 8-10 miles. I found a nice spot in the neighborhood that is relatively free of traffic, with beautiful homes on tree lined streets and with nice smooth blacktop...four or five loops around with the wind whistling through my helmet and the sound of the tires humming and I'm satisfied.
Most people, at least those that frequent this forum, seem to ride much longer routes than I do and I'm just curious about your routine. If you decide to ride 30 miles do you head out for 15 miles and then back or do you pick a 2 mile loop and do 15 reps? I guess part of it depends on whether you live in an urban or rural area and the type of traffic you have to put up with.
Even though my personal routine is repetitious, I enjoy the serenity of a quiet neighborhood and a smooth road.
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At last check, 10am, everything was "green" for the launch, but it has been pushed back 8 minutes. New launch time is 10:58am. If you can't get outside to check it out, we will try to find it on our Tower and Pirate Camera
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Where To Look: With a successful launch, best to look east/northeast across the horizon, just above the treetops. It shouldn't take more than 1 or 2 minutes after launch before it becomes visible for eastern Carolina.
What Is It: A rocket carrying a spacecraft (no humans aboard) that will take supplies to the International Space Station (ISS)
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Newspaper article THE JOURNAL RECORD
New Job Opportunities Open Up for America's Disabled
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The Americans With Disabilities Act that Congress passed last May aims to reduce discrimination in the workplace. Of the 43 million Americans with disabilities, two-thirds between the ages of 16 and 64 are unemployed. Many of them would like to work.
Getting jobs in industry or other organizations suddenly has become easier. But some disabled persons are taking matters into their own hands. They're becoming entrepreneurs.
Robert Flor lives in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Trained as a welder, he followed his trade for several years, often in situations and places detrimental to his health. Flor became allergic to many substances and, finally, couldn't work at all.
Some people in his situation would have been content to go on disability and live out their days. Not Rob Flor.
``I'm sensitive to chemicals - a new carpet, somebody cleaning a copy machine,'' he explained.
So, working at home where he could control his environment wasn't just desirable. It was necessity.
And he certainly wanted to work. He got help from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in Poughkeepsie. This agency exists to help people find what they can do and a way to do it. Flor took an interest in computer programming. After all - this can be done almost anywhere. Attending classes was sometimes too much. Still, he didn't give up.
His fortunes started to change when he became involved with a local computer bulletin board. On bulletin boards users can engage in conversations on their computers - and, most important, help each other with computer problems, general concerns and the travails of everyday life.
Flor was a natural here, and he found a great spport network - friends, some of whom he'd never met, who were eager for him to succeed.
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My AWD Matrix was Towed in NYC, and after that there's been a whining sound coming from the Rear, when going 20+mph had a local mechanic checked it out and confirmed it was coming from the rear Differential. the quoted price for parts and labor was $1700. sound fair? please let me know..
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Wofford College student researching women in Latin America
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Wofford College's Presidential International Scholar has embarked on a semester of study in Latin America.
Lindsey Perret, a senior Spanish major from Charleston, will conduct independent research focused on women in Mexico, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. She will return from her studies abroad in January, according to a written statement from the college.
Perret is a dean's list student and Bonner Scholar at Wofford. She chairs a corps of volunteers who tutor students in English as a Second Language at Arcadia Elementary School.
Perret also is a member of numerous service organizations. Last semester, she studied social movements and human rights in Argentina. She said she expects to pursue a career in a nonprofit field, law or advocacy.
Funded by an anonymous donor, the Presidential International Scholarship program provides the recipient the opportunity to travel and study independently for five months during the scholar's senior year.
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An off-duty deputy sheriff is credited with stopping the break-in of his neighbor's home.
Wednesday night around 7:40 p.m. Detective Walt Stancil was walking his dog on Black Jack-Simpson road when he notice a van pull into a neighbor's driveway. While the neighbor didn't appear to be home, Stancil noticed two men get get out of the van and walk towards the home. One had an object in his hand, and both had on a mask and hood.
Stancil quickly returned to his home to get his phone. He says he then noticed the men try to force open the door of the home and a loud noise caused by one of the men caused neighborhood dogs to start barking. At that point the men headed back to the van.
The detective followed the van in his patrol car and it pulled into another driveway. As they tried to back out, the van ended up in a ditch. A state trooper helped Stancil arrest the men.
Inside the van they found a hidden weapon, crow bar, ski mask and gloves. Deputies say they later learned the crow bard was used in an earlier break-in on Preston Wood Drive in Greenville.
Charged with attempted breaking and entering, conspire to break and enter a building, injury to real property, possession of burglary tools, carry concealed weapon and felony breaking and entering are Melvin Murphy, Jr., Tony Haddock, and Brandon Green, all of Winterville. Murphy is also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
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TELL CITY – Perry County Memorial Hospital will offer free quit-smoking classes from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Sept. 22 and Sept. 29 at the hospital.
"Freshstart" is an American Cancer Society program that provides participants with effective tools to use while they work to stop smoking.
For more information or to make a reservation, call Caryn Weiss, registered nurse, at 547-0125 or send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Reservations for the classes are due today.
Joe and Mary Daum of Tell City celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Sept. 4, 2011, with a party hosted by their children.
Mr. Daum married the former Mary Leclere Sept. 4, 1971, at St. Paul Catholic Church in Tell City.
The couple have five children, Michelle Stahly and her husband, Neal of Tell City, Valerie Knieriem and her husband, Kyle of Tell City, Eric Daum of Tell City, Ryan Daum and his wife, Rebecca of Tell City and Michael Daum of Indianapolis.
Danielle Leigh Harth and Charles Bradley Hall were united in marriage during an afternoon ceremony Saturday, June 11, 2011, at St. Pius Catholic Church in Troy.
The bride is the daughter of Allen and Jeanne Harth of Evanston. Mr. Hall is the son of Charles Kevin and Gwen Hall of Derby.
The bride was given away in marriage by her father in the double-ring ceremony officiated by the Rev. Barnabas Gillespie.
The Tell City High School Class of 1961 held its 50th class reunion at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Tell City Aug. 13.
ST. MEINRAD – Ten years after the terrorist attacks on America, the citizens of St. Meinrad will come together in a commemoration ceremony to honor the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. The service will take place at noon Sunday in at St. Meinrad American Legion Post.
The commemoration ceremony honors the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, airline flight takeovers and the American military service personnel who have died in the war against terrorism while other members of the service continue to fight.
TROY – St. Pius Catholic Church in Troy will have its annual fall festival Sunday, Sept. 11.
On the menu is the parish's "famous soup" by the bowl and gallon, fried-chicken or roast-beef dinners, hamburgers, polish sausage, ice cream and homemade pie.
Entertainment will include a live band, a giant yard sale and flea market, games for adults and children and a raffle.
Serving begins at 11 a.m. Take your own container for carry-out soup.
Little Pigeon to host gospel sing
LAMAR – Little Pigeon Baptist Church, off Indiana 245 near Lamar, will host a gospel sing at 7 p.m. Saturday.
River City Quartet will be the special guests. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.
TELL CITY – A live auction Friday and golf tournament the following day will raise funds for the Schreiber Family Charity.
Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Florida vacations will be among items to be sold in the Charlie Tuggle Memorial Live Auction beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at the Moose lodge in Tell City.
Jim and Julie Underhill of Doolittle Mills celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary Sept. 5, 2011.
The couple commemorated the event with their immediate family by dining out and staying at Spring Mill Inn in Mitchell.
Mr. Underhill married the former Julie Curl Sept. 5, 1981, at the Bethel Christian Church in Doolittle Mills.
The couple has two children, Kimberly Schwindel and her husband, Stephen and Kayla Underhill, all of Doolittle Mills.
Brilynn May Greulich
Brian and Amber Greulich of Tell City announce the birth of their daughter, Brilynn May Greulich, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh.
The infant weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Mrs. Greulich is the former Amber Lynn Weatherholt. Brilynn has one older brother, Drew Richard Greulich, 4.
Grandparents are Rick and Terri Greulich of Tell City and David and Debbie Weatherholt of Tell City.
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Many people come to InterfaithFamily to learn about Jewish death and mourning practices. If you are in an interfaith family, you may be coping with some unusual circumstances around death: you could be going to your first Jewish funeral or house of mourning, and want to know what to expect. You might even be in mourning for a close relative the first time you are exposed to a Jewish funeral. Or you might be planning a funeral for someone who has asked for a Jewish burial, and not be quite sure what that means. You might be a Jew burying a family member who is not Jewish, or vice versa. If you are in an interfaith marriage, you may be trying to figure out in advance how to negotiate being buried next to your spouse with Jewish ritual when you die. We give a brief overview here of some of the most typical Jewish death and mourning rituals and practices, and of some of the issues that may come up for people in interfaith families.
Whatever choices you make around death and mourning, we hope that you find comfort in them.
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Ann Googe Duncan, 63, died Friday, March 9, 2001.
A native Ware County, Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of the late Vernon E. and Dorothy Smith Googe.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, with the Rev. Stewart Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include two daughters, Carla Sincavage, Winder, and Kay Hilton, Buford; two brothers, Gene Googe, Tifton, and Mike Googe, Vidalia; and a grandchild.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Botched Robotic Surgeries Have Been Linked to 144 Patient Deaths
An independent analysis of reports gathered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 2000 shows that robotic surgery isn't as safe as some people might assume.
An independent analysis of reports gathered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 2000 shows that robotic surgery isn't as safe as some people might assume.
Harvard scientists have developed an electrical scaffold that can be injected directly into the brain with a syringe. By using the technique to "cyborg"-ize the brains of mice, the team was able to investigate and manipulate the animals' individual neurons—a technological feat the researchers say holds tremendous…
Robots are poised to revolutionize surgery, as demonstrated by this astounding—and even touching—promotional video showcasing the da Vinci Surgical System as it sutures a damaged grape.
In a trial involving mice, an international team of researchers used microscopic "nanoneedles" to coax the body into generating new blood vessels. Applied to humans, the technology could eventually be used to get organs and nerves to repair themselves.
The next wave of CT scanners combines motion correction technology and organ-wide coverage to limit radiation exposure — while also obtaining hi-res images of soft tissue, organs and bones as they move within the body. Translation: They can acquire remarkable images of your insides in motion. Here's the proof.
By using the active ingredient in antifreeze, researchers from Harvard University have developed a 'supercooling' technique that triples the length of time a rat's liver can be stored outside the body prior to transplantation. The technique, should it work on human organs, could revolutionize how transplants are done.
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Clinical settings and emergency rooms will never look the same once augmented reality and other collaborative devices finally make their much vaunted appearance. And as this new video from Wearable Intelligence shows, it could even save our lives.
Fantastic news for people who suffer regularly from migraine headaches. The FDA has just approved a wearable electrical stimulation device for sales in the United States — a headband that prevents the onset of migraines when worn for just 20 minutes each day.
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Cpl. Tiffany L. Baker, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 Marine Corps instructor of water survival, steadies Lance Cpl. Luke A. Lindsay, a station personnel clerk, before he jumps from the tower at the IronWorks Gym swimming pool here Jan. 31 during the intermediate portion of the basic Marine Water Survival course. The Intermediate level swim qualification involved a 50-meter swim with full gear, a dive from the tower followed by a 250-meter swim, flotation techniques and shedding gear in the deep end of the pool.
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Helen Ford Wallace: Parties, Etc.: April 7
Brunch/shower: Katharine Regens was the honoree at a baby shower in the home of Louise Bennett. Co-hostesses were Mollie Bennett, Karen Samis, Carter Fellers, Cindy Heatly and Anne McQueen. Katharine and Kent Regen's baby boy is expected in June.
Theme: The party followed a blue and white cloud theme. There were big white paper balls with blue ribbons hanging from the ceiling and blue and white balloons.
Seen: Leslie Regens, Christy Everest, Peggy Duncan, Linda James, Susan Hoffman, Shirley Everest, Kathy Brown, Laurie Givens, Leslie Samara, Elizabeth Haggard, Julie Samara and Sue Timberlake.
Party: Lynn and Dr. Ron White were honored at a small surprise anniversary party at La Baguette Bistro. Hosts were Melissa and Mike Brown and co-hosts were Mason White, Jim Vallion and Maggie Barrett.
Flowers: Beautiful bouquets of tulips, anemones, roses, orchids were on the tables and hors d'oeuvres were passed around and set on the buffet table. Buck Goucher played the guitar and sang during the evening.
Seen: Phyllis Stough, Pam and Bill Shdeed, Janet and Frank Seay, Melinda and Glen Johnson, Kay and Gates Oliver, Judi Freyer, Kirk Hammons, Sherry and Rick Russell, Marilyn Balyeat, Bill Hawley, Andy Coats.
Shower: A couples' shower was given for Alexis Hefner and Blake Burckart in the home of Kellie and Robert Hefner V. Co-hosts were Colbie Magness and Pope Van Cleef.
Flowers/food: Vases of hydrangeas sprinkled with crystals decorated the tables and on the menu was fresh prawns, bacon-wrapped chicken, beef sliders and canapes prepared by Deep Fork Grill.
Video: Guests saw a video about the couple, who will be married in July.
Guests: Holly and Will Moore, Nash Thomas and Halli Martin, Mitch McCuistian, Ashton Edwards, Chase Thomason, Lauren and Derek Byrd, Iman Berglan, Gabrielle Hefner, Cole Peak, Kyle Reynolds, Justin Ezell, Bryce Ward, Adele Shadid, Cheyenne and Brad Secrist, Matt Reser, Sarah and Will Jordan, Carol and Robert Hefner IV, Lynn and Sam Coury, Susan and Bob Burckart and Shirley Davis.
Dinner: Mary Ann and Jim Markey celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a party given by Sherri and John Brown. The Browns cooked smoked pork tacos with all the condiments and there was a special red velvet anniversary cake with chocolate chip ice cream.
Special touch: A bridal veil and bow tie and cummerbund served as place cards for the anniversary couple. Their wedding album was on display.
Seen: Kristen and Ross Cash, Susan and Ken Whittington, Barbara and Pete Brown, Mindy and Mike Brown and Rev. Paul Gallatin.
Event: Members' children and grandchildren of the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club hunted lots of eggs the Saturday before Easter. Pastry and juice were served prior to the hunt, which was divided into age groups 3-4, 5-6 and 7-11. Entertainment included a petting zoo on the front lawn.
Brunch: Brunch afterward included scrambled eggs, silver dollar pancakes, bacon, sausage and biscuits and gravy.
Luncheon: The Ladies 18-Hole Golf Association met for the annual spring luncheon at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. 2013 spring and summer golf activities and events were announced. Sherry Rich from the Women's Oklahoma Golf Association was the guest speaker.
Trunk show: The latest in golf shoe styles was available for purchase from a pro shop trunk show.
New officers: Jill Dobbins, president; Becky Denny, vice president; Melody Brown, secretary/treasurer; Vicki English, sports chairman, and Shirley Everest, Kandy Norick, Sharon Wade, Tim Fleming, tournament committee, and Julie Hall, past president.
Party: Vicki and Bob Howard were hosts in their Gaillardia home for the 2013 Memory Gala Patron's Party. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres were served. Party co-chairmen were Darlene and Larry Parman and Carol and Don Kaspereit. The Memory Gala will be Thursday.
Attending: James H. Norick, LaDonna and Herman Meinders, Valerie and Brad Naifeh, Jeannette and Dick Sias, Marsha and Bob Long, Gale and Lee Bollinger, Sally and Bill Hood were among the guests. Gene Rainbolt, Alzheimer's Association 2013 Maureen Reagan recipient was also there, along with Shiela and Ted Haynes, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the presenting sponsor.
Program: Kacee Van Horn welcomed guests and talked about the sponsorships and Mark Fried made comments about the sponsors and committee members. A video showcased the Memory Gala sponsors and showed live auction and raffle items that will be featured at the event.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 30, 2007
|Filing date
|Dec 28, 1998
|Priority date
|Dec 28, 1998
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Bernie G. Jansen, Colin A. Foster
|Original Assignee
|Nortel Networks Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (20), Classifications (8), Legal Events (10)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to security of data-network-based public access services and is particularly concerned with providing a method and apparatus for enhancing the security of a data-network accessible kiosk or terminal by preventing a user from inputting certain key sequences or from having access to, or knowledge of, certain operating system functions.
A public multimedia system is a combination of networked public terminals, such as telephones and personal computers, with an apparatus to administer these public terminals and an apparatus for hosting application computer programs on this system. When deployed in public locations such as airport departure lounges, public thoroughfares, shopping malls, banks, movie theatres and retail stores the terminals may be referred to as kiosks, booths, internet kiosks, or networked multimedia kiosks.
These kiosks may be used to provide messaging services such as e-mail and fax, form-entry services for banks and governments, electronic commerce such as ticketing and virtual shopping malls, entertainment such as internet browsing, games and chat rooms, and public utilities such as pay telephony.
The information age places new demands on people to be "connected" to various networks, both public and private. People not connected to these networks because of travel, time constraints, or lack of financial resources, may be placed at an economic or social disadvantage. Public multimedia systems can reliably provide these vital connections to travellers and to those who do not otherwise possess the necessary equipment to access these information networks.
Various services can be provided to kiosk users. Some services, such as on-line maps or guidebooks, may be provided free-of-charge. Other services, known as loyalty programs, may be provided free-of-charge to identified customers of service providers. Other services, such as e-mail, may require the kiosk user to pay for use of the services. These pay-per-use services include not only e-mail, but also event ticketing, provision of proprietary information to the kiosk user, games, internet browsing and the printing of materials associated with these services.
Many kiosks are based on a personal computer which has its own processor, its own software and a connection to a network. A problem with this type of kiosk is that a kiosk user may be able to access certain software or operating system functions that service providers want to keep them from accessing by, for example, depressing certain keys, such as function-keys or by depressing certain key sequences or combinations, such as "ctrl-alt-del".
If kiosk users press certain keys or key sequences they may be able to reprogram the kiosk, gain fraudulent access to pay-per-use services, and otherwise disrupt or vandalize the kiosk system. As such, it is desirable to provide security systems to prevent this type of activity by kiosk users.
At the same time, it is desirable that such security systems allow access to the kiosk's operating system and other programs by authorized users for purposes of maintenance and repair. It would be convenient if such authorized access could occur remotely, i.e. from a computer terminal located in a different place.
Security of a kiosk can also be enhanced if at certain times the screen can be blanked or blacked out. For example, when a kiosk is first starting to load its operating system software, it may be desirable to not let a kiosk user see what extensions, drivers and the like are being loaded.
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for enhancing the security of a data-network-accessible kiosk or terminal by preventing a user from inputting certain key sequences or from having access to certain operating system functions
An input from an input device for the kiosk is screened by an extension to, or a driver for, the operating system and unwanted inputs are screened out.
According to the present invention, in one embodiment there is provided a method comprising:
Other aspects and features of the present invention to those ordinarily skilled in the art upon review of the following description of specific embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
Referring to
The telephone 20 is in communication with a public telephone network 22 via a central office telephone line 24. Alternatively, the telephone 20 may be in communication with the internet and capable of receiving voice over the internet. The telephone includes a microphone 21 and a speaker 23, the telephone receiver being operable to communicate audio signals to a user.
The computer 14 is connected to a central server 26 by a communications line 28 which may include an Ethernet base T connection. Between computer 14 and central server 26 there may be a variety of interface devices such as a local area network, a modem or an ISDN network adaptor.
Both telephone 20 and computer 14 could be connected to their respective networks by way of a wireless connection.
Also mounted on the base 12 of the kiosk is a credit card reader 30, a printer 31 and a telephone dial pad 33 of telephone 20. Alternatively, the kiosk may have two printers, one for printing documents such as letters and one for printing receipts. The physical scroll actuators of base 12 shown generally at 32 are in communication with the computer 14 for directing the computer 14 to effect functions associated with the display 16. The physical scroll actuators include left, right, up and down actuators 35, 37, 39 and 40, respectively, for receiving user input for scrolling information displayed by the display left, right, up and down respectively, line by line or page by page.
Also secured to the base are left and right stereo speakers 43 and 45 for communicating audio signals to a user, in connection with multimedia services provided at the multimedia terminal. A volume control 47 common to the telephone receiver 23 and the speakers 43 and 45 includes first and second actuator buttons mounted on the base 12 for selectively controlling the volume of signals produced by telephone speaker 23 or the speakers 43 and 45, depending upon which of the telephone and multimedia terminal 19 is in use by a user.
The keyboard has semi-transparent keys and a low power light source mounted thereunder selectively operable to be turned on and off.
Referring to
In this embodiment, the public multimedia services kiosk apparatus 10 is one of a plurality 36 of kiosk apparatus connected to a private intranet network 38 in communication with the central server 26.
Alternatively, kiosk apparatus 36 may be connected directly to a public data network, such as Internet 40. In this case additional security measures are required in the kiosk apparatus. A plurality of vendor servers are also connected to the intranet 38, for communication with the central server 26. The vendor servers can provide pay-per-use services or free services or both to kiosk apparatus 36 and may also provide credit or payment authorization service. The central server 26 is further in communication with the Internet 40 to which a plurality of further vendor servers 42 and content providers 49 are connected. Again these vendor servers 42 may include credit or payment authorization servers. Thus, the vendor servers 42 are in communication with the central server 26, and the central server 26 is in communication with the kiosk apparatus 36.
Also, communication by server 42 with the central server 26 can alternatively be achieved over the public switched telephone network ("PTSN") 22 (
Also shown in
The internet gateway interface 44 provides a high speed dedicated high bandwidth connection such as a T1 connection to the Internet 40, for receiving HTML pages or at least one multimedia file from an Internet provider and for providing uniform resource locators (URLs) to vendor servers (42 in
The Internet gateway interface 44 is also in communication with the web server interface 46. The web server interface is in communication with the database 62 and is in communication with the kiosk terminals 36 by way of an HTML/applet pipe 64. The web server interface 46 is thus able to transmit HTML pages and applet programs to the kiosk apparatus 36 by way of the HTML/applet pipe 64. In addition, the web server interface 46 is operable to provide content files from the database 62 to the Kiosk apparatus 36 through the HTML/applet pipe 64. Effectively, the web server interface determines the type of content requested by a kiosk and extracts the requested files from the database 62 or the Internet 40 and transmits the requested files to the public multimedia services kiosk apparatus 36.
The file server interface 48 is also in communication with the database 62 and with kiosk apparatus 36. Communication with the apparatus is conducted by way of a configuration and content file pipe 66 by way of which configuration and content files obtained from the database 62 are transmitted by the file server interface 48 to the kiosk apparatus 36.
The transaction server interface 50 is further in communication with the database 62 and with the kiosk apparatus 36. Communication between the transaction server and the kiosk apparatus 36 is provided by a request/reply pipe 68. The transaction server is thus able to receive request messages from the kiosk apparatus 36, interpret such requests, and transmit suitable replies on the request/reply pipe 68. The transaction server is further in communication with a credit card service 70 such as a Chemical Bank and is preferably further in communication with at least one rating system 72 which, in this embodiment, includes the MORRIS (trademark) rating system offered by Bell-Canada. Alternatively the credit-card service 70 or rating system 72 could communicate directly with kiosk apparatus 10 over the internet or any other communication network. The transaction server interface 50 communicates with the credit card service 70 by transferring validations and billings. Validations include requests from the transaction server interface 50 for card validation to authorize charges to appear on a card and include the transfer of billing information, such as amounts and card numbers to which charges are to be applied by the credit card service 70.
It should be noted that other methods of payment authorization or validation can be implemented at any one of the plurality of kiosk apparatus 36. If the payment is made from a stored value smart card, validation may occur by way of the user entering a personal identification number (PIN) or by presenting some biometric verification such as a fingerprint which is matched to data stored on the smart card. Payment may also be made by way of a pre-paid value card, in which case, no authorization may be required. Alternatively, payment could be by way of a debit card, which would then require verification of identity and account balance at some authorization server.
The transaction server interface 50 also communicates with the credit or debit card service 70 to store files in the data base, relating to local card clearing information. The transaction server interface 50 communicates rate requests and receives replies from the rating system 72, in relation to telephone billing rates, commercial services rates, etc. Rate requests are made by the transaction server to the rating system 72 and the rating system 72 replies with the requested rates. Such rates are then provided to the kiosk apparatus 36 by way of the request reply pipe 68. Alternatively, rate information could be provided directly by content servers or by central server 26 to kiosk apparatus 10 or could stored in kiosk apparatus 36. The information could be exchanged between the servers and the kiosk 10 in any suitable manner such as by way of the hypertext transport protocol (HTTP), the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) architecture, or TCP/IP.
The automated services interface 52 is in communication with the database 62, billing systems 74 and backup systems 76. The automated services interface 52 provides billing records to the database 62 and to off-premises billing systems 74 and further provides data relating to the contents of the database 62 to backup systems 76.
The terminal monitoring interface 54, reporting interface 56, terminal configuration interface 58 and content manager interface 60 are all in communication with an administrative staff terminal 78 which administrative staff use to configure the central server 26 and monitor its functions. The terminal monitoring interface 54 effectively provides to the administrative staff terminal 78 a typical control room interface and monitors alarm conditions associated with various functions of the central server 26, for example, loss of communication to any one of the kiosk apparatus 36. The terminal monitoring interface 54 maintains an alarm table in the database 62.
The reporting interface 56 monitors transactions between the central server and the database to accumulate statistics regarding the amount of money made by each kiosk apparatus 36 and the number of times particular services are used etc. The reporting interface 56 thus stores statistical files and usage rate files in the database 62.
The content manager interface 60 receives advertising files and information regarding user interface buttons, from the administrative staff terminal 78. The content manager interface 60 stores such information as advertising content files, HTML pages and applets in the database 62.
The database 62 thus can store configuration files for configuring kiosk apparatus 36 to present multimedia services to a user, billing records, advertising or multimedia content files for providing multimedia content to the kiosk apparatus, statistical information relating to services rendered, HTML pages and multimedia files received from an Internet provider for use at the apparatus, applets for execution at the kiosk apparatus, usage rates, an alarm table, and local credit card information for validating credit cards used at the kiosk apparatus.
Each of the interfaces of the central server 26 may be embodied in software residing in one or more processors and one or more memories within the central server to perform the indicated interface functions.
The central server may be a single computer or may be formed over a distributed network. In general, the control server acts as a transmitter for transmitting for receipt by at least one of the plurality of kiosk apparatus 36, over a network, a multimedia configuration file for configuring the kiosk apparatus to present multimedia services to a user. Such transmitter also transmits multimedia content files of actual multimedia content available to users at the public communications services kiosk apparatus.
The multimedia terminal portion includes a microprocessor 82 in communication with non-volatile memory 84, volatile memory 86 and an I/O port 88. The I/O port is in communication with display 16 which includes a video display 92 and a touchscreen 94, each individually in communication with the I/O port 88. In this embodiment, the display and touchscreen are integrated into a single screen having approximately 10 to 12 inches on the diagonal and an adjustable viewing cone for public and private usage applications.
The I/O port is further in communication with the printer 31, the keyboard 18 and a speaker driver 25 for driving the speakers 43 and 45. The I/O port 88 is also in communication with external drive 31 a which is adapted to accept readable or writable media such as diskette 31 b. The I/O port also has first and second communications ports 100 and 102, the first communications port 100 being connected to an Ethernet interface 104 which is connected to the intranet via a high speed connection 28 such as an ISDN line and is operable to signal to the microprocessor 82 through the I/O port 88 an indication of whether or not a message has been received and whether or not a complete transmission of a file has been received.
The second communications port 102 is connected to a pay phone interface 106 which is connected to the central office line 24 via telephone interface 101. Also, connected to the pay phone interface, are the telephone dial pad 33 and a handset 108 on which is mounted the microphone 21 and speaker 23.
Preferably, pay phone interface 106 comprises a second microprocessor which will have associated volatile and non-volatile memory. The second microprocessor contains computer programs for controlling the pay phone operation. Optionally, card reader 30 is connected to pay phone interface 106 so that card verification and authorization occurs through pay phone interface 106.
In effect, the microprocessor 82 is in communication with the display 16, the printer 31, the keyboard 18 and the speaker driver 25, the Ethernet interface 104 and the pay phone interface 106 via the I/O port 88. The keyboard has transparent keys and a light adjacent the keys for selectively lighting the keys to indicate user response is to be entered at the keys. After a user response has been entered, the light is turned off. The light is controlled by any application program running the apparatus.
The pay phone interface is operable to pick up and drop the central office line and includes a telephone interface 101 to indicate to the second communications port 102, whether or not the central office line is in use by the pay phone interface 106.
Referring to
The architecture further includes an operating system 154 stored in volatile memory 86 and/or non-volatile memory 84 (
The architecture further includes a Java virtual machine 156 which allows programs to run without recompiling. Java also provides an easy high level interface and has a convenient class library which gives programmers a convenient application program interface (API) set.
The architecture further includes a core program layer 158 including billing programs 160, hardware drivers 162 and administration software 164, and pay telephony programs 163. It should be noted that pay telephony programs 163, could be deployed on a second microprocessor associated with pay phone interface 106 (shown in
The core program base 158 looks after such features as maintenance such as notifying the central server of a time to load more paper into the printer, provides a user interface, manages network connectivity and download features for downloading files from the central server or other servers and for providing pay phone functionality.
The architecture 150 further includes a virtual machine 166 which includes a custom web browser 168 and an audio/video player 170. The custom web browser 168 provides an interface between the user and the multimedia terminal and the audio/video player provides visual images on the display 16 and audio/sound bytes on the speakers for advertising, for example.
The architecture further includes an application layer shown generally at 172 including a messaging services application 174, a vertical market application 176, an electronic commerce application 178 and an entertainment application 180. The messaging services application 174 includes features such as e-mail, voice e-mail and fax. The vertical market application 176 includes government services and banking. The electronic commerce application 178 includes ticket sales and virtual mall displays. The entertainment application 180 includes Internet browsing capabilities, gaming, chat rooms and newsclips.
Referring to
Application programs 602 send and receive messages and data to, or from, operating system interface 604. The operating system interface 604 provides a series of system calls or functions that can be used by application programs. This eliminates the need for application programmers to re-write common system elements. Operating system interface 604 sends and receives messages and data from, or to, various operating system programs 606.
An operating system is an important part of almost every computer system. A computer system can be roughly divided into four components: the hardware, the operating system, the applications programs and end-user. Hardware such as the central processing units (CPU), memory, and input/output (I/O) devices, provides the basic computing resources. The applications programs, such as compilers, database systems, video games, internet browsers and business programs define the ways in which these resources are used to solve the computing problems of the end-users. The operating system controls and coordinates the use of hardware among the various application programs for one or more end-users. The operating system programs provide an environment within which other programs can do useful work.
One function of the operating system is to allocate resources such as CPU time, memory space, file storage space, I/O devices and so on. The operating system must allocate resources among requests that sometimes overlap and conflict. An operating system also controls various I/O devices. Bare hardware alone is not very easy to use. Application programs require certain common operations, such as controlling I/O devices. These common operations are often found as portions of program code within the operating system. An operating system is the one program running at all times on the computer.
For example, one part of an operating system may control interaction between an I/O device such as a keyboard, and an application such as a web browser. This portion of the operating system will know how buffers, flags, registers, control bits, and status bits are used by, or indicate an attribute of, the I/O device. Other operating system functions may include buffering and spooling.
Application programs 602 communicate with the operating system interface 604 and request services from it by making system calls. Corresponding to each system call is a library procedure in the operating system that an application programs can execute. The procedure puts the parameters of the system call in a specified place, such as a machine register, which is part of the central processing unit (CPU), and then issues a trap instruction to start the operating system program. The purpose of the library procedure is to hide the details of the trap instruction and make system calls look like ordinary procedure calls.
When the operating system gets control after the trap instruction is generated, it may examine the parameters to see if they are valid and if so, performs the work requested. When it is finished, the operating system puts the results of the operation, which may include status codes in machine registers in the CPU. Then the CPU executes a Return from TRAP instruction to return control to the library procedure which is located in operating system interface 604. The library procedure then returns control to the application program in the usual way, returning status and possibly other parameters and data to the application programs 602.
Input device 650 has device state storage, which is a stored data which represents the state of the input device. Where the input device 650 has keys, or other key-like positions the device state storage will show whether, at a particular time, a key is depressed or released. In the case of a keyboard this device state storage is called a key map 608 which shows which keys of the input device are depressed. Various operating system sub-programs read from or write to the device state storage associated with each input device. In overview, input device 650, such as a keyboard, may, when a key is pressed or released, generate an electrical signal which is transmitted to hardware interrupt handler 640. Hardware interrupt handler 640 interprets this signal. Hardware interrupt handler 640 may be a card connected to the motherboard of the computer or may be one or more integrated circuits that are part of the computer. For example, hardware interrupt handler 640 may determine that a particular line, or set of lines, generated a sustained voltage change or generated a square wave. Hardware interrupt handler 640 also functions to filter out spurious background noise. If a valid signal is received by hardware interrupt handler 640 it passes a signal to software interrupt handler 630, which uses information known about the hardware device to determine that a particular key was pressed. Software interrupt handler 630 may poll hardware interrupt handler 640 at regular intervals to determine if new keys have been pressed or if keys previously pressed have now been released. Sotware interrupt handler 630 and hardware interrupt handler 640 take raw electrical signals from the input devices, convert them to meaningful data, and place them in areas where they can be utilized by the operating system programs. Operating system programs 606 may include event queue 610. Event queue is data which stores information about the occurrence of events, such as a mouse click or depressing a key or activating a window. For example, the event queue could capture information that the key "m" was depressed, and that concurrently the modifier "alt" key was also depressed.
In one embodiment of the present invention, unauthorized key codes generated at the kiosk are screened out in the following manner shown in the flow chart of
It should be noted that input may contain both authorized and unauthorized components. For example, a kiosk user could press "Control" and "M" simultaneously. In the preferred embodiment, only the authorized key "M" would be passed to the key map. The unauthorized key "Control" would not be passed to the key map. Optionally, a message may be displayed to the kiosk user saying they have attempted to press an unauthorized key (step 710).
In another embodiment of the present invention, certain sequences or combinations of key codes are screened out in the following manner shown in the flow chart of
Optionally, a message may be displayed to the kiosk user stating that they have attempted to press an unauthorised key combination (step 812).
With the architecture of
Certain input devices, such as a touch screen, do not use device state storage such as a key map. Instead, input from these devices is interpreted by the touch screen driver program. After this interpretation, the information from the input device is placed directly into event queue 610 by the driver. Then, the data coming out of the event queue is compared to a list of unauthorized key codes and unauthorized key codes are not allowed to pass to higher level programs. In other words, when a higher level program asks for an event, unauthorized keys are prevented from being passed to the higher level program. Alternatively, the higher level program may be given a message that no event has occurred.
Operating system 908 includes systems services module which receives all commands from environment subsystem 904. Those commands relating to input and output function are passed to I/O manager 912. This type of operating system, such as Microsoft Windows NT™, uses a layered driver structure. While the lowest level driver interacts directly with hardware or a hardware interrupt handler, higher level drivers interact only with drivers one level lower or one level higher. This type of I/O system is packet driven so that requests, or answers to requests are passed between components, such as between key code driver 918 and filter driver 916, as I/O request packets. It should be noted that input device 922 passes signals to one or more lower level drivers which are shown as low level drivers 920. I/O request packets are eventually received by key code driver 918, which generates key codes.
In operation, key code driver 918 passes I/O request packets to filter driver 916 in which unauthorized key codes generated at the kiosk are blocked or screened out in the manner shown in
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, instead of key codes being pushed or presented to higher level drivers, the lower level drivers are queried, and if relevant data is available it is pulled in. Referring to
Conventionally, a table is stored in volatile or non-volatile memory which matches a driver identification, which might be used to effect a system call or trap, to a memory location where the operating system program code for that system call starts. An exemplary table is illustrated at 1000 in
As a result a higher level driver that tries to query key code driver 918 is instead redirected to the memory location 0x05139468 of filter driver 916 which only provides authorized key codes.
Optionally, the table containing authorized key codes and key code combinations used when determining if a key code sequence is authorized (step 806 shown in
In another embodiment of the present invention, different types of kiosk users have different levels of access to key codes and key code combinations and sequences. For example, a system administrator should have no key codes, combinations or sequences blocked. In other words all key codes, combinations and sequences are authorized for the system administrator. The public may be blocked from inputting modifiers other than shift and caps lock, as well as functions keys. A locked mode is provided so that all input is blocked. A maintenance mode is provided so that most, but not all, key codes and combinations are accessible. These different levels of access to key codes and key code combinations are provided in the following way as is set out in
If different levels of access are provided, then different passwords may be required to access or change to a higher level of access.
Access to the security preference menu can be provided in the following ways: (1) It could always appear when the internet kiosk 10 is started or its operating system is loaded; (2) It could appear when the operating system is started or loaded but only if certain keys are depressed while the operating system is starting or loading; and (3) It could appear as a result of a system call. In other words, the security preference dialog box is displayed and steps 1120 to 1150 occur as a result of a system call or trap instruction. In order to describe how this is implemented, it is first necessary to describe how an operating system is loaded. By way of example, MS-DOS computers are booted as follows. When the power is turned on, control is transferred to address 0xFFFF0 by hardware. This location is always in a ROM, and contains a jump to the bootstrap procedure in the BIOS ROM. The bootstrap procedure carries out some hardware tests, and if the tests are passed, attempts to read in the boot sector from any diskette in drive A:. If no diskette is present in drive A:, the primary boot sector of the hard disk is read in. The partition table in the primary boot sector tells where the partitions are and which one is active. The active partition is then selected and its first sector, the secondary boot sector, is read in and executed. This two-step boot procedure is only used for hard disks. Its function is to allow automatic booting of both MS-DOS and other operating systems.
The boot sector reads its own root directory to see if files named io.sys and msdos.sys (or ibmbio.com and ibmdos.com) are present. If so, it reads them both into memory and transfers control to io.sys.
Once loaded, io.sys calls BIOS procedures to initialize the hardware. Then the sysinit program takes over and reads config.sys to configure the system. This job includes allocating the buffer cache, loading device drivers, and setting up code pages for the national language to be used. Finally sysinit uses MS-DOS itself to load and execute command.com. In this respect, sysinit does the work that init does in UNIX. After initializing itself, command.com reads and executes autoexec.bat, which is an ordinary shell script for doing whatever initialization the user wants.
When the device drivers or other system extensions or INIT's are loaded, they are loaded into memory and a table such as the table 1000 shown in
In one embodiment of the present invention the program code for the security preference dialog box is loaded into memory and an entry is created in table 1000. A system call name, such as ACCESSPOINT is created to give application system programmers an easy method to call up the security preference menu. Loading and running ACCESSPOINT occurs in the following manner, as is set out in
Steps 1240 and 1250 can be repeated as the operating system continues to run.
Preferably, when the operating system and ACCESSPOINT is loading, ACCESSPOINT selects a default access mode that allows keyboard input but does not permit control key input or other modifiers, other than shift and caps lock.
For maintenance and diagnostic purposes it will sometimes be desirable not to load ACCESSPOINT or the filters when the operating system is first loaded. This is done in order to facilitate evaluation of possible conflicts or overlapping requests for memory locations by different device drivers and operating system extensions. At the same time, if ordinary kiosk users were able to prevent loading ACCESSPOINT or the filters, then they could easily circumvent the security measures provided by the present invention.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the security preference dialog box provides a person with administrator level access the ability to select an option whereby ACCESSPOINT or the filters are not loaded the next time the operating system is loading. Optionally, this also requires pressing a certain key or key sequence while the operating system loads. Preferably, in response to this option, ACCESSPOINT and the filters are only not loaded once and thereafter is loaded unless the non-loading option is selected again. This prevents the system administrator or maintenance person from inadvertently permanently disabling the code for ACCESSPOINT and the filters.
It is desirable that at certain times the display of kiosk apparatus 10 be blanked out. For example, many operating systems display information on an output device about the operating system, operating system extensions, and device drivers when the operating system is loading. It would be desirable to have the option to black or blank out the output device so that a kiosk user could not see this information. This is desirable because allowing the kiosk user to see this information can comprise kiosk security.
Referring to
By altering values stored in the gamma tables, the display can be blanked out while the operating system loads. The operating system often places an event on the event queue when the operating system has finished loading. After this event occurs, the display can be returned to its normal mode of operation. The software control for this is shown in
Preferably, in step 1430, other application programs are also loaded, such as the main kiosk program. Generally, a computer can be configured so that an administrator can determine which extensions, INITs and DLLs will be loaded to form the operating system the next time the operating system is loaded. The administrator also determines the order in which extensions, INITs and DLLs are loaded. Often they are loaded in alphabetical order. Preferably, the names of ACCESSPOINT and the filters are selected so that they load after device drivers load.
It would be desirable to be able to maintain the kiosk apparatus 10 from a distant computer, such as from terminal 26 a shown in
Existing program products and devices, such as Timbuktu™ by Netopia (Farallon) allow data transmission and reception from a remote terminal such as terminal 26 a in
In overview, remote access while maintaining kiosk security is provided in the present invention by allowing the remote computer access to the kiosk apparatus 10 while at the same time blocking or limiting input at kiosk apparatus 10 and at the same time blanking out the display of kiosk apparatus 10. Referring to
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Computer executable instructions can be loaded into the memory 84, 86 of kiosk apparatus 10 (shown in
Numerous modifications, variations and adaptations may be made to particular embodiments of the invention described above without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the claims.
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Alcovy High School finished up Newton County School System's commencement ceremonies Saturday with the Class of 2016 graduation.
The Eastside High School senior class is now Eastside High School alumni after Friday evening's graduation.
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Students enrolled in the Criminal Justice class at Newton High School conducted a mock trial as part of their final assignment. The students in this class are part of the Dual Enrollment program offered by DeKalb Technical College to high school students in Newton County.
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Alcovy High School principal David Easterday has announced his retirement effective July 1 and Eastside High School principal Dr. Robert Daria has announced that he will resign his position effective July 1 as well.
Oxford home-schooled student Flannery Peay earned a silver medallion for scoring 93 to 99 percent on the 19th annual National Mythology Exam. The 6th grader joined over 10,000 students in grades 3-9 from the United States, Canada and Australia in completing the test which is sponsored by the American Classical league's standing committee. Flannery is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Austin Peay.
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2009 Oxford Institute for Environmental Education (OIEE) began today at Oxhouse Science Center, science field station of Oxford College. Founded in 1992, OIEE provides an opportunity for science teachers in grades K-12 to collaborate with college biology faculty, gaining new science teaching methods and investigative techniques.
Newton High School students Adam Graham, John Parker and DeOndre Robinson won several awards at the CTI State Leadership Conference held April 29-May 2 at Jekyll Island. John Parker competed against 13 students from across the state to place second in public speaking. The judge's score for him was 95, 93 and 92 out of a possible 100. According to his teacher, John was confident that he would place in the top three and excited when his name was called to come to the stage and accept his trophy.
John Parker competed against 13 students from across the state to place second in public speaking. The judge's score for him was 95, 93 and 92 out of a possible 100. According to his teacher, John was confident that he would place in the top three and excited when his name was called to come to the stage and accept his trophy.
Stephen Bowen, dean of Oxford College of Emory University, and his wife, Nancy, have pledged $100,000 to create a new endowed scholarship fund at Oxford. The Bowen Scholarship will provide need-based aid to sophomore students.
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A short yet steep hike that offers great views and pleasant trails through grassland meadows and oak woodlands. From the staging area, head north up the Ridge Trail to the summit of Borel Hill
Raph Laprais
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Awesome hike that provides scenic view of the Silicon Valley
Danielle Glaser
1 year ago
Great hike year round, but probably best in the cooler seasons since most of the hike is in the sun. I hiked this on a Saturday and there were maybe 10 cars in the lot and 10 more in the Russian Ridge lot.
There are great views of the ocean on a clear day, and when you get to Borel Hill of Silicon Valley. Mostly rolling hills but there are a few nice climbs that get the heart rate going. The Russian Ridge area looks like a great trail running spot for newbies like me. Looking forward to going back.
(A 4 means it's a worthwhile hike, but there was nothing jaw dropping about it so it didn't get a 5)
Nick Winings
4 years ago
Did this trail today, from the parking lot for about .8 miles it's a bit uphill, but evens out until the last .5 miles to the top of the hill. Really nice view of Stanford and the rest of the bay area, the weather was hot under the sun but perfect in the shade. Saw lots of little lizards and birds, also a few bikers and families. Overall a nice place, not a hard hike at all and it was not too crowded.
Kate H.
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I did the Russian Ridge extension of this trail. The first mile was uphill...a bit tough on the out of shape folk (like me). However the views are great and you get a 360 degree view to the ocean & SF bay area. Did this in the autumn, but I bet it is gorgeous in the spring with wildflowers blooming, as much of this hike is open fields. Very pretty


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